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Officials Try To Quell Pomonok Concerns By ROSS BA RKAN Amid the outbursts, confusion and despair, the clusters of aging Pomonok residents in the Christmas-decked room were briefly able to laugh. Bishop Mitchell Taylor had told resident Beverly Singer, one of many vocal participants at the meeting, that if she had the conviction to not leave her apartment after the New York City Housing Authority ordered her to leave, he would not stand in her way. “You can stand in my way anytime, you’re very attractive,” she replied. The Bishop, the president of the East River Development Alliance, smiled bashfully as laughter rippled through the crowd. It was a rare interlude of levity in an otherwise tense afternoon. More than 80 residents, mostly senior citizens, gathered on Dec. 15 in the Pomonok Houses Senior Center at Pomonok Houses in South Flushing for an informational session hosted by ERDA—a non-profit organization that works to improve the lives of public housing neighborhoods—about NYCHA’s policy of downsizing residents from larger apartments to smaller apartments. The meeting was also a soapbox for the many distraught residents to object to being forced to leave the apartments they had known for so long. Carolyn Jasper, NYCHA’s Queens and Brooklyn director, told them that many younger families are living in situations of severe overcrowding and need more space. Residents throughout the City’s public
housing developments are informed, when they sign their lease, that they may be forced to change apartments when they are “under occupied,” meaning that if they are living alone, for example, in a two-bedroom apartment, they will be asked to relocate to a onebedroom apartment. When families grow up and spouses die off, longtime residents can find their apartments much emptier than they used to be. Tenants under-occupying apartments can choose to be put on a waiting list for a transfer within their housing development or join a borough-wide waiting list. But the policy was rarely enforced and Pomonok residents have taken particular issue with the tone of letters sent from NYCHA informing them their apartments were now under occupied; residents and local politicians believe the letters were too threatening. NYCHA has offered $350 for moving expenses and is not assisting residents in physically moving their belongings, enraging them further. Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz (D-Flushing), who attended the meeting along with representatives from Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) and Congressman Bob Turner’s (R-Breezy Point) offices, has maintained the $350 amount is paltry, considering how much it actually costs to move. “Were these letters sent out system wide?” asked Simanowitz, directing his question to Jasper. “The letters go out at every development, yes they do,” she answered. “Every elected official I contacted, not
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Residents didn’t always unite over the same grievances. When Singer said she wanted to know why “we have to give up our apartments for shelters,” another resident shot back, “people in shelters work hard too, honey, come on now. I came from the shelter, they brought me out here. I was a working mother.” NYCHA did not answer questions as of press time asking them how the $350 figure was devised and if they would consider further assisting residents with their relocations. “I want to see some action, it really is a bad situation,” said Jewel Bryant, a 22-year resident of Pomonok. “We need Mr. Bloomberg, that’s who we need. The mayor. He’s in charge. He’s the one we need to talk to.” Though the meeting somewhat clarified the downsizing process, residents took little solace in the additional information. “I love this place, I was brought up here,” said Alex Jacob, who has been living in Pomonok for nearly 55 years. “I’ve been fighting them ever since.” Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.
Court Tells ICCC To Give Documents By ROSS BARK AN In one version of events, agents from the Inspector General’s office arrive unannounced at the homes of senior citizens to harass them needlessly. In another, developers blatantly lie about their plans to community members and politicians. Supporters of the Indian Cultural and Community Center, the nonprofit group that has galvanized eastern Queens, were dealt a blow when a State Supreme Court judge recently ordered the ICCC to cooperate with Inspector General Ellen N. Biben’s investi- T h e I C C C p u r c h a s e d l a n d o n s i t e o f t h e gation and turn over additional Creedmoor Psychiatric Facilty. documentation that she has reVinoo Varghese, the ICCC’s lawyer, conquested. The inspector general’s office, along with the Attorney General’s office, are inves- tends the inspector general’s office is wasting tigating the ICCC’s 2008 purchase of two taxpayers’ money and harassing innocent parcels of land on the campus of the people. He said the ICCC is willing to coopCreedmoor Psychiatric Facility. According erate with the attorney general’s investigato several reports, the land was purchased for tion but the additional inspector general $1.8 million, well below its market value of investigation is redundant. “The inspector general’s tactics are caus$7.3 million. The deal was orchestrated by former State Sen. Frank Padavan, among ing great anguish in the community,” Varghese said. “Imagine agents with badges others. Prominent detractors of the group in- showing up at your door suddenly. Clearly, clude State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), the inspector general hasn’t approached this who defeated Padavan in a 2010 election. in a professional way.” Varghese alleges senior citizen supporters Avella said in a statement that “this ruling further crystallizes the notion that the leader- of the ICCC have been interrogated at their ship of the ICCC believes they are above the homes simply because they dared to publicly law and do not have to follow the laws of this question Avella’s anti-ICCC stance. Officially state.” Community Board 13, encompassing tasked with investigating cases of State corrupmuch of eastern Queens, and neighboring tion, the inspector general, in Varghese’s eyes, civic associations have overwhelmingly op- is overstepping its bounds because the ICCC is posed the ICCC since they announced they a nonprofit organization. He wants the attorwould be constructing two nine-story senior ney general and inspector general to consolidate their investigations. residence towers. He also said the ICCC is considering Critics of the ICCC claim that the towers are simply too large and constitute an “out of appealing the court decision. “Why should taxpayer dollars be wasted on character” development for nearby neighborhoods like Bellerose and Queens Village. Avella this?” he said. “These are senior citizens being has also said he does not think the ICCC harassed. It’s just heart-wrenching to watch.” Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at intends to ultimately build senior housing. Given the scope of the project, he believes the rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 357ICCC’s development is a commercial venture. 7400, Ext. 127.
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during rendezvous in an empty classroom.” By V ERONICA LEWIN In January 2010, the two exchanged emails A Hollis teacher is out of the classroom after being accused of having a relationship and Facebook messages. On more than 10 occasions in March 2010, it is alleged that with one of his middle school students. Charles Oross, 44, an eighth-grade teacher Oross picked up the student in his car and at PS 238, located at 88-15 182nd St. in took her to a secluded location to engage in sexual activity. According to Hollis, is accused of having a SCI, Oross told the teen he had sexual relationship with one of a vasectomy and did not use a his students. Oross is charged condom. Soon after, the stuwith second-degree rape, thirddent told Oross she wanted to degree rape, second-degree start hanging out with people criminal sexual act and endanher own age and ended the gering the welfare of a child. relationship. The charges were made afThe student’s mother beter an investigation conducted came concerned when her by the Office of New York City daughter would leave for school Special Commissioner of Inbefore 6 a.m., but return to get vestigations Richard Condon ready to go back to school. was released Dec. 15. The inAccording to the investigation, vestigation began in August Charles Oross, 44, has her mother knew the teen had after an anonymous tip. Acbeen charged with seca crush on the teacher, but did cording to the investigation, ond-degree rape, not know the extent of the relathe alleged relationship between among other charges. tionship. Oross once had dinOross and the student was on and off between January 2009 and April ner with the student’s family. The plaintiff’s wife, Wendy Oross, called 2010. The investigators met with the student, investigators and reported that Oross renow 16, who said she began a sexual relation- newed email contact with the student last ship with Oross in January 2009, when she month under the name “Barry Oakly.” If was 13 years old. According to the report, convicted, Oross faces a maximum of four the two would meet at the school at 6 a.m. years in prison. In a Dec. 15 letter to Schools Chancellor The trysts continued until September 2009, when the student began dating one of her Dennis Walcott, Condon called for Oross’ termination. On Dec. 1 Oross was reaspeers. “This case is particularly disturbing be- signed to his home during workday hours cause the defendant is a teacher and schools and is subject to random visits, according to should be safe havens for children,” said the investigation. Reach Reporter Veronica Lewin at Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. “Instead, this defendant is accused of sexually vlewin@queenspress.com or (718) 357preying upon one of his eighth grade students 7400, Ext. 123.
one of them, they contacted their individual tenant associations, none of them have gotten this letter,” Simanowitz said. Jasper said the letters had gone out all at once at Pomonok, but should have been sent during each NYCHA-designated quarter. The problem with Pomonok, Simanowitz argued, was the lack of decency being shown to residents; he told a story of a resident who could not come into a building management office between 8:30 and noon to discuss the letter because she worked during those times. The management office allegedly told her, “that’s your problem, you’ve got to take off.” Bucking any stereotypes that the elderly are soft-spoken or passive, residents at the meeting applauded, jeered, and offered a few Jerry Springer Show-like “ooohs.” When a particular point needed to be made, residents were unafraid to stand up and yell out, even if someone else was speaking. “To do this at this time of year is absolutely abominable,” Singer said during the meeting. “If Nettie Meyersohn was here, this would have never ever happened,” she added, referring to the longtime assemblywoman who Simanowitz replaced.
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By DOMENICK RAFTER Resorts World Casino New York City President Michael Speller glanced over the railing in the casino's second floor Liberty Bar down to the stage at Bar360; his arms behind his back, his expression a mix of relief and excitement. Behind him, workers carried ladders across the freshly-laid carpet, eyeing the light fixtures to make sure each is working properly while workers test the remaining video lottery terminals. A decade after casino gambling was authorized at Aqueduct Racetrack, 14 months after ground broke on the site, and seven weeks after the first bets were placed in the 2,280 VLTs on the casino's first floor, the second and third floors of the complex, including two restaurants and 70,000 square feet of event space, opened to the public at 1 p.m. on Dec. 16. The second floor, called the Fifth Avenue Casino, is designed to be more sophisticated and geared toward those who are serious gamers, Speller explained. He described it as "more conservative looking" and "aimed to capture the attention of those going out of state for their gaming experience." The spaces between the slot machines are wider and many of the games have higher limits. Also on the second floor is Crockfords Casino- a private invitation-only lounge for VIP guests hidden away from the main casino floor. Crockfords includes 64 VLTs and 14 Electronic Table Games with limits as high as $25 per bet. Speller said the casino is named for the oldest operating casino in the world, Crockfords Casino in London, which has been operating since 1828. The casino's two main restaurants include RW Prime, a steakhouse, and Genting
Genting, including newer Norwegian Cruise Lines ships,Resorts World NYC's Vice President of VIP Marketing Dana Leibovitz said. Speller added that the concept of the open kitchen aims to let the customers and the chefs interact in a unique way. "It gives diners the opportunity to watch their steak being cooked and allows the chefs to show off their skills," Speller said. Across the hall, Genting Palace features ornate light fixtures and seafood tanks lining the wall. Both restaurants feature private dining areas for bigger parties. On the third floor of the complex, the Central Park floor is 70,000 square feet of open event space - the largest event space in Queens and is already being offered for large events. The room can be divided, but Resorts World NYC spokesman Stefan Freidman said the goal is to bring large events like trade shows or galas, events that would normally shun Queens because of the lack of event space. Assemblymembers Mike The only part of the site Simanowitz and Phil remaining is the covered Goldfeder, Councilwoman skybridge to the A train subKaren Koslowitz and Comway station. While work is conmunity Board 6 District tinuing on the bridge, the final Manager Frank Gulluscio design of the actual subway were among those at the station is still under negotiaopening of the second gamtion, Speller said. The casino ing floor at Resorts World is a short walk from the North Casino at Aqueduct Racetrack on Dec. 16. Two restaurants including Genting Palace (above) opened as well. Conduit Avenue A train stop and can be accessed by the Palace, a gourmet Chinese restaurant. RW steakhouse is its open kitchen. Diners can Q37 bus. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at Prime's dark wood walls and rustic interior look directly into the kitchen and watch invoke the feeling of a classy New York City their food being cooked. The design is drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357steakhouse. An interesting element of the common in other facilities owned by 7400 Ext. 125.
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Change The Board Of Standards, Pols Say By ROSS BA RKAN Though the quiescent corner in Bayside Hills and the urban roil of Woodside Avenue have little in common beyond that they both exist in Queens, each was a site of civic action united around rage that was virtually identical. In one scene, on Halloween night, Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) and Councilman Dan Halloran (RWhitestone) stood with civic leaders to decry the Board of Standards and Appeals and announce reformative legislation. A little more than a month later, in a very different locale, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (DSunnyside) was fuming with equally-perturbed civic leaders about the conduct of the BSA, announcing that he would introduce four pieces of legislation to vastly alter the way the BSA issues variances. “We have had it with the Board of Standards and Appeals,” Van Bramer said in front of a construction site on 64-01 Woodside Ave. “We are fed up with this seemingly bogus agency that consistently, time after time, grants variances and passes rulings that fly in the face of everything that we as communities want for our neighborhoods.” The BSA is a city agency established as an independent board to oversee landowners who want to deviate from the specific zoning code of the property that they wish to build upon. The BSA is composed of five individuals appointed by the mayor and must include a planner, a registered architect, and a professional engineer. A majority of the time, the BSA reviews applications for variances—an exception that allows land zoned for one particular use to be utilized differently—and appeals from property owners whose proposals have been denied by the Dept. of Buildings or other City agencies.
