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Don’t cross Cross Bay. That’s the message some community leaders are sending to Community Education Council 27 as it prepares to vote on the zone for PS 335, the school under construction in Centreville. At the center of the contention is the proposal to have the western edge of the zone extend past Cross Bay Boulevard to include some 400 families not in Centreville, whose kids would then have to cross the thoroughfare.

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Queens unions say SBS could be better Lane enforcement, easing congestion along routes at center of concerns by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

wo union leaders representing bus drivers throughout Queens on Tuesday expressed concerns of how Select Bus Service is being implemented in the borough, creating problems for an otherwise fine transportation concept. “We’ve seen some problems with the way it’s being utilized,” said Mark Henry, president of Amalgamated Transit Union 1056. Henry, in an interview with the Queens Chronicle, said the implementation of SBS has often resulted in an increase in ridership, but a decrease in service. Within his jurisdiction, there is an SBS route on the Q44 running through Flushing and Jamaica. That service started late last year amidst heavy opposition from area community boards. He also said a lack of enforcement and offboard fare machines frequently breaking down create slower traveling times for the Q44. “They’re only getting to where they need to go maybe a minute or two faster than they used to,” he said. Another issue with the route, Henry said, is the abundance of dollar vans in Jamaica blocking traffic on major thoroughfares. “We have a huge problem with the dollar vans,” he said.

Select Bus Service is good in theory but the implementation of it leaves room for improvement, two union presidents representing MTA bus drivers told the Queens Chronicle this week. Here, PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA riders board the Q44 SBS in Flushing. Henry’s union brought those concerns to the City Council’s Transportation Committee at a hearing on how to improve bus service last Thursday. “In ATU’s experience, especially in Queens, SBS hurts communities,” the group said in testimony sent to the Council’s com-

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Cross Bay boulevards, with dedicated bus lanes running along much of the corridor and median bus stops between Park Lane South and Rockaway Boulevard/Liberty Avenue. Bennie Caughman, president of ATU 1179, which represents bus drivers along that route, said he’s familiar with the proposal and is mostly for it. “I like the idea of it,” he said. Caughman said he is concerned, though, with how the DOT will look to alleviate congestion at the overpass leading from Metropolitan Avenue to Union Turnpike and the Long Island Rail Road trestle at Eliot Avenue. “I’m not sure how they’re going to be able to clear up much of the congestion there,” the union president said. Regarding the dedication of one lane each way along the corridor, Caughman said there is the possibility that it could lead to increased traffic for motorists and even some bus drivers. “That might create some problems for the drivers on the local lines,” he said. The first part of SBS, from Park Lane South to Liberty Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard, is scheduled to be completed by fall 2017, with the full capital project stretching into Rockaway set for completion at an Q unknown time.

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A resounding no to DOT’s SBS proposal All but three CB 9 members oppose the plan, ask for changes to be made by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

All but th ree Com munit y Board 9 members on Tuesday voted to adopt a resolution opposing the Select Bus Service proposal for Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards and asking the Department of Transportation to make changes to the plan, after 14 public speakers spoke out against it. Kenichi Wilson, chairman of the panel’s Transpor t ation Com m it tee, said before the vote that members do support finding ways to decongest the corridor. “However, our members do not find the implementation of SBS to this boulevard as a solution,” he said. Board member Andrea Crawford proposed holding off on the vote so that CB 9 would not “lose its seat at the table” during future discussions on the plan. Wilson a nd other boa rd members responded by saying a no vote should not disqualify CB 9 from any future discussions and that the panel has given the DOT ample time to talk about the plan with them. Crawford, and several other board members, voted to adopt the resolution with what they called a “qualified” yes without expanding on their reasoning for voting as such. The board cited what they called safety reasons for opposing the plan to put dedi-

Community Board 9 on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a resolution opposing the Select Bus Service plan for Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards, citing what they called safety concerns FILE PHOTO with some parts of the plan. cated bus lanes run along much of the corridor and install median bus stops between Park Lane South and the Rockaway Boulevard/Liberty Avenue intersection. This came after residents living along the corridor spoke out against the plan at the beginning of the meeting.

“It’s absolutely ridiculous,” said Walter Chaluisant, president of the Woodhavenbased WORKS Little League. Giedra Kregzdys, vice president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, presented CB 9 with 2,000 petition signatures opposing SBS.

“And unlike the petitions the DOT uses to show support for SBS, we were clear with what our petition was,” said Kregzdys, referring to an alleged ploy u sed by pro -SBS g roups t hat don’t divulge the full details of their petition supporting the plan. Civic activist Paul Capocasale echoed the concerns of many that children would get hurt waiting on the median bus stops. “Their blood will be on your hands,” he said in a statement directed to CB 9 members who support SBS. Many who spoke in front of the board urged the MTA and DOT to add more buses along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. The board’s vote is nonbinding and has no official impact on the project. A DOT spokesman did not respond a request for com ment on the board’s a c t i o n b y p r e s s t i m e We d n e s d a y afternoon. Nick Gulotta, the Queens director at the Mayor’s Office, defended the SBS plan, saying “the cornerstone of it is safety” and that the DOT conducted “unprecedented outreach” to residents on the plan. The first part of SBS, from Park Lane South to Liberty Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard, is scheduled to be completed by fall 2017, with the full capital project stretching into Rockaway set for compleQ tion at an unknown time.

New shopping strip for Cross Bay Blvd. Chipotle, Planet Fitness to open by Anthony O’Reilly

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A Chipotle and Planet Fitness are coming to Howard Beach as part of a proposed shopping center on Cross Bay Boulevard, according to f loor plans obtained by the Queens Chronicle. The plans show details for a strip of stores on the boulevard between 160th and 161st avenues north of Rite-Aid and the Post Office. The Gap, which stands there now, is labeled in the plans, but other businesses operating there are not shown by name. Chipotle will be on the end of the block closer to 160th Avenue. Planet Fitness will have a first-floor entrance and take up the second floor of the shopping strip. A representative for Crown Retail Services, the company spearheading the project, confirmed the plans but could not provide further details as of press time. The plans state there are 4,000 square-

feet of retail space still available and the company on its website is soliciting businesses to set up shop there. Zyscovich A rch itects desig ned the building, according to the plans. No building or demolition permits have been filed for the block as of press time, according to the Department of Building’s website. The site was one of two purchased by Gindi Capital, the investment arm of the family who owns Century 21 department stores, from Bond Realty Inc. in March. Gindi purchased 160-10 and 160-36 Cross Bay Blvd. The block is the former site of Bond Motors, owned by Tom Abruzzi until the mid-’90s. Abruzzi closed the dealership due to poor sales and high operational costs, according to a New York Times article, and redeveloped the proper ty to make Q room for retail.

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Possible town hall on shelter Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica) may host a town hall on the proposed transitional shelter on Atlantic Avenue in Ozone Park, one of his aides said Tuesday. Brandon Clarke, Wills’ legislative director, told Community Board 9 the town hall is tentatively scheduled for Monday, Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. at the High School for Construction Trades Engineering and Architecture, located at 94-06 104 St. The proposed shelter would be located at 100-32 Atlantic Ave., the former home of Dallis Bros. Coffee Inc. The drop-in site would not be a permanent place of residence for homeless people but they would be allowed to stay there for a few weeks at a time, or simply get a bite to eat or take a shower. If approved, it would be run by nonprofit Breaking Ground, not the c i t y D e p a r t m e n t of H o m e l e s s Services. The proposal has raised some concerns because the shelter is less than 300 feet from the high school and Breaking Ground would not screen for sex offenders, leading to possible Q legal issues. — Anthony O’Reilly

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Mobile legal center in SOP Councilman Er ic U l r i c h ( R- O z o n e Park) will be sponsoring a mobile legal center in South Ozone Park on Monday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The mobile center, FILE PHOTO staffed by the New York Legal Help Center, will be at 11915 135 Ave. and is free to anyone who wishes to utilize it. To make a reservation, call Arlene Brown or Kevin Tschirhart at (718) 738-1083 or email them at arbrown@council.nyc.gov and ktschirhart@council.nyc.gov. Staff at the mobile center can help with: • housing (tenants only); • foreclosure; • public benefits; • disability benefits; • healthcare benefits; • identity theft; • debt management; • consumer credit; • immigration; • domestic violence; • divorce; • custody/ visitation; • employment; and Q • advance planning.

Man found in creek cleared Karina Vetrano’s father looking for bicyclist with video by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The deranged man who was pulled out of Spring Creek — not too far from where Karina Vetrano’s body was found on Aug. 2 — on Sept. 27 has officially been cleared of any involvement in the case, according to Newsday. The newspaper reported Monday the DNA of the man, Matthew Fox, did not match any forensic evidence found on Vetrano or near her body. Fox was charged with public lewdness. He was discovered in the creek late Sept. 27 and was screaming incoherently, according to officials. At one point, he screamed “my father did it” as cops pulled him out, published reports state. Although cops did not suspect the man or his father from the beginning, they conducted a DNA test to be sure. Vetrano, 30, was found dead by her father after she did not answer any of his calls after she went on a jog through the federal park. Police believe she was strangled and sexually assaulted. The Vetrano family has raised close to $300,000 through a GoFundMe account that they say will be given to anyone who provides information leading to the kill-

The probe into Karina Vetrano’s murder continues after a man found near the crime scene FILE PHOTO was cleared of any involvement. er’s arrest. The NYPD, FDNY and Mayor’s Off ice are offering a collective $35,000, separate from what the family has raised, for the same purpose. The victim’s father, Philip Vetrano, posted on the GoFundMe page that he is

now looking for another person who might help out in the case. Philip Vetrano stated on Oct. 5 that he’s looking for a bicyclist who was apparently spotted at “164 ave and 83 St. at exactly 5:23 pm” on the night of the murder with a GoPro camera. According to Vetrano, the camera picked up a woman going in the same direction as his daughter. “I just want to review it,” he said referring to the video shot by the bicyclist. He did not say how he came across the video. An NYPD spokesperson would only say “the investigation is active and ongoing” when asked if police were pursuing the bicyclist in any way. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictly confidential. Police said they are vetting hundreds of tips that have come in through Crime Stoppers, but that there are no people of Q interest tied to the case.

Capt. James Fey is leaving the NYPD Commanding officer of 106th Pct. to take job at Columbia University by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Capt. James Fey, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, is retiring from the NYPD to take a job at Columbia University, he announced last Thursday at Community Board 10’s meeting. “It saddens me a great deal. I was very conflicted,” said Fey, who took the reins of the South Queens command in March. “The short time I’ve been here has been great.” His 27-year tenure on the force ends Oct. 17. Members of CB 10 gave Fey a round of applause following a short speech and Chairwoman Betty Braton thanked him for his service. Fey did not say who will replace him, but indicated someone he knows may be tapped for the position. “If it is who I think it is, you’ll be in good hands,” he said. As of press time, a replacement had not yet been named.

Fey’s short time in the 106th has been eventful. His command in August experienced two high-profile crimes: the unsolved sexual assault and murder of Howard Beach jogger Karina Vetrano and the double homicide of imam Maulama Akonjee and his associate Thara Uddin. His police career has brought him to different corners of the city and for a while he worked in DCPI — the NYPD’s public information office. Before coming to South Queens, he was the executive officer of the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica. The 106th was his first and only time in charge of a command – he replaced Insp. Jeffrey Schiff, who now heads the 105th Precinct in Queens Village. Although he is leaving after only seven months at the helm of the command, his departure is not the quickest in the area’s history. “We once had a guy who left after a Q week,” Braton said.

Capt. James Fey announced last week that he’s leaving the NYPD after a 27-year career on the force. He will be taking a job at ColumFILE PHOTO bia University.

