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LEGAL NOTICE PROBATE CITATION File No. 2009-3608 SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Hilda Robinson, John Henry Robinson and Vernon Staunton if living and if dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown and if they died subsequent to the decedent herein, to their executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose name and places of residence are unknown and to all other heirs at law; next of kin and distributees of Etta Hebbons, the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained.

ATTORNEY GENERAL N.Y. STATE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR QUEENS COUNTY A petition having been duly filed by Ruth Dumas who is domiciled at 172-05 108th Avenue, Jamaica, N.Y. 11433. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on 22nd day of October, 2009 at 9:30 .M. of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Etta. M. Hebbons, a/k/a Etta Hebbons lately domiciled at 172-05 108th Avenue, Jamaica, N.Y. 11433 admitting to probate a Will dated December 6, 2000 a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Etta M. Hebbons deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [x] Letters Testamentary issue to: Etta M Hebbons (State any further relief requested) HON. ROBERT L. NAHMAN Surrogate Alicermarie E. Rice Chief Clerk SEP 09 2009 (Seal) Thomas J. Adams, Esq. Attorney for Petitioner 718847-4572 Telephone Number 114-06 Jamaica Avenue, Richmond Hill, N.Y. 11418 Address of Attorney [Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.] _______________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of COASTAL LIGHT LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/11/ 2009. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 29 Beach 220th Street, Breezy Point, NY 11697. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of LE CHAVEZ LLC, a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secy. Of State of the State of NY (SSNY) on 10/02/2009.

Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of pro-

LEGAL NOTICE cess. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to the LLC 150-13 Hillside Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of Knights Design & Construction LLC, a limited liability company (LLC). Arts. of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/4/ 2009. Office located in Queens County. SSNY designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to THE LLC 129-27 135TH PLACE SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. _______________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CONSULTANTS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/03/09.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Koenig & Samberg, 300 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: CRITERION PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/26/09. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Criterion Group, LLC, 35-11 36 th Street, 3 rd Floor, Long Island City, New York 11106. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 128-02 HOLDING, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/20/04.

The latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2103. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 128-02 Liberty Avenue, Richmond Hill, New York 11419. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Main Northern Holding LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 10/1/ 09. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 135-22 Northern Blvd., Flushing NY 11354. General Purposes. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of Goodhome LLC, a limited li-

LEGAL NOTICE ability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on 8/13/ 2009. Office located in New York. SSNY has been designated for service of process.

SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to THE LLC 2377 24TH Street, Astoria, NY 11105.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of Tristan & Lucian Enterprise, LLC, a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/18/ 09. Office location: Queens.

SSNY has been designated for service of process SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to c/o THE LLC, 154-02 33 rd Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ AJPW, LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 11/18/09. NY Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 603 Seneca Ave., Ridgewood, NY 11385. General Purposes. ________________________________________________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 14046109 Date Summons Filed: 05/28/2009 Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial.

The basis of venue is Plaintiff’s residence SUMMONS Plaintiff resides at 14730 41 Avenue, 3 rd Fl., Flushing, NY 11355. XIAOFENG HOU Plaintiff, - against-DENNIS M. OLEARY Defendant.

ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s Attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State of New York, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated: May 27, 2009 Dehai Zhang, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff 136-20 38 th Avenue, Suite 9G, Flushing, NY 11354 (718) 4631111 ________________________________________________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX# 13275/09 FILED: 11/ 18/2009 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial.

Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgage premises is situated.

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., Plaintiff against NYOKA ROBINSON, IF LIVING, AND

LEGAL NOTICE IF HE/SHE BE DEAD, HIS/ HER RESPECTIVE HEIRS-ATLAW, NEXT-OF-KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST AND GENERALLY ALL PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING UNDER, BY OR THROUGH SAID DEFENDANT WHO MAY BE DECEASED, BY PURCHASE, INHERITANCE, LIEN OR OTHERWISE, ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE VERIFIED COMPLAINT HEREIN, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE AND INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant(s). TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to serve upon plaintiff’s attorneys an answer to the Complaint in this action within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens on August 30, 2007 under CRFN: 2007000449133 covering premises known as 193 Beach 26th Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11691. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Timothy J. Flaherty, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated 10/ 23/2009 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York. BLOCK 15818 LOT 138 said premises known as 193 Beach 26th Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11691. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THE UNPAID PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE DEBT YOU OWE THE PLAINTIFF/CREDITOR,

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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., IS $553,493.28 AS OF JANUARY 1, 2009, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE INTEREST, LATE CHARGES, ATTORNEYS FEES, ESCROW ADVANCES, ETC. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD. THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR IF DIFFERENT FROM THE CURRENT CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877Bank-NYS or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will

charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. Section 1303 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Stiene & Associates, P.C., Attorneys for the Plaintiff 187 East Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743 (631) 935-1616 Our File#: 200900573 ________________________________________________________________________ REP ASSOCIATES NY LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 12/1/ 09. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 39-15 Main St., Ste. 318, Flushing, NY 11354. General Purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: JMS2 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/16/09. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 94-04 40th Drive, East Elmhurst, New York 11369. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/25/09, bearing Index Number NC-001105-09/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) Andrea (Middle) Jean (Last) Calabrese My present name is (First) Andrea (Middle) Jean (Last) Schmidt aka Andrea Schmidt My present address is 82-50 135 th Street, Jamaica, NY 11435 My place of birth is Michigan My date of birth is April 01, 1977

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Queens Deadline

Peralta Campaign Mum On Late Rent she is the office manager at the building but made frequent payment s to Verizon for refused to respond when asked if he pur- phone service, designated as either for his posely listed his mother to skir t campaign “office” or “Campaign HQ” according to Board of Elections records. donation restriction. SubseThe phone service was paid q u e n t l y , Pe r a l t a r e f u n d e d 55 times during the same peRoosevelt Realty, LLC $19,900 riod, with several payments due to the incorrect filing. made in a single month on In March 2008, Ramirez sent multiple occasions. At the a prior let ter reque sting an inleast, if Peralta maintained the vestigation into the in-kind dooffice at the same time he nations, to which the Board of maintained a phone line, this Elections replied “[the Board] could indicate that he may owe shall not under take an inve st ia minimum of 15 months of gation in this mat ter.” He said rent, or $19,500. he is hoping in light of Peralta’s Jake Dilemani of the recent admission of the error, the Board of Elections would A s s e m b l y m a n J o s e Pa rk s i d e G ro u p , Pe r a l t a ’s give credence to his new claim. Peralta’s campaign campaign spokesman, refused to a nswer whet her Peralta According to public cam- headquarters. owes any rent to Roosevelt paign finance filings, Peralta initially paid nine $1,300 rent payments total- Realty, how long Peralta inhabited the Jacking $11,700, Roosevelt Realty donated son Heights office and why phone payments $9,500, or about seven months of rent, and were made but rent payments were not.

He called the letter from Ramirez an atRoosevelt Realty was paid another $19,900 in December, or about 15 months of rent, to fix Peralta’s error. In total, records indicate roughly 31 months of rent at $1,300 a month have been paid.

During the same t ime period, Peralta

tack on Peralta to aid S enator Hiram Monserrate (D-Corona), who Peralta plans to challenge in a Democratic primar y this year.

“T he at tempt by Ramon Ramirez, a known political crony of Hiram Monserrate, to ignore the serious challenges facing the families of the 13th Senatorial District and instead focus on political mudslinging is yet another disgraceful ploy by one of Hiram’s henchmen,” he said. “This shows just how desperate Hiram has become as the voters have expressed their strong desire for new and effective representation and his colleagues prepare to throw him out of the Senate.”

Although Ramirez has been pictured with Monserrate on more than one occasion and was once married to Carmen Enriquez, Peralta’s one t ime opponent for Assembly, he claims as a journalist he has launched investigations about many borough politicians.

Reach Reporter Kaitlyn Kilmetis at kkilmetis@queenstribune.com, or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128.

By JOSEPH OROVIC The man who almost single-handedly divided the Senate with a coup this summer may have united it again, as members of both parties have reportedly called for State Sen. Hiram Monserrate’s (D-Corona) ouster.

Meanwhile, a special committee exploring disciplinary action against the Queens pol is a week away from releasing its full report, portions of which were leaked to the press.

Monserrate was convicted of a misdemeanor assault charge in October, and was sentenced to a combination of community service, therapy and a fine.

According to reports, a draft of the committee’s findings discredited girlfriend Karla Giraldo’s testimony, finding holes in her version of events that left her with a gash around her left eye.

The committee also reportedly lambasted Monserrate’s inability to admit the events that took place on Dec. 19, 2008 were acts of

domestic violence.

Subsequent leaks to the Daily News reportedly said the committee will recommend the full Senate vote on either ousting Monserrate or some sort of censure.

The news was quickly followed by State Sen. Brian Foley’s (D-Suffolk) promise to provide legislation expelling Monserrate, regardless of the committee’s ultimate recommendation. Republican Minority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Center) said his caucus was ready to support such a measure.

The committee initially hoped to release its report before the new year, but according to a spokesman for committee head Sen. Eric Schneiderman (D-Manhattan), the report will roll out soon.

“They’re very close to finalizing something and we expect a report to be out within a week,” the spokesman said.

Reach Reporter Joseph Orovic at jorovic@queenstribune.com, or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.

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By KAITLYN KILMETIS Assemblyman Jose Peralta’s campaign refuses to respond to questions concerning campaign filings and the possibility that the campaign may still owe tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid rent.

Elmhurst resident Ramon A. Ramirez sent a let ter Jan. 4 to the New York State Board of Elections calling for a review and audit of Peralta’s campaign finance records.

According to Ramirez, in Peralta’s Board of Elections filings, he paid land line phone bill payments at his campaign office at 10401 Roosevelt Ave. in Jackson Heights from April 2002 to December 2009. Ramirez argues that Peralta has not paid rent each month throughout the same 93-month period and as a result owes another $89,300 to the building owner, Roosevelt Realty, LLC. Ramirez’ accusations follow a series of questionable campaign filings by Peralta. A number of in-kind donations of rent were incor rectly listed under Peralta’s mother’s name, which allowed Peralta to receive a substantially larger donation than if the donation was cor rectly at tributed to Roosevelt Realty, LLC. By law, family members are allowed to contribute more than corporations.

Peralta said his mother was listed because

Report May Advise Expelling Monserrate Boro Crime Rate Drop Spurs City’s Numbers der is one too many. We still need to get all illegal guns off our streets and that is a task that our communities must share with our Police Department.”

Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly to announce the drop in the crime rate at the graduation ceremony for the latest class of 250 N YPD police officers at the Beacon Theater.

Bloomberg noted that the drop in crime comes even as there has been an economic downturn and high unemployment, which usually yields an increase in crime.

“The conventional wisdom is that when the economy suffers crime goes up, but we’ve never accepted that premise,” said Bloomberg. “Despite the downturn, New York City – already the safest big city in the nation – became even safer in 2009, and we’re committed to building on our progress in 2010.”

Crime also fell in the city’s public housing as well as in the transit system, down 15 percent and 13 percent from 2008, respectively. Crime in public housing fell by a third since 2001 and dropped by almost half in the transit system in the same time frame.

John Feinblat t, Criminal Just ice Coordinator for the Mayor’s office, pointed to the city’s tough gun control measures as a primar y reason for the drop in crime.

“Mayor Bloomberg’s charge to us – to be as aggressive as possible taking illegal guns off the streets – is paying off,” said Feinblatt.

“We’ve passed the toughest law in the countr y against illegal possession of a loaded handgun, we passed a local law making it easier for the NYPD to keep track of gun offenders, and we’ve cracked down on illegal trafficking by conducting out-of-state undercover investigations aimed at straw sales and illegal activity at gun shows. All of it has meant fewer guns on our streets, and as a result, they are safer than they’ve ever been before.”

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Another Deadline Set For Aqueduct Decision

By DOMENICK RAFTER Gov. David Paterson told reporters Jan 1 that the long-awaited decision on who would get to operate the video lottery terminals, termed a racino, at Aqueduct Racetrack needs to be decided by legislative leaders in Albany within a week, or he will make the decision himself.

“What I am probably going to do in the next week or so is pick one myself and try to publicly persuade them to embrace this decision,” Paterson told reporters just before hosting a New Year’s open house at the Governor’s Mansion on New Year’s Day. However, Paterson failed to mention the issue at all during his State of the State speech on Jan 6. Paterson gave a deadline of one week for leaders in the Assembly and Senate to reach an agreement, and that deadline is up Jan 8.

State legislative leaders have been deadlocked for months on who should operate

the VLT’s at Aqueduct, and NYRA has warned that without the VLTs, the organization may be forced to shut down operations, which would threaten the Belmont Stakes in June. NYRA President Charles Hayward said the organization was counting on revenue from the Aqueduct racino, and without the revenue, NYRA wouldn’t have the finances to stay afloat. The state government has also been counting on revenue from the VLTs to help balance the state’s budget.

Paterson has blamed legislative leaders for the holdup. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate President John Sampson both have different opinions on who should operate the VLTs, however legislative leaders have blamed the Governor or not making a decision himself.

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By DOMENICK RAFTER New York City became an even safer place to live and work in 2009, thanks in great par t to a reduced crime rate across Queens.

Crime took another precipitous drop in the City last year, falling in ever y borough and nearly every categor y. The drop marks the 19th straight year of falling crime rates since the peak in 1990. The city’s murder rate dropped 11 percent in 2009 vs. 2008 numbers, equal to the percentage by which major crime fell generally.

In Queens, which saw an across-theboard drop in crime borough wide and in ever y precinct, a 28-percent drop in murders in the precincts in Patrol Borough Queens South was the best region in the City.

There were 466 murders recorded in New York City in 2009, down from 516 in 2008 and the lowest recorded since records started being kept in the early 1960s. Last year was the eighth year in a row where there were fewer than 600 murders in New York Cit y.

Before 2002, New York City hadn’t seen an annual total of less than 600 murders since the mid 1960s. The murder rate peaked in 1990 with 2,245 murders that year.

Robbery saw the biggest drop from 2008, falling 18 percent cit y wide. Rape and Burglary are bot h down eight percent. Felony assault was the only categor y that saw an increase, up two percent from 2008, but still down 29 percent from 2001. Auto theft, which dropped 14 percent from 2008, saw the biggest drop overall this decade, falling 64 percent from 2001.

Borough President Helen Marshall praised the drop in the crime rate as good news for the borough, but cautioned there was still work to be done.

“While we would like to have more officers on the streets we are gratified that every Queens Precinct saw a crime decrease,” Marshall said in a statement. “The number of murders in Queens has decreased from 95 [in 2008] to 79 [in 2009], but any mur-

Library Drops Some Weekend Hours

By DOMENICK RAFTER The Queens Public Library announced that star ting next month, 14 of its branches boroughwide would close to customers on the weekend.

Queens Library branche s in Ar verne, Astoria, Baisley Park, Cour t Square, East Elmhurst, East Flushing, Kew Garden Hills, Lefrak City, North Forest Park, Ozone Park, Queensboro Hill, Ridgewood, South Hollis and Windsor Park will remain open normal hours from Monday to Friday, but will cut their Saturday hours. The Central Librar y in Jamaica will remain open on Sundays from noon to 5 p.m., and the other 48 locations will keep their hours on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The librar y said the reason for the reduced hours is because of a smaller staff caused by a nearly two-year-old hiring freeze.

“Reducing service hours is a painful course of action,” said Queens Librar y Director Thomas Galante. “Queens Library has been in a hiring freeze that began in 2008.

At this time, we are forced to reduce our service schedules as our work force has been reduced.”

“It is disappointing that the Queens Library – w ith the large st at tendance in the country – has to suffer weekend hour reductions after the City Council worked tirelessly to restore funding to keep hours open and to provide much needed upgrades,” said Councilwoman Liz Crowley (D-Middle Village), whose district includes the affected Ridgewood branch. “As we look towards the budget proce ss this year, my top priorities will be to keep our educational and safety services running effectively for our New York familie s.”

“I’m obviously disappointed,” said Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). “However, this is an unfortunate sign of the times.

These types of measures are going to have to be taken and I do see deeper cuts down the pike.”

Ulrich pointed out that not all libraries will cut their hours and most of the branches in the borough will be available on weekends.

“I caution people not to be up in arms; librar y services are available elsewhere,” he said.

The librar y selected the 14 bra nche s based on usage and proximity to other branches, for example the Ozone Park branch, which made the list, is less than a mile from the Woo dhaven, Leffer t s a nd Howard Beach branches, which will all continue to be open on Saturday, while the East Elmhurst branch, which is on the list, is located only eight blocks away from the Langston Hughes branch, which will keep its weekend hours.

In some cases, such as the branches in

Barry Back At Boro Hall Grodenchik replaces Karen Koslowitz,

By DOMENICK RAFTER Former Assemblyman Barry Grodenchik, who was elected last November to the New who served one term representing Flushing York City Council seat representing Forest Hills, which had been vacated by in the State Assembly, has been Melinda Katz. In addition to servappointed Deputy Borough Presiing as deputy to Marshall, a posident by Borough President Helen tion mandated by the City CharMarshall. ter, Grodench ik will serve as Di“Barr y is a seasoned public rector of Community Boards and servant with experience at the be responsible for parks-related state and county level,” said and numerous other issues.

Marshall. “He has been involved Before his tenure in the in the planning and fruition of Shulman administration, many projects in Queens and has Grodenchik was the Queens Rethe experience and knowledge to gional Representative at the State serve our count y well.”

“I’m very excited to be back at Barry Grodenchik Depar tment of State and served as ombudsman for Queens Borough Hall,” said Grodenchik, who worked at Borough Hall during the ad- C o u n t y fo r t h e n - G ov. M a r i o C u o m o . ministration of former Borough President Grodenchik made his first run for political Claire Shulman as her Chief of Administra- office in 2001 when he ran for a New York tion from 1991 until 2002. “I’m very thank- City Council seat in Flushing, but was deful to Helen Marshall for giving me this op- feated in the Democrat ic Primar y by Jim Gennaro. He remained on the general elecpor tunity.”

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Ridgewood and Arverne, they were selected because the librar y buildings are cur rently under renovation. The remaining 48 branches will continue to be open on Saturdays, and many of the librar y’s services, including downloadable e-books, 24/7 chat reference services and online research databases are available on the library’s Website, queenslibrary.org.

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tion bal lot on the Working Familie s Par ty line, but only received 10 percent of the vote in the general election.

In 2002, Grodenchik narrowly defeated Jimmy Meng in a four way Democratic primar y for the 22nd Assembly District seat, which is based in Downtown Flushing.

Grodenchik served one term before being defeated by Meng in the 2004 Democratic primary, Meng’s daughter, Grace, currently holds the seat.

Since he left the Assembly in 2005, Grodenchik has worked as Vice President of the Parkside Group, a Manhattan-based public relations firm known for its connections to Queens Democratic politics. His brother, Max Grodenchik, is a n actor and played suppor t ing role s on Star Trek: The Next Generation and more prominently Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

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New Baby, Nurse Share Special Day

By KA ITLYN KILMETIS Just 34 minutes after midnight, the borough’s first baby of the New Year made her debut and, in a interesting twist of fate, the child’s pediatric nurse shares her highlycoveted birth date.

On Jan 1, at New York Hospital Queens, the 8-pound 10-ounce Shirley Chen was born to Flushing couple Guiming Ren and Xiu Chen.

Oddly enough, 33 years ago, Chen’s pediatric nurse Kristen Caruso, an RN at NYHQ for the past eight years, was born at 9:20 a.m. on New Years Day. Caruso said the baby’s birth added a

memorable element of excitement to her day at work. Chen was the first New Year’s baby Caruso has cared for in her 11 years as a nurse.

Caruso forecasts a bright future full of special birthdays for little Shirley.

“She will enjoy every second of it,” she said. “And when they count down the clock, it’s like everyone will be counting down to her birthday.”

Caruso said through the years her Jan. 1 birthday has been good to her.

“It’s the best birthday ever because New Year’s Eve is so much fun because you think everyone’s partying for you,” she said. “Also,

no one ever forgets your birthday.”

When asked to share any words of wisdom with baby Shirley, Caruso replied, “live it up every year because everyone’s partying with you.”

Reach Reporter Kaitlyn Kilmetis at kkilmetis@queenstribune.com, or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128.

The Chens celebrate the birth of their New Years baby.

Paterson Pardons Queens Soldier

By KAITLYN KILMETIS On Dec. 29, Gov. David Paterson pardoned a Queens Army veteran for a handgun possession charge that barred him from pursuing his dreams of becoming an NYPD officer.

In 2002, a 20-year-old Osvaldo Hernandez, working as a private investigator while at tending LaGuardia Community College, was arrested after an unlicensed loaded handgun was recovered from his car.

Hernandez pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve a one-year term in prison for the offense.

After his release, Hernandez enlisted in the Army. After being trained as a paratrooper, he went on to serve 15 months in Afghanistan during 2007 and 2008, receiving a number of distinctions including a

Army veteran Osvaldo Hernandez was pardoned by Gov. David Paterson.

Combat Infantr yma n Badge, t wo Army Commendation Medals and three Army Achievement Medals.

Hernandez redeployed again early this month but prior to his departure the Governor pardoned Hernandez for his transgression.

“Osvaldo Hernandez has demonstrated that individuals can turn their lives around and that we need not let our mistakes define us,” Paterson said. “In cer tain except ional and compelling circumstances, an individual’s sincere effort s to repay his or her debt to society warrant a grant of this extraordinary relief.”

