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MTA fare hikes draw fire at boro hearing Critics say increases will hit those who can afford them the least by Michael Gannon Editor

uesday’s public hearing on the proposal to hike bus and subway fares seemed to have fewer people than the typical F train car during rush hour. But the roughly three dozen people who spoke to the leadership of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority were passionate about their views on the possibility of paying more to get around the city on pubic transportation. The hearing took place at York College in Jamaica. “Right now, the service is not worth paying for,” said Chioma Eke, a Queens resident representing the Riders Alliance. Two proposals are being put forth. One would keep the single-ride and paratransit fare at $2.75, but eliminate the bonus for large purchases applied to MetroCards. The other would raise the fare to $3 with a 10 percent bonus on purchases of $6 or more. Both plans would see increases on 30-day and 7-day passes, and increases in bridge and tunnel tolls. The MTA said that with existing funding sources, a fare hike is needed next spring to eliminate deficits that are forecast in the coming years without reducing service or incurring staff reductions.

Heydi De Los Santos of Brooklyn, left, advocating for the rights of the disabled, and Queens resident John Lynch questioned how proposed fare hikes might impact riders who cannot afford PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON them but are dependent on mass transit. Numerous residents spoke of the crying need to improve service, particularly in terms of adding elevators and escalators to improve the subway system’s accessibility. The plurality of those in attendance was from a group calling itself People’s MTA, donning yellow safety vests inspired by the ongoing wave of civil protests and riots in France.

Three of the speakers said a fare hike is inevitable and even necessary. But others said the increased costs will overwhelmingly burden low-income residents who depend on mass transit. One speaker said any increase would hit particularly hard those living on Social Security or disability incomes.

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David Cox said he can afford a fare hike, but that many residents are not as fortunate. “It doesn’t make sense,” Cox said. “I’ve seen four or five fare hikes and service keeps getting worse. Let’s make the transit system workable rather than ask us for money.” Queens resident John Lynch pointed out that a 30-day pass that was $89 10 years ago soon could be as high as $127. He suggested bringing back the 14-day pass that was eliminated in 2010 as an option for those who want the cost savings of a long-term alternative but cannot afford to plunk down the larger amount of money for a 30-day card at once. Lynch did draw some ire and name-calling from the yellow vests when he supported a crackdown on fare beaters. “That’s money coming out of the system,” he said. A few speakers cast doubt on the MTA’s contention that it is losing riders, though others said with the level of service today, no one should be surprised. Heydi De Los Santos of Brooklyn, who showed her handicapped accessibility card, said the lack of accessibility is leading people to ride-share services, dollar vans and other means that are continued on page 23

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Woodhaven BID’s new director Meet mom of three who brought her own pair of shoes to fill by Michael Shain

several others from the BID to go to City Hall in Manhattan to take Ever since Raquel Olivares was part in a demonstration against the named executive director of the Department of Building’s controWoodhaven Business Improve- versial crackdown on small busiment District last month, people ness signs. There is no hotter issue along have been telling her she has big Jamaica Avenue these days. The shoes to fill. Olivares’ predecessor, Maria ticket blitz for small-potatoes infracThomson, who died last January, tions like having a phone number on had had the job for 30 years. Her a store awning — a no-no under name is still on the door of the existing law — have been costing store owners a small fortune. office on Jamaica Avenue. Officials from the Woodhaven “I can tell by the way people talk about her, that she really, real- BID were suddenly posing for picly cared for this community,” Oli- tures — with protest signs — on the vares told the Chronicle this week. steps of City Hall with other BIDs “However, I have my ow n from all over the city. Store owners shoes,” she said smiling and point- learned firsthand how the crackdown is going on all over town. ing to a set of stylish, short boots. “This is something we never did Frank Castelli, owner of Beat the Clock Printing and chairman before,” said Castelli. There are 75 business improveof the Woodhaven BID who hired Olivares after a long search, can ment districts — quasi-city agencies with the power to collect a vouch for that. After just two weeks on the job, small tax from the businesses in a Olivares rounded up Castelli and designated district — in New York. The money they collect is used for things like lighting and street and sidewalk cleaning. But the most succcesul BIDs are the ones that promote the shops in their areas and attract news ones. T he Wood haven BI D’s a rea is t he city’s longest, more than 20 blocks of Jamaica Avenue east and west of Cross Bay Boulevard. So who is the perOlivares and BID chairman Frank Castelli are standing behind and to the right of Councilmember son who is now supposed to be taking Bob Holden at last week’s City Hall sign protest. PHOTO COUTESY NYC COUNCIL care of all that now Editor

Under the el on Jamaica Avenue, Raquel Olivares is the new executive director of the Woodhaven BID. The district PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN has had only one other in its 30-year history. that Thomson, who had been doing that job pretty much since BIDS were invented, is gone? Olivares, 36, was most recently at the Cypress Hills and the Fulton Street BIDs in Brooklyn. The mother of three — two boys, 16 and 11, and a 2-year-old daughter — however, has spent more than enough time in Woodhaven to pause her conversations for a second until the J train rumples past. “My mother-in-law, all my inlaws, live in Woodhaven — 85th

Streeet,” she said “I’ve been coming here for 10 years.”. The transition, so far, has been painless, she said. “Since day one, people have been very welcoming,” Olivares said. “I’ve met with the Block Association of Greater Woodhaven, the police, the elected officials and they have all been overwhelmingly positive.” It didn’t necessarily have to be that way, she suggested. “So I’m very grateful to the community for that.

“I’m very much a team player,” the new executive director said. “That’s the way work like this is done.” Among the jobs ahead for Olivares are computerizing the BID’s financial operations; finding a new office with a meeting space in the neighborhood (“So we don’t have to have large meetings in the diner across the street,” she jokes); and attracting some clothing stores to the avenue, which seems to Q offer everything but that.

Cuomo signs liquor permit reform bill by Ryan Brady Editor

A bill carried by two northeast Queens lawmakers to improve the application process for early-morning liquor permits is now law. Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) announced on Monday that the legislation — which affects businesses looking to serve alcohol between 4 and 8 a.m. — was signed by Gov. Cuomo. “This new law ensures that Community Boards are given advance notice when a bar or restaurant

Rozic, Avella carried bill in Legislature applies for an all-night permit,” Rozic said in a prepared statement. “Requiring the notice, empowers neighborhood stakeholders to have a voice in the process and allows for a balance between the quality of life and public safety of local residents and business interests.” Before Cuomo signed the legislation, the State Liquor Authority required businesses putting forth applications for the all-night per-

mits only had to notify the county sheriff or police precinct. Now, community boards will find out too. State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), who lost his re-election campaign this year to John Liu, carried the bill in his chamber. It passed there, and in the Assembly, with overwhelming bipartisan support. “With this information, we will be able to make timely recommendations to the SLA on issues that

affect our residents,” Community Board 8 District Manager Marie Adam-Ovide said in her own statement. Queens Civic Congress President Kevin Forrestal, a member of CB 8, is also glad that the bill became law. “It’s a good idea,” he said, adding that the SLA often considers input from community boards Q when making decisions.

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CB 9 elects new district manager Rebellious community board names McClellan to top staff job by Michael Shain Editor

Community Board 9, which covers Ozone Park, Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens, voted in a new district manager this week. James McClellan, a longtime staffer for both Republican and Democratic officeholders here and in Albany, won the three-way election in a landslide Tuesday night. But the election was as notable for what it was not — a bitter fight, as other CB 9 elections have been in the recent past — as for what it turned out to be — business-like McClellan came within four votes of getting job in 2015, the last time the board held an election. That year, he lost with Lisa Somes, who retired esarlier this year. This year, the election was among McClellan, who had most recently been working for Brooklyn state Sen. Marty Golden, who was defeated for reelection last month; Sal Simonetti, a former aide to Councilmember Eric Ulrich; and Jessica Douglas, the director of Mayor de Blasio’s Community Affairs Unit in Queens. Of the 32 board members who attended the monthly meeting at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center’s Trump Pavilion, 21 voted for McClennan, sevevn for Simonetti and four for Douglas.

McClellan braced himself ner vously against the back wall of the community room as the blue ballots were handed out and the vote tabulated. Apparently tipped off that they did not have the votes to win, neither Simonetti nor Douglas attended the meeting. After the tally, McClellan, who takes up his new post Jan. 1, thanked the board for the vote and said he was “looking forward to working witht the people of the district.” The district manager is the central, salaried staffer for the community board, which serves without pay. He or she is the crucial liason between residents with complaints and problems and city agencies. They also function are civic organizers and community boosters. The job pays about $70.000. CB 9 has a colorful history regarding its district managers. In 2014, longtime manager Mary Ann Carey was forced into retirement following questions about her ability to handle the workload. She had been in the post for more than 30 years. The election for her replacement became a political hot potato after requests from Borough President Melinda Katz, who appoints half the board’s 50 members, todelay the vote were ignored. That election ended with Somes’ selection over Katz objections.

Irina Barayeva, center, a community associate for CB 9, and Victor Ampuerio, right, tally ballots PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN for the election of a new district manager Tuesday night. District managers are the figures of first contact for many constituents who have problems with government — which is why officials like to have a say in who those staffers are.

Some board members, who asked not to be indentified, said they received calls from both Katz and Ulrich lobbying for votes for their candidates — Douglas and Simonetti, Q respectively.

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Addabbo is off to the races

New leadership at Ozone Park civic group State Sen. Joe Addabbo, far left, and state Assembly woman Stacey Pheffer Amato, far right, helped swear in the new officers of the Our Neighbors Civic Association of Ozone Park last week. They are Joe Caruana, second from left,

president; Vito Digirolamo, sergeant at arms; Nadira Indelicato. treasurer; Felicia Singh, vice president; and Jennie Stuart, secretary. The ceremony took place during the group’s monthly meeting at the Deshi Senior

Center on Rockaway Boulevard. The association is the product of the recent merger of two longtime local organizations — the Ozone Park Civic Association and Our Neighbors of Ozone Park. — Michael Shain

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) has been chosen by incoming Senate Majority Leader Andrea StewartCousins (D-Yonkers) to be chairman of the Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee in the 2019 legislative session. With Aqueduct Race Track and Resorts World New York City Casino located in his district, Addabbo is very familiar with the economic impact of these industries both locally and statewide, his office noted. A main issue that is likely to come before the committee, he said, is the future of legal sports betting in New York. The committee’s jurisdiction also includes oversight of the state’s racetracks, video lottery terminal placements, care of retired racehorses, offtrack betting, the lottery and charitable gaming. It also oversees the operations and regulatory mission of the NYS Gaming Commission and the New York Racing Association, which runs the tracks. “I look forward to hearing from stakeholders both inside and outside of government, including sports fans, those who work to combat problem gambling, horse racing interests, and, of course, my Q own constituents,” Addabbo said.

