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Former councilwoman wins Democratic nod for borough president PAGE 10 More Election News & Views inside Melinda Katz, seen here with her partner, Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, left, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer and Rep. Joe Crowley, Queens Democratic Party chairman, celebrates winning the Democratic nomination for Queens borough president Tuesday night in Forest Hills. Katz, a former state and city legislator, defeated Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. and real estate developer Everly Brown and will face Republican Tony Arcabascio in November to replace Helen Marshall.

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Billy clubs ’em — may avert runoff De Blasio tops in Dem mayoral race but Thompson won’t yield; Katz wins BP bid by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

ublic Advocate Bill de Blasio took a commanding lead in yesterday’s Democratic primary for mayor, and may have won enough votes to avoid having a runoff election. De Blasio scored 40.1 percent of the votes, according to preliminary Board of Elections figures. His closest rival was former Comptroller Bill Thompson, who won 26.2 percent. But not all votes have been counted yet. If the final tally has de Blasio at 40 percent or more, he’ll be the Democratic nominee to face Republican Joe Lhota, a former deputy mayor and MTA chairman, who won the GOP primary with 52.6 percent of the vote. If de Blasio does not reach 40 percent, he will face Thompson in a runoff on Oct. 1, as required by law for citywide races. Thompson declined to concede the election until all votes, such as absentee ballots and those cast by citizens who were unable to vote by machine yesterday, are counted. In the Democratic race for comptroller, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer beat former Gov. Eliot Spitzer 52 percent to 48 Find detailed percent, and will face Republican reports on Queens John Burnett in November. The Democratic contest for public races in this edition advocate will go to a runoff between and at qchron.com. City Councilwoman Letitia James (D-Brooklyn), who won 36 percent of the vote, and state Sen. Dan Squadron (D-Brooklyn, Manhattan), who took 33 percent. No Republican is running for the seat. Melinda Katz, a former councilwoman and state assemblywoman from Forest Hills, beat Councilman Peter Vallone Jr.

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio won just about 40 percent of the vote — the cutoff point for a runoff. PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE (D-Astoria) 44.5 percent to 33.7 percent to win the Democratic nod for Queens borough president. Katz will face Astoria Republican Tony Arcabascio, a technology executive, in November. In the 19th City Council District in northern Queens, Paul Vallone, an attorney and brother of Peter Vallone Jr., narrowly won the Democratic nomination, with 31.1 percent of the vote

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compared to 29.5 percent for his closest rival in the five-way race, state official Austin Shafran. Vallone’s Republican opponent in November will be Dennis Saffran, also an attorney. In the 22nd District in northwestern Queens, Democratic District Leader Costa Constantinides won his party’s 2013 nomination handily, with 56 percent of the vote. Former Assemblyman Rory Lancman was even more commanding in the 24th District, in Central Queens, winning the Democratic nod with 61.7 percent. In Southeastern Queens, Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) defeated three challengers in the 28th District with 48.6 percent of the vote, Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) beat back two opponents in the 31st with 51.6 percent, and transit union official Daneek Miller narrowly won a six-way race for the Democratic nod in the 27th with 24.4 percent. Democratic District Leader Lew Simon won the 32nd District nomination in South Queens and Rockaway with 65.1 percent of the vote, and will face Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). In the 34th District, which is mostly in Brooklyn but includes much of Ridgewood, Antonio Reynoso, chief of staff to outgoing Councilwoman Diana Reyna (D-Brooklyn, Queens), won the Democratic nod with 49.2 percent of the vote, beating three opponents including former Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who took 37.4 percent. The defeat of Lopez, along with those of Spitzer and ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner, who had run for mayor, means that none of the three candidates who had resigned their last position over a sex Q scandal will regain elective office.

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Center claims it was in the dark on events and now is suing the caterer by Domenick Rafter Editor

After a summer of quiet, neighbors of a Howard Beach synagogue where raucous parties were taking place say the problem is back and a lawyer for the temple says it has filed suit against the caterer he argues has been hosting the parties behind the center’s back. Last spring, residents of the blocks surrounding the Rockwood Park Jewish Center at 157th Avenue and 84th Street complained that the center often hosts wild parties on Saturday nights that spill out onto the quiet residential streets sometimes as late as 3 or 4 a.m. At least half a dozen parties occurred in 2012 and early 2013, according to residents who live near the center. The problem resurfaced again on Saturday, when some of the same neighbors said another party featuring Latin music took place at the center’s catering hall and went on well into the night, spilling out into the community, affecting residents on surrounding blocks. The party took place only two days after the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah and a week before the solemn holy day of Yom Kippur. A man who answered the telephone at the caterer’s number declined to give his name but said the allegations are false. “There was no party here on Saturday,” he said. But neighbors, all of whom declined to have their names published, say otherwise. “I saw people loading musical equipment into the center, from the back parking lot,” said one resident. “And you could hear the music, it went on until almost four o’clock in the morning.”

She said it was the first party she has seen at the facility since the spring. Another resident who lives around the block from the center said patrons took up every parking space for several blocks including the parking lot for St. Helen Church, which is across the street from the Jewish Center. Two neighbors said they saw a woman leave the party and urinate on a front lawn on 85th Street. Unlike past parties, Saturday’s event was not widely promoted. In the past, the hosts would post promotional materials on Facebook, some of which advertised the venue as “Rockwood Center,” not identifying it as a house of worship. The synagogue said it was not aware of the parties and pointed the finger at the caterer, accusing them of using the space without their knowledge. In May, Gary Rosen, the synagogue’s lawyer, said the center will sue the caterer, Crown Royale, to have it evicted from the premises. Rosen filed the suit on Aug. 27 in state Supreme Court accusing Crown Royale of breach of contract for having at least eight Latin-themed parties without the Jewish Center’s leadership knowing about it and not paying license fees as agreed to in the contract they signed with Rockwood Park. Crown Royale has had a contract with the Rockwood Park Jewish Center since January 2005. The suit also accuses the caterer’s owners, Joshua and Myron Gurell, of fraud for allowing the parties to go on without the center’s consent or knowledge. Rosen said news of Saturday’s party would allow him to go to continued on page 38

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Another party at Rockwood Park

In a Queens Chronicle exclusive from May 16, neighbors of the Rockwood Park Jewish Center in Howard Beach described raucous parties occurring there on Saturday nights. The synagogue said the caterer was hosting the parties behind their back and is suing them in state Supreme Court. FILE PHOTO

CB 9 personnel issue gets heated Debate over DM Mary Ann Carey ties up business at Tuesday’s meeting by Domenick Rafter Editor

The debate over Mary Ann Carey dominated the first meeting of Community Board 9 after the summer. FILE PHOTO

meeting with a copy of the evaluation, which other members did not have, and demanded the issue be discussed. The debate evolved into a shouting match between Esposito and Chairman Jim Cocovillo when Esposito made a motion to go into executive session, a debate that is closed to the public.

City Line proposed by a Bangladeshi-American group. Emily Weidenholf, project manager at the city Department of Transportation, said the plazas could be installed by the end of autumn if CB 9 approved them on Tuesday. Brooklyn Community Board 5, which includes East New York, has already given the plazas its OK. But some on the board were skeptical about the plan, including Esposito, who noted there was green space just across the border in Brooklyn. “You have a park that’s two blocks west of this location and it’s bigger than this location,” he said. “It would cost nothing to move this there.” Some board members said they were concerned about the crime situation at the plazas, which sit in a community that for years was notorious for high crime. Weidenhof said the city has installed similar plazas in high-crime areas and it has had a positive effect. “We have plazas in Brownsville, in East New York, in Bed-

Stuy,” she said. “We find they have a good effect on neighborhoods.” Richard Davis, a member of CB 9, said he was supportive of the plan. “We have people who congregate and get together,” he said. “This would be a great addition to the neighborhood.” Cocovillo said the board would vote on the plans at the October meeting. The project was brought before the executive committee in August. The DOT said the plazas would not be installed until the spring if CB 9 approves them next month. Members also got a peek at the planned rezoning of Ozone Park, South Ozone Park and Richmond Hill, which includes the 101st Avenue commercial strip and residential areas around City Line. Most of the rezoning is in Community Board 10, which saw the proposals in the spring. Cocovillo said CB 9 would hold a public hearing and a vote on the proposal in October to allow the plan to be finalized by the end of Q the year.

