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The Bayside Historical Society building on Totten Avenue is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

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Ft. Totten Building Turns 125 The wounds, a half a century later, suddenly seem fresh. What is now regarded as a timeless mainstay of the Queens landscape, the Clearview Expressway, was once a dream of master builder Robert Moses that rapidlyand to some, horrifyingly-became a reality.

Bayside Historical Society has kept that rage in a time capsule for anyone to come and experience.

Celebrating the 125th anniversary of its building, BHS continues to house the centuries of Bayside's history, a neighborhood that is deceptively complex. Situated in Fort Totten - once a waiting station for Civil War troops - BHS chronicles more than just the history of the fort.

It is a place to remember what a slice of northern Queens was like in its more rural days. Pictures of magnificent houses long lost to the construction of the Clearview Expressway that shoots up to the Throg's Neck Bridge adorn the walls. Notes signed by furious residents protesting the new expressway's incision into Bayside can be found below glass. Preliminary plans for the Throg's Neck, and rare photos of its construction, are on display as well.

BHS is collaborating with Holy Cross High School on a documentary that will chronicle the accounts of residents who can recall how the construction of the Clearview and Throg's Neck impacted their lives.

The BHS building itself - which resembles a castle - was built in the shape of its first owner's insignia, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and is a blessing and curse, Paul DiBenedetto, a member of BHS's board of trustees, said. DiBenedetto praised the beauty of the 1887 building; aesthetically, it's a huge asset to BHS, which was founded in 1964.

But it is also not located in downtown Bayside, making it far removed from the heart of the neighborhood where people can easily pour in.

"If we could have bought the Bell House on 38th Avenue and Bell Boulevard in the early 1960s, in hindsight, that would have been better," DiBenedetto said. "It's now an office building."

As Bayside residents know, Bell Boulevard is Bayside's commercial heart, but what they might not know, as BHS exhibit coordinator and archivist Alison McKay will tell you, is who this Bell guy actually was. And no, he's not Alexander Graham Bell.

Born in the late 1700s, Abraham Bell was an Irish immigrant who rose to become a wealthy shipping magnate. He and his family lived in Bayside, though they are now scattered throughout the United States. Housed in the BHS's archives, among many docu-

ments centuries old, is the deed to a Bayside farm purchased by Abraham Bell in 1824.

Bell purchased the farm for $27,500, then an impressive figure.

To pay the high bills that come with maintaining such a unique building, BHS rents out several of their large rooms for all occasions. They also host local events like an art show with paintings by Bayside residents and will honor, on Feb. 5, the remarkable Bayside activist Mandingo Tshaka.

BHS is located at 208 Totten Ave. in Bayside. It is open to the public Thursdays and Fridays from 10 am to 3 pm and on Sundays from noon until 4 pm. There is a $3 suggested donation. You can also like BHS on Facebook.

Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.

—Ross Barkan

City PO Box Outsourcing Blasted As cars and MTA buses wh ipped by on 20th Avenue, Councilman Dan Halloran (RWhitestone) and Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Lit tle Neck) blasted the outsourcing of City P.O. boxes and fought, once more, against what now seems like the eventual shut tering of a USPS sorting facility at College Point.

Post office union leaders and a College Point civic leader joined the bipar tisa n duo to decry Cit y government for placing P.O. Boxes in Pit t sburgh and Newark, N.J. "What's the message? The message is, you ca n't do busi ne ss i n Ne w Yo rk Cit y, " Halloran said. "The fact that the City of New York could engage i n t wo contract s to out source work to Pennsylvania and New Jersey is despicable. The fact that it's doing it and claiming there isn't a mail facility capable of handling the mail while they're closing this one is absurd."

Halloran said the Dept. of Finance has "outsourced tax revenue" to Newark by setting up a P.O. Box there. He leveled a similar claim against the City Water Board, railing that they had outsourced their P.O. Box to Pit tsburgh. Owen Stone, a spokesman for the Dept. of Finance, confirmed Halloran's points and provided an explanation.

"The basic idea is that we renegotiated our contract for a bank to handle," Stone said. "The new contract will save $3.3 million over the next five years. One of the results of the new contract is that processing will now take place in Staten Island. The post office in Staten Island is closer to Newark than the P.O. Box in lower Manhattan."

Using a Cit y P.O. box, Stone explained, could prevent same-day processing and cost

an additional $100 per day. The Newark P.O. box, according to Stone, would have as many as 12 mail pick-ups per day, compared to two in lower Manhattan.

In 2006, according to the Dept. of Environmental Protection, the Water Board selected Bank of New York to process bill payments "since they offered the best rates for our customers who pay with paper checks."

The Bank of Ne w York is consolidating their operations and they have centralized their processing in Pit t sburgh, a DEP statement explained.

"Rather than incur up to $100,000 in additional unnecessary expense by having bills sent w ithin New York City and then re-sent to the processing facility, the Water Board chose to maintain the existing contract until a new Request for Proposals is drafted in the near future," the statement said.

Weprin does not think the Water Board is requesting for proposals in the right way.

"If there's going to tell you it's more expensive, I don't think they're sending the RFP [request for proposals] to the right people, because it's still a very competitive environment in New York City," Weprin said.

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Pols Call For Smaller Police Precincts A gathering of Queens civic leaders backed State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) in calling for the chopping up of the 105th and 109th precincts into smaller divisions.

In the lobby of the building housing Avella's office on Bell Boulevard, the Democratic duo and the civic leaders argued that geographically the two precincts are too large and police are spread too thin. Avella insisted this was not an indictment of the officers at these precincts, but is instead an issue of providing adequate funding for new precinct buildings. He announced that he would be introducing state legislation to chop up the precincts into subdivisions.

"The very fact that Commissioner Kelly and Mike Bloomberg are now building a five billion dollar police academy just raises the question that we can't find 20 million dollars, 30 million dollars to build two police precincts?" Avella said. "It is inconsistency."

The Jan. 27 press conference highlighted an issue that has been years in the making for some concerned locals. Though crime over the past decade has plummeted, both precincts have seen a rise in overall crime from the previous year. Leaders from civic associations like the Queens Civic Congress, Queens Village Civic, Queens Colony Civic, Bay Terrace Community Alliance, Bellerose Hillside Civic, and Creedmoor Civic all echoed the general complaint that the 105th Pct, spanning from John. F. Kennedy Airport to Floral Park, runs too far north and south to effectively provide protection for everyone in the precinct. The 105th Pct. covers 12.6 miles, the largest in Queens.

Similarly, the 109th Pct., contended the politicians and civic leaders, cannot adequately cover downtown Flushing and communities like Bay Terrace and Whitestone, which are further from precinct headquarters.

"We were told by police experts that if there actually was an emergency, the difference in response time, if the coverage had to come from the 111th Precinct, which would always have a car sitting here on Bell Boulevard, or had to come from a car somewhere in the 109th, would be 90 second or more," Warren Schreiber, president of the Bay Terrace Community Alliance, said.

In 2007, Police Commissioner Raymond

Kelley created a satellite station house at the southern end of the 105th Pct. Avella would like to see this satellite station become an eventual precinct unto itself. The NYPD did not respond to requests for comment as of press time.

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Seniors, Teens To Share Experiences Seniors and teenagers are often viewed as being as far apart socially as they are in age.

But a program at the Central Queens Y in Forest Hills aims to bring the two age groups together to share their experiences and find that, despite the differences in the number of years they live, they do have something to share with each other.

The collaboration between Forest Hills High School's Academy of Public Service and the Y brings high school students together with seniors living in the community to share their life experiences in Project Posterity, a program that begins its third year on Feb. 7 and will meet every Tuesday afternoon from 3 to 4:30 p.m. through April 24.

"The seniors from past years and this year as well are a very interesting group," said Lauren Fredston-Herman, director of adult programs at the Central Queens Y. The group of seniors includes Holocaust survivors and native New Yorkers who grew up in parts of the city that looked very different in their youth than they do now.

Fredston-Herman said the students often see that they have a lot in common with the seniors they meet.

"A lot of [the students] are actually immigrants themselves," she said. "For them, it's a totally different world."

Fredston-Herman said many of the students involved did not have a close relationship with seniors in their families because often those family members lived in other countries.

"What was really so special last year was that for many of the teenagers, their families are not in the country," she explained. "So often they had to live separately from their grandparents."

Fredston-Herman said the seniors also find friendship and companionship at times when it may be needed most. One senior who had recently lost her husband got involved in a past year.

"For her to be able to talk about her experiences, it was just so wonderful," she said.

Originally, the plan was to have the students write essays about their experiences with the seniors, but instead the project took a more creative turn. Students were only required to create something to commemorate the experience. Those somethings included songs, paintings, a poem.

This year, Fredston-Herman expects about 12 seniors and 12 students to be involved, but more seniors are welcomed to sign up.

For more information and to register, contact Lauren Fredston-Herman at 718-2685011, ext. 621, or email LFH@cqy.org.

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Queens Deadline

Willets Point Center Plan Still Alive

By ROSS BARKAN When Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he was dropping the nation’s largest convention center in Southwest Queens, the popular logic of the hour was that this meant the death of a convention center at Willets Point.

If a juggernaut of a convention center, one that would dwarf Manhattan’s Javits Center, rose at the Aqueduct racetrack, it would make a second convention center superfluous.

Not so, said Borough President Helen Marshall and the supporters of development at Willets Point, where some still dream of the sewer-free auto repair-haven as an urban compliment to downtown Flushing. The desire for a convention center is apparently alive and well, and some property owners of the Iron Triangle are fuming.

“The story should be that the EDC [Environmental Development Corporation], Claire Shulman, and New York City government sold the whole entire city that there was going to be a convention center at Willets Point,” said Jake Bono, a member of Willets Point United. WPU is a coalition of Willets Point property owners fighting, in their own words, eminent domain abuse at the Iron Triangle.

“It was a big selling point for people to agree to steal people’s land at Willets Point.”

The feasibility of two convention centers in Queens may seem especially questionable in a still-frail economic environment. Despite the Governor lauding convention centers as economic sparkplugs, some experts, like University of Texas at San Antonio economics professor Heywood Sanders, have publically rejected this claim.

“I’ve looked at these convention centers from one end of the country to the other,” Sanders said. “What happens is, they don’t

Dreams of Willets Point Convention Center have not died yet. work the way consultants and forecasters say, and the way promises say.”

Sanders said Javits Center attendance has declined drastically over the past 20 years due to competition from other convention centers around the country. The convention center building boom has diluted the market, and the recent recession has only hurt attendance further. Overall, national convention center attendance has dropped precipitously since the early 1990s.

Few politicians seem to acknowledge this, though. The two theoretical Queens convention centers will not compete with one another, said former Borough President Claire Shulman, now president of the City-sponsored Flushing Willets Point Corona LDC.

“A Willets Point convention center is very feasible,” Shulman said. “First of all, we don’t know what will happen with Aqueduct.

The governor certainly has a good plan for a major, extraordinary convention center, but it would not be competitive with the one at Willets Point. Willets Point would have a modest convention center meant to deal with trade shows, small exhibits, and would be a completely different project.”

Shulman estimated the Willets Point convention center would be between 400,000 and 800,000 square feet, much smaller than Cuomo’s 3.8 million square foot proposal.

She described LaGuardia Airport as a “domestic business airport,” and its proximity to Willets Point would make the convention

center worthwhile, she argued. Queens Chamber of Commerce President Jack Friedman, a longtime Shulman ally, agreed that a Willets Point convention center makes as much sense now as it once did in a pre-Aqueduct convention center universe. However, his vision of a convention center would be smaller than Shulman’s.

“The convention centers are two separate concepts; one will happen right away, one won’t happen for a decade,” Friedman said.

“What we’re looking for is more a conference center, meeting space, and exhibition space of about 100,000 to 200,000 square feet.

Comparing Cuomo’s proposal and the Willets Point convention center is like comparing a brick schoolhouse to a university.”

A Willets Point convention center, he explained, would be for regional and local meetings. He said that Queens lacks adequate meeting space, with no venue offering “even 25,000 square feet.” Terrace on the Park and Citi Field, he said, are the best places to host conventions in Queens currently.

The EDC was mum on the effect of Cuomo’s proposed convention center on a potential one at Willets Point. Jen Friedberg, an EDC spokeswoman, said the Willets Point development plan is still in its early stages.

“We continue to review the responses for the first phase of development and hope to select a developer in the coming months, bringing us another step closer to the new Willets Point,” stated the EDC. “This overwhelmingly supported project will create jobs and allow an environmentally contaminated area to become a model center of economic growth for Queens and New York City.”

Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127

Pols Want 7 Train Running For Holiday MTA to reconsider for this weekend.

State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing), Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) called on MTA Executive Director Joseph Lhota to reschedule work along the 7 train for another weekend to avoid conflict with the annual Lunar New Year Festival and Parade in Flushing on Saturday, warning that the possible drop in attendance due to difficulty getting to Flushing could hurt small businesses who depend on revenue from parade revelers.

“The economic significance of this weekend is paramount,” Meng warned.

“Suspension of the 7 train has always hurt

Local officials in Flushing are worried plans for a 7 train shutdown will affec t the neighborhood’s Lunar New Year celebrations.

businesses around the Flushing-Main St Station, and we cannot ask the community to take this hit during one of the busiest and most important weekends of the year,” Stavisky added.

She said the MTA halted planned disruptions during the Lunar New Year parade in 2008 and should accommodate the event this year.

In a statement, the MTA said the work being done would not affect 7 train service east of Queensboro Plaza and people travel-

ing to Flushing from Manhattan can take the N train to Queensboro Plaza or the E, F or R to Jackson Heights to switch to the 7 train.

Also travelers can take the LIRR to Flushing.

The MTA will add more N trains and run Q service to Astoria during the weekend to provide service to the 7 train connection at Queensboro Plaza.

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

Flushing Chamber Closes Its Doors

By ROSS BA RKAN After 80 years of operation, the Flushing Chamber of Commerce and Business Association has closed its doors.

That’s not because Flushing business is bad, explained Myra Baird Herce, the former co-president.

“We have a great many business organizations in the area,” Herce said. “I really think they’re sufficient to handle anything that comes up.”

Herce did not speak of the FCCBA’s demise glumly. She said Flushing business is booming, and there are simply many other organizations that already handle all matters related to commerce. The FCCBA is now legally dissolved as an entity.

Three co-presidents once steered the FCCBA. With Jack Hogan’s death and

Richard Gelman’s move to Florida, FCCBA was left with one president, Herce, who decided the FCCBA was no longer essential.

“We have the Flushing Chinese Business Association, Korean American Association of Queens. We have the BID,” she said. “Flushing isn’t bereft of any type of leadership.”

She said other Flushing business organizations are more than capable of forming a new chamber of commerce, if they so choose. For now, Herce will turn her attention to the ongoing development plans for Willets Point. She is currently on the board of the Flushing Willets Point Corona LDC. Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127.

