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Feud May Be Due To Picks – Again

By DOMENICK RAFTER There are two groups calling themselves the Queens Republican Par ty and who eventually comes out on top will have to be settled in cour t. But t his is not the first time a n intrapart y feud has bubbled up, and it may be for the same reason as the most recent skirmishes – endorsements.

After two separate factions held organizational meet ings at the end of September, each appointing their own chairman, the New York State Board of Elections received two separate copies of bylaws drafted at the two meetings held on Sept. 28; one signed

by Phil Ragusa as chairman, one signed by Tom Ognibene as chairma n w it h Bar t Haggerty as Executive Vice Chairman. Both bylaws identify each group as the “Republican Par ty of Queens Count y.”

Also, both sides claim to have the support of State GOP chair Ed Cox, but a spokesman for the state commit tee would not confirm if Cox has chosen a side.

This is not the first time the Republicans have seen a leadership fight in the borough.

Former county Republican chair Fran Werner lost her leadership position in a raucous political fight in 1995. The leader of that insurgent faction was Ognibene, then a councilman representing Middle Village.

Werner, who had the suppor t of then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani, was challenged successfully

by Joseph DeFronzo, an ally of Ognibene, who was then City Council minority leader, a position he wrestled from another Queens

Republican, former Councilman Mike Abel, a year earlier. DeFronzo won the leadership position, ousting Werner at a seven-hour meeting in October 1995 that ended in fisticuffs.

The 1995 coup stemmed from local Republican disenchantment with Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who a year earlier had endorsed a number of Democrats, including incumbent Gov. Mario Cuomo.

The recent split in the part y may have flared up due to disputes over endorsements as well. In last year’s gubernatorial race, the Queens GOP membership had voted to endorse Rick Lazio; a last-minute change by a meeting of the County GOP executive board led to a sw itch in suppor t to Steve Lev y.

The GOP ended up flipping to Meyers Merkel, then again, on Ragusa’s vote, back to Lazio at the convention.

This year, according to t wo Republican insiders, representatives of the Haggerty fact ion were backing Bob Turner for Congress while the Ragusa faction was pushing for Forest Hills at torney Juan Reye s.

The divide between the two sides is also seen as geographic, with one Republican joking that the Long Island Expressway be established as a demilitarized zone to separ a t e t he p a r t i e s – s o u t h vo t i n g w i t h Ognibene and north for Ragusa. The list of officers in both filings at the Board of Elections highlights the geographic divide, with many of Nor th and Eastern Queens Republicans backing Ragusa and South, West and

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said it is possible for law yers to dig into decades-old legal precedents to make their case, though its unlikely a judge would accept legal decisions too far back. “[The law yers] could go as far back as they want to go in looking at legal precedence. Typically law yers will look to use some legal precedence set in the last 20 years,” Kerson said.

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

‘Occupy Wall Street’ Spreading To Queens

By JOSEPH OROVIC Occupy Wall Street, the nearly month-long protest that began in lower Manhattan, will cross the East River into our borough this week. But it will not be the now-ubiquitous New York General Assembly, as the protestors have dubbed themselves, taking to our streets.

Organizations – often politically influential – in existence well before the protests began have adopted choice parts of Occupy Wall Street’s agenda, taking on income inequality and corporate influence as causes.

They will take to the streets of Bayside and Jamaica, marrying their own agendas to Occupy Wall Street’s, in what they call a sign of solidarity and support. A spokesman for OWS welcomed the support.

“I think what’s happening is people who felt utterly powerless are now saying ‘Oh my goodness, I’m not the only one,’” said David Yale, one of MoveOn.org’s Northeast Queens coordinators. Members of the organization’s Northeast Queens Council will hold a demonstration at the LIRR Station Bridge in Bayside, from 6:50 to 9 a.m.

MoveOn.org will push specific legislation called the Financial Speculation Tax, a onequarter of a percent tax on stock trades, and two hundredths of a percent tax on futures, options and credit default swaps.

But it is organizations like MoveOn.org, with their legislation-specific bent and history of partisan support, that leave some members of the pundit-ocracy apprehensive. They argue a movement still in its infancy should avoid being co-opted by partisan groups.

But according to OWS spokesman Patrick

Bruner, organizations like MoveOn.org are welcome to whatever slice of the pie may overlap with their own cause.

“We believe anyone who comes down to add their voice to the conversation we’re having is welcome,” he said. “We appreciate donations of resources.”

Outside groups can openly join the discussion, Bruner said, but OSW will not deviate from its message or endorse a cause outside their own. Still, he welcomed the expansion of the protestors’ message.

“If they think that our agendas overlap and they want to help us, that’s fine,” Bruner said.

The Occupy Wall Street movement began in earnest on Sept. 17, when a group of protestors began an “occupancy” of the Financial District, laying claim to Zuccotti Park as their headquarters. Broadly, their main gripes laid with a growing income gap, “corporate greed” and influence over government through campaign donations and lobbyists.

The protestors have taken to calling themselves the “99 Percenters,” a nod to the income disparity between the nation’s top earners and the rest.

The protests have spread across the country, topping 75 different “occupations” as of printing, and have reached a worldwide scale.

The addition of MoveOn.org’s Queens excursions, which also include a 10 a.m. rally at Jamaica’s unemployment office on Friday, was a welcome addition to the ongoing “occupancy” movement.

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

School Swindle Figure Gets More Prison Time

By BRIAN M. RAFFERTY The key figure in a School District 29 fraud, already serving time in jail for his connection to a disgraced and imprisoned Congressman, had 12 years added to his sentence last week.

Thomas Kontogiannis was sentenced by a federal judge in Brooklyn for his role in a scheme to defraud to banks regarding development proper ties in Queens and Brooklyn. The fraud, which ran from 2003 to 2007, involved a total of nine defendants, all of whom pleaded guilt y last year.

In 2002, Kontogiannis pleaded guilty to defrauding District 29 out of millions of dollars in a contract rigging and non-deliver y scam involving computers. He did not serve any jail time but was ordered to pay

restitution totaling $3.35 million. Superintendent Celestine Miller and her husband William Harris pleaded guilty in the computer fraud, and paid restitution.

Kontogiannis was sentenced in May 2008 to eight years in prison for helping launder U.S. Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham’s (RCalifornia) bribe money through a mor tgage scheme that involved a boat and other propert y used as tools to funnel the illegal funds.

Cunningham is currently serving an eight-year sentence. Kontogiannis is expected to have the new time run concurrently with his existing sentence, making him eligible for release in nine years.

Re a c h E d i t o r B r i a n Raffe r t y a t brafferty@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 122.

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By DOMENICK RAFTER There is a free shuttle bus operating between A crowd of angry straphangers gath- Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue and ered near the Vernon Boulevard 7 train Queensboro Plaza. The MTA said more than station in Long Island City to protest the 280,000 people will be affected by the suspension of the 7 train for four week- changes. ends. Nearly three dozen times in the three The culprit is the continuing maintenance previous years, the line had shut down due of the Steinway tunnel that carries the 7 train to construction. under the East River, and the installation of Of course that was in 2007, and more than a new signal system, which an MTA spokesfour years later riders of one of the city’s man said would be a “three- to four-year busiest subway lines are dealing project.” with more weekend suspensions.

Communications Based Nowadays it seems the 7 train Train Control system being is quieter more often than it is installed is similar to the upnot. The line, one of the city’s grade given a few years ago busiest, has become notorious to the “L” line, taking away for service changes, disruptions motormen and replacing and suspensions. The 7 train them with computers. became the focus of an MTABut signal upgrades were wide audit done by City Compalso to blame for service distroller John Liu and State Compruptions in 2007 as well. A troller Tom DiNapoli in August power failure later that year that highlighted issues with the shut down the entire line, MTA’s communications with and track work took out part commuters. of the 7 line between “Every year, it’s ‘Merry Woodside and Flushing for Christmas, Happy New Year, The 7 train service infive weekends in 2008. Rain your 7 train will be shut down terruptions going on flooded the Steinway tunnel for the next few months,’” said since at least 2007 will in March of this year, causthrough Liu, who served as chair of the c o n t i n u e ing service to be suspended.

Transportation Committee in the 2015.

The MTA would not say City Council. if the CBTC system will cure the 7 train’s Now, weekend riders of the line can ex- signal woes. The L train, which runs on an pect some more hassles getting between automated CBTC system, saw a string of Queens and Manhattan. The 7 will be sus- delays in 2009 and 2010 after the signal p e n d e d b e t w e e n T i m e s S q u a r e a n d system got up and running. The MTA said a Queensboro Plaza from 11:30 p.m. Fridays different contractor would be used for the 7 through 5 a.m. Mondays during the week- train installment. ends of Oct. 28-31, Nov. 4-6, Nov. 11-14 and Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at Nov. 18-21. On Nov. 6, service will be re- drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357stored a day early for the NYC marathon. 7400, Ext. 125.

Central Queens GOP leaders in Ognibene’s camp.

Ragusa has said he will challenge Ognibene’s election in court, but no official challenge has been filed as of press time.

Still in question is what legal arguments the Hagger ty/Ognibene faction w ill use in cour t to defend their meeting as legitimate.

A restraining order that sought to prevent their meeting from happening was thrown out of court last Tuesday on a technicality.

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By JASON BANREY Following a federal disaster declaration on Aug. 31, the Rockaways were placed high up on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s list of heavily affected areas in the borough after Tropical Storm Irene slammed into Queens.

On Oct. 6, FEMA community relations specialists were deployed to educate borough residents in affected areas about the federal funding available to provide them with alternative options to help put their lives back together.

“Ever y disaster is a major disaster,” said Gregor y De srosiers, a community relations manager for FEMA who has traveled throughout the nation helping families and businesses rebuild what they have lost after natural disasters.

“Some lost as much here as those did after Hurricane Katrina, but I’ve found it affects the residents the same way,” he said.

As Tropical Storm Irene barreled over the borough, much of Queens was left unscathed. Despite the significant tree damage and downed power lines, many believed they dodged a bullet – but there was different reality in the Rockaways.

With the consistent hammering of rain, Arverne was swallowed between the bay and the ocean as storm drains over flowed, causing a significant amount of water to find its way into the homes of the neighborhood’s defenseless residents.

For Leon Johnson, the water was as far as the eye could see.

“You could have had a boat out here,” said Johnson of the significant flooding he witnessed near the dead end of Beach 70th Street after the storm passed. “People were

FEMA specialists speak in Mandarin to owners of China King restaurant, which sustained damage and losses due to Tropical Storm Irene. stuck in their houses and couldn’t even get out if the y wanted to.”

Waiting for the water to subside, Johnson checked on his propert y only to realize the basement of the home he owned for 22 years was flooded with nearly three feet of water; his Mercedes Benz suffered the same fate.

“The insurance company took my car away and my boiler is out,” Johnson said. “I didn’t know what other options I had, so they were the only ones who could probably help now,” he said of FEM A. After more than a month of waiting for

financial assistance from his insurance company to allow him to get his vehicle back and to put his boiler back into operation, Johnson thought he was out of options – and then FEMA visited the southern peninsula.

FEMA is currently offering money to homeowners in an effort to repair damage s sustained to their primar y residence during the Tropical Storm, but not covered by insurance.

If eligible, homeowners can apply for a Small Business Administration Loan allow-

ing them to borrow up to $200,000 to repair or replace their primar y residence while renters, if eligible, are capable of borrowing $40,000 to replace personal property lost in a disaster.

One special component of FEM A’s outreach is their Limited English Proficiency Specialists, needed in a county as diverse as Queens. By connecting to the needy through faith-based organizations, disaster teams are able to target community residents whose primar y language is not English.

Within New York City, there are 11 LEP specialists who speak nine different languages, including an extensive list of Chinese dialects.

After sustaining damage to their ceilings and losing hundreds of dollars of food spoiled due to flooding, China King, located at 7001 Beach Channel Drive, was unsure of how to address their situation.

Though previous at tempt s to seek aid were near impossible due to a language barrier, FEM A brought in Mai Banh, one of the disaster team members who could explain the process in Mandarin, giving the Chinese restaurant the ability to earn back potential revenue they thought was lost forever.

The deadline to apply for disaster assistance is Oct. 31, and is only available to borough re sidents who sustained proper ty damage between Aug. 25 and Sept. 5.

For more information, contact FEMA’s multilingual assistance helpline at (800) 6213362 or register online at disasterassistance.gov.

Reach Reporter Jason Banrey at jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 124.

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Edit Page In Our Opinion:

Governing 2.0 Social media, in terms of politics and campaigns, is still relatively new. Certainly, Web sites, Twitter feeds, Facebook pages and other tools have helped campaigns over the last couple of years as the use and political awareness of our streaming electric consciousness has spread.

This week we sneak a peek at how some of the borough’s elected officials use social media to their advantage. Surely, we are all familiar with the one local official who used it to his disadvantage, disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner.

Balancing between serving the public, having a private opinion and using tools to replace a press corps is a hard act for some. We won’t name names, but there are certainly some elected officials out there who are considerably more tech and Web 2.0 savvy than their counterparts.

Some Queens officials find their pages co-opted by spammers who tag them mercilessly, when a simple adjustment of privacy settings would help shut out the web’s background noise. Others are so polished that they have lost the shadow of humanity that the new generation has imparted upon their streaming personas.

We are all together in this infancy. Want to talk about it more? Go to facebook.com/QueensTrib.

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Don’t Cut It To The Editor: Today, AARP Members from New York are calling their Congressional representatives or travelling to Washington, offices to deliver a message to our state’s Congressional Representatives: we are not pushovers or line items on a budget sheet. This is part of a nationwide effort involving hundreds of thousands of AARP members who are saying in unison, “Do not cut Medicare or Social Security as part of the Congressional ‘Supercommittee’ deficit reduction recommendations.”

Addressing our national debt and the debt ceiling is an important issue vital to the welfare of our nation but Congress needs to look at reducing waste and closing tax loopholes that cost the federal government an estimated $1 trillion each year. With the downturn in the economy, lost retirement nest eggs, and rising health care costs, cutting Medicare and Social Security would have a devastating impact on seniors and the middle class.

The Congressional “supercommittee” is considering proposals behind closed doors that would shift health care costs onto seniors and cut our Social Security checks. Our nation’s seniors have spent their lives working for Medicare and Social Security benefits and earned a voice in any discussion about the future of these programs. The current closed door dis-

cussions are unfair to seniors and the middle class and we need to raise our voices until they stop threatening Medicare and Social Security benefits.

Proposals include cutting Social Security by $112 billion, which could cost seniors thousands of dollars over their lifetime, and raisng the Medicare eligibility age, which would increase out-of-pocket spending for 65 and 66 year olds by an average of $2,000 per year while increasing premiums for those already in Medicare.

The truth is, cuts to Medicare and Social Security would hurt real people. In New York State alone, there are over 3.2 million Social Security beneficiaries and 2.9 million Medicare beneficiaries.

Seniors do not receive lavish benefits from these programs. Half of those aged 65 and older have an annual income of less than $18,500 per year. Today’s Medicare beneficiaries already must pay an average of $3,000 each year out of their own pockets for their medical expenses – and their out-of-pocket costs continue to rise every year.

With the downturn in the economy, lost retirement nest eggs, and rising health care costs, cutting Medicare and Social Security would have a devastating impact on so many people who are already struggling to stay afloat. Seniors have spent decades paying into the system and they have earned the peace of mind that comes with being assured that Congress won’t make

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harmful cuts to the benefits they will need as they age.

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RIP Al Davis To The Editor: Sports has lost a most dynamic and committed individual who truly loved the game and that was in the person of Al Davis. He served as personal assistant, scout, assistant coach, head coach, general manager, commissioner and team owner and finally inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

Al Davis had also gotten his Raiders to three Super Bowl titles. Davis was more than that for as such he was a true maverick and a true football pioneer of the game. He was in my opinion a living legend who helped shape the modern game of football. He truly was committed to excellence and that showed with his catch phrase, “Just win, baby.”

Davis had a true love of the game of football and it showed and for that he will be dearly missed. Al Davis, rest in peace.

Frederick Bedell Jr., Glen Oaks

No Respect To The Editor: As the economic recession continues unabated, with no improvement in sight, another important aspect to also note is that there seems to be a lack of respect and common courtesy in this country anymore.

When driving, there is no courtesy anymore. People run stop signs and red lights, make illegal U turns, change lanes without signaling and are just very nasty. It seems that increasing road rage has become the normalcy.

When you hold the door open for someone, the words “thank you” are no longer in that person’s vocabulary. If someone bumps into you while walking, they do not say “excuse me” or “I’m sorry.” My parents raised me to be a respectful, decent and polite person. Our young people today need to be taught these values by their parents.

