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By DOMENICK RAFTER Former State Sen. Hiram Monserrate will not be returning to the body that expelled him last month. In a decisive result, Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D-Jackson Heights) defeated Monserrate and Republican Robert Beltrani to claim victory in the 13th Senatorial district special election and will take the seat from which Monserrate was booted.

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, preliminar y counts give Peralta 9,803 votes or 65 percent of the total cast, to Monserrate’s 4,098 votes or 27 percent.

Beltrani was a distant third with 1,087 votes or 7 percent.

“We won!” beamed Borough President Helen Marshall at the Peralta victor y part y at Gran Rancho Jubilee in East Elmhurst Tuesday night.

Peralta ar rived shor tly after 10 p.m., when the race was called, greet ing supporters as the room erupted in a chant of “Jose, Jose, Jose” usually reserved for Mets shortstop Jose Reyes.

“Sanity reigns in Queens tonight!” shouted Ne w York State Democrat ic Commit tee Chairman Jay Jacobs.

“Our nightmare is over,” said Peralta to a standing ovation. “Tonight we put an end to dysfunction, to divisiveness, to disappointment.

Prominent Democrats from across Queens and Manhattan gathered onstage.

Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat (D-Washington Heights) noted the irony of Monserrate’s resounding defeat coming on Domestic Violence Prevention Day. City Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens), who served w ith Peralta in the State Assembly, praised Peralta’s years of service.

“Jose is a very dedicated individual,” a smiling Weprin said. “I served with him; I can at test to h is dedication.”

“This is the final nail in Hiram Monserrate’s coffin,” said Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), who

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‘Sanity Reigns’ As Ex-Sen. Defeated more state senators of either part y who voted against same-sex marriage in both the September primaries and November general election.

Some of Peralta’s supporters included prominent officials who had formerly been strong backers of Monserrate such as Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst), who once served as Monserrate’s chief of staff when he was in the City Council.

“I’m so happy to say we have Peralta supporters berate Monserrate after he elected the right person to the State voted in Tuesday’s election.

Senate,” said Ferreras.

Last month, Ferreras endorsed Peralta – strongly supported Peralta.

State Senate Pre sident Pro Tempore a move that was seen as a slap in the face of Malcolm Smith, ousted as Majority Leader in her former boss. Peralta gave a special thank June after a coup supported by Monserrate, you to Ferreras. “[Julissa] demonstrated courage and conwas on hand to introduce Peralta.

“You can’t change the past, but you can viction in this race,” Peralta said.

Peralta thanked his staff by name and thanked cha nge the future,” said Smith. “Tonight you have changed the future of the State of the hundreds of volunteers who flooded the district on his behalf in the past few weeks. He New York.”

Two prominent citywide elected Democrats also reiterated his support for same-sex marriage and said he will fight for a budget that were also on tap to congratulate the victor.

“This community deserves leadership that does not cut services for seniors and children.

“The burden cannot be on the backs of br ings people together, and not divide s them,” said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. seniors, children and the working class,” “This is the day we reclaim New York for Peralta said.

Gathered w ith a few dozen suppor ters in victims of domestic abuse,” said City Comptroller John Liu, who served in the City Coun- Jackson Heights, Monserrate thanked them cil with Monserrate for seven years. “Today is and noted that he always knew that he was a great day for LGBT New Yorkers. A real not the favorite in the race.

“We took on the entire political estabDemocrat represents the 13th District.”

LGBT rights activists strongly supported lishment of the State of New York; ever y Peralta in the race. Within seconds of the single labor union, hundreds and hundreds race being called, Fight Back New York, a of thousands of dollars with an army of hard pro-same-sex marriage group focused on working average Ne w Yorker s from t he ousting State Senators from both par t ies who voted against same-sex marriage in December, issued a statement.

“One down, seven to go,” said Fight Back spokeswoman Valerie Berlin in the statement, noting that her group will be targeting seven

Officials Cite Urgency In New Aqueduct Bid selecting a new bidder easy.

“Given that no new bidders have entered into the Aqueduct selection process for over a year and that the state has all the financial and background information on the remaining bidders, it is conceivable that a quick, efficient and valid selection of an Aqueduct operator can be made,” he said. “The future of Aqueduct as a racetrack depends on a quick selection process.”

The Governor said he wanted to get a new bid selected and get the $300 million fee by March 31, which was the date AEG agreed to pay the fee by. A State Lottery official said the Division of the Lottery would expedite the approval for a gaming license for a new bidder at the Governor’s request.

In the meantime, Delaware North, one of the losing bids, expressed interest in being reconsidered.

“Without question, we still remain very interested in the Aqueduct project and committed to its success for the community and the State. We continue to believe that our bid was superior and remain confident in that fact,” said William Bissett, President of Delaware North in a statement released shortly after AEG’s bid was dropped.

Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125.

Muss Adds Related Co. To Aid Flushing Sales

plished developers and managers of largescale projects such as Time Warner Center and Gateway Centers in the Bronx and Brooklyn, as well as marquee luxury condominium buildings, the partnership felt Related would bring extraordinary value in the finalization of the project," Muss Development said in a statement. "The partnership looks forward to delivering on every aspect of the residential experience and to the project's successful completion."

The change represents the second time Muss and its investors have garnered headlines. A year ago, Arbor Realty Trust stopped payment on a $75 million loan it had put towards Sky View Parc. Those difficulties were eventually ironed out between both parties, allaying fears the project would freeze right in the middle of construction.

The 3-million-square-foot development has already seen the opening of a BJ's Wholesale, with Best Buy coming later in the spring. More than 70 percent of one residential towers is reportedly sold, and 40 percent of a second has been signed for. The first, Tower 3, is expected to open for occupancy in the summer.

Reach Reporter Joseph Orovic at A rendering of Sk y View Parc, currently under jorovic@queenstribune.com, construc tion in Flushing. or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127.

By JOSEPH OROVIC The partnership behind Sky View Parc has enlisted a renowned developer and luxury property manager to help the behemoth mixed-use project cross the proverbial finish line.

According to Crain's, the move came after private equity firm and investor Onex had been frustrated by the pace of the project and demanded changes. The result is a partnership between Muss and Onex, and a joint decision to enlist Related Companies to handle the remaining available commercial and residential space.

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By DOMENICK RAFTER It’s been almost a week since the state killed the bid by Aqueduct Entertainment Group to develop the “Racino” at Aqueduct Racetrack and Gov. David Paterson and legislative leaders have been careful about saying specifically what direction the process to select a new bidder will take.

Paterson told the Daily News on Monday that he was aiming for a new bidder to be selected “within one month,” but gave no details as to whether or not he and legislative leaders would seek a new bidding process or select a runner-up.

Paterson said he would meet soon with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson (D-Brooklyn) to hammer out the selection process for a new bidder.

Local officials who represent the communities around Aqueduct Racetrack are urging leaders in Albany to move quickly on selecting a new bid.

“We’ve had too many false starts and stops,” said Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer (DRockaway Beach). “This project must move forward in a timely and expeditious manner.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said the lack of new bidders in the months before AEG was chosen should make

great borough of Queens,” Monserrate said.

“It is indisputable that from the very beginning, this was a bat tle of Goliath proportions against us.”

Monserrate gave no indication as to what his future plans are, if there are any, but he could make a r un for Peralta’s now-vacant Assembly seat. Gov. David Paterson may call a special election to fill the seat, but does not have to. Peralta’s Assembly district includes parts of Corona and Jackson Heights, mostly south of Roosevelt Avenue between 69th Street and 112th Street. Two Democrats, Francisco Moya and Bryan Pu-Folkes, have already announced their candidacy for the seat. Monserrate could also challenge Peralta again in the September Democratic primar y for t he Senate seat or as an independent in the general election.

About 15,000 people voted on Tue sday, far less than the 39,000 that turned out in the 2008 general election, but close to the 22,000 that voted in November 2006. Borough President Marshall, a longtime resident of the district who represented parts of it in the City Council and State Assembly, noted that turnout was high.

“I have lived in this district since the 1960s and I’ve never seen such a large turnout in a special election,” Marshall said.

Peralta’s victor y gives t he Democrat s their 32-30 majority back in the State Senate. With Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch providing a tie-breaking vote, Democrats can afford to lose one vote in their caucus and still pass legislation w ithout GOP support.

Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125.

History Reaches The Future At Library

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By CATHERINE MANZIONE The Queens Library main branch in Jamaica recently made some changes for the better to the librar y’s col lection.

What used to be known as the “Long Island Division” is now called “The Archives at Queens Librar y,” a name change that came about because “Long Island Division” made many people think it only held the h istor y of Nassau a nd Suffolk, when it was in fact intended to represent Brooklyn, Queens, as well as Nassau, and Suffolk.

Although the name was changed in late Februar y, it did not become official unt il about two weeks ago.

The Archives are a great place for re-

searchers, genealogists and historians to visit, because it is the home of some of the olde st and most impor tant pieces in local history. It is also one of the few places that public records are available for viewing.

The Archives hold maps, photographs, original manuscripts and newspapers that represent the social, political, and economic history of al l four counties. Along w ith the newspapers, maps, manuscripts and photos, you can also find yearbooks, phonebooks, movie posters and many limited editions books that really give you a sense of culture and lifestyle of people years ago.

With photographs from as old as 1880, and a newspaper from 1821, the

Archives’ books, maps, photographs, newspapers, and manuscripts that show the true histor y of all four count ie s, all by searching the web.

“I am very excited because we w ill be giving our customers what they want – Internet acce ss to the librar y’s unique and valuable documentation of Queens and Long Island histor y which they ca n see in their homes, schools, or offices,” said John Hyslop, Digital Assets Manager for the Queens Library.

Digitizing will also make it easier for people to find what they’re looking for faster.

There are more resources, at once, on one computer, instead of looking through books, newspapers, and manuscripts to find what you are looki ng for. T he Queens Librar y’s Digital Assets Team uses a scanner and special software to digitize all the pieces. Since the majority of photos and documents the team is working with are ver y fragile, they must be extremely careful with how they handle them. In fact, some documents are so fragile and old that they have to be kept in a special vault with a controlled climate to keep their preservation.

The Archives are expected to be available online sometime this year, but until then the only way to access the Archives, will be to pay an actual visit to the librar y, which is located at 89-11 Mer rick Blvd. i n Jamaica. To lear n (Above) A family goes out for a drive on more, call (718) 990-0700 or visit the Jamaica Ave and Parsons Blvd in 1901. The library on the web at queenslibrary.org. archives (l.) include historial documents and Reach Intern Catherine Manzione photos that show the histor y and lifestyles at cmanzione@queenstribune.com or on Long Island.

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Archives are the perfect place for people to truly see how much has changed. The oldest ar tifact in the Archives is a deed giving the Dutch land in the Gowanus area from the New Netherlands government that dates back to 1642. One of the most interesting ar t ifacts would have to be the bound book collection that contains documents and pictures of early automobiles, music and aviation.

What make s the Queens Library’s Archives so unique is that they are digitizing every thing. What this means, is t hat everything in the Archives will be available online for people to see without having to step foot in the library. People will be able to find the

Letter Grades Come To Restaurants

By BRIAN M. RAFFERTY Starting in July, restaurants across Queens and the rest of the City will start having to display letter grades reflecting their inspections from the NYC Health Department.

The grade system, which runs A through C, will be based on rules that still remain to be written, but will be composite scores of a variety of inspection standards. The Health Dept. urges that though a restaurant may show a C grade, it does not mean it is unsafe to eat there - any restaurant that is not safe is required to close in order to fix the problem and retested before it can reopen.

Under the new system, restaurants will receive grades based on the number of violations documented during their sanitary inspections. Each establishment will post a placard at the point of entry, showing its current sanitary grade, and restaurants receiving A grades will be inspected less often than those receiving lower marks, according to the Dept. of Health.

"New York City restaurants are among the world's best, and these simple reforms will make them even better," said Dr. Thomas Farley, New York City Health Commissioner.

"Giving consumers more information will help make our restaurants safer and cleaner.

The grade in the window will give you a sense of how clean the kitchen is - and it will give every restaurant operator an incentive to maintain safe, sanitary conditions."

Each year the Health Department inspects 24,000 restaurants to monitor their compliance with the city's health code, and most establishments maintain good or excellent conditions. Restaurants are fined for health code violations, but public posting of letter grades provides a stronger incentive to maintain the best sanitary conditions.

The Health Department already posts restaurant inspection reports on its website.

Each report includes a numerical score reflecting the number and severity of sanitary violations documented. The inspection process will not change under the new system, but the new letter grades will be simpler than numerical scores, and consumers won't need to go online to find them. Each letter grade

test their assigned grades will be able to post "grade pending" signs until they have had an opportunity to be heard at hearing.

For more information on the proposed restaurant grading system, go to nyc.gov/ html/doh/html/notice/notice.shtml.

Reach Editor Brian M. Rafferty at brafferty@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 122.

will correspond to a range of numerical scores.

Under the new plan, a restaurant receiving an A grade will post it at the end of the inspection. If the grade is lower than an A, the restaurant will not have to post a grade until it has a chance to improve its sanitary conditions. The Health Department will return within a month to conduct a second inspection. Restaurant operators who con-

Unsightly Water Tanks Get The Boot

By JOSEPH OROVIC The borough will lose two decaying eyesores in the coming months, after much prodding by elected officials.

The Dept. of Environmental Protection will dismantle two elevated water storage tanks, one on 199th Street in Hollis and the other on 164th Street in Jamaica Estates.

The defunct water-storage behemoths became rusted hulks representing a bygone era.

"While these tanks once served a useful purpose, they have become a blemish on the communities they once served," said DEP Commissioner Cas Holloway. "Their removal is a testament to the progress we've made improving the City's Water infrastructure."

The 80-year-old tanks, vestiges of the Jamaica Water Supply Company, fell out of favor shortly after the DEP took control of them in 1996. Through upgrades and improved distribution, the tanks were eventually rendered useless.

Several elected officials lauded the move, saying it was time the sun set on the unfortunate landmarks.

"It served its purpose, it did its job and now it's going into retirement," said State

Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose), who was instrumental in handing control of the tanks to the DEP. Terrasan Environmental Solution, Inc. was awarded the demolition contract, which requires they chop the tanks into chunks and scrap their remnants. The tank in Hollis will be gone by the end of the month, with its Jamaica Estates counterpart to follow shortly thereafter.

Some elected officials weren't as senti- Two rusted water mental as Padavan, as Queens. they recalled the notoriously troubling service the tanks and Jamaica Water Supply offered. From lessthan-clean water to unreliability, officials echoed the sentiments of Assemblyman William Scarborough (D-Jamaica).

tanks will soon disappear in Eastern

"Thank you DEP," he said. "Goodbye and good riddance."

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

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Back To Business With the victory of Jose Peralta in Tuesday’s special election, the State Senate has been restored to its 32member majority, returning to the body the ability to pass bills that lack bipartisan support.

We hope that the Senate will take advantage of this newfound strength to make changes that truly enhance the way it does business and to help bring reform to the dysfunctional quagmire in which it has been stuck.

We also ask that newly sworn Sen. Peralta stop ducking the questions that have caused a cloud to hang over his head regarding his campaign rent payments and the $250,000 in unaccounted funding he provided to a non-profit he helped found.

We invite him to our office to discuss these issues, and look forward to hearing his answers.

Knight’s Honor

To The Editor: The police, our schools and neighborhood associations all work very hard to try to stop the scourge of graffiti in Queens. Unfortunately the ad the Queens Tribune ran on Page 2 of your March 11 issue is very disappointing and sends a different message.

The full page Queens Library ad advertises “Hip-Hop @ Queens Library” and features graffiti on a wall – maybe it is a Queens Library wall?

So graffiti is okay in ads, and it is fine to put graffiti on a library wall? What a terrible message to send us- and in a full page ad from a non-profit Queens institution. How sad. Please don’t run that advertisement again.

Dennis Farley, Woodhaven

Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, and other critical benefits.

Senior centers’ programming creates social interaction that helps keep seniors mentally healthy. Senior centers provide influenza vaccines, blood pressure screenings and hearing tests. They serve over 5,000 meals per day, sometimes to seniors who would otherwise go hungry.

Commissioner Lilliam BarriosPaoli, New York City Department for the Aging, has stated that about 90 percent of people who visit senior centers are poor. The proposed cut would literally hit the most vulnerable New Yorkers at a time when so many are already struggling because of the recession. Closing senior centers is an abominable way to balance the state budget.

Mark Weprin, Council Member

To The Editor: It has just come to my attention that Gov. David Paterson signed into law on Feb. 23 that March 29 is to be known as Knights of Columbus Day. This is a very proud moment for many us like myself who are members of the Knights of Columbus.

