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More Queens Sites Set For Renaming

By ANNIE OTHERNAME The City’s plan for renaming parts of our borough apparently does not end with a bridge.

Standing at the intersection of Queens Boulevard and 39th Street, Mayor Mike Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and several members of our borough’s Council delegation announced the formation of the Manhattan-Oriented Renaming of

Non-Manhattan Icons Committee (MORONIC), which will conduct a pilot study in Queens.

The committee has a 90-day window to suggest historic figures meriting recognition by using their names in place of “Queens” in as many street, school and neighborhood names as possible.

“After the wildly popular co-naming of the Koch Bridge, we realized we have to do

Mayor Nabs ’16 Games, Sez ‘You’re Welcome’ Photo by Peter Parker

Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Mayor Mike Bloomberg and BP Helen Marshall shortly after the prep work to carefully clear the park had begun.

Census Error Blamed On A Greek Wedding

By HELEN NICKS Local officials calling for an investigation of the baffling Census figures that showed the population of Astoria decreased by more than 12,000 residents since 2000 think they’ve found the reason for the discrepancy.

The “eureka” moment occurred after the Census bureau contacted Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas (D-Astoria) to inform her they had accidently received her and her husband’s RSVP to a wedding of two Astoria natives last June on the Greek island of Corfu.

“When we went to Spyridon and Dora’s wedding last summer, the groom parents told us they had never received RSVPs from everyone invited from Astoria,” Simotas said.

“We all just assumed they all got lost.”

But they didn’t. All 12,543 responses from Astoria’s Greek community were accidently

mailed to the Census Bureau in Washington, D.C., while all 12,543 Census forms ended up in a storage bin at a Corfu post office. When Census workers came to Astoria to find those who hadn’t sent in their forms, they found all the apartments and homes empty.

“Census workers counted Astoria during the last week of June last summer, the same week as Spyridon and Dora’s wedding, “ said State Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria).

“So the Census bureau counted those residences as vacant. They weren’t vacant; they were just in Greece.”

“We should’ve been tipped off to this when we saw Astoria’s Greek population dropped by 12,500, almost half,” Simotas said. “But how can you expect our Greek population to stay put when Spyridon and Dora were serving Goat Kokkinisto?”

Web-Slinger Trades In Broadway For Queens

By PETER PARKER Flushing Meadows Corona Park came to a standstill Monday evening as producers of the Broadway flop rock musical, “SpiderMan: Turn Off the Dark,” staged a publicity stunt to announce they were bringing the masked crusader to Queens, “where he belongs.”

“We’re bringing the borough’s hometown hero back,” said producer Michael Cohl, as off-timed pyrotechnics exploded near the small stage from which he addressed the crowd, injuring a few bystanders. “If you thought the Great White Way wasn’t ready for this, wait till Queens gets a taste.”

As if on cue, a masked phantom leapt from the top of the New York State Pavilion towers with both arms spread. Graceful at first, the figure began to franticly flail its arms, struggling to gain control before crashing with a wet thud into one of the Pavilion’s white concrete columns.

“Oh my God,” cried one boy as he pointed at the masked man. “They killed SpiderMan!” The production, now called “Spider-Man: Turn On The Light,” tweaks the show’s original plot, giving the storyline a more Queens-centric twist that revolves around the often-broken light atop the New York State Pavilion’s tallest tower. Spider-Man is enlisted by Mayor Mike Bloomberg to keep the borough’s air traffic safely flowing by keeping the light on.

“This new plot offers action, mystery and epic adventure” said Cohl. “The dastardly Green Goblin keeps shutting off the light atop the tower, but with just one twist of the

The Web-Slinger has returned to save Queens. light bulb Spider-Man bravely saves thousands of lives.”

The Queens crowd looked on in shock, wondering what was to come of the masked man who had jumped only moments before.

Struggling to come his feet, he suddenly became ensnared in wiring and was vaulted toward the top of the Pavilion, where his motionless figure was dropped near the top of the tower beside the red aviation warning light.

“It’ll be just as simple as that,” said Cohl.

“Complications that the previous show suffered will certainly be avoided this time around, as you can see. Does anyone else smell success?”

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media workers, visiting dignitaries and a “Sex In The City”-themed 140,000-squarefoot nightclub named Miranda.

LaGuardia Airport will be phased out, with all of its traffic being rerouted to Stewart Airport in Newburgh. It will be replaced by the world’s largest circus tent, under which all track and field games will be played.

All remaining parkland in central Queens will be converted into helipads and paved parking decks, with a monorail system that will circle the Olympic center, connect all the lots and have branches extending out directly to JFK, Midtown Manhattan and Great Neck so that anybody attending the games doesn’t actually have to step foot in Queens.

“I can’t imagine a more fitting design or use for the great Borough of Queens than to have such an honor as this,” Bloomberg said.

“I mean really, you guys should just be happy we let you be a part of this City at all.”

form of a Fresh Direct truck as he crossed Queens Boulevard, said the MORONIC plan was “necessary and vital business the City must address immediately.”

“As someone who moved here when I was 26, I can say I have no connection or pride in the names of a bunch of stuff around this great borough,” he said. “I’m not sure what creative sloth named Queens College, but I’m thinking Peter Stuyvesant is deserving of a prominent place.”

Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) presented the Mayor with a list of his own suggestions, including Tweedsboro Community College, the Henry Stern Botanical Gardens and the Dinkins Museum of Art. Councilman Peter Vallone, Jr. (D-Astoria) denounced the move, calling it “a slap in the face to the great people of Queens.”

“Maybe they should just rename the whole damned borough,” said a fuming Vallone, his neck muscles so taut they broke the top button on his shirt collar. “I’ve got a suggestion for them, how about the Vallone-borough Public Library? Huh?” When told about the councilman’s suggestion, a MORONIC spokesman said, “Vallone-borough? That’s dumb.”

The Mayor acknowledged there may be some outcry over the plan.

“Look, not everyone is going to agree on everything all the time,” he said. “But I look forward to having DOPES enact any MORONIC suggestions approved by the Council. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to get back to Manhattan via the Bloomberg-Midtown Tunnel.”

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By OUI LOV E R. PARK With the news this week that Rio de Janeiro has defaulted on its promise to host the Summer Olympic games over its longstanding ban on public indecency, the International Olympic Committee revealed that New York has been selected in its place.

At a press conference held in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced a deal that will transform the park and send a massive shock wave of development through the rest of the borough and the City.

“We stand here today at the site of two great World’s Fairs to announce the awarding of a deal that has been years in the making, and will stand to bring billions of dollars in revenue to our City; tens of thousands of jobs to our residents; and one heckuva boost to my 2016 presidential campaign,” Mayor Mike Bloomberg said.

With bulldozers lined up behind him ready to clear away the “relics” of the previous fairs, along with most trees and public play areas, Bloomberg planted ceremonial dynamite into the base of the Unisphere and said, “I now hereby declare the 2016 New York Summer Olympics open.”

IOC Chairman Jacques Rogge dismissed the mayor’s “opening” faux pas as he thanked the crowd of torch-wielding Queens residents, noting that the Unisphere is only the first of several borough structures to see “improvements” from the Olympics.

Willets Point, a one-time city boondoggle, has received the green light from local and state officials to be razed immediately and become the new home to an Olympic Village for 14,000 athletes, 20,000 international

more to honor this city’s heroes,” Bloomberg said, “particularly in places outside of Manhattan.”

In continuing efforts to keep City government customer-friendly, the Mayor said all residents outside of Queens can offer suggestions via 311, or the City’s Web site nyc.gov.

“One interesting suggestion which I’m particularly fond of is ‘John Lindsay Boulevard,’” Bloomberg said. “It would be a wonderful honor to a public servant who so valiantly fought for the rights of cross country skiers on this very boulevard in 1969.”

Quinn said MORONIC was created to find anything that may induce pride or notoriety in “those other counties,” then propose a suitable Manhattan-centric person to name them after.

“Once these MORONIC suggestions come across my desk, I will review them and do everything in my power to make sure they pass with the resounding approval of my colleagues,” Quinn said.

All approved renamings will be handed off to the newly-created Dept. of Outerboro Prominence Erasing and Substitution, which will then oversee any sign changes, cartography updates, as well as making sure “Queens” does not show up on Google Maps. Bloomberg promised the new agency will be cost-efficient and professional.

“I will hold myself personally accountable should DOPES bungle the honors we are bestowing upon our City’s greatest citizens,” he said.

Councilman Jim Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows), who narrowly escaped death in the

Queens This Week Stores Close In Cord Meyer's Move

JetBlue and the MillionTreesNYC initiative is teaming up to plant new trees around Forest Hills, including MacDonald Park which had nearly all of its trees destroyed in last

The Key Food at the corner of 71st Road will stay open, but everything bet ween it and the Sterling Bank will close if it has not already.

September's tornado.

The group is looking for a few hundred volunteers to help out.

A "Tree Planting Day" will be held Saturday, April 9, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at MacDonald Park on Queens Boulevard and Yellowstone Boulevard. The new trees will be planted in the park and surrounding areas.

The event will begin with a breakfast at 9 a.m. and appearances by WKTU's morning show hosts Paul "Cubby" Bryant and Z100's Greg T, followed by an opening celebration, and tree planting beginning at 9:45 a.m. At noon, there will be lunch, games, contests and prizes, followed by a performance by freestyle musician Judy Torres, and a closing ceremony at 2 p.m.

"I'm ecstatic that this is taking place," said Frank Gulluscio, District Manager of Community Board 6.

Gulluscio said local politicians have pushed hard to have the park's lost trees replaced.

"I think it was the significance of MacDonald Park that made [the city] move so quickly. It was a place to go and relax," he said. "There was an outcry from so many people to have the trees put back."

The Rego-Forest Preservation Council and Queens Boulevard Restoration Group are also assisting in finding volunteers. About 600 volunteers are needed. For more information or to register to volunteer, go to jetblue.com/trees.

Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at

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—Domenick Rafter

Rich Hill, W'Haven Face Rezoning

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More than a half dozen stores along Queens Boulevard just south of 108th Street will not have their leases renewed by their landlord, Cord Meyer Company LLC, as the property, adjacent to the busy Forest Hills/ Continental Avenue subway station will be redeveloped.

The stores, including a pharmacy, deli, a convenience store and a jewelry store, have already closed.

On one end of the block is a Sterling National Bank and on the other end, a Key Food that will remain open. Cord Meyer wanted to build a 21-story, mixed-use building on the site five years ago, similar to the Windsor building Cord Meyer constructed across Queens Boulevard, but the developer scrapped the project after the financial crisis and recession paralyzed the real estate market.

Mary Hughes, director of leasing at Cord Meyer, said the tenants had been put on a month-to-month agreement for a few years now since the company planned to develop the site. Some of the stores on the site had existed there for more than 25 years. Hughes said the stores were given 60 to 90 days' notice that their leases would not be renewed.

"We've always been in communications with the tenants there," Hughes said.

"The Key Food on the corner of Queens Boulevard and 71st Road will remain open," Hughes said, because the supermarket is popular with local residents. Cord Meyer had considered closing Key Food as well in its earlier redevelopment plans, but Borough President Helen Marshall strongly urged the site to remain open at a public hearing in 2006.

"The community told us Key Food was important to them," Hughes said.

The stores between Key Food and Sterling Bank would be demolished to make way for a one-story retailer. Hughes added that there are currently no plans to build a taller structure, but the option could be revisited in the future if and when the market picks up again.

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—Domenick Rafter

This picture, taken about an hour after the tornado touched down in MacDonald Park, shows the devastation caused.

A massive rezoning is coming to Richmond Hill and Woodhaven, encompassing 248 blocks, protecting the neighborhood from overdevelopment and encouraging growth along commercial corridors.

Members of the Richmond Hill Economic Development Council met March 23 with Queens Commissioner of City Planning John Young to discuss City Planning's recommendations for the upcoming rezoning as part of the agency's open comment period.

The plans are in their first stages. In Richmond Hill, the rezoning covers an area from the Van Wyck Expressway to 102nd Street between Atlantic Avenue and 103rd Avenue, including a section of Ozone Park, and a small section between Atlantic and Jamaica Avenues and 112th and 122nd Streets.

Young told the audience that the goal of the rezoning is to "protect the character of the neighborhood" and prevent overdevelopment. Among problems the rezoning hopes to prevent is the demolition of decades-old two family houses for boxy three-family developments that Young said are "out of character" in South Queens.

The suggested rezoning would only allow 1-2 family homes with a maximum height of 35 feet in most of the area, with a few exceptions in the western portion of the zoning area, in Ozone Park, where bigger homes are more common. The neighborhood has become a hotbed of illegal basement and attic apartments, especially in the rising West Indian and South Asian community, as well a growing population of pilots and flight attendants based at nearby JFK Airport.

The plan would also upzone Atlantic Avenue between 102nd Street to allow more commercial development with more apartments above the commercial properties.