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P Weed for Rails? Whoa, man EDITORIAL

hey’ve tried instituting another “millionaire’s tax” (starting with those earning about a quarter of that). They’re still trying some new iteration of congestion pricing. But maybe the answer is that scent in the air you’re being subjected to more and more all over the city: Fix the subways with new tax revenue from legal sales of marijuana! Whoa, dude, why didn’t we think of that? We didn’t have to. Former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito did, launching her “Weed for Rails” campaign last Thursday. She’s also campaigning to be the city’s next public advocate, along with more than 20 other Democrats and, so far, one Republican: South Queens’ own City Councilman Eric Ulrich. We have, like, no idea whether Ulrich also is high on Weed for Rails or if it burns him up. MMV threw out some big numbers to spark up the conversation. She thinks her plan could smoke out as much as $1.3 billion a year in new city and state tax revenue. Pipe that into the

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Change the rule, honor McHugh

ou’ve seen that opening battle scene in “Saving Private Ryan,” right? Brutal stuff, and one of the most accurate portrayals of warfare ever to hit the silver screen. Well, John McHugh of Whitestone lived it. Now 94, McHugh hit the Normandy beach around 7:30 a.m., not in the first wave Tom Hanks and co. acted out but the second, as the Germans were still pounding the Allied forces and long, long before victory was won. He and all around him had good reason to believe they’d soon die — and many did. But McHugh survived. And along with the rest of his 1st Infantry Division and countless others, he did what he was charged to do: Rampage eastward and kill Nazis. He did this well, engaging in several other major battles, including the Bulge, and earning the Silver Star, Bronze Star and other medals. Now his community wants to grant him one more honor: a street co-naming. It’s done all the time, for civic leaders, celebrities, the victims of tragic accidents — but ... only after they die. That’s supposedly the rule. But we know of at least one exception: A piece of River Avenue outside Yankee Stadium was renamed Rivera Avenue several years ago, honoring the Bronx Bombers’ legendary closing relief pitcher, the best closer ever, Mariano Rivera. We propose changing the rule so that co-namings can be done not only for those who are dead, but those who are at least 90. If Rivera can get the honor for slinging fastballs to catchers, surely McHugh should get it for slinging lead at Nazis. Let this hero see a street sign with his name on it before he’s gone.

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Dear Editor: There’s a wicked Grinch who stole my package left at the front door. Local post office records show from their truck scanner that the package was put at my stoop. Now what? Contact the United States Postal Service police and file a report? Not much good when you’re the recipient, unless the sender has insurance on the package. File a report anyway to alert USPS police that the Grinch is targeting your neighborhood. You can hope that you ordered from a reputable company, your tale of woe may be heard and a replacement order sent at no charge. How many other packages have gone astray due to sticky fingers? Is any postal police vehicle ever seen following USPS trucks for enforcement? Buyer beware that if you expect a package delivery, better stay home to be on package watch or the thieving pilferers will be wearing that nice new pair of slippers or robe or whatever you ordered as a gift. Delivery per-

sons could ring your bell as a notification to pick up what was left. Perhaps that is too much to ask in this busy bustle of holiday time? Lacking gifts to put under the tree, Liz Forest Kew Gardens

New LIC sure beats the old Dear Editor: In recent weeks the decision by Amazon. com to choose Long Island City as one of its HQ2s has received much publicity. Many local newspapers, including this one, have had editorials and stories about it. Many of us can remember a Long Island City of pollution-spewing factories, dilapidated homes, brothels, drug deals and abandoned warehouses. The high expense of Manhattan living as well as the willingness of companies to relocate has turned a once rundown area into a thriving community of modern housing, business, revenue and jobs.

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I wonder how many of those lamenting the Amazon decision would be complaining just as vocally had the company not decided to do business here. Yes, there are lateral affects on congestion, traffic, the need for schools, parking, etc. Has no person ever heard the old maxim that one can’t make an omelet without breaking the egg? Edward Riecks Howard Beach

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Enough is enough on Trump! Dear Editor: Anybody who is bashing President Trump should think again. That’s why I agree with J.S. Chorzepa for her letter of Dec. 6, “Root for Trump.” Our president is doing his best and we need to be more respectful and leave him alone. It’s so annoying to listen so much criticism, especially from Mr. La Rosa in his letters, like “Trump’s many failings” of Dec. 6. Looks like he wants to write a book about our president. I also agree with Mr. Edward Riecks for his

article of Nov. 22 “Impeach? For what?” laughing at Mr. La Rosa because he doesn’t know what he is talking about. You are absolutely right, Mr. Riecks. I am laughing with you. Krystyna Sevilla Forest Hills

Better than the NFL Dear Editor: On Saturday, Dec. 8 a crowd of 66,729 fans at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia watched Army beat Navy at this year’s ArmyNavy game. Prior to the game a combined chorus of midshipmen and cadets joined together in the singing of our national anthem. President Trump was in attendance and participated in the coin toss. No one took a knee and no one booed the president of this great country. Imagine that! Bill Viggiano Williston Park, LI

Circus here, risks abroad Dear Editor: The meeting between Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Chuck Schumer and President Trump at the White House certainly gave the evening news audiences a real show. All three of them acted like clowns, and there was absolutely no reason for any of them to act like that. During this exchange, which became heated, it was interesting to observe Vice President Mike Pence sitting next to the president, not uttering one solitary word. These are four people who are very important in our government, the president being the most important as commander-in-chief. Pelosi and Schumer, who are very powerful politicians in Congress, have a lot to say about everything. From day one of his administration, neither Pelosi nor Schumer has ever had any words of support for our 45th president, and they still do not. While you do not have to agree with everything he wants to do, he is still our president, and those two political buffoons should have the common sense to be able to sit down and work with the president, vice president and administration to solve the country’s problems of unemployment, illegal immigration, trade with other countries and getting the economy back on track. We cannot continue to have this bipartisan bickering going on, because the more that it does, the less work that will get done in solving our country’s problems. The eyes of the world are focused on how our country will be progressing in the months ahead, and the international situation is also one fraught with impending peril, especially if the United States makes good on its threat to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, which was signed in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and was a significant treaty that was able to limit the number of nuclear weaponry each country had. If our country pulls out of the treaty with Russia, a worldwide nuclear arms race will most certainly begin, which would be a major detriment to world peace and stability. John Amato Fresh Meadows

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Dear Editor: Christmas will shortly reward us with the sights and sounds that enthrall children and families alike. It is always the time of year that excites and reminds us of the joys of life. The season is a joy that transforms the end of a year to the birth of a New Year. So many are celebrating their ability to give presents to loved ones and children. Large gatherings share food and the exhilaration of opening presents. There is the spirit of giving and sharing that engulfs us in warmth and security. We marvel at the tranquility that life in America rewards us with. Yet there are, as there has always been, those for whom Christmas is a time of sadness. They do not have the means of providing gifts to their children. Parents who cannot give a present to a child feel the dread of disappointment, sorrow and the belief that they have failed their children. Toys for Tots, headed by the United States Marine Corps, has defended these families for years. By collecting donated toys and giving them to children in need, it brings hope to families and smiles to those who had shattered hope. The Marines proudly defend the nation at home and abroad. Toys for Tots defines the Marine Corps’ dedication to the highest standards of what it means to be an American. On Saturday, Dec. 15 at 3 p.m., St. Michael’s will again host the Marines. Members of the Corps will be present to collect donations of toys and money, extending their thanks to families whose par ticipation makes their efforts in providing for children in need successful. St. Michael’s invites the community to join with us. Please attend on Saturday and bring donations and children to meet the Marines. Children are thrilled to be photographed with the Marines. Ed Horn Friends and Families of St. Michael’s Toys for Tots East Elmhurst

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Divine Mercy Catholic Academy in Ozone Park has a goal it hopes to reach by the end of the school year — an iPad for every student. For math, English, literacy, writing and “always for science,” says the principal, Sister Francis Marie, the Apple tablet is pretty much a necessity. But as it stands now, the school has only about 120 iPads for 205 students who need them every day. Teachers have been maintaining an elaborate sharing system to make sure there are enough iPads to go around. Students have to sign up for a device for a certain part of the day and return it promptly so someone else can use it next, the principal says. Under no circumstances can anyone take an iPad home to do homework or study. “It’s a terrible situation” in a day and age when electronic devices have taken the place of textbooks, Sister Francis Marie said. But going out and buying 100 new iPads at once is not something the school can afford “We’re a small Catholic school and our resources are limited,” said the principal. Without fanfare, school administrators last week started a GoFundMe campaign with the modest goal of raising $5,000. That would be just enough to buy another 100 iPads. Depending on memory size and internet capability, the devices cost between $300 and $500 each, she said. “NOW they need us,” “It is a small gift

that can make a difference in another child’s life, and given the chance to become a productive, responsible person, in life,” the GoFundMe page tells potential donors. In its first week, the campaign had raised about $1,300 of the hoped-for $5,000. The biggest contributions appeared to be from former students, Sister Francis Marie said. The school is seeking to raise the money “the sooner the better,” she said. “But we’re hopeful of getting the iPads before the beginning of school next year.” The goal is to have one iPad for every student, so that the sharing system can be scrapped and every child can keep his or her device for the school year. “If we have a 1-to-1 ratio,” she said, “maybe they can even take them home for homework.” Divine Mercy serves students from kindergarten to eighth grade — as well as several classes of Universal Pre-K. The iPads are used at every level of the school from kindergarten up, the principal said. In recent years, tablets like the iPad have come to be common classroom tools that — if not a replacement for traditional textbooks — can be used for drills, tests and research. Teachers have come to depend on the devices not only because kids often relate better to information that is transmitted digitally. Among the advantages of tablets is that lessons can be individualized and the devices are easy to put away when the time comes to get the whole class back together, Q professionals say.

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Ulrich sees path to citywide office Heartbeat away from mayor’s job, councilman runs for advocate by Michael Shain Editor

Cit y C ou nc i l me mb e r E r ic U l r ich (R-Ozone Park) made it official this week, announcing on Facebook that he is running for public advocate. A special election for the citywide job, soon to be vacant because Letitia James was elected state attorney general last month, will be held early next year. “I want to make this race a referendum on Mayor de Blasio,” Ulrich, 33, told the Chronicle. The announcement was long expected and Ulrich has made no secret that he is interested in running for the post. He is joining an already-crowded field for the job, which has little practical power but is seen a stepping stone to the mayor’s office. More than a 20 candidates — including Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing), former City Council Speaker Melissa MarkViverito and Councilmember Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn) — have announced in recent weeks. “I have as good a chance as anybody to win this,” Ulrich said. “This is exactly the type of race I won in 2009 when I first ran for City Council.” As one of the only elected Republican officials in an overwhelmingly Democratic city, he would be expected to have a hard

Councilmember Eric Ulrich, shown here in a video announcing his candidacy for public advocate, YOUTUBE has a plan to shorten his odds in a special election set to be held early next year. time rounding up enough support to win. But with enough Democrats splitting the vote, he believes he could squeak in with just a plurality of the vote — as he did in the 2009 special election to fill the Council seat left vacant when Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-How-

ard Beach) was elected to the state Senate. “I expect a very low turnout,” Ulrich said. “And I think we will pick up a lot of votes among Independents and moderate Democrats. “I’m from a district that is 3-to-1 Demo-

crats,” he said. “I have always gotten a lot of c ros s ove r s u p p or t . I’m t r u ly a n independent.” By making de Blasio the central theme of the upcoming campaign, Ulrich is betting he can get some traction. “I’m willing to stand up to Mayor de Blasio and his so-called progressive agenda,” he told voters in the minute-long video he posted online early Tuesday morning. He pledged to “give a voice to the majority of New Yorkers who this mayor continues to ignore.” No date for the election has been set yet but, if past special elections are a guide, it would likely be held sometime near the end of February. That means the campaign will be unsually short — 45 days at most. “It’s going to a very, very fast and furious campaign,” Ulrich said. “But one of the good things is that anyone who is registered can vote,” he said. “It’s not like a closed primary.” The public advocate does not carry a lot of inherent political power but is next in line to the mayor’s job — similar to the vice president of the United States. De Blasio, who was public advocate before running for mayor, used his time in the job to raise his visibility and collect Q IOUs from local leaders.

