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Howard Beach Citizens Safety Patrol President Joe Thompson, right, has apologized to the 106th Precinct for taking credit for reducing crime in the area. Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, the precinct commander, said the group has a long way to go before it can regain the trust of the community.

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Eva: DeBlasio tardy on charter siting City DOE says Success Academy schools will be opened as planned by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

ayor de Blasio didn’t turn his assignment in on time, Success Academy Charter Schools founder and CEO Eva Moskowitz charged on Tuesday. DeBlasio did not post notice for proposed locations for eight Success Academy locations as he had previously promised, the charter school executive said in a statement. He only posted notice for one of them, a school in Far Rockaway, by that deadline. That means the other seven cannot open in time for the 2016-17 school year. “The mayor’s promise to find space for Success Academy was a promise not just to us, but to the families of children trapped in failing district schools,” Moskowitz said. “Being mayor requires standing up to special interests that oppose the expansion of good educational opportunities. In a city where families are clamoring for better schools, it’s unfathomable that the mayor doesn’t have the political will to do what’s right for kids.” The notices had to be filed by Monday so that they could be voted on by the Panel for Educational Policy at the body’s Nov. 19 meeting. The charter schools would be co-located inside existing buildings that are underutilized.

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Democratic Success Academy at IS 59 in Springfield Gardens has been in operation for just over a year, but other co-locations may be delayed for another school year after Mayor de Blasio missed FILE PHOTO the deadline to post notice for them. Besides the Far Rockaway co-location, a Success Academy school is proposed in Queens somewhere in School District 28 — which covers Jamaica and parts of Forest Hills and Rego Park. Other schools are proposed for the Bronx and Brooklyn. Despite the missed deadline, a Department of Education spokeswoman said the Success Academy locations will open for

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school taking from another.” She added the administration remains “fully committed to finding these schools a high quality location that meets their needs in time for them to open next year as planned.” This is not the first time deBlasio has dragged its feet on picking sites, Moskowitz said. He was originally supposed to choose locations for four in June, with the others to follow next month. Thousands will miss out on being able to send their children to Success, she added. Moskowitz, in her statement, pointed out that the eight planned locations are in districts with a low number of students passing the state math and English language arts exams. School District 28 had the highest passing rate for math, 41.1 percent. School District 22 in Brooklyn had the highest in ELA, at 35.2 percent. Success Academy’s passing rate for those exams are 93 and 68, respectively, according to statistics provided in Success Academy’s press release. Moskowitz, who has not ruled out running for mayor, sat down with the Queens Chronicle last month and extolled her schools’ accomplishments and an atmosphere that is conducive to lear ning, unlike, she says, that of the city’s public Q school system.

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AUTO DEALER CONTINUES SANDY RELIEF EFFORTS BY PROVIDING $1,000.00 VOUCHERS. Marquis Auto Of Queens Continues To Support Our Community By Providing Discounts To Those Affected By Superstorm Sandy.

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ctober marks the three-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. Our neighborhoods were devastated. Most of us were left with damage to our homes and significant collateral damage which became apparent in the days and weeks that followed. One local business owner continues to support all commuJoseph DiBenedetto nities affected by Sandy. Queens resident, Joseph DiBenedetto, is a prominent attorney and owner of Marquis Auto of Queens – one of the largest leasing companies in New York with over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry. On this three-year anniversary, DiBenedetto pledges to continue to provide support to our community by issuing a one thousand dollar ($1,000.00) voucher redeemable against any vehicle lease, fi nance or purchase. The Queens location has been open a little over two years and DiBenedetto attributes Sandy as a main reason for its formation. “Like many others, I and most of our staff lived through Sandy. I had four feet of water in my home and I lost two automobiles. My story isn’t unique. All of my neighbors were in the same position as me. We all wanted a sense of normalcy and tried to piece our lives together as quickly as possible. Most

rushed to purchase or lease automobiles out of necessity and in the process overpaid. It was upsetting to see a community in need taken advantage of and so I decided to open a Queens-based office.” “These terrible leases are set to expire in the upcoming months and my office is dedicated to providing exceptional service and pricing to all of our customers. Our voucher of $1,000.00 marks our continued commitment to rebuilding all communities damaged by Sandy. Redeeming the voucher is simple. During your initial call or visit to our office, simply inform us that you wish to redeem your voucher and we will apply a $1,000.00 credit. It’s that easy.” Marquis Auto of Queens offers all makes and models for less than dealerships and their competitors. They have built a reputation on exceptional service and pricing. Like your trusted stock broker and real estate agent, Marquis Auto of Queens brokers the best deal on the automobile of your choice. They purchase automobiles directly from a manufacturer’s fleet department, bypassing dealerships, and pass the savings on to their customers. Given their vast network of fleet departments, Marquis Auto of Queens has the ability to locate hard-to-fi nd automobiles. They also specialize in helping customers get out of their bad leases. Their white-glove service also includes free delivery to your home or business.

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DI Schiff accepts apology, but says Joe Thompson faces a ‘long road’ by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

After months of tension between the Howard Beach Citizens Safety Patrol - HBCOP and the 106th Precinct, the volunteer group’s leader has apologized to the police for taking credit for reducing crime in the area and leaking emails between himself and an officer. “We don’t risk our lives like the NYPD Officers that do every minute of the day,” Joe Thompson, president of the patrol, said in a Facebook post on his group’s page last Saturday. “Therefore, my opinion is we had nothing to do with the reduction of the crime in the 106th Pct. And I apologize for those statements I have made.” Earlier this year, the patrol posted to its public Facebook page images of published reports stating crime in Howard Beach and surrounding areas had been dropping. Thompson insinuated that was due to the presence of his volunteer patrol group, which drives around the community at night. In an interview on Monday, Thompson said he felt the apology was necessary to “move forward in this community.” “I had to admit that I did something wrong,” he added. The apology was also prompted by a meeting Thompson had with Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Pre-

cinct, in an effort to foster a better working relationship between the two sides. “I asked him what would the healing process be like?” Thompson recalled. “He said it would be a long road, but a public apology would be a good start.” Thompson also apologized for posting emails between himself and 106th Community Affairs Officer Brenda Reddick discussing the sanctioning of the patrol. Although Thompson has the right to operate HBCOP, it is not recognized as an official civilian patrol because the group has not completed the necessary paperwork. The lack of those documents became a hotbutton issue in the community back in May. Schiff said Thompson had not submitted any paperwork. Thompson denied that, and the email chain between him and Reddick apparently showed that he did submit documents, though Schiff said they didn’t relate to HBCOP’s status. That month, the commander told the 106th Precinct Community Council those emails were actually about patrol members’ applications to the Citizens’ Police Academy — a 14-week NYPD program that provides residents with legal, social and procedural police training — and not about officially recognizing the group. In his Facebook mea culpa, Thompson apologized for “excluding some of the

DI Jeffrey Schiff, right, says Joe Thompson has to work with the Howard Beach community to FILE PHOTO regain its trust. messages” he had with Reddick. “She accepted my apology and I apologized to her again,” Thompson said. In an interview, Schiff said he doesn’t “know where it’s going to go from here. “He has a right to run his group,” he added. “But his acceptance in the community is not there. That’s one of the things we talked about. It’s going to be a long road for them.” At least one community leader said her lack

of support will not change until HBCOP is officially sanctioned by the police. “They have to file the proper paperwork with the NYPD,” Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association, said in an interview. Ariola said it is necessary for Thompson to do that so residents can feel safe in knowing who is patrolling the community. Thompson said he will look into completing the applications for official recognition. When asked what plans he has to further realign himself with the community, Thompson said he will try to attend more community meetings, including Community Board 10 and the 106th Precinct Community Council. He said he had not attended those meetings recently due to being “embarrassed” by his actions on Facebook. He added he will be more careful in how he posts information to his Facebook page. Earlier this year, he landed himself in hot water for posting erroneous information about an overnight robbery. The Forum, a Howard Beach-based newspaper, blasted him for that and later reported Thompson in 2001 had pleaded guilty to enterprise corruption for promoting prostitution, for which he served no jail time, and said he learned a lesson from abiding by the law Q since then.

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Hurricane Joaquin spares the borough After Sandy, better safe than sorry was a prepared Queens’ mentality by Christopher Barca and Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editors

commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said at the meeting that he called his predecessor, Thomas Pascale, to pick his brain on how he dealt with Sandy. “I also have some of my own ideas,” Schiff said, citing his experience in dealing with the storm at his previous precinct in Brooklyn. Schiff urged all to follow the evacuation order for the area, should one have been issued during Joaquin. In CB 10’s jurisdiction, John Adams High School serves as the evacuation center for residents seeking shelter from a natural disaster. Braton also said the Department of Environmental Protection had promised the Spring Creek Overflow facility would have extra personnel there to ensure it does not malfunction. That happened in April 2014, causing Lindenwood houses to experience floods worse than Sandy. Braton added the Comptroller’s Office told the DEP how many claims against the city were filed by Lindenwood homeowners after that flood, and that they did not want to

City employees helped shore up gaps in the sand dunes along Rockaway Beach last Thursday in preparation for Hurricane Joaquin’s forecasted arrival. However, the storm defied most forecasts and turned out to sea FACEBOOK PHOTO without significantly impacting Queens. see that happen again. The board leader also urged members and those present to keep an eye on the storm’s track. Several civic groups regularly posted updates from the National Hurricane Center

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After being battered by two tropical systems in the last five years, Queens residents breathed a collective sigh of relief last weekend as powerful Hurricane Joaquin, once predicted to make landfall near the borough earlier this week, curved away from the coast and moved out to sea. Late last week, forecasts called for the storm, which was approaching from the south, to make landfall anywhere from North Carolina to New England as a Category 2 hurricane. However, Joaquin was steered to the northeast by a stronger-thanpredicted ridge of high pressure over the Atlantic, sending the weakening storm past Bermuda and into the open swath of cold water between Newfoundland and Europe on Tuesday. Even though the storm ended up passing hundreds of miles offshore, Queens officials took the warnings of a United States landfall to heart.

Residents and officials in South Queens, the section of the borough hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and Tropical Storm Irene a year earlier, didn’t mess around when it came to preparing for the storm, and last Thursday’s Community Board 10 meeting felt more like an emergency preparedness debriefing. “It is better to be prepared and have it pass us by than not be ready and have it hit us,” board Chairwoman Betty Braton said. CB 10 represents much of South Queens, which is still recovering from Sandy’s wind, flooding rain and storm surge, but Braton warned they weren’t preparing for another storm like that. “Nothing is etched in stone and it can change,” she said, about 12 hours before forecasts began predicting Joaquin would go out to sea. “We are by no means dealing with a Sandy on this storm.” But st ill, bet ter safe tha n sorry was the message given to those present. Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff,

NPS proposes to fix West Pond breach Activists praise decision to bring freshwater back to the habitat by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The National Parks Service on Tuesday stated in an environmental assessment that it is best to repair the breach at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center’s West Pond and fully restore the loop path that was broken as a result of Superstorm Sandy. Environmental activists praised the NPS’s decision to restore the pond and loop to their former state — considering one of the alternatives was to do nothing at all. “We just think that was so unique and critical to replace,” Dan Mundy Jr., president of the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers and Broad Channel Civic Association, said in an interview on Wednesday. Before Sandy, the West Pond was a frequent site for birdwatchers due to its freshwater state. After the Oct. 29, 2012 storm, saltwater started to pour into it, causing some of the birds to fly away. Mundy said shortly after the storm, he and others reached out to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), urging them to advocate for the pond’s repair. “There were some initial discussions of leaving it alone. And we had a big problem with that,” Mundy said. Goldfeder said doing nothing has been the MO of the NPS in the past.

The National Parks Service said it prefers repairing the West Pond breach and loop trail over the alternatives, one of which was doing nothing. Environmental activists praised that decision and FILE PHOTO urged the agency to start the work as soon as possible. “The NPS’s policy is normally to let things be,” he said. “I think our initial concern was that NPS would do nothing.” The proposed plan for the West Pond, which is subject to public comment on the NPS website for a month, would be implemented in phases, according to the agency.