There was mixed reaction among those present. Some, mainly from the area's dominant Sikh-American community, told Young the current zoning does not work and needed to be upgraded because it promotes illegal dwellings in basements and attics; large families like to live together. But Young said doing so would change the character of the neighborhood, which is not what City Plan-

ning is looking to do, though he said he would take their suggestions under consideration. The upzoning on Atlantic Avenue would allow for large residential development there, providing homes for new immigration, he added.

Though not part of the current plan, 101st Avenue, a major commercial and residential strip through Richmond Hill, is a stretch that Young said will be considered in the future when they look at rezoning South Ozone Park and Ozone Park. Though fairly commercial, 101st Avenue has a number of residential zones closer to the Van Wyck Expressway. Some suggested upzoning the strip to allow more commercial or residential development.

Richmond Hill EDC President Vishnu Mahadeo said Young would return to outline any changes to the plan before it's finalized.

Young agreed to "keep the communication lines open" between his office and the Richmond Hill EDC. Young presented the recommendations, including the plan for Woodhaven, to Community Board 9 in early March. The public comment period is open until the end of April. After that, any final plan would take four to five months before it would have to go through CB 9, the borough president, the City Planning Commission and finally the City Council.

"We don't expect a finalized plan until the end of next year," Young said. "It won't be until well into the middle of 2012."

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— Domenick Rafter

Ar t Show Comes To Church Woodhaven's Emanuel Church of Christ will be transformed into a museum on Thursday, March 31, for an art show sponsored by the Woodhaven Residents Block Association. The show will feature works from artists native to Woodhaven, or inspired by Woodhaven.

WRBA President Ed Wendell said the idea for the art show came after a Woodhaven resident, Jose Moya, came to the association's office to make a complaint and saw an easel Wendell had placed in the office. Moya, who is retired, decided to start painting again. When Wendell saw Moya's works, it sparked the idea to bring together Woodhaven's talented artists for a single show.

Besides Moya, and Wendell himself, whose father was a painter, the show will feature pieces by Howard Beach resident Madeline Lovallo, whose paintings of South Queens scenes can be found hanging in the office of Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park).

Lovallo painted several Woodhaven locations, including one that shows the old Lewis' of Woodhaven store on Jamaica Avenue and of the Forest Park Carousel.

Also featured in the show is Gigi Chen, who grew up in Woodhaven and has her pieces shown at the Queens Museum of Art; and a group of tattoo artists from Beaver Tattoo, a tattoo parlor on 94th Street in Woodhaven. In total, nearly a dozen artists have signed on to take part.

"I hoped for this response," Wendell said.

"It's a way of building bridges and promoting the community."

The show is free and will be open to the public from 1-8 p.m. The Emanuel Church of Christ is located at 93-12 91st Ave. in Woodhaven, at the corner of 91st Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard.

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—Domenick Rafter

Queens Deadline Geraldine Ferraro:

Female Political Pioneer Dies At 75 ered an underdog, Ferraro portrayed Delli Bovi as part of the establishment who had turned a blind eye to the problems in the borough, including the rising crime rate.

Delli Bovi also ran a series of personal attacks against Ferraro that many felt were bordering on sexist.

Ferraro defeated Delli Bovi by 10 points. She won re-election in 1980 against another popular Republican state legislator, even while Ronald Reagan trounced Jimmy Carter Geraldine Ferraro on the steps of Borough Hall in her in the district.

1984 bid as the first female vice presidential candidate Quickly r i s i n g on a national ticket. through the ranks in Congress, Ferraro served on the House Bud- her if the Soviet Union would take advantage get Committee and was Secretary of the of her being a woman.

Though the Mondale-Ferraro ticket lost in House Democratic Caucus from 1981 to 1985. Though she was considered a moder- a landslide and Ferraro left Congress in 1985, ate, supporting such conservative causes as she remained a fixture in the political world anti-busing, she supported abortion rights, a for the rest of her life. Her husband, John position not popular in the socially conserva- Zaccaro, was indicted as part of the web of tive Catholic community in Western Queens. corruption that took down Borough PresiIn 1984, she rose to national prominence dent Donald Manes, but he was acquitted. when Democratic Presidential candidate During the late 1980s and 1990s, she helped Walter Mondale chose her over a list that raise money for women candidates around included the Governor of Kentucky and Mayor the country and was inducted into the Naof San Francisco, both women, to be his tional Women's Hall of Fame in 1994.

In 1992, Ferraro ran for the Democratic candidate for Vice President. Ferraro toured the country, criticizing President Reagan's nomination for the Senate seat held by U.S. record on issues like civil rights. She at- Sen. Al D'Amato. She was narrowly defeated tracted larger crowds, sometimes larger than in a bitter primary race against State Attorney General Robert Abrams. She refused to Mondale himself, on the campaign trail.

During the campaign, her gender became endorse Abrams until the weekend before an issue in the media, with one reporter once the election, and he lost to D'Amato by less asking her if she was "tough enough" to than 2 percent. She ran again for the same assume the presidency and another asking seat in 1998, but lost by a wide margin to

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By DOMENICK RAFTER Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman to represent Queens in Congress who later rose to become the first woman to run on a national ticket for Vice President of the United States, passed away on March 26 at the age of 75. She died in a Massachusetts hospital due to complications from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer she had been fighting since 1999.

The only daughter of Italian-American immigrants, Ferraro came to Queens from her native Hudson Valley in the late 1950s to teach at a public elementary school in Astoria.

Eventually she decided to attend law school, taking night classes while teaching during the day. She was admitted to the bar in 1961.

While raising her children in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Ferraro settled in Forest Hills Gardens, worked as a civil lawyer and began attending Democratic club meetings. In 1974, she became a prosecutor at the Queens DA's office, which sparked her interest in elected office. She got her chance when U.S. Rep. James Delaney announced his retirement in 1978.

Delaney's district, which included a wide swath of Western Queens from Astoria and Jackson Heights in the north to Glendale and Ridgewood in the south, was very conservative, commonly referred to as the "Archie Bunker district" because it was the setting for the TV show "All In The Family" and the conservative political views of many of the district's residents mirrored those of the lead character's.

Democrats looked to a stronger, established candidate and got behind then-Councilman Tom Manton, who represented Sunnyside and Woodside. Ferraro ran anyway, touting her tough "law & order" credentials from the Queens DA's office. She soundly defeated Manton in the Democratic primary, winning 53 percent of the vote, and faced popular conservative Assemblyman Al Delli Bovi in the general election. Though consid-

then-U.S. Rep. Charles Schumer in the Democratic primary. Schumer later defeated D'Amato.

During the Clinton administration, Ferraro served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. She later served in an honorary post in Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential campaign. Last summer, a U.S. Post Office in Long Island City, one of the neighborhoods Ferraro represented, was named for her.

U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Kew Gardens) called Ferraro a "trailblazer" for women and Italian-Americans.

"To residents of Queens," he added. "She was our hometown hero who never forgot her roots."

U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside), who served with Ferraro in Congress early in his career, called her "a true inspiration, an amazing person and a terrific friend."

"In the late 1990's, I had the honor to be her television debate partner several times when she co-hosted CNN's political talk show 'Crossfire,'" he said. "I'll always remember the two of us facing off against Republican guests on the hot issues of the time. She was tough, passionate and never backed down from arguing for the positions in which she believed."

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Astoria), who represents some of Ferraro's old district, was a delegate to the 1984 Democratic Convention when she was a first-term City Councilwoman from Manhattan. Maloney was on the convention floor in San Francisco when Ferraro was nominated for Vice President.

"It was electrifying," Maloney said. "She changed my life and she blazed a new path for American women."

A private funeral service was scheduled for Thursday at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in Manhattan.

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

Mayersohn Retires From Assembly for those she represents while pioneering numerous pieces of legislation," said Ackerman. "We've been political friends and allies for many years. She'll surely be difficult to replace."

State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) recalled a pivotal moment in her life after her husband's death in which Mayersohn helped steer her into a career in politics.

When Stavisky's husband passed away, it was Mayersohn who suggested Stavisky run for his seat.

"It wasn't something I was thinking about," Stavisky said. "I was busy making funeral arrangements."

Mayersohn became the catalyst for Stavisky's tenure in the Senate.

Stavisky acknowledged the loyal friendship the two developed over a dozen years, having regular breakfasts together in Albany.

Former Councilman Morty Povman was shocked when he found out his friend and former colleague was stepping down.

"It is a great loss to the people of Queens, those in her district as well as the Assembly in Albany," said Povman. "I didn't believe it when I was told. She almost gave me a heart attack."

Mayersohn promised to remain active in Flushing's Electchester Community and is now looking to provide her services to non-

profit organizations offering assistance to seniors.

"I am certainly not going to sit at home and twiddle my thumbs," she said.

While the governor has yet to set a special election date, the race to fill Mayersohn's seat already has one candidate - her chief of staff Michael Simanowitz.

"I plan on seeking the Democratic designation and we'll take it from there," he said.

"Out of the box, I know I won't be able to fill her shoes but hopefully, someday, I will be able to say I am up to the challenge."

Mayersohn voiced her support for him to succeed her. "[Simanowitz] has been by my side for over a decade," said Mayersohn. "I have seen him grow into a real leader in our community and he cares just as much as I do about good legislation. If he's elected, he will do a terrific job."

Sad to see his mentor leave, Simanowitz recalled the 15 years he served under the assemblywoman.

"It's definitely the end of an era," said Simanowitz. "What she did in Albany, some people could only dream of accomplishing in their lifetime."

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

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Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn (D- concerns faced by victims of crimes, the rights Flushing) is bowing out of office after nearly of individuals affected by HIV, and tackled three decades of serving the 27th Assembly sanitary issues in the food service industry. district, formally retiring from Enacted in 1996, her "Baby the position on Friday.

AIDS" law requires doctors "I've been the assemblyinform mothers of HIV-infected woman for 28 years and have newborns of the child's condipassed many significant bills," tion.

Mayersohn said. "But there Mayersohn recalls her office comes a point when it is time to being barraged by an abundant leave. Now is that time." amount of women's special inThe announcement has set terest groups who opposed it. in motion the eventuality of a Even her home was regularly special election called by Gov. picketed. The law now stands as Andrew Cuomo to fill the vaone of her most memorable accant seat later this year, with complishments. one of her closer aides hoping In 1998, the state passed her Assemblywoman Nettie Partner Notification Law, requirto succeed her.

After serving her neighbor- Mayersohn is retiring ing doctors to notify the New hood as a community activist after nearly three de- York State Health Department for over 30 years, Mayersohn, cades of public service. when a patient tests positive for 87, was elected in 1982 to the HIV. State Assembly.

The Food Service Law, enacted in 1991, Mayersohn said she was proud to represent requires food service workers use sanitary her constituents despite occasional obstacles. gloves and utensils when working with cooked "It didn't matter who disagreed with me," and prepared food. she said. "Not always does everyone agree U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) with you but I certainly had to do what I did witnessed much of the dedication Mayersohn to get [laws] passed for my constituents." exhibited towards her constituency, as their Centering much of her legislation on is- districts overlap. sues of health, Mayersohn addressed the many "She's certainly sacrificed countless hours

Edit Page In Our Opinion:

A Deserved Honor In tragedy, just as comedy, timing is everything. The same goes for irony.

Last week, when the City Council voted to rename the Queensboro Bridge for former Mayor Ed Koch, it did so with good intention, despite lacking the will or desire of the people. Speaker Christine Quinn even quipped that she loves to see the expression on the face of a person who is still alive to receive the honor.

Unfortunately, Geraldine Ferraro no longer fits that category. The brilliant former congresswoman from Queens, who was the first woman ever on a national presidential ticket, died of cancer this past weekend - mere days after the City Council threw away the name of the Queensboro Bridge to a man whose ties to our borough were less solid.

Gerry was a woman of the people. She met with constituents in their backyards in Maspeth and Forest Hills. She defined class, culture and nobility as a ranking Congress member, vice-presidential candidate - and long into her post-political career.

If the City Council suggested today that the Queensboro Bridge be renamed in her honor, we don't think there would be a fight. Despite the Speaker's continuous reference to Ed Koch as a bridge to this and that, Gerry Ferraro was the real bridge between Queens, the City and the rest of the nation.

We feel it is incumbent upon the City Council to bestow upon our Queens gal an honor befitting her stature. We ask that the Council consider renaming the Brooklyn Bridge for the woman whose blue-collar upbringing prepared her for a life of service to all of Queens, New York and the United States.

THIS, is a deserved honor.

In Your Opinion:

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Good For City To The Editor: I was so relieved to read that our great NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly stated he had "no plans" to leave the NYPD to join the FBI. It was an honor that our U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer suggested our commissioner's name as a replacement for the current FBI director, but New York City needs Commissioner Kelly. He has proved himself to be a formidable respected leader and has protected us against criminals and most importantly terrorists.

I know that he loves New York City and New York City loves him, why break up a great couple?

Maria A. Thomson, Woodhaven

Made In USA? To The Editor: With each passing day the prospect of finding products labeled "Made in the USA" becomes increasingly unlikely. "Made in China" has become the mantra of our economy.

