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Goldfeder wants graffiti toy taken off shelves out of fear it promotes vandalism PAGE 6

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, with Roger Gendron, president of the Hamilton Beach Civic Association, left, 106th Precinct Auxiliary Officers Michael Hennessy and Robert Danor, and Kenichi Wilson, chairman of Community Board 9’s Transportation Committee, next to the graffiti-marred Hawtree Basin Bridge in Hamilton Beach Monday, where Goldfeder called for a voluntary ban on KIDFFITTI, a stencil toy that allows children to trace designs using spray chalk.

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Mayor, in Richmond Hill, touts afterschool De Blasio says city is investing $145 million for programs after 3 p.m. bell by Domenick Rafter

importance of afterschool programs,” he told the audience of about 100 people on Monday. ayor de Blasio came to Queens on “There has been a lot of debate about extendMonday, and his first stop was to the ing the school day. Afterschool is a way to newly renovated Boys & Girls Club extend the school day. Those extra hours give of Metro Queens to promote one of his young children more.” The mayor announced a $145 million administration’s latest education policies. investment into afterschool programs specifAnd it wasn’t universal prekindergarten Though universal prekindergarten is domi- ically for middle-school students called nating the mayor’s education policy in his first School’s Out New York City, which will begin Sept. 8. The year, de Blasio is t rainees at Monalso putting a focus d ay’s boot ca mp — and a lot of tax dollars — toward s a public school parent, I will be among those administering the expa nd i ng af t erknew the importance of program, de Blasio school prog r a m s said , along w it h across the city. afterschool programs.” over 100 communiThe mayor was in ty-based organizaRichmond Hill to — Mayor de Blasio tions citywide. speak to a group of S O N YC p r o middle-school teachers, administrators and other school staff grams will be available in 562 schools this attending a “boot camp” run by part of Sports fall, City Hall announced. They will operate & Arts in Schools Foundation, a Long Island under the larger Comprehensive After School City-based nonprofit that is the one of the System of NYC, which was recently renamed largest providers of afterschool activities in and reorganized and operates more than 800 afterschool programs across the city. Ultithe city. Referring to the attendees as the “boots on mately, the mayor said, the goal is to serve the ground” in the implementation of every middle-school student in the city. The total number of seats in afterschool expanded afterschool programs, de Blasio programs will nearly double this year to said such services are vital. “As a public school parent, I knew the 78,903 — 71,000 of which will be available Editor

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Mayor de Blasio, with state Sen. James Sanders, speaks to more than 100 middle-school staff from across the city during a training session hosted by the Sports & Arts in School Foundation, PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER one of the city’s biggest providers of afterschool programs. on Sept. 8 with the rest coming during the year at special-education schools and private schools. De Blasio said the city’s afterschool programs will expand to over 86,000 seats by 2016 and will be open five days a week for 36 weeks during the school year. A separate Request for Proposals for non-

public schools and community sites will be issued this fall. De Blasio was joined on Monday by Bill Chong, commissioner of the city Department of Youth and Community Development, who commented on Monday’s daylong “boot continued on page 35

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Businesses hate it, residents love it; CB 9, DOT try to bridge divide by Domenick Rafter Editor

W hen Community Board 9 Chairman Ralph Gonzalez took an informal poll of the audience at last Thursday night’s meeting on the City Line pedestrian plaza, the results required a recount. First he asked supporters to stand, then he asked opponents. The end result? Almost a tie, roughly a dozen on either side. The plaza along 101st Avenue between Forbell and 76th streets was approved by CB 9 last fall and built by the city Department of Transportation last November. It is mostly in Queens, but a small piece is in Brooklyn. The plaza was the brainchild of the BangladeshiAmerican Community Development and Youth Service, a group based just over the border in East New York, Brooklyn that represents the growing Bangladeshi-American community on both sides of the borough line. The plaza was supported by

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and was given a green light by the 102nd Precinct’s commanding officer, who said it wouldn’t be a strain on police resources. But less than a year after it was built, some are already asking for it to be removed. A coalition of business owners, many of them members of the area’s Bangladeshi-American community, came to the special meeting of CB 9 at Borough Hall attended by Queens DOT Commissioner Dalia Hall and Darma Diaz, executive director of BACDYS. “Take it down, we want it gone,” said Faysal Qurashi, owner of a business on 101st Avenue. “This has been the worst year for business since I’ve opened.” Qurashi provided a petition with signatures of business owners and their business cards who wanted the plaza removed. Iqbal Ali, another business owner, said the stores along 101st Avenue are suffering because park-

ing had been taken away on the strip to build the plaza. “There’s no place to park,” he said. “It’s a real problem especially for people who live and work there.” Hall said the DOT studied parking in the area before building the plaza and judged that it wouldn’t be an issue. “The parking spots on 101st Avenue had a 50 percent occupancy rate,” she said, adding that more spots were added one block south on Liberty Avenue. Sohail Zaman, who owns a travel business and lives on Drew Street, said the biggest problem for businesses is the lack of two-way traffic on 101st Avenue, which was changed to one-way westbound between Forbell and 76th streets to make room for the plaza. “We have people coming from the north, the south, the east and the west,” he said. “If they come from all directions, they will go somewhere else.” Garbage was also brought up as

City Line business owner Faysal Qurashi, left, speaks to CB 9 members, including Chairman Ralph Gonzalez, about the issues with the pedestrian plaza on 101st PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER Avenue and Drew Street installed last fall. an issue. Diaz said her group is out there seven days a week keeping the plaza clean, but noted that there are few public receptacles at the site and the Sanitation Department only does pickup two days a week.

Hall acknowledged the reality, saying that she wanted more frequent pickup. “The Brooklyn side gets pickup six days a week, the Queens side continued on page 26

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NYPD: Lindenwood man arrested for auto thefts

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Suspect accused of stealing three cars

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The NYPD nabbed the suspect in several auto thefts in South Queens this week. In an email sent out to residents in the community, 106th Precinct Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Jeremy Schiff said the arrest of Richard Hobbs, 27, of Lindenwood occurred after his officers responded to the theft of an unattended running vehicle in Ozone Park Monday morning. Officers soon apprehended Hobbs, whom Schiff said police are familiar with. Hobbs is the suspect in the theft of another unattended running vehicle near the Waldbaum’s at 156th Avenue and Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach on Sunday night. Schiff added another stolen unattended running vehicle was also taken two weeks ago from a Burger King parking lot in South Ozone Park, and Hobbs is the suspect in that theft as well. The NYPD also says Hobbs is the individual wanted in four different car breakins in Howard Beach this summer.

Hobbs has been in their custody before. He was arrested earlier this month with another Howard Beach man, Joseph Quick, 34, for the attempted burglary of a home in Brooklyn. Both were nabbed by cops in the 75th Precinct, which covers the neighborhoods of East New York, New Lots, Cypress Hills and Brownsville. Schiff said in an email Hobbs was apprehended thanks to surveillance video taken from private security cameras that captured video of Monday’s incident. “We have contacted the Queens District Attorney’s Office and have stressed the need for an aggressive prosecution of this defendant and our collective wish that he serve a long sentence” due to the nature of the accusations, Schiff said in the email. While crime is down in the 106th Precinct so far this year, auto thefts are up over 40 percent. Earlier in the year Schiff said many of the stolen cars were taken while left running by owners as they unloaded the vehicles. He encouraged residents to avoid leaving cars unattended Q while running.

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Customers having a slice of pizza and a soda Monday afternoon were shocked and shaken as a blue Jeep slid by the window, sideswiped the building and crashed into the fence next to the shop taking with it the awning and some of the building’s bricks. According to witnesses, the driver of the blue Jeep exited an auto mai ntenance shop where he works on DeSarc Road at 3 p.m. and allegedly going The scene of the accident Monday after a Jeep nearly crashed the wrong way on Gold through the window of Romeo’s Pizzeria on Cross Bay Boulevard in Road before jumping the Ozone Park. PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON sidewalk and sliding into a fence next to the pizzeria. Carol Sarlo of Ozone Park, a retired city nose. The FDNY said he declined medical Department of Correction captain, who wit- aid. No one else was injured. The NYPD said the driver allegedly nessed the accident, said she saw the vehicle cross Gold Road, allegedly at a high rate of stepped on the gas thinking it was the brake. speed before the crash. She said at the scene, He was issued a summons for unlicensed Q she saw the driver was bleeding from his operation of a vehicle.

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Goldfeder: Graffiti is not for children Pol says toys encourage vandalism, wants them removed from shelves by Domenick Rafter Editor

Call it a gateway toy. Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) wants a stencil toy removed from store shelves because he’s afraid it will promote graffiti vandalism and ultimately more serious crimes. Standing next to the Hawtree Basin Bridge, the pedestrian overpass over the body of water between Hamilton Beach and Howard Beach Monday with community leaders and the 106th Precinct Auxiliary Unit, Goldfeder said the toy, called KIDFFITI, only exacerbates the graffiti problem that plagues communities. “This product is using marketing ploys to encourage unsuspecting children to deface their communities,” Goldfeder said. “We should be educating our children to keep our community clean, not providing them the tools to potentially deface it. I strongly urge Toys “R” Us and any retailer selling this harmful item to r e m ove it i m m e d i a t ely f r o m t h e i r shelves.” Goldfeder sent a letter to the Toys “R” Us CEO, Antonio Urcelay, requesting KIDFFITI be cleared from their shelves permanently. He also reached out to the Department of Consumer Affairs encour-

KIDFITTI, a toy in which children color in stencils with spray chalk is being targeted by Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, inset, who says it encourages graffiti vandalism and should be banned. PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER/FILE PHOTO

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Currently, “KIDFFITI” graffiti stencils are sold in major toy stores, including Toys “R” Us and small retail stores throughout the City. The stencils include designs such as chains and skulls for children 6-years-old and older to copy. Children use chalk that comes in a can si m ilar to spray pai nt that is easily removable. “It’s discouraging to see graffiti in our neighborhood and it’s especially disheartening to see it reappear on a wall that was recently cleaned,” said Roger Gend ron, president of the Ha m ilton Beach Civic Association. “I want to thank Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder for his advocacy and work to help deter children from polluting the walls of our community with graffiti.” Though there’s no evidence of KIDFITTI graffiti on the bridge, Goldfeder said he became aware of the problem through the police and their efforts to clean regular graffiti there. He noted that graffiti vandalism is one of the many minor crimes that police crack down on as part of the controversial “broken windows” policy, in which police go over minor infractions to prevent more serious crimes from occurring. continued on page 16

