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Kew Gardens jail plan moving ahead Some leaders are skeptical, others are opposed to 1,510-bed proposal by Christopher Barca Editor

ew Gardens leaders have plenty of questions when it comes to the city’s plan to redevelop the dormant Queens House of Detention at 126-02 82 Ave. into a 1,510-bed jail. The Mayor’s Office issued a comprehensive report last Wednesday detailing the location, size and scope of the borough-based jails proposed for Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx — sites that will serve as replacements for the facilities on Rikers Island that the city hopes to close within a decade. According to the documents, prisoner capacity at the redeveloped Queens House of Detention will triple compared to when it last housed inmates in 2002. In terms of physical size, the new complex will be nearly 2 million square feet — quadruple that of the existing building. City documents show the redeveloped jail will stand up to 310 feet tall, contain a centralized infirmary and maternity ward, commu-

bigger than we ever thought it nity space and 439 parking would be. And the fact that spaces within the facility. this came out of some sealed Adjacent to it will be a little circle in the Mayor’s 676-space parking garage, Office with no input at all which will be built atop the from elected officials and 302-spot municipal lot — that com munity groups is location opened just f ive outrageous.” months ago. According to the city, a There is no specific price detailed traffic analysis will tag attached to the Kew Garbe conducted, while seven dens plan, but the creation of nearby intersections will be four borough-based jails is studied for possible changes. expected to be a multibillionBut Pistone said he already dollar undertaking. knows the answer to those “We’re taking a big step forsurveys. ward in the process of closing “All this means is more Rikers Island and creating a congestion,” he said. “This is modern community-based jail going to over whelm Kew system that is smaller, safer and Gardens. It will worsen the fairer,” Mayor de Blasio said in c o n g e s t io n p r o ble m we a statement. “Now we can move full steam ahead on the A map showing a redeveloped Queens House of Detention in Kew Gardens, a site that already have and there’s no engagement and planning for would triple in prisoner capacity and quadruple in physical size. MAP COURTESY NYC plan to address how it will impact our infrastructure.” our new facilities so we can Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi close Rikers as fast as possible.” President Dominick Pistone said happen in the coming months. All four borough-based jail proBut a number of Kew Gardens- his group is “utterly and unalter- (D-Forest Hills) — whose district posals will go through an expedit- area leaders are already taking ably opposed” to the “absurd” plan. ends across the street from the site ed Uniform Land Use Review Pro- turns criticizing what the city has “The scope of this is mind-blow- — was also critical, saying that cedure as one plan, and public put forth. ing. It goes way beyond the notion while he remains open to the idea, hearings on the community board In a Monday phone interview, of just reviving the House of Deten- he is against the plan as proposed. continued on page 19 and borough president levels will Kew Gardens Civic Association tion,” Pistone said. “This is way

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Garbage cleanup along the SBS line Sanitation pilot pail program put in place after trash complaints by David Russell Associate Editor

Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards are some of the busier streets in Queens, and residents say that after Select Bus Service began they became much dirtier. Now that may change. “Sanitation has started a pilot program after we nagged them to death,” said Steve Forte, president of the Woodhaven Residents Block Association. “They put like three or four pails by the Jamaica Avenue stop on Woodhaven Boulevard and they’re taking a look to see how well that’s working.” According to Forte, the garbage was really bad at Jamaica Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard. “That seems to be the hub of everything that’s going on, so that certainly was the worst, although the one by Rockaway Boulevard and Woodhaven, that’s a heavy-duty station, too,” he said. The bus stop at Woodhaven and Jamaica became so dirty that a volunteer organization began putting green bags at stops for people to throw garbage in, but those soon overflowed. “The old bus stops on the corner, they had garbage cans on the corner,” said state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), who took pictures of the garbage as he drove up and down the boulevard every day. With SBS, there was no safe way to remove the debris from the new median, so there were no garbage cans there. “You had nowhere to put the debris,” Addabbo said.

Sanitation has started a pilot program after complaints on the Select Bus Service line of garbage piling up on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. There are two garbage pickups each week. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. would like to see the program expanded. Addabbo, who said that the Department of Transportation tried its hardest to listen to concerns about SBS, noted that there has been a drastic decline in the number of complaints regarding the garbage. He was also

pleased several months ago when the DOT allowed motorists to park in the curbside SBS lanes on Cross Bay Boulevard from Liberty Avenue top the Belt Parkway on Saturdays, helping businesses in the area.

In a meeting with the assistant commissioner of Sanitation last week, Forte was told there would be two garbage pickups per week, the same as in the residential areas. “We don’t feel that that’s really enough,” Forte said. “Just think about it. The amount of traffic that goes through a bus stop in one day is a lot more than would go through anybody’s house in a week.” In a statement, a DSNY spokesperson said, “So far, so good. Litter conditions have improved and local elected officials noted that complaints have ceased. We will continue monitoring conditions when school starts and ridership potentially increases.” Addabbo has urged Sanitation to expand the pilot program. Forte added, “I don’t know where they come up with their logic that the same amount of garbage is going to be generated by a stop versus a residential house.” Still, Forte will take what he can get. “It’s a start,” he said. “It’s better than we had. There was nothing before.” The department told him that it would continue to monitor the situation and to contact them if there is any problem. Addabbo liked how the process went. The constituents complained to the elected officials, the elected officials took it to the gover n ment agency a nd the agency responded. “That’s the way government should Q work,” Addabbo said.

Howard Beach Library gets funds by David Russell

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Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) presented a ceremonial check to Queens Library President & CEO Dennis Walcott on Monday for $100,000 to be used at the Howard Beach branch for exterior and interior upgrades. “Libraries are certainly a no-brainer place to invest in,” said Pheffer Amato, who secured the funding. As a child, she went to the library and her favorite thing to read was the encyclopedia because her mother couldn’t afford one. “Growing up in Far Rockaway, the one resource that I’ve always had before internet and all the computers was at our public library,” Pheffer Amato said. “And it was a resource that I used and was a place I could go. It was a safe place, it was a place that knew me, a place that I could go to when my mother was working and do what I needed to do. And that’s what always stuck with me.” Walcott recalled that they had been talk-

ing before Pheffer Amato officially became Assemblywoman. “We were talking about Queens Public Library, we were talking about community service, we were talking about partnerships and what the Assembly member looked forward to doing with the Queens Public Library,” Walcott said. Before the assemblywoman gave her speech, Walcott added, “You have been great. You have been consistent. You are definitely a person who believes and believes in the library through and through and we thank you for all that you have done.” Pheffer Amato, who mentioned that this was the first time she was giving out one of the oversized ceremonial checks, said she was excited when the Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told her that there was money that she could donate to an educational foundation because she thought of the library and how others in the borough had been upgraded. “It adds to the community when your library is strong at a base like this,” continued on page 19

Celebrating new funding for the Howard Beach Library are David Malanga, left, Frances Scarantino, Betty Braton, Augustus Agate, Queens Library President & CEO Dennis Walcott, Barbara Mc Namara, branch manager Sharla Emery, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato, PHOTO COURTESY NYS ASSEMBLY George Russo, Gregory Jasiak and Alison Jasiak .

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Homeless problem on Forest Parkway Police issue summonses but can’t remove people, commander says by David Russell Associate Editor

The homeless problem at Forest Parkway and Jamaica Avenue has increased in the past year, leading to a recent meeting including Assembly man Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven), the 102nd Precinct, the Department of Homeless Services, Sanitation, Breaking Ground, and area business owners. “It just reached a certain point where everybody realized this is an issue that’s not going to go away and we have to make it go away,” Miller said in a phone interview. “At the same time helping the homeless and respecting their rights as well.” There are eight to 12 homeless people setting up shop at the location, and the hands of the precinct are tied. “If they’re not committing any crime, we can’t force them to not sit on the benches and hang out there, and we cannot force them to seek help,” said Capt. Courtney Nilan, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct. “We can only continuously offer them help.” Police have spent 75 hours in the last month at the location, Nilan said, and officers know the homeless there all by name, their backgrounds and which have drinking problems. They’ve worked with the Breaking Ground nonprofit group to find them

A scene outside of Chase Bank on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven. The community is concerned as nearly a dozen homeless people have been hanging out on Forest Parkway. Ideas to solve the PHOTO COURTESY JOSEPHINE WENDELL problem were discussed in a recent meeting. permanent housing, but in a lot of cases, they have housing. “It’s kind of like a social event for them,” said Nilan, who receives complaints about the homeless every week. “Even the ones that have transitional or permanent housing, they come here and hang out all during the day.” The police have handed out summonses

for things like drinking in public, but Nilan points out, “Just going out there every day and hammering them with summonses, it’s not going to fix the problem.” According to Miller, the issue has been at its worst over the last six months. “When we’d have ceremonies at the monument or things at the corner with Maria Thompson

and the local development [corp.], they’d be there enjoying themselves,” Miller said. In some instances, the homeless have been at the handicapped ramp at the post office. Nilan said one idea that has been floated is to have a fence or gate after closing hours. Most of these people are in their late 40s through 60s. They aren’t begging for money and are not seen as a criminal element. The only records they have are primarily for public urination and similar offenses, Nilan said. Officers give them cards for Alcoholics Anonymous groups. Sanitation works with the NYPD to determine what is garbage and what are personal belongings. Breaking Ground visits half a dozen times per day, offering to take them to shelters. “Each one that accepts help, it hopefully will bring us to the goal of not having them congregate there,” Nilan said. Most are not receptive. “They don’t see themselves as needing help,” Nilan said. “They just see this as their social event for the day.” W hen t he homeless popu lat ion is removed from one place, and police resources are used for another issue, the homeless relocate. “We’re looking for a more permanent solution, not to just divert them now to Q another location,” Nilan said.

Hunger strike ends after hospital visit After starving himself for 15 days, Ozone Park man back at home by David Russell

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Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) signs a card for Sam Esposito. Esposito was taken to the hospital after not eating for more than two weeks in protest of a shelter being constructed for mentally ill men in Ozone Park. FACEBOOK PHOTO / BRIAN WALTER

Sam Esposito had to be taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center on Monday, during the third week of his hunger strike to protest the construction of a homeless shelter for mentally ill men in Ozone Park. Since last eating on Aug. 5, Esposito had lost 26 pounds and counting. When he spoke to the Chronicle on Monday morning, he was battling a headache. He was dizzy and feeling a little weak. “I guess it’s starting to hit me,” Esposito said hours before he was taken to the hospital. “I don’t know the effects of a hunger strike.” According to a Facebook post from Esposito, he had an anxiety attack resulting in extremely high blood pressure. EMS took him to the hospital, where staffers found him to be deficient in some vitamins and potassium. After he was seen by a doctor, his blood pressure returned to normal. Esposito returned home. He planned on resuming his protest but his family and friends dismantled the tent he had been staying in on 101st Avenue and took everything home for his own good. In the wake of Esposito’s health scare, there was a gathering at the site of the proposed shelter, including a candlelight vigil and a big card that read, “Thank You Sam.” Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) was one of the first people to sign the card. His friends had tried talking him out of the hunger strike to no avail. “I’m strong- headed and thickheaded,” Esposito said in an interview Monday morning. “So I don’t give in that easy.”