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Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing) has thrown his hat into the crowded race for public advocate. Announcing his candidacy on Monday, the lawmaker joins a list of more than 20 people running for the watchdog position, which incumbent Letitia James will vacate next year to become state attorney general. Mayor de Blasio is expected to call a special election in early 2019 to fill the seat. Whoever wins would serve a term as public advocate that runs through the end of next year. There will be a primary and general election for the seat in September and November 2019, respectively. Kim, the first and only Korean American to be elected to the state Legislature, has recently been a vocal critic of Amazon’s deal with New York to put one of its second headquarters in Long Island City, for which it is receiving nearly $3 billion in incentives. “I think there’s no one that cares more about putting people’s interests over corporations than me in this race,” he told the Chronicle. “I think many of my colleagues are focused on the symptoms of a larger problem, which is that for too many years, we have focused on putting the interests of corporations over the interests of people.”

Kim has served in the Assembly since 2013 and before that worked in the offices of several city and state officials, and also at the Parkside Group, a lobbying firm closely tied to the Democratic Party. Former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, activist and journalist Nomiki Konst and Councilmen Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn), Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and Rafael Espinal (D-Brooklyn) are among the candidates Kim will be competing with in the race. He’ll also be vying against some of his Assembly colleagues — Daniel O’Donnell (D-Manhattan), Michael Blake (D-Bronx) and Latrice Walker (D-Brooklyn). The position of public advocate has often been criticized as a stepping stone for higher office. Mayor de Blasio had the job, which has few official powers, before his current one. Kim says he’s aiming to “transform” the negative perception that the position is useless. He wants to make the Public Advocate’s Office the largest government one in the country focused on canceling and writing down personal debts. Consumer debt is expected to reach an alltime high this year. According to the assemblyman, the rules are rigged against everyday people and small businesses.

“People don’t realize that the corporations, the bigger they are the more debt they can write down every single day, and they actually get a tax write up to do so,” the assemblyman said. St. John’s University political science professor Brian Browne says that because of the crowded field, it will be a challenge for all of the public advocate candidates to make themselves sufficiently known to voters. “How do they stand out? How do they differentiate from this crowded field?” he said to the Chronicle. “And I think Ron Kim, who is known in parts of Queens ... he has to ramp that up to run citywide.” Public advocate candidates will have to collect 7,500 valid signatures to get on the ballot. With signature collections, it is standard for hopefuls to gather far more than the minimum because their opponents may try to kick them off the ballot by claiming their signatures are invalid. Browne said he expects the process to shrink the field for public advocate because with the special election next year, the candidates will have far less time to gather them. Kim is far from the only public advocate candidate to denounce the HQ2 deal. But he was against it before the plan for Long Island City became official, a fact Browne said could play to the assemblyman’s advantage. “I think if opposition to Amazon is going

Assemblyman Ron Kim aims to succeed FILE PHOTO Letitia James as public advocate. to be the litmus test for public advocate then he passes that with flying colors,” the political science professor said. He also suspects that Williams, the Brooklyn councilman, has an advantage in the race from having run in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor this year, for which he Q heavily campaigned in the city.

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Now, Richmond Hill is history Victorian dream houses on verge of being named to state, federal registers by Michael Shain

is prestigious and does permit homeowners in those districts some tax Eleven square blocks of Rich- breaks for improvements. But it is mond Hill are about to be named a not nearly as restrictive as those of state historic district, officials said the landmarks and historic districts that are identified by the city’s Landlast week. The nearly 200 homes in the dis- marks Preservation Commission. The Richmond Hill Historical trict include some of the finest examples of Victorian and early Society — made up primarily of 20th-centurty architecture in the homeowners in the distinctive discity and the designation is a victory trict — was behind last week’s desfor preservationists who have been ignation by the state. “We always knew we lived in a seeking recognition since the historic neighborhood,” said Helen mid-1990s. Roughly, the district will be the Day, the RHHS vice president. triangluar area defined by Myrtle “But to have that recognition at last Avenue, 118th Street and Park Lane is delightful.” The group filed 10 years ago for South. In its announcement, the state recognition from the state but was Parks, Recreation and Historic turned down. The setback demoralPreservation Department described ized preservationists in the neighthat part of Richmond Hill as “one borhood for years afterward, resiof the first planned suburbs in dents said. Then, when City Council disQueens.” “The district consists primarily tricts were redrawn in 2013, the of large, architecturally distin- push for recognition began again. With a new, supportive counguished houses built between 1890 and 1915 for railroad commuters c i l m e m b e r , E r i c U l r i c h working in Brooklyn and Manhat- (R-Ozone Park), representing the area, the process tan,” it said, “as got new life. well as smaller T he g rou nd houses built e always knew work for estabbetween the arrivlishing the neighal of the subway we lived in borhood as historin 1917 and the a historic ically notable was Great Depression More in 1930.” neighborhood.” expensive. than $90,000 was The state will spent to document forward its desig— Helen Day all the significant nation on to Washington, DC, where the district homes there, including architects’ will likely be listed on the National drawings, old photos, the family Register of Historic Places. About a histories of past owners and notable dozen areas in Queens are already residents. Scores of oral histories listed on the National Register, were gathered from longtime resiincluding Sunnyside Gardens, parts dents and added to a massive surof Jackson Heights and several vey that was submitted to state officials. neighborhoods in Ridgewood. The study, which started in 2016, Practically speaking, designation by the state and federal government took nearly three years to complete. Editor

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A 20-year effort to get some form of official recognition of Richmond Hill as a state historic district has finally paid PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN off for owners of Victorian beauties like these on 116th Street. Ulrich’s office funded the work out of his discretionary funds for the first two years, he said. “It’s been the dream of longtime residents to get this distinction,” Ulrich told the Chronicle. “And we were happy to get the ball rolling. “I think it is just great.” The next step will be the more arduous task of getting the city to extend landmark protection to all or part of the area as a historic district, says Carl Ballenas, the RHHS

historian. Richmond Hill, he said, is primarily made up of Victorian and Queen Anne-style houses — “and it’s hard to protect wooden structures. The LPC prefers brick and stone,” he said. It has long been a complaint of preservationists that the city rarely extends landmark protection to buildings and districts outside Manhattan. No matter, the process of city

landmarking can take more years and research. The city lists 13 historical districts in Queens including Douglaston Manor, the former Civil War base Ft. Totten and a section of Ridgewood. The state and federal designations, once approved, will allow the city to post special street signs telling visitors it’s a historical area. Other than that, there is little that restricts owners who want to alter or even tear down existing homes. Q

The new historic district is defined roughly by Myrtle Avenue, 118th Street and Park Lane South. Many of the homes, like these on 113th, left, and 114th streets, right, were built starting in the late 19th century. But a wave of renovation, like the work going on at this home, center, threatens the character of the community.

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Bartlett closer to a Springfield deal Application for site near JFK, 165 jobs, proceeds through city channels by Michael Gannon Editor

A major dairy and food distributor that was started by a Queens milkman more than 50 years ago is a step closer to setting up a major operation i n Spr i ngf ield Gardens. An application Bartlett Dairy and Food Service filed was the subject of a review session before the City Planning Commission on Dec. 3. Bartlett, which distributes dairy products, frozen food and paper goods among other things from Jamaica, New Jersey and upstate New York, is looking to acquire 6.15 acres on a city-owned lot of almost nine acres known to officials as the JFK North plot. It is triangular in shape, coming to a point in the east where Rockaway Boulevard and the Nassau Expressway meet. It then extends westward with Rockaway Boulevard to the north and the expressway to the south. To the west sits the building housing the Queens operations of the Federal Aviation Administration. Company representatives could not be reached for comment, though the project is said to create approximately 165 jobs. According to the Bartlett website, roots go back to 1963 with Queens milkman

Bartlett Dairy and Food service, with a history in Queens going back more than half a century, is moving through the city process for a large site in Springfield Gardens. RENDERING COURTESY NYCEDC Thomas Malave and a single delivery truck. The business doubled when Tommy Jr. and a second truck joined the team. Bartlett Dairy was incorporated in 1990.

The company now has more than 100 delivery trucks and serves schools, hotels, grocery stores and other clients in five states: New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Penn-

sylvania and Ohio. Bartlett’s current list of clients includes the city’s Department of Education and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, which serves all of Queens. Bartlett will be relocating from its existing site in Jamaica, where it had in the last two years shifted from animal dairy items to the production of nut-based milk products. When Bartlett began the JFK North process in 2016, the New York City Economic Development Corp. estimated that construction was to have begun this year and be completed by fall 2020. A city source said some very technical cit y mappi ng issues have had to be addressed as the process moves along. A spokesman for the Department of City Planning told the Chronicle that if the plan passes muster with its officials, it then will be forwarded to Community Board 13 for review. It could have an advantage at CB 13 as many of the board’s members have argued of late to keep industrially zoned land for industrial purposes only rather than to grant variances. From CB 13 the application would be forwarded to the desk of Queens Borough President Melinda Katz. Final approval of any deal would have to come from the City Q Council.

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Santa Claus will be paying a visit to Capri Jet Realty in Brooklyn on Saturday, Dec. 15 from 12 to 4 p.m. There will be free photos and gifts — with Queens families more than welcome. Capri Jet is located at 533 Metropolitan Ave. For more information call (718) 388-2188 or email Q info@CapriJetRealty.com.

Landmark Esquire diner here to stay: owner The Esquire Diner is not going anywhere. Faithful customers of the Esquire. a fixture in Ozone Park for more than 36 years, have been calling owner Jimmy Anthansopoulos, above, ever since he went public last month with complaints about the new bus lanes on Cross Bay Boulevard. “People have blown this way out of propor-

tion,” Anthansopoulos said. “I must have gotten 50 calls from people who think we are on the brink of closing.” Not true, he told the Chronicle last week. Diners — those cozy, affordable eating spots that have been a part of neighborhood life here since the 1950s — are becoming an endangered species in Queens. High real

estate and labor costs are mostly to blame. At least half a dozen have closed here in the last year alone. The reconfigured lanes on Cross Bay have strangled traffic so badly that Anthansopoulos estimates his business is down 10 percent since last summer. “But I said nothing about closing,” he said. — Michael Shain

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etery’s perimeter, above left. On Monday morning, a crew of 30 workers and several trucks appeared on the scene and had cleaned up the mess by noon. The cemetery, among the oldest in the city, fell into serious disrepair decades ago after the congregation that owned it folded. — Michael Shain

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As city responses go, the cleanup around the troubled Bayside Cemetery in Ozone Park may be one for the record books. The Facebook site of the Ozone Park Resident Block Association posted last Wednesday afternoon a series of disturbing photos showing dumped debris and old tires that had been accumulating around the old cem-

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Bayside Cemetery mess: before and after

Lighting Woodhaven’s tree The lighting of the Christmas tree just off Jamaica Avenue has been a fixture of the season in Woodhaven for as long as anyone can remember. This year was no different. There was a stage show, bands, Santa hats and candy canes all around last Friday.

