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Lights, camera, six-point Action Plan! De Blasio introduces newest plan to end long-term homelessness by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

ayor de Blasio promises to end long-term homelessness over the next five years. His administration announced its six-point Action Plan, the newest initiative to solve city street homelessness, on Dec. 17. “Homeless New Yorkers are just like us — they deserve our love and compassion and a commitment to go as far as we can to help,” de Blasio said at the announcement. “So here’s our promise: We will help every last person experiencing long-term homelessness off our streets and we will do more than we ever thought possible to bring them home.” The Action Plan comes as the next step in de Blasio’s goal to decrease homelessness — which has increased under his administration. Since taking office in 2014, de Blasio has increased city investment in street homeless programs from $45 million to over $240 million and tripled the number of outreach staff to over 550. His administration introduced HOME-STATE in 2016, which claims to have taken 2,450 people off the streets. The plan to revamp the shelter system over the course of five years, Turning the Tide on Homelessness, was enacted in 2017, followed by the November 2019 Outreach NYC initiative. After making the six-point Action Plan

public, de Blasio spoke at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village, where the mayor estimated the initiative will cost $100 million in 2021 fiscal year. The initiative aims to increase Safe Haven capacity by 1,000 new beds, which will increase the total number by 64 percent, and create 1,000 new low-barrier permanent housing units. The city also aims to expand the Street Medicine program, the rapid response of care to the streets and subways, beyond Manhattan and portions of Brooklyn and Queens, to the entire city. Under the Action Plan, the city will work with agencies to ensure that the mentally ill homeless are engaged with mobile treatment teams, which provide psychosocial and psychiatric assessment, medical management, peer support and care coordination as well as specialized treatment interventions for trauma and substance use. The plan will continue to improve upon the Joint Command Center, which was implemented under de Blasio’s recent homeless initiative Outreach NYC and nicknamed the Nerve Center. The JCC uses 311 Service Request submissions from trained city agency employees to develop tailored approaches based on the homeless individual’s needs, such as mental health issues and substance abuse, before the Department of Homeless

Solving city homelessness has been a focus of Mayor de Blasio’s since taking office. His administration’s six-point Action Plan is his newest initiative that promises to end homelessness over FILE PHOTO the next five years. Services analyzes trends and triage requests to deploy Homeless Outreach and Mobile Engagement Street Action Teams in real time. The initiative will use state-of-the-art technology — such as the by-name-list, a compilation of all individuals known to be homeless and residing in the streets — to better connect

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A verdict long in coming, a recount and the death of a DA by Michael Shain Editor

Life in the big city is all about differences of opinion. The Mets vs. the Yankees. Cars vs. bicycles. Grandma pizza vs. regular. The thread that ties together most of our choices of the most significant news stories of 2019 is that they are about the popular will and what happened in Queens when opinions over issues much more serious than pizza crust clashed. The collapse of Amazon’s plan to build a new corporate headquarters in Long Island City was a case of how a popular resistance movement spoiled the best-laid plans of the political powers-that-be. On the other side of the ledger, the proposal to build a towering new jail in Kew Gardens after closing Rikers Island was a walkover for City Hall, despite no votes at every local level of the approval process. Not to mention that it took more than a month after Primary Day to decide who the likely next district attorney would be. No matter where you looked in Queens this year, it was hard to put your finger squarely on what people wanted.

On the steps of the Queens County Criminal Courthouse, Phil Vetrano, father of the Howard Beach jogger who was found murdered in 2016, shows reporters a photo of Karina on the day her convicted PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN killer, Chanel Lewis, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

2018’s steep drop in crimes like robbery and burglary in the NYPD’s year-end stats report, the instances of reported rapes are on the rise. The jump over two years was 10 percent January The year started on a scary note when and, over the preceding eight years, a soberpolice released the photo of a tattooed man ing 69 percent. The rise in rape and other sex crimes has they were seeking in an outdoor abduction been a hard-to-fit piece of the puzzle for law and rape in South Ozone Park. It highlighted an anomaly in the crime enforcement all over the country, where statistics in South Queens. Serious crime crime is generally on the downturn. “These kinds of numbers are going up was way down — with for one glaring across the board — not just in Queens South,” exception, sex crimes. Turns out that amid the good news of said Joseph Giacalone, a retired Queens d e t e c t i ve a n d expert on crime stats at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Whether they had ever ordered a sweater or a case of cat food from Amazon, a f lier f rom the on li ne ret ailer a r r ived i n t he mailbox of every registered voter in Queens in January. It was part of a last-minute PR campaign to convince residents t h at A ma zon’s decision to build a new corporate headquarters on Councilman Eric Ulrich came in a surprise second last February in the crowded the East River — race for public advocate. The only Republican officeholder in Queens, Ulrich in exchange for had to comfort his daughter Lily, left, before delivering his concession speech. $3 billion or so

in tax incentives from the city and state — was good for the borough. The flier showed Amazon’s smile logo superimposed on a photo of the Unisphere in Flushing Meadow Corona Park and pledged “to be your partner, and to listen, learn, and work together.” A company that promises to bring in 25,000 new jobs usually doesn’t need to worry itself about its welcome. But the flier was a giveaway that officials were worried their plan would not pass muster with local lawmakers and a growing movement of anti-development activists. Three weeks later, the internet giant pulled the plug. “For Amazon, the commitment to build a new headquarters requires positive, collaborative relationships with state and local elected officials,” it said. February In what was considered something of a dry run for the mayoral election next year, a woolly special election to become the city’s new public advocate was won by Jumaane Williams, a Democratic city councilman from Brooklyn. He beat 15 other candidates for the job, but — to the surprise of many — Eric Ulrich, the 34-year-old councilman from Ozone Park, came in second place. In fact, for the first half-hour or so after the polls closed, Ulrich was leading the crowded field and seemed like he might have pulled off an upset. But as returns from Brooklyn and Manhattan came in, the tide turned in Williams’ favor. As consolation, Ulrich earned the empathetic front-page headline in the Chronicle, “Ul-most.”

An NYPD detective who’d spent his entire career — 19 years in all — at the 102nd Pre- cinct in Richmond Hill was killed by friendly fire while responding to a report of a gunpoint robbery on Atlantic Avenue. It was the first on-duty death of a police officer in Queens in nearly four years. Detective Brian Simonsen, 42, was accident ally shot i n the chest as police unleashed a hail of bullets at a suspect they believed was armed and holding hostages in a T-Mobile store in Richmond Hill. After spending nearly $800 million to save the lowest-performing schools in the city from being closed, Mayor de Blasio threw in the towel. The Renewal Program, which went into effect during his first year in office, funneled millions in extra aid to 93 of the worst-performing schools in the city. Twelve of them were in Queens, including John Adams High School in Richmond Hill. But the program rarely saved any struggling schools, the mayor conceded. The plan had to be rethought. De Blasio established the Renewal Program in 2014 as an alternative to an earlier strategy, initiated by former Mayor Bloomberg, of closing chronically underperforming schools. It was, in some ways, its own worst enemy. When parents learned a school was on the Renewal list, they stayed away — making it even harder to turn the school around. March Unanimously, Community Board 9 voted against Mayor de Blasio’s plan to build a new, 30-story jail in Kew Gardens. But the 34-0 decision was only advisory and did not actually stop or even slow down the city’s controversial push to move prisoners into newly constructed jails by 2026 after closing Rikers . Officially, the vote at CB 9’s March meeting was a legal requirement before the city can break ground on its ambitious jail plan. Local leaders found themselves in an unlikely alliance with criminal-justice reformers who advocated for closing Rikers but were against building any new jails. Two months later, Borough President Melinda Katz also refused to endorse the project — another legal step in the approval process. But community opposition — even when it was unanimous — didn’t put a scratch on the plan to build a jail behind the Queens Criminal Court big enough to hold more than 1,200 prisoners. The City Council, with only a few holdouts, approved the plan in November. “It’s a travesty,” Sylvia Hack, a longtime member of CB 9, said of the process. continued on page 6

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2019: We had hard time making up our minds continued from page 4 For a decade or more, city officials have been politely dodging petitions to recognize Diwali, the Hindu celebration that symbolizes a new beginning to the year, as a school holiday. In March, the f irst bill requir ing schools to close for the holiday was introduced in Albany. Diwali is a major event for New Yorkers of Indian, Guyanese and other Indo-Caribbean origins — some of the fastest-growing groups in Queens. The feeling among administrators was that there simply is not enough room on the school calendar for another day off if the system is to meet its legal obligation to hold 180 days of classes a year. Eid, a Muslim holiday, and Lunar New Year, an Asian holiday, have been recognized as no-school days in the last few years. The point, said Lakshmee Singh, director of the annual Diwali Motorcade in Richmond Hill, is that getting a school holiday represents a measure of “cultural acceptance” in America.

