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Once Low Bidder, AEG Upped Its Ante

By DOMENICK RAFTER Documents released by Aqueduct Entertainment Group and Gov. David Paterson on Tuesday show that AEG, the winning bidder to develop the racino at Aqueduct Racetrack, dramatically increased promised upfront payments to the state, almost doubling in a few months time as the bidding process moved along.

The documents also show that AEG increased it's "win per day" estimates - the estimated money per VLT that the house will win from a customer per day — in the final days before the selection.

Gov. Paterson chose AEG last month after the group promised to pay the state a total of

$351 million up front by March 31. AEG had initially agreed to pay $151 million up front, but then offered another $200 million at the governor's request. That total surpassed the $310 million offered up front by Penn National.

According to the evaluation of win-perday estimates dated Sept. 18, 2009, in the first year, the win per day from AEG would be estimated at $381, while that number would drop to $350 in the second year as construction of the permanent facility at Aqueduct is at its earnest, and then rise in the years after to $387 in year five.

However the document also notes that the net machine income in the first year is lower

Ousted Senator Vows To Fight To The End “There are no standards defining by what action a Senator would get expulsion,” Siegel said.

Siegel also said the Senate’s action ignored the will of the voters who awarded Monserrate the seat in the first place.

“It’s up to the voters of the 13th Senatorial District,” he said.

At tor ney General Andre w Cuomo responded to the lawsuit dismissively, saying “the Senate [could] not expel a member who is demonstrably corrupt, insane or violent” if Monserrate’s argument held true. “Such a posit ion is not only absurd, but dangerous.”

Ultimately, he argued the separation of powers would deem it best to leave the whole scenario be.

With Cuomo’s response in hand, Siegel said, “I probably won’t be home for dinner.”

As for the prospect of success? He admit ted to be navigating unchar ted legal waters, saying, “the issues we’re raising have never been raised in a cour t.”

“I’m cautiously optimistic that we’ll prevail,” he said.

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

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By JOSEPH OROV IC T he pitched bat tle over Stat e Sen. Hiram Monerrate’s (D-Corona) expulsion has moved from the Senate floor to the courtroom, wit h the embat tled legislator promising to take mat ters up to the United States Supreme Court if nece ssary.

Immediately following the 53-8 procedural vote to oust Monserrate, his enlisted at torne y Norman Siegel filed a lawsuit to prevent the Senate’s action from taking immediate effect. Siegel is the former head of the Ne w York Civil Liber ties Union and a prior candidate for Public Advocate.

Southern District Cour t Judge William Pauley is expected to hear arguments from Siegel Thursday and would most likely make his decision by Monday, before the Senate returns to session.

“The issue, over and over again, is we maintain the Senate doesn’t have constitutional or legal authority to expel the Senator,” Siegel said. “And if t he y did, they didn’t do it with the due process of law.”

The procedural vote represents a precedent that allows the willy-nilly expulsion of any member the majority pleases, according to Siegel.

also the reason for the larger number in firstyear income than other bidders and an increase in WPD in the first year. In the revisions, no other bidder changed their projected overall income.

The four other bidders all came in at between $3.1 billion and $3.3 billion by 2022-2023. AEG points to its first-year income as the reason for the growth.

Concerns over AEG's lack of a notable brand name also were expressed. Unlike Wynn, MGM or Hard Rock, there was no well-known brand name attached to AEG. In documents dated Aug. 6 and Aug. 7, 2009, the concerns were noted and AEG officials attempted to argue that a new brand name launched would work and had worked before.

Larry J. Woolfe, Chairman and CEO of Navagante, the brand name AEG proposed, used the example of The Borgata in Atlantic City, which was a brand name invented at the time the resort was established and is now a well known name. Concerns about the brand name were expressed in the Sept. 18 evaluation of potential win per day revenues.

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

than all the four later years, even with the higher WPD because of fewer VLT machines.

In the first year, AEG will install 3,321 of the 4.500 machines. AEG's initial bid projected a first-year WPD of $381 with a net income is projected to be $461,886,300. In the second year, the lower WPD, $350, will still yield a higher net machine income than the first year because all 4,500 would be operating.

The second year machine income is projected to be $574,875,000. The net machine income increases to a project income of $635,647,500 in year five.

AEG's expected generated income changed from its initial projections, which put the generated income below all other bids. When Gov. Paterson opened the bids for revisions last summer, AEG's generated income projection was the only one that changed, from a total of $2.9 billion by 20222023 to $3.6 billion.

In documents dated Sept. 23, 2009, five days after the release of the Evaluation of WPD Revenues, AEG upped its projected WPD revenue from $381 in the first year to $450. AEG said part of the overall increase in revenue came from changing the number of VLT's it is planning on installing in the first year from 3,321 to the full 4,500, which is

Tuesday's snow brought slipper y roads and was to blame in this accident bet ween a sedan and an airport shuttle bus, which caused the bus to wrap around a pole on the Grand Central Parkway bet ween the LIE and Jewel Avenue.

Furniture Store on 37th Avenue.

Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D-Jackson Heights) heralded the quick response of the FDNY and credited them with saving adjacent businesses and apartments.

“Luckily for us, we had firefighters. Luckily for us, we had firehouses nearby,” said Peralta. The closest firehouse to the scene was four blocks away.

“We cannot afford to have less fire protection in our neighborhoods; our lives and our businesses depend on it,” he said.

Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), standing in front of Kelly’s Cleaners, which survived the fire despite being next door to Acme Furniture, which was gutted, said that if it weren’t for the quick response from the fire department, stores like Kelly’s would have been lost.

“If we lose our firehouses, when we have fires like this, the response time would be much longer, and more stores and possible homes, and lives, could have been lost,” Dromm said.

He noted that even if the Jackson Heights firehouses survive the cuts, they would have to serve other communities nearby that would

have lost their firehouses.

“Even if we don’t lose our firehouses, it’s possible that firehouses in Long Island City and Flushing could be closed, and our firefighters would have to respond to their fires,” Dromm said. “That would dramatically increase response time in those communities.”

Dromm said he expects a vigorous debate in the City Council when budget negotiations commence and he said he intends to be a part of the negotiations to fight against closures, not only n Jackson Heights, but elsewhere in the city.

“We cannot allow public safety to be compromised,” Dromm said.

Dromm and Peralta were joined by Leroy McGinnis, Queens Trustee of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, who said residents should be up-in-arms about potential firehouse closures in the wake of the fire.

“My advice to the people is tell the mayor, tell your councilman, tell your state legislator, say no to firehouse closures,” McGinnis said.

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

Firefighters work to knock down the blaze that destroyed a row of stores.

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By DOMENICK RAFTER A four-alarm fire wiped out a commercial strip in Jackson Heights Feb. 13 and local officials are pointing to the blaze, and the potential for it to have been worse, as proof that the possible elimination of 20 firehouses and decrease in FDNY manpower in the mayor’s proposed budget could have deadly consequences.

Eight stores burned along the north side of 37th Avenue and 84th Street in Jackson Heights in a fast moving fire that threatened a nearby apartment building where some residents had to be evacuated to the adjacent apartment building’s basement. Firefighters saved the apartment building by dousing the south side of the structure, preventing any sparks or embers from lighting a fire in the building. There was some minor water damage to the south-facing apartments in that building.

Among the stores destroyed in the fire were a corner liquor store, a furniture store and a shoe repair shop that had been in that location for over a half century. The fire was declared accidental and caused by a malfunctioning boiler in the first floor of the Acme

Photo by Thomas Reber

Fire Caused By Boiler, Pols Decry FDNY Cuts

Queens This Week

Running At JFK For The Gift Of Life wave to us. Everyone always has a great time."

She said the Rotary Club works with JFK Airport security to make sure all programs are strictly adhered to.

Taylor hopes to get 1,000 people to come, nearly double the number that came out last year, when they raised $30,000. The club will be raising money for three charities; The Gift of Life International Inc., which sponsors terminally ill children from countries with limited medical services to receive life-saving operations, the Boy Scouts "Air Explorer" Program, which is a co-ed program for students who have an interest in a career in the aviation industry and the Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf, located in Nassau County.

Taylor said most of the money raised comes in through raffles and sponsorship.

Taylor said some of the proceeds will go to their ongoing efforts to assist in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, which she said isn't the first time they helped relief efforts in that country.

"Our club works with the Rotary Club in Haiti, even before the earthquake," Taylor said. "Our club helped raise almost $2,000 for the floods in Haiti a few years ago."

Runners of all ages enjoy the 2009 run.

LEGAL NOTICE

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Notice of formation of MrazNewland Endeavors, LLC, a limited liability company, DBA Cybertary. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on September 4, 2009. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to THE LLC at 2824 Steinway Street, #249 Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: any lawful purpose. _______________________________________________________________________ SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 6827/09 HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA) Plaintiff, vs.

AURELIA HADA, Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 1866 GATES AVENUE, QUEENS, NY 11385 SBL #: BLOCK: 3468 LOT: 19 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete

LEGAL NOTICE if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. Dated this 26th day of January, 2010, Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 TO: AURELIA HADA, Defendant(s) In this Action.

The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. BERNICE D. SIEGAL of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 5th day of January, 2010 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by AURELIA HADA dated the 29th day of October, 2003, to secure the sum of $339,500.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2004000067557 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS, on the 4th day of February, 2004; which mortgage was duly assigned by assignment dated the 16th

LEGAL NOTICE day of August, 2004, and recorded on the 18th day of October, 2004, in the Office of the Clerk of QUEENS County at Instrument No. 2004000643246; the Plaintiff is the holder of another mortgage in the amount of $75,562.85 which was recorded July 23, 2008 at Instrument Number: 2008000292221 in the County (or City Register of): QUEENS; which mortgage was subsequently modified or consolidated with the mortgage referred to at Installment Number: 2004000067557 by a Consolidation, Extension and Modification Agreement dated August 24, 2004 and recorded June 10, 2005 at Instrument Number: 2005000337874 to form a single lien in the amount of $412,500.00. The property in question is described as follows: 1866 GATES AVENUE, QUEENS, NY 11385 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 3468 and Lot 19 All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, known and designated on the Tax Map of the City of New York for the County of Queens as the same existed in June 1998 as Tax Lot 19 in Block 3468 bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the south-

The race will begin at Building 14 at JFK Airport at 9 a.m. on Sunday, April 18. For more information on how to sign up, become a sponsor, purchase raffle tickets or just make a donation, go to JFKRunwayRun.org or call

Emmlynn Taylor at (973) 432-5056.

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

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Getting Down With Kirsten: Photo by Dr. Dan Miller

The JFK Rotary Club will hold a unique fun run to raise money for various charities on April 18 at Kennedy Airport. The club's annual "5K Runway Run" will be held in a unique spot…the airport's longest runway.

The JFK Rotary Club, which was established 40 years ago, has been holding the race for 38 years. The race is held on part of the airport's longest runway. The runway is actually closed to air traffic, but the airport remains open. Emmlynn Taylor, Vice President of the JFK Rotary Club, said the location of the fun run makes for a unique experience for everyone involved, "We get to do this even while the airport is open," Taylor said. "Sometimes we're able to see people in the windows of taxiing planes

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand spoke at the 17th Anniversary Doo-Wop Spectacular. Senator Gillibrand was the special guest at the Beach Channel High School event in Rockaway Park, with 17 performances and more than 700 attendees. Picture l. to r.: Harry G, Host of Special Homecoming 17th Anniversary Doo-Wop Spectacular; Sen. Gillibrand; Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer; and Democratic District Leader Lew Simon.

LEGAL NOTICE easterly side of Gates Avenue distant 125.10 feet Northeasterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Southeasterly side of Gates Avenue (60.05 feet wide) with the Northeasterly side of Onderdonk Avenue (66.00 feet wide); RUNNING THENCE Northeasterly and along the Southeasterly side of Gates Avenue 25.01 feet; THENCE southeasterly at an interior angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes 05.8 seconds with the preceding course a distance of 100.08 feet; THENCE southwesterly at an interior angle of 89 degrees 59 minutes 54.2 seconds with the preceding course 25.01 feet: THENCE Northwesterly at an interior angle of90 degrees 00 minutes 05.8 seconds with the preceding course a distance of 100.09 feet to the Southeasterly side of Gates Avenue at the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 1866 Gates Avenue, Queens, New York HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ

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

There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes

the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: January 26, 2010 Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt.

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Residents Hail Settlement As Victory

By KA ITLYN KILMETIS After years of allegations of harassment at the hands of dodgy landlords, tenants of Vantage properties celebrated the company’s settlement with the Attorney General’s office last week.

The terms of the agreement include $750,000 in compensation to victimized tenants, $250,000 to fund not-for-profit organizations for tenants, a change in policy and procedure pertaining to tenant treatment and a three-year monitoring period to ensure the company complies with the stipulations of the settlement.

Tenants across the borough echoed the sentiment that the settlement was a triumph, not only for their buildings but for tenants across the entire city.

Since 2006, Vantage has purchased more than 125 buildings throughout Queens, Harlem and Manhattan containing more than 9,500 apartments – a vast majority of which are rent-regulated.

Woodside resident Ricardo Aguaiza, a tenant since 1993, said he was overjoyed with the outcome of the Attorney General’s suit against Vantage after what her termed years of mistreatment.

“We’re very happy,” Aguaiza said. “We worked very hard. We suffered a lot of abuse and a lot of harassment from Vantage for more than three years.”

Aguaiza said in one incident Vantage cashed his money order rent checks and then accused him of failing to pay, at which point they took him to court. Additionally, he charges that Vantage refused to accept a number of checks from his spouse because her name was not on the lease. Lastly, he said Vantage repeatedly refused to accept his passport claiming it was not a proper form of identification.

Aguaiza said he hopes the outcome of the case will serve as a warning to other unfair landlords.

“The landlords need to think twice before they take advantage of the tenants,” he said.

“Especially in the economic situation we are in now. It’s not easy for us. They should be there to work with us. These abuses they need to stop.”

Although Aguaiza said he is pleased the harassment will stop, he laments for his neighbors who were not so fortunate.

“I knew people who lived there for 20 or 30 years and they were pushed to leave their apartments,” he said.

Dhenise Oliveira, a Vantage tenant in Jackson Heights for the past 18 years, also expressed sympathy for the tenants who were not able to see the case through to the end.

“There were lots of families in the building that moved out,” she said. “They were afraid to fight. They couldn’t defend themselves.”

Oliveira complained Vantage’s business practices encourage a quick turnover of tenants and destroyed the former community feeling of the buildings, where people would settle for long periods of time and build their lives and families.

Oliveira said after returning from the hospital days after the birth of her daughter, what should have been a joyous moment was destroyed when her family found an eviction notice awaiting their arrival. She added that Vantage also denied her driver’s license as a proof of documentation and rejected her rent payments because her husband’s name was listed on the lease.

Oliveira said since she was on maternity leave she had time to time to research her rights and fight back against Vantage, but she acknowledged that other tenants had

neither the time nor the resources to defend themselves.

Oliveira said she hopes this case will serve as a beacon to other tenants suffering as victims of unscrupulous landlords.

“I think that everybody should stand up for themselves,” she said. “They have all the right to. You have to know what’s right and what’s wrong and fight for what you believe.

What’s right it right.”

Oliveira added that she remains skeptical that Vantage will change their ways but had a strong message for the company.

“If they try to begin again, we will fight back,” she said.