Despite his unusual protest, or maybe because of it, he won hearts in the community. People in the area would come by and bring him bottles of water. One man came with vitamins. At one point, a family he had never seen pulled up in a car and a little girl gave him a handmade card. Esposito acknowledged in the interview that after consuming only water for 15 days, “I think it’s starting to get to me, but we’ll see.” Even in the final hours before needing medical care, Esposito wasn’t giving in. “I gotta stick it out,” Esposito said. “I put myself in this position and I can’t back out now.” The last thing he had eaten before his self-imposed fast was a large Italian dinner. In addition to not eating, Esposito was sleeping in the tent at the location, though he is back home now. “I didn’t give up three weeks of my life because I had nothing better to do,” Esposito said early Monday. In a Facebook post, he writes that he plans on “walking block by block, in every corner of Ozone Park, hitting every single house, apartment and business to let them know they need to get involved in their community.” Esposito is also going to hold a rally at the construction site on a yet to be determined date. He also announced that there is a confirmed meeting with a “major public official” about the shelter plan. According to a Wednesday Facebook post, he received phone calls from a pair of elected officials who were aware of the hunger strike and said they are looking into the possibility of interceding on behalf of the community Q and the city council will review petitions.

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The Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, The Hill, the New York Post, Breitbart — all these outlets and more ran their own articles based on ours. Journalists including CNN White House reporter Kaitlan Collins, CNN anchor Jake Tapper, Washington Post White House reporter Seung Min Kim, Times national political correspondent Alex Burns, Huffington Post reporter Matt Fuller and New York Daily News City Hall Bureau Chief Jill Jorgensen talked about it on Twitter, sparking some fierce discussions. Since the story revealed that Ocasio-Cortez — the all-butguaranteed next member of Congress from the 14th District, in Queens and the Bronx — had banned the press from two events that otherwise were open to the public, including one in Corona, conservatives who oppose her and her democratic socialist beliefs especially relished it. They criticized her fast and hard. Conservative talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh spoke about the issue on air. Fox News commentator Sean Hannity and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin had stories about it on their blogs. Spokeswomen for both the Republican National Committee and the National Rifle Association tweeted about it. We even wondered if we might see a tweet from President Trump, but he’s a bit preoccupied

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right now, and we can live without that anyway. Yet it wasn’t just the right: U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a liberal some would like to see run for president in 2020, told the National Press Club that town hall events should always be open to the press, as hers are. And the piece got results. Although Ocasio-Cortez first labeled it a “non-story” and defended the decision to keep the media out of the events, she later reversed course. Her campaign, which first had told us such a ban was the exception to the norm, eventually said it wouldn’t happen again. This page has spoken to the value of the press, especially community newspapers like the Chronicle, a few times in recent months — prompted by the sudden closure of two online-only news outlets, the decimation of the Daily News’ reporting staff and, just last week, Trump’s bluster about the media being “the enemy of the people” and Ocasio-Cortez. We’ll continue covering the latter’s historical run for Congress fairly and accurately, of course, and do the same once she’s in office. And we’ll keep breaking news as best we can. We do this in service to you, the public, because we believe in what we do. Now ... just what must we do to get Mr. Trump’s attention? Just kidding. See you next week.

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Faithful harming nature Dear Editor: The religious gatherings by members of the Hindu faith along Crossbay Boulevard have been going on for years. Large groups of worshipers set up tents, play music and have food and then get into the water. All that is fine except that they continue to throw large amounts of fruits, vegetables and flowers in the water and leave statues, candles and cloth flags along the shore. For years the National Park Service has

admitted this is a problem and has taken the position that this is a First Amendment issue, and the agency doesn’t want to infringe on people’s right to express their religion. We were told there is a group working within the faith to educate its members on stopping these practices because of the harm being done to the environment of Jamaica Bay. They even claim to do monthly beach cleanups to help the overburdened NPS but I have never seen them. Our Constitution protects people’s religious rights but when those rights infringe on the greater population and are causing harm to a very sensitive natural area, that is wrong. New York is the most heavily populated city in the U.S. and people of many faiths live here together. We should cherish and nurture the natural areas we have. Millions of dollars are being spent to restore these natural areas around Jamaica Bay. This is a tourist destination for bird and nature lovers. People want to get close to nature, not walk among rotten fruits and vegetables. Let’s face it if we all practiced these rituals

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Dear Editor: (An open letter to City Councilman Rory Lancman) There is a House at 73-36 179 Street, Fresh Meadows that was supposed to see construction begin in 2017. It has been abandoned; it has a graffiti-covered commercial truck in front part of driveway. Grass is not being mowed and weeds are taking over. Lots of debris is in back by the garage. No permits are visible because they were denied. There is a “Keep Out” sign on door. I have contacted 311 and made a complaint to Community Board 8. In turn complaints were issued to the 107th Precinct and to the Buildings Department. I don’t know what else to do. There is no action taking place. Not only is the property an eyesore but it is dangerous. Homeless people can inhabit the house and teens can hang out inside. You helped us a lot a few years ago when we had the beginnings of a sinkhole on 179th Street. Please let me know what to do next. Mary Ann Giammarco Fresh Meadows The writer is an active member of Utopia Estates Civic Association and a block captain.

Dear Editor: Article I, Section 2 of our federal Constitution provides that representatives “be apportioned among the several States … according to their respective Numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state.” It also provides for a decennial Census to furnish the necessary basis for such apportionment. Republicans have tried for years to “tamper” with the term “whole number of persons.” I wrote in my book “Wave Mexicana” (2007) that Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) sponsored H.R. 53 calling for an amendment that “citizens” not “persons” shall be counted. Her idea never saw the light of day. A battle royal is in the making for the 2020 Census. The Senate will hold hearings on Steven Dillingham, Trump’s nominee for Census Bureau chief. A new attempt to reduce the large urban count, which supports Democrats, is in the works by the GOP. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, I’m sure with the approval of the White House, is calling for a citizenship question to be “added” to the count. To me this is tampering with the Constitution. If noncitizens are afraid to respond due to the current anti-immigration climate, it is possible that urban states could loose representation and economic funds. Multiple lawsuits are proceeding to prevent this inclusion of the citizenship question. Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

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America: always great Dear Editor: America is great — today, tomorrow, and always will be in the future. How could Gov. Cuomo make a statement saying America was never that great? He had better brush up on his history about our country. America has always been great — look at the millions of immigrants who came here in the 19th and 20th centuries from all over the world and helped to make our country what it is — great! The governor’s own ancestors came from Italy and through Ellis Island! His comments were spoken in poor judgment, and he should issue a retraction of that very inf lammatory statement, which has upset and angered millions of Americans all across this country. America is the greatest country in the world and will always be as such. John Amato Fresh Meadows

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FAITH TALK Pastor Stephen Roser Stephen Roser is the pastor of Howard Beach Assembly of God Church The members of Howard Beach Assembly of God and I are eagerly anticipating our coming Week of Miracles when we pray for the needs of people in our community. Our faith for this was inspired recently by the healing of Assunta Soldano. During the middle of the night of August 11, Assunta, one of our former members, was rushed to a Pennsylvania hospital where she was diagnosed with Toxic Shock Syndrome. She was immediately placed in the ICU on a respirator and nine other machines. She was not expected to live through the night, and the doctor described hers as the worst case of Toxic Shock he had ever seen. He prepared the family for the possibility that she might not make it through the night, while the attending nurse suggested that Assunta’s two sons say their final good-byes. Our church called an emergency prayer meeting in behalf of Assunta on Sunday evening,

August 12. For nearly an hour, approximately 50 people fervently prayed for God’s healing touch. Following the time of prayer, we received a message from Assunta’s husband that the infection had stopped advancing. By the next day, it had completely left her body and she was removed from the respirator. The doctor was amazed that her organs did not shut down. That week, she was released from the hospital. The doctor now refers to Assunta as “the miracle woman,” and the family is giving praise to God. The theme for our Week of Miracles is “Nothing is Too Hard for God.” We believe that applies to you, and we would love to pray for your needs to be met. Feel free to share your prayer request with us by calling 718-641-6785.

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Dear Editor: Just read your Aug. 19 “Trump tariffs and talk target us” editorial, but before I go any further, let me direct you to another editorial opinion in the Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018, New York Post, by Michael Goodwin at nypost.com. Now to your editorial, disparaging President Trump for targeting and demonizing the news media, the same newsprint and TV news complex 99.9 percent of whom have been doing exactly the same 24/7 for the past 18 months, trying desperately to unseat a duly elected president of the United States. Just last week 350-plus newspapers (local, city, state, national) colluded together to edito-

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rialize, target, embarrass, demonize, etc. this duly elected POTUS and try their very best to unseat him. When President Trump returned the favor, he is becoming better at it than his enemies and what you don’t like is what you say is not fair. Conclusion: What goes around, comes around. Be careful what you wish for. Last but not least, payback is a b---h, just ask Hilary. And all your cartoons disparaging POTUS and his family are not the least funny. Pat Caporrino Jamaica

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the bay would look like a watery salad and smell disgusting, and creatures of the natural world would die, and I don’t think God would like that. Perhaps a solution would be to leave a symbolic offering in the bay and then remove it. Please contact the NPS and tell its officials to put their foot down and enforce illegal dumping rules or at least hire more people to do proper cleanups. I am sure that in our other national parks where people pay big bucks to get in they wouldn’t tolerate this behavior. Richard Polgar Maspeth

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Ozone Park woman miffed over HWQ411B Resident says workers are doing bad job on her home intentionally by David Russell Associate Editor

An Ozone Park woman is mad at the city and wants it to fix her retaining wall. Frances Aufiero lives on Albert Road in Ozone Park, which is being restructured as part of Project HWQ411B, the long-awaited sewer and water main installation plan proposed during Ed Koch’s first term as mayor. Aufiero is not pleased with how her retaining wall looks after the city went to work on it, and says it used to be straight but now bulges. “When they would come in and put the thing down, I figured, OK, they’re not going to replace the wall, they’re gonna make it at least look good,” Aufiero said. “On both sides of me, they made their place look good. Mine looks like garbage. It looks like I did it.” Vladimir Poux, the community construction liason for the Department of Design and Construction, recently visited Aufiero’s house. According to Aufiero, “I said to him, ‘Would you accept this at your home?’ And he told me, ‘It’s not my home.’” Pou x d e cl i ne d t o r e s p ond t o t he comment. Aufiero was told that they’re going to put stucco to cover the problem. “I’ve had that wall stuccoed already,” she said. “It wears

The retaining wall outside Frances Aufiero’s house on Albert Road in Ozone Park. She feels the PHOTO BY FRANCES AUFIERO city should have done a better job while working on a project. out. So they’re gonna cover it up so I keep my mouth shut? No. I’m not.” Now she wants them to replace the wall or fix it. Ian Michaels, spokesman for the DDC, said, “It’s private property. They’re not going to repair her wall or make the wall look nice, but if they damaged it in any way, they have to restore it.”

Howard Beach mobster sentenced government, Giallanzo must pay $1.25 million in forfeiAssociate Editor ture and sell his Howard An acting captain of the Beach mansion, which was Bonnano crime family has purchased and reconstructed been sentenced to 14 years in with more than $1 million of p r i s o n fo r r a cke t e e r i n g the extortion proceeds. The conspiracy. mansion includes a built-in Ronald Giallanzo was senaquarium, wine cellar, home tenced last week by Chief gym, three kitchens and a United States District Judge s a l t w a t e r p o ol w i t h a Dora L. Irizarry. The rackewaterfall. teering conspiracy he was a Giallanzo was also part of included predicate Ronald Giallanzo was acts of extortionate extension sentenced to 14 years ordered to pay $268,000 to his victims. and collection of credit, as in prison last week. “Members of these mafia well as a related violation of the conditions of supervised release families continue to prey upon the people imposed on him for a prior racketeering of their communities, lining their pockets on the backs of victims through conviction. For nearly 20 years, including eight intimidation and acts of violence,” said years while he was incarcerated and near- William F. Sweeney, Jr., assistant direcly two more under supervised release, tor-in-charge, of the Federal Bureau of Giallanzo ran a loansharking operation in Investigations, New York Field Office. which he loaned millions of dollars in “While these criminals lead lavish lifecash with extremely high interest rates, styles, their victims struggle through and then would send associates to collect years of financial distress and the constant fear of what will happen to them the money with violence and threats. Q As part of his plea agreement with the when they can no longer pay.” PHOTO COURTESY U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

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The property where Aufiero lives was built in 1920. Aufiero, who acknowledged her wall had already been compromised, has been vocal for years about her unhappiness with the project, saying, “We went through hell with them.” She contacted politicians and others that could help.