until the Vatican names a replacement, a process that could take anywhere from six months to a few years. But because the Brooklyn Diocese is one of the largest in the United States, serving more than 1.8 million Catholics by church estimates, the speculation over his successor is running high. Bishop DiMarzio shows no signs of tidying up his affairs in preparation for retirement just yet. Last fall, he was dispatched by the Vatican to Buffalo to investigate charges that the bishop there had protected priests accused of sexual misconduct. (The Buffalo bishop resigned his post two months later.) DiMarzio also spearheaded a high-profile campaign to overturn the decision of a city agency headed by Mayor de Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, not to honor the In May, the TWA Terminal at JFK International Airport — a long-neglected gem of American archi- Catholic saint Mother Cabrini with a statue tecture — reopened as a luxury hotel. Rooms at the TWA Hotel were sold out for months in on city property. (Cuomo stepped in this advance, despite the city Health Department briefly shutting down its restaurants in the first days. month and said he would do it instead.) Borough President Melinda Katz, the “Justice was served, in this life at least,” tem. The hotel, the only one on JFK prohibitive favorite to take over the late said Phil Vetrano, the murdered girl’s grounds, is intended as a social center for Richard Brown’s seat as district attorney the airport father. in Queens, found herself 1,090 votes Plans to build a $1-billion pipeline short when the primary polls closed on May April Judge Richard Brown died on May 3 at across New York Harbor to bring natural Election Night. It took only five hours — including a dinner break — for a Queens jury to con- a medical facility in Connecticut — 28 gas from a hookup in Breezy Point to the It was a stunning — but temporary — vict Chanel Lewis, the accused killer of years to the month he was first sworn as city and Long Island blew up this month. setback both for Katz, the highest-ranking The pipeline was promoted as a way to public official in Queens, and the onceHoward Beach speech pathologist Karina Queens DA in 1991. Hundreds of people, including Mayor de meet the region’s mushrooming energy unchallenged leadership of the county’s Vetrano, at a second, controversial trial. The breathtaking speed of the decision Blasio and former Mayors Mike Bloom- needs and end a predictDemocratic party. seemed almost as shocking as the hung berg and David Dinkins, packed a reform ed gas shortage. Tiffany Cabán, a But the state’s Departjury in November 2018 that made a second Jewish temple in Forest Hills for his farepublic defender and well. So many judges, prosecutors and ment of Environmental trial necessary. political unknown who The case was fraught with racial over- court personnel were in attendance the Conservation rejected an had run on a promise tones, in part because the victim was white borough’s busy criminal-justice system application f rom the to substantially rebuild sponsor of the pipeline, came to a complete standstill for the day. and the accused killer black. the county’s criminal In generations past, after some back- Oklahoma-based WilTo some, the trial came down to whethjustice system, er the jury believed the police who investi- room maneuvering, the pashas of the l i a m s C o s., on t h e appeared to be the Queens Democratic Party might have grounds that it would gated the murder. winner of a classic olddamage the harbor’s Was Lewis’ confession truly voluntary? selected Brown’s successor unchallenged. vs.-young showdown. beleaguered ecology. But that is not what happened (see June). Had there been contamination of the eviAs the final returns The day after the rulAfter a nearly 20-year nap, the TWA dence at the scene? r ol le d i n , C a b a n’s If the racially mixed, five man-seven terminal at JFK International Airport — ing, National Grid notienthusiastic supporters woman jury had any doubts about the case one of the masterpieces of 20th-century f i e d c u s t o m e r s i n danced to salsa music at American architecture — came back to Queens and on Long after a second trial, they did not show it. her campaign celebraIsland that it would no life in May. tion in a caver nous A t wo -ye a r, longer honor requests Jackson Heights $265 million proj- f o r n e w h o o k u p s Frank Bolz, an election lawyer for Melin- nightclub. ect transformed because its gas supplies da Katz, studies a disputed ballot from At Katz’s headquarthe golden-age-of- could no longer keep up the DA primary election. ters, a family-style pub jet-travel terminal with demand. in Forest Hills, the The moratorium sparked a seething feud mood was down but not out. into a lu xu r y between the utility and Gov. Cuomo that hotel. “This thing ain’t over, folks,” U.S. Rep. All 512 guest lasted five months. Gregory Meeks (Queens, Nassau), chairAfter Cuomo threatened to revoke man of the Queens County Democratic rooms in the hotel were sold out for National Grid’s license to operate in down- Party, told the crowd. t wo months i n state New York, National Grid relented, Some 3,400 absentee ballots were yet to paid a fine and said it would see what it be counted and — given that absentee votadvance. The opening of could do about using truck and rail to ers traditionally tend to be older — it the hotel is one of boost local supplies. offered Katz a glimmer of hope. the first pieces of Two days after the election, the Board of June G ov. 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Better than cars Dear Editor: Re “Could Queens be too car-dependent?” Dec. 19, multiple editions: The complainers: “The roads are congested.” “The air is dirty.” “I can’t get there without it taking forever.” The city: “OK, we hear you, we are going to improve bus and mass transit, and provide safe infrastructure so some people get out of their cars and use bikes and buses. This way fewer people will drive, so those of you who need to use a car will have an easier time of it. Plus we’ll save lives, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make the air cleaner.” The complainers: “OMG, you are destroying our society, our very way of life!” It would be laughable if there literally were not lives and the environment at stake. Every other world-class city is making changes to its streets like these — indeed most have had this sort of infrastructure for years. People adapt, lives are saved, air gets cleaner. But we cannot easily enjoy these types of improvements because there is a noisy minority who simply cannot conceive that there is in fact a better way to design our streets and use this valuable public space to the benefit of more people. These folks scream and yell and file frivolous lawsuits that waste our tax dollars while keeping the majority of us who are not in a car every day from having faster, safer com© Copyright 2019 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsiblefor errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable. The Queens Chronicle is published weekly by Mark I Publications, Inc.at a subscription rate of $19 per year and out of state, $25 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid (USPS0013-572) at Flushing, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mark I Publications, Inc., 71-19 80th St., Suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385.

• Promoting an Obscene Sexual Performance by a Child. • Promoting a Sexual Performance by a Child (producing, directing or promoting a sex video involving a child). • Promoting Prison Contraband in the First Degree. • Reckless Assault of a Child by a Child Day Care Provider (child daycare provider recklessly causing serious physical injury to a child under 11 years of age). • Riot in the First Degree. • Robbery in the Second Degree (a robbery aided by another person). • Stalking in the Second Degree (stalking while also displaying or threatening use of a dangerous instrument or a deadly weapon). • Tampering with a Juror in the First Degree. • Unlawful Imprisonment in the First Degree. If you live in Queens, your state senator and Assembly member almost certainly voted for this. They all did, except for Assemblymen Daniel Rosenthal and David Weprin, who likely opposed separate, unrelated elements of the wideranging bill that included bail “reform.” Like many cops and prosecutors, we think the no-bail law is a mistake, and that some dangerous people will be released. What do you think?

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mutes. Don’t listen to these people. Listen to the professional engineers whose salaries we pay and who are actually trained in how to design streets and transportation systems. Reject the visionless Luddites who are forever incapable of understanding that there is a better way. Peter Beadle Rego Park

We don’t all drive Dear Editor: I write to ask you to consider how you frame your coverage of transportation and general usage of New York City streets. I’m a Queens resident who does not drive a car. I rely on the subway, the bus, bikes and my feet to get around. I yearn for coverage in our local press that reflects that reality and the reality that there are plenty of other folks like me. Your headline “War on Cars: Residents worry that busway will soon come to Queens”

(Dec. 19, Northern Queens edition) not only fails to cite any of the myriad benefits a busway would bring to Queens residents, it blatantly fails to recognize the many folks who rely on the bus and don’t drive as residents at all. I’d love for you to let me know why I should even pick up the paper and read what’s inside when what you’re putting out there for the world to see reeks of such a biased, uninformed view. Have a great holiday season. Bobby Preti Astoria

Whose school rules? Dear Editor: Bernice Chorzepa urges students to “Follow school rules” in their public or parochial schools “or find another school” (Letters, Dec. 5). A wider variety of schools would allow students greater choice of which set of rules works

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No funds for Rockaway line Dear Editor: “Chamber is wrong — we need Rockaway Rail Line” (by Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato and former åssemblyman Phil Goldfeder, Dec. 19) failed to explain who would pay for it. The city Department of Transportation has been unable to obtain approval of a $97 million Federal Transit Administration New Starts Full Funding grant agreement toward paying for the $231 million Phase 2 Woodhaven Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit project along the same corridor for four years. Even if the MTA considered being the project sponsor, the odds of obtaining a similar funding arrangement for $4 billion in federal money against an $8 billion total cost for reactivation of Rockaway Beach Long Island Rail Road service are nonexistent. The MTA has no interest in sponsoring or pursuing funding from City Hall, Albany or Washington. There is no funding included in the $51 billion MTA 2020-24 Five Year Capital Program for this project. Ditto for the current state April 1, 2019-March 30, 2020 or city July 1, 2019June 30, 2020 budgets. Don’t be surprised when this project is not included in the upcoming MTA Twenty Year (2020-40) Future Capital Needs Assessment Report. It is due to be released by the end of December 2019. No one has offered funding to pay for the next step, which is a formal environmental review. This is supported by conceptual and preliminary design and engineering, which supports the environmental review process and refines estimated project costs. Without this, the project is dead and buried. Remember that the environmental review process would have to follow the National Environmental Policy Act. This would be part of the formal process to become eligible for federal funding. Larry Penner Great Neck, LI The writer is a transportation historian, advocate and writer who worked for 31 years for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

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Trump’s the real baby Dear Editor: Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg, a teen activist from Sweden, who correctly urged immediate action to address the global climate crisis, was justifiably named by Time magazine Person of the Year. In his typical infantile fashion, President Donald Trump, jealous by reason of the fact he unsuccessfully coveted for years his designation as Person of the Year, and when it comes to climate control is Public Enemy No. 1, reacted with his tweet: “So ridiculous. Greta must work on her anger management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend. Chill Greta Chill.” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) reacted to Trump’s tweet by urging him to “stop slinging insults at a teenager, to start acting like an adult.” Suffice it to say, it is Trump who needs therapy to begin acting like an adult, something I doubt could be successfully accomplished. Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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The Draft EA document for this project will be available at these locations until the close of the comment period, which is 5:00 PM on Friday February 7, 2020. If you intend to view the document at the locations above, please contact Kathryn Lamond at klamond@panynj.gov to schedule an appointment at least one day before your visit. A copy of the Draft EA may also be viewed online at: https://www.panynj.gov/studies-reports The Draft EA responds to all of the requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration for preparation of an EA under NEPA. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (Port Authority) is inviting the public to submit, in writing, comments on the Draft EA prepared for the JFK Redevelopment Program. The Port Authority is accepting comments on this Draft EA document until the official comment period closes on Friday, February 7, 2020. Comments must be received by 5:00 PM on Friday, February 7, 2020, in order to be considered. Written comments on the Draft EA can be sent directly to Kathryn Lamond of the Port Authority, 4 World Trade Center, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10007. Additionally, comments may be emailed to JFKEA@panynj.gov with the subject heading “JFK Redevelopment Program.” If you have any questions about this notice, please email Kathryn Lamond at klamond@panynj.gov.

