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Primary contests in Queens are next week New district lines, Board of Elections mistakes could complicate the day by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

oters throughout much of Queens will go to the polls Thursday, Sept. 13, to cast ballots in primary races held by both the Democratic and Republican parties. Citizens can expect some changes and possible complications, however. The state Senate and Assembly districts for which the primaries are being held have been redrawn, as per the last Census, so many residents will be faced with names that may not be familiar to them. Because of the redistricting, many voters will also have to cast their ballots at different polling places than those they are used to. Some, especially the elderly, have complained that they will have to trek much farther to vote, an issue highlighted recently by state Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing). To further complicate matters, in at least some parts of the borough, the Board of Elections has directed voters to the wrong pollling place in its recent mailings. One of those voters is City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village), who was spotlighted in a Daily News article on Saturday about the problem. Voters all around the city may go to the wrong place to vote thanks to the BOE’s errors, Crowley said. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a Democra-

tic candidate for mayor next year, weighed in will face Republican nominee J.D. Kim, a by saying the BOE “needs to make this right. lawyer, in November’s general election. In southern and central Queens, a RepubliFast” [see separate story in most editions, or at can contest for the 15th Senate District nomiqchron.com]. Anyone denied the right to vote because of nation pits Juan Reyes, an attorney backed by the errors, or for any reason, has the right to the borough’s party establishment, against demand and fill out an affidavit ballot, which City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), would be counted later if it is determined the a leader in an insurgent wing of the party voter was correct. During the last primary, backed by the state GOP leadership. The winhowever, the one held for federal offices in ner will face incumbent Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. June, at least some Queens voters complained (D-Howard Beach) in November. There is also a contest for the they weren’t given Independence Party affidavit ballots by in the race. The poll workers when oting is from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. line newly redrawn disthey thought they trict reaches Middle should get them. next Thursday, Sept. 13. Village in the northThe final complication is the day of the vote, Thursday. Votes are west and Kew Gardens Hills in the northeast. In southern and southwestern Queens, always held on Tuesdays, but this year the second Tuesday in September is the 11th, so offi- Democratic Assemblyman Mike Miller (DWoodhaven), who represents the 38th District, cials moved the primary to the 13th. Much but not all of Queens will be voting. is being challenged by Etienne David Adorno, Most of the races are for Democratic Party a member of Community Board 9 and an aide nominations, but there are two contests within to Councilman Robert Jackson (D-Manhattan). the Republican Party. In another Democratic contest, one in the In the 16th state Senate District, which cuts through wide swaths of northern and central southeastern section of the borough, including Queens, the race is between incumbent Sen. Jamaica and the eastern Rockaways, state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) and challenger Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica) of the 10th DisJohn Messer, an attorney and businessman. trict is facing two challengers. One is City Democrats vote in that contest. The winner Councilman James Sanders Jr. (D-Laurelton)

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and the other is community activist Gian Jones of the Rockaways. A bit north of the 10th District, Democratic Assemblywoman Barbara Clark (D-Queens Village) is being challenged by attorney Clyde Vanel for the 33rd District seat. The district includes much of eastern Hollis and southern Floral Park as well as Queens Village. The only place in which both Democrats and Republicans have a primary is the 40th Assembly District in Flushing, the new version of the old 22nd District, now held by Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing). Meng won the Democratic nomination for the 6th Congressional District in June, and will face Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) in that contest. The race to succeed her features seven candidates, five Democrats and two Republicans. The Democrats are Ethel Chen, Yen Chou, Martha Flores-Vazquez, Ron Kim and Myungsuk Lee. Kim has been endorsed by the Queens Democratic Party. The Republicans are Phil Gim, the Queens GOP’s choice, and Sunny Hahn. Voting will be held from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Anyone with questions may call the BOE at 1 (866) VOTE-NYC (868-3692), or, if hearingimpaired, at (212) 487-5496. The board’s website is vote.nyc.ny.us. The general election is Tuesday, Nov. 6. Q

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Van Wyck triangle an eyesore, CB 9 says MTA, DOT, Parks Dept. all deny plaza is under their domain by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Urban landscapes are chock full of odd confluences of roadways that meet at weird angles. These awkward intersections are often home to small parks and green spaces that aim to bring some greenery to a world of concrete and asphalt. The meeting point for Jamaica Avenue, the Van Wyck Expressway, Kew Gardens Road and Metropolitan Avenue is one of these oddball intersections. Twenty-five years ago, this corner was the site of an elevated train station — the Metropolitan Avenue station on the J line. But in the late 1980s, the elevated tracks over Jamaica Avenue were torn down east of Richmond Hill and the E train was extended to Jamaica Center, passing directly below the intersection. A new station was built along the E line, this time underground, and the DOT restructured the roads to make the intersection safer and help traffic flow better. The end result was a triangle-shaped plaza, two blocks north of Jamaica Hospital, bordered by the Van Wyck Expressway service road, Jamaica Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue. In the center of the plaza is a kiosk that serves as an entrance to the Jamaica-Van Wyck subway station, which opened on Dec. 11, 1988.

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The plot also includes benches and trees. On warm summer mornings, the plaza is a popular place for commuters to stop for a cup of coffee and read the newspaper before

catching their train or bus. At least four bus lines stop only steps from the plaza. Often, nurses and doctors from Jamaica Hospital and nearby medical facilities can

Liquor license vote postponed School concerns force delay for Lindenwood store by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

Lindenwood residents will have to wait another week to find out if a new liquor store will open in the neighborhood’s shopping center. The State Liquor Authority has postponed a vote on the liquor license application of GNG Wine & Liquors, Inc., which is looking to open a liquor store in the now vacant location of the Beach Bagel shop in the Lindenwood Shopping Center, until Tuesday, Sept. 11. The postponement comes after questions were raised by opponents at the authority’s Aug. 29 hearing concerning the number of feet the proposed liquor store would be from the elementary school across the street. At the hearing representatives of the business told SLA Chairman Dennis Rosen that according to their measurements, the store would be 338 feet from PS 232, exceeding the 200-foot minimum distance from an ele-

mentary school required by the the state’s liquor law. The business’s representatives also told Rosen it had a petition signed by over 500 area residents saying they wanted the liquor store in the shopping center. However, opponents noted that the 338-foot measurement from the school to the store was not made from the school’s exit doors on 153rd Avenue where school buses pick up children. That exit is directly across the street from the Lindenwood Shopping Center. The opponents claim that a measurement from this location would be less than 200 feet. Rosen, said that although he had seen photos of school buses parked by the school, he was not aware of the school’s 153rd Avenue exit doors. He directed an SLA investigator to take new measurements from the school’s 153rd Avenue exit to the store’s site in the shopping center and set a hearing date on the matter for the authority’s next meeting. Q

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The City Department of Health will be spraying portions of Ozone Park and South Ozone Park for mosquitoes on Thursday, Sept. 6 at night in an effort to reduce the risk of West Nile virus and mosquito activity. The spraying will be done between 8 p.m. Thursday night to 6 a.m. Friday morning in the ZIP codes of 11416, 11417, 11419 and 11420, in an area bordered by 97th Avenue, 93rd Street and Liberty Avenue to the north; 76th Street to the west; North Conduit Avenue to the south and Lefferts Boulevard to the east. The spraying will be done from trucks. The area was singled out due to increased mosquito activity. The spraying will be done weather permitting. In the event of rain, the work will be postponed until Monday, Sept. 10. Though the Department of Health says there is no risk to humans from the pesticides being used, it is asking the public to take some precautions including limiting being outdoors during spraying, removing outdoor objects when possible or washing them after spraying and closing Q air-conditioning vents.

Anchored by the main entrance to the Jamaica-Van Wyck subway station, the plaza at the confluence of Jamaica Avenue, the Van Wyck Expressway, Metropolitan Avenue and Kew Gardens Road needs to be maintained, Community Board 9 says, but no one knows whose responsibility it is.

be seen in scrubs having lunch on the plaza’s benches. When the plaza was built in the late 1980s, future-Queens Parks Commissioner Richard Murphy told Community Board 9 that he wanted to have it added to his agency’s jurisdiction. But that never happened, and today no one is sure which agency is responsible for the plaza and CB 9 District Manager Mary Ann Carey wants someone to take on its maintenance. “The park is a mess,” Carey said. “And we have no idea whose responsibility it is.” A flagpole on the site is littered with sticker ads and blue graffiti scars the concrete barriers that separate the sitting area from green spaces, and much of the latter is overgrown with unkempt shrubbery. Litter, everything from old newspapers to empty potato chip bags, is scattered on the ground around the benches. “It’s a rat’s paradise,” one commuter said. Carey said the Sanitation Department comes and cleans the site on a regular basis at the request of the community board, but Carey would like to see the site put under the domain of a specific city agency. A spokesman for the MTA said the agency continued on page 38

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Goldfeder asks DOT for traffic calming

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Says streets near PS 232 are unsafe by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

A green light shines for traff ic on 153rd Avenue to go ahead at the intersection of 84th Street, but lower on the pole, the pedestrian signal changes from the white human figure to a flashing red hand. Even from two blocks away, a driver knows that means the light will change to red soon — perhaps in the next few seconds. The driver floors it, racing down the stretch of 153rd Avenue to catch the light. No damage is done this time, but area residents and officials fear the next time, somebody may be caught between the car and the light, maybe even a child. Along that two-block stretch is a bank, a shopping center and, most notably, PS 232. Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway) is asking the city Department of Transportation for an immediate survey and review of the dangerous streets surrounding the school. “I have personally visited the area and I am concerned by the significant lack of

traffic control devices to deter speeding vehicles,” he said. “The current situation is unacceptable and is putting our families and students at risk.” There are traff ic lights along 84th Street at both 153rd and 155th avenues, but on the west side of the school, there is little traffic control along 83rd Street. One of the most problematic areas is 82nd Street at 153rd Avenue, two blocks from the school, where there is no traffic control along 153rd Avenue at all. “It’s really very dangerous for both pedestrians and drivers,” said one resident who lives close to the intersection. In addition to the school, the area is home to a large population of senior citizens who regularly cross 153rd Avenue. “School officials, parents and community leaders have been fighting for safer streets for too long and should not have to wait for a tragic incident to get results,” Goldfeder added. “I urge the DOT to take every action necessary to keep our children safe as they walk to and from Q school.”

