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The Borough Board on Monday turned down Mayor de Blasio’s Housing New York proposals, a key part of his initiative to create or preserve 200,000 affordable units, possibly on lots like this one on 101st Avenue in Richmond Hill. Many of the members pointed to the elimination of required parking in certain new developments on major corridors as the reason for their rejection. Borough President Melinda Katz has expressed reservations about the proposals.

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Queens says no to housing proposals Issue of ending mandatory parking requirements the big sticking point by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

orry, Department of City Planning. You’ll have to do better by the people of Queens. That was the opinion of the Borough Board on Monday, as the advisory group made up of all 14 Queens community board chairpersons overwhelmingly voted down the city’s twin proposals aimed at promoting affordable and senior housing through rezoning 12-2. While the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing plan — which would mandate all developments, enlargements or conversions of more than 10 units that are not built as-of-right to feature permanent affordable housing dwellings — wasn’t touched upon much, the board repeatedly slammed the concurrent Zoning for Quality and Affordability text amendment. Under ZQA, a minor increase in the maximum height and number of stories for new developments in medium- and high-density zoning districts would be allowed. But the doing away with requirements forcing developers to provide ample parking spaces for senior and affordable structures in areas within a half-mile of a subway station — designated as “transit zones” — was the twopronged plan’s “real problem,” according to Borough President Melinda Katz. “The parking issue is a real problem. It’s

Community Board 2 Chairman Pat O’Brien, right with mic, successfully urged the Borough Board to vote down the city’s two-pronged plan dealing with creation of more senior and affordable housing due to a relaxing of parking requirements for such developments. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA bar none probably one of the biggest problems,” Katz said. “I would hope that the administration acknowledges and fixes what I think is a real problem.” One of the more outspoken community board leaders throughout the year on the issue has been CB 5 head Vincent Arcuri Jr., who called the DCP’s proposals “kind of an

insult to Queens” on Monday. “These two proposals are not Queens-oriented,” Arcuri said. “They may be Manhattanoriented; they may be Bronx-oriented; they may be Brooklyn-oriented; but they sure as hell aren’t Queens-oriented.” When it comes to the relaxing of parking requirements, the 75-year-old Arcuri added

that removing designated spaces for seniors like him with the idea they may take public transportation instead would be doing seniors a tremendous disservice. “If and when some g reat developer decides to put senior housing in District 5, it might be worthwhile for me because I won’t have to clean seven rooms and do laundry,” he said. “But I could not move into a 285-square-foot apartment and live there feeling like a prisoner; and not having a place to park my car because I need it. “You can’t get from here to there in Queens on public transportation,” he added. “I can get into Manhattan very quickly, but I sure as hell can’t get to South Jamaica or Douglaston. I can get to Manhattan faster.” Speaking of public transportation, CB 6’s second vice chairman Steve Goldberg, filling in for Chairman Joe Hennessy, said encouraging seniors to take the subway will only increase train overcrowding in neighborhoods like Forest Hills. “We felt that trying to get more people at the 71st Avenue station during rush hour in the morning is a problem,” Goldberg said. “Quite often, you can’t even get on the platform.” CB 2 Chairman Pat O’Brien applauded the city for trying to develop affordable and senior housing but said his district, which encomcontinued on page 35

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Civic prez, Wills urge patience on legal action but some can’t wait by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

To refile or not to refile— that was the contentious question at Tuesday’s South Ozone Park Civic Association West meeting after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block the opening of a juvenile detention center on a residential street in the community. Frustrated residents urged the civic’s president, Tony Gellineau, to make a motion to support the refiling of the legal action, but he declined to because he did not believe the group had enough legal standing to block the facility. “It’s like pushing a car with no wheels. Where’s it going to go?” Gellineau said. Joseph Kasper, the civic’s counsel, said he would refile the lawsuit against the city Administration for Children’s Services and nonprofit Sheltering Arms at a later date, but admitted he had concerns over how it would hold up in court. Kasper said the residents could argue that the facility would impact the community’s environment or work with the Diocese of Brooklyn to argue that its opening would violate a covenant on the land at 133-23 127 St. that states it cannot be used to teach birth control — the lawsuit would argue the youths would receive a public school education, which would include teaching about contraceptives.

Some residents became furious when the president of the South Ozone Park Civic Association West declined to recognize a motion to support the refiling of a lawsuit to block the opening of a PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY juvenile detention center on a residential block. The lawyer called the latter the strongest leg the community has to stand on, but it requires having the diocese sign onto the lawsuit so the complaint has legal standing. A representative from the office of Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica) said staff had recently met with the diocese, which indicated it would most likely lend its assistance.

A previous lawsuit filed in April by the civic and three residents living near the facility — part of a statewide program that houses juvenile offenders in residential areas rather than in upstate prison facilities — was dismissed in late August after the city successfully asked the courts to move the case to a federal courtroom, because one

of the allegations was that the center violated the Americans with Disabilities Act due to the lack of an elevator there. A federal judge stated the plaintiffs had no legal standing to bring up the ADA charges, because none of them are handicapped. He then declined to hear the other arguments and dismissed the case. Before Kasper announced he would refile a lawsuit seeking to block the facility, residents at the civic meeting called for a motion to back him in that venture. Gellineau did not support that and did not recognize the motion or call for a vote. That led some to become frustrated with him. “You are no good,” Joe West said. “He’s not helping us. You’re not with us.” West — a part of the ad hoc group the Committee to Stop the Prison South Ozone Park, which has held weekly rallies outside the center — went as far to say he believes Gellineau is “getting something under the table,” something to which the civic president did not directly respond and several people in the audience said was wrong. A spokesperson for Wills agreed that the lawsuit should not be refiled until “all administrative options have been exercised; which to date have not.” continued on page 21

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Reviving a piece of Woodhaven’s history Historical society completes first phase of cleaning forgotten cemetery by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

family, who have a street named after them that runs through Woodhaven and East New York. The Lott family, who later moved to and settled in Brooklyn — one of their houses in that borough was named a city landmark — are buried in the back of the cemetery. Though the plot has no official name today, it was once known as the Lott Family Cemetery, Wendell said. It is most commonly referred to as the Wyckoff-Snedker Cemetery, after two families that also call it their final resting place. The historian has a different moniker in mind for the land. “It could just as easily be called the Woodhaven Founders Cemetery,” he said, alluding to the historical significance of those buried there. History aficionados and Woodhaven residents were given a brief tour of the burial ground, learning about the people who were laid to rest there and the cleanup effort. Wendell said maintaining the

A tall pillar marks where the Eldert family is laid to rest in the cemetery located behind All Saints Episcopal Church. The burial ground had been neglected for years, but was recently restored by the Woodhaven Cultural PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY and Historical Society. c e met e r y s p e a k s t o a much broader issue than Woodhaven’s past; it’s also a way to keep a part of Queens’ history alive at the same time as parts of it are being torn down.

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Years of neglect have hidden the history of the cemetery behind All Saints Episcopal Church in Woodhaven — literally and figuratively. The burial ground has been covered with fallen trees, leaves and years of accumulated garbage from the apartment building next door, according to Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society President Ed Wendell. We n d el l a n d t h e s o c i e t y banded together last year to clean up the land, a venture that was celebrated last Sat u rday and which Wendell called “a victory for the community.” “The one thing that people know about this cemetery is that it has been neglected,” he said. “So it was important to us for people to come out and see that it is being cared for.” Tracey Gallagher has lived across the street from the house of worship — formerly St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church — for 10 years and is a decades-long Woodhaven resident.

She hasn’t seen the cemetery look this good in a very long time. “I’ve never seen it looking as good as it does now. Even for all the years I’ve been here, which is a long time,” she said. Aside from cleaning up, the volunteers also mapped out who was buried in the cemetery and where their tombstones belonged, since some of them have been damaged or misplaced. That was made easier by a survey of the area conducted in the early 20th century, Wendell said. For example, it showed the resting place of Isaac Ditmars, a member of the same family who later had an Astoria neighborhood named after them. Much of Ditmars’ tombstone is missing, but a small yellow flag points out where he is laid to rest. The family ow ned land in Woodhaven before moving to the wester n par t of the borough, according to historian Allan Smith. One tombstone, a tall pillar still in good shape, is that of the Eldert

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Ex-cop is guilty of killing wife: DA Kevin Canty, of Ozone Park, to get 25 years in prison A retired Ozone Park transit officer pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his wife in front of their children in April of last year, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced on Tuesday. “This is a tragic story with no winners, only losers. There is a mother who senselessly lost her life, a husband who stands convicted of her death, and their

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children who must grow up without the love or com for t of either pa rent,” Brown said in a press release announcing the plea. “While the defendant will have to live with what he did for the rest of his life, the sentence to be imposed is more than warranted.” Kevin Canty, 44, of Ozone Park, will be sentenced to 25 years in prison at a sentencing on Jan. 6. On April 19, Canty shot his wife, Jessica Canty, multiple times in the torso while their two children were watching. A witness at the time told the Queens Chronicle the two children ran out of the house and pleaded for help. “They were screaming ‘Daddy shot mommy, please help,’” the witness said. “They looked petrified. It all happened so fast. I wasn’t sure it was real.” The former cop, who retired on disability, was caught a short time after the shooting by police in Centreville. A friend of the family said last year that the couple’s relationship had “gone sour” shortly before the shooting, but didn’t expect it to escalate to that level. “If I did, you’d better believe I would have done something,” the friend, who wished Q not to be named, told the Chronicle.

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he Borough of Queens has spoken, and the answer is no. Our residents do not want to see so much of the careful rezonings done over the years get overridden by blanket changes conceived in Manhattan; do not want to see it more difficult to fit in a train, bus or parking space; and do not want to see the Board of Standards and Appeals given a new tool by which it can override existing zoning. Those are among the main reasons why the Borough Board voted Monday 12-2 against the city’s Housing New York plan, which is divided into two elements: Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability. The vote, cast by the chairmen and women of the borough’s 14 community boards, perfectly reflected the tallies recorded by each of those bodies. Only two CBs, both in far western Queens, approved the plans, and one of them did so only if certain changes would be made to them. It’s probably no coincidence that one of the boards oversees the part of Queens that is most like Manhattan, and becoming more like it all the time. As with so much of what the city does, the goals are laudable but the devil is in the details. Here City Hall is trying to give developers incentives to build more affordable housing, including some designed to let seniors remain in the neighborhoods

they call home, and to make new buildings more attractive and functional. And much of the proposal is just fine, such as the element that would allow some buildings to go just five feet higher in exchange for a much more useful and pleasing ground floor. But it’s the blanket rezoning that makes the proposals most unpalatable. More than 40 neighborhoods in Queens have been rezoned in the last decade or so, in processes that included deep community involvement, which this plan did not. Our residents simply are not willing to risk seeing that work go to waste and neighborhoods changed to accommodate an experiment. The other major element in the no vote is the stripping away of parking for new senior citizen housing. Some people have a belief that few people over 65 drive and a concurrent vision of getting more people out of their cars and onto public transit. Neither is realistic in Queens. Periodically this page has to remind City Hall that Queens is not Manhattan. This is one of those weeks. The administration should look at the Borough Board’s detailed objections to Housing New York and come up with a new proposal that can both meet the original plan’s goals and recognize that not all boroughs are the same — and that Queens residents have worked hard for years to maintain our unique neighborhoods.

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Wage war now I Dear Editor: It’s time for the Obama/Clinton Democrats, liberals and progressives to wake up and realize that you cannot hold hands and sing campfire songs with these fundamentalist savage terrorists and have them change their mission to kill all they deem as “non-believers” and infidels. There is only one solution and that is to kill them first. It is time for Obama/Clinton and their followers to stand aside, get out of the way and unleash our military — the greatest, strongest and most advanced force in the world. Our military will show Obama et al. what it is like to get the job done. They certainly won’t be leading from behind. It is time for all law-abiding peoples of the world to be safe from ISIS, Al Qaeda and all the other fundamentalist terrorists. It is time to take back our world. Joe Cimino Middle Village

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ill the new Flushing Meadows Corona Park Alliance be a boon to Queens’ crown jewel, bringing in tens of millions of dollars the make our largest green space even grander? Probably. But will the new group’s composition mean that part of the park is likely to get much better treatment than another part, as Councilman Rory Lancman suggests? Probably also true. The northern part of the park is where the attractions are, and Lancman, who represents the southern section, is worried the corporateheavy alliance will direct too much of its new resources there. Also, corporations were behind the plan to build a big mall next to Citi Field, a move ruled illegal because it’s parkland. Residents are right to be worried that big business may propose yet another damaging project in Flushing Meadows, and this alliance may give them more leverage to do so. We must remain vigilant to prevent that.

