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COVID concerns come rushing back Parts of Queens see spike in cases; mayor warns schools could shutter by David Russell Associate Editor

he city’s daily COVID positivity rate dropped to 0.94 percent Mayor de Blasio announced Wednesday, a day after a reported 3.25 percent rate marked the highest number since June, prompting warnings that schools and businesses could be shut down again. Areas of concern include Kew Gardens with a 3.31 percent infection rate, Edgemere/ Far Rockaway at 4.91 percent and Kew Gardens Hills/Pomonok with a 3.60 percent rate over the past two weeks. According to city numbers, St. Albans has seen a 550 percent increase in two weeks with 14 total cases, and Hamilton Beach/Howard Beach/Lindenwood had a 213 percent hike with 33 cases. De Blasio announced Tuesday that people who refuse to wear masks in select neighborhoods, including Kew Gardens, can be fined up to $1,000. The city’s Department of Health warned last week that all nonessential businesses could be closed in impacted areas if the numbers do not improve. That was met with some criticism. Queens Chamber of Commerce President Tom Grech said the city and state should be “surgical” in any effort to shut down places.

“At this point in the pandemic, every business is essential to the people that own it, that work there and to the community,” he told the Chronicle Monday. “And to do a broad brushstroke approach to shut down an area is counterproductive.” Grech said if authorities see violators, they should use their power to take the necessary action but that it would be unfair to punish everybody. “There’s no way that the selfish actions of a few, for whatever reason, should stop the efforts of the governor to reopen up our restaurants, our neighborhoods and our businesses,” he said. Grace Anker, who owns The Potter’s Wheel on Lefferts Boulevard, said things could be better if people followed protocols. “I see people walking around without masks, which is rather disconcerting. Everybody should know better,” she said, adding, “I think there’s still a segment of the population in denial or ignorance about all this.” Anker, who runs the art business and teaches classes, said people have been asking her if they can have birthday parties at the store, “which is not happening.” Only 10 people, with masks, can come in at a time, and must be six feet apart. They have to register for time on the business’ website. Anker, like Grech, is not happy about the possibility of all area stores closing. “I think

Coronavirus rates are increasing in a number of Queens neighborhoods. that’s pretty draconian,” she said. “Why should they punish all the businesses?” De Blasio also said Tuesday that the uptick could mean schools would have to go all online. The announcement came two days before public high schools are scheduled to begin in-person learning. De Blasio initially said schools would not open for in-person learning if the city’s infection rate on a seven-day rolling average hit three percent or higher. The Health Department also issued a commissioner’s order last Friday to nonpublic schools in affected areas, stating all individuals

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on the school premises should remain at least 6 feet apart at all times, face coverings should be worn at all times, and that administrators must coordinate with the DOH and Trace Corps and follow protocols if a student or a staff member is confirmed to have it. Schools not in compliance with the order will face violations and possible closures, as well as a $1,000 fine. “Everybody wants reassurance and we are happy to provide that,” Carla MacMullen, head of school at the Kew-Forest School, told the Chronicle Wednesday. MacMullen said many of the protocols were already part of the school’s reopening program and that the school is “watchful and vigilant” of the numbers but is not changing its plans. There are almost 230 students enrolled in the school, with around half of them on-site and more than 100 in a full-remote environment. MacMullen said nobody from the DOH has visited the school yet. “But we understood that’s a possibility and we’re ready,” she said. City COVID hospital admissions and sevenday average daily cases hit September highs Wednesday, with 87 and 354, respectively, according to de Blasio. Teresa Amato, the director of emergency medicine at Northwell Health’s Long Island continued on page 30

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Republican takes on Rajkumar in general Law-and-order candidate challenges Democratic nominee in District 38 by Max Parrott

tration as the director of immigration affairs and special counsel, After winning a three-way race where she led a $31-million projfor the Democratic nomination in ect to improve legal access to Queens’ Assembly District 38, immigrant families in the state. attorney Jenifer Rajkumar will She described herself as the right forge on to face a law-and-order person to rebuild the district, Republican challenger in the Nov. composed predom i n a ntly of immigrant groups in the south, in 3 general election for the seat. Rajkumar captured 50 percent the wake of the economic devasof the vote to defeat incumbent tation of the coronavirus. To aid the district’s recovery, Assembly man Mike Miller er Rajkumar said she would R (D-Woodhaven) as well ass advocate for legislation a adjunct poetry professorr supporting small busiJoey de Jesus in the nesses and workers’ n Democratic June rights. A small business primary. interruption insurance Now she will r un bill would help businessa g a i n s t 2 4 -ye a r- ol d es stay afloat by requiring R idgewood resident 2020 insurance companies to pay Giovanni Perna, a former legislative inter n for for mer claims as a result of business Assemblyman Peter D. Lopez interruption, she said. She also from the Catskills. Perna has s u p p o r t s t h e S W E AT b i l l , framed his campaign for the over- designed to help workers recoup whelmingly Democratic district stolen wages. “These are initiatives that are as a referendu m on the bail reform and discovery laws the going to make life easier for Legislature’s Democratic majority workers in the district, and it’s going to help them be productive passed last year. Rajk umar, the daughter of and it’s going to help them conIndian immigrants, previously tribute to our economy. And that served in Gov. Cuomo’s adminis- will ultimately boost the econoAssociate Editor

my, and help us close the budget hole,” Rajkumar said of the looming $14 billion budget gap that the state faces this fiscal year. In contrast, Perna, who based most of his online platform on opposing the bail reform bill and the construction of new homeless shelters across the city, said that he had not heard about the state’s colossal deficit prior to speaking with the Chronicle. “I wasn’t aware of that. I would have to look into that,” Perna said. Perna’s bail reform plan is not to do away with the laws altogether, but to make bail eligible for a number of crimes that run the gambit from violent offenses like third-degree assault to corrupting the government, according to a list on his website. He also told the Chronicle that he believed that judges needed to have discretion to set bail in some instances. While Rajkumar said that she supports the bail reform because she doesn’t believe anyone should be deprived of justice based on their inability to pay, she also believes that it needs to be tweaked, namely by increasing judicial discretion to detain indi-

Democratic nominee Jenifer Rajkumar, a lawyer and former Cuomo official, will face 24-year-old Republican Giovanni Perna in the District 38 general FILE PHOTO, LEFT; COURTESY PHOTO election. viduals who are a clear threat to public safety. “Judges should be given tight and narrow guidelines to use to do so,” she said. Asked what qualifies him to represent the district, Per na’s first answer was that he actually lives there, an assertion that he repeats on his website, and one that Rajkumar, who has an apartment in Woodhaven, has refuted. He has also suggested that her

campaigns for City Council in 2013 and Assembly in 2016 in Man hat tan show her to be a carpetbagger. Rajkumar said South Queens is her home, simple as that. “Like so many South Asian families, my family got its start here in South Queens,” Rajkumar said. “I have worked in the district for years empowering immigrant communities as the director of Q immigration for the state.”

After burglary, Neir’s supporters chip in With beloved bar’s cash register stolen, community donates $2.5K by Max Parrott

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It seemed like Neir’s Tavern just couldn’t catch a break. Then its loyal customer base stepped in to lend a helping hand. When the 190-year-old bar was burglarized last Friday around 3 a.m., its owner Loycent Gordon posted an emotional video to Facebook that showed patrons how drained he was from the trials of keeping the historical landmark open. The thieves made away with the bar’s cash register drawer and its contents, leaving Gordon to cope with the costs of a broken machine and the lost revenue of a late opening. The incident adds to a stretch of bad luck for Neir’s. The historic tavern has been staying afloat with outdoor service and dining during the pandemic, which hit three months after the city had to step in to rescue the bar from a steep rent increase in January. “I’m just tired,” Gordon said in the video, in which he had to pause several times to hold back tears. Security footage of the incident shows

Security footage on the right captured two burglars entering through Neir’s basement entrance and sneaking off with four bottles of liquor and the cash register drawer containing $300 early FILE PHOTO; SCREENSHOT COURTESY NEIR’S on Friday morning. t wo m a sked f ig u res ent er i ng t he ba r through the basement trapdoor, and making their way to the bar. The police report further states that the two male culprits took a cash register, approximately $300 and four bottles of liquor and fled out the basement door that they came in. On Sunday, a nearby resident got in touch

with Gordon to tell him that she had found a cash drawer on the street. Gordon posted on Facebook that when he rushed over, he found that it was his, but the cash, keys to the liquor closet and vendor checks had been taken out and the drawer had been bent to the point of being unusable. Late on Saturday, as one of Gordon’s staff

members walked home, he also discovered an empty Jack Daniel’s bottle with the bar’s pour spout on top of it sitting on the street. But after seeing Gordon struggling, the bar’s loyal customer base banded together to support their neighborhood pub. A member of the Neirs200 Facebook group, which is dedicated to keeping the bar alive until its 200th birthday, created a GoFundMe account to help the business recover from the loss. It succeeded in meeting its goal of $2,500 in less than 24 hours. As of noon on Wednesday, it had raised over $4,300. “I’m very pleased and happy that we have so much support. It made that straw that was going to break the camel’s back a little lighter,” said Gordon. Joanna Leis, a member of the group who has been providing complimentary PR for Neir’s during the pandemic, said that she wanted to contribute her skillset to help the bar, which has seen buoyed community support ever since Gordon unsuccessfully rallied for historical landmark status in 2016. continued on page 11

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Principals union votes ‘no confidence’ Leaders call on Carranza and de Blasio to cede control of schools by Max Parrott Associate Editor

The leaders of New York City’s principals union unanimously passed a resolution on Sunday calling on Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza to cede mayoral control of the school system in a drastic rebuke of the administration’s handling of the school reopening. The u nion’s executive board cast a unanimous vote of no confidence for the mayor and Carranza in a resolution that demands that they relinquish control over to the state Department of Education. The vote came days before most schools in the 1.1-million-student city school system are set to reopen for part-time in-person instruction this week. It also followed de Blasio and Car ranza’s decisions to delay the reopening of schools t wice because of a teacher shortage. T he cit y made another last-m inute change Friday by allowing teachers who are teaching students learning from home to work remotely i nstead of at thei r school. The principals union claimed that the move helped ensure that schools will not have adequate staff, a concern that it has been publicly raising for the past month. The resolution claims that the latest

agreement creates staffing shortages of roughly 12,000 teachers, according to the estimate of DOE officials. The resolution argues that de Basio and Carranza’s handling of the school reopening demonstrates a lack of transparency on policy changes and provides school leaders with “late, inadequate, and inconsistent guidance.” It also includes the accusation of union members that district superintendents have “verbally pressured [principals] to falsely report that their staffing needs are already met after they requested additional staff due to safety concerns.” “School leaders want school buildings reopened and have been tirelessly planning to welcome back students since the end of last school year,” Mark Cannizzaro, president of the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, wrote in a press statement. “They must now look staff, parents and children in the eye and say that they have done all they can to provide a safe and quality educational experience, but given the limited resources prov ided t hem, t h is is becom i ng increasingly difficult.” While in-person classes resumed last week for pre-K students and students with special needs in District 75, kinder-

Council of School Supervisors and Administrators President Mark Cannizzaro, right, along with the rest of the union’s executive board, cast a vote of no confidence for the mayor and Schools PHOTO BY MICHAEL APPLETON / NYC MAYOR / FLICKR Chancellor Carranza on Sunday. garten through elementary school stud e nt s a nd s t u d e nt s i n K- 8 s cho ol s returned to the classroom Tuesday. High school and middle school students are returning today T he cit y E d uc at ion D e p a r t me nt’s response to the resolution indicated it would continue with its reopening plans.

“For the past six months, we’ve worked with our labor partners to navigate completely uncharted waters and accomplish our shared goal of serving students this fall. We’ll continue this work to guarantee a safe, health and successful opening for all,” said DOE spokesperson Miranda Q Barbot in statement.

NYC allows virtual, in-person learning Some students who go into school will still receive remote teaching by Max Parrott

there. They’re receiving counseling services, social work services, they’re eating lunch there, As many New York City mideating breakfast there. So, there’s dle and high school students some virtual aspects of their day, return to classrooms for partbut they’re not fully remote,” time in-person learning today in said Schools Chancellor Richard continuation of the city’s phasedCarranza in a press event on in reopening, there are some Tuesday. schools where in-person instrucReports of the virtual, in-pertion will not be conducted withson instruction first came to light out an in-person teacher. when Tottenville High School The Department of Education and Wagner High School, two continues to hire thousands of large high schools in Staten teachers the principals union has Island, informed parents that said that it needs in order to suctheir students would be particicessfully operate. Meanwhile in pating in this style of instruction. its middle and high schools, the Carranza added Tuesday that it city has allowed some schools was being implemented mostly at with severe staffing shortages to open classrooms where students Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza explained Tuesday that the city larger high schools. A DOE spokesperson declined will work in a classroom, even had to allow schools to use virtual, in-person learning as it continues though their instr uction will to increase their staff to handle the reopening. FILE PHOTO to say whether any, or how many, schools with thear rangement remain virtual. The city maintains that, though not ideal, have been set up in Queens, but insisted the Though Mayor de Blasio has maintained in his briefings that he prefers in-person that method provides students with critical instances of that style of learning are “very limited” and will exist only in a temporary teaching whenever possible, students in-person services and opportunities. “Some of our schools have some portion state as the DOE scales up its hiring efforts attending the teacherless classrooms will receive educational support by qualified that they’re doing virtually, which means for middle and high schools. “From the beginning we’ve emphasized educators like substitutes or proctors, while students come to the school and they’re they will get their instruction from teachers doing some work virtually, but there are that reopening plans must have the flexibiladults there, they are receiving services ity to meet the unique needs of school comvirtually.