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he reports from the police roll in here constantly, 11 in the last month alone — nothing unusual. Forcible touching. Request for media attention. Meaning another woman or girl got grabbed, or stroked, or fondled, or whatever by a stranger on a train, or a bus, or on the street. Often the victim is able to snap a photo of the perpetrator before he runs off. She calls the cops, they release the image, news outlets run it along with information on how to give the NYPD an anonymous tip so they can find the guy and arrest him. Just this week, we got the third report of a pattern of forcible touching believed to have been committed by one man (and hence counted as just one in the above tally). Five incidents — imagine how many more he may have committed that went unreported. In each case, he sat next to a girl or woman on the subway and started rubbing her thigh. His victims’ ages ranged from 31 down to 13. The good news was that the last report was issued to say a suspect had been arrested — thanks to photos one of the victims took. So now some guy from the Bronx faces five counts each of forcible touching and harassment, two

counts of sexual abuse, one count of attempted forcible touching and one count of attempted harassment. Those incidents were all in Manhattan, but of course they happen plenty in Queens too. Sept. 12: A man grabs the rear end of a female (no age given) somewhere near the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 89th Street, on the Jackson Heights-Elmhurst border. Sept. 4: Another man does the same thing to a 29-year-old woman getting on a bus at Roosevelt and Main Street in Flushing — then blows kisses to her from the street as the bus takes off. Aug. 25: A man grabs the “groin area” of another 29-year-old woman walking her dog near the corner of 85th Street and 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights. And so on, one after another. If it’s not groping, it’s masturbating while staring, that one usually on the subway. So it comes as no surprise that after Donald Trump was revealed in a 2005 video recording to have boasted of sexually assaulting women — and getting away with it due to his stardom — female victims of all kinds of abuse started posting reports online of what they had suffered. That was mostly thanks to author Kelly Oxford, who asked on her Twitter account that women post accounts of

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Dear Editor: Frank Charles Memorial Park has been neglected for many years. We always hear it’s because of budget cuts and lack of manpower. Then we heard a few years ago that NYC Parks will work with the Department of the Interior. We even heard the DOI is looking for volunteers to clean and maintain the park. How is it that a park in an upper-middleclass neighborhood has dead trees and limbs that should be removed before they kill someone? How can a beautiful beach always be full of garbage? Each incoming tide brings in garbage from boaters, from combined sewer overflows, religious ceremonies and people who party at night on the beach. The beach should be cleaned every day just like Rockaway and Coney Island and Jones Beach. A few years ago there was one worker who raked the beach each day in the summer, but he was removed after Sandy to another location. My wife and I are at the beach on many days, and each time we go we fill up a few bags of garbage, which includes plastic bottles and bags, broken glass bottles, rotting fruits and vegetables, hypodermic needles, bloated dead rats, diapers and condoms. You get the picture. This is not a job for volunteers; the beach and bathroom must be cleaned every day and the park swept. Here we sit in a nice neighborhood in the richest city in the USA and we are sitting in garbage. Where are our tax dollars going? © Copyright 2016 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. 11374-7769.

the first sexual assaults they had been subjected to, and got the ball rolling by saying a man had grabbed her genitals and smiled at her on a city bus when she was 12. She told The New York Times she didn’t expect too many responses, given the personal nature of the subject, but she was wrong, getting 50 a minute for a while. Many were about incidents committed when the victims were underage, including similar gropings, forced oral sex and more. By 1 p.m. Wednesday, 30 million people had read or contributed to her Twitter feed, with her hashtag #notokay going viral. Is this an epidemic that’s getting worse, or is it just being reported more often in a time when women are much more empowered than they were in past generations? We don’t know. But we do know boasting of sexual assault is no “locker room talk,” as Trump and his defenders claim. Boasting of willing sexual partners is, to be sure, and that’s not going to change. But there’s no comparison between that and violent crime against women. No, most men do not do what Trump claims to have done — and been accused of by some victims, with more coming forward this week. Should a man who boasts of doing these things be elected president of the United States?

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I contacted the office for the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area but they don’t respond. I guess they are tired of hearing from the public. When I tell them there are people with large nets catching thousands of fish they say it is legal. How can this be in a wildlife sanctuary? When I tell them people are throwing bags of food and leaving candles and statues on the beach they say they are working with the Indian community. Each year it’s the same story and still the park is being neglected. Please help. Thank you. Richard Polgar Maspeth

Maspeth vs. the mayor Dear Editor: Mayor Bill de Blasio stated the following to the press on Oct. 6: “In our shelter system citywide, there are 250 individuals who come from Maspeth, Queens … If people in Maspeth think they cannot have responsibility for a problem that is their problem, I will happily stare them down.” Per a FOIL response from the DHS in 2014,

a total of 36 residents of Maspeth were in the shelter system. Up until now, the DHS has refused to release the current numbers to the community and the press when presented with new FOIL requests. Maspeth will gladly find solutions to house the homeless that come from our community, but to say that 250 current homeless come from Maspeth is a flat-out lie that has been repeated ad nauseam by de Blasio and DHS Commissioner Steven Banks. The mayor went on to say: “I don’t like that protesters not only protested at the house of our commissioner, Steve Banks, but threatened him and his family as well.” There is no proof that the commissioner received a threat from Maspeth protesters. The NYPD has refused to release details of the police report that was submitted by Mr. Banks last month, a day before our protest at his house, even though he is the one that went public with the fact that he filed it. The DHS agreed to remove homeless residents from the Floral Park Quality Inn and the Bellerose Inn on Oct. 7, citing opposition by the owner, Harshad Patel. Mr. Patel also owns the Maspeth Holiday Inn Express and has

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often contradictions between the theory of cyber security best practices and the realities of day-to-day practices. Companies need to stop jeopardizing clients’ information with poor security practices, making excuses because of the time and monetary costs of updating policies and technology. It’s essential that they instead honor the trust placed in them and prioritize the safety of their clients’ information. Warner Johnston CEO, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants USA Manhattan

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Dear Editor: Construction to replace sewers and improve street lighting started on Sept. 12 and is slated to last possibly for a year, from 69th Place to 70th Street on Myrtle Avenue in Glendale. This construction begins at 10 p.m. and ends at 4:30 a.m., and two times ran until 8:30 a.m. — hours during which the neighborhood along the construction site should be sleeping. It is impossible to sleep with the noise from heavy construction equipment and when steel street plates are dropped for relocation during the hours of 10 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. Often there were such loud explosion-like booms that I was fearful something very heavy would be crashing though my window. The Department of Transportation sent a response to a letter of mine, in which it projected (before the construction) that traffic would be diverted from Myrtle Avenue to Central Avenue so that construction on Myrtle between 69th Place and 70th Street would be done during daytime hours for the duration. People of all ages need sufficient sleep. Extreme lack of sleep as we are experiencing is detrimental to our health. Humans who get no sleep have been known to die as a result of sleep deprivation. Children should not be forced to sleep from exhaustion as a result of this nighttime construction. The only solution to this problem is diverting daytime traffic from Myrtle to Cooper Avenue before it reaches Myrtle between 69th Place and 70th Street. Please help us. Bonnie Domroe Glendale

Dear Editor: With this latest scandalous garbage involving Donald Trump’s lewd comments about women back in 2005, he has just put the final nail in his coffin! This man does not have any etiquette at all, and his brusqueness is what is going to do him in. Prominent Republicans from all over the country are demanding that Mr. Trump withdraw as the Republican nominee for president immediately as a result of this 2005 video that was made public. Yes, Mr. Trump apologized for his indiscretions, but who is to say that another skeleton may yet tumble out of his packed closet? We need someone in the White House who will respect all of the people, and Donald Trump, as a result of all of this ballyhoo, is not and should not be that person. On the other hand, we can’t have Hillary Clinton as our president because of her record of dishonesty about various sundry events, including the Benghazi debacle, as well as those thousands of emails that suddenly have vanished. The Republican Party needs to find an immediate replacement for Donald Trump, so the train is put back on track. Fasten your seatbelts, folks — it is going to be a long four weeks until Nov. 8, with lots more bumps, jolts and surprises along the way! John Amato Fresh Meadows

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CB 10, CEC 27 at odds over zoning Council prez defends choice to put families west of Cross Bay in zone by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Ozone Park leaders are still at odds with the members of Community Education Council 27 over the proposed zoning of a school under construction in Centreville, saying that the planned boundaries include too many families west of Cross Bay Boulevard. “We can live with a minor tweak, but with the danger of crossing the boulevard, it’s a very difficult thing,” CB 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton said last Thursday at the panel’s meeting. The reason why Braton and others are unhappy with the western edge of the border going past Cross Bay is because when they approved the building of the school years ago, they envisioned it as a “walk-in” institution, meaning the students would live within walking distance of the school and would not have to cross major corridors to get there. The proposed zoning, to be voted on at the CEC’s meeting on Oct. 17, includes houses with more than 400 families who would have to walk across Cross Bay, according to officials who expressed their dismay with the plan. “We expected 10 or so families from west of Cross Bay to be included in the zoning,” said Pat McCabe, chief of staff to state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach). “But

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Community Board 10 and Community Education Council 27 still disagree on which children will be able to attend PS 335 in Centreville, which is still under construction. The building is expectFILE PHOTO ed to open next school year. this is much more. This is not what we were promised.” Addabbo, in a statement issued Tuesday, expressed concern that those families may keep Centreville children from being accepted to the school. “This community is in dire need of an ele-

mentary school that is safely accessible,” the senator said. In a telephone interview Monday, the panel’s president, Dr. Harold Paez, defended the planned boundaries. “The Department of Education, specifically the Office of District Planning, looks

into the numbers very carefully,” Paez said. “What they take into account in the zoning is to ensure the zoning matches the capacity of the given school.” The western boundary, he added, had to be extended past Cross Bay to ensure the funding formula for the elementary school — based off the Census tracts within the zone — could be sustained for years to come. The original proposal, he said, would not be able to do that. “The DOE wants to ensure that the funding will be there for pre-K, music and the arts,” he said. The proposed zone for PS 335 is as follows: Beginning at the intersection of 88th Street and Pitkin Avenue, east on Pitkin to Sitka Street, north to 133rd Avenue, east to Cross Bay Boulevard, north to Rockaway Boulevard, east to Centreville Street, south to the subway tracks, south to the Belt Parkway, west to Cross Bay Boulevard, south to South Conduit Avenue, west to the Whitelaw Street pedestrian overpass, north to 149th Avenue, west to 88th Street, north back to Pitkin Avenue. The CEC’s meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. and will take place at PS 207, located at 15915 88 St. in Howard Beach. Families living in the western portion of continued on page 16

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No charges for cops who killed Tillman Family lawyer says he’s filed notice of claim against the Police Dept. by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The police officers who fatally shot a Maryland man visiting his family in South Ozone Park in April will not face criminal charges and were justified in firing at him, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said last Friday. “All the credible evidence in this case points to the inescapable conclusion that [George] Tillman was armed with a loaded and operable .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol at the time of his encounter with the police,” Brown said in a statement. “The evidence clearly shows that Mr. Tillman pointed the pistol in the direction of a police officer and failed to heed police directions to drop the weapon.” Jeffrey Lichtman, the lawyer for the Tillman family, said he was not surprised by the decision. “We never expected to get justice from the district attorney, only a jury,” Lichtman said in a phone interview. “Only a jury can help us understand why a father of five, a licensed electrician being investigated for an open container, can get shot 11 times, without getting a shot off, after allegedly pulling a gun on police officers. It made no sense when it happened and it still makes no sense today.”

There will be no criminal charges against the police officers who shot and killed George Tillman, seen here in a memorial poster at his funeral, in South Ozone Park earlier this year, the Queens FILE PHOTO district attorney said. The attorney said the family has filed a notice of claim against the NYPD. In town for a family gathering, Tillman was approached by plainclothes officers from the 106th Precinct at about 1:30 a.m. on 135th Street in South Ozone Park, as he stood next to a double-parked car with an open container of alcohol.

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Police say the officers spotted a gun in his waistband, which Tillman allegedly reached for following a brief chase. Officers fired 11 rounds, striking him in the head and torso. Brown said Tillman’s DNA was found “on the grip, magazine and slide of the loaded and operable .40-caliber semi-automatic

pistol that was found in his right hand when he fell.” Furthermore, according to Brown, an eyewitness who claimed to have seen the confrontation did not “see the actual shooting.” “Under the circumstances, the police officers were legally entitled to use deadly force to stop Mr. Tillman from firing his weapon at them,” the district attorney said in his statement. “I have an ethical duty to institute criminal charges only where there is probable cause to support them. This is not such a case.” State Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) had called for state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to review the case, which he has the power to do under state law, saying district attorneys have an inherent bias in favor of police officers because the two work together on criminal cases. Schneiderman in May declined to review the case. “It’s sad that it didn’t happen,” Sanders said in a statement on the DA’s decision not to file the charges. “While it is true that we do not have all of the information that the DA has, it is also true that it is a rare occurrence if a police officer is ever charged, and rarer still that they are ever convicted in these types of cases, and that seems to fit a Q national pattern.”

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Margaret Finnerty, a civic activist in South Queens for close to 30 years, is hanging up her boots. Finnerty announced at last Thursday’s Community Board 10 meeting that she has chosen to resign from the board and will move to Connecticut with her son. “It’s been an honor serving with all of you,” Finnerty said. She has to notify Queens Borough President Melinda Katz of her resignation before it can be made official. Finnerty was one of the longest-serving members of the board, having been on it for 29 years. During her time there, she’s been a member of a number of committees and most recently headed the Library panel. But it wasn’t her only contribution to the area. For years, she served as the president of the South Richmond Hill Civic Association until the group disbanded — due to a lack of executive officers — last June. Finnerty also

Some Woodhaven activists are looking to honor the war heroes of the past by renaming Forest Park Drive to Forest Park Memorial Drive. Civic activist Ed Wendell said last Friday during his weekly internet radio show that American Legion Post 118 unanimously passed a resolution recently calling for the name change. Forest Park Drive — which runs through much of the park with the same name — has a number of war memorials already along it. Some of the trees along the road were planted as a memorial to Woodhaven residents who died in combat during World War I. There is also the Sgt. Joseph E. Schaefer Oval, which honors the Richmond Hill resident who staved off a Nazi attack on American troops in Germany during World War II. Renaming the road would be a way to honor all of the veterans and war heroes from the area, Wendell said. Although he would like to see the road renamed, he added that it will most likely be

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co-named “Memorial Drive.” He’s already reached out to Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale), Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) and Community Board 9 for help. Wendell would like to see it renamed or co-named before the 100th anniversary of the armistice of World War I, Q which is Nov. 11, 1918.

