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Howard Beach residents gathered in the schoolyard of St. Helen School for a candlelight vigil Tuesday night, one year almost to the minute that the community was hit by Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge, which flooded nearly every home and caused millions of dollars in damage.

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Congress strikes a deal on flood rates If passed, bill would delay premium hikes for four years pending study by Domenick Rafter Editor

bipartisan deal has been struck in Congress that aims to avoid the hikes in f lood insurance rates under a 2012 law that could lead to some residents paying thousands of dollars a year in flood insurance premiums. The bill, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, was introduced this week by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Rep. Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island) in the House of Representatives and Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) in the Senate. Waters is the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee and co-sponsor of the 2012 Biggert-Waters Act, the law the new bill seeks to change. That law, passed only a few months before Hurricane Sandy, aimed to put the National Flood Insurance Program on better financial footing, but in order to do that, it would end some of the government subsidies that have made flood insurance affordable for many residents living on the shore. The NFIP, administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was more than $25 billion in debt when the law was passed in the summer of 2012.

In some cases, premiums could rise from $400 a year to as high as $12,000 a year. If Congress approves the deal and it gets President Obama’s signature, any f lood insurance rate hikes would be delayed for four years and FEMA would have to complete an affordability study and propose regulations that address the issue. The study would then have to be reviewed by Congress. On Thursday, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn) was to hold a press conference in Howard Beach detailing the plan to constituents in the neighborhood, where many have warned the effect of the rate hikes could be catastrophic. Most residents in Howard Beach did not have f lood insurance prior to Sandy — most didn’t need to. Flood insurance was only required for homeowners who had mortgages or who had previously suffered significant damage in a past storm. But Sandy meant that many of those people would now be forced to obtain f lo o d i n s u r a n c e a n d a s F E M A remapped the shoreline — a requirement u nder Bigger t-Waters — it added most of Howard Beach and all of the Rockaway Peninsula into a flood zone, forcing residents to buy

f lood insurance. Now they face the reality that the 2012 law could remove subsidies that make the flood insurance affordable. The end result would be a significant cost increase for many residents, who may already be struggling financially due to lost wages or debt incurred from Sandy. The issue goes beyond New York to other parts of the country where floodprone communities feared BiggertWaters would destroy their neighborhoods. On Sept. 28, rallies were held simultaneously around the country, including in Broad Channel, where residents of the Rockaways, Howard Beach and other coastal communities pleaded with Congress to change the law and delay any rate hikes. To the organizers of the Broad Channel rally, news of a deal was met with optimism. “What they’re proposing is very encouraging,” said Dan Mundy Jr., president of the Broad Channel Civic Association, who led the rally last month. “It’s a great start. We hope that it gets a vote and that there’s enough votes there.” The increased flood insurance rates took effect this month, but they would be halted if the proposal becomes law. continued on page 38

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Parents worry about planned high school in South Ozone Park building by Domenick Rafter Editor

he public hearing on the proposed new high school co-location at JHS 226 in South Ozone Park on Oct. 23 was unlike most co-location hearings. It wasn’t a long night for irate parents and teachers demanding Mayor Bloomberg’s and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott’s heads on a platter. Whether it was support, apathy, or just cynicism, only five parents of students at JHS 226, and the middle school that was co-located in the same building this year, MS 297, spoke against the proposed new high school at the hearing, which lasted just about 25 minutes. The new high school, which the Panel for Educational Policy — the city Department of Education’s policymaking arm — was to approve Wednesday night, would open in the building at 121-10 Rockaway Blvd. next September with 75 to 85 ninth-grade students. The enrollment in the school would increase to 300 to 400 students by 2017-18, while enrollment in JHS 226 will drop from 1,371 students this year to 945 to 975 students in 2017-18. MS 297’s enrollment will increase from 315 to 345 students in that time frame. A third school in the building, a special education school, will stay steady at roughly 40 students. The MS 297 co-location was approved by the PEP in March and the school opened in September. Last year, JHS 226 parents fought unsuccessfully to stop the co-location.

The DOE has argued that the new co-location would give another high school option to the communities served by John Adams, Richmond Hill and August Martin high schools. Most of the students who attend JHS 226 and MS 297 live in South Ozone Park, South Richmond Hill and South Jamaica. “The DOE believes the District 27 community will benefit as a whole by having an additional option,” the agency said in a statement. Michael Duvalle, representing District 27’s Community Education Council, said the school is already digesting this year’s co-location and is not prepared for another one. “We have heard of problems with bullying between the two schools, we have heard of problems with the dining areas in the building,” he explained at the hearing. Duvalle also argued that now is a bad time to enact a co-location, with the Bloomberg administration leaving office in two months. “We also believe they should put in a moratorium since there is a new administration coming in,” he said. “We don’t trust this present administration to do something good for our kids.” Juliet Johnson, president of MS 297’s parent-teacher association, said her daughter’s school is just getting its footing. “I’m totally against the high school,” she said. “The principals here are doing such a wonderful job. The

school is going in the right direction. If something is going good, just leave it alone.” Mona Lisa Chandler, a parent of a student at JHS 226, said it is too soon to consider a new school at the building, which is still adapting to the co-location of MS 297. “With the three schools that are already here, we have to allow room for growth,” she told the panel at the hearing. Chandler suggested co-locating the high school at August Martin High School in South Jamaica, where the DOE is planning on opening a new elementary school. “Let the new high school co-locate with high school students,” she said. Takia Moore, parent of a 10-year-old student at JHS 226, said she is concerned about the safety of her daughter being in the same building as 17- and 18-year-olds. “You cannot have a child mix with adolescents, it creates chaos and problems,” she said, also rejecting the idea of “more policing” for the school. “Our kids don’t need more policing, they need more education,” she said. She also expressed concern the co-locations will hurt the entire city in the long run. “Years from now, you’re going to be paying for it, you’re going to paying for it by taking care of these children who are now adults who don’t have the education Q they need to take care of themselves,” she said.

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Three years after the attraction was shuttered behind a fence with an uncertain and shaky future, the Forest Park Carousel is now a busy city landmark. The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission gave its approval to the landmarking of the 110-year-old merry-go-round in June and the City Council later certified its status.

In 2009, the carousel closed for two years when the city’s contract with its previous operator lapsed. While it was shuttered, community leaders feared it was doomed to demolition before the city found a new operator and the amusement reopened in 2012. Joining area children at the unveiling of the landmarking plaque on Monday are LPC Chair-

man Robert Tierney, left; Maria Thomson, executive director of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation; New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation Chairwoman Christina Davis; Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley; City Comptroller John Liu; Democratic borough president candidate Melinda Katz; and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr.

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The Cross Bay Diner played host to customers of a different kind this week. The FX drama “The Americans” filmed at the Howard Beach eatery on Monday. The show, which debuted in January, is set in the early 1980s near the end of the Cold War and is the story of two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American couple in the suburbs of Washington, DC, where they struggle to keep their cover under the gaze of their neighbor, an FBI counter-intelligence agent. It stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as the couple and Noah Emmerich as the agent. Although the media were not permitted on the “closed set,” an FX spokeswoman confirmed that Rhys was in the scene that was filmed in the diner. The spokeswoman said that this would be the second episode of the new season which will air in early 2014. South Queens has played host to several film shoots recently, including scenes shot in Forest Park for the show “Boardwalk Empire”; and the films “Tower Heist” and “The Sitter,” the former of which filmed a scene at WoodQ haven’s Neir’s Tavern. — Stephen Geffon

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Casino workers to Ulrich for City Council get big salary bump

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ity Councilman Eric Ulrich has many of the qualities you want in a lawmaker. He’s intelligent and thoughtful, principled but moderate, ambitious but not an egomaniac. He deserves to be re-elected Nov. 5. Ulrich has served the 32nd Council District well since winning office in 2009, focusing on quality-of-life issues and deferring to residents’ wishes on many questions, while also making sure taxpayer money isn’t wasted. He’s done everything from getting new garbage cans installed on the 101st Avenue business strip, where litter had been making the area look bad and been costing area merchants money for code violations that weren’t their fault, to getting the much-needed rezoning of Woodhaven and Ozone Park approved. He’s battled graffiti and gotten SAT prep programs started in area schools. When Hurricane Sandy hit, he was there to help, even though his daughter was born two days after the storm, naturally drawing some of his attention. Ulrich has been especially respectful of what his constituents want. He was one of very few Council members in Queens who implemented participatory

budgeting, a bit of direct democracy under which residents vote on where to spend their district’s discretionary funds. He summed up his approach when discussing a pedestrian plaza that will be installed on the Queens-Brooklyn line. “If the people want it, we should give it to them,” he said. “If this is something that they believe is going to be beneficial to their community, then who am I to deny it to them?” If only more lawmakers agreed. Ulrich says he has plenty of “unfinished business” to get to, especially helping determine how Sandy aid funds will be used to rebuild, but also expanding the Rockaways’ ferry service, bringing bike share to the peninsula and getting better lighting on Jamaica Avenue. Ulrich’s Democratic opponent, Lew Simon, has been a great district leader in the Rockaways, but hasn’t made a compelling enough case for denying the incumbent’s re-election. His campaign has mostly focused on decrying the shortfalls and delays in Sandy relief funds, but those are problems a city councilman has little control over. We’re glad to endorse Eric Ulrich for re-election in the 32nd Council District. Q

Labor contract to double pay for some by Domenick Rafter Editor

More than 1,300 workers at Resorts World Casino New York City will see a major pay raise after an arbitrator ruled in favor of the union representing them in a case against the gaming facility. The Hotel Trades Council said under the new labor contract, wages will rise from an average $10.15 an hour to an average of $19.91 immediately with the average wage hitting $28.54 an hour by 2016. In the final year of the agreement, a majority of workers will make over $60,000 a year. The contract provides for free family healthcare, free training programs for career advancement and retirement security for workers. A total of 1,375 workers are affected by the contract — threequarters of the casino’s workforce. “This landmark contract will provide a pathway from poverty to the middle class for thousands of New Yorkers. With this contract, we have created a blueprint that will set a standard for future contracts

with the gaming industry throughout the state,” said Peter Ward, president of the Hotel Trades Council. “This is a win-win for employees and for the future of New York’s middle class.” The agreement comes after a two-year negotiation — which the union described as “harmonious” and “productive” — with Resorts World’s parent company, Genting. The casino issued a statement saying it would immediately implement the ruling. “We respect and will implement the arbitrator’s award as required and will continue to focus our efforts on improving our facility,” Kerri Lyon, a spokeswoman for Resorts World, said in a statement. The negotiation was overseen by an arbitrator agreed to by both sides. It comes the same week the casino, the most profitable on the Eastern Seaboard, celebrates its second birthday, and a week before voters will decide on a referendum that would allow an expansion of casino Q gambling upstate.