“I wasn’t treated like everybody else. I’ve been arguing for five years,” Aufiero said. “They hate my guts. I know it. They complain to my neighbors about me because I won’t let them get away with it.” She wasn’t happy about how workers would change in front of her house, and how the foreman allegedly screamed at her. “They’re sloppy, they’re pigs, and when you go speak to them, they work on top of your car without letting you know they’re gonna come and work,” Aufiero said. Loan Murray, director of property acquisitions for the DDC, wrote in a late June email that, “based on my discussion with Construction, we would place [sic] the old wall with the new one. In addition, our NYC Law Department has also advised me that compensation payments have been authorized to the property owner.” Aufiero was told that she would be happy with the work. “If I had hired a contractor that left my home like that, he’d be fired immediately and I wouldn’t pay him a penny,” Aufiero said. Project HWQ411B is supposed to finish by the end of the year. “I thought I wouldn’t be alive to see this project done,” Ozone Park Civic Association President Howard Kamph said in a meeting Q several months ago.

Meng wants to lower the voting age to 16 by Christopher Barca Editor

Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives calling for the repeal of the 26th Amendment — to be replaced with a new one that lowers the voting age for federal, state and local elections to 16. In a statement issued last Wednesday, Meng said she is a “firm believer that we should empower our young people,” adding the best way to do so is allowing 16and 17-year-olds to cast ballots. While she didn’t reference any specific march or movement, Meng pointed to the increase in youth activism nationwide on issues of gun violence and women’s rights to say that teenagers less than two years from their 18th birthday are “mature enough ... to responsibly cast a ballot.” “Over the past year, we have seen a huge wave of inspirational and passionate activism by students from all across the country. Students are demanding change on issues such as gun safety, climate change, and health care,” she said. “They deserve to have their voices heard at the ballot box, and to have a say in the change for which they’re vigorously advocating.

“Sixteen- and 17-year-olds are legally permitted to work and they pay federal income tax on their earnings,” she added. “They are legally permitted to drive motor vehicles and if they commit crimes, they are tried as adults. I think it is only fair to allow them the right to vote as well.” The lawmaker said there is precedent for her move, as a handful of cities allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in local races. She specifically pointed to Takoma Park, Md., where teenagers have voted at twice the rate of older registered voters in every election since the age limit was lowered there in 2013. A number of nations, like Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and Austria, have already lowered their national voting age requirement to 16. Meng’s proposal would repeal the 26th Amendment — ratified in 1971, it reads that no one 18 and over shall be denied their right to vote due to their age — and replace it with a new one. Constitutional amendments require passage by two-thirds vote in both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and ratification by three-fourths of Q the nation’s state legislatures.

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Nazi camp guard is deported to Germany Jakiw Palij hid past at SS labor camp before settling in Jackson Heights by Michael Gannon Editor

Jakiw Palij served Germany during World War II as a guard at a labor camp. Now, after a 14-year fight, the 95-year-old has been deported to live out his last days there. Palij, who concealed his past when applying to enter the United States in 1949, was taken to Germany on Tuesday by agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “The United States will never be a safe haven for those who have participated in atrocities, war crimes, and human rights abuses,” U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement issued by the Department of Justice. “Jakiw Palij lied about his Nazi past to immigrate to this country and then fraudulently become an American citizen. He had no right to citizenship or to even be in this country. “ Sessions said Palij, who lived for years in Jackson Heights, is the 68th person expelled from the country for concealing his or her role in Nazi atrocities.

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Jakiw Palij, shown here in a visa photo, knew he had to convince American authorities that he worked on a farm and in a factory in occupied Poland during World War II. Justice caught up with the SS guard on Tuesday.

Palij was born in a part of Poland that is situated in present-day Ukraine, immigrated to the United States in 1949 and became a U.S. citizen in 1957. He concealed his Nazi service by telling U.S. immigration officials that he had spent the war years working on his father’s farm in his hometown, and then in a German factory. But in 2001 he admitted to Justice Department officials that he was trained at the SS Training Camp in Trawniki, in Nazi-occupied Poland, in the spring of 1943. He reportedly was a guard in a portion of Trawniki that housed men who were forced to perform slave labor under horrifying conditions. Documents subsequently filed in court by the Justice Department showed that men who trained at Trawniki participated in implementing the Third Reich’s plan to murder Jews in Poland, code-named “Operation Reinhard.” On Nov. 3, 1943, some 6,000 Jewish men, women and children incarcerated at Trawniki were shot to death in one of the largest single massacres of the Holocaust. “By helping to prevent the escape of these prisoners during his ser vice at Trawniki, Palij played an indispensable role in ensuring that they later met their tragic fate at the hands of the Nazis,” according to the DOJ. Members of the SS who trained at Trawniki also played a major role in crushing the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising between April 19 and May 16, 1943; and in the murders of thousands of Jews and other prisoners as German troops f led ahead of the Soviet Army. Charles Temel, president of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, praised Tuesday’s action. “As Jews, the pain, brutality, and horror of the Holocaust does not diminish with the passage of time,” Temel said in a press release. “We are glad that even at this much delayed date, he will not be allowed to continue enjoying the benefits of living on U.S. soil.” Along with many activists, especially

More than 6,000 prisoners at the Trawniki forced labor camp were murdered on Nov. 3, 1943. Jakiw Palij, who worked as a guard at the SS camp before relocating to Queens, was deported to PHOTOS COURTESY U.S. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM Germany on Tuesday. Jewish students, U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) had been pushing the issue of Palij’s deportation for years. “Today marks a solemn victory for the Queens community, who has, for years, demanded this justice for victims of the Holocaust and their families,” Crowley wrote in an email to the Chronicle. “Jackson Heights is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in America, and the presence of a former Nazi guard in the heart of our neighborhood violated our most cherished values of love, equ alit y, a nd acceptance.” “I appreciate the German government’s willingness to accept his deportation,” Crowley added. “This process dragged on for far too long, but today, our Jewish neighbors, and all proud Americans, can rest assured that our nation took a stand against hate.” Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) praised the long- overdue outcome.

“Those who are accomplices to the horrific crimes of the Holocaust, the worst mass genocide in history, will never be accepted in our free and civilized society,” he said in an email. “It was an affront to justice that Nazi prison guard Jakiw Palij was allowed to enter our country and live freely in the most diverse place in the United States,” Weprin added. “Our gover nment has served this monster justice by permanently removing him from the country and deporting him to Germany to face charges for his transgressions at the Trawniki concentration camp where he helped to prevent the escape of prisoners, ensuring the death of at least 6,000 Jews. We must never stop pursing justice for the victims of the Holocaust, they will not be forgotten. I want to commend the Trump administration for its successful diplomatic negotiations with Germany which allowed for a deportation originally ordered 14 Q years ago to finally proceed.”

Holden partners with street cleaning group Six corridors across Council District 30 will receive extra services by Christopher Barca Editor

Cou ncil ma n Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) announced this week he is partnering with a nonprofit in order to bring extra street cleaning services to a handful of district corridors. In a Monday press conference i n Maspeth, Holden said h is office is partnering with Wildcat Service Corp., a company he has

allocated $145,000 to this year for services such as emptying litter baskets, sweeping sidewalks, removing graffiti, taking down illegal signs and clearing snow from the homes of seniors. “This is a big day,” Holden said. The corridors Wildcat help will keep clean include: • Grand Avenue between 61st and 74th streets in Maspeth; • Flushing Avenue between

Grand and Metropolitan avenues in Maspeth; • Metropolitan Avenue between 69th and 80th streets in Middle Village; • Fresh Pond Road between 60th and Myrtle avenues on the Ridgewood-Glendale border; • Myrtle Avenue from Fresh Pond Road to Woodhaven Boulevard in Glendale; and • 69th Street between Queens

Boulevard and Calamus Avenue in Maspeth. “Flushing Avenue from Grand all the way down to Metropolitan is an area that’s been neglected for quite some time,” Holden said. “That’s sometimes a dumping ground but that will be clean.” “There’s a lot of areas to do, obviously,” he added, “but the City Council has money for this initiative and we’re putting it toward this.”

Wildcat Senior Supervisor Sergey Shafir said at the press conference that the company is excited to get to work in Holden’s district. “With your funds,” Shafir said to Holden, “we’ll have an opportunity to hire more men and women who can service your district and others and provide some jobs.” Wildcat employees started their shifts in the district last week. Q

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AOC campaign says press ban will end Candidate called Chronicle report a ‘non-story’ before apologizing by Christopher Barca Editor

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is both pushing back against and apologizing over last Thursday’s Chronicle article detailing her campaign’s banning of the press from community town halls in Corona and the Bronx. In a series of tweets both last Friday and Sunday, the Democratic nominee for the 14th Congressional District claimed that the open-to-the-public meetings were specifically for certain groups of people. “With this town hall non-story, it was designed to protect and invite vulnerable populations to public discourse: immigrants, victims of domestic abuse and so on,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote last Friday. “We indicated previously that the event would be closed to the press. Future ones are open.” However, neither the flier for the Corona meeting nor the Facebook page for the event mentioned anything about who the town hall was geared toward. “This event is dedicated to listening to the concerns of the constituents of NY-14,” the flier read. The press was also not made aware of the media ban until the night of Aug. 10, five days after the event was announced and less than 24 hours before it was scheduled to take place. Last Friday — the day after the Chronicle’s story was published — the national media picked up on the story, with CNN’s Jake Tapper, The New York Times’ Shane Goldmacher and other representatives from major outlets posting the article on their social media feeds. Several also did their own stories. That afternoon, campaign spokesman Corbin Trent told Washington Post columnist Greg Sargent that there will be no press ban on future town halls.

However, numerous other high-profile reporters and pundits took to Twitter to criticize Ocasio-Cortez for banning the press in the first place — especially after she had gone on a national media and campaign blitz in the weeks following her historic upset of Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) in June’s Democratic primary.

“You cannot ban members of the press from events that are otherwise open to the public,” wrote Washington Post White House reporter Seung Min Kim. “That’s not how it works. Period.” “It’s really quite condescending to call it a non-story,” Huffington Post contributor Yashar Ali added. “It’s very simple. If you wanted a private event, keep it private. But you chose to ban press from a public event.” U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was even asked about

Ocasio-Cortez’s press ban on Tuesday during a discussion with the National Press Club. She said all of her town halls are open to the media, as should ones hosted by every candidate for office. “I think that’s the best way to run a democracy,” Warren said. “That’s what I believe in.” A number of right-wing voices from radio host Rush Limbaugh to the website Breitbart also used the story to blast Ocasio-Cortez — the self-proclaimed democratic socialist has become a target of furious criticism from conservatives since her win over Crowley. Some of her critics on Twitter included 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch and Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany. “The socialist bans the media!” the latter said. Again addressing the Chronicle story, OcasioCortez took to Twitter last Sunday night to question how to label “a free campaign event, open to all, that’s a sanctuary space.” “Not trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill, but we are genuinely trying to create environments where our constituents feel comfortable expressing honestly and engaging in our discource,” she wrote. “Usually, people pay $5,000 a plate for that, but we were trying to make that the environment for all. “To be honest, the event was very successful. People were much more comfortable sharing their personal issues with healthcare, housing and immigration. It was a safe and powerful environment for change. My apologies if the situation upset or Q alarmed journalists or constituents.”