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SLA targets Rich Hill club after shootings

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The New York State Liquor Authority has slapped no less than 10 violations on a Richmond Hill nightclub where five people were shot last weekend. The Rose Lounge on 130th Street, above, not far from Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, was the scene of a previous shooting last spring that prompted authorities to sus-

pend its liquor license for six months. Less than two months after it was reinstated, four women and a man were wounded — none seriously — at around 4 a.m. last Saturday by a gunman outside the club. Police were still looking for the shooter by midweek. It is not known if all those wounded were targets or bystanders in the dispute

that led to gunfire. Within 36 hours, the SLA began proceedings to revoke the club’s liquour license, charging it with violations ranging from hiring unlicensed security guards to having opaque front windows. Its license had been reinstated only two months ago. — Michael Shain

A mass transit advocacy group is determined not to give Gov. Cuomo or state legislative leaders a free ride when it comes to the subjects of funding and fare hikes for the Metropolitan Transportation Association. Members of the Riders Alliance on Dec. 5 protested at Queens Plaza on Long Island City during the evening rush hour period. They also traveled the E and F trains between Queens Plaza and Jackson Height/Roosevelt Avenue. Their primary concern for the evening was enlisting support for the adoption of congestion pricing for traffic driving into Midtown and Downtown Manhattan to raise $1 billion annually for the MTA. “I love the subways and I can’t believe politicians let them get so broken down,” said Tina Nannarone, an RA member from Forest Hills. “Like most riders I am angry that the state would raise the fare without fixing the subways. All those delays are costing all of us time and money, not to mention stress.” The MTA is considering raising the single fare for a bus or subway Q ride to $3. — Michael Gannon

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Koslowitz receives anti-Semitic letter Council member surprised police didn’t label incident as hate crime by David Russell Associate Editor

Someone sent Councilmember Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) an anti-Semitic letter, which mentioned concentration camps and the recent shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh which took the lives of 11 worshippers. Whoever sent the letter is not a completely random person, says Koslowitz. “He knows what I say at meetings, which means that he’s somewhere I’m at,” she told the Chronicle. “He said that all I talk about are the Bukharians, who represent a nice part of my district,” Koslowitz said. “He mentioned a few things that I say at meetings, that I’m defending the Bukharians when I say how they came here and struggled.” The letter was signed Joe Camillieri, though Koslowitz said, “I can’t believe he would say his real name.” She believes the return address was bogus; it was one that would have been right across the street from her office on Queens Boulevard. The online phone book lists several Joe Camillieris but none in her central Queens district. Koslowitz called the letter “horrible.” “There was horrible language in there

Councilmember Karen Koslowitz received an anti-Semitic letter referencing concentration camps and the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. She told the Chronicle she was surPHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL prised police don’t consider it to be a hate crime. and they referred to Pittsburgh, what happened in the concentration camps and alQaeda should have f inished the job,” Koslowitz said. “In other words, getting rid of all Jewish people.” The letter, dated Nov. 12, was sent to 250 Broadway in Manhattan and opened several weeks later. Council mail addressed to her is opened by someone on her staff and sepa-

rated into categories. Koslowitz gets everything in a folder to go through at a later time. One of her staff members showed her the letter. She handed it over to the 112th Precinct as well as the 1st Precinct, because it was sent to her office at 250 Broadway. The letter was not considered to be a hate crime. “Laws have to be changed in

Albany,” Koslowitz said. She said she was also sur prised the recent beating of a Jewish boy on 108th Street was also not classified as a hate crime. “Someone who attacks Jews is attacking me,” she said. Koslowitz said 95 years ago her grandfather was taken from his house in Poland and killed because he was Jewish. “I grew up with this,” she said. “I grew up with all those horrible stories, so when something like this happens it comes back to me.” Capt. Jonathan Cermeli, commander of the 112th Precinct, said the situation is being investigated by officers in Manhattan, so he doesn’t know the specifics of the investigation and could not comment on why the letter would not be considered a hate crime. He did say the 112th Precinct was alerted because it’s in Koslowitz’s district. “We don’t believe there’s any credible threat against her to harm her or anything else but we’re in constant communication with her,” Cermeli said. The captain did say that precautions are being taken. “We pay special attention to her office just to make sure that nothing goes on there Q or anything like that,” Cermeli said.

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What’s next for the Shalimar location? Community Board 6 would like the Rego Park Library to move there by David Russell Associate Editor

Now that all the goodbyes and tributes to the Shalimar Diner are over, the question is what will come into the location at 63-68 Austin St.? “We’re on pins and needles to see what permits are filed,” said Community Board 6 District Manager Frank Gulluscio. Michael Cohen, a spokesperson for Councilmember Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), said, “We have heard nothing.” The building is located in an R4 residential district with a C2-2 commercial overlay. This means a developer is permitted to use the first floor of any building there for commercial purposes but doesn’t have to. “And if they use it for residential use in combination or not in combination, they can only go up 35 feet,” Cohen said. He added that the developer could put one or two families in attached or unattached housing, in a row house with low density. When asked if Koslowitz has any preference on what she would like to see at the location, Cohen said there’s not much that could be put there given the restrictions. Gulluscio does have a personal preference on what he wants to come in. “I would like to see it become the Rego Park Library,” he said. “A number of years

The outside of the recently closed Shalimar Diner. Community Board 6 is “on pins and needles” while waiting to see what permits are filed for the property. District Manager Frank Gulluscio PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL would like to see it house a new Rego Park Library. ago before the diner was there, that was the original site of the library until they moved across the street years later.” Gulluscio said library leadership is looking

to expand the branch and has funding from elected officials to do so. “That woud be an ideal location to build from scratch,” he said. He said the board recently wrote a letter to

Queens Library President and CEO Dennis Walcott identifying the spot as a possible location and is waiting to hear back. Last year, Mayor de Blasio announced plans to construct a new, state-of-the-art library branch. A Queens Library spokeswoman told the Chronicle the existing branch would be torn down and the new structure built on the same site at 91-41 63 Drive. According to records, the lot was sold on Nov. 15, 10 days before the final day of business for the Shalimar Diner. Alderton Associates, LLC sold the property to 63-38 Austin LLC and RW Austin LLC. The property owners could not be reached for comment. Alderton Associates, LLC had owned the property since 1998. Shalimar Diner owner Chris Karayiannis told the Chronicle he is sure a Russian restaurant will be coming to the site. Those in the community concerned about a tall residential building being constructed might not want to celebrate yet. There is always a chance a developer could ask for a variance or change of zone. With all the housing around the site, they could make the argument that it wouldn’t disrupt the community. As Gulluscio points out, “There are rumors every day with regard to open land in Q New York City.”

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An application that would convert the former Parkway Hospital in Forest Hills into affordable housing was brought to a la nd use public hea r i ng last week at Borough Hall. W hile the action was approved by Community Board 6 last month by a 33-3-1 vote, Melinda Katz told Eric Palatnik, who presented the application, that she wanted to hear back from him in a week or two. It’s up to Katz to make a recommendation before the proposal, for a zone change, would be sent to the City Planning Commission for approval, followed by City Council review before final OK by the mayor. Palat n i k , on behalf of Auberge Grand Central LLC, presented plans to raise the sixstory building to eight for 135 units devoted to seniors. The plan also includes the development of a sepa rate 14 -stor y building in the parking lot to the rear of the exisiting one. That building would comprise 216

market-rate residential units. The project would also have a parking garage with 180 spaces, and a shuttle service would be available to and from the subway. Palatnik said the developers might have the ability to add valets for parking. T h e r e wou ld a l s o b e t h e i nclu sion of g reen space between the buildings and each would offer amenities to residents. The building geared for sen iors wou ld i nclude a 4,000-square-foot room open to residents and the community. One issue is whether the project would provide enough good jobs to workers. Zamir Khan, a doorman on the Upper East Side and a member of 32BJ Service Employees International Union, which represents over 80,000 ser v ice workers i n t he cit y, addressed Katz. “Li ke ma ny New Yorkers, we’re concerned about the rising cost of housing in our neighborhoods and th roughout the city,” K han said. “We’re here today to ensure that the community uses all of the tools at its

disposal so that people who live and work in Queens can afford to remain and live here with dignity. We believe that in order to create a more equitable New York, developers should commit to providing good buildings service jobs that pay the families s u s t a i n i n g w a g e s a n d g ive workers dignity.” Khan said that at November’s Community Board 6 meeting, the developers said they would provide good jobs in response to pressure from the board. “We don’t believe this to be a credible committment as they refuse to engage in meaningful conversation with us,” he said. Khan added, “As it stands, we have some ser ious concer ns about this project and the developers’ lack of adequate assura nc e s t o t he c om mu n it y i n regards to good jobs.” He said developers haven’t reached out. At the CB 6 meet i ng last month, one member of the SEIU said she had “serious concerns” about the developer. James Smith from the New York City District Council of

Eric Palatnik, representing Auberge Grand Central LLC, speaks at Borough Hall in hopes that Borough President Melinda Katz will make a positive recommendation to convert the former Parkway Hospital in Forest Hills into PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL affordable housing and expand it. Car penters also spoke at the land use meeting. “I’m in favor of it so long as the motion at the Community Board 6 meeting is fulfilled in its entirety

in that union workers be utilized in the construction of the building,” Smith said. Palatnik told Katz that 32BJ continued on page 23

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increase is necessary. “For those public off icials, board members and others who oppose any fare increases and will be quick to demagogue on this issue ... just how would the MTA balance financial shortfalls?” Penner asked. “Which capital improvement projects should the MTA cancel to help balance the budget and avoid fare increases? [On] which routes would you support service reductions to save operating dollars?” The MTA Board is expected to vote Q in January.

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Santa and karate kids All are invited to get photos taken with Santa Claus — and donate a holiday present to a needy child — this Saturday at Monkey Fist Martial Arts in Ozone Park. Jolly Ol’ St. Nick will be there from 1 to 3 p.m. — along with goodie bags for the kids, board breaking and cotton candy. No word on whether the man in the red suit will split any two-by-fours himself. Just Delight-Full of Howard Beach is co-sponsoring the event. The photos are free but attendees are asked to donate a gift to the Toys for Tots program run by members of the U.S. Marine Corps. Monkey Fist is located at 135-26 Cross Bay Blvd. and can be reached at (718) Q 323-2958.

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Family and food forge a holiday hit Whether cooking, catering or dining out, the meal makes it extra special. by Michael Gannon Editor

Whether celebrating the holidays with an intimate group or a houseful of relatives from all corners of the globe, food is usually the actual centerpiece of the table. Nick DiBlasi, manager at Brother’s Italian Food World in Howard Beach, said his business already is accepting orders for prime rib, crown roasts and other favorites. Orders also are being taken for all kinds of ham, lamb, turkeys, capons, duck and rabbit; and also fresh ricotta cheese. And if you’re planning a gift for a guest or something to bring to your host, Di Blasi said they begin planning for the holidays in the heat of summer when it comes to their holiday gift baskets filled with imported delicacies. And there, he said, he and his employees try to be as demanding of quality as his customers. “We start committing to those items in August,” he said. “Those are coming in from Italy ... Some of our staff have been with me more than 30 years — they know how to plan and design new ones, because we don’t want our customers to be buying

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Adrian & Rocky’s, located on Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach, has its frutti di mare, or seafood delight, featuring lobster, calamari and three kinds of shelfish served over linguini, as well as a fried fish royale with calamari, shrimp and fillet of sole with penne marinara. DiVino Pizza and Restaurant, also on Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach, has an entire menu of seafood delicacies available by the tray or half tray; it also features items such as mussels, baked clams, fried shrimp and calamari among its long list of appetizers. Trattoria 35, located on 35th Avenue in Bayside, does catering on- and off-site, and also is accepting reservations for holiday seatings. Their holiday menu begins with shrimp wraps, cherrystone clams and Pulpo salad, a concoction that includes sh r imp and scallops. Sorrentino’s Meat Market of Howard Beach also is taking orders for prime and specialty meat, as well as its homemade mozzarella cheese. Sangrita’s, a Spanish-themed restaurant continued on page 26

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Hit a drugstore for gifts and supplies Independent shops add that personal touch to the last couple weeks of your holiday shopping by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

