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Seven years after Sandy, nothing has been done to protect us PAGE 4 Shellbank Basin, the canal that separates Howard Beach from Hamilton Beach, overﬂowed its banks in 2012. The Army Corps of Engineers last weekend tried to explain why the latest plans to prevent that happening again were scrapped.

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All about this year’s general election Races for DA, public advocate, judges and 5 ballot proposals, to be decided by Ryan Brady Editor

t’s election time. Queens voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 5, to vote for district attorney, public advocate and judgeships, along with five ballot proposals that would amend the city charter. Folks don’t have to wait until Tuesday to vote, though. Early voting locations began operations on Oct. 26 and will be available through Sunday, Nov. 3. Polling places are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m on Election Day. Go online to nyc.poll sitelocator.com to find out where your early voting and general election polling places are located. District attorney Borough President Melinda Katz won a crowded Democratic primary race over the summer to replace the late District Attorney Richard Brown, who died in May. She faces Republican nominee Joe Murray, a defense attorney and former NYPD officer. Public advocate Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, a Democrat, will seek to fend off Republican City Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) and Libertarian Party candidate Devin Bal-

kind. The incumbent won a nonpartisan special election earlier this year for the office, which has few formal powers and has been used as a stepping stone to higher office. Judgeships Voters can pick six of the nine candidates running for state Supreme Court justice for the 11th Judicial District. The hopefuls are Donna-Marie Golia of Douglaston, Phillip Hom of Flushing, Maurice Muir of Jamaica, Joseph Kasper of South Ozone Park, Wyatt Gibbons of Flushing, Stephen Knopf of Oakland Gardens, Daniel Kogan of Richmond Hill, Lourdes Ventura of Richmond Hill and John Spataro of Broad Channel. Three of the four candidates running for Civil Court judge will be elected. Assemblywoman Michele Titus (D-South Ozone Park), Kevin Hanratty of Jackson Heights, Lumarie Maldonado-Cruz of the Bronx and Claudia Lanzetta of Flushing are running. Only one candidate — Alan Schiff of Far Rockaway — is on the ballot for Civil Court judge for Queens’ Fifth Municipal Court District. Ballot proposals Each of five ballot proposals would amend the City Charter. Proposal Number One would create a

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Since Sandy, little protection in place ‘People are tired of excuses,’ says frustrated Hamilton Beach resident by Michael Shain Editor

Last Saturday, Roger Gendron, president of the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association and the neighborhood’s leading selftaught expert on flood management, began a PowerPoint presentation on the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Gendron said he was going to show the 80 or so people at a rally in Old Howard Beach a graphic indicating how much of the area had been protected by f lood resiliency measures in the seven years since Sandy. T he screen went blank. “Zero percent,” he said. “ Noth i ng has been done to protect the community.” On the eve of the Oct. 29 anniversary of the storm that devastated Old Howard Beach, Hamilton Beach — including one death — and parts of New Howard Beach, officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation appeared before an ad hoc community group called Protect Our Community, formed last year by Gendron to push for greater storm-

protection measures. The central item on the agenda was why the biggest part of the government’s floodresiliency plan had been abruptly canceled earlier this year. The application for $75 million to construct a 15-foot high berm through Spring Creek Park, a project nearly six years in the preparation stages, was turned down by the Federal Emergency Management Administration last summer as not cost-effective. “The way it works is that you pretty much have to have $75 million worth of benefits to the community to get that one-to-one ratio,” explained Steve Zahn, regional director of the DEC. FEMA ruled the value of the proper t y at r isk in Howard Beach did not match, he said. Cliff Jones, the chief of the planning division for the USACE, said officials hoped to find money to keep the Spring Creek project alive by sliding it into another federal program designed to preserve the ecosystem of the Hudson River Basin. But the bureaucratic sleight of hand meant a delay of several more years, Jones said.

Cliff Jones of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, above, told homeowners the state and his agency are looking for ways to revive a stalled $75 million project to protect Howard Beach from a PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN; FILE PHOTO, LEFT repeat of the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, left. “People are tired of excuses, tired of hearing why not,” said Gary Robertson of Hamilton Beach, capturing the frustration in the room. Meanwhile, the USACE and Mayor de Blasio on Tuesday announced that construction would begin soon on long-awaited groins — stone jetties that extend from the beach into the ocean to prevent the sand from washing away— in the Rockways.

Five existing groins would be extended and 13 new ones built between Beach 9th to Beach 149th streets, according to the announcement. Local officials had long called for more groins to be built to preserve the sand and prevent beach closures like the one in 2018 that wrecked the season for many Q local businesses

Dog shot, but cops can’t find owner Lindenwood woman hospitalized for four days after being mauled by Michael Shain

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Officers mark off the scene where a cop shot a loose dog suspected of attacking a Lindenwood woman. PHOTO COURTESY CITIZEN APP

A quiet Saturday afternoon in Lindenwood was shattered last weekend when a police officer had to shoot a loose dog suspected of mauling a passerby. Authorities on Tuesday were still trying to locate the owner of two pit bulls found roaming the area at 151st Avenue and 79th Street. A 64-year-old Lindenwood woman who was bitten in both arms and a leg was hospitalized for four days following the attack, according to a family member. The incident began shortly before noon on Saturday when police were summoned to the neighborhood by a report of a woman who’d been mauled by a stray dog. The woman — who has asked that her name be withheld — was walking her Maltese mix near her home when two pit bulls went for her dog, according to her niece. “When she picked up her dog, they lunged at her trying to get the dog,” said the neice, Neighbors ran to the woman’s aid while others phoned for help. When police arrived, they were able to corner the two pit bulls a block south of Linden Boulevard. When one of the dogs charged a police officer, the cop drew his gun and fired several shots, striking but not killing

the animal. On a video recorded by an onlooker, the sound of gunfire can clearly be heard. The video then showed a wounded dog running down the street with several officers on foot chasing it. The spokeswoman said police have not yet been able to determine who owns the dogs. The dogs were handed over to Animal Care and Control after being captured and taken to a Humane Society shelter. Authorities told the woman’s family that the dogs appeared to be well cared for and have all their vaccinations. The wounded dog had received medical attention, they said. Neither dog had been euthanized as of last Wednesday, she was told. The woman suffered muscle, ligament and nerve damage from the attack. “She is going to need a lot of surgery in the next few months,” said the niece, Despite the severity of the attack, the woman and her family do not blame the dogs, said the niece. “A lot of people in our community have pits,” said the niece. “I have two pit mixes. “It’s not the dogs’ fault. It comes down to training and Q ownership,” she said.

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The Howard Beach Kiwanis Club’s annual Halloween Parade had enough superheroes last Saturday to save the world from just about any villians. The line of march down Cross Bay Boulevard — newly repaved for the first time in more than 20 years — stretched for blocks as hundreds of neighborhood kids walked and waved their way to the foot of the Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge for hot dogs, pizza, games

and rides. Above left, Kiwanis Club President Abe Garcia, right, posed with a member of the Beach Channel High School marching band and the parade’s grand marshal, Brig, Gen. Pat Alesia (ret.). Boy Scout Troop 237, above right, marched behind its banner near the head of the parade. Leading the march, above center, were Alesia, left,

Ronnie B. West, a retired Marine Corps master sergeant, pushing 98-year-old World War II veteran Ermondo Puccio and Colonel Rick Rhodes (ret.). The Kiwanis-sponsored Halloween Parade has been a fall fixture in Howard Beach for many years. Residents who can recall marching in it as youngsters now bring their own children. — Michael Shain

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S. Oz. Park Library reopens The South Ozone Park Library is open again after a long summer shutdown to rebuild the roof. At the reopening ceremonies last week, Councilwoman Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica), above, a longtime member of the Queens Public Library’s board of directors, read to the children to welcome them back.

The branch at 128-16 Rockaway Blvd. had been open but shrouded in construction scaffolding for nearly two years, ever since the roof of the building began to show signs of giving way. Library goers used a mobile van during the rebuild. — Michael Shain

The debris falling off elevated subway tracks is getting bigger. A chuck of metal weighing about 15 pounds came crashing through the back window of a livery cab on Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park Tuesday. The metal debris was so heavy it broke through protective netting stretched under the tracks specifically to catch junk before it falls to the street below. No one was reported injured by the debris but both the driver and her passenger told WCBS they were shook up by the incident. “I just literally left that spot 15 seconds before it happened,” the cab’s passenger, who identified himself as Anthony Olivencia, told the TV station. The driver said she had just pulled over on the side of Liberty Avenue at 100th Street when she head the crash. Last week, a rusty bolt shattered the sunroof of a parked car in Long Island City. There have been more than a dozen incidents of debris falling from elevated

Liberty Avenue at 100th Street is the site of the latest falling debris. GOOGLE MAPS IMAGE subways lines in Queens so far this year. MTA President Andy Byford told reporters at a new conference that the agency usually checks the safety baskets under tracks every two days. But the increased frequency of falling debris has pushed the MTA to re-evaluate how it can prevent future incidents. “Items sometimes become loose because of vibration, but at the end of the day, one piece of debris falling off the overhead is one piece too many,” Q Byford said.

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The only thing missing is voters Good news, though: Early voting launches without an early glitch by Michael Shain Editor

Predictions of very low turnout for New York City’s first-ever early voting — which began last Saturday — have so far been right on target. This week’s launch is, in essence, a dry run for next April’s presidential primary election and the general election in November, when turnout is expected to be heavy, if not historic. If only a trickle of early voters was expected this time around, the absence of any technical difficulties in the complicated process has been a pleasant surprise, poll workers said. “It’s gone a lot better than expected,” said a Board of Elections technician. One BOE official said Resorts Wo r l d C a s i n o will likely be the busiest of the 14 sites in Queens. “People are a l r e a d y go i n g Reaching the voting machines there, so they fig- on the sixth floor of Resorts ure they might as World Casino is a hike, but well vote too,” poll workers are stationed Q along the way to direct voters. she said.

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ommon sense and studies agree: If there’s one thing students need in order to succeed, it’s a stable home life. But for 114,085 New York City public schoolchildren — about 10 percent of the total — such an environment is impossible to achieve. That’s because they’re homeless. Until this year, the number of homeless students in the public school system had been steadily increasing since the 2014-15 academic year, according to Advocates for Children, the group reporting the numbers based on state data. Last year it peaked at 114,659. We can only hope this year’s minimal decrease turns out to be more than the blip it appears to be and starts a trend. These numbers demonstrate in a tragic way how difficult it is for the city to focus on the basics when it comes to the schools. The time that educators have to spend as social workers and crisis counselors cannot go toward teaching the three Rs. And that can be harmful to all students, those with homes and those without. Homelessness obviously can have a major impact on a child’s performance. According to AFC, 29 percent of homeless students passed state reading exams, and 27 percent passed the math tests — about 20 percentage points

below other kids. And 57 percent of them graduate high school, compared to 76 percent overall. The city is trying to cope with the problem, but is overwhelmed by the overall homeless crisis. According to the education publication Chalkbeat, the Department of Education plans to spend $12 million more this year on new supports for homeless students, including the hiring of new coordinators and social workers to help homeless students and more training for educators. Mayor de Blasio reportedly had cut the funding for new social workers in his first budget plan but it was restored under pressure from other officials and advocates. The administration has to understand what an important component of the homeless crisis this is. With homelessness not ebbing, maybe a program like Home Stability Support, the brainchild of Forest Hills Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, should be given a chance. It’s designed to keep families from becoming homeless in the first place. It’s easy to think one more program won’t do what so many others have failed to do, but with numbers like these, what do we have to lose? We can’t continue to have one in 10 students living in a shelter or in someone else’s home. This crisis must be better addressed somehow.

