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Ozone Park Covid survivor comes back home PAGE 4 Friends and family celebrated the return of Richie Marino on Sunday after he came home from nine months of hospital and rehabilitation care. “I feel like I have a second chance,” he said. Here he is joined by his wife, Donna, and sons Anthony, left, and Joseph.

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Carrying fight vs. hunger to the field As the numbers of needy increase, City Harvest rising to the occasion by Michael Gannon Editor

A volunteer at the City Harvest Mobile Market at the Astoria Houses helps a client fill her cart with canned goods and shelf-stable fresh produce. City Harvest and other groups that have long been battling hunger in the city have answered PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON the bell rung by Covid-19.

it y H a r ve st’s r eg u la r mobile market at the Astoria Houses last Thursday was not due to open for another 20 minutes, but there already was a line of more than 40 people winding its way around the enclosed basketball court waiting to get in. With five minutes to go the crowd was up to more than 80. Mobile Market manager Warren Davis gave his final instructions to the volu nteers a nd assigned them to their stations. Longtime volunteer Ceil Witherspoon gave them one last instruction as she prepared to welcome the first clients in. “Let’s rock and roll!” City Harvest collects and distributes food from stores, bakeries, wholesalers, manufacturers, restaurants and elsewhere. The food is distributed on a daily basis to food pantries, soup kitchens, churches and community organizations to get it to the people who need it. The group also regularly runs

nine free mobile markets in the five boroughs including the one at the Astoria Houses, which runs the first Saturday and third Thursday of the month. It is open to anyone from the Astoria Houses or in the 11102 ZIP code. The other Queens location is at the Queensbridge Houses, where it operates every second Tuesday of the month and every fourth Saturday. It is open to residents of the Queensbridge and Ravenswood houses and members of the Jacob Riis Senior Center. Feeding the hungry in New York City was tough before the Covid-19 outbreak. Since then, according to statistics provided by the organization, the need has only been growing. The amount of food delivered to its 400 food pantries went up 83 percent last year while the number of people coming to their distribution sites has more than tripled. Since July the mobile markets alone have distributed more then 2.8 million pounds of food in the five boroughs — a staggering 113 percent increase.

And between now and June, the agency as a whole is expecting to rescue and deliver more than 118 million pounds of food to the needy — nearly double the amount projected before last March. Thursday’s giveaway consisted of a bag of groceries, including a bag of rice and cans of tuna, vegetables and pasta. Each bag came with a large box of hearty, shelfstable produce including cabbages, potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots and onions. Witherspoon greeted each person coming in and checked cards that they have been given. She directed them to one of four stations with the boxes and bags stacked up in boxes and on pallets that had filled an 18-wheeler parked out in the street. Depending on the size of his or her household, each person got one bag and one box of food, or two of each. The volunteers loaded the donations into baskets and carts. Thirty minutes in there was continued on page 14

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Covid survivor returns from 280-day stay Ozone Park man comes home after nine months of hospital, rehab care by Max Parrott Associate Editor

For Ozone Park resident Richie Marino, Covid lasted much longer than the CDCrecommended 10 days of self-isolation. What at first appeared as a precautionary hospital visit morphed into 280 days of health and rehab center care. “I feel like I have a second chance,” he told the Chronicle through tears after finally returning home last Friday. Marino was discharged from the hospital on Aug. 18, at which point he had no physical mobility at all after being intubated for 105 days. He then had to spend the next five months in rehab, before returning home Jan. 22. Though his hospital stay was more hazardous and longer than most, Marino’s post-Covid journey reflects that of many survivors, who have faced a daunting road to recovery that involves lingering ailments of the virus. After 159 days in a rehabilitation center, Marino is still learning how to regain the use of his legs. Doctors have told him there is hope, but the therapy will be intense. “He’s got nerve damage. He’s got just like no muscle mass. At this point or from there to this point, just building everything back, extreme physical therapy, occupational therapy, still has oxygen requirements,” Marino’s son, Joseph, said.

After exhibiting flu-like symptoms in mid-April. Marino, a Department of Transportation employee, went in to get a Covid test as his breathing got progressively worse. “So that’s when we just took him to an urgent care to get tested. They said that his breathing was not right and originally they were going to send them home with some medicine, but the more they were looking at him, they were like, ‘You know what? Just bring him to the hospital just to be sure,’” Joseph said. Ma r i no’s sy mptom s were severe enough to warrant an overnight stay and monitoring. By the next day, hospital staff told the family that he would need to be put on a ventilator. “It went from one week to two weeks. We’d get daily calls from the doctors because you couldn’t visit back then,” said Joseph. At first it seemed like his recovery might be quick. Marino’s vitals seemed to improve before deteriorating in May and into June. The next three months were a rollercoaster for his family, who sometimes had to insistently call the overburdened health staff at NYU Winthrop Hospital on Long Island to get an update on his health. By June the numbers were “extremely bad,” Joseph said. “They were like, ‘You

know, you should probably start bracing yourself for the worst.’” But the family persisted, researching treatments and asking questions of the hospital staff. By July, it became possible to visit Marino. Eventually his vitals began slow improvement. By the end of the month, he was taken off ventilation. On Aug. 18, he had recovered enough to leave the hospital and transfer to a rehabilitation center, where he would spend the next five months in therapy. When Marino was nearing the end of his stay at the rehab center, his family reached out to the Cityline Ozone Park Civilian Patrol to help organize a welcome wagon for the Covid survivor. They got more than 30 cars to join the parade, stunning an overjoyed Marino, who was inspired by the amount of community support. “It was unbelievable. I didn’t think I knew that many people. I couldn’t believe they got this all together,” Marino said. What’s next? More physical therapy, Marino said. He still has a long way to go. “We’ll just try to get everything together and then eventually I can walk and do things like go up and down stairs,” he said, before cautioning the rest of the neighborhood to take the virus with the utmost seriousness. Q “It’s no joke,” he said.

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Coalition pushes legal basement conversion South Queens legislators join effort that would directly impact area by Max Parrott

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When she began researching Department of Buildings complaints, South Ozone Park resident Rokshana Ali found that her adjacent community boards 9 and 10 together were listed as having the highest number of illegal basement conversion complaints from 2010 to 2018 in the entire city. On Wednesday, Ali joined South Queens legislators and housing advocacy group Chhaya CDC at an online campaign launch lobbying for the legalization of safe and affordable basement apartments that are prohibited by New York City zoning and building codes. The Basement Apartment Safe for Everyone Campaign, a coalition of homeowners, tenants, community organizations and housing policy professionals, is aiming to create citywide legislation following the model of the East New York pilot program, an initiative that began to test ways of legalizing basement apartments before it was shelved due to Covid-related budget cuts. “The basement apartment program is an opportunity for our city to increase affordable housing to those who need it. The need for affordable housing in our city has never, ever been greater,” said Councilwoman Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) at the online event. In coordination with its affiliated state and city legisla-

Councilwoman Adrienne Adams joined the push for a citywide legal VIDEO SCREENSHOT framework to convert basements into housing. tors, the campaign is planning to roll out a regulatory framework for basement housing at the city level. Rebekah Morris of the Pratt Center for Community Development laid out three pillars for the coming legislation that would build off of the East New York pilot. First, in addition to basement conversion, it would also

extend cellars, which the city defines as being more than 50 percent below curb level. With added safety requirements, Morris argued that would be a valuable addition. The coalition would also like to see converted cellars be exempted from a building’s f loor-area-ratio calculation because if that was treated the same as floorspace above ground level, it would potentially put a building out of compliance with its zoning. “Our analysis has found that if FAR is still required for cellars, there are 71,000 that could be eligible, which is a good number. But if FAR is exempted that number skyrockets to over 330,000,” Morris said. The second area that needs to be fixed is parking restrictions, Morris said. New units would also need to be able to opt out of the mandatory number of parking spaces to accord with zoning requirements. Lastly the coalition called for the allowance of 7-foot ceilings, as opposed to the East New York pilot that required converted units to have a ceiling height of 7 feet, 6 inches. “As we roll out at our statewide plan, we will push the issues that I know this coalition and the BASE apartment campaign focuses on,” said Assemblyman Harvey Epstein (D-Manhattan), who, he pointed out, was joined in the audience by fellow Assemblyman Khaleel Anderson (D-Far Q Rockaway).

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BP demands tests, vaccines for South Ozone Park by Max Parrott Associate Editor

As South Ozone Park’s and Richmond Hill’s Covid rates continue to surge after months hovering around the top of the city’s positivity chart, Borough President Donovan Richards joined other elected officials and community leaders to raise awareness about the infections, and demand that the area get its fair share of testing and vaccines. As Richards arrived in the hub of South Ozone Park’s Little Guyana last Thursday afternoon, bearing boxes of masks and sanitizer, the city’s website listed that ZIP code, 11419, as having the second-highest positivity in the city. This week the neighborhood received its first vaccine site at Aqueduct Race Track, run by the state, but Richards and other electeds said, while that’s a good start, it’s going to take more to beat back Covid in the area. “More needs to be done for the people of South Ozone Park and Richmond Hill,” Richards said. Richards announced that a mobile testing site would open up in the neighborhood at St. Teresa of Avila Church, at 109-55 128 St., South Ozone Park, from Jan. 25 to 29. Despite months of high Covid rates in the neighborhoods, Mayor de Blasio did not include Richmond Hill or South Ozone Park on the list of priority neighborhoods for vaccines that he announced in December. Asked what his communication with the mayor has

Borough President Donovan Richards held a press conference last Thursday about the high BOROUGH PRESIDENT’S OFFICE PHOTO Covid positivity rates in Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park. been like, Richards said that he toured Jamaica’s Hillcrest High School vaccine hub with him last week, and asked for vaccination sites in area communities. “It’s very clear that there’s still disparities in who’s taking the vaccine as we’re talking right now. So the bottom line is we’re not setting up in trusted spaces in communities, whether that’s synagogues, mosques, temples, houses of worship,” Richards said. “We have to have people who speak the communi-

ty’s language also be a part of the solution.” Cou ncilwom a n Ad r ien ne Ad a m s (D-Jamaica) demanded that Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park be made into vaccine priority neighborhoods. “We are demanding vaccine equity for Richmond Hill. We are demanding vaccine equity for people of color,” said Adams. Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) criticized perceived petty politics and miscommunication between the mayor and

governor. “It’s a failure on many levels. I’m personally really sick of the mayor blaming the governor and the governor blaming the mayor, and the city saying one thing, and the state saying another. If the inauguration yesterday taught us anything it’s that we have to come together, and we can’t play politics with public safety,” he said. Aminta Kilawan-Narine, founder and director of the South Queens Women’s March, offered a theory about why the area has been hit so hard by Covid infections over the past several months. “Here where we stand is the intersection of many Indo-Caribbeans and Punjabis neighboring us on 101st Avenue. Many of us are blue-collar workers who had no choice throughout this pandemic but to go to work,” she said. Going in to work every day boosts the infection rate, Kilawan-Narine said. “What that means is that we need more resources in this community.” One of the area’s Democratic district leaders, Richard David, delivered a message of personal responsibility to the Indo-Caribbean community. “We’re all wearing our masks on the street. It’s the home gatherings, it’s the private parties, it’s all of us knowing each other in this neighborhood and going to each other’s houses for dinner and other things that’s Q really killing us,” he said.