Some companies, which had received stimulus to get back on their feet, once stable again, have moved production overseas. Not enough that production of the very goods we

need, or at least want, are predominantly made in countries other than our own, a recent occurrence sprinkled some salt on an already wounded pride. It involves our very own RKO Keith Theater in Flushing.

It appears that a real estate firm, Canterbury Finance group in Manhattan, is lobbying the project developer in charge of the proposed overhaul of our long-neglected and abused RKO Keith's theatre in Flushing to take on the services of a Chinese construction company. The firm has more than adequate funds to finance the construction of the project and is based in China. It is possible due to our countries present bleak economic environment that such an arrangement may actually come to be.

Under such circumstances, and as troublesome as it is to acknowledge that the vast amount of our daily expenditures are toward items "Made in China," it would be an interesting paradox indeed to be able to say our Keith was, "Made in the USA." I would rather not.

Nicholas Zizelis, Amagansett

Whoops To The Editor: The March 24-30 "Commitment"

Michael Schenkler Publisher/Editor-in-Chief

issue was an excellent tribute to the history, workers and legacy of Queens.

But there was an error in one article.

The discussion about the Postal Service, "When A Push Is Made, People Succeed," page 27, omitted one part of our borough. It mentioned the 111, 113 and 114 series of zip codes. The United States Postal Service designated a fourth series, 116. That covers the entire Rockaway Peninsula and Broad Channel.

Steven Aiello, Howard Beach

On VA Hospital To The Editor: Your letter was so appreciated, Matthew Silverstein!

My husband, a World War II veteran uses the really outstanding Veterans facility at St. Albans. He is a retired physician, and fully appreciates the care he receives from other physicians there. They are thorough in their approach. My spouse receives the necessary blood tests he requires, along with the friendliness from the doctors, nurses and technicians who service veterans.

U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman wrote a letter to Dept. of Veterans Affairs Sec. Eric Shinseki to redevelop the current hospital there, instead of redeveloping the land privately. A new "state of the art" full service VA Hospital should be built. You are so correct Rep. Ackerman. Our honorable veterans fought for us. They must not be left behind, ever!

Leonore Brooks, Whitestone

Koch Br idge To The Editor: There seems to be no end to elected officials legislating changes to familiar landmarks ostensibly to honor other elected officials notwithstanding it is misplaced. 188th Street in Fresh Meadows is now Weprin; The Triboro Bridge is now the RFK Bridge named after Robert F. Kennedy, a good man but with minimal contact with New York City; and now the Queensboro Bridge is to be called the Koch Bridge. Even if we ignore the taxpayer cost for sign changes, all the changes will nevertheless go the way of Avenue of The Americas, which is and will always be called Sixth Avenue, even on MTA trains.

As to the newly christened Koch Bridge, a substantive discussion is in order. The notion former Mayor Ed Koch was instrumental in pulling New York City out of a serious fiscal crisis is not supported by the facts. Credit does not go to Koch because the heroes were the unions and outside financial experts who volunteered their services.

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Wayne Barrett book "City For Sale" demonstrates all the shenanigans that occurred during his terms as Mayor. I am not suggesting Mr. Koch was personally dishonest. What I am saying is that as Captain of the Ship of State, he is administratively and morally responsible for failing to know what was occurring during his tenure, all of which excludes him from the category of either a good or great mayor.

The Queens Tribune editorial in its March 21 issue rightfully takes to task the City Council that approved the Koch Bridge, not surprisingly given the presence therein of too many mediocre members.

Nevertheless, I do not believe Mr. Koch is deserving of being honored, I think the so-called honor has backfired. The Queensboro Bridge is an architectural nightmare, probably the ugliest bridge ever designed and built. Considering that I think Mr. Koch was a poor mayor, it is a good fit with a poor bridge.

Benjamin M. Haber, Flushing

Koch Br idge II To The Editor: While Mayor Ed Koch was a very good mayor who did much for New York city, renaming the Queensboro Bridge after him should have been decided by a general referendum from the people of Queens. The City Council should not have just made this decision without input from the people of Queens. Our bridge is fine with the name that it has had since 1909 -leave it at that.

John Amato, Fresh Meadows

Italian Regents To The Editor: I am writing in regards to the disgraceful and insulting decision of the New York State Board of Regents to discontinue the Italian Regents examination after June 2011 (yet the Hebrew Regents is still being offered), and their approval in 2009 of the Hebrew Language Academy Charter School in Brooklyn as a nonsectarian institution. Further, we have another proposal for a Hebrew charter school pending community board approval in Harlem.

I believe that the Italian Regents examination should be reinstated because of cultural as well as pragmatic world economic reasons. Further, as of the 2000 Census, the New York metropolitan area is home to 3,372,512 Italians making them the largest European ethnic group in New York.

In regards to these Hebrew language charter schools, Diane Ravitch, research professor of education at New York University cogently argues against the decision of the New York James Mammarella Director of Sales and Marketing Shelly Cookson Corporate & Legal Advertising Account Executives Joanne Naumann Elizabeth Rieger Shari Strongin

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State Board of Regents to approve the publicly funded Hebrew Language Academy Charter School in Brooklyn as a nonsectarian institution. Essentially, since "the Hebrew language is so closely aligned with the Jewish religion" and Russian and IsraeliJewish immigrants "would supply the school's main constituency," such a school aims to foster a religious identity, if not actually promoting Jewish theological thought, in a clear violation of the First Amendment of the American Constitution.

Also, encouraging the creation of schools that are specific to a single non-American culture is politically and socially divisive of American unity through our common language of English.

Our public schools already offer courses in foreign languages, so there is no need for schools devoted exclusively to any single language, unless that language is a significant element in the evolutionary versatility of English, the hegemonic in American culture.

Although French has influenced the English language after the Norman French conquest of England in 1066 A.D., Latin has profoundly affected English with over 60 percent of the roots, prefixes and suffixes of Modern English derivative from Latin. Therefore, a publicly funded charter school, a Latin Language Academy, would arguably serve, as Professor Ravitch states, "to teach children a common civic culture and a shared commitment to democracy."

A survey of our American linguistic, political, legal, medical, scientific, artistic, literary and philosophic heritage indubitably illustrates that "all roads lead to Rome." Further, I would propose that Ecclesiastical Latin, which shares the same vocabulary, forms and syntax as classical Latin, be the primary instructional language of such a charter school, since only Ecclesiastical Latin is a dynamic language which developed through borrowing and assimilation from Greek and Hebrew, thus adapting Latin words to the authentic meanings in Greco-Roman culture, the major impetus for the English-speaking world.

Again, quoting Professor Ravitch, we send children to public schools "to learn to be Americans." Non-American theme schools, as created by the New York State Board of Regents, are unconstitutional if they promote any religion with public dollars, and separatist if they exclusively promote non-American cultural identities.

All roads of American culture lead to Rome, so the Italian Regents examination should be reinstated and Latin Language Charter schools should be established throughout New York State under approval by the Board of Regents.

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Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop

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By HENRY STERN The Post’s frontpage headline this morning, Pigs Fly, reflected the skepticism and cynicism that some New Yorkers feel at the report that the governor and legislative leaders had agreed on a state budget five days in Henry advance of the April 1 deadline. The Times’ headline was predictably more sedate: Albany Str ike s Budget Accord To Cut Spending. The News’ block head was Hammer Time, a catch phrase used by ’90s rapper M.C. Hammer.

There was some wonderment at the timely bipartisan agreement, considering that the Senate is Republican and the Assembly Democratic. In fact, however, it would have been more difficult to reach agreement if both houses of the legislature had been controlled by the Democrats. In that eventuality, the party leaders would have no one to blame but themselves for their failure to submit entirely to the dema nds of the i nterest groups who contribute so handsomely to their campaigns. This way, they can blame the opposition par ty. Rule 18-X-6 applies here: “The Devil made me do it.”

When one consults experts as to who is telling the truth with regard to financial claims, one is told

that t he t wo set s of numbers are both accurate, but are derived from different baselines, and therefore impossible to compare.

The possibility remains that the deal will fall apart over the next few days, as each party Stern tries to derive maximum advantage under the frame of reference agreed upon. In that event, the high popularity of the governor in the polls, combined with the low regard shown for the legislature, should give Andrew Cuomo the upper hand over the refractory solons, a number of whom are ethically challenged.

Conventional wisdom has it that the outcome is ordained by the fact that the State Constitut ion give s t he governor great power over the budget. Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate President Joseph Bruno tried to amend the State Constitution in 2007 to give the legislature power over the governor on the state budget, but their plan was defeated at the polls.

Former Gov. David Paterson had the same authority that Gov. Cuomo has now, but did not make the fullest use of it. There are critical theories as to why this was the case:

l. He was unaware that he had power over the budget.

2. He knew he had the power, but was indifferent to making the effort to use it.

3. He knew he had the power, and he wanted to use it, but did not know just how to do so.

4. He didn’t want to upset any of t he sp ecial i ntere sts i n t he Democratic Party, or be responsible for any budget reductions that would impact negatively any of his perceived communities and supporters.

5. He wanted to use it, but was so grateful to the legislature for not seeking to pursue him for various ethical misjudgments that he did not want to ruffle their feathers by a major disagreement over his authority.

6. Not being a friend and mentor of the Chief Judge, he feared the outcome of litigation over the issue.

7. No longer having available the serv ice s of Fr. Charle s J. O’Byrne, his competent and trusted confidant, he feared that his case would not be adequately or professionally pursued.

8. He thought it might injure the Democratic Par ty to have a public quarrel of this nature with the Speaker.

9. Any combination of the first eight reasons.

At this point, the close of his third month in office, Cuomo is off to a healthy start. “Day One: Everything Changes,” the slogan of the Spitzer administration, is in the dustbin of history. By his third month, Spitzer was at war with the Senate and the Assembly. It was a war he was not destined to win.

With regard to Cuomo, so far the public likes what they have seen of him. He has handled himself well, speaking with both force

and restraint. He was particularly good with regard to the strange intrusion by the Roman factotem into his private life, a 21st century reprise of a 16th century dispute between a pope and a king.

Meanwhile, it is better to see both par tie s on goo d behavior than to watch them snipe. Gov. Cuomo deserves credit for, at least temporarily, restoring good manners to the Capitol. We hope he stays calm.

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By JASON BANREY The Steinway Mansion saga, which has played out in a series of twists and turns over the last six months, is in the midst of its final chapter.

After the poignant passing of the property's owner, Michael Halberian, last December, his family decided to part with many of the rare relics they grew up around.

On March 26, the Halberian family began auctioning off many of the 19th-century structure's innards, providing the public with a rare opportunity to bid on its unusual and historical relics.

Many of the artifacts and peculiar objects drew much of the public's attention after the famous home, which once housed the Steinway piano family, was placed on the market last October.

The Astoria mansion's items ranged from historical objects such as a brass nautical telescope which purportedly sat on J.P. Morgan's yacht to a variety of Pablo Picasso prints and etchings which sold at affordable prices, said Fred Feingold, who made the trek to the Queens auction from Massachusetts.

Feingold was on hand to get a glimpse of the mansion's wide variety of ocular entities scattered throughout the auction house, many of which were collected over decades by both the property's original owners and the Halberians.

Although Feingold did not have the opportunity to purchase any of the property's prized possessions, he walked away happy, knowing he saved a bundle.

"I was tempted to spend, but I couldn't compete with the other people who were foolishly spending their money because they had it," said Feingold of the millionaires he

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Capo Auction House will soon display more Steinway Mansion artifacts for the auction's second leg on April 23. believed besieged the auctions aisles. "Nonetheless, I saved myself $2,000."

Michael Capo, owner of Capo Auction House in Long Island City, knew the treasured objects of the Steinway Mansion would garner a great deal of attention, especially from the borough's residents.

"Since [Capo Auction House] opened its doors, this auction has been our highest grossing sale ever," said Capo. "The amount of people showing interest from Queens was intriguing; they seem to care a lot about the Steinway Mansion."

Parting with the past was not easy for Michele Kazarian, Halberian's daughter. She

recalled the time she spent within the household as a child while acknowledging the need to move on.

"It's painful to see my father's collection go and everything that symbolized my family scattered," said Kazarian. "But in a way, as painful as it is, [the auction] has been a part of the healing process."

Last October, the 19th-century Italianate stone villa overlooking Bowery Bay in Astoria was offered up for sale by its late owner Michael Halberian.

In an effort to preserve many of the historical artifacts and precious items within, Halberian attempted to turn the property

over to a purchaser who would eventually utilize the space as a museum.

Queens historians, preservationists and interested area residents along with Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) lobbied to keep the structure intact for future generations.

Offered at a modest $4.5 million, the 27room mansion along with its adjoining property never received any genuine offers.

After the Dec. 26 blizzard, Halberian suffered from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder after calling for an ambulance.

With many of Astoria's streets paralyzed by the snow, emergency services struggled to get Halberian to a hospital in time to save him and he passed away.