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A year after Sandy: Show us the money

fter Hurricane Katrina demolished so much of New Orleans, the federal government promised to step up and build better, stronger levees to protect the city against future storms. And it followed through, spending $14 billion on the project, which now has the Big Easy resting easier than ever before when it comes to storm preparedness. After Hurricane Sandy damaged much of South Queens, other parts of the city and the region, similar promises of financial support and rebuilding were made. The mayor announced a $20 billion “resiliency” plan to repair bulkheads on Jamaica Bay, replenish lost sand in the Rockaways and do other projects around the city to protect it from whatever Mother Nature might throw at us. The projects’ short-term goals are being met, he says. But where are the moveable floodgates that some European cities have? What happened to the idea of burying power lines? How about the proposals to require gas stations to have backup generators? Repairing bulkheads, building beaches and restoring marshland are all worthwhile, and would certainly help a lot if another

Sandy hit, but they’re not enough. And you can’t blame the city; only the federal government could make the kinds of investments New York needs. But we’re worried that it won’t happen, and that as the storm recedes further into the past, more and more people who aren’t still living with the repercussions will lose any sense of urgency to improve things that they had in the immediate aftermath. It’s happened before. Remember the great blackout that decimated the Northeast in 2003? Afterward we were going to completely overhaul the aging electrical grid at a cost of about $50 billion to avoid the kind of cascading outages that left millions in the dark. Never happened. How about the Minneapolis bridge collapse in 2007 that killed 13 people? We were going to make a collective effort to ensure all our bridges were structurally sound so it would never happen again. Instead they’re repaired or replaced here and there whenever someone finds one that’s gotten truly dangerous and the relevant government finds the funds to fix it. We worry that the urgency felt immediately after Hurricane Sandy will disappear the same way.

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There is some good news for those who live in the areas the storm hit. Congress appears to have reached a deal that will delay huge hikes in flood insurance premiums for several years, though they’re already starting to take effect right now. Many Queens residents would see their annual premiums go from $400 to $12,000 otherwise. And no, we didn’t leave out or add any zeros there. We’re talking about a 30-fold increase for some people. It’s good to see that Democrats and Republicans in Washington can agree on something, though we won’t be completely convinced until the president signs a bill. That must be done, just as the federal government must expedite the aid it promised the city. And whatever red tape is blocking the rebuilding must be removed. In Breezy Point, the fairly well-off neighborhood where 135 homes burned to the ground during the storm, only about 30 are going up anew so far. Only one has been completed. This in a neighborhood with a healthy share of power brokers who know their way around the system. Clearly the city, state and federal governments need to speed things up, so the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy will look very different than the first.

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No day off for Diwali Dear Editor: I just read the article “Dromm to DOE: Make Diwali school holiday” (Oct. 24, multiple editions). How very ridiculous that is. Isn’t this the same councilman who closed 78th Street between Northern Boulevard and 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights, to create a play street that is hardly used by

anyone — except possibly vendors who flock to the street on Sundays to sell their merchandise? And now he has the audacit y to demand that the Department of Education make this holiday a reason for students to miss another day of school. Don’t the students have enough days off from school already? On how many more holidays will he demand that schools be closed? What would stop him from demanding days off for other ethnic holidays? Why not days off for Polish, Irish, Chinese, Iranian, Russian, Mexican, Colombian, African, etc. holidays? This is America, and schools have American holidays off. Isn’t that enough? Why are we starting to close schools for holidays of other nations and religions? I think American schoolchildren have more days off than those in any other country. I believe some politicians will do anything to gather extra votes. The play street on 78th Street was a complete failure and now that street cannot be used for much-needed parking space for the cars of people in the area. It just remains an eyesore. Another stupid idea and waste of

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Dear Editor: Corner stores are unnoticeable now; they are covered in tobacco marketing! One may question: Is it a grocery store or a tobacco store? I feel targeted by tobacco companies on a daily basis. The cigarette boxes and ads are decorated with vibrant colors and eye-catching images. Cigarettes pop off the walls while the candy and snacks fade into the background. Three out of four tobacco retailers in the city are located within a few blocks of a school. As a result of attractive tobacco marketing being in close proximity to schools, people are smoking at younger ages. We need to greatly reduce young people’s exposure to tobacco marketing that targets them. The Queens Smoke-Free Partnership is working to protect Queens youth. But the Partnership cannot do it alone. We need a movement. We need a range of individuals who are motivated to create a healthy environment for all. Brianna Y. Queens Village The writer is a high school senior.

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Dear Editor: When voters go to the polls on Nov. 5. they’ll face large ballots printed in tiny 6-point type. One reason: a requirement that ballots be printed in six languages, including Bengali. This is multicultural madness. Queens residents speak and read more than 80 languages. Must our ballots include all of them? What’s next? Icelandic, Urdu, Farsi, Pashtu and Swahili? Let’s end this nonsense. We need just one language for voting — English. Only U.S. citizens are permitted to vote, according to the Constitution. Most natural-born citizens learn English as soon as they start talking. They absorb it from family, friends and later in school. Immigrants must display English language proficiency to become naturalized citizens. People who don’t speak or read English are most likely not U.S. citizens. Multiculturalism is a euphemism for “I refuse to learn English.” If you feel that way, you forfeit your right to vote. Richard Reif Flushing

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Dear Editor: Can we please get past the partisan politics surrounding the Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as Obamacare?

This law — passed by Congress, signed by the president, upheld by the Supreme Court — will provide health insurance for more than 30 million people. The news media reports the current House of Representatives hearings on the Affordable Care Act website as if they were a newsworthy event with some deep historical meaning rather than another mean-spirited attempt by the fanatic fringe of the Republican Party in Congress to sabotage this new law. Governments across the world cannot understand why Republican elements of the United States Congress would risk a possible worldwide economic collapse because they disagree with a particular law that they helped pass. This hyperventilating group worked to shut down the government for two weeks and brought the country to the brink of economic catastrophe because of their hatred for the Affordable Care Act and any initiative put forth by President Barack Obama. If they worked this hard on jobs and the economy, just think of where the country could be. Jose Tolson Jackson Heights

Medical tort reform now Dear Editor: One of the highlights of Bill de Blasio’s campaign for mayor was his arrest at a protest against the closure of another city hospital. Mr. de Blasio’s primary solution was, and continues to be, to throw money at the problem, but unless we address the spiraling costs of lawsuits, New York hospitals will continue to close. Due to lawsuits, medical liability insurance in New York costs more than anywhere else in the United States — double that of the next highest state, California. Despite these outrageous costs, we as taxpayers are forced to subsidize our broken medical liability insurance system — to the tune of $150 million a year. But it is more than a cost problem. As these hospital closings show, New York’s astronomical medical liability costs are affecting access to healthcare, often by those who need it most. In New York, 19 hospitals have closed since 2000, leaving several neighborhoods underserved. Many still recall the 2008 attempted closure of Brooklyn’s Long Island College Hospital’s maternity ward because of liability costs. Frivolous lawsuits are a key driver of the cost of medical liability insurance in New York. According to a study at the Harvard School of Public Health, over half of medical malpractice lawsuits analyzed were frivolous or of uncertain merit. We must enact common sense lawsuit reforms to solve our medical liability crisis. Until we do so, New York’s hospitals will continue to close, Mr. de Blasio’s protests notwithstanding. Thomas B. Stebbins Executive Director Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York Albany

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A three-car accident on the Belt Parkway in Howard Beach last Saturday night was allegedly caused by a Nassau County resident who police say was driving drunk and f led the scene. The accident occurred at 9:25 p.m. on the eastbound side, just west of the Cross Bay Boulevard exit. There were no injuries. The suspect, Edward Sanders, 49, of Nassau County, who police say caused the accident, allegedly fled the scene and was found a short time later at 149th Avenue and 96th Street. He was a r rested a nd cha rged w it h o p e r a t i n g a ve h icle w h i le u nd e r t he i n f lue nc e of a lc ohol, operating a vehicle without insurance and leaving the scene of an accident. An NYPD spokesperson said that when police officers found Sanders, they saw front-end damage to his 2009 Honda and he appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. The suspect was arraigned before a judge on Monday. His next court Q date is Dec. 10. — Stephen Geffon

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Gianna DiLucci, 6, of Howard Beach shows off her colorful costume.

Parade grand marshals, Joe Aiello, governor of the Kiwanis International’s New York District; Joe DeCandia, owner of Lenny’s Clam Bar; and Queens Chronicle Publisher Mark Weidler. Neighborhood kids don their costumes and mug for the camera.

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Halloween along Cross Bay BOO! BOO!levard Howard Beach gets into spirit — and costume — for annual parade here were frights and delights in Howard Beach last Saturday as the annual Halloween parade on Cross Bay Boulevard. Over 1,000 people, including 600 kids, marched and area businesses stepped in with donations including 10 pizza pies each from Sophia’s, New Park, Lenny’s and Gino’s; chicken nuggets from McDonald’s for the kids; gift bags from TD Bank; pumpkins from Ragtime; candy from Met Foods and the Ozone Park C-Town; juice from Western Beef and the Richmond Hill C-Town; hot dogs from Durso Key Food; drinks from Almonte Key Food and extra funds from Resorts World Casino New Q York City.

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Tara Viltri came to the parade as a ladybug.

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Megan Broskie, left, Becca Broskie and Emily Vignola show off their costumes.

Tommy Savoca, left, with Sincede as Catwoman and Janice Perez as Robin.

The Christ the King High School marching band plays along the parade route.

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In Howard Beach, survivors remember At an interfaith vigil at St. Helen, residents share painful memories by Domenick Rafter Editor

The sky was clear, the winds were calm, the sounds of a regular evening in Howard Beach — air plane engines overhead and cars whizzing past on the Belt Parkway — were the norm for a typical October evening. But one year ago, none of that was true. One year ago Tuesday night, Howard Beach was a very different place, literally struggling to stay above water as Hurricane Sandy’s full might took the neighborhood by complete surprise. Across the street from St. Helen Church parking lot the site where a 30-foot tree crushed a car has been replaced with a new sidewalk and a new sapling, its leaves colored different shades of red. People filed past the reconstructed sidewalk and walked diagonally across the street toward St. Helen School, where in the playground behind the building dozens of residents gathered, holding candles. The vigil was an interfaith service that lasted just under an hour.

Howard Beach residents gather in the schoolyard at St. Helen School one year almost to the minute after Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge devastated PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER the neighborhood. In between prayers and hymns, neighbors chatted with neighbors over cookies and water, sharing stories about that night one year ago and the slow, painful, exhausting process of picking up the pieces that ensued over the next 12 months. One resident of Howard Beach

was killed in the storm — Rose Faggiano of 98th Street, who drowned when the storm surge inundated her first floor. There were numerous injuries, mainly cuts and bruises. Some barely escaped with their lives, including one man who nearly drowned in his basement apartment

before being saved by four neighbors. But battered nerves and souls made up the majority of the injuries in Howard Beach. Last year’s memories were still vivid. Residents spelled out their stories of water rising in their basement and into their first floor, of desperate attempts to save belongings by carrying them up to a second floor, of waking up the next morning to find their cars had been washed away or their garage door smashed in by the force of the water. They shared memories of the days and weeks after: the blackout that lasted as much as 12 days in parts of the neighborhood, the gas lines and desperation to find gas to run generators, the uncertainly over when the lights would come back on or when residents would receive money from the federal government to rebuild, the weeks and months living in hotels or a relative’s home, trying to get children to school in another borough, and collecting relief supplies from the relief center set up at Father Dooley Hall, behind which Tuesday’s vigil took place.

