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Van Bramer Kicks Off Respect Week BY JASON PAFUNDI Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (DSunnyside) visited his alma mater, Bryant High School in Astoria, on Monday, Feb. 13, to kick off Respect for All week, an annual city-wide initiative by the Dept. of Education to promote respect for diversity through skits, art projects, readings and performances. Van Bramer spoke to students at an assembly about the importance of treating everyone as equals. He used his own experience at Bryant High to accentuate the need to be accepting to all people. “When I went to Bryant High School, I was absolutely terrified that anyone would know I was a gay man,” he said. “I didn’t come to class as often as I should have, and I didn’t do as well as I should have. I was afraid to come to school because I thought that kids would make fun of me. That is wrong.” He said that despite the school having an enrollment of more than 4,000 students when he graduated in 1987, he was sure that he “was the only gay man in the whole school.” More than two decades later, Van Bramer said he is proud that Bryant High School has a gay-straight alliance and that students can be openly gay at the school. “I am grateful that the administration and teachers have created an atmosphere of respect, allowing the students to be who they are,” he said. “Everyone here is safe and secure and appreciated and celebrated, which
wasn’t the case when I went [here].” The DOE started this initiative in the hopes to continue to make City public schools safe and supportive for all students. The Citywide Standards of Discipline and Intervention Measures prohibit harassment and prohibit any students from bullying other students for any reason. In recent years, and with the increased usage among children of social media like Facebook and Twitter, instances of bullying — or cyberbullying — have led to increased numbers of adolescent depression and teen suicide as a result of the bullying. Van Bramer said there are many things the government can do to help fight all types of bullying. “We can continue to promote programs like [Respect for All week], push the DOE to do more around these kinds of [bullying] issues and highlighting the real catastrophic effects of cyberbullying in particular,” he said. “Facebook and Twitter have been the leading source for demeaning words, which all too often can drive young people to depression or suicide. “Legislation has been introduced to increase the penalties for cyberbullying.” For more information or assistance, email respectforall@schools.nyc.gov. Reach Reporter Jason Pafundi at jpafundi@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.
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Students at Br yant High School contributed art work in honor of Respec t for All week.
Queens Deadline By V ERONICA LEWIN On Saturday mornings when many people are spending time with their loved ones, Michelle Robertson leaves her children at home to teach someone else’s kids at Grover Cleveland High School. As vice president of the English Dept., Robertson is one of the many teachers at the Ridgewood school who rolls up their sleeves to give her students the best education possible. The school was also one of a handful chosen by Lenovo to design Android phone applications. Still, that may not be enough to save the school from closing, leaving students and teachers in jeopardy. “Yes, we know there are schools in New York City that needed to close, but I’m here to tell you Grover Cleveland is not one and we are not giving up!” Robertson exclaimed at Borough Hall Monday night. Borough President Helen Marshall held a town hall meeting Feb. 13 at Borough Hall to get feedback on a new controversial Dept. of Education proposal. The DOE recently proposed what they call a “turnaround” plan for eight schools in the borough. If passed, the following high schools will be closed: Flushing, William Cullen Bryant, Long Island City, Grover Cleveland, August Martin, Richmond Hill and John Adams. The schools would
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Schools Protest Turnaround Model ing fell through. More than 20,000 students would be affected by this change, causing communities across Queens to fight to keep the historic institutions open that have taught generations of families and celebrities alike. “Mayor Bloomberg, I want to tell you that you ought to turn around,” said Robertson, who by chance delivered the most moving testimony at the meeting’s finale. “You ought to turn around what you’re thinking about doing because I’m here to tell you that we are going to turn A teacher testifies to Borough President Helen around what we’re doing.” Her speech caused the crowd to Marshall and a panel Monday night. erupt in cheers. Grover Cleveland reopen later, but under a new name and with was the most represented high school at the meeting, but dozens of people from across half of the original staff. “Mayor Bloomberg might think he’s do- the borough implored Marshall to do someing the right thing, but he’s not doing the thing to save their schools. Many of those who testified acknowlright thing when it comes to education,” edged there was a reason their school ended Marshall said. The eight schools were already pegged by up on the PLA list, but that the administrathe State Education Dept. as persistently low tion is actively trying to change things at the achieving schools and given the task of imple- school. “Yes, we are not dealing with students menting school improvement plans. The plans were rolled out this past September, but who are the cream of the crop. We hapschools were then told the anticipated fund- pen to take who we get, and we make
them the cream of the crop,” Robertson said. August Martin High School began their school improvement plan in September 2011 and is already seeing progress. Regents test scores are on the rise, while crime is decreasing. Seventy-five percent of students comply with the new uniform policy, according to the school. State Sen. Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica), who represents the community surrounding August Martin, said it is a shame that the city is playing politics instead of doing what is best for the students. “It’s just amazing how we’re closing schools. I would say instead of closing them, give them more resources. Help them to get where they need to be,” she said. It is reported that implementing the turnaround method will help the DOE secure $58 million in School Improvement grants from the federal government. “We’re not a balance sheet. We’re not a business. We’re a school,” said Bette Cassaro of Community Board 2. Requests for comment from the DOE were not returned as of printing. Reach Reporter Veronica Lewin at vlewin@queenspress.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 123.
Council Calls For School System Changes classroom time, the Council maintained, and budget cuts are depleting the resources teachers and students require. David Solano, legislative committee project leader and Bayside High School PTA co-president, assisted Reiff, addressing the issue of the DOE shifting requirements for Title I funding, federal money that is intended to provide additional financial resources for schools with higher percentages of impoverished students. In Fiscal Year 2012, Queens high schools needed a poverty rate of 60 percent or higher to receive Title I funding, up from 40 percent in 2011. Another issue unique to City schools and Queens especially is the amount of immi-
grants flowing into the classroom. Queens has the highest percentage of English Language Learners in the City. Reiff said that it is unfair for ELL students to be held to the same standard as students who speak English as their first language. Reiff and Queens United Federation of Teachers leaders like Dermot Smyth and James Vazquez questioned Bloomberg’s initiative of creating a leadership academy for principals. Newly-minted principals under Bloomberg do not necessarily need to have prior education experience; Smyth blasted Bloomberg for previous DOE chancellor hires Joel Klein and Cathleen Black. Neither had worked in
education before becoming chancellors. Melissa Hubbard, a graduate of the since closed Andrew Jackson High School in Cambria Heights, echoed Reiff’s attacks on school closures as “temporary Band-Aids” that do not work. Eight schools in Queens may close. “We need a new high school campus,” said Hubbard, a member of the School Leadership Team at Humanities & Arts Magnet High School, one of the schools that replaced Andrew Jackson. “We need quality programs. Our kids depend on that.” Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.
Willets Point Workers Protest By ROSS BARK AN Even if the words “muy cansado” were incomprehensible to English-speaking ears, the fury and indignity evinced from the faces of the rallying Willets Point denizens was not beyond comprehension: they were very tired. Dozens of Willets Point property owners, tenants, and their supporters marched down cratered Willets Point Boulevard demanding that the NYPD and Bloomberg administration cease harassing them. They argued, in Spanish and English, that there is a concerted and insidious attempt to force them off their property. Organized by the Willets Point Defense Committee, a coalition of Willets Point workers, tenants, and property owners battling alleged City government and NYPD abuse, the Feb. 10 rally snaked up and down Willets Point’s rocky, machine-laden corridors. Marco Neira, WPDC’s president, led the protesters, culminating the rally at a press conference on 37th Avenue and Willets Point Boulevard. Yoselin Genao, chief of staff at Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst), also spoke in support of WPDC. “We stand here in solidarity with the workers of Willets Point to demand answers,” said Genao. “For more than two years now there have been constant marshal operations
in the area. Let us be clear, the council member (Ferreras) doesn’t support any illegal activities in the community. However, if that is the case, we want numbers.” Genao said Ferreras would be drafting a letter to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly demanding to know what police operations are occurring at Willets Point and how many of them there are. She said her office would be seeking a dialogue with the NYPD and also the Dept. of Buildings, which has condemned various buildings in the Iron Triangle. WPDC is an ally of the equally-vocal Willets Point United; WPU is a group dedicated to fighting the City’s long-term plan to redevelop Willets Point. WPU has argued repeatedly that the City is abusing their powers of eminent domain. WPDC’s protest adds another deep wrinkle to the contentious and seemingly unending Willets Point saga; the NYPD, allege Willets Point denizens, is staging a “campaign of terror” against Hispanic migrant workers in an attempt to chase away workers, tenants, and property owners from Willets Point. “Police come in here looking for stolen cars but they never find stolen cars,” said Neira. “For two weeks, the police have been coming in here every single day. Before, they
used to come in every six months, every four months, and now they come every day.” Rodrigo Arias, an auto repair shop owner at Willets Point, said he was arrested back in September for not having working papers, even though he did. He said he was eventually cleared of the charges. Shop owners also allege police have swooped in demanding reports for what parts the owners have bought and sold, and the prices of these parts. If an owner can’t produce a report, they are arrested, Neira claims. With no relocation plan in place, Neira said he does not know where the owners and tenants of Willets Point will go if they are forced from their property. Neira has also taken issue with the Dept. of Buildings condemning structures that have been, in his estimation, illegal for 40 years or more. Suddenly, they are a problem, and he suspects it is because the City now desires the property. A DOB spokesman said he would be looking into the matter further. The NYPD said it needed to examine specific incidents before responding. Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.
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By ROSS BA RKAN A swell of local politicians, parents, educators, and teacher union officials packed the Queens High School Presidents Council legislative breakfast last week, searching for ways to combat the myriad challenges facing high schools in Queens. Over coffee and donuts in a conference room just off the Whitestone Expressway, the question asked repeatedly was: Why are children in New York City schools not college-ready? It was announced last month that 75 percent of City high school students had Regents and SAT scores low enough to suggest they would require remedial classes in college. Politicians at the meetings, including Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens), openly attacked Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s emphasis on standardized testing at the expense, in their own words, of the school curriculum itself. A popular theme of the meeting, at least from a political standpoint, was calling for the end of the centralized, mayoral-steered school system. “It was a mistake giving the school system mayoral control,” Weprin said. “The profession of teaching is being degraded. Who would want to teach in this environment?” Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz (DFlushing) disparaged the standardized testing trend as well, saying that he would “forget almost everything he studied right after taking a test.” State Sen. Toby Stavisky (DFlushing), a former teacher herself, along with Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing), Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing), Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck), Assemblywoman Barbara Clark (D-Queens Village), Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry (DCorona), and Councilman Leroy Comrie (DSt. Albans) were among the other politicians to show up and lend their opinions. Jane Reiff, Queens High School Presidents Council President, led the presentation. According to the Presidents Council’s findings, lack of consistency with Dept. of Education edicts and lowered expectations of students have led to failure. Grade inflation is encouraged and test preparation overtakes
Publisher Joins ’13 Race For Mayor By DOMENICK RAFTER system that features periodic visits by princiThe name Tom Allon may not ring a bell pals and department chairmen would work now. But he hopes that by the end of the next better. He also wants to repair the acrimoniyear, you not only know his name, but you ous relationship that has developed between Gracie Mansion and the United Federation of choose his too A newspaper publisher and former Teachers, and as mayor he would sit with the teacher, Allon announced his candidacy last UFT and work out agreements with them on summer to succeed Mike Bloomberg as the how to move forward. “This adversarial relationship between next Mayor of New York City. A Democrat, Allon may face off in the 2013 mayoral the UFT and the mayor is wasting everyone’s time,” he said. primary against City Council Since his children attended Speaker Christine Quinn or public schools, Allon said he Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. “It’s not about would bring a parent’s perOn the surface, fighting a prispective to the mayor’s job. mary with two notable citywide money. This is “I know what it’s like to figures may seem like a daunt- not going to be a raise three kids in this city and ing task, but Allon considers it race where the send them to public schools,” a strength in his favor. he said. “I’m the only person [run- hare wins.” —Tom Allon He supports charter ning] who is not a career polischools, but said that they were tician,” he said. “People are “not the panacea.” Allon would look to more sick of career politicians.” He touts his business experience - having vocational training. “Let’s marry higher education and secrun a newspaper company - and said that experience helps him identify that best way to ondary education with businesses that want make cutbacks and create new revenue streams to come to New York,” he said. Allon also has ideas on increasing public to balance the city budget. Among his ideas; selling air rights over city schools, including transportation, including more alternative the possibility of building housing, in order means of transportation like light rail, bus to create more revenue and help fund school rapid transit lanes and bike lanes. He also reconstruction, which Allon thinks is desper- said he would push to sell more taxi medallions and develop a system to allow taxis to ately needed. “We need to embark on a full scale pro- serve the outer boroughs. On other issues, Allon would tackle pengram of rebuilding our schools,” he said. On education, Allon said he did not favor sion reforms with the idea that more should the teacher evaluation system “in its current be paid upfront and people should work form.” He said he prefers a system where longer. In balancing the city budget, he evaluation is done independently and takes would look at it line by line to see where cuts can be made. He does not support legalized focus off test scores. “There’s too much emphasis on high gambling, referring to it as a “regressive stakes testing,” Allon said, adding that a tax.” He credits the current mayor’s stances
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Dog Owners Don’t Pick Up, Residents Say BY JASON PA FUNDI Something stinks. And if you’re walking along 43rd Avenue in Sunnyside, there is a good chance that what you smell was left behind by a dog. Numerous residents have complained recently to the Dept. of Sanitation and to Community Board 2 about the number of spots around Sunnyside where dog owners have left behind their dogs’ waste. State law says that “each person who owns or controls a dog must remove any feces left by that dog on any sidewalk, gutter, street or other public place and dispose of it in a legal manner.” “It’s totally and utterly disgusting,” said Janice Farcina, herself an owner of a Boston terrier. “I always pick up after my dog, because not only is it against the law, but it is also the courteous thing to do as a human being.” In Sunnyside, residents say that law is being ignored. In addition to complaining to the City and community board, residents have taken to putting signs on trees in the area where there is a heavy concentration of dog poop. But affixing signs on trees is also illegal, according to State law, and violating that law comes with a fine. Sunnysiders argue that while the fines for not picking up after a dog are a deterrent to most owners, there are some owners who just are too lazy or too uncivilized. “It really is just a part of being a decent person,” said Thom Martin, who lives on 42nd Street and often jogs down 43rd Avenue. “When I’m running, the last thing I want or should have to do is to step over dog poop.” On one specific “tree island” on the corner of 43rd Avenue and 40th Street, there were seven different piles of dog poop. And these were not from toy poodles or Chihuahuas. These piles came from big dogs, mak-
ing it even less attractive to the residents. “You see these people walking around with these giant dogs, and they are obviously the ones who leave the big huge piles of poop,” said Marci Rodgers. “The worst part is, it doesn’t disappear until a heavy rain comes and washes it away.” According to the sanitation department, owners must pick up after their dogs or be subject to a $250 fine. That fine was increased from $100 in November 2008, and during the fiscal year 2009, the department saw a dramatic decrease in the number of violation — down to 580 from 903 in fiscal year 2008. Sanitation figures show only five summonses handed out in the area during the fiscal year 2011. The sanitation department said that the fines are difficult to hand out because enforcement agents must actually see the dog owner walk away from their pets’ waste. There is a dedicated canine unit comprised of about 20 people who write summonses. Sanitation enforcement agents and supervisors, along with members of the parks department, can also write summonses for violation of the law. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (DSunnyside), who lives in and represents Sunnyside, recently announced the placement of 24 new garbage cans in Sunnyside and Woodside south of Queens Boulevard, but there are no cans along 43rd Avenue between 39th Street and 44th Street. That is six blocks without a place to dispose of a dog’s waste. “We need places to throw the waste,” said Rachel Pancer. “Nobody wants to walk an extra couple blocks out of their way. There should be enough trash cans so that this problem won’t continue.” Van Bramer said he would certainly con-
tact the sanitation department if there is a need for more trash cans in Sunnyside. “I think the vast majority of people are responsible and clean up after their dogs,” Van Bramer said. “[Those who don’t] are really disrespectful to their neighbors. It’s disgusting and we really should have more enforcement of catching these people who don’t pick up after their dog.”