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munities while continually providing a high-quality education. Ever y student attending in-person is being provided with support from qualified educators and we are working with schools to address any staffing issues as they welcome students back i n-person th is week,” said the spokesperson. The announcement of virtual, in-person classrooms is the latest result of staffing shortages that have plagued the city’s reopening plans for the past month. The shortage resulted in large part from the district’s deal with the teachers union, which required principals to establish sets of teachers for three different groups of student learning simultaneously — one for students who opted for all-remote learning, one for hybrid students in the school building and another for hybrid students on their days of remote learning. The virtual, in-person scenario is the second instance of the city loosening its strict rules that would have required a separate staff to provide live instruction for students learning remotely in addition to inperson teachers. Several weeks ago, the city announced that students who opt for hybrid learning would no longer be guaranteed live instruction on the days they’re learning Q remotely from home.

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Federal judge rules against Trump attempt to shorten data collection by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

The Census has been extended for another month after a California federal judge ruled yesterday that the Trump administration’s attempt to end it Sept. 30 was unconstitutional. San Jose U.S. Judge Lucy Koh ruled in favor of a 14-plaintiff lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross that sought to cease Census information collection one month earlier than originally slated. The 10-question survey that determines congressional representation, public funding distribution and other population-based services will now end Oct. 31. “Once again, the Trump Administration tried to throw up a politically insidious and illegal roadblock to stop people from filling out the census and once again, they’ve failed spectacularly,” Julie Menin, director of NYC Census 2020, said in a statement following the ruling. “Today’s ruling, which will extend the census into October and sends a clear message that the current December 31 deadline for data reporting cannot work, is a major victory in our fight to ensure New Yorkers get every ounce of the money, power, and respect to which we’re entitled.” In the beginning months of the pandemic,

The push for Queens residents to complete the 2020 Census remains ongoing after a federal NYC PHOTO / TWITTER judge ruled that the deadline would be extended to Oct. 31. the Trump administration considered an extension to the legal deadlines, which require results to be submitted by the end of 2020. In July and without explanation, Ross announced plans to instead speed up the process, though the counting deadline had been extended from July 31 to Oct. 31. Quickening the data collection amid the pandemic spurred concern that not everyone

would be accounted for, and the Census Bureau released a July draft document that said, “Shortening the time period to meet the original statutory deadlines for appointment and redistricting data will result in a census that has fatal data quality flaws that are unacceptable for a Constitutionallymandated national activity.” According to Census data, 66.3 percent of

the country has completed the questionnaire. New York has a 63.2 percent response rate, with some counties reporting well under the rate reported in the 2010 Census — only 18.8 percent of Hamilton County residents this year responded to the Census compared to 40 percent in the previous Census. As of Sept. 30, Queens county had a response rate of 61.4, which is slightly higher than its 60.8 percent rate in 2010. According to acting Borough President Sharon Lee, a 1 percent undercount per county could represent an annual loss of $72 million per year for a decade for the borough. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), whose district has the second-highest response rate out of the borough, following Rep. Tom Suozzi’s (D-Suffolk, Nassau, Queens) at 74.7 percent, had been one of the many representatives pushing for the Census to be extended to its original deadline, stating just two days before the court’s decision that if it weren’t extended “we risk a decade’s worth of consequences from bad and incomplete data if Census counting operations are completed on September 30 ... there are no do-overs with the census; a mistake is a 10-year mistake.” Those who haven’t filled out the 2020 Census can do so at my2020census.gov or by finding a regional office at census.gov/ Q about/regions.html.

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P Stop the spread or we all suffer EDITORIAL

or weeks now, weeks that seem like months, this page has spoken about two issues more than any other: the need to reopen businesses, especially restaurants, as much as possible while keeping patrons safe, and the need to provide in-person learning to every student who wants it. Now both goals, which are so vital to the city’s recovery from the onslaught of the coronavirus and the restrictions enacted to contain it, are in serious danger of failing. And the reason, paradoxically, seems to be that too many people are acting as if the virus has already been defeated. It has not. Yet we keep hearing about alleged speakeasies in Flushing getting busted for ignoring social distancing and mask rules, and now a wedding in Woodside that did the same — and you see people going without masks in stores all over the place all the time. The result is that cases are jumping, especially in some parts of Brooklyn but also in the heart of Queens. The 14-day positive test rate in Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills, Pomonok, Fresh Meadows and Hillcrest is between 3 and 4 percent. In Far Rockaway

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Tower Diner landmark? Dear Editor: The Ohr Natan Synagogue jackhammered off all of the World’s Fair motif from the Trylon Movie Theatre when it moved in. There is nothing there to landmark (“Historian calls for more preservation,” Sept. 17, multiple editions). The Tower Diner, on the other hand, is a good choice for landmarking. Maybe the developers can use the former bank as the entryway to the tower they erect to the west. All I ask is they not erect an ugly tower, which is what all the developers seem to be doing as of late. I’d strongly recommend they consider bird protection glass along with LEED or Green Globes certification. Peter M. Hargrove Forest Hills

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t’s vital that Americans of all views have faith in the results of the election we say is Nov. 3 but is actually well underway already. That should be fairly easy in New York City, where relatively few people follow President Trump down rabbit holes about massive voter fraud and mail-in ballot mishaps that seem a little hard to believe when there are no news reports about them. Yet he didn’t make up the fact that about 100,000 people here recently received defective ballots. That story’s quite real, fully acknowledged by the City Board of Elections. The BOE doesn’t take the blame, of course — that goes to an outside vendor that apparently misprinted them. But do you think that would have happened if the BOE fostered anything approaching a culture of excellence, instead of the incompetence it’s exuded for years? The June primary was a mess because the BOE wasn’t prepared for the number of absentee ballots it received. True, it got 10 times as many as usual, but everyone knew for months beforehand that it would. It better straighten up over the next month so we can be assured this election is free and fair, and that Trump is proven wrong again.

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Courant (Sept. 24), up from their previous 50 percent capacity, as part of that state’s Phase 3 reopening plan. New York is now in Phase 4, but our libraries won’t allow users inside, although some branches let customers order books by phone on a “to go” basis. With New York’s COVID infection rate remaining at 1 percent for most of the past month, why can’t our libraries open at a 75 percent capacity? Local branches will be safe if users wear masks and observe social distancing rules. Seniors like me enjoy browsing the shelves to check out books. Public school students in remote learning situations need the libraries’ computer facilities for their education. I urge our city and state legislators to pressure Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio to open our libraries. Contact your representatives in City Hall and Albany to help make this happen. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills Editor’s note: The writer penned his letter before spikes in some area’s infection rates were reported publicly.

Answer the Census Dear Editor: New Yorkers should feel a sense of relief that a federal judge has ruled the 2020 Census count can continue through Oct. 31 — for now. The decision is being appealed, so we must mobilize to ensure everyone we know gets counted today, before it is too late. To date, Queens has a 61.5 percent selfresponse rate, which is on par with the 2010 Census. But we can — and must — keep pushing for everyone to get counted, especially this year. The pandemic has ravaged our city, especially communities of color. Billions of dollars in federal funding for everything from housing and hospitals, to programming that supports women and girls, is on the line. The Census also determines our congressional representation, ensuring our voices are heard. Responding to the Census is one of the easiest and most important ways to help our community recover from the health and economic fallout of COVID-19, and to shape the future of our city

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Dear Editor: Following up on my letter to the editor (“Science says: power”) last week concerning my fellow Democrats who listen to scientists on COVID but not on energy issues related to the proposed power plant in Astoria, it appears that the virus of ignoring scientists has spread to some of our Queens representatives. Last week, each of the 15 Democrats in the House of Representatives who has a science or engineering degree voted for the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act. The legislation is a realistic, attainable, evidence-based first step toward increased use of renewable energy to combat climate change. The act includes provisions for carbon sequestration, and advanced nuclear and geothermal energy which are necessary to transition to net-zero emissions. However, Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Grace Meng, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nydia Velázquez voted against it. AOC’s fellow Squad members, Reps. Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, also voted against it. They continue to insist on plans that have no scientif-

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ic merit. Do these representatives even have a scientist or engineer on their staffs who could advise them that their views on energy are not feasible? I worry that their intransigence will cost the support of moderates throughout the country as Democrats work to turn the Senate blue. AOC is turning into a pawn for the Republicans. She is starting to show up in more ads for Republican candidates than Trump! I applaud Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, Gregory Meeks and Tom Suozzi, who approved the act. At least we have three Democrats representing Queens who do understand science. David Soukup Sunnyside

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Restaurants have new regs, new challenges Indoor dining restarts at 25 percent, outdoor seating allowed year round by Michael Gannon Editor

Like every restaurant owner, Elena Calderon of Rincon Salvadorean in Jamaica has had six months of difficult decisions. The first one, back in March, was not to remain open just for takeout and delivery. The next was deciding to reopen last week in preparation for this week’s reintroduction of indoor dining at 25 percent capacity. “About half our customers are from outside the area,” Calderon told the Chronicle, making staying open a chancy proposition when people were restricting their travel. The business, begun by her late husband, has been open for 40 years. She said they now are linked with some of the delivery apps — “But with takeout not a lot of people buy beverages” — has set up a dining area in front of her 149th Street business, and that she was looking forward to welcoming her customers back. “We make everything fresh,” she said. “When you come in and order

Richard Khuzami, left, president of the Old Astoria Neighborhood Association, and his group on Tuesday hosted a talk with Andrew Rigie, executive director of the New York City Hospitality Alliance, to discuss how restaurants in western Queens should prepare for new indoor and outdoor dining regulaFACEBOOK SCREENSHOT tions with colder weather soon in the offing. soup, you wait for me to make the soup. I don’t have a pot sitting on the stove.” Her wide building will

allow her the advantage of more tables than narrower businesses, and she has done all her homework

on health and safety requirements for customers and staff. “But I don’t know if 25 percent is enough.” With restaurants, bars and clubs playing an ever-growing role in the economy of wester n Queens, Andrew Rigie, executive director of the New York City Hospitality Alliance, said Calderon’s concern is a common one speaking remotely Tuesday night at an online meeting of the Old Astoria Neighborhood Association. “Twenty-five percent is extremely difficult,” Rigie said. “Even before the pandemic, operating a bar or a restaurant at 100 percent capacity in New York City was incredibly difficult.” Rigie said the rule, which kicked in Wednesday, has a few advantages over outdoor dining. He said that while closing time is midnight, seven days per week, people dining indoors have a 30-minute buffer to finish beverages, dessert and the like; under outdoor dining, customers must be gone by 11 p.m. sharp. He said all customers not seated at tables must be wearing masks,

and that employees who are not seated at a table on a break do not count toward the 25 percent number. He said new outdoor dining regulations allow restaurants to use sidewalk space of adjacent businesses with permission from the building owner; and the owner may not charge rent for the space. Rigie said there are still questions about whether a restaurant’s liquor license would apply to adjacent outdoor space. And if a restaurant chooses to enclose its outdoor seating area to keep it warmer as the weather turns colder, then it counts as indoors and comes under the 25 percent occupancy restrictions. While restaurants are required to take the temperature of all customers entering, the state limit is 100 degrees, while the federal standard is 100.4. And any customer without a mask should be denied entry. “There will be some things right now where it will be difficult to get concrete clarity,” Rigie said. “Just use common sense and make sure Q public heath is a priority.”

Cuomo pushes back eviction moratorium Renters safe until at least Jan. 1; housing advocates still concerned by Michael Gannon

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Renters behind on their payments because of COVID-19 had their deadline pushed back again on Monday. But some are still worried PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON about the future.

Gov. Cuomo on Monday announced that the state’s Tenant Safe Harbor Act will be extended until Jan. 1 to protect residential tenants from eviction if they are suffering financial hardship during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Cuomo’s executive order extends the protections of the Tenant Safe Harbor Act to eviction warrants that existed prior to the start of the pandemic, according to a statement issued by his press office. “As New York continues to fight the pandemic, we want to make sure New Yorkers who are still struggling financially will not be forced from their homes as a result of COVID,” Cuomo said. “We are extending the protections of the Safe Harbor Act through January 1 because we want tenants to have fundamental stability in their lives as we recover from this crisis.” The governor first announced a state moratorium on residential and commercial evictions on March 20 to ensure no tenant was evicted during the height of the emergency. He signed the Tenant Safe Harbor Act on June 30, along with additional legislation providing financial assistance to residential renters and landlords. Previous executive orders have prohibited charges or fees for late rent

payments, and tenants facing financial hardship can still use their security deposit as payment and repay their security deposit over time. Judith Goldiner, attorney-in-charge of the Civil Law Reform Unit at The Legal Aid Society, said in a statement from the agency that the group wants to see the new order’s specific wording. “The devil is in the details, and we have yet to see an executive order with any specifics,” she said. “A true moratorium will protect all tenants regardless of circumstance and not include any exemptions that landlords could exploit to drag our clients to court on frivolous grounds.” Goldiner also said New York will still very much be in the midst of a public health crisis come 2021, and relief for tenants must extend “well beyond the end of the pandemic. “We eagerly await executive order language and hope that it truly provides the comprehensive relief that our clients deserve,” she said. Earlier in September, Cuomo extended the state’s moratorium on COVID-related commercial evictions and foreclosures until Oct. 20. The order extends protections already in place for commercial tenants and mortgagors in recognition of the financial toll the pandemic has taken on business owners, his office said, including retail establishments and

restaurants. The extension gives commercial tenants and mortgagors additional time to get back on their feet and catch up on rent or their mortgage, or to renegotiate their lease terms to avoid foreclosure moving forward. Áine Duggan, president and CEO of The Partnership for the Homeless, said in a press release that the decision is a short-sighted one. “While we acknowledge the importance of the eviction moratorium extension to safeguard families in their homes, today’s action continues an insufficient response by our leaders to the needs of the more than one million New Yorkers in crisis with rent arrears,” Duggan said, adding that with the extension set to end in January, it means families are now looking at losing their homes in the dead of winter. She said leadership continues to make the same mistake by setting a premature end date to the moratorium, assigning near-term end dates and waiting until a few days before each deadline to announce the next extension, thus creating insecurity and fear among the most vulnerable New Yorkers. Duggan also said keeping people in their homes makes financial sense. “The cost of allowing a family to lose their home and end up in the shelter system is approximately three times the cost of ensuring Q they keep their home,” she said.

