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Howard Beach residents still struggle two weeks after Hurricane Sandy PAGES 14 AND 16 Howard Beach hurricane survivors Richard Leporin, above, and clockwise from top left Terry Fogarty, Lucy Fileccia, George Buonocore and Gina McCoy, with her dog Lobo, tell their tales.

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Dissecting city, fed response to Sandy Quinn promises hearings; Queens pols ready with battery of questions by Joseph Orovic Chronicle Contributor

he weeks since Hurricane Sandy’s landfall provided an object lesson in Murphy’s Law. Not only were homes flooded, some moved off their foundations or scrubbed clean off the map. Felled trees used homes to soften their landings. Power outages progressed from a mere nuisance to a lifethreatening detachment from society. Much of Breezy Point, even with Sandy’s surge waters still high, managed to burn to the ground. Every raw figure, distressed resident and upset elected official pointed to a greater failure. Yes, Sandy packed a historic wallop, but some believe a city that survived Sept. 11, a blackout, a tornado, a transit strike and Hurricane Irene should have been better prepared. What went wrong? Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) on Tuesday announced the municipal legislature will hold hearings in the hopes of learning lessons and mapping out a better plan of action for future “superstorms.” “In the coming months there will be necessary debate over the city’s response,” Quinn said. “It’s why I am announcing … that the Council will be holding a series of hearings in the weeks and months ahead, on everything from public safety to healthcare — and yes, on Con Ed’s handling of the storm.” The speaker did not specify which committees will host the hearings or when. Quinn’s remarks answered the call of several Queens legislators demanding explanations from decision-makers at the city, state and federal levels. “What has been done can’t be undone,” said Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens). “God forbid if this happens

Planned hearings in the city Council will explore the effectiveness of the overall response to Hurricane Sandy, which some contend PHOTO BY RIYAD HASAN was lacking in the Rockaways. again, we need to be prepared.” The council members’ concerns, though, depend on their peronsal experience of the hurricane. Unsurprisingly, the perceived flaws in the response change as more miles separate a council member’s district from the borough’s southern shore. Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) acknowledged as much, taking a jaunt on his Harley to Rockaway on Tuesday to see the destruction firsthand ahead of any committee hearings. “You really can’t understand the extent of the damage unless you see it on your own,” Vallone said. “It’s going to take months and months for things to get back to normal.” Still, his list of grievances did not match those of councilman

James Sanders Jr. (D-Laurelton), who represents the Peninsula. Vallone noted the lack of presence from the federal government, specifically in the form of heavy construction equipment needed to clear roads and clean up the remains of houses. “I didn’t see enough federal government down there,” he said. “They need bulldozers; they need massive equipment. I did not see the giant equipment they need.” Sanders’ conclusions are grimmer. “It would have been better if I understood that there was no government,” he said of the weeks following the storm. “I wasted time thinking that FEMA, or OEM, or someone would lead the relief of the district.” Help didn’t come in those critical early days, he said. When it finally did arrive, it was misused, according to Sanders. The National Guard was manning feeding sites instead of helping officers patrol the streets. Community Emergency Response Teams, trained specifically for these sorts of calamities, were wasted helping off-the-street volunteers at homeless shelters. Worst of all, according to Sanders, was a lack of coordination. “Never once did any part of this government come to my office and say there was any plan or anything for that matter,” he said. City agencies are required to send representatives of some stature to testify before council committees when asked. Federallevel officials have the right to decline any invitation. Vallone, as the chairman of the Public Safety Committee, will get to ask pointed questions of whichever city agencies he brings before the committee, which the councilman feels will likely host a hearing. Sanders’ concerns will likely be addressed, despite his not sitting on Vallone’s committee, which oversees the Office of continued on page 42

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Lights aglow again in Howard Beach Power returned to nearly all in neighborhood by Sunday night by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

As the sun set on Saturday night, residents of 82nd Street in Howard Beach prepared for another night in the darkness. This part of the neighborhood had not had power for 12 days, since Hurricane Sandy knocked out the lights on Oct. 29. But just as the sky turned to a dark purple hue, the streetlights came to life. An audible cheer was heard from a neighbor at the end of the block.

Eighty-second Street is one of the last blocks in Howard Beach to get its power back. Electricity began flowing into parts of the neighborhood — one of the last in the city to get power back — late last week. The community was hit hard by the hurricane’s storm surge, which caused a flood up to 10 feet high in some spots. Though Con Edison originally estimated the power would be back to much of Howard Beach by Fri-

Howard Beach residents line up at Con Edison’s customer information van on 165th Avenue last Friday.

day, Nov. 9, it took two more days for most areas to get the juice flowing again. For a number of days late last week, power was partially restored to a number of blocks close to Cross Bay Boulevard. On some streets only a few homes had power, while others did not. Con Edison’s efforts to restore power to the more than one million customers who lost it during Hurricane Sandy were assisted by a number of power companies from all over the United States, including as far away as California — nearly 3,000 miles away — where crews from Pacif ic Gas and Electric brought their teal-colored cherry pickers across the country and up Howard Beach streets. Trucks from Detroit Edison of Michigan and Florida Keys Electric Service from Key West, Fla. also both buzzed around the neighborhood last week. Many homes closer to Jamaica Bay and in Hamilton Beach remain without power, however. The flood waters destroyed the electrical system in those homes.

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A crew from Pacific Gas and Electric, based in Northern California, works on a PHOTOS BY DOMENICK RAFTER power line in Howard Beach last week. Residents whose electrical systems were damaged by the storm need to have it repaired by a licensed electrician, who then must fill out a self-certification form that can be found on Con Edison’s website.

The forms then need to be emailed to the utility company at dlHur ricaneSandyBrooklynQueens@conEd.com Though power has returned to the neighborhood, many are still continued on page 41

Parents fret over future of PS 207 Closed Howard Beach school damaged in Hurricane Sandy by Domenick Rafter

students in them, but she credited the principal, Lisa Josephson, for handling the situation well. “She’s very organized, she has things under control,” the Standing directly across the street from the main entrance to PS 207 in Howard Beach, a handful of parents parent said. Originally students from PS 207 were to be relocated to with their children watched as top city officials stepped out of their vehicles for a press conference inside the school Spring Creek Educational Campus in East New York, but the Department of Education changed the location at the that they are told their children cannot enter. When Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott showed up for request of parents. Louisa Gaskell was one of the parents the press conference that would feature whose children were relocated. Her Mayor Bloomberg and other city leaders, daughters, Grace and Jessica, were he strolled across the street to talk to the assigned to PS 232, but Gaskell — who parents. said her husband, Gregor y, nearly “We heard the school may be torn drowned in the storm surge during the down,” one parent said. hurricane — has not sent her kids back “No, no, no,” Walcott said. “That’s to school yet. not true.” “They’ve been staying with their Walcott explained that the school sufgrandparents,” she said. “We have had fered severe damage from Hurricane no heat, no electricity.” Sandy’s storm surge in its basement and Gaskell said the power went back on more than 32,000 gallons of oil had to be pumped out. The chancellor invited the PS 207 in Howard Beach suffered in her house over the weekend, but her children to come across the street next to flooding and an oil spill in its base- concern is over the future of the school she lives a block from. the oil pumping truck and he explained ment as a result of Hurricane Sandy. “I hadn’t heard the rumors that it was to them — and their concerned parents condemned,” she said. “I would hope the city would fix the — how the city was fixing their school building. Most students who attend PS 207, which serves kinder- school.” The school has not been condemned and the plan is to garten through eighth grade, have been temporarily relorepair it. cated to PS 232 in Lindenwood. Inside, the school feels like a cave. No heat for more A parent of a student who attends PS 232 said the situation is tough at the school and some classes have 50 to 60 than two weeks has left the building colder than the outside Associate Editor

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air. The floors are covered with plastic tarps and workers in reflective vests covered in grease, dirt and some oil scurry in and out of classrooms where laughing, talking children typically congregate before a lesson. The reek of oil permeates the hallways of the school. continued on page 44

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Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott speaks to PS 207 students and their parents outside the Howard Beach school on Monday.

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St. Helen’s gym an epicenter for relief City opened distribution center for hurricane survivors to receive help by Domenick Rafter and Dovilas Bukauskas

week and a half, giving out clothing and items such as batteries, toilet paper, towels and other household necessities to residents Associate Editor and Chronicle Contributor As Howard Beach struggled through the who were left without them as a result of immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Sandy. Though the power has come back to the neighborhood stood shellshocked by an most of Howard Beach unexpected storm surge and many in the neighand blackout of undeterborhood are again able mined length. Stores on to live in their homes, Cross Bay Boulevard there is still a need for were closed, and while the site. some had cars to drive “I don’t know exactly north away from the dishow many people come, aster zone, many lost but I can say it’s thoutheir vehicles in the sands,” said Laurie Heefloodwaters and were dles, a volunteer at the stranded in their devasrelief center. She said a tated neighborhood. lot of people arrive from At the St. Helen the Rockaways and Roman Catholic School Broad Channel, which on the extreme northern were harder hit and end of the community, food trucks and tables American Idol contestant and Howard where many residents with relief supplies Beach native Pia Toscano helps hand cannot retur n to their began popping up out- out supplies at St. Helen’s on Tuesday. homes. There is no organized side the gymnasium at 157th Avenue and 84th Street near the mode of transportation to the center, Heeentrance into the neighborhood from Lin- dles said, but many were finding it on their denwood, much of which never lost power own. At one point buses in the parking lot across the street from the gym were being during the hurricane. A NYC Relief Distribution Center has used by residents who had no heat to keep been operating out of the location for a warm.

Volunteers unload boxes of hurricane relief supplies from a truck ouside St. Helen’s school PHOTOS BY DOVILAS BUKAUSKAS gymnasium in Howard Beach. Food trucks came to serve meals and local eateries such as La Villa in Lindenwood, Gino’s Pizzeria, Ragtime and Tuscany Deli donated food to be served. Without phone or Internet service, peo-

ple in Howard Beach had to find out about the center the old-fashioned way — word of mouth. Heedles said informing residents left in continued on page 39

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In a time of need, the giving goes on here’s nothing like adversity to show what people are really all about, good or bad. And we have the misfortune of living in interesting times. Hurricane Sandy. A contentious federal election that seems to have left the losing side as intransigent as before. Surprise nor’easter Athena. New cuts to the city budget that are going to hit valuable social services. A volatile international situation that makes New York City a target. Who knows what’s coming next? It’s no wonder zombie apocalypse has become such a common theme in popular entertainment. But here in Queens — where yes, there is a “zombie walk” set for Saturday — the multiple crises brought on by Hurricane Sandy really have brought out the best in countless numbers of people. The Queens Chronicle office has been flooded with donations to our food and supply drive for victims of the storm in South Queens and the Rockaways. Our reception area and conference room are both overflowing with all kinds of contributions, from people near and far. And of course we’re not the only ones. Some of the donations have been truly remarkable and

come as a surprise, like the 100 or so bags of clothes, food, toiletries and every other necessity donated by a condominium complex in upstate Tarrytown. Or the 10 bags filled with baby wipes and first-aid kits sent over by Premier Care of Maspeth. Or the dozens of pairs of high-grade designer shoes and boots given by Manhattan-based Miz Mooz. We’re talking about stuff that retails for $200 and up. Company official Cheryl Matson summed up the situation as well as anyone when she said, “With many people displaced from their homes with little to nothing left, the New York metropolitan area is still suffering from the effects of Sandy. The community has come together to get through this challenging moment, and Miz Mooz is proud to be a part of that effort.” Coming together is exactly what’s happening. Down at the St. Helen School in Howard Beach, for example, volunteers are providing an extremely efficient charity operation, giving people food and supplies at various stations that are running like clockwork, thanks their staffers’ dedication and forethought. People are coming to St. Helen to get what they need from as nearby as the storm-damaged Howard Beach Senior Center, located across the street, and as far as the

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A mayor for some Dear Editor: The New York Times reported in its Nov. 12 issue that Mayor Bloomberg plans on increasing school lunch fees to $2.50 from $1.50; slashing $8.3 million for libraries; and increasing fees on parking meters. It is to be noted that Bloomberg has no plans to reduce the hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars that will subsidize his ill-advised Willets Point plan. Nor does he plan to reduce subsidies that will benefit Mets billionaire owner Fred Wilpon for a shopping mall adjacent to the Mets’ stadium. While Bloomberg is to be applauded for his philanthropic contributions as a private citizen. his current plans demonstrate once again that as mayor he has no interest in the poor, middle class and small businesses in this city. It should make one recognize the value of term limits. Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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Rockaways. Pia Toscano, the Howard Beach singing sensation who made a top-10 showing last year on “American Idol,” flew in from California to take part in the operation Tuesday. And Toscano wasn’t there to grab a photo op — she bought a stack of pizza pies to feed the hungry and lugged around boxes of supplies like everyone else. These are the kind of things that have been going on ever since the storm struck Oct. 29. City and state officials, including some whose offices were destroyed by the storm, have been getting necessities to their constituents who lost everything. So has just about every service group you can think of — along with every church, synagogue and temple. Even the New York Press Association, of which the Queens Chronicle is a proud member, got the City University of New York to donate 10 Apple computers to two newspapers whose offices were flooded out, The Forum in Howard Beach and The Wave in Rockaway. Interesting times indeed. But with the exception of a few price gougers — $600 a night for a chain motel room in Queens; are you serious? — people everywhere are showing that they’re up to the task of getting through them. It’s quite a sight to see.