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By DOMENICK RAFTER Its Lunar New York, one of the most important Chinese holidays, and Flushing, as the epicenter of Chinese-American culture in New York City, is hosting their annual parade on Saturday, Feb.4, but construction work threatens to take out the neighborhood’s key transportation artery.

This is the third of 11 weekends this winter that the 7 train will be shut down between Queensboro Plaza and Times Square for rehabilitation of the Steinway Tunnel and local officials from Flushing are decrying the service disruption, warning that it comes at a bad time and asking the

Hizzoner Honors ‘Gossip Girl’

BY JASON PA FUNDI Did you hear the one about the mayor?

In a star-studded press conference at Long Island City icon Silvercup Studios, Mayor Mike Bloomberg proclaimed Thursday, Jan. 26, as “Gossip Girl” Day in honor of the show’s 100th episode, while highlighting the success of the film and TV industry in the City and its impact on the local economy.

Bloomberg and Media & Entertainment Commissioner Katherine Oliver were joined at the podium by “Gossip Girl” stars Blake Lively, Penn Badgely, Ed Westwick, Matthew Settle, Kelly Rutherford and Kaylee DeFer, along with executive producers Stephanie Savage and Joshua Safran.

Savage said that when the opportunity to make “Gossip Girl” was presented, she was told that filming in New York City would be impossible. But the mission became “New York or bust.”

“We are honored to shoot in this city,” Savage said. “There is no GG without NYC.” In the last five years, the show — which premiered on the CW on Sept. 19, 2007, and aired its 100th show on Jan. 30 — has spent more than $200 million on local development and employed approximately 6,300 individuals, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes.

Last season alone, the show hired more than 120 principal actors, 180 crew members and more than 7,000 background actors, the majority of whom are from the City.

“The industry contributes an estimated $5 billion to our economy every year,” Bloomberg said. “Approximately 100,000 New Yorkers make their livings working behind the scenes in film and television.”

Oliver said that while New York City strongly supports films and commercials, the

The cast of “Gossip Girl” was honored at Silvercup Studios on filming its 100th episode in Long Island Cit y. Pictured (from left) are show stars Ed West wick, Kelly Ruther ford and Blake Lively and Mayor Mike Bloomberg.

City is “securing its legacy as the birthplace of modern television.”

“Clearly in the last few years, New York City seems to be the place for television,” she said. “It’s a great business for us with great jobs for New Yorkers.”

A production like “Gossip Girl” not only brings more national attention to the area, but it brings a big economic impact to the local Long Island City community. Crew members and staffers spend countless hours in the area, and they eat at local restaurants and shop at local stores. Since its debut, the show has used more than 500 local vendors, including lumber and paint from a business in Long Island City.

“Since 2001, we’ve worked to transform this community from an urban industrial park into a dynamic business and residential zone,” Bloomberg said.

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-

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To learn more, visit www.thinkgreen.com.

Mayor Mike Bloomberg holds up a special “Gossip Girl” T-shirt that was presented to him.

Sunnyside) represents Silvercup’s district, and though he admitted to not watching the show, he said he was still a supporter.

“I’m a fan of any show that is smart enough to film in Long Island City,” he said.

“I support ‘Gossip Girl’ and ’30 Rock’ and all the episodic shows that film in the area. It’s great to have them here.”

Part of the reason for “Gossip Girl” and other shows’ and movies’ continued use of the City for their production is due to the New

York State Film Production Credit. According to Alan Suna, CEO of Silvercup Studios, more productions would follow Fox’s “Fringe”, which moved from Silvercup to Canada because of the lack of a tax credit a few years ago.

“Without this program in place, even successful shows would just pick up and move to a location where a tax credit is available,” Suna said. “[It’s vital to] keep these programs and the jobs and tax revenue it creates to ensure these programs continue filming in New York.”

State Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) — who represents the district home to Silvercup, Kaufman-Astoria Studios and Broadway Stages — was one of the major proponents of the tax credit and sees it as a tremendous way to keep the entertainment industry in the area, especially Long Island City.

“The success of the film and TV industry is one of the great success stores in western Queens in a difficult economy,” Gianaris said. “The fact that there is a sector of the economy in Queens is booming has helped us get through a difficult [time].”

Reach Reporter Jason Pafundi at jpafundi@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.

Koo Looks Forward To Life As A Democrat

By ROSS BA RKAN Seated in a bright conference room facing one of downtown Flushing’s cacophonous arteries, the newest Democrat in the City Council, Peter Koo (D-Flushing), contemplated why he had been a Republican in the first place and how his quest to collaborate further with fellow politicians—and win re-election—would be easier with the overwhelming majority.

“It was a part of the decision, not the total decision,” said Koo of how much he weighed his election prospects in his decision to jump from the Republican Par ty to the Democrat ic Par ty.

He announced his par t y swap to much Democratic fanfare last week. Because of the Democratic majority within the City Council, Koo’s leadership options were nearly non-existent.

“I could never become a commit tee chairman (as a Republican) even though I always feel I have a lot of experience that I can share with other members. I can be a leader, I advocate for a lot of things, but I had no opportunit y.”

An upbeat Koo, now able to more easily work with fellow local politicians like Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing), clarified a much quoted statement made last week that he was always a “Democrat at heart.”

Koo reflected on his life as a first generation immigrant from Hong Kong, saying that he felt Democratic intentions were bet ter than Republican intentions when it came to making life bet ter for immigrants. His support of the DRE AM Act, proposed legislation that would ease the path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, has not synced up locally and nationally with GOP rhetoric.

Referring to himself as a “loner” when he was in the Queens GOP, Koo said he st ill fondly recalls former U.S. President Ronald Reagan as the person who inspired him to become a Republican. Koo’s entrepreneurship has also made him quite wealthy — he owns a chain of pharmacies in Flushing.

“I always remind myself, I’m an immigrant, I have to help myself first,” Koo said.

“That’s why I said, ‘Oh, the Republican Party philosophy is nice, almost like my own philosophy.’ It’s like the Chinese philosophy.

Confucian philosophy always says take care

Peter Koo stands surrounded by local Democratic officials when he officially changed parties last week. of yourself and your family. Once you do those two things, you can help the community, help the countr y.”

Despite the proposed new State Assembly and Senate districts for New York, which includes a Senate district that is 50.4 percent Asian, Koo said he wants to focus on working in the City Council. Koo ran for State Senate in 2008, but now says that running for a Senate seat would be like “star ting all over.”

Regarding the fundraising controversy surrounding Comptroller John Liu’s mayoral candidacy, Koo was far less soft-spoken. He, along with his chief of staff James McClelland, asserted that the media seemed to be picking on Liu. Koo said Asian community members keep asking him why Liu is a target.

“It’s the same story, nothing new comes out,” Koo said. “If he’s guilty, prosecute him.

If he’s not guilty, leave him alone, let him do his job. The Asian community, we have all been subjected to special unfair treatment. It’s been going on for so long, the same Oliver Pan story. Every time they do something, they repeat the same story, over and over again.”

Liu was caught in an FBI investigation that revealed one of his donors, Oliver Pan, had been allegedly directing illegal donations to Liu’s campaign, for which Koo himself raised money.

Polit ics is a game, Koo explained, and “when you’re doing good, they want to stop your momentum.”

For now, the oft-grinning Councilman has plenty of it.

Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.

Woman Seeks To Help Her Namesake

BY VERONICA LEWIN It is believed that Queens is named after Catherine of Braganza, the Queen of England when the county was created in 1683.

Not many people can say they share any similarities with the name of the county they call home, except one woman in Queens Village who spends her free time helping people in the borough that shares her name.

Karen Queensborough was born and raised in South Ozone Park. She now lives in Queens Village and works for the federal government. With the exception of attending Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Michigan, Queensborough has lived in the county her entire life. While growing up in the borough, her last name has spiked the curiosity of strangers and peers.

“It’s a constant question. ‘Your last name is Queensborough and you live in Queens,’” she said people often point out. People joke with her and ask if borough landmarks are named after her, including the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge and the public library system. Even after a lifetime of jokes about her last name, Queensborough said she plans to keep her maiden name after she gets married.

After 36 years of living in Queens, her last name may be one of the least interesting things about her. Queensborough has been an active member of Community Board 13 for nearly three years. She said she hopes CB 13 can combat the ongoing crime in the area this year. She said the economic recession is not the sole reason for the spike of crime, but a lack of police presence and activities for

youth contribute as well. She wants her community board will help fight for an increased police presence in the neighborhood.

Queensborough would like CB 13 to partner with local schools and courts to increase the number of after-school programs. She said there are not enough programs for young people from 3 to 7 p.m., a time where many students are not supervised because their parents are still at work. “Kids need more things to do instead of getting in trouble and not focusing on their studies,” she said.

Outside of the community board, she does whatever she can to reach out to struggling youth. She enjoys working with kids and adolescents and has plans to become a juvenile defense attorney within the next year. Queensborough currently volunteers for the prison ministry at Rikers Island. Once a year she participates in the Hope Festival, a religious based approach to reforming the mindsets of inmates. According to Queensborough, there is an alarming amount of young offenders being detained at Rikers Island.

When she visits Rikers Island, her first question is “Why are you here?” The question often results in adolescents telling her they do not have enough support from family and friends or they are in an environment that prohibits a life outside of crime. She hopes a career as a juvenile defense attorney will help prevent youth from entering a lifetime of recidivism.

Reach Reporter Veronica Lewin at vlewin@queenspress.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 123.

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Edit Page In Our Opinion:

Fairness Matters!

It seems that no one is happy with the new State Senate and Assembly district lines proposed by the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment (LATFOR). The proposals have clearly been drawn to favor incumbent partisan control of the Senate and Assembly. More distressing is how the interests of many minority groups have been ignored in favor of benefiting white incumbents in minority districts.

Gov. Cuomo has already vowed to veto the proposals as they stand, and we hope the Governor stands by that. These new district maps, however, should never make it to Cuomo’s desk for a veto.

Before the proposals make it to the Governor, the State Senate and Assembly must first approve them. The conventional wisdom is that despite almost universal opposition to the plans, the legislature would pass them on with minor tweaking because of the benefit to the incumbent.

Despite appearances to the contrary, the Legislature was elected to serve the interests of the residents of New York State. If the Senate and Assembly vote to approve these maps, they would only be serving themselves and not their constituents.

Instead of waiting for the inevitable veto from Gov. Cuomo, Legislators should listen to the concerns of New Yorkers statewide and send the task force back to the drawing board. Give us maps that fairly represent all of us and stop wasting our time with this partisan nonsense.

We only wish there was time for a truly independent commission to redraw them. Perhaps that will ultimately fall to the courts because the legislature continues to demonstrate they are a dysfunctional, self-serving body.

In Your Opinion:

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Wrong Approach To the Editor: The recent efforts to promote the so-called Unity Map Proposal for redistricting Queens’ legislative districts is disturbing in that it seems to presume there is only one kind of common interest amongst citizens: ethnicity.

Like most New Yorkers, I am as ethnically identified as it gets, but what has that to do with the principal issues of my neighborhood? The proposed Senate District 13, running from Flushing to Bayside, is a good illustration of the folly of making any one criterion the only one in drawing the district map. My neighborhood is one of private homes; the major issues have been zoning, landmarking, teardowns and out-ofcontext McMansions. Downtown Flushing is an urban area of increasingly high-rise apartments, whether rented or owned; the major issues are out-of-control as-of-right building, politically-protected developers, shoddy and illegal construction, congestion and density; the Latino and Asian newcomers there also have immigrant issues. There is virtually no overlap of legislative and con-

stituent-service concerns and this would hold true if the entire area was exclusively one ethnic group.

I suspect some of those involved in creating the Unity Map do not know this about our neighborhoods, and could not name the principle issues in other Queens neighborhoods, either. And they probably don’t care, either; it is a matter of abstract principal for them, not of real, lived lives in a community.

Of course, what the third-rate politicians in Albany will come up with will also completely ignore the shared assortment of conditions and concerns that makes a neighborhood a community, and several communities a natural district. This makes it all the more unfortunate that the alternative presented in the Unity Map Proposal is not a reasonable substitute.

Cheshire Frager, Bayside

New Par tnership To The Editor: In 2011, AT&T foraged a new partnership with the Long Island City Cultural Alliance, the collective forum for its area cultural insti-

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tutions, which include Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Fisher Landau Center for Art, The Noguchi Museum, MoMA PS1, SculptureCenter, and Socrates Sculpture Park as members, as well as associate members: The Chocolate Factory, Flux Factory, Museum of the Moving Image and Thalia Spanish Theatre. AT&T has invested in working with the alliance to support streamlined marketing initiatives like their published visitor guides, and sponsored LICCA’s first member-wide holiday event at Sculpture Center in December.

In the same year, AT&T began lending its support to LICCA members individually. At Socrates Sculpture Park, a public art residency and exhibition space on the East River, AT&T has become the first corporate sponsor of their Saturday Sculpture Workshops, serving about 1,500 kids and families each year, as well as the park’s Halloween Harvest Festival that annually attracts over 3,000 visitors. AT&T is also now a sponsor of the residency program at Flux Factory, a nonprofit organization supporting innovations and exploration in visual arts by new and striving artists that provides studio space, support and exhibits for emerging artists just starting their journey. AT&T will continue to support these programs in 2012.

Although the rapid growth of tourist traffic in Long Island City is somewhat new, working artists and creators of all kinds have long regarded the mixed-use industrial landscape of Long Island City as a hotbed for creativity. AT&T thankfully recognizes the importance of protecting the vitality of the neighborhood and elevating its cultural organizations for the benefit of its local artists, residents and visiting communities alike.

The recent renovation of the Museum of the Moving Image and its blockbuster Jim Henson exhibition (extended through March) is introducing thousands of new visitors to the area. Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City at The Noguchi Museum through April 22, invites artists Natalie Jeremijenko, Mary Miss, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and George Trakas, all known for their innovative works in the public sphere, to imagine a viable future for the Long Island City, given the area’s increasing residential development, rezoning, and environmental health. Aspects of these projects will be realized in a second exhibition at Socrates Sculpture Park in May. LICCA member organizations present exhibitions and performances all year – round and 2012 began with a roster of the following noteworthy new exhibitions: Scene,

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Plaza Problems To The Editor: I read the reports that there is opposition from merchants to the Jackson Heights Pedestrian Plaza that was established last fall on 37th Road between 73rd and 74th Streets.

Some of the opposition claims that the loss of parking spaces has hurt business in the area. Frankly, I think the traffic jams that existed there before the establishment of the pedestrian plaza may not only have caused accidents, but also hurt business. In my opinion, if the business people wait until better weather comes along and then publicize the wonderful convenience of the plaza, business will not only increase, but more and more people will find the area a wonderful place to hang out and to do their shopping.