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The second phase would “include upland habitat restoration at Terrapin Point, shoreline restoration, saltmarsh restoration, and installation of other visitor amenities (such as boardwalks, trails, pathways, viewing blinds and educational signage).” Once the plan is finalized, construction to implement the plan “could last up to a year,” according to the NPS’s environmental assessment. Besides doing nothing, the NPS also considered creating different habitats by the pond and simply bridging the breach. But, in its assessment, the agency determined that repairing the breach and the loop path is the most environmentally and costeffective measure. Don Riepe, president of the Northeast Chapter of the American Littoral Society and a resident of Broad Channel, said even when the breach is closed up, “it will take a while for [the pond] to freshen up.” “The garden area has been damaged by the saltwater for three years,” he said. “They should move on it quickly now.” Mundy said Jen Neresian, superintendent of Gateway National Recreation Area, is scheduled to attend an Oct. 29 meeting of the ecowatchers, titled “The State of Jamaica Bay.” “We’re hoping to get a real idea on time Q frames,” he said of the West Pond.

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ell, it won’t be the Subway Series the city had hoped for, with the Yankees falling asleep at the wheel when it mattered most, but the Mets are in the playoffs for the first time since 2006 and Queens has gotta believe! It’s been an exciting season, especially since the July 31 acquisition of Yoenis Cespedes, whose performance has revved up not just the fans but his teammates. Since then the Amazin’s have led the league in runs, home runs and slugging. They had been the lowest run producers in baseball, but since the end of July they’ve been the top run producers. Howie Rose has been saying “It’s outta here!” a lot. And, in a welcome break from the past, they didn’t fall victim to widespread injuries halfway through the season. You couldn’t say they’re the best team in the playoffs, not with their 90-72 regular season record (fulfilling GM Sandy Alderson’s prediction, though a year late). That’s the fewest wins

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of any of the National League teams in the playoffs. And they face some tough competition starting Friday from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Game 1 has Mets star pitcher Jacob deGrom facing Clayton Kershaw, widely considered the best in the game for the last five years. Luckily for the Flushing faithful, Kershaw’s problem is that he loses it in the postseason, especially last year against the Cardinals. Let’s hope he hasn’t learned to overcome that. Monday marks the first playoff game ever played at Citi Field. Matt Harvey’s on the mound, and presumably will show up on time. He’ll face Brett Anderson, and between each of their arms and the fact that Citi Field is a pitcher’s park, we expect a low-scoring duel. In the regular season, the $110 million payroll Mets beat the $320 million Dodgers four games to three. Now they just need three wins against them. Here’s hoping the Amazin’s leave the Dodgers in the dust. Let’s go Mets!

e’re all for a big festival in Flushing Meadows Corona Park — hey, we’d love to see another World’s Fair there — but we do have one key concern about the big concert event reportedly planned there for next June 17 to 19. The music and arts event, called “Panorama,” possibly in honor of the great New York City model at the Queens Museum, would come courtesy of the same group that puts on the monster Coachella festival in California every year. Our main worry is the timing. Holding the event in June would greatly harm the five-year-old Governors Ball music festival set for two weeks earlier on Randall’s Island. Couldn’t Panorama be moved to May or July?

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Forest Hills ills Dear Editor: I would like to echo writer Jeanette Reed’s letter appearing in last week’s issue (“Trashing Forest Hills”). This once-beautiful area of Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills has become dirty, crowded and unsafe. There are not sufficient wastebaskets to take care of the huge amount of garbage generated from both the many commercial stores and residents. Picking through garbage bags for cans and bottles seem to be the daily activity of some, resulting in garbage strewn all over the streets, many directly in front of stores which never clean the areas outside of their business. Rats are frequently seen coming up from the 67th Drive subway station, and writer Reed is correct, we have a resident homeless man with numerous bags sleeping or sitting on the bench. Of concern to everyone should be our newest additions of homeless men sleeping on the park benches in front of the bus stop on 67th Road. The fleas and bed bugs that they most certainly bring with them make it possible for residents to sit in the same places unknowingly when they leave, thereby creating what could be a terrible health concern for all of us. The hordes of students from Forest Hills High School congregate on the sidewalk, making it impossible for us to walk as they © Copyright 2015 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsible for errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc. at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., 62-33 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, N.Y.

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go into the subway at 67th Drive, screaming and scaring many of us. These problems would not be tolerated in Park Slope or on the East Side of Manhattan. It would seem that there is a concerted effort to make Forest Hills as undesirable as some other areas in order for everything to be “equal.” Forgive the sarcasm, but why else has this situation been allowed to fester for several years now? This is a very diverse area with many families, children and many seniors — we have been forgotten by the very people we voted for. I invite Borough President Katz, Congresswoman Grace Meng, state Sen. Toby Stavisky and others who are supposed to “serve” us to take a walk on Queens Boulevard. They would be as disgusted as Jennifer Reed and I am. I urge Community Board 9 to take note of these situations, unless you don’t care — which may be true. Sandi Goodman Forest Hills

As for Borough President Melinda Katz’s concerns about having a for-profit event in the park, we say don’t worry, be happy. Have the city dedicate a major portion of the revenue to the park. It could help fund the restoration and repurposing of the old New York State Pavilion, one of Katz’s prime objectives. The park has the space for a real extravaganza. The event would pump revenue into both the city and businesses, as we’d expect attendees to spend plenty at say, Queens eateries that could have booths there. Concerts have been brought back to the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills with great success and minimal complaints. We don’t see any good reason a big festival in the park couldn’t turn out the same way.

My gun control plan Dear Editor: It’s clear from Congressional reaction to the Oregon college slaughter that neither sanity nor courage prevails on Capitol Hill. Many legislators in both houses act like NRA chew toys. Gov. Cuomo urges Democrats to shut down the government unless Congress passes tougher gun laws. But that will backfire against his party and gun control advocates. Here’s a better idea. President Obama can shut down the gun lobby’s financial pipeline by ordering all federal law enforcement agencies and the U.S. military to stop buying weapons from firearms makers and dealers who allow the sale of assault rifles and rapid-fire pistols to the general public. He has the executive power to do this without Congressional approval. Sensible gun makers will comply rather than lose a huge revenue stream. Those that don’t will go bankrupt, like Colt already is. I can hear wacky Wayne LaPierre (the NRA CEO) bellowing: “You’re putting our troops

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and cops in danger by letting the bad guys outgun them.” He’s firing blanks. As a former Air Force officer (1964-68), I’d never advocate anything that puts our troops in danger. In fact, U.S. troops are restricted from using firearms on and off base, except in combat situations, security measures and training exercises. Police are more endangered by the NRA — a cop killer’s best friend and public safety’s worst enemy. It writes death warrants for law enforcement officers who frequently fall victim to gun violence, including several in our area. Unless Obama applies his full power, more “stuff” will happen, as Jeb Bush noted. He typifies NRA backers who substitute Bushmasters for brains and pistols for another body part. Our president must stiffen his spine and grow a pair. Stop whining and start winning. Put the heat on gun makers to stop lunatics and criminals from packing heat. Urge him to do it now. Contact Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to reinforce this message. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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Queens overtaxed Dear Editor: New York City 2015 property tax bills for Queens County totaled $22.5 billion, 45 percent of the total for the entire city. This figure comes from 364,000 tax bills collected by John Krauss and Chris Whong, posted at http://tax-

bills.nyc. The distribution of NYC property tax by borough is not published by the NYC Department of Finance, the Mayor’s Office or the comptroller. Requests for this data from the local council members were not answered. The City Council needs to correct this unfair burden on Queens citizens. Manny Steier Glendale

Right into the danger zone Dear Editor: With Both The United States and Russia now flying bombing missions over Syria, there is a very strong possibility that Russian and American planes could become involved in a major collision, which would have major implications for both countries as well for the entire Middle East. It is so very important that the U.S. and Russia open up immediate communication between their militaries to avoid possible collisions in midair between their planes. That entire area of the world is going to see even more widespread fighting, if this situation is not dealt with and resolved. To avoid confrontation and further straining U.S.-Russian relations, both countries must find convergent areas, including this very precarious situation, where they can and must work together. The world has never been so fraught with multiple areas of conflict and instability than it is today in 2015. Remember Sept. 1, 1939 — the day our innocent world was forever shattered into pieces, when Nazi Germany viciously and deliberately attacked Poland, triggering the world’s most destructive conflict ever. John Amato Fresh Meadows

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Fighting poverty Dear Editor: I was heartened that during his visit to New York City, Pope Francis shed light on the prevalence of poverty across the globe. You only need to look around to see that poverty rages rampant in our city, country and world. Sadly, in 2015 — 203 years since the New York City Mission Society was founded — our work is now more critical than ever. Consider that more than two out of every five people living in NYC live in poverty. That is nearly two million men, women and children, many of them without homes or food to put on the table. If you factor in all of those living just barely above the poverty line, the number rises to nearly half of our city’s population. Those whom we serve sadly are at the bottom of the economic ladder: 5 percent live in shelters or transitional housing; 55 percent have food insecurities; 86 percent live at or below the poverty line; and, 93 percent of our students attend failing or below average schools. These numbers illustrate the harsh realities that derail, for so many, the American Dream. Each day, our staff faces the children, families, friends, and neighbors who have had their dreams derailed, and sometimes extinguished. We echo Pope Francis in our staunch belief that all deserve to live in dignity, and that we can — and should — make a difference in othcontinued on next page

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Dear Editor: The evil deed in Oregon is more proof that America is becoming the “killing fields” nation of the world. The Second Amendment in our Bill of Rights protects the right of individuals to keep and bear arms. The amendment was based on English common law and the English Bill of Rights. Sir William Blackstone described it as “an auxiliary right,” supporting the natural rights of self-defense, resistance to oppression, and the civic duty to act in concert in defense of the same. The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the right vests in individuals, not merely collective militias, while ruling that the ruling is not unlimited and does not prohibit all regulations of either firearms or similar devices. States and local governments are limited to the same extent as the federal government in infringing on this right. It is the view of the writer that “a well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state” was understood by our Founding Fathers as the right to bear arms in common defense, but not to carry such arms as the individual may desire in order to use them in private conflicts. Therefore, I strongly support President Obama’s recent call for citizens to rise up and demand the GOP Congress enact a new sensible gun control law that will close the loophole which limits background checks. A new, stricter background check for all folks planning to purchase any and all types of firearms! I’m sure President Obama would sign it into law. Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

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S. Ozone Park could get security cameras Funding for them comes from Titus by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Smile — you could be on camera. Assemblywoman Michelle Titus (D-Far Rockaway) is proposing $150,000 from the State and Municipal Facilities Program be used to place security cameras in Far Rockaway and South Ozone Park. The money comes from a criticized process, which some have said is not transparent, and still has to be approved by the state Dormitory Authority [see separate story]. According to the assemblywoman’s request for $150,000, the project, if approved, would be used for “the installation of street level closed circuit television camera boxes within Far Rockaway and South Ozone sections of Queens. “This project will provide additional safety for the community, as well as assist it in reducing crime,” the request states. A spokeswoman for Titus said that request was put in years ago, when nowQueens County Clerk Audrey Pheffer was still in the Assembly, and that the two legislators determined the police in Far Rock-

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ers’ lives. We strive to level the playing field by providing the highest quality educational programs and support that inspire and empower the youth in our programs. At times, it may seem like an uphill battle. But the good news is that we, like many others, will not settle. The Mission Society resolves to address these problems over the long-term, because no matter the month, year, or century, poverty breaks hearts and strangles dreams. Elsie McCabe Thompson President, New York City Mission Society Manhattan

Davis and the Pope Dear Editor: In having a meeting with Kim Davis, telling her to “remain strong” and keeping it a secret until he left the United States, with otherwise due respect, Pope Francis does not, nor does he want to, understand the concept of separation of church and state, which, unlike many countries throughout the world engaged in religious strife, has served this country well. Neither he nor she understand there is a difference between Mrs. Davis as an individual and as a public official who has sworn to uphold the law and the Constitution. If her religious beliefs were so strong as to come into conflict with her obliga-

away would determine which locations would get the cameras on the peninsula. The spokeswoman did not have information on where in South Ozone Park the surveillance equipment might be. Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer for the 106th Precinct, welcomed the idea of having cameras in that neighborhood. “Any type of surveillance, used properly and put in strategic places that are prone to crime, I think will help us out in the long run,” Schiff said in a telephone interview. “Some of these criminals are smart. If they see a camera, they’re not going to do anything.” But with the good comes the bad. “Maybe it will displace crime,” the commanding officer said. “We have to be careful about where we place them.” Earlier this year, South Ozone Park, and the rest of the 106th Precinct which includes Howard Beach and Ozone Park, experienced a rash of rim and tire thefts. Those have dropped in recent weeks, Q Schiff has said at civic meetings.

tions as a public official, her remedy was to resign her position. Mrs. Davis’ belief in heterosexual marriage and opposition to same-sex marriage seems to be at odds with her marital background, consisting of four marriages and having two children born out of wedlock. Rather than being a heroine in her opposition, she may well qualify as a hypocrite. Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

Joe’s got my vote Dear Editor: I usually do not boast about politicians but this time I must. On Friday, Sept. 25, I met Joe Concannon in front of my home and talked with him for a few minutes. Joe also lives in Bellerose and is running for City Council. He asked me about a tree that had fallen on 241st Street and wanted to know how long it had been there. I told him it came down about a month or two ago and no one has been here to remove it. He told me he that the situation was bad and that he wanted to do something about it. On Monday, Sept. 28, the fallen tree was gone. Thanks to Joe Concannon. Joe, you got my vote. Joe De Clemente Bellerose Editor’s note: Republican Joe Concannon is facing Democrat Barry Grodenchik in the 23rd Council District, in northeastern Queens.

