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Hospital Cans CEO Linked To Bribes of the indictment and will receive no severance pay. He added the company and the board was cooperating with authorities. Rosen was replaced by COO Bruce Flanz, who has been with MediSys since 1975 and has served as COO since 1980. The indictment alleges Rosen, through fake companies, bribed Kruger and former Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio (D-Richmond Hill) to support a MediSys purchase of other Queens hospitals, including now-closed St. Johns Queens Hospital in Elmhurst and Mary Immaculate in Jamaica. Seminerio died in prison a few months ago after pleading guilty to corruption charges and resigning from the Assembly in 2009. The indictment also alleges Rosen paid a salary to Boyland Jr. for a no-show consultant job. MediSys also operates Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, which receives most of its funding from the state. In June 2010, the State Dept. of Health
Push To Save Bridge’s Queensboro Identity dens) and Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills). In recognition of not only Mayor Koch’s service to the city, Gennaro added that he deserved the honor for his heroic duties while serving in World War II and for the term he served as the U.S. Representative from New York’s 17th District. “[Mayor Koch] remains relevant to this day at the local, national and international level,” Gennaro said. “Renaming the bridge is the least we can do to honor one who has served so many for so long.” Echoing a number of borough residents who do not even utilize the “Queensboro” name, Gennaro added, “Nobody calls the bridge that name any way – it s called the 59 th Street Bridge.” In accordance with yea-sayers, Koslowitz agrees with the change, but prefers it her way. “I preferred that it be called the Queensboro-Ed Koch Bridge,” she said. Council members Elizabeth Crowley (DMiddle Village), Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and Peter Koo (R-Flush ing) also sided w ith the new name. Remaining undecided on t he mat ter are Council members Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst), James Sanders (D-Laurelton), Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) and Diana Reyna (DRidgewood). With the issue split three ways within the Queens delegation and a vote coming later on this month, there is no telling what borough residents will soon call the gateway to our borough. Indifferent as to whether or not he is honored, Mayor Koch leaves it completely up to the City Council to decide. De spite thinking he is a per fect fit for the bridge because “it’s not soaring, beautiful, or as handsome” as other city bridges, he says he will take what he gets from the City Council. “Either way, whatever happens,” said Koch. “It’s still a great honor.” Reach Reporter Jason Banrey at jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.
Co-Op Assessment Fix Leaves Tax Too High By JOSEPH OROVIC The Dept. of Finance announced it will cap assessed value increases on co-ops and condos at 50 percent this year, following outcry from owners and local elected officials. For some, that is still too much to pay. The move came on the heels of large, controversial jumps in the City’s co-op and condo assessments, in some cases more than doubling the figure used in property tax charges. Officials who initially decried the sudden increases were tepid at best in welcoming the change. “While I appreciate DOF’s recognition that the initial assessments could not stand, a 50 percent hike is still unreasonable,” said Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens), who was among the more vocal opponents of the increase. The increased valuations disproportionately affect large chunks of Northeast Queens, which has a large number of condo and coop owners, according to State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing). The exact math behind the DOF’s valuations has been the subject of speculation. The agency is not giving up the formula easily. Weprin filed a Freedom of Information Law request to shed light on DOF’s calculations, though the agency had not responded as of press time. “There is something wrong with the formula they are using,” Weprin said. “They don’t actually give you the full details.” The increased valuations initially ranged
from the double digits to close to 150 percent. The resulting tax increases are usually passed onto co-op shareholders via higher maintenance fees. The hikes create a burden that Stavisky said is unfair to the middle class, especially those living on a fixed income, such as seniors, who cannot afford a sudden upswing in living expenses. “They have a budget gap and they are trying to sock it to the middle class,” she said. “To stick it to a particular class is not fair.” Part of the issue, according to Stavisky, is the classification of co-ops and condos under a Class 2 umbrella, which lines them up in value with revenue-generating rental units. Stavisky, herself a co-op resident, said most co-ops and condos are owner-occupied. She hopes to address the discrepancy with legislation she is forming with Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) which will put the contested units in line with small homes, which have a 6 percent tax cap. “We just think that co-op owners are more like single-family homeowners and less like landlords,” Braunstein said. The bill is still in its early stages, he added, and far from assured passage. It would not solve the immediate increase facing co-op owners, he said. “This legislation isn’t going to be able to solve their problem this year,” Braunstein said. “This is more of a long-term fix.” Reach Deputy Editor Joseph Orovic at jorovic@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.
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By JASON BANREY Drawing a litany of responses, from all angle s of opposit ion and support, the plan to rename the Queensboro Bridge to honor former Mayor Ed Koch has become a political hot potato as a March 23 vote on the matter draws near. The issue has riled up borough residents, excited city leaders and outright upset one Queens Councilman. The Queens delegation is not united in support of the measure. After polling all 15 members who represent the borough within the Council, the Queens Tribune has discovered that not even half of the delegation actively supports renaming the bridge. In all, six Council members say they will vote in favor of renaming the bridge, six are undecided on the matter and just three hold firm stances against the plan. With a line drawn in the sand, some Queens Council members are now speaking out about the issue-some more than others – while an unresolved bunch decides to remain silent. After writing an op-ed piece, published in the Tribune last week, Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) was surprised to be joined by only two of his fellow Queens members in his defia nce of the Mayor. Joining suit, Councilmen Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and Dan Halloran (RWhitestone) strongly opposed the Mayor’s proposal to co-name the century-old str ucture the Ed Koch-Queensboro Bridge, and feel Queens deserves the right to retain its claim on the name. “Brooklyn and Manhattan have their own bridges,” said Halloran. “So it’s only right that Queens deserves its own.” Comrie, was surprised that the honor was even brought up for discussion. “This was dropped on our heads,” said Comrie. “Queens residents should decide what happens with the [Queensboro Bridge].” Joining in support of both the Mayor and Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and not afraid to have their opinions heard, are Council members James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows), Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gar-
recommended then-Attorney General Andrew Cuomo investigate Rosen when MediSys’ former counsel Margaret Johnson sued the company after she was fired in 2008 in response to the termination of a lower-level lawyer hired to represent MediSys in the Seminerio case. Johnson said she felt a conflict of interest was developing between the lawyer, Victor Rocco, and Rosen. Rosen was not the only hospital figure in Queens to be indicted in what U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called “an unholy alliance of politicians, lobbyists and businessmen.” Also named in the indictment was Robert Aquino, former CEO of defunct Parkway Hospital in Forest Hills. Aquino is alleged to have paid $60,000 to shell companies set up by Kruger in 2008 to bribe the Senator to support a plan to allow Parkway Jamaica Hospital and its parent company are Hospital to buy other hospitals, includcentral to a massive briber y scandal involving St. Johns and Mary Immaculate. ing a Senator and Assemblyman from BrookSince Parkway Hospital’s closure, lyn. Aquino has been pressuring local officials to restore Parkway Hospital’s operating certificate. John Krall, a friend of In late 2009, Jamaica Hospital was running Aquino’s, appeared at March meetings of far in the red and at risk of closure, but last Community Boards 9 and 6, only days before summer, MediSys said Flushing Hospital was the indictments were handed down, asking running in the black. A 2009 report from for support in reopening Parkway. Krall told Price Waterhouse Coopers suggested that the boards that Aquino had lined up $75 Jamaica Hospital was no longer economimillion to operate the hospital and only needed cally viable. A MediSys spokesman would not its operating certificate restored, but when comment this week on the company’s or asked, would not specify where the money hospital’s finances. came from. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at The indictments put in question the finan- drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357cial situation of the cash-strapped MediSys. 7400, Ext. 125.
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By DOMENICK RAFTER David Rosen, CEO of MediSys, the group that runs Jamaica Hospital, Flushing Hospital and Peninsula Hospital in Rockaway, as well as a number of care facilities for adults and the mentally ill, was fired by the company’s board of directors on Monday. Rosen had been named as a co-defendant in an indictment handed down last week that included two Brooklyn state legislators; Sen. Carl Kruger and Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. Rosen’s sacking was confirmed by MediSys spokesman Michael Hinck. “In 2009 the board was advised by the New York State Department of Health about what was only an investigation at that time. We were awaiting a resolution by the U.S. Attorney before taking any action,” Hinck said Tuesday, “Following last Thursday’s action, the board met on Monday and voted to remove Mr. Rosen.” Hinck said Rosen was removed because
Locals Rail Against Muslim Hearings By DOMENICK RAFTER Some Queens officials and members of the Muslim community are decrying Congressional hearings being held by U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-Long Island), chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, on radicalization in Muslim-American communities. Standing with a sign that said “I am a
Muslim too,” Councilman Danny Dromm (DJackson Heights) held a rally with some of his Muslim constituents in front of his office on 37th Avenue on March 6 before last week’s hearings. He called the hearings “Muslimbaiting.” U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Jamaica) was one of 56 Democratic members of Congress who signed a letter urging King to
cancel the hearings before they were held last week. “Singling out one religious group and blaming the actions of individuals on an entire community is not only unfair, it is unwise — and it will not make our country any safer,” read the letter. Rami Nuseir, president and founder of the Long Island City-based American MidEast
TLC: Black Is The New Yellow
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By DOMENICK RAFTER they choose to, do street hail service.” The Taxi and Limousine Commission Under the new rules, call-ahead cab comunveiled a new plan last week to allow “gypsy panies can opt to join in a program to pick cabs” in the outer boroughs to legally pick up up passengers who hail them down in outer passengers who hail them on the street. boroughs to take them anywhere in the City, Currently, it is illegal for including Manhattan. Cabs livery cabs to pick up passenwould be allowed to make gers who do not call ahead for “What we are one return hailed fare trip a car service, making it nearly from Manhattan back into impossible to legally hail a cab tr ying to do is the outer boroughs. in a boroughs that often finds legalize someCabs involved in the proyellow taxis in short supply. gram would have to adhere A lack of meters in livery thing people to certain regulations; they cabs leads to the potential will take advan- would need to be painted price gouging of riders when yellow, have a roof “onlivery cabs are hailed. Typi- tage of.” duty” light, have working cally a price is quoted over —David Yassky, meters and be able to take the phone when a customer cards. Taxi & Limousine credit calls in for service; no such Yellow cab advocates opCommissioner posed the plan. The Metroguarantee exists when hailed from the street, politan Taxicab Board of “What we are trying to do is legalize Trade, which represents 3,500 yellow medalsomething people will take advantage of,” lion cabs, released a statement supporting said Taxi and Limousine Commissioner the idea of outer borough street hails, but not David Yassky at a Community Board 6 meet- the proposal. ing on March 9. “Our plan is to let the car “The goal of enhanced service in the services who serve the boroughs already, if boroughs is well worth pursuing, but not by
legitimizing the illegal and dangerous practice of livery street hails. Instead, we should be exploring ways to expand high-quality yellow taxi service into the boroughs,” a statement read. Bhairavi Desai, founding member of the Taxi Workers Alliance, said yellow cab drivers would see fares decrease under the plan. “Legalizing an illegal activity because it has been done for so long will immediately cut into fares, especially during the rush hours when yellow cab drivers who live in the outer boroughs pick up fares at the beginning or end of their shifts,” she warned. But Yassky said the outer boroughs are not widely served by yellow cabs and thus new legalized livery cab service will not cut into their fares. He used the airports as an example, saying the TLC has to “bribe” yellow cab drivers to take passengers from JFK and LaGuardia to destinations in the outer boroughs. “Yellow taxis don’t like those trips anyway,” he said. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125.
Leadership Network, called the hearings “counter-effective.” “I agree with [King] that we need to pay attention to homeland terrorism,” he said, “but the packaging was wrong. I understand what he was trying to do, but the hearings were very narrowly focused.” Nuseir said the hearings gave “blank judgment” to the Islamic religion at a time when American Muslims are needed to fight terrorism. “We should be encouraging the mainstream Muslim community to be key players,” he said. “Instead [Rep. King] created more enemies. When you start pointing the finger, people become defensive, and when they become defensive, they become radical.” Nusier added the best way to prevent homegrown terrorism is to “engage” Muslims in aspects of our culture, like sports. “Let them feel that they’re a part of America,” he said. At the March 10 hearing, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota), the first Muslim elected to Congress, spoke of paramedic Mohammed Salman Hamdani, a Pakistaniborn resident of Bayside who died while responding to the Sept. 11 attacks and was initially mistaken as being one of the terrorists involved. “Mohammed Salman Hamdani was a fellow American who gave his life for other Americans,” said Ellison, fighting back tears. “His life should not be defined as a member of an ethnic group or a member of a religion, but as an American who gave everything for his fellow citizens” Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125.
Fed Chair Analyzes Boro Economy By JOSEPH OROV IC For most Queens residents, life is not getting cheaper. Grocery store receipts raise eyebrows and a trip to the gas station has become daunting. But hey, that new iPad 2 is a bargain! That was the memorable takeaway of an address by Federal Reserve Bank of New York President and Chief Executive Officer William Dudley, who stopped by the LaGuardia Sheraton in Flushing to deliver an address about the Fed’s regional and Queensspecific economic outlook. The much-maligned gaffe was delivered in response to prodding about inflation, which some feel has increased due to the Fed’s Quantitative Easing plan. The controversial strategy calls for the buying of treasury securities from Goldman Sachs in an effort to flush the Fed’s balance sheet – in essence printing money. Dudley’s connection to Goldman as a former partner has added controversy to the practice. The maneuver was announced as part of an effort to stymie deflation, after the Consumer Price Index showed a decrease in prices. But the CPI does not take into account common household purchases such as food and fuel, in an effort to mitigate volatility in the figure – which brings us to the iPad 2. Following a series of questions, Dudley conceded the cost of some items has risen, then countered: “Today, you can buy an iPad 2 that costs the same as an iPad 1 that is twice as powerful. […] You have to look at the prices of all things.” The comment drew vocal grumblings from the audience, and largely negated the event’s greater purpose of putting a positive face on the Fed. The event was held in conjunction with
the borough’s Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corp. as part of a broader outreach effort. Gaffe aside, Dudley did give a cursory overview of the borough’s economic state. “During the recent recession, Queens’ dynamic recovery was hard hit,” Dudley said, “yet it proved more resilient than Manhattan’s and much of the nation’s.” When the rest of the country’s employment declined by 7 percent, the borough’s dipped 3 percent, Dudley said. The New York Fed chief touted Queens’ economic diversity, singling out transporta-
tion as its specialty, a result of the borough’s two major airports. Air transport jobs account for 6 percent of the borough’s employment, with overall transportation work taking a 12 percent slice. Elected officials took turns asking questions, most concerning lending. Despite low short-term rates set by the Fed, many banks are still adhering to strict standards when vetting borrowers, they said. “The worst has passed,” Dudley said. “Things are getting better but they’re not where we want them to be.” Assemblyman and former City Council
Finance Committee Chairman David Weprin (D-Little Neck) said the Fed could do more to loosen banks’ purse strings. “They could use their bully pulpit to raise the pressure on [the banks],” he said. It is difficult to quantify the effect the Fed’s policies have on the borough, Weprin said. Policy decisions made at that level “trickle down” to Main Street folks. “It’s a little bit more removed,” he said. “I was impressed he actually came to Queens.” Reach Reporter Joseph Orovic at jorovic@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.
Seniors Vow To Continue Fight By JASON BANREY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget leaves senior centers in jeopardy with the threat of a $25 million cut in state funding for senior services. An Assembly action to restore the funding has been made, but Republicans in the Senate have not endorsed the change and it is questionable if the restoration of funds would survive the final negotiations in the state budget. Standing outside of her Long Island City senior center, Olivine Adams, 67, raised her tightly clenched fists in protest. Joined by local politicians and seniors in solidarity on March 11, Adams and others voiced their opinions in opposition to the cuts at Riis Settlement Senior Center and Ravenswood Senior Center. The elderly assured lawmakers they were not willing to give up. As a member of the senior center for more than 12 years, Adams has become accustomed to getting two nutritious meals a day and socializing with friends at the Ravenswood Senior Center.