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The first meeting of Community Board 9 after the sum mer picked up on the same tense, chaotic tone that it left off on in June. The debate over the future of District Manager Mary Ann Carey dominated Tuesday night’s meeting in Richmond Hill, causing the board to descend into complete chaos multiple times as some members protested an evaluation on Carey’s performance that they said violated a resolution the board agreed to at its June meeting. Before the summer, the board debated a proposal to remove Carey from her position due to inadequate work performance. After a marathon closed-door session, the board decided to keep Carey and put her on six-month’s probation set up an ad hoc committee to oversee it. But some confusion over when that period starts — and an evaluation of Carey done last month — led CB 9 member Sam Esposito to ask if the resolution approved in June was being followed. Esposito came to the

“This issue needs to be discussed,” Esposito demanded. CB 9 member John Carter, who chairs the ad hoc committee dealing with Carey’s probation, sought to clear up some issues, but didn’t seem to help quiet the protests on the board. Esposito said he wanted to clarify confusion over Carey, including what the committee is doing and when the six-month probationary period begins, whether it was when the vote was taken in June or Aug. 30 when Carey received the evaluation. “What we need is a clear idea of what we’re doing from someone whom we can trust,” Esposito said. Carter said the committee was set up to discuss the terms of the probation and that it did not start in June. After over a half hour of debate — which included a later-withdrawn motion to adjourn and a promise to revisit the issue in October — Cocovillo forced the meeting to move forward. Besides revisiting the Carey issue, CB 9 decided to table a vote on proposed pedestrian plazas on 101st Avenue and Drew Street in

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Lhota comes to Lindenwood

Lindenwood Mayoral hopeful speaks at September Alliance meeting bank robbed by Domenick Rafter Editor

On the evening before securing the Republican nomination, mayoral candidate Joe Lhota spoke to the September meeting of the Lindenwood Alliance in the Fairfield Arms Co-op, telling the audience that he understands the needs of the boroughs outside of Manhattan. “I will not have a Manhattan-centric government at all,” he said. Lhota gave the audience an overview of what he plans to do if elected mayor, including fighting to reduce taxes and fees, establishing accountability in the schools and merit-based pay for teachers and ensuring that the Police Department has the tools necessary to keep New York safe. “I want this city to be a city where we can live, where we can work, where we can have a lot of fun and where we can and we want to raise our families,” he said. Also in attendance at the meeting was Assemblyman Phil

Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota speaks to members of the PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON Lindenwood Alliance Monday night. Goldfeder (D-Howard Beach) who on the first day back to school told the audience that he was concerned with traffic safety around the local schools. He said that 20 speed cameras, on a rotating basis, will be installed around city schools, but their locations are kept secret. “It’s not about giving you a fine and collecting revenue off a

ticket,” said Goldfeder. “It’s meant to be a deterrent. Just drive slow particularly around schools.” He criticized the city for not addressing traffic safety issues around PS 232. “The crossing guard, every time she walks into the street she takes her life in her hands,” said Goldfeder.

In an effor t to make the streets safer for pedestrians and motorists the state recently passed a law increasing the fines for texting while driving and made the violation a 5-point penalty on a driver’s license. Goldfeder added that a second violation would get the driver a six-month suspension. In other news Alliance members were advised that over the summer there was vandalism of cars and stealing of mirrors, hubcaps and tires. The members were advised by an executive board member that, unfortunately, residents were not reporting these crimes to the police; therefore officials are unaware that these crimes have occurred. Goldfeder will be co-sponsoring a community health fair with the Lindenwood Alliance on Sunday, Sept. 15 from 1 to 5 p.m. at PS 232’s Walter Ward Playground at 84th Street and 153rd Avenue. The next meeting of the Lindenwood Alliance will be on Monday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Q the Fairfield Arms Co-op.

Police are looking for the man who robbed the Queens County Savings Ban k branch in Lindenwood Saturday morning. A man, whom police described as being white and in his 40s, walked into the branch located at 82-10 153 Ave., directly across the street from the Lindenwood Shopping Center at about 10:30 a.m. Saturday, approached a teller and passed a note demanding money. The suspect told the teller in the note that he had a bomb strapped to his body and that he would blow up the building if she didn’t comply. The teller gave him an undisclosed amount of cash and a dye pack. The suspect then f led on foot and police later found the exploded dye pack a block away from the scene of the robbery on 82nd Street. A nyo n e w it h i n fo r m a t io n i s asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also subm it tips by loggi ng onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texti ng 274637 (CR I M ES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictQ ly confidential. — Domenick Rafter

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EDITORIAL

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e congratulate all the winners of Tuesday’s primaries. Many are de facto winners of the general election because they have no opponent in the other party, which underscores the importance of primaries. Not every race went the way we had hoped, as regular readers of this page know. But winners and losers alike fought hard, and, for the most part, over substantive issues. Here in Queens, we especially look forward to the race between Melinda Katz, the Democratic nominee for borough president, and Tony Arcabascio, her Republican challenger. The borough faces some significant challenges — as does the rest of the city, but this isn’t the Bronx Chronicle you’re reading. The next BP needs to address them. New schools are being built, but not fast enough, it seems, as Queens still has the most overcrowded ones in the city. Development, in Western Queens in particular but also elsewhere, continues apace, and the borough president must ensure that the proper infrastructure, especially schools, is in place to handle new residents. The soccer stadium plan for Flushing Meadows Corona Park has been defeated by public opposition, but the next borough president must work to protect our crown jewel

because if history is any guide, someone will propose some other monstrosity there in the future. And it would be great if, as the 50th Anniversary of the park’s second World’s Fair approaches, the next borough president took the lead in finally making a serious effort to restore and repurpose the State Pavilion, whose decay is an embarrassment to the entire city. As of now, that role is being taken on by a teacher and amateur filmmaker from Long Island. He needs partners in government, and the Queens borough president should be first in line. Katz — who’ll almost certainly win — has considerable governmental experience, while Arcabascio comes from the private sector. It’ll be interesting to contrast their respective platforms over the next two months until Election Day. At least we already know that it’ll be Katz vs. Arcabascio in November. Wouldn’t it be nice if we knew who will be the Democratic nominee for mayor, taking on Republican Joe Lhota? Unfortunately we don’t, because Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is hovering right around 40 percent as ballots continue to be tallied, and that’s the magic number for a runoff. A fraction below 40 percent, and he’ll face former Comptroller Bill Thompson on Oct. 1. A fraction above

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40 percent, and the nomination is de Blasio’s. To save money, time and angst, maybe the city should seriously consider instant runoff voting, which works well elsewhere. Of course, that means the Board of Elections would have to implement it, and given its history of problems, that might take a while. On Tuesday there were voters who were told there were no primaries in their districts, even though there were citywide races in both major parties. The board had to drag out the old lever voting machines because it knew it couldn’t tally the votes fast enough on the new optical scanners. Of course, some of the machines didn’t work. Can we at least pick a system and fix it? The primaries had some interesting elements. All three candidates trying to make a comeback after sex scandals cost them their last offices — Anthony Weiner, Eliot Spitzer and Vito Lopez — were defeated. Weiner won a larger share of the Catholic vote than the Jewish vote. De Blasio beat Thompson in Harlem and Christine Quinn in Chelsea, her home district. More such tidbits will no doubt be revealed in coming days. Whether you voted Tuesday or not, be sure to do so in November. Our system doesn’t work right without you.

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the U.N. Charter and international law. Only the Syrian people can decide who should govern their nation. We need an escalation of diplomacy, not war, to stop the bloodshed and address the humanitarian crises in Syria and among refugees in neighboring countries. I am shocked at Mr. Bedell’s sabre-rattling, when our own Pope Francis has explicitly stated regarding Syria, that nations should “lay aside the futile pursuit of a military solution,” and “let there be a renewed commitment to seek, with courage and determination, a peaceful solution through dialogue and negotiation of the parties, unanimously supported by the international community.” Let’s give peace a chance. Robert Keilbach Flushing Editor’s note: The writer submitted his letter before the president’s Tuesday address on Syria.

The War on Terror I Dear Editor: The specter of nightmare is the sight of the Twin Towers engulfed in thick, poisonous black smoke, collapsing before our uncomprehending eyes, still deeply etched in our collec-

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eled from Albany to testify; and New York City Park Advocates, among others. Testifiers said why constructing a mall on parkland is illegal; explained how it doesn’t deliver benefits touted during 2008, or makes them susceptible to contractual escape clauses; summarized the severe, unavoidable traffic impacts; and recounted how the state Attorney General determined that NYCEDC and Claire Shulman’s local development corporation illegally lobbied for approval of the development — and yet the development not only proceeds but is awarded to Sterling, owned by the owners of the Mets: premier financiers of Shulman’s development corporation as it illegally lobbied. The circumstances of the hearing were also newsworthy. With minimal advance notice, it was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on the morning after Labor Day, when many people were away. Less than half of the committee members were present for the Willets Point portion of the hearing. Subcommittee Chairman Mark Weprin only allowed each speaker two minutes, and prohibited Willets Point United from showing its PowerPoint presentation — even though people would have ceded their time for it. In our opinion, all this demonstrates the Council’s contempt for public comment about the proposed development. These latest examples of bias come on top of expanding the development from 62 to 108.9 acres including a mall on parkland, in a private process that shut out the Queens-based Willets Point Advisory Committee from participation, contrary to multiple written promises. The fix appears to be in; let the Council now show us otherwise. Gerald Antonacci For Willets Point United Inc. Flushing

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Wills tops challengers to hold 28th District Takes Dem primary; no GOP opponent by Michael Gannon

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MTA tweaks plan for Lefferts elevator Lift will be installed in two sections, other stations also to be overhauled by Domenick Rafter Editor

The MTA’s project to install an elevator at the Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard A t rain station has been delayed due to design issues, but it is expected to get off the ground early next year. The plan, which includes a complete overhaul of the station’s staircases and platforms, will also see an elevator installed at the station on the north side near Liberty Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard. It has been delayed for months due to design changes with the elevator shaft, according to Joe Raskin, the MTA’s assistant director of government and community relations “We’ve had to do some changes in the design,” Raskin said at Monday’s Community Board 10 meeting in South Ozone Park. “The changes do not affect whether or not we do the work.” The biggest change in the design is that the station will no longer have one elevator serving the street, mezzanine and platform levels. In the new design, there will be one elevator that will connect the street to the mezzanine in front of the fare collection system and then another that will connect the mezzanine to the platform level after a fare is collected. The elevator construction will require the parking lane of westbound Liberty Avenue

The elevator plan for the Lefferts Boulevard subway station has been changed into two sections, one lift connecting the street and mezzanine and the other from the mezzanine to the station platform. ILLUSTRATION COURTESY MTA

to be removed for about a third of the block between Lefferts Boulevard and 118th Street to allow for a wider sidewalk. The Q112 bus stop will be moved 33 feet west to allow for the sidewalk to be expanded. The elevator shaft will sit roughly in the middle of the

sidewalk with about 9 feet of clearance on either side to allow pedestrians to walk around the elevators. The entrance to the lift will face Lefferts Boulevard. The elevator will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as every elevator in the system does.