He added that he is proud for the opportunity to assist Hernandez in pursuit of his dream of a career in law enforcement upon his return from Afghanistan.

Queens DA Richard Brown said throughout his career he has reviewed many clemency applications but never seen one as “com-

pelling” as Hernandez’s request.

“Specialist Hernandez has acknowledged his mistake, turned his life around and served – and continues to serve — h is countr y,” Brow n said. “He has paid his debt to society and has earned this second chance which will allow him to pursue his dreams of a career in law enforcement.”

Major General Joseph Taluto, the Adjutant General of New York, the Commander of the New York Nat ional Guard, commended Paterson’s pardon.

“I applaud the governor’s decision to give this young soldier a second chance through this action,” Taluto said.

Reach Reporter Kaitlyn Kilmetis at kkilmetis@queenstribune.com, or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128.

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Edit Page In Our Opinion:

We’re Still Waiting Another year, another $365 million down the drain.

Here we are in 2010, and there still isn’t even a bidder selected to operate the video lottery terminals at Aqueduct, not to mention a shovel in the ground or a coin in a machine.

Every day that the Governor and his colleagues in the Assembly and Senate fail to make a selection in this process that was started two different governors ago, Queens loses.

We lose revenue and we lose jobs. The state loses revenue that could help plug our budget gap to the tune of $1 million a day. Our school kids could get to keep their free MetroCards so they can continue to afford to get a good education.

The sad truth is that it seems this money has been budgeted for so many years, and expected to be spent in so many ways, that by the time VLT cash starts coming in, the state will have already spent it multiple times over and the revenue we are supposed to see will fly right up to Albany and not land a penny in our pockets.

On New Year’s Day the Governor said a decision would be made within a week. On Jan. 6, as he gave his State of the State address, he didn’t bother to mention Aqueduct.

Should we expect another deadline to be missed?

In Your Opinion:

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Let’s Hope For John To The Editor: Editor Brian Rafferty says our new City Comptroller John Liu is one-of-a-kind. I hope that means that he will not be a typical politician. Our State legislature is filled with typical politicians, and publisher Mike Schenkler predicts that most of them will be returned to office come November.

The typical politician has one major goal: to get re-elected and stay in power as long as possible. To do that, lots of money has to be raised and lots of favors have to be returned. The end result is that our government does not function well – Albany continues to win the prize as the most dysfunctional in the entire country. And most people don’t even vote, seeming to accept the reality that everything is screwed up and there’s nothing that can be done about it.

Our only chance is to get rid of all the incumbents and let new people see what they can do. It can’t be any worse. Let’s hope that John Liu on the City level will be the kind of leader to show us the way.

Ronald B. Hellman, Douglaston

Weather Hype To The Editor: I really wish that the Accuweather forecasters, both on the Web site and

on WABC News would stop all of their blustering and blowing about the severity of the cold and storms for this winter season. To begin with, up until Dec. 16, temperatures were at or above normal for this region. Even though we received a snowfall on the 19th and 20th, with several days of cold temperatures, December still averaged out at normal to slightly above normal temperature-wise.

Last Sunday, Jeff Smith predicted the potential for a huge snowstorm this coming Friday. Today, Lee Goldberg predicted just a coating to an inch or two for Friday morning. What’s with these forecasters? Every day, they change their predictions, both on the Web site, and on ABC news, and do not ever bother to explain why they do so.

On the Web site, Joe Bastardi also is saying that this winter will be a memorable one-where?-and for who?

They are all full of a lot of baloney – no true professional forecaster makes such outlandish predictions-these guys do it for the hype and enjoy riling up the public. Please stick to one-two day predictions-we do not need your hyped up weather hysteria.

John Amato, Fresh Meadows

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ing this past year provided me the opportunity to express my views on various topics along with many others who may have different opinions on the issues of the day. Thanks to you, an ordinary citizen like me is afforded the freedom to comment on the actions and legislation of various elected officials and others.

Public officials are powerful with easy access to taxpayers dollars used on a regular basis to promote their views. This is done via mass mailings of newsletters, news releases, press conferences, letters to the editor and guest opinion page columns. In many cases, they are produced by campaign or office staffers paid for by taxpayers on public time.

Other newspapers may be influenced in their coverage of events by either legal notices or holiday greeting advertisements all year round from public officials frequently paid for out of their administrative budgets at taxpayers’ expense. You have remained independent willing to take on all comers including powerful special interest groups and Pay for Play campaign contributors who have far easier access to elected officials then voters.

Ordinary citizens like me only have the limited ability when we can to find the time and just submit a simple letter to the editor which you are reading now. You are true champions of our First Amendment rights to freedom of speech.

Larry Penner, Great Neck

Good Going To The Editor: Army Specialist Osvaldo Hernandez from Queens went from ex-con to hero soldier and who will achieve his dream of being one of New York Finest as a member of the NYPD and this is due to the pardon by Gov. Paterson. He will first finish his tour of duty as a paratrooper in Afghanistan and than be granted permission to join the force if all goes well.

Here is a young man who has turned his life around and has served his country and now will serve the community with equal devotion to duty. Now that in my book is a true role model for our youth and one whom should be looked up to for his accomplishments in the Army.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr., Glen Oaks

Big Loss To The Editor: New York State had just been given the opportunity to join the advanced civil culture of the United States and we failed.

As can be expected, all 30 Republican Senators voted their signature “NO,” this time as applied to Marcia Moxam Comrie, Contributing Editor Reporters: Sasha Austrie, Harley Benson, Lori Gross, Joseph Orovic, Kaitlyn Kilmetis, Domenick Rafter Editorial Intern: Christina Fong Photographers: Ira Cohen, Michael Fischthal, Lee Katzman Contributors: Tom Allon, Melissa Hom, Michael VonDerLieth, Barbara Arnstein Art Department: Tania Y. Betancourt, Sara Gold, Rhonda Leefoon, Candice Lolier, Barbara Townsend Webmaster: Shiek Mohamed Assistant to the Publisher: Ria MacPherson

same sex marriage. What is so sad however is that those digressives were aided by eight New York State Democrats. So embarrassing having eight from the “Enlightened” join 30 of the “Constipated” giving a 38 to 24 win for discrimination and a tragic loss for civil rights.

There was the two expected nays from upstate: William Stachowski and Darrel Aubertine. However, 6 of the 8 were from NYC suburbs; 2, Ruben Diaz Sr. from Bronx and Carl Kruger from Brooklyn. But what really hurt, being so close to home, were the 4 Queens defectors: Joseph Addabbo, George Onorato, Hiram Monserrate and Shirley Huntley. The three former must answer for their own machinations but Shirley Huntley, a black woman born in 1938; surely she is old enough to remember the struggle and the glory having given equal civil rights to blacks as recently as the mid to late 60s. That she can deprive the same equality to gays is a sad testament of her inability to empathize as did seven of the 10 black members of the Senate.

It’s only a matter of time when New York State can catch up with forward thinking states such as Iowa.

Iowa; that thought should certainly make us proud. Now we can join Maine as the only other Northeastern State that has taken a step back into the one time shameful history of our great country. The inevitable future passage of gay rights marriage equality will look back with shame at New York State’s denial of equal rights with the disdain we’ve earned and deserve.

Shame on us!

Nicholas Zizelis, Bayside

Tanger-Bound To The Editor: Between Christmas and New Year’s, one of my most favorite things to do is schlep out to the Riverhead Tanger outlets from our humble Queens abode, on a welcome rare day off to return Christmas gifts that my wife and daughter received. What could be better?

Sleep late? Relax at home watching some ball games? Enjoy lunch at home? Are you kidding?

Just over an hour’s leisurely drive, with cars zipping by me at speeds approaching 100 mph, we arrived at the congested convoluted parking lots where our first stop was Coach.

The line inside to purchase an exchanged pocketbook or purse was as long as the line for the ET adventure on a busy weekend at Universal studios in Orlando. Oh what fun it is to stand on a rigid line all day.

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ing the bevy of buxom blondes pillaging through the tables overflowing with bras and underwear.

My spirit was willing but not my body as we encroached upon the Easy Spirit store. I was getting tired and hungry. Lucky for me, I discovered some chocolate covered Bing cherry samples at nearby Harry and David, otherwise I might have starved to death. With my wife and daughter trying on shoe after shoe in different stores and factory brand outlets, my desperation for food had increased exponentially and my body longed for rest. Even the good Old Navy could not rescue me as I was also drowning into an abyss of boredom.

Finally, my pleas and prayers to go to the food court were heard. Yes. Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Some Auntie Anne’s pretzel bites slowly get my pulse nearing normal and a generous portion of General Tso’s chicken, an egg roll, and lo mein revived me for my next excursion: Lancome designer fragrances. As usual, with no chair to sit, I stood in dismay watching my two passengers open practically every box of perfume, soap, and cream to examine. I meandered away for a few minutes from those wonderful scents at a Pepperidge Farm Outlet salivating over the mint Milano cookies. Your Guess is as good as mine as to where we embarked next. Do we have to keep up with the Jones New York?

The hordes of teeny-boppers at Aeropostale, Aerosole and Aerosmith kept my eyes open for a while but fatigue was settling into my bones again. This American Eagle had landed as we trekked into one clothing store after another. My weary body could barely stand. Out of sheer exhaustion, I fell into the Gap, sinking into a soft chair that felt like heaven.

Then, just as the sunlight had all but disappeared, and the crepuscular skies emerged, my wife suddenly announced, “we are leaving.” Surely these were the three most stimulating words I heard all day.

Our journey home was uneventful, except for a lot more traffic on the Long Island Expressway as we inched closer to my final resting place. The thought of chicken cutlets and spaghetti waiting to be reheated at home gave me the inspiration to drive our final few miles.

Great Steak and Potato! There’s no place like home.

Mark Lane, Little Neck

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A Community New Year Resolution: Buy Locally!

By MICHAEL SCHENKLER Follow me on Twitter @QueensTribune I’m not big on New Year resolutions. That’s probably because I don’t care to deal with the discipline required to meet ar tificially set personal goals.

However, that doesn’t prevent me from making a resolution for the entire community – for all of us.

The community — the entire business community – is entering a third calendar year of what Henry Stern refers to below as the Great Rece ssion. The concern here in Queens is not Wall Street, but Main Street. The terrible economic conditions are affecting business on all our Main Streets and sooner or later it impacts each and every one of us – if it hasn’t already.

When the recession impacts your Main Street, and people get

laid off, stores close, less business is done, there is less cash in the community. Less cash to go out to eat, less cash to spend at the stores that are open, less cash to support the community – it is a continuing cycle which depletes the economic vitality of a communit y.

As we look around Queens, we are happy at how effective our communities have been in weathering the economic storm. But recovery has not been as quick as we had hoped.

So, how my friends, you ask, does this relate to a New Year resolution for us all?

I think it’s simple.

While we are all concerned with the world economy and are hopeful that the Obama administrat ion is taki ng the necessar y steps to deal with the situation here at home, we can help on Main St. It doe sn’t mat ter what you consider your communit y, you should suppor t it. If your local shopping str ip is on Nor t hern Boulevard or the small shopping center on Merrick Boulevard is community to you; support it! If its Bell Boulevard Union Tpke, Austin, Steinway, Roosevelt or Met-

ropolitan, you know what feels like home; support it!

Some may view their community as all of Queens; some as the ent ire cit y; those in the eastern part of the borough may include parts of Nassau when they think community.

Well my friends, shop there; dine there; spend your money there. Support your community.

Months ago, Peter Sloggatt, Associate Publisher of our Huntington-based Long Islander Newspapers, designed the logo which appears on this page: It Star ts Here: Buy Locally. With Huntington Chamber of Commerce President Bob Bontempi and Northpor t Trustee Tom Kehoe, they spread the concept to the various business groups of the town.

Now, you can walk through Huntington or Northport Village and see the logo on posters in stores along their Main Streets.

The logo has since been adopted by the Nassau Count y Chamber of Commerce. But Buy Locally is merely a poster – a concept. How do we make it work?

When you buy on the internet, chances are some fulfillment house far across the country processes

the order. When you call to inquire or complain, a phone room in India or maybe the Ph ilippi ne s handles the work. The jobs created when we buy online, are created far from our community.

Our newspaper buys many of its office supplies from Staples. If we order by phone or online, the kid that stocks the shelves and the

worker who runs the tape and packs the order is in Pennsylvania. If we go to the store in Bayside, two or three or more employees have work to do from our order.

When jobs stay in the community, so does the money. So those workers have cash in their pockets to eat out or spend on our Main Street.

Some promote “staycation” - a vacation near to home.

Perhaps dining out can mean trying that exciting Queens restaurant instead of going to the City or eating down the block instead

of traveling far from home.

Just do your part to keep the money close to home. Do as much as you can. It can make a difference.

No, one individual who practices “buy locally” does not make the difference. But an entire community or borough or city can.

Whether our efforts keep or create 10 or 100 or more jobs here in Queens, we can make a difference. For every dollar spent locally, we are contributing to keeping a job locally. And with that job, comes another paycheck contributing to the local effort.

Can you imagine if one million of the people in Queens joined the movement and kept the money in our borough?

Can they give up internet shopping? Can they decrease the amount of money they spend far from home? Can we as a community Buy Locally?

While the country’s economic gurus work on a long-term solution, we can help our neighborhood weather the storm. We can work to keep the money in our community.

A simple communit y Ne w Year resolution: Buy Locally!

MSchenkler@QueensTribune.com

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Albany’s Disappointing Year: Fiscal Problems, Senate Squabble

By HENRY STERN We are writing on a cloudy afternoon. Snow fell this morning. I have looked over the 111 articles we wrote in 2009 a nd are impre ssed by how many different situations have arisen in state and local government; most of them reHenry flecting some kind of misconduct or shortsightedness.

If one writes too frequently of shor tcomings, one ca n get the reputation of a Cassandra, Eeyore, Chicken Little, or boy who cried ‘Wolf.’ But what if the bearer of bad (or mediocre) tidings is accurate, like the soothsayer in Julius Caesar?

It is true that we have cried ‘wolf,’ but in the case of the city and state of New York, there is a big, bad wolf at the door: insolvency. The state’s fiscal problems are greater than the city’s because the governor and the legislature have been particularly improvident and continue to spend more money than the state collects in ta xes. Receipts have been substantially reduced by the Great Rece ssion, which is what we should call the consequences of the last two years.

The events, taking place since the fall of 2007, have created a difficult climate for local governments, which, unlike the Federal Reserve, have no access to printing presses and no significant relationship with the People’s Repub-

lic of China. Cities and states are obligated to provide continuing services to the public: police, fire, education, health, sanitation and parks, among others.

Some expenditure s, such as assistance to the poor, increase in bad economic times because Stern the city and state provide assistance to victims of the recession and their families. To make matters worse, it is difficult to raise addit ional mone y through ta x i ncreases when tax receipts are declining, and individuals and businesses are in financial distress.

The legislature’s reluctance to make nece ssar y reduct ions in spending intensified the state’s fiscal problems during 2009. This recalcitrance to reduce school and healt h assista nce to localit ie s comes mostly because such cuts would impact members of the unions that make substantial yearround political contributions to legislators, and regularly endorse incumbents at the biennial elections.

Remember: “There is no such thing as a free lunch.”

Apart from fiscal concerns, the year was most notably marked by the farce which occupied the State Senate for over a month. Defecting Democrats gave Republicans control of the chamber in a sneak attack, but neither side for some time could put together the 32 votes needed to transact business.

When the defectors returned to

their original base, they were treated as conquering heroes, and given fiscal, titular and patronage rewards which they had previously been denied. Their successful operation, creating chaos and then receiving rewards for ending it, is evocative of the Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. The difference is that the pirates had no prior loyalt y to the shipow ners; t hey were not betraying anyone, simply enriching themselves. Pedro Espada and his confederates were elected as Democrats; their actions were deceitful as well as possibly criminal. The defectors demanded and received millions of dollars in jobs and member items, just to return to the status quo.

Unfor tunately, t heir fel low Democrats acted as enablers. So eager were the wimps and wusses to gain their own committee chairmanships and member items, they surrendered meekly to the demands of the pirates. A few hypocrites among them issued sanctimonious statements denouncing the turncoats and proclaiming their own distress. The truth is that any one of them could have stopped the coup by simply voting ‘No,’ because each Democrat was the 32nd vote needed to take action. The pathetic events of midsummer will stain the reputations of all the participants, both active and passive.

The effect of these shenanigans was to increase public contempt for the legislature to what appears to be an all time high.

There may have been only four

aggressors, the Amigos, but the other 28 Democrats in the Senate were complicit in paying the ransom.

The mills of justice took their toll on senior legislators, Senator Bruno and Assemblyman Seminerio among them. The two had, separately, set themselves up as consultants, and collected substantial fees from companies seeking contracts with the State .

In general our stories report the baser side of human behavior, because that is what one is most likely to encounter in the corridors of power at the State Capitol. The most common sin among legisla-

tors is greed, or avarice.

To sum up Albany in 2009: A weak governor; an appointed lieutenant governor, state comptroller and junior United States senator, with other s angling to take their jobs; a senate in anarchy; an efficient assembly with some ethically challenged members; a state at torney general wait ing in the wings for the collapse of the regime, whose goal is to put it out of its miser y by exerting a minimum of force necessary to do the job.

All the best to you, your family and your friends.

StarQuest@NYCivic.org

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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REAL ESTATE DIVISION NOTICE OF APPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY IN THE BED OR BEDS OF A STREAM, LAKE, STREET, ROAD, HIGHWAY, OR RIGHT OF WAY PROJECT: VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY, I 678 KEW GARDENS CONTRACT 1 COUNTY: QUEENS MAP NO. 16 PARCEL NO. 29, 30, 31 TAKE NOTICE THAT PURSUANT TO EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURE LAW NOTICE is hereby given that there were filed in the office of the Department of Transportation on the 22ND day of APRIL, 2009, description and original tracing of a map, together with a certificate as to the accuracy thereof, of property which the Commissioner of Transportation deemed necessary to be acquired immediately for purposes connected with the project identified above that; there was filed in the office of the QUEENS County Clerk on the 9TH day of OCTOBER 2009, a copy of such description and map, whereupon the appropriation by the State of the property described in such description and map became complete and the title to such property vested in the People of the State of New York. Description and map of property which the Commissioner of Transportation deems necessary to be acquired by appropriation in the name of the People of the State of New York in fee for purposes connected with the highway system of the State of New York pursuant to Section 30 of the Highway Law and the Eminent Domain Procedure Law. There is excepted from this appropriation all the right, title and interest, if any, of the United States of America, in or to said property. That the following is a description of such property, to wit: All those pieces or parcels of property hereinafter designated as Parcel Nos. 29, 30 and 31, situate in the City of New York, County of Queens, State of New York, as shown on the accompanying map and described as follows: PARCEL NO.29 Beginning at a point on the southerly boundary of the existing Queens Boulevard, an existing city street, said point being 61.9± meters distant, easterly measured at right angles from station 10+604.2± of the hereinafter described survey baseline for the acquisition of a portion of the Bed of Van Wyck Expressway; thence through the Bed of the Van Wyck Expressway the following ten (10) courses and distances: (1) southerly along a curve to the left having a radius of 583.462 meters a distance of 108.5± meters to a point 26.269 meters distant northeasterly, measured at right angles from station 10+465.589 of said baseline; (2) South 19 degrees 27‘ 18" East, 26.593 meters to a point 13.965 meters distant, northeasterly, measured at right angles from station 10+442.014 of said baseline; (3) South 29 degrees 11’ 07" East 4.945 meters to a point 12.451 meters distant northeasterly, measured at right angles from station 10+437.307 of said baseline; (4) South 24 degrees 26’ 37" East 69.237 meters to a point 13.190 meters distant southwesterly, measured at right angles from station 10+368.706 of said baseline; (5) South 64 degrees 41’ 54" West 45.360 meters to a point 56.267 meters distant southwesterly, measured at right angles

from station 10+390.156 of said baseline; (6) North 24 degrees 37’ 53" West 286.498 meters to a point 35.784 meters distant westerly, measured at right angles from station 10+660.990 of said baseline; (7) South 65 degrees 22’ 07" West 2.274 meters to a point 37.971 meters distant westerly, measured at right angles from station 10+660.366 of said baseline; (8) North 24 degrees 37’ 53" West 11.426 meters to a point 34.236 meters distant southwesterly, measured at right angles from station 10+695.564 of said baseline; (9) North 65 degrees – 00’ 00" East 3.527 meters to a point 30.908 meters distant southwesterly, measured at right angles from station 10+694.396 of said baseline; and (10) North 28 degrees -09’ -13" West 48.2± meters to a point on the first mentioned southerly boundary of Queens Boulevard, the last mentioned point being 17.5± meters distant southwesterly, measured at right angles, from station 10+740.7± of said baseline; thence along the first mentioned southerly boundary of Queens Boulevard the following three (3) directions and distances; (1) southeasterly along a curve to the right having a radius of 930.114 meters a distance of 29.0± meters to a point 11.1± meters distant southwesterly, measured at right angles from station 10+712.4± of said baseline; (2) southeasterly 55.9± meters to a point 8.9± meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+660.6± of said baseline; and (3) southeasterly along a curve to the right having a radius of 534.053 meters a distance of 77.4± meters to the point of beginning; being 16755.4± square meters more or less. Parcel NO. 30 Beginning at a point on the northeasterly boundary of the Van Wyck Expressway, at the intersection of said boundary with the northerly boundary of Queens Boulevard, said point being 27.3± meters distant northeasterly measured at right angles, from station 10+750.0± of the hereinafter described survey baseline for the acquisition of a portion of the Bed of the Van Wyck Expressway; thence along the last mentioned northerly boundary of said Queens Boulevard the following two (2) directions and distances: (1) northwesterly along a curve to the left having a radius of 975.834 meters a distance of 64.0± meters to a point 10.5± meters distant northeasterly, measured at right angles from station 10+811.6± of said baseline; and (2) northwesterly 262.1± meters to its intersection with the southwesterly boundary of the Van Wyck Expressway, the last mentioned point being 77.3± meters distant southwesterly, measured at right angles from station 11+093.9± of said baseline; thence along the last mentioned southwesterly boundary of the Van Wyck Expressway the following two (2) directions and distances; (1) northeasterly 53.3± meters to a point 26.1± meters distant southwesterly, measured at right angles from station 11+079.1± of said baseline; and (2) northwesterly 122.2± meters to its intersection with southerly boundary of Hoover Avenue, the last mentioned point being 61.8± meters distant, southwesterly, measured at right angles from station 11+185.9± of said baseline; thence along the last mentioned southerly boundary of Hoover