If passed as proposed, the budget’s $25.2 million cut to the Title XX funding could result in the closure of 22 senior centers in the borough, leaving Adams, as well as a large population of elderly, without access to the affordable meals and essential social services they have utilized for years. Adams fears she will no longer be able to grow old the way she always wanted - peacefully. “As you get older, bleak thoughts begin to break through your mind if you don’t stay active,” said Adams. “This center helps keep me engaged as I get older. I really need it.” Amidst shouts in favor of saving the Ravenswood Senior Center, Councilman Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) pledged their support towards fighting the significant cuts and urged seniors to keep hope alive. “We’ve got a good shot at securing these funds for [senior centers],” Van Bramer said. Despite difficult economic times that the state is facing financially, Gianaris urged the
governor to recognize the thousands of seniors that would be affected if Title XX was axed. “We must make the hard decisions in a way that minimizes the impact on the most vulnerable New Yorkers,” said Gianaris. Borough Assembly members promised to make seniors a top priority in conjunction with support of other members throughout the state. Assemblywomen Marge Markey (D-Maspeth) and Grace Meng (D-Flushing) reported that the New York State Assembly would allocate $25 million to guarantee funding for senior centers in the upcoming State budget. “We are acting to ensure that critical services like those provided by these senior centers are preserved,” said Markey. “We’ll go all the way to Albany if we have to. The [governor’s] not going to knock us out the box,” said Adams. “We’re still among the living. They can’t bury us yet!” Reach Reporter Jason Banrey at jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.
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Seeing With Eyes Open Tolerance is a tricky word, not as easy to define as it sounds. It denotes a fair, objective and permissive attitude to what is different from one individual to another. This week two separate but equally relevant issues of tolerance have come to the forefront: the beating death of a man who was thought to be gay and the “Muslim radicalization” hearings held in Congress by Long Island Congressman Peter King. Both speak volumes about the society in which we live. The first involved four teenagers who trashed a party, to which they were not invited, began using anti-gay epithets and ended up chasing down and beating to death a man who had left the party because of an apparent fear for the thugs who showed up. He wasn’t gay, but his attackers used the label as a reason to hate him, to demean him and to take from him his life. The second feeds on fear. The Sept. 11 hijackers – and many other terrorists – were and are Muslim. Their actions are deplorable, and the issue of “radicalization’ is something that any faith needs to address with its members. But to hold hearings with the purpose of analyzing the causes that specifically turn followers of Islam to become terrorists creates a label of hatred, foments a grain of doubt and plants a seed of fear of the members of an entire faith. Well, that’s not how it’s supposed to work – and certainly not in Queens, the most diverse place on Earth. We must keep our eyes open, but in doing so also see our brothers and sisters without labels, without ignorance and without fear.
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For The Veterans To The Editor: For many years St. Albans Veteran’s Hospital has not been functioning. Now that St. John’s, St. Joseph, and Mary Immaculate have closed, our returning veterans will be more desperately deprived of the health care they were promised and deserve. Unfortunately Eric Shinseki, Secretary of the Department of Veteran Affairs, continues to support an Enhanced Use Lease (EUL). His rationale for continuing to press for a 75-year lease of 25 acres of tax-free land to a private developer is based on a Census taken in 2000. This Census reported that the number of returning veterans will decrease. Mr. Shinseki has neglected to take into consideration the number of men and women that were sent to Iraq in 2001, and the surges of additional troops both in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mr. Shinseki continues to support Rev. Floyd Flake’s corporation. The Allen Corp Name is changed to “D&F. This has been done because Rev. Flake’s financial ventures began to be questioned
and were publicly exposed. The others names, Rev. Reed, D’Amico, and Florey remain the same. The guidelines established by the RFP, page 11, Sec. 2.4.8.bullet 3, mandate that a developer must maintain positive relations with the State and local areas and avoid any destruction of the surrounding minority community. The private developer has failed to carry out these guidelines. He is planning high rise apartments, multiple homes and stores, all of which are in conflict with local zoning regulations. We need to: save the lives of our brave veterans; stop the rising number of suicides due to the lack of appropriate health care; end the EUL now; and rehabilitate the existing hospital to a full service hospital. The private developer is creating far more luxury living than the VA is planning to offer our veterans. Doris Salzberg, Queens
WBID Defense To The Editor: I read with interest the letter written in reference to our Woodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue, and as President of
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the Woodhaven Business Improvement District responsible for Woodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue it is incumbent upon me to respond. This letter refers to the appearance of our Avenue after the two major snowstorms. To judge any area after this unusual weather places us at a disadvantage. The bird droppings referred to on the sidewalk and near our J line elevated stanchions are power washed periodically. The snowstorms made them inaccessible and the power washing chemicals freeze in the cold weather, so they could not be cleaned. This accumulation will be power washed this month. As to the litter baskets “overflowing with garbage,” after the snowstorms the garbage from the wire baskets was not picked up. This also occurred on our residential streets and throughout the City. During the snowstorm our WBID cleaners cleared paths and the corners of snow for our Avenue pedestrians. After the garbage was picked up, the garbage in the wire baskets, household garbage as well, as always were bagged, and the baskets lined. This is done twice a day, seven days a week. The “trash tossed in the street” issue on Woodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue is addressed by the sweepers cleaning twice a day, seven days a week. Our cleaners sweep the avenue and the curbs all along our 25 blocks. These cleaners which you refer to as “one man with a Rubbermaid trash can on wheels with a broom,” do the job, as the Sanitation Dept. did and did well with their sweepers many years ago. These hardworking cleaners that clean our Avenue have been rated very clean by our Sanitation Dept. As to the “empty storefronts” as a recent survey has proved, we have a very low vacancy rate with some “closed stores” not being rented and used for only storage. We have been notified by the City that our J Line Jamaica Avenue elevated train structure and stanchions will finally be painted and repaired. Also, more improvements are planned after this project is completed. Now that the spring weather will be upon us, the WBID will be sponsoring free pictures with the Easter Bunny and other activities along our Woodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue from Dexter Court to 100th Street. There are also many other promotions throughout the year, the biggest being our “Holidays in Woodhaven” Weekend Menorah and Christmas Tree Lighting and Holiday Parade. This is what we do here in Woodhaven, and I would suggest anyone with this letter’s concept of Woodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue go Deputy Editor: Joseph Orovic Marcia Moxam Comrie, Contributing Editor
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along Jamaica Avenue to the adjoining Communities in Queens and Brooklyn. There they will find that the differences are obvious and very selfevident; we stand out as a clean, graffiti-free commercial strip. The members of our WBID board are committed businessmen and storeowners. They, in addition to paying assessments, give their time to work for our commercial strip. This is why we were honored with the award for the Best BID in New York City. Remember, our WBID has the smallest budget for the length of 25 blocks in the City of New York, yet still, with these limited resources, we accomplish a great deal. For those who want everything, we cannot and will not ever satisfy you. Mathew Xenakis, President, WBID
Not In Our Interest To The Editor: Suffice it to say the destruction of many small businesses and thousands of their employees and families for an ill-conceived Willets Point project the vast majority of which will benefit real estate moguls, is the antithesis of good government and is bad. What is even worse is Bloomberg’s trampling on the timehonored concept that eminent domain is used to take private property for a public purpose and not for the benefit of financially and otherwise well-connected private real estate interests. This is best supported by the fact that several years ago Daniel Doctoroff, then a high official in the Bloomberg administration, bragged before a group of real estate moguls that under Bloomberg more than 90 percent of real estate interests’ zoning changes sought had been granted. As distinguished from Mayor Bloomberg’s laudable private philanthropic endeavors, as Mayor, he has consistently demonstrated an indifference to the welfare of the poor, the middle class and small businesses. Willets Point is just the tip of the iceberg because Bloomberg is intent on using eminent domain to turn this city over to the rich and well-connected, and the public should beware lest it is their neighborhood next on the chopping block. It must be noted Bloomberg is aided and abetted by politicians whose constituencies appear to be the real estate interests and not the public. It is the height of hypocrisy for Rep. Joe Crowley, State Sen. Toby Stavisky and Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn to support this project. For years, the Willets Point owners have requested the city to correct the conditions in the area, and these persons in total default of their James Mammarella Director of Sales and Marketing Shelly Cookson Corporate & Legal Advertising Account Executives Joanne Naumann Elizabeth Rieger Shari Strongin
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obligations as elected officials on the public payroll for many, many years, have ignored the pleas and not lifted a legislative finger to correct the conditions. Prudence dictates if they were not possessed of the intelligence to at least remain silent, their past indifference is a skeleton that would best be kept in a locked closet. Not to be ignored is the fact the city has kept secret what taxpayer dollars – direct and indirect – the private developer of Willets Point will receive. If history is any judge, it will be in the tens of millions of dollars. The issue of eminent domain is serious and transcends Willets Point. The Supreme Court decision in the case of Kelo v. City of New London was not unanimous. It was a 5 to 4, hardly a reasonable consensus. So outraged by the Court’s decision, that 43 states enacted legislation prohibiting or severely restricting the use of eminent domain for what is essentially a commercial purpose. In line with the real estate clout in this city and state, New York was not one of thems. This can be changed if in the next election those running for office be deprived of votes unless they publicly acknowledge they will support remedial legislation. Benjamin M. Haber, Flushing
Millionaire Tax To The Editor: The Queens Civic Congress, a coalition of Queens’ major neighborhood-based civic organizations, is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature to extend the so-called millionaires tax past Dec. 31, 2011, when it is due to expire. QCC is the only boroughwide group of its kind in New York City. QCC President Patricia Dolan called on Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to support retention of the Personal Income Tax Surcharge to offset cuts in the governor’s executive budget that Dolan said are “squarely aimed at middle class families who cannot possibly duplicate services they would lose.” She also pointed to the severe cuts in health, education and social services that would force New York City to cut services to city residents. The Personal Income Tax Surcharge levies an addition 1 percent tax on individuals with net incomes of more than $200,000 and on families with net incomes of more than $500,000. Patricia Dolan, Director, Queens Connection, Queens Community House Mitch Kronenfeld: Classified Manager Elizabeth Mance: Administrative Assistant Classified Ad Representatives: Nadia Hack, Peggie Henderson, Fran Gordon, Marty Lieberman, Chris Preasha, Lorraine Shaw, Sheila Scholder, Lillian Saar
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Why A NY Uprising Hero Should Not Be A Bridge By MICHAEL SCHENKLER I like Ed Koch. Ed Koch is my hero – now, even more than before.
As the Mayor of New York City for 12 years, (1978-1989) he made us feel good – it was his own personal brand of the “Fun City” theme initiated by John Lindsay two terms earlier. Only for Ed, it was “How’m I Doin’?” Somewhere in the house, I have an autographed copy of his 1984 bestseller, “Mayor.” In the office, still unpacked from our November move, is a picture of me and Ed taken at Gracie Mansion way back in his early days as Mayor – it’s black and white. If I can locate it, I’ll share it with you if space allows. Ed even became a movie reviewer for my papers when I was President of News Communications in the
Ed Koch and Mike Schenkler at Gracie Mansion in the 1980s. 1990’s. He’s continued reviewing movies to this day – sharing his thought s on movie s in the Huffington Post, and on politics and the world to an email list. But Ed Koch is my guy. He and Mike Bloomberg tower over the other Mayors I’ve encountered – and I’ve met them all since John Lindsay, who was first elected in 1966. But Ed didn’t become my real hero until he was out of office for more than two decades and well into his 80’s. Last year, at age 85,
Ed decided to lead New York’s reform movement, aimed at trying to fix what is broken in Albany. As head of N Y Upr isi ng, he has preached, bullied, led and implored candidates and elected officials to sign onto the reform pledge with the centerpiece being independent redistricting. This month, Ed was in Albany greeting the elected “heroes of reform” and still urging the “enemies of reform” to sign on. He’s one of my heroes. He’s one in a million. I like Ed Koch.