Taking over the estate after their father's untimely death, both Kazarian and her brother John Halberian have made it their duty to follow their late father's wishes by parting with the objects he loved deeply.

"My father was a generous man," said Kazarian. "He didn't forbid us to sell anything. Many of the items were auctioned off to people who knew their significance."

Although this is the end of an era, the Halberian family believes the attention of the auction will attract an admirable buyer interested in the hilltop villa.

"There's got to be somebody who will love this property just as much as our father did," said Kazarian. "I know they're out there and I pray they see this house."

The second leg of the auction will be held on April 23 at Capo Auction House in Long Island City. For more information go to capoauction.com.

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

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Hospitals’ Parent Firm Turns X-Ray On Itself

By DOMENICK RAFTER In the wake of the indictment of former CEO David Rosen, MediSys, the parent company of Jamaica Hospital and Flushing Hospital, announced it has hired a former U.S. Attorney to give the company's books a good once-over to make sure everything is on the up-and-up.

Zachary Carter, who was U.S. Attorney

for the Brooklyn-based Eastern District of New York from 1993 until 1999, will evaluate all of MediSys' compliance, policies, procedures and protocols to make sure they are in compliance with all laws and develop new procedures and policies, as well as organizational structures. Carter will also be responsible for monitoring compliance with those measures.

Court Seeks Willets Pt. Answers

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By JOSEPH OROV IC A lawsuit aimed at stopping the planned redevelopment of Willets Point crossed its first procedural hurdle, as a State Supreme Court Judge ordered the NYC Economic Development Corp. to explain why the dismissal of an earlier lawsuit should not be overturned. The order, filed by Justice Joan Madden, came after the City began condemnation proceedings in a 20-acre Phase 1 area despite lacking an approved traffic ramp plan, as the agency had initially promised the court in a previous suit.

The order set a date for oral arguments on July 20. It gives the City until May 13 to file a brief with the court, then allowing attorneys for the landowners' umbrella group Willets Point United to respond.

"Today our objective was to get a courtordered schedule for arguing all our issues, and we fully achieved that objective," said Michael Gerrard, attorney for WPU. The suit challenges the recently-intro-

duced phased-in procedure for the Iron Triangle's redevelopment, pointing out the gulf between the EDC's promises to the court in a previous suit and its subsequent actions.

The current Article 78's crux lies in the often ballyhooed ramps to be built off the Van Wyck Expressway, which the Federal Highway Administration has yet to approve. In oral arguments before the court during a prior lawsuit, the agency promised the redevelopment would not move forward until the ramps gained approval.

Should Justice Madden decide to reopen the case following the arguments, each side will be allowed to submit detailed technical affidavits.

"We remain confident in our legal position and hopeful that we will resolve this matter quickly," said EDC spokeswoman Julie Wood.

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

The organization's policies, programs and procedures will be checked to ensure its operations as well as the staff and management are "to the highest ethical and business standards and practices," according to a statement released Tuesday.

"The review by Mr. Carter will be invaluable in demonstrating to all of our stakeholders, including the communities we serve, regulators and other public officials, MediSys' commitment to the highest ethical standards at all levels of our organization," said MediSys Board Chairman Neil Foster Philips.

Since leaving office as U.S. Attorney, Carter has been involved in the corporate world. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Marsh & McLennan Companies where he serves as chair of the board's Com-

pliance Committee and serves on the Board of Directors of Cablevision.

"I am grateful for the opportunity to lead this comprehensive review of all aspects of operations, management and finances, and to make recommendations based on our findings," Carter said. "We are taking this important assignment with a clear mandate from the Board."

MediSys' former CEO David Rosen was indicted earlier this month for allegedly bribing State Sen. Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) and Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. (D-Brooklyn). MediSys' Board of Directors immediately fired Rosen and replaced him with Chief Operating Officer Bruce Flanz.

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

MTA Change Coming

By JASON BANREY Light will eventually emerge at the end of the tunnel for commuters looking to transfer in Long Island City.

The MTA announced the 23rd Street-Ely Avenue station on the E and M lines has been renamed Court Square-23rd Street, in anticipation of opening a transfer connection between the G and the 7 lines at Court Square this spring.

The connection will allow Queens-bound Brooklynites the opportunity to transfer to the E, M and 7 trains without the necessity of using their Metrocards via an "out-of-system" transfer.

The station, which is located on 44th Drive between 23rd and 21st Streets, is the

third to be renamed by the MTA and the only station to be renamed in Queens.

Opened in 1939, six years after the Queens Boulevard line opened, the station's name, Ely Avenue, was the original name of 23rd Street before streets in the borough were given numbers by the Queens Topographical Bureau in 1915.

When the transfer opens, the 45th RoadCourt House Square 7 station will also be renamed Court Square while the G station will drop "Long Island City," unifying all platforms within the station complex with the same name, Court Square-23rd Street.

Reach reporter Jason Banrey at jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.

Painting At 5Pointz While They Can

By JASON BANREY The realities of redevelopment have long loomed over the world-renowned aerosol arts mecca known as 5Pointz.

Just off Long Island City's industrial quarters, sitting at the gateway of Queens, lies the concrete structure's colorful canvas.

Recognized as an international arts venue, 5Pointz has become a convergence point for aerosol artists throughout the city as well as all over the world.

For nearly 20 years, visitors, graffiti art enthusiasts and aerosol artists have traveled from as far as South America and Asia to get a glimpse of the factory's ever-changing exterior.

But now the outdoor art exhibit is in jeopardy of being bulldozed.

Earlier this month the property's owner, Jerry Wolkoff, proposed to redevelop the 200,000-square-foot factory building into two high-rise residential towers.

April 4 Court Date Set For Hevesi Sentencing

By JOSEPH OROV IC Alan Hevesi's sentencing has been pushed back yet again after health complications struck the disgraced former State Comptroller.

The sentencing, originally slated for Dec. 16, was pushed back after Hevesi's attorney Bradley Simon revealed his client was in a Virginia hospital on Monday undergoing an endoscopy after suffering from internal bleeding. The severity of the condition was unknown.

State Supreme Court Justice Lewis Bart Stone pushed back the hearing to April 4, though it is largely tentative based on Hevesi's health turning around.

Stone also handed off sentencing duties to Justice Michael Obus, after Simon requested the Judge recuse himself off the case after Stone served as executor of Simon's parents' wills and trustee of their life trusts.

Falling short of a recusal, Stone said he passed along duties as a result of mounting media

attention, not from any conflict of interest.

The 71-year-old Hevesi pleaded guilty to felony charges of official misconduct on Oct. 7. The plea ended a long string of Comptroller's office officials and Hevesi associates copping to corruption charges during a three-year investigation by then-Attorney General and current Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The inquiry found the allocation of investment dollars from the state's Common Retirement Fund in exchange for personal and political favors.

Hevesi admitted to reaping nearly $1 million in personal benefits after doling out $250 million in state pension fund investment to Markstone Capital Partners, which was managed by Hevesi's fundraiser and pal Elliott Broidy.

Hevesi faces up to four years in prison.

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

The plan, if passed, "would bring life to an area that desperately needs it," said Wolkoff.

In addition to two 40-story towers, the redevelopment would also include shops, restaurants, a supermarket, an open-air concourse and a park.

After purchasing the property in 1973, Wolkoff allowed graffiti artists to utilize the factory as a canvas. Despite their non-contractual agreement, Wolkoff insists he always planned to redevelop the site.

"Eventually we will build there," Wolkoff said in a 2008 interview. "But in the meantime, we'll still let the artists go."

From what was once publicly perceived as an unwanted nuisance, 5Pointz has helped make graffiti an openly loved art form. Within and outside the structure's walls, viewers are able see an artist at work, an opportunity the public rarely is granted.

What started as a program to discourage public graffiti vandalism has evolved into an authorized showcase for street artists to legally display their talents.

Since its inception, 5Pointz became a catalyst, spurring the evolution of an urban phenomenon known as street art, developing the venue into a popular outdoor art exhibit shared by aerosol artists from around the world.

Now fans of the open art exhibit are expressing their concerns to keep the concrete structure as is.

With more than 2,500 signatures already collected on a fan-created online petition web site, the 5Pointz collective is using grassroots support to carry them into their upcoming season.

"Over the years, [5Pointz] has elevated, taking on a life of its own," said Jonathan Cohen, founder of the 5Pointz collective.

"Now not only are graffiti writers showing their support to avoid closing [5Pointz] down, the general public is also getting involved."

Cohen said on any given day visitors can not only come to see artists paint but also interact with them.

"It took a lot of years to get where we're at," said Cohen. "The 5Pointz collective is grateful to [Jerry Wolkoff] for giving us the opportunity to give these walls life."

Plans to redevelop the site must be approved through the city's zoning and landuse review process.

Despite the possibility of redevelopment, the 5Pointz collective has promised to continue pushing the boundaries of aerosol art and is preparing for the 2011 season, which opens this May. "Instead of panicking we'll continue to move forward," said Cohen. "We'll continue doing what we do best at 5Pointz, and that's developing it into a beautiful place for the public."

After a successful March 23 fundraiser, the collective raised enough funds to fix the building and purchase all the necessary equipment and art supplies needed to open in the spring, Cohen said.

After the event, Cohen promised fans and aspiring artists looking to contribute to the factory's walls that this season is guaranteed to be one of the best they have seen yet.

"Not a lot of landlords give you the opportunity to do what we've done over the years," said Cohen. "Whether [Jerry Wolkoff] knows it or not, he has helped create an international phenomenon. Not a lot of landlords can say that."

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

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100 Years Later, Push To Honor Lost Tribune photo by Domenick Rafter

By DOMENICK RAFTER March 25 marked 100 years since 146 workers died in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village. The tragedy, which made news worldwide and became a catalyst for the workers' rights movement, was commemorated across Queens last Friday, including at the gravesite of more than a dozen of the mostly Jewish victims.

At around 4:45 p.m. on March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the eighth floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on Washington Place in Greenwich Village. The fire, fueled by boxes of fabric, was sparked by a tossed cigarette. Those on the eighth floor got out, but on the ninth floor were more than 100 immigrant workers, mostly Jewish and Italian women, who were trapped by locked doors.

Though the fire department responded within minutes, their ladders were unable to reach the ninth floor and within a half hour, 146 people were either incinerated in the fire or died after jumping nine stories to the street below. Some died when the unstable fire escape collapsed.

The Queens Jewish Historical Society held a memorial service at the gravesite of 16 victims at Mount Zion Cemetery in Maspeth on March 25. Their grave, in the Workmen's Circle area of the Jewish cemetery, is the only burial site for Jewish victims in Queens.

Queens Jewish Historical Society President Jeff Gottlieb said 70 percent of the victims of the fire were Jewish, while the other 30 percent were Italian-Americans, mostly immigrants. Some of the Italian-American victims are buried at Calvary Cemetery.

The grave at Mount Zion, a giant marble

Jeff Gottlieb, President of the Queens Jewish Historical Society leads a memorial service for more than a dozen Jewish vic tims of the fire buried as Mt. Zion Cemeter y. monument with at least 16 columns, each bearing the name of a victim, sits in the northeastern part of the cemetery only steps from Maurice Avenue. The names on the graves are faded, barely recognizable, and the dedication to the victims along the top also faded, with the date "March 25, 1911" barely visible.

"They were here for the golden land, to be in America, to get ahead," Gottlieb said.

Gottlieb would like to see the centuryold monument refurbished so the names are visible.

Students from Caroline Roswell's sixth grade class at PS 229 in Maspeth, only a few blocks from Mount Zion Cemetery, attended the memorial service reading letters written by survivors of the fire and others who worked in sweatshops in the early 20th Century. Ms. Roswell and some of her stu-

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dents attended the ceremony dressed in the same style clothing commonly worn by immigrant women in 1911.

"A lot of students weren't even familiar with the fire," said Roswell. Her students also wrote the names of the victims in chalk on the sidewalk in front of the school on Maurice Avenue.

Former State Sen. Serphin Maltese lost his grandmother, 39-year-old Caterina Maltese, and two of his aunts, 20-year-old Lucia and Rosalia, who has only 14. The three had only been in America for a few years when they died.

Maltese and his brother Vincent established a non-profit group aimed at keeping alive the memory of the victims of the fire.

The Triangle Fire Memorial Association held a memorial service at Christ the King High School in Middle Village on March 25. The association is also working to construct a monument to the Italian-American victims at Calvary Cemetery in Maspeth.

The fire, which was remembered nationwide last Friday, triggered a national movement toward better labor rights, especially in New York. Within three years, more than two-thirds of the states had passed laws improving workplace conditions, New York State passing one of the most comprehensive workers' rights legislation in the country.

"New York City became one of the most progressive cities for labor rights [as a result of the fire]," said Dermot Smyth, Queens representative for the United Federation of Teachers.