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

Fashion Week Events This Weekend

By K AITLYN KILMETIS breaking event in Queens where the pure, In addition to a citywide school closure and undiluted power of Fashion is celebrated.” a pay day for plowers, last week’s The first event, the QFW Gala blizzard postponed the borough’s Opening, will take place Thursday, first fashion week. Fortunately, the Feb. 18, from 7-9 p.m. at Standard inclement weather will not keep the Motor LOFTS in Long Island City. three-day fashion event from ocOn Friday, Feb. 19, from 5-7 curring. This weekend, a collecp.m., there will be a Young Designtion of models will sashay down the ers Initiative at the Manhattan View catwalk for Queens Fashion Week, Holiday Inn in Long Island City clothed in original designs from The free Queens Fashion Expo across the borough. will take place on Saturday, Feb. Organizer Delali Haligah, a 20, from 2-10 p.m. at Standard Laurelton-based designer, said the Motor LOFTS. event was rescheduled to Thursday Lastly, the Finale Runway Show through Saturday, Feb. 18 to 20. will take place on Saturday, Feb. “Queens Fashion Week, the C h e c k o u t t h e 20, from 6-9 p.m. at Standard Mo‘Jewel in the Crown of New York c a t w a l k t h i s tor LOFTS. City,’ will produce stunning fash- weekend.

For more information, visit ion events that feature indepenwww.queensfashionweek.com. dent designers, boutiques, up and coming Tickets are available online. venues and some very notable local celebriReach Reporter Kaitlyn Kilmetis at ties,” Haligah said. “Fashionistas who attend kkilmetis@queenstribune.com, or (718) will get the chance to experience this ground 357-7400, Ext. 128.

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We Need To Know More This week Gov. David Paterson released a series of documents that show the various stages of the application process for the bidders who sought to operate video lottery terminals at Aqueduct. The documents, hundreds of pages of them, seem to be thorough and show the application process fairly clearly from bid to award.

But something big is missing - rationale.

The fact that over time, AEG shows the smallest Win Per Day (the amount each machine can generate as income on a daily basis) is troubling and simply helps further the belief that political chicanery played a major role in the decision - and not necessarily what is in the best long-term interest of the people of New York - or for Queens specifically.

The fact that the Rev. Floyd Flake is a partner in AEG, that a former business partner of Sen. Malcolm Smith was also a partner in AEG and that Smith - Flake's one-time protégé bore heavy influence in the decision leads to the obvious speculation that this decision may have been influenced by the ability to line the pockets of political cronies and not just to best serve the people of New York.

What we have not heard or seen is what the Governor, Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver and Senate Majority Leader John Sampson discussed to come to the decision they were uniquely empowered to make.

We demand that the three men who made this deal behind closed doors explain in precise detail exactly how they came to this decision, specifically why they felt AEG is better suited to deliver sustained revenue output and offer the best jobs and future for Queens - and that State business not ever be conducted behind closed doors but in the cleansing light of public sunshine.

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Defending Flake To The Editor: Reverend Floyd Flake warrants his well-earned stature in local economic development. He has exhibited exemplary leadership and commitment in promoting and facilitating jobs in Jamaica - several thousand from major investments in federal facilities he sponsored and achieved here - and support for thousands more in airport and aviation-related activities and potentials which AirTrain, and the planning around it, which he enabled, represents.

His motivations for this leadership and for the challenging work in undertaking these developments were public purposes, job and economic development at critical times. Rev Flake's involvement in the Racino will strengthen that project's prospects for local job creation and development.

I am confused by the innuendos and implausible inferences in the press as they relate to his role in Racino. He is a man of high standards and substance; he does not trifle with actions such as those implicitly attributed to him in the

press. He is an ethical entrepreneur, a housing expert, educational professional, and intellect - a community developer par excellence.

For disclosure, he is a long-time Director of Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, before and after his congressional tour. I have served as President of GJDC for some 40 years.

Carlisle Towery, GJDC President

Same Players To The Editor: I salute the Post for their thorough, investigative reporting into the many discrepancies surrounding the corrupt practices of the powerful politicos of Southeast Queens: Floyd Flake, Sen. Malcolm Smith and Rep. Gregory Meeks. Yet I question why their corruption only comes to light because of a Horse Racing Track/Casino contract.

This same cabal joined hands with lawyer Darryl Greene to found a Charter School that I am sure the Post celebrates. Look at the board and founders of this Charter School: AEG, Darman Group and New Di-

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rection - the same corrupt players.

This is the method of establishing Charter Schools and why we can not be so quick to expand them.

Notice that Sen. Malcolm Smith is a key proponent of expanding Charters in New York. Ever guess why? He and his friends will make a fortune off of these publicly funded, privately run entities. Guess again who the "Private" people are?

Why is it that the children of their community can be stolen away form public schools by this same group of profiteers and be celebrated by your paper, while only being declared outlaws when they engage in gambling? Perhaps you put the needs of horses ahead of the needs of children.

Scott E. Bayou, Maspeth

Weakening To The Editor: There is still more to "Weprin Wins, Nazi Imagery Decried" (Lori Gross) and "Serious Politics: Three Stooges, Handcuffs And Nazis" (Michael Schenkler - Feb. 11). It was hardly a winning mandate for newly elected Queens 24th State Assembly member David Weprin.

With 68,428 registered voters including 40,321 Democrats, Weprin running on the Democrat, Independence and Working Families party lines received 4,282 votes. Bob Friedrich running on the Republican/Conservative party lines garnered 2,633 votes. When you add the 61,493 voters who stayed home with Friedrich's votes, only 6 percent of voters supported Weprin.

The results are terrible when you consider: (1) the district has been gerrymandered to elect a "Weprin" family member for decades; (2) David has been continuously campaigning for public office since 2001; (3) he has sent out dozens of mailings to voters over the same time period - many at taxpayers expense; (4) he has the so called famous "Weprin" family name; (5) he had endorsements from most major labor unions; (6) the Queens Courier, Gazette and Tribune weekly newspapers all endorsed him and (7) he raised far more "Pay for Play" campaign funds which afforded him the opportunity to outspend his opponent Bob Friedrich by $130,000 to $35,000.

Weprin had two local Democratic political clubhouses with several hundred county committee and active members. They were supplemented by numerous major labor unions that combined to conduct a vigorous telephone/mail/e-mail/ door to door get out the vote operation. Friedrich had to rely primarily on ordinary local non political community based volunteers. The 24th Assembly District Republican and Marcia Moxam Comrie, Contributing Editor Reporters: Sasha Austrie, Harley Benson, Lori Gross, Joseph Orovic, Kaitlyn Kilmetis, Domenick Rafter Editorial Intern: Christina Fong Photographers: Ira Cohen, Michael Fischthal, Lee Katzman Contributors: Tom Allon, Melissa Hom, Michael VonDerLieth, Barbara Arnstein Art Department: Tania Y. Betancourt, Sara Gold, Rhonda Leefoon, Candice Lolier, Barbara Townsend Webmaster: Shiek Mohamed Assistant to the Publisher: Ria MacPherson

Conservative party organizations are virtually non existent. They have few active members and numerous vacant county committee positions.

Remember the past 2009 September Democratic Primary results?

Brother Mark Weprin only received 50 percent of the votes. The other two opponents - Bob Friedrich, President of the Glens Oak Village co-op, and local community activist Swaranjit Singh split the remaining 50 percent. A majority of registered Democrats stayed home.

It is only a matter of time when the Weprin family dynasty ends. Sooner or later both NYC Council member Mark Weprin and State Assembly Member David Weprin will be returning full time to their current part time lucrative private sector jobs. Even with another round of gerrymandered City Council and State Assembly district boundaries (based on the 2010 Census results) to help keep both in public office - change will come.

Starting in the 1990s, the Weprin family political base has been declining. Sons and daughters of Jewish, Italian, Irish and Catholic voters upon college graduation or marriage have moved to Long Island, Hudson Valley, Connecticut, New Jersey or other states. Older voters continue to move out of the district upon retirement or die of old age. An emerging new generation of immigrants from Latin America, South Asia and East Asia are becoming the new majority replacing the old Jewish/Italian/Irish coalition of decades ago.

Swaranjit Singh has a strong appeal to new immigrant voters making him a likely candidate to replace either brother David or Mark in a future contest. A majority of residents are now foreign-born. Remember the old adage, if you don't succeed the first time, try, try again and you end up winning the second or third time also applies to Bob Friedrich. State Assembly Member David Weprin may face a real challenge in the September Democratic Primary or 2010 November General Election as voters seek a refund.

Larry Penner, Great Neck

then, let's not go there.) to put an end to the ludicrous Florida recount.

Actually, the only illegality was on the part of the rogue Florida State Supreme Court in its all-out efforts to keep the process going until the Democrats could somehow miraculously find enough bogus "votes" to steal the victory, and the SCOTUS was right to slap them down. After nearly 10 years, isn't it time for these barking moonbats on the left to finally wake up to the fact that Bush won fair and square, recount or no recount?

How can I be so sure? Easy: Shortly after the dust settled, The NY Times, Washington Post and every other liberal Democrat house organ that could spare the carfare were tripping over each other on their way to Florida to begin their own recounts in hopes of finding some twisted scenario under which Gore came out on top. When they finished these efforts all we heard from them was the sound of crickets chirping, a slight breeze in the night, all fading to silence. Anybody in his right mind knows that if they had found anything to pin their hopes on it would have resulted in a huge never-ending media circus, but that never happened did it? I rest my case.

As for the latest 5-4 SCOTUS decision that has our genius' undies in a knot, I'd like to know which part of the First Amendment does he not understand? It states that "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..." It does not say that the protected speech is limited to that uttered by an individual person as opposed to a corporation or a union or whatever. If we are to silence General Electric or Mobil Oil, shall we not also put a muzzle on, say, the NY Times Corporation? Or whatever corporate entity owns The Queens Tribune?

MSNBC? The ACLU? I could offer many more candidates I'd prefer never to hear a political opinion from again, but alas, there's that pesky ol' First Amendment thwarting me at every turn. Sigh.

Edward Christman, Elmhurst

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To The Editor: I opened your Feb. 11 issue to the letters column and noted with a mixture of pity and amusement that one of your regular Bush-deranged correspondents is still whining about the 2000 election! Solely on the basis of his own no-doubt unbiased opinion, he asserts that it was "illegal" for the Supreme Court to "take it upon itself" (Remind me again...which party to the dispute was the first to drag the mess into the courts?

Ohhhh.....right...er...never mind

To The Editor: The NYC Department of Sanitation did an excellent job of clearing the snow from our streets during the recent heavy snowfall of Feb. 10. Here in Fresh Meadows, nearly all main roads were plowed right down to the blacktop, as were many of the side streets. Congratulations to Commissioner John Doherty and his hard working sanitation men and women. on a job well done.

John Amato, Fresh Meadows

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Backing New York In the Ugly Political Culture Wars

By MICHAEL SCHENKLER

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POLITICAL CULTURE WARS It was on Facebook that I first expressed my objections to the conclusion of Gail Collins’ New York Times column titled The Bigge st Loser. In t he column she posed and answered: “Our question for today is, who has the most awful political culture, Illinois or New York?”

She gave the edge to Illinois.

With all due respect to Rod Blagojevich and company, we pride ourselves on our New York Culture of Corruption.

I mean, just last week as Queens Assemblyman Anthony Seminario packs up for a six-year jail sentence for crimes he learned by poorly mimicking convicted Senate Leader Joe Bruno – oh they caught Seminario with the help of Queens felon former Assemblyman and Brian McLaughlin who stole ever ything that they didn’t nail down -- all hell breaks loose.

The honorable State Senate expells its chief thug claiming it’s

because of a domestic violence misdemeanor conviction but is really because he held the Senate hostage for a month last summer. Both sides of the aisle were then willing to do business with this terrible outlaw.

Governor David Paterson during the very same moment goes on an attack because of rumors of a New York Times upcoming story supposedly about wife swapping and drugs which, rather than falling on deaf ears, is embarraced because of Paterson’s previous admissions and continued gaffes and ineffective performance.

Don’t exhale yet. In the big city while all this is taking place in the State, Councilma n L ar r y Seabrook is indicted by the US Attorne y for playing ver y fast and very loose with his N.Y. City Council money. It was just last year that his colleague Miguel Martinez went down for confusing into whose pocket member item money is supposed to go. Oh, that was after the Speaker’s staff was caught making up phantom organizations and putting them in the City Budget to hide millions and millions of member item dollars.

And the week ended with one of the three men in the room calling for an investigation into their selection of AEG to run a video lottery casino at Aqueduct while the Feds look into a charity associated with t wo polit icos and a Reverend, t wo of whom are in-

volved with AEG. Whew!

And Illinois beats out New York on the most awful political culture race? Chicago must be a wonderful place.

A POLITICAL PUBLISHER We’ve, since the appointment of Kirstin Gillibrand, been expressing doubt and a degree of unhappiness about the upcoming election for Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat.

First we were dismayed by the bungling of the appointment by our Governor from whom we should expect nothing less. The dissing of Carolyn Kennedy in the process was bad form and in bad taste. But the accidental Guv who has yet to come to grips with the reality of his position never fails to be surrounded by the worst-case scenario.

And then, championed by the State’s power ful senior Senator, potential challengers were strongarmed out of the race.

Since the get-go, we’ve had doubts about Gillibrand’s ideology and its compatibility with a progre ssive dow nstate Democrat ic Primary voter. Then, as she slowly moved to the center (from the right) on guns or immigration or equal rights, we wondered about her principle s and commitment.

But in any event, we felt she deserved a hard hitting challenge from the left.

But Congressmembers Steve Israel and Carolyn Maloney were Schumered out of the race. And Harold Ford seems to be a male carpetbagging version of the nonprogressive Gillibrand.

And just when we thought we’d have to give up the que st, the New York Times reports Mort Zukerman is considering a run for Senate.

Ye s, the real estate t ycoon and publisher of The Daily News who has become a recognized and accomplished television talking head is toying with the idea of challenging Gillibrand.

Zuckerman, 72, has a personal wealth estimate to be about $2 billion, which immediately makes him viable.

His writings and television appearences would suggest he is a Democrat at heart, however the Times suggest his easiest path to the Senate may be as a Republican. We’d observe tht he’s no more of a Republican than his close friend Mike Bloomberg, and the Democratic Party could use both of them.

Although he is not yet in the race, and the debate has not yet star ted, we would t h ink Ms. Gillibrand has failed to connect with the progressive Primary voter and Zuckerman could win their hear ts a nd mi nds. And importantly, Zuckerman could caucus with the Democrats and continue to preserve a Senate majority im-

portant to our President.

It’s way too early for an endorsement, but we are going to look up Mort’s email address and send this his way.

Mort, see you in September?

INHOSPITABLE THOUGHTS Trib editor Br ia n Raffer t y walked into my office the other day rather upset. He was upset over the hubbub of the probable closing of St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan.

No, it wasn’t that Brian was worked up over New York losing another hospital, it was that Queens had lost three hospitals in a matter of months last year – two at one time – and the Governor and the powers that be did not express the same concern t hey seem to be over a single closing in Manhattan.

Now we don’t have the figures and don’t know if a single St. Vincent’s is more vital to the health of Manhattan-folk than St. John’s, Mary Immaculate and Parkway were to the health of the people of Queens.

We do know, when t he y throw mone y at a Ma nhat tan problem when they didn’t at a similar Queens problem, we begin to wonder if the powers that be really understand the role of the outer boroughs and specifically Queens in the vitality and well being of our city.

MSchenkler@QueensTribune.com

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War on Fraud: U.S. Attorney & DOI Following Money Trail

By HENRY STERN A polit ical maelstrom (le ss than a tsunami) has been caused by the arrest Tuesday of Councilman Larry Seabrook for numerous crime s. T he charges are mostly fraud and larceny, with a side order of forgery (amending his bagel bill from $7 to $177). That was the same day the State Senate expelled Hiram Monserrate for slashing Henry his girlfriend after he was elected but before he took office.

In his freshman year, he switched back and forth between the parties with control of the Senate in the balance, which did not endear him to his colleagues. The cases are unrelated, lust and anger in one, greed and gluttony in the other.