A HERO BUT NOT A BRIDGE I oppose renaming the Queensboro Bridge for Ed Koch. The iconic structure is ours – the people of Queens take pride in it. It is the only iconic structure named for our borough. It is part of the heart and soul of Queens. My hero Ed is from Manhattan – he’s all Manhattan. But I wouldn’t suppor t naming it for anyone. We need something mighty and soaring and iconic of our own. Queens needs the Queensboro Bridge – we’ve had it for more than a century. “They wouldn’t do it to the Brooklyn Bridge,” was Councilman Peter Vallone Jr’s first phone call to me. I was sold before hearing from Peter but was excited that perhaps the Council wouldn’t go along with the Mayor’s proposal. Vallone has bravely taken on the Mayor who has proposed the name change and his seemingly acquiescent colleagues at the City Council ready to allow Queens to be diminished. Councilmembers Leroy Comrie and Dan Halloran have joined in opposition. The rest of the Queens delegation is woefully
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Out of the Closet And Into the Cooler By HENRY J. STERN thanks to their DemoThe forces of good cratic colleagues in the scored a major victory in legislature who wanted the indictment of State to minimize Republican Senator Carl Kruger, Asdistricts upstate. semblyman William The daily press gave Boyland and six accomsubstantial and well-merplices in a briber y ring ited attention to the arthat goes back five years. rests. Until now, cor rupt The 53-page crimilegislators had been nal complaint, obtained Henry Stern picked off by the auby Preet Bharara, United thorities one at a time, and their States Attorney for the Southern venalit y, although felonious, was District of New York, a position relatively limited in its scope. This for merly held by Rober t time a big fish has been nabbed, Morgenthau and Rudy Giuliani, along with his bottom-feeder as- contain intercepted telephone consociates. ver sations bet ween the al leged The investigation was helped conspirators, including an over the years by co-operating pub- Assemblymember who died in lic officials seeking lighter sen- prison. tences. Brian McLaughlin was the For nine years, we have railed first to go; he gave up the late against public corruption, starting Anthony Seminerio, who was with former Councilman Angel taped in expletive-laced conversa- Rodriguez in our first column (3/ tions with Kruger’s confederates. 21/02). Whenever one wrongdoer We wonder how many more is found out, however, it seems that legislators, particularly from Brook- another rises to take his or her lyn and Queens, are shivering at place. The system is remarkably the prospect of future undesired enduring. contact with law enforcement We believe that most public agencies. The Aqueduct casino con- officials are hone st and decent. spiracy of 2010, although well pub- Unfor tunately, many are held in licized, has not yet led to indict- low regard because of the derelicments. Since the plot was foiled, tions of their colleagues. It is also there may be insufficient grounds true that very few officials are conto send the plotters upstate. If they cerned with the misconduct of their should be incarcerated, however, fellow legislators; they are much they will be counted as residents more comfortable ignoring fraud or of their home districts downstate, corruption by their next door neigh-
bors and running mates. T hese don’t commit crimes themselves, but they are quite tolerant of those who do. There is no honor code in Albany. Most New Yorkers are relatively satisfied with the people who represent them. This is in part because over the years they have received publicly-funded mailings or relied on constituent services. They may have met their local representative in the park, on the street, or in a church or synagogue. Voters may identify by gender, orientation or ethnicity with the name they see on election posters. In addition, challengers to politicians are usually even less well known than the incumbents. That is why the re-election rate is so high, and why legislators have more to fear from prosecutors than from electoral rivals. Nonetheless, the indictments are good news. We are aware that an indictment is merely an accusation, and a jury must be convinced of the defendants’ guilt. Kruger has hired a fine law yer in Benjamin Brafman, who while representing him will no doubt divest his client of a good portion of his allegedly ill-gotten gains. We suggest you read as much as you care to of the U.S. Attorney’s complaint, and particularly the transcripts of the defendants’ telephone conversations. A reasonable person would be hard
pressed to develop a scenario under which the alleged conspirators would not be at fault. It will probably take over a year before this matter is disposed of. We have on occasion quoted an old Greek saying, which was rendered in English in 1640 by George Herbert: “The mills of the gods grind slow, but they grind exceeding fine.” Let justice be done. StarQuest@NYCivic.org
silent or pathetically supportive of this shameful act. The Speaker of the Council would not be moving this bill if the Queens delegation opposed it. The entire Council would not be backing this measure if the Queens delegation spoke up in opposition. It is the silence of inaction that will take our Bridge and hand it over to the Manhat tan-centric Cit y to name for a Manhattan hero. There are a lot of things which could be named for Ed Koch – although I’m one of those who believe the government should not be naming things for the living. In the Schenkler book, requirement No. 1 is that you had to have lived an honest and good life; requirement No. 2 is that you’ve had to have done something exceptional relating to that which is named for you; and requirement No. 3 is that you have to be dead. Ed Koch deserves something special, but I hope it’s not for many more years that I advocate for “Ed Koch Central Park.” Ed Koch is my hero. Please leave the Queensboro Bridge alone. MSchenkler@QueensTribune.com
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of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: E-File With Ease 163-10 Northern Blvd Suite 310 Flushing, NY 11358 USA Cristian Stanescu (signature of organizer) ________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of SJ Capital LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on January 13, 2011. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 213-02 73 rd Avenue Apt 2C, Bayside NY, 11364. Purpose: any lawful purpose. _______________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of 149 Place Condominium LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/8/ 11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/ o Seungho Kim, 43-01 37 th St., Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: any lawful activity. ________________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF WALKWITHU, LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: WALKWITHU, LLC SECOND: The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: QUEENS THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: SUNGHYE HAN 211-18 45 DRIVE, 2FL BAYSIDE, NY, 11361, USASUNGHYE HAN (signature of organizer) _______________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF XMAC, LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: XMAC, LLC SECOND: The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: Queens THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: 67-57 Ingram Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375 Chin H. Huang (signature of organizer) ________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: RIGHTEOUS
LEGAL NOTICE CONVICTION MANAGEMENT, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/25/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Kate Chan, 8446 56th Avenue, Elmhurst, New York 11373-4814. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF Bottom Line Construction & Development LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST. The name of the limited liability company is Bottom Line Construction & Development LLC SECOND. The county within this state in which the limited liability company is to be located is Queens. THIRD: The secretary of state is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process accepted on behalf of the limited liability company served upon him or her is: 255 West 148 th Street, #5B, New York, New York 10039. FOURTH: The name and address in this state of the registered agent upon whom and at which process against the limited liability company may be served is: Alexis McSween, 255 West 148 th Street, #5B, New York, New York 10039. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Organization on the date below. Date: November 22, 2010 LegalZoom.com, Inc., Organizer /s/ Imelda Vasquez By: Imelda Vasquez, Assistant Secretary 101 N. Brand Blvd., 10 th Floor Glendale, CA 91203 ________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of URI Total Care Management LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 11/13/ 07. Office location: Queens County. Princ. bus. addr.: 35-05 Farrington St., Flushing, NY 11354. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 1 Maiden Lane, 5th Fl., NY, NY 10038, Attn: Spiegel & Utrera, P.A., P.C., regd. agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity. ________________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF Arbor Close Rental LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST. The name of the limited liability company is Arbor Close Rental LLC SECOND. The county within this state in which the limited liability company is to be located is Queens. THIRD: The secretary of state is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process
LEGAL NOTICE accepted on behalf of the limited liability company served upon him or her is 111 14 75 th Ave., Forest Hills, New York 11375. FOURTH: The name and street address in this state of the registered agent upon whom and at which process against the limited liability company may be served is: Mary T. Brown, 111-14 75 th Ave., Forest Hills, New York 11375. ________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION of STRATEGIC PHYSICAL THERAPY, PLLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/14/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to: Strategic Physical Therapy PLLC, 84-54 250 th Street, Bellerose, NY 11426. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. ________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of Zervoudis Associates, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/16/10. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Vasiliki Troianos, 5-30 150th St., Whitestone, NY 11357. Purpose: any lawful activities. _______________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ANAF HOLDINGS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/15/11. The latest date of dissolution IS 12/31/2061. 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, 104-66 Roosevelt Avenue, Corona, New York 11368. Purpose: For 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.: 8596/09 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF SASCO 2007-MLN1 Plaintiff, vs. ANGELA LOGAN, ET, AL. Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 240-02 CANEY ROAD ROSEDALE, NY 11422 SBL #: BLOCK 13550 LOT 62 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In
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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 24th day of February, 2011, TO: ANGELA LOGAN, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. DAVID ELLIOT of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 24th day of February, 2011 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 NORRIS REID A/K/A NORRIS ROY REID (who died a resident of the State of New Jersey on the 28 th day of May, 2008) dated the 9th day of August, 2006, to secure the sum of $419,760.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2006000519788 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, on the 14 th day of September, 2006; which mortgage was duly assigned by assignment dated the 31 st day of March, 2009, and sent for recording in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York. The property in question is described as follows: 240-02 CANEY ROAD, ROSEDALE, NY 11422 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the corner formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of Caney Road with the Easterly side of Brookville Boulevard; RUNNING THENCE Southerly along the Easterly side of Brookville Boulevard, 100.274 feet; THENCE Easterly parallel with the Southerly side of Caney Road, 21.94 feet; THENCE Northerly at right angles to Caney Road, 100.00 feet to the Southerly side of Caney Road; THENCE Westerly along the Southerly side of Caney Road, 29.34 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE
ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: February 24, 2011 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. ________________________________________________________________ ISTS Brains LLC. Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 2/15/11. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 29-17 34 th Avenue, Apt. 4A, Long Island City, NY 11106. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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PROBATE CITATION File No. 2009-1073/A SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: MARY F. DIORIO and CHARLES N. DIORIO if living and if dead, to her/his heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown and if she/he died subsequent to the decedent herein, to her/ his executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose name and places of residence are unknown and to all other heirs at law, next of kin and d is tr ibute e s o f MARI E C . DIORIO, the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained Christina Diorio A/K/A Christina Bates A petition having been duly filed by RAE C. MONTEVERDI who is domiciled at 32 – 27 166th Street, Flushing, Queens, NY YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on the 31st day of March, 2011 at 9:30 A.M. of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of MARIE C. DIORIO lately domiciled at 110 – 20 71st Road, Forest Hills, Queens, NY admitting to probate a Will dated November 15, 1997, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of MARIE C. DIORIO deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to: RAE C. MONTEVERDI HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate MARGARET M. GRIBBON Chief Clerk FEB 07 2011 (Seal) JOHN J. CASLIN, JR. Attorney for Petitioner 212 - 681 – 0800 Telephone Number 99 Park Avenue, 3rd Fl. New York, NY 10016 Address of Attorney [Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.] ________________________________________________________________ NORDIC-UBS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/11/2011. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 56-01 Maspeth Ave., Maspeth, NY 11378, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF E-File With Ease LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: E-File With Ease LLC SECOND: The county, within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: Queens THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent
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CB Elder Steps Away From Her Post The borough's community boards have some long-time members, but few can match Rose Bruno. The CB 11 member served her last meeting on Monday, March 7, rounding off a career of civic participation that predates the community board system by more than a decade. To honor her service, Deputy Borough President Barry Grodenchik brought a proclamation from Borough President Helen Marshall, thanking Bruno for her service and dubbing March 7 "Rose Bruno Day." Days later, sitting in her kitchen, the vivacious 97-year-old was still at a loss for words. The thought of "Rose Bruno Day" had not sunk in. It was explained to her that "If there was a Queens calendar, March 7 would be your day." Her eyebrows rose slightly. "I had no idea," she said. Bruno's tenure on the board has seen five Borough Presidents get elected, numerous civic associations come and go, countless board meetings and the transformation of Auburndale, her home, from a pastoral remnant into a suburban escape. Ever the family woman, she measures things differently: eight grandkids and five great grandchildren to be exact. "It was a privilege to serve for so long with so many good people," she said. Her absence will be felt by the board she served, said CB 11 Chair Jerry Iannece. "I wish I had a dozen more members like her," he said. "She was responsible, diligent, and always there. […] Replace her? I don't think you ever can." Bruno saw many a political career take off during her tenure as well. More recently, she was around for State Sen. Tony Avella's (DBayside) early forays into civic activism, and worked alongside former Borough President Claire Shulman, who was also an inaugural member of the same board. "She's a wonderful, wonderful woman," said Shulman, who served as the original planning board's recording secretary while Bruno acted as corresponding secretary. "She also hardly ever missed a meeting; low key but very smart. She is really all the best that civic workers are." Bruno's lengthy civic resume includes the Good Citizenship League, the Community Advisory Board of Flushing Hospital, League of Women Voters and, most of all, the Flushing Council of Women's Organizations. She served as the group's President through its most active stretch, which included a movement to save Flushing Town Hall. Her reputation as a restless member of the community led then-Borough President Mario Cariello to request her participation in a newly-formed planning board in 1967.
"I said, 'What's a planning board?'" Bruno recalled. The first years proved a pivotal era, as the Boards carved their own niche into civic and governmental life. "We started to design what we were supposed to do at the very beginning," Shulman said of the time. "It was just service delivery primarily. Then it kind of grew. It was a lot more than a civic association." Bruno learned to keep her political ideals and partisanship under wraps. Open allegiances, she believes, hinder the negotiation process. "Because I was never political, I felt I could be better," she said. Shulman still has no idea what political party Bruno favors. Bruno first moved to the borough with her husband Mario in 1944, buying a house in then-middle-of-nowhere Auburndale. She kept records of her civic work, from fliers to letters and news clippings. The paper bits of history are scattered about her home. "My husband always said I should worry about a fire inspection, because all the papers I kept would create a fire hazard," she said. The walls of her basement are lined with citations for various achievements and her lengthy service. Asked if she's a historian of sorts, she responded, "I'm a keeper." Reach Reporter Joseph Orovic at jorovic@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. —Joseph Orovic
FH Attorney Scores Victor y For Kids In the late 1980s, Michele Kule-Korgood was excelling in her career as a special education teacher, teaching students on the autism spectrum and with cerebral palsy. She began to get involved with advocating for special education students, but found she really didn't know much about their legal rights. That led her to a change in career. She chose to become an education lawyer and now has a Forest Hills-based law firm that focuses on legal rights of children with disabilities. Last month, Kule-Korgood and associate attorney Tamara Roff won a court battle that Kule-Korgood said could make it easier for parents with special needs children to access the schools and programs their children need. In the case, the child, identified as D.A., who has autism, was not provided with an appropriate school by the New York City Dept. of Education, forcing his parents to place him in a costly private school, the Rebecca School in Manhattan. The tuition was beyond what D.A.'s family could afford. The City tried to argue that it was only required to reimburse tuition of wealthy
St. Stan's Site To House New School A closed parochial school in Ozone Park will soon be reborn as a new public school. Community Board 9 voted March 8 to support the Dept. of Education buying two plots of land at 90th Street and 101st Avenue in Ozone Park from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens that once was home to St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr school, convent and schoolyard. St. Stanislaus closed a few years ago and merged with nearby Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish. The school has been vacant since last June. Two representatives from the School Construction Authority appeared at last week's CB 9 meeting to outline the initial plans for the school. The current school building, built in 1926, will be torn down, as will the convent next door, and the new school building will be built on the site between 90th and 91st Streets. Across 90th Street, the lot that served as St. Stanislaus' schoolyard will remain as a schoolyard for the new public school. The school will house 416 students, about the same number St. Stanislaus did. It will serve Pre-Kindergarten to fifth grade students. The school would be three blocks west of MS 210 and about equidistant between the closest public elementary schools: PS 64 on 82nd Street and PS 65 on 99th Street. "This is a development I support," said Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). "Every time you watch the news and hear a Yeshiva or Catholic school closes, you don't know what is coming into the community [in its place]. The diocese could sell this property to developers." For some, the demolition of the existing structure was an upsetting prospect. The Rev. Paul Palmiotto, St. Stanislaus' current pastor, said the school property had become too expensive to maintain and the Diocese is looking to sell it. He added that a school was the perfect fit for that property. "To continue to have an educational facility there is important," he said. "It will continue the tradition of what was there."
St. Stanislaus school in the background will be razed and replaced with a new school, and the yard in the foreground will remain for the children. CB 9 Education Committee chairman Nick Comaianni said a school was needed in the community. "It means that we have more seats and it means we're going to relieve overcrowding somewhere else," Comaianni said. The SCA could not give a specific date for the school's opening, but said it expects 2014 as a tentative target date. The sale of the property to the City would have to be approved by the City Council. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125. —Domenick Rafter
Pitching In To Fix A Broken Road Here's a modest business proposal: an auto suspension and tire shop in Downtown Flushing. A trip through the area has rarely been pleasant for drivers. Congestion and daredevil pedestrians tend to keep things interesting. But following a rough winter, the neighborhood's roads resemble a third-world backcountry thoroughfare. "This is the worst I ever remember," said Queens Commissioner of the Dept. of Transportation Maura McCarthy, who visited Flushing with Councilman Peter Koo (R-Flushing) to showcase the agency's pothole-addressing system. Koo, along with McCarthy, watched and helped as a DOT crew filled potholes on Union Street between Northern Boulevard and 37th Avenue. Queens has 42,000 reported potholes evenly distributed around the borough, McCarthy said. "But every community board thinks they have it the worst," she said. The potholes are caused by the freeze and thaw cycles of the severe winter, as water enters cracks in the asphalt then expands. One would think the sad state of the neighborhood's roads would elicit more concern, but Community Board 7 District Manager Marilyn Bitterman said the phones are not exactly ringing off the hook with complaints. "It's horrendous all over," she said. "They have a tremendous amount of potholes. [Residents] are not calling in to us." The Dept. of Transportation addressed the CB's recent complaints about a strip of Main Street between Booth Memorial and Elder Avenues. The DOT stripped paving from the stretch and gave it a fresh coat of asphalt. Bitterman and a DOT spokesman advised residents to phone in all potholes to 311. The spokesman said the standard turnaround for a complaint is three to four days. Reach Deputy Editor Joseph Orovic at jorovic@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. —Joseph Orovic
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CB 11 Chairman Jerry Iannece (l.) and Councilman Dan Halloran (r.) observe as Deput y Borough President Barr y Grodenchik presents Rose Bruno with the latest of a lifetime of honors.
families who send their special needs children to private school and that reimbursing tuition would place a burden on city taxpayers. U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe disagreed and on Feb. 1 ruled in D.A.'s parents' favor. Gardephe ruled the DOE has the obligation under the Individuals with Disabilities Act to reimburse tuition for parents whose special needs children the school district could not provide. "The court simply understood what the NYC DOE could not - that you cannot discriminate against a child with a disability by limiting his or her rights just because they come from a family without financial means," said Kule-Korgood. "By ordering that the district pay the tuition directly to the Rebecca School, the decision ensures that children of families of modest means have the same access to quality education as children from wealthier families. Given that families must overcome the difficulties inherent in understanding their child's disability, access to an appropriate education should not be a further hurdle to overcome." Kule-Korgood admitted the City has a bigger caseload than the suburbs. "The problem is greater in the City because there are more kids," she said. "But also because the different parts of the process in which school district make recommendations are very disconnected to each other" Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125. —Domenick Rafter
Queens CLOSEUP Angr y Delight Theatre Time Productions will present “12 Angry Men” at its new location, Grace Episcopal Church, 14-15 Clintonville St., Whitestone, March 11-20. Call (347) 7329015 for tickets and information.
Meetings are on the first, third and fifth Wednesday of the month. Come and spend an evening with us to learn about good photography and to enjoy excellent photography related programs. Validated free parking is available. For more information call (718) 7490643 or go to flushingcameraclub.org.
Mom’s Home Cooking Join QCC Professor Megan Elias for an interesting look at the evolution of the role of women in culinary history in “Mom’s Home Cooking, Women & Food in Queens,” a lecture presented by the Queens Historical Society Sunday, March 27, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Over time the tasks associated with preparing meals have changed profoundly as food sources and opportunities have changed. The work that women did in kitchens in Queens’ agricultural past is very different from that preformed in the borough’s private and commercial kitchens today. Dr. Elias will explore the ways that changing foodstuffs have brought changes to the lives of women in Queens over the course of the borough’s history. The cost is $5 for members, $8 for nonmembers (life members are free). The event will be held at Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37th Ave., Flushing.
Ragtime Band On Sunday, March 27, at 5 p.m., the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra will play at at Flushing Town Hall. Travel back to the early 1900s as America begins her love affair with automobiles and electricity, flying machines take to the sky, and vaudeville performers are American Idols. Join the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, as they visit the exciting sounds of Scott Joplin, Irving Berlin, and other inventors of “America’s Original Music.” Flushing Town Hall is located at 137-35 Northern Blvd. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and $10 for students. Valet parking and street parking both available. To learn more go to musicareginae.org or call (718) 894-2178.