State Sen. Tony Avella and Assemblywoman Michelle Titus are looking to bring home funding for projects in their districts through a criticized process that watchdog groups say is not subject to FILE PHOTOS the normal oversight procedure.

Borough legislators bring home the ‘pork’ State funding for capital projects shows favoritism to party majorities by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Queens state lawmakers are looking to bring home more than $3 million in funding for projects in their districts through the criticized State and Municipal Facilities Program. The Assembly last Friday and Senate on Monday posted a list of funding for projects legislators are asking the state Dormitory Authority to approve. In Queens, those projects range from benches in Juniper Valley Park to security cameras in Far Rockaway and South Ozone Park, air conditioners in schools and a new emergency vehicle for the Glen Oaks Volunteer Ambulance Corps. The Assembly’s list totals $36 million and the Senate’s is more than $74 million. Those monies have come under fire by some watchdog groups, calling the funds “pork” and “earmarks” — the appropriation of funds for a project in one’s district. The Empire Center for Public Policy blasted the program due to its apparent lack of transparency. “Nothing in the law explains how projects are or will be selected,” the group states on its website. “The State and Municipal Facilities Aid slush fund apparently isn’t subject to the added disclosure and accountability guidelines applied to standard pork-barrel ‘member items’ at the recommendation of then-Attorney General Cuomo in 2008.” State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), whose district stands to receive $2,138,000 in improvements should the Dormitory

Authority approve the requests, said calling the funding pork “is inappropriate.” “What it comes down to is that I represent a district that has needs,” Avella stated in an interview. “And I’m happy and proud of the fact that I’ve been able to get funding for my district.” Avella’s proposed funding will go to improvements at parks and schools in his district. He said he approached people within his district to see what they wanted money for. Four out of the 13 projects listed under Avella are for air conditioners in schools. A full list of his and other Queens legislators’ proposed projects can be found at qchron.com. A look at the proposals statewide shows a disparity when it comes to which projects were picked for funding. In the Democratic-controlled Assembly, Republicans are only taking home $2 million. In the Republican-controlled Senate, the only Democrats to receive funding are those who are part of the breakaway group, the Independent Democratic Conference — which shares caucus power with the right. In the higher chamber, state Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx, Westchester) took home the most for his district: $11.7 million. The second-highest was former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Nassau County), $3,615,000. When asked if his IDC affiliation is the reason he’s the only Queens senator to receive funding, Avella simply stated, with continued on page 23

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Your ‘last’ chance to see TWA Flight Center

‘Open House NY’ offers a final look before the building becomes hotel by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The general public will have one last opportunity to see the inside of the iconic TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport before it’s renovated into a 505-guestroom hotel by MCR Development and JetBlue. The interior will be opened for one day only, on Oct. 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. as part of “Open House New York,” a weekend when the city’s greatest architectural structures are open for free. A press release from OHNY states it’s “likely to be the last time the TWA Flight Center will be open to the public in its current form.” Although the landmarked exterior of the building — designed by renowned architect Eero Saarinen — is to remain intact, the interior will be modified to make space for the rooms, an observation deck and eight restaurants and bars. The Port Authority Board of Commission-

ers approved a 75-year lease for the building two weeks ago. The TWA Flight Center was the crown jewel of aviation after it opened in 1962, but it shut down in 2001 because it was unable to accommodate larger aircraft. The Queens site has been a part of OHNY in the past, including last year. Queens Chronicle photographer and retired architect Steve Fisher saw it then, as well as earlier this year during a private tour with the New York Landmarks Conservancy. “It’s an absolute treat,” Fisher, of Middle Village, said of the flight center. “It’s like being in a different world, before being transported to a different world. It’s evocative of air travel during a time that was much more glamorous than it is now.” Groundbreaking on the hotel is expected next year, and it should open in 2018. It is expected to bring 3,700 construction and permanent jobs to the South Queens area, Gov. Cuomo said when he announced it Q in July.

Take a good look while you’re able. Oct. 18th’s Open House New York Event will “likely” be the last time the general public will see the terminal’s lobby before it’s turned into a 505-guestroom PHOTOS BY STEVE FISHER hotel in 2018.

Queens Chronicle photographer Steve Fisher was able to take these shots at a similar event earlier this year, hosted by the New York Landmarks Conservancy. Here, one of the areas once sprawling with travelers is abandoned.

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In 2009, Joe Bruno landed a job at Kalish Pharmacy, located at 93-20 Liberty Ave. in Ozone Park, for the second time. But it was more than just a new chapter in his 40-plus years experience as a pharmacist: It was a homecoming. “This is home,” he said about the surrounding community. “I was born here, I went to school here, I grew up here, I met my wife here.” Back then, he knew Kalish Pharmacy as one of the more longstanding businesses in the community and later in life would become a worker there, stocking the shelves and manning the cash register. When he came back in 2009 as a pharmacist, he was able to reconnect with the community he holds close to his heart. That’s why he didn’t have to think twice when the opportunity came up two and a half years ago for him to become the owner of the store. “This is like a family. They know me, I know them,” he said. “It’s a nice feeling. I love it.” Bruno, a graduate of St. John’s University’s pharmacy program, started his career in Brooklyn and stayed there until 2009 when he came back to Ozone Park. Due to Bruno’s dedication to customer service, many of his old clients brought their prescriptions there with him. “I have customers from Brooklyn who came over with me,” he said. “Customers from Long Island and the Rockaways. We just had someone from the Rockaways leave with a whole shopping bag of prescriptions.” Bruno’s original life plan didn’t have

him behind the pharmacy desk. He star ted Bar uch College as an accounting major, but soon after had a realization. “I said, ‘What am I doing? I know pharmacy, let’s do that,’” he said. So, he switched majors and colleges and after the extensive education required of pharmacists, he never looked back. Many of his customers are people who grew up with him in Ozone Park — and some of their children. “They don’t recognize me until we start talking,” Bruno said. When asked what his favorite part of being a pharmacist is, Bruno said it was taking care of those customers. “They come to us before they come to a doctor,” he said. “It’s a wonderful feeling to know you can help somebody.” Until this week, Bruno was at the store the six days a week it’s open (9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekdays and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday). Now, he’s getting a little break after he hired a part-time pharmacist. But even when he’s off, he’s still at the store in spirit. “Even when I’m not here, I’m still thinking about the store,” he said. And that’s the difference between his store and large chain pharmacies. “They’re not going to get this kind of care,” he said when asked why people should come to this store. “They’re going to get a different pharmacist every time.” And if you can’t get over there to experience the customer service, Kalish does deliver to the surrounding area. For more information, call Kalish Q Pharmacy at (718) 641-5648.

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Appointment of John King met with criticism by some, praise from others by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

News of former state Education Commissioner John King being named Acting U.S. Education Secretary last week was met with mixed reactions — people either love or hate the idea. Arne Duncan, the secretary until his resignation is official in December and one of the only few original members of President Obama’s cabinet left, made the announcement last Thursday, citing wishes to be closer to his family as his reason for leaving. “We have been lucky to have an amazing team here from Day One, but I honestly believe our team today is the strongest it’s ever been. So it’s with real sadness that I have come to recognize that being apart from my family has become too much of a strain, and it’s time for me to step aside and give a new leader a chance,” Duncan, of Chicago, said in an email to his staff members, which was obtained by several major media outlets. King, a Brooklyn native, who has served as the department’s No. 2 man, will serve as acting secretary until a permanent replacement can be found. Duncan, in his email, said King’s “role with a record of exceptional accomplishment” is reassuring. But a lot of people are not as thrilled as Duncan is. “With President Obama’s appointment of John King to replace Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education, we just went from bad to worse,” Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Council’s Education Committee, said in an email. “His mishandling of the implementation of the Common Core in New York State has caused an uproar among parents and educators alike. I sincerely hope that Mr. King will listen to public school students, parents and teachers as he charts his course for the future of education in the United States or face a disaster once again.” Dromm is not the only one upset with King’s role in implementing the Common Core curriculum during his time as state commissioner, from 2011 until he was

named senior advisor of delegated duties for the U.S. department in January. In November 2014, the state teachers’ union called for his resignation. In a statement put out last Thursday, the union urged its members to call the White House and express their displeasure with Obama’s appointment. “NYSUT has always considered John King an ideologue with whom we disagreed sharply on many issues during his tenure as the state’s Education Department commissioner,” the

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appointment, however. “We wish him well,” Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan (D-Ridgewood), chairwoman of the Education Committee upstate, said in an email. “Congratulations to President Obama on picking a New York City public school graduate.” King’s successor upstate, Merryl Tisch, said in a prepared statement, “I applaud the President’s choice and know John will do an extraordinary job for all of AmeriQ ca’s children.”

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union’s statement said. The Alliance for Quality Education called the choice “troubling.” “It is a troubling choice because John King’s tenure in New York was unsuccessful. He was not open to parent input on issues from improving struggling schools to the use of standardized testing,” AQE Executive Director Billy Easton said in a statment. “He probably has done more to inspire opt outs than any person in the country except Andrew Cuomo.” At least two people were positive about the

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Oct. 13 charity event to honor Valentina Angels on the Bay hopes to donate $100,000 for pediatric care in NY by Anthony O’Reilly

not “child-friendly,” Vitucci told the Queens Chronicle. Russo and his business friends raised For 21 years, Howard Beach has been enough money to renovate the unit to raising millions of dollars to benefit make it more suitable for chilAngels On The Bay, a nonprofit dren, she added. that donates money to pediatThey’ve been continuing ric units in area hospitals. that mission ever since. On Oct. 13, the group “We’ve been raising will pause and remember funds for local hospithe angel who inspired tals only for pediatric an entire community s e r v ic e s ,” Vit uc c i earlier this year — said. Those beneficiaValentina Marie Allen. r ie s a r e : Ja m a ica T h e 2 -y e a r- o l d Ho s pit a l Me d ic a l Howard Beach girl, C e n t e r, F l u s h i n g who d ie d i n M ay Hospit al Medical from bir th defects, Center, Good Samariwill be honored at tan Hospital, Franklin Angels On The Bay’s General Hospital Cen21st Anniversary Beneter, Staten Island Unifit Ball. versity Hospital, New “We thought the best York Families for Autistic thing to do would be to Children, Riverfund and St. honor this beautiful child,” Mary’s Hospital. Vinnie Vitucci, executive assistant The proceeds from the at Russo’s On The Bay, said. Valentina Marie Allen will be The Angels group was honored at the charity event. Oct. 13 event will also benefit “Gavin’s Got Heart,” a founded by Frank Russo, owner of the famous catering hall that bears nonprofit that seeks to raise awareness of his name, in 1994 after he was astounded congenital heart defects in children. That the pediatric unit at a Queens hospital was donation will be made in Valentina’s name, Associate Editor

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Atlantic Ave. crash kills one A 52-year-old woman was killed by a car that mounted the sidewalk at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and 108th Street in Richmond Hill on Tuesday after it drove through a red light and was hit by another car, cops said in a press release. According to police, a 43-year-old woman driving westbound on Atlantic Avenue drove through a red light at 108th Street and was subsequently hit by a 23-year-old woman going north on 108th Street. Due to the collision, cops said, the SUV was pushed toward the sidewalk

where it hit the 52-year-old woman, a 58-year-old woman and a 2-year-old girl. Both drivers and the three pedestrians were taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where the f irst woman was declared dead. The 2-year-old is in critical, but stable condition and the 58-year-old is listed in stable condition, the NYPD said. The drivers of both vehicles are also listed in stable condition. No criminal charges have been filed and the crash is still being investigated, Q police said.