It’s that time of year, and you may be surprised to find out to what extent your neighborhood pharmacies are getting into the seasonal spirit. And we’re not talking cough syrup and flu shots. Take, for instance, AJ’s Village Chemist on Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village. Wreaths adorn the entranceway, a shelf-size Santa greets you from within, and there are just enough Christmas goodies for sale to fulfill your last-minute needs. Edibles are always a welcome gift, and two-pound boxes of Stauffer’s Chocolaty Stars are ready for the buying. For your decorating needs, you can pick up light sets, a 6-foot LED Bell Garland, and maybe a holiday automatic night light, complete with a dusk-to-dawn light sensor. Also available at this location, one of three under AJ’s umbrella (the other two being on Fresh Pond Road in Middle Village and on Woodhav-

en Boulevard in Rego Park) are Christmas stockings, suitable for hanging by the chimney with care, and, of course, plenty of stocking stuffers, aimed primarily at the youngsters in your life. Seasonal headgear can keep you warm and looking good, and wrapping paper, tissue and ribbons are also available, as are holiday cards, at 50 percent off. And you can carry your purchases home in an assortment of colorful Christmas bags, all suitable for delivering your gifts to friends and family. Cross Bay Chemist, located on Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach, is also in the holiday swing of things, according to manager Marty Tisch. For starters, the pharmacy is running a drawing for a $50 gift certificate at Bruno Ristorante, located nearby on Cross Bay Boulevard. The drawing will be held Dec. 22. No purchase is necessary to enter. But, if you stop by the store, chances are you’ll find something to

suit your end-of-year fancy. Tisch indicated that right now there is a 25 percent off sale on all trim-a-tree items. You’ll find shelves full of decorations, including mini-Christmas trees and Santas, suitable for really dressing up your residence for the holidays. An assortment of wrapping paper and holiday boxes are available for your gift-giving needs, as well as decorative stockings, suitable for hanging around your fireplace. And there are plenty of gift ideas from which to choose. For the youngsters, Cross Bay carries a large selection of toys, including board games, Play-Doh, dolls and model kits. For the special person in your life, you’ll find all kinds of fragrances on sale. And, of course, there are also lots of chocolate goodies, including, yes, Stauffer’s Chocolaty Stars, as well as a variety of Russell Stover candies, available in prewrapped

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Festive tree-trimming tips and techniques People have visited forests to select their Christmas trees for centuries. While tree sellers conveniently stationed in store parking lots and artificial trees displayed in various retailers have led fewer people to venture into the wilderness, the Christmas tree is still an important component of holiday celebrations. Long before the spread of Christianity, evergreen plants and trees held special meaning for people during the winter. Boughs and garlands were hung in homes and over doors and windows to repel evil spirits and illnesses. On the winter solstice, the greenery represented that spring would once again arrive and banish winter’s dreariness. Germans who decorated trees inside of their homes are credited with starting Christian Christmas tree traditions during the 16th century. Early Americans were late to adopt Christmas trees because early Puritan settlers thought the tradition — as well as carols and other concepts — were pagan influences. It took the popularity of England’s Queen Victoria and her German Prince Albert appearing around a decorated Christmas tree to eventually win over much of Europe, Canada and the United States. Trees are very popular today. According to StatisticsBrain, 10 million artificial trees are sold in the United States each year, while 34.5 million real trees are sold annually. Such trees require decorating, and the following secrets and tips can help celebrants do just that. • Prune the tree first. Be sure to shape the tree as desired, since natural trees will have branches

sticking out. Wear gardening gloves to avoid being covered in sap. • Position trees away from heat sources, such as fireplaces, vents or radiators, which can cause the tree to dry out prematurely and become a fire risk. • For added safety, anchor a tree to a wall or ceiling, so it will not tumble over onto children or curious pets. • In homage of the f irst German Christmas trees, decorate with natural ingredients, such as berries and pinecones. Also, use apples, nuts and marzipan candies. • To free up more space for presents, place a narrow tree stand inside of a waterproof planting container. Place the tree inside. This will provide a more streamlined look that’s neater than a tree skirt. • The more lights the better, especially on dense trees. • For a whimsical approach, match the tree decor to home decor and the color of furniture. • Make handcrafted ornaments with the whole family. • Hang the most delicate pieces toward the top where they won’t be disturbed. • Step back and enjoy your handiwork, which will also give you a chance to find any blank spots that need filling in. Tree trimming is one of the most enjoyable aspects of the holiday season and there are no rules other than Q safety guidelines when it comes to decorating. — Metro Creative Connection

The Christmas tree is still an important component of the holiday celebrations. So when complete, sit back and enjoy its beauty.

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Toy and gift drive enters its final week as we seek your help for the kids

Some children write their own letters to Santa with wish lists we do our best to fulfill, and sometimes a shelter just sends us a handy form like the one above. Can you help us match the child to the gift as best we can? Just look at this photo from a prior year’s delivery of donated toys to FILE PHOTO see the result of the generosity of the good people of Queens, and beyond.

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

We almost always list every single item the needy children we serve each holiday season ask for in their letters to Santa Claus. But last week we did not. One little girl’s top item was left out of our Dec. 6 article on the Queens Chronicle’s 24th Annual Toy Drive. Why? Because she asked for a kitchen. Not a Barbie kitchen. Not a KidKraft kitchen. A real kitchen. Santa can’t deliver that. But this is how life is for many of the needy children in Queens — their families are living in homeless shelters, often con-

verted hotels, where their rooms have no real cooking facilities. The need is great. If you’re able to help them have a merrier Christmas by donating a toy or other gift this year, please do. Toys, clothes, accessories — all are wanted as we team up with Toys for Tots to spread holiday joy as best we can. Gifts may be dropped off through Dec. 20 — note the change in date from previous articles — at the Chronicle office at The Shops at Atlas Park, 71-19 80 St., suite 8-201 in Glendale, above HomeGoods, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking in the garages is free for 30 minutes. Other drop-off sites are Cross County Bank

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Down syndrome tags offered Assemblyman Mike Miller, left, presents young Joseph Como and his family, including Ava Grace, Tiziana and Anthony, a personalized Down syndrome license plate. Gov. Cuomo signed into law Miller’s bill designed to raise awareness for Down’s syndrome via the new tags. Residents can purchase plates with the words “Down’s Syndrome Awareness.” Any state resident can be issued the plates for an annual $25 fee,

which will be desposited to the credit of a newly created Down’s Syndrome Research Fund. “This law is for Joseph and everyone in New York State who has Down’s Syndrome,” Miller said. “I look forward to seeing the distinctive license plate on the road in the near future.” The Comos used to live in Middle Village, and Anthony, an attorney, briefly served on the City Council.

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Queens Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Grech has been one of the leading voices in support of Amazon’s controversial plan to put one of its second headquarters in Long Island City. So when Grech learned last week about the results of the Quinnipiac University poll showing that Queens voters support the e-commerce giant’s plan by more than a twoto-one margin, he wasn’t surprised. The business leader, who says Amazon’s plans will be an economic “shot in the arm” for the borough, said the poll confirmed his expectations about how the public felt. The online retail behemoth says its plans will create more than 25,000 jobs. “Polls are polls and it’s nice to see that folks feel that way,” he said. But for him and other supporters of the HQ2 plan, Grech added, the “vindication is going to be when they come through with the jobs we’re looking very much forward to.” The poll discovered that 60 percent of borough voters are in favor of Amazon establishing part of its second headquarters in Long Island City and 26 percent oppose it. Quinnipiac also found New York City voters in general support Amazon’s project 57 percent to 26 percent. Grech also brought up how the poll found the company’s plan for Queens especially popular with people of color. Among black voters in the city, 63 percent approve; the number is two points higher for Hispanic ones. Opponents of the plan point to how Amazon, which is led by the world’s richest man, is getting around $3 billion in city and state incentives for its plans in Long Island City. They also say the HQ2 plan will drive out

working-class residents by increasing real estate values and place more pressure on area infrastructure like the already overcrowded No. 7 subway line. Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing), a leading critic of the HQ2 deal, says Amazon is a monopoly that must be broken up. And his take on the poll greatly differs from Grech’s. “I think it’s a reflection of a small fraction of the community,” the lawmaker said, adding that “the reactions that I’m seeing on the ground and the people that I speak to” paint a different picture. They are angry about the company’s plan. “They’re upset at the corporate giveaways,” Kim added. “That’s the overwhelming sentiment that I get anywhere in Queens, so I don’t read too much into what the exact data is saying on that.” The poll did actually find that the incentive package is significantly less popular than Amazon’s plan for Long Island City itself. It’s supported by only 46 percent of voters in the five boroughs and opposed by 40 percent. Fifty-five percent of Queens voters back it and 39 percent don’t. The assemblyman also said that Amazon’s popularity with consumers who buy its products probably inf luenced how people answered the poll’s questions. As for whether they have concerns about the company’s plan to move to the borough, 54 percent of city voters said they didn’t and 41 percent said they did. The same margin applied to Queens voters specifically. Of New Yorkers who vote and said they had concerns, 31 percent of them picked housing as the biggest one, 25 percent picked transportation and 20 percent picked quality of life. With the poll looking positive for the continued on page 32

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Speakers at Astoria forum want the megadeal stopped, not renegotiated by Michael Gannon Editor

Some of Queensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; more vocal opponents of the deal to bring one of Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new headquarters to the borough do not want to rework the proposed tax abatement and real estate deal. They want to stop the move altogether, and a spillover crowd of more than 300 attended a community forum at the Church of the Redeemer in Astoria on Monday night to deliver just that message. Many attendees were forced to wait outside. Organizers included Desis Rising Up & Moving, Queens Neighborhoods United and the New York City Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. Two major themes of most of the speakers were the impact Amazon will have on the Queens real estate market and the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alleged reputation for poor employee relations. Supporters of the deal, which includes $3 billion in tax breaks, say a major selling point is the estimated 25,000 jobs that are forecast to be generated. Moajza Shahab of DSA said Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boast that its employees will have average salaries of $150,000 will drive the market for real estate, rents and mortgages to the point of pricing out existing residents and businesses.

Hundreds gathered Monday night at the Church of the Redeemer in Astoria as opponents of the PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON deal to bring Amazon to Queens discussed their concerns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They estimate that this will generate five jobs for every job at Amazon,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That would include restaurant workers, service workers, janitors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but where are those workers supposed to live?â&#x20AC;? And speakers made it clear they are not looking to force a renegotiation with less generous economic incentives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not here to say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;How can we get a better deal?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? said one of the moderators.

Speaker Susan Kang, aside from her criticism of the financial impact, slammed the back-room nature of negotiations with the city and state governments. She said that effectively bypassed City Council input, environmental review and other accountability safeguards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They cut out our voices,â&#x20AC;? she said. She also pointed out that Gov. Cuomo and the MTA to date have been unable to find

funding needed to keep mass transit and infrastructure at an acceptable level of service for the existing population. Speaker Matthew Hunt, a former employee of Whole Foods, which Amazon merged with, read a letter he said was from a former colleague who he said fears retribution from the company for his efforts to organize the storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workers. Others state that Amazon cooperates with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in detecting workers in the country illegally. Mauricio Piratova of Queens Neighborhoods United said large businesses such as Amazon, Target and others are fighting each other for market share and real estate, accelerating the gentrification process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;New York City is a battleground,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will not accept Amazon. We will not negotiate our survival.â&#x20AC;? Keely Mullen of the group Socialist Alternatives is a veteran of battles against Amazon in its corporate headquarters in Seattle, where a recent voter referendum implemented a $48 million tax on the company to pay for affordable housing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; only to be overturned 17 days later by Settleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s City Council. Mullen credited their early success to organized protests, sit-ins and occupations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This deal can be stopped, but it will not be Q easy,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Hall of Fame coach recalls NFL at Shea Tony Dungy was on the Steelers sideline during Jets finale in Queens by David Russell Associate Editor

On Dec. 10, 1983, the Jets suffered a humiliating 34-7 loss to the Steelers. The defeat not only finished off the Jets’ slim playoff chances but also brought an end to 20 seasons of NFL action at Shea Stadium. Tired of feeling like second-class citizens to the Mets, the team would move to the Meadowlands, where the Giants played. On the sidelines for the Steelers during the last game at Shea was Tony Dungy, the future Hall of Fame coach who was the defensive backs coach under head coach Chuck Noll. Before his coaching career, Dungy played at Shea twice with the Steelers, a place he saw on TV while growing up in Michigan. “I remember just coming out on the field and saying, ‘This is where I watched Joe Namath. This is where they made the magic happen,’” Dungy told the Chronicle. He also remembered something about seeing New York: the $22 per diem the players were given on the road. “Coach Noll always wanted us to experience other cities,” Dungy said. Staying at Essex House in Manhattan, he ordered a room service cheeseburger. “It was way over my per diem,” Dungy said. While Dungy is a historian of the game with an appreciation for its past, he found some of the stadiums, including Shea, to be outdated compared to newer playing fields. “I had this kind of fascination in everything,” he said. “I’d seen these stadiums on TV as a kid. It was kind of a downer once you were playing there. They were just older places.” The first football game he saw as a kid was between the Lions and Browns at Tiger Stadium, which had opened in 1912. He remembered his first road game as a Steeler was at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium. Dungy remembers how there were fewer than 30 showers and players had to share lockers.

