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The trash left on the shoreline of Jamaica Bay near the Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge has been a problem for years. Much of it often left there following traditional Hindu ceremonies, the litter fl ows into the bay and pollutes it. Activists are calling for better patrol of the area by the National Park Service.

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Your guide to the state primary races Jung, Barnwell face longtime pols; 5 seek Clark’s seat; Adams vs. Sanders by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

hile everyone’s attention continues to be set on the Nov. 8 presidential election, there’s still one more time New York voters have to fulfill their civic duty before picking the next commander-in-chief. This Tuesday marks the biennial state primaries across New York and Queens will have its fair share of action. In districts centered on Flushing, Maspeth and Rochdale Village, three political newcomers are looking to take down longtime legislators. In Queens Village, five candidates are hoping to succeed the late Barbara Clark in the Assembly. Also in Jamaica, a longtime Democrat is facing opposition from an on-the-rise candidate who has the backing of the incumbent’s own party. Here is everything you need to know before heading to the polls next week. The end of the story has information for anyone with questions on when and where to vote. Stavisky vs. Jung: Round II S.J. Jung is hoping to put his 2014 loss to state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) behind him in a rematch against the 17-year legislator in the Democratic primary for the 16th Senate District. The Flushing businessman and former executive director of the MinKwon Center for Com-

munity Action says he will be a “fearless reformer” and improve the quality of life in the district. “Voters are so angry and so disappointed with inaction from politicians, voters are so fed up with politics as usual,” he said. Stavisky — a former teacher and the first woman from Queens to be elected to the state Senate — has vowed to fight for the area’s small businesses and schools. Recently, her allies have criticized Jung for opposing abortion, except when it puts a mother’s health at risk, and gay marriage — the challenger says he is against both because he is a Christian. Jung tried to knock Stavisky off the ballot by claiming thousands of her petition signatures were invalid — either not registered Democrats or people living out of the district, but the state Board of Elections sided with the incumbent. The winner will face Republican Carlos Giron in the Nov. 8 election. The 16th Senate District includes parts of Elmhurst, Woodside, Jackson Heights, Flushing, Rego Park, Forest Hills and Oakland Gardens.

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Barnwell vs. Markey Even before the recent uproar over a proposed homeless shelter in Maspeth saw many residents slamming their elected officials as useless, challenger Brian Barnwell called

Assemblywoman Marge Markey (D-Maspeth) a do-nothing politician. “Marge Markey has been there almost 20 years, other people have been there longer, and nothing is getting done,” Barnwell said.

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School boundaries to be picked soon CB 10, CEC 27 come to agreement after months of back and forth by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The children of Centreville may soon be ensured a school within walking distance of their homes. Community Education Council 27 President Dr. Harold Paez last Thursday said the panel is close to voting on the boundaries of the school under construction in the area — a decision that may come as soon as its Sept. 19 meeting. The only change from the original proposal, Paez said, is to extend the western border of the zone from Cross Bay Boulevard to farther down Pitkin Avenue. Speaking to members of Community Board 10, Paez said that change would be to ensure the funding formula for the elementary school — based off the Census tracts within the zone — could be sustained for years to come. The original proposal, he said, would not be able to do that. “This is to ensure the ongoing success of the school,” Paez told the board members. Betty Braton, chairwoman of CB 10, said the board is likely to support the change in the planned zone. The CEC in July voted to make PS 335 — bordered by Albert Road, Raleigh Street and North Conduit Avenue — a zoned institution after weeks of entertaining the idea of opening it to all Queens students,

Community Education Council 27 is close to determining which children will be able to attend FILE PHOTO the school under construction in Centreville. though preference would be given to residents of the area represented by the educational panel. Community leaders immediately opposed that idea because they gave their approval to the school with the condition it be for residents of Centreville, who could walk their children to and from the building.

Parents living in Centreville have been forced to send their children to PS 63, located at 90-15 Sutter Ave. — which requires crossing Cross Bay Boulevard — or PS 146 in Howard Beach, located at 98-01 159 Ave., which is across North Conduit Avenue. The CEC agreed to make PS 335 zoned at its July meeting.

The school, which is expected to open next year, will start with a kindergarten only and continue to add a grade every following September until it’s a K-5 institution. There are expected to be 505 total seats in the school. Answering questions from CB 10 members, Paez said it has not yet been determined which middle schools the Centreville one will feed into. Braton, citing the gradual addition of grades to PS 335, said community leaders have a while before making a decision on that. Paez noted the benefits of the new school could ripple throughout South Queens. With Centreville children going to school closer to home more space will be available at other schools for pre-K or other programs, Paez said. The building is being constructed as the city continues the placement of water mains and sewers in the area as par t of the decades-in-the-making HWQ411B project. The school could not be built until that project, which has been delayed due to bureaucratic red tape and issues with land procurement, kicked off. CB 10 has requested the school be named after Art Beroff, a former education advocate and board member, who died in 2004 Q of cancer.

Victory — sort of — on a 98 St. block Planned speed hump spots panned by Anthony O’Reilly

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After more than four years of waiting, a Woodhaven street is finally getting the speed humps residents there requested. But the planned locations are in less than ideal spots, one civic member said. The block, 98th Street between Jamaica Avenue and Park Lane South, is scheduled to get two speed humps. Markings on the block indicate the first will be at the beginning of it and the second at the very end. That leaves about 1,000 feet of uninterrupted roadway where drivers can pick up speed as they make their way down, exactly what people living there were looking to avoid with the speed humps. “The speed humps won’t do anything about that,” said Alex Blenkinsopp, communications

director for the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association. Mildred Facinelli, who advocated for a hump four years ago, said she and her neighbors don’t understand the apparent decision. “We are baffled by the people at DOT who made the decision on where these humps are going to be located,” she said. Community Board 9 unanimously approved the placement of one hump on the block in 2012 after residents presented petitions for one to the board. After the Queens Chronicle first reported about the four-year wait in June, the DOT said in August it would place not one, but two, on the block. For comparison, CB 9 this February approved several speed humps in Woodhaven, which have since been installed by the city.

Speed humps approved at the same time as the 98th Street one have also been installed. According to the agency, a speed hump was almost put on 98th Street in 2014 but a neighbor complained about the proposed location of it. The DOT did not respond to a request for a comment on this story. Blenkinsopp said while he’s happy to see the DOT finally kept its word on the speed humps, he’s disappointed on where it decided to place them. “This is the best they could come up with?” he asked. The civic member admitted there are certain regulations the agency factors in when looking where to put a speed hump, such as the total distance from a driveway or curb cut, but urged some leniency in this case and others like it.

Two Woodhaven speed humps will not reduce speeding if installed where PHOTO COURTESY ALEX BLENKINSOPP planned, a civic member charged. “You need to reconsider that criteria or figure out when you can relax it slightly,” he said. Speaking on regulations, Blenkinsopp added that the DOT appears to have ignored its own rule on keeping a speed hump 200 feet away from a curve in the road.

The planned hump at the end of the block, he said, is much closer than 200 feet. Blenkinsopp, a Community Board 9 member, said the advisory panel has asked the DOT to tell them what other spots on the block Q were looked at.

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NPS needs to patrol shoreline: activists Prayer groups leave mess on beach; activists say the area is ignored by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

While the mess left behind, often by Hindu prayer groups, on the shoreline of Jamaica Bay in Howard Beach and Broad Channel has lessened over the years, it’s still a major problem for the environment, environmentalist Don Riepe says. “It’s a little disheartening to do all those cleanups then see it a mess a short time after,” Riepe, president of the Northeast Chapter of the American Littoral Society, said Tuesday. Coconuts, prayer flags and other items can be seen along the shoreline by the Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge. The remnants of sacrificed animals also can also be found there, left behind by those who practice Santeria, a religion that combines Roman Catholic and Afro-Caribbean elements. “It’s an ongoing problem,” said Dan Mundy Jr., president of the Broad Channel Civic Association and the Jamaica Bay Eco Watchers. Mundy said he’s reached out to the National Park Service and proposed a solution to the problem — designate a space for prayer groups to hold their rituals and install a disposal device in the bay, which would suck the litter into it, that would be cleaned

The trash strewn along the shoreline of Jamaica Bay in Howard Beach and Broad Channel is once again at the forefront of environmentalists, who are calling on the National Park Service to PHOTO COURTESY DAN MUNDY JR. increase patrols in the area. out every week. He has not yet heard a response from the NPS on that plan and the agency did not respond to requests for comment. “I think we’ve provided a middle of the road compromise,” the activist said. But even if Mundy succeeds in getting a designated space for religious groups, he

and other activists said it will be for naught without NPS personnel watching over it. “They should really think of having a dedicated ranger down there,” said Dan Hendrick, a filmmaker who shot and produced “Saving Jamaica Bay,” which was released earlier this year. “I think the Park Service should really think of working a

little more down there.” Riepe works with Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus on cleanups by the bay, but the activists say one organization is not enough to make a dent in the mess. The Broad Channel resident also called for dedicated personnel by the shoreline. “All it takes is one person, one person to take an interest to go there and tell them why they can’t do this,” Riepe said. He added he “doesn’t buy” the excuse the NPS may be unable to patrol the area due to underfunding, citing personnel stationed at nearby areas in Broad Channel. Mundy also criticized the NPS for not looking after the area. “It’s a total failure to act,” he said. He also said the people leaving litter behind need to be told why they have to take their trash, most of which is not biodegradable, with them. “I don’t think they’re understanding the impacts,” Mundy said. “It’s affecting the wildlife ... where is the concern for the people who use the beach?” Besides stationing rangers at the beach, Hendrick recommended simply posting signs alerting residents to the no-littering laws, along with providing larger trash bins. “That ethos really needs to be hammered Q home,” he said.

These oysters won’t be on your plate Environmentalists hail natural approach to cleaning Jamaica Bay by Anthony O’Reilly

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The city is placing 50,000 oysters back into the water in an attempt to clean up Jamaica Bay. The Mayor’s Office announced Monday the city received a $1 million g rant f rom the U.S. Department of the Interior to install the shellfish in the bay. Oysters are natural water filters, with adult ones able to treat more than a gallon of it in an hour. With the placement of them in the bay, the city hopes to stop t h e e r o sio n of m a r sh l a nd s , which have been slowly disapp e a r i n g ov e r t i m e d u e t o pollution. “This oyster bed will serve multiple purposes — protecting our wetlands from erosion, naturally filtering our water and providing a home for our sea dwellers are just a few,” Mayor de Blasio said in a statement. The beds on which the oysters will rest are made of broken porcelain reclaimed from recycled toilets. Environmental activists hailed

the city’s use of the oysters to treat the water in Jamaica Bay. “It’s a fantastic thing that they’re looking for more natural ways to do this,” said Dan Hendrick, who spent five years filming and producing a documentary on the estuary. Hendrick, a for mer Queens Chronicle editor-in-chief, said activists have long known of the benefit oysters bring to places like Jamaica Bay. “They can really make a tangible difference for the clarity of the water,” he said. Broad Channel resident Don Riepe, president of the Northeast Chapter of the American Littoral Society, said the initiative will also help to “restore the native biodiversity of the bay.” Oysters once littered the bottom of the seaf loor i n New York’s and New Jersey’s harbors, but they have been disappearing for decades. T he overhar vest i ng of the shellfish is just one of the factors for the decrease in oysters. Pollution has also contributed

to the decrease. “DEP is to be commended for taking the leading role on this critical effort,” Broad Channel resident Dan Mundy, an environmentalist and president of the Jamaica Bay Eco Watchers, said in a statement issued by the Mayor’s Off ice. “This project will see the first major initiative to bring back this keystone species to Jamaica Bay where they once flourished.” Shellfishing in Jamaica Bay has been banned for close to 100 years, Hendrick noted. Still, people sometimes ignore the ordinance. The t wo environ mentalists warned that is not only detrimental to the environment, but possibly to the health of anyone who may eat the oysters and other food found there. “People can develop typhoid if they eat contaminated shellfish,” said Hendrick, referring to a disease that can cause fever, abdominal pain and rashes in infected humans. “It’s probably not advisable to eat anything

Workers with the Department of Environmental Protection place thousands of oysters in Jamaica Bay in an attempt to improve the water quality there. PHOTO COURTESY NYC

from there.” “We’re probably still a couple of decades out from being able to eat the shellfish there,” Riepe said.

The city predicts the oysters placed in the bay will breed, resulting in more of the shellfish Q populating the bay floor.