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

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Could This Noninvasive, Natural Treatment Be the Answer to Your Knee Pain? For 10 days only, I’m running a very special offer where you can find out if you are a candidate for cold laser therapy. What does this offer include? Everything I normally do in my “Knee Pain Evaluation.” Just call before October 23, 2016 and here’s what you’ll get… • An in-depth consultation about your problem where I will listen … really listen … to the details of your case. • A complete neuromuscular examination. • A full set of specialized X-rays to determine if arthritis is contributing to your pain (if necessary). (If you have films please bring them for evaluation). • A thorough analysis of your exam and X-ray findings so we can start mapping out your plan to being pain free. • You’ll see everything firsthand and find out if this amazing treatment will be your pain solution, as it has been for so many other patients. Until October 23rd, you can get everything I’ve listed here for only $37. The normal price for this type of evaluation including X-rays is $250, so you’re saving a considerable amount by taking me up on this offer. Remember what it was like before you had knee problems – when you were pain free and could enjoy everything life had to offer. It can be that way again. Don’t neglect your problem any longer – don’t wait until it’s too late.

A new treatment is helping patients with knee pain live a happier, more active lifestyle. Here’s what to do now: Due to the expected demand for this special offer, I urge you to call our office at once. The phone number is 718-845-2323. Call today and we can get started with your consultation, exam and X-rays (if necessary) as soon as there’s an opening in the schedule. Our office is called Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center and you can fi nd us at 162-07 91st Street in Howard Beach. Tell the receptionist you’d like to come in for the Knee Evaluation before October 23rd. Sincerely, Dr. Robert F. Gucciardo, D.C. P.S. Now you might be wondering…

“Is this safe? Are there any side effects or dangers to this?” The FDA cleared the first Class IV Laser in 2002. This was after their study found 76 percent improvement in patients with severe pain. Their only warning – don’t shine it in your eyes. Of course at our office, the laser is never anywhere near your eyes and we’ll give you a comfortable pair of goggles for safety. Don’t wait and let your knee problems get worse, disabling you for life. Take me up on my offer and call today (718) 845-2323. For more information go to www.drgucciardo.com and click on the laser therapy tab.

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

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those protesting outside a homeless shelter in Bellerose last month. “I was appalled by that,” he said. “I’ve never seen any administration do anything like that.” So far, no Democrats have stepped up to challenge de Blasio in a primary, though names such as Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Letitia James and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens) have been discussed in political circles and published reports as potential challengers. Addabbo indicated Jeffries might be the most likely out of the three, since he would not have to give up his seat next year to run for mayor. Jeffries, however, has denied he has any interest in running for City Hall. “People deny things all the time,” Addabbo said. “What usually ends up happening is you get drafted to do it.” The senator went as far as to say that he’d cross party lines and endorse Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who is considering a run for mayor, if he faces de Blasio. “At least with Eric, I know where I stand,” he said. A Marist/Wall Street Journal/NBC 4 poll released last Wednesday found that 50 percent of New York City residents believe de Q Blasio deserves another term.

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Sikhs call for UN action on conflict Queens residents say families abroad in danger as India, Pakistan fight by Anthony O’Reilly

battle, as well as putting a stop to the fighting. “These issues are being ignored,” Pannun said. The group sent a memo to the Security Council and Tens of thousands of Sikhs call Queens home, but in recent weeks their minds have been back in India, met with Uruguay’s Permanent Mission to the United where the state of Punjab has been turned into a bat- Nations. Uruguay is due to hold the presidency of the tlefield as tensions between India and Pakistan have U.N. Security Council for the month of January 2017. A memo was also sent to the Security Council, escalated. “There is an atmosphere of fear and intimidation,” stating in part “India’s jingoistic war with Pakistan, which she intends to pursue at said Astoria resident Gurpatthe cost of Sikh people, their want Pannun, political advisor and lives, is becoming a to Sikhs for Justice. “There are here is an atmosphere of lands human tragedy of mammoth many Sikhs here in Queens proportions.” and a majority of their families fear and intimidation. In addition to calling for the are set up in Punjab.” U.N. to get involved, those India and Pakistan have long There are many Sikhs there called for a referendum been at odds over the borders here in Queens and a to be put for th which, if of their countries and military would allow Punjab conf licts between the two is majority of their families approved, to be a separate nation, somenothing new. t h i ng it’s been t r y i ng to At the center of the fighting are set up in Punjab.” accomplish for years to no is both nation’s stake to Kash— Gurpatwant Pannun, political advisor to avail. mir, which borders the Indian Sikhs for Justice Pannun believes the conflict state of Punjab to the south. has not received the attention The most recent spate over Kashmir has seen Indian troops force Sikhs to evacu- it deserves in American media. “If it doesn’t affect Americans, they don’t care ate their homes in Punjab and turn the state into an army base, effectively turning the residents of the area about it,” he said. There’s also the issue, he said, of India being porinto refugees. On Tuesday, hundreds of Sikh Americans gathered trayed “as a Democratic country.” The nation, he said, often blocks access to foreign outside the United Nations to call on the international body’s Security Council to intervene and help the journalists in an attempt to hide human atrocities such Q thousands who have been displaced as a result of the as the takeover of homes in Punjab. Associate Editor

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Candidates night The Ozone Park Civic Association will be hosting an open forum for candidates running for state Senate, Assembly and U.S. Congress on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. The list of candidates to appear has not yet been finalized, but everyone running to represent the area of Centreville has been invited. The meeting will take place at the NYFAC building, located at 164-14 Cross Bay Blvd. For more information, call civic President Howie Kamph at (646) 298-7575 or email him Q at ozpkcivic@gmail.com.

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Officials, CEC clash over proposed school zone continued from page 10 the zone, should it be approved the way it’s proposed right now, would not be from the Centreville area. Howie Kamph, president of the civic association that represents Centreville, echoed Addabbo’s concern that Centreville students may not be able to get a seat at the school that was meant for them. “It’s going to harm the children of Centreville,” Kamph said. “It was meant to be a school for the people of Centreville to walk to. That was the whole purpose of building the school, not for bringing in outside children.” The civic president cited Census statistics that show Centreville has more than enough children younger than five years old, which would allow the school to be filled on its first day of operation. But Paez argued that all is not as it seems. He noted that there are “no less than eight parochial schools in a one-mile area” of Centreville that “take 3,000 students from the surrounding areas. “Just because the census data shows that the children are there, it by no means indicates they’ll be attending a local public school,” he said. Told that, Kamph seemed confident Centreville parents may still want the option of the nearby school. “If they had a brand-new public school

two blocks away, I think they’d want to send their children there,” he said. Another concern, Paez said, is that parents may not want to send the younger siblings of students at PS 63 or PS 146 — the two schools where Centreville children go to now — to a different school. Centreville parents will have the option of sending their younger children to the two other schools so that they don’t have to make separate drop-offs. “The parents want to make sure their children can go to the same school,” he said. Kamph still said he would like to see the zone limited to Centreville only, adding that he’d be open to adding a clause that could extend the western border past Cross Bay should the capacity not be met. Stacey Pheffer-Amato, the Democratic candidate vying to replace outgoing Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), issued a statement Monday on the zoning debate siding with the Ozone Park community leaders. Her main concern, she said in a letter to city Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, is having children walk across the major corridor. “For years, families in Centreville and surrounding communities have dealt with overcrowded schools and dangerous walks to school. Now that long-overdue Albert Road school is finally a reality, we need to ensure that any proposed zoning puts the

needs of Centreville families first,” PhefferAmato said. Goldfeder, in a statement issued in the candidate’s press release, expressed similar sentiments. “Our families deserve to have the best possible education, right here in the community,” he said. “I’m proud to have worked from day one on the effort to bring the Albert Road school to Centreville and provide a state-of-the-art instructional space to the community’s many young families.” This isn’t the first time the CEC and the community have clashed over PS 335. Earlier this year, the educational panel entertained the idea of making the building a non-zoned institution, meaning anyone from the city could attend it. The CEC in July voted to keep it zoned, but did not propose any boundaries at that time. The school — bordered by Albert Road, Raleigh Street and North Conduit Avenue — is scheduled to open next year with kindergarten and pre-K students only and add a grade every year until it’s a full K-5 institution. Officials anticipate that 100 seats will be set aside for special needs students. There is expected to be 500 total seats. There will also be two playgrounds on the property, one for older children and one for younger pupils. There will be no additional parking spots built at the site, a DOE Q official told CB 10 last Thursday.

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A little less than a month after Assemblywoman Marge Markey (D-Maspeth) was trounced by Woodside resident Brian Barnwell in the Democratic primary for that seat, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) remains confident that he won’t suffer a similar fate on Nov. 8. “Every race is different,” said Addabbo last Thursday during a sitdown interview with the Queens Chronicle. “I’m hopeful the people in this district have seen the work that I’ve done in Albany and here.” The senator — who has represented the 15th Senate District since 2009 — has been reviled recently by some in Maspeth for what they say is not doing enough to battle a homeless shelter plan that was originally proposed for families, but on Monday was made a location for single men. Some believe Markey lost her election for being too quiet on the issue. Addabbo, speaking before the city quietly moved in the men to the Holiday Inn Express, argued that he has done his part in that battle but added that he doesn’t believe the 17-year assemblywoman was voted out solely due to the shelter issue. “You’ve got to be around in the district,” he said. “You can’t just spring up like a jackin-the-box once election season comes around.” He believes most of his constituents, conceding that some will never be happy no matter how much he does, see that he has been active in the district and that he, or one of his staff members, is at every civic and community board meeting.

“I’m aware of the issues my constituents face,” he said. “Whether it’s the shelter in Glendale and Maspeth, the ferry in Rockaway or Select Bus Service on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards.” Addabbo will face Republican Michael Conigliaro — who also challenged the senator in 2014 — on Nov. 8. The 15th Senate District includes the neighborhoods of Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills, Forest Hills, Rego Park, Elmhurst, Woodside, Middle Village, Maspeth, Glendale, Ridgewood, Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Howard Beach, Broad Channel and the Rockaways. Speaking on the proposed Glendale homeless shelter, which would be located at a former factory at 78-16 Cooper Ave., Addabbo said he’d “like to believe that’s dead. “But I’m waiting for City Hall to officially say it’s done,” he added. On state issues, he touted as progress the passing of paid family leave — which allows employees to set aside a portion of their paycheck to create a rainy day fund should they have to take a leave of absence — and the passing of laws aimed at battling the heroin and opioid addiction epidemic. Regarding the latter, Addabbo said there’s a lot of work to do. The Legislature, he continued, will now look to pass bills aimed at penalizing medical professionals caught overprescribing addictive opioids. At least two young people in Addabbo’s district have died from heroin addiction, he said. The senator said he will also look to pass continued on page 42

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Michael Conigliaro promises to work on all issues if elected to state Senate by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Michael Conigliaro says he’ll be a transparent senator, if the voters pick him over state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. on Nov. 8. PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY

Rego Park resident Michael Conigliaro lives by a simple credo — help those who are in need of help. “This is a lesson I learned from my father,” said Conigliaro during a sitdown interview with the Queens Chronicle’s editorial board last Friday. That’s why when a group of residents complained of trash left behind in the Sports Authority parking lot after the company went out of business, he made calls to the property owner and persisted until the mess went away. “I didn’t even mention that I was a candidate,” he said. “I was doing this as a resident.” And it’s why back in the 1990s, he volunteered his time at faith-based shelters for homeless individuals. Conigliaro said he would bring the same helpful attitude to the state Senate, should the voters of the 15th Senate District pick him over the incumbent, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) on Nov. 8. The candidate — running on the Republican, Conservative and Reform party lines — faced Addabbo in 2014 but lost by about 10 percentage points. Asked what he learned from his defeat, Conigliaro said he got into the race “too late” last time. “This year, we started early with all the Memorial Day parades,” he said. “We’ve been all around the district.” The 15th Senate District includes the neighborhoods of Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills, Forest Hills, Rego Park, Elmhurst, Woodside, Middle Village, Maspeth,

Glendale, Ridgewood, Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Howard Beach, Broad Channel and the Rockaways. Conigliaro sat down with the Chronicle before the city changed its plan for a homeless shelter at the Holiday Inn Express in Maspeth from one for families to one for single men, whom they moved in over the Columbus Day weekend. Speaking on the former plan, the Rego Park resident said he was displeased with the way the area elected officials worked with residents on the issue. “They’re at O’Neill’s having these secret meetings,” Conigliaro said, referring to talks Addabbo and others had with city officials at the Maspeth restaurant. “And once they’re spotted, they all run away.” Asked if keeping such meetings out of the public eye might be more productive, Conigliaro said elected officials should withhold nothing from their constituents. “If I’m an elected official, I’m going to be upfront with everything I’m doing,” he said. Elaborating on the homelessness crisis, he reiterated that he and other protesters are not against those in need of shelter but the way the city is housing them in hotels such as the one in Maspeth or the Boulevard Family Residence, the former Pan American hotel, on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst. Housing people in hotels, Conigliaro said, removes the incentive for any of them to find work. “They’ve got shelter, air conditioning and food vouchers,” he said. “Where’s the incentive to find a job?” continued on page 42