There were the concerns born out of Sandy, especially over new flood maps and the cost of flood insurance for homes that had never before seen so much water inside of them. For many, Sandy changed Howard Beach, in good ways and bad ways. “Hurricane Sandy turned us into a community,” said one speaker, a minister from Far Rockaway. “It’ll never be the same, living here,” one resident told her neighbor during the vigil. “It’s a different place now that we know this could happen.” One resident, who did not want to be identified, came to the vigil in sweat clothes she claimed to have gotten from charity after she lost all her clothing in Sandy’s storm surge. “This is literally all I had to wear after Sandy,” she said. “It just felt right to wear it now.” Tuesday night’s vigil was the second one held this week in the neighborhood. Another was held Monday night at the Davenport Court firehouse of the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department in HamilQ ton Beach.

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One year after the Rockaway Peninsula endured its worst natural disaster, survivors gathered to remember and reflect on the recovery over the past year. The weather — clear skies with a slight chill — was starkly different than 52 weeks ago on Tuesday as events were held across the peninsula. In Arverne, dozens of people gathered at the Arverne Pilgrim Church on Beach Channel Drive to share their experiences and memories. At PS 104 in Far Rockaway, students — nearly all of whom were affected by Sandy — took part in a Day of Unity and paid tribute to schools across the country that sent good wishes to Rockaway after Sandy. Students at the school also wrote letters to children in Colorado who In Breezy Point, signs point to the devastated community’s have been displaced by resilience one year after Hurricane Sandy. PHOTO BY STEVE MALECKI

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floods there. A candlelight vigil was held in Breezy Point, the neighborhood at the tip of the peninsula that was hit the hardest, with both a flood and the largest fire in city history at the same time. More than 100 homes were lost in the community. Most have not yet been rebuilt. As night fell on the peninsula, some residents gathered on the reconstructed beach and lit bonfires and spoke about the recovery and shared memories of last Oct. 29. “It was our worst day,” said Rockaway resident Rebecca Ronan. “If we survived Q Sandy, we’re pretty invincible now.”

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More Sandy money is coming in 2014 by Domenick Rafter S e n C h a rle s S c h u m e r ( D - N Y ) announced this week that New York State is set to receive an estimated $6.3 billion in further Sandy-relief funding in 2014. The money is allocated from the $61 billion Sandy aid package that was approved earlier this year by Congress. According to Schumer, less than one-third of the money has been spent. Of the $6.3 billion to be allocated next year, the senator said $1.4 billion will be sent directly to benefit homeowners in New York, $2.5 billion for additional FEMA obligations, $1.5 billion for transportation projects, $200 million for Army Corps projects in the state, $200 million for green infrastructure, $274 million in health funds, and $207 million in major veterans’ construction projects, such as renovating the Manhattan VA Hospital, which was damaged by the storm. “The spigot is finally on, and the aid is now flowing,” Schumer said in a statement released Monday. “Things moved too slow

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in the first year — there were bureaucratic hurdles to overcome and red tape to cut — but now the programs are up and running.” Since the storm, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has given roughly $1 billion in individual assistance to storm victims, according to a report issued by Schumer’s office this week. New York has also received over $2.1 billion in public assistance from FEMA, which covers repairs to local and state facilities. Further, the agency has paid out more than $3.7 billion in flood insurance claims under the National Flood Insurance Program as of Monday and the Small Business Administration has approved more than $1.5 billion in low-interest disaster loans. More than $3.5 billion has been allocated for Community Development Block Grants, which focus on housing recovery and economic development. They have been slow to be awarded because of the complexity of building disbursement mechanisms and little has reached homeowners in 2013, Schumer said. He added that he expects that to change next year. Q

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Both ‘green’ and ‘gray’ flood barriers explored Experts say both marshland and bay walls would protect Howard Beach by Domenick Rafter Editor

There was perhaps no other community in Queens taken by surprise by Hurricane Sandy as much as Howard Beach. The neighborhood was thought to be immune to Sandy’s storm surge because of it’s relative weakness as a Category 1 storm and geography: the Rockaway Peninsula stood between Howard Beach and the ocean. But during the storm, nearly the entire neighborhood was flooded. One resident was killed when she drowned in her home near Charles Park. The storm has led to concerns that the costs of flood mitigation for residents, from raising homes to paying flood insurance premiums, would make Howard Beach unaffordable for many residents. Bill Ulfelder, state executive director of The Nature Conservancy, said the community can be better protected from future storm surges through both natural and

man-made means. Ulfelder was on a panel discussing post-Sandy shore protection at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn on Oct. 16, specifically talking about Howard Beach. In an interview after the event, Ulfelder said greenonly f lood bar riers — natural ones — would work, but not well enough alone to be wor th the cost. “We modeled for a 100-year storm,” he said. “The green-only did not have a huge return on investment, but that’s only for one storm.” He said the models only predicted the effects on home and buildings and not on infrastructure like bridges and subways. Natural barriers like marshland, mussel beds and vegetation b e r m s, e s p e cia l ly i n Spr i ng Creek Park, are options to help prevent stor m surge f looding. But Ulfelder said they would have to be complemented with “gray” infrastructure, including

modern flood barriers. “Once you started getting into the hybrid approaches, then you star ted seeing big ret u r ns on investment,” he said. One of his suggestions is a movable barrier that could be put in place on the shore when storms come. A similar system is used in the Netherlands, where most of the population lives below sea level. Floodgates in the mouths of Hawtree Creek and Shellbank Basin were also suggested. Homes along the banks of the two canals were hardest hit by the storm. “We should be open to all options and we shouldn’t presume that nature and natural defenses will protect us always, nor should we believe only engineered solutions will protect us,” he said. The price of this new infrastructure would be expensive, but Ulfelder said it would be cost-effective in the long run since the Federal Emergency Management Agency takes such protections into consideration when modeling the flood-

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acknowledged. And she said her eight years as In regard to the ongoing fight in chairwoman of the Council’s Land Use parts of the borough to curb increasing Melinda Katz emerged from a bruising Democratic Committee saw the city add developairplane noise, she said things like the primary season in September as the overwhelming favor- ment and jobs while protecting resiPort Authority’s plans to relocate a runite to win Tuesday’s election for Queens borough presi- dential neighborhoods. way closer to populated areas will One of the most important picks the dent against Republican Tony Arcabascio. almost certainly take place eventually. But last week she said that she is taking nothing for next borough president makes will be “The borough president can’t stop Queens’ member on the Panel on Edugranted. that,” Katz said. “She can fight for the “I’m not measuring the drapes [for the office] yet,” cational Policy, which now is dominatbest deal possible for the residents.” ed by Mayor Bloomberg’s appoinKatz said at a meeting with the Queens Chronicle’s Katz, who has two children with tees. Katz said she does not editorial board last week. Guardian Angels founder and radio have a specif ic person in “I’ve learned that when you do, you can lose host Curtis Sliwa, has been trading mind. what you’re going for,” she said. “We still accusations with Arcabascio over just “But it is going to be an have a ground game out there. We’re still trywho is the candidate of New York educator, probably a teaching to get to all of the Democratic clubs, City’s “1 percent” crowd. er. It has to be someone which is hard.” Arcabascio pointed out in a debate who knows the education Katz believes that the borough president on Queens Public Television that Katz system,” she said. heeds to be the chief advocate for Queens. She 2013 has raked in donations f rom wellKatz has problems in generhas been stressing her experience in and knowlheeled New Yorkers, and is one herself. al with charter schools, believing edge of government built up over 20 years as her It was not the attack she says she chief selling point, something she said makes her far they take resources away from needy Melinda Katz more qualified than Arcabascio to deliver the funding, students in existing schools, some of PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE expected as the daughter of a music teacher from Wisconsin and an immidevelopment and jobs and other things she said are need- which are troubled. Co-locations, she said, ultimately doomed students at grant mother from Canada — both of whom she lost ed for the residents. Jamaica High School, where her father taught music, before she was 22 — though her father founded the “You have to know how to get things done,” she said. Katz’s priorities for the borough all cost money in a after the city steadily reduced funding, programs and Queens Symphony Orchestra and her mother the Queens city that has projected deficits of more than $4 million student population. It is set to close next year while four Council for the Arts. “I graduated from college and went to law school. Paid over the next three years. Still, she says, a borough with other schools continue to occupy the building. But she said that the decades-old formula of pouring for it myself,” she said. “I’m raising my sons as the third 2.3 million residents who speak more than 160 languages has been shortchanged when it comes to city funding for financial resources into failing schools needs to be re- generation in the house where I grew up ... Maybe that’s a sign that my parents made it that I’m being called a education, healthcare, t ranspor tation and cult ural examined in some cases. Q “Sometimes money alone isn’t the answer,” she 1-percenter.” expenditures. Editor

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Democratic challenger says district needs more attention from City Hall by Domenick Rafter

Simon blamed the tepid response to a “breakdown” of city, state and federal government, and said that as councilTo say this isn’t Lew Simon’s first time at the rodeo is an man, he would bring everyone together to move recovery efforts forward. understatement. “I want to be the Henry Kissinger, to bring everyone to The Rockaway civic leader has made multiple attempts at elected office, including twice before for the City the table and get everyone to respond and take care of the Council seat he’s currently seeking, and he’s been elected needs of the people,” he explained. “People have been going and re-elected as Democratic leader in the Assembly dis- through constant red tape.” Simon said the Rockaway peninsula and the bay front trict that includes most of the Rockaway Peninsula, Howneighbors like Broad Channel and Howard Beach need ard Beach, Broad Channel, and Ozone Park for the seawalls, floodgates and other types of flood conlast couple of decades. trols, and he wants to see the boardwalk reconstrucSimon, a lifelong Rockaway resident, is runtion move forward faster. ning to oust incumbent Councilman Eric Ulrich “One of my main priorities is to make sure the (R-Ozone Park). He said the district’s slow, boardwalk is built, that in the summer of 2014, painful recovery from Hurricane Sandy was the the boardwalk is there,” he said. catalyst that led him to take another shot at winSimon acknowledged that f lood insurance ning a seat in City Hall. rates will go up, but said a big hike would be ter“It’s unacceptable that a year later, we still 2013 rible for residents. don’t have a boardwalk, we have no protection in “We can’t raise rates above and beyond to where place,” he said. “Everyone’s needs were not met.” He accused his opponent of “not doing the job” as coun- people can’t keep their homes,” he said. Besides Sandy, Simon said transportation issues top his list cilman in the weeks and months after Sandy and said he has the experience working with residents and city agencies to of priorities for the district, including keeping and expanding the Rockaway ferry that was put in place after Sandy and get things done. “I return calls, I get the job done, I don’t leave anyone remains running on weekdays through Jan. 31. He said he hanging,” he said. “Right after the hurricane, I was out there would like to see it run more often, on weekends, and add helping anyone who needed help, and that’s what I’ll do as stops closer to Far Rockaway and in Howard Beach. He supports the reactivation of the Rockaway Beach rail councilman.” He noted that he was forced to leave his Rockaway line despite the potentially high cost. He noted that the MTA home and stay in Flushing in the weeks after the storm and is spending more than $17 billion building the Second Avehelped coordinate recovery efforts despite being outside nue Subway and it should be willing to make a similar financial commitment to Queens. He added that he does not the community. Editor