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vents of recent weeks show that we New Yorkers have reason to be proud of our city, and of ourselves. That does not mean we don’t also have cause for concern. A tragedy occurred July 17 on Staten Island when Eric Garner died, apparently of a heart attack, while resisting arrest for an alleged petty crime. Police and emergency service personnel stood idly by and let him die, when there was a chance he could have been saved. But the result was not rioting, as Ferguson, Mo. suffered when another black man, 18-year-old Michael Brown, died at the hands of a cop. While the two incidents are vastly different, they do have the common thread of reinforcing the widespread belief that police do not treat minorities fairly, and both drew immediate calls for reform. In Ferguson, protests also quickly turned into rioting, looting and arson, with police turning out in military gear and making dozens of arrests — even detaining some journalists — and the authorities eventually imposing a curfew. In New York, by contrast, we saw a peaceful protest weeks later, with not a single arrest. And not only is the Police Department investigating and a grand jury hearing the case (as in Ferguson) but the City Council will also hold

a hearing, at which Commissioner Bill Bratton will appear. How the investigations play out, and what changes if any Bratton makes in policing of relatively minor offenses — as well as departmental policy when suspects resist arrest — could have an effect on public opinion in a few areas. Among those is the public’s view of Mayor de Blasio, but also its view of Bratton, which is not nearly as good as the one enjoyed by his predecessor, according to a new survey released by Quinnipiac University Tuesday. Bratton’s approval rating has fallen from 57 percent in June to 48 percent now, according to the poll. His predecessor, Commissioner Ray Kelly, had a 75 percent approval rating in the last year of his tenure, up from 52 percent six years earlier. Race relations in the city also are very likely to be affected by the outcome of the Garner case. According to Quinnipiac, only 50 percent of the public believes race relations are generally good, while 41 percent believe they are not and 9 percent either don’t know or didn’t answer. And Queens, which is constantly touted as the vibrant and diverse home of all ethnicities, has an even less favorable view, with 43 percent saying things are generally good and 48 percent saying they’re generally bad. Those

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Dear Editor: The story in the Queens Chronicle last week about the airport roundtables did not take into account the discussion at the JFK Roundtable meeting which took place on Wednesday, Aug. 20 (“PA officials have riledup roundtable,” multiple editions). Contrary to the report on Tuesday’s meeting, the attendants on Wednesday were not all in agreement that there should be one roundtable for Queens. The Eastern Queens Alliance is advocating that there be an airport roundtable for each of the three busiest airports in New York and New Jersey. Other similar opinions were voiced. The EQA proposes a Roundtable Coalition composed of a separate roundtable for each of the airports — JFK, LaGuardia and Newark — with a coordinating committee for sharing, as well as addressing roundtable decisions that may be at odds and issues that cut across roundtables. While there are those who are calling for a single roundtable for Queens, we oppose this. We do not think that it is in the best interest of Southeast Queens and other communities surrounding JFK Airport with all of the attendant problems, including but definitely not limited to aircraft noise that surround this behemoth facility. Air pollution is high up on our agenda. While the flight patterns of each airport certainly impact each other, the size and com© Copyright 2014 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsible for errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc. at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., 62-33 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, N.Y.

numbers are the worst for any of the five boroughs. There’s also a divide in how people believe de Blasio is doing his job, according to the survey. While 65 percent of black people approve of how he is handling it and 15 percent disapprove, only 36 percent of white people approve and 45 percent disapprove. One reason for that is likely to be the apparent crowning of the Rev. Al Sharpton as a major player in City Hall, following the Garner incident. While 80 percent of blacks believe Sharpton is a mostly positive force in the city and 12 percent say he is a mostly negative force, only 29 percent of whites say he is positive and 29 percent say he is negative. All ethnic groups agree, however, that he is the city’s most important black leader. The African-American community deserves a more honest spokesman who more people can agree makes a positive contribution to the city. As a melting pot or a gorgeous mosaic, whichever metaphor you prefer for the city’s ethnic mix, New York seems to not be doing too bad, but there’s a lot of room for improvement. We hope that truth and justice prevail in the Garner case, and also that the next Quinnipiac poll shows more agreement and less division among our residents.

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those immigrants. Private entrepreneurial wealth and our standard of living are now hostage to demands that it be shared and distributed because producers have been told “you didn’t build that.” There are billions of people on this Earth and because they were not born in America, a capitalist society with a constitution, are we now obliged to correct this “existential flaw”? Are we now the soup kitchen for the downtrodden of the world? No compromise is possible with liberal insanity. Some states may find it necessary and beneficial to secede from the United States, thus providing a haven for the sane. Ed Konecnik Flushing

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Rockaway residents, officials, are continuing push to save service by Domenick Rafter Editor

The Rockaway Ferry may be slated to end in two months, but residents, civic leaders and elected officials from the peninsula are not yet defeated. Supporters took their fight right to the steps of City Hall, as they have before when the service started after Hurricane Sandy was in jeopardy. The route, operated by Seastreak, is due to shut down Oct. 31. The city said it could not sustain the more than $30 per passenger subsidy required to keep the ferry, which costs each passenger $3 for a one-way ride, afloat. But officials said the ferry is vital to Rockaway’s development and is a muchneeded lin k for com muters to get to Manhattan. “The ferry has been a lifeline for our families and small businesses after Sandy and it must remain permanent,”said Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), who has traveled to City Hall at least once

before to fight for the ferry — in June 2013 with petitions for then-Mayor Bloomberg to keep the service permanent. Borough President Melinda Katz attended the rally and called for service to not only be saved, but expanded to include weekends. “Borough President Katz believes weekend service would increase the number of people who visit the Rockaways’ wonderful beaches and patronize its waterfront businesses,” Katz spokesman Michael Scholl said in a statement. “Yesterday’s Rockaway Ferry rally at City Hall showed many things to Mayor Bill de Blasio and his administration, most notably that in tough times we will always come together as a community and also we will not back down,” state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said in a statement last Friday. “I have said it before and will continue to say it – in a budget of $75 billion, the city could and should allocate funds needed to make the ferry service permanent seven days a week. Traditionally, the isolat-

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Borough President Melinda Katz speaks at a rally for the Rockaway Ferry at City Hall last Thursday. PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

ed Rockaway Peninsula is ignored and oftentimes ostracized from the rest of the city, but we will continue to take a stand. Make the Rockaways a part of the city, include us in the city budget.” The ferry route connects Beach 108th Street to Wall Street with a stop in Sunset Park, Brooklyn that was added in the spring to coincide with the R train’s six-month shutdown under the East River in order to repair a tunnel damaged in Hurricane Sandy. The ferry is scheduled to shut down when Q that service reopens.

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a disease that causes irreversible scarring of lung tissue, with most patients dying in periods ranging from a few months to a few years. But at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center patients are now participating in tests of Pirfenidone, a drug that has shown promise in slowing the disease down. Hospital officials said last week that the drug already is used in Japan, Canada and throughout much of Europe. Hospital spokesman Michael Hinck said the study is being run under the combined efforts of Jamaica’s Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Department of Clinical Research. A statement issued by the hospital also said JHMC is one of only a handful of hospitals in the region participating, and the only one in Queens. Dr. Craig Thurm, director of JHMC’s Division of Pulmonary Medicine, said patients who join the study receive the drug for free and must participate in the research. It is open to “most patients” with mild to moderate cases.

“It’s not a very common disease,” Thurm said. “It generally occurs in people over 50. Most of the patients are men and most have been smokers. I have a patient who has had it for 12 years.” But others, he said, can die three months after diagnosis, and that the median period is about three years. The hope is that the drug will show enough benefits in patients, including prolonging their lives, to get acceptance f r o m t h e U. S . Fo o d a n d D r u g Administration. Thurm said patients’ symptoms can be helped with oxygen, and that the FDA has approved Pirfenidone as a “breakthrough therapy” drug, in which evidence exists to show it offers improvement over existing treatments. “It won’t repair damaged lung tissue — right now only a lung transplant will do that,” Thurm said. “The hope is that it can slow the progression of the disease and improve patients’ lives, because right now there is nothing else. There is no other approved treatment.” And he said many people who are older and who are or have been smokers often have medical complications that make them unsuitable for transplants.

Thurm said that recent trials of antiinf lammatory drugs, such as steroids, were stopped earlier this year after they did not show appreciable results when compared to placebos in blind tests. But he said IPF does not give patients inflamed lungs as they might get in other illnesses or by in haling some toxic substances. Pirfenidone is an anti-fibrotic, which he said doctors and the manufacturer hope slows the disease down. Thurm and Hinck said JHMC is known enough in the medical community to have other hospitals and doctors refer their patients to the program. “What we’re hoping for by publicizing this is reaching the patient who doesn’t know and asks his doctor about it,” Thurm said. While the Pirfenidone study has moved beyond the placebo-blind test stage, Hinck and Thurm said the hospital also is participating in a drug study for a pulmonary condition that is in its early stages. They also hope to get FDA approval of another lung-related “breakthrough” study in the immediate future. “We could be conducting three separate Q studies,” Thurm said.

Joseph Beer, the South Richmond Hill teenager who was at the wheel of his new car in 2012 when he slammed into a tree on the Southern State Parkway killing four of his friends, was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison Tuesday. Beer pleaded guilty in July to aggravated vehicular homicide and admitted he was driving under the influence of marijuana on Oct. 7, 2012 when his car crashed on a notorious curve on the Southern State Parkway just before Exit 17 in Lakeview, LI. Christopher Khan, Peter Kanhai, Darian Ramnarine and Neil Rajapa were all killed. Beer survived and was found at the scene alert with only minor injuries. The five boys all attended Richmond Hill High School and the incident shook the entire school community. The funeral for Khan, held three days after the crash, brought out over 100 people, including many students, parents and teachers from the school. Beer, who did not have a driver’s license at the time, stood trial in Nassau County, but a jury deadlocked on a litany of charges, including manslaughter, reckless endangerment and reckless driving. Aggravated vehicular homicide was the only one Beer pleaded guilty to. At issue was whether or not marijuana impairs drivers in the same way as alcohol and if the drug, which Beer admitted to smoking the day of the accident, was the cause. Beer’s attorneys contended that the site of the crash, the notorious “blood alley,” is dangerous when traffic is light, as it was at the time of the accident, and questioned if the highway’s design was what ultimately caused the crash. Prosecutors sought a second trial, but Beer pleaded guilty to avoid it because he did not want the victim’s families to go through another trial, his attorney told several news outlets. A judge rejected a request by Beer’s lawyers to sentence him to only four years because he was 17 at the time of Q the incident.