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our city, but we always emerge from it stronger. On the Friday before the storm I, like most New Yorkers, thought that the incoming storm would resemble Irene — a lot of panic for some gusts and a few inches of water. After the storm hit and we saw the news reports (not on television, we lost power), it was heart-breaking to see the devastation and destruction. Howard Beach, Broad Channel and the Rockaways all saw damage beyond our comprehension. As I write this, none of these neighborhoods have power. It has been 12 days. While the storm may have damaged property and destroyed basements, it could not break our resolve. The amount of support I have seen for those affected by the storm has been overwhelming. Within 48 hours of the storm leaving, my office was flooded with donations from Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and people from Connecticut, New Jersey, and other states calling in to volunteer. We ran food, clothes, blankets and batteries — anything you could think of — to those affected. People came to my office with no car and no supplies, just looking to help out any way they could. I’d like to offer

my thanks to everyone who helped. Locally, I’d personally like to thank the Glendale Civilian Observation Patrol, the Glendale Volunteer Ambulance Corps, the Glendale Kiwanis, the Legacy Center, the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, Zum Stammtisch Restaurant, the Teamsters, the Brooklyn Kitchen and all the other organizations that did their part. These organizations brought supplies and transportation vehicles to aid those that were affected. Additionally, hundreds of individuals stepped up to help those in need. While we are still focusing on immediate needs of power and heat, we should take an important lesson from this storm: we are all family. Even if someone is honking at you in rush hour traffic, know that the person shouting curses is your brother or sister. Know that this person will come to your aid whenever you need it — and they know you would do the same. We are tested time and time again and New Yorkers never fail. Michael G. Miller NYS Assemblyman for the 38th District Woodhaven

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Dear Editor: Happy days are here again! Voters talked and money walked. The 47 percent middle-class “victims” of welfare government have decided they would rather continue four more years of the liberal 80-year “New Deal” record, instead of buying the Republican Romney-Ryan pig in a poke, phony deal. American voters agreed with the old adage — the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t know. Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

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Dear Editor: In “Can we talk?” (Editorial, Nov. 8), the Chronicle editor expresses concern about the “lost art of compromise,” but the very meaning of the past election seems to have eluded him. Our country is divided between those who would have constitutional democracy and those who would have socialism, or control over everything in a person’s life by the federal government. That was the choice, and if both sides are sincere in what they believe, there can be no compromise. House Speaker John Boehner is not a right winger or a Tea Partier. Boehner is a middleof-the-road panderer. President Obama never compromised on anything. To pass amnesty for one and a half million illegal aliens between the ages of 18 and 30, to put an end to NASA and to give trillions of American taxpayer dollars to “green energy” companies owned by friends and friends of friends, which went bankrupt, he simply bypassed the Congress and ruled by diktat. The American people approved of most of what Obama did in his first four years in office so they re-elected him. It isn’t necessary for Republicans to “negotiate” with him because the president has already proven that whatever he wants done, he can do without them. Boehner, to whom you attach so much importance, never even asked where all the stimulus money went! He and the Republicans are ciphers, but even if they weren’t, Obama has shown that the opposition is no longer relevant. He will continue to do what he wants without them. The author of “Can we talk?” need not concern himself with what we get from Boehner. What the United States and Americans need to be concerned with is what we’ll be getting from Obama. He’s the president, with a mandate now to complete his “transformation” of America. Janice Wijnen Rego Park

the House is a more true mandate. Yet, House Speaker John Boehner reached out to the opposition by bringing up adding revenue by eliminating some deductions and eliminating loopholes. President Obama continued to call for tax increases for the rich. In his book “The Price of Politics,” Bob Woodward wrote how Obama refused to allow Republicans any input on the stimulus bill and then botched the possibility of getting a debt deal. The president has not worked with Republicans. Obama’s rhetoric has never matched his actions. I do not believe that the rich are not paying their fair share of taxes, especially since almost half of all taxpayers have no federal income tax liability. Yet, I am by nature a pragmatic person. I would like to propose a compromise which I hope one of our local congressmen can take back to Washington. Along with the elimination of some deductions, Congress could increase the tax rates on millionaires but exempt subchapter S corporate income from the higher rates where the subchapter S corporation employs at least X number of employees. This would actually encourage greater employment while eliminating the Republican argument that the tax increase would hurt employment. There would still have to be real spending cuts in addition. This is a common-sense solution to eliminate the gridlock, but then again, we are talking about Washington. Lenny Rodin Forest Hills

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Gov. Cuomo on Sunday said new shuttle bus service linking the Rockaway Peninsula with the A train’s Howard Beach station will remain in place until the heavily damaged North Channel rail bridge and subway infrastructure through Broad Channel is replaced. The city and state are continuing to restore transportation to areas affected by Hurricane Sandy, and are improvising where they cannot. Efforts to bring some normalcy to the Rockaway Peninsula went into effect on Sunday, when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority restored A train subway service to Howard Beach. And with the Broad Channel bridge, over which the A train travels to Rockaway, seriously damaged along with hundreds of feet of track across Jamaica Bay, there is free shuttle bus service between Mott Street in Far Rockaway and the The MTA is providing free shuttle bus service to the A train for stranded Rockaway residents. Repairs to rail infrastructure Howard Beach station. “The people of the Rock- damages by Hurricane Sandy could take up to six months. IMAGE COURTESY MTA away Peninsula were especially hard-hit by this storm, and restoring transportation service to them Manhattan, the result of a coordinated effort and to Howard Beach is a priority for my between the New York City Economic Developadministration,” Cuomo said in a statement ment Corporation and Seastreak, began Monday. The MTA this weekend also transported subissued by his office on Sunday. “This combination of subway and bus ser- way cars to the Rockaways via flatbed truck, with vice will provide them with immediate tran- the aim of establishing some sort of rail service contained to the peninsula itself. sit relief while the entire system is rebuilt.” An MTA spokeswoman on Tuesday said An MTA advisory states that replacement could take six months. “The scope of the there is not yet a startup date for such serdestruction was stunning,” adding that aside vice. In other transportation news, the eastern tube from tremendous damage to the North Channel Bridge, which connects Howard Beach of the Hugh L. Carey-Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, and Broad Channel, hundreds of feet of track opened Tuesday afternoon for cars only during were damaged or destroyed in other areas rush hour. It will take cars to Manhattan from 6 running through the Jamaica Bay Wildlife to 10 a.m. and to Brooklyn from 3 to 7 p.m. The saltwater that filled both tubes during Refuge. There is no working signal system, the rails the hurricane caused extensive damage to the are twisted and in some areas the supporting electrical, lighting, communications, surveillance and ventilation systems in both tubes. roadbed has been completely washed away. MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota reiterated that Cuomo’s office said there is no timetable for reopening the western tube. the damage over Jamaica Bay is unprecedented. Lhota said the tunnel, the longest under-river “And so is the MTA’s response,” Lhota said. “Restoring the entire A train will take months, vehicle tunnel in North America, also handed but the MTA is committed to doing it and pro- the MTA an unprecedented challenge. “It was filled from floor to ceiling for viding alternatives to our customers in the more than a mile with water and debris,” meantime.” Ferry service between the Rockaways and continued on page 28

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Community Board 9 members continued their ongoing discussion of a possible High Line-style elevated park along the old Rockaway Beach Long Island Rail Road viaduct at their November meeting on Tuesday night. The plan, championed by CB 9’s chairwoman, Andrea Crawford, has met some stiff opposition from board members from Woodhaven, which the LIRR line passes through. “It’s easy to say when it doesn’t come past your home,” said CB 9 member Nick Comianni, who lives in the Forest Park Co-Ops, adjacent to part of the line. “This would come right next to my home.” Comianni said he is concerned about the possibility of crime, especially after dark, and noted it is hard enough already to get police to patrol the perimeter of the co-ops. Crawford said the park would be locked down at night, similar to another

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Howard Beach still devastated by Sandy Some residents lost everything, many wonder when help will finally arrive by AnnMarie Costella

tion. As of Friday, she had not had electricity for 12 days. “My car was totaled,” Anna Maria Fileccia “Are you from FEMA?” Terry Fogarty asked a visitor with a tinge of hope in her voice, said. “My car was completely saturated. It was which soon turned to disappointment when she submerged in water for eight hours. It was a terrifying night. The water was getting higher and realized federal help had not arrived. On Friday afternoon, the Howard Beach resi- higher.” Cars throughout the neighborhood sat at dent had been waiting for over a week to get some kind of assistance after Hurricane Sandy awkward angles, having been pushed by the damaged her home. It left her and her husband, rising water, and many had broken or misstwo children and elderly mother without heat or ing windows. It was clear that Howard Beach had been beaten and battered by Sandy, a electricity and a water-logged basement. “On Election Day, so many people were giv- superstorm the likes of which residents had ing things away — the Red Cross and everyone never seen. “The water was unbelievable and it filled up else,” Fogarty said. “And after Election Day, it the whole apartment was over. You didn’t see downstairs,” George anybody.” Buonocore of 96th Fogarty said she had Street said. “We had an appointment to see e’re throwing our like 8 feet of water. a FEMA representative The water was so on Nov. 6, but the perwhole lives out in powerful that it broke son canceled due to a the street — piece by the side window and death in the family. foundation and it She was never given a piece, everybody’s life the actually took the dryer new appointment and and ripped it from the hasn’t heard anything in the streets of pipe, and we were from the agency since. Howard Beach — loaded with gas.” “I called FEMA. I Buonocore and his can’t get through anyand nobody cares.” family had to be evacmore. My phone just uated from their home dies,” Fogarty said by the National Guard — Robert Fanizza, resident of 96th Street teary-eyed. “I have no due to the gas leak. electric. I have no heat. “They said if we I have nothing. There was 10 feet of water in the basement that would have put a candle on, this neighborhood encroached on the first level. We filled out the would have been gone,” Buonocore recalled. application right away, and we’re still waiting “They turned off the gas and the water and we had to find somewhere else to sleep.” for FEMA.” Although the problem was corrected, he Fogarty wasn’t the only one feeling angry, frustrated and depressed. On many streets in still hasn’t moved back in. He is waiting for Howard Beach one could see the water-dam- the heat, electricity and gas to be restored, and aged debris that had been cleared from homes in the meantime is staying with a friend in Ozone Park. Although he has lived in Howard lying on the sidewalk or filling Dumpsters. “I would like to know why the people of Beach for 31 years, Buonocore said after Howard Beach weren’t evacuated,” said Lucy Sandy he is considering moving. “I think Mayor Bloomberg should have done Fileccia, 80, of 96th Street. She has lived in Howard Beach for 31 a better job, and I think the people who work years with her daughter Anna Maria and her with him should know that Jamaica Bay and this sister, Theresa Palazzo, 86. She sustained whole area should have been flood Zone A, not damage to her boiler, basement, and insula- B,” Buonocore said. “When you’re Zone B, you Assistant Editor

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Gina McCoy struggles to clean up her water-damaged home.