here’s so much about Queens politics that evokes the theater of the absurd, but perhaps nothing more so than the suicidal tendencies of what’s left of the Republican Party here. One bright spot among the gloom of the weakened GOP is the rising star of City Councilman Eric Ulrich, the moderate, thoughtful 27-year-old lawmaker from Ozone Park. Ulrich is seeking to replace Democratic state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. of Howard Beach in the 15th District, and he would be a formidable opponent. But first he has to get over a ridiculous hurdle put in his way by the Republican leadership, with whom Ulrich and a cadre of like-minded insurgents have been at war for years. That hurdle is the candidacy of Juan Reyes, a Forest Hills attorney endorsed by the old guard Ulrich opposes. While Reyes served the city as a lawyer under mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg, he’s whistling Dixie in opposing Ulrich. Not only is the councilman popular, he’s got the support of Senate Majority Leader

Dean Skelos, as well as that of Giuliani, the city’s most accomplished Republican, and presidential nominee Mitt Romney, the party’s de facto leader. Who backs Reyes? Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole, who knows corn but not Queens, and whose last known endorsement was for Viagra, and Donald Rumsfeld, whose claim to fame is mismanaging the war in Iraq in every possible way. Ulrich is no right-wing ideologue. He backs raising the minimum wage and mandating paid sick leave for most workers. He knows the issues, works hard and is wise beyond his years. Even if he somehow loses the GOP race on Sept. 13, Ulrich will remain on the ballot on the Conservative line and, possibly, the Independence one too. So a Reyes win would only help Addabbo. Republicans should vote for Ulrich, setting up a real race between him and Addabbo, another fine public servant. Then the people of the district can’t lose no matter who they pick in November. And the Queens GOP should grow up. Q

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Be sure to vote Sept. 13 hink your vote doesn’t count? Think again. There are primary races in both major parties across the borough next Thursday, Sept. 13, and given the number of candidates running and the extremely low turnout we’re likely to get, some could be decided by single-digit margins. No joke. You must do your civic duty and be one of those who determine who will next represent Queens at the state level. Why will turnout be so low, 10 percent if we’re lucky? For one, because turnout is always relatively low for primaries. Two, because these are not contests for the presidency or the other high-profile executive positions, governor or mayor. These are races for the state Senate and Assembly, legislative bodies that are less well-known to many voters than Congress or the City Council, and also less popular — hard as that can be to imagine. But if you want to help drain the ethical swamp that is Albany, you have to do your part. Vote for those people you believe will best serve the people, not the special interests, and, we would add, for those least likely to do any of the following: • establish a so-called nonprofit charity that serves as nothing but a slush fund for the official and his or her cronies; • sexually harass young staffers of the opposite sex;

• help cover up the above by authorizing a six-figure taxpayer-funded payment to the victims so they’ll keep quiet; • oppose any reworking of public employee pension plans, which would drive the city and state off the financial cliff if left unaddressed (luckily this is already a done deal); and • not fight for the city to get its fair share of services, especially in educational support, in exchange for all the money our taxpayers send up the Hudson. The Chronicle has made only two endorsements in the primaries. We back Republican City Councilman Eric Ulrich of Ozone Park in his run for state Senate against Queens GOPsupported attorney Juan Reyes of Forest Hills, mostly because Ulrich is a responsible lawmaker and Reyes is just working for his enemies within the party; and Democratic City Councilman James Sanders Jr. of Laurelton, because he’s another thoughtful legislator looking to take down state Sen. Shirley Huntley of Jamaica, who’s under indictment for corruption in what appears to be a damning case. But this is less about who you vote for than the fact that you vote. If you can and don’t, you’ve no right to complain about anything the state government does for the next two years. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Make time to cast a ballot.

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Lunch at 9:45 at IS 25 he mayor’s all about nutrition and fitness — at least when it comes to banning things that are detrimental to good health. And several indicators, such as longevity, indicate that his policies have had a positive impact. Yet the administration fails on this front too often when it comes to children in the city schools. The latest example is at IS 25 in Whitestone, where, because of overcrowding — itself exacerbated by city policies — some students will now be eating “lunch” at 9:45 a.m. The principal said she had to schedule things that way because the students can’t all fit into the cafeteria at once (no obesity jokes, please). But if the city would just ensure that its infrastructure, including schools, kept up with population growth, this wouldn’t be a problem. What is a problem is serving children meals that sound like dinner entrees when they should be eating cereal and fruit or some such. It’s not healthy. We hope another solution can be found.

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Mark, who worked with Shelly in the Assembly for almost two decades before he and brother David swapped political seats in a clever bid to circumvent term limits. But they’re in good company. Assembly members seem to have forgotten that their allegiance is to their constituents — not the Assembly speaker. How many more indictments, arrests and boorish behavior must we accept before we say enough is enough? Fortunately, voters will have an opportunity to answer that question in two months. Bob Friedrich Glen Oaks The writer is a former candidate for office.

Hike teachers’ pay Dear Editor: As schools across the country reopen, thousands of teachers will be returning to their classrooms to commence yet another school term. Teachers work extremely hard, certainly no easy task in today’s classroom. It is high time that the hard work and positive accomplishments of teachers be recognized by those

in the noneducational world. Teachers should be properly compensated for all of their hard work and contributions that help their students work to and achieve their full potential in the classroom. Their salaries certainly deserve to be increased; they, like all other workers, have bills to pay. Everyone says that teachers do a great job — how about pushing the powers that be to pay teachers a livable, decent salary? Remember, actions speak louder than words. We wish all teachers a productive and wonderful school term. America is proud of you and salutes you for all the wonderful accomplishments that you have made with our children. John Amato Fresh Meadows

Ease up on educators Dear Editor: Do Department of Correction workers get rated on how many of their “students” graduate into becoming law-abiding citizens after they leave their care? After leading the surge against teachers, shouldn’t the Daily News also unfairly

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You believe Iran? Dear Editor: In the Aug. 30 issue, Robert Keilbach implied in his letter, “Reject Republicans,” that he believes Iran when they state that they are not pursuing a nuclear weapon. Since Mr. Keilbach thinks that Iran is so truthful, he must also believe them when they state that the Holocaust did not exist. I was always told that three of my grandparents died in the Holocaust. If it did not exist, I would like Mr. Keilbach to tell me how they died. Lenny Rodin Forest Hills

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Third-party death throes Dear Editor: The recent death of Liberal Party leader Ray Harding coincides with his former party’s following the path of patronage over ideology and eventually becoming irrelevant. The Liberals lost ballot status and were replaced by the Working Families Party. While the Conservative Party worshiped at the altar of Pataki/Bruno GOP political patronage, today it receives crumbs from Senate Republican Majority Leader Skelos and GOP Assembly Minority Leader Kolb. Meanwhile the Libertarian, Green, Working Families and Independence parties stand for divergent philosophical principles. From its successful times in the 1960s, the Conservative Party under Chairman Mike Long has morphed into the Conservative Political Patronage Party, following the same path as Harding, losing it vim and vigor. The party has been unable to prevent Republicans from losing all statewide offices and eight Senate seats, reducing them to a fragile one-seat majority. The same is true for the loss of numerous former GOP congressional and Assembly seats. The Conservatives’ impact is diminishing on the state landscape as they are entering the twilight of political history. Their leadership and enrollment continues to both age and decline. Fewer new and younger voters are registering Conservative. Those who believe in limited government and free enterprise, along with economic and civil liberties, continue to look for other alternatives. In 2010, many voted for Kristin Davis (Anti-Prohibition), Warren Redich (Libertarian), Steve Cohen (TEA) or Carl Paladino (Taxpayers) party candidates for governor rather than Row C. The Conservative candidate for governor in 2014 may be unable to attract the minimum 50,000 votes necessary to maintain permanent ballot status, joining the Liberal Party in political extinction. Larry Penner Great Neck, LI

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Dear Editor: Since both parties are focusing on the middle class and the economy, no one seems to be too concerned in this presidential race about lifting the poorest citizens out of poverty and cutting back on the trillion-dollar deficits caused by 40 years of gorging on military spending. Vice President Biden has been sharply criticized for his honest opinions, critics tarnishing him with racism by deriding him over “gaffes” as if they were racial slurs (not his intention!). However, no candidate for any office, national, state or local, seems to target the glut of military spending that has ballooned the deficit for 40 years and cut into repairing our infrastructure, improving substandard housing and education and making healthcare universal Why? Editorials and opinion columns may broach these important subjects, but the ears of the legislators are stone deaf to them. Why aren’t Messrs. Obama and Romney tuning in and giving voters the satisfaction of heeding the Simpson-Bowles agenda? It would be so refreshing

for us to hear about our tax dollars going into causes to lift us up instead of tear us apart. Fair distribution of taxes, especially a luxury tax on outrageously priced goods and a higher levy on those with incredible earnings, a rollback on outsourcing everything from manufacturing to military jobs, getting out of Afghanistan now and pulling our troops out of Germany would, for example, allow the recent veterans to get the care and help they need. And suppose we cut Congress in half? Wouldn’t that trim government waste? B K Brumberg Howard Beach

The subsidized subways Dear Editor: Letter writer Richard Reif claims that it is unfair that motorists who use the Queensboro Bridge get a free ride while he has to pay for the MTA (“The 59th St. Bridge $ong,” Aug. 30). By that reasoning, there should be no tolls on any bridges or tunnels and Mr. Reif should be paying $13 for each of his trips, as the $2.25 fare is kept that low by the use of toll money to subsidize his low-cost rides. E. Fishbach Brooklyn

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go after correction officers, and rate them based on the very high recidivist rate of their charges? Speaking of criminality, the Daily News on Aug. 30 indicated that quite a few city schools in the 2010-11 school year confiscated tens of lethal weapons from students. Then it was reported that the Department of Education was easing up on trivial student violations. Is student bad behavior becoming too overwhelming? Is it becoming more apparent that teaching in New York City schools is not a picnic in the park? One teacher was overheard saying, “At least cops have badges and guns and legal backing to enforce the laws!” Dave Shlakman Howard Beach