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Cuomo’s power play Dear Editor: We get a lot of energy from tiny amounts of material because the size of converted material is multiplied by a very, very large number, and then multiplied again by that large number — namely, the universal constant for the speed of light — in the famous equation derived for science by Albert Einstein. Small amounts of fuel delivered to the reactors at Indian Point, on the Hudson River, continuously supply one-quarter of all electricity needs for our New York City. If we were to abandon the well-designed, well-constructed, well-maintained facilities at Indian Point before geothermal, and/or tidal and/or wind alternatives became available, we would be pushed to

turn to additional fossil-fuel input, likely including huge new natural-gas pipelines currently being advocated. Sometimes the lesser of evils must be selected. I believe the premature death sentence pronounced on Indian Point by Gov. Cuomo is connected to deep corruption, entailing (1) new real-estate profiteering thereby opening up in the Hudson Valley, and (2) follow-through on embezzlement I have witnessed of enormously valuable oceanfront public properties lifted out of our hands by the same Cuomo, as well as (3) the Cuomo gifting of the publicly owned, highly efficient Long Island Power Authority — which serviced Suffolk, Nassau and the Rockaways — to a private, for-profit New Jersey utility company, PSEG. The wondrousness of conversion of mass was anticipated by a great thinker, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626): “It is sufficiently clear that all things are changed, and nothing really perishes, and that the sum of matter [and energy, a needed insertion] remains absolutely the same.” Sir Francis also addresses suppression of vital information, especially relevant in 201920 America, where a media near-blackout is operating against Sen. Bernie Sanders and general demonization prevails against publisher Julian Assange, as well as against every disquieting whistleblower: “The punishing of wits enhances their authority; and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the faces of them who seek to tread it out.” Stephen Wohl Rockaway Park

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It was a collapsed pipe, not turkey fat DEP takes blame for ‘calamitous’ South Ozone Park sewage backup by Michael Shain Editor

The DEP is abandoning the collapsed sewer line that caused a disastrous backup. A sink hole, left, was the conPHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN; LEFT, COURTESY NYC DEP firmation.

The cause of the disastrous sewer backup that flooded scores of homes in waste-polluted water on Thanksgiving weekend was a 42-inch pipe that collapsed, the city Department of Environmental Protection said on Friday. “DEP accepts responsibility,” said an engineers’ report to the city Comptroller’s Office. The determination is significant because it will allow the city to start paying homeowners for the damage caused by the backup, including immediate funds to replace ruined boilers, hot-water heaters, washing machines and dryers. Work crews, in fact, never uncovered the waste pipe buried 40 feet down under the Belt Parkway at 150th Street, the report said. They didn’t have to, it turned out. On Dec. 9, a week and a half after the backup, a huge sinkhole, 20 feet wide, opened on the 150th Street overpass directly above the 42-inch pipe at the point where engineers suspected it was blocked. Tons of soil under the roadway had been washed away when the pipe collapsed just after midnight Nov. 30.

The road giving way “demonstrated that the 42-inch sewer constructed in 1987 is significantly collapsed and that any other cause ... is extremely unlikely,” the engineers concluded. At a press conference the day after sewage spewed from toilets and bathtub drains into the basements of more than 70 houses in the area, officials speculated that kitchen grease poured down drains during Thanksgiving dinner cleanup was to blame. “That was hurtful,” said Grace Johnson, a resident of Inwood Street in the center of the affected area. “We all knew that wasn’t true.” Speaking to a City Council hearing earlier this month on the DEP’s slow response to the disaster, she scored the agency for, in effect, blaming residents for the backup. “If this had happened in Little Italy, would they have said it had to do with spaghetti in the sewer?” she asked. After hearing that the DEP was accepting blame for the collapse, Johnson said, “They need to come in front of

the cameras and say that.” The DEP decided it was a waste of money to keep excavating, which has shut down two lanes of the eastbound Belt Parkway and threatens to undermine the abutment of the 150th Street overpass over the busy highway. Diverting high ground water from the site so that digging can continue would cost another $2 million alone, the engineers estimated. Instead, the damaged line is being abandoned and a new, 1,10 0 - f o o t w a s t e sewer will be built to replace it. The replacement estimate is $9 million. A temporary by pass system has been mostly successful in preventing any repeat of the sewage spill, though some residents are still reporting occasional backups. The temporary system is using a series of mobile pumps parked in the area between Sutter Avenue on the north, the Belt on the south, 150th Street on the east and 143rd Street on the west to move Q sewage around the blocked pipe.

Subway accessibility at five Queens stations MTA adds to six others already in its five-year capital budget request by Michael Gannon

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Five subway stations in Queens are among 20 that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has added to a list of those scheduled for accessibility upgrades in the five-year capital budget plan for 2020-24. The $51.5 billion plan approved on Wednesday has now identified 70 stations to be made handicapped accessible Newly announced locations in Queens include the E and M trains stop at Court Square-23rd Street in Long Island City; the M and R station at Northern Boulevard in Woodside; No. 7 train stops at 33rd Street Rawson Street in Long Island City and 46th Street-Bliss Street in Sunnyside; and Parsons Boulevard on the F line in Jamaica. They join Queens stations that previously had been approved for upgrades on the A line at both Beach 67th Street and Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park; the E-F station at Briarwood; the N-W line at Broadway in Astoria; and M-R stations at both Woodhaven Boulevard in Elmhurst and Steinway Street in Astoria. An MTA spokesman told the Chronicle in an email that all projects define accessibility as full access to the platform. “Most, if not all, will need elevators to achieve that but we have not completed the design process which is aimed at completing

these projects as quickly and affordably as possible and with as little impact during construction as possible,” he wrote. “With this list of stations, we are going beyond our commitment to put customers no more than two stations away from an accessible station within five years, filling coverage gaps and increasing access to key transfer points, terminals and high-ridership stations,” said Alex Elegudin, NYC Transit’s senior advisor for systemwide accessibility, in a statement released by the MTA. “We will continue to work closely with advocates and communities to prioritize future accessibility investments, and work internally to accelerate these projects while endeavoring to limit any disruption to service,” he added. “We are very serious about the subways being accessible to as many people as possible, which is why accessibility is a top priority for me since day one,” said MTA NYC Transit President Andy Byford. “Investing in accessibility at 70 subway stations will open up significant portions of the subway map for people who rely on elevators or ramps for access to the system.” MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick J. Foye called the plan a major step forward. “New Yorkers deserve a subway system that works for everyone,” he said. “This his-

The Parsons Boulevard F train station in Jamaica is in line for accessibility upgrades in the MetPHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON ropolitan Transportation Authority’s proposed five-year capital budget. toric investment of $5.2 billion for accessibility in the next Capital Program will be lifechanging for our customers.” In a statement issued by his office, state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria), long a vocal critic of the lack of MTA accessibility in wester n Queens, was pleased. “After years of pushing for accessibility

improvements, the MTA listened to western Queens residents, activists, and elected leaders advocating for better subway access,” he said. “These improvements will go a long way to making our subway more accessible to all. While there is still a long way to go in making the entire subway system 100 percent accessible, these elevators Q represent a critical step forward.”

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New charges in abuse case Two new felony counts in Woodhaven sex attack case by Michael Shain Editor

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B e nja m i n N. C a r d o z o H ig h School, along with the city School C o n s t r u c t io n Au t h o r it y, b r oke ground on the school’s new annex on Friday, Dec. 20. “This new addition is a tremendous opportunity to strengthen our programs and expand our school community for generations to come,” said Principal Meagan Colby. “Thank you to the Department of Education, the SCA, and our Queens community for their continued support throughout this process.” The three-story, 795-seat annex will include 25 classrooms for grades 9 through 12, as well as two special education classrooms. The Bayside school suffers from overcrowding and is at 149 percent capacity, an issue the annex is set to alleviate. The project is part of SCA’s efforts to create over 5,300 new high school seats in Queens by 2023. C o n s t r uc t ion fo r t h e a n nex , designed in-house by the SCA, began in August 2019 after a $47.8 million contract for the new building was awarded to A r nell Const r uction Corp. The annex is expected to open in September 2022. Amenities of the annex include a teachers’ workroom, super visor y offices on each f loor, a science lab and preparation room, robotics lab, a mock court room, media center and production room. Three locker rooms for athletic field use, bicycle storage as well as a shower and changing room for bicycle users are also included in the plans. The SCA will commission an artist to create site-specific artwork for the lobby of the annex as part of its Public Art for Public School’s ProQ gram.

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A former resident of the Ozone Park homeless shelter was arrested for an alleged attack in FILE PHOTO this laundromat last October.

The resident of an Ozone Park homeless shelter implicated in a series of sex attacks on young children has been indicted on two more felony counts. Luis Olivo, 64, was arraigned in Queens County Criminal Court Monday on charges of sex abuse in the first and second degree and attempted sex abuse, also in the first and second degree. The indictment was the latest development in a controversial case that has embroiled police and community groups with a homeless shelter that opened earlier this year on 101st Avenue. Olivo was a resident at the Ozone Park shelter when police came to arrest him last October in connection with an alleged attack on a three-year-old boy in a laundromat in Woodhaven. Shelter officials refused to allow detectives to enter without a warrant. Detectives sat in their car outside the shelter for several hours until he walked out and surrendered, police said. In that case, Olivo was charged only with a misdemeanor, endangering the welfare of a child. A justice-refor m group called The Bronx Freedom Fund posted his $2,000

bail, but Olivo failed to show up for his next cou r t d ate and was declared a fugitive. Six weeks after being freed on bail, Olivo was arrested again at a clothing store in Downtown Jamaica. Witnesses said they saw him sexually abuse an 8-year-old girl. After his second ar rest, Olivo was o r d e r e d t o u n d e r g o a p s yc h i a t r i c evaluation. The arrests sparked anger and anxiety among the civic groups who opposed the opening of a 117-bed homeless shelter but were assured by the city that the residents would be screened for sex offenses and serious mental disorders. “They dropped the ball on this one,” said Sam Esposito, president of the Ozone Park Residents Block Association, a staunch opponent of the shelter, said of the original low-bail charge. At a town hall with Mayor de Blasio in Jamaica last month, a community activist complained the Olivo case was the latest in a series of disconnects with managers of the shelter. Olivo’s Legal Aid lawyer has declined to comment on the case. He is scheduled to appear in cour t Q March 30, 2020.

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Avenue in Richmond Hill named Punjab Way A 12-block stretch of 101st Avenue in Richmond Hill is going to be co-named Punjab Way, in recognition of the province in India where Sikhism originated. The City Council voted last Friday to approve the new name at the urging of Councilwoman Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica), who represents the area.

Richmond Hill is home to a growing community of Sikhs — a five-century-old religion based on humility and equality — and Adams said she wanted to recognize their place in the life of the neighborhood. The section of 101st Avenue to be designated Punjab Way will go from 111th to 123rd streets.

The avenue is home to a number of Sikh institutions including the Baba Makhan Shah Lubana Sikh Center, Gurudwara Sikh Cultural Society, Singh Farm, a prominent local grocery store, and the Sikh Cultural Society. The Council voted on Friday to co-name 54 other streets in the city. — Michael Shain

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Forest Hills elementary school’s big day school enrollment by 60 percent. The new construction added 26 new classrooms with a new entrance lobby and seats for 590 students. The school had a capacity of nearly 900 students until this fall. But the overcrowding had been so bad, officials had to install two trailers on the playground in 2015 to meet

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One of the fastest-growing schools in Queens, PS 144 in the heart of Forest Hills, cut the ribbon last week on a large new extension that has been in the works for years. The $52.4 million, four-story addition to the Colonel Jeromus Remsen Elementary School will add enough room to expand

The Queens Chronicle’s 12th annual Holiday Photo Contest is underway! Take pictures of lights, miniature villages, snowy landscapes, children and families — anything that reflects the season — and send them on in. Our main requirement is that the photos be taken in Queens this season. Give us the details you can, especially the location, the names of any people in the picture, when possible, and when it was taken. And please tell us your correct name, where you live and whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer. The winner or winners will receive tickets to a family-friendly performance in or around the city, such as an off-Broadway show. Send your entries to peterm @ qchron.com, saying “contest” somewhere in the subject line, or mail prints to Queens Chronicle Photo Contest, 71-19 80 St., suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385. The deadline is Friday, Jan. 3. Good luck!

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‘They remain ageless in our minds’: vet Vietnam Veterans Memorial unveiled after more than a decade in works by David Russell Associate Editor

he Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Elmhurst Park was the idea of late Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 32 President Pat Toro. He came up with the idea in 2008 and the park was unveiled last Friday. “I know he’s looking down and smiling,” said Toro’s widow, Evelyn. “Thank you for making his dream a reality.” Former VVA Chapter 32 President Michael O’Kane said, “It was literally his dying wish that this get done.” Borough President Melinda Katz recalled how Toro, who died in 2014, would come into her office every day to talk about the memorial. When she was on the City Council, she secured $500,000 in funding for the project in fiscal year 2008. As borough president, she committed another $2.3 million to it and it marked the final ribbon cutting for Katz before she becomes district attorney Jan. 1. She spoke of the veterans who were given a cold reception upon returning from war “for doing only what our country asked them to do. Go overseas and fight for our freedoms and fight for our country. That is what they did. They were called upon for duty, they gave everything they had, some gave all and we are here to make sure that once and for all ... we say to you, finally, welcome home.” Assemblyman Brian Barnwell (D-Maspeth) added, “In 1961, President Kennedy said that we’re going to pay any price and bear any burden to secure freedom and liberty around the world. That’s why we were in Vietnam. And when you guys were there, you guys did the job. Unfortunately, surprise, surprise, the politicians let you down.” John Rowan, national president of Vietnam Veterans of America, said the memorial is very much a Queens memorial. “You’ve got every ethnic group you can think of on that wall, probably most religions,” Rowan said. “Many of them are not citizens. They died serving a country they

A crowd observes the newly unveiled Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Elmhurst Park last Friday. PHOTOS BY DAVID RUSSELL The idea for the project began in 2008. weren’t even citizens of.” He also noted how Agent Orange has taken its toll in the decades since the fighting ended. “Pat is also one of the many Vietnam veterans who, frankly, died in Vietnam but it just took him 40 years later for it to happen,” Rowan said, adding “We’re fading away quickly.” The memorial has the names of 371 of the borough’s service members who died during the war. “It’s so moving to see the ages: 19, 18, 21,” said Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village). He also made mention of Aniello Nunziato, the brother of Juniper Park Civic Association President Tony Nunziato, who volunteered for service and was killed in 1968, three days after his 21st birthday. “They are our brothers and sisters,” O’Kane said of those memorialized. “They remain ageless in our minds.” He added, “I often wonder how many benefits to our society were taken from us in those years, those terrible, horrible years. How

many cures for diseases and how many improvements to our society?” The site was once the location of two KeySpan Newtown gas holders, a highway landmark known as the “Elmhurst gas tanks.” It was an area where traffic seemed to stop, according to Rowan. “Now they can say the traffic stopped by the Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial,” he said. “And I can tell you it’s a heck of a lot prettier than the tanks were.” When the tanks were dismantled, there was a question as to what would happen to the property. There were plans for a Home Depot. “I think we’d be standing right now in the kitchen remodel section,” O’Kane joked. The community wanted a park and they got it, with construction on the $20 million project beginning in 2007. The site was sold by KeySpan to the City of New York for $1. The park opened in 2011. As a civic leader, Holden was part of the community looking for a park. He praised Katz for her work in making the memorial happen.

“This will be your greatest legacy,” he said. “I’m sure of it.” State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said “every day is Veterans Day” and also read a quote from the late General William Westmoreland, commander of the United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 through 1968: “I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve.” “Today they have a memorial that they deserve,” Addabbo said. “Today they have a memorial that they earned with the blood and the sacrifice of their colleagues who stood and fought with and next to them and died.” Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) was 17 when President Richard Nixon ended the draft lottery, or else Dromm would’ve been in service. “One of the things that we must remember is that all of those who did go deserve our honor and our respect for what they did for this country,” Dromm said. Two semi-circular granite walls flank the space. One bears the name of the memorial, the five crests of the military and the Vietnam Service Medal. On the inside of the wall, an etching of bamboo represents a common element of the war. The second wall provides the history of the war including key events and dates, as well as the names of the fallen, which have been placed strategically to receive sun during the day. A section of the memorial pays tribute to the many soldiers who later died at home due to effects of the war. The granite walls, as well as the existing flagpole, will both be illuminated at night. Inside of the enclosure sits a radial bench, and in the center of the oval, a granite map of Vietnam with key locations highlighted. The space is designed to host small memorial gatherings. Plantings have been added to soften the edge of the space. “Please come by and visit this memorial,” Rowan said. “Please come by and remember Q the men on that wall.”

Former Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 32 President Michael O’Kane, left, speaks at the unveiling, as current President Manfred Edenhofer listens on. Eveleyn Toro, the widow of former VVA Chapter 32 President Pat Toro, gives her thanks as her husband’s idea for the memorial becomes to reality. An observer reads the names of the fallen.

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Probe finds Jewish primary schools skip academics by Michael Shain Editor

A long-delayed study of yeshivas in the city found that few offer any other schooling beyond religious subjects. Only two of 28 Orthodox Jewish seminaries teach its elementary and middleschool students rudimentary subjects such as math, science and English, said the repor t issued last week by the cit y Department of Education. An online search lists as many as 50 yeshivas in Queens, but only one was visited by DOE investigators during the course of the four-year probe. Their findings about that school — called the United Talmudic Academy in the report and Yeshiva Gedolah on the sign outside its building in Glendale — were dropped from the report because its students were past high school age and therefore beyond the DOE’s jurisdiction The report found that the majority of yeshivas it visited did not meet the state law that requires private and religious schools for provide a “substantially equivalent” education as public schools. Critics have been arguing for years that the schools set up by ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities offer little or no instruction in traditional academic subjects.

A group of former yeshiva students and their parents filed a complaint with the DOE in 2015 listing some 40 schools throughout the city that were not meeting st ate m i n i mu m requ i rements for instruction. The investigation instantly became a political hot potato. The state Legislature, for instance, threatened to hold up extending mayoral control of the city’s public school system if the report was too harsh on yeshivas. Pressure from City Hall and the courts — mindful of freedom-of-religion guarantees in the U.S. and state constitutions — held up the reports release for at least another year. “This is just another example of top city officials prioritizing their own political self-preservation over the rights of children to a sound basic education,” Naftuli Moster, executive director of Young Advocates for Fair Education, which has been calling for the report to be made public. The language of the report was cautious and couched. It noted that while only two of 28 were in compliance when the DOE visited, all but five were “moving towards providing Q substantially equivalent instruction.”

A yeshiva in Glendale was dropped from the report because its students were past highPHOTO BY MIOHAEL SHAIN school age.

Recycle your Christmas tree Don’t let your Christmas tree go to waste after the holiday season — recycle it at the Parks Department and Department of Sanitation’s Mulchfest. Trees can be dropped off at any Mulchfest location between Dec. 26 and Jan. 11 to be recycled as wood chips that will be used to nourish growing city trees. The public is invited to watch the process on Chipping Saturdays, Jan. 4 and 11. Queens has 14 drop-off locations, two of which are in the northern section: Cunningham Park at 196th Place and Union Turnpike, and Francis Lewis Park at Third Avenue and the Whitestone Expressway. Over 28,000 trees were recycled last year, a number the city is hoping to beat. Participants are asked to remove all lights, ornaments and netting before bringing the tree to a Mulchfest site. Bags will be provided for those who wish to take some free mulch home. Weather permitting, the Sanitation Department will conduct curbside tree collections for mulching from Jan. 6 through Jan. 17. Those interested in volunteering, or who would like to find another location, Q may visit nycgovparks.org.

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Lorraine Sciulli Way is unveiled at 77th Street and 62nd Avenue in Middle Village by Councilman Bob Holden, with friends and family of the late civic leader last Thursday. She was the longtime vice president of the Juniper Park Civic Association. Carol Mougis, left, daughter of late civic leader Lorraine Sciulli, John Sciulli, Sciulli’s husband of 63 years until her death in 2017, and Holden with a PHOTOS BY DAVID RUSSELL replica of the street sign to remember the life of the longtime activist.

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Lorraine Sciulli, the longtime vice president of the Juniper Park Civic Association and a member of Community Board 5 for more than 20 years, was honored with a street conaming in Middle Village at 77th Street and 62nd Avenue last Thursday. “I know she’s watching this somehow and appreciates it,” said John Sciulli, her husband for 63 years before her death in 2017. “She’s second-in-command up there,” said Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village). Holden said he and Sciulli saw each other “more than our spouses.” “She deserves so much more than just a sign on a pole,” Holden said. “But the sign on the pole will tell future generations, long after we’re all gone,” who she was and they’ll be able to research her life. He remembered Sciulli joking with him once, “When I go, you’re going to actually put a statue in the park, right?” Holden’s wife, Amy, is Sciulli’s niece. Sciulli encouraged Holden to become involved with the JPCA in the late 1980s. After initially being uninterested, Holden joined and became the president two years later. He said

she would have been on his City Council staff if she were still alive. “I wouldn’t be standing here if it wasn’t for Lorraine and my life would be very different,” Holden said. Sciulli was a Middle Village resident since 1939 and grew up adjacent to Juniper Valley Park. Her parents were some of the earliest JPCA members. She attended Resurrection Ascension Grammar School. “If it wasn’t for her, we’d all be still there,” said John Killcommons, who said she was the smartest student in the class. She attended Grover Cleveland High School. Sciulli worked for an investment counsel firm for about 15 years, was an associate and registered representative in the National Association of Security Dealers and held a real estate license at one point. Holden said a bill had to go through the City Council for the honoring to take place. “Usually there’s some questions on the people,” he said. “They vet them, they look at them. Nobody had to look up Lorraine.” Holden noted her work for the Juniper Berry Magazine, specifically a story she wrote on Fairyland Park, an amusement park in Elmhurst. The lawmaker said it was difficult to

find information on the subject prior to her article. Part of her duties for the magazine was to collect money from advertising businesses. “When the storekeepers didn’t pay up, we sent Lorraine,” Holden said. The lawmaker pointed out her willingness to be outspoken. “Nowadays, we really need her to tell the truth and to say how we feel and protect our neighborhood in battles against this, that and

6-point plan continued from page 2 learned about the power to persistent outreach and coordinated care for the whole person, wherever they are in their journey,” said Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Dr. Raul Perea-Henze. “We call on all New Yorkers to help bring family members, friends and neighbors back home from the streets.” The plan calls on religious organizations throughout the city to donate and dedicate their spaces and beds. The cooperation between the institutions and city government will establish more permanent housing for unsheltered New Yorkers, an idea Councilmember Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) has supported for some time. “While the Mayor has been building large-scale homeless shelters around the city for the past few years, I have told him numerous times that we need to partner with faith-based organizations and churches to create smaller, safer shelters,” said Holden. “DHS Commissioner Steven Banks told me he didn’t think it would be cost effective to expand them. Now it appears that the Mayor and commissioner are changing course, and I’d like to thank them for finally moving forward with my idea on a larger scale.” The Coalition for the Homeless received

the other thing,” Holden said. She began her affiliation with the JPCA around 1980. Sciulli served as first vice president, was editor and advertising manager for the Juniper Berry and was chairwoman of the membership committee. JPCA president Tony Nunziato called her the “guardian of the park.” “Her favorite candy, which I used to buy her all the time, told you a lot about Lorraine,” he Q said. “She was good and did plenty.” the announcement positively after rejecting his Outreach plan, which Policy Director Giselle Routhier had referred to as “mass surveillance of homeless New Yorkers,” and had advised initiatives that implemented “real solutions like housing or lowthreshold shelters.” “We are pleased to see Mayor de Blasio moving toward providing the resources that homeless individuals on the streets actually need,” Routhier said in a released statement on the implementation of the Action Plan. “This investment is a critical step toward helping people find safe and permanent housing.” Routhier did, however, criticize the increased reliance on the NYPD to facilitate outreach through issuing summonses, surveilling homeless individuals and coercing people to leave the subways with threats of ar rest, a practice she views as “inhumane.” “We urge the Mayor to shift the focus of engagement from NYPD officers to trained social services professionals in all interactions with homeless individuals, and to further build upon these initial investments in housing and safe havens. If we can overcome the rising mistrust that is an inevitable byproduct of NYPD’s increasing contact with homeless people, we should begin to see real progress in reducing the tragedy of street homelessness with these new housQ ing resources.”

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS, INDEX NO.: 706281/2019, DATE FILED: 4/9/2019, SUMMONS, NYCTL 2018-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR NYCTL 2018-A TRUST, Plaintiffs, -against- RODRIGO ACOSTA; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; CITIMORTGAGE, INC.; “JOHN DOE # 1” through "JOHN DOE # 100", the last 100 names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiffs, the persons or parties intended being the owners, tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, and if any of the aforesaid individual captioned defendants, if any, be dead, their respective heirs-atlaw, next of kin, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, or through any of the aforesaid individual captioned defendants, if any, if they be dead, whether by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, including any right, title or interest In and to the real property described in the complaint herein, all of who and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiffs, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action, to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with the summons, to serve notice of appearance, on the plaintiffs' attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the date of service (or within thirty (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 failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Darrell L. Gavrin, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, dated Nov. 19, 2019 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to foreclose a Tax Lien as evidenced by a certain Tax Lien Certificate bearing number 4A, which was duly recorded as CRFN 2018000284203 in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on August 23, 2018 and that there is now due and owing to the plaintiffs the original amount of the Tax Lien, to wit: $4,976.53, along with interest, surcharges, penalties, additions, expenses, attorney’s fees, and the costs and disbursements of this action, less any payments made on account to premises k/a Block 8870, Lot 46. Plaintiffs designate Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject property. 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 tax lien holder who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the tax lien holder will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (TAX LIEN HOLDER) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: April 9, 2019, LEVY & LEVY, Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 12 Tulip Drive, Great Neck, NY 11021, (516) 487-6655, BY: JOSHUA LEVY, ESQ., File No. 1000859 #98052

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No. 709804/2019 Date Filed: 12/4/2019 Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff, -againstGeraldine Bennett a/k/a Geraldine A. Bennett, if she be living or if she be dead, her spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; City of New York Environmental Control Board; City of New York Parking Violations Bureau; City of New York Transit Adjudication Bureau; State of New York; and “JOHN DOE”, said name being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, and any parties, corporations or entities, if any, having or claiming an interest or lien upon the mortgaged premises, Defendants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 211-24 93rd Avenue, Queens Village, NY 11428 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Robert J. McDonald, a Justice of the Supreme Court, entered Dec. 3, 2019 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $300,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Queens County Office of the City Register on April 23, 2008, in CRFN 2008000163506 covering premises known as 211-24 93rd Avenue, Queens Village, NY 11428 a/k/a Block 10554, Lot 70. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above, Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. 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 ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING 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: November 4, 2019, Frank M. Cassara, Esq., Senior Associate Attorney, SHAPIRO, DICARO & BARAK, LLC, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard, Rochester, New York 14624, (585) 247-9000 Fax: (585) 247-7380 our File No. 19-080591 #98104

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2019

MID QUEENS: PART I

A Target, a shelter and a new top cop

Groups battled developments, Perry took command of the 104th Pct. by David Russell Associate Editor

During the first half of 2019, the construction of a Target in Elmhurst was fought as opponents claimed the building violated the zoning code. The Board of Standards and Appeals eventually ruled in favor of the company. Capt. Victoria Perry became the commanding officer of the 104th Precinct, replacing Deputy Inspector John Mastronardi, who took over the command of the 75th Precinct. Protesters fighting the proposed homeless shelter on Cooper Avenue in Glendale took their battle to Jericho, LI, where they went to the home of property owner Michael Wilner before traveling to a temple Wilner is president of. Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) also argued against a study from a shelter provider finding that the majority of New York residents would welcome a shelter in their own neighborhood.

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January Elmhurst community members protested the construction of a Target at 40-31 82 St. during a rally at Dunningham Triangle. Queens Neighborhoods United, an anti-gentrification group, voiced criticism. Days later, QNU’s request for a stop-work order was denied in state Supreme Court. In the summer of 2018, the Department of Buildings had issued a stop-work order for the mixed-use development plan after the agency accepted a zoning challenge submitted by area activists and residents because the plan didn’t fully conform to zoning regulations. But the order was lifted after the developers revised their design. Historic Ridgewood Reservoir was designated as a Class I freshwater wetland. The designation helps guarantee that all three basins of the reservoir on the BrooklynQueens border will be permanently protected

Paula Segal, an attorney representing Queens Neighborhoods United in its case against Target, speaks at a rally criticizing the company for genFILE PHOTO trification of the neighborhood.

Councilman Bob Holden greets protesters after they returned from Long Island. Though he supported the cause, he would disagree with their method of going to the place of worship of Michael Wilner, the FILE PHOTO property owner of 78-16 Cooper Ave., where a homeless shelter is slated to go. as a natural area. The 50-acre oasis located within Highland Park was the primary water supply for the city for more than 100 years but became obsolete in the 1950s. In 2014, the state proposed a flood mitigation program that would have involved breaching the berms separating the basins and building roads between them, but the plan was opposed and dropped in favor of preservation. The public learned that Thomas Clarke, the popular owner of Arby’s in Middle Village, died at the age of 63. The news of his late December death wasn’t made public until early January. Clarke was remembered as someone who entrenched himself in the community, such as by providing free lunches for a Special Olympics event at Queens College and helping the state Parks Department feed volunteers at a Blue Angels event. Community Board 5 voted against a plan for the removal of landscape planters and trees at Rentar Plaza in order to convert part of the building into a loading dock to be used for the convenience for future tenants. Assistant Chief Martin Morales took command of Patrol Borough Queens North, consisting of the 104th, 108th, 109th, 110th, 111th, 112th, 114th and 115th precincts. February Jennifer Irigoyen and her unborn child were stabbed to death in Ridgewood. Ex-boyfriend Anthony Hobson turned himself in to police for the killing of the real estate agent. Initially, Hobson was charged with seconddegree murder, tampering with physical and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and abortion, but abortion had been removed from New York State’s criminal code by the recently signed Reproductive Health Act, leading to some confusion among the authorities.

A petition on Change.org called on Holden and Assemblyman Brian Barnwell (D-Maspeth) to stop overdevelopment in Maspeth and Woodside. The petition decried the practice of building illegal conversions. A proposed daycare center for 167 children at 79-40 Cooper Ave. raised questions about how the area would handle extra traffic and parking. The daycare itself would provide a service parking lot with 32 spaces. Following years of complaints, the departments of Transportation and Environmental Protection addressed ongoing flood issues with street drainage on Edsall Avenue. The DEP would install a catch basin, while the DOT would repave the road surface and install a curb along the fence line. March Holden had his first bill passed in the Council, requiring any city development to provide notice to the relevant Council member and community board of any hazardous level of lead in soil within five business days of discovering or becoming aware of it. This came after a 2018 incident in which lead-contaminated lead was found to be near an area school. Crime increased 6 percent over the last four weeks in the 104th Precinct. Mastronardi, commanding pointed to ID theft as a major culprit. On a more positive note, Morales told the audience at the precinct community council meeting that robberies and burglaries were down throughout Queens North. April A 76-year-old man, Dahe Lin, was charged with murder in the death of his daughter-inlaw, Wen Ying He, in Ridgewood. Community Board 4 Chairman Louis Walker wrongly announced that Queens