Avenue the following three (3) directions and distances: (1) northeasterly along a curve to the left having a radius of 316.538 meters a distance of 10.3± meters to a point 51.8± meters distant southwesterly, measured at right angles from station 11+188.3± of said baseline; (2) northeasterly 93.0± meters to a point 38.4± meters distant northeasterly, measured at right angles from station 11+211.1± of said baseline; and (3) northeasterly along a curve to the right having a radius of 271.103 meters a distance of 7.6± meters to a point on the first mentioned northeasterly boundary of the Van Wyck Expressway, the last mentioned point being 45.7± meters distant northeasterly measured at right angles from station 11+213.0± of said baseline; thence along the last mentioned northeasterly boundary of the Van Wyck Expressway the following five (5) directions and distances: (1) southerly 23.4± meters to a point 40.9± meters distant northeasterly, measured at right angles from station 11+190.1± of said baseline; (2) southeasterly along a curve to the left having a radius 0f 73.152 meters a distance of 28.3± meters to a point 40.4± meters distant northeasterly, measured at right angles from station 11+153.7± of said baseline; (3) southeasterly 109.8± meters to a point 36.1± meters distant northeasterly, measured at right angles from station 11+044.0± of said baseline; (4) southerly 87.3± meters to a point 8.2± meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+955.1± of the Back Tangent Produced Ahead of said baseline; and (5) southeasterly 182.0± meters to the point of beginning being 30753.7± square meters more or less. Parcel NO. 31 Beginning at a point on the easterly boundary of the Van Wyck Expressway, at the intersection of said boundary with the northwesterly boundary of Hoover Avenue, said point being 49.8.± meters distant northeasterly measured at right angles, from station 11+232.7± of the hereinafter described survey baseline for the acquisition of apportion of the Bed of the Van Wyck Expressway; thence along the last mentioned northwesterly boundary of said Hoover Avenue the following two (2) directions and distances: (1) southwesterly along a curve to the left having a radius of 289.391 meters a distance of 16.3± meters to a point 33.9± meters distant northeasterly, measured at right angles from station 11+228.8± of said baseline; and (2) southwesterly 66.4± meters to a point on the westerly boundary the Van Wyck Expressway, the last mentioned point being 30.4± meters distant southwesterly, measured at right angles from station 11+212.6± of said baseline; thence along the last mentioned westerly boundary of Van Wyck Expressway the following three (3) directions and distances (1) northwesterly along a curve to the right having a radius of 304.801 meters a distance of 51.0± meters to a point 29.6± meters distant southwesterly, measured at right angles from station 11+263.5± of said baseline; (2) northwesterly 100.7± meters to a point 8.7± meters distant southwesterly, measured at right angles from station 11+367.8± of said baseline; and (3) northwesterly along a curve to the left having a Radius of 426.721 meters

a distance of 174.3± meters to a point on the southerly boundary of Union Turnpike, the last mentioned point being 17.9± meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 11+552.5± of said baseline; thence easterly along the last mentioned southerly boundary of Union Turnpike 74.0± meters to a point on the first mentioned easterly boundary of the Van Wyck Expressway, the last mentioned point being 89.1± meters distant northeasterly, measured at right angles form station 11+505.3± of said baseline; thence along the last mentioned easterly boundary of the Van Wyck Expressway the following three (3) directions and distances: (1) southeasterly 180.2± meters to a point 53.5± meters distant northeasterly, measured at right angles from station 11+328.7± of said baseline; (2) easterly 21.1± meters to a point 72.0± meters distant northeasterly, measured at right angles from station 11+340.1± of the Back Tangent Produced Ahead of said baseline; and (3) southerly 109.7 to the point of beginning being 22632.2± square meters more or less. The above mentioned survey baseline is a portion of the 2009 survey baseline (NAD83/CORS 96) for the acquisition of a portion of the Bed of Van Wyck Expressway and described as follows: Beginning at station 10+233.232, thence North 27 degrees -37’ -01" West to station 10+373.775, thence North 44 degrees -00’ -55" West to station 10+530.459; thence North 08 degrees -42’ -27" West to station 10+672.770, thence North 44 degrees -20’ -11" West to station 10+841.671; thence North 05 degrees -28’ -11" West to station 10+933.279; thence North 79 degrees -12’ -04" West to station 11+023.612; thence North 40 degrees -44’ -39" West to station 11+159.019; thence North 29 degrees -03’ -20" West to station 11+328.215, thence North 40 degrees -44’ -39" West to station 11+159.019; thence North 45 degrees -33' -28" West to station 11+538.381; thence North 06 degrees -25' -38" West to station 11+722.793. All bearings referred to True North at the 74 degrees -00’ Meridian of West Longitude. Commissioner of Transportation By: /S/ JAMES CELLERY REAL ESTATE DATED: October 13, 2009 ________________________________________________________________________

complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens.

The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises.

Dated this 9th day of December, 2009, Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 TO: WINSTON RICHARDS, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. MARGUERITE A. GRAYS of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 20 th day of November, 2009 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, in the City of Jamaica.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by WINSTON RICHARDS and DELROSE RICHARDS dated the 9th day of August, 2006, to secure the sum of $323,000.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 20060004971 92 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS, on the 1st day of September, 2006; which mortgage was duly assigned by assignment dated the 19th day of August, 2008, and sent for recording in the Office of the Clerk of QUEENS County; The property in question is described as follows: 105-64 VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY, RICHMOND HILL, NY 11419 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 9595 and Lot 29 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Westerly side of Van Wyck Blvd., distance 180.18 feet Northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Westerly side of Van Wyck Expressway with the Northerly side of 1 071h Avenue, formerly Roanoke Avenue and also formerly Metropolis Avenue; RUNNING THENCE Westerly parallel with 107th Avenue, 100.12 feet; THENCE Northerly parallel with Van Wyck Expressway, 20 feet; THENCE Easterly again parallel with 107th Avenue, 100.12 feet to the Westerly side of Van Wyck Expressway; THENCE Southerly along the Westerly side of Van Wyck Expressway, 20.00 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 105-64 Van Wyck Expressway, Richmond Hill, New York HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS

AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: December 9, 2009 Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 21078/08 RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CORPORATION Plaintiff, vs. WINSTON RICHARDS, DELROSE RICHARDS, Defendant(s).

MORTGAGED PREMISES: 105-64 VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY, RICHMOND HILL, NY 11419 SBL #: BLOCK: 9595 LOT: 29 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is

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Queens This Week to ensure that fair-wage employment practices were a guarantee. He thought there were "interesting" issues at play with that project, and indicated that he would have been ambivalent before such a vote.

On diversity issues in the realm of civil service, Weprin thinks it's important that those "policing an area look as much like the people in the area as possible," and believes that so many incidences culminating in conflict or violence can be attributed to that principle having not been implemented.

He said he also believes the fire fighting force should be diverse and inclusive. One of the first pieces of legislation he promises to introduce will be to expand the uniform code to allow someone wearing a turban, beard, or other physical manifestations of faith to be accommodated.

The issue was near and dear to the heart of his opponent in the Democratic Primary, Swaranjit Singh, a member of the Sikh faith, who Weprin said he consulted with on the issue, along with his community.

Reach Reporter Lori Gross at lgross@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 124.

—Lori Gross

Bayside High Sign Shut Off The sign saga may finally have reached its end.

The electric sign agitating several Bayside residents living near Bayside High School most notably Edward Braunstein who lives across from the school - has been turned off.

The sign was installed last September to inform the community of events taking place at the school. "Immediately, this bright flashing sign disturbed neighbors who felt the sign was out of character for a residential neighborhood," said Braunstein, who raised the sign problem with fellow Community Board members during an October meeting.

Early on in its existence, the sign had been on 24/7 according to East Bayside Homeowners Association President Frank Skala, but was later shut off from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., according to Bayside High Principal Michael Athy. The school also attempted to mute its colors. The effort did not go unnoticed by Braunstein's family - but the sign was still an unwelcome entity.

Skala and the EBHA became champions for Braunstein, discovering that the sign's placement may have been illegal because it is within 200 feet of a park of a half acre or more in size, despite the permit application being marked otherwise.

The sign was recently turned off, pending a determination from the Dept. of Buildings on its legal status under zoning laws, according to Braunstein. "On behalf of the residents who live near Bayside High School, I want to thank all those involved for working together to help remove this eyesore," he said.

Athy had written in late October that several elected officials have reached out to him complaining that the school's new electric sign which posts announcements is too bright - or as Athy cast the problem; "[the] new sign is causing numerous residents (well, actually, like one) great distress. Resident(s) are apparently being forced to look through the perfectly aligned windows with curtains raised in several neighbors' houses and then through the trees of Raymond O'Connor Park in order to have their retinas damaged by our 'Vegas-like' display which burns well through the night."

Reach Reporter Lori Gross at lgross@queenstribune.com, or (718) 3577400, Ext. 124.

—Lori Gross

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Tech-Linked Granny Celebrates 103rd Experiencing the day 102 times already did not suppress Adele Lerner's smile as she was greeted with friends and family to celebrate her birthday.

"I feel like I'm dreaming," the sprightly 103-year-old said. "I feel like I'm dreaming."

Technically, she was born on Dec. 28, but

Adele Lerner (r.) was helped by family members when blowing out her cake.

Selfhelp’s Leo Asen presented Lerner with a commemorative plaque. none of that mattered. A gathering of a few dozen friends and family awaited her arrival, as she pushed along a walker past flashing cameras and television crews.

The party was thrown by Selfhelp Community Services, which provides affordable housing for about 20,000 City seniors, owning and operating six apartment buildings in Queens. Some of the organization's funds come from the City's Department for the Aging, others from philanthropy.

"We've been doing it for 73 years," said Leo Asen, Selfhelp's Vice President of Senior Communities. "We were founded by Holocaust refugees. It's quite an awesome history."

Lerner's frame is curved, the lines of age chiseled on her face, and despite poor hearing she took the time to hug, greet and thank every well-wisher taking the time.

Flanking the Manhattan native were her daughter Terry Kaufman and grandson Stewart.

"She's doing all of this for the community," Kaufman said. "She's very altruistic."

The party itself visibly rejuvenated a person who is used to many rebirths.

At the age of 60, Lerner picked up painting. At 69, she finally got her high school diploma. Then 14 years later, she received her Bachelor's degree in fine arts.

That Lerner received a degree so late didn't represent her late-bloomer tendencies per se, Kaufman said. She always kept learning, rising at 5 a.m. to watch NYU's Sunriser courses in the 1950s.

Today, Lerner has become an avid computer user, starting off her mornings with an instant message session at 8:30 a.m. with Kaufman, before video chatting with her daughter in California via Skype.

Silicon Valley titan Microsoft gave Lerner her latest computer - the third one she has had.

"She won't leave it alone," her grandson Stewart said. "So we have to find out what she did to it sometimes."

After being presented with a plaque, the party broke out into a stream of outpouring emotion, with friends and acquaintances congratulating Lerner in a variety of languages.

Then a dose of impromptu a capella broke out in Russian and then Yiddish.

Draped in boxes of chocolate and more than a few roses, Lerner was helped by her grandson and daughter in blowing out the birthday candles.

But she took a moment of everyone's

attention to stand on a soap box.

"I'm wearing this green blouse because this year we're going to change the world," Lerner said, tugging at her threads. "We're going to live longer. Next, 120 years old will be normal."

It was a rare moment of grandiosity from a woman many said epitomized humility.

"When she reached 101, she realized people would listen to her, so she started philosophizing," Stewart said.

Reach Reporter Joseph Orovic at jorovic@queenstribune.com, or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.

—Joseph Orovic

'Wep' Reveals His Councilmanic Side Orientation at City Hall for Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) was different than college orientation; this time around the SUNY Albany alumnus found himself in Albany unexpectedly.

During a group orientation for Councilmenelect in December, the former state Assemblyman had to dash up Albany at 9:30 p.m. arriving at midnight for a late vote on gay marriage, and then an early morning vote on the state budget.

Weprin is fully transitioned now as the official councilman for the 23rd District, with the exception of having a fully functional office at 73rd Avenue and Bell Boulevard with working phone lines. Technical connectivity will come soon, but personal connectivity with Council colleagues is already up and running. "Yo, Wep," as one of his new peers recently called out to him in City Hall, is a nickname that wouldn't have resonated through the more formal halls of the capitol.

Weprin ran his campaign emphasizing his interest in education and the deemphasizing of standardized test scores.

He is vying for placement on the Education Committee and the Land Use Committee.

"We'll see how sharp my elbows are," he said. The popular Land Use Committee appeals to him because of his interest of protecting single family zoned areas from being overdeveloped. "A developer doesn't have to make as much money as they possibly can. They can make money and be a good citizen, environmentally friendly, [create] good jobs, and not overtax the water system," Weprin said.

He raised a major project to inject a mall in an armory in the Bronx, which he said was killed by the Council because the body wanted

Halloran Wants In On Public Safety "Not bad for Republican," said Dan Halloran last month while he was still the councilman-elect. Halloran (R-Whitestone) was punctuating an interview in which he expressed a passion for an environmentally friendly College Point waste management system.

The tongue-in-cheek statement may have been a bit of self-effacement, or a gentle admonishment to those holding false negative stereotypes. Whatever the case, a prominent member of the scientific community dealing with College Point privately sung high praises of Halloran's green-mindedness.

Halloran also has great concern for what he calls "the working poor" - people he defined as being on Section 8 housing, Food Stamps, and Medicaid - who he said would be adversely affected by the state deficit. "Almost a third of the New York City budget passes through from the federal and state budget," he explained.

With a family legacy boasting cops, firemen and judges, having had himself two and a half years on the NYPD, and having worked in the offices of three different prosecutors, Halloran said he'd like to join the Public Safety Committee with a special interest in fire and criminal justice.

Discussing legislation introduced by Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) to diversify the FDNY by giving extra credit in the firefighter examination to those with a diploma of its equivalent from an NYC High School, Halloran warned, "You have to be careful you're not creating discrimination by trying to remedy discrimination."

"You want the best person possible running into save you during that fire. And that doesn't matter if they're black or white, male or female. [You want] the person that can do that job," he said. Halloran explained that the firefighter's examination is significant in determining a "base level of competency." He believes the three-part filter of a written exam, physical endurance testing, and an academy class to "weed out those who simply can not get the job done" is what makes the FDNY "the best in the world."

In addition to Public Safety, Halloran would also like to represent the 19th District on the Finance Committee. His new office is located at 166-08 24th Road in Whitestone. He can be reached by phone at (718) 631-0328.

Reach Reporter Lori Gross at lgross@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 124.

—Lori Gross

Queens CLOSEUP Financial Lecture Save the date! If your New Year’s resolution is to get your personal finances under control during this recession, NYS Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., is pleased to bring an important free program to his constituents presented by CUNY’s award-winning entrepreneur, Joyce Moy, soon after 2010 arrives. Her financial lecture will be held at Christ Lutheran Hall, 85-15 101st Ave., Ozone Park, Saturday, Jan. 16, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Moy will cover two major topics dealing with personal finances, followed by a Q & A with the audience: Moy is currently the Executive Director of the Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AAARI) of the City University of New York (CUNY). AAARI’s mission is to provide research and education to the general public on issues of concern to Asian Americans and the world’s Asian communities. In addition, she teaches small business management at CUNY. For more information, please contact Senator Addabbo’s Howard Beach district office at (718) 738-1111.

Lifeguard Recer tification Interested in Lifeguard recertification?

Register today with Cross Island YMCA for Jan. 10 class. Call (718) 479-0505 or visit the Cross Island YMCA in person for more information.

For more than 52 years, the Cross Island YMCA has been providing vital programs and services to the Queens neighborhoods of Bellerose, Far Rockaway and South Ozone Park to Cambria Heights and Laurelton to Bayside and Flushing. Supported in part through contributions to the Strong Kids Campaign, the Cross Island YMCA provides membership assistance and scholarships to programs like summer camp, child care and teen activities, so that no one is turned away due to an inability to pay. Visit ymcanyc.org to learn more.

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Woodhaven Residents The Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association will be holding town hall meetings on Saturday, Jan. 9, and Saturday, Feb. 13, from 1-3 p.m. at the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 78-15 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven, as part of their mission to keep residents informed and have them participate in the civic process. Bring a friend or neighbor, all are welcome.

Census Test The Howard Beach Senior Center at 156-45 84th St, Howard Beach is hosting a one-day Census Test for anyone over age 60 on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 9:30 a.m. Temporary, part time jobs are available with the 2010 Census for those who pass a multiple choice test. Test takers must pre-register and have required documentation. For more information, call Judy at (718) 738-8100

Arsenic & Old Lace The First String Players, a newly formed community theater group in Woodhaven will be conducted their debut performance, Arsenic and Old Lace, a play by Joseph Kesselring, at St. Luke’s, 87-34 85th St., Woodhaven on Friday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 9, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 10, at 3 p.m. Admission is $10 and tickets are only sold at the door.

Computer Classes The Howard Beach Senior Center, located at 156-45 84th St in Howard Beach is conducting computer classes for beginners, intermediate and more advanced seniors.

The classes will be held for six weeks at once a week.

Anyone who is interested, please call Rosalie at (718) 738-8100.

Recycling Day Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr.., is sponsoring a free, post-holiday recycling event at his district office, in collaboration with representatives from e-Green Management, LLC. Recycle your unwanted electronic equipment; two trucks will be available to collect your old, outdated items to make room for new equipment.

The event will be held Saturday, Jan. 9, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Addabbo’s district office, 159-53 102nd St., Howard Beach.

For more information about this event or e-waste recycling, call (718) 738-1111.

WRBA Meeting The Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association will be holding town hall meetings on Saturday, Jan 9, and Saturday, Feb 13, from 1-3 p.m. at the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 78-15 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven, as part of their mission to keep residents informed and have them participate in the civil process. Bring a friend or neighbor, all are welcome.

Entitlement Counseling The Howard Beach Senior Center, located at 156-45 84th St. in Howard Beach is offering entitlement counseling for seniors living in Community Board 9 and 10. This counseling is for seniors over the age of 60 living in community board #9 and #10, who need assistance in Medicare, Medicaid, SSI, SNAP (formerly food stamps), housing, etc.

If interested, call Elaine at (718) 738-8100 for further information.

Jew ish Literature Modern Jewish Literature is brilliantly described by Rabbi Adam Chalom in his Continuing Jewish Culture Series with Yiddish, Hebrew and American Authors Sforim, Peretz, Aleichem, Bialik, Rahel, Tchernikowsky and Amichai. Come to this presentation by Queens Community for Cultural Judaism at 2 p.m. on Jan. 9 at the Queens Unitarian Universalist Congregation building, Ash Avenue at 149th Street in Flushing.

Louis Armstrong House On Jan. 9 at 2 pm, at the Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107th St., there will be a book party for and reading from the much-anticipated “POPS –A Life of Louis Armstrong” by acclaimed author and Wall Street Journal critic Terry Teachout. Con-

sidered to be the definitive Armstrong biography, POPS has received rave reviews, including a listing as one of the top ten best books of 2009 by The New York Times. The free event will also include a guided tour of Armstrong’s home and New Orleans-style refreshments.

Community House The Queens Community House Kew Gardens, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, Suite 202, will present two sessions geared towards assisting with weight loss and weight management. First session will take place Jan. 10 and will follow on Jan. 18.

There will be a new film series and discussion will be held the second and third Thursday of each month. Starting Jan. 14, at 12:30 p.m., Breathless, a classic modern foreign film, will be presented.

A new group will be formed called the “Men Only Workshop” starting Jan. 27 at 10 a.m., and will meet the fourth Wednesday of each month. Discussions will center on eating right, men’s health issues and sex in later years.

On Jan. 19, the well-known Belle’s Players will perform at 1:30 p.m. Esther will help you to manage your weight through Guided Imagery on Jan. 18 at 1 p.m.

For more information about these and other programs or events, call (718) 2685960.

Drawing Classes Join renowned artist Eric March every Wednesday in January and create a drawing of your “best” self at the Central Queens YM&YWHA, 67-09 108th St. Learn something new each week about drawing a portrait and put your new knowledge to work in your piece. Bring a photograph of yourself that captures your essence (it can be a recent picture or one from 30 years ago) and start drawing!