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Assembly endangers us Dear Editor: “Is everyone out there crazy, or is it just me?” asks Arthur Fleck, aka “The Joker,” in a hit film depicting New York as a dark dystopia run by clowns, criminals and crazies. It’s a case of art imitating life, thanks to liberal legislators in Albany. They refuse to vote on a bill that would keep dangerous people like Isaiah Thompson off our subways. Police arrested him for slamming a woman’s head into a train at a Brooklyn station. This was shortly after Thompson allegedly pushed a 58-year-old man into an F train at Jamaica’s 179th Street station. Why was he allowed on the subway at all? The 23-year-old Thompson is a poster boy for banning menacing thugs from our transit system. His rap sheet over the past two years includes 18 arrests for subway-related crimes, including slashing a man at Brooklyn’s Jay Street-MetroTech station and causing more than 700 train delays by pulling emergency brakes. Gov. Cuomo supports legislation to ban repeat offenders from mass transit. The state Senate passed a bill to do that. But the Assembly, led by felon-friendly Speaker Carl Heastie, refuses to vote on the bill, insisting that “the current penalties are sufficient” (New York Post, Oct. 26). An Assembly Democrat, speaking anonymously, blamed this situation on liberal lawmakers’ reluctance to go on record in © Copyright 2019 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 responsiblefor 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., 71-19 80th St., Suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385.

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ot only does it take forever to get most major public projects built these days, it seems like once they’re done, too many of them have serious structural problems — especially those hailed as innovative architectural marvels. First it was the $3.9 billion Oculus, the bizarroworld structure atop the new World Trade Center transit hub, which looks like a cross between a dinosaur skeleton and a first draft of the truly groundbreaking (and well-built) TWA Flight Center at Kennedy Airport. The Oculus still leaks, while the 1962 terminal has been reborn as the heart of a chic hotel. Then there was the replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge. It also cost $3.9 billion, but dozens of bolts on it immediately broke, prompting an investigation. Now it’s the $41 million Hunters Point Library in Long Island City. With great views and innovative spaces, it too sprang a leak and has lots of cracks in its brand-new concrete floors. Repairs are underway. When it comes to melding design with solid engineering, can’t anybody here play this game anymore?

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favor of any tough-on-crime measures. “They really don’t want to increase any penalties of any kind,” the legislator said. That’s unacceptable. I demand to know how my district’s assemblyman, Daniel Rosenthal, stands on this issue. Is he a public safety supporter or social justice snowflake? Queens voters deserve an answer from all of our borough’s Assembly members, including: Stacey Pheffer Amato, David Weprin, Nily Rozic, Edward Braunstein, Andrew Hevesi, Michele Titus, Alicia Hyndman, Brian Barnwell, Jeffrion Aubrey, Aravella Simotas, Catherine Nolan, Michael Miller, Catalina Cruz, Vivian Cook, Ron Kim, Clyde Vanel and Michael Den Dekker. All of them face re-election next year. The Chronicle and other media must hold their feet to the fire. Voters deserve accountability. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

Ban subway bad guys Dear Editor: Suspect Isaiah Thompson the other day allegedly slammed a woman into a subway car. He also has been arrested for various other subway crimes in the past. Meanwhile, there are others who have been arrested for deplorable subway crimes that I find most appalling. These individuals are endangering those who travel by subway. I therefore agree with Gov. Cuomo, who said there ought to be a law under which these repeat offenders be banned from the subway system. The state Legislature has stalled on this type of legislation, which I find most sad. There are some that say this can’t be done. Well, we live in a technological age and since we implant animals with comput-

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er chips, why can’t we do the same with repeat subway offenders? There are other things that could be done in time, like facial recognition and possibly in the future fingerprint or eye recognition on each MetroCard or on credit cards. Something would say, “Not allowed to enter.” This would alert police that a banned suspect has entered the subway. I ask the state Legislature to get this done, and now! Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks

Koz disses Rego Park Dear Editor: I read with interest the Chronicle article questioning Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz’s decision to say yes to the jail in Kew Gardens and what the councilwoman got in exchange (“What Koslowitz got for ‘yes’ vote on jail,” Oct. 24). Mostly everything that she received went to the people in Forest Hills and Kew Gardens. What did the people in Rego Park get, lighting under the underpass on Union Turnpike? Again, shafted by this councilwoman. I am sorry but everything that she does is for Forest Hills and that is it. I, for one, in Rego Park, am sick and tired of everything being done for Forest Hills. She was supposed to get the new library for Rego Park two and a half years ago from our mayor when she said yes to the bike lanes in Rego Park. Yes, give them the bike lanes and then I will let you know if I want them in Forest Hills. Absolutely not in Forest Hills. Two years later and guess what? No bike lanes in Forest Hills because she saw firsthand what happened when they put them in Rego Park. Isn’t she the councilwoman for Rego Park also? I am not sure if the Chronicle will even print this letter because they seem to like her very much. Kathleen Schatz Rego Park

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Trump, backers full of hate Dear Editor: I must respond to a letter by Ed Konecnik featured in your Oct. 3 edition, “Dems blinded by the hate.” He calls the Democrats “haters” because they’ve opposed President Trump on many policy issues and on the way he has governed this country. Let me tell you who the real haters are: Trump and his “base.” They hate immigrants. They hate Hispanics. They hate blacks. They hate gays. They hate Muslims. They hate powerful women. They hate the TV media. They call the press the “enemy of the people.” Trump incites violence. He makes fun of disabled people. He ridicules Gold Star families. Trump refused to admit that John McCain was a war hero. (In fact McCain, in advance, announced that he wanted Trump to be banned from his funeral). Trump said that many of the people in the neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, Va. were “fine people.” Everybody knows that those stupid red hats that his followers wear really mean “Make America White Again.” Because of this unfit and criminal person in the White House the United States has become an embar rassment around the world. I’ll end by asking Ed the following question: “Isn’t it true that if Bill Clinton or Barack Obama went to London or Paris next week, thousands of people would be there cheering them? And if Donald Trump went there, thousands of people would be in the streets protesting and jeering him? You know the answer, Ed. If you’re honest, Ed, you’ll admit that you’re backing the wrong horse and that you and the Republican Party will go down the Trump sinking ship in November 2020. Robert Vogel Bayside

Trump betrays Kurds Dear Editor: During the past three years of “bury the hatchet,” Trump used this vicious weapon to fire dozens of aides and officials. He recently elevated this sinister technique to a new level. Mr. 45 and Turkish President Erdogan buried “their” hatchet. Yes, but in the back of the Kurds! This outrageous betrayal of our ally, which helped America destroy ISIS, created a Russia-Turkey “deal” that gave them the green light to launch slaughter and ethnic cleansing on Syrian Kurds. Presidential historians will document Trump’s crackpot idea as a bloodstain on America’s bond of honor! Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

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Dear Editor: For those people who laud the president for his tax cuts, it seems our extra takehome pay will flow back to corporations and other businesses through higher prices caused by his expanding tariff programs. In the meantime, our federal debt and deficits continue to grow, and our economy is slowing. Recent forecasts predict a 1.8 percent GDP growth rate for the third quarter, down from 2.1 percent in the second quarter and 3.2 percent in the first quarter. The slowing economy is understandable since spending normally decreases as prices increase, and consumer spending accounts for approximately 60 percent of the U.S. economy. A weakening economy does not bode well for Mr. Trump, who is depending on a strong economy for his re-election. However, if h i r i ng slows a nd capit al i nvest ment declines, a slide into a recession is a real possibility, though no one is mentioning that word — yet.

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Murray, Crowley talk issues in Bayside Civic group hears from GOP DA hopeful and potential boro president candidate by Ruth Montesa

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Hillary vs. Trump once again The year is 2016 and Hillary Clinton is being played by a 17-year-old high school senior in a hijab named Misbah, above. Donald Trump is portrayed by a classmate, Daniel, top, whose parents are Ukranian immigrants. For 20 years, Townsend Harris High School has staged a school-wide civic lesson on the American political system — a full-blown mock presidential election conducted in real time by students. “The Candidates,” an 80-minute docuFor the latest news visit qchron.com

works,” said Murray. When asked what his position is on allowBayside Hills residents heard from one of ing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcethe district attorney candidates and one likely ment agents to arrest people in the Queens courthouses he stated that he would allow it. borough president hopeful on Tuesday. Commenting on the lawsuit by state AttorAlthough the Bayside Hills Civic Association promised a Meet the Candidates Night ney General Letitia James and Brooklyn Disfor public advocate and Queens district attor- trict Attorney Eric Gonzalez seeking to prevent ICE agents from arresting people in ney hopefuls at Tuesday’s general meeting, York State courthouses, he said N only Republican Queens DA nomineee s v n o tesNew ee “I hope it’s dismissed.” Joe Murray showed. His Democratu Q Former southwestern Queens ic rival, Borough President MelinCouncilwoman Elizabeth Crowley da Katz, had a scheduling conflict also paid a surprise visit to the that prevented her from attending meeting. She is considered a likely the meeting. candidate for borough president; a Murray, a defense attorney and special election for the office would former NYPD cop, asked those in 201 9 be held if Katz wins the district attorney the audience to “Raise your hand if you know the last politician who was indicted by election. Crowley, a Democrat, told the audience the DA.” No one did. The candidate spoke of forming an elite that if she runs, she’d do so under the “Fair unit called the “Untouchable Squad” to seek Share” platform of getting Queens its fair out corruption and prosecute white-collar share of money for its infrastructure projects. “Queens is 30 percent of the overall city crime. “The DA’s Office has the unique ability population, but we don’t get our fair share of to hire their own investigative force,” he said. Murray also talked about his opposition to money,” said Crowley. “We need to harness Mayor de Blasio’s plan to close the Rikers what we have.” When Crowley was asked after the meetIsland jail complex and replace it with borough-based facilities. “What gets me is that ing about how she would address homelessnone of [the borough presidents] said ‘not in ness she said, “If somebody goes homeless, we have to do everything we can to keep my borough,” said Murray. As a cop who served for 15 years from them within their network. ... I believe we 1987 to 2002, he saw that prosecuting crimi- need a multiagency task force to combat it.” Earlier in the meeting The Rick Skutch nal acts, even low-level misdemeanors, helped to lower crime as former Mayor Rudy Guil- Scholarship Award was given to Boy Scout iani and former Police Commissioner Bill Troop 142 and Den Leader Neal Kwait accepted the Certificate of Appreciation for Bratton did in the 1990s. “I may be old-fashioned, but deterrence the Scout’s community service to Bayside. Q Chronicle Contributor

mentary by filmmakers Alexandra Stregiou and Lexi Henigman about the mock Townsend election of 2016, is set to make its TV debut next Tuesday, Nov. 5, on Fuse TV, the youth-oriented cable TV channel. The election includes most of the elements of the real campaign — which was taking place at the same time — including TV coverage on “TNN” (the Townsend News Network), debates and students assigned to play the candidates’ spouses. — Michael Shain

