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City seeks vendors for hotel contracts Blaz looking to cut tremendous costs of rentals; Qns. leaders not impressed by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

ueens civic activists, lawmakers and other leaders in areas where the de Blasio administration is renting hotel rooms to house the homeless are not happy with the mayor’s plan to hire vendors to negotiate cont racts i n a n ef for t to cut costs a nd increase oversight. “I think it’s just another way for one of the mayor’s cronies to have a deal with the city,” Jennifer Chu of Elmhurst United, a group that formed in response to the conversion of the former Pan American Hotel into a homeless shelter, said. The vendors would negotiate f lat rate contracts with hotels, according to the Department of Homeless Services, which sent out a request for proposals last Thursday. According to an audit by city Compt roller Scot t St r i nger, the cit y spends $400,000 per day on hotel rooms rented to house the homeless. More than 60,000 people in the shelter system do not have homes. “The City plans to reduce the use of commercial hotels when we can open more ongoing regular shelters, but meanwhile using a contract insures cost efficiency, transparency and, since contracts

Mayor de Blasio has made a request for proposals for vendors that would negotiate contracts with hotels to house homeless people. The city’s rentals of hotel rooms to house the homeless, at locations such as the Holiday Inn Express in Maspeth, has been extremely unpopular with surFILE PHOTO rounding communities. will include performance standards, better oversight of conditions and services,”

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pared statement. Vendors will be allowed to procure up to 3,9000 hotel rooms — 2,500 of which are for children and families — according to DHS. This amount is nearly equal to the capacity that the agency is provided under the emergency declaration it currently uses to rent hotel rooms. The average nightly rental at a commercial hotel under the emergency procurement process is $170 for rooms used by single adults and $174 for rooms used by families that have children, according to the agency. Rooms at hotels in Maspeth, Bellerose, Elmhurst, Woodside and Rosedale have been rented by the city to house the homeless, often to the outcr y of surrounding communities. Although Mayor de Blasio has said that using hotels is not a solution that the city will use forever, the administration has expanded its usage of them in the past year. “They should just convert the hotels i nt o p e r m a ne nt hou si ng i n st e a d of spending more money to keep it as a hotel,” Chu said. Juniper Park Civic Association President Bob Holden is similarly concerned. continued on page 17

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QUEENS CHRONICLE, Thursday, December 29, 2016 Page 4

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2016

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Weather, murders and politics ruled

A look back at the stories that shaped this corner of Queens by Anthony O’Reilly

dogs to attack on command at Gemini Fields. A Maryland man visiting family in South Ozone Park was fatally shot by cops after a brief chase and, according to the NYPD, pointing a gun at the officers. His family, the community and Sanders alleged he was unarmed and was racially profiled by the authorities. They called for state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to probe the case.

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South Queens is a part of New York City that tends to keep to itself. But in 2016, the neighborhoods of Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Ozone Park and Howard Beach were thrust into the national spotlight. Whether it was the weather or gruesome murders, there were eyes glued to this corner of the world. Here’s just a brief synopsis of what made the headlines in South Queens this year. January The Queens Chronicle first reported that Pan-Bay shopping center on Cross Bay Boulevard was sold by the Panzarella family to Urban Edge Properties for $27 million, a deal the broker called the “biggest sale in Howard Beach history.” Community Board 9 members, during a hearing, overwhelmingly expressed opposition to the Select Bus Service plan for Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards, specifically the placement of bus stops on medians from Park Lane South to the Rockaway Boulevard/Liberty Avenue intersection. Classroom trailers were removed from Richmond Hill High School after close to five years there. Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña held a question-and-answer forum at Community Education Council 27’s monthly meeting. During that meeting a CEC member brought up the possibility of using an under-construction school in the Centreville section of Ozone Park as a middle school, a suggestion that would create much controversy throughout the year. The Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association started a petition opposing the SBS plan, which would receive thousands of signatures during 2016. At the same meeting the petition was introduced, Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), once a supporter of the plan, flipped his position on it telling his constituents SBS “stinks.” Queens, and the rest of New York City, was slammed with close to 3 feet of snow, a recordsetting storm. To make matters worse, it took the Sanitation Department close to three days to plow out some parts of the World’s Borough’s side streets, causing dozens of vehicles to become stuck in mounds of the white stuff. February Ulrich first announced that he was considering a possible mayoral run against Mayor de Blasio in 2017. At press time, he has not yet made a final decision. In the second weather-related catastrophe to hit South Queens, Howard and Hamilton Beach were ravaged by floods — caused by a combination of the lunar tide and a winter storm off the eastern seacoast — that damaged homes and vehicles. It was the highest water level recorded since Sandy. A fundraiser in honor of the late Howard Beach toddler Valentina Marie Allen, who died of birth defects in 2015, raised more than

More than three feet of snow fell on Queens streets in one storm earlier this year. The problem FILE PHOTO was compounded by a delayed response by the Sanitation Department. $25,000 for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where Allen was treated before her untimely death. T he Feder at ion of H i ndu Ma nd i r s announced it would be bringing the popular Phagwah parade back to Richmond Hill after a year’s absence. The parade, a celebration of the start of spring, was canceled in 2015 due to legal issues, which again threatened the parade’s future when a feuding group filed a restraining order against the federation. The Queens Library first revealed the Richmond Hill branch would close for major renovations, though no timeline has been set. March Then-Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff was transferred as commanding officer of the 106th Precinct to lead the 105th in Queens Village. Schiff, who would later be promoted to inspector, was replaced by Capt. James Fey, formerly the executive officer at the 103rd Precinct. It wouldn’t be the last change in command for the South Queens precinct in 2016. Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, during a Council hearing, said the cost of SBS may double from $200 million to $400 million. Despite the commissioner stating so, the agency’s press office told the Chronicle the price tag of the project would stay put. Former Chronicle editor-in-chief Dan Hendrick premiered his debut documentary, “Saving Jamaica Bay,” a film about several Broad Channel residents’ fight to preserve the estuary. A Queens Supreme Court judge ordered the Federation of Hindu Mandirs and the Arya Spiritual Center to host a joint Phagwah parade, an event which was held days after the decision. De Blasio and the City Council came to an agreement on rezoning initiatives meant to bolster the number of affordable units in new developments across the city, initiatives known as Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability. In a huge victory for then-Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder the Assembly included funding for a feasibility study of reactivating the Rockaway

Beach Rail Line in its one-house budget proposal. Howard Beach residents first expressed concerns of mail — containing personal information — being stolen from mailboxes, a scheme that quickly caught the attention of city and federal law enforcement officials. Former GOP presidential candidate John Kasich held a town hall in Howard Beach — at the invitation of Ulrich, who supported him in the race — and later grabbed a bite at Gino’s Pizzeria where he committed the cardinal sin of eating a slice of pizza with a fork and knife. Officials announced the very-overcrowded PS 66 in Richmond Hill would receive a 124seat extension. April Resorts World Casino hit the jackpot in the state budget agreement, with Goldfeder securing an additional 1,000 video lottery terminals to the South Ozone Park racino. The machines were originally meant for Nassau County, but residents frequently protested the placement of them in different towns. The MTA agreed to conduct a feasibility study for reactivating the Rockaway Beach Rail Line, frustrating those who want to see parts of the abandoned right-of-way become parkland. An abandoned Hamilton Beach home collapsed onto the neighboring structure, forcing that resident to move out. The dilapidated home was quickly removed by the city. Former CB 9 member Patrick Khan alleged he was removed from the advisory panel at the suggestion of Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica) because he previously owned a South Ozone Park building where the city is placing juvenile offenders. The United States Postal Police told the 106th Precinct Community Council that “hundreds” of people in New York City were fishing mail with personal information out of mailboxes. Later that month, federal authorities said there were 40 known victims of the scheme in Howard Beach alone. An Ozone Park civic activist alleged that a group of people were training large, unleashed

May A New Jersey congressman alleged the very process the Federal Emergency Management Agency put in place to ensure homeowners were not cheated out of money on flood insurance claims was itself designed to withhold funds rightfully due to them. The DOT rolled out an updated SBS plan, which included the preservation of left turns previously considered for elimination, including the one onto Jamaica Avenue. While South Queens community leaders cheered parts of the plan, they remained opposed to it overall. Despite the Landmarks Preservation Commission denying an application to landmark Neir’s Tavern in Woodhaven, the longest operating bar in New York State, Woodhaven residents and leaders rallied at the watering hall calling on the panel to rethink its decision. The Parks Department granted a contract to GallopNYC, a therapeutic horse riding program, to take over operations at Gemini Stables, which had long been operated by the Federation of Black Cowboys. GallopNYC later in the year would begin the hard work of cleaning up the site, which had been neglected for years. Richmond Hill leaders overwhelmingly opposed an application by the owners of Oligarch catering hall to turn the restaurant, located at the landmarked site of the former Richmond Hill Republican Club, into a dancing hall. Schneiderman said he would not take a second look at the shooting death of Tillman. Speaking of the attorney general, his office cleared the sale of the former headquarters pf tje Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Ambulance Corps, which for close to three years had been without a base after it was forced to move out due to a partial collapse of the neighboring building — which has not yet been cleaned up. In another high-profile real estate sale, the Rockwood Park Jewish Center voted to sell its synagogue to a developer, with the congregation still utilizing 5,000 square feet of it. June Goldfeder announced he would not run for re-election in November, saying he wanted to spend more time at home with his family. Democrat Stacey Pheffer Amato and Republican Alan Zwirn would be the two competitors for his seat. Republican Michael Conigliaro announced he would challenge state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) in November, as he did unsuccessfully in 2014. continued on page 6

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Weather, murder, politics and more in 2016 continued from page 4 After more than 10 years of waiting, Hamilton Beach received a paved 104th Street, the main corridor in and out of the community. Dozens of John Adams High School teachers walked out on the last day of school after many of their peers were let go following a state-mandated reapplication process. The educators felt as if the teachers who helped rebuild the school were not being brought back while lackluster ones got to stay on.

July Resorts World Casino announced plans for an expansion with the construction of a hotel, new restaurants and meeting space on the grounds. Members of CEC 27 voted to make the Centreville school a K-5 institution, but that wouldn’t stop all the controversy surrounding it. Ulrich called for the removal of Amy Peterson as head of Build it Back, citing slow progress with the program. None of his colleagues, in city or state government, joined him though. After a near-three year wait, 14 NYPD surveillance cameras in Forest Park were installed. Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) had allocated the funding in 2013. August Howard Beach, and the nation, were shaken to their core when 30-year-old jogger Karina Vetrano was found murdered in the phragmites of Spring Creek Park hours after she went out jogging. The young woman was sexually assaulted and strangled to death. A massive manhunt for her killer began immediately, but to this day has yielded no results. A town hall on the murder with elected and NYPD officials was held in Howard Beach, with Borough President Melinda Katz announcing the funding of NYPD surveillance cameras in Spring Creek Park, and residents debated whether to “burn” the weeds — the phragmites — down or keep it the way it is. Katz’s cameras were installed 10 days later and the weeds were cut down, but eventually grew back. More than $250,000 was raised in an online fundraiser looking to provide a reward for information leading to Vetrano’s killer. Vetrano’s murder wouldn’t be the only violent incident to rock South Queens. In Ozone Park, Imam Maujama Akonjee and his assistant Thara Uddin were fatally shot in broad daylight as they returned from morning prayers, sparking rallies and marches along Liberty Avenue — near the crime scene. At first, many believed the slayings to be a result of Islamophobic rhetoric spewed by then-GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, now the president-elect, but later it was thought to be the result of an ongoing feud between Hispanics and Muslims in the area. Police were able to apprehend a suspect, Oscar Morel, and are charging him with the murders. As if the area hadn’t suffered enough, a Richmond Hill teacher was fatally beaten and his mother severely wounded in their home. Their attackers remain on the loose. Woodhaven and Ozone Park residents discovered the building that formerly housed Dallis Bros. Coffee was the proposed

Maspeth residents lambasted Councilman Ruben Wills, right, during a town hall on the proposed transitional shelter on FILE PHOTO Atlantic Avenue.