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continued from page 4 Since the bar’s near closure in January, the group has become more tightknit and organized. Leis said the sense of community solidarity is what motivates her to keep helping Neir’s. “It really just brings everyone from the community and we have a camaraderie,” Leis said. That community spirit is not lost on Gordon, who stepped up to host events like COVID antibody testing, free cardiovascular testing and two food drives feeding over 200 families each during the pandemic. On Wednesday, Gordon said that he would be meeting with some members of Neirs200 to decide on how best to keep the bar financially viable. While many of the supporters are its neighbors, Gordon said that some people in other parts of the country, and even in the United Kingdom who either visited or heard about the bar through media coverage, have gotten involved in the effort to preserve its history. “They believe in the significance of a place like Neir’s Tavern. It’s a priceless gem,” Gordon said. Anyone with tips on the identity of the burglars in the surveillance footage, which can be viewed at rb.gy/qn4wwd, can call the 102nd Precinct at (718) Q 805-3200.

Most big events banned until 2021 Queens County Fair, street festivals and more are out by Peter C. Mastrosimone

Blasio’s order, with the city citing as examples “dozens of pop-up music performances” by the New Mayor de Blasio last week York Philharmonic and “hundreds extended the ban on most large of block parties, athletic events, events that require a permit through religious events, health fairs, and the end of the year as the fight cultural performances” as examples against a surging coronavir us of gatherings that were held. continues. What are banned are events largParades, street fairs, concerts er than one block; those that interand other gatherings will remain fere with the Open Streets or Open prohibited in order to minimize Restaurants program; those that crowding, make it easier for impede the public’s use of parks; COVID-19 testing and treatment those with a stage or video screen sites to operate and allow for the that require a permit for amplified continued use of streets and parks sound; and parades and other for recreation, learning and dining, processions. the Mayor’s Office said in an Exempt from the order are demannouncement. The city plans alternatives to sig- Street festivals such as this annual fall fair in Woodhaven will have onstrations and rallies, religious nature events such as the Macy’s to wait till next year. FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN events and press conferences. Anyone seeking a permit for an Thanksgiving Day Parade and New Year’s celebration. In Queens, major happen- pared statement. “New Yorkers are rising to event must also submit a safety plan on how ings such as the Queens County Fair at the the occasion with inventive, inspirational the organizers plan to reduce the risk of Farm Museum, always held on one of the last uses of public space, and we’ll support every transmitting COVID-19 and how they will weekends in September, and numerous street effort to safely keep New York City the clean the space during and after the event. The Mayor’s Office noted that outdoor greatest and most vibrant city in the world.” festivals have been canceled. The order comes amid spikes in coronavi- nonessential gatherings also are limited to 50 “Beating back COVID-19 means staying smart about public events with large gather- rus cases in several neighborhoods in people by order of the state. The mayor’s directive, Executive Order ings. It also means drawing on our city’s Queens and elsewhere [see separate story on 148, extends a previous order banning most greatest resource: our resilience and creativi- page 2 or at qchron.com]. Q Some events are still allowed under de events that he had issued in July. ty,” Mayor de Blasio said in a Sept. 23 preEditor-in-Chief

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Richards discusses education priorities Dem BP nominee fields questions from oppositional advocacy groups by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Education advocates hosted a town hall with Councilman and Democratic nominee for borough president Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) last Thursday evening. The forum, hosted by several different groups like Queens Parents United and PLACE NYC that are organized respectively around resistance to diversity plans and the elimination of the SHSAT, seemed like it might be hostile territory for the candidate. Richards staked out a hardline progressive education platform during the primary, which differed from the groups’ views in both areas. But the 90-minute forum largely avoided conflict. The moderator, Horace Davis, president of the Caribbean American Society of New York, was quick to point out common ground between the education advocates and Richards, and the councilman took a softer approach to several areas that he had been more hardline on earlier in his campaign. During his Q&A with the moderator, Richards said that it was too early to commit to concrete education spending figures. He pointed out that much of the borough president’s inf luence over education comes through control over the borough’s capital budget allotment, which usually means $8090 million per year in Queens.

Advocates from PLACE NYC and Queens Parents United, among others, hosted Councilman and ZOOM SCREENSHOT borough president candidate Donovan Richards in a town hall. “A lot of what we’re going to pride ourselves on is really getting around the borough and hearing the concerns and using our checkbook to fill the gaps where we can,” Richards said. He also committed to expanding the number of school seats in the borough, updating schools with the latest technology and increasing gifted and talented programs. His only condition on his capital funding ideas was that

he would make sure they were geared toward underserved parts of the borough. “We’re going to be looking at pockets of the borough that have historically been disinvested in; who have not seen the resources going in, and there’s definitely going to be an equity formula as we look at the budget,” said Richards. The conversation eventually touched on several other contentious educational issues as

well. The advocates asked about where Richards stood on the elimination of screened high school admissions based on testing, not limited to the SHSAT, and desegregation plans. Though Richards said during a borough candidate forum shortly before the June primary that he was in favor of abolishing screened admissions, during the town hall he suggested looking at a myriad of criteria outside of testing to include in the admissions process like extracurriculars, grades and community service. “I think the criteria has to be expanded. I don’t believe in the test being the sole determinant,” Richards said. The councilman also expressed his support for expanding the number of gifted and talented programs, a form of educational programming that uses a test for admission in its current iteration. Asked for his thoughts on diversity plans, Richards expressed his support of the process, which has stirred up opposition to the impending plan in District 28 stretching from Forest Hills to Jamaica. “We know that integrated schools are great for everyone. In integrated schools everybody gets access to the same things,” he said, adding that school integration is an immensely complicated process that needs “true commuQ nity planning” to be successful.

New Reformers enter County Dem territory As Queens party appoints officers, new district leaders criticize process by Max Parrott

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The Queens Democratic Party’s executive committee meeting last Wednesday wasn’t just novel in its quarantineinduced Zoom format, it also served as an introduction for a new group of reform-minded party officials into the innerparty body. The meeting, in which U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) was reappointed as its chairman, provided the first opportunity for the eight New Reformer members to observe and report on its procedure. The New Reformers, a group with the goal of simultaneously democratizing the borough’s Democratic Party and fighting for progressive rank-and-file members to have more of a say in the party’s direction, ran an ambitious campaign to elect 15 candidates for the intra-party elected position of district leader in the Democratic primary. Of those candidates, eight were elected to join the 72-member body, which acts as an envoy between the party leadership and rank-and-file members. Though the group’s leaders maintain that their official goal is not to unseat party leadership, but merely to democratize the party’s inner machinery, several of their members have expressed their dissatisfaction with Chairman Meeks as well as party leaders Michael Reich and Gerard Sweeney and its complimentary lawyer Frank Bolz. Zachariah Boyer, a newly elected Reformers committeeman for Astoria Assembly District 36, said that though he and his cohort had decided beforehand that they would not be nominating anyone for a leadership position, the structure of the meeting would make it impossible to do so even

if they thought they had enough votes to present a challenge. “I feel like everything that took place during the meeting was exactly as they wanted it,” Boyer told the Chronicle. “It was a scripted, choreographed meeting.” He described the meeting’s appointment process for seven offices as one in which “county loyalists and county-backed elected officials” read off scripts to nominate and second candidates following Robert’s Rules of procedure so quickly that he thought it would be difficult to interject and propose a challenger, especially over Zoom. The party leadership did not return a request for comment. The committee only nominated one candidate for each office, so there was no vote necessary in the meeting. Besides Meeks, the committee reappointed June Bunch to first vice chairperson, Barbara Jackson as secretary and Michael Cohen as treasurer. It also installed state Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside) as second vice chairperson, Manny Perez as assistant secretary and Lew Simon as sergeant-at-arms. Though Boyer said he and other Reformers came away with their procedural criticisms, he also pointed out that the leadership was helpful to the new members at the end of the meeting when they asked about the process of appointing grassroots county committee positions and other technical responsibilities the district leaders now hold. “I think that New Reformers and County were feeling each other out in this moment,” he said. Martha Ayon, one of the chief organizers of the New Reformers, said that she sees that type of of collaboration as a major part of the work that the group now needs to engage in to accomplish its goal of getting more people involved in intra-party positions, while pushing the party to the left.

U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks, chairman of the Queens County Democrats, center, addresses an assembly of district leaders last PHOTO BY MAX PARROTT January. “I think that there’s a lot of relationship building that needs to happen,” said Ayon, adding that while district leader races only happen every two years, judicial delegates are appointed annually. The group will continue its campaign to make people aware about how the Democratic Party relies on an elected body of judicial delegates to nominate candidates for Queens Q Supreme Court judgeships.

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writing a resume and cover letter, and other aspects to land and then succeed at a potential interview. The webinar will cover “how to write an attractive resume, how to expand on your work history, how to include keywords that your employers in your field are looking for, how to incorporate what you learned from your experiences into your resume, how to dress, behave, and answer during an interview,” Addabbo’s press release said. To register, visit bit.ly/2SawIAn. The link will be emailed upon registration. Q

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Pols to hold resume event With thousands of New Yorkers still out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) is partnering with Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) and the Queens Chamber of Commerce to host a virtual resume-building webinar to help constituents re-enter the workforce. The free resume-writing and interviewing workshop will take place on Zoom from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 7, for those who register. The workshop will focus on building up the skills needed for

Over 200 families and friends of the school community at PS 97, The Forest Park School, joined in a “Grab and Go Backpack and School Supplies” event recently. The Forest Park School had partnered with Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Plus in supporting families on health topics, teacher appreciation celebrations, teachers closet and now a backpack giveaway. Around 240 backpacks chock full of school supplies, which were donated by Empire Health Plus, were distributed to families to support them during this pandemic, which has been a challenge to all. Manisha Franklin-Reynolds, Empire’s director of com-

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Laser Bounce hoping to reopen in Glendale Owners add safety devices; Addabbo says ‘no doubt’ biz can open safely by David Russell

touch a kiosk, Wasserman said he believes the family entertainment It’s October and Laser Bounce center is even cleaner than most Family Fun Center at The Shops at hospitals. “I don’t know what else more Atlas Park in Glendale is still closed. Since shutting down in March, there really is to do,” he said. Laser Bounce, which has been in the owners have spent tens of thousands of dollars on Plexiglas, ther- Glendale since February 2018 and mal screening equipment, UV filters has 100 employees, closed during and other safety measures. The busi- the COVID crisis but the owners ness has remained closed even as planned to return in early July as others have illegally reopened, part of Phase IV of the state’s reopening plan. according to the owners. Instead, the closure was extended. “It’s putting us in a bad position D’Amico said more than $40,000 because they’re open, they’re going there, they’re probably not doing all was spent planning for the reopenthe protocols they’re supposed to ing. He said Plexiglas could be 30 have and then on top of that these percent cheaper now. “It was purchased when everycustomers are now going something was in high where, to a comdemand so we pet itor, a nd were paying high they’re going to ou want us to dol la r for it ,” lo ok a nd s ay, paint the floor D’Amico said. ‘ We l l t h e y ’r e sserman open. Why are green, we’ll paint saidW athey paid a they open and “fortune” for face Laser Bounce the floor green.” masks, which are isn’t?’” co-owner — Laser Bounce co-owner now 15 or 20 Ryan D’A mico Randy Wasserman cents apiece, and t old t he $2,400 apiece for Chronicle. Co-owner Randy Wasserman a fogger to spray the site, which is added, “It’s been super stressful and now closer to $200. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. after awhile it becomes not only (D-Howard Beach) visited Laser stressful but unfair.” There is hand sanitizer around the Bounce last Friday and said he has site and a temperat u re check “no doubt” it can open safely. “When are we going to do it? planned for when people enter. With all the safety measures When there’s a second pandemic implemented, including contactless spike? You do it when the numbers entry so customers don’t have to are down and everybody’s underAssociate Editor

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Randy Wasserman, left, co-owner of Laser Bounce at The Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale, takes state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. on a tour of the family entertainment center. The business closed in March and is still looking for the green PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL light to reopen. standing about social distancing and masks and washing and sanitizing,” he said. “Everyone’s on that mode right now. Now would be the time to do it.” Addabbo and the owners said part of the trouble is the early phases had clearer guidelines, while Phase IV seems arbitrary. Wasserman noted that bowling alleys were allowed to reopen. “We’re cleaner than a bowling alley,” he said. “You put your fingers in the ball, the shoes. We’re certainly cleaner than a bowling alley.” Still, D’Amico and Wasserman

said they had no thoughts of closing for good, even during the worst of the pandemic. D’Amico has been in the business since he was a kid, with his dad owning a laser game business on Long Island. “I have no interest in going anywhere else,” he said. “This is what I think I’m made to do.” He said whenever the business reopens, there will be shor ter hours and increased cleanings. “Safety is our No. 1 priority,” D’Amico said. “The last thing we want is for someone to come here

and say they felt unsafe or they felt it was dirty.” Wasserman is still expecting to take a hit even when Laser Bounce returns. “I know once this place opens it’s going to lose money for months to come just because of the capacity restrictions,” he said. All the measures have been added voluntarily, without specific guidance from any agency. “You want us to paint the floor green, we’ll paint the floor green,” Wasserman said. “We’re willing to do whatever it takes to get open.” Q

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The MTA announced last Friday that it is seeking a master tenant to renovate, lease and operate three buildings on the Lefferts Boulevard bridge in Kew Gardens. The selected master tenant will have the opportunity to lease the property from the MTA, parent agency of the Long Island Rail Road, for at least 25 years, sublease the retail and manage day-to-day operation of the collection of stores. Nine of the 13 storefronts are occupied. The stores’ subleases expired on March 31 but the MTA guaranteed them the right to stay to the end of the year if they choose to. The MTA will issue a formal request for proposals from potential tenants on Oct. 16, with proposals due by Dec. 15. Janno Lieber, president of MTA Construction and Development, said the agency is reaffirming its commitment to the area.