NYC to get 17K more doses a week: mayor Feds to buy 200M vaccines, 16 percent of which will go to NYS by Katherine Donlevy

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For at least the next three weeks, New York’s vaccine deliveries will increase by 16 percent, but Gov. Cuomo doesn’t think that’s good enough. “At this rate we’re talking about months and months obviously,” he said Tuesday evening on MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace.” Earlier that day, President Biden announced plans to buy another 100 million doses from Pfizer and Moderna each so that vaccines would be available for the long term and last week’s shortfalls would be prevented — on Jan. 21, New York City canceled 23,000 doseone appointments because it used up 97 percent of its shots before the week’s end. Cuomo blamed the federal government, specifically the Trump administration, for increasing vaccination eligibility but not production. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the new presidential administration plans to free up about 10.1 million first and follow-up shots next week and divide those by state according to population. Cuomo said the increased allocation is ensured to last for the next three weeks, as promised to him and other state governors by the CDC and Jeff Zients, the head of the president’s Covid-19 Task Force.

Cuomo said the promised increase will help vaccination centers properly and efficiently schedule appointments because they’ll be certain how many dosages will be delivered, unlike the past several weeks in which allocations were sporadic. As of Jan. 27, the state had administered 1,868,650 doses, which accounts for 93 percent of its allocation given by the federal government. The increased allocation will translate to about 17,000 more doses each work in New York City, according to Mayor de Blasio. In order to increase the vaccine’s reach, the mayor has also been pushing for the state and federal governments to free up restrictions on who can get it. Regulations require vaccine centers to reserve shots for those who have already received their first so they can be fully vaccinated within the manufacturer’s respective recommended 21- or 28-day time line. Those second dosages should be given to those who haven’t received their first yet, de Blasio argues, because it will give them an approximately 50 percent higher resistance to Covid-19. “Once you get that second dose, it is fully effective. So, whether you get it on your perfect second-dose day, or a day later, or a week later, or two weeks later, it does not change the effectiveness of the outcome,” the mayor said at a Jan. 27 press briefing. The CDC had said

that while it would be ideal to administer shots on the exact recommended date, a little variation would not affect someone’s resistance to the virus. “What I want to see is the next step from the federal government and State government to specifically direct localities to do that, to say we’re in a scarcity dynamic, we’re in a wartime reality ... make clear there is no penalty for using second-dose supplies that are slated for future times, getting them in play now,” de Blasio continued. As of Jan. 27, the city had administered over 637,400 shots since mid-December. With only a handful of days left in the month, the mayor has fallen short of his goal to inoculate 1 million New Yorkers by the end of January. If the state allowed de Blasio to disperse the reserved second dosages, which total about 284,000 shots, to those who haven’t received their first, the mayor would still fall short of his goal by over 100,000 injections. Despite de Blasio’s pressing, Cuomo said the idea is not viable, not because the vaccines would lose effectiveness, but because it would require a dramatically increased production to ensure second shots are available once the 6-week limit is up. “You start using the second dose as a first dose, you’d have to have a dramatically increased production in the next three weeks.

Daily vaccine data are available on one of the NYC.GOV city’s Covid-19 data pages. Otherwise, you’re going to have people coming back for their second dose and the cupboard is going to be bare,” the governor said, adding that it would be the federal governQ ment’s decision, not the state’s.

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City releases biz recs for Richmond Hill Economic snapshot provides data, suggestions for business corridor by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Out with the trash, in with the marketing. The Queens Economic Development Corp. and the city’s Small Business Services recently released a report on some of Richmond Hill’s business corridors, which analyzed the neighborhood’s shopping and industrial centers and identified sanitation and marketing as challenges that are holding the neighborhood back. The report identified another obstacle to the neighborhood as the lack of a formal merchant organization, which limits the small businesses’ ability to effectively address common issues in the commercial corridors. Though there are several community-oriented economic development groups in the broader area, none of them has the reach of a city-sponsored business improvement district, which Richmond Hill lacks. “A lot of the services that a Business Improvement District does in terms of marketing the neighborhood, improving sanitation and doing events for businesses — those are all great things that most people would want for their businesses. If we had some mechant organization, maybe not with a BID with a formal structure where you have to pay dues,” that would be helpful, said the report’s author, Sam Smouha, a QEDC program manager who suggested that the area studied needs something

The city’s report on southern Richmond Hill’s business corridors suggests creating a merchant PHOTO BY SAM SMOUHA / SBS association to help market their strengths. different than a BID, but with a similar reach. The neighborhood, often referred to as “Little Guyana,” is home to several tight-knit communities, such as the Punjabi Sikh and IndoCaribbean populations, which make it a unique cultural and culinary pocket of the borough. The two-mile stretch of Liberty Avenue between the Van Wyck Expressway and Wood-

haven Boulevard, dotted by Indo-Caribbean bakeries, roti shops and open-air produce markets, serves as the main business corridor for the southern part of Richmond Hill. A block north of that business corridor, 101st Avenue contains a host of more industrial businesses like construction and automotive shops. Smouha, who wrote much of the report

based on surveys of storeowners, shoppers and residents, found that many respondents were annoyed by the levels of garbage on the sidewalk and overflowing litter baskets. In addition, he found that the darkness of Liberty Avenue that lies below the elevated A line makes it less appealing to pedestrians. The report’s other recommendations include increasing street furniture along the corridors, implementing holiday lights, creating awareness around their proximity to economic anchors like JFK International Airport and Resorts World Casino and developing a storefront improvement program. The results of the report do not extend into the pandemic; Smouha submitted his findings in the spring of last year. The results show the vast majority of businesses saying that business had either stayed the same or increased over 2019. He added though that from what he has seen Richmond Hill’s business corridors have remain resilient in the face of the pandemic. “I haven’t noticed too many things drastically change. It seems like most businesses are hanging on, which is good. It’s like a snapshot,” Smouha said. “It’s good to have the context to see how things were.” On July 1, 2020, SBS began a three-year commitment to fund commercial revitalization Q efforts in Richmond Hill.

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After more than a decade of advocacy from community leaders and residents, the city has installed a new traffic light at the northern entrance to Broad Channel, located at First Road and Cross Bay Boulevard. The new signal is designed to calm traffic in the area, making the intersection safer for the children who visit the Broad Channel Athletic Club, which sits across from the Callahead sanitation company warehouse on the other side of the street. Advocates raised alarms over the hazards that parents faced as they turned across Cross Bay Boulevard to enter the BCAC ball field. “For years, this community has been f ighting to see safet y improvements at the entrance of Broad Channel. Our office has been working tirelessly to make this intersection safer for both pedestrians and motorists alike,” said Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) in a written statement on Jan. 25. “Today, I am

The signal at the intersection of 1st Road and Cross Bay Boulevard will slow traffic for cars traveling into the Broad Channel Athletic Club parkBROAD CHANNEL CIVIC ASSOCIATION PHOTO ing lot. pleased to share that DOT has installed a traffic light at 1st Road and Cross Bay Boulevard; and that the light is already up and running. This is a huge win for our community. I would like to thank the Broad Channel Civic Association, my colleagues in government, and DOT for their partnership on this project.” Ulrich, the civic association,

state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) all pressed the city Department of Transportation to install the new traffic light. Dan Mundy, president of the Broad Channel Civic Association, hailed the installation as great news. “Councilman Ulrich personally

lobbied DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, and his efforts paved the way for this much-needed traffic light, which will not only create a safe means for parents to access the ball field, but will also help to slow down traffic as it enters our town,” Mundy said. The new traffic light has been fully functional since Jan. 14. The new light coincides with the DOT’s ongoing strategy to upgrade the two-way protected bike lane on Cross Bay Boulevard, between the Addabbo Bridge and East First Road, by replacing delineators that were knocked down during the snowstorm in December. “This is a fine example of how government should work — the community, elected officials and government agencies working collaboratively together to benefit the general public,” Addabbo said. “Broad Channel residents can walk with confidence through their streets, or take their kids to an event at the athletic club without fear, and that is great news for everyone,” said Pheffer Amato. Q

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) is doing his part so that no one goes hungry on the international day of love. From now until Feb. 14, Addabbo will collect food for a Valentine’s Day drive in his district offices in Middle Village and Howard Beach. Addabbo will bring the donated food to Our Lady of Grace in Howard Beach and the Sacred Hear t pant r y in Glendale. “Our local shelters typically experience an influx of donations during the holiday season, with Thanksgiving and Christmas being traditional times when people donate,” Addabbo said. “But the shelters need food all year round. My hopes are that this food drive can provide supplies to the food shelters during a time when they are usually low on stock.” Needed nonperishable items include but are not limited to canned vegetables and fruit; cereals; crackers and snacks; pasta and rice; soups, stews and chili; cooking oil; and dried herbs and spices. The drop-off addresses are 159-53 102 St. in Howard Beach and 66-85 73 Place in Middle Village. Q Call (718) 738-1111 for details.