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Limited time offer on forgiving fines NYC amnesty for summonses from Sanitation, Buildings, other agencies by Nicholas Theodorou Chronicle Contributor

For the next two months, any business or individuals facing fines over violations issued by the Department of Sanitation, Department of Buildings and other city agencies could have them partially forgiven under “Forgiving Fines: The New York City Amnesty Program.” There are two different categories under the program which is effective until Dec. 12. Individuals who have a default penalty are entitled to 10 percent penalties and interest forgiveness. And if a person has attended hearings and does not have a default penalty, he or she has to pay 75 percent of the base fine and will also have interest forgiven. The program, which went into effect on Sept. 12, covers illegal posting of handbills or notices; snow, ice or dirt on sidewalks; improper storage of receptacles; improper or misused recycling containers; failure to properly place recyclables for collection; work without a permit; failure to conduct required inspections and tests; failure to submit affidavits, design/installation or other documents; and vending merchandise or food in restricted areas. In order to be considered for the program a violation must be in judgement, which means the city has filed a public record of liability in court for the entire amount due plus interest. Also, the program does not cover criminal violations or violations over $25,000. Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland (D-East Elmhurst) proposed the initiative which was approved by Mayor de

Businesses and individuals can have look to have fines from numerous city agencies for things like trash accumulation and other conditions forgiven under a citywide amnesty program that FILE PHOTO runs through Dec. 12. Blasio in April. There is over a billion dollars owed in Environmental Control Board judgements, most of which are over two years old. “This temporary amnesty program is a win-win for our City, for small businesses, and for property owners with ECB judgements,” she said in a statement. Lillian Zepeda, Fer reras-Copeland’s director of public relations, said this is a

one-time opportunity for individuals to benefit from this program and there are not any plans to offer it again in the foreseeable future. She also said the Department of Finance has reported over a million dollars collected since the amnesty began. Wood haven Business Improvement District Executive Director Maria Thomson has helped some of her constituent businesses fight tickets in the past that

would have been covered u nder the amnesty program. “It’s a good program, but for the ones that paid their tickets already it’s unfortunate because they can’t take advantage of it,” Thomson said. Other BIDs like Jamaica Center and Myrtle Avenue don’t seem to consider outstanding fines a major issue for their businesses, though Jamaica Center BID Executive Director R honda Binda said she appreciates that the city is offering this program and wishes that it would do more things like this. “I hope that this methodology is looked into more often and there is a more compassionate approach to small businesses that want to locate in the greatest city in the world,” Binda said. She added t h at lat e fees a re also dropped on businesses when the DOB isn’t responsive. Theodore Renz, executive director at the Myrtle Avenue BID, contends that businesses should always be given a warning before they are issued a ticket. “I think the amnesty program is important, but compliance is still very important,” Renz said. Thomson said Jamaica Avenue doesn’t really have a problem with litter violations since the BID cleans the streets twice a day but she knows other areas get hit a lot with such summonses. “It’s a good program for small businesses and store owners because they pay a lot of money for fines,” Thomson said. To apply for the program, visit nyc.gov/ Q forgivingfines.

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Roman Gorbunov of Rego Park was arraigned last Saturday on charges related to murdering his mother, Lyubova Gorbunova, 58, and dumping her body in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the office of Queens Dist r ict At t or ney R ich a rd Brow n announced. He was charged with seconddegree murder, tampering with physical evidence, concealment of a human corpse and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. The defendant, 21, of 62nd Drive, was ordered to return to court on Oct. 21 and held without bail. He faces 25 years to life in prison if he is convicted. Gorbunov, who confessed to the murder according to media reports, allegedly hit his mother in the head with a plate and a blunt instrument which fatally wounded her on the evening of Sept. 27. Reports said they were drinking and got into an argument. After killing her, he allegedly stuffed her

body into a bodybag before ordering a car service to take him to the park and dumping her in Willow Lake. Both Gorbunov and Gorbunova lived in the Park City 3&4 Apartments complex at 97-40 62 Drive. Even as police were searching for his mother, Gorbunov was arrested on Sept. 30 for allegedly stealing computer equipment from the apartment building, according to DNAinfo and the New York Post. A GoFundMe campaign called “Send Lyubov Gorbunova body home” was started on Sunday to raise money to send Gorbunova’s body back to Uzbekistan, the country she is from, for a proper burial. It had raised $3,354 of its $10,000 goal as of Wednesday afternoon. “As many of you know Lyubov Gorbunova was brutally murdered by her son and her body was dumped into the lake in Flushing Meadow Park,” the page said. “Any donation will help and is greatly appreciated. Q Thanks everyone.”

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New president Hail to the (new) chief. The Howard Beach Kiwanis Club installed its new president, Jody Stahl, right, as its new president at its weekly meeting last Thursday. The gavel was passed to Stahl by the immediate past president, Joe De Marco, joined by Rebecca Ovadia, lieutenant governor of the Kiwanis Queens West Division, who pinned the executive officers of the Howard Beach club. Stahl will lead the nonprofit group, which hosts community events and fundraises for a variety of organizations, for a year. Members meet every Thursday at Lenny’s Clam Bar, 161-30 Cross Bay Blvd.

State Sen. Roxanne Persaud to be feted The Richmond Hill-based Indo-Caribbean Alliance will honor state Sen. Roxanne Persaud (D-Brooklyn), a native of Guyana, at its fourth annual gala on Friday, Oct. 28. “I thank the Indo-Caribbean Alliance for selecting me as an Honoree,” Persaud said in a statement. “ICA’s commitment to advocating for the community in general and the Indo-Caribbean population specifically must be commended.” The ICA is a nonprofit that provides resources to and advocates for the Caribbean community, which in recent years has grown exponentially in population in areas such as Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, South Ozone Park and Brooklyn. Their gala will take place at the NYC Arena, located at 91-12 144 Place in Jamaica, starting at 8 p.m. The theme of the night will be that of a grand masquerade ball. Emmy Award-winning host Shamina Rai, of PIX11 News, will be the emcee for the night. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased

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Medicaid benefits for long-term care for the middle class by Nancy J. Brady, Esq., partner, Brady & Marshak, LLP Attorneys at Law

Dr. Robert Gucciardo points out that the human spine works as a control center, allowing messages to be sent to different parts of the body. If certain parts of the spine are PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY compromised, bodily functions may become more difficult.

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Dr. Robert Gucciardo doesn’t go to work every day — he goes to celebrate a daily Christmas, of sorts. The patients who walk in with mysterious ailments are like a present to him. “I get to unwrap it using my hands,” G u c c i a r d o s a id . “ It ’s a b s ol u t ely amazing.” The migraine sufferers, the asthmatics and those with back pain have walked into his 91st Street office for 20 years now. Gucciardo’s job is to carefully unwrap each case and see what’s hidden. But unlike excited children on the morning of Dec. 25 who eagerly rip off the wrapping paper hiding their gifts, Gucciardo is slow and deliberate in working through the different cases. His box is the human spine — the central command center of the body. The spine’s job is to send and receive messages to and from the body. Each section is responsible for a different function. If a part of it becomes compromised, so too does the bodily function it coordinates with. So when a patient walks in with asthma, he has to make sure he works on the right part of the spine. Same goes for those with body pain. Gucciardo, whose office last week was adorned with balloons in celebration of his 20th anniversary in the field, is still as fascinated by his job as he was when he first started working. He first fell in love with chiropractic care when he and his brother went to physical therapy when he was younger.

He was amazed at how different ailments could be treated just by touching the spine. After years of training, Gucciardo opened his practice in Howard Beach. For years, he simply practiced upper cervical chiropractic care. Then about seven years ago, he noticed that some of his patients lacked the proper nutrition to allow his treatments to take their full effect. For example, he explained, he could try to relieve a person’s bodily pain but if he or she was eating too much junk food, the patient may still be hurting. That’s when he added clinical nutrition to his arsenal of treatment. Gucciardo noted how much processed food and high-fat products have taken over American food stores. On top of that, misinformation online has led to a misunderstanding of how one should eat. “There’s no one miracle cure,” he said, referring to trend diets. “It’s all about what’s right for your body.” Another one of Gucciardo’s methods of treatment is laser therapy, which has been used to treat a number of ailments such as carpel tunnel syndrome and sports injuries. Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic is located at 162-07 91 St. in Howard Beach. The office is open Monday, 3 to 7 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 6 p.m., Wednesday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m., Thursday 1 to 7 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is closed Friday and Sunday. The phone number is (718) 845-2323 Q and website is drgucciardo.com.

If you are 65 or older, or have been receiving Social Security disability for at least two years, you are by now aware of what Medicare is — the program wth the red, white and blue card that provides insurance for doctor’s visits, some costs of hospitalization and very limited home care or a short stay in a rehab facility if certain qualifications are met. If you have long-term care insurance, those benefits may cover you for long-term home care, or nursing home care. If you do not have long-term care insurance, you may choose to pay for those services if you need them with your savings and income. You should NEVER assume that because you have savings and income you would not be qualified for any other coverage for long-term care through the NY State Medicaid program. The type of Medicaid coverage discussed presently is a benefits program that finances long-term care, either at home with home care services, or in a facility (Medicare pays for a maximum of 20 days in full and 80 days in part, if someone meets medical qualifications). The following is the list of qualifications one must meet to be considered for Medicaid coverage: 1. Must be an elderly or blind or disabled New York resident. 2. Must need assistance with activities of daily living. 3. Must have below $14,850 in “countable” resources in the month you apply for coverage (some assets do not “count,” like IRA principal). 4. If you transferred resources to be below $14,850 you will not be penalized or disqualified from applying for home-care benefits. 5. If you transferred resources (including real estate) to below $14,850 to be eligible for nursing home benefits WITHIN 5 YEARS of applying for Medicaid to finance the nursing home stay, you may be ineligible for Medicaid coverage for a period of time, depending on the value of the asset transferred, UNLESS the asset was transferred in accordance with the Medicaid regulations, which are quite limited.

6. There are monthly income limits for Medicaid coverage. For full nursing home benefits all income except what the applicant pays for health insurance premiums and $50 has to go to the nursing home each month (in addition to what the facility receives from the Medicaid program). This rule applies UNLESS the applicant is married. If so, the spouse at home is entitled to keep about $3,000 from the combined total income. If the spouse earns more, then the spouse can do “spousal refusal” to keep more of the spouse’s income, but the applicant’s income still has to go to nursing home. 7. Income for home care applicants can be preserved in whole or in part to be spent on the Medicaid applicant’s bills, by establishing a Medicaid qualifying pooled income trust. Caveats: If no planning has been done in advance of a loved one needing NURSING HOME Medicaid benefits by working with an attorney, it is still possible to save / prevent spending at least half and possibly more of the assets on care by using well-established planning that has been regulated by Medicaid. Planning ahead can result in protecting all assets if done properly and would avoid last-minute crisis planning. If income is high, you will have to pay something to the nursing home. If, per month, your income is higher than the nursing home private pay rate you will not be eligible to apply for Medicaid. If you have high income and are eligible you may wish to consider long-term care insurance as part of your overall plan. For the middle class, depending on one’s particular circumstances, Medicaid benefits can protect all or a large portion of assets and income from having to be paid to the cost of care. Seniors approaching their 70s or older owes it to themselves and their loved ones to seek legal counsel to review what steps can be taken, and how life savings can be protected. Please do not hesitate to contact our office if you would like to discuss any of the information presented herein. Our office phone number is (718) 738-8500. This is only a brief summary of the Medicaid regulations and should not be construed Q as individual legal advice.