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

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The vehicle rolled over and continued southeast along Queens Plaza South, mounted the sidewalk and struck Anthony Buscemi, 68, of 46 W. 83rd St., Manhattan.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the car, a 35-year-old white man, was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. The passenger of the car, a 31-yearold white woman, was taken to Cornell Hospital where she was listed in stable condition.

Police are looking for this man, who h a s f a i l e d to s u c c e s s f u l l y r o b t wo banks in Queens.

104th & 106th Precincts WOULD-BE ROBBER: The NYPD is asking for the public's assistance in identifying a suspect wanted in connection with two bank robberies, one in Howard Beach and the other in Middle Village.

On Wednesday, March 9, at 11:30 a.m., inside of the Citibank at 156-14 Cross Bay Blvd. in Howard Beach, the suspect entered and made a verbal demand, but was unable to obtain money and fled the location.

On Monday, March 21, at 11:10 a.m., inside of the Capital One Bank at 74-11 Metropolitan Ave. in Middle Village, the suspect entered and made a verbal demand and fled the location with an undetermined amount of cash.

The suspect is described as a white man in his 30s, approximately 6-feet, 190-220 lbs and was last seen wearing a black hat with the words "Avon Walk For Breast Cancer" and a grey shirt.

Anyone with information regarding these robberies is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then entering TIP577.

From The DA DAY CARE PROVIDER SENTENCED: A 30-year-old woman who provided day care to children in her Ozone Park home has been sentenced to up to three years in prison for the June 2009 death of an 11-month-old infant who drowned in a bucket of water while in her care. At the time of the incident, the defendant was asleep on the sofa in another room after having taken the overthe-counter medication NyQuil.

Krystal Khan, 30, of 101-27 108th St. in the Ozone Park, was convicted last month of reckless assault of a child by a daycare provider and endangering the welfare of a child.

According to trial testimony, Khan took NyQuil at approximately 6 a.m., on June 15, 2009, even though she knew from past use that one of the side effects of the medication was the onset of drowsiness. Sometime later that morning, with 11-month-old James Farrior unrestrained and moving about the room, she fell asleep - despite knowing that a bucket of water she had filled the night before was left unattended in the kitchen could be hazardous to young children. At one point Khan briefly awoke, did not see the baby in the living room, and rolled over and went back to sleep. When Khan's own fouryear-old child woke her later that morning, she discovered the baby in the kitchen with his upper body submerged in the bucket of water, which contained approximately six inches of water.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO REVEAL YOUR IDENTITY TO HELP SOLVE A CRIME.

The mayor’s assault on schools and teachers reached a new low recently when he convinced the New York State Senate to pass a bill that ended seniority rules that guarantee impartiality in layoffs. As the bill was being rushed through the Senate in record time, UFT members responded with thousands of faxes to their state senators. More than 100 members also joined me at press conferences to denounce the bill, and 1,200 of us descended on Albany to meet with our representatives for our annual Lobby Day. Our voices were heard in the state capital. Members of the Assembly, led by Speaker Sheldon Silver, made clear that a bill that takes our schools back to the days of cronyism and bias — and destroys collective-bargaining rights — has no place in this state. The governor responded as well. “New York is not Wisconsin,” the governor said.

The statements by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Speaker Silver were welcome voices of sanity amid the current ideological attack on teachers’ rights.

Instead of moving backward in time to the days when public servants had no rights on the job, Gov. Cuomo is building on the work that the UFT did in helping to draft a new statewide teacher evaluation system last spring. He has introduced legislation to accelerate the implementation of the new system — a system that moves away from the inadequate, subjective one we have now to a more objective set of criteria.

There is a battle going on for the soul of America. Its epicenter is Wisconsin, where a bill that would strip publicsector workers of their collective-bargaining rights has provoked a massive response that has inspired teachers, fire fighters, police officers, nurses and other workers throughout the country. On the one side are Republican governors and lawmakers who are using states’ fiscal woes as an excuse to pursue long-held goals of taking away workers’ rights and reducing their benefits. On the other side are millions of working families who have watched years of corporate tax giveaways, budget cuts and anti-union politics erode what’s left of the middle class and create an ever-increasing gap between the rich and the rest of us — and who are now saying, “Enough is enough.”

Politicians like governors Walker (Wisconsin), Kasich (Ohio) and Christie (New Jersey) are exploiting economic insecurity, preying on people who have lost their jobs or health care or worry that they will, people

just barely scraping by, and trying to pit them against teachers and other public-sector workers whose union contracts have won them basic rights and a decent living. The governors’ campaigns have nothing to do with improving public services or standards of living, and everything to do with abolishing institutions — first and foremost unions — that stand up for the public good.

In New York, Mayor Bloomberg is working out of this same playbook.

He’s hell-bent on laying off teachers, even though everyone knows this would be an educational disaster, simply to push his agenda of ending seniority protections. He’s working hard to pit newer teachers against veteran teachers, parents against teachers and school communities against each other.

Like other politicians across the nation, Bloomberg’s fear-mongering is offering false solutions to non-existent problems. The city has a $3.1 billion surplus — there is no need for layoffs.

Period.

Thankfully, the United States is still a democracy and the people of New York — like so many of their fellow citizens throughout the country — are fighting back against the assaults on our rights and our schools and other public services.

We are working with leaders like Gov. Cuomo and Speaker Silver who understand that teachers are not the problem and unions are not the enemy. We are moving forward with those who share our commitment to results-oriented policies that help our schools rather than politically driven agendas that hurt children. We’re in the community, talking to parents and coming together with community groups. We’re in Albany, talking to legislators. We’re speaking out wherever and whenever possible. We will do whatever it takes.

This is not Wisconsin. Let’s keep it that way.

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108th Precinct BRIDGE CRASH: On Monday, March 28, at approximately 4:05 a.m., police responded to a 911 call of a pedestrian struck at Queens Plaza South and Crescent Street in Long Island City.

Upon arrival police determined that a 2007 Volkswagen traveling eastbound from the Queensboro Bridge failed to negotiate the curve while trying to exit at Queens Boulevard, lost control and struck the guard rail.

114th Precinct TWO SHOT: On Saturday, March 26, at approximately 2:19 a.m., police officers responded to an assault in progress at 40-07 12th St. in Queensbridge Houses. Upon arrival, police officers found two individuals with gunshot wounds to the body.

The first, Tara Webb, 27, who lived in the apartment, was shot once to the chest and pronounced dead at Cornell Hospital. The second victim, an unidentified 26-year-old Hispanic man, was shot twice in the torso and was listed in stable condition at Cornell Hospital.

Police arrested Melanie Webb, 24, who also lived in the apartment, and charged her with second degree murder, two counts of second degree criminal possession of a weapon, and one count each of attempted murder and first-degree assault.

By Michael Mulgrew President, United Federation of Teachers

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By DOMENICK RAFTER With the blow of a bullhorn and a cheer, construction officially began on the longawaited East River Access project that will bring the country’s busiest commuter rail line into Grand Central Terminal – the largest infrastructure project in the United States.

MTA officials joined a handful of local politicians and civic leaders from Queens and Long Island in a giant pit nearly 100 feet below the Sunnyside rail yards on March 18 to ceremonially mark the start of construction. The tunnels will carry the Long Island Rail Road to a second Manhattan terminal at Grand Central, a project the MTA said will ease congestion at Penn Station and shorten commute times for nearly half of the LIRR’s customers.

“This is a huge milestone,” said MTA Chairman Jay Walder. “When this project is completed, it will be the most significant expansion of LIRR service in more than 100 years.”

The construction of the tunnels begins nearly a century after the tunnels that bring the LIRR to Penn Station were completed, leading to an economic boom that changed Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties from a rural exurb to bustling metropolis. Walder said the new tunnels will lead to a new economic boom because the East Side of Manhattan will now be linked directly with Long Island.

“Commuters throughout Long Island and Queens will have more service to Manhattan and shorter travel times to the East Side – making these communities even more attractive places to live, increasing housing values, and unlocking the next wave of economic development potential on Long Island,” Walder said.

Around 160,000 of the LIRR’s daily commuters work near Grand Central Terminal.

Often, this means they have to switch to a

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East Side Tunnel Project Kicks Off

Tess” and “Molina” prepare to cut a path from Sunnyside to Manhattan that the MTA says will shor ten commute times for over 100,000 people. crosstown subway or bus, catch a cab at Penn Station or walk across town. Some commuters switch to the E train at Jamaica or the 7 train at Woodside, further crowding the already packed lines at rush hour. The new LIRR terminal at Grand Central will cut as much as 40 minutes from their commutes, the MTA estimates.

The four tunnels between Sunnyside Yards and the already-constructed 63rd Street Tunnels are to be completed by October 2012. The entire project, which includes the new station at Grand Central more than 100 feet below the terminal building and the four

tunnels under Park Avenue, which are currently being excavated, are slated for completion in early 2016.

“I look forward to the day when my conductors can say ‘Next Stop, Grand Central,’” said LIRR President Helena Williams.

State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans) welcomed the project, noting that one of his staff members travels from Upstate New York to his Southeast Queens office. Her commute, and the commutes of others like her,

would be a lot quicker once Metro North and LIRR share a terminal. He added that the project would connect Long Island with stations that are planning to serve high-speed rail as part of President Barack Obama’s top transportation initiatives, allowing residents of Queens and Long Island easy access to high speed rail lines to Boston, Washington D.C., and Albany.

At the ceremony, the two tunnel boring machines were dedicated. They were named “Tess” and “Molina” by sixth graders at nearby IS 204 in Long Island City. “Tess” was named by Sangida Bagum and is an acronym standing for Tunnel Excavation Sunny Side. The name “Molina” is a play on the name of the tunnel-digging mole and was submitted by three students, Mohammad Malik, Michael Morales, and Angel Peralta. “Molina” will begin tunneling first in April, followed by “Tess.” Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing), who attended the ceremony, quipped about the relevance of giving the machine female names during Women’s History Month.

“Tess” and “Molina” each have a 22foot diameter cutterhead and are approximately 300 feet long from the cutterhead to the rear of the trailing gear. In contrast to the tunnel boring machines being used to cut through Manhattan bedrock under Park Avenue, “Tess” and “Molina” are designed for the “softer” geological conditions found in Sunnyside, where the soil is a mixture of sand, clay and boulders and the water table is high. The machines will remove soil and install inter-locking concrete rings to hold back dirt, creating a tunnel as they proceed.

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

LEGAL NOTICE

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 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 56 th 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 ________________________________________________________________ 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

LEGAL NOTICE 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 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)

LEGAL NOTICE 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 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 14th 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 AC-

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TION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: 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 des-

ignated 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. ________________________________________________________________ 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. ________________________________________________________________ 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. ________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation Losana LLC art. of org. filed Secy. of State NY (SSNY) 9/16/10. Off. Loc. in Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 48-07 30 th Ave, Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: Any lawful purpose, managed by members.

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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 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

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WHERE DID WE GO?:

Despite Surge In Housing, Other Factors Census Claims Miniscule Gains In Boro

By DOMENICK RAFTER The U.S. Census Bureau released its results of the 2010 Census last week for New York State and the numbers left officials in Queens baffled. Mayor Mike Bloomberg said the city would challenge the results that he said not only undercounted Queens, but Brooklyn as well.

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Flat Growth Since 2000 The Census Bureau said Queens' population only increased by 1,343 people since 2000, from 2,229,379 to 2,230,722, a number that left local officials and Queens' residents scratching their heads. The numbers were even far off the Census Bureau's own estimates.

In 2009, they estimated the population of Queens to be 2,306,712, more than 75,000 beyond the number they came out with last week. The Census Bureau uses birth, death and migration records based on previous Census' numbers to record its estimates in off-years.

"The figures released by the Census Bureau are absolutely bizarre," said U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside). "I know of no neighborhood where there are fewer people than there were in the last Census."

Citywide, New York City registered a population of 8,175,133, an increase of over 2 percent and a new record high, but that's still 200,000 less than the 2009 estimates. In that same time, the city gained 170,000 new homes, meaning if the Census numbers are correct, more than 35,000 of those homes are vacant, which officials say is implausible.

"If the Census numbers are correct, Astoria would be home to rapidly expanding construction on every block and a rapidly shrinking population," said Councilman Peter Vallone, Jr. (DAstoria). "I guess I spent five years rezoning Astoria to stop the overdevelopment of empty buildings."

In the 2000 Census, Queens reported an increase of 60,000 housing units, and a population increase of more than 250,000 from 1990.

Strange Population Patterns In Queens, the neighborhood that had the biggest drop in population was Astoria, which decreased by nearly 15,000 people, despite the neighborhood being home to one of the borough's booming real estate markets, and its reputation for being a desirable place to live in Queens.

"The Census people have one job every 10 years and they failed miserably," said State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria). "The notion that Western Queens lost tens of thousands of people is laughable. If it wasn't so serious an issue, we'd all be laughing."

The Census numbers also showed a loss in population in Southeast Queens, especially in Hollis, Queens Village, Cambria Heights and Springfield Gardens, which came as less of a surprise as the area was hit hard by the foreclosure crisis and there has been a significant migration of African-Americans from

northeastern cities to the South. Other areas where the the population dropped included the Queensboro Hill section of Flushing and Richmond Hill, which saw the weakest response rate to the Census last year.