Discount rides to early voting Ridesharing companies Lyft and Uber are offering discounted rides to all city early poll sites through Nov. 3. NYC Votes made the announcement last Thursday. Voters can visit Voting.NYC and click “Where to Vote” to find their early voting poll sites, which usually will differ from their poll site on Election Day. Lyft users may receive 50 percent off one ride to an early voting poll site, up to $5, while they are available. Voters must use the code NYCVOTES when requesting a driver. Uber users may receive $10 off their

ride to an early voting poll site by using the code NYSVOTES2019 upon requesting a driver. The Lyft offer is available only within the city, while Uber’s is statewide. Polls will be closed on Nov. 4. Election Day is Nov. 5. There are no discounts for that day. For more information about the candidates in each race — for district attorney, public advocate and a number of judgeships — and five City Charter initiatives on the ballot, voters can visit Voting.NYC Q and click “Read the Voter Guide.”

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$1.7B bike and bus lane plan moves on Corey Johnson’s brainchild will see more space for public commuters by David Russell Associate Editor

A $1.7 billion plan to add hundreds of miles of bus and protected bike lanes in the city is moving forward after Mayor de Blasio supported City Council Speaker Corey Johnson’s (D-Manhattan) measure. The goals of the “Streets Master Plan” are to add 150 miles of dedicated bus lanes and 250 miles of protected bike lanes within five years. It would also give signal priority for public transit at nearly 5,000 intersections and create one million new square feet of space for pedestrians within two years. The Department of Transportation would also have to release a street-safety plan every five years under the proposal. All 11 of the 13 Transportation Committee members of the City Council were in favor of the measure, sending it to the full City Council on Wednesday. The first plan will be due by December 2021, de Blasio’s final month in office. It is widely expected that Johnson will run for the office. “Our administration will do all the ground work to get ready to ramp up to that much higher level and then, my successor will take it forward,” de Blasio said Monday on “Inside City Hall.” Johnson spoke about the plan at a rally at

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson’s $1.7 billion plan to add 250 miles of protected bike lanes FILE PHOTO in the city is moving forward. City Hall on Tuesday. “The piecemeal way we plan our streets has made no sense for far too long and New Yorkers have paid the price every day stuck on slow buses or as pedestrians or cyclists on dangerous streets,” he said. Johnson added that the city will be a “much more livable and enjoyable place to call home.” The city currently has 1,250 miles of bike lanes with nearly 40 percent of them protected.

Cycling activists have rallied for more bike lanes as 25 people have been killed riding bicycles in 2019 compared to 10 in 2018. In July, Johnson told NY1 “it’s time to reclaim our streets for pedestrians and cyclists.” He added, “Enough of putting cars number 1 and making cars the king of the road. You’re literally taking your life in your hands if you’re not biking in a protected bike lane.” Not everyone is a fan of the plan.

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) spoke of his objection to the plan in a statement emailed before the Council voted on Wednesday, saying his district has been looking for more public transit options and can’t vote in favor of any long-term plan without guarantees it will improve transit deserts in the area. “The plan does not even explain how it will achieve its goals or where it will gather the projected cost of $1.7 billion,” he said. Holden added that he agrees with protected bike lanes and bus lanes when they are “well thought out and responsive to the input of the community, but that is something I have rarely seen from the [DOT]. A one-size-fits-all approach does not work in a city with such diverse landQ scapes as New York.”

Corrections The Oct. 24 article “Sea of pink brightens a gray day in Queens” cited only the figures for participant registration and fundraising for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk that were listed online. The totals were approximately 20,000 walkers and $700,000 raised. The Oct. 24 article “All quiet on the Western front” misstated the location of Councilman Q Rafael Espinal’s district. It is in Brooklyn.

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Greening up Woodhaven Boulevard On Woodhaven Boulevard, the first of 15 eggplant-colored planters brimming with juniper, yucca, ivy and annuals were installed this week. Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), center right with red tie, who steered funds to the $40,000 revitalization project, recruited the Queens Botanical Garden to provide the

new planters that are being placed on the Woodhaven Boulevard median strips for several blocks north and south of Jamaica Avenue. “We wanted to add some green to the concrete jungle,” said Ulrich at the unveiling. The new planters replace the old cement ones that had not been replanted in years and had become receptacles for litter, said Raquel

Olivares, second from right, executive director of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District, which will take over maintenance of the planters after next year. Ulrich said he is negotiating to bring similar planters to Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach and Lindenwood. — Michael Shain

The Middle Village Library will close on Nov. 8 for a n i nter ior maintenance project. The library, located at 72-31 Metropolitan Ave., is expected to reopen in February 2020. Mobile librar y ser vice will be provided on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting Nov. 15. Residents are asked to visit other Queens Public Librar y locations i nclud i ng Nor t h Forest Pa rk at 98-27 Metropolitan Ave. in Forest Hills, which is accessible by the Q23 and Q54 buses; the Glendale branch at The Shops at Atlas Park, locat ed at 80 - 0 0 Coop e r Ave., which is accessible from the Q55, Q54, Q47 and Q29 lines; and the Maspeth branch at 69-70 Grand Ave. in Maspeth, accessible from the Q18, Q58, Q59 and Q67 buses. Self check-in is always open at the Maspeth branch. Materials may be returned to any Queens Public Library location. To renew materials by phone, call (718) 990-8508 or renew online at queenslibrary.org/myaccount. A PIN is required for renewing Q materials online.

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As Frances Dottino, a case manager with the city Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, said, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” Dottino was speaking to about a dozen people on how to properly wipe out rats at last Thursday’s two-hour “Rat Academy Training,” held at the Jewish Center in Jackson Heights and sponsored by Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz (D-Corona) in partnership with Community Board 3. Recent concerns over a proliferation of rats in the Jackson Heights area brought the free session about pest control, specifically rats, with Dottino and Martha Morales, a Health Department community coordinator, providing brochures titled “Preventing Rats on Your Property” and “How to Control Pests Safely.” Morales stood in front of a PowerPoint presentation outlining the best ways to keep rats out and to eradicate them once they’re in. One of the best ways is by not leaving any food or water around. “A rat can live on just an ounce of food and water a day,” said Morales. When hiring an exterminator, Morales reminded everyone, get one licensed by the city. She advises property owners to ask to see how and where they place poisons and baits. “The licensed exterminator should not have

Martha Morales of the city Health Department addresses rat control. a problem with walking through with you,” said Morales. Commercial and multiunit property owners must hire a pest-control company; homeowners without tenants can place rodent bait themselves. Dottino inspects Queens properties that are dispatched to her from 311 complaints. Although a property owner can deny access to an inspector, the inspector can still issue a violation if an infraction is viewed from a neighboring property where the inspector is given access. “If you let me in and I see a problem, I

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will help you,” said Dottino. “I have the flexibility to work with you.” She added, “I will not write a ticket if I see a rat just running through your property to get to the other property.” Some in the audience complained about food vendors who leave their trash in plastic bags that often attract rats. “When they leave, they don’t take their garbage with them,” said one man. They are supposed to, however. Another complained about a green property near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that has prompted numerous 311 calls.

“I see rats all over by the highway,” another man said. Several complained about neighbors who don’t seem to act on their rat problem. “My neighbor doesn’t care how they pile their garbage and then the rats come,” said one woman. Dottino reminded everyone that a picture showing evidence of a sanitation or infestation infraction, uploaded to the 311 portal, cannot be used to issue a violation. “I physically have to see it,” she explained. Nuala O’Doherty, president of the Jackson Heights Beautification Group, shared her successful method of using feral cats to get rid of rats at the group’s compost site on 69th Street and 35th Avenue. However, they only moved to another one of the group’s locations, on 37th Avenue. And Morales warned of secondary poisoning of cats who ingest poisoned rats. Elle Russell, 38, from the Bronx, drove with two friends to learn how to deal with the rat problem in her neighborhood. “I was walking in the early evening and a rat bumped against my feet with such force,” said Russell. Soon after that she looked on the agency’s website to find the next “Rat Academy Training” and came down hoping to win one of the coveted rodent-resistant garbage cans that were raffled off. She did. For information on future Rat Academy Q Training, visit nyc.gov/rats.

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All in a day’s woodsy work Forest Park on the borders of Woodhaven, Glendale and Richmond Hill comes by its name honestly. The 538-acre park is substantially woodland, with a golf course and an amusement park carved out. Some 79 volunteers, above, working for the Natural Areas Conservancy did the

rough work last weekend of going into the underbrush and parts of the park without trails to improve it. Most were Queens College students and Explorer Scouts. They cleared out two trails and planted 200 native trees, shrubs and plugs at three different sites. — Michael Shain

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What’s on Queens voters’ ballots in this year’s general election continued from page 2 offices in question. It would also require the city to hold special elections in response to vacancies in city offices “generally” in 80 days. The timeline is now 60 days for mayor and 45 days for comptroller, public advocate, borough president and City Council. The first proposal would also change the timeline for redrawing the boundaries of City Council districts so the process takes place before candidates are allowed to gather petitions to make it on the ballot. The Civilian Complaint Review Board — which investigates allegations of NYPD misconduct against New Yorkers — would be strengthened by Proposal Number Two if it passes. The CCRB would be able to delegate to its executive director the power to issue and pursue enforcement of subpoenas for investigations. Additionally, the NYPD commissioner would have to provide a written explanation whenever she or he decides not to accept a recommendation for disciplining a particular officer made by the board or the NYPD deputy or assistant deputy commissioner for trials. The ballot proposal would also let the CCRB probe the truth of any statement made by an officer in one of its investigations or resolutions of a complaint made against the officer in question and, if appropriate, recommend discipline. The proposal would also impact the board’s composition and size, increasing it from 13 to 15 members. One of the two new members — appointed jointly by the mayor and Council speaker — would chair the board. The other new member would be appointed by the public advocate. Additionally, the proposal would dictate that the CCRB get enough funding to have an employee head count equal to 0.65 percent that of the NYPD’s uniformed officers. Ethics is the third proposal’s focus. If enacted, the measure