The Lefferts Boulevard station — the terminus for the Liberty Avenue elevated line — will also get new stairs, new platforms and a new roof. The width of the platform between the tracks and the elevator will be widened to be handicapped accessible. Raskin said the work is now scheduled to begin in January. The MTA does not yet have a cost for the project until it goes out to bid, which will be in the next few months, and Raskin said in May it would take up to two years to complete. The elevator will be the third to be placed at a station in CB 10, along with ones at Howard Beach-JFK Airport and the newly reopened station at Aqueduct Racetrack, which serves Resorts World Casino New York City. Work is also expected to be contracted out this month for the reconstruction of the five other stations along Liberty Avenue: 80th Street, 88th Street, Rockaway Boulevard, 104th Street and 111th Street. The stations are expected to get their platforms and mezzanine levels overhauled as well as new staircases in some of the stations. New stairs were installed at Rockaway Boulevard several years ago. The tracks above Liberty Avenue were overhauled in 1999 and the trestle was Q painted in the mid-2000s.

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A taste of honey at Rockaway Beach NYC Honey Festival returns to the seashore for the third year

Revelers were able to taste honey from all over New York City.

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Douglaston resident Ruth Harrigan talks about her honey and honey-made beauty products.

he 3rd Annual New York City Honey Festival returned to the boardwalk, several blocks down from where it was held last year on a newly renovated portion of the shorefront structure at Beach 86th Street that was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy last October. Beekeepers and honey aficionados from all five boroughs swarmed onto the Rockaway Peninsula under bright sunny skies (for the third year in a row) to sample the city’s best honey and talk about beekeeping. This year’s festival included hive-making classes for children. Long Island City’s Brooklyn Grange was there to sell some of its homemade honey and zesty hot sauce. Douglaston’s Ruth Harrigan’s honey and soaps, candles and lip balm made of honey were selling fast. Harrigan offered tastes of honey made from her hive in Douglaston, as well as other hives in Staten Island and New Jersey. Raffles were sold to raise money for local Sandy relief charities. The festival began in 2011, after the city legalized beekeeping, and was held at Beach 96th Street that year and last year. That portion of the boardwalk remains Q under reconstruction.

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Howard Beach bay front gets a cleaning A bay front plot near the Joseph Addabbo Bridge in Howard Beach that has been overrun with trash got a much-needed cleaning last Friday thanks to workers brought in from the city Parks Department. With funding allocated to the city by the federal government after Hurricane Sandy, more than a dozen people took to the small shorefront plot adjacent to Cross Bay Boulevard between 165th Avenue and the bridge

and cleared the accumulation of trash there. The cleanup was organized by both the city and federal governments in collaboration as part of their general management agreement for Gateway National Recreation Area. The site is owned by the National Parks Service. The garbage issue at the site was featured in a Queens Chronicle front page story on Aug. 29. The plot was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, inundated with nearly 10 feet

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Mixed results in GOP district leader races Chairman Phil Ragusa holds on, but former BOE commissioner trails by Domenick Rafter Editor

For many Queens Republicans, there was hope that Tuesday’s primary election for state committee positions, also known as district leaders, would put an end to the ongoing civil war within the party. But as results trickled in Wednesday, it appeared there wasn’t any decisive decision one way or another. In probably the highest profile of the undercard races, Queens Republican Chairman Phil Ragusa beat back a challenge from Salvatore Bacarella. Unofficial results put Ragusa ahead of Bacarella 58 percent to 42 percent. But Ragusa’s co-district leader in the Bayside-based 28th Assembly District, former Board of Elections Commissioner Judith Stupp, is trailing her primary opponent, Anne Marie Devlin by 148 votes. Bacarella and Devlin made news in the final hours of the race when an endorsement from Rudy Giuliani appeared on their mailers and the former mayor conducted robocalls for the two candidates that went out to voters on Monday night. A Giuliani spokesperson wouldn’t confirm the endorsement, however and Stupp’s husband, Herb Stupp, Giuliani’s commissioner on aging, said that he knew personally that Giuliani was staying out of state committee primaries.

The rival GOP factions split the other three The final battleground was in the 35th districts as well. In the Forest Hills-based 28th Assembly District in Corona and East ElmDistrict, Bart Haggerty, brother of John Hag- hurst. There, Ivy Mingott, an opponent of gerty, who was convicted of laundering Ragusa, ousted incumbent Ruby Muhammad money from Mayor Bloomberg’s 2009 cam- by 15 points, while Ragusa ally Melvin Morpaign, defeated Juan Reyes 54 percent to 46 gan handily defeated Fernando Bernal. percent. Reyes’ son, also named Juan, was “We want new leadership who will reach Ragusa’s candidate for state Senate in 2012 out to our community,” said Eric Mingott, against Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Ivy’s son and a former Assembly candidate. Beach) and was ultimately defeated in the In one final race that didn’t have much Republican primary by Councilman impact on the borough party battle, Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). HaggerScherie Murray, the GOP candidate ty and Ulrich are both opponents of for the 31st Council District, is Ragusa’s leadership. trailing her opponent for state The elder Reyes’ wife Catherine committeewoman, Maureen Petit— a Ragusa supporter — defeated phare by 3 votes, according to Amanda Kohut, a former staffer for unofficial results. 2013 ex-Rep. Bob Turner, in the same disThe state committee members hold trict for the female state committee person sway over the future leadership of the 55 percent to 45 percent. party. Although the chairman is officially In the Maspeth-based 30th District, long- elected by county committee members, they time district leader Anthony Nunziato, defeat- often take their cues from district leaders. ed his primary opponent Daniel Creighton, a Devlin’s apparent victory in the 26th Assembly Ragusa supporter, by nearly 30 points. District would give the Ognibene wing of the The race for the female position in that dis- party an important foothold in Ragusa’s home trict is very close, according to unofficial base of Northeast Queens. results. Incumbent Rosemarie Iacovone, a supParty sources seem divided on what the porter of Ragusa, is only seven votes ahead of results could mean. One source said it puts challenger Margaret Ognibene, wife of former Ragusa’s chairmanship in jeopardy, while Councilman Tom Ognibene, who attempted to another said he would likely hang on in anothtake control of the party from Ragusa in 2011. er leadership vote.

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A teenager from Woodhaven was killed last week in a freak accident with a model helicopter he was flying. Roman Pirozek Jr., 19, was f lying a remote-control helicopter in a Brooklyn park popular with chopper enthusiasts at around 3:40 p.m. last Thursday when he lost control and the helicopter struck him. Police say the 2-foot-long blades sliced through his head and neck, killing him almost instantly, as he was practicing stunts with the flyer. Police believe he lost control of the helicopter while performing a stunt in an open field at Calvert Vaux Park in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn near Coney Island. Pirozek’s father, Roman Pirozek Sr., was at the field. He is the vice president of a local hobby club, Seaview Rotary Wings, whose members use the park as a base of operations for their hobby. Pirozek lived on 88th Avenue in Woodhaven and attended St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic school. He graduated

from the High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture last June. Recently, he worked at JFK Airport as a cargo handler, according to multiple published reports. The teen’s YouTube page features videos of himself and others flying a model copters and performing daredevil stunts with them. A recent video by Pirozek shows the point of view of his model helicopter flying above the park where he would later die while he controls it from the ground. Though incidents of people being killed by model aircraft are rare — the only other recorded death by a model helicopter recently occurred in Switzerland in July — Pirozek’s hobby club and the Academy of Model Aeronautics both had a list of safety rules including not flying if there are parkgoers present on the field being used and making sure radio frequencies are clear. Cou ncilman Domenic Recchia (D-Brooklyn), whose district includes the park, is asking the city Parks Department to place a moratorium on model helicopQ ter flying.

In 2011, Ognibene held his own meeting and got himself elected chairman of the Queens GOP with committee members mainly from southern Queens, while northern Queens Republicans backed Ragusa. The state party only recognized Ragusa’s election. The divide between the party factions erupted again last year during the Reyes-Ulrich state Senate primary and this year in the GOP mayoral primary when Ragusa backed John Catsimatidis, while the Ognibene wing backed Joe Lhota. Though Lhota has won the nomination, the results in Queens showed an extremely close race between the two. Some GOP officials have been calling for a compromise candidate, such as former Rep. Bob Turner, to bring the factions together. Ulrich, who supported Ognibene’s move to take over the party in 2011, said now is the time for Turner to step in and heal the party divide. “Now more than ever, Republicans should work together to unite our party so that we can focus on winning elections in November,” he said. “I strongly believe that former Congressman Bob Turner is the only person able to bring about fundamental change and heal the self-inf licted wounds that have caused so much turmoil over the past few years. I will be urging the newly elected district leaders to Q support me in this effort.”