Charter group makes its recommendations CRC eyes community board term limits, campaign finance reform by Christopher Barca

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The Charter Revision Commission last Wednesday issued its recommendations after months of public hearings, with an eye toward fundamental changes regarding com munity boards, campaign finance and civic engagement. At a pair of Queens town halls, numerous community board members and other residents said the advisory councils desperately need term limits in order to foster more diversity among its members and allow for new ideas to thrive. Others, however, called term limits potentially harmful, as they would leave longtime members with institutional knowledge of their neighborhoods and how the city works on the outside looking in. The CRC put forth a compromise in its resolution, recommending a limit of four consecutive two-year terms for community board members, effective April 1, 2019. Members forced to leave the advisory council due to term limits would be eligible for reappointment after two years.

The CRC voted to have that recommendation and others made in the resolution issued last week to be formally drawn up into ballot questions. If the group approves the language as written, the questions will be included on November’s general election ballot. “Many commenters expressed the view that community boards, which serve an important role in New York City’s local democracy, would be strengthened by enhanced diversity,” the CRC’s resolution reads, “and several of such commenters have proposed imposition of term limits as a means to achieve this goal.” Other CRC recommendations regarding community boards include requiring borough presidents to publish annual reports disclosing the number of open positions, information about current members, the BP’s recruitment method and the criteria they use to evaluate applicants. Individual community boards have their own bylaws — CB 4, for example, has limits on how long someone can serve as chairperson while CB 5’s Vincent Arcuri has been chairman for more than a

decade — but the CRC’s recommendation would unify each group under one set of rules. At a public hearing in Kew Gardens late last month, nearly two dozen Queens community board members — as well as a handful of other borough activists — made their opinions known before the CRC. They favored term limits by a count of 16 to six. CB 13 Chairman Clive Williams was one of the 16 in support of the new rules, as he said boards can become the personal fiefdoms of longtime, influential members. CB 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton countered with the claim that communities benefit from the lack of term limits, saying HWQ411B — the sewer and water main installation project in Centreville that was first proposed nearly four decades ago — might never have gotten started if it weren’t for the persistence of her knowledgeable, persistent members. There was even some disagreement among colleagues. At the hearing, CB 5 District Manager Gary Giordano called term limits “very dangerous,” while the

The Charter Review Commission has issued its recommendations after months public hearings. They include term limits for community board members, various reforms of the campaign finance system and other changes. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA

board’s transportation committee cochairman, Toby Sheppard Bloch, added that multiple people had tried to join CB 5 in recent years, only to become “dispirited” by the “hostility” they faced from senior members. The CRC also recommended a

number of changes to the city’s campaign finance system, including lowering the contribution limits for both candidates who participate in the matching funds program and those who don’t. continued on page 23

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Experience is key up in Albany, Peralta says by Christopher Barca Editor

Albany isn’t the place for an idealist with little experience in reaching across the political aisle, according to state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst). The most successful lawmakers at the Capitol, he said, are the pragmatic dealmakers who know how to negotiate with colleagues they might not see eye to eye with. In a sitdown interview with the Chronicle editorial board on Monday, Peralta said that, in a nutshell, is the difference between him and former Mayor de Blasio communications aide Jessica Ramos, his challenger in Sept. 13’s Democratic primary. “Everyone thinks that once there’s a Democratic majority, you’ll snap your fingers and everything that’s progressive is going to pass. Not so fast,” Peralta said. “There are conservative Democrats — or at least Democrats that represent conservative districts — who will not allow them to vote so quickly on certain progressive legislation.” Earlier this month, Ramos visited the Chronicle’s Glendale office and said that lawmakers like Peralta “stand in the way of progressive change,” adding that he needed to be held accountable for his membership in the now-defunct Independent Democratic Conference — the breakaway group of eight Democrats who maintained a power-sharing agreement with Senate Republicans. In response, Peralta said Monday that while

Pol makes his case for re-election there’s nothing wrong with ideologically being year — which sparked community uproar and an unapologetic progressive, trying to legislate inspired Ramos’ challenge — Peralta bluntly that way in Albany won’t bring results. said no, adding that only about “two in 10” “You need to be pragmatic. You need to people he encounters while campaigning bring understand it’s about negotiations,” he said. up the disbanded group. “You can’t just go to someone and say, ‘This is And when he’s criticized on the street about a progressive issue and it’s going to be great for it — mostly by people whom he believes are the state, even though it polls poorly in your some of his district’s highest earners — Peralta district.’” said he goes on the offensive and cites the larger discretionary budget he received Even if Democrats win most of the in exchange for his membership. precarious Republican-held seats on Long Island and in the Hudson Val“For so long, many of these [lowley, giving them a majority in the er-income] areas of my district have chamber, Peralta said Democratic been shortchanged,” he said. “Now, state Sens. Joe Addabbo Jr. people who live in those areas come (D-Howard Beach), Todd Kaminup to me and say, ‘Thank you for sky (D-Nassau) and Timothy Kennebringing that new extension.’ dy (D-Erie) aren’t guaranteed to vote “In politics, you’re not able to please 2018 for whatever Ramos proposes, if elected. everyone,” he added. “But your job as an elected official is to deliver results for your “What are you going to do, keep throwing ideology at them? No, it doesn’t fly,” he constituents. If a good chunk of your constituents said. “Talk to me on how I can sell this to my were not receiving resources for a long time and constituents and make it something where I can you were able to bring some of those resources to come out with a win. That’s what’s missing in help them, I think that’s a win.” those arguments being made against me. Asked about his biggest accomplishments “I have existing relationships that she over the last few years, Peralta cited coming doesn’t have,” Peralta added. “How is she going additions to severely overcrowded Corona to deal with an Addabbo? Is she going to throw schools PS 19 and PS 143, enhanced sanitation ideology at him? He’ll look at her and say, service and police presence along Roosevelt ‘Thanks but no thanks.’” Avenue and helping to secure $10 million for a Asked if he regretted joining the IDC last statewide immigrant legal defense fund.

State Sen. Jose Peralta met with the Chronicle PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA on Monday. And while progress on it has been slower than he likes, Peralta added that he had made significant progress in getting once reluctant Senate colleagues to support the Dream Act — his bill that would give college-bound undocumented immigrants access to the same state financial aid available to U.S. citizens. The lawmaker said getting the legislation passed will easily be his top priority, if re-elected, especially as President Trump’s administration continues to crack down on immigration. And even though the bill has stagnated in the Senate for years, Peralta added that the Dream Act has an approval rating of just over 50 percent in conservative-leaning districts upstate, continued on page 23

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Byford seeks support for Fast Forward plan NYC Transit pushes $37B plan, takes questions at York College in Jamaica by Michael Gannon Editor

Though he is a native of England, New York City Transit President Andy Byford spared listeners any semblance of the British gift for understatement Tuesday night when discussing his plans to remake mass transit. “It isn’t going to be easy, and it isn’t going to be cheap,” Byford said at York College in Jamaica. Byford’s Fast Forward plan envisions a 10-year, $37 billion investment. The first five years would see 50 subway stations made accessible, along with 150 stations being completely rebuilt to modern performance and safety standards; and more than 2,800 new buses and 650 subway cars. The second five-year period would add accessibility to 130 stations and modernize another 150. All bus routes are expected to be re-examined within three years. Five major subway lines would get advanced new signal systems. But he cautioned that while the job of his team is to come up with what needs to be done, funding still has to come from government — “The fare box won’t cover capital costs” — and that requires public support. “I want to build an unstoppable, irresistible coalition,” Byford said. “... In 10 years, less than 4,000 days, we can create a world-class transit system for the world’s greatest city,” Byford and three members of his team also had a lengthy question-and-answer session that discussed slow service, accessibility and numerous other issues. Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) and state Sen. James Sanders (D-South Ozone Park) spoke of their districts’ concerns, particularly among residents of the Rockaways. A few people brought up the push for Queensrail, a new train line that would run over the old Rockaway Beach Long Island Rail Road route. Byford said he is aware of the plan, but that it is not in Fast Forward for a reason. “I am aware of the proposal, but right now it is just a

Mildred Moton of South Ozone Park puts questions to the leadership of New York City Transit Tuesday night at York College in Jamaica. Agency President Andy Byford will be speaking throughout the city to drum up support for his 10-year Fast PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Forward plan. proposal,” he said. “I’m focusing on fixing the things we already have.” Addressing concerns raised by Mark Henry, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1056, which represents city bus drivers and other workers, Byford said the planned reconstruction of the Jamaica bus depot and other things were not listed if they are already in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s existing capital funding plan. Addressing buses, Byford said some of the existing routes have not been assessed in decades, leaving more service where there is lesser demand and vice versa.

He also said NYC Transit’s reassessment must find what causes the delays. “Buses get stuck in traffic; they don’t levitate,” he said. The president would like to see a combination of moves, such as installing technology to give buses priority at traffic lights and more bus lanes. And he said the latter may prove just how amenable residents and their elected officials are to improving bus service. “The resistance you get when you propose a bus lane ...” he said, trailing off. In regard to discount fares, Byford said the system cannot afford to do anything that will leave a hole in its operating or capital budgets. Mildred Moton of South Ozone Park had a chuckle over Byford’s talk about funding sources. “My Con Ed bill, my gas bill, every bill has money for the MTA in it,” she said. The audience at York’s Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center had about 70 residents, and 45 got up to ask questions or make statements. Larry Penner, a former U.S. Department of Transportation supervisor and a transportation historian, asked if the $4 billion being spent to extend the Second Avenue subway line might be better spent throughout the rest of the system; Byford said the extension is needed. When the son of a blind commuter asked about platform safety gates, the president said they are costly and difficult to retrofit into old stations without straight lines, and also require modern signaling for trains to stop in exact alignment. A number of people said there would have been far more attending had NYC Transit given more than two days’ notice — and if the meeting had not been scheduled during the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Adha. Byford, who has preached accountability systemwide since taking the reins in January, said the concept goes for him too, including the scheduling of the meeting. “I’m the president,” he said. “I’ll take that one on the Q chin.”

Mayor signs Waste Equity bill into law City says cap on trash processing will benefit Jamaica by Michael Gannon

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Mayor de Blasio is lauding a new law limiting trash processing by district. Critics in the carting industry say the law won’t work. FILE PHOTO

Mayor de Blasio on Aug. 16 followed through on his promise to sign the recently passed Waste Equity bill into law. The aim of its original sponsors was to reduce the amount of waste collection and transfer station operations that have been concent rated in low-income minor it y neighborhoods. More than 75 percent of all trash generated in the city is processed at transfer stations concentrated in four community districts, including District 12 in Jamaica. Two more are in northern Brooklyn while the fourth is in the Bronx. The new law will cap the amount of trash handled in any one district to 10 percent of the city’s total amount. Legislation aimed at setting up collection districts for commercial customers is expected in September. It would limit collection in each zone to commercial carting companies specially designated by the city.

“We know about the trucks and the noise. We know about the fumes, the smell, and the danger of respiratory diseases like asthma,” de Blasio said in a transcript of his press conference. “We have to address all this, and again, the very best way will be constantly reducing the amount of garbage for all of us. ... For people in Hunts Point and Mott Haven and Port Morris in the Bronx, they are going to see change right away. For people in Jamaica, Queens, they are going to see change right away. For people in Greenpoint and right here in Williamsburg, you will see change. Hundreds of fewer trucks per day across all of those communities and that will make life better but you will also have the assurance that the number of tr ucks can’t grow anymore because now there’s a rule and a limit once and for all.” Commissioner Kathryn Garcia of the Department of Sanitation said Jamaica will see a drop of about 33 percent after the law takes effect in October.