At the end of the workshop we will laminate the drawing in a class show at the YM & YWHA. Course Dates are Jan. 6, 13, 21, and 27 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. The cost of the workshop is $35 for Members and $40 for Non-Members. Supplies will be provided.

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the Program please call Shira & Lisa at the Senior Department at (718) 268-5011, Ext. 621.

Oak Hills Books The Sisterhood of the Jewish Center of Oak Hills has a special book review program planned for its next meeting on Monday, Jan. 18, at 1 p.m. Two books on a similar theme will be compared and contrasted: “Out of Egypt” by Andrea Aciman and “The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit”

by Lucette Lagnado both deal with the modern-day exodus of Jews from Egypt. The Center is located at 50-35 Cloverdale Blvd. in Oakland Gardens, and has an elevator to all floors.

For further information, please call (718) 631-0100. Admission is free and ample parking will be available.

CPR Training The FDNY Mobile CPR Training Unit will hold regularly scheduled free CPR classes in all five boroughs starting on Jan. 5. The first Tuesday through the fourth Tuesday and the fourth Thursday of every month there will be Borough CPR training sessions in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Staten Island and Queens.

Training is free to anyone over the age of

14. The goal of this program is increase the number of people in New York City trained in bystander CPR Each class lasts one hour and participants in the class learn basic CPR skills from a member of the FDNY Emergency Medical Service.

Volunteers for the class follow along using the CPR Anytime Personal Learning Kit, which features an instructional DVD and an inflatable mannequin. All participants are able take home the kit at the end of class and asked to pledge to use the kit to show five of their family members and friends how to perform CPR. This class teaches basic CPR technique and is not a certification course.

In Queens, the classes will be held the fourth Thursday of every month at EMS Station 54, 222-15 Merrick Blvd. In addition, please visit www.nyc.gov/cprtogo for New York Sports Club locations offering free CPR classes starting in January.

Please visit www.fdnyfoundation.org or call (718) 999-2413 for more information.

Bravest Boxing The FDNY Bravest Boxing team will host a “Smoker” on Saturday, Jan 16, at 7 p.m. at Christ the King Regional High School in Middle Village to raise money for Ring 8: Boxers Helping Boxers, an organization that helps hundreds of boxers with medical examinations, optical assistance and death benefits. Additional proceeds will go to one of the Bravest Boxing team’s favorite causes, the Wounded Warriors Project, an organization that provides support for injured men and women from our nation’s armed forces.

Louis Pasteur Reunion The Louis Pasteur Reunion is scheduled to take place on May 28, 2010 at the Douglaston Manor. The classes of 1958 to 1969 will be in attendance. A weekend of events are scheduled. This event is held every four to five years with a response of over 600 from the four corners of the world. This will be their fifth reunion.

For details, please inquire at liouspasteurjhs67.com, or contact Ken Lubin at reuniondb@aol.com.

Barnes &Noble Events Barnes & Noble Fresh Meadows has several events occurring this January. Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. are new weekly children’s storytimes. Sunday, Jan. 10 at 1:30 p.m. will be Children’s Snowflake Craft, which celebrated the winter season by making snowflakes. Please note, space for that event it limited.

On Monday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m. will be Open Mic Poetry. Join Susan Yang for an evening of poetry with featured poet Dr. Howard Finger.

Educators of Pre-K to 12 grade students will enjoy special discounts on eligible books as well as CSs/DVDs for personal and classroom use from Saturday, Jan. 16 through Sunday, Jan. 24.

On Monday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. budding poets can perfect their craft during Poetry Writing Workshop with constructive feedback by Bob Trabold and Amanda Konstantine Perlmutter.

For more information on any of these events happening at the Barnes & Noble Fresh Meadows, located at 176-60 Union Tpke., contact Gina Lockwood-Sheehave at (718) 380-7077.

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The Howard Beach Senior Center will conduct a presentation on “Memories of World War II and The Homefront” on Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 10:30 a.m.

The talk will be conducted by Mark Donnelly, the Outreach Librarian from the Queens Public Library. All Seniors are invited. The Howard Beach Senior Center is located at 156-45 84th St. in Howard Beach (Entrance on 85th Street.) For information call (718) 738-8100.

between 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through Friday or visit the center during those hours.

‘Mr. Steinway Street’ Dies At Age 80

By BRIAN M. RAFFERTY Julian “Julie” Wager, an icon in the borough know n by many as “Mr. Steinway Street” died Tuesday night at the age of 80.

Wager, who was the founder of the Central Astoria Local Development Corp, a 30year member of Community Board 1 and a wel l-loved community leader, helped found the Queens Festival in 1979 when he served on an ad hoc committee under the auspices of then-Borough President Donald Manes.

“I’ve known Julie forever – he has been part of the Queens family for as long as 30 40 years,” said former Borough President Claire Shulman upon hearing the news of Wager’s death. “He has always been active in the affairs of the county in a ver y nice and positive way.”

Tony Barsamian, the publisher of the Queens Gazette, where Wager worked since 1991, said he knows how Wager would like to be remembered. “He was a community-oriented person who was concerned about local issues and how they affected people,” Barsamian said. “I met him when I started my business 32 years ago. I was pitching him on r unning some adver t ising for his stores on Steinway Street, and we got to talking. We became friends instantly.”

According to the Queens Gazette Web site, which had already posted a brief obituary Wedne sday afternoon, Wager was adver tising director of Queens Gazet te; president of the Steinway Astoria partnership, formerly the Steinway Business Improvement District, president of the Steinway Street Merchants Association; for more than 30 years, a member of Community Board 1 and chairman of its Industrial, Commercial, Cable T.V., Communications (Economic De-

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velopment) Committee; member of the board back yet again.”

Wager attended PS 6 on Steinway Street, of directors of the Variet y Boys and Girls W.C. Br yant H.S. and Cit y ColClub; board member of A Way lege. He was president of his synaOut addiction treatment organigogue, Astoria Center of Israel, zation; treasurer of the Walter 27-35 Crescent St. He ran his Kaner Children’s Foundation and family’s lingerie businesses, Geas of May 2008 a member of the nius, 31-19 Steinway St., and Astoria/Long Island City Chic Corsets, 30-79 Steinway St., Kiwanis. for 40 years.

Barsamian said Wednesday Phyllis Shafran, who served on evening that Wager had been batthe Queens Festival ad hoc comtling an illness since last Februmit tee with Wager, recalled his a r y a n d re b o u n d e d s o m a ny role in negotiating the War of the times, people were surprised to Sausage Kings, as the person in see him slip away this final time.

Julian “Julie” charge of vendors at the annual “He was a tough fighter, and al l Wager event in Flushing Meadows Park. of us are shocked that we could “The vendors were feuding over the ponot accept the inevitable,” Barsamian said.

“We thought he would continue to bounce sitioning of their vans, an inch here, a foot

there – they believed the positioning became the key to their success,” Shafran said. Wager had a way of working with the tempers and egos – most of which belonged to the same family – to keep ever yone happy and to make the festival a success.

“On Monday I visited him in the hospital,” Barsamian said, saying to the unconscious Wager, “you’ve got to wake up, get yourself together, get on the phone, get back to work help us out. I could swear he heard me.”

Wager leaves six daughters and nine grandchildren. Services will be held Friday, Jan. 8, at 10 a.m. at Astoria Center of Israel, 27-35 Crescent St., followed by interment.

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Prof. Cures Creepy Crawly Fears

By LORI GROSS Queens College Psychology Professor Harvey Baker can quell all of your fears.

Okay, it’s not quite that simple, but almost. Baker is doing research to substantiate an alternative medicine technique practiced for just the past two decades with has dramatic success in alleviating phobias. Just by using fingers to tap pressure points on a subject’s body, what is called acupressure; Baker has helped people with phobias of rats, cockroaches, spiders and water bugs.

Baker said the treatment works with any phobia, but phobias to a physical entity are much easier to evaluate in his lab than something more ethereal. Subjects have gone

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from not being able to open a door to a room with one of these animals, to being able to walk across the room to stare directly at them.

He said he has never asked a subject to touch one of the animals. Asked if he ever had a subject watch an episode of Fear Factor where a contestant eats one of these critters, he said “no, but that’s an idea.”

Baker has done several studies – one in Australia—documenting the success of this treatment by evaluating how close a patient is willing to get after just one treatment, and following up many months later. This study is different because this time around, Baker is measuring brain waves of patients.

Traditional psychologists are skeptical,

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and he doesn’t know for certain why the treatment helps relax people, but the treatment is “definitely doing something.” One theory behind the success of the treatment is that the body has meridians of pressure which, if manipulated, can rebalance the energy system. “People remark afterward that they feel so relaxed, so good.”

To volunteer for positive affirmation and acupressure treatment email drharveybaker@gmail.com, or call (718) 9973242. All the animals are in cages, and Baker promises there’s no coercion.

Reach Reporter Lori Gross at lgross@queenstribune.com, or (718) 3577400, Ext. 124.

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Globalism Reigns At Boro High School

By BENEDICT MORAN Sebastien Belhomme, a 17-year-old Haitian immigrant, stood with two friends in the Newtown High School librar y wait ing for his next class to begin.

“I used to think in stereotypes,” he said.

“But since I’ve been here I stopped thinking like that.” Pointing to another student a n arm’s length away, Belhomme continued, “Like, I used to just think that he was Chinese.”

“I am Chinese!” exclaimed Jonathan Ng, a 16-year-old of Chinese descent, yet born and raised in South America.

“I thought you said you were Venezuelan,” replied Belhomme.

The short and quick re sponse – “I am Venezuelan, as well” – sur prised no one within listening distance.

After all, this school is situated in Elmhurst, the most multicultural zip code in the United States, according to the Department of City Planning. Newtown has more than 3,000 students who represent more than 100 countries and speak 60 different languages.

“Newtown is a typical United Nations,” explained Mary Wang, an assistant principal at the school. Facing a wall map of the world in her office, she described how this internationalization helps her wards adapt to an increasingly globalized world.

“Students need to be competent and caring, not just good in math and science,” she said. “We’re not just teaching them subject classes; we’re teaching them how to be good citizens. We’re teaching life skills.”

That was certainly the case for Maria Almendrala. The shy 18-year-old senior, who moved to Elmhurst two years ago from the

Students of Newtown High School in can trace their ethnicities back to more countries and speak 60 languages.

Philippines, said she was impressed by the variation of cultures she encountered in the hallways.

“The first day I was here, my teacher was Indian, my classmate s were Puer to Rican,

another was Dominican, one was Tibetan,” she said. “I was like, whoa – check out these people.”

Students who transferred from less diverse school districts welcomed the cornucopia, as well.

Dixie Dominguez, a 16-yearold Cuban Per uvian, moved from Jamaica, Queens, where she said most of her Latino friends grew up segregated from other ethnic groups. But things were different at Newtown.

“In my classes, I would see an African American and an Asian person talking as friends, and that was new to me,” she said.

Students say that such extreme diversity makes no one feel like a minority. Sharing a lingua franca helps, too. Those who are still learning English are encouraged to per fect it so that the y share a common language.

Estaphefanny Nunez, who arrived from the Dominican Republic in 2006 without a word of English, said she now speaks it fluently.

“The first few weeks were terElmhurst r i b l e , b e c a u s e I d i d n ’ t h a v e than 100 friends,” she recalled about her early days at Newtown. “I heard lots of people speaking Spanish, but I didn’t want to concentrate on my own language. I wanted to meet other people. So I star ted making friends w ith Asians, Indians, all of them.”

To be sure, Newtown has had its share of

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tensions. Students say some classmates belong to gangs and occasional fights break out.

Francine Torres paused from writ ing an article for the school newspaper about tolerance to say that the teachers and people in the wider community could do more to encourage mutual understanding.

“There are so many cultures, but no one is understanding them,” said the 16-yearold of Spanish and Puer to Rican parents, gesturing passionately.

But many other students believe that the variety of cultures actually helped discourage ethnic friction.

“I don’t think any group in the school has a necessarily harder time than any other, because the school is just so diverse,” said Dagmara Cintron, a half-Polish, half-Spanish 16-year-old. “Ever yone has their own amount of difficult y fitt ing in.”

To smooth out any kinks, the administration employs a few tools to encourage multicultural harmony. These include an annual multicultural talent show featuring dances and musical numbers of different countries and a club named the “Tolerance Task Group,” which sel ls T-shir ts with the words “Unity in Diversit y.”

Almendrala, though, thinks that simply working together in class is sufficient.

“Livi ng wit h each ot her ever y day, just being in the same space, we learn how to figure out how to work w it h each ot her,” she said.

Studying at Newtown felt right, she added, as she wanted to learn about other cultures. “Being here is like throwing a turtle into the pond,” she said. “I just love it. These kids are so different.”

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Queens Trucker Sees A Green Future “This is not just a phase. With our planet the way it is and our government finally in tune, there’s no turning back from going green,” said John Paul Moda, president of JP&R Superior Trucking.

Having witnessed firsthand the trucking industry’s sizeable contribution to global warming and environmental erosion, Moda takes the initiative to kick start the green movement in his industry.

Moda, a native Queens resident opened the doors of JP&R Superior Tr ucking in 2007 with par tner and cousin, Renaldo Amorelli- after a professional history as an industrial hauler and a logistics foreman. This gave him the complete view of America’s dependency to the trucking industry and the direct parallel to the future of our nation’s commerce. It is also here that he sees the tremendous impact that generations of gaseous emissions and VOC pollutants from big trucks have had on our overall ecosystem.

Moda attributes the success of the entire green movement to a re-education effort. His first initiative in joining the fight was aligning his company with a select number of green business organizations as well as the EPA SmartWay Transport Partnership program – an innovative collaboration between EPA and the freight sector designed to improve energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions, and improve energy security.

John Raul Moda and his “green” touch.

SmartWay provides innovative cost saving strategies for trucking companies to implement. Wor king together, SmartWay Transport Partners can incorporate various strategies and technologies to achieve clean air goals. The extensive line of data uncovered from his

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Flushing Savings Bank Clears Its TARP Debt Flushing Financial Corp., the parent holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, announced that it repurchased the warrant to purchase 375,806 shares of its common stock issued to the U.S. Treasury under the Capital Purchase Program of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

The original warrant granted to the Treasury under the same program was reduced by one-half from 751,611 shares to 375,806 shares as a result of the completion of the Company’s successful public stock offering on Sept. 22. The company repurchased the warrant for $900,000.

“We are happy to have completed the

final phase of our TARP-relationship with the U.S. Treasury following a recommendation by our regulator, the Office of Thrift Super vision,” said John R. Buran, the company ’s president and chief executive officer. “We have been negotiating with the U.S. Treasury over the past month for the repurchase of the warrant and are pleased with the outcome.”

“Throughout this recession we have continued to be a well-capitalized financial company with strong earnings,” he added. “We have been actively lending and growing our deposit base in our New York Metropolitan market. We look forward to the future growth of our franchise.”

Local job seekers are encouraged to apply for approximately 250 new positions that will be created when Kohl’s Department Stores opens its Rego Park store in March. Kohl’s, which has been recognized by Business Week as one of the “Best Places to Launch a Career,” currently has positions available.

A job fair is scheduled for Jan. 9-14.

Applicants should visit www.kohlscareers.com or call (877) NEW KOHLS (877-639-5645) to schedule an interview and to obtain additional information regarding time and location.

The job open house will be held from 10:45 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Jan. 9-11, from

12:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12, from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 13 and from 12:15 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at the former Circuit City spot at the Rego Park shopping center, 96-05 Queens Blvd.

For new stores, Kohl’s needs associates for customer service, department service, cash register operation, early morning stocking, truck unloading, housekeeping and evening signage/ pricing updates. New hires will receive the full Kohl’s benefit package including competitive wages, health insurance, 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership and merchandise discounts.

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membership empowered his eco-mission to take flight once he found the organization reportedly prevented the release of approximately 2.5 million tons of CO2, 12,000 tons of NO2, over 550 tons of particulate matter and 225 million gallons of diesel fuel in its first year alone.

The trend of educating businesses to take part in what Moda calls “conscientious practices” is seen in practically all industries where the term “going green” is a multi-stage program that greatly appeals to the service industries.

Dario Amicucci, head of Cold Mix Manufacturing and the nation’s top producers of the first recyclable, sustainable and non-toxic cold asphalt (called GreenPatch) inspired Moda to step up to eco-friendliness by introducing him to the Green Energy Council and the Green Building Council.

“New York road repair is known to dump about 240,000 gallons of diesel oil into the soil and storm drains each year,” said Moda. “Once you get facts like that, this is when your conscience and alternative solutions will push to redesign your business model.”

Going green is not an overnight epiphany for Moda, but 2009’s business travels have all led him to the same point. Having attended the GO-GREEN Expo in 2008 and the Green Buildings Expo at the Jacob Javits Center in June 2009, Moda personally met and exchanged with thousands of manufacturers, product distributors and fellow industrial services who have all upgraded their standards to meet the green challenge. From recyclable to sustainable, non-toxic to cost-efficientthe concept is well-defined by its focus on a secondary advantage toward the environment or satisfying a higher level of human ethics.

Emily Erceg, a spokesperson for B&H Restoration, a local masonry company, descr ibes her father’s business as “green before it all went green.”

“Our family came from Eastern Europe— where recycling and optimizing the use of our resources is common sense and a way of life – it’s great that all these businesses are being more conscious but I hope everyone sticks with it for the right reasons.”

Queens Gets Its Own Fashion Week

By LORI GROSS Designers and aspiring models, get your look books and comp cards ready: Queens is getting its very own Fashion Week.

Designer Delali Haligah is bankrolling a three days of fashions shows from February 11 to 13, and a designer-expo to help Queens designers show and sell their work.

“QFW is an upscale series of events that shine a spotlight on the trendy goods and services available in Queens,” reads the event’s Web site. Also promised, is a chance to meet guest designer Qristyl Frazier from season six of Project Runway, and to “rub shoulders with Queens fashion elite.” The Queens Chamber of Commerce, which Haligah is a member of, and Borough President’s office have aided in the event’s promotion.

Haligah began this venture, inviting about a dozen other designers she’s friendly with, to attract attention to the distinctive breed of Queens designers, which she says is distinguishable even by neighborhood. She lamented that the Queens fashion community tends to be separated by “hub,” everyone in a different “bubble,” though there are beautiful boutiques and designers in scattered across the county she says. “There’s no cross-pollination.”

The events will take place in different venues of Jamaica and Long Island City.

Different than the larger Fashion Week’s in Manhattan, London, and Paris – which Haligah herself said she’s participated in – the Queens Fashion show reflects the middle class sensibilities of the district, in that there’s a chance for designers to make money. In these larger shows, Haligah said, a buyer would have to seek out designers independently to purchase work. The Queens festival will feature an expo to give buyers a chance to connect with designers directly.

This Jan. 16 there will be an open casting call for models, designers, and other talent at Standard Motor Products LOFTS at 37-18 Northern Blvd. in Long Island City from noon to 4 p.m. Models should bring their comp cards, or two photos of themselves – one head and one body shot. Designers – of which QFW is looking for 8 to 18 more – should bring their look book, and two samples of their work to present. Musicians should bring their CDs. For more information, or to be a sponsor, visit Queensfashionweek.com.

Reach Reporter Lori Gross at lgross@queenstribune.com, or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 124.

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Compiled by DOMENICK RAFTER

107th Precinct WOMAN STABBED: On Friday, Jan 1, at approximately 12:40 p.m., police responded to a call of a person stabbed in the fourth floor hallway of 82-50 135th St. in Briarwood. Upon arriving, police discovered a 17-year-old black girl had been stabbed once in the chest after being embroiled in a dispute with a 19-year-old white woman who lived at the scene.

The victim, identified as Starsheema Lynn of 80-20 134th St, Briarwood, was immediately transported to Queens General Hospital

by EMS where she was pronounced dead on arrival. A knife was discovered on the scene.

An investigation was ongoing.

The suspect, Mary Herron, was arrested and charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon. She was arraigned Jan. 2. According to the DA’s office, the two were formerly friends and Herron allegedly stabbed Lynn in the hallway outside Herron’s apartment after a verbal dispute when the victim showed up to collect belongings.

110th Precinct ATTEMPTED SODOMY: On Monday, Jan. 4, detectives from the Vice Enforcement Division arrested 69-year-old Andrew Cullen of 3406 Linberg Ave., Oceanside, NY, on the corner of Queens Boulevard and Broadway in Elmhurst. Cullen is suspected to have engaged in sexually explicit internet communication with a 14-year-old girl. Cullen is charged with disseminating indecent material to a minor, attempted rape, attempted sodomy, and endangering the welfare of a child.

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114th Precinct ARMED ROBBERY: Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating the suspect in an armed robbery that occurred at approximately 5:20 a.m., on Dec. 8, 2009 in front of 27-17 23rd Ave. in Astoria.

According to police, the suspect, described as a 6-foot-2 Hispanic male, in his 30s or 40s, approached the victim, a 55-yearold Asian male, and pushed him into a driveway, displayed a black firearm, assaulted the victim, and fled on foot with the victim’s wallet. The victim did not suffer any serious injury.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crime Stoppers’ Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577.

From the DA PIMP CONVICTED: A Brooklyn man, who pleaded guilty to promoting the prostitution of a 15-year-old girl whom he met and exploited by having her work for him as a prostitute in Queens, has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison. He must also register as a Level Three Sex Offender for the rest of his life.