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In his third run for the City Council, Rockaway civic leader Lew Simon is seeking to oust an incumbent in a district hard hit by PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER Hurricane Sandy. see stiff opposition to the line, even in Woodhaven and Richmond Hill, which sits in the Council district. “I’ve knocked on all the doors and no one has ever come up and told me they don’t want the railroad,” Simon said. “I haven’t seen a pushback yet.” He does not support putting select bus service along Cross Bay and Woodhaven boulevards, as is being discussed, and instead suggested an HOV lane for the route used by many Rockaway and South Queens residents to commute to work. continued on page 37

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New to politics, but not to the district Caruana seeks to unseat Crowley by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

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Liz Crowley looks toward the future Incumbent Democrat excited to build off a busy first Council term by Christopher Barca

ongoing debate over whether the Maspeth Firehouse, which lost 19 first responders on Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Mid- 9/11, deserves landmark status. “I would like to see the Maspeth Firehouse dle Village) isn’t satisfied with the success she’s enjoyed during her first term. She’s run- landmarked,” she said. “It is something I ning for a second term because, quite simply, believe in and support. I am willing to make it a citywide campaign.” her heart is in her district. An issue that Crowley and Caruana are “I look at my past five years since I was elected the first time and anytime I ran for openly divided on is the Republican’s insisoffice, I expressed a vision,” Crowley said. tance on the use of participatory budgeting, something Crowley doesn’t deem necessary. “My heart is here in Middle Village, GlenThe incumbent states that she discovers dale and Maspeth. I want to stay here.” what her constituents want their Crowley pitched her plans for a money going toward in her own second term in a wide-ranging way and that Caruana’s views on interview with Queens Chronicle such a budgeting system’s impact editors last Thursday. As a lifeon the community aren’t realistic. long resident of the district, the “Any project I have funded has 35-year-old Democrat believes support from the community. I go she has her finger on the pulse of 2013 to the community boards and togeththe community unlike her Republier, they rate the projects they would like can challenger Craig Caruana. to see happen,” she said. “He doesn’t realize “He doesn’t have a real grasp of the issues in our district. If you’re going to be a that we have a $70 billion budget and that disgood candidate, you have to have a vision,” she cretionary funds are one-tenth of 1 percent of said. “I take every race seriously. No matter the budget.” Crowley, who earned the endorsement of who I’m running against, I take it as an opportunity to connect with the constituents I Gov. Cuomo on Monday, also applauded the recent opening of PS/IS 87’s new $20 million represent.” In explaining why she would enjoy a suc- addition, claiming the students of her district cessful second term, Crowley looked back at now have a better chance at success. “Never had a Council member before me what she believes made her first term a prosperous one. She lauded multiple landmarking been able to get that into the capital budget,” campaigns, including PS 66 in 2010, which she said. “Those junior high school and elewas the first Queens elementary school to be mentary school students now have what they need for a well-rounded education.” given such a designation. But Crowley’s first term has not gone She also referenced the Oct. 28 landmarkcontinued on page 28 ing of the Forest Park carousel, as well as the

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Craig Caruana didn’t bring up Cou ncilman Er ic Ulr ich (R-Ozone Park) during his recent candidate interview with the Queens Chronicle, but consciously or not, he’s trying to take a page from his fellow Republican’s playbook. Make your first run for office while younger than just about everyone on the Council, emphasize that you could serve the district better than your opponent, stake out moderate positions and highlight your deep roots in the community, one of the more conservative ones in Queens. Ulrich did it with great success. City Council candidate Craig Caruana takes the Queens ChronWhether Caruana can is some- icle hot seat for an interview. PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE thing the voters will decide Nov. 5. There is at least one key difference between cism are a huge problem, and that’s a way to the two that will have an impact: Ulrich ini- address that. A research investigator for a risk managetially ran for an open seat in a special election, while Caruana is facing an incumbent with ment firm — who once seriously considered not only her own experience behind her but going into the intelligence service — Caruana one of the biggest political names in Queens: has taken a leave of absence to run his campaign. He’s getting support from members of Crowley. He’s making his inaugural run for elective organizations he’s involved with, such as the office against Councilwoman Elizabeth Crow- Juniper Park Civic Association, and one of his ley (D-Middle Village). But despite her advan- biggest backers is his girlfriend, fellow Middle tages in experience, name recognition and Village resident Mary Ann Cazzola, who party support — and the fact that all signs indi- works for AM New York. To make sure he covers all the issues in the cate the man at the top of the Democratic ticket will win the mayoralty, Caruana expresses district, he said, he’s putting together a spreadsheet based on what residents are telling him. optimism about his chances. “I think I can do a better job than the incum- But he knows where he stands on a number of bent,” he said. “I’ll be more responsive with subjects. • He opposes granting permits to the Knockconstituent services. That’s the biggest complaint I get going door to door: that there’s no down Center in Maspeth, contending that the operators have not been completely straightforresponse from the incumbent.” One of the biggest problems for the district, ward about what they want to do there. • He opposes the homeless shelter proposed he said, is that it ranks 46th out of 51 when it comes to discretionary funding, money that is for Glendale. • He supports charter schools in general. mostly doled out as Speaker Christine Quinn • He would have to really think through any (D-Manhattan) sees fit and then goes to projproposed change to mayoral control of schools ects each lawmaker picks. Crowley reportedly lost a lot of her share a before backing it. But he said Bloomberg’s polfew years ago when she put out a press release icy of closing underperforming schools has making an announcement Quinn had wanted to been “a big, big problem,” and he would have make first. But Caruana says the funding gap to examine possible closures on a case-by-case goes far deeper than the press release, and sym- basis to determine his position on each one; bolizes Crowley’s lack of effectiveness on the and that he agrees with the United Federation of Teachers that tying student and teacher evalCouncil. And whatever funding he would get if elect- uations to test scores is wrong as it’s being ed, he said, he would leave it to the people to practiced. • He regrets the loss of the St. Saviour’s decide how to spend it. That would be done through participatory budgeting, in which a Church property in Maspeth, and blames Council member can decide to let the constitu- Crowley but did not make any promises about ents vote on which projects to fund. Only a the dismantled building, saying he didn’t want handful of Queens lawmakers have utilized it. to make any he may not be able to keep. • He would like to establish a Polish busiCrowley is not one of them. Ulrich is. “I think that’s a really great way to show ness organization to help bring members of that some outreach and get people involved,” Caru- community together and make them feel more ana said, adding that it also “screams transpar- welcomed by native residents, possibly basing Q ency” to the citizen. “Voter apathy and cyni- it at the Ridgewood Library.

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crowd died down to a sharp whisper a few minutes after the one-liners, the two candiCou ncilwom a n Eli zabet h Crowley dates resumed describing their differing (D-Middle Village) had her hands full on visions for the future in between attacks. When asked about their positions on the Monday night. In a heated debate for the 30th District’s controversial Knockdown Center in MasCity Council seat, Crowley and first-time peth, Crowley defended the establishment. Republican challenger Craig Caruana faced The Democrat insisted that such an arts off in a nasty battle of accusations and ver- and filming center could bring much-needed jobs with benefits into the combal attacks that drowned out discusmunity, comparing it to Broadway sions of substance and plans for the Stages, an arts and film center in district’s future. Brooklyn, which she states T h e s t a n d i n g- r o o m - o n l y employs 1,500 people with crowd in the cafeteria of the Our benefits. Lady of Hope School in Middle When pressed on whether Village was noticably pro-Carushe had received donations from ana and his partisans made their 2013 the Knockdown Center’s owners, presence known. the incumbent stated that no one T h roug hout t he debat e, t hey pays her to do anything, to which the applauded and cheered wildly at Caruana’s attacks on Crowley and jeered as she crowd responded with boos and jeers. Caruana disputed her claim that it would defended her record and criticized the lead to job growth, stating that he stands Republican on his lack of experience. The most rowdy outburst of the night with area elected leaders who oppose the came midway through the debate, when venue, and that it would merely be a haven Crowley clai med that “my opponent for hipsters and the consu mption of doesn’t know how government works,” and alcohol. “The people are smart enough to know Caruana countered by boasting, “It’ll work better when you’re out of it,” sending the this is not an issue about jobs,” Caruana crowd into a frenzy as Crowley tried to said. “It’s about hipsters coming in from out of the area and creating a club.” counter him over the shouting. On the topic of overcrowded schools, Once the boisterous hollering of the Reporter

Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley and Republican challenger Craig Caruana squared off in a heated debate on Monday night in Middle Village. Crowley aims to win a second term in the City PHOTO BY STEVE MALECKI Council while Caruana promises to bring change to the district. Crowley stated, “No one cares more about public schools than me,” along with highlighting the more than 5,000 new classroom seats she said have been built within the district over her tenure. “I’ve invested, through discretionary

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continued from page 24 without controversy, as when it comes to the K nockdown Center in Maspeth, she remains the area’s only elected official who supports the venue. The controversial center has played host to a variety of gatherings, including weddings and dance parties, but has recently been besieged by complaints from residents and civic leaders over its attempt to gain a liquor license without a valid certificate of occupancy. Crowley agrees that a liquor license should not be given to the venue at this time, but unlike some angry residents, she believes the venue could become a successful arts entity in time. “I look at the arts and film industry as an economic driver,” she said. “In the Bloomberg years, we’ve expanded the number of people working in that industry and I would love to grow that. I know they’re doing that at the Knockdown Center and I support it.” Some in the blogosphere have accused Crowley of supporting the venue because the center’s owners have contributed money to the Democrat, but she denies the claim, saying “Absolutely not, people don’t pay me to do things.” Crowley will continue to support the recent City Council proposal to levy a 10-cent fee on each paper or plastic bag used by a customer at retail stores. “These bags wind up on our streets, in

our trees and clogging our sewers,” she said. “That nuisance costs a lot of money.” The incumbent also opposes the proposed homeless shelter on Cooper Avenue in Glendale, saying that it just isn’t a realistic option for the community. “There are a number of reasons why it makes no sense at all,” she said. “That site is adjacent to the train tracks and it’s next to the dirtiest known brownfield in Glendale, so it’s not safe.” When it comes to the Maspeth Bypass Plan, Crowley celebrates her 2009 promise to get massive trucks off Grand Avenue in Maspeth as a “clear win.” “It has taken thousands of trucks off the streets,” she said. “That’s a promise that I made to my constituents, Maspeth and Community Board 5 back in 2009 when I took office.” In regards to the noisy New York & Atlantic trains allegedly carrying a commingled concoction of construction and demolition debris and commercial waste behind area homes, Crowley believes that there isn’t much the city can do but she still feels for her constituents. “It’s an issue that is not regulated by the city but I’ve taken issue with what New York & Atlantic has done,” she said. Crowley said she has no interest in the Council speaker job, saying that it would keep her from truly focusing on Q her constituents.

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JFK runway: second time not a charm Eastern Queens Alliance, residents still unhappy with PA relocation plan by Michael Florio Chronicle Contributor

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey last Thursday presented a revised plan for Runway 4L/22R at John F. Kennedy International Airport to the Eastern Queens Alliance and an unhappy Rosedale community. Under its revised plan the 11,351-foot runway would be moved 728 feet closer to Rockaway Boulevard and the neighborhoods that abut JFK. The community is unhappy with the plan,

citing the potential for more noise and air pollution from planes they fear will be closer and lower than ever. Brian Simon, director of government and community relations for the Port Authority, discussed how previous community objections led to a reassessment of the initial plan. “You correctly objected to that because you recognized that meant that the aircraft would fly nearly 200 feet lower to the community,” Simon said. “We were looking at removing 800 trees from [Idlewild] park.”

