Future of block association, area Lions club unknown as Esposito takes leave OZP groups in limbo as prez steps back
by Kristen Guglielmo Associate Editor
The future of two Ozone Park organizations remains up in the air after their leader stepped aside.
Sam Esposito, the president of both the Ozone Park Residents Block Association and the Ozone Park Howard Beach Woodhaven Lions Club, announced last week that he is going on leave due to health concerns.
“After conferring with board members and my close friends and family, I have decided to take an indefinite leave of absence while I work to get my health and life under control,” Esposito wrote on the block association’s Facebook page, Ozone Park Voice News Group, which boasts more than 30,000 members.
He continued, “I do not know what the future holds or what the outcome will be. So, the OZPKRBA and Lions boards will meet in the coming weeks to decide how to restructure or the best course of action.”
The action comes after Esposito was arrested for petit larceny in July, and after accusations of harassment from multiple members of the Ozone Park community, including by Phyllis Inserillo, the chief of staff for Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) and co-president of the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic. Esposito denied wrongdoing in both cases.
The Chronicle obtained a letter dated Aug.
2, addressed to Esposito and on official Lions letterhead, that brought the status of the Ozone Park Howard Beach Woodhaven Lions Club into question based on, among other concerns, financial dues and club elections.
Esposito told the Chronicle he never received the letter and that the club’s dues are paid. District Governor Romeo Hitlall told the Chronicle he cannot discuss the Ozone Park Howard Beach Woodhaven Lions Club, as it faces “an ongoing matter.”
David Kingsbury, the legal counsel for Lions International who is mentioned in the letter, did not respond to emails and calls from the Chronicle.
In the absence of the block association, Ozone Park residents may turn to two other options to stay in the loop: the Ozone Tudor Civic Association, led by Frank Dardani, and the Our Neighbors Civic Association of Ozone Park, led by Joe Caruana.
Caruana, who has announced he will retire after June 2025, told the Chronicle that ONCA will remain independent, and that he and the rest of his board will pray for Esposito’s health and wellbeing.
“The block association and the Lions are great organizations,” Caruana said. “And while Sam has done great things with them, they will survive without him, just like ONCA will sur-
“The Lions are an extremely respected organization, and I’m glad that they are doing their due diligence and investigating things before this one bad actor was able to tarnish their good name here in South Queens.”
She continued, “Ozone Park is fortunate to have a large number of civic groups and community advocates. These groups will now have a much freer hand, as they can operate without fear of being slandered or smeared on social media as so many people have been in the past. I think this is the dawn of a new day in Ozone Park, and it is looking like a good day indeed.”
Esposito in a social media post said that a recent test indicated a pancreatic problem, possibly even cancer, though that has yet to be determined. He told the Chronicle in a message that the future of the groups depends on their members.
vive without me after June.”
“Through my previous interactions with him, I think my feelings on Mr. Esposito have been quite clear,” Ariola told the Chronicle.
Groovin’ to timeless tunes in Howard Beach
Residents enjoyed an evening of timeless jazz under the stars Aug. 29, as state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. hosted his annual Arnie Mig Big Band Concert in the parking lot across the street from St. Helen Church in Howard Beach. Co-sponsored by state Sen. Roxanne Persaud, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato, Brady & Bader LLP and Exit Realty,
the event featured the musical stylings of the Music Staff Swing Orchestra and its band leader, Frank Pedulla.
The two-hour event brought back memories of Arnold “Arnie Mig” Migliaccio, the leader of the Serenaders in Blue Orchestra, who initiated the first annual swing concert for Howard Beach residents nearly 30 years
ago, featuring Big Band-era jazz from the 1940s, according to Addabbo’s office.
“As the instruments played and the wind blowed, the raving audience stayed to the end,” Persaud wrote on Facebook, where she livestreamed some of the event. Videos of the performance are still available to view on Persaud’s page. — Kristen Guglielmo
“I need to concentrate on my health with the remote possibility of pancreatic cancer hanging over my head,” he said. “I gave 6 years of my life to helping everyone but myself. Now, I need to take care of myself. And I need to be there for my family and friends. Our work speaks for itself, and we are proud of everything we have accomplished to date. Let’s see how they want to proceed.” Q
Annual BBQ for vets in HB
It’s that time again! On Sept. 7, from 12 to 2 p.m., state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven) will once again host his free annual Veterans BBQ.
Veterans are invited to enjoy food, music and drinks, donated by several area businesses and organizations, at the Howard Beach Motor Boat Club, at 59 Russell St. Seating is limited and reservations are required.
“As I like to say, every day is Veterans’ Day, and one of the best ways to honor our veterans is by throwing them their very own party,” Addabbo, who has hosted the event since 2008, said in a prepared statement. “The men and women who have served in our armed forces and put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy, deserve to feel appreciated all the time. It is my honor to host this free event for veterans each year, so they know that their service to our country is respected and appreciated by all.”
In order to attend, veterans must live in Addabbo’s district, and each may bring one guest. To RSVP, call Addabbo’s office at (718) 738-1111.
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Sam Esposito, the president of the Ozone Park Residents Block Association and the Ozone Park Howard Beach Woodhaven Lions Club, announced he is taking an indefinite leave of absence from his volunteer duties due to health concerns.
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China’s agents are here
China stands in the way of American culture and Western-style freedom around the world. It uses slave labor. It pollutes the seas and skies with impunity. It oppresses smaller neighbors. It’s engaged in a complex, multifaceted, long-term campaign on every continent to further its interests.
It sends reconnaissance balloons over our nation. It sends young men to South America to cross our border. It buys our farmland. It adulterates our children’s minds via TikTok.
And of course it has spies and agents in our midst, working every day against us.
The newest alleged agent to be revealed — and she is innocent until and unless proven guilty — is one Linda Sun, who until recently served in high places in our state government. Her husband, Chris Hu, a businessman, also is charged. Sun is getting most of the attention because of her having been an aide to Gov. Hochul, as well as former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and now-Rep. Grace Meng of Flush-
ing, when the lawmaker was in the Assembly.
Sun was charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act and conspiracy, visa fraud, alien smuggling and more. Hu was charged mostly with financial crimes.
Sun allegedly used her position to secretly serve Communist China’s interests by doing things like blocking representatives of Taiwan, the largely free island nation that Beijing considers a rogue province, from meeting with top state officials; by removing references to Taiwan from speeches; and by trying to illegally get representatives of China into the United States. For these efforts she and Hu allegedly were paid handsomely by Beijing. Their indictments come just two weeks after a purported democracy activist in Flushing, Yuanjun Tang, was charged with spying for China, reporting on dissident activities here. Tang had been a protester at Tiananmen Square in 1989, but allegedly was turned. China plays the long game. Beware.
Pizza box bins just a gimmick
Is there an intern at the Parks Department who needed to do an Eagle Scout project? Because that sure is what the city’s new pizza box garbage cans look like — something a resourceful youngster might create as a public service for his or her neighborhood, not a serious initiative for the entire city.
Yet we’re supposed to take the bins seriously, to believe they’ll be an effective part of the war on rats and will not mark just another pilot program served up to brief but broad fanfare, soon forgotten. We’re yet to be convinced.
The principle is great — have special, square-shaped trash receptacles custom made to fit pizza boxes. That way people will be less inclined to jam them in regular round garbage cans, which makes it hard to put anything else in, leading to more litter. And rats.
But we see at least three fatal flaws.
First, the bins are open on the front, nearly to the ground, so rats can just hop in. Maybe that’s to enable box removal, but if so, the city could just turn one side into a well-sealed, locked door. These things can’t be open to rats. If they have smooth sides, rodents shouldn’t be able to clamber up and in.
The wide open front also invites people to throw other garbage in, rendering the bins pointless. We should know — we get trash in our street news boxes.
Lastly, the city deployed all of six of these things, in one park in each borough (we presume it’s Manhattan that got two bins). Could you be any more ineffective? What’s the point of that?
The city should take what is a creative idea and do it right! Or just give the Eagle award and have done with it.
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Pet-killing outrage
Dear Editor:
Regarding the overcrowding of the new Queens Animal Care Centers facility (“New rescue shelter far over capacity,” Aug. 29, multiple editions): The fact that there is not a shelter in every borough does play a huge part.
There is one in Manhattan, as well as one in Staten Island. The one in Brooklyn is closing for some time due to renovations. And there isn’t one in the Bronx; only a pet receiving center where people can dump their pets, and those poor animals are transferred. By law there is supposed to be one in every borough, which there’s not. And yes, animals being dumped at alarming rates can definitely be to blame.
However, what the ACC will not tell you is that there are people who want to adopt or foster. These are people who have been approved by a partner in the New Hope program, but the ACC denies them for whatever reason it wants, and those animals are killed. Intake numbers are at an all-time low and yet the kill rates remain high.
No-kill is supposed to mean 90 percent of the animals are pulled to safety. But according to the ACC website, dogs are only at 88 percent. People also have been en route to get their new family pet, only to be told the animal was killed. And there are cats that have been found dead in their cages. Is this the “care” being provided by the ACC?