New superintendent named for Gateway Jennifer Nersesian, an 11-year veteran of the National Parks Service, has been chosen to be the new superintendent of Gateway National Recreation Area, the federal park that includes much of Jamaica Bay, Fort Tilden and coastal Brooklyn, Staten Island and Sandy Hook, New Jersey. “I am very pleased to have Superintendent Nersesian stepping into this important position,” said Joshua Laird, commissioner of National Parks of New York Harbor. “This is a time of great opportunity for Gateway. With the completion of our General Management Plan, the park is poised to become a model of resiliency and a showcase for all that a 21st-century urban national park can be.” Nersesian previously served as superintendent of the New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park in Massachusetts. There, she helped develop a new shuttle pilot program for the park in partnership with the New Bedford city government and the local transit authority, and increased the park’s accessibility online through new and emerging technology. During her time at the NPS, she has also worked at Yosemite National Park. “This is such an exciting moment in

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Borough prez continued from page 10 isn’t looking good.” At 11:10 p.m. the councilman arrived at his party after calling Katz to concede. His father, former Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., introduced his son. “He never denied his principles,” Vallone Sr. said. “Here’s one of the great winners of all time.” Vallone Jr. took the stage thanking his family, staff, friends and street team. “We took on the world,” Vallone said, referencing Katz’s Democratic Party endorsement and strong backing from other politicians, “and scared the heck out of the them. “We started this campaign as a strong, independent voice for Queens and we’re not going to stop that,” he said. The councilman has represented Astoria for 12 years, the maximum allowed time with term limits. He is the ch a i r m a n of t he P u bl ic Sa fe t y Committee. Costa Constantinides, the deputy chief of staff for Councilman Jim Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows), beat two Democratic candidates in the primary for Vallone’s City Council seat. He will face Republican Daniel Peterson and several third-party candidates in November. Katz will face Republican Tony Q Arcabascio in November.

Senator kicks off library evening hours Addabbo sets up mobile office in district by Tess McRae Reporter

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Middle Village) will be hosting evening office hours at Queens Library locations in Forest Hills, Maspeth and Glendale this month. Addabbo said he hopes having extended hours will allow him to meet with more of his constituents without scheduling appointments and to hear about the issues concerning them. “Many of my constituents might be unable to visit my district offices during the day, Monday through Friday,” Addabbo said in a statement. “The time I am spending at mobile office hours during some evenings around my district gives them an opportunity to see me in their own neighborhoods without making an appointment, so I may personally address their concerns. “I will also be speaking about how important library funding is from the city and the state in restoring programs and services to local libraries, like the week-

day extended evening hours.” The extended hours take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursdays at: the North Forest Park branch at 98-27 Metropolitan Ave. in Forest Hills on Sept. 12; Sept. 19, at the Maspeth branch located at 69-70 Grand Ave.; and Sept. 26 in Glendale at 78-60 73 Place. “My constituents should also know that I’ve worked to restore NYS capital funding for vital building projects like Woodhaven Library’s recently completed interior renovations to its Carnegie building (Phase 1), and the fast-approaching renovations at the Glendale and Ozone Park libraries,” Addabbo continued. In addition, the senator will also hold mobile office hours in October for those who are unable to attend any of his September office hours. For more information or to schedule an appointment during usual office hours, call one of the senator’s district offices in Howard Beach at (718) 738-1111; in Middle Village at (718) 497-1630; or in Far Q Rockaway at (718) 318-0702.

State OKS USTA growth Gov. Cuomo signed off on legislation that seals the deal for the United States Tennis Association expansion at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The governor touted the creation of 1,500 construction and full-time jobs in his approval. “Today’s legislation will help make that possible, by allowing the expansion and improvement of this sports complex, while also creating more than 1,500 jobs for the community,” Cuomo said. The signing on Sept. 6 will provide for a two-thirds of an acre boundary expansion of the complex. In return the city will receive back 1.56 acres of land for public recreational use, which it now leases to the USTA. Park advocates continue to balk at the deal because the USTA will still manage the land and close it during the US Open. The $500 million project includes plans to build a 15,000-seat stadium and an 8,000-seat stadium, as well as new plazas. In July the City Council signed off on the project in return for $10.05 million to go to the park and 16 community programs sponsored by the association. Q

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Crowd asks for no vote on Syria action Monday 70 go to Jackson Heights to sway Congressman Joe Crowley by Josey Bartlett Editor

About 70 people, mostly seniors, took to Jackson Heights Monday night to urge Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) to vote no on potentially bombing Syria for the government’s alleged use of toxic gas on its citizens. “We have to take a different stance from Obama,” said Lebanese-Armenian Maria Bakhchyan at the hour-long candlelight vigil. “We’re tired of America going into all the Middle Eastern countries. It’s going to make things worse and we don’t know what kind of retaliations could occur.” “I am opposed to military intervention in Syria because killing more Syrians is not the answer to those Syrians who have already been killed, and we do not need another unnecessary and costly war in the Middle East when people still need jobs here in the United States,” said local organizer Judith Natkins. Crowley did not respond with a comment

before press time. The vigil came a day before President Obama addressed the nation on Syria. He asked Congress to delay its vote, which most analysts believed would be against a military strike. He cited a possible agreement with Russia, a longtime ally of Syria, to work with international monitors to destroy chemical weapons. Working with Russia has stirred doubt among lawmakers, however. Obama previously called for action, saying Syria violated international law by using chemicals that killed children and adults a nd therefore th reatened U.S. security. The event was part of a national day of action being organized by the progressive organizations MoveOn.org, Civic Action, CREDO Action, Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Win Without War. Similar vigils took place in nearly 100 citQ ies across the country on Monday.

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Centreville Street is a well-known, mostly residential street in Ozone Park. The most popular of the neighborhood “back roads” — secondary streets used by residents to access the Belt Parkway without having to use congested corridors like Cross Bay and Lefferts boulevards — Centreville has two segments, one between the Belt and Pitkin Avenue and another between Linden and Rockaway boulevards, separated by the A train viaduct. If you’re telling yourself “This stupid reporter spelled the street name wrong!” keep reading, because he didn’t. Though most Ozone Park residents will tell you the street’s name is C-E-N-T-E-R-V-I-L-L-E, it’s not correct. Scott Gastel, a spokesman for the city Department of Transportation, confirmed the agency officially spells the street’s name C-E-N-T-R-E-V-I-L-L-E, and it sounds just like it’s spelled. Howie Kamph, president of the Ozone Park At the intersection of Linden Boulevard and Peconic and Centreville streets, the latter road is spelled Civic Association and longtime resident of the two different ways — depending on which side of the street you’re on. PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER Centreville section of Ozone Park, which gets its name from the street, said that the city’s spelling is correct and Park around the street that it takes its name from, is actually prothe wrong spelling is due to people mispronouncing the name of nounced Sen-TRUH-vill and not the common Sen-TER-vill. the community. The wrong spelling is so common, local realtors often use it in “Everybody pronounces the name wrong,” said Kamph, who has real estate ads and even residents use it in their addresses. Some the correct spelling on his civic group’s newsletter. street signs even have the wrong spelling. Q The community of Centreville, which is the section of Ozone Gastel said the misspelled street signs will be replaced.

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Those driving down Woodhaven Boulevard may have noticed the construction being done on the train trestle near Eliot Avenue. In 2012, the Metropolitan Transit Authority, in partnership with the Long Island Rail Road, began renovating the overpass that may soon carry the Elmhurst train that has been proposed to make a comeback. The $4 million project involves typical track upkeep. LIRR spokesman Sal Arena said restoration of the trestle requires waterproofing the upper decks, new drainage installations, new bearings, bridge feet and structural steel. Normally, the LIRR will send major projects out for bid to private construction firms. This project, however, is being completed entirely by LIRR construction crews. While the project may eventually lead to a new train line, some residents have grown frustrated with the temporary dividers and sectioned-off portions of the busy roadway. “I respect what they’re doing here and maybe in a few years it will be better, but it’s so

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It’s that time of year again for shot Flu injections are now available at drug stores and doctors’ offices by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

Labor Day is barely over and the kids are just going back to school, but health officials say it’s not too early to get flu shots. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is already telling the public to get the shot early. Chain drugstores such as CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens have posted signs saying they have the vaccine. Smaller drug stores and doctors’ offices are set to deliver the prescribed dosage. Each year, the CDC and the World Health Organization design a vaccine to protect against the three strains they predict are most likely to cause the flu in the next several months. Last year’s outbreak was considered relatively mild, but flu deaths can range from 3,000 to 49,000 a year in the United States. Although officials at the CDC will not predict how severe the flu season will be or how much protection this year’s vaccine will provide, they say the earlier people get the shot, the better. The most active time for flu to hit is January or February, but it can begin as early as October and continue through next May. Protection lasts a year and even if the vaccine isn’t a perfect match for the active strain, CDC officials say it will reduce the severity of the symptoms or help prevent flurelated complications. The cost of the vaccine is covered by many federal programs such as Medicare Part B and many health insurances. Check with neighborhood drugstores for a schedule of when the shots are given. You may be able to get it on the spot. Or call your physician to make an appointment. The city Department of Health offers a f lu vaccine

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Military plane over Queens A C-123 military plane led to some confusion and concern Saturday morning when it flew over southern Queens. The twin-engine propeller plane, a U.S. military staple during the Vietnam War, f lew at around 5,000 feet over JFK Airport, Howard Beach and Ozone Park at around 9:45 a.m. Saturday. The dull buzz of the plane’s engines sent eyes skyward, leaving some residents to wonder what was going on. Military aircraft, including C-130s and Chinook helicopters, are not uncommon over southern Queens and typically herald a visit by the president of the United States or another world leader, but Saturday’s event seemed out of the ordinary. “I thought it had something to do with Syria,” one Howard Beach resident wrote on Facebook. But the real story is much less threatening. The plane, which was retired by the U.S. Air Force in 1980, was being used in filming a scene for the show “Alpha House” at Republic Airport in Suffolk County and was on its way back to base Q out west. — Domenick Rafter

locator in Queens online. Go to nyc.gov/health and select seasonal flu. The DOH estimates 2,000 New Yorkers die yearly of flu and pneumonia,which is often a complication of the flu. Influenza is a contagious respiratory disease that affects the nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs. It is spread easily by virus-containing droplets dispersed in the air by sneezing and coughing. Since the virus strains change each year, an annual shot is required. It is recommended for people ages 6 months and older and the drug becomes effective in two weeks. Drug manufacturers have projected they will produce between 135 million and 139 million doses of vaccine for use in the United States during the 2013-2014 season. The CDC recommends taking three steps to fight the flu: Get the shot; take preventive action to stop the spread of germs; and take flu antiviral drugs from your doctor if you get the flu. Vaccinations of high-risk persons is especially important to decrease the risk of severe flu illness, according to the CDC. They include young children, pregnant women, people with chronic health conditions like asthma, diabetes or heart and lung disease, and people 65 and older. To prevent the spread of the virus, avoid close contact with sick people and cover your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing. Stay home if you have the flu. Wash your hands often and avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth because germs spread this way. If you get the flu, antiviral drugs prescribed by your doctor in the early stages can make the illness milder and shortQ en the time you are sick.