“This is a significant leasing opportunity, but it’s also an opportunity to play an indispensable role in a tight-knit community by managing and maintaining a set of properties that locals have many times described as a beloved community focal point,” he said in a release. The nearly century-old bridge has avoided being torn down in recent years. Three years ago, the MTA said the span had decayed so much it would have to be torn down in 2020, when the lease was set to expire. Community pushback and legislation calling for a rehabilitation study of the bridge kept the span from being demolished. In June 2018, LIRR President Phil Eng invested $1 million secured by Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) needed for a study. In November 2019, merchants received a letter stating that the Long Island Rail Road, through the MTA Real Estate Department, is formulating a long-term plan Q for the retail complex.

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Agency says environmental and economic gains would benefit area by Michael Gannon Editor

Days after a pair of public hearings, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was back making its case for an AirTrain between LaGuardia Airport and Willets Point. The venue was an online meeting of the Old Astoria Neighborhood Association. The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing a draft environmental impact study for the plan, which aims to cut travel time between the airport and both Midtown and Downtown Manhattan. The proposed route — the only one of more than 40 alternatives being considered by the FAA — would run along the Flushing Promenade. The route and the project itself have been roundly criticized by both nearby residents and environmental advocates. Residents are concerned about the impact of construction in neighborhoods that have lived with the LaGuardia rebuild for nearly four years. Both groups have decried the loss of parkland in the Promenade, which runs along Flushing Bay southeast of the airport. Hersh Parekh, director of government and community relations for airport redevelopment for the PA, opened his presentation with an overview of the LaGuardia reconstruction and the steep drop in travel because of the COVID19 outbreak. “A new day is dawning,” Parekh said. “In

The Port Authority made a public presentation on its proposed LaGuardia Airport AirTrain TuesFACEBOOK SCREENSHOT day night during a meeting of the Old Astoria Neighborhood Association. terms of access, the roadways around the airport are still incredibly congested. You will continue to have unreliable travel times to the airport. You will continue to have the air pollution and greenhouse gases that have severely impacted the residential communities across from LaGuardia.” The only way to significantly reduce vehicu-

lar travel to and from the airport, he said, is with a rail system. “The roadway network can be impacted by t raf f ic, weather, accidents,” he said. “Anything can impact your trip to the airport. The solution was to build a transit link to LaGuardia.” During the question-and-answer period, a

participant said the outcome seemed predetermined, citing the possibility of bolstering the Q70 bus route instead, saying the AirTrain would carry passengers, “at six to seven times the fare.” Richard Khuzami, president of the OANA, asked about the possibility of using the city’s expanding passenger ferry program to service LaGuardia’s Marine Air Terminal. Parekh said 50 percent of LaGuardia’s passenger traffic runs to and from Manhattan. “People are traveling by cars, Uber and Lyft and hotel shuttles,” he said, while saying the Q70’s share of LaGuardia passengers is in single digits. He said buses will not significantly reduce other auto traffic; and that very few passengers use the Marine Air Terminal. “The FAA conducted an independent review of all alternatives,” Parekh said. Khuzami, who worked at John F. Kennedy International Airport for more than two decades, said another proposed alternative, the extension of the N/W elevated subway line would be unlikely as it would require the taking of privately owned land. Parekh said the proposed location along the Promenade would prompt the PA to invest $25 million into upgrading the park. “Look at the city’s finances and the Parks Department budget,” he said. “It is unlikely you will be seeing that kind of investment in the Q near future.”

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Make a plan to vote! absentee or mail-in by Stacey Pheffer Amato I won’t be the first to tell you, but 2020 is voting — these are an election year! I am proudly running for two terms commonly re-election to remain your New York State used to refer to the Assemblywoman, so that we can continue to same thing: voting by make progress on issues like our environ- mail for the upcomment and our schools, and to continuously ing 2020 election. In order to do that, you improve our quality of life. In addition to my seat, and of course the must first request an presidency, there is so much at stake in this a b s e n t e e b a l lo t , election — all of our federal representatives which can be done at in the House and every state legislator are vote.nyc, or by calling the New York City running this year. That’s why today, I ask Board of Elections at 1 (866) VOTE-NYC everyone reading this, to sit down and make (868-3692). Once you have requested your a plan to vote: by mail, early, or on Election absentee ballot, one will be mailed to your Day. There is a lot of information causing home. You can track the status of your confusion about voting this year, but making absentee ballot by calling the BOE or by visa plan is the easiest way to ensure that you iting nycabsentee.com/tracking. After you commit to voting and that your vote counts. I receive your absentee ballot, make a plan, want to make sure you have as much infor- because you have options. All absentee ballots can either be: 1. mailed mation as possible to forin; 2. dropped off at an mulate the best plan for you early voting poll site and your family to vote. between Oct. 24 and Nov. 1; Due to the COVID-19 ote early, vote 3. dropped off at a poll site pandemic, I understand that by mail, vote on on Election Day, Nov. 3, voting in person may seem between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.; like an overwhelming chalElection Day — or 4. dropped off at the lenge — that’s why voting Queens County Board of early is a great option! just vote! Elections Office (118-35 Early voting allows us nine Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, consecutive days to vote prior to Election Day. Voting early will pro- NY 11375) now until no later than Nov. 3 by vide a chance to vote safely in person with- 9 p.m. If you’re going to vote by absentee out worrying about massive lines and crowd- ballot, make a plan with your family to ed polling places. Make a plan to vote early, decide whether you will mail it in or drop it by deciding with your family which day and off in-person, to ensure your vote gets counttime you want to go and cast your vote. Early ed and has enough time to get to the BOE voting starts on Oct. 24 and ends on Nov. 1. before Election Day. Your vote is your voice, and there is so To find your early voting site, or Election much more on the ballot than just my seat. Day poll site, go to findmypollsite.vote.nyc. In New York, all early voting sites operate School funding is on the ballot, infrastrucduring the same hours: Saturday, Oct. 24, ture investments are on the ballot, clean and Sunday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; energy is on the ballot — decisions we make Monday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; now will have an impact on our futures for Tuesday, Oct. 27, and Wednesday, Oct. 28, generations to come. So make sure your from noon to 8 p.m.; Thursday, Oct. 29, from voice is heard and make a plan to vote Q 10 a.m. to 6 pm; Friday, Oct. 30, from 7 a.m. today! Stacey Pheffer Amato is New York State to 3 p.m.; and Saturday, Oct. 31, and Sunday, Assemblywoman for the 23rd District, in Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition, many people are choosing southern Queens and the Rockaways.

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Corey Johnson will not run for mayor Considered to be on short list to win, Council speaker drops out by David Russell Associate Editor

New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan) announced last Wednesday that he will not run for mayor in 2021. Johnson had been considered by many to be on the short list of possible replacements to Mayor de Blasio. Johnson said in a statement that he has battled depression over the last few months. “Too often mental health issues are shrouded in secrecy and stigmas, which causes people struggling with these issues to feel alone,” he said. “I encourage anyone who is experiencing a mental health condition to seek help.” Johnson, who will be term-limited out of the City Council at the end of 2021, oversaw a contentious budget battle in recent months, with progressive critics saying not enough was slashed from the NYPD, while conservative critics said too much was cut. City Comptroller Scott Stringer and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams are now the apparent front-runners in the 2021 Democratic mayoral primary. Maya Wiley, a former top counsel to de Blasio and MSNBC commentator, is reportedly weighing a run for mayor, as is former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia. Following Johnson’s announcement, Stringer tweeted “@CoreyinNYC was a formidable candidate, and he will make major contributions in other ways for a long time to come. His candor about sobriety and mental health is courageous and vital for so many who face similar challenges. He’s a true public servant.” Wiley tweeted, “Thank you for your commitment to this amazing city we all love, for your unending public service and thank you for your honesty about depression — demonstrating that it is nothing to feel

Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced Wednesday he will not run for mayor. FILE PHOTO ashamed of. That takes leadership.” As more progressive candidates have won elections around the city in the last few years, Maspeth residents rallied Tuesday night, hoping that Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), a moderate Democrat who ran on the Republican line in the 2017 general election after losing the Democratic primary, will run for mayor. Holden said he was humbled but that he plans to run for reelection for his Council seat instead. Johnson is the latest Council speaker to see his mayoral hopes fall short. Peter Vallone finished third in the 2001 Democratic mayoral primary, Gifford Miller finished fourth in the 2005 Democratic mayoral primary and Chrstine Quinn finished third in the 2013 Democratic mayoral primary. Melissa Mark-Viverito did not run for mayor, but lost elections for public advocate and Congress. The mayoral primary will be June 22 and the general election will be Nov. 2, 2021. Q

Disbarred lawyer bilked client: DA by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

A Flushing attorney forged a victim of a car crash’s signature to steal $66,000 of the settlement money, officials said Monday, Sept. 28. Yohan Choi, who operated out of a practice on Northern Boulevard, had already been disbarred for unrelated reasons during the time of the alleged deceit. According the Queens District Attorney, Choi was hired in March 2016 by a vehicle-collision victim for a civil lawsuit

against the other driver. By November 2017, the insurance company had agreed to settle the suit for $93,000, but the disbarred Choi allegedly told his client that he could negotiate a larger settlement before forging his client’s signature on the insurance company’s check and depositing it into the law firm’s account. According to officials, Choi waited two years to tell his client a lie that the insurance company had settled for the larger sum and handed him a fake check for $100,000. The victim attempted to deposit the check, but

was prevented from doing so by a stop payment order. When confronted, Choi told the client the insurance company had put a hold on the check and provided him with a second check, which also couldn’t be cashed. The victim eventually discovered that Choi was disbarred and by March 2020 Choi provided his client the $100,000. For his alleged crimes, Choi was charged by the DA with fourth-degree grand larceny, third-degree forgery, third degree criminal possession of a forged instrument and for practicing law with a disbarred license.

“The victim in this case had been injured in a car crash and turned to an attorney to help seek justice in a civil lawsuit,” DA Melinda Katz said. “The defendant was entrusted to uphold the law. Instead he allegedly lied, manipulated and then enriched himself with funds intended for his client. This defendant is accused of violating his fiduciary duties to feed his own greed.” A spokesperson from the DA’s office said Choi recieved a desk appearance ticket and is due to appear in court Dec. 28. If convicted, Q he faces up to four years in prison.

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r. Erik Ilyayev began his career right after completing his residency when he was called upon to treat his own grandmother, who was in need of medical attention but unable to leave home to get it. He realized then and there the need for in-home senior medical care services. Thus was born myhousevisit.com, an anomaly in a world where it has become all but impossible to have a doctor show up at your doorstep. Ilyayev founded the business 10 years ago and said that it has already arranged more than 2,000 house calls in the Forest Hills-Rego Park area alone. There was a time when home visits by doctors were common. According to the American Family Physician journal, this was most true back in the 1930s, and for the next two decades, though to a gradually decreasing extent. But by around 1980, the practice was almost completely a thing of the past. Now, while finding a physician or other medical personnel to visit you at home can still be a challenging task, thanks to organizations like myhousevisit.com, and others that offer related services, there are several options available right here in Queens. And with an ever-increasing senior population, not to mention the advent of COVID-19, demand for house calls is perhaps at its highest level ever. “Since COVID,” Ilyayev said in a recent telephone interview, “we have a lot more requests for our services. We can offer virtual visits and go to a person’s home.” So, how does it work? In the case of myhousevisit.com, which serves most parts of the borough, it all begins with a telephone call. A member of the team will take down the patient’s basic information. From there, according to the doctor, a

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new patient can be seen in the privacy of his or her own home usually within 48 hours. Blood work, X-rays and a review of medications are among the services offered, as is remote patient monitoring. “Every time a patient takes his blood pressure, we can see it on our end,” the doctor said. Suggesting that “medicine has to go with the new, evolving technologies,” he called such monitoring capabilities “the Netflix of medicine.” Among his team members are several nurse practitioners, as well as various associates specializing in areas such as optometry, physical therapy, nephrology and podiatry. All Medicare patients and those with many other types of insurance are eligible, the doctor pointed out, prompting him to ask, “Why go to an office full of sick people?” For further information or to make an appointment, visit myhousevisit. com or call (718) 569-7808 or (718) 576-4652. Dr. Dov Rubenstein, who serves as an associate podiatry consultant on the myhousevisit.com team, also has his own practice, Home Foot Care, PC. While originally working parttime in his office, he made the decision “many years ago” to devote himself entirely to being a full-time house-call doctor. For a while after the pandemic outbreak, he saw patients only when absolutely necessary, as he was “getting more and more emergencies. June was the busiest month I ever had. “We provide the same podiatric care as we would in an office,” from routine nail care and wound care to corns, calluses and heel spurs, as well as diabetic foot care, he said. While his patients are grateful not to have to leave their homes for treatment, especially at this time, they are understandably cautious when allowing anyone in, including their doctors. “My patients and anyone else there