The coincidence of the t wo events, as well as the award of an extremely large contract at Aqueduct race track to a firm supported by former Congre ssman Floyd Flake and Senate Majority Leader (in name only) Malcolm Smith, set up a feeding frenzy in the hunt for corrupt politicians. It is widely believed that the sticky fingers syndrome that strikes elected officials goes beyond Assemblymen Brian McLaughlin and Anthony

Seminerio, Assemblywoman Diane Gordon and former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, and Cit y Counci lmembers Miguel Mar t inez a nd Lar r y Seabrook (limiting ourselves to elected officials recently convicted or sentenced, except for Seabrook, who enjoys the legal presumption of innocence). Former Comptrol ler Alan Heve si remains in limbo.

Stern Press at tention has now focused on three other lawmakers as possible lawbreakers: Assemblywoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo of the Bronx, Senator Malcolm Smith of Queens and Congre ssma n Greg or y Meeks of Queens. Meeks succeeded his pastor, Rev. Floyd Flake, as Congressman in 1997. Smith and Meeks are regarded as proteges of Flake, who is the influential leader of a cathedral-sized church in southeastern Queens, with a host of subsidiarie s. It was Flake who met with Gov. Pater son shor tly after the video lottery terminal contract was awarded to the Aqueduct Entertainment Group. No legal action has been taken against any of these officials; their transactions are said to be the subjects of enhanced scru-

tiny by law The whiff of scandal has also enmeshed the New Direction Local Development Corporation, a Southeast Queens “nonprofit” funded by member items from legislators. The latest mystery comes from $31,000 said to have been collected by the group seeking contributions for Haitian ear thquake relief. Only a few thousand dollars seem to be on hand at this time, and no one can account for where the re st of t he mone y went. Some principals of NDLDC are said to be friends and former employees of Smith and Meeks.

It is not unusual that the discover y of one fraud leads to the unmasking of others. It is here that the city’s Department of Investigation, because of its experience in dealing with city officials’ misconduct, has a particular role to play. DOI was very helpful in the Seabrook, Mar t inez a nd McLaughlin cases. Under the leadership of Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn, the agency inve stigated the se joi ntly w it h t he U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. The current U.S. At torne y, Preet Bharara, former chief counsel to Senator Schumer, acknowledged this cooperation while announcing the

Seabrook indictment. Commissioner Hearn made the point on that occasion that additional oversight is needed, including the introduction of a competitive element into the process of selecting member items for funding.

Compet ition bet ween agencie s has adver sely affected t he United States’ ability to gather and distribute intelligence on the national scale. It is refreshing to note

that, in New York City, the federal and municipal agencies fight ing corruption work together closely.

They have the difficult task of rooting out the thieves and cheaters, some of them elected officials, who swarm whenever the government spends money, particularly when contractors or phony nonprofits seek to dip deeply into the honeypot.

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Queens CLOSEUP Dance Par ty The Howard Beach senior center will be having a dance party every Tuesday. A full hot lunch will be served at noon. Dancing to a DJ will start at 1 p.m. Refreshments will be served. The total cost for the party, including a full hot lunch and refreshments is $3. The Howard Beach Senior Center is located at 156-45 84th St. in Howard Beach (use the 85th Street entrance). For more information, contact Rosalie at (718) 738-8100.

Relay for Life The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life is now welcoming any and all that wish to participate in its annual fundraising allnight walk to raise money for cancer research. Learn more about this event at relayforlife.org.

Any participants or donors can contact John Link at (718) 261-1092 x 5538.

Dinner Dance The Knights of Columbus Council #12675 will be hosting a St. Patrick’s and St. Joseph’s Dinner and Dance on Saturday, March 13 at 7 p.m. in the Nativity Parish Hall on the corner of 91st Street and Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park.

There will be catered hot corn beef, cabbage, potato and Irish soda bread, beer, wine and soda, as well as St. Joseph pastries, coffee and Irish coffee, as well as a live DJ. Tickets must be purchased in advance by March 9 and are $30 a person. For tickets and information call Ed Boes (718) 845-7914, Don Curran (718) 843-1046, John

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of PRANKDIAL LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 11/04/09. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 1375 Broadway 3 rd Floor New York. NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 18105/09 CITIBANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2007-SD3, ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007SD3 Plaintiff, vs. NELL J. UY, Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 29-11 LEWMAY ROAD, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691 SBL #: BLOCK 15821 LOT 30 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally de-

McCormack (718) 843-2064, or Jim Monforte (646) 610-3546.

Senior Br idge The Howard Beach Senior Center is offering bridge games for locals; Beginners Bridge on Wednesdays from 9:30-11:30 a.m., Supervised Bridge on Fridays from 9:30 11:30 a.m. And Duplicate Bridge on Fridays from 12:45 to 2:45 p.m. The Howard Beach Senior Center is located at 156-45 84th St. in Howard Beach (use the 85th St. Entrance) For more information, contact Rosalie at (718) 738-8100.

Troop Collection The Howard Beach Senior Center is collecting knitted or crocheted scarves for our troops overseas. The color of the scarves should be camouflage, black or dark green and 38-40 inches long and 7 ½ inches wide.

Please bring your finished scarves to the Howard Beach Senior Center located at 15645 84th St in Howard Beach (use the 85th St. Entrance). For more information, call Rosalie at (718) 738-8100.

Entitlement Counseling The Howard Beach senior center will be offering entitlement counseling. This counseling is for seniors living in community board 9 and 10, who need assistance in Medicare, Medicaid, SSI, snap (formerly food stamps), housing, and more.

If you are a senior center member, or are over 60 years of age, you are welcome. The Howard Beach Senior Center is located at

LEGAL NOTICE livered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. Dated this 2nd day of February, 2010, Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 TO: NELL J. UY, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. MARGUERITE A. GRAYS of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 21st day of January, 2010 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, in the City of Jamaica.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by NELL J. UY dated the 31st day of August, 2005, to secure the sum of $491 ,200.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2005000529911 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, on the 21st day of September, 2005; which mortgage was duly assigned by assignment dated the 6th day of July, 2009, and sent for recording in the Office of the Clerk of Queens County; The property in question is described as follows: 29-11 LEWMAY ROAD,

LEGAL NOTICE FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 15821 and Lot 30 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements there on erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Queens, County and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at appoint on the Southerly side of Lewmay Road distant 84.87 feet Westerly Northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of Lewmay Road and the Westerly side of Beach 29th Street; RUNNING THENCE Southerly at right angles to Lewmay Road, 102.50 feet; THENCE Westerly parallel with Lewmay Road, 19.25 feet; THENCE Northerly at right angles to Lewmay Road and part of the distance through a party wall, 102.50 feet; THENCE Easterly along the Northerly side of Lewmay Road, 19.25 feet to a point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 2911 Lewmay Road, Rockaway, New York HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR

156-45 84th St. in Howard Beach (use the 85th Street entrance). For more information, contact Elaine at (718) 738-8100.

Beach Exercise The Howard Beach Senior Center is offering exercise classes; every Monday at 10:1511:15 a.m. and 1:15-2:15 p.m., tai chi with Elaine Fleischman every Wednesday and Friday at 10:15-11:15 a.m., chair aerobics with Charlie Roemer. Every Thursday at 10:1511:15 a.m., Project Staywell exercises with Irma Mains. If you are a senior center member, or are over 60 years of age, you are welcome to attend. Any questions, call the center at (718) 738-8100.

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

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

Volunteers for the class follow along using the CPR Anytime Personal Learning Kit, which features an instructional DVD and an inflatable mannequin. All participants are able take home the kit at the end of class and

LEGAL NOTICE HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the tollfree helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which

asked to pledge to use the kit to show five of their family members and friends how to perform CPR. This class teaches basic CPR technique and is not a certification course.

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

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

Fun For The Kids The Parsons Beacon Community Center hosts a bevy of activities for kids and teens at 158-40 76 Road. Its Chess Team meets every Monday and Wednesday, from 5 to 6 p.m. An open gym is held every Monday and Wednesday, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. for kids ages 9-14.

There is also a Step Dance Class on Mondays and Wednesday. Other activities include Girls Talk every Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. and a recording studio. All programs are free, kids just need to register. For more information, call (718) 820-9316.

Knight At The Races The Knights of Columbus present Knight at the Races at Nativity Church Hall, 101-41 92nd St in Ozone Park on Saturday, Feb 20. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and post time is 7 p.m.

Receive one free betting ticket to use on any horse race. Admission is only $7 per person at the door. Hot Dogs, snacks, cake and coffee are all include, as well as additional beverages. For information call Steven (718) 551-2333.

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prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: February 2, 2010 Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: GREEN RAIN-

BOW LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/08/09.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it maybe served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Evangelia Halkias, 32-30 33 Street, Astoria, New York 11106. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ MOCKO DRAIN CLEANING LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 12/31/09. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 251-06 Thebes Ave., Little Neck, NY 11362-1338. General Purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: PNK REALTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/28/09, office location Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC, 45-48 51 st Street, Woodside, New York 11377. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Air Force Airman Stephen H. Chin graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex. The airman completed an intensive, eightweek program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Chin is the son of Simon and Katherine Chin of Bayside.

Several area residents have been named to honor rolls for the fall semester at SUNY Oswego. Showing academic achievements are: Adriana P. Vargas of Corona, a freshman; Tiffany M. Chiu of Floral Park, a senior; Joanna Tung of Flushing, a senior; Rachel M. Ho of Fresh Meadows, a senior; Elizabeth Reytblat of Jackson Heights, a junior; Alicia E. Grant of Jamaica, a junior; Lucila A. Rengifo of Kew Gardens, a junior; Brittany L. Mischner of Oakland Gardens, a sophomore; Esthefania Rodriguez of Ozone Park, a freshman; Kevin G. Leonard of Rockaway Park, a junior; Christina M. Fargnoli of Whitestone, a senior; and John Valencia of Woodside, a freshman.

The President’s and Deans’ lists represent the academic top 26.1 percent of the Oswego

student body. Students who achieve grade averages of 3.80 and above on the 4.00 scale are named to the President’s List, the top 6.8 percent of Oswego students. To be included on the Deans’ List, students must have a semester grade average of 3.30 to 3.79.

The following University at Albany students were named to the fall 2009 Dean’s List for outstanding academic achievement; Amanda Arlotta of Oakland Gardens; Hannah Bagell of Bayside; Christina Caracci of Oakland Gardens; Matthew Chen of Bayside; Meagan Chen of Bayside; Yea Eun Choi of Bayside; Monica Chung of Bayside; Robert Ehrlich of Bayside; Tracy Hwang of Bayside; Soobeen Kim of Bayside; Ping Li Lin of Bayside; Michelle Mittler of Bayside; Danielle Osadon of Oakland Gardens; Selena Papaconstantinou of Bayside; Lindsay Pizzutiello of Bayside; Dennis Pruden of Bayside; Gregory Pruden of Bayside; Zachary Richards of Oakland Gardens; William Schrettner III of Bayside; Joseph Sturcken of Bayside; Heather Thai of Oakland Gardens; Wen Tsao of Bayside; and Matthew Wong of Oakland Gardens.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITLY COMPANY. NAME: BROOKLYN PLAZA LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/17/09.

The latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2059. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Majid Kahen, 105-02 Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hills, New York 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS: GUTERRES\JOHNSON SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF QUEENS, INDEX NO. 23289/09; PAULA GUTERRES, Plaintiff, against- DEREK JOSEPH JOHNSON, Defendant, Summons and Notice in divorce action, venue based upon Plaintiff’s residence, cause of action is abandonment..

You are summoned to appear in this action by serving a Notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney, Thomas P. McNulty, Esq., 347 5th Avenue, Suite 310, New York NY 10016 (212) 3440272 within 30 days after service is completed and if you fail to appear, judgment will be taken against you by default. To the above named Defendant, this Summons is served upon you by publica-

tion by Order of Hon. Sydney F. Strauss, a justice of this court, granted on September 11, 2006. The nature of the ancillary relief demanded is: The Plaintiff may resume use of her maiden name, Paula Guterres, or any other former partners. The Court may grant such other and further relief as it may deem just and proper. The relief sought is a Judgment of Divorce. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of STORAGE DELUXE COLLEGE POINT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/7/2009 Office location, County of Queens.

The street address is: 26 W. 17 th Street, Ste. 801, New York, NY 10011. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process served to: c/o Storage Deluxe, 26 W. 17 th Street, Ste. 801, New York, NY 10011 Purpose: Any lawful act. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of Traveler Relocation LLC, a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on 11/09/2009. Office located in Queens County.

SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to c/o Traveler Relocation LLC, 25-58 77 th Street, Jack-

son Heights, NY 11370. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ ALK PROPERTIES LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 9/21/09. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her to Alexandere Koniaev, 112-01 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, NY 11375. General Purposes. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of Celebrity Parents Magazine, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on October 8, 2009. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 147-23 Charter Road, Jamaica, NY 11435. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of 34 Gansevoort Realty, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 7/2/07. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Mark D. Mermel, Esq., 98 Cuttermill Rd., Ste. 234, Great Neck, NY 11201. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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_______________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of MCL International Realty Group LLC, a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on 11-30-09.

Office located in Queens.

SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to THE LLC 3607 30 th Avenue Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 2232/09 WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, vs.

AUROHOM SHOOP, Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 2 BAY CLUB DRIVE, UNIT 1M, BAYSIDE, NY 11360 SBL #: BLOCK:5893 LOT:1492 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case

of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens.

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

Dated this 27th day of January, 2010, Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 TO: AUROHOM SHOOP, Defendant(s) In this Action.

The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. LEE A. MAYERSOHN of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 25th day of January, 2010 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, in the City of Jamaica.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by AUROHOM SHOOP dated the 1st day of March, 2007, to secure the sum of $297,500.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2007000125466 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS, on the 8th day of March, 2007; The property in question is described as follows: 2 BAY CLUB DRIVE UNIT 1M, BAYSIDE, NY 11360 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 5893 and Lot 1492 The Condominium Unit (The “Unit”) known as Unit No. I-M

in Building known as East Building in the premises known as The Bay Club Condominium, said Unit being designated and described as Unit No. 1-M and said Building being designated and described as East Building in the Declaration establishing a plan for Condominium ownership of said premises Under Article 9-B of the Real Property Law of the State of New York, (the “New York Condominium Act”), dated October 14, 1981 and recorded in the Queens County Office of the Register of the City of New York (the “Register’s Office”) on November 19,1981 in Real 1383 Page 1338, as amended by the First Amendment to the Declaration on May 22, 1982, in Real 1460 Page 1507, and the Second Amendment to the Declaration on July 12, 1983 in Reel 1550 Page 1096, and the Third Amendment to the Declaration on September 24, 1983 in Reel 1581 Page 1265, and the Fourth Amendment to the Declaration on December 5, 1983 in Reel 1607 Page 1955, and also designated as Tax Lot 1492 in Block 5893 of Section 28 of the Borough of Queens on the Tax Map of the Real properly Assessment Department of the City of New York and on the Floor plans of said Building, certified by Jack Brown, Architect on November 4, 1981 and filed with the Real property Assessment Department of the City of New York on November 19, 1981 as Condominium plan No. 43,

and also filed in the Register’s Office on November 19, 1981 as Condominium Plan No. 43.

TOGETHER with an undivided .0944% interest in the Common Elements; Premises known as 2 Bay Club Drive, Unit 1M, Bayside, New York HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking

Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU

MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: January 27, 2010 Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ TJB COMPUTER SOLUTIONS LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 12/15/09. NY Office location: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, PO Box 656586, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365. General Purposes. ________________________________________________________________________ J.J. CONSTRUCTION CONSULTING, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/1/09. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 137-50 75th Rd., Flushing, NY 11367, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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impervious land area, like paved driveways, or new development charges. Conservation charges, which would be applied during aqueduct repair, periods of drought, or when usage exceeds a defined allowance are also being considered as an alternative.

The Daily News reported that the rate hike will facilitate a transfer of $194 million from water customers into the City's general operating budget. Water Board Chairman Alan Moss told the paper that the board is legally mandated to make the payment to the City, and that it is not at the discretion of the board but Mayor Mike Bloomberg and City officials.

