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As funds dwindle, Howard Beach Senior Center looks to private program financing

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Center members want to make sure events like last week’s New Year’s dance can continue.

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In Queens, drawing lines has drawn ire Redistricting could mean sweeping changes to the political landscape by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

rom Assemblyman Mike Miller (DWoodhaven) potentially losing almost all of Glendale to Woodside and East Elmhurst possibly being carved from Assemblyman Michael DenDekker’s (DJackson Heights) district, Queens residents could soon be looking at a dramatically different political landscape once the state Legislature wraps up a redistricting process that some residents and politicians worry will be flawed without the input of an independent group. Redistricting — which entails a group of four legislators and two appointed non-legislators redrawing the political lines to determine which neighborhoods will fall under which Assembly, state Senate and Congressional districts — occurs once every 10 years in New York, after the federal Census numbers are published. The group tasked with redrawing the lines, called the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, often referred to as LATFOR, is expected to release its proposed maps sometime next week. After they are released, public hearings will be held and the Legislature will vote on the final lines — though no one seems to have any clue as to when that will happen. While the idea behind redistricting is to redraw the political coverage areas so they better represent the changing demographics as reported by the census, everyone from

Assemblyman Mike Miller, left, could lose most of Glendale in the redistricting process, while it has been proposed that Woodside and East Elmhurst be moved from Assemblyman Michael FILE PHOTOS DenDekker’s district. good government groups to civic leaders and legislators themselves have criticized New York’s process, saying it leads to gerrymandered maps with contorted boundary lines that split apart communities that would normally be unified by, for example, ethnicity, to favor incumbents.

That is why almost every legislator running in 2010, and in the special election in 2011, signed a pledge to support an independent redistricting commission to take charge of, or at least help in, the process — which hasn’t happened. This process, some civic and political

leaders said, has led to a preliminary map from LATFOR that splits apart communities in Queens. According to sources with knowledge of the redistricting process, the map shows that all but six blocks of Glendale would be wiped from Miller’s district and given to Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills). Hevesi in turn would lose a chunk of Forest Hills, including much of the Bukharian Jewish community he represents — which the sources said would be split among six Assembly districts. Miller, who lives in Glendale, would also lose the parts of Richmond Hill and Ozone Park he represents, but pick up more of Ridgewood, according to the sources. Miller and Hevesi did not comment on the matter, though Miller said he strongly supports an independent redistricting commission. “I think Glendale should be kept together with Woodhaven, Richmond Hill and Ozone Park,” said Albert Baldeo, a Democratic district leader and former candidate for office from Richmond Hill. “These are communities with common interests, common problems and common solutions. They shouldn’t be divided. If they are, that means their problems will not get the attention they deserve, issues like education, healthcare, social services and transportation.” Other district proposals recently published by various organizations, including continued on page 18

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Residents differ over rezoning

by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

he city’s proposal to rezone portions of Woodhaven and Richmond Hill is drawing praise and concern from area residents, some who say it would help to prevent overcrowding and others who worry it could limit a growing community’s need to expand. The 231-block rezoning seeks to keep the one- and two-family homes in the residential areas in an effort to deter more of the multifamily units that have sprung up in recent years, while funneling higher-density housing and commercial developments to main business corridors, like Jamaica and Atlantic avenues, city officials said. The rezoning area is generally bounded by Park Lane to the north, 103rd Avenue to the South, Eldert Lane to the west and the Van Wyck Expressway to the east. “Even if a house burns down and someone wants to build there again, with the rezoning they wouldn’t be able to build an apartment building,” said Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association President Ed Wendell. “It’ll help

City studies Woodhaven, Rich. Hill preserve some of the big, beautiful homes in Woodhaven. Someone would be less inclined to tear it down and build something new because they couldn’t tear it down and build a three-family home.” The Department of City Planning has held, and continues to hold, community outreach meetings on the draft rezoning proposal prior to beginning the formal public review process, which can last up to seven months. City officials are expected to discuss the rezoning plan at the WRBA’s next meeting on Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps at 78-15 Jamaica Ave. During the formal review process, there will be hearings at Community Board 9 and Borough Hall, followed by a City Council vote. Planning officials noted that the zoning in the area being studied has not changed since 1961 and said it no longer reflects the community’s needs.

For example, portions of Liberty Avenue would be zoned R6A instead of the current R5. The shift would change the maximum building height from 40 to 70 feet, permitting businesses to expand. In the more residential areas, a downzoning would occur to limit most homes to one or two stories. Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) agreed with Wendell, saying the rezoning would help to retain the “flavor of the community.” “Tearing down houses and putting up three-family homes, I don’t see that as a plus for the community,” Miller said. “It creates more people, more cars, more traffic. I see the rezoning as a positive thing for the community. It keeps it small. It makes a one-family house stay that way.” But Vishnu Mahadeo, president of the Richmond Hill Economic Development Corporation, said he and members of his organization are not in favor of the downzoning because it does not address the

needs of a rapidly growing community. “This community is way overcrowded, and you need to address that, not try to push the people away to solve the problem,” Mahadeo said. But Mahadeo said he also supports funneling more growth to places like Atlantic Avenue. “We don’t want to limit it to just a piece of Atlantic, though,” he said. “We’re advocating an economic corridor along Atlantic, Lefferts Boulevard and 101st Avenue.” Still, Albert Baldeo, a Democratic district leader from Richmond Hill who has run for both the City Council and state Assembly, said he supports the rezoning, as long as it provides exceptions for religious organizations, medical centers and educational centers in residential areas to expand. “Because the community is growing, you need these services to be able to expand,” Baldeo said. “… There’s a lot of McMansions in the area, and they do overburden the district. We should look at social or religious organizations to be given Q precedence over the McMansions.”

Convention center to come to boro — Guv Plans largest site in country at casino by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

Gov. Cuomo proposed in his State of the State address on Wednesday to build the country’s largest convention center at the casino at Aqueduct in South Ozone Park, as well as to amend the Constitution to allow Vegas-style gambling in the state. “Let’s build the biggest convention center in the nation, period,” Cuomo said of the proposed $4 billion, nearly four million square foot site that could boast as many as 3,000 hotel rooms. “It’s all about jobs, jobs, jobs,” the governor continued, referring to the prospect of a convention center at the Resorts World New York City Casino, which would replace the Jacob Javits Center on Manhattan’s west side.

Genting, which operates the casino, could run the center. “It’s a great time to invest and grow in New York, and we are thrilled to be able to play a role in creating jobs and increasing tourism,” Genting Americas Senior Vice President for Development Christian Good said in reference to the center. The governor also called for a change to the state’s Constitution to allow for the kind of gambling now permitted in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. “When it comes to casino gaming, we’re living in a state of denial,” Cuomo said. “It’s not whether or not we should have gaming in the state — we have gaming in the state. We have tribal casinos all across the state. We have racinos all across the state. We have 29,000 electronic gaming machines — that’s more than in Atlantic City or any state in the northeast or mid-Atlantic.”

RWNYC President Michael Speller has already said that his casino is prepared to almost immediately bring in table games should they become legal. “Enhanced casino gaming offers our state the promise of enormous economic benefits, including the creation of more than 25,000 new jobs; the return of $3 billion to $5 billion currently spent each year by New Yorkers at casinos located elsewhere; and massive private sector investment,” New York Gaming Association President James Featherstonhaugh said. Cuomo also called for setting up a task force that would look into rebuilding the state’s infrastructure — including “finally rebuilding the Tappan Zee Bridge.” He proposed that new teacher evaluations be implemented, and said he’d Q form a commission to evaluate state education.

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In tough economy, a center looks for funds Howard Beach site hopes to partner with businesses for financial help by Anna Gustafson

of the best things about them is “there are no women” — but, more importantly, the pool Perched above the cue ball, Tony Uliano enthusiasts said the games are something fixes his gaze first on his pool stick and then they look forward to throughout the week. “I come every day,” said Uliano, who his target — the solid purple four ball, lingering slightly outside of a direct shot to a started attending the senior center when he side pocket. He brings his pool stick back retired in 1993. “It’s a great pastime; we all and, in less than a second, the four ball has enjoy ourselves here.” This sentiment was one that was repeatflown into the pocket, and Uliano smiles at his comrades in the game — a group of men ed time and again when talking about the who congregate almost daily around the pool center, located in the Rockwood Park Jewtable in a wood-paneled room at the Howard ish Center at 156-45 85 St. It’s a place Beach Senior Center. The group is a bit of a where residents from all walks of life — a boys’ club — a player chuckled and said one retired general contractor with a penchant for painting, a 90-year-old woman from Poland who was the second oldest in a family of nine children, a couple from Howard Beach celebrating their 71st wedding anniversary — can congregate with friends and do something they love. “There’s a tremendous amount of different activities here,” said Yale Posniak, one of the pool players, who has been coming to the center for more than a decade. “They have bridge, hula dancing, art. There’s a dance every Tuesday, and there’s Wii bowling. A lot of people like the bowling.” But those programs come at a Violet Tucci says she looks forward to the weekly painting cost, and while the roster of activities classes at the center. has expanded, funding from the city Senior Editor

Tony Uliano plays a round of pool at the Howard PHOTOS BY ANNA GUSTAFSON Beach Senior Center. has not — which is why the center’s relatively new executive director, Mark Frey, is looking for funding sources elsewhere. In recent years, funding from the city Council and the Department for the Aging has decreased, as have monies from the state. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) pointed out that the state cut legislators’ discretionary funds in 2010, which continued on page 47

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No tolerance for intolerance e’re glad to see that it took less than two days for police to arrest a suspect in the string of Molotov cocktail attacks that hit Jamaica, eastern Queens and a community on the Nassau County border Sunday night. Such hateful acts not only put the lives of people in danger — the most important thing — but also reflect terribly on a borough that prides itself on tolerance and a city that prides itself on 20 years of falling crime rates. The suspect, a Queens Village man who reportedly had a variety of grudges against his several targets, is of course innocent unless proven guilty. But he reportedly confessed to police and detailed his gripes. We look forward to prosecution to the fullest extent of the law for someone who allegedly showed such callous disregard for the lives of not only those he was targeting but everyone around them and every member of the uniformed services who responded to the incidents. The firebombs targeted private homes, a house that was also being used as a Hindu temple and a mosque in which dozens of devout Muslims were praying at the time their building was attacked. The suspect, whose alleged spree went on for a little less than two hours, faces a charge of arson as a hate crime for the mosque bombing, four counts of arson for the others and five counts of criminal possession of a weapon — in his case empty

drink bottles filled with a flammable liquid. Luckily, only one of the resulting fires was serious. The attack on the mosque in particular drew massive media attention. Before the suspect was caught and his alleged motives revealed, the Council on American Islamic Relations deplored the incident and linked it to threats made against Muslim centers on a blog, as well as attacks on mosques elsewhere in the country. This is a blight on Queens, well known as the most ethnically diverse county in America, and one whose residents are generally very tolerant of their neighbors. But of course tensions between groups lie below the surface and sometimes rise to the fore. On Christmas, of all days, Jewish worshippers at a Rego Park synagogue found the words, “We will never be friend” scrawled on a wall facing Queens Boulevard. Maybe someone is still bitter about the immigration to the area of many Jews from the former Soviet Union over the last couple decades. Just a couple months ago, a suspect allegedly drew swastikas — the hatemonger’s favorite — on library branches, a synagogue and a church in western Queens. While these events get the media attention, due to what they might portend, we know what all residents here know: Queens is better than that. Let’s prosecute the offenders and continue to live as we almost always have, in relative, and remarkable, harmony.