location for a transitional, drop-in center for homeless people. Concerns over its proximity to the High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture were raised by elected officials and residents. The owners of Oligarch pulled the application to have its cellar host dance parties. September Environmental activists once again called on the National Parks Service to better patrol Jamaica Bay shorelines after heaps of trash from Hindu rituals were found near the water. Centreville residents said the city was asking them to give up too much property for the sewer installation project and not offering enough money. Richmond Hill and John Adams high schools came out of the bottom 5 percent of academic achievement, keeping them safe from being put under receivership by the state. Ulrich called for a criminal probe of Build It Back after it was revealed the program was $500 million over budget and that the difference would be made up with city taxpayer dollars. October It was revealed that the New York Racing Association was dumping millions of gallons of contaminated water, containing manure, into storm sewers, which ultimately emptied out into Jamaica Bay. The NYRA had to pay a $150,000 civil penalty and develop a plan to ensure the proper disposal of contaminated water. Members of CB 9 voted to oppose the Select Bus Service plan. Two days later, the DOT started work on the first phases of the project, irking opponents of the plan. The Chronicle first reported a new shopping strip is being planned for Cross Bay Boulevard in between 160th and 161st avenues. The strip will have a Chipotle and Planet Fitness and there is no scheduled start time. Fey announced he was leaving the 106th Precinct to take a job at Columbia University. Capt. Brian Bohannon, formerly the executive officer at the 113th Precinct, was named his successor. The members of CB 10 and CEC 27 were at odds over the proposed zoning, which would be approved days later, of the Centreville school. The zone, according to CB 10, put too many children outside of the community into the school, which they said was only meant for Centreville families and forced them to cross major corridors such as Cross Bay Boulevard. The CEC disagreed, saying the enlarged zone would ensure funding for the school for years to come. A week after the CEC approved the zone, 13-year-old Jazmine Marin was hit and killed by a car at Cross Bay Boulevard and 149th Avenue on her way to MS 202, sparking criticism from community activists who said the boundaries for the new school put other children in similar danger. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced he would file no criminal charges against the cops who shot Tillman. The city won an appeal of federal flood maps it said incorrectly put thousands of residents, including many in Queens, in flood zones. City Hall will work in conjunction with FEMA to create new ones. De Blasio admitted the city would not meet its goal of rebuilding all houses in the Build it Back program by the end of 2016, a deadline he set the previous year. The announcement came as no surprise to Rockaway officials. November Pheffer Amato easily won the race to succeed Goldfeder and Addabbo cruised to a fifth term in the Senate. Howard and Hamilton Beach residents began petitioning the National Parks Service to turn one of the ballparks at Frank Charles Memorial Park into a dog run. Hundreds of frustrated residents lambasted city officials over the proposed drop-in, transitional shelter on Atlantic

The unsolved murder of Karina Vetrano has stayed in the headFILE PHOTO lines in South Queens and the nation. Avenue during a raucous forum. Geo Marin, the father of Jazmine Marin, said during an exclusive interview with the Chronicle that he’s demanding the city place crossing guards at the intersection where his daughter was hit and killed. The CEC later voted in favor of backing that proposal. The Fire Department announced firefighters at Woodhaven’s Engine Co. 293 would be temporarily moved to Engine 294/ Ladder 143 in Richmond Hill to allow a gut rehabilitation to take place at the deacades-old firehouse. The FDNY has promised it will not affect emergency services to Woodhaven. The project is expected to be completed in 2018. More than 50 people showed up to Hamilton Beach Park to clean up the often-neglected federal site. Elected officials took a tour of upgrades — done at a cost of $15 million — at Aqueduct Race Track. December The Queens Economic Development Corp. released a list of proposals, 15 months after it was first announced, on how to improve commerce along Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven. Ulrich revealed cameras will soon be following him around in preparation for the possibility of a documentary series based on his life and possible mayoral run. The Department of City Planning revealed a proposal to limit future developments in Hamilton Beach to single-family only, with two-family on lots wider than 40 feet, to bolster resiliency in the low-lying neighborhood. Elected, transportation and school officials took a tour of Ozone Park to see how they could prevent traffic fatalities such as Marin’s. Phil Vetrano, Karina Vetrano’s father, and the Queens district attorney separately began pushing the state to authorize the use of familial DNA testing, a method in which investigators look to see if any material left at a crime scene matches that of a male relative in any criminal databases, leading investigators closer to the actual perpetrator of serious crimes. The city Economic Development Corp. announced a 100th Street building in Ozone Park will be retrofitted to accommodate 24 manufacturing businesses. Officials broke ground on the TWA Flight Center hotel, a 505-guestroom site that will preserve the historic terminal. Investigators found utility workers may have been provided answers on qualification exams ahead of time, calling into question the safety of projects conducted in places such as Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park. After years of fighting for such measures, Addabbo secured speed limit signs and a speed camera outside PS 232 Q in Lindenwood.

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P Unity, not division, in ’17 EDITORIAL

t’s safe to that, as a nation, 2016 is a year none of us will forget anytime soon, and not for good reason. Regardless of your political orientation, the never-ending presidential campaign was inarguably a dark and divisive one that revealed America is still oh so far from becoming a more perfect union. Over the last year, we discovered that so many of our fellow citizens are still hurting financially, despite the economic growth seen during President Obama’s eight years in the White House. We learned that partisanship can, in fact, get worse. Not just in our politics, but in our own homes too. Articles are still being published about how last month’s election broke up marriages and ended friendships. And yes, we found out that scores of Americans still resent their fellow countrymen because of the color of their skin or the god they pray to, something almost unthinkable in

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our human mosaic of a borough. If we truly want to keep moving toward that more perfect union our Founding Fathers wrote about in the Preamble to the Constitution, this “us against them” mentality has to come to an end in 2017. Sure, that might be hard with the brash Donald Trump as our president and his most vile supporters suddenly emboldened to spew hate — something we’ve seen a number of times across Queens since Election Day. But let’s not lose hope and turn inward. Let’s remember we are one America, with liberty and justice for all. Not a blue America or red America; places where we vilify others. If you’re upset about the election results, that’s fine. We are too. But if we want to avoid an even worse 2017, if we want to ensure that we continue to be that shining city on a hill, we have to unite as one behind the defining principle of America: There is no them or us. Just we, the people.

his time every year, people sit down and think of some New Year’s resolutions to focus on for the next 12 months. Typically, these goals revolve around bettering yourself as a person: losing weight, reading more books, etc. So we thought, as 2016 comes to a close, it may be worth addressing the bureaucrats at City and Borough halls, and up in Albany, with a list of resolutions we believe may better the already great five boroughs. Of course, our No. 1 item is to address the homeless situation in a manner that tackles the root of the problem. Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) has some good ideas that are worth exploring. The city’s initiative to pay people to house their undomiciled relatives is a good move, but we want to

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Dear Editor: Madison Square Garden, AEG Live and Founders Entertainment, extremely wealthy entertainment giants, are seeking to use Flushing Meadows Corona Park for paid-for-admission music festivals this summer. Queens Borough President Melinda Katz has launched a pre-emptive strike against such use and she is correct. For too long the NYC Parks Department has been complicit with myopic politicians and wealthy special interests in dumping all sorts of intrusions that do not belong in an urban park like FMCP. It is the most abused park in our municipal park system and that abuse must stop. The Parks Department fails to understand FMCP is important for many Queens residents who do not have summer homes or rear yards in which to relax during summer months. The park is wall-to-wall people during the summer months. Large paid-for-admission events are nothing less than an unwarranted commercialization of public park property which must never be permitted, and particularly as to those with political connections. There are many nonpark facilities in this city that would be available to these entertainment giants. That Mitchell J. Silver, the NYC Parks commissioner, said he would explore a new rule to approve live large scale multi-day events in the park is unacceptable. It should immediately be rejected with no ifs, ands or buts. Mr. Silver’s attempts to compare this proposal to a charita© Copyright 2016 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 responsible for 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., 62-33 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, N.Y. 11374-7769.

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ble AIDS walk in a park or to concerts in other parks that are over in a few hours, free to all persons who which to attend, is political nonsense. There is a difference between such short, free concerts and those events that last for days, that people must pay to attend and given the inadequate parking in the park, will result in mass parking on park grass throughout the park. Public park users will for all practical purposes be denied use of their park so billionaire entertainment owners can make more money and the little people who use and need the park be damned. Over 100 hears ago Frederick Law Olmstead, the genius who created Central and Prospect parks in this city and important parks elsewhere, said: “The survival of our park system requires the exclusion from management of real estate dealers and politicians and that the first duty of our park trustees is to hand down from one generation to the next the treasure of scenery which the city placed in their care.”

make sure it’s supervised properly. Secondly, if a project is going to take longer than expected to be completed, be honest with us. Of course we’ll give you a hard time at first, but it’s better than dragging us along, not to mention the resources that are wasted in the interim. Similarly, if you’re ever asked a question by a resident, don’t beat around the bush in the hopes they’ll go away. Address it and if you don’t have the answer, just say that. One suggestion for Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo — get over yourselves. You’re two grown adults in control of the most powerful city and state in this country. Act like it and put your personal differences aside. There’s many more ideas we have — which we’ll get to in 2017 — but for now, we wish you all a happy new year.

If Mr. Silver is not familiar with the above or if he is uncaring about its meaning, it would suggest he has no place as an urban parks commissioner. If Mayor de Blaisio is likewise unfamiliar or uncaring about its meaning and fails to prevent Mr. Silver, his parks commissioner, from further desecration of FMCP, he should be aware it will be an issue he will have to confront should he seek re-election. Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

Electoral College victorious Dear Editor: The election is over. The Electoral College won and the American voter lost. This despite the fact that near three million more votes were cast by them for Secretary Hillary Clinton than for Trump... but that’s by now an old and a sad fact. Webster’s defines voting as, “The collective opinion or verdict of a body of persons (re: voters) expressed by

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Time to move on, people II Dear Editor: I am a New Yorker first and an American second. That will be my motto starting Jan. 20, 2017, when Donald Trump takes office as president. Following the Electoral College vote on Dec. 19, there is just no realistic prospect remaining of preventing that disaster from happening. Whatever you think about Governor Cuomo and the NY State Legislature, they are world-class models of enlightenment and compassion compared to Trump, his appointees and the incoming Republican Congress. New Yorkers should pay more attention to

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Dear Editor: In response to Carole Lynn Lustgarten’s letter on 12/22 (all editions), I would suggest that she read the Constitution before lecturing Donald Trump. The Electoral College elects the president. If the president was elected by popular vote, low population states would never see the candidates and not be represented. President Obama has increased the debt on our grandkids more that all the previous presidents ... combined. He is the only president not to experience 3 percent economic growth in any of his eight years and he put tens of thousands of coal families out of work in coal states. Donald Trump is not even president, yet ... is taking no Christmas vacation and has already saved jobs at Carrier. Obama is spending your tax dollars like a drunken sailor with another Hawaii vacation. The prayers you have been hearing in Queens have been my novena in behalf of Trump and prosperity for my grandkids. Thank God, they were answered. Tom Hackert Whitestone

what goes on in Albany; whatever the obstacles, we now stand a far better chance of making progressive change in our state than at the federal level. One big thing we should pay attention to is the State Constitutional Convention Referendum that will appear on the ballot next election day, Nov. 7, 2017. We need a vigorous debate around this justonce-every-twenty-years issue. I know that New York city and New York state have often had a difficult relationship. Witness the current mayor and governor. Well, in the age of Trump we had better learn to put some of that rancor aside. In the words of Benjamin Franklin: “We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang — separately.” Daniel Sorkin Forest Hills

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voting.” Talk about bastardizing. As a little history lesson: In order to acquiesce the South, in 1787 the Constitution allowed the South to count their slaves as part of their citizens and count them as voters without the right to vote. Each of the voters from those sparsely occupied primarily Southern states to this day carries more weight in the Electoral College than the vote of the individual from the more advanced states. Ironic that in this day and age, those accommodations using slavery in order to increase Electoral College voting is so detrimental to today’s children of those same Southern black slaves. Try as we may, year after year we have not been able to amend that antiquated blot in the Constitution. Now, with both a Republican congress and president, it is unlikely that we will see it updated in the near future in our journey back to the future. Pity. But America has survived the likes of presidents such as Filmore, Pierce, Buchanan and Harding and those akin to a Trump presidential inadequacy and we will and must once again survive. They were all one-term presidents except for Harding, who was also one term but died in office. Nicholas Zizelis Bayside