Overturning a BSA decision is quite difficult and only a court order can supercede the BSA. Van Bramer’s bills would create a procedure through which the BSA would incorporate community board, borough board, City planning commission, and lessee and tenant recommendations into their final decision. One piece would expand the BSA to 16 members, including five members from the City Council, five from City Hall, one from the Public Advocate, and one from each borough president’s office. Another bill would create a formal procedure for community members to draft complaints against the issue standing before the BSA, and a fourth would require the New York City Council to
approve all members of the BSA. Weprin and Halloran have proposed two pieces of legislation, one that would give community board members and the borough president the power to appeal a BSA decision, and another that would ensure the BSA notify a property owner they must apply for a new variance six months before it expires. Though he said he had spoken with Halloran about the BSA issue, Van Bramer said he was unaware of the specifics of Halloran and Weprin’s legislation. Weprin similarly said he was aware of Van Bramer’s legislation but had not had the chance to actually read it. He added that he wanted to work on the
process as quickly as possible, and would be communicating with Van Bramer. He could not state for certain when official collaboration on legislation would begin. Though Halloran’s tone echoed Weprin’s, he did allude to a few key differences that will have to be resolved between Van Bramer’s legislation and his own. Halloran said he believes any legislation that is passed should not deviate significantly from the City Charter. He said he has asked Van Bramer to sign onto his legislation and he in turn would cosponsor Van Bramer’s legislation. Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.
New Campus May Create 30K Jobs By JASON BANREY Queens officials are lauding the arrival of a new two-million-square-foot applied science and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island. On Dec. 19, Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced Cornell University and TechnionIsrael Institute of Technology as winners of the City’s Applied Sciences NYC Initiative. A number of proposals for an applied sciences facility were received by the City. Roosevelt Island was eyed as a top contender within Bloomberg’s initiative which aimed to establish an applied sciences campus on City-owned land within the five boroughs. Although the land sits outside of the borough, officials believe Queens will reap positive economic impact. Over the projection period, the Cornell/Technion consortium’s project is expected to generate nearly 600 spin-off companies with an estimated cre-
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ation of up to an additional 30,000 permanent jobs. The Queens Chamber of Commerce favored the consortium’s plans to develop an applied-sciences facility on Roosevelt Island since the requests for proposals process began. “The location’s close proximity to the borough will be economically beneficial to surrounding areas for both Queens and those who want to expand their businesses,” said Jack Friedman, executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce The addition of both companies in proximity to Western Queens will become part of a growing core of science and engineeringbased businesses and institutions, which include JetBlue, the RCN Corp., Schick Technologies and the Dept. of Health. U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Astoria) believes the addition of the new applied-
sciences facility to Roosevelt Island would pay tremendous dividends for generations to come. In conjunction with a City subsidy of $100 million, as well as the free land, a record donation of $350 million was received from Atlantic Philanthropies and its Chairman Charles Feeney. When the project is complete, the institutions promise the Roosevelt Island campus will result in an increase in the number of fulltime graduate engineering students enrolled in leading New York City Master’s and Ph.D. programs by approximately 70 percent. Currently, Cornell/Technion plans to open in an off-site location in 2012, with the first phase of their permanent home on Roosevelt Island to open by 2017. Reach Reporter Jason Banrey at jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.
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Pomonok Resp onse To The Editor, As a 41year resident at Pomonok Houses, a past board member of the Resident Association, NYCHA-DEP committee member, and Pomonok Neighborhood Center Board member, Pomonok residents have always been informed of the Resident Association's "Grievance Committee" that advocates for resident issues. We knew the name and telephone number of that board member. As a response to Monica Corbett's resident leader position at the Pomonok Houses, her Resident Association Board has not informed the Pomonok residents of a "Grievance Committee." NYCHA repair and management issues over the past 2 years, residents have advocated alone, or had support from other residents. It would be ideal if NYCHA resolved the issues the next business day, but Ms. Corbett is fantasizing. It took more than six months for NYCHA to send the roofer to my building, which has leaked into my son's and daughter's room, to address the leaking ceilings, only after reporting to the Tribune. I did not have an oven to cook in for more than six months, until reporting the negligence to the District Office of NYCHA. Ms. Corbett needs to take her head out of the sand when it comes to NYCHA repair issues. Is she for the Pomonok residents or is she for self-glory with only NYCHA personnel that she advocates for? There has to be a respectable avenue that NYCHA requests to "downsize" multi-decaded residents, that NYCHA was aware of their family size from annual review documents, required of every tenant. What was NYCHA doing all those decades regarding the residents whose family composition in the
apartment decreased? Where is their accountability, to put fear in those now seniors and by seniorcide, make the apartments vacant for the residents waiting for larger apartments? No, I am not advocating overcrowding for families, but NYCHA can be sensitive to the seniors they failed to request from the time the tenant documented their household size. NYCHA can work with seniors to relocate within their already-existing community for a smaller apartment, but they can also work with the overcrowded families to relocate them to another development. Why does the long-time senior/tenant have to be the one told, "If there is not a smaller apartment available here for you in Pomonok, then you will have to move to another development, which could be in another borough? This same principle, can it also be applied to the family waiting for a larger apartment? Ms. Corbett’s letter is the first time I have known about the resident association working with residents' issues 24/7. Is this new? We as residents of Pomonok barely get notices in our buildings about resident meetings. As a staff of the QCH-Pomonok Center, residents are always calling or coming directly to the Community Center seeking date and time of Resident Meetings. In conclusion, Ms. Corbett should make herself available to all residents, young and old. We all were once babes, then teens, adults and seniors. And the Community Board 8, Pomonok and Electchester Community have always worked together for the better of all our community. Thadine Wormly South Flushing
Bloomberg is babbling nonsense. The latest diatribe against teachers is that the public school system could do better with fewer teachers - about 50 percent fewer. What planet is this man on? Does he not realize that the vast majority of teachers in the city public school system work extremely hard under the most difficult conditions? Overcrowded classrooms, lack of essential supplies and unruly students, not to mention the lack of administrative support, just to mention a few. The mayor has never been in a classroom and does not have the knowledge or experience to be an educator. He is a corporate billionaire and has absolutely no concept of how to effectively run a school system, as was evidenced by his total ignorance when he hired Cathie Black last year as chancellor. We all know how that political gerrymandering turned out! John Amato, Fresh Meadows
community, and former president of our civic association, I feel I must comment on the city's plan to charge for street parking. When I moved into my present home around 1954, we were charged for our water by the number of faucets in and outside of our homes. Then, under the guise of water conservation, they decided to charge for the water by the amount of water the homeowner used. A nominal fee. Then as the city's budget grew they started raising the water rates to a fee approaching the real estate taxes we are charged. I say once the city finds a way of getting more money from the residents of the city, they will raise the "nominal" fees commensurate with the needs monies spent for entitlements and other things, Bridge tolls were 25 cents and now $4! The whole thing is a just another way of fleecing our residents! Bernard Aquilino Bellerose
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To The Editor, People concerned with the city's drinking water and the state's environment need to comment on the state DEC draft hydraulic fracturing permitting guidelines. The DEC recently released the revised draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS), which is the document that will guide permitting of this controversial natural gas drilling technique. The comment period ends on Jan. 11. We need our voices heard here in Queens because the revised draft SGEIS does not analyze the cumulative impacts that this activity could have on our communities; nor does it properly address how to dispose of the toxic drilling wastewater. New York City's fragile water supply infrastructure is left unprotected with inadequate setbacks from drilling sites. It would be catastrophic if the city lost our water supply. While the DEC did create some restrictions, many of them either expire after 2 years or can be waived by property owners. But perhaps the most glaring deficiency is the lack of a public health analysis. New York residents who want to read the full document can find it on the DEC's website at www.dec.ny.gov/ energy/75370.html. Submit comments before Jan. 11 at www.dec.ny.gov/ energy/76838.html. Vanessa Rodriguez, NYPIRG Project Coordinator, Queensborough Community College
To The Editor, What is it about these avid (read rabid) OWS haters? What blinds them from seeing; seeing what OWS is all about? Why is it so difficult for some to comprehend the outrageous disparity of wealth in our country, which is the reason for the Occupancies throughout our country? The 99 percent will not and cannot be stopped. I read the same old letters from the same old clueless writers; the ones who attempt to denigrate words like Occupiers, Progressives, Liberals; writers by tagging the 99 percent as Socialists, Communists, nihilists, any negative-ists one can think of rather than realist, empathist or humanist, which is what they are. These misguided critics do not even realize that by their need elevate their self esteem and to paint themselves as superior to the protesting "riff-raff" does not make them a part of the elite 1 percent. They are merely stooges and facilitators and those 99 percent out there actually represent them as much as it represents nurses, teachers, firefighters, ad infinitum … as well as the police ordered to keep them contained. One need only view the graphic proof indicating the comparative rate of income growths having taken place in the last 30-some-odd years. The middle class has virtually flatlined while the wealthy have exploded exponentially. Why? There are those simple-minded who contend that the root cause for the lack of growth of the middle class is that they do not work hard enough. Is there anyone naive enough to suggest that the ever-growing disparity was and is because the wealthy had
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each year worked several times harder than the previous year while the middle class has just sat traditionally on their lazy old butt year after year! Obviously; nonsense. The reason that the middle class has such a near impossible task of upward mobility is the barriers set up by that exclusive club of the 1 percent making certain it is kept exclusive. Typical barriers set up to keep the middle class back in their place are cut support for education and teachers and raising college costs keeping them uneducated, cut health care keeping them poor and hopefully disappear sooner, do away with unions depriving working people with any power concerning their wages and any other impediments to ensure their position remains stagnant. Finally, to keep that 99 percent in their place and their 1 percent in their ever skyrocketing growth pattern, tax dodging is brought to an art form and loopholes like a mine field are dug everywhere possible. The wonder is not why the 99 percenters feel something stinks; the wonder is why the dillusionary, would be 1 percenters do not. Nicholas Zizelis Bayside
Protect Ourselves To The Editor, I am sure that everyone is glad that our troops are coming home from Iraq. We have troops stationed in more than 100 countries and we are building more bases overseas and we are closing bases at home. Our leaders tell us that our country is being protected by U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts. Why are they not concerned about protecting our borders? For many years, our country has been invaded by illegal immigrants and virtually nothing has been done about it. Our leaders have been actually stimulating the invasion with policies labeled refugee importation and refugee unification. Small towns across the country have been inundated with population increases after our government placed thousands here and there, supporting them for up to seven years. We must protect our own country by bringing our troops home, building up our defenses at home and controlling our nation's borders. Janet McCarthy Flushing
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A Political Junkie’s Holiday Gift List By MICHAEL SCHENKLER It’s that time of year and we sent our reporters scurrying to find the gifts that top the lists for our elected officials and politically involved leaders. After one diminutive journalist played undercover elf at Santa’s workshop and another used satellite surveillance on Hanukkah Harr y’s home, we checked the gossip blogs and compiled the following proposed holiday gift list. POLITICAL HOLIDAY GIFT LIST Councilman Mark Weprin: A gavel useable Jan 2014. President Barack Obama: A Newt Gingrich 2012 Republican nomination. Councilman Dan Halloran: Valium and favorable redistricting of Tony Avella’s Senate seat. Assemblyman Mike Simanowitz: A quick Albany exit to Jim Gennaro’s Council seat in 2014. Assemblyman Rory Lancman: Oppor tunit y. State Senator Mike Gianaris: A NY Senate Democratic Majority which doesn’t eat its young. Comptroller John Liu: A miracle. Queens Democratic Organization: Younger leaders. State Senator Malcolm Smith: A teflon jacket. State Senator Shirley Huntley: Dots that don’t connect. Councilman Peter Vallone Jr: Democratic Organizational Love. US Senator Kirstin Gillibrand: Continued success. US Senator Chuck Schumer: A successful ’12 Election for the Senate Dems.
Congressman Greg Meeks: See Liu, Smith and Huntley. Presidential Wannabe Mitt Romney: An Olympics to run. Mayor Mike Bloomberg: A recount... on the Census. State Senator Tony Avella: Dale Carnegie Courses. Borough President Helen Marshall: She’s never been in the State Senate – kidding. Councilman Peter Koo: A cross endorsement. Assemblywoman Vivian Cook: Good health. NY Civ ic Founder Henr y Stern: Good government. For mer Congressman A nthony Weiner: A digital “recall and do over” switch and a happy family. Mayoral candidate Tom Allon: His wildest dreams. Councilman Leroy Comrie: A professional fundraiser who is professional. Governor Andrew Cuomo: A veto of any redistricting plan not done by an independent commission. For mer Comptroller, Mayoral Wannabe Bill Thompson: No surprises. Congressman Bob Turner: David Weprin, again. Assemblywoman Grace Meng: Discovering meaning in the Albany process. Councilman Eric Ulrich: An excuse not to run for the Senate and avoid Albany. Assembly woman Michele Titus: Who? Councilwoman Liz Crowley: An election year without a race.
Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz: A lesson in relaxation. Public Advocate Bill DiBlasio: A shot. District Attorney Richard Brown: Whatever he wants. Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder: A guide to progressive New York. Reverend Floyd Flake: Peace. Assemblyman Ed Braunstein: A bride. Assemblyman Bill Scarborough: Opportunity due to a leadership vacuum. Assemblyman Dav id Wepr in: A make-over. Former Mayor Ed Koch: A bottomless box of popcorn. Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi: See Floyd Flake. Council Speaker Christine Quinn: See John Liu. Assemblyman Mike DenDekker: A good acting gig. Assemblyman Jeff Aubr y: Goo d health and an easy basketball game Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas: Perhaps an oppor tunity closer to home. Council in 2013? Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan: Excitement. Assembly woman Barbara Clark: Dots that don’t connect to State Senator Shirley Huntley’s dots. Assemblyman Francisco Moya: A good time in the Assembly, if it’s possible. Comptroller Tom DiNap oli: See Leroy Comrie. AG Eric Schneiderman: Elected Officials with phone conversations which are
fun to listen to. Councilman James Sanders: May the misfortune of others open doors for him. State Senator Jose Peralta: See AG Eric Schneiderman above. State Senator Joe Addabbo: A safer district. GOP Queens Chair Phil Ragusa: See Floyd Flake. State Senator Toby Stavisky: A CoDemocratic District Leader who spends more time in the District. Congressman Joe Crowley: As much influence with the Dems in Congress as he has in Queens. Congressman Gary Ackerman: Any map he wants. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney: A fun celebration as she bids goodbye to Queens. The People of Queens: A fair, nonpar tisan, independent redistricting, fewer scandals involving elected officials, a government that works and serves them, and an improved economy. And to all our friends and readers: May the New Year bring only good news to you and yours. MSchenkler@QueensTribune.com
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Seabrook, Boyland Escape Conviction On Fraud Charges By HENRY STERN Reading the newspapers in recent weeks has become an exercise in exploring one scandal after another. In our field, watch ing t he per formance of public agencies and elected officials, we have been following the Henry case of City Councilman Larry Seabrook, a city or state legislator for 27 years, and William Boyland, a Brooklyn Assemblyman and member of a political dynasty. Seabrook is also an entrepreneur in providing a variety of social services to the public, for which he and the organizations he controls are handsomely rewarded by the government. For example, he collects rent for office space, said to be exorbitant in a 2010 Federal indictment, from nonprofits for which he helps to secure public funding. At the same time, some of those same ta xpayer-funded nonprofits employ senior people who happen to be relatives of the Councilman. Seabrook, derided by critics as “Cash and Carry” Larry, has had a lengthy career as a public official. He was first elected to the state assembly in 1984 and was reelected five times from his district in the north Bronx. He moved up
to the state senate in 1996 and was re-elected there in 1998. In 2000 he challenged Congressman Eliot Engel in the Democratic primary, but was defeated. A year later, Seabrook was elected to the City Council and was re-elected in 2005 and Stern 2009. He is now serving his third term, and is ineligible for re-election. One of the community organizations in Seabrook’s orbit is the Nor theast Bronx Redevelopment Corporation. The Federal indictment against Seabrook accused the organization of radical underperformance on the education and training programs it received federal funds to operate. Seabrook denies all the allegations, and argues that they were not proven beyond a reasonable doubt at the trial, at which the jury failed to reach agreement and was dismissed. Tuesday night, reporter Errol Louis interviewed Seabrook and his attorney, Edward Wilford, on NY1’s Inside City Hall. It deals largely with Seabrook’s claims that jobs were created under the government-supported programs and Louis’ unsucce ssful effor t s to get t he Councilmember or his attorney to substantiate those claims. The
United State s At torne y for t he Southern District intends to retry the case. We believe an important aspect of the proceedings will be the selection of the jury. An issue emerging from the Seabrook hung jury and the case of Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland, Jr., who was acquitted of corruption charges on Nov. 10, is whether jury nullification is an element in the verdicts. Jury nullification occurs when the jurors may believe a defendant most likely committed the crime for which he is accused, but other reasons lead them to believe that conviction would be unjust. The most prominent case of jury nullification in the recent history of the United States is O.J. Simpson’s acquittal of the murder of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman. The trial was closely watched by millions of people around the world and reported upon extensively in the media because of the prominence of the defendant and the cruelty of the double murder. One theory of the jury’s rationalization in Simpson’s acquittal is that for many years in the United States, particularly in the South, it was considered impossible for an African-American to get a fair trial, and, over the years, hun-
dreds were lynched by mobs unsatisfied by trial verdicts or unwilling to wait for them. As a result, the jury may have been inclined to acquit Simpson to make up for past injustices committed against African-Americans. The recent cases of elected officials escaping justice give reason for anxiety. If juries fail to convict when evidence is presented of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, societ y w ill be har med. More
wrongdoers will come to believe that they will escape punishment because juries will sympathize with their ethnicity, or disbelieve any witnesses representing the state. It’s bet ter for juries to decide on the basis of the evidence submitted than on the ident ity of the defendant or prosecutor. To rely on any other basis than the merits of a case is a miscarriage of justice, no matter which side benefits. StarQuest@NYCivic.orh
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Queens This Week
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Vincenzo Ciaramella (l.) and his teammates, Alfonzo Rodriguez and Wagdy Moussa.
Queens Native Wins Architecture Contest
Jeweler Accepting Toy Donations
New York Institute of Technology student Vincenzo Ciaramella is headed to Costa Rica, but not for a vacation like many his age. The Howard Beach native is an architecture student who with two teammates designed a recycling and recovery center for a coastal town in the Central American country. His design won a Facebook contest for best design- voted on by more than 3,000 people on the social media site and now his design might come to fruition. Ciaramella, who grew up in Howard Beach and attended high school at St. Francis Prep, is a senior at New York Institute of Technology. A professor he had last year contacted him about the project in Costa Rica and a contest was created out of it where teams of three were created. Students did research about the project, what it would entail and about the village of Nosara on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica along the Nicaraguan border where the center would be built and operated. Ciaramella said he was drawn to the project, and to the contest, when he heard about it. "It's only every so often that the school has a competition like this" he said. He was one of nine students whose projects won. Two groups of three were chosen by judges and one team, which included Ciaramella and his teammates Wagdy Moussa and Alfonso Rodriguez, were chosen by voters in a Facebook poll. Now Ciaramella will go to Nosada, Costa Rica on Jan. 10 to see the site where the center will be built. All three teams will go to the site, but Ciaramella will be the only one in his team as his teammates are unable to make the trip. A final design will be decided by a spring class he will be part of. It could be his design or a fusion of the winning designs. When the final design is chosen, the process will move on to construction planning, including blueprints, and eventually construction itself. Ciaramella said the experience has given him the ability to learn different aspects of architecture and construction that he hadn't previously known about, opening up his options for employment when he graduates next year. "There's a lot of collaboration going on," he said. "It's more about collaborating with other students and working together." He added that he got some real life experiences out of the project about how his field works. "It's a real work experience," Ciaramella said. "You have to communicate with other people, not only in your project but also with people at the site." Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400 Ext. 125. —Domenick Rafter
Austin Street's holiday shoppers dash up and down Forest Hills' main retail strip, focused on their gifts and the people for whom they are buying them. Shoppers glance in the windows of the stores to check out prices and items and get gift ideas. In front of New York Diamond Boutique, one woman glances into the store to look at the jewelry store's sparkling merchandise. She looks down to see a box in front of the sidewalk with a different type of gift- toys. But the three-year-old jewelry store at 7146 Austin St. isn't selling toys alongside their rings and necklaces; they're accepting them as donations as part of Toys for Tots. "It feels good to give back in this way," Michael Jaye, the owner of NY Diamond Boutique, said. He added that this was the third year his store was taking part in the program. The store has been recognized by the Marine Corps for their assistance in the program. A certificate of recognition hangs on the wall of the store near the front entrance. The box, labeled Toys for Tots, sits on the sidewalk in front of the store's glass windows. It was filled to the brim with toys ranging from board games to toy helicopters last Friday afternoon, but in the two weeks or so the box has been out there, Jaye already had to empty it once. The Marine Corps were scheduled to pick up the toys on Thursday to give to children by Christmas, but the store will continue collecting toys until the end of the year. Generosity will not go unrewarded- anyone who donates a toy between now and the end of the year will get a $100 gift certificate to NY Diamond Boutique. Jaye added that his store also takes part in other charitable events during the holidays. NY Diamond Boutique takes part in a program called "Gift of Time," which provides senior citizens with new working watches. "Often seniors may not have a watch that works," Jaye said, noting the importance of knowing what time it is for seniors who have to schedule doctor appointments, medicine doses, and visits from family. "It helps keep them in touch with the world." Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400 Ext. 125. —Domenick Rafter
Vacant Houses Wor r y Aubur ndale Cars don't pull in and out of the garages, and people don't walk in and out of the houses to greet neighbors. The four houses at 47th Avenue and 198th Street in Auburndale have been vacant for years, and nearby residents are envisioning a haven for
the drug-addled and the homeless, if something isn't done soon. "We can not understand why the owners of this property allow this site to deteriorate in this manner," wrote Henry Euler, first vice president of the Auburndale Improvement Association, Inc., in a letter. "This is another example where this type of development is inappropriate and problematic for the surrounding community and where city agencies are ineffective." Four attached two family homes built around 2007 stand on the block, unoccupied since their completion. Litter and debris are scattered on decaying, garbage-encrusted grass. Houses numbered 47-04 and 47-08 have open garages. According to Euler, the owners of the properties were unable to secure certificates of occupancy. Parsons Realty LLC and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for Credit Suisse First Boston own the properties. The Dept. of Buildings visited the properties in November to issue a violation, but did not secure the property with a chain link fence. A second DOB visit in December did not lead to the site being secured or cleaned up. "This is a situation that shouldn't exist in any community," Euler said. "I'm afraid some people on drugs might get in there. Someone could start a fire. We don't know what could happen." Since 2007, four complaints have been logged by the DOB about house 47-08, eight against 47-06, and nine against 47-10. In 2010 and 2011, seven complaints have been logged against 47-04. The Environmental Control Board has slapped all the houses with numerous violations. "It's a deplorable situation," said State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside). "The City has to do more to correct these situations. The developers should be made to take these buildings down." Avella said abandoned developments have been an ongoing problem in the City. Developers who don't have the money to finish building a property are prone to abandoning them; according to Avella's office, the property owners on 198th Street have defaulted on $40,000 in fines from the Environmental Control Board. Agencies are not equipped, in his estimation, to handle long-term problems with property. The Dept. of Buildings did not respond to requests for comment as of press time. Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. –Ross Barkan
Civic Group Gives Back The Welcome to Whitestone Civic Association has announced a new business card that will give all civic members discounts at select local businesses. Devon O'Connor, the president of the association, said he was proud to launch the Whitestone Discount Card program. "A lot of business owners in Whitestone were coming to me asking how can we give back to the community?" O'Connor said. "We went back, and a couple weeks later, came up with the Whitestone discount card." Like other civic associations, O'Connor's group is a collective of volunteers dedicated to addressing neighborhood issues. For O'Connor, one big issue is the scuffling local economy. Each participating business decides what sort of discount they want to offer. Some businesses, like Whitestone Car Wash, will offer a $2 discount and GNC of Whitestone will offer 15 percent off all purchases. A complete list of participating businesses is available at www.welcometowhitestone.com. Businesses outside of Whitestone, if they wish to participate, can offer discounts as well.