NATO, with the aid of others, Russia and China, could easily retake Raqqa, Mosul and Fallujah. Citizens comprehending the imminent threat would support destroying the strongholds of ISIS. Seeking out and killing the leaders and members of ISIS is now mandated. Individuals who pledged allegiance to ISIS must be removed like a cancer. Immediately all nations should declare that any of their citizens who went to fight with ISIS will have their passports null and void, be stripped of their citizenship, deemed an armed danger and treated accordingly. It is also necessary that the attacks end migration to the West by refugees and asylum seekers. Rather than running from the ISIS threat, it is time for these people to fight their enemy. Putting boots on the ground to destroy the ISIS strongholds faces a stumbling block, however. As learned from Afghanistan and Iraq, winning a battle is easy for the West, but unless it is willing to hold the ground, the war can never be won. Whether leaders have the courage to confront this fact and to state it clearly to

voters is truly where the future of this fight remains in question. Ed Horn Baldwin, LI

Heads in the sand Dear Editor: Only last week The New York Times was stating that the EU was relaxing its stance against ISIS .... by not participating in the “Mid-East Coalition against ISIS” .... almost prophetic! Could it be too late already? The West (its governments and media) has ignored hundreds of wake-up calls since 9/11. And now that the West has allowed millions of unvetted refugees from ISIS/Hezbollah/ Iran/Iraq/Egypt/Somalia/Nigeria/Libya/Lebanon/Pakistan/Algeria/Tunisia/Jordan/Hamas/ Yemen, etc., to flood their countries, there will be more horrible global mass attacks similar to the one in Paris on Friday, Nov. 13. Jacques Hakim Bayside

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Low turnout, high cost Dear Editor: The November election this year in the City of New York resulted in an extremely low turnout of registered voters. One figure that I heard for turnout was 5 percent. Granted, there were few races of note this year. Here in Queens, we were electing a district attorney and various judges plus holding a smattering of special contests, depending in which area of the borough you resided. The district attorney had no opposition. In fact, incumbent Richard Brown had three party endorsements. Several of the judges also had multiparty backing, so the contests did not

Tofu over turkey Dear Editor: ”How can you sacrifice eating turkey on Thanksgiving?” I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about that question over the last 5 Thanksgivings. After all, I used to eat turkey. I preferred the brown meat. I would watch my mother stuff the bird. We would eat, rest, then eat more. Turkey leftovers for days … stuffing, sandwiches, soup. Isn’t that what Thanksgiving is about, after all … the turkey? I now think about other memories of Thanksgiving. Watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Fighting over who would say grace. My mother saying how thankful she was to have us all there, as her eyes welled up. Talking and laughing. Visitors coming in and out. Children running around. Love. Thanksgiving was more about the family, sights, and sounds than the food. Isn’t Thanksgiving about family and togetherness? Can we reflect on our own lives without sacrificing another’s? Why does a living thing have to die for us to enjoy a holiday about being thankful? So how can I sacrifice eating turkey on Thanksgiving? The question really becomes how can I not? Could you do something differcontinued on next page

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Dear Editor: Were the integrity of Flushing Meadows Corona Park, a people’s urban park, not simply threatened by a proposed assault at the hands of the Madison Square Company and AEG Live, two private, for-profit businesses who wish to usurp the park for paid entrance festivals — comes now yet another similar intrusion by Founders Entertainment, another private, for-profit company that also seeks to usurp a portion of the park for another festival (“Governors Ball operators apply to host Queens Festival,” Nov. 12). As the saying goes, one folly begets another. With apology to William Shakespeare, “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,” but in a myopic mayor and Parks commissioner, who do not view FMCP as a much-needed peoples’ park but as real estate to be sold or bartered to the highest bidder. They fail to understand it is tax dollars that maintain a park. The mistreatment of FMCP is outrageous and unacceptable. So long as the city does not issue a clear and unambiguous statement that under no circumstances will these kinds of intrusions in our park be entertained, the assault will continue. As to Mayor de Blasio’s announcement of an FMCP Alliance, Geoffrey Croft, a park advocate, is correct to call the deal “a sham” that allows private businesses to commercially exploit the park and allows the city to default on its obligation to maintain the park with tax dollars (“Administration announces Flushing Meadows Corona Park Alliance,” qchron.com, Nov. 16). In 1895, Frederick Law Olmstead, the genius who created Central Park in Manhattan and important parks elsewhere, said as follows: “The survival of our park system requires the exclusion from its management of real estate dealers and politicians and the first duty of our park trustees is to hand down from one generation to the next the treasure of scenery which the city has placed in their care.” Suffice it to say the huge increase in our urban populations and the technological congestions residents in our modern cities now face daily suggest that Mr. Olmstead’s remarks over 100 years ago are even more pertinent today. I do not think Mr. Olmstead would break bread with our current mayor and his parks commissioner or those other elected officials who view their constituents as private big business and not the little people. Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

excite public interest and the results were not surprising. Also, there were no propositions or other initiatives on the ballot. This election cost the residents of the city somewhere in the neighborhood of ten million dollars to conduct. A similar situation happened in 2011. Every four years we have this general election year that is not the presidential election year, nor the gubernatorial election year, nor the mayoral election year. It sparks little notice. Wouldn’t it make sense to readjust the terms of the offices up in such a year so they would expire to coincide with one of the other three general election years? Think of what could be done with the money saved by canceling such an off-year election. There would be more money for children’s afterschool programs, more money to help our senior citizens and our veterans, more money for our nonprofits who serve the public. The list goes on and on. When I went to vote this year, the poll workers were just sitting waiting for voters to show up. Interpreters and other election personnel were idle. What a waste of resources! Our election process is antiquated and costly. What can be done? It is time that we join the 21st century and use techniques that encourage voter participation and reduce costs. Mail-in voting, online voting and universal registration would increase participation and save money. People who do not want to participate could elect out. And the window of opportunity to select our elected leaders would be broadened so that people would no longer have an excuse for not voting. Some states are using these techniques successfully and do not seem to have a problem with voter fraud. Isn’t it time for New York and other states to employ new strategies to encourage voting and lower costs? Henry Euler Bayside

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ent this year? I’m not saying to go vegan. I’m not even saying to go vegetarian. I’m saying to think about doing one thing differently this year. Save one turkey. He or she would be thankful for that. Three hundred million turkeys are raised and killed each year in the U.S. for their meat, including 45 million-plus at Thanksgiving and 22 million-plus at Christmas. Audra Fuest Forest Hills

Film footnotes to history Dear Editor: I enjoyed your special reports on Queens history in the Nov. 12 issue (“Have you heard the news?” special section), but as a movie buff, I coudn’t help but notice the absence of cinema significance for two sites you included: the Westside Tennis Club and LaGuardia Airport. Alfred Hitchcock shot footage of the 1950 Davis Cup finals at Forest Hills Stadium for his 1951 thriller, “Strangers on a Train.” Farley Granger played a tennis star ensnared in a bizarre murder plot. He must finish a match on time to catch a train at Penn Station. Scenes were also shot outside of the stadium. LaGuardia played a vital, if unseen role in the 1942 classic “Casablanca.” The opening montage shows how European

refugees stranded in Morocco hoped to get to Lisbon and then board the Pan Am Clipper, a sea plane, to LaGuardia’s Marine Air Terminal. I still remember this as time goes by. But we can always play it again, Sam. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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Retraction The Oct. 1 article “Facts about the TACHS exam” from that week’s Religious Schools Section contained numerous inaccuracies and misleading statements, as pointed out to the Queens Chronicle by the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens last week. The article also was misattributed. All the information in it came from an article on noodle.com, a private education website unaffiliated with the Catholic Church. We regret the errors.

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In “Woodhaven Developments” (Nov. 5, South Queens edition), Maria Thomson, executive director of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp., declares a threat to Woodhaven. What is this threat? Terrorism? No. Some other public safety issue? No. The threat identified by Ms. Thomson is the city Department of Transportation’s plan for Select Bus Service, or SBS, on Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards. Let’s be clear: I’m a Riders Alliance member and an SBS supporter. SBS would shorten commute times for 30,000 daily riders who use the Q52 and Q53 buses along the corridor. It would address congestion and pedestrian safety by improving traffic flow and reducing the opportunity for speeding and “overtaking,” the dangerous and aggressive tactic some drivers use to reduce their commute times. Between July 2012 and the end of 2014, eight people were killed and 1,432 injured on what is now considered Queens’ most dangerous street. I first learned about SBS in 2014 when Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) endorsed it at a Community Board 9 meeting, later signing a September 2014 letter to the MTA and DOT co-signed by Council Members Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale), Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) and Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), whose districts are included in the plan. Initially, the DOT presented three options — ranging from the modest, perhaps least useful first option to the most comprehensive and expensive third option. The DOT picked the second option, and not because it was “just right,” to quote Goldilocks. Since the DOT presented the plan earlier this year, there has been pushback by “car firsters” and those who worry about the economic impact on areas like Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven. Some of this conversation is exactly what planners seek when they engage with the community. But some of it is not helpful at all, and I have made it a point recently to question the relevance of personal anecdotes in public policy deliberations, not because they aren’t important — indeed they can help us understand more deeply what is going on — but because they should not replace demonstrable data. And while one can be concerned or have questions about any proposal, opinions presented as fact are not helpful either. Let’s summarize the problems Thomson identified with the plan: No left turns onto Jamaica Avenue, the elimination of a lane of traffic in each direction, lack of space for pedestrians waiting for the bus and the use of residential side streets by drivers seeking a workaround.

T he se a r e a l l real concerns, but how real? In many places, left turns are not allowed on major thoroughf a r e s . SB S h a s been implemented throughout the city and beyond. While some will asser t “Woodhaven Exceptionalism,” I’d like to see concrete outcomes from other SBS implementations, as well as personal stories that may accompany the sometimes cold facts. Would Jamaica Avenue be harmed by eliminating left turns, or will making the Woodhaven corridor more accessible to public transportation drive an economic boom? I’ve heard both claims, but what is the truth? I read in this paper recently that Ulrich is sponsoring a Queens Economic Development Corp. study of the Jamaica Avenue business district that may answer these questions. But we should wait to hear what the Queens EDC has to say before rendering our opinions. Would it really be less safe to implement the safety-related features of SBS, as opponents of it say? We already have block after block requesting speed bumps to calm excessive speeding through residential streets. How many deaths on the boulevard are too many for those concerned about future hypothetical safety issues? Will SBS impact safety and make congestion worse? How will we know? There are tens of thousands of people arriving each year, many of them bringing cars to transit-challenged Queens. If there are concerns about the Woodhaven SBS plan, we should hear them, but we should allow the DOT to address concerns already raised. This is what CB 9 Transportation Committee Chair Kenny Wilson has done by waiting to render judgment until the updated version of the plan is made available. He’s pointed out that the DOT has undertaken a related study of the non-SBS bus lanes in a northern section of Woodhaven Boulevard and that after Community Boards 5 and 6 are apprised of the results, we will be too. It’s time we confront the growing need for better public transit in our community, working with transportation planners who want to bring a solution that’s proven to work. But in working together, we should have rational discourse and an understanding of the transportation needs of all of our Q neighbors. Joel Kuszai is Second Vice Chairman of Community Board 9 and a member of the Riders Alliance.

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Aiming for gold by helping the needy Howard Beach Girl Scoutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service project seeks to assist foster children by Anthony Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Reilly Associate Editor

Francesca Casalaspro has never had to worry about not having a simple possession such as her pajamas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been very lucky in my life,â&#x20AC;? Casalaspro said. But she realized that some children in the foster care system do not have that simple luxury. Many of them do not get to take their possessions with them as theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re moved around from one location to the next. After realizing that, the Howard Beach Girl Scout teamed up with a nonprofit to provide nighttime clothing to children who need it most. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think this gets focused on enough,â&#x20AC;? she said of children who lack items such as pajamas. The service project â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in which Casalaspro is asking the community to donate the clothes and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books that will be donated to the Manhattan-based Pajama Program â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is part of the Scoutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal to achieve the Gold Award, the highest honor a Girl Scout can achieve. Casalaspro, a high school student who has been a member of the St. Barnabas Ambassador Troop 4582 since the first grade, said the project is not about the status that comes with the award, but about

Francesca Casalaspro collects pajamas for children in the foster care system, part of her community service project to achieve the Girl Scoutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest honor, the Gold Award. Here, she PHOTO COURTESY FRANCESCA CASALASPRO stands with Mixology Hair Studioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner, James Perrone. helping those in need. The Girl Scouts of the United States of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website says the Gold Award challenges its members to â&#x20AC;&#x153;change the world â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or at least your corner of itâ&#x20AC;? and that the

select high school students who do are eligible for college scholarships. Before one can begin her Gold Award process, a Scout must achieve the Bronze and Silver awards.