Simon went on to tell the community that under the new proposal aircraft taking off would not fly over the community and those flying over the Rockaways would be slightly higher. He also went on to discuss tree removal. “No trees will be trimmed or removed in Idlewild Park because of this project,” he said. Despite Simon’s presentation, the community brought up the issue of the removal of 312 trees from the park that remains in the PA’s plans.

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Artists win small but essential court battle 5Pointz saved for another two weeks by Tess McRae Associate Editor

5Pointz, the graffiti mecca in Long Island City, has been spared for another two weeks after a judge reviewed the lawsuit seeking to block its destruction, filed by 16 artists who have their work on the building. “The artists were very pleased, they were very happy and I think it gave some of them some hope,” Jeannine Chanes, one of the attorneys representing the artists, said. The order, which runs through Nov. 12, will give the plaintiffs enough time to make their case, as the presiding Judge Frederic Block also scheduled a hearing for 11 a.m. on Nov. 6 when he will determine whether to order a full injunction on the building while legal proceedings commence. If Block rules in favor of an injunction, no construction work will be allowed to start, preventing owner Jerry Wolkoff from building a multimillion dollar development. Block will also address the artists’

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Ice Jewelry Buying Service is located on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park. they treat everything like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said. In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, watches Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also offers instant cash an unassuming gold buying and cash loan shop on loans for jewelry and eBay selling services. Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 offer on her ring Their cash loans program is straightforward and from another area shop, but was looking to get a simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who better deal. In what may be viewed as poor business has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg acumen, she told her new prospective buyer what said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to her previous offer was. Still, after examining her buy their jewelry back before the end of the term. piece, he offered her $1,600. He did so, as he says, Sometimes these are people’s heirlooms we’re “...because that’s what it was worth.” talking about and we respect that.” The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for cash For those who are less Internet-savvy or just don’t in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying offers a convenient and Edward Goldberg can relate to firsthand, eBay sales service. If what a customer has isn’t an having been laid off from their jobs in jewelry item that Ice Jewelry Buying would purchase, like manufacturing. They understand that people get a handbag or antique furniture, they can help find into situations where they just need a little cash fast a buyer on their eBay store. Elias consults with the to make the bills and Ice Jewelry Buying Service customer to find a target price hopes to help out in the most and let the Internet auctioneers honest way they can. STORE HOURS handle the rest. MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm “For this, I like to think we’re SAT. 10am - 6pm For anyone who has ever doing the community a service,” SUN. by Appointment dealt with the hassle of selling Elias said. “We’re in the business of helping people who are in a tough icejewelrybuyingservice.com and shipping an item on eBay — all the forms involved in setting spot. They can come to our store up a user and paypal account, the 10-15 percent fee and know that we can educate them on what they that Ice Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is have and we’ll give them what their items are worth. really a bargain deal. When that woman told me her previous offer, it made “At the end of the day, I just want people to feel me wonder how many times this happens — how comfortable doing business with us. People have many people who really need that money get taken this conception of gold buying stores as these slimy advantage of?” places with slimy people, and they’re typically right. Elias opened his Rego Park shop with Goldberg But we want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to in 2009, and already they’re seeing a lot of repeat see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in their customers and referrals. This is a sign to them that counter for $800. We don’t do that.” they’re doing something right — the pawn business Ice Jewelr y Buying Ser vice is located at typically deals in one-time transactions but Elias is 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of operation determined to break that mold, building a reputation are Monday-Friday from 11 am to 7:00 pm and on trust. Sat urday 10 am to 6 pm; Sunday – pri vate “Everyone around here is buying gold these days; appoinments are available. Call for more information you can go into the barber shop down the road and Q (718) 830-0030. sell your jewelry. The problem with all these places is

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had considered putting out a statement earlier labeling Arcabascio’s charge of political In a reversal, Queens Public Television intrigue “silly,” but decided against it, she eventually did air the debate it filmed Oct. 10 added. She called his claims, first made in his between major party candidates Melinda Katz own sitdown interview with the Chronicle six days earlier, a “rambling, baseless rant.” and Tony Arcabascio. Brown had complained to the station about QPTV changed its mind after Arcabascio, a Republican, blasted the station for deciding not being excluded after the debate was filmed and to air the debate, charging that it did so under QPTV had announced that it would be broadpolitical pressure because he came across bet- cast a dozen times before Election Day. Cliff Jacobs, the station’s programming and access ter than Katz, a Democrat. The Queens Democratic Party, Katz and services manager, said that he and Roz Nieves, QPTV all say that charge is baseless. The sta- its community development manager, decided to nix the broadcasts to satisfy Brown tion initially had said it wasn’t airing the and to adhere to the station’s principle debate because of “a technicality of giving all candidates equal time, incurred during the recording of the Jacobs said. candidates.” QPTV then said it He said he and Nieves had perdecided against broadcasting the sonally invited Brown, but that event because candidate Everly the candidate then did not show up Brown, who is running on the Jobs for the debate. Brown claimed that & Education Party line, asked that it 2013 though he had been invited, QPTV nix the broadcast because he had not changed the time at the last minute taken part. Arcabascio welcomed the station’s change of without notifying him, so he missed it. He could not be reached immediately after heart, announced Oct. 24. “I’m very glad that they made that decision,” QPTV’s announcement that it would air the Arcabascio said. “I think it’s the right thing. I debate after all. In making the announcement, Jacobs laid think people have the right to hear what the candidates have to say. It’s public television, the blame for Brown’s absence on him. “One candidate for the office of Queens borand their main function is to provide information to their local community, which is ough president, Mr. Everly Brown, was invited to take part in the debate but failed to particiQueens.” He added that he feels bad for Brown, and pate thereby forfeiting his equal access or reiterated that he would rather have filmed ‘equal time’ to our channel,” Jacobs said. another debate with all three candidates but “Once invited, it is incumbent upon the candidate to appear. could not convince QPTV to do it. “Therefore, QPTV has decided to cablecast Katz declind to comment after the station’s reversal, but in an interview with the Queens the Queens Borough President Candidates Chronicle editorial board held just hours Debate 2013, as it was recorded, in its entirety.” The discussion was scheduled to be shown before QPTV’s announcement, she had said Q that airing it was fine with her. Her campaign 12 times from Oct. 27 to 31. Editor-in-Chief

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continued from page 26 Juniper Valley Civic Association PresiCouncil District have a much better shot dent Bob Holden was pleased with the passionate nature of the debate, which now.” Caruana attempted to knock Crowley’s was primarily sponsored by his group, but alleged successes in alleviating over- feels Crowley and the crowd’s persistent crowding of schools by claiming that she interruptions were out of line at times. “I didn’t appreciate the screaming and had nothing to do with any expansion, leading to a mix of applause and boos yelling from the crowd, but it was spirited. It was very entertaining for sure,” said from each candidate’s supporters. Hold e n , a r eg u la r Despite the trading critic of Crowley. “I of verbal barbs wa s su r pr ise d t he throughout the debate, Council member lost both candidates didn’t appreciate the c o nt r ol t o n ig ht . I agreed that trucking companies using Masscreaming and yelling t h o u g h t s h e w a s interrupting way too peth streets to navifrom the crowd, but it much.” gate to the Long Audience member Isla nd Expressway was spirited.” Barbara Menninger f rom the Brook ly n of M idd le Village Queens Expressway — Juniper Park Civic Association saw the debate in a and vice versa should President Bob Holden d i f fe r e nt l ig ht . A be heavily fined. Crowley suppor ter, The duo also agreed that noisy, noxious diesel trains she quietly clapped occasionaly throughallegedly carrying a commingled mixture out the debate, believing in Crowley’s of construction and demolition debris and assertions that she has the experience to commercial waste need to be addressed, le a d t he com mu n it y i n a p osit ive but differed on what exactly could be direction. “I’m a lifelong Democrat, but I have done. Crowley cited her work with the state gover nment to acquire moder n voted Republican before,” Menninger “green” engines for the trains, whereas said. “I just feel that she has the experiCaruana claimed Assemblyman Andrew ence while he just has good intentions.” Much like the debate itself, there was Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) did all the heavy little agreement among the candidates’ lifting on the issue instead of Crowley.

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The standing-room-only crowd grew even bigger than seen here once dueling rallies held PHOTO BY STEVE MALECKI outside in support of the candidates wrapped up. supporters before the contest. Pro-Crowley and pro-Caruana groups of a few dozen people each took to the sidewalk in front of Our Lady of Hope church. Dueling chants of “Keep calm and Caruana on” and “Four more years” went on for more than 30 minutes leading up to the debate Paul McDaid, 48, took to the sidewalk in support of Crowley, heralding her past work in the district. “Liz is a great worker for the communi-

ty,” McDaid, a Teamsters member, said. “She’s done great work for the neighborhood and she works hard for firefighters too.” Caruana campaign manager Ryan Girdusky led the challenger’s rally, a rally that was much larger than he expected. “We have more supporters here than I thought. I thought we’d get 10 people,” Girdusky said. “Hopefully we can prove that Crowley is a do-nothing incumbent and that we’re clamoring for change.” Q

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Who and what is on the ballot on Nov. 5 W

hen voters go to the polls on Tuesday, those who aren’t political junkies may be surprised at some of the names on the ballot and propositions they’ll be making decisions on. Think the mayor’s race is between Bill de Blasio and Joe Lhota? Sure it is, along with 13 other people. Ready to make a choice on a parcel of land in the Adirondack Mountains? You’ll be asked to. Here’s a comprehensive guide to what Queens voters will see on the ballot, according to the city Campaign Finance Board.