While many parents do work very hard to raise their children to be decent and respectful, there are those who need to be reminded that respect begins in the home. Do not expect the schools and teachers and administrators to do your job. Your children are your responsibility.

John Amato, Fresh Meadows

Columbus Day To The Editor: Autumn. Not just any autumn, Deputy Editor: Joseph Orovic

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but autumn of the 1950’s and ‘60’s in the old Brooklyn of the ItalianAmerican community of BedfordStuyvesant and Fort Greene, a stone’s throw from the Brooklyn Navy Yard with street names of Myrtle Avenue, Kent Avenue, Franklin Avenue, Classon Avenue, Willoughby Avenue, Park Avenue, Skillman Street, Taaffe Place and Emerson Place. Here the late 19th and early 20th century immigrants arrived from the Mezzogiorno (Southern Italy) as refugees oppressed by the Northern aristocratic parliamentarians of the Kingdom of Italy. Here they built a village-like community of pushcarts and stores like Hollywood Fruit and Vegetables (owned by Angelo and Concetta Venezia, with their son, Tony “Bananas” Venezia), Fasano’s Fountain, Parenti’s Deli and Meats and other Mom and Pop stores.

In the fall, just before Thanksgiving, my Dad (Joseph Manago - Joe “Bush,” nicknamed after my Calabrese grandfather’s wooden bushel and crate recycling business, Vincenzo Manago Empty Package Supply) would work unloading crates of grapes from the freight trains in East Williamsburg, which he delivered with Tony “Bananas” to the homes of the Italians who made their fermented wines.

Red grapes, green grapes - everywhere the sweet smell and sight of fresh grapes dangling out of the crates! Concetta in her apron worked in the store, collected the fruits and vegetables, weighed them on an old-fashioned scale, paper bagged them, and counted the change, as “uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, sette, otto, novo, dieci” resonated from sunrise to sunset.

Angelo could be seen eating banana sandwiches on white sliced bread and sipping his homemade vino, as he played with his dog found in Floyd Bennett Field, uttering “Floy Bennay! Floy Bennay!” One could smell the fresh hot Italian peppers in the bushels, tangerines, onions, bananas, apples and pears while being serenaded by the sonorous sounds of Italian proletarians, “Come sta? Sto bene. Saluti. Grazie.

Ciao. Ho bisogno di melanzana... pepe... i fagioli… gli zucchini… i pomodori… dieci l’arancia.

As the cold days of winter were just around the corner, one could hear the hustle and bustle in the streets and of the BMT elevated Myrtle Avenue “cattle car” trains above Myrtle. Renken’s Milk trucks were loading from the plant on Classon Avenue, and the strong smell of gasoline emanated from Texaco gas being pumped into diesel trucks up the block. Meats cured at Parenti’s plant on Emerson Place disseminated the aromas of i salumi (cold cuts) - il prosciutto, il salame,

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while Duke’s Meats were cutting la bistecca, il vitello, la braciola. As kids, we played handball, stickball, touch football, and softball on the streets as trucks loaded and unloaded from factories and warehouses on the block.

As Christmas approached, my Dad could be seen selling Christmas trees in front of Tony “Bananas”’ store. My Mom, Marie, would always have the biggest and best evergreen tree in our home decorated with colorful glass Christmas balls, flickering bright lights of red, green, blue and yellow, toys and tinsel. Lionel toy trains careened through Dad’s village as a miniature electric bus circled the town.

The old Roman Catholic churches of St. Patrick’s and St. Lucy’s taught us the ecclesiastical Latin of the Holy Fathers of the Church, as frankincense and myrrh perfused the air from the priest’s censer.

Autumn in Old Brooklyn - that old Italian neighborhood in BedStuy and Fort Greene - was a panoply of sights, sounds and smells which is as real to me today as it was then! The sight of bushels overflowing with red and green peppers, the smells of provolone and l’oliva, and the tastes of lasagna, hot pasta e fagioli, cheese ravioli and cotoletta alla milanese di vitello (breaded veal cutlets) have never fainted from our individual or collective ItalianAmerican consciousness.

So, this Columbus Day, let us reflect upon our hard-working, humble and warm Italian-American ancestors who came to New York City from peasant stock in southern Italy. We appear tall in the middleclass of America only because we are standing upon their robust Italian shoulders which once farmed the verdant lands of Calabria, Italy.

We learned the virtues of faith, hope and charity from the Irish Sisters of Mercy, the Irish Franciscan Brothers and the priests of the Diocese of Brooklyn, especially the first African-American ordained priest of Brooklyn, the Reverend Monsignor Doctor William Rodgers.

Nevertheless, as children we felt the daily warmth of love and compassion from one gentle pillar of that community, Sadie Gittelson, a Jewish-American. Sadie was the one who operated a candy and stationery store on Myrtle Avenue, between Kent Avenue and Taaffe Place.

Thousands of boys and girls got their sweet tooth and most of their school supplies from Sadie, a gentle and caring person. As St. Paul the Apostle told the Greeks, “Faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love/” (1 Corinthians 13: 13). In loving memory of my friend, Sadie, I dedicate this letter.

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Occupy Wall Street: Change Is In The Wind

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By MICHAEL SCHENKLER Occupy Wall Street is not our enemy. You shouldn’t fear the protesters.

Such protests are as American as mom and apple pie. Freedom of speech, of expression, is what this countr y is all about. I revel in such demonstrations. As a matter of fact, in the past, I was very much a part of the protests that helped shape this nation’s policies.

In the 1960s, I marched on civil rights picket lines and in the 70s it was anti-war. Both those movements showed that the people can influence national policy. Although still imper fect, blacks today have achieved an equalit y – or close to it – unthought-of in the 60s, and it was the people in the streets that made it happen. Sadly, some of the brave people, including one I knew, Andrew Goodman, paid the ultimate price; he went to Mississippi to work to change the system.

And the Vietnam War ended after Lyndon Johnson was driven from office, with Republican President Richard Nixon heeding the

me ssage of t he people in t he streets to bring our boys home.

Sadly, some of those demonstrators in the streets also paid dearly – you may recall the four on the Kent State campus.

But we have a long and proud heritage of the people delivering messages of grievance to our government. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lived and embodied the model of peaceful demonstration. He changed the nation. He taught us

how, and we are all better off for it.

And now, we have throngs in the street – small throngs right now — in a movement presently called Occupy Wall Street. And many of us really don’t know why they’re there, or what they want.

That is because there’s a difference bet ween the demonstrations of the 20th century and what we’re experiencing today.

The Civil Rights movement

Equality Pin of the 60’s

Peace Pin of the 70’s

Perhaps todays political statement

Occupy Wall Street photo collage by Mark Levy demanded equality and equal access for all. Not so easily measurable but easy to say, write, legislate and put on buttons.

And in the 70s, all we were saying was “give peace a chance.”

Today, our brothers and sister s who have taken to Zucot t i Park as part of Occupy Wall Street, have found it much harder to put a singular me ssage on a button, poster or as words to a song.

John Lennon, where are you?

The iconic troubadours have yet to come because the message is cacophonous and confusing.

More importantly, it is not a singular demand like “peace,” “equality” or “freedom.” It is a hodgepodge of reactions to an economic rece ssion clearly impacting the middle class on down.

Two of my friends, Mark Levy and his wife Celine Keating, both

Queens College grads from my era, participated in Occupy Wall Street.

It was their effort which inspired me to share my thoughts with you.

The “Occupy” protests – here and cropping up elsewhere in our nation — target the wealthy, the corporations and the politicians who jointly are responsible for our economic situation and make the rules and regulations by which it r uns or provide s mone y. T he money has bought access and the access has provided the rich and the big corporations with the opportunity to influence the regulating process and enrich themselves fur ther while e ver yone else struggles or experiences financial disaster.

The unspoken first demand as I see it, is that the rich and the big corporations must pay their fair share – pretty damn simple. The unspoken objective here is to separate the 1 percent who continue to financially benefit from the system (a system which provides trillions to the banks which stop making loans to small businesses and foreclose on and discontinue mortgages to the middle class, but continue to provide their huge bonuses to the wealthy insiders).

Well if 1 percent is benefitting, 99 percent of us are not.

The “Occupy” movement needs to reach the rest of us – the 99 percent, because as we’ve seen before when the people take to the streets in mass, change is in the wind.

Look towards Wall Street and beyond.

The rich are watching; the corporations are concerned; Congress is biding its time.

Are you listening?

Now quietly shout: “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.”

Can you hear the winds of change?

Can you support the cause?

MSchenkler@QueensTribune.com

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Support Growing To End Deport Rule

By JASON BANREY The New York City Council is on the verge of passing a bill that would limit the Dept. of Corrections cooperation with federal immigration authorities, reducing the number of unnecessary deportations of immigrant inmates without criminal records.

Though the Mayor and Council have not seen eye-to-eye on the bill, Speaker Christine Quinn said Intro 656 is gaining enough support to override a potential mayoral veto – and it might not even have to jump that last hurdle.

The bill would limit the city’s cooperation with federal immigration authorities, creating a category of persons whom the Dept. of Corrections could not detain for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The federal Criminal Alien Program allows ICE to identify, process and remove “criminal aliens” incarcerated in local prisons and jails throughout the U.S. “What they are doing at Rikers is running an alien program rather than a criminal alien program,” said Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Council’s Committee on Immigrant Affairs.

“Many innocent immigrants are unfairly being detained and deported because of this broken immigration system.”

The controversial initiative – currently being implemented in city jails – has been criticized by immigrant advocates for its unjust deportation of undocumented immigrants who have been arrested or detained, but who have not been convicted of a crime.

According to the DOC, 13,295 foreign born people were admitted into their facilities in 2010. ICE placed detainers on 3,155 of those inmates and subsequently took custody of 2,552 of them for potential deportation.

In 2010, of the inmates that were discharged from the Dept. of Corrections to the custody of ICE, a little more than 49 percent, had no prior criminal convictions while only 20.8 percent had a prior felony conviction and 20.6 percent has a misdemeanor as their highest prior conviction.

“We need to stop needlessly and excessively deporting people who have had no prior criminal records,” said Quinn, who said she has had “productive discussions” with Mayor Mike Bloomberg about the issue.

The fact that it will not be passed, vetoed and then forced to be over-ridden by the

Council – but may actually be signed by the mayor – “really speaks to the power of respect, the power of dialogue and the power you can have when you all keep believing you can move forward and grow a movement,” Quinn said.

The bill, which was introduced in August, has received the support of 38 Council Members and was discussed at a hearing at City Hall on Oct. 3.

Immigration advocates joined Council members at a press conference heralding the prospective passage of the bill as a signal they hope reaches across the nation to communi-

ties experiencing a record number of deportations.

“We have to offer hope and real solutions to this problem that’s breaking apart our families,” said Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of Make the Road New York.

“This bill will serve as a model for other cities, for other towns, across the country to push back against this wave of hatred and antimmigrant policies that have torn almost a million families apart.”

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

City’s Asst HPD Chief Arrested

By V ERONICA LEWIN A questionable cup of Joe has led to the arrest of a top City housing official.

Wendell Walters, Housing Preservation and Development’s Assistant Commissioner for New Construction, was joined by six co-indicted real estate developers at an arraignment last Thursday on a 26-count indictment including bribery, extortion and money laundering.

The city’s HPD is the largest municipal developer of affordable housing in the country. Walters oversaw several programs, including two designed to enable the private sector, developers and non-profits to build and rehabilitate buildings to provide affordable housing.

The indictment alleges Walters accepted about $600,000 in bribes from contractors and real estate developers beginning in 2002.

The assistant commissioner is suspected of meeting a general contractor around the city, where he would write down his demands.

The court papers say Walters would write “250” on a piece of paper, indicating he was demanding $250,000 as a bribe. In future meetings, it is alleged the contractor made payments to Walters of at least $25,000 each time, hiding the money in overnight mail envelopes, coffee cups and golf ball boxes.

Meanwhile, the contractor was awarded HPD contracts for six projects in the City, including the Guy Brewer North Homes in Jamaica. The value of these general contracts was often more than $10 million, the FBI said.

“New Yorkers relied on these defendants for the safe haven of affordable housing,” U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said in a statement.

“Instead, the defendants allegedly put their own greed over the needs of low-, moderateand middle-income New Yorkers.”

Walters, who has been an HPD employee since 1998, has been suspended without pay, according to the agency. The other defen-

dants named in the investigation have been disqualified from the program and HPD is checking if any of them are involved with any ongoing projects.

“There is no room for corruption or bribe seeking in government and these circumstances pain me deeply on a number of levels,” said Mathew Wambua, HPD Commissioner. “We are here to serve the people, not to take advantage of our positions for personal profit.”

The agency is also reviewing the selection process for contractors and assessing if changes need to be made, according to spokesman Eric Beaderman. The scheme cost HPD hundreds of thousands of dollars in overpayments to developers. If convicted, Walters and the other defendants face up to 20 years in prison.

Reach Reporter Veronica Lewin at vlewin@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 123.

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Queens This Week A Second Chapter Singing Sinatra

Local electeds hope to provide legislation that would give JHS 194 students school buses.

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Bill Would Provide Kids With Buses The wheels on the bus stopped going round and round for seventh and eighth graders at JHS 194 in Whitestone - the day before classes were set to start.

Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) was joined by Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Whitestone), Assemblyman Mike Simanowitz (D-Flushing) and parents last Monday to decry a Dept. of Education snafu that left many children stranded for a ride to school.

The lack of school buses left many 11- to 13-year-old kids having to negotiate a labyrinth of MTA service connections, in some cases needing as many as three buses and almost as many hours to make the one-mile trip to class.

According to Halloran, a mix-up at the DOE left many parents unaware of the elimination of school bus service until the day before school started.

The DOE did not respond to requests for comment.

"Mistakes happen. We are where we are.

What matters now is that we provide transit options for these kids," Halloran said. "I am working with the parents and the DOE to help these students get to school quickly and safely."

The councilman's office has been working with parents to acquire waivers for kids, which are available if the ride to school requires transferring at a dangerous intersection. Halloran said many of the kids' transfers occur at Parsons Boulevard and 14th and 20th Avenues, which qualify.

For kids from College Point, using MTA's services requires three buses in some cases, to travel just over a mile.

"We can't expect junior high school students to make two bus transfers to get to school every morning," Halloran said. "It's not safe, and it's not fair to them. These are 11-year-old kids."

The councilman is drafting a resolution requesting the state legislature force the City to provide yellow bus transportation for all children attending grades three through eight who live more than one mile from the school.

"The Dept. of Education policy of refusing yellow bus service to junior high students should not be a one-size fits all policy," Braunstein said. "While students in Manhattan and other areas of the city can easily walk

to school, or find simple alternatives to a yellow school bus, our students in Northeast Queens are forced to take three MTA buses to get to school."

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

—Joseph Orovic

Har vest Fest Comes To QBG There will be more than just picking pumpkins at this weekend's Harvest Fest at Queens Botanical Garden. This year's celebration on Sunday, Oct. 16, will feature four hours of music, workshops, food, and even beer.

Festivities kick off at 12:30 p.m. and will continue until 4 p.m.

"This event promises to have something for everyone," said Regina Forlenza, Queens Botanical Garden's Visitor Services Coordinator. But visitors who have come to the garden before for its annual pumpkin patch will see a lot of new items.

"The pumpkin patch is actually the only thing from previous years," Forlenza added.

Besides the cherished autumn tradition of the annual pumpkin patch, where children can pick out and decorate a pumpkin, Sunday's Harvest Fest will include performances on a stage in the middle of the gardens where they hold summer concerts.

The performances will feature bluegrass bands the Birdhive Boys and the Lonesome Moonlight String Band. There will also be storytelling by Bronx-native Bobby Gonzalez, poetry reading by Fresh Meadows Poets, food vendors including Famous Dave's BBQ and corn from Bayside West Catering.

For adults, there will even be a beer tent serving Blue Point and Doc's Hard Cider, both chosen, Forlenza noted, because of their commitment to sustainability, a key message the Queens Botanical Garden hopes to deliver.

"Not only is the beer environmentally friendly, but it will be served in biodegradable cups," she said.

For more information on vendors and a schedule of events at Sunday's Harvest Fest, visit queensbotanical.org/programs/ harvestfest.

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

—Domenick Rafter

A Queens native has been getting increased popularity for his Sinatra-like charm, comparable to Ol’ Blue Eyes himself.

Cary Hoffman, a performer who grew up in Fresh Meadows, earned his claim to fame with his one-man musical “My Sinatra” last spring, after his sold-out shows led him OffBroadway to the Midtown Theatre. In his day job, Hoffman is a movie and television producer who most recently produced the Ray Romano series “Men Of A Certain Age.” The premise of the show revolves around his childhood obsession for jazz crooner Frank Sinatra.