The project for the top prize must be approved by the Girl Scouts. Louisa Gaskell, Casalasproâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Scout leader, said just getting to the process of the Gold Award is an accomplishment in and of itself, and that this is the first time sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen somebody go after the distinction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By the time they get to this age, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re usually not involved anymore,â&#x20AC;? Gaskell said of high school-aged Girl Scouts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an accomplishment just to get to that level.â&#x20AC;? Casalaspro said she came across the idea of donating pajamas to children in need after reading a story about the issue and it was the first idea she pitched to the Girl Scouts of Greater New York. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They either approve it or they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,â&#x20AC;? she said of the process, which mostly consists of filling out a form. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thankfully, they did approve it. I was very happy.â&#x20AC;? Casalaspro is aiming to collect 100 pairs of clothing to donate to the Pajama Program. She will be hosting a collection event at St. Barnabas Church, located at 159-19 98 St., on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. She will also have a box inside Fazio Dance Center, located at 164-48 Cross Bay Blvd. Anyone who wishes to donate or would like to f ind out more infor mation can email Casalaspro at frankiegoldaward@ Q gmail.com.

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Toy and gift drive for needy begins Bringing out the best in our readers by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

It’s not their fault that their families are down on their luck and have been forced to live in one of the city’s homeless shelters. It’s not their fault there’s barely enough money to keep them fed and clothed, much less provide for any of the fun many other children enjoy. It’s not their fault that some have had to witness people protest their presence in a community outside their own windows. They’re just children, and now we hope that you’ll help make their days a little brighter by contributing to the Queens Chronicle’s 21st Annual Holiday Toy Drive. You come through for them every year, and we’re sure this one will be no different. We’ve always called it a toy drive, but the new, unwrapped gifts we’re hoping you’ll contribute cover a wider range than that. For older kids such as teenagers, cologne, perfume, hairbrushes, inexpensive jewelry and the like are also welcome. And of course all the youngsters, from infant to teen, can always use new items of clothing. The gifts will go to children in four city homeless shelters, the Kings Inn Family Center in East Elmhurst, the Boulevard Family Resi-

dence in Elmhurst, the Metro Family Residence in East Elmhurst and the Saratoga Family Inn in Springfield Gardens, as well as Dove House, an emergency shelter for battered women or men and their children in Eastern Queens. Gifts can be dropped off at the Chronicle office, at 62-33 Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Park, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you can’t deliver gifts during regular office hours, you can leave them at Barosa Brick Oven Pizza, next door at 62-37. A number of elected officials also let their offices be used as drop-off points. They are: • Councilman Daniel Dromm, at 37-32 75 St., 1st floor, in Jackson Heights; • Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, at 47-01 Queens Blvd. in Sunnyside; • Councilman Donovan Richards, at 234-26A Merrick Blvd. in Laurelton; • Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (who collects for other drives as well as ours), at 21333 39 Ave., suite 238 in Bayside; • state Sen. Leroy Comrie, at 113-43 Farmers Blvd. in St. Albans; • Assemblyman Mike Miller, at 83-91 Woodhaven Blvd. in Woodhaven; and • state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., at both 159-53 102 St. in Howard Beach and 66-85 73 Place in

Joined by Santa Claus, Queens Chronicle intern Gina Martinez, left, and Associate Editor Hannah Douglas display just a few of the items that will go to needy children this holiday season, thanks PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE to the generosity of our readers. Middle Village. Over the next several weeks you’ll see reminders of our effort, including specific requests made by some of the hundreds of children who’ll be helped by your donations, and recognition of those who have contributed. We know you’ll come through as you always

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One stopped a gang member and the other stopped two would-be burglars. For keeping the streets of the 106th Precinct safe, Police Officers Andres Gonzalez and Joseph Morgante were honored as the September and October, respectively, cop of the month at last Wednesday’s 106th Precinct Community Council meeting. Gonzalez — who received his award a month late because he was on vacation during the council’s October meeting — was lauded for stopping a man who was wearing a red bandana, an article of clothing worn by members of the Bloods, while walking in known territory of a rival gang, according to 106th Precinct Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff. Schiff said the suspect allegedly looked like he was holding an item in his waistband and when Officer Gonzalez exited his vehicle, the gang member immediately put his hands up and surrendered.

“This guy has a guilty mind,” Schiff said of the suspect. Gonzalez then asked the suspect if he had any weapons, the commanding officer said, to which he said yes. It was a loaded .45-caliber, Schiff said. Gonzalez was also honored for capturing an individual who allegedly struck another person multiple times with a hammer on Liberty Avenue, as well as nabbing an alleged robber who put one of his victims in a headlock on Oct. 29. A witness was able to give the police more information on that crime. Morgante on Oct. 30 arrested two individuals after they were caught allegedly trying to enter an abandoned house by drilling out the front door, Schiff said. The commanding officer noted the precinct has had problems with abandoned houses that have squatters, or are used to scam people out of down payments on homes. Schiff believes the two, who have prior arrests for burglary, were looking to “set up shop” in the house. “That’s what I think they were doing,” Q he said.

Members of a notorious gang are causing trouble in South Ozone Park, contributing to a rising number of shootings in the 106th Precinct, Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff said last Wednesday. “The Bacc Street Crips seem to have some sort of operation, generally south of Rockaway [Boulevard] in South Ozone Park,” Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said at the community council meeting. “We have ID’ed a number of these individuals. We know where they live. We’re building up a case.” According to Schiff, there have been four reported shootings in the South Ozone Park area since the beginning of October — the same number that was reported in the entire precinct in all of 2014. There have been 10 shootings in the 106th Precinct so far in 2015, Schiff said. “These people started to act up somewhat recently this year,” the commanding officer told the audience.

Members of the Bacc Street Crips — a gang with roots in South Central Los Angeles — allegedly committed to one high-profile murder in Queens this year when two of them killed 71-year-old South Jamaica grandmother Leta Webb. Sahel Green and Julian Douglas, both of South Ozone Park, were charged with killing Webb as she answered her door at 1:40 a.m. on March 31. The hit is believed to be gang-related as one of her adopted sons, Arnold Webb, is a member of the Bloods, a rival gang of the Crips, who is serving 25 years to life in prison for manslaughter, according to published reports. Green and Douglas face 25 years to life in prison if convicted of the murder. Schiff said he is in contact with the Queens District Attorney’s Office to bring charges against the members. “We’re meeting on a regular basis. We’re putting a case together to see what we can do to once again make this a safe community,” the commanding officer told Q the council.

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Police Officers Andres Gonzalez, second from left in top photo, and Joseph Morgante, second from left above, received cop of the month awards for their service in the 106th Precinct. Joining them are Capt. John Ganley, executive officer of the precinct, Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer, and Frank Dardani, president of the 106th Precinct Community Council. PHOTOS BY ANTHONY O’REILLY

A federal jury found Vincent Asaro, the Howard Beach man accused of helping plot the infamous 1978 Lufthansa heist at John F. Kennedy International Airport, to be a good fella and last Thursday said he was not guilty. The jury started deliberations on Monday and returned its verdict Thursday afternoon. Through cross-examining witnesses, U.S. prosecutors had tried to convince the panel that Asaro was one of the masterminds behind the theft of $6 million in jewels and cash on Dec. 11, 1978, at the time the largest heist in the country’s history. Witnesses included Lufthansa employees and Asaro’s cousin, Gaspare Valenti, who testified he was there on that day. Valenti told the jury he was following Asaro’s instructions. “Make sure you do everything you’re supposed to; don’t dog it,” he recalled being told by Asaro, who allegedly over-

saw the Bonnano crime family’s interests at the South Queens airport. The planning and fallout of the heist was immortalized in the 1990 classic “Goodfellas.” Asaro was the only person ever formally charged in the case. As Asaro was leaving federal court in Brooklyn, he jokingly said, “Don’t let them see the body in the trunk” while within earshot of reporters. One person might have already predicted the not-guilty verdict. In a book released earlier this year, called “The Lufthansa Heist,” co-written by Henry Hill, the mob associate turned FBI informant and the main character of “Goodfellas,” who died in 2012, author Daniel Simone says “Asaro had no involvement in the famous robbery.” Asaro was also found not guilty in the alleged murder of low-level mob associate Paul Katz, who went missing in 1969 and whose body was found in 2013. It was alleged Asaro strangled Katz because he believed he was cooperating Q with law enforcement.

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A joint operation resulted in 2,185 traffic and parking tickets being handed out to drivers in South Queens two weeks ago, 106th Precinct Executive Off icer Capt. Joh n Ganley announced last Wednesday. The summonses were handed out during a week of stepped-up enforcement, which took place from Nov. 1 to Nov. 8, to carry out Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative — City Hall’s plan to reduce traffic-related deaths in the five boroughs. The majority of the summonses were parking-related, Ganley said, 1,328. Thirty were for double-parking, 55 for parking in bus stops and 44 for crosswalks. He did not say what the other 1,1999 were for. There were 857 moving violations issued, Ganley said. Out of those, 235 were for speeding, 33 for failing to yield to pedestrians, 93 for signal violations — such as ignoring red lights — 82 for improper turns, 90 for not obeying traffic signs, 34 for using cell phones behind the wheel and 20 for texting while driving. The other 270 violations were not listed by Ganley. “These are quality summonses. This is not an inspection sticker kind of thing,” Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said. “These were people who were causing accidents.” Other summonses handed out during the

The 106th Precinct handed out more than 32,000 of these Vision Zero fliers before they began a FILE IMAGE strict week of enforcement that resulted in more than 2,100 summonses. enforcement week included 57 for not wearing seat belts, 30 for unlicensed operators, 94 for having tinted windows and two for improper turns. There were 24 unspecified violations filed, Ganley added. The enforcement was a joint effort between the 106th Precinct, the NYPD’s Traffic Enforce-

ment Division, the Taxi and Limousine Commission and the Citywide Traffic Task Force. A week before the summonses were issued, 106th Precinct cops handed out 32,000 educational Vision Zero fliers at schools, street corners, places of worship and other areas in South Q Queens, Ganley said.

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Students from PS 97Q, The Forest Park School, are once again participating in a three-session Mad Scientist Program. Ms. Beigay and Class 1-316, above, just attended their Walloping Weather session, in which the students learned about meteorologists and what they do! This is a very exciting, hands-on, science program which the students look forward to each year. The next two sessions for first-grade will be in January and May, with the topics being Radical Robots, in which the students will build a robot, and Dry Ice Capades!

At PS 97Q, the generationOn Kids Care Club is moving right along with many service projects, having just completed a “Donate-A-Toothbrush” drive, collecting 236 toothbrushes, top right, which will be shared with people in Haiti. The club feels that one of the simplest tools to maintain personal hygiene is a toothbrush and so many in today’s world do not have one. The need is there to help others in this simple way and the club is very excited to support this project. You can visit this link to learn more about this program at donateatoothbrush.com.

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continued from page 5 “The lawsuit itself embodies the community’s rational fears about what the prison’s opening would signify, and were it to be filed again without due consideration of any potential enhancements, those fears would be trivialized, and the lawsuit would run a high risk of dismissal,” the spokesperson added. Regarding the environmental issue Kasper said residents could argue in court, Gellineau said it would be difficult to win their case on that alone. Several people in the audience cited concerns of the juvenile criminals causing havoc in the community, one saying he worked in a similar facility and saw violence firsthand. Another resident, however, said those are not environmental issues. Chiedu Uzoigwe said at one point the lawsuit should be refiled regardless of the strength of its arguments. “I care most about filing this injunction and crossing my fingers and hoping for the best,” Uzoigwe said. Several people argued against that, saying the city and Sheltering Arms have a team of lawyers that could find the smallest loophole in the complaint. Gellineau suggested the people wanting to file a new lawsuit do so themselves, to which they at first responded they wanted his backing. After the civic president declined to

continued from page 5 Wendell noted she lives next door to a mentioned efforts in Elmhurst to save the house that was once owned by one of the Bernardus Bloom Farmhouse, aka Horse people buried in the cemetery. Nicole said “finding out who these Brook House, which was damaged in a fire in September. The community and people were and why they were and why Cou ncilwom a n Eli zabet h Crowley they were a big contribution to Wood(D-Glendale) in late 2012 said they would haven” has been her favorite part of the venture so far. like to see the cemetery landmarked. Her classmates “ Yo u s e e at St. Thomas things like that share the exciteand you realize ou see things like that ment of learning how quickly we’re about the commulosi ng some of and you realize how nity’s history, she o u r h i s t o r y,” said. We n d e l l s a i d . quickly we’re losing Nicole served as “You realize how a tour guide for fast it can happen some of our history.” some of the people a nd how some — Ed Wendell, president of who walked in the thing can go from the Woodhaven Cultural cemetery last being there to and Historical Society weekend. gone. That’s not We nd el l s a id just an Elmhurst many of the guides spoke of the landmarkissue, it’s a Queens issue.” That’s why the historian was pleased to ing fight that the Elmhurst farmhouse is see Woodhaven children get involved with going through. “It’s great to see kids that age caring the cleanup of the cemetery. “One of the great things was when about a farmhouse in another community. these kids were coming in and they were That is the highlight of the past year and talking about the street names they sud- this project,” he said. Now that the trees and garbage have denly recognized,” he said. Nicole, an eighth-grader from St. been cleared from the backyard of the Thomas the Apostle Catholic Academy, is church, Wendell said his next goal is to just one of the young people who dedicat- “turn the land,” meaning dig up the soil Q ed her free time to the restoration project. and replace it with grass.