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Fun and the jitterbug in Howard Beach Father Dooley Hall hosts annual event featuring 1940s-era music by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

The nostalgic sounds of the big band era echoed through Howard Beach last Thursday evening as band leader Frank Pedu lla a nd t he Music St af f Sw i ng Orchestra entertained a crowd of 300 residents in Father Dooley Hall at St. Helen Church, continuing the tradition of presenting 1940s music to the community. For 20 years, Arnie “Mig” Migliaccio presented the concert, but Frank Pedulla, a graduate of the Julliard School of Music

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in New York, who has played trombone with over 50 orchestras including the Julliard Symphony and the Queens Philharmonic Orchestra, has kept the tradition alive since Migliaccio passed in June 2009 at age 87. He began the concert with Glen Miller’s “Moonlight Serenade” followed by “You Made Me Love You,” “Little Brown Jug”, “In the Mood,” and “I’ve Heard That Song Before”. Pedulla broke tradition at the audience’s request and played two Doo-Wop songs, “In the Still of the Night” and “You Belong to Me”. The band played tangos, mambos, chachas, meringues and swing as the enthusiastic residents danced the night away. Pedulla ended the two-hour concert with “I’ll Be Seeing You” by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal. He said that it is an honor to carry on Arnie Mig’s tradition through the Music Staff Swing Orchestra to represent Mig’s Serenaders In Blue Orchestra. Concert attendee Tom Cottone, 92, of Howard Beach, enjoyed the musical trip back in time. The World War II veteran and greatgrandfather of five, who has been attending concer ts since he moved into the neighborhood 17 years ago and likes the

Dancers enjoyed the sounds of Frank Pedulla and the Music Staff Swing Orchestra at St. Helen’s PHOTOS BY STEPHEN GEFFON Father Dooley Hall last Thursday. music of the 40s, had no trouble finding dancing partners for the evening. The concert was sponsored by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) along with local at tor neys Brady & Marshak. “Frank Pedulla and the Music Staff Swing Orchestra once again f lawlessly performed the tunes of the beloved Arnold

‘Arnie Mig’ Migliaccio in our greatest Memorial Concert yet,” said Addabbo. “My deepest thanks to the hundreds of people who filed into St. Helen’s Church to listen to the music of yesteryear and reflect on old times. I thank St. Helen’s for once again hosting us and Brady and Marshak, Esqs. for their partnership in putting Q on the concert.”

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane ... actually, yes, it is a bird. Approximately 125 birders from across the tri-state area came out to enjoy the day-long annual Shorebird Festival at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge near Broad Channel last Saturday. The event, held every year two weekends before Labor Day, was sponsored by the American Littoral Society in partnership with NYC Audubon and the National Park Service and brings birders to popular sites for shorebirds including East Pond and West Pond, where the feathered creatures are enjoying the last days of summer. Highlights of the day included, clockwise from top left, flocks of sandpipers, oystercatchers, and a rare Marbled Godwit seen on East Pond. More than 30-plus species use the refuge ponds as stopover sites where they feed and replenish their body fat during their long journey southward to Central and South America for the winter. Also seen were the many egrets, herons and other species found in Jamaica Bay during summer. During the day presentations on shorebird identification, behavior, photography and conservation were given by bird experts Kevin Karlson and Lloyd Spitalnik as well as Don Riepe, president of the American Littoral Society’s Northeast Chapter.

Honoring a century of service to have a stable next door to the precinct, which includes Forest Park as part of its command. The station house itself is quite historic. It was built at the site of an earlier town hall that housed a courthouse, a jail and an earlier police headquarters dating back before Queens became part of the city in 1898. The building was completely renovated in the early 1990s. Borough President Melinda Katz was on hand with a proclamation for Deputy Inspector Hank Sautner, honoring the precinct’s Q century of service to the communities. — Domenick Rafter

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It was 1914. The officers were beginning their first tour of duty at a time when in Europe, war was raging between monarchial powers. China was adapting to life for the first time without an emperor and Russia still had a tsar. Around the country, for the first time ever, candidates were vying for voters’ support in U.S. Senate elections — though not yet from women. And in Richmond Hill, the first of New York’s Finest to set foot inside the 102nd Precinct were hitting the streets. At that time, the communities it served were still suburban in nature. Rolling lawns

Two Queens residents were recently elected to represent New York State and the Disabled American Veterans national convention in Las Vegas. Robert Finnerty of South Richmond Hill was elected as national executive officer for New York and J. Nancy Rivera of Glendale was elected as the state’s auxiliary national executive, both for a two-year term. Finnerty, a past state commander, is a member of the Glendale-based DAV Unit 118 and Rivera, wife of past Unit 118 commander Israel Rivera, is a past state auxiliary commander and a member of auxiliary Unit 118.

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Mother, kids attacked behind Pan American by Christopher Barca Reporter

A mother and her three children were the alleged victims of a startling attack at the hands of a man who posed as a taxi driver. According to police, a Hispanic male in his 40s picked up a 26-year-old mother and her three children, ranging from one to five years old, at 207th Street in Manhattan and drove them to Elmhurst around 2:45 a.m. on Sunday. When they arrived at the rear of the

Suspect allegedly posed as cab driver Boulevard Family Residence, formerly the Pan American Hotel, at 79-00 Queens Blvd., the suspect allegedly attempted to sexually assault the mother with her children still in the car, authorities said. As the family attempted to escape, the suspect allegedly elbowed the 5-year-old in the head and forcibly removed the woman’s 3-year-old from the vehicle, police said.

The suspect, who was wearing a dark blue sweatshirt with white stripes, had an earring in his right ear and had manicured eye brows, eventually fled the scene. The children were taken to Elmhurst Hospital with minor injuries. Anyone with information about the alleged attack is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-8477 or submit any tips online at nypdcrimestoppers.com. Q

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Residents rip agency; petition for educational complex in Glendale by Christopher Barca Reporter

With the start of the school year just days away, Community Education Council 24 met at PS 102 in Elmhurst on Tuesday, once again, to discuss the impact of homeless shelter construction on district schools. The only problem was, much like at the Aug. 6 CEC 24 meeting, there were no representatives from the Department of Homeless Services to discuss the issue, disappointing the council and the approximately 50 people in attendance. “They asked us what questions were going to be asked. ‘Why do you want us at this meeting? What about the last meeting?’’’ CEC 24 President Nick Comaianni said in his opening remarks. “My answer was ‘You didn’t show up at the last meeting so how could you answer questions?’ At that point, they stopped returning our emails.” Instead of challenging DHS on the issue of burdening the most overcrowded school district in the city with potentially hundreds of additional students living at the Boulevard Family Residence, formerly the Pan American Hotel, at 79-00 Queens Blvd., Department of Education representatives debated with the council and the crowd of around 50 people over priority enrollment and a lack of interagency discussion.

Glendale Civic Association President Kathy Masi states her belief that the proposed Cooper Avenue homeless shelter site in Glendale is the perfect place for a pre-K-12 educational campus. CEC 24 PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA passed a resolution supporting a “school setting” there. When asked by CEC 24 Vice President Peter Vercessi and Comaianni if the DOE and DHS confer with each other about the student population in area schools before deciding on sites for homeless shelters, Senior Executive Director of Guidance and School Counseling Lois Herrera said there historically hasn’t been much dialogue

between the two agencies. “I imagine that they look at data,” Herrera said, “but this isn’t something they ask us about.” A frustrated Comaianni argued with Herrera and Students in Temporary Housing Senior Program Manager Montgomery Smith over the logistical issues of busing dozens, if

not hundreds of children to their school of origin, an option available to each student living in homeless shelters citywide, with Herrera eventually promising to bring the feedback of the board and the audience directly to Chancellor Carmen Fariña. The audience continued the debate, with multiple people demanding to know whether a homeless student or a student established in the area would get priority if, hypothetically, one seat were left in an area school. “If the family decides, which is their legal right, to attend a school near where the shelter is located, then they follow the same patterns as zoned children follow,” Herrera said. “It isn’t a matter of ‘we lived here first’ or ‘we just got here last week.’” Glendale Civic Association President Kathy Masi followed with the announcement of a petition she has begun that calls on the DOE to study constructing a sprawling pre-K12 educational complex at the site of the shelter proposed for an old factory in Glendale. “The children will benefit from going to school with children from different economic, social and racial backgrounds,” Masi said. “We think this is a really great alternative to that site.” CEC 24, at the end of the meeting, passed a resolution supporting the creation of a “school Q setting” at the site.

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Moss, GOP go on offense on Queens Republican candidates say Astorino, party can contend in Queens in Nov. by Michael Gannon Editor

Chris Moss, running for lieutenant governor with Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino, headlined the list of statewide and Congressional candidates speaking Tuesday night at a meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club. And the Chemung County sheriff said he and Astorino feel quite at home in New York City. In an interview prior to his talk, Moss said people upstate and in the city want some of the same basic things from their leaders, regardless of party or geography. “People everywhere want good, well-paying jobs,” he said. “People everywhere want low taxes, safe streets and low crime. New York City may not be our strongest area, but that’s no reason to not come here and talk about our campaign.” He also pointed out that Astorino has twice been elected as county executive in Westchester, where Democrats enjoy a roughly a 2-to-1 advantage in registered voters. Club President Phil Orenstein said he wanted the evening to be less of a regular monthly meeting than a rally for candidates. Other guests included former Congressman Bob Turner; John Cahill, who is run-

ning for attorney general against Democrat Eric Schneiderman; Grant Lally, who is challenging Congressman Steve Israel (D-Suffolk, Nassau, Queens) in the 3rd District; Queens County Republican Chairman Bob Beltrani and state Conservative Party Chairman Tom Long. Turner knows a thing or two about scoring upset victories, having defeated Assemblyman David Weprin with 52 percent of the vote in a special election to replace former Congressman Anthony Weiner in 2011. “I was told by The New York Times that I was going to lose by 18 points,” Turner said. “...We won with a true grass-roots campaign. You did that, and you can do it again.” In a brief interview, Turner acknowledged that the GOP must get and keep its voters energized. “Our biggest enemies are voter apathy and indifference, no doubt,” he said. Moss said he and Astorino know that well, and that it is a large reason they are looking to win votes in the city. While recent revelations surrounding Gov. Cuomo’s former anti-corruption Moreland Commission have dented the governor’s popularity ratings, they have not had the effect of driving Astorino’s numbers up. Moss said he has a reason to not be overly

concerned about that. “In the last four weeks, Gov. Cuomo has spent $5 million on negative ads, and in that time, Rob’s numbers have not gone down,” Moss said. “When we start airing our ads, I’m certain they will go up.” Cahill trained much of his fire on Schneiderman and the Moreland Commission, whose members were deputized by his office. “Until they got too close the governor’s people,” he said. ”The governor, in effect, fired his deputies. Silent Schneiderman.” He criticized Schneider man for his actions or nonactions on issues such as charter schools and the SAFE Act, the latter of which greatly strengthened state gun laws. Lally said the elections in November are not just about winning. “Republicans win for the right reasons, “ he said. “We win on principles, like individualism, family.” He characterized Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, as an extension of the Obama Administration, particularly in regard to the ongoing investigation of the Internal Revenue Service. “The gross misuse of the U.S. government based on people’s political or religious Q beliefs,” he said.

Chris Moss, left, who is running for lieutenant governor, does some campaigning before his talk Tuesday evening at the Queens Village PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Republican Club.