A report published in December by the Department of Environmental Protection explained that the DEP's intergovernmental fund transfer, or "rental payment," is average when compared to other cities, between 5 to 10 percent of revenue. "As a result of mandates and high debt, NYC's annual debt service is also higher than average and is a driver of rate increases," the report reads.

Asked if the fund transfer could be considered a back-door tax, and if the City is in such dire need for funds that water conservation is a lesser priority, a spokesman for the City's Office of Management and Budget would only say "I have no comment on [those] two questions."

A press release announcing a series of meetings hosted by the DEP across the City was sent out five days before the meeting was to take place on Tuesday evening. In a statement, Halloran criticized the lack of notice afforded to Queens residents about the meetings.

"Notice and opportunity to be heard are fundamental to due process," he said. Hearings on the rate increases are slated to be held April 10. Koo's office encourages residents to make known their concerns to the Water Board.

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Notice of Formation of EUREKA MIGRATION LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/09/ 2009. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 4630 Center Blvd Apt 709, LIC, NY 11109. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ 91-03 37 AVENUE, LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 12/7/09.

NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her to Demetrios Kazalas, 9016 37th Ave., Jackson Heights, NY 11372. General Purposes. ________________________________________________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 13229/09 Date Summons Filed: 5/20/09 Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is Plaintiff’s residence.

SUMMONS Plaintiff resides at 125-01 OLD SOUTH RD, 1FL, OZONE PARK, NY 11430. VERA SAMAROO Plaintiff, -against- BERNARDO VELOZ Defendant. ACTION FOR DIVORCE To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to an-

swer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s Attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State of New York, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Dated: May 14, 2009 Richard La Salle, Esq., Attorney for Plaintiff 88-01 Roosevelt Ave, 2 Floor Jackson Heights, NY 11372 718-533-0033 ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of Corona Real Estate Group, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 12/11/ 2009. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to P.O. Box 751141; Forest Hills, NY 11375-1141. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of COASTAL LIGHT LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/11/2009.

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

copy of process to: The LLC, 29 Beach 220th Street, Breezy Point, NY 11697. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of LE CHAVEZ LLC, a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secy.

Of State of the State of NY (SSNY) on 10/02/2009. Office located in Queens County.

SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to the LLC 150-13 Hillside Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of 94-05 Roosevelt Avenue LLC, filed under the original name 9405 Roosevelt Street LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/4/09. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Corazon DeJesus Lopez, 9403 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Purpose: any lawful activities. ________________________________________________________________________ Name: 529 UTICA, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. Of State of NY 11/23/09. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to THE LLC, 102-10 Metropolitan Avenue, Suite 200, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Halloran said he would like to require the Water Board to set rates after the City Council votes on a budget in June. "The City Council is far from finalizing the budget, so there is no indication that this hike is an accurate reflection of costs," said Halloran. "Water consumption has decreased while the DEP has kept growing, so the agency is looking for new sources of income to make up the difference.

This is an instance of clear-cut unwarranted government growth."

The Independent Budget Office projects

that the annual water bill for a single family household will be more than $1,375 in 2015 and more than $3,500 by 2026. The figure could top $4,000 if a new filtration plant is to be constructed because of contamination from chemical seepage if drilling for natural gas is permitted in the Catskill/Delaware watershed.

Currently, the average yearly charge for a single family home is about $911.

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

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By LORI GROSS The City Water Board said it has no idea how much it will increase water rates for the 2011 fiscal year, though a decision from the board is expected in May. Spokeswoman Mercedes Padilla said her office could not even offer a range for the percentage increase New Yorkers should expect, saying it's "too early to tell." It was reported in May that the figure will be a walloping 12.9 percent, and by Councilman Peter Koo's (R-Flushing) office that the figure would likely be 12 percent, but could range from 11 to as high as 14 percent.

"For them to even intimate that they're not quite sure what they want it to be is disingenuous at best," said Koo spokesman James McClelland. Exact water usage and deficit figures were revealed in a presentation earlier this month in a Borough Board meeting, according to McClelland, who believes the Water Board knows exactly what the increase will be. "What they usually do is say they'll raise it 14 percent, and then be 'heroes' and only raise it 12 percent," he said.

Koo and Councilman Dan Halloran (RWhitestone) accused the Board of penalizing New Yorkers for conserving water. "The usage has gone down over the past four years. Instead of taxing people, they're basically going to penalize people who have been conscientious because usage has gone down - which is a decrease in their revenue stream," said McClelland. Both Council offices expressed concern that imposing a flat rate one of four new rate models being considered by the Board - would eliminate the financial incentive to conserve water.

As alternatives to fixed rate charges, the Water Board is considering implementing charges for storm water by square foot of

Anthony Pegues of Main St. B.C. (l.) losses a hotly contested bout to Louis Cintron of Cops N Kids B.C. in the 178-Novice Division of the Gold Gloves.

After the fight was over the trainer for Mr. Pegues refused to leave the ring for a few minutes complaining about the decision.

City DOT Scraps Flushing Traffic Plan

By JOSEPH OROV IC In a sudden turn, the City's Department of Transportation has shelved its transformation of Main and Union Streets into one-way thoroughfares.

The $6 million conversion was scrapped for a new plan that reportedly is safer.

"They did a 180," said Community Board 7 District Manager Marilyn Bitterman. "We're not happy with the new plan that they proposed."

The DOT was to meet with CB 7's Transportation committee Wednesday night, after the Tribune had gone to press, to fully unveil the new plan.

The DOT did not return phone calls regarding the project.

Originally Main Street, one of the area's most heavily traveled passageways, from Sanford Avenue to Northern Boulevard, would have changed to only allowing cars to drive northbound on two lanes, while buses would get one designated lane on each side for their regular routes. Union Street, which runs parallel to Main, would have taken on strictly southbound car traffic and also keep its bus routes going in each direction.

The original proposal also intended to mitigate congestion by adding more bus stops.

Other proposed changes included making Sanford Avenue a two-way street, cutting sidewalks, adding delivery truck restrictions and the loss of nearly 200 metered parking spaces along Main and Union Streets, Roosevelt and Sanford Avenues and Northern Boulevard.

The plan was the result of a four-year study conducted by Eng-Wong, Taub and Associ-

ates, in conjunction with the city's Economic Development Corporation.

The proposed changes would have had a significant impact on the area's population and commercial growth, which has already begun with the Flush-

ing Commons and Sky View Parc developments.

After years of studying and planning, community leaders had come to accept the plan as the best option. With the announcement of Flushing Commons at Municipal Lot

1, and its jaunt through the public review process, many are uncertain about the timing of the change.

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

FDNY Bill Gaining Steam

By LORI GROSS A proposal making the rounds in City Hall that aims to diversify the FDNY gained this week a conditional supporter – Republican Councilman Dan Halloran (RWhitestone).

Halloran said in a statement that he would support the proposal introduced by Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and backed by the Vulcan Society of African American Firefighters to grant bonus points on FDNY entrance exam to New York City high school graduates, in order to increase minority participation. His support is conditioned on the caveat that private as well as public school graduates and those with a GED from a City testing center get bonus points on the exam. “I’ve been assured that the bill would be revised to provide for that,” Halloran said.

A spokesman in Comrie’s legislation office said that City private school applicants were always included in the proposal – an amendment to the City’s Administrative Code – for bonus points.

What Comrie’s office said has changed is the number of bonus points to be awarded to all City students, which went up from

five to eight in internal discussions in Comrie’s office.

Halloran, who sits on the Fire & Criminal Justice Committee, said in January that he thought Comrie’s proposal was “a great idea in principle,” but would not have survived “constitutional muster” if it did not include New York City private school students as well. “Anytime we start creating classes of people [and] dividing people, doing that smacks to me of discrimination,” Halloran said in January, also saying “You want the best person possible running into save you during that fire. And that doesn’t matter if they’re black, or white, male or female.”

The proposal comes on the heels of a series of rulings by U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis, who ruled that the firefighters’ exam had an unjustified negative impact on black and Hispanics by design, and that the testing constituted intentional discrimination against AfricanAmerican applicants. The City was ordered to create a new test.

“I believe that the current exam is indeed a fair and accurate measure of the skills needed to be a firefighter. I strongly disagree with Judge Nicholas Garaufis’

decision and believe the City should appeal, and will likely prevail if it does,” Halloran said adding, “Case law precedent is clear: absent a showing of discriminatory intent, policies that are facially raceneutral will be upheld despite a disparate impact.”

Halloran said previously that the threepart system for choosing applicants, with an exam to determine base level competency, a physical portion, and an academy class to “weed out those who simply can’t get the job done,” is what has made the FDNY “the best in the world.”

The merit of the multiple-choice exam, according to Halloran, is that it gages if a fireman can understand scientific principles of fire, [and] read rules. “Firefighters don’t just run in with a hose,” he said.

A vote on the bill is not scheduled yet.

Comrie’s office said they will have meetings with the administration and “interested parties” on the bill, and afterwards work with Council Speaker Christine Quinn to schedule the vote.

Reach Reporter Lori Gross at lgross@queenstribune.com, or (7180 3577400, Ext. 124.

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102nd Precinct ered a 38-year-old black man with a gunshot ROBBERIES: The NYPD is seeking the wound to the head. EMS responded and public's assistance in identifying the suspects pronounced the victim dead at the scene. No wanted in connection with a robbery in arrests have been made.

Woodhaven.

On Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 5:05 a.m., inside 108th Precinct of the Jamaica Gourmet Deli, loMISSING GIRL: Police are cated at 89-02 Jamaica Ave. in asking for the public's assistance Woodhaven, two suspects entered in locating a missing girl in brandishing firearms, one black Sunnyside. semi automatic firearm and a silver Mara Stanojevic, 17, was last revolver and demanded cash from seen Feb. 11 at approximately 7 the register. They escaped with an a.m. at 43rd Street and 43rd Avundisclosed amount of cash, enue in Sunnyside. She is described The suspects are described as as a white female, 5-foot-5, 130 African-American men in their lbs, with brown eyes, brown hair, 20s, approximately 5-foot-5 and 5and was wearing a brown leather foot-10. jacket and blue jeans and good The suspects are also wanted in mental and physical condition connection with similar robberies Police are looking Anyone with information is in Greenpoint and Bushwick in for Mara Stanojevic. asked to call Crime Stoppers at Brooklyn.

(800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also Anyone with information in regards to submit their tips by logging onto the Crime these robberies is asked to call Crime Stoppers Stoppers Website at nypdcrimestoppers.com at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) submit their tips by logging onto the Crime then entering TIP577.

Stoppers Website at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) MAN STRUCK: On Friday, Feb. 12 at then entering TIP577. approximately 8:01 p.m., police responded to a report of a man struck by a car on the 103rd Precinct westbound Queens Midtown Expressway ROBBERS SOUGHT: The NYPD is ask- service road at 39th Street in Sunnyside, ing for the public's assistance in locating and Upon arrival, police determined that a 52identifying the following male suspects that year-old Asian man was operating a motor are wanted for a commercial robbery pattern scooter on the westbound service road of the in South Jamaica.

Queens Midtown Expressway between 39 On Jan. 6 at 5:18 p.m., three black men Place and 39 Street, when he was struck by entered a grocery store, located at 110-02 Guy a 2004 Black Ford Explorer that fled the R. Brewer Blvd, in South Jamaica. While dis- scene. The victim was transported to Bellevue playing a firearm currency was removed from Hospital by EMS where he was pronounced the register. On Jan. 10 at 6:52 p.m., three black dead on arrival. men wearing masks entered a grocery store A short time later patrol officers from located at 107-01 Guy R Brewer Blvd, in South the 108 Precinct observed the vehicle at Jamaica and removed currency from the cash Greenpoint Avenue and Bradley Avenue register along with personal property from a in Long Island City. The officers stopped worker while displaying a silver firearm. On Jan. the vehicle and the operator was taken 11 at 6:20 p.m., three black men wearing masks into custody. entered 158-24 110 Ave, in South Jamaica and removed an unknown amount of cash while 115th Precinct displaying a firearm. On Jan 17 at 7:24 p.m., CYCLIST STRUCK: On Tuesday, Feb. three black men entered 108-55 157 St, in 16 at approximately 12:56 a.m., police reSouth Jamaica and removed property while sponded to a 911 call of a pedestrian struck displaying a firearm. On Jan. 18 at 7:29 p.m., at 37th Avenue and 88th Street in Jackson five black men entered 109-18 Sutphin Blvd, in Heights. Upon arrival police determined that South Jamaica and removed property while a 17-year-old Hispanic man riding a bike displaying two firearms. On Jan. 23 at 9:40 northbound on 88th Street was struck by a p.m., four black men entered 158-24 110 Ave, private sanitation truck which was turning in South Jamaica and removed an unknown southbound onto 88th Street from 37th amount of cash and property while displaying a Avenue. EMS responded and transported the firearm. On Jan. 24 at 5:35 pm., five black men victim to Elmhurst General Hospital where wearing masks entered 111-77 157 St, in he was listed in critical condition.

South Jamaica and removed an unknown amount of cash while displaying firearm. On From the DA Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m., two black men wearing MURDERER CONVICTED: A Long Ismasks, hats and gloves entered 160-07 107 land City man has been convicted of secondAve, in South Jamaica removed an unknown degree murder for stabbing to death his examount of case while displaying a firearm. girlfriend inside of her residence in the The suspects are described to be black Queensbridge Houses after forcing his way men between the ages of 16 and 20, 5-foot- into her apartment on Nov. 8, 2006.

7 to 6-feet, wearing hooded sweatshirt, banErik Johnson, 43, formerly of Long Island dana mask(s) and gloves. The suspects dis- City, who worked in construction, has been play firearm(s) during the incidents. convicted of second-degree murder and Anyone with information in regards to fourth-degree criminal possession of a these robberies is asked to call Crime Stoppers weapon. A jury of nine men and three women at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also returned the verdict on the afternoon of Feb submit their tips by logging onto the Crime 11. The defendant will face 25 years to life in Stoppers Website at nypdcrimestoppers.com prison when he is sentenced on Mar 3. or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) According to trial testimony, after forcthen entering TIP577. ing his way inside the victim's Queensbridge Houses apartment at 41-12 12th St. in Long 105th Precinct Island City on the evening of Nov. 8, 2006, MAN SHOT: On Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the defendant intentionally stabbed his ex11:41 a.m., police responded to a call of a girlfriend, 39-year-old Asma Johnson, a salesrobbery at 109-87 Francis Lewis Blvd in woman, multiple times with a knife in her Queens Village. Upon arrival police discov- neck and torso, causing her death.

Math Midway Delights Boro Students the students of class 4-9 were abuzz, expressing excitement about different activities and math in general.

“I never knew I was going to ride a bike with square wheels,” Veronica exclaimed, as classmate Yamilette explained to members of the group how the activity worked.

Diego said it was his favorite class trip and Melissa commended the staff on explaining each of the activities.

“It was really fun,” added Jared, who mentioned after the event he had a total change of heart about the subject. “I learned

a lot about math. I used to hate math but after this, now I like it.”

In closing, student Sandhya said “I feel that I will always remember this moment and what I did today.” A number of other students nodded in agreement.

The Math Midway is included in the price of admission to the New York Hall of Science. For more information about NYSCI, visit nysci.org or call (718) 699-0005.

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

Tribune Photo by Ira Cohen

By KAITLYN KILMETIS Think math is merely numbers, equations and formulas? The Math Midway, a new exhibition at the New York Hall of Science, has taken on the mission to dispel that misconception.

Until April 18, the interactive exhibit will teach guests about mathematical concepts, from factorials to the Fibonacci Sequence, through entertaining activities like the Polyhedral Puzzle Plaza or the Square-Wheeled Tricycle. In total, Math Midway features 20 hands-on exhibits, each corresponding with an information card explaining the activity’s mathematical lesson.

The Math Midway is a traveling math exhibit produced by the creators of the Museum of Mathematics, which is set to open in Manhattan by 2012.

Founder Glen Whitney said the Museum, the first of its kind in the country, and the exhibit both attempt to improve the public’s perception of mathematics.