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For Mayor of New York City

❑ Bill de Blasio [ D, WF ] ❑ Joseph J. Lhota [ R, C, SF, T2H ] ❑ Adolfo Carrión Jr. [ I ] ❑ Anthony Gronowicz [ G ] ❑ Randy Credico [ TWS ] ❑ Michael J. Dilger [ FE ] ❑ Dan Fein [ SW ] ❑ Michael Greys [ F ] ❑ Jack D. Hidary [ CS, JE ] ❑ Jimmy (rent is too damn high) McMillan [ RTH ] ❑ Joseph G. Melaragno [ AT ] ❑ Carl Person [ REF ] ❑ Erick Salgado [ SC ] ❑ Michael Sanchez [ LBT ] ❑ Sam Sloan [ WV ]

For City Comptroller ❑ Scott M. Stringer [ D, WF ] ❑ John Burnett [ R, C, SC ] ❑ Julia Willebrand [ G ] ❑ Richard Bozulich [ WV ] ❑ Hesham El-Meligy [ LBT ] ❑ John Studer [ SW ]

For Public Advocate ❑ Letitia James [ D, WF ] ❑ Robert P. Maresca [ C ] ❑ James Lane [ G ] ❑ Irene E. Estrada Rukaj [ WV ] ❑ Mollena G. Fabricant [ SF ] ❑ Deborah Liatos [ SW ] ❑ Michael K. Lloyd [ F ] ❑ Alex Merced [ LBT ]

For Queens Borough President ❑ Melinda Katz [ D, WF ] ❑ Aurelio Antonio Arcabascio [ R ] ❑ Everly D. Brown [ JE ]

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For City Council District 19 ❑ Paul A. Vallone [ D, I ] ❑ Dennis Saffran [ R, C, REF ] District 20 ❑ Peter A. Koo [ D, C ] ❑ Evergreen C. Chou [ G ] ❑ Martha Flores-Vazquez [ JE ] ❑ Sunny Hahn [ REF ] District 21 ❑ Julissa Ferreras [ D ] District 22 ❑ Costa Constantinides [ D, WF ] ❑ Daniel P. Peterson [ R ] ❑ Danielle M. De Stefano [ C, I ] ❑ Lynne Serpe [ G ] ❑ Jerry Kann [ P ]

District 23 ❑ Mark S. Weprin [ D ] ❑ Joseph R. Concannon [ REF ] District 24 ❑ Rory I. Lancman [ D, WF ] ❑ Alexander Blishteyn [ R, C ] ❑ Mujib Rahman [ FV ] District 25 ❑ Daniel Dromm [ D, WF ] District 26 ❑ James Van Bramer [ D, WF ] District 27 ❑ I. Daneek Miller [ D, WF ] ❑ Sondra H. Peeden [ I ] District 28 ❑ Ruben Wills [ D ] ❑ Mireille P. Leroy [ U ] District 29 ❑ Karen Koslowitz [ D, WF ] ❑ Jon Torodash [ CV ] District 30 ❑ Elizabeth S. Crowley [ D, WF ] ❑ Craig N. Caruana [ R, C ] District 31 ❑ Donovan Richards [ D ] ❑ Scherie S. Murray [ R ] ❑ Ricardo A. Brown [ JE ] District 32 ❑ Lew M. Simon [ D ] ❑ Eric A. Ulrich [ R, C, I ] District 34 ❑ Antonio Reynoso [ D, WF ] ❑ Gladys Santiago [ SC ]

Party Key AT = Affordable Tmrw CS = Common Sense CV = Civic Virtue C = Conservative D = Democratic FE = Flourish F = Freedom G = Green I = Independence JE = Jobs & Education LBT = Libertarian REF = Reform RTH = Rent is 2 Damn High R = Republican SC = School Choice SW = Socialist Worker SF = Students First TWS = Tax Wall Street T2H = Taxes 2 High U = Unity WV = War Veterans WF = Working Families

Ballot propositions Proposal 1: Authorizing Casino Gaming The proposed amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the Constitution would allow the Legislature to authorize up to seven casinos in New York State for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated. Shall the amendment be approved? Proposal 2: Additional Civil Service Credit for Veterans with Disabilities Certified Post-Appointment The proposed amendment to section 6 of article 5 of the Const it ut ion wou ld ent itle a vetera n who has received civil service credit for a civil service appointment or promotion and subsequently is certified as disabled to additional civil service credit at a subsequent appointment or promotion. Shall the proposed amendment be approved? Proposal 3: Exclusion of Indebtedness Contracted for Sewage Facilities The proposed amendment to Article 8, section 5 of the Constitution would extend for ten years, until January 1, 2024, the authority of counties, cities, towns, and villages to exclude from their constitutional debt limits indebtedness contracted for the construction or reconstruction of sewage facilities. Shall the proposed amendment be approved? Proposal 4: Settling Disputed Title in the Forest Preserve The proposed amendment to section 1 of article 14 of the Constitution would authorize the Legislature to settle longstanding disputes between the State and private entities over ownership of certain parcels of land in the town of Long Lake, Hamilton County. In exchange for giving up its claim to disputed parcels, the State would get land to be incorporated into the forest preserve that would benefit the forest preserve more than the disputed parcels currently do. Shall the proposed amendment be approved? Proposal 5: In Relation to a Land Exchange in the State Forest Preserve with NYCO Minerals, Inc. The proposed amendment to section 1 of article 14 of the Constitution would authorize the Legislature to convey forest preserve land located in the town of Lewis, Essex County, to NYCO Minerals, a private company that plans on expanding an existing mine that adjoins the forest preserve land. In exchange, NYCO Minerals would give the State at least the same amount of land of at least the same value, with a minimum assessed value of $1 million, to be added to the forest preserve. When NYCO Minerals finishes mining, it would restore the condition of the land and return it to the forest preserve. Shall the proposed amendment be approved? Proposal 6: Increasing Age until which Certain State Judges Can Serve The proposed amendment to the Constitution, amending sections 2 and 25 of article 6, would increase the maximum age until which certain state judges may serve as follows: (a) a Justice of the Supreme Court would be eligible for five additional two-year terms after the present retirement age of 70, instead of the three such terms currently authorized; and (b) a Judge of the Court of Appeals who reaches the age of 70 while in office would be permitted to remain in service on the Court for up to 10 years beyond the present retirement age of 70 in order to complete the term to which that Judge was Q appointed. Shall the proposed amendment be approved?

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Fi l m m a ke r a n d O z o n e Pa r k native Mikel “Mike” Dusi will premiere his f irst feature f ilm this weekend. T he sem i-autobiog raph ical movie, “MikeyBoy,” is about a pizza boy f rom Queens whose life is turned upside down when he learns he must travel to his family’s native Albania for an arranged marriage. M i keyBoy set s out on a quest arou nd the world with his best friend, Robin, to win his American girlfriend back and avoid getting married in Albania. Dusi, who is Albanian-American, is the son of Joe and Martha Dusi, longtime owners of Galleria Pizza on 101st Avenue and 95th Street in Ozone Park. Dusi is a veteran of the film industry, having worked as a producer and an actor on several projects. Before heading to Hollywood, Dusi worked at Galleria with his parents. “MikeyBoy” will premiere on Friday night, Nov. 1, at the AMC Empire 25 theater at 234 West 42 St. in Manhattan and will be playing at Q the theater for a two-week run. — Domenick Rafter

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“A dedicated bus line is not going to help us, it’s only going to kill us even more,” he said. On education, Simon said the district needs more afterschool and ESL programs and more schools, and he noted his opposition to co-locations. “We need each school to be in its own building,” he said. “There are locations that can be identified.” Simon, who touts endorsements from every other elected Democrat in the district and some prominent members of his party including Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), said he isn’t worried about running in the district that often shows the strongest Republican support in Queens. Before Ulrich, the seat was held by now-st at e Sen. Joe Add abbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) — who supports Simon — and before him a Republican, Al Stabile. The district has voted for the GOP candidate for mayor in ever y election since 1985, though Simon thinks de Blasio will win it this year, saying he would be glad to work with him as mayor. “It’s Mayor de Blasio and Councilman Simon that will deliver, because we’re all on the same page,” he said. Q

$100K for John Adams YABC The Young Adult Borough Center at John Adams High School received a $100,000 check this week from the city, allocated by Councilman Ruben Wills. Operated by the city Department of Education and Queens Community House, the program works with young adults, ages 17 to 21, who desire to pursue their high school diploma and develop their career and employment skills. It is one of 23 YABC sites in New York City high schools and caters to students from all over the borough. The YABC at John Adams High School has courses such as historical literacy, lyrical analysis, auto repair, service learning, yearbook, gardening, ballroom dancing and criti-

cal thinking, which can lead to a student receiving three college credits from LaGuardia Community College. Students can also join a technology MOUSE Squad, learn digital literacy and can be placed in a variety of paid internships, attend weekly seminars to learn how to build a resume and gain interview techniques, go on trips to cultural centers, visit colleges and take part in extracurricular activities. MOUSE also publishes monthly parent and student newsletters. Accepting the $100,000 here are John Adams High School Principal Daniel Scanl o n a n d A s s i s t a n t P r in c i p a l E d i t a Volovodovskaya.

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NYPD’s Kelly shouted down by protesters Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was denied the ability to give a speech on proactive policing Tuesday at Brown University when students heckled and shouted at him in a protest against the NYPD’s practice of stopping and frisking people whom officers deem suspicious. Some protester signs called for an end to stop and frisk and police brutality, while others labeled the commissioner “Ray(cist) Kelly.” The Rhode Island students began shouting as Kelly was about to speak, and after 20 minutes he gave up and left the stage, reports said.

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Stop & Shop employees represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 are threatening to go on strike Nov. 3 if the company does not back off on its attempts to reduce healthcare coverage in response to the Affordable Care Act. The union authorized the work stoppage on Monday. The store’s contract with 5,500 workers in the city and downstate counties expired Sept. 28 and has been extended twice, the UFCWU said, but negotiations are at an impasse because the company is insisting on “drastically” reducing healthcare benefits and in some cases eliminating them entirely. “The members of our union working for Stop & Shop are prepared to negotiate a fair contract,” Anthony Speelman, Local 1500’s secretary treasurer and lead negotiator with the store, said in announcing the vote to authorize a strike. “They understand there must be changes to their health fund to be compliant under the legal requirements of the Affordable Care Act. They have approached these negotiations with an open mind.” The store, however, has employed “arrogant and insincere” negotiating tactics, he charged. Stop & Shop has six stores in Queens, from Long Island City to Little Neck, and many more Q nearby in Nassau County and Brooklyn.

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continued from page 2 Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) said the deal is good news, but he said there needs to be a more permanent solution so when the four-year delay is up, residents are not stuck with astronomical flood insurance premiums again. “I commend Congress on reaching a deal, but we need a long-term solution,” he said. Goldfeder has proposed legislation that would put f lood insurance under the domain of the state rather than the federal government, similar to the New York

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One radio report quoted a student who said the protesters had warned the administration it should not let Kelly speak, and that when the school allowed him to go ahead, they took it upon themselves to squelch his address. Kelly, who graduated from St. John’s University and earned a law degree at NYU and a master’s at Harvard, said, “I thought this was the academy, where we’re supposed to have free speech,” according to the Daily News. The paper also said some students thought he should have been able to give his speech. Q

Worker death rate tied to ethnicity, study says Latinos and immigrants are killed by falls at construction sites at a higher rate than other workers, according to a new report by the Center for Popular Democracy. Eighty-eight percent of workers who fell to their deaths in Queens between 2003 and 2011 were Latinos or immigrants, the study said, while citywide the figure was 74 percent and statewide 60 percent — all disproportionately high for their share of the workforce. The study said that in interviews conducted in 2011, Latino workers said they were reluctant to bring up safety issues on the job out of fear of retaliation. The study’s authors recommend more funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to combat dangerous worksites, more training and full enforcement of the state’s Scaffold Law. The report, entitled “Fatal Inequality: Workplace Safety Eludes Construction Workers of Color in New York State,” comes amid calls to amend the Scaffold Law to hold workers responsible when an accident was their fault. Q

No hide-the-smokes bill Mayor Bloomberg has dropped the element of his latest antismoking legislation that would force store owners to keep tobacco products out of sight. Other measures, such as raising the smoking age to 21, are still on the table. “While it is clear that the display of tobacco products encourages youth smoking, with the arrival of e-cigarettes, more time is needed to determine how best to address this problem,” a Q city Health Department statement said. — compiled by Peter C. Mastrosimone Property Insurance Underwriting Association, which was created after discussions between insurance companies and elected officials in 1968 when city residents had trouble obtaining fire insurance during a period of urban decline. Goldfeder’s idea is to “spread the risk” between the NFIP and private insurers who would take part in the state-run program. He acknowledged the difficulty in getting a plan like that enacted because of the likely opposition from the insurance industry, but believes it is possible. “This is a very ambitious plan, but I think if all the right people come to the Q table, it can get done,” he said.