These animals are on death row, when their only crime was being a loving pet to an unloving family. They don’t get to choose their last meal, and they don’t get a pardon or a stay of execution. As taxpayers, who are funding this extinguishing of animals, don’t we have a right to know this? Where’s the outrage?
Amy Marino Forest Hills
Strays, volunteers and cash
Dear Editor:
The NYC ACC is underfunded, people are overworked and the ASPCA and private adoption agencies are competitors against it with deep pockets.
I’ve had eight cats fixed who were in my backyard and adopted four. One left her kitten in my back yard for two days! It took me three weeks to get in touch with “Mary,” who takes
strays and got an appointment with an ASPCA clinic arranged. My price was $80 to get him fixed with vaccines. We met Mary the next day, when we agreed to let her have him. She grabbed him and told us we could see him at the pet store. We saw him in a cage with a price tag of $150! I don’t begrudge her price because she supports many animals in her home that aren’t adoptable. Our black-and-white cat with yellow eyes was adopted in two weeks and she let us know about it. I do blame NYC for lack of funding and contacts’ phone numbers to have animals spayed or neutered at reasonable prices. My vet would’ve charged $400 plus vaxxes and not adopted him out.
The ACC used to take 25 cats a week at $25 each. Cats can bear litters four times a year with eight kittens each; or 32 unfixe d cats a year. Many New Yorkers feed strays but can’t fix them. I feed one in my yard now. An animal costs on average $40 a month
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Susan Scharf Flushing
Rikers jails must close
Dear Editor:
(An open letter to the public)
Aug. 31 marked three years to the day that New York City is required to close Rikers Island and transition to a safer, more effective borough-based system. Closing Rikers is essential to ending the humanitarian crisis and brutal violence that has impacted detainees and staff, and it’s the law. With the deadline approaching, it remains critical for all stakeholders, including Mayor Adams’ administration, to do everything in their power to advance closure. The city must invest in mental healthcare, pretrial programming, re-entry solutions and other interventions that reduce recidivism and unnecessarily lengthy stays that only inflate the jail population. Achieving the successful closure of Rikers requires collaboration among all stakeholders
involved in the justice system. The Council is committed to advancing progress, because we must act with urgency to make our city safer and finally close the chapter of this stain on our city’s history.
Adrienne Adams
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America’s amazing capitalism
Dear Editor:
Re “America’s cruel capitalism,” Letters, Aug. 29:
Anyone who believes the Democratic Party’s nonsensical explanation for the inflation that occurred after Joe Biden became president should ask himself or herself one simple question. Why was it that for 35 years, from Reagan’s second term through Trump’s, that the robber barons of industry didn’t realize they could set their prices and gouge more money from the American people? Did the light bulb suddenly go off after 35 years, or was it something in Biden’s inflationary budgets? The answer is self-evident.
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City unveils trash bins just for pizza boxes
by Sophie Krichevsky Editor
It’s become something of a symbol of a nice summer weekend in New York well spent: a pizza box, once the source of a meal shared among friends in the park, haphazardly shoved into a park trash can, surrounded by garbage that has overflowed (and, depending on the time, passersby may see the ultimate symbol of summer in the city: a rat gorging on that garbage).
Five trash bins designed specifically for pizza boxes have been placed in city parks.
The Department of Parks and Recreation is aiming to put a stop to that: Last Friday, the agency unveiled five pizza boxspecific trash cans in five different city parks, with one in each borough. Queens’ bin has been installed at Forest Park’s Sobelsohn’s Playground. Designed in-house, the receptacles are wider than a typical trash can and are square-shaped, with an opening in the front allowing park-goers to reach inside to place their empty pizza boxes.
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“We all know that you shouldn’t try to fit a square peg into a round hole, which is why we’re deploying special trash cans just for pizza boxes to parks throughout the five boroughs,” Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue said in a statement.
“Now, pizza lovers throughout the city can help us keep our shared public spaces clean by disposing of their boxes in these special receptacles, fighting the scourge of rats and ensuring our greenspaces are litter-free.”
Asked how that would serve as a deterrent for rats, a spokesperson for the department said that having the separate bins is intended more to ensure rats do not have an easily accessible buffet due to overstuffed cans than it is designed to steer rats away from the pizza boxes themselves. The new bins are also marked in more than one spot to note that only pizza boxes — not food, wax paper or little plastic pizza tables — should be placed in them. Q
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Five-alarm blaze at Jamaica tire shop
by Naeisha Rose Editor
A fire at a tire shop turned into a fivealarm inferno, injuring one firefighter Tuesday evening, said authorities.
The FDNY said it received an emergency call at around 5:14 p.m. about Five Boroughs Tire Services, located at 150-17 Liberty Ave. between 150th and Tuckerton streets in Jamaica, in flames.
At around 5:24 p.m., the two-story structure became a two-alarm fire and by 5:33 p.m. it was a three-alarm fire, said the FDNY. It grew to a four-alarm fire at 6:03 p.m. and was declared a five-alarm blaze by 7:14 p.m.
There were 44 units comprising 198 fire and EMS personnel at the scene, said the Fire Department. By 8:52 p.m. it was under control and one firefighter had sustained a minor injury.
The NYPD told the Chronicle it did not receive any reports of civilian injuries.
Following the fire at the detached commercial building, which has another business next door, inspectors from the city Department of Buildings issued a full vacate order for the property because of
the significant damage to the structure that was observed, said the agency via email. At the time of the inspection Tuesday night, the NYPD had to block Liberty Avenue to traffic.
The DOB said it participated in an interagency meeting at the location on Wednesday morning to investigate the incident further. Q
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Officers responded to a 911 call of a pedestrian struck in the vicinity of Cross Bay Boulevard and Pitkin Avenue at approximately 3:37 a.m., according to the authorities.
Further investigation by the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that the victim, 55-year-old Jacqueline Healy of Norwood Avenue in Jamestown, NY, was attempting to walk eastbound across Cross Bay Boulevard when she was
EMS transported Healy to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in critical condition, where she later succumbed to her injuries. The driver, Keith Ryan, 47, of Hervey Street in Cornwallville, NY, remained on the scene and was taken into custody.
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Comrie says MTA disrupting plans to maintain businesses over LIRR Hurry up and wait on Lefferts Blvd. bridge
by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor
Civic leaders and elected officials who represent Kew Gardens have been trying for more than three years to bring in a new administrator to save and upgrade both the ancient Lefferts Boulevard bridge that crosses over the Long Island Rail Road tracks and the dwindling number of shops and stores that occupy both sides of it.
State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and civic representatives are telling the Chronicle that talks have broken down between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Mutual Housing Association of New York, also known as MHANY Management.
MHANY is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit group that specializes in building and maintaining affordable housing and responded to a 2022 request for proposals to manage the site, collect rent from tenant businesses and make the required upgrades. But Comrie told the Chronicle that MHANY has backed out, and that he holds the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the parent organization for the LIRR, responsible.
“The nonprofit finally pulled out because the MTA put up too many unnecessary blockages and issues,” the senator said. Comrie also said that is not connected with
MTA projects being halted due to Gov. Hochul’s pause on congestion pricing.
In recent years the deterioration of the stores and bridge had reached the point where the tracks and rail bed below could be seen
through holes in the floors of some units.
The Chronicle could not reach MHANY officials for comment prior to its deadline, and an MTA spokesman said by email that the agency had no updates on the matter.
Comrie reiterated his view that the MTA is responsible for both the condition of the buildings and the undercarriage of the bridge, as well as the end of negotiations with MHANY.
“The overpass where the merchants are, they need an administrator to take over,” Comrie said. “The Kew Gardens community has been working for three years with [MHANY] to try and take over the bridge and make it happen. The MTA has thwarted every effort up and down the line.”
Comrie said the MTA, by itself and through a former contractor, has neglected to perform the necessary maintenance and upkeep on the stores and the bridge.
He also said the MTA wants any new management company to be responsible not only for the stores but for maintaining the bridge below them.
“There’s no way you can have affordable rent if you have to do both bridge maintenance and property maintenance,” Comrie said.
“It’s the heart of our commercial district here in Kew Gardens,” said Adam Whiteman, vice president of the Kew Gardens Civic Association. “Half the stores are empty. The community has been good at making sure there are banners and signs so it isn’t an eyesore. But that’s not a permanent solution.” Q
The future of shops on the Lefferts Boulevard bridge in Kew Gardens now is in limbo as negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a third-party administrator have collapsed.
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Residents and pols say carelessly discarded vehicles pose a danger Unruly rollout for scooter share plan
by Michael Gannon and Peter C. Mastrosimone
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Lots of folks in Eastern Queens, particularly in the neighborhoods of Community District 12, want to tell the city Department of Transportation to take its latest program and scoot, or to at least clean up its act.
In late June, the DOT expanded its shared scooter program from the Bronx to include about 20 square miles of Eastern and Southeast Queens. Lime, Veo and Bird, the same contractors from the Bronx program, soon set up areas for people to pick up and drop off scooters much like the Citi Bike program.
But last week, state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and Councilman Jim Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) told the Chronicle they and their constituents so far are unimpressed.