In his memoir musical, Hoffman describes his life as a fatherless youngster growing up with three uncle musicians who played on Sinatra’s recordings. He also sings some of the musician’s greatest ballads while expressing his veneration to Sinatra as a fatherfigure.

“It’s a dream come true,” he said.

“I always wanted, since the time I started singing Sinatra 10 years ago, to use his songs to tell my life story. In many ways, my story is the story of a lot of people,” Hoffman added.

After gaining an interest in Sinatra’s ballads, Hoffman hoped to follow in the footsteps of other Queens musical giants including Paul Simon and The Cleftones.

“It’s kind of a platitude now for people in Queens to follow their dreams, even if it takes 50 years to come true as mine took,” he said.

“If I can do it, other people can do it.”

“Queens gave me something more, it gave me my life,” he added.

While Hoffman worked very carefully to expand the popularity of his musical, he also received help from professionals with shared passions.

Aldo Scrofani, producer of “My Sinatra,” helped Hoffman spearhead the funding, marketing, managing and production of the musical. Scrofani said that he is excited about working with a show with growing popularity and said that Hoffman “sings Sinatra better than Sinatra himself.”

“It’s all been very rewarding,” he said.

To purchase tickets for Hoffman’s next performances at the Midtown Theater on W. 46th Street in Manhattan, or to find more information on his one-man musical, visit mysinatra.com.

Reach Intern Ramiro Fúnez at interns@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 124.

—Ramiro Fúnez

Filling A Need After St. John's Loss The doors at the Premier Care facility in the Maspeth Shop & Stop center are still locked and the lights are still dark. In his office, Dr. Vincent D'Amore eats a supersized bowl of oatmeal and practices Spanish on his laptop. It is 8 a.m. on a Monday morning and Middle Village-native Dr. D'Amore is preparing for another week of sprained ankles and fevers.

It has been only about three months since the facility opened at the former site of a shoe store and the number of patients Dr. D'Amore sees each day is still few, but the numbers are increasing.

D'Amore is a native of Western Queens.

He grew up in Middle Village and attended Our Lady of Hope and later Archbishop Molloy High School. He studied Finance at Baruch College, but changed his focus to become a doctor. He taught at St. Andrew Avellino in Flushing for a year before medical school and attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, graduating in

Cary Hoffman rings the opening bell at NASDAQ. 1995. Now a resident of Malverne in Nassau County, he saw the urgent need for accessible healthcare in his native community after the recent string of hospital closures.

"When they closed [St. John's], my family in Middle Village and others in the community were asking, where do we go?" Dr. D'Amore said. "The community needed this."

Premier Care's Maspeth facility opened in June. The facility has the ability to see up to 150 patients a day. It has 10 examination rooms, though some have not even been used yet. The office has the ability to conduct xrays, blood and urine tests. Premier Care has the ability to "e-script" patients prescriptions to their pharmacists via computer so that pharmacists don't need to read doctor's handwriting and patients don not need to bring a prescription to be filled. In the back is a separate physical therapy place.

Dr. D'Amore said he believes walk-in centers like Premier Care may be the future of healthcare in this country as hospitals shutter and the emergency rooms in those that remain are crowded and overburdened.

"It is a more efficient system," D'Amore said.

In centers like Premier Care, doctors have the ability to sit down with patients and explain their diagnoses, while at the emergency room; doctors are often too busy to meet one-on-one with the patients they treat.

It is also cheaper than emergency rooms at hospitals.

Most cases he sees, Dr. D'Amore can diagnose and treat himself, but there are rare times where patients have a series condition that needs hospital attention. Most of his patients come from the local community, but some have come from neighborhoods in Northern Brooklyn.

D'Amore said it is his hope that the center will be able to treat more than 100 people a day eventually, especially as flu season comes.

In time, he hopes to be able to hire more doctors and perhaps open a second office in Queens.

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

—Domenick Rafter

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Queens CLOSEUP Run College Point Attention Runners, walkers fitness, enthusiasts. Are you looking for a way to enhance your athletic regimen?

If so, why not join the College Point Road RunnersTrack Club. We are a long established Running organization with ties but not limited to the College Point community of Queens. We welcome all skill levels and endeavor to help everyone improve their abilities and thus help you feel and look and enjoy life a bit better. We offer various programs which can assist you with weight loss...fitness...competitive, or just recreational running or walking. We also offer group runs as well as coached workouts on a track, all under a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

There are no dues or fee requirements to join or to stay in the club. We offer uniform purchases at very modest and reasonable prices.

If you are interested in joining and meeting a great group of individuals with different backgrounds in life and athletic abilities, Please join us each Saturday, 9 a.m., at the entrance to the pathway of the Cross Island Pkway Bell Blvd and Fort Totten. All walkers and runners are welcome. Please Use Parking Lot on left hand side right before you enter Fort Totten.

To learn more write to College Point RoadRunners Track Club P.O. Box 164 College Point, NY, 11356, send an e-mail to nleo351@aol.com or Matiasroscoe@aol.com, go to cprrtc.org or call (718) 762-1519 or (917) 589-6867.

Feel Good Music

Halloween Fest Adults and Children of all ages are invited to Maple Grove’s Great Halloween Festival & Carved Pumpkin Contest on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 2-6:30 p.m. at Maple Grove Cemetery, 83-15 Kew Gardens Rd., off of Lefferts Boulevard. This spooktacular event is sponsored by the Friends of Maple Grove, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

Beginning at 2 p.m. sharp, the day’s program will be launched with The Strange and Unusual with a Touch of the Paranormal Walking Tour. Carl Ballenas, Maple Grove’s historian will lead the tour. Carl, who cares deeply about the stories of those buried at Maple Grove, will share some true tales that should only be told at Halloween (tour is not for those under 12 years of age!).

Spir its Alive Spirits Alive, a unique self-guided walking tour at Maple Grove Cemetery, will be held Saturday, Oct. 15, from 3-6 p.m. Spirits Alive 2011 is the highlight event at Maple Grove during the Open House NY Weekend.

On Sunday, Oct. 16, there will be two Walking Tours at Maple Grove by historian Carl Ballenas at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Call for Sunday Walking Tour reservations. Starting point - Old Entrance at 83-15 Kew Gardens Road (off Lefferts Boulevard) Kew Gardens.

Spirits Alive 2011 boasts a cast of over 20 volunteer actors dressed in period costumes who will portray some of Maple Grove’s most illustrious and historical figures from the past encompassing all walks of life. This year we will be introducing a number of new, recently discovered figures, including William Nelson, a World War I soldier who fought at the Battle of the Argonne Forest in France; Elma Stebbins, the wife of famed hymnist composer George Stebbins; Francis Marsh, a young telegraph operator who survived the Great Blizzard of 1888 and the following year, the Great Johnstown Flood; Madame Helen Bakhmeteff, the wife of the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. in 1917, who was witness to the fall of Czar Nicholas and his wife Alexandra; Jane Heath, who was a direct descendant of the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams; Elisabeth Japp, whose husband was the engineer who built the subway tunnels under the East River in the early 1900s; a nurse from Ellis Island Hospital, who will tell the story of a woman in search of the resting place of her uncle who had died at the Ellis Island Hospital at age 4 in 1921 and was missing for decades; John McKenney, a Civil War soldier who fought with the Massachusetts Heavy Artillery; LaVergne Bronk, whose ancestors where the first European settlers of the Bronx, which still bears their family name; Alonzo Adams, a sea captain who became king of an island in the Caribbean; and many more.

The most sensational discovery this year was the African American Burial Ground of the historic Shiloh First Presbyterian Church, whose interred members were removed from the vaults of their church and brought to Maple Grove Cemetery in 1877. This vibrant church was on the Underground Railroad and had a huge impact on the anti- slavery movement for decades. Many of the most influential figures during the Civil War period spoke at the church, including Frederick Douglass. Actors will appear as members of the congregation and tell you the entire story of this historic church and will be a highlight of Spirits Alive.

Visitors will receive easy-to-follow maps

and programs. $5 per adult, Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery Members and children under 12 are free.

Turkish Perspective Turkish-born Orhan Pamuk, the 2006 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, will discuss his work in a conversation with Queens College English Professor Gloria Fisk at the college on Monday, Oct. 17, from 5 - 6:30 p.m.. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the Campbell Dome.

Pamuk, celebrated for his ability to convey the realities of Turkish life to his readers, will reflect on the challenges of translating his work for world audiences. Following the conversation, Pamuk will take questions from QC students and the audience. His appearance is part of the college’s “Year of Turkey: Exploring Past, Present, Future,” a series of cultural events taking place through June 2012.

Woodhaven Festival The Greater Woodhaven Development Corp.’s 31st Annual Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival will be held Sunday, Oct. 16, from 11 a.m.to 5 p.m. on Woodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue from 80th Street to Woodhaven Boulevard. Bring the family. We will have pony rides, games, food, and a variety of vendors with unique products and our great Woodhaven stores, with bargains.

Also, our fantastic Woodhaven Restaurants will be featured. This year again, there will be great Entertainment for our festival.

For more information contact the GWDC Office at (718) 805-0202. The Festival is easily accessible by the Q56, and the “J” train to Woodhaven Boulevard or Forest Parkway.

Twelfth Night The Gingerbread Players of Saint Luke’s Church will launch their 42nd season with Twelfth Night, or What You Will, opening on Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Mischief, mirth and merriment abound in Shakespeare’s nimble comedy of misplaced alliances, mistaken identity and general misunderstanding. The Gingerbread Players cast blends old favorites James Chamberlain (Feste), Andrew Dinan (Malvolio), Lori Feren (Olivia), David Friedman (Sir Toby Belch), Louise Guinther (Viola) and Eric Leeb (Fabian) with exciting newcomers, including Kenneth Eckert (Sir Andrew Aguecheek) and Guy Ventoliere (Orsino). The troupe has made something of a specialty of Shakespeare, having produced seven of the Bard’s plays since first venturing into Shakespearean waters in 2000.

Twelfth Night runs for four performances only – Saturday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, November 6, at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 13, at 2:30 p.m. — at Saint Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway South in Forest Hills, between Ascan Avenue and Harrow Street, a short walk from the Continental Avenue subway station. The troupe’s trademark gingerbread will be on sale at intermission. The suggested donation is $12, with a discount rate of $10 for groups of six or more. For further information and ticket reservations, visit gingerbreadplayers.org, or call (718) 2687772.

Bobby Fischer Talk Save the date! Meet New York Times bestselling author Frank Brady at a book talk about his fascinating new biography of the sensational yet disturbed chess player, the late Bobby Fischer. The Woodhaven Library $50K Committee and the Friends of Queens Library at Woodhaven are pleased to host this book talk and sale with Frank Brady, author of Endgame: Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable

Rise and Fall – from America’s Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness on Monday, Oct. 17, 6 p.m.

Queens Library at Woodhaven is located in 85-41 Forest Pkwy., (718) 849-1010.

Admission is free; proceeds from the book sale will support long-needed renovations at the Carnegie building. The library is a few blocks from the Forest Parkway station on the J train and from the Q56 Jamaica Avenue bus to Forest Parkway.

Former Woodhaven resident and tenured journalism professor at St. John’s University, Dr. Frank Brady is an avid chess player who played as a teen at the outdoor Forest Park chess tables. He will open the discussion to Q&A with the audience following his talk. There will be time to buy copies of his book that he will sign before the program ends at 8 p.m.

Even if you have no interest in chess whatsoever, Frank Brady’s biography of Brooklyn’s Bobby Fischer is sure to captivate any reader’s attention about the turbulent life the chess wiz had lived. Bobby Fischer, a chess prodigy with a genius IQ of 180 as a child, beats adults in chess matches all around the world, including from U.S. arch-rival Russia, but grows up mentally backwards. Instead of becoming smarter and smarter, he grows up and becomes mentally unstable. He is remembered for his twisted quote “to break the other guy’s ego” when asked what sort of thrill he gets from chess.

For more information, please contact Maria Concolino on Woodhaven Library’s $50K Committee, at (718) 849-1582.

Time To Sing Summer is over and The Oratorio Society of Queens (OSQ), under the artistic direction of Maestro David Close, is coming together to prepare for their Annual Holiday Concert scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 18. If you sing and would like to join us onstage, and look out at a packed and exuberant audience, make plans now to attend rehearsals.

The OSQ performance this year will consist of Part I of Handel’s “Messiah,” Randol Bass’ “Gloria” plus many favorite traditional Christmas carols and Chanukah songs. OSQ rehearses every Monday evening (Fall and Spring), from 7:45 to 10 p.m. in Temple Beth Sholom (in the FSG Room) at 172nd Street and Northern Boulevard in Flushing.

The Oratorio Society of Queens is opening their 85th Anniversary Season of Singing and is one of the o fsfpldest cultural organizations in Queens. The Annual Holiday Concert is performed with a professional orchestra and soloists in the Queensborough Performing Arts Center at Queensborough Community College. Maestro David Close is the Conductor and host of this venerable Queens tradition.

For additional information on rehearsals and concerts, call (718) 279-3006 or visit queensoratorio.org

Relating To Trauma Ellen Bassuk M.D, founder and President of .The National Center on Family Homelessness, will speak at The Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112th St., on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 10 a.m. Dr. Bassuk, a board certified psychiatrist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, will discuss how homelessness can relate to trauma, violence and mental illness.

This event, sponsored by the Temple’s Social Action Committee is open to the general public. A cost of $5 includes breakfast. To register, visit rtfh.org or call the Temple at (718) 261-2900.

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The Queens Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to present “Feel Good Music: The World’s Greatest Love Songs” a benefit concert featuring CenterStage faculty artists Dakota MacLeod and Ray Naccari and their band on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011 at 8 p.m. in the Spotlight Theater at CenterStage, located at 135-32 38th Ave. “Feel Good Music” is a concert of some of the most enduring and heartfelt romantic songs from American Pop, Jazz, Broadway and top 40 radio playlists. Featured songs affirm the eternal desire to be loved and connected to the beauty and peace that being in love can bring. These timeless songs and unforgettable melodies will make you feel good all over and trigger fond memories from the past as they touch your heart.

Join us for an evening of great love songs

by Barry Manilow, The Beatles, Neil Sedaka, Burt Bacharach, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Ruby & The Romantics and many, many others. Love is never out of style!

All Proceeds Benefit the CenterStage Scholarship Fund. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Adults/$10, Seniors and Children/$7 – tickets at the door. For more information, call (718) 321-8496 or email CenterStageMusic@aol.com.

Following, a 15-minute Children’s Costume Parade is scheduled for 3:45pm. At 4 p.m., there will be expert storytelling (including a 10-minute Macbeth performed by a Mortal Folly Theatre troupe), face painting, holiday crafts and lots of carved pumpkins to admire.

For those who would like to participate in the Carved Pumpkin Contest, please bring along your pre-carved pumpkin with a candle inside. Pumpkin drop off is between 2 and 5 p.m. and viewing from 5-6 p.m., almost sundown at the cemetery. Judging and prizes will be awarded to; Top Pumpkin, Funniest, Scariest, Cutest, Most Original or any other categories that the judges might invent.

Judges will consider alternative vegetables such as eggplant, water chestnuts, endive or any carved vegetable. Anything goes! Be creative!

Donation: $5, Friends of Maple Grove Members and children under 12 years FREE. For more information call (917) 881-3358 or e-mail friendsofmgc@aol.com.

Push Made For LGBT Curriculum

By JASON BANREY On National Coming Out Day, one of Queens’ first openly gay council members introduced a resolution calling on the Dept. of Education to implement a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender curriculum.

By including the accomplishments of LGBT Americans in to a comprehensive curriculum, Councilman Danny Dromm (DJackson Heights) hopes to foster a safer learning environment for the city’s school children.

“A comprehensive cur riculum that includes LGBT Americans leads to a greater feeling of safet y and a bet ter sense of self

among all students regardless of sexual orientation or gender expression,” Dromm said.

According to Dromm the histor y of the U.S. could be considered dishonest and inaccurate without the inclusion of the social, polit ical, and ar t istic contributions of notable LGBT individuals such as Walt Whitman, Harvey Milk and Gertrude Stein.

According to the 2009 National School Climate Survey conducted by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, 84.6 percent of students were verbally harassed at school because of their sexual orientation.

“As a New York City public school teacher for over 25 years, I saw firsthand the difficult

terrain that students and staff who are LGBT or from LGBT families must navigate,” said Dromm, who was vocal in the fight for the “Children of the Rainbow” curriculum which the City never implemented.