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Ulrich announces brainstorming dates PHOTO COURTESY BOBBY LOCASCIO

Passing the torch, and gavel The Howard Beach Kiwanis Club last Thursday appointed their new president. Joe DiMarco, left, was voted to lead the charity group for a period of one year. DiMarco succeeds past-President John Spagnuolo, second from right. Standing next to the newly elected leader is Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway

Park) and next to Spagnuolo is club Vice President Bobby Locascio. The Howard Beach Kiwanis Club is a charity organization that runs several fundraisers each year to benefit nonprofit organizations, schools and individuals. It meets at 6 p.m. every Thursday at Lenny’s Clam Bar, located at 161-03 Cross Bay Blvd.

It’s that time of the year again. Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) on Tuesday announced brainstorming sessions for next year’s participatory budgeting. “Participatory budgeting encourages a greater partnership between communities and elected officials to find creative solutions for neighborhood needs,” Ulrich said in a statement. “As I have always said, this isn’t my money, it is the taxpayers’ money and they should have a say in how it’s spent.” Participatory budgeting is a process in which some Council members allow their constituents to vote on how $1 million can be spent on capital improvements. In Ulrich’s district, people in Community Districts 9 and 14 can vote. Participatory budgeting has not taken place in CD 10 so far. Ulrich was one of the original four Council members to implement the process in its first year in 2011. Constituents will brainstorm the ideas over the next month. In December and January, a final ballot of the projects will

be put together, with voting in March. The brainstorming sessions for CD 9 are as follows: • Oct. 13 at Community Board 9’s monthly meeting at Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., room 200 at 7:45 p.m.; • Oct. 15 at the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association’s monthly meeting at American Legion Post 118, 89-02 91 St. at 7 p.m.; • Oct. 20 at the 102nd Precinct Community Council’s monthly meeting at the Richmond Hill Library, located at 118-14 Hillside Ave. at 7:30 p.m.; • Oct. 28 at the Richmond Hill Block Association’s monthly meeting at 110-08 Jamaica Ave. at 7:30 p.m.; and • Nov. 10 at Our Neighbors’ Civic Association’s monthly meeting in the basement of Nativity Church, located at 101-41 91 St. at 7:30 p.m. More dates will be announced. For more information, call Ulrich’s office at (718) 738-1083 and ask to speak Q to Greg Mitchell. — Anthony O’Reilly

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Zadroga Law for 9/11 responders expires Funding for 33,000 sick from attacks and aftermath sunsets in Washington by Michael Gannon Editor

The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which provides medical coverage for first-responders and others who worked at Ground Zero in the weeks after the 2001 World Trade Center attacks, lapsed last week after bills to renew the five-year-old legislation never made it out of committees in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. And while the fund has enough money to keep going for about a year, members of New York City’s delegation to Washington are not sure just when something can be done to extend the legislation and possibly make it permanent. “We never intended for this important legislation to expire so quickly, but once again, Washington politics got in the way,” said U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) in a joint statement with Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan) and Peter King (R-Nassau, Suffolk). Zadroga was an NYPD detective who worked for weeks at Ground Zero and eventually developed multiple respiratory illnesses. He died on Jan. 5, 2006. He was the first person whose death was attributed to breathing in toxic dust and other materials during the rescue and recovery operations in 2001. Reaction from the city’s elected federal officials included their predictable disappointment, though none whose offices were contacted offered a specific critique of what caused the bills to stall, just what will be done to remedy the matter or when it might be accomplished. Speaking on the floor of the Senate on Sept. 29, the day before the act expired, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) hit her colleagues with stark facts. “The terror attack on that day is still

claiming American lives,” Gillibrand said in a text of her speech obtained by the Chronicle. She said more than 33,000 people have some sor t of illness attributed to the attacks or their aftermath, and that 1,700 have died since 9/11. “More cops have died from 9/11-related illnesses than on 9/11 itself,” she said. Six first-responders, Gillibrand said, had died in the 18 days between the 14th anniversary of the attacks and her plea for renewal of the law. Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) laid blame for inaction squarely at the doorstep of Republican leadership in both houses. “Sadly, there are still countless volunteers, first-responders, and area residents who continue to suffer from health conditions as a result of their heroic actions – and they remain in desperate need of adequate care,” Crowley said in a statement issued by his office. He called it unconscionable that a permanent measure has not been put into place. “In truth, it is a black mark on this Congress that this program was ever allowed to expire, regardless of its ability to continue on the short-term,” U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on the floor of the Senate the day after expiration. “You would think it would be easy to get this done, considering all the legislators who say they’ll ‘never forget;’ who make promises each anniversary to honor 9/11 victims.” Schumer said that on Sept. 16, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said lawmakers intended to extend the law, and they were simply working out the details; but in the days before the expiration he said he would “have to check and get back on that.”

Detective James Zadroga, who died of respiratory disease after working at Ground Zero, is remembered on a memorial wall at Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association headquarters in Manhattan. A federal law, named for him, that gives medical and financial assistance to first-responders PHOTO COURTESY NYC PBA and their families has been allowed to lapse.

“What changed in the course of two weeks?” Schumer asked. McConnell’s office did not respond to a request for comment. Maloney, Nadler and King said Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is in the forefront of the Senate effort along with Gillibrand and Schumer. And all three called out the leadership of both houses. “Fourteen years ago, we gathered on the steps of the Capitol and vowed to

never forget. We must not walk away,” they wrote. “Passing a permanent reauthorization of the Zadroga Act would put to rest the question of whether ‘never forget 9/11’ is just a slogan on a bumper sticker or a sacred commitment by public servants to those who risked so much and lost so much that day,” they said. “If Congress fails to act,” they concludQ ed, “that question will answer itself.”

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Jamaica Hospital touts organ donor sign-ups Medical center, LiveOnNY trying to change state’s lowest rate in U.S.A. by Michael Gannon Editor

When he received a heart transplant in 2007, Dr. Anthony DiMaria hoped he would be able to contact and meet the family of the man who died before becoming his donor. Meeting the man’s mother was especially touching. “She just wanted to feel the heart beating,” DiMaria said. “I had my stethoscope ...” Tuesday, Oct. 6, was National Organ Donor Enrollment Day, and DiMaria, medical director at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center’s Trump Pavilion nursing home, was unabashedly visible as the hospital teamed with LiveOnNY to publicize the event. Bill Lynch, chief operating officer at the Medical Center, said he remembers DiMaria being critically ill. He said Jamaica does not perform organ transplants, but that it has been sounding the alarm for donor registration for decades. “I’ve been here 28 years, and we’ve been focusing on increasing donor registration for about 27 of those,” Lynch said. “And New York is 50th out of 50 states in terms of the percentage of eligible donors who are in a registry — nationwide. Every 18 minutes someone in New York State dies waiting for an organ transplant.” Among the functions of LiveOnNY is to

Dr. Anthony DiMaria of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Veronica Hernandez of LiveOnNY working on Tuesday at a drive to register New Yorkers as organ donors. DiMaria received a heart PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON transplant in 2007. provide hospitals with personnel trained in the delicate protocol of approaching the family of someone who has died suddenly, such as the victim of a car accident or shooting. Dr. Amy Friedman, chief medial officer for LiveOnNY, said there is no uniform response.

“About 9 out of 10 people say they favor organ donation,” she said. “But it’s like giving blood — there’s a gap between them and those willing to do it.” Friedman, Lynch and DiMaria said a single donor can sometimes save up to eight

lives of people waiting for hearts, livers, kidneys and lungs. Eye corneas can save or restore sight in some recipients. Most major religions, according to LiveOnNY, actively support organ donation. Lynch said they took a page from the LiveOnNY playbook to train their own staff to approach family members. Dr. Michelle Espinoza of the hospital’s palliative care team, which specializes in working with patients who have chronic, often terminal illnesses, said it always is delicate preparing to talk to family members of someone who has just died or who doctors have determined cannot be saved. “You’re approaching them at their most vulnerable time,” she said. Some families are just not prepared to let go, while others are able to see it as an opportunity for a legacy of helping others. DiMaria’s donor, a man originally from the Dominican Republic, died of a cerebral hemorrhage. The man’s brother had been a kidney recipient. “He told the family ‘I benefitted from a transplant; let someone else,’” he said. To this day DiMaria keeps in touch with his new Dominican family, even sending the man’s mother flowers on Mother’s Day. “I tell people I’m Italian with a DominiQ can heart,” he said.

Queens might land major music concert But five-year-old Governors Ball series could be seriously impacted by Michael Gannon

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City officials are being mum about published reports that a major multiday music event is coming to Flushing Meadows Corona Park this coming June courtesy of the folks who have put on the massive Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival concert series in the California desert since 2001. But Borough President Melinda Katz has expressed formal concern about having a massive commercial undertaking in the borough’s largest public park. And the organizers of the fiveyear-old Governors Ball — also a multiday, multigenre music festival but on a much smaller scale — are concerned about how the timing will affect their festival scheduled for Randall’s Island June 3 to 5, 2016. Published reports state that AEG Live is planning an event titled “Panorama” for Queens on the weekend of June 17 to 19. Coachella, as the California festival has come to be known, takes place over two weekends, and is

scheduled for April 15 to 17 and April 22 to 24 next year. Past headline acts have included Prince, Paul McCartney, Madonna, AC/DC, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kanye West, Jack White, Jay-Z and the Beastie Boys. The Governors Ball started on Governors Island in 2011. Acts last year included Drake, Lana Del Ray, Florence and the Machine, Weird Al Yankovic, Ryan Adams and Bjork. Past headliners have included West, White and Beck. AEG Live did not respond to an emailed request seeking comment. Sharon Lee, a spokeswoman for Katz, said in a Wednesday email that the BP st ill has a few questions.. “Borough President Katz has expressed her significant concerns to the administration about the type of precedent it would set to rent public parkland for paid-admission events, especially when it has never been done before in Queens,” Lee said. “In lieu of official policy on the matter, Borough President Katz is in ongoing discussions with the administration to develop a policy

Fans of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in California, above, could be in for a taste of the same in Flushing Meadows PHOTO BY THOMAS HAWK / FLICKR Cororna Park come June if AEG Live Entertainment can negotiate a deal with the city. that includes public input and that makes sense for Queens and for the city,” she added. One city source told the Chronicle that formal proposals cannot be accepted until November, but did not elaborate as to why. In a statement issued by Founders Entertainment, which runs the Governors Ball, promoter Tom Russell expressed concern about the timing, which reportedly would be

two weeks after his group’s concert weekend. “New York City is big enough for two music festivals, but the proposed timing of this sets up an unnecessary rivalry,” Russell said. “We’re a small, local promoter up against a big corporate machine. We know how those fights typically work out.” A press release sent out by the city last November quoted an eco-

nomic impact study which credited Governors Ball with a $40 million impact on the city’s economy in 2014, including 350 new jobs and $20 million in wages. The New York Mets are scheduled to host the division rival Atlanta Braves at nearby Citi Field on the proposed Panorama weekend, though the team does coexist with crowds during the US Open Tennis Q championships.

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continued from page 5 the district and city take special precautions. In the Rockaways, the city filled gaps between dunes on the beach shore on Thursday, as seen in a photo posted to the Facebook page of Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) “This was a good test for us,” Addabbo said. While Joaquin spared the East Coast from damaging winds, some of its moisture became entrained into the cold front which brought prolific rains to South Carolina last weekend.