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Crime up in 106th, but so are arrests DI Schiff says unlocked cars are being broken into in Lindenwood by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The 106th Precinct has seen a slight increase in the number of crimes committed in the area, nine more so far this year than at the same point in 2014 — but cops have been arresting most of the people who have been carrying out the acts, Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said. “If you commit a robbery in this command, chances are you’re going to be caught,” Schiff said highlighting one of the areas where his officers have been making progress. Out of the 231 robberies committed in 2015 as of last Wednesday, when Schiff addressed the 106th Precinct Community Council, arrests have been made in 151 of them. Regarding burglaries — of which there were nine in the seven days before the meeting, compared to three in the same stretch last year — Schiff announced his officers made 10 arrests in the prior 28 days, compared to three the same time last year. “That’s a great direction to be going in. That’s how good our detectives are working,” the commanding officer said. The precinct has seen 21 felony assaults so far this year, two more than at the same point in 2014. Schiff added that most of those occur between people who know each other. “It’s not due to people coming out of bars,” he said. “It’s either domestic or friends fighting friends.” One area where the precinct has been struggling is car parts and items being stolen from vehicles. Two weeks ago, five cars in Howard Beach and Lindenwood had their air bags or tires and rims stolen. “I’m going to be dedicating some of my forces to combat that

A map details where items or car parts have been taken from vehicles in the 106th Precinct recently. PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY problem,” Schiff said. He also noted people are leaving themselves vulnerable to petit larcenies by not locking their car doors. “A lot of this stuff, vehicles are left unattended and unlocked. Very few are actually broken into,” he told the audience. Going over noticeable arrests made in the past month, Schiff said two people were arrested for attempting to steal credit card information along Cross Bay Boulevard. A Romanian national was arrested on Oct. 29 at 10:30 p.m., the commanding officer said, for trying to place a skimming device — a tool used to store a victim’s credit card information on a magnetic strip — on an ATM at the TD Bank at 162-02 Cross Bay Blvd. The same man was also charged with a similar incident that took place in the 107th Precinct on Oct. 17.

A Rockaway resident working at the McDonald’s at 159-40 Cross Bay Blvd. tried to skim a customer’s credit card on Oct. 9, Schiff said, but the victim noticed something suspicious and notified the police. “You have to be careful,” Schiff said. “If you see that credit card disappear, that’s when you open your mouth and call 911.” Two perpetrators were arrested after trying to flee from the cops. The first incident was a Howard Beach man who was suspected of a number of grand larcenies and allegedly was caught driving a stolen van with a revoked license. When approached by cops, he fled at a high rate of speed but was later caught. Schiff said he was also charged with attempting to steal an ATM from a Quick Lube in the 113th Precinct in Jamaica. The second man was suspected of stealing a vehicle in Brooklyn, as well as scamming a woman out of $4,000 by paying for a separate vehicle with a counterfeit check. When approached by cops on Oct. 6, the suspect attempted to drive in reverse but struck a metal pole, Schiff said. Police were able to charge another man with two burglaries that took place months ago. On Jan. 19, he allegedly entered a home near 125th Street and 107th Avenue at 2:20 a.m. and barked like a dog when approached by the resident. On Dec. 26, 2014, he entered a home on 121 Street and 101st Avenue. In both incidents, property was taken from the homes. A 28-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested on Oct. 8 for allegedly masturbating in front of PS 63 in Ozone Park at 8:26 a.m. He will now have to register as a sex offender. A 19-year-old man from Howard Beach was arrested for allegedly illegally riding his dirt bike on the sidewalk on HalQ loween, “terrorizing the neighbors,” Schiff said.

Union smells a rat at Key Food Picket lines set up at Lindenwood, Glen Oaks stores by Anthony O’Reilly

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Meat workers who got the chop at two Queens Key Foods are striking back at two employers who allegedly unfairly fired union employees who worked at the locations while they were Waldbaum’s. United Food and Commercial Workers 342 have filed state labor complaints against the owners of the supermarkets at 82-35 153 Ave. in Lindenwood and 259-01 Union Tpke. in Glen Oaks, alleging they terminated 10 employees in the meat department because of their union status, despite a previous agreement the organized group had in place with Key Food. Workers are now picketing outside both of the stores. “These are people who have up to 51 years seniority,” Kelly Egan, director at UFCW Local 342, said in a phone interview on Wednesday. “There was one person in Lindenwood who had 46 years seniority. The entire neighborhood is crushed when they see her outside walking the picket line.” Egan said the union has not seen these issues at other Key Foods or Stop & Shops — both of which purchased several Waldbaum’s stores after its parent company, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, declared bankruptcy earlier this year. “It’s just these two stores,” Egan said of the firings, adding the two employers alleg-

Members of UFCW Local 342 pose outside the Lindenwood Key Food with a giant inflatable rat, PHOTO COURTESY UFCW LOCAL 342 a common sight at union picket sites. edly agreed to keep the union workers then reneged on the promises after taking the store over. All full-time Waldbaum’s employees were

members of different unions. A spokesperson for Key Food did not respond to requests for comment on this Q story by press time.

Man hit, killed by E train in Forest Hills A 57-year-old man standing on the subway tracks was struck and killed by an E train at the 75th Avenue station in Forest Hills after 3 a.m. last Saturday. After an initial New York Post report said the victim was a homeless man, the Daily News reported on Sunday that the deceased was Queens Village resident Antonio McMillen. Family members told the newspaper that McMillen was on his way home from his late-night shift as a maintenance man at a Manhattan office building when he was killed by the train. It is unclear why the man was on the tracks when he was hit. “I don’t know what happened,” his niece, Kristina Garcia, told the Daily News. “It just doesn’t make sense at all.” After discovering McMillen, a diabetic, did not return home that morning, family members, including his wife of 30 years, originally feared that the man had suffered some sort of medical episode. The newspaper reported that Garcia learned of his death after she called the police to ask if the man hit by the E Q train was McMillen.

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Governor to expand pension for veterans Queens pols applaud Cuomo for backing bill he had previously vetoed by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Gov. Cuomo commemorated Veterans Day last Wednesday by announcing that the state’s next budget would allocate enough money to expand the number of former service members eligible to purchase up to three years of credit toward a state pension plan. “Our veterans exemplify dedication, patriotism, and sacrifice — and we owe them a debt that can never be repaid,” Cuomo said in a press release announcing the agreement. State law allows veterans who served in designated conflicts in wartime to participate in the pension program, but has not allowed those who served in undesignated conflicts or during peacetime. Cuomo has vetoed two bills that would make more veterans eligible in the program, both times citing concerns they would stress Albany’s finances. The governor’s press release did not specify which veterans would be able to participate in the program after changes upstate, only saying it would cover “veterans that were not previously covered by law and will also remove restrictions that prevented women from being eligible for the additional pension credit because of prior military policy that barred women from being deployed to a military conflict.”

More veterans will be able to participate in the state’s military pension program after changes to it will be made during the upcoming legislative session, Gov. Cuomo announced last week on FILE PHOTO Veterans Day. Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), chairman of the Council’s Committee on Veterans, applauded the governor’s support for the expansion of the program. “All veterans, wartime and peacetime alike, deserve the esteem and respect of all New Yorkers,” Ulrich said in an emailed statement.

“By making more veterans eligible for the pension credit, the governor and state Legislature are sending the right message to those who have sacrificed so much on our behalf. I’m truly glad to see our veterans finally got the respect they deserve.” State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard

Beach), ranking member of the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs, said he appreciates Cuomo “reconsidering” the expansion of the pension program. The senator said he’s “optimistic” on most veterans becoming eligible for the pension program, but added he would have to wait to read the exact language approved by the governor. “If all veterans are included, then I think we’re fine. If we start seeing some exclusions, then it might be an issue.” Addabbo was a co-sponsor of the bill vetoed by Cuomo and said he believed the monetary allocation for the expansion was in the state budget. But, he added, it’s hard to predict the financial impact the revamping of the program might have on the state’s finances. “We don’t know how many veterans are going to take part in this,” he said. “I’ll leave that to the financial wizards at the state level.” The changes to the pension program will be led in the state’s lower chamber by Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) and in the higher chamber by state Sen. William Larkin (R-New Windsor). Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) and state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R-Suffolk) indicated their support for the Q changes in Cuomo’s press release.

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Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) and federal and city politicians last Thursday called on the MTA to conduct a feasibility study on utilizing the Rockaway Beach Rail Line and other rights-of-way in the five boroughs.

“There is no greater asset to our t ransit net work than existing rights-of-way. With the Rockaway Beach Rail Line and the other u n d e r u t i l i z e d r ig h t s - of-w ay throughout the city, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make lasting improvements to our transportation network and meet the demands of our growing popu-

lations,” Goldfeder said during a meeting of the City Council’s Committee on Transportation. “As Queens residents, we are not asking for more than others, but rather for a fair share, to give our families the opportunity to thrive and grow.” Goldfeder was joined by Rep. Jer rold Nadler (D-Manhattan, Brooklyn), a member of the House

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, right, is joined by Rep. Jerrold Nadler in testifying in favor of a City Council resolution that would call on the MTA to study the feasibility of restoring unused rights-of-way in the five boroughs. PHOTO COURTESY NYS ASSEMBLY

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and a supporter of restoring the abandoned rail line. “Restoration of the Rockaway Beach Line would not only provide much needed fast and efficient train service to the Rockaways and southern Queens but would enable a true one-seat ride to Kennedy Airport from Manhattan,” Nadler said in a statement. Goldfeder was testifying in favor of a resolution proposed by com m it tee Chai r ma n Yd a n is Rodriguez (D-Manhattan), which calls on the MTA to “conduct a comprehensive study of unused and underutilized railroad rightsof-way in New York City for the purpose of evaluating the feasibility of increased passenger service along such corridors.” In a statement, Rodriguez indicated support for the Rockaway Beach Rail Line to be studied, among others in the city. “With the MTA struggling for capital dollars for maintenance nonetheless expansion, it is incumbent on our city to evaluate the best and cheapest way to expand our public transit system: unused and

lightly used rail,” he said. “Lines like the Rockaway Beach Line are ripe for development with minimal city and state funding, all we need to do is tap into these resources.” During his testimony, Goldfeder pointed out the abandoned rail line would cost less to restore than the construction of the decades-in-themaking Second Avenue subway line. “Phase I of the Second Avenue subway project will cost $4.45 billion to build less than 2 miles of track. By contrast, reactivating the Rockaway Beach Rail Line could cost as little as $1 billion to create 3.5 miles of new train lines on the existing right-ofway,” the assemblyman said. A fire damaged the tracks in the m id-1950 s a nd t he li ne wa s decommissioned in 1962 due to low ridership. But Goldfeder said the borough and its increasing population is in need of the train. “Queens is fast becoming a worldclass destination. Sadly, our local communities do not yet have the world-class transportation to match,” he said. “This is largely due to the fact that our current transportation system is not designed to handle this tremenQ dous growth we’ve seen.”