L.D. Clepper, Jr., Jackson Heights

Tax Falsehoods To The Editor: During his recent State of the City address, Mayor Bloomberg made a statement which cannot go unchallenged.

The mayor said, “We said we’d… hold the line on taxes. And in partnership with Speaker Christine

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AT&T plans to help implement new way-finding initiatives that will bring further awareness to the neighborhood and make visits easier and more attractive. We anticipate that AT&T’s leadership will help to leverage additional sponsorships and to rejuvenate projects that have been stalled by a struggling economy.

It is particularly timely for LICCA to be working with more fiscal partners, peer organizations, area residents and elected officials, as plans for a future Cornell campus on Roosevelt Island develops and as NYC DOT and Alta BicycleShare launch their revolutionary Bike Share Program. We look forward to working on these improvements for all who visit, live and work in Long Island City.

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Quinn and the City Council - we did.” This is patently false.

The mayor raised property taxes again, and the speaker and city council rubber-stamped it again.

Specifically, I own a single family home in Queens, and my tax rate went from 17.3640 percent to 18.2050 percent of assessed value.While that might not sound like much, it translates to a 9.68 percent increase in property tax, or a whopping $575.24 a year.

Since Bloomberg has been mayor, he has proposed raising property taxes every single year (and in 2010, actually two times) and like clockwork, the city council has approved all of them. In fact, my property tax has been raised about 150 percent, which works out to an increase of around $3,800. Other homeowners in this city have had to suffer through similar astronomical increases.

For the past three years, Mayor Bloomberg has publicly stated that he has balanced the city’s budget without raising taxes. Not true. He has raised property taxes. On Speaker Quinn’s website, she states that she has not raised taxes since she has been speaker, which has been since 2006. This is also not true, as she has, along with the city council, approved every single one of the mayor’s proposed property tax increases since 2006. We must remember this when she runs for mayor in 2013.

Apparently, both the mayor and the speaker subscribe to a new and unique economic theory - that property taxes are not taxes. They both have been, or will be, the cause of more and more middle class homeowners fleeing this city.

Jayson Levitz, Hollis Hills

New Blood Needed To The Editor: Mayor Bloomberg hit it right on the head in regard to congress super commitee’s failure to forge the deficit-reduction deal by the Nov. 21 deadline. He said,”The failure...is a damning indictment of Washington’s ability to govern.”

He also was right about President Obama’s inability to provide needed leadership. It is time in my opinion for the voters to charge full speed ahead. Any politician who can’t get the job done must be fired, just like in business. We need new blood in congress that really cares about the will of the people. In the next election this should happen and that means all the way to excutive office.

We the people are mad as hell and won’t take it anymore!

Frederick R. Bedell, Glen Oaks Village

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Truth Is The First Casualty In Redistricting, As In War

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By HENRY STERN The political issue of the year in New York State is redistricting following the 2010 census. New lines for legislative and Congressional districts must be drawn in time for the 2012 elections. New York is on the path to being one of the slowest states to adopt new lines.

Money may be the motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s milk of politics, but district lines are the arteries through which blood flows to nourish the body. They define the playing field, and the tilt. The result is likely to be a doubletilted field, advancing the interests of the leadership of both parties at the expense of independents, dissidents, freethinkers and outsiders.

In a generally liberal and humane state like New York, it is useful for elected officials to be perceived as reformers, supporting honest and competitive elections, and rejecting rigged scenarios for suppressing dissent. The legislators try to achieve the result of limiting free choice and Henry suppressing dissent while appearing to do the opposite.

That is why this is one of the more interesting issues that the powers that be deal with. The issue arises every ten years, which is when the Constitution of the United States requires redistricting. Distasteful as it may be, there is no way to avoid redistricting totally. But insiders, lobbyists and political machines can help to minimize its effects.

A classical proposal made by reformers is for an independent commission, preferably of academics or jurists, to draw district lines. Although such a blue-ribbon panel would also be subject to manipulation, it would be more difficult to manipulate than a panel of politicians, which is what the incumbents would generally prefer. Standards for population parity, contiguity and compactness, respect for physical boundaries, attention to political boundaries, and consideration for ethnic groups are part of the medley for considering the delineation of boundaries of electoral districts.

The incumbents who control the drawing of the lines have a primary interest in self-preservation, which is truthfully described as the first law of nature. As a result, lines

drawn by the participants or their proxies should be viewed with a high degree of suspicion.

Politics is not a field of human enterprise with a high reputation for probity. The public is correct in its dim view of the ethics of some, but not all, elected officials. The desire to win the approval of constituents, many of whom have conflicting economic interests and moral values, brings about a level of deception in public statements and private undertakings, wherein candidates wish to appear as reflecting the views of a majority of their constituents, whether or not this is actually the case.

We are fast approaching the throes of political redistricting, a process which determines the influence and even the tenure of elected officials. If a redistricting bill passes both houses, it will go to Governor Cuomo. If he signs it, the matter will go to the Federal courts for review. If he vetoes it, the Legislature will have to adopt another bill or Stern over-ride the veto, which would require a twothirds vote of both houses. That would be difficult to obtain unless the fight is fixed. A proud governor is not likely to take a dive. But a high-stakes negotiation can yield the same result, if the media gives the governor a pass on his public commitment.

LATFOR, the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research, has offered proposals which are particularly egregious, in terms of good government and community values. Although the governor is highly unlikely to approve its odious proposals, which are contrary to every principle he has supported, the substitute that is likely to be offered will be less offensive. Nonetheless, if it is adopted, it will put off fair and honest districting for at least a decade.

Whatever mess of pottage is offered deserves the veto that it has been promised.

The Federal courts have set June 26 as the date for a Congressional primary, though it has yet to be decided when the primary for state and local races will be. In an unprecedented turn of events, it now appears likely that there will be three statewide primary dates in New York

State this year: the first on April 24, when Republicans will select their nominee for President; the second on June 26th; and the third most probably in September. These three primaries are almost cer tain to lead to confusion among the electorate and diminish voter turnout to levels even lower than the currently abysmal numbers, in which New York ranks 48th in the nation in voter participation.

Considering the time needed for adoption of the new district lines, for consideration if there is a veto, for court challenges, for mailing ballots to soldiers overseas and receiving them, the schedule is tight as it is. Further proceedings will lead to additional delay.

We predict that the next four months will see a political circus, as both par ties circle around to protect their members from their constituents while appearing to be advocates of change, reform and progress. We are highly skeptical of anything the participants say on the subject, particularly when they discuss their motives.

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BY JASON PA FUNDI Mitchell Greenberg loves marshmallows.

And if not for the Entrepreneur Space and their commercial kitchen, Greenberg would just be known as a guy who loves marshmallows, not as the founder and owner of a marshmallow-making company.

The Queens Economic Development Corp. and executive director Seth Bornstein celebrated the Entrepreneur Space’s first birthday with a food-tasting event at the facility in Long Island City on Jan. 25. The event was attended by elected officials from across the borough, including Borough President Helen Marshall, who saluted the ESpace for the work it does.

The E-Space, located at 36-46 37th St. in LIC, is an innovative incubator that provides a home to emerging businesses and organizations seeking a commercial kitchen, small office or classroom. Clients also receive business counseling, technical assistance and networking opportunities, all at a reasonable cost.

In yeoman’s terms, the E-Space provides an opportunity for upstart businesses, mostly food-related, to rent time in a commercial kitchen to make their products. In order to sell food in New York City, it must be made in a commercial kitchen and that is an expensive undertaking, so the E-Space provides the entrepreneurs the chance to produce their product at a low cost.

Without the E-Space, the majority of the businesses that make up their clientele — nearly 200 — would not be able to survive.

Count Greenberg and his Mitchmallows company as one of the businesses that depends on the E-Space and its kitchen.

Greenberg sells interesting flavors of marsh-

Patrons explore the offerings of over 30 vendors during the E-Space’s first birthday celebration. mallow, including beer and pretzel and watermelon margarita, and without the kitchen space to test his ideas, he’d have no business.

“Because of the kitchen, Mitchmallows has a home,” Greenberg said. “I’m celebrating my first birthday right along side the kitchen.”

Greenberg currently sells his product online at mitchmallows.com, but with the help of the E-Space’s kitchen along with their business training services, he hopes to one day have his own storefront.

The E-Space birthday party featured tasting stations by more than 30 of the group’s

clients. Joining Mitchmallows was Christine Sweets (christinesweets.com), NYC Hot Sauce (nychotsauce.com) and the Sans Bakery (sansbakery-nyc.com), which makes a wide assortment of glutton-free desserts.

“Baking here instantly doubled our production,” said Christine Goldfuss of Christine Sweets. “The staff is great, the equipment is well maintained and there is plenty of room for our business to grow.”

Marshall and the other elected officials in attendance — Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing), State Sen. Toby

Stavisky (D-Forest Hills), Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst), all touted the facility’s impact on the local economy.

“It’s 170 new entrepreneurs starting new businesses and they are all creating jobs,” Van Bramer said. “There is no city without small businesses and the creation of food is the beginning of so many small businesses that make up this important sector of the economy. We need to invest more in places like this.”

In her recent State of the Borough address, Marshall spoke of the need for continued economic development, and the E-Space, she said, certainly helps with that plan.

“When we wrote the proposal for it, this is exactly what they were supposed to do,” Marshall said. “We understood what the message was, and today it’s a little easier because there is more respect for people opening up small businesses. And they are all young and what they are doing is unique.”

The birthday party ended with an overthe-top presentation of a frozen slice of cake from Elizabeth Taylor’s 60th birthday party held at Disneyland in 1992.

The cake, which lasted twice as long as the longest of Taylor’s eight marriages, was donated to the E-Space by author Jane Scovell, who helped Taylor write the book “Elizabeth Takes Off.” “It was just so cute and thought that I don’t need to eat it,” Scovell said. “I wrapped it up, took it home and stuck it in the freezer.”

For more information on the E-Space and its available services, call (718) 392-0025.

Reach Reporter Jason Pafundi at jpafundi@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.

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101st Precinct CITY EMPLOYEE BUSTED: Alfred Walcott, a 46-year-old black male high school paraprofessional, was arrested on Jan. 25 and charged with multiple counts of rape and criminal sex acts after it was learned he was having a relationship with a 16-year-old female.

Prosecutors said he had consensual sex with the girl five times in his car between March and June 2011.

Walcott has worked in City schools since 1985. He has been suspended without pay and faces up to 20 years in prison.

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102nd Precinct CHECK FORGERY: The NYPD is seeking the public’s help in identifying four suspects wanted for grand larceny.

According to authorities, on Nov. 21-22, 2011, the four suspects visited several Chase banks in Queens and cashed 25 forged checks totaling more than $40,000.

Anyone with information in regard to this investigation is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.

All calls are strictly confidential.

105th Precinct MISSING CHILDREN: The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in locating two missing children who were last seen Jan. 26 at 137-17 234th Rd. in Laurelton.

The first missing is Darnell Williams, who is described as an 11-year-old black male, approximately 4’10” tall, weighing 80 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

He was last seen wearing a red Old Navy hooded sweatshirt, black Air Jordan sneakers and blue jeans.

The second missing is Chelsea Williams, a 13-year-old black female, approximately 5’3” tall, weighing 155 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

She was last seen wearing a black pea coat, dark sweat pants, brown Polo boots and a gray scarf.

Both missing children live at 137-17 234th Rd. in Laurelton.

Anyone with information in regards to this missing is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to CRIMES (274637) and then entering TIP577.

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109th Precinct BANK ROBBERY: The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a suspect wanted in connection with a robbery at a Chase bank in Flushing.

According to police, the male suspect entered the bank, located at 57-27 Main St.,

on Jan. 20 at 5:22 p.m., approached a teller and demanded cash. The teller complied and handed the man an unknown amount of cash before he fled.

Anyone with information in regard to this investigation is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.

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115th Precinct CHRISTMAS ROBBERY: The NYPD is asking for assistance in identifying a man wanted for questioning in regards to a robbery/criminal impersonation of a police officer on Christmas Day. According to police, on Sunday, Dec. 25, at approximately 8:20 a.m., an unidentified male suspect approached a 50-year-old Hispanic man in the rear of 35-38 96th St. The suspect identified himself as a police officer, proceeded to search the victim and removed the victim’s watch and wallet before fleeing the location.

The suspect is described as a black man approximately 5-foot-6.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to CRIMES (274637) and then entering TIP577.

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Distr ict Attor ney MOST WANTED CONVICTED: DA Richard Brown announced that an ex-fugitive featured on the TV show America’s Most Wanted, had been convicted of murder and attempted murder, among other charges, in the midnight shooting of two local Queens men in May 2002. He faces up to 50 years to life in prison when he is sentenced last month.

According to testimony, the defendant, 34-year-old Danny Williams of Jamaica, armed with a shotgun, and a co-defendant, Reginald Artis, armed with a handgun, approached Roshawn Tate and Mark Belizaire just after midnight on May, 28, 2002, and began firing their weapons in the direction of the two victims, who were both hit by discharges from the shotgun. Williams and Artis had been robbed earlier in the day, and believed that the victims, though not the robbers, were involved.

The defendant’s were indicted in 2004 by a grand jury, and Artis was arrested in 2003, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in 2006 and was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2008.

Williams evaded authorities until his capture on July 19, 2010, in New Jersey by the NYPD’s Fugitive Task Force and local police following two appearances on America’s Most Wanted.

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New District Maps Raise Concerns On All Sides

By DOMENICK RAFTER What do Lindenwood and Astoria have in common? How about Breezy Point and Jamaica Estates? If Senate Republicans have their way, one thing these neighborhood pairings from far sides of the borough will have in common is a State Senator.

A sigh of relief devolved into a whistle of disbelief when the state legislature’s map-drawing commission, New Yor k State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment (LATFOR), finally released their proposed new district maps Jan. 26. The maps, drawn as a result of the 2010 Census numbers, would be the districts represented in Albany for the next ten yearsif they are approved.

But the reaction to the maps has been almost unanimously negative, ranging from furious surprise to cynical resentment. A multi-year battle to change the way the state redraws its district never even got hot and any hope that this would finally be the time for a new way to draw maps were quickly shattered into a million pieces shaped like the jagged districts that LATFOR drew.

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Assembly Most of the borough’s State Assembly districts remain similar, with some minor changes. Among the most notable: Juniper Park would be moved from the 28th district to the Maspeth-based 30th district and Malba would be moved from the 26th district to the 27th.

However, the distr icts in Eastern Queens have been changed significantly to accommodate the growing AsianAmerican population. The 22nd district, represented by Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing), currently the only Asian-American in the state legislature, shifts north to include not only Downtown Flushing, but also Linden Hill.

Assemblyman Rory Lancman’s (DHillcrest) 25th district, which previously stretched from Bowne Park to Richmond Hill, has been completely reconfigured.

The new 25th runs along the Long Island Expressway in Flushing between Queensboro Hill and Douglaston, including Queens College and Fresh Meadows.