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Green In Queens Going Green In Queens 2011, a greening, Educational and Networking Conference, will be held Saturday, March 26, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Al Oerter Recreational Center, 131-40 Fowler Ave., Flushing. Free admission, free workshops, giveaways, food and fun. There will be more than 50 tables/ exhibits and 10 workshops. For more information call (718) 341-1395 or go to goinggreeninqueens2011.eventbrite.com
Flushing Camera Club The Flushing Camera Club is celebrating its 40th season of serving all of Queens, Long Island and New York City. The club meets at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Flushing Hospital; enter at 45th Avenue and Burling Street.
On Saturday, March 19, at 2 p.m., the Queens Community for Cultural Judaism will host its annual Purim Party, presenting a reading of a very witty version of the Purim Story with lots of laughs! Costumes are encouraged for a prize. We’ll schmooze over deliciously, light refreshments, music. Admission is $5. At Queens Unitarian Congregation, Ash Ave., corner of 149th St. Flushing. Call (718) 380-5362.
Hall Of Science 1001 Inventions, Through April 24: Uncover 1,000 years of science & technology. The “dark ages” were a golden age! Discover a forgotten history of science and scholarship in this hands-on exhibition. The New York Hall of Science hosts the U.S. premiere of 1001 Inventions, which opened Dec. 4. Free with general admission. 1001 Inventions is sponsored by ALJ Community Initiatives. The New York Hall of Science, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, is open Tuesday - Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $11, $8 for ages 2-17 and seniors. To learn more go to nysci.org or call (718) 699-0005.
Dar win’s Disciple Joel S. Schwartz, Professor Emeritus of Biology at the City University of New York, will speak at The Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112th St., on Tuesday, April 5, at 8:30 p.m. He will discuss his book, “Darwin’s Disciple: George John Romanes, a Life in Letters.” Dr. Schwartz is currently Contributing Editor of the Darwin Manuscript Project which is based at The American Museum of Natural History. This event, sponsored by the Temple’s Sisterhood, is open to the general public at no charge.
Meet Me In St. Louis This spring, the Gingerbread Players of Saint Luke’s Church, Forest Hills, will present Meet Me in St. Louis. Based on the 1944 MGM motion picture, this beloved production includes such timeless songs as The Boy Next Door, The Trolley Song, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, and, of course, Meet Me In St. Louis. The story of the Smith family, as they grow and change at the beginning of the twentieth century, continues to resonate today. Now in their 40th year, the Gingerbread Players continue the tradition of showcasing the talents of performers between eight and eighty. Alternating in the role of Esther are Becki Santana and Elizabeth Reddy; Conrad Herold-Wright returns to the troupe as Esther’s boy next door, John Truitt. Elder sister Rose is portrayed by Shannon O’Rourke, and James Toback marks his second Gingerbread appearance as her beau Warren Sheffield. Nieve Corrigan and Kira Wilson as Tootie and Agnes, and Stanford Vogel as brother Lon, round out the Smith family children. Their parents are portrayed by Gingerbread veterans James O. Chamberlain and Terri Bonica-Matassov, with Andrew Dinan as Grandpa and Ngan Ping Chiang as Katie.
Senior Dance The Howard Beach Senior Center, located at 156-45 84th St., is featuring “Latin Dance” Lessons and Exercise Program every Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. Sara will be teaching mambo, salsa, cha-cha, meringue and other Latin dances to interested seniors.
Rotar y Events The Rotary Club of Southwest Queens Communities has a very full schedule. Please mark your calendars so you can be a part all of the exciting events that are being planned. If you have any questions or need details, call (718) 845-1429. March 20, FUNDRAISER: Pancake Breakfast at OLG (158-20 101st Street, Howard Beach) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. $10 per person, $7 per child, $25 per family. March 22, Trial run presentation for Social Networking Seminar at Prima Pasta March 29, End of the month dinner at Strawberry’s Bar & Grill (42-15 235 Street, Douglaston). Free Happy Hour from 7-8 p.m., dinner at 8 p.m. We meet every Tuesday evening at 7:15 pm (except last Tuesday of the month) at Prima Pasta, located at 161-50 Crossbay Blvd., in Howard Beach, unless otherwise noted.
Shir twaist Anniversar y The Queens Jewish Historical Society will commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the 1911 lower Manhattan sweatshop blaze which caused the deaths of 146 people. Special ceremonies will be held at the Workmen’s Circle section of Mount Zion Cemetery, Maspeth. Fifteen victims were buried at the site. The ceremonies will take place on Friday, March 25, at 1 p.m. The Triangle fire consumed the eighth, ninth and tenth floors of the Brown (originally Asch) building at 245 Greene Street, Manhattan, a block from Washington Square Park. The blaze, which took place on March 25, 1911, led to significant pro-worker legislation. The New York State Factory Investigating Commission was constituted under Assemblyman Alfred E. Smith and State Senator Robert F. Wagner. The Commission proposals led to passage of laws requiring adequate exits, fire drills, fireproofing of buildings, automatic sprinklers in factories, regulated ventilation of factories, examination of physical fitness of children, limitations on the number of hours under which women and children could labor in factories and the promulgation of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Due to the research of Marianne DiPalermo McCauley, a New York City guidance counseor and archivist at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, we have found records for 135 of 146 lost in the fire. It appears that at least 41 (30.4 percent) of those identified were of Italian descent.
What was considered a Jewish labor event now has a strong Italian-American component. There will be a contingent of legislators, civic and union leaders present. For further information, please contact Jeff Gottlieb, President of the Queens Jewish Historical Society, at (917) 376-4496.
Fashion Show The St. Francis Preparatory School Mothers’ Guild presents The 37th Annual Fashion Show & Dinner to be held on Thursday, March 31, 7-11 p.m. at the Floral Terrace. Dinner, fashions, raffles, student performances, dancing make an enjoyable evening for all who attend. $60 per guest. Contact Susie at (646) 239-9584 or email sfpmothersguild@gmail.com for ticket information.
Rummage Sale A rummage sale will be held Saturday, March 19 at the Poppenhusen Institute 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, email collegepointrelay@yahoo.com or call (917) 443-6989.
Defensive Driv ing A defensive driving course for insurance and point reduction will be given at Holy Family Church in Flushing, on Saturday, March 26, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For information and registration call (631)3609720. The cost is $45.
Blood Drive A Blood Drive will be March 20 at the Community House, 50 Borage Pl., Forest Hills. Call (718) 268-7710. The World Service Committee will be holding its next semiannual Blood Drive 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at the Community House Gym. The New York Blood Center has a continuing critical need for blood and desperately needs your help. Only two percent of the population in the New York area is donating blood right now compared to a donation rate of five percent in the rest of the country.
Healing Psalms Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman, Rabbi Emeritus of the Washington Hebrew Congregation and author of “Healing Psalms,” will be a guest speaker at The Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112th St., on Friday, March 18, during the Shabbat service which begins at 8 p.m. He will demonstrate how Psalms can help people cope with sadness, depression, and the stresses of everyday life. Rabbi Haberman was one of the clergymen who participated in the National Day of Mourning and Remembrance service at Washington National Cathedral following the 9/ 11 attack against America.
Megillah Mia “Megillah Mia”, a sing-along Purim shpiel inspired by the music of ABBA and the Broadway musical “Mama Mia,” will take place at The Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112th St., Sunday, March 20, 10 a.m. As part of the tradition of Purim, all are invited to attend the celebration in costume. Groggers will be provided. A carnival at noon will offer games, food, raffles and fun. Hamantaschen, the traditional pastry for Purim, will be served. There is no charge for this event but registration is required. For free tickets go to rtfh.org or call the Temple at (718) 2612900.
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Join with OSQ singers for just one night! Last year, we had so much fun at our Karaoke fund-raiser, and this year, we’re stepping it up a level with the Table Sing-Off. Yup, we’re going to compete for prizes. So, gather your friends and pick a good song and prepare to knock our socks off! The event will be held Sunday, March 27, 4 p.m., at the Community House, 15 Borage Place, Forest Hills. Call (718) 279-3006 for tickets or e-mail info@queensoratorio.org. There will be all kinds of music, raffles, a supper buffet, desserts available for purchase. Bring the beverage of your choice (soda, wine, beer, etc.). $50 per person.
Purim Party
Meet Me in St. Louis opens on Saturday, April 2, at 2:30 p.m. Further performances are on April 2, at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, April 3, at 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 9, at 2:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 10, at 2:30 p.m. The church is located at 85 Greenway South in Forest Hills Gardens, an easy walk from the Continental Avenue subway stop. The company’s signature gingerbread will be on sale at the refreshment table at intermission. The suggested donation is $12 ($10 for groups of 6 or more). For reservations or further information, call (718) 268-7772 or visit gingerbreadplayers.org.
Queens Focus PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE...PEOPLE..PEOPLE... Young families within Western Nassau County and Eastern Queens gathered for a Saturday morning Tot Shabbat Service and Purim workshop at Temple Tikvah. Over 30 children attended the free program and had a wonderful time learning about the story of Queen Esther, making their very own Sammy the Spider Groggers, listening and watching a Purim puppet show, noshing on Hamantashen, and singing songs with Cantor Bonne and Rabbi Sheinberg. Parents and grandparents had a equally good time sharing their Jewish traditions with their children and grandchildren. The next workshop will be April 2 as the temple follows Moses and the Jewish peoples exit from Egypt. For details about this program or others check templetikvah.org.
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Assemblyman David Weprin, other legislators, and members of the “Unsealed Initiative” gathered March 6 at the steps of City Hall to voice their support for the passage of Assemblyman Weprin’s legislation; the “Adoptee Bill of Rights” (A.2003). “The passage of the “Bill of Adoptee Rights” will provide adult adoptees with access to information that a non-adopted person has a legal right to obtain” said Assemblyman Weprin. In New York, an adoptee cannot access his or her original birth certificate unless the adoptee goes through judicial means, and even then, the outcome does not guarantee that access will be granted. This bill will allow adult adoptees to request and receive a non-certified copy of an original birth certificate and/or a medical history form if available. “Having represented families in high profile adoption disclosure cases, I have seen first-hand the anxiety and pain that lack of history can cause in the adoptees and their families. It is clear to me that our present law is archaic and in dire need of change. I fully support Mr. Weprin’s efforts and will continue to work closely with him on this important issue.” said Assemblyman Matthew T i t o n e, c o - s p o n s o r o f A s s e m b l y m a n Weprin’s bill. “Throughout history adoption has been known as the kindness of strangers but in today’s world these old father knows best laws, denying adult adoptees the right to
their original birth certificates are unkind to adoptees in need of answers. Adoptees often suffer their grief in silence. The right to know is imperative for all adult adoptees.” said Joyce Bahr, President of the Unsealed Initiative. Adoptees will be able to gain knowledge of their religious and ethnic heritage; as well as have access to medical information that may be necessary for preventive health care and illnesses that are linked to family history and genetics. A birth parent may seek to protect his or her privacy by completing a contact preference form that would be sent to the adult adoptee upon a request for a noncertified copy of an original birth certificate. The contact preference form provides the birth parent with the option to be contacted by the adoptee, through an intermediary or to not be contacted at all. “The passage of this bill is long over-due and will set up much needed parameters for biological parents and adoptees to gain access to vital information of importance,” said Weprin. Assembly Bill A2003 is presently being reviewed by the Assembly Health Committee. Army National Guard Pvt. Edwin Olivera has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics. He is the son of Ramona Olivera of Forest Hills. State Sen. Tony Avella was elected to serve as an Executive Committee Member of the Italian-American Legislators Conference. The Italian American Legislators Conference is a bi-partisan coalition made up of both State Senators and Assembly Members charged with fostering Italian-American culture and expanding business and educational
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opportunities for Italian-Americans. Avella, who founded and served as President of the Italian-American Caucus while in the New York City Council, has been active throughout his career in promoting Italian heritage and culture and fighting discrimination. Avella said, “As a proud second generation Italian-American, it is an honor to serve as an Executive Committee Member of the Italian American Legislators Conference. Italian Americans have been instrumental in the shaping of our society. Throughout our country and our State their significant impact can be seen in the arts, architecture, politics, literature, and labor movements.” “Unfortunately, our culture often gets dragged into harmful stereotypes and our history is only passively covered in our schools. That is why it is so important that we have organizations like this to work collectively in order to promote the rich history and culture of Italians and Italian-Americans.” Army Pfc. Tyriq E. Harrington has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics. He is the son of Tanya Richardson of Corona. Harrington graduated in 2007 from Forest Hills High School.
Army National Guard Pvt. Sebastian Ramos graduated from the Field Artillery Automated Tactical Data Systems Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. As members of the Army’s field artillery team, the course is designed to train soldiers as specialists to operate the advanced field artillery tactical data systems for both cannon and multiple launch rocket systems. The specialists play a critical role in the safe, accurate, and lethal delivery of the field artillery’s various fire support systems used to support infantry and tank units in combat. Skills training included methods of computing target locations using computers or manual calculations, ammunition handling techniques, and operating and performing maintenance on related equipment, vehicles, generators, and artillery tactical and data systems. The private is regularly assigned to the 1st Battalion, 78th Field Artillery, Fort Sill, Lawton. He is the son of Ana Ramos of Sunnyside. Ramos graduated in 2009 from John Bowne High School, Flushing. The following students are on the Dean’s List for their outstanding academic achievement for the Fall 2010 semester from the School of Management at Binghamton University, State University of New York. The criteria for the Dean’s Honors list is a minimum grade point average of 3.75. Filip Malaric of Flushing, Yang Qiu Q. Zhou of Flushing, Yi Lu of Flushing, Jiaqi Zhang of Flushing, Joling Soo of College Point and Alison Rachel Entin of Whitestone.
New Face At Helm Of Queens Theatre By DOMENICK RAFTER The Queens Theater in the Park welcomed Ray Cullom as its new executive director this week, as the theater winds down one season and begins work on the next. Cullom, a native of Philadelphia, comes to Queens Theater after two years as managing director of Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Conn. Originally on track to become a stage director, Cullom came to New York in the late 1980s where he worked on Theater Row on 42nd Street gaining experience in performance, lighting and production. He later spent some time working for the Nederlander theater family group’s Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment in Maryland. Altogether; Cullom has over two decades of both for-profit and not-for-profit theater experience.
“I bring to the theater a different perspective,” he said, having experience in for-profit theater, where he said the art is used as a means to create revenue, and non-for-profit, which he said revenue is used to create art. Cullom, who replaced Jeffrey Rosenstock, who had been with the theater since its rebirth in 1989, said he was spending his first days learning the names of his staff and the history of the Queens Theater. The theater, which sits in the shadow of the long-abandoned towers of the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, both produces its own material and presents programs produced elsewhere as a venue. That’s a combination Cullom says he likes. Though no decisions have been made on the theater’s 2011-2012 season because the board of directors waited to hire a new
executive director first, he said he had a lot of ideas. Because of the executive director search, the theater has a shortened amount of time to put together next season’s program. It was the culture of Queens that brought Cullom back to New York. He said he hopes to use social media like Facebook and Twitter to entice programs to come to the theater and to help sell tickets. “The potential for this theater is the thing that brought me here,” he said. “The fact that such diverse programs exist [around the borough] and it’s easier to find and bring them here more than ever.” Cullom said one focus will be to promote local artists, performers and playwrights; the borough’s diverse and dense population should make it easy to fill the theater’s 460 seats for just about any performance.
“I guarantee you there is an audience for anything and everything of quality that we can put our hands on,” he said. “There are 460 people in this borough who will show up.” Another project on Cullom’s mind is to get the theater an actual physical street address. The site, located in the middle of the World’s Fair grounds, has no actual address and cannot be found on GPS. Instead, motorists have to follow small signs on surrounding highways and in the park itself to lead to a parking lot a short distance from the theater. “Having an address would make this easier to find,” Cullom said. “If people can’t get here, they won’t come.” Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125.
