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Korean-Only Meeting Snubs Electeds By DOMENICK RAFTER What if Mayor Mike Bloomberg came to Queens and nobody knew? The answer has become a sore point in Flushing, after a town hall meeting hosted by a non-profit Korean American organization featuring Mayor Bloomberg and the heads of various city agencies was held last week at the Flushing Library, and no local officials or representatives outside the Korean community were invited. One person described it as a “town hall meeting without the town.”
Councilman Peter Koo (R-Flushing) only found out about the meeting, held last Wednesday, Oct. 26, when some of his constituents called his office asking about it. In a statement through a spokesman, Koo said it was good that Mayor Bloomberg was open to holding these meetings, but they needed to be more inclusive. “I’m glad that the mayor is doing these town hall meetings,” he said. “I’m a little concerned that it wasn’t open to the whole town of Flushing. I understand the Korean community has issues, but why not give
Enraged Councilman Drops F-Bomb On Star By ROSS BARKAN In his own words, Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) went ballistic, but he regrets absolutely nothing about his videotaped blowup at Star Nissan repair shop on 172nd Street in Bayside last week. State Sen. Tony Avella’s (D-Bayside) office believes the fiery Halloran should think before he hollers. “The legitimate concerns of the community need to be addressed but they can’t be when the consistently erratic behavior of the City Councilman overshadows them and becomes a distraction and a sideshow,” said Edward Fleming, Avella’s press secretary. “He does a disservice to the community by letting his anger get the best of him.” The grainy Daily News video shows an apoplectic Halloran berating Elliot Rothman, the service manager, dropping a few F-bombs along the way. On a first look, the video makes Halloran out to be bully, but he views his outburst as the culmination of all that Star Nissan has done to enrage the community and himself. “For over 10 years, they’ve acted with total disregard for the community around them and the law. Star Nissan doesn’t care to follow the law in Bayside,” Halloran said. Halloran asserted that his fit of rage did not come from nowhere. Echoing some community sentiment, particularly the Station Road Civic Association, Halloran said Star Nissan troubles residents throughout the
night, noisily making deliveries at 4 a.m. and setting off car alarms. What really drove him over the edge, he said, was the alleged cacophony generated when Borough President Helen Marshall showed up to commemorate a new kidney dialysis center on the same block as Star Nissan on Oct. 12. Halloran said Marshall could barely hear herself speak. Calling the noise “unbelievable;” Halloran said he spoke with a manager at Star Nissan, not yelling at first. A week later, he would. “Star Nissan hasn’t done anything to help the community out,” he said. “I was trying to be a fair broker for them. I’ve had four or five meetings with them. I’ve tried to work out a compromise with them. We had an agreement that was in place as of two months ago.” The last straw came when Halloran drove by and saw the dreaded bay doors were still open, in violation of an agreement he said he made with Star Nissan. He videotaped the doors for 20 minutes, in his estimation, and then went inside to begin the harangue that would be caught on someone else’s video. “I spent two years doing it the nice way, the diplomatic way,” he said. “They reneged on those agreements and they didn’t care that they reneged. People need to be willing to stand up for their community.” And make a videotape. Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.
A relieved Ilan Grapel of Hollis Hills stands inside the terminal at JFK Airport with his parents and U.S. Rep Gary Ackerman, who had flown to Egypt to secure Grapel’s release and bring him back home via Israel. Grapel, a law student and former intern in Ackerman’s office, had been held in an Egyptian prison since April, accused of being a spy for Israel.
Ragusa Is GOP Head; Judge Dismisses Sham By DOMENICK RAFTER A Queens County Supreme Court Judge put an end to the divisive battle for control of the Queens Republican Party – at least for now. Both Queens GOP Chairman Phil Ragusa and Bart Haggerty, chief of staff to Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and brother of John Haggerty, called separate GOP committee meetings on Sept. 28. Ragusa, who was in the incumbent chairman of the Queens GOP, was re-elected at his meeting in Flushing. The same night, the Haggerty-led faction elected former Councilman Tom Ognibene chair at its meeting in Richmond Hill. Last Thursday, Supreme Court Justice Phillis Orlikoff Flug ruled that the meeting called by Bart Haggerty and Q u e e n s G O P Secretary Janice Bar was Phil Ragusa. illegal and invalid. “Only Ragusa, as outgoing County Chairman, was authorized to select the time and place of the party’s organization meeting,” ruled Justice Flug. Flug ordered the bylaws and list of officers submitted to the Board of Elections by the Haggerty/Ognibene faction to be voided by the BOE. In addition, she said in her ruling that the Haggerty/Ognibene meeting was conducted purposely cause division in the party. “The notices of the Sept. 28, 2011 meeting sent by respondents Haggerty and Bar were designed to create confusion and to disrupt the internal affairs of the Queens Republican Party,” her ruling read. “Respondents Haggerty and Bar clearly lacked au-
thority to notice and conduct an organizational meeting of the party’s County Committee.” Ognibene did not say if he would immediately appeal the decision, but the ruling likely will not end the fight for control of the party that dates back more than a decade and has divided the borough’s Republican Party. Ragusa’s support has traditionally come from the Northern part of the borough, while Ognibene holds a near lock on support in the Southern half, with the Long Island Expressway acting almost as a dividing line between the two factions. Some Republicans are concerned about how the strife will affect the party’s chances of winning back the two State Senate seats they lost in 2008 and 2010, and C h a i r m a n defending the seat of U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-Breezy Point) next year. Turner’s name has been floated as a potential compromise candidate for leader of the Queens GOP, but he has repeatedly said he was not interested. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125.
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everyone the opportunity to talk to their local Korean-language press. The mayor’s office said it is usually up to commissioners?” State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) the civic groups to decide who to invite, a n d C o u n c i l m a n D a n H a l l o r a n ( R - including media and elected officials. The Whitestone) were also not invited, and nei- Flushing Library was chosen as a venue because of the space, but other ther was happy about it. venues including in Community Board 7 Chairman Gene Kelty was not “A lot of the issues Koreatown in Midtown Manhattan were also eyed, and the as angry. He said if it was the that come up at topics discussed in the meetManhattan-based Korean ing with not specifically FlushAmerican Community Foun- these meetings, we ing related. dation that initiated the meet- have to deal with But Assemblywoman Grace ing, then he “can’t blame the as local electeds.” Meng (D-Flushing) said most mayor,” but if the mayor brought the heads of the city —Assemblywoman of the attendees were Korean Grace Meng groups from Flushing and she agencies, he, as head of the felt it was important for her local community board that is and other Flushing elected ofhome to a significant Korean population, should have been invited as well. ficials to be there. “A lot of the issues that come up at these A spokesman for the Korean American Community Foundation declined to com- meetings, we have to deal with as local ment on the meeting, how it was organized electeds,” she said. She added that she spoke to the mayor’s and who was invited. A source who attended the gathering office after the meeting and she feels there said a meeting like this was common for was no intentional slight against the Mayor Bloomberg to hold, and he has held neighborhood’s officials “It could have been handled better,” she them before, including with the Russian community in Brighton Beach. KACF in- said. “I’m fine with it as long as it doesn’t vited the mayor to speak, but not specifi- happen again.” Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at cally on Flushing issues, rather issues assoc i a t e d w i t h t h e K o r e a n c o m m u n i t y drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357citywide. The meeting was publicized in 7400, Ext. 125.
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Fresh Calls For BSA Appeal Law By ROSS BARKAN Fresh off a candid camera outburst that lit up City media, Councilman Dan Halloran (RWhitestone) and Democratic cohort Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) came together Halloween night on a quiet corner in Bayside Hills to announce they were co-sponsoring bills to reform the City’s Board of Standards Appeal. Joined by Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck) and Borough President Helen Marshall, the duo called for community boards and the borough president to be granted the power to appeal a BSA decision. Under the first bill, the full City Council would hear such an appeal. A second bill would ensure that the BSA notify a property owner that they must apply for a new variance – an exception that allows land zoned for one particular use to be utilized differently – six months before the current variance expires. Under the current system, once the BSA grants a variance, nothing can be done beyond waging a costly legal battle to overturn the BSA’s decision. David Weprin is proposing a similar bill in the State Assembly. “Now, the BSA is the last authority and they are nothing but mayoral appointees,” said Halloran in front of a cluster of about 30 residents. “Ultimately, the Charter of the City of New York places land use power in the hands of the City Council. It should not be that the mayor’s appointees can override that.” The site of the press conference, 50-20 216 th St., was chosen because it served as a microcosm of what Halloran and Weprin wish to combat: a developer was granted a variance to build a two-bedroom home on a
lot that was zoned for low-rise, single-family homes. Residents and speakers decried the lot, contending it was far too small to contain a two-bedroom home. One resident’s sign read, “The only house that belongs in a yard is a tree house.” “We’re here on Halloween, and that’s very appropriate because what the BSA’s been doing is very scary,” said Mark Weprin. “We need to make sure that there’s a system – when the community’s opposed, the borough president’s opposed, the community board’s opposed, and the BSA approves – an
overriding review by the City Council, and possibly have it go back to the borough president.” Community Board 11 Chairman Jerry Iannece and Bayside Hills Civic Association President Mike Feiner spoke out against the BSA as well. As MTA buses intermittently groaned behind them, residents applauded and waved handmade signs. “It’s white collar crime; it’s a problem,” said Sharon Casalta, a Bayside Hills resident and Con Edison worker, referring to the BSA. “It’s unethical behavior, that’s the bot-
tom line. It all comes down to ethics.” Patrick Butler, a retired builder who has been living in Bayside Hills since 1957, said that the two-bedroom house’s proposed construction “wasn’t the end of the world,” but does not fit with the neighborhood’s architecture, calling it “a potential eyesore.” “Basically the City Council should have the last word,” Marshall said. “Somebody has to be able to overrule.” Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.
Flushing Taxi Stand Closes By ROSS BARKAN The Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade announced last week that they were shuttering a taxi stand in Flushing after eight and a half years of operation. The MTBOT, a trade association whose members are operators of City-licensed medallion taxicabs, said it could no longer afford to operate the $75,000 a year stand without additional financial support. “This stand was never intended to be permanently funded by the MTBOT,” said Michael Woloz, a public affairs consultant for the organization. “We tried to work with local Council members and get some partners that would share the cost burden. We weren’t successful in getting any partners.” According to Woloz, the taxi stand – for yellow cabs only, not livery cabs – experienced a decline in traffic when it was forced
to relocate from its original location on Roosevelt Avenue and Main Street near the No. 7 train. Woloz claimed the stand was quite popular and represented one of the few attempts to bring yellow taxis to the outer boroughs. “The City has never really committed any resources to encourage yellow cab service in outer boroughs,” he said. “We were the ones who stepped up to the plate. If the city wasn’t going to do it, we were going to try this out. We think we proved the success of that operation.” While Woloz claimed the MTBOT reached out to local politicians for funding, Councilman Peter Koo’s (R-Flushing) spokesman James McClelland said there was no evidence the group ever sought aid from Koo. “Taxi cabs are important for the community, however, we never got an official re-
quest from the MTBOT,” said McClelland. “We were never notified.” McClelland said the money needed to operate a taxi stand like the MTBOT’s would have been a costly endeavor for any councilman. The lack of cab service to non-Manhattan boroughs has been especially controversial since a Mayor Bloomberg-backed bill introduced in June to give 30,000 medallions to livery cab drivers has stalled in Albany. The MTBOT stand was for yellow cabs only, and disallowed “illegal pickups” by livery cabs. If the bill were to pass, some livery cabs would be able to function just like yellow taxis. “Most yellow cab drivers start their business day outside of Manhattan,” Woloz said. “They go where the money is.” Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125.
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The Numbers Racket Working with a casino in Queens is a game of numbers – it has been from the beginning, and looks like it will continue that way in the future. It took nearly 10 years from the time a casino at Aqueduct was announced to see the first slots put in play; it took 4 separate bid processes; there were 365 days between groundbreaking and grand opening; and it’s going to be about another 6 weeks before the rest of the casino opens. On opening day, some 20,000 people flooded in – so many that some had to be asked very politely to not show up; for the weekend, total visitation surpassed 65,000 for a location that only has about 2,000 machines currently online. Another 2,500 will open in December. And this is just the beginning. The place has been delivered as promised – the first floor, with its immense bar, moderately-priced buffet and food court options provides plenty for the nickel- and quarter-slot set. The more upscale dining and top two floors will be of equal or greater stature. Before the first bets were placed, talk had already begun about expansion – not just in size, but in style. Our Governor and leaders in both legislative houses have already said they support full-fledged casinos in New York – not just slots but real table games with dealers, croupiers and pit bosses. And again, it’s a matter of numbers: 3 men in a room get a majority of 62 Senators and 140 Assemblymen to vote in 2 consecutive sessions of the Legislature to approve a constitutional amendment that would then go to a vote to be approved by 50 percent of the electorate – in all a 3-year process that could mean casinos in New York by the end of 2014. It’s a game of numbers, and the house always wins. But it also begs the question: who loses? We urge our state and local leaders to be wary, to see beyond the dollar signs in our state coffers and to understand what the social and economic impact on the individual will be before deciding to take a gamble on our future.