The defendant has been identified as Thomas Brown, 22, of 1105 Glenwood Rd., Brooklyn. Brown pleaded guilty Nov. 30, 2009, to second-degree promoting prostitution. According to the plea, the defendant admitted that on July 22, 2008 he advanced and profited from the prostitution of a person under the age of 16.

An undercover police officer overheard a conversation that Brown, and a second defendant, 28-year-old Gregory Simmons, of 77 Prospect Place in Brooklyn, were having sex with a 15-year-old girl on July 22, 2008, at the intersection of 135th Street and Rockaway Boulevard in South Ozone Park that involved her “having the money.” Shortly thereafter, the undercover officer had a con-

versation with Brown, in which Brown agreed to have the 15-year-old girl perform oral sex with the officer in exchange for $100.

Brown and Simmons were arrested after they took the victim to the Howard Johnson Hotel at 153-95 Rockaway Blvd. in South Jamaica. She was detained after she agreed to have sex with the undercover police officer in exchange for money.

In statements made to police, the 15-yearold victim stated that Brown had received money from at least two other men with whom he had told her to have sexual intercourse and that he had taken her identification and told her that he would be the one to buy her clothes, food and anything else she needed.

Simmons pleaded guilty to fifth-degree conspiracy, a Class A misdemeanor, on Nov. 30, and is expected to be sentenced Jan. 11.

ATTEMPTED SODOMY CONVICTION: A Brooklyn high school teacher has pleaded guilty to attempting to meet for sexual relations a person he had met online and who he believed to be a 14-year-old girl.

Alexander D. Kravitz, 27, of 2107 East 7th St. in Brooklyn, who is a teacher at William E. Grady Vocational High School in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, pleaded guilty Monday before Queens Criminal Court Judge Stephanie L. Zaro to first-degree attempted dissemination of indecent material to a minor. Kravitz is expected to be sentenced on Feb. 24 to 90 days in jail and five years’ probation. He will also be forced to surrender his state teaching credentials, forfeit his computer and register as a sex offender.

According to the charges, an NYPD Vice detective was operating in his undercover persona as a 14-year-old girl from Queens between Nov. 13, 2008, and Jan. 7, 2009, during which time he received numerous instant messages from the defendant, who was using the screen name EVRYDAYGURLS. The defendant’s messages were sexual in nature and, on at least two occasions, included live video of him masturbating.

Kravitz was arrested when he appeared at a pre-arranged Queens location for what he believed would be a sexual encounter with the 14-year-old with whom he had been instant messaging. He was taken into custody after approaching a female undercover police officer and identifying himself as the person with whom he had been conversing online.

LEANDRA’S LAW ARREST: A Brooklyn motorist has become the first person to be charged in Queens County under Leandra’s Law, which makes it a felony to drive drunk with a child under the age of 15 in the vehicle.

The defendant was identified as 38-yearold Johnny Ovalles, of 195 Sunnyside Ave. in Brooklyn. He was arraigned Jan. 2 on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (Leandra’s Law), and other charges. He was ordered held on $5,000 cash bail or $10,000 bond and to return to court on Jan. 15. He faces up to four years in prison if convicted.

According to the charges, Ovalles was driving a 2002 Toyota on the Grand Central Parkway at approximately 6:25 a.m., on Jan. 1, when he was observed by a police officer to be operating his vehicle at approximately 80 miles per hour in violation of the 50 miles per hour speed limit and making multiple lane changes without signaling. He allegedly had bloodshot, watery eyes, slurred speech, and a strong odor of alcohol on his breath.

The defendant allegedly told the officer “I drank 20 minutes ago.”

Welcoming The City’s Top Elected Officials

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Queens Events Edited By Harley Benson The top elected officials in New York City were sworn in with great fanfare Jan. 1 on the steps of City Hall. Clockwise from top left: Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane enjoy the moment; Mike Bloomberg is sworn in for his third term as his daughters hold the Bible and girlfiend Diana Taylor stands at his side; Comptroller John Liu of Flushing pumps his fist in the air following his oath as his wife, Jenny, and son, Joey, join him on stage with other family members; Incoming Councilmen Jimmy Van Bramer (l.) and Danny Dromm witness the event; Former Councilman Archie Spigner celebrates the day; After the swearing-in, John Liu (l.) is joined by outgoing Comptroller Bill Thompson; Among the sea of new and returning Council Members are Queens’ other three new members, second row from bottom (l. to r.) Mark Weprin, Peter Koo and Dan Halloran.

Photos by Ira Cohen

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GOP Swearing In

Incoming Republican Queens Council Members Dan Halloran (l.) and Peter Koo (c.) join returning Republican Councilman Eric Ulrich at a special swearing-in ceremony officiated by Mayor Mike Bloomberg on Dec. 30.

Photo by Ira Cohen

Jason Bay Joins Mets At Citi Field

New Mets Left Fielder Jason Bay came to Citi Field on Tuesday to meet the fans and the media as he showed of his new number 44.

Photos by Ira Cohen

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A Look Back:

The Queens Tribune 2009 Year In Review

By QUEENS TRIBUNE STAFF

January The year started with a tinge of confusion in Albany, as the Democrats had won a numerical victory in the State Senate thanks in part to the election of Hiram Monserrate, who in late-2008 had been arrested for cutting his girlfriend in the face with a broken glass. Despite initial murmurs to the contrary, Monserrate was seated. Returning Sen. Frank Padavan was not, as the race between him and challenger Jim Gennaro was under a recount.

In the meantime, Sen. Malcolm Smith of St. Albans was named Senate Majority Leader after some hedging on that decision by the so-called Gang of Four, who sought to extend more power to Latino members of the body.

By the middle of the month, word had begun to spread that Caritas, the parent company of St. John’s and Mary Immaculate Hospitals, was bordering on insolvency and was considering closing the two hospitals it had been purchased 16 months earlier from St. Vincent’s Medical System.

Businesses, schools and families across Queens and the nation paused to watch for a few hours on Jan. 20 as Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president, was sworn in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

The Shops At Atlas Park defaulted on its bank note and its managers – ATCO Properties, which is owned by the Hemmerdinger family that owns the site – was removed as manager for the foundering mall, which fell victim to a combination of issues, including a poor economy.

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February The board of Caritas voted to close the two failing hospitals by the end of the month. Despite a slew of outcry and demands for emergency funding, by the middle of the month both hospitals had shut down their emergency rooms and stopped admitting patients. By Feb. 28, the hospitals were both closed.

A change to the City’s film tax credit, establishing a cap on the tax rebate producers get for filming in New York, threatened to put the kibosh on the borough’s growing film and televisions production industry.

Jim Gennaro conceded his challenge to the Senate election results on Feb. 5, finally allowing Frank Padavan to be sworn in for his return to the Senate.

As Queens unemployment continued to rise, along with the rest of the state, Gov. David Paterson warned that the federally-funded unemployment insurance fund was running dry and that a 142 percent increase in the past year was placing too heavy a toll on the stat’s coffers.

March Just weeks after geese caused U.S. Air Flight 1549 to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River, The New York City Dept. of Sanitation was getting ready to move forward with a plan that would have brought nearly 2,700 tons of garbage a day to a College Point transfer station 2,200 feet from the end of one of the busiest runways in the

Queens prosecutors are using the charges to settle an old political score against him.

Over the years, Jamaica High School had rewarded thousands of much-deserved honors and degrees to some of Queens’ most promising minds, including Pulitzer Prize winners Art Buchwald and Alan Dugan and Nobel Prize winning sciPoor finances caused St. John’s Hospital to ultimately close. entist Gertrude Belle Elion. The world. The Federal Aviation Administra- tables turned when the striking and elotion had said that the height and loca- quent structure was granted an accolade tion of the building would not cause a of its own – Landmark status.

Santo Petrocelli, 74, o wner of significant hazard to planes taking off or landing at LaGuardia Airport, without Petrocelli Electric Company in Long Ismentioning the agency’s own warning land City, was charged with conspiracy against placing this kind of waste trans- to make unlawful payments to a labor fer station within 10,000 feet of a run- representative and providing unlawful way because of concern for bird strikes. benefits to a representative of his emState officials announced initial plans ployees after allegedly paying off Asto redevelop the famed Belmont Park semblyman Brian McLaughlin, who was racetrack, including proposals for a ho- working with prosecutors after pleading tel, digitized slot machines, senior hous- guilty in 2008 to taking $2.2 million in ing and a sports arena. The preliminary bribes.

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi gained plans, detailed in a report by the Empire State Economic Development Corpora- his seat only after an illegal payout to a tion, proposed transforming the track into political crony set in motion Assemblya racino with 4,500 video lottery termi- man Mike Cohen’s move to a health innals – a move they said would generate dustry job and pressure from then-Compmillions in state tax revenues and make troller Alan Hevesi pushed for a quick special election, according to Attorney the racetrack a regional attraction.

After flirting with a rumored run for General Andrew Cuomo. Raymond Harding, the former head of the Public Advocate, Councilman New York State Liberal Party, John Liu shocked many by was charged with obtaining announcing he would run $800,000 in illegal fees for City Comptroller in from state pension funds November. in exchange for decades The New York State of political favors, one of Assembly voted to rewhich was facilitating form the hotly-contested Cohen’s departure from Rockefeller Drug Laws, the Assembly. a set of statutes that date Rego Park Center lost back to the 1970s and reCircuit City when the chain quires judges to enforce went under, and it began to mandatory prison terms for seem that Home Depot many drug offenders, was uncertain about its including nonviolent Assistant Principal Mitchell deal to rent a significant first-time offenders. portion of the shopping A deal to transform was swine flu’s first fatality. center’s 950,000 total the ailing Aqueduct racetrack into a regional gambling retail square feet. Home Depot eventuMecca was scuttled after state officials ally backed out and was replaced by announced that the winning contractor Costco, which was scheduled to open defaulted on its financial obligations. early this year.

Facing dismal approval ratings and After months of deliberation, state officials decided to drop Buffalo-based hard economic choices, Gov. David Paterson switched gears and introDelaware North’s Aqueduct contract. duced a bill to allow same-sex marriage in New York. He insisted the bill was April introduced because the issue is a matState Sen. Hiram Monserrate pleaded ter of morality and human rights whose not guilty to various counts of assault in time had come. a predictable start to a controversial trial.

May “From the very beginning, I have said As the swine flu that started its U.S. this is an accident. My girlfriend has said this is an accident,” he said. “I am inno- outbreak in Fresh Meadows continued to cent.” Monserrate claimed that prosecu- spread, officials urged the public to retors offered him a deal in the days lead- main cautious, but downgraded the level ing up to his indictment, but that he had of concern about the epidemic. “We have turned down an agreement to drop the looked daily at every hospital and every most serious charges against him and intensive care unit in the city within the allow him to keep his senate seat in ex- past 10 days,” said Dr. Thomas Frieden, change for a guilty plea. He said that New York City Health Department Com-

missioner, “and we have yet to find a single patient with severe illness.”

Though the Department of Sanitation planned to move forward with its marine transfer station in College Point, concerns about birds and airports continued to grow.

Dr. Steven Garber, a biologist who specializes in wildlife hazards to aviation, outlined the dilemma in a report he independently filed in March. A decent chunk of his career was dedicated to literally keeping birds away from JFK Airport as a biologist working for the Port Authority.

Former Assemblyman and discredited Labor Leader Brian McLaughlin was sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison and fined $25,000. The 57-year-old pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in 2008, which included stealing $2.2 million in cash, getting free cars and taking money from a Little League Baseball organization financed by his own legislative member item funds.

Following the death of 55-year-old Assistant Principal Mitchell Wiener and the wider spread of the virus, the City’s official policy evolved to more strenuously urge anyone with flu-like symptoms to stay home. However, critics charged that the City was not providing enough information about teacher and student absentee rates to let parents make their own decisions about sending their children to class.

June A Flushing Council candidate, John Choe, came under fire for his alleged ties to North Korea. “Yes, I did go there on my honeymoon,” said Choe. “We spent a few days in North Korea to learn about the society. We spent the other part of the honeymoon in Yosemite Park, enjoying the beauty of one of America’s greatest parks,” and added, “I am Korean American and my focus is as a community organizer to make people lives better right here.”

The specter of eminent domain had finally been introduced into the saga of Willets Point’s redevelopment. The City’s Economic Development Corporation scheduled a public hearing regarding the highly controversial land seizure method at Flushing Town Hall. It was the first formal step in the legal proceedings required to gain control of the 22 acres of land left in the Iron Triangle.

Frantic Democrats inadvertently provided an apt metaphor for the state of affairs in Albany when they cut electricity to the State Senate’s chambers – a desperate last-ditch effort to prevent an unprecedented coup. The senate remained in the dark and powerless two days later as both parties sparred for control behind closed doors after two dissident Democrats turned Albany upside down. State Sens. Hiram Monserrate and Pedro Espada unexpectedly joined 30 Republican senators in a surprise leadership vote, electing State Sen. Dean Skelos (R-Long Island) as majority leader and Espada as president pro-tempore under the banner of bi-partisan reform.

A week later Monserrate said that the action he had taken in the Senate was all done in the name of reform. A few days later Monserrate came back into the fold, aligning himself with the Democrats. Espada remained in his leadership position, which the Democrats refuse to recognize, and the chamber was then split down the middle, with the

two parties each controlling 31 votes.

July Assemblywoman Ann Margaret Carrozza said that though she was temporarily living in Glen Head, on Long Island, she still had every intention to run for re-election to her Assembly seat next year. “I am temporarily living at the house [in Glen Head] until I can make arrangements in the district,” Carrozza said.

A 30-acre section of land in Long Island City was on track to become the largest affordable housing development the City has seen in decades. The site, which was once proposed as a possible location of the 2012 Olympic Village, was to instead become 5,000 units of housing, 60 percent of which was to be reserved as affordable housing for lowand medium-income families.

On the one-month anniversary of the coup that shut down Albany, Gov. Paterson, acting on a suggestion from Assemblyman Mike Gianaris, appointed former MTA Chairman Richard Ravitch as Lieutenant Governor, a position that enables a tie-breaking vote to end the 31-31 stalemate in the Senate, and which can also gavel the Senate into session regardless of who carries the Pro Tempore title. The Republicans and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo have labeled the move as unconstitutional.

The following week, the stalemate was reversed.

“What occurred here is painful, and in some ways embarrassing,” Monserrate said about the 31-day stalemate in the State Senate that he initiated. “If after these 31 days we get a better Senate, we deal with school governance, with all the issues we need to and all the people’s business is done, and we have a better institution, then that is reform.”

The future of the Shops at Atlas Park came into clear focus as the court-appointed Receiver and new management of the property closed off the public fountain, began to market the site occupied by department store retailer Stein Mart and began to actively pursue a full-service supermarket at the same time the gourmet Amish Market shop was pulling out.

August

quell fear and suppress any negative backlash that the event may have created.

October

The Bowne House was acquired by the City’s Historic House Trust and its operations handed over to the Department of Parks and Recreation. The announcement was the culmination of seven years of work by a slew of people, most of whom came to the structure, built around 1661, for a ceremony to honor the occasion.

At the same time, the Vander EndeOnderdonk House, the oldest Dutch Colonial stone house in New York City, built in 1709, was being threatened by a September Mayor Bloomberg unveiled the City’s badly-decaying roof in desperate need plan for dealing with this fall’s anticipated of repair. In the house’s attic, a room return of the swine flu. While all health which formerly served as a meeting care personnel will be required to re- space for class visits or colonial dinners, ceive the H1N1 vaccine as well as the natural light served in through dozens standard seasonal flu shot, school age of gaps and cracks speckled across the ceiling. children had several opOn the evening of tions for receiving the Sept.

7, on her way to vaccine – the shots were break fast at an Astoria to be administered at all mosque in observation public and private elof the Muslim holy month ementary schools. of Ramadan, Long IsWith another flu sealand resident Shareena son looming, the viability Rahat said she was verof at least one “safety bally attacked with racial net” hospital was in danslurs and physically ger. In a report uncovered confronted by a man on by the Tribune, indepena Queens parkway, in dent financial auditor front of her two young PricewaterhouseCoopers children, ages 8 and 11. wrote that “Jamaica Community leaders [Hospital]’s recurring deand local residents took ficiencies […] raise subaction in response to the stantial doubt about brutal beating of Jack Jamaica’s ability to continue as a going con- State Sen. Hiram Monserrate Price: from a press concern… There can be no garnered headlines all year. ference in front of New York Hospital Queens, assurance that where Price was still bemanagement’s plans will be sufficient or timely enough to generate sufficient ing treated and is listed fair condition, to a cash to meet its operating needs and number of events, including a rally and achieve financial stability for Jamaica.” march planned for the upcoming weekEmbattled State Sen. Hiram end.

A tribute to former Queens Tribune Monserrate had his day in court on Sept. editor and Flushing Meadows Corona 14, facing second- and third-degree assault and criminal possession of a Park activist David Oats would rest in weapon charges. The accusations the heart of the Park and Borough that stemmed from Monserrate’s Dec. 19 ar- drove most of his activism. The Parks Derest for allegedly slashing his girlfriend, partment, a City agency familiar with Karla Giraldo, across the face with Oats’ activism, and Borough President shards of broken glass at his Jackson Helen Marshall disclosed the proposed rose garden, located between the Heights home.

A prominent procession of couples, Queens Museum and Queens Theatre. clothed in white dresses and dark suits, It would feature upgraded plantings and lined up in front of the City Clerk’s Office in benches, as well as a plaque commemoKew Gardens to ensure the date on their rating Oats, all in the shadow of the New marriage certificate would read 09/09/09. York State Pavilion, a structure he spent Comptroller Bill Thompson recom- four decades defending.

State Sen. Hiram Monserrate was mended that the Department of Parks and Recreation should consider termi- acquitted of the three felony charges he nating its agreement with the Worlds Fair faced, though he was found guilty of a Marina Restaurant and Banquet Hall misdemeanor charge of third-degree Despite the verdict, due to the facility’s failure to comply with assault.

Monserrate’s place in the State Senate a number of provisions in its contract.

The Queens Tribune discovered that remains uncertain. He would have faced Dan Halloran, the Republican candidate definite expulsion had he been found for City Council in the 19th District, al- guilty of a felony charge. ready had a leadership role in a vast November community that very few people knew about – or understood. He was listed a When the dust settled from a busy “First Atheling,” or pr ince, of New Election Day, change had come to Normandy, a branch of the Theod faith Queens – three Republicans won the of pre-Christian Heathen religions as- opportunity to represent the borough in sembled in the Greater New York area. A City Hall. Eric Ulrich, Peter Koo and Dan group of dedicated fellow pagans swear Halloran were three out of the five reptheir allegiance to him through oaths of resentatives of the GOP in the City Counfidelity, allowing luck from a series of an- cil; the other two are from Staten Island. cient gods – specifically the “Norse” or The never-ending saga continued as “Germanic” gods Odin, Tyr and Freyr – to yet another obstacle has been placed in pass through the King to his kinsmen. the path towards acquiring the rights to Three Flushing apartments belonging Aqueduct Race Track’s proposed Video to members of the Afghan community were Lottery Terminals. The six bidders vying raided by the Joint Terrorism Task Force for the ever-elusive contract to bring as a part of a nationwide terrorism investi- 4,500 electronic slot machines to Aquegation. On primary day, community lead- duct were recently informed by Gov. ers and Flushing residents assembled to David Paterson that the State was seek-

ing a minimum of $200 million in upfront payments to be delivered within 30 days of being awarded the bid.

A Queens man garnered a national spotlight when he praised the shooter in the Ft. Hood massacre. Yusuf Al-Khattab called the shooter “an officer and a gentleman,” on his Web site and urged him “to get well soon. We love you.” He defended his position in the post by listing massacres he claimed were perpetrated by United States leaders or soldiers.

Some of the borough’s most overpopulated schools got much-needed relief thanks to a number of proposed amendments to the School Construction Authority’s five-year capital plan.

December The New York State Senate voted 2438 to defeat a bill meant to extend marriage rights to gays and lesbians in a historic vote that dealt a stunning blow to gay rights supporters. Democratic leaders felt confident they had the 32 votes they needed to pass the bill, but they fell eight votes short. In the wake of the defeat, the LGBT community is prepared to take on the five Queens State Senators who voted no on the bill in a political battle that could effect politics in every corner of the borough.

New York City Off-Track Betting filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 9 of the US Bankruptcy Code. Under the filing, OTB developed a new business plan designed to bring the company back to profitability. In a statement, OTB blamed the New York Legislature’s revisions to the state’s racing laws for its financial problems.

State Sen. Hiram Monserrate was sentenced to three years probation as well as a fine and community service for his reckless assault conviction, and still can’t see his girlfriend. The embattled official avoided what could have been up to a year in jail, instead having to pay a $1,000 fine and perform 250 hours of community service on top of the probation.

The Department of Education proposed to phase out four Queens High Schools including Business, Computer Applications and Entrepreneurship High School along with Jamaica High School.

The land marked structure opened 82 years ago. Activists looking to continue the legacy of Jamaica High school are dismayed its history will be lost inside landmark halls that are no longer bear its name.

The school had underperformed for years with a graduation rate below 50 percent.

The MTA released its Final Proposed Budget for 2010, and it included the elimination of two train lines that serve Queens and multiple bus lines as well as free bus and train passes for students.