Melinda Katz Welcomes Second Child By BRIAN M. RAFFERTY Former Councilwoman Melinda Katz recently welcomed a second child into her life. Hunter Charles Katz was born nearly three months premature at Weill Cornell Medical Center on Feb. 24. The good news was tempered by the loss of Hunter’s twin. “Most of my friends knew that I was pregnant with twins,” Katz said in a phone interview Tuesday. “It was a difficult pregnancy for a bunch of reasons. But in the end I gave birth to one beautiful little baby boy. The other one unfortunately did not survive.” Hunter’s middle name is from Katz’s Zadie (grandfather) from Hungary. “I wanted to
pay tribute to him.” Her first son, Carter David, is named for her father’s Jewish name. As for Hunter, you can attribute the name to ex-football player Fred Dryer for acting in one of Katz’s favorite TV shows – “Hunter,” which ran from 1984 to 1991. Young Hunter was born at 3 lbs 3 oz, and as of Tuesday morning was up to 3 lbs, 14 oz., and expected to come home from the hospital in the next few days. “Thank God, he’s doing well so far,” Katz said. “I’m looking forward to bringing him home.” Hunter will join his brother Carter, who turns 3 on May 3. Like his brother, Hunter was conceived in vitro, and is a biological
match for his brother; they share the same father donor, whose identity Katz has chosen to keep private. “I wanted Carter to have a sibling, and now he’s going to grow up with a true biological brother,” Katz said. “They do look alike, but I assume they will be very different kids.” Reach Executive Editor Brian Rafferty at brafferty@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 122. Hunter Charles Katz was born Feb. 24.
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A Crisis Of Color:
Gun Murders Of Blacks In Queens On Rise Despite Drop In Crime By SASHA AUSTRIE Last year was particularly bloody for black men. The NYPD’s Murder in New York City report revealed that black people, who account for 25 percent of the City’s population, make up 67 percent of the City’s 536 murder victims. “We need to do something to remind people that they need to have a better level of respect for each other,” said Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans). Of the 67 percent of blacks murdered, more than 350 in 2010, 33 percent were between the ages of 15 to 29. While the average for murdered blacks increased by 31 percent, it decreased for whites by 27 percent and according to the report, Asians and Hispanic murder rates remained unchanged. The increase in black murders resulted in a citywide increase from 471 to 536.
Why Has This Happened? “There are many reasons for the jump,” said Councilman James Sanders (DLaurelton). He squarely places blame on the downfall of the economy, failure of the family structure, the ease of getting weapons and the “macho mindset of shoot first and the rise of gang violence.” Sanders dubbed these as symptoms of a systematic failure. “This is a failure at every level,” Sanders said. “It’s a failing of parenting, of our schools, of our leaders in government, and of our society as a whole.” The numbers are even more daunting where the weapon and murder suspect are concerned. The report states that 61 percent of the City’s murdered victims were shot. When counting only black men, 90 percent of victims were killed by gunfire. At about 85 percent of the time, the arrested suspect and victim were both black. “We first have to identify that these crimes are happening by us against us,” said Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica).
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Reacting To Numbers State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) said there are three challenges to the issue of guns and murder on City streets – accessibility, need for employ-
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ment and mental health. Though Queens ranked third in murders citywide, with 19 percent, Southeast Queens is the hotbed for homicides within the borough. In 2010, from Jan. 1 to Oct. 14, there were at least 40 murders. At the tail end of the summer, six murders in September caused Southeast Queens politicians to turn up the volume. They hosted town halls and press conferences. Officials asked the NYPD to bolster its presence in trouble spots and rotate critical resources; there were calls for education to change the mindset of children in the community; residents and politicians volunteered to walk the neighborhood on Friday night. The effort has since subsided. Comrie admitted that the walks have become infrequent. He said for about four weeks the program worked, but it has since been confined to the area around Sutphin Boulevard. “It never expanded,” he said.
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Becoming Proactive The Rev. Charles Norris Sr., a noted pastor and activist in Southeast Queens, lambasted politicians for not doing more to curb the violence. “I’m really disappointed in what our elected officials are doing about the problem,” he said. “To me, they are doing nothing.” State Sen. Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica) disagreed. “We’ve been working hard in that community,” Huntley said. “Let’s be real; there is not much legislation you can pass that can keep people from killing each other.” To combat the ills, all the officials are touting varying solutions. Huntley said she is actively trying to reopen the Baisley Houses Youth Center and is funding renovations for the South Jamaica Houses center, which would give teens a place to call their own. “I’m doing what I can on my end and everybody should do what they can on their end,” she said. Sanders and Norris both advocate for a gun buyback program, which would “stop the flood of illegal guns,” the councilman said. Sanders also advocates teaching teen-
agers conflict resolution via youth courts, which is “one of the better ways of dealing with this issue.” He added that diversion programs can also be used to catch youth before they fall into a life of crime. Smith said Operation S.N.U.G., a statewide program, deals with the three challenges. The program is modeled after Cease Fire Chicago. Quoting U.S. Justice Department stats, Smith credits the program with decreasing illegal gun violence by 16 to 35 percent. S.N.U.G. dispatches “violence interrupters” in the aftermath of a shooting to try to bring the victim and perpetrators together. The program also looks into gainful unemployment and uses former criminals to deter violence. Another component Smith is working on is the P3 Gun Buyback Program. He said the program would include a public and private partnership to fund the buyback, though the groups, which include the NYPD, district attorneys, private sector industries, clergy and Operation S.N.U.G. have yet to meet to finalize their mode of attack, “P3 is about to come to New York City,” Smith said.
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It’s Up To The People Wills, who is mere months into his first year in office, said he is building community partnerships. “We have to get non-profits, community based partnerships, clergy and a relationship with the NYPD that is not just spoken about,” Wills said. He also advocated for ex-convicts to be part of the solution. “We need to understand how self-hate can make you pull a trigger on another man of color,” Wills said. “The only people who can speak to that are the people who have committed those crimes.” Since taking office in November, Wills said he has partnered with two community based organizations that have created Saturday academies at PS 123 and PS 155. Comrie suggested residents outfit their homes with security cameras and request the NYPD support the community. “Hopefully we can catch more of these people,” he said. Reach Reporter Sasha Austrie at saustrie@queenstribune.com, or (718) 3577400, Ext. 123.
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103rd Precinct SHOT DEAD: On Sunday, March 13, at approximately 8:31 p.m., police responded to a 911 call reporting a woman shot at the front of 93-20 214th St. in Queens Village. Upon arrival, police found Rabia Mohammed, 23 of Jamaica, shot twice in the torso. EMS also responded to the location and transported the victim to Jamaica Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. There were no arrests at this time and the investigation was ongoing. Identification of the victim was pending proper family notification. BROKEN NECK: On March 14, at approximately 8 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious man inside of 90-10 187th St. in Hollis. Upon arrival police discovered a 31-year-old black man dead inside of a basement apartment with trauma to the neck. The Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death.
victim resisted the suspect threw her to the ground pulled her pants to her knees and attempted to rape her. The suspect fled the scene when a resident opened a nearby apartment door. The suspect is described as a black man, dark complexion, between 18-23 years old, 5-foot-5, wearing a black jacket and blue jeans. He also had a dark colored North Face backpack around his back. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577.
110th Precinct MOTORCYCLE CRASH: On Monday, March 14, at approximately 7:09 a.m., police responded to an accident involving a motorcycle at the L.I.E. and Maurice Avenue in Police are looking for Maspeth. Upon arrival, offic105th Precinct this man wanted for an ers determined that a 36-yearold white man was traveling ATTEMPTED RAPE: The attempted rape. westbound on the L.I.E. and NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a man wanted in lost control of his gray 2001 Harley Davidson connection with an attempted rape in Spring- motorcycle near the Maurice Avenue exit. EMS responded and transported the man field Gardens. On March 12, at around 5:30 p.m., a man followed the victim into a build- to Elmhurst Hospital where he was proing in the vicinity of 141st Avenue and nounced dead on arrival. The investigation Springfield Boulevard in Springfield Gar- was ongoing and identification of the victim dens and grabbed her buttocks. When the was pending proper family notification.
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Police Arrest 4 In House Party Murder By DOMENICK RAFTER A teenager was brutally beaten outside a birthday party in Woodhaven last week by a group of teens in what the NYPD is calling an anti-gay hate crime against a straight victim. “It appears to have all the elements of a hate crime,” said NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. “The hate crime task force is involved.” Around 1 a.m. on March 12, police responded to a call of a man beaten near the intersection of 90th Street and 89th Avenue in Woodhaven. Police discovered Anthony Collao, 18, had been beaten by a group of teens that were thrown out of a house party on 90th Street earlier in the night. The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital where he was put on life support and succumbed to his injuries on Monday. The alleged assailants, Alex Velez, 16, of the Bronx, and Nolis Oganda, Christopher Lozada and Luis Tabales, all 17, from Queens, were arrested and arraigned Monday on manslaughter charges. Police say Lozada, who was wearing a baseball cap when arrested, was covered in blood. According to the NYPD, the four arrived uninvited at a birthday party at an abandoned house on 90th Street and refused to pay the cover charge to get in. They pushed their way into the house, where they shattered windows and picked arguments with partygoers before cornering Collao outside. Witnesses say the four beat him with a metal pipe while shouting anti-gay slurs at Collao, who was not gay and had a girlfriend. Other partygoers told police anti-gay slurs were used against guests inside the party as well. The party was
hosted by two gay men. The attacks brought swift condemnation from leaders. “Our streets will not be safe until the individuals who are responsible for this heinous crime are brought to justice,” said Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who represents Woodhaven. “Senseless acts of violence such as this will simply not be tolerated.” “My Council colleagues and I are saddened and disturbed by this outrageous attack,” said Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is openly gay. “We celebrate diversity in New York City; we do not tolerate bias attacks in any neighborhood in Queens or anywhere else in our great City.” The assailants’ alleged use of anti-gay slurs reopened wounds in the borough’s LGBT community. In 2009, Jack Price, a 49year-old a gay man in College Point, was beaten in an anti-gay hate crime. His attackers, who pleaded guilty, were sentenced to prison earlier this year. “In the last few years, there has been a number of hate crimes against LGBT people, including transgendered women of color,” said Pauline Park, president of the board of directors at Queens Pride House, the borough’s only LGBT community center. “We call upon the police to fully investigate this crime in order to determine the extent to which homophobic hate motivated the perpetrators to kill Anthony Callao.” Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125.
Three Honored For Helping Neighbors By JASON BANREY The Sloan Public Service Awards have become widely regarded as the Nobel Prizes of City government – and three of its recipients this year are from Queens. For more than three decades, the Fund for the City of New York has recognized city employees from all ranks and levels of civil service for their outstanding commitment and dedication to their duties, and bestowed upon them this lauded award. Chosen from more than 250,000 employees from numerous city agencies and institutions, half of this year’s six honorees hail from Queens and boast more than 80 years of service combined. While working for the city, they have collectively given the metropolitan area’s growing immigrant population a voice, livened up the landscapes of decaying city spaces and tackled the legal challenges of dealing with a tuberculosis outbreak. Susan Dalmas, Director of Adult Literacy Programs for Queens Library, was honored for more than 25 years of international experience, which began at a refugee center in the Philippines. Pioneering innovative adult and youth literacy programs now replicated throughout the United States, Dalmas has helped Queens Library become one of the largest library-based literacy programs in the nation. Dalmas moved to New York City more than 20 years ago and now lives in Forest Hills. Five days a week, she enriches the lives of others through a diverse array of programming which includes English for speakers of other languages, civic learning, health literacy and support for disconnected youth. “We’re not just helping people to read and
write,” said Dalmas, with a gentle smile at a preliminary award ceremony in Long Island City. “We’re giving [people] the freedom to be involved in their communities.” Sought for her expertise in the field of literacy, Dalmas now also works with the different non-profit organizations throughout the city who have recently been struggling due to cuts from city funding. “Even though there are budget constraints,” Dalmas said, “there are always things that can be done for the community.” Emmanuel Thingue, Senior Designer at the Dept. of Parks and Recreation, has spent more than two decades changing the landscape of the city through his elegant and thoughtful designs. Since 1990, this East Elmhurst resident has worked with communities throughout Brooklyn to make the most of his technical skill and design aesthetic, creating both beautiful and functional spaces. “I try to feel how it would be to live in the space,” Thingue said of his unique approach before developing a design. Thingue designs two to three parks per year and throughout his 20-year career, thousands of residents and visitors have made his parks destination spots in the city. After joining the New York City Law Department in 1974, Gabriel Taussig envisioned only spending a few years with the branch of municipal city government before moving on to developing his own . Nearly four decades later, the Queens Village resident was honored for overseeing a wide variety of cases ranging from the enforcement of building and fire safety to the regulation of restaurants, nightclubs, taxicabs, waste haulers and street activities. As Chief of the Administrative Law Divi-
sion, Taussig has played a significant role in shaping countless programs and policies that have yielded results for the City’s citizens over the last 37 years. “What other job could give me the chance to tackle the legal challenges of dealing with whether bloggers on the internet are to be considered journalists entitled to NYPD press passes,” Taussig said. “Or how to make sure
that catastrophes like the Happyland Fire don’t happen again?” The six winners were honored at a ceremony at Cooper Union last week and each received a cash prize of $7,500 and an original drawing by artist Niculae Asciu. Reach Reporter Jason Banrey at jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.
Local Bank Kicks In To Aid Japan Crisis New York Community Bancorp, the parent company of New York Community Bank a nd Ne w Yo rk Commercial Ba nk, a nnounced Monday that it has established a relief fund for the victims of the ear thquake and tsunami in Japan. The NYCB Family of Banks is coordinating this effor t to enable its employees and customers to easily and effectively make donations, and to double the benefit of the donations they make. “We are all devastated by the events that occurred in Japan, and as members of the world community, we are all compelled to act,” said Company President and Chief Executive Officer Joe Ficalora. “By matching the funds contributed in our branches, we can double the benefit of the donations made by our customers and employees, which will support the incredible relief work being done by The Salvation Army in Japan. “As a community bank, we have a commitment to supporting the causes that are impor-
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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand received NYPD BrooklynQueens Holy Name Society’s “Person of the Year” Award for her support of 9/11 heroes and her efforts to pass the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Pictured l. to r.: Monsignor Robert Romano, Deputy Chief of Chaplains, NYPD and Spiritual Director of the NYPD Holy Name Society Brooklyn-Queens; Sgt. Edward Conroy, President NYPD Holy Name Society BrooklynQueens; Sen. Gillibrand; and Joseph J. Esposito, Chief of Department, NYPD.
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MTA Superintendent Emanuel Clouden (r.), who retired after 31 years, is presented an award by Kirt Simmons. Photos by Ira Cohen
Last week, following a request to NASA by Rep. Anthony Weiner, astronaut Mike Massimino visited Assistant Principal Kevin Collins and students from P.S. 232 in Lindenwood for a presentation about his experiences in space.
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Purim Packages State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky spoke at the Bayside Senior Center about Title XX cuts to senior center funding, and afterward listened to attendees’ concerns. Pictured: Oakland Gardens resident Shirley Brotman (l. to r.) discusses a neighborhood issue with Sen. Stavisky and Bayside Senior Center Director Susan Schafer.
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CTK Wins Again
1960s pop icon Connie Francis recently performed to a packed house at the Kupferberg Center at Queens College. Above, the star took a few minutes to meet fans and sign autographs. Photos by Ira Cohen
Councilman Jim Gennaro and Speaker Christine Quinn distribute food in honor of the Jewish holiday of Purim with Met Council CEO William Rapfogel (r. of the Speaker) and Rabbi Shlomo Nissanov on March 15 at Kehilat Sephardim in Kew Gardens Hills.
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Christ the King High School in Middle Village defeated Rice High School of Manhattan 60-57 for the second consecutive year for the CHSAA Class AA NY City Championship. Above, the team poses with its award. Below, players dump a bucket of ice water on coach Joe Arbitello after their victory. Photos by Dan Miller
Officials gathered recently for the grand reopening of the Windsor Park branch of the Queens Library. Pictured l. to r.: Claudia Filomena representing Mayor Mike Bloomberg; Jordan Goldes representing Rep. Gary Ackerman; trustee Gabriel Taussig; CEO Tom Galante; Assemblyman David Weprin; State Sen. Toby Stavisky; Councilman Mark Weprin; and Susan Seinfeld of Community Board 11.
Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer welcomed Nadia Persaud from MS 137 in Ozone Park, accompanied by her parents and grandmother, to Albany on March 2. Nadia was selected by the New York Art Teachers Association to be a part of the 21st Statewide Legislative Student Art Exhibit. Pictured l. to r.: Mr. & Mrs. Persaud, Assemblywoman Pheffer, Nadia Persaud and her Grandmother.