Representatives of the commercial carting industry said in an email to the Chronicle that it will provide little in the way of actual relief to the targeted areas, which they pointed out are heavily industrial by design. “The Mayor’s signing of Intro 157-C — following the City Council’s rush to adopt it, after it languished for years without adequate support — may be good politics, but it’s poor policy,” said Kendall Christiansen of New Yorkers for Responsible Waste Management. “It will neither accomplish the stated purposes, nor serve the city’s best interests in maintaining an essential, costeffective and environmentally sound system for managing both residential and commercial waste.” Steve Changaris, chapter director of the NYC National Waste and Recycling Association, said the city failed to conduct a full environmental impact study. “Accordingly, we will have no other recourse now but to take up our concerns in Q the courts,” he said.

C M SQ page 19 Y K continued from page 2 “I would love to close Rikers. I believe it’s outdated and the facility, for a variety of reasons, should no longer be used,” Hevesi said Wednesday. “But if you’re just exporting the problems at Rikers to other communities across the city, that’s something I have serious concerns about.” The Queens House of Detention itself is located within the district of Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal (D-Flushing), who told the Chronicle on Tuesday that he has pressing questions to ask. “I’m happy to see the city is moving for-

ward with common-sense reform, but a lot of questions remain unanswered, specifically how it will impact the neighborhood,” Rosenthal said. “We can’t say yes or no until we see a final plan. We’re at the beginning of this process, not the end.” The lawmaker added that he recently sat down with city officials to ask about potential community impacts, but was told that details still had to be finalized. “Their attitude was very open and they were cognizant of the concerns. They told us there’s a lot of room for change,” he said. “We’ll see how well they listen to those con-

cerns and amend the plans.” Asked if the fight against the proposal had already been lost, Pistone said no, as Mayor de Blasio is term-limited in 2021 and his successor might not be inclined to support such an expensive proposal. “Whoever runs is going to have to face up to this,” he said. “I think [supporting the plan] will be a deal-breaker for our community, at least it will be for me.” State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) uttered the same sentiment in a Tuesday interview. “It’s interesting this is a plan that would take effect after this mayor leaves office,” said Addabbo, whose district ends across the street from the site. “The next mayor might

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not see things this way.” “If there’s an issue at Rikers, then delve into that problem,” he added. “Don’t waste money spreading the pain across the five boroughs.” Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) did not respond to multiple inquiries for comment by press time, but a quote in support of the plan was included in a press release issued by the Mayor’s Office last week — she called it “beneficial for the Kew Gardens community.” “The new facility in Kew Gardens will bring significant economic development, and provide hundreds of new parking spaces for the community,” she said. “I look forward to taking the next steps in opening Q community-based facilities.”

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No Melrose mention in Cohen plea deal Former Trump fixer guilty; report said feds examined loans from credit union by Michael Gannon Editor

The plea agreement struck by former Trump Organization attorney Michael Cohen with federal prosecutors Tuesday makes no mention of any loan or loans that the president’s former fixer was widely reported to have taken out with the Briarwood-based Melrose Credit Union. The New York Times had reported on Aug. 19 that federal prosecutors were investigating whether he engaged in bank and tax fraud when he secured $20 million in loans to prop up his family’s financially pressed taxi companies. One of the lending institutions cited by the paper was Melrose, though an eightpage transcript of the plea deal makes no mention of the credit union. Cohen pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws, tax evasion and a single count of bank fraud. He will be sentenced in December, with published reports estimating that he will receive from just under four years in prison to just over five. Officials from Melrose could not be reached for comment. The Times on Sunday said the government was looking into whether Cohen misrepresented the value of some 32 taxi medallions that were put up as collateral for the December 2014 loans and whether he properly reported the income from the taxis to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The Times reports that “there is no indication that either bank suffered a loss as a result of the loans or that Mr. Cohen missed payments.” The Times wrote that his family’s taxi businesses have been hit hard by the rise of ride-sharing services such as Lyft and Uber.

Melrose Credit Union in Briarwood was named in a news report examining the financial dealings of former Trump aide Michael Cohen, though Tuesday’s plea deal makes no mention. FILE PHOTO Melrose has taken a beating from the app-based cars as well. The Chronicle reported in September 2015 that Melrose had about 78 percent of its then-$2 billion portfolio tied up in taxi medallions, leaving the credit union overexposed as medallion values plummeted with more and more drivers and owners running the risk of default on their loan payments. Six professional taxi drivers in New York City have committed suicide in the last several months, allegedly due to financial hardships.

The New York State Department of Financial Services took Melrose into conservatorship in February 2017 “because of unsafe and unsound practices at the credit union,” according to the National Credit Union Administration, the federal agency that regulates and oversees credit unions. NCUA records show that Melrose had $1.78 billion in assets in February 2017, and just over $1.12 billion in information obtained from the agency’s website on Monday. Melrose also made news earlier this month on Aug. 2, when the NCUA filed a 25-page, seven-count complaint against Alan Kaufman, who served as its CEO from 1998 to July 2016, when he was removed by the board for cause. While the accusations against Kaufman involve a taxi-related business, a spokesman for the NCUA told the Chronicle there is no connection whatsoever with the Cohen matter. The liberally redacted complaint states that Kaufman’s father and grandfather — one of the founders of Melrose back in 1922 — both served as CEO. The government alleges that Kaufman solicited and accepted free trips from vendors; had rent-free use of a home belonging to a vendor for more than two years; bypassed procedures to personally approve loans with terms not generally available to regular Melrose clients; took out an improper loan; and “improperly converted Melrose’s resources for his persona gain.” Kaufman, in a statement emailed to the Chronicle, denied the allegations. “I will vigorously defend these misleading charges against me,” Kaufman wrote. “I will not be a scapegoat for the regulatory failures and technological disruptions that have destroyed continued on page 25

Study finds TNNIS climb bad for health Avella, Braunstein say state funds should be dedicated to expand analysis by Ryan Brady

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A controversial flight path that goes over northeast Queens has negative health effects, a new study has found. Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health announced the findings of the analysis, which focused on the TNNIS climb flight path, last Wednesday. A navigation pattern originated during the Dinkins administration years, TNNIS was first created to spare the US Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows Corona Park of the noise from LaGuardia Airport planes, instead sending them over densely populated parts of Flushing and Bayside. In 2012, the Federal Aviation Administration made TNNIS a regular flight pattern, doing so without first getting input from the community or analyzing potential environmental impacts. Many advocates say the GPSbased departure path does not and should not be regularly used. The Columbia study found that the economic advantages of using the TNNIS climb are more than offset by its negative health effects, which the analysis measured with qualityadjusted life years. In a statement, Mailman school professor of health policy and management Dr. Peter Muennig brought up how the regular usage of TNNIS is part of a broader trend of flight

automation in the United States. TNNIS is one of the routes used under NextGen, a program that the FAA says is aimed at modernizing air travel. “These systems generate new flight paths over populated areas,” Muennig said in a prepared statement. “While they can improve flight efficiency, the increased noise associated with these novel flight patterns potentially pose serious health threats to nearby communities — including cardiovascular disease and anxiety disorder as consequences of noise.” State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) announced at a rally on Tuesday that they are aiming to get state funds for the Mailman school to expand its study. “In fact, the study shows that people could lose up to one year out of their lifespan due to these negative effects,” Avella said. “This is shocking and requires further study to reveal any additional impacts on human life.” The lawmakers were joined by Muenning and representatives of Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-Suffolk, Nassau, Queens) and Grace Meng (D-Flushing). Both legislators are members of the Quiet Skies Caucus in Congress. “This study confirms what we have believed all along, that year-round use of the TNNIS climb has a detrimental impact on the health of residents who live within its path,”

State Sen. Tony Avella, at mic, and Assemblymen Ed Braunstein, third from left in the front row, want state funding to expand a study which found that the TNNIS climb flight path from PHOTO COURTESY NYS SENATE LaGuardia Airport has a negative impact on health. Braunstein said. In an interview with the Chronicle, Queens Quiet Skies President Janet McEneaney said that Muennig reached out to QQS in 2016 and asked her if she would be having his research team do a study. Two years after happily agreeing, she’s very satisfied with the analysis. Her group provided documents to the researchers and one of its members, Brian

Will, is listed as a co-author of the study. She wishes the FAA were paying more attention to the health effects of TNNIS. “Why was it necessary for a community group to have to initiate a study?” McEneaney said. “The question is, where is the FAA?” In a statement to the Chronicle, a spokesperson for the FAA said the agency “would Q review” the study.

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Mail fishing spikes in the 104th Pct. More than three dozen reports thus far in 2018, with 19 incidents over the last month by Christopher Barca Editor

Officers from the 104th Precinct have been placing warning stickers on sidewalk mailboxes in order to combat a recent rise in mail fishTWITTER PHOTO / 104TH PRECINCT ing across the command.

The 104th Precinct has seen a spike in mail fishing over the last month, with residents of Maspeth, Ridgewood and Glendale all being victimized. According to Det. Thomas Bell, 38 reports of the crime — where a suspect lowers a bottle or other object covered in adhesive on a string into a mailbox to steal envelopes — have been taken this year. But 19 of them have come in the last month alone. “The majority of the complaints are from the Glendale area, but the threat is for everywhere in the Precinct. These criminals can shift locations at anytime,” Bell said in an email. “We have been in contact with the Postal Inspectors for the area who are currently investigating right alongside our detectives. “We are hopeful all of the mailboxes in the area will be retro-fitted with the new boxes, which should curtail most of these thefts.” According to Bell, suspects have targeted more than a dozen mailboxes, including the ones at: • 69-36 Myrtle Ave. in Glendale; • 71-17 69 St. in Glendale; • 77-16 64 St. in Glendale; • 21-10 Grove St. in Ridgewood; • the corner of Gates and Seneca avenues in Ridgewood; • the corner of 67th Place and Myrtle Avenue in Glendale; • the corner of Fresh Pond Road and 59th Drive in Maspeth;

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continued from page 16 the Hudson Valley and on Long Island — giving him hope that 2019 could be the year it passes, if the Democrats are in the majority. “I’ve already laid the groundwork. I’ve already had discussions individually with my more conservative colleagues, where I got a verbal commitment from all of them and the conference as a whole,” Peralta said of his fellow Democrats. “No excuses.” Also inspired by the federal government, specifically by President Trump’s nomination of conservative Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, Peralta said he will push to have

Roe v. Wade — the landmark 1973 decision that guaranteed abortion as a fundamental right under the Constitution — codified in state law. On a more local level, the lawmaker differed with Ramos on eliminating landlords’ ability to permanently raise tenants’ rents to pay for major capital improvements. While Ramos wants the use of so-called MCIs to be abolished altogether, Peralta said he is supportive of legislation that would end the permanency of the rent hikes. Where Peralta wants to see real reform, however, is within the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal, which he called

tor “with a business mindset that understands how to deliver” appointed to oversee it and come up with funding ideas. Asked if he saw Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s upset June win over longtime Rep. Joe Crowley as warning sign in his race, Peralta said that while he anticipates a close contest, he hasn’t been worried. Not only did a significant portion of Ocasio-Cortez’s votes come from outside the confines of the 13th Senate District, Peralta believes he has been more visible and a much better campaigner than Crowley. “I’m more of a field guy. My thing is knocking on doors, making phone calls,” he said. “If you have that one-on-one engageQ ment, there should be no surprises.”