Some locations received over two feet of rain in just five days — with Mount Pleasant, SC topping the list at 27.15 inches — causing over a dozen dam breaches and flooding countless homes, according to state officials. As of Tuesday afternoon, 14 people in South Carolina and two in North Carolina had died as a result of the flooding. Joaquin also brought surf and higher than normal tides to the East Coast, including South Queens, where water rises between one and two feet were observed as the storm passed to the borough’s south

over the weekend. The storm didn’t spare everyone, as residents of the central Bahamas were left to pick up the pieces this week after Joaquin tore through the nation as a Category 4 hurricane late last week. Some of the islands, with populations ranging between a few hundred and a few thousand, were inundated with storm surge and left in shambles after experiencing winds of around 150 mph. While Bahamian officials have reported that no one died in the storm, photojournalist Eddy Rafael, who toured some of the more impacted regions of the nation over the weekend, told The Weather Channel on Tuesday that Crooked Island, as well as a

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Tasty event launches its 12th year at The Shops in Atlas Park by Hannah Douglas

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ueens Restaurant Week was celebrated with a one-day kickoff event at The Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale Monday, where hungry attendees received free samples and explored dining options in Queens. More than 200 restaurants are expected to participate this year, with many of the eateries involved offering a three-course, prix fixe dinner for $28 and lunch for $14. The event will run from Oct. 12 to Oct. 23. This is the 12th annual Queens Restaurant Week, and the second year for the kickoff to take place at The Shops at Atlas Park. State Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said he thinks Restaurant Week is a “win, win, win” for people in the borough, restaurants and the local economy. “If you want any kind of taste of any kind of food from anywhere in the world, you’ll find it here in Queens.” “Queens, being the most diverse place in the world, has the most authentic food in the world too,” said Queens Economic Development Corp. Executive Director Seth Bornstein. “These next two weeks show off our culinary skills and culinary diversity, and that’s exciting.” The event has been growing over the

Restaurant Week attendees browse for a bite or two at the kickoff Monday. The week will run PHOTO BY HANNAH DOUGLAS from Oct. 12 to Oct. 23, with around 200 restaurants participating. years in terms of interest, said Rob MacKay, QEDC director of public relations, marketing and tourism. “One of the reasons we are known as ‘The World’s Borough’ is that our amazing diversity allows us to offer an incredible variety of the best dishes from around the world,” Borough President Melinda Katz said

in a prepared statement. “Queens Restaurant Week is a great way to highlight this fact and encourage both borough residents and visitors to enjoy some of this outstanding cuisine. I hope everyone will take advantage of this great opportunity to enjoy some really amazing food.” Kristin Castillo, a Rego Park resident,

said she attended the launch as a way to scope out new restaurants in Queens on her own accord, rather than going by recommendations from friends. “This is a good thing ... you can see what they offer before you go to a restaurant. It’s a good idea.” David Daniels, marketing manager for Shiro of Japan, said being a part of Restaurant Week last year “got a lot of new eyes on the restaurant.” “I’m looking forward to this year, to see what it does for our business,” Daniels said. The restaurant is located in The Shops at Atlas Park. “The Shops at Atlas Park is known for offering a dynamic retail mix, which will include Queens’ first HomeGoods this holiday season and amazing restaurants,” Liza Diaz, property manager at The Shops at Atlas Park said in a statement. “That’s one of the main reasons we are very excited to host the Queens Restaurant Week kickoff event. We are the perfect location for this community event as we offer ample free space in a family-friendly environment.” The restaurants vary in their offerings, so a list of participating establishments, ranging from Argentinian to Egyptian, Korean to Salvadorian, and more, is available at Q itsinqueens.com/restaurantweek.

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

Archbishop Molloy High School, in Briarwood, educates young men and women and is run by the Marist Brothers. The school has received many awards of excellence, including “Outstanding American High School” by U.S. News & World Report. (718) 441-2100. Cathedral High School, a Catholic College Preparatory school located in the heart of Manhattan, welcomes young women of all faiths and cultures and challenges students to become productive members of society. (212) 688-1545. Holy Cross High School, in Flushing, is an all-boys school run by the Brothers of Holy Cross. Almost all of its graduates continue their education in college. (718) 886-7250. Monsignor McClancy Memor ial H igh School, in East Elmhurst, offers courses in theology and religious values, honors courses in all major subject areas, and college extension programs in English, math, business and art with St. John’s University and Adelphi University. (718) 898-3800. St. Agnes Academic School, in College Point, is a small college prep school for young women. En rollment totals approximately 500 students. (718) 353-6276.

St. Edmund Preparatory High School, in Brooklyn, is a college preparatory school for young men and women preparing students to achieve academic excellence through practical learning experiences. (718) 743-6100. St. Francis Preparatory School, in Fresh Meadows, is a Catholic, college preparatory school in the Franciscan tradition. Its mission is to enable all students to develop and broaden their spiritual, intellectual, creative, emotional, social, and physical abilities. (718) 423-8810. St. John’s Preparatory School, in Astoria, is a coeducational college prep school affiliated with St. John’s University. (718) 721-7200. The Mary Louis Academy, in Jamaica Estates, is a college-prep school for young women with small classes, bridge programs to local colleges and an exchange program. (718) 297-2120. Xaverian High School, in Brooklyn, is a college preparatory school which provides educational opportunity for learners of all types. Xaverian High School is dedicated to the development of the person through academic excellence, extracurricular involvement and Christian service to neighbor and community. (718) 836-7100.

OPEN HOUSE NIGHTS Archbishop Molloy HS 83-53 Manton St., Briarwood (718) 441-2100 Website: www.molloyhs.org Sunday, Oct. 18, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

St. Edmund Preparatory High School 2474 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn (718) 743-6100 Website: www.stedmundprep.org Saturday, Oct. 17, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Cathedral High School 350 East 56 St., NYC (212) 688-1545 Website: www.cathedralhs.org Sunday, Oct. 18, 12 to 3 p.m.

St. Francis Preparatory School 6100 Francis Lewis Blvd. Fresh Meadows (718) 423-8810, ext. 229 Website: www.sfponline.org Saturday, Oct. 17, 12 noon to 4:30 p.m.

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way to find out specific offerings of the schools/academies near you is to ask them. Although many provide descriptions on their websites. • What should I ask when I visit a school/academy? Visiting a school/academy is the best way to get a sense of it. It gives you the opportunity to speak with the staff and to move through the environment to see if it feels right for your children and your family. In addition to experiencing the school/academy, you can learn about it. Some things you might ask about are: Class and school size; composition of the faculty and staff; religious formation programs; academic programs; enrichment programs; remediation programs; special services; school nutrition program; transportation services; tuition; registration requirements; uniforms; early drop-off program; after-school program; Extra-curricular activities and school hours; sports; clubs; facilities (gym, outdoor playground, computer lab, etc.); technology; high school and college partnerships; scholarships and tuition assistance • Can my child attend a Catholic school/ academy even though we are not Catholic? Yes, catholic schools/academies welcome children of all faiths and you will find that some are very diverse. All can benefit from the education provided in our schools/academies. • What types of scholarship opportunities are available for Catholic school? For families experiencing economic hardship,

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Futures in Education and the Diocese of Brooklyn offer tuition assistance for elementary students (pre-K to 8th grade) through two partial-scholarship programs, and the Be an Angel Program. • My child attends Catholic school, but I do not have his/her New York State test results. How do I obtain this information? Because only the individual school/academy is provided with its student test results, only the principal at that school/academy has access to State test results. The schools/ academies send student results home once they are released by the state. If you have not received this infor mation, call the school/academy to obtain the results. • My child attends Catholic school, but I do not have his/her Terra Nova test results. How do I obtain this information? Parents of each student in grades 3-8 will receive a home report from their school/academy. If you have

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not received the information, call the school/ academy to obtain the results. • My child attends Catholic school, but I do not have his/her TACHS test results. How do I obtain this information? If your child took the TACHS test in November, you will receive a home report either from your Catholic school/academy or in the mail at the end of January. If you do not receive your TACHS results, you should contact Riverside Publishing before March at 1 (866) 618-2247. • What test scores do my children need to be admitted into Catholic high school? Each high school has its own admissions requirements. To find out more, you should contact the high schools and attend open houses for schools that your child may want to apply to. For additional information on catholic schools, visit dioceseofbrooklynorg/schools/ Q faq-catholic-academies/ — courtesy My Diocese Portal

Educating Tomorrow’s s Leaders The marks of true leadership—knowledge, faith, virtue, service to others, a passion for learning, innovation, and creativity—are embedded in our school’s culture. St. John’s Prep is a foundation for success and fulfillment, in college and life. • High standards of learning including AP, Honors, and enrichment courses • Faculty dedicated to the needs of each student • Close-knit, vibrant community of Catholic faith

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Veterans group lays its 100th soldier to rest Queens chapter prez to continue burials ‘as long as we’re alive’ by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 32 President Paul Narson doesn’t know much about the late Edsell Smith, whom Narson laid to rest on Monday. But he does know three things: Smith was a Marine; he was a decorated Vietnam veteran; and he deserved a proper burial. “The truth of the matter is that we feel that it’s an honor and a privilege to do this,” Narson said in a phone interview after the funeral. “If we don’t do it, who the hell else is going to do it?” Since October 2008, Chapter 32 has been providing funeral services for veterans without a next of kin to bury them, with Smith being the 100th service member to receive a proper burial from the group. Like the other 99 vets before him, a brief ceremony for Smith, who served in the Marines from 1972 to 1976, was held inside the Hess-Miller Funeral Home at 64-19 Metropolitan Ave. in Middle Village, with Narson, of Flushing, and national VVA President John Rowan, a Middle Village resident, offering brief remarks. Once the flag-draped casket was loaded into a hearse, the vehicle made its way from the rear of the building to the front, where the VVA’s color guard and other members of the group

Members of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 32 salute the flag-draped casket of Marine Corps serviceman Edsell Smith on Monday outside the Hess-Miller Funeral Home in Middle VilPHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA lage. The group buried Smith in Riverhead, LI later that day. saluted Smith’s body as a bagpiper played “Amazing Grace.” State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) and funeral home director Anthony Martino stood alongside the group with their

hands over their hearts. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the VVA chapter members and Martino accompanied the hearse to Calverton National Cemetery in Riverhead, LI, where Smith was laid to rest. Martino — whose father served in the Army

during World War II — said later Monday that he and his funeral home are honored to provide the space to Chapter 32 and have no plans on ever severing ties with the veterans group. “We’ve been out in snowstorms with 24 inches of snow on the ground. We’ve been out in [Hurricane] Sandy,” Martino said. “Nothing stops us, we have to go.” The man behind the idea to bury indigent veterans at Calverton, according to Martino, was decorated Marine Pat Toro, the former Chapter 32 president who died of leukemia in 2014 at the age of 65. “He’s the guy responsible. In 2008, he knocked on my door and asked for my help,” he said. “My dad is a World War II veteran. There was no option, so I said we’ll do it.” Narson said burying their brothers-inarms is never an easy task for his group, but what they do relish is being able to give someone who served their county the interment they deserve. “In essence, we are their family,” he said. “It doesn’t get any easier but we feel that it’s our job.” Narson added that Chapter 32 members will drive the approximately 70 miles to Calverton on Oct. 22 in order to place American flags, salute and play “Taps” at the graves of all 100 warriors the organization has buried Q since 2008.