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The Wizard of Beechhurst Lives On lowing stor y is told. By BARBARA ARNSTEIN Thurston first became famous as a vaudeSMASH! The world-famous magician s l a m m e d d o w n h i s h a m m e r a n d t h e ville star, later expanding h is show into a very elaborate touring propresident’s pocket watch shatduction. For almost 30 tered into a million tiny pieces. years, in the early 20th cenHe’d just borrowed it from tur y, T hurston per formed Coolidge, for a par t of h is illusions involving mysteriper for mance at t he W h ite ous spirits, women floating House, and now cogs, gears and revolving in mid-air, a and glass littered the table like vanishing horse, a magiconfetti. cally materialized lion, bunDid the horrified look on nies becoming boxes of the face of a watching Secret chocolates and much more. Service agent mean his career Ironically, considering was about to be ended? The his exper tise at creating ilmagician quickly wrapped all lusions that made people the bits and pieces in a piece believe in magic, Thurston of paper, made it disappear, himself, at the age of 37, and asked the First Lady to slice a nearby loaf of bread. T h e cover of J i m believed that he could find Inside it was her husband’s Steinmeyer’s book, which the real thing. On a visit to watch, completely intact. details the true-life exploits India in 1906, he gave money to an old man who The magician was Howard of a Queens magician. told him through an interThurston, one of the subjects of Jim Steinmeyer’s fantastic new book, preter that he would teach him the secret of “The Last Greatest Magician in the World: self-levitation, as soon as he returned from a Howard Thurston versus Houdini & the five-day stay in the mountains. “If this man Battles of the American Wizards,” in which can really accomplish this, then I have to the above incident is described, and the fol- learn it,” he told his troupe, while he waited.
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In later years, she per formed w ith her father onstage as his co-star: a singing, dancing magicia n. A neighbor, A. S e ymour Brown, the author of “Oh, You Beautiful Doll,” wrote her a song entitled “My Daddy’s a Hocus Pocus Man,” wh ich include s the lyrics, “He looks kind of solemn and serious/And does things that seem mysterious/ But I must make this admission/There never was a sweeter disposition.” The many well-guarded secrets behind Thurston’s stage illusions involved everything from fine wires to black threads. But one incredible secret was revealed to Jane only after his death: she was his stepdaughter. Jim Steinmeyer has written many wellreceived books and ar t icles on magic and other topics, including “Hiding the Elephant” and “Charles Fort, t he Man Who Invented the Supernatural.” The man called “the best living originator of stage illusions” created many exciting effects for clients ranging from the circus to EPCOT. He designed the finale of Broadway’s “Beauty and the Beast,” in which the beast is levitated into the air and transformed back into the prince, and created the special effects for a recent production of “The Invisible Man,” in which the main character appears to materialize on stage layer by layer. His book was published by Jeremy P. Tarcher, Penguin, a member of Penguin Group, Inc.
Classic Tale Of Justice Brought To Whitestone By BARBARA ARNSTEIN Do you always see what you think you’re seeing? Do you always hear what you think you’re hearing? What do you think? “ Twe l ve Angr y Men,” pre s ented i n Whitestone by Theatre Time Productions, begins after a trial ends, when the jurors must decide whether the 16-year-old boy on trial for murder should live or die. Almost all agree on his guilt – except Juror No. 8, exper tly por trayed by Armand Catenaro, the narrator in Theatre Time’s 2008 production of “Our Town”. For those familiar with the movie adaptation, the role was dominated by Henry Fonda. One by one, he challenges the others, transforming resentment to reason and stubbornness to sanity, while demonstrating what more there is to see than the jurors were shown, and to understand beyond what they were told. Thomas J. Kane, who appeared in “Our Town” and other plays, is rivet ing in the role of Juror No. 3, a man so choked with resentment that he contemplates misdirected revenge. Michael Wolf, another Theatre Time regular, is excel lent as Juror No. 10, the explosively emotional embodiment of bigotry, while Al Carbuto, also a veteran of Theatre Time productions, delivers an inspiring per formance as Juror No. 11, t he man who most appreciates the value of democracy. Danny Leonard Gutman realistically depicts the sensitivity and anger experienced by Juror No. 5, the youngest, while Howard M. Speiller delivers a nicely subtle performance as humane Juror No. 9. Frank Freeman, whose roles have ranged from comedic to menacing, here plays Juror No. 4, a conservative yet open-minded man. The experienced Keith Junas, a member of the cast
The cast of Theatre Time’s “Twelve Angry Men.” of Theatre Time’s original production of this play, provides comic relief as Juror No. 12, an advertising execut ive who take s his jury responsibility lightly. Rounding out the wonder ful ensemble cast are Adam Bjelland, making his debut with Theatre Time as the Foreman; movie and stage actor Anthony Bisciello as Juror No. 6; and Eric Leeb, who has appeared in many local productions, as Juror No. 2. The role of Juror No. 7, well played last weekend by Peter Vrankovic, is played this weekend by Jim Thomas. Per formance s of “Twelve Angry Men” are on Friday, March 18, and Saturday, March 19, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 20, at 3 p.m. Kudos to Kevin C. Vincent, the Director, Ar t ist ic Director and Producer, and h is wife Judy Vincent, also a Producer . Theatre Time Productions has relocated to the Grace Episcopal Church, at 14-15 Clintonville St. in Whitestone. Call (347) 732-9015 for tickets. For more information, go to theatretime.org.
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whirl. The dish is comprised of marinated pears in red wine and honey, caramelized walnuts, vinaigrette and gorgonzola cheese on a bed of mesclun greens. It was refreshing and delicate. A hot ant ipasto platter loaded with eggplant parmesan, stuffed mushrooms, grilled shrimp, stuffed clams and mushrooms was replaced in its stead. I had one issue with the dish – I wanted more clams, but was too afraid to ask for seconds. Besides, I On the slightly darkened streets of Ju- would soon be chomping down on lobster niper Boulevard South, La Bella Cucina ravioli, striped sea bass and sautéed shrimp. If you read carefully, you would revert stands out among the row of houses. On approach, the bright lights are a simple to the sentence where I expressed openly welcome to old-fashioned Italy, with a new and honestly my love for foods creamy, cheesy and doughy. The lobster ravioli was world twist. Simply put, Middle Village has a gem. all of the above. The best par t was three The dimly lit dining room and soft music, hidden shrimp I unear thed in the sauce. That was followed by a nicely which never competed with conRESTAURANT cooked striped bass in a tomatoversation, speaks of romance. based sauce and adorned with The tables where accented sautéed shrimp. with pristine white and burgundy For me, the piece de resistablecloths and the unoccupied tance was the rib-eye steak ones were adorned with a vase smothered in a mushroom cream of faux flowers. When seated you sauce. It was accompanied by are given two menus – one for roasted potatoes and green drinks, which is rife with cockbeans. tails, and wine; the other has all We slowly carved our way the Italian staples. There is someinto the bass and steak. Knowthing for everyone. I started out w ith a smoot h and full- ing de ssert was only minute s away we bodied pinot noir 2009 and my date, ever thought better of finish ing the meal. Dessert was a welcomed surprise. First, the ruffian, went with the Blue Moon with we introduced our palates to a beautifully a delicate slice of orange. As someone who is totally in love with arranged mart ini glass loaded to the rim carbohydrates, the fresh oven-baked pizza with fruit bathed in a healthy splash of Grand bread woke up my dormant taste buds. It Marnier, topped with a dollop of whipped was followed by warm crescent rolls cream and a lady finger. As we sipped the sweet liquor, I thought here is a per fect stuffed with pepperoni and onions. As a lover of any thing creamy, cheesy way to end a delightful meal. It was not over. or doughy, I omit ted lunch to be ready Luc y brought out a slice of ricot ta for the food onslaught. I was still ill-precheesecake, which was accented by a pared for the deluge. After my companion and I had almost splotch of raspberr y and chocolate syrup. This was the per fect end to an ideal filled up on rolls, Lucy, one of our servers suggested the pear salad. I was a bit skep- evening. Good conversation, good food. tical, but I’m on a mission to indulge my What else can you ask for? —Sasha Austr ie palate in food adventures, so I gave it a LA BELLA CUCINA 69-61 Juniper Blvd. South, Middle Village (718) 894-8191 CUISINE: Italian HOURS: Mon–Thu 11 am to 10 pm; Fri-Sat 11 am to 1 pm; Sun 11 am to 10:30 pm CREDIT CARDS: All Parking: Valet / Street
“I’ll stay here and learn his secret, even if it takes years.” The man never returned. Thurston’s brand of magic played various roles in his real life offstage: That watch trick he per formed at the White House? Years earlier, he’d used the secret switching technique behind it to cheat people by substituting gold watches for gold-plated ones. In Australia, he used his knowledge of misdirection to help his assistant George White evade racists. In 1915, Thurston had a three-story home constructed in Beechhurst, in what was then known as Whitestone Landing, which he owned for the next 20 years. There he kept the horse (and the lion) from his stage show, plus two monkeys. Nearby, at Knab’s Pavilion (neither the house nor the pavilion still exist), he created intricate equipment for his magical effects. His daughter Jane spent her childhood at boarding school most of each year, but in her memoirs, she recounts numerous happy memories of the summers she spent there, when the Whitestone area was a haven for people in show business, including many from the growing movie industr y. She had fond memories of playing on the family tennis court, enjoying the local Four th of July celebrations, and the many celebrities she met then, including bandleaders, comedians, singers, actors and nightclub performers.
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SENIORS AARP CHORUS Like to sing? The AARP Queens Chorus holds practice rehearsals for performances at nursing homes, rehab and senior centers. 523-1330. FREE LUNCH Saturday, March 19 at All Saints Church in Richmond Hill. 849-2352 reservations. TAI CHI CLASSES Mondays at 9 Pomonok Senior Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd, Flushing. 591-3377. TAX HELP Mondays, March 21, 28 free individual income tax counseling for low-income older adults at 1 at the Sunnyside library. AARP 1405 Monday, March 21 Flushing AARP Chapter meets at the Bowne Street Communit y Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Avenue at 1. CAREGIVERS Ever y Tuesday Caregivers Support group at 3:30-4:30 at the Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 th Avenue, Bayside. 631-1886. TAX HELP Tu e s d a y s , M a r c h 2 2 , 2 9 AARP free individual income tax counseling for low-income older adults at 1 at the Bayside library. Also on Tuesday, March 22 at the Hollis library at 1. STAY WELL Wednesdays at 10:15 at the East Elmhurst library for exercise and other health related programs. WOMANSPACE Wednesdays Womanspace, a discussion group devoted to issues concerning women, meets 1-3 at the Great Neck Senior Center, 80 Grace Avenue. TAX HELP Wednesdays, March 23, 30 free tax help for low and middle incomes at the Broad Channel library at 1. TAX HELP Thursdays, March 24, 31 AARP free individual income tax counseling for low-income older adults at 1 at the Fresh Meadows library. STARS Fridays, March 25, April 1 at 10:30 at the Queens Village library. Senior Theater Acting Repertory meets. FREE LUNCH Saturday, March 26 at Church of the Resurrection in Kew Gardens. 847-2649 reservations.
TEENS CHESS CLUB Saturdays at the Flushing library at 2. TEEN TUTORING Saturdays, March 19, 26 at the Bayside library at 10. TEST FEST Saturday, March 19 with the Princeton Review at the Ridgewood library. Register. OPEN MIC Sunday, March 20 at the Central library at 2. TEEN TUTORING Mondays, March 21, 28 at the Bayside library at 3:30. LAPTOPS FOR TEENS Mondays, March 21, 28 at the Hollis library at 4. CHESS CLUB Mondays, March 21, 28 at the Lefferts library at 6. KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at the Douglaston/ Little Neck library at 4. SHSAT PRACTICE Monday, March 21 at the Cambria Heights library at 3. YOUTH JOB FAIR Monday, March 21 at the Far Rockaway library at 3. TEST FEST Monday, March 21 with the Princeton Review at the South Hollis library. Register. COLLEGE BOUND Monday, March 21 College Bound Club for Teens at 4 at the Central library. SAT/ACT ADMISSIONS Monday, March 21 at the Richmond Hill library. Register. TEEN COMPUTER Monday, March 21 Teen Computer Lounge at the Ro c h d a l e V i l l a g e l i b r a r y. Register. COLLEGE PREP Monday, March 21 at the Pomonok library at 5. MINI TABLE TENNIS Tu e s d ay, M a r c h 2 2 c o m e play table tennis at 4 at the LIC library. BOOK BUDDIES Tuesdays, March 22, 29 at the Hillcrest library at 3:30. LAPTOPS FOR TEENS Tuesdays, March 22, 29 at the Hollis library at 4. TEEN GAME DAY Tuesdays, March 22, 29 at the Rochdale Village library at 4. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Tuesdays, March 22, 29 at the Baisley Park library. Register. COLLEGE PROCESS Tuesdays, March 22, April 11 at the Far Rockaway library at 3:30. GRAPHIC NOVELIST Tuesday, March 22 meet graphic novelist Neil Numberman at 3:30 at the Middle Village library. LANYARD MANIA Tuesday, March 22 at the Briarwood library at 4. IMAGE CONSULTANT Tuesday, March 22 at the C a m b r i a H e i g h t s l i b r a r y. Register. TEEN TRIVIA Tuesday, March 22 at the Seaside library at 4:30. CHESS Wednesdays at 3:30 at the Queens Village library. TEEN COMPUTER Wednesday, March 23 Teen Computer Lounge at the Ro c h d a l e V i l l a g e l i b r a r y.
Register. LEARN MAGIC Wednesday, March 23 at the Woodside library at 4. TEST FEST Thursday, March 24 with the Princeton Review at the Bay Terrace library. Register. FUTURE WRITERS Saturday, March 26 book club at the LIC library at 11.
PARENTS FAMILY RESOURCE Saturday, March 19 Family Resource Day with info about summer camps, child care programs, educational resources Flushing library at 11. COLLEGE PROCESS Tuesdays, March 22, April 11 parents can learn about the college process at 3:30 at the Far Rockaway library. YOGA FOR PARENTS Thursday, March 24 at the Ridgewood library. Register.
TALKS PARANORMAL Saturday, March 19 Paranormal and Mystery Book Club will discuss “No Second Chance” LIC library at 3:30. AVI POSNICK Monday, March 21 Avi Posnick speaks at the Bayside Jewish Center at 2:30 on “Education is the Road to Peace.” 352-7900. INVESTOR TALK Monday, March 21 Investor Education Seminar with St. John’s Universit y School of Law Securities Arbitration Clinic Flushing library 6:30. INTRO TO TAROT Monday, March 21 at the Seaside library at 6:30. POMONOK Wednesday, March 23 “The Blindness of the Heart” will be discussed at the Pomonok book club at 2. FRESH MEADOWS Wednesday, March 23 “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand” Fresh Meadows library at 2:30. FINANCIAL LITERACY Thursday, March 24 learn to manage your personal finances at the Central library. RICHMOND HILL Thursday, March 24 Richmond Hill Book Club at 3. PHILOSOPHY CLUB Thursday, March 24 at the Seaside library at 6:30. WOMEN MOVERS Saturday, March 26 Women Making Moves: The Three Ps: for Success: Platform, Power, Publishing at 10:30 Langston Hughes library. DIE FREE Saturday, March 26 author Cheryl Wills speaks about her book “Die Free: A Heroic Family History” at 1:30 at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows. WOMEN & FOOD Sunday, March 27 “Mom’s Home Cooking: Women & Food in Queens History” lecture 2:30 Queens Historical Societ y. $8 non-members, $5 members. 939-0647.