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Halloran Is Right To The Editor: It’s about time someone put Star Nissan/Toyota in its place, but quite truthfully the Councilman’s “rant” was mostly drowned out by the noise from the business. Perhaps if someone had held this business accountable for their conduct and lack of compliance with applicable regulations at the beginning of their tenure in Auburndale we would not be where we are today - contending with a business that believes that compliance with the law is a voluntary proposition subject to the whims of convenience. Currently Star Nissan/Toyota is in violation of all provisions of their Certificate of Occupancy, all the applicable Performance Standards of the Zoning Resolution, ZR Section 42-411 which requires all doors
and windows to be closed unless servicing a customer and the Administrative Code Sections governing the ventilation of an automobile service center, etc. If the workers would think about it for a moment they would realize that the compliance the neighborhood seeks concerning ventilation would improve their working conditions by providing them with climate control above and beyond the present system of opening the doors in the summer to alleviate the heat and closing them in the winter to provide some modicum of warmth. That Star’s management wants an apology from the councilman is ludicrous. His conduct, though a little over the top for an elected official, was in defense of his constituency in the face of a rouge business. On the other hand, the neighborhood deserves an apology
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from Star for the last 10 years of torture and demands enforcement from all city agencies. It is time for the city to stop coddling this business. Additionally, as long as Star remains non-compliant with the above items, they should not be allowed to service cars of the very agencies that are charged with enforcement; there is an inherent conflict of interest in such a relationship and it is a reward for bad business practices and an inapppropriate use of taxpayer dollars. Rhea O’Gorman, President, Station Road Civic Association
GOP Rhetoric To The Editor: There was a very interesting letter in your Oct. 27 Tribune titled “On Wall Street.” I’ve often wondered why no one had earlier brought up the views of Adam Smith. I had read his writings in college and always thought that with his advocacy of Free Market economics and his championing the development of Capitalism, he would be a perfect role model for the Republicans for whom these principals are the very foundation of their Party. In reflection, I can see why. Adam Smith had a soul; a soul which has been sorely absent from the Republican Party for some time. It has been replaced with greed, selfishness and avarice. There seems to be a complete absence of empathy and concern for one’s fellow human being; and this from a party which beats their chest proclaiming their Christianity. It’s ludicrous. Listening to what makes their selected audience cheer when demeaning reference is directed at their fellow human and boo at humanitarian statements is nothing short of an embarrassment and a scar on the image of our America. The quotes of Adam Smith which appear in the letter accurately espouses his call to have the wealthy contribute more in taxes, as echoed by Ronald Reagan, and that paying tax is a badge of liberty and not slavery. One famous quote that was missing from the letter clearly expresses the stance of this father of capitalism: “The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition is the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.” Whatever happened to Republican moral sentiments? Rhetoric. Arlene Philomena, Bayside
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End Deport Rule To The Editor: It is inexcusable that the City Council intends to pass a bill limiting cooperation with the federal Criminal Alien Program. This program enables immigration authorities to detain and deport undocumented immigrants who have been arrested. This can hardly be called “unjust deportation.” Why would the City Council or politicians want people who have broken the law to remain in our country? Perhaps they believe it will provide them with immigrant votes at election time, but at what cost to the rest of us? As reported by the New York Times (Oct. 16, 2011), The Federation for American Immigration Reform says that “illegal immigration costs taxpayers $133 billion a year, mostly for education.” New York City also provides them with free health care, while many citizens struggle to pay for coverage. In addition, illegal aliens send large amounts of money to their country of origin instead of spending it here. At a time when millions of Americans are unemployed, it is unfair that illegal immigrants easily find work in New York as cooks, busboys, car washers, construction workers, etc. Small business owners profit by paying less than the minimum wage, but this takes jobs away from Americans. It is too costly and unrealistic for us to take care of every alien who manages to cross our border, and those who get arrested should be deported. There is no reason for the City Council to refuse to cooperate with immigration programs. We have a process for legal immigration in this country, those who abide by it should come first, and our immigration laws should be upheld. Linda Imhauser, Whitestone
Whose Dream? To The Editor: I have just finished reading your Oct. 13-19, 2011 edition. I was a bit taken aback by the article on Page 15 entitled: “Documenting The DREAM In Queens.” I wonder just how many “undocumented” aliens are in this borough (and this country). People who have come here illegally and the children of people who came here illegally. From this article it would appear that all of these people should be given citizenship. What type of message does this send to other people who are contemplating coming to the United States illegally, by-passing the legal procedure in which to become a James Mammarella Director of Sales and Marketing Shelly Cookson Corporate & Legal Advertising Account Executives Donna Lawlor Elizabeth Rieger Shari Strongin Neil Wong
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U.S. citizen? And what type of a message does this send to those people who want to come and live in this country and have done everything legally, according to law, to finally become U.S. citizens? When is the United States going to require people who want to become citizens of the United States to apply for citizenship – the legal way? Rather than making it easier and easier for those who are here illegally to be granted asylum, immune to deportation, etc.? Aren’t there enough illegal (undocumented) aliens in this country as it is? Aren’t the children of these illegal aliens crowding the schools, demanding more classes be taught in their own languages, etc.? We are changing many of the rules and laws of the United States to make it easier for illegal aliens and their children to live in the United States and receive more free benefits than American citizens are receiving? I go to the hospital to have an operation and I have to pay a large bill. The person in front of me doesn’t speak English and gives the nurse a blue “Benefits/Medicaid” card and doesn’t pay anything for their hospital stay. I just can’t understand this. Why is the United States in such financial turmoil? I am sure partly because of the illegal aliens living here, receiving everything for free (I can’t even get Medicaid) and not paying any taxes, taking jobs away from American citizens, and doing nothing at all to show their allegiance to this country. They display their own country’s flags on their windows and on their cars and don’t even have the courtesy to display an American flag. They don’t even want to learn English but expect us to learn their language. Does anyone else feel the way I feel? That we are allowing too many illegal aliens into this country and making it easier and easier for them to live here, illegally? While Americans are suffering through this economic depression, the illegal aliens are enjoying free benefits paid for by the tax dollars of American citizens. Politicians know what is going on but refuse to do anything about it. Marie Alvarez, Jackson Heights
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Developing the Trib’s iPad and iPhone Apps By MICHAEL SCHENKLER It’s been a fun diversion. I’ve met some bizarre techies who enjoy life and are good at developing iPad and smart phone programs. They like and understand community newspapers, and so we agree to try a Queens Tribune iPad app.
Four versions and 20-plus t weaks later, this rather simple application made me respect the thought and work that goes into all of those apps available on your smart phones. Well, we got the iPad app up and running – just take your iPad and hit the App Store app and
search for Queens Tribune or just go to QueensTribune.com/iPad on your iPad. Now, is that clear? But we got more than we bargained for in the initial talks. We have an iPhone app also. I think it still needs tweaking. Those Xout buttons are too small or my fingers are too big. There are other tweaks needed, but we’ll get them accomplished with updates. We haven’t announced the iPhone app yet, it’s just been sitting there in the App Store – like the iPad app, it’s free of course. There’s no charge for either app (BTW – to those who are new to this stuff, that’s “app,” short for “application”). That’s great for our readers but it’s great for our advertisers and classifieds, too. The boroughwide ads are all on the app as are the legal ads and the entire week’s boroughwide Tribune copy – special sections and my column, too. As a matter of fact, during this test period, on the home page of the iPad app, you can push the center button and automatically go to my column on the web. We will
of course, continue to maintain our comprehensive website and archives. The app has some cute little gimmicks – try them; play a little. You can search, you can choose from al l the page s along the bottom of the screen or click the “grid” but ton in the upper right hand corner. You’ll figure it al l out in a minute or two of use. Advertisers – other than our regular Trib advertisers – will have very limited opportunit y to get their message across to our readers. We have reserved only three boxes on the home page for potential advertisers. That’s pretty limited real estate, so if you want in, ask your account rep or email me now at mschenkler@gmail.com. The main purpose of this joint undertaking is to make our news (and ads) more accessible to more readers. We believe we will quickly accomplish this. But as all of you who use smart phones and iPads (or their almost equivalents) know, there will be t weaks and updates. And
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Pension Reform Agreed Upon. Will Promises Be Kept? By HENRY STERN The city’s antiquated pension system has long been in need of streamlining and updating. The recent agreement reached by Mayor Bloomberg, Comptroller Liu and leading labor unions provides hope that 2012 will be a year of Henry pension reform, but such hopes have previously arisen and been dashed on the rocks of political reality. Ne w York Cit y employee s have different pension plans, all under the management of the City Comptroller. Each pension fund is financially independent of the others and has its own board of trustees, which include city officials and relevant union leaders. In general, the cit y a nd the unions have roughly equal authorit y over the funds. Sometimes the city and union leaders work jointly on pension matters, while at others they are in disagreement, a difference largely based on the relationship between the mayor and the comptroller at the time. Historically, the city’s mayors and comptrollers have been at odds more often than they have been united. The comptrollership has been used as a stepping-stone for mayoral ca ndidate s a nd under those circumstances it is not uncommon for the mayor and the comptroller to disagree on issues. The last comptroller, Bill Thompson, left office in 2009 after a close but unsuccessful effort to de-
feat Mayor Bloomberg’s bid for a third term. The subsequently disgraced and convicted Alan Hevesi sought the mayoralty in 2001, but ran a poor four th i n t he Democratic primary, losing to Mark Green, Freddy Ferrer and Peter Stern Vallone. Bloomberg won. Liz Holtzman was defeated for reelection as comptroller in the 1993 Democrat ic pr imar y by Hevesi, who raised integrity issues agai nst her. She never ran for mayor. Her predecessor as comptroller, Harrison J. Goldin, made a bid for the office in 1989, finishing fourth in the Democratic primary. Goldin had succeeded Abe Beame, the only comptroller in City histor y to ascend to the mayoralty since Consolidation in 1898. It is one thing for public officials to disagree on a policy issue, a frequent occurrence, but another to be in chronic dispute on questions of investment and expenditure of public funds, in situations in which the outcomes can result in financial gaps of millions of dollars in return on investments. The hydra-headed current system leads to such results. The relat ionsh ip bet ween third-term mayor Mike Bloomberg and first-term comptroller John Liu has been par ticularly chilly. Although they cannot run against each other in 2013 they clearly have different visions as to what the city should do in the interim. Liu has been in full-fledged
campaign mode for the 2013 Democratic nomination for Mayor from the day he took office 22 months ago. Whatever justification for a par ticular dispute it seems clear that the mayor and the comptroller are often on opposite tracks in their judgment of the city’s financial crisis and the way for it to dig it self out of the me ss. T he mayor sees the solution as based on reducing expenses and increasing revenue with an economy that gets better, while the comptroller believes the city can survive the recession by continuing to spend as it has done in the past. Of course, all this may change in the next few months, since new economic data is constantly arising and influencing the stock market, corporate earnings, and tax receipts. The financial situation may improve or deteriorate. The tentative agreement just reached will require considerable fine-tuning in addition to approval by the State Legislature in Albany. It is by no means complete and dispositive of the main issues that have arisen. It does indicate a desire to reach common ground and the recognition that the city’s urgent and continuing fiscal troubles require more savings to be made without endangering the pension system. Some watchers believe that the agreement is not real, but a paper gloss over a more severe situat ion de signed to buy a fe w months breathing room in which city and state officials will work out a more comprehensive reform.
The working agreement will require the relinquishment of some authority by the comptroller, who now possesses almost plenary authority in making investment decisions for the $120 billion that remains i n the cit y’s pension accounts. It is a rare for public officials to spontaneously limit their authority in any way, unless they are required to by law enforcement or other external authorities. Liu has been under fire in the press in recent weeks for alleged fundraising irregularities, including taking campaign contributions from certain donors under the name of others in order to increase the amount of matching funds he would
receive from the city’s Campaign Finance Board. If he made concessions as the result of current political weakness, it remains to be seen whether he will adhere to them when his own situation improves. It should always be remembered that every high political office is but a few steps from the gra nd jurie s’ chamber s i n t he county court houses. The higher one rises in the system, the more vulnerable one is to accusations of various types of misconduct. The trouble is, as we say, that some of the charges are likely to be true. StarQuest@NYCivic.org
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long island city, NY 11106 USA pascal gorain (signature of organizer) pascal gorain (print of type name of organizer) ___________________________________ Notice of formation of EVERGREEN ACCOUNTING AND TAX SERVICES LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/27/2011. The office is in QUEENS. SSNY shall mail all documents to 43 EMMETT STREET, NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040 for any lawful purpose. ____________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________ PROMAGA N.Y., LLC, a domestic 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 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. ___________________________________ BND2, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/13/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 14-23 110 th St., College Point, NY 11356. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ___________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of M. Shafique, CPA, PLLC. Article of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/08/2011. Office location Queens
LEGAL NOTICE 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 to: 7409 37 Ave, Ste 306F, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Purpose of PLLC: to engage in any lawful act or activity. ___________________________________ File No.: 2010-4657/A CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT To: Isidore Kowalski Shimon Kowalski JochewedSchifter Aliza Rachel Rubner Shulamith Steinberg Shalom Rosenbaum Hana Gvili Chava Leah Guvitz Attorney General of the State of New York The unknown distributees, legatees, heirs at law and assignees of FAY ROSEN, 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 FAY ROSEN, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of Atria Assisted Living, 117-01 84 th Avenue, Kew Gardens, NY 11418, 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 York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of FAY ROSEN, 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 Courth o u s e , 6 th F l o o r , 8 8 - 1 1 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 1 st day of December, 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 $3,231.60 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 6% 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 re-
LEGAL NOTICE ceived 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 sad 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 29 th 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) 4599000 95-25 Queens Boulevard 11 th 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. ___________________________________ File No. 2011-207 SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: The heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of LILLIAN GENTILE deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence; and P.A. of the County of Queens A petition having been duly filed by Robert Schlegel, who is domiciled at 63-14 Dieterle Crescent, Rego Park, New York 11374 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on December 15, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Lillian Gentile lately domiciled at 87-27 Union Turnpike, Glendale, New York 11385 admitting to probate a Will dated September 24, 2007, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Lillian Gentile deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [x] Letters Testamentary issue to: Robert Schlegel (State any further relief requested) HON. Peter J. Kelly Surrogate MARGARET M. GRIBBON Chief Clerk Dated, Attested and Sealed OCT 04 2011 Gary F. Smith Attorney for Petitioner 631-952-5555 Telephone Number 330 Motor Parkway, Suite 300, Hauppauge, New York 11788 Address of Attorney [NOTE:
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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.] ___________________________________ FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS File #: 91817 Docket #: P-06504-11 SUMMONS (Publication) In the Matter of a Paternity Proceeding Shane Pressley, Petitioner, -against- Krystal Martinez, Reginald Grady, Respondents. IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: To: Reginald Grady 2244 Creston Avenue, Apt. 5G Bronx, NY 10463 A petition under Article 5 of the Family Court Act having been filed with this Court requesting the following relief: Paternity; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear before this Court on Date/Time: October 27, 2011 at 10:30 AM Purpose: Return of Process Part: 21 Floor/Room: Floor 3/Room 380 Presiding: Lisa J. Friederwitzer, Support Magistrate Location: Queens County 151-20 Jamaica Avenue Jamaica, NY 11432 to answer the petition and to be dealt with in accordance with Article 5 of the Family Court Act. On your failure to appear as herein directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest. Vaunda L. Strachan, Clerk of Court Dated: July 19, 2011 TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of Lisa J. Friederwitzer, Support Magistrate of the Family Court, Queens County, dated and filed with the petition and other papers in the Office of the Clerk of the Family Court, Queens County. ___________________________________ File No. 2011-886 CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, Queens COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: THE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, LEGATEES, DEVISEES, AND ASSIGNEES OF FRANK SCHINELLER a/k/ a FRANK J. SCHINELLER, DECEASED, OR THEIR ESTATES, IF ANY THERE BE, WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN AND IF ANY OF THEM BE DEAD TO THEIR ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS, LEGATEES, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN AND CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED AFTER DUE DILIGENCE, and PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR, QUEENS COUNTY A petition having been duly filed by BARBARA HAGSTRAND who is/are domiciled at 2064 CHESTNUT STREET, BALDWIN, New York 11510, United States YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 SUTPHIN BLVD, JAMAICA, New York,
on November 17, 2011, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of FRANK SCHINELLER, aka FRANK J. SCHINELLER lately domiciled at 1869 SUYDAM STREET, RIDGEWOOD, New York 11385 United States admitting to probate a Will dated August 7, 2010 a copy of which is attached, as the Will of FRANK SCHINELLER deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: x Letters Testamentary issue to BARBARA HAGSTRAND Dated, Attested and Sealed, OCT 12 2011 HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate MARGARET M. GRIBBON Chief Clerk E. MICHAEL ROSENSTOCK, PC Print Name of Attorney LAW OFFICES OF E. MICHAEL ROSENSTOCK, PC Firm (516) 766-7600 Tel. No. 55 MAPLE AVENUE, STE 206, ROCKVILLE CENTER, New York 11570 Address 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 [Fly Guy Apparel LLC] Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on [7/29/11]. Office located in [Queens]. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC [444 b e a c h 5 4 th s t r e e t . # 9 - c Arverne, NY 11692]. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of INFINITY ENERGY TRADING, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 08/12/ 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 135-27 77 TH AVENUE FLUSHING, NY 11367. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Well Progress LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/ 23/11. Office Location: Queens County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 143-50 Barclay Ave., #1D, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of Bayside Periodontics and Dental Implants PLLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/27/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 22215 Northern Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361. Purpose: any lawful activities.
