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Vol. 43, No. 16 April 18-24, 2013

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LIVING THE DREAM

Queens immigrants were honored by Councilman Daniel Dromm for their contributions to the Borough.

By Trisha Sakhuja ‌ Page 3

Queens Runner OK After Boston Bombing

New Officials Celebrate First 100 Days

Tribeca Festival Features Queens Filmmakers

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Queens Deadline

St. John’s Hosts Queens Beep Debate Photo by Ira Cohen

By LUIS GRONDA In the continuing marathon towards the Queens Borough President seat, six candidates took part in a forum last Friday morning, with Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) drawing the most support in a post-forum poll.

The forum was held at the D’Angelo Center at St John’s University and was co-hosted by the college and the Queens Chamber of Commerce.

Each candidate gave a two minute introduction saying why they would want to run for the position, then answered questions from the forum’s moderator, NY1’s Rocco Vertuccio. The group also answered questions submitted by the audience. Finally, the candidates made closing remarks and results of a poll that the university was running.

One question Vallone was regarding the need for hospitals in the Borough.

He responded by saying that he would provide capital funding to area hospitals if elected BP. The Councilman said he gave money to Mt. Sinai in Astoria and he would do the same for other medical centers.

When asked about the proposed Willets Point development project, Peralta said he supports the project because it would create more affordable

Queens Borough President candidates (from left) State Sen. Tony Avella, Councilman Leroy Comrie, former Deput y Borough President Barry Grodenchik, former Councilwoman Melinda Katz, State Sen. Jose Peralta and Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. “You can work, eat and sleep right here in the Borough of Queens, but if there’s no access outside of that, then we have a really large problem,” Katz said.

Grodenchik addressed a question about supermarkets in Queens. He said that there needs to be a push to bring more supermarkets to areas of the Borough that need it so that people can have a more convenient location to go to for shopping.

“Big supermarkets provide a lot of jobs and they provide greater benefits for the community,” he said.

housing, which in turn, would boost tourism to the Borough.

Katz was asked how to balance the need to bring jobs and improve the Queens economy while overdeveloping the Borough as a whole. She said that while it is a balancing act, it is important to maintain both of those aspects, adding that the BP has advisory power in terms of land use which can help deter any overdevelopment. She also mentioned the need to improve transportation in the Borough and commuting to other places in less time.

Comrie responded to a question regarding recovery from Superstorm Sandy by proposing the creation of one center, under the BP’s office, which would give people who are in need of help a singular place for the services that they need.

“There are many different people trying to do a hundred different things to help the people in the Rockaways,” the councilman said. “As Borough President, I would create a centralization to make sure all of those ideas were focused in one place.”

Avella said that he would support legislation that would give small businesses a tax credit each time they hire a new employee or somebody that had been unemployed.

At the end of the debate, the results of a snap poll were announced with Vallone being voted the winner. Two questions were posed for people to vote on: “Who do you think has the best chance to win the race?” and ““Who were you most impressed by at the forum?” People could send in their choice either via email, text or Twitter.

Reach Reporter Luis Gronda at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127 or at lgronda@queenstribune.com.

By TRISHA SAKHUJA In honor of the City’s Annual Immigrant Heritage Week Celebration sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, Chair of the Council’s Committee on Immigration and Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) hosted his second Immigrant Heritage Awards ceremony at Elmhurst Hospital on April 15.

“I have been touched by so many of my immigrant students as a teacher,” said Dromm. “The tribulations and trials their families face is the reason we host this award ceremony, because most of the parents work jobs less than what they had back home.”

‘The idea of this event is to highlight all the contributions immigrants have made and it’s more special this year because of the debate happing in D.C. right now,” Dromm continued. “We all have high hopes about immigration reform because the millions of undocumented residents can offer something to this country. They also want to live out the dream, they are all dreamers.”

Dromm announced legislation he is pushing, which would allow permanent residents to participate in municipal elections throughout New York City.

“Politicians would pay more attention to communities like ours if legal immigrants could also vote,” said Dromm.

Legendary Colombian TV host Jorge Barón was honored with a Lifetime

Dedicated to Promoting the Unity of the Latin American People award. Sweta Srivastava Vikram, an award-winning poet, writer and novelist, shared her poems, which romanticized about her heritage and her life back home.

“The Immigrant Heritage Awards was the right remedy for the havoc inside my heart and the world. Righteous people rightly rewarded,” Vikram said. “Diversity fit in every corner of the room with such grace. I felt honored to have been invited to share my poems with people who want to make the world around them a better place, not end it.”

Others honored at the event included Yunsung Choi, Kazi Fouzia, Cecilia Gavigan, Shazia Kausar, Layla Menashe and Neal Stone.

Fouzia, a designer and seamstress at a retail shop in Jamaica, has been an influential member of Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM) since 2009. She continues her fight for human and civil rights as an undocumented Muslim immigrant worker.

“It is not an easy life here because I see a lot of injustice, but I am not alone because I have strong friends and leaders like Councilman Dromm,” said Fouzia. “I would like to dedicate this award to all those working overtime without pay, those who never earn minimum wages, to all my undocumented friends and taxi friends, who run the City.”

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Daniel Dromm Honors Immigrants

Colombian TV host Jorge Barón (center) was honored during Councilman Daniel Dromm’s Immigrant Heritage awards ceremony.

Menashe, an immigrant from Bolivia and a resident of Jackson Heights, is a businesswoman and single mother.

Ricky’s Café, a popular restaurant in the neighborhood, is home to many employed immigrants.

“I see so many cultures all living together in harmony, regardless of your heritage and color,” said Menashe.

Kausar, a resident of Astoria, said this honor will push her to work harder and continue to save the small businesses in Jackson Heights and women’s rights in the South Asian community.

She is one of the founders of the nonprofit group, SUKHI New York, which works alongside the Dept. of Transpor-

tation to improve the quality of life in Jackson Heights and the controversial 37th Road Pedestrian Plaza. The group continues to host community-based events that aim to help the plaza reach its full potential.

“We are proof that a society can learn to live together, regardless of our differences and religion,” Dromm said.

“Let’s all push for immigration reform.

I have a belief – if we did not have as many immigrants as we do today, we would have been a weaker country around the world.”

Reach Reporter Trisha Sakhuja at (718-357-4000), Ext. 128, or at tsakhuja@queenstribune.com.

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By JOE MA RV ILLI Four Democratic candidates came together in the Rosenthal Library at Queens College to debate and discuss their plans if elected mayor and how those plans would affect residents of Queens.

Former Brooklyn councilman Sal Albanese, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller John Liu and former Comptroller Bill Thompson met for around an hour and a half to discuss the issues affecting Queens and the City to a room full of students, faculty and administrators. The debate was moderated by Errol Louis of NY1 and Michael Krasner, a professor of political science at Queens College.

Although some candidates showed up late due to traffic on the Long Island Expressway and Council Speaker Christine Quinn was unable to attend due to a scheduling conflict, professor Ron Hayduk, who coordinated the debate, was happy with how the event turned out.

“From an organizer’s perspective, I was pleased that the candidates came and stayed the duration,” he said. “We got some very nice feedback from students, faculty and staff. We’ve gotten high marks.”

The ongoing recovery effort from Superstorm Sandy was a strongly discussed topic. All the candidates thought that City Hall was not doing enough to help the Rockaways mend.

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Queens College Holds Mayoral Debate

Candidates (from left) Sal Albanese, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu and former Comptroller Bill Thompson attended a mayoral debate at Queens College.

“City Hall needs to open their books to find out where the [FEMA] money is,” Liu said. “There are still thousands trying to piece their lives back together.”

“People need answers. After the initial burst of activities, it’s now been an afterthought,” Albanese said.

De Blasio praised the State’s plan to help people relocate, saying “the City has not been as willing to help people through the transition.”

“Extreme weather patterns are part of our future now,” Thompson said on the recovery process. “We have to rebuild smarter.”

College tuition and the City University of New York’s new curriculum,

Pathways, were both topics that garnered the interest of the student/teacher crowd. While the ongoing high cost of tuition has been an issue for years, Pathways is a new policy from the City that some teachers felt dumbed down the curriculum.

While Thompson was unfamiliar with Pathways, he mentioned that tuition costs were a serious problem and tied it into the City’s public school system. He said the current administration’s education policies meant that high school students are not ready for college and they wind up using their grant money on remedial school instead.

“It is time to hold the line,” he said.

“We are pricing out our young people and we can no longer do that.”

Liu disagreed with the Pathways system and said that he wanted to increase the percentage of students with degrees from 42 percent to 60 percent by 2025.

He would do this by giving the top 10 percent of high school graduates free CUNY tuition and providing free MetroCards to CUNY students.

“We have to do more to provide assistance for our high school students to get into college and to allow them to graduate from the CUNY schools,” Liu said.

Albanese, who said he was the only CUNY alumnus candidate, called the system a jewel of the City and said that he proposed slashing the school’s tuition in 1997. He vowed to fund CUNY adequately if elected mayor.

“It’s smart to support CUNY,” he said.

“Education will solve our crime problem, our economic development problems and our quality of life problems.”

De Blasio also felt that solving the City’s public education issues would be a good first step to improving the preparation and education of those who attend CUNY. “We have to think where we’re going to put our resources best,” he said. “We have to start first by fixing our public schools.”

Reach Reporter Joe Marvilli at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125, or at jmarvilli@queenstribune.com.

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Residents Question FEMA Reps

By LUIS GRONDA Six months have passed since Superstorm Sandy hit New York and for the residents of Howard Beach, they are still dealing with the daily frustrations of picking up the pieces the storm left behind.

Those residents got to vent their anger at a town hall meeting last week at PS 146 in Howard Beach and hosted

by State Senator Joe Addabbo (DHoward Beach).

The meeting was focused on the proposed flood maps, released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency earlier this year, and insurance requirements for residents that want to protect themselves from any future disasters.

The new flood maps would add several parts of Howard Beach to flood Zone A. Before the storm came, everyone in zone A, which encompassed much of the Rockaways and Broad Channel, were required to evacuate their homes because they were to get the worst of the storm surge. This was not the case for many part s of Howard Beach, which was in Zone B, which was not forced to evacuate. Those areas in Zone B also suffered severe damage from Sandy.

If this proposed map is passed by the City Council, it could force many residents to consider buying flood insurance in the case that another disaster hits.

Mike Klitzke, a FEMA representa-

tive at the town hall meeting, explained that the maps released earlier this year were just adv isory and may not be the ones ultimately adopted. The agency has been working on new maps since before Sandy hit and plans to release them soon. The current flood map, Klitzke said, was based on 1983 scientific data and does not reflect recent information.

John Calcagnile, a CB 10 board member, said that other solut ions, like p u t t i n g u p sto r m b a r r i e r s a ro u n d coastal areas, should be looked into as opposed to more people paying for flood insurance because they could deter flooding for the whole area instead of looking at an individual solution.