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Miller makes his case for re-election 1 1/2-term assemblyman says focus should be on quality of life by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) does not have a Republican opponent in November, but he will have to fend off a challenge for his seat — in this month’s Democratic primary. Miller, who was elected in a special election to replace former Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio in 2009, is being challenged by 27-yearold Community Board 9 member Etienne David Adorno, a resident of Woodhaven who works on the staff of Councilman Robert Jackson (D-Manhattan). The 38th Assembly District was redrawn slightly in redistricting, with much of Miller’s political base in Glendale being drawn out of the district, and par ts of City Line and Assemblyman Mike Miller, above, is running for his second Ozone Park being added. The full term in the state Assembly, but is facing a challenge in new district — once home to a the Democratic primary Sept. 13. PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE large Irish, Italian and German population — is 47 percent Hispanic and dale, which he said is a problem intersecincludes a significant West Indian and Indo- tion. On state-level issues, Miller opposes Caribbean population in Richmond Hill. Before Miller, Seminerio held the seat hydrofracking, stating that he is not comfortable with the possible effect the chemifor more than 30 years. No stranger to challenges from within his cals used in the process, which extracts natown party — he faced Community Educa- ural gas from bedrock, can have on the tion Council District 24 President and CB 9 city’s watershed. He acknowledged that member Nick Comianni in 2010 — Miller hydrofracking may be a job creator, but that the possible repercusis emphasizing his sions of any chemical focus on quality of life contamination would issues and constituent adversely effect his service in his re-elecconstituents. tion campaign. his is the best job “Assure me that my Among the accomdrinking water will be plishments he noted I’ve ever had” OK,” Miller said. “I was pushing the MTA — Assemblyman Mike Miller have to worry about my to move up the repaintconstituents.” ing of the J-train eleHe also opposed Gov. vated str ucture over Cuomo’s creation of a Jamaica Avenue, much of which was done in 2011. He also empha- Tier VI pension plan for state employees, sized his office’s constituent services and saying it hurt people and union workers. He credited his staff for being helpful to district defended state workers, arguing their work residents who call with problems and is often more difficult and they are forced requests, which he said he enjoys helping to work longer hours. “It’s a different type of employment,” he people with. “This is the best job I’ve ever had,” said. Miller supports raising the minimum Miller said. Miller’s office fields calls for stop signs, wage, disagreeing with the notion that it speed bumps, traffic lights and assistance in would cost jobs. He said raising the mininavigating government agencies and receiv- mum wage would have the effect of allowing government services. Currently, he said, ing people to spend more money, which he is working on trying to get a traffic light would help balance out any income stores at 68th Street and Cooper Avenue in Glencontinued on page 36

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Etienne David Adorno of Woodhaven is challenging incumbent Assemblyman Mike Miller in a Democratic primary on Sept. 13. The winner is expected to run unopposed in the 38th AD PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE in November.

Challenger hangs tough in 38th AD Adorno says a changed district requires a change in leadership by Michael Gannon Editor

Etienne David Adorno pulls few punches when asked why voters should support him over Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) in the 38th District Democratic primary on Sept. 13. “I’ve seen changes in the district, changes I’m not happy with,” Adorno said Friday in a meeting with the editorial board of the Queens Chronicle. “And I also see that we have had a change in representation at the state level that isn’t really taking an active approach in terms of representing the district,” he said. Adorno, 27, has lived in Woodhaven since he was 3. He is on a leave of absence for the campaign as a staff member to City Councilman Robert Jackson (D-Manhattan), and formerly served on the staff and then the congressional campaign of former assemblyman and Councilman Adam Clayton Powell IV. He was appointed to Community Board 9 in March. Adorno said even his mother was once opposed to his running for public office, but that many friends, neighbors and others in the community told him that he has far more drive and initiative than they have seen from Miller. “I visited over 2,000 homes at one point and 14 people had heard of Mike Miller,” he claimed. “Eventually even my mom said, ‘I really think that maybe you should think about this.’” Most of his more than 3,200 petition signatures survived a legal challenge from the Queens County Democratic Party, which has endorsed Miller.

Adorno said jobs, education and quality of life issues all are intertwined. “In Queens we have a lack of jobs, 9.3 percent unemployment rate. In the state it’s 8.3,” he said. “A lot of stores on Jamaica Avenue are closed. I remember when I was a kid there was not a single vacant store on Jamaica Avenue.” He said quality of life and public safety go hand-in-hand, using the example of two 17year-olds who recently broke into his mother’s car. “If they had something better to do with their time they might have something to engage them, someone showing them the right way,” he said. “Unfortunately that’s not always available, so instead they were hanging around with people who break into cars.” Adorno said bills Miller has gotten passed, including one that would give peace officer status to Veterans Affairs officers, and pieces of a package of sex offender laws, underwhelm him. “These bills have little or no consequence onto the community he represents,” Adorno said. “We’re losing businesses. We’ve got tax issues.” Adorno said graffiti is a major quality of life problem in the district, and that one of the first bills he would introduce would be to raise the minimum age for purchasing spray paint from 18 to 21, which he believes would make it harder for young people to get caught up in graffiti. He would favor some version of a bill that would require guns manufactured in New York to have microstamping technology continued on page 36

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St. Francis mourns Woodside student Dies of head injuries as party bus goes beneath overpass in New Jersey by Michael Gannon Editor

A Woodside teenager who was killed on the way to a party on Friday was mourned at a private funeral service on Tuesday. Daniel Fernandez, 16, the son of Jose and Maria Fernandez, was to have started his junior year at St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows this week. He was killed after allegedly opening an emergency hatch on the roof of a double-decked party bus, poking his head out and striking his head on a bridge overpass shortly after the bus crossed over the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey. He died at Hackensack University Medical Center. More than 500 people attended his wake on Monday at Kearns Funeral Home in Rego Park. Brother Leonard Conway, principal of St. Francis, said the school is offering support for the Fernandez family and Daniel’s friends. “We are sharing in the grief and shock of the sudden death of this young student,” Conway

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The New York City Council redistricting commission released its proposed new district lines on Tuesday, but the changes made to the previous lines are small. The biggest change to the map in Queens is in the neighborhood of Richmond Hill, which is would be drawn into two districts instead of the previous four. The districts of Council members Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica) will split Richmond Hill with the border running down Lefferts Boulevard south of Atlantic Avenue and 111th Street north of it. The two other districts that included Richmond Hill, those of Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) and Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), are drawn out of the neighborhood. Crowley’s district would include nearly all of Woodhaven, at the expense of Ulrich, and parts of Woodside and Maspeth now in Jimmy Van Bramer’s (D-Sunnyside) district. His district would be shrunk to account for the growing population in Long Island City. Koslowitz’s district would

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Dallis Brothers and the coffee factory Century-old manufacturer of java offers tours of its Ozone Park facility n the corner of Atlantic Avenue and 102nd Street in Ozone Park, there’s an ornate Victorian-style building that looks out of place among the semiattached homes, laundromats, strip malls and auto body stops that dominate the area. The historical building is home to Dallis Brothers Coffee, one of the neighborhood’s oldest businesses. The building is located at 100-32 Atlantic Ave. On the first Saturday of each month, the Dallis Brothers staff hosts a tour of the facility for coffee aficionados and others interested in learning something about brewing the stuff. The three-hour tour includes a primer on what coffee is and where it comes from, a behind-the-scenes look at how the crop is picked, roasted and packaged and equipment is maintained and a coffee tasting workshop to close out the day. Dallis Brothers is also preparing for its centennial next year and is planning for a barrage of events to celebrate 100 years in Q business. — Domenick Rafter Josip Drazenovich, Dallis Bros. training and development manager, makes espresso.

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BID’s back to school sale The Woodhaven Business Improvement District sponsored a Back to School Sales Day last week to promote shopping on Jamaica Avenue for education necessities. Quarters were distributed to people for parking and there was face painting and live entertainment with a performance from the

musical group Plastic Soul Band at the plaza at Forest Parkway and Jamaica Avenue. Pictured are WBID helpers on Jamaica Avenue with Executive Director Maria Thomson, center, taking a break along Jamaica Avenue during the event, all smiles at the success of the day.

Now the important election countdown dates begin. On Thursday, Sept. 13, will be the Democratic and Republican primary. If you are a registered Democrat, you can vote for the incumbent Michael Miller or Etienne David Adorno. If you are a registered Republican you can vote for the incumbent Eric Ulrich or Juan Reyes. We do not care who you vote for, just vote because voting makes us strong. You should be receiving postcards in the mail regarding your polling location and where you go to vote. The presidential and state elections will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 6. If you cannot get to the polls to vote due to a handicap then plan on securing an absentee ballot by calling 1 (866) 868-3692 to have the application mailed to you. If you need any additional information, call the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. office at (718) 805-0202. Mark your calendar for our GWDC sponsored “Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival 2012” set for Sunday, Oct. 14 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. So, make sure to have good thoughts for good weather. Call our GWDC off ice for more information. Last year’s street festival can be viewed on YouTube Mr. Woodhaven 11421. I hope that you had a very safe and enjoyable Labor Day weekend during which we remembered and honored our hardworking men and women.

The children are all heading back to school decked out in outfits, hopefully, purchased on Woodhaven’s “Ever ything” Jamaica Avenue. Most of the students are happy to return to school to see their friends and teachers. Yes, this is what the month of September has always meant until September of 2001. Every year since, the month of September has brought with it a very sad feelings because of the sad events of 9/11/01. It has been 11 years now and our wounds are still painful. In September of 2002, I spoke at an Ecumenical Prayer Mass. The words that I wrote and stated at that time are still poignant. I would like to share some of my words with you. “Since last year, the sadness of Sept. 11, 2001 has been constant, as we in Woodhaven cope with the life stories of all those heroes lost and their families who are suffering from their loss. We grieve for all of the innocent men, women and children who were so brutally taken from us that fateful day. We grieve for our majestic twin towers, forever taken from our skyline. Our America is at war and we view the enemy — terrorism — through eyes of strength and with resolve. Our Woodhaven supports these our good defenders and because of our good, we will be victorious against this evil. May we be resolute in stating “Never forget, never again.” Q May God bless our America.