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Never vote GOP Dear Editor: The Republican Party is morally wrong on most issues facing America. Millions of citizens are hurting and crying out for help.The GOP has turned a deaf ear. Their tactics in the 112th congress is to delay, obstruct, block or kill every Obama proposal! Polls show that only 9 percent of voters approve of “partisan gridlock” that’s taking place on Capital Hill. They also reveal that most Americans disagree with GOP leaders opposing Obama’s American Jobs Act, and his call for “shared sacrifice.” If your readers recall, the GOP godfather, Ronald Reagan, urged wealthy citizens to accept — shared responsibility. It should be noted taxes were raised 11 times during his presidency! Oh, yes, readers — don’t forget the famous remark made by our 41st president, “Read my lips... No new taxes!” Need I say more? Two hundred forty-nine congressional Republicans signed a “no tax increase” pledge, orchestrated by Grover Norquist. It is my understanding that the only pledge members of congress take is to defend the constitution! Norquist threatens to defeat anyone who violates their pledge by using a powerful weapon, corporate money! Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, (R-Kentucky), stated that his “top priority: is to see a one term for president Obama. House speaker, John Boehner (R-Oklahoma) said that he does not like the word – compromise. It shows weakness! To this writer these two leaders should have put country first and found a way to work with the president. President Reagan and the house speaker, Thomas “Tip” O’Neill (D-Mass.) did in the 1980’s. Thirty years ago 60 senators were moderators knowing how to compromise. Today, sad to say, there are no moderate senators! After three years of Tea Party and radical far right influences, the Grand Old Party has lost its way and turned its pack on the traditional values of the Republican Party. I am proud to see that President Obama is using some of Harry Truman’s leadership by asserting his authority through executive action! Republicans will attempt in 2012 to make President Obama look “ineffective.” As Governor Christie (R-New Jersey) put it, Obama will become a “bystander in the Oval Office.”

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This writer predicts this GOP election strategy will become their Waterloo on Nov. 6, 2012! Anthony G. Pilla Forest HIlls

Lies from the left Dear Editor: America’s economic decline is linked to and perhaps was precipitated by the decline of our culture. The significant components of our culture, our sense of honor, humility and the dedication to personal responsibility have been subverted and morphed us into people who believe their well-being is someone else’s responsibility. For over two centuries, Americans have been taking care of themselves, freely competing, inventing, producing, pursuing happiness and creating the highest standard of living on the planet. President Obama thinks this process is not working and has empowered an elite to correct the poor choices of the masses. Obamacare delegates decisions that will affect our health and well-being to unelected unaccountable bureaucrats. Energy Secretary Steven Chu defends the ban on the sale of incandescent light bulbs by saying “We are taking away a choice that continues to let people waste

On redistricting ov. Cuomo made clear during his campaign that business as usual would no longer be tolerated in Albany — not when it came to the budget, not when it came to state employee contracts and not when it came to political tricks like the gerrymandering of legislative districts. The governor has lived up to his word on the first two issues. Now it’s time for the trifecta. Cuomo must veto any redrawing of districts that is done to protect incumbents, as he promised he would. We’re dismayed that the nonpartisan panel that was supposed to draw them up seems to have been shunted aside, and hope the tentative maps already created will be fair — or disposed of quickly.

their own money.” I submit no one, no matter how bright, can possibly know what is in the best interest of everybody. A new lexicon has been introduced to reeducate and render regulations and restrictions on the Constitution and our liberties more palatable. To wit, “greed” means anyone with a lot of money must have stolen it; “social justice” requires the wealthy share since they have more than they need; “fairness” means redistribution to each according to his needs. It is an egregious deception to rename and refer to FICA contributions as a “payroll tax.” FICA stands for the Federal Insurance Contribution Act which was enacted to fund Social Security. Extending the so-called “payroll tax” cut is politically expedient; it will not produce jobs or stimulate the economy but only threaten the solvency of Social Security. To make up the shortfall, mortgage and refinance fees have been imposed on homeowners. If nothing changes, we will eventually run out of other people’s money. I send my best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2012 to the readers, my friends and neighbors with the admonition we cannot change the Mayan Calendar ... but we can vote. Edward Konecnik Flushing

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Dear Editor: A few weeks ago, one of your editors, AnneMarie Costella, wrote an article on my son, Joseph, and his struggle with Asperger’s syndrome (“Bellerose man battles disorder to live normally,” Oct. 13, multiple editions). This article accurately and compassionately documented Joseph’s life, as well as shedding light on a little-known form of autism. Despite his struggles along the way, Joseph has grown into an intelligent, caring individual, who serves in our local civic association and volunteers his time at Long Island Jewish Hospital and the ICL Milestone Residence at Creedmoor. I commend Ms. Costella for writing an excellent article that can serve as inspiration to those individuals with disabilities showing them that they can be overcome. Jerry Wind Bellerose

A cop falsely accused Dear Editor: I read last week’s letter “Prejudiced police” by Rosa Febles online and was both shocked and disappointed by the accusations she made. I have never met her but would certainly welcome the opportunity to meet with her. I have worked with the police official she cited for almost two years and have spent a great deal of time with him at the station, at meetings and at other events. He is one of the finest, hardest-working and caring people I know. I have never heard him say anything negative or derogatory against any ethnic group. He is doing whatever he can to keep everyone within the precinct confines as safe as can be. As far as the derogatory word Ms. Febles claims she heard, I find that even harder to believe as he is married to a Spanish woman and they have three children. I am sure this will be investigated and I am 100 percent confident that this “allegation” will prove to be unfounded. Chrissy Voskerichian President, 109th Precinct Community Council Flushing Editor's note: The name of the police official in question was removed by the Queens Chronicle from both this letter and the one last week that prompted it.

Bring back the trains Dear Editor: Recently, there has been much discussion regarding a proposal to convert abandoned areas of the old Rockaway Beach Rail Line into a “highline” park space (“Rails to trails push on old LIRR tracks,” Dec. 8, multiple editions). While I’m a strong advocate for increased park space in Queens, I believe southern Queens and Rockaway would be better served if this forgotten track once again fulfilled its original purpose as a railroad. Transportation options for southern Queens and Rockaway residents are severely limited. Restoration of the abandoned rail line as an efficient transportation alternative to the A subway line would be welcome news to residents who currently suffer with commutes of well over an hour to midtown Manhattan. I commend Community Board 14 and the Rockaway Transit Coalition, led by Lew Simon, for their advocacy over the years. The Rockaway Line, also known as the White Pot Junction Line, was created around the turn of the century and was owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road. It

provided 40 minute commutes to midtown Manhattan. Later, parts of the railroad were condensed and eventually closed. Then the property was vandalized and has become a source of embarrassment for the families that reside in the area. Despite our limited transportation options, southern Queens and Rockaway have seen a large population and construction boom. The opening of the Resorts World Casino at the Aqueduct Race Track in Ozone Park, the renaissance of the Rockaway Peninsula as a tourist haven and the growing population all show that the restoration of this rail line is needed now more than ever. I’m opposed to the “Queensway” proposal, if it would in any way preclude the eventual restoration of a rail link that would serve southern Queens and Rockaway. Those same communities that are pushing this proposal are privileged with commutes of 30 minutes or less to midtown Manhattan, and there is no reason why the residents of the 23rd Assembly District shouldn’t have this same opportunity. Phillip Goldfeder NYS Assemblyman for the 23rd District Rockaway

When leaders fail Dear Editor: New Year’s Day has come and gone and many resolutions have been made, but by and large few may really be kept. Our world governments and leaders need to have resolutions that truly can be enacted. The issues of this world are truely most troubling. Look at this list: worldwide unemployment, European debt crisis, war in Afghanistan, the North Korean and Iranian development of nuclear weapons, earthquakes, famine, global warming, and let’s not forget the polar bears are losing their natural habitat. The questions I have are, where is the concern for our planet in 2012, and where is the peace on Earth? Do enough people in powerful positions care enough? For an intelligent species, it’s a shame we can’t work together and come up with answers. But unfortunately, greed and hate still rule the day. I hope we can work together before it is too late. My personal resolution is that I pray we can all work together for the common good. I believe all people of all races, national origins, and religious beliefs can help help one another in need. I think as a human race it is one resolution that should be kept. Even if our world leaders can’t do the right thing. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks

Corzine’s full of it Dear Editor: John Corzine’s defense of his actions at MF Global boggle the mind. Corzine is worth $500 million and has previously served as CEO of Goldman Sachs, as well as governor and United States senator from New Jersey. He managed budgets in the billions to trillions. So it is odd that he misplaced $1.2 billion dollars of MF Global assets. Even worse, President Obama previously considered appointing Corzine secretary of the treasury or to another critical cabinet post. By coincidence, Corzine raised $500,000 for his presidential campaign. Vice President Joe Biden called Corzine “the smartest guy I know in finance.” Perhaps I can interest either Obama or Biden in buying the Brooklyn Bridge? Larry Penner Great Neck, LI

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“I want to let the family and the NYPD know that they have the support, prayers, love and respect of our community.” The words were spoken last month by Congressman Bob Turner(R-Queens and Brooklyn) at a fund raiser for the daughters of slain NYPD Officer Peter Figoski. But Turner’s office is declining to say whether or not his support includes proposed federal gun control legislation that in the past has been supported by the New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. In an email sent to Turner’s office last week on Dec. 30, the Chronicle included a passage from the PBA’s 2003 endorsement of U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) praising the senator for his “strong and steadfast advocacy of law enforcement and gun control initiatives,” and for being “a staunch supporter of gun control and ... a constant and aggressive advocate for a ban on assault weapons and cop killer bullets.” The email also included the comment that members of the PBA know “that when the chips are down, we can count on Senator Charles Schumer.” In an interview with the Chronicle during his campaign, Turner responded to that statement by saying that while his answer is complicated, he is a believer in the Second Amendment, which stipulates the right of citizens to bear arms. The Dec. 30 email from the Chronicle asked if Turner’s support for the NYPD as stated at the Figoski fund raiser includes “a reconsideration of his views on gun laws that might impede the flow of handguns into New York City from southern and southwestern states, gun shows and online and other private sales.” The Chronicle also asked if Turner supports legislation proposed by Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-LI) that would ban the sale of extended-capacity ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 bullets and that would require background checks on sales of weapons at gun shows and through other private sales.