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ayor de Blasio, speaking of the school system, on Wednesday said, “I am adamant that based on everything we’re seeing now, we’ll be able to come back full strength in September.” It’s pathetic that this could even be a question at this point. Pathetic that such a statement has to come with the qualifiers “I am adamant,” “based on everything we’re seeing now” and “we’ll be able.” The statement should have been much simpler: “All schools will be fully reopened in September. Period.” But with the way things have been going since de Blasio rightly insisted on partially reopening schools last September, perhaps such a weakened statement was inevitable. However, what this page, and thousands upon thousands of parents, would say is that based on what we’re seeing now we should come back full strength in April. It’s time to get middle and high school students back in the classroom. Even better than doing it in April, after Spring Recess, would be doing it March 15, a Monday that’s nearly the one-year anniversary of the school shutdown that took effect on Monday, March 16, 2020. We have every reason to reopen by then. Teachers have been eligible to get the vaccine for more

than two weeks. Children are much less susceptible than adults to severe Covid-19 and much less likely to spread it. The incidence of Covid in the schools is far lower than in the general community. The number of new cases has been rapidly declining, here and nationwide, as the holiday surge has come and gone. Now a surge of vaccines has been promised to the city — though still not what it should be and what it would have been if the previous presidential administration were more competent. More are on the horizon. Johnson & Johnson could begin shipping its single-shot vaccine, now on the cusp of approval, in just a few weeks, with 30 million doses for the country expected in April. Teachers should do all they can between now and then to get vaccinated. Meanwhile, their union boss Michael Mulgrew says schools should not fully reopen until every teacher is vaccinated. But if they’re anything like healthcare workers, not all will want to. Does he believe they should be forced to? Or is he just floating another reason to never fully reopen schools without his say-so? Mulgrew simply wields too much power. It’s time to end the suffering of kids who aren’t learning and families who aren’t functioning. They can’t wait for September. Students need to be back in school this spring.

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fter all they’ve suffered during the virus crisis, do you think what city restaurants and retailers deserve is more competition, of the kind that comes with inherent advantages and less regulation? Of course not. Yet the City Council and Mayor de Blasio think so. The Council plans today, Jan. 28, to pass a bill that would radically increase the number of street vendors allowed to undercut traditional shops and eateries that pay rent and myriad taxes. With 3,000 permits out there now, lawmakers and Mayor de Blasio plan to add 400 a year for the next 10 years. The bill contains some reforms to the vending system that would be good on their own, but jacking the number of carts up so much is unwise. And there’s no reason to believe the laws they’re subject to will be well-enforced. As Queens Chamber of Commerce President Tom Grech put it, “You have an avalanche of regulations on brick-and-mortar businesses and little or no enforcement on vendors. It’s an awful mix.” People using the sidewalks in places like Flushing agree. Let’s hope future lawmakers reverse this one.

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Richards demands more tests, vaccines in S. Ozone Park,” Jan. 21, qchron.com). Hmm, wonder why. Well, neighborhood activist Aminta Kilawan-Narine, with her theory about why the area has been hit so hard by Covid infections, put it succinctly: “Many of us are blue-collar workers who had no choice throughout this pandemic but to go to work.” Hard to imagine a group this Park Slope liberal elitist of a mayor would despise more. Edwin Eppich Glendale

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Dear Editor: As at least 20 American states presently have variant (mutant) Sars-CoV-2 strains, it is scientifically prudent to halt or decelerate the current univalent vaccine (Pfizer/Moderna) rollout until genetically modified vaccines, preferably polyvalent to multiple strains, are available. These new variants, particularly the South

Dear Editor: “Despite months of high Covid rates in the neighborhoods, Mayor de Blasio did not include Richmond Hill or South Ozone Park on the list of priority neighborhoods for vaccines that he announced in December” (“Borough President

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Justice before unity Dear Editor: Welcome back, America! Thank God Biden isn’t censoring Dr. Fauci, or tweeting lies, or calling reporters the “enemies of the people,” or appointing his children to key administration positions, or attacking our intelligence agencies or Justice Departments. Or praising Putin. It’s called normalcy. But just undoing all of Trump’s disastrous actions is keeping Biden busy enough. Boring decisions based on science, facts, reality and the law. Sweet sanity has been returned to our nation. I’m sure Republicans will get right to work fighting this progress. Besides now “caring” about the deficit (that Reagan took from $70 billion to $175 billion, Bush took to $300 billion, Clinton got to zero, Duhbya took to $1.2 trillion, Obama halved to $600 billion and Trump got back to over 1 trillion). Republicans are saying that Democrats again impeaching Trump hurts our nation’s quest for unity. They’re right! We should all be unified! In our allegiance to the Constitution! Unity? Yes. But first — justice! Robert LaRosa Whitestone

Improper impeachment Dear Editor: If President Biden really wants to unite the country, he would encourage Nancy Pelosi to withdraw her call for impeachment. It is unconstitutional now, since the expresident is out of office. In reality this call for impeachment was to be the final blow to end his political career, since it would mean he would never run for office again after being impeached twice. Needless to say, none of this is a surprise to the over 74 million people who supported and voted for him. He was relentless in changing the political landscape, nationally and internationally, despite a barrage of criticism from the press and colleagues in government, both Democrat and Republican. Because of him, middle Americans reengaged in politics after losing their jobs, homes and lives because of bad trade agreements (NAFTA, etc.). Their jobs were sent overseas to China and other third-world countries so that slave labor could produce, among other things, sneakers and other hi-tech products at pathetic wages and export them to the U.S. to be sold at exorbitant prices, making billionaires out of multinational companies that have no loyalty to the U.S. Follow the money! This is why he had to go. He was upsetting the status quo and emptying the swamp. And now the order of the day is to silence all his supporters and reprogram them as if they were robots! They will be banned from college campuses, etc. They will be forced to wear a scarlet letter so that all will know who they truly are. Ladies and gentlemen — goodbye to 2020 and welcome to “1984.” Thomas and Constance Dowd Oakland Gardens

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Dear Editor: I am writing in response to Kathleen Schatz’s letter of Jan. 14, entitled “NYC GOP MIA.” I want to assure the writer that the Republican Party in Queens County is alive and well. My name is Michael Conigliaro, and I am the Republican/Conservative candidate running in District 29 for the City Council seat. I plan on winning this seat because my roots since childhood stem from this district, and since I embrace a transparent, proactive and well-rounded approach that has long been absent in our communities. I grew up in Kew Gardens, live in Rego Park and graduated from Richmond Hill High School. Regarding the writer’s point of displeasure with Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz regarding several buildings being erected, contributing to overdevelopment and the loss of our history, I invite her to see my online petition to stop the demolition of a one-block radius in Rego Park. That includes essential longtime small businesses such as Tower Diner and the Ohr Natan Synagogue and Community Center. In addition, I along with Michael Perlman created the Forest Hills & Rego Park Graffiti Cleanup Initiative in conjunction with the 112th Precinct, whereby we have removed graffiti from nearly two dozen businesses in District 29 since our volunteer events started in November. This great district and city have been hit hard by this pandemic. That being said I plan on being a great leader and getting us back on track. You can follow my campaign on my social media accounts and contact me anytime. Michael Conigliaro Rego Park

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African E484K strain, compromise the efficacy of the current vaccines on the older strains. E484K has two mutations in the SarsCoV-2 RBD (receptor binding domain), one of which facilitates binding and penetration of host human cells (70 percent more infectious; 10-fold increase in viral replication; same as UK variant B117). The other (K417N) hugely affects the viral S-1 glycoprotein conformation (shape) greater than UK B117 changes, thus potentially interfering with antibody neutralization of current vaccines, as well as in re-infected Covid-19 patients during the anamnestic (secondary) adaptive immune response of memory B-cells. These strains are “escape strains” in vaccinology, due to antigenic drift and evolution by means of natural selection. Molecular dynamic simulation tests show the extent of the conformational changes. Only further studies in vitro with convalescent plasma, and follow-up tests of vaccinated persons or re-infected patients, can determine the efficacy of the present vaccines. Data may show partial or total immune escape to these variants, pointing the way to better second- (and third-) generational vaccines. Any vaccine for this family of Coronavirinae are not foolproof to viral molecular logic. I would also like to propose research into an oral Polio attenuated vectored Sars-Cov-2 polyvalent vaccine for possible better immunogenicity (efficacy) and no injection site traumatic sequelae. Joseph N. Manago Briarwood The writer is a molecular cell biologist.

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Vaccines factor into school reopenings While De Blasio promises reopening plans this year, Mulgrew may differ by Max Parrott Associate Editor

New York City’s public schools will be “running normally” in the fall, Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza and Mayor Bill de Blasio have both promised over the past week. During his press event Wednesday, de Blasio asserted, “I am adamant that based on everything we’re seeing now, we’ll be able to come back full strength in September.” But his timeline does not meet the urgency of several vocal parents’ groups, like # KeepNYCSchoolsOpen, which has called for the school system to change its “two unlinked cases” rule for closures, which they say goes beyond what is necessary to keep schools safe. The groups believe that schools should remain open, arguing their low positivity rates prove there is little communal spread, and thus it is safe for students. As of Tuesday evening, 301 schools were closed due to Covid cases — 216 for two weeks and 85 for a 24-hour period. De Blasio maintained that he

also wants to see middle and high schools continue to open up in this school year through June, but added that he needs to see more progress on f ighting back the “sheer number of cases and the question of the new variants” before he is ready to do that. Within the next month he said he planned to provide guidance to middle and high school principals on when they can expect to reopen. The mayor’s professed eagerness to start reopening is also out of whack with a recent statement from the president of the United Federation of Teachers union, Michael Mulgrew, who said last week that he wants all teachers to be vaccinated before fully reopening schools. Mulgrew told The Wall Street Journal that the timing of further reopening for in-person classes will depend on how many teachers are able to get vaccinated. “Whatever happens this school year, happens,” Mulgrew said. “But I want to be fully open in September, and I can’t guarantee that right now.” The union has been boosting its

As de Blasio maintains that he is planning to unveil a reopening plan for middle and high schools in the coming month, UFT President Michael Mulgrew has suggested that he wants all teachers vaccinated before any FILE PHOTO moves are made. vaccine efforts in recent weeks after the state made it possible for teachers to get the vaccine. Apart from the city Department of Education’s means of vaccine distribution, the UFT reached an agreement with

several major healthcare systems that increased priority to the vaccine for its members. The UFT represents around 75,000 classroom instructors, not including other unionized staffers.