The “Rainbow” curriculum proposed educating elementary school children about the diverse cultures, social groups and dedicated a short sect ion toward families w ith same-sex couples.

Not only does the councilman consider including the contributions of LGBT individuals he is also sugge st ing the inser t ion of key events and organizations who have been at the forefront of the American LGBT

movement for equality.

Isaac Carmignani, president of CEC 30, said he believes a majority of members of the CEC would favor a resolution that fosters openness in their community as long as it contained specific caveats.

“We have some parents that feel bet ter not having this subject mat ter taught in the classroom,” said Carmignani. “So long as [CEC 30] had a chance to look at it and parents had the opportunity to opt-out we’d be in favor of it.”

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

End Abuse At Center: de Blasio

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By V ERONICA LEWIN Allegations of abuse and mistreatment of immigrants have elected officials all over the city calling for an investigation into a Queens detention center.

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio held a press conference Oct. 6 to call for the investigation into private immigrant detention facilities amidst accusations of abuse. The Dept. of Homeland Security contracts private companies to house refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants awaiting trial.

GEO Group, located at 182-22 150th Ave. in Jamaica, runs a detention facility contracted by the federal government to detain those who attempted to enter the country illegally through JFK Airport while they await deportation procedures. The facility replaced the previous one in Rosedale and has 222

beds. According to de Blasio, two guards were convicted in 2009 for covering up the assault of an inmate. In 2004, 175 inmates went on a hunger strike to protest threats of deportation and the use of solitary confinement as punishment.

“This isn’t how our country should treat immigrants, regardless of their status,” de Blasio said. “We need a serious investigation into the charges leveled against this industry.

Government should not be in business with any company that seeks to profit off of the mistreatment of human beings.”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement updated its national detention center standards in 2008. The new standards were implemented to maintain consistency, safe and secure operations and ensure access to legal representation. Since then, there have been allegations of sexual abuse, rioting and

staff brutality at GEO Group facilities, particularly the one in Queens.

“Private, for-profit detention facilities are making a killing mistreating immigrants,” said Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of Make the Road NY, the largest community-based immigrant organization in New York State.

Councilman James Sanders (D-Laurelton) has been calling for an investigation of the detention center since 2006. “This facility, which has been poorly placed, is a scandal waiting to happen,” Sanders said. “We said it five years ago and it appears that others are finding that it is true.”

The councilman and concerned constituents marched every other weekend for 18 months in protest of the detention facility. Some marches had turnouts of nearly 300 people, Sanders said, but the

site remains open.

The Public Advocate wants the Dept. of Justice to investigate the accusations and strengthen oversight of contracted facilities. If GEO is found to have mistreated inmates, the public advocate would call for the termination of all contracts with GEO Group, which operates 7,000 out of 32,000 immigrant detention beds in the country.

To prevent the mistreatment of undocumented immigrants, de Blasio wants to establish an “Abuse-Free Zone,” which would prevent people from being sent to facilities with a history of mistreatment.

GEO Group declined to comment for this article.

Reach Reporter Veronica Lewin at vlewin@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 123.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION of V&L Occupational and Physical Therapy, PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/29/11 Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the PLLC served upon him is 1633 Sheepshead Bay Rd, Brooklyn, N.Y., 11235. Date of Dissolution: by proclamation.

Purpose of PLLC; provide medical services. Street address of Principal Business location is: 9205 Rockaway Blvd, Ozone Park, NY 11417 ____________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF FDW PROPERTIES, LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: FDW PROPERTIES, LLC SECOND: The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: QUEENS THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served.

The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: 250-169 UNION TURNPIKE BELLROSE, NEW YORK

LEGAL NOTICE 11426 Mirna L. White (signature of organizer MIRNA L. WHITE, ESQ (print or type name of organizer) ____________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF Ah-Musement station LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: Ah-Musement station LLC SECOND: The county, within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: Queens THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served.

The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: pascal gorain 23-04 33 rd ave long island city, NY 11106 USA pascal gorain (signature of organizer) pascal gorain (print of type name of organizer) ____________________________________________________________ CITATION File No. 20102270/C SURROGATE’S COURT, Queens COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Morris Saltz, Charles Saltz, William Saltz, Frances Clarman, and Ephrem Hecht adversely affected copy of Will dated June 18, 2009 also attached Public Administrator of Queens

LEGAL NOTICE County And to JOSEPH SINGER if living and if dead, to his heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown and if he died subsequent to the decedent herein, to his executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose name and places of residence are unknown and to all other heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of HAROLD SALTZ, the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained. A petition having been duly filed by Cary Reid who is domiciled at 2 Reservoir Street New Haven, Connecticut 06511 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on October 27,2011, at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Harold Saltz lately domiciled at 102-25 67th Road, Apt. 4F, Forest Hills, New York, 11375, United States admitting to probate a Will dated July 28, 2009, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Harold Saltz deceased, relating to real and personal property and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to Cary Reid Dated, Attested and Sealed SEP 16 2011 HON. PETER J. KELLY Surro-

LEGAL NOTICE gate MARGARET M. GRIBBON Chief Clerk ATTORNEY, MARILYN G. ORDOVER, ESQ., Cullen and Dykman LLP 177 Montague Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, (718) 780-0254 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. ___________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of GRACE BRIDGE ACUPUNCTURE, PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 08/10/2011. Office located in QUEENS. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 136-20 38 TH AVENUE, SUITE 5B FLUSHING, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MEMBERS ONLY BOARD LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/24/ 11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 35-01 30 th Avenue, Suite 405, Astoria, New York 11103. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ___________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 8/ 12/11, bearing Index Number NC-000697-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Sunny (Last) Kang My present name is (First) Yeongsun (Last) Koo aka Yeong Sun Koo My present address is 25-58 120 Street 3 rd Fl., Flushing, NY 11354 My place of birth is South Korea My date of birth is April 05, 1959 ___________________________________________________________ PROMAGA N.Y., LLC, a do-

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

mestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 5/24/11.

NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her to The LLC, 101-05 Lefferts Blvd., Richmond Hill, NY 11419. General Purposes. ___________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 8/ 12/11, bearing Index Number NC-000695-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Chris (Middle) Rich (Last) Chung My present name is (First) Chae (Middle) Hong (Last) Chung My present address is 25-58 120 Street, Flushing, NY 11354 My place of birth is South Korea My date of birth is November 27,1956 ___________________________________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO LAW, that the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at 66 John Street, 11 th floor, on a petition from Kang Yue USA Corporation to continue to, maintain, and operate an unenclosed sidewalk café at 107-18 70 th Road in the Borough of Queens for a term of two years. REQUESTS FOR COPIES OF THE PROPOSED REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO: DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, ATTN: FOIL OFFICER, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004. ___________________________________________________________

Pack Five Corp. d/b/a Mini Star Restaurant ___________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1256963 for an “On Premises Liquor License” has been applied for by the undersigned to serve Liquor at retail in the restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at Asian Jewels Seafood Restaurant Corp., located at 133-30 39 th Avenue, Flushing, New York 11354 for on premises consumption. ___________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 8/ 4/11, bearing Index Number NC-000597-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Arfat (Middle) Nabeel (Last) Alzandani My present name is (First) Arfat (Middle) Nabeel Ahmad (Last) Zandani aka Arfat Zandani aka Arfat N. Zandani aka Arfat Nadeel Alzandani My present address is 84 62 159 Street, Jamaica, NY 11432 My place of birth is Yemen My date of birth is May 30, 1993 ___________________________________________________________

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1257795 for Restaurant Beer/Wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer/Wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 30-02 Steinway Street, Astoria, New York 11103 for on premises consumption. Ioanna Pakkou /

Notice of Formation of Bryant Holding Affiliates, LLC. Notice of Conversion of Bryant Holding Co., a partnership, to Bryant Holding Affiliates, LLC. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/01/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 136-48 39 th Ave., Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful activities. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of Renaissance DJK LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/7/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 136-56 39 th Ave., #LL, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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To Tweet, Or Not To Tweet:

Queens Politicos Chart A Course On Social Media’s Unfamiliar Shores

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By JOSEPH OROVIC How well do you know your elected officials? Not in the banal sense of their actual name, party affiliation, voting records or any of the other political lucre they peddle during election season. Forget all of that.

If you’re an Astoria native, Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) may be a familiar face, now well into his third term in office. But how about his boyish joy in ripping along neighborhood streets, his Harley Davidson hog rumbling beneath his derriere?

Northeast Queens voters may be surprised by Councilman Dan Halloran’s (RWhitestone) penchant for rebuilding pickup trucks – and his everyman-like troubles with DIY repairs.

Sure, Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Hillcrest) doesn’t exactly spark cries of excitement whenever he addresses a crowd – but the guy is a veritable cutup on Twitter.

Such hobbies and personality quirks were once the domain of private life and perhaps the occasional sentence within a profile in community weeklies such as the one you’re holding. But the explosion of social networking sites has forced us to question the delineation between professional, public and personal life – and politicians aren’t immune.

term councilman to present himself. Or is it?

Vallone asser ts he made no conscious decision about how to approach Facebook.

“It just sort of unfolded that way,” he said. “I didn’t even want to start a page.

My staff made me.”

Little did his staff imagine the Facebook hound they created. Care for a sample? “so i was just working out in my “anticrombie” shirt, and there’s a guy working out in a “fitch” shirt. the mind boggles with the possibilities... :)” Vallone recently wrote, three hours after an extensive post about the dangers of hydraulic fracturing.

His doppelganger in shar ing is Halloran, who posts anything of personal or professional merit with gusto. From a dog found in his district to bruises on his A New Era calf sustained during some handiwork – The post-Anthony Weiner era of po- everything is game. litical tweeting and status updates has “I think the personal approach is kind constricted accessibility, but it has not of what Facebook is all about,” he said. killed Facebook’s ability to make our “I think it’s good to see I’m normal. If more elected officials more than just burly suits elected officials did this on their pages, touting legislation. people may feel better about governSome have bounded into the web’s ment.”

24/7 expression-machine Others elect a safer with abandon. Others have route , like Councilman kept a safe distance. But all Jimmy Van Bramer (Dhave opened up a new avSunnyside), who has toned enue to connect directly down the more personalitywith their constituents – driven aspects of his social their bosses. networking persona. Gone Yes, politicos must still are the personal status upbe erudite, well-versed and dates.

Instead, his legislatively savvy. But now Facebook page has bethey must also be human. come a de facto wing of his Not in the baby-kissing constituent outreach operaphoto op way, or helping a tion. constituent in need. Tech“When I was running and nology allows politicians to I got elected and took office, be one of us, connecting I certainly understood that Peter directly via tools once un- Councilman many more people were goimaginable. If they have a Vallone Jr. is among the ing to those sites because love of Led Zeppelin, or are borough’s more free- they were constituents or having troubles growing a wheeling social network they were interested in the garden, they ’re free to users. things I was doing in polishare. tics and government,” he But how human is too human? said. “The line between personal and private for elected officials is a fine line and Treading The New Frontier sometimes they can blur. I definitely view If you’re seeking authenticity online, it in a way where it’s more of a public and our borough’s politicos offer it in droves. professional outlet as opposed to a perChief among the sharing offenders is sonal one. Since I’ve been an elected Vallone, whose Facebook status updates official, I don’t think I’ve put up vacation can be of great substance to his constitu- photos.”

Others sit on the fence, like Lancman, ents – but sometimes are not far removed from a bubbly tween’s. Hell, he even uses who has four outlets online to reach his smiley emoticons and spurns proper constituents, but personally controls only capitalization and punctuation rules at one – and it shows.

He has arisen as the Twitter jester, will. This, surely, is no way for a three-

known for his 140-character politicking mixed with cutting wit. But he admits to its pitfalls.

“If you have within you a capacity to be sarcastic or you like to use humor you have to be very careful because it’s very difficult to convey a nuanced complete message in 140 characters or less,” he said. “Something you might think is funny today or witty today, someone somewhere might find to be obnoxious or unprofessional. Twitter is a medium that invites thoughtless commentary.”

Establishing Identity Authenticity – even personality – has its useful limits, according to Baruch College School of Public Affairs Dean Dr. David Birdsell, who spends way more time thinking about this stuff than most people.

“I think that this is still very much in gestation and what the terms of authenticity are have yet to be defined,” he said.

Birdsell asserts the proliferation of social media adds an additional layer to the public persona a politician typically molds and maintains.

“Everybody who runs for office adopts a public face that’s based on who you really are, of course. There’s an identifiable personality,” he said. “This builds at least the prospect of proximity to constituents whereas before I’m not so sure it was always there. It allows you to get into an exchange.”

It’s All In The Use All of the elected officials have lauded social media’s ability to track issues in their district, often in real-time.

Vallone pointed to last year’s blizzard, and the lackluster cleanup that followed, as an exemplary moment in the very practical uses of Facebook.

“I wrote, ‘My block isn’t shoveled, how about yours?’ and got a ton of responses,” he said.

Major calamities tend to be when constituents benefit most from their representatives’ social networking habits.

“We were very active during [Hurricane Irene] and we used social media to a great extent to update people,” Van Bramer said. “We saw an instant jump in friends on Facebook and followers on Twitter. There were a lot of folks who said, ‘Oh that’s a really good way to report things.’”

The communication is a two-way street. Van Bramer said he has sent photos of community hazards or issues posted on his Facebook page to various agencies, demanding they be addressed.

Various members of the elected officials’ staff also lauded the constituentconnecting aspect of social networking, but quietly lamented their bosses sharing tendencies.

“It’s obviously something I keep an eye on,” said Halloran’s Director of Communications Steven Stites. “It’s useful because usually if you want to know where the councilman is, you can check Facebook.”

Vallone recently reached a social networking milestone. He has approached Facebook’s 5,000-friend limit, and has regrettably had to start cutting some folks loose.

Maybe it is his flair for posting conversation-invoking status updates (despite his daughters giving him an epic FAIL label). Or maybe it’s his tech-savvy constituency. Whatever it is, he promises he won’t change – regardless of what office he runs for in the future.

“My staff has called me a 15-year-old,” he said. “If I get elected [to another office in the future], my page will never change.”

LOL. Reach Deputy Editor Joseph Orovic at jorovic@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127.

Documenting The DREAM In Queens Photos by Jason Banrey

By JASON BANREY Achieving a goal begins with a dream.

For some, that dream can be easily obtained with a bit of hard work and determination.

But for others there are unforeseen obstacles holding them back from crossing the finish line, deterring aspirations from coming to fruition.

On Oct. 1, nearly 50 undocumented immigrant youths from around the city gathered to show the world they were united to achieve one goal: obtain U.S. citizenship.

Assembling underneath the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, they gathered to be a par t of Brooklyn ar tist Just in Tellian’s globetrotting photo shoot that has captured por traits of ambit ious youth from major cities as far off as Berlin and Tokyo.

Tellian selected Queens as the site of his final por trait because the borough has become home to many people around the world.

“It comes down to the diversity of Queens,” Tel lian said while set t ing up his large format 8-by-10 box camera in the shadow of the Unisphere. “With over 167 languages spoken, this site is an epic location to have dreamers gather.”

Tellian’s final shot incorporated the city’s undocumented immigrant youth, many of whom are college students from Queens, to highlight the challenges they face on the path toward citizenship.

These individuals, also known as “dreamers,” have been vocal in the push toward passing federal legislation called the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM), which would provide a path toward citizenship for illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.

Undocumented youth gathered with Brooklyn Ar tist Justin Tellian to spark a dialog toward federal legislation for citizenship.

“Today were trying to point out the impor tance of the bringing the DRE AM Act back into a legislative discussion,” said Lucia Allain, a Corona “dreamer” who has been active in pushing for the federal legislation that would make her eligible for financial aid and give her the oppor tunity to pursue a career in journalism after receiving her degree from Queensborough Community College.

“Nationally, nothing has happened to address our situation. Hopefully by being a

par t of this photograph we can get this dialogue going again.”

While preparing for the photograph, “dreamers” shared their stories, hoping that

one day they would become fully integrated within the only home they have ever known – America.

Although she can only hope for what the future may bring, Yenny Yanaylle of Jackson Heights is determined to continue her pursuit of a degree in psychology at York College.

“I am the first one to go to school in my family,” said Yanaylle, who had to put t his semester on hold to find a job and support herself since she does not qualify for financial aid.

“Since I’ve come this far, I would do anything to have our voices heard and fight for the DREA M Act.” Although Tellian has not yet lined up a location for his eventual exhibition, he is confident that when they are revealed his images will help foster more awareness within the community.