I am Past Grand Knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus Council No. 5911 in Douglaston and have told many of our members of this proud moment. As a matter of fact there are 550 councils statewide and in Queens alone there are 36 councils. Some of the reason given in the resolution is for our volunteer efforts and in our works of charity. We have given much time, effort and funding in helping those who are mentally and physically challenged. Furthermore we have been directly involved with funding and training in the Special Olympics.

As an organization we have over 1.7 million members worldwide and have over 15,000 councils. The Knights of Columbus have given generously to those suffering from natural disasters and the efforts of war. This includes most recently Haiti and Chile.

I would at this time like to thank the Governor and the Legislature for this high honor for those of us that are committed to helping others.

Fred Bedell Jr., Glen Oaks

Senior Cuts

‘I Know Nothing’

Meatout

To The Editor: There is no doubt that New York State is facing a fiscal crisis, the likes of which we have not seen in decades. As a result, Gov. David Paterson has proposed a budget that includes drastic spending cuts.

Having served as member of the New York State Assembly for over 15 years, I certainly understand the need for the state to pass a balanced budget. At the same time, there are some services that we simply cannot afford to lose and must find a way to pay for. Senior centers fall squarely in that category.

Gov. Paterson proposes to cut over $25 million in Title XX funding. That reduction would lead to the closing of 80 to 110 senior centers in New York City. These centers are lifelines for thousands of New Yorkers. Social workers in senior centers help seniors to access

To The Editor: If you check all of the organizations in South Queens funded the City, State and the Federal government, you’ll more than likely find relatives, neighbors, friends, and church members of Floyd Flake, Greg Meeks, Malcolm Smith, Barbara Clark and other elected officials who ask for, allot, and direct funds to these tax free groups.

Millions of these dollars of taxpayer monies, are actually being robbed by those who run or administer these money pots all with knowledge of elected officials who then claim as Schultz did in Hogans Heroes, I’m an elected official and “I know nothing.” What happens when these groups receive and steal these funds?

As a South Queens resident and constituent of some of these elected philanderers, please don’t let up on

To The Editor: This past winter brought us record snowstorms and floods, continuing collapse of the housing market, and partisan paralysis in Washington. I really look forward to March 20, the first day of spring, balmy weather, blooming flowers, and the Great American Meatout.

Several years ago, it was a local Meatout information table that gave me a new lease on life by turning me onto a healthful, nonviolent diet of vegetables, fruits, legumes, and grains. Now in its 26th year, Meatout has grown into the world’s largest annual grassroots diet education campaign, with a thousand educational events in all 50 states and 32 countries (www.meatout.org).

Meatout’s simple message of nonviolence and good health is now touted by major health advocacy organiza-

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this expose‘ and investigation; someone must be indicted and convicted regardless of their relationships to Floyd Flake and, sad to say, my elected representatives.

Gerard L. Maggio, South Ozone Park

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The supportive “World Peace Diet” has become the No. 1 bestseller on Amazon.com. Adoption of the Meatout diet has been greatly simplified by the rich selection of delicious meat and dairy alternatives in our local supermarkets. Additional transition support and free recipes are available at www.tryveg.org, and www.chooseveg.org.

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Greenhouse?

To The Editor: Since the fraud of global warming has been exposed as an agenda to tax and control us, “greenhouse gases” should be eliminated from the Clean Air Act. Carbon dioxide is natural in our atmosphere and is essential for all of our food production. Destroying our jobs and economy in some idiot attempt to remove it is nonsensical.

The destruction caused by the EPA is immeasurable. It is about tyrannical government power and nowhere does the Constitution give authority to Washington to regulate the environment. It should be abolished, its regulations rescinded, and the vast agenda of lies to gain power over our citizens be exposed so that we can again be a free people.

Larry Burke, Roslyn

Clarification To The Editor: In your March 4 edition Alan Johnson expressed unhappiness with the Supreme Court’s decisions in Bush v. Gore in 2000 and January’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission regarding corporate spending in election campaigns. I would like to state the basis in law that led the court to its decisions in order to dispel any more myths that are being spread.

In the Bush case, the court debated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. In Florida, certain counties, with Democrats in control of the election board, were allowing ballots to be counted where the punched holes for a candidate were not fully pushed through resulting in the famous hanging chads.

Counties with Republicans controlling the election board rejected such ballots. The Supreme Court ruled that identical ballots could not be treated differently so all such ballots were invalidated.

I do not think anyone would have a problem with that statement.

Chief Justice Rehnquist in a separate concurring opinion stated that the issue is actually moot since Florida law clearly states that unless a hole is punched completely that

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ballot shall not be counted.

This law does not discriminate against any group of people unless you want to argue that Democrats are too intellectually challenged by this simple act. The court went on to state that only the state legislature can change the law. So, you can see that the only ones trying to steal the election were the Democrats who tried to change the law without due process similar to a third world country with a two-bit dictator.

In the Citizens United case, the court ruled that the current law was unconstitutional and that the corporation could show a documentary not flattering to Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign.

In previous cases, the court has ruled that the first amendment which reads that “Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech” applies to corporations. The court included political speech. The court also cited previous rulings where they stated that political speech is “indispensable to decision making in a democracy, and it is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation”. The court also stated that First Amendment protections do not depend on the speaker’s “financial ability to engage in public discussion.”

Fortunately, the court has disallowed campaign laws where liberals have tried to restrict the ability of those groups who tend to oppose their agenda to speak out. This is a tremendous victory for freedom of speech.

Actually, the worst decision the Supreme Court has made in the past few years was Kelo v. New London where the court ruled 5-4 that states and localities could use the power of eminent domain to take over private property for the benefit of private developers. You can see the result of that in Willets Point and Brooklyn, where the city is trying to take over property for private uses. It is ironic that the four justices who voted in the minority against this power grab were the four most conservative judges who liberals love to hate.

I suggest that the next time a major Supreme Court decision is announced that your readers go online and find out how the law is interpreted rather than relying on cheap political rhetoric.

Lenny Rodin, Forest Hills

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The New York Uprising Has Begun – and selected Judith Kaye, retired Chief

By EDWARD I. KOCH Last Friday, at the New York City offices Justice of the New York Court of Appeals, to of my law firm, Bryan Cave LLP, for a group oversee the investigation by the Attorney General’s staff. of us, the New York Uprising began.

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Sampson, as well as variThe New York Uprisous reform-minded ing was convened by Dick groups of business people.

Dadey of the Citizens Five respected good govUnion, Henry Stern of ernment groups – the New York Civic and myBrennan Center for Jusself. The purpose for the tice, Citizens Union, meeting was a brainstormCommon Cause NY, ing session aimed at develEd Koch League of Women Voters/ oping a strategy for reNYS and N.Y. Public Informing the state legislaterest Research Group – have organized to ture, both the Assembly and Senate.

Compounding New York’s government address Albany reform. The Westchester problem is its non-functional governor who County Association, led by former Lt. Gov. is beset with allegations that he may have Al Del Bello and Bill Mooney, is taking up the committed a crime by swearing falsely before effort in Westchester.

By the November election, my hope is that the New York State Commission on Public Integrity, as well as allegations of possible literally millions of New Yorkers who have obstruction of justice now being investigated had it with the status quo – dysfunctional by the New York State Attorney General. government – will join the uprising and The latter recused himself from the investiga- become involved in these reform efforts. New tion – he is a perceived candidate for the York, according to the last census has office of governor in the November election 19,460,000 residents. My belief is that a

huge number are fed up with their representatives in Albany and want to change New York politics.

At the meeting last Friday, a suggestion was made that our group adopt a number of good government objectives and make them known, not only to the legislature, but to all New Yorkers. In 1977, a similar approach was taken by the Rev. Leon Sullivan, whose anti-apartheid principles were adopted by millions of people in the U.S. and thousands of businesses. The so-called Sullivan Principles helped bring down the South African all-white regime and bring about the election of Nelson Mandela as president of that country.

I have said in the past, “throw the bums out – the good and the bad – because the good aren’t good enough and the bad are evil.” Regrettably, that goal is simply not doable. Instead, an effort should be made to get incumbents to publicly agree to implement a code of good government principles.

Those who will not agree or those who agree, but unjustifiably fail to take necessary action, will be held to account.

Selecting those principles will not be an easy task. The most effective campaign is waged when there is a single principle to fight for, but that is impossible when so many good government advocates are involved, a number of whom have different priorities. I believe the three most important principles are: (a) redistricting; (b) balancing the budget; and (c) ethics oversight and enforcement. In my view, the state legislature must create an impartial board to draw the lines of the new election districts required as a result of the 2010 Census. Unless this is done, the

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Assembly and Senate will draw lines that will all but guarantee the election of incumbents over challengers and the continued control of the legislature by the party in power in each House.

A second and perhaps the most favored reform proposal of most New Yorkers – Democrat, Republican and Independent – relates to the budget. The State of New York currently has an estimated $9.5 billion deficit in the budget required by law to be adopted

by April 1. New Yorkers now accept that you can’t spend money you don’t have, and they believe that imposing new taxes on already overtaxed individuals and businesses is not the way to go, particularly while we are trying to recover from a deep recession. So we should be urging the adoption of a balanced budget, on time, now and in the future, without the imposition or increase of burdensome new taxes.

Third, we should demand stronger ethics oversight and tighter enforcement. The legislature is rife with conflicts of interest, inappropriate outside employment, and relationships with companies doing business with the state Throughout my career in government, and now out of government, I have always believed that public service is the noblest of professions, if done honestly and well. Our legislature fails on both counts.

The uprising has begun. Our progress will be demonstrated this November in the election. If you or your friends want to join the citizen army and participate in this important work, let me know at eikoch@bryancave.com. If you do, we will be in touch.

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New York State Government: Let The Sun Shine In

By MICHAEL SCHENKLER It’s a stream of consciousness flowing through a sewer.

New York State politics continues to wallow in the muck.

The scandalously secretive process of three-men-in-a-room selection of AEG as the group to run the gazillion dollar video lot tery terminal racino fell apart when the State Lottery Commission denied licensing because of unsavory members of the AEG combine.

No surprise!

The deal has been worse than unsavor y since the State started bungling the process years ago.

And . . . that means at the moment there is another $300 mil lion shor tfal l in the budget.

These three men were counting their Aqueduct upfront chickens even though they knew it was foul.

Now they have to rush to make a decision to get the bucks in before considering another (very) late budget.

At tor ne y General Andre w Cuomo hands off the two probes into the questionable behavior of Governor David Paterson.

Paterson’s use of the State Police in the domestic abuse case of his once driver and then top advisor David Johnson and his World Series ticket-gate have been the subject of AG investigations and have left “credible issues to be resolved.”

Cuomo, able to almost taste the food in the governor’s mansion, was seeking shelter from the negative fallout bound to come from the ugly investigations and the racially charged political atmosphere being fostered by some, appointed the highly respected liberal Judith Kaye, former Chief Judge of the State’s highest court.

The Governor hangs on but remains insignificant in the governing process.

Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch – you’ll remember no one ever elected him to anything – tries to get on with the business of government by proposing a long-term financial plan for the State. Enabling the State to borrow $2 billion per year for 3 years with the objective of achieving a structurally balanced budget in 5 years he proposed the creation of a financial review board which could grant the governor exclusive power to close the gaps if it deemed the budget is out of balance.

Hey, is someone in Albany trying to make sense while everyone else is playing for themselves?

Well sensible or not, a good idea or not, the dysfunctional legislature will have to go along and be willing to give up its absolute budgetar y control t hat has almost bankrupted the state. Oh, and the accidental Governor will have to allow it to happen.

Fat chance.

Richard Izquierdo-Arroyo, the grandson of Bronx Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo and nephew of Councilwoman Maria

del Carmen Arroyo pleaded guilty to embezzling $115,000 in ta xpayer money from the South Bronx Community Corp. Among other things, the money was used for: campaign donations to his grandmother, a new floor in her office, to hire interns for his aunt and grandmother, to purchase airline tickets for the elected pair, and to support his own lifestyle. Neither Arroyo has been charged.

Hold your nose.

It’s another case of elected officials family members being placed in charge of large not-forprofits and using the money to benefit themselves and their benefactors. And somehow, the folks who remain in office are not prepared to chastise the culprits.

They point to the good that member items do for the community and disregard the fact that we regularly see abuse and corruption with member item money and few are held accountable.

Is there anyone out there not expecting another elected official to be indicted related to member item money abuse?

The U.S. House of Represen-

tatives just took steps to eliminate earmarks to private corporations, addressing a part of their problem.

But the abusive behavior around member items continues at all levels of government and you can expect your elected to stop by a local civic meeting with a blow up of a check to show you how hard he or she is working for you.

By the way, that check is giving away your money.

Jose Peralta beat Hiram Monserrate and Robert Beltrani to become the 32nd Democrat in the State Senate – the magic number they need to control the house.

We wish the Democrats well and hope this time, they use their renewed majority to accomplish positive things for our state.

We wish Jose well and invite him to our office to address the several financial questions which he ducked during the campaign.

The state needs sunlight and integrity to change the Ablany culture.

The people should accept nothing less.

MSchenkler@QueensTribune.com

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Governor Catches a Break, Cuomo Names Kaye

By HENRY STERN Governor Paterson has at least temporarily escaped from the drumbeat of criticism and demands for his resignation that followed his intrusion in a domestic violence case and his effor ts to cadge World Henry Series tickets.

Other stories on State government issue s, the Ravitch repor t which recommends billions of dollars in additional state borrowing in exchange for limiting future appropriations through a financial control board, and the guilty plea

by David Loglisci, chief investment officer of the N YS Comptroller’s office under former Comptroller Alan Hevesi (which tightens the prosecutorial noose around Hevesi’s neck), have taken t he place of the gubernatorial death watch, now indefinitely deferred.

Attorney General Cuomo, who undertook the investigation Feb. 24 at Governor Paterson’s telephoned request, announced that he was recusing himself from the case and appointing retired Chief Judge Judith Kaye to take over the inquiry.

What happened here is that, in response to Paterson’s request, Cuomo initiated the investigation and his staff worked on it for several weeks. They discovered what they believed was inappropriate behavior by the governor, but they had not yet come to a conclusion as to what do about it, and there were fur ther potential w itnesses who could be requested or subpoe-

naed to testify. Whether the governor’s phone call to the victim and the unsolicited contacts with the State Police rose to the level of criminality was a judgment call, and whatever decision was made would be subject to criticism. This is particularly Stern true because of the racial aspect of the case, and because by the time the decision was made, the Attorney General was likely to be a candidate for governor, and whatever he did would be seen through a political prism. Also, Cuomo’s poll number started falling, not because of anything he did wrong, but because he had become involved in an unpleasant controversy. The bottom line is that you cannot be a competitor and a prosecutor in the same game; people don’t think it is fair.

The choice of Judge Kaye also raises issues which are inevitable when judges enter the polit ical thicket, no matter how gingerly.

First, she was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1983 and made Chief Judge in 1993, both by Governor Mario M. Cuomo, a party related to the cur rent At torney General. Second, she was retained by the Working Families Party in November 2009, when the WFP was under fire for intricate financial transactions with paper subsidiaries which may have been used to evade campaign finance laws.

Third, as a relentlessly progressive and merciful judge, she is not likely to find too much fault with Governor Paterson. She could be con-

sidered the polar opposite of Ken Starr. On the other hand, Judge Kaye is widely regarded as honorable, and the fact that she is a woman may give her some sympathy for the complainant who was first beaten up by D.J. and then harassed by the State Police, before the governor personally assured her that he would support her, the day before she failed to show up in court, at which time the charges were dropped.

As far as the World Series allegations are concerned, they are relatively penny-ante. The Yankees should invite the governor to the World Series out of courtesy, and if codes of ethics prohibit that, they should be modified to conform to common sense. If the tickets cost $50 or thereabouts, it would be reasonable for the governor to pay for them himself to make a point, but to pay $850 for two seats is an unreasonable burden.

It would look foolish for the governor to have to sit in the upper deck because of the price the Yankees charge for series tickets.

The governor was foolish to submit a check D.J. signed for him with a backdated signature, and even more so if he did not tell the truth about it. But if the lie is about his intention to pay, that is a very weak case for perjury. Who knows his state of mind? He probably intended to pay for the ticket if he was dunned for the money. In any event, it became an issue. The Yankees should have asked him to be their guest. It is likely that there were other invited guests on opening night of the World Series. At

any rate, this is a reasonable use of campaign funds: intended to help the governor politically by presenting him at large public occasions, even if he is widely booed.