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Report on school arrests shows racial disparity continued from page 23 “The one thing about the numbers is that they are not complete as they only report the number of arrests made by the School Safety Department,” Lieberman said. “We repeatedly hear that often times, regular police officers will make the arrests near school grounds and it will not get counted toward a school arrest. Children are, in large numbers, detained and prevented from going to school simply because they didn’t get there in time.” Specific schools are not singled out in the report. Arrests are listed based on precinct sections. Arrests made in the past for missteps including drawing on desks or arriving late to school are part of the reason the City Council requires the data to be released. But while the charges pressed against an individual student are listed, there is no way to determine exactly why a student was handed a summons or arrested. In Southern Queens, 66.7 percent of those arrested for committing a felony were charged with second-degree assault — intent to cause serious physical injury to someone and actually causing serious physical injury to that person — all of wh ich were com m it ted by A f r ica n Americans. There is a strong interest in fighting amongst kids today,” Cohen said. “It’s like second nature. One of my neighbors

was talking to some kids who may have been playing but looked a little wild and I came over and supported her and asked them to stop. It is the responsibility of the school community and community residents to find alternatives to suspension or calling the cops. The community has not been as welcome in the schools as it was years ago and that is mostly because a large number of students who attend school don’t live in the community the school is in.” On Sept. 4, the Student Safety Coalition, a group of educators, parents, students, advocates and legal experts, called on the next mayor of New York City to implement reforms to end “overly aggressive policing in the city schools and restore authority over school discipline to professional educators.” They presented a “New Vision for School Safety,” a set of nine principles for overhauling the so-called “flawed” Memorandum of Understanding between the NYPD and the DOE that governs school safety operations. The memorandum is an agreement that the Board of Education made with the mayor in 1998 that transferred school safety responsibilities from the DOE to the NYPD. In essence, they are calling on teachers and administrators to play a more active role in disciplining students. “I would say that 100 percent of what I

learned in college, I don’t use as a teacher,” said a Queens high school teacher, whose name has been withheld. “I don’t remember one thing I was taught to apply when I was getting my master’s working in real life. One of the first pieces of advice I received is not to get involved in a fight, but if a kid is stomping on another kid’s head, I’m sorry but I’m getting involved. There aren’t fights all the time but there have been times when I had to beg students to help me separate their peers.” The DOE could not comment on student arrests as they said they do not handle the data. “A school cannot now and never could be an effective learning environment if it does not provide emotional support so that the kids are invested in their school community and are supported through a productive and constructive administration,” Lieberman said. “The suspensions, arrests, summonses are overused. These are measures that should only be utilized as a last resort in the most extreme cases. They should never be used without substantial due process. “The biggest irony in our school discipline tactics is that kids get arrested for being late to school instead of figuring out why some children fail to attend schools and figuring out mechanisms of getting them interested in learning again,” Q she added.

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Martial arts expo at Concert series makes Rockaway Beach Sat. return to Maple Grove Fighters from across city to take part by Domenick Rafter Editor

Rockaway martial artist and gym owner Chris Romulo is seeking to bring the sport to more people in southern Queens and is hosting a free expo this weekend on the Rockaway boardwalk that everyone is invited to watch. The expo will be held at Beach 96th Street this Saturday, Sept. 14 from 3 to 7 p.m featuring fighters from all across the city, as well as students from Romulo’s gym — CROM Martial Training. Nearly three years ago, Romulo and h is w ife moved to Rock away a nd brought with them their love for marital arts, including muay-thai — a combat spor t native to Thailand. But they noticed the peninsula lacked a facility in which to learn. “In 2009, there was no muay-thai gym out here at the time,” Romulo said. “So my wife and I decided to open one.” Their facility on Beach 92nd Street, was beginning to thrive when Hurricane Sandy hit and destroyed it.

“We got f looded out,” Romulo said. “We lost all our equipment and we lost our space.” The center was shut down for months, but they reopened over the summer in a newer, larger, space at Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 88th Street. Now called CROM Martial Training and Cross Fit Rockaway, the gym offers both group classes and personal training. “Now we’re really a full gym,” Romulo said. The idea of holding the expo came to Romulo after he noticed many of his neighbors had no idea what martial arts like muay-thai were. “We really believe that people will get the idea of training muay-thai if we did a show,” he said. The event is free and open to the public on a newly reconstructed part of the boardwalk. It will also serve as a chance to raise funds for a scholarship program to allow lower-income children and teens to take part in martial arts proQ grams.

Renowned pianist to play in Kew Gardens by Tess McRae Reporter

The Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery announced the return of the Lhevinne Classical Concert Series in Kew Gardens on Sept. 21. This year, the concert will feature pianist and chamber musician Steven Gaff, who made his concert debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Gaff, who studied with Adele Marcus, Beveridge Webster and Herbert Stessin, was born in Chicago where he began his music training. A string of scholarships led to him studying at the Julliard School where he received a bachelor’s deg ree as a Petschek scholarship award recipient, and a doctorate of musical arts from The Graduate School of CUNY. He currently teaches music at Hunter College and The CUNY Macaulay Honors College. There will be limited seating and tickets are $25 for general admission, $20 for seniors and $15 for members.

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Before you know it we have come to that time of the year when our Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation board staff and I accelerate our hard work in preparation for our Oct. 20 “Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival.” All of our stores and restaurants are getting prepared for this, our 33rd annual street festival. I remember the first “Wonderful Woodhaven Street Fair,” a small arts and crafts fair with only arts and crafts vendors and no stores or businesses participating. The area covered five blocks and the hours were 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. What a difference now. Our “Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival” is now on 10 blocks — from Woodhaven Boulevard to 80th Street — with most Jamaica Avenue stores and restaurants involved, from 12 to 6 p.m. You can just feel the excitement of sales, signs and bargains being readied and many different restaurant menus from American, sushi, Thai, Mexican, Chinese and all types of Spanish food. The Greater Woodhaven Development board and staff are working very hard to sponsor and produce this festival — which is no easy feat — and our GWDC does it all with no other organizations involved. Bring the family for a safe, fun-filled family day with rides and activities for children, antique cars — even a model T Ford — and a variety of vendors with unique products and bargains.

Also those zeppoles, sausages and peppers that truly make it a festival. The entertainment will be a country western band featuring the Mary Lamont Band, line dancers and dancing in the streets. The Malaysian Lion Dancers of Chinese New Year’s celebration fame will also perform. This past Sunday I attended a poignant but small ceremony at Dry Harbor Playground in Forest Park at the 9/11 Memorial Garden and Memorial Stone. This “American Day Committee” was made a reality in 2007. Sadly, Ed Walter passed and never saw this completed memorial garden, which is dedicated to 43 surrounding community residents who were lost on that fateful day. This ceremony has been continued by Dorie Capace, Harold McCabe, Vincent Arcuri and others. We were honored to have in attendance Rose Marti whose only son Michael was lost that day. It was a good way to spend a beautiful day so much like that sad day 12 years ago. Our next GWDC meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Café (entrance on 88th Street). At this meeting there will be a special September 11, 2001 remembrance. Please attend and share your thoughts. Since there will be no October GWDC meeting we will also host a “Candidates Night” for the November 5 election. Please mark your calendars and attend this important meeting. May God bless our Armed Forces, our disabled veterans and may God bless America. Q

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currently receiving the Basic School Tax Relief property tax exemption. The system is designed to save taxpayers millions by eliminating inappropriate STAR tax exemptions. The new registration does not apply to seniors receiving Enhanced STAR tax breaks, who must continue to register annually. The Tax Department is mailing letters to all 2.6 million Basic STAR recipients, with registration instructions for the online application. Anyone with questions on registration should call (518) 457-2036. The letters are set to go out to Queens residents Sept. 23 through 27. The deadline for Q completing the registration is Dec. 31. — compiled by Peter C. Mastrosimone Chairwoman Betty Braton, Crown Royale has not had a liquor license since at least 2007. Some of the advertisements for the parties earlier this year said liquor would be served. Braton acknowledged Monday that the board has received complaints stemming from Saturday’s party. A police source also said the precinct had received complaints. One neighbor said she doesn’t care what happens inside the building, but that the center needed to be more respectful and understanding of their neighbors. “I have nothing against the people who come to these parties or what they do,” she said. “But don’t let it affect the quality of life in this neighborhood. We’re afraid to go out Q when the parties are happening.”