The new district has an Asian-American majority. Though Lancman can run again in the district, he has been hinting at a possible run for Congress against U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-Middle Village), which could open up the district for an AsianAmerican candidate. David Weprin’s (DLittle Neck) 24th district was also altered.

It now runs from Bellerose to Richmond Hill, straddling the Grand Central Parkway and including Hollis Hills, Weprin’s home in Holliswood, St. John’s University, Briarwood and a portion of Richmond Hill.

The new district would have significant — and growing — South Asian and IndoCaribbean populations.

Senate Queens’ Senate districts did not fare as well as its Assembly districts. Two sets of Democratic incumbents have been thrown into the same districts and another is placed in one that is Republican-

selves divided in the maps are fuming and not taking it quietly. Woodhaven, which had previously been entirely located within the same Assembly and Senate districts, is now divided into three different Senate districts including one based in Astoria and another based in South Jamaica.

“When it comes to the Senate lines, the people of Woodhaven are being treated as pawns in Albany’s gerrymandering games,” said Woodhaven Residents Block Association spokesman Alexander Blenkinsopp.

“The new legislative maps are an abomination and are gerrymandered to break up our communities that have simply asked to remain united,” said Bob Freidrich, president of Glen Oaks Village. Though Glen Oaks, Floral Park, New Hyde Park and Bellerose ended up in one Senate district, the neighborhoods were divided into two Assembly distr icts — the 24th, which stretches to Richmond Hill, and the 26th, which goes to Whitestone. The district boundaries slice Glen Oaks in half.

leaning. In order to do that, Senate Republicans drew districts where they connected Astoria Park to the Belt Parkway, Forest Park to Rosedale and Bay Terrace to the intersection of Broadway and Northern Boulevard in Woodside.

State Sens. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing), who both live in Whitestone, were drawn into the same district - the 11th - which includes most of the district Avella currently represents. The Just The Beginning 11th district would also gain Senate Democrats have alElectchester, which could ready filed a lawsuit against the put it out of reach for a ReSenate plan, calling it unconstipublican challenger. Howtutional. At the base of their arever, a potential primary begument is the creation of a 63rd tween the two incumbents Senate district, which Senate could entice a strong GOP Republicans say was created to candidate, such as Councilaccount for population shifts. man Dan Halloran (RThe current Senate has 62 Whitestone) or former State seats. The lawsuit, filed by State Sen. Frank Padavan, to run.

Sen. Martin Dilan (D-Brooklyn), State Sens. Jose Peralta calls the creation of the district (D-East Elmhurst) and “blatantly unconstitutional” beMichael Gianar is (Dcause the reasons used by Astoria), a longtime outspoLATFOR to justify it are paraken supporter of independoxical. The State Constitution dent redistr icting, w ere allows for districts to be added drawn into the same district, when population grows, but the based in Jackson Heights The proposed map for Senate District 12 which stretches lawsuit alleges that LATFOR apand Corona. The distr ict from Astoria to Howard Beach. plied different methodologies in splits Nor thern Astoria in half at approximately Ditmars Boulevard, Elmhurst, is 50.4 percent Asian-Ameri- different areas of the state to justify the creation of a new district. throwing the Steinway section into can.

Josh Vlasto, spokesman for Gov. AnPeralta’s district and the rest of the neighBut not far outside the borough boundborhood in a district that includes much aries, groups pressing for representation drew Cuomo, called the maps “simply unof Gianaris’ current territory in Long Is- of minority communities are saying the acceptable” last week and reaffirmed a land City and Ridgewood, plus sections reasoning for the gerrymandering — pro- veto threat. A veto would throw the maps of Woodhaven, Ozone Par k and moting minority districts — does not fly to the courts, which could then draw the Lindenwood along the Brooklyn border. statewide. Nassau County Legislator lines. A similar situation occurred in State Sen. Joe Addabbo’s (D-Howard Carrie Solages said minority votes on Texas late last year. However, cour t Beach) 15th district has been dramati- Long Island, including his community of drawn maps in Texas were overturned by cally altered, taking out par ts of Elmont, which has demographics simi- the U.S. Supreme Court last month for Sunnyside, Richmond Hill and South lar to Southeast Queens, are being split diverging too much from lines drawn by Ozone Park and replacing them with the into different districts to help incumbent the state legislature that had been tossed in legal challenges. conser vative w ester n end of the Republican legislators.

Senate Republicans have offered the Rockaway Peninsula, Republican-lean“The proposed lines further dilute ing Kew Gardens Hills and Jamaica Es- Elmont’s vote to the point of irrelevance, possibility of an amendment to the state tates. The district would be far more Re- ensuring that the community will have no constitution to change the redistricting publican than its predecessor- drawn chance of electing a candidate of their process, but any amendment would go into 2002 to protect former State Sen. choice in the State Senate,” he said. “With into effect during the next redistricting, Serphin Maltese, a Republican whom this plan, the Republicans have effec- which will be in 2022.

“We’re engaged in a little theater right Addabbo defeated in 2008. State Sen. tively eliminated any chance of Long IsShirley Huntley’s (D-Jamaica) 10th dis- land having a minority senator for at least now,” said Gianaris, who said he was confident Gov. Cuomo would follow trict would take Far Rockaway from State the next 10 years.”

Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) and much Gianaris said Peralta’s 13th district through with his threat to veto LATFOR’s of Richmond Hill and Woodhaven from could be drawn with a Hispanic majority maps. Gianaris added that while most of Addabbo, ceding to him Broad Channel without adding the part of Astoria where the disdain has been saved for the Senate maps, it is unlikely the legislature and Lindenwood. Smith would lose the he lives and forcing a primary.

Rockaway Peninsula, his district would “It would have been so easy to achieve approves the maps for one body and not end at Sunrise Highway in Rosedale and their demographic goals without taking the other, meaning the Assembly maps he would gain Kew Gardens, Briarwood in my home,” Gianaris said. He added may also be vetoed.

Congressional maps still have not been and a section of Forest Hills. that the maps did not surprise him.

“I fully expected this product,” he said. released. Last week a judge upheld a pri“Those of us calling for reform had been mary for Congressional races in late June, Swift Reaction telling anyone who listened that this meaning those maps would have been fiSenate Republicans said new Senate would be the product if you let the legis- nalized in a few months. As of now, state legislative primaries will held in Septemdistricts are drawn to accommodate the lature draw the lines” borough’s changing demographics and According to Census numbers, the ber, and if that stays put, maps would strengthen minority representation. The Northeastern portion of Astoria placed need to be finalized by early summer.

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Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at SUNY Geneseo. They include: College Point: Yael Rosenstock.

Flushing: Jennifer Cantatore, Fangyuan Jin Whitestone: Marcus Kim, Kristina Tricomi.

Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at SUNY New Paltz. They Include: College Point: Judea Costes.

Flushing: Andrew Banuchi, Franchesca Castillo, John Chan, Samantha D’Agnese, Shirley Ho, Melissa Iachetta, Yankeila Jerez, Arielle Kovics and Alexandra Sobrino.

Whitestone: Jennifer Divanna, Sunny Hoang, Angela Salerno.

Francis Lewis High School JROTC Cadets took first and second place at the American Legion Queens County Oratorical Contest Jan. 7.

Cadet Sergeant First Class Nina Lukelo took first place for her speech on the 14th Amendment. Cadet Second Lieutenant Kimberly Estil took second place for her speech on the duties and responsibilities of an American citizen at the contest. They will represent the high school at the Long Island and New York City levels within the next few weeks.

Local students received degrees during fall 2011 commencement ceremonies at SUNY New Paltz. They include: College Point: Shaina Buchanon, BA in communication media.

Flushing: Yankeila Jerez, BA in Communication Disorders.

Air Force Airman First Class Hyuk Yoo graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of Seung K. Yoo of Flushing.

Assemblyman David Weprin is encouraging local teens to create videos for entry into the national Collaborative Summer Library Program “2012 Teen Video Challenge.” One winning video, submitted by a teen or group of teens, will be chosen as the New York State winner and will receive $275, plus $150 will be awarded to the teen’s local library. Winning videos from each state will be used as official 2012 CSLP promotional videos and will be shown nationwide.

The Summer Reading Program is an annual program that promotes increased literacy by keeping children, teens and their families involved in reading and other library-centered activities throughout the summer months. In 2011, more than 1.6 million young New Yorkers participated in the program at roughly 1,100 libraries across the state. For information, visit www.summerreadingnys.org.

Hermine Abramson of Bayside won

$10,000 on the Lottery’s Monopoly instant win game. Abramson’s winning ticket was purchased at the A To Z Grocery, 17-04 Utopia Parkway, Whitestone.

State Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Howard Beach) attended the Jan. 7 meeting of the Palo del Colle Society in Howard Beach and presided at the installation of the Executive Board members. The society is a cultural group that promotes the positive influences and contributions of Italian Americans and recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. The society is named for the town Palo Del Colle, near the province of Bari, Italy.

Major General Patrick A. Murphy, adjutant general for the State of New York, recently announced the promotion of local members of the New York Army National Guard, in recognition of their capabilities for additional responsibility and leadership.

Jakub Jakubowski of Woodhaven, serving with the 133rd Quartermaster Supply Company, was promoted to the rank of specialist.

Antaun Leary of Springfield Gardens, serving with the 222nd Chemical Company, was promoted to private.

Andrew Puente of Astoria, serving with the 719th Transportation Company, was promoted to specialist.

Dereck Basdeo of South Ozone Park, serving with Company B 642nd Support Battalion, was promoted to specialist.

Herard Joseph of Bayside, serving with Company C 642nd Support Battalion, was promoted to staff sergeant.

Lizania Gonzalez of Astoria, serving with the Headquarters 27th Finance Management Company, was promoted to sergeant.

Jae Im of Oakland Gardens, serving with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1-69th Infantry was promoted to specialist.

Odelle Despot of Jamaica, serving with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company 427th Brigade Support Battalion was promoted to captain.

The New York Lottery recently announced the names of area Lottery players who claimed a winning ticket from one of the Lottery’s live drawings Jan. 8-14. The following winners each received a cash prize valued at $10,000 or more.

Yuri Rios of Ozone Park won $40,000 on the Mega Millions drawing Dec. 6. Rios’s winning ticket was purchased at Collectibles USA, 156-24 Crossbay Blvd., Howard Beach.

Jorge Mateo-Vicente of Maspeth won $19,189 on the Take Five drawing Jan. 7.

Mateo-Vicente’s winning ticket was purchased at the 234 Ginger Supermarket, 234 E. 181st St., the Bronx.

Felix Rodriguez of Ridgewood won $75,484 on the Take Five drawing Jan. 10.

Rodriquez’s winning ticket was purchased at the YJ Elmhurst Grocery, 89-39 Elmhurst Ave., Elmhurst.

John Munnelly of Flushing won $25,000 on the Win 4 drawing Dec. 2.

Munnelly’s winning ticket was purchased at the Pramukh 71, 107-36 71st Ave, Forest Hills.

Marques Stewart of Corona won $159,910 on the Lotto drawing Jan. 7.

Stewart’s winning ticket was purchased at

Councilwoman Jaren Koslowitz spoke to members of the Queens County Young Democrats during the group’s Jan. 18 meeting in Forest Hills. She spoke to the group about the importance of youth involvement in Queens.

Jackson Heights Stationery, 75-23 31st Ave., East Elmhurst.

The New York Lottery recently announced the names of area Lottery players who claimed a winning ticket from one of the Lottery’s live drawings Jan. 15-21. The following winners each received a cash prize valued at $10,000 or more.

Dimitrios Karakekes of Bayside won $10,000 on the Powerball drawing Nov. 2.

Karakeke’s winning ticket was purchased at Village Apothecary, 346 Bleeker St., New York.

Carlos Robles of Jackson Heights won $10,000 on the Powerball drawing Nov. 19. Robles’s winning ticket was purchased at the 7-Eleven, 146-26 Northern Blvd., Flushing.

Randy Heeralall of South Ozone park won $10,000 on the Powerball drawing Jan. 14. Heeralall’s winning ticket was purchased at 111 Deli Grocery, 127-01 111th Ave., South Ozone Park.

Francis Mulligan of Long Island City won $35,866 on the Take Five drawing Jan. 11. Mulligan’s winning ticket was purchased at Cronin & Phelan, 38-14 Broadway, Astoria.

Devon Napier of Jamaica won $10,000 on the Win 4 drawing Dec. 4. Napier’s winning ticket was purchased at the S&F Petro, 148-12 Rockaway Blvd., South Ozone Park.

Daniel Gilliard of St. Albans won $36,460 on the Take Five drawing Jan. 17.

Gilliard’s winning ticket was purchased at Mejia Deli & Grocery, 113-27 Farmer’s Blvd., St. Albans.

Melissa Munnelly of Middle Village won $25,000 on the Win 4 drawing Dec. 22. Munnelly’s winning ticket was purchased at Pramukh 71, 107-36 71st Ave., Forest Hills.

Giovanna Ragusa of Jackson Heights won $69,609 on the Take Five drawing Jan. 18. Ragusa’s winning ticket was purchased at Jackson Heights Stationery, 7523 31st Ave., East Elmhurst.

The New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation is now accepting applications for its 2012 Summer Camp program. The program offers week-long adventures in conservation education for children ages 11-17.

DEC operates four residential camps for

youth ages 11-13: Camp Colby in Saranac Lake, Franklin County; Camp DeBruce in Livingston Manor, Sullivan County; Camp Rushford in Caneadea, Allegany County and Pack Forest in Warrensburg, Warren County.

Pack Forest and Camp Rushford also feature Teenage Ecology Week, an environmental studies program for 14-17-yearold campers.

For information, including when applications will be accepted, visit www.dec.ny.gov/education/29.html or call (518) 402-8014.

Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Herkimer County Community College in Herkimer.

They include: Jamaica: Kamora Leann Dow, Toluwalope Fasan, Sheldon J. Williams.

Rego Park: Julian Munera.

The New York Lottery recently announced the names of area Lottery players who claimed a winning scratch-off ticket Jan. 15-21 and received a cash prize valued at $10,000 or more.

Aaron Levynajjar of Forest Hills won $25,000 on the Triple Million scratch-off game. Levynajjar’s winning ticket was purchased at the 7-Eleven, 103-01 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills.

Carlton Morgan of Rosedale won $25,000 on the Hot Cash scratch-off game.

Morgan’s winning ticket was purchased at Jo An, 294 7th Ave., Brooklyn.

Nellie Robinson of Jamaica won $25,000 on the Magic 8 Ball scratch-off game. Robinson’s winning ticket was purchased at S&D Deli Plus Grocery, 115 E. 148th St., the Bronx.

Vincenzo Chianetta of Glendale won $10,000 on the Money Match scratch-off game. Chianetta’s winning ticket was purchased at Godson Brothers, 246-02 Jericho Turnpike, Floral Park.