Frustrated with FEMA’s lackluster response, Terry Fogarty posts a sign on her home, and was still PHOTOS BY ANNMARIE COSTELLA waiting for an answer on Friday. think it won’t be as bad. Nobody knew.” Robert Fanizza of 96th Street also expressed anger and disappointment with elected officials. He braved the storm with his wife, Herlinde Martinez-Fanizza, and their dog, Moka. “There was very poor communication from the police, from the Red Cross, from everybody,” Fanizza said. “They come by once in a while with a megaphone and you can’t even understand what they’re saying. They dropped some supplies in Charles Park, but that didn’t come till Saturday. So what were we supposed to do for five days? We have no heat, no hot water, no electricity, no nothing.” The Fanizzas lost two cars, much of their clothing, the entire contents of their garage and first floor, a washing machine and dryer, patio furniture, a tool shed in the backyard and their son’s baseball equipment. The family photos and keepsakes that they managed to save were spread out on a coffee table waiting to dry. “We’re throwing our whole lives out in the street — piece by piece, everybody’s life in the streets of Howard Beach – and nobody cares,” Fanizza said.

Anna Maria Fileccia shows how high the water rose during Hurricane Sandy.

On Friday afternoon, Gina McCoy was getting ready to do her 10th load of laundry that day, lifting the heavy sack of clothes and tossing it into the trunk of a rental car. Her own vehicle was destroyed by the storm, as was the first floor of her house, her garage and all her clothes. She evacuated to her sister’s house in Ozone Park with her daughter, but her husband and mother-in-law stayed. They watched the water rise to over 6 feet and took cover on an upper floor, wondering if they would make it out alive. They did. But Sandy still left her mark. “I’m devastated,” McCoy said. “I’m tired of this. Every time I go in the house, I cry because I see things that I lost and there is so much I have to do to try and save things. I can’t do this anymore. The house is destroyed. Q Everything is destroyed.”

Herlinde Mar tinez-Fanizza with husband, Robert Fanizza, and dog, Moka, are doing their best to recover from the storm.

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Sandy leaves Navy vet, 80, in the cold Howard Beach resident found his home filled with six feet of water by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

The day after Hurricane Sandy blasted the city, Larry Kata went to check on his uncle, Richard Leporin, who lives in Howard Beach. “I found him upstairs shivering with his cat and a flashlight, because he had no power,” Kata said. “The water was six and a half feet high in his house.” “The water was coming in so fast,” Leporin recalled. “I went downstairs and I saw the refrigerator floating in the kitchen. I thought about the electric. I said to myself,

‘I’d better get out of the water.’ I went upstairs and lay down on the sofa with the cat.” Luckily, Kata helped the 80-yearold Navy veteran get to safety before anything happened to him. Now, without electricity, heat, or hot water, Leporin and his cat have taken up residence with Kata in West Babylon, LI. He said he has some concern about leaving his property unattended because of possible looters, but added that there isn’t much left to steal. And he’s been coming back to clean up the mess left behind. Piles of debris sat outside his

Sandy ravaged Leporin’s workshop, where he used to construct model boats, left, and the street outside his home is filled with the debris he has removed, so far.

Howard Beach dwelling last Friday and Leporin, assisted by Kata, was still working on the massive job of cleaning out his flood-ravaged home. Still, he remained in good spirits, thankful for the possessions he was able to save — including his deceased wife’s ashes, family photos including their wedding portrait and some model boats that he built. Leporin lost nearly everything on the first floor of his home, the contents of his garage and woodworking shop and his car. The house was cold, and a damp smell permeated the air. Leporin was dressed in several layers of clothes, wearing a knit cap and carrying a flashlight as he carefully walked through the space where he has lived since 1960. “There was a wall here, and when my wife passed away, I made a memorial, real nice, and I had her ashes and everything here,” Leporin said as he pointed to a barren, dirtcovered area. “I’m 80 years old. I never did harm to anyone in my life. I’m not the only one. There are people who are worse off than me.” Leporin said he hasn’t gotten any disaster assistance or services. The only help he has received is from

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The race was supposed to be one of the most competitive and tightest state Legislative elections in the country. Some were preparing for the possibility of a recount. Either way, nearly everyone on both sides of the campaign thought the f inal results would be close. They weren’t. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) kept his seat in Albany by defeating City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) by a relatively wide margin — 57 percent to 43 percent. The results were slightly larger than his 2010 margin against former Councilman Anthony Como. The City Board of Elections has not released any specific information on results from election districts as of yet because many voters in the 15th District displaced by Hurricane Sandy voted elsewhere in the district or even the state. The district includes Howard Beach and most of the Rockaway Peninsula, hard hit by the Oct. 29 storm. The BOE did release unoff icial

results which showed more than 66,000 voters cast ballots in the race, only about an 8 percent drop from the last presidential election in 2008. The district was redrawn after the 2010 Census to include Kew Gardens Hills and the Rockaways. Addabbo said he won because his campaign was able to reach out to voters who rejected the “political noise,” specifically the number of mailers residents received. Even after Hurricane Sandy, when both Addabbo and Ulrich suspended campaigning, numerous fliers showed up in the mailboxes of survivors in Howard Beach attacking the candidates. He believes negative mailers sent out on Ulrich’s behalf by a group based in Virginia backfired and made an impact on the race. Addabbo said he and Ulrich work well together and have continued to do so since the election, especially on issues related to Sandy. “Everything happens for a reason,” Ulrich said earlier this week, adding that his district needs him in the wake of Sandy. Q

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The city and a private contractor have set up temporary ferry service between the Rockaways and lower Manhattan while A train service to and from the peninsula is suspended due to hurricane damage. Service began Monday as the New York City Economic Development Corporation and Seastreak teamed up to run ferries between Beach 108th Street and Beach Channel Drive in the Rockaways and Pier 11 and East 34th Street in Manhattan. The one-way fare is $2. There are five Manhattan-bound trips scheduled between 5:45 and 9:20 a.m. from a temporary landing. Return service will run from Manhattan during the evening rush hour. Mayor Bloomberg announced the agreement last Friday at a press conference that included officials from the city and Seastreak. The MTA on Monday also established bus service to take Rockaway residents to the newly-reopened A train station in Howard Beach. “Thanks to quick work by Seastreak and the Economic Development Corporation, residents of the Rockaways will now have an affordable and reliable way to get to and from Manhattan,” Bloomberg said. “Ferry service is one of the many ways the city is helping these New Yorkers begin the enormous work of recovery from Hurricane Sandy.” Congressman Bob Turner (R-Queens and Brooklyn) applauded the Bloomberg administration in a statement issued by his office. Turner and his wife lost their home in the f ire that destroyed more than 100 houses. “Given all the problems Rockaway residents are facing as a result of Hurricane Sandy, they should not also have to worry about how they will get to work each day,” Turner said. Seth Pinsky, president of the EDC, and Seastreak Chairman James Barker said the project is all part of getting the city and its economy back on normal footing. “Businesses must also play a part in the relief efforts, and Seastreak is doing what it can to bring a sense of normalcy back to the community,” Barker said. Councilmen Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park)

and James Sanders Jr. (D-Laurelton), both of whom represent the peninsula, said the move will play an enormous role in the revitalization of Rockaway. Council Speaker Christine Quinn (DManhattan) also praised the public-private partnership and the speed with which they came together in a time of need. “As we work to rebuild devastated areas of the city, this new ferry service will make transportation much easier for residents of t h e R o c k away s t o g e t t o a n d f r o m

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$500M allocated for Sandy recovery Money will be used for repairs to schools, hospitals damaged in storm by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Mayor Bloomberg announced Monday that the city will release another $500 million in funding to help schools and hospitals recover from Hurricane Sandy. Joined by Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Comptroller John Liu, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott and Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), the mayor made the announcement at PS 207 in Howard Beach, one of 23 schools in the city that remain closed after the hurricane more than two weeks ago. The money will be exclusively used to make necessary repairs to schools and hospitals that were damaged during the hurricane, including PS 207, which suffered a catastrophic oil spill in its basement when it was flooded by the storm surge. The school remains closed and students were relocated to PS 232 in Lindenwood. Schools will get $200 million of the allocations and hospitals will receive the other $300 million. No major hospital in Queens suffered damage, the mayor said. The three major hospitals that suffered damage were Bellevue in Manhattan, Coney Island in Brooklyn and a rehabilitation hospital on Roosevelt Island. “These school buildings and public hospitals are resources that hundreds of thousands

Mayor Mike Bloomberg, joined by Health and Hospital Corporation President Alan Aviles, left, Comptroller John Liu, Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott and PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER Councilman Eric Ulrich at PS 207 Monday. of New Yorkers rely on every day — and we are not waiting for Federal aid to begin the work of repairing and reopening them,” the mayor said. “This emergency capital spending is a vital investment in our recovery and future.” Speaker Quinn said she expects swift

approval for the money from the City Council because of the importance of the schools and hospitals the money will repair. “Think about it, if you’re a child who lost your home, what is your second home when you’re a child? Your school,” she said. “So if we can spend and reallocate

taxpayer money quickly to get the schools reopened, we will give children an additional sense of stability, a little normalcy back in their lives.” The city has already authorized $134 million in spending for the recovery efforts from Hurricane Sandy, including $12 million to the Department of Sanitation Off ice of Emergency Management for debris removal; $5 million for plumbing and water line inspections in homes; $2.5 million for food and water distribution; $2 million for the delivery of maintenance; repair and operations supplies for response operators and $1.1 million for more ambulances. The mayor said the final cost to the city for Sandy recovery will run far higher than what has already been spent. “It will run into the billions of dollars,” he said. “We won’t know the full costs for some time.” Liu said the emergency funding will not severely impact the city’s already-fragile finances, but stressed that the federal government would have to kick in reimbursements to help cover the spending. “I believe that the city’s financial position is solid enough to handle this additional need,” he said. “But nonetheless, we will also work hard to maximize the reimbursements that we are due from the Federal government Q as quickly as possible.”

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Some people in neighborhoods hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy have become fed up with the turgid flow of government aid into their devastated neighborhoods, so local businesses have stepped up to help their neighbors in need. Marly Gurino, whose husband John runs Tuscany Deli in Lindenwood, said the day after the hurricane, “John went to check on the store to see the damage. He found about 60 people in a line in front of the door begging him to open because they had nothing to eat. So he had two customers help him open up shop, make coffee and food.” Since then, the Italian-themed deli, a local favorite, has been donating food from its own shelves and from those of other concerned citizens to families in need in neighborhoods such as Broad Channel and Howard Beach. Gurino described their new adopt-afamily program, which she has been running since Saturday. The program finds donors through Facebook and allows them to buy meals for families in need.

“I look for a family that needs food,” said Gurino. “I say to them, ‘someone will treat you, what do you want?’ After the delivery, I contact the person with the credit card to have them pay.” Her husband John added, “Somebody came in and gave me their credit card, they said ‘charge $100, $200 on it.’” It all started, however, with doorto-door distribution of food in needy neighborhoods. Gurino said that last Saturday, she had been in Old Howard Beach handing out hot meals. “Older people are too proud to come up and ask for food, so we started going door-to-door,” she said. Gurino estimated that, as of last Tuesday, they had donated over $2,500 worth of food, including daily deliveries to St. Helen Church in Howard Beach. “She asked what you’d like, actually. She’ll take an order. No charge,” said Donna Maria, a Broad Channel resident who had received help from Tuscany Deli. “She hooked us up, 3 families down here. They’re making a lot of people happy down here.” Although she had lost everything, she said

Marly Gurino, who helps run Tuscany Deli in Lindenwood, with brochure in hand at a table with volunteers and Howard Beach residents ready to distribute hot food in Howard Beach. Hers is one of several companies working to feed needy PHOTO BY MARLY GURINO South Queens residents. that her story was no different from anyone else’s in the neighborhood. But Tuscany Deli is far from the only business caring for its neighbors. Tara Braun, a local friend of Gurino who has been working with her to distribute food, said, “Every day there’s a new food truck just willing to give food out to the community, it’s amazing. They’re so happy to give us a coffee, muffin,

burrito, it’s really wonderful. I don’t know how they’re finding us.” Adrian and Rocky’s Catering, based in Ozone Park, has been feeding needy local residents as well. “We do barbecues, we serve whoever,” said a representative for the business, who asked not to be named. He also indicated that a barbecue had been held on Saturday near Charles Park in Old Howard

Beach.“We served hamburgers, hot dogs, mac and cheese. There was iced tea and coffee. We do barbecues all the time for the kids at the local high school, so we’re good at it.” “We’re planning one for the Rockaways or Breezy Point this weekend” he said, also indicating that needy residents could find details of their events as they became available on Q their Facebook page.