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continued from page 14 Specifically, the group is advocating for decreasing the maximum allowable contribution limit for candidates who get matching funds by more than 50 percent — $2,000 for citywide candidates, $1,500 for candidates for borough president and $1,000 for City Council hopefuls, per election cycle. For candidates who don’t participate in the matching funds program, those limits would be reduced to $3,500, $2,500 and $1,500, respectively. Other recommendations include: • changing the formula for determining public matching funds to a ratio of 8 to 1 matched on the first $250 of eligible contributions to citywide candidates, and to a ratio of 8 to 1 matched on the first $175 of eligible donations to borough president and Council hopefuls. • increasing the cap on public matching funds per candidate and per election to 75 percent of the expenditure limit for the relevant office; and • making public funds available to qualifying candidates earlier in the election year. Lastly, the CRC recommended the creation of a Civic Engagement Commission be placed on the November ballot. According to the CRC, that organization — made up of officials appointed by the mayor and a “nonmayoral” entity — should be tasked with a number of functions, including: • implementing a citywide participatory budgeting process; • providing technical assistance services such as urban planning resources to community boards; • coordinating existing civic engagement efforts by city agencies; and • encouraging, promoting and facilitating voter registration and voting, as well as targeting outreach to groups who don’t normally vote in high numbers and voters who are not proficient in English. The CRC decided not to take up a handful of other issues, including redestricting and ranked choice voting — the latter is a process that allows voters to rank candidates on their ballot in terms of their preference instead of picking just one person. Q

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“archaic” and “a complete mess,” adding it constantly approves MCI applications that should be denied — meaning tenants pay far more than they should in rent — for less than honest reasons. “Let’s take away and strip the relationships that exist with certain landlords, so that way, you don’t have any favoratism that occurs,” he said, adding that he supports holding hearings. “Let’s be more transparent to let tenants know what’s happening.” Peralta also differed from Ramos when it comes to the MTA — she wants to transition it from an authority governed by a 17-member board to a state agency in order to increase accountability and oversight. He, however, wants an independent moni-

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Stay of deportation for Edisson Barros The undocumented immigrant has lived in Maspeth for nearly 25 years by Christopher Barca Editor

A federal judge has issued a stay of deportation in the case of Maspeth resident Edisson Barros, an unauthorized immigrant from Ecuador and married father of two. Legal Aid Society attorney Gregory Copeland, who is representing the 47-year-old Maspeth man, said in a statement issued last Friday that the decision by Judge Katherine Polk Failla was a welcome one. “Mr. Barros’ case is yet another troubling example of this federal administration’s cruel war to separate families, whether at the southern border or here in this sanctuary city,” Copeland said. “We look forward to ensuring that Mr. Barros remains in New York City — his home for more than 25 years — with his family and community.” Barros first moved to the United States from his native Ecuador in 1994 and obtained a work permit, eventually marrying a U.S. citizen and fathering two children, who are also citizens. According to reports citing Barros’ family, the Maspeth resident briefly went back to Ecuador in 2003 after the death of a family member, but was blocked from returning to the United States. Barros came back to the country anyway, after which the federal government issued a final order for his removal. He remained under the radar until May, when he was given a desk appearance summons for public disorder. According to his family, Barros was walking his dog in Maspeth when it ran into the street and was nearly hit by an oncoming vehicle. To warn the driver and prevent a collision, Barros threw his keys at the vehicle. The motorist then got into an argument with the immigrant and called the police.

Edisson Barros, an undocumented immigrant living in Maspeth for almost two decades, was granted a stay of deportation by a FILE PHOTO federal judge last Friday. Barros was eventually taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents outside Queens Criminal Courthouse on July 16 after a hearing in his public disorder case, which was dismissed that day. He was initially held at an ICE facility in New Jersey before being transferred to one in Louisiana, according to The

Legal Aid Society. Barros was scheduled to be deported last Friday — the same day Councilman Francisco Moya (D-Corona) and immigration activists rallied for his release outside City Hall — but he has yet to be removed. In recent days, Councilman Carlos Menchaca (D-Brooklyn) and Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan) also demanded that he be given a stay of deportation. “This victory is proof once again of an important truth,” Menchaca said in a Friday statement, “that ICE is not all powerful, that we have the tools to defend the most vulnerable among us and that when we unite our efforts, we can achieve anything on behalf of our immigrant brothers and sisters.” “Glad Edisson Barros was granted a stay of deportation after he was arrested trying to save his family dog,” Velazquez tweeted on Monday. “Proud to have helped in a small way. Donald Trump must STOP fueling his deportation machine by targeting hardworking New Yorkers like Mr. Barros.” A GoFundMe page was set up by Barros’ eldest daughter, Eileen, a 20-year-old Baruch College student. On the website, she wrote that the $4,120 in donations given as of Tuesday will go toward her college education, as her father is the family’s sole breadwinner. “I feel a huge emptiness in my heart,” she wrote. “My dad has been ripped away from our family. I’m struggling economically and emotionally, but now I have to feed my family and bring food to the table.” The Legal Aid Society did not respond to the Chronicle’s request to interview a lawyer handling Barros’ case by press Q time on Wednesday.

Liu leads rally for public school funding Ex-comptroller, who is challenging Avella, joined by pols and stakeholders by Ryan Brady

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Public schools in New York need to get their fare share of funding. That’s what former city comptroller and councilman John Liu said as he joined lawmakers and stakeholders at a rally outside PS 159 in Bayside on Monday. “PS 159 is a school that for decades has been trying to make their building accessible to students with disabilities,” said Liu, He is running a Democratic primary rematch against state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), a member of the former Independent Democratic Conference, which was a group of Republican-allied Democrats in Albany. It dissolved earlier this year, after months of progressives expressing outrage over its relationship with the GOP. The pair faced off in 2014; the incumbent won by only 568 votes. Voters will decide who wins their ongoing race on Sept. 13. “We are coming up on 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act,” he added. “The school still has not been able to muster enough funding to make the school accessible to all students. That’s just dead wrong.” Liu wants the state to pay the $4.2 billion advocates say it still owes in funds under the Fou ndation Aid For mula, which was

embraced by New York in 2007 after the 2006 court decision in favor of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, a nonprofit group which argued in a lawsuit that New York was not fully funding schools. “We have some of the best schools in the entire city, I would say in the entire country, right here in Bayside, in District 26, where we’re standing,” the candidate said. “However, even then, they’re still not reaching their full potential — the full potential, achievable, if only they had the resources to achieve that potential.” Not helping the problem is his opponent, the candidate said. And Maria Bautista of the Alliance for Quality Education feels the same way. Speaking at the event Monday, she accused the former IDC members of “joining with Republicans to block much-needed money that would come to” schools in northeast Queens and other parts of the city and state. In March 2017, state Sen. Kevin Parker (D-Brooklyn) proposed a “hostile” amendment to a bill on the floor. It sought to add $1.47 billion in foundation aid for schools to the budget; the amendment sought to phase in all of the funds from the 2006 settlement over a four-year period. Despite the IDC calling in its legislative

Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal speaks at a rally organized by former city comptroller and counPHOTO BY RYAN BRADY cilman John Liu in Bayside calling for the state to fully fund public schools. agenda last year for the same $1.47 billion as part of a phase-in, its members did not vote for Parker’s amendment. “Guess who was not on the floor to take a vote for public education?” Bautista said. “State Senator Avella and the IDC were conveniently absent and did not take a vote.”

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continued from page 24 ence blasted the idea that the campaign donations inf luenced the legislators’ behavior. Even if the IDC members did vote for Parker’s amendment, it still would not have garnered the necessary votes to pass, according to the Albany-based Times Union. Among the group in front of PS 159 on Monday were Assemblymen Ron Kim (D-Flushing) and Daniel Rosenthal (D-Flushing), both of whom represent parts of Avella’s district but are supporting Liu. “It’s time to get the proper funding for our schools,” Rosenthal said. “It’s time to have a united Senate that stays together, that puts students first.” Kim pointed to issues that arise from schools not having needed funds, such as overcrowding, that lessen the quality of a child’s education. “Because we owe billions of dollars, still, even after all these years, one of the main reasons why we’re not getting that money is we have Republican control of the Senate,” the assemblyman said. Winnie Young, a mother with children who go to public schools in Avella’s district, said it’s crucial that the schools get the funding they need. “I have full confidence and trust in John Liu,” she said. “When he is state

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taxi medallions.” The government alleges, however, that Briarwood had no employees and was located within Melrose’s Queens Boulevard building, and that the unnamed former employee, a redacted loan officer and secretary conducted Briarwood business while on the clock for Melrose. The NCUA is seeking restitution from Kaufman in the amount of at least $3.5 million and a fine of at least $1 million; and orders that he be banned from “participating in the conduct of affairs” of an insured Q credit union.

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Lawmakers oppose Austin Street plan Dept. of Transportation proposal will see nine new loading zones by Christopher Barca

up nine extra parking spaces. Under the original proposal, nine of the loading zones would have been on Austin Street between 69th and 72nd roads. The new plan calls for only six, with just one lasting until 4 p.m. “When the DOT presented the initial plan to the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce on March 28, we received valuable feedback and updated the plan to reflect it before presenting again to Community Board 6,” a DOT spokesperson said in a statement. “The updated plan reduced the number of loading zones during each time period, most notably between 1 and 4 p.m. when there will now only be one additional loading zone on the corridor. In addition, loading zone locations were updated based on business input.” Work will begin in the coming weeks, the spokesperson said, adding that 70 percent of business owners surveyed last October agreed with the notion that “trucks disrupting traffic is a problem” on Austin Street. In a Wednesday interview, Hevesi told the Chronicle he sees the plan as “a solution in search of a problem.” “I’ve had a variety of businesses complain. They’re unified in their opposition,” Hevesi said. “If the DOT was to go back to the drawing board and come back with a new plan, I would be happy to review it.” Q

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Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) and Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) have come out this week against the Department of Transportation’s plan to implement nine new loading zones along Austin Street in Forest Hills. In a joint statement issued Tuesday, the lawmakers said their offices, and those of the Forest Hills and Queens chambers of commerce, have heard from numerous merchants who are concerned about potential impacts on parking. “While I can appreciate the DOT’s concern with traffic flow on Austin Street, the remedy cannot be at the expense of our local stores,” Koslowitz said. “We need only to witness the turnover in storefronts on Austin Street to realize that even a small dent in commercial activity could be fatal to many businesses.” In February, the DOT issued its longawaited study on congestion along the popular shopping and dining strip, concluding that double-parked delivery trucks contribute heavily to vehicle congestion and a severe lack of curbside parking. In a tour of the street two weeks later, David Stein, the DOT’s acting director of parking planning, told the Chronicle that a

Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz and Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi are pushing back against a Department of Transportation plan to establish new loading zones on Austin Street as a means FILE PHOTO to prevent double-parking by delivery vehicles. fix was desperately needed. “When you have buses coming through and that vehicle is there,” Stein said, “it just reverberates all the way through the entire corridor.” Initially, the DOT proposed 12 new, 60-foot-long dedicated loading zones in the area around Austin Street and 71st Avenue

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Circus Amok

blends wrath and wit in a political show

by Ryan Brady

show as having “radical rage with a lot of comedy thrown in.” With its focus on capturing the national mood, “Enough is Enough” differs from the Circus Amok shows in that it does not have only one theme. Previous productions from the company have thematically looked at issues like the Patriot Act, immigration and gentrification. The social focus of the show doesn’t mean it’ll be preachy, though. “It’s not didactic,” said Miller, who is an associate professor of performance at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. “We send everybody off refreshed,” the ringleader said. continued on page 31

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Ever seen a “border patrol clown act?” Probably not. But you will if you go to Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City on Sept. 1 to see Circus Amok kick off the tour for its new production “Enough is Enough.” The 25-year-old company bills itself as the city’s “only one-ring, traveling political queer circus extravaganza.” For slightly more than two weeks in September, it’s taking the show to a variety of parks, all the way from the South Bronx to Coney Island. The group has a five-piece band and a sixmember performing troupe.