“Math is new. It’s always evolving. It’s creative,” Whitney said. “Where else can you take kids to get excited about math? There really isn’t any other place.”

On Feb. 4, fourth-graders from PS 16 in Corona were the first group to test out the exhibit.

Class 4-9 Teacher Dianna Almanzar said her 31 students loved the Math Midway.

“They were so excited,” she said. “It was like non-stop movement. They couldn’t get enough of everything.”

Almanzar said a number of students complained they didn’t want to go home when their time at the exhibit came to a close.

At a pizza lunch after visiting the exhibit,

PS 16 students ride square-wheeled tric ycles.

They’re Still Dancing At 90

By LORI GROSS “I have worn a tutu since I was 9 months old,” said Marge Champion. At age 90, she is still dancing.

Champion and dancing partner Donald Saddler are the subject of the documentary “Keep Dancing.” Champion, whose father was a much sought after Holly wood dancing coach, became a legend in her own right in the 1950’s, when her husband Gower Champion and she were one of America’s most famous dance teams. The two starred in “Show Boat,” “Three for the Show,” “Every thing I Have Is Yours,” “Give a Girl a Break,” “Jupiter’s Darling” and “Lovely to Look At.” Saddler and Champion became friends while performing together in a 2001 Broadway production of “Follies.” After the show closed the two rented a private studio, where they still choreograph and rehearse original

dances that Champion described as being based on yoga and balancing. “Keep Dancing” blends nine decades of archival footage and photographs to tell a stor y through dance about aging and the passage of time.

“I don’t consider myself at 90 years what I would expect of a 20-, 40- or 50-year-old dancing. I don’t just dance for health, but also for passion,” said Champion. She stretches every day to keep her body limber.

“Even if I can’t get out and walk, I am in the bathtub doing my exercises. And when my body is warmed up it’s much easier than when you just get out of bed and are stiff,” she added.

Champion also said she goes to the gym ever y day in her building, located in Manhat tan, to keep “moving” her lungs, and keep her ar terie s open. Dancing, she said, is a good way to learn to listen to the cues of the body.

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Saddler was an original member of the American Ballet Theatre before serving in World War II. He choreographed 21 Broadway shows over the course of his life, including Tony Award winners “Wonder ful Town” and “No, No Nanet te.”

Both Champion and Saddler will be present to make remarks at the screening of “Keep Dancing,” by filmmaker Douglas Blair Turnbaugh, in LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College, Sunday Feb. 28, at 3 p.m. Free parking is available, and the venue is wheelchair accessible. For more information on “Keep Dancing: An Afternoon with Marge Champ i o n a n d D o n a l d S a d d l e r, ” v i s i t KupferbergCenterArts.com, or call (718) 7938080. Tickets are $23 for seniors and Queens College Alumni, and $25 for others.

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

To reserve your space call 357-7400

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Valentine Tree

Taste Of Bayside

Ready For New Year

At the Taste of Bayside, held a few weeks ago at Cue Bar in Bayside, a chef from Uncle Jack’s prepares a sample plate. More than a dozen restaurants offered selections thanks to the Bayside Business Association.

Photo by Brian M. Rafferty Donna Gould of Fresh Meadows shows off her Christmas Tree, still up from that holiday, decorated by her teenage kids for Valentine’s Day, to show the love in her home.

Photo by Ira Cohen

Branch Opening

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Queens Events Edited By Harley Benson

Herman’s Hermits

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TD Bank celebrated the opening of its newest branch at Queens Boulevard and Junction Boulevard on Saturday.

The Queens of Hearts joined a White Rabbit carving (above), a ribbon was cut (below) and the bank gave out free food to visitors (bottom).

Photos by Ira Cohen

Peter Noone and Herman’s Hermits appeared at St. Francis Prep to a sold-out crowd. The Fathers’ Guild sponsors their annual event with an Oldies Dance and concert by Peter Noone. People of all ages danced the night away.

Photos by Regina Vogel

On the eve of the Lunar New Year, there was a flurry of activity in Flushing, with people lining up to purchase traditional items (above) and to enjoy the spectacle of the season. Below, a sample of the set-up at the Crossing Art Gallery at Queens Crossing. Bottom, roast ducks line the window at a local restaurant that saw lines wrapped around the corner.

Photos by Ira Cohen

LEGAL NOTICE

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE Index No. 23830/09 ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE PREMISES: 95-48 114 th STREET RICHMOND HILL, NY HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF NOMURA HOME EQUITY LOAN, INC. ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006FM2, Plaintiff –againstKULWANT SINGH, if living, and if he be dead, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees or successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FREMONT INVESTMENT AND LOAN: KAZALAS PAINT SUPPLIES CO.; EUROPEAN AMERICAN BANK; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; PLATINUM FINANCIAL SERVICES; BENEFICIAL NEW YORK, INC.; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; CAPITAL ONE BANK; CCU LLC; NY FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC; ERIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC; PERFORMANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC AAO FIRST N. AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK; WORKERS COMPENSATION BOARD OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; NEW CENTURY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; PALISADES COLLECTION, L.L.C.; MANMOHAN K. BAKSHI, PC; HSBC BANK NEVADA NA; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK C I T Y ENVIRONMENTALCONTROL BOARD; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND JOHN DOE “1” through “12” said persons or parties having or claimed to have a right, title or interest in the Mortgaged premises, herein their respective names are presently unknown to the Plaintiff, Defendant(s) TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: 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 Queens County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by service a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Syosset, New York January 28, 2010 ALAN H. WEINREB, ESQ. THE LAW OFFICES OF ALAN WEINREB, PLLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 6800 Jericho Turnpike Suite 207W Syosset, NY 11791 (516) 9456055 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Robert J. McDonald, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered Jan. 20, 2010 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office, Jamaica, NY. The object of the action is to foreclose a mortgage recorded in said clerk’s office on the 12 th day of June, 2006 as CRFN#200600329475, covering prem. k/a 95-48 114th St., Richmond Hill, NY a/k/a Block 9415, Lot 28. TO THE DEFENDANT(S), EXCEPT THE PLAINTIFF MAKES NO PERSONAL CLAIM AGAINST YOU IN THIS ACTION. IF, AND ONLY IF, you have received or will receive a Bankruptcy Discharge Order, which includes this debt, the plaintiff is solely attempting to enforce its mortgage lien rights in the subject real property and makes no personal claim against you. In that event, nothing contained in these or any papers served or filed or to be served or filed in this action will be an attempt to collect from you or to find you personally liable for the discharged debt. NOTICE OF RIGHTS THE NAME OF THE CREDITOR TO WHOM THE DEBT IS OWED IS HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF NOMURA HOME EQUITY LOAN, INC. ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006FM2 YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OFTHIS DEBT OR ANY PORTION THEREOF WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NO-

TICE, WE WILL ASSUME THE DEBT TO BE VALID. SHOULD YOU DISPUTE THE DEBT AND NOTIFY US IN WRITING OF THE DISPUTE WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH VERIFICATION OF THE OBLIGATION. UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST WITHIN THE THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR IF DIFFERENT THAN THE CURRENT CREDITOR. Dated: Syosset, New York January 28, 2010 ________________________________________________________________________ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 8855/09 Date of Filing: January 27, 2010 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS CHASE H OME FINANCE LLC, Plaintiff, -against- UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE CAROLYN L. SANDERS, 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 CAROLYN L. SANDERS, IF THEY BE LIVING OR DEAD, THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE;; STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service

where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Lee A. Mayersohn of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on January 14, 2010, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by CAROLYN L. SANDERS to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMIEE FOR FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB in the principal amount of $180,000.00, which mortgage was recorded in Queens County, State of New York, on January 9, 2007, as CRFN 2007000016481. Said mortgage was thereafter assigned to Plaintiff by instrument dated March 20, 2009 and recorded on July 7, 2009 as CRFN: 2009000204952. Said premises being known as and by 10618 RUSCOE ST, JAMAICA, NY 11433. Date: December 21, 2009 Batavia, New York Virginia C. Grapensteter, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process.

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

locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1877-BANKNYS (1-877-2265697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies. _______________________________________________________________________ SEQUENCE NO. 1 At an IAS Part 23 of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, at the Courthouse located at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on the 18 day of Dec, 2009 PRESENT: HON. ROGER N. ROSENGARTEN SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 32038/ 09 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE MIN CHEN, Petitioner, against- HAMILTON CAPITAL HOLDINGS CORP., Respondent Upon reading and filing the annexed Affirmation of Peter Mammis, Esq., dated November 17, 2009, the Affidavit of the Petitioner, Min Chen, dated November 17, 2009, the Affidavit of Iemin Moe, dated November 17, 2009, and upon all of the papers and proceedings heretofore had herein, LET, the Respondent or any interested party, or his/her respective attorney, show cause before this Court at an IAS Part 73 at the Courthouse, located at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York 11435, Room 23, on Feb.17, 2010, 9:30 a.m./p.m. in the fore/ after noon of said day, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why an Order should not be made and entered pursuant to Real Property Actions and Proceedings § 1921 canceling and discharging the mortgages held by the Respondent with respect to condominium units 206 and 208 both located at 33-70 Prince Street, Flushing, New York 11354, directing the register or clerk of Queens County to mark the same in his records as canceled and discharged, ordering and directing that the debt or other obligation secured by the mortgage be canceled, and granting such other and further relief, as this Court may deem just and proper. SUFFICIENT CAUSE APPEARING THEREFORE, it is, ORDERED, that service of this Order to Show Cause and supporting papers shall be and upon Queens City Register and upon Secretary of State sufficient if copies thereof sent on or before Jan. 13, 2010 to the Respondent by personal service be deemed good and sufficient service.

ENTER J.S.C. Plaintiff is further directed to file an Order of service by publication upon respondent and possible successor within 30 days of the date of this Order. J.S.C. ________________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The NYC Board of Standards and Appeals has scheduled a public hearing on the following application: Variance (§72-21) to permit a Use Group 4 community youth center in the cellar and a portion of the first floor in a proposed three-story and penthouse mixed-use building. The proposal is contrary to ZR Section 24-35 (side

yard). R5 district. Address: 57-38 Waldron Street, south side of Waldron Street, 43.71’ west of 108 th Street, east of Otis Avenue, Block 1959, Lot 27, Borough of Queens. Applicant: Rothkrug, Rothkrug & Spector, LLP, for YHA New York Inc., owner. Community Board No.: 4Q This application, Cal. No.: 239-07-BZ, has been calendared for Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 1:30 P.M., 40 Rector Street, 6 th floor Hearing Room “E”, Borough of Manhattan.

Interested persons or associations may appear at the hearing to present testimony regarding this application. This notice is published by the applicant in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Standards and Appeals.

Dated: 2/4/10 Rothkrug, Rothkrug & Spector, Applicant ________________________________________________________________________ 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 Thursday, March 18, 2010, at 11:30 A.M. for the purpose of electing Trustees, approving the renewal of its policy of indemnification insurance for its Trustees, Officers and Employees and the transaction of other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Dated: February 5, 2010 JOAN H. CORBISIERO, Secretary ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of INFINITY TUTORIAL, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/19/ 2009. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Dharampal Singh, 123-13 Jamaica Ave, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, of the City of New York, County of Queens on the 1 st day of February, 2010, bearing Index No. 44/2010, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd, Jamaica, NY, grants me the right to assume the name of Kyu Sung Kim My present name is Harry Kim. My place of birth is Seoul, Republic of Korea. My date of birth is February 23, 1968. My present address is 143-33 Sanford Avenue, Apt. 8L, Flushing, NY 11355 ________________________________________________________________________ VILLA HOMES LLC a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 10/9/09. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her to The LLC, 7-34 Leggett Pl., Whitestone, NY 11362.

General Purposes.

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LEGAL NOTICE

Black History Month:

Looking At Queens Achievements And People Who Touched Our Lives

By BRIAN M. RAFFERTY Throughout the month, the legacy, history and culture of black America is being celebrated all across our nation – and right here in Queens.

Started in 1926 as “Negro History Week” by historian Cater G. Woodson in honor of the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, the recognition soon expanded to encompass the entire month of February.

Every year, special events are held throughout Queens to honor the importance of black Americans and the effects they have had – and continue to have – on the lives of the people of our borough.

Perhaps the most unlikely Queens hero related to Black History Month is a white Jewish kid who stood up against injustice and lost his life in the process, far from our borough.

Andrew Goodman was a student at Queens College in 1964 who went down South to get blacks registered to vote.

Within 24 hours of stepping foot in Mississippi he was dead.

Goodman, James Earl Chaney and Michael Schwerner were chased down

by Klansmen in their car after visiting a recently burned black church. Chaney, a black man, was beaten to death; Schwerner and Goodman were shot in the chest and killed. Their bodies were found 44 days after the murders and were buried in earthen dams.

The slayings sent shockwaves throughout the nation in 1964 and helped deepen support for the Civil Rights Act, which was singed by President Lyndon Johnson in the aftermath of the incident. The murder of the three civil rights workers was later made into the movie “Mississippi Burning.”

But beyond the tragedy, there have been so many who have lifted the spirit

James Bland of our borough and our nation.

Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong – Often called the “greatest jazz musician” and “the founding father of jazz,” he was a composer, trumpeter and vocalist with enormous influence. He worked with other greats like Bessie Smith, Joe Oliver and Louis Russell and produced numerous tracks, such as “Body and Soul” and “Canal Street Blues.” He lived with his wife in Corona at 34-56 107th St. Born in New Orleans in 1901, Satchmo appeared in more than 30 films, played more than 300 concerts a year and has one of the most recognizable voices in recorded music history. He died July 6, 1971, two days after hosting an outdoor Independence Day barbecue at his home. The house is now open as a museum, and the archives of his music, writings and other materials are in the permanent collection of the Louis Armstrong House and Archives at Queens College.

Ron Brown (r.) served under President Bill Clinton.

Count Basie – a leading figure of the swing era in jazz and an outstanding representative of big band style, he lived in St. Albans. “One O’clock Jump,” “Swingin’ The Blues” and “Jumpin’ At The Woodside” were just some of his hits.

He is credited with leading the migration of Harlem jazz greats to reside in Southeast Queens. Area children would come to his house to swim in the Count’s pool.

Bob Beamon – Born in 1946 in Jamaica, Beamon shattered the previous Olympic World Record long jump in the 1968 Olympics by nearly two feet, a mark that stood for 23 years. He was inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983.

James Bland – American composer of popular songs, including “Carry Me

Back to Old Virginny,” was born in 1854 in Flushing, the son of free Americans.

After graduating from Howard University’s Law School, he was the first black man appointed examiner in the United States Patent Office. Later he worked in minstrel shows throughout Europe and the United States. He was often called “the World’s Greatest Minstrel Man.” He died of tuberculosis in 1911. Bland Houses in Flushing is named in his honor.

Ron Brown – This St. John’s University law-school graduate became the first black United States Secretary of Commerce. In 1996, while on a trade mission in Croatia, Brown and 34 other people were killed when their plane went down.

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Federal Probe:

Queens Non-Profit Shared Staff With Senator, Pastor, Governor

By DOMENICK RAFTER Five people connected to the nonprofit organization under investigation by federal officials have connections to State Senate President Pro Tempore Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans) and/or Gov. David Paterson. According to public records, three of the five are or were on the Senate payroll.

New Direction Local Development Corp., based in Springfield Gardens, is currently under investigation by federal prosecutors, as is a charity related to the corporation set up to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. Federal prosecutors also subpoenaed Sen. Smith’s records earlier this month that show money he directed to New Direction.

Among the four people with connections to both New Direction and Smith is Mortimer Lawrence, who was Smith’s chief of staff, senior staff counsel and later special counsel until December 2009, when he was let go after Smith lost his Majority Leader position.

Lawrence is listed on New Direction’s tax returns as head of the corporation as of 2005. The New Direction Web site listed him as chairman of the Board of Directors. In 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, Lawrence donated $1,000 to the campaign of Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica), who allocated substantial funding for the group. Lawrence did not respond for a comment.