Jason Fink, a Forest Hills member of Queens Parents United who would like schools to continue inperson reopening, said that the inconsistency between de Blasio’s and Mulgrew’s messaging does not give him confidence about imminent school openings. “De Blasio can’t be taken at his word. He’s said many things that haven’t come true,” Fink said. Fink added that many of the parents in his circle who want their students to have in-person class have taken matters into their own hands. “Almost all of the good students in the universe of parents that I circulate in are leaving,” Fink said. The observation is consistent with education trends both citywide and nationally. The DOE recently released data to Chalkbeat showing that the number of public school students has fallen sharply across New York City this year, declining 4 percent, or roughly 43,000, putting en rollment at roughly 960,000. The drop in enrollment is likely to mean losses in funding for Q schools.

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The opening of a vaccination site at Citi Field has been postponed due to a lack of supply, Mayor de Blasio an nounced Monday mor ning at a press conference. “We have mega sites like Citi Field and Yankee Stadium ready to go,” he said. “We want to get The home of the Mets will not be used as a Covid those to be full-blown 24-hour vaccination site just yet. NYC SCREENSHOT / YOUTUBE operations but we don’t have the asked for the second-dose supply to be vaccine.” Citi Field was originally slated to open used to give others their first doses. The city canceled 23,000 first-dose its vaccination site this week. Empire Outlets on Staten Island was planned to vaccine appointments last week and 15 hubs were temporarily closed. open last week but was also delayed. De Blasio said 628,831 doses had been De Blasio said the city has 19,032 first doses of the vaccine remaining with a administered in the city as of Sunday. The mayor announced Citi Field would resupply of 107,825 expected this week. “That doesn’t even give us the begin- be an inoculation site during his Jan. 14 ning of what we need for a week,” he press conference, at which he wore a Mets cap and jersey. said. “We welcome Queens residents, we The mayor said the city has the capacity to vaccinate half a million people per welcome all New Yorkers, we even welweek as long as there is enough supply as come Yankees fans,” he joked. “There is Q well as flexibility in distribution. He has no discrimination.”

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A GoFu nd Me has raised nea rly $85,000 for the family of a longtime Mets security worker who succumbed to Covid on Jan. 16 at the age of 52. The “Sean Dean Memorial Fund” was organized by Jay Horwitz, the Mets longtime public relations man who now works as vice president of alumni relations. “When you walked into his office at Citi Field you automatically saw the love he had for his family,” Horwitz wrote. “It was adorned with drawings and cards from his girls and framed photos of their class pictures and dance recital photos and of course photos of Melissa.” Dean, who spent over 16 years working security for the baseball team, met his wife when she was an administrative assistant for the Mets and he was a supervisor. Eventually he proposed to her on the field at Shea Stadium. He is survived by her and their two daughters, Brianna, 11, and Emma, 9. Horwitz also posted a message from longtime Mets third baseman David Wright, who said he was thankful he had

Sean Dean, who worked security for the Mets for more than 16 years, died from GOFUNDME PHOTO Covid at 52. the opportunity to call him a friend. “Sean loved his girls (Melissa, Brianna and Emma) dearly and I hope they know the tremendously positive impact their husband /dad had on the people around him,” Wright said. As of Wednesday morning, $84,647 of Q the $250,000 goal had been raised.

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Now, in Howard Beach, NY, one doctor is helping local residents with knee pain live more active, pain-free lives. Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience. Let’s face it, your knees aren’t as young as you used to be, and playing with the kids or grandkids isn’t any easier either. Maybe your knee pain keeps you from walking short distances or playing golf like you used to. Nothing’s worse than feeling great mentally, but physically feeling held back from life because your knees hurt and the pain just won’t go away! My name is Dr. Robert F. Gucciardo, D.C., owner of Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center. Since we opened seventeen years ago, I’ve seen hundreds of people with knee problems leave the office pain free. If you’re suffering from these conditions, a new breakthrough in medical technology may completely eliminate your pain and help restore normal function to your knees.

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Could This Noninvasive, Natural Treatment Be the Answer to Your Knee Pain? For 10 days only, I’m running a very special offer where you can find out if you are a candidate for cold laser therapy. What does this offer include? Everything I normally do in my “Knee Pain Evaluation.” Just call before February 7, 2021 and here’s what you’ll get… • An in-depth consultation about your problem where I will listen … really listen … to the details of your case. • A complete neuromuscular examination. • A full set of specialized X-rays to determine if arthritis is contributing to your pain (if necessary). (If you have films please bring them for evaluation). • A thorough analysis of your exam and X-ray findings so we can start mapping out your plan to being pain free. • You’ll see everything firsthand and find out if this amazing treatment will be your pain solution, as it has been for so many other patients. Until February 7th, you can get everything I’ve listed here for only $37. The normal price for this type of evaluation including X-rays is $250, so you’re saving a considerable amount by taking me up on this offer. Remember what it was like before you had knee problems – when you were pain free and could enjoy everything life had to offer. It can be that way again. Don’t neglect your problem any longer – don’t wait until it’s too late.

A new treatment is helping patients with knee pain live a happier, more active lifestyle. Here’s what to do now: Due to the expected demand for this special offer, I urge you to call our office at once. The phone number is 718-845-2323. Call today and we can get started with your consultation, exam and X-rays (if necessary) as soon as there’s an opening in the schedule. Our office is called Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center and you can find us at 162-07 91st Street in Howard Beach. Tell the receptionist you’d like to come in for the Knee Evaluation before February 7th. Sincerely, Dr. Robert F. Gucciardo, D.C. P.S. Now you might be wondering…

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New research in a treatment called Class IV Laser Therapy is having a profound effect on patients suffering with knee pain. Unlike the cutting type of laser seen in movies and used in medical procedures, the Class IV therapeutic laser penetrates the surface of the skin with no heating effect or damage. Laser Therapy has been tested for 40 years, had over 2000 papers published on it, and has been shown to aid in damaged tissue regeneration, decrease inflammation, relieve pain and boost the immune system. This means that there is a good chance cold laser therapy could be your knee pain solution, allowing you to live a more active lifestyle. Professional athletes like The New York Yankees and team members of the New England Patriots rely upon cold laser therapy to treat their sports-related injuries. These guys use the cold laser for one reason only…

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Crowley considers another BP run Former councilwoman had finished second in five-person field last year by David Russell

end of the year. Unlike last year, Richards will run as an Former Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley incumbent, but Crowley said she doesn’t see it conceded the Democratic primary for bor- as a big difference. “It’s not like he’s been serving for a long ough president to Donovan Richards last July as she found herself in second place in a five- time,” she said, noting Richards was sworn into office in late December. person field. Crowley highlighted affordable housing, At the time, Richards said, “I admire her commitment to Queens and look forward to small businesses, health and education as main problems. “We need to make sure that we working with her to unite our borough have a plan to open every classroom for moving forward into November.” safe, indoor learning,” she said, addNow Crowley is thinking of runing, “An effective borough presining against Richards again. dent can plan economic “I definitely want to serve the development.” people of Queens and I’m considCrowley also hopes transportaering running,” Crowley told the tion dollars could be used not only Chronicle Monday. to help the MTA but to plan new She said she doesn’t believe peo2021 projects, such as opening the Long ple would be unhappy that she would Island Rail Road’s Lower Montauk line run again only months after conceding an that runs between Long Island City and election for the same seat. “The process is good: you campaign, candi- Jamaica to passenger trains, or reviving the dates put platforms up, there are forums,” Rockaway Beach Line. She said resources should come to the borCrowley said, adding, “It’s a different type of ough that was hurt most first and that the borelection than last year.” Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sun- ough president can work with U.S. Sen. nyside) dropped out of last year’s Democratic Chuck Schumer (D-NY), now the Senate primary for borough president early in the majority leader. “There’s clearly a lot that the borough presirace to care for his mother but announced last week that he is running again. Van Bramer dent can do to make the borough stronger,” faces being term-limited out of office at the Crowley said. “It’s not just ceremonial. There’s Associate Editor

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Ariola to run for Council Joann Ariola, the chairwoman of the Queens County Republican Party who ran against Donovan Richards for borough president in November, is throwing her hat in the ring to succeed Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) as the representative for District 32. Ariola confirmed to the Chronicle that she is intending to run after maintaining for months that she was not considering it. She recently filed with the New York City Campaign Finance Board, but has not formally launched her campaign yet. “When I was running for borough president I was in it to win it. After looking at the numbers, especially within the 32nd Council District, and being urged by so many constituents within the 32nd District saying that we need you to run — we need someone who’s a moderate and can steer a moderate hand on the rudder the way that Councilmember Ulrich has done — I listened to them,” said Ariola. She will go up against the winner among the now nine candidates running to be the Democratic nominee for the seat, and the one independent Q candidate. — Max Parrott

a lot of respect that comes with the position and you have an opportunity now like no other to strike while the iron is hot.” Crowley was last in office in 2017, when she narrowly lost her re-election bid to Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village). Holden ran on the Republican line after losing to Crowley in the Democratic primary months earlier. A nonpartisan special election for borough president was called after District Attorney Melinda Katz took her new office but was later canceled by Gov. Cuomo due to Covid. Former prosecutor Jim Quinn, who was not in any party primary, was knocked off the ballot. In the Democratic primary, Richards received 35.8 percent of the vote with Crowley getting 28.8 percent. Councilman Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) received 18 percent, retired NYPD Sgt. Anthony Miranda received 12.5 percent and businessman Dao Yin got 4.7 percent. Richards went on to defeat Queens GOP Chairwoman Joann Ariola and Yin in the general election. Richards was sworn in last December for a term that ends Dec. 31, 2021. The borough president primary will feature ranked-choice voting, in which the winner needs a majority of the vote and votes are reallocated until a candidate gets it. Crowley was asked if she believed Richards, Van Bramer or herself would get a

Richmond Hill Library project gets timeline by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Members of Community Board 9 recently met with representatives of the Queens Public Library and the Department of Design and Construction, who gave them a proposed start date of late 2021 for the long-awaited renovations to the Richmond Hill Library. The library has been slated for renovations for over three years, during which the project has been pushed back multiple times. Board Chairman Kenichi Wilson told the Chronicle that the newest incarnation of the plan has made its way to the desk of the DDC. The library representatives showed the most recent drawings of the proposed renovations to the community board members. “We had a very good meeting. The drawings that they have are somewhat final drawings,” Wilson said. He added that the tentative plan is to finalize the design in March or April, and for the DDC to start construction by the end of the year.