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“That’s like asking ‘What is an acceptable amount of poison in our food?’” Editor Brown said the EPA, on the other hand, Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-Queens) is proposing a shake-up that would transfer has shown it has the authority — and the responsibility for regulating airport-related willingness — in the recent past to renoise from the Federal Aviation Adminis- examine and tighten restrictions for lead tration back to the Environmental Protec- and other heavy metals, chemicals, toxins tion Agency, which Meng’s office said last and other pollutants in air, water and soil week has not had such authority in 35 when it deems an adjustment necessary. Congressmen Joe Crowley (D-Queens, years. Meng, in a statement issued last week, Bronx) and Steve Israel (D-Suffolk, Nassau said her action was prompted by the FAA’s and Queens) are cosponsors of the bill, as “doing virtually nothing” to mitigate the is Kathleen Rice (D-Nassau). Although airplane noise has long existed barrage of increased airplane noise over over Queens due to the location of LaGuarQueens. “The FAA has failed the residents of dia and John F. Kennedy International airQueens,” Meng said. “It continues to ignore por ts, many residents say noise has the borough by making no real attempt to increased exponentially since 2012 when decrease the excessive aircraft noise over the FAA implemented new flight patterns the area. I believe that the Environmental over the borough. Meng said these new Protection Agency is routes, which are for better suited to handle a i r pl a n e s d e p a r t i n g the problem, and this LaGuardia, have bill is the best way for t’s time to take increased the frequency the agency to take conof flights over residentrol of it.” noise control away tial neighborhoods in Meng said noise is an from the FAA, and Queens. envi ron ment al issue The congresswoman, and the EPA has hangive the EPA a try.” who has secured addidled mitigation efforts tional noise monitors for in the past. — Congresswoman Grace Meng Queens and played a “It’s time to t ake role in creating the new noi s e c ont r ol away airplane noise commufrom the FAA, and give nity roundtable, is a founder and co-chair the EPA a try,” she said. Meng’s legislation, the Quiet Communi- of the Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus. ties Act of 2015, would restore the EPA’s Established last year, the caucus works to Office of Noise Abatement and Control, mitigate excessive air plane noise that which oversaw the nation’s noise control adversely affects communities. Airlines for America, an advocacy group activities until it was defunded by the Reagan administration in 1981 due to budget for the commercial airline industry, said its members have a long record of working to cuts. The measure would also require the EPA reduce noise, a practice spokeswoman Meladministrator to conduct a study of airport anie Hinton said will continue in an email noise and examine the FAA’s selection of to the Chronicle. “Through the airlines’ continual deploynoise measurement methodologies, health i m p a c t t h r e s h o l d s a n d p r o g r a m ment of newer, quieter technology and the implementation of noise abatement operaeffectiveness. Barbara Brown, president of the Eastern tional procedures, the number of people Queens Alliance and a leader on the bor- exposed to significant levels of aircraft ough’s airport roundtable, thinks Meng’s noise in the United States has dropped by 95 percent since the late 1970s, even as idea should be tried. Brown, too, believes Meng is targeting enplanements have tripled,” Hinton said. She said the industry also is preparing to an environmental issue rather than a transcomply with the new, more stringent noise portation one. And she hopes Meng doesn’t stop at just certification standards for aircraft that will go into effect in 2017, and continues to noise. “Under the current system, the govern- work to advance technology and operationment is asking the FAA to monitor itself,” al measures to reduce noise exposure. “We will continue to work with the FAA Brown said Tuesday evening just prior to an EQA meeting. “The EPA should take as it works on its ‘noise research roadmap’ over. But I want them to address air pollu- project that is reviewing the government’s approach to noise measurements. This protion around airports, too. “Right now the FAA looks for accept- cess includes a number of federal agencies, Q able levels of noise and pollution,” she said. including the EPA.”

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Glendale corner to get left-turn signals Complaints, fatal 2014 crash serve as motivation for improvements by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The intersection of Cooper Avenue and 80th Street in Glendale is getting that much safer for pedestrians and motorists alike, according to Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale). Nearly one year after 46-year-old Glendale pedestrian Martin Srodin was killed by a tractor-trailer turning left from Cooper Avenue as he crossed 80th Street, the Department of Transportation is set to install left-turn signals at the intersection, something area residents have pushed Crowley to call for. “About 12 to 15 people have called for something to be done at this intersection,” a representative from Crowley’s office said in an email on Monday. “The office started to hear much more within the past three years, as the area also saw an increase in population, and therefore an increase in traffic.” According to Crowley’s representative, an additional lamp will be added to the existing hanging streetlight, with the signals allowing motorists to make a left turn from 80th Street onto Cooper Avenue without worrying about other traffic moving through the intersection at the same time. While there is no set timetable for when the signal will be installed, Crowley’s

Traffic was backed up along 80th Street at its intersection with Cooper Avenue in Glendale on Monday evening. In order to make the busy corner safer for pedestrians and motorists alike, the PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA DOT will install left-turn signals on 80th Street later this year. representative added that the DOT is aiming to complete the small project in the next couple of months. “It’s just a matter of going out, changing the signal timing and adding the light, so it won’t be a very long installation process,” the representative said. In a statement issued Tuesday, Crowley

said the plan has been a long time coming. “For far too long this intersection has been plagued with congestion which is not only dangerous but also a source [of] many complaints,” Crowley said. “The left turn signals will make the intersection safer, help ease congestion and reduce driver frustration during peak times.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) also applauded the DOT’s plan, saying the crowded intersection just outside the northwest corner of The Shops at Atlas Park complex sorely needs such improvements. “It’s much-needed because that’s a very busy intersection,” Addabbo said. “In speaking to those who work at Atlas, turns into Atlas becomes a challenge at times. It’ll be a welcome change.” Crowley informed the DOT of her community’s opinion in two letters to Deputy Borough Commissioner Dalila Hall dated Sept. 23 and Oct. 3, calling on the agency to address the concerns of various constituents who had contacted her in recent weeks. In addition to the new left-turn signals, the DOT will also be installing shared bike lanes this month on Central and Cooper avenues, as well as both bike lanes and shared lanes on 80th Street, according to a DOT informational poster sent to the Chronicle by Crowley’s office. The advertisement also says signage guiding bicyclists throughout the area’s bike network will be installed this fall. A DOT representative acknowledged the Chronicle’s request for comment on Monday, but the agency did not respond with answers to questions emailed by a Chronicle Q reporter by press time on Wednesday.

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Helping out St. Jude Hospital The Ozone-Howard ’06 Bulldogs Travel Softball Team and their mothers walked in the St. Jude Children’s Walk/Run for Children’s Cancer at Bethpage Ballpark in Central Islip, LI on Sept. 26. The fundraiser brought in a total of more than $134,000 to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which treats children with cancer and other terminal diseases. Above, members of the team show their support for the hospital during the event.

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Councilmember Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) took part in a street co-naming Monday that designates Northern Boulevard and Marathon Parkway in Little Neck as Matinecock Way. “Today and every day we stand in solidarity with the Matinecock Native Americans and the Douglaston-Little Neck communities,” Vallone said in a statement. “The Matinecock Native Americans have stood and watched over these lands long before the earliest settlers over 375 years ago. Today, we honor their legacy as a noble and harmonious people who remain our neighbors and descendants for a long and proud history.” However, not all agree on the Mantinecock name. In an email sent by Eric Toketuck Waters to the Queens Chronicle in Jan. 2015, Waters stated that his deceased father, La Rocque M. Waters, was a Montaukett or a Matouwac/Metauc Indian, part of one of the oldest families of New York. He was objecting to the paper’s use of the term in his father’s obituary. “I am well aware of the naming convention underway to ‘rename the intersection of Northern Boulevard and Marathon Parkway in Little Neck for the Matinecocks’,” Waters wrote in the email. “However, as my father told everyone who spoke to him about this, that is not the

Chief Reggie Herb Dancer Ceaser of the Matinecock Nation, left, Chief Harry Wallace of Unkechaug, Chief Osceola Townsend of the Matinecock Nation, Chief Little Fox of the Sachem Matinecock PHOTO COURTESY CITY COUNCIL Nation and Councilmember Paul Vallone. name of a people, nation, or tribe. He was vehemently opposed to that naming, and did not and would never self-identify as such. Originally in the 1600s the Dutch identified the 13 indigenous populations in the area by geographical descriptions, thus ‘the land of shells’ moniker in Matinecock.” Queens historian Jason Antos said that when the Indians were trading with European settlers, they would use the word ‘Mantinecock’ as a way to describe the land they were coming from, but it would be misinterpreted

as a name by the Dutch and English. Matinecock, meaning “the hill country,” was not the name of the people of their tribe, he said. He said he learned this information from real-life Native Americans who are descendants of the Algonquin people. Lionel Morales, a spokesperson for Vallone, said his office has not heard of any opposition to the word Matinecock or the street co-naming. Waters was unable to be reached by Q emails and phone calls by press time.

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Funding doubles for cultural groups Officials announce $3.2 million with Cultural Immigrant Initiative by Hannah Douglas Associate Editor

Certain cultural groups will receive twice as much city funding this year than last year, officials announced last Thursday. Representatives from cultural groups, officials and students from PS 199 joined together at the Thalia Spanish Theatre In Sunnyside to announce nearly $3.2 million in funding for more than 77 organizations through the New York City Council Cultural Immigrant Initiative. Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx) said the funding doubles the commitment from the year before, and thatcultural organizations “preserve the rich culture and heritage” of New York. “Today, over three million foreign-born New Yorkers from all over the world call this city home. And they represent every culture under the sun. Music, dance, art and cultural expression celebrate the vibrant diversity of these stories and allows all of us as New Yorkers to share and appreciate that diversity together. That is why funding for cultural organizations is so essential. These groups keep these traditions alive in our communities.” City Council Majority Leader and Cultural Affairs Chairperson Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) said he thinks the Thalia Theatre is a treasure and that when Mark-

The funding commitment is double this year at $3.2 million, compared to last year for groups funded by the Cultural Immigrant Initiative, officials announced at a press conference. PHOTO BY HANNAH DOUGLAS

Viverito became speaker, the funding initiative was the “first thing” he brought to her. “I have been coming here for probably close to 15 years, enjoying the programming,” Van Bramer said. “I’ve seen the most amazing tango, the most amazing plays, and this is such a special place. This is what it’s all about, making sure that small, independent, nonprofit cultural organizations get

the respect and the funding that they rightly deserve.” He said that Esau Chauca, the executive director of the Ayazamana Cultural Center, is “part of the inspiration” for the initiative’s funding, after Chauca met with Van Bramer at an open house, and explained how the organization wasn’t receiving government funding.

“He invited me to one of his performances,” Van Bramer said. “It was amazing, and now he is receiving significant city funding for his work.” Chauca said the organization wasn’t previously financed by the government; instead it was supported through community donations. The funding has allowed the group to open new traditional dance and music classes for children, expand the main group of dancers and create costumes for the youth and adult dancers. “It just motivates them to create more projects, to volunteer more, to just be more active giving back to the community,” Chauca said. He said the group has plans to continue growing the classes, which it couldn’t even think of doing without the initiative and the funding they received. “I love what this represents,” Van Bramer said. “I’m so grateful that we have a Speaker who supports the arts, who gets how the arts not only infuse economies but much more importantly, they infuse us with life, with spirit, with hope, with the search for meaning, and the arts I believe generally make us all better human beings.” A list of organizations being funded through the CII can be viewed online at Q council.nyc.gov.