“A lot of people ca n’t raise their

houses,” he said. “It’s just not a fair approach and I think the federal government should look at this on a big scale.”

Bett y Braton, CB10 chair, said that while people need to look at issues in their own homes, the City has to help out as well because they have not paid enough at tention to the infrastr ucture of neighborhoods like Howard Beach.

“This community needs the City to step up,” she said.

Addabbo said that there are still many questions left unanswered and more public meetings will need to be held once more information comes out.

Reach Reporter Luis Gronda at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127 or at lgronda@queenstribune.com.

Backwards Bill OK In Boston Bombing

By LUIS GRONDA In the wake of the horrific bombing at the finish line of Monday’s Boston Marathon, one Queens resident who participated in the race was unharmed from the attack.

Last week’s issue of the Queens Tribune told the story of William Reilly, also known as “Backwards Bill,” a disabled athlete who suffers from a severe case of cerebral palsy. The Kew Gardens resident has participated in more than 20 marathons over the years, and was competing in the Boston Marathon for the

third time. He races by pushing his feet forward in a specially-designed wheelchair that is used for racing. Guides accompany him during the race, making sure he does not veer off the path.

Reilly and his guides were about 4 to 5 miles away from the explosion and were not near the incident when it occurred.

According to Wendy Furtado, one of Reilly’s guides who accompanied him to Boston, they first heard the news between miles 21 and 22 of the race.

Although they were not sure of the exact details, they were told to continue the

race until further notice. When they reached mile 25, Furtado said that officials told them to stop running and find their way home.

What followed was a lot of uncertainty for Reilly, Furtado and the rest of the team.

“We were just confused for awhile; we just wanted to figure out what was going on,” Furtado said.

She said Reilly was calm during the situation and they called his wife and his job to tell them he was safe and sound.

Furtado did the same, as she received

numerous texts from concerned family and friends.

The group was staying at a hotel in a Boston suburb, and had to walk about 15 minutes before a cab driver pulled over to give them a ride. Once they got back to the hotel, they turned on the TV and watched the news coverage of what was going on just minutes away from where they were.

On Tuesday afternoon, Furtado and the other guides were on a bus headed back to New York, while Reilly took a train back home.

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Show Of Support The news that came out of Boston on Monday was nothing short of horrific, and it strikes many as an unthinkable act of malice towards innocent, unsuspecting individuals who came out to watch or participate in the Boston Marathon.

Unfortunately, these acts of malice seem to be an all-toocommon event. In the last year, the nation has seen shootings at a school in Connecticut, in a movie theater in Colorado and countless other tales of terror throughout the City and the country.

Despite the too-frequent nature of these events, it never seems to desensitize us to the violence, chaos and tragedy that follow.

With each hurtful act, we hope and pray that we will not experience a similar situation any time soon. The hope may be naïve, but it shows a faith in our fellow man that at times does not come through.

Our hearts go out to the victims of the bombing at the Boston Marathon, as they did to the victims of the shootings at Sandy Hook and the Colorado movie theater. We will keep them in our thoughts and help in whatever way we can.

Most importantly, we will continue to show faith in our fellow man, and we will continue to hope that we will never again see such senseless acts.

In Your Opinion: Volunteer Week To The Editor: Since 1974, National Volunteer Week has focused attention on the impact and power of volunteerism and service. From April 21 to 27, it’s a time to celebrate the people and organizations that do amazing work through service.

Volunteers are the bread and butter of nonprofit organizations like ours, Breakthrough New York. Over our 14year history, we’ve been fortunate to receive the help of countless people who’ve walked through our doors to help our students.

On behalf of our organization, I want to say “Thank you.”

We want to extend our thanks to the wonderful, passionate, creative, diligent, caring, and compassionate volunteers who’ve mentored, tutored, shepherded and elevated our students, many of whom hail from Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan.

So, dear readers, let’s spread the love on this occasion in these ways: Lend a hand. Find a project in your community where you can devote time. At Breakthrough, we just completed two Interview Days – a feat that could not have been accomplished without dozens of volunteers who

questioned more than 200 students.

Lend an ear. Listen to the needs of others - and respond. As we’ve learned at Breakthrough, many of our students have potential but need more guidance and support. Often, they need to talk with someone who understands the help they need.

Lend a heart. Small actions can yield big results. By showing others that you give selflessly and thoughtfully, they become motivated as well. That’s why many of our Breakthrough students volunteer during high school to tutor and mentor our middle school kids.

To mark National Volunteer Week, I encourage your readers to please consider not only thanking volunteers – but to join in themselves. Together, we can engender a longstanding commitment to help others achieve a world of success.

Rhea Wong, Executive Director, Breakthrough New York

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By ASSEMBLYWOMAN NILY ROZIC “Why can’t we get better people to run?” Governor Cuomo asked rhetorically after this month’s scandalous indictments of New York legislators including some from our own backyard in Queens.

New Yorkers, like all Americans, ought to be able to take pride in the fact that we are governed by our fellow citizens. They are elected by us to represent us, but time and again our process has been undermined and our respect for democracy tested by the way some conduct the people’s business.

As a newly elected New York State Assemblywoman, I navigated a difficult election and I am now eagerly at work in our state’s capital. I see firsthand how our government creates opportunity and promotes values we all believe in.

Unfortunately, it is imperfect and it fails us in at least one way: its susceptibility to corruption.

The root of corruption in politics is money. If we do not do something about the power of big money in our campaigns we will never enjoy the scandal-free democracy we deserve.

Money hovers over the electoral process from the very first day a prospective candidate decides to run for office. Supporters and experts, friends and enemies alike, bombard you with the same question: “how much can you raise?” Our electoral process can weed out potentially great candidates who do not have the personal wealth or supporters necessary to raise tens of thousands of dollars.

As the campaign becomes more competitive, big money again plays a decisive role in helping to push some to victory - often at the expense of

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more populist, progressive candidates. During my race last fall, I amassed approximately 500 low-dollar contributions from donors who were new to the process. Now, as an elected official in Albany, big money remains a corrosive force that tempts some officials to sell out their constituents and constrains others from taking up legislation.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. And I don’t think it should.

This week, in the wake of these latest scandals, I’ll be returning to Albany to conclude my first session as an Assemblywoman. I intend to work with my colleagues to pass the Fair Elections Act, pioneering legislation that would overhaul the campaign finance system in New York State and create a structure modeled on New York City’s public financing system.

We can create a small donor matching fund that encourages every New Yorker to get involved in local campaigns and encourages candidates to fundraise in amounts of $20 and $50 instead of $5,000 and $10,000. This will help open up the process by encouraging people who are underrepresented in state government to get involved. As noted in a recent New York Times editorial, “public financing is the linchpin of the entire reform effort. Without it, there is almost no hope for the infusion of fresh faces the system so desperately needs.”

Fair elections can increase participation, transparency, and accountability in our democracy, and replace the power of big money with the power of the people. That would give us a process we could all respect, and a government we could all take pride in again.

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2013 Budget Fails To Reach All Goals

By STATE SEN. TOBY ANN STAVISKY The recently enacted 2013-2014 state budget was a good one – unless you are a senior citizen working for minimum wage at Walmart; a developmentally disabled individual; an undocumented student who wants to attend college or a medical student at SUNY Downstate.

Legislators will justifiably claim credit for the positive accomplishments of increased aid to community colleges, tax benefits for families with children and small businesses and an increase in the minimum wage. The budget gap was closed and it was “on time.”

Let’s take a closer look at some of these issues: the state will provide $350 in rebate checks labeled as tax benefits.

But these checks will arrive in taxpayers’ homes just before Election Day 2014. A coincidence? To be eligible you must have a child between 20 months old and 18-1/2 years when the checks are mailed in 2014. The cost is estimated at $410 million. Your income must be between $40,000 and $300,000. So, if your 19 year old child still lives at home, you’re not eligible.

The budget also contained tax cred-

its for minimum wage increases for businesses hiring students between the ages of 16 and 19. I am convinced this will only encourage the Walmart-type businesses to hire a 16-year-old and fire them on their 19 th birthday or fire older workers in order to hire the teenagers.

Discrimination at its worst.

I would have preferred the increase in minimum wage to $9 per hour to be immediate and tied to inflation rather than take 3 years.

The Health/Mental Health budget was one of the budget bills that was particularly bad.

The Governor had proposed a $120 million cut to the Office of People with Developmental Disabilities and the Legislature restored only $30 million. This will be devastating to severely disabled people – a cut of $90 million which in reality is $180 million when you factor in the federal matching contribution.

Also missing from the health portion of the budget was relief for SUNY Downstate Medical School, which is in danger of closing.

Another serious deficiency was the lack of funding for the DREAM Act, which would allow children of undocumented immigrants to obtain scholarship awards such as the Tuition Assis-

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tance Program. It is obvious that those eligible for college will earn additional money, pay more taxes and contribute to our economic development. They will be helping their local economy, making purchases at local stores, not investing money in offshore tax shelters in the Cayman Islands.

The Senate started debating bills around 7 p.m. and continued until 4:30 a.m., when the gavel sounded for the last time.

At 5 a.m., as I drove my SUNY Albany intern back to her dorm (she and my Senate fellow had stayed in the chamber to watch), I thought of a quote attributed to Otto von Bismarck: “To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.” I felt like a sausage maker. There was a full

moon and that seemed appropriate.

I don’t blame the Governor for these deficiencies. Legislation including budgets is the result of compromise and negotiation. I do blame the politics of the Senate, which consists of 63 members: 30 Republicans, 27 Democrats, 5 elected as Democrats who then left the Democrats to form a breakaway caucus (including one who was arrested for bribery), and one elected as a Democrat who joined the Republicans. We have an obligation to those who elect us, and I hope that my colleagues who were elected as Democrats will stand with our conference in upholding that obligation in the future.

State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) represents the 16 th State Senate District.

An Audacious Plot

By HENRY STERN Just when we thought it was safe to go back in the waters of full contact politics, two new scandals have emerged, one based on an audacious plot to steal the mayoralty in 2013.

The plotters, six highly placed public and party officials, are alleged to have entered into a conspiracy to grant one of their number permission to enter the Republican primary in September. If he won then and in the November general election, City Hall would be in the hands of a band of lowlifes, a situation that reached its depth during the reign of Boss Tweed in 1870.

This year’s situation has comic overtones; the plotters were unable to detect surveillance technology, even after taking measures to ensure it wasn’t being used.

The press has been amused by the bizarre scheme, which, they point out, would have been highly unlikely to implement.

The question that occurs to us is: What were these clowns doing in public office in the first place? How could they have believed that their scheme, which involved multiple crimes of bribery by different officials, would possibly have succeeded at capturing the mayoralty?

By anyone’s account, Democratic State Senator Malcolm A. Smith had practically zero chance of winning a Republican mayoral primary.