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reedom of religion, like any of our constitutional rights, is not absolute. We all know you can’t yell fire in a crowded theater or incite a riot and call it free speech. The media cannot lie about private citizens without risking a defamation lawsuit. Police can enter your home without a warrant if they witness a crime in progress. You’re always entitled to a lawyer in a criminal case, but if you choose not to hire one, you generally can represent yourself (though you then have a fool for a client). And freedom of religion doesn’t mean you can leave garbage or rotting animal carcasses on the beach. At least it shouldn’t. And yet Howard Beach and Broad Channel continue to suffer from the religious practices of Hindus, mostly, who are called to leave offerings to the goddess Ganga on the shores of Jamaica Bay. We do not mean to single out the members of that religion, or the Indo-Caribbean community of South Queens, but the fact is they’re the ones whose faith calls them to leave these items on the beach. And, unlike the way it was in preindustrial times on another continent, many of the offerings, such as plates and clothing, are not biodegradable. So they’re polluting the bay, a vital estuary that environmentalists and the city, state and federal governments have been working hard for years to clean up following its abuse in less ecologically minded times.

Many in the Hindu community recognize this, and a group called Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus, has been working with the likes of Don Riepe of the American Littoral Society to clean the beaches as best they can. But it’s not enough. New photos provided by Dan Mundy Jr. of the Jamaica Bay Eco Watchers show a beach strewn with the leftovers of the rituals — as well as whatever other random litter washes up. What’s the answer? More National Park Service patrols in the area to tell the faithful they can’t leave what most see as junk laying around, even when they believe it’s sacred? That’s one of the environmentalists’ ideas. But even though religious freedom is not absolute, having federal police halt a minority group’s faithful from performing rites is at best distasteful to Americans. And many groups are afforded wide religious leeway, whether it’s Orthodox Jews swinging live chickens around their heads without a cruelty to animals charge or American Indians given permission to kill bald eagles, as other people cannot. Mundy offers one solution: designating a space for the rituals and installing a device in the water that would suck the litter up and hold it for disposal. Whether it’s that, more frequent cleanups by hand or police action, something has to be done. This disregard for South Queens’ environment cannot continue.

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e just enjoyed another round of the Olympics, pitting many of the world’s best athletes against one another. The Games were created by the Ancient Greeks, who believed the athletic ideal was a healthy mind in a healthy body, and that physical training fostered such qualities as endurance and patience. Yet thousands of years later, in the world’s premier city in the world’s richest nation, our children are not getting the physical education they need in school. In Queens, 74,621 elementary school students, 70 percent of them, are not receiving the gym time mandated by state law. That’s according to a new city report required by a law pressed by Queens Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley. How absurd. Like to blame McDonald’s for the childhood obesity epidemic? Maybe if the schools at least followed the law our kids would be healthier, both in body and mind.

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Iran funds not ransom Dear Editor: Prolific letter writer Lenny Rodin claims Iran stated they considered Obama’s payment of $400 million to be a ransom payment and Obama to be a liar for denying it. My search of the internet failed to find any such Iranian statement. The payment was made in response to an international court judgment related to long ago arms deals between the U.S. and Iran pre the ayatollahs overthrowing the Shah.

Lenny may use right-wing propaganda outlets for his sources. Breitbart, Fox and other ultra conservative “news” called it ransom, but that’s just spin. Obama did not lie. William Kaplan Forest Hills

Twin Twitter travesties Dear Editor: Re your Sept. 1 editorial, “Queens’ kings of narcissism, Weiner and Trump”: A Queens background isn’t the only thing shared by Anthony Weiner and Donald Trump. Both are obsessed with Twitter — the social network for narcissists, nuts and neurotics. Weiner just closed his Twitter account, but never should have opened one in the first place. His obsession with himself and his online “junk mail” made him self-destruct, ending what might have been a great political career. Twitter is Trump’s medium of choice in a

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Every promise is the pastor of that God has Howard Beach ever made to the Assembly of human race has God Church been fulfilled in Jesus Christ. To Abraham, He promised that “… all peoples on earth will be blessed through you” (Genesis 12:3), and it was fulfilled in Christ. To David, He promised “your throne will be established forever” (II Samuel 7:16), and it has been in Christ. Through Jeremiah, He promised “I will write my laws upon their hearts” (Jeremiah 31:33) and untold millions would testify that they experienced just that when they believed upon Jesus Christ.

In this day of low voter trust when most Americans have concluded that the high Be encouraged to know that God is true to offices of our land will never again be occupied by persons of integrity, I would like His word. Make sure you believe what He says.

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Dear Editor: Colin Kaepernick puts on a uniform that entitles him to make millions for playing a kids’ game a few months out of the year. He is not finding a cure for cancer, or solving the world’s poverty — he plays ball, that’s all. Then there is the other uniform that belongs to real heroes, those whose actions really count, often at a terrible personal cost. They do what they do for little pay and at great price. They are separated from their families and fight in dangerous places; many suffer grievous injuries or give their lives. They do this for love of country, love of freedom and love of a flag. They have done it for a long time — at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Inchon, Khe Sanh, Fallujah and Kabul. They ask for little in return, perhaps just some

Some English on the ball Dear Editor: New York Mets player Wilmer Flores at Sunday night’s nationally televised MetsWashington game debuted a new walk-up song, the “Friends” theme song, “I’ll Be There for You” by the Rembrandts. SNY announcer Ron Darling related the story of why he chose the music from that particular show on Monday’s Mets telecast. Wilmer was born in Venezuela and came to the United States when he was only 16 years old. He couldn’t speak any English, and one of the ways he tried to learn was to watch episodes of “Friends.” He thought that if he learned English he would be better off in the USA. So he used this show as a learning experience. So much so that he has seen all 236 episodes. Learning the language of the country he lives in and works in. What a novel idea. Way to go, Wilmer! Bill Viggiano Williston Park, LI

respect for their sacrifice and for the flag they proudly wear. And they do it standing up. Even those who have lost their legs — standing up. Like the brave and compassionate warriors they are — standing up, not sitting on a bench like a disrespectful, whining child, Mr. Kaepernick. After the football season is over, I suggest you take a trip to educate yourself and gain some perspective on the country you portray as villainous — go to the American Cemetery in Normandy, or the Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor, or to Arlington National Cemetery — go there and gaze at the resting places of the fallen, go there and show your respect for those who gave their lives to fight oppression, those who protect your right to disrespect what they died for. Go, Colin — stand there and see just how short you fall in their presence. Ann Rychlenski Ozone Park

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political career that exceeded early expectations but may end soon. In typically modest fashion, he calls himself “the Ernest Hemingway of Twitter.” Not quite. Hemingway’s lean prose style wasn’t limited to 140 characters. He put much thought into what he wrote and won the Nobel Prize in Literature for “The Old Man and the Sea.” Trump’s tweets make him sound like “The Old Man on a Spree.” But even if delusional Donald loses on Nov. 8, he’ll land on his feet, just like he did after prior failures. No so for abhorrent Anthony. He’s lost his marriage, family and all job prospects — except for being Gawker’s social media director. But he can get a glimmer of glory. A movie titled “Weiner,” chronicling his 2013 mayoral bid, was hailed as a “brilliant documentary” by the New York Post’s Kyle Smith. It was shown in theaters earlier this year and will soon be aired on Showtime. That makes it eligible for an Oscar nomination. But in what category? Best Short Subject, Best Special Effects or Best Animated Feature? May we have the envelope, please? Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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Letters continued from previous page Twitter war with Trump; Trump: ‘I like messiahs who didn’t get crucified.” Those were all fake headlines people, but could you really tell? And who knows what the future holds. Trump has now proclaimed himself to be the only person who can save African-American families. But when he first began his real estate career he was sued by the Justice Department for refusing to rent apartments to black and Latino tenants. Their applications would be marked with a C for colored and then rejected. This pattern continued for decades. Regulators fined Trump’s casinos for repeatedly removing black dealers from the floor. No wonder the turnover rate for his minority employees was way above average. And let’s not forget Trump leading the charge for the so-called “birthers” who promoted the racist lie that President Obama is not really an American citizen. All part of a sustained effort to delegitimize America’s first black president. And

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this man asks blacks “what they have to lose” by voting for him? He’s delusional. Now Trump has hired Bill Stepien to be in charge of voter turnout. That’s the same Bill Stepien whom Chris Christie fired for his involvement in the Bridgegate scandal, stranding thousands of commuters. Let’s hope no Democrats have to cross a bridge to vote. P.S. I think we should build that impenetrable wall on the Mexican border! And let’s make it huge! Big enough to keep anyone … never mind, it’s too late. Trump is back from Mexico. Robert LaRosa Whitestone

Can’t trust Clinton Dear Editor: After you fools get Hillary elected do you expect us to believe anything she says? Her inner circle destroyed eight phones so the Federal Bureau of Incompetents couldn’t examine them. Trump may be woefully insensitive, but he isn’t HRC. By the way, this is no way to break the glass ceiling, with a politician, like her old man, who always gets caught! The world wants her because when she lies she babbles like a fool and then plays the feminist card. Thatcher and Gandhi, she’s not. She’s more like the woman in South America who’s being impeached. Way to go?! V. Liquori Bellerose

HeartShare evaluation center is relocating Services shifting to two buildings by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

A Howard Beach-based facility dedicated to serving children with developmental issues is relocating its evaluation center due to underfunding from the state, the organization announced in a statement issued on Tuesday. HeartShare Services for Special Needs Kids said it cannot sustain operations at its Angels on the Bay Evaluation Center, located at 162-30 CrossBay Blvd., after 22 years there because the State Education Department has not provided it with enough money to do so. The organization will now provide evaluation services — where workers determine a child’s educational needs — at two of its preschool sites: 115-15 101 Ave. in Richmond Hill and 82-12 151 Ave. in Howard Beach. HeartShare is primarily funded through city and state contracts and grants provided by area elected officials. “From a fiscal standpoint, it doesn’t make sense to underfund those programs,

especially when government will have to sustain less independent people with intellectual and developmental disabilities later on in their lives,” Carol Verdi, HeartShare’s vice president of education services and developmental disabilities, said in a written statement. HeartShare also cited other financial difficulties include providing a competitive wage for its employees. In the last two years, 29 of its employees have moved on to higher-paying jobs with the city Department of Education — 16 of them leaving this year to join the Universal Pre-K initiative. The center has undergone hardships in the past. “The Center at Cross Bay Boulevard has held on for a long time. In addition to insufficient funding, the Center survived burglary and even Hurricane Sandy,” Linda Tempel, HeartShare’s executive director of developmental disabilities services, said in a written statement. The company did not say when the Cross Bay Boulevard center will be shutQ ting down operations.

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Crime drops despite big cases in S. Qns. Most offenses are down in the 102, 106 precincts in last month by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

August may seem like a terrible month for the 102nd and 106th precincts — the two com mands overseeing much of South Queens — but statistics show crime has dropped in most cases throughout the area. For the 28-day period ending Aug. 28, the 106th Precinct — which patrols South Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, South Ozone Park and Howard Beach — saw a 14.96 percent drop in crime. Year-to-date, crime has dropped close to 13 percent in those neighborhoods. The 102nd Precinct — serving Kew Gardens, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill and the northern section of Ozone Park — saw two additional index crimes in the past four months. But the command continues to win the battle against crime year-to-date, with a near 20 percent decrease. Both patrols saw their share of high-level crimes during the late weeks of summer. On Aug. 2, Howard Beach jogger Karina Vetrano was found dead in Spring Creek after going out for a jog. Her murder has not yet been solved and cops are looking for a man they believe could be a key witness in the case. At last Thursday’s Community Board 10 meeting, Capt. James Fey, commanding

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Mini golf For Kidney’s Sake Alley Pond Golf Center in Douglaston will host a putt-putt mini golf fundraiser to benefit For Kidney’s Sake from 3 to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25. For K idney’s Sake is a Springfield Gardens-based nonprofit that ar ranges social and recreational activities for chronic kidney disease patients who must undergo dialysis. Angela Davis of Springfield Garden s, her self a d ialysis pat ient , founded the organization in 2010 after discovering that patients often became withdrawn from friends and social activities because of medically necessar y changes to their lifetyles. Tickets are $35 for adults and $22 for children ages 4 to 13. Unlimited rounds will be offered. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. Tickets can be purchased online at paypal.com (search For Kidney’s Sake) or at 4kidneyssake.com. The Alley Pond Golf Center is located at 232-01 Northern Blvd. Further information on the outing o r Fo r K id n e y’s S a ke m ay b e obtained by calling (877) 375-8770, Q ext. 1 or ext. 2.