“Congressman Turner is proud of how once again, New Yorkers have shown their willingness to support their neighbor during a diff icult time,” said Tur ner spokesman Trey Stapleton in an emailed response. “The generosity from the community towards the family of Officer Peter Figoski is another example of New Yorkers coming together to aid the family of one of our city’s finest and he encourages New Yorkers who can to donate to the Figoski college fund. Right now our focus should be on helping the family get through the difficult months and years ahead.” The email did not address the fund raiser quotes or Turner’s position on firearms. The NYPD did not respond to a request for comment on this story, but Kelly long has been an advocate of clamping down on what he has termed “the iron pipeline” through which handguns obtained in states with less stringent gun sale laws make their way into the city. A PBA spokesman declined to comment. Figoski was killed Dec. 12 while responding to a robbery in progress in Brooklyn’s 75th Precinct. Lamont Pride, a 27-year-old fugitive from North Carolina, has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting him in the head. The gun that killed Figoski originally was purchased in Virginia. The original owner claimed to have lost the weapon when it was put into storage. McCarthy’s husband was one of six people killed and their son one of 19 wounded by a gunman on the Long Island Rail Road in 1993. Her office said Tuesday that the Fix Gun Check Act, introduced in March 2011, would increase penalties for states that do not fully comply with federal laws to supply a national database with names of those such as the mentally ill who would not pass a state f irear ms backg round check. While gun stores around the country are required to conduct background checks on all seeking to purchase handguns, the law does not apply to sales made at gun shows Q or conducted between individuals.

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Queens highways congested Report cites Van Wyck and BQE as among worst by Kevin Korber Chronicle Contributor

A new study shows that Queens roadways rank among the most congested in the nation. The Texas Transpor tation Institute released its Congested Corridors Report, which ranks the worst highways for traffic and delays. Several Queens routes made the list, most notably the northbound Van Wyck Expressway from the Belt Parkway to Main Street, which was ranked as the fourth-worst commute in America. Other Queens roads did not fare much better. The westbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway commute was ranked 13th in terms of overall congestion, and the eastbound Long Island Expressway commute from the Midtown Tunnel to Nassau County was ranked as the 36th worst. The Van Wyck, LIE, and BQE were also found to be among the country’s worst truck, morning and weekend commutes. The TTI studied roads across America, examining them for the average amount of time spent in traffic. The report also analyzed criteria such as the amount of gas wasted while in traffic and the amount of time needed to plan ahead for a trip on a congested road. In those cases, the Van Wyck did well, coming in 68th in the country for gallons of gas wasted in traffic. The LIE and BQE did not do as well, coming in 16th and 19th, respectively.

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Firebomber was seeking revenge Suspect arrested, charges include arson by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

Police have got their man. The NYPD arrested Ray Lazier Lengend, 40, of Queens Village, on Tuesday in connection with a series of firebombings — four in Queens and one in Elmont, LI. — that took place on Sunday between 8 and 10:15 p.m. Police say that Lengend’s motive was purely revenge. He

targeted a bodega owner who had caught him shoplifting, a mosque that refused to let him use the bathroom, and others that he allegedly had beefs with. He is being charged with one count of arson as a hate crime, four counts of arson and f ive counts of criminal possession of a weapon. Lengend was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric examination Tuesday night.

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Dozens of religious leaders and elected off icials took a unif ied stand against hate at a press conference Tuesday at the Imam Al-Khoei Islamic Center in Jamaica, one of five locations that were firebombed. “We have to stand shoulder to shoulder,” said Maan Al Sahlani, an imam at the center. “We have to protect our society. We have to protect the freedom God gives us, the freedom here in the United States of America.” Lengend allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at homes, a bodega, a Hindu temple and the Imam AlKhoei Islamic Center, according to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who spoke at the press conference. One of the witnesses at the bodega, where the f irst attack occurred, said the assailant had been thrown out of the establishment on Dec. 27 when he tried to steal a container of milk and a bottle of Starbucks’ Frappuccino. “When he was escorted out of the store he said words to the effect of ‘We’re going to get even. We are going to get back at you,’” Kelly said. In four of the five attacks, bottles of Starbucks’ Frappuccino were used to make the bombs. Kelly said Lengend, at that time a person of interest, was identified

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, left, joins Imam Maan Al Sahlani and Queens DA Richard Brown, far right, among others, to decry the recent fire bombings PHOTO BY ANNMARIE COSTELLA in the borough and beyond. in connection with a car that had Virginia license plates and was at the location of two of the attacks, according to witnesses and surveillance videos. Although the commissioner said the guilty person would be punished, not everyone in the room was happy with the Police Department’s policies.

“The NYPD in this case is protecting the community, but the NYPD is also accused of random surveillance of that community,” said one attendee, but Kelly did not have a chance to rebut the statement as Muhsin Alialdina, who oversees programming at the mosque, interrupted by saying the continued on page 17

Cyclists may face steep regulations City Council to consider new group of bills that will administer biking by Will Sammon Chronicle Contributor

In the early afternoon hours on Tuesday, three bicycle delivery men rode on Metropolitan Avenue, only one of them not obeying the city’s laws requiring commercial cyclists to wear helmets and identifiable vests. “Most of these delivery guys on bikes actually are courteous and obey the rules,” said Mary Walsh, 52, a lifelong resident of Middle Village. “But come dinner time it gets pretty hectic and I once got hit while I was on the sidewalk.” The City Council’s Transportation Committee will soon consider a group of bills that would regulate biking, most notably commercial cyclists, further. “They’re delivering food and they’re in a hurry, but that doesn’t mean they can flout traffic laws,” Transportation Committee Chairman James Vacca (D-Bronx). The legislation would require establishments employing commercial cyclists to register all bicycles used for business purposes, outfit them with license plates and carry insurance on each cyclist employed. The proposed law would also require deliverers on bicycles to wear reflective vests, instruct the Department of Transportation to post signs in areas that are used by both pedestrians and cyclists and require bicycle lane master plans. “I’ve heard from some constituents that these deliverers are hard to spot at night. It

walks,” Vacca said. City laws require businesses to supply their bicycle delivery workers with helmets and other safety devices. The laws also require that commercial bike riders wear the helmets while cycling on the job. In addition, commercial cyclists are already required to wear vests with lettering visible up to 10 feet away that identifies the name of the establishment they are riding for. City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who serves on the council’s Transportation Committee, said the group of bills “sounds like something I would support.” Ulrich said he could not provide further comment until after speaking with Vacca. Bike advocates say that elected officials should focus on motorists, who pose a much greater threat to pedestrians, according to the DOT. As for the increasingly common electric bikes, used by many City bicycle users may soon face tougher regulations. The City Council may soon respond to the deliverers, Vacca said those are in a “gray reported concerns of constituents regarding commercial bikers not obeying traffic laws such as area” and are illegal in New York State. PHOTO BY WILL SAMMON going the wrong way on one-way streets, as above, with new legislation. “I can’t speculate on Chairman Vacca’s motives, but if safety was really his priority, he’d join the supermajority of New is just a common-sense approach to make the public. The plans would indicate them more visible to pedestrians and whether the lanes would require the elimi- Yorkers who support bike lanes in recognizing these safety benefits,” said Michael motorists alike,” said City Councilman nation of driving lanes and parking spots. A spokesperson for the DOT said that Murphy, a spokesman for Transportation Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), who they do not comment on legislation prior to Alternatives, a bicycling advocate group. helped draft the bill. Although public hearing dates have not The DOT has not updated its bicycle testifying at a Council hearing. “I get a lot of phone calls and a lot of been scheduled, Vacca’s press officer said master plan in over a decade, according to Vacca. His legislation would require the concerns about rogue bicyclists. Too many the target would be no later than March. “I’m looking to make our streets safer for department to update its master plan every bicyclists are going the wrong way on a five years and share that information with one-way street, and also using the side- pedestrians first and foremost,” Vacca said. Q

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which closed in 2009, to make payments of $60,000 to Adex Management, Inc., a company in which Kruger (D-Brooklyn) had a financial interest. Adex then paid half that money to Olympian Strategic Development Corp., a consulting f irm controlled by Michael Turano, who has a close relationship with Kruger. In Tuesday’s plea, Aquino said he understood that in exchange for making payments to Adex, Kruger would undertake official action in his capacity as a state senator to keep Parkway Hospital open. Kruger pleaded guilty to corruptionrelated charges on Dec. 20, while Turano pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery. Both will be sentenced by Rakoff on April 26. Aquino, Kruger and Turano were charged on March 10, 2011, along with lobbyist Richard Lipsky; Adex owner Solomon Kalish; David Rosen, the former CEO of MediSys Health Network, which operates Jamaica and Flushing hospitals; real estate developer Aaron Malinsky; and state Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. (D-Brooklyn). Rosen, 64, of Harrison, NY, was convicted on Sept. 12 in connection with a scheme to bribe Kruger, Boyland and former state Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio. Rosen is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday. Seminerio died in prison last year less than one year into a six-year sentence. Boyland, 41, was acquitted after a fourday trial on Nov. 10, but was arrested by the FBI on new bribery-related charges less than a week later. The government entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with Malinsky, 63, of Manhattan, on Nov. 22. The statement issued by Bharara’s office did not stipulate the conditions of Malinsky’s agreement. Charges against Lipsky, 64, of Manhattan, and Kalish, 61, of Rockville Centre, LI, still are pending. Parkway Hospital is the subject of a licensing dispute between the state and a Q group attempting to reopen it.

Residents can air concern at senior center A representative from state Sen. Joe Addabbo’s office will be at the Howard Beach Senior Center on the second Tuesday of every month. The official will address constituent concerns, problems and questions. Everyone is welcome to attend. The senior center is located at 156-45 84 Q St. The entrance is on 85th Street.