O'Connor emphasized that no other civic in the area had created such a project before. The youthful O'Connor's civic association rivals the older Greater Whitestone Taxpayers' Civic Association-it is no coincidence that the discount card is only open to members of his civic. Welcome to Whitestone civic members pay a $20 annual fee to earn a place on the website and attend monthly meetings. "It's very simple, the businesses love it, and it doesn't cost me anything," he said. "They're really popular. We've just ordered a second batch of cards. The first batch was for 250 and we have a little over 200 people in our civic." O'Connor's civic association made waves this year when State Sen. Tony Avella (DBayside) told the Queens Campaigner that another civic association would divide the residents of Whitestone. Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) in turn defended Welcome to Whitestone. The Greater Whitestone Taxpayers' Civic Association declined comment. O'Connor said he expected the initiative to boost membership in his civic association. "The economy is tough right now," he said. "With this card, people can get the discounts they need. When we hold civic meetings, we can meet more neighbors and new residents of Whitestone." Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. —Ross Barkan
Officials Upset With Sale Leak The Queens Borough Public Library's operational funding may be under siege, but capital funding is doing just fine. The library has purchased seven commercial spaces in a Flushing luxury residential building for $3.5 million. The announcement of the deal by real estate company DelShah Capital, LLC has irked Queens Library Associate Communications Director Joanne King, who said the announcement, though true, was premature. "They really jumped the gun," King said. "There are several libraries in downtown Flushing that are heavily used. What exactly will go there, when, and where, has yet to be determined." The seven street-level commercial spaces, totaling more than 10,000 square feet, are located at Sunrise Terrace on 31-32 Union St. King explained that the purchase was a very unique situation for the library and that the spaces were obtained for "customer service." She said the library was able to purchase the property, which was in foreclosure, at "an aggressive price." While libraries across the borough have continually battled further cuts to their operational costs, capital funding has been unaffected and has actually been "robust," in King's words. "We are excited that such a veritable institution was attracted to this building," said Marc Watkins, executive vice president of DelShah Capital, in a statement. "We are extremely confident that the library's plans will be an asset to the neighborhood." Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. —Ross Barkan
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Holiday Happening:
Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley and the Forest Park Trust Inc. recently held a Holiday Happening at Forest Park. Hundreds of residents attended the event, which featured a holiday crafts table, Victorian carolers, a visit from Santa, and a production of “A Christmas Carol” presented by Plaza Theatrical.
G-COP/104COP’s Camille Venezia & Elizabeth DeLaCruz pick up non perishable food donation for the needy of our community from the home of Community Board Chairman Vincent Arcuri. The Glendale/104th Precinct Civilian Observation Patrol will conduct a Christmas Food Drive to benefit the Saint Mathias Food Pantry. Members of the patrol will come to your door step to pickup your non-perishable food donation. If you wish to donate, call Patrol Coordinator Elizabeth DeLa Cruz at (718) 810-0011. Residents of Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village & Ridgewood interested in joining the patrol can fill out an online application at 104COP.org. The Woodhaven Business Improvement District’s Forest Parkway Tree has been named No. 4 in New York City’s top 10 holiday trees, tied with the Sunnyside Holiday Tree. Westminster School in Simsbury, Conn., recently announced that Alemante Tedla of Flushing and Angelo Hunt of Rosedale received academic honors for the fall 2011 term.
Air Force Airman Hilario A. Silverio graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic
Linda Vila joined MediSys in 2009. She previously served as Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Care and Public Administration at Long Island University, CW Post Campus, as well as Associate Dean of its College of Management. Previously she was an Assistant Vice President at Long Island College Hospital, responsible for risk management, quality improvement and legal issues. Earlier she held Director positions with the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation and its St. Barnabas Hospital affiliate’s Correctional Health Services. She holds a Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School and a BA in English from Hunter College of City University of New York. MediSys Health Network is the not-forprofit parent organization of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Flushing Hospital Medical Center and Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center. The Flushing Rotary Club donated $10,000 to New York Hospital Queens Save-A-Life campaign. The money will be used to purchase cardiac equipment for hospital ambulances. The hospital’s Women’s Auxiliary partnered with the hospital’s Community Advisory Council to bring the fund raising campaign into the community. The campaign also included a raffle with a 40-inch flat screen T.V. and a Tiffany & Co. silver chain and pendant as prizes. Diane Sixsmith, M.D., Chair, Emergency Medicine, NYHQ, picked the winning tickets belonging to Vincent Gianelli and Cyrille Kousiaris pictured below. The equipment that will be purchased will be top-of-the-line cardiac monitors/ defibrillators at a cost of approximately $30,000 each. The new cardiac machines are designed to bring the Emergency Room physician—virtually— to the patient. Vital signs, heart rhythms (ECG) and other important information are wirelessly sent to
The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Queens Zoo is hosting an educational winter camp for children ages 6 to 10, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 28-29. The Queens Zoo is a scenic place for kids to learn about animals and nature. Games, crafts and other activities will introduce kids to the world of animals and the environment. A meet-and-greet with the animal residents will allow participants to learn how animals native to North and South America adapt to winter weather at animal presentations in the zoo’s education classroom. Cost is $125 for members and $150 for non-members. For information about winter camp or other Queens Zoo education programs, visit www.queenszoo.com or contact the zoo at qzeducation@wcs.org or (718) 271-7361. The New York Lottery recently announced that Stacy Pinnacchio of Floral Park won $25,000 on the Lottery’s Double The Money instant game. Pinnacchio’s winning ticket was purchased at the Lakeville Stationery at 2036 Lakeville Road in New Hyde Park. The New York Lottery recently announced the names of area Lottery players who claimed a winning ticket from one of the Lottery’s live drawings Dec. 3-10. The following winners each received a cash prize valued at $10,000 or more: Philip Ramphal of South Richmond Hill won $10,000 on the Mega Millions drawing Dec. 2. Ramphal’s winning ticket was purchased at the Atlantic Quickserve, 134-30 Atlantic Ave., Jamaica. Keith Vereen of St. Albans won $10,003 on the Mega Millions drawing March 8. Vereen’s winning ticket was purchased at the Gurcharan And Brothers,
100 West Merrick, Valley Stream. Chandrawattie Latchman of Jamaica won $36,449 on the Take Five drawing Nov. 29. Latchman’s winning ticket was purchased at the Jashill Mart, 165-01 Hillside Ave., Jamaica. James Murphy of Rockaway Point won $19,313 on the Take Five drawing Nov. 10. Murphy’s winning ticket was purchased at the Shree Nath Cards & Gifts at 157 Beach 116th St., Rockaway Park. Vrsha Desai of Queens Village won $10,000 on the Quick Draw drawing March 4. Desai’s winning ticket was purchased at the N B S Stationery, 1619 Dutch Broadway, Elmont. Deeptiben Desai of Queens Village won $10,002 on the Quick Draw drawing Feb. 12. Desai’s winning ticket was purchased at the N B S Stationery at 1619 Dutch Broadway, Elmont. Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) will host a year-long food drive through December of 2012. Canned nonperishable food can be dropped off at Hevesi’s district office during business hours, at 70-50 Austin St., Suite 110, Forest Hills. His office will periodically distribute the food to local food banks running short of stock. “This food drive is a convenient opportunity for people to help aide local food banks all year long,” Hevesi said. “When you make a shopping trip to Austin Street, I encourage residents to stop by my office and donate some canned goods to the drive.” The New York Lottery recently announced the names of area Lottery players who claimed a winning ticket from one of the Lottery’s live drawings between Nov. 27 and Dec. 3. The following winners each received a cash prize valued at $10,000 or more. Michael Davanzo of Queens Village won $10,000 on the Mega Millions drawing Nov. 25. Davanzo’s winning ticket was purchased at Wang’s Stationery, 236-11 Braddock Ave., Bellerose. Mailliw Padilla of Ridgewood won $29,418 on the Take Five drawing Nov. 24. Padilla’s winning ticket was purchased at Hot Booz Liquor, 281 E. 161st St., in the Bronx. Zhong Chen of Flushing won $10,000 on the Mega Millions drawing of March 18. Chen’s winning ticket was purchased at the Starside Drugs, 41-15 Kissena Blvd., Flushing.
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The 106th Pct. Auxiliary Unit, is deeply saddened by the passing of one of their own, A/Lt. John Jefferson. A/Lt. John Jefferson was born Dec. 25, 1943 and died Oct. 31, 2011. He joined the 106th Pct. Auxiliary Unit on Dec. 22, 1981, he died having 30 years, over 7,100 hours, as a volunteer with the NYPD, and serving and helping the community he loved. At Thanksgiving, the 106th Pct. Auxiliary Unit, gave thanks for having the opportunity to have known such a wonderful and gentle man, who served with pride. A/Lt. John Jefferson, you are so missed, and will continue to be missed, forever in our hearts and memories, lovingly, your brothers and sisters in blue at the 1-oh-6!
warfare principles and skills. He is the son of Rosa Villaman of Far Rockaway and is a 2009 graduate of Far Rockaway High School.
the receiving hospital. A physician can view the information from a computer monitor at the hospital and give direct guidance to the paramedics and EMTs before the patient arrives. Hospital staff can also prepare a plan of care before the patient arrives. The machines use hands-free leads that are applied to the chest to “shock” a patient’s heart back to a normal rhythm. In addition, a patient’s risk of death or brain damage can be reduced because the patient’s inner core temperature is carefully monitored. To make a donation to the Save-A-Life Campaign please call the hospital’s development office at (718) 670-1009.
Local Reps Propose Post Office Solution
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By DOMENICK RAFTER for USPS to pay those obligations beforeU.S. Postal Service’s College Point facil- hand is being pushed by many who want to ity, slated for closure this winter, has been see the agency completely privatized. USPS given a reprieve until May, but the facility’s is an independent government agency, but stay of execution may be a futile one. Its the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the future is in the hands of the body of govern- right to create post offices and oversee mail ment that has developed a reputation for delivery networks. gridlock- Congress. Both Congressmen acknowledged Nevertheless, two of the borough’s lead- that the bill alone would not solve all of the ers in Congress have a plan USPS’s problems. that they say has bipartisan Ackerman suggested changing the U.S. support and can pass Con- “This isn’t only gress before the May 15 about getting holiday Postal Service’s price deadline after which the saying the cost cards out of the door structure, of sending mail does not College Point facility may close its doors and as many in a timely manner. allow USPS to raise as 1,000 jobs could be lost. It’s about getting enough revenue to cover their financial obligations. U.S. Reps. Gary Social Security Ackerman (D-Bayside) and “You can’t get FedEx Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson checks, about getting to send mail for 45 cents,” Heights) have authored a prescription drugs,” he said. “The price strucbill that would relieve the U.S. Rep. Joseph ture is not good.” U.S. Postal Service from Crowley, meanwhile, Crowley (D-Jackson the requirement to prepay Heights) acknowledged the decline the money required for in first class mail usage pensions and retiree benand the effect emails and efits, something both Congressmen say is not the Internet may have had on it, but still noted required of any other federal agency. the mail is a vital means of getting important “What they need is certainty,” Crowley information and items and closing the Colsaid. “Having that over their heads every few lege Point facility will make that harder. months is not helpful. It’s asking the post “This isn’t only about getting holiday office to do what we don’t ask any other cards out of the door in a timely manner,” Crowley said. “It’s about getting Social Sefederal agency to do.” Both said there is widespread bipartisan curity checks, about getting prescription support for that legislation because the po- drugs.” Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at tential closures are a nationwide problem that affects constituents of both parties. drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357Crowley suggested that the requirement 7400 Ext. 125.
Council Works To Curb Illegal Firearms By JASON BANREY Following the shooting of Officer Peter J. Figoski, who was shot with an illegal firearm after responding to a robbery in Brooklyn, the City Council’s Public Safety Committee held a hearing in an attempt to clamp down on guns streaming into the boroughs. During the hearing, three resolutions concerning federal gun-related legislation were introduced and discussed in an effort to curb illegal gun trafficking, require background checks for firearms sales and restrict the ability of gun owners with permits carrying concealed handguns into different states. In Councilman Peter Vallone Jr’s (DAstoria) ongoing effort to prevent illegal firearms from entering the City, he drafted a resolution calling on Congress to pass legislation that would require background checks for all private firearm sales. The resolution received the support from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, who was on hand to testify before the committee. “We need to do more than just require background checks at gun shows, that’s a nobrainer,” Vallone, chair of the Public Safety Committee, said. “We need to require background checks for the sale of all handguns by closing the gun show-Craigslist loophole. If a criminal can go online and get a gun it defeats all the rules we have in place.” Last week, the Mayor’s office released results of an investigation revealing the ease for almost anyone to purchase firearms online without submitting to a background check. Undercover investigators found that more than half of private gun sellers contacted in the probe were willing to sell guns to buyers who said they could not pass background checks.
DA Vance testified that upwards of 90 percent of guns used in the commission of a crime come from out of state. Anti-gun advocates also expressed concerns with Resolution 1122, which calls on Congress to defeat legislation that would force New York to allow residents from other states with permits carry concealed guns into the state. The New Yorkers Against Gun Violence pointed out a six-month period in 2007
where the Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper found that Florida, a state which does not have a residency requirement for the purchase of handguns, issued permits to more than 1,400 convicted felons who included murderers, armed robbers and child molesters. With Figoski’s shooting fresh on everyone’s mind, Vallone highlighted that the issue of illegal guns is not only a problem in Brooklyn but is an issue citywide.