The New York Hall of Science in Corona is one of Queens’ PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN early voting locations. would ban elected and senior-level appointed officials from appearing before the agency they worked in for two years after they exit the city’s municipal workforce. It would apply to those who leave office after Jan. 1, 2022. The proposal would also replace two mayoral appointees on the Conflicts of Interest Board with one appointed by the public advocate and another by the city comptroller. COIB members would be banned from participating in political campaigns for city government offices. The proposal would also reduce the amount of money that members can con-

tribute in elections to the same limit faced by those who do business with the city. The measure would require the citywide director of the minority- and women-owned businesses program to report directly to the mayor. Additionally, the proposal would mandate that the director would be supported by the Mayor’s Office of Minority- and Women-owned Businesses. The proposal would also mandate that the city government’s corporation counsel be approved by the City Council. Proposal Number Four would permit the city to use a “rainy day fund” to store money to use in the future, like in times of financial crisis. The measure being passed wouldn’t immediately let the city go forward with the fund, though: State law would also have to be changed. The fourth proposal would also set minimum budgets for the offices of public advocate and borough president. Additionally, it would require the mayor to notify the Council within 30 days if he or she makes changes to the city’s spending plan that require a budget modification. If the measure passes, the mayor would have to give the Council a non-property tax revenue estimate by April 26, rather than June 5, which the law requires now. The fifth ballot proposal concerns land use. It would make the Department of City Planning send a detailed summary of projects requiring Uniform Land Use Review Procedure approval to the relevant borough president, borough board and community board at least 30 days before an application is certified for public review. The DCP would also have to publish the summary on its website. The agency would also have to give community boards more time to review ULURP applications certified by the DCP for public review between June 1 and July 15, going beyond the 60-day period for applications certified in June and 17 days for Q those certified between July 1 and the next July 15.

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NYPD suicides near 25-year-old record A look at the previous epidemic and prevention efforts then and now by David Russell

Other internal options include the Chaplain’s Unit and the Employee Assistance Unit. Since 2014, an average of five city offi“Police striving to find ways of combating rising suicides” — The New York Times cers have taken their own lives per year, according to reports. headline, Sept. 8, 1994. Answers can be tough to come by. Ber“10 NYPD Officers have died by suicide nard Kerik, the NYPD commissioner in in 2019” — Time.com headline, Oct. 16. NYPD officers were killing themselves 2000 and 2001, said, “I’ve never seen it like in record numbers as the department tried to this,” during an August appearance on The figure out how to stop it in 1994, when a Joe Piscopo Show, following the eighth suirecord 12 cops took their own lives. That cide in the department this year. “When a guy has a gun it’s a lot easier to surpassed the previous record of 10, set in 1987. Now the number has reached double- do something like this than if he didn’t,” Kerik said. digits again in 2019. The suicides in 1987 led the department “These last months have been a shock to all of us and we’ve come to the view that to add to its employee-assistance programs a we’ve got to put everything that we can on the confidential hotline for troubled officers. It table to see what will work,” Mayor de Blasio also started an in-house poster campaign announcing help was available to officers. said at a news conference last Thursday. The department asked a nonprofit, the The NYPD has begun a $1.2 million program for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to New York City Police Foundation, to sponsor a film with the aim of provide confidential reducing suicide. In emergency psychiat1991, the 39-minute ric care for officers m ov ie “ B y T h e i r seeking help in a new t’s a job where there’s Own Hand” was program called “Finshow n to off icers. est Care.” no press if you do good The film examined The program the story of one cop i n cl u d e s 2 4 - h o u r and it’s really harsh if who died and the near phone-based counselyou make a mistake.” deaths of two others. ing services, compreJonathan David, hensive evaluation — Filmmaker Jonathan David who h a d d i rect ed and mental health “Four Lives: Portraits assessments, medicaof Manic Depression” tion management and psychotherapy services and counseling refer- for PBS, was tabbed to make the film. “It takes a certain kind of person to ral services. “Historically, members of law enforcement become a cop,” David told a sociologist, he have been reluctant to seek help, seeing them- recalled in an interview with the Chronicle. The sociologist disagreed. selves as providers, not receivers of help,” “It’s the culture that changes them,” he said Dr. Steven Corwin, president and CEO of the hospital. “Finest Care can break that cycle said. “They don’t start out as ‘a cop,’ they and provide the best care available to our become ‘a cop.’” David, who said he had trouble finding city’s officers, to whom we owe a great debt.” Numbers have fluctuated over the years. people willing to talk for the documentary, There were zero suicides in 1982. Five years said mental health wasn’t talked about as later, there were 10. In 1992, there was one. much back then. “It was a world that nobody could quite Then, in 1994, the figure jumped to 12. Eleven took their own lives in 1995. Police understand because suicide is hard enough Organization Providing Peer Assistance to understand ... Police, I think it’s very hard to get inside their world and very hard to began in 1996 in response to the onslaught. understand it,” he said. David also said there is a stigma associated with admitting a problem. “There’s nowhere to turn in police culture because if you say you’re really upset and you’re really feeling terrible, the first thing they do is take away your gun and reassign you to a desk job,” he said. “They take away your identity in some ways.” He said the best response he received to the film was one officer telling him, “I don’t know where you’re from. As far as I’m concerned you’re from Mars. But you really got this right.” The film was shown as part of two ongoing training programs conducted twice a year by the department. Officers participating in the The NYPD is looking for answers in stopping a program were asked to fill out a pre-training suicide epidemic within the department that is questionnaire for a study by the NYPD and Columbia University and 5,197 officers filled FILE PHOTO nearing record numbers. Associate Editor

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Deputy Chief Steven Silks killed himself in early June. He is one of 10 NYPD officers to take their FILE PHOTO own lives this year as the epidemic nears the tragic high of 12, set in 1994. it out. Immediately after the film and a discussion, another questionnaire was administered with 6,149 officers filling it out. Six months after the training sessions, another questionnaire drew more than 18,700 responses. As part of her study, André Ivanoff, of the Columbia School of Social Work, found the survey indicated police viewed interpersonal problems, depression and substance abuse as primary reasons for suicide, not the generalized stress of police work. Of 57 police suicides reported by the NYPD between 1985 and mid-1994, all but four were committed with the officer’s service revolver. Ivanoff believed that police suicides were underreported and often classified as accidents to spare an officer’s family from embarrassment. Coming forward for help meant a risk of having their weapon removed and joining the “Rubber Gun Club.” “Losing your guns means you’re a psycho,” retired police officer Peter Mancuso told The New York Times in 1994. “Cops handle psychos as people who are restrained and taken to mental hospitals. If a cop loses his gun, he joins the ranks of the psychos.” Statistics collected from January 1990 through December 1993 showed referrals rose from an average of about 75 per month to nearly double that once the pre-training questionnaire was administered. In 1994, Ivanoff said, due to the project, “Attitudes toward getting help, specifically toward the use of helping resources for oneself and for others, improved dramatically.” But 25 years later, NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill was discussing the latest suicide epidemic with NBC New York saying, “We need to talk about this. This can’t be a deep dark secret. People have to understand that there is help available.” In a September report, the city Department of Investigation found the suicide rate for uniformed NYPD personnel, at about 13.8 per 100,000 people, is more than double the rate for the city’s general population. “I can’t imagine the culture, like any other culture, has changed so quickly. And the political pressure on police I would imagine with the added terrorism thing,

with the conflicts that have been politically exacerbated with race problems, policing in a world — the world is smarter now,” said David, who lives in Los Angeles, adding that crime has decreased significantly since he made the film and that he thought that would make the job easier for those currently on the force. “But somehow it’s not,” he said. He also said social media can have an impact. “It is a job where there’s no press if you do good and it’s really harsh if you make a mistake,” David said. Capt. Jonathan Cermeli, commanding officer of the 112th Precinct, recalled that when he was a sergeant he noticed an officer who hadn’t been acting like himself and reached out to see if he needed help. “He never would have came to me,” Cermeli said, adding that the officer went on to lead a great, productive life and was just in a dark place going through personal issues. Cermeli talks to his officers on a regular basis about the subject and said the purpose is to break down the stigma. “If you’re going through a crisis or you’re going through something, it’s not something to be ashamed of,” he said. “It’s not something to be looked at as you’re inferior. You’re just a human being. It’s just like any other physical ailment that you would have and that’s how it has to be looked at.” Cermeli said he can’t put a number on the fluctuating tallies because of the variety of reasons that people commit the act. But he said part of it could be other officers seeing someone take their own lives could push them to do the same. “The more you hear about it, the more people are taking their lives, somebody thinks, ‘Oh, wait, that might be an option for me,’” he said. He added that the important thing is that there is somebody there to tell an officer that it’s OK. “I would jump in front of a bullet for another police officer to save their life,” Cermeli said. “Why wouldn’t I try to intervene and make sure that their well-being is OK because it’s just as important. I don’t care how they die. If a police officer dies it’s going Q to weigh on me the same either way.”

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Army: Throggs Neck sea gate ‘less likely’ Corps of Engineers speaks about NY-NJ Harbor storm protection study by Ryan Brady Editor

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed sea gates on Long Island Sound at Throggs Neck for its ongoing coastal storm risk management and feasibility study for New York-New Jersey Harbor. But the two Throggs Neck proposals are “looking less and less likely,” project manager Bryce Wisemiller told dozens of residents at a crowded public meeting last Thursday at The Inn in Great Neck, LI. Applause followed. Environmental advocacy groups and residents had expressed concern about induced flooding on Long Island’s North Shore that the sea gate could bring, as well as environmental pollution. “Now, there’s a lot of studies underway,” he said. “There’s a lot of evaluations that we have to do.” The Army Corps of Engineers is working with the City of New York, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on the project. If it receives adequate funding in the ongoing and following fiscal years, it will give a final report to Congress with recommendations in 2022. Cost and environmental factors have been important considerations in the study. Wisemiller said two of the plans — Alter-

natives 3B and 4 — have been “faring the best in our analysis.” The 3B plan includes gates at Flushing Creek just west of the Van Wyck Expressway; Jamaica Bay between Rockaway and Brooklyn; Newtown Creek between Hunts Point and Greenpoint; Pelham Bay in the Bronx; the Gowanus Canal; and both Arthur Kill and Kill Van Kull between Staten Island and New Jersey. It also includes shoreline-based measures in Astoria and Long Island City on the western Queens waterfront; northeast Astoria; East Harlem; at the Battery; on the west side of Lower Manhattan; along part of the Bronx River; in New Jersey along the Hudson River; in Haverstraw in Rockland County; and at Yon kers, Ossi n i ng a nd Ta r r y tow n i n Westchester. The Alternative 4 plan is mostly the same — it just doesn’t include the gates between Staten Island and New Jersey. It does plan for one at the Hackensack River, though. Save the Sound, a Connecticut-based environmental advocacy group, has been among the organizations criticizing the proposed sea gates. “The residents of our coastal communities have made their voices heard: they want shoreline protective structures at the locations needing protection, not massive sea walls in neighboring communities — and