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Sunnyside eateries will offer three-course dinners such as this one from Malingo for $25 as part of a four-day food and art celebration.

CALLING ALL FOODIES! by Tess McRae Restaurant weeks are common. Each year there are celebrations held all over the country to celebrate local cuisine and the restaurants that make delicious meals available to us. But for a city like New York, it can be nearly impossible to showcase the hundreds of eateries that serve up delicious food every day. That is why outer-borough neighborhoods have taken the responsibility in their own hands so that foodies from around the city can come and sample delectable grub at a much cheaper cost. This month, for the first time ever, Sunnyside

will host its own Restaurant Week to celebrate the art, food and culture one of the most diverse areas in the city has to offer. “Sunnyside Restaurant Week is an exciting opportunity to highlight the neighborhood as a creative district with great restaurants,” said Rachel Thieme, the executive director of the Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District. “We hope to draw new people to the neighborhood as well as inspire Sunnyside residents to discover new art and restaurants they haven’t tried yet.” There will be 17 restaurants featuring special three-course dinner menus for $25 that range

from typical American cuisine to Thai and Paraguayan foods. Unlike other restaurant weeks, the one in Sunnyside will also showcase four site-specific art installations entitled “Conveying the Invisible.” The project is curated by No Longer Empty, a contemporary arts organization that stages exhibitions throughout the city, most recently at the Clock Tower in Long Island City. “The conceived artworks for Sunnyside Restaurant Week illuminate the character of the sites and the neighborhood environs,” curator Sarah Corona said. Continued page44 ? continued on page

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Dorsky Gallery, “Artists’ Walks: The Persistence of Peripateticism, 11-05 45 Ave., Long Island City, Thursday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., thru Nov. 17. Contact: (718) 937-6317, dorsky.org.

Church of the Resurrection, Annual “REZ” Western Round-Up, 85-09 118 St., Kew Gardens, Saturday, Nov. 2, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Prizes and raffles. Call (718) 847-2649.

THEATRE

Whitestone Hebrew Centre, Holiday Flea Market, 12-25 Clintonville St., Saturday, Nov. 2, 7 p.m.10:30 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-4.p.m. Call (718) 767-1500.

The Gingerbread Players, “Love’s Labours Lost,” Saint Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway South, Forest Hills, Saturdays, Nov. 2, 9, 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, Nov. 3, 10, 2:30 p.m. Suggested donation $12, $10 for groups of six or more. Contact: (718) 268-7772, gingerbreadplayers.org.

Emanuel Church, Annual Fair & Flea Market, Woodhaven Boulevard and 91st Avenue, Woodhaven, Saturday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Raffles, books, collectibles, baked goods, refreshments, lunch, lots of vendors. Free admission. Call (718) 849-1153.

FSF Community Theatre Group, “Legally Blonde: the Musical,” Free Synagogue of Flushing, 41-60 Kissena Blvd., Saturdays, Nov. 9, 16, at 8 p.m.; Sundays Nov. 3, 10, 17, 3 p.m. $18, $15 seniors, children 10 and under. Contact: (718) 428-8681, fsfctg.org.

COMMUNITY

AUDITIONS Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra, Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. Rehearsals/ auditions, Wednesdays, 7:30-10 p.m. Contact: Franklin Verbsky, (718) 374-1627, fhso.org Marathon Little Theatre Group, “Hairspray,” 245-37 60 Ave., Douglaston, Tuesday-Wednesday, Nov. 12-13, 7:30 p.m. All roles open, dancers and backstage help also. Contact: (917) 842-7101, mtgproducer@gmail.com.

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Sacred Heart Church, “Night of Recollection” and Concert, 215-35 38 Ave., Bayside, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Call: (718) 428-200, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

The Gingerbread Players of St. Luke’s Church in Forest Hills present “Love’s Labours Lost” on Nov. 2. COURTESY PHOTO

LECTURE Talking About History: “Forever Free: Lincoln, Civil War and the American March to Emancipation,” lecture by James L. Coll, co-sponsored by King Manor Museum, Queens Central Library, at 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. Thursday, Nov. 7, 6:30 p.m. Free. Contact: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13, programs@kingmanor.org.

MEETINGS The Flushing AARP Chapter No. 1405, Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., meets Mondays 1 p.m.

Queensborough Performing Arts Center, ”90’s Boy Bands Concert Reunion,” with ALL-4-ONE and COLOR ME BAD, Saturday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m. $45 all seats. Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Contact: (718) 631-6311, visitQPAC.org.

St. Agnes Academic HS Reunion, Homecoming 2013, all years especially ending in 3s or 8s, Saturday, Nov. 23, 1-5 p.m. Contact: (718) 353-6276, denise.fetonte@stagneshs.org.

LESSONS

AARP Chapter 2889, American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., Maspeth, meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month, noon. Call (718) 672-9890.

Holy Family Church, Defensive Driving Course, sponsored by the National Safety Council, 175-20 74 Ave., Flushing, Saturday, Nov. 9, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $45. Call (631) 360-9720.

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HEALTH Sol Dance Center, Modeling Workshop, Promote Healthy Body Image for Teen Girls & Women, 30-16 Steinway St., Sunday, Nov. 10, 2 p.m. Reserve: (347) 935-3955.

Kids’ Ukulele Jam Class, Mondays thru Dec. 16, 5 p.m., Genesis Tree of Life Yoga and Wellness Center, 102-02/06 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills. Contact: Andrew Salamanca, andrewsalamanca@ gmail.com, (718) 544-5997. Wildlife Conservation Society’s Queens Zoo, Flushing, registration for 2013-2014 fall and winter education programs, including teen zoo internship

and meeting zoo keepers. Register: (718) 2717361, queenszoo.com/programs, qzeducation@ wcs.org.

CLASSES Queens Botanical Garden, Teacher Wormshop, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, Monday, Nov. 4, 6-8 p.m., $5. Learn the benefits of composting with a worm bin in your classroom. Contact: Rebecca Wolf, (718) 539-5296, compost@queensbotanical.org. English as a Second Language Course, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Room 333, Kew Gardens, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-8 p.m., thru Dec. 19. Free. Register: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com. Ballroom Dance Classes, Year ‘Round Social Dance Program, Monday & Friday evenings, Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Call 718) 478-3100. Zumba, Yoga, Kickboxing, YWCA of Queens, Mondays-Fridays thru Dec. 12, 7-9 p.m., 42-07 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, all ages, $7. Contact: (718) 353-4553, ywcaqueens.org.

African Poetry Theatre, Brothers Who Cook Fund Raiser, 176-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, Saturday, Nov. 2, 4-9 p.m., $25 advance tickets, $30 at door, $15 children under 12. Food, soft drinks, entertainment. Call: (718) 523-3312, ext. 10. Astoria Park Alliance, Cocktail Party to Benefit Astoria Park, Home of Kim Lancial & George Vafakos, 23-08 21 Ave. #1, Friday, Nov. 8, 6-8 p.m. Contact: Martha Lopez-Gilpin, apagreetings@ gmail.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS Queens County Farm Museum, Wildlife Weekend, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, Saturdays-Sundays, Nov. 2-3, 9-10, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission $9 includes hayride, pony ride, goat feeding, birds of prey, animal shows, insects. Contact: (718) 347-3276, ext. 304. First Annual Jets Fans vs. Giants Fans Flag Football Scrimmage for Men’s Health Awareness, Roy Wilkins Southern Queens Park, Merrick and Foch boulevards, Sunday, Nov. 3, 11 a.m. Free. Contact: Paul Persaud, (516) 900-2450, info@ gflny.com. Sacred Heart School, Supermarket Sweeps, 84-05 78 Ave., Glendale, Friday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m. $10 admission includes: 2 playing cards, coffee/tea, cake, door prizes. Call Miriam, (347) 248-6227; Marcia, (718) 749-6075.

English as a Second Language Adult Classes, Immanuel Church, 68-10 31 Ave., Woodside, Saturdays, 10 a.m. Licensed NYC teacher. Free. Contact: (718) 335-1623, rnadar@ImmanuelChurchNY.org.

Rochdale Village 50th Anniversary Black Tie Gala, Grand Ballroom & Community Center, 16965 137 Ave., Jamaica, Saturday, Nov. 16, 6 p.m. cocktails and silent auction; 7 p.m. dinner. Admission $65. Contact: Ivette Hernandez, (718) 2765700, ext 336; ihernandez@rochdalevillage.com.

Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy. & Northern Blvd., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., Wednesdays, $25/session. Instruction from award-winning artist. Call (718) 969-1128.

Whitestone Veterans Memorial Association, service for veterans of all faiths, Memorial Field, 15th Drive and 149th Street, Glendale, Monday, Nov. 11, 11 a.m.

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The history and renaissance of Astoria studio by Tess McRae

do this at any point; however, the fact that it’s the museum’s 25th anniversary and the “The Wiz,” “Hair” and “Orange is the fact that the Kaufman Astoria Studios is New Black” have one thing in common: changing its face yet again with the back lot they were all filmed at a studio in Astoria. opening in a couple of weeks, it seemed like As part of its newest exhibition, the the perfect time to acknowledge our dual hisMuseum of the Moving Image is paying trib- tory and celebrate it.” ute to the legacy of filmDivided into five making at the nearby sections, the exhibit, studio, known today on view in the as Kaufman Astoria Amphitheater GalWhen: Wednesday-Thursday Studios. lery, features more 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m., While the musethan 10 0 objec t s Friday 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m., um has been directly from the museum’s weekends 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m., across the s treet collection, including through Feb. 9 from the historic film stills, behindla ndma r k for 25 the-scenes photoWhere: Museum of the Moving Image, years, MoMI ha s graphs, scripts and 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria never had an exhibimarketing and Tickets: $12, movingimage.us tion on it. design materials. N ow w i t h c o n “The studio has a struction on Kaufman’s new back lot almost real sense of history,” said Hal Rosenbluth, complete, museum curator Barbara Miller president of Kaufman Astoria Studios. said it is the perfect time to honor MoMI’s “When we got there in 1980 there was nothhistorical neighbors. ing, and part of our role was not only bring“One of the amazing things to me is that ing back the studio but also to invigorate the we haven’t done this before,” Miller said. “I surrounding neighborhood.” think it would have been appropriate for us to “What we’re hoping for is ‘Oh my God, qboro editor

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The Museum of the Moving Image’s newest exhibit, “Lights, Camera, Astoria!,” features PHOTO BY TESS MCRAE photos, objects and videos from the historic Astoria studio. we had no idea that was filmed here,’ that’s sort of a nice reaction to have coupled with understanding the larger history of what happened here,” Miller said. “It’s so unusual here; we’re in this residential community and

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boro SENIOR ACTIVITIES The CCNS Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horrace Harding Expy., Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Kosher/ nonkosher lunch, 11:30 a.m. $2. Bingo 3 times a week. Adults 60+. Contact (718) 225-1144. Wednesday Night Singles Group, SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck, second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, 7-9 p.m. Fee: $7 Adult Center members, $9 nonmembers. Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75 St., offers: computer training classes, all levels, beginners to advanced, including: 21st Century Technology, teaching use of iPods, smartphones, e-readers, tablet computers, and other latest gadgets; and Microsoft Excel (separate class); fitness classes in Zumba, aerobics, line dancing, chair and mat yoga, tai chi, lower-body toning, sit and be fit; recreational activities (daily bingo, singing, watercolor painting, bus trips, daily meals and more). Call Hindy at (718) 894-3441 or visit the Center. The Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., hour-long classes: jewelry making, Mondays at 10:30 a.m.; Richard Simmons exercise, Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30; Eldercise, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.; massage therapy, Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.; manicures, Thursdays at 12:30 p.m.; yoga, Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Movies every Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 1:15 p.m. MetroCard van, 4th Thursday of month. Monthly bus trips to Yonkers. Call Karen (718) 456-2000.