Assemblyman Jose Peralta admitted that he filed donations for his previous Assembly runs inaccurately. Between 2005 and 2006, Peralta listed some 23 donations for $1,300 apiece as coming from his mother, Rosa Hernandez, who works as an office manager for a family friend, Mercedes Mota-Martinez. 104-01 Roosevelt Realty, an LLC owned by Mota-Martinez, owns the building at 10401 Roosevelt Ave., where Peralta’s campaign is headquartered. The donations were not Hernandez’s to make as the space being donated belongs to the LLC. Queens Council members found themselves on opposite sides of the decision to rename a street after Sean Bell.

“I was the only one who spoke against the renaming on the floor,” said Peter Vallone Jr. “Vallone is wrong,” Councilman Leroy Comrie said. Comrie, who introduced the bill in the City Council, said Vallone “needs to spend time in this community to understand the sentiments of this community.”

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Queens led the city in the number of uninsured residents, reported the U.S. Census Bureau. And the rising numbers left private borough hospitals struggling to maintain services with gradual decreases in revenue. “It’s a cause for concern,” said Michael Hinck, spokesman for Jamaica Hospital and Flushing Hospital Medical Center. “What we’re seeing in the ER is matching the findings of the report.

The situation is only getting worse.”

Atlas Park lost one tenant in the middle of the night, and a second major tenant was poised to leave. Crazy For Animals, a pet gift and supply shop located next to Chili’s by the front of the mall, which is located at 80th Street and Cooper Avenue in Glendale, moved out.

The Amish Market, a gourmet food store set toward the rear of the site, closed the following weekend.

Santo Petrocelli, Sr., the former owner and chairman of Petrocelli Electric Company, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to paying bribes to former Assemblyman and union boss Brian McLaughlin, who is currently serving a 10-year-jail sentence on a racketeering conviction.

Dr. Robert Aquino, the owner of Parkway Hospital claimed that former State Sen. Anthony Seminerio, who pleaded guilty to bribery charges, attempted to extort hospital executives into paying $15,000 monthly fees for preferential treatment in Albany. When the hospital refused to pay, Aquino said Seminerio

used his influence to push for the facility’s closure during a review by the Berger Commission, an organization that was established by the State Department of Health to assess health care services around the borough.

The decision on the Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park had spanned three governors, a boom and bust economic cycle and a third round of bidding. The process came down to six companies who all filed their bids by the last week of July – and as of August – and the end of the year – there still had been no decision made.

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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REAL ESTATE DIVISION NOTICE OF APPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY IN THE BED OR BEDS OF A STREAM, LAKE, STREET, ROAD, HIGHWAY, OR RIGHT OF WAY PROJECT: VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY, I 678 KEW GARDENS CONTRACT 1 COUNTY: QUEENS MAP NO. 17 PARCEL NO. 32 TAKE NOTICE THAT PURSUANT TO EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURE LAW NOTICE is hereby given that there were filed in the office of the Department of Transportation on the 22ND day of APRIL, 2009, description and original tracing of a map, together with a certificate as to the accuracy thereof, of property which the Commissioner of Transportation deemed necessary to be acquired immediately for purposes connected with the project identified above that; there was filed in the office of the QUEENS County Clerk on the 9TH day of OCTOBER 2009, a copy of such description and map, whereupon the appropriation by the State of the property described in such description and map became complete and the title to such property vested in the People of the State of New York.

Description and map property which the Commissioner of Transportation deems necessary to be acquired by appropriation in the name of the People of the State of New York in fee for purposes connected with the highway system of the State of New York pursuant to Section 30 of the Highway Law and the Eminent Domain Procedure Law. There is excepted from this appropriation all the right, title and interest, if any, of the United States of America, in or to said property.

That the following is a description of such property, to wit: PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES A permanent easement to be exercised in, on and over the property above delineated for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing and maintaining thereon a State Highway, together with such bridges and other facilities in connection therewith as may be deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Transportation in and to all that piece or parcel of property designated as Parcel No. 32 as shown on the accompanying map and described as follows. PARCEL NO. 32 Beginning at a point on the southwesterly boundary of the existing Queens Boulevard, an existing city street, said point being 71.4± meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+592.1± of the hereinafter described survey baseline for the acquisition of a portion of the Bed of Van Wyck Expressway; thence along the last mentioned southwesterly boundary of Queens Boulevard the following three (3) directions and distances; (1) northwesterly along a curve to the left having a radius of 534.053 meters a distance of 92.9± meters to a point 8.9± meters distant southerly, measured at right angles from station 10+660.6± of said baseline; (2) northwesterly 55.9± meters to a point 11.1± meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+712.4± of said baseline; and (3) northwesterly along a curve to the left having a radius of 930.114 meters a distance of 45.8± meters to a point 21.5± meters distant southwest-

erly, measured at right angles from station 10+757.0± of said baseline; thence through the Bed of Queens Boulevard the following three (3) courses and distances: (1) North 35 degrees -02’ -10” West 51.8± meters to a point 13.161 meters distant southwesterly, measured at right angles from station 10+808.150 of said baseline; (2) North 39 degrees 10’ -00” West 49.342 meters to a point 16.587 meters distant westerly, measured at right angles from station 10+848.364 of said baseline; and (3) North 28 degrees -29’ -31” East 4.8± meters to a point on the northeasterly boundary of Queens Boulevard, the last mentioned point being 13.9± meters distant westerly, measured at right angles from station 10+852.4± of said baseline thence along the last mentioned northeasterly boundary of Queens Boulevard the following four (4) directions and distances (1) southeasterly 49.3± meters to a point 10.5± meters distant northeasterly, measured at right angles from station 10+811.6± of said baseline; (2) southeasterly along a curve to the right having a radius of 975.834 meters a distance of 92.9± meters to a point 33.6± meters distant northeasterly, measured at right angles from station 10+721.7± of said baseline; (3) southeasterly 55.9± meters to a point 39.9± meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+694.2± of the Back Tangent Produced Ahead of said baseline; and (4) southeasterly along a curve to the right having a radius of 579.773 meters a distance of 18.4± meters to a point on the westerly boundary of Main street, an existing city street, the last mentioned point being 53.3± meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+681.5± of the Back Tangent Produced Ahead of said baseline; thence northerly along the last mentioned westerly boundary of Main street a curve to the right having a radius of 580.379 meters a distance of 10.0± meters to a point 56.3± meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+691.0± of the Back Tangent Produced Ahead of said baseline; thence through the bed of Main Street the following seven (7) courses and distances: (1) southeasterly along a curve to the left having a radius of 76.350 meters a distance of 11.7± meters to a point 65.166 meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+683.415 of the Back Tangent Produced Ahead of said baseline; (2) easterly along a curve to the left having a radius of 23.150 meters a distance of 11.703 meters to a point 75.916 meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+679.114 of the Back Tangent Produced Ahead of said baseline; (3) easterly along a curve to the left having a radius of 3.450 meters a distance of 2.309 meters to a point 78.134 meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+679.580 of the Back Tangent Produced Ahead of said baseline; (4) North 50 degrees -14’ -57” East 1.201 meters to a point 79.162 meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+680.199 of the Back Tangent Produced Ahead of said baseline: (5) North 11 degrees -48’ -25” East 4.787 meters to a point 80.840 meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+684.683 of the

Back Tangent Produced Ahead of said baseline; (6) South 80 degrees -21’ -01” East 10.687 meters to a point 90.983 meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+681.317 of the Back Tangent Produced Ahead of said baseline; and (7) South 08 degrees -03’ -22” West 31.4± meters to a point on the northeasterly boundary of Queens Boulevard, the last mentioned point being 81.9± meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+651.3± of said baseline; thence through the bed of Queens Boulevard the following two (2) courses and distances: (1) South 08 degrees -03’ -22” West 7.6± meters to a point 79.736 meters distant easterly, measured at right angles from station 10+643.977 of said baseline; and (2) easterly along a curve to the left having a radius of 338.993 meters a distance of 52.6± meters to the point of beginning being 11064.1± square meters more or less. Reserving to the City of New York its rights, and subject to the rights of others as their interests may appear, in and said area designated as ‘NYCTA Subway Tunnel and Pedestrian Underpass’. The City of New York and such others may continue to enjoy and exercise the respective rights they may presently have to occupy such area, and for such purposes construct, reconstruct, maintain and operate said tunnel facility, including supporting structures and appurtenances as may be deemed necessary by them for the proper operation or improvement thereof, providing, however, that no change in the clearance over the highway or in the grade below the highway, or in the alignment or location of the tunnel facility, may be made, or additional facilities constructed, which will interfere with the highway and its appurtenances or other facilities of the State of New York. Reserving, however, to the owner of any right, title, or interest in and to the property above delineated, and such owner’s successors or assigns, the right of access and the right of using said property and such use shall not be further limited or restricted under this easement beyond that which is necessary to effectuate its purposes for, and as established by, the construction or reconstruction and as so constructed or reconstructed, the maintenance, of the herein identified project. The above mentioned survey baseline is a portion of the 2009 survey baseline (NAD 83/CORS 96) for the acquisition of apportion of the Bed of Van Wyck Expressway and described as follows: Beginning at station 10+530.459; thence North 08 degrees -42’ -27” West to station 10+672.770; thence North 44 degrees -20’ -11” West to station 10+841.671; thence North 05 degrees -28’ -11” West to station 10+933.279. All bearings referred to True North at the 74 degree -00’ Meridian of West Longitude. Commissioner of Transportation By: /S/ JAMES CELLERY REAL ESTATE DATED: November 4, 2009

BANK OF NEW YORK, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR NYCTL 2008-A TRUST, Plaintiffs, against- HELEN BOLDEN; JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, SUCCESSOR TO IRVING TRUST COMPANY; HERITAGE CREDIT CORPORATION; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; “JOHN DOE # 1” through “JOHN DOE # 100”, the last 100 names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiffs. The persons or parties intended being the owners, tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, and if any of the aforesaid individual captioned defendants, if any, be dead, their respective heirs-at-law, next of kin, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, or through any of the aforesaid individual captioned defendants, if any, if they be dead, whether by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, including any right, title or interest in and to the real property described in the complaint herein, all of who and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiffs. Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action, to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with the summons, to serve notice of appearance, on the plaintiffs’ attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the date of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York), and in case of failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Plaintiffs designate Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject property. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS; The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Bernice D. Siegal, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, dated Nov. 20, 2009 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office, Jamaica, NY. The object of the action is to foreclose a Tax Lien along with interest, surcharges, penalties, additions, expenses, attorney’s fees, and the costs and disbursements of this action on prem. k/a Block 1732, Lot 41.

Dated: Dec. 11, 2009, LEVY & LEVY, Attys. For Pltf. #76833 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond

to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the tax lien holder who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to the tax lien holder will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (TAX LIEN HOLDER) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: March 11, 2009 LEVY & LEVY Attorneys for Plaintiff 12 Tulip Drive Great Neck, NY 11021 (516) 487-6655 BY: JOSHUA LEVY, ESQ. File No.: 859328 ________________________________________________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF Queens Index No. 23802/09 Date Summons Filed: Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is Plaintiff’s residence.

SUMMONS WITH NOTICE Plaintiff resides at 37-33 College Point Blvd. Apt. 3FC, Flushing, NY 11354. JEAN C. BARBIER, Plaintiff, -againstNANCY BARBIER A/K/A NANCY ATAGRACIA ALFONSO, Defendant. ACTION FOR DIVORCE To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the notice set forth below. Dated: August 10, 2009 Annie Ma, Esq. Fine, Olin & Anderman, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 39 Broadway, Suite 1850 New York, NY 10006 212-267-1650 NOTICE: The nature of this action is to dissolve the marriage between the parties, on the grounds: DRL Section 170 subd. (2) – the abandonment of the Plaintiff by the Defendant for a period of more than one year. The relief sought is a judgment of absolute divorce in favor of the Plaintiff dissolving the marriage between the parties in this action. The nature of any ancillary or additional relief demanded is: That either party may resume the use of a prior surname. That the Defendant may resume use of her maiden name, Alfonso. That the Court grant such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper. The parties have divided up the marital property, and no claim will be made by either party under equitable distribution. Notice Under DRL Section 177:

The Defendant is advised that she may no longer be covered by the Plaintiff’s health insurance plan upon the entry of a judgment of divorce and that the Defendant may be responsible for her own health insurance coverage. ________________________________________________________________________ STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNTY SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No. 5927-09 NYCTL 2008-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs, vs. GEORGE FOX; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; LVNY FUNDING LLC A/P/O SEARS; LVNV FUNDING LLC; CACV OF COLORADO, LLC; CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; ENERBAN7K USA; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD and NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on the plaintiffs’ attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Queens County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the premises.

Dated: September 16, 2009 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Bernice D. Seigal,, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated December 11, 2009, and filed with supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a tax lien covering the property known as 76-47 173rd Street, of Flushing, New York and being a parcel of land approximately designated as Block 7010 and Lot 54. The relief sought is the sale of the subject property at public auction in satisfaction of the tax lien debt. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $21,842.92, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the property.

Richard M. Beers, Jr. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Office and Post Office Address 1400 First Federal Plaza Rochester, New York 14614 Tel. No. (585) 238-2000

________________________________________________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO.: 6250/2009 DATE FILED: 3-13-09 SUMMONS NYCTL 2008-A TRUST AND THE

Leisure

Author Inspired By His Native Boro

By DOMENICK RAFTER “Every ma n is obsessed by the memories from his own youth,” once said Italian philosopher and author Umberto Eco. For Glendale native and novelist Craig Schwab, those words describe the intention of his first fulllength novel, “Something In The Neighbor-

Schwab’s novel “Something in the Neighborhood of Real” is set in a fictional locale based on his native Glendale in the 1960s and 1970s.

hood of Real,” a story that developed out of memories of his youth that Schwab was obsessed with.

The book, which Schwab dedicated to his brother Frank and lifelong friend Tommy Huber, tells the stor y of two friends growing up together in the 1960s who take different paths – one to the war in Vietnam, one to college where protests against the war were rampant – and then finding common ground after their diverging paths reconnect again.

The novel’s set ting is fictional, but heavily based on Glendale, where Schwab grew up, on Myrtle Ave between 80th and 81st Streets near the entrance to Forest Park. Schwab include s Glendale landmarks like Myr tle Avenue and Forest Park in his novel, as well as t he grave of magician Harr y Houdini in Glendale’s Machpelah Cemeter y, where he sets a major scene featuring the two main characters.

T he novel also tel ls t he stor y of how Schwab met his wife, to whom he’s been married for more than three decades and with whom he had his three children.

Schwab said unlike some modern movies and novels that tell the author or screenwriters’ interpretat ion of histor y, this novel was “real” because it happened to him.

“This isn’t my inter pretation of h istor y, this is real. This is how it really was,” Schwab said. “I wanted that stor y shared with as

John Irving, Jack Kerouac – who lived in many people as possible” The stor y is set around music, specifi- Queens for a time – and Richard Russo as cally jazz, which heavily inspired Schwab. inspirations.

Schwab has authored two other books; “In In remembering his youth, Schwab told of a specific memor y, of being about 7 or 8 The Forest by the Light of Day” and “On Both Sides of the Fence,” which years old and traveling in the Cohe w r o t e w i t h f r i e n d To n y rona area wit h his father, who was Lombardo. He admit s, however, a Daily News truck driver, and hearthat “Something in the Neighboring the sound of a trumpet. When hood of Real” is the novel is the he asked his father who was blowone he’s been waiting to publish. ing the trumpet, Schwab’s father “This is the story I always wanted responded “probably Louis to write,” Schwab said.

Armstrong.” Upon turning the corAs for the title, Schwab said it is ner, the two spot ted the jazz great, in reference to how people comblowing his trumpet outside the Corona home he lived in until his Craig Schwab’s municate today compared to how memor y of his they did back when he was growdeath in 1971.

Since, jazz music has always youth in Glen- ing up.

“Everyone’s hiding behind a displayed a major role in Schwab’s life dale inspired his guise,” Schwab said, pointing out and writing. Schwab admits he writings. writes with jazz music playing. One of the that people talk to each other through the characters in the book is based off radio internet and text messaging, “hiding” bedisc jockey Vin Scelsa, whom Schwab grew hind a screen name or phone number. “What up listening to on the radio. Schwab and happens when you’re not hiding behind techScelsa met after Schwab narrated a docu- nology, when you put down the phone, turn mentar y directed by Israeli filmmaker Israel off the computer, and talk to a person faceDayan, who also did the cover art for “Some- to-face? That is something in the neighborhood of real.” thing in the Neighborhood of Real.”

“Something in the Neighborhood of Real” “I want to share my passion of music and tell the story so people can understand that was released in December and is available passion,” said Schwab, who described the o n l i n e a t b a r n e s a n d n o b l e . c o m a n d jazz music that inspired him as relating to amazon.com.

Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at “the atmosphere and emotions” of the era drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357the book takes place in.

Schwab list s authors like Kur t Vonnegut, 7400, Ext. 125.

Get A Slice At Fat Boys Queens Artist Chosen

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For DC Blossom Fest

By KAITLYN KILMETIS ning and design and a few more months to In the spring of 2010, a landscape depict- cut and create the collage. ing the Jefferson Memorial in the distance Iversen said the festival is thrilled with the w ith delicate cher r y blossoms sp eckled final product. across the foreground “The festival is so trewill adorn posters along mendously pleased with Washington, D.C.’s the way the work came streets, cover massive out.” billboards across the She added that incity, serve as the centerperson the piece has a piece of a plethora of lot of depth and she marketing materials hopes to do Yamada’s and be sold in many creation justice in its forms as a keepsake reproductions. item. The piece of art Yamada said it was an soon to overrun the honor to be chosen as countr y’s capital was the festival’s official created by a Queens artist. resident.

“I feel great,” she T h i s y e a r, J u n k o said. “Even through I Ya m a d a o f J a c k s o n have been in many Heights created The shows, th is was ver y Nat ional Cherr y Blosspecial and big and som Festival’s official meant to me a lot.” piece of ar twork.

Yamada said the picYa m a d a , b o r n i n ture is a depiction of a Kyoto, Japan, submitmemor y of a landscape ted her por tfolio to the she viewed nearly a deop en cal l for ar t is t s cade ago. She also along with dozens of Junko Yamada spent months cre- added since she is Japaothers from across the ating this collage for the Cherr y nese, the Cherr y Blosnation. The festival’s se- Blossom Festival. som tree holds a special lect ion commit tee place in her heart. chose Yamada last summer because they felt For more information about Junko she had the strongest concept, according to Yamada, visit w w w.junkoyamada.com. festival spokeswoman Lillian Iversen.

The 2010 National Cherry Blossom FestiYamada’s official piece of ar twork was val will be held from March 27 to April 11 in recently unveiled to the public. She said the Washington, D.C. piece, a collage composed of thousands of Reach Reporter Kaitlyn Kilmetis at pieces of fine paper in the traditional Japa- kkilmetis@queenstribune.com, or (718) nese style of Harie, took a month in plan- 357-7400, Ext. 128.

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make it, accompanied by dollops of ricot ta cheese.

If you’re brave enough to tackle spicy food (and who isn’t up for such a challenge?) try the Buffalo Chicken Pizza. One bite and you’ll forget what spicy Buffalo chicken tastes like when not piled on top of a pizza.

These slices cannot be eaten the tradiIt’s impossible to live in Queens – or t ional New York way, folding them in half any where in the Ne w York Metro area for like a paper airplane and chomping down, that matter – and not have a fastuffing your mouth with as much as possible. Instead they must vorite local pizzeria. You don’t RESTAURANT pie have to descend from a Mediterbe eaten like they are in Europe, ranean ethnicity to enjoy a good with a fork and knife, savored piece by piece. For those who slice of pizza; just be hungr y. In Fresh Meadows, a new favorite aren’t that adventurous and prelocal pizzeria is serving the tradifer traditional pepperoni or mushroom, Fat Boys has it, as tional Italian dish with some unusual trimmings. well as a wide array of more When one orders pizza, the American-style food like hamburgers, French fries, and Bufmost popular toppings are obvious; pepperoni, sausage, meatfalo wings (not on a pizza). Fat balls, mushrooms – but the favorites of the Boy’s also does not forget its owners’ Greek customers at Fat Boys, which opened on heritage; the traditional Greek gyro is on Utopia Parkway, one block south of the the menu as well.

Horace Harding Expressway, late last sumFat Boy’s puts its own personal touch mer, are not any of the above. One of their in their pizzas and nearly ever yt hing on most popular slices, especially among the their menu. All their dough and breads are local students from Francis Lewis High homemade, baked on site.

Until about 6 p.m., Fat Boys caters to School who frequent the establishment before and after their classes, is the Philly its student crowd. Downstairs from the Cheesesteak Pizza. Imagine a pizza topped main restaurant is a game room, with two with crispy green peppers, melted cheese, billiards tables frequented by students duronions and juicy slices of steak. The recipe ing the day that doubles as a part y room for the pizza came from owner Nick or catering hall. After the students go home Vor rais’ grandfather back in Greece, who for the evening, Fat Boys gets its regular recently passed. locals, who enjoy a delicious meal.

Another favorite, especially among Fat Don’t feel like going outside? Fat Boy’s Boy’s older crowd, is the Baked Ziti Pizza. delivers, and also does curbside pickup, This is Fat Boy’s traditional cheese pizza so you don’t have to worr y about finding topped with a generous helping of baked that parking spot on your way home from ziti pasta cooked to perfection, or if you’re work.