These side shows distract public attention from the budget abyss the state continues to face as time proceeds and the treasur y empties. We suspect that the governor and legislators are so far behind schedule that they will not be able to make meaningful decisions

by March 31, the date required by law for the adoption of the spending plan for next year. For 19 years out of the last 23 the state has failed to meet that deadline. The earth will not shatter (hopefully, not in New York) if the deadline is

missed again.

What is par ticularly lamentable is the snail’s pace at which work is being done. With the Senate hopelessly divided, with neither par t y having the vote s to pass any thing, at least until the Monserrate vacancy is filled, it is highly unlikely that a majority can be assembled to make difficult decisions on the budget or any other subject. The longer the delay, the less money will be left in the coffers, and the deeper the cuts will have to be.

Unless the Ravitch plan postpone s the day of reckoning to 2011.

La commedia non e finita.

StarQuest@NYCivic.org

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All Aboard, Next Stop... Vlissingen?

By WILLIAM BRENT Vlissingen is a city in the southwestern Netherlands on what was once the island of Walcheren. Its location is between the Scheldt River and the North Sea. It was chartered in 1315 and by the 1600s it was the main harbor for the Dutch East India Company.

Vlissingen is also the name given to a town in the New World – right here in New York Cit y.

The oldest official document mentioning this area is from 1645, and is the town char ter granted by Governor Kieft. In case you hadn’t guessed – the English word for Vlissingen is Flushing.

From nearly the beginning, ever ybody wanted Flushing – the British took it over in 1664; the Dutch got it back in 1673, but gave it back to the Brits a year later – then there was that unpleasantness around 1776, and, well lets just say the British and Dutch were no longer an issue.

Flushing has always been a hub of transportat ion – in fact, in addition to the Long Island Rail Road, and the various trolley lines; by the end of the Civil War there were no fewer than three separate railroads in the area. One was The Flushing and Nor th Side RR. The F&NRR was incorporated in 1869, but actually formed on Feb. 24, 1864. Back then it was known as the Woodside and Flushing Railroad; a company originally set up to compete w ith the New York & Flushing RR. Follow me so far?

The Flushing and Nor th Side RR and the LIRR had one familiar name in common – though it is a name more closely associated

with College Point. You see, for a period of time, Conrad Poppenhusen headed both organizations.

In July 1874 the Nor th Side RR became par t of the Flushing, Nor th Shore and Central RR. Then two years later all these local rail services became part of the Long Island Rail Road.

As late as 1964 you could board a LIRR train in Jamaica, and have dinner aboard the Tuscarora Club.

Most shor t line s and commuter rail services would offer some form of club service (sandwiches wrapped in waxed paper and lukewarm soft drinks or coffee). But the Tuscarora Club had as full a kitchen as you could reasonably fit on a parlor car, and managed two full dinner services a week between Jamaica and Montauk.

The Tuscarora Club was an arch-roof diner with an aluminum kitchen and a charcoal stove. Service was offered on Fridays on train No. 26, “The East Ender” and on Sunday evening when it returned to the City.

The menu? Well, you were limited to two entrees; Roast Turkey or Roast Beef (naturally with all the trimmings).

For those interested in such things – the LIRR sold this dining car in the early 1970s and it found its way to Georgia as par t of a restaurant. The car was finally destroyed in October of 2009 (at the ripe old age of 92).

What might the Roast Beef that was served as you rat tled through Queens County have tasted like? Well, this should give you some idea:

Ingredients 3 to 3-1/2 lbs of Boneless Rump Roast at room temperature. Don’t shy away from one with a good deal of fat.

Vegetable oil (canola or olive) Sliced fresh garlic Kosher Salt Fresh ground pepper Re d w i n e ( d o n ’t g o d i r t cheap here – if you wouldn’t drink it – don’t cook with it) Water or beef stock (not broth) Corn starch or arrow root (or unbleached flour if you really must) You can enjoy authentic Long Island Rail Road But ter (salted or unsalted – roast beef at home. we’re only going to use it if there isn’t enough fat in the drippings) Remove the roast when the inside temperature is 135-140 (about 2 1/2 hours).

Directions Let it rest for at least 15 minutes, lightly Preheat the oven to 375. covered with foil wrap, or you’ll lose all the You ca n place an aluminum tray with juices the first time you cut into it. some hickor y chips or charcoal at the botTo prepare the grav y, remove t he driptom of the oven (expect a bit of smoke, but ping pan from the oven and place on the it’s wor th it) stove top at medium heat.

Rub the roast with a bit of oil – then Add a bit of red wine to the drippings to kosher salt. deglaze (loosen) the drippings from the pan.

Cut a few shallow incisions into the roast (1/4 cup if you really have to have a meaand then inser t a bit of garlic into each cut. surement – thank you Fanny Farmer).

Sprinkle the roast with pepper.

Dissolve a tablespoon of cornstarch or Place the roast on the rack (I like to use a arrow root (or even flour) in a lit tle cool roasting pan with a removable rack) fat t y water and add to the drip pan. side up so that as the fat melts it will bathe Stir quickly the entire roast in its juices.

Add a pad or two of but ter Place this on the shelf above the charAdd beef stock (or water) until you reach coal. the desired consistency and volume.

Let the roast “brown” at 375 for half an Add salt and pepper to taste. hour, then lower the heat to 225.

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Queens This Week Back From The Army And Into College During her time in the U.S. Army, Richmond Hill resident Cesia Garzon developed a clearer vision of her future.

"My military service increased my desire to attend college to pursue a career," said Garzon, who served as a supply clerk in Kuwait and Iraq between 2002 and 2006.

Garzon enrolled this spring in the New York City College of Technology (CityTech) at CUNY, an opportunity provided to her by the new Post-9/11 GI Bill, which gives tuition and monthly allowances for items like rent and books, to veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She is one of 225 service veterans to enroll at City Tech for the spring semester.

Garzon and her fellow veterans picked a good school according to Military Advanced Education, a publication for service members pursuing higher education. The magazine ranks CUNY as one of the top 20 Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities, out of 2,000 institutions nationwide. CUNY's City Tech is home to the Veterans Support Services Office, who assists veterans at City Tech with navigating benefits for them, such as the Post 9/11 GI Bill, Federal Work Study Programs, New York State Tuition Awards, VA Work Study Programs and Vocational Rehabilitation Programs.

"I know that through [Veterans Support Services Office] I can get referrals to other available services for veterans," said Garzon.

The Veterans Support Services Office, which opened in 2005, is headed by an Iraq war veteran, Brian LaGuardia, who is earning a master's degree at NYU's Center for Global Affairs on the Post 9/11 GI Bill. LaGuardia said City Tech is rare in its services for veterans.

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LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNTY SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No. 8307-09 Borough: Queens Block: 15782 Lot: 0042 NYCTL 2008-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiff, vs.

GEAGBAE WORJLOH A/K/A CIEAGBAE WORJLOH; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; HERBERT BINGER; NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION and “JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, the names of the last 100 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiff, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class,

"Few colleges in the metro area have a person on staff dealing with veteran issues on a walk-in-basis, like City Tech has," he said.

Veterans at City Tech have their own counseling services to assist with career planning, academic issues and mental health referrals. Paul Schwartz, an author and counselor experienced with working with veterans, heads the services. He said his personal experiences make him uniquely qualified to serve veterans.

"I come from a family of veterans - father, uncles, cousins," said Schwartz, who said he developed a deep appreciation for service personnel while working as a social work coordinator at Brooklyn VA Medical Center, now the Brooklyn Campus of VA New York Harbor Health Care System.

Garzon saw City Tech as the school for her not long after hearing about the school's Veterans Program at a CUNY Open House.

"I chose City Tech because of the great degree programs they offer," she said.

Garzon, who is pursuing a career in merchandising, recommends that veterans who want to go to college take advantage of the benefits open for them, such as the GI Bill, and find a way to do it.

"I would advise veterans thinking of college to pursue their education, because it is a path to success," she said.

Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125.

—Domenick Rafter

Kosher Food For Thinning Wallets Queens’ underprivileged citizens were served a plateful of help on Wednesday with

LEGAL NOTICE of any right, title or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, 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: December 1, 2009 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Jaime A. Rios, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated February 5, 2010, 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 Block 15782 and Lot 0042. The

LEGAL NOTICE 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 $18,871.24, 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 ______________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION of Popular Culture Trading, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/05/10. Office Location: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: THE LLC 38-03 205 Street Bayside, NY 11361. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ______________________________________________________________________ PROBATE CITATION File No. 2008-3479-A SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: To the heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Diana Dawson a/k/a Diana E. Dawson deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assign-

the opening of the Orenstein-Met Council Masbia Community Kitchen, a soup kitchen catering to those who keep kosher.

The restaurant-style eatery at 98-08 Queens Blvd. is the fifth kosher soup kitchen opened by Masbia and the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, this time with the help of the Queens Jewish Community Council. It is the first in the borough.

Just don’t call it a soup kitchen.

“We’ve been calling it a free restaurant,” said William Rapfogel, CEO and executive director of Met Council. “If you look at it, it doesn’t strike you as a soup kitchen.”

Indeed, inside, there are about 10 tables that hold four chairs each. The tables look just like ones you would find in a restaurant and hold condiments and drinks available to those who need. There are beautiful light fixtures and paintings on the wall that really brighten the place up and give it a sense of home. It resembles a restaurant that you would go to for an everyday meal.

Masbia and the Met Council hope the kitchen’s layout and atmosphere keep it above the often demeaning depiction of soup kitchens as dank dens of depression and lost hope.

“The idea is to try to afford people as much dignity as possible so they’re not embarrassed to come in,” Rapfogel said, recounting tales of embarrassed parents sending their children into a kitchen while they wait outside.

The kitchen’s location is no accident, according to Cynthia Zalinsky, executive director of QJCC. “You have seniors that live in the area, the Bukharin community, Kew Gardens is close.

It’s the center of this universe,” she said.

Meals will also serve as a further opportunity to help, with case workers and social workers

LEGAL NOTICE ees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence.

Kim Dawson Hall Clarence Dawson Chante Martin A petition having been duly filed by Dolores Samuels Walters, who is domiciled at 2314 Newton Road, Albany, Georgia 31701 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on 8 th day of April, 2010 9:30 A.M. of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Diana Dawson a/k/a Diana E. Dawson lately domiciled at 114-08 180 th Street, St. Albans, Queens, NY 11434 admitting to probate a Will dated June 6, 1987, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Diana Dawson a/k/a Diana E. Dawson deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [X] Letters Testamentary Issue to: Dolores Samuels Walters FEB 8 2010 (Seal) HON. ROBERT L. NAHMAN Surrogate ALICEMARIE E. RICE Chief Clerk Arnold Simon, Esq. Attorney for Petitioner (516) 495-7373 Telephone Number 88 Froehlich Farm Boulevard, Woodbury, NY 11797 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

volunteering as waiters. The idea, according to Rapfogel, is to open a dialogue with visitors in the hopes of finding further help.

It’s not a mandatory interaction though.

“Nobody is forced to have a conversation and forced to do anything,” he said.

The restaurant can feed up to 40 people at a time, with food provided by various institutions. Depending on demand, there might be a need for a reservation-like system, Rapfogel said. And in due time, should the program reach a critical mass, the Met Council would like to provide food from its own kitchen in Flatbush.

The first kosher soup kitchen opened in Brooklyn several years ago, and in that time three more have opened up.

“Success breeds success,” Zalinsky said.

Eventually the Met Council reached out to QJCC in the hopes of engaging the community and exploring a possible location in Queens.

Zalinsky said the reaction has been overwhelmingly in favor.

“I know from my clients how much they’re hurting. It gives them a few dollars for the other needs they have,” she said.

QJCC also worked with Stop and Shop and was set to receive a donation of Kosher food Thursday in the hopes of keeping pantry shelves stocked for Passover.

According to Rapfogel, there ideally wouldn’t be a need for the kitchen at all.

“Our ultimate goal is to put our organization out of business,” he said, adding, “At the end of the day, let all who are hungry come and eat.”

Catherine Manzione contributed.

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the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney to appear for you.] ______________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 60th AVENUE REALTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/09/09.

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, 142-12 60th Avenue.

Flushing, New York 11355.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ______________________________________________________________________

mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Hsiang-Jui Hsu, 138-26 62 nd Ave., Flushing, NY 11367. General Purposes. ______________________________________________________________________ Brooklyn 92 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/28/10. Ofc location Queens Cty. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 1692 Gates Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose any lawful purpose. ______________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of Lowery Street Media, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 12/08/ 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 P.O. Box 4685 Sunnyside, NY 11104. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ______________________________________________________________________

Notice of formation of MOTIMAHAL TRADING LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 11/13/ 2009. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 120-06 101 ST AVENUE, S RICHMOND HILL, NY 11419. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ______________________________________________________________________ HL PROPERTIES 92299H, LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 12/22/09. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall

Notice of formation of DEKALB PORTLAND LLC. Articles of Org filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/5/2010. Office location: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Incorporating Services, Ltd., 99 Washington Ave, Rm 805A, Albany, NY 12260. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Queens CLOSEUP Holy Week Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church will hold Holy Week services at the following times: Palm Sunday Service; Sunday, March 28 at 11 a.m. in the sanctuary; Maundy Thursday Service; Thursday, April 1 at 8 p.m. in the sanctuary; Good Friday Service – Friday, April 2 at 8 p.m. in the sanctuary; and Easter Sunday Service – Sunday, April 4 at 11 a.m. in the sanctuary. The sanctuary is located at 85-20 101st Ave.

travel directions and more information visit www.queensbotanical.org or call (718) 8863800.

Meeting Cancelled The Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation’s Monthly Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 23, has been cancelled.

The Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 27. Further details to follow.

Easter Bunny Young Hor ticulturalists Rebecca Wolf, Education Coordinator at the Queens Botanical Garden is looking for a new crop of young horticulturists, ages 5 to12, to participate in the Spring Session, which begins on March 27.

Spring classes take place Saturdays from March 27 through June 12 (except for Memorial Day weekend) from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The fee for the Spring Session is $325, and a 10 percent discount is available for QBG family members. Parents can visit www.queensbotanical.org/childrensgarden or contact Rebecca at (718) 886-3800, Ext. 230 or e-mail her at rwolf@queensbotanical.org.

QBG’s HSBC Children’s Garden, the first “green” children’s program in Queens, also offers kids the opportunity to practice different sustainable gardening techniques, such as composting and mulching, and learn about the reuse and recycling of materials.

Located at 43-50 Main Street in Flushing, Queens Botanical Garden is easily accessible by car, train, or bus. Parking is available in the Garden’s lot on Crommelin Street. For

The Woodhaven Business Improvement District Easter Bunny will be visiting on Saturday, March 27, with free pictures, form 1-4 p.m. in the renovated Forest Parkway Plaza area off Jamaica Avenue (weather permitting) – with other attractions.

Health Fair Sen. Joe Addabbo invites the public to attend the Ridgewood Health Fair Saturday, March 20, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Trinity Reformed Church, 66-30 60th Place, Ridgewood.

The event will feature representatives from Jamaica Hospital, Elmhurst Hospital, Ridgewood Communicare Clinic, AARP, Queens Health Center, Red Cross and the NYS and NYC Departments Of Health.

There will be general information and answering residents’ questions. There will also be information on applying for Medicare, Medicaid, EPIC and Child Health Plus.

Free services will include vision tests, a licensed chiropractor, blood pressure and glucose check-ups, nutritional information, aids tests and a smoking cessation program.