The biggest gains in population were seen in areas where significant developments were constructed in the last decade: Long Island City, Jamaica, Corona, and Arverne and Seaside in the Rockaways. Census figures also show some growth in Elmhurst, Maspeth, Ozone Park and Downtown Flushing.

Neighborhoods like Jackson Heights, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Sunnyside, Bayside and Fresh Meadows saw little to no change in population, despite some of these neighborhoods having desirable real estate markets and developments, even during the housing crisis.

The lack of growth in Jackson Heights puzzled Councilman Danny Dromm (DJackson Heights), who said there was "significant and irrefutable evidence, both anecdotal and statistical," that some of his constituents were not counted.

"You can tell by walking down the street, getting on the subway, or trying to park your car - that Jackson Heights, like most of Queens, has experienced a large increase in population," Dromm said.

"You can measure that growth directly by looking at the ever-increasing need for school seats, increases in births at local hospitals like Elmhurst, and by the surge in food stamp applications."

Immigrants Undercounted Most of the neighborhoods that saw minimal growth or a drop are immigrantdominated neighborhoods, or those where new or temporary residents live, like recent college graduates, and may have been counted in their parents' Cen-

Mayor Mike Bloomberg joins elected officials from Queens and Brooklyn in Jackson Heights on March 27 to announce that his administration will officially challenge the Census results for New York City. sus forms in another county or state. The Census Bureau had pushed to get immigrants, including those undocumented, to respond; they claimed that in some neighborhoods they saw a good response, but the numbers read differently.

Neighborhoods with immigrant populations, like Richmond Hill, and areas hit by foreclosures, like Springfield Gardens, saw low turnout during last year's Census, which could explain its loss in population. However, turnout in Astoria, Jackson Heights, Corona and Flushing, areas known of their immigrant populations, was at, or exceeded 2000 turnout, leading officials to believe the population loss was a result of an error on the Census Bureau's end, one that will prove costly.

"This year, with all the new technology, there is no excuse for this undercount, and that is the only possible explanation for 0.1 percent growth in Queens," said State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing). "There appears to be no quality control; errors were made that should have been caught, and now Queens will suffer because of the ineptitude of the Census Bureau."

The 2010 Census figures show that while some neighborhoods have gained population since 2000, others have unexpectedly lost residents.

Assemblyman Francisco Moya (DJackson Heights), agreed, adding his mostly immigrant constituents in Jackson Heights would suffer because of the inaccurate recount.

"These communities are already shortchanged, and while we have made headway over the past 20 years," he said, "this Census count puts us back decades."

Challenging The Census Mayor Bloomberg, at a press conference in Jackson Heights on Sunday, said the city would officially challenge the Census results.

"We believe that errors have occurred in putting together the Census results for Brooklyn and Queens," the mayor said. "It seems evident to us that something incongruous happened in the Census count in these two boroughs."

Queens' State Senators sent letters to the chairs of the appropriate House and Senate committees demanding an investigation and recalculation of the Census numbers. Gianaris said the Census Bureau is notoriously bad at getting an accurate count in major cities. Other cities, including Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and Detroit, where the population plummeted nearly a third since 2000, all claim they have been undercounted during the Census. In Atlanta, the final Census numbers came in more than 25 percent below 2009 estimates.

Even if the Census upped Queens' population numbers, it would not change representation or redistricting because the recalculation could take several months, It would, however, affect federal funding to New York City during the coming decade.

"They've never been off this badly," Gianaris said. "An unprecedented failure like this needs an unprecedented response."

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

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Senior Center Reopening

Queens Borough President Helen Marshall applauds as Ms. Eleanor Errante (second from r.), president of the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Senior Center Advisory Council, and Debbie Hoffer (r.), project director of the center, participate in reopening of the center, Friday, March 11, after renovations. At left are City Council members Karen Koslowitz and Eric Ulrich. Assemblyman Michael Miller is third from l. and behind Marshall is State Sen. Joe Addabbo and Monsignor Alfred LoPinto, of Catholic Charities, which sponsors the center.

Gerry Adams In Queens

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Brendan Fay, co-chair of St. Pats For All Parade and civil marriage activist (l.) stands with Gerry Adams, President of Sinn Fein and recently elected, member of Irish Parliament for Louth/East Meath constituency. Gerry Adams spoke at the commemoration of the H-Block Hunger Strikers 30th Anniversary at Calvary Cemetery in New York on March 19.

Photo by Kevin Noble

Nothing Boring About It

The MTA dedicated two news massive tunnel boring machines in Sunnyside that will dig the tunnels completing the first stage of the East Side Access project that will link the LIRR to Grand Central Terminal.

Photo by Ira Cohen

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Queens Events Edited By Harley Benson

American Legion Visits

Ridgewood Library Reopens

Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer welcomed the Queens County American Legion members to Albany to discuss their legislative agenda for 2011. Pictured l. to r.: James Casey, Past NYS Department Commander; Assemblywoman Pheffer; Denis McEneaney, Past Department of NY Vice Commander; and John Severa, Commander 10th District.

Queens Library at Ridgewood celebrated its re-opening following the final phase of a total make-over. Pictured l. to r.: Community Library Manager Vesna Simonovic; City Council members Jimmy Van Bramer; Diana Reyna; Elizabeth Crowley; Queens Library CEO Thomas Galante; State Sen. Joe Addabbo; Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan.

St Mary Helps Japan

Children and young adults in St. Mary’s Pediatric Day Healthcare Program coordinated a bake sale, raising almost $600 to support families in Japan who lost their homes, belongings, and family members when a massive earthquake and tsunami shattered the Northeast country.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

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

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.DATED: March 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. _______________________________________________________________

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 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. ________________________________________________________________ Nello Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/15/06. Ofc in Queens Cty. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 79-63 68 Rd, Middle Village, NY 11379.

Purpose: General. ________________________________________________________________

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. _______________________________________________________________ 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 13 th Ave Ste 202, Bklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: General. ________________________________________________________________ Name of LLC: When We Grew Up: The Documentary, LLC. Arts. Filed with NY Dept. of State: 12/13/10. Office loc.: Queens Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Sarah Spencer, 23-35 Broadway, Apt #5G, Astoria, NY 11106.

Purpose: any lawful act. ________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: BLOCK 2281 LOT 1, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of Sate of New York (SSNY) on 01/24/11. 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 Cosmopolitan Associates, LLC, 58-47 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Suite 201, Bayside, New York 11364. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an order entered by the Civil Court , Queens County on 3/ 18/11, bearing Index Number NC-000157-11/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) Dianna (Middle) Arundhati (Last) Gosine My present name is (First) Dianna (Last) Beemsigne My present address is 221-40 Edmore Avenue, Queens Village, NY 11428 My place of birth is Guyana My date of birth is April 18, 1977 ________________________________________________________________

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. ________________________________________________________________ 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

File No.: 2009-1067 CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT TO: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR QUEENS COUNTY, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK STATE Heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of Helen Courtney a/k/a Helen Eileen Courtney, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. A petition having been duly filed by MICHAEL TURCK and MOIRA TURCK, who are domiciled at 29-38 166 Street, Flushing, NY 11358.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on April 21, 2011 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of HELEN COURTNEY a/k/a HELEN EILEEN COURTNEY, lately domiciled at 79-10 34 Avenue, Jackson Heights, New York, United States admitting to probate the Will dated May 10, 2007, as the Will of HELEN COURTNEY a/k/a HELEN EILEEN COURTNEY, deceased, relating to real and personal property and directing that: Letters Testamentary issue to MICHAEL TURCK and MOIRA TURCK. HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, Queens County. MARGARET GRIBBON, Chief Clerk. Dated, Attested and Sealed, March 8, 2011.

CROWLEY & KAUFMAN, P.C. 84-56 Grand Avenue, Elmhurst, New York 11373, (718) 457-8585. 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 that you do not object to the relief request. You have the right to have an attorney appear for you, and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney. ________________________________________________________________ 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

Notice is hereby given that an order entered by the Civil Court of the City of New York, County of Queens, on January 7, 2011, bearing Index No. 1253/10, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Queens, N.Y., grants me the right to assume the name Helen Skurowitz. My present address is 84-08 253 rd Street, Bellerose, New York11426; The date of my birth is August 18, 1921; My place of birth is New York, New York My present name is Hannah Skurowitz a/k/a Helen Skurowitz a/k/a Hannah Falkowitz.

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Leisure

The '11 Mets Bring Hope To Queens Some returning favorites include First Baseman Ike Davis, Left Fielder Jason Bay, potential Second Baseman Daniel Murphy, Pitchers R.A. Dickey and Bobby Parnell and Catcher Josh Thole.

New to us this year or fighting for a legitimate spot in the lineup (and on the roster) are Outfielders Lucas Duda and Scot t Hairston; Infielders Nick Evans, Brad Emaus, Luis Hernandez and Chin-lung Hu; and Pitchers Taylor Buchholz, Chris Capuano, Chris Young, Tim Byrdak, Pedro Beato and D.J. Carrasco.

Some will stay, some will go - but all will work their bot toms off to help make this team make it to October.

Spring training was a time to get new Manager Terr y Collins familiar with what works and what doesn't Luis Castillo and Oliver Perez were both ha nded their walking papers (and quickly swept up by other teams in our division, in what were characterized as "baseball decisions." Never mind the fact that the fans and media had more disdain for the pair than the anger heaped upon such recent stars as Aaron Heilman or even Bobby Bonilla.

No, we're not looking back. We want to look forward. We look forward to a winning record; we look forward to enjoying games at Citi Field; we look forward to a summer

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of fun, joy and fantasy as we mull the fall fate of our furiously fighting friends.

And we look forward, with some trepidation, to the chance to wipe that smirk of Jimmy Rollins' face; the ability to tag a line drive so hard it makes Chipper Jones want to retire; the oppor tunity to prove to those guys in the Bronx that we are New York's team.

And would it be so wrong to hope for pennant or even - dare I suggest - a trophy?

Hope springs eternal when it comes to the Mets. They are capable of any thing.

Check 'em out. They'll be here at least through September.

Get tickets by calling (718) 507TIX X or by going to nymets.com.

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

The hopeful Mets fans are ready for the 2011 season.

Auditions Coming Up For Budding Actors Theatre Ar ts Center, celebrating its 10th anniversary in Queens training students in musical theatre, dance and acting, is auditioning talented students ages 7-19 to join their summer performing art s workshops.

Located in summer residence at the Profe ssional Per forming Ar t s Center at Queensborough Community College in Bayside, the staff includes many Broadway professionals. Karen Mason, starring as the Queens of Hear ts in the upcoming Broadway musical, "Wonderland," has taught at the Center for several years. "I love working with young singers and actors because they are on the brink of their careers, and are eager to share and learn," she said.

Talented youth learn professional skills at a Musical Theatre & Dance Camp and a Teen Acting Ensemble. In keeping with their professional approach, all students must audit ion to par t icipate. Audit ions are bei ng scheduled through April.

"I'm looking forward to seeing what TAC has planned for this Summer," said Emmy Award winning television designer Dennis Size. "My daughter not only had an incredible learning experience last summer, but also a fabulous time. Having seen the level of discipline and professionalism, plus how much my daughter matured, and her talent developed, I will definitely want her to audition."

To celebrate the 10th anniversary, the Center has created a new Teen Audition Workshop, designed for those per forming ar ts students preparing auditions for college or high school. "It is probably the question I get most from parents and students: 'What should I do for my audition?'" noted Art ist ic Director Rober t Laconi. "T his new fiveday workshop will provide all the tools needed to give a solid audition."

Many graduates have been successful in land-

ing roles On and Off-Broadway, at HBO Family, PBS Reading Rainbow, Nickelodeon, a developmental project for Disney and Music Theatre International, The American Girl Theatre, Live at the Apollo and The Soprano's.

Long Island alumni Crystalyn Wynter was a 2009 finalist at Live at the Apollo, Melissa Goscinski was selected by Jennifer Hudson to sing a duet from Dreamgirls with her on NBC's To day Show, and long-t ime alum Samantha Kronenfeld was accepted to the prest igious summer program at Yale.

M a ny o f t he i r st u d e n t s a t t e n d t h e LaGuardia High School for the Per forming Arts, Frank Sinatra School for the Performing Arts, NYC Professional Per forming Ar ts School, and other local Per forming Art s programs.

When the camp was looking for a home base, the 800-seat Professional Performing Art s Center at Queensborough Community College in Bayside was the perfect fit. "This is an excellent match," said Susan Agin.

Executive Director of Queensborough's Professional Performing Ar ts Series. "Our theatre, already the home of the Queens Symphony Orche stra and host to major ar t ist s like Chita Rivera, Joel Grey, Ben Vereen and Frankie Avalon, is a wonderful professional learning laboratory for budding talent."