Queens Today YOUTH QUEENS LIBRARIES Many branches of the Queensborough Library offer toddler and pre-school programs. Contact your local branch for dates. KIDS’ THEATER Through Saturday, April 9 LaMicro Children’s Theater Workshop at the Sunnyside library. S TORY T I M E Saturdays, March 19, 26, April 2 at the Ridgewood library at 11. S TORY T I M E Saturday, March 19 at the Flushing library at 11. ART FOR TOTS Saturdays, March 19, April 16, Sundays, February 27, March 27, April 10 Art for Tots 2-4 at the Noguchi Museum. 204-7088. CATERPILLAR STORY Saturday, March 19 Ver y Hungry Caterpillar Story time at 11 at Barnes & Noble, 1 7 6 - 6 0 Un i o n Tu r n p i k e , Fresh Meadows. TEEN TUTORING Saturdays, March 19, 26 at the Bayside library at 10. MATH HELP Saturdays at the Flushing library at 10. SCIENCE LAB Saturdays, March 19, 26, April 2 at the Central library at 11. CHESS CLUB Saturdays at the Flushing
library at 2. S TORY TIMES Saturdays at 11 and Tuesdays at 10:30 weekly story times at 7 at Barnes & Noble, 1 7 6 - 6 0 Un i o n Tu r n p i k e , Fresh Meadows. ANIMAL HOMES Saturday, March 19 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 229-4000 to register. ART FOR FAMILIES Sunday, March 20 for families with children 5-11 at the Noguchi Museum. 2047088. KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at 4 at the Douglaston/Little Neck lib ra r y. B r i n g n e e d l e s a n d yarn. AFTERSCHOOL TIME Mondays, March 21, 28 at the Arverne library at 3. CRAFT KIDS Mondays, March 21, 28 at the Flushing library at 3. HOMEWORK HELP Monday, March 21 with BOOST at the LIC library at 3. TEEN TUTORING Mondays, March 21, 28 at the Bayside library at 3:30. CUDDLE-UP TIME Mondays, March 21, 28 Russian Cuddle-Up Story Time at the Forest Hills library at 3:30. CHESS CLUB Mondays, March 21, 28 at the Lefferts library at 6.
LIVE ANIMALS Monday, March 21 at the Corona library. Register. PERFECT PET Monday, March 21 at 3 at the Corona library and 4:30 at the Jackson Heights library. Meet and learn about some unusual pets. PLAY-DOH PART Y Monday, March 21 for those in K-3 at the Fresh Meadows library at 3:30. CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Tuesdays, March 22, 29 at the Glen Oaks library at 11. HOMEWORK HELP Tu e s d ay, M a r c h 2 2 w i t h BOOST at the LIC library at 3. BOOK BUDDIES Tuesdays, March 22, 29 at the Hillcrest library at 3:30. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Tuesdays, March 22, 29 at the Baisley Park library. Register. NUTRITION WORKSHOP Tuesday, March 22 at the Ridgewood library. Register. BOOST WOMEN Tuesday, March 22 BOOST Women’s History Month program at the McGoldrick library at 5. CHESS Wednesdays at the Queens Village library at 3:30. CRAFTS Wednesdays, March 23, 30 at the Steinway library at 11. First come, first served.
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SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 13348/10 FINANCIAL FREEDOM ACQUISITIONS LLC Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF EDNA SNYDER A/K/A EDNA WHIDEMAN, ET, AL., Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 10036 197TH STREET HOLLIS, NY 11423 SBL #: BLOCK 10863 LOT 24 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises.
Dated this 3rd day of March, 2011, TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF EDNA SNYDER A/K/A EDNA WHIDEMAN, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. MARGUERITE A. GRAYS, ESQ., of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 15th day of February, 2011 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 EDNA SNYDER A/K/A EDNA WHIDEMAN (who died November 12, 2008 a resident of the County of Queens and State of New York) dated the 15th day of January, 2004, to secure the sum of $435,478.50, and recorded at Instrument No. 2004000453598 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, on the 22nd day of July, 2004; which mortgage was duly assigned by assignment dated the 29th day of September, 2009, and recorded on the 19th day of October, 2009, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York at Instrument No. 2009000340306; which mortgage was further assigned by assignment dated the 19th day of May, 2010, and sent for recording in the
Office of the City Register of the City of New York; The property in question is described as follows: 10036 197TH STREET, HOLLIS, NY 11423 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 10863 and Lot 24 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, shown and designated as Lot Nos. 100, 101 and Parcel “G” on Map of Hollis Estates entitled “Map of Hollis Terrace, Addition No. 1, belonging to the participating Realty Corporation in the 4th Ward, Borough of Queens, City and State of New York, surveyed by John Middleton, C.E. & C.S.” and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Queens county on May 21, 1907 as Map No. 1163, which said lots according to said map, are more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Westerly side of 197th Street, (formerly Fishkill Street) distant 220 feet Northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Northerly side of 104th Avenue (formerly Beaufort Avenue) with the Westerly side of 197th Street; RUNNING THENCE Westerly and parallel with 104th Avenue, 100 feet; THENCE Northerly parallel with 197th Street, 52
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feet; THENCE Easterly on a line forming an interior plot angle of 81 degrees 43 minutes 05 seconds with the preceding course, 101.05 feet to a point on the Westerly side of 197th Street, distant 37.44 feet Northerly from the point of beginning; THENCE Southerly along the Westerly side of 197th Street, 37.44 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 10036 197th Street, Hollis, New York. DATED: March 3, 2011 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 16804 LIBERTY AVENUE LAUNDROMAT, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/18/ 10. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 95-25 Queens Blvd., 10th Fl., Rego Park, NY 11374. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Laundry Capital Co., LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. _____________________________________ SB HOMES LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 1/27/11. 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, 108-50 172 nd St., Jamaica, NY 11433. General Purposes. _____________________________________ Notice of Formation MJ Optometry, PLLC art. of org. filed Secy. of State NY (SSNY) 11/29/10. Off. Loc. in Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Martin S. Kim, 79-04 37 th Ave., Jackson Hts, NY 11372. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of LOGIC DATA INFORMATION, LLC, a limited liability company. Articles of Organization was filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/18/2011. 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 any process against the LLC to: 84-15 124 th Street, Apt. 2, Kew Gardens, NY 11415. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. ________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation Wu Global Opportunities, LLC art. of org. filed Secy. of State NY (SSNY) 9/29/10. Off. Loc. in Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY
shall mail copy of process to: 41-50 Main St, Ste 209, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that License Number 1251564 for On Premises Retail Liquor License has been applied for by TIERRAS CENTROAMERICANAS RESTAURANT CORP. Located at: 87-52 168 Street, Jamaica, NY 11432. For the sale of beer & liquor at retail price. ________________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF Thai Rock LLC (Insert name of Limited Liability Company) Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is; Thai Rock LLC SECOND: The county, within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: Queens THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: Robert M. Kaskel 101-02 Shore Front Parkway 1 st Floor Rockaway Park, NY 11694 USA (Scott Weddle, Mgr of EZonlineFiling (signature of organizer) Scott Weddle, Mgr of EzonlineFiling (print or type name of organizer) ________________________________________________________________ Name: 3-D KIDS, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. Of State of NY 01/12/2011. 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, C/O Eric A. Lichtenstein, M.D., 192 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. _______________________________________________________________ NAME: INTERIORS BY FRANCESCA LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. Of State of NY 01/03/2011. 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, C/O Frances Herrera, 9945 67th Rd., #520, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. _______________________________________________________________ Mishi2x Designs LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/10/ 11. Ofc in Queens Cty. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to C/O United States corporation agents, Inc, 7014 13th Ave Ste 202, Bklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: General. ________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 3/ 3/11, bearing Index Number NC-000204-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: As-
sume the name of (First) Christina (Middle) Vinutha Sunder (Last) Raj My present name is (First) Christina (Middle) Vinutha (Last) Sunderraj aka Christina Sunderraj My present address is 53-11 254 th Street, Little Neck, NY 11362 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is November 20, 1983 _______________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF Kimmy Ma ArtStudio LLC Under Section 204 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST. The name of the limited liability company is Kimmy Ma ArtStudio LLC SECOND. The county within this state in which the limited liability company is to be located is Queens. THIRD. The secretary of state is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process accepted on behalf of the limited liability company served upon him or her is: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13 th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. FOURTH: The name and street address in this state of the registered agent upon whom and at which process against the limited liability company may be served is: United State Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13 th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. ________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on the 7 th day of March, 2011 bearing Index Number NC241/11, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY, in room 357, grants me the right to assume the name of Chereé (First) Antoinette (Middle) Buggs (Last), my present name is Chree Antoinette Buggs a.k.a. Chereé Antoinette Buggs; my place of birth is Queens, New York; my date of birth is February 22, 1963. ________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 18-32 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/08/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 18-32 127th Street, College Point, New York 11356-2334. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ Slimarous World Music LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/ 27/11. Ofc in Queens Cty. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 138-30 233 St, Rosedale, NY 11422. Purpose: General.
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EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS INTRO FACEBOOK Saturday, March 19 at the LIC library at 10. FLOWER ARRANGE. Saturday, March 19 Celebrate spring with a flower arrangement demonstration at the Bayside library at 2:30. PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturdays, March 19, April 2, 16, 30 learn to communicate effectively at Elmhurst Hospital. 646-436-7940. BECOME A CITIZEN Saturdays, March 19, 26 at the LIC library. CRAFT CLASSES Saturdays 11-3 at Maria Rose International Doll Museum in St. Albans. 2763454. SCRABBLE CLUB Saturdays at 10 at Count Basie Jr. HS, 132 nd Street and Guy R. Brewer Blvd. 8865236. 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 the Douglaston/ Little Neck library at 4. DRAWING CLASS Mondays at the National Art League in Douglaston. 3610628. ADULT CHESS Mondays and Thursdays at the Queens Village library at 5:30. BEGIN ENGLISH Mondays and Wednesdays free Beginners English Classes 10-11:30 at the Pomonok Senior Center, 6709 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. 591-3377. BALLROOM DANCE Mondays, March 21, 28 Ballroom Dancing with Jing Chen at the Forest Hills library at 6:30. POETRY WRITING Monday, March 21 poetry writing workshops at the Woodhaven librar y. Register. COMPUTER EMAIL Monday, March 21 Computer Class Email at the Fresh Meadows library. First come, first served at 10:30. FIND A JOB Monday, March 21 How to Search the Internet to Find a Job at the Central library at 6:30. ENGLISH CONVERSATION Mondays, March 21, 28 at t h e LeF ra k C i t y l i b ra r y a t 10:30. CHESS CLUB Mondays, March 21, 28 at the Lefferts library at 6. BASIC COMPUTER Tuesdays, March 22, 29 at the Astoria, LIC and Glendale libraries. Register. INTRO EXCEL Monday, March 21 Introduction to Excel at the Maspeth library at 6. COMPUTER CLASS Tuesdays at the Sunnyside library. Register. KNIT & CROCHET Tuesdays at the Windsor Park library at 2. SCRABBLE CLUB Tuesdays at the East Flushing library at 3:30. COMPUTER CLASS Tuesdays, March 22, 29 at
the Arverne library at 10. INTRO COMPUTERS Tuesdays, March 22, 29 at the Peninsula library. Register. MICROSOFT WORD Tuesday, March 22 at the McGoldrick library. Register. COMPUTER BASICS Tuesday, March 22 at t he Queens Village library. Register. ADVANCED COMPUTER Tuesday, March 22 at the Steinway librar y. Register. TAX PREP Tu e s d a y a n d T h u r s d ay, March 22, 24 Self-Guided Ta x P r e p a ra t i o n a t t h e Steinway librar y. Register. COMPUTER TIPS Tuesday, March 22 Tips and Tricks of Using Computers at the Maspeth library at 1. MEDITATION Tuesday, March 22 Meditation for Body, Mind and Spirit at 2 at the Bellerose library. Thursday, March 24 at the Steinway library at 6. 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. DUPLICATE BRIDGE Wednesdays 10:30-3:00 at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills. $12 session, includes light lunch. 261-2900. WATERCOLOR CL ASS Wednesdays at 9:30 at NAL. Traditional and contemporary, all levels. 969-1128. INDOOR SOCCER – DADS Wednesday evenings at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. 263-7000. SCRABBLE Wednesdays, March 23, 30 at the Forest Hills library at 2. INTRO EMAIL Wednesday, March 23 at the Central library. Register. EMAIL BASICS Wednesday, March 23 at t h e W i n d s o r Pa r k l i b ra r y. Register. QUILTING CLASSES Thursdays 10-2 at the Maria Rose Doll Museum in St. Albans. 276-3454 or 917817-8653 to register. CHESS CLUB Thursdays at the East Flushing library. Register. COMPUTER CLASS Thursdays at the Queensboro Hill library. Register. KNIT & CROCHET Thursdays at the Fresh Meadows library at 6. SKETCHING Thursday, March 24 T h e Essentials of Sketch at the Flushing library at 7. WRITERS’ WORKSHOP Thursday, March 24 at the Bayside library. Register. COMPUTER CLASS Friday, March 25 at the Middle Village library. Register. KNITTING CLUB Fridays at the Maspeth library at 10. KNIT & CROCHET Fridays at the Fresh Meadows library at 10:30. ESL CLUB Friday, March 25 at the Lefrak Cit y library at 10:30. SCRABBLE
Fridays Bananagrams and Scrabble at the Windsor Park library at 2:30. GAME DAY Fridays, March 25, April 1 chess, checkers and other board games at 2:30 at the Bay Terrace library. CHESS CLUB Friday, March 25 at the Auburndale library at 3:30. DEFENSIVE DRIVING Saturday, March 26 at the Knights of Columbus in Valley Stream. 341-0452. INTERVIEW PREP Saturday, March 26 Interview Preparation Workshop for Adults at 3 at the Broadway library. FM POETS Saturday, March 26 Fresh Meadows Poets meet to discuss and critique their work at 10 at the Forest Hills library.
HEALTH NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS 7 days a week. 962-6244. TAKE CONTROL Saturday, March 19 Take Control of your Health at the Peninsula Hospital Rehabilitation Center in the Meditation room, 51-15 Beach Channel Drive, Far Rockaway. ZUMBA Saturday, March 19 at the L a n g s to n H u g h e s l i b r a r y. Register. CHAIR YOGA Monday, March 21 at the Rosedale library. Register. ZUMBA Mondays, March 21, 28 at the St. Albans library. Register. ASK THE DOCTOR Monday, March 21 at the LIC library at 6. CHAIR YOGA Tuesday, March 22 Woodhaven library. Register. CHAIR YOGA Tu e s d ay, M a r c h 2 2 Re go Park library. Register. ALZHEIMERS Tu e s d a y, March 22 Caregiver Support Group in Forest Hills. 592-5757, ext. 237. LOSE WEIGHT Tuesday, March 22 Maxim i z e Yo u r M e t a b o l i s m to Lose Weight at 2 at the Hillcrest library. FIBROMYALGIA Tuesday, March 22 at the Fresh Meadows library at 3. ZUMBA Wednesday, March 23 Zumba Class at the Flushing library. Register. OA Thursdays at the Howard Beach library at 10:30. ZUMBA Thursday, March 24 at the Corona library. Register. HATHA YOGA Thursdays, March 24, 31 at the Queensboro Hill library at 6. Bring mat and wear comfortable clothing. CHAIR YOGA Thursday, March 24 Howard Beach library. Register. ZUMBA Friday, March 25 at the Astoria library. Register.
FAMILY COLORING Wednesdays, March 23, 30 at the Queensboro Hill library at 11:15. HOMEWORK HELP Wednesday, March 23 with BOOST at the LIC library at 3. CHESS & CHECKERS Wednesdays, March 23, 30 at the Woodside library at 3. FUN READING Wednesdays, March 23, 30 at the Bay Terrace library at 3:30. CROCHETING Wednesdays, March 23, 30 at the Bayside library. Register. CHESS CLUB Wednesdays, March 23, 30 at the Ridgewood library at 4. FAMILY STORY TIME Wednesdays, March 23, 30 at the Queensboro Hill library at 11. S TORY T I M E Wednesday, March 23 at t h e E a st E l m h u r st l i b r a r y. Register. BABY CRAWL Wednesdays, March 23, 30 at the Forest Hills library at 1:30. NECKLACE Wednesday, March 23 Native American Necklace workshop at the Fresh Meadows librar y. Register. WAND CRAFT Wednesday, March 23 Rain-
bow Wand Craft at the East Flushing library. Register. DISCOVER SCIENCE Thursdays, March 24, 31 with BOOST at the McGoldrick library at 5. HOMEWORK HELP Thursday, March 24 with BOOST at the LIC library at 3. ARTS & CRAFTS Thursday, March 24 at the Auburndale library at 4. AFTERSCHOOL TIME Thursdays, March 24, 31 at the Arverne library at 3. SPRING CRAFT Thursday, March 24 at the Pomonok library at 3:30. BOOK TALK Thursday, March 24 at the Poppenhusen library at 3:30. CHESS CLUB Fridays at the Poppenhusen library at 3:30. GAME DAY Fridays at 3:30 at the Queens Village library. GAME PLAYERS CLUB Fridays at the Hillcrest library at 4. GAME TIME Fridays at the Windsor Park library at 4. CHESS CLUB Fridays at the Douglaston/ Little Neck library. Register. ACTIVITY TIME Fridays at the Briarwood library at 3:30. RAISING READERS Friday, March 25 at the Pen-
insula library at 10:30. WII SPORTS Friday, March 25 at the Maspeth library at 3:30.