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BY VIRTUE OF A DEFAULT IN A SECURITY AGREEMENT MADE BY ACCU DOCUMENT PRINTER, INC. & NEW YORK CULTURAL PRINTING CO. TO NEWBANK, I WILL HEREBY FORECLOSE UPON AND SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION SALE ON THURS, MARCH 18, 2010 AT 11:30 A.M. AT 33-40 PRINCE STREET, FLUSHING, NEW YORK 11354, THE CHATTELS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SECURITY AGREEMENT CONSISTING OF THE FURNISHINGS INVENTORY, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT OF A PRINTING BUSINESS. THE SECURED PARTY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO BID AND/OR PURCHASE AT THIS FORECLOSURE AUCTION SALE. ELIOT B. MILLMAN CO. AUCTIONEERS LLC AUCTIONEERS AS AGENTS FOR THE SECURED PARTY PHONE # (718) 3277697 _____________________________________________________________________

Defendant YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) 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: December 4, 2009 American Law Groups, PLLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Zhijun Liu, Esq. Address: 13617 39 th Avenue, Suite 3G Flushing, NY 11354 Phone NO.: (718) 395-8899 NOTICE: The nature of this action is to dissolve the marriage between the parties, on the grounds: **DRL ‘170 subd. (4)- Abandonment 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: 1. The Plaintiff has full custody of the infant issue, Jodie Chen (born on June 17, 2007, of the marriage. 2. The Defendant shall pay basic child support. _____________________________________________________________________

14/10, bearing Index Number NC-001274-10/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Leo (Middle) Moonwing (Last) Choy My present name is (First) Moon Wing (Last) Choy My present address is 138-19 63 rd Avenue, Flushing, NY 11367 My place of birth is Hong Kong My date of birth is July 09, 1978

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No.: 23064/09 Date Summons Filed: 08/26/2009 Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial The basis of venue is: CPLR section 509 AMENDED SUMMONS WITH NOTICE plaintiff resides at: 621 53rd Street Brooklyn, NY 11220-2811 Guiling Chen Plaintiff, against- Jiazheng Chen Defendant. ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the above named

_____________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 25/10, bearing Index Number NC-000030-10/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Emily (Last) Christakis My present name is (First) Emily (Last) Arholekas aka Emily Christakis, aka Emilia Dimitrios Arholekas My present address is 22-37 28 th Street, Astoria, NY 11105 My place of birth is Greece My date of birth is July 01, 1975

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO.: 30320-09 DATE FILED: 11/12/09 SUMMONS NYCTL 2008-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR NYCTL 2008-A TRUST, Plaintiffs, -against- VICTOR GASKIN; BRIDGET GASKIN; 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. Dated: November 9, 2009 LEVY & LEVY Attorneys for Plaintiffs 12 Tulip Drive Great Neck, NY 11021 (516) 487-6655 BY: JOSHUA LEVY, ESQ. File No. 859690 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Lee A. Mayersohn, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County dated Feb. 24, 2010 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 and to recover the amount of the tax lien and all of the interest, penalties, additions and expenses to real property k/a

Block 11777, Lot 16. Dated Feb. 25, 2010. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. For Pltf. #77410 ______________________________________________________________________ PROBATE CITATION File No. 1997-4034 SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: To the heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of NINA KORNBLUM deceased; if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. A petition having been duly filed by Howard B. Weber, who is domiciled at 61 Broadway, New York, NY 10006 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on the 18 th day of March,2010 at 9:30 A.M. of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Nina Kornblum lately domiciled at 69-40 Yellowstone Blvd., Queens, NY 11375 admitting to probate a Will dated May 11, 1994 a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Nina Kornblum deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [x] Letters Testamentary issue to: Samuel Miller (State any further relief requested) JAN 29 2010 (Seal) HON. ROBERT L. NAHMAN

Surrogate Alice Marie E. Rice Chief Clerk Howard B. Weber Attorney for Petitioner (212) 509-0999 Telephone Number 61 Broadway, New York, NY 10006 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 Found In Time LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/7/2010. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2611 28 th St., #1, Astoria, NY 11102, Attn: Arthur Vincie, registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity. _____________________________________________________________________ XYZ VENTURES, L.L.C. Art. of Org Filed Sec. of State NY 10/ 29/09 Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail a copy of process to: THE LLC c/o XYZ VENTURES, LLC, 10906 Westside Avenue, NY, NY 11368. Purpose: Any Lawful act. ________________________________________________________________________ VILLA HOMES LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 10/9/09. 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, 7-34 Leggett Pl., Whitestone, NY 11362. General Purposes. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of PRANKDIAL LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 11/04/09. Office located in Queens County.

SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 1375 Broadway 3rd Floor New York. NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: GREEN RAINBOW LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/08/09. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it maybe served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Evangelia Halkias, 32-30 33 Street, Astoria, New York 11106. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. _____________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of Fractal Group Holdings, LLC, a limited liability company. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York

(SSNY) on 10/02/09. 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: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. _____________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that a license (#TBA) for Liquor has been applied for by 30-03 47 St. Corp. at retail, in a Restaurant, under the ABC Law, at 47-02 30 Ave., Astoria, NY 11103 for on-premises consumption. ________________________________________________________________________ MOCKO DRAIN CLEANING LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 12/ 31/09. 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, 251-06 Thebes Ave., Little Neck, NY 113621338. General Purposes. _____________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that a license, serial number 1238068 for an “Restaurant Wine License” has been applied for by the undersigned to serve Liquor at retail in the restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at H T Café Ltd DBA Eat&Go Istanbul, located at JFK Terminal One Building 55, Jamaica, NY 11430 for on premises consumption

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Queens Focus PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . . PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE ...PEOPLE . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE.. PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE . . .PEOPLE... they feel confident that they’ve come to the right place for their insurance and financial needs,” says Mercado.

Army National Guard Spec. Kitae Park has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Park’s mother is Myung Park of Flushing.

The specialist graduated in the year 2000 from Holy Cross High School, Flushing, and received a degree in 2003 from Apex Technical School.

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The Allstate agency owned and operated by agent Francisco Mercado has gone one step further to make sure their customers feel like they are in good hands. The agency, located at 188-01 Northern Blvd., has recently become an Allstate Branded Retail Environment.

“First impressions only happen once, and we want to help ensure that when a customer drives by or walks into our Allstate agency,

Army Pvt. Chun Yan Liu has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and cer-

emony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

She is the sister of Chun Liang Liu of Flushing. Liu graduated in 2008 from Francis Lewis High School.

Steven Terrezza, son of John and Darlene Terrezza, was among 344 students from Ithaca College who received degrees during the College’s commencement ceremony held in December 2009.

Choong Koo of Flushing who won $25,000 on the Win 4 drawing of Dec. 15.

Koo’s winning ticket was purchased at the Kci & John’s Deli Grocery at 2601 Bath Ave. in Brooklyn.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Philipe A. Diaz has graduated from the Radio Frequency (RF) Transmission Systems Apprentice Course at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss.

The course is designed to train airmen to install, maintain, overhaul, repair, and modify fixed, mobile, and transportable transmitters, receivers, transceivers, and related equipment. When deployed, graduates sustain, troubleshoot, and repair standard radio frequency wireless, line-of-sight, beyond lineof-sight, wideband, ground-based satellite, and encryption transmission devices and intrusion detection systems in a fixed and deployed environment. Included are multiple waveform systems operating across the spectrum, keying and signal devices; telemetry and instrumentation systems; establish and maintain circuit, and configure and manage system and network connectivity.

Diaz is a radio frequency transmissions apprentice assigned to the 81st Training Wing. The airman has served in the military for one year.

He is the son of Juliana A. Diaz of Flushing. The airman is a 2006 graduate of Francis Lewis High School.

The Sisters of Mercy – Mid-Atlantic Community have leased the former seminarian residence at 22-04 Parsons Blvd. in Whitestone from the Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province.

The St. Alphonsus Formation Residence will become a Convent of Mercy, where 30 senior Sisters of Mercy from Brooklyn, Long Island, and other parts of New York will live.

“The Parsons Boulevard location offers an ideal convent residence for our older sisters. The building has a beautiful chapel and simple, but lovely rooms and common areas. The locale has green open space, ample parking, and is centrally located in the New York area where our sisters have ministered for many years. We are pleased to have developed this relationship with the Redemptorists,” says Sister Christine McCann, RSM, the President of the MidAtlantic Community of the Sisters of Mercy.

The following students are on the Dean’s List for their outstanding academic achievement for the Fall 2009 semester from the Decker School of Nursing at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Su Ou Moon of Flushing, John Chengwei Gao of Flushing, La Li Ha of Flushing, Janice Hou of Fresh Meadows, Yanhong Xu of Corona, Charles K. Young of Rego Park, Shunjing Xu of Woodside, Nicole I. Wilps of Broad Channel.

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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.: 27464/09 HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA) Plaintiff, vs. LUIS PINEDA, ANGEL PINEDA, CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA N A, LR CREDIT 10 LLC, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC., AS NOMINEE FOR STANLEY CAPITAL MORTGAGE COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 105-41 92ND STREET, OZONE PARK, NY 11417 SBL #: BLOCK 9161, LOT 42 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 25th day of February, 2010, Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 TO: LUIS PINEDA and ANGEL PINEDA, 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 24th day of February, 2010 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 LUIS PINEDA and ANGEL PINEDA dated the 14th day of November, 2007, to secure the sum of $585,000.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2007000594162 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, on the 30th day of November, 2007; which mortgage was duly assigned by assignment dated the 7th day of October, 2009, and sent for recording in the Office of the Clerk of Queens County; The property in question is described as follows:

105-41 92ND STREET, OZONE PARK, NY 11417 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 9161 and Lot 42 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, known and designated on a certain map or plan of lots entitled, “Map of Lots owned by the Ozone Real Estate and improvement Company, Liberty Heights, Fourth Ward, Borough of Queens, City of New York, surveyed May 27, 1907 by S. H. McLaughlin, Civil Engineer and City Surveyor, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, at Jamaica, New York, as Lot Numbers 47 and 48 in Block numbered 22, April 6, 1908, now Register, as Map No. 1010, and more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Easterly side of 92nd Street (formerly Bigelow Avenue) distant 95.32 feet Northerly along the same from the corner formed by the intersection of said Easterly side of 92nd Street with the Northerly side of 107th Avenue (formerly Dalrymple Avenue); RUNNING THENCE Easterly at right angles to the Easterly side of 92nd Street, 100.09 feet; THENCE Northerly parallel with the Easterly side of92nd Street, 40.00 feet; THENCE Westerly at

right angles to the Easterly side of 92nd Street, 100.09 feet to the Easterly side of 92nd Street; THENCE Southerly along the Easterly side of92nd Street, 40.00 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. TOGETHER with an Easement or Right of Way over and upon the most Southerly 5 feet 5 inches of the premises immediately adjoining hereon on the North; SUBJECT to an Easement or Right of Way over and upon the most Northerly 3 feet 10 inches of the premises herein described in favor of the premises immediately adjoining the premises herein described on the North which 9 feet 3 inches shall be used as a driveway and passageway for private automobiles to the garage which are erected in the rear of the respective premises.

Premises known as 10S4192nd Street, Ozone Park, 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 COM-

PLAINT 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 tollfree helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (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: February 25, 2010 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.

By CATHERINE MANZIONE As part of an effort to further break cultural and religious barriers for students and people throughout the borough, Queens College held a talk between hip-hop pioneer and newly appointed U.N Goodwill Ambassador Russell Simmons and Rabbi Marc Schneier.

The discussion took place Monday afternoon, where students and people from the community gathered in Queens College’s Goldstein Theater to hear from and talk with both men on the relationship and unification between the African American and Jewish communities.

The discussion opened with Rabbi Schneier speaking about the celebration of the alliance between the African American and Jewish communities. He highlighted the support that African Americans and Jews shared during President Barack Obama’s campaign. Simmons quickly added to that, noting that more than 80 percent of the Jewish community voted for or supported Obama.

The discussion then turned to the similarities between the struggles of social, political, and civil equality that both groups have historically dealt with. Schneier spoke of the struggles that African Americans faced during the Civil Rights movement, and how for much of it, the Jewish people supported them in their fight for equality.

One of the most memorable Queens examples of that solidarity was in the actions and eventual murder of Jewish Queens College student Andrew Goodman, who went to Mississippi during Freedom Summer in 1964 to help register black voters and was killed by the Ku Klux Klan.

When speaking about strengthening ties between the African American and Jewish communities, both Simmons and Schneier

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Rabbi, Hip-Hop Mogul Speak On Race eration and understanding among the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian faiths.

When asked by an audience member of what they felt causes anti-Semitism, Simmons replied with “people are too quick to judge and that is a tremendous problem.”

Schneier then directed the attention to the problem of Islamphobia and how much it has grown in recent years. It was then that both men took time to address how everyone needs to unite so that we Rabbi Marc Schneier and entertainer Russell can stop Islamphobia and put an end to Simmons discuss relations between African racism all together.

American and Jewish communities at Queens Although Schneier said he believed College. that racism is starting to die out, and the new generation is less racist, he conagreed that it is important that both sides ceded there are still some radical racists around. help fight each other’s battles.

“I do believe people want to change and get The pair spoke about their hope to strengthen ties between all races including along,” Schneier said when asked is he thought Latino and Asian Americans and foster coop- people genuinely wanted change.

“It is something critical that has to happen in culture,” Simmons added.

The discussion was co-sponsored by Queens College Hillel’s Center for Diversity and the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. Hillel works in conjunction with Jewish, Muslim, and Catholic students to celebrate and understand each diverse religion and ethnicity. The Foundation of Ethnic Understanding was founded by Schneier and promotes understanding and tolerance of one’s religion as well as others.

Simmons closed the talk with what he felt was important advice: “It’s up to you. Each individual has the power to be the change that we need,” he said. “Go out and experience the excitement that diversity brings.”

Reach Intern Catherine Manzione at cmanzione@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 124.

New Monitoring At Newtown Creek

By K AITLYN KILMETIS Last week, the Department of Environmental Protection declared it will open a new microbiology laboratory on the shores of infamously polluted Newtown Creek.

On March 9, DEP Commissioner Cas Holloway announced the creation of a new $2.3 million facility that will serve to improve operational efficiency and enhance monitoring of local waterways.

The 2,000 square-foot lab, located at Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn, will feature state-of-the-art equipment including modern incubators, sterilizers and purification systems.

Prior to the lab’s creation, water testing

was performed at 14 different wastewater treatment plants; with the new lab, bacteriological analyses will be consolidated at one center so the staff will have the ability to analyze an increased number of samples on a daily basis and compare samples more efficiently.

“One of our core responsibilities is to make sure that wastewater is effectively treated, so that it has as little impact on our receiving waterways as possible,” Holloway said. “This new microbiology lab will substantially increase our monitoring and testing capacity, giving us the vital information we need to meet and exceed treatment standards, and continue the resurgence of New

York City’s waterways that is central to Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC vision.”

According to Holloway, DEP will begin to take additional bacteriological samples within Jamaica Bay beginning this summer to assess water quality and also monitor several tributaries to evaluate ambient improvements resulting from combined sewer overflow retention investments.

Newtown Creek, a highly-contaminated urban waterway that traverses Queens and Brooklyn, is currently in a Superfund designation public comment review period.

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

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103rd Precinct RAPPER MURDERED: On Saturday, March 13, at 4:30 a.m., police responded to a 911 call of a man shot at Archer Avenue and 143rd Street in Jamaica. Upon arrival police discovered two men shot.

Gregory Brown, 22, better known by his stage name G-Baby, was shot multiple times in the torso. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

His death prompted a response from his fellow rappers on Twitter. “Life is not Promised… Live Life to the fullest, & like there is no 2moro... Lost a soldier in the field this morning... R.I.P. G Baby,” tweeted hip-hop star Fabulous.

“1st and foremost RIP to the HOMIE GBABY,” tweeted rapper Juelz Santana.

A second victim, an unidentified 23-yearold black man, was shot once in the leg and taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition.

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106th Precinct BUGLARLY SUSPECT ARRESTED: A Howard Beach man has been arrested in connection with the break-in and burglary at St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church in which a chalice was stolen.

Theodore Kurplewski, 20, of 80-17 156th Ave. in Howard Beach, has been charged with three counts of burglary, three counts of Criminal Mischief, and four counts of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property.

Kurplewski is accused of breaking into St. Helen’s Church, located at 157-10 83rd St in Howard Beach, on Friday, Feb 26, at 6 a.m. and stealing a chalice from a locked cabinet.

110th Precinct MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT: On Thursday, March 11, at approximately 10:30 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle accident on the eastbound Grand Central Parkway at 49th Avenue in Corona.

A 1997 Honda Civic with three occupants, operated by an 18-year-old Hispanic man, was traveling eastbound on the Grand Central Parkway when it rear ended a flatbed tow truck that was assisting a disabled vehicle in the right lane. Upon colliding with the flatbed truck the Civic was rear ended by a 1995 Honda sedan, operated by a 31-yearold Hispanic man.

EMS responded and transported the four occupants of the Civic to NYHQ, where one of the passengers, a 17-year-old Hispanic girl, was pronounced dead. The operator and two other passengers were listed in stable condition with minor injuries. There were no injuries sustained by the truck operator or operator of the Accord, though a speeding summons was issued to the operator of Accord.

an unknown amount of cash and fled the location on foot.

The suspect is a described as a white man between 45 and 50 years old, 6-feet, between 180-200 lbs, with brown hair. He was clean shaven, and was wearing a green knitted hat, blue jacket, gold-rim glasses and was carrying a backpack.

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 entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

From the DA: MUDERER CONVICTED: A Glendale man was convicted March 15 of murder in the March 2008 shooting death of a Queens resident following a verbal dispute outside a Jamaican restaurant located just across the street from the victim’s residence.