“The World’s Fair encouraged thoughts of helping humanit y,” said Tellian while standing in the center of the site which twice hosted an international celebration of diversity and technological revolution.

“The greatest power we have as human beings is to influence,” he said. “Hopefully these images can create a reality that these ‘dreamers’ are looking for.

Why can’t we do it again?”

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

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When it comes to natural gas pipelines, there’s no such thing as too safe.

Pipeline safety is something we take very seriously at National Grid. Even though most lines are buried underground, that doesn’t mean you can ignore them.

You can keep your family and your community safe by helping to prevent gas leaks.

Always contact your one call center for New York City at 1-800-272-4480 or 811 before you dig. Remember, some gas lines are marked, but others are not.

More importantly, you should know the signs of a gas leak. We’ve added a spoiled egg smell that makes natural gas easier to identify. You can also look for bubbles in standing water, a white cloudy mist or blowing dust, which indicates that an underground gas line may have ruptured; or, listen for a hissing, roaring or whistling sound.

If you smell, see or hear any of those indications, leave the area immediately, then call National Grid at 1-718-643-4050. Don’t make the mistake of thinking someone else will make the call. Be smart and be safe. Call before you dig and know the signs of a gas leak. A little prevention could make all the difference. ©2011 National Grid

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Recycling just one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt light bulb for four hours, power a computer for 30 minutes, or a television for 20 minutes. Multiply that simple act by 8 million New Yorkers every day, and we can have a major impact preserving our natural resources and energy needs.

As North America’s largest recycler, Waste Management encourages everyone to pitch in and recycle.

Compiled by DOMENICK RAFTER

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101ST PRECINCT HOME INVASION: The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating two men wanted in connection with a home invasion robbery that occurred Tuesday, Oct. 4, at approximately 2 p.m. in Rockaway Beach The two suspects approached the victim, displayed a firearm and forced him into his apartment at gunpoint, demanding his ATM pin number. The suspects went to the local ATM, withdrew cash and purchased clothing at a nearby store. There were no injuries sustained by the victim as a result of this incident.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crimestoppers’ Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to CRIMES (274637), then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

ing in the vicinity of 61-25 97th St. in Rego Park, when the suspects approached her and slapped her iPhone4 from her hand causing it to fall to the ground. One of the suspects picked up the phone before they all fled to an unknown location. The victim did not sustain any injuries as a result of this incident.

The suspects are described as being four black teens, 14-16 years old, 5-foot-5 to 5foot-8, with medium builds.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crimestoppers’ Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to CRIMES (274637), then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

MISSING MAN: The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Derek Cox, 38, of 20523 113th Ave. in St. Albans, who was last seen on Oct. 7 inside of his residence.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crimestoppers’ Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to CRIMES (274637), then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

105TH PRECINCT ATTEMPTED RAPE: The NYPD is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for an attempted rape on Sunday, Oct. 9, at around 1:15 a.m. in the vicinity of 145th Road in Springfield Gardens. The victim, a 40-year-old woman, was approached by the suspect, a 30year-old black man, 5-foot-7, and 175 lbs, who pushed her to the ground, punched her Police are looking for 114TH PRECINCT several times in the face and this man in connec tion GUNPOINT ROBBERY: attempted to rape her. The with an attempted rape.

On Monday, Oct. 3, at apsuspect fled the scene when a proximately 1:40 a.m., a susneighbor heard the victim’s call for help. The victim was taken to an area pect entered a parking garage located at 3832 13th St. in Long Island City and pointed hospital with bruising to the face.

Anyone with information is asked to call a gun at a 47-year-old man and demanded Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). money. The victim complied and gave the The public can also submit their tips by suspect an undetermined amount of cash. logging onto Crimestoppers’ Web site at Once the suspect obtained the cash, he ornypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their dered the victim to turn away and fled on a tips to CRIMES (274637), then entering bicycle.

The suspect is described as a black man, TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

20-22 years old, 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8, 160 lbs with a skinny build.

112TH PRECINCT Anyone with information is asked to call PHONE ROBBERY: The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). following suspects who are wanted in con- The public can also submit their tips by nection with a robbery that occurred in Rego logging onto Crimestoppers’ Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their Park.

On Sunday, Sept. 18, at around 10:30 tips to CRIMES (274637), then entering p.m., a 26-year-old Asian woman was walk- TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

HANDLING AGE, DISABILITY PREJUDICE

By PAUL E. KERSON After 20 or 30 years of loyal service, have you been â&#x20AC;&#x153;laid off,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;excessed,â&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;separatedâ&#x20AC;? by the company or government agency where you devoted your working life?

And to add insult to injury, did they hire a younger, healthier worker at a salary smaller than yours?

The elderly do not have to put up with this kind of behavior. It is unlawful under the Human Rights Law of the State of New York (NY Executive Law Sec. 296).

Unlike similar federal laws, New York permits you to file your case in our local State Courts. Federal Courts require a first filing in an administrative agency â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the New York City Human Rights Commission, the New York State Human Rights Division or the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

In these agencies, your case could languish.

But in our Queens County Supreme Court on Sutphin Boulevard, your case is treated with the same respect as any other State Court matter of pressing concern â&#x20AC;&#x201C; commercial, accident, matrimonial, property dispute or arrest. You are entitled to a jury trial. If your case cannot be settled, it will be decided by a judge and jury chosen from among your friends and neighbors right here in Queens. This is what we call â&#x20AC;&#x153;the home court advantage.â&#x20AC;?

Our New York State appellate courts have often ruled in favor of employees wrongfully terminated for the unlawful reasons of age and/or disability.

In the leading case of Ferrante v. American Lung Association, our Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest court, the Court of Appeals, considered the case of a 58-year-old man fired after 10 years on the job. His supervisor â&#x20AC;&#x153;disparaged and humiliatedâ&#x20AC;? Ferrante â&#x20AC;&#x153;by calling him â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;the old manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in front of other employees.â&#x20AC;? The employer then fired Ferrante, hiring a â&#x20AC;&#x153;substantially younger personâ&#x20AC;? in his place.

In a 1997 opinion, our Court of Appeals would have none of it. Quoting from one of their earlier cases on the related subject of racial discrimination, our highest court stated the law as follows: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have stated that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;discrimination is rarely so obvious or its practices so overt that recognition of it is instant and conclusive, it being accomplished usually by devious and subtle means.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

In Vig v. New York Hairspray Co., a 2009 opinion, the Appellate Division, First Department considered the case of an injured actor who was wrongfully fired by a theatrical company. Vig tore the cartilage in his knee during a performance, and was terminated after corrective surgery. The Appellate Division refused to accept this, holding . â&#x20AC;&#x153;In making this determination, we note that the State Human Rights Law accords greater disability

protection than the (federal) Americans with Disabilities Actâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;?

It is the Human Rights Law of the State of New York that makes New York the place that it is. The state does not tolerate discrimination in the workplace in any form. We have had this law on the state law books for 60 years. Similar federal laws did not come about until 13 years later, in 1964. It took all of then-President Lyndon Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legislative skill to get these laws through a reluctant U.S. Congress.

This history remains with us.

So, if you have been wrongfully terminated from your career, do not sulk. Stand up for your rights, and stand up for New York. You have earned your rights with the years you put in and the sacrifices you have made. By standing up for yourself, you insist that New York remain the place it has been for 386 years â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the one place in the world where everyone is truly welcome.

Paul E. Kerson is a partner in the law firm of Leavitt, Kerson & Duane in Forest Hills. He is a past Chair of the Human Rights Committee of the Queens County Bar Association.

URGE FOR MAMMOGRAMS State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) and the Adelphi New York Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program are urging women to get mammograms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a significant time to remind women to get mammograms,â&#x20AC;? said Hillary Rutter, director of the Adelphi Breast Cancer Program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope that this month women will take the time to make an appointment for a mammogram. Approximately 95 percent of all mammograms prove to be normal.â&#x20AC;?

The Adelphi New York Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program can help women find out how to get a low cost or free mammogram, answer

questions and concerns about breast cancer, and offers counseling and emotional support. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I commend Adelphi Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School of Social Work for assisting women in obtaining free or low cost mammograms,â&#x20AC;? said Stavisky. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Although most mammograms are normal, early detection is key.â&#x20AC;?

For more information and to locate an accredited mammography facility nearby, call the Adelphi New York Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program at (800) 877-8077 or visit adelphi.edu/ nysbreastcancer. Callers can also get emotional support from the hotlineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specially trained volunteers, most of whom are women who have had breast cancer.

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She was born in Naples, Italy, Oct. 1, 1911. Rose Fauceglia, the oldest of four sisters, along with her parents and grandparents, settled in Manhattan’s Upper East Side when they first came to America.

Several generations later, Rose became a Flushing House resident on March 30, 2005.

On Oct. 8, Rose celebrated her 100th birthday, surrounded by family and

friends, in her retirement home’s rooftop lounge.

Grandma and grandpa Fauceglia became U.S. citizens and never went back to Italy. Her father served in the U.S. Army in 1918, during the “War to End All Wars.”

At 15, Rose became a dressmaker to support her family’s first house in the Bronx, and worked 35 years for several high-end clothing lines.

She married Vincent Famulari in June 1936, during the Great Depression. They had two children, Marion and Vincent, three grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Rose lost the love of her life on

Nov. 13, 1972, when she was 60 years old.

However, she was able to obtain Vincent’s Social Security benefits, which has helped her to carry on.

Independent as ever, she lived alone from 60 onwards until her 94th year, when she came down with pneumonia. She recovered after brief hospitalization, and with the help of her family, moved into Flushing House in 2005.

Rose was very close to her three sisters. Shortly after moving to Flushing House, sister Christine passed away. A few years later, sister Carmela passed.

Her fourth sister, Josephine, is still alive

at 90 years old. It seems that longevity is a Fauceglia family trait.

“Rose has lived to be 100 because she lives here at Flushing House,” said her daughter, Marion Krasinski. “When she came to Flushing House, she just recovered from pneumonia, but since then she has flourished in the retirement home’s ‘family environment.’”

Her daughter added that Rose has made several friends at her new home, and also has Puna, her wonderful companion, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday.

She gets around with her walker and remains physically independent.

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Rose Fauceglia, a resident at F lushing House, recently turned 100 years old.

The Elder Abuse Training Institute is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary training program to improve understanding of, and response to, the various forms of elder abuse. Elder Abuse 101, to be held Oct. 25, is an introductory course for individuals who have ongoing interactions with elders but who have limited or no experience with elder abuse situations and interventions.

“The numbers are heartbreaking,” said Aileen Gitelson, CEO of Jewish Association for Services for the Aged.

Approximately 270,000 older New Yorkers each year are victims of physical, psychological, financial or other forms of abuse or neglect. It is estimated that only one in 24 cases are reported. “JASA

is committed to ending elder abuse,” she added.

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The Elder Abuse Training Institute reflects the contributed expertise of a number of agencies, including JASA; New York Legal Assistance Group; Kings County District Attorney’s Office; Human Resource Administration/Adult Protective Services; New York City Dept. for the Aging; Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service; Visiting Nurse

Service of New York; Montefiore Medical Center; Geriatric Mental Health Association; Jewish Home Lifecare; Selfhelp Community Services; and Pace Women’s Justice Center.

Elder Abuse 101 will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at UJA Federation of New York, 130 East 59th St., in Manhattan. The cost is $25 or $20 per person for groups of 10 attendees or more from the same organization. A light breakfast will be served.

To register or for additional information, contact Martha Pollack, Queens District Director and a coordinator of the program, JASA, 97-77 Queens Boulevard, 6th floor, Rego Park, NY 11374. You can reach them at (718) 286-1540 or mpollack@jasa.org.

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Astoria’s Columbus

On Oct. 8, Councilman Peter F. Vallone Jr. marched in Astoria’s Columbus Parade. Vinicio Donato, who chairs Community Board 1, was the grand marshal and led numerous schools and community organizations on the route starting near the Kaufman Studios, along Steinway Street and ending at the Christopher Columbus monument on the corner of 31st Street and Astoria Boulevard.

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More than 2,000 runners and walkers participated in the first WCS Run for the Wild in Brooklyn at the WCS New York Aquarium. Sunnyside resident David Bosch came in first place, with a time of 17:47.

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Councilman Jim Gennaro, newly-elected chair of the Italian-American Caucus of the NYC Council, leads the Council contingent marching in the Columbus Day Parade on Fifth Avenue. Pictured l. to r.: Council members Letitia James, Dan Halloran, Jim Gennaro, Peter Vallone Jr. and former Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr. Councilman Dan Halloran presents a City proclamation on Sunday at the annual Columbus Day Parade in Whitestone. Also pictured l. to r.: Assemblyman Ed Braunstein and local residents Mario d’Elia, Giovanna d’Elia, John Tosi, Damiana Testa and Benny Salamone.

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Stuart Randall (l.), president and founding partner of Bayfield Importing, and a former Sommelier Society of America instructor, recently joined London Lennie’s owner Leslie Barnes (c.) and wine director Brad Haskel for a staff tasting of top Bordeaux wines.

S. Korea Prez Honors

Food Distribution

Korean American children from Douglaston, Little Neck and Flushing who are members of the TKC Choir performed the Korean and United States national anthems in honor of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who received The Appeal of Conscience Foundation’s World Statesman Award at the Waldorf Astoria on Tuesday Sept. 20.

Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky and Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz assisted the Queens Jewish Community Council in its annual Rosh Hashanah food distribution. Pictured l. to r.: Assemblywoman Grace Meng, Sen. Stavisky, City Councilman Peter Koo, Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz.

Assemblyman Rory Lancman and the Briarwood Action Network presented cards and pictures to the 107th Precinct that were drawn by children on this year’s September 11th National Day of Service, Sept. 27.

Run, Liz, Run

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Councilwoman Liz Crowley joined more than 200 runners for the Annual Forest Park 5k Fun Run to benefit the Forest Park Trust, an organization that provides free educational, recreational and cultural events in Forest Park for people of all ages. Pictured l. to r. Katherine Mooney, Lydon Sleeper, Crowley, Kaitlin Moore and Dori Pliska.

Queens Borough President Helen Marshall holds a medallion sent from Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha, Detective Charles LoPresti holds Declaration of Honor from Marshall and his wife, Lisa, holds congratulatory letter from Chief Kealoha during a ceremony, Tuesday, Sept. 20, honoring LoPresti for lifesaving role he played in Kew Gardens after getting a call for help from Honolulu to the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica.

For The Troops

Jackie Eradiri (l. to r.), Irene Marrone, Janice Bailey, Margaret Finnerty, Assemblyman Mike Miller and Dieter Vey are standing at the Ridgewood Older Adult Center with several boxes full of coupons. Assemblyman Miller came to promote a program where these coupons are collected for American forces overseas. The project, run by Margaret Finnerty, has a goal of raising $1 million while having already achieved over $700,000 in coupon collections.

Day Of Service

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His appointment as the country’s new Called “one of America’s great narrative poets” by the librarian of Congress and “a poet laureate is an honor that caps a long large, ironic Whitman of the industrial hear t- and distinguished career. With 20 collections land” by the New York Times Review of of poems to his credit, Levine has won just Books, U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine will about ever y major writ ing award including read from his work at Queens College’s a Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for The Simple Truth and a Nat ional Book Rosenthal Library Oct. 19 at Award in 1991 for What 6:30 pm.

Work Is and in 1980 for Levine’s reading is par t of Ashes: Poems New and Old. the successful New Salon in He taught for over 30 years in Queens, a partnership between t he English Depar tment of the Poetry Societ y of America California State University, (PSA) – the nation’s oldest poFresno, and was the Distinetry organization – and Queens guished Poet in Residence for College’s MFA Program in Crethe Creative Writing Program a t i ve Wr i t i ng a n d L i t e r a r y at Ne w York University.

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Queens College English Levine’s work is most faProfessor and MFA Director mous for its urban perspective Nicole Cooley will interview and down-to-earth view on the world of the vanished working U . S . P o e t L a u r e a t e Levine after the reading. A reception and book signing will class and their neighborhoods. Philip Levine Many of his poems tap into his early memo- follow the event, which is free and open to ries of when he labored on the assembly line the public.

“We are thrilled to welcome Philip Levine of automobile manufacturing plants in Deto our campus,” said Professor Cooley. “His troit where he grew up.

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ary Translation will include readings by translator and poet Christian Hawkey Oct. 25 at 6:30 p.m. in Klapper Hall 710; poet and fiction writer David Mills Oct. 27 at 6:30 p.m. in Klapper Hall 304; and poet John Murillo Nov. 14 at 5 p.m. in Klapper Hall 333.

The Rosenthal Librar y auditorium is accessible from the main entrance of the library (on the 3r d floor) down the stairs to the right of the doors to the Louis Armstrong Archives.