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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. ____________________________________________________________ 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. ____________________________________________________________ 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 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
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Meeks Clears Air By U.S. REP. GREG MEEKS with houses in other neighborhoods – one of I would like to begin by thanking the which was a beach-front property in Belle Queens Tribune for giving me an oppor tu- Harbor. The market values of homes vary nity to once again clarify issues of concern. drastically from neighborhood to neighborThis is something I have repeatedly done in hood across the borough. The data for houses print, on radio, as well as television, over in Belle Harbor, Forest Hills and Jamaica Esthe past year and a half. I very much respect tates have nothing in common with the fair the effort of the Queens Tribune market value of my home in St. to be fair and balanced. Out of Albans. respect for both this publication Third, I paid far more than and its readers, many of whom the average sale price of the are my constituents, let me proother eight homes the builder ceed: developed on the same block. First and foremost, I am not Fourth, the proper ty records under any sort of criminal inindicate that far from being a vestigation concerning the New “sweetheart deal” the transacDirections non-profit or the tion was quite lucrative for the NOAH-F fund, which was set up builder. under New Directions’ auspices At the time, I thought the to assist Hurricane Katrina vic- U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks price was a bit high but the seller t ims. Nor, should I be. I am not would not budge. Even so, for and never have been an officer. I have never substantive and symbolic reasons, I was debeen a signatory on any of its bank accounts. termined to build a home in the heart of the I have never had a ny fiduciary responsibil- Sixth Congressional District. Substantively, I ity or authority for New Directions or wanted to build a beautiful home for my famNOAH-F, and I never received any mone y ily. Symbolically, I wanted to send a signal to from these organizations or their affiliates. other families that Southeast Queens is the In fact, I donated $5,000 from my campaign place to sink roots, raise children, invest time, to NOAH-F. energy and care, and build a good life. I have publicly and repeatedly said if funds Another contention about me that apare missing there should be an accounting. pears over and over in certain local and But, again, by not having any fiduciary re- city wide publications has to do with a House sponsibility or authority over NOAH-F, I am Ethics Commit tee investigation of two allenot the one who could provide answers. As a gations about me obtaining two loans. Sevcontributor if there are questions to be an- eral months ago, the House Ethics Commitswered I want to know the answers. tee dismissed the allegation in connection Let me be ver y blunt in regar d to the with a 2010 loan allegation outright, and I home I built in St. Albans. There was no believe that the second allegation will soon sweet hear t deal. T he source of allegations be dismissed as well. I have been responsive to this effect is a complaint by the National throughout this process. I have been open Legal Policy Center (NLPC), a right w ing and frank about the facts. Because of my organization based in Washington, DC, respect for the process, I have chosen not to which, according to its own fund-raising comment until the deliberations have been let ters a nd other document s, has repeat- concluded. edly targeted Democrats. The NLPC comThose are the facts. And they have been plaint offers no credible reason to dispute readily available to any journalist or legitithe sale: mate watchdog undertaking an honest invesFirst, it relies for “evidence” principally tigation. Unfor tunately, the Nat ional Legal on the difference between the purchase price Policy Center, working in an openly stated of the proper ty and its later tax assessment. alliance w ith the New York Post, has made This method conveniently overlooks the well- accusation after accusation with the deliberestablished fact – as many of my constituents ate attempt to tarnish my reputation, sow disare now painfully aware - that tax assessments trust among my constituents of my conduct generally have lit tle, if anything, to do w ith in office, and divert both the public and me the actual sale value of the proper ty. from the pressing issues at hand. I have not Second, the complaint tries to compare and will not let these provocations get in the the sale price of my home to the sale price of way of the work I do on behalf of my conso-called “A7 mansions” in Queens in 2006. stituents. It is my hope that in the future the However, as the property records show, my Queens Tribune and other publications will home was not classified as an A7 propert y thoroughly repor t on the work I do in Conbut as an A1 proper ty. This is the appropri- gress, here in Southeast Queens, and around ate classificat ion for a two-story detached the world to promote the interests and wellhome in Jamaica, Queens. To further distor t being of the Sixth Congressional District and the facts, the NLPC “compared” my home the United States of America.
Race Bubbles Up In Housing Dispute By ROSS BARKAN On the leafy confines of Creedmoor Psychiatric Facility’s campus, a locus that once swelled with nearly 7,000 patients deemed unfit to walk the streets of Queens, or anywhere, two proposed nine-story senior residences have kindled the rage of surrounding communities and, more importantly, their civic associations. Feeling attacked from all sides, the builder of these residences, the Indian Community and Cultural Center, has moved to defend itself and assert its legitimacy while neighboring civic associations and CB 13 have rejected the development. “Some of these civic association leaders, instead of using the time to discuss with the ICCC the project and evaluating the merits of using the land for building affordable senior housing and a community center as opposed to a commercial development, have indulged in a smear campaign against the ICCC and the people behind it,” the ICCC said in a new statement issued this week. “Have they ever thought what is the best use for the land that the State has declared surplus and abandoned?” The conflict between the predominately white civic associations and the Indian Orthodox Christian group has revealed a racial undercurrent to an ongoing conflict that on its face is a classic tale of residential neighborhoods opposing high-rise developments. Civic associations like the Rocky Hill, Creedmoor, North Bellerose, Queens Colony, Bellerose-Commonwealth and Bellerose-Hillside all contend the scope of the two buildings at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens Village does not conform to their neighborhoods’ milieu and will not benefit the community at large.
believes that ensuring affordable, readily-available housing for immigrant senior citizens is a crucial issue for a borough that is seeing a surge in immigrant populations, especially South Asians. Rocky Hill Civic Association President Frank Toner does not disagree that there is a need for affordable senior housing. What he objects to, as all the civic associations near Creedmoor seem to as well, is how the ICCC has conducted its business with the community. Development at propert y on the Creedmoor Hos“The ICCC implied that we pital campus has a community divided. have inherent racism against South Asian people,” he said. Back in 2008, the ICCC purchased two “You know what, we have a large Indian parcels of land, a total of approximately 4.5 population in our area. People of all ethnicities acres, at Creedmoor. According to Jerry are signing petitions against this.” Though this clash is ostensibly about Wind, president of the Bellerose-Hillside Civic Association and a report in the New the building of two tall structures and not York Post, the ICCC purchased the land race, both sides have alleged discriminawell below market value, paying $1.8 mil- tion. In their statement, the ICCC said, lion for land valued at $7.3 million. Cur- “The Creedmoor Civic Association, Queens rently, the State Inspector General has Colony Civic Association, North Bellerose launched an investigation into that land deal Civic Association, Bellerose Commonorchestrated by former State Sen. Frank wealth Civic Association, Lost Colony Civic Association, and Bellerose-Hillside Civic Padavan. According to their own statement, the Association do not have a single South ICCC was created to address senior citizen Asian as an officer or director on their housing shortages and provide housing for boards,” a statement that is true, though it a growing senior citizen immigrant popula- does not account for the activity of South tion. The elderly are the fastest growing Asians who do not hold leadership roles. immigrant population. According to the Citing two articles detailing tensions over Department of Homeland Security, the num- illegal immigration at a joint Queens Colony ber of Green Cards given to people 65 years and Bellerose Commonwealth Civic Assoor older has doubled over the last four ciation meeting – tensions that devolved decades. Buoyed by that statistic, the ICCC into the use of racial slurs against Indians
– the ICCC believes that opposition against its project boils down to a resentment of South Asians. “We need senior housing for all people,” said Jim Trent, treasurer of the Creedmoor Civic Association. “It is intended as a segregated project. They only solicited Indians to contribute toward investment. They said they would only have Indian menus and it was only for their culture.” Patricia Dolan, president of the Queens Civic Congress, was not optimistic about the chances of blocking the ICCC’s development. “Given the New York Board of Standards and Appeals history, I’m not confident this will be stopped,” she said, referring to the mayor-appointed board that can allow projects like the ICCC’s to be built on land not originally zoned for that particular type of project. Wind was cautiously optimistic the civic associations would prevail in their quest to block the development. “Unequivocally, they’re liars,” he said of the ICCC. Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens), an early supporter of the ICCC development, said that if a new bill he is cosponsoring – which would make it possible for community boards and the borough president to appeal a BSA decision, and the City Council to hear such an appeal – is turned into law, he would consider voting for an appeal. “If we had a vote, this certainly seems like a case where you’d want an appeal,” Weprin said. Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.
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108th Precinct WOMAN SHOT: On Oct. 24, at approximately 9:25 p.m., police responded to a woman shot at 50-43 64th St.. Upon arrival, police discovered a 21-year-old Hispanic woman who was shot once in the head. The victim was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition. Elijah Stamateris, a 22year-old white man, was arrested and charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment. 109th Precinct CHILD GROPED: The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a man wanted for sex abuse. On Wednesday, Oct. 26, at approximately 5:47 p.m., the victim, an 8-year-old Hispanic girl, was shopping with her mother inside a Marshall’s clothing store at 40-24 College Point Blvd. The girl stepped away from her mother’s side to look at a display of books, at which time a man repeatedly passed her and grabbed her buttocks. The suspect is described as a white or Hispanic man, approximately 5-foot-7, slim build, light-skinned with black hair cut into a fade on both sides. He was wearing a black jacket with a hood, blue jeans and metalframed glasses. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web
site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential. SHOT ON ROOSEVELT: On Monday, Oct. 31, at approximately 5:43 p.m., police responded to a report of a man shot in front of 133-50 Roosevelt Ave.. Upon arrival, police discovered the victim, a 21-year-old Hispanic man, shot once in the head. EMS also responded to the location and transported the victim to New York Hospital Queens, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. There were no arrests and the investigation was ongoing. 113th Precinct MURDERER SOUGHT: On Friday, Oct. 28, at 11:05 a.m., police officers responded to a report of a man stabbed in the vicinity of 117-34 142nd St. Upon arrival, police discovered the victim, Patrick Dixon, 17, of 111-21 180th St., with a stab wound to his neck. EMS also responded to the location and transported the victim to Jamaica Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The investigation was ongoing. 114th Precinct ASTORIA SHOOTING: The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating and identifying a man wanted for an assault. On Friday, Oct. 21, at approximately 1:15 p.m., in front of Astoria Houses, a 26-year-
old man was involved in a dispute with a man identified as Saul Chavez, who allegedly pulled out a firearm and began shooting. The victim was struck in the left thigh and was transported to Elmhurst Hospital where he was treated for his injuries. The suspect fled the location. The suspect Chavez has been identified as a 33-year-old Hispanic man, approximately 5-foot-3, 125 lbs. He was last seen wearing a black hood over his head. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential. GUNPOINT ROBBERY: The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a man wanted in connection with a gunpoint robbery . On Thursday, Sept. 29, at 3:15 a.m., at the corner of 22nd Street and 41st Avenue, a man suspect approached the victim, pointed a firearm and demanded the victim’s wallet and cell phone. The perpetrator fled on foot with the victim’s property into the Queensbridge Housing Development. There were no injuries. The suspect is described as a black man, 20-23 years old, 6-feet tall, last seen wearing a denim jacket, baseball cap, white T-shirt and pants with the number nine on the left leg. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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ILLEGAL WEAPON: The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a teen wanted in connection with a shooting Oct. 24 at the Astoria Houses. The suspect was observed in the elevator of 3-04 27th Ave., with a handgun at approximately 7:50 p.m., shortly after a 26year-old man was shot in front of the same building. The victim was shot once in the right leg and once in the left foot and was taken to Cornell Hospital in stable condition. The suspect is described as a black male teenager. He was wearing a green jacket, red backpack, dark jeans and brown shoes. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential. 115th Precinct BURGLAR SOUGHT: The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance in identifying the following man wanted for questioning for a burglary. On Tuesday, Oct. 18, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., a man forced open the side door of a two-family house in the vicinity of 83rd Street and removed assorted jewelry and a laptop from the second floor apartment and fled the scene. On Thursday, Oct. 20, an individual turned on the laptop and his image was captured by an anti-theft computer program called “Prey Control Panel.” Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: TMK DEVELOPERS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/05/11. 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, 98 Stratford Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ H2LC PROPERTIES LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/ 28/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 6903 228 th St, Oakland Gardens, NY 11364. Reg Agent: Tom Romano c/o Nyscorporation.com, 1971 Western Ave. # 1121, Albany NY 12203. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on the 27 day of September 2011, bearing Index Number 855/2011, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York 11435, in room 357, grants me the right to: Assume the name of: Nana Palag My present name is Nana Tsotsolashvili a/k/a Nana Palagashvili a/k/a Nana Palogashvili My present address is 69-11 Yellowstone Blvd., Apt. #B-55 Forest Hills, NY 11375 My place of birth is Georgia My date of birth is January 8, 1993 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an order entered by the Civil Court of Queens County, on the 11 day of October 2011, bearing Index No./Docket No: 443/08, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY, grants me the right, to assume the name Philip C. Kaiser. My present address is 25-69 36 th Street, Astoria, Apt. 1R, Astoria, NY 11103; my date of birth is June 5, 1954; my former name is Philip Charles Metaxas, also known as Philip Kaiser, and also known as Philip C. Kaiser. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of SMILE NEW YORK OUTREACH, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/04/11. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: Richard J. Zall, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP, Eleven Times Sq., Rm. 2572, NY, NY 10036. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. ___________________________________ At an IAS Part 19, of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, held in and for the County of Queens lo-