Just how many times were cops called to the scene of a crime in South Queens in August? While a spate of high-profile crimes may make it seem like it was a lot, crime in the area continues to PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON decrease. officer of the 106th, told members his officers are giving their all to track down the killer. “They’re taking this really personally,” Fey told the board members. His command would be in the international spotlight again less than two weeks later when a Brooklyn man allegedly fatally

shot an Ozone Park imam and his associate in the back of their heads in broad daylight. That man, Oscar Morel, has been charged with first-degree murder and faces life in prison. Murders are one of the categories Fey’s command is up in — there have been seven so far year-to-date, according to NYPD sta-

One less gun on the streets of South Qns. Reputed gang member nabbed by cops by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

An alleged South Ozone Park gang member and his weapon are now in custody, the 106th Precinct’s commanding officer said last Thursday. Speaking at Community Board 10’s monthly meeting, Capt. James Fey said his officers arrested the reputed gang member, without identifying him, on Aug. 25 with a loaded Mac 11. According to the captain, the gang member has “generated a lot of violence” in the South Ozone Park area, which in recent months has been plagued by gang activity. Fey said the alleged member was involved in the inadvertent shooting of a Bronx priest in South Ozone Park in May. Following that shooting, police upped their presence in the area in an effort to fight the gang problem there. But the problems arising from him are not yet over. Fey said there was a shooting shortly before CB 10’s meeting that may have

This gun was taken off an alleged South Ozone Park gang member. PHOTO COURTESY NYPD been connected to him. He said his officers remain dedicated to battling the gangs in South Ozone Park. “We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us,” Q he said.

tistics, compared to two at the same point last year. Rapes are at the same level as last year, with nine, and burglaries are up close to 10 percent. Grand larceny auto, grand larcenies and robberies are all down, 55.2 percent, 6.9 percent and 24.6 percent, year-todate, respectively. The Richmond Hill section of the 102nd Precinct was also home to some of New York City’s most horrific crimes in August. On Aug. 14, a group of still-on-the-loose men broke into a home and fatally stabbed and beat a Richmond Hill man and savagely beat his mother. The man, Kenneth Schemitz, died and his mother was rendered unconscious and unable to talk due to the attack. Later that month, a Richmond Hill woman allegedly strangled her stepdaughter in her bathroom. The woman, Shamdai Arjun, faces life behind bars. Those two cases helped to push the murder count in the 102nd to six, compared to three at this point last year. Aside from rape, which has seen four additional cases so far compared to 2015, every other index crime is down in the command. Robberies are down close to 30 percent, felony assaults are down 7.7, burglaries by 27.2, grand larcenies by 19.2 and grand larQ ceny auto by 20.1

Myrtle Ave. street festival T he My r tle Ave nue Bu si ne ss Improvement District and Clearview Festival Productions will sponsor the annual Myrtle Avenue Fall Street Festival next Sunday, Sept. 18, from noon to 6 p.m. The festival will take place along the corridor from Wyckoff to Forest avenues. At the festival, there will be 200 merchants and vendors along with rides and games for children. There will be fun for people of all other ages, as well. Entertainment will be provided by the Joe Fuoco Music Center and Ridgewood Dance Studio. The East Coast Car Association and the Riviera Owners Association will be displaying antique and classic cars. Vintage buses will also be on display, courtesy of the MTA and New York City Transit. Among the vendors will be area nonprof its and civic organizations. There is still time for businesses and nonprofits that wish to set up a table at the festival. Merchants should call Clearview Festival Productions at (646) 2300489. Nonprofits should call the BID at Q (718) 381-7974 or (718) 366-3806.

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Richmond Hill teen CB 9 set to hear SBS wins NYS scholarship proposal next week Ramanjot Bal to attend Stony Brook by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

A Richmond Hill teenager is one of five New Yorkers who won a collegiate scholarship established in honor of a fallen aide to Gov. Cuomo. Ramanjot Bal, a native of India, will attend Stony Brook University after being awarded the Carey Gabay Scholarship, the Governor’s Office announced Monday. Carey Gabay worked as an aide for Cuomo until his untimely death last year, when he was killed by a stray bullet as he was celebrating J’Ouvert — a Caribbean holiday that has been mired by gun violence in recent years — in Brooklyn on Sept. 7, 2015. Gabay was caught in the middle of g u n f i re excha nged by alleged gangbangers. This year two were killed at the event. The scholarship seeks to honor students who ref lect Gabay’s “commitment to social justice, leadership, and mentoring, as well as his personal story of succeeding academically despite having an economi-

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cally disadvantaged background,” Cuomo’s office said in a statement. “He was an inspiration to every single person he came in contact with, and we are proud to award this scholarship in his honor to help other students who grew up in similar circumstances strive, succeed and lead,” Cuomo said in a prepared statement. The scholarship provides tuition, room and board, college fees, books, supplies, and transportation and personal expenses for students attending SUNY colleges. Bal, who attended Scholars’ Academy in Rockaway Park and is the only Queens winner of the scholarship, immigrated to the United States at the age of 6. According to the release from Cuomo’s office, she has worked in a tax office to provide income for her family, organizes anti-bullying workshops in her neighborhood and is involved with the Sikh community there. The other scholarship winners hail from Spring Valley, Albany, Troy and Q Manhattan.

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For the second time this year, Community Board 9 is set to hear a presentation this Tuesday from the Department of Transportation and the MTA on the Select Bus Service proposal for Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. The panel — which represents the corridor from Myrtle Avenue to the Rockaway Boulevard/ Liberty Avenue intersection — has seen passionate arguments from opponents and proponents for the plan. At their January meeting, many of the members spoke against the plan to make one lane in each direction for buses only. Some did speak in favor of it. That meeting was held before the DOT revamped SBS, removing the controversial median bus lanes from all parts of the corridor except for the area represented by CB 9. The Sept. 13 meeting will detail the latest changes to the plan, such as the preservation of left turns at Jamaica Avenue and other key intersections where they were previously considered for elimination, and timeline.

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Gym class not found in many Qns. schools Less than half citywide meet state standard on physical education by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Despite a state law mandating students receive a set amount of physical education instruction, less than half the schoolchildren in the five boroughs are getting the proper amount of exercise — with close to three-quarters in Queens lacking enough gym time. The statistics were released by the Department of Education last week in compliance with a law mandating the agency report just how many children are being given enough gym time to meet the state standards. The report shows that schools housing 74,621 Queens elementary school students, or 69.9 percent, do not make the grade. Percentage-wise, Queens ranks second in compliance, just behind Staten Island’s 58.3 percent. But the World’s Borough, the largest by land mass, is second to last when it comes to raw numbers, only behind Brooklyn, where 77,441 need better physical education. The DOE did not respond to requests for comment on this story. The New York State Education Department requires that students in grade three and lower must be provided with daily PE instruction for a minimum of 120 minutes

Close to three-quarters of Queens students are not getting the state-recommended amount of exercise in schools per week, a report from the Department of Education found. Citywide, less than half are getting enough exercise. per week. In grades four through six, students must take gym at least three times per week for a minimum of 120 minutes per week. In grades seven through 12, students must be provided with PE instruction at least three times per week for one semester and two times each week for the other half

of the year. Cou nci lwom a n El i z abet h Crowley (D-Glendale) has been an advocate for increasing physical education access for all students. Last year, she introduced the law that mandated the DOE’s report. “This data shows just what we suspected

— that the Department of Education must be held accountable and start providing our children with the minimum physical education they deserve; not only because it is mandated by the state, but because their futures depend on it,” the councilwoman said in a prepared statement. “Studies show physical education improves not only health but discipline and better focus in school. Healthy lifestyle habits are developed at a young age, and we have a responsibility to ensure our children are given every resource they need for a successful education and future.” Additional pushes by the councilwoman on the topic of physical education include advocating for funding. The city’s budget passed in July calls for $11 million to enhance physical education in schools, an investment hailed by Crowley. A report released by city Comptroller Scott Stringer in May 2015 found that nearly one-third of city schools don’t have a fulltime certified PE teacher. That includes 17 percent of middle schools, 8 percent of high schools, and 59 percent of elementary schools. Some of the schools could have a parttime, certified gym instructor, but the DOE didn’t provide affirmative data to show that, Q the report indicated.

Unsafe drinking water in schools? New York Times report calls lead testing practices into question by Anthony O’Reilly

Lambrinidou’s email continued. City Hall spokeswoman Freddi Goldstein defended the Just how safe is the drinking water in your child’s public method, citing statistics that show lead poisoning in city children has dropped by 80 percent since 2002. school? “Our lead testing protocols are rigorous and under conAccording to the Department of Education, fewer than 1 stant review and enhancement to ensure that our safeguards percent of schools had lead levels above the federal limit. But a national expert said those results are not entirely are keeping kids healthy and remain well above federal accurate because the city tests the water using a controversial standards,” Goldstein said in an emailed statement. According to a 2015 report by the Department of Health practice known as “flushing,” or running the water before and Mental Hygiene, 840 children under the age of 6 had reading the lead levels. Dr. Marc Edwards, the Virginia Tech professor who what the federal government calls a concerning amount of lead in their blood. In 2005, that numuncovered the water emergency in Flint, ber was 2,705. Goldstein said not one Mich., argued in an Aug. 31 New York child has gotten sick from lead in Times article that flushing hides the true school drinking water. lead levels and that the city’s numbers Lead poisoning can lead to neuro“should be thrown in the garbage, and logical problems in children and in the city should start over.” extreme cases be deadly. The EPA has recommended against While flushing has its critics, there f lushing when testing water purity in are also backers of it. homes, but it does not regulate testing in College Point scientist James Cervischools. no, who serves as Community Board Yanna Lambrinidou, a colleague of 7’s Environmental Committee chairEdwards, told The Times the use of man, defended it, saying it’s necessary flushing could mean the city “may have to get an accurate reading and that he just broken the national record for flawed uses the practice when testing water in testing. his own house. “Unless N.Y.C. schools flush every “You flush the water when you get it drinking water tap every evening for 2 hours routinely, their sampling The city is defending how it tests for lead in there and then you flush it and test it technique is both unreliable and sci- in the drinking water for public schools again,” Cer vino told the Queens entifically and morally indefensible,” following a recent New York Times report. Chronicle.

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However, he said, the flushing needs to be done right after the schools test the stagnant water and not the night before the test. According to Goldstein, the flushing occurs the night prior to examinations. Cervino also suggested having an independent party verify the results. Cervino said New York City is not in danger of falling to a crisis like the one that is ongoing in Flint. “The water that’s coming into the schools from the aquifers is clean,” the scientist said. “It’s about the pipes that it sits in. These pipes need to be replaced.” Up until 1986, lead was allowed in plumbing fixtures. The DOE says in cases where lead levels above the federal limit are found in schools, it works to replace the plumbing equipment. Pipes left to rust can also result in lead in water. Speaking on his experience as a public school teacher, Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Council’s Education Committee, said he would run the water before children got in. “For the first few seconds, we would just see brown water,” Dromm said. While Cervino said he doesn’t have the same problem, he, too, runs the water for a bit before putting it into his kettle every morning. Dromm has not yet had a chance to discuss the Times report with the DOE, but added he would be doing so in the near future. He cautioned parents not to be alarmed by the story, citing scientific experts who have backed flushing. The Council’s Health Committee plans on holding a hearing on the city’s lead testing practices in the coming Q months.

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS Getting back to work after the summer by Maria A. Thomson

This was when cowardly terrorists killed our fellow Americans and destroyed our beautiful Twin Towers. This Sept. 11 a small but poignant ceremony will be held at the Dry Harbor Playground, located at the corner of Myrtle Avenue and 80th Street in the Glendale section of Forest Park. At that intersection, there is a 9/11 Memorial Garden and Memorial Stone, in honor of area residents lost that day. This memorial was made a reality by the American Day Committee. The ceremony will start at 12:30 p.m. Please try to attend. A note on the proposed homeless drop in center at 100-32 Atlantic Ave. in Ozone Park at the old Dallis Coffee Building: In my article of Aug. 25, 2016 I stated that “this center is located near a beautiful new high school on 104th street.” This close proximity to this high school may be the reason why this center may not be allowed to open, as registered sex offenders are not allowed within 1,000 feet of a school. This project will be discussed at the next Community Board 9 meeting, to be held at the Villa Russo Catering Hall at 101-02 Lefferts Blvd. in South Richmond Hill on Sept. 13, starting at 7:45 p.m. May God bless our armed forces, may God bless our disabled veterans, may God bless our NYPD and all of our police offiQ cers and may God bless America.