Cats in the Cradle Rescue of Forest Hills has joined other animal welfare organizations in the area that list their homeless pets on Petfinder.com.

More than 13,500 animal welfare organizations post pets on the site. Cats in the Cradle Rescue pets may be viewed at www.petfinder.com/shelters/ NY1081.html.

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Christopher Rossi of Whitestone earned the distinction of Faculty Honors for the fall 2011 semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. The distinction is given to undergraduate students who earn a 4.0 grade point average.

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By JASON PAFUNDI After announcing plans in 2010 to relocate its offices from Forest Hills, JetBlue is preparing to take off into their new world headquarters in the Brewster Building in Long Island City.

The company, whose operations headquarters is located at JFK Airport, is planning on moving into its

new offices in March, moving approximately 1,000 employees to the booming LIC business district.

“It is a big boon to the retail community of Long Island City and adds an enormous amount of vitality,” said Dan Miner, senior vice president of business services of the Long Island City Partnership. “It keeps Long Island City moving in its role as one of the major busi-

ness centers in all of New York City.”

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) said the move is just another example of the growth happening in LIC. “It is further evidence of this LIC renaissance to have 1,000 jobs in an iconic company locate their world headquarters in LIC,” he said. “It just shows that this neighborhood, the Queens Plaza area, greater Long Island City, is an amazing place to work and to live.”

Before deciding on LIC for its new world headquarters, JetBlue was exploring moving to Orlando. But the decision to stay in the company’s home state and base of operations was an easy one.

“New York is at the heart of JetBlue and JetBlue is at the heart of New York,” Dave Berger, the company’s CEO, said. “It reminds us of not only our beginnings, but also of our future and our commitment to our home state.”

According to spokeswoman Allison Steinberg, the decision to remain in New York was a natural one.

“JetBlue was born and raised in New York,” she said.

“We are completely energized about the move down Queens Boulevard to our new home and are proud to remain New York’s hometown airline.”

Seemingly even more natural was the move into the Brewster Building, which opened in 1911 and is located at 27-01 Queens Plaza North, given the building’s history with airplanes.

“It’s serendipitous JetBlue, with its first flight between JFK and Buffalo more than a decade ago, moves into [the Brewster Building] that was formerly an assembly plant for Rolls-Royce automobiles and Brewster Buffalo airplanes,” Steinberg said.

Before the move to LIC, JetBlue spent more than a decade occupying 10 floors in an office building at 118-29 Queens Blvd., in Forest Hills. With 1,000 less people to shop at its stores and eat at its restaurants, there is sure to be an economic impact on the community.

“Some of our local businesses have already closed in anticipation of losing their JetBlue customers,” Leslie Brown, of the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce, said. “I think that right now it’s going to have a negative effect, but Forest Hills is a bounce-back community and hopefully we’ll replace [JetBlue] soon enough.”

And though business leaders in Forest Hills would have liked JetBlue to remain in their community, officials said it is important that the company has chosen to remain in the City.

“Well, 1,000 people leaving any area will have an impact, but at the end of the day, the jobs still remain in Queens and in the City,” Frank Gulluscio, district manager of Community Board 6 in Forest Hills, said. “No hard feelings.”

In addition to the 1,000 employees that will be coming to the area and spending money in local businesses, JetBlue is hoping to add an iconic sign on top of the building. The proposed signage is 41 feet by 75 feet and would illuminate the company’s name 24hours-a-day.

The proposal, of course, has to go through a lengthy approval process. The next step is a vote being held

by Community Board 2 on Thursday.

“We like [the sign],” Miner said. “It is a great way to recognize JetBlue’s commitment to New York City and the cross-branding with LIC and [other businesses like] Silvercup Studios, MetLife and Citibank is a win-win.”

Steinberg said that the company views the sign as an investment in the community, “adding a stylish and respectful new element to the city’s iconic skyline with a nod to the history of Long Island City.”

She said JetBlue is continuing to work closely with local community boards as they complete the process of obtaining the necessary approvals from the city for the sign’s construction. The company hopes that construction will take place during the latter half of this year.

Reach Reporter Jason Pafundi at jpafundi@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128.

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Taste of Bayside

A Mariachi band plays by the Tequila Sunrise booth at the annual Taste of Bayside, held at the Adria Hotel & Conference Center on Jan. 25. The event was sponsored by the Bayside Business Association and featured food from restaurants all over the borough.

Joanne King, director of communications for the Queens Library, addresses the audience during Chinese New Year celebrations at the library’s Flushing branch. Joining King on stage is Fred Fu, president of the Flushing Development Center; Hu San Niang and Liu Yu Xia, who performed at the festivities; John Liu, New York City comptroller; and Councilman Peter Koo. Photos by Ira Cohen

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The Flushing branch of the Queens Library hosted a day of festivities to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

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Former State Sen. Frank Padavan enjoys some pasta at the Taste of Bayside.

Queens Events Edited By Harley Benson

Taste of Bayside attendees had a wide assortment of food from which to choose.

Councilman Dan Halloran caught between food sampling at the Taste of Bayside.

Tandoori Hutt Opens Borough officials and local residents celebrate the opening of Tandoori Hutt, a new Indian restaurant in Flushing.

The Hon. Milton Mollen (left), former presiding judge of the Appellate Division, second department, administered the oath of office to Queens DA Richard Brown. Brown’s wife, Rhonda (center), is also pictured.

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is (First) Kirun (Middle) Kashif (Last) Mir aka Kirun Dar, aka Kirun Arif Dar, aka Kirun Arif Darr, aka Kirun Mir, aka Kirun K. Mir, aka Kashif K. Mir My present address is 125-10 Queens Boulevard, #1510, Kew Gardens, NY 11415 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is January 11, 1980 ___________________________________ 141-22 ROCKAWAY BOULEVARD LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/21/11. Office location: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: Helen Sanders, 579 S. Main St., Freeport, NY 11520.

General Purposes. ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 23/12, bearing Index Number NC-000010-12/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Wayne (Middle) Paul (Last) Gordon My present name is (First) Wayne (Middle) Paul (Last) Hall aka Wayne P. Gordon, aka Wayne Paul Gordon My present address is 145-64 226 Street, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413 My place of birth is Brooklyn, NY My date of birth is February 20, 1965 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 18/12, bearing Index Number NC-001235-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Anjal (Last) Hussan My present name is (First) MD (Middle) Anjal (Last) Hussan aka MD. A. Hussan My present address is 32-30 Steinway Street, Apt. #3R, Astoria, NY 11103 My place of birth is Bangladesh My date of birth is April 15, 1985 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 9/12, bearing Index Number NC-001229-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Malka (Middle) Leah (Last) Rubinovich My present name is (First) Malka (Middle) Leah (Last) Brown aka Malka Leah Ackerman, aka Malka Leah Rubinovich My present address is 1220 Sage St., Far Rockaway, NY 11691 My place of birth is Brooklyn, NY My date of birth is January 25, 1988 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County, on the 13 day of January, 2012, bearing Index number NC1260-2011, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the Clerk, lo-

LEGAL NOTICE cated at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Queens, New York, in Room, 357, grants Ya Gao a/k/a Ya Gao-Lee the right to assume the name of Ya Gao Lee. My Present name is Ya Gao a/k/a Ya Gao-Lee. My date of birth is November 28, 1988. The place of birth is Henan, China. My Present address is 40-36 Francis Lewis Blvd., Bayside, NY11361 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/29/2011, being Index Number NC-001130-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me(us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) EDDY (Last) ZHAO My present name is (First) ZIHAO (Last) ZHAO My present address is 150-50 58th Road, Flushing, NY 11355 My place of birth is China My date of birth is January 29, 1993 ___________________________________ NOTICE OF MEETING: Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the members of FLUSHING CEMETERY ASSOCIATION will be held at the office of the Cemetery, 163-06 46 th Avenue, Flushing, Queens County, New York on Friday, March 9, 2012, at 10:00A.M. for the purpose of electing Trustees, approving the renewal of its policy of indemnification insurance for its Trustees, Officers, and Employees and the transaction of other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

Dated: January 24, 2012 JOAN H. CORBISIERO, Secretary ___________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUMMONS WITH NOTICE Index No. 20212-11 WANG CHUL MOON Plaintiff, -againstSUNG HEE JUNG Defendant.

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Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Fion (Last) He My present name is (First) Zhi (Middle) Ling (Last) He My present address is 54-27 80 th Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 My place of birth is China My date of birth is February 05, 1974 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/13/12, bearing Index Number NC-001264-11/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,

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Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12/15/11, bearing Index Number NC-001182-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) AnFu (Last) Jiang My present name is (First) Robert (Middle) A (Last) Jiang aka An-Fu Robert Jiang aka Robert An-Fu Jiang aka An-Fu Jiang My present address is 202-08 48 th Ave, Oakland Gardens, NY 11364 My place of birth is China My date of birth is June 17, 1940 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 18/12, bearing Index Number NC-001282-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Neena (Middle) Ann-Marie (Last) Thomas My present name is (First) Audrey (Middle) Ann-Marie (Last) Thomas aka Neena A. Thomas, aka Neena Ann-Marie Thomas My present address is 59-08 157 th Street, Apt. #1, Flushing, NY 11355 My place of birth is Jamaica, W.I. My date of birth is April 30, 1973 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/30/11, bearing Index Number NC-001124-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Elizabeth (Last) Manong My present name is (First) Queens Elizabeth (Middle) Bongco (Last) Manong aka Queen E. B. Manong My present address is 42-34 79 th Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 My place of birth is Philippines My date of birth is March 12, 1993 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 11/12, bearing Index Number NC-001249-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Quang (Middle) Duong (Last) Truong My present name is (First) Quang (Middle) Duong (Last) Luu (infant) My present address is 147-25 41 st Ave, Flushing, NY 11355 My place of birth is Viet Nam My date of birth is August 14, 1996 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/30/11, bearing Index Number NC-001125-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Kirun (Last) Dar My present name

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Brewer Brings New Flavor To Ancient Drink sample and took it to Café Bar on 34th AvBy JASON PAFUNDI Five years ago, Spiro Theofilatos was a enue in Astoria, which became the first place musician and visited the West Coast, where to have his Kombucha on the menu.

“They couldn’t stop sellhe tried Kombucha for the ing it,” Theofilatos said. first time. He said he liked “Eventually I started making the way it made him feel enough that I star ted selling but did not necessarily like to a health food store nearby the taste. and realized that I could Now he is the proud make a company out of this.” owner of Beyond Fo r t he f i r s t y e a r, Kombucha, a company Theofilatos said he had partthat make s and bot tle s a ners that helped offset the form of the ancient ar teworkload, but he bought sian drink. them out in September Theofilatos, 39, 2011. founded the company in “We had different visions Astoria in Januar y 2010 of where we wanted the and does all the expericompany to go,” he said. menting, brewing and botTheofilatos said that tling in the basement of Theo and Theos clothing S p i r o T h e o f i l a t o s e x p e r i - Kombucha has been around store on Steinway Street in m e n t s , b r e w s a n d b o t t l e s for more than 2,500 years Astoria. His family owns Kombucha in the basement of and is ver y popular in Sibethe building, so not paying T h e o a n d T h e o s c l o t h i n g r i a a n d R u s s i a . I n J u n e rent has surely helped the store on Steinway Street in 2010, the government said that Kombucha had enough business side of things, he Astoria. alcohol per bot tle that they said.

After tr ying the drink for the first time could collect excise taxes. Some Kombucha on the West Coast, Theofilatos had an idea. makers began using a formula to produce He compared the taste of it to carbonated the drink without any alcohol, while other vinegar, and after finding out that the basis brands shut down entirely.

“The tax is only seven cents per case, so for all Kombucha is tea, he wondered what it would be like to make the drink using it’s not going to break me,” said Theofilatos.

“I didn’t want to remove the alcohol. It takes extremely high-quality teas.

“I was just doing it as a hobby, but it away the buzz and the fizz. I love my sparkles came out so good,” Theofilatos said. “My and love my bubble s.”

Theofilatos was born in Manhattan and friends started loving it and told me that I comes from a Greek father and English-Cashould sell it.”

In Januar y 2010, he bot tled his first nadian mother. He spent his early years in

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Theofilatos added that the drink contains 17 percent of the daily recommended amount of B-vitamins and is great for digestion.

“If you have a burger, the best thing to drink is a Kombucha,” he said. According to Theofilatos, the digestive enzymes in the drink will not leave you feeling full after chowing down a half-pound cheeseburger.

Theofilatos is producing a couple hundred bottles of Kombucha a week but is planning on ramping up production in order to accommodate a deal with a new distributor, Union Beer, who according to Theofilatos has a craft beer portfolio that is “second to none.”

“For them to not only consider but be excited about having my stuff, that’s pret ty cool,” he said. “They are going to get it every where.”

The new agreement should find Beyond Kombucha in Whole Foods, Dean and Deluca and Fairway. Basically, Theofilatos said, it is “all up to us about how much we make.”

For more information on Beyond Kombucha, visit beyondkombucha.com or call (718) 274-2747.

Re a c h Re p o r te r J a s o n Paf u n d i a t jpafundi@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128.

Comedian Offers ‘Cocktails’ At Theatre

By STEV EN J. FERRA RI Larr y Miller is no stranger to performing. In addition to his more than 100 movie and TV appearances, the comedian frequently travels the countr y doing a stand-up routine. This weekend, Miller comes to the Queens Theatre for “Cocktails With Larr y Miller: Lit tle League, Adultery & Other Bad Ideas,” a special per formance that he says “brings together ever y t hing I love about show business.”

“I love acting. I love writing. I work steadily,” Miller said. “This is going to be different. This will be the thing that holds up the beam of my house for the rest of my life.”

Shifting away from a traditional standup comedy routine, Miller said he came up with the idea for “Cocktails” and brought the idea to Pat Hazell, a writer and producer who has worked on “Seinfeld” and the movie “Waiting…”. Hazell serves as the producer and director for “Cocktails,” which Miller has taken on tour for the last two years.

The one-man show will feature more than a traditional comedy set.

“A good one-man show is as different from stand-up as a flute is from a trumpet,” Miller said.

The incorporation of music into the show, he said, came from someone outside of show business.

“My mother used to say, ‘Why don’t you bring music into your act.’ Now I have,” he said.

Miller said he plays piano during the show. It’s not the only instrument he’s played during previous incarnations of “Cocktails,” however.

“There were a couple of shows where I played a cello,” he said. “But it’s hard to bring it around with me.”

The use of different musical instruments is just one example of the adjustments to the show made regularly, Miller said. While the t wo performances on Feb. 4 – a matinee at 5 p.m. and an evening per formance at 8 p.m. – will be “fundamentally the same,” the

Comedian Larr y Miller comedian said the show is different from his first performance t wo years ago.

Miller, who grew up in Valley Stream, said the show at the Queens Theatre would run about 90 minutes without an intermission.