LEGAL NOTICE cated at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, 11435 on October 12, 2011. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Index No.: 23274-2011 PRESENT: HON. BERNICE D. SIEGAL HON. JUSTICE In the Matter of the Application of T H E O D O R O S SPYRONASSIS, Petitioner, For the Judicial Dissolution of HSX RE CORP. Upon the Verified Petition of Petitioner Theodoros Spyronassis, by and through his attorneys, Ateshoglou & Aiello PC, and upon the affirmation of Steven D. Ateshoglou, Esq, and upon all the papers and prior proceedings heretofore had herein, Let HSX RE CORP., show cause at a Term of this Court to be held at the Courthouse, Part 19 located at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York on Nov. 29, 2011 at 9:30 in the forenoon or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, why an order should not be entered for the Judicial Dissolution of HSX RE CORP. and appointing a receiver and/or a referee to oversee its dissolution, for an accounting of all its assets and liabilities, and for an order directing that any sale, mortgage, conveyance, transfer, security interest, or payment of debt by HSX RE CORP. shall be void, pending such dissolution; and for such other & further relief as is deemed proper. Pending a hearing on the temporary restraining order on Friday, 10/14/2011 at 10 am HSX RE CORP is restrained from selling, mortgaging, conveying or transferring any real property of HSX RE CORP. Sufficient reason appearing therefore, let service of a copy of this order together with the papers upon which it was granted, be made upon each of the following parties, by Personal Service October 13, 2011: HSX RE CORP., 23-39 BQE West, Astoria, New York 11103 and by overnight mail on or before October 21, 2011 New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Attention Office of Counsel, Building 9, W.A. Harriman Campus Albany NY 12227; Attorney General of the State of New York 120 Broadway, 24 th Floor, New York, NY 10271, and such service shall be deemed sufficient service, with a courtesy copy to J. Iannece, Esq. by October 13, 2011. Petitioner shall publish a copy of this order once per week for three consecutive weeks in the following newspaper: Queens Tribune. Petitioner shall file with the court proof of such service, filing, and publication, on or before Nov. 30, 2011. ENTER /S/ J.S.C. ___________________________________ File No. 2011-3302 PROBATE CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT - QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent, TO: The heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of JEAN A. WOOD, aka JEAN WOOD, JEAN A. KING. JEAN GILCHRIST KING, deceased,
LEGAL NOTICE if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. P.A. of the County of Queens A petition having been duly filed by INGRID E. STURGIS, who is domiciled at 135 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on 15 th day of December, 2011 at 9:30 A.M. of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of JEAN A. WOOD aka JEAN WOOD, JEAN A. KING, JEAN GILCHRIST KING lately domiciled at 35-21 80 th Street, Jackson Heights, New York admitting to probate a Will dated May 14, 2003 a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Jean A. Wood, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to Ingrid E. Sturgis. October 18, 2011 (Seal) HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate MARGARET M. GRIBBON Chief Clerk LINDA M. BELLER (516) 3269608 Attorney for Petitioner 250-A Jericho Turnpike/ Floral Park, New York 11001 Address of Attorney [NOTE: This Citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.] ___________________________________ SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 23918/10 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Plaintiff, vs.AUDYE VOLTAIRE, ET. AL.Defendant (s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 241-18 NEWHALL AVENUE ROSEDALE, NY 11422 SBL #: BLOCK: 13544, LOT: 29 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. Dated this 21st day of October, 2011, TO: AUDYE VOLTAIRE, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing
LEGAL NOTICE Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. MARGUERITE A. GRAYS of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 13thday of October, 2011 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by AUDYE VOLTAIRE dated the 5th day of August, 2009, to secure the sum of $303,403.00 and recorded at Instrument No. 2009000274978 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, on the 27th day of August, 2009. The property in question is described as follows: 241-18 NEWHALL AVENUE, ROSEDALE, NY 11422 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 13544 and Lot 29. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Rosedale, in the Fourth Ward, Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Southerly side of Newhall Avenue, distant 150 feet Easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of Newhall Avenue with the Easterly side of 241stStreet; RUNNING THENCE Southerly at right angles to Newhall Avenue, 100 feet; THENCE Easterly parallel with Newhall Avenue, 30 feet; THENCE Northerly again at right angles to Newhall Avenue, 100 feet to the Southerly side of Newhall Avenue; THENCE Westerly along the Southerly side of Newhall Avenue, 30 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 241-18 Newhall Avenue, Rosedale, New York. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the
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New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save”your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: October 21, 2011 Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. ___________________________________ At an IAS Part 34 of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, held in and for the County of Queens, located at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on the 18 day of October, 2011 PRESENT: HON. ROBERT J. McDONALD J.S.C. Index No. 23545/11 Pursuant to BCL 1104/1140(a) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE In the Matter of the Application of WAI MEI HO, & MAN HO IP, The holders of fifty percent of all outstanding shares of stock of NEST & GINGSENG, INC. Petitioner(s), for the Judicial Dissolution of NEST & GINGSENG, INC. Order to Show Cause Dissolution of a Corporation Pursuant to the Business Corporation Law (Section 1104/1104(a)). Upon the reading and filing of the Petition of WAI MEI HO and MAN HO IP, the shareholders of fifty (50) percent of NEST & GINGSENG, INC. (hereinafter “Corporation”) entitled to vote at an election of the directors,
verified on the 11 th day of October, 2011; LET NEST & GINGSENG, INC., the New York State Tax Commission, the New York State Attorney General and all other registered persons, or their attorneys, show cause at IAS Part 34, Room 304 of this Court, to be held in and for the County of Queens, at the Courthouse located at 25-10 Court Square, Long Island City, New York 11101 on the 1 st day of December 2011, at 10:30 A.M., or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, why the Corporation should not be dissolved and why schedules should not be furnished and it is further; ORDERED, that a copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in: Queens Tribune, Fresh Meadows, NY once a week for a period of three weeks, beginning on the 1 st day of November, 2011; and it is further ORDERED, that a copy of this order shall be served personally upon the Corporation, each person named in the petition who is not a petitioner, the New York State Tax Commission, the New York State Attorney General, and all other interested persons in a manner prescribed by BCL §1106 by the 4 day of November, 2011 which shall be deemed good and sufficient service. ENTER: J.S.C. HON. ROBERT J. McDONALD ___________________________________ Notice of formation of L & Z Broadway LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 09/29/2011. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 2 Bay Club Drive, Bayside, NY 11361. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Riverside Group NY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/ 25/10. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 310 Riverside Dr Apt #1222, NY, NY 10025. Purpose: General. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of Beach 96th Realty LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/6/2011. Office location, County of Queens, SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 5318 Avenue N, Brooklyn NY 11234. Purpose: any lawful act. ___________________________________ DOGS PROWLING SOUTH LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 6/9/11. 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 Jamie File, 13 Station Sq., Forest Hills, NY 11375. General Purposes.
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Some businesses in Oakland Gardens are concerned this food vendor is hurting their bottom line.
Food Vendor Is Subject Of Biz Scorn
Selfhelp Finishes Senior Houses State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) and Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) joined Darryl Towns, the president of New York State Homes and Communities Renewal, to cut the ribbon on two renovated low-income senior citizen housing complexes in Flushing last Thursday. The Helen R. Scheuer House and the Martin Lande House were renovated at a cost of $43 million. Selfhelp Community Services Inc., a nonprofit that focuses on assisting elderly and low-income senior citizens, along with the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development and New York States Homes and Community Renewal financed the renovation. Selfhelp Community Services was originally created to provide affordable housing to senior victims of Nazi persecution. Renovations to the two buildings included new interactive SMART boards, larger lobbies, energy ef-
Feds, City Unite For Bay's Future Jamaica Bay has caught the attention of the highest officials in Washington, and a new agreement between the federal and city government may mean a new future for one of the east coast's largest natural lagoons. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar came to the shores of Jamaica Bay last week to announce new agreements with Mayor Mike Bloomberg's administration to put together a new governing plan to streamline federal and city-owned land in and around Jamaica Bay. More than 10,000 acres of land around the bay in Brooklyn and Queens is owned by the city and federal government. Under the agreement announced on Oct. 27 in Marine Park, Brooklyn, the city and feds will collaborate on projects, focus on science and restoration at the site, improve access by public transportation and focus on education and youth programs to bring urban children outdoors, a key focus of the Obama administration. Secretary Salazar described Jamaica Bay as a key element in President Barack Obama's initiative to improve and utilize urban parkland for urban populations. "There are more people in urban areas than in the past," Salazar said. "This question is 'how do we connect urban populations to the outdoors?' [Jamaica Bay] may be the greatest opportunity we have." As part of the agreement, the Environmental Protection Agency will designate the majority of Jamaica Bay a "no-discharge zone," banning all boats from discharging sewage into the bay, instead mandating boats use pump-out stations, of which there are four - two in Brooklyn and two in Queens. EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck said the "no discharge ban" will be strictly enforced and violators will be prosecuted. "If we don't have clean water and clean air, how can we have a great outdoors?" Enck asked. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125. —Domenick Rafter
End Of An Era In Flushing Medicine In an age of mega practices, it is difficult to grow old with a doctor, but Frank Skala and many others have had such a privilege. Dr. Eugene Gillman came from a different
era, and now that he is retiring, that era looks all the more alien. The single doctor practice, like fedoras and telegrams, has become a 21st century anachronism. Flushing's Dr. Gillman, who has practiced medicine since the Carter administration, will join the prestigious ranks of Long Island Jewish Medical Center as an anesthesiologist, regretfully leaving behind the patients he came to regard as a part of his extended family. "He was a good old fashioned country doctor who treated anyone who came in," said Skala, a retired social studies teacher from Bayside and a long time patient of Dr. Gillman's. "He inspired confidence." Skala held a testimonial dinner in Bayside for the Forest Hills-raised doctor Oct. 30. Patients, family and friends gathered to wish the doctor farewell. He is leaving behind the practice he first set up in 1979, shortly after graduating from New York University medical school. Originally located in Bayside, his practice moved six years later to Flushing. The son of a doctor, he knew since a very early age that all he wanted to do was treat people like his father did. "He was an internist," the doctor said of his father. "He was in practice in Forest Hills for 40 some odd years. I basically was in the office helping him when I was 5. I knew at a very early age I knew I wanted to be just like my dad." As a primary care doctor, Dr. Gillman was able to interact with his patients on a personal level. Skala described a man who was truly invested in the welfare of every patient, and would be available, unlike other doctors, at any time of the day if he was needed. "He's younger than most of his patients," said the 74-year-old Skala of the 60-year-old doctor. "He's had some of the same patients for 32 years." Peaulah Williams, Dr. Gillman's longtime medical assistant, said that the doctor was always willing to do whatever was possible for his patients. "If someone wanted to be seen at eight in the morning, and the office didn't open until nine, he'd still see them too," she said. "He never missed a day." Dr. Gillman said the economic burden of maintaining a practice by himself ultimately drove him to retire and take a job in the hospital. Swelling insurance and overhead costs made running a practice alone no longer viable. As the father of two children, one of whom is in medical school, he knew that financial security had become paramount for his family. He and his patients each understand that the end of his practice may signal the end of other practices like Dr. Gillman's across country. "You're not going to have that one-onone relationship with that doctor anymore," the Gillman said. "I think patients will miss that instantaneous response. Whatever they needed, it was done right away." Williams recalled the time she had an accident on the Long Island Expressway. When the doctor heard she had been injured, he cancelled his remaining appointments for the day to go see her in the hospital. Kindness like that, Williams said, is rare. "He would call the emergency room to see if a patient was okay," she said. "His patients loved him to death." Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. —Ross Barkan
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In the shadow of Councilman Mark Weprin's (D-Oakland Gardens) office, Muhammad Sarwari's Halal meats - and the ire of neighborhood restaurants - have been simmering since Sarwari arrived on Oct. 24. Now a battle has emerged between supporters of Sarwari Halal Food, a licensed food cart selling rice platters and sandwiches, and restaurant owners and residents who fear the food cart's presence is cutting into struggling local business and creating an undesirable aesthetic. "Food vendors have an unfair advantage. They're not paying rent and they undercut prices," said Weprin. "They have a right to do business, but the City must ensure that all food carts operate safely and in appropriate locations." Weprin has called for another meeting of the Street Vendor Review Panel, which is composed of four members: the commissioners of the City Departments of Small Business Services, City Planning, and Transportation, as well as a mayoral appointee. According to Weprin, the panel has not met in a decade. "It's very bothersome because we pay high rent, high taxes, we abide by city rules and regulations," said Anna Nikolopoulos, the owner of Pete's Café on Bell Boulevard. "He just takes food from our mouths." Nikolopoulos, like other business owners, worried about the food cart's impact on his own bottom line in an already fragile economy. Tony Wang, the owner of Taco King on Bell Boulevard, echoed those concerns, alleging that the food cart was not clean and was taking his customers away. Sarwari, slicing up meat for hungry customers on a rain-soaked afternoon, defended himself. "The only people who are against us are the restaurant owners," he said. "I don't know what I'm supposed to do, this is a street business. I will face the same problem anywhere I go. If the restaurant guys open up a business next to someone else, that's no problem, but when I come, it's a problem." A lifelong Queens resident, Sarwari tried setting up in Manhattan but said business was not profitable. Wearing a bright blue shirt emblazoned with "Sarwari's Halal Food," he proudly spoke of the support he has received from residents, pointing to the people lining up to eat lunch. "What am I supposed to do? I have no degree, so I can't work in an office. This is my occupation," Sarwari said.
Scott Campbell, chief operating officer of the Dunkin' Donuts on the corner of Bell Boulevard and 73rd Avenue, said that Sarwari's Halal Food detracts from the aesthetics of his business. "It's got these lights and these other things during the night time - it's really looks horrible in front of my space," he said. "It really obstructs the view and the look and the design of what we're trying to do. We spend a lot of money as a business making sure we have a certain look and design." While restaurant owners maintained Sarwari's sudden appearance irked most residents, local reaction was more mixed. Fernando Toro, a resident of Oakland Gardens for 15 years, sided with Campbell and Nikolopoulous, saying that Sarwari's food cart was not good for sanitation and contaminated the area. Offering a spirited defense of Sarwari, Christina Capurro, who works at the Bell Boulevard restaurant Il Vesuvio, said that she could see why restaurant owners would be nervous, but believed Sarwari had a right to set up at his location. "I understand both sides of the issue, however, I do feel that he's within his rights to work here," said Capurro. "He's bringing something new to the neighborhood. He's clean, he's respectful, and there's nothing wrong with the cart." Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. —Ross Barkan
ficient lighting, and a private garden. "This is the first tech-savvy affordable high rise for seniors in the country," said Selfhelp Community Services CEO Stuart Kaplan. Stavisky's late husband Leonard Stavisky's grandparents perished in the Holocaust, making his parents eligible to reside in Selfhelp's buildings. They lived there for many years, making this ribbon cutting ceremony very personal for her. "There's a need for affordable housing for the older population," Stavisky said. "Their income, in a way, is fixed. This is a major unmet need. Housing costs are going up, rent is going up." Meng praised Selfhelp's commitment to helping seniors in need. "There's a concept in Asian culture called filio-piety. My mom likes to call it payback time," Meng said, as laughter bubbled from the audience. "Selfhelp has created such a wonderful and ideal sort of college campus for our elderly right here in this community." Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. —Ross Barkan
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Peralta Urges Foreclosure Fund Fix By JASON BANREY As an alarming rate of delinquent mortgages in Corona, East Elmhurst and Jackson Heights continue to put homeowners in jeopardy of losing their homes, one local senator is urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to extend a state funded foreclosure prevention program. On Oct. 27, State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) wrote a letter requesting Cuomo to include $25 million in the 2012-13 Executive Budget to continue New York’s Foreclosure Prevention Services Program. Since 2008, the program has given funds to nonprofit organizations that provide housing counseling and legal assistance to borough residents facing foreclosure. “Queens has consistently been at or near the top of the list of counties in the state hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis,” said Peralta, who recently hosted a forum to help homeowners with State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. “Continued access to housing counseling and legal assistance will improve the chances that these homes can be saved.” According to a recent report released by the New York Federal Reserve Bank, one in nine home mortgages in Queens are seriously delinquent – 90 days or more late, or in foreclosure. Nearly 20 percent of homeowners in Corona are
“The trend that is most distressing is that those who come to us come when it is too late,” said Ygmar Wiel, the executive director of Neighborhood Housing Services of Northern Queens (NHSNQ). “What do we do with the people who need help when we don’t have that funding?” The NHSNQ provides homeownership education services, affordable Franklin Romeo, staff attorney, Queens Legal Ser- loans and legal assisvices Foreclosure Prevention Project (l. to r.); Maria tance to help homeowners Filipakis, special deputy attorney general; Daniel keep their properties. AlAlter, senior adviser and special counsel to the state though the NHSNQ also attorney general; and Sen. Jose Peralta discuss the receives funding from the need for foreclosure aid. City as well lending institutions, the $280,000 they currently delinquent 90 days or more on could lose from the state would have a their mortgage or are in foreclosure. In negative affect on their outreach efforts. “Without this money I will have to let East Elmhurst the rate is 15 percent and go of qualified counselors who know 10 percent in Jackson Heights. With the funding for the prevention ser- which channels to get these people at vices program set to expire Dec. 31, one least some help,” Wiel said of other nonprofit organization, which receives nonprofits they employ such as about half of its funding from the state, is Woodside on the Move and Dominiconow worried more homeowners in Corona, American Society, both of which help East Elmhurst and Jackson Heights will educate the Hispanic community about suffer the same fate as others who are al- making sound financial decisions before ready in the process of losing their homes. purchasing a home.
Since October 2008, NHSNQ has handled 786 foreclosure cases. Of those, more than 500 involved homeowners of either Hispanic or African American descent. It is these populations which need the foreclosure prevention services the most, Wiel said. “Most of the people that came through our doors had mortgages they couldn’t afford,” Wiel said. “Mainly, you’re talking about a majority of households that have incomes of below $50,000 a year and over $450,000 in mortgages.” With many of his constituents facing foreclosure, Peralta also emphasized that investing in foreclosure prevention can save the state money and help deter the secondary effects of foreclosed and abandoned homes such as lost tax revenue, declining home values and increased violence. “Violent crime increases about 2 percent in a block if one house goes into foreclosure and by 5.7 percent if a second home is foreclosed,” said Peralta, citing a New York University study on the impact of foreclosures in the community. “I fear that the economic impact of the loss of our state’s foreclosure assistance program would be absolutely devastating.” Reach Reporter Jason Banrey at jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128.
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On Nov. 11, the Queens College Business Forum will feature Steve Malin, a senior member of the research and portfolio management teams at Aronson Johnson Ortiz, a Philadelphia-based institutional investment firm, established in 1984, with approximately $18 billion in assets under management. He will discuss “The Economy on the Brink: Peering Through the Cloud of Uncertainty.” The free breakfast forum will begin at 8 a.m. in the fourth floor ballroom of the college’s Student Union. Before coming to AJO, Malin was senior portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein where he served clients with equity, fixed income, multi-asset and real asset
strategies. He spent 16 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in a number of communications leadership roles, including corporate secretary, reporting directly to the bank’s president and the chair of its board of directors. As a senior economist, Malin provided counsel to the bank’s presidents, mainly on regional economic matters; wrote more than two dozen speeches; and served as an official spokesperson to the media and distinguished guests of the bank. Malin also developed some of the most innovative economics and financial literacy programs at any public-sector institution in the world.
Between 1977 and 1990, Malin was senior economist, as well as the founder and director, of the Regional Economics Center at the Conference Board. Over 13 years, his research covered monetary and fiscal policy and later, U.S. economic developments on a region-by-region basis. Malin also built a private economics consulting practice that served 15 Fortune 500 companies; served on two national commissions on competitiveness (at the invitation of former U.S. presidents), and has appeared frequently on radio and television. He has taught for over 30 years at the college level and is currently an adjunct economics professor at his alma mater Queens College. Malin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Queens College, earning both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the institution. He holds a Ph.D. from the City University Graduate Center. Malin is also a coach for the Long Island Astros basketball team, with five Queens College players on its roster. The QC Business Forum is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. To register, call (718) 9972920 or email yifat.anteri@qc.cuny.edu. Complimentary parking is available. The QC Business Forum was launched in the fall of 2005 and acts as a catalyst within the diverse areas of Queens, bringing together the business community, local government, academia, and students to provide an opportunity for town and gown to interact. Influential leaders in a number of fields serve as keynote speakers at its breakfast lectures, touching on issues vital to the Queens business community. The forum’s theme this year, Looking Toward the Future, is reflected in the subject matter of the seminars. Each forum fosters discussions that provide insight on how local businesses are seizing opportunities and profitably adapting to changes in business and regulatory conditions.
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By DOMENICK RAFTER Even while the National housing market is reeling, in Queens, housing was stable in the third quarter of 2011. But unemployment, foreclosures and access to credit all threaten that stability, according to a recent report from Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate. Some 2,743 homes were sold in the borough between July 1 and Sept. 30. That’s nearly 12 percent lower than the same period in 2010. While that may seem like a negative number, there are fewer homes on market than a year ago; the number of homes on the market declined by nearly 16 percent in the borough over the same period in 2010. Because of those figures, the “monthly absorption rate,” or the amount of time it would take to sell every home on the market, actually dropped slightly, a sign of stability in the market, though the average time it takes for a seller to sell a home increased by a little over a week. Also, the “listing discount,” or the percentage difference between the list price and ultimate selling price after markdowns, dropped by .1 percent, another sign of stability. Prices of homes are up compared to a year ago boroughwide, mainly due to a growth in prices among new developments. Re-sale prices, the price of homes changing owners, are down slightly from a year earlier. The borough’s best housing market is in northwest Queens; Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, and Woodside, while South Queens, which includes all of Southeast Queens, Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park, is still a stagnant real estate market, in part thanks to foreclosure problems in Southeast Queens and a high unemployment rate in that part of the borough. Some neighborhoods are still suffering from double-digit unemployment there. Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate released reports for Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125.
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Opening Day By mid-afternoon, the crowds made it almost impossible to walk down the wide aisles on the casino floor, and every video lottery terminal was occupied. Even the electronic table games were mobbed, and lines formed for the ticket redeeming machines and the buffet. The line to get a Genting Rewards card was so long, workers began handing out temporary ones to keep people away for the first few days. “You can take this card and play with it now,” said one employee holding a box of red credit-card-shaped players’ club cards, “And come back when the line dies down to get one with your name on it.” But the line didn’t die down; it only grew, snaking through the casino floor, where for anyone who ever walked the casinos of Las Vegas, Atlantic City or Connecticut, the sounds were familiar – the dinging bells of success, the clanging of coins announcing a win. At the electronic roulette table, the virtual dealer, a Lisa Kudrow-lookalike in a sleek black dress, spun the virtual roulette wheel, and then announced with a smile “No More Bets.” The ball circled the wheel, bounced around and landed in 17 red. No one cheered – nobody had hit it big – but also, no one left their machines. “This will do for now,” said one player, who admitted he preferred the real table games, a prospect currently being discussed in Albany and supported by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and leaders in both houses. He looked back down onto the virtual roulette board. “Where’s double zero?” At Bar 360, four bartenders rushed around frantically trying to fill drink orders. Cocktail waitresses with trays full of drinks carefully descended the three steps onto the casino floor. No one wanted a spill on the first day. On the 28-foot television, purportedly the largest in Queens, highlights from the thrilling Game 6 of the World Series were being shown in preparation for that night’s finale.
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By DOMENICK RAFTER With a sigh of relief, a whiff of excitement and a dash of anxious concern, a long-neglected but storied racetrack in Southern Queens was reborn into a mini-Monte Carlo last Friday as the borough welcomed New York City’s first casino – Resorts World New York City – to Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park. The project many thought to be a pipe dream, especially after a number of false starts and collapsed bids, finally saw its first phase completed as the first video lottery terminals began ringing and clanging at the once-dilapidated racetrack on Rockaway Boulevard. And by the end of the opening day on Friday, more than 20,000 people had shown up to see the casino, prompting Resorts World New York City President Michael Speller to issue a statement politely asking patrons to come next week, when the crowds die down. In short, the place was packed.
The first visitors to the Resorts World New York City Casino at Aqueduct Racetrack (top) try out the video lottery terminals. Crowds began filing in to the casino at 1 p.m. on opening day (r.) The first visitors to the casino were greeted by three impersonators: Elvis, Tina Turner and Lady Gaga in a dress made of playing cards. They circled the casino floor for the rest of the day, posing for pictures and even signing autographs. It was only 3 p.m. and the casino floor had only been open for two hours. Earlier, dignitaries from across the borough gathered outside the front entrance for a ribbon cutting. They expressed their relief and excitement at the project 10 years in the making. Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) even joked that the racetrack may be the first place visited by a Pope to later become a casino. Pope John Paul II said mass at the racetrack in October 1996.
The Long Rocky Road To Roulette When the state legislature authorized gaming at Aqueduct on Oct. 29, 2001, it was assumed a casino would have opened at the track long before now. But 10 years brought three failed bid processes that collapsed due to the recession and allegations of corruption. MGM Grand initially won the contract in 2002, but pulled out after the New York Racing Association faced a federal probe. Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer reopened the contract in 2007 and Delaware North won the bid, but pulled out after its own financial collapse. A third bid, awarded to Aqueduct Entertainment Group, which included former U.S. Rep. Floyd Flake as one of its principals, was marred in controversy after they were chosen by former Gov. D a v i d Pa t e r s o n . A E G ’s b i d w a s dropped after the Division of the Lottery said it would not be able to issue the group a license. That led to a fourth bidding process, during which all other bids besides Genting’s were disqualified by Lottery.
Genting was awarded the bid in August 2010 and broke ground on the casino on Oct. 28, 2010 – exactly one year prior to Friday’s opening. Though a portion of the casino floor was initially set to open last spring, the project was delayed until October. Only the first of three floors opened last Friday, and the rest of the site, including a second casino floor, event space, two restaurants and a skybridge to the A train subway station will open in December, four months earlier than anticipated. “I think we had all given up hope that this would ever happen,” said one Ozone Park resident as she studied the electronic craps table. The relief was perhaps felt the greatest by Donna Gilmartin, the chair of Community Board 10’s Aqueduct committee. Gilmartin had been CB 10’s point person on the project for nearly a decade. When asked what her Aqueduct committee report will be at the November CB 10 meeting, she responded simply: “It is done.”
A New Neighbor According to Resorts World New York City spokesman Stefan Friedman, more than 65,000 people visited the casino in its first weekend. Many of them drove; adding an element this usually sleepy part of the borough isn’t used to – traffic. On Friday afternoon, traffic on Rockaway Boulevard was at a standstill between 104th and 114th Streets, and some of that was spilling into the residential streets and other thoroughfares like Liberty Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard. “Rockaway [Boulevard] is ridiculous
right now ’cause of this casino,” Tweeted one Ozone Park resident Friday night. Though MTA has rerouted the Q37 bus, which begins at the Union TurnpikeKew Gardens subway station, into the racetrack property, the new stops were practically empty on Friday and Saturday. “I don’t think anyone knows about this,” said Steve, a resident of Richmond Hill waiting at the bus stop. He admitted he took the bus expecting to walk from the stop at 111th Street and Rockaway Boulevard. “It was a surprise when I saw the bus comes right to the casino.” Ricco DeLeo, who lives on 101st Street and Rockaway Boulevard, three blocks from the casino, said his father’s parked car and a few others parked on the street were hit by a drunk driver on Friday night who police say was coming from the casino. “The cops said that my parents’ incident was the sixth or seventh one that night due to the casino,” DeLeo said. “Along with the traffic it’s causing and its proximity to many schools, I can’t see how this is anything but a bad thing.” Assemblyman Phil G o l d fe d e r ( D - Far Rockaway), who represents the community to the east of the track, asked constituents to contact his office with all quality of life complaints. “With thousands of visitors coming to our neighborhood each day, we’re going to experience some problems, especially as it relates to traffic,” he said. “I will work with Resorts World Casino, the 106th Precinct and community leaders to address any problem that may arise.” But other locals who visited praised the new addition to their neighborhood. Ida from Howard Beach said she thought the casino was a great idea for the community. “I’m glad they found a use for the track,” she said, adding that it had previously been an “eyesore” in the community. “It looks great.” On Saturday night, the casino made use of its stage over Bar 360, featuring a band performing covers both of contemporary songs by Adele and the Black Eyed Peas and old favorites like “Suspicious Minds” and “I Want You Back.” The band attracted a curious crowd that included Andrew, also from Howard Beach, who had just left from a dinner at the brand new buffet. “I really enjoyed the buffet. I thought it was a really good deal,” he said. His only problem: the premium buffet, which for another $10 gives you an expanded menu including lobster tails, was not ready yet. But it was only the second day. Give it time. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125.
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Queens’ Largest Halloween Parade Hits Jackson Heights
Left: Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Speaker Christine Quinn speak with participants in the Jackson Heights Halloween Parade. Above: Sen. Jose Peralta, Councilman Danny Dromm and Councilwoman Julissa Fererras pose with the kids. Right: We hear there are bedbugs in Queens. Photos by Ira Cohen
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Genting CEO KT Lim greets guests as they enter the Resorts World New York City Casino at Aquedcut Racetrack on Friday. Below: Resorts World New York City President Michael Speller and State Racing and Wagering Board Chairman John Sabini.
Above: State Sen. Joe Addabbo shows a NY1 reporter around the casino. Below: One of the executives at Resorts World poses for a picture with a Lady Gaga impersonator. Photos by Ira Cohen
Above: U.S. Rep Greg Meeks, who missed the ribbon cutting, takes a break at a machine. Below: State Sen. Shirley Huntley considers a wager.
Above: Community Board 6 District Manager Frank Gulluscio, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and Margaret Finnerty.
Above: Councilmen Eric Ulrich (l.) and Ruben Wills.
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Blood, Sweat, Tears And Queensboro By TAMMY SCILEPPI Two generations later – that’s 40-plus years - and the iconic rock/jazz group Blood, Sweat and Tears is still popular, their rousing songs filling the airwaves; the band per forms it s famous hit s, receiving sta nd-
ing ovations wherever they go. Not many bands can say they’ve toured nonstop since 1968. Heading our way, BS&T will bring the house down on Saturday night, Nov. 19, when they make their rockin’ debut at
The current lineup of Blood, Sweat & Tears: Teddy Mulet (l. to r.), Dave Gellis, Steve Jankowski, Andrea Valentini, Jens Wendelboe, Gary Foote, Ken Geof fre, Glenn McClelland; Back center: Jason Paige.
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In 2010, the community-minded musicians p er for med at a special concer t at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Dr ummer Andrea Valent i ni is a Ber klee alum. “There are two touching moments in my 12 years with BS&T: First, of course, is when mom and dad saw me playing with the band in Piombino, Italy last July,” he said. “And second, equally impor tant to me, was when we played Berklee College of Music two years ago, and the president of the school acknowledged me on stage as a Berklee alumnus. I remember get ting pret t y emotional. It felt so good, being back there as the drummer for BS&T, and not a student. T hat was a prett y glorious moment.” BS&T walked into the Columbia Records studio for the first time in November 1967, and were signed up. They were at the top of their game for a lengthy spell, but dealt with the peaks and valleys in their long musical journey. There was some expected unrest, as happens when a bunch of people work together and have different personalities; they had issues with cohesiveness. As lineups changed, each new chapter led to positive stuff: new albums, hot singles, and diversity in their sound. But these days, they’re a close-knit bunch with a different at titude, and still going strong. “It’s an incredible fraternity made up of some of the top musicians i n New York at any given time,” bassist Gar y Foote said. “Over the last 40 plus years guys like Lou Solof, Ra ndy Brecker, Bobby Colomby, Mike Stern, Joe Henderson, and Jaco Pastorius have been in the band. So, with that caliber of musicians you’re always inspired to get bet ter. And, as far as the guys get ting along off-stage, there’s always been nine strong, mostly funny personalities with common goals of getting bet ter, and par tying until we get kicked out of any given countr y.” For tickets, call the Box Office at (718) 631-6311. QCCPAC is located at 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside.
Gershwin Bros. Shine In Queens Theatre Run ‘S Wonderful, the all singing, all dancing musical celebration of the genius of George and Ira Gershwin is playing a limited engagement at Queens Theatre in the Park through Nov. 13. Under the direction of Ray Roderick, musical direction of Richard Hip-Flores and choreography of Vince Pesce, the talented cast of five triple threat singer/dancer/actors bring the music of the Gershwin brothers to life. Incorporating five mini-musicals inspired by the real events occurring in and around the lives of the Gershwin brothers, this new musical revue illustrates their impact on the world then and now. First it’s New York Cit y in 1916 and Paris in the 1930s, followed by Holly wood in the 40s and New Orleans in the 50s. ’S Wonderful takes you on a ride to the different places, times and musical styles that made the Gershwin brothers the most successful songwriting team in the h istor y of popular music. The Gershwin families have authorized the use of the Gershwin songbook, making ‘S Wonderful a brand new, all-inclusive Gershwin musical.
Like a Technicolor movie musical, ’S Wonderful paints a picture of nostalgia and enter tainment wh ile paying tribute to the incomparable songbook of George and Ira Gershwin. Featuring over 40 classic hits such as “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” “Shall We Dance,” “Someone to Watch Over Me” and “Rhapsody in Blue.” Directed and choreographed by Vince Pesce, the cast include s Courtney Bassett, Trevor McQueen, Katie Mitchell, Kimberly Thomas and Sean Watkins. Set design by Lewis Folden; lighting design by Russell A. Thompson; sound de sign by Scot t Elmegreen and costume design by Barbara Anderson. Per formance s at Queens T heatre are Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $39 for weekday per formance s and $44 for weekend per formance s, w ith discount s are available for seniors and groups of 10 or more. Tickets are on sale now at the Queens Theatre Box Office (718-760-0064) and at queenstheatre.org.
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It get s better as you chew, Thai chili dipping sauce serves as a perfect complement. If that’s too eastern, go for the Jumbo Lump Crabmeat Stack, which may be as delicious a crab star ter you’l l try. Resting upon a layer of fresh avocado, the crab meat and mango prep the palate while refreshing the taste buds. Be sure to pair any of the above appetizers with a fine Sauvignon, which plays Too often, seasonal fare can be a trap. up the earthy i ngredients. Given the restaurant’s ritual jaunts to Restaurants host themed festivals and trip up on experimentation, creating weird the Fulton Fish Market, staples like the meals that assault the palate. London steamed crab, Alaskan King Crab and Lennie’s has been doing its annual Get Jumbo Florida Crab are can’t-miss dishes Crackin’ Crabfest for 15 years. They know at a hefty price. But the entrée menu rewards adventurous types. better. Take the Jumbo Lump Crabmeat A GraUpon entering the restaurant, you’re tin, with crabmeat, sauteed onfirst greeted with a tank of live crab. It’s then you know: this RESTAURANT ions & reggiano cheese in a crabinfused bechemel sauce, baked place is serious. The layout into a golden brown. It is as decacludes a blue collar style bar area dent as it sounds and enough to alongside a finer dining feel at stuff a person. But toss back a the restaurant’s southern half. glass of crisp Chianti, roll up your And based on the fish and hissleeves and dig in some more. to r y - s t e e p e d d é c o r, t h e re ’ s The real kicker comes in the never any mistake what’s on the for m of t he Crab Cake Tr io, menu. which offers blue claw, DungeTackli ng crab repre sent s a ness and Jonah crab meats served tightrope. The tipping point between fishy and bland is ver y fine, making in their own style. From the low-key yet crab dishe s far from a slam dunk. Tr y to herb-infused blue claw, to the southern kick mitigate the meat’s natural flavor and you of the Dungeness and the balance of the risk killing the signature ingredient. Allow- Jonah, each offers its own personality. And ing crab too much freedom and you’re in stick with a Riesling, which plays a good back-up role to the dish. sushi territory. Pray after your meal you can fit dessert The Crabfest’s menu hits ever y perfect note, from rust ic to exquisite. Start with in your belly and then ask for the Pumpkin the Roasted Corn and Crabmeat Chowder, Flan, which offers all the great texture of which showcases Executive Chef Jeffrey flan with the flavor of a pumpkin pie. Lest ye be worried of the check, underBaruch’s Long Island roots. Overflow ing with heart y corn, onion a nd other veg- stand that the Crackin’ Crabfest is a onceetables in cream chowder, the ingredients a-year opportunity, so make it a treat. A blend to compliment a crab lump plopped sincerely filling dinner will run over $40 but your taste buds will be glad you made in the bowl’s middle. Move on to the Steamed Crab and the investment. Hur ry, you’ve got unt il Nov. 13 to get Shrimp Dumplings, which can jar the taste buds upon first bite – but don’t be put off. your fill. LONDON LENNIE’S 63-88 Woodhaven Blvd. Rego Park (718) 894-8084 londonlennies.com CUISINE: Seafood HOURS: 11:45 am - 10 pm Mon-Fr i; 4-11 pm Sat; 2-9 pm Sun PA RKING: Free Valet CREDIT: All Major
Queensborough Community Col lege’s Performing Art s Center in Bayside, playing the music that made them a pop legend: “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy,” “And When I Die,” “God Ble ss The Child,” “I Love You More T han You’ll Ever Know,” “Spinning Wheel” and more. Rewind back to Greenwich Village in the late 1960’s, when BS&T first came together. Bassist Jim Fielder, former Blue s Project guitarist Steve Katz, and jazz drummer Bobby Colomby had a vision for a new, exciting group, so, the co-founders recr uited keyboar dist Al Kooper, who christened the band in ’67. Rumor has it he came up w ith the name after cutt ing h is ha nd and bleeding all over his organ keyboard, during a late-night gig, but the truth is the band’s name was inspired by a Johnny Cash album. Having worked with legends Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix, lead singer Kooper, along with the other super-talented musicians, were instrumental in putt ing the group’s name on the pop char ts map, and as a team, drove its mega-popularity during the 60s hippie counter-culture. In the beginning, the band experimented with a combo of jazz, blues, classical, and folk music genres, but when BS&T finally found its groove, the American pop/rock music scene changed forever, as their signature sounds became ear candy to critics and listeners, selling almost 6 million records in three years. In a recent interv ie w, ma nager L arr y Dor r, who has worked w it h t he band for more than 30 years said, “These days, Bloo d Sweat & Tear s is more like a college of higher musical learning than just a band. Some of the world’s greatest musicians have passed through – 138 and still count ing.” “The version you will see now is hailed by critics as the best collection of musicians so far,” he added. “They’re touring all over the world, and now in the bands’ stomping grounds of New York Cit y.”
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SENIORS COMPUTER CLASSES SNAP in Queens Village. 454-2100 to register. KEW GARDENS Monday, November 7 12:30 talk and slide show on Bowne House. Kew Gardens Communit y Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. 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. BASIC COMPUTERS Tuesdays, November 8, 15, 22 c o m p u t e r c l a s s e s f o r older adults at the Baisley Park library. Register. CHAIR EXERCISE Tuesdays low impact chair exercise at 11 at the Flushing-Fresh Meadows Jewish Center. $5. 357-5100. 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. STARS Wednesdays, November 9, 16, 23 Senior Theater Acting Repertory at the Hollis library at 10:30. AARP DRIVING Wednesday, November 9 at the Forest Hills library at 1. BASIC COMPUTERS Wednesday, November 9 at 2 at the Central library. Register. STAY WELL Wednesdays at 10:15 at the East Elmhurst library for exercise and other health related programs. AARP 29 Thursdays, November 10, December 8 at Grace House, 155-02 90 th Avenue, Jamaica. HORIZONS Thursday, November 10 Horizons, a group for those 55 and over, meet at 12:30 at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112 th Street. $3 includes coffee and cake. STARS Fridays, November 18, 25 Senior Theater Acting Repertory at the Queens Village library at 10:30. 776-0529.
TEENS BOY SCOUT TROOP 1 Men 12-17 who are interested in fun, friendship and adventure are invited to join Boy Scout Troop 1 Flushing/ Bayside every Friday 8-10 at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 36-01 Bell Blvd. JOB SEARCH Saturdays, November 5, November 19, December 3, 17 job search boot camp at the Central library at 10:30. ACTING WORKSHOP Saturday, November 5 at the Flushing library at 12:30. CHESS CLUB Every Saturday at the Flushing library at 2. TALENTED TEENS Monday, November 7 at the Far Rockaway library at 3:30. MS BOYS Monday, November 7 workshop for middle school boys at the Cambria Heights library at 4. TEEN STUDY Monday, November 7 at the Lefrak Cit y library at 4. WII FIT Monday, November 7 at the LIC library at 4. BEGIN CROCHET Monday, November 7 at the Rosedale library at 4. JOB INTERVIEW Monday, November 7 Ace a Job Interview at the Central library at 6. COLLEGE ESSAYS Monday, November 7 at the LIC library at 6. KNIT & CROCHET: Mondays at the Douglaston/ Little Neck library at 4. LAPTOP USE Weekdays at 3 at the Laurelton library. HOMEWORK HELP Weekdays at the LIC library at 3. ENTERTAINMENT DEBATE Tuesday, November 8 at the LIC library at 4. JEWELRY MAKING Tuesday, November 8 natural jewelry making using hemp at the Woodside library at 4. CAREER & COLLEGE Tuesdays career and college exploration from 3-5 at the Central library. LIC CHESS CLUB Tuesdays at the LIC library at 4. BOOK BUDDIES Tuesdays at the Windsor Park library at 4. GAME DAY Every Wednesday at the Howard Beach library at 4. CHESS Wednesdays at 3:30 at the Queens Village library. KNIT & CROCHET Wednesdays at the South Ozone Park library at 1. KNITTING CLUB Wednesdays at the Bayside library. Register. TEEN REC ROOM Wednesdays, November 9, 16, 23, 30 at the Steinway library at 4. MANGA CLUB Thursday, November 10 at the Flushing library at 4. YOUNG REFORMERS Thursday, November 10 at the Laurelton library. Register. CAREER & COLLEGE Thursdays career and college exploration from 3-5 at
the Central library. TEEN THURSDAYS Every Thursday at the Bay Terrace library at 3. CHESS CLUB Every Thursday 4-5:30 at the Douglaston/Little Neck library. GIRL & BOY SCOUTS Friday, November 11 at the Laurelton library. Register. CHESS CLUB Fridays at the Auburndale library at 3:30. CHESS TUTORIAL Fridays at the Woodside library at 4. GAME DAY Fridays at the Woodhaven library at 4:30. GAME PLAYERS CLUB Every Friday at 4 at the Hillcrest library. LEARN TO KNIT Saturday, November 12 at the Steinway library at 1. RESUME WRITING Saturday, November 12 at the Broadway library at 3. OPEN MIC Sunday, November 13 at the Central library at 2.