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The civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Education has decided to investigate claims that the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policies concerning admissions at its eight â&#x20AC;&#x153;specializedâ&#x20AC;? high schools violate the civil rights of prospective Black and Hispanic students. The eight high schools â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bronx High School of Science; Brooklyn Latin School; Brooklyn Technical High School; Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts; High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College; High School of American Studies at Lehman College; Queens High School for the Sciences at York College and Stuyvesant High School â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all require prospective students pass a 2.5 hour-long Specialized High School Admissions Test, called the SHSAT. The complaint, f iled by a coalition including the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. argues that the DOE has illegally weeded out Black and Latino students by mandating a test that schools in minority areas are not equipped to prepare students for. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Year after year, thousands of academically talented African-American and Latino students who take the test are denied admission to the Specialized High Schools at rates far higher than those for other racial groups,â&#x20AC;? the NAACP said in its complaint, filed in September. According to DOE statistics, 35 percent of students who score well on the SHSAT and are accepted into one of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eight specialized high schools are Asian, while another 31 percent are white, but just under 7 percent are Hispanic and only 5 percent are black, well below the percentage of students citywide from those demographic groups.

The complaint asked the U.S. DOE to step in and investigate the testing procedure, which the agency agreed to do this week. The city has vigorously defended its procedures, calling them fair and necessary. At a press conference in September, Mayor Bloomberg defended the test policy, saying it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;as fair as fair can be.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing subjective about this,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You pass the test, you get the highest score, you get into the school â&#x20AC;&#x201D; no matter what your ethnicity, no matter what your economic background is.â&#x20AC;? Nevertheless, city DOE spokesman said the agency has been pushing for more black and Hispanic students and has been successful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want all of our students to have opportunities to prepare for the test no matter their ZIP code,â&#x20AC;? the DOE said in a statement released in September. A spokesperson for the DOE pointed to statistics showing more black and Hispanic students were offered specialized high school seats in 2011 than in the previous two years. A teacher, who declined to be identified due to DOE regulations, said the problem starts at a young age both in school and at home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Asian parents put a lot of emphasis on this specific test from a young age,â&#x20AC;? the teacher, who works at a middle school with a large Asian-American student population, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That gives them an advantage over perhaps poorer demographics who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the resources to pour into this one test.â&#x20AC;? If the federal government f inds civil rights violations in its admission procedure for the eight high schools, it would require the city to change the test-only policy for Q admission.

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like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said. In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went watches and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also into an unassuming gold buying and cash loan offers instant cash loans for jewelry and eBay shop on Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 selling services. offer on her ring from another area shop, but Their cash loans program is straightforward and was looking to get a better deal. In what may simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who be viewed as poor business acumen, she told has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg her new prospective buyer what her previous said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to offer was. Still, after examining her piece, he buy their jewelry back before the end of the term. offered her $1,600. He did so, as he says, Sometimes these are people’s heirlooms we’re “...because that’s what it was worth.” talking about and we respect that.” The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for For those who are less Internet-savvy or cash in today’s economy is something that just don’t have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying Arthur Elias and Edward Goldberg can relate to offers a convenient eBay sales service. If what first-hand, having been laid off from their jobs a customer has isn’t an item that Ice Jewelry in jewelry manufacturing. They understand Buying would purchase, like a handbag or that people get into situations where they just antique furniture, they can help find a buyer need a little cash fast to make the bills and Ice on their eBay store. Elias consults with the Jewelry Buying Service hopes to help out in customer to find a target the most honest way they can. price and let the internet STORE HOURS “For this, I like to think we’re auctioneers handle the rest. doing the community a service,” MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm For anyone who has Elias said. “We’re in the business SAT. 10am - 5pm ever dealt with the hassle of helping people who are in a SUN. by Appointment of selling and shipping tough spot. They can come to an item on eBay — all the our store and know that we can forms involved in setting up a user and paypal educate them on what they have and we’ll give account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice them what their items are worth. When that Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is woman told me her previous offer, it made me really a bargain deal. wonder how many times this happens — how “At the end of the day, I just want people many people who really need that money get to feel comfortable doing business with us. taken advantage of?” People have this conception of gold buying Elias opened his Rego Park shop with stores as these slimy places with slimy Goldberg less than a year ago, and already people, and they’re typically right. But we they’re seeing a lot of repeat customers and want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to referrals. This is a sign to them that they’re see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in doing something right — the pawn business their counter for $800. We don’t do that.” typically deals in one-time transactions but Ice Jewelry Buying Services is located at Elias is determined to break that mold, 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of building a reputation on trust. operation are Monday-Friday from 11am to “Everyone around here is buying gold these 7:00pm and Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday days; you can go into the barber shop down private appoinments are available. Call for the road and sell your jewelry. The problem Q more information (718) 830-0030. with all these places is they treat everything

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Faced with an estimated $500 million emergency repair bill for city schools and hospitals damaged by Hurricane Sandy, the loss of an expected $635 million in revenue from new taxi medallion sales that were blocked by the courts and inherent structural deficits as far as the eye can see, Mayor Bloomberg this week announced approximately $1.7 billion in mid-year budget cuts that would be enacted in this fiscal year and the next one. The mayor targeted some of the areas of city discretionary spending where he has often proposed reductions but been met with stiff resistance from members of the City Council and advocacy groups. Among the planned cuts are $8.3 million in city support for public libraries and $10 million for the after-school program called Out of School Time. The administration would eliminate 2,127 city employee positions, though officials told the media that only 167 workers would actually have to be laid off. Other

slots would be lost through attrition. Bloomberg also would cancel the planned reopening of the Queens Detention Complex, which had been set for January. On the revenue side, the mayor would increase the price of school lunches from $1.50 to $2.50, a move he estimates would bring in $4.4 million. The cost of parking in Manhattan would also go up, from $3 to $3.50 an hour south of 96th Street and from $1 to $1.50 between 96th and 110th streets. The mayor maintains his position that the spending reductions and revenue increases must be made for the city to retain its fiscal responsibility. The New York Times quoted Lauren Passalacqua, a mayoral spokeswoman, as saying, “New York has fared better than other cities through fiscal uncertainty because of our responsible budgeting, and these measures will help to maintain critical services, including all hurricane relief, while keeping the city’s fiscal house in order.” Bloomberg also said the cuts would not impact the post-storm rebuilding effort. Q

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Insurance companies are already seeking ways to back out of their obligations to cover damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, according to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). The hullabaloo surrounds the storm’s classification as a “post tropical cyclone” by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service. Gov. Cuomo also declared Sandy would not be classified a “hurricane” by insurance companies. The classification helps homeowners avoid a special “hurricane deductible” in most insurance policies, which is notably higher. Schumer claims the industry is pushing to have the decision reversed, in order to recoup millions from homeowners. “Superstorm Sandy left many homeowners’ lives in shambles, and private insurance companies — who have collected thousands and thousands of dollars in premiums — should be doing everything possible to help them clean up the mess and rebuild, not trying to skirt their obligations,” Schumer said in

sary documentation of stormcaused damage. The move bypasses the typical home inspection conducted by the company to back up homeowners claims, meaning residents can clear debris sooner. The governor also instituted a 30-day moratorium on the termination of any homeowners insurance for any reason, including nonpayment of premiums. He also expanded the states disaster hotline, a go-to for insurance-related questions, to 24/7 service. “Health and safety must come first. If debris is creating unsafe conditions, people must be able to clear it away without hurting their right to make an insurance claim,” Cuomo said in a statement. “We are acting to preserve homeowners’ insurance rights when much is beyond their control. They have suffered enough and should not be hurt further by red tape or technicalities.” Schumer sent a letter to the chief executives of three major insurance associations, lambasting published reports companies plan to challenge the NOAA and the NWS’s classification. “I urge you to work with your

a statement. “The state and federal governments both classified this storm as a post tropical cyclone, not a hurricane, and insurance companies shouldn’t try to alter reality to save money on the backs of homeowners.” Hurricane deductibles are assessed as a percentage of the value of the home before the storm hit, usually ranging between 1 percent and 5 percent. Non-hurricane deductibles are a fixed dollar value, sometimes under $1,000. According to Schumer, the difference between the two can be tens of thousands of dollars for homeowners who have little to no financial wiggle room. The cost to the insurance industry in total could be in the billions. Eqecat, a company that tracks insurance losses, has pegged the total cost of the storm for insurers between $5 and $10 billion. The company noted the area affected by Sandy includes 20 percent of the nation’s population. Cuomo augmented other rules on Nov. 5 in order to expedite the recovery process, instructing insurers to accept owners’ documentation and photos as the only neces-

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for most Medicare Advantage and Part D plans. Through the Medicare Five-Star Quality Rating System, these ratings are based on quality measures that include member satisfaction, customer service and pharmacy services. Plans are rated on a scale from 1 to 5 stars, with 5 stars indicating the highest quality. Visit aarp.org/openenrollment to find easy-to-understand guidance on the choices available to you during open enrollment and questions to consider when choosing a Medicare plan. Spanish language open enrollment resources are available at aar p.org/espanol/salud/ medicare-y-el-seguro AARP has several additional resources to help people with Medicare: • If you are enrolled in a Medicare drug plan, the Doughnut Hole Calculator may help you lower your drug costs. You can learn how to reduce your drug costs in the prescription drug coverage gap, or avoid it entirely, by f inding lower-cost medication options. Go to aarp.org/doughnuthole or aarp.org/calcula doramedicare. • A comprehensive guide to Medicare prescription drug coverage can be found at aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/ Q medicare_partD_guide — NAPS

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With so many options based on where you live and what prescriptions you need, selecting a Medicare Part D Plan can be complicated and time consuming. However, every American 65 and older or Medicare disabled who wishes to enroll must enroll in a plan for 2013 no later than Dec. 7. Alexis Abramson, Ph.D, a gerontologist and leading advocate for health and wellness issues affecting baby boomers and seniors, offers five simple tips to guide you through the process during this year’s registration window. 1. Sign up for Medicare Part D — no matter what. Even if you currently don’t take any prescription medications, you should still consider signing up for a Medicare Part D Plan. If you enroll late or when you are in need of drug coverage, you could pay much higher premiums. The only exceptions to this rule are seniors with equivalent or creditable drug coverage from an employer’s healthcare plan, retiree health plan or from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. 2. You can get Part D two ways, but PDPs are a more affordable option. Your first option is to buy Part D coverage as part of a private Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) that is based on the drugs you take. Your second option is to sign up for Medicare Advantage, a Medicare HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) that also includes Medicare Part A and Part B (hospital and medical). According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a majority of Medicare Part D enrollees opt for private PDPs. 3. Plans change annually so take your time to research.