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At least it isn’t the violent kind of crime spree. An unk nown number of suspects have been stealing a substantial amount of tires and rims from the cars of Kew Gardens residents over the last year, enough to require the 102nd Precinct to distribute f liers to drivers throughout the area. According to police, there have been 23 grand larcenies just in Kew Gardens since Jan. 1, as many as the entire precinct in all of 2013. The vehicles being targeted for the thefts include Nissan Maximas and Honda Accords, as well as Infinity and Acura models, but police are warning that owners of other vehicle brands should be aware of the spree. Authorities say the crimes are occurring at night along side streets, where the thieves can steal tires or rims under the cover of darkness, instead of main thoroughfares like Queens Boulevard or

Metropolitan Avenue. Cars that have their wheels stolen are often left sitting on cinder blocks or other objects. Uniformed and plainclothed patrols have been increased in the area, according to police. The 102nd Precinct, which covers Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven and Ozone Park, declined to comment on the spree when contacted by the Chronicle. Throughout the entire precinct, there have been 36 reported tire or rim thefts in 2014, a 56.5 percent increase from last year. In addition to keeping vigilant when it comes to car break-ins, police are urging residents who are worried that their cars might be next to purchase multiple wheel lug nut locks to deter the suspects from stealing anything. According to reports, there have been 16 similar cases of cars having their tires or rims stolen in Forest Hills and Q Rego Park this year, as well.

depending on time frame by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

The number of people working in Queens was roughly the same in July as it was in June — 1,092,800 — according to the latest figures from the state Department of Labor. The number counted as unemployed increased from 81,000 to 82,700 and the unemployment rate ticked up by a tenth of a point, from 6.9 percent to 7 percent. But, as analysts from the department are always quick to point out, those figures are not seasonally adjusted and the important comparisons are year to year. Seen that way, the jobs outlook continues to improve. In July 2013, 1,065,300 people in the borough were working, 27,500 fewer than last month, and the unemployment rate was 8 percent, a full point higher. Similar trends were seen across the city, state and nation. The city had 3,821,900 people counted as employed last month, 96,000 more than the 3,725,900 working in July 2013. Statewide the figures were 9,093,300 working

last month, compared to 9,035,900 the year before. Nationwide there were 147,265,000 people with jobs a month ago, compared to 145,113 in July 2013. As it always does when releasing the figures, the state touted the positive, saying, “Since the beginning of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration, the state’s economy has added 500,700 private sector jobs and experienced employment growth in 38 of the past 43 months. July 2014 marked New York State’s 20th consecutive month of private sector job growth, the state’s longest Q streak on record since at least 1990.”

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Queens NYC NYS U.S.

July 2013

8.0% 9.1% 7.8% 7.7%

June 2014 July 2014

6.9% 7.7% 6.5% 6.3%

7.0% 8.0% 6.8% 6.5%

Source: NYS Department of Labor

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Community Board 5 hears pluses of adding Rockaway Beach train by Cristina Schreil Chronicle Contributor

Members of Community Board 5 met Tuesday evening in Glendale to discuss community updates, including several ongoing capital projects. A big topic was revitalizing the Rockaw a y B e a c h r a i l l i n e , w h i c h Jo h n Rozankowski and Philip McManus of the Queens Public Transit Committee said would reduce long commutes for residents of southern Queens, and alleviate traffic congestion in northern Queens. CB 5 was among the first to support the idea. “It would provide better connections to Manhattan, but it’s also the absolute solution to the north-south Queens problem,” Rozankowski said. Often, students have to go through Manhattan just to get from southern Queens to schools like Queens College, Rozankowski said. With improvements, one train could transport residents from Far Rockaway to Main Street, Flushing in about 50 minutes. Also, businesses would naturally move to Queens, he said. Rozankowski said the line, which originally ran from Ozone Park to Rego Park and has been inoperative since 1962, could be restored via two options: the LIRR, which would link Penn Station and Aqueduct, two

stations would need to be built at Rego Park and Aqueduct, or by connecting the rail line with the subway east of 63rd Drive. Rozankowski said most southern Queens residents prefer a subway, as opposed to light rail like electric trolleys or an AirTrain. Several CB 5 members extolled the faster and relatively easier construction of a light rail system. CB 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri Jr. mentioned the “outrageously costly and disruptive” construction on the 2nd Avenue Subway line in Manhattan. “That’s the worst comparison in the world,” Rozankowski said. Construction in Queens wouldn’t require as much deep drilling and digging, he explained. John Schell, co-chairman of CB 5, cautioned use of the term “subway” in future proposals, saying it conjures negative associations of projects like the 2nd Avenue construction. Members also spoke about a long-delayed reconstruction of Wyckoff Avenue from Flushing to Cooper avenues, a makeover of almost 50 blocks, including roadbeds, sidewalks, water mains, street lighting and trees, around the Ridgewood-Bushwick border. Schell explained the project has been delayed in five-year increments since it was last resurfaced in 1995. The start date is

postponed to 2024. CB 5 members agreed it would revitalize the community, if it gets off the ground. “It’s a major economic development that would upgrade both the Brooklyn and Queens sides and we can’t for the life of us find out why no one’s pushing that project,” Arcuri said. Members also gave a brief update on the bike lanes project in Ridgewood and Glendale. As part of Phase 1, there are new painted lines on Woodward and Onderdonk avenues between Flushing Avenue and 69th and Catalpa avenues, the longest stretch of bike paths planned. Phase 2, which will tackle routes along Juniper Valley Park and Metropolitan, Eliot and Grand avenues, is expected to start in the spring of 2015. CB 5 also discussed two sewer construction projects, one at 69th Street and Calamus Avenue, which hasn’t started construction yet, and another on 74th Street near Juniper Valley Road. The latter is still in design with no construction until 2015. Members voiced concerns over how sewer construction would interfere with parking, garbage pickup and snow plowing in the winter. CB 5 member Ted Ren z also gave updates on a neighborhood plaza on 71st

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Queens NAN reviews Staten Island march Leaders seek input on next steps to address NYPD-community relations by Michael Gannon

money from us,” she said. A number of people said they were simultaneously The Queens Chapter of the National Action Network had pleased with the number of young people participating, but numerous representatives on Aug. 23 during a march in disappointed that there were not more. “You will be handing off the torch to the youth,” Sara Staten Island to protest the death of Eric Garner while he McArthur said. “When you hand it off, you want them to was being arrested in July. On Monday, the Rev. Phil Craig, president of the chapter, have a positive experience.” Craig and others said many young people in minority asked more than 60 members what should come next. communities not just distrust the police “We can never go back,” Craig said. but fear them. “Where do we go from here? We’re They would like more positive interlooking for solutions.” here do we go from action in terms of everything from the At the meeting, held at Greater cop on the beat, to greatSpringfield Community Church in here? We’re looking old-fashioned er minority representation on the police Jamaica where he is pastor, Craig and force. others said there still is great mistrust for solutions.” Craig believes officers need to better of the NYPD within the city’s black — The Rev. Phil Craig identify with the people they serve in community. their precincts and on their beats. But most, in critiquing Saturday’s “Most are good cops,” he said. “But march, said they were pleased with the ethnic diversity of the participants and grateful that there as you know, a bad apple to two can spoil the whole barrel.” Craig also does not know how aggressively the NYPD were no confrontations. takes minority recruitment, with the department actually Gloria Sharpe knows firsthand how that used to happen. “I marched in Selma,” she said, referring to the 1965 selling the idea of a career in law enforcement. “They have some events, but they need more,” he said. march in Alabama organized by the Rev. Martin Luther “They have some programs but a lot of people don’t know King, where marchers were attacked by authorities. “I felt the fire hoses,” she said. “And I only weighed about them. They have to come into the churches and the schools and to community events.” about 100 pounds.” Craig issued the same challenge to those present, saying One woman found dark humor in her observation that many stores appeared to have shut down in anticipation of attending meetings is not enough. He also said some of the community’s difficulties can be short-circuited before the trouble that never came. continued on page 38 “If they had stayed open, they could have made some Editor

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The Rev. Phil Craig, president of the Queens Chapter of the National Action Network, offered observations Monday night on NAN’s protest march in Staten Island last week in response PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON to the the death of Eric Garner in July.

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A large group of mostly young immigrants gathered in Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights to protest the actions of police in Ferguson, Mo. “Ain’t no power like the power of the people, cuz the power of the people don’t stop,” almost 100 people chanted. The rally, held on Aug. 22, was organized by Desis Rising Up and Moving — an activist group made up of South Asian workers, youth and families — in support of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old who was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson. “We’ve seen what’s been going on in Ferguson and we’re really disturbed and hurt by it, because we feel what’s happening there is also something our people have been facing as well,” Roksana Mun of DRUM said. Many of the protesters are undocumented residents or have family members who are and said they feel their rights as human beings have been taken away from them. “As an undocumented immigrant, I have been organizing to end deportations of immigrants, including my family’s, by saying ‘not one more,’” Nayim of DRUM, who did not provide her last name, said.

DRUM youth members pose for the “hands up, don’t shoot” photo that has been recreated dozens of times during protests against the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. The activPHOTO BY TESS MCRAE ists held a rally in Jackson Heights to show solidarity with other protesters. “Today we also say ‘not one more’ to police killings in the black communities.” The group wore T-shirts with drawings of open hands on the front and the names

“Eric Garner, Shantel Davis, Amadou Diallo, Aiyana Jones and Ramarley Graham” — all people who were killed by police — on the back.

“They say get back, we say fight back,” the group chanted, drawing dozens of people to Diversity Plaza. Ferguson has become the focal point when it comes to race relations between police and residents. The officer responsible for shooting Brown allegedly claims he did so in selfdefense, but some witnesses maintain he continued to shoot at the teenager even when Brown put his hands up in the air — a universal sign of surrender. “When our president does not give us a d m i n i s t r a t ive r el ief a nd d o e s not acknowledge that Mike Brown was murdered and hasn’t called for the officer to be arrested, it sends a message about what the value of life is,” Mun said. After chanting, the protesters took a photo of their hands up and shared it on Twitter and Facebook. This act has become somewhat of a tradition during Ferguson-related protests, as the “hands up” pose has become heavily associated with the Brown incident. “As immigrant communities, we know that we stand upon the shoulders of black communities and their struggles in this country,” Mun said. “And at a moment when the black communities of Ferguson are under siege, we stand in solidarity to Q proclaim that black lives matter.”

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were found to be carrying ski masks and burglary tools. Upon further investigation, police said they had burglarized the C-Town supermarket in Middle Village earlier that night. The trio was charged with burglary, criminal mischief, criminal possession of stolen property and possession of burglar’s tools. Det. Thomas Bell of the 104th Precinct said in an email the apprehension of the suspects was “another example of the community

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Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day enchants younger set Fun times for the kiddies learning tennis and seeing the stars The Saturday before the US Open begins is set aside for youngsters and this year was no exception. The day-long Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day began with hands-on tennis instructions, supplemented by face painters, stilt walkers and animal balloon makers. In the afternoon the older kids rocked out to a paid concert inside Arthur Ashe St a d iu m . Pe r for m i ng we r e Hu nt e r Hayes, Shaw n Mendes, M KTO, McClain, The Vamps and Madison Beer. With them was DJ Salerno and celebrity trainer Shaun T. The two-week US Open began Monday and continues for two weeks at Q Flushing Meadows Park. — Liz Rhoades

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Twins Eric and Kevin Zhu, 7, look like they’re from outer space after getting faces painted.