SINGLES SINGLES SOCIAL & DANCE Sundays, March 27, April 10, June 12 singles social and dance from 2-6. $10. Over 45. Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Rego Park. 459-1000.
THEATER SLOW DANCE March 18-27 new American musical Slow Dance will be performed at Queens Theatre in the Park. 760-0064. ALL SHOOK UP Sunday, March 27 features Elvis songs at Queensborough Communit y College. 631-6311. IN ARABIA May 6-13 “In Arabia We’d All Be Kings” by Stephen Adly Guirgis at Queensborough Communit y College. 631-6284. $10, seniors $4, facult y and students $3. KILLING KOMPANY The Killing Company performs mystery dinner shows. 1-888-SHOOT-EM.
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LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 2776/2011 Filed with Queens County Clerk on February 4, 2011. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of the venue is the residence of the plaintiff. SUMMONS Plaintiff resides at: 61-10 218 Street, 1 FL Oakland Gardens, Queens County New York 11364 JENNIFER YOON, Plaintiff, -against- UNCHUL KO a/k/a KO UN CHUL Defendant. ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to service a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within 20 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); and in case of your failure to appear, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the notice set forth below. Dated: New York City, New York January 25, 2011 SHIM & GHIM, LLC by: Young Kon Nah Attorneys for Plaintiff 1261 Broadway, Suite 201 New York, New York 10001 Telephone (212) 532-1004 Notice Under DRL Section 255: The Defendant is advised that he may no longer be covered by the Plaintiff’s health insurance plan once a judgment of divorce is signed. ________________________________________________________________ SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 27268/09 METLIFE HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF METLIFE BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.(s). MD MAMTAZUDDIN MAJUMDER A/K/A MD UDDIN, ET, AL. MORTGAGED PREMISES: 189-32 113TH ROAD SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412 SBL #: 45-10431-6, FORMELY PART OF 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 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 7th day of March, 2011, TO: MD M A M T A Z U D D I N MAJUMDER A/K/A MD
UDDIN, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. DAVID ELLIOT of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 16th day of February, 2011 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 MD MAMTAZUDDIN MAJUMDER A/K/A MD UDDIN dated the 3rd day of September, 2008, to secure the sum of $454,500.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2009000287199 Office of the City Register of the City of New York, on the 4thday of September, 2009; which mortgage was duly assigned by assignment dated the 28thday of September, 2009, and sent for Office of the City Register of the City of New York; The property in question is described as follows: 189-32 113TH ROAD, SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION 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 formed by the intersection of the Northerly side of Murdock Avenue and the Easterly side of 113thRoad at a radius of 46 degrees 55 minutes 05 seconds; RUNNING THENCE in the Northeasterly direction along the Easterly side of 113thRoad, 142.17 feet parallel with 113thRoad; THENCE Easterly to the Northwesterly side of Murdock Avenue, 81.25 feet; THENCE Northerly, 20.00 feet; THENCE Southwesterly, 81.25 feet to the Easterly side of113thRoad; THENCE Southerly, 20.00 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. MEANING AND INTENDING TO DESCRIBE THAT PREMISES KNOWN AS BLOCK 10431 NEW LOT 6. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies
and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.DATED: March 7, 2011 Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. ________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 3/ 9/11, bearing Index Number NC-000120-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Eleesa (Last) Kissoon My present name is (First) Lisa (Middle) Hiravati (Last) Kissoon aka Lisa H. My present address is 107-55 1 1 8 th S t r e e t , S o u t h R i c h mond Hill, NY 11419 My place of birth is Guyana My date of birth is June 03, 1994
Queens Today ENTERTAINMENT MEET THE COMPOSER Saturday, March 19 at Queens College. For the family. 793-8080. HAITIAN Saturday, March 19 Haitian author talk followed by music and dance at 2 at the Central library. AFRO-PERUVIAN JAZZ Saturday, March 19 at the Flushing library at 2. ART IN NY Saturday, March 19 Art in NY: From Jackson Pollock to Andy Warhol and Beyond at the Forest Hills library at 2:30. FOLK & PROTEST Saturday, March 19 Songs That Moved a Generation: Folk and Protest Songs of the 1960s at the Peninsula library at 2:30. OPEN MIC Sunday, March 20 at the Central library at 2. UKRAINIAN DANCE Sunday, March 20 Voloshky performs at 3 at Queens-borough Communit y College. 631-6311. JEWISH CONCERT Monday, March 21 International Resource Center presents Music and Voices of the Multicultural Jewish Communit y at the Flushing library at 6. IRISH MUSIC Monday, March 21 Irish Traditional Music with fiddler Bernadette Fee and vocalist Mary Courtney at the Sunnyside library at 6. MOVIE & TALK Mondays the Friends of Pomonok present a movie and discussion. Bring lunch. 1 at the Pomonok library. BINGO Tuesdays at 7:15 at American Mart yrs Church, church basement, 216-01 Union Tu r n p i k e , B a y s i d e . 4 6 4 4 5 8 2 . Tu e s d ay s at 7:15 (doors open 6) at the Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. 459-1000.$3 admission includes 12 games. CHAMBER MUSIC Tuesday, March 22 Music of Beethoven, Dvorak and Fa u re. Tuesday, April 12 Jazz from Queens College. Friday, April 22 Windscape. Tu e s d a y, A p r i l 2 6 L u c y Shelton and Friends. Friday, M a y 6 C l a r e m o n t Tr i o . LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College at 10. Free parking. $95 series. 9973802. CZESLAW MILOSZ Tuesday, March 22 Centennial Celebration of the Work of Czeslaw Milosz at 7 in the Music Building at Queens College. $20. 793-8080. BLUES Thursday, March 24 Eddie Lee Isaacs and the Rockin’ Side of the Blues at the Whitestone library at 2. SONGS OF THE 60S Thursday, March 24 Songs of the Sixties at the McGoldrick library at 2:30. OPEN MIC Thursday, March 24 at the East Elmhurst library at 6. LIVE JAZZ Fridays through December 13 at 180-25 Linden Blvd.., St. Albans. 347-262-1169
ticket information. ABBAMANIA Saturday, March 26 at Queensborough Communit y College. 631-6311. DOO-WOP Saturday, March 26 annual fundraising Doo Wop concert at Beach Channel HS. 755-6262. RUSSIAN FESTIVAL Saturday, March 26 at the Flushing library starting at noon. WOMEN’S HISTORY Saturday, March 26 celebrating Women’s History Month with New Voices in Fiction at the Langston Hughes library at 1. SYMPHONY 101 Saturday, March 26 at 1 at the Lefferts library and at 3 at the Bayside library. MERCER Saturday, March 26 tribute to Johnny Mercer at the Forest Hills library at 2. ART IN EUROPE
Saturday, March 26 Provocative Fin de Siecle: Art in Europe at the End of the 19 th C e n t u r y a t t h e F r e s h Meadows library at 3. LATIN/AFRO-CARIBBEAN Saturday, March 26 at the Langston Hughes library at 3:30. PET THEATRE Sunday, March 27 Gregory Popovich Comedy Pet Theatre at Queens College. 7938080. KAROAKE Sunday, March 27 at the Communit y House in Forest Hills. 279-3006 for ticket information. Fundraiser for the Oratorio Society of Queens. RAGTIME Sunday, March 27 Paragon Ragtime Orchestra at Flushing Town Hall. 894-2178. STAMP SHOW Sunday, March 27 at the Ramada Inn, 220-33 Northern Blvd., Bayside. Free. 104:30.
RELIGIOUS REFORM TEMPLE Friday, March 18 “Healing Psalms” author will be the guest speaker at the 8pm Shabbat service. Sunday, March 20 Purim Celebration with “Megillah Mia,” a singa-long at 10. Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112 th Street. 261-2900. REGO PARK JC Saturday, March 19 celebrate Purim at 8. Sunday, March 27 light brunch, make collage art, appreciate poetry and join in singing Yiddish songs. $5. 11:30am. Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. 4591000. HILLCREST Saturday, March 19 Purim Celebration 7:30. Sunday, March 20 Minyan 8:30 followed by Megillah reading at 9:15. Hillcrest Jewish Cen-
MEETINGS BELLA ITALIA MIA Sundays, March 20, April 10 Bella Italia Mia will meet.4574816. P-FLAG Sunday, March 20 PFLAG, a support group for parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays, meet in Forest Hills. 271-6663. MENS CLUB SOCCER Tuesday evenings at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. 2637000. FH VAC Wednesdays, March 23, April 27 Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corp meets. 793-2055. ST. ALBANS CIVIC Sunday, March 27 St. Albans Civic Improvement Association meets at St. Albans L u t h e r a n C h u r c h , 2 0 0 th Street and 199 th Avenue in the undercroft at 1:30. JEWISH VETS Sunday, March 27 Jewish Wa r Ve te ra n s o f t h e U SA Lipsky/Blum Post meet at the Garden Jewish Center. 4634742.
ter, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing. 380-4145. FOREST HILLS Sunday, March 20 7 th Annual Purim Carnival after Megillah reading noon-2:30. Come in your favorite costume! Forest Hills Jewish Center. 263-7000, ext. 200. BAYSIDE JC Sunday, March 20 Purim on 32 nd Avenue with a hot buffet dinner and music at the Bayside Jewish Center. $22. 352-7900. BELLEROSE JC Sunday, March 20 Purim Carnival following the 10am reading. Bellerose Jewish Center, 254-04 Union Turnpike, Floral Park. 343-9001. PURIM PARTY Tuesday, March 22 Park Hills Hadassah Chapter will hold a Hadassah Purim Part y at the Rego Park Jewish Center. 275-0636. LUTHERAN REDEEMER Wednesdays, March 23, 30 Midweek Lenten Service at 7:30. Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 157-16 65 th Avenue, Flushing. 358-2744. JEWISH MEDITATION Thursdays, March 24, April 7 at the Hillcrest Jewish Center. $10 suggested donation. 380-4145. 7:30.
FLEA MARKETS SPRING TREASURE Saturday, March 19 9:303:30 and Sunday, March 20 11:30-3:30 bake and book sale, used clothing, more at Church of the Resurrection, 8 5 - 0 9 1 1 8 th S t r e e t , R i c h mond Hill. FLEA MARKET Sunday, March 20 9-4 flea market and ethnic Polish bake sale at St. Josaphat, 35 th A v e n u e a n d 2 1 0th S t r e e t , Bayside. SPRING BOOK SALE Sunday, March 27 9-3 at the Bellerose Jewish Center. Books, records, DVDs and more. 254-04 Union Turnpike, Floral Park.
Lady’s Day
Flushing gal Billie Holiday
As this is Women’s History Month, the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls – the birthplace of Women’s Suffrage and the fight for equal rights – has named a handful of new inductees – and a Queens gal has made the list. The 11 women inducted include such luminaries as Coretta Scott King and Donna Shalala, but also joining the list is Billie Holiday. The sultry yet troubled songstress who lived in South Flushing died more than 50 years ago, but her influence is seen today among some of the best singers in pop, jazz and R&B. Congratulations, again, Lady Day.
A Heavy Load Slow down there, Madame. Those tightie whities seem a just bit too snug. After attempting to sneak 1,699 $100 bills stitched in her undies past customs agents at JFK Airport, one Queens woman now faces up to 21 months in prison. Before flying in from Khartoum, Sudan, Claire Abdeldaim stuffed the sizeable sum she received from selling her late husband’s property down below. Her defense lawyer claimed Abdeldaim did not understand the customs declaration form and had every good intention of passing on the money to her children as an inheritance.
The drawers were made for dollars Abdeldaim is now free on $100,000 bail and is scheduled for sentencing on June 20. It seems smuggling a bountiful booty past airport security is not as easy you would think.
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Really, Donald? The Donald is at it again. Whether it is for sport or it is a decision based on a new marketing scheme, Queens native Donald Trump is giving mixed messages about his potential 2012 presidential bid. The media hog dispatched a senior aide to Iowa, but Trump has seemingly not left his penthouse in New York. He has had zero, zilch, nada campaign stops and no one knows where he stands, other than in the Republican camp. Can you imagine a Trump presidency? That comb over blowing in the wind every time Air Force One lands? Can you imagine him trying to fire Muammar Gaddafi as leader of Libya? It makes us nervous just thinking about it. Please Donald, stick to what you know. Open a restaurant, fire washed up celebrities that need a boost in their ailing careers or come home to your roots and save our iconic bridge’s name.
Darling Nikki It doesn’t happen often, but every now and then a star from Queens suddenly bursts onto the scene. That is the case of Nicki Minaj. Born Onika Tanya Maraj to West Indian parents in Trinidad, Nicki grew up on the island while her parents worked and lived in Queens. When she was 5, mom showed up and brought her to Queens to get a good education. Nicki went to MS 210 on 93rd Street and 101st Avenue, where she played the clarinet. She was also a singer and wanted to act, so she tried out for the LaGuardia High School of Music and the Arts. The day of her vocal audition, her voice cracked, so she had to settle for drama. It was while in school that Nicki began formulating a vision of a career in entertainment. In 2007, at the age of 22, she released her first mix tape, quickly knocked out two more and won the Female Artist of the Year award in 2008 from the Underground Music Awards. A contemporary of Westchester native Lada Gaga, Minaj has a sexy look and ribald lyrics that have drawn comparisons to the chameleon-like pop star. With a string of awards from BET and a Grammy nomination, we expect to see more of this Queens gal as she makes her way into the music players of a new generation of listeners.
Nicki Minaj Home: Woodhaven Age: 27 Height: 5’ 4" Weight: 125 lbs Stats: 34-26-45
Humming Did someone make a wrong turn at Kandahar? While driving to our office in Whitestone last week, we encountered a surprising neighbor driving with us northbound on the Van Wyck Expressway near Flushing. A Humvee, and not one of the commercialized gas-guzzling versions GM marketed to people who needed to feel like they were invading Iraq while going to Costco, drove alongside the Hondas and Dodges on the busy expressway. The military vehicle caught our eye in our rear-view mirror north of Jewel Avenue. Reflexively, we slowed down and tuned in to the
City Gets Dissed Salt-N-Pepa, the female hip-hop trio of Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton (with DJ Diedra “Spinderella” Roper on the wheels of steel), was one of the first female hip-hop acts to be seen as a force in the burgeoning scene in the late 1980s. Having grown up in Western Queens and attended Grover Cleveland HS in Ridgewood, the ladies made the big time with their breakthrough “Push It,” followed by a string of hits. Though time played its tricks on the gals and they split for a while, they recently reunited for a “Hip-Hop Legends Tour” featuring such fellow acts as Kool Moe Dee, Slick Rick, Rob Base, MC Lyte and more. Taking their show on the road, they’ve been playing to packed crowds up and down the East Coast. But there’s certainly one town missing – New York! With our town considered the birthplace of hiphop, and home to more of its legends than Ancient Greece had gods, it’s shocking that these Queens
Models Of Queens
Salt-N-Pepa back in the day women can only come as close to their hometown as Newark, Philadelphia or – yikes – Buffalo. Hey Spinderella, bring that beat back home.
Apparently it’s hard to find a Hummer in Queens. closest radio news station to see if we lost it as it headed east on the we were at war. Cross Island Parkway in The Humvee passed us on the Whitestone, surprising us as we left; we caught a glimpse of the had always assumed Humvees were considered commercial vedriver, dressed in fatigues. We managed to follow it until hicles.
Confidentially, New York . . .
The percentage of people who can even understand this problem is becoming a problem.
invested more than three million dollars in our “Engineering Our Future” Program. Every year, we’re creating paid internships, mentoring programs, and job shadow opportunities that allow high school students in our region to get hands-on engineering experience. And with programs that build technology, science, and math skills, engineering feats like building smart grids and next generation delivery systems will be in very good hands. For more about what we’re doing, visit www.nationalgridus.com/commitment
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America needs more engineers. Simple as that. And as a company that depends heavily on engineers, National Grid has