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Health & Fitness A dermatologist’s cure for the winter blues: Look better, feel better by Dr. Gary Goldenberg It is very easy to forget about taking care of oneself during the busy months of fall and winter. With the holidays, cold weather and short days, it’s no wonder that as many as 9 percent of the U.S. population suffers from the winter blues, known as seasonal affective disorder in the medical community. One way a dermatologist can help you with the winter blues is by making you look better. In fact, botulinum toxins (Botox® or Dysport ®) have been shown to improve depression symptoms. In a recent study, patients who received botulinum toxin in the forehead reported nearly 50 percent fewer depression symptoms on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. I have certainly seen this effect in my patients. It makes perfect sense that if one looks better, he or she feels better. But there is more to this story — experts believe that a relative change in facial expression from angry, sad, and fearful to happy and can produce emotional well-being beyond the cosmetic benefit. Rosacea is a chronic disorder primarily of the facial skin that is characterized by redness, flushing and acne bumps. Hot liquids, spicy food, alcoholic beverages and stress can make rosacea symptoms worse. Several treatments can alleviate rosacea symptoms. These include V-beam laser treatment, chemical peels and blue light/photodynamic therapy. The V-beam is a laser used to treat vascular abnormalities, such as redness of acne and rosacea. The laser works by dispensing an intense but gentle burst of light that selectively destroys the blood

vessels without damaging the surrounding skin and tissues. Cosmetically sensitive areas, such as the face, neck, and the V of the chest can be easily treated. Pain is usually minor, and use of a topical anesthetic prior to treatment decreases discomfort as much as possible. More than one session is usually necessary to achieve optimal results. A trichloroacetic acid (TCA) peel gently lifts and removes the surface skin layer preventing clogged pores, acne bumps and fine wrinkles and lines. The effects of a TCA peel may also extend beyond the skin surface — TCA stimulates the underlying dermal tissues to regenerate and strengthen collagen fibers. This results in fewer rosacea breakouts, smoother skin surface, removal of wrinkles and an overall more youthful complexion. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with blue light is a noninvasive method used to treat rosacea. A special light-sensitive medication called aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is applied to the affected area and allowed to remain there for 1 to 3 hours. Then the blue light is directed to the skin. For some patients, simply being exposed to blue light can help with rosacea. This treatment improves acne bumps, decreases pore size and improves the overall appearance of the skin. Fillers are another way to improve one’s appearance. Fillers can be used to lift the creases that extend from the nose to the corners of the mouth (nasolabial folds) and marionette lines, rebuild the cheeks, fill hollows around the temples and improve the appearance of aging hands. Injection of fillers into the lips can decrease the appearance of lines around the mouth and increase the fullness of the lips. A “liquid facelift” combines injections of filler agents into several areas to restore the more rounded, youthful and full contour of the face. This approach is ideal for a younger patient, as well as an older patient who

is seeking an alternative to facelift surgery. The entire procedure can be performed in the office with the aid of topical numbing cream. Some of the popular fillers include Restylane® and Juvéderm® — composed of hyaluronic acid, which is naturally found in the body — and provide volume and fullness to the skin. The duration of effect from the hyaluronic acid fillers ranges from six months to one year in most cases. The volume enhancing effect is created by layering the filler in a series of fine tunnels within the undersurface of the skin. Sculptra Aesthetic® is another injectable filler that is made from poly-L-lactic acid, which works to restore the structure and contour of the face. Sculptra stimulates the skin to produce collagen, filling and contouring the face over time. This often gives a more natural look than a surgical facelift. Sculptra is best used in combination with hyaluronic acid fillers and botulinum toxins. The “look good, feel better” motto is an important aspect of dermatology practice. By taking the time to improve your appearance, you can beat the winter blues this year, and every year. Ask your dermatologist what you can do to improve your appearance during your next visit. Q

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continued from page 6 the dark in the days and weeks after Hurricane Sandy has been tough, “A big problem is that there’s very little information for the community.” The center was operating with a generator until Sunday when power returned. Heedles said the majority of the people who have come for help are elderly, a group that makes up a large portion of Howard Beach’s population. “There are a lot of old people,” she explained. “They’re frightened, they don’t want to open the doors because they’ve heard of the abuse, they think that people will come to take their things.” The relief center garnered the attention of one of the neighborhood’s most famous natives — singer Pia Toscano, who competed on American Idol. “I flew in from California to help out in any way I can,” she said. Toscano spent Tuesday afternoon unloading boxes of supplies and had previously ordered a stack of pizzas for people eating at the church gymnasium. The center is still open and Heedles said it would remain there as long people keep coming. “How long will we keep doing this?” she said. “Well, as long as there’s a Q need.”

Bank doubling Sandy aid funds

Young benefactors The call for donations to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy was heard far and wide. Students from St. Ignatius of Antioch School in Yardley, Penn., above, held a supply drive to contribute to the Queens Chronicle’s

collection of items for South Queens and the Rockaways. A parent drove all the clothes, food, toiletries and other items to the Chronicle office, from where they were distributed to those in need. Our thanks go to the students!

Queens County Savings Bank and its affiliates are doubling contributions made at any of their branches for the Salvation Army’s Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. The bank’s parent company, New York Community Bancorp, will give the Salvation Army up to $150,000 in matching funds through a relief fund it set up. In addition to Queens County Savings Bank, banks in New York that are part of NYCB include Roslyn Savings Bank, Richmond County Savings Bank, Roosevelt Savings Bank and New York Commercial Bank. Donations may be made at any of those. NYCB’s headquarters and 206 of its 274 branches are within the area hit by Sandy. “To see so many people in crisis in our own backyard is both saddening and shocking; you can’t help but be affected and want to do what you can to ease the pain,” NYCB President and Chief Executive Officer Joe Ficalora said. “As a community bank, we have a commitment to support the causes that are important to our customers and our employees, and providing relief for them and their neighbors ranks at the top of that list.” Ficalora and NYCB have a long histoQ ry of charitable giving in Queens.

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MLS poll: Queens likes mystery plan Residents don’t know much about soccer stadium plan, but they like it by Joseph Orovic Chronicle Contributor

Major League Soccer released a poll over the weekend showing an overwhelming majority of Queens residents support a proposal they know little to nothing about. The results of a poll commissioned by the league claims a vast majority of borough residents support the creation of a 25,000-seat soccer stadium a stone’s throw from the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, but the full results show a majority of respondents knew little to nothing about the plan. The survey was followed by a New York Post report which claimed the Mayor has a list of high-profile projects which must be fast-tracked to ensure their approval before Bloomberg’s tenure in off ice ends in 14 months. The “legacy list” includes the proposed MLS stadium. It was reportedly first started by former Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Dan Doctoroff and is the subject of ongoing weekly progress report meetings. The Fairness Coalition of Queens, a collection of community groups opposing the stadium’s proposed location, is questioning the poll’s methodology. Members of the group said respondents were not presented with the full picture of the project, creating misleading f igures meant to whitewash what has been a push to create the proverbial path of least resistance. The survey had 650 respondents in total, 500 from around the borough and 150 selected from Corona and Flushing, which bookend the park. It found 60 percent of respondents had seen, read or heard little to nothing about the plan. Yet 71 percent of respondents supported the creation of a soccer stadium within the borough, with 21 percent opposed. Those f igures drop when respondents were informed the stadium’s location would be in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, to 67 percent for and 27 percent against. The survey found a nearly identical level of

A Major League Soccer poll found a majority Queens residents know little to nothing about a proposed stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, yet FILE PHOTO they support its creation. support in the park’s adjacent communities. “Our experience has been that when people learn about the stadium and the impact of the stadium, their minds change,” said Joseph McKellar of the Queens Congregations United for Action, a member of the Fairness Coalition. He added the coalition’s own survey, currently being conducted, shows support for the stadium diminished as a clearer picture is drawn of the stadium’s impact. “Any charges that this was done in a vacuum are absolutely false,” said Jeffrey Pollock, president of Global Strategy Group, a research and public relations firm hired by

MLS to conduct the survey. “We asked the question if people were in favor of the MLS stadium along with asking questions about [other proposed developments nearby].” The poll, as shown to the Chronicle, starts by asking how informed the respondent is about the stadium plan, as well as the Willets Point redevelopment and USTA expansion plans. Of those in favor of the stadium within the borough, 41 percent strongly support it, 29 percent somewhat support it. Pollock attributed the support to Queens’ strong immigrant population, which fondly clings to the world’s game.

Javier Valdes, deputy director of Fairness Coalition member Make the Road New York, said the city is not presenting the stadium in the context of the two other projects going on around it. The coalition is trying to garner 5,000 signatures against the stadium’s location in the park, to present to the mayor’s office. The process of garnering the signatures has been revelatory. “Most of them are not aware that all three projects are happening within the same time period,” he said. “Anything that takes away from green space is very probQ lematic.”

Alleged cop killer faces possible life sentence by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

The Jamaica man accused of shooting a Nassau County cop and an innocent Brooklyn motorist was indicted this week on a slew of charges that could land him in prison for the rest of his life. Darrell Fuller, 33, faces three counts of murder in the first degree, one count of murder in the second degree, two counts of robbery in the first degree and two counts of criminal possession in the second degree, according to the four-page indictment f iled in Nassau County Supreme

Murder, robbery, weapons possession Court on Nov. 5. Each of the murder charges carries a possible prison sentence of life without parole. The third murder charge was added because Fuller allegedly killed more than one person in the course of one criminal act, according to the Nassau County DA’s office. Arthur Lopez, 29, who was a member of Nassau County’s Emergency Service Unit, pulled Fuller over on Oct. 23 near the Queens-Nassau border after he fled the scene of an accident. After a brief verbal

exchange Fuller is accused of shooting Lopez in the chest. Then he allegedly fled the scene, later ditching his vehicle, carjacking Raymond Facey, fatally shooting him in the head and then fleeing in his car. According to a report in the New York Post, Fuller said he shot Lopez because he thought the officer was going to use a Taser on him. Fuller reportedly had done f ive years for attempted murder and was out on parole on a subsequent drug conviction Q when he allegedly shot the two men.

Nassau County cop Arthur Lopez, left, and motorist Raymond Facey were both allegedly gunned down by Darrell Fuller of Jamaica. FILE PHOTOS

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Schneiderman investigating Sandy price increases by Michael Gannon

While not commenting on the specifics of the investigation, the AG’s office said it also has received complaints about generator and New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opened hotel rates rising due to “high demand” and increased prices for food an investigation into post-Hurricane Sandy price gouging following and water The complaints have come from New York City, Long Island and hundreds of complaints from consumers in hurricane-ravaged porthe Hudson Valley. tions of the state. The source also said Schneiderman’s invesGeneral business law statutes in the state tigators have subpoenaed information from prohibit merchants from taking unfair e ... will do everything we Craigslist, and have contacted some people advantage of customers by selling essentials goods and services on the online classuch as food, water, gas, generators, battercan to stop unscrupulous posting sified website at questionable prices. ies and flashlights at “an unconscionably Schneiderman’s statement said some busiexcessive price” during natural disasters or individuals from taking nesses targeted in a preliminary inquiry have other incidents that cause an unnatural disadvantage of New been put on notice by his office. ruption in the market. While the state’s price gouging statute, “Our office has zero tolerance for price Yorkers trying to rebuild General Business Law 396-r, does not specifigouging,” Schneiderman said in a statement cally define what constitutes “an unconissued by his office last week. their lives .” scionably excessive price,” the law says it can “We are actively investigating hundreds — NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman include “a gross disparity” between prices on of complaints we’ve received from conessential goods or services before and immesumers of businesses preying on victims of Hurricane Sandy, and will do everything we can to stop unscrupu- diately after the disruption of the market. “In other words, ‘before-and-after’ price analysis can be used as evilous individuals from taking advantage of New Yorkers trying to dence of price gouging,” Schneiderman stated. rebuild their lives,” he added. The law does not prohibit any and all price increases following a marSchneiderman said he sent out a price-gouging warning prior to the storm to businesses such as supermarkets, gas stations, hardware ket disruption, and merchants are permitted to present evidence that addistores, bodegas, delis and taxi and livery services in areas lying in tional costs not within their control were imposed upon them, as opposed to someone who clearly “is taking unfair advantage of consumers.” Sandy’s projected path. Schneiderman said consumers may file complaints by calling his A source familiar with the investigation told the Queens Chronicle that there have been about 600 complaints as of the end of last week, office at 1 (800) 771-7755, or by logging onto his office’s website at Q ag.ny.gov the majority of which involve gas stations. Editor