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Maker Faire patrons will be invited to leave their mark on Elmhurst resident Hector Orellana’s giant elephant sculpture, “Congo.” Also, there will be many other inventions to peruse such as Jessen Jurado’s 1930’s radio refurbished to hook up to Androids and iPhones, as well as other Apple products.

TINKERERS TAKE OVER Fourth annual Maker Faire comes to Hall of Science

Queens-based participants repping our borough in our borough. “We’re so excited to be back at the New York Hall of Science for World Maker Faire,” said Sherry Huss, vice president of Maker Media. Hector Orellana, an East Elmhurst artist who has been going to the New York Hall of Science since his days as an elementary school student at PS 19, will bring “Congo” a giant elephant sculpture for his first “Faire.” The elephant invites everyone to draw, scribble and doodle on each of its 389 plywood triangles. “My inspiration was to build a sculpture that represents strength, power and courage,” Orellana said. “And what better than a giant elephant? I wanted the public to interact with my piece. I wanted everybody that approached it to leave a mark and write or draw what represents strength, courage or Continuedonon page power to them.” continued page 43

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he Maker Faire will wing into the New York by Hall of Science on Sept. 21 for its fourth annual Josey Bartlett event here in New York City. The interactive festival is a playground for the creative and inventive and anyone who wants to see what these crafty doit-yourselfers and scientists have up their sleeves. The website describes the two-day fair that started in 2006 in San Francisco as “part science fair, part county fair and part something entirely new.” Last year 500 “Makers,” 100 more than the year before, participated in the Flushing Meadows Corona Park-based event. The Long Island City-based Circus Warehouse, the city’s only professional circus training school, showed off their acrobatic skills for the second year with 20-foot-highup-in-the-sky tricks. This year the organizers are expecting 650 Makers with 40

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English as a Second Language Course, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Room 333, Kew Gardens, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-8 p.m., Sept. 10-Dec. 19. Free. Call 718-261-7664 to register or email: laccq@ aol.com. Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy. & Northern Blvd., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., Wednesdays, $25/session. Instruction from award-winning artist. Call (718) 969-1128.

Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs “Artists’ Walks: The Persistence of Peripateticism, 11-05 45th Ave., Long Island City, Thursday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., through November 17. Contact (718) 937-6317, or go to www.dorsky.org. “Biala: Vision and Memory” at Queens College, Goodwin-Ternbach Museum, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sept. 12, through Oct. 27. Call (718) 997-4747. Maria Rose International Doll Museum, 187-11 Linden Blvd., St. Albans, Wednesday - Saturday, 12:30-4:30 p.m., Call (718) 276-3454, (917) 8178653. Volunteers needed.

AUDITIONS The Oratorio Society of Queens is preparing for its Annual Holiday Concert, Sunday, Dec. 22. Auditions 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 16. Reservations required. Contact: (718) 279-3006, www.queensoratorio.org. STAR - Senior Theater Acting Repertory is looking for seniors to perform short scenes at senior centers, libraries, Y’s, churches/synagogues. Call (718) 776-0529.

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Theater Time Productions, “A Murder is Announced,” Colonial Church of Bayside, 54-02 217 St., Sept. 20, 21, 27, 28 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 28 & 29 at 3 p.m., $16, $14 seniors and students. Sept. 20: dessert after party. Reservations recommended. Contact: (347) 358-8102, theatretime.org. STAR - Senior Theater Acting Repertory presents drama/comedy scenes and musical numbers, Wednesdays: Glen Oaks Library, 256-04 Union Tpke., (718) 831-8636, Sept. 25 and Oct. 23, 2 p.m.; Cross Island YMCA, 238-10 Hillside Ave., Bellerose, (718) 479-0505 Nov. 13, 12:30 p.m. All performances free.

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FILM Irish Movie Night, Friday, Sept. 20, 7:30-10 p.m., New York Irish Center, 1040 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $15/8, all ages. Contact: Christopher Deignan, chris@newyorkirishcenter.org, (347) 665-4085, nyirish.org Flicks in the Garden, Saturday, Sept. 28, 6-8 p.m., Sunnyside Gardens Park, 48-21 39 Ave. Cost: $10. Contact: Tommy Arnstein, flicksinthegarden@ gmail.com., flicksinthegarden.com. Screening of “Island of Death.” Thursday, Sept. 19, 10:30 a.m., Laughing Devil Comedy Club, 4738 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Contact: Daniel Reynolds, (407) 279-6724, DevilScience@gmail. com.

MUSIC Flamenco! at Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, Sept. 13-29. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. Tickets $35; students and seniors for $32; $30 on Fridays. Contact: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org. The “Con Brio Ensemble” at the Church-in-theGardens, Sunday, Sept. 22, 4:30 p.m., 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. Call (718) 268-6704. Couperin & Eau de Vie: Brooklyn Baroque, Friday, Sept. 27, 6 p.m., 150-03 Jamaica, Ave. Jamaica. Free. Call: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13, kingmanor.org.

MEETINGS Ozone Park Civic Association, Certified Financial Planner will discuss retirement planning and decisions, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m., 97-14 135 Drive. Call (646) 298-7575.

AARP Chapter 2889 meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month at 12 Noon at the American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., Maspeth. Call (718) 672-9890. The Flushing AARP Chapter No. 1405 meets at Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., Flushing, at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Sept. 9 and 23. Open to the general public.

FLEA MARKETS Italian Charities of America Flea Market, Saturday, Sept. 14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Ridgewood Older Adult Center & Services, 59-14 70 Ave., Saturday, Sept. 21, 10-2 p.m.

FOR KIDS Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Sunny Bunnies, Sept. 9 - Dec. 20 (Monday, Wednesday, Friday), 9:45 a.m.-12 Noon, ages 3-4. Storytime Safari-Bouncing Bunnies, Saturday, Sept. 14, 1:30-3 p.m., ages 3-4, 5-7. Young Discoverers Club-Candy Chromatography, Sunday, Sept. 15, 10:30 a.m-12:30 p.m., ages 8-12. Adventure Hour-Creepy Crawlers, Sunday, sept. 15, 1:30-2:45 p.m., ages 18-36 months. The Happy Hedgehog Band, Saturday, Sept. 21, 1:30–3 p.m. ages 5-6, $18. Young Chefs Apple Brown Betty, Saturday Sept. 21, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. , ages 8-12, $24. Pre-registration for all events required by calling (718) 2294000. Visit www.alleypond.com for more info. Maspeth Town Hall Community Center, 53-37 72 St., offers toddler playgroups in Sept., children 3 and under. Call (718) 335-6049.

About Boating Safety class, qualified instructors from Flotilla 12-01 of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, held at Fort Totten, Totten Avenue and Cross Island Parkway, Bayside, Sunday, Sept. 29, 8:30 a.m. $65. Pre-registration a must. Call Mike Kaff (917) 9527014, Ralph Traub (347) 336-5866. Fashionable Fall Accessories – Make Your Own Pendant! Sunday, Sept. 22, 2-4 p.m., The Shops at SkyView Center, 40-24 College Point Blvd., Flushing, free. Contact: Erin Lagasse elagasse@quinnandco.com, (212) 868-1900, shopskyviewcenter. com. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Star Safari Astronomy Adventure, Saturday, Sept. 21, 8-10 a.m., $16 Adults, $7 children ages 9 and up with participating adult. Fly Fishing 101, Sunday, Sept. 22, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Adults $21, children $7, ages 8 and up with participating adult. Pre-registration required. Call (718) 229-4000. Visit www.alleypond.com for more info.

COMMUNITY New York State Assembly Member David Weprin hosts a Community Job Fair assisting residents of New York affected by Hurricane Sandy and the economic downturn of 2007. Participation and parking free, Thursday, Sept. 12, 11:00 a.m.-3 p.m., Tolentine Hall, 150-75 Goethals Ave., Jamaica, parking lot accessible via Union Tpke. Call (646) 852-7758. The Richmond Hill Block Association 40th Annual Park Fair, Saturday, Sept. 21, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. in Forest Park at Buddy Monument, intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South. Local vendors, carnival food, rides, games, live music, flea market, raffles and other family fun. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, hosts: (Knot Only) Knitting Circle, Mondays, Sept. 23, 6-8 p.m. Adults, $5 per session. All knitters, crocheters or crafters welcome. For adults who know how to knit.; Preregistration required. Contact: (718) 2294000 ext. 214 or alleypond.com.

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Queens songwriter delves into the big screen by Tammy Scileppi

generation; their ability to problem-solve and build successful relationships in person, as opposed to on social media; handle responsibility and be self-aware,” Rusolo explained. “Each generation has a tendency to put labels and expectations on the generation coming up behind them. More often than not, these aren’t accurate or fair.” A strong children’s advocate through her music, Martini wrote inspirational and positive songs — interwoven throughout the film — which speak volumes to tweens and teens, conveying a sense of hope: “Fearless” and “Reach for the Stars,” “Swim,” written with and performed by Cassandra Kubinski, “Believe” and “I’m Not Perfect,” all of which are featured on Lifetime’s “Dance Moms.” Her new songs “Rewind It” and “Blow” are now on iTunes. Rusolo will be producing another short film, “Free Pass,” which has already earned three screenwriting awards. “Working with Lori was a bit like riding a roller coaster — and I love to hit the thrill rides,” said Rusolo. “There’s the anticipation of knowing you’re about to embark on something fun, then a hint of trepidation about the unknown challenges ahead, and finally the adrenaline rush takes over and it’s all smooth sailing. When you’re done you feel excited and you look for a bigger, scarier coaster to conquer. In our case, the next coaster after ARLT will be our first full-length feature film.” The duo eagerly await final editing of ARLT by the end of September, when they’ll submit it to the Tribeca Film Festival Q and the Hamptons International Film Festival.