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NYPD confirms this narrative and the destruction of the Constitution in the name of the war on terror conf irms this narrative.” Many of the leaders, however, said that the attacks would only serve to bring people together as they are united against the common evil of bias and hate. “We are encouraging all New Yorkers to open your hearts with love and compassion, said Imam Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid, president of the Islamic Leadership Council of New York, and to see to the needs of these innocent people who had their homes destroyed.” Q

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the Asian American Legal Defense Fund, aim to create more ethnically cohesive communities in the city. For example, AALDEF leaders pointed out that the Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park area, which has a large number of IndoCaribbeans and South Asian Americans, is divided among six assembly districts. “Given the rapid Asian American population growth over the last decade, new legislative districts must be drawn to enable our community to participate effectively in the political process,” said AALDEF Executive Director Margaret Fung. However, DenDekker said attempts to form districts dominated by Asian-Americans would tear apart the diversity of his district, which encompasses Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and Woodside. Under AALDEF’s proposal, DenDekker, who lives in East Elmhurst, would no longer be able to represent the 34th Assembly District but would have to run against Assemblyman Jeff Aubrey (DCorona) for the 35th District. “They want to create an overwhelmingly Asian seat, and they’d take East Elmhurst and Woodside to do that, but I don’t think we should segregate this community,” DenDekker said. “ … I’d like us to keep being the most diverse, harmonious district. We have Korean churches, Buddhist organizations, mosques, Jewish temples, Catholic churches — it’s amazing all these people live in harmony. We have the second largest gay community

group, which many agree will never happen this time around. Democrats have accused Republicans of botching any chance for a redistricting commission, saying they have refused to agree to one because it could potentially diminish their tight lead in the Senate. Republicans have said they support the idea of an independent organization, but that establishing such a group would need a change to the state Constitution, which could not happen by this election. Addabbo argued that the state Legislature would still be able to vote on the lines drawn by the independent commission, allowing them to get around needing a change to the Constitution. If there is no set of independent eyes looking at the lines, however, many have said they believe Cuomo will follow through on his threat to veto the new maps if he believes they have been gerrymandered. Should that happen, the decision as to what the final districts will be would go to court. “Given the courts’ past approaches to New York State redistricting, it will defer to legislative prerogative,” Dadey said. “So the lines will be marginally fairer, but not altogether different. It’s very difficult to reform a system that protects incumbents when incumbents vote on these very lines. Self-interest drives so much of the decision-making process that they won’t let go of the pen.” Bob Friedrich, president of the Glen Oaks Village co-op, said he and other civic leaders are working together to fight for a number of northeastern Queens communities — such as Bellerose, Queens Village, Floral Park and Glen PENDANTS • CEILING FANS • FLOOR LAMPS • TIFFANY LAMPS • BATHROOM FIXTURES • RECESSED & TRACK LIGHTING •

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Couple from St. Albans welcomes Nina McConnell-Honore at NYHQ by Liz Rhoades

named Aamin. In recognition of their achievement, the Her middle name is Love and that’s couple was given a $1,000 savings bond not the only thing that sets Nina and a large basket of flowers. McConnell-Honore apart. The distinction of having She was the first Queens the first baby of the year baby born in 2012. in New York City, howProud parents Rose ever, is shared by two Honore and Duane moms, who both gave McConnell from St. birth at exactly midAlbans welcomed the night in the Bronx 7-pound 10-ounce and in Brooklyn. bundle of joy at 12:18 Rania Ali and her a.m. on Sunday at New husband, Imdad Ali of York Hospital Queens in Throgs Neck, welcomed Flushing. a baby girl named Rania “I feel great. I feel at Montef iore MedBaby Nina gets her first closeup. special and so does she,” ical Center in the Honore said. “She is Bronx, while Monika sweet, quiet and lovely. That’s why her mid- and Mariusz Sieminska of Greenpoint dle name is Love.” had a daughter, Emma, at Maimonides Q The couple also has a 12-year-old son Medical Center in Brooklyn. Managing Editor

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STARS to put on holiday show In Howard Beach, the holiday season doesn’t end with Christmas. In fact, the season of cheer begins with Christmas and ends with the Feast of the Three Kings — which children from South Queens will celebrate two plays in Howard Beach in early January. Residents are invited to continue to celebrate the season by joining the children of the S.T.A.R.S. Youth Center as they put on “A Little Christmas Production” at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8. The event will be held at the Ave Maria Catholic Academy School Hall at 158-20 101st St. in Howard Beach. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children. All proceeds will go to Our Lady of

Grace Church. The production will consist of two plays — “Alfie and the Christmas Tree” and “The Legend of Old Befana.” The production is dedicated to Dan Tomeselli, the past theatrical director for Our Lady of Grace, who passed away in 2011; Deloris Webber, a Howard Beach community leader who passed away in 2011; Maria Bosco and Concetta Scarantino, the grandmothers of the director; and Robert Foerderer, the director’s husband who passed away in January 2010. For more information about the production, contact Frances Scarantino at (718) Q 845-1429.

Ann & Lenny Serafino, Fran & Mike Pellizzi, Debbie & Vinny LoPrinzi, Maria & Alex DelCielo, and Laura & Nick LoPrinzi

Grandchildren Michele & Marc Serafino, Carol Hochenberg & Carl Serafino, Marisa & Anthony Grosso, Jessica & Carl DelCielo, Stephanie & Michael Pellizzi, Martina & Patrick Beach, Danielle & Ryan Allen, Laura Serafino, Krista & Sean McDonough, Nicole LoPrinzi, Alexa DelCielo, Nicky LoPrinzi, Diandra LoPrinzi, Alex LoPrinzi

Great Grandchildren Gianna Grosso And 3 more beautiful girls on the way….

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Firefighters hand out cheer to disabled residents irefighters brought cheer and goodwill to 141 disabled men and women at Lifespire’s John A. Cook Comprehensive Center at 87-21 121 St. in Richmond Hill just before Christmas. “New York’s bravest are also some of New York’s most compassionate,” said Ivor Ramphal, director of the facility that cares for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. “Firefighters from the squad have been lighting the flames of mirth for our individuals for the past 11 years.” Members of the FDNY Squad 270 of Division 13 in Richmond Hill annually bring presents for individuals at the center, which Lt. David Marmann said “gives the community support” and that “it’s nice to see the Q smiles on their faces.”

Margaret McGregor, left, Tomasz Zubek and Todd Caraballo COURTESY PHOTOS were thrilled to receive presents. Firefighters sang and doled out presents to disabled men and women at the John A. Cook Comprehensive Center in Richmond Hill last month.

Selina Wactor opens a present from the firefighters who say they love the annual holiday party.

Diana Serrano presents a plaque of appreciation to the firefighters as Todd Caraballo, far left, looks on.

Annamaria Gagliardi was all smiles during the party with members of the FDNY Squad 270 of Division 13. The center’s director noted that firefighters have been so dedicated to giving the gifts to the disabled residents that when, several years ago, they had to rush out to fight a fire, they returned, blackened with soot, to finish handing out the gifts.

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Increase on retiree contributions is ‘unconstitutional,’ coalition says by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

A coalition of unions that say they represent virtually every state employee in New York is suing the Cuomo administration over its demand that retired members pay 2 percent more into their health insurance plans. According to the labor groups, retirees have been contributing 10 percent of the cost for their individual coverage and 25 percent for family coverage. The new rates would force them to pay another $150 or $460 more per year for single and family coverage, respectively, they said, imposing “severe and unexpected consequences on retired employees.”

run for office that because of the state of the economy and Albany’s financial problems, his administration would put an end to business as usual when it comes to ever-increasing public employee salaries and benefits. In June, he got the Civil Service Employees Association to agree to a contract including concessions that are expected to save the state $73 million in the first year and $1.6 billion over five years. But the unions said the new costs on retirees amount to changing the rules in the middle of the game. “What the Cuomo administration is trying

to do is pull the rug out from under state retirees, many of whom planned their retirements based on when they felt they could afford to retire,” said Ken Brynien, president of the Public Employees Federation, another of the unions that lodged the suit. “These decisions were based on a promise and expectation of what their health insurance costs would be. Changing the rules after the fact is outright wrong.” In addition to the CSEA, PEF and UUP, the unions behind the legal action are the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, New York

State Troopers Police Benevolent Association, New York State Police Investigators Association and Council 82, the law enforcement arm of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. They say that in addition to the hikes already imposed, the administration plans a 6 percent increase for retirees who retire on or after Jan. 1, 2012, asserting “These changes will result in a 60 percent increase in contribution costs for individual coverage and a 24 percent increase for dependent Q coverage.”

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The labor groups assert that the changes are illegal because they were not made as a result of collective bargaining. They sued the governor, the state Department of Civil Service and the New York State Health Insurance Plan in federal court. “The state’s action to unilaterally raise the level of contributions retirees pay for their health insurance is unconstitutional, arbitrary and capricious, and amounts to a breach of our contract,” said Phil Smith, president of United University Professions, one of the plaintiffs, which represents State University of New York faculty. “It’s totally wrong to saddle our retirees who are on fixed incomes with this unexpected increase in their health insurance costs.” The Cuomo administration could not immediately be reached for a response to the suit. But the New York Post reported that Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto said, “The law clearly allows the administration to apply the terms of a new contract to retirees, and it has been well-known, standard practice to do so.” Vlasto added that a change to the law made in 2009 allowed the state to pass some Medicare premium costs along to retirees, who previously had not paid any, the Post said. The governor has made clear since his

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Seniors party and dance in the New Year by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

hey may have all been over 60, but you would never know it, as several dozen older adults danced and partied like people half their age. It was all part of an early New Year’s celebration last Thursday at the Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center in South Ozone Park. Trumpet player Walter Kelly and his band the All Stars played tunes spanning the genres of rock, jazz and calypso, much to the delight of attendees, like Marie White, the 90-year-old mother of the late City Councilman Tom White Jr. She wasn’t afraid to show off her moves on the dance floor and recalled a time in her youth when she used to do the Charleston and the Lindy Hop, swinging to songs like “Stomping at the Savoy.” “We like to give back to the Trumpet player Walter Kelly and his band the All seniors, because we are seniors Stars provided lots of great music at the party. ourselves,” said Kelly, 80, of Jamaica. He added, “Dancing is one of the best forms of exercise.” Most of the seniors said they were looking forward to a new year filled with good health for themselves, their families and friends, but above all they wanted their senior center to remain as bright and vibrant as its members. “I think it’s wonderful,” said Barbara Campbell-Jones, 63, of Jamaica. “It gives us something to do, to dance, to enjoy life, and to realize that we are lucky and Q happy to be alive for the year 2012.”

They may not be the Rockettes, but Mary Ann Holmes, left, Eve Henderson, Deggra Stratton and Mary PHOTOS BY ANNMARIE COSTELLA Maynard formed quite a kick line.

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Kayson Downey, 3, was having “toot” much fun as he blew a noisemaker at his grandmother, Brenda, who was all too happy to have the youngster with her at the party.