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Dr. Andras Fenyves, here in a promotional video, says his group, Prominis Medical Services, will “find a way to send providers out” right away if a patient’s SCREENSHOT / IVAYLO SIMIDCHIEV / VIDEO EMPATHY MARKETING need is urgent. The home visits resumed in July. have to wear masks,” Rubenstein said, unless they can’t due to physical Now the doctor has seen “a very siglimitations. As for himself, he’s nificant increase” in requests for always equipped with an N95 mask house calls compared to the pre-panand maintains as safe a distance as demic days. Members of the Prominis team possible while treating patients. The doctor serves all parts of include cardiologists, urologists, Queens, and he says he can usually nutritionists and nurse practitioners. book an appointment within a week. Mental health services are also available. U lt r a“If there’s an sound, blood emergency, I tests, X-rays make it soonservice that has seen and medication er,” he said. prescriptions “Sometimes ‘a very significant are all availI’m in the area able at home. and I’ll see a increase’ in interest The compat ie nt who during the pandemic. pany accepts a calls within the variety of prihour. “We spend as much time with you vate and public insurance health as we would if you came into the plans. For further information or to book office, probably more,” he added. To contact Rubenstein, call (718) an appointment, visit prominis.com or 961-5320. You will usually hear back call (718) 852-5252. Parker Jewish Institute for Health from him the same day. Prominis Medical Services, a pri- Care and Rehabilitation, a senior livmary care group that serves all five ing provider in New Hyde Park, offers boroughs, offers much the same care a medical home visit program called at home that would be expected in an Parker at Your Door, or PAYD. According to Lina Scacco, viceoffice setting. And appointments can usually be set up within a week’s president for corporate engagement and community health services, time. According to Medical Director Dr. PAYD provides medical house calls Andras Fenyves, “If somebody has an that offer patients services similar to urgent problem, we’ll find a way to what they would receive in a doctor’s send providers out,” he said, indicat- office, including ultrasounds, X-rays, ing that same-day visits or prompt EKGs, lab work, annual physical exams and referrals to specialists. telemedicine are possible. She indicated that the service is As might be expected, COVID-19 altered the service’s ordinary routine. “only available for homebound quali“In the initial three months,” the doc- fied patients who are unable to leave tor said, “we suspended regular in- their homes due to health issues, person house calls except emergen- including dementia.” Patients must be aged 50 or over. cies. We tried to avoid contact” as PAYD serves Queens, Brooklyn much as possible. “There was a fear factor. People were not willing to and Long Island. Scacco said the service is covered come to the office and they were worried about house calls. We ourselves by Medicare. Other commercial and managed long-term care plans are didn’t want to spread” the virus.

also accepted. “Patients are encouraged to contact us to determine if their insurance will cover visits from PAYD,” she said. Patients without coverage or who choose to go out of network may also pay by credit card or check, she said. As has been the case with most of the at-home medical providers, “The need for PAYD’s services has grown dramatically as more and more patients find themselves unable to leave home for needed medical care,” she said. “Our goal is to provide high quality medical care within the comfort of the patient’s home,” she added. Most patients are seen by a nurse practitioner within 48 hours, she said. The team is accessible 24/7 to answer clinical questions from patients and caregivers. For more information or to schedule an appointment, visit parkerinstitute.org or call (718) 289-2606. Another option for those seeking at-home care is Nova Medical, PLLC, founded by Dr. Dina Zheng, its mission being “to offer superior healthcare and peace of mind for those who face the medical challenges of aging.” Nurse practitioner Eileen Miller, who has worked closely with the doctor since she joined the Nova team three years ago, comes with 45 years experience as a nurse, she said. In a recent telephone interview Miller said that “most of ou r patients are homebound. My whole priority is the patient. That’s what I base my life on.” At-home visits offer a full range of primary care services, including blood work, X-rays, EKGs and ordering any medications that are necessary. Once a phone call is made to the office, an appointment is usually available within two days, Miller said. “We’re very diversified,” she said, and thanks to modern technology, “We can communicate in any language.” Miller is even willing to put up with patients who practice what might be considered extreme caution over COVID-19. “They spray me with Lysol,” she said. “It’s OK with me.” For further information on Nova or to make an appointment, visit novamedicalpllc.com or call (718) 380-7800. The Mount Sinai Health System, which encompasses a total of eight hospitals and more than 7,200 physicians, was recently awarded a grant of over $300,000 that will go toward its telehealth services during the pandemic. The system also offers several continued on page 10

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When a person is first eligible for Medicare, he or she has a seven-month initial enrollment edicare open enrollment runs from period to sign up for Part A and Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 but those interested Part B. People who are elican look at health and drug plans by gible for Medicare when using the Medicare Plan Finder beginning they turn 65 can sign up during the seven-month peritoday, Oct. 1. By visiting medicare.gov/plan-compare, od that begins three months people can compare their coverage with other before the month they turn 65, options, possibly being able to save money or includes the month they turn 65 or ends three months after receive extra benefits. New coverage for people making a change the month they turn 65. There is also an eight-month will begin Jan. 1, 2021. From that day through March 31, customers can change to a different special enrollment period that Medicare Advantage plan or switch to origi- starts either the month after nal Medicare and join a separate Medicare employment ends or the month after group health insurance based drug plan. “A lot of people are nervous,” said Queens on current employment ends. “A lot of people, especially this Interagency Council on Aging President Barry Klitsberg. “They don’t know what’s spring and early summer, lost their going to happen. Some of that is political, jobs,” Klitsberg said. “They need to some of that is the annual apprehension about apply for Part B so they don’t have a penalty later on.” the new plans.” One Medicare change is for People can call 1 (800) 633-4227 for a counseling program in which people are given assis- patients with end-stage renal disease, tance in looking for new plans. TTY users can who will be able to join a Medicare Advantage Plan beginning Jan. 1. Precall 1 (877) 486-2048. For free, personalized counseling, New viously, people with ESRD could enroll Yorkers can call the Health Insurance Informa- in Medicare Advantage plans under tion Counseling and Assistance Program at 1 limited circumstances. Organ acquisition costs of kidney transplants will have (800) 701-0501. Nearly 3.7 million residents are enrolled in coverage under the fee-for-service proMedicare in New York and almost 44 percent gram instead of Medicare Advantage of New York Medicare beneficiaries are organizations. Medicare Advantage plans will also see enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans. Klitsberg advises people to constantly check an increase in telehealth services and covtheir mail to see if there is something from erage allowing seniors to be treated by proMedicare, Social Security or their existing fessionals at home. Telehealth allows seniors to video conference with their doctor from plan. If a plan decides not to participate in Medi- their homes. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid care for the coming year, the coverage would end Dec. 31 and customers will get a letter Services is giving Medicare Advantage plans flexibility to include telehealth providers in explaining new options. Medicare Part A covers hospital insurance certain practice areas including primary care, and includes inpatient care at a hospital, skilled cardiology, dermatology, psychiatry, gynecology and endocrinology. nursing facility or hosMedicare Advantage pice. It also covers several plans will offer benefits other services, including eniors should be for a variety of additional laboratory tests, surgery, supplemental home care doctor visits and home aware of changes services, including adult healthcare. while avoiding scams. day care services, inPart B covers things home personal care serlike clinical research, ambulance services, durable medical equip- vices, benefits for over-the-counter products, ment, limited outpatient prescription drugs and home safety modifications and meal delivery and transportation. mental health services. Starting in 2021, many participating drug Part C refers to Medicare Advantage plans, while some people opt for Medicare Supple- plans will offer a 30-day supply of insulin for mental Insurance to fill in the gaps in Parts A $35 or less per month. Someone taking insulin and B, as well as Medicare prescription drug who enrolls in one of the plans could save an average of $446 per year on out-of-pocket costs coverage, known as Part D. Medigap is Medicare Supplemental Insur- for insulin. One in three people with Medicare ance that helps fill “gaps.” As long as a person has diabetes. CNBC reported last Wednesday that there in New York is enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B, he or she can enroll in a Medigap plan at are questions about COVID vaccines being any time and premiums do not vary based on covered by Medicare. Medicare Part B, which generally covers approved vaccines deemed the applicant’s age or health status. This is also true for enrollees who are under necessary, does not extend that coverage to 65 and eligible for Medicare due to a disability. t hose approved u nder emergency-u se Premiums vary from one insurer to another authorization. In other Medicare news, President Trump and from one area to another. 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taxes for everyone.” People are told to guard Medicare cards like they’re credit cards. Medicare will not contact people for their Medicare number or other personal information unless the person has g ive n t h e m p e r m i s sio n i n advance; Medicare will not call to sell anything; Medicare will never visit someone at their home; Medicare can’t enroll someone over the phone unless a person calls first. Community Medicaid also has changes coming Oct. 1. There was no lookback period for gifts of assets that an applicant made prior to the month of their Medicaid application and, therefore, no “penalty period,” in which Medicaid would not pay for services because of these gifts. An applicant could make a gift in one month and be eligible for Medicaid home care services the next month, which differs from Medicaid nursing home care, which has a five-year lookback period and a penalty period during which applicants are ineligible for Medicaid if gifts were made during those previous five years. Under the new rules, there will be a 30-month lookback period for home care applications made on or after Oct. 1 with a period of ineligibility if the applicant made gifts during those past 30 months. Eligibility criteria for enrollment in Medicaid’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program and Personal Care Services are also changing, as applicants will have to meet higher standards. In order to be eligible, people will need to be found as requiring at least limited assistance with two or more activities of daily living. Seven activities of daily living include bathing and grooming, dressing and undressing, meal preparation and feeding, functional transfers, safe restroom use and maintaining continence, ambulation, and memory care and stimulation. For individuals with dementia or Alzheimer’s, eligibility for enrollment is met if it is found that at least supervision is needed for assistance with one or more daily living activities. Jack Lippman, president of Elder Care Services, Inc. in Forest Hills, said a common question he gets is, “If I apply for Medicaid do I have to give up my health insurance?” The answer is no. “People can have Medicare, supplement insurance and Medicaid. Medicaid encourages them to have all three because the first payer is Medicare,” he said, adding, “That’s a big issue Q that a lot of people are not quite aware of.”

said that he will send $200 drug discount cards to 33 million Americans on Medicare. People can also switch to the electronic version of the Medicare handbook instead of receiving a paper copy each fall by visiting Medicare.gov/gopaperless or logging into their account at MyMedicare.gov. If a person needs someone to be able to call Medicare on his or her behalf, the person can fill out a “Medicare Authorization to Disclose Personal Health Information” form, so Medicare can give personal health information to someone other than the client. Visit Medicare.gov/medicareonlineforms to find the form or call 1 (800) Medicare. Medicare says people may want to take this step now in case someone is unable to do it at a later time. Visit medicare.gov/publications to view, print or download copies of publications, such as “Medicare & You,” on different Medicare topics. To stay up to date on social media, users can visit Facebook.com/Medicare or go to Twitter.com/MedicareGov. The Medicare website also advises people to be alert for scams. “Con artists may try to get your Medicare number or personal information so they can steal your identity and commit Medicare fraud,” according to the site. “Medicare fraud results in higher health care costs and

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ewYork-Presbyterian Queens hospital first saw the benefits of telemedicine —the ability for doctors and patients to interact remotely — a few years ago; while the Queens Public Library system has steadily been reaching out to get the borough’s seniors engaged in health-related and other activities. But in the time of COVID-19, even good things can have unintended silver linings. “Telemedicine has been around for a long time,” Dr. Demetrios Paidoussis of NYPQ told the Chronicle in a recent telephone interview. “One benefit came to light insofar as senior patients are at a higher risk for COVID-19. Our medical group had been using it for about four years prior to COVID, so we were very well-prepared to see more patients remotely. We were in an excellent position.” He said more and more patients are comfortable with technology. The hospital had wel l ove r 18,0 0 0 telemedical engagem e n t s , i n clu d i n g with plent y of s e n io r s , b e t we e n March 1 and July 5. The appoint ments can take place on a properly outf it ted home computer or a phone. The hospital said the process is much like a Sk y pe or Dr. Demetrios FaceTime visit, but Paidoussis with a secure connection to protect a patient’s information and privacy. Patients who are interested must set up an account after downloading the NYP mobile app, available through the Apple App Store or Google Play. “Many of our older patients have smartphones, so there’s no need for a desktop,” he said. “Some might need their grandchildren or a neighbor to help them set up, or we can talk them through the process

When COVID-19 made telemedicine for many the preferred choice for doctor visits, physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens hospital in Flushing were ready to go — and had been for nearly PHOTOS COURTESY NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN QUEENS four years. from our office.” The nursing staffs, technicians and others were ready as well. Even area pharmacies were brought on board whenever possible since the start of the pandemic. “Some people are more comfortable,” Paidoussis said. “They can have family members present. They can have access to their medicine and don’t have some of the aggravations of an office visit ... and I can attest that many people were afraid to go to the hospital with everything that has been going on. People should not be afraid to seek care, as we saw during the pandemic.” Paidoussis said there are, naturally, things that must be treated in office visits or even at hospitals. Some things a doctor or nurse can spot just by looking at the patient. Other methods evolved over time. They can assess a person’s breathing and other visible, physical signs of their health and well-being. The hospital said doctors would meet with COVID patients or others with COVID symptoms on a daily basis until they recovered. Nurses would at times evaluate the same patient two or three times per day when necessary. “Patients should always be aware of their

Medical services at home continued from page 4 options for homebound patients. Dr. Linda DeCherrie, clinical director of Mount Sinai at Home, a service that includes the Visiting Doctors program and the Hospitalization at Home program, indicated that patients in the former can receive “much of what they would in a primary care office,” including physical examinations, blood testing, taking of X-rays and physical therapy. “We’re interdisciplinary,” she said, with social workers and home health aides available to assist with the care, as well as visiting nurses.