Another name listed is Joan Flowers,

who is named as an attorney on the New Direction Web site. The address to her law office on the Web site is the same Springfield Gardens address as New Direction. Flowers is currently listed as working on Smith’s staff, as counsel, replacing Lawrence. She also worked for Gov. Paterson from 2003 until 2006 while he was a State Senator and Minority Leader. Last week, federal officials attempted to issue Flowers with a subpoena, which she did not receive because she was in Albany.

Flowers responded to a request for comment saying that she did not remember being a member of New Direction’s Board of Directors, despite being listed as a member on the organization’s Web

site, and that her involvement with New Direction was limited to being an attorney for the organization early on. She said she did not know why her address on the Web site is the same address as New Direction.

Fred Simmons, listed as Senator Smith’s Director of Advance, had also been listed as a board member of New Yorkers Organization for Hurricane Families, the charity founded under the auspices of New Direction that raised more than $30,000 for victims of Hurricane Katrina, but according to records only paid out $1,392 to victims. Simmons could not be reached for a comment.

Simmons also worked for a very short (Continued on page 20)

Black History Month: (Continued on page 18) Speculations and conspiracy theories are still abound surrounding the plane crash and his death.

Roscoe Brown, Jr. – A member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all black flying unit in the U.S. military, this onetime resident of Whitestone won the 1973 Emmy Award for Distinguished Program with his weekly series “Black Arts,” and has published numerous articles and contributed to several books.

He currently serves as the director of the Center for Urban Education Policy at the Graduate School and University Center of CUNY.

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Airman Roscoe Brown

Ralph Bunche Ralph Bunche – Civil rights activist and the first person of color to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work at the United Nations including fostering agreements to end the first Arab-Israeli war in 1949. He was also consulted on minority problems by Roosevelt’s administration; offered, and declined, by President Truman to be secretary of state and helped lead some civil rights marches organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. Roy Campanella – As major League Baseball’s first black catcher, this threetime National League MVP, who lived in St. Albans, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Brooklyn Dodger in 1969. His final game subsequently became Brooklyn’s last with a major league team, as the Brooklyn ball club headed to Los Angeles and Campanella retired after his career was cut short by a car accident prior to the 1958 season.

Roy died in 1993.

Duke Ellington – A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Duke

was born in l9l9 and went on to be one of the greatest jazz and big band songwriters, composers and performers. He is often credited with shaping modern music as we know it today. This former Corona resident composed such great songs a s “ Ta ke t h e A Tra i n ,” “Satin Doll” and “Mooche.”

Lewis Latimer – His Flushing landmark home, where the black scientist lived from 1902 until his death in 1928, has been recently turned into a museum, honoring Latimer’s contributions toward the development of the light bulb.

Malcolm X – born in Nebraska, Malcolm had a home in Queens after he converted to Islam and started preaching. His home was fire bombed after he returned from his trip to Mecca in 1965.

Jackie Robinson – He lived in Addisleigh Park, St. Albans and broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Besides having the Interboro Par kway, which connects Queens to Brooklyn, renamed in his honor, Robinson’s legacy has been defined not only by his on field abilities, but for the integration of race in all sports.

Russell Simmons – Founder of Def Jam Records, he has also produced films and acted in a few, including, “Butt e r.” B o r n i n Q u e e n s , Simmons is one of the most powerful and respected men in hip-hop today. In 1979 Simmons was organizing rap parties in southeast Queens.

He signed his friend Curtis Walker (Kurtis Blow) to the first rap artist contract. In 1982 his brother Joseph had

Lewis Latimer

Roy Campanella

Malcolm X

Russell Simmons

started a band, RUN DMC, and Simmons was their m a n a g e r. I n 1 9 8 4 h e joined with punk rock fan Rick Rubin to form a record label for punk and rap called Def Jam. The label’s first artist was Queens native LL Cool J. When the Beastie Boys were signed and released their first album, “License To Ill,” Def Jam was launched into the stratosphere and ran a cross-country tour featuring the Beastie Boys and RUN DMC. Many people didn’t get it, but those who did helped make Def Jam one of the hottest labels in the business. After nearly two decades of success, Simmons branched out into spoken word, organizing the Def Poetry Jam for aspiring young poets.

Roy Wilkins – A Civil Rights leader, editor, Pullman car waiter and stockyard worker, this Minnesota native moved to Kansas City where he became editor of the Kansas City Call and spoke openly against segregation. He later moved to New York and succeeded W.E.B. DuBois as editor of Crisis magazine. He went on to succeed Walter White as the head of the NAACP. He helped organize Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington. He lived in Queens Village, where a park is named in his honor.

All month, a variety of celebrations are happening throughout Queens. Queens Library queenslibrary.org, Queensborough Community College qcc.cuny.edu and St. John’s University stjohns.edu/campus/ heritage_celebrations/ african all have a wide range of programs throughout the month.

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

Federal Probe:

(Continued on page 18) time in the office of then-Sen. Paterson when he was Minority Leader of the State Senate in 2003.

The fourth person, Claude Stuart, worked for Smith as a special assistant in 2003 and 2005. Stuart was fired from his job as an assistant district attorney in Queens for lying to a judge during a murder trial, which led to Stuart’s law license being suspended for three years in 2005. Stuart is listed on New Direction’s 2006, 2007, and 2008 tax returns as head of the organization.

The Rev. Edwin Reed, listed as treasurer of New Direction on the organization’s Web site was also chief financial officer of Great Allen Cathedral of New York from 1995 until 2007. Great Allen is the Jamaica church founded and headed by the Rev. Floyd Flake, former congressman and political mentor of Smith and Meeks. In 2007, Reed became CEO of the Greater Allen AME Community Development Association, an arm of Flake’s church focused on community development. Today, Reed heads up GGT

Development, LLC, an organization focused on economic development and “kingdom building,” according to the organization “Black Church Means Business.”

Records show that Smith directed more than $50,000 in member items to New Direction during the last decade, though he had asked for much more. Smith has denied any wrongdoing and Senate Democratic spokesman Austin Shafran said Smith was not involved in how New Direction spent the money it received.

It is not illegal for a state legislator to direct grant money to a charity that employs friends, family or staff members of the legislator, but under an agreement struck in 2007 with the attorney general’s office, the recipient of the money must now disclose connections to the state legislator or risk perjury.

Records show the money was directed to New Direction between 2001 and 2006, before that agreement was struck.

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

1964 Flashback: World’s Fair Waffles

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By WILLIAM BRENT The area (or borough) of New York City known as Queens County has a rich heritage. It was home to Paramount studios, where the first two Marx Brothers feature films were produced. It was on what today is Broadway in the Elmhurst section where Benjamin Moore’s son Clement wrote “A Visit from Saint Nick.”

Queens was once home to Clara Bow, Rudolf Valent ino, Oscar Hammerstein, Al Jolson, Mario Lanza and Louis Armstrong. My own hometown was t he bir t h place of Paulet te Goddard and (though now a super market) was the site of the home of Francis Lewis (you’ll find his name on the Declaration of Independence). Queens was also host to two World’s fairs – Grover Whalen’s in 1939, and Rober t Moses’ 25 years later.

In 1987, a Queens activist, the late, great David Oats, was determined that there be a third World’s Fair. The story behind why these plans fell apart could fi ll a small volume on its own – but this much is germane to the stor y at hand; I was to be the communications director for The Fair – and I still have the specially issued all-access passes that were presented to “Fair Officials” (I have tickets number 89 and 90)!

Now I told you all of that, so that I can tell you this.

It was at a private ‘89 World’s Fair “launch” part y held in Flushing where I was among a privileged few to meet Maurice Vermersch and to experience, first hand, a treat he introduced to the world 23 years earlier when he called them “Bel-Gem” waffles.

Of course, up to that point they were

Brussels Waffles, from a recipe of his wife’s.

In the mid 1940s he star ted two restaurants in Belgium and made his World’s Fair debut at the Brussels fair in 1960. He did so well in Brussels that Maurice and four other familie s decided to head to New York Cit y for t he 1964 World’s Fair. Even t hough his name for them was “Bel-Gem,” they became known to the world as the Belgian Waffle. Maurice arranged to sell them at several venues throughout the fair, in addition to the Belgian Village. They were served with strawberries and whipped cream (or dusted with powdered sugar), and sold for a dollar.

What set these waffles a notch above the rest is that they were fluffier, higher and had a richer taste than ordinary waffle s.

The reason (and the secret) Vermersch shared with us that night, is that they have beaten egg white in them. Also, they are leavened with yeast rather than baking soda and powder. The yeast makes them lighter and fluffier and (because of the fermentation) they have a tangier taste – just what the beer-loving population of Br ussels (and New York) enjoyed.

Here is what Maurice shared with us that night and now with serviceable “Belgian Waffle” Irons – the ones you flip during the baking process – being widely available for $80 or less; anyone can make them at home.

Ingredients 1 package act ive dry yeast (not cake) 3 cups of warm milk 3 large eggs, separated 3/4 cup melted sweet but ter 1/2 cup white sugar

Recreate the flavor and feel of the 1964 World’s Fair with Belgian Waffles.

1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (use the real stuff) 4 cups flour, unbleached or cake Directions Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm milk, let stand about 10-12 minutes. Whisk together the egg yolks, 1/4 cup of the warm milk and the melted but ter. Stir in the yeast mixture, sugar, salt and vanilla. Stir in the remaining 2-1/2 cups milk alternately with the flour.

Beat the egg whites until they form soft peaks. Fold the egg whites into the bat ter.

Now here’s the trick; cover the bowl to avoid drafts (I use a warm damp towel). Let rise in a warm place for an hour (or until its doubled in size) Preheat the waffle iron. Spray it with Baker’s Joy or what ever cooking spray you

like (of cour se Vermer sch told us to brush the iron with oil). Now spoon on the proper amount of bat ter as recommended by the iron’s manufacturer. Close t he iron and flip it. Most irons have an indicator to aler t you when the waffle is ready.

Serve w ith but ter and syr up, or strawberries and whipped cream, or vanilla ice cream and berrie s – or just about a ny thing else you might like.

Be bold – the taste of the waffle will shine through!

Over the years – this remains my favorite, basic recipe, but I have experimented (using 2-1/2 cups of but termilk rater than whole milk in the main bat ter, subst itut ing brown sugar for white, using salted but ter, and cutting back the kosher salt a bit). Some bad ideas; rapid rise yeast and self rising flour (don’t ask!).

Leisure

Renaissance Art Arrives In Queens Renaissance Gave us the Modern World” will

By KA ITLYN KILMETIS Over the course of the 15th century, Me- be on display at the university’s Godwindieval ar t’s dispropor t ional, flat, religious Ternbach Museum.

Director and Curator Amy Winter said figures gave way to a new type of subject – the exhibit provides depictions of the Virgin visitors with a complete Mary with realistic-lookpicture of the progresing tears that appeared sion of Renaissance ar t to glisten on the canvas and separates the moveor ancient gods with ment into specific each and ever y muscle themes in order to meticulously defined in make the exhibit more way that popped off of comprehensible. the painting.

The exhibit was A nod to classical curated by Professor Greco-Roman cultures, James Saslow and the a fascination with mas19 students in his tering realistic depicgraduate-level Renaistions of the world, from sance Art seminar. The human musculature to class selected the pieces three-dimensionality, to be featured in the and a newfound desire exhibit, researched and to capture subject matwrote catalog entries ter with no relation to religion – all three char- A maiden statue looks upon the gal- and wall texts for each piece, and designed the acteristics are defining ler y. hallmarks of the Renaissance art movement. layout of the exhibit, creating slide shows Queens residents can explore each of and other educational guides to understandthese revolutionizing artistic advancements, ing the pieces.

Winter said the 70-piece exhibit, which each of which changed the face of art, at Queens College this month. Through March includes works by Renaissance masters Durer 27, “Scholars, Explorers, Priests: How the and Rembrandt, revolves around six themes:

A Cozy Fish Find

REVIEW

‘Ghetto Chronicles’ Has New Take Theater

By K AITLYN KILMETIS On Feb. 25, the Queens College campus will pulsate with a bev y of beats from rap verses to hip-hop dance routines. The musical “Ghetto Chronicles” will be performed at the university’s Lefrak Concer t Hall at 6 p.m., free of charge.

The play is a modernized version of the traditional musical, where actors will rap, sing and dance to explore a number of issues that plague modern society. “Ghet to Chronicles” is a series of different scenes that reflect on topics including fatherless homes, street violence “Ghetto Chronicles” heats up on stage. and unwanted pregnancies.

The play will also feature a newly-added dance tribute to the Haitian munity,” he said. community.

D-WHIT said “Ghet to Chronicle s” will The show’s writer, director and producer, make viewers laugh, cry, think and celebrate, D-WHIT, said “Ghetto Chronicles” at tempts all in one sit ting. to tap into a broad cross-section of modern “This show is a power ful, thought-proculture. voking, inspiring show and I encourage ev“We tackle a lot,” he said. “The show is eryone to see it,” he said. about an hour and a half and we try to power In a press release by Queens College, pack it with all the issues young people are Ron Huggins, acting assistant director of dealing with.”

Student Life, said the show will top the D-WHIT said the show, wh ich will cel- lineup of public events at the university ebrate its four year anniversary on the QC i n c o m m e m o r a t i o n o f B l a c k H i s t o r y performance night, is unique in the fact that Month. it confronts some topics that are widely-con“Ghet to Chronicles is repre sentative of sidered taboo. the exciting program of public events we “It’s a very raw show in the sense that have planned to celebrate the voices of the we’re in your face,” he said. “We’re talking past, present, and future in African-Ameriabout the issues. We’re not skating around can histor y, ar t and culture,” Huggins said. the issues.”

“They are sure to entertain, educate and D-WHIT said the play attempts to encour- enlighten many people.” age viewers to take a bet ter look at some For more information about the show, problems in society and to make positive visit myspace.com/ghettochroniclesplay. improvements.

Reach Reporter Kaitlyn Kilmetis at “This show is about breaking your men- kkilmetis@queenstribune.com, or (718) talit y and tr ying to create a bet ter com- 357-7400, Ext. 128.

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GINZA the fish plat ter, shrimp tempura was added A D D R E S S : 3 3 - 4 1 Fr a n c i s L e w i s to the fray along with the dynamite, which Blvd., Bayside is a combination of crab and scallop.

PHONE: (718) 539-9531 I thought the yaki mussel to be quite CUISINE: Japanese tasty. The mussel is embedded in a spicy H O U R S : 1 0 : 3 0 a . m . - 1 0 : 3 0 p . m . sauce with more bark than bite. The Mon.-Fri.; noon -11 p.m. Sat.-Sun. aroma emanating from the sauce gives of PARKING: Street the impression that a glass of milk and It is 9:30 p.m. The street outside Ginza water should be put on stand buy, but is fairly deser ted except for a few strag- after the initial bite the sauce blends into glers. The storefronts are darkened. the mussel.

A bold pink neon light reads “SUSHI” My favorite plat ter of the evening was in Gi nza’s w indow. That’s as much of the beef neigimaki, which were beef scalGinza as you’ll see from the outside. It’s a lion rolls. The bite sized rolls were drenched secret that has to be discovered only by in a light sauce. walking into the small establishLastly, we washed the meal ment.

RESTAURANT down with sake.

It has a charm that is com“It’s pret t y strong,” my date pletely its own with nothing more remarked. “I feel it working althan fast friends being its paready.” trons.