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Spreading holiday cheer to Queens Online initiative wishes the boro ‘Happy Holidays’ from ‘Your Muslim neighbor’ by Anthony O’Reilly

and Middle Village — may have received the cards last week. While the initiative, funded by online A few weeks ago, Flushing native Jasmine Issa, her brother and sister-in-law were trying donors via the fundraising website Launchto find a simple, yet effective way to reach out Good, sought to greet those who may have to the general population and “better the image voted for the president-elect, Issa emphasized it was not meant to target them in a of the Muslim community.” “We live in an area where, during the elec- negative manner. “On the contrary, we wanted to create a tion, it was very pro-Trump and we felt that kind of isolation because of our religion,” healthier and more united community,” she Issa, now a Staten Island resident, said in a said in an email after her phone interview. phone interview last Friday. “We wanted our “Distribution of the greeting cards would have reached all neighbors, our immeneighborhoods diate neighbors to regardless of their have this good impression of us.” n the contrary, we wanted vote status if we had gotten enough Eventually, the trio to create a healthier and funding. Hopefulsettled on the timely next year we honored tradition of more united community.” can reach out to greeting cards. more cit ies a nd “We said ‘Let’s do — Jasmine Issa states.” the simplest thing posThe project sible,’” Issa said. “Everything else we thought of, whether it was began in Staten Island — where Trump creating an app or starting some kind of group, received a lot of support — and as more contributions poured in, they were able to expand it was just too complicated.” The message on the cards is simple: to outside their own borough. Close to 50 people donated a little more “Your Muslim neighbor wishes you Happy than $1,200 for the initiative. Holidays.” Issa and her partners needed the money to Some Queens residents — in Republicanleaning neighborhoods such as Howard Beach help pay for the design, print and delivery of Associate Editor

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So here we are, with five days until the new year of 2017. Yes, 2016 is coming to an end, can you believe it? Where did the time go? At this time of the year, we start to think of all of the happy and bad times of 2016. We also think of all the changes that have taken place in our country and the world that will affect us, our lives and our way of life. But no matter what threats come to us as a community, city, state or country, we will be united and strengthened. When I was about 9 or 10 years old, I wrote this poem “God is our Father,” I would like to share it with you: “God is our Father, he made us all and we will together rise or fall. Though we’re not the same in color or creed, we’ll help each other in prosperity or need, for God is our Father and you’re my brother, so come on brother let’s help each other.” Today, it is the same but with our keeping “together” being more important than ever for when we are together no terrorist, no criminal can hurt us or our nation if we are one. Remember, “United We Stand, Divided We Fall.” May God bless our men and women of our Armed Forces, who are bravely protecting our America so far from home and on our homefront so that we may be safe. May God bless our disabled veterans. May God bless our NYPD and all of our police officers everyQ where and May God bless our America.

This holiday greeting card was sent out to some residents of Howard Beach from a trio in Staten PHOTO VIA LAUNCHGOOD Island. The group hopes to expand the effort next year, if they’re able to. the postcards. According to the website, the making and shipment of 2,500 cards cost $925. Donors had the opportunity to sponsor an entire ZIP code worth of greeting cards, for the price of $100. “Everyone we’ve encountered so far really, really supports it,” Issa said.

When asked if the trio would like to repeat the initiative next year, Issa said she’s willing to do so. “Now that we have something to show for it, it might be a little easier,” she said. “If not for the immediate holidays coming up, we’d like to do it for next year’s holiday season.” Q

PS 232 to be a little safer Sen. Addabbo secures speed signs, camera near school by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Elected officials, civic activists and PS 232 staff have been fighting with the Department of Transportation for safety measures near the Lindenwood school for many years. But last Thursday, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) gave the community an early Christmas — or Chanukah — present when he announced speed limit signs and a speed camera would be placed near the elementary school. The safet y measu res are expected to be installed by Friday, Dec. 30, according to a letter sent to Addabbo by the DOT. “The difference of only a few miles an hour can be a matter of life or death when it comes to traffic accidents, and there are few better places to be more mindful of this than around our city’s schools,” the senator said in a prepared statement. Signs reminding motorists of the 20-mile-per-hour school zone speed limit will be placed on 153rd Avenue between 78th and

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88th streets in both directions. The speed camera will be placed in an undisclosed location on the avenue. “The placement of these speed limit signs and cameras will remind motorists to slow down while driving near PS 232, helping to prevent potentially devastating accidents and making the streets just a little safer for both drivers and pedestrians, especially the children,” Addabbo said in his statement. “I thank

Commissioner Trottenberg and the DOT for their commitment to ensuring the streets around our schools stay as safe as possible.” For years, officials have worked to improve the safety around PS 232, the Walter Ward School, citing what they call treacherous conditions near the site. Addabbo, along with Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), former Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and civic officials, held rallies in 2013 and 2014 calling on

the DOT to place a crosswalk where 153rd Avenue meets 83rd Street. There is still no crosswalk at the intersection. “That’s still a conversation I have with the DOT from time to time,” Addabbo said in a Tuesday interview with the Chronicle. “We hold our breath every day that there’s not an accident there.” Other concerns included the double-parking of cars and lack of stop signs or traffic lights along much of the avenue. Students in previous years have joined the school’s cries for such measures. While there have been no serious crashes near the school, which the DOT in the past has said negates the need for the crosswalk, advocates have said they’ve seen several near misses, including one that occurred during a press conference in 2014. Officials from PS 232 could not be reached for comment before the city Department of Education’s week-long winter Q break began on Dec. 26.

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Changes coming to Queens Blvd. in Rego Dept. of Transportation schedules public workshop for Jan. 12 by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

With Elmhurst in the rear view mirror, the Department of Transportation is heading east to Rego Park and Forest Hills. The agency is gearing up to bring its Queens Boulevard reconstruction project to the central Queens neighborhoods, with the first public workshop being slated for 6 p.m. on Jan. 12 at PS 139 in Rego Park. The DOT was initially eyeing to revamp Queens Boulevard from Eliot Avenue to Union Turnpike — Phase III of the project — in one shot. However, the agency opted to split that section of street into two phases. Instead, the DOT will first focus on making changes to Queens Boulevard from Eliot Avenue to Yellowstone Boulevard. “Due to the size of Phase III of the Queens Boulevard redesign, DOT will be splitting the project into two parts,” agency spokesman Scott Gastel said in an email. “The upcoming workshops will focus on the first section of Phase III and allow DOT to get community feedback on safety concerns along the cor ridor in order to deliver improvements in 2017. “DOT has not downsized plans for the redesign of Queens Boulevard,” he continued, citing various media reports claiming the agency has. “We are conducting outreach

The Department of Transportation has scheduled a public meeting for Jan. 12 at 6 p.m. to discuss the revamping of Queens Boulevard from Eliot Avenue in Rego Park to Yellowstone BoulePHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA vard in Forest Hills. for the third phase of this crucial project in a limited geographic area, similar in size to the previous segments, in order to get the best quality input at a workshop.” With the three-phase project, the DOT aims to improve seven miles of Queens Bou-

levard — known by many as the “Boulevard of Death” because of the numerous fatalities seen along the street — for cyclists, pedestrians and drivers alike. Starting in Sunnyside and continuing in Woodside and Elmhurst, the agency has

added bike lanes, widened pedestrian areas and installed other traffic-calming measures over the last 18 months. While the redesign was moderately popular in western Queens, Community Board 4 in Elmhurst was vehemently opposed to the possibility of bike lanes on the packed thoroughfare. Even though CB 4 voted overwhelmingly against the lanes, the de Blasio administration overruled the advisory panel and instructed the DOT to install them anyway. How Rego Park and Forest Hills residents will react to the upcoming redesign remains to be seen, but the DOT will meet with Community Board 6 on Jan. 5 to discuss what work has been done in other neighborhoods and how it impacted travel for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. “DOT is not presenting any proposed plans to CB 6 on Jan. 5,” Gastel said. “We are attending their meeting to discuss the success of the previously completed phases.” The spokesman added that dates for public workshops regarding the second half of Phase III — Queens Boulevard to Union Turnpike — will be announced “in the near future.” According to Gastel, there have been no fatalities along Queens Boulevard since the Q redesign began.

Addabbo, Amato call for familial DNA test

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State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Assemblywoman-elect Stacey Pheffer Amato have added their voices to those calling for the state to authorize the use of familial DNA testing to solve cold case murders. “Knowing that other states have authorized this type of research, we are hopeful that such augmented DNA information could assist investigators and law enforcement throughout the state, including the unsolved brutal murder of our constituent, Karina Vetrano, this past August in Howard Beach, Queens,” the legislative duo said in a joint Dec. 22 letter to the state Division of Criminal Justice Services. Familial DNA testing is a method in which investigators take a sample and look to determine if it matches that of anyone’s close male relative — the search tests the Y chromosome, passed down by the father — registered in any criminal databases. If a match is found, it could provide officials with a path to the actual perpetrator of a crime. The practice is used in nine states, as well

as the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Right now, this state’s Commission on Forensic Science is looking into whether to authorize its use and how it would be carried out. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown has also called for the method’s approval — also using Vetrano’s murder as the impetus for his request — in addition to thousands online and the 30-year-old jogger’s father, Phil Vetrano. Karina Vetrano was found sexually assaulted and strangled to death in Spring Creek Park on Aug. 2 and though DNA samples were found on her corpse and cell phone, the samples matched nobody in any criminal databases. Advocates for familial DNA testing believe it may help crack the case wide open. “In order to promote justice, to ease the pain of suffering family members and to relieve the communities of the concern for wandering murders at large, we appreciate your consideration of our request regarding familial DNA searching,” Addabbo and Q Pheffer Amato said in their letter.

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

National Grid is probing claims that one of its former contractors working for the utility — who was reportedly contracted to replace more than six miles of gas mains in this borough — may have provided answers for their qualification exams to workers ahead of the test. It was reported last Wednesday, first by NBC 4 New York, that Network Infrastructure Inc. may have used answer sheets for a written portion of the qualification tests administered by the Northeast Gas Association. According to the television station, Network Infrastructure has done work on Queens roads such as Rockaway Boulevard last June in the past and the revelations of the possible cheating raise questions about the quality of their work. In a statement issued to their stakeholders and the media, National Grid said it has “terminated our contracts and business relationship with this contractor effective immediately.”

The utility will now take a second look at any work done by the company. “We are currently implementing a plan to inspect work completed by Network Infrastructure that may have been affected by this issue to ensure that all work was completed properly,” National Grid said in its statement. “National Grid’s top priority is the safety of the public and of our employees, and we remain committed to delivering a safe and reliable natural gas system to ou r cu stomer s a nd communities.” Network Infrastructure has denied any wrongdoing in the case. “We are devastated,” Patrick Clarke, president of the company, told NBC 4 New York. “We think there was a rush to judgment.” Despite denying the claims, the company has launched an internal investigation and will share the results with Con Edison, National Grid and the state’s Department of Public Service, which conducted the investigation into the Q contractor.

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A call for action at Townsend Harris HS PTA, students and lawmakers call for principal hiring process to be restarted by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Townsend Harris High School’s Parent Teacher Association, students and lawmakers last Thursday called on the Department of Education to restart the principal hiring process at the institution, which is under the extremely unpopular leadership of Interim Acting Principal Rosemarie Jahoda. The PTA, which previously voted in support of “immediate removal” of Jahoda, went to the Panel for Educational Policy the night before. “Our message was clear. Chancellor Fariña, we need action and we need action now. Townsend Harris is a crown jewel of the New York City school system,” PTA Copresident Susan Karlic said at a press conference outside the school. “It deserves a true visionary for a leader, someone who has the compassion for our children and the intellectual rigor to lead our faculty and students. Rosemarie Jahoda is simply not that person.” Karlic added that Jahoda did not support the school’s Muslim Student Association after the presidential election, when Islamophobic remarks were made towards them. “One student left her office in tears,” she said. Complaints of abuse were made against

Townsend Harris High School PTA Co-president Susan Karlic, left, spoke about the need for the Department of Education to hire a new principal at the institution, where Interim Acting Principal PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY Rosemarie Jahoda is extremely unpopular. Jahoda when she worked at the Bronx High School of Science, another top public high school. “Virtually her entire department at Bronx Science filed grievances against her and an independent factf inder stated that she degraded and harassed her subordinates and recommended she be transferred out of the

school,” Karlic said. Representatives from the offices of Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) attended the press conference. “Over the past month or so, my office has received numerous complaints from a number of these constituents who have voiced

concern about the current atmosphere at Townsend Harris,” Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) said, adding that he has been in touch with faculty at the school. “I’m here today to support, again, the Tow nsend Ha r r is com mu n it y by requesting a new and transparent C-30 process as the Department of Education selects Tow n s e n d H a r r i s’ n e x t p e r m a n e n t principal.” Weprin worked with interns from the school when he first ran for the City Council in 2001 and provided capital funds for it as a councilman. The calls made by Weprin and Karlic were backed by the students. “As someone who was personally targeted after the election, I brought up my grievances to Principal Jahoda,” Senior Class President Marina Aweeda said. “I personally did not feel like my grievances were addressed and my situation was dismissed. There was no public announcement, no public display of solidarity towards the students to show us she supported us.” “We are listening to the feedback of the community and will move towards hiring a permanent principal at Townsend Harris in accordance with the Chancellor’s Regulations,” DOE spokesman Mantel Will told Q the Chronicle in an emailed statement.