Italian, the way your grandmother used to —Domenick Rafter FAT BOYS PIZZA 61-07 Utopia Pkw y., Fresh Meadows (718) 321-0694 CUISINE: Pizzeria HOURS: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., weekends 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

CREDIT CARDS: Yes DELIV ERY: Yes

DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

Queens Today SECTION EDITOR: REGINA VOGEL

Send typed announcements for your club or organization’s events at least TWO weeks in advance to “Queens Today” Editor, Queens Tribune, 174-15 Horace Harding Expressway, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365. Send faxes to 357-9417, c/o Regina.

IF YOUR ORGANIZATION MEETS ON A REGULAR BASIS, SEND ALL DATES FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

SINGLES SINGLES 45+ Wednesday, January 13 the Singles Center of the Samuel Field Y in Flushing holds a Wednesday Night Rap. 7:30, $7. 225-6750, ext. 243.

PARENTS OPEN HOUSE K-8 Wednesday, January 13 at 9, Thursday, January 21 at 6 and Tuesday, Februar y 9 at 9. Renaissance Charter School in Jackson Heights.

803-0060.

SPIRITUAL SUPPORT Fridays, January 15, February 19, March 19 support group for parents seeking spiritual support with a biblical look at parenting in St. Albans. 454-4044.

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TALKS GLENDALE BOOK Saturday, January 9 “The Reader” will be discussed at 11 at the Glendale library.

SEASIDE Monday, January 11 “White Tiger” will be discussed at 6:30 at the Seaside library.

HILLCREST Tu e s d a y, Januar y 12 “Away” will be discussed at 2 at the Hillcrest Book Club.

HOMEBUYERS Thursday, January 14 First time homebuyers workshop at 5 at the Woodside library.

POMONOK Saturday, January 16 Urban Fiction Book Discussion Group meets to discuss “Pleasure” at 3 at the Pomonok library.

THEATER AUDITION Saturday, January 9 from 1-4 the Outrageous Fortune Company is casting “Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell” at 42-24 Douglaston Parkway. 428-2500, ext. 20.

AUDITION January 19, 20 at 7:30 The Andrean Players will hold auditions for “Cinderella.”

19-30 plus other roles and stage crew, construction, costumes, etc. St. Andrew Avellino, Northern Blvd. bet w e e n 1 5 7 th a n d 1 5 8 th Street, Flushing. 460-3072

YOUTH QUEENS LIBRARIES Many branches of the Queensborough Library offer toddler and pre-school programs. Contact your local branch for dates.

BOY SCOUTS Saturdays 1-3 at St. Paul’s Church. 271-4309.

WILDLIFE THEATER Saturday, January 9 at 2 at the Central library. Wildlife Theater performs Migration Sensation.

TEEN TUTORING Saturdays, January 9, 16 at 10 at the Bayside library.

S TORY T I M E Saturday, January 9 at the Elmhurst library at 10:30.

SNOWFLAKES Saturday, January 9 create beautiful snowflakes at the Middle Village library. Register.

S TORY T I M E Saturdays, January 9, 16 at 4 at the Ozone Park library.

S TORY T I M E Saturday, January 9 at the Pomonok library at 11.

CHESS CLUB Saturdays, January 9, 16 at the Flushing library at 2.

MATH HELP Saturdays, January 9, 16 at 10 at the Flushing library.

SATURDAY SCIENCE LAB Saturday, January 9 at noon at the Central library.

KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at the Douglaston/ Little Neck library at 4.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Mondays, January 11, 25 at the Baisley Park library at 4.

CRAFT KIDS Monday, January 11 at the Flushing library at 3.

EVERY DAY = HOLIDAY Monday-Friday, January 1115 games, fun activities to celebrate the silliest holidays at the Corona library at 4.

MOVIE MAKING Monday, January 11 learn the movie making process at the Woodhaven library. Register.

SEASONAL CRAFT Monday, January 11 at the Fresh Meadows library at 3:30.

TWEEN BOOK CLUB Monday, January 11 at the Far Rockaway library at 4.

MILK & COOKIES STORY Monday, January 11 at 7 at the Pomonok library.

BOOK BUDDIES Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Bay Terrace library at 3:30.

STORY TIME EXPLORER Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Elmhurst library at 4.

MAKE A ROBOT Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Seaside library at 4.

S TORY TIMES Tuesdays at 10:30 and Thursdays at 7 weekly story times at 7 at Barnes & Noble, 1766 0 U n i o n Tu r n p i ke , Fre s h Meadows.

AFTERSCHOOL STORY Tuesdays, Januar y 12, 19, 26 at the Lefferts library at 3:30.

TEEN TUTORING Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Bayside library at 3:30.

CHESS Wednesdays at the Queens Village library at 3:30.

GAME TIME Wednesday, January 13 at the Queensboro Hill library

at 4.

PICTURE BOOK TIME Wednesday, January 13 at the Hillcrest library at 4 and the Rego Park library at 4.

ARTS & CRAFTS Thursday, January 14 at the Pomonok library at 3:30.

KNIT & CROCHET Thursday, January 14 Bellerose library at 4.

BINGO Friday, January 15 Elmhurst library at 4.

ARTS & CRAFTS Friday, January 15 Langston Hughes library at 4:30.

AUBURNDALE CHESS Fridays Auburndale library at 3:30.

GAME DAY! Friday, January 15 Queens Village library at 3:30.

STORY SHARERS Friday, January 15 Central library at 4.

GAME PLAYERS Friday, January 15 Hillcrest library at 4.

YOUTH LOUNGE Friday, January 15 at 4 at the LIC library.

BOARD GAMES Friday, January 15 at 4 at the Rego Park library.

CRAFTS Friday, January 15 crafts for those 6-12 at the Lefferts library at 4:30.

FAMILY STORY TIME Saturday, January 16 at the Flushing library at 11.

DR. KING TRIBUTE Saturday, January 16 at the Central library from 11:304:00.

SENIORS ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT Every other Wednesday Alzheimer Support Group meets at the Elmhurst Senior Center. 478-7171, ext. 27 COMPUTER CLASSES The Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal Senior Center in Flushing offers classes. 4453864.

AARP WORKSEARCH Looking for a job and over 50? Call the Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal Senior Center in Flushing. 886-5777.

GAME DAY Monday, January 11 at the Queens Village library at 1.

AARP 3698 Wednesday, January 13 AARP 3698 meets at the Zion Episcopal Church, 24301 Northern Blvd., Douglaston at 1.

AARP 2014 Thursday, January 14 AARP chapter 2014 meets at St. Josaphat’s Church, 35 th Ave n u e a n d 2 1 0 th S t r e e t , Bayside. Social hour 11:3012:30, meeting 1-3. 4289728.

AAPR 29 Thursday, January 14 AARP chapter 29 meets at Grace Church Parish House, 15524 90 th Avenue at noon.

STARS Friday, January 15 at 10:30 at the Queens Village library.

Senior Theatre Acting Repertor y.

FREE LUNCH Saturday, January 16 at All Saints Church in Richmond Hill. 849-2352 reservations.

Queens Today TEENS Fridays at 3:30 at the Auburndale library.

BOY SCOUTS Fridays troop meets at Saint Barnabas. 843-7028.

GAME DAY Friday, January 15 at the Bay Terrace library at 2:30.

WII GAMING Friday, January 15 at 4 at the Bellerose library.

STORY SHARERS Friday, January 15 at 4 at the Central library.

GAME PLAYERS Friday, January 15 at the Hillcrest library at 4.

TEEN TUTORING Saturday, January 16 at 10 at the Bayside library.

DR. KING TRIBUTE Saturday, January 16 at the Central library starting at 11:30.

OPEN MIC Sunday, January 17 at 2 at the Central library.

MEETINGS WOODHAVEN RESIDENTS Saturdays, January 9, February 13 Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association meets at the Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 78-15 Jamaica Avenue from 1-3.

CAMBRIA HTS. LIBRARY Saturday, January 9 Cambria Heights Friends of the Library meet at 4 at the library.

AMER. LEG. AUX. Saturdays, January 9, February 13, March 13 Leonard Unit 422 American Legion Auxiliary meets in Flushing.

463-2798.

CATHOLIC VETS Mondays, January 11, February 8, March 8 American Martyrs Catholic War Veterans Post 1772 meets in Bayside. 468-9351.

WATCH Mondays, January 11, February 8, March 8 Women at t he Chapel Hall (WATCH) meet at the Communit y Church of Little Neck. 2292534.

VFW POST 4787 Mondays, January 11, 25, February 8, 22 Whitestone VFW Post 4787 meets at 1912 149 th Street. Ladies Auxiliary meets the 2 nd Monday.

746-0540.

FRESH MEADOW CAMERA Tuesdays the Fresh Meadows Camera Club meets.

917-612-3463.

ADVANCED WRITERS Tuesdays at 6:30 at the Terrace Diner at Bay Terrace Shopping Center and also the last Tuesday of the month n the Communit y Room in Panera Bread at Bay Terrace Shopping.

FH CIVIC Tuesday, January 12 Forest Hills Communit y and Civic Association meets. 9977014.

SOUTHEAST CAMERA Tuesday, Januar y 12 Southeast Queens Camera Club at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica.

516-328-3776.

COMM. BD. 6 Wednesday, January 13 CB6 meets in Forest Hills.

263-9250.

LI STAMP CLUB Thursday, January 14 at 5:30 at the Forest Hills library.

CIVIL AIR PATROL Fridays 6-10 at Vaughn College of Aeronautics, 86-01 23 rd Avenue, East Elmhurst.

Academy WOMAN’S GROUP Fridays the Woman’s Group of Jamaica Estates meets at noon. Call 461-3193 for information.

FROM THE SCRIPT Saturday, January 16 theater group performs original scripts at 10:30 at the Forest Hills library.

FRIENDS OF LIBRARY Saturday, January 16 the Friends of Queens Library at Pomonok meet at 10:30 at the library.

PFLAG Sunday, January 17 PFLAG, a support group for parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays, meet in Forest Hills.

271-6663.

QUEENS GREENS Sunday, January 17 West Queens Greens meet in Sunnyside. 728-1092.

FLEA MARKETS THRIFT SHOPS Saturdays and Sundays 10-4 at St. Fidelis Mother & Child Residence, 124-15 1 4 th A v e n u e , C o l l e g e Point. 353-4749. Saturdays 11-4 at Bargain Boutique Thrift Shop, Baptist Church, 93-23 217 th Street, Queens Village. 527-2132.

Mondays 10-3 at the Free Synagogue of Flushing, 4160 Kissena Blvd. Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30-1:30 at Te m p l e Sholom of Floral Park, 263 rd Street and Union Turnpike.

Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 2-5 at Church-in-theGardens, 50 Ascan Avenue, Forest Hills. 2686704. First and third Wednesday (September through June) from 10:302:30 at Grace Episcopal Church, 14 th Avenue and Clintonville Street, Whitestone. Wednesdays at the Hillcrest Senior Center from11:30-2:00 at 16801 Hillside Avenue.

Wednesdays at Grace Church, 151-17 14 th Road, Whitestone. Thursdays from 10-1 at All Saints’ C h u r c h , 2 1 5 th S t r e e t b e t w e e n 3 9 th a n d 4 0 t h A v enues, Bayside. 229-5631.

Fridays through June from 11-3 at the Maspeth United Methodist Church, 66-35 58th Avenue.

JUDAICA SHOPS Daily and by appointment the Forest Hills Jewish Center’s Judaic Gift Store is open. 263-7000. Sundays from 9-11:30 at the Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 1 3 - 0 0 2 0 9 th S t r e e t . 4 2 8 6363.

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 16153/09 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF MASTR ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST2007WMC 1 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-WMC1 Plaintiff, vs.

LAMIN BREWER, Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 137-11 168TH STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11434 SBL #: BLOCK 12574 LOT 34 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens.

The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises.

Dated this 23rd day of December, 2009, Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 TO: LAMIN BREWER, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. LEE A. MAYERSOHN of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 18th day of December, 2009 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by LAMIN BREWER dated the 31st day of October, 2006, to secure the sum of$368,000.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2006000643786 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, on the 20th day of November, 2006; which mortgage was duly assigned by assignment dated the 10th day of June, 2009, and sent for recording in the Office of the Clerk of Queens County; The property in question is described as follows: 137-11 168TH STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11434 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land1 with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Fourth Ward, Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGIN-

NING at a point on the Easterly side of 168th Place, 50 feet wide formerly known as Pemberton Street, distant 79.32 feet Southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of 137th Avenue, 80 feet wide with the Easterly side of 168th Place; RUNNING THENCE Easterly at right angles to the Easterly side of 168th Place, 100.025 feet; RUNNING THENCE Southerly parallel with the Easterly side of 168th Place.

39.66 feet; RUNNING THENCE Westerly at right angles to the Easterly side of 168th Place, 100.025 feet to the Easterly side of 168th Place; RUNNING THENCE Northerly along the Easterly side of 168th Place, 39.66 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home.

There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by

serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: December 23, 2009, Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt.

Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of Blister Buster LLC, a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/22/2009. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to THE LLC (2510 35 th Ave., Astoria, NY 11106). Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12/18/09, bearing Index Number NC-001188-09/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) Muhammad (Middle) Sharif (Last) Bhatti My present name is (First) Khan (Middle) Mohammad (Last) Sharif aka Mohammad Sharif, aka Muhammad Sharif, aka Mohammad Sharif Bhatti My present address is 140-30 Beech Avenue, Flushing, NY 11355 My place of birth is Pakistan My date of birth is October 05, 1970 ________________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12/18/09, bearing Index Number NC-001091-09/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) Arianna (Last) Seth My present name is (First) Baljinder (Last) Kaur My present address is 4323 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355 My place of birth is Afghanistan My date of birth is February 02, 1983

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CHESS Saturdays, January 9, 16 at 2 at the Flushing library.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Mondays, January 11, 18 at the Baisley Park library. Register.

TEEN ADVISORY Monday, January 11 t the Central library at 4.

YOU TUBE Monday and Wednesday, January 11, 13 at the LIC library. Register.

TEEN GAMING Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Fresh Meadows library at 3.

WII PARTY Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Auburndale library at 3:30.

TEEN TUTORING Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Bayside library at 3:30.

MANGA & ANIME Tuesday, January 12 at 4 at the Central library.

BOOK BUDDIES Tuesday, Januar y 12 teens volunteer and can earn communit y ser vice hours sharing stories with school-age children at the Bay Terrace library at 3:30.

CHESS CLUB Tuesday, Januar y 12 at 3:30 at the Maspeth library.

MANGA MANIA Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the South Hollis library at 3:30.

YU-GI-OH CLUB Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Flushing library at 4:30.

CHESS Wednesdays a t 3:30 at the Queens Village library.

TEEN GRAPHIC NOVEL Wednesday, January 13 at the Bayside library at 4.

GAME DAY Wednesday, January 13 at 4 at the Howard Beach library.

TEEN GAMING Wednesday, January 13 at the Fresh Meadows library at 3.

GAME DAY Wednesdays, January 13, 20 at the Howard Beach library at 4.

GAMES FOR TEENS Wednesday, January 13 at the Central library at 4.

TEEN GAMING Thursday, January 14 at the Fresh Meadows library at 3.

TEEN ZINE Thursday, January 14 at the Central library at 4.

TEEN ADVISORY Thursday, January 14 at 4 at the Hollis library.

B’NAI B’RITH YOUTH Thursdays for high school s t u d e n t s a t Te m p l e B e t h S h o l o m , 1 7 2 nd S t r e e t a n d Northern Blvd., Flushing at 7:30.

CROCHETING Thursday, January 14 at the Baisley Park library at 4.

KNIT & CROCHET Thursday, January 14 at the Bellerose library at 4.

WII CLUB Thursday, January 14 at the Flushing library at 4:30.

KEY CLUB INTER. Thursday, January 14 Key Club International meets at 4:30 at the Forest Hills library.

WINTER CRAFT Thursday, January 14 at the Queens Village library at 4:30.

CHESS CLUB

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Queens Today EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS KNIT AND CROCHET Saturdays at the Seaside library at 2:30.

PET OWNERS Sundays (not on holidays) from 1-4 free workshops on pet behavior at Crocheron Park in Bayside (weather permitting). 454-5800.

POTTERY CLASS Saturday, January 9 at the Sunnyside library. Register.

BASIC CROCHET Monday, January 11 at the St. Albans library at 1.

PROSE FICTION Monday, January 11 at the Seaside library at 5:30.

KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at 4 at the Douglaston/Little Neck library, 249-01 Northern Blvd.

INSTRUCTION & DANCE Mondays and Fridays 7:158:00 dance lessons, dance from 8-11. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $10.

SEARCH FOR JOBS Monday, January 11 search the internet to find a job at 6:30 at the Central library.

DISCOVER CAREER Monday, January 11 discover your career potential at 7 at the Central library.

ADULT CHESS Every Monday at 6 at the Queens Village library, 9411 217 th Street.

BALLROOM DANCING Monday, January 11 at the Forest Hills library at 6:30.

BECOME A US CITIZEN Monday, January 11 Pathway to US Citizenship at 5:30 at the Woodside library.

COMPUTER CLASS Monday, January 11 at the Lefferts library at 10:30.

DRAWING CLASS Tuesdays at 1. All medias, all levels. 969-1128.

BEGIN COMPUTER Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Forest Hills library. Register.

INTRO INTERNET Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the McGoldrick library. Register.

ADULT SCRABBLE Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Fresh Meadows library at 1.

INTRO EMAIL Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Queens Village library. Register.

COMPUTER CLASS Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Astoria library at 11.

INTRO MICROSOFT Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Maspeth library at 1.

CENSUS JOB Tuesday, Januar y 12 proctored Census job test at the Astoria librar y. Register.

GET YOUR YARNS OUT! Tuesdays after evening Minyan at 8, knitters, crocheters, needlepointers, and others meet at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. 263-7000, ext. 200.

BECOME A US CITIZEN Tuesdays, January 12, 19, 26 at the Flushing library at 6:30.

COMPUTER BASICS Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Glen Oaks librar y. Register.

POTTERY CLASS Tuesday, Januar y 12 at the Glendale library. Register.

WATERCOLOR CLASS Wednesdays at 9:30 at NAL. Traditional and contempo-

rary, all levels. 969-1128.

CHESS CLUB Thursdays at 5:30 at the East Flushing library, 196-36 Northern Blvd.

SCRABBLE/CHESS Thursdays at 4 at the Windsor Park library, 79-50 Bell Blvd., Bayside.

CHESS CLUB Every Thursday at 6 at the Queens Village library.

COMPUTER CLASS Thursdays, January 14, 21 for beginners at the East Elmhurst library at 10 and 11.

QUILTING CLASSES Thursdays 10-2 at the Maria Rose Doll Museum in St. Albans. 917-817-8653 to register.

KNIT/CROCHET Thursdays at 6 and Fridays at 10:30 at the Fresh Meadows library.

KNIT & CROCHET Thursday, January 14 a t the Bellerose library at 4.

MEDITATION Thursday, January 14 a t the Bay Terrace library at 1:30.

BEGIN COMPUTERS Thursday, January 14 a t the Glen Oaks, Forest Hills and Middle Village libraries.

Register.

CHESS CLUB Fridays at 3:30 at the Auburndale library, 25-55 Francis Lewis Blvd., Flushing.

CHESS & CHECKERS Fridays at 4 at the Lefrak Cit y library.

KNIT & CROCHET Friday, January 15 at the Fresh Meadows library at 10:30.

JOB INFORMATION Friday, January 15 t the Central library at 3.

COMPUTERS Friday, January 15 at the Astoria and Auburndale libraries. Register.

GAME DAY Fridays at the Bay Terrace library, 18-36 Bell Blvd. for all ages from 2:30-4:30.

PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturdays, January 16, 30, February 6, 20 learn to communicate effectively at Elmhurst Hospital. 4578390.

POTTERY CLASS Saturday, January 16 at the Bayside librar y. Register.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING Saturday, January 16 at St. Mel’s Church in Flushing.

360-9720. $45.

QUILTING FOR CANCER Saturday, January 16 beginner’s quilting class to teach participants to make a quilting block incorporating a Cancer Awareness Ribbon. Pomonok library at 1.

DINNER LIVING THE DREAM Saturday, Januar y 16 TriBoro Intergenerational Services, Inc. of Jamaica presents the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Songs, dance, speakers and luncheon in St. Albans. $40.

481-7927.

Queens Today ALUMNI CARDOZO 70-74 School reunion being planned. 347-414-4775.

EXHIBIT QUEENS HISTORICAL Tu e s d a y s , S a t u r d ay s a n d Sundays 2:30-4:30 “Unraveling History: Using Textiles to Date the Past,” “Kingsland: From Homestead to House Museum,” “Persistence: A Celebration of Landmarks in Queens – Past, Present, Future,” and “ T h e C i v i l Wa r ’ s L a st i n g Memory.” Queens Historical Societ y at Kingsland Homestead, 144-35 37 th avenue, Flushing. 939-0647, ext. 17. $2 seniors and students, $3 adults.

DOLL MUSEUM Wednesday through Saturdays tours at the Maria Rose Doll Museum in St. Albans.

523-5138.

AFRICAN ART “Dynast y and Divinit y: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria” and “Perspectives: Women, Art and Islam” at the Museum for African Art, 36-01 43 rd Avenue, LIC. POPPENHUSEN Wednesdays and Saturdays guided tour through the historic Poppenhusen Institute in College Point from 11-3.

358-0067.