The program has proven so popular that, according to the doctor, there is a six- to eight-month waiting list. And while it is currently available only in Manhattan, discussions are underway to explore expansion to the other boroughs in the future. “It doesn’t help in a crisis,” she admitted. But once a patient is enrolled, medical assistance is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, she said. She also noted that a patient would pay the same for the home service as they would in a doctor’s office. For further information on the Visiting

bodies,” Paidoussis said. “If we see something that concerns us, we’ll recommend they come into the office. We will never allow patients to wait for that.” Paidoussis also said there has been an ironic twist since the COVID-19 outbreak. “We can see each other’s faces in telemedicine,” he said. “In the office, everyone would be wearing masks — so in a way the remote visit is more personal.” Madlyn Schneider, coordinator of the Queens Public Library’s Older Adult and Mail-A-Book prog ra ms, a nd Ta ma ra Michel, the library’s community health coordinator, are aware of the hospital’s embrace of technology to benefit patients. “We work with a lot of hospitals on our programs,” Schneider said. “NewYork-Presbyterian has had a doctor on a teleconference with a group once a month.” Schneider said like the hospital, the Queens Public Library system already had online programs for seniors and others in place before COVID-19 struck. “What happened was our programs just expanded,” Schneider told the Chronicle. “We have community health programs almost every day,” Michel said, including chair yoga, Zumba classes and others. Doctors program, call (212) 241-4141. Most patients enrolled in Mount Sinai’s Hospitalization at Home program begin treatment in an actual hospital emergency department. If they meet certain medical and social criteria, they qualify for the athome program, which would then provide them with additional hospital-level care. This program is available in four of the five boroughs, including Queens. The hospital’s visiting doctors work in conjunction with its community paramedics. Dr. Kevin Munjal, the medical director of the Community Paramedicine program, said, “It’s an emerging field,” which he indicated “saw a 500 percent increase during the [coronavirus] surge in the spring.”

Schneider said they have classes for painting, drawing and more. They have programs teaming with the Queens-based Noguchi Museum and Museum of the Moving Image, and even Manhattan institutions such as the Whitney and the Intrepid. Michel said there is a tangible effect for seniors who may have been restricted to their homes for months out of COVID concerns, people for whom the library’s free programs have been offering socialization and a relief from isolation. She said some newcomers will watch the video portion but take some time before turning on their microphones. Others will begin opening up by typing a few comments before eventually engaging more fully. “I appreciate the feedback,” Michel said. “ It help s me c r e at e mor e a c cu r at e programming.” Schneider has worked for the library system for more than 30 years, and has been the older dult coordinator for the last decade. She said that, like the hospital, they already were in a good position before COVID-19 ever happened. She said she had long focused on programs to help seniors combat loneliness and isolation based on experiences with her own mother. The Mail-A-Book program, which sends books, music and movies to those unable to leave their homes because of illness, age or other reasons, is an example. She and Michel — “Our programs overlap a lot” — already had programs available, and, just as important, the library system already had the technology in place to deliver them. All people needed to have was a phone. “That was before the libraries closed,” she said. “We had been creative in engaging older adults ... I didn’t have to do much pivoting.” Schneider said between March and September the library has offered more than 9,000 individual online programs. “And 7,898 seniors have attended those programs,” she said. Information on available programs is Q available online at queensibrary.org. Through the program, paramedics visit patients at home, where a patient’s vital signs and other relevant information are collected, and make a clinical assessment. “We provide a lot of what a hospital provides,” the doctor said, adding that the program is “a great service and can help with minor conditions and guidance for major conditions.” Each visit includes a telehealth visit, which, the doctor said, is covered by most types of insurance. The EMS treatment is not currently covered, he added. At least for now, the service is not directly available to patients but must be requested through a member of the patient’s care team, Q the doctor said.

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Fort Totten house and TWA Hotel recognized for historical preservation by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

Out of 15 preservation projects recognized by The New York Landmarks Conservancy at its Sept. 23 Lucy G. Moses Awards ceremony, two are in Queens — Building 207 in Fort Totten and the TWA at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The Lucy G. Moses Awards, or the “Oscars of preservation,” according to conservancy President Peg Breen, are given to projects that “demonstrate excellence in the restoration, preservation, or adaptive use of historic buildings, streetscapes, and landscapes that preserve commercial, residential, institutional, religious, and public buildings.” Now in its 30th year, the Lucy G. Moses Awards were presented to the 115-year-old former bachelor officials’ residence and the recently opened ’60s-esque hotel. Building 207, or 207 Totten Ave., now serves as the headquarters for the Center for the Women of New York, but the organization spent 16 years rebuilding the old house to a standard at which it could operate there — after its use as the Quartermaster General’s residence ceased in 1969, the building was left vacant for decades. The CWNY, which had been operating out of a separate Fort Totten building until its lease expired in 2003, had set its sights on Building 207. A four-year legal

Fort Totten’s Building 207, left, and the heart of the TWA Hotel at John F. Kennedy Airport were honored with Lucy G. Moses preservation awards for efforts made to sustain their history and PHOTOS BY KATHERINE DONLEVY, LEFT, AND MICHAEL SHAIN original infrastructure. battle with the Parks Department for approval to use the building ensued, but the CWNY signed the new lease in 2007, though myriad renovations were required before the feminist organization could move in. It took another 12 years and nearly $3 million to renovate the 10 apartment-style units that had been devoid of electricity, running water and heat, to clear out massive debris and oversee a raccoon relocation program. The

masonry, roof and windows were all restored or replaced, and surviving decorative elements on the interior such as fireplaces, pocket doors and built-in bookcases were repaired for reuse. The CWNY held its ribbon-cutting ceremony in December, though it has yet to officially move in. “The long restoration of Building 207 at Fort Totten is a metaphor for Women’s History and its challenging but positive transformation

over time,” CWNY CEO Victoria Pilotti told the Chronicle in an email. “Receiving the Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award inspires us to continue to empower women by offering a great variety of programs at our new beautiful home. After sixteen years of legal and financial challenges, we have a space where women will receive help to overcome their own legal, financial, education, and equality challenges to reach their maximum potential.” The TWA Hotel at Kennedy Airport, which opened in May 2019, was honored for the restoration of what had been in its place during the ’60s: the Trans World Airlines terminal, designed by Eero Saarinen. The building had been vacant for two decades before it was transformed into the hotel. The $265 million transformation, headed by Gov. Cuomo and MCR Development, transformed the golden-age terminal and national landmark into a 512-room luxury hotel that acts as the social hub of JFK Airport. The original exterior shell, curtain wall and entrances were all restored, while the interior was equipped with reconstructed elements that mimic Saarinen’s original design. As a homage to its previous life, the hotel features a fashion section of previous TWA uniforms, and a restored 1958 airplane rests Q behind the terminal as a cocktail lounge.

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Supporters rallying for the NYPD, left, were met in Astoria on Saturday by counterprotesters, though police kept the two groups apart and only words were exchanged.

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The role of the NYPD in the life of the city took center stage when two groups — one supporting the cops, the other urging the department be “defunded” — faced off in Astoria last Saturday. Nearly 100 protesters marched to the 114th Precinct station house just after noon to confront a much smaller group that had gathered there for a “Blue Lives Matter” rally. A contingent of about 25 police officers kept the two groups a block apart and no incidents were reported. Protesters hurled obscenities and antipolice chants across a temporary barricade set up on Astoria Boulevard to keep the marchers away from the station house and the pro-police rally in front of it. “Regular people don’t use that kind of language,” said pro-cop rally sponsor Rudy Sarchese, head of the Astoria Homeowne r s , Te n a n t s a n d B u s i n e s s C i v i c Association. The rally was intended as a show of

COVID rising continued from page 2 Jewish Forest Hills, said there has been an uptick in complaints over the last week. “We don’t know yet if this is a blip or possibly a bigger outbreak,” she told the Chronicle Tuesday. During the height of the pandemic, there were fewer patients in the emergency department, down to about 80 percent of its usual numbers because of concern about going in. Amato said over the past few days, the number is starting to go back to its normal numbers, with 150 to 160 a day. When the Kew Gardens statistics were released, a number of asymptomatic patients

community support at a time when crimefighting tactics like stop-and-frisk and plainclothes units had been abolished and budgets were being cut, he said. Sarchese said he was surprised that the “Blue Lives Matter” event had sparked such a large and boisterous reaction. “They were well organized,” he said. “But most of them were not people from our community. They pay people to do that.’’ The call for a counterprotest went out late last week over social media from a group called the Queens Liberation Project. The idea, as one protester said on Reddit, was to “show hateful folks that’s not what Astoria stands for.” The counterprotesters gathered next to the parking lot of a popular Greek market, Titan Foods, on 31st Avenue and marched silently to the precinct five blocks away. The leaders of the march spoke through bullhorns for 30 minutes at the barrier, accusing the police of brutality and covering up for “bad cops.” “How do you spell racist?” they chanted.

“N-Y-P-D.” “Get a job,” the supporters yelled back at the protesters. The only casualty of the boisterous confrontation was a bicycle that was clipped by a car driven onto the sidewalk, police said. The driver told police he was just trying to escape the traffic backup in the area, cops said. The cyclist was not injured. Some passing drivers honked in support of the counterprotest, but residents seem to be taking the disruption in stride. It was at least the third time since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May that protesters marched on the station house in Astoria demanding racial justice. “People know it’s their agenda,” said Sarchese. “They don’t bother with them anymore.” Diners at outdoor restaurants along the protesters’ route took videos of the marchers chanting, “Poor people used to live here.” But others did not give the protesters passing just a few inches away more Q than an icy glance.

went to the hospital because of the concern. There also were a few patients sick enough to be admitted, though she said the hospital hasn’t seen a big uptick. Amato says the hospital is prepared for a second wave and has learned things in the past several months, such as putting sickened people on their stomachs for longer periods of time leads to better outcomes. She said social distancing, mask wearing and hand hygiene are three things “you can absolutely do that will decrease your chances of getting COVID or being exposed to COVID.” Amato added people who think they have been exposed should call their doctor and find out if he or she wants the person to be tested. A mobile testing site will be at The Painter’s

Playground in Rego Park and Borough Hall in Kew Gardens through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. according to Community Board 6. Many of the increases have been in heavily Jewish areas, though Amato held off on making a direct connection between the rise in cases and the Jewish new year. “It’s really hard to say right now because we don’t have the clear data yet of exactly where these patients have been and what they’ve done over the last few weeks,” she said, adding, “If you could avoid being in a large group in a small area, that’s still probably the safest thing to do.” Rabbi Romiel Daniel of the Rego Park Jewish Center says he has been “extremely careful,” and is only allowing 45 people in the location, which can hold about 700. Visitors have to wear masks, and there is hand sanitizer and

Former Queens DA candidate Tiffany Cabán, left, now running for City Council, marched with the counterprotesters to the 114th PrePHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN cinct. temperature checks available upon arrival. “Only 45. Can you believe that? In a sanctuary of 700. We can’t help it,” Daniel told the Chronicle Wednesday, adding, “We don’t want to take any chances.” He advises people not feeling well to stay home and says they can listen to services online. Daniel said there could be some antiSemitic attacks if COVID numbers go up, especially with people looking to “take advantage of these holidays, especially when they see Jewish people congregate.” Though some Hasidic Jewish people in the city have refused to wear masks, Daniel said, “We are not the ones who say, ‘We’re not going to put on masks.’” For the rabbi, “COVID-19 is not something Q you can fool around with.”

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Grodenchik reveals $15M has been secured for new building by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

The Queens County Farm Museum is on its way to building its education center, which will mark the first new construction on the site since the 1920s. “We have about $15 million assembled in city funding to build the first education and visitor center here,” City Councilmember Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) revealed Sept. 24 to a group of constituents touring the farm as part of his Senior Appreciation Month event scheduling. The Queens Farm announced it would begin raising $14 million for an education center in June 2019 to expand its progammming. During a press conference in December, Jennifer Walden Weprin, the museum’s executive director, revealed half the funds had been raised and that administrators were working with city officials to raise the rest. Less than a year later, the monies have been secured thanks to the City Council Queens Delegation, the Mayor’s Office, the city Department of Cultural Affairs and the Queens Borough President’s Office, as well as Grodenchik and Councilmember Peter Koo (D-Flushing). The museum revealed the renderings for its new building in June 2019 and showed that the education center will span 17,634 square

City Councilmember Barry Grodenchik revealed Sept. 24 that $15 million for the Queens County Farm Museum’s new education center has been secured, just over one year after the fundraising QUEENS COUNTY FARM MUSEUM RENDERING efforts began. feet to include two floors, not including a cellar. The right half of the building, which will include a utility room and a teaching kitchen, will be completed first as part of phase one, followed by the left side of the building. The educational center was imagined in

response to the significant number of students who visit the farm each day. According to the farm, over 100,000 of its annual visitors before the pandemic were students from every City Council district in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. Student

visitation drops to 150 a day during the winter months because the campus does not have indoor facilities that could support the public, an issue the education center seeks to address. School-to-farm educational programs, adult educational programs, visitor services and more are expected to be conducted out of the new building. Amenities include exhibition space, an auditorium, orientation space, archival storage, meeting rooms, a cafeteria and teaching kitchen as well as multi-use spaces. “Queens Farm’s Education Center will expand the farm’s capacity to serve the public for generations to come,” Weprin said in a statement. “What better place to grow environmental citizens in New York City than at this historic 300 year old farm?” A timeline for the project or location for where the education center will be erected has not yet been revealed. Despite receiving funding aid for the project from Cultural Affairs, the Queens County Farm Museum is not considered a city cultural institution, though not for lack of trying. Also during the Sept. 24 tour, Assemblymember David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) noted that the two-decade-long effort to make the farm the borough’s eighth official Cultural Institutions Group member Q is still ongoing.

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Choosing your high schools 2020-21 TACHS Calendar of Events

THE SELECTION PROCESS • • • •

November 5

Enter your HS choices in www.tachsinfo.com. You may update your choices until the deadline. If you do not complete this process, your scores will not be provided to any high schools. Deadline for submitting request and supporting documentation to diocese for extended testing time accommodation. (Do not submit the request to the TACHS Exam Office. It will be returned to you.) 5:00 pm deadline for internet and telephone registration. No late registration or walk-in process is available this year. Obtain your test session date/time/code through email or on www.tachsinfo.com. Student will be assigned randomly to 1 of 3 different times on their assigned test date, (no time preference accepted). No paper notifications will be sent. Call 1 (866) 61TACHS, 1 (866) 618-2247, if you are not able to obtain your test session information. Deadline for entering your high school choices on tachsinfo.com.