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The 103rd Precinct in Jamaica turned out in friendly force last Wednesday at the Starbucks on Sutphin Boulevard to meet with members of the public at a “Coffee with a Cop” event. “It was very successful. We plan on doing more in the future,” said Det. Marc Costa of the 103rd Precinct’s Crime Prevention and Community Affairs Office. People were invited via media notices, websites and an email the precinct sent out to residents to stop by the store at 89-02 Sutphin Blvd., a short walk from the F line and right across the street from the Queens County Courthouse. “It will allow community members access to uniformed personnel in an informal setting and provide an opportunity to converse with officers freely,” the email said. “Coffee with a Cop” is being used for similar events being held around the country. The Hawthorne, Calif. Poloice Department is widely believed to have hosted the first one in March 2011. The idea was for police and

community members to have a chance to meet informally in a neutral space to drink coffee, discuss community issues and ultimately build relationships and trust. Within t wo years, similar events were being held in more than 36 states and is now a regular program in more than 175 communities in all 50 states, as well as internationally, according to the U.S. Department of Justice website and Coffeewithacop.com. The Jamaica event was attended by a small but enthusiastic group of local citizens and some members of the 103rd Precinct Community Council. One woman, a lifelong Jamaica resident, popped in and out, having made a special trip simply to tell the officers she thinks they do a great job and appreciates their work. Citizens who would like to pass on a tip but don’t feel their information is solid enough for a formal complaint or feel intimidated by the prospect of stopping by the precinct can attend community events or the 103rd Precinct Community Council meetings and speak to an officer on the side. Costa said community events

Jamaica residents met for coffee last week with officers from the NYPD’s 103rd Precinct for a cup of Starbucks PHOTO BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH coffee and to build better relationships between the people and those who protect them. like “Coffee with a Cop” help the police do their job by giving citizens a chance to report on general issues in the neighborhood and often producing specific tips that lead to arrests. Several recent drug arrests were made as a result of tips that were passed on in this way, he said. Sgt. David Strom, supervisor of the precinct’s new Neighborhood Coordination Officer program,

attended the event, with several of his officers stopping in. Neighborhood Coordination Officers are assigned to specific geographic areas of the precinct. The event was just the right flavor for the Sutphin Boulevard Starbucks, which opened last March as the first of 15 planned community development stores dedicated to making the shops part of low- and medium-income communities by

using local contractors and minority- and women-owned bakers and dedicating space to local nonprofit and community events. The Sutphin store’s Opportunity Youth program also launched in March as a partnership between the store, the Queens Community House and the YMCA’s Y Roads Center. It helps unemployed, out-ofschool adults aged 16 to 25 to enter Q the workforce.

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NCOs collect holiday presents for needy children in Southeast Queens Editor

A New York City police officer can see the harsh to devastating effects of poverty every day. So when Officers Derek Wilkins and Robert Morris of the NYPD’s 113th Precinct saw that Santa might be running into challenges on their beat this holiday season, they decided to lend him a hand. The officers, working with the Department of Probation and the United Neighbors

Toys impatiently await new homes last week Precinct station house in Jamaica.

Civic Association, were able to collect and distribute scores of stuffed toys plus a few dolls, games and puzzles to children from needy families. The precinct station house is located on Baisley Boulevard in Jamaica. Morris and Wilkins are assigned to the precinct’s Neighborhood Coordination Off icer program, meaning portions of each day on duty is spent working with residents, businesses and civic organizations on issues of local concern. “The Probation Department already r u ns a toy d r ive,” Wilkins said. “We decided we wanted to help.” They passed the word and set up a box in the station house next to the one for the NYPD’s citywide coat drive, and they were in business. Toys were set up last Friday in the precinct’s muster room ready to be bagged and handed out. Some were being readied for delivery to the United Neighbors Civic Association. “We’ll reach out and give them to families and church at the 113th groups,” said Judy Garcia, presQ ident of UNCA.

Officers Derek Wilkins, left, and Robert Morris of the 113th Precinct survey holiday-collected toys for needy children with Judy Garcia of the United Neighbors Civic Association. The toys were given away by UNCA, churches and the Department of Probation. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON

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Cops looking for duo Winning wage gains for who took SOP ATM low-wage New Yorkers OPINION

by George Gresham Although these are trying and uncertain times, members of 1199SEIU have reason to celebrate. In 2017, all 1199ers working in New York City, along with other low-wage workers, will receive the first installment of raises that will eventually take them to a $15-an-hour minimum wage. And it is a raise well-earned. Our members, an integral component of the now international “Fight for $15” campaign, worked incessantly, braving bitterly cold conditions to march and rally in Albany, New York, and other cities and towns across New York state. The result was a smashing victory. Last April, Gov. Cuomo signed into law a bill that requires city businesses to provide a $15-an-hour minimum by the end of 2018. The law also includes 12-weeks paid family leave. The “Fight for $15” is not just about healthcare workers, it is about the future of all low-wage jobs moving forward, and the quality of care seniors and the disabled receive from our 70,000 home care workers. By raising up our low-wage workers, we can put upward pressure on employers to improve wages for all workers. The campaign also represents an important front in the battle against widening income inequality, which undermines our economy and our democracy Some may believe that these raises don’t amount to much. How wrong they are. For many of our members, the extra money they’ll be receiving spells the difference between paying an essential bill and worrying about the serious consequences of not doing so. Anna Couch has worked in home care for 12 years. Each day, she commutes nearly two hours to her work assignment in Queens. “I feel at ease,” she says. “We’ve been struggling for a long time. Homecare workers have had it tough. Many of my co-workers are working 24-hour shifts, and a four-hour round trip commute isn’t easy either. My biggest

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worry financially is the rent. This raise will make things better. Now, after payi ng bills, I m ig ht go out to dinner every couple of m o n t h s , a n d maybe buy some clothes. The Fight for $15 was worth it because before, homecare workers were invisible.” The increases will mean that the hard work of these dedicated caregivers is validated. This is true for healthcare workers, as well as our brothers and sisters working in fast-food establishments, airpor ts, child care, retail, academia (adjuncts) and other low-wage jobs We also know that the path to $15 an hour may contain some roadblocks and detours. Although we have the full support of our mayor and governor, there are those who would snatch away these hard won gains. That is why 1199SEIU will be marching shoulder to shoulder with our allies to defend the gains of the Obama administration from the incoming president, who is seeking to turn back the clock. For example, the president-elect has named cabinet members to oversee departments they have previously sought to destroy. One such person is the proposed labor secretary Andrew Puzder, the chief executive of the company that operates the fast-food restaurants Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s. Puzder not only is opposed to a $15 minimum, he has spoken out against a federal minimum wage, which today stands at a paltry $7.25 an hour. Also, when the Obama administration investigated thousands of worker complaints at fast-food restaurants, it found violations – mostly over wages – at 60 percent of investigations at Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s. The challenges ahead will not deter us. We will complete Fight for $15. There will be no turning back as we move forward in 2017 with our allies and all people of conscience in our continued commitment to good jobs at fair wages for all New Yorkers. 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest union in New York and the largest healthcare workers union in the nation. They represent over 200,000 healthcare workers in the greater New York City area and over 400,000 total members throughout the East Coast. Their mission is to achieve quality Q healthcare and good jobs for all. George Gresham is President of 1199SEIU.

Police are looking for a pair of brazen thieves who forced themselves into a South Ozone Park store and stole not just the contents of an ATM — but the entire machine on Dec. 11. The duo, according to cops, entered Rockaway West Indian Roti Shop, located 122-21 Rockaway Blvd., at 5 a.m. by prying the front door open. Once inside, the two yanked the ATM from the floor and left the store with it, f leeing to an unknown location, the NYPD said. Little is known about them, only that the perpetrators are believed to be a male and a female. Surveillance footage of the incident shows they kept their faces hidden during the heist. No physical description of the culprits was provided by the police. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477), or, for Spanish, 1 (888) 57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. Q All tips are strictly confidential.

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Unnamed buyer to flip Trump childhood house Jamaica Estates Tudor to be auctioned The childhood home of President-elect Trump in Jamaica Estates was bought by an anonymous investor on Dec. 16 who plans to auction it next month, according to media reports.

According to news outlets, the property sold for less than $1.65 million, although the exact amount paid was not disclosed. The divisive president-elect lived at the house, which has five bedrooms, until he was four years old. After that, he lived in a Midland Parkway mansion in the same neighborhood. The real estate value of the home has also likely increased dramatically since the election, according to the news website DNAinfo. Bids for the auction are due by Jan. 17 at 4 p.m. The house was previously owned by Isaac and Claudia Kestenberg, who bought it in 2008 and listed it for sale on July 8. Compared to tod ay, the quiet suburban neighborhood was a much less ethnically diverse place when Tr ump was a child, according to A house that President-elect Trump lived in as a child was Community Board 8 Chairbought by an anonymous investor and will be auctioned next woman Martha Taylor, who Q FILE PHOTO lives there. month.

C M SQ page 17 Y K said, adding that there is “a lack of amenities, no kitchen, sometimes poor transportation services.” State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), who is running against the mayor in next year’s Democratic primary, has vocally opposed hotel shelters. He is unsurprisingly not pleased with the plan to hire vendors to negotiate contracts. “Another idiot idea from a mayor who obviously doesn’t get it,” Avella said. “He just keeps finding ways to circle the issue without actually addressing it. And it’s just a shame. Meanwhile he just continues to place homeless families and invidiuals in hotels and motels that aren’t appropriate

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Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) is reminding residents that some low-income homeowners and renters may be eligible to receive financial assistance with their home heating bills this winter. “Staying warm throughout the winter is something that many people take for granted, but for those who struggle to pay heating bills, it is incredibly important that they are aware of programs such as HEAP and Hear t Share,” Richards said in a statement issued by his office. “I encourage any New Yorkers who are struggling to make ends meet to come in and see if they qualify for assistance.” Under the Heart Share Program, applicants with an open balance on their National Grid accounts can receive up to $200. Applications are available in Richards’ district offices at 234-26A Merrick Blvd. in Laurelton or at 1931 Mott Ave., suite 410, in Far Rockaway. The Home Energy Assistance Program also helps eligible low-income residents with up to $200 for utility and heating bills. Residents can pick up applications every Wednesday in the Q Far Rockaway office.

other ideas in mind for housing the individuals and families. “I thin k the bet ter expendit u re of money would be to get experts who have alternatives to hotels and put the money into rehabbing apartment buildings and buildings that the city owns and putting proper utilities and facilities in those places so they can get people off the street into semipermanent housing and get them into positions where they can take care of themselves and pay for rent,” he said. Community Board 2 District Manager Debra Markell Kleinert, state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and Community Board 12 Chairwoman Adrienne Adams did not immediately return requests for Q comment.

continued from page 2 “How much are they gonna pay the not-for-profits? ” Holden, the leader of the opposition against using Maspeth’s Holiday Inn Express as a shelter, said. “It’s way out of control. De Blasio has demonstrated time and time again that he doesn’t know how to manage the city and he hires people like Steven Banks, who can’t manage the Department of Homeless Services.” “I don’t want people out in the street but on the other hand, hotel rooms have been a difficult situation,” Community Board 8 Chair woman Mar tha Taylor said. “And what kind of amenities are they gonna get?” In CB 8’s district, the Par Central Motor Inn has been used to temporarily house homeless people. “The same old problem with no kitchens I’m sure will be there,” she said. At the Boulevard Family Residence in Elmhurst, the rooms used by the homeless lack kitchen units, a violation of the city’s Administrative Code, although Samaritan Village, the service provider, is planning to renovate the building to include them. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), whose district includes the Holiday Inn Express in Maspeth, is also not impressed by the mayor’s plan to cut costs with hotels. “I have a longstanding position of not using hotels as homeless shelters,” he

for them and just not helping them.” Queens Civic Cong ress Execut ive Vice President Richard Hellenbrecht said that the city needs to focus on alternatives to hotels rather than simply cutting costs. “I certainly agree that they’re speending way too much money and not providing the right amentities to take care of the homeless,” he said. But, he added, “just to look at the best pricing is not good enough.” The resident of Bellerose — where the Queens Colony Civic Association, Avella a nd Cou nci l m a n Ba r r y G rodench i k (D-Oakland Gardens) worked out an agreement with the ownership of two hotels to phase out the city’s rentals of rooms to homeless people — has some

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A return to relative peace and quiet

After a wild 2015, central Queens recovered with a calmer 2016 by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The central Queens neighborhoods of Rego Park, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens and Briarwood are normally some of the most idyllic and quiet parts of the borough, where families work and play without too much worry. That was not the case in 2015, as an arsonist tormented Forest Hills for months, a dramatic bus crash left eight hurt in Rego Park and a high-profile rapper was gunned down in Briarwood, among other incidents. So after a year of stress, you can bet many residents were hoping for a return to peace and tranquility in 2016. And for the most part, they got just that. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t some bumps along the way. Let’s take a look back at the year that was in central Queens.