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Mark your calendars for the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp.-sponsored Sept. 11 observance on Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at St Thomas the Apostle Academy Cafe, 87-40 88 St. Also at this meeting we will have the incumbents and candidates for the state Senate and Assembly. Remember the GWDC-sponsored “Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival 2016” on Oct. 16 from noon to 6:00 p.m. on Jamaica Avenue from 80th Street to Woodhaven Boulevard. Please hope that there is good weather that day. Call the GWDC office for more information. Vendors are welcome. Also mark your calendar for our “Holidays in Woodhaven Weekend,” to be held on Dec. 2 and 3. Join us for all these events. I hope that you had a very safe enjoyable Labor Day Weekend, during which we remember and honor our hardworking men and women. These being our neighbors, friends and leaders and the backbone of our country. There is nothing like the satisfaction of being a proud working man or woman. So thank you, America’s workers, you make us strong. We are now at the time of the year that our thoughts are of that sad day when we lost so many on Sept. 11, 2001.

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DA: Yonatan Galvez Marin allegedly tried to rob victim before killing her by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

A Jamaica man has been charged by Queens District Attorney Richard Brown with the Aug. 31 murder of Nazma Khanam, a 60-year-old Jamaica Hills woman from Bangladesh, on Normal Road near her home after attempting to rob her. Yonatan Galvez Marin, 22, of Normal Road, was arraigned on Sept. 4 on a criminal complaint charging him with seconddegree murder, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and third-degree attempted robbery before Queens Criminal Court Judge Michael Katz. The defendant was ordered to return to court on Friday and held without bail. If convicted, he could go to prison for 25 years to life. “Sadly, the Bangladeshi community once again finds itself having to deal with the senseless murder of one of its own,” Brown said in a prepared statement. “The individual who attempted to rob and attack this defenseless wife and mother as she walked down the street has now been apprehended and will be vigorously prosecuted for this unprovoked and heinous attack.” Khanam was walking steps ahead of her husband when she was stabbed around 9:15 p.m. in front of 160-12 Normal Road. Marin was identified by police when they

Nazma Khanam was found dead by police in front of 160-12 Normal Road in Jamaica Hills. The man who allegedly stabbed her to death has been charged for the murder by Queens District PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY Attorney Richard Brown. were looking around the area where Khanam was murdered. He matched a description given to them and admitted to being the person in a video released to the public by police of a person of interest in the case. A Bangladeshi immigrant, Khanam had worked as a teacher but was retired. She and her husband owned a souvenir shop on Jamai-

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ca Avenue, which they had closed before Khanam was killed. Her nephew is an NYPD transit officer. Because she was Muslim, politicians and others of her faith had treated the incident as a possible hate crime. But police said the motive was robbery and Marin was not hit with any hate crime charge.

“Although we do not know all the facts, the reality is that this has happened too often,” Public Advocate Letitia James said at a press conference at the Jamaica Muslim Center about Khanam’s murder last Friday. “And that’s why we are urging that this community be protected.” “Her life was taken with such brutal force,” Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman (D-Jamaica) said. “A woman should be concerned with the future of her family. We need to protect all the women and men.” Others mourned Khanam’s loss. “My deepest condolences to the family and you should know that we will stand with you throughout the rest of this process,” Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) said. “As we come together, my thoughts and prayers are with the Khanam family in their time of mourning,” Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) said in a prepared statement. “I thank the NYPD for making a quick arrest in this case,” Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) said in a prepared statement. “The coward who committed this despicable crime must and will face justice. The Khanam family remains in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time, and we continue to stand with the Bangladeshi and Muslim Q community.”

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City, Skih community talk mental health ThriveNYC panel in Richmond Hill to tailor program to community needs by Michael Gannon Editor

City initiatives on immigrant outreach and increased attention to mental health issues dovetailed nicely on Sept. 1 in Richmond Hill. Richard Buery, deputy mayor for strategic policy initiatives, led a panel discussion on ThriveNYC, a community mental health outreach program at the Sikh Cultural Society on 118th Street that included mental health experts and advocates from within the Sikh community. Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) also sat on the panel. “Our city is experiencing what can only be called a crisis in mental health,” Buery said. ThriveNYC, an effort headed by city First Lady Chirlane McCray, has a branch that looks to address some potential problems on a community-by-community basis. “You are the ones who know your community best,” he said. City estimates state about one in five people experience some at least some minor form of mental illness such as depression. In regard to a concerned question from the audience, Buery and others said the Sikh community does not suffer any more or less than other groups. “Though we do have more stressors than some,” said Dr. Muninder Kaur Ahluwalia, a

Clinical psychologist Arvind Kaur, center, addresses a crowd of nearly 200 in Richmond Hill about mental health care in the Sikh community on Thursday at the Sikh Cultural Society. She was flanked by Assemblyman David Weprin, left, Deputy Mayor Richard Buery, Dr. Muninder Kaur PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Ahluwalia and Vishavjit Singh. native of New York City and an associate professor at Montclair State University in New Jersey. That is especially true, she said, since the 9/11 attacks, after which some people do not know how or just do not care to distinguish Sikhs from Muslims, making them targets for

hate crimes. Buery said one of the aims of ThriveNYC is to change the mindset that lends a stigma and shame to mental illness. “If I broke my leg, you would see that I got to a doctor,” he said. “You wouldn’t say ‘Shake it off — you’ll feel better in

the morning.’” Clinical psychologist Arvind Kaur saidthat is an exacerbated problem in a Sikh community which can traditionally hold things in or not discuss them openly. “People look at someone and say ‘How can they have problems? They go to gurudwara [Sikh temple] every day,’” she said. “It is taken as a sign of weakness. There is a sense of shame.” Like many Sikhs in the city, Vishavjit Singh, an artist and community activist, survived genocidal attacks on Sikhs in India in 1984. Yet he said his first example of dealing with stress was as a young child, when he needed to get the glasses he still wears. “I was 5 or 6 years old,” he said, having to deal with parents who now had an ugly child, which had consequences when he became a young adult. “I left the faith for 10 years,” he said. All panelists said they know of relatives and friends who were victims of domestic abuse, only to force themselves to keep it hidden for appearances’ sake. Kaur and Ahluwalia said that even when some do seek help, there is not an excess of qualified doctors and counselors who speak Punjabi. “We need to change the culture,” Buery Q said.

AG: City not telling truth on bullying Advocates call for better reporting by Anthony O’Reilly

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Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Council’s Education Committee, immediately knew something was wrong when 71 percent of city public schools reported zero cases of bullying during the 2013-14 school year. “That just doesn’t make sense,” said Dromm, a former public school teacher. “We need a more accurate count.” The statistic Dromm reacted to was released on Aug. 31 by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who examined school districts’ compliance with the Dignity for All Students Act, commonly known as DASA, which requires schools to report cases of bullying to a database. According to Schneiderman’s report, the low number suggests “both significant underreporting of material incidents of harassment and discrimination by schools in New York City, along with some confusion or uncertainty as to how to classify those incidents that are reported.” Dawn Yuster, director of the School Justice Project at Advocates for Children, was not entirely shocked by the number of schools reporting zero incidents, saying DASA is a law educators have struggled with since it went into effect in 2012. “There is a critical need for better training and better implementation of DASA in New York City,” Yuster said. “The report shows a lot of work needs to be done.” The DOE did not respond to a request for comment from the Chronicle on this story but told the New York Daily News, “Our schools are the safest they’ve ever been, and reporting incidents is not an option, it’s a requirement.

Explicit protocols and robust training programs are used in all schools.” The attorney general’s report claims the city’s data collection method may be at fault for the low number. “When schools are grouped according to the size of their student bodies ... these extremely low percentages of incident reporting hold roughly constant,” the report stated. In a statement issued along with the report, Schneiderman said, “It’s vitally important that students feel comfortable coming forward with fears of discrimination or harassment in our schools, and equally important that schools honestly report their responses to these issues.” Dromm, an openly gay man, told the Chronicle he plans on holding a hearing on the bullying of LGBT students and how cases are reported. He said he was subject to harassment as both a student and teacher. “The school board would come and harass me,” he said. “It’s a pervasive issue that requires a lot more work.” Yuster urged for educators, those in the classroom and administrative roles, to be taught the criteria for reporting incidents. “There needs to be a plan of action,” she said. “There needs to be a plan on how to address whatever type of behavior is going on that will ensure the safety of the students.” Both commended the attorney general for his report, as well as providing school districts with guidance on how to better comply with DASA in the future. The state guidelines for the city include training educators on the law and making sure its provisions are accessiQ ble to parents in multiple languages.

A state report charges that New York City is not accurately reporting cases of bullying in public schools. Close to threequarters of responding schools said they had zero incidents in the 2013-14 school year.

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It’s that time of year again. C o u n c i lwo m a n K a r e n Ko slow it z (D-Forest Hills) last Thursday announced the dates for neighborhood assemblies for the next round of participatory budgeting. At the assemblies, residents of the 29th Council District — which includes Kew Gardens, Rego Park, Forest Hills and a small section of Richmond Hill — can brainstorm ideas on how to spend $1 million in taxpayer dollars. The dates and locations for the assemblies are as follows: • Sept. 26 at PS 175, 64-35 102 St. in Rego Park;

Pitch your ideas on interactive site • Se pt. 29 at t he R ich mond H i l l Library, 118-14 Hillside Ave.; • Oct. 5 at the Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. [Use the 69th Road entrance]; and • Oct. 6 at the Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, second floor. Before the neighborhood assemblies, residents can pitch their ideas on an interactive map at ideas.pbnyc.org. Two residents in CD 29 have proposed

projects. Michael Moore wants to see ADA-accessible entrances to Forest Park, saying “there is no way for persons using wheelchairs to enter” the park through Metropolitan Avenue. Peter Beadle, a Community Board 6 member, would like to see concrete curb extensions on corners near Ascan Avenue and Austin Street. “The curb extension would slow drivers passing through this intersection, especially turning cars which pose a serious

danger to pedestrians at this intersect ion,” said Bead le, a t ra nspor t at ion advocate. Earlier this year, Koslowitz’s constituents picked three projects to receive participatory budgeting: a single curb extension at the northeast corner of 71st Avenue and Austin Street, $400,000; bathroom renovations at PS 144 and PS 101 in Forest Hills and PS 174 in Rego Park, $350,000; and a $275,000 outdoor reading area at the Forest Hills branch of the Queens Library. For more information, call Koslowitz’s Q office at (718) 544-8800.

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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will present an update on its noise compatibility study — also known as a part 150 study — for John F. Kennedy International Airport from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 15 at the St. Clare Catholic Academy Auditorium in Rosedale. The study deals with noise levels to which those who live around Kennedy Airport are exposed. The study also is intended to outline a program to reduce noise. The meeting is being sponsored by the Eastern Queens Alliance, and all residents who have concerns about air and noise pollution associated with airport operations are invited to attend. Residents also have expressed concer ns that such problems will be exacerbated by the scheduling of more f lights into and out of JFK, along with new approach routes that have large passenger jets coming in over residential neighborhoods at lower altitudes since the recent relocation of one of a main runways. The St. Claire Catholic Academy auditorium is located on 241st Street between 137th and 138th avenues. Q — Michael Gannon