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Maspeth shelter plan altered, angering many City moves 30 homeless men into Holiday Inn; adult family idea nixed by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Assembly candidate Brian Barnwell calls it a “recipe for disaster.” Juniper Park Civic Association President Bob Holden says it’s an example of Mayor de Blasio “sticking it” to Maspeth. Much like the city’s original plan to turn the 55th Road Holiday Inn into a 110-room homeless shelter for adult families, its new plan to rent 30 individual rooms and house undomiciled single men there isn’t going over well in the community. “It looks like they’re sticking it to us,” Holden said in a Wednesday interview. “Let’s take the least desirable population with the most problems and stick it in Maspeth’s face. That just shows you the mentality of the de Blasio administration.” Without warning on Monday, the city announced the adult family shelter idea had been scrapped and began moving single men into the hotel. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said he received a message from senior de Blasio advisor Lincoln Restler giving him a “heads up” about the moving in of homeless men shortly after 3 p.m. But Addabbo had already known about the audible, as constituents contacted him saying they witnessed a city van pull up to the back of the hotel and drop off undomiciled men about two hours earlier. “The two key words are advanced and notification, and the answer is neither,” Addabbo told the Chronicle when asked if he was told of the move before it happened. “I said to [Restler], ‘There lies the problem, the overall lack of faith and trust we have in you guys. You question the frustration and anger? You can’t question it, you caused it. It’s a fact.’” Barnwell was one of the witnesses, with the Woodside man telling the Chronicle that he saw a van drop about 10 people off in the rear of the hotel. But when he walked onto the property to investigate, a Holiday Inn employee demanded he leave. “I’m not surprised they moved them in under secrecy,” said Barnwell, who defeated Assemblywoman Marge Markey (D-Maspeth) in last month’s primary. “My question is what if I didn’t see those vans? They wouldn’t have told us. “My concern is just like other shelters when they rushed people in, there’s child molesters in there,” he added. “You don’t know who’s in there. And time and time again, we find out there are sex offenders there.” In a statement issued Tuesday, Department of Homeless Services spokeswoman Lauren Gray said the city isn’t completely backing down from its plan to house the undomiciled in Maspeth. “The Maspeth Holiday Inn will continue to provide temporary housing for working adults. This is a citywide problem and we need a citywide solution,” Gray said. “We didn’t back

Plans have changed at the Maspeth Holiday Inn, where 30 homeless single men are being housed instead of adult families. FILE PHOTO

down on sheltering homeless New Yorkers in Maspeth and we won’t in other communities. We have a citywide moral and legal responsibility to shelter homeless New Yorkers.” Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steve Banks told reporters at City Hall on Tuesday that the administration had to switch gears after Holiday Inn owner Harshad Patel refused to allow the entire building to be taken over as a shelter. “The owner of the Maspeth Holiday Inn refused to allow the city to convert the hotel into a shelter,” Banks said in a Tuesday statement. “Instead, the hotel owner agreed to rent rooms to help keep homeless New Yorkers off the street, and the city has done so.” Last month, Patel told the Chronicle he was not interested in letting the city take over his hotel. Holden has said repeatedly in recent weeks that the administration has been trying to get him to reconsider ever since. According to the city, the 30 men being housed there are employed. But a Maspeth resident called the Chronicle on Wednesday morning to say she hadn’t seen a single homeless person leave for work between 8:10 and 10:30 a.m. “Nothing’s going on,” said the woman, who asked her name not be published. “City officials are in the back of the van, literally sleeping, and there’s another van here with one person just sitting in it. Not one person has left to go to work, either through the front or the back door.”

Holden said a source informed him that some of the men work at night, while others work in city parks, keeping them free of litter. According to Addabbo, the cost of each room is $160 per night, a price which shelter provider Acacia Network pays. The lawmaker added that because the city hasn’t rented more than 50 percent of the hotel’s rooms, no contract is needed. That means, Addabbo said, the city doesn’t have to reveal exactly how much in compensation it is paying to Acacia. “The lack of transparency is just appalling,” he said. “This is a mayor who campaigned on transparency. It’s sad.” The change of plans comes more than two months after the city originally announced it would convert the hotel into a shelter for adult families. Immediately after that revelation, hundreds of area residents have held near-nightly protests outside the hotel, declaring their intentions to “save Maspeth.” Those protests have recently been taken on the road, with raucous rallies being held outside Banks’ home in Brooklyn, hotels being used to house homeless in Bellerose and Rosedale, Patel’s house in Floral Park, and an Acacia executive’s house in Nassau County. On Saturday, the angry residents will march on a problematic shelter in Sunset Park, with rallies promised for City Hall and Gracie Mansion. “They thought we were going to go away, but the protests have gotten bigger,” Holden said. “It almost tripled in size after Monday’s announcement.” But it isn’t just Maspeth that’s been digging its heels in. The city has, too, with the release of a second video depicting the protesters as heartless individuals who want to kick homeless families out of hotels. Released last Thursday, the video features a homeless African-American mother changing her infant’s diaper and criticizing the ongoing rally outside the Bellerose Inn, where she is staying, two weeks ago. Heard but not seen in the video is a chant of “White lives matter,” something not heard by a Chronicle reporter that afternoon or at any other Maspeth rally. Holden said nobody has started such a chant at any of the rallies he’s been at, adding that he believes the city added the audio to make the protesters seem racist. “Nobody ever said that. That’s overdubbed and done poorly at that,” he said. “That’s really disgraceful. A Mayor’s Office source told the Chronicle they personally heard at least two people chanting it, with one man briefly yelling it into a megaphone before another protester got him to stop. “We’re not going to get into the demonization of anyone,” Q the source said, “but the video speaks for itself.”

Hotels to end shelter use in under 60 days The Department of Homeless Services will stop using the Bellerose Inn and the nearby Quality Inn as homeless shelters within 60 days, state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens), Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages (D-Nassau), Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) and Queens Colony Civic Association President Angela Augugliaro announced last Friday. “It is refreshing to know that Mr. Patel followed through on his commitment to us to no longer use these two hotels to house

Bellerose sites used to house homeless the homeless,” Avella said in a prepared statement, referring to one of the owners. “Now that we have confirmed that the City- will comply with his wishes, we have to work towards finding a more permanent solution to help these families.” The Patel family had previously agreed to stop renting rooms to the DHS and return to the buildings to their normal use before the end of the year. “The agreement by the City to no longer

house homeless individuals in these two hotels was welcomed and shows that you can accomplish great things through an open dialogue,” Auguglario said in a prepared statement. “I would like to thank Senator Avella, Councilman Grodenchik, and their respective staffs for their assistance in speaking up for Bellerose.” The de Blasio administration has used hotels in other parts of Queens, including Bellerose, Long Island City, Elmhurst,

Rosedale and Woodside to house homeless people and plans on converting one in Maspeth into a shelter. The practice has sparked widespread neighborhood angst and protests, including in Bellerose. “This will not reduce the number of homeless New Yorkers or provide shelter for these families with children,” DHS spokeswoman Lauren Gray said in an emailed statement. The department said it cannot say where the people in the hotel will be relocated Q due to confidentiality. — Ryan Brady

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Weprin: ‘I think I’ve done a good job’ Assemblyman running for re-election talks about legislative priorities by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows), who is running for re-election against Republican sign-shop owner Ira Harris, is proud of his record. “I think I’ve done a good job,” Weprin said in a sitdown interview with the Chronicle’s editorial board. “I’m very involved in the community ... When we’re not in Albany, we’re always handling constituency issues.” The lawmaker, who has held the seat since 2010 and has district offices in Fresh Meadows and Richmond Hill, is the chairman of the Assembly Task Force on People with Disabilities. “I want to expand disability access,” he said. “It’s important that we do more for the disability community.” Weprin is opposed to allowing Uber and Lyft enter upstate markets without committing 50 percent of their vehicles to be handicapped-accessible, an amount that the city plans on doing for its yellow and green cabs by 2020. Although the companies said that they cannot make the commitment because their drivers own their own vehicles, “that doesn’t stop them from having a program where they had vehicles available through Uber, through Lyft, or committed ahead of time to make them accessible to the disability community,” according to the assemblyman. Weprin was a delegate for Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention. “I was very proud to support her,” he said. Weprin also plans on supporting a bill called the Adoptee Bill of Rights, which would allow adoptees to receive a copy of their birth certificate and a medical history form when they

turn 18 years old. Although it has passed the Assembly, the bill has not made it through the state Senate. “People are trying to protect people that don’t need protection,” he said. The assemblyman also plans on introducing a bill in January to make kosher and halal food accessible in school districts where they are requested by more than 25 percent of students. A companion bill has already been introduced in the state Senate. “Kosher food has actually become more of an issue in public schools recently,” Weprin said, adding that the Bukharian Jewish population in his district often sends their children to public schools. The assemblyman, a former city councilman who has previously run for city comptroller and Congress, does not reject the possibility of seeking another seat again. “Right now, I’m planning on building up seniority in the Assembly,” he said. “Sometimes opportunities arise but I’m not actively planning on running for any other office at this point.” Another piece of legislation that Weprin hopes to get passed in the next legislative session is the Religious Garb Bill. “This bill would basically prohibit discrimination in all employment in New York State for religious garb which would include turbans as well as facial hair and beards,” the assemblyman said, adding that the bill is important to the Sikh community. If my legislation passed in the Senate — it passed in the Assembly three times — it would prohibit any agency from having any kind of agency requirement or not making an accommoQ dation for somebody’s religious observance.”

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Queens fans hit Comic Con in the city

Queens residents made a big showing in Manhattan last weekend for New York Comic Con, a huge pop culture event that brings together fans of sci-fi, fantasy, horror and more. Left, Chris Giarrusso of Astoria, the creator of the G-Man series, shows off some of his work. Top center is the team from the longest-running independent film studio in the U.S., Troma Studios. They are most famous for the horror-comedy film “The Toxic Avenger.”

Above, Christopher Priest, born in Jamaica, who writes the “Deathstroke” comics, was on hand to sign autographs and meet fans. At right, Jen Silverman, left, from Flushing, cosplaying as “Ghostbusters” character Abby Yates; Lisa Vecchione, from Astoria, cosplaying as character Erin Gilbert; Amy Ellis, from Flushing, cosplaying as Gertrude Aldridge, another character. “We each picked a respective character which we con-

nected with most, and Amy wanted to go above and beyond for her sewing and crafting skills for Gertrude,” Silverman, who was attending the New York event for the eighth time, told the Chronicle. “I like that NYCC is a chance for nerds to get together and share mutual interests, find out about new things, be yourself and make friends,” she added. “Also, meeting celebs can be a plus too.”

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Socrates sprouts new sculpture series, from busts to a billboard

undeniably famili a r, a n d t h e bizarreness of the piece, titled “Memorial to Walken,” is only heightened by a comic that artist Bryan Zanisnik created with collaborator Eric Winkler. It depicts a variety of Walken-mushroom hybrids, as well as an ad for the Walken family bakery (where the actcor, an Astoria native, did indeed once work), and a bizarre Industrial Era comic featuring a Christopher Walken centaur. Continued continued on on page page 33

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A Walken the park

Coffee in hand, leaves crunching underfoot, the first nippy breezes coming in off an East River framed by the Manhattan skyline — autumn in Queens can be something special. Parks are a vital part of New York’s landscape, providing respite in the form of green space from the grime and commotion of the city. But Socrates Sculpture Park exceeds this threshold and offers a rotation of artwork that visitors can engage with. For Socrates’ “Emerging Artists Fellowship 2016 Exhibition,” 15 new works of art join some still in progress at the park, such as Meg Webster’s “Concave Room for Bees,” a massive earthen bowl in the center of Socrates’ field that has blossomed into an overflowing cornucopia of flowers since its installation in the spring. As the park is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the artwork reflects its past, present and future, and spans many formats. One vinyl-printed billboard extends from its perch in a copse of trees into cyberspace. Bursting from the ground on ivy-covered beams, Dachal Choi and Mathew Suen’s “AQ625: Site on the Move” is a digital illustration of the park lifting itself up into the air. On a website promoted with the billboard, Choi, Suen and other artists and architects explore the ridiculous premise of the park’s departure in intense and hilarious detail. Across the field, a similarly absurdist work has taken root — literally. A patch of cement busts sprouts out of the ground like mushrooms, each bearing the face of famed actor Christopher Walken. The deadpan expression is

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Masters of the Mind, led by Guy Bavli, four mentalists performing telekinesis, mind reading, prediction and more, with some elements of a traditional magic show too. Sun., Oct. 16, 3 p.m., Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Tickets: $35-$40. Info: (718) 631-6311, visitqpac.org.

Community art show, with works by six area artists, plus sketches by environmental artist Christo. Thru Oct. 20, Woody & Pete’s Honky Tonk Lyceum, 146-49 Horace Harding Expy., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 762-8880, lyceum@growhome.com, codyannherrmann.com/lyceum.

“Apartment for Sale (Tenant Included),” a comedy about human relations and living space, in Spanish, “Se Vende Apartamento (Con Inquilino).” In English: Fri., 8 p.m.., Sat., 3 p.m.; in Spanish: Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 4 p.m.; Thru Oct. 23, Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. $25. Info: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

“How to Purposely Forget Things,” research materials and video work mapping out the fragmented and distracted nature of memory in what has been referred to as the “knowledge economy.” Thru Oct. 29; performance each Sat., 4 p.m., academic, 47-39 35 St., Long Island City. Free.Info: (218) 56-LEARN (53276), academicnyc.com. “Toys & Games from the Attic and Beyond,” with more than 150 items including Queens-born Mr. Machine, Hess trucks, Lionel trains, Beanie Babies and more, with info on their histories. Tue., Sat., Sun., 2:30-4:30 p.m. or by appointment, thru June 2017, Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $5; $3 seniors, students; under 12 free. Info: (718) 939-0647, queenshistoricalsociety.org. “Works: Reflections on Failure,” with 11 artists investigating failure and the ambiguous border between success and downfall, in sculpture, painting and more. Thru Nov. 12, Radiator Gallery, 10-61 Jackson Ave., LIC. Free. Info: (347) 677-3418, radiatorarts.com. “Erasing Borders: Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora,” featuring artists with heritage tracing to the Indian subcontinent but who live and work in the U.S., in partnership with Indo American Arts Council. Thru Sun., Oct. 30, Sat.-Sun., 12-5 p.m.; opening reception Fri., Oct. 14, 5-7 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $5 suggested donation; students free. Info/RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

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Children of all ages and families can step back to a simpler time at King Manor’s Fall Festival, making corn-husk dolls, square dancing and more, this Saturday in Jamaica. See Special Events. COURTESY PHOTO “Intuitive Progression,” with 75 works of paint, ink and more by 20 modern artists, depicting the creative process as a unique journey. Thru Nov. 28, Thu.-Mon., 12-5 p.m., Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 9370727, flcart.org. “Another Land: After Noguchi,” astrophotography by Leah Raintree, considering the microcosms-like works in Isamu Noguchi’s sculptures. Thru Jan. 8, Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10; $5 seniors, students; NYC HS students, kids under 12 free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org.