“Queens is a residential community with plenty of houses and lots of seniors and people coming home from work at 7 or 8 at night to find scooters on their lawns or in their driveways,” Comrie said in a telephone interview. “Many seniors can’t really come outside to move scooters and keep them from blocking the sidewalk or being a tripping hazard.”
He said the scooters need to be returned to designated drop-off and pickup ares.
The DOT has said it is working to create more designated parking corrals and updating
its operation areas based on present feedback. The agency also has created no-riding and noparking zones in the designated neighborhoods
Comrie said there was a meeting on Aug. 21 involving residents, elected officials and representatives of the DOT and the scooter companies.
“The providers were claiming that they were innocent, that they did not know of the feelings of the community,” Comrie said. He also said they pointed out that they were simply carrying out a plan that was passed by the City Council.
“They didn’t feel the need to do the outreach to the extent they should have,” Comrie said of the companies. “We’re trying to push back on this and have this program be respectful of the community.”
Comrie does realize that the devices are very popular with younger residents.
“We do have to be mindful of those folks as well,” he acknowledged. “I had summer interns using them. But they were putting them back in responsible places.
“They weren’t dumping them on people’s lawns. We want to be respectful of the young people who use them. But we’ve got to make sure those young people who are using them respect the community by leaving them in designated areas.”
Gennaro was far less diplomatic last Friday,
like this, discarded on a street corner in Springfield Gardens, have residents in Southeast Queens furious.
calling in a press release for the DOT to remove all scooters from his 24th District.
“Since the launch of the Mayor’s e-scooter program in Northeast Queens, my office has gotten a lot of feedback from community members, who are overwhelmingly unhappy about what it has done to our quality of life,” Gennaro said. “I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again — e-scooters have no place in our community.”
He said they pose a major hazard to both operators and pedestrians, and, like Comrie, said they create danger when left haphazardly on sidewalks and streets.
But supporters of “micromobility” have an entirely different take.
Laura Shepard, Queens organizer for Transportation Alternatives, said in an email that the devices are needed.
“Eastern Queens residents need affordable, reliable, and sustainable ways to get around and the city’s e-scooter pilot delivers this — and the ridership numbers show the demand is there,” Shepard said. “To build on this momentum, it’s critical that city leaders build safe streets, including adding protected bike lanes, to continue to grow ridership and protect New Yorkers from crashes.”
A city DOT spokesman said via email the program can be successful and in harmony with neighborhoods.
“E-scooter share is just getting started in Eastern Queens and we are very excited to build upon the successful East Bronx program,” he said. “We’ve already recorded nearly 230,000 trips in the borough, and we’ll be making adjustments based on feedback we’ve heard to support this well-used, safe, and environmentally sustainable option to get around.” Q
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Covid not over, but many students over it
College resumes amid surge
by Stephanie G. Meditz Chronicle Contributor
Large indoor gatherings have resumed. Masks in the grocery store are no longer the norm. You may have room in your wallet where your vaccine card used to be, since fewer venues require them for entry.
More than four years have passed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and some aspects of life have reverted to the “normal” before 2020’s “new normal” marked by Zoom classes and social distancing.
While the number of cases is nowhere near that of 2020, there is still an end-of-summer surge occurring. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the viral activity level for Covid in wastewater is “very high” nationally.
In light of the spread and the impending fall months, the Chronicle approached students at Queens College last Friday to ask whether they view Covid as a threat or just a regular part of flu season.
While she does not believe Covid will ever “be fully finished,” transfer student Aysha A. thinks the severe 2020 outbreak made people’s nerves hard to shake. Like many, she did not want her full named used.
“Before Covid hit, coughing, sneezing, it was a normal thing. Flu season, change of season, all of that. But after Covid, every time someone does it, everyone just rings that bell that it’s Covid,” she said. “We got so distanced from each other from the fear of Covid being there, even though it’s not as much of a risk right now.”
While Kelsey B agrees that Covid will not disappear completely, she predicts that it will be seasonal and less severe now that more people have developed immunity.
“On a college campus with new cases coming around, yeah, we’re probably going to get sick here and there,” she said. “But also for safety
purposes, if by any chance you feel under the weather, definitely stay home. We don’t want other people to get sick.”
“It is still happening, but I guess the surge is not as high as it was, so I’m not as afraid that I’m going to contract it,” Nima Gurung said.
Hospitalizations are on the rise in alignment with the surge — as per The New York Times, the Covid hospitalization rate is nearly double that of this time last year.
“I hear some people get it randomly, but it doesn’t really affect everyday life anymore. It’s not really a cause of concern for me,” said Katherine Giler, a Townsend Harris student who takes some Queens College courses.
People have the option to wear masks if they so choose, but maskwearing on campus has dwindled, students say.
“It’s really rare now to see people wearing them,” Jonathan Ro said.
“Everything is completely normal now, but just for safety purposes, people could wear their masks just to keep themselves safe and protected,” Kelsey B. said.
Almost all students approached by the Chronicle said their classes were fully in person, with some students enrolled in hybrid courses.
The Food and Drug Administration approved updated Covid-19 vaccines last month that are slated to become available this fall. The approved Pfizer and Moderna vaccines target the KP.2 strain and should be effective against the most prevalent variants in the United States, as per The New York Times.
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tions to foods they have always eaten after they received Covid boosters, but she is unsure whether the two events are related.
“I guess if people want to be a little bit more protected and they want to protect from a specific variant of Covid ... if they want, they should take the vaccination,” Kelsey B. said.
“It also depends on how the person views it. If it’s helpful to them to get the vaccine, then they should go for it,” Helen A. agreed.
“There are other things to be anxious about.”
— Aysha A.
Asked about the new shots, Aysha A. said some of her family members developed allergic reac-
The CDC recommended in June that everyone aged six months and older receive an updated 2024-25 Covid-19 vaccine.
The City University of New York announced an end to its vaccine mandate for students, faculty and staff last year. CUNY also ended its testing program, closing test sites on campuses and the Central Office in June 2023.
Queens College lifted its Covid
DOT touts safer corner projects
As a new academic year begins, the city Department of Transportation boasted on Tuesday of its street safety upgrades, especially around schools.
In particular, the DOT is highlighting “daylighting,” the removal of parking spaces at intersections to provide greater visibility for drivers. According to the agency, crashes at corners typically make up 51 percent of all roadway fatalities and 68 percent of all injuries in a year. For pedestrians, it’s even worse: 59 percent of fatalities and 77 percent of injuries occur there.
The DOT said 314 locations have been
daylighted so far. Of those, 153 are in Queens and one on the border with Brooklyn, it said. Overall, 127 are “near” schools.
“As students return to classrooms, we want to remind everyone to be careful when crossing intersections,” DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said in a prepared statement. “Daylighting enhances safety for pedestrians by reducing drivers’ blind spots and giving everyone a better view of the intersection.”
Other work includes such elements as rubber speed bumps for “turn calming.” Q
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vaccine and testing requirements following the announcement.
Spokesperson Maria Matteo said the college “continues to follow current advisement” from CUNY and the U.S. Department of Health.
A spokesperson for LaGuardia Community College said in an email that policies are currently being updated across the CUNY system.
St. John’s University spokesperson Brian Browne said in an email that the university “recommends but no longer requires the Covid-19 vaccine” and does not have mask restrictions. The University Health Center also offers on-site Covid testing.
“I personally probably wouldn’t take it,” Gurung said when asked about the updated vaccines. “I’ve heard mixed things and personally, when I got Covid, I was completely asymptomatic ... I feel like [new vaccines] wouldn’t really be that popular.”
“I don’t really know anything about it, but I honestly thought Covid was over,” Giler said. Covid might not be a pressing
concern for some, but another illness recently prompted worldwide alarm.
The World Health Organization declared mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, a global health emergency last month. The Democratic Republic of the Congo saw a recent outbreak, with reports of the virus in Sweden and Thailand as well.
“That, I’m actually pretty nervous about,” Kelsey B. said. “I just hope it doesn’t go to an extreme like how it was for Covid.”
“When I did my research, I saw the symptoms and then I’m like, ok, I’m taking care of myself, I’m not gonna mess around,” Helen A. said.
Gurung said she thinks people are “laid back” about mpox as of now because it is “all just news” and “[isn’t] even happening that much here.” She predicts that more people will take the virus seriously if it escalates such that government agencies recommend mask-wearing.
The city Health Department reported 307 cases of mpox in the five boroughs since Jan. 1, with 26 cases between July 7 and Aug. 4.
When Aysha A. developed a rash last year, which later proved to be an allergic reaction, her local urgent care recommended via phone that she go straight to the emergency room.
“They didn’t even want to see me. I had it all over my arms, my feet, and then it just disappeared on its own, but they were so scared at the moment that they were like, just go to the ER,” she said.
“I feel like it’s just the internet kind of hyping it up, like ‘we’re not gonna have school in person,’” Giler said. “I got nervous because I don’t want another pandemic again, it’s too much. But there aren’t that many cases here.”
Asked if Covid is a source of anxiety for them this semester, all students approached by the Chronicle replied in the negative.