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Students will test on the day assigned to their aligned diocese. You should choose three high schools to which you want to apply. Your three high school choices will receive your TACHS scores. Choosing which high school to attend is very important; you should consider your options carefully. The high schools’ websites, along with open house information, will be available through tachsinfo.com. This information also is available in the Student Handbook. Parents/guardians should accompany students to high school open houses and read school literature before selecting three high school options. Discuss your options with your teacher, guidance counselor or principal to determine which schools will be the best match for you. Be realistic in your choices. Make sure you are eligible for the schools to which you apply. Determine daily travel times from your home to the schools, and be sure you are willing to travel the distance involved. Admission and scholarship decisions are the responsibility of the individual high school. After registering for the TACHS, you may enter your high school choices on tachsinfo.com. Enter your high school choices by clicking on the “Enter your HS Choices” link. Enter your TACHS ID provided at the time of registration and your email address. Use the pull-down menu to see a complete list of all high schools; it is not necessary to know a school’s three-digit code. Enter your three high school choices and save. If you need to change your high school choices, you may follow the same steps. You may change your choices until November 5, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. EST. No changes or corrections will be made after November 5, 2020. Failure to complete this process will result in your scores not being provided to any schools. Q — info courtesy tachsinfo.com

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Institutions turn to virtual tours or schedule limited in-person days by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

High school looks very different this year, and Catholic institutions across the borough are adapting their open houses to reflect the change, with many of them planning virtual tours for prospective students. The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates typically welcomes droves of families for student-led tours, but decided to forgo the in-person experience for a safer alternative: an interactive virtual walkthrough of the campus. “We’re using interactive technology to allow students to go through the building and explore every nook and cranny. It’s kind of like a choose-your-ownadventure,” said Kristen Barry of the school’s marketing and recruitment department. “[Prospective] students can move from the art cottage to the second-floor wing to the gym to the auditorium.” The school has employed professional help to give users the complete

freedom to explore the buildings at their own pace. Prerecorded audio from TMLA students plays as the guests virtually explore classrooms to explain what each department offers and what classes look like. The virtual tour will be available on Sunday, Oct. 18, and all participants are required to register in advance. While some schools have similarly opted the remote approach — like Holy Cross High School in F r e s h M e a d ow s , which will provide scheduled webinars beginning Oct. 4 — others have decided to stick to what they know and conduct in-person open houses with strict health and safety guidelines. As it has in previous years, Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood will be welcoming groups into its building for its open house on Oct. 18, but with limitations. “Right now it’s in-person from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. by appointment only with limited time slots,” said Admissions Coordinator Jonathan DiDona-

to. “It’s for any interested eighthgrader with one parent and it’s going to be a very brief tour of the building.” The tours will continue to be student-led, but will exclude certain aspects that were staples of previous open houses, such as extracurricular, sport team and club information tables throughout the gym. Prospective students will still be able to see each floor, important classrooms and science labs. “The idea is to safely come in and leave, to connect your family with our family,” said DiDonato. “It’s unique this year, but we’re lucky we’re able to do it.” St. Agnes Academic High School in College Point chose to forgo an open house, instead offering prospective students the opportunity to tour the premises any day of the week virtually or in-person. “We’re doing virtual meet-andgreet so they can Zoom with us and we can give as much information as possible, and if they want to take a tour we’d have the parents and the students come in by appointment only,” said Principal Susan Nicoletti,

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Catholic high schools are changing what their Open Houses look like this year — The Mary Louis Academy is foregoing its in-person tours, above, for a virtually interactive experience. TMLA PHOTO who will personally be conducting a substantial number of virtual tours. In their meet-and-greet sessions, which require registration, prospective students can directly speak with Nicoletti, other administrators and teachers, as well as St. Agnes students, who will answer questions and virtually display the campus. The school will welcome interested sixth-

and seventh-graders, but will prioritize eighth-graders. “I think it’s going to be more oneon-one, individual attention so to speak, so in a way it is a good thing,” said Nicoletti. St. Agnes hopes to keep in-person tours small and limited, and encourages prospective students to schedule a meet-and-greet session before visiting the grounds. Q

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Facts about the TACHS TACHS Test Information This year there will be online test sessions rather than in-person test sites. • Students will test on the day assigned to their aligned diocese. • Students will test at 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. Students will be assigned randomly to a test time; no preferences can be accepted. All Extended Testing Time students will test at 8:30 a.m.on their assigned test day. • There will not be admit cards. • Beginning October 30, 2020, you should receive an email with your test session code, date and time. If you do not receive this email by November 1, 2020, you may find this information on www.tachsinfo.com using the “Find my test session code/date/times” link. Locate this information no later than November 5, 2020. • Enter your TACHS ID and the email address you provided at the time of registration to access your information. • You will not be able to “enter” your test if you do not have this code. • Please read all data system and device requirements and complete the Proctorio set-up and required installation at least one day prior to testing. These directions can be found through the “Proctorio Set-up and Installation Guide” link on the www.tachsinfo.com homepage and in the Student Handbook. • If you are ill or have technical issues on the day of testing, you will be assigned to a make-up session. Revisit the “Find my test session code/date/times” link November 12–13, 2020, for your new test session code, date and time. Your original test session code will not work for the make-up exam. • If at any time you are not able to access your test session code, Q call 1 (866) 618-2247 for assistance. — info courtesy tachsinfo.com

The Test for Admission into Catholic High Schools (TACHS) will test eighth-grade students who are interested in attending a Catholic high school beginning in September 2021. In order to be admitted into Catholic high schools, students must take an admissions examination in November 2020. The results from that examination, along with school records and other information, are then sent to the high school principals to assist them in making admission decisions. Each student’s information will be sent to three high schools of his/her choice. Results also will be sent to the Catholic elementary schools within the Archdiocese of New York, the Diocese of Brooklyn/ Queens or the Diocese of Rockville Centre (Long Island). ACADEMIC SKILLS TESTED The TACHS measures academic achievement in reading, written expression and mathematics, along with general reasoning skills. The test has been developed with the advice and approval of diocesan representatives. EXAMINATION FEE A nonrefundable examination fee of $65.00 will include a online Student Handbook, online test materials and the reporting of scores to three high schools of a student’s choice. Duplicate registrations may result in a processing fee. TEST CANDIDATES The TACHS is for current eighth-grade students only. Students wishing to apply to a Catholic high school for a grade other than the ninth grade should apply directly to that high school. A student may take the TACHS examination only once. PARENT/GUARDIAN REPORTS A Home Report will be sent to each student’s home address (provided at the time of registration) in January 2021 after high school notifications have been sent. All TACHS test results are final. No reviewing, rescoring or retesting will be done. SPECIAL TEST ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS The only accommodation allowed will be extended testing time (time and a half). An Eligibility Form and further instructions for students needing extended testing time are located on page 5 of the handbook. If a student is not approved for extended testing time, the student may choose to take the exam without extended time or request a full refund of the $65 examination fee. Refund requests for Q these students must be received by October 23, 2020, at 5:00 PM EST. — info courtesy tachsinfo.com

ARTS, CULTURE & LIVING by David Russell COVID can’t stop the Queens Underground International October Festival. Festivals in October 2019 and February were enjoyed by viewers. “We received amazing feedback,” Adrienne Whaley, executive director of the Queens Underground Film Festivals, told the Chronicle last Thursday.

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The interactive event taking place from Oct. 15 through 17 will see a large variety of works, including shorts, music, poetry, dance, web series episodes and business commercials. Categories include best short by a black filmmaker, best short by a woman filmmaker, best poetry video, best music video, best movie trailer, best small business commercial, best large business or organizational commercial, best comedy video and best short for Black Lives Matter, among others. Damont Combs’ promo video “Poetry 101” is an introduction to the subject from the perspective of performers, giving “recognition for the artists that don’t always get recognition. For me, poetry is like a vehicle in the artist world. Without it you wouldn’t have a lot of art.” Combs, the Indie Author Legacy Award 2018 Poet of the Year, spoke of the importance of the event. “I didn’t hear about film festivals growing up ... And then a black organization bringing in different cultures together under the umbrella of film, business, poetry, documentary, different languages,” he told the Chronicle last Friday, adding, “A lot of these artists are indie filmmakers, not necessarily the filmmakers you see on TV ... this is a platform to get them there.” Leo Sanderson, who grew up in Rochdale, submitted “Triangle,” a psychological thriller to the festival. “This is like a dream come true to get into something huge right in my backyard,” Sanderson said, adding, “One of the things that caught my attention was to enter into a film festival with so many different genres. You have to be

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The Mets probable new majority owner, Steve Cohen, made news last Thursday when he announced that Sandy Alderson, who was the Mets general manager for seven years, would be the club’s new president. Alderson took a leave of absence in July 2018 to battle a recurrence of cancer. As is often the case, the Mets were badly struggling, and he opted not to return. Alderson got to know Cohen well as he was a Mets minority owner during his tenure as general manager. Cohen is well aware he needs 75 percent of Major League Baseball owners to approve his purchase. He also knows that a number of owners are fearful of his background as a hedge fund entrepreneur who faced scrutiny from the Securities & Exchange Commission. The owners also know Cohen grew up a huge Mets fan and worry that, with his many billions, he will go on a free agent spending spree, causing a spike in player compensation, to the delight of Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark. Alderson is regarded by many as the ultimate MLB insider, since former Commissioner Bud Selig implored Mets CEO Fred Wilpon to hire him as soon as Wilpon’s involvement with rogue financier Bernie Madoff became public. The owners know Alderson will rein in some of Cohen’s spending impulses, much to the understandable

The father of a future Queens borough president, Cyril Sargent was born on April 7, 1898 in British Guyana. He arrived in New York City on April 6, 1919 via Rio de Janeiro, on the ship Christian Bors. He married Artemesor (Audrey) McKenzie in November 1928 in Manhattan and made a successful career as a house painter. Their daughter Helen Marie The home of future Queens Borough President Helen Mararrived in the Bronx on Sept. shall at 103-02 27 Ave. in East Elmhurst, circa 1950, FILE PHOTO, INSET 30, 1929. A sister, Joan, soon while it was getting a new paint job. followed. While still only 20 years old, Helen mar- member of the state Assembly for eight years ried Donald Edward Marshall, in February and the City Council for 10. She was elected borough president of 1950. She graduated Queens College, and became a teacher. They purchased a beautiful Queens in 2001, winning two more terms and home at 103-02 27 Ave. in East Elmhurst. In serving through the end of 2013. Her husband 1969 she made a serious career move by leav- died on Jan. 26, 2017, just shy of their 67th ing teaching and became director of the wedding anniversary. She followed him a few Langston Hughes Library in Corona. She weeks later on March 4, 2017, passing away Q also entered Democratic politics, becoming a at her home in Palm Desert, Calif.

consternation of many Mets fans. Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen was complimentary when asked about Alderson’s second tenure. Van Wagenen is a sharp guy and undoubtedly sees the handwriting on the wall. BVW’s first major move as GM may come back to haunt him. He acquired second baseman Robinson Cano and closer Edwin Diaz from the Seattle Mariners for a package of players that included top 2018 draft choice, outfielder Jarred Kelenic. Alderson drafted Kelenic months earlier and I would imagine he, like many Mets fans, was not happy to see him used as collateral in that kind of deal. It will be interesting to see what Van Wagenen’s next career move will be. He was a very successful player agent for many years (Jacob deGrom was one of his clients) but I don’t think returning to that profession will be his first choice. Given his matinee idol looks and unflappable speaking manner, he’d be a natural for a broadcasting gig at either ESPN, Fox Sports or TBS. Speaking of TBS, the Warner Media-owned cable network last week signed popular former Mets and Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson to be part of its MLB preand postgame shows panel. Granderson reluctantly retired after not receiving an invitation to come to spring training from any MLB team. Q See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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A new bicycling group is taking over the borough every Sunday morning and encourages riders of every level to join in the fun. “It just seemed like with the ongoing pandemic there’s been a big bike boom. A lot of people just recently started biking, they really don’t know where to go and they’re looking for some form of community,” said Eric Harold of Whitestone, who founded Queens Social Ride in July after noticing that most recreational bicycling clubs were not only based in Manhattan and Brooklyn, but exclusive to seasoned bikers. “I felt that we needed a group that’s Queens based, hard enough to make someone push themselves out of beginning into intermediate, but not an all-day event that would turn anybody off,” he said. “Something that would be accessible to a large number of p people.” p

Queens Social Ride When: Sundays at 9 a.m. Where: Unisphere, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Entry: Free. Twitter: @QnsRide

Since it’s inception, the group has met each Sunday at 9 a.m. in front of the Unisphere. The number of participants has steadily grown, reaching a peak of 37 people for its Sept. 20 ride to Douglaston. Registration is not required — all interested parties have to do is show up. Each week, the riders try to visit a different neighborhood of the borough, most recently visiting Roosevelt Island ahead of the Queensboro Bridge rally that demanded more pedestrian and bicycling space. Some Social Riders stayed behind to join the call to action, while the rest of the group turned back for Flushing Meadows Corona Park to complete the standard 20-mile excursion. Rides, said Harold, can sometimes go a little farther, but usually don’t surpass 25 miles. “It’s not difficult, we don’t leave people behind, we don’t drop people — we wait and let people catch up. We’re trying to become more cohesive as a group and as a team,” he said, noting that their average pace lies between 8 and 12 miles per hour. While many group members discovered the group through social media, some happened to stumble upon it while they were doing their own individual ride past the Unisphere, like Miguel Báez of Corona, who has come back every week since. “On Sundays, I had nothing to do and I’d

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Queens Social Ride is a newly organized bicycling group that meets every Sunday at 9 PHOTO BY KATHERINE DONLEVY a.m. at the Unisphere for a 20 mile excursion. feel so depressed to stay home, and now I come here,” he said. “I started to meet people, all these people.” Harold joked that, because of Báez’s impulsive desire to join right on the spot, he’s had to send photographs each week to his wife to prove he wasn’t having an affair. “It gives us an opportunity to meet new friends,” Harold said. Báez has also served as Queens Social Rides’ unofficial recruiter, often enticing peo-

ple he meets to join the “ragtag” group. “I was running through the park a month ago and I saw Miguel and he asked if I was a part of the group,” said John Lange of Jackson Heights, who joined the group just a few days after learning about it from Báez despite not having ridden a bike for 20 years. “I tested positive for coronavirus, so I bought a bike and started to ride for health and exercise. Now I feel good, every Sunday ... Q It’s a very good experience.”