Amazon poll continued from page 30 HQ2 deal, it may be a public relations win for the company. But Kim and opponents of the Amazon deal are undeterred. City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria), who represent Long Island City, have also made it clear they’re sticking to their guns. “New Yorkers are making clear they agree that too much inequality exists in our communities and giving billions of taxpayer dollars to trillion dollar corporations makes things worse, not better,” the

The Jets spent 20 seasons at Shea Stadium before moving to New Jersey. Future Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy, right, was on the Steelers sidelines for the final NFL game in Queens, which Pittsburgh SHEA STADIUM WIKIPEDIA PHOTO / WALLY GOBETZ; DUNGY WIKIPEDIA PHOTO / UNITED STATES AIR FORCE won 34-7. “Rookies had to wait for veterans to shower,” he said. He went from thinking, “This is where Jim Brown played” to “Man, this is just an old cavernous barn.” The fun thing for Dungy was that he watched Hall of Fame wide receiver Paul Warfield as a rookie and then lined up against him during Warfield’s final season. For Dungy, even Shea Stadium, which opened in 1964, couldn’t compare to a place like Three Rivers Stadium, the home of the Steelers. And Arrowhead Stadium, where the Kansas City Chiefs played, was another new arena built in the early 1970s. “I see why everyone wants a stadium,” Dungy said. The Steelers and Jets entered their late season matchup in 1983 heading in opposite directions. Pittsburgh had lost three straight games after beginning 9-2. New York had won three in a row after starting 4-7. Pittsburgh needed a boost and called on Terry Bradshaw, the MVP quarterback and four-time Super Bowl champion for the critical game. He had not played all season after undergoing elbow surgery after the 1982 season. The Jets had no answer for Bradshaw, who threw two touchdowns to give the Steelers an early 14-0 lead. pair said in a joint statement. “It is also clear that the more people learn about the deal, the less they like it.” The poll was blasted by New York Communities for Change, one of the leading activist groups opposed to the HQ2 deal. “This poll is trash and should be thrown away with the rest of today’s garbage,” NYCC Executive Director Jonathan Westin said in a prepared statement. “No Quinnipiac pollster has spent real time on the ground in Long Island City and surrounding communities in recent weeks. We have. We know that the level of anger toward Amazon and the HQ2 Q deal is intensifying and spreading.”

“I remember thinking, man, we are rolling,” Dungy said. “We got our leader back. We can be dangerous.” Dreams of another Super Bowl run were dancing in Dungy’s head. “It looked like the old days,” he said. “You could just feel the energy on our sideline.” But Bradshaw hurt his arm on his final touchdown throw. It would turn out to be the last play of his career. Cliff Stoudt came in and picked up where Bradshaw left off, as the lead reached 27-0. New York played poorly, committing five turnovers and gaining only 13 first downs. The only bright spot for Gang Green was wide receiver Lam Jones, who caught seven passes for 146 yards, including a 27-yarder from Pat Ryan for a touchdown. Ryan had replaced Richard Todd, who left the game with a thigh injury. The Steelers scored another touchdown in the fourth quarter. During the final minutes of the game, unruly Jets fans started ripping out seats and benches from the stands. A police officer came by the Steelers sideline with two minutes remaining. “He said, ‘We are not going to be able to control this crowd. I’d get to the locker room as fast as possible,’” said Dungy,

who added that he had not even thought about the fans. The game ended and the craziness began. “People came from everywhere,” Dungy said. “They were taking the seats, the benches, getting turf. It was crazy.” He added, “They exploded on the field taking whatever they could get their hands on.” The fans even tore down both of the goalposts. A line of police officers entered under one of the goalposts as fans ran to the other side of the stadium. According to published reports, 15 people were arrested and 20 fans were treated for injuries. There were 130 police officers and 250 private security officers on hand. The Jets finished their time at Shea Stadium a perfectly mediocre 70-70-3. They never came back to New York, playing at Giants Stadium from 1984 to 2009 and at the new MetLife Stadium since 2010. Dungy would become a head coach with the Buccaneers and Colts, making the playoffs 11 of 13 seasons and winning Super Bowl XLI. He’s now with NBC. In 1989, he had interviewed for a job with the Giants during which head coach Bill Parcells talked to him about the cost of living in New York. “I remembered that cheeseburger,” Q Dungy said.

Cardozo High School slashing A 15-year-old male student has turned himself in and been arrested over the Tuesday morning slashing at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside, police said. The 8:48 a.m. attack injured a 14-year-old and led to a school shutdown. Reports said the victim’s forehead was slashed in the attack and that he is the son of a school safety officer. The victim was treated for injuries not described as life-threatening at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, LI, according to the NYPD. “The safety of students and staff is our

top priority, and NYPD and EMS immediately responded to a serious incident at Cardozo High School this morning where a student was transported to the hospital in stable condition,” a Department of Education spokesperson said in a prepared statement. “We are working with NYPD as they conduct an investigation, and are taking additional safety measures at the school.“ The city had metal detectors temporarily at the Bayside school’s entrance on Wednesday, which is referred to as an “unanQ nounced scanning.” — Ryan Brady

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St. John’s stays perfect with Garden party St. John’s is 9-0 for the first time since the 1990-91 season after beating Princeton 89-74 at in the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. It was the first game of the season at MSG for the Red Storm. “I feel like Madison Square Garden is the most famous arena so with that being said, our fans, they were extra pumped and we just feed off their energy,” said junior guard Shamorie Ponds, who scored 26 points, dished out five assists, grabbed five rebounds and had four steals. The team will only have four more games at the Garden this season, with most home matches being played on campus at Carnesecca Arena. The Big East tournament will also be at MSG in March. The team has lost more than it’s won over the last three seasons at the Garden. In fact, the Red Storm has lost more than it’s won over the last three seasons in a lot of places. St. John’s was 38-60 over Chris Mullin’s first three seasons as head coach. While the team will be judged on what it does against

tougher squads in conference play, this start has been solid. “Fundamentals are what wins games and loses games and when you get away from the fundamentals, when you’re trying to play the game at a highlight reel type of pace, that’s usually when you get beat, so we stress fundamentals, skill development, unselfishness on offense and defense,” Mullin said. The coach was also asked about some life experiences he may share with his team. “We all have our experiences,” Mullin said. “We try to share them with each other and learn from our mistakes. One thing I definitely try not to forget, I was once their age and what they go through ... I try to keep that fresh in my mind, not so much from a critical standpoint but from assistance and mentorship — as opposed to judging — and to try and do what’s best for them and trying to remember that I was in their shoes and what it’s like. It’s actually tougher now, I think, than ever to grow up.” St. John’s started last season 11-2 before

Head coach Chris Mullin, left, and junior guard Shamorie Ponds after St. John’s brought its winning streak to nine games with a win over Princeton at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. It’s PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL the first time the team has gone 9-0 in 28 years. losing 11 games in a row to begin Big East play and would finish the season with a losing record. Even with the team enjoying an undefeated nonconference slate, they are still looking to play a more complete game from beginning to end. “We’re working toward being more consistent, working toward 20, 25, 30, 40 minutes,” Mullin said. “But we see the potential.” The team honored Jim O’Connell with a patch on the jersey for Sunday’s game. O’Connell, known affectionately as “Oc”

(pronounced Ock), graduated from St. John’s in 1976 and became a longtime college basketball writer for the Associated Press. He entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002. “I always admired his class, his humility, his dignity,” Mullin said. “I thought he did a great job of covering basketball but more importantly I appreciate his friendship and his class and dignity.” Mullin added, “I think in basketball there are guys you look up to. I think he’s a guy that you all probably looked up to and tried Q to emulate.”

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New ‘World of Tomorrow’ book spotlights the 1939-40 World’s Fair Bill Cotter was 12 years old the first time he attended the 196 4-65 World’s Fair In Flushing Meadows. He had no way of knowing that history had been waiting there patiently for him for nearly a quartercentury, hidden just beneath the modern facades. In his new book, “The 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair: The World of Tomorrow,” Cotter offers a photographic tour of the fairgrounds from their humble beginning as a city ash dump to the spectacle that put Queens on the global map for good. The book, which became available Dec. 10, is

had found their perfect customer. “I went with my friends as often as I could afford to,” he said. Many of his photographs from that fair were ones he shot himself, courtesy of an uncle who was a photography buff. “I think he kept giving me his old cameras so he could tell his wife he needed a new one,” Cotter said with a chuckle. But the more he delved into Queens’ second fair, the more he learned and became captivated by its predecessor. Cotter learned, for example, that his own father had been 12 when he attended the first World’s Fair. “Back in the 1980s, at an anniversary exhibit in the Queens Museum, my mother said she had been to the fair in 1939 as a young gal,” he said. continued on page 39

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Cotter’s 12th on world’s fairs and international expos, and his third on the 1939-40 extravaganza. The 1939-40 World’s Fair took shape in Flushing Meadows in a world struggling to come out of the Great Depression and wary of the gathering clouds of war. But it offered its patrons a glimpse of a better future that largely came to pass. “These books are a labor of love,” Cotter told the Chronicle in an interview from his home in California. His collection of photographs from the fairs, more than 25,000, is the largest in the world (“I have a very understanding wife”). The seeds for the book were planted more than 50 years ago, and nearly 25 after the first New York World’s Fair fell to the wrecking ball. In Cotter, organizers of the 1964-65 fair, held on the same site,

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“Complicated Territory,” with works in various media by three artists taking a contemporary look at traditionally female subjects and forms such as interiors, domesticity, florals and handicraft. Thru Sun., Dec. 16, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 937-6317, dorsky.org.

Neil Greenberg: To The Things Themselves, with movement, music materials and physical objects manipulated to emphasize what they are, and then transformed into representations. Thu.-Sat., Dec. 13-15, 8 p.m., The Chocolate Factory Theater, 5-49 49 Ave., Long Island City. $20. Info: (718) 482-7069, chocolatefactorytheater.org.