Van Bramer said his office has reported incidents to the Dept. of Sanitation when constituents have complained to his office about the problem. “We will continue to be aggressive [in fighting the problem].” Reach Reporter Jason Pafundi at jpafundi@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.
Dallis Bros. To Defend Coffee Title By DOMENICK RAFTER It’s not the Summer Olympics, but Queens is playing host to a competition that will bring the best cups of coffee from around the region to the borough. Dallis Bros., a coffee house in Ozone Park, will play host to the North East Regional Barista Championship on Feb. 2526. Baristas representing thirteen Northeast states will face off in two competitions: the Barista Championship, for espressos, and the Brewers Cup, for “pour-over preparations.” Last year’s champion, Philip Search of Dallis Bros. Coffee will compete again this year to defend his title, along with colleagues Teresa von Fuchs, Mike DeJesus and Bill McAllister, who placed third at last year’s Brewers Cup. The states represented will include New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and the six New England states. Six finalists will be chosen to represent the region at the National
Barista Championship in Portland, Ore., in April. From there, national winners fly to the World Barista Championship, held this year in Vienna, Austria in June. Von Fuchs, Coffee & Espresso consultant for Dallis Bros. said the competition is important to show how the City can compete with nationally-known centers of coffee culture out west. “Historically, New York has trailed behind Seattle and San Francisco as far as leading cutting edge coffee trends,” she said. “But not anymore—and there’s a huge importance in honoring the city’s achievement in coffee so far.” The Barista Championship and Brewers Cup will be open to the general public. For more information on tickets visit dallisbroscoffee.com/nerbc-2012-hosted-bydallis-bros-coffee/ Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400 Ext. 125.
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New Plan Needed The education system in New York City is failing our children, and it’s time to start looking at new ways to fix a system that has been broken for too long. Closing failing schools does not solve the problem. Basing financial resources on rising test scores or poverty statistics is nothing more than a political game. The focus on raising standardized test scores does nothing to engage students or encourage them to learn more than what is necessary to get by. In the end, our students suffer. Instead of punishing students and communities by closing struggling schools, we should find ways to give them more resources. Making students feel engaged and interested in learning requires new methods, new technology and better resources. The only chance our schools have to improve is if we stop playing games with the education system and start spending the money needed to give students what they need. Perhaps the Queens High School Presidents Council has the right idea: take control of the school system out of Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s hands and create a system that makes decisions based on what is best for the students, not what works from a political position. In order for students to have a chance to succeed, the City needs to take politics out of education.
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Another Side To the Editor: The cover story of the Feb. 9-15 issue, “Redistricting: Line In The Sand,” certainly brought up some good points of contention. But like all arguments, there are more sides to the story. Those claiming that gerrymandering lines to dilute power - whether of particular communities or of racial groups - are not looking at the entire picture. Howard Beach is a predominantly white, mostly Italian-American community. It, too, was subject to politically drawn lines. Howard Beach, separated from the rest of Queens, has definitive boundaries, either man-made or natural. Some are Linden Boulevard or Jamaica Bay. But it is split between two Congressional and State Senatorial districts. Political sources have explained to me for years that this was done to weaken Republican power. It is among the few towns where Republicans have opportunities to win, as was seen by the elections of Eric Ulrich and Bob Turner. To prevent that, Democrats drew lines dividing Howard Beach, and aligning it with adjacent areas, to keep their party in power. I have no doubt that many of those opposing the current redistrict plan have legitimate claims. But they also need to know, and the media is obligated to report, that they are not the only citizens against
whom attempts to weaken or disenfranchise voting blocs, ethnic groups or political parties by gerrymandering have been proposed. Edward Riecks, Howard Beach
Remember ing Whitney To The Editor: As the Grammy Awards were telecast this Sunday, the music industry is mourning the loss of one of America’s true music icons Whitney Houston. Her albums and individual hit songs have been heard by millions over her long career and hopefully will continue to be heard by millions more for generations to come. She truly was a wonderful entertainer who also had to deal with many personal problems. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family, friends and all of her fans. She will be sorely missed by everyone, including this writer. John Amato, Fresh Meadows
Sad News To The Editor: I heard the sad news today that “The Voice,” Whitney Houston, as she has been known, has died. We have lost an icon and a music legend. Her career was laced with many highs and lows and was plagued with abuse of drugs and a dysfunctional marriage. But her music lives
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on and still means a lot to many of her fans like myself. Let me say as in the words of her hit song, “I will always love you.” And we all truly will. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village
Shed No Tears To The Editor: Don’t shed any tears for State Assembly member David Weprin (“Eastern Queens United Presses On,” Feb. 9). He is a proud product of the Queens Democratic Party clubhouse. His late father was State Assembly Speaker Saul Weprin. He is well trained in the craft of politics. His local political clubhouse in the 24th State Assembly District has been gerrymandered to elect a Weprin family member for decades. Weprin had no complaints about the past three reapportionments based upon the 1980, 1990 and 2000 census for any Queens based New York City Council, State Assembly, State Senate or Congressional districts. Today, it is his district being significantly altered. Past Republican State Senate majority leaders, the late Warren Anderson, Ralph Marino, Joe Bruno and current leader Dean Skelos cut deals with past Democratic State Assembly Speakers Stanley Steingut, Stanley Fink, Mel Miller, Saul Weprin and Sheldon Silver. These political backroom arrangements were a quid pro quo deal preserving the status quo. Each gave the other unlimited freedom to protect and expand their respective majorities in each legislative house they controlled. Everyone knows that Speaker Silver rules the Assembly with an iron hand. He controls whose bills come out of committee to a full vote, lulus for chairing committees, funding for member-item pork barrel projects, staffing, mailings and district office budgets. Republican State Senate majority leader Dean Skelos has similar powers in his chamber. There is a clear message in why Weprin’s good friend Speaker Silver and Queens County Democratic boss U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley didn’t lift a finger to help Weprin protect his district. It is Silver’s staff appointees to the redistricting commission who could have intervened on Weprins behalf. It is obvious to any observer of Queens politics that they have both given up on David Weprin and left him to fend for himself in a new district. As a former NYC Council member and current State Assembly member, Weprin has a long losing streak outside the comfortable confines of both the 24th State Assembly and 23rd New York City Coun-
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What Values? To The Editor: Just when you think you’ve seen them at their lowest, the White Wing Conservatives drop the bar even further. Yes, the White Wing is in fact a faction of the Right Wing. As much as they attempt to appear otherwise their true “values” were shown at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2012 in Washington DC. On the CPAC program, “The failure of Multiculturalism: How the pursuit of diversity is weakening the American identity.” It was hosted by Robert Vandervort, ex leader of the White Nationalist group and his fellow White Nationalist, Jared Taylor. Another panelist, head and founder of the White Nationalist group VDARE, Peter Brimilow and author of writings such as, “Jews Are Weakening America’s Historic White Majority” and “A White Nation For White People” among other noble observations, was lauded by Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa. It begs the question, with Conservatives welcoming such overt racism, how can anyone of conscience, especially of color, including the 14 black congressmen running for office, not know that they are looked down upon as inferior beings? It can only be that the wily feel that there is an advantage being a big fish in the Republican Party’s exclusive pond as opposed to an equal fish in the Democratic inclusive pond. It is pitiful that after all the humane progress made in our country through time, there are those attempting to “Take our country back” - yes back to the most shameful periods of our history. Nicholas Zizelis Bayside
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cil districts. This includes losses for NYC Council Speaker in 2001 and 2005, State Comptroller in 2006, City Comptroller in 2009 and 2011 9th Congressional District Special Election. David Weprin’s days as a public official may be numbered if the proposed reapportionment of his 24th Assembly District home political base holds up. A strong candidate may surface in 2012 to challenge him in an open Democratic Party Primary for his seat. The new reapportionment of his home power base might signal the beginning of the end for the Weprin family political dynasty. Larry Penner Great Neck
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amiss with New York City and State officials when it comes to convention centers. The Javits Center on the west side of Manhattan, while structurally sound, is currently undergoing an extensive taxpayerfunded $1.4 billion renovation purported to make it more competitive. Mayor Bloomberg’s Willets Point development plan in Queens includes yet another convention center, ignoring not only the existence of the Javits Center but its huge renovation as well. Were that not foolish enough comes now Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan for yet another convention center, this one a megacenter at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica. Cuomo does not ignore the existence of the Javits Center, but seeks notwithstanding the huge taxpayer investment that it be demolished after the renovations are completed and the area redeveloped presumably by his fat cat real estate friends. While even ignoring studies that indicate there is a glut of convention space in this country and that a new one, let alone a mega one, the likelihood of success is dim. The absurdity continues. Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, who did not care that Willets Point property owners were being taxed for sewers even though there were no sewers in the area; that it did not matter to her the Willets Point proposal would destroy hundreds of small businesses and financially ruin thousands of employees and their dependents, joined in making a mockery of the time-honored concept that eminent domain was to be used for a legitimate needed public purpose and not for the benefit of politically well-connected real estate moguls, has now joined the issue. Were any of the above individually or totality sufficient to question Ms. Marshall’s judgment in civic affairs, she has now joined the Alice in Wonderland convention center madness claiming a Willets Point convention center would still be needed since it will “compliment” Aqueduct or Javits or both. It should come as no surprise the Mad Hatter has now taken up residence in Queens Borough Hall. Benjamin M. Haber, Flushing
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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 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
LEGAL NOTICE 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 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 ___________________________________ 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
LEGAL NOTICE 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.) ___________________________________ 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 ___________________________________ 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 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
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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 ___________________________________ J Coco Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/7/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 28-60 31 st St, Astoria, NY11102. Purpose: General. ___________________________________ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Index No. 1391/ 2011. STATE OF NEW YORK. SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF QUEENS. U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR GSR MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-5F, Plaintiff, vs.- MIGUEL H. SEGOVIA, if living and if he be dead, and all persons who are wives, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributes, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributes, and successors in interest all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; ORFA N. VASQUEZ; CITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 94-31 86th Avenue, Woodhaven, N.Y. 11421. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that there is a deficiency in the sale proceeds, a deficiency judgment may be entered against you. That this action is being amended to correct the name of the defendants to add the possible heirs of MIGUEL H. SEGOVIA as a necessary party to the action, as he cannot be located. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with court,
a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: December 21, 2011, /s/, Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN, SUCH & CRANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 (DISTRICT:, SECTION:, BLOCK: 8887, LOT: 31). NATURE AND OBJECT OF THE ACTION. The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of QUEENS, State of New York on April 25, 2006, in CRFN 2006000229484, said mortgage was then assigned by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Griffin Mortgage Corporation to Griffin Mortgage Corporation by virtue of a GAP Assignment of Mortgage, executed January 13, 2011, and sent to the County for recording on January 17, 2011, which mortgage was further assigned to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage, recorded in the QUEENS County Clerk’s Office on August 8, 2006, in CRFN 2006000447527, which mortgage was further assigned to the Plaintiff by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage, executed on January 13, 2011, and sent to the County for recording on January 17, 2011. TO THE DEFENDANT, except MIGUEL H. SEGOVIA, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Jaime A. Rios, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated January 27, 2012 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. The premises is described as follows: Beginning at the point on the northerly side of 86th Avenue (formerly Elmwood Street) distant 170 feet westerly from the corner formed by intersection of the westerly side of 96th Street (formerly Willard Avenue) with the northerly side of 86th Avenue; being a plot 100 feet by 40 feet by 100 feet by 40 feet. Premises known as 94-31 86th Avenue, Woodhaven, N.Y. 11421.
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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 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 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 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. ___________________________________ 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
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Tom Allon: A Citizen Candidate For Mayor
By MICHAEL SCHENKLER Last Thursday, I spent the morning with the New York City political Don Quixote. Now I’m not trying to offend; Don Quixote has always been a hero of mine. He was different, not part of the broken system and a creative thinker – unlike anyone else. His adventures — tilting at windmills — were a bold attempt to right society’s wrongs.
Remember the story of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha? Alonso Quijano, the protagonist of the novel, is a retired country gentleman nearing fifty years of age, living in a section of La Mancha with his niece and housekeeper. Tom Allon, the protagonist of this story, is a parent, an educa-
tor and a publisher of community newspapers, probably nearing fifty, and lives on the Upper West Side with his wife and three kids. While mostly a rational man of sound reason, reading romances, or books of chivalry, in excess has had a profound effect on Quijano, leading to the distortion of his perception. In essence, he believes every word of these books of chivalry to be true. Otherwise, his wits, in regards to everything other than chivalry, are intact. While mostly a rational man of sound reason, reading the news, and following city politics, in excess, has had a profound effect on Allon, leading to the distortion of his perception. In essence, he believes he is able to fix what is wrong with New York City government. Otherwise, his wits, in regards to everything other than government and politics, are intact. Quijano decides to go out as a knight-errant in search of adventure. Tom decides to set out as a candidate for New York City Mayor. For the record, Tom is bright, creative and of sound mind. Tom and I have also been good friends
for the past two decades. In 1990, when I became president of News Communications, a publically traded media company, Tom became the vice president. We spent the better part of the next decade together, growing and supervising the community newspaper group throughout metropolitan New York. Lil and I attended his wedding; he was at my son Lee’s Bar Mitzvah a nd my 50 th bir thday party. Tom is family. I know Tom Allon well, and when he sets out tilting at windmills, those windmills better look out. Elsewhere in this paper, you’ll read a report on the interview with Tom. What you find here is my brief analysis as to why Tom Allon is a perfect choice for Mayor of New York City. “I’m the only person who is not a career politician. People are sick of career politicians,” Tom, who runs a big, small business, told us. Yes, he is as tuned into the city and its people and neighborhoods as anyone, but he is not one of those “elected officials,” who have spent the past number of years catering to and selling their soul to special interests. Big money and professional
vote delivery operations have elevated lobbyists, big business and unions to a par tnership with government – a partnership which is clearly not in the best interest of the people. When the people evaluate the performance of their elected officials, the bottom keeps getting lower. Congress is at a 10% approval rating; the dysfunctional State Legislature is attempting to push through an undemocratic, self-serving redistricting; and we’ve lost track of the number of times that member item scandals have damaged Old Friends: Mike Schenkler & Tom Allon the City Council. No, our government stars state area – he had a good teacher. don’t come from government. As Tom knows how to listen and a matter of fact neither have our think and act. past t wo Mayor s. Rudy Giuliani Public financing of campaigns was a federal prosecutor and Mike in the city, has to some degree, Bloomberg, a media entrepreneur. leveled the playing field. One need Career politicians, for the most not come from within the system part, don’t listen to the people. to run a competitive election. The special interests, the big bucks Read our interview on page 4 and the political machine s have with Tom. their ears. And as 2013 gets closer, learn Tom is a former teacher, a to differentiate between the career parent, who has education on top politicians and the citizen who of his priority list. He has helped wants to serve. create two new city high schools. Tom Allon is in this for the Tom is a businessman; I’ve watched long run and the career politicians him as CEO build the largest hyper and windmills better watch out. local media company in the tri- MSchenkler@QueensTribune.com
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Can Government Pay For Services People Want? By HENRY STERN One recurring problem in government is the shortage of funds needed to meet reasonable demands for services by the public. This situation occurs for a number of reasons. One, when payment is Henry made by a third par t y demand for services increases substantially; the more that is provided, the greater the level of expectat ion for additional services. These demands, although costly, are not inherently unreasonable. But the question is where to draw the line? At what level does one provide or discontinue treatment for autism, spectrum disorders, dialysis or other serious medical conditions? To what level of existence is it ethical to condemn the patient because either he is uninsured or has exhausted his benefits? It may also be asked, how can society support the steady increase in heath costs which is far above the GNP? Even if 90 percent of the waste or inefficiency were eliminated, wouldn’t society be engaged in a game of desperate catch-up with the rapid advances in medical science, which greatly increase our life-span without adequately addressing the complicat ions that arise from advanced age? The conquest of certain disorders has led
to an increase in death rates from other causes. Ultimately, the bottom line is that sooner or later everyone dies. One might live for ten years on a respirator, but that doe s not answer t he questions: who turns it on, who turns it off, Stern whose consent is required and what is the quality of life? That is why people, although blessed with good faith intentions and capability, often move away from the field of medicine to pursue other endeavors after early participation. When I visit pediatric wards, I am struck by the relative cheer of the patients and staff even though some children are suffering from terrible disease s. The situat ion New York City faces is similar to the problems of many other cities. Unless health care becomes a recognized reimbursable right, the situation becomes more serious over the years to come. This is not a question of wrong-doing by one group of individuals, although there are professional parasites that prey on people’s fears for their own private profit. If you care for an elderly or disabled person, you know the steady toll it takes on the rest of us (or, as the politically correct, now refer to the majority somewhat dismissively, the temporarily able-bodied). When Sarah Palin sounded
what became a national alarm on “death panels”, which she falsely said would empower federal bureaucrats to determine the life or death of every American by their authority to prioritize medical care, she struck a sensitive chord, which becomes more important to people as they grow older and begin to feel the ravages of physical and mental deterioration. Behind many big lies, there may be a small truth. The fact that decisions on life or death may be made in part by unrelated professionals, rather than family members, alarmed not only the Tea Par ty crowd, but other conservatives who believed that they would have the last word as to whether they and their elderly parents continued to live in comfort and dignity. For how long should lives be extended by increasingly artificial means and substitute organs? How should we take into account the nature and the consequences of age-related illness, the possibility, if any, of recovery, and the depth of the pockets of the afflicted and their putative heirs? Even though in fact the survivor s’ a nd dep endent s’ choice s would be severely limited by the same market forces they extol in principle, it is par t of American exceptionalism to believe that we can do whatever we really want to do. Many people’s views on issues
of health are heavily influenced by the amount of physical and emotional pain they are enduring. Also, since people’s pain thresholds are believed to differ widely, it is difficult to set standards for human suffering. The role of government in measuring or postponing the death of particular individuals is an area wh ich requires both bet ter monitoring and sound judgment. The religious or philosophical views of the person dying should also be given more credence and respect than they receive today,
where seniors are often infantilized by their caretakers and hospital staff. Speaking only for myself, I want to determine when my life should end, rather than leaving the issue to strangers who may have economic interests which conflict with my wishes and those of my family. Some day American society will advance to the level when my wife and I will receive the same consideration that we gave our dog Boomer in 2004. StarQuest@NYCiviv.org
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100th Precinct FEMALE SHOT: On Feb. 13 at approximately 1:35 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of a person shot at 320 Beach 100th St. Upon arrival police discovered the victim, a 21-year-old black female, who was shot once in the head. EMS responded and transported the victim to Jamaica Hospital where she is listed in critical but stable condition. No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing. The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating the following suspect wanted for questioning in regards to this incident. The suspect, Michael McBride, 52, 320 Beach 100th St., is described as being 6-feet tall and weighing 220 pounds. He has brown eyes. Anyone with information in regards to this incident 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) then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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103rd Precinct MAN KILLED: On Monday, Feb. 13, at approximately 6 p.m., police responded to a 911 call reporting a man shot in front of 20413 Hollis Ave. Upon arrival, officers discovered the victim, 30-year-old Jerry Lodvill of Jamaica, shot multiple times. EMS also responded to the scene and transported the victim to Jamaica Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. No arrests have been made and the investigation in ongoing. Anyone with information regarding 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 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential. 106th Precinct ROBBERS WANTED: The NYPD is searching for information in identifying two individuals wanted in connection with a burglary on Thursday, Feb. 2. According to police, the two suspects entered a residence located at 107-12 125th St. between 2 and 7 p.m. and removed cash, jewelry and electronics. They then fled the scene. Both men are described as being either black or Hispanic. Anyone with information regarding 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 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential. MAN KILLED: On Sunday, Feb. 12, at 4:05 a.m., police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle accident on the eastbound side of South Conduit Boulevard just east of Linden Boulevard. Police determined that Darren Green, a 41-year-old from Jamaica, was driving a 2006 white Lincoln Town Car when it struck a utility pole while traveling eastbound of South Conduit Boulevard. According to police, Green was ejected from the vehicle as a result of the crash. EMS also responded to the location and
Michael McBride transported the victim to Brookdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead. There is no apparent criminality suspected and the investigation is ongoing. 108th Precinct MAN ARRESTED: On Monday, Feb. 6, members of the Internal Affairs Bureau arrested 32-year-old Warren Taylor, of Bushkill, N.J., following an ongoing investigation for criminal impersonation of a police officer. According to police, during January and February of this year, the suspect, while driving a red 2010 Nissan Maxima, would approach prostitutes and identify himself as a police officer. The suspect would then threaten the females with arrests if they did not perform sexual acts for free. There were a total of four incidents during the time period, and in one instance, the suspect assaulted a female by striking her in the face. Taylor was charged with criminal impersonation of a police officer, criminal sex act, patronizing a prostitute, assault, forcible touching and kidnapping. Distr ict Attor ney ASTORIA MAN ARRAIGNED: DA Richard Brown announced that 67-year-old Astoria resident Demitrios Matsoukatidis was arraigned in the death of an 89-year-old pedestrian crossing an intersection in Astoria. He was charged with one count of second-degree vehicular manslaughter and two counts of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. According to the charges, Matsoukatidis was driving a 1998 black Mercedes SUV eastbound on 21st Avenue at approximately 6:05 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, when he struck Aldama Lizardo, who was crossing the street at the intersection of 21st Avenue and 31st Street. Police responding to the scene allegedly observed damage to the hood and grill of the vehicle and noticed that the defendant had bloodshot, watery eyes and an odor of alcohol on his breath. An intoxilzyer test administered to Matsoukatidis resulted in a blood-alcohol content reading of .16 percent, twice the legal limit of .08 in New York State. Lizardo suffered severe head trauma and was taken to a hospital, where he later died as a result of his injuries. If convicted, Matsoukatidis faces up to seven years in prison and is being held on $50,000 bail. His next court appearance is scheduled for Feb. 28.
Tshaka: Enslaved Built White House
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By ROSS BA RKAN Mr. Tshaka may be going back to Washington. Bayside’s one-of-a-kind activist, Mandingo Tshaka, wants the truth that enslaved Africans helped construct the White House to be recognized at last. After he and Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) researched the history of the White House’s genesis, they discovered Tshaka’s original suspicions were indeed correct. Ackerman has penned a letter to President Barack Obama urging that the White House acknowledge the forced labor that made the magnificent building’s rise possible. “This is not about me,” the velvet-voiced Tshaka, now 81, said. “This society is not teaching it in the schools. I remember when I got the phone call confirming it was true. I felt like the old spiritual, ‘Go Tell It On a Mountain.’ Go tell it to the hills, everywhere, I thought.” This is not the first time Tshaka, who was celebrated for his lifelong neighborhood activism by the Bayside Historical Society on Feb. 5, has discovered that a federal building has a troubling past. In 2010, Ackerman honored Tshaka at the U.S. Capitol building for his discovery of enslaved labor’s role in its construction. Visitors at the U.S. Capitol can now find plaques that recognize the once forgotten efforts of countless Africans—not African-Americans, as Tshaka will tell you. Though he is very thankful for Ackerman’s effort on his behalf, Tshaka took issue with the term “African-Americans” being used in Ackerman’s letter, as well as the usage of the word “slave” instead of “enslaved.” Tshaka explained that during the time of the White House’s construction in the last decade of the
Mandingo Tshaka and U.S. Rep. Gar y Ackerman at a ceremony in June 2010. 18th century, non-whites were considered property and not American citizens. Therefore, they were not Americans. “Enslaved” is a more accurate word than “slave” because it conveys more vividly that Africans were stolen against their will from their own country and forced into labor in a new one, Tshaka said. Ackerman’s letter begins, “I write to request your help in recognizing the contribution of enslaved African-Americans who
helped build the White House. In one of our history’s tragic ironies, slaves helped build the capital of the free world. From the U.S. Capitol Building to the White House, our national symbols that represent freedom to so many of us, were built by people who were anything but free.” When the White House was burned down in the War of 1812, enslaved labor resurrected, too. Slavery was not outlawed in the United States until 1865 with the pass-
ing of the 13th Amendment. “They need to tell this history,” Tshaka said. “The history of this country is not all that antiseptic. They need to tell it. There’s not a society that’s ever lived that’s been without shame.” Ackerman and Tshaka discovered that the enslaved dug the foundation for the White House, quarried stone for the walls, cut timber, sawed lumber, and performed carpentry duties. According to Ackerman, slaves served on the White House domestic staff from its completion through the Civil War. Tshaka suspects the construction of the White House, then more harrowing because of the lack of modern machinery, could have cost lives as well. “It was a shameful omission that visitors to the Capitol could tour the building to learn its history but not learn that slave labor was used in its construction,” Ackerman said. “I’m proud Congress took action to correct this failure and I now urge the White House follow suit.” Perhaps Tshaka’s greatest victory as an activist came when he stumbled upon documents that revealed a small park north of Flushing Cemetery, Martin’s Field, had been a 19th century burial ground for African- and Native-Americans. Despite years of opposition, Martin’s Field has been officially recognized as a historic gravesite and was transformed into a memorial park. “This month should be about African history, not just Black history,” Tshaka said. “There’s too much emphasis on color alone. We need to tie it back to the land.” Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.
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Queens Celebrates Black History Black History Month was established in 1976. Its roots, however, date back to 1926, when historian Carter G. Woodson established “Negro History Week” the second week of February. Woodson chose that particular week to coincide with the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and former slave Frederick Douglass. The history of the borough of Queens is filled with prominent African-Americans. From the beginnings of American Jazz to the key members of the Civil Rights movement to a number of popular modern rap artists, many notable African-Americans made their home in Queens at one time or another. The landmarks of their accomplishments can be found throughout the borough. From the Louis Armstrong House Museum to the Langston Hughes Library to the home where Malcolm X lived in East Elmhurst, the residents of Queens have everyday reminders of the effect these men and women had in the lives of not only the residents of the borough, but of the entire nation.
William H. Booth
year after suffering from a stroke. -Brianna Ellis
Guy R. Brewer
William H. Booth was a former New York City judge who challenged racial discrimination in employment, housing and education. Booth was born in Queens on Aug. 13, 1922. At the tender age of 16, he became president of the Jamaica youth chapter of the NAACP. He graduated from Jamaica High School and then Queens College in 1946. He also earned a law degree and a master’s in law from New York University. Booth served 13 years as a judge on the Criminal and State Supreme Court. A black Republican lawyer and Civil Rights advocate, he was best known as Lewis Howard Latimer Mayor John Lindsay’s man at the helm of the Human Rights Commission from Inventor Lewis Howard Latimer estab1966 to 1969. lished his legacy here in Booth forcefully fought New York by working for the the ongoing injustices of most notable invention racial discrimination, even firms in the country, with inleading to one arrest in ventors such as Alexander 1963. He protested in Graham Bell (telephone), Rochdale Village by blockHarim Maxim (U.S. Electric ing trucks at a construction Lighting Company) and site to demand the emtheir rival Thomas Edison ployment of black workers. (namesake of ConEdison). In 1987, Gov. Mar i o Latimer’s main focus: patCuomo assigned him to a enting discoveries through task force on bias-related his talented and perfect violence. In 1991, Mayor sketches, which were a neDavid Dinkins appointed cessity to establish in any him chairman of the watchfirm during a time invendog Board of Correction. tions and inventors were Lewis Howard Latimer booming and competing. William H. Booth died on Dec. 12, 2006 at his With Edison, Latimer home in Kissimmee, Florida at age 84, a wrote the first engineering hand book
Marie Maynard Daly Marie Maynard Daly, a brilliant black woman, was the first African-American female to receive a Ph.D in the field of Chemistry. Daly was born on April 16, 1921 in Corona. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree, as Magna Cum Laude, at Queens College in 1942. She was named a Queens College Scholar for academic achievements and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi honor societies. She also earned a master’s degree at New York University in 1943 and a Ph.D at Columbia University in 1947. After graduating, Daly instructed at Howard University from 1947 to 1948. Next, she entered the Rockefeller Institute of Medicine, now Rockefeller University in Manhattan, where she was the only black scientist. In 1955 to 1959, she assisted Dr. Quentin B. Deming as a biochemist associate at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, studying the causes of heart attacks. Daly worked as an investigator for the American Heart Association from 1958 until 1963. She was an active Archie member in several professional associations, including the NAACP and the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women. In 1988, Daly established a scholarship fund at Queens College in memory of her parents, for minority students studying physics or chemistry. Marie Maynard Daly died on Oct. 28, 2003 at age 82 in New York City. - Brianna Ellis
tial Minority Lawyers in America.” - Joanna Gonzalez
Langston Hughes James Mercer Langston Hughes, best known as Langston Hughes, was a phenomenal American poet and author. Born in Joplin, M o. on Feb. 1, 1902, Langston became a rolling stone due to his constant traveling throughout states and countries. He eventually resided in Harlem, and became a vital voice of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s. In 1925, Hughes won first place in the OpportuHughes nity magazine competition for his poem, “The Weary Blues.” White novelist and critic Carl Van Vechten discovered Hughes, declaring him “the Negro Poet Laureate of Harlem.” In 1926, he aided Langston in the publication of his first book of poetry, The Weary Blues. Hughes attended Columbia University as an engineer for one year, then gradually completed his education at Lincoln University in 1929. Hughes’ play, Mulatto, had a successful run on Broadway in 1935. During his writing career, Hughes wrote more than 10 volumes of poetry, over 60 dramas and operas, and two autobiographies. On May 22, 1967 he died of congestive heart failure. The Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center was founded in 1969. Located on 100-01 Northern Blvd., the center hosts theatrical presentations, literary readings and exhibitions. - Brianna Ellis
Archie Spigner
District Leader Archie Spigner has long been a household name in Southeast Queens. Spigner served in the City Council from 1974 to 2001, where he represented the 27th District. During his near three decades as a councilman, Spigner fought for what was best for Southeast Queens and helped Spigner secure major projects in the area, including bringing York College to the community. He eventually rose to Deputy Major ity Leader, the second highest position in the Council. Spigner also helped start the political careers of many Southeast Queens politicians, including his former chief of staff, Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans). The St. Albans post office branch, located at 195-04 Linden Blvd., was named after the former councilman in May 2005, Eric Holder a tribute to his work in the community. Though he is no longer a councilman, Eric Holder is the 82nd Attorney GenSpigner has maintained his eral of the United States and political clout in Southeast is the first African-American Queens and beyond. He to hold the position. was one of eight delegates Originally from the Bronx, chosen from the 6th ConHolder grew up in East gressional District to attend Elmhurst. While most of his the Democratic National fr iends attended Queens Convention this September public schools, Holder was in Charlotte, NC. accepted into the prestiEarlier this month, he gious Stuyvesant High stood on the steps of BorSchool in Manhattan and ough Hall with members of continued his higher educathe Jamaica NAACP branch tion at Columbia University to protest the State Senate for both his undergraduate and Assembly district proand graduate school years. posals. “You’ve got to keep Holder was featured in Eric Holder doing the right thing for your the 2007 edition of The Best community and your city,” Lawyers in America, and in 2008 he was named by The National Law he said. “That’s what life’s about.” Journal as one of “The Most 50 Influen-Veronica Lewin
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Guy R. Brewer, originally from Harlem, was one of the earliest African American Assembly members of Jamaica. He served the community in Albany from 1968-74. His goal was to establish a black suburban community in Queens where whites predominantly ran the floor and still did not have district leaders of color like Manhattan was already amounting to. Since Brewer was one of the first African Americans to lead a Queens community, on Sept. 11, 1982, New York Boulevard—which runs through his old district— was renamed Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, a street which at the time was considered the longest in the city to be named in honor of an African-American. It trails 3.7 miles from Rockaway Boulevard near JFK Airport to the business district and transportation system in Jamaica. This intersection was chosen because it was where Brewer purchased a building to hold the United Democratic Club, an organization he founded when there were no black elected officials in Queens. It is now called the Guy R. Brewer United Democratic Club. - Joanna Gonzalez
called, “Incandescent Electric Lighting: A Practical Description of the Edison System.” In 1918, Latimer became one of the 28 fundamental members of the Edison Pioneers, the only AfricanAmerican in this reputable, extremely selective group. Latimer was one of the founders of the Unitarian Church in Flushing. Originally from Chelsea, Mass., his home has been moved to a small park in Flushing, which was turned into a museum in honor of his accomplishments, located at 34-41 137th St. A set of apartment houses in Flushing, located 34-45 Linden Pl., are called Langston “Latimer Gardens” in his honor. - Joanna Gonzalez
Queens This Week Cross Island Y Wants Kids Moving On Feb. 3, the Cross Island YMCA in Bellerose launched the Strong Kids Campaign, an annual fundraising campaign that seeks to engage more children in physical activity. Strong Kids Campaign funds given from individuals in Queens go back to support Queens. Campaign leadership is made up of a group of outstanding YMCA volunteers from throughout Queens. This year, Mel Walker of Pfizer is working with the Cross Island Y to meet its Strong Kids Campaign goal of raising $221,000. "The Y is a fixture in Queens and a beacon of hope to many," Walker said. "The Strong Kids Campaign helps provide families and kids in our community with the support they need to overcome adversity and to thrive." Jamé Krauter, Director of Communications and Fund Development, said that the funds raised go toward providing financial assistance for families in the neighborhood and providing affordable programs for the community. Ideally, the Cross Island Y wants to raise the money in a 12-week period, but since they are nonprofit group, they are raising money all year around. Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. —Ross Barkan
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Old Rail Line Could See Renaiss ance The distance between Ozone Park and Midtown Manhattan is less than seven miles. In a rural setting, it would take less than ten minutes to travel that distance. In New York City however, you are lucky if it takes an hour, whether by car or by public transportation. It wasn’t always that way. This June will mark 50 years since the last Long Island Rail Road train ran down the old Rockaway Beach line that runs parallel to Woodhaven Boulevard from Rego Park to the Rockaway Peninsula. Since then, the old railroad tracks that once gave South Queens residents a 30-minute commute to Penn Station- as opposed to the hour on the “A” train- have become a relic. The viaduct in Ozone Park is now home to auto body shops; rusted signal towers stand like Roman ruins, reaching high into the neighborhood skyline or getting swallowed up in Forest Park’s greenery. The elevated overpasses over Liberty, Atlantic and Metropolitan Avenues have begun new lives as makeshift billboards. Few residents from Rego Park to Howard Beach can recall a time when trains ran there. Now, with the opening of a new casino and planned convention center at Aqueduct Racetrack, two state legislators are seeking to return the old line to its former glory and give a new option to the communities of Central and Southern Queens faced with few options. Assemblymen Phil Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway) and Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) are calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the MTA to find a plan to resurrect the line and are presenting them with options on how to do it. “With the opening of the casino at Aqueduct and the proposed convention center, having adequate transportation to and from Queens must be a top priority,” Goldfeder said. Some of the options they proposed include connecting the line to the LIRR main line in Rego Park as it did before 1962, when the line ran from Penn Station to Ozone Park. The line south of Ozone Park was taken over by the Rockaway branch of the
“A” train in the 1950s. Also included in their plans is the possibility of a spur along the Atlantic Avenue LIRR line, which terminates at Flatbush Terminal in Brooklyn. Stations may be reopened where the shells of former ones exist; at 101st Avenue in Ozone Park, Atlantic Avenue in Woodhaven, Brooklyn Manor near Jamaica Avenue, Parkside near Metropolitan Avenue and Rego Park along the main line of the LIRR. Under their plan, the line would continue to Rockaway sharing the tracks with the “A” subway line and make stops for Aqueduct and JFK Airport. The line would also improve intra-borough transit- a common complaint among South Queens residents. Connections would allow commuters to access other parts of Queens like Flushing, Jamaica and Astoria by rail. Whether the line is a branch of the LIRR or a separate subway line is up for debate, but Miller said he’d prefer a subway line because of the cheaper fare. One of their proposed plans calls for the possibility of extending the R or M trains from Queens Boulevard at the 63rd Drive station in Rego Park. Goldfeder and Miller said the line would not be too difficult to rebuild because most of it already exists and would have been renovated with new tracks, stations and some rehabilitation work. But some of line, including around the Forest Crescent apartment building in Glendale, has been built over and would require taking some private land. The line has also been eyed for a greenway project similar to Manhattan’s High Line. The idea is favored by Community Board 9 Chairperson Andrea Crawford. Goldfeder said he would not be opposed to finding some way to accommodate a transit line and a greenway, but his first priority would be using it for transportation. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400 Ext. 125. —Domenick Rafter
Community Calls For Pr incipal's Ouster Sequestered on an island in the middle of Hillside Avenue, parents and community leaders joined State Sen. Tony Avella (DBayside) in demanding a change of leadership at Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village. "I hate to have to be doing a press conference against one individual, it's not something I would normally do," Avella said. "In all my years of being in public service, I have never come across a principal so immediately uninvolved in the school." Marilyn Shevell, Van Buren's principal, was the target of the parents' and Avella's wrath. The high school received a "D" on its Dept. of Education Progress Report for the 2010-11 School Year. The controversial reports are used to justify whether the DOE should intervene in the rehabilitation of the school or, as Van Buren parents fear, ultimately shutter it. In 2009-10, Van Buren received a "C" rating. Especially troubling for parents, as well as students who wandered by the press conference, is the "F" rating Van Buren received for its "School Environment." Out of 15 possible points, Van Buren earned 2.3, and none came from the categories of "Academic Expectations" or "Safety and Respect." The report does not delve into the causes, but PTA president Helen Young was eager to recount her grievances with Van Buren's leadership. "[Shevell] stays bolted up in her office and uses AP's [assistant principals] to speak for her," Young said. "She sets very low expectations for our kids." Common complaints about Shevell, ech-
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State Sen. Joe Addabbo (D- Howard Beach) visited students and staff at PS 273 in Richmond Hill for a special program conducted by the American Red Cross of Greater NY. Pic tured (from left) are Principal Brenda Ward, ARC representative Christian Jimenez and Addabbo.
oed by Avella, were her seeming lack of involvement in a school that in the DOE's eyes is trending downward. Parents complained that Shevell can rarely be found and does not communicate with parents about issues occurring in the school. Young said her friend's son was stabbed in the face in a school bathroom. The assistant principal who handles school safety, according to Young, said there had never been an incident in the bathroom. Neighbors and residents lamented Van Buren's decline as a gathering place for the community. Kirby Lindell, a Van Buren alumnus and vice president of the Bell Park ManorTerrace co-op adjacent to the school, said that the school used to be a place where people always wanted to be. "I went to Van Buren in the 1970s and it was always a place where neighborhood kids would go," he said. "That's not true anymore. We need someone dynamic to lead Van Buren. The community doesn't know who she is." The press conference was originally intended to be held on the sidewalk outside the high school, however police would not allow it to take place on school property. After pleas from Avella failed, the conference was moved to a cement traffic island in the center of the large avenue. Students streamed in and out, and they were allowed to hold protest signs that their elders had brought. Marge Feinberg, a DOE spokeswoman, did not offer a comment about Shevell and directed all Van Buren-related inquiries to the DOE website. Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. —Ross Barkan
CB 8 Opposes Outsized Synagogue It's been a rough year for large houses of worship in Queens. Last month, Community Board 7 voted unanimously to block the construction of a new Mormon church in Flushing that they believed was simply too big for the neighborhood. On Feb. 8, Community Board 8 similarly struck down a proposal for an outsized
house of worship in Kew Gardens Hills, though this time it was a synagogue. Only one member of CB 8 voted in favor of the Bukharian Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills, which would be located at 147-58 77th Rd., though the meeting was not as outwardly contentious as CB 7's discussion. The proposed three-story synagogue was originally approved by the board. It was an amendment to the original proposal-one that would allow for further increase to the synagogue's size-that drew condemnation from the public and the board. "Out of character" was the phrase shared by board members and the public -opponents believed a potential height of 53 feet, increased from the originally proposed 44, would ruin the suburban milieu of the neighborhood, blocking out sunlight and leading to increased congestion. Dr. Allen Bennett, CB 8's Kew Gardens Hills chair, delivered the report, detailing the history of the synagogue's building efforts. The synagogue previously came before the board and requested a variance to build beyond the maximum height permitted in the area, 35 feet. The height, 44 feet, was approved by CB 8, though the Board of Standards and Appeals would be, by law, the ultimate arbiter. The BSA actually changed the synagogue's variance, shrinking the height permitted to 40 feet. Problems began with the synagogue's construction. According to Bennett, when the foundations were dug eight to 10 feet, water was discovered. Kew Gardens Hills is situated above marshland, and board members argued the synagogue developers should have known this. To compensate for the loss of a potential basement and cellar level, the synagogue developers requested additional height. Eric Palatnik, an attorney for the synagogue, said any structural alternatives to not increasing the size of the synagogue would be "extremely expensive." It will be up to the BSA to decide whether the synagogue will be any larger. Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. —Ross Barkan
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An Overview Of Queens’ Fields New York is the largest city in the United States and the selfdubbed the “Capital of the World.” And as an integral influence in fashion, technology and all global and national industries, it is no wonder why over 48.7 million tourists flocked to New York in 2010.
John F. Kennedy International Airport OPERATED BY John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is operated by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey under a lease with the City of New York since June 1, 1947. LOCATION JFK is located in the southeastern section of Queens County on Jamaica Bay. It is 15 miles by highway from midtown Manhattan. The Van Wyck Expressway terminates in the airport. SIZE The airport consists of 4,930 acres, including 880 acres in the central terminal area. It has more than 30 miles of roadways and is 12.7 feet above sea level.
LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM On Dec. 17, 2003, AirTrain, a fully automated Light Rail Transit System, opened to link JFK’s central terminals with the Long Island Rail Road and the New York City subway and bus systems in Jamaica and Howard Beach. CENTRAL TERMINAL AREA The Central Terminal Area consists of nine airline passenger t erminals surrounded by a dual ring of peripheral taxiways. (Terminal 6 has been demolished to make way for the expansion of JetBlue’s Terminal 5.) Initially 655 acres, the Central Terminal Area was enlarged to 880 acres by relocation of the taxiways to provide space needed for expansion of the passenger terminals. To further assist travelers, a new colorcoding system (green, blue, orange and red) is used on all signs relating to each terminal—from the entrances to the airport to parking near each terminal.