Omo Deokoro, 32, of 834 Central Ave, Glendale, was convicted of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Sentencing has been set for April 9 at which time Deokoro faces 25 years to life in prison.

According to trial testimony, Deokoro and the victim, Nomar Anderson, 30, of 10925 Merrick Blvd., were standing on the sidewalk in front of Loretta’s West Indian American Cuisine located at 109-24 Merrick Blvd. at approximately 3 a.m. on March 22, 2008, when they became involved in a verbal dispute.

Moments later, Deokoro shot Anderson multiple times in the torso, fatally wounding him. Police who heard the shots arrived in time to see Deokoro standing over the body at which point he ran inside the restaurant and discarded the murder weapon and the shirt that he had been wearing. He was apprehended when he attempted to exit the restaurant.

DA Richard Brown said that a high sensitivity DNA test was conducted on the murder weapon which found the defendant’s DNA on the trigger.

GUILTY PLEA: A Pomonok man has pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder and other charges in connection with a vicious attack on an 86-year-old retired correction officer after breaking into her home.

Andre Mathis, 34, of 67-41 Kissena Blvd., pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder, first-degree burglary, first-degree robbery and first-degree assault. He is expected to receive 14 years in prison when he is sentenced on April 29.

According to the indictment, the victim, Vivian Squires, was sleeping in the bedroom of her home located at 157-04 134th Ave. in Springfield Gardens, at approximately 6 a.m., on Jan 4, 2009, when she 114th Precinct Police are looking for this bank w a s a w a k e n e d b y a noise. She then was atBANK ROBBERIES: robber. tacked by the defendant Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a man wanted – who climbed in her bedroom window – in connection with a bank robbery that oc- and slashed about the torso, back, neck curred at approximately 1:18 p.m. on March and hands because he feared she could 9 at the Flushing Savings Bank at 31-16 30 identify him. The defendant then removed cash from the victim’s pocketbook, took Ave. in Astoria.

The suspect entered the location, passed her car keys and stole her car out of her a note to a teller demanding money, received driveway.

B-Ball Title Comes Home In Triple OT Maurice Barrow from Hollis and sophomore guard Omar Calhoun led a comeback, which included a 12–0 CTK run in the second quarter. Loughlin led 48-43 through the end of the third quarter.

With Christ the King leading by 2 points and the game clock winding down Loughlin forward Jay Pinkston hit two foul shots to tie the game at 62 and send it into over time.

Pinkston led all scorers with 34 points and added 8 rebounds. The plan for CTK was to stop Pinkston, and they were pleased that he only scored 34 points.

Each team played tough defense in the first over time se ssion w ith each team holding the other to only 4 points leaving the

Photos by Dr. Dan Miller

By DAN MILLER In a stunning triple-overt ime win, Christ The King High School in Middle Village defeated Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School of Brooklyn 81-78 in the CHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament Championship on Sunday in front of a full house of shouting high school basketball fans at Fordham University in the Bronx.

The Christ The King Royals, at 23-5, were playing without their field general, senior guard Corey Edwards from Jamaica, who was out with an ankle injury.

Loughlin took a quick 21-9 lead in the first quar ter but it all but disappeared when Christ the King senior 6-foot-4 guard

The Christ the King boys celebrate their vic tory in the cit ywide championship.

teams tied at 66 all at the end of the first over t ime period.

Things heated up and each team scored 10 points in the second over t ime but were still tied as the clock ran out to send the game into a third over time se ssion.

Christ the King’s defense picked got tough and held Loughlin to only 2-points in the final OT. With the score 78 all and 36 seconds to go, CTK’s T.J. Curr y broke the t ie w ith a lay up in which he was fouled on the play.

Curry went to the free throw line and hit the shot to seal the CTK come-from-behind 8178 victory to give the basketball powerhouse from Middle Vilalge the championship.

CTK will now play in the State Tournament that begins next weekend in Glens Falls, N.Y. Maurice Bar row, t he 6-foot-4 senior guard from Hollis was selected as the Tournament MVP. Bar row led CTK w ith 26 points and 12 rebounds while teammate Omar Calhoun from Park Slope added 18 points and 7 rebounds.

D o m i ny k a s M i l k a , a n i mp o r t f r o m Lithuania who lives in Ridgewood, was dominant in blocking many of the Loughlin shots and pulling down crucial rebounds to compliment the 1-2 punch of Barrow and Calhoun.

CTK coach Joe Arbitello was very proud of his team. “They are the best,” Arbitello said of his City wide CHSAA champions.

On hand for the championship game was Msgr. McClancy High School basketball coach, Don Kent. Coach Kent thought the game would be close, and he was right on target. Kent led his East Elmhurst McClancy team to an 11-3 CHSAA Class A South League record.

Catholic school basketball and baseball coach Leonard Leeds, 70, from Ridgewood was joined by his daughter Michele Stein and his two grandsons. He predicted that if CTK could stop Loughlin’s Pinkston they could win. And they did.

CTK Guard Omar Calhoun, who replaced injured team floor general Corey Edwards, hits a jumper and adds t wo more points to his total points in the game.

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In recognition of national Cover the Uninsured Week, March 14-20, Fidelis Care, the largest government programs-based health insurance company in New York State, will be on site at several Queens locations to offer convenient opportunities to help residents apply to enroll in free or low-cost health insurance.

Cover the Uninsured Week, a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation’s leaders. An estimated 46 million Americans lack health insurance. Following long-term studies, The Institute of Medicine concluded that, compared to insured adults, uninsured adults have a 25 percent greater risk of premature deaths. In fact, according to Families USA, 18,000 to 22,000 American adults die annually because they lacked insurance.

Fidelis Care representatives will answer questions and help eligible residents apply for enrollment through New York State’s Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, and Medicaid Managed Care programs. All uninsured children under 19 living in New York are eligible through Child Health Plus while adults ages 19 to 64 may qualify for low-cost health coverage through Family Health Plus. Medicaid Managed Care is for children and

adults who meet certain income, resource, age, or disability requirements. Members are covered for regular checkups, preventive care, hospital and emergency care, eye exams, and more.

To apply for enrollment in Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus or Medicaid Managed Care with Fidelis Care, please bring proof of age, income and address.

No appointment is necessary.

An estimated 2.5 million New Yorkers

lack health insurance coverage, including more than 422,000 Queens County residents, according to the New York State Department of Health.

Enrollment opportunities will occur at the following Queens locations: Queens Medical Center, 35-06 73rd St., Jackson Heights - Thursday, March 18, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; York College, 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., Jamaica - Thursday, March 18, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Fatima Pediatrics Medical

Center, 25-52 Steinway St., Astoria - Friday, March 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Green Point Pediatrics, 4710 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside - Friday, March 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Catholic Charities Community Center, 23-40 Astoria Blvd., Astoria - Friday, March 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Super Pharmacy Unica, 76-17 37th Ave., Jackson Heights - Friday, March 19, noon to 4 p.m.; and Yuriy Nektalov, DDS, 9424 63rd Dr., Rego Park - Saturday, March 20, 1 to 5 p.m.

New Development Head At NS-LIJ Kevin Dwyer, North Shore-LIJ Dwyer will provide new insights and viFoundation’s corporate director of devel- sion to the Foundation, and will be instrumental in building a new genopment, has been promoted to eration of leadership and philbe the North Shore-LIJ Health anthropic opportunities from System’s senior vice president both its external and internal conand chief development officer. stituencies,” said Ralph Nappi, In his new role, Dwyer is president of the North Shore-LIJ responsible for managing all Health System Foundation. of the day-to-day activities and “Building upon the Foundation’s initiatives of the North Shorereputation and success over the LIJ Foundation – the past decade, Kevin brings a fundraising arm of the 14-hosunique business acumen that will pital health system, which help lead it through the next degenerates more than $5 bilKevin Dwyer cade in direct alignment and lion in annual revenue. He is heavily involved in major gift and capi- support of North Shore-LIJ’s mission. He tal initiatives that support the health brings great energy and passion to this system administration’s long-range role, and will continue to work closely with Senior Vice President Cecelia Fullam in capital plans.

“In his newly expanded role, Kevin implementing the foundation’s long-range

strategic plan.”

Dwyer previously served 15 years on the board of governors at St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn. He spent 25 years in the paper and packaging business with Spiro-Wallach Co., where he ultimately served as president and CEO. After selling Spiro-Wallach Co. in 1999 to Unisource Worldwide, Dwyer served as vice president of sales for the mid-Atlantic market.

In addition to his corporate responsibilities, Dwyer has been active in numerous charitable organizations, including St. Ignatius Retreat House, the Boston College National Development Board and Help for the Poor.

Dwyer and his wife Suzanne reside in Manhasset and are the parents of four children.

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Spring Training:

Queens College Students Carry Guns, Arrest Bad Guys In IRS Workshop

Day-Long Investigation

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The event began at 7 a.m. inside the Campbell Dome, which served as headquarters for the day. Students were broken up into four groups with two coaches, real IRS special agents, for each group. Two of the coaches, Special Agent Charles Hyacinthe of the New York field office and Special Agent Eric Rennert of the New Jersey field office, are both alumni of Queens College.

During the course of the morning, the students were given information about a tax crime; money laundered overseas to a country home to terrorism. For the first couple of hours, students went over the records of a fake not-for-profit company, including tax filings, bank statements, suspicious activity reports and other financial documents, before going around interviewing potential suspects or witnesses.

At lunchtime, the students were given a crash course in how to take in suspects for arrest, including the process of entering a location to execute a search warrants or arrest warrants,

Tribune Photos by Domenick Rafter

By DOMENICK RAFTER Early last Friday 20 students from Queens College and Pace University gathered on a rain-soaked Queens College campus to get the chance to learn what life is like as a special agent for the Internal Revenue Service.

The students took part in a day-long eve n t c a l l e d t h e “ A d r i a n P r o j e c t ,” where more than a dozen IRS special agents from the New York and New Jersey field offices guided them through the process of investigating and solving a financial crime and bringing the perpetrators to justice.

“You don’t get exposure to the outside world through your college classes alone,” said Joseph Foy, a special agent at the New York field office and Queens College alumnus, who was the lead instructor.

how to apply handcuffs to a suspect and how to deal with other distractions in the process.

In the afternoon, the students staked out suspects around campus in the rain, watching their moves, attempting to interview suspects and later appearing before a magistrate judge to attempt to obtain either search warrants or arrest warrants. Once warrants were issued, the students took part in storming a mock office and arresting suspects, who were all special agents posing as criminals.

Various locations throughout the campus were utilized for the project; a classroom in Powdermaker Hall doubled as an accountant’s office and the Athletics office in Fitzgerald Gym was used as the location of the arrests.

Training History This is the fifth year the Adrian Project has been held at Queens College. The event has existed since 2000, when it was first implemented at Adrian College in Adrian, Mich., from where it gets its name. From there, it spread to more than 30 states. To date, more than 2,000 students have taken part.

Dr. Susanne O’Callaghan, Associate Professor of Accounting at Pace University, and her husband John Walker, an accounting professor at Queens College, both discovered the Adrian Project while at a professors’ conference and decided to bring it back to New York.

The event is held twice a year, in the spring at Queens College and in the fall at Pace University.

This was the first time agents from the New Jersey field offices were involved.

The event was also a training seminar for them as well, as the New Jersey special agents will introduce the Adrian Project to their state in a few weeks.

“It was great seeing what a fantastic educational experience the students at Queens College were able to garner from this real-life exper ience,” said

Team coaches teach students how to correctly spproach and apprehend a suspect.

Student’s prepare to storm the offices of a mock corporation to make arrests.

Robert Glantz, a special agent at the New Jersey field office who was a coach for one of the teams. “We are really looking forward to conducting the first ever Adrian Project in the state of New Jersey.”

Most of the students involved in the event were accounting students unsure of their career paths. For many of them, the Adrian Project awakened them to a new and exciting career. At the end of the afternoon, Special Agent Debbie Bassinder of the New Jersey field office, who is also involved in recruitment, asked how many students were interested in a career as a special agent and half of the hands in the room went up.

The first hand to rise was that of Pace University Senior Melissa Mielnicki.

“I think this is the coolest thing in the whole wide world,” Mielnicki said, noting that taking part in the exercise made her want to be a special agent.

“This was a really fun experience,” said Amy Wong, a Pace University Senior. “It really reinforces my interest in forensic accounting, particularly as an IRS agent.”

For some students, the hands-on experience made the nine and a half hour event worth taken part in.

“I think more interactive education is a good thing,” said Astoria resident and Pace University Junior Daniel Giordano. “You really get a grasp of what is going on.”

“Accounting students are rarely given the opportunity to peek into the world of the IRS Criminal Investigation division from the classroom,” said Foy. “By partnering with schools, we share in providing a quality educational experience to accounting students so that they may understand how our agency plays an important role in their chosen field.”

Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125.

Team coaches assist students in looking over financial documents to gather evidence of a crime.

An IRS special agent talks with students about her job.

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Formation of Dreygo 160 LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/ 14/10. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Dreygo Development LLC, 34-13 38th St., Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: any lawful activities. ______________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of D’Arienzo Family LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/17/ 2009 Office location: County of Queens. The street address is: 70-04 Kessel Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process served to: The LLC, 70-04 Kessel Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375 Purpose: Any lawful act. _____________________________________________________________________ Action for divorce Jae Hoon Kwon aka James Jae Kwon v.

Kyoung Sook Lee You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or to serve a notice of appearance on plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the publication and in case of your failure to answer appear, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the notice set forth below in the complaint. The object of this action is to obtain a judgement of divorce dissolving the

DOCKET NO: NA-13482-3/09 SUMMONS - CHILD ABUSE CASE FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF THE QUEENS In the Matter of a Proceeding Under MARIYCHEL AVELINO DESTINY BAUTISTA Article 10 of the Family Court Act DIONISIO BAUTISTA RESPONDENT IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

TO: DIONISIO BAUTISTA

A Petition under Article 10 of the Family Court Act having been filed with this Court, and annexed hereto YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear before this Court at 151-20 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432 Part 10 On APRIL 13TH, 2010 at 2:15 o-clock in the FORENOON, of that day to answer the petition and to be dealt with in accordance with Article 10 of the FAMILY COURT ACT. ON YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR as herein directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT HON. JUDGE MARIA ARIAS JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT Dated: FEBRUARY 25, 2010 FURTHER NOTICE Family Court Act (statute symbol) 154( c) provides that petitions brought pursuant to Articles, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 of the Family Court Act, in which an order of protection is sought or in which a violation of an order of protection is alleged, may be served outside the State of New York upon a Respondent who is not a resident of domiciliary of the State of New York. If no other grounds for obtaining personal jurisdiction over the respondent is limited to the issue of the request for, or alleged violation of, the order of protection. Where the Respondent has been served with this summons and petition and does not appear, the Family Court may proceed to a hearing with respect to issuance or enforcement of the order of protection.

marriage between the parties on the grounds that are in accordance with Sub (2) of the Sec 170 of the Domestic Relations law. Hong Kyung Choi, Esq. Attorney for plaintiff 141-25 Northern Blvd. #A30, Flushing, NY 11354. ______________________________________________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS CITIBANK, N.A., Plaintiff, against WILHELMINA MITCHELL, WILLIAM A. MITCHELL, RONALD L. MITCHELL, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, QUEENS SUPREME COURT, CAVALRY PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC AS ASSIGNEE OF CAVALRY SPV I, LLC, AS ASSIGNEE OF PROVIDIAN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, CEASAR M. MITCHELL, A/K/A CESAR MITCHELL, if he be living and if he be dead, the respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributes, 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 inheritance, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint, Index No. 12184/09 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE Defendants To the above-named defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the amended complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the amended complaint is not served with this supplemental summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorneys within 20 days after the service of this supplemental 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); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. To: CEASAR M. MITCHELL, A/K/A CESAR MITCHELL 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

LEGAL NOTICE MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing supplemental summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of t h e H on or a b l e A LLA N B .