Smith’s plot focused on the general election, where a minority candidate running on the Republican line would probably have implied advantages given the demographic make-up and recent electoral history of our city. But it completely underestimated the difficulty of an Albany Democrat winning the Republican primary.

The method in which these conspirators went about their dubious schemes reminds us of a cheap crime novel.

Meeting in restaurants, hotels and parked cars, the conniving cohorts sketched out their far-fetched, shady plot while passing an envelope stuffed with cash which they would use to lubricate their shoddily constructed mechanism meant to subvert legal oversight.

Public corruption is cancer eating at the corpus of the state. It corrodes the legitimacy of government and tears at the moral fabric of a society. For a public servant, bribery and extortion are forms of treason and should be treated accordingly.

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Glendale Girl Walks To Raise Awareness

By LUIS GRONDA Hoping to raise awareness for an ailment affecting her mother, a Glendale resident has taken to walking.

Angelina Romero, an 11-year-old who attends MS 577 in Brooklyn, is participating in the New York City VisionWalk this Saturday, April 20, at the Central Park Bandshell.

Angelina’s mother, Yvonne, is battling macular degeneration, an eye disease that causes the retina to close off, resulting in vision loss. Yvonne was first diagnosed with the ailment five years ago and was declared legally blind in 2011. She has lost the majority of her vision because of the disease.

Yvonne said that she first noticed something was wrong with her eyes when what she called a “floater,” was blocking her vision. When the condition worsened, she went to the doctor to get it checked out. Eventually, an ophthalmologist diagnosed her with the macular degeneration.

In order to raise awareness for the ailment, Angelina began raising money to get into the walk. With the help of her school’s assistant principal, she sold items like a “NUT card,” which stands for no uniforms today. Buying this card allowed the kids to not wear the designated school uniform for a day. They also sold paper circles that she made, which they could use for decoration. Angelina’s original goal was around $500 and she exceeded her expectations, raising more than

$1,500 dollars on her own.

The family said that participating in this walk gave them a sense of camaraderie that they did not have before.

“It’s nice to be around people that are going through the same thing and you don’t feel alone anymore,” Yvonne said.

For Eddie Romero, Yvonne’s husband and Angelina’s father, the emergence of his wife’s disease has given him a different perspective on life. He said it has been tough to realize that he does not have any control over her vision loss and there’s nothing they can do about that. Eddie also said that he has known about her vision problems since they started dating.

“It opened up my eyes to something I never thought about before and it gave me a different perspective on things,” he said. “When something hits close to home like this, you notice other people as well with either vision loss or something that their dealing with, and you’re able to advise them because you know firsthand.”

The Romero family is still accepting donations for the walk this weekend. If you are interested in donating, please go to blindness.org and type in “Yvonne’s Eyes,” which is their team name for the event. You can then donate money that will go directly to their fund for the walk.

The Romero family of Glendale.

Reach Reporter Luis Gronda at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127 or at lgronda@queenstribune.com.

DEP Proposes Water Rate Increase

By LUIS GRONDA The Dept. of Environmental Protection announced another increase for the City’s water rates for the 2014 fiscal year.

According to a press release from the DEP, the agency is proposing a 5.6 percent increase in the water rate for next year, which is down from last year’s seven percent increase.

DEP Commissioner Carter Strickland said in the release that the reason for the lowered increase is because of their commitment to cut costs without damaging their quality of service to New York City residents.

“Still, we recognize that any rate

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increase can be a burden on our customers, and we will continue to look for ways to further tighten our belts and work with our regulators to reduce the burden of unfunded mandates so that New Yorkers get the best possible water and wastewater services at the most affordable rates,” he said in a statement.

This increase would not take effect unless it is approved by the seven-member Water Board.

If it is approved, a single-family homeowner would see their water bill increase from $939 a year to $991 a year. They would pay $4 a month more than they currently pay. If you live in a multi- family home, you would pay $644 a year as

opposed to the $610 you currently pay.

As part of their cutting costs measure, the DEP says that it is cutting their operating budget by four percent, which saves $37 million, according to the release.

Before the Water Board votes on the proposal, the DEP must hold public hearings in each borough to let the public speak their mind about the water rate hike.

The meeting in Queens will take place on May 2 at 7 p.m. at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City.

Reach Reporter Luis Gronda at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127 or at lgronda@queenstribune.com.

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Gifted And Talented Program Survives “For nearly 30 years, PS 122 has been a pillar of academic excellence. In particular, the G&T academy is wellknown as a first-rate model for other institutions, and I am relieved that it will remain unchanged,” said Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas (DAstoria).

The middle school students from PS 122 consistently rank at the top in several categories among all New York City Schools, which works in accordance with a dedicated team of families, teachers and local elected officials. Applicants to The Academy exceed the 78-maximum seats every year.

“So many parents were not going to be personally affected by the proposed plan, but changing this gifted and talented program was not something the community wanted to see,” said Councilman Peter Vallone, Jr. (D-Astoria).

“This school is the reason so many families move to the neighborhood and they want it to be here for others in the future as well.”

“I commend Chancellor Walcott for responding to the concerns of families in the community who know that the system has been working for their children for more than 25 years,” said U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Astoria). “Parents, teachers and students were loud and clear in their message, ‘Save Our School!’ Through their extraordinary efforts, advocates and DOE officials were able to find common ground. PS 122 is

a top-rated school that attracts countless young families to Astoria and I am encouraged that the academy will remain intact for many years to come.”

For all those families seeking a new G&T program in Long Island City, IS 126 will be modeled after PS 122 and its 60 spots will be guaranteed to students from PS 166.

“Over the last few months, it has

been inspiring to see everyone come together in support of the flagship program at PS 122,” Simotas said. “I am thankful to all those who dedicated their time, hard work, and advocacy in the name of our children—the future of our community.”

Reach Reporter Trisha Sakhuja at (718-357-4000), Ext. 128, or at tsakhuja@queenstribune.com.

Jubilarians: Photo by Walter Karling

By TRISHA SAKHUJA Members of The Academy, a Gifted and Talented Program at PS 122 in Astoria, can let out a sigh of relief.

The Dept. of Education has announced a decision to not cut G&T seats for the upcoming school year.

“I am thrilled that the exemplary academic program at PS 122 will be preserved moving forward,” State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) said. “PS 122 is a gem in our community that should be allowed to continue improving the lives of the children and parents of Astoria for years to come. Rest assured that I will continue to fight to preserve this laudable educational model.

For as the old saying goes, ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.’”

The original plan proposed by the DOE in February would reduce the gifted and talented classes and extend the number of general education classes from kindergarten to eighth grade. The current program is from kindergarten to fifth grade.

“I am surprised, but very happy that the community’s voices were heard and the program will stay intact,” said Dermot Smyth, political action coordinator of the United Federation of Teachers.

Parents from the community were outraged when they learned their child would not have the opportunity to test into the gifted program after he or she graduates from the elementary school - PS 150.

The Queens Count y Bar Association recently honored its “Jubilarians,” members with 50-plus years of service to law. Pictured with QCBA president Joseph Risi Jr. (from left) are John Mayr, Rita Eredics, Judge William Erlbaum and former State Sen. Serphin Maltese.

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Family Fights Against Rare Disorder While most 10-year olds indulge in chocolate, soda and pizza, KeVaughn Edson Plunkett has to monitor everything he eats.

Food allergies are common, but KeVaughn, more commonly known as K.E., suffers from a rare medical condition called Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorder, which causes his white blood cells to attack food as if it is a parasite.

Symptoms and the list of allergic foods vary among individuals. Some common symptoms include - nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, chest pains, reflux, bloating, malnutrition and failure to grow. The cause of eosinophilic disorders is primarily due to a severe case of food allergies.

K.E. lives through a feeding tube in his stomach, which is attached to the formula he survives on, Elecare, discreetly hidden in his backpack. He currently has only five safe foods – potatoes, rice, apples, corn and chicken.

Colleen Plunkett, K.E.’s mother, works tirelessly to raise awareness of this rare condition by connecting the eosinophilic community. She organized her fifth annual fundraiser, an art show and bazaar, on April 13 to raise awareness and funds for the American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders (APFED) at St. Mary’s Church in Woodside.

“I couldn’t have done this without my St Mary’s family,” Plunkett said. “I am so happy with the turnout. This is my fifth year doing it and it is amazing to meet families here that I’ve only spoke to through Facebook.”

APFED is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the condition, and helping patients and their families cope with eosionophilic disorders. The proceeds from the art show and bazaar will help APFED find a possible cure and help families cope with the rare disorder.

“Even though K.E. and I have always been in and out of the hospital, since he was only six-months old, – we are used to it and it is our normal,” Plunkett said. “He enjoys running, singing in the choir, listening to hip-hop music, playing the keyboard and arts and crafts. He is a proud Boy Scout and designed the ‘K.E.’s Art Show & Bazaar’ shirt for today’s event.”

The fundraiser was made possible with the help of Boy Scout Troop 45 and sponsors including - Artistry, Pampered Chef, Scentsy and Madison handbags.

The show featured a special performance by the Daniel’s Music Foundation, a magician, dance acts, a face-painting booth and a silent auction. Last year, Carly Rose Sonenclar, X-Factor’s runner-up, sang at the fundraiser.

“It is hard to understand that these children can hardly eat anything and it is challenging to keep lots of food away,” said Juliet Ross, mother of Jack Burstein, who went through the operation to insert the feeding tube [G-Tube] on his second birthday.

“Life is a lot of up hills, but Jack always has fun. Being a family with special needs

is sometimes isolating, but we really benefit from the community, especially at events like this one,” Ross said.

“K.E. is an athlete at Manhattan Sports,” said Maggie Harrison, executive director of KEEN New York. “Volunteers’ partner with K.E. as he enjoys running, jumping on the trampoline, parachuting, and develops his creative side during arts and crafts sessions. We are so proud of him and to see how much he has grown.”

Plunkett does not have the total amount of proceeds collected from the fundraiser yet, but she is happy to have met so many parents, who stuff their handbags full of safe-foods and are prepared to push through life regardless of this rare disorder.

Reach Reporter Trisha Sakhuja at (718-357-4000), Ext. 128, or at tsakhuja@queenstribune.com.

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Cohen Children’s Med. Center Gets Playroom Kids at Cohen Children’s Medical Center have a new place to play and to connect with their families, friends and others.

On April 12, the hospital opened the “Lion’s Den,” a state-of-the-art playroom found on the third floor adolescent wing of the center. The room received funding from the same foundation that provided the money for the initial playroom back in 2005, the Billie and George Ross Foundation.

The “Lion’s Den” is an interactive room that combines communication tools, such as Cisco WebEx webcams, computers, a few copies of the Xbox 360 and flat panel televisions to give children a chance to communicate with the outside world and take their mind off their treatment. The rooms were conceived by the Companions in Courage Foundation, a charitable organization founded by National Hockey League Hall of Famer Pat LaFontaine.