The Teen Act ing Ensemble begins June 27 and the Musical Theatre Workshop for ages 7-19 begins July 5. Both workshops are four weeks of serious fun. The fruit of all the hard work are public performances at the 800-seat Professional Per forming Arts Center and the Shadow Box Theatre in late July.

Talented young performers interested in auditioning for the camp should call (718) 595-2905 or email TheatreArtsCtr@AOL.com for an appointment. You can also find information and request an audition at TheatreArtsCenter.com.

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Moving on to our main dishes, we enjoyed a varied trio. My first guest had the Gnocchi with Parma, peas and gorgonzola dulce. The fluffy gnocchi pillows were as light as cot ton balls and the creamy sauce gave a good punch in the back of the throat.

Stepping into this romantically-lit ItalMy second guest went with a classic ian haven in New Hyde Park, you are Chicken Parmesan, which was as you immediately tra nspor ted to a not her would imagine; the chicken was pounded world. Leather booths and chairs sit thin and fried to per fection; the sauce nestled along the walls; the subwas rich, sweet and flavor ful; way tiles provide the feel of bethe cheese was plentiful, RESTAURANT and ing in a Tuscan kitchen. browned just enough.

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By BRIAN M. RAFFERTY The hope is always the same. This year will be better. Don't mention 2006 - or 2000 for that mat ter. I'm plugging my ears and saying "la la la la" loudly when you mention Carlos Beltran's legs or second base, or starting pitching or Jose Reyes' contract year.

None of that mat ters. We have hope.

The Mets have never been Ne w York City's team of destiny; our Flushing Amazin's have always taken their fans on a roller coaster ride of mixed emotions, ascending to high peaks only to fall, or put tering along and suddenly lurching forward.

The life of a Mets fan is not easy, but it is one of commitment, of community, of big league dreams and of camaraderie. We don't puff out our chests, but we hold our heads high, proud of our oft-maligned Mets.

The season is upon us, baseball fans.

Spring training is nothing more than a memory at this point. We've r un some drills, shed some dead weight and are packing the bags for the move back to the big stage.

The cast of characters is both familiar and new. Our tenured position players are Third Baseman David Wright, Shor tstop Jose Reyes, newly-moved Right Fielder Carlos Beltran and Pitchers Johan Santana, Mike Pelfrey and Jon Niese, who have each logged a few years.

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Send typed announcements for your club or organization’s events at least TWO weeks in advance to “Queens Today” Editor, Queens Tribune, 150-50 14th Road, Whitestone NY 113572809. Send faxes to 3579417, c/o Regina.

IF YOUR ORGANIZATION MEETS ON A REGULAR BASIS, SEND ALL DATES FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

DINNER LUNCH & BRIDGE Monday, April 11 National Council of Jewish Women.

343-9029.

CHRIST THE KING Saturday, April 16 Christ the King Regional HS Alumni Association will induct individuals into their Hall of Fame at an Induction Ceremony and Dinner Dance. 366-7400.

WOOD-HEIGHTS DEM. Thursday, May 5 WoodHeights Democratic Club w i l l h o l d t h e i r 8 th A n n u a l Wood-Heights Democratic Club at Dante’s Caterers in Jackson Heights. 457-0733.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS 7 days a week. 962-6244.

CHAIR YOGA Saturdays, April 2, 16, 30 Introduction to Chair Yoga at the Fresh Meadows librar y. Register.

WAITANKUNG Sundays at 2. Waitankung is a great total-body workout.

Join these ancient Chinese exercise classes in the Flushing Hospital/Medical Center auditorium on 45 th Avenue between Parsons and Burling. Free. Jimmy 7-10pm 347-2156 information.

CANCER SUPPORT Monday, April 4 Franklin Hospital’s Cancer Support Group meets 2-4 in the cafeteria. 516-256-6478.

NICOTINE ANONYMOUS Mondays 6:45-8:00 at the Center for Tobacco Control, 2 2 5 C o m m u n i t y D r i ve , Great Neck. 516-510-7826.

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

670-1695. $5 a class.

GAM-ANON Tuesdays Free Synagogue of Flushing and Zion Episcopal Church. Wednesdays All Saints Episcopal Church in Bayside, First Presbyterian Church in Forest Hills, Church on the Hill in Flushing and United Methodist Church in Middle Village.

Thursdays Free Synagogue of Flushing and Zion Episcopal Church. Call 1-877-6642469.

CAREGIVERS SUPPORT E ve r y Tu e s d a y We ste r n Queens Caregiver Network in Sunnyside. 5:30-6:30.

784-6173, ext. 431.

CAREGIVERS SUPPORT Every Tuesday 3:30-4:30 at the Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 th Avenue, Bayside. 631-1886.

CANCER Tuesday, April 5 Cross-Cultural Care & Cancer: Communit y Visions for Equit y & Equalit y at the Flushing library at 8:30am.

ZUMBA Wednesdays the Sisterhood of Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209 th Street, Bayside, will hold Zumba Fitness classes from 7:30-8:30. $8 members, $10 others. 428-6363.

YOGA Wednesdays 5:30-6:30 at the Cardiac Health Center in Fresh Meadows. 6701695. $10 class.

CANCER ED. Wednesday, April 6 Cancer Training 101: Cancer Prevention Education at 10 at the Central library.

MEDITATION Thursday, April 7 Breath of Change: Meditation Techniques at 5:30 at the Flushing librar y.

HATHA YOGA Thursdays, April 7, 14 at the Queensboro Hill library at 6.

Wear comfortable clothing; bring a mat.

OA Thursdays at the Howard Beach library at 10:30.

OA Fridays 6:30-8:30 at Unit y Center of Flushing, 42-11 1 5 5 th S t r e e t . S a t u r d a y s 10:30-noon at Resurrection Ascension, Feely Hall, 85-18 61 st Road, Rego Park. Beginners meeting except the last Friday of each month, which is a writing meeting.

CO-DEPENDENTS ANON. Fridays 10-11:45 at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral C e n t e r , 8 5 - 1 8 6 1 st R o a d , Rego Park. Women only.

ENVIRONMENT WORK IN WETLANDS Saturdays, April 2, 23, 30 help eradicate invasive plant species from the wetland of Alley Pond Park with a volunteer crew. 229-4000.

TREE CARE Saturday, April 9 Million Trees NYC Tree Care Workshop at the Broadway library.

SPRING BIRD WALKS Sunday, April 10 with Alley Pond Environmental Center. $5 members, $7 others. 2294000.

REFORM TEMPLE Friday, April 1 Thanassis Cambanis speaks after the 8pm Shabbat service on “A Privilege to Die: Inside Hezbollah’s Legions and their Endless War Against Isra e l . ” Tu e s d a y , A p r i l 5 “Darwin’s Disciple: George John Romanes, a Life in Let-

ALUMNI ST. AGNES Saturday, April 16 St. Agnes Academic HS in College point for all years, especially those ending in 1 or 6. 3536276.

DANCE COUNTRY WESTERN Saturday, April 9 Stoney Creek performs at the Easter Dance. $12. Glendale Memorial Building, 72-02 Myrtle Avenue at 7:30. 7634328.

ISRAELI FOLK Mondays 7:30-10:00 at Hillcrest Jewish Center, 18202 Union Turnpike. $10 session. 380-4145.

LINE DANCING Mondays 6:30-9:30 at Kowalinski Post 4, 61-57 Maspeth Avenue. $7. Cake and coffee. 565-2259.

ters” with Joel S. Schwartz at 8:30. Sunday, April 10 “Access to Justice: Are Some Courthouse Doors Closing?” with Professor Arthur Miller at 1. Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112 th Street.

261-2900.

CULTURAL JUDAISM Saturday, April 2 the Queens Communit y for Cultural Judaism will present the story of one man who found h i s J ew i s h i d e n t i t y a t th e Unitarian Congregation of Queens, Ash Avenue and 149 th Street, Flushing. At 2. %4 non-members.

EMANUEL UNITED Saturday, April 2 “ Voices of Victory,” a gospel choir will perform at 4. $10 suggested donation. Sunday, A p r i l 3 L e n te n Ve s p e r s Prayer Service at 5. Emanuel United Church of Christ, Woodhaven Blvd. and 91 st Avenue. 849-1153.

WOMEN’S SEDER Sunday, April 3 at 12:30 at Temple Tikvah of New Hyde Park. 516-746-1120.

BOXING LECTURE Sunday, April 3 Mike Silver, noted Boxing historian, will speak on the prevalence of Jewish Boxers during the first half of the 20 th century at 10:30 (9:45 breakfast) at the Flushing-Fresh Meadows Jewish Center. 3575100.

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ENTERTAINMENT

EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS JH ART CLUB Classes in all art forms days and evenings for children and adults. 454-0813.

CRAFT CLASSES Saturdays 11-3 Maria Rose International Doll Museum in St. Albans. 276-3454.

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

IMPROV WORKSHOP Saturday, April 2 learn the basic techniques involved in improvisational theater at the Rochdale library at 3.

PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturdays, April 2, 16, 30 learn to communicate effectively at Elmhurst Hospital.

646-436-7940.

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.

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.

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.

POWER POINT Tuesday, April 5 Introduction at the McGoldrick librar y. Register.

COMPUTER BASICS Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 10, 26 at the Astoria library. Register.

BASIC COMPUTER Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 at the Glendale library. Register.

COMPUTER BASICS Tuesday, April 5 at the LIC library at 11.

DUPLICATE BRIDGE Wednesdays 10:30-3:00 at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills. $12 session, includes light lunch. 2612900

INDOOR SOCCER – DADS Wednesday evenings at the Forest Hills Jewish Center.

263-7000.

BASIC COMPUTING Wednesdays, April 6, 13 at the Woodside library at 10:30.

SCRABBLE Wednesdays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 at the Forest Hills library at 2.

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.

FINANCIAL SEMINAR Thursdays, April 7, 14 at the Central library at 10:30.

FINANCIAL SEMINARS Thursdays, April 7, 14, 21, 28 at the Steinway library at 6.

PHARM TECH Thursday, April 7 LaGuardia CC will host an information session for its pharmacy technician program. 482-5125.

KNIT & CROCHET Thursdays at the Fresh Meadows library at 6.

INTER. COMPUTER Thursday, April 7 at the LIC library at 10.

E. ELMHURST QUILTERS Thursday, April 7 at the East Elmhurst library at 12:30.

JOB READINESS Thursdays, April 7, 14, 28 Job Readiness Workshop Series at the Central library at 2.

WRITERS’ WORKSHOP Thursday, April 7 a t t h e Bayside library. Register.

RESUME WRITING Thursday, April 7 a t t h e Lefferts library at 6.

PAINTING WORKSHOP Fridays through June 24 N e w C re a t i v i t y a n d A d vanced Painting Workshop at National Art League. 1-646546-2296.

KNITTING CLUB Fridays at the Maspeth library at 10.

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

SCRABBLE Fridays Bananagrams and Scrabble at the Windsor Park library at 2:30.

GAME DAY Fridays, April 8, 15, 22, 29 at the Bay Terrace library at 2:30.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING Saturday, April 9 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Franklin Square. 516-828062.

RESUME WRITING Saturday, April 9 at the LIC library at 10:30.

FLAMENCO & INDIAN Friday and Saturday, April 1, 2 at 8 and Sunday, April 3 at 4 the Thalia Spanish Theatre in LIC presents Flamenco and Indian Music and Dance. 729-3880.

COOL BEATS JAZZ Fri.-Sun. April 1-3 at LeFrak Concert Hall. 544-2996.

BRAZILIAN DOC. Saturday, April 2 film screening of Brazilian documentary “Rhythmic Uprising” Broadway library at 2:30.

SYMPHONY 101 Saturday, April 2 performance workshop for the entire family at the Lefferts library at 1 and the Bayside library at 3.

ROB CROWE Saturday, April 2 Rob Crowe Situation performs at the Flushing library at 2.

CHARMED CIRCLE Saturday, April 2 Pablo Picasso and Paris in the Early 1900s at 2:30 at the Forest Hills library.

IRISH CONCERT Saturday, April 2 for the benefit of the People of Haiti with Mary Courtney and Morning Star at Our Lady of Mercy in Syosset.

454-9804.

JOHN PIZZARELLI Saturday, April 2 Swing Seven in Concert at Queensborough Commu-

nit y College. 631-6311.

AFRO-SEMITIC Saturday, April 2 Queens Theatre in the Park. 7600064.

GREEK CULTURE Sunday, April 3 at the Central library at 3 with Grigoris Maninakis and the Mikrokosomos Ensemble.

LAUGHS Monday, April 4 with Mark Brier Flushing library at 6.

ART Tuesday, April 5 Around the World in 20 Artworks at the Bay Terrace library at 1:30.

LIVE JAZZ Fridays through December 13 at 180-25 Linden Blvd.., St. Albans. 347-262-1169.

SCULPTURE Saturday, April 9 Modern & Contemporary Sculpture at 3 Fresh Meadows library.