“In my district alone we had three shootings in Astoria recently,” Vallone said. “That was just over one weekend. I hope these resolutions send a message to Washington. We don’t want illegal guns flooding into the city.” The City Council is expected to vote on the resolutions before the end of the year. Reach Reporter Jason Banrey at jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.
Schools Tackle Online Bullying By JASON BANREY In an effort to build support for legislation to help curb cyberbullying, Assemblyman Bill Scarborough (D-Jamaica) joined State Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) to introduce an online questionnaire to gain feedback from children affected by virtual incidents. The survey, which can be accessed by students online at cyberbullycensus.com, engages students directly, posing questions about virtual harassment and its effects within their lives. “This census is to get a better handle on how widespread bullying is,” Scarborough said. “By asking young people in a fairly vulnerable age range, we hope to get a consensus and find out who has been involved and who has been engaged.” Over time, anecdotal incidents have come to the Assemblyman’s attention in both his district and with young people brought forward by family members and friends. “This is a big issue statewide and nation-
ally,” said Scarborough, who wants to make cyberbullying a more serious crime with stronger sanctions. “This specific form of bullying seems to be more insidious than normal bullying because it can be spread indefinitely. People can spread nasty things and there is no telling where it is coming from.” Scarborough joined a slew of supporters at several charter schools across the City to discuss cyberbullying prevention last week, asking teens to fill out the online survey about their own experiences. Suzanne Arnold, administrator for school culture and student support at the Renaissance Charter School in Jackson Heights, one of the schools visited by Scarborough on the tour, believes gaining feedback from the children who have experienced being bullied over the Internet will help provide a better understanding about what the underlying issues are. Arnold admits the charter school has had some incidents of cyberbullying, “but it
hasn’t become chronic.” According to Arnold, only 5 percent of cyberbullying incidents are reported. She explained that another way to tackle the issue is by making parents aware of their child’s activity online. “If parents are not aware of what their children are doing online, it makes it difficult for them to get involved,” said Arnold, who helps implement a bullying prevention program at the charter school. “They have to be able to respond to it as well. By working with both the parents and their children is one way of doing that.” Scarborough hopes the legislation will have a big push in January. “Hopefully we can move it along as quickly as possible,” Scarborough said. “This could be lifesaving and ease some bullying and harassment our young people have become victim to.” Reach Reporter Jason Banrey at jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.
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Where The Streets Have The Same Names:
Borough’s Grid System Can Confuse Some Who Don’t Know The Rules Of Our Roads By DOMENICK RAFTER You’re new in Queens and you’re looking for an address on 73rd Street, but you end up on 73rd Place instead and spend the next 20 minutes trying to figure out where you are before you discover you were a block away from your destination the whole time. Or maybe you were born and raised here and you keep getting someone else’s mail, someone with the same address, except he lives on 103rd Avenue and you live on 103rd Streetright around the block. If any of these examples sound familiar to you, congratulations, you’ve been had by Queens’ one-of-a-kind street grid system.
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Grid street systems are designed to make navigating a neighborhood, town or city easier. The sequential order of numbers- or letters- allows people to easily find where they’re going. After First Street comes Second Street, after 9th Avenue comes 10th Avenue. It’s an idea almost as old as civilization itself, dating back to 2600 B.C. in the Indus River Valley. But our borough’s nearly centuryold grid system is not necessarily as easily understandable and is full of weird quirks and unique designs, like multiple streets with the same numbers and huge gaps in the pattern, that often make it more a pain to navigate. Even a GPS can get confused. “The street address system is one of the most commonly asked about things about the borough,” said Queens Historian Jack Eichenbaum. The idea for a borough-wide grid system came in 1911 when Maurice Connolly was elected borough president. He ordered the Topographic Bureau to study a borough-wide street numbering and address system to eliminate redundancies in the existing systems, which were difference in each neighborhood. Some neighborhoods such as Jackson Heights and Whitestone had grid systems of their own. So an address like 100 7th Street may have existed in both neighborhoods. Charles U. Powell, the engineer in charge of the Topographic Bureau in 1911, designed a system modeled after the one used in Philadelphia. The neighborhoods that had already been laid out were encompassed into the system and their names changed to numbers, though throwbacks to the original names still exist. Glendale’s streets were once named for German composers, which fits the neighborhood’s German roots. Riders of the A train might know that 88th Street in Ozone Park was once called Boyd Avenue. Commuters on the 7 train know 40th Street in Sunnyside used to be called Lowery Street. In Jackson Heights, avenues were once named for U.S. Presidents. Only one remainsRoosevelt Avenue. However, not all neighborhoods took to the new grid immediately. Powell’s plan faced stiff opposition throughout the borough, especially among those who feared it would kill neighborhood identity. Forest Hills kept its street names into the 1930s, and Forest Hills Gardens remains off the grid. Many of Flushing’s
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Birth of the Queens Grid
Under Queens’ grid system, several streets with the same numbers intersect, which is one of the factors causing confusion among those navigating the borough. while avenues are followed by roads and drives- and on rare occasions-terraces. For example, 69th Street in Maspeth isn’t immediately followed by 70th Street, instead it is followed by 69th Place, then 69th Lane, and then 70th Street. In Springfield Gardens, 144th Avenue is followed by 144th Road, then 144th Drive and finally 144th Terrace, one of only a handful of places in the borough where A Unique Layout Streets run north/south and are num- a terrace is added to the mix. In some bered in ascending order from west to cases, the streets or avenues are misseast beginning with 1st Street, in the ing, while the drives and roads or places Hallet’s Cove section of Astoria and end- and lanes exist. Middle Village has a 66th ing with 271st Street in New Hyde Park. Road and 66th Drive, but not a 66th Avenue. Bayside has a 31st Those identified as avRoad, but there is no 31st enues run east/west and Avenue east of College are numbered from 2nd Av- “The street Point. Whitestone has a enue in Whitestone south address system 151st Place, but there’s to 165th Avenue in Howard no 151st Street north of Beach. If that’s where it is one of the Kissena Park. stopped, it w ould be most commonly In neighborhoods with simple. But in betw een an already existing grid asked about there exists a messy everchanging street patter n things about the system like Astoria and Jackson Heights or ones where numbers are often borough.” laid out after the system skipped- or repeated. began, like Bellerose and –Queens Historian In some areas, there Jack Eichenbaum. Laurelton, the numbers are large gaps in the numare easy to follow- much bers. For example, 69th like Manhattan, but in arAvenue in Oakland Gareas that developed within the already exdens is immediately followed by 73rd Avenue and more dramatically, in South isting grid or came into the grid later, like Ozone Park 133rd Avenue is followed by Forest Hills, the roads, drives and lanes 149th Avenue- a jump of 16 numbers in came into play to fill the holes left in the grid. one block.
streets are named, including the pattern of avenues named for fauna near the Queens Botanical Gardens. Neighborhoods with winding streets like Jamaica Estates, Holliswood and Douglaston kept their street names. Ridgewood streets are all named because many cross into Brooklyn.
As if skipping numbers isn’t confusing enough, how about repeating numbers? The complaint most often heard about the borough’s street system is the repeated use of the same number on successive blocks. In many neighborhoods, one number street isn’t immediately followed by the next. Instead, streets are followed by places and lanes,
Addresses Queens’ grid system includes not only the numbered streets, but also addresses. The two are intertwined and the address system is uniform throughout the borough, with the exception of Ridgewood which follows the Brooklyn system. Addresses in Queens normally
have between three and five numbers and features a hyphen. The number before the hyphen is the cross street to the west of you if you’re on an avenue, road, drive or terrace or to the north of you if you’re on a street, place or lane. The number after the hyphen is the lot on the block. So for example, 55-10 78th Street would be the 10th lot south of 55th Avenue on 78th Street. Address can theoretically range from 1-01 to 271-99. In some circumstances, the nearest cross street to the north or west is not a numbered street. Addresses run as if a numbered street existed. East of Steinway Street in Astoria, addresses began with 40, meaning Steinway Street acts as 40th Street in the system. In Ozone Park and Richmond Hill, Liberty Avenue acts as a stand-in for the nonexistent 104th Avenue. Junction Boulevard doubles as 96th Street through most of Corona while Murdock Avenue plays the role of 114th Avenue in St. Albans. So if you live on the 12th lot on 220th Street south of Murdock Avenue, your address would be 114-12 220th St., St. Albans. Most major thoroughfares that existed in 1911 remained named. These bigger thoroughfares like Woodhaven Boulevard, Northern Boulevard, Francis Lewis Boulevard and Hillside Avenue act as different streets depending on the neighborhood. Hillside Avenue stands in for 88th Avenue in Bellerose and Queens Village, 87th Avenue in Jamaica and 86th Avenue in Richmond Hill. The cross streets in the address system must be Streets or Avenues. All addresses south of 70th Avenue will be read 70-XX all the way to the next higher numbered avenue, regardless of if there’s a 70th Road or 70th Drive in between them. So while 70-35 111th Street is definitely south of 70th Avenue, it might also be south of 70th Road and 70th Drive as well. Even more notable, neighbors can have similar addresses. Where a numbered Street meets an Avenue of the same number, addresses are similar. 8511 85th St. is located south of the intersection of 85th Avenue and 85th Street, but 85-11 85th Ave. would be just east of that same intersection, meaning the two addresses would be right around the block from each other.