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project manager Bryce Wisemiller speaks to residents and advocates at The Inn in Great Neck, LI, about his organization’s coastal storm risk management and PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY feasibility study for New York and New Jersey harbor. solutions that use the natural wave-buffering powers of dunes and marsh, not constructions that concentrate pollution and block sealife,” Save the Sound Director Tracy

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Holden criticizes shelter, Rikers plans ‘I’m sick of being reasonable with this mayor,’ lawmaker says of Blaz by David Russell Associate Editor

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) spoke of his disdain for the planned homeless shelter on Cooper Avenue and the plan to close down Rikers Island and shift to borough-based jails during a town hall at his office last Wednesday. Holden has long opposed the shelter that would house 200 men at 78-16 Cooper Ave. and said the plan is to delay it with a lawsuit until Mayor de Blasio is out of office. The Glendale-Middle Village Coalition has raised $3,850 of it’s $35,000 goal on GoFundMe.com as the money raised will cover legal expenses to fight the shelter. “The mayor’s not willing to listen to reason and understand that one size does not fit all in shelters,” he said. The lawmaker has asked for a special needs school to be built at the former factory site. Based on conversations with de Blasio, he was under the impression that it would happen but then learned over the summer that the city planned to move ahead with the shelter. “I was reasonable for a year,” Holden said. “I’m sick of being reasonable with this mayor. I tried to work with him. Doesn’t work. He’s arrogant — doesn’t listen. And most of the things he touches doesn’t turn to gold.” The councilman said any crime that happens

Councilman Bob Holden speaks during a town hall at his office in Middle Village. The lawmaker took aim at the proposed Cooper Avenue homeless shelter for 200 men and the plan to shutterNYC COUNCIL / FACEBOOK SCREENSHOT Rikers Island in favor of borough-based jails. in the neighborhood will be blamed on the shelter “right or wrong.” Holden, who is on the Council’s Criminal Justice Committee, noted that 54 percent of people released from state prison who then go to the city enter the shelter system. That was the figure in 2017, according to a NY 1 investigation, which found the number had risen over several years. “With those numbers why would any neigh-

borhood just readily accept a shelter unless we could have some assurances who goes in there?” he said. The Glendale-Middle Village Coalition will hold a protest at the shelter site on Nov. 2 at 10 a.m. Holden has decried the shelter since he was the president of the Juniper Park Civic Association. He said fighting a shelter proposed by then-Mayor David Dinkins that would have

been next to the Metro Mall about three decades ago “was how I got on civics.” Holden also discussed the Council’s decision to close Rikers Island. He was on the losing side of the 36-13 vote taken Oct. 17, which he said “lacks all common sense.” He said jails on the island could just be rebuilt. He also criticized the way incentives were given in exchange for support of the borough-based jail plan. Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), whose district includes the Kew Gardens site where the Queens jail would go, has said that she gave her support to the plan in exchange for a number of civic improvements such as security cameras for schools, renovations to PS 99, a new kitchen at Queens Community Houses’ Kew Gardens senior center and more police officers in the 102nd Precinct. Holden’s opinion: “It’s bribery.” Another crime topic Holden is concerned about are the bail reforms beginning in 2020. The lawmaker said the result could feel like the years before Rudy Giuliani was mayor, adding that when he was working in Brooklyn he had four car batteries stolen in one year. “A lot of younger people don’t remember the bad old days,” Holden said. He also made a prediction about the bail legislation: “They’ll have to revisit it after we see Q some of the nightmare stories.”

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DiNapoli credits small businesses and immigrant community for boost The Jackson Heights economy has been energized by immigrants and small businesses, with sales growth surpassing Queens and the city, according to a report released Thursday by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. In 2018, there were 3,300 businesses in the area, 660 more than in 2009, the report said. Nearly three-quarters had fewer than five employees and 88 percent had fewer than 10. “The Jackson Heights area is living proof of the positive economic and cultural benefits immigration brings to our communities,” DiNapoli said. Immigrants represented 60 percent of the area’s population in 2017, compared to 37 percent citywide, according to the study. Private sector employment reached 20,900 in 2018, 23 percent higher than in 2009. Two-thirds of the jobs added were in retail, construction, and leisure and hospitality. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the unemployment rate in the Jackson Heights area fell from 10.3 percent in 2010 to 4.2 percent in 2017. “Jackson Heights is showing the nation how a vibrant immigrant community strengthens our society, both culturally and economically,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx, Queens) said in a prepared statement issued with DiNapoli’s announcement. “We must continue to invest in ourselves — our housing, our education, our

health care, and our small businesses — to further uplift working-class and immigrant communities.” Borough President Melinda Katz lauded the report in her statement, saying, “The hard work and entrepreneurial spirit of our immigrant population helps make Jackson Heights and all of ‘The World’s Borough’ a powerful economic force.” Taxable business sales increased by 72 percent since 2009 to reach $473 million in 2017, DiNapoli’s report said. There were 102,300 immigrants in the area in 2017 and of the 12,650 self-employed residents, 90 percent were immigrants. “Immigrant small business owners and their entrepreneurial spirit is the lifeblood of our local economy,” said Councilman Francisco Moya (D-Corona). “When you walk down Roosevelt Avenue, you can smell Mexican food cooking in taquerias, hear Domincan music playing in mom and pop shops, see people shopping in Colombian markets or sporting Ecuadorian soccer jerseys.” DiNapoli’s study also found that the household poverty rate in Jackson Heights fell from 20 percent in 2010 to 13 percent in 2017. It was the second-largest decline among the 55 neighborhoods in the city. “It underscores the importance of empowering immigrant workers,” Councilman

The Jackson Heights economy is on an upswing thanks to immigrants and small businesses, according to a report by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. Taxable business sales increased by 72 PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON percent since 2009. Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said of the report. “Not only is it the right thing to do, it is in our financial interest to do so.” Tom Grech, president and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, said, “As a proud third generation American of Maltese,

Spanish and Austrian descent, I know well the benefits of diversity as well evidenced in the Jackson Heights report.” He said DiNapoli’s report reaffirmed what was known: “that Queens is a great place to Q live, work and play.”

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The Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District and the city Department of Transportation hosted the sixth annual Ridgewood Seneca/Catalpa Avenue Stroll last Saturday. The fun event took place on Seneca Avenue between Cornelia and Weir-

field streets and on Catalpa between Seneca and Myrtle avenues. A wide range of area businesses participated. At left, the Franklin Square, LI-based German folk-dancing group Original Enzian performs.

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At top center, a band from IS 77 plays. Below that, residents converse near a bounce castle. Above, a group from the Lorenz Latin Dance Studio performs at the event.

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Is Hunters Point Library all it’s cracked up to be? Problems emerge at $41M building by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

This gray Saturn has been sitting on a Middle Village street for more than 60 days without being removed. It was tagged by the Department of Sanitation for towing in late August and referred to READER PHOTO the 104th Precinct.

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Sitting in Middle Village on 62nd Street between Metropolitan Avenue and 62nd Road is a car that’s been in better shape. The inside’s filled with boxes, bags and old food. The driver side mirror is broken off, hanging by two wires. There was an old, broken TV sitting on the hood. The gray Saturn has been left there for more than 60 days. And city agencies aren’t stepping up to remove it, according to an area resident who prefers to remain unidentified. His visit to the Chronicle was prompted by an Oct. 24 article about an abandoned SUV on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park that the city removed after multiple inquiries from the newspaper about it. That vehicle had sat there for more than

three months. Over in Middle Village, a Department of Sanitation employee tagged the gold Saturn for towing on the morning of Aug. 30. The matter was referred to the 104th Precinct. It’s unclear whether the car was damaged when it was first tagged or if it’s been damaged since. “Nobody wants to take responsibility,” the resident said in an interview. “The police say it’s Sanitation’s responsibility a nd Sa n it at ion says it’s the police’s responsibility.” City Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) says the police need to take a more active interest in these situations. “I have spoken to the NYPD about this issue a number of times,” he said in an email. “I have urged them to be more proQ active in removing vehicles.”

Collecting for our troops The Marine Corps League Detachment 240 North Shore Queens is continuously collecting personal care items and small food packages to be sent to U.S. troops overseas. Among the items needed are: • shaving cream and men’s and women’s razors, feminine hygiene products and deodorant for men and women; • baby wipes, travel-size toothbrushes, toothpaste and mouthwash, and travelsize shampoo and hair conditioner; • T-shirts, men’s and women’s underwear, green socks and shower shoes;

• flashlights and batteries; combs and brushes; hand and foot warmers; • canned tuna, chicken and small, microwavable containers of stew, pasta and other hot foods; • instant power drinks, iced tea, lemonade and other beverages; and • Tic-Tacs, chewing gum and hard candy. Further information is available by contacting the Marine Corps League Detachment 240 North Shore Queens through Jim Seaman at marine698@ Q aol.com.

The Queens Library and the city Department of Design and Construction say issues at the newly opened Hunters Point Library are not as bad as a New York Post story published this week makes out. The Post reported Sunday night that the $41 million library, which opened Sept. 24 after taking 10 years to build due to multiple delays, has several structural problems. There are cracks in a number of its concrete f loors, water is leaking in and a “quiet room” is not soundproof. A quiet room is not meant to be soundproof; it’s a place where talking is not allowed, library spokeswoman Lisi de Bourbon said when asked about it. And DDC spokesman Ian Michaels said cracks in concrete are “pretty common” when a new building opens and will be repaired. The library is structurally sound, he said, and its architect was there last week to examine the water infiltration. All repairs should be made in the next two to four weeks, Michaels said.

Cracks have appeared in some floors like this one, photographed previously, since the Hunters Point Library opened. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN Michaels and de Bourbon both hailed the library, which got rave reviews for its architecture when it opened. Asked if Library President and CEO Dennis Walcott was disappointed by its shortcomings, de Bourbon said, “To the contrary! Hunters Point Library is a unique, visually beautiful building. Our goal is to be inclusive and welcoming and provide safe access for all.” She added that it’s drawn more than Q 30,000 visits since it opened.