Besides good food, the cusMy date and I entered Ginza tomers add to the relaxed atmofilled with excitement and a small sphere. Often times when the dose of hesitation. We were both door to Ginza swings open a novices dipping our toes in a sea regular strol ls in and Peter Jun, of sushi. Before even stating our owner and chef, knows them all. intentions we were instructed to Ginza belongs as much to Jun sit. Being a Tuesday night the restaurant as it does the customers. Customer choice was sparsely filled so we had our pick. makes up a large swath of the menu. On There is no pretense of fancy or up- the walls, there are boards touting customer scale. It is simple, comfortable, warm and creations. If the chef’s menu is too sparse inviting. A purplish flower holds cour t on for your taste, how about ordering the every table, metal chopsticks add to the Godzilla or Sherri’s Cherr y. effor tless ambiance a nd for those who Jun opened Ginza in 1993 and one of haven’t mastered the machinations of the his original customers, David Bruder, said chopstick you can simply ask for a fork or “this is a fun place. You can come here a modified set of sticks. and have a drink and relax. You can’t do Soft Japanese music flows throughout that at other restaurants.” the restaurant subtly mingling with the light The question was put to Jun, why did conversations of the patrons. he open Ginza? A customer blur ted out, We nervously watched as our server “he knew I needed a good sushi.” started walking towards us w ith a plat ter Br uder gave perfect advice to novice of colorful sushi and sashimi. Salmon, tuna, sushi eaters. white tuna, fluke, dragon rolls and a dol“The second time you’re going to like it lop of wasabi were adorned neatly on the more,” he said. “You develop a taste for it.” plat ter. Before we could make a dent in —Sasha Austrie

“It give s student s the oppor tunit y to religion, an awakened interest in earthly life, the individual, revival of the antiquities, ex- study the theme s that are impor tant to the Renaissance and understand how it has relploration and science and technology.

Winter said Professor Saslow organized evance to us today,” she said.

Winter also added the Godw in-Ternbach an array of Renaissance pieces from the Museum displays these sigQueens College art collection nificant pieces in an enjoyin a way that is easily underable and educational way. stood and holds relevance in “ T he se are impor ta nt modern society. paintings for students and “He developed the theme the public to see,” she said. of ‘Scholars, Explorers, “You can come and it’s a Priests,’ and the idea of how more relaxed atmosphere. there is great continuity beIt’s an easier kind of show tween that which is called the to take in than if you go to early modern period and our the Metropolitan and time,” she said. you’re overwhelmed. Plus, Saslow said the exhibit it’s all interpreted for the displays and examines how viewer.” the Renaissance movement The exhibition hours are transformed art for centuries Monday through Thursday, to come. from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and “The Renaissance period is often called the early mod- Renaissance art laid the Saturdays, from 11 a.m. to ern period because many in- groundwork for the mod- 5 p.m. For more information, call (718) 997-4747 or novations from that time laid ern art world. visit qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ the groundwork for what we godwin_ternbach/. think of as the modern world,” he said.

Reach Reporter Kaitlyn Kilmetis at Winter said the exhibit allows students to gain a more complete understanding of the kkilmetis@queenstribune.com, or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128.

Renaissance movement.

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Notice of formation of New York 38, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 01/ 14/2010. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 136-20 38 th Avenue, Suite 11B, Flushing, NY 11354.

Purpose: any lawful activity ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of CELESTIAL COMFORTER, LLC, Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy.

Of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/ 8/09. Office located in: Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to: the LLC, 145-60 South Road, Jamaica, NY 11435. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. _______________________________________________________________________ SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 2757/09 WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, vs.

MAHMOOD SARWAR, Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 118-07 152ND STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11434 SBL #: BLOCK: 12206 LOT: 16 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. Dated this 28th day of January, 2010, Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 TO: MAHMOOD SARWAR, Defendant(s) In this Action.

The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. ROBERT J. MCDONALD of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 14th day of January, 2010 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by MAHMOOD SARWAR dated the 27th day of March, 2008, to secure the sum of $378,000.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2008000131817 in the Office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS, on the 2nd day

of April, 2008; The property in question is described as follows: 118-07 152ND STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11434 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 12206 and Lot 16 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Easterly side of152nd Street distant 205.50 feet Northerly form the corner formed by the intersection of the Easterly side of 152nd Street with the Northerly side of 119th Avenue; RUNNING THENCE Easterly at right angles to the 152nd Street and partly through a party wall, 100 feet; THENCE Northerly and parallel with 152nd Street, 13.5 feet; THENCE Westerly and again at right angles to 152nd Street and partly through a party wall, 100 feet to the Easterly side of 152nd Street; THENCE Southerly along their Easterly side of 152nd Street, 13.5 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 118-07 152nd Street, Jamaica, New York HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUM MONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the tollfree helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home.

There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your

deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: January 28, 2010 Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt.

Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. ________________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of Traveler Relocation LLC a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on 11/09/2009. Office located in Queens County.

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RELIGION ST. JOSEPH ROMAN Monday-Thursday, February 22-25 Lenten Parish Mission with daily Mass at 9 and Mission Prayer Service at 7:30 pm. St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, 43-19 30 th Avenue, Astoria.

REGO PARK JC Saturday, February 20 Parashat & Haftarat Club at 12:30. Saturday, February 27 celebrate Purim beginning at 7:15. Saturday Shabbat Services at 9.

Wednesdays 12:30-2:30 Yiddish Vinkel. Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. 459-1000.

CATHOLIC FELLOWSHIP Saturday, February 20 Our Lady of the Snows holds a Young Adults (20-40) Group Coffeehouse and Open Mic from 7-10. 347-6070, ext.

102.

PURIM PARTY Sunday, February 28 at the Bayside Jewish Center. $18.

Reservations required.

BELLEROSE JC Sunday, February 28 Purim will be celebrated with the reading of the Megillah at 10 and a Carnival to follow.

Tuesdays at 7:30 “Journeys in Judaism.” Bellerose Jewish Center, 254-04 Union Turnpike, Floral Park. 3439001.

BAY TERR ACE Sunday, February 28 Purim Carnival at the Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209 th Street, Bayside. 428-6363.

MISCELLANEOUS YOU GOTTA BELIEVE Sundays, February 21, 28 Adoption agency for adopting an older child at 4 at Little Flower Children’s Services, 89-12 162 nd Street, Jamaica. 372-3003.

NETWORKING Monday, February 23 business card exchange-networking with a theme of Travel & Spa at Occasions Hall, 127-08 Merrick Blvd., Springfield Gardens from 69. 917-720-2485.

BASEBALL LEAGUES Register now for spring leagues for those 13-adult.

Queens Alliance Baseball League. 366-7717.

FREE FLAGS The Lipsky-Blum Post #764 of the Jewish War Veterans offers free flags for use at cemeteries. 463-4742.

ENTERTAINMENT TANGO Through March 21 Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside presents “Borges and Piazzolla in Tango.” 7293880.

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

WARRIORS DON’T CRY Saturday, February 20 at the East Elmhurst library at 3. Monday, February 22 at 6:30 at the Laurelton library.

Adaptation chronicles the true-life story of Melba Beals, a prominent figure in the Little Rock Nine.

AT THE POLE Saturday, February 20 at the Langston Hughes library at 1:30. Dramatic presentation of the journey to the Frozen North by AfricanAmerican Arctic explorer Matthew Henson.

RESCUE INK Saturday, February 20 discussion and signing of “Resc u e I n k : H ow Te n G u y s Saved Countless Dogs and C a t s , Twe l ve H o r s e s , F i ve Pigs, One Duck and a Few Tur t l e s ” a t 2 a t Ba r n e s & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows.

CLAREMENT STRINGS Saturday, February 20 at the Douglaston/Little Neck library at 2:30. Romantic ballads, love duets and more.

QUEENS SYMPHONY Saturday, February 20 the Queens Symphony Orchestra performs “Bach to Dreams of Flushing” at 7:30 with pre-concert lecture at 6:30 at Queensborough C o m m u n i t y C o l l e ge . 3 2 6 4455 ticket info.

SPHINX ENSEMBLE Saturday, February 20 Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series presents the Harlem Quartet: Sphinx Ensemble at 3 at the Central library.

I LOVE NYC PETS Saturday, February 20 postponed Valentine event by Loving Touch to benefit the organization. 12-5 at North Presbyterian Church, 25-33 1 5 4 th S t r e e t , F l u s h i n g . $ 5 donation for photo. Gift ideas, dog coats, candles, chocolates, more. Bring dog/ cat food for the Food Drive.

ASTRONOMY Saturday, February 20 An Evening with the Stars astronomy program at Alley Pond Environmental Center from 7-9. $12. 229-4000 to register.

GERSHWIN TRIBUTE Saturday, February 20 at the Bayside library at 2:30.

ZALMEN MLOTEK Sunday, February 21 100 Ye a r s o f Y i d d i s h T h e a te r Music at Queens Theatre in the Park at 3. $20-33. 7600064.

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

games.

OPEN MIC Monday, February 22 Open Mic at 6 at the East Elmhurst librar y.

CONCERT Monday, February 22 Julliard Comes to the Y at 1:30 at the Central Queens YM-YWHA. 268-5011, ext.

621 for info.

AMER. COMPOSERS Monday, February 22 American Composers Orchestra presents Donal Fox: Composer’s OutFront at 6 at the Flushing library.

GERSHWIN Monday, February 22 Crazy for Gershwin! at the Seaside library at 2 and at the North Forest Park library at 6:30.

FRESH MEADOW POETS Saturday, February 27 Fresh Meadow Poets meet to discuss and critique their poems. Forest Hills library.

PEGGY LEE TRIBUTE Saturday, February 27 at the Whitestone library at 2.

CIRCO COMEDIA Sunday, February 28 for all ages at Colden Auditorium, Queens College at 2. 7938080. $14.

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

PIANO EXPRESSIONS Sunday, February 28 Piano Expressions of the African American Music Heritage sponsored by B-Sharp Branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians.

4 at Amit y Baptist Church, 164-18 108th Street, Jamaica.

Free will offering.

MINI AUCTION Sunday, Februar y 28 Te a and Treasures mini-auction at 3 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. $10. Register 229-4000.

KEEP DANCING Sunday, February 28 afternoon with Marge Champion with a screening of the documentary “Keep Dancing” with remarks by Ms. Champion following the film.

LeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College, at 3. 793-8080. $25.

DINNER JOURNAL DINNER Saturday, March 6 the Young Israel of New Hyde Park will host its 55 th Anniversary Journal Dinner in Great Neck. 343-0496.

EMPLOYMENT LAW Wednesdays, March 10, April 14, May 14 Breakfast Seminar hosted by the Queens Chamber of Commerce.Website at www.queenschamber.org to register LUNCH & FASHION Saturday, March 13 International Association of Administrative Professionals Luncheon and Fashion Show in Whitestone. 746-2758.

110 TH PRECINCT Tuesday, April 27 110 th Precinct Communit y Council w i l l h o l d t h e i r 4 th A n n u a l Fundraiser in Elmhurst. 4269112.

EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS Queens Village library Register.

SCRABBLE Tuesday, February 23 at the Fresh Meadows library at 1.

COMPUTER Tuesday, February 23 computer classes for adults at the Sunnyside library. Register.

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

WATERCOLOR CL ASS Wednesdays at 9:30 at NAL. Traditional and contemporary, all levels. 969-1128.

JEWELRY MAKING Wednesdays in February at the Central Queens YMYWHA in Forest Hills. 2685011, ext. 621.

BEGINNER INTERNET Wednesday, February 24 at the Bayside library. Register.

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

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

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

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

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

COMPUTER CLASS Thursday, February 25 at the Middle Village librar y.

Register.

BEGIN COMPUTERS Thursday, February 25 at the Forest Hills library. Register.

KNIT/CROCHET Thursday, February 25 at the Central library at 3. Bring your own work.

KNIT & CROCHET CLUB Thursday, February 25 at 4 at the Bellerose library. Bring your own work.

COMPUTER CLASS Thursdays, February 25 at the Middle Village librar y.

Register.

KNIT & CROCHET Thursday, February 25 at 6 and Friday, February 26 at 10:30 at the Fresh Meadows library.

JOB ASSISTANCE Wednesday, February 24 Job Assistance Workshop at 10:30 at the Flushing library.

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

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

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

WII CHALLENGE Friday, February 26 at the Lefrak Cit y library at 4.

CAREER POTENTIAL Saturday, February 27 Discover Your Career Potential at 2 at the Central library.

ST. JOHN’S PREP Saturday, March 13 for the classes of 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000. 721-7200, ext. 686.

ST. AGNES Saturday, April 24 Homecoming for all years, especially those ending in 0 or 5. 353-6276.

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

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

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

670-1695. $5 a class.

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

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

ALZHEIMERS Tu e s d a y, F e b r u a r y 2 3 Caregiver Support in Forest Hills. 592-5757, ext. 237.

YOGA DANCE Tuesdays 4:30-5:30 at the Cardiac Health Center. 6701948. $10 class.

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

431.

BRAIN INJURY Wednesday, February 24 Tr a u m a t i c B r a i n I n j u r y Group at Peninsula Hospital.

734-2432.

HEART HEALTH Thursday, February 25 lecture series on the heart at 2 at the Flushing library.

LA LECHE LEAGUE Thursday, February 25 local meeting providing information and support to mothers who breastfeed at 5:30 at the Forest Hills library.

LET GO OF ANGER Thursday, February 25 at 6 a t t h e B r i a r wo o d l i b r a r y.

Learn how to recognize and let go of unresolved anger and create a positive state of mind.

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

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.

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

KNIT AND CROCHET Saturdays at the Seaside library at 2:30.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING Saturday, February 20 at the Church of St. James in Franklyn Square. 516-8728062. $40.

ESOL CLASS Saturdays, February 20, 27 at the Queens Village library.

Register.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING Saturday, February 20 at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Bayside. $45. 631360-9720.

PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturday, February 20 learn to communicate effectively at Elmhurst Hospital. 4578390.

ART IN PHOTO. Sunday, February 21 Art in Photography, a new class and workshop at the National Art League in Douglaston. 516223-7659 to register.

BOATING SAFETY Sundays, February 21, March 21 the US Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Boating Safet y Class at Fort Totten, Bayside. 352-3764 to register.

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

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

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

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

COMPUTER CLASS Monday, February 22 at the Lefferts library at 10:30.

JOB INFORMATION Monday, February 22 research information to prepare for job interview. Register Middle Village library.

BALLROOM DANCING Monday, February 22 at 6:30 at the Forest Hills library.

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

JOB INFORMATION Monday, February 22 at 7 at the Central library.

E-MAIL CLASS Monday, February 22 at the Fresh Meadows library. Register.

PROSE FICTION Monday, February 22 Prose Fiction Workshop at the Seaside library at 6:30.

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

BEGIN COMPUTER Tuesday, February 23 at the Forest Hills library. Register.

SCRABBLE CLUB Tuesday, February 23 at the East Flushing library at 3:30.

INTRO COMPUTERS Tuesday, February 23 at the

ALUMNI

DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

Queens Today

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

FAMILY STORY TIME Saturday, February 20 at the Flushing library at 11.

SCRAPBOOKING Saturday, February 20 at the Ozone Park library. Register. Also at the Richmond Hill library . Register.

RESCUE INK Saturday, February 20 discussion and signing of “Resc u e I n k : H o w Te n G u ys Saved Countless Dogs and C a t s , Twelve H o r s e s , F i ve Pigs, One Duck and a Few Tur t l e s ” a t 2 a t Ba r n e s & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows.

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

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

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

FAMILY STORY TIME Saturdays, February 20, 27 at the Maspeth library at 11:30.

CHESS CLUB Saturdays, February 20, 27 at the Flushing library at 2.

S TORY TIMES Saturdays and Tuesdays at 10:30 weekly story times at 7 at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows.

FEBRUARY BREAK Saturday, February 20 1011 Ventriloquist Workshop.

Poppenhusen Institute in College Point. $5 per workshop,$15 for all 4. Register 358-0067.

HOMEWORK HELP Monday-Friday at the Hollis library at 3.

KNITTING CLUB Monday, February 22 at the LIC library. Register.

LEGO ROBOTICS Monday and Tuesday, February 22-23 at 4:30 at the Hollis library.

PLAY-DOH PARTY Monday, February 22 at the Fresh Meadows library at 3:30.