“The fact that I live in Long Island, it was really a dream of mine to get this room in this hospital. Just like in the hockey world, you have to be persistent; you have to dig the puck out of the corner. You just never give up and you keep working hard,” LaFontaine said.

“We touch 50,000 children across America. It’s about putting smiles on children’s faces.”

Accepting the donation on behalf of Cohen Children’s Medical Center was Executive Director Kevin McGeachy. He said that the room had been in the works for a few years, but the help of the Ross foundation made it possible. Once the funding came through, the “Lion’s Den” was assembled in about three and a half months.

“Allowing a break from the care is critically important for the healing process. Allowing kids to be kids, giving them a sense of home, allowing their families to be with them are just as important to the healing process as any drug or any other piece of healing equipment we could buy,” he said. “It allows our children to take a break from being a patient and go back to being a kid.”

The interconnectivity was a major focus for the “Lion’s Den,” according to

Photos by Joe Marvilli

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Pat LaFontaine, Kevin McGeachy, Billie and George Ross and some patients opened Cohen Children’s Medical Center’s “Lion’s Den” playroom.

McGeachy, who said the room had to represent how children chat in the digital era.

“We have to understand how children communicate and talk to each other now. Most of it is via Internet, Skype, things of that nature,” he said. “This allows them to talk to their siblings. It allows them to connect with friends. We also have NYC school teachers on site who provide continuing schooling for children while they are here.”

“This actually is the first room that we ever looked at nine, 10 years ago,” Jim Johnson, executive director of Companions in Courage said. “But until they built

the new tower, we weren’t in a position to get the space. When we first came here, there were three patients in this room.”

The computers and Xbox 360 systems were donated by Microsoft. In terms of leftover costs after the donations, the amount Ross funded for the room was about quarter of a million dollars hard-cost.

“You look and you see happy, smiling kids and you can make kids’ lives better,” George Ross said. “We’re really very fortunate to be able to do it.”

Reach Reporter Joe Marvilli at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125, or at jmarvilli@queenstribune.com.

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232 CONSTRUCTION LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY on 02/ 27/2013. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. INCORP SERVICES, INC., designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, c/o INCORP SERVICES, INC., 99 Washington Ave., Suite 805A, One Commerce Plaza, Albany, NY 12210.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. _____________________________

NY My date of birth is November 16, 1987 _____________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on MAR 13 2013, bearing Index Number NC-000016-13/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) Saniyah (Middle) Jazmine (Last) Haley My present name is (First) Saniyah (Middle) Jazmine (Last) Young (infant) My present address is 148-41 231 st St., Springfield Gardens, NY 11413 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is November 27, 2008 _____________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on APR 10 2013, bearing Index Number NC-000074-13/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) Marc (Middle) Rishi (Last) Negron-Persad My present name is (First) Marc (Last) Persad aka Rishi Kamchan Persad, aka Khamcham, aka Marc Nmn Persad My present address is 9125 184 th St., Hollis, NY 11423 My place of birth is Trinidad & Tobago My date of birth is August 19, 1967 _____________________________

Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on APR 03 2013, bearing Index Number NC-000107-13/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) Michael (Last) Zaccaro My present name is (First) Michael (Middle) Anthony (Last) Torres aka Michael Torres My present address is 6438 P a l m e t t o S t . , 2nd F l . , Ridgewood, NY 11385 My place of birth is Brooklyn,

Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on APR 03 2013, bearing Index Number NC-000106-13/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) Ameet (Middle) Humesh (Last) Seeratan My present name is (First) Humesh (Middle) Persaud (Last) Seeratan aka Humesh P Seeratan My present address is 88-42 181 st St., Hollis, NY 11423 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is March 17, 1989

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Notice of Formation Modern Dental Services PLLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 2/2/2013. Off. Loc.: Queens Cnty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o the LLC, 140-31 Cherry Ave., Apt. 1B, Flushing, NY 11355.

Purpose: all lawful activities. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of JELAKI, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/7/12. Off. loc.: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 269-29V Grand Central Pkwy., Floral Park, NY 11005. Purpose: any lawful activity. ___________________________________ WW Brooklyn Realty LLC Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 12/7/12. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 147 Greenway North, Forest Hills, NY 11375. General Purposes. __________________________________ Notice of formation of Spartan Demolition Company LLC. Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on May 18 th, 2012. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 121-07 234 th St Rosedale, NY 11422. Purpose: any lawful purpose. __________________________________ Notice of Formation of Five Ten Realty, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/ 13/13. Office location: Queens County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 29-27 41st Ave., Ste. 606, Long Island City, NY 11101, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes. __________________________________ Notice of Formation of Front Apartments, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/ 11/13. Office location: Queens County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Werber Management, 40-52 75th St., Elmhurst, NY 11373, prin-

cipal business address.

Purpose: all lawful purposes. __________________________________ Notice of Formation of Lush & Lavish LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/3/12.

Office loc: Queens. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to 229-19 Merrick Blvd #182, Laurelton, NY 11413. Purpose: any lawful activity. __________________________________ JKT GRAND LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/28/13. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 86-10 Grand Ave Lobby B Elmhurst, NY 11373. Purpose: Any lawful activity. __________________________________ Notice of Qualification of BWID, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/11/ 13. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/26/10. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808.

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. __________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 27923/10 Date Purchased 11/5/10 AMENDED SUMMONS Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial Plaintiff resides at 220 Cedar Ridge Circle Winston-Salem, NC 27127 The basis of the venue designated is property location MARY FORD f/k/a MARY M. WILCOX, Plaintiff, against- D.T. FUNDING CORP. Defendant. To the above named Defendant(s) 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 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or

within 30 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 or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Dated: June 20, 2011 New York, New York MICHAEL M. COHEN, ESQ. COHEN SCHNEIDER LLP ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF 21411 Northern Boulevard Bayside, NY 11361 (718) 279-4700 Defendant’s address: D.T. FUNDING CORP., 184 Moll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237 Notice to Defendant Nature of the Action: Action to Discharge a Mortgage Relief Sought: The cancellation and discharge of record of the mortgage dated September 28 th , 1988, executed by Plaintiff in favor of Defendant.

Brief Description of the Property: House and lot located at 97-15 24 th Avenue, East Elmhurst, New York, known as Sect: 7 Bloc: 1091 Lot: 38 on the Map of the Borough of Queens and Lots: 68 & 69 in Block: 354 on the map entitled “Map of Property Belonging to Flushing Bay Building Corp. __________________________________ Notice of formation of AAA Computer Networking Solutions, LLC, a limited liability company.

Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/13/13. Office location: Queens.

SSNY has been designated for service of process SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to c/o THE LLC, 193 Beach 6 0 th S t , A r v e r n e , N Y 11692. Purpose: any lawful purpose. __________________________________ SMTJ ASSOCIATES, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/11/ 12. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 164-01 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: Any lawful activity. __________________________________

as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal address: 4024 College Point Blvd Ste B209 Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful act. __________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 9735/ 2012 Date Summons Filed: May 8, 2012 Plaintiff designates queens County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is Plaintiff’s residence.

SUMMONS WITH NOTICE Plaintiff resides at 106-16 76 th STREET, #1 ST FLOOR, OZONE PARK, NY 11417. AFIQUL ISLAM KHAN, Plaintiff, againstSHARMIN CHOWDHURY, Defendant. ACTION FOR DIVORCE To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within twenty(20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty(30) days after 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: May 8, 2012 Ashok K. Karmaker, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff 143-08 Hillside Avenue Jamaica, NY 11435 (212) 714-3599 NOTICE: The nature of this action is to dissolve the marriage between the parties, on the grounds: DRL Section 170 subd. (7) – the relationship between the Plaintiff and Defendant has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months. The relief sought is a judgment of absolute divorce in favor of the Plaintiff dissolving the marriage between the parties in this action. The nature of any ancillary or additional relief demanded is: That the Defendant shall have custody of the child of the marriage, SAFFAT ZUMAR KHAN, born on February 2, 2008. That the Plaintiff shall have reasonable rights of visitation with the child away from the custodial residence. That the Family Court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the Supreme Court with respect to any future issues

of maintenance, child support, custody and visitation. That the parties do not require maintenance and no claim will be made by either party for maintenance. That the Plaintiff shall pay to the Defendant Two Hundred Eighty Five Dollars ($285.00) per month on the first day of each month for child support.

That the parties do not require payment of counsel and experts’ fees and expenses. That both parties may resume the use of any prior surname. That the Court grant such other and further relief as the Court may deem fit and proper. The parties have divided up the marital property, and no claim will be made by either party under equitable distribution. Notice of Automatic Orders pursuant to DRL Sec. 236(B)(2) and Notice Concerning Continuation of Health Care Coverage pursuant to DRL Sec. 255(1) accompany this summons. ________________________________ PROBATE CITATION File No. 2012-5147 SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: The heirs-at-law, next-of-kin and distributees of JOSEPH McARDLE, deceased, if living, and if any ofthem be dead, to their heirs-at-law, next-ofkin, distributees, legatees executors, administrators, assignees and successorsin-interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. A petition having been duly filed by RITA M. McARDLE, who is domiciled at 600 West 239 th Street, Bronx, New York 10463. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on the 2 nd day of May, 2013 at 9:30 A.M. of that day, WHY a decree should not be made in the Estate of JOSEPH McARDLE, lately domiciled at 71-02 34 th Avenue, Jackson Heights, New York 11372 admitting to probate a Will dated June 4, 2012 a copy of which is attached, as the Will of JOSEPH McARDLE, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [x] Letters Testamentary issue to: RITA M. McARDLE [X] Letters of Trusteeship issue to: GALINA

DATSKOVSKY MAR 15 2013 (Seal) HON. PETER J. KELLY, SURROGATE MARGARET M. GRIBBON Chief Clerk Stanley D. Friedman, Esq., McAloon & Friedman, P.C. Attorney for Petitioner (212) 732-8700 123 William Street, 25 th Floor, New York, New York 10038 Address of Attorney [Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear, it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested.

You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.] _____________________________ 33-40 & 33-42 104 STREET, LLC Art. of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 06/28/2007. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to T h e L L C , 3 7 - 5 1 7 6 th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. _____________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 63RD ROAD REALTY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/01/ 13. 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 Martha Molnar, 1421 Pond Hill Road, Castleton, Vermont 05735. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. _____________________________ Notice of Formation of 150 EP Commercial, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/7/13. 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 144-21 Jewel Ave., Flushing, NY 11367. Purpose: any lawful activities. __________________________________

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF EVERYDAY AMORE LLC. Arts. of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/21/13.

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Notice of Formation of 18 DARTMOUTH HOLDING, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/5/12.

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SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 20 Goodwood Road, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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The suspect is described as a Hispanic male in his 20s.

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112th Precinct BURGLARY: The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance in locating a white or Hispanic male, between 45-50 years of age, wanted in connection with three burglaries. The suspect enters residential buildings, picks locks on apartment doors and removes money and jewelry.