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Raising pay raises Council questions Among panel’s considerations: 71% hike in return for curbing outside $ by Michael Gannon Editor

Most members of the City Council are not shy in expressing their opinions on any number of issues that are determined to come under the realm of the people’s business. But the quadrennial review of elected officials’ salaries, including the mayor and Councilmembers, had most of the Queens delegation deferring comment this week. One of the proposals being considered would increase the Council’s annual pay from $112,000 per year to $192,500 — an increase of 71 percent. In return there would be some sort of unspecified ban on outside income; and possible elimination of lulus, the bonuses for Council members who chair committees. The Chronicle reached out to all Council members from Queens by phone, email or both. Most said they would wait until the commission, appointed by Mayor de Blasio as per the City Charter, releases its recommendations in the next few weeks. There was some variation. A spokesman for Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) deferred to a statement made by Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx), who last week said while she would be open to raises, the 71 percent figure was too high. The offices of Councilmembers Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale) and Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said they were opposed without qualifying that, like the speaker, they might consider a lower number. Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing), a

A committee is examining the possibility of giving pay increases to elected city officials including the mayor and City Council. But the idea of a 71 percent hike for the Council has people talking. FILE PHOTO

successful businessman before ever running for the Council, supports some sort of increase, but thinks the reported figure is too high. He also would not support proposals to forego outside income. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) declined to comment on raises until the commission report is out, but he did say that he has refused a $20,000 stipend he would be entitled to this year as Democratic

majority leader. Van Bramer also supports a ban on outside employment and favors eliminating lulus. Van Bramer’s distinction between outside employment and outside income also was stressed by Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows). “I think the concern is outside employment is where you could have a conflict of interest with someone doing business before the city,”

Lancman said. “I don’t think people are as concerned about income from stocks or other sources.” Lancman theorized that the panel might be examining Council salaries as a percentage of that of the mayor, who now makes $225,000; or tying them to some city commissioners. Commissioners of big departments like the NYPD, FDNY and Sanitation earn $205,180, while those from smaller departments earn $192,128. Lancman, who served in the state Assembly, which is going on two decades without a base pay increase from $79,500, said the process by which the city and U.S. Congress get raises is far better than that in Albany. “There, raises were talked about in political deals,” he said. “Here and in Congress, there is a commission and an open vote.” Lancman does not take a lulu as chairman of the Courts and Legal Services Committee, though he said committee chairmen take on a great deal of responsibility and extra work. “A problem with lulus in the past was that they were used to reward and punish members,” he said. Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) also said committee chairmanships merit some extra consideration — just nowhere near the 71 percent mark. “Seventy-one percent is ridiculous,” she said. “This is my only job. I do it seven days a week and I’m on seven committees. I’d consider giving up lulus for the right pay raise — but I’d never vote for anything as high as 71 Q percent. Why not make it 100?”

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A seemingly relaxed Mayor de Blasio strode into the packed auditorium at PS 69 in Jackson Heights at precisely 7 p.m. last Thursday, f lanked by Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina, for a town hall meeting on education. Two hours later, nearly a dozen concerned constituents still stood in line for their chance to speak with the mayor, who agreed to remain to hear them all, pushing the meeting’s total time 40 minutes beyond its scheduled conclusion. What happened in between was business as usual, with the three officials reminding the audience — a largely supportive group of approximately 300, including many members of the mayor’s administration, reporters and a large number of teachers and parents of schoolaged children — of their accomplishments thus far, along with hints for further improvement of the city’s public education system. The mayor’s punctual arrival followed a history of tardiness and Dromm announced at the outset that, while the focal point was education, the mayor would be open to questions on other issues, as well. Although he eschewed his tradition of stick-

ing to a single topic at public events, the mayor was asked fewer than a handful of questions that veered away. He may have faced further questions, however, if a number of people who were unable to make it into the meeting had. According to an official at the meeting, attendance, while open to the public, was subject to pre-registration. That comes in stark contrast to the policy of previous mayors who held public meetings on a first-come, firstsaved basis. A report on the Progress Queens website claimed certain people were left out on purpose so the mayor could have a supportive crowd. “Attendees had to apply for a reservation with the office of Councilmember Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), who would then pre-approve attendees, in order to screen out any critics of the de Blasio administration,” the report claims. “A request was made via e-mail by the publisher of Progress Queens to Councilmember Dromm, seeking a reservation. After that request was never answered, the publisher of Progress Queens carried a protest sign outside the site of the town hall, drawing attention to the restrictive policies in effect on town hall attendees.” Photos accompanying the report show the sign and radio personality Curtis Sliwa, found-

er of the Guardian Angels and a staunch critic of de Blasio, who also said he was barred from the event. Dromm’s office did not respond to a request for comment. Inside, one of the early topics covered was the mayor’s establishment of universal prekindergarten. “One of my passions is pre-K,” the mayor said. “I’m very proud of what we’ve done. We could not change our schools without starting at the very beginning of our children’s education and getting it right.” He announced that as of this past September, his goal of a guaranteed seat for every child in full-day pre-K became a reality. “That’s a beginning,” he said. “Over the next 10 years we’ll pledge to invest what it takes to make every child in this city reading on grade level by third grade. “We are committed to equity in excellence. We chose that phrase on purpose. We don’t accept the notion there’s a school you wouldn’t want to send your kids to.” The mayor’s plan, he said, also includes computer science education for every child at every grade level; free SAT tests for every junior in the city’s high schools; advance placement courses in every high school; and a requirement for teachers to have time set aside

A full house of attendees voiced concerns at the town hall last Thursday. PHOTO BY MARK LORD each week to talk with parents and engage them as partners. “Parents are crucial,” de Blasio said. And, while acknowledging that “college is not for everyone,” the mayor said, “Every child should know that they have the opportunity to go to college.” Suggesting that “this must be a city for continued on page 27

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A Brooklyn woman is charged with drunkenly driving her car into the back of a Sanitation truck in Woodhaven while her four children were inside the vehicle early last Thursday mor ning, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said. According to Brown, Rishma Sookdial, 36, had a .253 blood alcohol content — more than five times the legal limit — when police conducted a Breathalyzer test at 76th Street and Atlantic Avenue. She a l leged ly h a d blood shot a nd watery eyes, slurred her speech and was swaying back and forth. She told the police she was on her way

Sookdial’s BAC was .253: DA Brown back home from having one drink at a friend’s house, according to Brown. The district attorney alleges Sookdial’s four children were injured, taken to a hospital for treatment and later released. Ac c o r d i ng t o Br ow n , S o okd i a l’s 11-year-old son suffered a broken leg, her 9-year-old son complained of abdominal pain, her 5-year-old son suffered a laceration and bruise above his eye and her 18 - m o n t h - o l d d a u g h t e r ’s l i p w a s bleeding.

In Brown’s press release announcing the charges, it was said that Sookdial was charged with driving under the influence but a district attorney spokesman later said she is facing aggravated driving while intoxicated. She is also facing four counts of endangering the welfare of a child and is being prosecuted u nder Leandra’s Law, meaning her arrest will be reported to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment because she had a child younger

than 15 years old in the car. If convicted, she faces up to four years in prison. “My office has zero tolerance when it comes to individuals who get behind the wheel while under the influence of alcohol. In this case the defendant didn’t just risk her life while allegedly driving drunk, she also exposed her children to grave danger,” Brown said in a statement. “Although her four youngsters were injured in the crash, it could have been much worse. The defendant now faces serious charges and jail Q time if convicted.” — Anthony O’Reilly

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continued from page 26 everyone,” the mayor indicated, “We look at inclusion in everything we do. We do it in the way we approach all of our schools, trying to make sure that all parents are engaged, regardless of background or language.” In the next five years, he said, “We’re putting almost three and a half billion dollars into building new capacity all over the city. What it means for District 30 is 1,500 new seats.” The district, one of the most overcrowded in the city, is in need of additional high schools, according to one speaker. In response, Lorraine Grillo, president of the School Construction Authority, admitted, “Sometimes it’s very difficult to site a high school.” There is a need, she said, “to work with the local community on what the school will look like and how it will fit into the neighborhood.” While overcrowding has relegated many of the city’s students to makeshift classrooms, the mayor indicated that “right now we have a $490 million initiative over the next five years and most of that money is focused on replacing the trailers with permanent facilities.” To a young male public school teacher who said he felt so restricted in his job that he left to work in a private school, the mayor said, “We want you back.” “We were hemorrhaging talented teachers,” de Blasio admitted. “Nothing is going to change the school system more than recruiting and retaining the very best teachers for the long haul.” He added, “We are going to incessantly train our teachers to be better all the time. We want to increase opportunities for teachers to work their way up in the system.” In response to a young African-American man who cited racial injustice in discipline policies, the mayor replied, “We will not allow disparity.” During the meeting, other issues raised included standardized testing, the need for more arts education and physical education, better service for special needs students and their parents, and additional Q afterschool programming.

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Joining a gym is a two-way commitment by Michael Gannon Editor

If you are putting off joining a gym because you think you might not be a typical client, relax. Experts in the field say there is no such thing in this day and age. “We have had clients sign up at age 12 and age 96,” said Warren DeStefano, owner of Retro Fitness in Glendale. “It used to be that people who joined a gym were just big guys with bulging muscles. No more.” Vinny Ponte, a personal trainer at Gold’s Gym in Howard Beach, said clients should expect individual service. “Every person is different, and we have to assess them differently to see where to begin,” Ponte said. Both he and DeStefano said there are no shortcuts to success for either trainers or their clients. DeStefano said the first basic is to ask what the client is interested in, such as losing weight, toning up or building muscle. But he and Ponte said their challenge goes far beyond that. Ponte explained that the aim at their end is knowing what questions to ask and to correctly assess the answers in order to craft just the right program. “We have to make sure to ask about their medical history — do they have a heart condition? Have they had surgery? Have they had a serious injury? ... We have some training in

Experts say men of all ages who are interested in joining a gym should be ready for serious FILE PHOTO questions from their trainers — and to ask some of themselves. diet and nutrition. We can’t set a dietary regimen for them, but we can offer some advice.” He also said that your friend’s workout regimen, even at the same gym, is not necessarily going to work for everyone. A healthy 22-year-old man and a healthy

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Maintain your exercise routine during the holidays Between decking the halls, visiting family and attending holiday parties, it may seem like there is little time to maintain a workout routine during the holiday season. While the holiday season is an especially busy time of year, men and women who plan and stay dedicated to their routines do not need to let their health fall by the wayside until January. Several studies show that people can gain anywhere from one pound to a few pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Although that might not seem like a lot of weight, a report in The New England Journal of Medicine noted that many people never lose the weight they put on during the holidays. Those who struggle to keep the weight off understand the importance of maintaining both a consistent fitness schedule and healthy eating habits. This may be challenging when the rich foods and parties synonymous with the holiday season are around to threaten healthy habits. Here’s how to stay on course: • Establish a regular exercise date. Treat exercise as any other obligation on the calendar. Make it a necessity and not a luxury. Schedule time for workouts, even if it means removing something else from your agenda. • Don’t worry about the length of your workouts. If you’re accustomed to an hourlong workout but cannot fit in more than 20 minutes on some days, don’t skip the workout simply because it’s shorter. Make the most of that time by targeting larger, core muscles. • Change your schedule. You may need to alter your daily schedule to fit in gym workouts or other exercise. Try getting up earlier and heading out prior to work or school. This will open up time throughout the rest of your day, and you can use that time to meet the demands of the holiday season. • Get a trainer or a workout buddy. It’s far easier to blow

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Meeks heart scare raises awareness Experts say many of the causes of cardiac disease are preventable by Etta Badoe Chronicle Contributor

One day after suffering a heart attack, Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) released a statement and brought heart disease once again into the spotlight. “I hope my experience can heighten awareness about heart disease and the importance of knowing the signs of a heart episode,” Meeks said on Oct. 29. “Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming more lives than all forms of cancer combined. Fortunately, it is also a preventable and treatable disease.” Soon after, his office confirmed that the congressman is already back at work. According to the Centers for Disease Control, heart disease kills more than 610,000 people every year within the United States, accounting for about one in four deaths. In 2008 the New York Department of Health estimated that heart disease cost the state almost $32.6 billion due to lost productivity and death. Between 2008 and 2010 death rates due to heart disease were highest in the South and lowest in the West. Coronary heart disease is the most common form of heart disease and kills almost 370,000 people annually. “It was believed that women don’t get heart disease and that’s because many of the early studies had been predominantly done on men. So women were underrepresented,” Dr. Chong Park, chief of cardiology at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Queens, said in an interview. But recent studies have shown that heart disease is the leading killer for both men and women. In fact, a CDC report shows that women are one and half times more likely to suffer some sort of heart failure than men. “What we do know nowadays is that women present with more atypical symptoms

Congressman Gregory Meeks is back at work following a mild heart attack. He said he hopes his FILE PHOTO episode reminds people of the dangers and symptoms of heart disease. than men,” Park said, adding that instead of squeezing heart pain they may feel more sweatiness or jaw pain that goes down the arm. Women are also less likely than men to seek help after heart problems. “Think of the heart sort of like a house,” he said. “There are different components. Just like the house has electricity, plumbing, that’s how the heart is.” When those components start to fail and the heart is unable to pump, blood can begin to back up or its flow gets disrupted and this can lead to heart failure. Heart disease is caused by a number of factors including high blood pressure or

cholesterol levels, diabetes, age, smoking and a family history of heart disease. Diet can also be a big issue, particularly in cultures with diets traditionally high in fat, salt and sugar. “Queens is very ethnically diverse,” Park said, which makes it a great place to live, but the ethnic diversity also means a higher likelihood of foods and cultural lifestyle habits that lead to heart disease. Consequently, there is a prevalence of heart disease in Queens, particularly among Southeast Asians who live in the community. The CDC, in a 2014 report on African Americans and heart disease, said 48 percent

of African American women and 44 percent of African American men have some form of cardiovascular disease. Approximately one in five African American adults is a smoker. Ethnic diversity also means people from cultures where preventative and primary care are not encouraged and who typically are less likely to seek medical attention early. “Patients who seek regular medical care and checkups are less likely to end up having to see a cardiologist,” Park said. “They also tend to be the type to ignore the possible warning signs of heart disease.” Common warning signs are difficulty breathing, chest pressure that lasts longer than 10 minutes or keeps returning, sweatiness or chest pains that travel down the arm and up the neck to the back, particularly after bouts of exertion. “I tell my patients if you don’t feel right you should get it checked out,” he said, adding that the worst thing a person can do is wait long before seeking treatment when it comes to possible heart failure. Park said people can do many things to reduce thei r r isk, i nclud i ng reg ula r checkups, screening blood pressure and checking cholesterol regularly. People should minimize “preventable habits” such smoking and poor diet. “Healthy diet and exercise trumps everything,” he said. “The one thing that is so discouraging to me is seeing a young patient have a heart attack. Not fortyish, not even thirtyish, but in their twenties, and the common denominator in patients that I see is smoking. That’s preventable.” Park used to see a rising trend in heart disease among young people in Queens, but in recent years it seems to have levelled off. “But every time I see one it’s one too many,” he said. “The bottom line is I’m the last doctor Q that you want to see.”