The Richmond Hill Library renovation got a FILE PHOTO tentative timeline. Over the years the price of the project has swollen both due to an increasingly ambitious scale of the renovation and inflation within the construction sector. The latest figure was around $16 million for the project. If the city finalizes the plans soon, and begins building, that number should not change, said Wilson. At the project’s outset several years ago, the renovation was much smaller in scale, involving more soft changes like new tables and chairs and upgrades in lighting. Wilson said that the project has Q morphed into a full rebuild.

Former Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley last held elected office in 2017 before losing a FILE PHOTO close race for re-election. majority if she ran. “None of us are going to get 50 percent off the bat,” she said. If no candidate receives 50 percent, the lastplace finisher is eliminated and voters who picked that candidate will have their second choice counted. The process continues until a Q candidate receives a majority.

City Harvest continued from page 2 still a line, though shorter, outside. “We’ve served 67 people so far,” Davis said. More than two per minute. Still, Davis has concerns for the future with so much unknown about when the pandemic will end. “Before last March, I’d see the same people every time,” he said. “Then we had a lot more elderly people. Then I began seeing people who lost their jobs, or may still be working part-time but who need help making ends meet. What happens when people’s unemployment runs out? That’s what has me worried.” But he has no doubt that the work will go on. Even the volunteers the organization has drawn serve as an inspiration. Davis says volunteers come from all walks, including some who are a product of what Covid-19 has done to the traditional workplace. “Some people who are working from home take time off during the day to volunteer,” he said. “We have college students who come as part of school programs. Some of them stay with us even after they don’t need the credits for school.” Those looking to volunteer or donate Q can visit cityharvest.org.

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See what documents, paperwork are needed to be considered by David Russell Associate Editor

Queens Chamber of Commerce President Tom Grech said his office was contacted by hundreds of business owners in the days following the announcement of the Queens Small Business Grant Program. “We’ve been swamped,” he told the Chronicle last Friday. The chamber went from having one or two people handling the situation to more than half a dozen manning the phones and replying to emails. Funded by Mets owner Steve Cohen, the $17.5 million program offers small businesses up to $20,000. The chamber is one of seven groups interested parties can reach out to: • Accompany Capital at (347) 649-1248 or queensbizgrant@accompanycapital.org; • Ascendus at (866) 245-0783 or by emailing queensgrant@ascendus.org; • BOC Capital at 718-576-2237 or by emailing queens@bocnet.org; • Greater Jamaica Development Corp. at (718) 291-0282 or bsg@gjdc.org; • Pursuit at (866) 466-9232 or by emailing queensgrant@pursuitlending.com; • Renaissance EDC at (212) 964-6022 or info@renaissance-ny.org; and • the Queens chamber at (718) 898-8500 or queensgrants@queenschamber.org. Aron Kurlander, director of business servic-

es with the G reater a second-floor restaurant Jamaica Development or a street vendor. StoreCorp., told the Chronicle front businesses include Wednesday he recomfood service, retail, childmends business owners care and personal servicapply as soon as possible. es, such as a barber or “Eventually the fundnail salon. They do not ing pot runs out like include professional serevery program does,” he vices like accountants’ or said. lawyers’ offices, even if Kurlander said the they operate on the GJDC has talked to about first-floor; 150 businesses in the last • have employed 20 or week, including streetfewer full-time equivalent level interaction and colemployees in 2019; lecting documents. • have earned a gross Queens Chamber of Commerce PresiAvailable funding is dent Tom Grech says the group has been revenue of less than $1 expected to support at swamped with messages from business- million in 2019, or less least 700 small businesses applying for small business grants. tha n $3 m illion for es though there is no FILE PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE restaurants; exact number in mind, • have no tax liens or according to the New York City Economic unresolved judgments; and Development Corp. • generated a profit or came close to breaking So far, more than 240 small businesses and even in 2019. vendors have applied for funding with 43 Grech was asked if the tax lien condition already receiving approval. Minority- and might stop a lot of businesses from qualifying women-owned businesses make up 87 percent for the grants. of the approved entities. “It might be an issue for some people but I To be considered for a grant applicants must: think most businesses are current on their • be located in the borough; taxes,” he said. • operate as a first-floor storefront business, But Kurlander said it does have an impact on

the Jamaica community, including a “considerable amount” of retail, personal services and restaurants. “They do have those liens on record, especially post-Covid,” he said, adding, “Like any programs with parameters, you have to work with it.” All applicants must submit the following documents: • 2019 tax returns, personal or business, whichever includes business revenue; • a signed copy of a 4506-C form for the tax return submitted; • the three most recent months of business bank statements; • copy of a government-issued identification card; and • if requested, a letter from the applicant’s landlord, on the landlord’s letterhead, that states that the applicant is meeting his or her current obligation to the landlord. Street vendors also must submit their most recent New York State quarterly sales tax filing, general vendor license and mobile food vending license. The city will dedicate 30 percent of the grant to support restaurants and street vendors. Also, $2.5 million is dedicated for further support later in 2021. The EDC said it will continue to work with community partners on determining Q the best use for it.

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Council considers more food vendors CoJo calls it fair and necessary law; businesses fear lack of enforcement by Michael Gannon Editor

The City Council was scheduled to vote Jan. 28 on a bill that will, if approved, more than double the number of food vendor licenses in the city over the next decade. Proponents, including Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan), say the new law would clean up what has become a show economy that takes unfair advantage of a largely immigrant sector of workers while adding 400 permits per year. But advocates for existing brick-and-mortar businesses say the city’s traditional lack of enforcement against street vendors will make an already bad situation worse for them. Johnson, in an email to the Chronicle, said the existing situation is a creature of the Ed Koch administration, which capped vendor permits at 3,000. He said a patchwork of agencies now in charge of enforcement has led to an underground industry in which permit owners can lease their permits and carts to workers, often charging exorbitant fees. He said the bill mandates creation of a new vendor enforcement unit, and a Street Vendor Advisory Board that would include vendors, food retailers and the small business community. “We’ve had an economically punishing

black market operating in plain sight for decades because the issue seemed too tough to tackle,” Johnson said. “This Council will be voting on responsible and fair measures to put an end to this problem, which hurts lowincome immigrants. When done right, vending enlivens our streets and provides opportunity to an often-neglected workforce.” Mayor de Blasio supports it. Johnson’s office said the enforcement agency could be formed under the Mayor’s Office or any mayoral agency. Supporters say the Council is sympathetic to the needs of existing businesses, acknowledging that already tough times with high rents, big box stores and online shopping were made tougher by the pandemic. But they also say the existing system has been hurting street vendors — themselves small business operators — for decades, and that the bill’s aim is to rein in a system that has gotten out of control. Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), however, an original co-sponsor of the bill when it was first introduced in 2018, isn’t on board any longer. “The Councilman co-sponsored the bill at a time when things were very different in our city and with the understanding that certain amendments would be made to it (such as a provision prohibiting street vendors from oper-

ating at a certain proximity to a competing brick and mortar business and better enforcement), which were not made,” a spokesman for the councilman said in an email on Tuesday. “It was also well before the pandemic, when funding was more plentiful (including for the NYPD). He no longer supports the bill and has withdrawn as a sponsor. He is greatly concerned with our struggling storefront businesses and has fought against the draconian fees leveled against them by city agencies during the pandemic.” Tom Grech, president and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, is adamantly opposed to the bill. Like Holden, he has doubts about the promises of future enforcement. “It is so difficult in this city right now for retailers and restaurants, and they’re adding 400 vendors a year,” Grech said. “I think a high number of businesses are going to go out of business. “When you have enforcement thrown by the wayside, you’re going to have chaos. Not good chaos — chaos. You have an avalanche of regulations on brick and mortar businesses and little or no enforcement on vendors. It’s an awful mix. I scratch my head wondering what they’re thinking with this bill.” Hank Sheinkopf, spokesman for the New York State Latino Restaurant, Bar & Lounge Association, also wasn’t impressed

The City Council is set to vote on a measure that would more than double the number of PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON food vendor permits. “Rushing through, with no public discussion, legislation that will destroy already ailing largely outer-borough-located tax paying small businesses — employing minority men and women — is bad public policy and just plain wrong,” Sheinkopf told the Chronicle in an Q email.

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Pawel, who had been living on the street, finally accepted help and was taken to an FILE PHOTO area hospital last Thursday. “Arek” Jasinski, a homeless man who froze to death in Ridgewood in 2018. Pawel was situated only a block from the Community Board 5 office. His belongings were cleaned up after he left the premises. “All the debris that was there was removed,” Myrtle Avenue BID President Q Ted Renz said.