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Maspeth will fight the shelter ‘until the death’ Lawsuit filed by politicians, residents say they will be doing the same thing by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

here’s no length Maspeth will not go to in order to defeat the city’s Holiday Inn homeless shelter proposal. Even if that means “occupying” Gracie Mansion or City Hall. That’s according to Juniper Park Civic Association President Bob Holden and hundreds of Maspeth residents, who made their hatred for the city loud and clear last Wednesday at Community Board 5’s public hearing on the Oct. 1 hotel conversion plan. [It was announced Wednesday the city has delayed the conversion to yet-to-bedetermined date. See separate story in some editions or at qchron.com.] “I will fight until the death for this neighborhood that I love so much,” Holden told Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steve Banks. “And for you to think that we are going to roll over and just let this thing happen and destroy our neighborhood, you should know better.” For the second time in one month — something he called “unprecedented for a city commissioner” — Banks appeared at a public meeting to explain the city’s proposed conversion of the Holiday Inn at 59-40 55 Road in Maspeth into a shelter for homeless adult families. And for the second time in one month, he was thoroughly booed, jeered and insulted by Holden and other enraged community members for hours. “This is nothing more than a glorified jail cell, this Holiday Inn,” Holden said of the hotel. “This is a solid middle-class neighborhood, commissioner. We pulled out almost 2,000 people on a Saturday and we’ll pull out 2,000 more if you open this homeless shelter in our neighborhood and threaten our families!” Just minutes into the meeting, nearly the entire crowd of approximately 400 people stood up and turned their backs to Banks as he began his speech, with some even extending their middle fingers to him. Approximately 60 speakers took to the microphone over the course of three hours, with many asking for reassurances that sex offenders, drug addicts and violent criminals won’t be housed at the hotel. But no speaker received quite the ovation that Midtown Manhattan resident Lee Ward did when she begged Banks about halfway through the meeting to build a homeless shelter in her neighborhood. “You’ve said to these good people here that if they came up with a viable alternative, that you would be open to it,” Ward said. “I want you to bring all these people in the shelters in Queens — the pedophiles, the rapists, the murderers and the truly homeless and mentally disturbed — and bring them to my neighborhood in Manhattan.” Before calling on residents of Maspeth to go on a tax strike and to “occupy” the homes of Banks, hotel owner Harshad Patel and Gracie Mansion, Ward told Banks there’s a massive site near her home that

with the Boulevard Family Residence on Queens Boulevard and to show their support for the Maspeth community. Group co-founder Phil Wong earned a hearty standing ovation from the crowd when he said both the homeless and those residents living near shelters are victims of a clueless city administration. “Your agency’s no questions asked approach to the homeless problem is bringing back the ‘Come and get it’ mentality of the 1960s,” Wong said. “It was a failure back then and it’s a failure right now. “The current homeless policy does not work!” he shouted. “It has to stop right here!” Assembly candidate Tony Nunziato, a Republican, also took Banks to task over his claim that he has an obligation to the city’s homeless population. “Commissioner, you have a legal and moral obligation to the taxpayers, not the homeless, to the people who pay you,” Nunziato said before turning his attention to Mayor de Blasio. “For some strange reaMaspeth was up in arms again last Wednesday during a Community Board 5 public hearing on the son, he thinks the charter schools are no proposed Holiday Inn conversion into a homeless shelter come Oct. 1. PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA good and homeless shelters are good. I think he’s got it backwards.” The city’s supposed lack of transparency would be perfect to warehouse thousands of each unit within a homeless shelter have was also highlighted by one speaker, who cooking facilities. homeless people. “We all must understand that housing claimed that no open-ended request for pro“This plot of land has been vacant for 11 years,” she said. “It is so old that grass, families in hotel rooms is not only wrong, it posal for the site was listed in the City weeds, bushes and trees grow on it. Put the is illegal,” Crowley told the crowd. “The Record and that CB 5 did not receive a homeless shelter there in a [plot] that can lawsuit says the mayor is in clear violation notice about it either. CB 5 Chairman Vinhouse structures as big as Bellevue, New of the city’s Administrative Code. The law cent Arcuri backed up the claim, saying the York Hospital and the United Nations states clearly homeless families must be speaker was correct in noting CB 5 was housed in shelter units that have kitchens, unaware an RFP had been put out for building.” Two speakers also suggested transform- and we all know the Holiday Inn does not solicitation. A DHS spokesperson said Wednesday ing the abandoned Parkway Hospital in For- have kitchens.” Addabbo briefly addressed the crowd as that a publicly available, non site specific est Hills into a shelter, citing the vacancy of the building and the saturation of shelters well, saying he truly believes southwest RFP was released in June. Numerous residents have been calling for Queens is unfairly in the crosshairs of around CB 5’s borders. marches on Gracie Mansion, City Hall and Others used their time at the microphone Mayor de Blasio’s administration. “We are being targeted — that is my con- Patel’s home for weeks, and Holden said to call Mayor de Blasio and Banks crooks, liars and failures, adding that the adminis- cern — because the Mayor’s Office said so,” Tuesday that plans for protests “outside the tration should be investigated for unfairly Addabbo said. “And it didn’t have to be that neighborhood” are being finalized this Q treating working-class communities like way. We were willing to work with this week. administration.” Maspeth as dumping grounds. The three politicians also filed for an A handful of people even asked about amending the city’s right to shelter policy, injunction, according to court documents, saying that families from outside the state which would halt the hotel conversion plan have been taking advantage of the law and in its tracks until a judge hears the suit. Community activist Christina Wilkinson flooding the shelter system. Banks responded by saying that just 135 announced in a speech to the crowd that the families in the shelter system had no con- Citizens for a Better Maspeth civic group nection to the city and that the New York will be suing the Department of Homeless State Constitution would have to be amend- Services as well. “We are Maspeth,” Wilkinson said ed for a repeal of the right to shelter law to proudly. “And Mayor Bill de Blasio has happen, eliciting a cacophony of boos. That same sound also welcomed Council- brought his social engineering experiment woman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale) to to the wrong community.” In a Tuesday email to the Chronicle, the microphone, but the jeers quickly turned to cheers after she announced that she, Holden said the group was meeting with an Assemblywoman Marge Markey (D-Mas- attorney that night and an Article 78 suit peth) and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. will be launched once the city’s contract (D-Howard Beach) had filed a lawsuit with shelter provider Acacia Network is agai n st t he cit y to stop t he hot el’s filed with city Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office. conversion. Much like they did at last month’s public A furious Bob Holden screams at Human In their suit, filed on Aug. 30, the lawmakers cited New York City Administrative meeting about the plan, members of Elm- Resources Administration Commissioner Steve Code Section 21-124b, which requires that hurst United came to talk about their issues Banks.

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Sept. 11 ceremonies starting this weekend Events in Middle Village, Glendale, Forest Hills, E. Elmhurst, Maspeth by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Queens residents still haven’t forgotten what happened 15 years ago this Sunday. In remembrance of the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives in Manhattan and elsewhere during the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, a number of anniversary commemorations have been scheduled for central and southwest Queens over the next few days. With the Manhattan skyline visible in the distance, Maspeth will honor those killed in the deadliest terror attack in world history with an 11 a.m. ceremony on Friday at Maspeth Memorial Park near the intersection of 69th Street and Grand Avenue. Hosted by Maspeth Federal Savings, the gathering will feature a rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by area singer Kathleen Nealon, opening and closing prayers by the Rev. Joseph Hoffman, the FDNY chaplain, live patriotic music performed by Liz and Bill Huisman and a wreath laying by the FDNY. On Saturday, the communities of Glendale, Middle Village, Ridgewood and Woodhaven will come together to remember the 42 area residents who perished with a remembrance ceremony at the Dry Harbor Playground’s memorial garden within Forest Park.

Hundreds are expected to descend on Juniper Valley Park on Sunday to view the Towers of Light and commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks that killed more than FILE PHOTO 2,600 people in New York City alone. That event is hosted by the Memorial Garden Committee and will begin at 3 p.m. On Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the attacks, a number of gatherings will occur throughout the day, beginning with the “Run for Richie” hosted by the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the Punishers Motorcycle Club. The motorcycle ride from Resorts World

Casino to the FHVAC headquarters at 92-29 Metropolitan Ave. will honor Richard Allen Pearlman, the 18-year-old Howard Beach volunteer who died trying to rescue people at the World Trade Center that day. The event begins at 1:30 p.m. and will conclude with a 4 p.m. memorial service at the FHVAC headquarters. Riders must either register online in

advance for $25 at RunForRichie.org or register in person on the day of the ride for $30. On Saturday at 7 p.m., the Chabad of Forest Hills North will host a solidarity concert entitled “Stop the Violence” to pay tribute to those who died 15 years ago. Guitarist Lazer Lloyd will play a set, while attendees can enjoy a buffet, cocktail bar and an auction to benefit the programs at Chabad of Forest Hills North. The location had yet to be announced as of press time, and tickets can be purchased for $20 at chabadforesthillsnorth.com. At the same time, the borough’s largest annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony will take place within Juniper Valley Park underneath the Memorial Garden. Hundreds of people attend the commemoration each year, and organizers are expecting a similar crowd this time around. For the first time, attendees will be able to buy shirts at the event, with proceeds going toward the upkeep of the garden. On Sept. 17, St. Michael’s Cemetery in East Elmhurst is hosting its “Remember Me Run” beginning at 2 p.m. A memorial ceremony for the first responders who lost their lives in the attacks will be held afterwards. Registration costs $25 for adults, with no cost for children under 10. Participants can Q sign up at stmichaelscemetery.com.

Qns. Village GOP club hears from hopefuls Candidates tackle policy issues with Republicans at St. Anne’s Council by Ryan Brady

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Republican hopefuls for the state Assembly and Senate and a businessman weighing a gubernatorial bid talked about policy issues at a Queens Village Republican Club Meet the Candidates night at the St. Anne’s Council last Thursday. “Every element of Albany is broken,” Harry Wilson, a former investor who may run for governor in 2018, said. “We are in the top five or 10 in spending in every category and we are in the bottom five in results in every category and that’s why we need to take a restructuring approach to the state.” Wilson, who ser ved on the Obama ad minist ration’s Auto Industry Task Force, helping to restructure General Motors when it was failing, and previously ran for state comptroller, talked about making large charges to the state’s business laws. “What we should be doing is dramatically restructuring the tax and regulator y climate of the state,” he said. “I am convinced we can cut at least $20 billion of

spending out of the state budget, but that’s 14 percent. I’ve never found a company I couldn’t cut 10 percent out of.” Mark Cipolla, a personal injury lawyer and former prosecutor who is challenging state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), talked about how he wants to give the voters of the 11th Senate District — who could only vote for Avella in the last general election for the seat — another option. “I want to be able to give the voters a choice,” said Cipolla, a Hollis Hills resident. “Senator Avella got out of the primary and ran unopposed. To me, that’s bad government. If there’s no opposition, if there’s no competition, there’s no government, there’s no accountability, there’s no transparency, there’s no democracy.” Another Republican hopeful for the state’s upper chamber — Jarret Freeman, who is challenging state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) — also talked to the Republican Club crowd. “It’s important that we as a community, Republicans and even Democrats, we have to find ways

Harry Wilson, who may run for governor as a Republican in 2018, speaks to the Queens Village Republican Club. State Senate candidate Jarret Freeman, left, Assembly candidate Ira Harris and upper chamber hopeful Mark Cipolla PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY also spoke. to work cooperatively so we can actually see how we’re going to make our community something that’s sustainable for all of us,” Freeman, a Cambria Heights resident, said. “A nd so, when I thought about this, I thought about, what does success look like, really when policy is complemented with investments in our infrastructure, investments in our edu-

cation, investments in our community at large, and that’s what fueled my desire to really run.” Freeman is a representative to the United Nations for the Pathways to Peace nonprofit group and the executive liaison at College and Community Fellowship. Ira Harris, a business owner who is running against Assemblyma n David Wepr i n (D -Fresh

Meadows), talked about what his agenda will be if he is elected. “I’m running for Assembly due to the frustration that I see with government and politics,” said Harris, who lives in Queens Village. “Day after day, it’s the same issues that never seem to get fixed. From the corruption in Albany to the lack of quality education for all Q and everything in between.”

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Flushing seniors, pols urge justice for Tse Tougher charges called for against man who assaulted him before death by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Seniors from the Self help Benjamin Rosenthal Senior Center and lawmakers marched last Thursday to urge that Queens District Attorney Richard Brown increase charges against the man who allegedly assaulted Vincent Chun Man Tse, a volunteer at the senior center, before he died. “On Friday, July 22 2016 around noon, Mr. Vincent Chun Man Tse found himself in the middle of a driving dispute,” Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing) said at a press conference after the march, which went from the senior center to the spot where Tse, 68, was assaulted. “During their meeting, the other driver — someone twice his size and half his age — suddenly and maliciously punched Mr. Tse in the face, intending to cause as much harm as possible. That strike knocked him into a coma, causing enough brain damage to ultimately kill him.” Tse had been on his way to volunteer at the senior center, Kim added. The assemblyman met the victim and his family in the hospital the day before his July 30 passing and attended his funeral. Tse’s son attended the march and press conference afterwards. Cleamon Anderson, who allegedly hit Tse before his death, is only being charged with felony assault in the case. The Daily News reported

Assemblyman Ron Kim and other elected officials are urging Queens District Attorney Richard Brown to upgrade the charges against Cleamon Anderson, the man who allegedly assaulted PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY Flushing senior center volunteer Vincent Chun Man Tse before he died. Anderson’s sister, police school safety Officer Robin Anderson Scott, to be under an internal NYPD investigation for allegedly attempting to cover up her brother’s role in the assault in July. “We are here to ask the Queens DA to upgrade the charges from assault to manslaughter or higher and to hold both individuals accountable for their actions,” Kim added. “He would have lived for another 15 to 20 years,” Tse’s son, Steve, said. “He didn’t have to go so early.”