Navigating the System You’re looking for 75-16 194th St., what’s the nearest cross street? If you said 75th Avenue, you’re getting the hang of it. If you knew that address was in Fresh Meadows, you know your Queens. But if you’re still completely lost, try remembering a jingle Powell created as he was trying to sell his grid system to a skeptical Queens public a century ago:
In Queens, to find locations best Avenues, roads and drives run west; But ways to north or south ’tis plain Are street or place or even lane. Good luck out there. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400 Ext. 125
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NEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Charles J. Markey of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on October 21, 2011, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by JEANNETTE C ALVEAR; HAROLD L CEDENO to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR WMC MORTGAGE CORP. in the principal amount of $376,000.00, which mortgage was recorded in Queens County, State of New York, on December 27, 2006, as CRFN: 2006000704528. Thereafter, said mortgage was assigned to Plaintiff by assignment dated July 19, 2010 and recorded on November 8, 2010 as CRFN: 2010000374028. Said premises being known as and by 90-42 PITKIN AVENUE, Ozone Park, NY 11417. Dated: September 14, 2011 Batavia, New York Virginia C. Grapensteter, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other nonprofit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-2265697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of World 23, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 11/2/11. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 175-06 Devonshire Rd. 4K, Queens,
LEGAL NOTICE NY 11432. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of BIG ALICE BREWING COMPANY 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: C/O BIG ALICE BREWING COMPANY LLC, 3826 Tenth St., Long Island City, NY 11101-6112. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of SIX CENTRAL, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/08/11. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 49-70 31st St., Long Island City, NY 11101. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. Purpose: Any lawful activity. ___________________________________ Mandalay Dynasty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/1/ 11. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 28-39 33rd St, Astoria, NY 11102. Purpose: General. ___________________________________ COLLABO HOSPITALITY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/8/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 67-71 Yellowstone Boulevard Apt. 6H Forest Hills NY 11375 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: HERMES B NY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/27/11. 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, 149-36 19 th Avenue, Whitestone, New York 11357. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of KITY HOME MAINTENANCE LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 10/19/ 2011 office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for services of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC at 160-64 20 th Ave, Whitestone NY 11357. Purpose: Debris cleaning. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of Diomi Designs LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on Aug 17 2011. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 270-
LEGAL NOTICE 10 Grand Central Pkwy, Floral Park, NY 11005. For any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 195 ST LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/07/97. The latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2017. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o George Subraj, 8805 Merrick Boulevard, RM L 3, Jamaica, New York 11432. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name; Cesare LLC, Articles of Organization filed with New York’s Secretary of State (NYSS) on 7/23/08. Office location: c/o 147-03 5 th Ave., Whitestone, NY 11357. NYSS designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail copy of process of LLC, to: J. James Carriero, Esq., 108-54 Ditmars Blvd, North Beach NY 11369. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of Dominick 99, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on July 27, 2011. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any processes served against the LLC, 59-21 57th Drive, Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of LADIES AND GENTS OF 82 ND STREET LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/28/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 11-11 44 th Drive, Long Island City NY 11101. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ___________________________________ GNR LUCKY CHARM LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/7/ 11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Michele Trotti, 13823 10 th Ave., Whitestone, NY 11357. General Purposes. Latest date to dissolve 12/1/ 2050 ___________________________________ CREATING A BETTER WORLD LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 9/9/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 7026 Groton St., Forest Hills, NY 11375. General Purposes. ___________________________________ 144-02 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY
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(SSNY) on 11/9/11, Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 144-02 69 th Rd, Flushing, NY 11367. Purpose: General. ___________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 23822/11 Date Summons Filed: Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is Plaintiff’s residence. SUMMONS Plaintiff resides at 83-37 St. James Avenue – Apt 4#, Elmhurst, NY 11373 DUAN MARIE POOLE, Plaintiff, -against- KHARISSE MOUKHAMEDEEV, Defendant. ACTION FOR DIVORCE To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s Attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State of New York, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated: January 28, 2011 BRUCE FEINSTEIN, ESQ. Attorney for Plaintiff 86-66 110TH STREET RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418 718 570-8100 Notice Under DRL Section 255: The Defendant is advised that he may no longer be covered by the Plaintiff’s health insurance plan upon the entry of a judgment of divorce and that the Defendant may be responsible for his own health insurance coverage. Automatic orders pursuant to DRL Section 236(B)(2) accompany this summons. ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/29/11, bearing Index Number NC-001123-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Mir (Middle) Liyaquet (Last) Ali My present name is (First) Liyaquet (Middle) Ali (Last) Mir aka Mir Liyaquet Ali, aka Khurshee, aka Liyaquet Mir My present address is 167-11 Highland Avenue, 2 nd Fl., Jamaica, NY 11432 My place of birth is India My date of birth is December 10, 1942 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12/8/11, bearing Index Number NC-001201-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Franklin (Last) Cogliano My present name is (First) Frank (Middle) Carl (Last) Cogliano
aka Frank C. Cogliano Jr., aka Franklin C. Cogliano, aka Frank C. Cogliano My present address is 1102 49 th Avenue, Apt. 5C, Long Island City, NY 11101 My place of birth is Boston, MA My date of birth is July 13, 1956 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/15/11, bearing Index Number NC-001079-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Daniel (Middle) Amir (Last) Trejo My present name is (First) Paul (Middle) Amir (Last) Padilla My present address is 105-78 130 th Street, South Richmond Hill, NY 11419 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is July 13, 1990 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12/6/11, bearing Index Number NC-001143-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Joseph (Middle) Joosung (Last) Park My present name is (First) Joseph (Middle) Joo Sung (Last) Park aka Joseph Joosung Park, aka Joosung Park My present address is 71-20 Kessel Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375 My place of birth is South Korea My date of birth is January 20, 1946 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/ 17/11, bearing Index Number NC-001085-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Mijin (Middle) Chung (Last) Kang My present name is (First) Ruth (Middle) Mijin (Last) Chung aka Mi Jin Chung, aka Mijin Chung My present address is 30-44 29 th St., Apt. 4F, Astoria, NY 11102 My place of birth is South Korea My date of birth is July 31, 1978 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/29/11, bearing Index Number NC-000646-04/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Jean (Last) Tang My present name is (First) Chin (Last) Tang My present address is 147-41 38 th Avenue, Apt. #D23, Flushing, NY 11354 My place of birth is South Korea My date of birth is October 09, 1986 You Can E-Mail Your Legal Copy to legals@queenstribune.com To Place Your Legal Advertisement or call the Tribune at (718) 357-7400 Ext. 149
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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 9320/11 Date of Filing: November 15, 2011 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS KONDAUR CAPITAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff, against- JEANNETTE C ALVEAR; HAROLD L CEDENO, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said HAROLD L CEDENO, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; ADVANTAGE ASSETS II, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR WMC MORTGAGE CORP.; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: 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 within twenty (20) days after service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service of this summons is made by delivery upon you personally within this state, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. 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 ATTOR-
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106th Precinct BELT CRASH: On Saturday, Dec. 17 at 4:20 a.m., police responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident near the Belt Parkway and 116th Street. A 2009 Toyota Corolla carrying five people was traveling eastbound on South Conduit Avenue when it left the roadway and rolled over onto the Belt Parkway, causing a 21-year-old woman to be ejected from the vehicle. She was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital. EMS also transported the driver, a 26-year-old man, and the front passenger, a 24-year-old man, to Jamaica Hospital where they are listed in stable condition. The remaining passengers, a 25-year-old woman and a 24-yearold woman, were transported to Brookdale Hospital, where they were listed in stable condition. There have been no arrests in regard to this incident and the investigation is ongoing. Family notification is pending for the deceased.
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107th Precinct FORCED TOUCH: Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating an Indian man between the ages of 20-30 wanted in connection with an incident of forcible touching of private areas. He fled the scene on foot. He is 5-foot-6 and weighs 140 lbs. with a thin build and was wearing a black jacket and blue jeans. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crime Stoppers’ website a t www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential. 108th Precinct E TRAIN iPHONE THEFT: On Nov. 22 at approximately 5:55 p.m., a 30-year-old woman was traveling on a Queensbound E train approaching the Queens Plaza subway station when a black Antonio man between the ages of 17 and 20 grabbed her iPhone from her hands and fled. There were no injuries sustained to the victim as a result of this incident. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (5477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential. 108th Precinct WOODSIDE AVE. ATTACK: On Nov. 21 at approximately 9:40 p.m., a 37-year-old woman was approached from behind as she entered her apartment building in the vicinity of 65th Place and Woodside Avenue, and thrown to the floor by the suspect. The suspect then unsuccessfully tried to pull the victim’s purse off her shoulder before fleeing. The suspect is described as a black or Hispanic man of light complexion between 5-foot-2 and 5-foot-3. He is in his late teens to early 20s and has black shoulder-length hair. Anyone with information in regards to
this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential. 109th Precinct MISSING BOY: The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating the following missing person last seen Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. in the vicinity of Francis Lewis High School, 58-20 Utopia Pkwy. Pascal Chiu, a 15-yearold Asian boy who lives at 143-01 Negundo Ave., was last seen wearing a red jacket, blue jeans, and white sneakers. He is 5-foot-4 and weighs 120 lbs. Anyone with information in regard to the above missing is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. 115th Precinct WEIRD BEARD: Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Antonio Olmeda, a 53-year-old Hispanic man, in connection with the following crime. He is approximately 5-foot-9 and has a thin build. On Friday, Dec. 2 at approximately 3:55 p.m., two uniformed officers were patrolling on foot in the vicinity of 76th Street and Roosevelt Avenue when they were alerted by a passerby of a man acting suspiciously at the corner of 37th Road and 76th Street. The officers walked to the location and observed the male wearing a black trench coat with a fake beard, a hat and dark glasses. When the officers approached the individual, they asked him for identification at which time the man removed his hands from his pockets, pulled Olmeda out a black revolver and fired twice at the officers before fleeing southbound on 77th Street. The officers pursued the male but were unable to apprehend him. The fake beard, hat and glasses were recovered during the foot pursuit. No injuries were sustained by either of the officers. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crime Stoppers’ website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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Gary Ackerman Holiday Party
Past and present members of U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman’s staff reunite during the Congressman’s holiday party.
Keeping Warm
PS 18 in Queens Village recently collected dozens of coats, sweaters and other winter items to donate to the Inn in Hempstead. Pictured (from left) are Eileen Bailey and Megan Strohschein.
Meet The Mets
Deputy Borough President Barry Grodenchik, Frank Skala, Mike Schenkler and Moya Berry, district director to U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman at Ackerman’s holiday party held at Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point.
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Holiday Gathering
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New York Mets starting pitcher Jonathon Niese and infielder Justin Turner were on hand for the team’s Kids Holiday Party last week. Students, from Corona, Flushing, Long Island City, St. Albans and Jackson Heights were invited to the lunch ane enjoyed presents and a visit from Santa. Photo by Ira Cohen. U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (right) introduces Ilan Grapel, an Emory University law student and former intern, at his holiday party. The Congressman helped to facilitate Grapel’s release from Egypt in November. Photos by Ira Cohen.
Season of Giving
Hundreds of Queens boys and girls recently attended the Police Athletic League’s annual holiday party. Pictured with the children include Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, party co-chair Margo Catsimatidis, PAL chairman Robert M. Morgenthau, PAL’s executive director Alana Sweeny, and PAL board member and party cochair John Catsimatidis, along with other staff members of the NYPD.
Holiday Thanks
Presidential Talk
The Queens/Brooklyn chapter of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants recently collected $450 for Toys for Tots. The funds were presented during the chapter’s annual holiday party on Dec. 8. Pictured include Anthony Zaccarelli, CPA, treasurer; Mark Ulrich, CPA, president-elect; Jean Joseph, CPA,president; Edward Esposito, CPA, vice president; Edward Torres, CPA, executive board member; and executive board members Orley Cameron, CPA; Genroy Richards, CPA; and Winston Thompson, CPA.
Vince Tabone, executive vice chairman of the Queens GOP recently met with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and discussed the possibility of local organizational support for the governor’s Presidential bid.
State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky visited the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills Golden Age Club for their annual Chanukah Party. Before kicking off the festivities, Club President Marilyn Bagley (right) thanked the Senator for her steadfast support of their club. Stavisky secured $8,000 in funding to help support the club’s programs, speaker workshops, cultural events and day trips.