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Grandson of boro legend home to rest Paul Stier to share plot with family patriarch and famous namesake by Michael Gannon Editor

Douglaston native Paul Stier was 65 when he died in August in his adopted home of Charleston, SC. And when his widow, Joyce, brought his ashes back to rest in the 100-year-old family plot in Maple Grove Cemetery on Sept. 1, she and her family took a trip not just up the East Coast, but through the history of Queens. Stier’s grandfather, also named Paul, was a German immigrant who made a name for himself — several in fact, throughout Queens in the early 20th Century. “He became a prominent real estate developer who then became Queens County sheriff in 1916,” said Carl Ballenas, a high school history teacher and the historian for Maple Grove. “He was so well thought of that he was given a diamond-encrusted badge.” He was murdered in the line of duty in Whitestone in 1916, and now rests less than 10 feet from his grandson. Joyce Stier made the trip to the Kew Gardens cemetery with several relatives. She knew a little something about the Stier family history, and had been in contact with Ballenas following her husband’s death. “I’m the family historian,” she said. Ballenas was an invited guest at the grave-

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Opossum hung in Ozone Park tree Neighbors found a dead opossum hanging from a tree in Ozone Park over Labor Day weekend. The opossum, which is commonly called possum, was found hanging from a broomstick placed in a tree near the corner of 103rd Avenue and 103rd Street near the Epiphany Marthoma Church on Saturday afternoon around 1 p.m. The opossum was cut down, placed in a black bag and removed later. The sight hor rif ied neighbors, though quite a few passed by without noticing the animal. “It’s disgusting,” said one woman who lives close to where the opossum was found. “How can someone do that to an animal?” Police say they did not receive any calls about the opossum, which is believed to have been put in the tree Friday night. Opossums are rare in Queens, but have been seen in backyards and in parks in Astoria, Glendale, Kew Gardens Hills and Ozone Park in recent years. In one case, an opossum was thought to be responsible for the death Q of a stray cat. — Domenick Rafter

Paul Stier’s family came from South Carolina last week to bury his ashes in a plot purchased in PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Maple Grove Cemetery by the famous grandfather he would never know. side ceremony. So was Derek Netto, 19, who eight years ago portrayed Sheriff Stier in the annual Spirits Alive! presentation at the cemetery. Ballenas shared Sheriff Stier’s history with somewhat more detail than the family previously had. He was born in 1874 and apprenticed himself on a ship to pay his fare to the United

States in 1897. “In the 1900 Census, he was listed as a bricklayer,” Ballenas said. It was a sign of things to come. Stier eventually built numerous houses in what was known for years as Stierville. Putnam Avenue in present-day Ridgewood is considered the northern boundary of Stierville. And a small, dead-end street off

Putnam, one block west of Fresh Pond Road still bears the name Stier Place. “He built his office there when he was sheriff,” Ballenas said. “The building still exists as the Ridgewood Democratic Club, and it’s in great shape.” Ballenas said Stier was 42 when elected sheriff in late 1915. He took office in January 1916, diamond-studded badge and all. But he would have a sad ending that October, after two of his deputies attempted to carry out an eviction in Whitestone. Ballenas said the tenant threatened the deputies with a repeating rifle, forcing them to withdraw. Stier decided to take matters into his own hands. The resident shot Stier once in the chest as he walked up a staircase, an attack that also wounded a deputy. Three NYPD officers were wounded in the gun battle. “Their revolvers were no match for his rifle,” Ballenas said. Police, visiting a U.S. Navy warship in the bay, obtained some of their large rifles, and eventually killed Stier’s assailant. Those buried in neighboring plots would appeal to history buffs. Across the way lies Dr. Zachariah Dennler, a Civil War military surgeon who had tickets to see the play “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC on an April night in 1865. continued on page 37

Officers seize an arsenal of weapons NYPD found 92 knives and 19 guns in an Astoria apartment by Josey Bartlett Associate Editor

A man who allegedly stockpiled several guns, tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition, a little under a hundred different types of knives and many other weapons in his Astoria apartment was taken into custody on Aug. 31. Shots were fired on Aug. 26 in front of 20-11 Shore Blvd. Police investigated the incident and took footage from a nearby video surveillance camera that identified Michael Millazzo, 53, as the suspect. Police procured a search warrant for the suspect’s apartment. Once inside Millazzo’s apartment, officers found: a .40-caliber Glock, a 9 mm pistol, 26 rifle magazines, 10,537 rounds of ammunition, 32 machetes, 60 knives of different sizes, 16 air pistols, an air rifle, seven Tasers, nine batons and 10 pairs of handcuffs. The suspect was initially charged with two counts of criminal possession of a firearm, one count of criminal use of a firearm and one count of reckless endangerment for the Aug. 26 inci-

dent. The search war rants resulted in another 53 counts of criminal possession of a weapon. State Sen. Mike Gianaris (DAstoria) introduced a series of bills earlier this month that would increase background checks and limit gun purchases to one a month. Gianaris and state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-Elmhurst) both have pending bills regulating the amount of ammunition. “Gun violence is a raging issue in the last couple months,” Gianaris said. “The bills were reacting to gun violence in other par ts of countr y, but lo and behold, no area is immune to potential acts of gun violence.” Astoria residents were surprised by the arsenal as well. “I didn’t know we had crazy people in Astoria, but apparently we do,” said a resident who lives close to Ralph Demarco Park, which is across the street from where Millazzo lives. In the 114th Precinct, which patrols Astoria, crime has risen 11 percent compared to last year to date. Every category of crime has grown, with three more mur-

Officers said they seized this arsenal of weapons from an Astoria resident PHOTO COURTESY NYPD on Aug. 31. ders and 11 more rapes. But as with the trend citywide, crime overall has declined in Astoria by 40 percent in the last 11 years and 75 percent in the last 19 years. Millazzo is being held on bail and expected back in court on Sept. 14, according to Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria), the Public Safety Committee

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Dennis Barnes has golden blonde hair. But in a few weeeks, the Belle Harbor 16-yearold’s yellow locks will be gone, shaved off and sacrificed for a worthy cause. Dennis, who started his junior year at Xavier High School this week, will shave his head, to raise money for pediatric cancer. This year, Dennis will cut off his golden locks on Saturday, Sept. 15 during an annual event sponsored by the St. Baldrick’s Foundation at the Bungalow Bar in Rockaway Park. The event will kick off at 1:30 p.m. at the bar, located at 377 Beach 92 St. The event is open to the public for a $10 donation or $20 for a family, though children are free. This is the sixth year Dennis will take part in the event for St. Baldrick’s, which focuses on funding research for a cure for childhood cancer. “You shave your head as a sign of solidarity for kids with cancer,” he explained. Dennis got involved in St. Baldrick’s through his sister Alex, who told him about it when her friends were taking part. Pediatric cancer was something he was familiar with, even at the age of 11. At his elementary school, St. Francis de Sales in Belle Harbor, the school secretary’s grandson had pediatric cancer, which made Dennis want to get involved. “That got me interested in it,” he said. “So I just wanted to volunteer for it” So far, Dennis had raised over $10,000 in the years he’s been cutting his hair. Last year he brought in over $2,700. Friends and family donate by sponsoring him. Besides cutting off his hair, Dennis works with special needs kids. He is an instructor for Adaptive, a foundation that

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Girl Scout Victoria McGuire, 16, never knew her grandmother, but learned about her by opening her recipe book and cooking her favorite recipes with her mom. “I never met my grandmother, but having her recipe books I have learned a lot more about her and got a better sense of who she was than by looking at a photograph,” she said. On Tuesday afternoon McGuire brought her grandmother’s mouthwatering recipes to elderly members of the the Visiting Nurse Service of New York Choice day care center in Woodside, where she, with the help of Westchester Boy Scouts, raised awareness about homebound elderly. The event, which was held ahead of Grandparents Day on Sept. 9, allowed participating Boy and Girl Scouts to share culinary stories as well as cook pizzelle cookies — an old treat straight from McGuire’s grandmother’s recipe book. The afternoon also brought back happy memories to some of the center’s seniors. Mittie Griffin, 73, said that cooking with the Scouts brought back “a lot of good memories when I used to cook as a child with my mother ... as well as being a Girl Scout.” Because memory loss can be a common

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Sanders camp: Huntley blames us for her arrest Report: state will examine all of indicted pol’s member item money by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

State Sen. Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica), fresh off a state indictment on corruption charges, is facing other, milder accusations — this time from the campaign manager of her main competitor in the Sept 13. Democratic Primary, City Councilman James Sanders Jr. (D-Laurelton). Steve Behar said Tuesday that while staffers were knocking on doors in the community and speaking to constituents, many said they had been visited by Huntley’s people and told that Sanders was responsible for the embattled lawmaker being arrested. Behar called the idea “ludicrous.” Michael Roberts, a spokesman for the Huntley campaign, denied the allegations when reached by phone on Tuesday afternoon. “We will not engage in that kind of rumor and innuendo,” Roberts said. “It would be destructive and counterproductive to our campaign. Our record stands on its own.” Meanwhile the scandal sur rounding Huntley appears to be widening with the New York Post reporting that investigators will examine all of her member item spending. A spokeswoman for state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman declined to comment since the investigation is ongoing. The state investigator general could not

Staffers for City Councilman James Sanders Jr., left, say they are being blamed by their counterparts in PHOTOS BY ANNMARIE COSTELLA state Sen. Shirley Huntley’s campaign for her arrest. be reached by press time. Huntley is accused of funneling some $30,000 in public money to a bogus charity called the Parent Workshop that she founded with her niece and an aide, and then helping to falsify a document to cover the

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President Obama and his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, have two very different visions for the future of Medicare, a program that affects millions of older adults — the question is whom do elders and their advocates side with? The crux of the debate is this — Romney stresses that Obama’s plan would cut $716 billion from Medicare, making it unsustainable, while Obama says Romney’s idea of turning the program into a voucher system would be disastrous. Obama defends his proposal by stating that the cuts would not affect senior recipients, but rather would target healthcare providers, as well as ridding the Medicare system of waste and inefficiency. He said that through that streamlining, the life of the program would be extended by almost a decade. “It’s about a promise this country made to our seniors that says if you put in a lifetime of hard work, you shouldn’t lose your home or your life savings just because you get sick,” Obama said in his weekly address on Aug. 25. “Over the last 47 years, millions of Americans have worked for that promise. They’ve earned it. And for many seniors, the care they’ve gotten through Medicare has made all the difference in the world.” He added that the Affordable Care Act gave