Persons of interest in teen girl’s shooting The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance i n ident if y i ng three men considered persons of interest in a shooting that wounded a 16-year-old girl in Jamaica on Monday. Police said the girl was stand- The NYPD is seeking three persons of interest in the shooting of a ing in front of 16-year-old girl in Jamaica on Monday. PHOTOS COURTESY NYPD 89 -29 161 St . when she was hit by gunfire. She was also claimed the life of Aamir Griffin, taken to Long Island Jewish Medical 14, in South Jamaica on Saturday while Center in New Hyde Park in stable he was playing basketball [see separate condition. stor y in some editions or online at The three being sought are black males qchron.com]. in their teens to early 20s, each with a dark Anyone with information is asked to complexion and thin build, wearing hood- call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS ed sweatshirts and dark pants. One was (8477) or, for Spanish, 1 (888) 57-PISTA wearing a red jacket with white sleeves. (74782). The public can also submit tips by The Daily News has quoted NYPD logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea as say- by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then enterQ ing the girl is believed to have been an ing TIP577. All tips are confidential. innocent bystander in a gang dispute that — Michael Gannon

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Left behind by Michael Gannon Elmhurst native Richard Panchyk has the nose and an eye for Queens’ past; but he also knows how and where to look for it. Some of the subjects in his new book, “Abandoned Queens,” are a bit off the beaten trail, like the old Flushing Airport site or what he calls the lost neighborhood of Edgemere in the Rockaways. Others, such as stretches of the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, are in plain sight and in regular use though their history might not be widely remembered; still others can be in plain sight

without being noticed, much like locomotive rails showing through streets and sidewalks where trains — not streetcars — used to run, or the last remnants of a planned suburbia decades before Levittown became part of the American lexicon. “Abandoned places are never static, whether they’ve fallen into disrepair or wait for reuse or are waiting to be demolished,” Panchyk told the Chronicle in a recent interview. “I daresay a lot of people who have grown up in Queens don’t know about the history all around them.” The paperback, published by Arcadia Publishing and the History Press, has 96 pages of color photographs, all taken by Panchyk save for aerial shots from the U.S. Geological Survey. The book had its genesis in his 2018 work titled “Hidden History of Queens.”

“My publisher has a series on abandoned places,” he said. “I did have some photos that I took working on ‘Hidden History,’ but I did make some return trips to places like Creedmoor.” Panchyk says the old Vanderbilt Motor Parkway is not only the longest entry in his book — remnants of William Vanderbilt’s private highway/ race course still exist as far east as Suffolk County — but “the earliest example of reuse.” Motorists in Queens still drive beneath its original bridges while the paths are popular with cyclists and walkers. The Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road hasn’t carried trains since the Kennedy administration, with trees now grown up between and fallen over onto the still-present tracks. continued on page 31

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G EXHIBITS “Arte Cubano,” with works by more than 25 Cuban artists reflecting on the quotidian, social and political realities of the island and the world. Through Thu., Feb. 20, 2020, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 997-4747, gtmuseum.org.

“Painted Alice — The Musical,” an adaptation of “Alice in Wonderland” for adults, about an artist who falls through her canvas into a dark and comical world. Through Sun., Dec. 1, various dates and times, The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. $25-$45. Info: (347) 848-0030, licartists.org.

Under the Bonsai Tree,” with sculptures and drawings by Chris Bogia that reflect perfection and reference the home, though sometimes with a darker element. Through Sat., Nov. 2, Mrs., 60-40 56 Drive, Maspeth. Free. Info: (347) 841-6149, mrsgallery.com. “Historic Hudson River — Artistic Visions,” with scenic views of the river and its surroundings by an artist and several photographers inspired by its geological past. Through Sun., Nov. 3, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, students, kids. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. “Imaging Women in the Space Age,” with vintage and current images of women as aviators and astronauts from fashion, TV, film, pop culture, toys and more; part of Space Out Summer programs honoring the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Through Sun., Nov. 3, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 6990005, nysci.org. NY Latin American Art Triennial, with works by artists from NYC, the Caribbean and Central and South America on the theme of “progressive transition” and reflecting notions of civilization, culture and more; with related exhibits in Manhattan and the Bronx. Through Tue., Nov. 5, Queens College Art Center, Rosenthal Library, 6th floor, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 997-4803, artdept.qc.cuny.edu. Paintings by Eric Scott Horn, with works by the artist and archaeologist often relating to ancient myths, gods and goddesses, in a display dedicated to archaeologist Major Charles Cook, interred at Maple Grove Cemetery. Through mid-Nov., The Center at Maple Grove, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free. Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

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Grooms troupe. Thu., Oct. 31, 7:30 and 10 p.m., The Astorian, 28-50 31 St., Long Island City. $10-$35. Info: (646) 725-8539, rudegrooms.com.

“Survivance and Sovereignty on Turtle Island: Engaging with Contemporary Native American Art,” with works by 16 artists from across North America, called Turtle Island by some indigenous peoples. Through Thu., May 21, 2020, Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 281-5770, khc.qcc.cuny.edu.

DANCE Bongsam Talchum: Korean Mask Dance, with 22 performers from Korea presenting a dynamic traditional performance with live music. Thu., Oct. 31, 8 p.m. (mask-making workshop 6 p.m.; dance lessons 7 p.m.), Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students, kids; teens free. Info/RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. Brother and sister duo Jack and Annie travel back in time to Shakespeare’s day in the hip-hop musical “Magic Tree House: Showtime with Shakespeare,” based on Mary Pope Osborne’s “Stage Fright on a Summer Night,” in a show set for Saturday at Queens Theatre, with related activities for children available too. See Kids/Teens. PHOTO BY YASMEEN FAHMY tiles, culinary delights and more. Through Sun., Dec. 22, Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $2 suggested. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org. “Marbles in the Valley,” with abstract prints and otherwordly photos portraying nostalgic landscapes reminiscent of the native countries of Queens’ diverse communities, by Corona native Nancy Paredes. Through Sun., Dec. 22, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $6 through Oct. 31; $4 seniors; $4 students, $2 children over 3; entirely free for all starting Nov. 1. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

MUSIC David Krakauer’s Acoustic Klezmer Quartet, with the innovative clarinetist known for including elements of jazz, rock, funk and hip-hop in modernized traditional Jewish music, and his band. Sat., Nov. 2, 8 p.m., LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing. $40-$50. Info: (718) 544-2996, kupferbergcenter.org. PHOTO BY GMD

“Weather the Weather,” with works by two dozen artists examining the “expression of the true force of nature,” via the SciArt Initiative. Through Fri., Jan. 10, 2020, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

Mozart Meets Jazz!,” with the Paul Joseph Quartet and Queensboro Symphony Orchestra facing off “in a battle royale of musical genres” featuring unique arrangements of works by the great composer and others. Sun., Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m., Mary’s Nativity Church, 46-02 Parsons Blvd., Flushing. Free-will offering. Info: (718) 359-5996, qbsymphony@gmail. com, facebook.com/queensborosymphonyorchestra.

“Sculpture & Textiles by Linda Rettich,” with sculptural scenes made of tiny beads, figures, tex-

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winning actor and singer leading a joyful, swinging and theatrical journey into Cole’s music and life. Sun., Nov. 3, 3 p.m., The Little Theater at St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica. $42-$48. Info: (718) 631-6311, visitqpac.org. Jazz Jam, the monthly event led by saxophonist Carol Sudhalter, with all musicians and vocalists welcome to join in. Wed., Nov. 6, 7-10 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free to play or sing; $10 to listen; free students. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

THEATRE “Newsies,” the musical based on the 1992 film and inspired by the newsboy strike of 1899, by Royal Star Theatre. Sat., Nov. 2, Fri.-Sat., Nov. 8-9, 8 p.m.; Sun. Nov. 3 and 10, 3 p.m., Immaculate Conception Church, 179-14 Dalny Road, Jamaica Estates. $20; $17 seniors over 64, kids under 12; $2 more at door. Info: (610) 322-8498, royalstartheatre.org. “Till Death Do Us Party,” a dinner, music and mystery performance by the Josephine Foundation Actors. Fri.-Sat., Nov. 1-2, 7 p.m., The Center at Maple Grove Cemetery, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. $35. Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org. “Gloria,” an “eye-opening commentary” about the media’s handling of personal tragedy focused on a group of editorial assistants at an NYC magazine, by the Queens College Dept. of Drama, Theatre and Dance. Thu.-Fri., Oct. 31-Nov. 1 and Nov. 7-8, 7 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 2 and 9, 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 3 and 10, 3 p.m., Goldstein Theatre at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. $18; $11 seniors; $5 all Fri., Nov. 1 only. Info: (718) 793-8080, kupferbergcenter.org. “The Changeling,” the 1662 tragicomedy about a woman who persuades her servant to kill her fiance, and the cascade of horrors that follows, by the Rude

KIDS/TEENS Static Shock: It’s Electric!, with kids and families learning about static electricity and performing mini experiments testing it out. Sat., Nov. 2, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Queens Historical Society, Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $10 per child; adults free. Info: (718) 939-0647, queenshistoricalsociety.org. PHOTO COURTESY QHS “Magic Tree House: Showtime with Shakespeare,” a live hip-hop show based on Mary Pope Osborne’s “Stage Fright on a Summer Night,” about a brother and sister duo time traveling to Merry Olde England, by New Jersey Performing Arts Center Productions on Tour; with related kids’ activities too. Sat., Nov. 2, 1 and 3 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $15; $13 students, seniors. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org. Hands-On History: Paint Your Own Miniature Portrait, with participants learning about the art of miniature painting and making their own to take home — best for ages 6 and up; adults welcome too. Sat., Nov. 2, 1-4 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 206-0545, kingmanor.org.

LECTURES/TALKS Let’s Talk Democracy: Can Democracy Survive?, a civics education series led by Queens College political science professor and Taft Institute for Government Co-director Michael Krasner, with presentations and question-and-answer sessions. Wed., Nov. 6 and 13; Thu., Nov. 21, 6-7:30 p.m., Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Ave. Free. Info: (718) 268-7934, letstalkdemocracy.org. continued on page 32

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Bubacz hopes to raise awareness of this widespread phenomenon, which she said is Artistic inspiration often comes from the usually associated with war but actually has a wide range of causes and symptoms. most unexpected places. The exhibit serves as both a visual and Such is the case with two exhibitions running at the LIC Arts Open Gallery at The interactive metaphor, exploring the difficulFactory in Long Island City. One remains on ties and resilience that can merge in the display only through Nov. 2, while the other aftermath of trauma. The exit signs that make up the installawill be on view until Nov. 14. Filling Gallery One is a photo installation tion are displayed in such a way as to distort entitled “No Exit,” a maze of exit signs that their original purpose of providing a way out, creating a sensation in visitors that might be focuses on post-traumatic resilience. According to Kate Bubacz, the photo comparable to chasing ghosts. “You can walk through and get lost in it,” director for BuzzFeed News and the artist behind the display, it “opens dialogue on Bubacz said. “It’s big but not infinite.” And how to process things that are difficult.” it’s appropriate for all ages. While most of the photos in the exhibit were taken over the past three years, some date to a couple of years earlier, said Bubacz. The artist, who works in combat When: Through Sat., Nov. 2 (‘No Exit’) and journalism, is particularly concerned Thu., Nov. 14 ‘Newtown Creek’) that many cases of post-traumatic Where: The Factory LIC, 30-30 47 Ave., stress disorder are widely unreported. Long Island City She indicated that women are more Entry: Free. (718) 392-0722, likely to report it than men. gallery@licartsopen.org The exhibition serves as a reminder that true change and healing can be qboro contributor

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Addressing trauma, both mental and ecological