SUPPORT GROUPS Free Social Anxiety Support & Treatment Program for Queens Residents, thru Monday, Dec. 16, Queens College Psychological Center, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Call for appointment. Contact: Yvette Caro, qcpc@qc.cuny.edu, (718) 570-0500, qc.cuny.edu/QCPC.

Bereavement groups for loss of a spouse, facilitated by a licensed social worker. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Call Pamela Leff: (718) 268-5011, ext. 621. Drug problem? Call Narcotics Anonymous Helpline at (718) 962-6244 or visit westernqueensna.com. Meetings held seven days a week. Al-anon meets every Sunday at noon at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center basement, 85-18 61 Road, Rego Park. Free caregiver support groups at Queens Community House, Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Call (718) 226-5960, ext. 226. Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults, 92-47 165 St., details its safety program about rent, Medicaid and food stamps. Call for an appointment at (718) 657-6500. Free. Gam-Anon is a 12-step program for families of someone with a gambling problem. Call hot line (212) 606-8177. The Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 12310 143 St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is at noon with a suggested donation of $1.50. Exercise programs include: tai chi stretch, dance groups, choral group, ceramics, camera class, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more. Call (718) 657-6752. The Lupus Alliance of Long Island and Queens meets once a month on Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m., Flushing. Register/information: (516) 802-3142. A fee of $10 per person for members and $15 for nonmembers includes a light breakfast, handouts and lunch. Call (516) 826-2058. Try a NEW way OUT of FAT with Overeaters Anonymous, Thursdays at 11 a.m. at Rego Park Library, 91-41 63 Dr. Emotions Anonymous, an emotional support group, will be held on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Victoria Congregational Church, 148th St. and 87th Avenue, Briarwood. Call (718) 938-8869 or (917) 312-7150. Problem with cocaine or other mind-altering substances? For local Cocaine Anonymous meetings, call (212) COCAINE (262-2463). Co-Dependents Anonymous (women only) meetings are held every Friday from 10 to 11:45 a.m. at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center, Fr. Freely Hall, 85-18 61 Rd., Rego Park. A free schizophrenics anonymous self-help support group will be held on Sundays from 10 to 11 a.m. at L.I. Consultation Center, 97-29 64 Rd., Rego Park. Call (718) 896-3400.

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Synopsis MikeyBoy is an Albanian-American pizza boy from Queens whose life is turned upside down when he learns he must travel to Albania for an arranged marriage. MikeyBoy sets out on a quest around the world with his best friend Robin to win his American girlfriend back and avoid going to Albania to get married. MikeyBoy was filmed at Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Park City Utah, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Switzerland, Hollywood, New York, Monaco, France, Hawaii and Italy! In a case of life imitating art, imitating life, with the soon-tobe-released “MikeyBoy,” the lines are seriously blurred. Written, produced and starring Mike Dusi, the film is as autobiographical as it gets. We’re almost in classic Woody Allen territory here, by way of Albania, but with more charm and heart than you’ll find in most of the indies being churned out today. www.MikeyBoyMovie.com

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Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 20811 26 Ave., Bayside, activities include: Qi Gong, Mondays at 10:45 a.m.; Dance Aerobics, Mondays at 10 a.m. & Tuesdays at 9 a.m.; Wii time, Mondays and Wednesdays at 12:45 p.m.; Music with Dee, Mondays at 1 p.m.; beginner’s drawing, Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.; aerobics, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 a.m.; drawing and painting, Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.; yoga, Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.; bingo, Wednesdays at 12:45 p.m.; tai chi, Wednesdays at 2 p.m.; dance fitness Fridays at 10:45 a.m.; health education class, Tuesdays at 10 a.m.; fire prevention exercises, Wednesdays at 11 a.m.; mahjong/canasta, Wednesdays at 12:45 p.m.; stay well exercises, Thursdays at 9:30 a.m.; Music, Dance & Fitness, Thursdays at 1:30 p.m., Scrabble, Thursdays at 12:45 p.m.; Sculpture, Fridays at 1 p.m; current events, Fridays, Sept. 6, 20 at 12:45 p.m.; music appreciation, Tuesdays, Sept. 10, 24 at 12:45 p.m.; movies, Fridays, Sept. 13, 27 at 12:45 p.m.; card playing and more. Call (718) 224-7888.

Pomonok Senior Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., Peer Support Group every Wednesday at 1 p.m. For more information call (718) 591-3377, Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

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INDEX NO.: 27414/10. Filed Date: 10/01/2013. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE. MORTGAGED PREMISES: 150-24 84TH AVENUE, QUEENS, NY 11432. (BL #: 9750 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 46). Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate. STATE OF NEW YORK. SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS. DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE OF THE INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-AR25, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-AR25 UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 1, 2005, Plaintiff -againstBALADEVA SAMANICH, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, MAXIM MELENDEZ A/K/A CARLOS MELENDEZ A/K/A MAX MELENDEZ, CITIBANK, N.A., NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, BIN SOO PARK, PETER OZELIUS, ZACK OZELIUS, BRETT GARNET, HO SOO PARK, JUN PARK, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $508,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Queens on October 7, 2005, at C.R.F.N. No. 2005000561056, covering premises known as 150-24 84th Avenue, Queens, NY 11432 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; BL #: 9750 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 46. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises. TO the Defendant BALADEVA SAMANICH, the foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication to an Order of the Hon. TIMOTHY J. DUFFICY of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and filed on October 1, 2013, with the Complaint in the County of Queens, State of New York. The property in question is described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Fourth Ward of the Borough and county of Queens, City and State of New York, more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF 84TH AVENUE (FORMERLY FLORIAN AVNEUE), DISTANT 228.90 FEET EASTERLY FROM THE CORNER FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF THE EASTERLY SIDE OF 150TH STREET (FORMERLY ALSOP STREET) WITH THE SAID SOUTHERLY SIDE OF 84TH AVENUE; RUNNING THENCE SOUTHERLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF 84TH AVENUE, 100 FEET; THENCE EASTERLY AND PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF 84TH AVENUE, 41.60 FEET; THENCE NORTHERLY AGAIN AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF 84TH AVENUE, 100 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF 84TH AVENUE, 41.60 FEET TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING. Dated: New Rochelle, N.Y. September 27, 2013. McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C. By: Leroy J. Pelicci, Jr., Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 145 Huguenot St., Ste. 210, New Rochelle, NY 10801, p. 914-636-8900, f. 914-636-8901. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877226-5697 or visit the Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at www.dfs.ny.gov. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to â&#x20AC;&#x153;saveâ&#x20AC;? your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.

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SQ page 52 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE FORSYTH COUNTY DISTRICT COURT DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF: 13 JT 078 AIDEN JAMES RICHARD DOB: 09-10-11 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: Robert “Last Name Unknown” putative father of the juvenile Richard “Last Name Unknown” also known as “R.J.” – putative father of the juvenile John Doe – putative father of the juvenile TAKE NOTICE that a Juvenile Petition seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of Termination of your Parental Rights with respect to the above-referenced juvenile pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1103. You are required to make a written answer to the Petition alleging to Terminate Parental Rights within forty (40) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Petitions within the 40 day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Petition, the Petitioner will apply to the Court for terminating your parental rights to the abovereferenced juvenile. Any counsel appointed previously to represent you and not released by the Court shall continue to represent you. If you are indigent and not already represented by appointed counsel, you are entitled to appointed counsel and provisional counsel has been appointed upon your request subject to the Court’s review at the first hearing after this service. The hearing on the Petition alleging to Terminate Parental Rights is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Monday, December 9, 2013 in Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of Justice in WinstonSalem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case. This the 4th day of October, 2013. Theresa A. Boucher, Attorney for the Forsyth County Department of Social Services, P.O. Box 999, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 (336) 703-3900

Notice of Formation of Better Realty NYC, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/6/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 45-43 193rd Street, Flushing, NY 11358. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of Denton Farm LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/29/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Ganfer & Shore, LLP, 360 Lexington Ave., 14th Fl., NY, NY 10017. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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by Lloyd Carroll

Chronicle Contributor

It took three years and over a billion dollars but the top-to-bottom renovations of Madison Square Garden have finally been completed. The Garden truly has the feel of a brand-new arena, not one that was built in 1968 and had some modifications made to it. A lot has been written about the pair of pathways known as “The Chase Bridges” located near the Garden’s ceiling, which allow patrons to walk from the 31st Street side to the 33rd Street side and back without missing any of the action. They are an architectural wonder as they are virtually undetectable looking up from the courtside seats. You have to climb up a few stairs from the Garden’s ninth floor, known affectionately as the “blue seats” since back in the day, to get to these bridges. Amazingly, the bridges don’t block the vision of anyone sitting on the upper level. Just as most Queens apartment buildings contain one bedroom and studio apartments, the Garden has full-sized corporate suites and now miniature ones known as “lofts” on the two bridges. Another highlight of the renovated Garden is its humongous high-resolution scoreboard, which makes the Jumbotrons of the past look like those Sony Watchman televisions of the 1990s. The good thing about the

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by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Prior to 1960 there were no office buildings to speak of in the Rego Park-Forest Hills area. Then the John Hancock Insurance Co. approved a mortgage for a 13-story innovative luxury office building at 97-45 Queens Blvd. At 13 stories it would tower over anything else in the immediate area. Architect Jack Brown, who had done dozens of apartment buildings in Brooklyn, got the call from the LeFrak Organization to design something special. It was a unique project, with a curved front. The first tenant was Jahn’s Ice Cream Parlor, which occupied the entire ground floor storefront. LeFrak was awarded a bronze plaque in 1962 for excellence for the building, variously called LeFrak Tower and the Mid-City Center. The firm, located at 2728 Kings Highway in Brooklyn for decades, had come to Queens ready to make its mark here. And it did. The LeFrak City complex straddling Corona and Elmhurst houses thousands, and by the mid-1960s, LeFrak had become landlord to a quarter-million people in 425 buildings in the metro area.

Mid-City Center, aka Lefrak Tower, under construction in June 1960 at 97-45 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. And just last year, LeFrak Tower was reborn as The Contour, switching from commercial space to apartment rentals in the neighborhood of $3,000 a month, though the ground floor remains retail. With its curved and gleaming new white facade, it reminds some just a little bit of the Lipstick Q Building in Manhattan.

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