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Cou nci l m a n Cost a Con st a nt i n ides (D-Astoria) announced the introduction of legislation that is aimed to keep the community informed of gun violence in the neighborhood. The bill, primarily sponsored by Constantinides and Councilmen Ritchie Torres (D-Bronx) and Paul Vallone (D-Bayside), would mandate a community notification requirement for the city’s gun offender registry. “This bill takes the registry and makes it public,” Constantinides said. “If someone who has been [convicted] with gun violence moves into your neighborhood, it will provide you with an email notification with the name, street number, offense and general description of the offender.” The bill is a revamp of legislation drafted last year that was ultimately voted down by the City Council. Though the bill didn’t have the votes last year, Constantinides said he is confident it will go through. “We introduced the bill on [Aug. 21] and we already have 13 sponsors, including the chair of Public Safety, Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson, and Public Advocate Tish James,” he said. T he regist r y will be upd ated on a monthly basis and g u n offenders are required to be registered for four years from their date of release if imprisoned or after their conviction, after which their names will be expunged. “None of us think this is a magic bullet but it puts an extra set of eyes on the street,” Constantinides said. “We want to provide

the public with this kind of information.” A public database is a relatively new initiative and was recently unveiled in Chicago. “We thought this was a good, commonsense initiative,” the councilman said. “This is something I thought was a good idea from when I was a candidate last year.” Constantinides’ colleague, Vallone, said awareness is an important step in reducing gun violence. “This important piece of legislation will ensure our citizens have access to and are notified of the most recent available information regarding convicted gun offenders in their neighborhoods,” Vallone said. “Spreading awareness and information is a great step towards tackling the issue of gun violence and preventing more gun crimes.” Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and New Yorkers Against Gun Violence also stand behind Constantinides’ bill. “Because we lack strong federal gun laws, New Yorkers suffer from illegal guns that f low into communities from states with lax gun laws,” Leah Barret, director of the group, said. “As a result, our citizens are killed and maimed and public safety is compromised. New Yorkers have a right to know if a dangerous gun offender lives in their neighborhood, Keeping the spotlight on these individuals after they return to the community may help reduce the chances they will re-offend and it raises public awareness about the problem of illegal guns.” Constantinides said he is hoping to have a hearing on the bill in the near future and would like to hear how the public feels Q about a more transparent registry.

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Brian O’Toole of Long Island City is frustrated. His efforts to enroll his daughter in a prekindergarten class at PS 78 have been fruitless, and he says the city has not been responsive to his concerns. “There were only 35 spots available in that neighborhood,” O’Toole wrote in a letter to Mayor de Blasio provided to the Queens Chronicle. He says sending his daughter to a pre-K program outside of his neighborhood is not an option due to geography. “It’s bordered on two sides by water and the other two sides by industrial areas, other schools are not an option for many working parents that rely on childcare takers that can only walk to destinations for pre-K,” he added. Harry Hatfield, a spokesman for the Department of Education, said it was likely O’Toole was talking about the seats at PS 78 specifically — though he noted pre-K classes are held with 18 seats each, so the

real number of seats at the school was likely in an interval of 18 — and that there were “hundreds” of seats available in District 30, which includes Long Island City. Similar problems have been reported elsewhere in Queens. In Ozone Park, one parent signed her son up for a pre-K program in Woodhaven, while another parent from Howard Beach reportedly was offered a seat in the Rockaways. “I have to pay a toll to get my daughter to pre-K?” she said on Facebook. DOE representatives who attended civic meetings last winter promoting UPK warned that if parents did not sign up by the April deadline, they may not receive a pre-K seat in their neighborhood. But some argue that it didn’t take into account families that were planning to leave the city but haven’t yet, or those who have moved to the city since. The DOE says there is space for them, but maybe not so close to their homes. The agency also had to contend with building code violations at some providers Q in recent weeks.

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WE PROVIDE CASH LOANS FOR AUTOS AND MOTORCYCLES! they treat everything like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said. In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, watches Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also offers instant cash an unassuming gold buying and cash loan shop on loans for jewelry and eBay selling services. Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 offer on her ring Their cash loans program is straightforward and from another area shop, but was looking to get a simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who better deal. In what may be viewed as poor business has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg acumen, she told her new prospective buyer what said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to her previous offer was. Still, after examining her buy their jewelry back before the end of the term. piece, he offered her $1,600. He did so, as he says, Sometimes these are people’s heirlooms we’re “...because that’s what it was worth.” talking about and we respect that.” The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for cash For those who are less Internet-savvy or just don’t in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying offers a convenient and Edward Goldberg can relate to firsthand, eBay sales service. If what a customer has isn’t an having been laid off from their jobs in jewelry item that Ice Jewelry Buying would purchase, like manufacturing. They understand that people get a handbag or antique furniture, they can help find into situations where they just need a little cash fast a buyer on their eBay store. Elias consults with the to make the bills and Ice Jewelry Buying Service customer to find a target price and hopes to help out in the most STORE HOURS let the Internet auctioneers handle honest way they can. the rest. “For this, I like to think we’re MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm For anyone who has ever dealt doing the community a service,” SAT. 10am - 6pm SUN. by Appointment with the hassle of selling and Elias said. “We’re in the business of helping people who are in a tough icejewelrybuyingservice.com shipping an item on eBay — all the forms involved in setting up a user spot. They can come to our store and paypal account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice and know that we can educate them on what they Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is really a have and we’ll give them what their items are worth. bargain deal. When that woman told me her previous offer, it made “At the end of the day, I just want people to feel me wonder how many times this happens — how comfortable doing business with us. People have many people who really need that money get taken this conception of gold buying stores as these slimy advantage of?” places with slimy people, and they’re typically right. Elias opened his Rego Park shop with Goldberg But we want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to in 2009, and already they’re seeing a lot of repeat see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in their customers and referrals. This is a sign to them that counter for $800. We don’t do that.” they’re doing something right — the pawn business Ice Jewelr y Buying Ser vice is located at typically deals in one-time transactions but Elias is 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of operation determined to break that mold, building a reputation are Monday-Friday from 11 am to 7:00 pm and on trust. Saturday 10 am to 6 pm; Sunday – private “Everyone around here is buying gold these days; appoinments are available. Call for more information you can go into the barber shop down the road and Q (718) 830-0030. sell your jewelry. The problem with all these places is

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Seeking to achieve in court what it could not get in arbitration, the United Federation of Teachers last week filed a lawsuit asking a judge to rule that teachers do not have to show their lesson plans to school administrators. The suit, filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, grows out of an arbitrator’s ruling in May that while all teachers must create lesson plans, what they contain will be left up to them, according to multiple published reports. The arbitrator refused a union bid to also rule that principals and other supervisors would not even get to review the plans, prompting the suit. Union President Michael Mulgrew was quoted in the New York Post as saying that not forcing teachers to show their lesson plans would reduce the paperwork they have to file. The city Department of Education said such a rule would diminish teachers’ professionalism, the Post reported. Published reports also quoted Mymoena Davids of the NYC Parents Union as calling the idea “outrageous” and asking, “How is a principal supposed to ensure students are receiving a high-quality education?” Davids’ group recently filed one of two lawsuits seeking to overturn teachers’ tenure and other job protections that she says deny students their constitutional right to a sound basic education [see separate story in this week’s Back to Q School/Fall Guide special section].

Racial divide in poll on mayor, Sharpton, NYPD With race relations in the news following the deaths of Eric Garner in Staten Island and Michael Brown in Missouri at the hands of police, Quinnipiac University’s Polling Institute on Tuesday released a new survey showing ethnic divides in New Yorkers’ opinions of Mayor de Blasio, the Rev. Al Sharpton and, to a lesser extent, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton. Fifty percent of respondents approve of how de Blasio is handling his job as mayor, while 32

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Mayor gets slapped by both left and right Mayor de Blasio took some heat from liberal- and conservative-leaning organizations alike on Tuesday. First the Sergeants Benevolent Association took out a full-page ad in some daily newspapers claiming the mayor’s policies are driving an increase in crime and warning the Democratic National Committee that it should not choose New York for its 2016 convention for that reason. Then activists who want horse-drawn carriages removed from the streets of Manhattan protested outside Gracie Mansion to complain that the mayor has not fulfilled his Q campaign pledge to ban the industry.

Pope hope at Citi Field Pope Francis has been invited to visit New York during a trip to the United States next year, and Public Advocate Letitia James hopes he’ll stop by Citi Field, the Daily News reported Sunday. The Mets agreed, the paper said. Pope John Paul II said Mass at Shea Stadium in 1979 Q and at Aqueduct Race Track in 1995. — compiled by Peter C. Mastrosimone

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Bidding begins on train track project Grade line reduction work will be done by March: New York & Atlantic by Christopher Barca Reporter

In order to wiggle around a century-old restriction on the height of rail cars traveling along the Bushwick Branch in Maspeth, the New York & Atlantic Railway is in the process of bidding out a project to lower the grade lines of railroad tracks throughout southwest Queens. New York & Atlantic railcars are mandated to be no more than 16 feet tall while traveling along the Bushwick Branch, which r uns th rough Brooklyn and Maspeth, though 17 feet is the limit on all other New York & Atlantic branches in the city and on Long Island. New York & Atlantic President Paul Victor said the plan is to reduce the grade lines along 1,050 feet of the branch in the area around the overpass near the intersection of Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue in order to allow 17-foot tall railcars to legally pass through the area. “The objective of the project is to increase the clearance of the height of what railroad cars can be west of the Fresh Pond Rail Yard,” Victor said. “We want to lower the tracks enough to accommodate equipment that’s 17 feet tall.” He said many of the cars that are 17 feet tall are refrigerated, carrying food and other

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NAN protest continued from page 24 police are ever involved. “You first need to do a self-inventory,” he said. “I’ll see a PTA meeting at a school with 700 or 800 students and seven parents show up. This is where self-sacrifice comes in. If you’re not home, they’ll find something somewhere else. Then they ask ‘How did my kid get caught up with that gang?’ Your ministry starts at home.” A handful spoke of the importance of voting, particularly for the position of Queens district attorney, where Richard Brown, a Democrat, has seldom faced serious opposition since first being appointed in 1991. An audience member brought up the troubling and continuing allegations coming out against former Brooklyn District Attorney Joe Hynes, whose successor, Kenneth Thompson, is investigating scores of his convictions over the years. Brown is up for re-election next year. Craig said the communities of Southeast Queens can influence elections and the selection of candidates if residents choose to wield that power responsibly. “We can be a powerf ul voting block,” he said. “Everyone knows it. Q But people have to work together.”