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Values and teachings of a Catholic education The Catholic educational program is based on religious beliefs and values, which enable students to grow in their understanding of themselves, their relationship with God and their relationship with others. Catholic high schools promote the education of young people to their full potential; their teachers respect and encourage real learning experiences. Students acquire knowledge and develop the skills necessary for success in higher educational pursuits and a wide range of careers. They also offer a community environment in which students can discuss and live out the values upon which their education is based. They are encouraged to contribute to society and to assume leadership roles in shaping public attitudes and programs. In Catholic high schools, young people learn to question, to establish confidence in their own good choices in life and to experience the sense of accomplishment that stems from individual achievement and responsibility. Catholic high schools: • build character; • foster community service; • encourage involvement;

Queens Catholic High School Directory Archbishop Molloy High School (1) 83-53 Manton St., Briarwood (718) 441-2100 Website: molloyhs.org

• develop real-world skills; • shape leaders; • reward achievement; • reinforce values; • allow for spiritual growth; • embrace differences; • raise standards; • empower each student; and • celebrate school spirit. The Diocese of Brooklyn offers a high school fair in the fall on one night in Queens and another night in Brooklyn where students, faculty and administrators from the high schools are available to answer questions and distribute materials. Each high school also offers open houses and tours (which are virtual this year due to Covid-19) so that parents and prospective students can meet with current students, faculty and administrators and learn about the academics and activities the schools offer. Additionally, many schools usually offer “Buddy Days” in which prospective students can spend a day in the school attending classes with a student who is currently enrolled. All of the high schools also have websites that highlight their specific admissions poliQ cies and dates for open houses. — diocese of brooklyn.org/schools / secondary-education/

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Cathedral Preparatory School (2) 56-25 92 St., Elmhurst (718) 592-6800 Website: cathedralprep.org

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Christ the King Regional High School (3) 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village (718) 366-7400 Website: ctkny.org Holy Cross High School (4) 26-20 Francis Lewis Blvd., Flushing (718) 886-7250, ext. 558 Website: holycrosshs.org The Mary Louis Academy (5) 176-21 Wexford Terrace, Jamaica Estates (718) 297-2120 Website: tmla.org Msgr. McClancy Memorial High School (6) 71-06 31st Ave., East Elmhurst (718) 898-3800 Website: msgrmcclancy.org St. Agnes Academic HS (7) 13-20 124 St., College Point (718) 353-6276, ext. 11 Website: stagneshs.org (St. Agnes is closing at the end of the school year)

St. Francis Preparatory High School (8) 6100 Francis Lewis Blvd. Fresh Meadows, NY 11365 (718) 423-8810 Website: sfponline.org St. John’s Preparatory High School (9) 21-21 Crescent St., Astoria (718) 721-7200 Website: stjohnsprepschool.org Number in parenthesis is the number represented on the map above () * map courtesy of catholicschoolsbq.org

The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens supports high schools in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn. Though the schools have a Catholic Christian mission, they are open to students of all faiths.

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Imagine what you can do. Seats available for all levels. To apply visit www.SFPonline.org “High School is four years; St. Francis Prep is Forever.” ST. FRANCIS PREPARATORY SCHOOL 6100 Francis Lewis Blvd. Fresh Meadows, NY 11365 (718) 423-8810 www.SFPonline.org

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C M SQ page 19 Y K St. Luke School 16-01 150 Place, Whitestone (718) 746-3833, slswhitestone.org

Divine Mercy Catholic Academy 101-60 92 St., Ozone Park (718) 845-3074, divinemercyca.org

Our Lady of Fatima School 25-38 80 St., Jackson Heights, (718) 429-7031, ourladyoffatimaschool.org

Resurrection Ascension Catholic Academy, 85-25 61 Road, Rego Park (718) 426-4963, racatholicacademy.org

St. Elizabeth Catholic Academy 94-01 85 St., Ozone Park (718) 641-6990. stelizabethca.org

St. Margaret Catholic Academy, 66-10 80 St., Middle Village, (718) 326-0922, stmargaretschoolmv.org

Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy 45-11 245 St., Douglaston (718) 631-3153, dwcaonline.org

Our Lady of Hope Catholic Academy 61-21 71 St., Middle Village (718) 458-3535. olhca.org

Sacred Heart Catholic Academy (Cambria Heights), 115-50 221 St., (718) 527-0123, shcach.org

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy, 21-18 46 St., Astoria (718) 726-9405. sfaacademy.org

St. Matthias Catholic Academy 58-25 Catalpa Ave., Ridgewood (718) 381-8003, stmatthiaschool.org

Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy 111-02 86 Ave., Richmond Hill (718) 849-3988, hcjcany.org

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Academy 70-25 Kessel St., Forest Hills (718) 793-2086, olmercyca.org

Sacred Heart Catholic Academy of Bayside, 216-01 38 Ave., (718) 631-4804, sacredheartbayside.org

St. Gregory the Great Catholic Academy, 244-44 87 Ave., Bellerose, (718) 343-5053, sgtgschool.org

St. Mel’s Catholic Academy 154-24 26 Ave., Flushing (718) 539-8211, stmelsacademy.org

Holy Family Catholic Academy 74-15 175 St., Fr. Meadows, (718) 9692124, holyfamilyca-freshmeadows.org

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy, 111-10 115 St., South Ozone Park, (718) 843-4184, olphca.org

Sacred Heart Catholic Academy of Glendale, 84-05 78 Ave., (718) 4566636, sacredheartglendale.org

St. Helen Catholic Academy 83-09 157 Ave., Howard Beach, (718) 835-4155, sthelencatholicacademy.org

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Academy, 80-22 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica (718) 380-1900. sntschoolny.org

Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy, Astoria, 21-63 29 St. (718) 728-1969, icsastoria.org

Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Academy, 35-34 105 St., Corona (718) 426-5517, olscorona.org

St. Adalbert Catholic Academy 52-17 83 St., Elmhurst, (718) 424-2376 saintadalbertca.org

St. Joan of Arc School 35-27 82 St., Jackson Heights (718) 639-9020, sjaschoolny.org

St. Sebastian Catholic Academy 39-76 58 St., Woodside (718) 429-1982. stsebastianacademy.org

Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy, Jamaica, 179-14 Dalny Road, (718) 739-5933, iccajamaica.org

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Academy, 34-45 202 St., Bayside (718) 229-4434, olbsacademy.org

St. Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy, 35-50 158 St., Flushing, (718) 359-7887, standrewavellinoca.com

St. Joseph Catholic Academy 28-46 44 St., Long Island City (718) 728-0724, sjcalic.org

St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Academy, 61-17 Grand Ave., Maspeth (718) 326-1585, ststanscaqn.org

Incarnation Catholic Academy 89-15 Francis Lewis Blvd., Queens Village (718) 465-5066, incarnationqv.org

Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy, 79-33 258 St., Floral Park, (718) 343-1346. olscafp.org

St. Bartholomew Catholic Academy 44-15 Judge St., Elmhurst, (718) 4467575, stbartholomewca.org

St. Kevin Catholic Academy 45-50 195 St., Flushing (718) 357-8110, stkevinca.org

St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Academy, 87-49 87 St., Woodhaven, (718) 847-3904, sta-catholicacademy.org/

Notre Dame Catholic Academy, Ridgewood, 62-22 61 St., (718) 821-2221 notredame-ca.org

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Academy, 72-55 Austin St., Forest Hills (718) 263-2622. olqmca.org

St. Clare Catholic Academy 137-25 Brookville Blvd., Rosedale (718) 528-7174, stclarecatholicacademy.org

St. Leo Catholic Academy 104-19 49 Ave., Corona (718) 592-7050, stleocatholicacademy.org

Saints Joachim and Anne School 218-19 105 Ave., Queens Village (718) 465-2230, ssjaschool.org

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Bill would cut rent for NYCHA outages Residents who have sustained utility interruption would be compensated by Michael Gannon

can be viewed online. “Ongoing utility outages are unacceptable Earlier this month it was the cooking gas at for any New Yorker, and NYCHA residents should not be expected to pay full rent when the Woodside Houses. In October it was the same thing at the they are not receiving the services they are paying for,” Gianaris said last week in an Astoria Houses. And the gas problems in Flushing’s Bland email following the outage in the Woodside Houses. “That’s why I introduced the Houses last summer dragged on for weeks. Now a pair of legislators from Queens want NYCHA Utility Accountability Act, which to give tenants of the New York City Housing would reduce rent obligations during extended utility outages and Author ity a bit of ensure we treat all financial relief when neighbors with the utilities go awry. hen you’re paying rent, our respect.” Companion bills Anderson told the known collectively as you’re not just paying Chronicle back in the the NYCHA Utility fall that he was lookAccountability Act, for a concrete slab.” ing to move Gianaris’ introduced in Albany — Queensbridge Houses resident measure in the by Deput y Senate Raymond Normandeau Assembly. Majority Leader Mike Raymond NormanGianaris (D-Astoria) and Assemblyman Khaleel Anderson (D-Far deau, a resident of the Queensbridge Houses in Rockaway) would require the city’s housing Long Island City and a well-known, vociferous authority to give a prorated reduction in rent to NYCHA critic, said residents sometimes can tenants who suffer sustained interruption of get similar rent abatements “but it’s not talked about a lot.” utility service. He said the Gianaris-Anderson proposal Gianaris’s bill, S.1603, is co-sponsored by state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D_Flushing) makes sense. “When you’re paying rent, you’re not just among others outside Queens. Backers of Anderson’s A.1866 measure include Assem- paying for a concrete slab,” Normandeau said. blyman Brian Barnwell (D-Maspeth). Both “You’re paying for hot water. You’re paying for Editor

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Proposed state legislation would mandate rent abatements for residents of the New York City PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Housing Authority who suffer sustained utility outages. cold water. You’re paying for heat.” He also said it helps to be known for sticking up for one’s rights. “I never have outages for very long,” Normandeau said. NYCHA, in a statement, said the sentiment, while understandable, is misguided. “Gas outages are a symptom of decades of disinvestment in NYCHA’s aging infrastruc-

ture,” a spokesperson said in an email. “While we understand the aim of the sponsors, it would be better to support the Blueprint for Change, which will bring meaningful investment into NYCHA, rather than taking a punitive approach. Unfortunately, gas outages will continue to occur until we find the funding to replace the necessary plumbing.” Q NYCHA operates 21 sites in Queens.