As one might suspect based on the role the clowns will play, the per formance will get political. “It’s stilt dancers and jugglers and acrobats and a discussion of the particular social political moment,” Circus Amok’s bearded founder and ringleader Jennifer Miller told the Chronicle. Folks who can’t stand the policies coming out of Washington these days may feel at home with the show’s political attitude. “Really, what we’re trying to do is just reflect the moment, give a release and a laugh and a place to get angry and a place to feel community, free and out in the park,” added Miller, a 20-plusyear veteran of theater. She characterizes the

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“Animation Academy: From Pencils to Pixels,” an exploration of animation technology highlighting characters such as Gumby, the work of artist Chuck Jones and more. Thru Sun., Sept. 9, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

Monitor Night with Puppet Kitchen, with participants learning how puppeteers see their puppets through a live feed; attendees welcome to bring a puppet or use one that’s provided; for all ages; kids under 12 must be accompanied by adult. Fri., Aug. 24, 6-8 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $25. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

“Concrete Jungle,” with mixed-media and sculptural works by Annalisa Iadicicco addressing her changing neighborhood of Long Island City. Materials for the Arts, 33-00 Northern Blvd., LIC. Free. Info: materialsforthearts.org/calendar.

KIDS/TEENS Little Makers: Sensational Sand, with kids learning the science of sand and making a colorful batch of it with simple household ingredients; recommended for those 18 months and older. Sun., Aug. 26, 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $6 per child plus admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year, with award-winning images of celestial phenomena of all kinds from all over the world, from a contest held by Britain’s National Maritime Museum. Thru Fri., Aug. 31, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” paintings by Ard Berge that often mix pastoral beauty with imagery of the present, revealing social and other pressures underlying change. Thru Fri., Sept. 7, QCC Art Gallery, Queensborough Community College, 22205 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 631-6396, qcc.cuny.edu/artgallery.

Two Beach Sessions Dance Series performances will be held in two locations this weekend in Rockaway, with members of the Aunts dance group and more. See Dance. PHOTO BY ELENA MUDD

“El Dorado/The New 49ers,” with 100 outdoor sculptures of infants (“guaguas”), 49 of them painted gold in tribute to the 49 percent of NYC households that speak a language other than English. Thru Sun., Oct. 14, Lewis H. Latimer House Museum, 34-41 137 St., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 961-8585, latimernow.org.

Full Moon Drumming: Mexico, an outdoor workshop and jam with Calpulli Music Director George Saenz leading, playing huehuetl drums, ayoyote shakers and more; limited to 20 participants. Fri., Aug. 24, 7-9 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $25. Info/RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

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“Domingo Carrasco: Themes & Variations,” with paintings and works on paper by the Queens native that celebrate line, color and classical forms, attempting to idealize the human spirit. Thru the end of Dec., QED, 27-16 23 Ave., Astoria. Free. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com. “Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts,” with quilts as works of art from the 19th to 21st centuries, including “Dorothy’s World,” left, by Dorothy Yaffe Frank, which helped her recall her life years later when she suffered from dementia. Thru Wed., Oct. 3, American Folk Art Museum Self-Taught Genius Gallery, 47-29 32 Place, Long Island City. Free. Info: (212) 595-9533, folkartmuseum.org, qchron.com/qboro/stories. PHOTO BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH

THEATRE Shakespeare in the Parks, with “All’s Well That Ends Well,” the comedy-tragedy about love, conquest and betrayal; and “King Lear,” the tragedy about a monarch’s descent into madness. Alternating days through Sat., Aug. 25, various outdoor locations, most in Queens. Free. Info: (718) 7298567, hiptohip.org.

DANCE Norte Maar’s Dance at Socrates, with works by resident choreographers and several others. Sat., Aug. 25, 4-5:30 p.m., Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 9561819, socratessculpturepark.org.

the Gantries music series. Tue., Aug. 28, 7 p.m., Gantry Plaza State Park, 4-09 47 Road, Long Island City. Free. Info: Info: (718) 544-2996, kupferbergcenter.org.

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Beach Sessions, with numerous performances starting at one site and moving to another. Sat., Aug. 25, 5 p.m., the beach at Beach 110 St., Rockaway, proceeding to The Castle, Beach 117 St. and Newport Ave; Sun., Aug. 26, 2 p.m., The Castle, proceeding to the beach at Beach 110 St. Free. Info: beachsessionsdanceseries.com.

MUSIC Beethoven Firsts!, with his First Symphony and First Piano Concerto performed by the Queensboro Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Dong Hyun Kim, with pianist Noi Otomasu. Sun., Aug. 26, 6 p.m., Moakyang Presbyterian Church, 12-25 Clintonville St., Whitestone. Free-will offering. Info: (646) 353-6043, queensborosymphony.org. Supermambo, a tribute to “King of Latin Music” Tito Puente, the final concert in this year’s Live at

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“Pirate Pete’s Parrot,” a play about a lovable rogue and his crew embarking on a high-seas adventure filled with music, mischief and laughs to find his runaway bird. Sat., Aug. 25, 2:30 p.m., The Secret Children’s Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $10 kids; $15 adults; $40 family 4-pack. Info: (718) 392 0722, secrettheatre.com. Make It: Object Animation, with kids 6 and up (recommended) learning to make funny, short animations using stop-motion techniques. Sat.-Sun., Aug. 25-26, 1-3 p.m. and 3:30-5 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $3 adult/ child pair plus admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS Prodigy Adventures, a celebration with dance, poetr y, art and music in memor y of rapper, actor and entrepreneur Prodigy. Fri., Aug. 24, 3-8 p.m., Liberty Park, Liberty Ave. between 172 and 173 Sts., Jamaica. Free. Info: (347) 5053018, queenscouncilarts.org.

Open mic, with performers chosen on a first-come, first-served basis; order chosen by lottery; some nights open to acts other than comedy. Usually Wed.-Sun., varying times, QED, 27-16 23 Ave., Astoria. Free (purchase of drink or snack suggested). Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

FILM “Black Panther,” the 2018 Marvel Comics superhero film starring Chadwick Boseman as the heir to the throne of a technologically advanced African nation. Thu.-Sun., Aug. 23-26, 11 a.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

¡Coronate!, a cultural celebration with live music, dance, art-making workshops, crafts, immigration legal advice and more. Sat., Aug. 25, 1-7 p.m. (certain events at certain times), Corona Plaza, 40-04 National St. Free. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org. PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS MUSEUM

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Jazz Jams honoring Armstrong pack the house One of the most influential jazz musicians in history and a long-time resident of Corona, is being honored — yet again — by the borough in which he lived for the last 26 years of his life, this time through a program at Flushing Town Hall called Monthly Jazz Jam: Celebrating the Legacy of Louis Armstrong. The series, created in September of 2011, is open to jazz students, musicians both professional and amateur, music educators and lovers of music and runs year-round, typically on the first Wednesday of each month. The next session will take place Sept. 5.

Jazz Jam When: Wed., Sept. 5, 7-10 p.m. Where: Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Entry: $10; free for students, jamming musicians. (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org

Open to instrumentalists and vocalists, the program features a house band led the past three years by world-renowned saxophonist Carol Sudhalter, herself a Queens resident for many years. Making the event so special is the opportunity it offers those in attendance to actually join the performance. So, whether you want to jam with your peers, hone your skills or just sit back and listen, you’re encouraged to drop by. Since July, the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation has been funding the program, which had its name tweaked to reflect the new emphasis on Armstrong. According to Sudhalter, each session now begins with a work associated — sometimes peripherally — with the musician, who was also referred to lovingly as Satchmo or simply Pops. His former residence, at 34-56 107 St. in Corona, is now the Louis Armstrong House Museum, a National Historic Landmark dedicated to promoting his historical legacy. Each month, Sudhalter said, “We find some song he’s recorded that’s less known.” It might be a tune popularized by another artist, like Frank Sinatra, but “we do it at [Armstrong’s] tempo.” And Sudhalter often

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Artistically, Circus Amok’s influences include the former Judson Dance Theater from Greenwich Village, the Theater of the Ridiculous Genre, the neo-burlesque performance style and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Those who have seen Circus Amok in years past may find “Enough is Enough” to be a bit grander than previous shows. “We had scaled back last year,” the director said. “We’re bouncing back up. We’ve got more stilt dancers, we’ve got acrobats that are flying higher. And the rage is roaring a little louder.” The border patrol clown act won’t be the only zany part of the show. Spectators can expect peacocks that dance and an appear-

‘Enough is Enough’ When: Sat., Sept. 1, 3 p.m. Where: Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City Entry: Free, no RSVP required

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ance by the Medea figure from Greek mythology, who Miller said will be “representing raging, exiled women everywhere” — among other curiosities in the show. People of all ages are encouraged to check out Circus Amok’s show. The company’s manager, Lee Houck, said in an interview that one aspect of the group that attracted him to it is “how it’s really for everybody. “Kids really love the clowns and the acrobats and the puppets, and adults really like the political humor, the pointed commentary and the fact that it’s free of course,” he explained. Many people who became fans of Circus Amok stumbled upon the group by chance, Houck said. “They’re wandering through the park and they might see the band warming up,” added the company manager, who has performed in past shows but will not be doing so in this year’s. The 3 p.m. performance at Socrates Sculpture Park is Circus Amok’s only one in Queens during its tour for “Enough is Enough.” The show is free and no RSVP is required. “It’s definitely celebratory, it’s exciting

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Circus Amok founder and director Jennifer Miller flies midair during a show. The company will be at Socrates Sculpture Park on Sept. 1. On the cover: Stilt walkers will be PHOTO BY SHEHANI FERNANDO, ABOVE, AND COVER, BY CATE DINGLEY among those performing. it ’s curious, it ’s fun,” Houck said. “There’s live music.” One can learn more about Circus Amok

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The Triangle Hof brau started out in 1864 at the point of the triangle formed where Jamaica and Myr tle avenues come together. The site went through multiple owners as a grocery store, post office and hotel. In 1911, it was purchased by Anton Waldier (1874-1950). He had come to America from Germany at the age of 13 in 1887. According to his petition for citizenship, Waldier worked as a bartender. He elevated the business from a hotel to a classy German restaurant and gave it the name that would last eight decades. In 1914 Emil “Marcel” Four (18931979) immigrated to America and settled in Richmond Hill from Scherwiller Alsace, France and worked as the chef. In 1919, the place was sold to Four. His wife, the former Ernestine Schuh, bore him sons Emil Jr., Ernest and Charles, as well as daughters Caroline and Anna. Even with no alcohol being served

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The Triangle Hofbrau restaurant, 117-17 Jamaica Ave., Richmond Hill, summer 1935. the restaurant thrived. In 1935, following the repeal of Prohibition, Four invested in restoration of the old building. Richmond Hill was what some might call an Archie Bunker kind of neighborhood, populated by families of Irish and German descent. The Triangle Hofbrau was the place to drink and eat. But as the community’s makeup changed, the business was no longer supported. The eatery closed in 1999 and the site Q was turned into a medical facility.

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES SNAP: Services Now for Adult Persons, a full-service neighborhood center with exercise classes, line dancing, table pool, hot lunch daily, sewing, jewelry, quilting classes and more. 13333 Brookville Blvd., suite LL5, Rosedale. Info: (718) 525-8899, snapqueens.org. Medicare specialist consultations, by appointment, every other Wed., 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Catholic Charities Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy. Info: (718) 225-1144.