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January For the first time in recent memory, Forest Hills was without a bookstore on New Year’s Day, as the popular Barnes & Noble location on Austin Street closed its doors for good just six hours before the ball dropped on 2015 in Times Square. And just as the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, America’s first baby of 2016 was born to Forest Hills parents Eli and Daniella Malakov, who welcomed a healthy boy into the world at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, LI. In Rego Park, the problematic Rumba nightclub had been in hot water toward the tail end of 2015 as lawmakers and area residents complained of rowdy behavior around the venue at all hours of the night. In response, the State Liquor Authority announced on Jan. 5 that it had begun the process of canceling Ru mba’s liquor license.

Capt. Robert Ramos took over as commanding officer of the 112th Precinct in May.

Forest Hills toddler Pauel Romero plays in the snow the day after a historic blizzard socked Queens and the rest of the Northeast on Jan. 23. Nearly three feet of the white stuff fell on cenFILE PHOTOS tral Queens, leaving many streets impassable for hours, even days. Another hot issue that carried over into 2016 was the possibility of Flushing Meadows Corona Park hosting multiday music festivals, something Borough President Melinda Katz and a number of people from Forest Hills to Corona opposed. They got their wish on Jan. 14, as the Parks Department announced it had denied three such applications. The month wrapped up with a monster of a blizzard on Jan. 23, the biggest in both the history of Queens and the city as a whole. Well over two feet of snow fell on central Queens, with an incredible 34 inches falling on nearby Jackson Heights, paralyzing the five boroughs for an entire weekend. The city’s response to the storm infuriated many across Queens, as some neighborhood streets went 24 hours or more without being plowed. February It wasn’t snow that angered some Alderton Street residents in the year’s second month, but the Department of Transportation. The agency considered converting the narrow, two-way Rego Park street into a oneway road with traffic only flowing east and then south as it curves, leaving Deputy Inspector Judith Harrison, the former commanding officer of the 112th Precinct, some Community Board 6 members and at least one area business owner flummoxed. Another controversial plan made headlines in February, this one in Forest Hills. The future of the neighborhood’s popular 70th Road strip of eateries known as Restaurant Row seemed up in the air, as plans for a 12-story mixed-use building were announced toward the end of the month. Nearly 2,000 residents signed an online petition opposing the plan.

March March was a quiet month in terms of the quantity of memorable events, but one seemingly insignificant park sure got a lot of attention. One woman, Esta-Joy Sydell, made cleaning the small asphalt space in Kew Gardens near the corner of Lefferts Boulevard and Austin Street her mission, something she succeeded in doing. After prodding from Sydell and others, Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) eventually enlisted the help of a sanitation organization to cleanse the park of litter and bird waste. The space has since been further spruced up by a number of community activists and volunteers. For the second time in two months, a central Queens street made headlines. This time it was Austin Street in Forest Hills, specifically its intersection with 71st Avenue. In the pages of the Chronicle’s March 31 edition, Koslowitz, store owners and community leaders called for a solution to the near constant congestion at the higher-than-normal risk of car-on-car and car-on-pedestrian collisions at the intersection. April The first full month of spring brought with it warmer temperatures and the arrival of presidential politics to the borough. For the first time in recent memory, candidates for both the Democratic and Republican nominations made campaign stops across Queens. And while none stopped by central Queens, area Republicans made their “anti-establishment” voices heard loud and clear in the New York primaries on April 19. Brash businessman and Jamaica Estates businessman Donald Trump won Rego Park

and Forest Hills with 66 and 63 percent of the vote, respectively, while 59 percent of Kew Gardens and Briarwood Republicans went for the eventual president-elect. On the Democratic side, the four central Queens neighborhoods helped carry former first lady, senator from New York and secretary of state Hillary Clinton — the party’s eventual nominee — to victory. Her opponent, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) kept it close in Kew Gardens, earning 45 percent of the vote there, but Clinton bested him by 22 percentage points in Forest Hills, 18 points in Briarwood and 16 points in Rego Park. While he ultimately reversed course later in the year, Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa told the Chronicle that he would run for borough president against Katz, his former partner and the mother of his two youngest children. In nonpolitical news, Koslowitz and nowformer Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder tangled over the future of the abandoned Rockaway Beach R ail Li ne, as the M TA announced it would study the possibility of reactivating rail service. Koslowitz, as with many others in Forest Hills, supports turning the line into an elevated park called the QueensWay. May Five months after the Forest Hills Barnes & Noble closed, three former employees created and incorporated the Queens Bookshop Initiative with the hope of opening a new neighborhood brick-and-mortar store with the money they raise. Harrison’s tenure as the 112th Precinct’s top cop came to an end on May 16, as she was transferred to the 109th Precinct in Flushing. In her two-year role as commander of the Forest Hills-based station, Harrison quickly became one of the community’s most popular figures, as her transfer was met with bittersweet congratulations from many within the precinct’s jurisdiction. She was replaced by Capt. Rober t Ramos, a first-time commanding officer who comes from a family of proud cops. Ramos’ first week on the job was a tough one, as a crew of brazen burglars broke into the Maspeth Federal Savings branch on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, stunning customers. The thieves cut a hole in the roof of the bank above the room containing dozens of safe deposit boxes, lowered themselves down into the facility and helped themselves to about $4 million in cash and valuables. June There are few things more enjoyable to do in the summer than attend an outdoor concert, and that’s what tens of thousands continued on page 20

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A snowier but calmer 2016 in central Queens continued from page 18 of people from across the region did in Forest Hills, starting in June. The Forest Hills Tennis Stadium’s third season of concerts kicked off on June 16 and 17, with popular British folk rock band Mumford & Sons playing a pair of sold-out shows at the former athletic venue. While many in the neighborhood were originally skeptical about the stadium’s 2013 transition into a music venue, the quasi-amphitheater has since become one of the more critically acclaimed concert sites in the city. Then-Police Commissioner Bill Bratton addressed over 100 residents at the 112th Precinct Community Council at its June 27 meeting. For the better part of an hour, he talked the NYPD’s handling of terrorist threats as well as the past, present and future state of both the Forest Hills-based command and the department as a whole. A Forest Hills woman was arrested and charged in connection with a grisly June 30 hit-and-run crash near the Queens Center mall that killed 21-year-old York College student Donequeca Cooke and hurt two others.

July A Chronicle study of how the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium concert series impacts area businesses found a number of eateries and other entities thoroughly enjoy return of live music to the neighborhood and the profits that come with it. About 70 people took to the streets of Kew Gardens and surrounding neighborhoods on July 12, marching to raise awareness about gun violence, the sizable number of unresolved murders in the city and the spate of seemingly unjustified killings of African-American men by police officers across the country. Two months after the daring Rego Park heist, the threeman crew allegedly responsible for the Maspeth Federal Savings bank burglary was arrested by authorities. They were busted after an NYPD surveillance camera captured the alleged burglars arriving at one of their residences with the loot in hand. QueensWay activists got the Forest Hills community involved in the planning of the proposed elevated park with a well-attended public workshop on July 27, when excited residents tossed out ideas like having food trucks, movie screens or even a bandshell on the former rail line.

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August The fates of two longtime community entities made headlines in the final full month of summer, one of which is more certain than the other. The $6.1 million sale of the plot of land the popular Flagship Diner at 138-30 Queens Blvd. in Briarwood sits on was announced early in the month, panicking some of the

Thumbs up! East Elmhurst’s Robert Yenco dons a rather intricate papier-mache Joey Ramone head at Oct. 29’s street renaming ceremony in honor of the Ramones.

51-year-old eatery’s longtime customers. The Flagship isn’t closing anytime soon, however, as coowner Vincent Pupplo expects the diner to remain open at least through the remainder of its lease, which expires on Oct. 31, 2019. Meanwhile, the lease was renewed for another five years at t he Kew G a rde n s Post Office, which residents had feared for years would soon close down. In Forest Hills, the shutt e r e d Sp o r t s Au t h o r it y’s parking lot became a magnet for illegal dumping. Inconsiderate residents discarded everything from mattresses to televisions to household garbage in a massive pile, angering neighbors. The trash heap was eventually cleaned up toward the end of the month.

Marcus Mumford and his popular rock band Mumford & Sons was just one of the many top acts that rocked the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in 2016. Music legends like Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Dolly Parton also played shows as part of the third annual concert series.

September On the Rego Park-Middle Village line, the former Woodhaven Boulevard eatery Joe Abbracciamento’s restaurant met a sad fate, as demolition began on the structure midway through the month. Open for more than six decades, the restaurant closed and was sold in 2014 to make way for an apartment complex at the site. The 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks was commemorated with an emotional Forest Hills motorcycle ride and ceremony hosted in honor of heroic first responder Richard Pearlman. The Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps member was just 18 when the World Trade Center’s South Tower collapsed on top of him, killing the Howard Beach native as he searched for survivors. The newly constructed, $23 million atrium inside Borough Hall was unveiled and named for former Borough President Helen Marshall in a Sept. 27 ceremony. October The month began with a grisly murder, as Rego Park man Roman Gorbunov was charged with bludgeoning his mother, Lyubova, to death and dumping her body in Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Business leaders such as Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce President Leslie Brown and others across Queens stood up in unison to decry the new street festival proposals, saying the consequences of such ideas would be dire. The plans, which were put on hold a month later due to community opposition, would have limited the outerboroughs to just 100 combined street fairs per year and placed other onerous regulations on street vendors hoping to work the events. Officials announced the Forest Hills branch of the Queens Library would close in late November for up to six weeks to allow for roof repairs. However, that plan was also delayed, with the renovations being pushed back until the spring. The final Saturday in October saw Forest Hills lawmakers and music fans come together to celebrate punk rock pioneers the Ramones, who were honored with a street renaming ceremony outside Forest Hills High School where the four original band members first met and formed their influential and iconic group.

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November Election night was a tough one for Democrats across America who supported for Hillary Clinton. Despite winning the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes — earning more votes than any presidential candidate in history aside from President Obama in 2008 — Donald Trump, won the Electoral College and the presidency, even after many had written him off months earlier once a tape of him bragging about committing sexual assault surfaced in September. Area Democrats running for office, however, avoided the same fate as Clinton, as Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and state Sens. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) cruised to victory over their Republican opponents. Trump’s win sparked massive protests outside his Manhattan tower, with police precincts from around the city losing officers to the rallies. The 112th Precinct was hit especially hard, as Ramos said he was losing around five cops a day. In nonpolitical news, ground was broken on a new, long-awaited parking lot outside Borough Hall, which should feature 302 spaces once it opens in the fall of 2017. The month ended on a tragic note, as a Briarwood crane accident resulted in the deaths of two construction workers just one day before Thanksgiving. December Tragedy struck central Queens on Dec. 3, as beloved Forest Hills High School graduate and Binghamton University student Stefani Lineva was killed by a hitand-run driver near her school as she walked along Route 434. A star tennis player and member of the West Side Tennis Club, the 20-year-old Lineva was remembered by those who knew her in her youth as a caring, smart girl with a bright future ahead. Her alleged killer, Aizaz Siddiqui, was arrested on Dec. 8 and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. A pair of Forest Hills development projects wrapped up 2016, as plans for an office tower on the Queens Boulevard service road overlooking MacDonald Park and two residential buildings on the site of the shuttered Q Parkway Hospital were unveiled.