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Powell’s Cove Park will grow by nearly two acres, though most likely not for another two or three years. The city Department of Environmental Protection, which presides over land adjacent to the northwestern segment of the parkland, will transfer its rehabilitated wetland to the city Parks Department. The land was previously inaccessible to the public and used to store equipment for a sewage treatment plant. According to Parks press officer Charisse Hill, the 1.85-acre land transfer is part of an effort by the DEP to install a new interceptor sewer at the Tallman Island Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, located a third of a mile north of the Powell’s Cove Park. The interceptor sewer would substantially reduce sewer overflows into the surrounding water bodies, thus contributing to a restoration of Powell’s Cove Park, Hill said. The DEP had closed the western section of Powell’s Cove Park from 2012 to 2015 for the same reason — an underground interceptor sewer line leading to Tallman Island increased the sewer plant’s treatment capacity by up to 160 million gallons of wastewater daily, as well as reduced overflows of untreated waste into local waters during wet weather. As part of the impending project, the

The city Department of Environmental Protection will be transferring a 1.85-acre parcel of land to the city Parks Department sometime in the next year, which would expand public waterfront NYC PARKS IMAGE access at Powell’s Cove Park in College Point. agencies have restored 1.3 acres of tidal wetland and 3 acres of grassland, which included 700 trees and shrubs and scenic walking paths inside the park space. “Parks’ goal is to use this (upcoming) transfer of property to expand the adjacent Powell’s Cove Park by transforming this passive space into a recreational oasis,” Hill said

in an email to the Chronicle. When it is completed, parkgoers will be able to walk a full mile along the beach from Powell’s Cove Boulevard to 138th Street in Malba. The park was created in 1999 in an effort to protect tidal wetlands and the natural environment of the marshland region. The last time it was expanded was in January 2019,

when a walkway to the park was added on the corner of Seventh Avenue and 130th Street following a strong community push by the Coastal Preservation Network and City Councilmember Paul Vallone (D-Bayside). “We are thrilled to regain public access to another large waterfront parcel in the northern part of our town, which will greatly expand Powell’s Cove Park and will give residents more space to enjoy the beautiful views of the East River and Whitestone Bridge,” said Kathryn Cervino, the group’s president and a significant advocate for public waterfront access in College Point. “Piece by piece, the city really is building a magnificent waterfront park!” she said, noting that her fight for waterfront access at Tallman Island is still ongoing — the CPN and Vallone are hosting a meeting Feb. 26 to discuss future initiatives. The park expansion, which has not yet been posted to Parks’ capital project tracker, is in its early phases. The agencies expect the design phase to kick off later this year, when community members will be encouraged to attend visioning meetings to determine priorities and amenities for the site. The transfer of land is expected to take place sometime in 2022, though Parks is already prepared for the possibility that it could experience delays Q due to Covid-19.

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He agreed to take the job — then wasn’t hired Matt Doherty was recruited by Lou Carnesecca in the late 1970s but the hoops star at Holy Trinity High School on Long Island didn’t even visit St. John’s, instead picking the University of North Carolina over not just SJU but Duke, Virginia and Notre Dame. The decision not to visit the Queens campus might have cost him the Red Storm coaching job in 2004. “Rumor had it that Lou Carnesecca didn’t want me at St. John’s,” Doherty wrote in “Rebound: From Pain to Passion,” newly released by Sports Publishing Group. He added, “He didn’t want a Carolina guy coaching his program.” Carnesecca told Newsday at the time that he wouldn’t discourage the school from hiring Doherty. “A lot of people didn’t come that I recruited so I’d have to be mad at the whole world,” he said. Doherty was national coach of the year at North Carolina in 2001 but was let go two seasons later as an unhappy administration and fan base turned its frustrations on him.

St. John’s was looking for a coach in 2004 as off-court trouble led to a 6-21 finish and the darkest season in school history. Doherty, who had already been a head coach in the Big East for a season at Notre Dame and had a top donor supporting him, met with officials. He writes that SJU’s president, the Rev. Donald Harrington, agreed to a seven-year deal. Harrington even told the coach he could tell James Madison University that he wasn’t available for its offer. But calls to the athletic director in the following days about hiring assistants and other finalities were not being returned. “I compare it to dating a girl,” Doherty told the Chronicle Monday. “I’m calling and nobody is picking up. I’m thinking, ‘Uh-oh.’” Days later, Doherty was informed that St. John’s decided to go in a different direction. “I turned down a good Division I job for St. John’s in front of President Father Harrington and now I don’t have anywhere to coach!” Doherty wrote. The Red Storm hired Norm Roberts, a respected recruiter at Kansas, Illinois and

Matt Doherty believed he was hired as St. John’s head coach in 2004 only to be told the Red Storm was instead going in a different COURTESY IMAGE direction. Tulsa whose only head coaching experience was a 24-84 mark at Queens College in the early 1990s. The Johnnies would go 81-101 in six seasons under Roberts. “You always like to think that you could have been the difference maker,” Doherty

said Monday, adding, “It would have been fun to have been in the Big East and coaching at Madison Square Garden and trying to bring back St. John’s basketball. But we make plans and God laughs.” The St. John’s disappointment was followed by Doherty watching North Carolina win the 2005 title with players he recruited. “You try to put a mask on it but that mask can be heavy,” he said, but then put things in perspective. “People lose lives, people lose children. People lose a lot more than what I lost but it was still scarring.” When Doherty gives talks for Vistage International, a peer mentoring membership organization for CEOs, business owners and executives, he shows a slide with a graph going up to a peak in 2001 before taking a hard drop, similar to a stock market crash. The next slide is the graph with labels for his jobs and accomplishments before being forced to resign in 2003. “A lot of people talk about success,” Doherty said. “I take a different angle and talk about my failure.” The former coach said he enjoys giving the talks. “Basketball players have a basketball coach,” Doherty said. “Why should an executive not have a leadership coach?” Doherty coached at Florida Atlantic University and Southern Methodist University before becoming a motivational speaker. Roberts spent a year with the Florida Gators before returning to Kansas as an assistant, where he has been since 2012. St. John’s is still looking for its first Q NCAA Tournament win since 2000.

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“I had “I had ad eeverything veryy th ve thing g bu but ut I had nothing,” Mets legend Darryl Strawberry writes wrriittes w es in in his h s new hi neew bo b book, ok, “Turn ok “T Your Season Arou Around: How God Transforms Your Yo Yo ou ur LLife,” ur ifee,,” pub if p pu published ubl blisshe hed by by Z Zondervan. o dervan. on SStrawberry St trraawb wber ber erry rryy w was aass an an ei eeight-time g t-time All-Star outfielder gh outfielde who won titles with the Mets and Y Yaa n kkee e s b u t r a n af o u l of t h e l aw ove r c o c a i n e possession, po p o sssses s es e s sii o on n , tax taa x evasion evv as a io o n and probation violations. violat Many believe his off-field offof f ff--fi fieelld problems prrro p obleems oble ob ms and and substance sub ubstance abuse derailed what should have been a Hall Hall Ha allll of of Fame Fame career. Fa caarreer. ee ee In n h his iiss b book, oo o o k, k w written ritt ri t en w tt with ith Lee Weeks, Stra Strawberry relates how he eventua even ev e n ttu en u a lly l lyy o overc v rcc a me ve me h his is demons, throug through fa ith. Unaba shedly Christian C ri Ch r isst s t iaa n an aand nd d ffull ul o ull off re rreferences f erences to the Bible Bible, the book serves as a manual m n ma nu u aall ffor o r tthose or ho o see w who ho want to do the sam same, with chapter titles such ssu u ch h as a s “Redefine “R R ed e d ef e inee Your Yo o u r Identity,” “Reveal Your Yo Scars” and “Restore God’s God’ Go dsP d’ Pe Peace.” eac ace.” Iff ssomeone omeo om eone told tol old him him in hi n 1986 19 986 he would be helping helpin people through God, he wouldn’t w ul wo ul d dn n’t ’t have have avve be b believed eliev evved the them. hem m. “I would thought told the Chronicle wou oul uld have havee tho ough g t they were crazy,” Strawberry Stra last Thursday. “Now laasstt T hurs hu rsda daayy. “N Now if they said it was Gary Carter, yes, I could see it. No But Bu B ut me? me? No me o way.” way ay.” He H e joked j ok o ked that Carter, the Hall Ha of Fame catcher, and outfielder o u tf ou t ie ielder Mookie Wilson were “among a bunch of the Met s clubhouses of o heathens” in th the 1980s. y respec ted their But Strawberr Straw lifestyles. what those guys had,” “I wanted wan he said said. “They had baseball but they h had a life outside baseball.” Carter, Ca who was constantly smiling, smi was known as “Camera Carter” to critics. But Strawberry Str said to play with him hi was to appreciate him. “Guys thought he was ph phony but he was free,” he sai “I understand the freesaid. do now because I’m in dom Ch Christ too. When you get to th place you’re free.” that Strawberry was talented b moody. After a triumbut p phant home run in Game 7 o the 1986 World Series, of he jogged slowly around the bases to show up manager Davey Johnson, who had pulled him from Ga me 6 . A s he relates in the book, Strawberr y

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With families still unable to head out to Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Saturdays to being their kids to the Queens Museum, museum officials wanted to come up with other ways to bring the museum and its art exhibits to families. The weekly Family Art Workshop program, an interactive series hosted on Zoom for families of children age 4 and older, seems to have fit the bill. “We have families coming together,” said Kimaada Le Gendre, who serves as head of education for the museum. “We have children of all ages. We’ve had two to five members of families sharing the screen.” Le Gendre said she and Youth Coordinator Fatema Khuda got together with the aim of curating youth- and family-appropriate arts and crafts programs. Special attention was paid to projects using materials that would be readily available and on hand in an average home. The workshops run from 1 to 2 p.m. every Saturday. All participants must preregister online at least one day in advance. Lists of all materials needed and other specifications will be emailed to families prior to the start of each program.