TALKS SNAPSHOTS OF QUEENS Sunday, November 6 latest installment of “Snapshots of Queens” lecture series 2:304:30 at the Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37 th Avenue, Flushing. $8 non-members. LIC & LIRR Monday, November 7 at 7 at the Greater Astoria Historical Societ y, 35-20 Broadway, 4 th floor, LIC. $5. $ EMPOWERMENT Monday, November 7 Financial Empowerment Center at the LIC library at 2. WINDSOR PARK Monday, November 7 “One Hundred Years of Solitude” will be discussed at the Windsor Park library at 2. HILLCREST Tuesday, November 8 “The Devil in the White City”at 2 at the Hillcrest library. WEB ID Wednesday, November 9 Building Your Web Identit y at 6:30 at the Greater Astoria H i s to r i c a l S o c i e t y, 3 5 - 2 0 Broadway, 4 th floor, LIC. MUSLIMS Thursday, November 10 Getting to Know Muslims and Their Faith at the Kew Gardens library at 4. GLENDALE Thursday, November 10 “Cutting for Stone” will be discussed at the Glendale library at 6:30. WEST OF EDEN Thursday, November 10 West of Eden: The Apple’s J o u r n e y to N YC ” a t t h e Sunnyside library at 6:30. WINDSOR PARK Thursday, November 10 “Elizabeth Street” will be discussed at the Windsor Park library at 6:30. AMERICAN DOCUMENTS Saturday, November 12 What do you know about our important American documents 1pm at the Greater Astoria Historical Societ y, 35-20 Broadway, 4 th floor, LIC. $5.
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EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS JOB SEARCH Saturdays, November 5, 19, December 3, 17 Job Search Boot Camp at 10:30 at the Central library. ACTING WORKSHOP Saturday, November 5 the Aquila Theatre Company presents an acting workshop at 12:30 at the Flushing library. PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP Saturdays, November 5, 12, 19, 26 Becoming a US Citizen and Building Your Civic Knowledge at the Jackson Heights library at 2:30. BALMS Saturday, November 5 at 3 at the Steinway library. November 12 at 3 at the Sunnyside library. November 14 at the Woodside library at 4:30. November 17 at 6 at the Astoria library. November 19 at 3 at the Broadway library. Balms for the Body: Making Natural Body Care Products. Register. PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturdays, November 5, 19, December 3, 17 Learn to communicate effectively at Elmhurst Hospital. 646-4367940. KNITTING CIRCLE Mondays, November 7, 21, December 5, 19 Knitting Circle at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 229-4000. INTRO MICROSOFT
Monday, November 7 at the Central library at 10:30. BEGIN CROCHET Monday, November 7 at 4 at the Rosedale library. HOLIDAY ORNAMENTS Monday, November 7 at the Astoria library at 6. ACING INTERVIEWS Monday, November 7 Acing Your Job Inter v i ew at the Central library at 6. BOLLYWOOD DANCE Mondays, November 7 Let’s Bollywood Dance Instruction Workshop for adults at the Lefferts library. Register. BALLROOM DANCE Monday, November 7 ballroom dancing at the Forest Hills library at 6:30. BELLY DANCING Monday, November 7 at the L a n g s to n H u g h e s l i b r a r y. Register. BRIDGE CLUB Mondays except holidays 12-4 at Pride of Judea in Douglaston. Lesson & play $10. Partners arranged. 4236200. KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at the Douglaston/ Little Neck library at 4. Register. DRAWING CLASS Mondays at the National Art League in Douglaston. 3610628. LINE DANCE Mondays beginner to inter-
mediate lessons 6-9 in Bayside. 917-886-0519. KNITTING CIRCLE Mondays at Alley Pond Environmental Center. Register 229-4000. ADULT CHESS Mondays and Thursdays at the Queens Village library at 5:30. INTRO EMAIL Tuesday, November 8 at the McGoldrick library. Register. BASIC COMPUTER Tuesday, November 8 at the LIC library at 11. JEWELRY MAKING Tuesday, November 8 natural jewelry making using hemp at the Woodside library at 4. BASIC COMPUTER Tuesdays, November 8, 15, 22 at the Rosedale library at 10:30. INTRO POWERPOINT Tuesday, November 8 at the Central library at 6. INTRO COMPUTERS Tuesdays at the Central library at 6. OWN BUSINESS Tuesdays Owing Your Own Business: The Nuts and Bolts of Getting Started at 6:30 at the Central librar y. Register. BASIC COMPUTER Tuesdays, November 8, 15, 22 at the Arverne library at 10:30.
ENTERTAINMENT Monday, November 7 It’s Never Too Late to Fall in Love love songs at 6:30 at the Queens Village library. POLISH INDEPENDENCE Monday, November 7 celebration of Polish Independence Day at 6:30 at the Ridgewood library. TANGO FESTIVAL Tuesdays, November 8, 15 workshops as part of the Quintet of the Americas’ Tango Festival at the Salvation Army Temple, 86-07 35 th Avenue, Jackson Heights at 11. CELEBRATE LADIES Thursday, November 10 Ella, Peggy, Doris and Billy are celebrated at the Howard Beach library at 2. CHINESE AUCTION Thursday, November 10 at the Richmond Hill library at 3. JAZZ KIDS Thursday, November 10 celebrate the winter holidays with the East Elmhurst Jazz Kids at the library at 4. BLUES Thursday, November 10 All About the Blues at 4 at the Woodhaven library. FLOW Thursday, November 10 “Flow” is an award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issues of the 21 s t centur y. Idlewild Park Science Learning Center in Springfield Gardens. 347824-2301. LIVE JAZZ Fridays through December 13 at 180-25 Linden Blvd.., St. Albans. 347-262-1169 ticket information. 5 BORO SONGBOOK Saturday, November 12 at F l u s h i n g To w n H a l l . 4 6 3 7700, ext. 222. ASTRONOMY Saturdays, November 12, December 17 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 2294000 to register. CHINESE DRAMA Saturday, November 12 at the Flushing library at 2. NYC SWING Saturday, November 12 at the Flushing library at 2. JAZZ & MORE Saturday, November 12 jazz, r&b, Brazilian, bossa nova and Pop at 2:30 at the Cambria Heights library. AUTHOR TALK Saturday, November 12 author talk with slide show with Fred Cantor and Debra L. Davidson t the Fresh Meadows library at 3. AUTHOR READING Saturday, November 12 Shalja Patel at 3 at the Langston Hughes library. VOICES & GUITARS Saturday, November 12 Music for Voices and Guitars at 6:15 at St. Josaphat’s Church in Bayside. 2291663. OPEN MIC Sunday, November 13 at the Central library at 2. JAZZ QUARTET Sunday, November 13 Charlie Porter Jazz Quartet at Flushing Town Hall. 4637700, ext. 222.
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. VETS MEMORIAL Wednesday, November 9 Whitestone Veterans Memorial Association meets at the American Legion, 10-20 Clintonville Street at 8. DEMOCRATIC CLUB Thursdays, November 10, December 8 Jefferson Democratic Club meets at the Clearview Gold Course Clubhouse at 7:30. STAMP CLUB Thursday, November 10 Queens Stamp Club meet at the Forest Hills library at 5:45. HORIZONS Thursday, November 10 Horizons, a group for those 55 and over, meet at 12:30 at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112 th Street. $3 includes coffee and cake. ILION BLOCK ASSN. Fridays, November 11, December 9 Ilion Area Block Association meets at the Afr i c a n C e n te r C o m m u n i t y Empowerment, 111-92A Farmers Blvd., St. Albans at 7:30. CAMBRIA HTS LIBRARY Saturdays, November 12, December 10, January 14 Friends Board of Directors of Queens Library at Cambria Heights meet 4-5:15. BELLA ITALIA MIA Sundays, November 13, December 11 Bella Italia Mia meets at Christ the King High School, 68-02 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village. 426-1240.
FLEA MARKETS HARVEST FAIR Saturday, November 5 United Methodist Church of Floral Park, 35 Verbena Avenue 9:30-3:00. GOLDEN BAZAAR Saturday, November 12 at Church in the Gardens 114. 50 Ascan Avenue, Forest Hills. ANNUAL FAIR & FLEA Saturday, November 12 at Emanuel Church, Woodhave n B l v d . a n d 9 1st A v e n u e from 10-8. Baked goods, books, granny’s attic, vendors, more. MINI BAZAAR Sunday, November 13 mini bazaar and rummage sale 103 at the Forest Park Jewish Center, 90-45 Myrtle Avenue, Glendale. TREASURE SALE Saturday, November 19 106 and Sunday, November 20 10-5 Holy Family School, Utopia Parkway and 75 th Avenue.
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LORCA FLAMENCO November 11 through December 11 flamenco tribute at 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. HOME-COMING Friday, November 4 Kew Gardens Art Show at the Center at Maple Grove in Kew Gardens. 709-0390. Saturday, November 5 “A Word About Home: A Group Poetry Reading from 1-3 at Spolini’s Restaurant in Kew Gardens. 805-5852. Saturday, November 5 3-6 Kew Gardens Art Show at Mood Restaurant in Theme is the idea of home and what it means to Kew Gardens artists, photographers and poets. Kew Gardens. 849-MOOD. CHINESE DRAMA Saturday, November 5 Journey of Chinese Drama: History and Masterpieces at the Flushing library at 2. ANCIENT GREEKS Saturday, November 5 Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives at 2 at the Flushing library. MUSIC 30-70S Saturday, November 5 Great Music from the 30s to 70s at the Peninsula library at 2. PUPPETS ALIVE Saturday and Sunday, November 5, 6 Puppets Alive at Flushing Town Hall. 4637700, ext. 222. PRINCESS & PEA Saturday and Sunday, November 5, 6 at Flushing Town Hall. 463-7700, ext. 222. HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY Saturday, November 5 108:30 and Sunday, November 6 12-3:30 at Church of the Resurrection in Kew Gardens. Baked goods, antiques, gifts, jewelry, Chinese Auction and more. 8472649. CONCERT Sunday, November 6 virtuosi concert at St. Joan of Arc in Jackson Heights. $10. 229-2333. BENEFIT CONCERT Sunday, November 6 Gay Willis and the Angel Voices and Bells of St. Aidan’s Church at Kellenberg Memorial HS in Uniondale at 4. 464-1800. SUNDAY CONCERT Sunday, November 6 at 3 at the Central l i b ra r y. Caracumbe is a NY-based Afro-Peruvian ensemble. LIVE JAZZ Sundays through December 18 at 180-25 Linden Blvd., St. Albans from 5-9. $5 donation. 347-262-1169. FOLK SONGS Monday, November 7 folk songs from around the world at 6 at the Flushing library. SINATRA & MORE Monday, November 7 tribute to Sinatra, Manilow, Sedaka and more at the Seaside library at 6. LOVE SONGS
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Queens Today HEALTH INTRO CHAIR YOGA Saturdays, November 5, 12, 19 at the Lef ferts librar y. Register. WII FIT Monday, November 7 stay in shape with Wii Fit at the LIC library at 4. INTRO YOGA Monday, November 7 at the Woodside library. Register. SELF-HEALING Monday, November 7 introduction to relaxation and self healing at the Baisley Park library at 6. CANCER SUPPORT Mondays, November 7, December 5 Franklin Hospital’s Cancer Support Group meets 2-4 in the cafeteria. 516-256-6478. INTRO YOGA Monday, November 7 at the
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SQUARE DANCE Saturday, November 5 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 229-4000 for ticket information. COUNTRY WESTERN Saturday, November 12 Neil Scott Johnson. $13. Thanksgiving celebration with heroes served. Glendale Memorial Building, 7202 Myrtle Avenue at 7:30. 763-4328.
Glendale library. Register. ALZHEIMERS Tuesdays, November 8, 22, December 13, 27 Caregiver Support Group in Forest Hills. 592-5757, ext. 237. INTRO CHAIR YOGA Tuesdays, November 8, 15 at the McGoldrick librar y. Register. 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. Free. Donation. 516-8298740. SPECIAL NEEDS Wednesdays, November 9, 16 Insight into Dealing with
ENVIRONMENT PL ASTIC ALTERNATIVES Thursday, November 10 Safer Alternatives to Plastics: Cracking the Code on Plastic Labels at 4 at the Woodside library. EDIBLE CROPS Thursday, November 10 Growing Edible Crops YearRound at the Steinway library at 6. GREEN FILM Saturday, November 12 “Bag It!” will be shown at the Steinway library at 3.
Special Needs at 11:30 at the Richmond Hill library. INTRO CHAIR YOGA Thursdays, November 10, 17 a t t h e B r i a r wo o d l i b r a r y. Register. ZUMBA Thursdays, November 10, 17 at the Arverne library. Register.
EDUCATION/ GAMES/CRAFTS PRACTICE LAB TIME Tuesdays, November 8, 15, 22 computer practice lab time at the Far Rockaway library at 4. LI CHESS CLUB Tuesdays at the LIC library at 4. SCRABBLE CLUB Tuesdays at the East Flushing library at 3:30. KNIT & CROCHET Tuesdays at the Windsor Park library at 2. INTRO WORD Wednesday, November 9 at the Central library. Register. COMPUTER BASICS Wednesday, November 9 at t h e W i n d s o r Pa r k l i b ra r y. Register. ORCHIDS Wednesday, November 9 Orchids for Your Home lecture. $5. Voelker Orth Museum in Flushing. 359-6227.