WEISS, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Queens County, dated the 10th day of Novmeber, 2009 and duly entered in the office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT The object of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $50,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on May 1, 2001 in Reel 5859, Page 2422, covering premises known as 19439 113th Road, St. Albans, County of Queens, City and State of New York Premises lying and being in the Borough Of Queens, being at a point on the northerly side of 113th Road (formerly Haydon Street), 390 feet easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of 113th Road with the easterly side of 194th Street (formerly Kenmore); being a plot 100 feet by 30 feet by 100 feet by 30 feet. Block 10989, Lot 113 Dated: Rego Park, New York December 30, 2009 SWEENEY, GALLO, REICH & BOLZ, LLP. By: Rosemarie A. Klie, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff 95-25 Queens Boulevard 11th Floor Rego Park, New York 11374 (718) 459-2634 _____________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 3/ 4/10, bearing Index Number NC-000102-10/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Monica (Middle) Lucia (Last) Rodriguez My present name is (First) Monica (Middle) L. (Last) Osorio Castano aka Monica L. Rodriguez aka Monica Lucia Osorio My present address is 89-07 169 th Street, Apt. 6M, Jamaica, NY 11432 My place of birth is Colombia My date of birth is November 01, 1986 _____________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 2/ 1/10, bearing Index Number NC-001258-09/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Aria (Last) Chowdhury My present name is (First) Ariya (Middle) S (Last) Khatun (infant) My present address is 124-15 89th Avenue, #1, Richmond Hill, NY 11418 My place of birth is Philadelphia, PA My date of birth is March 29, 2009 _____________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 2/ 1/10, bearing Index Number

LEGAL NOTICE NC-000062-10/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Sumeet (Middle) Singh (Last) Sandhu My present name is (First) Sumit (Middle) Singh (Last) Sandhu My present address is 83-22 241 st Street, Bellerose, NY 11426 My place of birth is India My date of birth is January 21, 1985 _____________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 3/ 8/10, bearing Index Number NC-000123-10/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Shahab (Last) Uddin My present name is (First) Shihab (Last) Ahmed aka Shahab Uddin My present address is 105-05 86 Street, Ozone Park, NY 11417 My place of birth is Bangladesh My date of birth is December 13, 1959 _____________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of L E Malone Consulting, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/1/2006.

Office location: Queens Co. SSNY design. As agent of LLC upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 125-28 Queens Blvd, Ste 701, Kew Gardens, NY 11415. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. _____________________________________________________________________ SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 22161/09 WELLS FARGO BANK, NA SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, vs. KENIA ALMONTE, MELVIN COLON, Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 173-26 105TH AVENUE, JAMAICA, NY 11433 SBL #: BLOCK 10235 LOT 315 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 8th day of March, 2010, Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

TO: KENIA ALMONTE, Defendant(s) In this Action.

The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. DUANE A. HART of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 18th day of February, 2010 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 KENIA ALMONTE and MELVIN COLON dated the 15th day of April, 2004, to secure the sum of$317,695.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2004000574346 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, on the 15th day of September, 2004; The property in question is described as follows: 173-26 105TH AVENUE, JAMAICA, NY 11433 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 10235 and Lot 315 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 Southerly side of 1 05th Avenue (Sidney Avenue) distant 495 feet Westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of 1 05th Avenue with the Westerly side of 177th Street (Haldimand Street) as said avenue and street are laid out on a certain map entitled, “Hillside Gardens, Jamaica, Fourth Ward, Borough of Queens, New York City” Erladeen and Crowell, Civil Engineers and City Surveyors, March 1919 and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens on August 19, 1919 as Map Number 3740 and from said point of beginning; RUNNING THENCE Southerly parallel with 171h Street, 100 feet; THENCE Westerly parallel with 105th Avenue, 25 feet; THENCE Northerly parallel with 1 77th Street and part of the distance through a party wall, 100 feet to the Southerly side of 1 05th Avenue; THENCE Easterly along said side of 105th Avenue, 25 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 173-26105th Avenue, Jamaica, 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 ASSIS-

TANCE 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: March 8, 2010 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. _____________________________________________________________________ MQUEST TAX & ACCOUNTING, LLC, Articles of Org. filed N.Y. Sec. of State (SSNY) 29th day of January 2010.Office in Queens Co. at 65-15 242 nd Street, Suite 2F, Douglaston, New York 11362. SSNY desig. agt. upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 65-15 242nd Street, Suite 2F, Douglaston, New York 11362. Reg. Agt. Upon whom process may be served: Spiegel & Utrera, P.A., P.C. 1 Maiden Lane, NYC 10038 1 800 576-1100. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 3/ 4/10, bearing Index Number NC-000065-10/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Melanie (Middle) Lugtu (Last) Oyales My present name is (First) Melanie (Middle) Zamora (Last) Lugtu aka Melanie Z. Lugtu My present address is 42-11 108 th Street, Apt. 2B, Corona, NY 11368 My place of birth is Philippines My date of birth is October 07, 1980 _____________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 4/10, bearing Index Number NC-001212-09/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Gianna (Last) Liu My present name is (First) Grace (Last) Lu (infant) My present address is 42-30 Union Street, #412, Flushing, NY 11355 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is July 24, 2009 _____________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 3/4/ 10, bearing Index Number NC000088-10/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Ravi (Middle) Trashant Persaud (Last) Mishra My present name is (First) Trashanta (Last) Persaud (infant) My present address is 85-14 111th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is March 11, 1993 _____________________________________________________________________ Notice of Qualification of EMPIRE GRILL DISTRIBUTING LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/ 02/10. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/26/ 10. Princ. office of LLC: 20-11 Francis Lewis Blvd., Whitestone, NY 11357. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808.

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. _____________________________________________________________________ Notice of Qualification of 6615 HOLDINGS, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/04/10. Office location: Queens County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/10/08. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Rego Realty LLC, PO Box 748120, Rego Park, NY 11374-8120. DE addr. of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts.

of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. _____________________________________________________________________ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 29962/09 Date of filing: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS W ELLS F ARGO BANK, NATIONAL A SSOCIA TION , AS T RUSTEE UNDER P OOLING AND SERVICING A GREEMENT DATED AS OF A UGUST 1, 2005 A SSET -B ACKED PASS-T HROUGH C ERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-WHQ4, Plaintiff, against- UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE JOSEPHINE CHANDLER, IF THEY BE LIVING OR DEAD, THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE JOSEPHINE CHANDLER, IF THEY BE LIVING OR DEAD, THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE;; STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) 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, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE

IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending 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. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Diccia T. Pineda-Kirwan of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on February 15, 2010, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by JOSEPHINE CHANDLER GREGORY CHAVOUS to AMERICAN DREAM MORTGAGE BANKERS, INC. in the principal amount of $231,400.00, which mortgage was recorded in Queens County, State of New York, on July 6, 2005, in CRFN: 2005000379038 which mortgage was assigned to ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC by assignment dated June 1, 2005 and recorded in CRFN: 2005000379039 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens on July 6, 2005. Thereafter said mortgage was assigned to the Plaintiff by assignment of mortgage dated October 28, 2009. Said premises being known as and by 168-44 119TH AVE, JAMAICA, NY 11434. Date: January 25, 2010 Batavia, New York Virginia C. Grapensteter, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process.

Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an

entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us.

The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies. _____________________________________________________________________ 4311 23 AVE. LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 1/5/10. 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 Giulio Sottovia, 251-45 Van Zandt, Little Neck, NY 11362. General Purposes. _____________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 3/ 4/10, bearing Index Number NC-000097-10/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Andrew (Middle) Mohsen Fawzy Mousa (Last) Necola My present name is (First) Andro (Middle) Mohsen (Last) Necola aka Andrew Mohsen Fawzy Mousa Necola (infant) My present address is 168-27 Cryders Lane, Whitestone, NY 11357 My place of birth is Egypt My date of birth is November 24, 1992 _____________________________________________________________________ SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 23827/09 CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, vs. MAHITIMA BAA, ALBERT KELLY, JANE NJUGUNA Defendant(s).

MORTGAGED PREMISES: 2219 NAMEOKE AVENUE, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691 SBL #: BLOCK: 15658 LOT: 25, FORMERLY PART OF, 24 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 9th day of March, 2010, Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 TO: MAHITIMA BAA, ALBERT KELLY, and JANE NJUGUNA, 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 9th day of March, 2010 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 MAHITIMA BAA dated the 15th day of July, 2008, to secure the sum of $464,000.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2008000315624 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, on the 7th day of August, 2008; which mortgage was duly assigned by assignment dated the 31st day of August, 2009, and sent for recording in the Office of the Clerk of Queens County; The property in question is described as follows: 22-19 NAMEOKE AVENUE, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 15658 and Lot 25 formerly p/o 24 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, known as Lot 25 in Block 15658 (formerly known as part of Lot 24 in Block 15658) on the Queens County Land and Tax Map, and being bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the corner formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of Nameoke Avenue and the Easterly side of Pinson Street, distant 45.00 feet Easterly along the Southerly side of Nameoke Avenue to the true point of beginning; RUNNING THENCE along the Southerly side of Nameoke Avenue, distant 35.00 feet; THENCE Southerly and part of the distance through a party wall and at right angles to the last mentioned course, a distance of 50.00 feet; THENCE Westerly and at right angles to the last mentioned course, a distance of 35.00 feet; THENCE Northerly and part of the distance through a party wall and at right angles to the last mentioned course, a distance of 50.00 feet to the Southerly side of Nameoke Avenue and the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 22-19 Nameoke Avenue, Far Rockaway, 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 tollfree helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (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: March 9, 2010 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 is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 19/10, bearing Index Number NC-000024-10/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Alvina (Middle) Tsui Teh Hsu (Last) Ou My present name is (First) Tsui Teh (Middle) Hsu (Last) Ou aka Alvina Hsu-Ou My present address is 176-48 80 th Road, Jamaica, NY 11432 My place of birth is Kaoushing, Taiwan My date of birth is September 11, 1947

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Gray’s Work Hits The Stage Friday

By KA ITLYN KILMETIS The location has shifted.

After months of rehearsals in a children’s classroom, the cast of “Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell,” opening at the studio theater at Queens Theatre in the Park Friday, now performs in a softly-lit basement space. It just fits. Spalding Gray’s words seem better situated when spoken in a moody theater locale as opposed to a colorful funhouse that overstimulates one’s senses. Without diversion or distraction, the sentences stand alone, as Gray intended.

The cast and director we have become accustomed to is amplified by three –

Cast members Bernard Bosio and Pat Clune, both of Middle Village, interact on stage.

Lighting Designer Glenn Rivano, Stage Ma nager Lucie Tripon a nd T heater Technician Mark Messer – who each work meticulously to enhance the show’s core with bursts of color in the form of lighting, music and slide projections.

The foundation of the play – the six cast members per forming their lengthy monologues – is set. It has been for weeks. Each line has been carefully finessed and each stage direction memorized. Now, the cast and crew come together to brighten that framework with a series of touches that serve to highlight their performance s – a glaring single spotlight at an emotional peak, projected photographs each audience member can relate to as poignant backdrops.

The trick at this stage is all about coordination. As the cast runs through the production, a number of stops are made to guarantee that audio and visual cues are locked in. Whether it’s a simple word or a step on stage, Director Bill Saunders must ensure the cast and the technician are seamlessly in sync. It’s one thing for him to have “Stories Left to Tell” staged in his head, but in order for his vision to play out on stage his mental picture must be understood – or better yet, mastered – by all part ies involved.

Saunders is seemingly calm and collected for a man whose brainchild is inching towards its public debut. He repeatedly compliments the cast, commending their acting abilities and reaffirming the fact the technician is just “brilliant.”

He moves throughout the theater at 10minute intervals observing his creation from

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Boro’s Walken Shines In B’way’s ‘Behanding’

By ELYSE TREV ERS When residents of Queens boast about their borough, they should brag about Astoria native Christopher Walken. Known for his serious brooding roles (“The Deer Hunter,” “The Dead Zone,” “Pulp Fiction”) Walken evokes apprehension in his viewers. This season, fans will see his comical side in the world premiere of Martin McDonagh’s play, A Behanding in Spokane.

The characters are con artists and lowlifes, and the action is set in a shabby ho- Astoria’s Christopher Walken is wonder ful in the limtel room The play centers ited-engagement run of “A Behanding In Spokane.” around Carmichael’s quest to find his left hand. According to his tale, 47 moves quickly except for the lengthy monoyears before, six hillbillies held him down until logue that Merv yn delivers between scene s an oncoming train cut off his hand. Since and seems a bit extraneous.

McDonagh uses bigotr y, curses and hothat time, he exacted revenge on the six but is still in pursuit of his hand. (scenic design mophobia to produce humor. Par t of the

by Scot t Pask). Marilyn and her boyfriend humor is created by the contrasts of event to Toby tr y to con Carmichael (Walken) out of reaction. Often the characters seem to for$500 for the return of his left hand. Unfortu- get their peril and instead treat their prenately, the couple, neither of whom is par- dicament as normal. When Carmichael beticularly bright, doesn’t have the real hand. rates Toby, repeatedly using the N word, Carmichael makes it evident that he is dis- Marilyn lectures the gun-waving Carmichael pleased when he sees what they have brought for not being politically correct.

But the heart of the show is Walken. him. And then the action really begins.

Under the deft direction of John Crowley, Looming large and wearing a greatcoat and events that could be frightening or cer tainly shoulder-length grey hair, he resembles the sobering become hysterical. The stor y is off- late Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight.” center and the actions are unpredictable. You He caresses each word, sometimes stretchjump when you don’t expect it and when ing out syllables. He’s deliberate in his actions and even gets humor from his physiyou steel yourself for violence …well…

As Marilyn and Toby, Zoe Kazan and cality. He’s simply wonderful! If you are alAnthony Mackie make a pleasant young duo, ready a fan, you will love him and if you sometimes bickering, sometimes protecting weren’t before, you may find yourself waitone another. T heir characters seem young ing out side the stage door.

Occasionally when you go to the theater, and inexperienced, hardly able to cope with the fearsome Carmichael. Kazan skillfully there’s an audience buzz before the perforportrays a series of moods: flir tatious , im- mance begins. The energy is palpable and mature, silly and calculating. Mackie tries to the excitement is contagious as the anticipabe a tough guy and other times he tends to tion builds. So it was for Behanding in Spokane. For tunately, this play actually lives up cry a lot.

Sam Rockwell plays Merv yn, the oddball to the anticipation. If you like black comedy hotel reservation manager. He is actually the and part icularly Christopher Walken, you weirdest of the characters. Most of the stor y won’t be disappointed.

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My guest and I started our meal with La Salade de Chèvre Chaud, a refreshing and tasteful mix of baby spinach with honey Dijon mustard dressing, surrounded by warm goat cheese on toast. The dressing offered a sweet counterpoint to the goat cheese, which has a delightful tendency to reward each bite with a touch of tanginess.

Next came the main course, and I grew giddy waiting to taste a rich sauce accompanying my hanger steak, mixed veggies The classic French bistros, in their pur- and fries, as well as my companion's pork est form, serve as more than the local food mignon with a white bean stew.

The Bistro's kitchen didn't joint. Traditionally, they are a community center, meeting place, RESTAURANT disappoint. On offer with my steak was a shallot Bordelaise unofficial court and inst itution, sauce that provided rich coat of where familiar faces gather red wine reduction and subdued around food, wine, debate, shallot flavor to the red meat, and memories and je ne sais quoi. complimented the ever-crispy To at tempt such an atmofries. My date's pork mignon s p he re i n N e w Yo r k , w he re came bathed in a whole grain neighbors can go years - heck, mustard sauce, an unusual flavordecades - without knowing each ful blend that can't be reenacted other's name? That can be conby my spice rack. sidered insane. Or brilliant.

Deser t mandated crepe s and crème In the case of Bistro Les Minots, it's the lat ter. Two Frenchmen have managed to brulee, as well as an apple tart, all served create the atmosphere of the humblest of hot, sweet and rich.

Beyond the great food, the owners of their homeland's bistros and the culinary Bistro Les Minots go to pains to strive bedelights of the highest haute cuisine.

The cozy wood-paneled interior, Spar- yond food and create a commonality tan and romantically lit, smartly forces your among its patrons, a sor t of brotherhood at tention upon the t wo most important of foodies. There's the once-monthly things: the food and your date, though movie nights, Sunday brunch with live musical accompaniment and the exhibition not in that order.

The menu itself comes in the prix fixe of local art ist's works.

One true joy of Bistro Les Minots lies in (that'd be one price - three courses) or a la carte forms. And ye s, the bistro offers all its price, which at its gut-stuffing best still the mythic French items less adventurous doesn't break the bank.

Stop in. Enjoy a glass of wine and some Americans mumble of, like escargots (snails) and crème brulee. And they're all good company to accompany the food.

— Joseph Orov ic spectacular.

BISTRO LES MINOTS 47-16 30th Ave., Astoria (718) 606-2535 bistrolesminots.com CUISINE: French HOURS: Lunch noon-4 pm, Dinner 5-10 pm Tue-Fri.; Lunch 11:30 am4 pm, Dinner 5 pm-11 pm Sat & Sun PARKING: Street CREDIT CARDS: All Major

every angle. As the play comes to a close, a proud smile slinks across his face if only for a second. The moment is fleeting – there is a minor projector crisis, the cues need to be reviewed and Saunders has a new list of nitpicky note s to ensure the per formance is perfection. Opening night looms only three days away.