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Naclerio’s legacy spans much more than hoops The ‘white dad’ of Cardozo showered with love after setting NYS wins mark by Christopher Barca

He keeps copies of their report cards in his office, his car and his home. The gym rat burns 12 straight hours on a Cardozo High School was all but abandoned last Thursday evening, the echoes of Saturday scouting other Public School Athdribbling basketballs and squeaking sneak- letic League opponents. If he has trouble sleeping, he’ll spend the ers long gone from the hallways. The television cameras long packed up wee hours of the morning sketching out a game plan on whatever paper he can find. and thrown into cable news vans. It’s Naclerio’s unrelenting push for greatThe raucous, energetic crowd long filed out of the building, presumably off to a ness that has run him ragged, leaving his voice hoarse and his mind always racing. party to celebrate that night’s win. But it’s that unmatched determination to Left all alone at center court is 59-yearold boys basketball coach Ron Naclerio. He mold superstars from wannabes and men paces atop the Cardozo logo; his hands from boys that has finally carried him to the clasped behind his head of wispy gray hair, top of the state’s coaching mountain. In a perfect encapsulation of Naclerio’s his face strained with exhaustion. After 36 years on the job at the Bayside career, his Judges defeated Springfield Garschool, all he wants to do is relax. But he dens 79-76 at home, a wild affair that saw Cardozo blow a huge lead and trail late, only can’t. His body and mind won’t let him. Naclerio tries his hardest, eventually to come up with clutch, game-winning finding the strength to make his way to the buckets in the game’s final minute. The victory was Naclerio’s 755th of his plastic, blue bleachers for a postgame intercareer, breaking a tie with late East Hampview with the Chronicle. And as his feet swing above the floor and ton High School coach Ed Petrie for the his hands jump from behind his head to his most wins ever by a public school basketball seat and back again, something amazing coach in the state of New York. “The way God wrote the script,” he said happens, almost as unbelievable as any Carof last Thursday’s record-breaker, “it turned dozo buzzer-beater. out pretty good.” Naclerio’s body suddenly relaxes. Naclerio never imagined he would end up He leans against the second row of seats. coaching the very basketball team he played He ponders. for as a high schooler. He cracks a smile. Hell, he never envisioned a career in “This is a tremendous, tremendous feeling,” Naclerio said. “You know, you put hoops at all. An All-American baseball player at St. yourself where they’re going to talk about John’s University, he was selected by the you for a long time. “A lot of times, I ask if it’s worth it,” he Chicago White Sox in the 1979 MLB Draft, continues. “Monetarily it’s not worth it, but with dreams of carving out a professional career on the diamond. right now, emotionally, I’m on cloud nine.” But a severe ankle injury ended his time For nearly four decades, Naclerio has insatiably chased success for his team on the in baseball, and two years later, he found court and his players off it, guiding his 1999 himself on the sidelines at Cardozo, guiding and 2014 teams to city championships and the Judges to a putrid 1-21 record in his first season. nearly 100 ballers to Division I programs. It wou ld t a ke years for Naclerio to build the program to respectable levels, thanks to natural obstacles that come with putting together a talented team in an area like Bayside. A school known for its academic prowess, ma ny thought Naclerio would never get the basketball team off the ground. Some even told him to his face. “I remember about two or three years into my coaching career, someone told me, ‘Coach, you look like you have a The animated Naclerio is known as one of, if not the fieriest coach in all chance to be a really FILE PHOTO good coach, but of New York City high school basketball. Associate Editor

Cardozo High School boys basketball coach Ron Naclerio poses in his office, a shrine to his former players, after practice on Dec. 16. For 36 years, he’s chased greatness for himself and those on his team, and he was rewarded on Dec. 22, when he passed Ed Petrie for first all-time on the PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA state’s public school wins list. you can’t do it at Cardozo,’” he said. “‘There’s no projects. Too many kids apply, so you’re not going to get those kinds of kids in. Even if you do, they won’t pass. You should go to a school where there’s a lot more talent already in the building.’ “I ran into that person six or seven years later,” he continued, “and they said, ‘You know what, I might be wrong about what I said.’ And 36 years later, he was definitely wrong.” But the 1980s version of Ron Naclerio was even more intense and driven than today’s coach, according to retired professional baller and Queens Village native Duane Causwell, the Sacramento Kings’ f irst-round selection in the 1990 NBA Draft. The 10-year NBA veteran said Naclerio would spend hours each morning and weekend working with him at Marie Curie Park down the street from the school. When it came to keeping good grades, Naclerio would push him as hard, if not harder, than his parents. And if personal issues ever arose, it was Naclerio who was always there to listen and lend a helping hand. That’s what drew Causwell and countless players like him to Cardozo and away from the problems found on the street. “The things that he would say to us and get in our chest, I don’t think the kids today could handle that,” Causwell said with a chuckle in a telephone interview last week. “But I still call him to this day. If I’m down and I need that big brother kind of love, I still talk to him.”

Hearing a former player talk about Naclerio as a brotherly mentor seemingly contradicts the coach’s on-court behavior. One wouldn’t be able to tell whether Cardozo leads by 40 or trails by 10 judging by his sideline antics, as the man in the blue polo and orange pants often explodes on his players for the most minor of offenses. With the Judges dominating Springfield Gardens by 14 points late in the third quarter, for example, Cardozo star DeDe Utley tried to dribble out of a double team but had the ball stolen from him, leading to a layup. An irate Naclerio, red in the face, leapt in the air while cursing and flailing his fists in anger, stomping down the sidelines and burying his head in his hands upon his return to the ground. Such tirades are common on the Cardozo bench, and while Naclerio says such reactions are completely genuine, he believes it’s the best way to keep his players on their toes. “If I didn’t do that, those kids would pick up on it,” he said. “If I get complacent, they will get complacent.” Former Syracuse University star and Floral Park native James Southerland was the subject of many of those meltdowns in his time at Cardozo a decade ago, as well. And while he didn’t enjoy them in the moment, the newest member of the Santa Cruz Warriors, an NBA Developmental League franchise, said he would always strive to be a better player specifically to avoid Naclerio’s tantrums. “He’s passionate as hell and he wants the best for all his kids. He expects people to continued on page 24

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Coach Ron Naclerio has made a career out of changing lives continued from page 22 play great,” Southerland said in a telephone interview last week. “When you’re young, you don’t always understand that your shots aren’t great shots. But he helps you understand.” Southerland still maintains a close relationship with Naclerio, the man he calls his “white dad.” His actual father attends every Cardozo game, while Southerland keeps in touch with Naclerio from the west coast over text message. Causwell, an Atlanta resident, said he basically has him on speed dial. But that tight bond doesn’t only extend to his former players. A dozen current Cardozo Judges told the Chronicle after practice last week that they all see Naclerio as so much more than a man who just works with them on their jump shot. “There’s no let up with him. You have to make sure you’re on top of things at all times,” senior Matthew Meikle said. “He’s not just my basketball coach, he’s my life coach. He’s always looking out for me.” “For 36 years, he’s been trying to get every drop of athleticism out of his players,” fellow senior Edgar Rodriguez Reyes added. “And he knows if he doesn’t do that now, we won’t get the best out of ourselves in the future.” Molding his players into successful men was also the primary goal of Ed Petrie, the man whose record Naclerio broke last Thursday. But Naclerio’s volcanic coaching style is completely opposite of the now-former alltime wins leader, according to his son, Ed Petrie Jr. After being told of Naclerio’s antics, Petrie said his father, who led East Hampton High School for 42 of his 52 years patrolling the sidelines, undoubtedly would have “hated” coaching against him.

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Naclerio berates some of his players during a drill at practice on Dec. 16. A number of former Judges said simply trying to avoid the coach’s meltdowns made them much better players on PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA the court and men off it. “Dad was the polar opposite of that. He couldn’t stand when coaches acted like that,” Petrie said in a telephone interview two weeks ago. “He was like John Wooden. He just sat on the bench, and if he gave you a stare, you knew you had to get your act together.” However, the senior Petrie, a 1956 draft pick of the New York Knicks, would have been the first to laud Naclerio for helping his kids realize their potential as not just ballplayers, but human beings. And as it turns out, coaching in a small town means almost everyone you come across in your daily life played for you at one point or another. Petrie said when his father died in 2015, the line to enter his wake was well over six hours long. Cops, firefighters, businessmen and sanitation workers spent an entire day waiting to pay their respects to the man they simply called coach. “Every Father’s Day, his phone would ring off the hook like you wouldn’t believe,” Petrie Jr. said. “He got so many of those guys off to college when they were kids.” Each season, the coach made it his mission to find out which player was going through painful personal issues and help him in any way he could, according to Petrie Jr. In the mid 1970s, Petrie discovered one of his star players was homeless, sleeping every night in a shed. And while the coach’s son didn’t know exactly what his father did to rectify the situation, it was Petrie who rescued him. “He found him a place to live,” Petrie Jr. said. “And that player ended up going to college on a full basketball scholarship.” Four decades later, it was Naclerio who helped alter the course of a young man’s life in a way so much more meaningful than basketball. In January 2011, Cardozo star and Far Rockaway resident Marquis Barnett and his poverty-stricken family were being bounced around to different domestic

violence shelters across the city after his mother managed to escape the violent relationship she was in. Barnett’s 11-year-old autistic brother, Tavon Turpin, was killed in a fire at his grandmother’s Coney Island home just a few months earlier. Once Naclerio learned of the tragedies his player had to endure, according to assistant coach Michael Blisset, he organized a clothing and food drive “When he came to school, he had no clothes,” Blisset said of Barnett. “So coach took it upon himself to ask players he had in the past to donate to this kid and give him and his family some clothes to wear and food to eat.” Naclerio even drove to Far Rockaway himself to personally deliver the donated clothing, food and money to Barnett and his family, once they returned to their home. “Barnett graduated college and he’s getting his masters right now,” the assistant coach said. “Not only is he going to be able to take care of himself, he can take care of his family. Those are the sort of things people don’t know about coach. He considers us family.” While Naclerio’s style may have rubbed his dad the wrong way, Petrie Jr. said the former record holder would have been so proud to see a man who cares just as much about his players as he did pass him on the wins list. “He certainly would have been happy for him,” he said. “The records didn’t mean a lot to him anyway.” But ironically enough, it’s Naclerio who, deep down in his heart, might be the least excited about the accomplishment. For years, he’s openly longed for an opportunity to move up to the collegiate or the professional level, petitioning every coach he knows for positions on their staffs. He admitted last week he never even thought about breaking Petrie’s record as recently as two years ago, as he didn’t

think he would remain at Cardozo long enough. “My mother sees how hard I work and sees the salary is nothing,” he said. “She’ll say, ‘Ron, look at all of the people that you’ve helped. Somebody can’t help you?’ “Maybe, hopefully, 100 years from now I’ll get a chance to ask the good Lord that question.” But Naclerio’s words suddenly ring hollow when you walk into his office in the bowels of Cardozo. Nearly every single inch of the room is covered with discolored newspaper articles and years old magazine covers featuring countless former players. Only a sliver of the ceiling above the room’s sole window remains untouched. Would someone supposedly so willing to leave treat his office as an intricate, if messy, shrine to the accomplishments of the players he coached and the men he helped mold? “This man isn’t stopping,” Blisset said. “He always talks about one day coming to an end. But I think if he stopped, he would die.” While Southerland and Clausell both agreed Naclerio certainly has the chops to coach a college or NBA team, neither could ever envision him leaving. In the former’s mind, it’s hard to imagine how many kids in need of a tough, but loving mentor would pass through Cardozo High School without ever finding one. “I remember walking into his office in eighth grade, telling him I want to go to Cardozo,” Southerland said. “Ever since then, he’s been great. He believed in me. He knew what I can do. Since Day 1 he’s been behind me and I’ll never forget that.” How many more Duane Causwells would go undiscovered and undeveloped, should Nacler io depa r t for g reener pastures? “I live in Georgia now, but sometimes I wish I was back home because there’s no question where my kids would be going,” he said. “Cardozo. No other option.” The sole state and city record left to chase for Naclerio is late Archbishop Molloy coach Jack Curran’s overall mark of 972 victories, the most ever at a public, private or parochial school. Many consider that record as unapproachable, never mind unbreakable in a city so loaded with tough competition. But don’t count Naclerio out. Players past and present, from Causwell to Meikle, can’t imagine their coach losing his tenacious edge that propelled him to greatness. And they certainly have trouble imagining their coach leaving Cardozo after all these years. With win number 755 in his back pocket, consider the chase for 972 officially underway, even if Naclerio doesn’t want to admit it yet. “I know me. If I even start thinking about that record, I’ll be so obsessed to get there that I won’t enjoy coaching and all that comes with it,” he said. “So let me just Q enjoy this record first.”