“I’m over it,” Aysha A. said. “There are other things to be anxious about.” Q
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• PS 273 in Richmond Hill on 88th Avenue between 102nd and 104th streets;
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• PS 14, Fairview School, in Corona on Otis Avenue between Van Doren and 108th streets; and Van Doren Street between Otis and Martense avenues;
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Protecting basement-dwellers still an elusive goal
Even if apts. are legal, residents still have to watch alerts and skies to stay safe
by Samantha Maldonado THE CITY
This article was originally published on August 30 at 5:00 a.m. EDT by THE CITY.
It is co-published with The Guardian.
Josh Alba had lived in an illegal basement apartment in Queens, New York, for almost five years. Despite the low ceilings, he savored his chance to afford housing without roommates. But his tenure there ended during Hurricane Ida.
He’d been asleep on his couch as the rain started falling. He only woke up when his cat smacked him in the face, and he noticed the water coming in from outside, rising to at least an inch on the floor.
Alba wrapped his cat in a blanket and texted his landlord, who unlocked the door to upstairs through which he escaped. Later, he said, the water broke down the door leading outside from the basement, and the floods came up to about five feet, toppling the refrigerator and ruining most of his belongings.
“I could’ve died if I didn’t wake up,” he said. Now 35, Alba lives in Bushwick, Brooklyn, with roommates, paying just $300 less for his room than he paid for his former basement apartment.
In September 2021, Hurricane Ida deluged New York City with floodwaters and record rainfall — and killed 13 New Yorkers, including 11 who drowned in basement homes.
In addition to those who died in Ida’s floods, hundreds more, like Alba, found themselves displaced after flooding rendered their living quarters uninhabitable, and homeowners struggled to repair their homes.
The tragedy highlighted the flood danger of the underground dwellings — estimated at about 100,000 in 2008 — and supercharged a movement to make basements a safer housing option. On the third anniversary of the hurricane, experts say progress is just beginning.
Many basement apartments are illegal and do not conform to codes: they may have low ceilings and lack full windows or means of egress, making them a hazard for fires and, as Hurricane Ida demonstrated, deadly flooding.
“Those apartments are in a very special position where they are affordable, but that affordability comes at a very steep price during intense rain,” said Yana Kucheva, a City College of New York sociology professor who studies housing and environmental justice.
Ida brought record rainfall to New York City, with some locations recording as much as 3 inches within a single hour — a preview of what the area can expect thanks to a warming planet. New York City is predicted to see as much as 10 percent more rain in the next decade, and about 1.5 times as many days with more than an inch of rain, according to climate science commissioned by the city government.
Over 4,000 basement units house lowerincome renters in areas at risk of major flooding, according to a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Legalizing basements by getting them up to code, some say, could help prevent residents
from getting stuck in the event of floods and fires. Plus, tenant advocates argue that bringing illicit living spaces into the legal light will also give basement dwellers legal protections and allow them to report unsafe conditions.
But upgrading basements on a large scale could be many years away, and the logistical and financial feasibility of doing so remains a question, as a 2019 pilot program showed. The pilot aimed to convert 40 basements in one part of Brooklyn, but — stymied by specific rules that required costly renovations — resulted in just one conversion. It could cost almost $14 billion to convert 50,000 illegal units, the city estimated.
A proposal by the administration of Mayor Adams seeks to alter some of those rules that made it all but impossible for homeowners to upgrade their basements into legal apartments.
And a new state program approved as a compromise allows legal basement apartments in 15 areas of the city, though they are not where the most units are located.
These proposals are “groundbreaking” and represent “major progress” in the past three years, said Annetta Seecharran, executive director at Chhaya, a nonprofit group focused on the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean communities in Queens. It is a member of the Basement Apartments Safe for Everyone Coalition, which has for 15 years pushed to legalize basement dwellings.
But material conditions for basement tenants are largely the same as they were since Ida, Seecharran said, though communication and outreach to tenants and homeowners have ramped up.
Early warnings
Four months after Ida, Adams became mayor and laid out how the city government would prepare for storms and called on residents to take action. The Department of Envi-
subscribers, according to the agency.
Though the emergency notifications are available in over a dozen languages, New Yorkers — especially Queens residents, where most basement apartments are known to be located — speak hundreds of languages. In documents submitted to the federal government after Ida, the city admitted that communicating only in English and Spanish was a shortfall during Ida, especially since between 40 to 80 percent of households in neighborhoods where deaths occurred spoke other languages.
The emergency management agency plans to undertake a study in order to improve communication and evacuation strategies for those living in basement apartments and nonEnglish speakers.
In many cases, tenants and neighbors may not subscribe to notifications but keep an eye on the weather forecast and look out for one another. Take one homeowner of a small brick row house in East Elmhurst, who fixed up her basement for her 92-year-old mother to live in so she could have her own space but be close by.
ronmental Protection distributed to residents hundreds of packages containing sump pumps, flood barriers and flood alarms that indicate when water is rising.
“Just as we would never have a home that doesn’t have a smoke alarm, a basement apartment really needs to have that audio indicator when there is water accumulating, so that it doesn’t catch you unaware,” said DEP Commissioner Rohit Aggarwala.
The Adams administration also committed to conducting community outreach to warn basement residents of possible flooding ahead of heavy rainfall. This summer, the agency flew drones outfitted with loudspeakers over flood-prone neighborhoods ahead of severe rainstorms to warn residents.
The city’s emergency management agency began to send out warnings about flash floods and heavy rains ahead of those events. About 1.2 million New Yorkers — approximately an eighth of the city’s population — subscribe to those notifications. A new list created especially for basement residents has over 5,000
She estimated Hurricane Ida brought about 7 feet of water into the apartment, and her mother retreated into the above-ground area of the house. After the basement was repaired, she moved back, in spite of her daughter’s pleas.
“When old people have something in their mind, it’s so hard for you to change,” the homeowner said. “I tried to convince my mom: ‘Can you please come upstairs, and that would be better, then we wouldn’t be so afraid.’ But she refused.”
The homeowner said that when she immigrated from the Dominican Republic, she figured New York City was safe from floods and hurricanes. Now she knows better.
“To be honest, I don’t like thinking about it. ... Even right now, I panic when I hear the word rain,” she said. “When they’re expecting rain in the nighttime, me and my husband are awake.” Q THE CITY (www.thecity.nyc) is an independent, nonprofit news organization dedicated to hard-hitting reporting that serves the people of New York.
Meet agency reps at job fair
A Resource & Job Fair is set for a South Ozone Park school building on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 1 to 3 p.m., according to City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica).
The event will take place in the cafeteria of the co-located MS 226, the Hawktree Creek Middle School, and Epic High School South at 121-10 Rockaway Blvd.
Those who attend the fair will get to speak with leading companies, city agencies, nonprofits and community-based organizations; network with professionals and community leaders; and gain access to
information and initiatives that make a positive impact for the community, according to Adam’s office.
Jobseekers should come prepared with a resume ahead of time and dress professionally, as they will meet organization representatives directly to explore diverse career options, hear from various industry leaders and grow their professional network.
Anyone with questions may call Adams’ office at (718) 206-2068 or email Tiffany Eason, her director of engagement, at teason@council.nyc.gov. Q — Naeisha Rose
An informal advertisement for basement apartments posted in Corona, July 24, 2024. PHOTO BY SAMANTHA MALDONADO / THE CITY
What you can do to protect your personal information
by Dawn Bystry
With various reports of data breaches involving Social Security numbers in the media, we’d like to remind you about the importance of protecting your personal information. Someone illegally using your Social Security number and possibly assuming your identity can cause many problems.
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What to do if you suspect your Social Security number has been stolen Identity thieves can use your SSN and other personal information to apply for loans and credit cards and open cellphone and utility accounts in your name. If you believe your information has been stolen and you may be a victim of identity theft, you can:
• Visit IdentityTheft.gov to make a report and get a recovery plan. IdentityTheft.gov is a onestop resource managed by the Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency. Or you can call (877) IDTHEFT or (877) 438-4338.
• File a police report and keep a copy for your records in case problems arise in the future.
• File an online report with the Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov. Its mission is to receive, develop, and refer cybercrime complaints to law enforcement and regulatory agencies.
• Notify one of the three major credit bureaus and consider adding a credit freeze, fraud alert, or both to your credit report. The company you call is required to contact the others.
Equifax at (800) 525-6285
Experian at (888) 397-3742
TransUnion at (800) 680-7289
• Regularly check your credit report for anything unusual. Free credit reports are available online at AnnualCreditReport.com.
• Contact the IRS to prevent someone else from using your Social Security number to file a tax return to receive your refund. Visit Identity Theft Central or call 1-800-908-4490.
To learn more, read the blog, Protect Yourself from Identity Thieves, and our Identity Theft and Your Social Security Number publication.
What else can you do to protect yourself Create or sign in to your personal my Social Security account to check for any suspicious activity. If you have not yet applied for benefits:
• You should not find any benefit payment amounts, and you should be able to access your Social Security Statement and view future benefit estimates.
• Review your Statement to verify the accuracy of the earnings posted to your record to make sure no one else is using your Social Security number to work.
If you receive benefits, you can add blocks to your personal my Social Security account:
• The eServices block prevents anyone, including you, from viewing or changing your personal information online.