Marie White, left, the 90-year-old mother of the late City Councilman Tom White Jr., has always loved dancing and cuts a rug with Deggra Stratton.

Gilbert Siams looked perfectly at ease as he twirled Barbara Chisholm around the dance floor.

Shirley Simmons and Clyde Smith dance to a jazz tune.

Barbara Campbell-Jones welcomes the new year with a big smile.

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What do the GOP hopefuls have in mind? The candidates’ stated positions on Medicare and Social Security With the Iowa caucuses, the first official voting of the 2012 presidential campaign, now over, it’s worth examining what the Republican candidates for president have said they would do about Social Security and Medicare if elected. The caucuses resulted in an incredibly narrow win for Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and business executive, and a surprisingly strong showing for Rick Santorum, a former lawmaker from Pennsylvania. Congressman Ron Paul of Texas also took a respectable share of the vote, while the other contenders posed no serious competition. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota announced after the voting that she is suspending her campaign. Next come the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries. Taken together, the three contests have historically proven vital for anyone seeking the GOP presidential nomination. President Obama has pledged to protect Social Security and Medicare if re-elected. The following information was provided by Kaiser Health News, the private, nonprofit media arm of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a healthcare analysis and advocacy organization. — Peter C. Mastrosimone Mitt Romney • Said, as president, he would sign the Medicare

changes advanced by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., but also pledged to put out his own plan for reforming Medicare and Social Security. • Wants to publish federal yearly balance sheet to help people understand the impact of entitlement spending on the budget and economy. • Promises he won’t slice benefits for current seniors or jeopardize their retirement security. Rick Santorum • Supports the Ryan plan, including replacing the current program with a voucher system. • Considers his 2003 vote for the Medicare prescription drug program to be a “mistake” because it is “universal” in nature when only about 15 percent of seniors had trouble with drug coverage. Ron Paul • Argues that Medicare and other entitlement programs create undesirable dependence on the government, worsening the nation’s financial woes. • Views the Medicare’s Part D prescription drug program as an unwarranted expansion of the government’s role in health care and a “reminder that the GOP sometimes can’t resist the temptation of big government.” • Didn’t take part in Medicare when he practiced medicine; offered low-cost or free care to those who

couldn’t afford his services. • Proposes redirecting resources from defense spending and foreign aid to fund Medicare for those already enrolled, while weaning younger people away from such assistance programs in favor of free market approaches. Newt Gingrich • Spoke out early in the campaign season against the Medicare voucher plan advanced by Ryan., calling it “a big jump” and “radical” for Americans. His May 15 appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press drew a lot of media attention. • In December commended Ryan for backing off his earlier plan and teaming with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on an altered premium support proposal that would allow seniors to stay in traditional fee-for-service Medicare. • Supports making structural changes to Medicare that would give beneficiaries more options and less government control while seeing to it that seniors have more ‘skin-in-the-game.’ • Wants to “create more choices in Medicare,” allowing consumers to choose either the current structure of the program or a private option thereby creating “price competition to lower costs.” Health savings accounts would be among the options. Currently, Medicare beneficiaries are not allowed to sign up for HSAs.

• Supports restructuring Medicare’s reimbursement systems to reflect quality of care and give entitlement programs like Medicare “latitude to design benefits to encourage, incentivize, and reward healthy behaviors.” Rick Perry • Argues that, based on the 10th Amendment, states should be able to opt out of Medicare and develop their own means of providing health care. • Led the charge in 2005 against a provision of the Medicare Part D program, which was designed to relieve states of prescription drug costs for lowincome elderly people. The policy required states to pay a portion – known as “clawback payments” – of their savings back to the federal government. Perry argued this was unfair to states that had already reduced their Medicaid drug spending. His administration filed a lawsuit in 2006 charging that the policy was unconstitutional. Jon Huntsman • Backed the Ryan budget plan, which proposed turning Medicare into a “premium support” program to curb spending. • Supported the August 2011 debt-ceiling deal, which leaves entitlement programs untouched in its first phase; the only GOP presidential hopeful to take P this position.

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Social Security resolutions by Sharon Knight Happy 2012 from Social Security. With the new year, many people put together lists of goals and resolutions. Allow us to share with you some new year’s resolutions that you may find worth keeping. Think about retirement. Whether you’re 26 and beginning a career or 62 and thinking about the best time to stop working, give some thought to what your retirement plan will be. Social Security is the largest source of income for elderly Americans today, but it was never intended to be your only source of income when you retire. You also will need savings, investments, pensions or retirement accounts to make sure you have enough money to live comfortably when you retire. The earlier you begin your financial planning, the better off you will be. For tips to help you save, visit mymoney.gov. Plan ahead. The best way to begin planning for retirement is by using the free resources provided by Social Security. Start by using our Retirement Estimator, where you can get a personalized, instant estimate of your future retirement benefits using different retirement ages and scenarios. Visit the Retirement Estimator at socialsecurity.gov/estimator. Make sure you have all your numbers. While tax season may seem far away, now is the time that many taxpayers start gathering records and documentation for filing tax returns.

One of the most important things you need is a Social Security number for everyone whom you will claim as a dependent. If you don’t have a number for one of your dependents, you need to apply now to have the Social Security number in time to file your tax return. Learn more at socialsecurity.gov/ ssnumber. Do a little light reading. The best way to learn more about Social Security, the benefit programs, and what they mean to you and your family is to browse through our online library of publications. You can find overviews as well as more detailed booklets. Our library at socialsecurity.gov/pubs is always open. Help a loved one. Sometimes we get the most satisfaction out of helping someone else. If you have a grandparent, parent, relative, or friend who could benefit from Social Security, share our website and online services with them. You can even help a loved one apply for retirement or Medicare benefits — or for “Extra Help with Medicare prescription drug costs” — in as little as 10 minutes. Whether you forward a publication or sit down to help someone apply for Social Security, the place to go is socialsecurity.gov. We hope you’ll consider some of these resoluP tions. Happy New Year from Social Security. Sharon Knight is the Social Security district manager in Cypress Hills.

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The following is a list of changes to notice when spending time with parents or other elderly relatives: • Did your relative have any difficulties helping prepare the holiday meals? • Did you notice less interest in participating in the holidays, or visiting? • Was their home kept up as usual? Was their hygiene as good as usual? • Did you notice any forgetfulness during conversations? • Did you notice any difficulties with their managing finances and paying bills, or keeping up the checkbook? • Do you have concerns about their remembering to take medications? • Are they socializing with friends and relatives as much as usual?

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or some, winter is a season best experienced from underneath the covers. But even if you’d rather be hibernating for the next few months, consider making your peace with all things icy cold over at City Ice Pavilion in Long Island City, one of two ice rinks in Queens. The other rink, World Ice Arena, is located in Flushing, and run by the same management company. Like its sister rink, City Ice Pavilion offers a dizzying array of programs in addition to its public skating hours, including beginner skating lessons for kids, adult and youth hockey leagues and even summer camps — the rink is open year-round — according to Marjorie Harrow, the rink’s office manager. Because of its location, the rink serves a diverse crowd, Harrow said. Many people from Queens enjoy the facility, as do nearby Brooklyn and Manhattan residents, because “it’s really easy to come across the bridge.” On New Year’s Day, Manhattan mom Merritt Edelman watched her two daughters as they whipped around the ice. The family labradoodle, Charlie, seemed comfortable sitting out the action on Edelman’s lap. Edelman said her daughters are avid skaters who also take lessons at the rink. She has visited “all continued on page 34 the rinks in the city” and asserted that “this one’s just the nicest.”

Skaters take a break on the boards at City Ice Pavilion's rink in Long Island City.

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EXHIBITS

Cost for adults are $75 for four sessions, $65 for children for eight sessions. Membership available. For information, call Rob at (718) 454-0813.

The exhibit, “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World,” has been extended through March 4 at the Museum of Moving Image at 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. The work of the internationally renowned puppeteer, filmmaker and television pioneer is explored in this Smithsonian traveling exhibition which features more than 120 artifacts, including drawings, storyboards, props, video material and 15 iconic original puppets of such characters as Kermit the Frog, Rowlf, Bert and Ernie. Hours are Tuesday-Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday to 8 p.m. and weekends to 7 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, $9 for seniors and students, $6 for children 3-18.

Dance with instructions at the Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, every Monday and Friday, 7:15 to 8 p.m., followed by a dance social. Music by Sal Escott. Admission $10. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, offers Italian classes every Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. A 10-week course costs $65. Call (718) 478-3100. Ongoing drawing class every Wednesday 1-4 p.m. at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy, Douglaston. Instructor, Marc Jasloff. Call (516) 2237659. Fee: $25 per class.

Joseph LoGuirato’s sketched collection of historic structures around the city will run through June 30 at the Poppenhusen Institute, 114-04 14 Rd., College Point. Call for hours: (718) 358-0067. Dorsky Gallery, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City, announces that “Video<>Object,” will open on Sunday, Jan. 8 from 2-5 p.m. and remain on view through March 18. It explores the relationships between video-art and narcissism. Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (closed Tuesday and Wednesday), and by appointment. For further information contact David Dorsky at (718) 937-6317 or via email :david@dorsky.org.

The Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Flushing Hospital, enter at 45th Avenue and Burling Street on the first, third and fifth Wednesday of the month. For information, visit flushingcameraclub.org. A one-hour auto clinic for women is held the third Saturday of every month at 3:30 p.m. at Great Bear Auto Repair Shop, 164-16 Sanford Ave., Flushing. Call to reserve at (718) 762-6212.

“Jim Henson’s Fantastic World” is on display at the Museum of Moving Image through March 4. COURTESY PHOTO

“Long Island City Works,” a photo exhibit by students, will run now through Feb. 29 at the LaGuardia Community College Gallery of Photographic Arts, in the college’s B-building, 3rd floor at 30-20 Thompson Ave., Long Island City. Viewing hours are Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Duality,” an exhibit of stoneware and bronze, continues at Queensborough Community College’s art gallery in Bayside through Feb. 3. Hours are Tuesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-7p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

AUDITIONS The Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra has openings in oboe, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and bass sections. Auditions will be held during the regular rehearsals of the orchestra on Wednesday from 7:30-10 p.m. at the Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. Interested players should contact the conductor, Franklin Verbsky at (718) 374-1627 or (516) 785-2532.

FILM The Museum of Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria, introduces a brand new showcase for inventive, groundbreaking, international cinema. Thirteen features and seven short films – most New York premieres – will screen over two weekends, Jan. 6-15, many accompanied by personal appearances. Titles include Chantal Akerman’s “Almayer’s Folly,” Johnnie To’s “Life Without Principle,” Philippe Garrel’s “That Summer” and Christoph Hochhausler’s “The City Bellow.” Call for times, (718) 777-6800.