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Road to Rio starts in Queens for pair Before they leave for Rio de Janeiro on a quest for gold medals next summer, two Queens table tennis stars were awarded congratulatory citations from Borough President Melinda Katz on Monday. Jennifer Wu, a 25-year-old Flushing resident and native of Beijing, and Tahl Leibovitz, a 40-year-old Ozone Park man who hails from Haifa, Israel, will be representing the United States in the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, respectively, as they look to take home the gold in table tennis. Wu, who will be making her first Olympic appearance next summer, is one of just 14 athletes nationwide to have already qualified for the games. After becoming a United States citizen in March, Wu, who was 8 years old when she was introduced to table tennis by her mother, qualified for Rio by winning the gold medal in the women’s singles tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games, played in Toronto in July. “I’m really happy to qualify for Rio 2016,” Wu said in a statement. “It will be the first time that I will have represented the U.S at the Olympics, so I’m really looking forward to the Olympic Games!” Leibovitz, one of the most decorated table tennis players in U.S. history, qualified for the 2016 games by

winning gold at the Parapan American Games, where participants are athletes from the Americas and the Caribbean who have physical disabilities. The Israel native — who suffers from osteochondroma, a condition characterized by noncancerous but painful bone tumors — credits table tennis as his saving grace. As a teenager, he became homeless, sometimes sleeping in subway stations. But he began playing table tennis at the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Queens when he was 14, and just seven years later, he won gold at the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta. The 2016 games will mark Leibovitz’s fifth Paralympic appearance, as he looks to win his first medal since earning bronze in Athens in 2004. “I have been playing table tennis in New York City for more than 20 years,” Leibovitz said. “First picking up a table tennis racket at the South Queens Boys Club, then training at the Parks Department, then competing against the best players in the United States and finally the world; it has been an amazing experience and a great journey.” The Olympics will be held in Rio from Aug. 5 to Aug. 21, 2016 while the Paralympics begin on Sept. 7 and end Q Sept. 18.

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Operators of Governors Ball seek Queens event Founders Entertainment applies to host Flushing Meadows music festival by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Make that three companies that want to turn Flushing Meadows Corona Park into a massive music venue for three days in 2016. Conf ir med by a Parks Depar tment source last Friday, Founders Entertainment — the entity that puts on the wildly popular Governors Ball music festival on Randall’s Island every June — has applied to host a similar three-day event in Queens’ biggest green space from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, 2016. “Governors Ball at Randall’s Island has been a huge success and we’re excited for another great summer there,” Founders Entertainment co-founder Tom Russell said in a statement issued Friday night. “We’ve also been looking for ways to support other neighborhoods in the fall with great music and partnerships so long as there is buy-in from the local community.” Founders Entertainment is the third such group to file an application with the Parks Department in the last six weeks. In October, AEG Live, the company behind Coachella in California — one of the most attended annual music festivals in the world — was the first to officially declare interest in hosting a Flushing Meadows event, tentatively called Panorama, from June 17 to June 19.

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The Jamaica Avenue shopping strip is the backbone of our community, and the fact that we have a commercial strip is why we have a strong tax base which supports all of Woodhaven. This is one of the reasons that the proposed Select Bus Service plan will affect our community so detrimentally, for it will close off the entrance to Jamaica Avenue from Woodhaven Boulevard by eliminating the left-hand turn onto the corridor. This detour will place all of this traffic that ordinarily would go onto Jamaica Avenue onto Woodhaven’s residential streets instead. This will be very dangerous and place our children, our elderly and all of our residents at risk. The SBS plan will also mean losing parking spaces on our side streets to accommodate this extra traffic. Another dangerous situation will occur when people board buses, for that will take place on the center island of Woodhaven Boulevard. As I often have stated, “there is not h i ng good i n t h is SBS pla n for Woodhaven.” In my last article, I spoke of an upcoming meeting with Nicole Garcia, Queens commissioner of the Department of Transportation, to speak to the Woodhaven community. When this date is confirmed, it will be widely publicized so that we may have a strong turnout. Let us be assured that the decision made on

SBS today will affect Woodhaven for many decades to come. Now, we are working very hard on planning our Woodhaven Business Improvement District sponsored holiday activities. Soon, the holiday lights will be lit on Jamaica Avenue, with holiday music playing from Dexter Court to 100th Street. Forest Parkway Plaza will again have the beautiful artificial tree that we had last year. Looking back, it was more then 28 years ago that we planted an award-winning tree, which Sandy took down. Let us take care of our new tree, so that this one will also last 28 years or more. Mark your calendars for Dec. 4, 6:30 p.m. for the tree and menorah-lighting ceremony. On Dec. 5 at noon, our Welcome Santa to Woodhaven Parade will take place. We will have many groups marching this year, including the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association. So show up and march with us. Finally, our hearts go out to our good ally, France, at this time of their terrible loss of life. These barbarians are trying to destroy the civilized countries of the world and our way of life. But be assured, they will not succeed for we will destroy this evil scourge. Fly our American Flag proudly above all others. May God bless our armed forces, may God bless our disabled veterans, may God bless Q our NYPD and may God bless America.

Founders Entertainment immediately came out in opposition to AEG Live’s plan, saying the latter company’s timing could hinder the 2016 Governors Ball festival, which will take place from June 3 to 5. O n Oct. 30, t he for mer compa ny launched a petition calling on fans to pressure Mayor de Blasio into supporting Governors Ball and demanding Panorama take place at a later date, as it would put the former “in jeopardy” if held in mid-June. “We are writing you today to ask for your support and tell the Mayor’s Office and the City of New York to reject this proposed event that would take place two weeks after Gov Ball,” the petition reads. “We are asking that this proposed event take place at another time of year because this would allow both events to succeed. Please help Gov Ball survive and continue to serve you — the fans, friends and family — for many years to come!” The Parks Department source said the agency will vet all three applications in the coming months, while Mayor de Blasio said

at a Monday press conference in the park the concert plans are still in their infancy. “They are very initial proposals that haven’t even been evaluated yet by the Parks Department, so we are not going to comment formally until we have done a real evaluation,” de Blasio said. “We’re going to be centrally concerned with whether it is something we think benefits the surrounding community — obviously, what kind of impact it would have on the park itself.” Interviewed by the Chronicle earlier this month, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Conservancy President Jean Silva said having tens of thousands of people milling around the park for a series of concerts could be “insane.” “Our biggest question when we have big audiences coming is whether they’ll be confined in one area or will they have to walk all through the park?” Silva said. “That could lead to safety issues.” A Founders Entertainment spokesperson said additional details regarding the company’s proposal were not available, but an economic impact study on Governors Ball released Tuesday showed the 2015 festival generated $50 million for the city’s economy. T he re p or t , compi le d by Au st i n , Texas-based Angelou Economics, concluded that a total labor income — including wages and benefits — of $23.1 million was generated while numerous area residents were hired to fill the 353 jobs created by the festival. Founders Entertainment added that free tickets were given out to people who spent at least 12 hours volunteering at soup kitchens in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx, resulting in approximately 1,200 logged hours of community service. In addition, the festival provided opportunities for area eateries and business owners to sell and display their items during the event, with Founders Entertainment also donating $50,000 to the New York Police and Fire Widows and Children’s Benefit Fund and $10,000 to the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City in response to the Harlem building explosion on March 12, Q 2014 that killed eight.

Time served in pension theft A Jamaica man who left his father’s body unclaimed in the Nassau County morgue for 14 months has been sentenced to time served on state charges after paying back more than $25,000 in state pension and Social Security money that was paid into his late father’s checking account. Christopher Bunn already has served six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of third-degree grand larceny and petit larceny in October 2014. Bunn’s father, James Bunn, died on Feb. 24, 2010. New York State Comptrol-

ler Tom DiNapoli, in a statement issued by his office on Tuesday, said Bunn made final restitution of $7,542 in pension benefits and $17,790 in Social Security payments in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday. “This is a warning to anyone attempting to steal state pension funds,” DiNapoli said. “We are tracking you and you will be prosecuted.” He said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown and the office of the Social Security Inspector General also worked Q on the case.

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Performance festival breaks out in the borough various locations throughout the city through Nov. 21. Themes explored include migration patterns, territory and corporeality and the appropriation of space and the body. Canonge kicked the evening off with a brief action piece before turning the floor over to the night’s main attractions. “Past experience,” family roots, the struggles of being an artist and returning to Puerto Rico formed the basis of Chinese performer Huisi He and Puerto Rican performer Geraldo Mercado’s respective routines — while power tools and a self-made black box served as the backdrop for BolivianAmerican Yvonne Castellanos as she explored energy and “physical acts in space” by fitting herself into the box and then destroying it from within. Dallas-based artist Darryl Lauster sat in a makeshift execution chair and referenced language from the Old Testament, the Constitution and militia continued on page 45

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ater, recitation and power tools were just some of the by props in play at the opening night of the Itinerant 2015 Etta Badoe Performance Art Festival NYC last Thursday. Six performers from as far afield as China, Spain and Puerto Rico put on an eclectic and engaging show in the unlikely, but surprisingly intimate setting of the atrium at PS 69 in Jackson Heights. The opening-night performance was just one of a number of shows designed to place the spotlight on live-action art in New York City over the next week. “We are here to bring attention to other forms of art expression, like performance art,” explains festival founder Hector Canonge. “We know about painting, we know about sculpture, but performance art is very unique.” Forty-eight national and international artists are expected to perform at

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Free art classes, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center, 35-30 35 St., Astoria. For ages 8-16, every Tues. & Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

Watercolors by Christine Yost, until Nov. 24. Closing reception, Sat., Nov. 21, 2 p.m. Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Suggested $2 donation. Info: (718) 3596227, vomuseum.org.

Play4Autism Martial Arts program by New Beginning Tae Kwon Doe, 64-64 Dry Harbor Road, Middle Village. Program every Sat., 12-1 p.m. $25. Info: (718) 894-7777, play4autism.org.

“Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact,” art exhibit explores Hollywood movies as contemporary artwork. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $12 adults, $9 seniors/students, $3 kids 3-12. Info: movingimage.us.

SPECIAL EVENTS Annual talent show with a 1930s flair, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Commonwealth Blvd. and 87 Ave., Bellerose. Sat., Nov. 21, 6 p.m. $10 adults, $5 kids. Can auction and more. Info: (718) 347-0278.

The Burns Collection & Archive, nineteenth century Japanese photographs, showing rice, tea and silk production, thru Dec. 3. Opening reception, Fri., Nov. 20, 7-9 p.m. Free. Resobox Gallery, 41-26 27 St. Info: (718) 784-3680, info@resobox.com. “Altered Appearances,” images that are not always what they appear to be. Thru Jan. 4. Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30 St., Long Island City. Free. (718) 937-0727, flcart.org.

MUSIC Mark Wade Trio, jazz concert, MuSE Sound of Arts Festival, Thurs., Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $15, $12 students/seniors. Info: (917) 583-4099, musefriends@gmail.com.