Planes maneuver their way around JFK’s tarmac. trol traffic in the airport.
LaGuardia Airport OPERATED BY LaGuardia Airport (LGA) has been operated by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey under a lease with the City of New York since June 1, 1947. LOCATION LGA is on Flushing Bay and borders Bowery Bay in East Elmhurst. It is eight miles from midtown Manhattan, adjacent to the Grand Central Parkway.
PARKING The airport’s total of nearly 15,000 public parking spaces includes the employee lot, two 1,400-space parking garages, the long-term lot and an additional 3,200 spaces in the central terminal area. In response to the increased demand for parking, new parking facilities have been constructed and are presently in use. Additional parking garages are also planned. JFK is also home to a “cell phone lot” near the airport’s entrance. The free 373space lot is used by people picking up passengers to wait for the people they’re picking up to deplane and get their baggage and be ready for pickups, rather than drive to the airport, pay for parking and wait in the terminal. The lot aims to give people a more comfortable place to wait and con-
SIZE The airport consists of 680 acres and 72 aircraft gates. It is 12.7 feet above sea level.
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Air Traffic controllers in Nassau County control the air space over Queens.
HISTORY The site was first occupied by Gala Amusement Park. Transformed in 1929 into a 105-acre private flying field, it was first named Glenn H. Curtiss Airport and later North Beach Airport. Taken over by New York City, it was enlarged by purchase of adjoining land and by filling in 357 acres of waterfront along the east side. Ground was broken on Sept. 9, 1937 for a new airport, which was built jointly by the City and the Federal Works Progress Administration. It was dedicated on Oct. 15, 1939, as New York City Municipal Airport.
On Nov. 2, 1939, the name was changed to New York Municipal Airport—LaGuardia Field. On Dec. 2 of that year, it was opened to commercial traffic. In 1947, the year the airport was leased to the Port Authorit y, it was renamed LaGuardia Airport. A new Central Terminal Building was opened in 1964 and enlarged in 1967 and 1992. Two new terminals were constructed in 1983 and 1992.
CENTRAL TERMINAL BUILDING The Central Terminal Building was dedicated on April 17, 1964, and serves most of the airport’s scheduled domestic airlines. It is 1,300 feet long and 180 feet wide, with 750,000 square feet of floor space. Originally constructed at a cost of $36 million, the six-block-long structure consists of a four-story central section, two three-story wings and four concourses leading to 40 aircraft gate positions. The Central Terminal Building completed a $340 million expansion and modernization in the mid-2000s. The centerpiece, a $47 million project for a complete redevelopment of the center section, included new elevators and escalators to accommodate the elderly and disabled as well as a new shopping concourse. –Facts and figures courtesy of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Planes come and go at LaGuardia Airport.
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HISTORY Construction began in April 1942, when the City of New York contracted for the placing of hydraulic fill over the marshy tidelands on the site of Idlewild G olf Course. Planned at first for 1,000 acres, the airport grew to five times that size. First commercial flights began on July 1, 1948. The airport was formally dedicated as New York International Airport on July
31, 1948. It was re-dedicated on Dec. 24, 1963, as John F. Kennedy International Airport, following action of the Mayor and New York City Council and a resolution of the Commissioners of the Port Authority.
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And many of those tourists first stepped foot in New York by way of Queens. This borough is home to two of the three major metropolitan airports – John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport (Newark is in New Jersey). Two years ago, the airports signed a 99year lease agreement ensuring their continued dominance as a hub for dozens of airlines, their commitment to growth and improvements and their commitment to Queens. As part of the new lease, some $100 million will be invested over the next five years to improve roads, allay noise concerns and reduce emissions in and around the airports.
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Port Authority Airfields Adapt To Industry Changes By DOMENICK RAFTER When the two New York airports that call Queens home opened early last century, the industry they served looked very different than the one that exists today. Back then planes were small, the number of passengers using them were few and no one was worried about terrorism. But as the aviation industry grew over the years, along with the sizes of the planes, the number of people utilizing them and concerns about their safety, LaGuardia and JFK Airports have had to grow and adapt to those changes as well. Smaller terminals got bigger; new runways were built while old ones were extended and renovated; parking lots, trains and access roads were built. Adapting to a changing industry is an ongoing process and its continuing today. The JFK and LaGuardia of 20 years ago is either gone or will soon be good, replaced by new and improved air terminals aimed at serving a 21st Century market.
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Very little of what JFK Airport looked like two decades ago still exists. Perhaps the only notable constant in the city’s main air terminal is the TWA Flight Center building- the former terminal of now-defunct airline TWA-near JetBlue’s much more modern terminal. But the TWA Terminal is no longer serves the function it was built for. In the last decade, many of JFK’s outdated terminals have been renovated, rehabilitated or completely demolished and replaced, including Terminal 1, one of the
“Our agency is facing challenging economic times which demand innovative solutions, and private-public partnerships are possible arrangements the Port Authority must seriously explore as we move forward with the capital planning process,” said Port Authority Chairman David Samson.
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JFK’s Terminal 6, once home to National Airlines, TWA and JetBlue was demolished in 2011. first of the airport’s nine passenger terminals; Terminal 5, which was completely reconstructed to serve JetBlue; Terminal 8, which serves American Airlines, and Terminal 4, the main International Arrivals Terminal, which was totally reconstructed. The introduction of the AirTrain system, which connects each terminals to subway stations in Howard Beach and Downtown Jamaica, required renovations and reconstruction of parts of the terminal area of the airport. Some of the older outdated terminals were demolished completely.
Terminal 6 originally build in 1970 for National Airlines and later a terminal for TWA and JetBlue was demolished in 2011. Terminal 9, which once served United Airlines, was demolished and combined with Terminal 8. Much of the work done to the terminals was to adapt to new security needs mandated by the federal government. For example, TWA’s Terminal 5 building was deemed obsolete in 2001 because it did not offer the room for new security measures. That mandated a new terminal to be built. The airport’s main runway, which runs parallel to Jamaica Bay, was reconstructed and expanded in 2010. By 2011, almost every terminal at JFK had seen some kind of work done in the previous two decades, but new projects are in the works. Delta’s Terminal 3, once the homeport for Pan Am, will be demolished starting next year as Delta plans to focus operations in an expanded Terminal 4. Attempting to find a new way to finance such work at a time of budget crunches, the Port Authority decided to partner with private companies, including airlines, to get the work done. The demolition of Terminal 3 and expansion of Terminal 4 is a $1.2 billion partnership between the agency and Delta Airlines, a move that helped the Port Authority save money while still funding airport projects.
Former Port Authority Executive Director Christopher Ward created some controversy in 2010 when he suggested LaGuardia Airport “be torn down and rebuilt again.” But Ward was not and is not alone in thinking the airport, which opened in 1939, is in dire need of rehabilitation and thanks to major private investments, that’s what it’s getting. Delta Airlines announced last year that it entered a deal with US Airways to take over its LaGuardia terminal adjacent to the Delta terminal. Delta will invest $100 million to overhaul both terminals and increase its presence at LaGuardia. As for the 1964 Central Terminal, the Port Authority is exploring partnerships with private firms to replace the building. With the federal government limiting the number of flights LaGuardia can serve, airlines are planning to compensate by flying in a larger aircraft. A new terminal would be needed to serve those jets. “Fliers arriving and departing the New York metropolitan area deserve efficient, modern aviation facilities, not the crowded gate-areas designed for DC-9s at the current Central Terminal Building” said Pat Foye, Ward’s successor at the agency’s executive director. “We are working diligently in these times of economic hardship to make short-term and long-term progress towards improving our facilities.” Fifteen firms have submitted responses. The Port Authority did not name them but said they “represent a range of world-class airport and aviation, engineering and design, and finance firms.” The firms outlined their proposed concepts and plans to design, construct, operate, maintain and finance a new $3.6 billion, 1.3 million-square-foot Central Terminal Building, which houses half of the airport’s gates, to replace the obsolete structure. Port Authority officials will review the submissions and study the alternative plans, which could lead to the release of a formal request for proposal. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400 Ext. 125
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John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia are more than just airports, they are economic engines for the region, directly employing about 43,000 people. Combined, JFK and LaGuardia bring in about $41 billion in sales to the region, supporting 330,000 jobs and $13.8 billion in wages. John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports: creating economic vitality for people and communities, businesses and industry.
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New Director Looks For Economic Growth
By STEVEN J. FERRARI The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will focus on a renewed commitment to improving transportation in the borough, an initiative that will hopefully see significant job growth over the course of the coming decades, according to its new executive director. Having most recently served as the deputy secretary for economic development under Gov. Andrew Cuomo – another Queens na tiv e – Foy e said he knows how important the Port Author-
ity is to the borough. “I lived under the flight pa th of LaGuardia Airport until I was 18,� the Jackson Heights native said. Foye took over as executive director in November from Chris Ward. In his first five months on the job, Foye said he believes the Port Authority will be implementing short- and long-term plans for what he called “much-needed improvements� to both LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International airports. “The airports are the single most impor-
Patrick Foye at the the monthly Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board meeting. Photo provided by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
tant economic engine and job creator in short-term improvements at the airports Queens,� he said. “The Port Authority is would cost around $10 million. committed to the role of job creation and Foye also cited Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s retention.� pronouncement that New York With the Port Authority finCity would draw 50 million visiishing up its role in the contors in 2012 and noted that the struction of One World Trade City welcomed its 50 millionth Center – scheduled to be comtourist at the end of 2011. He pleted near the end of 2013 – said he believed that New York Foye said the focus will then City would continue to attract turn to transportation. The Port more visitors over the coming Authority will experience a years. “peace dividend � with the The continued growth in completion of the WTC that New York City tourism and the would allow for a greater focus expansion and modernization Patrick Foye on fixing perceived problems of the borough’s airpor ts within the airports, bridges and tunnels would, over time, create more jobs in the authority oversees. Queens. “I see us reinvesting in transportation The Port Authority employs approxiinfrastructure,� he said. mately 325,000 people, which Foye called Foye noted that plans for construction “an extraordinary number.� Over the course at the Central Terminal at LaGuardia and of the next few decades, he said, that numthe Delta terminal at JFK were already un- ber could grow anywhere from 4 to 8 perderway. The Delta terminal at JFK was re- cent. cently cited by Frommers Travel Guide as “It’s hard to project with precision,� he the worst terminal in the world. The termi- said. “But jobs will grow significantly in the nal at LaGuardia was ranked seventh worst. years to come.� Foye said, given the amount of people that The important thing, he noted, was that come through New Yor k Cit y, those the Port Authority continue with a commitrankings were unacceptable. ment to improve the quality of JFK and “LaGuardia and JFK need to be modern- LaGuardia, which will in turn create signifiized,� he said. “We should be able to accom- cant job growth. modate travelers in a world-class way.� “Expansion is a priority in the years to With that in mind, Foye said the Port come,� he said. “The Port Authority is willAuthority was looking at plans to address ing to spend the billions needed to make customer service issues at the airport, in- that happen.� cluding adding more representatives, imReach Managing Editor Steven J. Ferrari proving the restrooms and fixing issues at sferrari@queenstribune.com or (718) 357with taxis and livery cabs. He said plans for 7400, Ext. 122.
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Photographer Shows View Of Queens By ROSS BA RKAN As a borough of startling diversity and contradiction, Queens can be a playground for an ar tist with an especially astute eye. Dozens of nationalities may share a single square mile. New urban megaliths will cast their shadows on the edge of verdant and mesmerizing parkland. For photographer Audre y Got tlieb, Queens was always the perfect place to aim her camera. “I was drawn by light reflecting off the East River,” said Got tlieb, of Queens, from her new bucolic home in Maine. Queens is never far from her mind, and her vision w ill now be known to ever yone who visits the Queens Botanical Garden’s new photography exhibit, “Vignet tes from the Queens Project.” Got tlieb’s serie s of photographs of Queens, taken from the early 1990s onward, are meant to represent the diversit y of the borough in all its color, energy, and exuberance. The 25-piece exhibit’s spiritual beginning came when Gottlieb, then living on Roosevelt Island, wandered across the bridge into Long Island City. She was working at the United Nations as a photographer - in 1993 she was flown to Somalia to take photos during a time when the countr y was embroiled in a
violent showdown with the United States. She had also never walked around in Queens. As a freelance photographer, she soon became acquainted with the borough, taking pictures of all the people, edifices, and events she could. “Queens had been a place where I didn’t go until I star ted exploring it, it was on the fringe,” she said. “I think that’s what I’ve always done, exploring places by foot or with my camera. I have a natural curiosity about the world.” Queen’s architecture first transfixed Got tlieb. She could “see that there was an infrastructure that supported the big city in Manhattan.” This was a place where people lived, loved, and worshiped, and did not merely pile into office buildings. While she enjoyed her work with the U.N., she cherished the time spent outside of a sleek, impersonal tower. She took a leave of absence, studying photography and graphic ar t for a year. Afterwards, she threw herself into photography, working with the Queens Council on the Ar ts. A big break came w ith a 1991 exhibit at the Queens Historical Society. Some of the same images from that exh ibit are in “Vignet te s from the Queens Project.” She would return to the U.N., but
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New Show Brings Broadway To Queens By TAMMY SCILEPPI sical”), Justin Mat thew Sargent (“Rock of Feel like a night out on the town? How Ages,” “Bonnie & Clyde”), Shelley Thomas about a post-Valent ine’s Day celebration? (“Rent,” “Brooklyn The Musical”) and JaWhether you’re a seasoned theater sub- son Wooten (“Hair,” “Jesus Christ Superscriber or part of the MTV generat ion, you star”). can experience the excitement and razzle No stranger to the limelight, performer dazzle of the Great White Way at the Queens Darren Ritchie, 33, sings baro-tenor in Theatre – for a fraction of the “Broadway Rox!” with, “Can’t price of a Broadway show ticket. Take my Eye s Off You,” from While you wait for your show “Jersey Boys;” “New York State to begin, you and your guest can of Mind” and “Word of My mingle with other theatre-goers Body.” and enjoy refreshments in the On Broadway, he originated soph is t icated set t i ng of t he the role of the White Knight/ theatre’s lobby. If you haven’t Jack in Wildhorn’s “Wonderbeen here before, you’ll be pleasland: Alice’s New Musical Adantly surprised when you visit. venture,” also originating the Bridging the gap between a role of Jonathan Harker on traditional Broadway musical Broadway in “Dracula The Mua nd a ful l-blow n rock show, sical.” ‘Broadway Rox!’ will bring The Astoria resident has also down the house at Queens Theappeared in feature roles on Darren Richie atre in Corona Park for two days Broadway in “Thoroughly Modonly, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 17-18. ern Millie,” “The Little Shop of Hor rors” This interactive, energetic theatrical per- and “Bells Are Ringing,” and was in the origiformance will have you singing along and nal cast of “Les Miserables.” Ritchie also aptapping your feet to those cool rock ’n pop peared in several films, TV shows and soaps, Broadway hits we all know and love from most notably Days of Our Lives. shows like “Wicked,” “Jersey Boys,” “Rent,” In a recent interview, he was asked about “ T he W h o’s To m my, ” “ M a m m a M i a , ” per forming at the Queens T heatre versus “Spr ing Awakeni ng,” “Hair,” “Rock of on Broadway. Age s,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” and oth“Working on Broadway has more pressure, ers. in the sense that it’s on Broadway, but I On the theatre’s mainstage, singing a like working here because I’ve lived in mash-up of pulsating hits, the hip, super- Queens off and on for six years, so it feels talented all-Broadway star cast will make you like my back yard.” feel like you’re in the hear t of Manhat tan: Per formance s are Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Celia Carvajal (“Tarzan,” “Dracula The Mu- Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets cost sical”), Ashley Loren (“Wonderland: Alice’s $35. For information or for tickets, call (718) New Musical Adventure,” “Dracula The Mu- 760-0064 or visit w w w.queenstheatre.org.