There have been more than 3,500 online and physical petition signatures to upgrade charges against Anderson. “We can’t bring this man back to Steve and the family but we do have a right as a community to demand justice, to send a strong message that we’re supposed to protect our seniors,” City Comptroller Scott Stringer said. “We are speaking with one common voice, with one mission and that is justice,” state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) said. “And

that’s what we’re calling upon the district attorney to provide.” “I am here to stand with all of the seniors from Rosenthal to say, ‘We want justice and we want it now,’” Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) said. “It’s absolutely unacceptable that someone should lose their life over something as silly as a fender bender and we need to make sure that people who engage in a crime of such a magnitude are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) said. “The charges must reflect the severity of crime,” Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) said. “This was not just a simple assault. A senior citizen and a friend of our community was killed in a fit of road rage by a huge man twice his size and half of his age.” A representative for Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) also spoke at the event. A spokesperson for Brown responded to the call to upgrade charges. “We understand the anguish and emotions of the family and friends of Mr. Tse,” the spokesperson said in a prepared statement. “We are bound, however, by the law in making our charging decisions. The law judges not just the result but the intent. The result was death but the facts do not support an Q intent to cause death or serious injury.”

CB 5 chair accused of making ethnic insult Some say Vincent Arcuri’s ‘Irish protest’ remark was out of bounds by Christopher Barca

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Dozens of area residents are calling on Community Board 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri to apologize for making what they say was a derogatory slur against Irish people at last Wednesday’s CB 5 public hearing about Holiday Inn’s planned Oct. 1 conversion into a homeless shelter. [It was announced Wednesday the city has delayed the conversion to yet-to-be-determined date. See separate story in some editions or at qchron.com.] Shortly after Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steve Banks walked to the podium, the hundreds of people in attendance at the Knockdown Center stood up and turned their backs to him to show their displeasure. After asking everyone to sit down, Arcuri, the hearing’s emcee, said, “That was an Irish protest” into the microphone with a chuckle and a smile. While the remark didn’t elicit a noticeable response from the crowd, at least one man could be heard near press row saying, “What did he mean by that?” Of the approximately 60 people who spoke at the hearing, only one person, Manhattan resident Lee Ward, used her time at the microphone to address the comment. “Tonight, I became the victim of racism,”

Ward said. “I’m half-Irish.” But in speaking to reporters just after her speech, Ward incorrectly said she was furious with Banks for making the remark. Dozens of people took to community Facebook pages to express their disgust with the correct person, however, with some calling for Arcuri to make a public apology, and at least two others demanding he resign as chairman of the board. “CB 5 needs to be flooded with calls tomorrow demanding, and I mean demanding, that Acuri step down,” Donna Assadourian wrote after the meeting on the Maspeth 11378 Facebook page. “Irish protest? How dare he discriminate? How ignorant? He is not chairman material, end of story.” Six CB 5 members were polled by the Chronicle via email about Arcuri’s comment on Tuesday, but only two offered their beliefs on the topic, while the other four either declined to comment or didn’t respond at all. Juniper Park Civic Association Bob Holden said he didn’t take offense to what the board chairman said. “No, I don’t believe Vinny Arcuri meant any malice towards the Irish, don’t think of it as bigoted,” Holden said. Kathy Masi agreed with Holden’s assessment that Arcuri meant no ill will, but said the “very unfortunate” remark left her “speechless.”

“I really don’t believe that the comment was meant to be bigoted,” Masi said. “It was insensitive and unnecessary particularly since I don’t believe that he really understood what he was saying.” Fellow board members Dmytro Fedkowskyj and John Maier declined to comment when polled by the Chronicle, while Jean Tanler and Mike LoCascio did not respond to the Chronicle’s email. Brian Barnwell, the Woodside resident challenging Assemblywoman Marge Markey (D-Maspeth) in next week’s primary, said in a Thursday phone interview that he knows Arcuri to be a good person but still called on him to apologize. “I don’t think he would purposely insult anyone. He’s not an idiot,” he said. “He should apologize and say, ‘Listen, I made a bad joke and I’m sorry. I didn’t mean anything by it.’” A highly respected leader in the community for decades, Arcuri said in an email to the Chronicle on Tuesday that he had no comment, but added similar turn-your-back protests aren’t uncommon in Queens. “This visual style,” Arcuri said, “was used against Mayor de Blasio by the NYPD rank and file and by the people of the Rockaways at two consecutive St. Patrick’s Day parades in the Rockaways.” Vicky Casella, the director of community

After hundreds of people turned their back to Human Resources Commissioner Steve Banks, standing, during last Wednesday’s Holiday Inn homeless shelter hearing, Community Board 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri called the move an PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA “Irish protest.” boards for Borough President Melinda Katz, was unavailable for comment. Silent protests and the turning of one’s back have been a staple of demonstrations in Ireland over the years, from ones held during the armed conflict known as The Troubles to those opposing last year’s proposed water Q charge increases.

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It gets harder and harder to judge the Queens Chronicle’s Summer in the Borough Photo Contest, and this eighth annual event was no exception! Great entries rolled in from all over, as you see. The winner was Eugene Ward of Forest Hills, for his great shot of a boy playing soccer in an empty pool at the Unisphere. But could you have argued if we chose the shot Jennifer Becker of Howard Beach took of her daughters, Angelina, 6, and Olivia, 3, praying for veterans at the Charles Park flagpole in Howard Beach? (Angelina’s idea). Then there’s “Two Men, a Table, a Card Game,” by Francie Scanlon of Flushing, with its excellent chiaroscuro, or contrast between light and dark. Also great were the backyard sunset taken by Helena Cheung of Oakland Gardens; the snapshot of Larry and Sue Flait enjoying the sunshine on a beautiful summer day in Fort Tilden, taken by Linda Silverman of Bellerose Manor;

the East River kayakers Richard Melnick submitted; the Addabbo Bridge sunset by Nelly Cruz of Rockaway; and of course the most patriotic Brianna Rizzo of Howard Beach, a fifth-generation Queens resident, playing at Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village on July 4 weekend, as captured by her mother, Cheryl Rizzo. Ward won passes to his choice between two off-Broadway shows or another family-friendly entertainment event. You can be a winner too! Watch for our holiday contest announcement around Thanksgiving.

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You’re the pilot at NYSCI’s transport-tech exhibit You could be forgiven for a bit of cognitive dissonance at the sound of high-pitched giggling juxtaposed with airport baggage screening lanes. And yet, at the New York Hall of Science in Corona, you are bound to be met with this scene at “Going Places,” an exhibit with only 10 days left in its run. The exhibit explores many forms of transportation, with a keen eye on interactive platforms geared toward its main demographic, children under 12. Past the baggage-screening checkpoint, at which a mini stool invites kids to play-act as TSA officers, your attention is immediately called to a large netted chamber in the center of the room. Inside,

two mini airships await your piloting — your goal: safe passage through a Hula-Hoop in the center of the structure. While the task seems straightforward enough, the controls are a bit trickier than meets the eye. Using one hand to manage lift and the other to manage a full 360-degree range of motion in conjunction may keep you busy for a while. Another popular station in the exhibit is the hovercraft, which by definition is a vehicle propelled atop an inflated pocket of air that allows the craft to move across a great range of surfaces often inaccessible to other vehicles. The museum’s iteration is a single-seated “hoverdisk,” which on a recent day young visitors

treated like an extreme-sports version of a swivel chair. Possibly the crowd favorite is the flight simulator, built to resemble an old fire engine-red biplane. While it was an instant draw for every child visiting that day, most needed a little help from mom and dad to get things off the ground. Elsewhere in the exhibit, visitors can learn how the parts of a combustion engine fit together, and then at another stop learn about their carbon footprints. A solar-power module requires the cooperation of four people to redirect beams of light onto the solar panels of a mobile overhead. The panels are Continued onon page continued page0037

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Jazz Up In The In Sky, with Oh La La!, The Hernan Romero Group and Karakatura, with art exhibit, gourmet food, drinks, valet, silent auctions and more, to benefit United Adult Ministries and Flushing House senior residence. Fri., Sept. 9, 7-11 p.m., Flushing House rooftop solarium, 38-20 Bowne St. $100; $150 couples. Info/tickets: (347) 532-3014, flushinghouse.com.

“Campo Grande,” the 1990 story of class disparity and personal awakening in a changing Rio de Janeiro, in Portuguese with English subtitles, with an appearance by the director. Fri., Sept. 9, 7 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $12; $9 seniors, students; $7 kids 3-17. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

Hispanic Heritage Month Concert, with music of Latin culture including works by Cuban composer Enrique Ubieta and exhibit by Dominican artist Eladio Victoria. Sat., Sept. 17, 7 p.m. (exhibit opens 5 p.m.), Maple Grove Cemetery, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free. Info: friendsofmaplegrove.org. Argus String Quartet & Friends, playing the music of classical and experimental composer Martin Bresnick, part of Bang on a Can series. Sun., Sept. 11, 3 p.m., Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10; $5 seniors, students; NYC HS students, kids under 12 free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org. Make America Rock Again, tour with several hard rock bands including Trapt, Saliva, Saving Abel and Alien Ant Farm; red, white and blue bikini contest too. Wed., Sept. 14, 8 p.m., Melrose Ballroom, 36-08 33 St., Long Island City. $35-$50. Info: (718) 255-6921, melroseballroomnyc.com, makeamericarockagain.com.

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“Free Hand, Free Spirit,” abstract paintings capturing the joy of creation, by Richard Hennessy, in show also serving as memorial to his longtime collaborator, actor, director and playwright Charles Ludlam. Opening reception, Thu., Sept. 8, 6-8 p.m.; on view thru Oct. 1, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 544-2996, kupferbergcenter.org. “The Wildlife of Baisley Pond,” photos of the fauna at the Jamaica park, by Marvenia Knight of Jamaica, with the artist on hand. Sat., Sept. 10-25, King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 206-0545, kingmanor.org. PHOTO BY MARVENIA KNIGHT

“Toys & Games from the Attic and Beyond,” with more than 150 items including Queens-born Mr. Machine, Hess trucks, Lionel trains, Beanie Babies and more, with info on their histories. Tue., Sat., Sun., 2:30-4:30 p.m. or by appointment, thru June 2017, Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $5; $3 seniors, students; under 12 free. Info: (718) 939-0647, queenshistoricalsociety.org.

Don’t be surprised to see tears in the eyes of the person next to you when the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy screens 1990’s “Ghost” next Thursday, and good luck getting “Unchained Melody” out of your head afterward. PARAMOUNT PICTURES VIA YOUTUBE “Maintenance Art,” photos and more celebrating the importance of cleaning and other work, by longtime Sanitation Department artist-in-residence Mierle Laderman Ukeles. Opening reception Sun., Sept. 18, 3-6 p.m.; on view thru Feb. 19, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested $8 admission; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org. “Artificial Retirement,” with art and performances addressing failure, imperfection and destruction in the digital age. Thru Sept. 11, Thu.-Sun., 1-6 p.m. or by appointment, Flux Factory, 39-31 29 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 669-1406, fluxfactory.org. Women at the Frontline of Mass Violence Worldwide, giving voice to female victims and survivors of genocide from the Holocaust to the Islamic State’s atrocities, by Yahad-In Unum. Thru Sept. 15, Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 281-5770, qcc.cuny.edu/khrca. “Summer in Queens,” photos of the season’s festivities in the borough, by Dominick Totino. Thru Labor Day, Red Wall Gallery, Central Park Event Space, Resorts World Casino, 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., South Ozone Park. Free. Info: rwnewyork.com. “Another Land: After Noguchi,” astrophotography by Leah Raintree, considering the microcosms inherent in Isamu Noguchi’s sculptures. Thru Jan. 8, Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10; $5 seniors, students; NYC HS students, kids under 12 free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org. Fantasias y Carnavales, hand-crafted masks, drawings, and paintings incorporating nature and animal imagery, Dominican heritage, by Manuel Macarrulla. Thru Nov. 13; mask-making workshop Sun., Oct. 30, 12-4 p.m. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $6; $4 seniors; $4 students, $2 children over 3. Info: (718) 886-3800, info@queensbotanical.org. “Intuitive Progression,” with 75 works of paint, ink and more by 20 modern artists, depicting the creative process as a unique journey. Thru Nov. 28, Thu.-Mon., 12-5 p.m., Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 937-0727, flcart.org.

“Summer Glory: Indoors and Out,” photographs of the summer garden, with dahlias, sunflowers and more, by Little Neck resident Dora Sofia Caputo. Thru Oct. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Suggested donation $2. Info: (718) 3596227, vomuseum.org. “Rockaway!”, exploring painting in regard to location, condition and possibilities, by Katharina Grosse, in collaboration by MoMA PS1 and Rockaway Artists Alliance. Thru Nov. 30, 12-6 p.m., Fort Tilden. Free. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org.