JERSEY BOYS Saturday, April 9 at Queens College. 793-8080.

FM POETS Saturday, April 9 Fresh Meadows Poets meet at 10 at the Forest Hills library.

JEWISH SITES Saturday, April 9 J e w i s h Sites in the Middle East at the Flushing library at 2.

MAMMA MIA Saturday, April 9 sing-along at Queensborough Communit y College with “Mamma Mia!” $5. 6316311.

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LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

PARK LANE RENTAL, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 11/ 3/10. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 65-19 Fresh Pond Rd., Ridgewood, NY 11385. General Purposes. ________________________________________________________________

SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 15808 and Lot 109 (f/k/a p/o lots 1 & 6) ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Southerly side of Seagirt Avenue, distant 142.02 feet Easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of Seagirt Avenue and the Easterly side of Beach 32nd Street; RUNNING THENCE Southerly parallel with Beach 32nd Street, 100 feet; THENCE Easterly 17.673 feet along a course to from an interior angle of 89 degrees 54 minutes 42 seconds; THENCE Norther 100 feet along a course to a point on the Southerly side of Seagirt Avenue to form an interior angle of 90 degrees 05 minutes 18 seconds; THENCE Westerly 17.75 feet along the Southerly side of Seagirt Avenue to the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 3101 Seagirt Avenue, Far Rockaway, New York.

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

form 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 10, 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. __________________________________________________________

tors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and to all other heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of CONSTANCE ILTGEN, the decedent herein, whose names are unknown and cannot after due diligence be ascertained. A petition having been duly filed by Richard H. Freeman who is domiciled at 118 Fire Island Avenue, Babylon, New York 11702 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on May 19, 2011 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Constance Iltgen lately domiciled at 235-03 88 th Avenue, Queens Village, New York 11426, United States admitting to probate a Will dated July 26, 2001 a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Constance Iltgen deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: Letters Testamentary issue to Richard H. Freeman HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate MARGARET M. GRIBBON, Chief Clerk Dated, Attested and Sealed MAR 18 2011 ATTORNEY RICHARD H. FREEMAN, ESQ., Cullen and Dykman LLP 177 Montague Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 TEL. 718-780-0155 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. __________________________________________________________ STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNTY NYCTL 2008-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs, vs.

GEORGE BROWN; FIRST FEDERAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF NY; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (QUEENS); NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; FIA CARD SERVICES, NATIONAL ASSO-

CIATION, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO MBNA AMERICA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, FORMERLY KNOWN AS MBNA AMERICA BANK, N.A.; UM CAPITAL, LLC; BENEFICIAL NEW YORK INC., A/K/A BENEFICIAL NY INC.; HSBC BANK NEVADA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO DIRECT MERCHANTS CREDIT CARD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CAPITAL ONE BANK; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU and “JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, Defendants. SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No. 12420-09 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof.

In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Queens County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: February 3, 2011 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Joseph G. Golia a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated February 22, 2011, and filed with supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a tax lien covering

the property known as 11427 199th Street, St. Albans, New York and being a parcel of land designated as Block 11016 and Lot 62. The relief sought is the sale of the subject property at public auction in satisfaction of the tax lien. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $9,911.23, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the property.

Richard M. Beers, Jr. Phillips Lytle LLP Attorneys for Plaintiffs Office and Post Office Address 1400 First Federal Plaza Rochester, New York 14614 Tel. No. (585) 2382000 ________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court Queens County, on the 9 day of March 2011, bearing Index No. 112/11, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, #357, Jamaica, N.Y. grants me the right to assume the name Rosalinda Andrea Strack; My present address is 85-09 96 th Street, Woodhaven, New York; My present name is Rosie Andrea Strack; The date of my birth is June 13,1991. ________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of Hunters Point Veterinary Hospital, LLC, a professional service LLC (PLLC). Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/23/11. Office location: Queens County. Sec. of State designated agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation, 111 8 th Ave., NY, NY 10011. Purpose: practice veterinary medicine.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 5305/10 CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS REALTY CORP. Plaintiff, vs. KEHINDE ANIMASHAUN, 3101 SEAGIRT CORPORATION, ALADE R. ANIMASHAUN,ET, AL., Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 3101 SEAGIRT AVENUE FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691 SBL #: BLOCK 15808 LOT 109, (FORMERLY P/0, LOTS 1, 6) 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 10th day of March, 2011, TO: ALADE R. ANIMASHAUN, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. DUANE A. HART of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 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 ALADE R. ANIMASHAUN and KEHINDE ANIMASHAUN, dated the 15th day of February, 2006, to secure the sum of $315,000.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2006000138986 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, on the 13th day of March, 2006; which mortgage was duly assigned by assignment dated the 1st day of March, 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: 3101 SEAGIRT AVENUE, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691

Notice of Formation A Therapeutic Concept LCSW/PLLC art. of org. filed Secy. of State NY (SSNY) 10/18/10. Off. Loc. in Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: PO Box 534, Glen Oaks, NY 11004. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMP A N Y . N A M E : 3 2 7 0 4 9th STREET LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/01/11.

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, 91-10 Metropolitan Avenue, Rego Park, New York 11374. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ CITATION File No. 2011-577 SURROGATE’S COURT Queens COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Linda Corsetti, Veronica Meyer, Gerard Bayer, Public Administrator of Queens County, and any and all unknown distributees of CONSTANCE ILTGEN, deceased, and if any of the aforesaid persons be dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names are unknown and if the persons died subsequent to the decedent herein, to their execu-

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Models Of Queens

Fresh From ATL A sign on the Triboro (RFK) Bridge lets you know that it’s going to take a while to get to the LIE. Surprised?

Shirletha Jordan

Sign Of The Time(s) The bridge and tunnel crowd is getting a little more information.

New signs have begun to pop up at the City’s bridges and tunnels to give drivers some idea of how long it would take them to reach their destination – specifically when they have choices.

Similar signs exist on Long Island, like the one by the LIE/Northern State interchange, that tells how long each route would take to get to the Cross Island Parkway.

Soon to be added to New York: signs telling drivers if the upper or lower level at the Verrazano will get you to the toll booth faster, or how long it will take you to get to either the LIE or Grand Central from the Triboro (RFK) Bridge.

Our favorite? The sign in Queens that will tell you the quickest route to the GW Bridge from the Triboro – is it via the Cross Bronx or the Harlem River Drive?

We’re guessing that sign is for tourists; Queens drivers who travels to New Jersey on a regular basis already know that the Harlem

River Drive is almost always the right choice. The Cross Bronx?

Really?

Like we need a sign for that.

Doctor Cleared A few months ago we gave you the low down on Dr. Robert Rho, a Queens doctor who creates designer vaginas. He was accused of sexually harassing two ex-employees, including Jiyeon Byun, who alleged in a lawsuit that the good doctor groped and kissed her.

His touches and kisses were allegedly a trade-off for lipo-suction, laser treatments, and invites to dinner and Atlantic City hotels.

Supposedly, the alleged sexual harassment happened under the nose of the office manager, Rho’s wife.

A six-person jury didn’t take long to see their way clear in this confusion, and rejected Byun’s claims.

Perhaps they thought that the good doctor was entitled to get a little quid pro quo – or tit for tat.

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Outta Here!

Mets fans finally have something to cheer about. Their boos have registered at last. Second baseman Luis Castillo’s bum knees and starting pitcher Oliver Perez’s erratic arm were released by the club.

The move ends a paltry output from a duo that will still suck up $18 million in salary from a franchise dogged with high-profile financial troubles.

Castillo, 35, slapped (you can’t say “hit”) .235 with 17 RBIs last season. We’re omitting a home run statistic because he did not hit any.

Perez was 3-9 over the last two seasons and posted an 8.38 ERA in spring training.

Home: Richmond Hill Age: 23 Height: 5’ 3" Weight: 115 lbs Stats: 34-27-30

Are You A Model Of Queens?

Call 718 357-7400 & ask for Brian Shirletha Jordan has always been adventurous. Having grown up in Atlanta, on a whim she followed a friend up to New York.

That was about six months ago, and she hasn’t looked back.

“I’m single and I wanted to do something different,” Shirletha said. “I had another friend who moved here a couple of years ago, and she suggested I go for it.

‘You’re young, not committed,’ she said. And she was right.”

Shirletha got into modeling just as nonchalantly. She’d been told for some time that she has a good look, and had a friend who had been told that he had a good eye

with a camera. The two decided to help each other out, and were surprised by the outcome.

“It was just to kinda play around, find something to do,” she said. “But when I saw the photos I was like, ‘Wait a minute, these are really good.’”

Modeling is just the latest in a line of challenges Shirletha has established for herself.

With an undergrad degree in marketing, she figured finding a job in Manhattan would be a breeze – not so much, it turns out. She’s now working toward her Masters in international business and working as a

freelance personal assistant.

She is also trying to find the right church. A woman of faith, Shirletha says, “I am an avid visitor of good ministries . . . I love to attend bible studies.”

When she gets a free moment, Shirletha usually heads over to the movies in Fresh Meadows.

“It’s very small and quiet, and I don’t have to worry about major lines or being sold out,” she said.

“And if I’m hungry after, I can go next door (Hooters) to get some wings.”

Want to know more? Be sure to look her up on Model Mayhem or One Model Place.

For The Little Guy

The Mets had enough of Oliver Perez.

Adding to the joy, both went to division rivals, with Castillo landing in Philly while Perez joined the Nationals.

Not to ruin the party, but knowing the Mets’ luck, Castillo will win a silver slugger and Perez will throw a perfect game.

Could it be real? Is there really a politician who cares about fairness?

It seems State Sen. Tony Avella is on a one-man mission to restore our faith in the people we elect to represent us.

Avella wants to feel our pain.

The real Maverick tore up his parking placard, which had given him the privilege to park in “no parking” zones and without paying meters.

“Elected officials should park legally like everyone else,” Avella said. “You should only use ‘offi-

Trump Drinks Tea? Now it’s his turn.

Our borough-born billionaire, Donald Trump, hinted again at pursuing the White House in 2012, while making an appearance on “The View,” but he also decided to pull the Tea Party card.

“I want him to show his birth certificate,” the real estate magnate said of our current president. “There’s something on that birth certificate that he doesn’t like.”

Whoopi went wild, calling accusations that President Obama was not born in the United States “the biggest pile of dog mess” she’s ever heard.

According to a new poll of likely voters by Newsweek/Daily Beast, Trump trails Obama by just 3 points.

Fueling his over-the-top ego, Trump seems to

Whoopi Goldberg rips into Trump as Barbara Walters looks on. have the beginning of a voter base.

The Queens kid with big successes and some failures in real estate may find the White House one piece of property way beyond his reach.

cial police business’ placards when you are, in fact, a police officer, operating under official police business.”

This is not Avella’s first instance of standing up for the little guy. In his former position as a City Councilman, Avella declined a pay increase and refused to run for a third term.

Tony Avella shows off his neatlycut, easy-to-mend parking placard.

Confidentially, New York . . .

OF THE T he Queens Tribune and its advertisers take pleasure in once again presenting

our “Mother of the Year Contest.” Our Mother’s Day Issue will feature winning entries plus thoughts of the children of Queens. This is our small way of paying tribute to the moms out there who help make Queens a better place to live.

The contest rules are simple.

Just submit 250 (typewritten when possible, otherwise legible) words or less as to why your mom is special. You or your mom must be a Queens resident. Entries must be received by Friday, April 29, 2011. Enclose a photo of mom or mom and her kid(s) where possible (sorry they can't be returned.)

Mail entries to “Mother of the Year” Queens Tribune, 15050 14th Road, Whitestone, NY 11357.

Mom's Day Mets Tickets & Over $1,000 In Prizes

OVER $1,000 IN PRIZES Attach this or a facsimile to your entry Age

Your Name Address Phone Mom's Name Mom's Address Phone

Mail to “Mother of the Year” Queens Tribune, 150-50 14th Road, Whitestone, NY 11357.

CONTEST RULES 1. Submit 250 words as to why your mom is special.

You or your mom must be a Queens resident.

2. Entries must be received by Friday, April 29, 2011.

3. Give your age (18+ acceptable), address, phone number, plus mom's name and address.

4. Enclose a 4x6 photo of mom or mom and her kid(s) where possible; put full names on back of photo. Sorry, they can't be returned.

5. Mail entries to “Mother of the Year,” Queens Tribune, 150-50 14th Road, Whitestone, NY 11357.

6. The entries will be judged in three age groups A) 8 and under; B) 9-12 and C) 13 - adult. Judging will be based on content, creativity and sensitivity.

www.queenstribune.com • March 31 - April 6, 2011 Tribune Page 35

The entries will be judged in three age groups: A) 8 and under; B) 9-12 and C) 13 - adult. Judging will be based on content, creativity and sensitivity.

We are open-minded about this contest and even mother-inlaw entries will be accepted.

Don't Delay: get your entry in today and pay tribute to your special "MOM" (and get Mother's Day Gifts Too!)

Mother's Day Prizes Include: