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GOP divide a chasm over public advocate County, city Republican feuds turn ugly fast over Ulrich endorsement by Michael Gannon Editor

long-simmering divide in the Queens Republican Party appears to be causing an awful lot of commotion for what is being billed as a nonpartisan election in a Democratic city. Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) has the official GOP endorsement in the special election to fill the vacancy in the city public advocate’s office that will be created when Letitia James is sworn in as the state’s attorney general on Jan. 1. The election is likely to be called by Mayor de Blasio for some time in February. With numerous Democratic having announced their candidacy, published sources say Urich might have a shot in an open field that could have a large and divided group of Democrats — provided he can unify Republican voters under his banner. Enter Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels and radio talk show host who as of Wednesday was still being listed as chairman of the New York State Reform Party on the party’s website. Sliwa, with the backing of former congressman and former county GOP chairman Bob Turner, on Dec. 17 announced his own candidacy, saying he was the best-qualified candidate to unify Republican and independent voters.

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A spokesman for Sliwa’s campaign told the Chronicle the Reform Party will legally dissolve on Jan 1, as it did not receive enough votes in the recent election for governor. He also said Sliwa will form a campaign committee after an election date is set. The press release quoted Sliwa as calling Ulrich “a Bill de Blasio Republican,” citing specifically his 2013 vote for Melissa MarkViverito as council speaker. Viverito is also running for public advocate. A separate press release two days later from Robert Hornak, a former Queens GOP official, cited four Republican clubs in the county challenging the endorsement of Ulrich and calling for debates. The Dec. 19 press release also cited Ulrich’s support of Bo Dietl for the 2017 Republican nomination for mayor while the party endorsed Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island, Brooklyn); and his political ties to John Haggerty, the executive director of the Queens County Republican Party who once served 10 months in prison for laundering $750,000 from Michael Bloomberg’s 2009 mayoral campaign. Joann Ariola Shanks, chairwoman of the Queens County Republican Party — who ran against Turner and defeated him in 2017 — said in a statement and a telephone interview that Sliwa’s run amounts to a campaign of sabotage by party malcontents.

“What these disgruntled troublemakers fail to realize is, the Queens Republican Party, which is the legal entity of the State and National Republican Party, has unanimously endorsed Eric Ulrich who is the only Republican running for public advocate,” Ariola Shanks said. She also said of the Queens-based Republican clubs cited in the debate press release, one, the Frank Kenna Club, is defunct; and that “many members” of the other clubs were unaware of the call for a debate. Ariola Shanks also said the Whitestone Republican Club recently held a meeting where Vickie Paladino, who lost a race for the state Senate in November after the county party distanced itself from her, “spewed countless lies regarding Councilmember Ulrich and the Queens County GOP.” Ariola Shanks also slammed Paladino and some of her supporters, calling them “known anti-Semites and bigots connected to the Proud Boys and the social media site GAB.” “This is a clear cut case of a bunch of miscreants who are sour because they were not successful in their own races,” she continued. “Their main purpose is to cause dissension in the Republican Party and increases the potential of a non-Republican winning the upcoming special election.” As for Dietl, Ariola Shanks said he is a personal friend of Ulrich, who endorsed the ex-

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NYPD detective for mayor long before anyone else entered the race. Ariola Shanks called Hornak “a nobody and a troublemaker,” pointing to his former post as executive director of the Queens County Republican Party under the “corrupt leadership of then-Queens County Chair Phil Ragusa and disgraced former vice chair, Vince Tabone.” Tabone was sentenced to 42 months in prison in 2015 after being convicted of receiving bribes and witness tampering in connection with former state Sen. Malcolm Smith’s attempt to bribe his way onto the Republican ballot for mayor in 2013. Hornak, in an email to the Chronicle, said while he could not respond for any of the clubs mentioned in his press release, had no difficulty responding to Ariola Shanks’ remarks aimed at him. He said she and Ulrich are attacking the messenger. “As usual they are afraid of the light of truth being shined on them and their cynical plans to trick Republican voters,” he wrote. “If I am nothing more than a nobody then I should be very flattered that they seem to be so afraid of me and my activities supporting Republican candidates and ideals.” He said the latter concept “is foreign to Ulrich and his puppet chairwoman who didn’t support Trump for President in 2016, didn’t continued on page 19

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SOUTH QUEENS: PART I

Confronting challenges old and new

Mail service, bus lanes and a homeless shelter plan rile a region by Anthony O’Reilly Chronicle Contributor

The first half of 2018 saw many of the same challenges that have bedeviled the communities of South Queens continue to pop up, such as Select Bus Service on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. But there were also plenty of new challenges presented to the area, from boroughwide issues with mail delivery to the city’s highly controversial proposal to place a homeless shelter in Ozone Park. These are some of the stor ies that touched South Queens f rom Januar y through June. See next week’s paper for the rest of the year’s news highlights. January The city’s first homicide of 2018 took place on New Year’s Day in a 103rd Avenue home in Ozone Park, where abusive husband Vinny Loknath fatally stabbed his wife, Stacey Loknath, cops said. Vinny Loknath later hanged himself from a tree in the Kew Gardens section of Forest Park. Following the murder, Indo-Caribbean activists held multiple seminars to encourage women in abusive relationships to seek help from the police and others. Maria Thomson, the longtime leader of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. and Woodhaven Business Improvement District, died on Jan. 10. She was hailed as the unofficial mayor of Woodhaven. Thomson founded the WBID, was part of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association for more than 40 years and was a Community Board 9 member for decades. She was on the front line of the charge to landmark the Forest Park Carousel, which was granted historic status in 2013. A massive snowstorm on Jan. 4 slowed mail delivery, but many Queens residents said they had been getting their mail late — or not at all — for weeks before that. One Ozone Park resident said he was told by a United States Postal Service employee that workers were “too busy” to deliver mail. Queens members of Congress said the USPS was not meeting “basic expectations”

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A Jan. 4 snowstorm snarled mail delivery in Queens, but poor postal service had been an issue FILE PHOTOS long before that and would continue to be. and some said they would welcome a probe into the matter. Mail delivery wasn’t the only thing slowed by the Jan. 4 snow “bomb cyclone,” as thousands of flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport were canceled and arrival gates were backed up due to staffing shortages. Additionally, cold temperatures led some equipment to become frozen, resulting in baggage handling problems. Ray LaHood, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, led an independent investigation into the problem. The Police Department said it was once again examining evidence in the cold case of 14-year-old Christine Diefenbach, who was killed near the Richmond Hill Long Island Rail Road station more than 30 years ago. Officials said modern science could provide new leads in the case. At press time, no arrests had been made. Italian Americans in Howard Beach and elsewhere celebrated the city’s announcement that the statue of Christopher Columbus in Manhattan’s Columbus Circle would not be removed after controversy around the monument erupted in mid-2017. Some, including Mayor de Blasio, indicated it should have been removed because Columbus was hostile, even murderous, to Native Americans when he got to this hemisphere’s shores. Although federal officials said there was no threat to Howard Beach residents, some in the community were alarmed at the discovery of traces of radium at Spring Creek Park. Prolonged exposure to radium can lead to anemia, cataracts and weakened bones. The National Parks Service, which discovered the element while preparing to implement environmental resiliency measures in the area, said all traces of it were properly disposed of.

Longtime Richmond Hill resident and wounded war veteran Anton Dietrich died on Feb. 16. The World War II veteran and 43-year member of CB 9 was 99. Following the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Queens education officials called for tighter security at private and public schools. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) called for the Department of Education to allow principals to lock a school’s front doors and require guests to be buzzed in, but the agency has not yet changed its requirement to leave a door unlocked. Our World Neighborhood Charter, an Astoria-based charter school, announced it would open its second location in the Linden Center Mall at the start of the 2018-19 school year. A Queens judge ruled DNA evidence and an alleged confession could be used in the prosecution of Chanel Lewis, the suspected killer of Howard Beach jogger Karina Vetrano, who was found dead in Spring Creek Park in August 2016. Lewis’ trial would start later in the year and the judge’s ruling in the case would shock the borough.

February Months before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled a ban on sports betting was unconstitutional, state lawmakers said they were eyeing legislation to allow gamblers to March place bets at venues such as Aqueduct Race After another r ush of massive tidal Track and Resorts World Casino. No such floods damaged people’s homes and cars, legislation was passed by the end of the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association state Legislature’s 2018 session, however. President Roger Gendron said “enough is Opponents of SBS on Woodhaven and enough” and encouraged residents to advoCross Bay boulevards received both good cate for the start of environmental resiliennews and bad news. The good? Motorists cy projects promised to the community for were allowed to park next to the curb on more than a decade. He also called for other Cross Bay from Liberty Avenue to the Belt projects, such as the installation of sea Parkway at all hours on Saturdays. Previ- walls along coastal communities. ously, curbside parking on that stretch was T hen-House Minor it y Leader Rep. banned from 7 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. on Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), now the incoming Saturdays and the space was only accessi- speaker of the House, appeared in Woodble to MTA buses during those times. Area haven to rail against the tax overhaul signed businesses said the parking into law by President Trump in rest r ict ion led t o a sh a r p late 2017. She spoke at a forum decline in their profit margins. hosted by Rep. Nyd ia The bad? The city DepartVelazquez (D-Brooklyn, Manment of Transportation said it hattan, Queens). would begin ticketing people The Long Island Associacaught driving in bus lanes tion, a nonprofit that advocates from Park Lane South to the for the interests of Nassau and Belt. The lanes went into effect Suffolk cou nties, proposed in November 2017 and, at first, eliminating horse racing at drivers were only issued warnAqueduct Race Track in South ings. Beginning Feb. 20, violaOzone Park and moving it to tions were mailed to owners of Anton Dietrich served Belmont Park, a move that vehicles caught on camera with his neighborhood on would open the for mer for fines ranging from $115 to $150 Community Board 9, u nspecif ied redevelopment. and his nation in World The idea was met with swift per offense. In an effort to address some War II. He died at 99. opposition by Addabbo and of the borough’s mail delivery other South Queens leaders. issues, the USPS announced it would hire At the same time, a state report revealed an undetermined number of mail carriers. Community District 10 saw the fastest job Additionally, 3,000 mailboxes were retrofit- growth of any area in Queens from 2009 to ted to stop theft, or “mail fishing,” the act 2017 — adding 4,090 jobs in that time span. of lowering a bottle or other object covered The jump was attributed to the presence of continued on page 6 in adhesive to steal checks from the bin.

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South Queens in 2018: crime and punishment continued from page 4 Resorts World Casino, which added thousands of leisure and hospitality jobs, many going to nearby residents. Bonanno crime family capo Ronald Giallanzo was ordered to sell his 86th Street Howard Beach mansion after he pleaded guilty to leading a South Queens-based loansharking ring. The 164-04 86 St. site had been changed from a small, single-family house into a brick mansion using money from the illicit business, according to federal prosecutors. Brooklyn resident Oscar Morel was convicted of the August 2016 double murder of Ozone Park Imam Maulana Akonjee and his associate, Thara Uddin. In June, he was sentenced to life in prison.

April After more than a dozen cars parked on Park Lane South had their windows smashed and glove compartments ripped open in the middle of the night, community activists called for more police presence around Forest Park at night. Deputy Inspector Courtney Nilan, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, later expressed frustration that the NYPD would not commit two Neighborhood Coordination Officers — a new iteration of beat cops — solely to the park to address such issues. The results of a probe into whether trains could once again run on the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line were once again pushed back, more than a year after the public was supposed to know the proposal’s fate. The study was announced by former Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder in March 2016 and was slated to be done a year later. Goldfeder’s successor, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park), then said the MTA would need more time to complete its report, though there has still been no update on the feasibility of again running trains between Rego Park and Ozone Park. In the ongoing mail delivery saga, then-Acting Jamaica Postmaster Paul Stremel told Community Board 10 members one of the reasons people were not getting their parcels in a timely fashion was that some carriers did not want to show up to work. He went on to say many carriers lacked a work ethic and blamed union rules for making it difficult to fire them — he was removed as Jamaica postmaster the next month and transferred to a different, unknown position within the USPS. The WBID voted to no longer be managed by the GWDC, ending a decades-long relationship started by the late Thomson. WBID officials said they were looking to take the organization into a new, more modern direction though some in the GWDC took it as a slight against Thomson. A teenager escaped from a juvenile detention center on a residential block in South Ozone Park that many have called a “prison” and was on the loose for close to two

The windows of more than a dozen cars on Park Lane South in Woodhaven saw their windows smashed one night in early April, leading to calls for more police patrols there.

Mobster Ronald Giallanzo, center, a capo in the Bonnano crime family, was ordered in March to sell his Howard Beach mansion FILE PHOTOS because, the federal government said, it was built with money made from his illegal activities. weeks until arrested by cops. Officials from Sheltering Arms, the operator of the facility, told a few dozen residents at a civic meeting the escape happened when an employee became distracted while fetching water. Residents called for stronger security at the site, which opened in 2015 amidst strong community opposition. May The Ozone Park and Howard Beach communities rallied in support of longtime baseball coach Guy Losito, who was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer for which there is no cure. Thousands of dollars were raised for his treatment online with messages of support coming from former players and coaches. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said incoming flights may be banned at JFK during future storms to mitigate problems such as the ones that occurred during January’s snowstorm. The recommendation was made in LaHood’s report on the travel fiasco. Ozone Park resident James Huskisson was sentenced to 30 years in prison for traveling to Wisconsin to have sex with a 15-year-old girl. Cou nci l m a n Bob Holden ( D -M idd le Vi l lage) announced he was trying to have seven of the 14 tennis courts at Forest Park — which have been closed off for years due to safety hazards — repaired, but added that the Parks Department said getting necessary machinery to the site would cause the destruction of the good courts. A year after Rockaway officials raised concerns about erosion along par ts of Rockaway Beach, the city announced just before the start of summer that sunbathers would be unable to access the shore from Beach 91st to Beach 102nd streets because too much sand had washed away. It’s unclear whether the sand will be replaced in time for the 2019 beach season. More than 200 residents honored America’s Armed Forces during Howard Beach’s annual Memorial Day Parade. June Ozone Park residents were furious to learn the city was planning to use the former site of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ozone Park as a homeless shelter for

113 single men with mental health issues. A week after the plans were made public, hundreds of people attended CB 9’s monthly meeting and expressed concerns that crime would increase in the area and children would be put at risk. City officials said the decades-in-the-making sewer and sidewalk project in the Centreville section of Ozone Park, known as HWQ411B, could be completed by the end of the month. At press time, it appeared work was still ongoing. The project, proposed in Mayor Ed Koch’s first term, requires the replacement of water mains and installation of sewers, along with the widening of some sidewalks. Retired New York City firefighter and former Howard Beach resident Sal Reale received the surprise of a lifetime when he visited his old firehouse in Elmhurst and was met by Yankees players Greg Bird, Jonathan Holder and more. Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) was thrust into the spotlight when it was reported that he had written a letter of support for Robert Pisani, who pleaded guilty in a loansharking case. Ulrich said he wrote the letter to federal Judge Dora Irizarry as a favor for Pisani, who has known the councilman for many years and is a constituent. In a separate case, Pisani was found guilty of sexually assaulting one of his employees, a teenage girl, in his Q Howard Beach deli.

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hen a police officer pulls a guy over and suspects he’s been drinking, there are some pretty definitive ways to determine if he has. There are the field sobriety tests — seeing if the driver can stand on one leg for a while, can recite the alphabet backwards or can touch his nose with one finger with his eyes closed. And those are just the start. The officer can shine a small light into the driver’s eyes and see how they react. If they move in a particular way, the driver is very likely under the influence. And then the breath test is administered. If the guy fails that, the cuffs come out. An even more accurate breath test is waiting at the station house. But alcohol is unique in some of the physiological effects it has on people, which police are trained to recognize. And it also stands apart from other drugs in how closely the amount of it in someone’s system relates to impairment. It’s far more difficult to tell if someone is driving under the influence of marijuana. And that’s probably our top concern as the state rushes headlong toward legalizing its recreational use, which seems inevitable. Gov. Cuomo is ready to do it. So is the state Legislature, now completely in his party’s control. Mayor de Blasio sup-

ports it. Many politicians see it as a cash cow — “Weed for Rails” to fund the MTA! — and are salivating over the tax revenue it’ll produce the way its buyers salivate over junk food at the convenience store. Some see it as a vital reform of a justice system they believe is inherently biased. The only elected official in the city we know of who’s coming close to just saying no is Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. In a statement issued last week, he voices several concerns about legalization, among them the dangers posed by people driving high. He points out that a study in Colorado found that marijuana-related traffic deaths jumped 151 percent after the state legalized it. Overall traffic deaths went up 35 percent. The share of people who said they had used it in the past month rose 45 percent and is the third-highest in the nation, 85 percent above the average. Rocky Mountain high indeed, John Denver. And now New York’s state of mind seems to be that everybody must get stoned. But if a guy does that, goes for a drive and gets pulled over, there’s a far better chance the police won’t be able to detect his impairment than if he had been drinking. Some mouthwash, some eye drops, maybe Febreze on the clothes — or a shower and a whole change of

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Go slow on legal weed Dear Editor: The debate in New York State over the legalization of recreational marijuana consumption is finally moving to the forum that it should have been in all along — the state Legislature. The Legislature created the law and I have long said if the law is to be changed, it is the Legislature alone that should change it. It should not be changed by simply ignoring the laws that currently exist. While I use the term debate, in fact there has been very little debate until now. Legislation of this significance should not proceed without robust but thoughtful public debate. On Dec. 19 the New York State Association of County Health Officials called for the Legislature to “approach legislation thoughtfully and with extreme caution.” These career health officials cited various health risks and expressed concerns about “future high risk” of addiction to other drugs, harmful cognitive and academic effects, adverse cardiac and respiratory events, unintentional exposure to children and motor vehicle accidents. Earlier this year NYSACHO issued a memorandum opposing legalization of recreational marijuana. A study in Colorado released just this past September stated that since marijuana legalization in Colorado, marijuana-related traffic deaths increased 151 percent and all traffic deaths by 35 percent. Colorado past month mar© Copyright 2018 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., The Shops at Atlas Park, 71-19 80th St., Suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385.

clothes — and he could probably get away with it. Yet his reaction time is still slowed, his mind is not functioning as it normally would and he shouldn’t be on the road. There are certain police officers called drug recognition experts who have been trained in detecting the use of marijuana and other substances. But they are limited in number and their techniques, while meticulous, are not nearly as definitive as administering a breath test for alcohol. The regimen they put a suspect through also takes a long time and may not be seen as worth it unless there was a crash with injuries or something else that really warrants the effort. Devices meant to determine if someone has smoked recently are starting to appear, but the technology can’t really measure how actually impaired a person is yet, if it ever will. These are all things to seriously consider, the way Brown has, as Albany moves forward with legalization — along with the likelihood that public smoking of marijuana will increase and more children will be exposed to it. Also, the fact remains that whatever its medical benefits for some people, smoking anything is just not good for you. And if you think marijuana taxes are going to magically fix the subways, well, we know you’re smoking it already.

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ijuana use shows an increase of 45 percent compared to the three-year average prior to the legalization of recreational marijuana in the state. Colorado past month marijuana use for ages 12 and older is ranked third in the nation and is 85 percent higher than the national average. The yearly rate of emergency room visits related to marijuana increased by 52 percent after legalization. Aside from the studies, we frequently hear from members of the community complaining about walking outside their homes or through their parks and being exposed — and more importantly — having their children exposed to marijuana. No state that has legalized recreational marijuana has legalized the public burning or smoking while driving — nor apparently does New York intend to. Yet the vast majority of arrests for marijuana stem from those activities. So however violations of the new law are classi-

fied, we may face the same disparity issues we currently face now. Respectfully, I don’t believe anyone can say that legalization of marijuana is a positive step for our society or our children. If memory serves me correctly, until fairly recently both the governor and the mayor felt the same way. Richard A. Brown Queens District Attorney Great Neck, LI

Legal Weed? Dear Editor: Are we Americans stupid? Apparently the politicians seem to think so! Kindly follow my logic: Cigars and cigarettes were in use for more than 200 years. I also read that around 1BC the American Indians used tobacco. There is no record down in history that

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tobacco affected the brain and its Trump’s shutdown users got “high.” Centuries later, use of tobacco was related to lung cancer. We acted Dear Editor: Republicans will no doubt defend to the against its use. end Trump’s government shutdown. Trump Here, at the very start of using weed, we know, that the user’s brain is directly affected stated he would accept full blame for the causing a “high” and other behaviorial disor- shutdown on National television (whilst actders. Habitual use of weed may result in prob- ing like a child) as Mike Pence did his usual lems from dead brain to delusions. What impersonation of Marcel Marceau. Nancy about the secondhand stinking smoke of Pelosi and Chuck Schumer were forced to watch the Trump “I want my weed? Who knows? Politicians, wall” temper tantrum, unable who legalize use of weed while ONLINE we prohibit cigarettes for health to do anything but shake their reasons, are from the pit of hell! heads in disbelief as Trump Miss an article or a They have no care for the health letter cited by a writer? raged about funding the wall of the American public. They Want breaking news — that Mexico was supposed must hate the American public from all over Queens? to pay for! for the love of money and finanThe fact (there’s that word Find the latest news, cial or political profits. Since past reports from all to which Republicans are allerthey act with no brain, they don’t over the borough and gic) is 800,000 government care if you and I have a healthy more at qchron.com. e m ploye e s won’t r e c eive brain or not. Prevention is better checks just before Christmas. than a cure! These politicians Trump criticized Obama back with short-sighted thinking make laws that in 2013 reportedly saying, “A shutdown falls will cause a nationwide health disaster and on the president’s lack of leadership. He can’t then go for a cure! I think all patriotic politieven control his own party and get people cians are dead and none are left! together in a room. A shutdown means the Antony Muthu Howard Beach president is weak.” Obama’s shutdown was to save the ACA. Trump’s is all about him. And the wall Mexico was going to pay for! But Engine 261 merry-go-round really, why is anyone surprised that Trump is willing to shut down our government when Dear Editor: Once again, calls for the reopening of it’s clearly not the one he works for? Robert LaRosa Engine Co. 261 are being tossed around like a Whitestone political football. The company was closed by Mayor Mike Bloomberg under the ruse of streamlining govMattis resignation ernment operations, which contributed to the $4.5 billion surplus reserves that were turned Dear Editor: There were European wars in 1878, 1914 over to Bill de Blasio, who is spending it on bike lanes, homeless shelters and sweetheart and 1939. By reason of the U.N., the Marshall Plan, NATO, the European Union and the contracts, like a drunken sailor on liberty. The newest ploy is to tie it to the Amazon United States foreign policy involvement, it HQ2 move to Long Island City. This time the has been about 73 years since the end of inept elected officials are using this issue as a World War II without a war in Western means to divert the above issues away from Europe. President Donald Trump had at one themselves. point wanted to remove the United States The local Council member, Jimmy Van from participation in NATO. He has gone out Bramer, is now against the Amazon HQ2 of his way to insult our European allies and sweetheart deal. expressed admiration for autocrats and While running for Queens borough president extreme right-wingers. It is no wonder Jim in 2017, I advocated that Amazon would be bet- Mattis has resigned (not retired) as secretary ter suited in Southeast Queens at the old Elm- of Defense in the Trump administration. hurst Dairy Plant. It affords 15 acres of immediContrary to Trump, he was deeply invested ately available land, with ample transportation in the world order that, since the end of World from subways, buses, LIRR and Kennedy Air- War II, the United States has led the global port. In addition, the area has been a forgotten footprint needed to keep together. If there was part of New York City for the past 60 years and available a duplicate of Mr. Mattis, I doubt he has an overabundance of job seekers who would gladly jump at the opportunity. Yet, Amazon or she would be acceptable to Trump. In any and its liberal-socialist supporters would rather case, it is obvious Trump does not need a secsip wine and eat cheese as they look over the retary of Defense, since when he was swept East River than actually do some social and from a no nothing to commander in chief of the entire United States military establishment, economic good for those who really need it. Should Engine Co. 261 be reopened? Most he boasted he knows more than the generals! The loss of Jim Mattis is a significant blow definitely. I ask my fellow union members, civil ser- to the United States and our allies Trump convants and New Yorkers not to be fooled by this siders of little value. it is of course a gift to the political sideshow that is played on us every autocrats Trump admires. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Clause, but I couple of years. William Kregler believe we do not have a competent president Elmhurst of the United States. 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The bitter budget battle in Washington that has partially shut down governmental operations has forced the Gateway National Recreation Area in Jamaica Bay to close its well-used visitor center. More ominously, the U.S. Park Service is warning hikers that, if something goes wrong on its roads or trails, “emergency and rescue services will be limited.” The entire, sprawling Gateway park — which includes shoreline areas of New Jersey’s Sandy Hook, Staten Island and Brooklyn as well as nature-lovers’ favorite sections of Jamaica Bay in Queens — is affected. “There will be no NPS-provided visitor services at Gateway National Recreation Area, including public information, restrooms, trash collection, and facilities and road maintenance, including plowing if necessary,” the Park Service said in a prepared statement. “All park programs have been cancelled, including the surf-lifeguard preemployment tests,” it said. The roads, scenic overlooks and trails

Park rangers aren’t working even though FILE PHOTO roads and trails are open. will remain open, it said. But because park rangers will not be working during the government shutdown, emergencies in the park are being left to city police and fire departments. The closing comes just as schools are closed for the holiday break. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge encompasses more than 9,000 acres and is the largest bird sanctuary in the northeastern Q U.S., according to the Park Service.

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It was the kind of Christmas these Woodhaven families and business owners hope to forget. Shortly after midnight on Christmas Eve, a serious fire broke out in a threestory building on the corner of Woodhaven Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue. Two firefighters sustained minor injuries but the damage to the building at 92-20 Jamaica Ave. was extensive. The building houses a Popeye’s chicken restaurant, a large pediatric dentist’s office, a deli and a pawn shop, as well as private apartments on the upper floors. The building is also located next to the elevated J train and directly under the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station, which meant that subway service on t h e Ja m a ic a l i n e wa s b r ief ly interrupted. The blaze started in the building’s duct work, an official said. Por tions of the second and third floors as well as the roof were in flames MOHS-075008

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Christmas just once a year? Bah humbug Howard Beach Bri runs toy drive that goes way past the holidays by Michael Shain Editor

Christmas is over for you maybe. Not Brianna Ferranti. The former pre-K teacher and fulltime student from Hamilton Beach runs a toy drive that doesn’t quit when the t ree comes dow n and the Sanitation Department carts off the empty boxes. This is Ferranti’s second Christmas r unning her toy drive, called Acts of Kindness. Last week, she handed out toys at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where a friend from Howard Beach who works as a rehab nurse convinced her to devote this year’s drive to the kids in the pediatric unit. “I looked into it and felt that Jamaica doesn’t get the same amount of attention as other hospitals,” said Ferranti, who at 25 seems thoughtful beyond her years. “The kids on that unit are the victims of rape, abuse, all k inds of hor r ible t h i ngs,” she d iscovered. “T hey had almost nothing.” And while gifts at Chistmas are great, “what happens the rest of the year?” she asked. That’s when, Brianna got an idea: Instead of giving away in one day all 400 or so gifts she and her volunteers collected in November and December, she held back a large portion of the loot. Instead, she is returning in January, Febr u ar y and March with toys — a Christmas Day each month until spring. “There are between 10 and 50 kids in the ward at any given time,” Fer ranti explained. “I k new we had collected

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center “doesn’t get the same amount of attention as other hospitals,” said college-student Brianna Ferranti, right, who created an unusual toy-for-kids campaign. PHOTO COURTESY BRIANNA FERRANTI

more than enough to come back again for three months.” Ferranti’s big heart may be the first thing

people see in her. But it is her coldly practical organizing skills that make her stand out. For instance, she convincd Barney’s,

the posh Manhattan clothing store, to become a backer. Two daycare centers, two schools in Howard Beach, and Launch, the new trampoline park on Cross Bay Boulevard, were wrangled into setting space aside as toy drop-offs. Just finishing up her degree in speech pathology at Queens College, Ferranti calls Acts of Kindness “a movement” — not an old-fashioned charity. Why? Because she works both ends of the equation: bringing joy to both the people in need and also the people who help. “This is how my brain works,” she said. “I want to show that if I can do it, anybody can do it. A 25-year-old can change people’s lives.” PTAs in the neighborhood approached her to bring Acts of Kindness to their schools. Parents recognize that she is not about dropping toys in a bos but the sustained work needed to be of assistance. They want students to experience what it means to work for and give to others. “I’m one person, a 25-year-old college student,” she said. “And I’m using my words to get the community to come join me on a mission to make children’s lives more happy during the holidays. But it’s not just about the holidays. It’s about the whole year,” she said. Not surprisingly, Ferranti is planning to unleash her oversized organizational skills on what she calls “bigger and better” projects. “This isn’t a hobby,” she said. “You’re going to see me around doing other things. Q My goal is to make a difference.”

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It’s not every day a high school class raises $2,500 for holiday giving. The figure was so astounding that one charitable group flew a representative into New York from Michigan to see for herself the government class from Hillcrest High School that had raised so much from freinds, family and fellow students. The Jamiacia Hills high school class presented three different groups with holiday donations at a school assembly last Wednesday: • Save the Chidren, the famed international charity based in London; • Spaulding for Chidren, a Michigan-based organization that specializes in adoption and foster-care; and • Musicians on Call, a New

York group that provides musicians to play at healthcare facilities in 18 cities in the U.S. As well, the Hillcrest government class taught by Carol Thomas donated $500 for a scholarship at their own school earmaked for a student in need. All three charities sent representatives to the assembly. But Spaulding for Children official Christina Pexito came expressly from organization’s headquarters to meet the students who had chosen her group after weeks of researching charities. “She said she was impressed to find kids who were so conscious of what was going on with other kids,” said Ena Baxter, director of Hillcrest’s online program. Remarkably, more than 70 percent of Hillcrest’s 3,200 students are classified as economically Q disadvantaged.

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Protesting arrest of music teacher Bizarre assault case at Richmond Hill HS sparks student walkout by Michael Shain Editor

Students at Richmond Hill High School believe a longtime music teacher who was arrested last week for allegedly scratching a student is being unfairly prosecuted. But a planned walkout of seniors and juniors in support of the teacher was foiled at the last minute when school administrators caught wind of the protest and called a fire drill, the students said. The music teacher, Paul Ray, 59, was arrested Dec. 18 and charged with assault for his alleged role in an altercation with a 16-year-old student. Accord i ng to t he c o m pla i nt , R ay scratched the student’s face with a foil pill pack as the two grappled over a cell phone the student was prohibited from using during school hours. The circumstances as laid out in court papers seem far from the usual teacher-student confrontation. Ray was said to have approached the student in a hallway around 10 a.m. on Dec. 7 and told him to get off the phone. Ray, who had been taking a decongestant for a cold, his lawyer said, had a foil pill pack in his hand. It was when the teacher tried to take the phone that the student was apparently scratched.

A student protest in support of a Richmond Hill High School music teacher who was arrested folGOOGLE EARTH lowing an altercation with a 16-year-old student was foiled by a timely fire drill. Eleven days later, police charged the teacher with assault and arrested him. A judge in the case released Ray, who had no prior run-ins with the law, without bail late last Tuesday night. The Department of Education reassigned the teacher to nonclassroom duties “pending the criminal investigation of this deep-

ly troubling allegation,” it said in a prepared statement. In a tweet addressed to Mayor de Blasio, Thursday morning, one student wrote: “The students of Richmond High School in Queens were going to do a peaceful protest for the conviction [sic] of a teacher. School didn’t let it happen and instead they called

police and ruined the activity.” One student organizer said it was impossible to tell how many students were prepared to join the walkout out the school’s main doors at noon on Thursday. “They did a fire drill at 11:56 a.m. in order to sabatoge our activity,” the student said. A spokesman for the Department of Education said the f ire drill had been planned. “A group of students had questions about the incident involving Mr. Ray,” the spokesman said in an email, “and the principal addressed their concerns before the planned fire drill.” Meanwhile, Ray is due back in court Jan. 22. His lawyer, Donald Vogelman, said Ray had nothing to do with organizing the student protest — though he had been told it might happen. Ray has been a full-time teacher for the last 21 years, his lawyer said, though it is unclear if he has been at Richmond Hill during that entire time. His lawyer, who insists on his client’s innocence, questions whether a crime took place at all. Assault in the second degree is defined as causing an injury with a weapon. “A scratch is not an injury under penal Q law,” Vogelman said.

Traffic (study) may pick up some speed Comptroller and councilman want Belmont inquiry expanded westward by Michael Gannon

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Many residents on both sides of the Cross Island Expressway would consider it a Christmas present if government and developers would put the brakes on plans to bring a pro hockey and concert arena to Belmont Park in Nassau County. But in Queens, the city’s Department of Transportation at least appears ready to give residents and civic leaders at least a stocking stuffer. One week after Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) and city Comptroller Scott Stringer sent a letter to DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg asking for a comprehensive traffic study to see how the area and the accompanying hotel and shopping amenities could affect neighborhoods in eastern Queens, a DOT spokesman said their concerns are being taken under advisement. “DOT’s review of the Nassau/Queens Interface Transportation Study includes Jamaica and Hempstead Avenues, the two corridors identified in the original Environmental Impact Assessment,” the spokesman said in an email to the Chronicle on Monday. “While the original study did not specifically address the issues raised in the Comptroller’s letter, we are adjusting the scope to incor porate that feedback for

review.” A consortium that includes the Empire State Development Corp. and the ownership groups of the New York Islanders and New York Mets — and fully backed by Gov. Cuomo — wants to build an arena that would seat 18,000 fans when the Islanders return to Nassau County from Brooklyn in 2021. It would seat 19,000 for concerts. Residents, civic leaders and elected officials from eastern Queens fear that ticket buyers might use their neighborhoods to bypass traffic on the Cross Island. They also have expressed concern that the existing Long Island Rail Road spur, which serves the racetrack during Thoroughbred season would be unable to handle a regular rush. The Chronicle obtained a copy of the Stringer-Grodenchik letter from officials of Community Board 13. “A project of this magnitude will have far ranging impacts on [Queens Village and Cambria Heights], with the potential to significantly increase congestion,” Stringer and Grodenchik wrote. “As approvals for this project could be granted as soon as the second quarter of 2019, we urge the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) to undertake a proactive study of potential impacts and consider appropriate mitigation expeditiously.” The initial traffic study took in a good

The future home of the New York Islanders is uncomfortably close for many residents and officials of eastern Queens, shown here at the upper left. But now city DOT officials are saying their FILE PHOTO concerns over the possible traffic impact will be examined. chunk of Nassau County, but in Queens was limited to six intersections within the triangle formed by Jamaica and Hempstead avenues and the Cross Island. “While New York State is controlling this process, it is incumbent as a city that

we get prepared for the worst-case development scenario,” the letter continues. “Further, we would ask the Administration to take additional steps to study and mitigate the potential impacts of this proposed Q development.”

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Queens’s two medical marijuana dispensaries — including the newest one, Curaleaf, above, in Forest Hills — are part of an industry group asking to sell recreational pot as well. PHOTO COURTESY OF CURALEAF

If pot is legalized, who gets to sell it? Mayor wants small-biz model for marijuana market, DA weighs in by Michael Shain Editor

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The Queens district attorney is not ready to inhale yet. The borough’s chief prosecutor, Richard Brown, who is set to retire next year, came out against Gov. Cuomo’s proposal to legalize recreational pot smoking in New York state this week. “Respectfully, I don’t believe anyone can say that legalization of marijuana is a positive step for our society or our children,” Brown said in unusual, 400-word statement issued last Thursday. “If memory serves me correctly, until fairly recently both the Governor and the Mayor felt the same way.” Despite Brown’s misgivings, the debate of how to dispense and regulate marijuana is starting to take shape, both in Albany and at City Hall. Just two days after Cuomo announced he wanted to see pot decriminalized within the next few months, Mayor de Blasio endorsed the idea. But it became clear just as quickly that he wanted the city to control the distribution system here. “We have to avoid this becoming another situation where corporate America takes over and starts pushing a product,” the mayor said in an interview on Hot 97, a radio station last Friday. “What I want to make sure is . . . we have a chance to get this right at the beginning with the right laws and we did not end up just saying ‘Okay, it’s legal, good luck’ — in which case corporate America will undoubtedly take over.” Cuomo is not so sure. He is insisting this week the state will

create the new system and that it will be uniform througout New York. In the meantime, the 10 companies in New York State licensed now to sell medical marijuana in pill, liquid and vape form to people with prescriptions are asking Albany to let them sell recreational pot too. Queens has two such medical dispensaries — in Elmhurst near the Queens Center Mall and in the heart of the Forest Hills shopping district. The medical marijuana companies have submitted a memo to the governor saying the quickest way to meet the expected demand is to allow them to open more outlets and permit the sale of both medical and recreational cannibis in the same stores. The companies estimate there could be as many as 1.5 million consumers of pot in New York after legalization, according to Politico, which first reported the memo. “We are very sensitive to the creation of a program where businesses of different shapes and sizes can access this market,” said a spokesman for Cuomo. There is even a pot czar for New York now, Axel Bernabe. He is Cuomo’s assistant counsel for health matters, a Canadian lawyer with a specialty in healthcare and commerical law. His job will be to mediate among the competing interests and come up with a way to govern the brave new world of legal weed. Alphonso David, the governor’s legal counsel and chairman of a working group studying legalization, is tasked with figuring out the other half of the problem: how handle to the criminal records of people who were charged with drug-related crimes that very shortly are not going to be crimes anymore. Q

City ‘Styrofoam’ ban beginning on Jan. 1

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Packaging, food containers barred by Michael Gannon Editor

New York City’s long-fought battle over single-use expanded polystyrene products, best known in the vernacular as “Styrofoam,” officially will end on Jan 1 when a citywide ban goes into effect. Under the new laws, food service establishments, stores and manufacturers no longer can sell or offer EPF products for food sales or packaging, whether it be a cup for coffee, a “clamshell” container for a takeout food or foam packing peanuts used to ship and transport fragile objects. The law was passed this past summer after a study determined that the material could not be easily recycled. Some small businesses had opposed the move based on potential cost increases. But the city’s Department of Small Business Services has been accepting hardship waiver applications since July from nonprofits and small businesses with less than $500,000 in annual revenue. The applications are available online at nyc.gov/foamwaiver. A spokeswoman for the city Department of Sanitation told the Chronicle in an email that anyone who may have received a gift or other package containing foam packaging material and who wants to get rid of it may do so by “discarding them as garbage on their regular collection days.” Employees at two delis visited by the Chronicle this week declined to comment or have their photographs taken. Sandwiches sold in both places were wrapped in white paper, foil or both. Other foods were packaged in aluminum containers with lids of either clear plastic or cardboard. Coffee and tea at each deli and a pair of Dunkin’ Donuts shops were served in paper cups, though the lids were plastic. Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, on Wednesday called the coming implementation

Winter Funderland The once-ubiquitous foam coffee cup was hard to find this week and will become illegal in most businesses in the city along with other FILE PHOTO foam containers effective Jan. 1. a victory for both the environment and public health. “New York City residents will be healthier, because people microwave food in those containers, drink from those containers which allow toxins to leech into their food,” Esposito said. She said it was her organization’s hope that the New York City ban will attract the attention of Gov. Cuomo, the leadership of the state Assembly and the new Democratic leadership of the state Senate when the 2019 session convenes in Albany next week. “New York City has sent a loud message across the bow of the New York State LegisQ lature,” Esposito said.

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To celebrate the holiday season, Mrs. Eileen Perini, a physical eduaction teacher at PS/MS 146 in Howard Beach, created a “Winter Funderland” in the gymnasium last week to help bridge the connection between literacy to physical education. Teachers and middle-school students read holiday stories to younger students, as each book was represented with a station in the gymnasium. Snapshots of the fun include — Mrs. Roesh’s third-grade class, top, stops to take a pic; the middle-school volunteers, center; one of the stations, above left; and Mrs. Perini and fellow PE teacher Mr. Superbia pose with “Howie B” the school mascot. AT TENTION PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS: ATTENTION SCHOOLS To be featured on a School Spotlight page, call Lisa LiCausi, Education Coordinator, at (718) 205-8000, Ext. 110. TO SEE THESE STORIES ONLINE GO TO QCHRON.COM/SCHOOLNEWS.

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At PS 97Q, The Forest Park School, Mrs. Picone, above right, and Class 1-205 hosted a read aloud of “Not A Box,” by Antoinette Portis. Together, the children learned that a box is not just a box but can be anything you want it to be. They enjoyed decorating their own boxes and using their imagination and creativity. Their boxes became boats, cars and watermelons! A fun time was had by all!

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The staff and students at PS 97Q were truly fortunate to receive a donation of hundreds of Sew Snowmen Kits from Sado Crafts and what fun the third-grade students had making snowmen! Parents were invited to join their children at this activity and the smiles were just amazing. Everyone participated in a read aloud of “Snowmen All Year,” by Caralyn Buehner. This event was an excellent example showing that reading can be fun and can be connected to any family activity because everyone loves to read! A big shout out to Sado Crafts for the donation of these items and the great morning, the students, teachers and parents enjoyed together.

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Filming schedules draw ire of Holden Mayor’s Office: filming permits in Queens down 18 percent since ’15 by David Russell Associate Editor

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) is not a movie or TV director but he would like to yell “Cut” when it comes to filming during the holiday season in Middle Village and Maspeth. “The straw that broke the camel’s back here was Monday and Tuesday on Metropolitan Avenue,” Holden told the Chronicle. “They took over the whole thing.” He couldn’t believe the timing of the shooting would be around the holidays. “That shows you that the city is really insensitive and doesn’t care about small business,” Holden said. “That’s a good barometer as to how they are operating this whole industry. The industry is just doing as they please. They’re having t hei r way w it h ou r small bu si ness districts.” Holden says 90 percent of the shopping district was shut down for two whole days du r ing the week before Christmas and he is concerned about the small businesses. “Some of them are really hurting,” Holden said. “They’re kind of teetering on the edge because of all the rules and regulations the city throws at them from the signage violations to sanitation to

Councilman Bob Holden is unhappy with productions shooting in Middle Village and Maspeth during the holidays. He says the size of the productions takes away parking spots and hurts PHOTO COURTESY NYC COUNCIL small businesses. buildings issues that this is just one more. But this one is outrageous.” He added, “It’s a big hit on a small business to lose that at the most lucrative time.”

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New rehab center on Myrtle Plans released this week for a new addition to the Outreach drug treatment center for women show a sweeping, two-story. extension that will include a roof-top terrace. The center at Hillside and Myrtle avenues in Richmond Hill will add 26,000 square feet to the existing facility run by the Glendale-based nonprofit that special-

izes in drug and alcohol abuse treatment. The building was developed by two state agencies, the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse and the Dormitory Authority. It was designed by Think! Architecture. It will house single women and women with children who are being treated as inpatients at the facility. — Michael Shain

The councilman said he would like to see a moratorium on shooting for at least two weeks before Christmas. “Don’t tell me they couldn’t have shot this a few days from now,” said Holden, who also called the $300 fee to shoot “ridiculous.” He said compai nts about f il m i ng include only receiving two days notice, massive trailers obstructing views of the stores, the crew taking up too many parking spaces and bringing in their own catering instead of buying from area businesses. “What do the local stores get out of it? A big smile and a pat on the back and a thank you from the Mayor’s Off ice,” Holden said. “Not even that. They get nothing. They get lip service.” He spoke to Julie Manin, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, but wasn’t happy wth her expla n at ion t h at it’s a “ $ 9 bi l l ion industry.” “She really was insensitive to this,” Holden said. According to Holden, during one day of sho ot i ng, t h e r e we r e c o ne s by Michaels Funeral Home that had not been used and were just left. Eventually the cones were removed and opened up to parking. “The Mayor’s Office starts telling me, ‘Oh, we had problems with relocating some of their vehicles because of alternate side of the street parking.’ I said, ‘Now I know you guys are really giving me talking points and making stuff up as you go along because we have no alternate side of the st reet parking over there,’” Holden said. A MOME spokesperson said, “The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment works hard to monitor production

levels i n all neig hborhood s a nd to ensure that a production’s parking footprint is not larger than needed. That being said, the benefits of productions f ilming in the Cit y are t remendous. Filming provides more than 130,000 full-time and steady well-paying jobs, brings $9 billion to the economy and supports local businesses.” The spokesperson added that permits citywide are down 7 percent since 2015 and the filming permits in Queens have decreased 18 percent. There are currently 850 blocks on a moratorium list and they are able to add additional blocks if there are community concerns. “There has been only one 311 complaint about filming from Councilmember Holden’s office,” the spokesperson said. “Citywide, complaints about filming are about .001 percent of all 311 calls.” Showtime’s “Billions” filmed in Middle Village for a couple of days. “‘Billions’ employs 4,866 New Yorkers,” the spokesperson said. “In the two days they spent in Middle Village, they spent over $35,000 in location fees to local businesses and non-prof it organizations including a local pizzeria where they shot and nearby church they used as a holding location.” There is the also the issue of notifying those who might be impacted. “When we issue a permit to a production, notification is simultaneously sent to the local Councilmember, Community Board and Borough President’s office,” the spokesperson said. “MOME requires productions themselves to notify any local businesses, merchant associations, civic groups and residents who may be impacted.” But Holden says that didn’t happen. According to the councilman, neither Maspeth Chamber of Commerce President David Daraio nor Middle Village Chamber of Commerce President Sal Crifasi were notified. Holden is frustrated because people from the Mayor’s Office, “don’t even go down there and look at what’s going on.” He says he has contacted the chair of the Small Business Committee in the Council to have hearings about the production shooting a week before Christmas. The main issue is issuing permits but Holden added that parking is a side issue. “In all of my district, I have no municipal parking and other Council people do,” he said. “I’m fighting to try to get that. So if you do shut down some street parking, then I do have a backup.” He added that Metropolitan, Myr tle and Grand avenues need municipal parking. Holden says impacted businesses can contact with him with numbers of how much money they lost. “I’m going to go to the film companies and to the Mayor’s Office and say these people need to be reimbursed,” he said. Q

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Man who brokered deal talks about the property by David Russell Associate Editor

The property of the former Shalimar Diner at 63-68 Austin St. in Rego Park was sold for $6.55 million less than two weeks before the final day of business for the popular eatery. The transaction was brokered by Rubin Isak, founding partner of Goldenwood Property Advisors, who called the property a “unique asset.” Alderton Associates, LLC sold the property to 63-38 Austin LLC and RW Austin LLC. According to Isak, there were close to 40 offers for the property. “It was definitely not a difficult site to sell because of the location and the sheer size of the site,” he said. He said he spoke to the owners for more than a year before the deal was made. Isak explained that when owners contract a broker, what they want to know is what options they have and how much the site is worth. Isak said the lease expired in August but doesn’t know the specifics on why the Shalimar was there until late November as he was not involved in any tenant discussions. He does not handle leasing and looking for tenants. With the building in a R4 residential district with C2-2 commercial overlay, a developer can use the first floor of any building for commercial puproses.

Members of the community may be concerned that a high-rise building will come into the location, but Isak says he believes that scenario is unlikely. “I think to get a rezoning done, it’s a very difficult process and it’s done in public,” he said. “The community board has a lot of say. The City Council has a lot of say. And they’re not going to rezone anything, I’m talking across New York City, unless they get something in return, meaning some kind of community-use facility, school, library, some med-

ical space, something back for the community to get that zoning.” Isak said when he was working on marketing the location, a possible rezoning was not even mentioned. “That was not even in our thought process on it,” he said. Last week, the Chronicle reported Community Board 6 would like to see the Rego Park Library come to the location of the former diner that had been in business since Q the 1970s.

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continued from page 2 support Malliotakis for mayor in 2017, don’t support any local candidates they perceive to be a threat to their weak hold on control of the organization, and who went so far as to record a robocall for Assemblyman Miller against the Republican who ran in 2016.” He called Ragusa, who died in 2014, “one of the most honorable and decent people I ever encountered in politics,” and called for Tabone’s resignation and cooperated with the investigation. Hornak also said Ulrich and Haggerty supported Turner “saying he was the only person who could unite the Queens GOP.” He accused them of ousting Turner for Ariola Shanks “when they found out that Turner was too independent for them to control.” Hornak, who is Jewish, said there is no evidence of anti-Semitism among the cited critics, while they attack him and allegedly undermined David Bressler, who ran unsuccessfully this fall against Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) and of attacking other Jewish Republicans in the county. “So, I ask, who are the anti-Semites in Queens?” he wrote, accusing the party leadership of tactics used against President Trump. “Following the left’s playbook is despicable but not surprising for Q this group,” he said.

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2018

CENTRAL QUEENS: PART I

Bike lanes, shelters and buildings

Queens Blvd., housing and businesses made much of the news by David Russell Associate Editor

Nothing lasts forever. The year 2018 has been about change in central Queens. It was announced that the Forest Hills Jewish Center would be torn down next year and redeveloped into a mixed-use tower. One block over, the Key Food supermarket came dow n as an 11-stor y mixed-use development begins constr uction. The 112th Precinct has new policing methods, now using the Neighborhood Coordination Officer program of community policing. Ben’s Best deli closed on June 30, after 73 years in business. The owner blamed the demise on the lack of parking in the area due to the installation of bike lanes on Queens Bouelvard, though many dispute that.

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January The first edition of the year reported that an ambulance used by the Forst Hills Volunteer Ambulance Cor ps had been destroyed by a large tree branch, breaking its roof, shattering windows and destroying its rear red, white and blue lights. The controversial Q52/Q53 Select Bus Service route along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards was discussed at Borough Hall with community board members and elected officials raising concerns about worsened traffic and the impact of the lack of parking on area businesses. It was announced that the Forest Hills Jewish Center’s iconic building at 106-06 Queens Blvd. would be torn down in 2019 and redeveloped into a mixed-use tower with the congregation moving back in after completion.

Councilmember Karen Koslowitz renewed her support for the reactivation of the Queens House of Detention as a jail and opposed the controversial bike lanes.

It was announced the Forest Hills Jewish Center’s iconic building at 106-06 Queens Blvd. would be torn down in 2019 and redeveloped into into a mixed-use tower with the congregation moving FILE PHOTOS back in after completion. On a similar note, one block away, the Key Food supermarket was reported to close by the start of spring as an 11-story mixed-use development would be constructed. The developer said it was open to having a supermarket move into the retail space planned for the building. The Department of Transportation hosted a workshop at Borough Hall as about 100 people listened to presentations and offered their own ideas on the agency’s Queens Boulevard redesign project. A “State of Forest Hills” civic gathering was held at the West Side Tennis Club, bringing out about 50 residents and activists who spoke about plans for 2018. C ou n c i l m e m b e r K a r e n Ko slow it z (D-Forest Hills) threatened to pull her suppor t for reusing the Queens House of Detention in Kew Gardens as a jail once Rikers Island closes, citing the inf lux of homeless men being housed in the Comfort Inn across the street. February Koslowitz renewed her support for the reactivation of the Queens House of Detention as a jail after securing a pledge from the Department of Homeless Services that the city would star t housing families instead of single men at the Comfort Inn beginning in June, and that the hotel would stop being used as an emergency shelter altogether by February 2019. The newly re-formed Forest Hills Green Team eyed a community garden partnership at the Metropolitan Expeditionary Lear ning School and plans for f lower planting at MacDonald Park alongside the volunteer organization that helps maintain it. Several environ mental enthusiasts revived the long-defunct Green Team.

A suspended MTA train operator was found guilty of manslaughter for the 2015 death of Forest Hills jeweler Aron “Eric” A ranbayev. A ranbayev, whose clients included Floyd Mayweather and Kevin Hart, had been run over by Charles Jordan after a verbal altercation. Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) told Community Board 9 that he had multiple community boards, fellow assembly members, state senators, city officials and others to support his $450 million plan to replace city and state rental supplements with a single statewide one but had Gov. Cuomo in his way opposing the plan. Former Pro Bowl fullback Tony Richardson spoke to 200 students at Queens Metropolitan High School to spread awareness about the dangers of bullying. The DOT released its study on Austin Street congestion and proposed 12 new, dedicated loading zones for the immediate area of Austin Street and 71st Avenue. Mayor de Blasio and Council Speaker Corey Joh nson (D-Man hattan) jointly an nou nced that the Queens House of Detention will officially be one of four borough-based replacements for the Rikers Island incarceration facilities. March A nor’easter with winds reaching 66 mph in the borough left damage in its wake in Kew Gardens. Mowbrat Drive between Austin Street and Kew Gardens Road was hit with a massive maple tree uprooted. There was a change of plans at the site of the former Biu Bella cafe at 107-02 Queens Blvd. as plans were filed with the Department of Buildings for a 10-story mixed-use structure instead of the original

proposal for an eight-story office building. The Diocese of Brooklyn announced that Our Lady of the Angelus in Rego Park would close at the end of the school year because of financial issues stemming from declining enrollment. A meet i ng of t he Boroug h Boa rd became heated as Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sun nyside) r ipped Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steve Banks for what he called the city’s “haphazard” way of housing homeless people in hotels within his district. Forest Hills High School was placed on lockdown for several hours following a threat that was later determined to be a hoax. According to police, the lockdown was intitiated after a student threatened gun violence by scribbling on a desk. State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) a nd A ssembly m a n Da n iel Rosent h al (D-Flushing) introduced legislation that would force the MTA to pay for a feasibility study on the rehabilitation of the Leffer ts Boulevard Bridge over the Long Island Rail Road instead of demolishing it in 2020. April The annual tradition of parents seeking answers over the waitlist at PS 196 continued as 63 students, soon-to-be kindergarteners, were told there was no space for them at the school. Parents asked the Department of Education to rectify the situation. At the 2018 NYC First Lego League Robotics Championship, where over 60 t ea m s ac ross t he cit y compet ed for advancement to the World Festival in Detroit, team Hydro Mechanics from Forest Hills was one of two teams to advance. Parker Towers tenants filed a lawsuit against the owners of the buildings, claiming units that are supposed to be rent-stabilized were instead leased for market rate. A $1 million restoration project in Station Square began in order to upgrade the infrastructure underneath the plaza and to resurface the uneven brick roadway. Hevesi was able to secure a $15 million rental subsidy in the state budget, to be distributed among 240 families either in a homeless shelter or on the brink of becoming homeless. Postal Inspector Dyllan O’Neill told the 112th Precinct Community Council that the replacement of thousands of sidewalk mailboxes was underway. The retrofitted boxes provide antitheft protection against mailbox fishing by criminals. May There was a debate among Friends of Forest Park President MK Moore, the Kew Gardens Civic Association and Community Board 9 over installing a pair of speed continued on next page

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continued from previous page bumps on 116th Street near 84th Avenue. CB 9 voted against them earlier in the year citing concerns about necessity and noise created by drivers hitting their brakes to go over them. Koslowitz told the Kew Gardens Civic A s s o c i a t io n t h a t s h e h a d s e c u r e d $500,000 for a feasibility study to see whether the crumbling Lefferts Boulevard Bridge and the businesses atop it could be salvaged. Three crooks allegedly tried to steal a sidewalk mailbox in Forest Hills but were caught in the act by three officers from the 112th Precinct. The police took a photo of the mailbox in the back of a minivan. Kew Gardens resident Keith Johnson, who taught band at PS 29 in College Poi nt, died t ragically upst ate. Fi rst responders searching several miles into the woods came across Johnson, who was an avid hiker, suffering from hypothermia and exposure. He died soon after. Forest Hills resident Adeladie Connaughton died at the age of 59. A retired lieutenant for the Emergency Medical Service Division of the Fire Department, Connaughton was active in borough politics and the partner of Lynn Schulman, the City’s Council’s com munity and emergency services liaison.

NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill spent nearly an hour speaking to the 112th Precinct Community Council for the first time in his tenure. He announced the precinct would become the latest command to receive the Neighborhood Coordination Officer program. The NCO program divides precincts into sectors and has officers patrolling regular beats in the same neighborhoods to foster better bonds bet ween off icers and the community. Two men were killed in one week in train-related incidents. One man was killed at the Kew Gardens station of the Long Island Rail Road. It was unclear if the man committed suicide. Days later, another man was killed when he fell underneath an E train as it pulled into the 63rd Drive-Rego Park station. According to reports, the unidentified individual was riding in the open area between cars when he lost his balance and tumbled to the track below, where he was run over. The DOT unveiled a new phase to the Queens Boulevard resdesign to Community Board 6, with the proposal pertaining to the one mile of the section of the boulevard from Yellowstone Boulevard in Forest Hills to Union Turnpike in Kew Gardens. This included the installation of bike lanes and the loss of 220 parking spaces to accommodate the change.

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June Dea n Must aphalli, a Forest Hills i nvest ment adv isor, was h it w ith a 99-count indictment for allegedly swindling mostly elderly Southeast Queens residents out of millions of dollars. Yuriy Kruk, a Rego Park resident and HVAC business owner, was charged with allegedly putting mercury in a Jamaica Estates home’s air-conditioning units after the homeowner complained about work Kruk did at the house. Community Board 6 said no to the Queens Boulevard redesign by a 22-12 vote with six abstentions as bike lane suppor ters once again bat tled those unhappy with the loss of parking. Koslowitz said she was planning a rally to show community opposition to the bike lanes but abandoned the plan because she expected cyclists to “sabotage” it. She was originally in favor of the lanes but soured on them as her office began receiving complaints about the lack of parking and drops in business in Rego Park af ter they were installed there. The Church in the Gardens Nursery School remained open after it looked like it might close having been without an education director for a month. New 112th Precinct Com mandi ng Off icer Capt. Jonathan Cer meli was introduced at the monthly community cou ncil meeting. He had previously ser ved as the preci nct’s exexcut ive officer.

Three crooks allegedly tried to steal a mailbox in Forest Hills but were caught in the act by FILE PHOTO officers from the 112th Precinct. Ben’s Best, one of the most famous kosher delis in America, closed after 73 years in business. Owner Jay Parker said sales plummeted 25 percent since August 2017 and pointed to the lack of parking spaces brought on by the bike lanes as the culprit. Others blamed the changing Q neighborhood.

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Willets Pt. call option deadline changed Community Board 7 hears from EDC at contentious quarterly meeting by Ryan Brady Editor

In recent months, activists and members of Community Board 7 had called on the city to take back the two acres of Willets Point land acquired by the Queens Development Group for $1 during the Bloomberg years. The city’s 2013 contract with the developer said Dec. 20 was the last day the repossession call option could be exercised. But at some point this year, the deadline changed — a fact the de Blasio administration did not reveal publicly until Dec. 19 at last Wednesday’s quarterly CB 7 meeting about the Iron Triangle. The change was made in relation to the plan announced by Mayor de Blasio this year to build 1,100 affordable housing units and a 450-seat elementary school on six acres. The call option was moved to Dec. 31, which was also supposed to be the last day of negotiations between the city and the QDG about what will be built on the other 15 acres of city-owned Willets Point land and the two developer-owned ones. As city Economic Development Corp. officials conceded to CB 7 members last Wednesday, that deadline will not be met because the negotiations haven’t started. But there is a 30-day grace period. “We’re going to give ourselves those 30

Community Board 7 member Joe Sweeney speaks at the panel’s quarterly Willets Point meeting PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY last Wednesday. days,” said Jennifer Cohen, an assistant vice pr e sid e nt i n t he ED C’s r e a l e s t at e department. Agency representatives said the talks haven’t begun because the Willets Point Task Force, a group chaired by Borough

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... and to all a good night The Chronicle’s readers and supporters continued to help Santa bring holiday cheer as its annual holiday toy drive came to a close. Those pictured from Santa’s Nice List were at a celebration last Friday at the Metro Family Residence on Queens Boulevard in Woodside. Working in partnership this year with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s annual Toys for

Tots program, more than 1,000 toys, articles of clothing and other items were distributed to children at five Queens area shelters. The effort received a last-minute boost from shoppers at Five Below at The Shops at Atlas Plaza in Glendale, which donated more than half a dozen boxes of gifts through a collection effort at the store.

President Melinda Katz and City Councilman Francisco Moya (D-Corona), has not yet released its recommendations for what should be built on the 17 acres. CB 7 member Joe Sweeney took Cohen and EDC Vice President Gillian Connell to task for not telling people earlier that the call option deadline was changed. “There’s supposed to be transparency,” he said. “There was no transparency.” CB 7 First Vice Chairman Chuck Apelian also criticized the EDC for not being more forthcoming. The agency insists that, no matter when the deadline is, it will be taking back the acres and committed to doing so at last Wednesday’s meeting. Another issue that came up was the environmental remediation of Willets Point, which is part of the redevelopment plan. Sweeney and Apelian have arg ued against doing the cleanup in phases, saying a remediated area could be contaminated from polluted soil surrounding it. The QDG, which is a joint venture of the Related Companies and the Mets-controlled Sterling Equities, claims that the cleanup could in fact be done piecemeal. That’s also the EDC’s position. No matter what happens, the state Department of Environmental Conservation will ultimately have to sign off on a cleanup plan. Ethan Goodman, an attorney representing the QDG, pointed to how Sterling and Related have a wealth of history completing large-scale developments. “They have nothing if not some experience,” he said. “And I highly doubt, if they didn’t have a high degree of confidence this could get done for Phase 1, that they would be at this stage in the game.” Connell and Cohen also heard from Sam Sambucci, who owns a business in Willets Point. He lamented the conditions of the area’s extremely dilapidated roads, which are extremely uneven and have not been

worked on by the city in decades. He was frustrated, having fruitlessly spoken to many city officials to urge that work be done on the roads. He’s even brought it up at previous quarterly CB 7 meetings about Willets Point. “Can anybody tell me where to go to get this done?” asked Sambucci, who said he was recently driving on 36th Avenue in Willets Point and had to navigate around a “giant pile of asphalt in the middle of the road.” CB 7 Second Vice Chairman Warren Schreiber pointed out that the Department of Transportation has recently done a lot of repaving work in Queens, sometimes on streets that didn’t seem in serious need of it. He suggested that Cohen and Connell reach out to the DOT about Willets Point. Irene Prestigiacomo, who owns property in the Iron Triangle, took the EDC to task ove r t h e aw f u l s t at e of t h e a r e a’s infrastructure. “Can you tell me now to my face that you know nothing about this, you’ve never heard anything mentioned about the streets and the deplorable conditions there and what we’re going through?” she asked. “And what your intentions are to do anything about it?” Connell said she understands that “it’s a huge strain.” “I think we need DOT to explain how they might address it,” she said. “I can’t speak on behalf of the Department of Transportation. But it is something that they and the city are concerned about and I wish I had a better answer for you.” Prestigiacomo clarified that she didn’t think the problems were Connell’s fault and she didn’t mean to put the EDC official “on the chopping block.” But she said the agency’s leadership must be more responsive to the issues affecting people who work in Willets Point. “Your bosses should be here talking to these people,” she said. Some on the panel said they feel progress hasn’t really been made with their concerns for Willets Point, which include questions about the environmental remediation and work to the roads. And the fact that they were just finding out then about the call option’s new deadline didn’t help either. “We’re doing the same thing over and over again, guys,” Apelian said. “This is a wasted night. It’s a waste of time and it’s an insult.” Sweeney concurred, saying he’s sick of “fake meeting every three months.” As to whether there will be another quarterly meeting, Apelian summed up his thoughts in a cryptic comment. “I hope you don’t miss the next meeting but we’re not setting it,” he said to the EDC Q officials.

Correction The Nov. 15 article “Rights of service animals and owners” misstated where service dog owner Carmen Santana lives. She is in RidgeQ wood. We regret the error.

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You say you’ve got a resolution? As the new year approaches and people around the world attempt to shed their holiday weight, gyms in Queens are taking the extra step to make sure that happens. In a poll run by YouGov, a public opinion service, 37 percent of those who were surveyed said that eating healthier and getting more exercise were their New Year’s resolutions. The two respective answers were at the top of the list in 2018. People often find it difficult to keep those promises to themselves, however. But with an abundance of programs and special deals being offered by workout clubs in the borough, the people ready to pump you up anticipate more and

new eager clients ready to shape themselves up for 2019. “The gym is open 24/7, we never close,” said Shabeer Rizvi, the general manager of Coliseum Gym on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven. “We dropped the prices to $380 for the whole year. It used to be $420.” The gym was open on Christmas and Rizvi said it will be on both New Year’s Eve and Day — so there’s no need to wait to get started. Coliseum is also installing a new sauna “that should be done within the next four or five months.” “A lot of local gyms do not have a sauna,” Rizvi said. “So I thought this would be an amazing way to introduce a sauna in Queens.” For clients who are not interested in lifting

weights, the gym also offers a calisthenics center fully equipped with a dip center and pull up bar. “We just had it done [last week],” Rizvi said. “It really looks amazing.” New York Sports Clubs on Austin Street in Forest Hills plans on doing several things to ring in the holiday season, such as a Christmas-themed barbell lift on the 29th. “We’re very excited for the new year,” said general manager Michael Fisher. “People want to start their new year on a healthy note. Our trainers are always ready to assist people on their fitness journeys. We are always here to help and our doors are always open.” Continuedononpage page continued 27

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EXHIBITS

DANCE

“Red Envelope Show,” honoring the Asian Year of the Pig with celebration envelopes like those traditionally distributed in the Chinese community during Lunar New Year, made by professional artists, often with a gift inside. Sat., Jan. 5 (opening reception 5-7 p.m.)-Sun., Jan. 27; weekends 12-5 p.m., weekdays by app’t, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $5 suggested; free students and teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

An Afternoon With Donna Uchizono and Mariana Valencia, featuring previews of their respective works “Iron Wings” and “Bouquet.” Sat., Jan. 5, 1 p.m., The Chocolate Factory Theater, 5-49 49 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info/RSVP: (718) 4827069, chocolatefactorytheater.org.

“Sowing Memories & In your wildest dreams,” with sewn works inspired by traditional fabric handicrafts and surrealist paintings, available for sale. Thru Sun., Dec. 30, The Local NY, 13-02 44 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (917) 923-9902, hitomimatsui. com, kennethburris.com.

“A Muppet Family Christmas,” the 1987 TV special uniting the Muppets, Fraggles and “Sesame Street” characters in a holiday reunion. Thu., Dec. 27; Sat.-Mon., Dec. 29-31, 11 a.m.; with various Winter Recess Family Drop-In Activities 11 a.m.-4 p.m. each screening day, 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.

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“Exhibition A” and “Exhibition B,” with works in various media from painting to video, by dozens of artists from Long Island City and elsewhere in New York. Thru Fri., Jan. 4, The Factory LIC, 30-30 47 Ave. Free. Info: (718) 361-7633, licartsopen.com. “Wall-Floor Positions,” with artists making themselves into prop sculptures, moving through various poses in relation to a room, as first done by Bruce Nauman in 1965 California, tied to the “Disappearing Acts” exhibit of his work. Each Fri.-Sat. thru Feb. 23, each hour on the hour 1-5 p.m., MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Free with admission: $10; $5 students, seniors; free under 16. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org.

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“Elizabeth Atterbury: Night Comes In,” with sculptures that clasp at a rhythmic and repetitive nature, many made during the artist’s pregnancy with her second child, “marking a specific period of mental space during physical occupancy.” Thru Sat., Jan. 19, Mrs., 60-40 56 Drive, Maspeth. Free. Info: (347) 841-6149, mrsgallery.com. “GingerBread Lane 2018,” the new edition of the world’s largest gingerbread village, with every single element edible, created by Queens chef Jon Lovitch. Thru Mon., Jan. 21, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID (extra for related workshops on select days). Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. “ T i f fany ’s Iridescence: Glass in Rainbow Hues,” exploring the science and artistry behind Louis C. Tiffany’s groundbreaking achievements in iridescent art glass, with vivid colors, hypnotizing patterns and more. Thru Sun., Oct. 6, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org. PHOTO COURTESY THE NEUSTADT

Chess Day Thursdays for beginners or experts or anyone in between, ages 10 and older. 5:30-7:30 p.m. every week. Laurelton Library, 134-26 225 St. Free. No pre-registration required. Info: (718) 5282822, queenslibrary.org. Flushing Town Hall is celebrating its 40th anniversary and the Lunar New Year with a “Red Envelope Show,” featuring art on envelopes that often contain a special gift. See Exhibits. PHOTO COURTESY FTH

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. 28-30, 7:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., Dec. 29-30, 3 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $18 advance; $20 at door; kids under 17 $12 advance; $14 at door. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com. NYC Shadow Puppet Slam, the 4th annual, with traditional and cutting edge shadow theater, animation, video and film by “local puppet illuminati,” for those 21 and up. Sat., Jan. 5, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $14; $10 students. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

COMEDY Movies R Dumb Presents “The Star Wars Holiday Special,” with the universally panned 1978 TV special playing while Frank Conniff of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” and three other comics riff on it. Fri., Dec. 28, 11 p.m.-1 a.m., QED, 27-16 23 Ave., Astoria. $10. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

Sat., Dec. 29, 1 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

“Minding the Gap,” the award-winning 2018 coming-of-age documentary about three skateboarding friends struggling with life in a Rust Belt town, with director Bing Liu in person. Fri., 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. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. ITVS / KARTEMQUIN FILMS

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS 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. Thu.Sun., Dec. 27-30, varying times, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID (small materials fee for some activities). Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. Stand Up Comedy 4-Week Course, on joke writing, brainstorming ideas and more, taught by veteran comedian Carole Montgomery. Sun., Jan. 6, 13, 20 and 27, 12:30-2:30 p.m., QED, 27-16 23 Ave., Astoria. $300. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

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FILM

Adriance Farmhouse Holiday Open House, with warm fireplaces, kids’ crafts, hot mulled cider, livestock and more. Thu.-Fri., Dec. 27-28, 12-4 p.m., Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. Free. Info: (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org.

America to Me, (Episodes 1-5), a long-form documentary from two-time Academy Award-nominee Steve James examining racial, economic and class issues in contemporary American education. James and co-director Bing Liu will be at the screening.

Onderdonk House candlelight tours, with the historic home decorated for the holidays, a St. Nicholas exhibit and area musicians performing. Sat., Jan. 5, 6-9 p.m., 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood. $5 adults. Info: (718) 456-1776, onderdonkhouse.org.

GingerBread Lane, with participants 4 and up making their own gingerbread house or train using a kit with the materials used to create the “GingerBread Lane” exhibit. Thu.-Sun., Dec. 27-30, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. (very limited availability; some may be sold out), New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $15 plus admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. PHOTO COURTESY NYSCI continued on page 28

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Check out Tiffany’s gorgeous iridescent glass art by Victoria Zunitch qboro contributor

The intuitive creative process is also, often, rigorously scientific, as seen in Louis Comfort Tiffany’s use of chemistry, color and heat to produce innovative varieties of stained glass in the era straddling the turn of the 19th century to the early 20th, most famously in his Art Nouveau Tiffany lampshades and lamps. Tiffany’s production of iridescent glass — with shimmering, textured streaks of multiple colors — is displayed and expli-

‘Tiffany’s Iridescence: Glass in Rainbow Hues’ When: Through Oct. 9, Wednesdays through Sundays Where: Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Entry: $8; seniors $4; kids, students, NYC educators free. (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org

cated now through Oct. 6, 2018 in the exhibit, ”Tiffany’s Iridescence: Glass in Rainbow Hues,” on view until Oct. 6, 2019 at the Queens Museum. “Among the most significant artistic contributions of the nineteenth century, Tiffany’s iridescence owes its beauty to the complex chemistry that lies beneath its glimmering surface,” says an exhibit wall panel. The scientific principle of lightwave interference produces iridescence when a very thin layer of transparent material splits a lightwave, which then reunites, a poster explains, creating various tones and intensities of color. Inspired by the discovery of plain clear glass from antiquity that became iridescent while buried over the centuries, Tiffany’s studios developed a method of using silver ions to create the same effect in modern glass. In “Dragonfly Library Lamp,” we see the Art Nouveau themes of nature’s curves realized in the shimmering colors of dragonflies that adorn the circular bottom of the shade and the cascade of what appear to be brown leaves above. The gold base of the shade yields multi-

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A panoply of iridescent patterns and colors is revealed in an oversized display of shards of glass at the Queens Museum’s ”Tiffany’s Iridescence: Glass in Rainbow Hues” PHOTO BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH exhibit. ple colors most rewardingly where its curves bulge and depending upon where you stand in relation to the light sources in the room.

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The Victorian and Colonial rooms are darkened as well as the hallways. The house is lit in candlelight and the tours are given. “It adds a nice atmosphere,” Monte said. Those on the tour, which have a combination of new and returning customers, are also taken to the back of the house as long as it’s not too cold. The Onderdonk House, located on the border of Queens and Brooklyn, is the oldest Dutch Colonial stone house in the city. Peter Stuyvesant granted the land it sits on in the mid-seventeenth century. In 1709, Paulus Vander Ende of Flatbush purchased the farm and began construction of the current house. In the 1820s, Adrian Onderdonk erected a small frame addition to the stone house immediately above the remants of the foundation of the original building. In 1975, the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society was established to prevent the demolition of the house. The House was given landmark status by the city in 1995. Q

Anyone looking to have a good time in a vintage setting can take a trip to the Onderdonk House, which will be holding candlelight tours on the first Saturday of each month through April. “People love it,” said Steve Monte, president of the Ridgewood Historical Society. “It’s a real bargain for someone who wants to get some entertainment and have some wine. They like the intimate setting.” For a $5 donation, adults can enjoy wine, cheese, crackers and grapes while listening to music and then take a tour of the house. “It’s normally more than five dollars for just a glass of wine,” Monte said. People of all ages are welcome (though the kids can’t have wine). There’s live entertainment inside the house, which Monte tries to make different each time. On Jan. 5, it will be the Christian Apuzzo Band, a bluegrass group. The band will play inside the Victorian room, which seats about 30. According to Monte, people tend to sit and watch the entire set When: and then there’s a tour every 40 Where: minutes. Entry: “A lot of people who go haven’t had the tour and haven’t seen the house,” he said.

‘Onderdonk Candlelight Tour’ Sat., Jan. 5, 6 to 9 p.m. 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood $5 fee. (718) 456-1776, onderdonkhouse.org

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The gym also hosted a toy drive through Christmas, as it does every year, he noted, and went on to say that employees will be on hand throughout the holiday season to assist with questions and help clients. “There will be outside venders like GNC and Vitamin Shoppe at the gym,” Fisher added. “People can ask about nutrition and talk to the trainers who will be here.” Limitless Fitness in Howard Beach doesn’t only cater to adults, it is also hosting several special programs for kids. Justine Orr, the manager who has worked at the gym for 20 years, said that Limitless will provide children the opportunity to work out through its several new initiatives. “We are starting to run a bunch of children’s programs starting in 2019,” Orr said. “We are doing a Mommy and Me program starting next year.” Another program, I Am a Limitless Kid, began a few weeks ago and has grown in popularity since its inception. “The kids program is held every Thursday and that is included in the members’

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membership,” she said. “We just started it in November and the response to it has been amazing, so we are going to keep it moving into 2019.” Membership costs $44.99 per month and includes use of the entire club, a complimentary personal training session, Wi-Fi and childcare to go along with 24-hour access. “I Am a Limitless Kid is starting for ages 5 through 12 in order to get started at a young age and understand health,” Orr said. “We want them to know that exercise is not a chore to do as they become older and that it’s more than a chore. We are a family and we are all here to motivate each Q other and keep each other going.”

Coliseum Gym in Woodhaven, above, has an extensive array of machines for you to work out on, and just added a calisthenics center too. Limitless Fitness is hosting a series of children’s programs, left. On the cover: You can get in some serious weight PHOTOS BY SHABEER RIZVI, ABOVE AND COVER, AND COURTESY JUSTINE ORR, LEFT training at Coliseum.