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Monday, February 22 at the Glen Oaks library at 11.

AFRICAN-AMER. STORIES Monday, February 22 African-American Stories and Songs with Bob Basey at 4 at the St. Albans library. First come, first served.

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

SCIENCE CLUB Monday, February 22 Salt, Soil and Seeds with the St. Albans Science Club at 4 at the St. Albans library.

GAME-O-RAMA Tuesday, Februar y 23 at the Flushing library at 3:30.

KIDS’ BOOK TALK Tuesday, Februar y 23 at the Queens Village library at 4.

MATH & SCIENCE Tuesday, Februar y 23 Math and Science Through Poetry and Creative Writing at the Woodhaven libra ry. Register.

NATIVE AMER. WORK. Tu e s d ay a n d We d n e s d ay, February 23-24 explore the Native American traditions of jewelry making and cave writing pictographs. Register Laurelton library.

AFTERSCHOOL STORY Tuesday, Februar y 23 at the Lefferts library at 3:30.

TEEN TUTORING Tuesday, Februar y 23 at the Bayside library at 3:30.

FEBRUARY FESTIVITIES Through Saturday, February 20 crafts, board games, puzzles and prizes at the Poppenhusen library at 3.

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

S TORY T I M E Thursday, February 25 at 2:30 at the Kew Gardens Hills library.

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

FRANEE THE CLOWN Thursday, February 25 at 4 at the Far Rockaway library.

ARTS & CRAFTS Friday, February 26 at the Briarwood library at 4.

YOUTH LOUNGE Friday, February 26 at 4 at the LIC library.

WII CHALLENGE Friday, February 26 at the

Lefrak Cit y library at 4.

GET YOUR GAME ON Friday, February 26 at the Rosedale library at 3.

BOOK BUDDIES Fridays at the East Elmhurst library at 3.

TWEEN CLUB Friday, February 26 at the Maspeth library at 3:30.

GAME PLAYERS CLUB Friday, February 26 at 4 at the Hillcrest library.

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

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

CHALLENGE Friday, February 26 at the Seaside library at 3:30.

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

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

LUNAR NEW YEAR Saturday, February 27 Lunar New Year Festival at the Flushing library from 10-4.

MAD SCIENTISTS Saturday, February 27 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 229-4000.

TEENS SCRAPBOOKING Saturday, February 20 at t h e O z o n e Pa r k l i b r a r y.

Register. Also at the Richmond Hill library. Register.

CHESS CLUB Saturdays, February 20, 27 at the Flushing library at 2.

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

TEEN GAMING Monday-Wednesdays except February 22 at the Fresh Meadows library at 3.

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

BOOK CLIQUE Monday, February 22 at 4:30 at the Queens Village librar y.

TEEN TUTORING Tuesday, Februar y 23 at the Bayside library at 3:30.

WII PARTY Tuesday, Februar y 23 a t 3:30 at the Auburndale library.

CATS Tuesday, February 23 Council of Advisory Teens meet at 5 at the Flushing library.

MANGA & ANIME Tuesday, Februar y 23 at the Central library at 4.

TEEN GAMES Wednesday, February 24 at the Central library at 4.

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

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

GAME DAY Wednesday, February 24 at the Howard Beach library at 4.

B’NAI B’RITH YOUTH Thursdays for high school st u d e n t s a t Te m p l e B e t h

S h o l o m , 1 7 2 nd S t r e e t a n d Northern Blvd., Flushing at 7:30.

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

TEEN ADVISORY Thursday, February 25 at the Hollis library at 4.

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

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

TEEN ZINES Thursday, February 25 at the Central library at 4.

TALENT SHOW Friday, February 26 East Elmhurst library. Register.

MAGIC SHOW Friday, February 26 at the Flushing library. Register.

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

WII CHALLENGE Friday, February 26 at the Lefrak Cit y library at 4.

AFTERSCHOOL GAME Friday, February 26 at the Seaside library at 3:30.

GET YOUR GAME ON Friday, February 26 at the Rosedale library. Register.

LUNAR NEW YEAR Saturday, February 27 Lunar New Year Festival from 10-4 at the Flushing library.

SINGLES SINGLES 45+ Wednesday, February 24 the Singles Center of the Samuel Field Y in Flushing holds a Wednesday Night Rap. 7:30, $7. 225-6750, ext.

243.

Queens Today SENIORS AARP CHORUS Queens Chapters AARP Chorus needs retired persons to volunteer to sing with them. Meetings are Fridays at the Reform Church of Newtown, 85-15 Broadway, Flushing. 523-1330.

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

FREE LUNCH Saturdays, February 20, March 20 at All Saints Church in Richmond Hill.

849-2352 reservations.

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

Thursday, February 25 “How To Understand Nutritional Labels” at 10:15. Friday, February 26 “Love Happens” film at 12:45.

Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26th Avenue, Bayside. 224-7888 to register.

AARP 1405 Monday, February 22 Flushing AARP meets at the Bowne S treet Communit y Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Avenue at 1.

SENIOR GAME DAY Monday, February 22 a t the Queens Village library at 1.

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

Learn to manage stress.

Clearview Senior center in Bayside. 631-1886.

BAYSIDE CENTER Tuesdays line dancing 9:30 and Thursdays 10:00. Fridays ballroom instruction at 10:15, ballroom and social dancing 1-3. Bayside Center for classes in movie, ping pong, bridge instruction, h e a l t h y l i f e st y l e , c a rd games, Wii bowling, painting, ESL, computer, exercise, dance, wellness work-

THEATER

6750, ext. 236 to register.

AARP CHORUS Fridays rehearsals at 12:30 at the Reform Church of Newtown. 23-1330 for information.

STARS Friday, February 26 at 10:30 at the Queens Village library.

Senior Theatre Acting Repertory is rehearsing for their next season.

FREE LUNCH Saturdays, February 27, March 27, April 24 at the Church of the Resurrection in Kew Gardens. 847-2649 reservations.

MEETINGS FROM THE SCRIPT Saturday, February 20 theater group that performs original scripts, skits and published works at 10:30 at the Forest Hills library.

TALKS REAL LISBON Saturday, February 20 See the Real Lisbon with photos and talk at 2 at the Hollis library.

RESCUE INK Saturday, February 20 discussion and signing of “Resc u e I n k : H o w Te n G u y s Saved Countless Dogs and C a t s , Twe l ve H o r s e s , F i ve Pigs, One Duck and a Few Tu rt l e s ” a t 2 a t B a r n e s & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows.

ROSEDALE Monday, February 22 “Say You’re One of Them” will be discussed at 6:30 at the Rosedale librar y.

MYSTERY BOOK Monday, February 22 “Devil in a Blue Dress” will be discussed at 6:30 at the Central library.

SHORT STORIES Monday, February 22 Contemporary Short Stories will be discussed with former Brandeis members at 1:30 at the Forest Hills library.

VOLATILE ECONOMY Tuesday, February 23 Overcoming Circumstances in Today’s Volatile Economy at 6:30 at the Central library.

FRESH MEADOWS Wednesday, February 24 “Netherland” will be discusse4d at 2:30 at the Fresh Meadows library.

AUBURNDALE BOOK Wednesday, February 24 “Black Like Me” will be discussed at 2:30 at the Auburndale library.

LIC Thursday, February 25 author Rita Williams-Garcia will discuss her book “Jumped” at 3:30 at the LIC library.

BOOK LAUNCH Thursday, February 25 Queens native Mark Rosendorf’s “The Rasner Effect” will have its Book Launch at 5 at the Bay Terrace librar y. Music by the NYC Swing and light refreshments.

POETRY DISCUSSION Saturday, February 27 Poetry Discussion Group at 11 at the Central library.

JEWISH VETS Sunday, February 21 the Kew Forest Woodside Loitz Post 250, Jewish War Veterans of the USA and their Ladies Auxiliary, will hold their annual installation at the Rego Park Jewish Center at 9:30.

PFLAG Sundays, February 21, March 21 PFLAG, a support group for parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays, meet in Forest Hills. 2716663. Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112 th Street at 2.

VFW POST 4787 Monday, February 22 Whitestone VFW Post 4787 meets at 19-12 149 th Street.

Ladies Auxiliary meets the 2nd Monday. 746-0540.

ED COUNCIL 27 Monday, February 22 Open Calendar Meeting of Communit y District Education Council 27 at MS53, 10-45 Nameoke Street, Far Rockaway at 7:30.

TOASTMASTERS Monday, February 22 at 6:30 at the Briarwood library.

14 TH PRECINCT Tuesday, Februar y 23 the 1 1 4 t h P re c i n c t C o m m u n i t y Council meets at Riccardo’s at 7. Guest speaker: David Barrere, Deput y Chief of Robbery Squad.

SOUTHEAST CAMERA Tuesday, February 23 Southeast Queens Camera Club at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica.

516-328-3776.

WOODHAVEN CULT. Wednesday, February 24 the Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Societ y, Inc. meets at Emanuel United Church of C h r i s t , 9 1 st A v e n u e a n d Woodhaven Blvd. 1pm.

PLAY READING Wednesday, February 24 and Thursday, February 25 at 2 at the Hillcrest library.

FH VAC Wednesday, February 24 Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corp meets. 793-2055.

BEREAVEMENT Thursday, February 25 St. Adalbert’s Bethany General bereavement group meets in Elmhurst. 429-2005.

BELLA ITALIA MIA Saturday, February 27 Bella Italia Mia meets from 125:30. $5 members, $7 others.

Christ the King HS, 68-02 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village in the CNL Paolucci International Building. 426-1240.

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DINNER THEATRE Saturday, February 13 the Salvation Army in Astoria presents a Valentine’s Dinner Theater with “Good M e d i c i n e : Va u d ev i l l e ” i n LIC. 721-9046. $20.

MUSIC MAN Saturdays, March 6, 13, 20 at 8 and Sundays, March 7, 14, 21 at 3 at the Bay Terrace Jewish Center in Bayside. $18, $16 children under 12 and seniors. 4286262 9-5 M-Th. CRAZY FOR YOU Saturdays, March 6, 13, 20 at 8:30 and Sundays, March 7, 14, 21 at 3. Marathon Little Theatre Group presents “Crazy For You.” $18, $16 seniors and children under 12. 229-4644.

KILLING KOMPANY Friday, May 21 “Celebrit y Murder!” at Riccardo’s in Astoria. The Killing Company performs mystery dinner shows. 1-888-SHOOTEM for information

shops, etc. Lunch at 11:30.

225-1144.

ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT Every other Wednesday Alzheimer Support Group meets at the Elmhurst Senior Center. 478-7171, ext. 27 AARP TAX COUNSELING Thursday, February 25 at 1 at the Fresh Meadows library.

MEMORY LOSS Fridays couples with one partner experiencing memory loss are invited to “Heart 2 Heart” from 11:30-1:30 at t h e S a m u e l F i e l d Y. 2 2 5 -

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Awesome Amber

Models Of Queens

Amber O’Dea may only be in ninth grade, but she’s already pursuing her dreams of modeling and doing it with a grace, poise and wisdom far beyond her years.

Amber chooses to model fresh faced, without any make up, a concept that may seem foreign to many models who cake on cover up and decorate their faces in a rainbow of colors.

“I feel if you put makeup on you’re just hiding your true beauty,” she said. Amber also advocates not worrying about what others think, creating your own path and not following the crowd.

She said she hopes she can change the perception that runway models must be pin thin and encourage people to not let fear hinder them from pursuing their passions.

Besides modeling, Amber is a student at Manhattan’s High School of Art and Design who enjoys photography and imaginative art. In her free time, Amber likes to do volunteer work at Toys for Tots, listen to music, visit art museums, and hang out at the Queens Center Mall with her pals.

In addition to her modeling aspirations, Amber also is looking into medical school to become a pediatrician or a nurse.

There’s no doubt that future looks bright for this motivated Queens gal!

Hiram Monserrate will get to keep his seat – literally, if not politically.

Hiram: Keeping His Seat?

Good news for State Sen. Hiram Monseratte! He can keep his seat – literally.

According to the New York Times, former Senators are entitled to the seat their delicate rears occupied during all of those intense votes.

Each seat has a high-back, with burgundy leather, perfect for the sting one feels after his or her colleagues oust them by a 53-8 vote.

The chairs also have a brass plate with the Senator’s name and district screwed onto the back, to remind them who they used to represent as they were busy switching parties and grinding government to a halt.

Amber O’Dea Home: Hamilton Beach Age: 14 Height: 5’ 4” Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown

Senator Fran?

QueensCondom

The Nanny has come along way from gallivanting around Manhattan in outlandish outfits and tending to Mr. Sheffield’s every whim.

Soon, fans may be referring to Fran Drescher by a new moniker: The Senator.

The Flushing native is considering an attempt to dethrone New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Although the 90s sitcom star is not sure if the Senate race is definitely for her, her future plans include a role in political world.

“I have my stakes on being an elected official down the road,” Drescher told ABC News, “I don’t have to do it in 2012 or 2010 in New York. I just need to really see where I’m most proactive.”

The Nanny’s interest in public service has not just appeared out of nowhere either – since 2008, Drescher, a rape and cancer survivor, has served as a State Depart-

If voters get their way, they can pick a guy from Queens that can make a lot of people happy – and safe.

Luis Acosta, a 29-year-old graphic designer from Kew Gardens, is one of five finalists in the NYC Condom Wrapper Contest run by the City’s Dept. of Health.

His design, a play on a computer’s “Power” button, is a sure turn on.

New Yorkers can vote at nyc.gov/condoms to pick between Acosta’s design and those from four other finalists chosen from throughout the City. The winner

Is a Senator Nanny in the future? ment Public Diplomacy Envoy for women’s health. Who knew behind the unforgettable accent, teased mane and amusing oneliners, Drescher was an aspiring politico?

Not bad for a nasally New Yawker from the city’s best borough.

Friedrich Foots The Bill

Despite being labeled an “extreme conservative” in a David Weprin campaign mailer bearing a swastika, Bob Friedrich may actually be a bleeding heart.

A dedicated Friedrich campaign volunteer Jaami Ali injured her foot on election night (Friedrich lost) on the grounds of Friedrich’s campaign headquarters. When Ali had trouble getting contact information from the landlord so he could follow up on a promise to foot the medical bills, Friedrich assured Ali that he would Bob Friedrich sort things.

Ali, it turns out, had a sprained muscle, and Friedrich himself made good by paying for a specialist visit and an ultrasound.

Second thoughts, David?

As a courtesy, any former Senator can get his or her old seat shipped to them anywhere within the state for a measly $25, which only proves Albany has its priorities straight when it comes to handling state money.

There has not been any word from Monserrate on whether he’ll take the deal or not. Though we may think he’s still having a hard time sitting after last Tuesday’s vote to kick him out.

Oh Hiram, if you don’t want it, we’d love it and pay the shipping too!

In Gasland, viewers can see tap water can be made to burn when it comes in contact with natural gas. gets $20,000 and the opportunity to know that he’s going to wrap a whole bunch of rascals and prevent unwanted pregnancy and the spread of disease.

Finally, a vote that makes us want to stand up and be counted.

Confidentially, New York . . .

Full Of Gas CouncilmanJim Gennaro may not have won in his attempt to beat Sen.Frank Padavan, but he’s hoping another project gets a bit more traction.

For the second time in three years, Gennaro, who heads up the Environmental Protection committee for the City Council, is featured in a documentary premiering at the Sundance festival in Aspen, Colo.

In 2008, Gennaro participated in Fuel, a film about America’s addition to oil. This year, he switches his focus to natural gas, specifically the potential outcomes of drilling in the massive Marcellus Shale reserve, in the film “Gasland.”

The Shale lies beneath a large swath of New York City drinking water supply, and in the film Gennaro expresses his concern over drilling to this deep reserve.

One of the unintended consequences of gas drilling near water supplies apparently is flammable tap water, according to the documentary.

Maybe the film isn’t full of hot air.

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