THEATRE “The Boy on the Bureau,” an autobiographical one-man play about a favorite child’s unorthodox escape from his family’s dysfunction, by Lon Blais of Bayside, with Q-and-A with him after the show. Thu.-Sat., Sept. 8-10, 8 p.m.; Sun., Sept. 11, 7 p.m., pop-up theater at 41-23 Bell Blvd., Bayside. $20 suggested donation. Info: (646) 996-6231, theboyonthebureau@gmail.com. “The Merchant of Venice,” about a young suitor taking out a loan and the lender insisting on a “pound of flesh” as a guarantee, set in post-World War II Italy and exposing anti-semitism. Thru Sun., Sept. 18, various times, The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $18. Info/tickets: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

LECTURES A History of American Pie, on pumpkin, apple especially and how pie came to be, by “historic gastronomist” and writer Sarah Lohman. Sat., Sept. 10, 3-4 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13, kingmanor.org. COURTESY PHOTO

“Three Days in Auschwitz,” a 2015 documentary about director Phillipe Mora’s family’s life and death at the Nazi concentration camp and his father’s role in the French Resistance, with music by Eric Clapton. Starting Fri., Sept. 9 and running for one week, times TBA, Kew Gardens Cinemas, 81-05 Lefferts Blvd. $11; $8.50 seniors/kids. Info: (718) 441-9835, kewgardenstheatre.com, youtu.be/Y8F1rJTJYkk. “Ghost,” the 1990 romantic fantasy thriller about love’s power over greed and murder, with Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg. Thu., Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m., LIC Landing, Hunter’s Point South Park, Long Island City. Free. Info: (917) 2824123, rbasch@hunterspointparks.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS Irish Storytelling & Music Tour, interweaving folklore, traditional songs and insight into days of yore, by Helena Byrne. Wed., Sept. 14, 8 p.m. (doors open 7:30), New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $25. Info: (718) 482-0909, newyorkirishcenter.org. COURTESY PHOTO

Boundless Tales Reading Series, celebrating its 5th anniversary, with seven authors, Q-and-A, wine, cheese, music. Fri., Sept. 9, 6:30 p.m., Queens Council on the Arts, 37-11 35 Ave. (entrance on 37 St.), Astoria. $10. Info/tickets: queenscouncilarts.org, boundlesstales.com. Trip to Atlantic City’s Resorts Casino, by Sisterhood of Forest Park Jewish Center. Leaving Mon., Sept. 12, 8:30 a.m. from Lindenwood Shopping Center on 153 Ave. at 84 St. Donation $40; giveback $25. Info: Phyllis, (718) 848-5791. Queens Borough Bocce Tournament, for teams of four, 18 and over, with top two teams going to NYC finals on Staten Island. Sat., Sept. 10, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Juniper Valley Park, 76 St. and Juniper Blvd. South, Middle Village. Finals Sat., Sept. 17. Free. Info: (718) 393-7370, on.nyc.gov/2bS3zsc. SAFE waste disposal, for residential solvent, automotive, flammable and electronic waste; things that no longer can be put out with curbside garbage, held by Sanitation Dept. NYC residency proof req’d. Sat., Sept. 17, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Astoria Park parking lot, Hoyt Ave. and 19 St. Info: 311, on.nyc.gov/1QQjDm0. continued on page 38

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hateful ads depicting Jews as people with large noses and greedy with money. That is the scene of director Albert Bonilla’s retelling of “Merchant” at Long Island City’s Secret Theatre, being shown through Sept. 18. The set, sound and costumes transport the viewer to mid-20th century Venice — complete with an old-timey radio playing tunes from that time. The hateful ads, as well as those depicting the enemies of the Allies, adorn the set. There are subplots to the play but the overarching story focuses on Shylock’s bond with the Christian Antonio, played by Michael Vincent Carrera, who puts up a pound of his flesh as collateral for a loan from the Jew so his friend Bassanio, Zachary Clark, may travel to an island to woo Portia, Joy Donze, whom every man in the land wants to marry but can only do so by winning a game devised by her late father. While the tale is told in the English spoken by Shakespeare, it’s clear director Albert Bonilla wanted to show the torture Jewish people went through in the 20th century. As noted in the playbill, “Merchant” is a

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Like many of Shakespeare’s plays, “The Merchant of Venice” is a tale that transcends the time period it was written and first performed in. In the play, the viewer finds the Jewish character Shylock battling rampant antiSemitism from the ruling class and a legal system set up against him and his kind. Anti-Semitism has persisted in Europe for hundreds of years but its ugliest period came before, during and after World War II. Those who were spared death or capture during the Holocaust were subject to

‘The Merchant of Venice’ When: Through Sept. 18 Showtime at 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. Where: The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City Entry: $18 in advance. $20 at door. secrettheatre.com (718) 392-0722

Shylock, played by Richard Mazda, pleads for justice in “The Merchant of Venice,” PHOTO BY REIKO YANAGI being shown at the Secret Theatre through Sept. 18. “disturbing” play, the anti-Semitism being the main reason. There’s a disdain in most actors’ voice every time they utter the word “Jew,” almost as if it were a swear word. Lancelot, Mike Lee, Shylock’s servant until he leaves him for Bassanio, spits each time he utters the word.

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Most of the works are paintings, drawings and lithographs, though there are a handful of sculptures and even a few poems. Some of the pieces are geometric, as with two from Sherrie Levine’s “Twin Stripes” series and her later “Untitled” works that Fisher Landau describes as “metaphorical board games”; and indeed they look much like the squares and triang l e s of c h e s s a n d b ac kg a m m o n, respectively. Much more organic-feeling are Donald Baechler’s “Composition with Arithmetic” and “Arithmetic,” with their sinuous numbers combining to form a human face. In between the two, perhaps, are Richard Artschwager’s “Book” and “Diderot’s Last Resort,” both works of formica and wood depicting tomes, but the first in what Fisher Landau calls a “formal” way and the second in a “baroque” manner. The viewer can intuit the artist’s progression from one piece to its successor, as with all the associated works on Q display.

Viewing a finished work of art is one thing, and it’s generally what one gets at a gallery. The process that led to the creation is seen less often, outside of openstudio events and the world of street caricatures. Yet many want a look into that process, whether it’s available through books or other media, or is denied, as with the unfulfillable desire to see the hundreds of “Water Lilies” paintings Claude Monet destroyed. An exhibit at the Fisher Landau Center for Art examines the creative process of 20 artists not necessarily through snapshots of works in progress but mostly via completed pieces that in some cases are part of a series and in others simply are related. There are 75 works in the exhibit, entitled “Intuitive Progression” and on view through Nov. 28. “Occupying the entire 2nd floor gallery of the Center, the installation seeks to convey an atmosphere that depicts the creative process as a unique journey fostering artistic development,” Fisher Landau said in its announcement of the exhibit, “[d]isplayed in a When: Through Nov. 28 f a s h i o n c o m p l i m e n t i ng s h a r e d Where: Fisher Landau Center for Art, themes and innovative techniques 38-27 30 St., Long Island City providing an intimate glimpse into Entry: Free. (718) 937-0727, flcart.org the imagination of these ambitious individuals.”

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Guiding these blimps, above, through the central hoop proves more difficult than it would appear. At right, a device that teaches visitors about solar-powered vehicles as they redirect beams of light onto the mobile’s solar panels. On the cover: A flight simulator that is one of PHOTOS BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN the most popular stops in the exhibit.

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When: Through Sept. 18 Where: New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona Tickets: $15; $12 children, students, seniors. (718) 699-0005, nysci.org

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boro continued from page 34 Remember Me Run and Memorial Service, honoring Sept. 11 first responders and those who died after working on the pile. Sat., Sept. 17, 2 p.m., St. Michael’s Cemetery, 72-02 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst. $25 to participate; kids under 11 free. Info: (718) 278-3240, stmichaelscemetery.com. ¡Oye Corona!, cultural celebration, with books and pop-up reading rooms, art-making workshop, DJ and more, all at different times. Sat., Sept. 17, 3-7 p.m., Corona Plaza, Roosevelt Ave. at National, 104 sts. Free. Info: queensmuseum.org.

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TOURS Astoria Park, with two tours: first a walk around the surrounding neighborhood; then the park itself and the shore, both led by East River expert Rich Melnick. Sun., Sept. 11, 2 and 4 p.m. Free. Info (meet-up site not yet listed): (718) 2780700, astorialic.org. World’s Fair history, highlighting the NYS Pavilion, Hall of Science, Queens Zoo aviary and more, led by volunteer docents. Meet at the Unisphere, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Sun., Sept. 11, 11 a.m., 12 and 1 p.m.; also second Sun. of Oct. Free. Info: (718) 760-6437, nycgovparks.org, vickie.karp@parks.nyc.gov..

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KIDS/TEENS Grandparents’ celebration, with games, nature walk, craft-making and snack preparation, for kids 3-7 and their grandparents. Sun., Sept. 11, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. $24 per pair. Info/pre-registration (req’d): (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com. Cool Animals!, with live exotic animal show by Rizzo’s Wildlife Discovery, nature-themed scavenger hunt and more, for kids 6-8. Mon., Sept. 12, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. $22. Info/pre-registration (req’d): (718) 2294000, alleypond.com. Super Cinema Saturday, great feature-length films for kids 5 and up and “their special grownups.” Every Sat., Sept. 10-Oct. 29, 2:30 p.m., Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Ave. Tickets firstcome, first-served 45 minutes before show. Free. Info: (718) 268-7934.

African-American History Camp, learning about important events in black history through reading assignments, discussions, for grades 5 and up. Every Thu. thru Sept. 29; every Tue. thru Sept. 27, 2 p.m., Laurelton Library, 134-26 225 St. Free. Info: (718) 528-2822. Teen time, with Wii games, crafts, movies, talent show stage, books and more. Every Sat., Sept. 10-Oct. 29, 3 p.m., Windsor Park Library, 79-50 Bell Blvd., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 468-8300.

WORKSHOPS Jewelry art, making framed works on velvet backing from old gems and other ornaments, led by Helen Day. Sat., Sept. 10, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Maple Grove Cemetery Victorian Administration Building, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. $25. Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org. Capoeira for beginners, a six-part series teaching the basics of the Brazilian martial art. Each Sat. thru Oct. 8, 12-1 p.m., Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 956-1819, socratessculpturepark.org.

AUDITIONS Queens College Choral Society, a community group for all ages performing Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and more in Dec. Auditions by appointment only: Wed., Sept. 14, 6-7:15 p.m., LeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing (Reeves Ave. side). Info: musicdirector@qccsny.org, ejharpist@aol.com.

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FLEA MARKETS Italian Charities of America, with refreshments. Sat., Sept. 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Info: (718) 478-3100. Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens. Info: (347) 709-7661, richmondhillfleamarket.com.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Young Israel Forest Hills Senior Center, with fitness classes and lunch every day, Mon.-Fri. Ping-Pong every Tue., 1 p.m.; Movie Club every Thu., 1 p.m.; Chinese Culture Club, every Mon., Wed., 1 p.m.; Beaded Jewelry Class first and third Tue. every month, 1 p.m., 68-07 Burns St. Info: (718) 520-2305, foresthillsseniorctr@nyc.rr.com.

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‘Merchant of Venice’ continued from page 35 the end of the play. This is done in part by Shakespeare’s writing as well as the portrayal of the character by Richard Mazda, the theatre’s owner. Mazda is able to portray the pain Shylock feels from being treated as a lesser, perhaps best done when he rips two of the antiSemitic posters off the wall. While the hatred toward Jews takes front and center in Bonilla’s rendition, the subplots are just as expertly played out by the actors on stage.

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Portia and her friend Nerissa, Grace Merriman, make it painfully clear they want Bassanio to be the only person to win the game for her hand in marriage. Outside of their roles as Bassanio’s friends, AB Lugio and Matt Biagani provide comedic relief during their appearances as the princes of Morocco and Arragon, respectively, two suitors who fail in their own attempts to marry Portia. The homoerotic friendship between Antonio and Bassanio is clearly shown by the respective actors, who even share a kiss near the end. If you have two-plus hours to spare before Sept. 18, be sure to catch the next 7 Q train down to LIC for this play.

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ACCOUNTING CITATION File No. 2014-3154/C SURROGATE’S COURT-QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO Scott Matovich; Keith Matovich; Kristine Waller; Phillip Matovich; the heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of Robert Matovich, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assigns and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence; the Attorney General of the State of New York; The Hanover Insurance Company A petition and an account having been duly filed by John J. Matovich, whose address is 14621 Stone Crossing Court, Centerville, Virginia 20120, YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on October 20, 2016, at 9:30 o’clock in the fore-noon of that day, why the account of John J. Matovich, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator, of the estate of George Matovich, should not be judicially settled, [State any further relief requested] that the Court find that Robert Matovich pre-deceased the decedent George Matovich and had no issue who survived the said decedent, that the Court order service of the Citation upon the possible issue of Robert Matovich by publication pursuant to Section 307 3(a)(1) of the Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act, that the Court approve payment of the following expenses: American Agency, $3,375.00, further premium on Administrator’s bond; expenses of publication of Citation in the approximate amount of $1,000.00; Dougherty & Schneider, Administrator’s further legal fees in the approximate amount of $15,000.00; and Tax Advisors Group as accountants’ fee for preparation of further fiduciary income tax returns in the approximate amount of $500.00; and that the Court order such other relief as is just and proper.