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The third incident occurred at 8 p.m. inside East Star Medical Center, 91-10 63rd Drive. Again, the suspect attempted to gain entry through the roof.

The fourth incident occurred at 1 a.m. inside Shalomar Diner, 63-38 Austin St., where the suspect entered the location through the skylight and attempted to remove money from the register.

The suspect is described as a male, 20-25 years old, 5-foot-8, last seen wearing a baseball cap and a white jacket with a logo on the back.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by visiting nypdcrimestoppers.com or texting their tips to CRIMES (274637) then enter TIPS577.

All calls are strictly confidential.

114th Precinct ASSAULT: The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance in identifying the following suspect wanted for assault.

At 10:45 p.m. on April 9, the victim, a 16-year-old female, and the suspect walked into an alley next to 22-63 43rd St., where the suspect assaulted the victim and then fled the scene. The victim was removed to Elmhurst General Hospital, where she is listed in critical but stable condition with head injuries.

The suspect is described as a Black male, 6-foot, last seen wearing a white Tshirt, blue jeans, black sneakers and dark gloves.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by visiting nypdcrimestoppers.com or texting their tips to CRIMES (274637) then enter TIPS577.

All calls are strictly confidential.

INVESTIGATION: At approximately 4:52 a.m. on April 10, police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious male in front of 11-48 Welling Court. Upon arrival, officers observed Alberto Aguilar-Garcia, 34, of Astoria, unconscious and unresponsive in front of the location. EMS also responded to the location and pronounced AguilarGarcia dead at the scene.

The investigation is ongoing.

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

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The First

100 Days in Office Assemblyman Ron Kim

On April 13, U.S. Rep Grace Meng (D-Bayside) reached her 100th day as a Congresswoman for the Sixth Congressional District, having been swor n in on Jan. 3. Two assemblymembers, Ron Kim (DFlushing) and Nily Rozic (D-Hillcrest) hit their 100-day mark two days earlier on April 11, having started their terms on New Year’s Day. Meng used this achievement to hold a celebration at Francis Lewis High School on April 14. The event featured performances and was attended by many elected officials, including U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York), State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, U.S. Rep Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica) and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. The performances featured the Presentation of the Colors by the Patriot Battalion JROTC (who also sang the National Anthem), a dance by the South Asian Youth Action dance troupe Habibi Express, a drum enactment by the Korean Traditional Music and Dance Institute and two instrumentals by guitarist David Galvez of the Latin American Cultural Center of Queens.

The centerpiece of the ceremony was Meng’s speech, where she touted her successes and stated her goals for the future.

“It is an incredible privilege to be your voice in Washington,” she said.

She mentioned her effort to bring back bipartisanship to the House, through legislation that allows FEMA funds to rebuild houses of worship damaged by Superstorm Sandy, a bill that she worked on with U.S. Rep Peter King (R-Massapequa Park) and Chris Smith (R-New Jersey).

“It’s time for a new era in Congress where bipartisan solutions are the norm,” Meng said. “Only by bringing Republicans and Democrats together will we find common sense solutions.”

Other initiatives Meng championed included urging the Small Business Administration to give more Sandy relief contracts to Queens businesses, voting for the $50 billion Sandy aid package, voting for the Violence Against Women’s Act and supporting the “No Budget, No Pay Act,” which would withhold salaries

for Senators and Congressmembers if they fail to adopt a budget. She also promoted her “Congress on Your Corner” event, where her constituents can meet with her one-on-one in their own neighborhood and discuss issues important to them.

“Since day one, I’ve hit the ground running, constantly criss-crossing every part of this wonderful district and working tirelessly in our nation’s capital,” she said.

Looking forward, Meng stated her intention to confront many of the nation’s challenges, which include resolving the sequester, ending the backlog at the Dept. of Veteran Affairs so that veterans no longer have to wait excessively to receive their benefits, making sure Queens gets its fair share of federal money and working to create comprehensive immigration reform.

“We must ensure that the future generation live in an America that is full of opportunities; the same opportunities that were afforded to us,” she said.

Ron Kim’s First 100 One of the main focuses of Assemblyman Kim’s first 100 days has been constituent services and delivering resources to the community.

From the first day of his ter m, when more than 50 people walked into his office looking for help, Kim said he has worked to assist all members of his district with any issues that concern them. Medicaid, immigration and tax returns were all large issues that many people brought through his door.

One of the recent issues plaguing his community was identity theft, particularly among senior citizens. In response, Kim’s office contacted several senior centers and offered a senior ID card system.

That way, the older residents being targeted could leave all their important documentation safely at home and have their information in one ID card.

In terms of his own office, the Assemblyman has worked to increase transparency and accountability for his work.

Photo by Joe Marvilli

By JOE MARVILLI As April moves forward and New Yorkers enjoy the arrival of Spring, three newly-elected officials in Queens are celebrating their own milestones: 100 days in office.

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng addresses the audience at a celebration of her first 100 days in office.

“We’ve been releasing monthly reports on what issues are coming in, broken down by percentage, so the public will also know the types of problems that Flushing faces every month,” he said. “It’s also useful for our local government stakeholders, like the 109th precinct and community boards, so we can collaborate.”

Now that budget process, which the Assemblyman felt did not give enough to the City or to developmentally disabled communities, is over, Kim will push for his legislation to pass. One bill that resonates with him is the Taxi Driver Protection Act, which would increase the penalties for those who attack cab drivers. The bill was inspired by an attack on one of Kim’s constituents on New Year’s Day, who was left in a coma.

“I’ve introduced legislation that can help alleviate the attacks by mandating signs in back of cabs, alerting the public that attacking a cab driver can lead to an automatic felony,” he said. “Secondly, we’re trying to fix one of the loopholes in our current penal code. Cab drivers do not receive the same type of protection as our sanitation workers, nurses and bus drivers.”

Kim also hopes to continue to learn more in the various committees he belongs to, continually pushing himself to take on multiple challenges.

“You get to be this generalist that has to balance a variety of issues,” he said. “I’m very eager to learn more. I’m always trying to expand my knowledge of different policy areas.”

Nily Rozic’s First 100 For her first 100 days, Assemblywoman Rozic has introduced a num-

Assemblyman Nily Rozic ber of bills and is working to keep door-to-door communication open with her constituents.

One of the bills that Rozic introduced is currently on the floor of the Assembly. The “MTA Safety Data Reporting Act” would force the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide annual reports on all types of assaults that occur in the transit system. According to Rozic, the bill should be voted on within a couple of weeks.

Other pieces of legislation she has put forward revolve around a couple “pillars of interest.” The first one is language accessibility through bills like the Education Equity Act, which would ensure that each district has a plan to reach parents who may not speak English about their child’s education. The other pillar is immigration, which Rozic hopes to improve with a bill to protect immigrant victims of domestic violence.

“It’s a huge problem for woman and a huge issue in a lot of immigrant communities,” she said. “Being the youngest woman in the Assembly, that is one of the issues I care about and will be a fierce advocate for.”

Back in her district, Rozic is making sure to keep her finger on the pulse of her community.

“We are in constant communication. I like to say that nothing happens in the district I don’t know about,” the Assemblywoman said.

Some of the problems that come up continually in her district office are dealing with red tape from City and State agencies, government accessibility and transit. The latter has been a long-running problem that Rozic would like to fix.

“We called on the MTA to prioritize the Q46 and their Bus Time program,” she said. “We’re working with local community boards on figuring out what other ideas we can put out there to make transit more efficient for all of us commuters.”

In the future, Rozic plans to become even more involved in her district, through plans like mobile office hours and door-knocking.

“We’re definitely going to be out in the community more,” she said. “If [residents] have an issue, they should reach out to us because that’s what we’re here for.”

Reach Reporter Joe Marvilli at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125, or at jmarvilli@queenstribune.com.

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New Hope Opens

Common Core-us

Elected officials and representatives of the New Hope Center adult day care center cut the ribbon during the Flushing facility’s opening on April 11. Below, Assemblymen Mike Simanowitz and Ron Kim present Simon Pelman, CEO of the Union Plaza Care Center with a proclamation in honor of the event, which also featured a variety of performances. Photos by Ira Cohen.

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott (above) visited PS 169 Bay Terrace School on April 12. Walcott met with a class of third graders who are preparing for Common Core testing. The children performed a song and dance about the testing process during Walcott’s visit (below). Photos by Ira Cohen.

pix Tree Giveaway

Members of the Bayside-Whitestone Lions Club celebrate a successful second annual tree giveaway over the weekend. The club distributed more than 175 trees to local residents at A&S Nursery in Whitestone, in partnership with the New York Restoration Project and Million Trees NYC.

Season Opener

Over the weekend, State Sen. Tony Avella helped open the Little League season, taking part in a parade down Bell Boulevard. Avella is pictured with members of the Jamaica Estates-Holliswood-Briarwood Little League before their game.

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Mother of the Year CONTEST

The Queens Tribune and its advertisers are pleased to once again present our “Mother of the Year” contest. Our Mother’s Day issue will feature winning entries plus thoughts from 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.

Over $1,000 In Prizes

Including Mets Tickets

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

ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 3, 2013 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 editor@queenstribune.com

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, May 3, 2013.

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

4. Enclose a 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. We are open-minded and even mother-in-law entries will be accepted.

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Leisure

Tribeca Film Festival Returns

By JOE MA RV ILLI The Tribeca Film Festival is star ting up for its 11th year this week, featuring a variety of movies for any and all cinephiles. There are even a couple of Queens filmmakers listed on the bill, for those looking for a local touch.

The festival runs from April 17 to April 28 and will show 217 films over the course of 12 days. There will also be several Tribeca Talks panels with actors, directors and writers. Family Festival screenings, Meet the Filmmakers discussions and Future of Film conversations are among the features to be experienced as well.

One of the most notable movies at this year’s festival is “Stand Clear of

the Closing Doors,” a 94 minute feature directed by Sam Fleischner, who lives in the Rockaways on Beach 92nd Street. His home was destroyed in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, but he was still determined to get the film finished.

The movie follows the story of Ricky, an autistic teen whose family is facing economic difficulties and who is having trouble fit t ing in at school. When he is scolded for skipping class, Ricky escapes into the subway and spends days on an underground, transit journey. While he moves throughout the subway system, his mother engages on desperate search for her son as Superstorm Sandy swoops in on New York. The film is based on a true stor y.

Let’s Hear It for Queens!

By BARBARA ARNSTEIN The Free Synagogue of Flushing Theatre Group will celebrate its 40th anniversary in May with performances of “Let’s Hear It For Queens!,” a show celebrating the history of the Borough through songs, dancing and poetry.