“About 90 minutes feels good to me,” he said. “Some people can go three or four hours, but I t hink that’s too much.”

As he continues to do “Cocktails,” the show will continue to change, he said, because he writes every day and new ideas are always coming to him.

“Two years ago, it was different than it is now,” he said. “In another year, there might be a lot more music, there might be other changes, you just never know.”

Miller said he has other roles coming up – including the film “General Education,” which also stars comedian Janeane Garafalo – but he is ver y interested in continuing to tour with “Cocktails.”

“I hope to get other part s, I hope to win awards, but this show is the main gift I have,” he said. “I want everything else I do wrapped around it.”

Tickets to “Cocktails With Larry Miller,” 5 and 8 p.m. Feb. 4 at Queens Theatre, start at $44 and are available at www.queenstheatre.org. For information on Miller, visit w w w.lar rymillerhumor.com.

Reach Managing Editor Steven J. Ferrari at sferrari@queenstribune.com or call (718) 357-7400, Ext. 122.

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In my v isit s to Strawberr y’s, I’ve had the nachos and I’ve had the “1969” burger with American cheese, onions and sauce, and I’ve even tried the “1986” lamb burger. On t his night, I star ted w ith an appetizer of savor y house-made meatballs w ith a dol lop of ricot ta, and boy, were they good.

For my entree, I went completely outside of my normal food zone, ordering the “1950,” a turkey burger with herb mayonnaise, avocado and radish I should probably begin this review with the disclaimer that RESTAURANT sprouts. I’ve only had one other turkey burger in my life — at Darryl Strawberry is my all-time Mickey Mantle’s in Manhattan of favorite athlete. That being said, all places — because I could not I’d have no problem criticizing imagine it tasting the same as a his restaurant if a criticism was ground beef burger. But this one warranted — but it’s not. did not disappoint. It was Strawber r y’s Spor t s Grill, like cooked just how I wanted it, a its namesake, continues to hit a lit tle crispy but w ith some pink. home run each and ever y time I And instead of fries, I ordered visit. my old elementar y school favorThis par ticular occasion, a cold and crowded Friday night, saw the ite, tater tots.

The service is usually stellar and this man himself in attendance, holding court at his round booth signing autographs and night was no different. My friendly server engaged in conversation, which is imporposing for pictures with patrons.

This is a sports bar, so when you walk tant to me because I love to talk, was knowlinto the establishment, the memorabilia edgeable about the menu, and gets bonus from Strawberr y’s career with t he Mets points for recommending the meatball apand Yankees — not a lot of memories of p e t i z e r .

The restaurant is conveniently located him playing for the Dodgers and Giants — is every where. And so are the HDTVs, right next to the Douglaston Long Island Rail Road station, and if you choose to 16 to be exact.

The menu features what you’d expect drive, parking in the LIRR lot is only $3 from a sport s bar, from chicken wings with restaurant validation. It’s a great place and burgers, to gigantic three-cheese to watch a game, hang out with friends nachos and beer (16 on draft). But the and have a great time.

Like he did 335 times in his career, with menu also strays from standard bar fare to offer entrees like filet mignon, salmon, his restaurant, Strawberry hits a home run.

-Jason Pafundi crab cakes, fish tacos and BBQ brisket.

Strawberr y’s Spor ts Grill 42-15 235th St., Douglaston (718) 517-8787 w w w.strawber r ysgr ill.com CUISINE: Spor ts bar fare HOURS: Sunday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Monday-Wednesday, 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Thursday, 12 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Fr iday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 12 a.m.

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Astoria, moved to Long Island, and came back to Astoria in 2001. His business has the distinction of being the East Coast’s first alcohol-positive Kombucha brewer y.

Beyond Kombucha is available in bars and cafes throughout the City, mostly in Queens, and if his plan comes to fruition, Theofilatos would love to see his drink in other major cities like Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

“As soon as I star ted making labels and got serious about it, I said I’m going to sink my teeth into it,” he said. “Immediately, my vision was huge. I want to destroy the model of shipping ever y thing out from a single location.”

Theofilatos is concerned about the environment and also with helping local businesses, and by having mini-breweries in different locations, the carbon footprint from the business would be lessened, while the local economies would receive a boost.

“What I want to see is the exact same model,” he said. “Own the building, use solar panels like we do here and be very green.”

He said that Kombucha, in a 16-ounce bottle, contains about 75 calories, making it a far healthier drink than a regular soda or beer.

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SINGLES Wednesday, February 8 “ W h a t ’ s L ove G o t To D o With It?” Wednesday, February 22 “Is There Such A Thing As Perfect Love?”

Wednesday, March 14 New member open house and “Make New Frie4nds & Keep The Old.” Wednesday Night Singles Group of the Samuel Field Y in Little Neck.

7-9. $7 Adult Center members, $9 others. Hot beverages and bagels. 225-6750, ext. 236.

EXHIBIT NAL STUDENTS Through February 4 National Art League Students’ Art Exhibition 1-4:30 Monday through Thursday and Saturday at the NAL, 44-21 D o u g l a sto n Pa r k way. Fre e admission.

THEATER AUDITIONS Tu e s d a y a n d We d n e s d a y, February 7, 8 FSF Community Theatre Group in Flushing will hold auditions for “Gypsy.” Dancers, singers 10+ needed. Stage Crew 16+ needed. 516-354-5210.

CHERRY ORCHARD Through February 11 LaGuardia Performing Arts Center presents Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard in two versions – classical and experimental. $5, $8 both performances. 482-5151.

HENRY V Through February 18 TITAN Theater Company presents “Henry V” at the Secret Theatre in LIC. 392-0722. $15 advance, $18 at the door.

TUPAC February 17, 18 Black Spectrum Theatre in Jamaica presents “The Tragedy of Tupac or Who Shot Me?” 7231800, ext. 14.

TEENS INTERNET DATABASE Saturdays, February 4, March 3 Internet Database Sessions for teens at 2 at the Langston Hughes library.

JOB SEARCH Saturdays, February 4, 11, 18, March 3, 17 at the Central library at 10:30.

CHESS CLUB Saturdays Flushing library at 2.

HENNA PAINTING Monday, February 6 Henna Hand Painting at the Astoria library at 6.

TEEN STUDY Mondays through Thursdays at the Lefrak Cit y library at 4.

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

TEEN CHESS Mondays at 6 Bayside library.

GLASS-BEAD JEWELRY Tuesday, Februar y 7 glassbeaded jewelry workshop t the Sunnyside library at 2.

PLASTIC BAG CRAFT Tuesday, February 7 at the Astoria library at 4.

TEEN BINGO Tuesday, February 7 at the Flushing library at 4.

HOMEWORK & GAMES Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays homework help and teen gaming at the Fresh Meadows library at 4.

LIC CHESS CLUB Tuesdays LIC library at 4.

BOOK BUDDIES Tuesdays Windsor Park library at 4.

3D ECO ART Wednesdays, February 8, 15 create an environmentally themed painting at the LIC library. 752-3700.

COLLEGE PREP Wednesday, February 8 free college prep workshop at LaGuardia Communit y College. 482-7244.

RESUME WRITING Wednesdays 4 Arverne library.

GAME DAY Wednesdays Howard Beach and St. Albans libraries at 4.

CHESS Wednesdays at 3:30 Queens Village library.

KNIT & CROCHET Wednesdays South Ozone Park library at 1. Knit at the Bayside library. Register.

KNITTING CLUB Wednesdays at the Bayside library. Register.

MANGA DRAWING Thursday, February 9 at the Windsor Park library at 4.

KARAOKE NIGHT Thursdays, February 9, 23 at the Arverne library at 5:30.

TEEN THURSDAYS T h u r s d ay s B ay Te r ra c e l i brary at 3.

CHESS CLUB Thursdays 4-5:30 Douglaston/Little Neck library. East Flushing library at 5.

BLOODY HEART TEE Friday, February 10 splatter fake blood on t-shirts in celebration of your favorite paranormal book, T V show or movie. LIC library at 3.

AFRICAN-AMER EXP. Friday, February 10 at the Broadway library at 3:30.

YOUNG REFORMERS

Fridays, February 10, 17, 24 at the Laurelton library. Register WII GAMING Fridays, February 10, 17, 24, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 wii gaming at the Astoria library at 4:30.

TEEN HAPPY HOUR Fridays at 4 Flushing library.

CHESS CLUB Fridays Auburndale library a t 3 : 3 0 . Tu t o r i a l a t t h e Woodside library at 4.

ARTS & CRAFTS Fridays Briarwood library at 4.

GAME DAY Fridays Woodhaven library at 4:30.

GAME PLAYERS CLUB Every Friday at 4 Hillcrest library.

TEEN FRIDAYS Fridays Seaside library at 4.

SELF DEFENSE Saturday, February 11 teens and moms self-defense introduction 4-6 at Martin Luther High School in Maspeth. 8944000, ext. 133.

MEETINGS PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturdays, February 4, 18, March 3, 17, 31 learn how to communicate ef fectively.

10-12:15 at Elmhurst Hospital. 424-9754.

COMETS CIVIC Monday, February 6 Comets Civic meets at 7 at Bethzatha Church of God, 85-20 57 th Avenue, Elmhurst.

ACADEMY CHARTER Monday, February 6 Central Queens Academy Charter School Board of Trustees meeting 7-9 at SAYA, 54-05 Seabury Street, Elmhurst.

651-3484.

HAM RADIO CLUB Tu e s d a y s , F e b r u a r y 7 , March 6 Emergency Communications Service meets in Briarwood. 357-6851.

TALK OF THE TOWN Tuesday s, Februar y 7, 21, March 6, 20 learn the art of public speaking at 7:15 in St. Albans. 640-7092.

UNITED 40S Thursdays, February 9, March 8 United Forties Civic Association, Inc. meets at 7 at St. Teresa Parish Cent e r , 5 0 - 2 2 4 5 th S t r e e t , Woodside.

JEFFERSON DEMS Thursdays, February 9, March 8 Jefferson Democratic Club 7:30 Clearview Golf Course Clubhouse.

LEADD CLUB Recreation Socialization Program for Learning Disabled Adults. Arn310@aol.com ILION BLOCK Fridays, February 10, March 9 Ilion Area Block Association meets t the African Center for Communit y Empowerment, 111-92A Farmers Blvd., St. Albans at 7:30.

WOMEN’S GROUP Fridays Woman’s Group of Jamaica Estates meets at noon. 461-3193.

CAMBRIA HTS LIB. Saturday, February 11 Friends Board of Directors of Queens Library at Cambria Heights meet 4-5:15. 5283535.

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EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS QUILTING CLASS Thursdays 10-2 Maria Rose Doll Museum in St. Albans.

276-3454 East Elmhurst library at 12:30. .

CHESS CLUB Thursdays East Flushing library. Register.

COMPUTER CLASS Thursdays Queensboro Hill library. Register.

KNIT & CROCHET Thursdays Fresh Meadows library at 6. Crochet at the South Hollis library at 6:30.

BASIC COMPUTERS Friday, February 10 at the Auburndale library. Register.

INTERNET SEARCH Friday, February 10 Internet Search at the Samuel Field Y in Little Neck. $25. 225-6750, ext. 236.

INTRO COMPUTERS Friday, February 10 at the C e n t ra l l i b ra r y. 9 9 0 - 5 1 0 2 register.

BEGIN COMPUTERS Friday, February 10 at the Middle Village librar y. Register.

BOOT CAMP Fridays through March 30 at the LIC library at 2.

CHESS CLUB Fridays Auburndale library

at 3:30.Tutorial Woodside library at 4.

BEGIN COMPUTERS Fridays Poppenhusen and Middle Village libraries.

Register.

COMPUTER LAB Fridays practice time at the Arverne library at noon.

KNITTING CLUB Fridays Maspeth library at 10.

KNIT & CROCHET Fridays Fresh Meadows library at 10:30.

COMPUTER COURSE Every Friday Ozone Park library. Register.

QUEENS LIBRARIES Many branches of the Queensborough Library offer toddler and pre-school programs and more. Contact local branches.

APEC PROGRAMS February and March Alley Pond Environmental Center will hold Toddler time Nature Programs, Sunny Bunnies and Fledglings (for those 34). 229-4000.

FAMILY STORY TIME Saturdays, February 4, 18 at the Flushing library at 11.

STORY BOOK LADY Saturdays 12:30-1:30 reading enrichment program for 6-9 year olds at Maria Rose International Doll Museum in St. Albans. $7.50. 276-3454.

SCIENCE LAB Saturdays Central library at 11.

MATH HELP Saturdays Flushing library at 10.

HOMEWORK HELP Saturdays 10-noon Bayside library.

CHESS CLUB Saturdays Flushing library at 2.

S TORY TIMES Saturdays at 11 and Tuesdays at 10:30 weekly story times at Barnes & Noble, 1766 0 Un i o n Tu r n p i ke , Fre s h Meadows.

BOOST MATH Mondays, February 6, 13, 27 Math games at the McGoldrick library at 5.

LEGOS BUILDERS Mondays, February 6, 13, 20, 27 at the LIC library at 6:15.

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

HOMEWORK HELP Mondays 3:30-5:00 Bayside library.

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Tuesdays, Februar y 7, 21, 28 at the Glen Oaks library at 11.

VALENTINE CRAFT Tuesday, February 7 at the Bay Terrace library at 3.

ORIGAMI Tu e s d a y, February 7 Origami for a Snowy Day at the Cambria Heights library.

Register.

MIXING IN MATH Tuesday, February 7 at the Hollis library at 4:30.

BOOK BUDDIES Tuesday s, Februar y 7, 14, 21, 28 at the Hillcrest library at 3:30.

BOOST WORD Tuesday s, Februar y 7, 14, 21, 28 BOOST Word of the Week at the McGoldrick library at 5.

CHESS CLUB Tuesdays LIC library at 4 and Rosedale library at 4:30.

LIBRARY BUDDIES Wednesdays, February 8, 15, 22, 29 at the Auburndale library at 4.

VALENTINE’S DAY Wednesday, February 8 Valentine’s Day Picture Book Time at the Rego Park library at 3:30.

PAPER LANTERN Wednesday, February 8 at the East Flushing library. Register.

HAPPY HAPPY STORY Wednesdays, February 8,

15, 22, 29 story time at the LIC library at 10:30.

BOOST HEALTH Wednesdays, February 8, 15, 22, 29 BOOST health and science at 5 at the McGoldrick library.

FAMILY COLORING Wednesdays, February 8, 15, 22 family coloring and story time at 10:30 at the Bay Terrace librar y.

S TORY T I M E Wednesdays, February 8, 15, 29 at the East Elmhurst library at 11:30.

KNITTING Wednesdays Bayside library at 4.

KNIT & CROCHET Wednesdays at the South Ozone Park library at 1.

GAME DAY Wednesdays Poppenhusen library at 4.

WINTER CRAFTS Thursday, February 9 at the Seaside library at 4.