NAL STUDENT EXHIBIT Through January 30 National Art League Student Exhibit at the league, 44-21 Douglaston Parkway. Monday through Thursday and Saturday 1:30-4:00. Free. 4281859.

TALISMANS Through January 31 “Talismans of Protection from Choson Korea: Antique Locks, Latches and Key Charms” Thursdays through Sundays 12-5 at Flushing Town Hall. 463-7700, ext.

222.

GALLERY VERITE January 11 – February 26 Spatial experiment based on cinema verite, a filmmaking genre which combines naturalistic documentary with st ylized cinematic devices to further examine “truth.”

Queens College Art Center, Rosenthal Library, level 6, 997-3770.

Ne:EMERGING ARTISTS Through March 7 2009 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition at the Socrates Sculpture Park. Vernon Blvd. at Broadway, LIC. www.socratessculpturepark.org.

RENAISSANCE & MOD. February 2 – March 27 “Scholars, Explorers, Priests: How the Renaissance Gave Us the Modern World” at the Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College.

997-4747.

NOGUCHI REINSTALLED Through Oc tober 24, 2010 the Noguchi Museum has completed a major renovation project. Wednesdays through Fridays 10-5, weekends 11-6. $10, students and seniors $5. 32-37 Vernon Blvd., LIC. www.noguchi.org.

ENTERTAINMENT GUIDED TOUR Saturdays and Wednesdays guided tour of the landmark Poppenhusen Institute. 3580067 reservations.

FERDINAND THE BULL Saturday, January 9 at Queens Theatre in the Park.

760-0064. $12.

CON BRIO ENSEMBLE Saturday, January 9 at 2 at the Flushing library.

GATES OF EQUALITY Saturday, January 9 at 2:30 at the Queens Village library.

The life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is told in dramatic presentation.

FRESH MEADOW POETS Saturday, January 9 at the Forest Hills library at 10.

MISCELLANEOUS FREE FLAGS The Lipsky-Blum Post #764 of the Jewish War Veterans offers free flags to all families of deceased veterans for use at cemeteries. 4634742.

AUXILIARY OFF. The 105 th Precinct Community Council invites all interested in becoming an Auxiliary Police Officer to contact 776-9268.

FH VAC The Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps needs volunteers. They will sponsor you for a NYS EMT course at no cost to you once you qualif y. 793-2055. Monetary donations also needed PO Box 750617, Forest Hills 11375.

YOU GOT TA BELIEVE Sunday, January 10 adoption agency for adopting an older child at 4 at Little Flower Children’s Services, 89-12 162 nd Street, Jamaica.

372-3003.

SEPARATION/DIV. Star ting Tuesday, Januar y 12 a s e p a r a t i o n / d i v o r c e support group meets for 10 sessions at the Samuel Field Y. 22-6750, ext. 243.

DANCE COUNTRY WESTERN Saturday, January 9 San Antones performs. $12. The NY Metropolitan Country Music Association. $12.

Glendale Memorial Building, 72-02 Myrtle Avenue at 7:30.

763-4328.

ISRAELI FOLK Tu e s d a y s 7 : 1 5 - 1 0 : 0 0 a t Hillcrest Jewish Center, 18202 Union Turnpike. $10 session. 380-4145. Wednesdays from 8-10 at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. $5 members, $10 others. 263-7000.

LINE DANCING Mondays 7:30-9:30 at Kowalinski Post 4, 61-57 Maspeth Avenue. $5. Cake and coffee. 565-2259.

Wednesdays 7:30-9:00 at ANIBIC Center, 212-12 26th Avenue, Bayside (Bay Terrace Shopping Center upper level). 939-4936. Thursdays 7-9 in the basement of Asc e n s i o n C h u r c h , 5 5th A v e n u e a n d Va n H o r n , Elmhurst. $5. 848-482-0153.

BETTE MIDLER TRIBUTE Saturday, January 9 Lisa Yves performs at 2:30 at the Auburndale library.

RUSSIAN VIOLIN Sunday, January 10 at 2 at the Kew Gardens Hills library.

CON BRIO ENSEMBLE Sunday, January 10 at 4:30 at the Church in the Gardens, 50 Ascan Avenue, Forest Hills. $12.

ISIAH’S DREAM Monday, January 11 Parade of Poets at 6 at the Richmond Hill library.

RUSSIAN VIOLIN Monday, January 11 at 6 at the Far Rockaway library.

BINGO Tuesdays at 7:15 at American Mart yrs Church, church basement, 216-01 Union Tu r n p i k e , Ba y s i d e . 4 6 4 4 5 8 2 . Tu e s d a y s a t 7 : 1 5 (doors open 6) at the Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. 459-1000.$3 admission includes 12 games.

EDDIE LEE ISAACS Wednesday, January 13 blues guitar at 2 at the Bellerose library.

OPEN MIC POETRY Thursdays, January 14, February 11, March 11 join the Fresh Meadows Poets for an evening of poetry at 7:30 at Barnes & Noble, 17-60 Union Turnpike.

KING TRIBUTE Saturday, January 16 starting at 11:30 at the Central library.

GATES OF EQUALITY Saturday, January 16 life of Dr. King at 1:30 at the Central library.

CHRIS WASHBURNE Saturday, January 16 Latin jazz at the Flushing library at 2.

NIAGARA FALLS Saturday, January 16 photo presentation of Niagara Falls.

SONGS OF 1930S Saturday, January 16 at 2 at the North Forest Park library.

OPEN MIC Sunday, January 17 at the Central library from 2-4.

HEALTH ADULT ALZHEIMER The Adult Day program is available weekdays 10-4 in Flushing. Contact 358-3541.

TAI CHI Mondays and Thursdays at 11 at the Cardiac Health Center in Fresh Meadows.

670-1695. $5 a class.

RECOVERY, INC. Monday, January 11 and Wednesday, January 13 a n x i e t y, fe a r, o b s e s s i o n s , temper, stress, depression – finding a way to cope is here at the Forest Hills library at 5:30.

FEMALE CANCER Mondays, January 11, 25, February 8, 22 “Look Good, Feel Better” program for women undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy in Flushing. 1-800ACS-2345. Also meets the 4 th Monday at Queens Hospital in Jamaica.

YOGA DANCE Tuesdays 4:30-5:30 at the Cardiac Health Center in Fresh Meadows. 670-1948. $10 class.

CAREGIVERS SUPPORT E ve r y Tu e s d a y We ste r n Queens Caregiver Network in Sunnyside. 784-6173, ext.

431.

MS SELF-HELP Tuesdays, Januar y 12, 26, February 9, 23 Multiple Sclerosis Self-help group to share a common life experience for support, education and mutual aid 1-2:30 at the Howard Beach library.

ALZHEIMERS Tuesdays, Januar y 12, 26, February 9, 23 Caregiver Support Group in Forest Hills. 592-5757, ext. 237.

HATHA YOGA Wednesday, January 13 for beginners at the Flushing library at 6.

PARKINSON Wednesdays, January 13, February 10, March 10 Parkinson Support Group at Peninsula Hospital. 734-

2876.

PROSTATE CANCER Wednesdays, January 13, February 10, March 10 “Man to Man” program in Flushing.

1-800-ACS-2345.

OA Fridays 6:30-8:30 at Unit y Center of Flushing, 42-11 155 th Street. Beginners meeting except the last Friday of each month, which is a writing meeting.

CO-DEPENDENTS ANON. Fridays 10-11:45 at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral C e n t e r , 8 5 - 1 8 6 1 st R o a d , Rego Park. Women only.

DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS Saturday, January 16 introduction to digestive dilemmas at 2 at the Steinway library.

OCA Saturdays 10:30-noon Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous meets at Resurrection Ascension Church, Feely Hall, 85-15 61 st Road, Rego Park.

CO-DEPENDENCE ANON. Saturdays the Bellerose chapter of Co-Dependence Anonymous, a fellowship of men and women seeking healthy relationships with themselves and others, meet at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 6 Commonwealth Avenue. Beginners 9:15, Open 10:30. 229-2113.

ALZHEIMERS Saturdays from 12-1:30 caregivers, friends and relatives of those with Alzheimer’s Disease meet at t h e S u n nys i d e C o m m u n i t y Services. 784-6173, ext. 137.

SMART RECOVERY Sundays from 11:30-1:00 LI Consultation Center in Rego Park. Free self help group based on cognitive behavioral concepts dedicated to assisting individuals in overcoming all t ypes of addictive behavior problems. 212-631-1198 or check the web at www.smartrecovery.org

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The following students from our area were admitted as first-year students at Pace University this fall: Andy Jang, from Oakland Gardens, is a first-year student at Pace University’s New York City campus; Sharon Kim, from Bayside, is a first-year student at Pace University’s New York City campus; Lauren Mckechnie, from Bayside, is a first-year student at Pace University’s New York City campus; Greta Rojas, from Bayside, is a first-year student at Pace University’s New York City campus; Peter Vasilakos, from Bayside, is a first-year student at Pace University’s New York City campus; Danny Velasquez, from Bayside, is a first-year student at Pace University’s New York City campus; Linda Yi, from Oakland Gardens, is a first-year student at Pace University’s Pleasantville campus; Alexandra Flaherty, from Douglaston, is a first-year student at Pace University’s New York City campus; Jonathan Hand, from Hollis Hills, is a firstyear student at Pace University’s New York City campus; Megan Landau, from Kew Garden Hills, is a first-year student at Pace University’s New York City campus; and Alireza Vaziri, from Little Neck, is a firstyear student at Pace University’s New York City campus.

Pace University is recognized for its pro-

grams such as business, law, art, science, computer information technology, education, and nursing with a core curriculum based in the liberal arts.

The North Shore-LIJ Health System announced that its hospitals and other facilities across Long Island, Queens and Staten Island will became entirely smoke free, beginning with the New Year. The new policy, which took effect Jan. 1, includes an outdoor smoking ban on all North Shore-LIJ properties. It applies to all employees, patients, visitors, vendors, volunteers and medical staff.

“We are optimistic that campus-wide smoking bans will help us reach our goal of providing a healthier environment for all patients, visitors and employees,” said Michael J. Dowling, president and chief executive officer of the 14-hospital health system, the largest in the region. “As with any change, we realize there are challenges we’ll have to overcome, one of the first being to provide smokers with the support they need to quit.”

North Shore-LIJ provides free smoking cessation counseling at its Center for Tobacco Control in Great Neck, including group classes that are held every six weeks (the next class began Jan. 5) as well as individual

Photo by Bob Harris

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Shown are some of the many guests at the Hillcrest Jewish Center Gala Sukkot Dinner celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Hillcrest Jewish Center. The celebration featured a slide presentation of past events from the history of the temple, plus games for the children. Leila Schwartz coordinated the event. therapy. To enroll, call (516) 466-1980 or go to www.northshorelij.com/NSLIJ/ stopsmoking. Those interested in kicking the habit can also contact the New York State Smokers’ Quitline at (866) NY-QUITS (866697-8487), or talk to their doctor.

Assemblyman Mark Weprin and Councilman David Weprin hosted a year-end

party at the Queens County Farm Museum, located at 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., in Glen Oaks. Those present celebrated Mark Weprin’s recent election to the New York City Council. He took office Jan. 1.

Among those present were Community Board 11Q Chairperson Jerry Iannece, and East Bayside Homeowners’ Association President Frank Skala.

Slide Suit A 15-year-old softball player is suing the City of Queens because her softball coach didn’t teach her how to slide.

That’s like us washing our whites with red and suing our moms for the fuchsia aftermath.

Alina Cerda, a Francis Lewis High School student, alleged that she injured her leg during practice when she slid on a muddy base.

Cerda needed six screws to fuse her broken ankle and according to a personal injury lawyer blog, a charge of endangering the welfare of a child can come into play.

Really?

Edited by: Michael Schenkler.

Contributors: Sasha Austrie, Lori Gross, Kaitlin Kilmetis, Marcia Moxom Comrie, Mike Nussbaum, Joe Orovic, Brian Rafferty, Domenick Rafter. Conf@QueensTribune.com

Fans At Bay Models Of Queens For all us Mets fans itching for something to brag about this offseason,Omar Minaya and company finally made their first freeagent signing with Red Sox slugger Jason Bay. The move adds some muchneeded relief to a line-up void of slugging. The 31-year-old righty hit .267 with 36 homers and 119 RBIs last season. Don’t be put off by the average, he averages a patient hitter’s .384 on base percentage. Bay spent four anonymous seasons in Pittsburgh before the The newest Met, Jason Bay BoSox got him in 2008.

The Canadian outfielder netted a guaranteed $66 million over four years, with a vested option for a fifth year.

Next on the Amazins’ radar is catcher Bengie Molina, who’ll add another 20-plus home run hitter to a line up whose main slugger was supposedly David Wright and his paltry 10 dingers.

Can 2010 possibly be worse than 2009? So far, nobody has had a season-ending injury... Yet.

Knicks Salvation?

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The borough can boast about yet another stand-out basketball star to join the ranks of Jamaica’sLamar Odom and Queensbridge’s Ron Artest.

Long Island City’s own Devin Ebanks is heating up the court down South. Last week, the West Virginia University forward was named the Oscar Robertson men’s basketball national player of the week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and also won Devin Ebanks Big East player of the week. The “Mountaineer” earned the title after a career-high 22 points in a 90-84 overtime win at Seton Hall in WVU’s conference opener.

Don’t be surprised to see WVU gear sprouting up across the borough in coming months as big things are expected from this Queens guy as the insanity that is March Madness approaches.

Also, Ebanks is ranked at the top of the list of 2010 NBA prospective draft picks. With the NY Knicks maybe looking like a team again, perhaps the 6-foot-8 powerhouse will let his hometown pride shine and help bring the franchise back to its former glory.

We’ve got our fingers crossed.

The West Side tunnel for the #7

Boring Rarely can something boring be so exciting.

The first phase of the 7 train expansion tunnel project was completed last month when a giant tunnel boring machine cracked through the retaining wall of the 34th Street station on the West side, marking the completion of the digging for the new train storage facility that will sit underground between 26th and 34th Street on 11th Avenue. This is the first step toward the expansion of the 7 train from Times Square to 11th Avenue – allowing Queens riders to go even further west into Manhattan. We hope that is more exciting than this boring machine.

Queens Girl Is Loving It This sexy gal from Rego Park To her, the modeling is fun, has been modeling for about six and there may be some acting in years, and is loving every minute her future. In the meantime, she of it. enjoys going to the gym, getting “I’m doing pretty well, it’s ex- out on her Rollerblades as the iting,” she said. weather permits and Cindy V. Signed with ICE shopping along Austin Management, and a Rego Park Street in Forest Hills. former Ford Models Age: 25 Cindy grew up in intern, Cindy is en- Height 5’ 6” Elmhurst and bought joying the fun, travel Weight: 120 her pad in Rego Park and exposure of be- Stats: 36-26-36 about five years ago. “I ing a model. love living in Queens,” But that’s not all she does. she said, noting the proximity Cindy has an undergrad degree from her home to the Subway so from St. John’s and two different she can get into Manhattan easily.

Masters degrees from Touro ColCindy is getting ready to head lege in Manhattan, and does have out of town for a photo shoot – a separate job where she puts her Miami, the beach, motorcycles. education to good use.

“It’s a lot of fun,” she said.

Counting Down The long-awaited countdown clocks at subway stations that will

Confidentially, New York . . .

Guess what newspaper Pam works for as she spins her way through the psycho-thriller horror flick Emerging Past -- look for an April 2010 release.

answer the often-asked question “When is this train coming?” are moving along, albeit at the frustrating slow pace of a 4 train arriving at Fulton St at rush hour.

The clocks, which were first installed along the L line a few years ago, began operation along the 6 line in the Bronx before Christmas, and Mayor Mike Bloomberg said the plan is to install them on all numbered lines, including the 7 line, by the middle of 2011, which is a plus for those of us who occasionally wait for over a half hour for the next train to Flushing at 2 a.m.…at least now there’ll be a clock to curse at when it tells you the next train is 30 minutes away.

As for the other lines, nobody is certain yet when that will happen. If only we had a countdown clock to tell us how long it will be before the countdown clocks are installed, but we’d probably have to wait an uncertain length of time for those, too.

MTA, Happy New Year!

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SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 8740/09 US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAA 2007-9 Plaintiff, vs.

JOSE J. SAETEROS, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGE WORLD BANKERS, INC., NATIONAL CITY BANK, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, Defendant(s).

MORTGAGED PREMISES: 55-21 97TH STREET, CORONA, NY 11368 SBL #:BLOCK: 1905 LOT: 15 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. Dated this 23rd day of December, 2009, Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 TO: JOSE J. SAETEROS, Defendant(s) In this Action.

The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. JAIME A. RIOS of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 14th day of December, 2009 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by JOSE J. SAETEROS dated the 14th day of May, 2007, to secure the sum of $650,000.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2007000311944 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS, on the 18th day of June, 2007; which mortgage was duly assigned by assignment dated the 25th day of March, 2009, and sent for recording in the Office of the Queens County Clerk.

The property in question is described as follows: 55-21 97TH STREET, CORONA, NY 11368 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Section 11, Block 1905 and Lot 15 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the build-

ings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Easterly side of 97th Street (Barrymore Street) (60 feet wide) distant 200 feet Southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of 55th Avenue (Lewis Avenue) (60 feet wide) with the Easterly side of 97th Street; RUNNING THENCE Easterly and parallel with the Southerly side of 55th Avenue, 100 feet; THENCE Southerly and parallel with the Easterly side of 97th Street 20 feet; THENCE Westerly and again parallel with the side of 55th Avenue 100 feet to the Easterly side of 97th Street; THENCE Northerly along the Easterly side of 97th Street 20 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 55-21 97th Street, Corona, New York HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home.

There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have com-

pleted all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: December 23, 2009 Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt.

Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 15325/09 BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP Plaintiff, vs. S.K. ANWAR A/K/A SK ANWAR, Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 106-61 RUSCOE STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11433 SBL #: BLOCK: 10335 LOT: 62 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens.

The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises.

Dated this 23rd day of December, 2009, Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 TO: S.K. ANWAR A/K/A SK ANWAR, Defendant(s) In this Action.

The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. MARGUERITE A. GRAYS of the Supreme Court

of the State of New York, dated the 8 th day of December, 2009 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by S.K. ANWAR A/ K/A SK ANWAR dated the 1st day of March, 2007, to secure the sum of $460,000.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2007000134447 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS, on the 13th day of March, 2007;Said mortgage is to be assigned by an Assignment to be recorded in the Office of the Clerk of QUEENS County. The property in question is described as follows: 106-61 RUSCOE STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11433 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 10335 and Lot 62 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Fourth Ward, Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Northeasterly side of Ruscoe Street, distant 243.69 feet Southeasterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Northeasterly side of Ruscoe Street with the Southerly side of 106th Road, as said street and road are laid out on a certain map entitled “Hillside Gardens, Jamaica, 4th Ward, Borough of Queens, New York City”, Erlandson & Crowell, C.E. & C.S., March 1919, and filed in the Queens County Clerk’s Office on August 19, 1919, as Map No. 3740 and from said point of beginning; RUNNING THENCE Southeasterly along said side of Ruscoe Street, 16.64 feet to the Northerly side of 107th Avenue, as shown on said map; THENCE Easterly along said side of 101h Avenue, 68.40 feet; THENCE Northerly at right angles to 101h Avenue, 78.66 feet; THENCE Southwesterly at right angles to Ruscoe Street, 102.90 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. TOGETHER with a right of way, upon and over the strip of land 4 feet 6 inches wide to a depth of80 feet Northeast from the Northeasterly side of Ruscoe Street, adjoining lot of land hereby mortgaged to the Northwest. SUBJECT to a similar right of way upon and over the Northwest 4 feet 6 inches to a depth as aforesaid of the lot of land mortgage. Said 2 strips of land shall constitute and be a private right of way and driveway 9 feet wide to a depth of 80 feet from said side of Ruscoe Street for ingress and egress to and from the lot of land hereby mortgaged and the lot of land and joining on the Northwest and Ruscoe Street for the uses and benefit in common of said respective premises and of all owners and occupants thereof. Premises known as 106-61 Ruscoe Street, Ja-

maica, New York HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home.

There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: December 23, 2009 Steven J.

Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of L&M Watermill Ventures LLC, a limited liability company. Art. of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) 10/27/2009. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to THE LLC, 26-15 Ulmer St., College Point, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of JELB GRAND CONCOURSE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.

Of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/ 24/09. Office location: Queens County. Princ. Office of LLC: 42-09 235 th St., Douglaston, NY 11363. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. Of its princ. Office.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of NORTHERN QUEENS MANAGEMENT, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/10/09. Office location: Queens County.

Princ. office of LLC: 61-36 75th Pl., Middle Village, NY 11379. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/ o Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP, Attn: Ayman Soliman, Esq., 1111 Marcus Ave., Ste. 107, Lake Success, NY 11042. Purpose: Any lawful activity. ________________________________________________________________________ FABRIC STORAGE SERVICES, LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 11/23/09. NY Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 56-02 Maspeth Ave., Maspeth, NY 11378. General Purposes. Latest date to dissolve 12/31/2059 ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of GORDRESS LLC, a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on September 31, 2009. Office located in Queens County. The Secretary of State of the State of New York has been designated for service of process.

The Secretary of State of the State of New York shall mail copy of any process served against GORDRESS LLC to George & Deborah Lawrence at 248-28 Rushmore Avenue, Little Neck, NY 11362. Purpose: for any lawful purpose.

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