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Thank you, Sandy, for all you have given us by Rita Fico We have lived in a split ranch on the “new side” of Howard Beach since 1985. We lost one and a half floors of our home and a car to Sandy. Our daughter, DeAnna, son-in law, Mike and two of our fabulous granddaughters moved into their first home on the “old side” in May. They finished their basement six weeks ago. It is all gone. COURTESY PHOTO Neither of our homes is in Zone A. Mike was standing at his basement door watching, as Sandy arrived. He suddenly saw a tremendous wave coming right at the door. The powerful wave hit the steel basement door with such a force that the door was blown off its hinges. Mike started to run, being chased by the door and the wave. The door clipped his body as he was chased through the basement and up the stairs. The water rose fast and quickly filled their basement. Our granddaughters called us. They were screaming into the phone for Nana and Papa to save them. They were terrified by their parent’s fear, panic and tears. We will never forget their screams in our ears. For the first time in our lives, we were completely helpless because of the surge! We screamed back for them to call 911 to rescue them. Help never arrived. Once the water receded, we found out our loved ones escaped to Aunt Rosalie’s and Uncle Dan’s house around the corner. They were safe. Everyone we love and know is safe! We all made it! We are extremely thankful and blessed! Our 87-year-old mom, stricken with dementia, came to live with us in April. We set her up in what used to be our son Anthony’s basement bedroom. Our basement was professionally water-proofed in 1987 and finished in 1994. We recently installed dry wells and drains under the new cement in our yard. They were no match for Sandy’s fury. I have been a science teacher for most of my very long teaching career. Our son-in-law, Mike, is a high school earth science teacher. We understand all of the terms used during the forecasts for Sandy. I was raised in Ozone Park, so I insisted that we prepare the house for the surge. We lifted everything up from the floor throughout the house; much to my husband’s amusement: “We live 13 blocks from Cross

Bay Boulevard. Do you think all of this is really necessary?” Our preparations did not account for the final height of the flooding or force of the surge that set massive items floating around, crashing into and collapsing shelves and everything I lifted up onto them. Life has taught my husband, Tony, and me over 36 years of marriage, that anything you can fix with money is doable. Difficult? Yes; Exhausting? Yes? Frustrating? Yes, but doable. We will be worried, angry and resentful over what we thought we were insured for in our “deluxe policies,” but we will move forward and rebuild. Howard Beach had to rely on itself that fateful night and for the days that followed the Superstorm. So many people stepped up and paid it forward to the challenges Sandy left behind. Next week is Thanksgiving. Sandy brought out the best and worst in human nature. We will celebrate the best of human nature at our Thanksgiving table. Whatever that table will look like this year. We begin by being thankful for John and Daniella Melisi, the entire Melisi family and MECC Contracting Company. This young couple helped us and our neighbors tremendously. John brought in a generator for us to pump the water out of our homes, charged our cell phones and brought dry wood for us to burn in our fireplace. John even connected construction floodlights to his generator every night to light the block so we would all feel safe. Words cannot express how grateful we are for their countless kindnesses. I truly believe that John, Daniella and Baby Giovanni will receive many future blessings. They are earth angels! Thank you, Melisi family. We are thankful to Vincent Lopilato and his family from Glendale. Vinny has been dating our youngest daughter, Margaret, for over a year. He has become a regular customer at his local Glendale stores on our behalf. He patiently drove to and from them, shopped for endless lists of supplies that we needed for demolition, clean up, safety and comfort. He helped us with all of those tasks. We had not had the pleasure of meeting Vinny’s parents, Maria and Vincent, before Sandy. Margaret has been taking our laundry to Maria. The Lopilatos welcomed us into their home for a delicious hot meal and the hottest shower we have ever enjoyed. We are thankful to St. Helen’s Relief Center set up in Fr. Dooley Hall. We enjoyed many hot cups of coffee, hot pasta

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Council readies to grade the Sandy recovery continued from page 2 Emergency Management. The committee chairman, Vallone, and committee member Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) echoed Sanders’ dismay about CERT team misuse. Vallone said he was pilloried for twice holding hearings with OEM to discuss the city’s preparedness for a hurricane, but is glad he did. “The CERT teams were not used to evacuate people in Zone A. I’d love to know why they changed their minds,” he said. “The preparations, in my mind, were very good. The follow-up with the state and federal governments was poor at best.” Vallone has made a much-ballyhooed push to find out why problems at gas stations were not alleviated by the federal government. Halloran’s concerns mirror his colleagues’ but he also contends the 911 and 311 systems were rendered useless as the worst of the storm hit. “We need to look at the money we expended … and the contracts that were given out,” he said. “Part of the problem has always been that our city’s 911 system, once it reaches a certain point, is just going to tank again.” The biggest bogeymen among most council members inter-

viewed remained the two-headed beast of Con Ed and the Long Island Power Authority, which have faced a battering ram of criticism over the post-Sandy power restoration to communities outside of Manhattan. “Con Ed’s communication with the community was awful,” Weprin said. Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee said the power company did its best given the circumstances. “When you don’t have storm damage and knowing how long that takes; having to remove huge amounts of debris; having to work through road closures through the districts; having to do it expeditiously and ensure the safety of our workers and our guest workers — the job our folks did, working under extenuating circumstances, was a remarkable job,” he said. McGee added Con Ed will cooperate fully with any council hearings. Sanders has gone so far as to call for LIPA’s chief executive, Michael Hervey, to resign. Yesterday, he did. The power companies will endure further, more intense scrutiny from the state, after Gov. Cuomo signed an executive order creating a commission with full subpoena power to investigate continuing issues with power restoration.

and water when we needed those things. It was therapeutic just to take a break from cleaning up and talk to other Sandy victims seated at the tables. So many community residents and volunteers generously continue to give their time, resources and talents to anyone who comes in need. Sandy took a great deal from us, but I believe Sandy also took the perception that has negatively labeled Howard Beach residents for many years. We are extremely thankful for that. We are thankful to our cousins, Michael and Lorraine Viviano who took our Mom into their home in Mount Sinai on Long Island without question. We are so grateful for their generosity and commitment to family. Our Mom is warm and having a wonderful time there. She thinks she is on vacation. We are thankful to those who called us and offered to help in any way they could, especially my Friday friends. You know who you are! To Lois Fisher and her family, for all of the hot showers, meals, coffee, laundry, cell phone charging, Internet use and TV breaks. Thank you for being so available to all of us at this very difficult time. We love you! We are thankful to the New York City Department of Sanitation workers who came consistently and tried to be supportive and sensitive as they carted away our lives. Finally, for those of you who could not find it in your heart to answer the door or any call for help that fateful night; for those of you who used Sandy for excessive personal gain or profit; for those of you who looked the other way; for local businesses who did not give back to the community but could have; for those of you who were afraid that a family member or friend would ask for something; for those of you who cannot share with anyone; for those of you that had no problem saying “No”; for those who took advantage of an affected colleague(s) at work … I feel sorry for you! You lost something greater and more precious than any possession placed on the voluminous street piles. I hope you will take time at your Thanksgiving table to examine your lives. We will pray for you. We are thankful and eternally grateful to all the earth angels who gave of themselves so freely. A Happy and Q Blessed Thanksgiving! Rita Fico is a science teacher and has been a Howard Beach resident since 1981.

“From Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Lee, to Hurricane Sandy, over the past two years New York has experienced some of the worst natural disasters in our state’s history,” Cuomo said in a statement. “As we adjust to the reality of more frequent major weather incidents, we must study and learn from these past experiences to prepare for the future.” But before any committee hearings, recovery and rebuilding efforts must continue. The mayor announced on Monday an additional $500 million directed at city agencies tackling Sandy’s contributions to their already-sizeable to-do list. Council members promised the hearings will be more educational and ideas-based than the witch hunts and public lashings often administered by angry legislators. “There are a lot of questions people have,” Weprin said. “But we’re not here to point fingers. We want to make the city safer when it comes to storms.” Yet the politicking remains. In an oddly timed press release, the mayor’s office sent out a laundry list of services and work being done at the city level to aid recovery efforts, all ahead of a planned visit to the area by President Obama today. The sight of a city government busily restoring normalcy may soothe some, but other tempers are hard to cool. “We will never know the amount of rapes and robberies that took place in this time period,” Sanders said. Q It may be a question no committee can answer.

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Democrats appear to have won a majority in the next session of the state Senate, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be in control of the chamber, with all the perks that brings. For one, two races remain undecided, the one for a new seat west of Albany that pits Republican George Amedore against Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk, and the one between incumbent Sen. Steve Saland (R-Poughkeepsie) and Democratic challenger Terry Gipson. In the latter race, Conservative nominee Neil Di Carlo has taken votes away from Saland. Another reason is that there is a group of four Democrats, the Independent Democratic Caucus, who do not caucus with the rest of their party now. And finally, new Sen.-elect Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn) just announced that he will be caucusing with the Republicans, apparently after Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-LI) promised him enough benefits for doing so. Felder had played the free agent, announcing that he would join with whichever party offered more for his district. He had also run on the Conservative Party line, though in New York State that’s hardly an ideological matter, it’s just something many candidates seek to increase the number of times their names appear on the ballot. All that means that the Democrats either won’t end up with the 32-31 majority they appeared to win on Tuesday, or that even if they do, it won’t translate into everything from heading committees and controlling the agenda to getting the bigger, airier offices in the state Capitol. Of course all the Democrats outside of Felder and the IDC would be disappointed. But among those who might be most let down would be Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria), who heads the party’s state Senate Committee. He has to get a lot of credit for just coming close to retaking the majority, and for the surprisingly wide 14-point margin of victory enjoyed by Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) in his successful re-election bid against City Councilman Eric Ulrich (ROzone Park). And as the conference’s political leader, Gianaris would be a strong possibility for majority leader if the Democrats were put in charge. Addabbo looked forward to the possibility of the majority in a post-election interview with the Queens Chronicle’s editorial board. But he also acknowledged that the last time the Democrats had control, for a scant two years, mistakes were made that cost the party the

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will host a public hearing in Queens tonight, Nov. 15, to take input on four proposed fare hike schedules for public transportation in the city. The hearing will begin at 5 p.m. in the ballroom at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel at 135-20 39th Ave. in Flushing. People wishing to speak will be able to sign up until 8 p.m. Two of the proposals would increase bus and subway fares a quarter to $2.50 per ride. Others would maintain the current

$2.25 fare but would reduce or eliminate the bonus for filling a MetroCard with $10 or more. Those proposals also would increase the cost of weekly MetroCards from $29 to $30, while a $30-day unlimited card would go from $104 to $112. Tolls would increase $1 each way on the RFK-Triborough, Throgs Neck, Whitestone and Ver razano-Nar rows bridges. The increases will go into effect in March 2013 as the MTA seeks to increase Q revenue by $450 million next year.

Thanksgiving for Sandy victims Community leaders in Woodhaven are teaming up to provide Thanksgiving meals for those who will not be able to enjoy a traditional dinner because of the loss of heat and electricity due to Hurricane Sandy. The meals, for sit-down dining or takeout, will be given away on Thanksgiving, Nov. 22, at Broad Channel American Legion Post 1404, 209 Cross Bay Blvd. in Broad Channel. Etienne David Adorno of Community Board 9 said the United Hispanic Construction Workers Organization will

donate 25 turkeys to Tropical Restaurant, which will prepare the meals under the supervision of owner Jaime Illescas. Vegetarian and international food will be provided through the efforts of Uma Mysoreka, president of the Hindu Temple Society of North America and a representative of the Indian Jewish Council; and Misha Abdin of the Bangladeshi American Community Development and Youth Service. Adorno said City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) was able to arrange for the space at the Broad ChanQ nel American Legion hall.