• The Direct Deposit Fraud Prevention block prevents anyone, including you, from enrolling in direct deposit or changing your address or direct deposit information through my Social Security or a financial institution (via auto-enrollment). You’ll need to contact us to make changes or remove the blocks.
Other ways to safeguard your information
• Don’t carry your Social Security card with you. Keep it at home in a safe place. Be careful about whom you give your number to.
• Change your passwords regularly and use a unique password for each account to prevent hackers from accessing multiple accounts if one password is stolen.
• Add an extra layer of security to your online accounts by using multi-factor authentication, which is a sign-in process that requires a password plus additional information.
• Be wary of scammers pretending to be Social Security employees. If you get a suspicious call, text, or email about a problem with your Social Security number or account, ignore it, hang up, and don’t respond!
To report the scam and to learn more, visit the Protect Yourself From Scams page.
You’ll find more tips at our Fraud Prevention and Reporting page.
Please share this important information with your friends and family and post it on social media.
P Dawn Bystry is the Associate Commissioner, Office of Strategic and Digital Communications at the Social Security Administration.
What seniors should know about prediabetes
Most seniors recognize that routine visits to their physicians are an important component of preventive health care. Annual physicals are important for everyone, but they’re especially important for individuals 65 and older who may be more vulnerable to disease and various other health conditions than younger adults.
The National Institute on Aging reports that millions of individuals 65 and older have visited their physicians and learned they have a condition known as prediabetes. For some, the day they receive a prediabetes diagnosis also marks the first time they’ve heard of the condition. Since so many seniors are affected by prediabetes, it can behoove anyone to learn more about it.
What is prediabetes?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that prediabetes is a serious health condition characterized by higher than normal blood sugar levels. When a person has prediabetes, his or her blood sugar levels are not yet high enough to indicate type 2 diabe-
tes, but that could change if prediabetes patients do not make changes to prevent such a progression.
How common is prediabetes?
A 2023 study published in the journal Diabetes Care indicates that 464
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million individuals across the globe had impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and 298 million had impaired fasting glucose (IFG) in 2021. Each of those conditions are hallmarks of prediabetes, cases of which the study indicates are expected to rise significantly by 2045.
What causes prediabetes?
The CDC notes that when a person has prediabetes, the cells in his or her body do not respond normally to insulin, which is a hormone produced by the pancreas that enables blood sugar to enter cells, which then use it for energy. The pancreas then makes more insulin to get cells to respond, but eventually the pancreas cannot keep up, resulting in a rise in blood sugar.
Does prediabetes produce symptoms?
Many people have prediabetes for years and do not know it. In fact, the CDC reports that more than 80 percent of the 98 million American adults who have prediabetes are unaware that they do.
How can I determine if I have prediabetes?
The sheer volume of people who have prediabetes but are unaware that they do begs the question of what individuals can do to learn if they have the condition before they develop type
2 diabetes. Recognition of the ris k factors for prediabetes is a good start. The CDC urges anyone who has any of the following risk factors to spea k with their doctor about having their blood sugar tested:
• Being overweight;
• being 45 or older;
• having a parent, brother or sister with type 2 diabetes;
• being physically active less than three times per week;
• a history of diabetes during pregnancy (gestational diabetes) or giving birth to a baby who weighed more than nine pounds;
• having polycystic ovary syndrome; and
• being African American, Hispanic/Latino American, American Indian, or Pacific Islander. Some Asian Americans also are at greater risk for prediabetes.
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The CDC urges those who have certain risk factors to speak with their doctor about having their blood sugar tested.
Tennis fans welcome the next champions
Turnover in the men’s top ranks can’t
damper their love of the sport
by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor
Two years into his retirement, Roger Federer’s baseball-style caps with his stylized RF logo remain ubiquitous among fans at the US Open. Tyler, visiting from Virginia last Saturday, was one of three people wearing them in his group at the food court.
“I miss him,” Tyler said. “I think a lot of people miss him. He was good for tennis.”
Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray spent nearly two decades as the 800-pound gorillas of the sport, virtually owning grand slam tournaments. And while the changing of guard has been openly discussed for the last few years, the first week for the
fortnight tournament still shocked people.
Third-seeded Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, considered by many to be the top player of the future, lost in straight sets in the second round to an unseeded Botic van De Zendschulp on Thursday.
Djokovic, the second seed and last man standing of the Big Four, was dismissed the following day by No. 28 Alexei Popyrin.
It marked the first time since 2006 that “The Joker” has not made it to the second week at Flushing Meadows.
Fans of Federer and Nadal — the latter identifiable by their caps and T-shirts with the distinctive bull’s head logo, still were celebrating their favorites on Saturday, but also looking forward to what is to come.
Andy Roy of New York City said Federer was an artist on the court, the player he would buy tickets to see.
“Federer did everything well,” Roy said. “He was sublime.” He thought Nadal always looked like he was putting too much effort into his game.
“Djokovic plays like a machine,” Roy observed. “He’s not fun to watch.”
One player he is keeping his eye on is Jannik Sinner of Italy, who came into the Open as the top seed among the men.
Upstate native and Colorado resident Mike Koenig, with his wife, Julie, was attending his 49th US Open.
He said he did not buy his Nadal cap by accident.
“I love them both,” Koenig said of his hat and his favorite player. Nadal did every thing well, in victory or defeat. He’s a classy guy.”
Koenig also was a fan of Swedish tennis
legend Bjorn Borg, and remembers well Borg’s epic battles against Queens native John McEnroe.
Koenig said he likes Alcaraz among the rising stars. He also enjoys American Frances Tiafoe, who came into the tournament ranked No. 20, even if at 26 Tiafoe is older than some of his competitors.
“He’s not really an up-and-comer anymore,” Koenig said. Q
Coco Gauff the fave amongst many fans
Other US Open attendees root for Sabalenka, Navarro and Swiatek
by Naeisha Rose Editor
Rising tennis star Coco Gauff may not have won the Women’s Singles at the US Open, but she has won the heart of many fans of the sport at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Gauff went on to lose her fourth-round match to Emma Navarro, the new No. 12 seed, on Sept. 1 at Arthur Ashe Stadium, but she hasn’t lost her fans’ adoration.
Raju Bhojwani of Mumbai, India, who briefly lived in Flushing for six years during the John McEnroe era before returning to his home country, told the Chronicle he was a big fan of Gauff, 20, last Friday.
“I like her looks,” Bhojwani said. “I like her serving and overall her game is good.”
Bhojwani came back to New York for the first time in 30 years for the games with his son Varun and daughter-in-law, Nisha.
Chresna Cruz of Rego Park said that she is a fan of both Sloane Stephens, who was knocked out of the Women’s Singles game on Aug. 26 and the Doubles on Aug. 28, and Gauff.
“I think she plays very gracefully,” Cruz said of Stephens. “I also like Coco Gauff. She is very strong and she is very focused. Even though she is very young, she is climbing up little by little. I can’t believe she is number three. Plus she is American.”
Cruz said she is also looking forward to see
where Gauff’s career goes in the future.
Althea Bailey, who was named after tennis legend Althea Gibson, said her favorite player was, of course, Gauff.
“Because she is a fighter,” said Bailey, of Howell, NJ. “She gives it her all and she never gives up.”
Bailey, who watched Gauff play on Aug. 30 during the day games with her son Darren Warren, also said the tennis pro had a powerful serve. Another mom-and-son duo, from Buffalo and Franklin Square, LI, respecitvely, said they watched the same game and it was great.
“I support Coco Gauff because she is the best that we have right now,” the son said.
Fantasia Evans of East Harlem said Gauff is “extraordinary.”
“She’s brown, she’s a woman and she is me,” Evans said.
Daretia Hawkins said that Gauff has
improved so much over the years.
“I’ve watched her come up from when she was really young to where she is now,” Hawkins said. “I also like Iga Swiatek. She is generally very consistent.”
Hawkins, from Washington, DC, said that Gauff is very fast and goes for every ball, and Swiatek is hard to beat when she is in a good place mentally. Swiatek played in in the quarterfinal at Ashe Stadium on Wednesday night.
Jack and Victoria Hiegel, a father-daughter duo from Louisville, Ky., and Gramercy, respectively, had watched Navarro play last Friday.
The Hiegels said it was the first time that either of them had watched the Open.
“She was solid,” said the dad. “She was an animal, I’m hoping she wins it.”
He said he has been watching tennis his whole life. His daughter said that Navarro has made her a tennis fan and she will watch the games more in the future.
Stephen Hoyle said he took a more than twohour flight from Hohenwald, Tenn., to watch the games, which he sees every three years.
“I’ve come for 40 years,” Hoyle said. “I used to play tennis 50 years ago. I could swing a tennis racket. I follow what they are doing, I can watch points develop and look at strategy and look at attitudes.”
Hoyle, who watched a doubles match between Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini
against Harriet Dar and Diane Parry, said he was sad to see Errani and Paolini lose, but they played with spirit.
“Errani plays like she has a tiger inside her,” Hoyle said. “She is one of my heroes.”
Errani and Paolini both play for Italy.
Summer Ebbert of Lake Mary, Fla., is rooting for Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, who is scheduled to play at Arthur Ashe at the semifinals against Navarro today, Sept. 5.
“Her power is great, her first serve is amazing,” said Ebbert. “It’s one of her greatest attributes.”
Wynelle Clyne of the Bronx said that Gauff always brings a good game.
She is also a fan of Sabalenka.
“They all bring a good game,” Clyne said.
Carly Ibach said she is simply rooting for Team USA.
Paul Hammer of the Upper East Side said he too is a fan of Gauff because she represents Team USA. He thinks she has a great forehand and is an overall great player.
Shannon Martin from Buffalo said Gauff is a great role model for all women, especially her three daughters.
Cheryl Holmes of Monroe Township, NJ, watched Gauff play last Friday.
“Her power and her serve is good,” Holmes said. “I like how after she lost the first game she found her mojo and came back.” Q
Rafael Nadal hasn’t been near the grandstand court in about two years. But Mike Koenig, with his wife, Julie, still wore his favorite tennis hat with the bull logo that every tennis fan remembers so well.
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Roger Federer fans like Andy Roy can’t be missed in their distinctive headgear.
Chresna Cruz of Rego Park, left, and Raju Bhojwani, formerly of Flushing, are Coco Gauff fans. PHOTOS BY NAEISHA ROSE
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“La Bufadora,” they said, was unique in that the cast and crew were friends who volunteered to go along on the journey of making a movie. Among the founding team of Kelsey Laseur, Tyler Harmon Townsend, Zev Gustafson, Stephen Ocone and others, some people were actors, others worked behind the cameras and others helped cook food — craft services in movie-making vernacular — for the crew when off set.
“It’s this kind of off-kilter creation that is the cornerstone of ROFF, being a space that honors big ideas and friends coming together to make them happen,” they said, “ROFF celebrates unique and independent voices in cinema. There is a wide spectrum of talent on display. There are classically trained filmmakers, as well as true explorers of the process.”
Aaron Applebey, publicist for the festival, said they put out a call for submissions back in April, and had a tremendous response for a second-year festival that catered to projects within a selective range.Their original September 5, 2024
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Edward French lived by the railroad tracks in Kew G.
by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor
In the shadows of Kew Gardens once lived Edward French, the hermit of Austin Street. French lived on Austin at 84th Drive, abutting the Long Island Rail Road.
French was born on the property, as were his mother and grandmother. He claimed his ancestors had been there for over 150 years, ever since they came here as slaves. Residents tried to evict him but he established squatter’s rights to the property, where he lived in a shack. For years the Long Island Rail Road paid taxes on the land, but in 1945, disclaimed ownership, stating French owned it as a squatter.
French described himself as part Negro, Indian and Arab. Ancestry.com shows that around age 50, French married Mabel Mitchell, age 23, a maid who came up from North Carolina, but she soon left him.
On Oct. 20, 1949, neighbor Anthony Nar-
racci called at the shack. Naracci occasionally helped French chop wood, as the elderly man had had an arm and leg cut off by a railroad train years ago. Officers from the 102 Precinct were summoned when there was no reply. French was found dead. No relatives could be located, and the estate was turned over to the public administrator and sold for the state at auction. Q
Edward French’s home, which had grapevines and chickens, on Austin Street at 84th Drive, up against the Long Island Rail Road in Kew Gardens, as it looked in the 1940s.
Explore culture and dance on Sept. 14 at APEC
by Kristen Guglielmo associate editor
As the weather cools down, families and nature enthusiasts alike are welcome to the Alley Pond Environmental Center, at 229-10 Northern Blvd. in Douglaston, for a day of creativity and celebration at its first Mid-Autumn Festival on Sept. 14.
In collaboration with the Glow Cultural Center, the Saturday event promises fun for all ages through various programming that showcases a unique blend of nature’s beauty and cultural artistry.
Space is limited and preregistration is required. Prospective attendees can reserve their spots at alleypond.org. There is a $5 fee for each program, which will go toward care for animal ambassadors, according to APEC.
The Asian American Birders will host a bird walk for adults through Alley Pond Park, where participants will look for various shorebirds, such as Great Egrets and Sandpipers. There are two sessions to choose from, one from 9
to 10:15 a.m., and another from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Budding artists ages 9 through 12 can immerse themselves in the ancient art of Chinese calligraphy from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., when they’ll have the chance to bring a special Chinese character to life on paper. All materials will be provided.
A children’s origami class will allow kids ages 9 through 12 to create cute and classic origami models with step-by-step folding instructions.
The 30-minute workshop, at 11 a.m., will have the young beginners test their hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills by creating traditional origami crafts, such as bunnies, boats and flowers.
Kids ages 6 through 12, alongside the company of one adult, from 12 to 12:30 p.m. or 1 to 1:30 p.m., can watch a brief demonstration of Chinese yo-yo movements.
Afterward, participants will work with a Chinese yo-yo and sticks to practice basic tricks such as loping, accelerating and tossing.
The Alley Pond Environmental Center, in collaboration with Glow Cultural Center, on Sept. 14 is hosting its first Mid-Autumn Festival, promising a day of culture and creativity.
Participants of all ages are welcome to a Chinese Dance Performance from 2 to 3 p.m. Versatile choreographer, teacher and dancer Keith Shen and his troupe will
showcase a variety of classical Chinese folk dance styles.
The performance will include many different rhythms, costumes and music from Mongolia and
Tibet, which contribute to the diverse cultural fabric of China.
No preregistration is required for the Chinese Dance Performance; however, seats are firstcome, first-served, and limited to the first 100 attendees.
Those looking for something fun to do after the festival’s programming ends can join APEC for its annual Welcome Autumn Fundraiser Concert at 5 p.m. that day. Tickets are $30 per adult, and $20 for children under 13.
“The funds go to keeping our animals’ spaces maintained and enriched, and help to run our programs,” Katie Bryson, an executive assistant and grant writer at Alley Pond Environmental Center, told the Chronicle.
Bryson said that if the MidAutumn Festival is successful, APEC may continue the tradition in the coming years.
“We would definitely like to continue to do more cultural events like this,” Bryson said. “I hope this goes well and I know we would definitely consider doing it again in the future.” Q
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submissions, Applebey said, ran from what some might consider smut to an animated short featuring the chart used for keeping score in a bowling match.
“These are films that push boundaries,” he said. “These films are unusual, independent, artful. We had 203 submissions, covering 35 hours of watching time. Fifty-four made the final cut.”
Most films are from the United States,
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with a handful of overseas submissions from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Iran.
New York City submissions include the music video “Is It Easy?” by Cat Tassini of Ridgewood and Leslie Hong of Woodhaven; and the live action short “Sean & John” by director Sean Mowry of Astoria.
The two feature films include “My Imaginary Life for Someone,” from Los Angeles, which will show on Sept. 13 followed by a question-and-answer session with directors Molly Wurwand and Ryan Meglade; and “ZipWharf” from London, which will show on Sept. 14 with Q&A by director Percy Manthey.
And it is not just in the writing or on screen where the directors need to be creative.
“These are typically microbudget films, costing less than $5,000 or $6,000,” Applebey said. Even the feature-length “ZipWharf,” he said, only cost about £6,000, or about $7,800 on this side of the Atlantic Ocean as of Tuesday’s market.
The theater is located at 59-14 70 Ave. in Ridgewood. Tickets are $30 for a festival pass or $12 for individual screenings.
The documentary short “A Woman Under Spotlight” from Iran chronicles a woman’s journey to succeed as a musician. On the cover: The revenge comedy “ZipWharf” from the United Kingdom, one of two full-length feature films in the Off-Kilter Film Festival.
Ticket reservations can be made via email at ridgewoodoffkilter@gmail.com.
Applebey said their sales pitch to viewers is a simple one.
“They’ll find community first,” he said. “And formats of absurd art and films that they would not otherwise see in Brooklyn or Queens.” Q
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In pursuance and by virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly granted and entered in and action entitled NYCTL 1998-2 Trust v. Sereth T. Hosty, et al., bearing Index No. 91862011 before the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, IAS Part 6, Justice Tracy Catapano-Fox, on or about February 26, 2024, I, the Referee, duly appointed in this action for such purpose, will expose for sale and sell at public auction to the highest bidder on October 4, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., at the Queens County Supreme Court located at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York 11435, the mortgaged premises designated as Block 11190, Lot 37 in the City of New York, County and Borough of Queens, State of New York and known as 22323 109th Avenue, Queens Village, New York 11429, directed in and by said judgment to be sold. The approximate amount of the judgment is $299,772.53 plus interest and other charges, and the property is being sold subject to the terms and conditions stated in the judgment, any prior encumbrances and the terms of sale which shall be available at the time of sale.
Dated: September 5, 2024 New York, New York Richard Gutierrez, Esq. Referee 118-35 Queens Blvd., Suite 1500 Forest Hills, New York 11375 (718) 520-0663. DAVID P. STICH, ESQ. Attorney for Plaintiff 521 Fifth Avenue, 17th Floor New York, New York 10175 (646) 554-4421
Notice of Formation of 57-57 & 57-05 47TH ST LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State (SSNY) on 4/30/24. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Dawn M. Torres, 119-19 15th Ave, 2nd Fl, College Point, NY 11356. Purpose: any lawful activity.