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By PETER SLOGGAT T The restaurant event of the year in the dining capital of Long Island kicked off this past weekend, there’s still plenty of time to enjoy all the tasty delights it has to offer.

Dine Huntington Restaurant Week, sponsored by Long Islander Newspapers and Hunt ington Township Chamber of Commerce, runs through Sunday, Oct. 16, showcasing restaurants from throughout the dining capital of Long Island – Huntington.

Par t icipat ing re staurant s throughout the Town of Huntington will treat customers to a 3-course dining experience for $24.95 per person plus tax and tip (Saturday until 7 p.m. only).

Dine Huntington Restaurant Week is a collaborative venture of Long Islander Newspapers and the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce that promotes and celebrates a vital sector of Huntington’s economy – restaurants.

Now in it s third year, Dine Hunt ington Restaurant Week attracts diners to Huntington Township restaurants from all over Long Island.

“We have seen Dine Huntington grow from an idea to an eagerly awaited annual event,” said Mike Schenkler, publisher of

Long Islander Newspapers and Dine Huntington Restaurant Week organizer. “Thousands of Foodies watch for updates on the DineHuntington Facebook page and as Restaurant Week approaches, regularly check out the menus which are posted on the website, DineHunt ington.com.”

While the aim of Dine Huntington Restaurant Week is to introduce new customers to area restaurants, the thousands of visitors it brings to town are beneficial to the local economy as a whole. Dine Huntington Restaurant Week last year brought thousands of diners to area restaurants, resulting in 40,000 meals served and an estimated $1.5 million in direct sales.

“The impact of Dine Huntington Restaurant Week is immense,” said Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce Chairman Bob Bontempi. “The restaurant industry plays a huge part in our local economy. More importantly, it has a ripple effect that benefit s other businesses as restaurant patrons visit nearby shops and stroll the downtown areas.”

Patrons can line up their Dine Huntington Restaurant Week excursions by logging on to DineHuntington.com where menus from par ticipating restaurants are posted.

Comic Fans To Unite In Weekend Of Fun

By BARBARA ARNSTEIN Do you like comics? Read graphic novels? Are you a fan of anime, manga, or video games? Do you watch fantasy television shows or movies? Then, we’ve got great news for you.

The New York Comic Con and the New York Anime Festival will be held at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan Oct. 14-16, Friday to Sunday, featuring panels and autograph sessions involving the creators of all these things, and screening rooms featuring sneak peeks of movies and television shows.

Are you 12 or under? Even bet ter news. On Sunday, kids 12 and under are admit ted free.

Both Marvel Comics and DC Entertainment will have a 3,000-square-foot booths where you can mingle with creators and they will be conducting panels.

The Anime Festival focuses on anime, manga and Japanese pop culture. The leads of the new anime series “Fairy Tail” will appear for panel sessions, autograph signings

and an introduction to a premiere “Fairy Tail” screening. Subtitled episode s can be seen at funimation.com/fairy-tail.

There are daily costume contests, and on Saturday night there will be a Masquerade: a major costume contest, par t fashion show and part talent show. The deadline for entering has passed, but you can enjoy watching, and if you can’t be there in person, you can go to gaiaonline.com to watch and vote for the top winner. Mnet, the only English language Asian American TV network in the U.S., will film the Masquerade, and they’ll be following various competitors.

Hundreds of guests will sign autographs.

The Show Floor hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday. Tickets prices onsite will be $45 for Friday, $65 for Saturday, $45 for Sunday and $75 for a three-day pass. One badge will admit you into both events. All children 5 and up require a t icket to enter. For more information, and to buy tickets, go to new yorkcomiccon.com.

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“It is an honor and a joy for our collaborative team to celebrate and hear Philip Levine so soon after the announcement that he is to be our next U.S. Poet L aureate,” said Alice Quinn, PSA executive director a nd for mer poetr y editor of The New Yorker.

Upcoming presentations by the college’s MFA Program in Creative Writing and Liter-

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DUTCH INFLUENCE S a t u r d ay, O c to b e r 15 “Dutch Influence on the American Kitchen and Life” at King Manor Museum at 5. $5 donation. 206-0545, ext. 13 SEASIDE BOOK Monday, October 17 “Light in August” will be discussed at 6:30 at the Seaside library.

BOOK CLUB Monday, Oc tober 17 “Tryin’ t o S l e e p i n t h e B e d Yo u Made” will be discussed at 6:30 at the South Hollis library.

BUDGET TRAVEL Thursday, Oc tober 20 budget travel tips at 6:30 at the Steinway library.

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

TUTORING CLASSES Weekdays after school and on Saturdays Bridgesmart Tutors in LIC. 450-6493.

SCIENCE PLAYGROUND Weekends through December 31 10-6 and 2-5 Fridays at the Hall of Science. $4 plus general NYSCI admission.

DOG A DONUT Saturday, Oc tober 15 story time celebrating “If You Give A Dog a Donut” at 11 at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows.

COOKIE MOUSE S a t u r d ay, O c to b e r 1 5 Cookie Mouse visits Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows at 11:30.

STORY BOOK LADY Saturdays 12:30-1:30 reading enrichment program for 6-9 year olds at Maria Rose International Doll Museum, 187-11 Linden Blvd., St. Albans. $7.50. 276-3454.

MATH HELP Saturdays at the Flushing library at 10.

HOMEWORK HELP Saturdays 10-noon teen tutors available at the Bayside

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CHESS CLUB Every Saturday at the Flushing library at 2.

S TORY TIMES Saturdays at 11 and Tuesdays at 10:30 weekly story times at Barnes & Noble, 1766 0 Un i o n Tu r n p i ke , Fre s h Meadows.

KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at 4 at the Douglaston/Little Neck lib ra r y. B r i n g n e e d l e s a n d yarn.

HOMEWORK HELP Mondays 3:30-5:00 teen tutors available at the Bayside librar y.

BABY & ME Monday, Oc tober 17 at the Bayside librar y. Register.

PENGUIN EXPLORERS Monday, Oc tober 17 at the Rochdale Village library at 3.

TEEN HOMEWORK HELP Mondays, Oc tober 17, 24, 31 at the Bayside library at 3:30.

INFORMATION LITERACY Mondays, Oc tober 17, 24 at the Windsor Park library at 6:30.

LIC CHESS CLUB Tuesdays, October 18, 25 at the LIC library at 4.

S TORY T I M E Wednesday s, Oc tober 19, 26 Happy Happy Story Time at the LIC library at 10:30.

S TORY T I M E Wednesday, October 19 at

the Steinway library at 10:30.

CRAFTS Wednesday, Oc tober 19 at the Steinway library at 11.

BOOK MAKING Wednesday, Oc tober 19 at the LIC library. Register.

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

KNITTING Every Wednesdays at the Bayside library at 4.

TOPS TRUMP CARD Every Wednesday tournament at the LIC library at 4.

CRAFT TIME Every Thursday at 3:30 at the Ozone Park library.

BOY SCOUTS Thursdays Boy Scout Troop 138 meets at 7:30 in the basement at 192-15C 64 th

RELIGIOUS ASTORIA CENTER Saturday, October 15 Tot Shabbat at 10:45. Saturday, Oc tober 15 Shabbat Youth Program at 9:30. Astoria Center of Israel, 27-35 Crescent Street, Astoria. 2782680.

EMPOWERING RUTH S t a r t i n g O c to b e r 1 8 1 4 week course for women who have recently converted to Judaism. Reform Temple of Forest Hills. 261-2900.

Circle, Fresh Meadows. For those 11 and older. 4542391.

FAMILY STORY TIME Fridays, Oc tober 21, 28 at the Queensboro Hill library at 11.

GAME DAY Fridays, Oc tober 21, 28 at t he Bay Terrace libra r y at 2:30.

YU-GI-OH Fridays, Oc tober 21, 28 at the Queensboro Hill library at 4.

BOOK BUDDIES Fridays, Oc tober 21, 28 at the Bayside library at 4.

GAME TIME Fridays, Oc tober 21, 28 at the Windsor Park library at 4.

HEALTHY EATING Friday, Oc tober 21 at the Fresh Meadows library. Register.

STORY TIME Friday, Oc tober 21 at the

THEATER CROSSING DELANCEY Oc tober 14 through 29 at the Douglaston Communit y Theatre. 482-3332 reservations.

KILLING KOMPANY The Killing Company performs mystery dinner shows.

1-888-SHOOT-EM for information.

Hollis library at 10:30.

ARTS & CRAFTS Fridays at 2 at the Queens Village library.

ARTS & CRAFTS Fridays at the LIC library at 2.

GAME DAY Fridays at the Queens Village library at 2.

FLASH FRIDAYS Every Friday at 3 at the Ozone Park library.

FLEA MARKETS FLEA MARKET Sunday, Oc tober 16 f lea market and ethnic bake sale from 9-4 at St. Josaphat, 35 th A v e n u e a n d 2 1 0th S t r e e t , Bayside.

ARTS & CRAFTS S u n d a y, O c to b e r 16 Bayside arts and crafts fair in the parking lot and street adjacent to the Chase Bank on 41 st Road and Bell Blvd and 41 st Avenue from Bell Blvd. to 213th Street and the LIRR train station park.

CRAFT FAIR Sunday, November 20 American Legion Post 104 in Glendale. 821-9726.

THRIFT SHOPS Saturdays 11-4 at Bargain Boutique Thrift Shop, Queens Baptist Church, 9323 217 th Street, Queens Village.465-2504.

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SENIORS AARP CHORUS Like to sing? The AARP Queens Chorus holds practice rehearsals for performances at nursing homes, rehab and senior centers.

523-1330.

AARP 1405 Monday, Oc tober 17 Halloween part y for paid members only with Flushing AARP chapter 1405 at the Bowne Street Communit y Church at 1.

NEW CLASSES Mondays comedy writing and Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline at the Kew Gard e n s C o m m u n i t y C e n t e r.

268-5960.

CAREGIVERS Ever y Tuesday Caregivers Support group at 3:30-4:30 at the Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 th Avenue, Bayside. 631-1886.

CHAIR EXERCISE Tuesdays low impact chair exercise at 11 at the Flushing-Fresh Meadows Jewish Center. $5. 357-5100.

STAY WELL Wednesdays at 10:15 at the East Elmhurst library for exercise and other health related programs.

WOMANSPACE Wednesdays Womanspace, a discussion group devoted to issues concerning women, meets 1-3 at the Great Neck Senior Center,

80 Grace Avenue. New members welcome.

STARS Fridays, Oc tober 21, 28 Senior Theater Acting Repertory at the Queens Village library at 10:30. 776-0529.

FREE LUNCH Saturdays, October 29, November 26, December 17 at Church of the Resurrection in Kew Gardens. 847-2649 reservations.

AARP 3654 Tuesday, November 1 AARP chapter 2654 meets in Bayside. 423-4237.

DANCE LESSONS Fridays, November 4, December 2 free dance lessons at the Pomonok Center. 5913377.

AARP 4158 Tuesdays, November 8, December 13 North Flushing chapter 4158 meets at noon at the Church on the Hill, 167-07 35 th Avenue, Flushing. New members and visitors welcome.

AARP 3698 Wednesdays, November 9, December 14 AARP Chapter 3698 meet at Zion Episcopal Church, 243-01 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Meeting at 1, program at 2.

AARP 29 Thursdays, November 10, December 8 at Grace House, 155-02 90 th Avenue, Jamaica.

MAMMOGRAMS Saturday, November 19 nocost mammograms with Communit y Board 6. Appointment needed. 7381111.

PARENTS SAMUEL FIELD Y Diverse array of program and services for the needs of children of all ages, stages and abilit y levels. 225-6750.

ADHD OR PDD Daily after school programs to meet the needs of elementary school aged children who have learning disabilities and ADHD or PDD at the Bay Terrace Center, 212-00 23 rd Avenue, Bayside from 2:30-6:00. 225-6750, ext.

266.

ANIBIC Association for Neurologically Impaired Brain Injured Children, Inc. sponsors programs including Saturday Play Group (5-17), Tutorial (5 to adult), Weekend Respite (17+), Young Adult Program (17+) and Adult Respite Program (21+). 423-9550, ext.

243.

KIDS KORNER After School Center is at the Central Queens YM-YWHA in Forest Hills. 268-5011, ext. 201. Extended hours.

QUEENS COLLEGE ART Oc tober 20 through January 13 “In Perpetuum: The Fall: Will Corwin” exhibition.

Queens College Art Center.

997-3770.

FLUSHING COUNCIL Through November 14 “Endangered Art/ists: China.”

November 19 through January 7 “Korean Painting Exhibition: A Walk Through Nature.” Permanent displays include “Jazz L i v e ! ” , “ F l u s h i n g To w n Hall:” Fact or Folklore,” an historical exhibition on Flushing Town Hall and its place in history, “Legends of the Queens Jazz Trail” 463-7700.

HALL OF SCIENCE Through January 15 Wild Minds: What Animals Really Think. Through February 5 Digital 11: The Alchemy of Change. Adults $11, children 2017 $8, college students with ID $8 and seniors $8. 699-0005.

MOVING IMAGE Through January 16 Jim Henson’s Fantastic World.

Museum of the Moving Image, 35 th Avenue and 37 th Street, Astoria. $15 adults.

777-6888.

SOCRATES SCULPTURE Through March 4 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition at Socrates Sculpture Park.

956-1819.

TEENS HOMEWORK HELP Saturdays, Oc tober 15, 22, 29 tutors at the Bayside library at 10.

CHESS CLUB Every Saturday at the Flushing library at 2.

TEEN HOMEWORK HELP Mondays, Oc tober 17, 24, 31 at the Bayside library at 3:30.

KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at the Douglaston/ Little Neck library at 4.

TEEN CHESS Mondays, Oc tober 17, 24, 31 at 6 at the Bayside library.

LI CHESS CLUB Tuesdays, Oc tober 18, 25 at the LIC library at 4.

TEEN TUESDAY Tuesday, October 18 at the Hillcrest library at 4:30.

BOOK MAKING Wednesday, Oc tober 19 at the LIC library. Register.

TEEN REC ROOM Wednesdays, Oc tober 19, 26 at the Steinway library at 4.

GAME DAY Every Wednesday at the Howard Beach library at 4.

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

RESUMES Wednesday, Oc tober 19 at the Arverne library at 4.

PREPARE FICTION Thursdays, Oc tober 20, 27

creative writing workshop at the Langston Hughes library at 6.

TEEN THURSDAYS Every Thursday at the Bay Terrace library at 3.

CHESS CLUB Every Thursday 4-5:30 at the Douglaston/Little Neck library.

BOOK BUDDIES Fridays, Oc tober 21, 28 at the Bayside library at 4.

GAME TIME Fridays, October 21, 28 at the Windsor Park library at 4.

GAME PLAYERS CLUB Every Friday at 4 at the Hillcrest library.

BLOOD FEST Saturday, Oc tober 22 Halloween show at noon at the Flushing library.

COVER LETTERS We d n e s d ay s , O c to b e r 2 6 cover letters for teens at 4 at the Arverne library.

WEB DESIGN Thursday, Oc tober 27 at the Arverne library at 6.

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MISCELLANEOUS PICK PUMPKINS Through Oc tober 30 pick your pumpkins at the Queens Count y Farm Museum pumpkin patch, 73-50 L i t t l e N e c k Pa r k way. Fre e admission to patch.

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Queens Today MEETINGS ITALIANS UNDER 49 Are you interested in starting an Italian Cultural Social Organization for those 49 and under? Call 426-1240.

BELLA ITALIA MIA Sundays, Oc tober 16 (14 t h Annual Celebration Reservations required), November 13, December 11 Bella Italia Mia meets at Christ the King High School, 68-02 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village. 426-1240.

P-FLAG Sundays, Oc tober 16, November 20, December 18 PFLAG, a support group for parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays, meet in Forest Hills. 271-6663.

MEN’S CLUB SOCCER Tuesday evenings at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. 2637000.

FRESH MEADOW CAMERA Tuesdays the Fresh Meadows Camera Club meets.

917-612-3463.

ADVANCED WRITERS Tuesdays Advanced Bayside Writers’ Group meets at 6:30 in the Terrace Diner, 212-97 26 th Avenue, upper level. Get feedback on your writing and develop your skills.

AUBURNDALE Tuesdays, Oc tober 18, November 15 the Auburndale Association meets at St. Kevin’s, 45-21 194 th Street at 7:30.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT Tuesdays, Oc tober 18, November 15, December 20 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 175-20 174 th Street, Fresh Meadows at 7:30.