“We are presenting it to enter tain people and to let them know about the wonders of this Borough, and how it became the bustling The cast of “Let’s Hear It For Queens” precommunity it is today,” di- pares for its performances in May. rector Mark Lord said. Lord also wrote the show and the lyrics of and “It Only Takes a Moment” from the original songs. “Celebrities con- “Hello, Dolly!,” which will be pernected with Queens, including Ethel formed by Richard Weyhausen.

The music for the original songs Merman, Louis Armstrong and Tony Bennet t are por trayed in it, and there was writ ten by Joe Ferrente.

Kieran Larkin, a high school are monologues that I developed from personal stories stored by Queens resi- teacher with a master’s degree in thedents in the archives of the Queens atre who has appeared in many shows, Memor y Project at Queens College. is originating the role of “Ant iquous,” Some of the people whose stories are a character more than 400 years old, presented may attend some of the per- who talks about the evolution of Queens from experience, and links up formances.”

One of the original songs, “The the segments of the show.

Performances of “Let’s Hear It For House on the Corner” is a touching tribute to a woman who refused to sell Queens!” are set for May 4 and May her house to developers and forced 11 at 8 p.m. and May 5 and May 12 at them to build around it. The song will 3 p.m. at the theater, located at 41-60 be per formed by Donald Gormanly, Kissena Blvd. Run time for the show whose contribut ions to the per for- is two and a half hours.

Tickets cost $17 or $15 for seniors mance will include an appearance as Teddy Roosevelt. Another song is a and children younger than 12 years tribute to the Unisphere, and a third old. Tickets on May 12, Mother’s Day, features direct greetings to the audi- will all be priced at $15. Books about ence in many of the languages spoken the h istor y of Queens, writ ten by Jain Queens. The medley of songs, taken son Antos, will be available at each from some of the shows presented over performance.

For information, call (718) 428the years by the Theatre Group, includes “Wilkommen” from “Cabaret” 8681 or visit w w w.fsfctg.org.

Two brothers raised in Queens and Manhattan also have a film at the festival, a documentar y about a basketball player whose professional career passed him by.

Joshua and Ben Safdie’s 90-minute movie is titled “Lenny Cooke,” who was the most talked-about high school basketball player in the countr y back in 2001. Rather than going to college, Cooke opted to enter the draft but was not selected. Even though many of his peers are winning MVP awards and championships, the 30-year-old has not yet played at all in the NBA. The documentar y goe s over the last decade of Cooke’s life, including interviews with his family and friends.

Another documentar y, t itled “In God We Trust,” tells the story of Eleanor Squillari, the secretary of Queens-born Bernie Madoff. Though she worked for decades with no idea that her boss was the operator of the largest financial fraud in U.S. history, Squillari became obsessed with the case in the days, weeks and months after Madoff’s arrest, using her own notes and memories in a search for justice. Directors Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek are us-

A screencap from the film “Stand Clear of the Closing Doors,” about an autistic child who goes on a multi-day journey on the NYC subway system. The film is showing at the Tribeca Film Festival. ing this film to display her findings and the journey this secretary went through.

If you would like to purchase tickets, go to w w w.tribecafilm.com/festival/tickets.

Reach Reporter Joe Marvilli at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125, or at jmarvilli@queenstribune.com.

Queens Celebrates Literary Scene

BY TRISHA SAKHUJA Residents of Queens joined together to sit down and write on April 13-14 at locations in Long Island City, Sunnyside, Corona, Forest Hills and Flushing.

The Newtown Literary Alliance celebrated the growing literar y scene in Queens. The non-profit publisher of Queens and literary journal held its first annual Queens Writes! Weekend.

“Ever yone is inv ited—even those who haven’t writ ten any th ing more than a to - do list recently,” said Tim Fredrick, editor of Newtown Literar y.

“This isn’t about creating a publishable piece of work; it’s about Queens flexing its literary muscle and celebrat ing what the residents of Queens have to say and write about.”

The suggested donation of $5 goes towards the journal’s second issue and low-cost writing workshops set to launch this summer, as well as a kids writing contest for the upcoming school year.

The organization’s goal was to bring the Borough together to write, which resonated through the typewriter that traveled the Borough. The residents added their own creativity to the poem being transcribed on the typewriter at different locations. The $1 donation to add a line of poetry w ill go towards publishing the large poem in the journal’s third issue this fall.

A group of residents also traveled on the 7 train to seek creative inspiration because the train runs elevated from the ground.

Even though some people were hesitant to write at first, they soon became comfor table knowing they would not be asked to share their thoughts. Professional writers shared with the writers that even they sometimes have trouble writing their thoughts on paper and are not always happy with their finished products.

Each location was set up differently.

While some groups conversed, others diligently wrote. Either way, they were given free reign to think freely and write.

“At every event, I was asked, ‘When are we doing this again?’ Par ticipant s exchanged emails and were making plans on getting together in the future,” Fredrick said.

Turnout was low at most locations, as expected by the organization, since it was the first celebration of the writ ten word. But Fredrick is pleased with the response and the opportunity it provides for people to meet and share ideas.

The organization has counted $425 in donations so far. It is thrilled to have made a mark in the burgeoning literary scene in Queens.

Reach Reporter Trisha Sakhuja at (718-357-4000), Ext. 128, or at tsakhuja@queenstribune.com.

Dining & Entertainment New Exhibition at the Manor House Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park

ALL ABOARD!

A RAILWAY FORTUNE AT PLANTING FIELDS

Planting Fields opens its spring exhibition ALL ABOARD! A Railway Fortune at Planting Fields Saturday, April 6th at the Manor House Open every day 11:30am – 3:30pm through September 2nd FREE ADMISSION with $8 parking fee

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SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2013 French Toast & Trains at the Manor House to Celebrate the Exhibition ALL ABOARD! A Railway Fortune at Planting Fields 10:00am – 2:00pm (parking fee $8.00 per vehicle) $20.00 Non-Members, Adults & Children $15.00 Members, Adults & Children.

Reservations: Michelle Benes (516)922-8682 or email: mbenes@plantingfields.org.

SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2013 Iron Horse: The Virginian Railway and the Age of Rail Lecture by Gwendolyn Smith 2:30pm at the Manor House.

Reservations required. Tickets $10.00 Non-Members / Members FREE! Reservations: Michelle Benes (516)922-8682 or email: mbenes@plantingfields.org.

SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013 Concert at the Manor House Live Bluegrass Music: “Music from Appalachia” Performed by Chamber Players International.

2:30pm – 4:00pm.

FREE with $8.00 parking fee.

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS Movie Night: “North by Northwest” Trackside Workshop with Babylon Railroad Club • Dining By Rail Dinner & Book Signing • Bluegrass Party with Mark Silver & the Stonethrowers

PLANTINGFIELDS.ORG FOR DETAILS ON ALL UPCOMING EVENTS PLANTING FIELDS FOUNDATION Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park 1395 Planting Fields Rd. Oyster Bay, New York 11771 (516) 922-8678 – www.plantingfields.org

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LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: WINDHAM PLUMBING, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/31/13.

The latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2050. 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 Richard Delciello, 46-16 27th Street, Long Island City, New York 11101. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. __________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 0305 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/26/13.

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, 7525 153rd Street, #541, Flushing, New York 11367. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. _____________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 1926 ASSETS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/ 12/05. 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, 71-63 Austin Street, Queens, New York 11375.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose. _____________________________ Notice of Formation of Willoughby Vernon, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/4/13.

Office location: Queens County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 221-10 Jamaica Ave., 3rd Fl., Queens Village, NY 11428, principal business address.

Purpose: all lawful purposes. ____________________________ SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS NYCTL 2010-A TRUST, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Collateral Agent and Custodian for the NYCTL 2010-A TRUST, Plaintiff against KYUNG KWON, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of

Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated February 26, 2013, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., in Courtroom #25, Jamaica, NY on the 10th day of May, 2013 at 10:00 AM premises lying and being in the Borough of Queens and State of New York. In the Condominium known as The Towers Condominium together with an undivided .0124% percent interest in the Common Elements. This Unit is also designated as Tax Lot 1021 in Block 4977. Said premises known as 136-75 37TH AVENUE, UNIT 3E, FLUSHING, NY Approximate amount of lien $ 7,152.71 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index Number 19841/11. WILLIAM F. MACKEY, JR., Referee.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 620 Eighth Avenue, 32nd Floor New York, NY 10018-1405 (* QUEENS TRI - *) _____________________________ PARDALIS & NOHAVICKA LLP Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/ 13/13. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLP upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLP 35-10 Broadway 2 nd FL. Astoria, NY 11106. Purpose: Any lawful activity. _____________________________ Notice of Formation of SSS Supply Chain Services LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/23/13. Office: Queens. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to 5008 66 th St. Woodside, NY 11377.

Purpose: any lawful activity. _____________________________ Notice is hereby given [#pending] that license to sell alcoholic beverages at retail in a bar. Under the alcoholic beverage control law at: VINNY’S PITZ STOP/BAR D/B/A VINCENT TITONE 241 21 BRADDOCK AVE. BELLEROSE NY 11426 _____________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on MAR 13 2013, bearing Index Number NC-001206-12/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume

the name of (First) Haley (Middle) Frances (Last) Modeste My present name is (First) Frances (Middle) Haley (Last) Modeste My present address is 146 Beach 24 th Street, Apt. #406, Far Rockaway, NY 11691-2234 My place of birth is Trinidad and Tobago My date of birth is March 09, 1966 _____________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on APR 03 2013, bearing Index Number NC-000112-13/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) Regina (Middle) Mariama (Last) Shour My present name is (First) Mariama (Middle) Regina (Last) Shour aka Mariama R Shour My present address is 228-01 147 th Ave., Springfield Gardens, NY 11413 My place of birth is Sierra Leone My date of birth is December 10, 1976 _____________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on the 15 day of January, 2013, bearing Index Number 868/2012, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, in Room 357, grants the Petitioner the right to: Assume the name of Jean-Baptiste Charles Vainqueur Pierre.

The Petitioner’s present name is Jean Baptiste Charles Vainqueur Pierre.

The Petitioner’s present address is 134-47 166 th Place, Building 19, Jamaica, New York 11434.

The Petitioner’s place of birth is Cap-Haitian, the Republic of Haiti. The Petitioner’s date of birth is July 2, 1945. _____________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on APR 03 2013, bearing Index NO. NC-78/ 2013/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY, grants me the right to, assume the name Cathy Zhang My present address is 51-06 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11355; The date of Birth is September 29 th , 2004; The place of birth is New York City, the State of New York; My present name is Cathy Luo

Queens Today SECTION EDITOR: REGINA VOGEL

MEETINGS

IMMACULATE CONC. April 27 Immaculate Conception School in Astoria will host a reunion for all graduates. icsastoriaalumni@gmail.com

P-FLAG Sundays, April 21, May 19, June 16 P-Flag, a support5 group for parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays meet in Forest Hills. 2716663.

KNIT & CROCHET Monday, April 22 Douglaston library at 4.