THEATRE “Cliffhanger,” comic thriller, Douglaston Community Theatre. Fri.-Sat., Nov. 20-21, 8 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 21, 2 p.m. Zion Episcopal Church, 243-01 Northern Blvd. $17 adults, $15 seniors. Tickets: (718) 482-3332. A Saturday Afternoon with Lauren Elder, cabaret and Broadway singer. Sat., Nov. 21, 3 p.m. Queens Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. Free. Register: http://laurenelder.eventbrite. com/?aff=Chronicle. Info: facebook.com/lalabirdmusic and Twitter @LalabirdLauren.

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Gilbert and Sullivan’s “HMS Pinafore,” a musical, Sun., Nov. 22, 3 p.m. Queensborough Community College Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Info/tickets: (718) 631-6311, qcc.cuny.edu/qpac/boxOffice.asp “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” Fri., Nov. 27, 1 & 3 p.m. Queens Theatre, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 12 United Nations Ave. South. For ages 4-9. $14/$12 members. Info/tickets: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

FILM Fall film festival, Fridays, 7 p.m.: Nov. 20, “The Mission”; Nov. 27, “Gandhi.” Immaculate Conception Church, 21-47 29 St. at Ditmars Blvd., Astoria. Free. Info: (718) 728-1613, immacastoria.org.

Queens Theatre presents “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” a musical based on the book by C.S. Lewis, on Friday, Nov. 27. COURTESY PHOTO

BOOK TALK Queens Library Presents Jelani Cobb, author/ professor, on the history of migration and civil rights in Queens. Tues., Nov. 24 @ 6 p.m. Manducatis Rustica, 46-35 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. $10.00. Register: http://jelanicobb.eventbrite. com/?aff=Chronicle.

WORKSHOPS Grantwriting & Social Media Marketing, Queens Council on the Arts. Expanding resources of social media. Fri., Nov. 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 37-11 35 Ave., Astoria. $10, members free, RSVP required. Info: (347) 505-3018, queenscouncilarts.org. Poetry writing workshop group: Explore the craft of poetry writing, enrollment is free and open to all. Every Tues. 1:30-3 p.m., Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Sponsored by Queens Community House. Info: (718) 268-5960, queenscommunityhouse.org.

COMMUNITY St. Pancras pasta night. Sat., Nov. 21, 5-9 p.m. 68-20 Myrtle Ave. Glendale. Dinner includes pasta, meatballs, salad, bread, beverages. 50/50 raffle also. Proceeds benefit Boy Scouts Troop 383. $8 adults, $5 kids. Tickets at the door.

Tuesday Night Bingo, Tues., Nov. 24, Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. Early game, 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m., regular games at 7:15 p.m., $4 includes 12 games. Cash prizes, everyone 18 & over. Info: (718) 459-1000. Richmond Hill Bingo. Every night (except Tues.), 6:30 p.m. Also every Wed., Thurs. and Sat., 11 a.m. 117-09 Hillside Ave. Great cash prizes daily! Must be 18 or over to play. Info: (718) 847-1418. “Tea and Torah,” join Judith Rosenthal and friends at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke., Flushing, every Mon., 2:30 p.m. No previous Torah knowledge necessary. Info: Judith (718) 464-7681, heyjude523@nyc.rr.com. Ridgewood Youthmarket, farmers market — last week — Sat. Nov. 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Veteran’s Triangle, Cypress Ave. between Myrtle and Putnam aves. Info: twitter.com/nycyouthmarkets.

KIDS/TEENS Conservative Hebrew school, Howard Beach Judea Center, Sunday school for children 5-7 years; school twice weekly for children 8-13 to learn Hebrew and Jewish holidays. 162-05 90 St. Info: (718) 845-9443. Boy Scouts Troop 383 invites 11- to 17-year-old boys to join. Mondays, 6:30-9:30 p.m., St. Pancras’ Pfeiffer Hall, 68 St. and Myrtle Ave., Glendale. Info: Sal, stpancrastroop383@gmail.com.

Annual Turkey Shoot, American Legion Continental Post 1424, Sun., Nov. 22, 2 p.m. 107-15 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills. $10 includes franks, salads, soda, beer, door prizes and raffles. Bring your family and friends for lots of fun! Info: Tom Long (718) 7044197 or the post (718) 520-8623. Thanksgiving Party 2015, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens Sunday to Remember Program. El Paraiso Tropical, 102-11 42 Ave., Corona, Sun., Nov. 29, 2:30-5 p.m. Live music by Francisco Cantillo. $5 suggested donation. Info/RSVP: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

CLASSES Defensive driving course, sponsored by National Safety Council, Sat., Nov. 21, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Holy Family Church, 175-20 74 Ave. $45. Info/ register: (631) 360-9720. Advanced ESL & U.S. citizenship courses, by Latin Cultural Center of Queens. Tues. and Thurs., 6-8 p.m. Now thru Dec. 17. PS 13Q, 55-01 94 St., Elmhurst. Free. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com. Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Call: (718) 969-1128.

FLEA MARKETS Immaculate Conception Church, annual Christmas fair: Fri., Nov. 20, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 21, 1-8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 22, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. 86-45 Edgerton Blvd., Jamaica Estates. Handicapped accessible, parking. Info: (718) 739-0880.

ASPCA mobile unit dog & cat spay/neuter clinics. Petland Discounts, Sun., Nov. 22, begins 7 a.m. 21-11 Broadway, Rite Aid Shopping Center, Astoria; Wed., Nov. 11, 55-52 Myrtle Ave., Ridgewood. Info: petlanddiscounts.com.

Games galore: Children and teens age 8 and up play console and board games. 3:30-5 p.m., every Fri., Queensboro Hill Library, 60-05 Main St., Flushing. Info: (718) 359-8332.

Richmond Hill Block Association, holiday market. Sat., Nov. 21, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. indoors, 110-08 Jamaica Ave. Info: (718) 849-3759.

City View Pharmacy’s 10th annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. Now through Nov. 25. Drop off canned food at City View Pharmacy, 23-07 Astoria Blvd., Astoria, between 23 and Crescent sts. Info: facebook.com/City-View-Pharmacy-157740562373.

Gym and creative exploration for disabled preschool children (ages 3-5) and their families, every Mon. and Wed., 3-4:30 p.m. Samuel Field Y, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy, Little Neck. $5 per family. Info: Amanda, (718) 423-6111 ext. 242, ASmith@sfy.org.

Holy Family Catholic Academy, holiday boutique. Sun., Nov. 22, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 74-15 175 St., Fresh Meadows. Donate a nonperishable food item to receive a free raffle ticket. 00 continued on page 46

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Rosemary Kurtz, left, and Joseph Pagano play a long-married couple, Henry and Polly Lowenthal, in the comic thriller “Cliffhanger” that continues at Zion Episcopal Church Parish Hall in Douglaston on PHOTO BY MARK LORD Nov. 20 and Nov. 21.

If variety is, indeed, the spice of life, local theatergoers are in for some hot times, thanks to two very different shows now playing. In the opening moments of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” Theatre By The Bay’s offering, a character promises the audience that the performers will “employ every device we know in our desire to divert you.” And so they did at the opening night performance on Nov. 7. “Forum,” surely the funniest musical comedy ever written, is filled with intricate plot developments, boisterous characters and laugh-out-loud lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, set to his own music. Direc tors of this show are often tempted to tweak a line here, to add shtick there, and so it is in Ovi Vargas’s mounting, to a greater extent than usual and with varying degrees of success.

In the mammoth role of Pseudolus, an ancient Roman slave in search of his freedom, Frank Josephs wa s tireless, singing, dancing and clowning from start to finish — and trying perhaps a bit too hard to fulfill that early promise. Sam Hunt, a s his cohort, Hysterium, whose name suggest s a perpetual state of hys teria, came across a s too rela xed. A touch of Josephs’ mania would do well to rub off on Hunt. Michael D’Emidio was commanding as Miles Gloriosus, a warrior who arrives late in the first act to claim his virgin bride, Philia, played by Michele Mazzocco, who, as she sings, is truly “lovely.” Andria Amarosa (who alternates in the role with Lila Edelkind) made a domineering Domina, issuing orders to everyone in sight, including her hen-pecked husband, Senex, a dirty old man played by Eli Koenig.

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Sam Kaufman was innocence per sonif ied a s a ver y young Hero, who finds himself madly in love with Philia. Bob Alpert added more than a t o u c h of J ew i s h n e s s t o t h e befuddled Erronius, a sensibility that pervaded much of this production. Roger Leonardis brought Lycus, a buyer and seller of courtesans, to vivid life. The show’s three Proteans, intended to play a multiplicity of roles, were undermined by the addition of six “soldiers,” taking away much of the fun of quickchange artistry. Five graceful and acrobatic “courtesans” were each given a distinct character through Vargas’ frequently naughty dance moves. The three-piece band, under Alan Baboff’s musical direction, provided s trong accompaniment. The set and costumes were colorful and apt. continued on page page 00 47

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A lively display of fiddle, the call of an accordion and a bouncy beat for tapping your feet are just a small sampling of the unique blend of sounds performed by the band Litvakus. The klezmer group, which incorporates a modern sound while maintaining a traditional voice, will play in Little Neck on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 6 p.m. The band’s leader, Dmitri Zisl Slepovitch, who is from Belarus, moved to Brooklyn in 2008. He said the name Litvakus comes from Jewish Lithuania, which goes beyond present-day Lithuania to also comprise vast territory in Eastern Europe including modern Belarus and Latvia, and parts of Poland and Ukraine, what Slepovitch described as a sub-ethnic culture of Jews that emerged around 700 years ago. The group’s name could also be interpreted as Litvak “U.S.” or Litvak “us,” meaning you or them, he added. Slepovitch, who has a Ph.D. in musicology from the Belarusian State Academy of Music, used his scholarly research a s grounds for his performances.

Litvakus band leader Dmitri Zisl Slepovitch plays a few notes on his clarinet following an interview Saturday. PHOTO BY HANNAH DOUGLAS He said that Litvak and Belarusian Jewish culture is often overlooked, but it is represented through the collective’s music.

He mentioned that audience members should come to the show Saturday “open -minded” and be “prepared for the unexpected.” He mentioned that when folks hear the term Jewish music, it is lef t open to interpretation. “People put so many different things in that definition, so it sort of dilutes it in a way.” Nina Siniakova, is the founding director and producer of the Metis Concert Series, and is featuring Litvakus, and is a professional composer who started coordinating events like it two years ago. Siniakova, who used to play for the New York City Ballet Company, said she went door-to-door to find the location for the upcoming event, before deciding on the church. “Why do I have to go to Manhattan where I don’t live?” Siniakova said The band members include Craig Judelman on violin, Taylor Bergen-Chrisman on bass, Joshua Camp on accordion and Sam Weisenberg on percussion. All the members of the band also do all kinds of performance and theater in addition to their

musical careers, he added. Slepovitch added that his great grand aunt, Jennie Drapkin, was one of the three Belarusians to survive the Titanic crash, and she is buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, in addition to mentioning how he has become rooted in the city. “I didn’t just come from nowhere to plug myself in and start performing and playing gigs,” Slepovitch said. “Instead, I’ve really plugged myself into the history of the city — including Queens — and that became very meaningful to me.” The band has one album, “Raysn: The Music of Jewish Belarus” and one EP. Q To learn more, visit litvakus.com.

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continued from from page page 00 41 continued manifesto in order to document contemporary American culture, creating “something familiar, but out of context.” Clara Macias Carcedo of Spain used her body and large bags filled with water to explore “emotions and nature and how we are composed of water,” while Florence Benichou of France closed out the evening with an act that incorporated dance and theater with themes about the 99 percent, Occupy Wall Street and the “transformation of systems.” Gregory Paul, a sound and performance artist in his own right, provided the sound for the performers for the evening. An earlier public performance on the pedestrian plaza at 37th Road in Jackson Heights had to be canceled due to rain. The Itinerant Festival began in 2010 at the Crossing Art Gallery in Flushing, as a “coming together of artists” who were interested in performing live-action art for an audience. As interest increased, the gathering became a festival in 2011 with the help of Queens Media Arts Development, and in 2012 Itinerant was recognized by the city as the first performance

Florence Benichou gives a demonstration last Thursday. On the cover: Clara Macias PHOTOS BY ETTA BADOE Carcedo demonstrates a performance tying water and emotion. art festival to take place in the five boroughs of New York. In 2013, Canonge created Encuentro Itinerante, a Spanish edition of the festival that performed through various South American cities. Canonge named the festival Itinerant

because the word best encapsulated for him what it means to be an artist. “We are all itinerant,” he explained. “We are always in movement, especially artists. We have the ability and in some cases the inability to displace ourselves

from one country to another, from one region to another, from one state to another, so we’re always in movement,” he said. “Performance art is not theater, it’s not recitation, it’s not drama, it’s something that you experience and live. So the best way to experience it is to be here in that ephemeral moment when things are constructed.” The artist-run festival relies on donations for its funding, and although there is no set fee to watch the performances, audience members are encouraged to give donations. The festival continued with a number of indoor and outdoor per formances in Brooklyn at the Momenta Art Gallery last Friday and at the Queens Museum of Art last weekend before moving on to the Bronx’s Museum of the Arts on Tuesday. It comes to the Glasshouse Artlifelab in Brooklyn on Friday, Nov. 20. It returns to Queens and PS 69 on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. for the closing performances. For more information on the festival and performance locations you can visit the website hectorcanonge.net or check Q out facebook.com/itinerantpafnyc.