MUSIC Louis Prima Jr. carries on the legacy of his father, who was known as the original “King of Swing,” on Sunday, Jan. 8 at 3 p.m., at Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave. in Bayside. Tickets are $35. Call the QPAC Box Office at (718) 631-6311. Tickets are available online at visitqpac.org.

Relive the excitement of the most influential rock group in the history of pop music. The number one Beatles tribute act in the world, “Yesterday,” recreates the historic performances of the Beatles from 1964 to 1974 on the Ed Sullivan Show, at The Hollywood Bowl and at Shea Stadium with their “Magical Mystery Tour,” on Saturday, Jan. 28, 8 p.m. at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave. in Bayside. Tickets are $35. Call (718) 631-6311. Music for the Christmas Season, Angelus Choir and guest soloists, on Sunday, Jan. 8 at 11 a.m. at St. Josaphat’s Church, 210th Street and 35th Avenue, Bayside. Free admission. Members of the Con Brio Ensemble will be performing works by Haydn, Saint-Saens, Sarasate and others on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 4:30 p.m. at the Church in the Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills, as the second part of its three-concert series at the church. Admission to the concert is $12, $10 for students and senior citizens. TDF vouchers are accepted.

FLEA MARKETS The Kissena Jewish Community Council is offering a weekly flea market at the Kissena Jewish Community Council, 43-43 Bowne St. in Flushing, every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

LECTURE An art pottery demonstration by Susan Manzolillo Sendek will be held on Friday, Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. Admission is free. The Women in Judaism Series of the Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., invites women to a January tea and lecture on Sunday, Jan. 8 at 2:30 p.m. Cynthia Zalisky, executive director of the Queens Jewish Community Council, will discuss “important issues affecting women.” Cost is $5. Join the Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing, for a lecture on The Lost Synagogues of the Bronx

and Queens with author Ellen Levitt on Sunday, Jan. 8 at 2:30 p.m. Cost is $5 members, $8 for nonmembers.

MEETINGS You Gotta Believe, a community-based older child adoption agency, is looking for families who would be willing to provide love and nurturing to a child in the foster care system. To learn more join the agency every Sunday at 4 p.m. at Little Flower Children’s Services, 89-12 162 St., Jamaica.

CLASSES An astronomy class with Mark Freilich will be held on Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Cost is $10 per adult member, $12 per adult nonmember, and $7 for children ages 7-12. Pre-register by calling (718) 229-4000. The Greek Cultural Center, 26-80 30 St., Astoria, offers classes in Greek folk dance for adults and teens every Saturday from 10:30 a.m.-noon. The fee is $20 monthly or $150 for the whole year. Bouzouki lessons are also available every Saturday from 12:30-2 p.m. Registration is open to beginners as well as advanced players of all ages. Students are recommended to bring their own instruments to class. The fee is $40 to enroll and $60 monthly. For more information, call (718) 726-7329. Yoga with Lorain at the Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. Drop in and start anytime. Six week series $60 members/ $80 nonmembers. Single class $15 members/ $20 nonmembers. Classes are held on Wednesdays, one at 6 p.m. and one at 8 p.m. The first class will be complimentary. Call (718) 263-7000 ext. 200. The Jackson Heights Art Club offers art classes, all mediums. Daytime and evening adult classes are offered Monday-Friday; daytime children’s classes are offered during the weekend. Classes are held at St. Mark’s Church, 82nd Street and 34th Avenue.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES St. Josaphat’s R.C. Church of Bayside will hold a St. Nicholas Day Dinner Dance on Sunday, Jan. 15 from 2-6 p.m. in the Parish Hall, 35th Avenue and 210th Street, Bayside. Donation $35.

SPECIAL EVENTS Meet Art Shamsky, 1969 World Series Outfielder, at a luncheon on Sunday, Jan. 22 at noon at the Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for children. Reserve by calling (718) 263-7000. The Hollis Hills Jewish Center, 210-10 Union Turnpike, Flushing, presents its annual Saturday Night Laughs on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 8 p.m. Three new comedians. Dairy desserts after the show. Ticket prices: $35 for advance reservations, $38 at the door. Call the center office at (718) 776-3500 to reserve your seats or for more information. Glendale Kiwanis will hold its pancake breakfast on Sunday, Jan. 15 from 7:30 a.m.-noon at St. Pancras School, Pfeifer Hall, 68th Street and Myrtle Avenue. Donation: $5. For tickets go to Coldwell Banker Kueber Realty, 67-13 Myrtle Ave.; Schwille Funeral Home, 66-32 Myrtle Ave.; or McKenna Florist, 67-11 Central Ave.

SUPPORT GROUPS The NYC Chapter of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, Queens Networking Group, will meet on Saturday, Jan. 7 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Forest Hills Public Library, 108-19 71 Ave., 2nd floor, Children’s Story Room. If you have vision loss due to degenerative retinal disease (e.g., RP, macular degeneration, Stargardt’s, Usher’s) or take care of someone who does, you are welcome to share experiences and information, learn coping skills, learn about research and clinical trials, etc. Drug problem? Call Narcotics Anonymous Helpline at (718) 962-6244 or visit westernqueensna.com. Meetings are held seven days a week.

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Readers of the lost synagogues One key to locating them was the Works Progress Administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Survey of On her birthday in 1999, Ellen Levitt Houses of Worship in NYC, done in 1939decided to look for her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former 40. But that was only good up to a point, synagogue in Flatbush. The building was she said, because many synagogues were still there, but the congregation was built in the post-World War II era. gone, replaced by a Pentecostal Christâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of these synagogues opened in ian one. The news dismayed her mother, the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;50s and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s and are already closed,â&#x20AC;? but for Levitt, it she explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For sparked an idea: to Queens, I had to just find and document start Googling. I also other former synalooked at the Queens gogues, and to Jewish Council.â&#x20AC;? create a record so â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes in When: Sunday, Jan. 8, at 2:30 p.m. others could find Queens it was just Where: Queens Historical Society them as well. harder,â&#x20AC;? she said. 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing In 2009, her â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more Tickets: Free project became a spread out than in (718) 939-0647 x17 book called â&#x20AC;&#x153;The the Bronx and even queenshistoricalsociety.org Lost Synagogues in Brooklyn.â&#x20AC;? of Brooklyn,â&#x20AC;? and Levitt, who will be this past November, speaking before the Levitt released her latest installment, Queens Historical Society on the lost â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lost Synagogues of the Bronx and synagogues this Sunday, said that was Queens.â&#x20AC;? largely because much of Queens was As the project grew, Levitt discovered built up in the postwar era when urban that synagogues that had not been planning around the private automobile burned or torn down were adapted for was in full swing. other uses. Some became private homes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even this suburban sprawl that one is a correctional facility, another is you see among the Jewish congregations used for city maintenance and one is even in Queens that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see in Brooklyn a mosque â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but most are now churches. or the Bronx,â&#x20AC;? she continued.â&#x20AC;?The by Benjamin Kabin Weitzenkorn Chronicle Contributor

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still has many Jews, but often itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economics. Sometimes Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not even sure how some synagogues [in still very Jewish areas] got left in the wake.â&#x20AC;? But there is good news for architecture buffs and historians who want to explore Jewish history in Queens: most of the 27 â&#x20AC;&#x153;lostâ&#x20AC;? synagogues in the borough retain some visible sign of their former lives as Jewish houses of worship. The former Corona Hebrew School on continued continued on on page page 00 36

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It’s the “biggest, least crowded, friendliest, and it’s dog friendly,” Edelman said. Self-described “rink rat” Steven Busch agreed. “It’s not crowded, it’s cheap and the ice is very nice,” Busch said. The Bensonhurst-born Astoria resident said he had been skating for 25 years, and made a point to hit the ice at least once a week after work and every weekend. “I grew up playing hockey,” Busch said, something that was evident as he dodged and weaved around the rink, sometimes helping the fledgling non-rats along the way. Busch treated one woman to an impromptu lesson in stopping, never a bad skill to learn. Harrow said the rink’s lessons are great for all levels of skaters, from those whose “only goal is they want to be able to go around in a circle” to moves of the spin and twirl variety. “Some people have higher aspirations,” Harrow noted. Like most rinks, City Ice Pavilion’s classes follow the Ice Skating Institute’s curriculum. Lessons start out at the “Learn to Skate” level, and students must pass a set of criteria before moving up a level. Eventually, skaters can graduate into figure skating and hockey programs. A seven-week session at City Ice involves one half-hour lesson a week and costs $175, which Q includes rental fees.

Skaters enjoy the NHL-sized rink at City Ice Pavilion in Long Island City during its public skating hours. The rink, open since 2008, is one of two in Queens. PHOTOS BY PAULA NEUDORF City Ice Pavilion is located at 47-32 32nd Place in Long Island City. Public skating is offered Monday through Friday; call or see website for times: (718) 7066667, cityicepavilion.com. Admission is $5 Monday through Friday and $8 on weekends. Skate rentals are available for $5. Note: ice skating can be dangerous, as this reporter discovered after a bad fall led to a bruised wrist (and ego). Come prepared with helmets and the necessary safety gear. Labradoodles optional.

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Headgear on the ice is essential.

Manhattan resident Merritt Edelman with Charlie. Edelman’s two daughters take lessons at the rink.

A helping hand is never a bad idea when you’re far from the boards.

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World film series reveals new vistas by Paula Neudorf Associate Editor

The Museum of the Moving Image has launched a film series that will give New Yorkers the chance to see international and independent movies they probably can’t see otherwise. “First Look” runs from Friday, Jan. 6, through Sunday, Jan. 15. With the exception of just a few of the 13 full-length films and seven shorts featured, the movies in the series are all having their New York premieres. David Schwartz, Chief Curator at MOMI, explained that he and “First Look” Curator Dennis Lim, as well as Assistant Curator of Film Rachel Rakes, chose films from various international festivals they attended last year, and also some they saw based on word of mouth.

‘First Look’ When: Jan. 6-15. Various showtimes. Where: Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria Tickets: $12, $15 for opening night (718) 777-6800 movingimage.us

A view of Corvo, a remote island, from “It's the Earth Not the Moon,” screening at the PHOTO COURTESY GONCALO TOCHA Museum of the Moving Image as part of "First Look.” “It’s harder and harder these days for foreign films to open in theaters,” Schwartz said, while “old-fashioned theatrical distribution is getting harder and harder,” as well. Many of the films in “First Look” lack distributors – companies willing to invest the money to release the films either in theaters or on DVD – which means the series may be the only time people in New York get to see them.