EVENING CRAFTS Monday, April 22 Fresh Meadows library at 6.

KNIT & CROCHET Tu e s d a y , April 23 Whitestone library at 2 and Windsor Park library at 2.

DEBATE CLUB Wednesday, April 24 first-time callers register 464-0084. Queens Village library.

KNIT & CROCHET Wednesday, April 24 South Ozone Park library at 1.

FH VAC Wednesdays, April 24, May 22, June 26 Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corp. 7932055.

WRITING CLUB Thursday, April 25 Peninsula library at 2.

TOASTMASTERS CLUB Thursday, April 26 Advance for Excellence Toastmasters Club at 5:45

SENIORS

ENVIRONMENT

PART Y MIX Monday, April 22 line dance and part y mix at the East Elmhurst library at 1.

BASIC COMPUTERS Tuesday, April 23 South Ozone Park library at 11.

DRIVING CLASS Tuesday, April 23 Forest Hills library. Register.

MATURE SEXUALITY Wednesday, April 24 “We’re Sexy and We Know It: Healthy Sexuality for Mature Adults” at 1:30 at the Flushing library.

VISION & AGING Wednesday, April 24 Vision and Aging at the Richmond Hill library at 3.

MEN’S CLUB Wednesdays 10-noon Men’s club for those over 65 at the Central Queens Y in Forest Hills. 4230732.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING Friday, April 26 Cambria H e i g h t s l i b r a r y. 2 7 6 6790./ GOSPEL CELEBRATION Saturday, April 27 4-8 at the Rochdale Village Senior Center. 5252800.

BEAUTIFICATION Saturday, April 20 Jackson Heights Beautification Group’s spring project to clean up the area next to the parking lot at Food Bazar on 34 th Avenue and Junction Blvd. Equipment supplied. Meet at the corner at 10-noon.

GREEN FILM FEST Saturday, April 20 Earth Week Green Film Festival at the Broadway, Woodside and Steinway libraries. Contact library.

POWER FUTURE Saturday, April 20 “Clean Energy.” Saturday, May 4 “Wind Power.” Thursday, May 18 “Energy Efficienc y.”

Jackson Heights library at 3.

WINDOWFARM Monday, April 22 Hydroponics at Home at 6 at the Steinway library.

FRACKING & MORE Saturday, April 27 “Connect the Dots: Fracking, Pipelines, Boilers and Radon” at 3 at the Broadway library.

SEEDLING SWAP Saturday, April 27 Steinway library at 1.

Send announcements for your club or organization’s events at least TWO weeks in advance to “Queens Today” Editor, Queens Tribune, 150-50 14 Road, Whitestone NY 11357. Send faxes to 357-9417, c/o Regina or email to queenstoday@ queenstribune.com Yearly schedules and advanced notices welcome!

PARENTS READ WITH CHILD Wednesday, April 24 “Find the Feeling Story Hour” for children 5 and younger and parent.

Arverne library at 4.

ALUMNI

at the Briarwood library.

CDEC 26 Thursday, April 25 MS67, 51-60 Marathon Parkway. Business meeting at 7, public meeting at 8.

JAMAICA KIWANIS Thursdays, April 25, May 9, 23 Kiwanis Club of Jamaica meets. 5273678.

CROCHET CLUB Friday, April 26 LIC library at 11:30.

CHESS CLUB Friday, April 26 Woodside library at 4.

KNIT & CROCHET Friday, April 26 Fresh Meadows library at 11.

HEALTH MEN’S HEALTH Saturday, April 20 10 th Annual Men’s Health Day. 8-9 breakf a st, 9-1 prostate screenings.

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HEALTH INFO Monday, April 22 Health Information from the Internet at 10 at the Langston Hughes librar y.

CHAIR YOGA Monday, April 22 Broadway library. Register.

RECOVERY INC. Monday, April 22 get h e l p f o r a n x i e t y, f e a r, obsessions, temper and more at 5:45 at the Forest Hills library.

ZUMBA Monday, April 22 Rosedale librar y. Register.

STRETCH & TONE Monday, April 22 LIC l i b ra r y. L i m i te d s p a c e .

6:30.

ALZHEIMERS Tu e s d a y, April 23 Caregiver Support Group in Forest Hills.

592-5757, ext. 237.

AEROBICS Wednesday, April 24 Central librar y. Limited space at 4.

GENTLE YOGA Wednesday, April 24 Woodside library. Register.

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Thursday, April 25 MS Societ y Suppor t Group at 1 Howard Beach librar y.

MEDITATION CLUB Thursday, April 25 Bellerose library at 5:30.

BODY SCULPT FITNESS Thursday, April 25 Lefrak Cit y library. Limited space at 5:30.

DANCE FITNESS Friday, April 26 Richmond Hill libra ry. Limited space at 5.

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DE NOVO Saturday, April 20 at 7 at Elmhurst Hospital auditorium 79-01 Broadway.

Play about a young boy’s immigrant experience.

793-8080 for free tickets.

BOOK FAIR Saturday, April 20 Spring Book Fair at the Farmers Market Harvest Room, 90-40 1 6 0 th Street, Jamaica. 11-5.

Guests, featured authors, panels, networking, poetry, more. 591-4525.

DANZA FIESTA Saturday, April 20 a t the Flushing library at 2.

RUSSIAN MUSIC Saturday, April 20 Forest Hills library at 2:30.

BIG BAND SOUNDS Saturday, April 20 Jackson Heights library at 3 with a clip from the film “Looking at Jazz: America’s Art Form.”

CARMEN MCRAE Saturday, April 20 a t the Langston Hughes library at 3:30.

SPRING FEST Saturday and Sunday, April 20, 21 Children’s Spring Festival at Queens Count y Farm Museum.

CARROLL GARDENS Sunday, April 21 forgotten NY walking tour at noon with the Greater Astoria Historical Societ y. 278-0700 for ticket information.

HAITIAN FILM Sunday, April 21 “Kaleb” will be shown at the Central library at 2:30.

STAMP SHOW Sundays, April 21, May 19 Ramada Hotel in Bayside 10-4:30. Free admission and parking.

645-7659.

RICH LITTLE Sunday, April 21 Queensborough Communit y College. 6316311.

FLAMENCO Sunday, April 21 Roots of Flamenco at 4 at Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside. 729-3880.

RODGERS, HAMMER… Monday, April 22 tribute to Rodgers, Hammerstein and Hart at 2 at the Middle Village library.

CHICAGO BLUES Monday, April 22 405 Blues Band performs at 5 at the South Ozone Park library.

FRENCH MUSIC Monday, April 22

Kanako at the Flushing library at 6.

BIG BAND SOUNDS Wednesday, April 24 North Hills library at 1:30.

SINATRA… Thursday, April 25 Sinatra Duets, Bobby Darin and the Great Ladies of Jazz at the

Poppenhusen library at 2:45.

OPEN MIC Thursday, April 25 East Elmhurst library at 6.

DYSTOPIAN FILMS Friday, April 26 “Pleasantville.” Screening and discussion of film at 2 at the Flushing library.

EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS JOB SEARCH Saturday, April 20 Job Search Strategies and Resume Writing at the Far Rockaway library at 2.

BEGINNERS WORD Saturday, April 20 Central library. Register.

BEGINNERS EXCEL Saturday, April 20 Central library. 990-8625.

INTRO COMPUTERS Monday, April 22 Central library. Register.

JOB READINESS Monday, April 22, May 6, 16 resumes, cover letters, going through the job interview and beyond at 1 at the Queens Village library.

MAC MONDAY Monday, April 22 Garageband discussed at the Central librar y. Register.

BEADING 101 Monday, April 22 Rochdale Village library.

Register.

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

INTRO ACCESS Tuesday, April 23 LIC library at 10.

BASIC COMPUTER Tuesday, April 23 11 at the McGoldrick library, Bellerose register, LIC library at noon, Far Rockaway at 2.

ART DECO JEWELRY Tu e s d a y , April 23 Maspeth librar y. Register.

BALLROOM DANCE Tuesday, April 23 Richmond Hill library at 3.

JOB SEARCH Tuesday, April 23 Job Search Strategies and Resume Writing at the S o u t h J a m a i c a l i b ra r y.

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INTRO WORD Tuesday, April 23 Central library. 990-0769.

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JOB SEARCH Wednesday, April 24 C e n t r a l l i b r a r y. 9 9 0 8625.

BEGIN COMPUTERS Wednesday, April 24

Windsor Park. Register.

ONLINE TEST PREP Wednesday, April 24 LIC library. 752-3700.

COMPUTER CLASS Wednesday, April 24 Woodside library at 5:45.

BEADING 101 Wednesday, April 24 S o u th J a m a i c a l i b r a r y.

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IPHONE Wednesday, April 24 C e n t r a l l i b r a r y. 9 9 0 8625.

MOCK INTERVIEW Thursday, April 25 Central library. 990-8625.

FACEBOOK Thursday, April 25 Central library. 990-8625.

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CODEACADEMY Thursday, April 25 Cent ra l l i b r a r y. Re g i s t e r.

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INTRO INTERNET Friday, April 26 Central library. Register.

BEGIN COMPUTER Friday, April 26 Auburndale library. Register.

RESUME WORKSHOP Friday, April 26 LIC library. Register.

FLEA MARKETS FLEA & BAKE Sunday, April 21 flea market plus ethnic Polish bake sale 9-4 at St. J o s a p h a t , 3 5 th A v e n u e and 2 1 0 th Street, Bayside.

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YOUTH PICTURE BOOK Saturday, April 20 Ridgewood library at 10:30.

FAMILY STORY TIME Saturday, April 20 Flushing library at 11:30.

RAINFOREST Saturday, April 20 Central Park Zoo Wildlife Theater Presents: Cool Rainforest Connections at the Central library at 1.

MUSIC WORKSHOP Saturday, April 20 Ridgewood library at 2.

CHESS CLUB Saturdays at the Flushing library at 2.

MATH HELP Saturdays for grades 48 Flushing library at 10.

SCIENCE LAB Saturdays Central library at 11.

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PICTURE BOOK TIME Monday, April 22 Hillcrest library at 2.

ECO-CRAFTS Monday, April 22 Astoria library at 3:30.

FAMILY STORY TIME Monday, April 22 Auburndale library at 4.

APRIL FOOLS Monday, April 22 April Fools and Other Silly Stories at the Ozone Park library at 4.

EARTH DAY Monday, April 22 Poppenhusen library at 4. Queens Village library at 4. Central library at 4:30 and Hillcrest library at 4:30.

WORD GAMES Monday, April 22 McGoldrick library at 5.

CRAFT KIDS Mondays Flushing library at 3:30.

S TORY T I M E Mondays at 3:30 at the Peninsula library.

BEGIN CHESS Mondays at 3:30 Windsor Park library.

KNIT & CROCHET Mondays Douglaston library at 4.

SPRING FLOWERS Tuesday, April 23 North Forest Park library at 3.