AFRICAN-AMER HERITAGE Thursday, February 9 at the Hillcrest library at 5. For those 6-14.

READ TO A DOG Thursday, February 9 at the Briarwood librar y. Register.

BOOST READING Thursdays, February 9, 16, 23 BOOST Reading Buddies at 5 at the McGoldrick library.

DRAMA POSSE Thursdays, February 9, 16 at the Hillcrest library. Register.

CRAFT TIME Thursdays 3:30 Ozone Park library.

COLOR & CRAFT Fridays, February 10, 17, 24 Kids Coloring and Craft at 11 at the Queensboro Hill library.

ACTIVITY TIME Fridays, February 10, 17, 24 at the Briarwood library at 3:30.

LIBRARY BUDDIES Fridays, February 10, 17, 24 at the Auburndale library at 4.

PRE-SCHOOL CRAFTS Fridays, February 10, 17 at the Sunnyside library. Register.

TWEEN ZONE Fridays, February 10, 17, 24 Tween Zone activities at the LIC library at 2:30.

READ TO ME Fridays, February 10, 17 at 3 at the Briarwood library.

WII GAMING Fridays, February 10, 17, 24 at the Astoria library at 4:30.

BLOODY HEART TEE Friday, February 10 splatter fake blood on t-shirts in celebration of your favorite paranormal book, T V show or movie at the LIC library at 3.

AFRICAN-AMER STORIES Friday, February 10 at the South Jamaica library at 3.

For those 5 and up.

VALENTINE CRAFT Friday, February 10 heart shaped animals t the Lefrak Cit y librar y at 3:30.

Valentine’s Day crafts at the Maspeth library at 3:30 and the Peninsula library at 4 and Poppenhusen library at 4 and McGoldrick library. Register.

ARTS & CRAFTS Fridays, February 10, 17 at

the East Flushing library. Register.

TODDLER CRAFT Fridays Briarwood library at 10:30.

READ TO ME Fridays Briarwood library at 3.

ARTS & CRAFTS Fridays at 2 Queens Village and LIC libraries. Briarwood library at 4.

GAME DAY Fridays Queens Village library at 2.

FLASH FRIDAYS Every Friday at 3 Ozone Park library.

GAME PLAYERS Every Friday Hillcrest library at 4.

CHESS CLUB Fridays Auburndale library at 3:30. Tutorial at 4 at the Woodside library.

GAME DAY Fridays Rochdale Village and Windsor Park libraries at 4.

TWEEN ZONE Fridays LIC library at 2:30 for those in grades 5-8.

BOOST GAME DAY Fridays Central library at 4:30 and at 5 McGoldrick library.

CUB SCOUTS 351 Fridays at St. Nicholas of Tolentine. Boys in grades 15. 820-0015.

SENIORS SOCIAL WORKER Monday, February 6 social worker answers questions for older adults and caregivers about long-term care, benefits and more at the Sunnyside library at 11.

AARP 3654 Tu e s d a y s , F e b r u a r y 7 , March 6 AARP 3654 meets in Bayside. 423-4237.

HOWARD BEACH Tuesday, Februar y 7 Home Safet y for Seniors lecture at 11. 6 week computer classes for beginners, intermediate and advanced. $25.

Wednesdays mah jongg at 10 and Zumba Gold 1:302 : 3 0 . 1 5 6 - 4 5 8 4 th S t r e e t .

738-8100.

TAX HELP Tuesday s, Februar y 7, 14, 21, 28, March 6, 13, 20, 27 at t he Hollis libra r y. 4657355.

STARS Wednesday, February 8 Senior Theater Acting Repertory meets at 10:30 at the Hollis library.

TAX HELP Thursday, February 9 for low-income older adults at the Fresh Meadows library at 1.

AARP 29 Thursdays, February 9, March 8 AARP 29 meets at noon at Grace House, 15502 90 th Avenue, Jamaica.

SOCIAL SECURITY INFO Thursday, February 9 social securit y informational meeting at 11 at the Middle Village Senior Center, 69-10 75 th Street.

STARS Friday, February 10 Senior Theater Acting Repertory meets at the Queens Village library at 10:30.

EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS DRAWING CLASS Mondays National Art League in Douglaston. 3610628.

LINE DANCE Mondays beginner to intermediate lessons in Bayside.

917-886-0519.

ADULT CHESS Mondays and Thursdays Queens Village library at 5:30.

INTRO WORD Tuesday, February 7 at the McGoldrick library. Register.

BASIC COMPUTERS Tuesday, February 7 at the Rosedale library at 10:30.

Sunnyside library. Register JEWELRY WORKSHOP Tuesday, Februar y 7 glassbeaded jewelry workshop at the Sunnyside library. Register.

INTRO WORD Tu e s d a y s C e n t r a l l i b ra r y.

990-0700 to register.

OWN BUSINESS Every Tuesday Owning Your Own Business: The Nuts and Bolts of Getting Started 6:307:30 at the Central library.

LI CHESS CLUB Tuesdays LIC library at 4.

KNIT & CROCHET Tuesdays Windsor Park library at 2.

PRACTICE LABS Tuesdays Arverne librar y at 10:30.

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

LEARNING LAB Wednesday, February 8 engage in self-paced learning on library laptops at the LIC library at 1:30.

RESUME WRITING Wednesday, February 8 for those under 24 at the Arverne library at 4.

INTRO EXCEL Wednesday, February 8 introduction to Excel at the central library. 990-5102.

ONLINE LEARNING Wednesday, February 8 learn about free online learning opportunities at the Central library. 990-5102.

INTRO COMPUTERS Wednesday, February 8 at

the Windsor Park library at 10:30.

CARPENTRY & PLUMB. Wednesday, February 8 LaGuardia Communit y College hosts an information session on its certificate courses in carpentry and plumbing. 482-5125.

KNITTING CLUB Wednesdays Bayside library.

Register.

INTRO COMPUTERS Wednesdays Central library.

Register.

DUPLICATE BRIDGE Wednesdays 10:30-3:00 Re fo r m Te m p l e o f F o r e st Hills. $12 session, includes light lunch. 261-2900 DRAW/WATERCOLOR Wednesdays Drawing and Wa terc o l o r c l a s s e s a t th e National Art League.9691128..

OIL PAINTING CLASS Wednesdays Grace Lutheran Church in Forest Hills. 4724055.

USING SOCIAL MEDIA Thursday, February 9 LaGuardia Communit y College hosts an information seminar for business owners who are interested in learning about crowd funding, an alternative form of raising money for businesses. 5772134.

SOCIAL MEDIA Thursday, February 9 Using Social Media to Find a Job at the LIC library at 6.

SIGN LANGUAGE Thursday, February 9 LaGuardia Communit y College will hold a free introductory workshop on American Sign Language. 5772134, BASIC COMPUTER Thursday, February 9 at the Rosedale library at 6.

LEARN TO DANCE Thursdays ballroom smooth and Latin dances at the Samuel Field Adult Center in Little Neck. 225-6750, ext.

236.

BOOT CAMP Thursdays learn computer programs at the Arverne library at 10:30.

COMPUTERS Thursdays Glen Oaks library.

Register. Rosedale library at 6.

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JOB SEARCH CAMP Saturday, February 4 at the Central library. Register.

URBAN CHICKENING Saturday, February 4 how to raise and keep chickens i n N YC a t 2 : 3 0 a t t h e Sunnyside library.

PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturdays, February 4, 18 learn to communicate effectively at Elmhurst Hospital.

646-436-7940.

SEWING CLASSES Saturdays 11-3 at Maria Rose International Doll Museum in St. Albans. 2763454.

SCRABBLE CLUB Saturdays at 10 at Count Basie Jr. HS. 886-5236.

PET OWNERS Saturdays (not on holiday weekends) from 1-4 free Doggie Boot Camp at Crocheron Park in Bayside (weather permitting). 4545800. Reservations required. Donations accepted.

JOB SEARCH Monday, February 6 j o b search strategies at the Central library. 990-5102.

INTRO INTERNET Monday, February 6 at the Central library. 990-5102.

RESUME WRITING Monday, February 6 at the Arverne library at 5:15.

HENNA Monday, February 6 henna hand painting workshop t the Astoria library at 6.

OWN BUSINESS Monday, February 6 Starting Your Own Business at the Flushing library at 6.

BALLROOM DANCING Mondays, February 6, 13, 27, March 5, 12, 19, 26 at the Forest Hills library at 6:30.

KNIT & CROCHET Mondays crochet 6-7 Rosedale library and knitting circle at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 229-4000.

Mondays knit and crochet Douglaston/Little Neck library at 4. Register.

BRIDGE CLUB Mondays except holidays 12-4 at Pride of Judea in Douglaston. Lesson & play $10. Partners arranged. 4236200.

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Queens Today ENTERTAINMENT MOVING IMAGE Through March 4 Jim Henson Screenings and Programs. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 th Avenue, Astoria. 777-6800. $15.

TANGO Through March 18 world premiere musical at Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside. 729-3880.

QUEENS INTERN’L Saturday, February 4 Queens International 2012: 3 Po i n t s M a ke a Tr i a n g l e Opening Pa rt y at Queens Museum of Art. 7 – Brian Zegeer and Baby Copperhead. 8:30 Rachel Mason at the Unisphere. 8-10 DJ Dan Fox. Snacks by food truck winners.

LOVE STORIES Saturday, February 4 Love Stories from Beyond at the Lefferts library at 3.

RIGOLETTO Saturday, February 4 at Queensborough Communit y College. $35-42. 6316311.

SUNDAY CONCERT Sunday, February 5 Martin Atangana and African Blue Note perform at 3 at the Central library.

LIVE JAZZ & R&B Sundays, February 5, 12 live jazz and r&b 6-10 at Déjà vu, 180-25 Linden Blvd., St. Albans.

SOJOURNER’S TRUTH Monday, February 6 at the Laurelton library at 6.

SINATRA & GARLAND Monday, February 6 Naomi Zeitlin performs music by Sinatra and Garland at the Middle Village library at 6:30.

FUNKATEERS Monday and Wednesday, February 6, 8 Funkateers perform at York College. 2622412.

LOVE SONGS Tu e s d a y, February 7 “Spanglish” love songs at the North Hills library at 1:30.

Love songs from rock to classical and more at 2 at the Re go Pa r k l i b r a r y. N a o m i Zeitlin sings love songs at the Douglaston library at 3.

BINGO Tu e s d ay s 7 : 1 5 A m e r i c a n Mart yrs Church in Bayside.

4 6 4 - 4 5 8 2 . Tu e s d ay s 7 : 1 5 (doors open 6) Rego Park Jewish Center. 459-1000. $3 admission includes 12 games.

SCRABBLE Tuesdays Fresh Meadows library at 1 and East Flushing library at 3:30.

CHESS Tuesdays 4:30 Rosedale library and 4 at LIC library.

QC CHOIR Wednesday, February 8 the Queens College Choir will perform a free concert at 12:15 in LeFrak Hall before their east coast tour. 9975597.

POPULAR OPERA Thursday, February 9 popular opera at the Windsor Park library at 2. Saturday, February 11 at the Peninsula library at 2.

ASTORIA SYMPHONY Thursday, February 9

Astoria Symphony Chamber Players presents “The Eng l i s h B a r o q u e ” a t Wa l t z Astoria Café. 917-460-4289.

GAME DAY Fridays 4:30 Woodhaven library.

BANANAGRAM/SCRABBLE Fridays Windsor Park library at 2.

GAME PLAYERS CLUB Fridays 2 Hillcrest library.

LUNAR CONCERT Saturday, February 11 Lunar New Year Concert at the Flushing library at 2.

SOUTH AMERICAN Saturday, February 11 South American Rhythms at the Sunnyside library at 3.

STUPID CUPID Saturday, February 11 Queens Pride Lion Club’s Stupid Cupid Part y in Jackson Heights. www.queenspridelionsclub.org DELTA BLUES Saturday, February 11 at 3:30 at the Langston Hughes library.

JAZZ TRIBUTE Saturday, February 11 tribute to Abbey Lincoln at the Langston Hughes library at 6:30.

CON BRIO ENSEMBLE Sunday, February 12 Con Brio Ensemble presents a twilight concert at Church in the Gardens in Forest Hills at 4:30. $12. 50 Ascan Avenue, Forest Hills.

FORGOTTEN REFUGEES Sunday, February 12 Little Neck Jewish Center Israel Advocacy Committee presents the film “The Forgotten Refugees” at 7 at 49-10 Little Neck Parkway. Coffee and cake follows.

TALKS WINDSOR PARK Monday, February 6 “State of Wonder” discussed at 2 at the Windsor Park library.

ANDY COURT Tuesday, Februar y 7 Andy Court, a producer for “60 Minutes” will speak at the Re fo r m Te m p l e o f F o r e st H i l l s a t 8 : 3 0 . 7 1 - 1 1 1 1 2 th Street. No charge.

HOME OWNERSHIP Thursday, February 9 Basics of Home ownership Woodside library at 5:30.

MUSLIMS & FAITH Thursday, February 9 Muslims and Their Faith at the Forest Hills library at 6.

CALLIGRAPHY Thursday, February 9 appreciation of classical Chinese calligraphy at the Flushing library at 6:30.

GLENDALE Thursday, February 9 “The Leftovers” discussed at 6:30 at the Glendale library.

WINDSOR PARK Thursday, February 9 “In the Garden of Beasts” discussed at the Windsor Park library at 6:30.

AMERICAN DOCUMENTS Saturday, February 11 What do you know about our important American documents 1pm at the Greater Astoria Historical Societ y, 35-20 Broadway, 4 th floor, LIC. $5.

HEALTH BLOOD DRIVES Saturday, February 4 at the Seventh Day Adventist church in Corona. Sunday, February 5 at St. Avellino in Flushing and Holy Family in Flushing. 1-800-933-2566.

Sunday, February 12 Forest Hills Jewish Center, Hollis Hills Jewish Center, Our Lady of Fatima in Jackson Heights. LI Blood Services.

WAITANKUNG Sunday s at 2. Total-body workout. Flushing Hospital/ Medical Center. Free. Jimmy 7-10pm 347-2156.

ZUMBA Monday, February 6 Latin Dance Fitness Program at the Corona library. Register.

CANCER SUPPORT Mondays, February 6, March 5 Franklin Hospital’s Cancer Support Group 2-4 in the cafeteria. 516-256-6478.

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

670-1695. $5.

CAREGIVERS SUPPORT Tuesdays Western Queens Caregiver Network in Sunnyside. 5:30-6:30. 7846173, ext. 431. Also, 3:304:30 Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 th Avenue, Bayside. 631-1886.

WELL SPOUSES Wednesday, February 8 Well Spouses or Partners of the Chronically Ill and Disabled meet at St. Charles Rehab Center, 201 IU Willets Road, Albertson at 7.

Free. Donation. 516-8298740.