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Leisure
A Holiday Classic Warms The Stage By TAMM Y SCILEPPI This time of year, you can’t beat stepping out for a dose of affordable holiday entertainment close to home. The hear t warming “It’s a Wonder ful Life: A Live Radio Play” – a delightful, reimagined rendition inspired by Frank Capra’s sentimental film – was a hit with theatergoers, who have been leaving Queens Theater in Flushing with smiles and words of praise for the show and its brilliant performers. “Queens is an incredible hotbed of creative energy right now, and we plan to tap into that and reflect that energy on our stages,” said Ray Cullom, executive director of Queens Theatre and the director of the radio play. It’s Christmas Eve 1946. The stage and auditorium of Studio A at radio station WQTR in New York Cit y is abuzz with excitement as the actors take their places at the microphones. The announcer introduces the live radio broadcast to the studio audience and America’s listeners; the young man in charge of special effects checks his quirky equipment one last time as the “On Air” sign flashes red, signaling t he star t of the show. And so, the beloved Christmas stor y unfolds – here, on the main stage of the Queens
touched and the contributions he has made to his community. George makes sure ever ybody remembers that “no man is a failure who has friends.” Last Saturday, the live radio play captivated yet another audience as a talented group of six actors played dozens of characters to per fect ion – three of them play upwards of 10 characters each. It takes top-notch performing and directing to bring about the theatrical nuances in this superb production. “I play several roles - each appearing in a number of scenes, and occasionally interacting,” Tim Jerome, who Sarah Stevens and Duke LaFoon. plays the announcer, said. “In Theatre – where the sleepy town of Bedford fact, I have several duets with myself. My Falls and its residents come to life once three big role s are banker Henry Potter, the again. George Bailey, the depression-era classic scrooge; Billy Bailey - endearing, banker, played to the hilt by Duke Lafoon, cheer ful, terminally forgetful; a nd Peter who has performed at the theater in “I Love Bailey, George’s father – the soft-spoken, My Wife,” contemplates suicide on Christ- ethical progenitor of the plot.” Jerome is a Tony nominee for “Me and My mas Eve. He is saved by guardian angel Clarence, who shows him all the lives he has Girl” and has been in “Phantom of the Opera,” “Beauty and The Beast,” “Cats” and other shows. “The artistic leadership and staff are a significant credit to Ne w York’s theatre community and Queens’ residents in particular,” he said. For two solid weeks, Cullom traded in his office desk for a director’s chair, and with the help of his staff was able to focus on
Old Europe In Forest Hills
countr y, even if you’ve never been there. I was tempted by the lamb sliders but decided to order ever y thing at once, rather than do the normal thing and open with an appetizer. When my friend showed up, a delectable piece of salmon, schnitzel sliders, and a heaping side of sauerkraut sat in front of me, waiting to be devoured. As we talked baseball and the vocal ranges of John Lennon and Paul As I devoured the first schnitzel slider, McCar tney, I savored ever y bite of the my greatest regret was that I could salmon, which was cooked perand lacked the dr yness of not have an unlimited supply. So RESTAURANT fectly the weaker slabs of fish other what if all the warm-blooded mammals in the world needed to be restaurants have dared to serve me. A side of exquisite vegsacrificed to my appetite? I was etables lay with the salmon. The hungr y and I was enjoying myself. I’m a lover of power lunches, sauerkraut had me dreaming of the lush Germa n countr yside, and this lunch had all the power I and I greedily ate way more than could ever want I a s ke d fo r m o re w a te r. I my friend. I decided to continue to eat needed it. like a decadent Roman emperor To backtrack, I arrived in Forest Hills, home of Simon and Gar funkel, and ask for a steaming sausage plat ter. In to find out why so many people had been my day, I’ve had plenty of sausage: ballpark playing up the Old Vienna Café at the cor- sausage, deli sausage, and the random links ner of 71st Road and Queens Boulevard. of spicy German meat that have rolled my My old college roommate and fellow lover way. Nothing compared to Old Vienna’s of off-color jokes was set to join me on this sausage plat ter, with its smoky, classic flaeating excursion but arrived late; Old vors that left me begging for more. In a Vienna Café is conveniently located within rare show of logic, I did not finish off the blocks of the Forest Hills Long Island Rail platter and elected to take some home with Road station, but this also means you need me. Desser t makes any meal worth rememto exit the train when it makes its scheduled stop. My longtime chum, for various bering. As I like to say, there is always reasons beyond his control, did not, but room for cake. Always. Our wonder ful eventually dined with me after a furious hosts brought us two pieces of cake, a chocolate slice and a mango raspberr y detour to Penn Stat ion. Meanwhile, I ate. If you’ve ever dined in a restaurant in slice. Ah, I was in sugar nirvana. The Europe, you’ll feel at home at the Old chocolate cake had lit tle bits of vanilla that Vienna Café. This isn’t because it is named flaked off the rich outer layer like snow. after a European city or is telling you that We ate, we laughed, and we were thankful it’s “old.” The menu, complete w ith all the for a lit tle slice of old world Europe in 21st German meat dishes you could ever ask centur y Forest Hills. for, will make you nostalgic for the old —Ross Barkan
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OLD VIENNA CAFÉ 108-22 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills HOURS: Tue-Thu 12 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Fri 12 p.m. to 1 a.m., Sat 11 a.m. to 1 a.m., Sun 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Closed Mondays CUISINE: Ger man/Austr ian/European RESERVATIONS: Accepted
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directing the show and working with the actors and production team. In a recent interview, he said, “It’s a play unlike any other I have directed. Because it’s a ‘radio play,’ the actors prepare for their roles in a completely different way; rather than using their bodies and their ‘inner life’ to inform character choices, the character work is done entirely from the neck up – mostly with their voices.” Cullom said he felt this was a challenge for everyone: “We were all used to working in a much more realistic vein - creating characters that grow from an actor’s internal life and connection to the other performers in a ver y genuine way. “We all had to re-train ourselves to work within this different style of acting, but found it to be a ver y rewarding and intere st ing change of pace,” he said. Few people know that the fictional town of Bedford Falls was modeled on Seneca Falls, NY — a five-hour, 270-mile drive away. At Christmastime, this village of about 7,000 residents changes its “Welcome to Seneca Falls” signs to “Welcome to Bedford Falls.” They even have a Hotel Clarence – named after the angel. The 1946 film “It’s a Wonderful Life,” with Jimmy Stewar t as George Bai ley, was first televised in the 1970s, and watching it has remained a holiday tradition over the decades. Its message still rings true today – especially with so many folks unemployed, and many families celebrating a less than merry Christmas: “To champion man, plead his causes and protest any degradation of his dignit y, spirit and div init y.” — Frank Capra
Queens Actor Opens New Theater By MONICA GANESH MALCOLM MADera, a Queens actor with TV credits including “Al l My Children” and “Guiding Light,” recently presented “Derby Day,” a play writ ten by Samuel Bret t Williams and directed by Michole Biancosino, which was the first theatrical production by Madera’s newly-minted Camisade Theater Company. The Astoria resident was born in Texas and raised in New Mexico. He first part icipated in theater in high school and went to the University of New Mexico to study theater and film histor y before moving to London to attend the Drama Studio London, where he per formed in numerous productions. After Madera’s visa expired, he decided to move to New York to become a better actor. It was while working in New York he met Jake Silberman, who he began Camisade Theater Company with just this spring after they decided “we were art ist ically on the same boat” and hoped to build an audience base that enjoys the same kind of theater they do. While looking for a play wright, they met Samuel Bret t Williams, who wrote “Derby Day,” and both Madera and Silberman decided that would be their first Camisade production. “We fell in love with [Derby Day] right off the bat,” Madera said. After collaborating, they found that they worked great together and are all cofounders of Camisade Theater Company. The name of the theater comes from
camisado, an old militar y term meaning a sneak attack by night. “We’re coming out of nowhere,” Madera said. “And the show itself is really going to catch people off-guard.” “Derby Day,” which recently had its final per formance, is about the three Bal lard brothers, played by Madera, Silberman and Jared Culverhouse, who are at a horse race after the death of their father. The dark comedy takes place ent irely in a luxur y skybox at a racetrack in Hot Springs, Ark. Over the course of the race, the brothers drink and reveal secrets that threaten to destroy their relationship. Madera plays Ned Ballard, the middle brother who is an angr y ne wly wed, but is more sensitive then he lets on. “It’s a hilarious play,” Madera said. “It’s a lot of fun and it has an enormous amount of heart.” The non-fiction play is based on the relationship of Williams’ father and his two uncles. Madera said that Camisade Theater’s mission is to tell honest stories. “We want to tell real stories,” Madera said. “Not necessarily things that have actually happened, but things that are uniquely human and American.” Madera, who is a huge Mets fan, said he enjoys playing football and the guitar and banjo. He said he hopes to one day direct and produce. Williams is working on his second play and the team hopes to have a second show produced at Camisade within six months.
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STUFFED GRAPE LEAVES with Rice • FRUIT SALAD Cocktail Supreme Assorted JUICES• HALF GRAPEFRUIT Maraschino
Soups CREAM of TURKEY — MANHATTAN CLAM CHOWDER CHICKEN CONSOMME with Rice, Noodles or Matzoh Balls
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Entrees ROAST MARYLAND TURKEY with Apple Raisin Dressing ............... 25.95 VIRGINIA HAM STEAK Served with Wild Berry Ragu ..................... 24.95 ROAST LEG of LAMB with Mint Jelly ........................................... 26.95 ROAST PRIME RIB of BEEF Au Jus ............................................ 27.95 CHICKEN PARMIGIANA with Spaghetti ....................................... 23.95 ROAST CHICKEN with Apple Raisin Dressing ............................... 23.95 BROILED VEAL CHOP ............................................................. 32.95 BROILED HEAVY NY CUT SIRLOIN STEAK with Mushroom Caps ... 33.95 BROILED FILET MIGNON with Mushroom Caps ........................... 34.95 BROILED FILET of SOLE ALMONDINE Topped with Roasted Almonds ... 30.95 BROILED STUFFED FILET of SOLE with Crabmeat Stuffing .......... 33.95 BROILED SEAFOOD COMBINATION: Shrimp, Scallops, Filet of Sole, Halibut and Baked Clams ........................................................... 34.95 BROILED LOBSTER TAILS with Drawn Butter ............................. 45.95 BEEF & REEF: FILET MIGNON & TENDER ROCK LOBSTER Served with salad, potato and veg ................................................................. 46.95 VEGETABLES: Green Beans Almondine • Sweet Peas • Glazed Baby Belgian Carrots • Broccoli Spears • Creamed Spinach • Corn on the Cob • Mashed Turnips POTATOES: Baked • Fresh Garlic Mashed • French Fried • Candied Yams
Children’s Menu ROAST TURKEY with Apple Raisin Dressing ................................ ROAST LEG of LAMB with Mint Jelly ........................................... CHEESE RAVIOLI topped with Mozzarella .................................... CHICKEN PARMIGIANA with Spaghetti ........................................
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ALUMNI THOMAS JEFFERSON Sunday, January 15 class of 1961 will meet in Florida. Tjhs1961@aol.com
DANCE LINE DANCING Saturdays 2-4 at Holy Family RC Parish Church, Msgr. Mahoney Hall, 175-20 74 th Avenue, Fresh Meadows. Light refreshments. Bring friends! ISRAELI FOLK Mondays 7:15-9:45 at Hillcrest Jewish Center, 18202 Union Turnpike. $10 session. 380-4145. LINE DANCING Mondays 6:30-9:30 at Kowalinski Post 4, 61-57 Maspeth Avenue. $7. Cake and coffee. 565-2259.
MISCELLANEOUS MINI GOLF Through December 31 Rocket Park Mini-Golf 10-6 weekends, 2-5 Fridays at the Hall of Science. $6 adults, $5 children plus general NYSCI admission.
RELIGIOUS TEMPLE BETH Friday, December 23 Chanukah Family Service at 7:30. Friday, December 30 Shabbat Services at 8. Temple Beth Sholom, 172 nd Street and Northern Blvd., Flushing. 464-4143.
FLEA MARKETS THRIFT SHOPS Saturdays 11-4 at Bargain Boutique Thrift Shop, Queens Baptist Church, 93th 23 217 Street, Queens Village.465-2504. First and Third Wednesdays through June at Grace Church, 1415 Clintonville Street, Whitestone. 767-6305.
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CHANUKAH DANCE Sunday, December 25 at 8 at the Little Neck Jewish Center, 49-10 Little Neck Parkway. 516-487-0674.
HEALTH YOGA CLASSES Saturdays 10-11 and Sundays 9:30-10:30 workshops on Yoga. Other classes include meditation, Ayurvedic, yoga philosophy, Sanskirt language. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Jackson Heights. 646-912-1885. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS 7 days a week. 962-6244. MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS Sundays 7-8:30 at Zion Episcopal Church, 143-01 Northern Blvd., entrance on 44 th Avenue, room 5, Little Neck. WAITANKUNG Sundays at 2. Waitankung is a great total-body workout. Join these ancient Chinese exercise classes in the Flushing Hospital/Medical Center auditorium on 45 th Avenue between Parsons and Burling. Free. Jimmy 7-10pm 347-2156 information. MASSAGE THERAPY Monday, December 26 at NYHQ. 670-1695. TAI CHI Mondays and Thursdays at 11 at the Cardiac Health Center in Fresh Meadows. 670-1695. NICOTINE ANONYMOUS Mondays 6:45-8:00 at the Center for Tobacco Control, 2 2 5 C o m m u n i t y D r i ve , Great Neck. 516-510-7826. RECOVERY INT’L Mondays at 5:45 and Thursdays at 3:30 Recovery Int’l is a support group for anxiet y, fear, depression at the Forest Hills library. 241-2220. TAI CHI Mondays and Thursdays at 11 at the Cardiac Health Center in Fresh Meadows. 670-1695. $5 a class. ALZHEIMERS Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 2 7 Caregiver Support Group in Forest Hills. 592-5757, ext. 237. GAM-ANON Tuesdays Free Synagogue of Flushing and Zion Episcopal Church. Wednesdays All Saints Episcopal Church in Bayside, First Presbyterian Church in Forest Hills, Church on the Hill in Flushing and United Methodist Church in Middle Village. Thursdays Free Synagogue of Flushing and Zion Episcopal Church. Call 1-877-6642469. CAREGIVERS SUPPORT E ve r y Tu e s d a y We ste r n Queens Caregiver Network in Sunnyside. 5:30-6:30. 784-6173, ext. 431. CAREGIVERS SUPPORT Every Tuesday 3:30-4:30 at the Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 th Avenue, Bayside. 631-1886. MASSAGE THERAPY Wednesday, December 28 10-2 at HYHQ Cardiac Health Center 670-1695. STRESS MANAGEMENT Wednesday, December 28 stress management for heart patients. 670-1695. ZUMBA Wednesday, December 28 at NYHQ. 670-1695. ZUMBA Wednesdays the Sisterhood of Bay Terrace Jewish Cent e r , 1 3 - 0 0 2 0 9 th S t r e e t , Bayside, will hold Zumba Fitness classes from 7:30-8:30.
$8 members, $10 others. 428-6363. YOGA Wednesdays 5:30-6:30 at the Cardiac Health Center in Fresh Meadows. 6701695. $10 class. BLOOD DRIVE Thursday, December 29 at Forest View Nursing Home in Forest Hills. 661-7987. OA Thursdays at the Howard Beach library at 10:30. MASSAGE THERAPY Friday, December 30 at NYHQ. 670-1695. OA Fridays 6:30-8:30 at Unit y Center of Flushing, 42-11 1 5 5 th S t r e e t . S a t u r d a y s 10:30-noon at Resurrection Ascension, Feely Hall, 85-18 61 st Road, Rego Park. Beginners meeting except the last Friday of each month, which is a writing meeting. CO-DEPENDENTS ANON. Fridays 10-11:45 at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral C e n t e r , 8 5 - 1 8 6 1 st R o a d , Rego Park. Women only. NUTRITION & ZUMBA Thursday, January 5 learn the ten steps to flatten your stomach and more at the Ridgewood library at 6. WELL SPOUSES Wednesdays, January 11, February 8 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.
THEATER KILLING KOMPANY Friday, February 3 “Murder by Marriage” at Riccardo’s in Astoria. The Killing Company performs mystery dinner shows. 1-888-SHOOTEM for information.