CRAFTY TUESDAYS Tuesday, April 23 Forest Hills library at 3:30.

BOOK BUDDIES Tuesday, April 23 East

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CHESS CLUB Tu e s d a y, April 23 Howard Beach library at 4.

BUGS AS PETS Tuesday, April 23 Baisley Park library at 4:30.

WORD PROJECT Tuesday, April 23 Central library at 4:30.

KIDS CLUB Tu e s d a y, April 23 Hillcrest library at 4:30.

ORIGAMI MATH Tuesday, April 23 Lefrak Cit y library at 4:30.

MATH GAMES Tu e s d a y, April 23 McGoldrick library at 5.

NATURE KIDS Tuesday s Sunnyside library at 3:15.

KNIT & CROCHET Tuesdays at 5 Rochdale Village library.

CRAFT TUESDAYS Tu e s d a y s Cambria Heights library at 4.

TIMELESS TALES Wednesday, April 24 Central library. Register.

ECO-CRAFTS Wednesday, April 24 Sunnyside library at 11:30.

WORLD OF WARCRAFT Saturday, April 20 Flushing library at 2.

CHESS CLUB Saturdays Flushing library at 2.

KNIT & CROCHET Monday, April 22 Douglaston library at 4.

EARTH DAY CRAFT Monday, April 22 Hillcrest library at 4:30.

TEEN ZONE Monday, Wednesday and Friday, April 22, 24, 26 at the Queens Village library at 4.

LAPTOPS Mondays-Thursdays Hollis library at 3.

BOOK BUDDIES Tuesday, April 23 East Elmhurst library at 4.

POETRY Tuesday, April 23 Newspaper Blackout Poetry at the Hollis library at 4.

FAHRENHEIT 451 Tuesday, April 23 create a book cover for the novel at the Jackson Heights library at 4:30.

SISTER TO SISTER Tu e s d a y, April 23 Pomonok library at 4:30.

READING CIRCLE Tu e s d a y, April 23 Arverne library at 5.

JAPANESE MONSTERS Wednesday, April 24 Kowai: Japanese Monsters at the Astoria library at 4.

BRACELETS Wednesday, April 24 create woven friendship bracelets at the Flushing library at 4.

TEEN PICTIONARY Wednesday, April 24 Queens Village library at 4.

ONLINE TEST PREP Wednesday, April 24 LIC library. Register.

COMPUTER CLASS Wednesday, April 24 Woodside library at 5:45.

GAME DAY Wednesdays Howard Beach library at 4.

CHESS Wednesdays at 3:30 Queens Village library.

ANIME CLUB Thursday, April 25 Flushing library at 4.

FAHRENHEIT 451 Thursday, April 25 create a mechanical walking dog inspired by the dog in Fahrenheit 451 at the Lefferts library. Register.

TEEN SPACE Thursday, April 25 button bowl craft workshop at the Windsor Park library. Register.

READING BUDDIES Thursday, April 25 McGoldrick library at 5.

MANGA DRAWING Thursdays South Ozone

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CHESS CLUB Thursdays Rochdale Village library 4:30.

ORIGAMI Friday, April 26 Fresh Meadows library at 3.

BOOK BUDDIES Friday, April 26 Douglaston librar y. Register. Also at the Fresh Meadows library at 4.

MAGIC TRICKS Friday, April 26 Briarwood library. Register.

HAPPY HOUR Friday, April 26 Flushing library at 4.

ADVISORY BOARD Friday, April 26 Laurelton library. Register.

WII GAME DAY Friday, April 26 Poppenhusen library at 4.

COLLAGE Friday, April 26 make an edible or non-edible collage based on a favorite

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BOOK CLUB Friday, April 26 middle school book club discusses “The Giver” at the Pomonok library at 4:30.

HUNGER GAMES Friday, April 26 teen m ovie par t y wit h “ T h e Hunger Games” at the Sunnyside library at 4:30.

WII GAMES Friday, April 26 McGoldrick library at 5.

MOVIE AFTERNOON Fridays Central library at 3:30.

WII FRIDAYS Fridays at the Hollis library at 3:30.

GAME DAY Fridays at 4 at the Sunnyside librar y.

RAY BRADBURY Saturday, April 27 “The Man Behind the Masterpiece” with Sam Weller at the Flushing library at 2.

TALKS BLACK LIBRARIAN Saturday, April 20 author talk with editors and contributors of The 21 st Century Black Librarian in America at 1 at the Langston Hughes library.

AFRICAN AMERICANS Saturday, April 20 “The Struggles of AfricanAmericans in Queens (1790-1870)” at 1. $5.

Greater Astoria Historical Society. 278-0700.

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AUTHOR PANEL Wednesday, April 24 three writers discuss their work at the Central library at 6.

BOOK DISCUSSION Thursday, April 25 East Flushing library at 11.

CHANGE WITH SEASON Thursday, April 25 “Change With the Season for a Healthier You” at the Laurelton library at 1:30.

INTERIOR DECORATE Thursday, April 25 Windsor Park library at 1:30.

BAY TERRACE BOOK Friday, April 26 “The Buddha in the Attic” discussed at 11:30 at the

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CIVIL WAR Saturday, April 27 “The Civil War: The Tide Turns (1863)” at 12. Free.

Greater Astoria Historical Society. 278-0700.

19TH CENTURY SOCIETY Saturday, April 27 “Women’s Fashion at the End of the 19 th Century” at 12:15. “3D Photography History” at 2. “Oscar Wilde and Friends on Vacation 1882” at 3:30.

Greater Astoria Historic a l S o c i e t y. 2 7 8 - 0 7 0 0 .

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THEATER MARISOL May 3-11 “Marisol” is an apocalyptic urban fantasy which urges societ y to ‘wake up.’ Queensborough Communit y College. 631-6311.

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

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Queens Focus PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2012 semester at Binghamton University. They include: Far Rockaway: Anika Michel, Kiera Harris.

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Rego Park: Taylor Arluck, Lauren Lewandowski, Claire Chang, Brendan Ho, Lei Cao, Gregory Anderson, Jacob Weinstein.

Richmond Hill: Stephanie Diaz.

South Richmond Hill: Stephanie Ann Michel, Ikram Hoque.

Woodhaven: Dominique Adames, Naim Ahmed, Bonnie Li, Annie Wong, Thomas Huzij.

Army Pvt. Krystle A. Forrest has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Forrest is the daughter of Livia Forrest of South Ozone Park.

Army National Guard Pvt. German Saavedra has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Saavedra is the son of Ana Granara and Dardo Saavedra of Woodhaven.

Army National Guard Pvt. George Fuentes has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort

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Army Pvt. Cesar R. Chalen has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Chalen is the son of Blanca Lourido and grandson of Detty Lourido, both of Woodhaven.

Air Force Airman Julio C. Silva

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Musicians Of Queens - Nicole Zuraitis Jazz songwriter Nicole Zuraitis’ interest in music was sparked at a very young age, from the moment her mother heard her sing Disney’s “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah.” Fast forwarding to her high school years, Zuraitis was taking voice lessons while teaching herself how to play piano. After studying classic opera at New York University and traveling the world after graduation, the Astoriabased musician got to work and formed a jazz trio.

“As a jazz band, the group is always changing, but my core trio has been together for three years,” she said.

Zuraitis’ music contains classic, effortless piano melodies and a fluid rhythm section that can move between laid-back and frantic over the course of one song. The strongest point though is her vocals, which can soulfully sweep over the landscape, switch octaves on the fly or be pulled back to a subtler, gentle approach.

“I love Queens for numerous reasons, both fun filled and logistical,” she said. “As a full time musician, I am constantly traveling, and my neighborhood is easy access from the highway, other boroughs and the TriBorough Bridge.”

Her second album, “Pariah Anthem,” was released this past January, using an assortment of musicians throughout the record. Since then, she has hit the touring circuit heavily, playing shows all over New York City.

If you want to see her in her home borough, she will be playing at The Astor Room in Astoria on April 19 and May 3 as well as the LIC Bar on May 1.

“I self-produced both my albums, wrote the music, book all my gigs and tours, hire my musicians and work tirelessly as a pianist and jazz vocalist in event bands, restaurants and bars almost every day of the week,” Zuraitis said.

Who Needs Exercise?

The rising popularity of healthy dog treats has prompted several Queens businesses to start carrying more of the canine cuisine.

According to published reports, several stores throughout the Borough have started selling more of the treats to meet the rising demand.

Among the stores that have joined this movement are Skillman Pets in Woodside, Whisker’s Holistic Pet Care in Astoria and Rockapup in Far Rockaway, who have taken the additional step of creating an organic dog-biscuit making class for people to sign up for.

People have become more conscious of the food their dogs eat and the number of calories they intake, increasing the popularity of healthier treats.

According to the reports, people are also increasingly making their own doggy treats in their own homes to give to their pets.

With this trend, we at QConf wonder if the dogs can taste the difference between the home-cooked treats and the regular ones.

We can only assume that these dogs are preparing their beach bodies with summer quickly approaching.

Mind Your Business Park goers at Kissena Park have been tirelessly fighting for a public bathroom since 1981.

The fact that people were pushing for a public bathroom at a public space for more than 30 years is hard to believe.

The park is home to lots of playgrounds, baseball diamonds, tennis and handball courts, plus the Kissena Lake, but not a public restroom.

Playing catch with a few friends and suddenly having to hide behind a tree to do your business is not the ideal park experience.

Nowadays, most public restrooms have toilets that flush on their own – so, there should be no reason as to why Kissena Park lags behind.

If you need to hold it in or let it all out in public during this era – well, that’s one sad story.

But, congrats to all those who now have the luxury of privacy!

Oops... They Did It Again No boarding pass… no problem!

John F. Kennedy Airport has made headlines once again this month. This time, TSA workers let a ramp worker board a flight without a boarding pass and without being screened, in an obvious breach of security.

Marcelino Aponte, 31, was ready for his flight to Orlando last week and was not going to let anything get in his way…not even being turned away by JFK workers at the security barrier.

Aponte, a Delta employee, used his work ID to make his way to the plane using the airport’s secure areas.

A security guard and a witness watched Aponte as

he passed through a secure doorway in Delta’s Terminal 2. They even noted that he was carrying a small Louis Vuitton duffel bag.

Moments later, a TSA agent watched him make way through another door, swiping his work ID and then entering a PIN. Soon after, the worker lost sight of Aponte.

TSA workers waited 45 minutes before they informed the Port Authority police.

Police were finally alerted just 18 minutes before his flight was scheduled to take off.

To this QConf reporter, this story sounds more like it could be the plot to a new Tom Cruise movie.

KEEP ON RUNNING - Each morning, QConf classified manager Mitch Kronenfeld gets out the door and goes for a run. The run is a long-standing tradition and last week, Mitch celebrated his four-year anniversary of daily runs. Photo by Ira Cohen.

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