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Another successful year in the books Until 2017, thank you to all who helped with our annual toy drive by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

There’s nothing quite like the sight of children’s eyes lighting up as they receive that one thing they were asking for during the holidays. Last week, we had the honor of witnessing that several times, as we dropped the bags of toys you donated this past month to the homeless shelters throughout the borough. It was quite the scene at our office, the sounds of toys coming in and out of the door replacing the clacking of fingertips against the keyboard and ringing telephones. We could hardly keep up with all of the shipments — what a great problem to have. It may be hard to believe now, but our hallways were not too long ago crowded in a way that would have made the fire marshal furious with rage. Up until the day before Christmas Eve, people were coming in and showing their holiday generosity with dolls, books, clothes and more. Throughout the days before Christmas, our publisher Mark Weidler, office manager Lisa LiCausi and administrator Stela Barbu were dropping the hundreds of items to the shelters. They went to the Kings Inn Family Center and Metro Family Residence in East Elm-

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The Queens Chronicle’s ninth annual Holiday Photo Contest is nearly over. Get your submission in soon! Take pictures of lights, miniature villages, snowmen, joyous children and families — anything that you think reflects the season — and send them on in. Make sure your photos are new and taken in Queens, tell us the location and other details about them, and be sure to say whether you are an amateur or pro photographer. The winner gets free passes to an offBroadway show or other family-friendly performance in or around the city. You’ll also see your photo published. We’ll announce the winner in January. Email your high-resolution digital photos to peterm@qchron.com. Please say Holiday Photo Contest in the subject line. Or snail-mail prints to Queens Chronicle Photo Contest, 62-33 Woodhaven Blvd., Rego Park, NY 11374. The deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 4. Good luck!

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hurst, the Boulevard Family Residence in Elmhurst and the Saratoga Family Inn in Springfield Gardens, as well as Dove House, an emergency shelter for battered women or men and their children in eastern Queens. We received so many gifts, we even had enough to give out to needy families in this borough and others. So many did not have to face the disappointment of having nothing to play with on the morning of Dec. 25. We’ve thanked so many of you already but we’d like to, for the last time this year, give a special shout out to some of our merriest elves who went above and beyond the call of duty: the people at PS 290 in Ridgewood, PS 348 in Maspeth, David and Kathleen in Glendale and the crew at LATAM Airlines, based in Chile. And for all of those who dropped the items off to the offices of elected officials, thank you. If we’ve neglected to mention anyone, we apologize but still greatly appreciate your contribution. We also tip our hats to the politicians who volunteered their offices and helped our employees load up their cars, sometimes more than once: Councilman Danny Dromm,

Falchi to get $35M in renovations The Manhattan-based development company that owns the Citbank building has acquired the historic, mixed-use Falchi st r uct ure in Long Island City and announced last Thursday its plans to renovate the site to the tune of $35 million. Savanna purchased the block-wide 47th Avenue building, constructed in 1922 and first used as a warehouse, from Jamestown, the owners of Falchi since 2012. The developer secured a $200 million loan from Blackstone to help purchase the structure but a spokeswoman for Savanna could not confirm the final price tag. “Our acquisition of the Falchi Building demonstrates our continued commitment to Long Island City,” said Savanna Director Andrew Kurd in a prepared statement. “We are excited to position Falchi to serve the incredibly robust demand for office space in Long Island City and are looking forward to making additional contributions to the area’s creative culture.” The new owner plans to renovate much of the interior of the building, including

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its elevators, common corridors and bathrooms. It also plans on developing new ground f loor retail space. Its exterior underwent improvements in 2013. The building already houses tenants such as Uber, Lyft, Juice Press and Donut Q Plant.

Two Port Authority police officers were injured on Dec. 16 when they attempted to question a man alleged to be illegally soliciting taxi passengers at Kennedy Airport. PA police said Juan Bellobernaber, 54, above, approached outside Terminal 4 by the officers at about 5 p.m. while soliciting passengers in a blue minivan. He allegedly attempted to pull away with the officers hanging onto his van, striking another car in the process. One officer sustained injuries to both knees, while the other suffered multiple lacerations, including one on his elbow requiring stitches. A PA police spokesman said both have been able to return to duty.

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New Year’s resolutions are often as easy to break as they are to make. But whether one’s goal is to get healthier, better manage money or just become more organized, experts offer simple yet effective steps for staying on target. Financial experts say one does not have to be a Rockefeller to put aside some savings for short- to long-term goals. A spokeswoman for Maspeth Federal Savings said things like shedding debt can be easier than shedding holiday pounds with the following steps: • Make a list of all outstanding debts and pay off those with the highest interest rates first; pay more than the minimum amount each period and gradually increase the amount. • Make a budget and stick to it, tracking monthly spending and remembering to include at least a little each month for retirement. • Know your credit score, which is available free at annualcreditreport.com. • Start saving today, as even little amounts can add up over time. • Live within your means, without overspending or being overly reliant on credit cards. • Walk more for short-distance trips, not only saving gas money but getting exercise and helping the environment. A spokeswoman for Ridgewood Savings Bank said their staff does things like going to schools to talk about savings and the wise use of credit. She also said the American Bankers Association has a “Money Talks” feature on its website aba.com that offers children tips on saving for short-term spending like a new CD, and long-term for things like cars. Even comparison shopping for goods and services can allow buyers to achieve some savings.

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“Bayside: The Actors’ Enclave,” with photos, posters, newspaper articles and ephemera from the early 20th century, when many stage, vaudeville and silent movie stars lived in the neighborhood. Thru Dec. 2017 at least, Thu.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat., 12-4 p.m. (closed Dec. 31), Bayside Historical Society, 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten Park. $5. Info: (718) 352-1548, baysidehistorical.org.

New Year’s Eve Dinner Dance, with music, food, drinks and more. Sat., Dec. 31, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $65. Info: (718) 478-3100. Ring in the new year with Matteo’s, featuring a five-course meal, open bar, DJ and more. Dec. 31, starting at 8 p.m. Matteo’s of Howard Beach, 155-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach. $165. Call Mike or Anthony: (718) 322-2606.

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“Nasty Women,” with works that serve to demonstrate solidarity among artists who self-identify as “nasty women” in the face of recent and ongoing threats to women’s rights in the wake of Presidentelect Donald Trump’s election. Thu.-Sun., Jan. 12-15, Knockdown Center, 52-19 Flushing Ave., Maspeth. Free. Info: (347) 915-5615.

New Year’s Eve at Danny’s Szechuan Garden, Choose between the Hibachi Table or classic Chinese dining. Dinner with two cocktails, beer or wine. Dec. 31, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. 156-40 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach. $49 per person; $25 children under 10. Info: (718) 738-6500.

“Life Reimagined,” more than two dozen paintings in various styles by residents of the Pomonok Senior Center in Flushing. Thru Sat., Dec. 31, Resorts World Casino Red Wall Art Gallery, 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., South Ozone Park. Free. Info: rwnewyork.com. “Who’s Exploiting Who in the Deep Sea?”, textile sculptures of crabs, sharks and more by Cosima von Bonin, examining the opposing sides of the sea: mysterious underworld and popular beaches. Thru Jan. 2, Thu.-Mon., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. Suggested $5; $3 students; free for LIC residents. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org. “GingerBread Lane,” the 2013-15 world record holder for largest gingerbread village, with edible, homemade houses by chef Jon Lovitch. Thru Sun., Jan. 15; New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission; workshops $10 per kit. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

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“Q100: photographing the city bus to Riker’s Island,” highlighting the loved ones of people detained in the city jail. Thru Sun., Jan. 15, Qns Collective, 36-27 36 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: queenscouncilarts.org. “Nikon Small World 2016,” with winning images from the photomic rog raphy competition, such as this zebra fish embryo’s developing face, a butterfly proboscis, a polished slab of agate and dozens more. Thru Feb. 26, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $15; $12 students, seniors, kids. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. PHOTO BY OSCAR RUIZ

“Another Land: After Noguchi,” astrophotography-like works by Leah Raintree, considering the microcosms in Isamu Noguchi’s sculptures. Thru Jan.

Flashback to the 80s at Russo’s On the Bay’s New Year’s event. Cocktails, dinner and entertainment will help celebrate the iconic catering hall’s 30th anniversary. Dec. 31, 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. 162-45 Cross bay Blvd., Howard Beach. $250 per person. Info: Call Priscilla at (718) 843-0702. There are plenty of places to celebrate New Year’s in style around Queens if you still haven’t locked your plans down. See New Year’s Eve. 8, Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10; $5 seniors, students; NYC HS students, kids under 12 free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org. “Neither Here Nor There,” paintings, photographs, sculpture and more by eight French artists living in the U.S., sharing a sense of figurative isolation. Thru Jan. 20, Fri., 3-6 p.m., Sun., 1-6 p.m. or by app’t, Radiator Gallery, 10-61 Jackson Ave., LIC. Free. Info: (347) 677-3418, radiatorarts.com. Kelly Franké drawings, with works by the Astoria artist and Long Island native featuring Queens, NYC and LI, on display and for sale. Thru May, QED, 27-16 23 Road, Astoria. Free. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

“World Amigurumi Exhibition vol. 3: Mixed Materials Made Mini Monsters!,” taking the Japanese art of crocheting stuffed animals and other creatures and objects in a new direction with unique shapes and materials, with artists from all over the world. Thru March 31, Resobox, 41-26 27 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 784-3680, resobox.com. “East of East River,” photos of Astoria and Long Island City showing their changing landscapes from 2004-15, by area resident Vikram Dogra. Thru Feb. 26, 2017, Tue.-Sun., 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $6; $4 seniors; $4 students, $2 children over 3. Info: (718) 886-3800, info@ queensbotanical.org.

“Found and Funky,” mixed-media works made of found objects and paying homage to the jazz term for an art piece achieving its highest form. Thru Sat., April 8, Materials for the Arts, 33-00 Northern Blvd., 3rd floor, Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 7292007, mfta.org. “Shivers,” dystopic paintings by Sascha Braunig of fantastical sculptural constructions and more that depict bodies under duress at a time when individual experience seems threatened by outside forces. Thru March 5, 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. “Martin Scorsese,” on the iconic New Yorker and director’s intertwined career and life, with production material, childhood artifacts, behind-the-scenes images, film retrospective and more. Thru Apr. 23, 2017, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $7 kids 3-17. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

New Year’s Eve Spectacular, with TV comedians performing live, “grub from the city’s best” and more. Two shows: Sat., Dec. 31, 7:30-9 p.m. and 10-11:30 p.m., QED, 27-16 23 Road, Astoria. First show $20; $30 with dinner; second show $20; $40 with dinner. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com. New Year’s Eve at Club360, with live performances by disco stars Tavares (“It Only Takes a Minute”) and France Joli, (“Come to Me”), right, party favors, one drink ticket and champagne toast. Sat., Dec. 31, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. (doors open 8 p.m.), Resorts World Casino, 11000 Rockaway Blvd., South Ozone Park. $40. Info: events@rwnewyork.com. FACEBOOK PHOTO New Year’s Eve at The Bonnie with their celebration starting at 8:30 p.m. From 9 p.m.-on, open bar, hors d’oeuvres, party favors, champagne at midnight and a DJ. 29-12 23 Ave., Astoria. $80 per person. Info: celebrate@thebonnie.com or (718) 274-2105. New Year’s Eve at Terrace on the Park. A grand ballroom celebration where guests can have dinner, cocktails, and view of the city skyline with live music. Sat., Dec. 31, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. $150 per person. Terrace on the Park, 5211 111 St., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Info: (718) 592-5000, terraceonthepark.com.