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continued from page page 00 43 continued from Theatergoers who prefer more serious fare might investigate “Cliffhanger,” a lit tle-known comic thriller by James Yaffe, now on the boards at Douglaston Community Theatre. Set in a small college town in the Rockies, the play revolves around the ef for t s of Henr y Lowenthal (Joseph Pagano), a principled philosophy professor, and his wife, Polly (Rosemary Kurtz), to cover up the murder of Edith Wilshire (Lorrie DePellegrini), the head of the philosophy depar tment, who was out to destroy Henry. Complicating matters is the unexpected arrival of Melvin McMullen (Salvatore Casto), a spoiled rich kid who was a student in Henry’s ethics course. Another former student, Dave DeVito (Andy Wittman), now a police lieutenant, comes on the scene to try to unravel the increasingly complex plot developments. Under the direction of Matt Stashin, the cast works well as an ensemble, with Casto the standout as the manipulative brat. The set, designed by Stashin and Ian McDonald, is impressive, a detailed depiction of a home from long ago, complete with old-fashioned phonograph.

“Forum” continues at the Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center, located at 13-00 209 St. in Bayside, on Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. and 22 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $22 or $20 for seniors 62 and over and children under 13. For more information, call (718) 428-6363. “Cliffhanger” continues at Zion Episcopal Church Parish Hall, located at 24301 Northern Blvd. in Douglaston on Nov. 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $17 for adults or $15 for students and seniors. To find out more, Q call (718) 482-3332.

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INDEX NO.: 16925/2013. Date Filed: 10/21/15. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE MORTGAGED PREMISES: 9430 52nd Avenue a/k/a 94-30 52nd Avenue, Elmhurst, New York 11373. BL #: 1886-111. Plaintiff designates QUEENS County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate. STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF THE RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIZATION TRUST 2007-A7, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-G UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED MAY 1, 2007, Plaintiff, -against- ELVA TORO AND ANTONIO ALBINO, if they be living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, ET AL., Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $560,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of QUEENS on June 4, 2007, in INSTRUMENT NUMBER 2007000286192, covering premises known as 9430 52nd Avenue, Elmhurst, New York 11373, - BL #: 1886-111. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale and said premises. TO the Defendants ELVA TORO AND ANTONIO ALBINO, the foregoing Supplemental Summons with Notice is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Rudolph E. Greco, Jr., J.S.C of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated September 10, 2015. Dated: New Rochelle, NY. October 12, 2015, MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C., Sonia J. Baez, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 145 Huguenot St., Ste. 210, New Rochelle, NY 10801, p. 914-636-8900, f. 914-636-8901, HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or visit the Department’s website at www.dfs.ny.gov. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS. Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.

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Yogi Berra, Willie Mays among honorees by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

If only he had lived a few months more. Former New York Yankees and Mets star Yogi Berra, who died on Sept. 22 at 90 years old, will be posthumously awarded with a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House announced Monday, months after a Whitehouse.gov petition calling for the Hall of Famer to receive the honor garnered over 111,000 signatures. Manager of the Amazin’s from 1972 to 1975, the Baseball Hall of Famer known for his wacky phrases as much as his baseball prowess will be given the honor from President Obama on Tuesday, as will Giant and Met Willie Mays and 15 others. In addition to winning 10 World Series titles with the crosstown Yankees, Berra was a World War II veteran, having served on an attack transport boat during the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. Over the summer, star players from across Major League Baseball and fans alike signed the petition and called on Berra to be recognized by Obama.

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Mays, best known for his time with the New York and eventual San Francisco Giants, suited up for the Mets in 1972 and 1973, the final two seasons of his storied career. Also receiving a Presidential Medal of Freedom is famed violinist Itzhak Perlman. The Manhattan resident used to make guest appearances with the Queens Symphony Orchestra in the 1970s and 1980s. Q

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St. John’s forward Ron Mvouika had much more than just basketball on his mind last weekend as the Red Storm prepared for a Monday tilt with UMBC. Born and raised in France, Mvouika spent his time checking in with family and friends in Paris, confirming they were all safe after a series of ISIS terrorist attacks left 129 dead in the French city last Friday. “One of the explosions happened about 20 minutes away from where I’m from,” Mvouika said after scoring 16 points in Monday’s 75-53 win. “I know some people that lost a lot of people. “It touches home when you see those are the kind of places that I go,” he added, referring to the restaurants and the concert hall that were attacked by automatic weapon-wielding suicide bombers. “I’m going to dedicate that win to [the victims.]” Pregame, Mvouika posted a photo on Twitter of his shoes with the phrases “Pray for the Middle East,” “Pray for the world” and “Pray for Paris” written on them; his way of honoring those killed in France and in recent bombings in Lebanon and Iraq. Mvouika was informed of the Paris tragedy by the St. John’s coaching staff Friday and he immediately checked in with family and

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friends living there. “My phone was blowing up,” he said. “I had to call my mom first, call my brothers, call everybody in the neighborhood to make sure everybody was OK.” The Frenchman played with extra energy Monday, connecting on all four of his threepoint shots. His clutch three with 8:48 remaining gave the Red Storm a 52-40 advantage, their biggest lead to that point. After he connected, the graduate student screamed and flexed as he strutted to the SJU Q bench after UMBC called a timeout.

Take a pair of scissors, cut out this column and save it, because this may be the only time I will ever type these words. Thank God for the Mets’ miracle World Series run. As a diehard Yankees fan, it kills me to say that, but as someone who eats, drinks and breathes college basketball, not having playoff baseball to cover would have made the hoops offseason even longer than it already was. The wait is finally over, though. College basketball has finally returned to television sets and arenas across the country, including the one at 8000 Utopia Pkwy. on the campus of St. John’s University in Jamaica. But the address of the basketball venue is pretty much the only similarity between last year’s Red Storm team, a group that finally made the NCAA Tournament after a fouryear absence, and this year’s squad. From the school’s Athletic Department head all the way to the bench players, the Johnnies have undergone a full makeover. Athletic Director Chris Monasch? Resigned in June, supposedly forced out by the school after 10 years. Head coach Steve Lavin? St. John’s parted ways with the fourth-year man in April after just one NCAA Tournament berth. Star players D’Angelo Harrison, Phil Greene IV and Sir’Dominic Pointer? They all graduated and moved on to professional ball; Harrison and Greene play in Turkey while Pointer can be found on the courts of the NBA’s Developmental League after being picked by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of June’s NBA Draft. Role players Chris Obekpa, Jamal Branch and Rysheed Jordan are all gone too, as the former transferred to UNLV while the latter two joined Pointer in the D-League. But despite the mass departure of personnel — some of them beloved, like Harrison — I’d argue St. John’s is primed to enter a potential golden age of Johnnies hoops. Days after Lavin left, in walked Basketball Hall of Famer Chris Mullin, above, among the school’s most famous alumni, to replace him as the program’s head coach.

The legend didn’t return home emptyhanded, as he hired recruiting savants Barry “Slice” Rohrssen, a Brooklyn native and former assistant coach at the University of Kentucky, and Matt Abdelmessih, a St. John’s alum and former Iowa State assistant, to serve as his two confidants on the bench. Mullin hit the recruiting trail hard instantaneously, offering a scholarship to former Christ the King megastar Rawle Alkins — a bonafide future NBA pro Lavin was never interested in — the day he was hired. In the months after the rookie head coach took the job, he landed prized Italian point guard Federico Mussini, and star Chicago product Marcus LoVett Jr., as well as forward Kassoum Yakwe, a consensus Top 100 recruit, in addition to guard Malik Ellison and center Yankuba Sima, both seen as promising prospects. The chance to play for a Hall of Famer with NBA connections oozing from his pores also drew student-athletes from across the country to the school, with transfers Ron Mvouika, Durand Johnson, Darien Williams and Tariq Owens joining returning Lavin holdovers Amar Alibegovic, Felix Balamou and Christian Jones on the roster. The Johnnies are without Owens for the season due to NCAA transfer rules, while LoVett and Balamou have both been ruled ineligible — the former for the season due to issues over high school credits and the latter indefinitely for an unspecified violation — but on the court, the results have been mixed-to-positive. The Red Storm have recovered from being annihilated by Division II St. Thomas Aquinas 90-58 in the school’s first exhibition contest to handily win their first two regular season games, a 66-57 victory over Wagner last Thursday and a 75-53 triumph over UMBC on Monday. In terms of a smooth-shooting floor general, Mussini looks every bit the part so far, scoring 18 points in both contests. Johnson and Mvouika have both shot the ball well, especially from long range, while Sima has been a revelation in the paint. I’m not anointing the Red Storm as a tournament team by any stretch, but let’s just say I’m not so sure about the Johnnies finishing either last or second-to-last in the Big East this year, as predicted by many hoops experts.

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Swee’ Pea Daniels, on film Astoria’s Strand movie theater

by Lloyd Carroll

Chronicle Contributor

There are a lot of playground basketball legends who hail from New York but arguably Lloyd “Swee’ Pea” Daniels may very well be the greatest of them all. Daniels, who got his nickname because of his facial resemblance to the infant from those old Popeye cartoons, grew up in Hollis and was a star at Andrew Jackson High School in the early 1980s. Those who saw Lloyd play as a youngster would have sworn that he was destined for NBA superstardom. Unfortunately, fate was not that kind to him. His mother died when he was 4 years old and his father wasn’t around, so he was raised by his grandmother. He played hooky from school and spent evenings on the basketball court. His lack of a proper K-12 education meant that he was unprepared for life in general and certainly for college. It was after he was recruited by University of Nevada Las Vegas by then-head coach Jerry Tarkanian that his life fell apart. Tarkanian did try to get help for Lloyd to improve his literacy levels but he wasn’t interested in scholastics of any kind. Instead he discovered crack cocaine and wound up being arrested in a Las Vegas police drug sting in 1987. UNLV immediately expelled him. Daniels passed the time playing in semipro and pickup games but his addictions grew worse. The nadir came on May 11, 1989,

when he was shot three times in front of his Hollis home after a drug buy went bad. Against all odds, Daniels recovered from that very near-death experience to be able to play close to six NBA seasons. However even then he couldn’t overcome his fondness for drugs, drinking and the allure of the nightlife. Daniels’ story is told in the new film “The Legend of Swee’ Pea,” which just debuted at DOC NYC, a festival that is now considered the Cannes of documentaries, since many recent Oscar winners have been shown there. First-time director Ben May shows a veteran’s touch as he was able to garner testimony from former NBA stars such as John Lucas, Avery Johnson and David Robinson, as well as from the late Jerry Tarkanian, who turned out to be the closest thing to a father figure that Lloyd ever had. It should be noted May probably got a little help getting these basketball VIPs to speak on camera from his executive producer, Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony. Also appearing in the documentary are longtime Forest Hills resident and famed basketball scout Tom Konchalski, as well as iconic Benjamin Cardozo High School boys basketball coach Ron Naclerio. For better or worse, Lloyd is still a big kid in Q a big 48-year-old man’s body. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

CENTURY 21 AMIABLE II

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

The Strand movie theater, at 25-15 Broadway in Astoria, started life right before the United States entered World War II, opening on Aug. 27, 1941 It sat on a 100-by165-foot lot previously ow ned by the Forbin Holding Realty Co. With the attractive art deco facade common to its k i nd , T he St ra nd competed with 10 other theaters in the Astoria area and did well. It was helped by a bowli ng The Strand theater at 25-15 Broadway in Astoria, summer 1949. alley under the theater, But by the late 1970s, the Strand had to which brought more business. The theater was operated by the Ray- show XXX movies to keep the doors open. bond Theater Circuit. In July 1964 it was The last time the theater appeared in the renovated, looking forward to a bright telephone book was 1983, as it closed forfuture. On the same block, at 25-01, was ever. Today the building is owned by the the Strand Pharmacy, playing off the Ravenswood Realty Co. and is home to a Q clothing store outlet. name of the theater.

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