YOUTH Tuesday, November 8 LEGO World Builders at the Glendale library at 3:30. SAVINGS Tuesday, November 8 t the Richmond Hill library at 3:30. ARTS & CRAFTS Tuesday, November 8 at the Auburndale library at 4. BOOST BANKING Tuesday, November 8 at the Central library at 4:30. MY THS & MONSTERS Tuesday, November 8 at the Kew Gardens Hills library at 4:30. CHESS CLUB Tuesdays at the LIC library at 4. READ TO A DOG Tuesdays, November 8, 15 at t he Nor th Hills libra r y. Register. BOOK BUDDIES Tuesdays, November 8, 15, 22 at 5 at the Windsor Park library. TUESDAY CHESS Tuesdays at the Rosedale library at 4:30. GOING GREEN Wednesday and Thursday, November 9, 10 Going Green with LEAP at the Astoria library at 3:30. LEARN HOW TO SAVE Wednesday, November 9 at the Seaside library at 3:30. TIPI TALES Wednesday, November 9 Native American Tipi Tales at the East Flushing library at 4. PEN PALS Wednesday, November 9 at the Windsor Park library at 4. BOOST SCIENCE Wednesday, November 9 BOOST Science Lab at the Central library at 4:30. STORY TIME Wednesdays, November 9, 16, 23 at the Arverne library at 10. HAPPY HAPPY STORY TIME Wednesdays, November 9, 16, 23 t the LIC library at 10:30. CHESS Wednesdays at the Queens Village library at 3:30. KNITTING Every Wednesdays at the Bayside library at 4. KNIT & CROCHET Wednesdays at the South Ozone Park library at 1. TOPS TRUMP CARD Every Wednesday tournament at the LIC library at 4. KINDERGARTEN STORY Wednesday, November 9 at the Bellerose library. Register. NUTRITION Wednesdays, November 9, 16, 23 at the Cambria Heights library. Register. GAME DAY Wednesdays at the Poppenhusen library at 4. BOOST HEALTH Wednesdays, November 9, 16, 23 at the McGoldrick library at 5. RECYCLE Thursday, November 10 at the Astoria library. Register. BOOST READING Thursdays, November 10, 17 at the McGoldrick library at 5. JAZZ KIDS Thursday, November 10 East Elmhurst Jazz Kids per-
form at 4 at the library. KIDS CLUB Thursday, November 10 at the Hillcrest library at 4:30. 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 Circle, Fresh Meadows. For those 11 and older. 4542391. GAME DAY Friday, November 11 at the Rochdale Village library at 4. 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. GAME PLAYERS Every Friday at the Hillcrest library at 4. CHESS CLUB Fridays at the Auburndale library at 3:30. GAME DAY Fridays at the Rochdale Village library at 4. GAME TIME Fridays at the Windsor Park library at 4. CHESS TUTORIAL Fridays at 4 at the Woodside library. BOOST GAME DAY Fridays at the Central library at 4:30 and at 5 t the McGoldrick library. CUB SCOUTS 351 Fridays at St. Nicholas of Tolentine school cafeteria, Parsons Blvd. and Union Turnpike. Boys in grades 15. 820-0015. ELECTRIC COMPANY Saturday, November 12 at the Central library at 2. LIBRARY EXPLORERS Saturday, November 12 at the Central library. 990-0114 to register.
THEATER HARD WALL Through November 19 “A Hard Wall at High Speed” at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church. 866-8114111. TWO PIECES OF… Through December 11 “ With Over Two Pieces of Luggage” at the Greek Cultural Center in Astoria. 7267329. S’WONDERFUL November 3 through 13 at Queens Theatre in the Park. 760-0064. TWELFTH NIGHT Saturdays and Sundays, November 5, 6, 12, 13 at St. Luke’s in Forest Hills. Gingerbread Players. 2687772. HAIRSPRAY Saturdays and Sundays, November 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 at the Free Synagogue of Flushing. 229-8547. CILL CAIS PLAYERS November 6 at 4 at the NY Irish Center in LIC. Oneact comedies. 347-0879.
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QUEENS LIBRARIES Many branches of the Queensborough Library offer toddler and pre-school programs. Contact your local branch for dates. SCIENCE PLAYGROUND Weekends through December 31 10-6 and 2-5 Fridays at the Hall of Science. $4 plus general NYSCI admission. FAMILY STORY TIME Saturdays, November 5, 19 at the Flushing library at 11. ANCIENT GREEKS Saturday, November 5 at the Flushing library at 2. 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. SCIENCE LAB Saturdays at the Central library at 11. MATH HELP Saturdays at the Flushing library at 10. HOMEWORK HELP Saturdays 10-noon teen tutors available at the Bayside library. 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 , F re s h Meadows. CRAFT KIDS Monday, November 7 at the Flushing library at 3. GOING GREEN Monday, November 7 Going Green with LEAP at the Broadway library at 4. MS BOYS Monday, November 7 workshop for middle school boys at the Cambria Heights library at 4. ORIGAMI Monday, November 7 at the Fresh Meadows library. Register. LITTLE TOT TIME Monday, November 7 at the Hillcrest library at 4. WII FIT Monday, November 7 at the LIC library at 4. BEGIN CROCHET Monday, November 7 at the Rosedale library at 4. VOCABULARY Monday, November 7 B O O S T C o m m u n i t y Word Project at the Central library at 4:30. MATH ACTIVITY Monday, November 7 at the McGoldrick library at 5. LITERACY Monday, November 7 Information Literacy for Kids at the Windsor Park library at 6:30. 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 library. CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Tuesdays, November 8, 15, 22 at the Glen Oaks library at 11. LEGO
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Tennis Champs:
The 14U Jr. Team Tennis club from Queens took home fifth place out of the top 16 teams in the country at the Advanced level. In their final match they took on a team from Redmond, Wash., and defeated them with a score of 53 to 40 (scores are determined by games and not matches). Pictured l. to r.: Coach Elena Bantovska, Sabrina Xiong, William Trang, Marcus Smith, Alexandra Koniaev, Brianna Williams, Christian Gloria
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Queens resident Amanda Morales was one of four graduates from this year’s Ailes Apprentice Program. The graduation was for the seventh graduating class of the program since its inception in 2003. Speakers at the ceremony included former mayor David Dinkins and former NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez. Amanda is originally from Flushing, and graduated from St. John’s University in 2009 with a degree in Communication Arts. She currently works within the Fox News polling unit as a Production Assistant and Researcher. As part of the program Amanda was paired up with a mentor, Dana Blanton, the Director of Public Opinion Research for Fox News Channel. Dana has been with FNC since September 1996- just before the channel’s debut and she currently manages all aspects of the channel’s polling and opinion research. The Ailes Apprentice Program is an exclusive diversity education program in which a select group of minority individuals are chosen each year as apprentices to provide opportunity and access to different facets of Fox News. As apprentices they are mentored by executives, attended development seminars and meetings with executives and on-air talent, completed job shadows, etc. Senator Tony Avella announced that he has invited all schools within his district to participate in an “Anti-Graffiti” school poster contest. Contestants from all grades will compete to create posters that will
discourage graffiti in our community. All signs should be no larger than 18” x 24” and submitted to Senator Avella’s District Office, located at 38-50 Bell Boulevard, Suite C, Bayside, NY 11361, by Nov. 18. The Senator’s office will fully review each submission with a winner to be selected from the elementary, middle and high school level. The winners will be announced in early December and invited to attend an awards ceremony. Each winner will receive a $100 check and runners up will receive $50 courtesy of a donation from the Bayside Business Association and will have their poster placed in prominent locations throughout the community. The New York Lottery announced Michael Medoro of Bayside won $25,000 on the Lottery’s $3,000,000 Richer instant game. Medoro’s winning ticket was purchased at the Gateway News at 89 South St. Pier 17 in Manhatan. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Danielle A. Traverso, a 2005 graduate of St. Francis Preparatory High School, Fresh Meadows, recently completed the Navy Nuclear Power Training Unit course with Nuclear Power Training Unit, Ballston Spa, NY. Traverso received instruction about nuclear theory, chemistry, physics, reactor operations, safety and security. Upon completion of the course, Traverso was designated a nuclear power operator. Traverso joined the Navy in March 2009.
Ian Harris, a resident of Hollis Park Gardens, received a BA in Politics and Government from the University of Hartford. His twin, Jason Harris, also a Hollis Park Gardens resident, received his BA in Fine Arts from Seton Hall University. Luckily the graduation ceremonies were one day apart! On Sunday, Oct. 16, Temple Tikvah welcomed PJ Library families into its sukkah to celebrate the Jewish fall festival of Sukkot. The tradition of Sukkot is to invite people, friends and strangers to share meals in the sukkah and to make friends. Parents and children had a wonderful time during this free program singing along with Rabbi Sheinberg and Cantor Bonne, shaking the lulav and etrog, listening to story time and decorating their very own “Etrog Man” cookie on a stick. These events are part of the PJ Library program which Temple Tikvah is pleased to bring to the communities of Western Nassau and Eastern Queens. The PJ Library program supports young families by sending books and music with Jewish content free of charge on a monthly basis to children from age six months to eight years. Created by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, The PJ Library is a national program implemented in local communities. For further information about our PJ Library programs go to templetikvah.org.
Assemblyman Rory Lancman had the honor of awarding reading certificates to the young competitors in this year’s New York State Assembly Summer Reading Challenge. Students from schools in Jamaica, Flushing, Briarwood, Kew Gardens, Fresh Meadows and Richmond Hill attended the ceremony, along with family and friends. The young readers were invited to accumulate reading days of forty or more throughout the summer, either independently or with their parents and guardians, and were also encouraged to use all of the resources that Queens Public Libraries have to offer. Lisa Ramos, whose children Lara and Eduardo attend PS 117 and participated in the Summer Reading Challenge this year, remarked that she was very happy that the certificates were presented to the students at a special ceremony. “A lot of the time my kids don’t want to read, but if I tell them that they’ll get something out of it, they have the incentive to do it,” she said of the Summer Reading Challenge program. Seven students from PS 117 were awarded certificates, and onE of the school’s Reading teacher, Mary Conlon, and PTA president, Howard Slewett, also attended the ceremony. “Getting young students to read for a total of forty hours throughout the summer is a challenge, but I am thrilled to be able to encourage them to do it,” said Lancman.
Happy Halloween: St. Mary’s Hospital for Children hosted a Halloween party by Spirit Halloween for the fourth year in a row. President and CEO Steven Silverstein and volunteers spent the afternoon with St. Mary’s Kids decorating pumpkins, playing games and enjoying lots of tricks and treats. Here, Silverstein, helping St. Mary’s Kids create some extraordinary memories. Assemblyman Rory Lancman with students from the Summer Reading Challenge.
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For Ruby Rubia, size does not matter. She’s not one to kowtow to the stereotype of what a model should be. Curves and a full figure will not deter her from her dream. “I was always interested in modeling, and I always liked pictures and fashion,” she said. “I always get compliments, so I figured I’d do it.” This medical assistant who got a degree from a technical school in Brooklyn after graduating Franklin K. Lane High School split her time growing up between our sister borough to the west and her home of the last 10 years in Howard Beach. Certainly, she has fallen in love with Queens. Though work keeps her pretty busy, Ruby finds time to hang out with her buddies from the 106th Precinct at some of her favorite watering holes, taking part in parades and playing softball. “I don’t go out much because I just graduated from college,” she said. Her latest focus is to try to break into the modeling world. “I would love to be a success,” she said. “I want to be in one of those magazines.” We’re rooting for ya, Ruby.
When Councilman Leroy Comrie introduced his new Communications Director Gregory Rose, he revealed that he’s not a “Smooth Operator” when it comes to social media. This prompted the QConf staff to sneak a peek at the councilman’s Facebook page. While it wasn’t a shock to see Comrie is friends with his City Council colleagues, it was surprising to see a bare info page with the exception of two items. Turns out the councilman is a fan of Jennifer Hudson and Sade. Even if you’re not Facebook literate, it would be “The Sweetest Taboo” to not include a love for the British songstress.
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Our often-neglected borough with a regal name got a visit from real royalty last week when Princess Mary of Denmark came to Queensbridge. No, her cab didn’t accidently get lost trying to find the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. The wife of Denmark’s heirapparent was visiting the Jacob Riis Settlement House in Queensbridge, named for the photographer of the Manhattan tenements of the early 20th century who was born in the kingdom where she and her husband will one day reign. Her royal highness was greeted by Queensbridge’s residents, including little girls who jumped at the chance to meet a real life princess. During a conversation about body image, the girls were asked what constitutes a perfect body. The princess had a laugh when one of the girls answered “a big butt.” Whether she was laughing with us, or at us, is another story. Princess Mary, thanks for visiting, we hope you come back to Queens again, especially when you are one. Princess Mary of Denmark (left), just visited Queens.
Yuppie Paradise? With the hipsters slowly being floors, a driveway and a finished priced out of Williamsburg and other Brooklyn neighborhoods near Manhattan, at least one Realtor is trying to lure them to Queens. But not Astoria, Long Island City or Forest Hills; this clever Realtor is trying to entice them closer to the ocean…to the Rockaway Peninsula. The Realtor describes Rockaway as “the new Williamsburg” in an ad for a 5-bedroom, 2-bathroom home with a fireplace, hardwood
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basement – yep, sure sounds like a hipster place to us. The ad doesn’t specify where in Rockaway the house is, but the description of the home seems to point to ultra conservative middleclass Irish Catholic Belle Harbor, where we’re sure Williamsburg’s Bohemians will fit in just fine. Also, the Realtor forgot to mention “easy to get to.” Just a dozen or so stops on the J train to Broadway Junction, head down a flight of stairs that conjures up thoughts of hiking down the Matterhorn, wait for the Rockaway-bound A train, take it another 20-25 minutes to Broad Channel, then switch to the shuttle to Rockaway Park and in only two hours flat, you’re in the new yuppie paradise. No sweat! Looks like somebody needs to take a marketing refresher class.
Pass The Peanuts Remember Steven Slater, the recovering alcoholic flight attendant who screamed at an unruly passenger, grabbed a beer off his beverage cart, popped the emergency slide from his JetBlue plane and slid down the ramp and into our hearts last year? Well, it turns out the “recovering” part of alcoholic is back on his resume, as he recently finished a stint in rehab last month. Though he had been charged with criminal mischief (and became an instant celebrity in the process), Queens DA Richard Brown took pity on him and asked a judge to be lenient. Slater, having completed his treatment program, now has to look for a job. Anybody looking to hire a moody, self-promoting alcoholic nutjob?
Sex Offender App
Confidentially, New York . . .
Just as Queens kiddies tricked their way through the Halloween holiday, New York State treated parents – with a new sex offender app. To make it easier for residents to locate sex offenders in their neighborhoods, the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services created a handy Facebook app. This new tool allows users to search by last name, county or zip code, providing the con’s photo, name, address, a physical description and details of their arrest. With another gadget added to modern day moms and dads “utility belts,” the children of the borough will have one less thing to worry about, as their parents have their backs from a smartphone. Now if only we could keep them safe from the perils of that Halloween candy. To access, search Facebook for "NY Sex Offender Locator."
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