Newtown Creek Alliance Director of Advocacy & Education Lisa Bloodgood and NCA Executive Director Willis Elkins check out John Kitses’ paintings of the waterway and PHOTO BY STEVEN SPELIOTIS its surroundings at The Factory LIC. part of a long, patient process. As a follow-up, a panel discussion on PTSD will be held on the closing day of the exhibition, Nov. 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. Bubacz, for whom this marks her first public art installation, will host the event, which will focus on both the effects and treatment

opportunities for the general population and women in particular. Richard Mazda, who curated the exhibit, said it is probably the “largest single installation piece LIC Arts Open has showed.” Across the hall in Galler y Two is continued on page 33

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Song, dance and humor, staged for all this fall Dec. 7 at 7 p.m., and Dec. Per formances at 8 at 3:15 p.m. Tickets are Immaculate Conception $12 general admission or Variety is the spice of life — a Catholic Academy (179$15 reser ved seating phrase that dates to the 1700s and 14 Dalny Road, Jamaica) (available Friday and Sunis apropos of the upcoming fall are on Nov. 2, 8, and 9 at day) or $30 for dinner (6 community theater season, which 8 p.m. and Nov. 3 and 10 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20, p.m.) and show on Saturkicks into high gear this weekend. day. For more informaWith no fewer than half a dozen or $17 for seniors 65 and tion, send an email to shows raising their curtains by up and children under 12; stmar ysdramaguild @ early December, among them or $2 additional at the gmail.com or call (718) musicals both classic and modern, door. For more informa672-4848. a mystery play and a British come- tion, visit royalstartheatre. Those who prefer their dy, the diversity is nearly as wide- o r g o r c a l l ( 61 0 ) theatergoing sans song ranging as the borough’s residents. 322-8498. Next among the musiand dance can choose “Newsies,” an adaptation of the from a couple of plays 1992 film of the same name, cals is the fabled “Gypsy,” shar ing an opening which, in turn, was based on a based on the memoirs of weekend. real-life newsboys’ strike in New the world-famous stripper Gearing up to thrill York City in 1899, remains remark- Gypsy Rose Lee, opening audiences is Douglaston ably popular, particularly among its a three-weekend run at Co m m u n i t y T h e at r e, many young fans. It comes to life Bayside’s Theatre By The which brings to life Ira in Queens on Nov. 2 for the third Bay NY on Nov. 9. The show, considered Levin’s comic mystery time this year, courtesy of Royal Star Theatre in Jamaica, for a limit- by some to be the great- Rehearsing “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” are Matt Frenzel, left, as Freddy Benson, Mark Dunn “Deathtrap,” beginning est musical of all time, as Lawrence Jameson and Susan Young as Christine Colgate. PHOTO BY AMANDA GILLESPIE Nov. 8. ed five-performance run. The play’s tag, “Some Featuring music by the redoubt- features a hit-filled score able Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack by Jule Styne and a very young Broadway in 2005. Believed to be and lyrics and Harvey Schmidt playwrights would kill for another hit!,” says it all. Feldman and a book by Harvey Stephen Sondheim, and a book by the show’s local debut, it comes via composed the music. An allegorical boy-meets-girl The ensemble cast of five, Fierstein, the show focuses on a Arthur Laurents. It centers around The Parkside Players in Forest Hills. David Yazbek provided the tale, once known as the “Try to directed by Linda Hanson, consists newsboy named Jack (to be played Rose, Gypsy’s mother, who relentby Louis DiBono), who longs to lessly fights to make stars of her music and lyrics for this tale of two Remember” musical, a reference to of Joe Pepe, Danny Leonard, Dawn con men who team up to score big its most famous song, the show Bianco, Sherry Mandery and Ken leave the city and settle in Santa two young daughters. Mary Ellin Kurtz takes on the scams on rich lonely women, with will be given a new spin with a Cohn. Fe, NM. Among his friends is mostly female cast, including Performances at Zion Church Crutchie, nicknamed for his dis- mammoth role, made famous by a book by Jeffrey Lane. The cast includes Mark Dunn Michelle Lambe as Luisa and Katie Parish Hall (243-01 Northern Blvd., abled leg (and played here, in a Ethel Merman. She is supported by case of gender-blind casting, by a cast that includes Jacklyn Lisi in and Matt Frenzel in the lead roles, Bagley as Matt, who fall in love Douglaston) are on Nov. 8, 9, 15, Danielle Fleming). The other inter- the title role and Gary Tifeld as the and features Susan E. Young, Lau- thanks to some behind-the-scenes 16, 22 and 23 at 8 p.m., Nov. 17 at esting characters he meets include man who would like to settle down ren Butler, Frank Franconeri and plotting by their respective fathers. 2:30 p.m. and Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. Jenna Kantor. Will Frenzel directs, Alessandra Alejandro plays narrator Tickets are $19, or $17 for students a young reporter named Katherine with Rose. Cathy Chimenti directs; Sue with musical direction by Paul L. figure, El Gallo. and seniors. For more information, (Kaitlyn Abdul), who is ultimately Ashley Gleason is the director; visit dctonline.org or call (718) inspired by the young man, and a Sussman is musical director; and Johnson and choreography by JonKerryclare Gleason is musical direc- 482-3332. theater owner and performer, Jenifer Badamo provides the athan Mora. Performances at Grace Lutheran t o r ; C l a i r e S p i n e t t i i s choreography. The Gingerbread Players of St. Medda (Jackie Moe). Performances at Bay Terrace Church (103-15 Union Tpke., For- choreographer. Luke’s Church in Forest Hills GarDirecting the production is Erik Performances at St. Mary’s dens offers George Bernard Shaw’s Neilssen, with musical direction by Garden Jewish Center (13-00 209 est Hills) are on Nov. 16, 22, 23, 29 Paul L. Johnson and choreography St., Bayside) are on Nov. 9, 16 and and 30 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 17 and Auditorium (70-20 47 Ave., Wood- comedy “Get t ing Mar r ied,” 23 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 10, 17 and Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20, or side) are on Dec. 6 at 6:15 p.m., described by the company as a by Gabriella Marchese. 24 at 3 p.m. Tickets $18 for seniors and students with satiric discourse on wedded life, are $25, or $22 for ID. For more information, visit with all its blessings and pitfalls. seniors 62 and over parksideplayers.com or call (718) The cast, under the direction of and children 12; or 353-7388. Bill Logan, includes several GingerTwo time-tested attractions con$2 additional at the bread favorites: James Chamberdo or. F or more verge with the arrival of “The Fanlain, Andrew Dinan, Debbie Smith, information, visit tasticks,” the world’s longest-runDavid Friedman, Joanna Friedman theatrebythebayny. ning musical, by The St. Mary’s and Louise Guinther. com or call (718) Drama Guild in Woodside. Per formances at St. Luke’s The troupe was founded in 428-6363. Church (85 Greenway South in The following 1949 and the show dates back Forest Hills Gardens) are on Nov. 9 weekend sees the almost as far, having opened offand 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 10 arrival of “Dir ty Broadway in 1960, the start of a and 17 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are Rotten Scoundrels,” 42-year run. Lore Noto, a long- L o u i s e G u i n t h e r a s L e s b i a $15, or $12 each for groups of six another adaptation time Forest Hills resident, was the Grantham and Jim Chamberlain as or more. For more information, Jacklyn Lisi, left, as Gypsy and Mary Ellin Kurtz as of a popular film, producer of the original produc- Boxer Bridgenorth in “Getting visit gingerbreadplayers.org or call Q which opened on tion. Tom Jones wrote the book Married.” (718) 268-7772. PHOTO BY DINA ANTONUCCI COURTESY PHOTO Rose in “Gypsy.”

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continued from page 27 Those traveling along 20th Avenue past trees and a reed-covered marsh may have no idea that they are seeing nature’s relentless effort to reclaim the 1927-vintage Flushing Airport. He said places like Edgemere, once a thriving community in the Rockaways, is now “hauntingly bizarre,” with street signs sidewalks, roads that have not been cared for in a half century, and even fire hydrants that will never be used. He said that it is an interesting spot to visit again and again, seeing it over time in the different seasons and as an example of “never static.” But it also has become a massive dumping ground for everything from construction debris to common household junk. Rails breaking through pavement, or in some cases incorporated into sidewalks, now are the only remnants of Degnon Terminal which served Long Island City’s booming manufacturing sector beginning in the early 20th century. Back in the 1850s, Samuel Lord of Lord & Taylor fame envisioned country houses on large parcels of land in Newtown Village. Today, a few brick

staircases leading to hous es t h ey were not built for and a few street names are all that is left. While places like the Rockaway rail right-of-way are accessible to anyone with a good Richard Panchyk FILE PHOTO pair of sneakers, Panchyk cautions readers in his forward that “abandoned places can be treacherous and are thus best enjoyed safely within the pages of this book!” Such places, he acknowledged, include the myriad abandoned buildings at sites such as Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens Village, and those at Fort Totten and Fort Tilden. Some, such as Building 25 at Creedmoor, meant bringing his camera no closer than as far as he could lean into an open or missing window. A wheelchair that has not been disturbed by anyone other than urban explorers in decades sits near a window, as does

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Drive along 20th Avenue and you may not know you’re passing the old Flushing Airport, which opened the year Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic. On the cover: PHOTOS BY RICHARD PANCHYK A building at Fort Totten sits unused for decades. an overturned cart and some personal effects. “It’s exciting and adventurous, but it’s also daunting and I’d advise a sense of discretion,” Panchyk said One haunting shot at Creedmoor is an almost completely black photo with a lit EXIT sign in the distance. “There were a couple of rooms between

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me and that sign,” he said. “I don’t know if it still had power or if it was just the way some light was hitting it.” He said, with some disappointment and resignation in his voice that progress is usually the driving force behind “abandoned.” “In New York, they’re waiting. There is all that real estate pressure, all that demand. Q And all that land sits there empty ...”

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From Bayside home to the Big Brother house at CBS by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Julie Suzanne Chen was born in Queens on Jan. 6, 1970, the daughter of Chinese immigrants. Her grandfather, Lou Gaw Tong, grew up very poor in the rural village of Penglai in the Fujian province of China but became wealthy through owning a chain of grocery stores here in New York. The family moved to a semiattached home at 208-60 15 Road in Bayside. Chen attended junior high school in Whitestone and graduated from Saint Francis Preparator y High School in Fresh Meadows in 1987. She went to the University of The home of Julie Chen, at 208-60 15 Road in Southern California, majoring in Bayside, as it appears today. broadcast journalism and English and graduating in 1991. She immediately raised in Valley Stream, LI. They ly went to work in the industry and rose married in 2004 in Mexico. Today she to co-anchor the CBS Morning News is host of “Celebrity Big Brother.” She speaks Mandarin Chinese, and the from 1999 to 2002. In 2003 Chen starting dating Les broadcast veteran wants their Chinese Moonves, the CEO and president of heritage to remain a part of her and her Q CBS Television. Moonves was original- son’s lives.