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Rachel Daly plays a starring role at SJU English product smashes school goals records in her senior year by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Rachel Daly wasn’t even three years old when St. John’s University hired Ian Stone to coach its women’s soccer team in 1994. And in the 19 years between Stone’s hiring and Daly’s first game at the Jamaica school, the longtime program head had seen many a talented player take the pitch at St. John’s. But with a growing grin on his face on Tuesday morning after practice, Stone admitted that in all his years of coaching the Red Storm, he’s never had a player as good as the Harrogate, England phenom. “At St. John’s, she’s made the biggest impact of anyone,” Stone said. “So yeah, I would say she’s the best player that’s ever been here.” Stone’s comments come just five days after his star player set the school record for goals and points in a career with 42 and 92, respectively, breaking Adriana Viola’s records set back in 1992. Daly’s second goal of the Sunday’s 3-0 win over Marquette, a perfectly executed header, was the record breaker and Daly knew it, immediately throwing her arms in the air with her teammates running over to congratulate her. The star of nearly every team she played for in her native England in her youth, it was

more of the same when she first suited up for St. John’s in 2013. Just a sophomore, Daly smashed the school record of 17 goals in a season that year by netting 23 shots — nine more than the rest of her teammates combined — earning her unanimous Big East Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors as she led St. John’s to an NCAA Tournament appearance. She scored just eight goals last season as each opponent made sure to closely guard her with multiple defenders, something she admitted was a learning experience she needed as it forced her to get much better in the offseason. Now, Daly is back to destroying the competition again as a senior, scoring 11 goals through the team’s first 12 games this year and leading the Red Storm to an 11-1 mark, including a school record seven straight wins. While priding herself on team player who enjoys grooming her teammates into the best players they can be, Daly still always had her sights set on rewriting the school’s record book. “There was no way I was going to come out of St. John’s not breaking the record,” Daly said. “I want to keep going and make it unbreakable. As long as I keep scoring, we’re going to keep winning games.” Over the course of her career, Daly has become arguably the most popular athlete at

the university, but that was hardly the case when it came to her teammates during her first year on campus. Already a budding star upon her arrival in Queens, Daly said she used to be a player who was maybe too concerned with her own ability on the pitch. In response, some of her teammates were either too intimidated by her or didn’t take kindly to her intense attitude. While still a fiercely competitive player on the pitch, Daly said she’s learned to become much more of a leader and a positive force in the locker room. “Over the years, I’ve come to realize how calm I am really makes a difference,” she said. “Now I demand more of people with a positive tone. A lot of them reach out to me now, the freshman included, and they all have a voice.” Stone concurred, saying her growth as a leader has been incredible. “She played until the age of 11 or 12 with boys so the way she behaved and communicated was if she was talking to guys, which was a problem for some of our girls,” he said. “Now, she’s come full circle as a person and a leader.” When asked about her future as a professional, Daly said she often thinks about it but hasn’t fully decided on where she would like to play. But as an England native himself, Stone is hoping to see Daly fulfill a dream he’s had ever since he was hired in 1994, for

St. John’s soccer star Rachel Daly celebrates after breaking the school’s all-time goals record Sunday. PHOTO COURTESY ST. JOHN’S ATHLETICS one of his players to suit up for the English national team. “To see one of my players actually play for the national team would be a dream come Q true,” he said. “And it will happen.”

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“Conceived Without Sin,” wherein artists have transformed the space into a modern day sanctuary, governed by communication laws and open thought. Thru Oct. 23. Radiator Gallery, 10-61 Jackson Ave., Long Island City, (347) 677-3418, radiatorarts.com.

Poetry writing workshop group: Explore the craft of poetry writing, enrollment is free and open to all. Every Tues. 1:30-3 p.m., Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Sponsored by Queens Community House. Info: (718) 268-5960, queenscommunityhouse.org.

Watercolors by Christine Yost, until Nov. 24. Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Suggested $2 donation. Info: Deborah Silverfine (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org. “Altered Appearances,” images that are not always what they appear to be. Thru Jan. 4. Thurs.-Mon., noon-5 p.m. Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30 St., Long Island City. Free. (718) 937-0727, flcart.org. “Landscape and Flower Paintings,” captures close-up views of intimate forest settings. Thru Oct. 25. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. $4 adult, $3 senior, $2 students. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org. “Leading the Way: Six Outstanding Women of Queens,” spotlighting the borough’s female icons. Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $5, $3 seniors/students, members free. Info: (718) 939-0647, ext. 17, queenshistoricalsociety.org.

MUSIC Beethoven String Quartet Project, Fri., Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m. St. Ann’s Church, 58-02 146 St., Flushing. Free. Info: St. Ann’s (718) 359-5996; Paul Joseph, pjclassical@yahoo.com. “The Beauty of the Americas,” Latin American Cultural Center of Queens, performance by mezzo soprano Anna Lorraine Tonna and classical guitarist Francisco Roldan. For Hispanic Heritage Month, at El Paraiso, 102-11 42 Ave., Corona, Sun., Oct. 11, 2:30 p.m. Info: (718) 261-7664.

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Fertile Ground New Works Showcase, for emerging and established artists, different choreographers each month, post-performance discussion, Sun., Oct. 18, 7 p.m. Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St., #301, Long Island City. $12. Tickets: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org.

AUDITION Community Singers of Queens is looking for new members for their Winter Concert, especially tenors and basses. Every Mon., 8 p.m. Messiah Lutheran Church, 42-15 165 St., Flushing. Call: Ruth Amsterdam (718) 658-1021.

“Tea and Torah,” join Judith Rosenthal and friends at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke., Flushing, every Mon., 2:30 p.m. starting Oct. 19. No previous Torah knowledge necessary. Info: Judith (718) 464-7681, heyjude523@nyc.rr.com.

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LECTURE Queens County Bird Club presents “The History of Natural History” with guest speaker Rick Cech. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, Wed., Oct. 21, 8 p.m. Free. Info: qcbirdclub.org.

KIDS/TEENS Animal Care Trainee, Sat., Oct. 10, 10 a.mnoon. $23 for 8- to 12-year-olds, pre-registration required. Hands-on experience in learning about all the needs of APEC’s animals. Adventure Time - Pumpkin Party, Sun., Oct. 18, 1:30-2:45 p.m., for 18- to 36-month-olds with parent combo, $18, pre-registration required. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, Contact: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com. Annual Harvest Festival, Greater Ridgewood Historical Society. Sun., Oct. 11, 12-4 p.m., The Onderdonk House, 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood. Free pumpkins for the first 500 kids, Nolick the Wizard, face painting, apple pressing for cider, Colonial candlemaking, rides, crafts and games. Free. Info: (718) 456-1776, oderdonkhouse.org. “Madeline and the Bad Hat,” based upon the Madeline book series. Sun., Oct. 11, 1 & 3 p.m. Queens Theatre, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 12 United Nations Ave. South. For ages 4-9. $14/$12 members. Info/tickets: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org. Queens Library presents the “Dirtmeister.” Families with young scientists 6 years and older are invited to join award-winning National Geographic kids author Steve “The Dirtmeister” Tomecek. Sat., Oct. 17, 1 p.m., Queens Library Hunters Point South, 1-50 50 Ave. Each family will receive an autographed copy of Steve’s book, “Dirtmeister’s Nitty Gritty Planet Earth.” Fundraiser will benefit Queens Library. Info/tickets: (718) 990-0700, queenslibrary.org, http://qnslib.org/SLhSV.

Free art classes, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center, 35-30 35 St., Astoria. For ages 8-16, every Tues. & Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com. Free kids’ dental screenings, courtesy of the NYU College of Dentistry’s Smiling Faces, Going Places Dental Van every Wed. in Oct. from 3-8 p.m., outside PS 65, 103-22 99 St., Ozone Park. For children, 14 and under. Free dental cleanings will be provided regardless of insurance coverage. Must be accompanied by parent/guardian. Info: (718) 323-1685. Amazing Maize Maze, interactive cornfield adventure, Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, every Sat. & Sun. thru Oct. 26, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $9 adults, $5 kids (4-11), under 3, free. Contact: (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org.

COMMUNITY Halloween costume swap and greenmarket, Sat., Oct. 10, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Exchange gently used costumes: all sizes, kids’, adults’ and pets’ too. Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: socratessculpturepark.org. ASPCA mobile unit dog & cat spay/neuter clinics. Petland Discounts, Wed., Oct. 14, 7 a.m. 147-17 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Info: petlanddiscounts.com. “It’s My Park Day!” Briarwood Action Network celebrates fall 2015. Sat., Oct. 17, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; setup at 9:30 a.m. Join to plant bulbs and flowers, rake and clean park to prepare for fall/winter. Arts & crafts, refreshments for volunteers. Hoover Park seating area: Manton St. between 83 Ave. and Main St., Briarwood. Free. Info: briarwoodactionnetwork.com. Fourth annual Astoria Art Festival, showcasing well-known and emerging Queens artists and Astoria businesses, Oct. 17-24. All over the area, over 20 neighborhood restaurants, bars and shops will showcase artwork during the fes-

Shirathon, Flushing-Fresh Meadows Jewish Center, Sun., Oct. 25, 2-4 p.m. Cantors, choirs and amateur singers performing Jewish music, both liturgical and popular. 193-10 Peck Ave., Fresh Meadows. Free. Info: (718) 357-5100.

SPECIAL EVENTS St. Kevin’s Church benefit auction, Sat., Oct. 10, viewing of items 9 a.m., auction at 10 a.m. Parish center, 45-21 194 St., Flushing. Paddle registration $5. Info: (718) 357-8888. Golden Oktoberfest, Ridgewood Older Adult Center trip to Pomona, NY, Tues., Oct. 13. Trip includes breakfast, Oktoberfest-themed luncheon, music, dancing and entertainment, deluxe transportation. $81, rain or shine. Info: Rendezvous Travel (516) 867-8747, info@rendezvous.travel.com. Oktoberfest & rummage sale, Redeemer Lutheran Church/Lutheran School of Flushing & Bayside,36-01 Bell Blvd., Bayside. Sat., Oct. 17, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Brass band, beer, soft drinks, games, household goods amd more. Rain or shine. Contact: (718) 225-5502. Legislators’ Breakfast 2015, Hillcrest Jewish Center, Sun., Oct. 18, 10 a.m. 183-02 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows. $10. Info/RSVP: (718) 380-4145, rsvp@hillcrestjc.org.

CLASSES Defensive driving course, for insurance and point reduction, sponsored by the National Safety Council. St. Margaret Church, 66-05 79 Place, Middle Village, Sat., Oct. 10, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $45 pp. Info/ register: (718) 326-1911. Advanced ESL & U.S. citizenship courses, by Latin Cultural Center of Queens. Tues., & Thurs., 6-8 p.m. Now thru Dec. 17. PS 13Q, 55-01 94 St., Elmhurst. Free. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com. New York State safe boating class, qualified U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary instructors, Flotilla 12-01, Fort Totten, Bayside, Sun., Oct. 25, 8:45 a.m.-4:45 p.m. 8-hour course, $65 pp. Registration required. Info/ register: Ralph Traub (347) 336-5866. continued on on page page 46 00 continued

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Representing Queens’ corners of the world An anonymous ink painting in the ancient Chinese manner of someone’s perky pet schnauzer dog backed by the Manhattan skyline, one of 33 striking art works currently on exhibit at the Citi DeFord Gallery in Long Island City, represents how Queens residents hail from all corners of the world. It is an image that Professor James Saslow of Queens College and his colleagues in the art world are still trying to fully characterize. Saslow calls the combination of American subject and Asian style “a perfect symbol of the hybrid culture of today’s Queens.”

‘Five Continents, One Borough’ When: now through end of Jan. Where: Citi DeFord Gallery, One Court Square, LIC Website: gtmuseum.org

It also exemplifies one of the main purposes of the exhibition that holds the painting: to include work from the many nations comprising the borough’s community. “Five Continents, One Borough: Art Treasures from the Homelands of Queens,” presented at Citi in partnership with Queens College’s Godwin-Ternbach Museum, is an outgrowth of a museum studies class Saslow taught at the school this past spring. With Saslow’s guidance, the 12 class members, a combination of graduate students and advanced undergrads, set out to raise questions of key importance to our globalizing world. They explored the relationship between a person’s past and present, the effects of increased travel and electronic communications on humans and art and the many possibilities of cross-cultural encounters, from appreciation to conflict or assimilation to hybridization. The borough is “a microcosm of our increasingly global culture, so we decided to spotlight works representing the major countries from which Queens residents trace their heritage,” Saslow said. The exhibit had its official opening reception on Oct. 1. Originally scheduled

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Ridgewood gallery plots art off the grid continued continued from frompage page00 41 cutouts of black-and-white photos â&#x20AC;&#x201D; here a Weinstein said he created the work in the bike wheel, there a drum set. Composed of pre-computer era, and was inspired by Roger several dozen postcard-sized â&#x20AC;&#x153;tiles,â&#x20AC;? the Penroseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;recreational geometryâ&#x20AC;? and tes- piece is larger than most of Speliosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work, but sellation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the tiling system by which various he was inspired to create the collage by a shapes may fit into each other in orders as recent interest in African strip weaving, and simple as a beehive, and increasing in com- by his wife, Caroline Cox. Also an artist, Cox plexity up through fractals. While conceiving created a wispy work hanging nearby out of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Illuminated Man,â&#x20AC;? monofilament, titled Weinstein was fasciâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Blue Mono.â&#x20AC;? For nated by Penroseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cox, inspiration and search for a single method are both shape that would not organic; she begins repeat its orientation making knot s and When: now thru Oct. 30 and still satisfy the goal clumping a fishing line, Where: Outpost Gallery, of filling a set space â&#x20AC;&#x201D; allowing the process 1665 Norman St., imagine a puzzle board to guide her to the Ridgewood with only one shape for next knot or clump, Website: outpostartistsresources.org the pieces. Perhaps the and sees life forms in textile is his version of a her work, cell structiling quest. Penrose tures and slime molds. was never able to find his â&#x20AC;&#x153;goldenâ&#x20AC;? shape but Among these quasi-animate testaments to did narrow it down to two. the grid are postcards containing excerpts Weinstein shares the space with the afore- from Dr. Peggy E. Reynoldsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Genealogy of mentioned Jell-O bricks, by Lisa Hein and the Grid.â&#x20AC;? She points out that nowhere is a Bob Seng, the decay of which is an intended true grid found in nature; it is instead the feature. Tim Spelios contributed a collage, product of the socialized human. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cheap Cymbals,â&#x20AC;? featuring amoeboid time it appears in history is after the loom is

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multimedia works based around a variable central theme. Kahn said this type of show is central to the mission of Outpost, especially with its focus on the local arts community. Weinstein confirms this, noting that â&#x20AC;&#x153;when we started we thought it might be 15 or so artists, and we ended up with over 60â&#x20AC;? after friends of Q friends continued to pass the word on.