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Middle Village songwriter Lori Martini dives into the world of film with her real-life inspired short “A Route Less Traveled.” Martini, who co-produced and directed the movie with a friend, Staten Island actress-filmmaker Maria Rusolo, admits it’s a lot of work, yet fun and rewarding. “While my heart was first and foremost into songwriting, I found my passion in screenwriting and creating art after stumbling into the film industry,” Martini said. “I had crashed the set of ‘Two Weeks Notice’ at Shea Stadium because of my strong ties with the Mets, and I haven’t looked back.” (The self-described “rabid Mets fan” is known for the team’s rallying song, “Believe,” which became a hit single.) “A Route Less Traveled” echoes Martini’s childhood paper route experience in Lindenhurst, LI. The film was shot there. Martini and Rusolo met while working on various sets. “Believe it or not, since we’re both petite, we were standing in for kids a lot,” Martini said. “We became close when we worked on ‘Lady in the Water,’ as tenants in the building.” The main characters in “Route,” Alex and Dani, fight over a paper route and can’t agree on hot-button issues like girls doing everything better than boys. Actors Cameron Ocasio, of Nickelodeon’s “Sam & Cat,” and Rebecca Goldfarb play the twin siblings, and Justin Guarini, an American Idol contestant and member of Broadway’s “Romeo and Juliet,” plays a newspaper rep who teaches the kids a valuable lesson about not jumping to conclusions.

Co-producers Lori Martini, left, and Maria Rusolo take a break after finishing up work on their film “A Route Less COURTESY PHOTO Traveled.” Martini injected other meaningful and timeless messages into the script, such as “Teamwork is better than going it alone,” “Being a bully isn’t cool” and “Don’t judge a book by its cover.’” “I want the movie to show that I believe in our future

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21, with youth football in one area and the NYPD’s 103rd Precinct hosting a crime Tickets for Nickelodeon’s 10th Annual prevention and public safety outreach day Worldwide Day of Play event on Sept. 21 nearby. in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park are no longer But Wright said all will just encourage available, but an offshoot event is being people to come out to the park — which is planned from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Det. the aim of KOSS, the Jamaica-based orgaKeith Williams Park in Jamaica. nizers, and the original intent of the chilOnce a year, Nickelodeon and its sister dren’s television network when it started networks like Nick Jr. cease transmission the event a decade ago. for three hours to Admission to the encourage children park, located on the and their parents to southern side of Liberget outside and play, ty Avenue be-tween preferably partaking 17 2nd a nd 17 3rd in some sor t of streets, is free. When: Sept. 21, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. physical activity. Activities will include Where: Det. Keith Williams Park, The Jamaica event races, dancing, tennis, Liberty Avenue, Jamaica was organized largehandball, basketball, Tickets: Free ly by Keep O ur rock-climbing and Street s Safe, an bounce houses. organization founded Aside from sites and by Sugar B. Wright. She said Nickelode- activities inside the park, 173rd Street will be on represent at ives a nd Councilma n closed to traffic between 103th and 107th Leroy Co mr ie ( D -St . A l ba ns ) we re avenues. among the numerous enthusiastic supAll the activities are free. There will be porters who helped get it off the ground. some free food and beverages while more “Get up, get out and play,” Wright said will be available or sale from vendors. Visiaddressing one of the final organizing tors and participants also will be able to meetings on Sept. 5. freely access the park’s running track as well The park, also known as Liberty Park, is as the 103rd Precinct’s event. expected to be a flurry of activity on Sept. continued on page 45 00 continued editor

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Instead of buffing the wood to its original state they David Rios, a interactive telecommunications gradu- covered it with photos — turning it into more of an art ate student at New York University with a family in piece than an antique. Also instead of replacing the radio Astoria, connects physical exertion with creating elec- with antique pieces they outfitted it so it could hook up tricity — a sort of more technical and less Stone-Age to an iPad or Android as well as play FM stations. The duo will be teaching the masses at the Faire Flintstone approach to modern conveniences. So what he did was to hook a pedal to a synthesizer how to make one on their own. “We decided that this was a rel— a music maker. atively simple, unique project that “I came to realize that it requires we could show people of all ages a considerable amount of mechanihow to do, to teach them about cal work to do things like charge a When: Sept. 21 to 22, 10 a.m. basic audio electronics in a fun cell phone or run a TV long enough to 7 p.m., closing and creative way,” Jurado said. to watch a show,” Rios said. “I also at 6 p.m. on Sunday T h e r e w i l l b e m a ny m o r e realized that I had been consuming Queens resident s showing of f electricity my whole life without Where: New York Hall of Science their talents. Maria D. from Rego ever thinking about where that 47-01 111 St., Corona Park will show off her glass beads electricity is coming from.” Tickets: $55, adult weekend pass and Aditya Venkat of Flushing will With the use of magnets, copper makerfairenyc.eventbrite.com demonstrate how to make funcwiring and gears the pedal creates tional hovercrafts, airplanes, quadenough electricity to produce a varicopters and robots. Venkat, along ety of sounds. Another sound project is Jessen Jurado’s refurbished with Arun Kumarakrishnan, will be selling kits to bring home for $20 to $200. 1936 Silvertone tube radio. “Queens is such a diverse community and that The idea started when the Elmhurst resident, who grew up in Jamaica, found the antique for $5 while shop- diversity is represented by the wonderful local attendping at a flea market with his girlfriend. They thought it ees that attend and the almost 40 Queens-based makwould be fun to combine his experience with electronics ers that will be exhibiting their projects this year,” Huss Q said. and hers as an artist to reimagine the broken radio.

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Notice of Formation of ILL era, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/20/13. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: Attn: Brigitte Rangel, 91-01 91st Ave., Woodhaven, NY 11421. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

M.C.A. INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING, LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 4/29/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 59-55 47TH Ave., 3F, Woodside, NY 11377. General Purposes.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: NEW YORK NURSE AND COMPANY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/26/13. Office location Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC, 23-18 31st St., NY 11105. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NY WATER HOLDING LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/17/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 144-17 156th St., Jamaica, NY 11434. General Purposes.

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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. 3803/2013 M&T BANK, Plaintiff, -againstDANIEL CHONG a/k/a DANIEL D. CHONG a/k/a DANNY CHONG; JORGE CHONG a/k/a JORGE W. CHONG; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; RAB PERFORMANCE RECOVERIES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE #1- #50” and “MARY ROE #1- #50”, the last two names being fictitious, said parties intended being tenants or occupants, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS DANIEL CHONG A/K/A DANIEL D. CHONG A/K/A DANNY CHONG and JORGE CHONG A/K/A JORGE W. 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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. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Summons and Complaint You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. Source of Information and Assistance The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-269-0990 or visit the Department`s website at www.dfs.ny.gov. Foreclosure Rescue Scams Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. 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The said defendants have defaulted on the note and mortgage and the plaintiff commenced a foreclosure action. Plaintiff is seeking a judgment foreclosing its mortgage against the real property and premises which situates in the Neighborhood of Woodhaven, County of Queens and State of New York and is commonly known as 97-28 95th Street, Ozone Park, New York 11416 and all other relief as to the Court may seem just and equitable. DATED: August 28, 2013 BY: SCHILLER & KNAPP, LLP, WILLIAM B. SCHILLER, ESQ., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 950 New Loudon Road, Latham, New York 12110, Telephone: (518) 786-9069

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Notice of Formation of 42-11 REALTY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/05/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

File No.: 2012-461/C CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT To: Giovanni Bigioni, Rita Marcatante Landri, Jeannette Marcatante Gallo, Our Lady of Fatima, R.C. Diocese of Brooklyn, Angelo Colapietro, Vincenzo Colapietro, Alessandra Bigioni, Claudia Bigioni Attorney General of the State of New York The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of ANGELO BIGIONI, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of ANGELO BIGIONI, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 24-40 79th Street, East Elmhurst, NY 11370, in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Temporary Administrator of the Estate of ANGELO BIGIONI, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 10th day of October, 2013 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Temporary Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $9,055.65 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 6% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship; and why the Last Will and Testament dated September 30th, 1979 should not be admitted to Probate as an ancient document; and why said Will dated September 30th, 1979 should not be deemed ineffective; and why Letters of Administration duly issued by the Surrogate’s Court on November 9, 2012 should not be revoked; and why Letters of Administration C.T.A should not be issued to the Public Administrator of Queens County; and why the net distributable estate should not be distributed pursuant to E.P.T.L. 4-1.1. Dated, Attested and Sealed 9th day of August, 2013 HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, Queens County, Margaret M. Gribbon, Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court, GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., (718) 459-9000 95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park, New York 11374 This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. Accounting Citation

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To Advertise Call 718-205-8000 NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADMINISTRATIVELY FORFEIT PROPERTY TREASURY DEPARTMENT, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE The following property described below was seized by the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, $51,484.46 Citibank Account XXXX221 and $37,637.46 Citibank Account XXXX218, from 1 Court Square, 12th Floor, Long Island City, New York 11120 on July 12, 2013, due to the property’s involvement in a transaction or attempted transaction in violation of Title 18 USC 1956, and pursuant to 18 USC 981, this property is subject to forfeiture. Any person(s) claiming an interest in this property may file a claim to the undersigned before the close of business (4:30 p.m. Central Time) on October 12, 2013; otherwise the property will be forfeited by law to the United States of America and disposed of according to law. Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Attn: Michael Mosley, Asset Forfeiture Coordinator, 1100 Commerce Street, MC: 9000 DAL, Dallas, TX 75242, Telephone (214) 413-5956

CMJ NORWICH LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/16/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 139-19 109th Ave., Jamaica, NY 11435. General Purposes.