“Maintenance Art,” with sculptures, photos and more, celebrating the everyday task of keeping things clean, by the Sanitation Dept.’s only artistin-residence ever, Mierle Laderman Ukeles. Thru Sun., Feb. 19, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested $8 admission; $4 seniors; free students, children, certain city employees. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org. PHOTO BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN

SPECIAL EVENTS Creighton vs. St. John’s, the Red Storm men’s basketball team returns home to face Creighton, the 10th-ranked team in college hoops. Wed., Jan. 4, 8:30 p.m., Carnesecca Arena, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica, $30. Info: redstormsports.com. continued on page 32

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The reverb catches you in the back of the skull; it doesn’t so much worm its way into your ear as it asserts control over your skeleton. Traveling out of the speakers, through the floor, up your legs, through your frame and into your head — the boundar y between man and machine is easily transcended. Mark Leckey’s “Containers and Their Drivers,” on display at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, often lives in the liminal space between technology and humanity. Drawing from his background in the

‘Containers and Their Drivers’ When: Thru March 5, Thurs.-Mon., 12 to 6 p.m. Where: MoMa PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City Entry: $10; $8 students and seniors

British nightclub subculture, music becomes a throughline for the artist’s work, spanning film, sculptures and even found objects. Whether churning out thumping electronic dance music or spouting a distorted spoken-word poem, the speaker is framed as an extension of humanity, a vessel to be filled. “These colossal dolls, these wooden dummies with all their interchangeable parts, can speak on my behalf … extend my tiny voice like giant prostheses,” writes Leckey in “OdooDem,” a text accompanying his room of “Sound Systems,” which top out at an imposing eight feet in height, dwarfing the museum’s visitors. Accented in fire engine red and pitchblack, the five sets of stereo-sculptures stand in formation, but hardly act in unison, creating a tapestry of sound in the room. Elsewhere, Leckey’s 2013 exhibition, “The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things,” is brought back to life under blacklight and techno. T h e s h o w b r o ug h t t og e t h e r a n

Mark Leckey’s “Containers and Their Drivers” exhibit in Long Island City will commandeer PHOTO BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN your body through March 5. assortment of curious imagery that Leckey had saved to his hard drive over time, and which he then tracked down and borrowed to display together — transcending the virtual limits of his computer and bringing the archive into the physical world.

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Plaza’s rendition scales down the classic story to 60 compact minutes, retaining much of the music from the motion picture, including, of course, “Over the Rainbow.” The show remains “very close to the movie,” Weiss said, emphasizing that an hour seems to be “just the right amount of time for the young children to see a live performance.” Weiss promised that “we saved all the good parts.” In the central role of Dorothy, Lyndsay Wolgel marks her Plaza debut as well as the first time she will be playing the young girl from Kansas. She will be joined by an ensemble cast that includes Mike D’Alto as the Scarecrow, Rob Neil as the Tinman, Lisa Berman as Glinda, the good witch, Becky Neuhedel as the Wicked Witch, and Jack Holly in the title role. For the twelfth time, Weiss will be shivering in his shoes as the Cowardly Lion. Following the performance, there will be a meet and greet with the performers. The performance will take place on SunQ day, Jan. 8 at 2 p.m.

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It was 60 years ago that President Dwight Eisenhower founded the President’s Council on Youth Fitness, which now goes by the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition. In honor of the anniversary, the council has its 0to60 Campaign. The aim is to encourage people of all ages who want to practice healthier lifestyles. The websites fitness.gov and 0to60fitness.org offer apps, videos and other information on integrating exercise and a healthier diet, with advice ranging from simple exercises to joining a gym where trained personnel are available. The 0to60 app includes tips for beginners of all ages and abilities, healthy recipes and workout videos. If your resolution is to improve your health by quitting smoking, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and the American Lung Association have teamed up to form “Freedom from Smoking” a groupbased smoking cessation program that consists of a series of sessions with trained professionals working with small groups. Topics covered include:

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THEATRE “The Wizard of Oz,” America’s favorite children’s story, about a girl thrust into a land of fantasy and forced to take on a dangerous mission, by Plaza Theatrical Productions. Sun., Jan. 8, 2 p.m., Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Tickets: $12. Info: (516) 5996870, plazatheatrical.com.

MUSIC Queensboro Symphony Orchestra, Pre-New Year’s Eve Concert, with Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy and Haydn’s “Farewell” Symphony. Thu., Dec. 29, 8 p.m., Mary’s Nativity Church, 46-02 Parsons Blvd., Flushing. Free-will offering. Info: (718) 359-5996, facebook.com/ queensborosymphonyorchestra. SsingSsing, with six Korean musicians melding rock and authentic Korean folk singing with other elements. Fri., Jan. 6, 8 p.m. (season kickoff party 6 p.m.; RSVP req’d: schoi@flushingtownhall.org), Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; kids 13-19 free with school ID. Info: (718) 4637700, flushingtownhall.org. COURTESY PHOTO

FILM First Look 2017, a festival for innovative new cinema, with works from more than 20 countries, most New York premieres. Fri., Jan. 6-Mon., Jan. 16, varying times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. Varying prices; pass to all films $45. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

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“Alan Hevesi: The Politics of the Constitution,” a discussion with former state Assemblyman Alan Hevesi about the history, evolution and future of the Constitution. Mon., Jan. 9, 1:30 p.m., Central Queens Y, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. $5 suggested donation for members, $8 suggested donation for nonmembers. Info: (718) 268-5011.

KIDS/TEENS Teen Happy Hour, to chill with friends and play board, card games or the library’s Nintendo Wii U or X Box 360. Each Fri. thru Dec. 30, 4-6 p.m., Flushing Library, 41-17 Main St. Free. Info: (718) 661-1200, queenslibrary.org. Friday Kids Club, with board games, knitting, arts and crafts, Legos and more, for kids 5-12 and parents, grandparents, other caregivers. Every Fri. thru Dec. 30, 3-4:30 p.m., Glen Oaks Library, 256-04 Union Tpke. Free. Info: (718) 831-8636, queenslibrary.org.

Family Maker Club, a learning environment with children and families tinkering, designing and creating things from everyday materials. Each Mon. thru Feb. 27, 3:45-5 p.m., Middle Village Library, 72-31 Metropolitan Ave. Info: Susan Paredes, (718) 326-1390, susan.paredes@queenslibrary.org.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES The Queens Library has seven Adult Learning Centers with full-time professional staff and volunteers who tutor literacy groups and facilitate ESOL conversation groups. The centers also offer basic adult education classes. Info: queenslibrary. org/services/adult-literacy/adult-learning-centers. Services Now for Adult Persons, Inc., a social service agency providing for the needs of senior citizens in Queens, is seeking volunteers for its programs geared toward helping seniors living independently in their homes. Further information may be obtained by calling SNAP of Eastern Queens Innovative Senior Center at (718) 4542100, or SNAP Brookville Neighborhood Senor Center at (718() 525-8899. Howard Beach Senior Center, with exercise classes every weekday except Thu.; dances with a DJ and hot lunch every Tue.; adult coloring classes every Wed.; art classes every Thu.; monthly book club; and more, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100. Knitting and crocheting class, to learn a new skill or share an idea for a craft project, by Jamaica Senior Program for Older Adults. Each Thu., 10:30-11:30 a.m., T. Jackson Adult Center, 92-47 165 St. Info: (718) 657-6500, jspoa.org.

SUPPORT GROUPS Bereavement groups for assistance dealing with loss and the process towards healing, with others experiencing similar situations. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Registration req’d. Info: (718) 268-5011, ext. 160, olderadults@cgy.org. Overeaters Anonymous, for people who want to lose weight or have any eating disorder. Every Tue., 7:30-9 p.m., Holy Child Jesus Outreach Center, 112-06 86 Ave., Richmond Hill; every Thu., 12:15-1:40 p.m., Rego Park Library, 91-41 63 Ave. Info: (718) 564-7027 (Richmond Hill); (718) 8964756, (718) 459-5140 (Rego Park). Gam-Anon is a 12-step program for families of someone with a gambling problem. Call hot line (212) 606-8177. Contemplating suicide? The Samaritans provide 24-hour confidential emotional support for those feeling suicidal or depressed. Call: (212) 6733000; samaritansnyc.org. GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing): Find peer-lead grief support for those who have lost a loved one to substance abuse. Meetings held once a month. Info on date, times and location: nycmetrograsp@gmail.com.

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Queens native and Campus Magnet alum Kyle O’Quinn is one of the unsung heroes of the Knicks’ season. O’Quinn didn’t have a great year in 2015, his first with the Knicks after signing as a free agent from the Orlando Magic, but he is making the most out of year two. His timing couldn’t be better, as the guy who starts at center in front of him, Joakim Noah — who Knicks president Phil Jackson signed to a four-year, $72 million contract — has struggled. O’Quinn has done a fine job picking up the slack in rebounding and scoring. Case in point was last Tuesday’s game, when the Indiana Pacers built a 15-point lead at MSG. O’Quinn didn’t singlehandedly alter the direction of the game, but his stabilizing work helped the Knicks nibble away the deficit. Carmelo Anthony got hot late and started draining threes while Derrick Rose torched flatfooted Pacers guards in the fourth quarter, willing the Knicks to victory. Although O’Quinn no longer lives in our borough, he’s still a frequent visitor. “My mom still lives in Jamaica so I come back a lot,” he said. “I’ll see her at Christmas dinner right after our game with the Celtics.” I noticed that O’Quinn was wearing goggles during the pre-game shoot-around, so I asked him if they were for protection or to improve

vision, to which he said the latter. He added that he was thinking about laser eye surgery but his ophthalmologist told him that he wasn’t a good candidate for it. One advantage that NHL players have over their NBA counterparts is that they get three days off to celebrate Christmas before going back to work. Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist admitted that he needed a break following a 7-4 loss to one of the NHL’s surprises this year, the Minnesota Wild, who won their 10th straight game in the process. This was the first Rangers home game I saw in person in nearly three years, and it’s a shame that the highlight was Jermaine Paul’s terrific rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Paul, who won the second season of NBC’s “The Voice,” was so good that the Garden crowd didn’t dare interrupt him with its usual “Let’s Go Rangers!” chant during the anthem. One-time Islanders prospect Nino Niederreiter was one of the Minnesota goal scorers. Although he was their top pick in the 2010 draft, he fell out of favor with Islanders general manager Garth Snow, who eventually traded him to the Wild for veteran Cal Clutterbuck. No disrespect to Clutterbuck but winning teams only succeed by developing young talent Q such as Niederreiter. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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Before Key Food in Qns., there was Butler by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Before the days of Key Food, King Kullen and Stop & Shop, a m ajor sup er m a rket player i n Queens was James Butler. Butler (1855-1934) started small, quaint and humble stores with low overhead which grew. Eventually, there were 1,100 in New York City, fewer than only A & P. Because of his success, he became a famous owner of race horses and race tracks. At its height, the company was worth $30 One of James Butler’s grocery stores, 31-80 Steinway million in 1929. At the time of his St., Astoria, summer 1927. death in 1934, after the market crash and Depression, the company was City, Flushing and Douglaston. After filstill worth $10 million. Three thousand ing for bankruptcy in 1938, one lone store mourners came to pay their respects at St. still operated on Douglaston Parkway in 1940. Patrick’s Cathedral. More bad luck followed in October James Butler Jr. became the president of the company in 1935. He was more inter- 1940 when James Butler Jr., 52, president ested in horse racing than the food busi- of The Empire Racing Association and ness. The company went downhill. In owner of the Laurel Track in Maryland, 1937, there were only three stores left open was thrown from his horse and died, endQ in Queens — locations in Long Island ing the saga of the Butler family.

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St. John’s guard Malik Ellison takes to the skies for a dunk in the Red Storm’s blowout of PHOTO COURTESY ST. JOHN’S ATHLETICS Syracuse.

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the Red Storm blitzed Syracuse with a barrage of three-pointers during SJU’s 14-0 run midway through the first half. Star freshman Shamorie Ponds looked like D’Angelo Harrison reincarnated, mimicking the recently graduated guard’s unforgettable upstate 2014 performance with an unrelenting torrent of triples from well beyond the arc. Redshirt freshman point guard Marcus LoVett, who struggled mightily against Penn State — his first game back after missing two weeks with an ankle injury — looked rejuvenated, recording nine assists, seven points and six rebounds. Talented transfer forward Bashir Ahmed finally broke out of his shell after a relatively disappointing start to the season, dropping 20 points — one point short of matching Ponds’ game-high 21 — in just 27 minutes. Even Malik Ellison looked like a star, recording a 16-point, six-rebound, five-assist night, as well as a few dunks and steals for the highlight reel. By the end of the night, St. John’s had given legendary Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim

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