Place mall appeared to be closing at the end of 2019. Days later, he said he heard from the owners of the building. “The mall’s not closing,” he said, adding, “they have plans to make improvements to Queens Place.” Protesters who wanted a District 75 school to be built at 78-16 Cooper Ave., instead of a homeless shelter, traveled to the home of property owner Michael Wilner in Jericho, LI. When he wasn’t home, the group went to Temple of Elohim, which Wilner is president of. Holden denounced the protesters going to the place of worship. Lead organizer Mike Papa didn’t regret the move. Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), a candidate for district attorney, called it a “grotesque act of antiSemitism.” Redeemer Lutheran School in Glendale, established in 1955, announced it would focus only on early childhood beginning in the fall. The school, which had served students in nursery school through eighth grade, had faced declining enrollment like many other religious schools. Community Board 5 rejected a redesign of a new entrance to and pathway within Forest Park after rising costs forced several key features to be eliminated. Contractors’ bids to complete the project exceeded the Parks Department’s planned budget of $2.39 million. A survey conducted by HarrisX and Win, a family shelter provider, said that across Queens, 46 percent of people are in support of a homeless shelter opening up in their community while 40 percent are against it. Former Speaker of the City Council Christine Quinn, president and CEO of Win, said the poll showed New Yorkers “are willing to do their part, in their own neighborhoods.” Holden was skeptical of the poll because it was conducted by a homeless shelter provider. “If it was done by an independent, then that’s another case,” he said. “Not by a company who stands to benefit from building more shelters.” Holden worked with the 102nd and 104th precincts to respond to noise complaints over loud music being played by people near the Forest Park Bandshell. The lawmaker, who lives in Middle Village North, two blocks away from the Long Island Expressway, could hear the noise from Forest Park in his house. May Queens District Attorney Richard Brown died at 86 after a long illness. He was less than a month away from retirement. Assistant Chief DA John Ryan took his place. Holden’s Council District 30 once again didn’t take part in participatory budgeting. Whether to take part in the budgeting, in which residents vote on how to spend $1 million in capital funding, is up to each Council member. With $5 million in the budget for capital projects, Holden didn’t continued on page 30

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ARTS, CULTURE & LIVING

‘PEANUTS’ home for the holidays by Mark Lord

“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the fourth time the play has graced the stage at

The Secret Theatre for the holidays. The show is clearly aimed at a young crowd, and those in attendance were eating it up. The initial appearance by Charlie Brown’s four-legged friend, Snoopy, was met with audible recognition. The original animated special, by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson, based on the comic strip, “Peanuts,” by Charles M. Schulz, was the first of many to feature the same characters. From its humble

beginnings, it has evolved into one of the most beloved of all holiday cartoons, dealing as it does with the over-commercialization of the holiday. Charlie Brown, when called upon to direct a play within the proceedings, says, “It’s the spirit of the ac tors that counts.” And the current cast, consisting primarily of adults, is filled with spirit, each becoming fully immersed in his or her character. In the title role, Zach Norris earns sympathy as the little boy who is depressed over his lack of popularity, particularly at Christmastime. He also sings well, which he demonstrates during the closing medley. In a bit of gender-bending casting, Teresa L af fer t y ut ter s na r y a word, but ma kes for a dancing, acrobatic Snoopy. Erica Lee Bigelow, as the always-opinionated Lucy, is a continued on page 23

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In the absence of a white Christmas here in New York City, the winter wonderland that has been created onstage at The Secret Theatre for its current production, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” running through Jan. 4, might just do to help put you in the holiday spirit. It’s the theater’s fourth go-round with this seasonal attraction, though many of the personnel involved in this year’s rendering are on board for the first time, lending it a fresh feel. A near-replication of the now-landmark cartoon that made its national television debut way back in 1965, the show runs about half an hour, with a mini-concert of holiday favorites sung by members of the company extending the gaiety to 45 minutes ... the perfect length for the many children on hand last Friday evening.

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Kids Spelling Bee, with children competing in age groups for grades 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8 (must be in those grades in the 2020 school year), winners to participate in a Queens Library system-wide competition. Mon., Jan. 6, 3-4 p.m., Cambria Heights Library, 21813 Linden Blvd. (718) 528-3535, queenslibrary.org.

“A Piece of Yourself: Gift Giving in Self-Taught Art,” with one-of-a-kind works from the 18th to 21st centuries presented as gifts with an immediate and personal nature. Through Fri., Jan. 10, American Folk Art Museum’s Self-Taught Genius Gallery, 47-29 32 Place, Long Island City. Free. Info: (212) 595-9533, folkartmuseum.org.

“Pokémon Detective Pikachu,” the 2019 urban mystery fantasy film about a teen teaming up with a Pikachu to investigate his father’s disappearance; accompanied by drop-in media-making. Thu.-Wed., Dec. 26-Jan. 1, 12 p.m., 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.

“GingerBread Lane 2019,” the new edition of the world’s largest gingerbread village, with every single element edible, created by Queens chef Jon Lovitch; with make-your-own workshops on select days. Through Sun., Jan. 12, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $20; $15 seniors, kids, students with ID (workshops extra). Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. Artist Co-op 2019, with paintings, sculptures, mixed media works and more by 12 emerging and mid-career Queens and NYC artists. Through Sat., Jan. 25, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 16104 Jamaica Ave. Free (donations welcome). Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org. “Weather the Weather,” with works by two dozen artists examining the “expression of the true force of nature,” via the SciArt Initiative. Through Fri., Jan. 10, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. “Outs & Ins,” with works by Sarah Palmer exploring human and environmental vulnerability with recontextualized nudes, portraits, catalog images and more. Through Sat., Jan. 11, Mrs., 60-40 56 Drive, Maspeth. Free. Info: (347) 8416149, mrsgallery.com.

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“ T heater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1 9 9 1 2011, ” with more than 300 works in various m e d i a inc luding this photo from Jamal Penjweny’s series “Saddam is Here,” by 80 artists, many based in Iraq or its diasporas, on the 1991 Persian Gulf War, the sanctions that followed and the 2003 Iraq War. Through Sun., March 1, MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Free with admission: $10; $5 students; free kids under 17. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org. JAMAL PENJWENY

MUSIC Jazz Jam, the monthly event led by saxophonist Carol Sudhalter, with all musicians and vocalists welcome to join in. Wed., Jan. 8, 7-10 p.m., Flushing

Virtual Reality for Kids, with fun activities inviting kids to try out virtual reality glasses Fri., Dec. 27, 4-5 p.m., Cambria Heights Library, 218-13 Linden Blvd. Free. (718) 528-3535, queenslibrary.org.

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS For a real treat combining holiday and history, take a candlelight tour of the Onderdonk House and enjoy live music, cider, treats and more as you go. See Tours/Hikes. FILE PHOTO Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free to play or sing; $10 to listen; free students. Info: (718) 4637700, flushingtownhall.org. The Maspeth Melody Makers, a new chorus for people who wish to sing in a group for the sheer joy of it, with no auditions or previous experience singing in a group necessary. Each Wed., 1:30-2:30 p.m., the Selfhelp Senior Center, 69-61 Grand Ave., Maspeth. Free. Info: (718) 429-3636.

THEATRE “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. 27-29; Thu.-Sat. Jan. 2-4, 7 p.m.; Sat.Sun., Dec. 28-29; Sat., Jan. 4, 3 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $22; $25 at door; kids under 17 $12.50; $15 at door. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

“Class of 1984,” the 1982 thriller about an idealistic high school teacher pitted against a vicious student gang. Sat., Dec. 28, 7 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

Introduction to Midrash, each Mon., 10-11 a.m., through end of Jan.; Jewish Medical Ethics, each Wed., 10-11 a.m., through end of Jan.; Introduction to Judaism, each Thu., 7-8 p.m., through May 21; all taught by Rabbi Daniel Wolpe, Flushing-Fresh Meadows Jewish Center, 193-10 Peck Ave. Free. Info: (718) 357-5100.

TOURS/HIKES Onderdonk House Candlelight Tours, with the historic home decorated for the holidays, mulled cider, treats and an area musician performing. Sat., Jan. 4, 6-9 p.m., 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood. $10 adults. Info: (718) 456-1776, onderdonkhouse.org.

LECTURES/TALKS

Family & Friends CPR training, with members of the Glen Oaks Volunteer Ambulance Corps teaching the lifesaving skills of hands-only CPR, for those 14 and up. Fri., Jan. 10, 6-8 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 224-75 76 Ave., Oakland Gardens (new address). $5. Info/pre-registration (required): (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

“’Twas the Night Before Kwanzaa,” a holiday comedy that finds Santa Claus diverted to Africa to learn about Kwanzaa. Sat., Dec. 28, 2 p.m., Black Spectrum Theatre, 177 St. and Baisley Blvd., Jamaica. $30, $15 youths. (718) 723-1800, blackspectrum.net.

Al Ronzoni Jr. — Coming to America, with the great-grandson of the founder of the Ronzoni pasta company on his family’s journey from Italy to America and success, followed by celebration of the La Bella Italia organization’s first anniversary. Sun., Jan. 12, 1-5 p.m., Christ the King High School CNL Center (door #10), 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village. $25. Info/RSVP (required): Jacqueline Gagliano, (718) 897-3135, jbgagliano14@yahoo.com.

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“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” the 2019 comedy-drama by Quentin Tarantino about a fading actor, his friend and stunt double, and life in late-1960s Los Angeles. Thu.-Sun., Dec. 26-29, various 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.

Remake the Holidays, with various workshops, demos and more, trying to give people ideas on doing things differently in response to increased consumption and waste during the season. Fri.Sun., Dec. 27-29, 12-4 p.m. (certain events at certain times), New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $20; $15 seniors, students, kids. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

Caribbean Arts Festival: Migration of Colors Community Kwanzaa Celebration, with participants learning about the principles and customs of the African-American holiday and celebrating with craft activities. Thu., Dec. 26, 5-7 p.m., Cambria Heights Library, 218-13 Linden Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 528-3535, queenslibrary.org. continued on page 24

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Life drawing, with a live nude model, free drinks, music, no judgments, no skeptical eyes. Each Thu., 6:30 p.m., The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. $10. Info: (347) 848-0030, licartists.org. Kew Gardens Road. Free. Info: (718) 268-5960.