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continued from page 5 Even the mayor noted the smell. While the school is being repaired, local kids are still able to use the playground, which off icials say does not pose a threat to the children. The goal, Walcott said, is to get the school up and running as soon as possible and though he did not give a specific

timetable, he hoped the school could be ready for occupancy by January. “We need to make sure this is a safe environment for our students,” he told one parent. “But we want to get these kids back into their own schools, fast.” Two other public schools in the area — PS 146 in Old Howard Beach and Broad Channel’s PS 47 — reopened Tuesday. Both suffered minor damage in the storm, but were able to welcome students back once power was restored. Q

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18th annual event will bring cheer to homeless children, hurricane families by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

The crisis brought on by Hurricane Sandy may just make this year’s Queens Chronicle Holiday Toy Drive the most important ever. This is the 18th year the paper has sponsored a toy and gift drive for needy children in Queens, and we need your help more than ever to bring them holiday cheer. Each year hundreds of children in homeless shelters benefit from our readers’ largesse, but as everyone knows, there are hundreds of newly homeless families whose dwellings were lost to the storm. This year we’ll be providing toys and other gifts to children at the Metro Family Residence in Elmhurst and Dove House, a shelter for women and children victimized by domestic violence. We’ll also be giving them to the Glendale-Maspeth United Methodist Church for distribution, and to one or more established, reputable organizations that can get them to families who lost so much to the hurricane. That’s in addition to the amazingly successful collection of clothes, shoes, toiletries, cleaning supplies and the like that the Chronicle has been holding ever since the storm [see separate story in most editions, or at qchron.com]. We know you’re hit with requests for donations of all kinds all the time. But charity begins at home, and we also know you’ll come through for the children of Queens this Christmas season, as you do every year. “There’s a tremendous outpouring of charity for the hurricane victims, and many of the toys we collect will go to them,” said Mark Weidler, the Queens Chronicle publisher and a

father of two young children. “But we must also remember those kids who are homeless throughout the year. I’m proud to continue our tradition of facilitating this toy drive to bring hundreds of gifts to needy children throughout Queens.” In coming weeks you’ll be seeing articles featuring letters to Santa Claus from the children in the shelters, asking for the presents they want the most. Be prepared: Sometimes the children tell a little of their personal stories, and they can be compelling. Popular gift choices for the younger set include dolls, cars and trucks, robots, coloring books, picture books, games, puzzles and any toys that are appropriate for infants. Teenagers — and please don’t forget them — are big on miniature earphones, portable speakers, hip T-shirts, skateboards and accessories such as hats, gloves, scarves, cologne and cosmetics. Please leave your gifts unwrapped so they may be given to children of the appropriate ages. They may be dropped off at the Chronicle office from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. We’re located at 62-33 Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Park, about a quarter mile south of Long Island Expressway Exit 19, on the east side of the street, one door from the corner of 62nd Road. After business hours, gifts may be dropped off next door at Barosa restaurant, at 62-29 Woodhaven Blvd., or Barosa Brick Oven Pizza, at 62-37. Please leave your name and the name of your community with any gifts brought after hours so we may thank you later along with the donors who come to our office directly. We’ll be taking gifts until Dec. 20 so our partner organizations

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Chronicle holiday toy drive now underway!

The Queens Chronicle’s own Joe Orovic, left, Josey Bartlett and Domenick Rafter show some early holiday spirit, as they help Santa Claus and Frosty the Snowman get out the message, PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE lower right: Give to the needy! have enough time to get them to the children before Christmas. If you have any questions, please call us at (718) 2058000. We thank you in advance for your support, as these are trying times for so many in Queens, and your help will bring a Q lot of joy to a lot of children who need it.

Holiday Toy Drive The Queens Chronicle’s 18th Annual Holiday Toy Drive is on Now! Please bring NEW, UNWRAPPED and UNUSED TOYS for Children in Queens Homeless Shelters to our Office: Now through Thursday, December 20th, During Regular Hours: 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday to Friday.

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Though Hurricane Sandy continues to upend thousands of lives across the borough, patriotic supporters of the military in Queens didn’t forget that Sunday was Veterans Day. Among them was the American Legion, top,

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The response to the Queens Chronicle’s supply drive for the victims of Hurricane Sandy in South Queens has been amazing. The paper is continuing to accept donations, but what’s needed has changed a bit. Clothing is no longer requested, as the recipients have been given more than enough. The focus now is on the following items: baby items including formula, bottles, pacifiers, aspirin, diapers and wipes; school supplies including notebooks, pens, pencils and crayons; toiletries including soap, deodorant, shampoo, razors, shaving cream and toothpaste; and cleaning supplies including mops and cleansers. The Chronicle office is located at 6233 Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Park, on the east side of the street just south of 62nd Road, between Barosa restaurant and Barosa Brick Oven Pizza, about five blocks south of the Long Island Expressway. The office is open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, sometimes later than that, and can be reached at (718) 205-8000. After business hours, items can be dropped off at Barosa Brick Oven Pizza, Q which is at 62-37 Woodhaven Blvd. — Peter C. Mastrosimone

Teen missing The NYPD is seeking the public’s help in locating an Electchester youth who went missing from his Jewel Avenue home at 6 a.m. on Oct. 26. Tyler Lyons-Tenney, 17, is a white male 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800)-577-TIPS (8477). The public also can submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictly confidential.

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The undead, including event organizer Thomas Art, right, stagger through Long Island City and Astoria during last year's first Queens Thanksgiving Zombie Walk.

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by Andrew Benjamin Following Hurricane Sandy and the surprise nor’easter more popular because it’s a way of externalizing your probAthena, many people in New York and New Jersey had to lems in a way that’s more fun and fantasy versus the reality live in almost zombie apocalyptic surroundings, with no elecof it,” Tenoso said, adding: tricity and heat, using flashlights and candles for light and “We’re naturally drawn to the end.” storing nonperishable food. And with the ideas of escapism, fun and zombie-fever Adding to the end-of-the-world hype is the approach of in mind, Astoria residents shouldn’t be alarmed when they the purported doomsday date at the end of the Mayan calpeek out their windows Saturday and notice a strange crowd endar, Dec. 21. shambling on the sidewalks. They might be missing limbs, Chante Tenoso, the Queens Thanksgiving Zombie Walk will look sickly and show a hunger for brains. If you thought 2012 coordinator who also runs the blog Zombies Can’t Love, zombies, you would be correct. sees the fascination with these walking undead as a more reWestern Queens second annual zombie stroll will start at laxed way of dealing with serious real-world problems. noon on Saturday at Studio Square in Long Island City, with “Hurricane Sandy put people in a post-apocalyptic sense. the undead lumbering their way through the busy section of There’s no electricity, your house might be gone, your entire Steinway Street and wrapping it up at Rapture Lounge — of continued ononpage 53 family is on the street, no gas. The zombie thing becomes course! — on 28th Avenue in Astoria. Continued page

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Queens Historical Society presents “Permanent Residence: Uncovering the Cemeteries of Queens” through April at the Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37 Ave. in Flushing. Call (718) 939-0647, ext. 17 or email info@queenshistoricalsociety.org

A leisure group meets every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, Prince Room, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing. Cost is $7 for lunch. The program includes yoga instruction, discussion groups, card games, bingo, birthday celebrations, guest speakers and holiday celebrations. For info., call Dr. Roz Gold at (718) 229-7511.

Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City, announces the continuation of its program of independently-curated exhibitions: “Contested Territories,” that will remain on view through Jan. 6, 2013. Contested Territories is an exhibition that explores the interaction of the city and society in an age of conflict. Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and by appointment. The New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Flushing Meadows/Corona, presents ReGeneration now through Jan 13. Ten artists will present their interpretations of cultural sustainability. For over 450 exhibits as well as featured events and programs,visit nysci.org/visit “Three Generations” features the works of three generations of the Aguilera family — artists Raphael, Florencio and Chencho. Their paintings and drawings capture the history of Ayamonte, Spain from 1903 to the present day. The exhibit is on display at the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, 225-05 56 Ave. in Bayside and will continue through Jan. 5. For more information visit the website at QCCArtGallery@qcc.cuny.edu or call (718) 631-6396.

AUDITIONS STAR is looking for actors to audition for established senior repertory company. Call (718) 776-0529. The AARP Queens Chorus performs at Queens nursing homes and rehab/senior centers. If interested in joining call (718) 523-1330 for audition dates.

THEATRE LaGuardia Community College is presenting a student production of “Anna in the Tropics” at the Little Theater at 31-10 Thomson Ave., Long Island City, on: Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 16, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 17 ,at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 18, at 2:30 p.m.

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Theatre By The Bay presents “Hello, Dolly!” on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 18 at 3 p.m. at Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209 St., Bayside. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $18 for seniors and children 12 and under. For more information or to make reservations visit the website at theatrebythebayny.com or call (718) 428-6363. The Free Synagogue of Flushing at 41-60 Kissena Blvd. performs Ragtime on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 18 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $17 and $15 for seniors. Call (718) 428-8681 or email fsfctg@yahoo.com for more information. Parkside Players presents Ken Ludwig’s comedy Moon Over Buffalo at 103-15 Union Turnpike, Forest Hills on

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DANCE The Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, presents Colombia de fiesta with Mestizo Dance Company and Harold Gutierrez and his Band through Dec. 9 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. Tickets are $30, students and seniors are $27. Friday tickets are $25. Call (718) 729-3880.

LECTURE Understand and appreciate the mystery and beauty of the universe with astronomer Mark Freilich at the Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. View highlights of the night sky as part of an indoor lecture on basic astronomy and outdoor viewing with a professional telescope, weather permitting. Call (718) 229-4000 to register. For ages 7 and older. Cost is $12 per person, $7 for children 7-12.

MUSIC The Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra presents the opening concert of its 49th the season on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 2 p.m. at the Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and students. Tickets are available by calling (718) 374-1627. Group rates are available by calling (516) 785-2532. Astoria Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Choir perform Carols and Psalms on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 31st Avenue and 37th Street in Astoria. Cost is: online at astoriachoir.org $20 for adults, $15 for students and seniors; At the door $25 for adults, $20 for students and seniors; children ages 12 and under are free.

FLEA MARKETS St. Josaphat’s R.C. Church of Bayside will hold a flea market plus ethnic Polish bake sale on Sunday, Nov. 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Parish Hall, located at 35th Avenue and 210th Street. For more information call Steve at (718) 224-3052. St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish continues to run its outdoor flea market every Saturday and Sunday through Nov. 25 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It is located at the intersection of Parsons Boulevard and Union Turnpike in Jamaica.

MEETINGS Kenneth Braswell, award-winning community activist, author and executive director of Fathers Incorporated has teamed up with the country’s leading experts on mental health and depression to host Code Blue: A Call for Community Healing on Friday, Nov. 16 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at St. Paul Community Baptist Church, located at 859 Hendrix St., in Brooklyn. Free. The Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., will hold a meeting on the Global Day of Learning on Sunday, Nov. 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Rabbi Romiel Daniel will speak about “One People — Culturally So Different.” Rabbi Samuel Waidenbaum will discuss “The Gifts of Faith.” Hosted by Mark Hochberg. All welcome. Free. You must reserve in advance by Thursday, Nov. 15. Call (718) 459-1000. The Flushing AARP Chapter No. 1405 will meet on Monday, Nov. 19, at 1 p.m. at the Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., Flushing. The guest speaker from the Fogarty Funeral Home will discuss identity fraud. Join the Alley Pond Environmental Center, 22806 Northern Blvd., Douglaston for a knitting circle on Monday, Nov. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. There are meetings for adults who know how to knit. For more information call Liz at (718) 229-4000, ext. 214. Fee is $5.

All children between the ages of 5 and 6 are invited to come to Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. for a close up look at live insects and the animals that eat them as well as a craft and a bug sorting game that teaches kids how to identify true insects. Have a snack and walk APEC’s forest trail. Participants must be toilet-trained. Limited to 12 participants. Call (718) 229-4000 to register. Cost is $22. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, invites Young Chefs ages 7-12 to learn how to prepare a bowl of alphabet vegetable soup with Parmesan croutons on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. All materials included. Limited to 8 participants. Call (718) 229-4000 to register. Fee is $24 per child.