Bidding on a New York & Atlantic plan to reduce the grade line of a section of track in Glendale to allow for taller trains to pass through the area has begun. New York & Atlantic President Paul FILE PHOTO Victor says he expects work to be completed by next March. items, and the height restrictions along the Bushwick Branch limits the company’s ability to do business west of the Fresh Pond Rail Yard. “We carry those cars to other destinations on Long Island but not to Fresh Pond,” Victor said. “The principal objective here is to remove that impediment and better serve

our customers.” In addition to the grade line reduction, a 19-foot-long bridge, which won’t be visible from the street, over the sewer line running underneath Metropolitan Avenue will be constructed to eliminate the weight of the trains on the sewer pipe. “We can’t raise the street and we can’t

Palate pleasers for everyone at Open by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

Tired of bringing your brown bag lunch to the US Open? There really is no need as the dining selections range from a food truck to fancy eateries inside the stadium. The two-week tennis championship that got underway Monday offers 60 concession stands, five restaurants, 100 luxury suites and the Players’ Lounge. The event will attract more than 700,000 fans. In the more casual Food Village, the two new stands are Maya, offering classic Mexican favorites, and Pat LaFrieda Meat Co., with steak sandwiches, meatball heros and more. At Court 17 is the first food truck at the Open. The Morris Grilled Cheese Truck uses artisanal breads, meats and cheeses on their gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches. On the Club Level at the Arthur Ashe Stadium is a second Farm to Fork eatery and the Carnegie Deli with specialty sandwiches. Returning on-site restaurants are ACES, featuring Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto’s famous sushi; Wine Bar Food, with flaming ouzo shrimp; Champions Bar & Grill with oysters and caviar; and Maya, an upscale version of the new one in the food court. Other culinary highlights at the Open

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include handmade sandwiches and salads customized by fans at the South Plaza Cafe and lobster rolls at Liberty Pier. The two Farm to Fork locations offer roast pork and broccoli rabe sandwiches, barbecue selections and desserts. The athletes haven’t been forgotten either. This year the salad bar has been updated to include grain salads and the espresso bar is Q offering more specialty coffee drinks.

lower the sewer. So we have one option, to lower the track,” he said. “It’s a bridge that no one w ill see becau se it w ill be underground.” While the track is being lowered, temporary tracks will be laid alongside the existing ones to avoid any disruptions in service, but Victor doesn’t expect any impacts in terms of noise pollution or any other disruptions in the area during temporary track work. “There will be almost no construction trucks and it’s not near streets or residences,” he said of the area where the sections of track being altered are located. “Unless you live under the bridge, you won’t really be impacted at all.” Track realignment and the construction of a crossover between the Bushwick and Montauk branches at the Fresh Pond Rail Yard will also be completed during the process. A pre-bid meeting for interested construction firms was held on Wednesday and Victor said he hopes the company will close on a bid by next Friday. Victor could not discuss an estimated cost of the project while bids were still being gathered, but he did say he fully expects the project to be completed in Q March 2015.

Donations for U.S. wounded The Queens Chapter of the Marine Corps League is seeking donations of items needed by the families of wounded American military personnel now being treated at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland. Requested items include Pack-nPlay baby playpens; Swiffer WetJet brooms; size 5 diapers (not Pampers or Huggies); small containers of hand sanitizer; baby wipes; flushable wipes; large bath towels; liquid hand soap in pump bottles; blenders; Clorox wipes; laundry detergent; Kleenex tissues; mechanical can openers; brooms and dustpans; mops; standing mixers; cutting boards; measuring cups; k itchen k nives; bowls; mixing bowls; water pails; toilet cleaners; por table high chairs for toddlers. Items are being collected by Marine Cor p League Detachment 240 on Thursdays from noon to 6 p.m. at 1020 Clintonville St. in Whitestone. Further information on donations for wounded military personnel or service members serving overseas may be obtained by sending an email to Q marine698@aol.com.

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The 7 train is one of the oldest lines running through Queens. The elevated tracks cut through both historical and cultural sites.

has lost its character and soul, but one of the things New York is most known for is diversity, and Queens has that to offer in spades.” Erwin Diaz, a 24-year-old Jamaica native, will take tourists on an “urban safari,” past icons including the Citigroup Building in Long Island City and the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The tour guide even sports a safari helmet as a campy wink to the concrete jungle. The ride is fun and Diaz’s charisma and knowledge make the historical talking points much more interesting.

While the idea is creative, sitting on a train and seeing buildings through a window can get dull, something Diaz and Candis avoid by taking groups off the train at certain stops. “There are a few stops we want people to get out and take a look at their surroundings,” Candis said. “Especially in Sunnyside and Long Island City where there are great views of the neighborhood, as well as the Manhattan skyline.” The No. 7 train acts as a strange tour bus of sorts, and to many a lifelong New Yorker, the instinct to roll your eyes at the idea of a subway tour is palpable. continued on page 45

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or thousands of New Yorkers, by taking the train is about as Tess McRae ordinary as having coffee in the morning. The subway is a part of the city’s culture, so what better way to experience New York than to do as the locals do? Lucky 7 Subway Tours offer tourists and residents the opportunity to ride through seven neighborhoods and learn some history along the way. “Travelers, they all want something new,” Will Candis, spokesman for the group, said. “Manhattan has changed for the worse and

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boro EXHIBITS “Homeland [In]security: Vanishing Dreams” by Margaret Matthews-Berenson, Dorsky Gallery, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City, runs thru Nov. 16; opening reception: Sun., Sept. 7, 2-5 p.m. Info: dorsky.org.

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MUSIC Music of Haydn, New York Classical Quartet, Fri., Sept. 12, 6 p.m. King Manor Museum, 150-30 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. $25 in advance, $30 at door. Reservations: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13; kingmanor. org/events/concert.php.

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FILM Outdoor Classic Cartoons Night, family-friendly program featuring several early animated cartoon films from Fleisher Studios, produced in the 1920s-1930s, shown in the garden. Sat., Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m., Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing, $5 pp, popcorn included, $3 children, under 3 free. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

AUDITIONS Handel’s “Messiah,” Oratorio Society of Queens, fall rehearsal season, auditions at Temple Beth Sholom, 172nd St. & Northern Blvd., Flushing, Mon., Sept. 8 & 15, 7 p.m., for holiday concert, Dec. 21. Reservations req’d. Info: (718) 279-3006, queensoratorio.org.

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evelt Ave., Jackson Heights. All levels available, must call (646) 727-7821 to register. Hawkins-based modern technique dance with Valerie Green, every Tues. starts Sept. 6, 6:30-8 p.m. $18 pp; $15 dancers/ students. Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St., #301, Long Island City. Contact: (718) 9563037, greenspacestudio.org/classes.html. Italian for Beginners, every Tues., 7-9 p.m., 10-week course. $60 pp. Dance with Instruction, every Mon. and Fri., 7:158:15 p.m. $10. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Contact: (718) 478-3100. Wednesday Night Singles Group, SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck, second and fourth Wed. of each month, 7-9 p.m. Fee: $7 members, $9 nonmembers. Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced with demonstration. Call: (718) 969-1128.

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Annual Sickle Cell 5K Walk/Run, Queens Sickle Cell Advocacy Network, starts at York College, 160 St. between Liberty & Archer aves., ends at Roy Wilkins Park on Merrick Blvd., Sun., Sept. 7; registration, Outdoor Classic Cartoons Night at Voelker Orth Museum 8 a.m., walk/run, 10 a.m. Health & wellwill be lots o’ fun for the entire family with cartoons from ness, zumba, vendors, food, face painting, music, free massage. $20 preregistrathe 1920s and 1930s, Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m. tion, $25 day of walk. Register: qscan.org, Tumbling with Autism Program, Team Up with Walk at Flushing Marina, Corona-East Elmhurst sicklecellwalk@verizon.net. Play4Autism at Triumph Gymnastics Center, 79-41 Kiwanis, Sat., Sept. 13, 8:30 a.m., 27th Ave. & Cooper Ave., Glendale, Sun., 1:30-3:30 p.m. Child’s Ditmars Blvd., East Elmhurst. $20 includes T-shirt Indian Subcontinent Partition Documentation first Sunday free; after: $20 for 1 hour, $30 for 2 hours & water. Proceeds to send kids to Kamp Kiwanis. Project’s Museum “Open House,” Sat., Sept. 13, 3-5 p.m., ISPaD NYC office, 85-60 Parsons per child, $40 for 2 hours/2 children. Child must be a registered at Play4Autism (play4autism.org). 41st annual Park Fair, Richmond Hill Block Blvd., Jamaica. Info: Greg Vasicek, Play4Autism, (646) 836-4535. Association, Sat., Sept. 13, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Buddy Monument in Forest Park, Myrtle Ave. & Park Kids free art classes, by Latin American Cultural Lane South. Vendors, food, rides, games, live Center of Queens at Arrow Community Center, music & more. starts Tue., Sept. 9, 35-30 35 St., Astoria, every St. John Vianney Church Center, Union St. & Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Reserve: (718) 261-7664. Info: Spanish for beginners and face & hand read- 35th Ave., Sat., Sept. 6, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: ing according to Zohar, Bayside Jewish Center, (718) 762-7920. (718) 261-7664 laccq@aol.com. 203-05 32 Ave., Free. Info: (347) 771-9132. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens St. Matthias School 105th anniversary gala Blvd., Elmhurst, Sat., Sept. 6, 9 a.m-4 p.m. Call & all-years reunion, Sun., Sept. 28, 11:30 a.m., (718) 478-3100. Summer Celebration, Sunday to Remember pro- alumni Mass followed by dinner in the auditogram, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens, rium, 1-6 p.m., induction of two alumni into Hall St. Raphael’s Church, 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., Long Latin American music interpreted by Francisco of Fame, Helen Wolf (class of 1977) and Robert Island City, outdoors, Sun., Sept. 7, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cantilo. Fun with dance, raffles, refreshments and Lohrey (1961). $60 pp. Register: stmatthiass- Info: (718) 729-8957, straphaelrectory@yahoo.com. entertainment for the family. Sun., Aug. 31, 2:30 to chool.org. Info: (718) 517-3455, alumni@stmatKew Gardens, LIRR North Parking Lot, 82-60 5 p.m., El Paraiso Tropical, 102-11 43 Ave., Corona. thiasschool.org. Austin St., Sat., Sept. 13 (rain date, Sept. 20), 8 Reserve: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com. Saturday night dance, Italian Charities of Amer- a.m.-5 p.m. Heavenly Angels Animal Rescue will Queens Green Party campaign, support Howie ica, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, Sat., Aug. 30; have dogs & cats for adoption, 1-5 p.m. Hawkins for Governor and Brian Jones for Lt. Gov- Sept. 13, 27; 8 p.m.-12 a.m. Call: (718) 478-3100. St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, 150-75 Goethernor of New York as an alternative to Democrats & Republicans. Thurs., Sept. 4, 7 p.m., All Saints Farmer’s Market Fridays, Queens Botanical als Ave., Jamaica, outdoors every Sat. & Sun. until Garden, Dahlia Ave., off Main St., Flushing, thru Nov., 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Episcopal Church, 43-12 46 St., Sunnyside. Nov. 21, every week, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Info: (718) Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 34th annual Antique Motorcycle Show, Queens 886-3800, queensbotanical.org. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens. County Farm Museum, Sun., Sept. 14, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $5 pp, (register 10-11 a.m. to enter your own Free lung cancer screenings, Forest Hills Hospibike), includes family fun, free parking. 73-50 tal, Weds., 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 102-01 66 Road. Scan St. Benedict the Moor Church, Merrick Blvd. at Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. Contact: (718) 347- takes about five minutes & uses low-dose radia- 110th Ave., Jamaica, every Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Vention. App’t req’d. Info: (855) 375-5864. dors welcome. Contact: (718) 332-0026. 3276, info@queensfarm.org.