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GANZO MOVING, LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/1/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Alfredo Tepale, 108-47 42nd Ave., 1st Fl., Corona, NY 11368. General Purposes. GREEN MOUNTAIN BUILDERS, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 08/06/2013. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, C/O Matthew Moss, 4823 42nd Street, #6-L, Sunnyside, NY 11104. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. Managed by one or more managers.

Real Estate EQUAL HOUSING. Federal, New York State and local laws prohibit discrimination because of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, marital status, familial status or disability in connection with the sale or rental of residential real estate. Queens Chronicle does not knowingly accept advertising in violation of these laws. When you suspect housing discrimination call the Open Housing Center (the Fair Housing Agency for the five boroughs of New York) at 212-941-6101, or the New York City Commission of Human Rights Hotline at 212-306-7500. The Queens Chronicle reserves the right to alter wording in ads to conform with Federal Fair Housing regulations.

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Neighborhood Rehabilitation Program will assist you every step of the way Antonio and Sabrina Torres had been thinking about fixing up their basement when Hurricane Sandy struck last fall. The flooding forced them to tear out the walls and insulation, and when they did, they discovered they had cracks in the foundation that had let the water in. Fixing it would be a big project, but luckily they had contacted the Neighborhood Rehabilitation Program, which helped them through every step of the job, from financing to selecting the right contractor to making sure the job was done right. The contractor dug 6 feet down and 3 feet out from the foundation, sealed it and installed a new concrete walkway all around the house. The NRP is there to ensure home improvement jobs are done correctly, helping with everything from financing to selecting the right contractor and following up to make sure the homeowner is satisfied. The NRP provides a safe route to accomplish your home improvements affordably and with someone who is reputable. Antonio recently took the time to talk about how helpful the NRP is, and the great job his NRP-approved contractor did.

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Hurricane Sandy victims find refuge with NRP

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Sabrina, Antonio and Alexa Torres of Rosedale are all thrilled about getting their basement sealed and a new walkway installed all around their house, a project made possible by the NRP. A close look at the concrete shows the quality of the seal. At right, the family is joined by their NRP field specialist, Russell Cruz.

What did you think of the contractor the NRP provided? The contractor NRP had assigned me to was great. He was very knowledgeable and ef ficient with the scheduling and materials. Everything was planned out and organized. The contractor even gave me a follow up call to make sure we didn’t have any leaks. That was ver y much appreciated.

How did the NRP help you? NRP helped make my project really affordable, paired me with a reliable contractor to do all the work and assessed my need as an individual.

How happy are you with the job they did? I am really happy with everything. I wish I knew about the NRP when I

had tried to accomplish my kitchen. There are so many bad apples out there, it’s hard to find someone you can trust. I would check with NRP before I would perform any project on my home.

How did the NRP’s field specialist make the process easier? Russell, The NRP field specialist, was great and had guided me every step of the way. He explained to me how to properly structure what I wanted to do and make it as easy as possible. Russell took the time to come here and explain to me in detail what

needed to be done to get my basement finished. Contacting the NRP made a big difference.

Would you recommend the NRP to other homeowners and your friends? Yes, I would recommend the NRP. With their help, the job was done fast and easy. They were courteous, helpful and friendly, and got the job done with no gimmicks, no hassles, no problems. A few of our neighbors have looked at the work and said, “Wow, who did that?” I said, “The NRP. Here’s Russell’s number; give him a call.”

To get the same great service the Torres family did for a home improvement project of any kind, call the NRP at (866) 921-9082 or visit nrpnow.org.

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I got their card in the mail. I was upset at the lack of assistance I had gotten from FEMA after Hurricane Sandy. So after I got the card, I did some research on the computer and called. They got back to me literally in five minutes — a lot faster than FEMA, who I still have to finish arguing with. At first we were going to work on getting the basement fixed, but then we discovered that we had an underlying water issue there. We had water seeping in through cracks in the foundation. It was actually the contractor the NRP sent who discovered that. All this time we hadn’t known what was going on behind the walls. In all our dealings with the NRP, they’ve been very helpful, as well as very friendly and extremely courteous.

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Alexander’s opens its Queens store by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

In 1928 a young man named George Farkas opened a small, ready-to-wear store on Third Avenue and named it in honor of his father, Alexander. Then he built another store on Fordham Road in the fast-growing Bronx, and later expanded into the suburbs. Farkas was ready to build Alexander’s Rego Park as early as 1946, at Queens Boulevard and 63rd Road. But the adjoining property owner on 96th Street, who planned to build apartments, objected to the impact the store would have on his land. The stalemate continued for years. In 1950 the developer, Alfred Kaskel, proposed having portions of 96th and 97th streets and 97th Place demapped as streets. In 1953 the city approved, so he could build the apartment complex he called Park City, a comfortable distance from the proposed Alexander’s department store. Alexander’s Rego Park opened on Valentine’s Day 1959, with three stories and 250,000 square feet of selling space. Its 12-acre parking lot could hold 2,000 cars. The store was designed by Frances X. Gina,

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Alexander’s in Rego Park, where the Rego Center mall is now. with interiors by Ketchum and Sharp. To combat theft Alexander’s was the first retailer to initiate pre-punched sales tickets on all merchandise. The beloved store manager was a Mr. Birnbaum. Thousands of kids got their first job at Alexander’s while in school, as did many housewives. In the summer of 1966 Alexander’s was enlarged down to 62nd Drive. But eventually the owning family discovered their properties were worth more than the business itself. Alexander’s Rego Park closed in 1993 and later became Rego Center. Today Alexander’s Inc. is a real estate investment trust that has seven properties in Q the New York metropolitan area.

U.S. men’s tennis: no hope by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Two weeks ago I wrote about how there did not appear to be many opportunities, outside of one Serena Williams, for fans of the red, white and blue to cheer for one of their own at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. I also noted that it’s been a decade since Andy Roddick won the US Open, and no American man has won a Grand Slam event since. For a country that has produced such tennis legends as Jack Kramer, Arthur Ashe, Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and, of course, Douglaston’s own John McEnroe, the natural tendency is to believe that the USA has been in a slump but the cycle will reverse itself. That’s probably wishful thinking. I ran into Taylor Dent, who recently retired from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour outside Arthur Ashe Stadium last week. Dent was never a superstar but consistently had a Top 50 ranking. I naturally asked him if I would see an American man win the US Open in my lifetime. He became a bit glum and explained to me why the odds of that are becoming more remote. “European players such as Nadal, Federer, Gasquet and Djokovic have been playing against older guys in professional tournaments since they were 12 years old,” Dent said. “In contrast we shield our players. Our

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HOWARD BEACH/ OLD SIDE

DOUGLASTON MANOR

Mint Stucco (Built in 2006) Colonial. Colonial, - 4 BRs, 2.5 Baths, All Large Hi-Ranch, Amazing Location! 55x100 irregular lot, All updated 4 BRs, 3 Full Baths, MBR updated, EXCLUSIVE (Douglaston w/Balcony, Oversized bath w/Sep Manor Location), Steps to 4 BRs, 3 Full Baths, Hardwood Bath & Jacuzzi, All new appl, Radient Memorial Field. Asking 1.225 mil. Flrs under rugs. $659K floors, Full fin bsmnt. $779K REDUCED

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HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK

Mint Raised Ranch on 40x100, 3 BRs, used as 1, 4 BRs possibly 5, 2.5 Baths, 1 Bath, New Hardwood Flrs, New New Kit, LR w/Parquet Fl, New Baths, Top Cape on 40x100, 4 BRs, 1 Bath, Full unfinished basement, Centrail Air, Full Unfinished Bsmnt, Fl has Master Suite, Full Fin Bsmnt w/ Needs TLC. Asking $469K 1 Car Garage. Asking $529K OSE, New Appl, Must See! Asking $580K

HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH/ OLD SIDE

HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK

Mint Hi-Ranch, All Redone in 2004, 3/4 Mother/Daughter, Curb appeal + on Unique Hi-Ranch, 4 BRs, 2½ Baths, BRs, All New Kit w/SS Appl, All New 40x100, 3 Car Garage, 4 BRs, Duplex Deck on top fl overlooking yard w/ Brick, Stucco Windows, Kit, Baths, featuring EIK w/SS Appliances, Wood beautiful pool w/ unique sideyard, Pavers front & back, New Roof, New backyd to entertain, walk-in, mint cabinets, Ceramic/Marble Floors, Gas Boiler, CAC, Polished Porcelain H/W Fls thruout, Deck off DR, + 1 BR with granite etc. Beautiful bath, 1 car Tiles. Asking $699K gar, 3 car dvwy. Asking $649K Walk-in Apartment. Asking $569K NE W L IS T AYS I NG D 3 T T C A AC R R NT ON T CO IN C IN IN CONTRACT

HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH/ HOWARD BEACH/ OLD SIDE OLD SIDE High Ranch on 41x110, 2/3 BRs,

Mint AAA, 4 BR Colonial, 2 Full Hi-Ranch, XLg 5 BRs, 3 Full 1 Bath, Great location! Can be Baths, Fin Bsmnt, New Kit w/SS Baths, Updated Thruout, 27x55, converted to colonial, Huge attic. Appl, Porcelain Flrs, Cemented On 40x109 Lot. Asking $689K Great price! $499K Bkyard w/multi car dvwy. $599K

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