“Sowing Memories & In your wildest dreams,” with sewn works inspired by traditional fabric handicrafts and surrealist paintings, available for sale. Thru Sun., Dec. 30, The Local NY, 13-02 44 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (917) 923-9902, hitomimatsui.com, kennethburris.com. “Domingo Carrasco: Themes & Variations,” with paintings and works on paper by the Queens native that celebrate line, color and classical forms, attempting to idealize the human spirit. Thru end of Dec., QED, 27-16 23 Ave., Astoria. Free. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com. “GingerBread Lane 2018,” the new edition of the world’s largest gingerbread village, with every single element edible, created by Queens chef Jon Lovitch. Thru Mon., Jan. 21, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID (extra for related workshops on select days). Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

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Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts, with works in multiple media from watercolors to sound installations, tracing “withdrawal as an art form” and compelling viewers to relinquish the safety of the familiar. Thru Feb., MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $10; $5 students, seniors. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org. “Roadside Attraction,” with marvels and oddities including trade signs, decorative art objects and more that capture the American fascination with the open road, from the 18th thru late 19th centuries. Thru Thu., Feb. 7., American Folk Art Museum’s Self-Taught Genius Gallery, 47-29 32 Place, Long Island City. Free. Info: (212) 595-9533, folkartmuseum.org. “A Whole Different Ball Game: Playing Through 60 Years of Sports Video Games,” with more than 30 playable games from 1958, when the first, Tennis for Two debuted, through today, with consideration of various elements of sports gaming. Thru Sun., March 10, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes full museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

COMEDY See how spider Charlotte comes up with a plan to save the life of her friend Wilbur the pig, in TheatreWorks USA’s performance of the classic “Charlotte’s Web” at Queens Theatre this Sunday. See Kids/Families. COURTESY PHOTO “Exhibition A” and “Exhibition B,” with works in various media from painting to video, by dozens of artists from Long Island City and elsewhere in New York. Thru Fri., Jan. 4, The Factory LIC, 30-30 47 Ave. Free. Info: (718) 361-7633, licartsopen.com.

MUSIC Celebration of Jackson Heights, with the Quintet of the Americas performing several works including a world premiere, joined by PS 69 recorder players, the PS 149 chorus and the Jackson Heights Orchestra. Sat., Dec. 15, 4 p.m., PS 69, 77-02 37 Ave., Jackson Heights. Free; $10 donation suggested; $5 students, seniors. Info: (718) 230-5189, quintet.org. New Music Horizons: Collaborative Artists in Concert, with jazz composers Roberta Piket and Mark Wade performing, she on piano, he on bass leading his trio; followed by an informal Q-and-A. Sat., Dec. 15, 8 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $10; free students, teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org, COURTESY PHOTOS

Queensboro Symphony and Choir Holiday Concert, with famous Christmas carols and Vivaldi’s “Gloria.” Sun., Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m., Mary’s Nativity Church, 46-02 Parsons Blvd., Flush-

ing. Free-will offering. Info: (718) 359-5996, facebook.com/queensborosymphonyorchestra, qbsymphony@gmail.com. Love Notes: Monty Alexander, with the acclaimed jazz pianist performing in his style that blends Caribbean and American music. Sat., Dec. 15, 7-9 p.m., Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave. $20; $15 students. Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org, jamaicapac.org.

Comedy Time Machine, with a lineup of comics reviving old topical bits that aren’t topical anymore; with proceeds going to Planned Parenthood. Sun., Dec. 16, 8:30-10 p.m., QED, 27-16 23 Ave., Astoria. $5. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

FILM Syrian Films Presented by ArteEast, with an animated short about a female revolutionary and a feature combining documentary and fable. Sun., Dec. 16, 3 p.m. (also Sat., Jan. 19, 3 p.m.), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free with admission: $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

Oratorio Society of Queens Holiday Concert, with selections from Handel’s “Messiah” and works by J. Strauss Jr., J. Flummerfelt, D. Close and more. Sun., Dec. 16, 4 p.m., Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. COST. Info: (718) 279-3006, queensoratorio.org.

THEATRE STA presents … Drama and Musical Showcase, with young people from in the Secret Theatre’s Academy of Dramatic Arts performing dramas and a musical. Sat.-Sun., Dec. 15-16, various times, The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $15; kids under 17 $10. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com. “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” a family-friendly musical based on the beloved 1965 animated special about the holiday’s true spirit, featuring “Christmas Time is Here,” jazz and new numbers. Fri.-Sun., Dec. 14-16; Wed.-Sun., Dec. 19-23; Fri.-Sun., Dec. 28-30, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 16; Sat.-Sun., Dec. 22-23 and Dec. 29-30, 3 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $18 advance; $20 at door; kids under 17 $12 advance; $14 at door. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

A Cher for All Seasons, a series of films featuring the actress and singer, including “Silkwood,” “Mermaids” and “Moonstruck,” above. Sat., Dec. 15-Mon., Dec. 24, various dates and times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER

KIDS/FAMILIES Brunch with Santa, an all-inclusive event with Mr. Claus, his elves, Frosty the Snowman, music, food, open bar and entertainment for the kids. Sat., Dec. 15, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Russo’s On The Bay, 162-45 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach. $75; $37.50 kids under 13. Info/reservations (required): (718) 843-5055, russosonthebay.com. continued on page 40

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on the legal right to take or display photos. It’s that we are uncomfortable with the way Some people see the 7 line as a neces- they were taken, meaning in secret.” She explained the library is a 1,600sary evil. Drew Kerr saw it as a canvas. For six years, he rode the train for a person organization with information project, taking hundreds of pictures. Thir- reaching people at different times, which ty-two of them were going to be on dis- is why the decision came as late as it did. Kerr and a group of supporters will display at Flushing Library beginning Friday in an exhibit called “Faces of the 7 Train.” play parts of his exhibit in front of the Instead, the library decided it didn’t library at noon on Friday, the day his want to move forward with the exhibit exhibit would have opened. “There is simply no excuse to prevent due to concerns about privacy. Kerr took the photos without the knowledge of the showing totally safe photographic art shot other passengers so he could have natu- in public places,” Kerr said in an email. “Journalists and photographers shoot holral, unposed shots. “We are not comfortable with the iday season shoppers, Salvation Army bell approach to photographing the subjects,” ringers in front of stores and thousands said Queens Library spokesperson Elisabeth filling Times Square to watch the New de Bourbon. “This is not a judgment based Years’ ball drop. Does Queens Public Library management know something different about the first amendment that nobody else does?” The exhibit would have been on When: Fri., Dec. 14, 12 p.m. display through December 2019. Where: Outside Flushing Library, De Bourbon said the library spent 41-17 Main St. a day discussing the issue knowing Entry: Free. queenslibrarycensorship.com that Kerr spent time and money on the project. associate editor

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Two men on the 7 train as photographed by Drew Kerr, who took hundreds of photos PHOTO BY DREW KERR over six years. “We’re sorry about the timing but the bottom line is that we are not comfortable with the way the photos were taken in secret and that’s why we decided to cancel the exhibit,” de Bourbon said. Kerr said the library also cited intellectual property concerns in canceling the

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Perfect endings to a festive holiday meal • 2 to 3 teaspoons water Combine first three ingredients and mix at medium speed • 1 1/3 stick butter, softened Ah, the traditional Christmas dinner! So for 2 minutes. Add flour and mix • 1 1-pound box many choices, so little time. At the Chronicle 2 more minutes. Form dough confectioner’s sugar we have compiled some family favorite desinto a ball, wrap in plastic wrap • 10 ounces cream cheese, serts that are sure to please the pickiest and refrigerate for an hour. softened eater. But you may have trouble deciding When chilled, form dough into just which one or two to make. 1-inch balls. Place them two Preheat oven to 350 degrees. The choices vary from a decadent threeinches apart on ungreased cooklayered red velvet cake, to a holiday pie, a Mix together all ingredients with ie sheet. Make an indentation cookie, a rich cookie bar to a deconstructed an electric mixer. Spray three with thumb in center of each 9-inch-round cake pans with key lime pie. Whichever you choose, enjoy. cookie. The edges will crack. Fill And as a bonus, you’ll find a little treat at nonstick coating. Pour the batter the end — known in New Orleans as a lan- equally into the three pans and Red velvet cake is one of several desserts that can satisfy your each indent with 1/4 teaspoon jam. Bake at 350 degrees for 14 bake for 45-60 minutes. Let sweet tooth this holiday season. guappe — for all those good girls and boys. PHOTO BY YORTW / FLICKR to 18 minutes. Combine last cool for 10 minutes and then • 1 can whole cranberry sauce three ingredients until smooth remove from pans. Red Velvet Cake • 1 28-ounce jar mincemeat for icing. Drizzle over cooled cookies. To make frosting, combine butter, cream • 1/2 cup flour cheese and sugar in a bowl. Wait until cake • 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour • 1/4 cup unsalted butter Deconstructed Key Lime Pie is totally cool before icing it. Start by spread• 1 cup buttermilk • 1/4 light brown sugar, packed ing a thin layer of frosting on one of the • 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil • 1/4 cup almonds, chopped • 7 graham crackers cakes and then the second layer on top. • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 6 egg yolks, cold Repeat and frost rest of cake. Decorate with • 1 teaspoon vanilla Mix together cranberries and mincemeat • 1/3 cup cornstarch red and green holiday candies. • 1/4 cup red food coloring and pour into unbaked pie shell. Cut the • 1/4 teapoon salt • 1 1/2 cups sugar butter into the flour until the mixture is • 1/1/2 cups water Mincemeat-Cranberry Pie • 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder coarse, then add sugar and nuts. Sprinkle • 3/4 cup sugar plus 1 tablespoon sugar • 1 teaspoon white vinegar over pie and bake 45-50 minutes until top • 2 tablespoons butter • 1 10-inch pie shell • 2 large eggs is browned. • 2/3 cup lime juice • 2 cups heavy cream Decadent Date and Nut Bars • 2 tablespoons powdered sugar • 1 teaspoon vanilla • 1/2 cup butter, softened • 1 cup sifted flour Place graham crackers in plastic bag and • 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed smash them to create crumbs. Set aside. In • 2 eggs bowl mix eggs, cornstarch, salt. Set aside. • 1 teaspoon vanilla Place water and sugar in pot on stove. Heat • 1/8 teaspoon salt water until sugar is disolved. Slowly add to • 2 tablespoons flour egg mixture and mix. Put back on stove and by Ron Marzlock • 1 cup brown sugar stir continually for a couple of minutes. Take Chronicle Contributor • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder off heat and add butter and lime juice. Christian Heinrich Kattenstroh and • 1 cup chopped nuts Whisk until pudding thins. Transfer to a difMargaret Catherine Bredenkoetter, • 1 cup chopped dates ferent bowl to cool. Place plastic wrap over both born in 1812 in Hanover, Germa• 1 cup chocolate chips it. Refrigerate several hours. Meanwhile ny, were married in Berlin and then make whipped cream with last three ingreboarded a ship to the United States Beat first three ingredients together. Press dients, beating until stiff peaks appear. To around 1840. They settled in Middle firmly into a greased 8-by-12-inch pan. Bake construct dessert, put 2 tablespoons of Village and Christian prospered as a liquor salesman. He purchased a house The Kattenstroh Homestead at 71-57 Metropoliat 325 degrees for 20 minutes. While that is crumbs in bottom of a glass. Add a scoop of on the corner of Metropolitan Avenue tan Ave., Middle Village, winter 1923. cooking, beat until light the eggs, vanilla, key lime pudding followed by whipped and Pleasantview Street, one of the salt, flour, brown sugar and baking powder. cream. Repeat with additional glasses. most recognizable homes in Middle Village They remained loyal to the distinctive Then add remaining ingredients until blend- Makes about eight servings. at the time. The 1,000-square-foot wooden house and continued to live there through ed. Spread over partially baked batter and house on a 44-by-200 lot had been built by much of the last century. cook at 325 for 25 minutes. Cut into small Chocolate Pretzel Rings The firehouse next door might have had a the Furman family around 1820. bars while warm. The couple had three children — Freder- draw on young Norman, who later became a • 48 small pretzel rings ick William (1845-1922), Charles (1852- New York City fireman. After Raymond Thumbprint Cookies • 48 chocolate Kisses 1945) and Anna (1855-1909) — and raised and Henrietta died, son Norman moved to their family in the tiny house next door to Nyack, NY. 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“But we didn’t have any family photographs from 1939,” he continued. He began obtaining them as he has most of the others in his collection. “I’ve attended photo auctions, yard sales, tag sales,” he said. The two signature structures in 1939 were the 610-foot tall Trylon and the Perisphere, the latter of which could be seen as a precursor of 1964’s Unisphere. Countries from around the world had their own pavilions, as did each U.S. state. So too did large companies, including the Big Three auto makers; national food manufacturers such as Wonder Bakeries, Coca-Cola and beer brewers such as Schlitz and New York’s own Schaefer. Swift, the meat company, even sold hot dogs and sausages made on site. Entertainment included musical theater, live music and dancing, rides and carnival attractions including a popular parachute drop. Frank Buck, the legendary hunter and animal collector, had a menagerie that included live elephants and monkeys.