An insight into the psyche of a Director on the verge of his show’s first viewing: “It’s a combination of terrifying and satisfying,” Saunders says with a sigh.

The Queens Tribune has been following the Outrageous Fortune Company product ion “Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell” from its first rehearsals to opening night March 19 at Queens Theatre in the Park.

Stay tuned for the last installment of this multi-part series.

T he re w i l l b e f i ve p e r fo r ma n c e s o f “Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tel l” on March 19, 20 and 27 at 8 p.m. and March 21 and 28 at 3 p.m. The play will be performed at Queens Theatre in the Park. Tick-

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SENIORS SECOND TIME AROUND New support group for seniors for older couples who have been previously married. Call Samuel Field Y. 224-0566.

STARS THEATER Saturday, March 20 STARS performs at 3 at the Queens Village library.

MEMORY IMPAIRMENT Saturdays, March 20, April 17 Selfhelp Alzheimers Resource Program (SHARP), a program for people with memory impairments meets. 631-1886.

FREE LUNCH Saturday, March 20 at All Saints Church in Richmond Hill. 849-2352 reservations.

AARP TAX HELP Monday through April 12 at the Hillcrest library at 1.

AARP TAX HELP Mondays, March 22, 29 at 1 at the Sunnyside library.

SENIOR GAME DAY Mondays, March 22, 29 Queens Village library at 1.

CLEARVIEW Monday, March 22 Music Appreciation at 12:30.

Thursday, March 25 Discussion of Ideas at 10. Friday, March 26 “The Disappearance of Flight 412: movie at 12:45. Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26th Avenue, Bayside. 224-7888 register.

CARING FOR ANOTHER Tuesdays 10:30-11:30 New group starting for any adult who cares for another adult.

Learn to manage stress.

Clearview Senior center in Bayside. 631-1886.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING Wednesdays, March 24, 31 AARP class at the Queens Village library at 10.

AARP TAX HELP Thursday, March 25 at 1 at the Fresh Meadows library.

DINO ROSI PERFORMS Friday, March 26 Glenridge Center presents “From Italy With Love” with Dino Rosi at 1 at the Glenridge Senior Center, 59-03 Summerfield Street, Ridgewood. 3865136.

STARS Friday, March 26 at 10:30 at the Queens Village library. Senior Theatre Acting Repertory is rehearsing for their next season.

FREE LUNCH Saturdays, March 27, April 24 at the Church of the Resurrection in Kew Gardens.

847-2649 reservations.

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

SCRAPBOOKING Saturday, March 20 at the Richmond Hill library. Register.

STORY TIME Saturdays, March 20, 27 at 10:30 at the Rochdale Village library.

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

MATH HELP Saturdays, March 20, 27 at 10 at the Flushing library.

TEEN TUTORING Saturdays, March 20, 27 at 10 at the Bayside library.

CHESS CLUB Saturdays at the Flushing library at 2.

S TORY TIMES Saturday s at 11 and Tuesdays at 10:30 weekly story times at 7 at Barnes & Noble, 1 7 6 - 6 0 U n i o n Tu r n p i k e , Fresh Meadows.

LIVE ANIMALS Sunday, March 21 w : Planet Protectors: Meet Live Animals at 4 at the Steinway library. Limited space.

HOMEWORK HELP Monday-Friday at the Long Island Cit y library at 3.

KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at 4 at the Douglaston/Little Neck lib r a r y. B r i n g n e e d l e s a n d yarn.

LEGO ROBOTICS M o n d a y a n d Tu e s d a y, March 22, 23 grades 3-6 at the Hollis library at 4:30.

SEASONAL CRAFT Monday, March 22 at the Fresh Meadows library at 3:30.

CRAFT KIDS Monday, March 22 at 3 at the Flushing library.

MOTHER GOOSE LAPSIT Mondays, March 22, 29 at the Broadway library. Register.

WONDERFUL WOMEN Tuesday, March 23 Tales of Wonderful Women at 3 at t he Howard Beach librar y.

Register.

TEEN TUTORING Tuesdays, March 23, 30 at the Bayside library at 3:30.

STORY TIME Tuesdays, March 23, 30 at the Lefferts library at 3:30.

For those 4-8.

HEALTHY KIDS Tu e s d ay - T h u r s d ay, M a r c h 23-25 at 4:30 at the Pomonok librar y. Register.

Introduction into healthy lifest yles.

CINDERELLA Wednesday, March 24 Drama Posse presents a live and original performance for those 3-8 at 4 at the Hillcrest librar y.

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

PRE-SCHOOL STORY Wednesdays, March 24, 31 at 1:30 at the Maspeth library.

RAINBOW ROLL Wednesday, March 24 at the East Flushing library. Register.

SPRING ARTS & CRAFTS

Thursday, March 25 at 4:30 at the Hillcrest library.

KNIT & CROCHET Thursday, March 25 at 4 at the Bellerose library.

ROBOTICS Thursday, March 25 at the Far Rockaway library. Register.

GAME DAY Fridays at the Queens Village library at 3:30.

GAME PLAYERS Fridays for those 6-14 at the Hillcrest library at 4.

BOOK BUDDIES Fridays at the East Elmhurst library at 3.

WII SPORTS CHALLENGE Fridays at the Lefrak Cit y library at 4.

ARTS & CRAFTS Friday, March 26 at the East Flushing library. Register.

PRE-SCHOOL CRAFTS Friday, March 26 at the Sunnyside library. Register.

HEALTHY KIDS Friday, March 26 healthy living practices for those 1114 at the East Elmhurst library. Register.

CLASSIC HITS Saturday, March 28 Meet the Computer for children at Queens College. 7938080.

DRAMA WORKSHOP Starting Saturday, April 10 students learn the process of putting on a show at the Poppenhusen Institute. 3580067 to register.

THEATER SPALDING GRAY Fridays and Saturdays, March 19, 20, 27 at 8 and Sundays, March 21, 28 at 3. The Outrageous Fortune Company presents “Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell” at the Queens Theatre in the Park. $22. 4282500, ext. 20.

MUSIC MAN Saturday, March 20 at 8 and Sunday, March 21 at 3 at the Bay Terrace Jewish Center in Bayside. $18, $16 children under 12 and seniors. 428-6262 9-5 M-Th. CRAZY FOR YOU Saturday, March 20 at 8:30 and Sunday, March 21 at 3. Marathon Little Theatre Group presents “Crazy For You.” $18, $16 seniors and children under 12. 2294644.

MAD WOMEN Sunday, March 21 the Douglaston Communit y Theatre presents “Mad Women,” a program of opera arias at 2 at Zion Episcop a l C h u r c h , 4 4 th A v e n u e . $13. 482-3332 reservations.

CLOSER THAN EVER April 16-25 Closer Than Ever, a lively musical, is done in the st yle of a 60s revue.

Queens Theatre in the Park.

760-0064.

LATE NITE CATECHISM 3 May 7-23 “Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3” at Queens Theatre in the Park. 760-0064.

KILLING KOMPANY Friday, May 21 “Celebrit y Murder!” at Riccardo’s in Astoria. 1-888-SHOOT-EM for information

RELIGIOUS

TEENS

REFORM TEMPLE Friday, March 19 “Shabbat of Inclusion” at 7:30. Tuesday, March 30 Seder. Reservations required. Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112 th Street. 261-2900.

TEMPLE BETH Friday, March 19 Sabbath Eve Service at 8. Saturday, March 20 Informal Shabbat Service and Torah Study at 10. Sunday, March 21 Sisterhood Feminist Seder and

ALUMNI ST. AGNES Saturday, April 24 Homecoming for all years, especially those ending in 0 or 5.

353-6276.

NEW TOWN 85 September 25 Newtown HS at Astoria Manor.

Marialoves2write@yahoo.com ST. ANDREW Graduates from the class of 1960 are urged to contact the Alumni Association at 359-7887.

SINGLES SINGLES 50+ Wednesdays, March 24, April 7 lecture and group discussion and social for singles 50 and over at the Samuel Field Y at 7:30. $7.

225-6750, ext. 243.

TALKS ROME Saturday, March 20 photo presentation of this historic city at 2 at the Hollis library.

SHORT STORIES Monday, March 22 former Brandeis embers discuss contemporary short stories at 1:30 at the Forest Hills library.

NAACP Monday, March 22 Relevance, Importance and Service in Today’s Communit y at 6:30 at the Langston Hughes library.

PENINSULA Monday, March 22 “Dubliners” will be discussed at 6:30 at the Peninsula library.

POMONOK Monday, March 22 “Little Bee” will be discussed at 2 at the Pomonok library.

INVESTOR EDUCATION Monday, March 22 how to avoid problems with securities brokers and the common legal problems that frequently occur with them.

6:30 at the Woodhaven library.

ISRAEL & THE UN Monday, March 22 Israel and the United Nations: A Focus on Israel’s initiatives to help countries around the world at 2:30 at the Bayside Jewish Center, 203-05 32 nd Avenue.

FRESH MEADOWS Wednesday, March 24 “Have A Little Faith” by Mitch Albom will be discussed at 2:30 at the Fresh Meadows library.

Luncheon at 10. Friday, March 26 Tot Shabbat from 6-6:30, Sabbath Eve Service at 8. Saturday, March 27 Bar Mitzvah and morning service at 10. Tuesday, March 30 Second Night Seder. Reservations needed. Temple Beth Sholom, 172 nd Street and Northern Blvd., Flushing. 463-4143.

REGO PARK JC Saturday, March 20 Parashat and Haftarat Club meet at 12:30. Monday, March 29 Passover Seder.

Reservations. Saturday Shabbat Services at 9.

Wednesdays 12:30-2:30 Yiddish Vinkel. Wednesday evenings at 6:30 Torah Discussion after evening Minyan Service.

Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. 4591000.

ASTORIA CENTER Saturday, March 20 Adult Bat Mitzvah Class and “Evening of Live Music” at 8. $10. Sunday, March 21 Pa s s ove r F o o d D e l i ve r y.

March 30 Communit y Seder for the Second Night. $40. Astoria Center of Israel, 27-35 Crescent Street, LIC. 278-2680.

HILLCREST JEWISH Saturday, March 20 Youth Shabbat Service. Sunday, March 21 “A Song of Life” at 1. Tuesday, March 30 Communit y Seder. Reservations. Thursday, April 1 Seder for the Disabled.

657-2504. Hillcrest Jewish Center. 380-4145.

VOICES OF VICTORY Sunday, March 21 official gospel choir of St. John’s Universit y will perform at Emanuel United Church of Christ, 93-12 91 st Avenue, Woodhaven at 3:30. Free will offering.

WOMEN’S SEDER Tuesday, March 23 the Sisterhood of Bay Terrace Jewish Center will hold a Women’s Seder. 4286363.

EMANEL UNITED Palm Sunday, March 28 10:45, Maundy Thursday, April 1 7:30, Good Friday, April 2 1. Easter Sunday, April 4 10:45. Emanuel United Church of Christ, 93-12 9 1 st Avenue, Woodhaven.

BAYSIDE UMC Palm Sunday, March 28 11. Maundy Thursday, April 1 7:30. Good Friday, April 2 7:30. Easter Sunday, April 4 11.

Bayside United Methodist Church, 38-2-0 Bell Blvd., Bayside.

GLENN MOHR CHORALE Palm Sunday, March 28 the Glenn Mohr Chorale presents “It Is Finished” at 4:30 at Immaculate Conception Center, 7200 Douglaston Parkway. Good will offerings.

FOREST HILLS Tuesday, March 30 Communal Second Seder. Monday, April 12 Annual Yom Hashoah Commemoration at 7:30. Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. 263-7000, ext. 200.

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NATIONAL TEST DAY Saturday, March 20 National Testing Day with the Princeton Review at the Bayside, Forest Hills, Howard Beach, LIC, Rosedale and Bellerose libraries. Register.

SCRAPBOOKING Saturday, March 20 Richmond Hill library. Register.

TEEN TUTORING Saturday, March 20 at 10 at the Bayside library.

WRITING SKILLS Saturday, March 20 improve your writing skills at 10:30 at the Central library.

RECYCLING Monday, March 22 Recycling and Reusable Materials at 3 South Hollis library.

OPEN MIC Monday, March 22 at 6 at the East Elmhurst library.

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

TEEN GAMING Mondays and Wednesdays Fresh Meadows library at 3.

TEEN LOUNGE Tuesday, March 23 at 4 at the LIC library.

YU-GI-OH CLUB Tuesday, March 23 at 4:30 at the Flushing library.

TEEN TUTORING Tuesdays, March 23, 30 at 3:30 at the Bayside library.

ANIME AND MANGA Tuesdays, March 23, 30 at the Central library at 4.

GAMING Tuesdays, March 23, 30 at the Peninsula library at 4.

JAZZKIDS Tuesdays, March 23, 30 East Elmhurst library’s JAZZKIDS music workshop. Register.

GAME DAY Wednesday, March 24 at 3 at the St. Albans library.

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

TEEN GAMES Wednesdays, March 24, 31 at the Central library at 4.

KNIT & CROCHET Thursday, March 25 at 4 at the Bellerose library.

ROBOTS ARE FUN Thursday, March 25 St. Albans library at 4.

GREEN TEENS Thursday, March 25 at 4 at the Flushing library.

TEEN ZINE Thursday, March 25 at the Central library at 4.

TEEN CLUB Thursday, March 25 at 4 at the Cambria Heights library.

GAME PLAYERS Friday, March 26 at 4 at the Hillcrest library.

MATH & POETRY Friday, March 26 Community Word Project at 3:30 at the Langston Hughes library.

KARAOKE FOR TEENS Friday, March 26 at 4 at the Elmhurst library.

WII GAMING Friday, March 26 at the Bellerose library at 4.

KARAOKE Friday, March 26 at 3:30 at the Rosedale library.

WII SPORTS Friday, March 26 at 4 at the LeFrak City library.

GAME DAY Friday, March 26 at 3:30 at the Queens Village library.

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Queens Today MEETINGS PFLAG Sundays, March 21, April 18, May 16 PFLAG, a support group for parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays, meet in Forest Hills. 271-6663. Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112th Street at 2.

TOASTMASTERS Mondays, March 22, April 12, 26, May 10, 24 learn the art and science of public speaking. 525-6830.

VFW 4787 Mondays, March 22, April 12, 26 Whitestone VFW Communit y Post meets; 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 t h e l a st Tu e s d a y o f t h e m o n th i n t h e C o m m u n i t y Room in Panera Bread at Bay Terrace Shopping.

SOUTHEAST CAMERA Tuesdays, March 23, April 13, 20, 27 Southeast Queens Camera Club at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica. 516328-3776.

114 TH PRECINCT Tuesday, March 23 the 114 th Precinct Communit y Council will meet at Riccardo’s at 7. Guest speaker: Inspector Brian McCarthy, NYPD Narcotics.

PLAY READING Wednesday, March 24 and Thursday, March 25 at 2 at the Hillcrest library. Explore and enjoy great works of literature.

FH VAC Wednesdays, March 24, April 28 Forest Hills Volun-

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MISCELLANEOUS FREE TAX PREP Saturdays through April 11 free income tax preparations at the Langston Hughes library, 100-01 Northern Blvd., Corona starting at 11.

Bring all tax related documents.

TAX PREP Tuesdays through April 13 free tax preparation for eligible candidates at the Hollis librar y.

YOU GOTTA BELIEVE Sunday, March 21 Adoption agency for adopting an older child at 4 at Little Flower Children’s Services, 89-12 162 nd Street, Jamaica. 3723003.

SEPARATION/DIVORCE Starting Thursday, April 8 a separation-divorce group will begin at the Samuel Field Y for 10 weeks. 225-6750, ext. 243.

EDUCATORS OPEN HOUSE Wednesday, April 14 educators in Pre-K-grade 12 are welcome to an Open House from 3:30-6:30 at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows.

WALK FOR APEC Sunday, April 18 Alley Pond Environmental Center will hold a walk. 229-4000.

DANCE

teer Ambulance Corp meets. 793-2055.

BEREAVEMENT Thursdays, March 25, April 29 St. Adalbert’s Bethany General bereavement group meets in Elmhurst.

429-2005.

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.

BELLA ITALIA MIA Saturday, March 27 “Tracing Italian American Immigrant History” with Salvatore Primeggia. Bella Italia Mia meets from 125:30. $5 members, $7 others. Christ the King HS, 6802 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village in the CNL Paolucci International Building. 426-1240.

JEWISH VETS Sundays, March 28, April 25, May 23 Jewish War Veterans of the USA Lipsky/ Blum Post meet at Garden Jewish Center. 463-4742.