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‘Mommy, turn on the heat. I’m cold’ Upset Bayside family living without gas for months may get it back soon by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

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Job fair held at Atlas Park Dozens braved cold temperatures and heavy rainfall last Friday in the hopes of being hired by one of the vendors at a job fair hosted by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) last Friday at The Shops at Atlas Park Mall, above the Home Goods store. Addabbo has been hosting job fairs since he was elected to the Senate in 2008.

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Bayside resident Evelyn Fernandez was 14 months younger the last time she was able to cook a meal for her children on her gas stove. At first, it was a fire that raged last summer that forced the family to l ive w it h Fe r n a nd ez’s mother in her cramped apartment. But even af ter they moved back into their fixed-up home — one of four in the two-story building Fernandez owns — this summer, their nightmare was far from over. “We just want to move on,” Fernandez said, surrounded by piles of drying clothing in her living room last Thursday. “This just Bayside mother Evelyn Fernandez stares at her Con Edison breaks my heart.” bills as she wonders when gas service will be restored to her When the fire broke out home, which was damaged in a fire in July 2014. in the bottom left dwelling PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA of the building on July 3, 2014, the FDNY cut the structure’s two gas she’s home. Gas had yet to be restored to the location lines and all four units — three of which Fernandez rented to her tenants — had to be upon their return to the home, and after a contractor she hired installed pipes that vacated by their occupants. And only on Wednesday was progress were too small over the summer, Fernandez being made by Con Edison to restore gas to was told by Con Ed in September that it could take up to six months just to get the the building. “W hen I saw them this mor ning, I permits needed to dig underground and couldn’t believe it,” Fernandez said on install the correct connections. “My son asks me ‘Mommy, turn on the Wed nesday. “I’m keeping my f ingers heat. I’m cold,’” she said last week. “What crossed that everything moves smoothly.” After the 2014 fire, the native of the do I say to that?” However, contractors hired by Con Ed Dominican Republic took her four children to live in an undersized apartment with her came unannounced on Wednesday to install the proper pipes. And while Fernandez said mother, also in Bayside. The hot, stuffy conditions and Fernan- she’s “relieved” to see the work being done, dez’s mother’s smoking aggravated her her faith in the utility company is not yet 12-year-old daughter’s severe asthma and restored. “Right now, I don’t trust Con Ed. I’m nereczema conditions, forcing her to be hospivous. I’m scared,” she said. “Nothing comtalized multiple times over the winter. Unable to stay with her mother, nearly the pares to what I’ve been through with Con entire family moved back into their repaired Edison.” Fernandez added that the contractors told home while the oldest child, a 25-year-old daughter, lived with a friend, as she was her that once the piping and meters are “too traumatized” to return to the scene of installed, an inspection must be conducted the fire she narrowly escaped, according to and only then will gas be restored. When contacted by the Chronicle and Fernandez. Now left with little money after paying provided with details of Fernandez’s issues for home repairs and other expenses, the last Friday, a Con Ed communications rep17-year veteran of Wall Street who lost her resentative said he would forward the inforjob in 2008 said she is forced to pinch pen- mation to the proper employees at the comnies any way she can, including not drying pany. A promised return phone call from her clothes at the laundromat and having Con Ed with more information was never Q just one light bulb on at a time whenever made, but then their workers arrived.

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One of the oldest eateries in Queens still stands at 107-48 Queens Blvd. in the heart of Forest Hills. The T-Bone Diner originally opened in 1934 as The Boulevard Cafeteria. It was tough starting a business in the Great Depression. Making it even more difficult for The Boulevard, there was another Pullman diner on the corner of Queens Boulevard and 70th Road, called the Kew-Forest Diner. But the aff luent Forest Hills community enabled both diners to T-Bone Diner, 107-48 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, summer 1944. grow and do well. According to old telephone directories, place the reputation it needed. The T-Bone has been enlarged and modThe Boulevard’s name was changed to the T-Bone Tudor Grill in 1937. Robert Grassi ernized by today’s owners, Peter and George made a perfect-old world Florentine T-bone Plevrites, and with 80 years at the same locaQ steak, which brought in traffic and gave the tion is a part of Forest Hills history.

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Mets manager Terry Collins announced that Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard will start Games 1 and 2 of the National League Division Series in Los Angeles, where they’ll face the Dodgers’ twin aces of Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke Friday and Saturday. It’s hard to argue with the skills of deGrom and Syndergaard but with a best 3-out-of-5 series instead of 4-out-of-7 like the National League Championship Series and the World Series, I would have gone with a different tactic. Why not start the ageless Bartolo Colon, who is the only Mets starting pitcher with playoff experience? Even if Bartolo doesn’t have the same firepower that the Mets’ young guns have, you know that he is not going to get rattled by the hoopla and will eat innings. With the series starting in Los Angeles, it’s imperative the Mets return to Citi Field with at least a split of the first two games. If Kershaw and Greinke outduel deGrom and Syndergaard, then not only will the Mets have their backs against the wall but they will have used up some important bullets that they may not be able to get back. Keep in mind that Syndergaard has not been as effective on the road as he has been in Flushing. Mets rookie southpaw pitcher Steven Matz has certainly looked impressive in his six out-

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Tudor. 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths 40x100, full unfinished basement, private driveway. CALL NOW!

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Centreville. 3.5 room duplex, 2 baths, townhouse Condo, granite kitchen. Comes with parking spot, washer/dryer, pet-friendly.

• Lindenwood •

• Hamilton Beach •

Howard Beach. Large 2 BR,

1 Family Ranch - just the shellcompletely gutted from Sandy, sold with additional lots across the street of 20x80 which can be used for parking, boat storage etc. N6QK8S

2 bath Co-op on top floor, EIK kitchen, living rooms, dining room, needs renovating - perfect for starter home. Terrace.

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• Old Howard Beach • 1-Family Hi-Ranch. 4 BRs, 2 baths, LR, DR, EIK, totally renovated, new heating & electric box, new windows, sidewalks and driveway, cedar closets. BHTSCP

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161-14A Crossbay Blvd., Howard Beach (Brother’s Shopping Ctr.)

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK ARLENE PACCHIANO

Mint AAA, Xlg, hi-ranch (27x53) on oversized lot (41x107), all new 4 BRs, 3 full baths, new sheetrock, new tiled flrs in kit, hw flrs, xlg walk-in, 1 car gar, 2 car pvt. dvwy. Walk to Crossbay

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Reduced. Unique large Colonial on oversized 40x127 corner lot. New kitchen with granite countertops, new cabinets & tiled floors, 3 large Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 2 walk-in closets, 2-Car Garage, with roof top terrace.

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Asking $865K

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Large Brookfield, all stucco, beautifully landscaped, open floor plan, 4 BRs, 3 baths $690K

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STORES FOR RENT Prime Location - Crossbay Blvd. & 161 Ave. 1,000 sq. ft. parking, great visibility

$3,600

Incl. RE taxes

Crossbay Blvd. (off Liberty Ave.) 1,200 sq. ft. store & basement, heat & taxes included

$3,900 per month

HOWARD BEACH

(143 Broadway) LAND BUILDER’S DELIGHT! Large waterfront property (69x155) 4 lots altogether. Located on Canal.

HOWARD BEACH Mint 1-Family. All new. Brickfront siding, new roof, 9 ceiling fans on first floor. All HW floors throughout. LR with woodburning fireplace, FDR, new kit with s.s. appl. Fin. attic, 3 BRs & 2 new full baths, full fin. bsmnt with tile floors, new gas boiler, CAC, gazebo, pvt dvwy & much more!

Asking $129K

Asking $599K

HOWARD BEACH/ HAMILTON BEACH

Why Rent When You Can Own??

164th Street – 40x80 lot

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$119K

Brooklyn 337 Amber Street

HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD

Greentree townhouse mint condo (2nd Large corner 2-Family, 6 BRs, 3 full baths, 2 half-baths, full fin. bsmnt, floor), large 3BRs/2 Baths, 2 terraces move-in condition. Only $314K $725K front & back.

HAMILTON BEACH

RIDGEWOOD CONDO

Mint 2 BR, 1 Bath lovely home. All new kit One-of-a-kind 1 Bedroom Condo with granite countertops. SS appl, new Duplex with basement, bathroom, HW fls. GREAT BUY!! hardwood floors, ceramic tiled $299K bath, low taxes. ASKING $308K OUR EXCLUSIVE

A 40 x 100 gated lot. Not cleared. Owner will clear when a contract is signed

Asking $285K HOWARD BEACH Lindenwood Co-ops

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Large Hi-Ranch on oversized 45x100 lot – featuring 4 BRs/3 full baths, w/updated kitchens & baths. Park-like backyard with screened porch. $750K

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LD SO RIDGEWOOD Great Location, in the heart of Ridgewood, walk to Fresh Pond Road train, brick S/D, 2 family, 6 over 5, renovated throughout, full finished basement.

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Mint “Large Corner” Brookfield, 47x110 lot, 4 BRs, 3 Full Baths

HOWARD BEACH

HAMILTON BEACH New construction. 2 Family, 2 BRs/2 Baths over 3 BRs/2 Baths, driveway. Built to new flood codes.

Reduced $939K

REDUCED $599K

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HOWARD BEACH Lindenwood Condos

• Greentree Condo, 2nd floor, 3 BRs, 2 baths, 2 terraces – Mint $314K • Plymouth House. Mint AAA. 2 BRs, ELMHURST 2 new baths, terrace, 3-Family detached. Close to Roosevelt Ave. train. Garage. Great income.Large rooms. open kitchen, granite. Asking $1.299 mil Pet friendly ........ REDUCED: $299K

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LD O S HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Hi-Ranch, 3 BRs, 2 Baths, 38x100 lot

LD SO HOWARD BEACH OLD SIDE Cape on 60x100 lot, 3 BRs, 2 Baths, Fin. Bsmnt. In Contract in 8 Days!

LD O S HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Hi-Ranch on 41x100 lot, 4 BRs, 2 Baths

LD O S HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Brookfield Hi-Ranch, Mint AAA, 4 BRs, 3 Full Baths

• Crossbay Blvd off Liberty Ave. 1,200 sq ft store & basement. Heat & Taxes are included...$3,900 /mo.

HOWARD BEACH Lindenwood • Apartment For Rent 3 BR, 1½ Bath ........ $2,000/mo

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Custom 50x100 Colonial. 4 BRs, 3 full baths, granite kitchen with Thermador stove and hood, sub-zero fridge, Jacuzzi bath, balcony, fireplace in family room, 1.5 car garage. A spectacular home!

• Hi-Rise 1 BR/1 bath, (needs complete renovation) ......... $70K WELL MAINTAINED • Mint AAA 2 BRs/1 HOWARD BEACH bath, Garden co-op, OLD SIDE 1st flr, open kit floor Det. Colonial, 3 BRs, 1½ Baths, Great Block plan (move-in) . $199K on the old-side. Potential 4th BR, Full Bsmnt • Mint AAA 3 BRs/1 w/½ Bath Asking $425K bath, Garden ............... IN CONTRACT .. $219K ED

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