TALK OF THE TOWN Tuesdays, Oc tober 18, November 1, 15, December 6, 20 learn the art of public speaking in St. Albans at 7:15. 640-7092.

AMER. LEGION 131 Tuesdays, Oc tober 18, November 15, December 20 American Legion, Post 131, meets at 8 at 10-20 Clintonville Street, Whitestone. 767-4323.

DEMOCRATIC CLUB We d n e s d a y, O c t o b e r 1 9 Clinton Democratic Club meeting at 7 at Vallone & Vallone, 25-59 Francis Lewis Blvd.

TOASTMASTERS Wednesdays, Oc tober 19, November 2, 16, December 7, 21 learn the art of public speaking at t he Voices of Rochdale Toastmasters Club in Jamaica. 978-0732.

FLUSHING CAMERA Wednesdays, Oc tober 19, November 2, 16, 30, December 7, 21 Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:15 at Flushing Hospital. 479-0643.

KNIGHTS OF PY THIAS Wednesdays, Oc tober 19, November 2, 16, December 7, 21 Queensview Lodge 433 meets in Whitestone.

917-754-3093.

WOMANSPACE Wednesdays Womanspace, a discussion group devoted to issues concerning women, meets 1-3 at the Great Neck Senior Center, 80 Grace Avenue. New members welcome.

MEN’S GROUP Thursdays, October 20, November 3, 17, December 1 Queens Pride House Men’s Group from 7-9 for gay, bi, trans men.

WOMEN’S GROUP Fridays the Woman’s Group of Jamaica Estates meets at noon. Call 461-3193 for information.

JEWISH VETS Sundays, Oc tober 23, November 27, December 25 Jewish War Veterans of the USA Lipsky/Blum Post meet at the Garden Jewish Center. 463-4742.

ST. ALBANS CIVIC Sundays, Oc tober 23, November 27 the St. Albans Civic Improvement Association meets at 1:30 at St. Albans Lutheran Church, 200 th Street and 119 th Avenue in the undercroft.

HIKING CLUB Mondays, Oc tober 24, November 21, December 19 at 7 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 229-4000.

VFW 4787 Mondays, Oc tober 24, November 14, 21, December 12, 26 Whitestone VFW Communit y Post meets. 7460540.

FH VAC Wednesdays, Oc tober 26, November 23, December 28 Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corp meets. 793-2055.

HAM RADIO CLUB Tuesdays, November 1, December 6 Emergency Communications Service meets in Briarwood. 357-6851.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT Wednesdays, November 2, December 7 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 175-20 174 th Street, Fresh Meadows at 7:30.

TELEPHONE PION. Tuesdays, November 8, December 13 Telephone Pioneers of America meet in College Point. 463-4535.

LIONS CLUB Tuesdays, November 8, December 13 Ravenswood Lion Club meets at 6:30 at Ricardo’s by the Bridge, 2101 21 st Avenue, Astoria.

COMM. BD. 9 Tuesday, November 8 at the Royal Indian Palace. Tuesday, December 14 at the Trump Pavilion in Richmond Hill. 286-2686.

DEMOCRATIC CLUB Thursdays, November 10, December 8 Jefferson Democratic Club meets at the Clearview Gold Course Clubhouse at 7:30.

ILION BLOCK ASSN. Fridays, November 11, December 9 Ilion Area Block Association meets at the African Center for Communit y Empowerment, 111-92A Farmers Blvd., St. Albans at 7:30.

AMERICAN LEGION Mondays, November 14, December 12 American Legion Post 510 meets at St. Robert Bellamine in Bayside Hills. 428-2895.

CATHOLIC VETS Mondays, November 14, December 12 American Mart yrs Catholic War Veterans Post 1771 meets in Bayside. 468-9351.

ENVIRONMENT COMPOSTING Tuesdays, October 18, 25 waste food drop off at the Steinway library at 4.

DINNER IDLEWILD PRESERVE S a t u r d a y, O c t o b e r 2 9 Idlewild Wetland and Wildlife Preserve Benefit and Awards Luncheon at the Inn at New Hyde Park. 347-8242301.

GREEN GALA Thursday, November 15 2011 Green Gala at Alley Pond Environmental Center.

229-4000.

HEALTH CANCER S a t u r d a y, O c t o b e r 1 5 American Chinese Women’s Association of NY presents Lung and Esophageal Cancer at the Flushing library at 2.

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

670-1695. $5 a class.

STRESS LESS Mondays, Oc tober 17, 24, 31 Achieve more and stress less through the power of meditation at the Flushing library at 6.

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

HEPATITIS B Tuesday, Oc tober 18 “Time to take charge of Chronic Hepatitis B” at noon at Assemblywoman Meng’s Off i c e , 1 3 6 - 2 0 3 8 th A v e n u e , Suite 10J, Flushing.

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

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

FREE YOGA Thursdays, Oc tober 20, 27 at the Queensboro Hill librar y. Register.

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

ALZHEIMERS Tuesdays, Oc tober 25, November 8, 22, December 13, 27 Caregiver Support Group in Forest Hills. 5925757, ext. 237.

CANCER SUPPORT Mondays, November 7, December 5 Franklin Hospital’s Cancer Support Group meets 2-4 in the cafeteria.

516-256-6478.

WELL SPOUSES Wednesdays, November 9, December 14 Well Spouses or Partners of the Chronically Ill and Disabled meet at St. Charles Rehab Center, 201 IU Willets Road, Albertson at 7. Donation. 516-829-8740.

MAMMOGRAMS Saturday, November 19 nocost mammograms with Comm u n i t y B o a rd 6 . A p p o i n t ment needed. 738-1111.

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Queens Today EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS the Bayside library. Register.

QUILTING CLASS Thursdays 10-2 at the Maria Rose Doll Museum in St. Albans. 276-3454 or 917817-8653 to register.

QUILTERS Thursdays at the East Elmhurst library at 12:30.

CHESS CLUB Thursdays at the East Flushing library. Register.

COMPUTER CLASS Every Thursday at the Queensboro Hill library. Register.

KNIT & CROCHET Thursdays at the Fresh

Meadows library at 6.

COMPUTER PRACTICE Fridays, Oc tober 21, 28 at the Arverne library at noon.

KNITTING CLUB Fridays at the Maspeth library at 10.

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

COMPUTER COURSE Every Friday at the Ozone Park library. Register.

COLLAGE MAKING Sunday, Oc tober 23 collage making workshop from 2-5 at Flushing Town Hall. Free.

463-7700.

ENTERTAINMENT AMAZING MAZE Through Oc tober 30 the Amazing Maize Maze 114:30 at the Queens Count y Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway. $9, $5 children. 347-3276.

SOUNDS OF COLOMBIA T h r o u g h O c to b e r 3 0 a t Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside. 729-3880.

MOVING IMAGE Through January 16 Jim Henson Screenings and Programs. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 th Avenue, Astoria. 777-6800. $15.

CEMETERY TOUR S a t u r d a y, O c t o b e r 1 5 Greater Astoria Historical Societ y tour of Green-Wood Cemetery. $25. 278-0700 to register.

FALL FESTIVAL S a t u r d a y, O c t o b e r 1 5 Pumpkin Patch and Fall Festival 9-3 at All Saints Church, 214-35 40 th Avenue, Bayside.

LATIN SALSA Saturday, Oc tober 15 Aurora Flores Y Zon Del Barrio & Yo m o To ro a t F l u s h i n g Town Hall. 463-7700.

HISTORIC HOUSE Saturday, Oc tober 15 a t King Manor Museum 124:30. 206-0545, ext. 13 ASTRONOMY Saturdays, October 15, November 12, December 17 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 229-4000 to register.

OPEN HOUSE/TOUR Saturday and Sunday, October 15, 16 free tours at the Bayside Historical Soc i e t y. S a t u rd a y 2 : 3 0 a n d 3:30 and Sunday 1 and 2:30.

THREE MOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; TENORS S u n d a y, O c t o b e r 1 6 a t Queensborough Communit y College. 631-6311.

LIVE JAZZ Sundays through December 18 at 180-25 Linden Blvd., St. Albans from 5-9. $5 donation. 347-262-1169.

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

SCRABBLE Tuesdays at the Fresh Mead-

ows library at 1.

ON THE TOWN Tuesday, Oc tober 18 the film â&#x20AC;&#x153;On the Townâ&#x20AC;? will be shown at the Kingsland Homestead. $3 adults. 9390647, ext. 14.

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

BANANAGRAM/SCRABBLE Fridays at the Windsor Park library at 2.

GAME PLAYERS CLUB Fridays at 2 at the Hillcrest library.

STAR PARTY Saturday, Oc tober 22 star part y astronomy night at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 229-4000.

HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL Saturday, Oc tober 22 a t Fort Totten 12-3. Family fun, games, rides, craft, contests, more. 352-4793.

COLOMBIAN FESTIVAL Saturday, Oc tober 22 Family Day at Flushing Town Hall.

463-7700.

HALLOWEEN SHOW S a t u r d a y, O c t o b e r 2 2 blood fest 2011 at noon at the Flushing library.

ITALY UNIFICATION Saturday, Oc tober 22 commemorate 150 years of Italian Unification with food, culture and music and more at 1 at the Greater Astoria H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y. 2 7 8 0700.

COMPANIA FLAMENCA S u n d a y, O c t o b e r 2 3 a t Queensborough Communit y College. 631-6311.

TALENT SHOW Sunday, Oc tober 23 from 3-7 at the Unit y Church of Flushing, 42-11 155 th Street. $20 tickets. 507-5188.

STAMP SHOW Sundays, Oc tober 23, November 20, December 18 Bayside Stamp Show at the Ramada Inn, 220-33 Northern Blvd., Bayside 10-4:30.

Free admission.

HAUNTED LANTERN TOUR Friday and Saturday, Oc tober 28, 29 at Fort Totten.

Mix history with Halloween on a lantern tour of the historic Water Battery at Fort Totten. 352-4793.

HALLOWEEN TOUR Saturday, Oc tober 29 Halloween Walking Tour along the LIC waterfront with the Greater Astoria Historic Societ y. 278-0700.

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DEFENSIVE DRIVING Saturday, Oc tober 15 in Franklin Square. 516-8728062.

PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturdays, Oc tober 15, 29, November 5, 19, December 3, 17 Learn to communicate effectively at Elmhurst Hospital. 646-436-7940.

WRITE GREAT ESSAYS Sunday, Oc tober 16 essaywriting workshop using â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything You Need To Write great Essays You Can Learn F ro m Wa t c h i n g M ov i e s â&#x20AC;? from 2-5 at Barnes & Noble, 1 7 6 - 6 0 Un i o n Tu r n p i k e , Fresh Meadows.

FINANCIAL EMPOWER. Mondays, Oc tober 17, 24, 31 Financial Empowerment at the LIC library at 2.

SKYPE Mondays, Oc tober 17, 24, 31 Skype Chat at the Queens Village library at 2.

JOB SEARCH Mondays, Oc tober 17, 31 need help with your job search? 4 at the Arverne library.

ADULT CHESS Mondays and Thursdays at the Queens Village library at 5:30.

COMPUTER BOOT CAMP Mondays, Oc tober 17, 24, 31 at the Far Rockaway at 10:30.

POETRY WRITING Tuesday, Oc tober 18 poetry writing workshop at Barnes & Noble, 176-70 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows at 7:30.

BASIC COMPUTER Tuesdays, Oc tober 18, 25 at the Arverne library at 10:30.

PRACTICE LAB TIME Tuesdays, Oc tober 18, 25 computer practice lab time at the Far Rockaway library at 4.

LI CHESS CLUB Tuesdays, Oc tober 18, 25 at the LIC library at 4.

SCRABBLE CLUB Tuesdays at the East Flushing library at 3:30.

KNIT & CROCHET Tuesdays, Oc tober 18, 15 at the Windsor Park library at 2.

COMPUTER BASICS Wednesdays, Oc tober 19, 26 at the Windsor Park library. Register.

BELLY DANCE Wednesdays, Oc tober 19, 26 at the Flushing library t 6.

TANGO CLASS Wednesdays, Oc tober 19, 26 at Buenos Aires Tango in Forest Hills. 347-642-4705.

NOOK NIGHT Wednesday, Oc tober 19 at 7 at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows.

PREPARE FICTION Thursdays, Oc tober 20, 27 preparing your fiction; A Creative Writing Workshop at the Langston Hughes library at 6.

TAI CHI Thursday, Oc tober 20 at the Forest Hills library. Register.

COMPUTER BOOT CAMP Thursday, Oc tober 20 at the Arverne library at 10:30.

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Father Walter E. Jenkins

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Father Walter E. Jenkins, C.S.C., was installed as new President of Holy Cross High School (HCHS) on Sept. 15, during the school’s opening liturgy attended by more than 1000 people, including Brooklyn Diocese’s Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio as Celebrant; some 25 Concelebrants from parishes throughout Queens; HCHS Board Members; and students, faculty, staff, alumni, and honored guests.

Following the Mass, Br. William Zaydak, C.S.C., Provincial Superior, Moreau Province, Congregation of Holy Cross, officially commissioned Father Jenkins as President.

“The President must be able to identify and respond to the needs of this community in the present and anticipate the future, and we believe you have the qualities to do that,” Br. Zaydak said. “As faith leader of this institution, we are entrusting to you the hearts and minds of these students.”

Father Jenkins is a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers, and brings to his new post years of experience in educational administration. Prior to this appointment, Father Jenkins served as Director of Campus Ministry at Stonehill College, located in North Easton, MA, and earlier, as Principal of Bishop Hoban High School, based in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Father Jenkins, now the third President of Holy Cross, succeeds Brother LaMendola, who held the position for 14 years, and William D. Damato, who was President from 1989 to 1996.

Major General Patrick A. Murphy, The Adjutant General for the State of New York, announces the promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capabilities for additional responsibility and leadership.

Irmarys Ramirez from Long Island City, and serving with the 133rd Quartermaster Support Company is promoted to the rank of Private; Christina Schloss from College Point, and serving with the 133rd Quartermaster Support Company is promoted to the rank of Specialist; Edgar Rosales from Woodside, and serving with the 1569th Transportation Company is promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant; Marie Freire from Long Island City, and serving with the 4th Finance Detachment is promoted to the rank of Specialist; Salas Weitzel from East Elmhurst, and serving with the 719th Transportation Company (Medium Truck Cargo) is promoted to the rank of Specialist; Ronald Gonzalez from Forest Hills, and serving with the 719th Transportation Company (Medium Truck Cargo) is promoted to the rank of Specialist; Flavio Rivera from Bayside, and serv-

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ing with the 727th Military Police Detachment Law and Order is promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant; Francis Gray from Astoria, and serving with the Co B 2-108th Infantry is promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant; Amy Bonilla from Jackson Heights, and serving with the Company B 3-142nd Aviation is promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant; Juan Germanfrias from Ridgewood,) and serving with the Company A 1-69th Infantry is promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant; Brian Lopez from Corona, and serving with the Company B 1-69th Infantry is promoted to the rank of Sergeant; and Olimel Garciamanriquez from Kew Gardens, and serving with the Company C 642nd Support Battalionn is promoted to the rank of Sergeant.

The New York Lottery announced the names of area Lottery players who claimed a winning ticket from one of the Lottery’s live drawings between Sept. 25 and Oct. 1.

The following winners each received a cash prize valued at $10,000 or more.

Kurt Tan of Flushing won $10,000 on the Mega Millions drawing of Sept. 23.

Tan’s winning ticket was purchased at the 7-Eleven at 146-26 Northern Blvd. in Flushing.

Herminio Pena of Corona won $10,000 on the Mega Millions drawing of Sept. 20. Pena’s winning ticket was purchased at the 7-Eleven at 107-24 Corona Ave. in Corona.

Franklin Leocadio of Long Island City won $10,000 on the Mega Millions drawing of Sept. 27. Leocadio’s winning ticket was purchased at the Martin’s News And Sundry at 60 Wall St. in New York.

Eduvid Domenech of East Elmhurst won $39,145 on the Take Five drawing of Sep. 26. Domenech’s winning ticket was purchased at the Zibber at 89-20 Northern Blvd. in Jackson Heights.

Kamalodin Ibrahim of Richmond Hill won $10,000 on the Mega Millions drawing of Sept. 9. Ibrahim’s winning ticket was purchased at the M.H. Grocery at 158-02 Rockaway Blvd. in Jamaica.

Sahadeo Ramsaroop of Astoria won $20,000 on the Win 4 drawing of Sept. 28.

Ramsaroop’s winning ticket was purchased at the Madhu at 24-08 34th Ave. in Astoria.