Cotter’s photos depict cars, telephones and houses of a type that would become commonplace but were then futuristic. So too were commercial air travel and a phenomenon called television. There also were setups that would earn a double take today. Cigarette companies had their own pavilions, as did oil producers and the petroleum industry in general. Manufacturers of a heat-resistant products made from the miracle mineral asbestos did too. There also was an Indian village featuring Native Americans living in tepees and welcoming visitors who came in to take a tour. Cotter said the village had been a hit in previous fairs, including the 1933-34 one in Chicago, but did not last. “It ended in 1939,” he said. “I think they realized that using people as a sideshow was not a good idea.” And, as with other fairs past, the end meant the tearing down of the pavilions, statues and monuments. Cotter concludes the book with pages chronicling the dismantling of the community of the future, the once-bustling fairgrounds covered in snow beneath

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Visitors to the 1939-1940 World’s Fair dance the Boops-a-Daisy in a new book by Bill Cotter. On the cover: Walkways take folks from the ground to the Perisphere and the PHOTOS COURTESY BILL COTTER 610-foot Trylon. gray skies as buildings are reduced to steel skeletons before being consigned to history and memory — and, thanks to someone who took the time, the photographic record. The fair having lost money, there was none left to rip up many of the roads,

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boro “Charlotte’s Web,” a live performance based on E.B. White’s treasured story about the friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a spider named Charlotte, best for ages 5-11, by TheatreWorks USA. Sun., Dec. 16, 1 and 3 p.m. (with ASL interpretation and sensory-relaxed performance at 2nd show; and free architectural theater tours at 12 and 2 p.m.), Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $14; $12 seniors. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org. “New Stories of the Shell-Shocked Nut,” a new performance that upends E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” with a war veteran, wandering child and others in a New York City tale, by The East Village Dance Project and Jamaica students. Sat., Dec. 15, 2-3 p.m., Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave. $10; $5 kids. Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org/saturday-family-matinee.

life Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit. Onderdonk House candlelight tours, with the historic home decorated for the holidays and area musicians performing. Sat., Dec. 15, 6-9 p.m., 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood. $5 adults. Info: (718) 456-1776, onderdonkhouse.org.

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Invasive Plant Wreath Making, with participants wearing clothes that can get dirty, walking the trails, removing invasive species and turning them into wreaths to take home. Sun., Dec. 16, 2 p.m., Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit. Public speaking sessions, sponsored by the Jade Toastmasters Club. Each first and third Wed. of the month, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Aloha Abacus Math, 41-25 Kissena Blvd., #103, Flushing (press “0” at elevator). Free. Info: Denise Zayas, (718) 888-9215, jadetoastmasters@gmail.com.

MARKETS “The Nutcracker,” Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet about a little girl’s journey through a fantasy world of fairies, princes, toy soldiers and an army of mice, based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story, by the National Ballet Theatre of Odessa. Sat., Dec. 15, 7 p.m., Colden Auditorium, Queens College, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing. $23-$42; family four-packs $72-$128. Info: (718) 793-0923, kupferbergcenter.org. PHOTO COURTESY NBTO “Lift Him Up” gospel concert and family jubilee series, with live DJ, guest speakers, dancing, singing, games, giveaways and more. Each Sat. thru end of Dec., 4:30-6 p.m., Jamaica Market, 90-40 160 St. Free. Info: (718) 291-0282.

SPECIAL EVENTS Winter Festival & Holiday Market, with treelighting ceremony, world’s largest Kwanzaa kinara, holiday train, Santa Claus, music, arts and crafts, shopping and more. Sat.-Sun., Dec. 15-16, 12-7 p.m., Black Spectrum Theatre, Roy Wilkins Park, 177 St. and Baisley Blvd., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 723-1800, blackspectrum.com.

TOURS/HIKES Winter Bird Walk, with slide presentation and hike to see many species of ducks, geese, songbirds, maybe a hawk or owl, led by naturalist Don Riepe. Sat., Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info/reservations: (718) 474-0896, donriepe@gmail.com. Christmas Bird Count, with birders at all levels walking around to help keep track of avian life forms and logging their data together. Sat., Dec. 15, 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., Jamaica Bay Wild-

Craft & Gift Fair, with Christmas ceramics, music boxes, wrapping material, giftware, toys, brica-brac and more. Sat., Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Notre Dame Parish, 45 Mayfair Road, New Hyde Park, LI. Info: (516) 352-7203. Christmas flea market, with holiday items and more. Sun., Dec. 16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, Union Tpke. and Parsons Blvd., Jamaica. Info: (718) 591-1815, stnicholas-queens.org.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Howard Beach Senior Center, with exercise classes every weekday except Thu., varying times; dances with a DJ and hot lunch every Tue., 12-3 p.m.; art classes every Thu., 9:3011:30 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m.; intro to sign language every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m.; karaoke every Wed., 1-3 p.m.; monthly book club; and more, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100. Queens AARP Chorus, which sings at nursing homes and AARP events, seeks retired people to join. Meets each Fri., 11 a.m. (new people asked to come 10 a.m.), Clearview Selfhelp Center, 20811 26 Ave., Bayside. Info: joroosume@verizon.net. Knitting and crocheting class, to learn a new skill or share an idea for a craft project, by Jamaica Senior Program for Older Adults. Each Thu., 10:30-11:30 a.m., T. Jackson Adult Center, 92-47 165 St. Info: (718) 657-6500, jspoa.org. SNAP: Services Now for Adult Persons, a full-service neighborhood center with exercise classes, line dancing, table pool, hot lunch daily, sewing, jewelry, quilting classes and more. 13333 Brookville Blvd., suite LL5, Rosedale. Info: (718) 525-8899, snapqueens.org.

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said he recognized Kerr and didn’t want to catch him taking pictures again. “What are the odds of him seeing me on the train? That didn’t stop me,” Kerr said. While selecting photos for the exhibit, he tried to pick shots in which people’s faces were clearly visible. Kerr said there is something that clearly registers with people who know they’re being photographed but don’t say anything to object to it. “They sometimes make some of the more interesting expressions,” Kerr said. He also set up a website alerting artists to re-consider working with the library at Q queenslibrarycensorship.com.

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continued from page 37 fancy-dressed people on the streets of Manhattan, I really wanted to take pictures of the regular people who just travel that train and focusing on one line, one nice east to west line, just did it for me,” Kerr said. He compared the 7 train to a major artery because of the heavy population he has lived and taken the train with. Kerr, who has lived in Flushing, Howard Beach and Briarwood, eventually came to the idea of documenting life on the 7 line. “After eating at enough Flushing restaurant s and going to enough Met games, I was really inspired to do a video and photo media project about the 7 train and the people who work around it at the different stops,” Kerr said. He used to shoot with film but when he began taking pictures with his iPhone he realized it was “really everything I needed to capture the people who live and work all down the 7 line.” Kerr said it was an enjoyable challenge to secretly take pictures while he was going to a game, meeting friends or just riding the train for his project. In six years, Kerr said, only one person stopped him. A man, who was not being photographed but standing opposite Kerr,

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STATE OF CONNECTICUT SUPERIOR COURT www.jud.ct.gov ORDER OF NOTICE IN FAMILY CASES JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HARTFORD AT HARTFORD PLAINTIFF’S NAME: Mofizur Kamrul DEFENDANT’S NAME: Rubina Khan NOTICE TO Rubina Khan RETURN DATE: January 1, 2019 The Court has reviewed the Order of Notice in Family Cases, Motion for Order of Notice in Family Cases, Writ, Summons, Divorce Complaint (Dissolution of Marriage), Notice of Automatic Court Orders And Summary of Automatic Court Orders THE COURT ORDERS that notice be given to the party to be notified by placing a legal notice in the Queens Chronicle, a newspaper circulating in Queens, NY, containing a true and attested copy Order of Notice in Family Cases, Motion for Order of Notice in Family Cases, Writ, Summons, Divorce Complaint (Dissolution of Marriage), Notice of Automatic Court Orders And Summary of Automatic Court Orders of this which have been issued in the case as required by Section 25-5 of the Connecticut Practice Book and are a part of the Application on file with the Court. The notice shall appear once a week for two successive weeks commencing on or before December 14, 2018 and proof of service shall be filed with this Court. ATTEST A TRUE COPY: KEITH NIZIANKIEWICZ CONNECTICUT STATE MARSHAL

BSA Public Hearing: Tuesday, 1/8/2019, 1pm, Spector Hall, 22 Reade St., NYC; Address: 49-23 Astoria Blvd., Queens. BSA Cal. No.: 2016-4469-BZ. Applicant: Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, LLP, for Winston Network, Inc., owner. Variance (§72-21) to permit the legalization of an indirectly illuminated advertising sign contrary to ZR §2230 (advertising signs not permitted in residential districts) and ZR §52731 (non-conforming advertising signs in residential districts shall be terminated after 10 years from December 15, 1961). R4 zoning district. Notice of Formation of Chrishanna Leadership Development & Safety Consultants LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/14/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: CHRISHANNA LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT & SAFETY CONSULTANTS LLC, 10007 222ND ST., QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11429 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of A.M.I.G LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/09/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: ANDRE BROWN, 24345 CANEY RD, ROSEDALE, NY 11422. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Dong Qi Property LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/26/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: DONG QI PROPERTY LLC, 5201 FLUSHING AVE., STE 285, MASPETH, NY 11378. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

QUEENS - INDEX NO.: 596/2015 – SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Plaintiff designates QUEENS COUNTY as the place of trial based upon the location of the premises herein described having tax map Block 9134, Lot 76, Ozone Park, NY, County of Queens – CITIMORTGAGE, INC., PLAINTIFF, -against- ALBERTO L. IMPERIAL, ALBERT A. IMPERIAL JR., DARLENE GRACE T. IMPERIAL, if they be living and if they be dead, the respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, 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 inheritance, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HECTOR BAEZ, ZORAIDA TORRES, LILLY TORRES, 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 Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and 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 against you 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 a 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. Dated: Syosset, New York, December 7, 2018. Peter T. Roach & Associates, P.C., attorney for Plaintiff, 6901 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 240, Syosset, NY 11791. Tel: 516938-3100. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Cheree Buggs, a Justice of the Supreme Court, State of New York, dated September 28, 2018 and filed with the Queens County Clerk together with the supporting papers thereon. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage held by Plaintiff on the premises known Block 9134, Lot 76, Ozone Park, NY, County of Queens as described in the complaint on file and commonly known as 78-19 PITKIN AVENUE, OZONE PARK, NY 11417. 59842

ANESTHESIA WORKS PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/27/18. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the PLLC, 245 Arleigh Road, Douglaston, NY 11363. Purpose: For the practice of the profession of Medicine.

Notice of Formation of Erick J. Espinoza, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/23/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: ERICK J. ESPINOZA, 48-14 41ST STREET, APT 1R, SUNNYSIDE, NY 11104. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Flushing Ice Cream Factory LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 10/01/18. Off. Loc.: Queens County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 135-15 40th Rd, #601, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of FRANKLIN LIRANZO PHOTOGRAPHY LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/23/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC., 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE, SUITE 1-086, BUFFALO, NY 14221 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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