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SPECIAL EVENTS Rockin’ Disco Party Annual Parish Fair, with “awesome homemade goodies,” “right on antiques and collectibles,” “far out auction,” “out of sight dinner” and more. Sat., Nov. 2, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. (dinners 5:30-7:30), Church of the Resurrection, 85-09 118 St., Richmond Hill. Free (dinner $15; $10 kids under 13). Info: (718) 847-2649.

down on accidents, by the National Safety Council. Sat., Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, 175-20 74 Ave., Flushing. Each $45. Info/registration: (631) 360-9720.

SOCIAL EVENTS Saturday night dance, with a live DJ playing classics, oldies, top 40 Italian and Latin music, food and more. Sat., Nov. 2 (and every other Saturday all year), 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $12. Info: (718) 478-3100. Singles Social & Dance, with the music of DJ Andrew Forman and refreshments. Sun., Nov. 3, 2-6 p.m., Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. $10. Info: (718) 459-1000, rpjc.org.

MARKETS Wildlife Weekends, with family fun including pony rides, hayrides, farmhouse tours, the Frogs, Bugs & Animals Show, “Moogician” Todd Charles, above, and more. Sat.-Sun., Nov. 2-3 and 9-10, Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. $12; $15 at door. Info: (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org. COURTESY PHOTO Diwali Dance Party: Kathak, Bhangra & Beyond, a celebration of the Hindu Festival of Lights, with live performers, dance party, workshops, henna painting, Indian food and more. Sat., Nov. 2, 1-4 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 13735 Northern Blvd. $20; $10 students, kids; free teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

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Trip to Wind Creek Bethlehem Casino, formerly the Sands, in Bethlehem, Pa., sponsored by the Sisterhood of Forest Park Jewish Center. Mon., Nov. 4, departing Lindenwood Shopping Center, 84 St. and 153 Ave., 9 a.m.; also Woodhaven Blvd. at Forest Park Drive, 9:15 a.m. $50 with $25 giveback. Info: Sharon, (917) 2928732; Phyllis, (917) 601-2234.

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from Massachusetts, Kitses said he grew up in an area “with strong environmental protections,” spiking his interest in the struggle between nature and development. He credits the Newtown Creek Alliance with assisting on the project, even affording him the opportunity to get onto the creek in a boat, where he did some of the painting. “It was fantastic,” he said. “A great new way to paint.” He hopes visitors to the exhibition will take away “a greater appreciation for watercolor and the boundaries it can push as a medium,” while recognizing “the importance of landscapes as subject matter and Q the importance of environmentalism.”

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This public notice is issued as part of DHS-FEMA’s responsibilities under 36 C.F.R. Part 800, the regulations which implement Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended, 16 U.S.C.§ 470. FEMA, as Lead Federal agency, is required by regulation to identify and assess the effects of any proposed actions on historic properties. If any proposed Undertaking will have an adverse effect on historic resources, FEMA works with the appropriate parties to seek ways to avoid and minimize or mitigate any adverse effects. Additionally, the Section 106 regulations require FEMA to consider the views of the public on preservation issues when making final decisions that affect historic properties. NYC Parks proposes to demolish and replace the Tide Gate Bridge, which is a component of Perimeter Road (a.k.a. Meridian Road) in the northeast corner of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The Tide Gate Bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the New York State Historic Preservation Office under Criterion C in the area of engineering design as an intact example of a tidal gate bridge in New York City. (NYSHPO Ref. No.: 08101.012178). NYSHPO determined that the demolition of the Tide Gate Bridge and gates would be an Adverse Effect to Historic Properties. This notice is seeking public input and comments on this project reflecting any knowledge of, or concerns with, historic properties in the proposed project area. The comment period for the proposed Undertaking detailed above will end 15 days from the date of this publication or from the posting of this notice in the City Record and Queens Chronicle, whichever date is later. Written comments on the proposed adverse effects can be mailed to DHS-FEMA Region II, Office of Environmental Planning & Historic Preservation, 26 Federal Plaza, Suite 1802, New York, NY 10278-0002 or via email at FEMAR2COMMENT@fema.dhs.gov. If no substantive comments are received, FEMA will move forward with the Section 106 Adverse Effect process.

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continued from page 29 “Recovered Landscapes Newtown Creek,” a solo exhibit of paintings by John Kitses, who created the works over the past year. The creek, a 3.5-mile long tributary of the East River that forms the westernmost border between Brooklyn and Queens, was once a rich natural complex of wetlands, woods and thriving marine life. Today, it is one of the most polluted waterways in the nation. To call attention to the issue and to create awareness of the revival of the creek, Kitses created a suite of large-scale (60-by25-inch) watercolor paintings on paper, as well as small inkjet reproductions that are being used for fundraising. A resident of Jackson Heights who hails

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security-Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS-FEMA) proposes to provide funding to the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES), as recipient, and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks), as sub-recipient, as part of the Tide Gate Bridge Replacement Project (Project). The Project is jointly funded by FEMA and NYC Parks and includes the replacement of the Tide Gate Bridge along with all electrical components (the “Undertaking”). FEMA funding will be provided through FEMA’s Public Assistance Program, in accordance with the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5172), as amended.

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Legal Notices NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10-18-19, bearing Index Number NC-000897-19/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) CHRISTIAN (Middle) ERIC (Last) RUOTOLO. My present name is (First) CHRISTIAN (Middle) ERIC (Last) FELICIANORUOTOLO AKA CHRISTIAN ERIC RUOTOLOFELICIANO AKA CHRISTIAN ERIC FELICIANO RUOTOLO. The city and state of my present address are Howard Beach, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. The month and year of my birth are August 2000. NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10-11-19, bearing Index Number NC-000666-19/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) DENISE (Middle) LAVERN (Last) HOLM. My present name is (First) DENISE (Middle) LAVERN (Last) EL-LAITHY SHARAF AKA DENISE L. EL-LAITHY SHARAF AKA DENISE LAVERN ELLAITHY SHARAF AKA DENISE LAVERN HOLM. The city and state of my present address are Long Island City, NY. My place of birth is MANHATTAN, NY. The month and year of my birth are January 1953.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 09-25-19, bearing Index Number NC-000594-19/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) LUCY (Last) SIDITO. My present name is (First) LUCIA (Last) MEDORO AKA LUCY MEDORO AKA LUCY SIDITO. The city and state of my present address are Corona, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. The month and year of my birth are JUNE 1945. NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10-18-19, bearing Index Number NC-000691-19/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) YOUSUF (Last) OMAR. My present name is (First) MOHAMMAD (Last) YUSUF (infant). The city and state of my present address are Elmhurst, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. The month and year of my birth are April 2019.

1113 CYPRESS AVE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/18/2019. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1113 Cypress Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

about the continued processing of regulated medical waste at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Northeast Laboratory, located at 158-15 Liberty Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. A Public Participation Plan has been prepared in accordance with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Policy-29, Environmental Justice and Permitting (CP-29). The purpose of this meeting is to inform the public about the project and to involve the community during the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) permit application review process. Date: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Location: Northeast Laboratory, United States Food & Drug Administration, located at: 158-15 Liberty Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11433 (limited on-street parking available) Agenda: • Project Overview (NYSDEC permit application review process) • Background (Northeast Laboratory) • Public participation/notification process • Community Impact • Proposed Mitigation Measures • Questions Your Attendance and Participation is Important! Project personnel will be available to answer any questions from the community. For additional information on the proposed project, Contact: Mr. Stephen King, Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist United States Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1010 Rockville, MD 20857 Stephen.King@fda.hhs.gov Tel: 240-402-6001 A copy of the filed application may be viewed in the repository, located at: Northeast Laboratory United States Food and Drug Administration 158-15 Liberty Avenue Jamaica, NY 11433 Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 8:30 PM

17 E ST MARKS PL LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 10/7/19. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, c/o ABDUL WASI, 5517 137TH St., FL. 2, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GARDEN OPS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/30/2019. 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: THE LLC, 17-54 DEKALB AVENUE, Unit 2F, RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Graphis Printing and Design Services, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/09/2019. 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: KONSTANTINA TSEKENIS, 146-40 23RD AVENUE, WHITESTONE, NY 11357. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

EMPIRE STATE’S CHILDREN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/02/19. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Registered Agents Inc., 90 State Street, Suite 700, Office 40, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GORDON INVESTMENTS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/07/2019. 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: THE LLC, 25-21 43RD AVENUE, APT 311, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

JAB DENTAL SERVICES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/09/19. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC, Jason Bastida 40-14 82nd Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice is hereby given that a Liquor License, serial number 1321809, for beer and wine, has been applied for by the undersigned to permit the sale of beer and wine, at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at FRIENDSHIP FOODS INC. located at 136-76 39th Ave, Flushing, NY 11354 on-premises consumption. FRIENDSHIP FOODS INC.

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The most disturbing aspect of the New York Jets 33-0 annihilation at the hands of the New England Patriots 10 days ago was not the lopsided defeat. That’s par for the course by now. What was troubling was an NFL Films/ ESPN microphone is picking up Jets quarterback Sam Darnold on the sidelines saying to a teammate that he is “seeing ghosts” in a reference to the prowess of the Patriots’ defense. The blowout gave Jets fans flashbacks to the Pats’ 49-9 smackdown on Thanksgiving 2012, when Mark Sanchez lost a football when he ran into his own offensive guard, Brandon Moore. He was never the same after that. There was understandably a lot of anticipation about how Darnold would perform last Sunday against the Jaguars in Jacksonville. While the game wasn’t a disaster, as Darnold found tight end Ryan Griffin for a pair of touchdown passes, it wasn’t an exoneration either, as he also tossed three interceptions in a 29-15 loss. Of course a lot of the blame rests with the Jets’ papier-mache offensive line, which is incapable of giving him time to find a receiver before he gets sacked by linebackers. As if Jets players didn’t have enough reasons to be demoralized, they have another one with the team’s treatment of former All-Pro guard Kelechi Osemele. After enduring shoulder pain

for most of the season, he was diagnosed with a torn labrum. His private physicians thought he should have surgery ASAP while the Jets’ medical staff thought that he could play through it. He had the surgery against the wishes of the team and was promptly released. The unrealized possibility of a Yankees World Series game forced Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club to relocate its Eastern Conference semifinal with Toronto Football Club to Citi Field last Wednesday. In a nice touch, NYCFC staged a fan festival right by the Willets Point subway station. The crowd was sizable in spite of the venue change on relatively short notice. The unusually balmy weather certainly helped too. Toronto’s Alexander Pozuelo finished off NYCFC 2-1 with his second goal, a penalty kick at the end of regulation. Best of luck to a Forest Hills High School classmate of mine, Debbie Ingber Deutsch, who entered the New York City Marathon lottery as a way to celebrate a milestone birthday. She was selected to run in Sunday’s 26.2-mile race. She’s running to raise money for That Newfoundland Place, a rescue facility in Connecticut that cares for that gentle giant canine species when an owner’s health or finances Q precludes looking after them. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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