Programs run earlier this month included cardboard cutout sculptures of birds and other creatures, followed by sustainable wind chimes crafted by recycling tin cans, string, sticks, and a little bit of paint and hardware. The following week taught participants how to create artworks using soap bubbles and a little bit of paint. “We do step-by-step explanations, with everyone working together,” Le Gendre said. Upcoming sessions include “Marbled Paintings” this Saturday, Jan, 30; “Blot Paintings” on Feb. 6; “Sun Catchers” on Feb. 13; the sure-to-be-popular “Make Your Own Play Dough” on Feb. 20; and “Self Care Inspired Art” on Feb. 27. Le Gendre said she and Khuda are working on some programs with not just art but a perspective of history in mind in the coming weeks. The museum is planning related programming in February for Black History Month, as well as the week of Presidents’ Day, which this year will be celebrated on Feb. 15. She said it also is looking forward in March to workshops commemorating and celebrating national Women’s History Month.

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Arts and crafts programs are aimed at bringing families — and the Queens Museum — together online every Saturday afternoon for a bit of fun and creativity with the musePHOTO BY KUO-HENG HUANG um’s Family Art Workshops. Family Art Workshops can accommodate diverse learners and are accessible to families with children with special needs and English language learners. Those wishing to RSVP for specific

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of you.” “I knew my mother wasn’t a liar,” Strawberry said. He played his last game in 1999. A drug suspension and subsequent retirement came in 2000. “It was great to get away from the lifestyle,” Strawberry said. “I couldn’t identify myself as who I was supposed to be because I was always Darryl Strawberry, the baseball player.” He met Tracy, who would become his third wife, at a Narcotics Anonymous convention, though the famous athlete was hardly anonymous. Strawberry took photos with fans but she wasn’t impressed. “She thought I was just a freak show,” Strawberry said. They started talking about how to help him instead of his baseball career. “She walked through the hardest parts of my life with me when I didn’t have nothing, when the trophies were gone, the championships are over, the uniform is off and the money’s gone,” Strawberry said. The hardest parts included Tracy pulling him out of dope houses in Florida. Strawberry asked why she and God wouldn’t just leave him there to die.

Her reply: “You’re not that lucky.” Speaking of his mother and wife, Strawberry, a self-described womanizer in his playing days, noted God put two women in his life who would “bring correction.” Of Tracy, he said, “I’m the man I am today because of her. There’s nothing great about me. I just had help.” Strawberry draws some parallels between baseball and life in his book. Instead of standing at the plate and looking at his third base coach for signs, now he asks, What would Jesus do? Not dwelling on past mistakes is another. He quotes the apostle Paul “forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Jesus Christ.” Strawberry said he was able not to dwell on past mistakes in the 1986 playoffs as he struck out 12 times in 22 at-bats against the Astros but still delivered a pair of clutch home runs and crucial hits in a hard-fought series. Strawberry was asked if being in New York City in the 1980s in his early 20s may have been volatile combination. “I think it’s supposed to happen the way it’s supposed

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continued from page 23 accepted Jesus Christ in 1991, while a member of the Dodgers, but said it wasn’t until 15 years later he truly allowed God to have authority over his life. “I went right into playing baseball and I never went back into the church and the process of being discipled,” Strawberry said. When his mother was dying, she asked him to pray for her. She told him God spoke to her and told her “he’s going to get it out

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HEARING NOTICE The New York City Board of Standards and Appeals has scheduled a virtual public hearing on the following application on February 8th & 9th, 2021: BSA Cal. No. 202045-BZ & 127-15-BZ Premises: 135-35 Northern Boulevard, Queens, Block 4958, Lot(s) 0038 Applicant: Goldman Harris LLC Variance (§72-21) to permit the construction of a 16-story mixed-use building contrary to Residential FAR (ZR §23-151), Commercial FAR (ZR §33-121), and Total FAR (ZR §35-311(d)); Open Space and Open Space Ratio (ZR §23-151) and (ZR §3532), permitted obstruction in the rear yard (ZR §24-339(b) (3) and ZR §33-23(b)(3)), Density (ZR §23-22), location of eating and drinking establishment above the ground floor (ZR §32-421), and contrary to maximum height for new buildings in the Airport Approach District (ZR § 6121); Amendment of a previously approved Special Permit (§73-66) for the construction of a building in excess of the height limits in the Airport Approach District (ZR §61-21). R6 (C2-2) Zoning District. An agenda listing the specific session (including the final date and time) with call-in details will be posted as an announcement on the front page of the Board’s website (www.nyc. gov/bsa) the Friday before. The virtual public hearing will be livestreamed on the Board’s website and on YouTube. Interested persons or associations may watch online and call in to present testimony during the public hearing. They may also submit a written statement by email to submit@bsa.nyc. gov. For any communication, please include BSA Calendar No. 2020-45-BZ and the property address: 135-35 Northern Boulevard, Queens The Board’s physical office is currently closed, but please direct questions to (212) 386-0009.

NOTICE is hereby given that an order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County, on the 7th day of December, 2020, bearing Index Number 1287/2019, a copy of which may be examined at the Civil Court Clerk’s Office, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York 11435, grants me the right to assume the name of GANESH SHIVCHARAN. My present address is Jamaica, NY; I was born in 06/1968 in Montreal, Canada; my present name is POORAN GANESH SHIVCHARAN, JR. a/k/a POORAN GANESH SHIVCHARAN, a/k/a GANESH SHIVCHARAN AND a/k/a GANESH SHIVCHARAN, JR.

AMAR MARKETING ENTERPRISE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/24/2014. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Simranjeet Singh, 117-07 95TH Avenue, South Richmond Hill, NY 11419. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 08-28-2020, bearing Index Number NC-000461-20/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) LILY (Middle) SHANTA (Last) HOWLADER. My present name is (First) ELVIRA (Middle) SHANTA (Last) HOWLADER AKA ELVIRA HOWLADER. The city and state of my present address are Corona, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NEW YORK.The month and year of my birth are December 1994.

Notice of Formation of Angel Gems LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/30/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: ZULEIKA CORTES, 53-23 ROOSEVELT AVE., APT. 3F, WOODSIDE, NY 11377. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 748 CROWN HOLDINGS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/02/20, office location Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC, 50-25 97th Place, Corona, NY 11368. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AWTCS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/18/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: AWTCS LLC 34-30 Collins Place Flushing, NY 11354 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Advance Media Spend Group LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/2/20. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 43-01 22nd St, Ste 503, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BESPOKE BIKELIFE LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/14/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: DANA F. NELSON, ESQ., 401 SCHENECTADY AVE., SUITE 8E, BROOKLYN, NY 11213. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that license #1333115 has been applied by the undersigned to sell wine, beer in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 69-32 Grand Ave., Maspeth, NY 11378 for on-premises consumption. G A V REST.CORP. d/b/a/ Good Eats Diner.

Notice of Formation of Almighty Daycare LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/05/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: AMANDA L. MIGHTY, 111-27 158TH STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11433. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Culture 4 Freedom LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/25/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: CULTURE 4 FREEDOM LLC, 14515 224TH STREET, LAURELTON, NY 11413. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Legal Notices 22-27 REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/22/20. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 22-27 33rd Street, Astoria, NY 11105. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of 4JM LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/04/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 4JM LLC, 162-30 99TH STREET, HOWARD BEACH, NY 11414. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Legal Notices Notice of Formation of STUNNER POLISH LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/24/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: BRANDEE LIGON, 1420 GATEWAY BLVD., APT 2D, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. VALER ESTATE GROUP LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/04/2020. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, PO Box 312385, Jamaica, NY 11431, NY 11431. Reg Agent: U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Young Cag LLC filed w/ SSNY on 1/11/21. Office: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 36-37 212th St., Bayside, NY 11361. Purpose: any lawful.

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Notice of Formation of 6318 Fresh Pond Realty LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/06/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: GUO HUA LIN, 6318 FRESH POND RD, RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Shouldn’t have gone to Jared by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Mets owner Steve Cohen faced his first public relations crisis since buying the team when a story broke last Monday about a former female baseball journalist who accused new general manager Jared Porter of sexual harassment incidents occurring in 2016. This journalist was affiliated with a media outlet from her native country. Her name and nationality were understandably kept confidential by ESPN, to which she first reported Porter’s sexually aggressive texts in 2017 but asked them to not publish the story because she was fearful of how it would be received. Apparently this journalist decided to come forward after Porter landed one of the highest-profile jobs in baseball. Last Tuesday Porter confirmed his loutish behavior in a phone call with the man who hired him roughly a month earlier, team president Sandy Alderson. Hours later Cohen fired Porter. It was clearly the right decision. Looking visibly pained, Alderson patiently fielded questions at a press conference. He said the Mets would not be trying to find a general manager with spring training scheduled to begin in less than a month. He also answered countless repetitive questions about the vetting process in which Porter was selected. Some media members suggested

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Alderson should have contacted the FBI. It was not shocking there would be some media hysteria but Alderson, a former Marine with a no-nonsense persona, did his due diligence. While lewd aspects of Porter’s behavior generated headlines what wasn’t reported as forcefully was that he apologized to the victim in 2017. I’m not suggesting she had an obligation to accept his apology, just it would be impossible for Alderson to know anything was awry since she chose to stay silent. Since no other accusers have come forward I have to assume Porter learned not to further indulge in that kind of behavior. New York Daily News Mets beat writer Deesha Thosar wrote a harrowing story about a colleague who stalked her at a prior job. What was loathsome was her editor’s decision to place a photo next to it of men in the sports media talking with former Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen. The implication, in my opinion, was these guys were part of a toxic culture. That’s ludicrous. This is 2021 and not 1971. While there are still more men than women in the press box, the imbalance is not as great as many assume. Most folks I know in the sports media are terrific, but as in any industry, there are jerks and bullies and that cuts across gender lines. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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