DINNER WEPRIN DEMOCRATS Sunday, April 11 the Saul Weprin Democratic Club’s 51 st Annual Dinner at the Hollis Hills Jewish Center. saulweprindemclub@gmail.com EMPLOYMENT LAW Wednesday, April 14 E m ployment Law Breakfast Seminar hosted by the Queens Chamber of Commerce. Contact them at www.queenschamber.org to register WOOD HTS DEMOCRATS Friday, April 16 the WoodHeights Democratic Club will hold a dinner dance at Dante’s. 457-0733.

FLEA MARKETS RUMMAGE SALE Friday and Saturday, March 19, 20 from 9-2 at United Methodist Church, 112-14 1 0 7 th A v e n u e , R i c h m o n d Hill.

THRIFT SHOP SALE Saturday, March 20 from 10-1 at All Saints Church, 214-35 40 th Avenue, Bayside.

SPRING TREASURES Saturday, March 20 9:303:30 and Sunday, March 21 11:30 to 3:30 at Church of the Resurrection, 85-09 118 th Street, Kew Gardens.

FLEA MARKET Sunday, March 21 9-4 at Nativit y BVM Church Hall, 91 s t S t r e e t a n d R o c k a w a y Blvd., Ozone Park.

USED BOOK SALE Sunday, March 21 from 9-3 at the Bellerose Jewish Center, 254-04 Union Turnpike, Floral Park.

EASTER FLOWER/FLEA Saturday, March 27 from 10-4 and Sunday, March 28 Easter Flower and Craft Sale plus Ethnic Polish bake sale at St. Josaphat’s, 35th Avenue and 210 th Street, Bayside.

SQUARE DANCE Saturday, March 20 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. $12 non-members, 2294000 to register.

ENVIRONMENT COMPOSTING Tueday, March 23 benefits of composting at 2 at the Hillcrest library.

HEALTH MEMORY IMPAIRMENT Saturday, March 20, April 17 Selfhelp Alzheimers Resource Program (SHARP) 631-1886.

PARTNER ABUSE Sundays Partner Abuse Counseling Program for women who experience all t ypes of abuse. 225-6750, ext. 248.

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

670-1695. $5 a class.

FEMALE CANCER Mondays, March 22, April 12, 26 “Look Good, Feel Better” program for women undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy in Flushing. 1-800-ACS-2345.

HEARING LOSS Monday, March 22 What You Need to Know About Hearing Loss at 11 at the Central library.

MS SUPPORT Tuesdays, March 23, April 13, 27 National Multiple S c l e ro s i s S o c i e t y S u p p o r t Group at 1:30 at the Howard Beach library.

ALZHEIMERS Tuesdays, March 23, April 6, 20 Caregiver Support Group in Forest Hills. 5925757, ext. 237.

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 st e r n Queens Caregiver Network in Sunnyside. 784-6173, ext.

431.

BRAIN INJURY Wednesdays, March 24, April 28, May 26 Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group at Peninsula Hospital. 7342432.

DIETING DEMONS Thursday, March 25 Understanding Why Diets Don’t Work at 2 at the Astoria library.

MEMORY LOSS Fridays Couples with one partner experiencing memory loss meet at the Samuel Field Y. 225-6750, ext. 236.

OA Fridays 6:30-8:30 at Unit y Center of Flushing, 42-11 155th 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.

Wishing All Our Customers A Happy & Healthy Passover

ENTERTAINMENT AVI HOFFMAN Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, March 25, 27, 28 Avi Hoffman: Still Jewish Aft e r A l l T h e s e Ye a r s a t Queens Theatre in the Park.

760-0064.

CINDERELLA Saturday, March 27 Cinderella at Queens Theatre in the Park. 760-0064.

For all ages.

DOMINICAN FOLK Saturday, March 27 Dominican Folk and Modern Merengue at 3 at the Broadway library.

POETRY DISCUSSION Saturday, March 27 at 11 at the Central library.

SLAVIC SOUL PARTY Saturday, March 27 Gypsy and Gadjo music at 3 at the Central library.

SONGS OF SPRING Saturday, March 27 Songs of Spring with the Haiyun

Chorus at 2 at the Flushing library.

ROCK & ROLL Saturday, March 27 Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company performs rock songs from the 50s and 60s at 6:30 at the Flushing library.

THE TOKENS Sunday, March 28 The Tokens perform at 3 at Queensborough Communit y College Performing Arts Center. 631-6311. $35.

BAYSIDE STAMP SHOW Sundays, March 28, April 25 Bayside Stamp Show at the Ramada Hotel on Northern Blvd. from 10-4:30.

BENEFIT CONCERT Sunday, March 28 2 nd Annual Natalie Ciappa “Not My Child” benefit concert. Proceeds go to the Samaritan Foundation. Malcahy’s in Wantagh. $25. Children 10 and under $5.

EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS TAX PREPARATION Saturday through April 11 free income tax preparation at 11 at the Langston Hughes library.

SCRABBLE CLUB Saturdays at 10 at Count Basie Jr. HS, 132 nd Street and Guy R. Brewer Blvd. 8865236.

CHESS Saturday, March 20 at the Peninsula library at 3.

PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturday, March 20 learn to communicate at Elmhurst Hospital. 457-8390.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING Saturday, March 20 at the Knights of Columbus in Valley Stream. 341-0452.

IMPROVE WRITING Saturday, March 20 at the Central library at 10:30.

WIRE SCULPTING Saturday, March 20 jewelry making at the South Ozone Park library. Register.

BOATING SAFETY Sunday, March 21 and Sunday, April 25 the US Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Boating Safet y Class at Fort Totten.

352-3764 to register.

COMPUTER CLASS Mondays, March 22, 29 at the Lefferts library at 10:30.

COMPUTER CLASS Mondays, March 22, 29 at the Rosedale library at 6.

POLISH YOUR RESUME Monday, March 22 at the Central library. Register.

WORKFOCE 1 Monday, March 22 meet representatives from Workforce 1 Career Center at 6:30 at the LIC library.

CAREER POTENTIAL Monday, March 22 at 7.

Discover Your Career Potential at the Central library.

COMPUTER BASICS Tuesdays, March 23, 30 at the Astoria library at 11.

SCRABBLE CLUB Tuesdays, March 23, 30 East Flushing library at 3:30.

ADULT SCRABBLE Tu e s d a y s , M a r c h 2 3 , 3 0 Fresh Meadows library at 1.

INTRO COMPUTERS Tuesdays, March 23, 30 at the Queens Village library.

Register.

BASIC COMPUTERS Tu e s d a y s , M a r c h 2 3 , 3 0 South Jamaica library at 11.

COMPUTER BASICS Tu e s d a y a n d T h u r s d a y, March 23, 25 at the Glen Oaks library. Register.

TAX PREPARATION Tuesdays through April 13 at the Hollis library at 1.

JOB ASSISTANCE Wednesday, March 24 job assistance workshop at 10:30 at the Flushing library.

DUPLICATE BRIDGE Wednesdays 10:30-3:00 at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills. $12 session, includes light lunch. 261-2900.

BASIC COMPUTER Thursday, March 25 at the East Elmhurst library at 10.

KNIT & CROCHET Thursday, March 25 at the Fresh Meadows library at 6.

COMPUTER CLASS Thursday, March 25 at the Rosedale library at 6.

ART IN PHOTO. Thursday, March 25 for 5 weeks at the National Art League in Douglaston. 516223-7659. In-depth class on Art in Photography.

KNIT & CROCHET Thursday, March 25 at 3 at the Central library.

KNIT & CROCHET Thursday, March 25 at the Bellerose library at 4.

WIRE SCULPTING Thursday, March 25 jewelry making workshop at the Cambria Heights library. Register.

COMPUTER BASICS Friday, March 26 at the Astoria library at 11.

KNIT & CROCHET Friday, March 26 at the Fresh Meadows library at 10:30.

WII SPORTS Friday, March 26 at the Lefrak Cit y library at 4. terials.

JOB INFO CENTER Saturday, March 27 at 3 at the Central library.

RESUME WRITING Saturday, March 27 at 10 at the Briarwood library.

APPETIZERS

SIDE DISHES Choice of Two

Choice of One 12 Pieces Gefilte Fish 12 Pieces Stuffed Cabbage 3 lbs. Chopped Liver

MAIN COURSE

Farfel Mushrooms Roasted Potatoes Sweet Potato Pudding String Beans Almondine Vegetable Medley

PACKAGE INCLUDES

Choice of One 15 lb. Roasted Turkey 6 Roasted Chickens 4 lbs. Sliced Brisket of Beef 2 lbs. Brisket of Beef & 3 Roasted Chickens

4 qts. Chicken Soup 12 Matzo Balls 1 qt. Gravy Cole Slaw Cranberry Pineapple Compote

CARVED TURKEY add’l $10 • Delivery $10

$

239 95

serves 12 guests

$

189 95

serves 9 guests

$

129 95

serves 6 guests

WE WILL BE CLOSING MONDAY, MARCH 29TH PASSOVER EVE AT 4PM WE WILL REOPEN ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7TH AT 11AM Please Note: Our utensils are NOT changed for the Holiday.

Buddy’s

KOSHER DELI RESTAURANT & CATERERS

215-01 73rd AVENUE • BAYSIDE 718.631.2110 • Fax: 718.631.2956

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GREEK COMEDY Through April 25 a t t h e Greek Cultural Center in Astoria. 726-7329.

IRISH MUSIC & DANCE Saturday, March 20 at 3 at the Central library.

AFRO-PERUVIAN Saturday, March 20 Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet performs at 8 at LeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College. 793-8080.

AVANTANGO Saturday, March 20 worldclass ensemble at 2 at the L a n g st o n H u g h e s l i b ra r y.

Tango and jazz.

SPRING FESTIVAL Saturday, March 20 Friends of the Douglaston/ Little Neck library invite all to their First Annual Spring Festival starting at 10:30.

Open house, coffee and snacks 2-4. Stories, crafts, balloons for children in the morning and crafts for adults in the afternoon.

SUPERMARKET BINGO Saturday, March 20 at St. Sebastian’s auditorium, 3976 58 th Street, Woodside.

Doors open 6:15, bingo starts at 7. $25 at the door.

CABARET Saturday, March 20 Afternoon of Cabaret with Castorina and Rose at 3 at the Elmhurst library.

DANCE FESTIVAL Saturday, March 20 MultiCultural Dance Fest at 8 at the Poppenhusen Institute in College Point. 358-0067.

AFGHAN SPRING FEST Saturday, March 20 Celebration of Nawrooz at 2 at the Flushing library.

CON BRIO ENSEMBLE Saturday, March 20 classical works for violin, oboe and piano at 2:30 at the Forest Hills library.

IRISH MUSIC Saturday, March 20 at 2 at the Woodside library.

MOMIX Saturday and Sunday, March 20, 21 Best of MOMIX at Queens Theatre in the Park. 760-0064.

NEIL DIAMOND TRIBUTE Sunday, March 21 Jay White performs songs by Neil Diamond at 3 at Queensborough Communit y College Performing Arts Center.

631-6311. $35.

GRANDPARENTS DAY Sunday, March 21 grandparents and grandchildren are invited to explore the galleries of Noguchi Museum. 204-7088, ext. 203.

MAD WOMEN Sunday, March 21 the D o u g l a st o n C o m m u n i t y Theatre presents “Mad Women,” a program of opera arias at 2 at Zion Episcop a l C h u r c h , 4 4 th A v e n u e . $13. 482-3332 reservations.

KINGS OF RAGTIME Sunday, March 21 “Scott Joplin and the Original Kings of Ragtime” at Church in the Gardens in Forest Hills at 5. 894-2178.

ORGAN CONCERT Sunday, March 21 with Gregory Eaton at St. Mel’s. $15. 886-0201.

OPEN MIC Monday, March 22 at 6 at the East Elmhurst library.

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Queens Today

Models Of Queens

Future Star

For The Ladies What would women’s history be without Fran Drescher?

After all, the nasal-tone Queens gal, who has been rumored to be considering a run for political office, has been shedding her “Nanny” image to take on the more important role of advocate for ovarian cancer research.

On April 12, Good Housekeeping Magazine will present a one-night Women’s History Museum benefit performance at City Center touted as “a salute to influential and inspiring American women of the past 125 years, from Icons to Goddesses and Visionaries to Hellraisers.”

The night will feature performances by Drescher, Kristen Bell and Meryl Streep, as well as Broadway luminaries Laura Benanti, Kelli O’Hara, Ann Hampton Callaway and others.

Tickets are available at nycitycenter.org. Better grab ’em up quick, the stars only align like this rarely.

RoadPatcher To The Rescue

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Having just graduated from the Edie said. “I was just murdered on American Academy of Dramatic Sunday. Last month I was killing Arts in June, this future star is zombies, the month before that I “all about acting.” had HIV.” “I was just trying Edie Monroy Having wanted to be to get out there in that Home: Elmhurst an actress for as long as world, to experience Age: 25 she can remember, Edie things for myself,” Height: 5’ 3" worked hard to get into Edie Monroy said. Weight: 125 lbs theater school and conHaving signed up to a Stats: 34-27-39 tinues that hard work casting Web site, she beyond. “It’s hard,” she started to get calls for print model said. “It’s not easy at all.” and promotional auditions, so she Edie grew up in Parkchester jumped right in. in the Bronx and moved to Queens “It’s fun; you do your make up when she was 11. Her favorite and walk around,” she said. hangouts these days are in Work has been good, the mod- Astoria, “or Actor-ia, as it is eling has been a blast and she gets known. I have a lot of friends who to pretend to be a lot of different live there.” characters.

Acting and modeling are not “I love being other people,” her only passions. Edie is a violin-

Hair Today, Goat Tomorrow Ron Artest could have been the one to inspire the Lakers. He could have been the one to resurrect the NBA Champions from their funk. It seems that he was not to be the inspiration. He would not be the one who’d stand out from the rest and say, “follow me.”

Instead, Artest shaved off what was to save the Lakers’ season.

Artest, a Queensbridge native, dyed his hair blond and scrawled “defense” into his head with purple dye in three different languages— Hebrew, Japanese and Hindi.

It’s as if the Chicago Bulls were resurrected to their heyday. Kobe Bryant as Jordan, Artest as Dennis Rodman and you get to choose who’d play Scotty Pippen. It was the beginning of Laker dominance.

Rodman, er… Artest… had other plans. And as quickly the

ist and also picked up belly dancing from her mother.

“My mother started dancing seven years ago,” she said. “After a year of watching her do it I wanted to do it.”

As for the violin, Edie picked that up at IS 73 in Maspeth, and then joined a teenage orchestra that met at Russell Sage in Forest Hills and even landed her performances at Carnegie Hall.

In an upcoming NYU student film she's working on her first “really evil” character and then working on another film that she describes as “Tim Burton meets Moulin Rouge.”

“I love these roles that stretch you and make you seem different,” she said.

If you were able to afford to cross the city’s bridges and tunnels, the roadways on them that have been eaten up by potholes, are being well taken care of.

Despite being basically broke, the MTA is not The MTA's "RoadPatcher" continues to work in letting New spite of financial crises and cutbacks.

York's bridges and tunnels fall apart. Their stone aggregate, eight tons of hot “RoadPatcher” vehicle has filled asphalt and 5 tons of cold patch more than 2,500 potholes this year mix to patch potholes, which leads alone. Since the MTA Bridges and us to wonder if it’s just cheaper to Tunnels serve nine facilities, we build new bridges and tunnels. work that out to an average of a Even if it was, it’s not like the whopping 278 potholes per facil- MTA would go for a “cheaper” alternative. ity.

Not to worry though, as the “RoadPatcher,” this allows for a speedy pothole repair that permits drivers to drive over the fixed pothole immediately and can fix 100 potholes in a single shift.

According to the MTA, they have so far used 3,200 gallons of liquid asphalt emulsion, 55 tons of

Confidentially, New York . . .

Queens doctor breaks record

Donkey King

Hair today: Queensbridge's Ron Artest dynasty emerged, Artest shut it down. The following day he showed up to the arena sporting a shaved head and mere shades of what was. Will this be what happens to the Lakers? Will there only be shades of what was?

A Queens doctor has earned “legendary gamer” status by breaking the all-time record in the classic arcade game Donkey Kong.

Dr. Hank Chien raised the bar 10,000 points to 1,061,700 points, according to Twin Galaxies, an organization that keeps track of these sorts of things. (Yeah, we at QConf didn’t believe it either, but they’re actually legit).

“It’s something to add to my resume and it’s something I can be proud of,” Chien told the Daily News.

Yeah, and it also totally gives everyone the right to give him noogies and steal his lunch money.

Nerd.

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