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Many Americans are in the process of reassessing their spending patterns, and boomers and seniors are no exception. Seventy-three percent of adults over age 50 started saving more or cutting back on spending last year, compared to 2010, according to a November 2011 report by the AARP. In many cases, the new spirit of frugality is not necessarily born out of financial necessity, but also out of a desire to simplify life, avoid excessive consumption and focus on what’s really important — family, friends and community. If you’re an adult over 50, maybe you’re exploring the hidden treasures of your own region instead of taking exotic vacations. Maybe you’re barbecuing with friends in the backyard instead of going out to eat. Maybe you’re spending more time playing with your grandkids instead of buying them the latest electronic gadgets. In short, you’re trying to cut back on spending without sacrificing quality of life. Here are five tips to help. Examine recurring expenses. It’s easy to overpay for utilities and other recurring expenses if you don’t periodically review your options and make sure you’re getting the best deal. Many utility companies offer senior discounts, for example, but you have to ask. Also consider a lower-cost no-contract cell phone plan. Flexible family plans by which couples and families share minutes can save an additional $20 to $30 per month. Increase energy efficiency. Another way to reduce your bills is by increasing the energy efficiency of your home. You can unplug battery chargers when not in use, turn off appliances rather than leaving them in standby mode, use energy-efficient light bulbs and turn off the lights when you leave a room. If you’re able to invest a little to ensure longerterm savings — whether through weatherproofing or upgrading aging appliances — you can schedule an energy audit to find out how to get the biggest bang for your home-improvement buck. Be a smart shopper. If you’re not into clipping coupons, that’s OK. There are other ways to save. For example, try store-brand products rather than automatically reaching for the brands you’ve always purchased — in many cases, you won’t be able to tell the difference. Buy in bulk if you use large quantities of something. Watch for sales on items you purchase regularly, but don’t buy something just because it’s on sale — if you wouldn’t have bought it otherwise, you’re not saving money. For biggerticket items, be sure to comparison shop to make sure you’re getting the best price. Websites such as pricegrabber.com allow you to research numerous

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Grandparents are a force to be reckoned with Give them their due on Grandparents Day, Sept. 9 and themselves. Grandparents Day is a family day. Some schools, churches, and senior organizations honor grandparents with special events. Families can hold small private gatherings or a family reunion. For those who entertain large groups, it can be fun to have a storytelling time, allowing grandparents to relate stories of their past, enlightening children about â&#x20AC;&#x153;the old days.â&#x20AC;? Also interesting is to take a census, such as oldest and youngest grandchild, family with the most grandchildren, and families with five generations present. As Grandparents Day approaches, help children and/or grandchildren to identify and date all photos in old family albums. Many happy memories can be derived from this. Everyone is a grandchild and can be involved in the observance of this day â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a time to discover oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roots and learn patience, understanding and appreciation for the elderly. Grandparents Day is the perfect time

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Developmentally disabled adults gain experience and confidence by Lynn Berman Chronicle Contributor

After nearly two hours of rain on opening day of the US Open, Tyra got straight to work. The food village was packed with tennis fans, waiting for play to resume. She began wiping down the condiment stand. “You’ve got your work cut out for you,” one fan said, as she got sugar for her coffee. “Yeah,” Tyra, a 41-year-old Jamaica resident, responded with a smile, “but that’s OK.” Tyra is among 50 workers with developmental disabilities honing their customer service and maintenance skills during the Open. For the 14th consecutive year, Levy Restaurants, the tournament’s caterer, is relying on such employees to keep the high-traffic food village sparkling. YAI develops potential, redefines abilities and uncovers new possibilities for its clients. “We value our partnership with YAI and rely on their teams to help us create the best experience possible for each and every guest at the US Open,” said Ryan Golpeo, director of operation, Levy Restaurants at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park. For anyone seeking a job, the economic climate is especially challenging. Unfortunately, only 32.1 percent of working-age adults with disabilities are working, accord-

Tanuja, left, and Derrick are workers at the US Open at Flushing Meadows Park, where they are gaining job experience and confidence. Both are served by YAI, a group that works with developPHOTOS BY LYNN BERMAN mentally disabled clients. ing to a June Bureau of Labor Statistics report. That compares with 77.7 percent of adults without disabilities who are employed. Despite the gloomy statistics, which are historically low for people with disabilities, the US Open workers realized that this was an opportunity to shine. Tanuja, a 34-year-old Jamaica resident, had worked at Syms in Manhattan for 13

years, until last year when the company entered into bankruptcy. She’s eager to find another job in retail, but was glad to be working for Levy Restaurants. “This is my first year at the Open,” Tanuja said. “There are a lot of people here. You’re very active, moving from table to table. You feel important because this is such a major event.”

“I fully believe that every individual, regardless of ability, is capable of working,” said Stephen Freeman, CEO of YAI. “Someone just needs to provide that chance. We need to encourage society to see beyond disability and recognize that every individual has unique talents and abilities.” Satera Febus, supervisor of a YAI employment program, said with the support of onsite staff, everyone can thrive on the job. “In the beginning, we made sure that we had people who had held jobs before filling in with a few people who had never worked before. Now, any one of the individuals in our programs can work here,” Febus added. Derrick, 29, of Queens Village, waited out the rain with two colleagues who were about to start their first shifts at the Open. “They’re rookies,” he said with a smile. “This is my third year working here. It’s a fun place to work.” Andrew Brown, a job coach who works in YAI’s Queens employment program, enjoyed seeing so many people on the job for the first time. “This is so great,” he said. “It gives them job experience to add to their resume. They are learning what it’s like to show up on time, have a set of responsibilities to comQ plete and interact with many people.” Lynn Berman is senior media relations manager at YAI.

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The two millstones in Queens Plaza that used to grind wheat in the 1650s will have plaques detailing PHOTOS BY JOSEY BARTLETT their history by the end of the year, according to the Parks Department.

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The public will soon know the historical significance of the two Colonial-era stones embedded in Queens Plaza, with the installation of plaques, said a Parks Department spokesman. The 250-foot-wide triangular plaza at the base of the Queensboro Bridge at the junction of Northern and Queens boulevards is filled with flowers, grass, walking paths, benches and the two historical landmarks — the millstones. The busy Queens Plaza gets substantial foot traffic from the surrounding businesses, and employees from large employers such as JetBlue and the city’s Department of Heath located in the vicinity frequent the outdoor space. “I’ve never noticed them,” one woman from the DOH said last Friday afternoon while sitting in the plaza. The Economic Development Corp. was in charge of putting the stones in their new home, but the city’s Parks Department is taking the lead on signage. Plaques that describe the historical importance of the millstones will be submitted to the Public Design Committee this fall, a Parks Department spokesman said, with the hopes that they will be in the plaza by the end of the year. “There’s some signage coming,” said Jerry Walsh, president of the Dutch Kills Civic Association. “They are working on that now.” According to historians, the stones date back to 1650, when Dutch settler Burger Jorissen constructed a gristmill near presentday Northern Boulevard between 40th Road and 41st Avenue. In 1861, it was razed to

make way for the Long Island Rail Road. The stones were then moved to the nearby Payntar farmhouse, until around 1920, when the expansion of Queens Plaza caused the farmhouse to be torn down. At that time, the stones were cemented into the sidewalk at the plaza’s eastern end. The most recent move came this past spring when the millstones were taken to the newly renovated plaza. The plaques are the next step. However, Bob Singleton, executive director of the Greater Astoria Historical Society, isn’t sure that pointing out the relics is such a good idea. “We have mixed feelings about the signage,” he said. “It would be good to mention their importance, but on the other hand calling attention to these irreplaceable artifacts could be an invitation for vandalism.” Singleton would like to see fake millstones with plaques put in the plaza so that passersby could learn their history. The real stones could be housed in the GAHS building away from the elements. “They have suffered substantial wear and tear over the last decades,” he said. One stone has asphalt in its center and the other has a chunk of concrete attached to its side. When EDC spokeswoman Jennifer Friedberg was asked if the stones would ever be moved, she said the relics were in the Parks Department jurisdiction; however, the Parks Department said that the EDC would be in charge of a move. And the Dutch Kills Civic Association is glad that they seem to be in the plaza for good. “Queens Plaza is where they belong,” Q Walsh said.

continued from page 10 and companies would lose by paying more in wages. He also threw his support behind the DREAM fund, a fund set up to raise money for scholarships for children of illegal immigrants. He also supports full legalized gambling in the state, which would allow manned table games at Resorts World Casino New York City and other casinos across New York. Miller’s colleague, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway), has been pushing for the reactivation of the Rockaway Beach Long Island Rail Road line, which runs from Rego Park to the Rockaways parallel to Woodhaven Boulevard and right through the 38th District. Miller joined Goldfeder in support of its reopening, but noted there has been some opposition, especially north of Forest Park where the line has been built over. Miller said he is extremely supportive of seeing the line reactivated south of Atlantic Avenue, with a spur heading toward Brooklyn and ultimately Lower Manhattan, though he says that idea may be decades away, if possible at all. “I think there’s room for compromise,” he said, using the Forest Park Crescent apartment building as an example. There, the old railroad line has been replaced by the building’s parking lot. He suggested a new parking garage could be built over

the reconstructed tracks, but said transportation options are important to the area, because traffic is often a nightmare on many of the area’s thoroughfares. “If you’ve ever driven from Glendale to Howard Beach at f ive o’clock on a Thursday, it could take an hour,” he said. Miller touted his bill to prevent sex offenders from getting jobs working with children as one of his prominent successes and suggested potential new legislation he would propose or sign onto in 2013, including a measure that would force pawn shops to photograph people who come in selling gold, to prevent criminals from selling stolen gold items, a trend police in Southern Queens had blamed for recent burglaries in Woodhaven, Ozone Park and Richmond Hill. He generally supports the job Gov. Cuomo has been doing, despite his disagreements with him on a number of issues including pension reform and hydrofracking. He also took issue with the governor’s veto of member items, noting their importance to community services like senior centers, noting that some like the Forest Park Senior Center are not even able to pay their directors. Miller has not provided any earmarked funding since his election because all member items were vetoed by Gov. Cuomo and former Gov. Paterson every Q year since Miller has been in office.