The movies – from countries including Armenia, Belgium, Russia and Argentina – have not even necessarily been distributed in their home countries. Schwartz emphasized that they were hand-picked. “There’s a real personality to the selection,” he said. He highlighted “It’s the Earth Not the Moon,” by Portuguese filmmaker Goncalo Tocha, as a great example of what the series aims to present.

Tocha “went to this tiny island out in the middle of the Atlantic,” Schwartz said, and documented life there. The threehour long opus “came out of nowhere,” the curator added, calling it “beautifully done.” Schwartz noted that an international focus did not mean excluding American films, especially since so many independent American movies have trouble reaching audiences here. Hence the inclusion of “Without,” a psychological thriller set in the Pacific Northwest, by first-time director Mark Jackson. Exotic locales, however, are a major part of “First Look.” Take the series opener, “Almayer’s Folly,” by Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman, set in Cambodia. The French-language movie had a multinational production, and blurs the line between documentary film and fiction. Another film, “Papirosen,” by Argentinian director Gaston Solnicki, also experiments with the documentary form, by incorporating a decade’s worth of home movie footage of the director’s own family. Schwartz said he hopes the museum will continue with the series in the coming years, “creating exposure around the world” for films that might have otherwise Q missed the chance.

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53rd Avenue, for example, boasts large stars of David on either side of its gate. Names written in Hebrew are displayed on pillars and walls on the porch. After the Jewish congregation left, the building became a private residence and music studio, and was home to Madonna, pre-fame, in the late 1970s. Another great example is the former Young Israel of Laurelton on 228th Street. It’s a boxy 1956 building that displays a cornerstone with the Hebrew and secular dates. But its most intriguing feature is the huge window above the main entrance in the shape of a Jewish star, an emblem that the JamaicaQueens Wesleyan Church has kept as is. Levitt said this is not uncommon. “The Christian congregations have retained a lot of the Judaica: menorahs, Jewish stars,” she said. “From a historical point of view it’s gratifying to know there

is this stuff that you can see.” But, Levitt cautioned, if you want to see these historic buildings with their markers of Jewish identity intact, there is no time like the present. On some of her return visits Levitt noted elements were often missing that now exist only in her photographs. “To me, it’s preservation,” Levitt said. “You want to expose people to the fact that there are all these buildings out there. If someone didn’t go around and document them all they would be scanty memories and die out. I wanted to make collections and show everyone where they are. If you want to go, go before it’s Q too late.”

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When northern Richmond Hill was originally sub-divided, the streets were given the names of beautiful, strong trees such as Beech, Willow, Walnut, Oak, Elm, Chestnut, Maple and Cherry. Some 50 homes that adorn these blocks were built by Andrew (Andreas) Jenson Riis (1869-1936), a Danish immigrant who came to Richmond Hill at age 20 in 1889 from Nyker Bornholm in Denmark. He got his apprentice training by working for the Haugaard Brothers. Riis employed only Danes, Swedes and Norwegians — people who spoke the same language as he did. His business was located at Railroad Avenue and 117th Street. Railroad Avenue was later upgraded and re-named Babbage Street to give the block abutting the Long island Railroad a classier name to sell homes. Riis built a beautiful home for his wife, Marie, and sons Edward and Arthur at 8526 117 St. (The family was not related to Jacob Riis, the reform journalist who lived on nearby 120th Street.) Marie died suddenly in 1905, and Riis married Stella Asling of Ontario, Canada, who helped raise the two boys. Asling was an author and an early activist in the

The Andrew Riis construction crew of seven immigrant laborers, in the summer of 1907 on Railroad Avenue in Richmond Hill, today called Babbage Street. National American Woman’s Suffrage Association. Then on Feb. 16, 1936, Riis committed suicide, for no known reason. Stella returned home to Canada and died in 1957 at age 87. Arthur became a successful electrical engineer, moved to Williston Park, LI and passed away in 1968. No further information could be found on Edward. The Riises are gone, but the large homes Andrew built on 60-by-100-foot plots in Richmond Hill have withstood the test of time. They remain magnificent Q structures, just about 100 years old.

Last Friday’s Pinstripe Bowl, held at Yankee Stadium, drew over 38,000 spectators who witnessed Rutgers defeat Iowa State 27-13. Three years ago, when the Yankees announced a new bowl game, one which would pit a top team in the Big East Conference against one in the Big 12 and the first to be held in New York since 1962, there were doubters, since the Big Apple is not known as a hotbed of college football. But Yankees President Randy Levine said with a big smile prior to the start of last Friday’s game that the Pinstripe Bowl has been a profitable venture for the iconic baseball team. The Yanks certainly have had a bit of luck on their side. Both Pinstripe Bowl games have been played on extremely mild late-December days. In addition, the Big East teams that have participated in the games, Syracuse and Rutgers, have large numbers of passionate alumni who live in the New York area. What has to be disconcerting to Levine is the upheaval in the Big East Conference. Syracuse will be leaving next year. I can’t imagine that incoming teams such as Boise State and Texas Christian will be the draws that Rutgers and Syracuse are. The Yankees’ contract with the Big East Conference ends in 2013. Expect the team to seek a new partner then. On Monday the Baseball Hall of Fame will announce its Class of 2012. Barry Larkin, who played shortstop for the Reds for 19 seasons, should easily get the needed 75 percent

of ballots cast by the once-important Baseball Writers Association of America, whose membership has declined as daily newspapers have either merged or shut down entirely. My guess is that pitcher Jack Morris should squeak in too. Moving up in the balloting for future Cooperstown immortality should be former Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell and dominant relief pitcher Lee Smith. They will be contending with the Mets’ own Mike Piazza, whose name will appear on a Hall of Fame ballot for the first time in 2013. It’s surprising that Steve Garvey, one of the most popular ballplayers of the 1970s and ’80s, isn’t in the Hall. Garvey appeared in four World Series and 10 All-Star games, and was always in the Dodgers’ lineup — with a streak of 1,207 consecutive games played. Garvey was, and still is, one of the most accommodating athletes to fans and the media. Maybe too accommodating at times: He fathered several children out of wedlock with three different women when he retired, becoming a subject of national ridicule and costing himself much of his accumulated earnings. 1990s Chilean tennis star Marcelo Rios was Garvey’s polar opposite in terms of temperament as he was renowned for his nastiness to fans, the media, and even his fellow players. He abruptly quit the men’s pro tennis tour at age 27 in 2004 and has been reclusive ever since then. Mark Malinowski has just written “Marcelo Rios: The Man We Barely Knew” (Create Space Publishing), which is a definiQ tive look at one of tennis’s great villains.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 20595/11 Date of filing: September 1, 2011 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate. TD BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO COMMERCE BANK, N.A, Plaintiff(s), -against- KONSTANTINOS EVIRPIOTIS, 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 of her, 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, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, and “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #10”, the last 10 names being fictitious and unknown to the Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the verified complaint, Defendant(s). 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. If the United States of America is named as a Defendant in this action, it only, shall have Sixty (60) days to answer the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $245,000.00 and interest, recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County of Queens on August 7, 2006, in CRFN: 2006000444976, covering premises known as 106-08 27th Avenue, in Flushing, New York (Block 1665, and Lot 4). 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. TO the defendant, Konstantinos Evirpiotis, the Foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. James A. Rios of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and filed on December 14, 2011, with the complaint in the County of Queens, State of New York. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU D0 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 THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Mineola, New York, December 23, 2011 Cohn & Roth, By: William M. Roth, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 100 E. Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501, (516) 747-3030 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working 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 877BANKNYS (877_226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies.

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CITATION File No. 2010-4927 SURROGATE’S COURT, Queens COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of EDWARD BASTA, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors In interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence, Public Administrator of the Queens County A petition having been duly filed by Monica Honich, who is domiciled at 151-14 11th Avenue, Whitestone, New York 11357 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on February 9, 2012 , at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Edward Basta, aka Edward W. Basta lately domiciled at 151-36 11th Avenue, Whitestone, New York 11357, United States, admitting to probate a Will dated August 18, 2010 (and Codicil(s), if any, dated, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Edward Basta deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: Letters Testamentary issue to Monica Honich Dated, Attested and Sealed, December 7, 2011 Hon. Peter J. Kelly, Surrogate; Margaret Gribbon, Chief Clerk; Carol M. Adams, Attorney, Ronald Fatoullah & Associates, 60 Cuttermill Road, Suite 507, Great Neck, New York 11021, (516) 466-4422 NOTE This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BUNCOMBE IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO: 11 CVD 04781 PAULINE C. PORRETTO, Plaintiff, vs. EUGENIO G. HERNANDEZ, Defendant. NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: EUGENIO G. HERNANDEZ, Defendant TAKE NOTICE that pleadings seeking relief against you have been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief sought is as follows: Absolute Divorce. You are required to make defense to such pleadings no later than the 5th day of 2012 said date being forty (40) days from the first publication of this notice; and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought. THIS the 29th day of December, 2011. Carol B. Andres, Attorney for Plaintiff NC Bar No: 17323, 120 College Street, Asheville, NC 28801, 828-258-1580

PROBATE CITATION File No. 2011-619 SURROGATE’S COURT, QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: To the Heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Martha McDaniels a/k/a Marti McDaniels, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence, and to Carl Baden, Karol Buchanen, Nicole Kaler and the Public Administrator of Queens County A petition having been duly filed by Regina Mercedes Walker, Executor, who is domiciled at 203 Dupont Ave., Hopatcong, NJ 07843 (Mailing address: PO Box 563, Hopatcong, NJ 07843. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on the 2nd day of February, 2012, at 9:30 A.M. of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Martha McDaniels, lately domiciled at 39-35 51st St., #3B, Woodside, NY 11377, admitting to probate a Will dated July 19, 2007, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Martha McDaniels, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to Regina Mercedes Walker. Dated, Attested and Sealed, November 30, 2011 Hon. Peter J. Kelly, Surrogate; Margaret M. Gribbon, Chief Clerk; Erica Bell, ESQ., Attorney for Petitioner, 212-967-5710 11 Park Place, Suite 606, New York, NY 10007 NOTE This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.