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See an old-fashioned seltzer bottle, with thick, heavy glass and an intricately crafted metal siphon and the mind can wander to thoughts as diverse as an elegant Prohibition speakeasy or an egg cream from a Brooklyn soda shop; a period Cary Grant movie or the Three Stooges giving a comeuppance to some goon or a tuxedoed society snob. But for author Barry Joseph of Forest Hills, genuine seltzer delivered to your door — not the stuff in the supermarket soda aisle — has become something of a passion that he chronicles in his book “Seltzertopia: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Drink.” “How can you possibly find out enough about seltzer to write a book?” Joseph asked in an interview last week. “It’s just water and carbon dioxide. ... The big picture was I was writing a story that nobody knew about, or just thought nothing was new.” In December 2004 Joseph penned a light-hearted magazine article on modern home soda-making machines, detailing both manmade seltzer’s history and its historical

and cultural ties with the Jewish community — there is a full chapter in the book called “How Seltzer Got Religion.” The article brought him much feedback from people reminiscing about home deliveries from the seltzer man and “siblings spritzing each other when mom wasn’t looking.” It also got him an email from Carol Starman Hessel of the Jewish Book Council, who over lunch suggested a book. “It’s available anywhere you can buy good books — or bad ones.” Through a decade of research, travel and interviews, Joseph introduces the reader to the Rev. Joseph Priestly, a young English minister who in 1767 began experimenting with ways to infuse “fixed air” into water, making it like the mineral waters from natural springs in continental Europe. We meet Eli Miller, who in his 70s still delivers daily; and Queens resident Walter Backerman, a third-generation seltzer man whose grandfather began in 1919.

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Classic seltzer bottles can be 80 years old or more; Barry Joseph, left, says they just PHOTOS COURTESY BARRY JOSEPH keep getting refilled for those who accept nothing less. There is also Ken Gomberg of the Gomberg Seltzer Works/Brooklyn Seltzer Boys, proprietor of the last seltzer works in New York City; and John Seeking, a young businessman who on the side decided he wanted to save the 120-year-old Pittsburgh Seltzer works.

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Red Storm enter Big East play on a roll Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. St. John’s looks good again heading into conference play. Two seasons ago, they were 10-2 before finishing 6-15. Last season, they were 12-0 and went 9-13 the rest of the way. This year feels a little different. The team enters conference play 11-2 after a win over No. 16 Arizona. It was a game the Johnnies entered as 11.5 point underdogs and they did it without Mustapha Heron, unavailable with an ankle injury. Mike Anderson has his team playing high-intensity basketball at both ends of the court. St. John’s is 11th in the country in rebounding, tied for 17th in forcing turnovers and 29th in field-goal percentage defense. And the team is one of three in the country to have a top-75 defense while also playing at a tempo ranked among the 25 fastest. In the upset over Arizona, St. John’s built a big lead by taking the ball to the basket. “Without a doubt, we’re an attacking team,” Anderson said. “We’re not just going to be a jump shooting team, and that’s why

I really emphasize what our guys, let’s keep attacking, let’s keep attacking.” Nick Rutherford’s basket with 1:03 remaining gave St. John’s the lead after Arizona erased a 16-point lead. But the star of the game was LJ Figueroa, who scored 21 points, hauled in four rebounds and had three steals. He credited his teammates for his scoring. “We practice it every day, moving and cutting, screening away, you know, just learning how to play without the ball and I think that definitely helped me and my game,” Figueroa said. Again, Anderson gave his guys minutes. Nine players were in for more than 10 minutes but only two played for 30. The defensive intensity has also been impressive, with pressure and a number of pass deflections. Under former coach Chris Mullin, it seemed like there were times when defense was optional. Mullin’s predecessor, Steve Lavin, once said “rebounding i s t h e le a s t i m p o r t a nt s t a t i s t ic i n basketball.”

LJ Figueroa scored 21 points in a 70-67 win over No. 16 Arizona last Saturday. St. John’s enters Big East play with an 11-2 mark in the first season under new head coach Mike Anderson. They PHOTO COURTESY ST. JOHN’S ATHLETICS play Butler at Carnesecca Arena on New Year’s Eve. Anderson pointed to the Red Storm’s numbers on the boards in Saturday’s win, St. John’s outrebounded Arizona 40 to 35. “As a matter of fact, a telltale sign, we beat them on the boards,” Anderson said. “They’re one of the better rebounding teams in the country, so I thought we matched their physicality. I thought that was a big, big stat in the game.” Conference play begins on Dec. 31 at Carnesecca Arena against a ranked-Butler team. St. John’s was predicted to finish ninth in the 10-team Big East in a preseason

poll, ahead of only DePaul. But this season seems too wild to predict. Already, five No. 1 teams have been upset. DePaul, irrelevant for the last 15 years, is off to a 12-1 start, including a win over ranked Texas Tech. Anderson never had a losing record in 17 seasons at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Missouri and Arkansas and it looks like he can keep the streak going, even with a St. John’s team that lost three key starters. Conference play should be more exciting than many fans anticipated. Q

Celebrating New Year’s Eve in comfort by Mark Lord

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Have you had your fill of the Times Square mob scene? Are you fed up with long lines at overpriced restaurants? Are you fearful of all the crazies out on the roads? Well, there is an alternative for New Year’s Eve ... and it’s called staying home. Boring, you say? Well, it doesn’t have to be, as evidenced by some memorable celebrations shared by our Queens Chronicle readers. Larry Bloom of Kew Gardens Hills recalled when he and a number of friends had what they called a stay party. “Every person had to bring a food item. I invited a friend, who cooked on a wok. Another had a lot of music on records. We all stayed in. We played party games and charades. And it was terrific.” After a lifetime of painting the town, Cecilia Vaicels, a long-time resident of Bellerose, is looking forward to a quiet evening with her husband Charlie. “We are returning to an old tradition,” she said. “It will be just the two of us. At home! All alone! We’ll have a steak and

lobster dinner, talk, watch a little television, see the ball come down declaring the beginning of 2020 and go to bed. It will be lovely.” Joe Riley of Forest Hills recommends what he calls a “really fun and low pressure” evening, one which he has shared in the past with his siblings. They order in Chinese food, watch the “Twilight Zone” marathon on television, reminisce, laugh, drink, toast the new year and have a sleepover. Folks from outside the borough have their own individual ways of welcoming a new year. Grace Guidotti Matranga, who lives in the Bronx, recalled that her husband’s friends used to “do a progressive party, which I really enjoyed.” Several of them lived in the same building, so it was easy to arrange, she said. “We’d start off with cocktails and appetizers in one apar tment,” she explained. “Then, the main course in another and finish with desser t and champagne wishes in the last.” It was “a cool and unique idea,” Guidotti Matranga said. “Something like you’d see on ‘Friends.’“

Ringing in the start of the new year shouldn’t be stressful, so celebrate the most comfortable way you know how — from the comfort of your own home! Jennifer Cove, who lives in Huntington, recalled what she describes as one of the most comfortable ways to spend the evening. “A few years back, a few friends and I did a pajama party. We went to one house in pajamas, ordered a pizza, played

board games, watched the ball drop and slept right there on the floor,” said Cove. As opposed to dealing with the bustle of spending the evening with the New Year’s Eve crowds, Cove said it was all “very relaxing.” Q Happy New Year, everyone!

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continued from page 19 kewpie doll come to life, complete with long, flowing eyelashes and rosy cheeks. And Dara Pardon, as Charlie Brown’s younger sister, Sally, is reminiscent of a young Kristin Chenoweth, who made a name for her self on Broadway in a related musical, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” Nathaniel Rothrock as Linus clutches his security blanket for all its worth and delivers, with feeling, a message about the true meaning of Christmas. Aaron Braden as Schroeder has fun as he simulates playing a mean piano. The man behind the real keyboard is

‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ When: Dec. 27-29 and Jan. 2-4, 7 p.m. and Dec. 28-29, Jan. 4, 3 p.m. Where: The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City Entry: $22 in advance, $25 at door; 16 and under $12.50.15. (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com

musical director Justin Baldridge, who leads a crackerjack three-piece band that includes bassist Thomas E. Carley and percussionist Sean Millman. They bring to life the jazz-infused score by Vince Guaraldi, credited to a large extent for the popularity of the original cartoon. His composition, “Christmas Time Is Here,” has become a recognizable holiday favorite. While there is not much singing in the show proper, the finale incorporates several seasonal tunes, a nice touch for sending the audience out in the right frame of mind.

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Snoopy, above, readies his doghouse for the holidays while, at left, Lucy pines for Schroeder in “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at The Secret Theatre. On the cover: The PHOTOS BY GIRISH Peanuts gang remembers the true meaning of the Christmas. The stage version was directed and choreographed affectionately by Joy Donze, who acquitted herself nicely on stage Friday night, filling in for an indisposed performer. As for that delightful setting, with decorative strings of lights, fluffy-looking clouds and an even fluffier snowman, it is the

handiwork of Claire McClain, who also created the colorful costumes. The effective lighting was designed by Leslie Gray. The show would make an ideal introduction to theater for young people. As for the older folks accompanying them, it can provide a nostalgic walk down memory lane. Q

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SPECIAL EVENTS Riis Park Lifeguard tryouts, hosted by Gateway National Recreation Area, National Park Service, for surf lifeguards of all ages at Riis Park Beach for the summer. Applicants must pass a swimming test, including a 550 yards swim in under 10 mins. and a 1.25 mile run in under 12 mins. Sat., Dec. 28, 8 a.m. Fordham University, Lombardi Center Swimming Pool, E. Fordham & Southern Blvd., Bronx. Hello Panda Festival, a cultural extravaganza with more than 120 lantern exhibits, 60 food vendors, live performances, art, crafts, games, heated tents and more. Daily through Sun., Jan. 26, 5-10 p.m., Citi Field parking lot, 41 Seaver Way, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $25-$28; $22-$25 kids, seniors, military; free kids under 4; $80-$90 family; $90 season pass. Info: (718) 886-8158, hellopandafest.com. “Latin/Carribean Silent Disco,” Quiet Events returns for a night of Caribbean and Latin dancing, where you can choose among three DJs and adjust the volume on your headphones, with an instructor teaching salsa dance moves. Sat.-Sun., Jan. 11-12, 10 p.m.-3:00 a.m., Katch Astoria, 28-19 31 St., LIC, various prices. Info: (800) 833-9281, quietevents.com

CLUBS Scrabble Club, with participants bringing their own Scrabble sets to play the popular word game. Each Fri., 10:15 a.m.-12 p.m., Glen Oaks Library, 256-04 Union Tpke. Free. Info: (718) 831-8636, queenslibrary.org. Knit & Crochet Club, with participants meeting up to share techniques and patterns and bringing their own supplies. Each Fri., 10:30 a.m., Howard Beach Library, 92-06 156 Ave. Free. Info: (718) 641-7086, queenslibrary.org.