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On a hot Monday morning, Flushing Town Hall stood out from the bustling street and passing cars. Outside, there was noise and discord; inside, a melody rang through the doorways leading into the main room of the hall. Here, a 10-year-old boy delighted the staff and patrons of the venue. Huang Tiange, who will be performing at Flushing Town Hall in October, gave a preview shortly before the commencement of the venue’s fall season, when a showcase of different musical and performing arts events will take place. Ellen Kodadek, executive and artistic

Huang Tiange When: Sunday, Oct. 5, 3 p.m. Where: Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Tickets: $15, flushingtownhall.org

director of nearly seven years at Flushing Town Hall, introduced the composer and pianist after a brief introduction of the town hall, which will be celebrating its 35th anniversary as such. Tiange is just one example of the many programs the venue will offer during the 2014-15 season. Flushing Town Hall, which sits at the center of one of the densest areas in Queens, makes a point in promoting diversity and weaving together education, culture and art. Though Tiange will take center stage to perform his music, the youngster has other interests as well. In addition to his piano playing, Tiange also demonstrated a love for photography. Before playing at the premiere of his own festival in Beijing in 2009, where ma ny fa mous composer s at tended, Tiange’s family took a trip to a mountainside near the edge of Beijing. There, Tiange took many photographs of the landscapes, which were published in a book for attendees to view at the town hall. As he began to play, Tiange would

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Ten-year-old Huang Tiange gave a short preview of his October concert at Flushing Town PHOTO BY CHRISTA SPERANZA Hall during the venue’s unveiling of the new season. evince moments of pure concentration. The look in his eyes as he pressed each key with meaning struck the audience. His own composition, “Xinjiang Suite,” reminisced a feeling of springtime — a light pitter-patter of notes followed by heavy crescendos.

Tiange was introduced to the piano by his mother and father, who are also his teachers. At 4 years old, he developed an affinity for the instrument and, a year later, wrote his very own composition. continued on page 46 00 continued

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This summer, many kids and teens have been channeling their inner Rocky and pushing their personal limits. Young adventure seekers are rediscovering a place in Queens where they can experience extreme outdoor challenges: rock wall climbing or gliding along a scary high zipline, like Spider-Man. Located in the peaceful setting of Alley Pond Park, the adventure course is the only one of its kind in New York City and the largest in the metropolitan area. “The Alley Pond adventure course allows people to build confidence and camaraderie in a fun and safe environment,” said Urban Park Ranger Director Sarah Aucoin. “With a wide variety of activities that are accessible to people of all ages and abilities, the adventure course is a great way to challenge yourself both physically and intellectually.” According to Aucoin, by mastering a series of tough obstacles, youngsters can feel empowered and anger issues can be worked through. Even student s who are bullied in school can feel better about themselves. Keisha Jackson, an Elmhurst resident and high school student, has been coming to Alley Pond Park often to challenge herself. Last year, she had to endure the emotional hurt caused by cyberbullying.

Her teachers grew concerned and eventually suggested she tackle the adventure course with other students to combat her feelings. “I feel so much better about myself,” Jackson said. Almost magically, bad attitudes and behaviors start to change as youngsters step outside their normal comfort zone. A s an edgier a lter nat ive to f ield sports, daring young people can benefit from a variety of well-planned, specially designed challenges. “Something amazing happens when kids, especially those who see themselves as victims, find themselves at the top of the rock wall,” one parent said. “Their entire perception changes. It’s a great way to start a challenging school year with a clear head and helps students focus on what’s important.” For school and youth groups, free programs are available for participants 8 years old and over on a first–come, firstserved basis on Sundays at 10 a.m. and on weekdays at 1: 30 p.m., through November. For the remainder of the summer, the Urban Park Rangers will be hosting a “staycation” from Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. This special program will allow individuals, friends and families to have free access to the course during the week. Q

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boro Climb aboard the 7 for culture and history continued from page page 00 41 continued from where tour-goers are taken into the iconic But once that typical New York cynicism Flushing Meadows Corona Park and left to fades, the tour really is fun and full of explore at the Queens Museum. interesting facts to intrigue anyone. Before he leaves, Diaz provides guests For example, Jackson Heights is the with a few choice eats as well as a fortune birthplace of Scrabble, the Steinway Piano cookie. factory has a three-month waiting list for “The train is lucky and the cookie just tours and the 74th Street station is one of adds to it,” Diaz said. “We tell people to the city’s first enviplay the Lotto with ronmentally green the numbers on the buildings. back to see if you’ve The groups are got extra luck.” When: Wed. and Thurs., 1 p.m. small. Candis said Lucky 7 Subway Where: No. 7 Platform, he’d like to have Tours launched last Grand Central Station between 10 and 20 week and costs $20 a Tickets: $20, guests a week. person, but Candis twitter.com/subwaytours “We’re not going said he hopes to bring to try and overcrowd that price down to (347) 965-8225 people,” he sa id. zero eventually. “We don’t want to “If we’re able to intrude on people who are on the train and offer it for free, that’d be really great,” he we wa nt to ke ep it int imate a nd said. “Queens is cool and the 7 train is really conversational.” known as lucky. It’s very historic and there’s Starting in Manhattan, the tour winds a lot of meaning behind it. We’re trying to through Long Island City, Sunnyside, give people a sense of what it would be like Woodside, Elmhurst, Corona and Flushing to live here.” Meadows. Since it is so new, there were a few hiccups The final stop is Mets-Willets Point, here and there, but nothing that took too

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MEETINGS North Shore Chapter of Hearing Loss Association of America, LIJ Hearing & Speech Center, 270-05 76 Ave., New Hyde Park, every third Wed. of month, 6:30 p.m. AARP meetings: Open to the general public. Chapter 1405, Flushing, Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., 1st and 3rd Mon. each month, 1 p.m. Chapter 2889, Maspeth, American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., meets 1st and 3rd Wed. each month, 12 p.m. Contact: (718) 672-9890.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Our Lady of Mercy Golden Age Club trip to Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Pa., Tues., Sept. 16, 8 a.m. (from OLM), 8:15 a.m. (from Queen of Martyrs, 110-06 Queens Blvd.). $37 includes: $30 slot play & $5 food credit. To reserve send check to: OLM Golden Age Club, 70-01 Kessel St., Forest Hills, NY 11375. Info: call Ed (718) 849-0234. It’s Never to Late to Do Something New, local author Terrie Farley Moran discusses & signs her recent mystery book, “Well Read, Then Dead,” publisher giveaways and Q&A. Wed., Sept. 17, 7-8:30 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows. Senior Theater Acting Repertory group, Queens Village Library, 94-11 217 St. Fridays, 11 a.m. Older adults invited to join STAR and perform theater at the library. Info: queenslibrary.org, (718) 776-0800. Have a loved one with memory loss? Selfhelp Community Services Inc., 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Stimulating program – One, two, three or four days a week; half-days are also available. Call Ellen Sarokin or Cathy O’Sullivan: (718) 631-1886. Selfhelp Innovative Senior Center (Benjamin Rosenthal-Prince Street Senior Center), 45-25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, Email & the Internet, computer class for seniors 60+. Call: John (718) 559-4329.

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Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 12310 143 St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is at noon with a suggested donation of $1.50. Programs include: tai chi stretch, dance groups, choral group, ceramics, camera class, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more. Contact: (718) 657-6752. Bereavement Group for Seniors, Services Now for Adult Persons, Inc., SNAP, 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Bldg. 4, CBU 29, Queens Village, eight-session group, Mon., 2:15 p.m. For those who have recently lost a loved one. Contact: Marion (718) 454-2100 Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75 St., offers: computer classes, all levels, beginners to advanced, including: 21st century technology and the latest gadgets; and Microsoft Excel (separate class); fitness classes in Zumba, aerobics, line dancing, yoga, tai chi, lower-body toning, sit and

be fit; recreational activities (daily bingo, singing, watercolor painting, bus trips, meals and more). Contact: Hindy at (718) 894-3441.

SUPPORT GROUPS Job placement assistance, ANIBIC, 61-35 220 St., Bayside, a nonprofit organization serving children and young disabled adults in the community with job & apartment placement. Bereavement groups for loss of a spouse, facilitated by a licensed social worker. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Call: Lisa Elhanyi, (718) 268-5011, ext. 621. Overeaters Anonymous, for help with weight loss and/or other issues. Long Island Consultation Center, 97-29 64 Road, Rego Park, Sun., 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Call: (718) 937-0163. Rego Park Library, Thurs. at 11:15 a.m., 91-41 63 Drive. Holy Child Jesus Outreach Center, 11206 86 Ave., Richmond Hill, Tues., 7:30-9 p.m. Call: (718) 564-7027. Women’s Support Group, Center for the Women of New York, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, Room 325. Thurs. (weekly) 6:30-8 p.m. Registration required. Free. Contact: CWNY (718) 793-0672, centerwny@yahoo.com. Narcotics Anonymous Drug problem? Call Helpline at (718) 962-6244 or visit westernqueensna.com. Meeting 7 days a week. Alcoholics Anonymous, daily meetings around Queens for those with a drinking problem. Info: queensaa.org, (718) 520-5021. Al-anon, self-help group for anyone affected by another’s drinking: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 82nd St. & 34th Ave., Parish house, 1st floor, Jackson Heights, every Tues. Contact: (718) 457-1511. Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center basement, 85-18 61 Road, Rego Park, every Sun. 12 p.m. Gam-Anon is a 12-step program for families of someone with a gambling problem. Call hot line (212) 606-8177. The Lupus Alliance of Long Island and Queens meets Tue., once a month, 7:30-9 p.m., Flushing. Register/info: (516) 802-3142. Members $10, nonmembers $15, includes a light breakfast, handouts and lunch. Contact: (516) 826-2058.

LISTING INFORMATION Community Calendar items must be sent two weeks before the date of the event. Listings should be typed, from a nonprofit organization, either free or moderately priced, and be open to the public. Keep the information to one paragraph. Because of the large number of requests for the free calendar listings, we cannot include every event submitted. Email: artslistingsqchron@gmail.com or send to: Queens Chronicle, Community Calendar, P.O. Box 74-7769, Rego Park, NY 11374 or via fax to (718) 205-0150.

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Huang Tiange continued continued from from page page 43 00 When asked where his favorite place to perform is, Tiange said with a smile, “China, here, anyplace. I love to perform.” Tiange also plays the violin for 30 minutes a day to “test his limits on a string instrument.” He gets inspiration from many different composers. “Bach,” he said. “Well, I have a lot of favorite composers: Bartók, Beethoven …” The list went on. During his October show, Tiange will perform three of Mozart’s sonatas and his original composition, as a tribute to Beijing’s autumn, called “The Golden Season.” Tickets are currently on sale, and start for nonmembers at $15. In addition to Tiange’s performance, Flushing Town Hall’s fall cultural events will range from a Brazilian drumming workshop on Oct. 5 at 7 p.m., to a demonstration of Arabic calligraphy on Oct. 19 at 1 p.m., monthly Jazz clinics and jams starting in September, as well as a first annual Snowball Benefit Dance, where all proceeds will go to education and the venue’s public programs. Along with a new event season, Flushing Town Hall has unveiled a new website

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where all tickets for events can be found. Director of Marketing and Community Engagement Shawn Choi increased the site’s accessibility exponentially. Choi explained that the introduction to the new user-friendly ticketing service, Vendini, as well as the layout, were created in hopes of making tickets and events more accessible. For a full schedule of events, ticket prices or other information on Flushing Town Hall, visit flushingtownhall.org or Q call (718) 463-7700.