Wings of Song: David Friedman in recital, “an afternoon of lieder” with the Forest Hills bass-baritone, guest singers and pianist Christopher Bradshaw, performing works of Schubert, Mozart, Ralph Vaughn Williams and more; followed by wine and cheese reception. Sun., Oct. 23, 3 p.m., St. Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway S., Forest Hills. $15. Info/reservations: (718) 268-7772, gingerbreadplayers.org. stlukesforesthills.org.

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Astoria Big Band led by Carol Sudhalter, performing music composed by women, from jazz legend Billie Holiday to Ada Rovatti and more. Sat., Oct. 15, 2 p.m., Langston Hughes Library, 100-01 Northern Blvd., Corona. Free. Info: (718) 651-1100, sudhalter.com.

M ade l i ne Hollander, with sitespecific performances inspired by governmentmandated safety signage, the Heimlich maneuver, CPR, TSA pat-downs and more. Sat., Oct. 15, 5:15 p.m., Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 956-1819, socratessculpturepark.org. COURTESY PHOTO

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“Fantasias y Carnavales,” hand-crafted masks, drawings, and paintings incorporating nature and animal imagery, Dominican heritage, by Manuel Macarrulla. Thru Nov. 13; mask-making workshop Sun., Oct. 30, 12-4 p.m. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $6; $4 seniors; $4 students, $2 children over 3. Info: (718) 886-3800, info@queensbotanical.org. “It Is Not Enough To See, One Must See Through To Find Truth,” works spanning 60 years by Jamaica-based Emmett Wigglesworth: paintings, sculptures and more, many with his signature “scribble” lines and patterns. Thru Nov. 25. Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Ave. Free (donations welcome). Info: (718) 658-7400.

Blvd., Flushing. $40-$50 (pre-show 6 p.m. dinner $25 more; post-show 10 p.m. meet-and-greet $50 more). Info: (718) 544-2996, kupferbergcenter.org.

Darlene Love and Friends, the “He’s a Rebel” and “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” singer, with Sonny Turner and The Duprees. Sat., Oct. 15, Colden Auditorium, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. $45-$75. Info/tickets: (718) 793-0923, kupferbergcenter.org. COURTESY PHOTO Judy Collins, the singer-songwriter with hit covers of “Both Sides, Now,” “Send in the Clowns” and more, with special guest Ari Heist, her collaborator on a new album. Sat., Oct. 22, 8 p.m., LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena

THEATRE “Hedda Gabler,” the Henrik Ibsen drama about an unhappy newlywed who can’t resist creating catastrophe when she gets the chance, by The Instigators. Fri., Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 16, 3 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $18; $13 seniors, students. Info/tickets: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

NYC Greek Film Festival, the 10th annual, with different movies each day, including “Journey Through Smyrna,” about a band determined to perform on the streets, and “Mythopathy” (“Notias”), about a boy whose imagination wreaks havoc on Greek history and mythology. Thu., Oct. 13-Sun., Oct. 16, various times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $12; $9 seniors, students; $7 kids 3-17. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. “The Latino List,” a documentary on the lives of Hispanics in the U.S., featuring interviews with figures from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to actress Eva Longoria and many more. Sat., Oct. 15, 1-4 p.m., Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30 St., Long Island City. Thu.-Mon., 12-5 p.m. Free. Info: (718) 937-0727, latinolistproject.com. “As If I Am Not There,” a 2010 Irish drama about a teacher in a Bosnian village dealing with its brutal takeover by Serb forces during the 1992-95 war. Wed., Oct. 19, 12:10 p.m., Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 281-5770, qcc.cuny.edu/khrca. OCTAGON FILMS

SPECIAL EVENTS Fall Festival, a slice of country life with corn-husk doll-making, butter-churning, apple cider pressing, square dancing and more, plus digitizing of fallthemed photos that families bring. Sat., Oct. 15, King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 206-0545, kingmanor.org. Annual Ladies Victorian Tea Party, with tea, home-baked treats and costumed entertainment; bring your own cup and saucer. Sun., Oct. 16, 2 p.m., New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $20; $15 kids, students, seniors, unemployed. Info: (718) 482-0909, newyorkirishcenter.org. continued on page 34

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The play, which premiered in London in 1895, is a farcical comedy, a satire on society that mocks the traditions The Instigators, a recently formed troupe of young and social customs of the times, featuring many recognizactors who describe themselves as “dedicated to creating able character types: the young dandy, the overbearing theater that is both entertaining and evocative,” have matriarch, the woman with a past, and the like. In a recent online interview, the show’s director, Christine taken up residence through Oct. 16 at the Secret Theatre Zagrobelny, drew comparisons between the characters in in Long Island City. In a daring move, they are presenting, in rotation, a pair the play and their modern counterparts, the millennials, of classics, Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” and Oscar Wil- with their oddities and absurd behavior, and the baby boomers, who have their own set of morals and values. de’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Her point was well-taken. The play opens, in this incarJudging from their rendering of “Earnest,” which opened last Friday night, they are definitely entertaining but not nation, on a stage that is nearly bare, save for a few furnecessarily evocative. In what seemed to be an abbreviated nishings that set the locale, a townhouse in London. version of the play, now running two hours with intermis- Appearing soon is a young man named Algernon (Fergus sion, the actors are, almost uniformly, attractive, talented Scully, this burgeoning troupe’s founder and artistic direcand eager to please. But the production, owing perhaps to tor), a typical dandy, or fop, a man unduly devoted to a limited budget, is presented in modern dress and simple style and neatness. As portrayed — in a performance that is sometimes over-the-top — he obviously delights in his settings, losing some of the play’s potential impact. own cleverness, his main aim, apparently, just to get the most out of life. He promptly receives his friend, John Worthing (Blake Williams), known to Algernon as “Ernest” for When: Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 15-16, 7 p.m. reasons that are far-fetched but comically amusing. Where: The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City Williams is nicely subdued as the sympathetic young Tickets: $18; $13 seniors, students, anyone under 35. man who feels out of place in aristocratic society. 1 (800) 838-3006, secrettheatre.com, On this particular day, “Ernest” has come to instigatorsnyc@gmail.com propose to Algernon’s cousin, Gwendolen (Sarah White), filled with pretentions and so set on qboro contributor

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Queens teenagers are in that sometimes tedious realm between the start of school six weeks ago and the holiday seasons to come. The Queens Librar y is welcoming them in that time to enrich themselves through art and performing arts projects with social, recreational and creative programs and activities at many of the 62 locations throughout the borough. Melissa Malanuk, who oversees the Queens Library’s teen programming, said the trick at her end is often no trick at all. “We do try and add some new things, but also have the tried-and-true presentations,” Malanuk said. “It can depend on the librarian and the location. We do a lot of work trying to improve. Our hope is to give teens at the end of their school day some creative outlets.” Bet ween now and the new year, numerous arts and crafts programs are available Crafts such as sewing (Woodhaven), knitting (Steinway and other locations) and making bracelets (Poppenhusen) will teach the creation of everything from accessories to holiday decorations. The artistic features of graffiti (Long Island City, Jamaica Central Library), and instruction in various aspects of anime (Flushing and other branches) have begun to take their place among the library’s more traditional visual arts offerings. Performing arts, such as theater (Bay Terrace), open mic nights (East Elmhurst,

Laurelton), hip-hop (Cambria Heights, Hollis), music produc tion ( Cambria Heights) and learning to be a DJ (Hollis, Long Island City, South Jamaica), also are increasing in number and geographic spread. “Some of those [performing] presentations are relatively new, but they are very popular,” Malanuk said. One presentation, blackout poetry (Poppenhusen), combines fine, creative and performing arts. Malanuk said it is not as well known to the general public as it is to teens and teen librarians. “It’s one of a teen librarian’s secrets,” she said. “The students take a magazine, an old book or a newspaper and with a marker black out words on the page, leaving those they use for a poem, which they recite. “It’s an old staple of ours,” she said. While Halloween arts, crafts and other themes already are being promoted, Christmas and other holidays will have their own events as the days turn colder. M o s t b r a n c h e s p o s t n ot i c e s of upcoming events onsite for those wanting to see what is coming up near them. Some of the programs require preregistration, either online or in person at the branch hosting the presentation, and the list is regularly updated. Along with the arts, branches also have information on events like social gatherings, game nights, book discussions, chess clubs, poetry readings and movie nights. Listings of all scheduled teen programQ ming is online at queenslibrary.org.

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Elsewhere, the artwork takes on a more serious tone. Although it too has absurdist connotations — it takes the form of a staircase to nowhere — Elizabeth Tubergen’s “Apparition” is intended to warn visitors against the path she believes urban development is taking — one of encroachment. Composed of shredded rubber, wood and foam, the work bears a sharp contrast to the greenery around it, and what’s more, its large scale makes it a tight fit for its narrow space between the stage and Webster’s earth mound. In this sense, the piece is a conceptual tour de force, and only improved by its becoming a popular hangout for area youth, despite greener surroundings. Olalekan Jeyifous’ “Conditions of Exile” delivers a similar message. A sculpture that branches out, tree-like, into polygonal forms resembling modern luxury towers, it seems to seek a strange compromise between development and nature. The facets of the sculpture are covered in leaf and vine woodcuts as well as surveillance cameras. October has two big events in store for Socrates Sculpture Park visitors looking for a special opportunity to see the new art. On

Among the works now on display at Socrates Sculpture Park are Lea Lowenthal’s “Dilated Surpintel,” above, Galeria Perdida’s “All Else is Pale,” top left, and Bryan Zanisnik’s “Monument to Walken,” left and cover, which includes a series of busts of PHOTOS BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN the actor — but no cowbell whatsoever. Oct. 15, World Food Day, the park is hosting a Queens Food Day along with GrowNYC Greenmarket and City Harvest. Visitors will be educated on urban farming, gardening, cooking and wellness. On Oct. 29, the park will host a Halloween Harvest festival. Guests will be able to craft costumes and art with Socrates artists as well as participate in

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boro continued from page 30 Sip-’n’-Scribe and Drink-’n’-Draw, with participants enjoying adult beverages while either writing based on creative prompts and idea swapping or figure drawing based on a live model. All skill levels welcome; bring your own materials. Both Tue., Oct. 18, 8 p.m. (and other dates), QED, 27-16 23 Road, Astoria (in separate rooms). Drawing: $8; writing: $5 suggested donation. Info/tickets: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

TGIF Game Night, with Wii and old-school board games like Connect 4, Monopoly, Battleship and Scrabble. Each Fri. thru Oct. 28, 4 p.m., Hillcrest Library, 187-05 Union Tpke. Free. Info: (718) 4542786, queenslibrary.org.

Love Never Fails, a Christian outreach event celebrating God’s love for all people, with worship in song, testimony and prayer, with refreshments, hosted by 12 members of various area churches. Sat., Oct. 15, 3-6 p.m., American Legion Post 1404, 209 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: eckert14@verizon.net.

Teen time, with Wii games, crafts, movies, talent show stage, books and more. Every Sat., thru Oct. 29, 3 p.m., Windsor Park Library, 79-50 Bell Blvd., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 468-8300.

Chicken Soup Cook-Off, with food vendors bringing their best and judges and the general public tasting and voting for their favorites, with other refreshments too. Sat., Oct. 15, 6:30-10:30 p.m., Temple Beth Sholom, 171-39 Northern Blvd., Flushing. $18; $6 kids 5-13; under 5 free; family max. $50. Info: (718) 463-4143, templebethsholom.org.

Flushing Camera Club, featuring slideshow of the Oregon coast and presentation on making a slideshow using Pro Show Gold. Public welcome. Wed., Oct. 19, 7:15-9 p.m., Flushing Hospital Medical Center auditorium, 5th floor, 146-01 45 Ave. Free. Info: hjs124@gmail.com, flushingcameraclub.org.

Know Your Rights: Wheels of the Criminal Justice System, panel discussion with attorneys, City Council Courts and Legal Services Committee Chairman Rory Lancman, hosted by Greater Allen AME Cathedral Lawyer’s Guild. Sat., Oct. 22, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 11031 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. Free. Info: (212) 8377893, RSVP: lawyersguild@allencathedral.org.