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Singles Social & Dance, with the music of DJ Andrew Forman and refreshments. Sun., Jan. 5, 2-6 p.m., Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. $10. Info: (718) 459-1000, rpjc.org. Israeli folk dancing, with instruction for beginners, in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. Each Mon., 7:30 p.m. (beginners’ instruction); 8:3010 p.m. (intermediate dances), Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke, Fresh Meadows. $10. Info: (718) 380-4145, hillcrestjc.org.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Woodhaven/Richmond Hill Senior Center, with arts and crafts, knitting, Wii bowling, education and more. Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., lunch at 12 p.m. Strength/stretching exercise class every Mon., 1 p.m.; yoga class every Thu., 10 a.m.; Zumba every Fri. 89-02 91 St., Woodhaven. Info: (718) 847-9200.

Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75 St., offers daily fitness classes for seniors:aerobics to music, lower-body toning, chair yoga, sit and be fit, Zumba, qi gong and tai chi; multimedia and watercolor painting, every Thu. and Fri.; friendly book, movie and poetry club, Wed., 1-2 p.m. monthly. Center open Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Call: (718) 894-3441. Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., Regular weekly hour-long classes: jewelry making, Mon. at 10:30 a.m.; Richard Simmons exercise, Mon. and Thurs. at 10:30; Eldercise, Tues. at 10:30 a.m.; massage therapy, Wed. at 10:30 a.m.; manicures, Thurs. at 12:30 p.m.; yoga, Fri. at 10:30 a.m. Movies every Mon., Tues. and Fri. at 1:15 p.m. MetroCard van, 4th Thurs. of month. Monthly buses to Yonkers. Contact: Karen (718) 456-2000. 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, 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Info: joroosume@verizon.net. Gold Senior Center, cultural, educational and recreational programs; socialization, interaction and meeting new friends, weekly yoga class, hot, kosher nutritious meals, stimulating programs, games, trips, current events, speakers, entertainment, singalongs and “Zumba for Seniors.” $3 suggested contribution. Every Wed., 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke., Flushing. Info: (718) 380-4145.

SUPPORT GROUPS Gam-Anon, for families of someone with a gambling problem. Call hot line (212) 606-8177. Bereavement groups for assistance dealing with loss and the process towards healing, with others experiencing similar situations. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Registration req’d. Info: (718) 268-5011, ext. 160, olderadults@cgy.org. Overeaters Anonymous, for anyone with an eating disorder or other problem with food or maintaining a healthy weight, in various neighborhoods. Each Tue., 6:30-8 p.m., Holy Child Jesus Outreach Center, 112-06 86 Ave., Richmond Hill. Info: (718) 564-7027 (leave message). Each Thu., 12-1:30 p.m., Howard Beach Library, 92-06 156 Ave. Info: Julie, (718) 848-4338. Each Thu., 12:15-1:40 p.m., Rego Park Library, 91-41 63 Drive. Info: (347) 4335876 (OA of Greater New York; leave message), (718) 459-5140 (library). Alcoholics Anonymous, daily meetings around Queens for those with a drinking problem. Info: (718) 520-5021, queensaa.org, nyintergroup.org. Monthly bereavement group, for anyone dealing with the loss of a loved one, with informative handouts and light refreshments provided. Each second Wed. of the month, 2:30-4 p.m., Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72 St. Free. Info: (718) 335-6049, maspethtownhall.org.

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The late Arthur “Bud” Collins was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame last Tuesday. Collins, who died in 2016, was a sports columnist for the Boston Globe but he was best known for his color commentary on TV broadcasts of Grand Slam tennis events. Tennis is an integral part of Queens history and Collins was a fixture at the US Open. He was there at the first one at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills in 1968 and later moved with it to Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Collins’ loud sartorial style were his calling card. He was to pants what the late Mets broadcaster Lindsey Nelson was to sports jackets. It wasn’t clothing, though, that made Collins stand out. He was an amazing raconteur who had countless stories to relay to viewers. He also knew how to broaden the appeal of tennis to sports fans who normally only watched TV to see their local professional team sports play. The press area in Arthur Ashe Stadium is named after Collins and the United States Tennis Association couldn’t have made a better choice. Even though he was far and away the most famous media personality at the Open, Collins was always approachable no matter which outlet a journalist was representing. He never “big leagued” anyone. Although he loved tennis and certainly want-

ed Americans to succeed in winning championships, Collins was never a shill. A number of years ago there was a rumor that the USTA was thinking of creating an initiative that would have encouraged American teens to become professionals before going to college and thus forfeit any scholarship opportunities. The thinking was that Americans could compete better with their European counterparts when it came to winning both Grand Slam tournaments and Davis Cup competitions by having players turn professional earlier in their lives. I asked Collins what he thought about the notion of incentivizing American high school tennis players to bypass college. “It’s despicable!” he quickly and forthrightly replied. In addition to Collins, Bob Ley, who hosted ESPN’s sports journalism show “Outside the Lines” and was with the network for 40 years before retiring in 2019, and Mike “Doc” Emrick, who is NBC’s lead play-by-play voice on NHL telecasts, were inducted. Emrick has done a nice job making hockey appealing for those who didn’t grow up being huge fans of that sport. Collins would have been thrilled to know that the emcee for the evening was former tennis pro, longtime tennis commentator and current HBO “Real Sports” correspondent Mary Q Carillo, who grew up in Douglaston. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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Fashion designer Donna Karan’s story begins with her grandfather, Israel Faskowitz, who was born on May 20 1874 in Russia. He came to America in 1891, but didn’t become a citizen until 1923, years after he and his wife, Bella, had two children — a daughter, Miriam, and a son, Gabby. Gabby, born in 1900, loved the clothing business and became a successful haberdasher in Manhattan. He shortened his last name to Faske, and married one of his models named Helen, known in the industry as “Queenie,” who was 20 years his junior. They moved to a new luxury building with wraparound brick balconies at 123-35 82 Road in Kew Gardens. They were blessed with a beautiful baby girl in October 1948 whom they named Donna Ivy Faske. Gabby suddenly died in May 1952 at age 52. Public records show Donna’s mother remarried Harold Flaxman in 1953, and Donna joined the two in moving out to Woodmere, LI. Donna attended Parsons School of Design in Manhattan. After graduating, she was hired by Anne Klein and eventually became

The childhood apartment building of DKNY founder and designer Donna Karan, located at 123-35 82 Road in Kew Gardens, as it looks today. head of the design team. After leaving the company, she started her own brand called DKNY, which was a more affordable line of clothing for younger women, an entrepreneurial project that saw great success. Her Kew Gardens home still appears in pristine condition today. It has since become Q a co-op building.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12-13-19, bearing Index Number NC-001169-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) JUDY (Last) LU. My present name is (First) SHI (Middle) YI (Last) LU AKA SHIYI LU. The city and state of my present address are Ridgewood, NY. My place of birth is CHINA. The month and year of my birth are August 1995.

1111 CYPRESS AVE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/12/2019. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1111 Cypress Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of AI HOME WORKS, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/04/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 15015 79th Ave, Apt 1K, Flushing, NY 11367. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Momentum Interventions LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/04/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Rosario Perez, 121-16 Powell Cove Blvd Apt B, College Point, NY 11356. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11-22-19, bearing Index Number NC-001018-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) KATHY (Middle) FORD (Last) GOETEMANN. My present name is (First) KATHERINE (Middle) FORD (Last) GOETEMANN AKA KATHY F GOETEMANN AKA KATHY FORD GOETEMANN. The city and state of my present address are Kew Gardens, NY. My place of birth is ST. LOUIS CITY, MISSOURI. The month and year of my birth are July 1955.

116-07 REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/15/09. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2109. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 116-07 Metropolitan Avenue, Kew Gardens, NY 11418. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Aviva Bauer Counseling LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/22/19. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 48-15 11th St, Apt 8D, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: any lawful activity.

PROJECT QUEENS LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/18/19. Office location Queens Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/16/19 SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Simon Gerson 39-01 Main St. RM 503 Flushing, NY 11354. DE address of LLC: 3411 Silverside Rd Ste 104 Wilmington, DE 19810. Arts. Of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, PO Box 898 Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice is hereby given that a Liquor License, serial number 1323720, for beer and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to permit the sale of beer and wine, at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at LINDA AZOGUENITA BAKERY RESTAURANT INC located at 51-01 108th St., Corona, NY 11368 for on-premises consumption. LINDA AZOGUENITA BAKERY RESTAURANT INC

Notice of Formation of 33RD STREET LIC, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/27/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: GEORGE XU, 35-06 LEAVITT STREET, SUITE CF-A, FLUSHING, NY 11354. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

CHROME MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/15/19. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Double A Property Locating Services, Inc., 118-35 Queens Boulevard, Suite 400, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

RJS ELITE SERVICES LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 3/28/19. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail proc.: c/o Renzo J. Solis, 5026 97th St., Fl 3rd, Corona, NY 11368. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11-18-19, bearing Index Number NC001056-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) LOVEERN (Middle) BERNICE (Last) MORRISON-KERNISANT. My present name is (First) LOVEERN (Middle) BERNICE (Last) MORRISON AKA LOVERN B MORRISON AKA LOVERN B KERNISANT AKA LOVERN BERNICE KERNISANT. The city and state of my present address are Hollis, NY. My place of birth is JAMAICA. The month and year of my birth are February 1955.

Notice of Formation of 450930 Astoria Management LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/29/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: IBRAHIM FODA, 45-09 30 AVE, ASTORIA, NY 11103. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CREATIVE BEGINNINGS REALTY GROUP, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/23/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 83-19 141ST STREET, APT. 705, BRIARWOOD, NY 11435. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SCOOP NYC, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/22/19. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 58-82 57th Dr., Maspeth, NY 11378. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice is hereby given that a Liquor License, serial number 1323762, for beer, wine, and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to permit the sale of beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at Cantina Sports Bar Corporation located at 3764 103rd St., Corona, NY 11368 on-premises consumption. Cantina Sports Bar Corporation

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12-13-19, bearing Index Number NC-001192-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) SANDY (Middle) CHITRANIE (Last) RAMNARINE. My present name is (First) CHITRANIE (Last) RAMNARINE. The city and state of my present address are South Ozone Park, NY. My place of birth is GUYANA. The month and year of my birth are August 1998.

Notice of Formation of A M & Z Car Service LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/31/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: A M & Z CAR SERVICE LLC, 8824 189TH STREET, HOLLIS, NY 11423. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

KRISTINA LUCIA TEDDY BEARS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/30/2019. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 3515 80 Street, Unit 41, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Reg Agent: U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of TEAM FRESH NYC LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/27/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: TEAM FRESH NYC LLC, 8911 153RD ST., APT 2G, JAMAICA, NY 11432. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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