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Danielle Overton’s “Alban Hills” is a web series that will be screened at the Queens Underground Film Festival, running Oct. 15 to 17. On the cover: Movies that will be shown at the festival include these four. IMAGES COURTESY OF QUEENS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Month Film Festival. The festival can also be followed on Instagram @FilmFestivalsQueensUnder ground. For tickets, visit queensunderground718. com/tickets.

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Looking for Licensed Real Estate Agents. Recruiting Seminar Thurs 10/1 from 11:30am-2:30pm. Howard Beach, Sun 10/4, Email for a Zoom link. 12pm-2pm, 99-06 160 Ave. 2 info@CapriJetRealty.com story Colonial, 10 rooms, 4 BRs, pvt dvwy, 1 car gar, full bsmnt, new chef’s kit, granite tops, new College Point, spacious 2 BR, baths, Jacuzzi. Howard Beach NOTICE OF SALE newly renov, 2nd fl. Avail immed, Realty, 718-641-6800 move-in. Close to shopping & Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, MARGARET E. MEYERS, ET. beautiful Powell’s Cove Park. Sun 10/4, 12:30pm-3pm, 158-18 AL. v. ANGELIQUE MAMALAKIS $2,200/mo + utils. DiNovi Realty, 92 St. Pristine/Stucco unique con516-987-5818 temporary Colonial. 3/4 BR, 3 full AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE Howard Beach/Lindenwood, 3 1/2 baths, 2 half baths, open fl con- ESTATE OF EFSTRATIOS BR. Call for details. By owner. cept on 1st fl. 2nd fl master BR en MAMALAKIS, et al. Pursuant suite, 2 other BRs & full bath, fin 718-521-6013 bsmnt, ping pong rm or 4th BR, to a Judgment of ForecloLindenwood, totally renovated IG saltwater heated pool, Jacuzzi, sure and Sale entered March studio with terrace in Condo buildcabana, full bath, storage rm. ing. $1,700/mo. Asking $1.298 mil. Connexion RE, 12, 2020, bearing index no. Rockwood Park, 1 BR, utils incl & 709650/2016, I will sell at cable w/WiFi, & 1,700/mo. C21 718-845-1136

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New Howard Beach, Sun 10/4, 11am-1pm, 163-12 87th St. Beautiful Hi-Ranch with mother/ daughter setup. 4 BR, 2 full baths, LR, DR, kit. Has a well maintained front yard w/paved drwy & huge backyard. Jerry Fink Real Estate, 718-766-3175 or 917-774-6121

New Howard Beach, Sun 10/4, 2pm-4PM, 164-35 89 St. 3BR, 2 full bath Hi-Ranch. Can be converted into a true mother/daughter with its own walk-in entrance. High end improvements & upgrades throughout. A must see! Jerry Fink Real Estate, Agent ISLAND PARK: NEW custom 4 BR, Melissa, 917-992-4290 4 baths, 3600sq”, WaterViews, Open floor Plan, Gourmet Kitchen, Extras, Private Beach. FEMA COMPLIANT, close To Everything, Howard Beach, Cross Bay Blvd., $899,999. Jane Clifford Bkr: 2nd fl., 350 sq. ft., $1,500/mo., 516-359-2060 plus heat & electric, all new tiles, new bathroom. Also in same bldg, 2nd fl, 850 sq. ft., all new tiles, new bathroom, $2,400/mo., plus Hamilton Beach, Sat 10/3, heat & electric. Connexion Real 12pm-2pm, 99-78 163 Rd. 2 BR, Estate, 718-845-1136 1 bath Ranch, updated kit & bath w/jetted bathtub, laundry rm, HW fls. LR & DR w/ cathedral ceilings. Deck, Intex pool, lot 32x80, 2 car Ozone Park, commercial building dvwy. Jerry Fink Real Estate, (101st Ave) 2 blocks off Cross Bay Agent Terry 347-628-3758 Blvd, 25x100 lot, 25x46 building. Woodhaven, furn rm for rent, 1st fl, use of backyard. No pets/smoking. Avail immediately. $875/mo. 347-475-9279

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Howard Beach, Sat 10/3, 12:30pm-2pm, 161-31 95 St. Colonial 3 BR, 1 bath, needs updating, pvt dvwy, 1 car gar, 30x100 lot, 3 fls. $619K, Connexion RE, 718-845-1136

2nd fl, dental office, $2,200/mo. 1st fl gutted to studs & vacant, bsmnt clean with new furnace, zoning R6B, building K2. $875K, owner mortgage. Connexion Real Estate, 718-845-1136

public auction on Friday, October 23, 2020 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom #25 of Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, 11435 the premises known as 29-12 172nd Street, Flushing, New York 11358 (Block: 4934, Lot: 11). Premises sold subject to filed Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale and Terms of Sale. Judgment amount $531,184.38 plus interest and costs. Lamont Bailey, Esq., Referee. Harry Zubli Esq., attorney for plaintiff (516) 487-5777.

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This 3 BR, 2 full bath Hi-Ranch has high-end improvements & well-thought upgrades throughout. Can be converted into a true mother/daughter with its own walk-in entrance. The upper level has hardwood floors throughout the LR, DR & BRs. The beautiful kit has Cherry-wood cabinetry, stainless steel appliances & granite countertops. Gorgeous full bathroom has floor to ceiling ceramic tile with large vanity. Nice sized BRs with plenty of closet space. The first floor has tile throughout with 3-zone radiant heat floors. Beautiful full kitchen with quartz countertops, under cabinet lighting, instant hot water, rollouts in all cabinets and a full bath. Large Pella sliding door leads you to the fully paved backyard with PVC fencing that is perfect for entertaining. The huge garage has been completely tiled and can possibly be converted to a 4th BR & has a pvt drvwy with plenty of parking on the block.

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A Beautiful Hi-Ranch With Mother/Daughter Set Up On A 50x100 Lot. 4 Bedrooms, 2 Full Bathrooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen. Has A Well Maintained Front Yard With Paved Driveway And Huge Backyard.

2 BR, 1 Bathroom Ranch updated kitchen has granite counters-tops and stainless steel appliances. Bathroom has been updated with jetted bathtub, laundry room, hardwood floors throughout, living room and dining room has cathedral ceilings. Backyard has a deck and intex pool lot size is 32x80, also has 2 car driveway.

Spacious one bedroom corner 2nd floor garden co-op unit with plenty of windows and closets and wood floors in beautiful landscaped development of Parkway Village nestled in a private suburban-like setting off the main streets with the convenience of a Queens location. Private parking inside the development (monthly fee applies) and pet friendly. Take walks in the tree lined community and enjoy the private playground areas. Convenient to all and located near Main Street and Union Turnpike (Shopping, Supermarkets, Restaurants, St. John’s University, E & F trains, Q20/44/46 buses; minutes from Grand Central Parkway, Long Island Expressway, and Van Wyck Expressway).

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162-14 97th St., Howard Beach Cape Cod 2 Family (3 Levels) w/Pvt Driveway! $899,000

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590 Lorimer St., Williamsburg 3 Family w/ Backyard in Prime Williamsburg! $2,350,000

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Waterfront Colonial- raised, new foundation. Large 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, dining room, new floors, sliding doors to yard overlooking Jamaica Bay. Walk to parks, tennis courts, library, “A” train, 15 minutes to JFK and express bus to NYC. Near Rockaway Beach and NYC Ferry.

HOWARD BEACH move in cond, 1 fam det Cape, 8 rms, 4 BRs, 2 baths, granite countertops, sec cams, hardwood flrs, new roof, pvt dvwy. yard pavers, elec awning

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MERRICK Det. Colonial, 1 fam, 10 rms, 5 BRs, 3 baths, 50x100 lot, eat-in-kit with granite tops, hardwood flrs, pool mint cond, lots of extra room for extended fam, fin bsmt. CALL NOW!

2 story Colonial, 10 rms, 4 BRs, pvt dvwy and 1 car gar, full bsmnt, new chef’s kitchen, granite tops, new baths, Jacuzzi.

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• Lindenwood • Lovely 3 BR, 1 bath converted to a 2 BR. Gut renovated- take a virtual tour and you won’t believe the worksmanship and quality of everything in it. Laundry closet with extra large stackable top of the line large capacity washer/dryer. Kitchen totally redone. Cabinets, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops & moveable island. Formal tiled DR, LR, redone wood floors. Master BR with wall to wall California closets. Excellent size 2nd bedroom. Lowest maint. in Lindenwood. Free storage, Fios ready.

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161-14A Crossbay Blvd., Howard Beach

Sat., Oct. 3rd 12:30 to 2:00 pm 161-31 95th Street Colonial 3 BR, 1 Bath, needs updating, pvt. dvwy, 1 car garage, 30x100 lot, $619K 3 floors.

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Pristine/Stucco unique contemporary Colonial, 3/4 BRs, 3 full baths, 2 half baths, open floor concept on first floor & winding S.S staircase to second floor master bedroom en suite w/ Jacuzzi and bidet, 2 other BRs & full bath, fin. bsmnt, storage rm. den, ping, pong rm or 4th BR, fences front & backyard has I.G. saltwater heated pool, Jacuzzi (seats 8) Cabana, full bath, storage rm, S.S. gates, 2nd flr balcony granite & awning.

Howard Beach /Cross Bay Blvd. 2nd floor 350 sq. ft. $1,500 per mo. Plus heat & electric, all new tiles, new bathroom, - Also same building 2nd floor 850 sq. ft. All new tiles, new bathroom, $2,400 per mo. Plus heat & electric.

MIDDLE VILLAGE Mint Detached Colonial, pvt dvwy & 2 car garage, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, completely renovated throughout within 7 years, windows, roof, gas boiler, hotwater heater, stoop, wood doors, porcelain tiles on 1st flr, hardwood flrs upstairs, lg living rm, lg formal dining rm. lg kitchen with cherry cabinets, S.S. appl, island, Beautiful.

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Det. 1 Family, 3 BRs, 2 baths, basement, pty driveway and 1 car garage

Mint Waterfront property with views of the bridge, all redone inside, new bulkhead, new double docks, beautiful kit with S.S. appl., open flr plan, vaulted ceilings, 2 BR converted to one lg master with wall to wall closets, lg new bath with state-of-the-art huge shower, new electric & plumbing

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• Lindenwood • Renovated 1 Bedroom, 1 Full Bath Co-op in the Heart of Lindenwood. Completely Renovated with a New Kitchen with Stainless Appliances. Hardwood Floors and Carpeting, Updated Bath, Lots of Windows and Storage. Low Maintenance. Cat Friendly Building, Nighttime Guard, Elevator Building, Storage Lockers, Fitness Center and Onsite Laundry. A must see!

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1 Fam Colonial 3 BR/ 2 full bath, 20x100 lot, 9 ft ceilings, skylight in bath, tall kitchen wood cabs, basement inc LG storage room, LG patio off Asking $588K kit w/entry.

Mint Hi-Ranch on 40x100 lot, 4 BRs/3 full baths, Vinyl siding with brick front, Andersen windows, Hi-Hats, tiled floors, new carpeting in BRs, security cameras, alarm system, freshly painted, mechanics all updated, heated spa & in-ground pool, brick patio, CAC, rollout awning Asking $889K

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Commercial Building (101st Ave.) 2 blocks off Cross Bay Blvd./25x100 lot, 25x46 building/ 2nd flr., Dental Office $2,200 per mo./ 1st floor gutted to studs & vacant / basement clean with new furnace / zoning R6B / building K2

Welcome to this unique & beautiful 2 fam. home with a fi n. bsmnt, a spacious backyard & central A/C. This recently-renovated property was updated with top-of-the-line fi xtures & fi nishes. The 2nd apt has a custom kit. made from recycled wood imported from France. The Mediterranean bathroom is breathtaking, with spa fixtures such as a rain shower, Jacuzzi, jet massage & heated floor. The apt has beautiful wood fl rs, new noise reducing windows and a charming terrace. The 1st apt is a true gem with unique moldings, French doors, beautiful wood fl rs, an updated kit., patio & stunning bathroom. The bsmnt is fully renovated with marble fl rs, large mirrors throughout & exposed brick. The bohemian style backyard, accessible from either apt, is perfect for a private relaxation session yet spacious enough to entertain family & friends. The property boasts parking & is conveniently located right on the border of Greenpoint & Williamsburg.

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• Rockwood Park • Ranch Style 1 Family home located in Rockwood Park / New Howard Beach. Home has 3 BRs 2.5 baths, living room, Eat-in-kit., dining room, full basement & pvt dvwy. This home is a great opportunity for someone who wants to create their own space. Conveniently located near shopping and transportation. Home is Selling “as is.”

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• Lindenwood • Beautiful & sunny 1 BR, 1 bath Co-op in a beautiful well maintained building. Conveniently located near shopping and public transportation. Apartment is in mint condition. Updated & freshly painted. Ready to move in!!

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