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onslaught to come. First came a zucchini flower stuffed with spinach and goat cheese - a delicacy picked from Gigliot t i's own garden. The subtle mix of unique flavors gave away why it's considered a treat. Next came the business of pasta - ey, this is Italian! Homemade gnocchi with pesto, a delicious take on an Italian staple, made w ith fresh basil. Also Fet tucini Alla Triangolo - an absurdly delicious combinaThere are many benefits to having an tion of parmesan cheese, peas, onions, and Italian buddy - loyalty, kinship, a deeper prosciut to in a gorgonzola cream sauce. understanding of "The Godfather." But arFor our main course, Angelo suggested guably the most underrated is grandma's his favorite - Vitello Mario's Style - veal cooking. Those of us ble ssed with a Tony, w ith pancet ta, peas and fre sh tomatoe s. Vinny or Mikey in our lives know the de- The meat was perfectly cut and sw imming light in being invited to Nonna's Sunday in a sauce bordering on the divine. The feasts, where every uncle, aunt, pancet ta lent flavor w ith gusto cousin and family pet gathers to while the peas rounded out a get a big helping of the good stuff RESTAURANT playful texture. It was the most from the Old Country, as Padre down-to-ear th yet delicious veal Pio inevitably watches on from I've had in a long time. Thanks, the mantle. Angelo. It is as much a rite of passage For de sser t, I had t iramisu as any omer ta oath, a nd makes while my guest enjoyed some you realize the slew of "Italian" cheesecake with fruit atop. The ristorantes spread around our desser ts, unlike their Americanborough are faking it all the way. ized counterparts, provided a fanBut the search for Nonna's best is tastic cap w ith flavor ful but not what keeps us trying new place s. overpowering sweetness. Alas, Well look no fur ther, for rising above all Mario put me over the top with a glass of the cookie-cutter Italian joints comes Mario his homemade Limoncello, a dangerously Gigliot ti's Il Triangolo Ristorante. In an era delicious aperitif. when hotshot young chefs in Manhat tan Il Triangolo follows the Italian tradit ion experiment fusing Italian with Far East cui- of making great food feel, taste and seem si ne, Gigliot t i keeps it old school. Il simple. It's a trick - these meals border on Triangolo presents a triple threat - fresh, religious, a communal rite passed down for homemade and delicious. generations. It's almost too generous for My guest and I began our meal with anyone to share this food outside their some wonderful sautéed eggpla nt with home, for strangers no less. But Italy, in marinara sauce, fresh-baked bread with a spirit, has been nothing if not generous to black olive and anchov y spread, prosciut to the world. and figs. The antipasti - hot, cold, sweet, Sit. Ma ngia! Ever y Nonna would be tangy, sour - prepped the palate for the proud. Il Tr iangolo Ristorante 96-01 Corona Ave., Corona (718) 271-1250 CUISINE: Italian HOURS: 11:30 am to 10 pm Tue-Thur & Sun; 11:30 am to 11 pm Fri & Sat DELIV ERY: Yes PA RKING: On Site CREDIT CARDS: All Major
her ar tistic career was in motion. One photograph in the exhibit of several musclebound men straining to lift a two-ton structure illustrates the type of tension and precision that Got tlieb looks for as a photographer. The men are participating in a traditional Italian festival that celebrates the life of a saint who saved people from a shipwreck off Naples. Gottlieb’s photograph depicts the Long Island City men straining Examples of Audrey Gottlieb’s work on display at the to lift a massive structure Queens Botanical Gardens, “Bridesmaids In Green Satin.” called a giglio—there’s a 14-piece band and a singer on the giglio’s of Northern Boulevard. She enjoys the serene life, but does miss the bustle of the borplatform, not pictured. “It symbolizes the saving of the people ough that first inspired her. “There are common threads that run i n t he sh ipwreck, a nd also mar t y r dom. One person has the honor of standing in through all these different cultures, festivals front of them with a baton, calling in processions, and food celebrations,” she Italian to lift the platform. He will tell said. “I think there’s an authenticity about them when to lift and drop it, which they Queens that I never experienced in Manhathave to be ver y careful about doi ng. I tan.” On May 19, Got tlieb will be coming down like that—it’s such precision, they have to have t heir hear t s, bo die s, a nd souls from Maine to close the exhibit and give an art ist’s talk about the Botanical Garden. If i nvolved i n it.” After more than 20 years in Queens, you want to see more of her work, check Gottlieb has moved to Maine, a little bit north out w w w.audrey-got tlieb.com.
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THEATER TUPAC February 17, 18 Black Spectrum Theatre in Jamaica presents “The Tragedy of Tupac or Who Shot Me?” 7231800, ext. 14. 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. RENT April 11-14, 18-20 at LaGuardia Performing Arts. 482-5151. KILLING KOMPANY The Killing Company performs mystery dinner shows. 1-888-SHOOT-EM for information.
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RELIGIOUS TEMPLE BETH Friday, February 17 Shabbat service at 8. Saturday, February 18 Shabbat Service and Torah Study at 10. Friday, February 24 Shabbat service at 8. Saturday, February 25 Shabbat service and torah study at 10. Sunday, February 26 Jewish S t a r t a t 9 . Te m p l e B e t h S h o l o m , 1 7 2 nd S t r e e t a n d Northern Blvd., Flushing. 464-4143. ADULT STUDY Saturday, February 18 Queens Communit y for Cultural Judaism presents an introductory session of adult study group on Jewish Humanist Philosophy. UUCQ, Ash Avenue and 149 th Street, Flushing at 2:30. 380-5362. SHROVE TUESDAY Tuesday, Februar y 21 Mardi Gras celebration with traditional pancake and jambalaya supper. 847-2649. REFORM TEMPLE F r i d a y , F e b r u a r y 2 4 dialogue during Shabbat service on “You Will Teach Your Children” at 8 at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112 th Street.
TEENS JOB SEARCH Saturdays, February 18, March 3, 17 at the Central library at 10:30. CHESS CLUB Saturdays Flushing library at 2. TRIVIA CONTEST Monday, February 20 Presidents’ Day Trivia Contest at the Far Rockaway library at 4. 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. TEEN JEOPARDY Tuesday, Februar y 21 at 4 at the Flushing library. MEDITATION Tuesday, Februar y 21 and Thursday, February 23 at the Broadway library. 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. GAME TIME Wednesday, February 22 card games at the Flushing library at 2. 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. JUST 4 TEENS Thursday, February 23 at the Hillcrest library at 3. MOTIVATIONAL WORK. Thursday, February 23 Motivational Workshop at the Laurelton library at 5. KARAOKE Thursday, February 23 at the Arverne library at 5:30. OPEN MIC Thursday, February 23 at the East Elmhurst library at 6. KARAOKE NIGHT Thursday, February 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. BOOK TALK Friday, February 24 “Warriors Don’t Cry” discussed at 4 at the Broadway library. YOUNG REFORMERS Friday, February 24 at the Laurelton librar y. Register WII GAMING Fridays, February 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.
SENIORS/ SENIOR GROUPS FREE LUNCH Saturdays, February 18, March 17 All Saints Church in Richmond Hill. 849-2352 reservations. DUPLICATE BRIDGE Mondays Lunch, lesson and c o n g e n i a l p l ay. P r i d e o f Judea. 423-6200. STAY WELL Mondays at the Central library at 10 and Wednesdays at 10:15 at the East Elmhurst librar y. Learn how special exercise and relaxation techniques make a difference in your life. TAX HELP Tuesdays, February 21, 28, March 6, 13, 20, 27 at the Hollis library. 465-7355. CAREGIVERS Tuesdays Caregivers Support group at 3:30-4:30 Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 th Avenue, Bayside. 631-1886. KEW GARDENS Wednesday, February 22 winter soup recipe at 1. Register. Monday, February 27 presentation by the Queens Library at 1. Wednesday, February 29 Jazzercise at 11. Mondays 1:30 dancercise, 2:30 comedy workshop. Fridays tai chi at 10, Dancercise at 1:30. Kew G a rdens Communit y Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, suite 202. STARS Wednesdays, February 22, 29, March 7 Senior Theater Acting Repertory meets at 10:30 at the Hollis library. BRIDGE Wednesdays Reform Temple of Forest Hills. 2612900. STAY WELL Wednesdays at 10:15 at the East Elmhurst library for exercise and other health related programs. TAX HELP Thursdays, February 23, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 tax counseling for low-income older adults at the Fresh Meadows library at 1. STARS Fridays, February 24, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Senior Theater Acting Repertory meets at the Queens Village library at 10:30. AARP QUEENS CHORUS Fridays through March rehearsals at 1 at the Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center. 523-1330 information.
Queens Today YOUTH LIBRARY BUDDIES Wednesdays, February 22, 29, March 7 at the Auburndale library at 4. HAPPY HAPPY STORY Wednesdays, February 22, 29, March 7 story time at the LIC library at 10:30. BOOST HEALTH Wednesdays, February 22, 29 BOOST health and science at 5 at the McGoldrick library. FAMILY COLORING Wednesday, February 22 family coloring and story time at 10:30 at the Bay Terrace library. FEBRUARY CRAFT Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, February 22, 23, 24 at the Poppenhusen library at 2:30. PUPPET CFRAFT Wednesday, February 22 at the East Flushing library. Register. 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 CRAFT Thursday, February 23 at the Seaside library. TALENT SHOW Thursday, February 23 at the Pomonok library. Register. MANY ANIMALS Thursday, February 23 One World, Many Animals at the Forest Hills library at 2. POETRY Thursday, February 23 at the Flushing library at 2:30. BOOST READING Thursday, February 23 BOOST Reading Buddies at 5 at the McGoldrick library. CRAFT TIME Thursdays 3:30 Ozone Park library. COLOR & CRAFT Fridays, February 24, March 2 Kids Coloring and Craft at 11 at the Queensboro Hill library. ACTIVITY TIME Friday, February 24 at the Briarwood library at 3:30. LIBRARY BUDDIES Fridays, February 24, March 2 at the Auburndale library at 4. WII GAMING Fridays, February 24, March 2, 9 at the Astoria library at 4:30. BOOST GAME DAY Friday, February 24 at the McGoldrick library at 5. 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. LAURA NUMEROFF Saturday, February 25 special story time at 11 at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows. COOKIE MOUSE Saturday, February 25 meet Cookie Mouse at 11:30 at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows.
SINGLES SINGLES Wednesday, February 22 “Is There Such A Thing As Perfect Love?” 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. SIMCHA SINGLES Sunday, February 26 prePurim part y at 2 for those over 30. $10. Little Neck Jewish Center. 516-4871466.
TALKS AMERICAN DOCUMENTS Saturday, February 18 visual images of Catholic nuns in contemporary culture. $5.1pm at the Greater Astoria Historical Societ y, 35-20 Broadway, 4 th floor, LIC. HOME OWNERSHIP Saturday, February 18 What You Need to Know To Get Started at the Jackson Heights library at 3. LIC BOOK CLUB Tuesday, February 21 “The Help” discussed at 10 at the LIC library. TURKISH DANCE Wednesday, February 22 contemporary dance practices in Istanbul at 12:15 at Campbell Dome, Queens College. 997-5597. MCGOLDRICK Wednesday, February 22 “Dreams of Joy” discussed at 1:30 at the McGoldrick library. POMONOK Wednesday, February 22 “The Wild Rose” discussed at 2 at the Pomonok library. CALLIGRAPHY Thursdays, February 23, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 appreciation of classical Chinese calligraphy at the Flushing library at 6:30. EAST FLUSHING Thursday, February 23 at the East Flushing library at 10:30. Call 357-6643 for title.
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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 Saturday, February 18 at the Flushing library at 11. BLACK HISTORY Saturday, February 18 at 11 at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows. 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 , F re s h Meadows. DOKTOR KABOOM! Sunday, February 19 Doktor Kaboom! Is an interactive science comedy for all ages at the Queens Theatre in the Park at 1 and 3. 7600064. LEGOS BUILDERS Mondays, February 20, 27, March 5 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. ANIMALS Tuesday, Februar y 21 One World, Many Animals at the Middle Village library at 2. Friday, February 24 t the Flushing library at 2:30. CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Tuesdays, February 21, 28 at the Glen Oaks library at 11. ORIGAMI Tu e s d a y, F e b r u a r y 2 1 Origami for a Snowy Day at 2 at the Whitestone library. Register. Thursday, February 23 at the Rosedale library. Register. YOGA AND ME Tuesdays, February 21, 28, March 6 yoga and me for pre-schoolers at the Douglaston library. Register. BOOK BUDDIES Tuesdays, February 21, 28, March 6 at the Hillcrest library at 3:30. BOOST WORD Tuesdays, February 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.