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DISTRICT COURT CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA CASE NO.: D-534542-D/Dept. R. Cesar De Souza, Plaintiff. vs. Gloria De Souza, Defendant. SUMMONS NOTICE! YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. THE COURT MAY DECIDE AGAINST YOU WITHOUT YOUR BEING HEARD UNLESS YOU RESPOND IN WRITING WITHIN 20 DAYS. RE AD THE INFORMATION BELOW VERY CAREFULLY. To the Defendant named above: A civil complaint or petition has been filed by the Plaintiff against you for the relief as set forth in that document (see the complaint or petition). The object of this action is: Divorce. If you intend to defend this lawsuit,within 20 days after this summons is served on you (not counting the day of service), you must: 1. File with the Clerk of Court, whose address is shown below, a formal written answer to the complaint or petition. 2. Pay the required filing fee to the court, or file an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and request a waiver of the filing fee. 3. Serve a copy of your answer upon the Plaintiff whose name and address is shown below. If you fail to respond, the Plaintiff can request your default. The court can then enter a Judgment against you for the relief demanded in the complaint or petition. STEVEN D. GRIERSON, CLERK OF COURT. By: Susanna Park, Deputy Clerk. Date: June 08, 2016, Family Courts and Services Center, 601 North Pecos Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89155. Regional Justice Center, 200 Lewis Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89155. Issued on Behalf of Plaintiff: Cesar De Souza, 6584 Isolated Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89110. In Proper Person Published in Queens Chronicle, August 25, September 1, 8, 15, 22, 2016.

PR Professional Home Improvement LLC Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/29/16. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to The Limited Liability Company, 93-23 202nd Street, Hollis, NY 11423. Purpose: General.

BLACKWELL INTL CRE LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/12/16. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 106-09 Ditmars Boulevard, East Elmhurst, NY 11369. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of Sweet Coz Productions, LLC of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/21/16. Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to C/O United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of EVSS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/24/2016. 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 C/O United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice is hereby given that a license, serial number: 1296161 for on-permit restaurant liquor license has been applied for by the undersigned to sell restaurant liquor at retail in Mito Asian Fusion Inc. under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 64-18 108th Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375, County of Queens for on-premises consumption.

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SUMMONS, NOTICE AND BRIEF STATEMENT OF NATURE OF ACTION CONSUMER CREDIT TRANSACTION SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 702734/2015 GENERATION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff, -against- ZENOLA BLUE; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF HAROLD BLUE (deceased), AND ANY OF HIS, HER OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST; et al., Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANT(S): ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF HAROLD BLUE (deceased), AND ANY OF HIS, HER OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to serve upon plaintiff’s attorneys an answer to the complaint in this action within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if the Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. 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 answer, judgment will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. Trial is desired in the County of QUEENS. The basis of venue designated above is that the real property, which is the subject matter of this action, is located in the County of QUEENS, New York. NOTICE: YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of HON. Carmen R. Velasquez, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on the 12th day of August, 2016 in the Jamaica, New York and to be duly entered in the QUEENS County Clerk’s Office, in Jamaica, New York. The Nature of this action pertains to a note and mortgage held by Plaintiff on real property owned by the above named defendants as specified in the complaint filed in this action. The above named defendants have failed to comply with the terms and provisions of the said mortgage and said instruments secured by said mortgage, by failing and omitting to pay the balance due and owing and the Plaintiff has commenced a foreclosure action. Plaintiff is seeking a judgment foreclosing its mortgage against the real property and premises which situates in the Borough of Queens, County of Queens, City and State of New York and is commonly known as 150-16 122nd Avenue, Jamaica, New York 11434 and all other relief as to the Court may seem just and equitable. DATED: August 17, 2016 SCHILLER, KNAPP, LEFKOWITZ & HERTZEL, LLP BY: WILLIAM B. SCHILLER, ESQ., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 950 New Loudon Road, Latham, New York 12110 Telephone: (518) 786-9069 p

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C M SQ page 45 Y K continued from page 2 Adams vs. Sanders State Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) began the year seeking to unseat Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) in the congressional primary — but now finds himself defending his state Senate post against an onthe-rise candidate with the backing of the Queens Democratic Party. Adrienne Adams, chairwoman of Community Board 12 and a retired business executive, could book her ticket to Albany if she defeats the incumbent, who won the 10th District seat in 2012. Sanders defeated scandal-plagued Shirley Huntley for the position after serving in the City Council for 12 years. Adams, a Jamaica resident, has said the Legislature has failed the district and that its residents “deserve better.” She has the backing of Queens political leaders, while her opponent has been endorsed by unions. Sanders, of Rockaway, has defended his record, but added there’s still work left to do. Sanders pulled back on his run for Congress shortly after Adams announced her plans to win his seat. During his brief bid for federal office and at least once during his re-election run, Sanders has been the target of unflattering articles accusing him of political corruption. His allies call the pieces political hit jobs placed in retribution for his challenging Meeks, who is publicly supporting Adams. No Republican is running for the seat. The 10th Senate District serves parts of South Jamaica, Rochdale Village, Rosedale, Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, Springfield Gardens and most of Rockaway.

Five-way primary for Clark’s seat The most jam-packed Queens race is the five-way primary for the Assembly seat of the late Barbara Clark. Community Board 13 Chairman Bryan Block, attorney Clyde Vanel, Roy Paul, Sabine

Clockwise from top left, Bryan Block, Sabine French, Roy Paul, Clyde Vanel and Nantasha Williams are vying for the Democratic nomination in the 33rd Assembly District, a seat held for years by the late Barbara Clark, above left. The winner of that race will face Republican Goldy FILE PHOTOS Francois-Wellington in the general election. French and Nantasha Williams are all looking to secure the Democratic nomination in the 33rd Assembly District, which was held by Clark from 1987 until her death in February. Block and Vanel, both of Cambria Heights, are considered the favorites in this race, as they have the most name recognition and have each been endorsed by several political leaders and unions. Both have promised better jobs, infrastructure and schools for the district if elected. Vanel challenged Clark in the 2010 and 2012 primaries but lost by a landslide both times. Paul, a Queens Village resident and board member of the Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults, French, an active member of the Cambria Heights community, and Williams, a Cambria Heights resident working as chief-ofstaff for Assemblywoman Diana Richardson (D-Brooklyn), have said they’ve been busy connecting with district residents and don’t see their lack of endorsements as a problem. The winner of the primary will go on to face Republican Goldy Francois-Wellington in November. The 33rd Assembly District includes parts of Queens Village, Cambria Heights, St. Albans, Bellerose and Floral Park. Reid vs. Cook Elsewhere in Southeast Queens, Rochdale Village activist Rodney Reid says it’s time for a change. Reid, a member of the neighborhood’s board of directors, is looking to end what he calls “25 years of failed representation” from Assemblywoman Vivian Cook (D-Jamaica). Cook, a 13-term incumbent and a native of South Carolina, boasts of having helped pass a state budget with billions of dollars for education, social services and transportation — but Reid says none of that applies to the 32nd Assembly District. Nonprofits and charities tied to Cook have been the target of investigations by the state attorney general in recent weeks. No Republican has filed to run for the seat. The 32nd Assembly District includes parts of South Jamaica, Rochdale Village and South Ozone Park.

Vivian Cook is looking to be re-elected to a 14th term in the state Assembly. She will have FILE PHOTOS to defeat Rodney Reid to do it. Hyndman already has challengers A s s e m bly wo m a n A l ic i a Hy n d m a n (D-Springfield Gardens) is having to defend her seat less than a year after winning it. The freshman legislator — who defeated Republican District Leader Scherie Murray last November to replace Assemblyman Bill Scarborough after his guilty plea on federal and state corruption charges — will face community activist Lorraine Gittens-Bridges and Linda Guillebeaux, both of Rosedale. Both Hyndman and Gittens-Bridges have touted their advocacy in the community, but the former says her experience — albeit only six months — gives her the edge in the race. Both want to focus heavily on schools. The Chronicle was unable to reach Guillebeaux for comments on her candidacy and she does not have a website.

Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman, left, will face Lorraine Gittens-Bridges, right, and Linda FILE PHOTOS Guillebeaux, photo unavailable.

Titus vs. Loncke Rockaway resident Nigel Loncke, a political activist who has worked for President Obama’s 2012 campaign and for Meeks, is challenging Assemblywoman Michele Titus (D-Far Rockaway). Loncke’s campaign website says little of what he would do, should he defeat Titus, but touts his activism on issues such as climate change, affordable housing and minimum wage. Titus was sworn into the Assembly in 2002, after winning a special election to replace Pauline Rhodd-Cummings, who died in office. She is chairwoman of the Committee on Labor. No Republican has filed to run in the November election. The 31st District encompasses parts of Far Rockaway, Rosedale, Laurelton, Springfield Gardens, South Ozone Park and South Richmond Hill. Unopposed There are many Queens legislators who will have to wait until November to defend their seats, if even then. Queens Assembly members who are unopposed in September are David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows), Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows), Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside), Michael Simanowitz (D-Flushing), Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), Michael Den Dekker (D-Jackson Heights), Jeff Aubry (D-Corona), Aravella Simotas (D-Astoria), Catherine Nolan (D-Sunnyside), Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven), Francisco Moya (D-Jackson Heights) and Ron Kim (D-Flushing). Democrat Stacey Pheffer-Amato and Republican Alan Zwirn face no primary opposition in their campaign to replace outgoi n g A s s e m bly m a n P h i l G old fe d e r (D-Rockaway Park). Goldfeder, who won a special election in 2011 to replace Audrey Pheffer — who left the job to become the Queens county clerk and is the mother of Pheffer-Amato — announced his intention to go to the private sector earlier this year, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family. Queens state senators with no opposition are Tony Avella (D-Bayside), Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria), Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst), Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach). How and when to vote All of the races next week are for Democratic nominations, so only registered members of that party can vote. To see if you’re registered, call the state Board of Elections at (518) 474-6220. You can also call the city BOE’s Queens office at (718) 730-6730. Polls across the city will open at 6 a.m. and close at 9 p.m. To find where your polling place is, you can visit voterlookup.elections.state.ny.us or call 1 Q (866) VOTE-NYC (868-3692).

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State Sen. James Sanders Jr. and Adrienne Adams will duke it out for the 10th Senate District’s Democratic nomination. No Republicans have filed to run so the winner of that race will book his or her ticket to the LegislaFILE PHOTOS ture’s higher chamber next year.

No Republican has filed to run for the seat. The 29th Assembly District includes parts of L au r elt o n , Ro s e d a le, St . A lb a n s , Addisleigh Park, Hollis, Springfield Gardens and Jamaica.

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Oakland Lakeview houses were brick-solid by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

After World War II many in the flood of returning soldiers who came home to buy a new home and start a family ended up in the eastern end of Queens. The famous G.I. Bill made it easy for them to get financial aid. Along Springfield Boulevard between 50th and 51st avenues were empty lots. There was no Oakland Gardens post office at the time and the area was marketed and sold as Bayside Hills. In 1950 Oakland Lakeview ranch homes were built on 40-by100-foot lots. The selling point was they were all brick and stone. All came with knotty pine cabinets and oak floors, a Crosley refrigerator and a Bendix washer. They also had strong, three-coat real plaster walls, all-copper plumbing and a full basement with a garage. The average price of $15,500 and taxes of $1,400 were expensive. Joseph Rubenfeld, the exclusive realtor handling the sales for Allied Realties, courted Jewish families from Brooklyn, telling them they did not have to be tied to a landlord the rest of their lives. The homes were quickly snapped up

An artist’s rendering of the Oakland Lakeview ranch homes on Springfield Boulevard between 50th and 51st avenues, 1950. and enjoyed for a several generations. Now, after 66 years, these homes are moving into the hands of Asian and Indian immigrants with the same dream as the previous owners. However, the price has gone up into the neighborhood of $700,000 to $800,000, depending on the condition a Q given home was left in. Correction The Sept. 1 I Have Often Walked article, “Twins Over the Tracks,” misstated the name of a development. It is Park Lane Plaza. We regret the error.

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