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J & PAN’S ENTERPRISE, L.L.C., Articles of Organization filed NY Sec of State of New York (SSNY) 06/16/2014. Office location in Queens County. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o J & PAN’S ENTERPRISE, L.L.C., 33-67 154th St., Flushing, NY 11354.

MARTOS 57 LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/25/14. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 56-75 49th Street, Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: NSIS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/28/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Corporation Service Company, 80 State Street, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: REALITY PAINTERS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/20/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 116-23 198 Street, St. Albans, NY 11412. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILIT Y COMPANY. NAME: SAFEWAY TRANSPORTATION LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/02/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Ravinder Singh, 114-12 95 Ave., Richmond Hill, NY 11419. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: VALVERDE FILMS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/22/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 1521 Concord Pike, Suite 301, Wilmington, DE 19803. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 3/4/14, bearing Index Number NC-000017-14/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) LESLY (Middle) PATRICIA (Last) BENITEZ. My present name is (First) LESLY (Middle) P (Last) BENITEZ FONTALVO AKA LESLY PATRICIA BENITEZ. My present address is 85-65 88th Street, Woodhaven, NY 11421-1308. My place of birth is Colombia. My date of birth is February 13, 1991.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MONSTROUS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/17/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to The LLC, 235-51 147th Dr., 2nd floor, Rosedale, NY 11422. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

PROJECT BOOTHS LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 6/12/2014. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, c/o Shafi Mahbub, 168-27 84th Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of formation of Richmond Restaurants LLC a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/31/2014. Office Location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to Richmond Restaurants LLC , 79-15 268th Street, Glen Oaks, NY 11004 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of SINO - U.S. EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/05/14. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/27/14. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Samuel R. Hashim, 156-03 Horace Harding Expressway, Flushing, NY 11367. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Willets Point Tower, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 7/9/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Jiashu Xu, 134-03 35th Ave., Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of formation of MAJOR LUCKY TAXI LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 5/21/2014. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC, 133-06 129th Street, #2, S. Ozone Park, NY 11420. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

NEUE DESIGN WORKSHOP LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/26/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 21-42 45th Road, Long Island City, New York, 11101. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of QUEEN AVA REALTY LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/10/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 61 7th Ave. S.,NY, NY 10014. Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ROY L SECURITY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/22/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SMART START TODDLERS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/26/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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104-17 MARTENSE AVENUE LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 5/30/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 15440 21st Ave., Whitestone, NY 11357. General Purposes p

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Ben David Development LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/2/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to c/o Michael David Saidian, 124-15 Metropolitan Ave, Fl 2, Kew Gardens, NY 11415. Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 8888 NYC LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/06/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 8888 NYC LLC, 219-22 64th Ave., Oakland Gardens, NY 11364. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BL Advisory Services, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 7/1/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Richard P. Weiss, Esq., 155 Willowbrook Blvd., Ste. 300, Wayne, NJ 07470. Purpose: any lawful activities.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ALLIED ENTERPRISES NY, LLC. Certificate of Conversion was filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/11/08. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Muss Development Co., 118-35 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, New York 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ARSENAL LIGHTING, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/03/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Benjamin Suarez, 98-50 67th Ave., Apt. 2G, Rego Park, NY 11374. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

E&R BROKERAGE LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 6/30/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 69-20 48th Ave., Woodside, NY 11377. General Purposes.

BEACH 25 REALTY LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/17/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 536-538 Beach 25th St., Far Rockaway, NY 11691. General Purposes.

Notice of Formation of Elson Group LLC. Art. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/15/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: The LLC, 50-23 Weeks Lane, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365. Purpose: any lawful activity.

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 701785/2014. STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF QUEENS BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, Plaintiff, -vsTHEODORA TARVER, if living and if she be dead, and all Persons who are wives, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributes, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributes, and successors in interest all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; CITY OF NEW YORK NYC DEPARTMENT OF FINANCEPARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU PAYMENT AND ADJUDICATION CENTER OF QUEENS; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 167-15 109TH ROAD, JAMAICA, NY 11433. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable. 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 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. That this action is being amended to include possible heirs of Theodora Tarver as said individual cannot be located. That this action is also being amended to include the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance and United States of America as necessary parties. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: May 29, 2014. /s/_______________ Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN, SUCH & CRANE, LLP. Attorneys for Plaintiff. Office and P.O. Address: 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, New York 14614, Telephone No. (585) 232-7400. Block: 10186, Lot: 40 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of QUEENS, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein. TO THE DEFENDANT, except THEODORA TARVER, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Augustus C. Agate, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated June 12, 2014 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. The premises is described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, in the Borough of Queens, County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northerly side of 109th Road distant 120 feet easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of 109th Road with the easterly side of 167th Street, running thence Northerly parallel with 167th Street, 98.2 feet; thence Easterly parallel with 109th Road, 25 feet; thence southerly again parallel with 167th Street, 98.2 feet to the northerly side of 109th Road, 25 feet to the point or place of beginning. Premises known as 167-15 109th Road, Jamaica, NY 11433.

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37-31 Realty, LLC Arts of Org. filed with NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 05/20/2014. Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 37-31 Realty, LLC, 37-05 74th Street, 3rd Fl., Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Any lawful purpose.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 703583/2013 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF QUEENS CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, -vsSALOME MAZARD, INDIVIDUALLY AS HEIR AND ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HERMAN MAZARD A/K/A HERMANN MAZARD, DECEASED; HERMANN MAZARD, JR., AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF HERMAN MAZARD A/K/A HERMANN MAZARD, DECEASED; ALEXANDRA MAZARD, AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF HERMAN MAZARD A/K/A HERMANN MAZARD, DECEASED; PATRICK R. ETIENNE, AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF HERMAN MAZARD A/K/A HERMANN MAZARD, DECEASED; NATHALIE HERVIEUX, AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF HERMAN MAZARD A/K/A HERMANN MAZARD, DECEASED, if living and if she be dead, and all Persons who are wives, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of 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 are unknown to Plaintiff; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CITIBANK, N.A.; NYC DEPARTMENT OF FINANCEPARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU PAYMENT AND ADJUDICATION CENTER OF QUEENS; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 88-26 193RD STREET, HOLLIS, NY 11423. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable. 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 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. That this action is being amended to include the possible heirs of Nathalie Hervieux, as said individual could not be located. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: April 9, 2014. /s/_________________ Mark K. Broyles, Esq., FEIN, SUCH & CRANE, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Office and P.O. Address: 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, New York 14614, Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 SECTION: BLOCK: 10457, LOT: 15 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of QUEENS, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein. TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Sidney F. Strauss, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated May 6, 2014 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. The premises is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the westerly side of 193rd Street formerly Hollis Park Boulevard, distant 202.56 feet southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly side of 193rd Street with the southerly side of Hillside Avenue; being a plot 110 feet by 100 feet by 110 feet by 100 feet. Premises known as 88-26 193rd Street, Hollis, NY 11423.

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Rego Park was originally the creation of Ridgewood builder Henry Schloh in 1925. In 1929 Harry Le Vay, also from Ridgewood — he lived on Putnam Street — took a chance and opened up Le Vay’s restaurant on the south side of Queens Boulevard at 63rd Avenue (then still technically Elmhurst as per the Post Office). After the ban on alcohol was repealed he changed it to The Boulevard Tavern early in 1934. The original Spanish stucco building was expanded and had two floor shows nightly, with accommodations for 500 people. In 1957 Academy Award-winning actor Martin Landau had his wedding reception here when he married Millicent Fogel, who later became Barbara Bain. The Boulevard also was a favorite eatery and meeting place for politicians in the 1960s. When presidential candidate John F. Kennedy came to town, the Boulevard Tavern played host and he addressed the crowd in the parking lot. In 1964 when Bobby Kennedy was running for senator he came here too. In 1973 the landmark was sold and

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demolished, the large AT&T Building erected in its place. In the background of this 1947 photo you can see the temporary war veteran GI housing on the north side of Horace Harding Boulevard in Corona. That ran from Horace Harding to Junction Boulevard on the west, 57th Avenue on the north and 99th Street on the east. Today LeFrak City is on that land, the Long Island Expressway is the main roadway and Horace Harding, renamed an Q expressway, is just a service road.

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The Boulevard Tavern, 94-05 Queens Blvd., seen from a window across the street in the apartment building, The Elizabeth, at 93-54 Queens Blvd. after a snowfall in 1947.

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Keeping up with the times, the USTA has placed a food truck outside Court 17 that serves only grilled cheese sandwiches. The bad news is the sandwiches are in the $10 to $12 range, although Levy’s Restaurants, the Open’s caterer, claimed they are gourmet — as opposed to the kind that our moms made for us. Last Saturday, as part of the Arthur Ashe Day festivities, American Express had Sloane Stephens, Jack Sock, Monica Puig and the recently retired James Blake give a clinic to 10 lucky city kids who play on community tennis courts that were refurbished by AmEx. On Labor Day, the USTA will have Laila Ali, the daughter of Muhammad Ali and a boxing champion in her own right, conduct a tennis and exercise clinic on Court 12 at 9:30 a.m. Time Warner Cable is renting a large indoor space at the NTC and will have a slew of retired tennis greats such as namesake Billie Jean King, James Blake, Jim Courier and Lindsay Davenport taking part in Q&A sessions that are open to all during the Open. Asics is a popular running shoe manufacturer that is now trying to achieve market share in the tennis world. As a way of getting some attention the company had reps in ballperson outfits hand out free MetroCards on the 7 train Q heading to Flushing on Monday. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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Where perfection is not an accident... And at Sonny’s Collision Specialists that’s what we offer our customers - PERFECTION! We know how stressful it can be when you are without your vehicle. At Sonny’s you will never be dissatisfied - in fact we’re so sure, that we offer you a rental vehicle

at our expense if you’re not completely satisfied with our work when we return your vehicle.

OUR LIFETIME GUARANTEE IS UNLIMITED.

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SPECIALIZING IN COLLISION AND THEFT REPAIRS

OUR UNLIMITED LIFETIME GUARANTEE “If You Are Not Completely Satisfied We Will Put You In A Rental Vehicle at Our Own Expense Until We Satisfy You!”

• FREE 24-Hour Towing With Any Collision Repair • We will deliver your vehicle upon completion • Rental Cars Available • Paintless Dent Removal • Computer Color Matching • Laser-measured Unibody Straightening • Full Down Draft European Heated SPRAY BOOTH USI ITALIA

1- 888-4SONNYS Tel: 718-738-6721 • Fax: 718-846-7755

106 -12 ATLANTIC AVE. RICHMOND HILL

We are not only a State-Of-The-Art Repair Facility, Our On-Staff Insurance Adjusters Will Help Settle Your Claim & Insure Prompt Service Reporting Your Claim.

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