TOURS World’s Fair history, highlighting the NYS Pavilion, Hall of Science, Queens Zoo aviary and more, led by volunteer docents. Meet at the Unisphere, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Sun., Oct. 16, 12, 1 and 2 p.m. Free. Info: (718) 760-6437, nycgovparks.org, vickie.karp@ parks.nyc.gov. FILE PHOTO

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Maple Grove Cemetery, including Victorian Administration Building, architecturally significant monuments and more, as part of Open House New York Weekend, led by historian Carl Ballenas and certified tour guide Jo-Anne Raskin. Sun., Oct. 16, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 12715 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free. Info/ reservations (req’d): (347) 848-6614, info@ friendsofmaplegrove.org.

KIDS/TEENS Queens Teens Open House, with art-making, gallery tours by fellow youth, info on Queens Teens program, offering chance of paid internships, community service credits and more. Sat., Oct. 15, 12-3 p.m. (arrive anytime), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

Kids Knit, a knitting club for kids in grades 4-8. Each Tue. thru Oct. 25, 4 p.m., Steinway Library, 21-454 31 St., Astoria. Free. Info: (718) 728-1965, queenslibrary.org.

LECTURES

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Rego Park Senior Center, free benefits application assistance for older Queens adults, Lost Battalion Hall, 93-29 Queens Blvd. Tue., Nov. 17, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. LiveOn NY Specialists available to provide information and help with paperwork for SCRIE, SNAP, HEAP and more. Info: (347) 8155930, benefits@liveon-ny.org. Bayside Senior Center, 221-Horace Harding Expwy. Trained Medicare specialist available every Wed., 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., must call for app’t. Other activities incude: chair yoga, Tues. and Fri., 9 a.m.; senior singalong, Tues., 12:30 p.m. Open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. English and Chinese spoken. Info: (718) 225-1144. Woodhaven/Richmond Hill Senior Center, with arts and crafts, knitting, Wii bowling, education and more. Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., lunch at 12 p.m. Strength/stretching exercise class every Mon., 1 p.m.; yoga class every Thu., 10 a.m.; Zumba every Fri. 89-02 91 St., Woodhaven. Info: (718) 847-9200.

SUPPORT GROUPS Diabetes, focusing on physical activity while managing the disease. Wed., Oct. 19, 5-6 p.m., Flushing Hospital Medical Center, 5th floor auditiorium, 4500 Parsons Blvd. Free. Meetings each third Wed. of month with different diabetes topics. Info/RSVP: (718) 670-8834. GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing): Find peer-lead grief support for those who have lost a loved one to substance abuse. Meetings held once a month. Info on date, times and location: nycmetrograsp@gmail.com. Medicare specialist consultations, by appointment, every other Wed., 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Catholic Charities Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy. Info: (718) 225-1144.

BEAT

Don’t be Bummed, fans by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner entered last week’s one-game elimination wild card game with a lifetime 5-0 record against the Mets. He also had a 1.80 earned run average against them and that number was even skinnier in games at Citi Field. The best the Mets could hope for was that the law of averages would come into play and that the Giants ace would suffer an off night. Unfortunately, Bumgarner was as dominant as ever, blanking the Mets, 3-0. Mets fans were understandably upset that closer Jeurys Familia failed in yet another pressure-packed postseason situation, yielding a ninth inning three-run homer to unheralded Giants third baseman Conor Gillaspie to decide the game. They were also probably steamed because giving up heartbreaking ninth inning home runs has happened too many other times in Mets playoff history. The reality is that Bumgarner did not throw a lot of pitches and probably could have kept blanking the Mets deep into extra innings. He is also arguably the best hitting pitcher in baseball and put some good wood on fastballs thrown by Mets starter Noah Syndergaard; thus Giants manager Bruce Bochy would have had little incentive to remove him from the game. Though the Giants played poorly in the sec-

ond half of the season, they came into the game with a superior roster to the injury-depleted Mets. Even if the Mets had won, it would have been hard to see them surviving playoff matchups with the Cubs, Dodgers, or the National League East division champion Nationals. Giants second baseman and former St. John’s University Red Storm star Joe Panik was glad to be back in Queens. Of course, he was inundated with ticket requests. “My friends know that I can only get tickets for my family and my fiance’s mom and dad.” Joe graciously added that he enjoys reading this column online. During press conferences with the players on the workout day before the game, I asked Noah Syndergaard if he ever gets nervous before a game. “I may get anxious because I want to get out there but you shouldn’t get nervous if you have done all of your preparation.” One of baseball’s great characters, Giants outfielder Hunter Pence, loved the one-game winner-take-all aspect. “That’s why they call it the Wild Card Game — because it’s wild!” he told the laughing media. No one could accuse Bochy of being uptight. Passing San Francisco Chronicle beat writer Henry Schulman in the dugout during the Tuesday workout he started singing the Herman’s Q Hermits 1965 hit, “I’m Henry VIII, I Am.” See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

Checking out library history by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

The Queens Library as we know it started 100 years ago with seven different branches and at the time included three that were a part of the Long Island City Public The artist rendering of what the then-new Central Library system. But it was in 1901, shortly after Branch of the Queens Library would look like at 89-11 Queens became part of New York Merrick Blvd. Architect firm York and Sawyer conCity, that a new charter proposed structed the building, which opened in 1966. the branches join to officially form the Queens Borough Public Library, which the system announced the plans for a new Central Library, at 89-11 Merrick Blvd. in was incorporated in 1907. The library system grew in leaps and 1964, which still stands today. Architects York and Sawyer, at a cost of bounds due to the expanding population of the borough. In 1930, it opened an outstand- $5,700,000, built the nation’s first majoring building on Parsons Boulevard and 89th sized library, containing 195,000 square-feet Avenue, which was to be the Central Library. of floor space. When it opened in 1966, From the start, though, the four-story 1,000 readers could sit there. The building expanded again in 1989. building was obsolete because it could not Today, the Queens Library system has 62 meet the demand of library-goers. It expanded in 1941, with federal funds secured locations, seven adult centers, two family litthrough the New Deal, but that was a tempo- eracy centers and a mobile bus library. With rary Band-Aid. It was Library Director Har- 7.5 million items and a circulation of old Tucker who persisted and endured to get 15,700,000, as of Fiscal Year 2014, it is one Q a new building. He finally succeeded when of the largest systems in the country.

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King Crossword Puzzle

‘Earnest’

ACROSS 1 Coincide 6 Orbiter until 2001 9 Massachusetts cape 12 Marshmallow treats for Easter 13 Rhyming tribute 14 Gorilla 15 Install to new specs 16 Rids of impurities 18 Summertime quaff 20 Give a darn 21 Gridiron org. 23 Stocking woe 24 Take it easy 25 “-- well that ...” 27 Center of emotions 29 Brawn 31 Pipsqueaks 35 Silent film brother 37 Infamous lyre player 38 Luxurious fabric 41 Curved line 43 “Family Guy” network 44 Actress Penelope 45 Faux gold 47 Improves 49 Poisons 52 One little insect ... 53 ... and another 54 Mountain chain 55 More, to Manuel 56 -- and outs 57 Bad lighting?

continued from page 31 ward, Cecily (an enthusiastic Jessica Mosher). In supporting roles, Kaitlin Ryan McKendrick is the rigid Miss Prism, Cecily’s governess who is secretly in love with the rector, Dr. Chasuble (a suitable Brian Dunlop). Least effective is Kazu Imafuku, who plays a pair Brian Dunlop, left, as Dr. Chasuble and Blake Williams as of ser vants. His poor John Worthing. PHOTO COURTESY THE INSTIGATORS articulation renders some particularly droll lines almost unintelligible. But a more basic issue here is the disconnect created by having actors speak words from another time and place while looking, moving and dressing in modern style. The dichotomy is exemplified in one scene when one character speaks of being served lumps of sugar while another rips open the paper packets that are commonly used today. Still, the play is worth a visit, filled as it is with Wilde’s customary witty repartee and brought to life by a company of actors sure to enjoy a long, bright future. In addition to the remaining performances of “Earnest,” the Instigators will stage “Hedda Gabler” again on Oct. 14 and 16. Q

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DOWN 1 Spring mo. 2 “Holy cow!” 3 Some coffee-shop buys 4 Grand story 5 Perfumery compound 6 Rita of “West Side Story” 7 Notion 8 Ump 9 Panama or Suez

10 “Turandot” or “Tosca” 11 Neuter 17 Hockey players 19 Potato, e.g. 21 “Platoon” locale 22 Winter bug 24 Ply oars 26 Prefix for “phrenic” 28 Rage 30 PC linkup 32 Money-back offers 33 Expert

34 Chi squad 36 Analyzes grammar 38 “Git!” 39 Gladiatorial venue 40 Massachusetts university 42 Charmer’s snake 45 Portent 46 Den 48 Bat stat 50 Swelled head 51 D.C. honorific

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FINDING ALL TYPES OF LEAKS All Types of Repairs: Shingles, Flat, Slates, Gutters & Leaders Cleaned Out

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Garage/Yard Sales Astoria, Sat 10/15, 10-5. Sun 10/16, 12-3. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church, 25-36 37 St betw Astoria Blvd & 28 Ave. Russian food. Something for everyone! Howard Beach, Sat 10/15, 8am, 158 Ave betw 83 & 84 Sts. BLOCK SALE! Clothing, housewares, baby items, costume jewelry, toys, Transformer figures & more! Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Sat 10/15 & Sun 10/16, 9-5, 160 Ave & 89 St. MULTI-FAMILY SALE! Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Sat 10/15, 9-3, 164-17 90 St. Clothing, furn, lots of tools. Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Sat 10/15, 9-3, 163-23 87 St. MULTIFAMILY. Too much to mention! Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Sat 10/15, 9-2, 160-04 86 St. Fur coat, outdoor furn, clothing & more!

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Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Sat 10/15, 9-3, & Sun 10/16, Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, 10-1, 159-36 79 St. Too much to Sun 10/16, 9-4, 164-19 89 St. Something for everyone! mention! Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Sat 10/15, 10-3, 85 St betw 160 & Sat 10/15 & Sat 10/22, 9-3, 90-18 161 Ave. Multi-family sale! 163 Ave. Rain or shine! Designer Highchair, records, clothes, clothes, shoes & housewares. housewares & much more! Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Our Classifieds Reach Over Sat 10/15, 9-3, 156-15 91 St. New 400,000 Readers. Call 718-205- & used items, everything must 8000 to advertise. go!

Garage/Yard Sales Old Howard Beach, HUGE RUMMAGE SALE! St. Barnabas Lutheran Church, 159-19 98 St. Mon 10/17, 10-4 & 7-9PM, Tue 10/18, 10-4pm. Old Howard Beach, Sat 10/15, & Sun 10/16, 10-3, 164-41 98 St. Lots of stuff! Richmond Hill, Sat 10/15, 10-4, 104-49 92 Ave. Rain date Sun 10/16. Everything must go!

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Old Howard Beach, Sat 10/15 & Sun 10/16, 9-4, 98-07 164 Ave. 2 families! Rain/shine! Something for everyone. Brand new washer & gas dryer, very reasonable.

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Services Responsible, honest, reliable cleaning lady. I will clean your apt or house. I have exp. Call anytime, 718-460-6779 Having a garage sale? Let everyone know about it by advertising in the Queens Classifieds. Call 718-205-8000 and place the ad!

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Legal Notices

11th PLANET, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 06/29/2016. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O United States Corporation Agents Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

8285 PROPERTIES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/18/16. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 82-85 94th St. Woodhaven, NY 11050. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Lunavictoria LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 8/19/16. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 77-18 64th St., Glendale, NY 11385. General purpose.

1628 LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/20/16. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Pui Chi Lee Chan 59-23 Menahan St Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Advantage Enterprises LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/20/16. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Rej J. Nieto, 10-87 Jackson Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101. General purpose.

Mayflower Wenyu LLC Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 9/15/16. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 61-27 186th St., Fresh Meadows, NY 11365. General Purposes.

2016 Li-Lin Realty LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/15/16. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 96-14 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven, NY 11421. Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: C323 WORKS, LLC. Articles of Organization (DOM LLC) were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/ 05/2016. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

RKP Media LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 8/4/16. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 95-22 63rd Rd., #534, Rego Park, NY 11374. General purpose.

Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is committed to maintaining an environment in its educational programs and activities that is free from discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. Consistent with this commitment, it is the policy of Vaughn College not to tolerate unlawful discrimination based on age, race, color, creed, ethnic origin, national origin, citizenship status, disability, religion, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital or partnership status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, predisposing genetic characteristics, or domestic violence status, or on any other legally protected basis. Such behavior is unlawful and undermines the character and purpose of Vaughn College. This policy is not intended to abridge academic freedom, the open expression of ideas, or the Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s educational mission, and does not extend to statements or written materials that are relevant and appropriately related to the subject matter of courses. For more information about this policy, or to learn about the procedure for addressing violations of this policy, you may contact: dean of students via dean.studentaffairs@vaughn.edu or 718.429.6600, extension 302, or the associate vice president of human resources via avp. humanresources@vaughn.edu or 718.429.6600, extension 105. For more information on admissions procedures visit http://www. vaughn.edu/admissions.