ZUMBA Wednesdays 6:30-7:30 Cardiac Health Center in Fresh Meadows. 670-1695. $10 class.

HEALTHY HEART Thursday, February 9 Coronary Artery disease diagnosis and treatment. Thursday, February 16 Healthy Diet for the Family: How to prevent Obesit y. Thursday, February 23 Cardiac Risk Factors.

Healthy Heart lectures at the Flushing library at 2.

COOK WITH SPICES Thursday, February 9 healthy cooking with spices at the South Ozone Park library at 6.

CHAIR YOGA Thursday, February 9 at the Hollis librar y. Register.

LEARN CPR Thursday, February 9 Baisley Park library. Register.

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.

PARENTS M. LUTHER OPEN HOUSE Saturday, February 4 Martin Luther School in Maspeth will hold an Open House for parents with students currently in grades 5-7. 8944000.

SELF DEFENSE Saturday, February 11 preteens and mom 1-3 at Martin Luther High School. 8944000, ext. 133.

Have you been wanting to live at the Steinway Mansion but just couldn’t bring yourself to spend more than $3 million? Good news: the price has dropped on the mansion in Astoria. Now buyers can live at the historic abode for a cool $2.995 million. The owners are optimistic the home will fly off the market at the bargain price. Here at QConf, we’ll keep trying our luck with the lottery!

Lost Borough

Helen Marshall probably had some other things on her mind, like the State of the Borough.

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Priorities Councilman Peter Koo recently announced he was joining the Democratic team, to the delight of his new Democrat allies. His press conference at the Queens Board of Elections drew Democratic heavyweights from across Queens, including party boss U.S. Rep Joe Crowley. One notable missing bigwig was Borough President Helen Marshall, a Democrat herself.

An intrepid QConf contributor, on his way back from the press conference, walked past an inauspicious deli on Queens Boulevard.

Inside was Helen Marshall, seemingly unaware of the somewhat monumental press conference that had just taken place. She waved and continued her errands.

Sometimes, you just gotta take care of the important stuff first.

Apparently Queens’ diverse streetscape is too tough to navigate - so no one should attempt traveling in the borough.

According to an article published on the Wall St. Journal’s Website last year, the borough is lost and there is nothing we can do about it.

Sumathi Reddy, the article’s author, says you should do “yourself a favor: Avoid driving in Queens.”

Never, Reddy; compared to Brooklyn and the Bronx (we won’t even comment on Staten Island) Queens is a dream to navigate.

The Indian journalist even goes on to interview some of the borough’s own who do not even know how to get their way around the many streets that criss-cross our great landscape.

It’s definitely got to be easier than navigating New Delhi.

In the age of smart phones, GPS systems and just plain ol’ Google, you would think finding your way around the best borough in the city would be easy for those who are quick to judge.

Without one, Ave and Roads in number order cross with Streets, also in number order, created a perfect understandable grid – well, almost perfect.

Reddy, if you have a problem with our criticism you know where to find us – that is if you can.

Since she can remember, Vanessa Bueno has wanted to be a model. Two years ago, she started taking professional pictures and then had them posted on a modeling site.

A casting director found her on the site and emailed her to be in a music video. That’s how she started making industry contacts.

Since being discovered, Vanessa has done fashion, lingerie, swimwear, hair and makeup, glamour and promotional modeling. She hopes to make it a full-time career.

Meantime, she works full-time, takes dance classes and loves listening to music.

When she’s with her friends, she is usually going out to dinner, seeing a movie or enjoying a day at the spa.

She said Queens is full of new restaurants, more lounges and clubs and the Queens Center Mall is bigger with more options. She likes hanging out there and also spends time at Astoria Park, Gantry State Park in the summer and Steinway Street in Astoria.

Her favorite modeling story was when she did a photo shoot with a snake. The photographer told her not to be scared and that the snake would just move around her body. She was instructed to relax so that the snake could get comfortable being on her body.

Well, Vanessa said the snake kept slithering right between her legs.

“I guess the snake was getting a little too comfortable with me at that point,” she said.

Home: Glendale Age: 28 Height: 5’4" Weight: 110 Stats: 30-23-37

Muy Bueno Break Down The Walls Things just keep getting worse

On The Road Upset over Time Warner Cable dropped the MSG Network? Still want to watch Knicks games? Time Warner is offering a solution.

Two weeks after the cable company made the decision to drop MSG Network, they announced a contest, giving 10 tickets to fans from New York City to watch the Knicks play the Bobcats… in Charlotte. Coincidentally, the ‘Cats play in the Time Warner Cable Arena.

Sending Knicks fans on allexpenses-paid trips to watch the team on the road may end up being costly for the cable company in the long run. How many people would get to see games if Time Warner ended up paying the 53 percent price increase the MSG Network is seeking?

Made Where?

John Liu speaks at the Peter Cardella Senior Center.

Vanessa Bueno

Models Of Queens

House Hunting In Queens?

New York City Comptroller John Liu spent a whole day last week visiting different senior citizen centers throughout Queens and the Bronx.

His first stop was at the Peter Cardella Senior Center in Ridgewood. Liu spent about 20 minutes speaking to a room full of seniors about the work he is doing as manager of the City’s finances.

After discussing his work as an elected official, Liu discussed his own background and said that he himself was not born in the U.S. He said he was born in Taiwan. He then added that actually he was “Made in Taiwan” and joked that it even said so right on the back of his neck.

The crowd might have struggled when he was talking about City’s finances, but they got a laugh when Liu joked about his birthplace.

for the financially strapped New York Mets. It’s so bad that the Wilpons are auctioning off pieces of three-year-old Citi Field.

If you happen to have an extra thousand dollars lying around, why not invest in a panel from the outfield fence from Citi Field? Among the pieces available are the Wheat Thins ad, the Delta ad and the Verizon ad. But just like the Mets So far, the auction's hot item ownership is going to have a tough time selling fans on the prospects for this upcoming season, they are going to have to do some convincing to get somebody to want these items.

If anything, the portions of the 1988 NL East Division banner, the 2006 East Division banner and the 2000 NL champion banner might actually have people interested in them.

The opening bids on the items are between $800-$1000, which probably isn’t going to raise enough money to sign Prince Fielder or re-sign David Wright.

As days go by, it’s becoming clearer that the Wilpons need to sell more than just pieces of the wall. They need to sell the Mets.

Check the auction out: http://mets.auction.mlb.com

Confidentially, New York . . .

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ay be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Lamuz Enterprises, LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of China US New Immigrant Service Center LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 12/20/2011. 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 120-04 Graham Court, College Point, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of 14115 82 nd DRIVE REALTY COMPANY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/30/11. Office location: Queens County.

Princ. office and regd. Agent of LLC is: c/o Mr. William C h u p a , 2 4 6 - 1 1 8 6 th R d . , Bellerose, NY 11426. Latest date on which the LLC may dissolve is 12/31/2099. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. ___________________________________ NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: QUEENS COUNTY. WELLS FARGO BANK N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST SERIES 2006 FRE1 ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, Pltf. vs. MONA LILAVOIS, et al Defts. Index #19610/10.

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Dec. 13, 2011, I will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Court, Courtroom 25, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY on Feb. 17, 2012 at 11:00 a.m., prem. k/a 9911 193rd St., Hollis, NY. Said property located on the easterly side of 193 rd St. (Cornwall St.) 100 ft. southerly from the SE corner of 193 rd St. and 99 th Ave. (Atlantic Ave.), being a plot 100 ft. x 45 ft. Approx. amt. of judgment is $527,863.47 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

MICHAEL DIKMAN, Referee. COHN & ROTH, Attys. for Pltf., 100 East Old Country Rd., Mineola, NY #80798 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given a License Number (PENDING) for on-premises Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 23-02 31 st Street, Astoria, NY 11105 for on premises consumption. INNER CIRCLE BAR & LOUNGE INC. ___________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: JSDC MANAGEMENT LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/04/12.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall

LEGAL NOTICE mail a copy of process to the LLC, 34-47 42nd Street, #2RL, Astoria, New York 11101. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ G & D INSTALLATION LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 9/8/ 11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: G Moller, 166-19 24 th Ave., Whitestone, NY 11375.

General Purposes. ___________________________________ BIG CITY SPORTS LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/ 27/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 154-38 11 th Ave., Whitestone, NY 11357. Reg Agent: Demian Deviccaro, 154-38 11 th Ave., Whitestone, NY 11357. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ___________________________________ File No.: 2011-634 CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT To: Audrey Lynch Errol Lynch Margaret Carter Maxwell Lynch Glendon Lynch Marcia Lynch Jeffrey Flacks for Marcia Lynch Andrew Jackson Michelle Thompson Trecia Hall Human Resources Administration Hempstead Park Nursing Home Gina Dubner Nadia Denis, MD FDNY/EMS Hunter EMS Elmont Medical PC Queens Hospital Center Park Avenue medical Assn.

PC Nasser Hassani, MD Robert Sperber, MD Abul Husain Moral, MD Dolly Wahid, MD Eric Cantos, MD Attorney General of the State of New York The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of UNA MARIE LYNCH AKA MARIE LYNCH, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of UNA MARIE LYNCH AKA MARIE LYNCH, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 115-15 204 Street, St. Albans, NY 11412, in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Temporary Administration of the Estate of UNA MARIE LYNCH AKA MARIE LYNCH, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courth o u s e , 6 th F l o o r , 8 8 - 1 1 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 15 th day of March, 2012 at 9:30 o’clock in the

LEGAL NOTICE forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Temporary Administration of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $9,731.18 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered

by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 6% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and why the Temporary Letters of Administration duly issued by the Surrogate’s Court on February 28, 2011 should not be revoked; and why Letters of Administration should not be issued to the Public Administrator; and why the claim from the Human Resources Administration in the amount of $67,066.33 should not be paid; and why the claim from Hempstead Park Nursing in the amount of $55,799.46 should not be paid; and why the claim from petitioner should not be authorized to retain the sum of $16,000.00 to satisfy the contingent and possible claim of Gina Dunbar for a period of six months from the date of the decree to be settled hereon; and why the claim from Nadia Denis, MD in the amount of $670.00 should not be rejected; and why the claim from FDNY/EMS in the amount of $2,220.00 should not be rejected; and why the claim from Hunter EMS in the amount of $1,092.00 should not be rejected; and why the claim from Elmont Medical PC in the amount of $5,315.00 should not be rejected; and why the claim from Queens Hospital Center in the amount of $3,224.17 should not be rejected; and why the claim from Park Avenue Medical Association PC in the amount of $426.00 should ot be rejected; and why the claim from Nasser Hassani, MD in the amount of $50.00 should not be rejected; and why the claim from Robert Sperber, MD in the amount of $25.00 should not be rejected; and why the claim from Abul Husain Moral, MD in the amount of $308.00 should not be rejected; and why the claim from Dolly Wahid in the amount of $82.00 should not be rejected; and why the claim from Eric Cantos, MD

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in the amount of $1,327.00 should not be rejected; and why each of you claiming to be distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship, HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate, Queens County MARGARET GRIBBON Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court Dated, Attested and Sealed 12 th day of January, 2012 GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ. (718) 459-9000 95-25 Queens Boulevard 11th Floor Rego Park, New York 11374 This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you filed formal legal, verified objections.

You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. Accounting Citation ___________________________________ VAGCO REALTY LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 4/18/11.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 10-18 148th St., Whitestone, NY 11357.

General Purposes. ___________________________________ PROBATE CITATION File No. 2011-4382 SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Steven Kaleda; Kevin Kaleda; Christopher Kaleda; Tammy Pries; Caroline Catalino; Joann Butler; Francis J. Baroncini, III; Robert Koch; and Stefani Scoblick; and, To the heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of MABEL KOCH aka MABEL M. KOCH, 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 and whereabouts are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence; and, A Petition having been filed by ELSIE P. KOCH, who is domiciled at 508 Bay 5 th Street, West Islip, New York 11795 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on March 8, 2012 at 9:30 AM o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of MABEL KOCH aka MABEL M. KOCH lately domiciled at 8811 Moline Street, Bellerose Manor, County of Queens, State of New York, admitting to probate a Will dated June 18, 2001 and Codicil dated November 9, 2004, a copy of each of which testamentary instrument is attached, as the Will and Codicil of MABEL

KOCH aka MABEL M. KOCH, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that LETTERS TESTAMENTARY issue to: ELSIE P. KOCH JAN 19 2012 (Seal) HON. PETER J. KELLLY Surrogate /S/ MARGARET M. GRIBBON Chief Clerk BRIAN M. FLYNN, ESQ. Attorney For Petitioner 74 Carleton Avenue, East Islip, New York, 11730 Phone No.: (631) 2777714 (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 is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 17/12, bearing Index Number NC-001254-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Anjum (Middle) Yaqub (Last) Muhammad My present name is (First) Anjum (Middle) Yaqub (Last) Choudhry aka Anjum Yaqub My present address is 213-37 39 th Avenue, #370, Bayside, NY 11361 My place of birth is Pakistan My date of birth is July 21, 1973 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 9/ 20/11, bearing Index Number NC-000817-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Ayaan (Last) Kamran My present name is (First) Ayaan (Last) Khan (infant) My present address is 72-11 Austin Street, Apt. #203, Forest Hills, NY 11375 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is February 16, 2007 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 11/12, bearing Index Number NC-001250-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Rafiqul (Middle) Islam (Last) Talukdar My present name is (First) Mohammed (Middle) Taiyeb (Last) Miage aka Mohammed T. Miage My present address is 33-38 72 nd S t r e e t , 1 st F l . , J a c k s o n Heights, NY 11372 My place of birth is Bangladesh My date of birth is July 22, 1963 ___________________________________ 8101 Flatlands LCL. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/13/11.

Office in Queens County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to10210 Metropolitan Ave Ste 200, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: General

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: KILBAH, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/27/11. Office location: Queens county. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 64-05 77th Street, Middle Village, New York 11379. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ ESLR Translations LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/15/ 11. Office in Queens County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 31-84 Crescent St, Astoria, NY 11106. Purpose: General. ___________________________________ WHITESTONE GROCERY SHOPPING CENTER, LLC, a foreign LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/7/11. Office location: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o BlumbergExcelsior Corporate Services, Inc., 62 White St., NY, NY 10013. General Purposes. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation: MD GOLDEN REALTY, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/21/ 2011. Office Loc.: QUEENS COUNTY. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 39-07 PRINCE STREET, STE. 4C, FLUSHING, NY 11354 Purpose: Any lawful activity. ___________________________________ CGI INTERNATIONAL LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 5/26/ 11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13 th Ave., Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. General Purposes. ___________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: DK NEWTOWN LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/08/11.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 49-04 Skillman Avenue, Woodside, New York 11377.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of Lamuz Enterprises, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY SSNY on 10/5/2011. Office location: Queens County.

Princ. Office of LLC: 7014 13 th Ave., Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it m

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