Gary Ngai of Bayside won $15,776 on the Take Five drawing of July 10. Ngai’s winning ticket was purchased at the Fu Xing Market at 5822 8th Ave. in Brooklyn.

Shkyra Jackson of Long Island City won $10,000 on the Win 4 drawing of Sept. 23. Jackson’s winning ticket was purchased at the La Minita De Oro Grocery at 9-01 40th Ave. in Long Island City.

Gloria Lopez of Whitestone won $25,000 on the Win 4 drawing of Sept. 28.

Lopez’s winning ticket was purchased at the Mi Pueblito Grocery at 1133 Washington Ave. in Bronx.

Justin Romo of South Ozone Park is a participating member of the SUNY Delhi Men’s Soccer Team. Romo is pursuing an associate’s degree in architectural technology at Delhi.

SUNY Delhi’s outstanding facilities have attracted the NJCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship, the NJCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship, and the NJCAA Division III Cross Country Championship. The Clark Field house features the Floyd L. Maines Arena,

Assemblyman Mike Miller and Councilwoman Liz Crowley visited the joint meeting of the Glendale Civilian Observation Patrol and the Glendale Property Owners Association last Thursday. Both elected officials honored those individuals who volunteered their time during Hurricane Irene with official citations. Pictured: the tow officials stand with honorees from the Glendale Civilian Observation Patrol and the Glendale Property Owners. the CADI Fitness Center, and a mini-dome.

The colleges athletic facilities also include the Kunsela Hall Aquatics Center, The College Golf Course, an eight-lane 400meter outdoor track, playing fields, racquetball/handball courts, and indoor and outdoor tennis courts.

Fun rides and games, a visit from a New York State Senator, and a delectable barbeque were just a few of the most notable aspects of the Samuel Field Y’s Fall Family Festival Oct. 2. However, accompanying the stimulating activities and aromas was the feeling of something special, something called community.

“The Samuel Field Y is a great community resource,” said New York State Senator Tony Avella, who brought a generous donation of fresh produce to the festival.

“I’m always happy to be supportive of the Samuel Field Y as it really does serve to a wide variety of community needs.” Senator Avella’s relationship with the Y stretches over two decades, which prompted him to attend our festival while he was in the neighborhood promoting the Met Council food distribution as well. “Any day that I can come and be a part of an environment like this is a good day.”

The Senator and his wife Judy were among the large crowd that enjoyed the vibrant atmosphere, which included fresh food, music, bounce houses, and some engaging carnival games and booths that were hosted by the Y’s teenage volunteers. “I love seeing the teenagers interact with the children,” said Michael Bizenov, board member and Vice President of the Samuel Field Y. “It really does make me proud to see how we instill values at a young age and uphold them through a wide variety of programs.”

Bizenov’s sentiment was shared by many families on Sunday, including Irene Lehrer Sandalow of Bayside. Irene brought her five-year old son, Eli, to the Fall Festival so that he could reconnect with his camp friends, as well as his favorite counselors.

While Irene brought Eli, some parents were actually brought out by their children.

Hannah Gorochow, 6, came home from After-School Day Care on Friday and told her mother “mommy! There’s a festival at

the Y on Sunday and we’re going!”

The Fall Family Festival was meant to be a great day for those in attendance, but its true impact will be felt by people who most likely weren’t there. Aside from providing a fun-filled day, the mission of the festival was to collect donated fresh produce to distribute to our less fortunate community members.

It was a great day for the Samuel Field Y community as both new families and alumni got to see what the Samuel Field Y is really about - building community. With five shopping carts filled to the top with food donations, and hundreds of smiling faces enjoying the festivities, it was the best way that we could have possibly welcomed back the fall season.

The principal, Brother Leonard Conway, of St.Francis Prep announced that Dragana Bozic, Sean C. Ennis, Daniel J. Graham, Rachel Rho, Catherine Vallone and Aakaash Varma have been named Commended Students in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to these scholastically talented seniors.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2012 competition for National Merit Scholarships, Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2012 competition by taking the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

“The young men and women being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” commented a spokesperson for NMSC. “These students represent a valuable national resource, recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation. We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportuities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic excellence.”

Meet Bianca

Join Shortstack On Saturday Oct. 15, Shortstack Models will hold auditions for its 6th Annual Charity Fashion Show at JHS 190, 68-17 Austin St., Forest Hills.

Shortstack is an eight-month self-esteem and modeling program for girls who do not meet the “normal” standards of the fashion industry. For years, girls have been rejected from the industry because they are too short. In order to audition for Shortstack however, all girls must be 4-foot-8 to 5-foot6, 14-22 years old. Experience and

weight are not a factor. Girls accepted into the program will be taught lessons on self-esteem, confidence, healthy habits and body image, along with tips and advice on how to pose for cameras, walk a runway, take part in interviews professionally and much more.

Auditions for Shortstack’s sixth year are by appointment only.

To book your appointment, visit wooshortstack.org/become-amodel. For more information, call Hal Eisenberg at (718) 916-6037 or e-mail info@wooshortstack.org.

* Meet the Shortstack Models Saturday, Oct 15 at Charity For Fashion Show, JHS 190, 68-17 Austin St. * Meet Bianca Golden Sunday, Oct. 16 at Le Bourgeosie Boutique, 94-29 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, from 3-5 p.m.

America’s Next Top Model Bianca Golden, who was featured on this page just a few weeks ago, will make an in-person appearance on Sunday, Oct. 16, at Le Bourgeosie Boutique, 94-29 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, from 35 p.m.

The Queens native will meet with fans, answer questions and take pictures. Bianca is a known and working model in the Chicago, L.A. and New York markets, has been signed by both Major Models and Ford Models, has done correspondent work for the E! Channel and the Tyra Banks Show and appeared in major television commercials for Macy’s, Apple, Sears and others.

The NAACP will also be on hand to conduct a voter registration drive. Refreshments will be served.

Bianca has graced the pages of Essence, Cosmopolitan, Vibe, Source and Style Bermuda, appeared on the runways of five consecutive seasons of NY Fashion Week. Now in her return to television, Bianca is reclaiming her title as “the most talked about breakout personality” of the hit America’s Next Top Model franchise.

We all know how comfortable New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes is on the field. But we didn’t know how calm, cool and collected he would be in his birthday suit.

Featured in this year’s ESPN Magazine’s Body Issue, our National League batting title champion needed only a day before deciding to show off his “little friend.”

“I’m ready man,” he said before baring his bum for the photo shoot which featured his all-star swing. “Let’s get naked.”

With Reyes hitting the free agency market, we sure hope the Mets decide to keep him.

We have an idea. If the Wilpons can’t afford him, they could always supplement his contract by getting him a centerfold in Playgirl. That’d definitely sell.

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Bianca Golden Home: Hollis Age: 22 Height: 5’11" Weight: 129 lbs Stats: 34-24-34

Models Of Queens

Nice Package

Reyes Au Naturel

Landing On Their Feet

Bianca One More Time

Confidentially,

If you always wanted to show off your wiener, but never had the… uh… nerve to do it, one Halloween novelty store is giving you the chance with their special Weiner package.

Ricky’s, the drug store chain that’s got a love affair with kitsch and tchotchke, is selling an embarrassed-looking (or maybe it's midogle) Anthony Weiner mask for Halloween.

They do partner it on their web site with a gag pair of shorts that seem to be a little too short for a very well-endowed man, replete with the aforementioned Weiner package hanging out.

The Weiner package We didn’t have to look long and hard to find is now available the pictures; we’re sure that by now they’re all over Twitter. We just hope that New York . . . nobody’s suggesting that Bob Turner don the mask – we certainly don’t want to know how he measures up to the former Congressman.

MMA Arrest

Robin Lloyd The best part about New York’s political scene? You can overcome the sins of your former employer.

Just ask Robin Lloyd and Kamran Mumtaz, both former aides to U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner. The duo was recently hired by Mayor Mike Bloomberg.

Lloyd, who was Weiner’s legislative assistant, now works in the mayor’s Washington office.

Kamran Muntaz Mumtaz – a familiar face among the QConf staff – is now handling the Mayor’s press.

We want to congratulate the two on finding gainful employment after surviving Weiner-gate.

It’s always hard to move onto a new job after you really get to know a lot about your employer.

For the record, we don’t need to see your new boss’ Tweets.

Does anyone really still watch mixed martial arts any more?

Apparently they do.

Recently, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested Queens native Mohamed Ali, 19, accused of running two Web sites which illegally streamed Pay Per View MMA and boxing events.

According to ICE officials, the sites have received more than 50,000 hits since they were shut down.

Where do they expect all those cheap skate, blood thirsty viewers to get their fighting fix now without having to pay an arm and a leg?

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St., Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful activity. _____________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of 13459 Bedell LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/ 10/11. Principal Office: 601 Chestnut St. B20 Cedarhurst, NY, Nassau County. SSNY designated as process agent.

Process Service address: 601 Chestnut St. B20 Cedarhurst, NY. Purpose: any lawful activity. _____________________________________________________________ PD 54 th LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/1/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to C/O Park Drive Equities, 125-10 Queens Blvd. Ste 224, Kew Gardens, NY 11415. Purpose: General. _____________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of NCC Physical Therapy Care a domestic PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 8/5/ 2011. Office Location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 22519 113 th Ave. Queens Village, NY 11429. Purpose: any lawful purpose. _____________________________________________________________ The NYC Board of Standards and Appeals has scheduled a public hearing on the following application: Variance (§72-21) to allow for the enlargement of an existing synagogue (Congregation Ohel), contrary to floor area, lot coverage (ZR 24-11), front yard (§24-34), side yard (ZR 24-35), rear yard (§24-36) and parking (§25-31). R2A zoning district. Address: 226-10 Francis Lewis Boulevard, 1,105’ west of Francis Lewis Boulevard, Block 12825, Lot 149, Borough of Queens.

Applicant: The Law Office of Fredrick A. Becker, for Congregation Othel, owners.

Community Board No.: 13Q This application, Cal. No.: 35-11-BZ, has been calendared for Public Hearing on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 1:30 P.M., session, 40 Rector Street, 6 th floor Hearing Room “E”, Borough of Manhattan. Interested persons or associations may appear at the hearing to present testimony regarding this application. This application can be reviewed at the Board offices, Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. This notice is published by the applicant in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Standards and Appeals. Dated: September 7, 2011 Law Office of Fredrick A. Becker, Applicant. ____________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of AAGJ REALTY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/9/10. Office location: Queens County.

Princ. Office of LLC: 450B 131 St., Belle Harbor, NY 11694. Latest date on which the LLC may dissolve is 12/ 31/2060. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-

LEGAL NOTICE cess to the LLC, 421 Willis Ave., Williston Park, NY 11596. Purpose: Any lawful activity. ___________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION GOURMAND FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP County: QUEENS Cert. of Ltd. Partnership filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/08/2011 designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 84-61 Abingdon Rd., Kew Gardens, NY 11415 Latest Date of Dissolution: 12/31/2061 Purpose: all lawful business purposes ____________________________________________________________ N & K MIHALIOS REALTY, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/ 09/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Nick Mihalios, 27-05 and 27-07 Newtown Avenue, Astoria, NY 11102. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ____________________________________________________________ US CLAIM FUNDING LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 6/ 15/11. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Zoya Aminova, 219-26 Peck Ave., Hollis Hills, NY 11427. General Purposes. ___________________________________________________________ Dunner Capital LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/3/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 141-19 73 Ave, Flushing, NY 11367.

Purpose: General. ___________________________________________________________ SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY SUPPLEMENTAL CITATION File No. 2004-2032/D THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God, Free and Independent, To: Dorothy E. Sexton and Beatrice L. Barrett if living and if dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown and if they died subsequent to the decedent herein, to their executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose name and places of residence are unknown and to all other heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of GEORGE SALADINO, the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, being persons interested as creditors, legatees, devisees, beneficiaries, distributees or otherwise of the estate of George Saladino, deceased,

LEGAL NOTICE who at the time of death resided at 3706 80 th Street, Apt. 4G, Jackson Heights, New York 11376. A Petition having been duly filed by Rashmin Master, who is domiciled at 228 Linden Lane, Upper Brookville, NY 11545, YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE, before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY, on November 3, 2011, at 9:30 a.m.

WHY an Order should not be entered authorizing Rashmin Master, as Executor of the Estate of George Saladino, to: I. Allocate the entirety of the net proceeds of the settlement of the Bus Accident Lawsuit, which was settled for six hundred thousand dollars ($6,000,000.00), to the conscious pain and suffering of the Decedent; and II Distribute the proceeds maintained in escrow, remaining after payment of attorneys fees and disbursements, to be distributed in accordance with Decedent’s will, as follows: 1/3 to each of Charlotte Thorngren, Dev Master and Deep Master (as modified slightly by the October 30, 2007 Stipulation of Settlement); and III. Modify any restrictions in the Letters issued to Petitioner to the extent necessary to carry out the provisions of such decree; and IV. Dispense with the filing of a bond; and V. Judicially settle Petitioner’s Account; A copy of which is Attached. VI. Grant such other and further relief as may be just and proper; VII. And to distribute all other assets of the Estate as per the Will. Dated: SEP 13 2011 (Seal) HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate Margaret M. Gribbon Chief Clerk Marc A. Stadtmauer, Esq. Attorney for Petitioner (212) 986-6200 Telephone Number Stadtmauer & Associates 230 Park Avenue Suite 2525, New York, NY 10169 Address of Attorney NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person.

You have a right to have an attorney appear for you. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. ____________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF BRIAN KRAMER & ASSOCIATES, PLLC Under Section 1203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the professional service limited liability company is: BRIAN KRAMER & ASSOCIATES, PLLC SECOND: The professional service limited liability company shall practice the profession(s) of: Law THIRD: The county within this state in which the office of the professional service limited liability company is to be located is: NEW YORK FOURTH: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the professional service limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of

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any process against the professional service limited liability company served upon him or her is: 1915 HALSTEAD TERRACE, FAIR LAWN, NEW JERSEY, 074104519 FIFTH: The names and residence addresses of all individuals who are to be the original members and the original managers, if any, are: BRIAN KRAMER, ESQ. 13822 78TH AVE, APT 1A FLUSHING, NEW YORK 11367 ____________________________________________________________

York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of JOSEPHINE RALTON, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 10th day of November, 2011 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $28,537.37 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 5.5% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship, Dated, Attested and Sealed 9th day of September, 2011 HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate, Queens County Margaret M. Gribbon Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ. (718) 459-9000 95-25 Queens Boulevard 11th Floor Rego Park, New York 11374 This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person.

If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have an attorney-atlaw appear for you.

Supreme Court, Queens County, Matter of Juanita Watkins a.k.a. Juanita E. Watkins an incapacitated person, pursuant to Court Order dated September 8, 2011, of Hon. Howard G. Lane, JSC, for application to sell premises 120-03 192 nd Street, St. Albans, New York 11412 on October 25, 2011 at 9:30 am. In IAS Part MGM 20, Supreme Court-Queens County 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York 11432 under contract subject to court approval for $325,000.00 call Zenith T. Taylor, Esq. (718) 268-1300 for info. ____________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of Motipur LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/09/2011.

Office Location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC 37-49 75 Street, Jackson Heights NY 11372. Purpose: any lawful activity. ____________________________________________________________ File No.: 2009-3934/A CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT To: Michael Abrams, Andrea Messing, Richard Ralton, Attorney General of the State of New York, The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of JOSEPHINE RALTON, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of JOSEPHINE RALTON, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 11011 Queens Blvd. Apt 14M, Forest Hills, in the County of Queens, State of New York.

SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New

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Notice of formation of WU LAW FIRM, PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 8/18/2011.

Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 766 VETERANS PLACE, CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ 07010. Purpose: any lawful purpose. _____________________________________________________________ VISALO REALTY LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 6/24/96.

NY Office location: Queens County.š SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.š SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her to c/o Ventura Land Corp., 149-45 Northern Blvd., Ste. 6V, Flushing, NY 11354. General Purposes _____________________________________________________________ DURANGO FUNDING, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/ 09/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 42-01 235th St, #1A, Douglaston, NY 11363. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ________________________________________ MARCIA’S CATERING LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 5/ 27/11. NY Office location: Queens County.š SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.š SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 225-11 108th Ave., Queens Village, NY 11429. General Purposes _____________________________________________________________ BAY NORTH LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 8/5/11. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her to The LLC, 206-06 23 rd Ave., Bayside, NY 11360.

General Purposes. _____________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of MHA GROUP HOLDINGS LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 8/25/ 2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 23-39 BQE West, Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. _____________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of GREAT G & J II LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/25/11.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to princ. bus. loc.: c/o The LLC, 35-06 Farrington

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