Adorno forces primary in 38th continued from page 10 for bullet shell casings. He also would lobby the city’s Congressional delegation to press for more national gun control legislation. Adorno said the recent allegations surrounding Assemblyman Vito Lopez (DBrooklyn) and state Sen. Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica) are very troubling, as are published reports that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) authorized a $103,000 settlement for a woman who alleges Lopez sexually harassed her. He said the payment could cost Silver his vote for speaker, pending the outcome of an investigation. “If you ask me today, the answer is no,” Adorno said when asked if he would back Silver for the post. “Ask me tomorrow, I don’t know. The fact is that we have a speaker who endorsed a tax-funded payment for something that was not the fault of the taxpayers.” Adorno called Huntley’s arrest for corruption “a classic case of why the governor wanted to cut discretionary member items.” And he believes those cases could doom any idea legislators have of giving themselves pay raises. “This isn’t a job — it’s a calling,” he said.. “Pf you’re treating it like a job, you should get out.” Adorno said education funding can be improved by making sure the city — the largest contributor of lottery revenue in the state — gets back a proportional amount of

lottery appropriations. Adorno admits to being on the fence about mayoral control of schools, and likes the idea of charter schools but not the fact that in some cases they are hurting nearby public institutions. And he opposed Mayor Bloomberg’s efforts last year to close, restructure and reopen more than 20 troubled schools. “If you think by changing administrators that things are going to change, remember you still have mostly the same kids, the same neighborhoods and the same issues,” he said. Adorno favors rebuilding the old Rockaway Long Island Rail Road line and the addition of table games at the Aqueduct Racino, though he wants the gambling age lifted to 21. He opposes Gov. Cuomo’s Tier 6 pension reforms, but also believes government employees should not be allowed to pad their pensions above base salaries in their final years of employment. He believes an increase in the minimum wage must be carefully studied for its impact on business. Calling Queens the most ethnically diverse county in the world he eschews the label of the “Latino candidate.” “Spanish was not my first language,” he said. “I learned it growing up.” But he does admit to speaking it better than Mayor Bloomberg. Q “Oh, without a doubt!”

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Queens convention delegates Among those attending the recent Republican National Convention in Tampa were three familiar faces from Queens. They are Councilman Dan Halloran of Whitestone, left, Tony Nunziato of Maspeth and Councilman Eric Ulrich of Ozone Park. Halloran, who is running for Congress in a new district carved out mostly from retiring

Rep. Gary Ackerman’s area, served as an atlarge fill-in delegate for Mitt Romney. Ulrich and Nunziato were Romney delegates. Ulrich is running for state Senate in the 15th District, facing fellow Republican Juan Reyes in the Sept. 13 primary. The seat is held by Joe Addabbo Jr. Nunziato is a thirdgeneration florist and community activist.

continued from page 20 “His surgical probe was used to remove the bullet from President Abraham Lincoln’s brain,” Ballenas said. The probe is now in a medical museum in the nation’s capital. Just east-northeast lies Julius vom Hofe, who was a pioneer in fishing reels and tackle along with his brother in the 19th Century. Ballenas then led the family in a caravan from Kew Gardens to Ridgewood, where they posed for pictures beneath the street sign for Stier Place, and were greeted by Tom Bornemann, of the Ridgewood Democratic Club. “A lot of things are as he built them,” Bornemann said, starting with architectural details on the outside. Bornemann said a club member arranged to purchase the building from Stier’s estate soon after his death. Inside, the walls are adorned with campaign posters bearing the names of Ferrarro, Cuomo, Kennedy, Clinton and others. “Those are all original — no reprints,” said club member Gerard Tate, who has lived in the neighborhood for more than 70 years. Original tin ceilings and ornate plastering and woodwork still are present, as in the dumbwaiter that originally was used to bring food up to the top two floors. “These lights have been wired for electricity, but they all were gas lamps originally,” Bornemann said, showing off the

Joyce Stier and her family learn some family history from Tom Bornemann of the Ridgewood Democratic Club on the corner of Putnam Avenue and Stier Place, named for her late husband’s grandfather. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON

original lighting fixtures. Bornemann also looked through some of the club’s old journals with George Stier, Paul’s brother and another of the late sheriff ’s grandsons. There they found the name of another relative, Charles Froessel, a prominent judge “According to this, as of 1932, his dues were paid for the year — $3,” Bornemann said as they examined the old ledger. “This is really great,” Joyce Stier exclaimed. Netto also was pleased to be asked along. “This reminds you that history isn’t just Q something in books,” he said.

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

At 9:35 a.m. the police received a report that a man had jumped off the elevated Lowery Street stop of the No. 7 train into car traffic below. It was Cale, also dead on arrival to the hospital. A worker at the CVS across from the stop said it was the fifth time this year someone has jumped off the platform. Q

A man stabbed his wife to death last Thursday morning and then jumped off the nearby Sunnyside subway stop platform, according to police. Officers responded to a domestic dispute on Aug. 30 at 8:05 a.m. They found Jennifer Cale, 37, with several stab wounds to her torso. There were blood stains outside the apartment door on 49th Place between Queens Boulevard and 47th Avenue. Repor tedly the the couple’s 19year-old daughter called for help as Jennifer’s husband Amis Cale fled. Police took the victim to Elmhurst Hospital, where she was pronounced Amis Cale jumped to his death off the Lowery Street stop in Sunnyside dead on arrival. PHOTO BY RIYAD HASAN after stabbing his wife to death.

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Van Wyck site continued from page 5 takes care of the subway station entrance, which includes a good portion of the plaza. She has even reached out to the city’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services but has not heard back. “I just want it to be taken care of,” she said. Carey also sent a letter to Mayor Mike Bloomberg, asking for some clarity on who controls the plaza and asking for the Parks Department to take it over, as was the plan when the plaza was first built more than 20 years ago. “The 200-feet-by-200-feet plaza is a

disgrace to our community,” Carey wrote. “The benches so carefully designed and placed are currently filled with derelicts, homeless, garbage and debris.” She added that the street reconstruction that took place in the 1980s is “marred” by the derelict nature of the plaza and the situation makes it more difficult for the adjacent commercial strip along Jamaica Avenue to thrive. Carey also slammed the city on what she described as its general lack of attention to its green spaces. “It is a testament to the failure of the City of New York to maintain its infrastructure,” she wrote. DOT and the Parks Department did not Q respond to requests for comment.

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Many are expected at the event on Purves St. between Jackson and 43 avenues hosted by the SculptureCenter and Purves Street Block Association.

ance, shop and find your inner spirit animal at the LIC Block Party. Artist Ben Weber’s spirit animal is a moose and he will be taking block party revelers on a “Superfun/d Speed Date.” “Participants and I will all be embarking on a sort of art date where we’ll get to know each other, find our spirit animals and use them to protect ourselves for the impending end of the world as we know it, as per the by Josey Bartlett

Mayans,” Weber said. During the walking speed date, eight participants will hold hands and use applied theater techniques to try to form a meaningful connection before the world stops spinning. But until then, they will have lots of fun on Sept. 8 at the free event hosted by the SculptureCenter and Purves Street Block Association, a partnership between residents and businesses to improve life in Long Island City. And the speed date stroll through the artsy center of LIC is just one on a

long list of attractions that abound on this one-block swatch of the neighborhood. Balloons will be twisted into fantastical creatures and carnival games will be played. Free Style Art will help guests create a temporary sculpture, Jesse van Buren will read futures as divined by Tarot cards and Stephanie Dodes will paint faces — but this isn’t your average neighborhood association party, so these won’t be typical glittery tulips and airplanes. Continued onpage page43 continued on

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102-17 160 Ave., Howard Beach, on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Anyone interested in joining the club contact Keith at (917) 599-6674 or email Keithprez12@aol.com.

The Queens Botanical Garden presents the Jamaica Estates Association Art Show “The Artist Within: The Urge to Create” on view through Sept. 30, Tuesday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Gallery of the Visitor Center and Administration Building, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. During NYC’s fall fashion week, the Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing, is exhibiting a selection of formal gowns by Hee Myung Han from Sept. 8 to Sept. 16. The exhibition brings Han’s elegant classic designs into the intimate setting of the museum’s period rooms. Elegance in Style is on view Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday from 14 p.m. The public is invited to meet Han at a reception for the exhibition on Sept. 8 from 2-4 p.m. In addition, a musical performance is scheduled the following Saturday evening. Elegance, Music & Bubbly is a cocktail hour performance with Paul Gabriel Winston on the piano in the parlor on Saturday, Sept. 15 from 6-8 p.m. Delight in the tunes of Cole Porter and other memorable masters of the American songbook. Admission is $12 and $10 for members. Reopening after extensive renovations, the GodwinTernbach Museum at Queens College will mark the event by exhibiting the work of Swiss abstract artist H.A. Sigg from Sept. 10 to Oct. 26. This retrospective of nearly 40 paintings and numerous collages celebrates the career of a remarkable octogenerian artist. An opening reception with a gallery talk by Amy Winter will take place on Thursday, Sept. 13 from 6-8 p.m. The public is invited to the event but must call to request an invitation. Call (718) 9974747. Museum hours are Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Flushing Town Hall: Celebrating 150 Years, an exhibition at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing, will run from Sunday, Sept. 9 to Sunday, Oct. 7. Gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday from noon-5 p.m. Suggested admission is $5/members free.

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The AARP Queens Chorus performs at Queens nursing homes and rehab/senior centers. If interested in joining call (718) 523-1330 for audition dates. The Community Singers of Queens choral singers’ rehearsals for a December concert start on Monday, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. at Lutheran Church of the Messiah, 42-15 165 St., Flushing. New members are welcomed. Tenors and basses most welcomed. Call (718) 658-1021 for further information. Auditions for the Oratorio Society of Queens are Mondays, Sept. 10 and 17 at 7 p.m. Reservations are required. Visit the website queensoratorio.org for audition and membership information or call (718) 279-3006. Rehearsals are held Monday nights at 7:45 begining Sept. 10 in the FSG Hall at Temple Beth Solom, 172nd Street and Northern Boulevard, Flushing.

The Queens Council on Developmental Disabilities will meet on Monday, Sept. 10 at 9:30 a.m. at Bernard Fineson DDSO, 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Administrative Building 80. It’s between Union Turnpike and Hillside Avenue, Glen Oaks. For information call (718) 297-3344, Ms. Austin.

FOR KIDS A Back to School Festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 8 from noon-3 p.m. at Little Bay Park in Bayside. An afternoon of fun activities including games, rides, craft projects and free giveaways.

CLASSES The Green Room, by H.A. Sigg, is one of the artworks on display at the Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS COLLEGE College from Sept. 10-Oct. 26. The Queens College Choral Society is seeking new members for its 2012-13 concert season. Auditions for new members will take place on the following Wednesdays in Room 246 of the Music Building at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing: Sept. 12 from 6-7:15 p.m. Rehearsals are held from 7:309:45 p.m. on Wednesdays at Queens College. A new member welcome party will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 19. Auditions consist of basic singing skills; no preparation is necessary.

through Nov. 25 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It is located at the intersection of Parsons Boulevard and Union Turnpike in Jamaica.

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New York Opera Forum presents a concert featuring Act III, Pt. 1 of Richard Wagner’s comic masterpiece Die Meistersinger with Bartok’s dark fairy tale Bluebeard’s Castle at St. Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway South, Forest Hills, on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 3 p.m. The suggested donation is $12, $10 for seniors, students and groups of six or more. For reservations and more information, call (718) 2687772 or visit the church’s website at stlukesforesthills.org.

No-cost breast cancer screenings are being offered in Queens through the American-Italian Cancer Foundation’s mobile clinic. Locations include: Friday, Sept. 7 at the Merrick Park Baptist Church, 120-02 Marsden St., Jamaica; Wednesday, Sept. 26 at the Maspeth Federal Savings Bank parking lot (upper level), 56-18 69 St., Maspeth; and Thursday, Sept. 27 at the Office of Council Member Peter Vallone Jr., 22-45 31 St., Astoria. Call (877) 628-9090 to schedule an appointment.

Bang on a Can and the Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City, present guitarist/composer Gyan Riley, who will perform in the museum’s sculpture garden for the final installment of Music in the Garden for 2012 on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 3 p.m. Riley will perform original compositions and will be joined on some songs by April Centrone (percussion) and Timba Harris (violin/viola). Free with museum admission; $10 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and students with valid ID, free for children under 12 and New York City public high-school students with valid ID.

A blood drive will be held on Sunday, Sept. 9 from 2-8 p.m. at Bait-Uz-Zafir mosque in Hollis at 188-15 McLaughlin Ave.

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LECTURES A demonstration by Nicholai Khan on spicing up your artwork with an urban contemporary look will be held on Friday, Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Parkway, Douglaston.

MEETINGS A meeting of Horizons, a club for those 55 and over, will take place on Thursday, Sept. 13 at 12:30 p.m. at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112 St. Tom Newby will speak on the topic “Rossini and The Barber of Seville.” Attendees are invited to bring lunch. A charge of $3 will include coffee and cake.

St. Raphael’s Church, 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City, hosts an outdoor flea market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9.

The Flushing AARP Chapter No. 1405 holds its meeting at the Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., on Mondays at 1 p.m. The next meetings will be held on Sept. 10 and Sept. 24. New members welcome.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish continues to run its outdoor flea market every Saturday and Sunday

Howard Beach Metal Detecting/Treasure Hunters Club will be meeting at the VFW Hall,

The Sisterhood of Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209 St., Bayside, presents Zumba Fitness classes on Wednesday evenings from 7:30-8:30 p.m. starting on Sept. 5. Rates are $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers. For more information call Janet Wolf at (718) 631-5468. A free CPR course at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, on Monday, Sept. 17 at 9:30 a.m. will be conducted by the Fire Department. Call (718) 229-4000 to pre-register. A points/insurance reduction defensive driving course will be held in VFW Hall, 102-17 160 Ave., Howard Beach, on Saturday, Sept. 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost per person is $35. Call Keith at (917) 599-6674 or visit progressive-training-ltd.com to register. The Jackson Heights Art Club offers art classes in all mediums, adults, children, days, evenings. Classes are held at St. Mark’s Church, 82nd Street and 34th Avenue. Costs are: adults, $75 for four sessions; children seven years and up, $50 for four sessions. Membership available. For information, call Geraldine at (718) 446-4709. Ongoing watercolor class every Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the National Art League, 4421 Douglaston Pkwy, Douglaston. Instructor is Diane Leiberman. Fee is $25 per class. Call (718) 969-1128. A defensive driving course for insurance and point reduction will be given at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church, 34-24 203 St. in Bayside on Saturday, Sept. 15 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For information and registration call (631) 360-9720. The cost is $45. Suran Song offers a free yoga class every Wednesday from 8-9 a.m. at JH Laundromat, 85-15 37 Ave., Jackson Heights. The YWCA of Queens, 42-07 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, has expanded its GED preparation program to include free adult classes. Tracks vary in length from 10 to 20 weeks depending upon entrance test results. Contact the YW and sign up for the next placement examination. Call Stacy McKelvey at (718) 353-4553 for more information or to reserve your placement exam seat.

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Designers, models and fashion aficionados will be filling the seats of Lincoln Center this Thursday for New York Fashion Week, but you don’t need to be a style guru or even to cross the river to admire elegant designs. Hee Myung Han, an adjunct assistant professor of patternmaking technology at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan, will show off about a dozen handcrafted wedding and evening gowns at the Voelker Orth Museum in Flushing.

‘Elegance in Style’ When: Sept. 8 to 16, Sat., Sun. and Wed. 1 to 4 p.m. Where: Voelker Orth Museum 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing Tickets: $2, vomuseum.org

“It’s Fashion Week and New York has always been a fashion city,“ Voelker Orth Museum Executive Director Debby Silverfine said. Han’s show is different from what the museum often shows, but Silverfine hopes the dresses will give guests a launching pad for their imagination and how the house would have looked inhabited by stylish party attendees. The house was bought by German immigrant Conrad Voelker in 1881 and was passed down from generation to generation. The Voelker family liked to throw parties and the dresses, which will be shown for only a week, will not only complement the 1800s decor, but also show off classic designs from a modern-day artist. The house was changed very little through the decades. The dresses showcase a timeless elegance with fitted bodices and flowing skirts — ”a look that never goes out of style,” Silverfine said. So comparing fancy events of this century with those of the past won’t be difficult.

Also, viewers can get a sense of the artist’s love of gardening with the dresses’ subtle, flower brocades and their feminine, beaded floral patterns. “You’ll get a sense of costumes in a real space,” she said. “ The quaint bird sanctuary and Victorian-style house museum focuses on the area’s horticultural and cultural heritage, with a slew of educational programs and small pottery and visual arts exhibitions. The Voelker Orth Museum has displayed Han’s millinery (sumptuous hats) and silk flowers in the past and as a Flushing resident the artist’s gown designs are doubly appealing. “We like to feature artists from this neighborhood,” Silverfine said. Voelker’s granddaughter established a governing body in her will to establish the museum and look after the garden, which is maintained using 1700s techniques. The garden is home to many species of flora and fauna. There’s even a beehive, which produces a modest amount of honey for the museum’s Q educational programs.

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File for Queens arts grants by early Oct. by Josey Bartlett Chronicle Contributor

The Queens Council on the Arts’ annual grants deadlines are on the horizon yet again. There are five different grants available through the Queens Art Fund, sponsored by the state Council on the Arts, the city Department of Cultural Affairs and the JPMorgan Chase Foundation. JPMorgan forms are due on Oct. 2 and NYSCA and DCA applications on Oct. 11. There are many qualifications dependent on which grant an organization or individual artist qualifies for and what type of group the applicant is, but first and foremost the applicants must be based in Queens; or, if it’s a nonprofit, it must have a sponsor from the borough. “These are grassroots organizations that do work in their individual communities and that’s a great thing to support,” QCA Executive Director Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer said. In 2012, the QCA awarded $222,597 in grants to 21 individual artists and 50 organizations. About 200 people applied. The organizations that have received grants vary from Hip to Hip Theatre Company, which hosted 24 free Shakespeare

Carol Sudhalter, left, with the Astoria Big Band used QCA funding for two separate music series in Queens this year. On the Square Productions, right, put on “Minervae” for free in Athens Square Park with QCA funding. The Jackson Heights Beautification Group hosted FILE PHOTOS free concerts. plays all through the borough, to the Jackson Heights Beautification Group, which held free Sundays concerts, On the Square Productions, which produced free shows

of “Minervae” in Astoria, and Carol Sudhalter and the Astoria Big Band, which put on two series of shows. “Without funding we can’t rehearse

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blends traditional Bhangra dance steps “ I ’ m r o l l i n g w i t h t h e t h e m e o f with Bollywood moves like those seen cubism,” Dodes said. “It’s going to be in the film “Slumdog Millionaire.” hilarious, because kids will want a On stage will be a borough-based butterfly, but I’ll be doing shapes and jazz band, mariachis and more interaccolors.” tive performances and DJs to groove Dodes, as a video and collage artist, to. The SculptureCenter has curated a likes to play with the idea of new age selection of affordable and functional medicine — on one art and quirky hand she thinks objects to browse the notions are as well. ridiculous, but And once indiWhen: Sept. 8, noon to 5 p.m. conversely if one vi d u al s h ave b e lie v e s i n i t Where: SculptureCenter on Purves St. wo rked u p an enough it works, ap p eti te th ey between Jackson and 43rd aves. she said. In the can head to the Tickets: Free, sculpture-center.org p a st s h e h a s Block Party food experimented court for tasty with crystals in her paintings and on treats including olive oil ice cream creSaturday, before imparting a cubist ated especially for the SculptureCenter ma st e r p i e c e o n s o meone’s c heek, by Malu. Dodes will read the guest’s energy. “They wanted a white ice cream like From the reading she’ll pick three col- raw materials,” said Jennifer Ducek ors to use. who co-owns the LIC ice cream shop With a face that only Picasso could with her husband, Sergio Garcia. love, participants can shake and shimMalu partners with many businesses my during the LIC YMCA’s exercise in the neighborhood — creating a shiintermission — a dance routine that raz rocky road for the Taste of LIC, a

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Artist Stephanie Dodes will decorate her cubist face painting booth with collages, typical of her work, left. Jennifer Ducek, co-owner of Malu, will introduce an olive oil ice cream PHOTO COURTESY STEPHANIE DODES/ANANDA LIMA named after the SculptureCenter. tomato basil ice cream for Alobar’s tomato festival on Sept. 3 to 9 and a lavender mascarpone for Floresta, a

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3 Longtime “Mad” cartoonist Dave 4 Essentially 5 Bashful 6 Vigor 7 Harmonization 8 Idea 9 Sapporo sash 10 Namely (Abbr.) 11 Chowed down 17 Resistance measure 19 Blackbird

DOWN 1 Couch 2 Pedestal occupant

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42 - carte 45 Go smoothly 47 Actress Jessica 48 Honeycomb compartment 49 Prop for Ben Franklin 50 Tiny bit 51 Lawyers’ org. 52 Homer’s neighbor 53 Altar affirmative 54 Menagerie

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42 continued from page 00 She said her band used to receive more funding from private events and street fairs, but now the smaller organizations that run those don’t have the money to hire a band. The QCA funds allow the group to write unique compositions and put on Queens-themed shows like its series that showcases an octogenarian jazz player. Similarly, the Bayside Glee Club, a men’s chorus group, relies on QCA grants to produce charity concerts. The club sells tickets to two events a year, but likes to perform charity events in the borough such as at Ozanam Hall in Bayside and the senior center at the Creedmoor facility in Queens Village. “Without grant money we probably wouldn’t be able to do the charitabletype events,” club member Jim Jefts said. First-time applicants must complete an application workshop by way of either video tutorials at the QCA website, informational group meetings or a one-on-one sit-down with a QCA staff member. Workshops will all be held at 6 p.m: on Sept. 6 at the Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Ave.; Sept. 12 at the Flushing

Library, 41-17 Main St.; Sept. 19 at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Ave.; and Sept. 26 at The Entrepreneur’s Incubator Space, 3646 37 St. in Long Island City. A panel composed of about five art administrators, community leaders and artists review applications and make funding recommendations. Groups will be notified in December.

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

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

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

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

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FLYING PANTS STUDIOS, LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/9/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 89-17 69th Rd., Apt. 2B, Forest Hills, NY 11375. General Purposes.

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

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

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

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Index No.10591/2012. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. At IAS Part 17 of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, held in and for the County of Queens, in the courthouse located at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435 on the 1st day of August, 2012. Sequence No. 3. Present: HON. ORIN R. KITZES, J.S.C. In the Matter of the Application of STEVEN J. MARANO, as director, officer and holder of shares representing sixty percent (60%) of all outstanding shares of Iron Age Tool Corp., and MATTHEW GROY, as director and officer, Petitioner, for the dissolution of IRON AGE TOOL CORP, a domestic corporation, pursuant to section 1102 of the Business Corporation Law, and STEVEN J. DURANTE, Respondent. UPON the reading and filing of the affidavit of Steven J. Durante, sworn to on the 31st day of July, 2012, the exhibits thereto, the emergency affirmation of Christopher Morik, Esq. dated July 31, 2012, respondent’s memorandum of law, respondent’s answer with counterclaims and cross-petition for dissolution, and all prior proceedings heretofore had herein, LET petitioner and all other interested parties show cause before this court, located at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on the 12th day of September, 2012, in IAS Part 17, at 9:30 am. in the forenoon of that day or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, why an Order should not be entered as follows: A. Dissolving Iron Age Tool Corp. pursuant to B.C.L. sections 1104 and 1104-a; B. pursuant to B.C.L. Section 1202 appointing a temporary receiver of Iron Age Tool Corp.; and C. Granting such other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper. SUFFICIENT CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, it is ORDERED that pending the hearing of this motion that this court’s order dated May 18, 2012 is modified as follows: petitioner shall not disburse any of the income or assets of Iron age Tool Corp except in the ordinary course of business. It is ORDERED that a copy of this order be published in the Queens Chronicle one time per week for three weeks before the return date as set forth herein above, and that the cost of publication be borne by Iron Age; and it is further ORDERED, that service of a copy of this order to Show cause and supporting papers via overnight delivery service upon the attorneys for the petitioner and upon the Attorney General of the State of New York, on or before the 9th day of August, 2012 shall be deemed sufficient. ENTER: J.S.C. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SYMBIONTS LIVING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/24/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 21-53 42nd Street, Apartment 3, Astoria, New York 11105. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: MADISON GROUP 66 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/27/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 120-15 Liberty Avenue, South Richmond, Hill, NY 11419. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: JOYS ADULT SOCIAL DAYCARE CENTER LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/10/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 41-61 Kissena Blvd., C28A, Flushing, NY 11355. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: GFORCE BOUNCIES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/21/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Mayra Guzman-Ramos, 85-57 87th Street, Woodhaven, New York, NY 11421. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that an on-premises license, #TBA has been applied for by Oceanic Chinese Restaurant Inc. d/b/a Oceanic Seafood Restaurant to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an onpremises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC Law at 37-02 Main St., Flushing, NY 11354.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 8/23/12, bearing Index Number NC-000475-12/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to assume the name of Maria Paz Schultz. My present name is Pacita Concepcion Santiago aka Maria Paz S Schultz, aka Maria Paz Santiago Schultz, aka Maria Schultz, aka Ma Paz M. Santiago, aka Maria Paz Schultz. My present address is 16634 26th Ave., Flushing, NY 11358. My place of birth is Philippines. My date of birth is December 19, 1951.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: IEFA LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/03/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 108-14 67 Rd., Forest Hills, NY 13175. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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

STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNTY SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No. 15150-09 Borough: Queens Block: 12164 Lot: 12 NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs, vs. The heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through FLORENCE HUNT, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; DROR VAKNIN; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; JAMES HUNT, A/K/A JAMES LINDY HUNT and “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #100,” the names of the last 100 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiffs, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and, the assignees, lienors, creditors and successorsin-interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Queens County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: June 26, 2012 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Bernice D. Siegal, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated June 27, 2012, and filed with supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a tax lien covering the property known as 110-29 160th Street, Jamaica, New York and being a parcel of land designated as Block 12164 and Lot 0012. The relief sought is the sale of the subject property at public auction in satisfaction of the tax lien. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $10,282.18, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the property. Anthony J. Iacchetta Phillips Lytle LLP Office and Post Office Address 1400 First Federal Plaza, Rochester, New York 14614. Tel. No. (585) 238-2000

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BEAT

I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

SPORTS

The killer hurricane of 1938

Roddick’s retirement

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

If you think last year’s Hurricane Irene wreaked havoc on Queens and the rest of geographic Long Island when it landed as a tropical storm, a history lesson on how much worse it could have been may be in order. A tropical storm features winds of 39 to 73 miles an hour. A hurricane is a cyclone with winds of 74 mph or more. On Sept. 21, 1938, at about 2:30 p.m., a hurricane hit Long Island with winds of 111 to 130 mph. Variously called “The Long Island Express,” “The Great New England Hurricane,” simply “The Great Hurricane,” and other names besides, it was a Category 3 storm by today’s scale. It killed anywhere from just under 700 to more than 800 people, at least 60 of them in Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties. From the mid-Atlantic to Canada, it destroyed or damaged an estimated 57,000 homes, 26,000 cars and two billion trees. Total damage was put at $308 million, or $4.7 billion in today’s money. On average, September brings the city four inches of rain. This storm brought nine.

HB y t l a e R

Uprooted trees on 150th Place at 33rd Avenue in Flushing on Sept. 23, 1938, two days after a powerful hurricane hit the region. The worst destruction in New York was in Suffolk County, but Queens was not unscathed, as this photo of tree damage in Flushing at 150th Place and 33rd Avenue shows. The death toll could well have been greater if the city had not ordered the full evacuation of low-lying neighborhoods, including all of the Rockaways. Hurricane warning technology has increased greatly since 1938, but so has the population of Queens. Another such storm Q could be devastating.

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No matter who wins the 2012 US Open on the men’s and women’s sides, the biggest story of the tournament was Andy Roddick’s surprise announcement that he’s calling it a career, made at a hastily called press conference at Arthur Ashe Stadium last Thursday. Roddick kept his composure as he explained that he no longer felt the energy and desire to compete on the pro tour any longer. He will now concentrate on running his foundation and youth tennis center in Austin, Tex., where he now makes his home. Asked what he will miss the most about competing, Andy quickly replied, “All of you!” The media quickly laughed at the joke because it’s no secret that he’s never been fond of the Fourth Estate. More often than not, he’s acted peevish when asked legitimate questions he would have preferred to avoid. I remember asking him after he won his first-round match in 2008 if he felt any regrets about American Express’ bizarre “Who stole Andy’s mojo?” ad campaign three years earlier. In 2005 Roddick lost his first match at the Open to the little-known Gilles Muller of Luxembourg in straight sets, creating instant embarrassment for both himself and AmEx. “I never think about that!” snapped Roddick. I doubted the veracity of

that statement then and still do now. It’s hard not feel sorry for France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who got bounced after losing his second-round match despite being seeded fifth. I asked him if there is a big talent gap between the top four male players (Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray) and himself. “I would have to say that there is,” Tsonga candidly replied. He then played on the late Rodney Dangerfield’s “I get no respect” line by saying that no matter how hard he plays, he “never get[s] rewarded” at Grand Slam tournaments. I asked James Blake, who made it to the third round at the Open, if it’s good for tennis that 1 percent of the male players win 99 percent of the big tournaments. “Actually, it is,” he said. “When I first became a professional, the prize and endorsement money for golf and tennis was pretty much the same. Then Tiger came along and the interest in golf skyrocketed at our expense [but] Novak, Roger and Rafa do a great job of marketing our sport to everyone.” Starwood Hotels, whose lodging portfolio includes Sheraton, Westin, Le Meridien, Four Points and W Hotels, made fans at the Open by offering complimentary pedicab rides along the boardwalk between the Willets Point #7 train stop and the Billie Jean King Q Tennis Center.

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feet, 4 inches. During the day, the sign is blue and at night LED light strips illuminate the sign white from within. “New York is integral to the heritage and culture of JetBlue. It is not only about doing business here, it is about being ingrained in the community and bringing a little bit of New York with us everywhere we go,” JetBlue President and Chief Executive Officer Dave Barger said.

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BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK HOWARD Lg Hi-Ranch w/Bsmnt, 40x100 HOWARD BEACH/LINDENWOOD Mint Hi-Ranch, Totally Redone, Move In! 3 BRs, 2 Baths Townhouse Lot, 5 BRs, 3 Full Baths, All 3/4 BRs, New Kit w/SS Appl, New Condo. 2nd floor, 2 Terraces, Dogs Hardwood Fls, 1 Car Gar, Brick, Stucco, Windows, Pavers Well Water for Sprinklers, CAC, ok. Unit comes with 2 car garage and Front & Back! Asking only $699K a double driveway. Only $289K New Roof. Asking $675K

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