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Queens Today MEETINGS PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturdays, February 18, March 3, 17, 31 learn how to communicate ef fectively. 10-12:15 at Elmhurst Hospital. 424-9754. P-FLAG Sundays, February 19, March 18 P-FLAG, a support group for parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays, meet in Forest Hills. 271-6663. CIVIL AIR PATROL Mondays Falcon Senior Squadron at 7 at JFK Airport. 781-2359. MEN’S CLUB SOCCER Tu e s d ay e ve n i n g s F o r e st Hills Jewish Center 8-9:30. 263-7000. FRESH MEADOW CAMERA Tu e s d a y s Fre s h M e a d o w s Camera Club. 917-612-3463. ADVANCED WRITERS Tuesdays Advanced Bayside Writers’ Group meets at 6:30 in the Terrace Diner, 212-97 26 th Avenue, upper level. TALK OF THE TOWN Tu e s d a y s , F e b r u a r y 2 1 , March 6, 20 learn the art of public speaking at 7:15 in St. Albans. 640-7092. REGO HILLS REPUB. Tuesday, Februar y 21 Rego Hills Republican Club meets at 7:30 at the Sizzler on Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hills. 275-6005. AMERICAN LEGION Tu e s d a y s , F e b r u a r y 2 1 , March 20 American Legion 131 meets at 8 at 10-20 Clintonville Street, Whitestone. 767-4323. AUBURNDALE CIVIC Tu e s d a y s , F e b r u a r y 2 1 , March 20 Auburndale residents meet at St. Kevin’s, 4521 194 th Street at 7:30. BEREAVEMENT Wednesdays, February 22, March 20 Bereavement Support Group at Holy Family in Fresh Meadows at 7:30. 969-2448. FH VAC Wednesdays, February 22, March 28 Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corp. 7932055. BARBERSHOP Wednesdays Jamaica Chapter of t he Societ y for t he Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet in Flushing. 468-8416. CIVIL AIR PATROL Thursdays at 3 at August Martin HS, 156-10 Baisley Blvd., Jamaica. 525-6925. WOMEN’S GROUP Fridays Woman’s Group of Jamaica Estates meets at noon. 461-3193. CLUTTERERS ANON. Fridays Learn how to gain control of your life by eliminating your clutter. 7127656. ST. ALBANS CIVIC Sundays, February 26, March 25 St. Albans Civic Improvement Association meets at 1:30 at St. Albans L u t h e r a n C h u r c h , 2 0 0 th Street and 119 th Avenue in the undercroft. JEWISH VETS Sundays, February 26, March 25 Jewish War Veterans of the USA Lipsky/Blum Post meet at Garden Jewish Center. 463-4742.
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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. LULLABY OF BWY. Saturday, February 18 at the Forest Hills library at 2:30. LOVE STORIES Saturday, February 18 at the Steinway library at 2:30. Monday, February 27 at the Pomonok library at 6:30. Love Stories from Beyond. JAPANESE MUSIC Saturday, February 18 modern improvisational music at the Flushing library at 2. WINANS PERFORM Saturday, February 18 Bebe and Cece Winans perform at Queens College. MOTOWN TRIBUTE Saturday, February 18 at Queensborough Communit y College. 631-6311. GREAT PIANISTS Saturday, February 18 at 3 at the Central library. AFRICAN ART Saturday, February 18 MoMA presents Picasso, Matisse and Africa at the Fresh Meadows library at 3. STAMP SHOW Sundays, February 19, March 25 Bayside Stamp Show at the Ramada Hotel, 220-33 Northern Blvd., Bayside 10-4:30. LEWIS H. LATIMER Sunday, February 19 African American Innovators of Queens at 2:30 at the Queens Historical Societ y. $5 members, $8 others. 9390647, ext. 17. LIVE JAZZ & R&B Sundays, February 19, 26, March 4, 11 live jazz and r&b 6-10 at Déjà vu, 180-25 Linden Blvd., St. Albans. NATIONAL TREASURE Monday, February 20 “National Treasure” shown and discussion and tour of the artifacts of the Astoria Historical Societ y. Free. 1pm. 278-0700. QUEENS MOVIE Tuesday, February 21 1:30 “Save our History: Voices of Civil Rights” will be shown at the Queens Historical Societ y. $3. 939-0647, ext. 17. MAE C. JAMISON Tuesday, February 21 at the St. Albans library at 2. Monday, February 27 at the Baisley Park library at 6. Wednesday, February 29 at 4 at the Queens Village library. Learn about the life of Jamison, who followed her own ambition to become the first African-American woman ever to travel to space. 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. TRIPS Wednesday, February 22 National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. Tuesday, March 29 Discovery Times Square and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Tuesday, May 29 tour of the UN. Wednesday, June 20 N Y B o t a n i c a l G a r d e n s . Tr i p s sponsored by the Samuel Field Y in Little Neck. 2256750, ext. 236. LOL Wednesdays, February 22, 29 break through the winter blues with shows of Laurel and Hardy and more at the Poppenhusen Institute. 358-0067. 1-4. WORLD CLASSICS Thursday, February 23 at t he Bay Terrace libra r y at 1:30. DUO D’AMOUR Thursday, February 23 at the Bellerose library at 2. EDDIE LEE ISAACS Thursday, February 23 Million Dollar Quartet – music of Elvis, Cash, Lewis and Perkins at 2 at the Hollis library. LUNAR NEW YEAR Thursday, February 23 at the Queensboro Hill library at 3. OPEN MIC Thursday, February 23 at the East Elmhurst library at 6. GAME DAY Fridays 4:30 Woodhaven library. BANANAGRAM/SCRABBLE Fridays Windsor Park library at 2. GAME PLAYERS CLUB Fridays 2 Hillcrest library. LUNAR NEW YEAR Saturday, February 25 at the Fresh Meadows library at 2. MUSIC ANDINA Saturday, February 25 at the Broadway library at 3. BENEFIT CONCERT Saturday, February 25 for the Poppenhusen Institute. Irish music with Mary Courtney and Morning Star. 358-0067 tickets. COMMUNITY CAFÉ Saturday, February 25 neighborhood conversation about life in Southeast Q u e e n s 8 : 3 0 - 1 2 : 3 0 . Yo r k College, 94-20 Guy Brewer Blvd., Jamaica. 347-8242301. INFLUX Saturday, February 25 Turkish dance performance by Influx at the Goldstein Theatre, Queens College. Free. 8pm. PIERRE MONTIEL Sunday, February 26 World’s Fair historian take a look at the People At The Fair at 2:30. $5 members, $8 others. Queens Historical Societ y. 939-0647, ext. 17. SCHOOL CARNIVAL Sunday, February 26 9-4:30 at Divine Mercy, 101-60 91nd Street, Ozone Park. Face painting, arts and crafts for kids, carnival food, shopping, more.
EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturday, February 18 learn to communicate effectively at Elmhurst Hospital. 646436-7940. JOB SEARCH Saturdays, February 18, March 3 at the Central library. Register. INTERVIEW PREP Saturday, February 18 Jackson Heights library at 3. 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). 454-
HEALTH BLOOD DRIVES S u n d a y , F e b r u a r y 19 S t . Mary Gate of Heaven in Ozone Park, Harley Davidson in LIC and St. Nicholas of Tolentine in Jamaica. Thursday, February 23 St. John’s Universit y in Jamaica and York College in Jamaica. Friday, February 24 Forest Hills Hospital. Sunday, February 26 Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Ridgewood and Our Lady of Mercy in Forest Hills. Monday, February 27 Avalon Riverside Apartments in LIC. LI Blood Services. 1800-933-2566. WAITANKUNG Sunday s at 2. Total-body workout. Flushing Hospital/ Medical Center. Free. Jimmy 7-10pm 347-2156. CHAIR YOGA Monday, February 27 at the South Jamaica library. Register. LEARN CPR Monday, February 27 learn CPR at the Rosedale library. Register. TAI CHI Mondays and Thursdays at 11 at the Cardiac Health Center in Fresh Meadows. 670-1695. $5. ALZHEIMERS Tu e s d a y, F e b r u a r y 2 8 Caregiver Support Group in Forest Hills. 592-5757, ext. 237. 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. ZUMBA Wednesdays 6:30-7:30 Cardiac Health Center in Fresh Meadows. 670-1695. $10 class. HEALTHY HEART Thursday, February 23 Cardiac Risk Factors. Healthy Heart lectures at the Flushing library at 2. 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.
5800. Reservations required. Donations accepted. POETRY WRITING Monday, February 20 poetry writing workshop at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows at 7:30. BRIDGE CLUB Mondays except holidays 12-4 at Pride of Judea in Douglaston. Lesson & play $10. Partners arranged. 4236200. 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. BASIC COMPUTER Tuesday, February 21 at the Rosedale library at 10:30. ACING THE INTERVIEW Tuesday, February 21 at the LIC library at 1:30. COMPUTER CLASS Tuesdays, February 21, 28 at the Bellerose library at 10:30 and 11:15. INTRO COMPUTER Tuesdays, February 21, 28 at the Queens Village library. Register. INTRO WORD Tu e s d a y s C e n t ra 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. MOCK INTERVIEW Wednesday, February 22 interview tips at the Central library. 990-5102. PHOTO ALBUM Wednesday, February 22 Photo albums in PowerPoint at the Central library. 9905102. INTRO INTERNET Wednesdays, February 22, March 7 at the Windsor Park library. Register. LEARNING LABS Wednesdays at the LIC library at 1:30. 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. 2612900 DR AWING/ 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. SOCIAL MEDIA Thursday, February 23 “Facebook tutorial.” Thursday, March 22 “”Twitter Tutorial.” Thursday, April 19 “Google plus Tutorial.” Central library. 990-8501 to register, FED JOB RESUME Thursday, February 23 at the Central library at 4. RESUME WRITING Thursday, February 23 Arverne library at 5:15. 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. QUILTING CLASS Thursdays 10-2 Maria Rose Doll Museum in St. Albans. 276-3454 East Elmhurst library at 12:30. . COMPUTER CLASS Thursdays Queensboro Hill library. Register. KNIT & CROCHET Thursdays Fresh Meadows library at 6. Crochet at the South Hollis library at 6:30. BOOT CAMP Fridays through March 30 at the LIC library at 2. INTRO INTERNET Friday, February 24 at the Central library. 990-5102. 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.
DINNER SHROVE TUESDAY Tuesday, Februar y 21 Mardi Gras celebration with traditional pancake and jambalaya supper. 847-2649.
EXHIBIT SOCRATES SCULPTURE Through March 4 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition at Socrates Sculpture Park. 956-1819. QUEENS PROJECT Through March 31 “Vignettes from the Queens Project” at the Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main Street, Flushing.
Queens Focus PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . . PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE ...PEOPLE . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE.. PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE . . .PEOPLE... Jordan R. Mittenthal of Bayside was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at SUNY Canton. Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh. They include: Bayside: Christopher Reyes. Forest Hills: Julia Karsten. Howard Beach: Alyssa Brusca. Middle Village: Shannon McLoughlin. Woodside: Regine Marquez. Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at SUNY Cortland. They include: Astoria: John Ntzelves. Bayside: Jeanie Lam, Norgan Sapolsky, Rachel Wylie. Fresh Meadows: Angela Nigoghossian. Jamaica: Imani Sinclair. Little Neck: Samantha Ward. Middle Village: Aloysius Grogan, Lauren Hagen. Ozone Park: Rosemarie Tibball. Woodside: Daniel O’Brien. Franklin Park of Bayside, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ, was inducted into Phi Zeta Kappa junior honor society for the spring 2012 semester. Park was also named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester. Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at the University of Albany. They include: Bayside: Katelyn Radice, Hannah Bagell, Timothy Hom, Bruce Ihm, Joanna Landers, Emily Ortiz, Samantha Chorny, Beth-Anne Farmer, Teagyun Joung, Dennis Pruden. Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Marist College in Poughkeepsie. They include: Bayside: Alyssa Manzi, Nicole Stimitz and Stephanie Waring.
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 Jackson Heights Stationery, 75-23 31st Ave., East Elmhurst. Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh. They include: Bayside: Christopher Reyes. Forest Hills: Julia Karsten. Howard Beach: Alyssa Brusca. Middle Village: Shannon McLoughlin. Woodside: Regine Marquez. Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at SUNY Cortland. They include: Astoria: John Ntzelves. Bayside: Jeanie Lam, Norgan Sapolsky, Rachel Wylie. Fresh Meadows: Angela Nigoghossian. Jamaica: Imani Sinclair. Little Neck: Samantha Ward. Middle Village: Aloysius Grogan, Lauren Hagen. Ozone Park: Rosemarie Tibball. Woodside: Daniel O’Brien. Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at the University of Albany. They include:
U.S. Rep. Bob Turner joined in honoring Cub Scouts of Troop and Pack 139 of Howard Beach, who received the “Arrow of Light” award and crossed over into the Boy Scouts. The “Arrow of Light” achievement is the highest honor a Cub Scout receives. Turner presented each scout with congressional certificates at St. Helen’s School in Howard Beach. Also in the photo are Lisa Forgione, Den Leader, and Miguel Hernandez, Assistant Den Leader.
Ozone Park: Stephany Ruiz, Natalie Dunayevich, Emanuel Mallare, Brooke Pati. Richmond Hill: Johamna Hernandez, Kulvinder Singh. South Richmond Hill: Natasha Pooran,
LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 13/12, bearing Index Number NC-001261-11/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) Tiba (Middle) Mohamed (Last) Esa My present name is (First) Tiba (Middle) Mohamed (Last) Essa aka Tiba Esa My present address is 101-06 223 St, Queens Village, NY 11429 My place of birth is Yemen My date of birth is September 26, 1989 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 13/12, bearing Index Number NC-001262-11/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) Halima (Middle) Ahmed (Last) Eesa My present name is (First) Halima (Middle) Ahmed (Last) Essa aka Halima A.S. Eesa aka Halimah Ahmed Saleh Eesa My present address is 101-06 223 St., Queens Village, NY 11429 My place of birth is Yemen My date of birth is November 16, 1957 ___________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MUGA LLC.
Amber Shamburger. Woodhaven: Xin Ge, Melissa Jermann, Devin Vazquez. Martin Liu of Woodhaven was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at SUNY Canton.
LEGAL NOTICE Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/13/12. The latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2112. 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, 147-04 8th Avenue, Whitestone, New York 11357. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 10/12, bearing Index Number NC-001215-11/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) Megan (Middle) Elizabeth (Last) Mc Inerney My present name is (First) Megan (Middle) Elizabeth (Last) Santora aka Megan Elizabeth Mc Inerney My present address is 21-25 34 th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11106 My place of birth is New York, NY My date of birth is October 15, 1985 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12/22/11, bearing Index Number NC-001190-11/QU,
LEGAL NOTICE 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) Amy (Last) Yu My present name is (First) I Mei (Last) Yu aka Amy Yu, aka Amy I Mei Yu My present address is 25-29 88 th Street, East Elmhurst, NY 11369 My place of birth is New York, NY My date of birth is April 01, 1975 ___________________________________ Notice of formation of THE H U M M I N G B I R D RISTORANTE LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 03/28/2011. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 3475 Carey Lane, Baldwin, New York, 11510. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of Jamaica Website LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY SSNY on 12/08/2011. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 13752 174 th Street, Springfield gardens, NY 11434 SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Jamaica Website, LLC. At the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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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 Blvs., 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.