318 Legion LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY ) on 10/16/13. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 147-24 Hillside Ave, Jamaica, NY 11435. Purpose: General.

Fulton GI Medical, PLLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 07/13/16. Office Loc: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The PLLC 39-16 Prince St, Ste. 354, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: to engage in the profession of Medicine.

The Rouge Dancers, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/29/2016. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 06/20/16, bearing Index Number NC-000257-16/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) STEVEN (Middle) MAN FAI (Last) LEE. My present name is (First) MAN FAI (Last) LEE AKA STEVEN LEE. My present address is 42-41 160th Street, Flushing, NY 11358-2525. My place of birth is HONG KONG My date of birth is December 07, 1970.

Notice of Formation of Brighton 50 CF Owner LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 7/27/16. Office Location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent for process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: Muss Development, LLC, 118-35 Queens Blvd. Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of formation of L & C GROUP DEVELOPMENT LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 08/09/2016. Office located in QUEENS. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 64-24 137TH STREET FLUSHING, NY 11367. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by W & C Food LLC d/b/a Sanger Hall to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an onpremises establishment. For on-premises consumption under the ABC Law at 48-18 & 48-20 Skillman Avenue, Sunnyside, NY 11104.

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WATERFRONT PROPERTY Mint condition 1 family, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, totally renovated first floor. 2 Florida rooms with water views, garage, private drive, too many extras to mention!!! BOAT LOVERS DREAM!!!

Commercial Property Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, commercial rental, 1,400 sq ft, open area w/ 2 baths, $2,500/mo. Connexion I RE, 718-845-1136

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Howard Beach/Lindenwood, HiRise Studio Co-op, lg LR, kit & dining area. $79K. Hi-Rise 1 BR Co-op, $103K. Hi-Rise 2 BR, 1 bath Co-op w/ terr, updated. $219K. Connexion I RE, 718-845-1136

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Houses For Sale HAMILTON BEACH 2 Family det., 3 BRs, 1 full bath on each flr., full bsmnt, CAC, hardwood flrs. throughout, sprinkler system, pvt. 2 car dvwy, yard, lots of parking, great quiet neighborhood, built in 2006. Awesome Rental Opportunity! $650K Owner 718-704-6130 Ozone Park, just listed, 2 family, 4 BR, 2 full baths, S/S appli, granite countertops, fin bsmnt. Call now! Howard Beach Realty, 718-641-6800

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Hamilton Beach, Sat 10/15, 12-2PM, 102-15 164 Road, beautiful det 3 BR, 2 full baths. Lindenwood, Sat 10/15, 3:00-4:30PM, 151-25 88 St. Unit 1E, 2 BR JR Co-op. New Howard Beach, Sun 10/16, 2-4PM, 158-10 91 St. Brick Colonial, 3 BR, 2 baths. Old Howard Beach, Sat 10/22, 12-2PM, 96-15 160 Ave. Center Hall Colonial, 3 BR, 2 baths. Jerry Fink RE, 718-766-9175 Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Sat 10/15, 12-2PM, 163-53 91 St. 1 family Centerhall Colonial. Ozone Park, Sat 10/15, 2:304:30PM, 107-41 91 St. 1 family attached Colonial. Glen Cove, Sun 10/16, 2-4PM, 2 Viola Drive. Unique oversized split Colonial. C21 Amiable II, 718-835-4700

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Center hall Colonial, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths on a 40x100 lot, 1.5 car garage, wood floors, brick fireplace, huge backyard.

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OLD HOWARD BEACH TOTALLY RENOVATED HI-RANCH 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, open floor plan, raised ceilings, stainless steel appliances, granite countertop, deck leading to backyard. Surround sound, security & alarm system, 3 skylights. Hardwood & tile floors, CAC, Anderson windows, radiant and cast iron radiators, 3 heating zones, paved backyard w/ beautiful pond w/ waterfall, PVC fence.

Totally renovated 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, brick Colonial with a full finished basement. Tile throughout, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, updated bathrooms, lots of closets, sliding glass door to backyard. Outside entrance to basement. Diamond condition!

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Hi-Ranch in New Howard Beach on a 5,400 sq. ft. lot, corner property, kitchen, 2 sunrooms, 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, hardwood floors, enclosed terrace, 1 car garage with private driveway.

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LINDENWOOD 10/15/16 3-4:30PM OPEN HOUSE • SAT. 151-25 88TH ST UNIT #1E

High ceilings and plenty of closets, private backyard, garage, and driveway!!! 1st flr. walk-in 3 rooms with yard & full bath; 2nd flr. duplex 2 bedrooms, EIK, LR/DR Combo, full bath; 3rd flr. duplex 2 bedrooms, EIK, LR/DR combo, full bath. Great investment property. Live in your own Condo and collect rent! Close to schools and express bus to Manhattan. MUST SEE!!

Spacious, immaculate, two bedroom Jr 4 Co-op, eff kitchen, huge master bedroom, full bath. Lots of closets! Laundry room, storage room, and meeting room on premises. Just a short walk to express bus to NYC and local Lindenwood shopping center. Make this your new home in beautiful Howard Beach! Asking $155K. Call Natalie 347-935-7064

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SATURDAY 10/15/16 12-2PM 102-15 164TH ROAD Beautiful detached three bedroom on 30X80 lot, 2 full updated bathrooms and updated kitchen, tiled floors.

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This is a charming 2 bedroom garden Co-op, 1 full bath, LR, dining area, eff kitchen. This Co-op has plenty of windows and lots of closets. There is an outside facility for washer & dryer. There is a beautiful courtyard with benches. Near transportation, pets allowed. Owner is willing to listen to all offers.

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Addabbo defends his record

Conigliaro goes for it again

continued from page 18 more ethics control laws if he goes back to Albany next year. One of the top issues, he said, is stripping elected officials convicted of corruption of their pensions. “If you’re convicted in New York State, you should lose your pension,” he said. Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos were convicted of abusing their political positions late last year but it was reported that both will get to keep their pensions. The Assembly, controlled by Democrats, unanimously passed a bill to stop that practice, though the legislation would not have applied to Silver or Skelos’ cases, but the Republican-controlled Senate did not take a vote on it. Addabbo, who is seeking his fifth term in the upper chamber, also called for a term limit for state legislators — six terms, or 12 years. “That’s it,” he said. He did not say if he would hold himself to his proposed limit. On Albany-New York relations, he would also like to see Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio start to get along for the sake of the city. “We’ve had mayors and governors not get along before,” he said. “But when it

continued from page 19 Conigliaro would rather see the city and state invest in rental assistance programs to keep people in their homes and look to provide them with jobs. He would also like to see New York be a “resident only” state, meaning only people whose last known address was in the Empire State can be put in shelters here. Right now, New York houses anyone in need of shelter. “That would drop the homeless population by, I think it’s about 15 to 18 percent,” Conigliaro said. He would also like to see the city work with the faith-based shelters he once volunteered at. Faith-based shelters are houses of worship that volunteer services to homeless individuals — at no cost to the city or state, therefore not breaching the separation of church and state. The city once had a working relationship with faith-based shelters but in 2009 it enacted a rule stating shelters had to operate five days a week, or not at all. Since the churches, synagogues and mosques operated on a volunteer basis, it was difficult for many to comply with that rule. Conigliaro has joined thousands of protesters across the city decrying the city’s handling of the crisis. He defended the choice to protest outside the Brooklyn home of Steve Banks, commissioner of the Human Resources

starts to affect my constituents, that’s when I have to step in.” De Blasio, Addabbo said, could ask for the state for help on the homelessness crisis if he wasn’t feuding with Cuomo. The senator said he believes the two don’t get along simply because they’re two “very strong-headed people.” Addabbo has been work ing with Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) on issues affecting their district since 2011. Goldfeder has decided not to run for another term and has endorsed his predecessor’s daughter, Stacey Pheffer-Amato, in the race to replace him. Pheffer-Amato will go up agai nst Republica n A la n Zwi r n i n November. When asked of Pheffer-Amato’s ability to fill Goldfeder’s shoes, Addabbo said he was confident she’d do a good job, should she be elected. “Stacey’s been arou nd,” he said. “She’s familiar with all the issues Rockaway faces.” Asked about how Cross Bay Boulevard has recovered almost four years after Superstorm Sandy, Addabbo said most businesses have come back to life but there are still some problems spots. “It annoys me that the Staples is still empty,” he said of the vacant office supplies store, which shut down in 2014 Q despite reopening after the storm.

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HOWARD BEACH Garden Co-op, 2nd Floor, 3 BRs, very well maintained, pet friendly

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Hi-Rise co-op 1 bedrm., ALL REDONE. large terrace, new kit and new bath

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• Lindenwood Howard Beach • 3 Bedroom, 2 bath apartment on 2nd floor of private 2 family home. Renovated, 1 car garage space available for rent, available for November 1st move-in

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• Lindenwood • Exclusive to Century 21 Amiable II Studio For Sale - Completely mint renovated with a terrace. Common charges are $650, pay your own electric. Call Janice for private showing 718-490-8023

• Rockwood Park • 1 Family Centerhall Colonial4 bedrooms, 3 baths, living room, dining room, EIK, fi replace, radiant heat with granite floors, cedar closets, 2 car garage, granite in-ground pool, CAC, Lot Size-60x100.

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HOUSE • Maria of Amiable II Sun., 10/16 • 2-4 pm • 2 Viola Drive

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Administration, which oversees the Department of Homeless Services. “Sometimes to get to the general you have to talk to the soldiers,” he said. “He’ll get the message to his boss.” On education, Conigliaro blasted the Department of Education for implementing guidelines that, he said, make it easier for failing students to go on to the next grade. He also criticized the absence of cursive writing instruction in schools. Asked if he would vote to extend mayoral control, he said he would but added that he’s happy with the one-year extensions de Blasio has received the past two sessions. Speaking on de Blasio, Conigliaro said he’s no fan of him, criticizing his handling of education, policing and the homelessness crisis. “I think in three years he’s undone the 20 years of progress that we had under Giuliani and Bloomberg,” he said. “I don’t think Mayor de Blasio has the best interest of the people in mind.” Conigliaro is the executive director of the Queens County GOP and believes the borough may soon see more than one Republican elected official — Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) being the sole one. He believes the Republicans will maintain control of the state Senate by winning races upstate and on Long Island. Q

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• Glen Cove • Unique Oversized Split Corner Large property, family room with fireplace, solarium with access to in ground heated pool, huge eat-inkitchen with top-of-the-line appliances, 5 cedar closets, 3 bedrooms, formal dining room.

• Old Howard Beach • 1 Family Colonial - 4 BRs, 2 baths, living room, dining room, EIK, new windows in bath, 1st floor and bedrooms, new boiler, hot water heater and electric.

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Very unique 2 family, 3 floors, renovated fully, 5 BRs, 3 full baths, 2 half baths, porch. A must see!

Lovely det. Colonial/ Original molding, fireplace and banister. 4 BR, 2 full baths, near train

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Large Ranch (65x27 on 80x100 lot) 3 lg BRs/2 full baths, living room, large dining room, new roof, new appliances, beautiful hardwood floors, lg attic, pvt driveway. . Owner motivated

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HOWARD BEACH All new totally redone in 2016, stone front, siding, windows, roof. New kitchen w/SS appliances, granite, 4 BRs, 3 full baths.

HOWARD BEACH/HAMILTON BEACH

Asking $679K

Asking $659K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

80x100 Waterfront Property

Asking $390K

Lovely Cape on 50x100 lot, 4 BRs / 2 baths, large yard / needs TLC

Asking $599K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Brick and frame low Ranch (on 40x100). All new kitchen with granite counters/island, all new S.S. appliances, formal dining room, living room with vaulted ceiling, 3 BRs /1.5 baths, tile floors in kit and hallway, new doors, new pavers in driveway, full basement, will be finished, side and rear entrance, new rear deck Asking $649K

Colonial/stucco corner, 1 family on 100x40 lot. Setup now is doctor’s office on 1st floor – 4 exam rooms + reception area, 2nd floor – 2 Bedroom apt + extra room + 3.5 baths, private driveway, CAC

Asking $689K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK IN

Brand new mint, 3 BR/2 Bath, 2 stories, detached, granite countertop w/stainless steel appliances.

Asking $429K

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Very well maintained split-level home, spacious kitchen with large island, large open living room and dining area – 4 bedrooms/2 full baths – Huge family room, full finished bsmnt, paved yard with above ground pool. Ask $739K

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Large mother/daughter property with huge backyard. New hot water heater/boiler. 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 60X100.

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“In the End, My Immaculate Heart Will Triumph”

We will be praying the Holy Rosary in honor of

Our Lady of the Rosary (adjacent to the Lindenwood Shopping Center)

Our Lady said: “Pray the Rosary every day to obtain peace for the world... for she alone can be of any avail.” Please visit America Needs Fatima at AmericaNeedsFatima.org for more information about Our Lady of the Rosary.

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Be part of one of over 16,000 Rosary Rallies taking place all across America When: This Saturday, October 15 Time: 12:00PM Location: The corner of 153rd Ave. & 84th Street, Howard Beach, NY 11414