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St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church outdoor flea market, with 160 vendors. Each Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., thru end of November, Union Tpke. and Parsons Blvd., Jamaica. Info: (718) 969-3226. Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens. Info: (347) 709-7661, richmondhillfleamarket.com.

Howard Beach Senior Center, with exercise classes every weekday except Thu., varying times; dances with a DJ and hot lunch every Tue., 12-3 p.m.; art classes every Thu., 9:3011:30 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m.; intro to sign language every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m.; karaoke every Wed., 1-3 p.m.; monthly book club; and more, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100. Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., Regular weekly hour-long classes: jewelry making, Mon. at 10:30 a.m.; Richard Simmons exercise, Mon. and Thurs. at 10:30; Eldercise, Tues. at 10:30 a.m.; massage therapy, Wed. at 10:30 a.m.; manicures, Thurs. at 12:30 p.m.; yoga, Fri. at 10:30 a.m. Movies every Mon., Tues. and Fri. at 1:15 p.m. MetroCard van, 4th Thurs. of month. Monthly buses to Yonkers. Contact: Karen (718) 456-2000. Gold Senior Center, cultural, educational and recreational programs; socialization, interaction and meeting new friends, weekly yoga class, hot, kosher nutritious meals, stimulating programs, games, trips, current events, speakers, entertainment, singalongs and “Zumba for Seniors.” $3 suggested contribution. Every Wed., 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. IHillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke., Flushing, nfo: (718) 380-4145. Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., Regular weekly hour-long classes: jewelry making, Mon. at 10:30 a.m.; Richard Simmons exercise, Mon. and Thurs. at 10:30; Eldercise, Tues. at 10:30 a.m.; massage therapy, Wed. at 10:30 a.m.; manicures, Thurs. at 12:30 p.m.; yoga, Fri. at 10:30 a.m. Movies every Mon., Tues. and Fri. at 1:15 p.m. MetroCard van, 4th Thurs. of month. Monthly buses to Yonkers. Contact: Karen (718) 456-2000.

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“Some we can depend on” to play each month, she said, but newcomers always show up, too. And perhaps her biggest delight comes from the children who participate. “That’s the beautiful thing” about it, she said. “It makes them feel real good and the other musicians are very nice to them.” Musicians as young as 9 have graced the program, as have some in their mid-eighties. “It’s a great thing,” Sudhalter said. “A very good vibe.” Perhaps no one has a greater time participating in the jams than Sudhalter herself. “Music is life,” she once said. “I probably Q couldn’t exist without it.”

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Musicians Dave Ruffels, left, Carol Sudhalter, Ryan Richter, Scott Neumann and Joe Vincent Tranchina are all smiles at a PHOTO COURTESY CAROL SUDHALTER Jazz Jam.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 708838/2016 Property Address: 3702 36th Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11101. (Block: 637, Lot: 30). Queens County is designated as the place of trial on the basis of situs of the realty. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: COUNTY OF QUEENS, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE (CWALT 2006-36T2), Plaintiff, -against- LEOPOLD CHANG, if living, and if he/they be dead, and any and all persons who are husbands, widow, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees or successors in interest or such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom, and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; NYC DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; AND “JOHN DOE” #1-10, “MARY DOE” #1-10, AND “JANE DOE” #1-10, the last three defendants being fictitious intended to designate persons or corporations in possession of the mortgaged premises herein under foreclosure and described in the Complaint as tenants or occupants thereof, their true names being unknown to Plaintiff, Defendants. 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Surico, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 213-44 38th Ave. Bayside, New York 11361 (718) 279-2000 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. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises. To the above named defendants: The foregoing supplemental summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Frederick D.R. Sampson, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated July 9, 2018 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-269-0990 or visit the department’s website at HYPERLINK “http://www.dfs.ny.gov” http://www.dfs.ny.gov. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. 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continued from page 29 admission charge for listeners. As of late, the L-shaped room where it happens has been packed to capacity, Sudhalter said, accommodating about 75 people. A Steinway baby grand and drum kit are available for the musicians’ use at each jam. Joining Sudhalter each month are pianist Joe Vincent Tranchina and bass player Eric Lemon. Sylvia Cuenca and Scott Neumann usually alternate on drums. Each session draws between 30 and 40 participants, with about an equal number of those who simply love good music, Sudhalter said. There are, of course, the regulars.

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At A Special Term, Part Of The Civil Court Of The City Of New York, Held In And For The County Of Queens, Located At 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, N.Y. 11435, on the 8th Day of August 2018 CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF Queens Index No.:14626/15 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Efren Gonzalez and Anaberta Rojas, Plaintiffs, against Eddy O. Garcia, Defendant. Upon the annexed affirmation of Michael D. Ribowsky, Esq., dated August 6, 2018, the affidavit of Alberto Londono, sworn to on July 20, 2018, and the annexed exhibits, Let the defendant, EDDY O. GARCIA, and/ or the Plaintiffs, or counsel acting upon the behalf of any of them, SHOW CAUSE before this court on September 6, 2018, at 9:30 am, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, at a special term part 30 of this court located at the courthouse, 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York 11435, Room 308, why an order should not be made and entered pursuant to cplr 321, relieving MICHAEL D. RIBOWSKY, ESQ. as attorney for the plaintiffs on the grounds set forth in his accompanying affirmation, together with such other and further relief as to this court may seem just and proper. SUFFICIENT CAUSE HAVING BEEN SHOWN, let service of a copy of this order together with the papers upon which it is based be as follows: 1. UPON the Plaintiff GONZALEZ and ROJAS: by certified mail return receipt in first class mail to both 32-08 81st St, Jackson Heights, NY and 4008 108th St. Corona, NY 11368 within 10 days from date. Also publish notice for one week in any Queens based weekly newspaper. 2. UPON the Defendant Garcia: By delivery of a copy upon his attorneys, NEWMAN & NEWMAN, LLP., pursuant to CPLR 2103(B) certified mail return receipt requested, on or before August 16, 2018 And such services shall be deemed sufficient. J.C.C. HON. LARRY LOVE AUGUST 8, 2018

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No. 715342/2017 Date Filed: 8/10/2018 Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, Plaintiff, -against- Christine Sheppard, Individually and as Natural Guardian of two (2) minor heirs of the Estate of Larry Sheppard; Larry Sheppard, Jr., if he be living or dead, his spouse, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; Ayanna Sheppard; Any unknown heirs, devisees, distributees or successors in interest of the late Larry Sheppard, if they be living or, if they be dead, their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the Plaintiff; State of New York; City of New York Environmental Control Board; City of New York Parking Violations Bureau; City of New York Transit Adjudication Bureau; and “JOHN DOE”, said name being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, and any parties, corporations or entities, if any, having or claiming an interest or lien upon the mortgaged premises, Defendants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 14353 249th Street, Rosedale, NY 11422. 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 a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Ulysses B. Leverett, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered August 9, 2018 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Consolidation and/ or Modified Mortgage (hereinafter “the Mortgage”) to secure $273,289.61 and interest, covering premises known as 143-53 249th Street, Rosedale, NY 11422 a/k/a Block 13580, Lot 9. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. 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. Dated: July 6, 2018, Frank M. Cassara, Esq., Senior Associate Attorney SHAPIRO, DICARO & BARAK, LLC, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard, Rochester, New York 14624 (585) 247-9000 Fax: (585) 247-7380. Our File No. 17-062006 #95502

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HOWARD BEACH Mint extended Cape. Updated brick & stucco, 3/4 BRs, Andersen windows, Pella doors, 1st fl den, tile fls, full bth, kitchen, W/D, 2nd fl, lg LR, FDR. Lg master BR, 2 walk-in closets, HW fls, new EIK w/SS appl. (kit with radiant heat floors). Top floor 2 bed/deck off, DR w/Trex decking, paved double driveway, 1 car garage. Heated in-ground pool. Asking $829K

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Asking $729K

HOWARD BEACH DUPLEX CONDO

Mint High Ranch, 4 BRs, 2 full baths. Stucco exterior, granite countertop, pavers front and back, triple driveway, new fencing. Asking $1.050 Mil.

Large Brookfield (26x52) on 40x100 lot. Total 5 BRs, 3 full baths. Top floor has 3 BRs, 2 full bths, large living room, formal dining room, EIK and walk-in large living room, 2 bedrooms, dining area, kit, full bth, updated windows, Asking $ 859K 4-year-old roof.

One-of-a-kind Janet Ann duplex condo, 2 BRs, 1 1/2 baths, renovated throughout, granite, S/S appliances, washer and dryer, terrace.

Asking $375K

OZONE PARK

(TUDOR VILLAGE) Mint "All Brick Colonial" redone 4 years ago. 3 BRs, new full bath upstairs, new half bath being put in on 1st fl. Lg LR, large formal DR, new kit w/SS appl., with quartz countertop, new windows, heated floors 1st fl. and upstairs bth. New heating, instant hot water, new CAC, hi-hats, det. brick garage, 9' ceilings 1st & 2nd flrs. Asking $649K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK MINT UNIQUE home in great location. Large 4 level split home, featuring 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, large master bedroom with large dressing room and 2 walk-in closets. Beautiful kit & baths, finished basement, and many extras. Reduced Asking $889K

OZONE PARK WAKEFIELD Det. 2 family, 2 story Colonial, 2 car garage, pvt. drive, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, basement. Asking $519K

Colonial. Being sold "As Is." Renovated after Sandy, 3 BRs, 1 bath. Reduced $485K

HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD Co-ops & Condos For Sale • 1 Car garage for sale. ...........................$29K • Hi-rise, 2BR, 1 bath & terrace Co-op, move-in cond., 1st fl., parquet wood fls. ............ Asking $229K • Hi-rise, 1st floor Co-op, 2 BR/2 baths, HW fls. ........... Asking $249K • 2 BR/2 baths and terrace. ........... Asking $249K • Hi-rise (move-in condition), 2 BR/2 baths and 17 ft. terrace. New lobby, beautiful building. ............ Asking $259K • Hard to find Hi-rise, 3BR, 2 full baths Co-op, totally redone building. ........ Reduced $262K

RENTALS • Mint 3 BR apt with parking spot, new wood fls & appl., heat & hot water, cathedral ceilings. .................. $2,300/Mo. • Mint 2 BR duplex with yard. .................. $2,300/Mo. • Mint 2 BR duplex with washer/dryer, garage & driveway. $2,300/Mo. or same apt. adding in full basement for storage, .................. $2,700/Mo. • 3 BR duplex and terrace. .................. $2,500/Mo.

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CONR-074320

Beautifully renovated, new kitchen wood cabinets, wood floors. 2 bedrooms on second floor with new bath. 1st floor family room, new full bath. 30x106.

Exclusive Listing. Lovely corner Colonial, 4 BRs, 2 full baths, 40x100, MB w/balcony, family room w/woodburning fireplace. Reduced Asking $739K

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Brookfield style Hi-Ranch. Updated interior. $849K

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

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Beautiful custom Colonial. Open concept with 23 ft. ceilings, 2 custom fireplaces, tinted UV windows. Beautiful kitchen with high-end SS appl. with wine refrigerator. FDR with den with fireplace, patio off den, granite countertop and 1/2 bth, custom staircase to 2nd flr. with 3 BRs, 3 full bths. Balcony in master bedroom. Also 3 more rooms, laundry area. Asking $1.250 Mil.

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Lovely Cape on 50x100, featuring 4 BRs, 2 full baths, basement, 2 driveways, garage & large yard. Asking $785K

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