WISTERIA TAXI LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/14/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Sophia Konstantinides, 3420 31 St, Astoria, NY 11106. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE JUDICIAL BRANCH NH CIRCUIT COURT 6th Circuit - Family Division - Franklin, 7 Hancock Terrace, Franklin, NH 03235, Telephone: (603) 934-3290, TTY/TDD Relay: (800) 735-2964 http://www.courts.state.nh.us CITATION FOR PUBLICATION Case Name: In the Matter of TABOR LECLERC and Ashley Leclerc Case Number: 637-2011-DM-00296 On November 03, 2011, TABOR LECLERC of FRANKLIN, NH filed in this Court a Petition for Divorce with requests concerning: The original pleading is available for inspection at the office of the Clerk at the above Family Division location. UNTIL FURTHER ORDER OF THE COURT, EACH PARTY IS RESTRAINED FROM SELLING, TRANSFERRING, ENCUMBERING, HYPOTHECATING, CONCEALING OR IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER DISPOSING OF ANY PROPERTY, REAL OR PERSONAL, BELONGING TO EITHER OR BOTH PARTIES EXCEPT (1) BY WRITTEN AGREEMENT OF BOTH PARTIES, OR (2) FOR REASONABLE AND NECESSARY LIVING EXPENSES OR (3) IN THE ORDINARY AND USUAL CAUSE OF BUSINESS. The Court has entered the following Order(s): Ashley Leclerc shall file a written Appearance Form with the Clerk of the Family Division at the above location on or before February 14, 2012 or be found in DEFAULT. Ashley Leclerc shall also file by February 14, 2012 a Response to the Petition and by February 14, 2012 deliver a copy to the Petitioner’s Attorney or the Petitioner, if unrepresented. Failure to do so will result in issuance of Orders in this matter, which may affect you without your input. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, LoriAnne Dionne, Clerk of Court, December 16, 2011 (086)

ANGEL8 LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 8/31/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 75-47 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village, NY 11379. General Purposes. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ONE UP EVENT DESIGN LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/13/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 161-44 84th Street, Howard Beach, New York 11414. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: FTJW, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/16/11. The latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2051. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 53-18 72nd Place, Maspeth, New York 11378. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 25 HAMPTON LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/13/11. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 108-18 Queens Blvd., Ste. 907, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Latest date on which the LLC may dissolve is 12/31/2099. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

The Gohar Family LLC filed Articles of Organization to be an LLC on September 23, 2011. On October 20, 2011, the Articles were amended to change the name to Seven Starr Realty I LLC. The Secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. The address of the LLC is 175 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills, NY 11375 in Queens County. The purpose of the LLC is real estate investment and management.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: FEDERAL RECYCLING L.L.C. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/18/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 63 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: NYUS GROUP A, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/10/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 39-15 Main Street, Suite 301, Flushing, NY 11354. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: PURVIS FUNDING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/14/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Criterion Group LLC, 35-11 36th Street, Astoria, New York 11106. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

25-76 99th Street LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/29/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Roy D. McFarlane, 25-76 99th St., East Elmhurst, NY 11369. Purpose: General.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: Warrick, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/04/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Wayne Warrick, 134-45 159th Street, Jamaica, NY 11434. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of KATHRYN M. QUIGLEY LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/14/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 217 West 19th St., Apt. 9, New York, NY 10011. Purpose: Consulting.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: 75 Street LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/14/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 90-10 75 Street, Woodhaven, NY 11424. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of THE WARRIORS PEST MANAGEMENT L.L.C., a domestic or foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State on AUGUST 30, 2011. NY Office location: Queens County. Secretary of State is designated as agent upon who process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC service upon him/her to C/O 215-14 46th Avenue, Bayside, NY 11361. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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CITATION File No. 2011-2181/A SURROGATE’S COURT, QUEENS COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent, To: To the heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Thelma Birnbaum, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. Public Administrator of Queens County, Attorney General of the State of New York A petition having been duly filed by Maria Escobar Hernandez and Melba Feliberty who is/are domiciled at 70-26 175th Street, Fresh Meadows, New York 11365 and 1332 Metropolitan Avenue, Apt. 3G, Bronx, New York, 10462. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on January 26, 2012, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Thelma Birnbaum lately domiciled at 70-26 175th Street, Fresh Meadows, New York 11365, United States admitting to probate a Will dated February 1, 2007 a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Thelma Birnbaum, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to Maria Escobar Hernandez and Melba Feliberty. Dated Attested and Sealed, November 23, 2011 (Seal), HONORABLE PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, MARGARET M. GRIBBON, Chief Clerk, Barry Seidel, (718) 793-1133, Barry Seidel & Associates, 88-03 69th Avenue, Forest Hills, New York 11375 (Note: This Citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.)

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Avella slams city over broken curbs Outrage over 23 year waiting list for repairs and ticket ‘extortion’ by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

To say that state Sen. Tony Avella (DBayside) is angry over the city’s 23-year backlog for repairing curbs would be an understatement. The lawmaker joined several Bellerose residents at a press conference on Thursday, blasting the Bloomberg administration for, he said, placing more importance on creating bike lanes and addressing “sexy” issues — ones that would garner lots of media attention and praise — rather than focusing on more fundamental issues like broken curbs, some of which haven’t been replaced in over 50 years. “Meanwhile, if you dare to complain to the city that you need your curb replaced, they will then come out and threaten you with a sidewalk violation ... even for the most minor crack, and I’ve seen examples of that,” Avella said. “The city will take years to fix the curb, but the sidewalk violation you’ll have to repair in 45 days.”

This broken curb is estimated to be over 50 years old.

Avella called the practice “extortion,” and estimated that one in three homeowners citywide has a broken curb. He questioned how much money the city is paying out in claims as a result of its failure to make such repairs. “This is unacceptable,” Avella said. “We pay some of the highest property taxes in the country. We are entitled to have the city come out and fix the infrastructure, which is its responsibility. The city needs to allocate more money for curbs and reduce that 23-year backlog to a more reasonable time frame.” The lawmaker also said never before in his time as an elected official, first serving in the City Council before moving onto the Senate, had he ever heard of such a long wait time for curbs, nor could he recall the city ever admitting to such a backlog, until now. Curbs are important for several reasons, but mainly they act as a buffer to prevent flooding. Roads are pitched toward the sidewalk and curbs are pitched so that the water drains into the nearest catch basin, Avella said. Caroline Veraline has lived on 242nd Street in Bellerose for 54 years and said the homes on her block were built 62 years ago — and the curbs have never been replaced. She said she’s reported the problem to the city three times over the last decade, but was repeatedly told of the long waiting list. “When it rains, we get floods on our sidewalk,” Veraline said. “It goes up to our driveway and some people get [water] in their basement or garage, because the curbs are broken up and they can’t withstand the water.”

State Sen. Tony Avella, joined by several Bellerose residents, points to one of the many broken curbs in PHOTOS BY ANNMARIE COSTELLA the community that could take the city more than two decades to repair. Curbs are the responsibility of the city Department of Transportation, but home and business owners are responsible for the sidewalk in front of their property, up to 18 inches from the curb. “Instead of doing this, what is Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan — what’s her pet project in the City of New York? Putting in bike lanes — everyplace — whether the community wants it or not,” Avella said. “And every time they put in a bike lane it’s maybe $50,000 worth of improvements. Well, how much would it take to fix somebody’s curb?” Bellerose resident Evelyn Padilla, whose handicapped daughter is confined to a wheelchair, worries about her child’s safety as she

must maneuver over the broken pavement. But she hasn’t reported the problem to the city. “I feel like it’s a waste of my time,” Padilla said. “I’ve lived here since 1985 and the curbs have always been bad.” A spokesman for the DOT said in an email that the agency allocates $20 million annually to make repairs to sidewalks and curbs, but requests to address curb conditions surpass available resources. A contractor does work in each community district in the city on a rotating basis, he said. The spokesman said the agency will try to address the broken curbs in Bellerose the next time the contractor is in the area, but not Q when that might be.

Fairway to aid Figoski scholarship fund today

Shopping at the Fairway Market in Douglaston, seen here when it opened in November, will benefit the children of slain Police Officer Peter Figoski. PHOTO COURTESY NYPD AND FILE PHOTO

Fairway Market will honor the memory of fallen New York Police Department Officer Peter Figoski by donating 10 percent of all sales from its Red Hook, Brooklyn; Plainview, LI; and Douglaston locations from 3 to 10 p.m. today, Jan. 5 to a scholarship fund in his name at the New York City Police Foundation. “What Officer Figoski did to save other lives was heroism at its finest,” said Howard Glickberg, CEO of Fairway Market. “To be able to honor this heroism by participating in some small way to the

well-being of his family is a privilege for all of us at Fairway. And we urge all our loyal customers to join with us in this initiative by coming out and shopping on Jan. 5.” Figoski was killed in the line of duty on Dec. 12 while aiding colleagues responding to a home invasion in Brooklyn. He left behind four teenage daughters — Christine, an undergraduate at SUNY Oneonta; Caitlyn, an undergraduate at SUNY Plattsburgh; and Caroline and Christine, both high school students in West Babylon, LI.

He was devoted to his children and often worked overtime to save for their education. To ensure that his daughters not be deprived of pursuing their college educations and professional aspirations, the police foundation established the Peter Figoski Scholarship Fund. Nearly $1.7 million has already been donated. The Fairway Market, the only one in Queens, opened in November at the Douglaston Plaza Shopping Center, 242-02 61 Ave. For more information go to fairQ waymarket.com.

NYC sets record low for traffic deaths 2011 sees fewest fatalities since 1910; deaths down 40% since ’01 by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

The city announced last week that 2011 saw a record low for traffic fatalities. The figures were released Friday at a press conference featuring Mayor Bloomberg, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. A statement issued by the Mayor’s Office said the 237 fatalities as of Dec. 27 represents the lowest total since records were first kept in 1910, and a 40 percent decline since 2001, when there were 393. “This will be the city’s safest traffic year in more than 100 years,” Bloomberg said. He and Sadik-Khan credited enforcement and engineering strategies for the success. Kelly said traffic enforcement effort is aimed directly at

saving lives. He said officers issued more than 1 million summonses for moving violations in 2011, with about onethird of those related to seat belt enforcement and distracted driving. He said through mid-December the department had made in excess of 8,500 arrests for driving under the influence in 2011, and seized 900 vehicles doing so. The numbers included 134 pedestrian fatalities, said to be an all-time low and a 31 percent reduction from 2001; 47 senior pedestrian and three child pedestrian fatalities, both record lows. The mayor said bicycle fatalities have remained in the same range for a decade, despite bike ridership quadrupling in that period. No specific number was given, but published sources state that the city has averaged about 20 bicycle

fatalities a year for the last 10 years. Michael Hinck, a spokesman for MediSys Health Network, said its trauma center at Jamaica Hospital saw the same number of pedestrian fatalities in 2011, while deaths as the result of motor vehicle accidents went up. Representatives of Transportation Alternatives, a nonprofit group that advocates the expansion of pedestrians, bicycles and mass transit use in the city, could not be reached for comment. The group on Oct. 30 delivered more than 2,600 letters to Kelly demanding more enforcement of traff ic laws and announced an investigation of the NYPD. The group cited 1,745 pedestrians and bicyclists killed in New York City between 2001 and 2010 in what it terms Q “traffic violence.”

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