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C M SQ page 28 Y K INDEX NO.: 705454/2018, DATE FILED: 04/10/2018 SUMMONS, SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS, NYCTL 2017-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR NYCTL 2017-A TRUST, Plaintiffs, -against- NAZARIAN MONROSE; MARY ROYCE MONROSE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; “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-at-law, 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 whom 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. Joseph Risi, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered Dec. 4, 2018 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 and to recover the amount of the tax lien and all of the interest, penalties, additions and expenses thereon to premises known as Block 12342 Lot 135. 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 THE COURT. Dated: April 9, 2018,LEVY & LEVY, Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 12 Tulip Drive, Great Neck, NY 11021, (516) 487-6655, BY: JOSHUA LEVY, ESQ., File No. 901271 #96161.

Haight 4128, LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 11/19/18. Off. Loc.: Queens County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 41-25 Kissena Blvd., Ste 108, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

INWOOD SPRINGFIELD, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/20/18. 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 Frank Tolin, Jr., 3713 Bloomfield Lane, Frisco, TX 75033. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

A nonprofit organization in Queens is seeking sealed bids for sales and installation of security related enhancements. Bids are now being accepted until 12pm January 18, 2019. The project includes installation of Closed Circuit Television equipment, installation of access control and lock-down systems for interior doors, installation of a mantrap, installation of fencing and an electronic sliding gate with related access control equipment. In addition, bids are requested for the installation of windows and blast mitigation film. Selection criteria will be based on knowledge of surveillance and security, adherence to work schedule, prior experience, references and cost. Specifications and bid requirements can be obtained by contacting us at BidsforGrant@gmail.com All interested firms will be required to sign for the proposal documents and provide primary contact, telephone, fax and email address. Work is to commence by: February 1, 2019 and to be completed by July 15, 2019.

continued from page 24 Public speaking sessions, sponsored by the Jade Toastmasters Club. Each first and third Wed. of the month, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Aloha Abacus Math, 41-25 Kissena Blvd., #103, Flushing (press “0” at elevator). Free. Info: Denise Zayas, (718) 888-9215, jadetoastmasters@gmail.com. Nail polish workshop, welcomes kids and adults to design their own nails or have them done, 5-5:30 p.m. most Fridays at Ridgewood Library, 20-12 Madison St. Registration is not required. All polish and supplies will be provided. Info: (718) 821-4770. Beginner’s Spanish, so you too can say, “Yo hablo el Español.” Each Tue., Fri., 10:30 a.m.12 p.m., Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Free. Info: (718) 268-5960.

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Malgorzata Pospiech LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/13/2018. 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 Malgorzata Pospiech, 2820 37th Str. Apt. A4, LIC, NY 11103. Purpose for any lawful purpose.

Open Sew at the Castle, an afternoon of sewing, quilting and socializing hosted by the Bayside Historical Society. Novice quilters and seamstresses, along with more experienced ones, are encouraged to attend. Sat., Dec, 29, 1-4 p.m., Bayside Historical Society, the Castle, 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten. $8 for members; $10 for nonmembers. Info: (718) 352-1548, baysidehistorical.org.

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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.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Howard Beach Senior Center, with exercise classes every weekday except Thu., varying times; dances with a DJ and hot lunch every Tue., 12-3 p.m.; art classes every Thu., 9:3011:30 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m.; intro to sign language every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m.; karaoke every Wed., 1-3 p.m.; monthly book club; and more, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100.

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 Thu. at 10:30; Eldercise, Tue. at 10:30 a.m.; massage therapy, Wed. at 10:30 a.m.; manicures, Thu. at 12:30 p.m.; yoga, Fri. at 10:30 a.m. Movies every Mon., Tue. and Fri. at 1:15 p.m. MetroCard van, 4th Thu. of month. Monthly buses to Yonkers. Contact: Karen (718) 456-2000. 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. IHillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke., Flushing, nfo: (718) 380-4145. 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. Medicare specialist consultations, by appointment, every other Wed., 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Catholic Charities Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy. Info: (718) 225-1144.

SUPPORT GROUPS Overeaters Anonymous, for anyone with an eating disorder or other problem with food or maintaining a healthy weight, in various neighborhoods. Each Tue., 7:30-9 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) 8484338. Each Thu., 12:15-1:40 p.m., Rego Park Library, 91-41 63 Drive. Info: (347) 433-5876 (OA of Greater New York; leave message), (718) 459-5140 (library). 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. Anxious, nervous, depressed? Recovery International can help. Meetings every Thu., 2:30 p.m., Fri., 3:30 p.m. Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Ave. Info: recoveryinternational.org. Al-anon, self-help group for anyone affected by another’s drinking: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 82 St. and 34 Ave., parish house, 1st floor, Jackson Heights, every Tue. Contact: jacksonheightsalanonon@gmail.com. Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center basement, 85-18 61 Road, Rego Park, every Sun. 12 p.m. Contemplating suicide? The Samaritans provide 24-hour confidential emotional support for those feeling suicidal or depressed. Call: (212) 673-3000; samaritansnyc.org.

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Tiffany’s glass continued from page 25 posters and videos that keep company with the artifacts in the exhibit. The narrative weaves in the principles and craft involved in creating stained glass with facts about Tiffany himself and the collectors who began purchasing his works just after his death in 1933, a pursuit that led to the Queens Museum’s permanent collection and the current exhibit. Iridescence is found in nature when we see a colorful pearlescent seashell, a colored sheen on a soap bubble or rainbow streaks in gasoline on the pavement. It appears to be ethereal and slippery. The borders between each color are difficult to define, and the location of color appears to lift and shift as you move your eyes in relation to the item. Art imitates nature in Tiffany’s “Turtleback Reading Lamp,” with its amber glass and, indeed, the apparent texture of a turtle’s shell. In addition to several other stained glass lamps, the exhibit includes vast quantities of stained glass panels as well as tools salvaged from Tiffany’s studio, a glass-topped table with a cache of iridescent glass shards and examples of the ancient glass that inspired Tiffany. The museum, which is located in Flushing

Meadows Corona Park near where Tiffany’s studios once existed in Corona, has had a permanent Tiffany gallery since 1995 through its partnership with the Neustadt Collection. Dr. Egon Neustadt and his wife, Hildegard, were Austrian emigres who were the among the earliest, and became the most prolific, collectors of Tiffany’s works. There is evidence in the Queens Museum’s exhibit of the artist’s family status as the son of the Tiffany & Co. jewelry store’s founder, Charles Lewis Tiffany, in two necklaces and a brooch made of iridescent opals under Louis’ Q supervision for Tiffany & Co.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 704496/2016 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 89-15 86TH STREET WOODHAVEN, NY 11421 District: Section: Block: 8968 Lot: 50 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-AR5, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-AR5, Plaintiff, vs. CARMEN M. RODRIGUEZ if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; MAURICIO ZAPATA; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above-named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $280,000.00 and interest, recorded on October 1, 2004, at Instrument number 2004000615862, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 89-15 86TH STREET WOODHAVEN, NY 11421. 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. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the 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. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: SAMANTHA FLORES, ESQ., 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675

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QUEENS - INDEX NO.: 596/2015 – SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Plaintiff designates QUEENS COUNTY as the place of trial based upon the location of the premises herein described having tax map Block 9134, Lot 76, Ozone Park, NY, County of Queens – CITIMORTGAGE, INC., PLAINTIFF, -against- ALBERTO L. IMPERIAL, ALBERT A. IMPERIAL JR., DARLENE GRACE T. IMPERIAL, if they be living and if they be dead, the respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HECTOR BAEZ, ZORAIDA TORRES, LILLY TORRES, DEFENDANTS. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered against you and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Syosset, New York, December 7, 2018. Peter T. Roach & Associates, P.C., attorney for Plaintiff, 6901 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 240, Syosset, NY 11791. Tel: 516938-3100. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Cheree Buggs, a Justice of the Supreme Court, State of New York, dated September 28, 2018 and filed with the Queens County Clerk together with the supporting papers thereon. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage held by Plaintiff on the premises known Block 9134, Lot 76, Ozone Park, NY, County of Queens as described in the complaint on file and commonly known as 78-19 PITKIN AVENUE, OZONE PARK, NY 11417. 59842

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust Plaintiff, -against- Norma Brown, Clarence Brown, Cecil Williams if living and if any be dead, any and all persons who are spouses, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, or successors in interest of such of the above as may be dead, and their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residences are unknown to Plaintiff, New York City Environmental Control Board, New York City Parking Violations Bureau, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, United States of America, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Criminal Court of the City of New York, Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, Queens Supreme Court, Cecilia Tull, Richard Tull, Clara Jones, Jeremy Reid, Mildred Reid, Shavany Reid, Ronald Reid, Margaret Jones, Defendants. INDEX #: 709027/2017, Filed: 12/13/18, SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $32,941.01 and interest, recorded in the office of the clerk of the County of Queens on October 10, 2001 in Reel 6037, Page 1958 covering premises known as 107-53 142nd Street, Jamaica aka Briarwood, NY 11435. 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. NOTICE: YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending 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: Bay Shore, New York, December 10, 2018, FRENKEL, LAMBERT, WEISS, WEISMAN & GORDON, LLP BY: Linda Manfredi, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, New York 11706, (631) 969-3100. Our File No.: 01-073877-F00

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Queens was well represented at this year’s Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame induction ceremony — which honors sports announcers, television and sports league executives, and outstandiung professionals from the technical side such as cameramen, engineers, sound technicians, producers and directors. Astoria-native Bob Costas, who recently ended his four-decades career with NBC and is now a play-by-play voice and studio analyst for the MLB Network, recalled for the crowd at the New York Hilton his first meeting then-NBC Sports president Don Ohlmeyer. Ohlmeyer was taken aback at his very boyish appearance, Costas said. “How old are you?” he asked. “Twenty-seven,” replied Costas. “How old do you think you’d look if you grew a beard?” Ohlmeyer asked. “Thirty-two,” Costas responded. “That would be great1” Ohlmeyer countered. “Yes, because it would take me five years to grow one,” said Costas ending the conversation. The pride of Douglaston, Mary Carillo, had to give up her career on the professional women’s tennis circuit when knee problems became too much for her to overcome. But she did not walk away from the sport. Over the last 35 years, she has been one of the best known ten-

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Rockaway on Central Avenue by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Charles and Francis Lowe, born in 1867 and 1868, respectively in Virginia, came up to New York City in the 1890s as young druggists. In 1901, they decided to move out to Far Rockaway and opened a pharmacy at 1002 Central Avenue. A new professional in a growing county, Francis organized the Queens County Pharmaceutical Lowe’s Pharmacy, 1002 Central Ave., Far RockaAssociation as its first president way. Sledge Delivery Service driven by two goats, with a membership of 25 other circa 1907. pharmacists joining. Eventually Charles opened up his own pharmacy in Louis Weeks, passed away at 54. They had been married since 1905. neighboring Edgemere. Upset with his loss he retired and This photo postcard, given out to customers implying they would deliver sold the business to Austrian immigrant drugs in the snow by sledge driven by Hyman Frankel. Frankel never changed goats, impressed clients with their the name and continued to operate it as desire to serve them. By the 1920s they Lowe’s Pharmacy until his own death in had to move to a much larger store at 1963. Today the building has been trans715 Beach 20 Street, right off busy Corformed into a hardware store selling nage Avenue. Q In 1930, Charles’s wife, the former everything from A to Z.

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