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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS, BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. ZELIA E. GREEN, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on May 13, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse, on the second floor in Courtroom 25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 on October 4, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., premises known as 224-06 114th Road, Cambria Heights, NY 11411. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Queens, County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block 11268 and Lot 83. Approximate amount of judgment is $358,307.44 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 703963/2023. The Referee shall comply with the Eleventh Judicial District’s COVID-19 policies concerning public auctions of foreclosed properties. These policies, along with the Queens County Foreclosure’s Auction Rules, can be found on the Queens Supreme Court - Civil Term website.
Richard Gutierrez, Esq., Referee Greenspoon Marder, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2200, New York, NY 10105, Attorneys for Plaintiff
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NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS, US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. MARJORIE MORGAN, ET AL., Defendant(s).Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on December 19, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the outside steps of the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 on September 13, 2024 at 10:15 a.m., premises known as 214-32 113th Avenue, Queens Village, NY 11429. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block 11136 and Lot 16. Approximate amount of judgment is $591,833.30 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #705287/2015. Cash will not be accepted. The Referee shall comply with the Eleventh Judicial District’s COVID-19 policies concerning public auctions of foreclosed properties. These policies, along with the Queens County Foreclosure’s Auction Rules, can be found on the Queens Supreme Court - Civil Term website. Gregory M. LaSpina, Esq., Referee Knuckles & Manfro, LLP, 120 White Plains Road, Suite 215, Tarrytown, New York 10591, Attorneys for Plaintiff
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST, -againstYUL G. CLARKE, AS ADMINISTRATOR, HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SYLVIA COURTAR A/K/A SYLVIA CLARKE, ET AL.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens on January 3, 2024, wherein BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST is the Plaintiff and YUL G. CLARKE, AS ADMINISTRATOR, HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SYLVIA COURTAR A/K/A SYLVIA CLARKE, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE on the COURTHOUSE STEPS OF THE QUEENS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 88-11 SUTPHIN BLVD., JAMAICA, NY 11435, on September 13, 2024 at 10:00AM, premises known as 116-26 133 STREET, SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420; and the following tax map identification: 11688-18.
ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE FOURTH WARD OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 704596/2016. Joseph Trotti, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION, -againstLAWRENCE HOUSE, ET AL. sNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens on August 22, 2023, wherein PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION is the Plaintiff and LAWRENCE HOUSE, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE on the COURTHOUSE STEPS OF THE QUEENS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 88-11 SUTPHIN BLVD., JAMAICA, NY 11435, on October 4, 2024 at 10:00AM, premises known as 19043 112TH AVE., SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412; and the following tax map identification: 10951120. ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS, COUNTY OF QUEENS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 709885/2015. Jose C. Polanco, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.
DC Queens Properties LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 07/11/24. Office Location: Queens County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 28 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.
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Citibank NA, Plaintiff, -against- Arthur Hassell Garfield, individually and as heir to the Estate of Wayne K. Garfield a/k/a Wayne Keith Garfield, Julie Ann Garfield individually and as heir to the Estate of Wayne K. Garfield a/k/a Wayne Keith Garfield, Geoffrey L. Garfield a/k/a Geoffrey Lawrence Garfield individually and as heir to the Estate of Wayne K. Garfield a/k/a Wayne Keith Garfield, James Tukumbo Garfield a/k/a James Tukumbo individually and as heir to the Estate of Wayne K. Garfield a/k/a Wayne Keith Garfield, Bryan Russell Garfield individually and as heir to the Estate of Wayne K. Garfield a/k/a Wayne Keith Garfield, Julian Israel Garfield a/k/a Julian I. Garfield a/k/a Julian Israel Garfield, Jr. individually and as heir to the Estate of Wayne K. Garfield a/k/a Wayne Keith Garfield and Wayne K. Garfield a/k/a Wayne Keith Garfield’s unknown heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devises, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming, under, by or through said defendant, who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, United States of America - Internal Revenue Service, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, New York City Parking Violations Bureau, New York City Environmental Control Board, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, and Andre Garfield, Defendants. Index No.: 707137/2018 Filed: August 2, 2024 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $180,000.00 and interest, recorded in the office of the clerk of the County of Queens on January 30, 2008 in CRFN 2008000040984 covering premises known as 25-15 Ericsson Street, East Elmhurst, NY 11369. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Bay Shore, New York, August 2, 2024 Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP/s/BY: Linda P. Manfredi Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01-087248-F00
Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Queens Action To Foreclose A Mortgage Index #: 701595/2020 Bank Of America, N.A. Plaintiff, vs United States Of America Acting Through The Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development, New York City Environmental Control Board, Millie J Austin, JR. As Heir To The Estate Of Rosie Lee Aka Rosie Mae Wells, Alice M Walker As Heir To The Estate Of Rosie Lee Aka Rosie Mae Wells, Janice A Diggs As Heir To The Estate Of Rosie Lee Aka Rosie Mae Wells, Veral A Diggs As Heir To The Estate Of Rosie Lee Aka Rosie Mae Wells, Henry J Diggs, JR. As Heir To The Estate Of Rosie Lee Aka Rosie Mae Wells, Varnel L Diggs As Heir To The Estate Of Rosie Lee Aka Rosie Mae Wells, Jennira S Roundtree As Heir To The Estate Of Rosie Lee Aka Rosie Mae Wells, Curtis Alexander Eley As Heir To The Estate Of Rosie Lee Aka Rosie Mae Wells, Lakeesha Natasha Eley As Heir To The Estate Of Rosie Lee Aka Rosie Mae Wells, Unknown Heirs Of Rosie Lee Aka Rosie Mae Wells If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, New York City Parking Violations Bureau, United States Of America On Behalf Of The IRS, People Of The State Of New York “John Doe #1” Through “John Doe #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the Subject Property described in the Complaint, Defendant(s). Mortgaged Premises: 118-01 152nd Street To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO Unknown Heirs of Rosie Lee AKA Rosie Mae Wells Defendant In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Tracy Catapano-Fox of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Sixth day of August, 2024 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclosure a mortgage upon the premises described below, dated April 16, 2008 executed by Rosie Lee AKA Rosie Mae Wells (who died on November 26, 2020, a resident of the county of Wake, State of Florida) to secure the sum of $544,185.00. The Mortgage was recorded at CRFN 2009000260182 in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County on August 18, 2009. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed January 20, 2010 and recorded on February 17, 2010, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2010000054123. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed January 20, 2010 and recorded on February 17, 2010, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2010000054124. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed April 9, 2010 and recorded on May 7, 2010, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2010000154144. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by a gap assignment executed July 31, 2019 and recorded on August 14, 2019, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2019000259681. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed June 3, 2019 and recorded on June 27, 2019, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2019000203029. The property in question is described as follows: 118-01 152nd Street, Jamaica, NY 11434 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this Foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: August 15, 2024 Gross Polowy LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100, Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. Jamaica, NY 11434 82201
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Mill base in Rego Park
US Open euphoria
by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor
United States Tennis Association officials had every reason to be euphoric during the first week of the US Open. The week before the start of the tournament used to be known as “the qualifiers,” and only diehard tennis fans paid attention to it, even with free admission to the grounds. Then the USTA rebranded its preview time as “Fan Week,” as tennis clinics and entertainment were added. The US Open now is a culinary event as much as it is a tennis event, and its top-notch food purveyors decided to open a week early to meet the demand.
Last year, roughly 157,000 patrons visited the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center for Fan Week. This year, that number skyrocketed to more than 216,000. Fan Week’s popularity has led to an increase in paying customers as well. More than 76,000 fans attended the first day of the Open last Monday.
The attendance numbers are amazing considering longtime fan favorite Serena Williams is retired and no American male player has won a Grand Slam event since Andy Roddick took the 2003 US Open, although it should be noted five American men are ranked in the top 20.
I asked the highest-ranked American men’s player, Taylor Fritz, if he and his fellow ATP countrymen have spoken about the 21-year Grand Slam title drought or if this was just a
media talking point. “We don’t speak about it, but we are all aware of it. Each of us wants to be the one who finally breaks the streak.”
The biggest disappointment for USA tennis fans was Sloane Stephens’ first-round loss to France’s Clara Burel. Stephens, the 2017 women’s champion, won the first nine games from Burel before she figuratively collapsed. At age 31, it is safe to wonder if Stephens is really a factor anymore in Grand Slams. Her ranking was a shockingly low 62 coming into the US Open.
Norway’s Casper Ruud came to Queens a week early to take part in the Ultimate Tennis Showdown tournament held at Forest Hills Stadium. “I was aware that it was the old home of the US Open. Obviously, it would be too small to handle what the tournament has become. I loved its intimacy and the grass courts.”
Ruud also liked the Ultimate Tennis Showdown concept. “Having shorter matches, as well as fans cheering, and music playing, helps introduce tennis to new fans. It also helps me with my concentration!” Ruud said with a chuckle.
New York Post sportswriter Peter Botte got off a great quip when Australia’s Maya Joint was beaten in the second round by American Madison Keys. “Joint’s US Open dreams have gone up in smoke,” Botte wrote on X.