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Ballin’
Harlem Globetrotters Legend Curly Neal tests out the basketball Neal spins a basketball for Margaret Honey, presiskills of a young visitor to the New York Hall of Science as part of dent and CEO of the New York Hall of Science. Photos by Andrew Kelly. a special event called “The Science of Basketball.”
All Heart
Assemblywoman Grace Meng (right) and Assemblyman William Scarborough (right) talk to Ken Adams, president and CEO of Empire State Development, about how to help small businesses in New York State.
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Queens Events Edited By Harley Benson Allison Sesso, left, deputy executive director of the Human Services Council, and Debbie Hampson, CRC, LMHP, director of the Queens Community Center of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, with some of the 1,000 valentines created by the center’s clients and exhibited there. Each heart bore a message of appreciation for the services provided by this community center. Photo courtesy of the Human Services Council of NY.
Wearing Red
Robert Schreibman of Forest Hills shared the story of his marriage to his late wife of 66 years, Marjorie, at an event at LIJ Medical Center on Valentine’s Day. Schreibman was one of six people who took part in a writing project detailing enduring marriages. Photo by Ira Cohen.
Welcome Back
With Honors
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U.S. Rep. Bob Turner pins the Bronze Star Medal on Rego Park native Arno Heller at a ceremony hosted by the Congressman at American Legion Post 1424 in Forest Hills. Turner’s office helped the 91-year-old World War II veteran prove his entitlement to the medal 68 years after the actions that earned him the award.
People buy flowers from vendors off the Cross Island Expressway on Valentine’s Day. Photo by Ira Cohen.
Wink, the neighborhood mascot was officially welcomed back in a special ceremony officiated by Jackson Heights Beautification Group President Ed Westley. The beloved penguin was presented with a handmade hat and scarf made by local resident Janet Kelly to keep warm during the winter months. The statue, which was originally dedicated to the Argentinean community by former Parks Commissioner Henry J. Stern, mysteriously disappeared in 2009.
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Councilman Dan Halloran and his staff wore red for the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day to build awareness of women’s risk for heart disease and stroke. Pictured (from left) are John Mulvey, chief of staff Chrissy Voskerichian, Lynda Metzger, Amy Tan, Dan Cho, Halloran, Erica Goldstein and Victor Mimoni.
Unlike many models, Alezia didn’t get her first break as an independent gal striking out on her own. No, she had a whole team behind her. “I’ve been modeling for a while now,” she said. “When I was 16 I was on a modeling team in high school. We did shows, we went to a competition in Washington, D.C.” This was, as you might imagine, not in New York. Though Alezia is Queens born and raised, she did go to high school in Maryland, but then came back home to Hollis. Having worked on a temp project recently at a law office, Alezia is now devoting herself fulltime to focus on the modeling – and music. “I’ve been traveling back and forth to a family music studio in Connecticut,” she said, and spending a great deal of time writing music and lyrics. “That’s what I do most of the time; I write, and that’s about it,” she said. Oh, and she has a “bad habit” of shopping. Though she admittedly doesn’t spend much time in her home borough, when she does, it’s usually to head out to a neighborhood restaurant or spend some time in the park. “I’m a very energetic person – high-spirited and trying to make it,” she said.
Models Of Queens
Alezia Session Home: Hollis Age: 20 Height: 5’ 8" Weight: 112 lbs Stats: 32-24-28
Pitching Powerball is Ozone Park songstress Cyndy Lauper
Powerball's Cyndy Lauper Good stereo systems are expensive, but a new Powerball ad tells you if you win the lottery, you don’t even need one. The ad shows a woman relaxing on her seemingly middle class couch flipping through some of Ozone Park native’s Cyndi Lauper’s hit songs on what is presumably her stereo: “Time After Time,” “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and “True Colors” included. She ultimately decides to take a nap instead. The shot then cuts to Cyndi
Pop-Up Catch-Up goodies made by Astoria natives.
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Some savvy Astoria business owners have found a clever way to avoid pesky commercial rent, and keep you from wanting a WalMart. Almost like a commercial flash mob, “pop up stores” have been…well…popping up all over the borough, sharing space with already existing commercial properties. Last week, the “We Love Astoria” Pop Up Market opened on folding tables at the Time Café, 44-18 Broadway, selling, among other things, trinkets and other
Time For Spell Check At P.S. 201 in Flushing, teaching students how to spell the words “gun” and “rob” is apparently part of the curriculum. Which is a bit odd, considering the increased concern parents are showing about gun violence throughout Queens and the U.S. According to NY1, a 5-year-old brought home a spelling sheet for homework with those two words on it, in addition to a picture of a robber running with a gun and a bag of money. From the worksheet used by Perhaps the teacher wanted to in5 year-olds in P.S. 201Q still the message that if you do rob a bank, make sure you do not walk away, but “R”-”U”-”N” run. While it is somewhat suspect that the teacher chose the strange worksheet to send home, it appears to be equally strange that some educational company produced it and it is ordered and used by our schools. When someone sits and creates a spelling worksheet for 5-year-olds, do they really think that the words “gun” and “rob” are essential words to learn? If children are being taught how to be criminals in elementary school, imagine what they will learn in high school.
“They’re becoming popular because people like to feel they’re buying from somebody and not from a big department store,” one of the organizers of the We Love Astoria market told the Daily News. This gives an entirely new meaning to the term one-day sale. But we can’t help but wonder, haven’t these existed for decades in Manhattan on sidewalks selling books, hats and abstract paintings of New York City landmarks. A little late to the game guys.
herself and her band playing in her living room and the woman telling her to take a break while she snoozes, to which Cyndi responds in her trademark Queens; “seereeeuslee.” The message: win the lottery, have a Queens-bred musician perform for you in your own home. The jackpot grows quickly and the winner may be able to afford a home concert from Cyndi, 50-Cent and Simon and Garfunkel with the spirit of Louis Armstrong playing an interlude on the trumpet.
Dapper's Grandkid
Gotti's Grandson Carmine Agnello, Jr.
Confidentially, New York . . .
Carmine Agnello Jr., grandson of the late Queens mob boss John Gotti, was arrested recently for allegedly driving with tinted windows and a suspended license. Police stopped Agnello in Queens when they noticed the car he was driving was missing the front plate and discovered that he was allegedly driving on a suspended licence. He was arrested and taken to the 103rd precinct in Jamaica. Agnello, with his mom Victoria and brothers Frank and John was the subject of the A&E reality television series Growing Up Gotti. The head of the Gambino crime family was convicted of 13 murders in 1992, and was sentenced to life in prison. He died there in 2002. We await the release of a biopic with John Travolta and Al Pacino chronicling the Gotti family.
Bake Sale Eighth grade is a crazy time. Bake sales are not supposed to be a part of that crazy time. But one eighth grader at IS 208 in Bellerose sold marijuana-laced brownies to unwitting (and witting) students. They were $3 each, or two for $5, a great deal considering, well, the magical after effects. A student apparently tipped off the dean about the brownies. He wasn’t quite ready for High School.
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Group LLC c/o Deepan Bajwa, Esq. at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.” ___________________________________ Supreme Court, Queens County, Matter of Juanita Watkins a.k.a. Juanita E. Watkins an incapacitated person, pursuant to Court Order dated January 24, 2012, of Hon. Howard G. Lane, JSC, for application to sell premises 1077 Dean Street, Brooklyn, New York 11235 on March 19, 2012 at 11:00 am. In IAS Part MGM, Supreme Court – Queens County 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York 11432 under contract subject to court approval for $700,000.00 call Zenith T. Taylor, Esq. (718) 268-1300 for info ___________________________________ CRESPO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING SERVICE PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/13/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 70-18 57th Dr., Apt 1, Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Lic. Mental Health Counselor. ___________________________________ POST NATURE ART, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/ 28/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Marica Cooper, 104-20 68th Dr #B37, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of Amapola, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY SSNY on1/13/2012. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 102-25 46 th Ave., Corona, NY 11368. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/ o Amapola, LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. ___________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PRINCESS NEHA, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/30/ 2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: PRINCESS NEHA, LLC-34-33 75 th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/15/11, bearing Index Number NC-001073-11/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) Nathan (Middle) Drake (Last)
LEGAL NOTICE Castro My present name is (First) Kelvin (Middle) Ray (Last) Garcia My present address is 12333 83 rd Avenue, Kew Gardens, NY 11415 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is July 31, 1993 ___________________________________ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 18835/11 D/O/F: February 2, 2012 Block: 09299 Lot: 0033 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF Queens NYCTL 2010-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR THE NYCTL 2010A TRUST, Plaintiffs, -againstANTHONY LAINO; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANACE; UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE PHYLLIS LAINO, IF THEY BE LIVING OR DEAD, THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE PHYLLIS LAINO, IF THEY BE LIVING OR DEAD, THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Amended Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Amended Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiffs’ Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made
LEGAL NOTICE in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Diccia T. Pineda-Kirwan of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on January 11, 2012, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York. The nature of this action is to foreclose a tax lien certificate recorded against said premises. The Tax Lien Certificate was dated August 5, 2010 and recorded on August 12, 2010 as CRFN: 2010000272817. Said premises being known as and by 87-87 109TH STREET, RICHMOND HILL, NY 11427, which is more fully described as Block: 09299; Lot: 0033. Dated: November 18, 2011 Batavia, New York Virginia Grapensteter, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiffs Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of WTDF Now, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/24/12. Off. loc.: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40 th St., 10 th Fl., NY, NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful activity. __________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 25/12, bearing Index Number NC-001294-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Bou-
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levard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Theoni (Middle) Tiffany (Last) Papazafiropoulos My present name is (First) Theoni (Last) Papazafiropoulos aka Tiffany Papazafiropoulos My present address is 43-16 223 rd St, Bayside, NY 11361 My place of birth is Greece My date of birth February 06, 1966 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 17/12, bearing Index Number NC-001272-11/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) Brandon (Middle) Zebastian (Last) Tumax Aleman My present name is (First) Brandy (Middle) Richard (Last) Tumax Aleman (infant) My present address is 151-05 85 Drive, Jamaica, NY 11432 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is August 09, 2011 ___________________________________ Notice of formation of AURALNATION LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 11/25/2011. Office located in QUEENS. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 11554 220 STREET QUEENS NY 11411. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 2/ 1/12, bearing Index Number NC-001233-11/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) Catone (Middle) Miguel (Last) Sinclair My present name is (First) Elliott (Middle) Kareem Jovan (Last) Cheeks aka Catone M. Sinclair, aka Catone Sinclair, aka Elliott Cheeks, aka Anthony M. Ruff My present address is 172-53 135th Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11434-3301 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth February 25, 1975 ___________________________________
ined 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) Jennifer (Middle) Ann Beltrami (Last) Perry My present name is (First) Jennifer (Middle) Ann (Last) Beltrami aka Jennifer Perry, aka Jennifer Ann Beltrami-Perry, aka Jennifer Ann Beltrami My present address is 25-45 126 th Street, Flushing, NY 11354 My place of birth is Bay Shore, NY My date of birth is April 28, 1984 ___________________________________
Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 10/12, bearing Index Number NC-001239-11/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) Lihua (Last) Zhou My present name is (First) Lihua (Last) Axley aka Lihua Zhou My present address is 139-50 35 th Ave #7A, Flushing, NY 11354 My place of birth is China My date of birth is January 19, 1957 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 18/12, bearing Index Number NC-001280-11/QU, a copy of which may be exam-
Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 18/12, bearing Index Number NC-001279-11/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) Ethan (Last) Shi My present name is (First) Yisen (Last) Shi (infant) My present address is 5126 Simonson Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 My place of birth is China My date of birth is October 07, 2008 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/ 17/12, bearing Index Number NC-001277-11/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) Rachel (Last) Ruiz My present name is (First) Fanny (Middle) Raquel (Last) Ruiz aka Fanny Raquel Baldizon Espinoza, aka Fanny R. Ruiz, aka Fanny R. Baldizon My present address is 7040 Manse St., Forest Hills, NY 11375 My place of birth is Nicaragua My date of birth is September 02, 1981 ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of 15055 14 ROAD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/26/12. Off. loc.: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 12-40 Clintonville St., Lower Level, Whitestone, NY 11357. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 2/ 2/12, bearing Index Number NC-000023-12/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) Andres (Middle) Leonardo (Last) Varela Herrera My present name is (First) Andres (Middle) Leonardo (Last) Herrera aka Andres Leonardo Varela Herrera, aka Andres Varela My present address is 39-39 29 th St., Long Island City, NY 11101 My place of birth is Colombia My date of birth is January 30, 1992
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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. ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the state, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, dated January 10, 2012 and filed in the office of the clerk of the County of Queens at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica New York 11435. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the object of this action is to obtain judgment against the defendant for an absolute divorce, that the bonds of matrimony between the plaintiff and the defendant be forever dissolved and such other, further and different relief as may be just and proper. Dated: January 24, 2012 Sung-Won Park Attorney for Plaintiff Park & Park, LLP 41-23 Murray St., Ste. 207 Flushing, NY 11355 (347) 732-9756 ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of Common Sky LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY SSNY on 1/24/2012. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 3545 32 nd ST. #1F, Long Island City, NY, 11106 SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Common Skky, LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. ___________________________________ 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. ___________________________________ “Notice of Formation of The Tejas Group LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY SSNY on 1/3/2012. Office Location: Queens County. Princ. Office of LLC: 87-52 108 th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o The Tejas
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SHOP AT HOME 24 HOURS A DAY: WeismanHomeOutlets.com Sale Ends Feb. 22, 2012
QUEENS
BROOKLYN
63-27 Metropolitan Ave..............718.497.0212
1175 McDonald Ave...............718.377.8871
• MIDDLE VILLAGE
• SPRINGFIELD GARDENS
• BOROUGH PARK
218-01 Merrick Blvd...................718.723.4000
STORE HOURS: • MON-WED 8-6 • THURS 8-8 • FRI 8-7 • SAT 9-6 •SUN 10-5 • SPRINGFIELD: MON-WED 8-6 • THURS 8-7 • FRI 8-6 • SAT 9-6 SUN 10-5 *Based on 60” starter set kitchen. *** Pertains to Waverly Merlot cabinets advertised in today’s ad . All sales final. Not responsible for type errors or omissions. Photos for illustration only. § Man ufacturers Sugg. Retail.