CLASSES Adult education classes will be held at the Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Rego Park. Rabbi Waidenbaum will be teaching several adult education classes. No charge. Call for more information, (718) 459-1000. The YWCA of Queens, 42-07 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, has expanded its GED preparation program to include free adult classes. Tracks vary in length from 10 to 20 weeks depending upon entrance test results. Contact the YW and sign up for the next placement examination. Call Stacy McKelvey at (718) 353-4553 for more information or to reserve your placement exam seat. On Mondays at 10 a.m. there will be an ongoing discussion titled “In the News” at the Clearview Selfhelp Senior Center, 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Other classes held at the center include: QiGong on Mondays, at 10:45 a.m., dance aerobics on Tuesdays at 9 a.m., aerobics at 11 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Wii Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:45 p.m., bingo on Wednesdays at 12:45 p.m., Staywell exercises on Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. and dance fitness on Fridays at 10:45 a.m. Call (718) 224-7888 for more details. Central YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St. in Forest Hills is now offering a ballet fitness fusion class which will combine the fundamentals of ballet barre work with traditional fitness training. This Wednesday class is designed to strengthen, tone and shape the lower body. Classes will run through Wednesday, Dec. 19. Free for members of the CQY; nonmembers can purchase a 10-class card at $150. One can start classes anytime.

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Tampa, cigars, gambling and a lector

by Josey Bartlett qboro Editor

“Anna in the Tropics,” about the tribulations of a Cuban family set in their 1930s Tampa cigar factory, has some adult situations not often performed by college students, according to director Jason Ramirez. “The play strikes a chord with those who have done a lot of living,” Ramirez said. “These actors are accessing parts of their lives.”

Jacqueline Rosa who plays the matron of the family, Ofelia, in the LaGuardia Performing Arts Company show, says she takes experiences from her own years

to bring her character to life. Rosa, 47, a mother of three, escaped an abusive relationship years ago and returned to school to sing and act once her youngest went to university. “I can relate a lot to my character personally,” she said. “She keeps everyone in their place at the factory,” which she does despite her husband’s drinking and gambling problems. During the opening scene Santiago, played by Javon Minter, a young man who aptly embodies the character of the older factory owner plagued with personal demons, signs away half the cigar

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business to his brother Cheche, played by Barney Villalona, an exsoldier who still has shrapnel in his shoulder and neck. When Cheche reveals Santiago’s stupidity the audience can see Ofelia trying to make jokes and keep a light heart, but she loses her composure when the reality of the situation sinks in. Ofelia combats the tough things in life by hiring a lector, acted by John Consentino, to read to the workers while they roll cigars. She meant to bring happiness to her family, but may not have foreseen her married older daughter, Conchita, played by Nicole Heath, falling in love with Juan Julian, the reader. “Cheche thinks lectors are the cause of all trouble,” Marela, the youngest daughter, played by Isabel Maradiegue, says, a harbinger of Conchita and Juan Julian’s romance. Cheche’s wife left him for a lector before the play ever begins — thus spurning his dislike for

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Nicole Heath, left, Isabel Maradiegue and Jacqueline Rosa in LPAC’s PHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT production of “Anna in the Tropics.” the profession — but the audience will have to wait and see if Conchita runs off into the sunset with her poet. However, Francisco Carrillo, who plays the husband, Paloma, will say, “When he realizes he may lose his wife, then we see him fight.” “Anna in the Tropics” was

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written by Ramirez’s friend Nilo Cruz, who became in 2003 the first Latino to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. About 45 students tried out for the eight spots. Many of the actors participated in LPAC’s “Little Shop of Horror” and others are new to the stage, such as Heath, who Ramirez says Q “has natural talent.”

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Past the scrub-clad actors smoking cigarettes outside Kaufman Astoria Studios, down the elevator and through the building’s several dark hallways lit by the occasional illuminated display of costumes, is the KAS Music & Sound studio, where Queens College students are recording an album. Twenty musicians from the Aaron Copland School of Music at QC came to Kaufman Astoria Studios’ music branch last Wednesday and Thursday to play background for stars of the German music scene. “He signed 100 autographs just walking around Times Square,” QC Director of Jazz Studies Michael Philip Mossman said

of Roberto Blanco, one of the singers the students jammed with on Wednesday. Detlef Engelhard, an orchestra leader at Termidor Musikverlag/German Radio, flew across the Atlantic to work with these accomplished students as well as Joe Gallardo, a retired lead trombone from the Hamburg Radio Jazz Orchestra who composed two of the recorded songs, “The Shadow of Your Smile” and “Hotel Shanghai.” Drew Coles, a public school teacher studying for his masters at QC’s School of Music said, “Recording in the studio allows for a different level of play.” Mossman said opportunities like this allow academia to meet the professional world. continued on page 00 54

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City View Pharmacy, 23-07 Astoria Blvd., Astoria, (between 23rd and Crescent Street), is sponsoring its 7th Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit City Harvest now through Wednesday, Nov. 21. Canned food items and other nonperishable foods may be dropped off at City View Pharmacy. The most needed food items are nonperishable that do not need power to prepare such as peanut butter, canned fruit or family-size boxes of cereal. No glass jars, except for baby foods. The Latin American Cultural Center of Queens celebrates Thanksgiving on Sunday, Nov. 25 from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at El Paraiso Tropical, 102-11 42 Ave., in Corona. There will be dancing and Latin American music with an artistic presentation by Francisco Cantilo. Free. Refreshments will be served. Space is limited. Call (718) 261-7664 to make a reservation. Join Hands-on History: Decorate the Manor on Saturday, Dec. 15 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave. Learn about and make historic winter decorations for your home. For more information call (718) 206-0545.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES The Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first, third and fifth Wednesdays of the month in the auditorium of Flushing Hospital, 146-01 45 Ave., enter at 45th Avenue and Burling Street. Call (718) 749-0643 or visit flushingcameraclub.org for more information. The Wednesday Night Singles Group of the SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, invites you to social evenings with special guest speakers on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 7-9 p.m. Fee: $7 Adult Center members, $9 nonmembers.

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Zombies attack Western Queens streets continued continued from from page page 47 00 website Zombies Worldwide, a social The walk is open to all ages, with free media site for zombie enthusiasts. makeup being provided at the starting When the idea came up for a zombie point. Even better, admission is free at Rap- walk in Astoria, Art recalled his friend ture’s after-party for those 21 and over. Tenoso, the festival coordinator, said she There will also be a raffle with dona- would like to have one in November. Art tions going to the Red Cross to help Hur- then made the appetizing — or unappericane Sandy victims. tizing, depending if you like human flesh With zombies being or not — connection used in droves as villains between zombies and in comics, video games, humans on Thanksgiving. television and movies, “Zombies eat. What When: Saturday, Nov. 17 Tenoso doesn’t see the do people do? They eat at noon popularity of the walking for Thanksgiving,” he Where: Studio Square dead dying anytime soon. said. “We should all be 35-33 36 St., “I don’t see it wanthankful to have a Long Island City ing,” she said. “Anyone human to eat.” can become a zombie. What separates this Tickets: free Zombies don’t care what walk from others, Art you have in the bank or said, is that most others what you look like or what religion you charge for makeup and also have a cover are. Anyone can become one. I don’t charge for the after-party. think they will ever go away as a go-to “We’re trying to be as free as possitype of monster. What’s more terrifying ble,” he said. than other human beings?” While the residents of Queens don’t Last year drew 300 to 400 undead, have to worry about an impeding zombie and “this year’s walk looks to be even crisis — yet — Tenoso does have a few bigger,” said Thomas Art, who is again tips for them in case they want to prepare: helping out with the event and runs the Know an escape route; store plenty of

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Thomas Art, left, who runs the social media site Zombies Wordwide and helps with the annual Queens Thanksgiving Zombie Walk, with another “zombie” at last year’s event. PHOTO COURTESY THOMAS ART

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continued from page 50 00 Adding that you need both of these halves to succeed in the music industry, Mossman said, professionals are hired at QC to teach and other professionals are coming back to school to learn additional skills so they can continue to teach, compose or lead. “The workflow can be messy,” Mossman said. “You have to adapt with budgets, availability — problem solving in the real world.” Many of the students who were chosen to record already perform in the professional realm. Sungjo Jung, one of the musicians recording on Thursday morning, is an accomplished orchestra conductor in Seoul, South Korea. His son attended the QC program and then about a year ago he decided to enroll to learn more about composition. “I’m an old student,” Jung said with a laugh. “I’ve traveled the world conducting.” Julien Hucq, a bass clarinet player, moved here from Germany two months ago to study music. In his home country he plays with a band, but he says the contacts he has made in New York City are priceless.

Saxophonist Gabrielle Murphy, who has some recording experience from her undergraduate education, agrees. She hopes the people she meets through her experiences at QC can get her a step closer to achieving her dream of playing with Herbie Hancock and Christian McBride. After a concert Murphy told McBride, “Remember my face. We are going to play together.” Q “The real goal is to play,” she said.

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Just as the fall general manager meetings got under way in the Palm Springs area, the Mets announced that they were going to buy the remaining year on outfielder Jason Bay’s contract. It’s estimated the overall cost to the team is in the range of $21 million. It’s debatable which expensive free agent signing was more disastrous for the Mets: the three-year, $36 million contract given to pitcher Oliver Perez or the four-year, $66 million pact with Bay. But it should be pointed out that while there was some concern over Perez’s work ethic, Bay literally, to borrow a phrase Mitt Romney used in his concession speech, left it all on the field as he suffered concussions by running into walls and fences chasing after long fly balls as well as getting nailed by a fastball into his batting helmet. In a sport in which too many players find creative ways to hide from the media, the gentlemanly Jason was always available to the press and honest about his failings to a fault. What I don’t understand is why the Mets, who loathe to spend money even after their finances are allegedly no longer an issue, were in such a hurry to cut a severance deal at this time. It’s not as if they needed his slot on the 40-man roster to sign a big free agent such as Josh Hamilton. Given his intensity to succeed,

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combined with the fact that he is very respected by his teammates, what would have been the harm in having him report to spring training and letting him compete for a spot on the team? The Mets would have everything to gain, and nothing to lose that I can see. Fans are not the only ones upset with the Mets’ rudderless ways. Modell’s CEO Mitch Modell was one of the many movers and shakers who attended last week’s Sports Business Journal’s annual Sports & Media Technology conference at the Marriott Marquis. I asked Mitch if the Mets’ penny-pinching ways would affect the amount of team paraphernalia his stores would be ordering for 2013. “Absolutely!” Modell said. “People want to buy merchandise associated with winning teams and athletes. There has been a decline in the sales of Mets apparel over the last few years.” Stephanie McMahon, the vice president of creative development for World Wrestling Entertainment, was interviewed by SBJ editor Abe Madkour at the conference. Abe asked her the secret of the WWE’s incredible popularity. “We provide great action, and yes, the outcomes are scripted. You can quote me on that!” Stephanie replied as the audience loudly chuckled. It’s hard to believe that for generations wrestling promoters steadfastly refused to admit that “it was fixed,” the way magicians Q fanatically guard their secrets.

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Stafford Avenue, Forest Hills, winter 1941. Laundry at 96-03, the Stafford Pharmacy at 96-11 and Otto Bardenhagen’s Stafford Delicatessen at 96-15. Stafford Pharmacy was also known as Penner’s Pharmacy, and served the community for over 40 years. By the 1970s the block was changing. The pharmacy became Para Chang’s Sun May Grocery, the hand laundry became a laundromat and a pizzeria opened on the corner of Harrow, where it still stands today. Now the old grocery is Advantage Realty, while at the other end of the block sits Exit Kingdom Realty — the two competitors’ proximity demonstrating how lucrative the real estate market in Forest Hills is. Q

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For a central Queens shopping district, a block of the former Stafford Avenue in Forest Hills remains nice and quiet. When the Wolosoff Brothers started building homes in the vicinity in 1931, they put a block of stores on what is today 69th Avenue between Harrow and Groton streets, to serve the new community they had built. The avenue had been mapped and laid out in 1906 by developer Cord Meyer, who derived its name from Stafford, the county town, or county seat, in Staffordshire, England, known for its interesting architecture. The name means “ford by a landing place” in Old English, and the new development was called Stafford Lawns. To simplify things for emergency responders, the street’s name was changed to 69th Avenue in 1931, though area residents fiercely opposed the new designation. Less than 20 years ago, original residents then in their 80s still referred to it by its original name. But they’re all gone now. Bordering the charm of Forest Hills Gardens, the block featured the Stafford Hand

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