Cheech & Chong would be proud. Q
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There’s good news and bad news for users of 63rd Drive in Rego Park south of Queens Boulevard.
The good news is that the commercial section of the strip, from Alderton Street to Queens Boulevard, is being repaved. It was milled down by the Department of Transportation last week.
The bad news is that the mostly residential section, from Alderton Street to Woodhaven Boulevard, where the pavement has been much worse for years, is not part of the project. That stretch will be repaved in the future, according to the DOT press office.
The agency recently repaved sections of several side streets that cross 63rd Drive, such as Austin Street. Above is the corner of 63rd and Austin, looking north, with grocery stores on two corners, the Rego Park Library out of view on the left and the new residential building that replaced the old Shalimar Diner out of view to the right.
Lined with apartments, detached homes and busy
shops, as well as a school and a church, 63rd Drive offers the only passage below the Long Island Rail Road tracks between Woodhaven Boulevard on the Middle Village border and Yellowstone Boulevard in Forest Hills. The commercial section is frequently jammed, with rampant double-parking, cars in bus stops and mopeds defying
signals and road markings.
Asked to speak to the value of the repaving project, a DOT spokesman said via email, “This stretch of over 1.2 lane miles is another great example of DOT’s commitment to keeping Queens roads in a state of good repair.”
The cost is about $1 million per lane mile, he said. — Peter C. Mastrosimone
Paid for by Friends for Gregory Meeks
PHOTO BY PETER C.
THE BROOKLYN UNION GAS COMPANY d/b/a NATIONAL GRID NY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY (“Company”) that it has filed with the New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC”) tariff revisions to its Schedule for Gas Service, PSC No. 12 – GAS, to become effective, on a temporary basis, September 1, 2024.
These revisions have been filed in compliance with the Commission’s Order issued August 15, 2024 in Case 23-G-0225. The table below compares the Company’s current rates (prior to September 1, 2024) to rates effective September 1, 2024 by service classification.
S.C. No. 1A, 17-1A – Residential Non-Heating Service
S.C. No. 1AR, 17-1AR Residential Non-Heating Service
Monthly usage
First 3 therms or less
Current Rates
09/01/24
$16.25 $19.00
Next 47 therms, per therm $2.2581 $4.0519
Over 50 therms, per therm
$1.0568 $2.004
S.C. No. 1B-DG, 17-1B-DG – Distributed Generation
Monthly usage
First 3 therms or less
Over 3 therms, per therm
Current Rates 09/01/24
$32.93
$0.2069
S.C. No. 2-1, 17-2-1 – Non-Residential Non-Heating Service
Monthly usage
First
$33.00
$0.3297
Current Rates 09/01/24
S.C. No. 1B, 17-1B – Residential Heating Service
S.C. No. 1BR, 17-1BR-Residential Heating Service
Monthly usage
First 3 therms or less
Next 47 therms, per therm
Current Rates 09/01/24
S.C. No. 2-2, 17-2-2 – Non-Residential Heating Service
S.C. No. 3, 17-3 – Multi-Family Service
997 therms, per
S.C. 4A-CNG, 17-4A-CNG – Compressed Natural Gas
Monthly
Over 1,000 therms, per therm $0.2759 $0.3692
S.C. 7, 17-7 – Seasonal Off-Peak Service
Monthly
S.C. 21, 17-21 – Rate 1 – Less than 1MW Monthly usage
S.C. 21, 17-21 – Rate 3 – Equal to or greater than 5 MW but less than 50 MW
Monthly usage
First 10 therms or less
Over 10 therms, per therm (Apr – Oct)
Over 10 therms, per therm (Nov – Mar)
Current Rates
$771.69
$0.0256
$0.0356
S.C. 22 – Non-Firm Demand Response Sales Service –
Tier 1 (Commercial & Governmental / Multifamily)
Monthly usage
First 10 therms or less
Over 10 therms, per therm
09/01/24
$896.00
$0.0450
$0.0628
S.C. 4A, 17-4A – High Load Factor
S.C. 4B, 17-4B – Year Round Air Conditioning Service
S.C. 22 – Non-Firm Demand Response Sales Service –Tier 2 (Commercial & Governmental / Multifamily)
Monthly usage
First 10 therms or less
Over 10 therms, per therm
These revisions have been filed in compliance with the Commission’s Order issued August 15,2024 in Case 23-G-0225.
Copies of the proposed revisions are available for public inspection and can be obtained on the Company’s website at https://www.nationalgridus.com/NY-Home/Bills-Meters-and-Rates/ or the PSC’s website (dps.ny.gov).
KEYSPAN GAS EAST CORPORATION d/b/a NATIONAL GRID
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid (“Company”) that it has filed with the New York State Public Service Commission (“Commission”) proposed tariff revisions to its Schedule for Gas Service, PSC No.1 – GAS, to become effective, on a temporary basis, September 1, 2024.
These revisions have been filed in compliance with the Commission’s Order issued August 15, 2024 in Case 23-G-0226. The table below compares the Company’s current rates (prior to September 1, 2024) to rates effective September 1, 2024 by service classifi cation.
S.C. No. 1A, 5-1A – Residential Non-Heating Service
S.C. No. 1AR, 5-1AR – Residential Non-Heating Service
Monthly usage
First 3 therms or less
Next 47 therms, per therm
Over 50 therms, per therm
Current Rates 09/01/24
$19.75 $21.75
$1.6275 $2.8472
$0.3971 $0.8453
S.C. No. 1B, 5-1B – Residential Heating Service
S.C. No. 1BR, 5-1BR – Residential Heating Service
Monthly usage
First 3 therms or less
Next 47 therms, per therm
Over 50 therms, per therm
Current Rates 09/01/24
$21.66 $24.59
$1.3528 $1.9054
$0.3185 $0.4487
S.C. No. 1B-DG, 5-1B-DG – Distributed Generation
Monthly usage
First 3 therms or less
Over 3 therms, per therm
Current Rates 09/01/24
$33.04 $34.89
$0.1786 $0.2849
S.C. No. 2-A, 5-2A – Non-Residential Non-Heating Service
Monthly usage
First 3 therms or less
Next 87 therms, per therm
Next 2,910 therms, per therm
Over 3,000 therms, per therm
Current Rates 09/01/24
$37.66 $41.50
$1.8441 $2.0820
$0.3739 $0.4931
$0.2404 $0.3269
S.C. No. 2-B, 5-2B – Non-Residential Heating Service
Monthly usage
First 3 therms or less
Next 87 therms, per therm
Next 2,910 therms, per therm
Over 3,000 therms, per therm
S.C. No. 3, 5-3 – Multi-Family Service
Monthly usage
First 3 therms or less
Next 997 therms, per therm
Over 1,000 therms, per therm
Current Rates 09/01/24
$37.66 $41.50
$1.8428 $2.0026
$0.4627 $0.6285
$0.3194 $0.4947
Current Rates 09/01/24
$74.66 $83.95
$0.5053 $0.6617
$0.2985 $0.4315
S.C. 9, 5-9 – Uncompressed Natural Gas Vehicle Service
Monthly usage
First 3 therms or less
Over 3 therms, per therm
Current Rates 09/01/24
$38.00 $ 42.44
$0.6165 $ 0.7771
S.C No. 15, 5-15 – High Load Factor Service
Monthly usage
First 10 therms or less
Over 10 therms, per therm
Current Rates 09/01/24
$153.35 $169.75
$0.2243 $0.2909
S.C. No. 16, 5-16 – Year-Round Space Conditioning Service
Monthly usage Current Rates 09/01/24
First 3 therms or less
Next 497 therms, per therm $1.7319 $2.1568
Over 500 therms, per therm $0.2969 $0.3698
S.C. 17 – Baseload Distributed Generation –Rate 1 – Less than 1MW Monthly usage Current Rates 09/01/24
First 10 therms or less $180.61 $204.38
Over 10 therms, per therm (Apr –
S.C. 17 – Baseload Distributed Generation –Rate 2 – Equal to or greater than 1 MW but less than 5 MW
S.C. 17 – Baseload Distributed Generation –Rate 3 – Equal to or greater than 5 MW but less than 50 MW
usage Current Rates 09/01/24 First 10 therms or less $949.35 $1,074.32
10 therms, per therm (Apr – Oct) $0.0376 $0.0572
10 therms, per therm (Nov – Mar) $0.0513 $0.0779 Demand charge per therm of MPDQ $6,252.00 $6,252.00
S.C. 18 / 19 – Non-Firm Demand Response Sales Service – Tier 1 Monthly usage
S.C. 18 / 19 – Non-Firm Demand Response Sales Service – Tier 2
Monthly usage Current Rates 09/01/24
First 10 therms or less $375.00 $375.00
Over 10 therms, per therm $0.1285 $0.1784
These revisions have been filed in compliance with the Commission’s Order issued August 15,2024 in Case 23-G-0226. Copies of the proposed revisions are available for public inspection and can be obtained on the Company’s website at https://www.nationalgridus.com/Long-Island-NY-Home/Bills-Meters-and-Rates/ or the PSC’s website (dps.ny.gov).
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