PARENTS HOLIDAY BREAK KIDS December 26-30 parents looking for a holiday break for their children should contact the Hall of Science at 699-0005 for sculpting, science and more. FIT KIDS Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 2 7 4:30-5:30. Thursday, December 29 4:30-5:30. Saturday, December 31 4:305:30. 174-03 Horace Harding Expressway. Fit Kids Nutrition and Exercise Program. 661-7687. I CAN COOK! December 27 through 29 “Mommy I Can Cook” workshop for kids 5-14 at Church in the Gardens in Forest Hills. 268-6704. SCRAPBOOKING Friday, December 30 Scrapbooking for Preemie Parents. 670-2920. YOGA FOR PARENTS Wednesday, January 4 at the Cambria Heights library at 4. FAMILY STORY TIME Thursday, January 5 at the Auburndale library for kids 5-12 at 4.
SENIORS STAY WELL Mondays at the Central library at 10. Learn how special exercise and relaxation techniques make a difference in your life. HOWARD BEACH Tuesday, December 27 New Years Eve lunch at noon and part y follows. Wednesdays mah jongg at 10 and Zumba Gold 1:30-2:30. 156-45 84 th Street. 738-8100. CAREGIVERS Ever y Tuesday Caregivers Support group at 3:30-4:30 at the Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 th
MEETINGS
TALKS BOOK & FILM Friday, January 6 book discussion group and film screening starting at 1 at the Flushing librar y. 661-1200 information. AMERICAN DOCUMENTS Saturdays, January 14, February 11, March 10 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.
pong, bridge instruction, healthy lifest yle, card games, Wii bowling, painting, ESL, computer, exercise, dance, wellness workshops, etc. Lunch at 11:30. 225-1144. BEN. ROSENTHAL Wednesdays and Fridays dancing from 1-4. Line dancing, bingo, sing-a-Long, ballroom dancing, computers, Alert & Alive Discussion Group, Israel Today Discussion, Social Action, News & Views. Daily hot Kosher lunch from 11:30-12:30. $1.75 contribution. Cards and games at 1. Benjamin Rosenthal Senior Center, 45-25 Kissing Blvd. Flushing. 886-5777. BFFY ALZHEIMER The BFFY Alzheimer’s Adult Day Care Center offers a socialization program to those who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease or other related dementia. 358-3541. BRIDGE Wednesdays bridge at the Re fo r m Te m p l e o f F o r e st Hills, 71-11 112 th Street from 11-3. $10. 261-2900. CERC Crafts, canasta, bridge, line dancing, shape-up, quilting, discussion group, movies, dancercise, current events, singles chat, shape-up, couples club, duplicate bridge, dancercise, recently retired group. Lunch at 11:30 ever y day. Reser vations 423-8174.CERC, 51-60 Marathon Parkway, Little Neck. CUNNINGHAM PARK Monday-Friday 9:30-4:30 sit, relax or socialize at the Cunningham Park Field House, 196-10 Union Turnpike. 740-1999. DUPLICATE BRIDGE Mondays 12-4 $9. Lunch, lesson and congenial play. Partners arranged. Pride of Judea Communit y Services, 243-02 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. 423-6200. FOREST HILLS Politics and Humor, Creative Arts, Improv/Drama, Poet Societ y and more. 108-25 62nd Drive. 699-1010. GLENRIDGE Ta i c h i , c o m p u t e r, s t re s s management, bingo, exercise, choral group and line dancing. Glenridge Senior Citizen Multiservice and Advisory Center, Inc., 59-03 Summerfield Street, Ridgewood. 386-5136. HILLCREST First Wednesday Poetry Cove 2:15. Last Thursday Wa l k i n g To u r a n d A r t i s t Circle Trips. Bus leaves 9:15. First Friday Shopping Day. Bus leaves 9:15, back in time for lunch. Tai-chi, tax assistance, duplicate bridge, computer class, ESL/Citizenship Class, stained glass, oil painting, stay well exercise, music and dancing. Hillcrest Senior Center, 168-01B Hillside Avenue, Jamaica. 2977171. Hot meals 11:3012:30. MITCHELL LINDEN Mitchell Linden Senior Citiz e n C l u b , 2 8 - 0 2 1 4 1 st Street, Flushing. 1-4 Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. 539-7783.
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JEWISH VETS Sunday, December 25 Jewish War Veterans of the USA Lipsky/Blum Post meet at the Garden Jewish Center. 4634742. VFW 4787 Monday, December 26 Whitestone VFW Community Post meets. 746-0540. MEN’S CLUB SOCCER Tuesday evenings at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. 2637000. FRESH MEADOW CAMERA Tuesdays the Fresh Meadows Camera Club meets. 917-612-3463. ADVANCED WRITERS Tuesdays Advanced Bayside Writers’ Group meets at 6:30 in the Terrace Diner, 212-97 26 th Avenue, upper level. Get feedback on your writing and develop your skills. FH VAC Wednesday, December 28 Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corp meets. 793-2055. WOMANSPACE Wednesdays Womanspace, a discussion group devoted to issues concerning women, meets 1-3 at the Great Neck Senior Center, 80 Grace Avenue. New members welcome. TOASTMASTERS Thursday, December 29 Advance for Leadership/ To a s t m a s t e r s at the Briarwood library at 5:45. STAMP CLUB Thursday, December 29 Queens Stamp Club at 5:45 at the Forest Hills library. LEADD CLUB Thursday evenings and one Saturday afternoon. Recreation Socialization Program for Learning Disabled Adults. 18+, able to travel on public transportation. Arn310@aol.com information. WOMEN’S GROUP Fridays the Woman’s Group of Jamaica Estates meets at noon. Call 461-3193 for information. PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturdays, January 7, 21 public speaking and effective communication 1012:15 at the Elmhurst Hospital Center Conference Room. 424-9754. CAMBRIA HTS LIBRARY Saturday, January 14 Friends Board of Directors of Queens Library at Cambria Heights meet 4-5:15.
Avenue, Bayside. 631-1886. CHAIR EXERCISE Tuesdays low impact chair exercise at 11 at the Flushing-Fresh Meadows Jewish Center. $5. 357-5100. STAY WELL Wednesdays at 10:15 at the East Elmhurst library for exercise and other health related programs. WOMANSPACE Wednesdays Womanspace, a discussion group devoted to issues concerning women, meets 1-3 at the Great Neck Senior Center, 80 Grace Avenue. New members welcome. KEW GARDENS Thursday, December 29 slide show presentation of the history of the 20 th -21 st centuries in American art at 1. Mondays comedy writing 2:30-3:30. Wednesdays Spanish conversation at 10 and Building muscle and strength at 11. Kew Gardens Communit y Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, suite 202. STARS Fridays, December 30, January 6 Senior Theater Acting Repertory at the Queens Village library at 10:30. 7760529. AARP 4158 Tuesdays, Januar y 10, February 14, March 13 North Flushing chapter 4158 meets at noon at the Church on the H i l l , 1 6 7 - 0 7 3 5 th A v e n u e , Flushing. New members and visitors welcome. ALLEN COMMUNITY Keyboard lessons, Spanish, crocheting and knitting, art lessons, computer classes for beginners and advanced, Allen Singers, Drama Club, Hair Care, Aerobic, Beginners Bridge, Advanced Bridge, Creative Design, storytelling and rap sessions. Allen Communit y Senior Center, 166-01 Linden Blvd., Jamaica. 658-0980. ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT Every other Wednesday Alzheimer Support Group meets at the Elmhurst Senior Center. 478-7171, ext. 27 ART CLASSES Thursdays free craft classes, general arts and crafts, at the Middle Village Adult Center. Call 969-1128. BAYSIDE CENTER Tuesdays line dancing 9:30 and Thursdays 10:00. Fridays ballroom instruction at 10:15, ballroom and social dancing 1-3. Bayside Center for classes in movie, ping
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SCIENCE PLAYGROUND Weekends through December 31 10-6 and 2-5 Fridays at the Hall of Science. $4 plus general NYSCI admission. 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 Central library at 11. MATH HELP Saturdays at the Flushing library at 10. CHESS CLUB Every Saturday at the Flushing library at 2. S TORY TIMES Saturdays at 11 and Tuesdays at 10:30 weekly story times at Barnes & Noble, 1766 0 Un i o n Tu r n p i ke , Fre s h Meadows. KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at 4 at the Douglaston/Little Neck lib ra r y. B r i n g n e e d l e s a n d yarn. ARTS & CRAFTS Tuesday, December 27 at the Auburndale library at 4. BOOST WORD Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 2 7 Word of the Week at the McGoldrick library at 5. CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Tuesday, December 27 at the Glen Oaks library at 11. BEADING Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 2 7 beading workshop at the Briarwood library at 3. HOLIDAY STORIES Tuesday, December 27 at the Ozone Park library at 3. KIDS GET GAMING Tuesday, December 27 at the Glendale library at 3. CHESS CLUB Tuesdays at the LIC library at 4 and the Rosedale library at 4:30. HAPPY HAPPY STORY TIME Wednesday, December 28 at the LIC library at 10:30. CRAFTS Wednesday, December 28 at the Steinway library at 11. READ TO ME Wednesday, December 28 Read to Me program at the Bay Terrace library at 10:30. WII TIME Wednesday, December 28 a t t h e B r i a r wo o d l i b r a r y. Register. LIBRARY BUDDIES Wednesday, December 28 at Auburndale library. BOOST SCIENCE Wednesday, December 28 McGoldrick library at 5. CRAFT TODDLERS Wednesday, December 28 a t t h e B r i a r wo o d l i b r a r y. Register. S TORY T I M E Wednesday, December 28 at the Steinway library at 10:30 and the Seaside library at 11. STORY TIME Wednesdays, December 28, January 4, 11 East Elmhurst Storytime at 11:30. ORIGAMI Wednesday, December 28 at t he St. Albans librar y. Thursday, December 29 at the Bellerose library. Learn
how to make a snowball, snow angel and a dog. Register. CHINESE FUN Wednesday, December 28 traditional Chinese fun at the McGoldrick library at 3. SNOWBALL CRAFT Wednesday, December 28 at the East Flushing library. Register. GAME DAY Wednesday, December 28 at the Howard Beach library at 4. SCIENCE LAB Wednesday, December 28 Discovery Science Team at the Central library at 4:30. KNIT & CROCHET Wednesdays at the South Ozone Park library at 1. TOPS TRUMP CARD Every Wednesday tournament at the LIC library at 4. GAME DAY Wednesdays at the Poppenhusen library at 4. S TORY T I M E Thursdays, December 29, January 5 family story time Auburndale library at 4. BOOST READING Thursday, December 29 at the McGoldrick library at 5. REFLECTIONS Thursday, December 29 End of the Year Reflections at the Central library at 4:30. CRAFT TIME Every Thursday at 3:30 at the Ozone Park library. GAME DAY Friday, December 30 at the Bay Terrace library at 2. ACTIVITY TIME Friday, December 30 at the Briarwood library at 3:30. YU-GI-OH Friday, December 30 at the Queensboro Hill library at 3:30. LIBRARY BUDDIES Friday, December 30 at the Auburndale library at 4. ARTS & CRAFTS Friday, December 30 East Flushing library. Register. MATH FOCUS Friday, December 30 at the McGoldrick library at 4. For grades 4-5. BOOST CRAFT Friday, December 30 at the McGoldrick library at 5. WINTER STORIES Friday, December 30 Winter holiday stories at 2:30 at the Queensboro Hill library. READ TO ME Fridays at the Briarwood library at 3. 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. NEW YEAR CRAFT Saturday, December 31 make a snowflake bookmark at the Langston Hughes library at 2:30.
TEENS CHESS CLUB Every Saturday at the Flushing library at 2. KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at the Douglaston/ Little Neck library at 4. TEEN CHESS Mondays at 6 at the Bayside library. 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. TUESDAY CHESS Tuesday, December 27 at the Rosedale library at 4:30. BEADING Tuesday, December 27 at the Briarwood library at 3. ADVISORY BOARD Tuesday, December 27 help Young Adult librarians with everything YA related at 5 at the Flushing library. WII TIME Wednesday, December 28 a t t h e B r i a r wo o d l i b r a r y. Register. LIBRARY BUDDIES Wednesday, December 28 at the Auburndale library at 4. SAT WORD SEARCH Wednesday, December 28 SAT Word Search and Vo cabulary activities at the South Jamaica library at 4. GAME DAY Every Wednesday at the Howard Beach library at 4. GAME DAY Wednesdays at the St. Albans 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. ANIME CLUB Thursday, December 29 Flushing Anime Club at 4 at the Flushing library. 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. CHESS CLUB Thursdays at the East Flushing library at 5. LIBRARY BUDDIES Friday, December 30 at the Auburndale library at 4. ARTS & CRAFTS Friday, December 30 at the Briarwood library at 4. GIRL & BOY SCOUTS Friday, December 30 at the Laurelton library. Register. YOUNG REFORMERS Fridays, December 30, Januar y 6, 13 Young Reformers Group at the Laurelton librar y. Register. DRAMA Thursday, January 12 Action Racket Theater teaches the basics of theater arts at the Auburndale library at 4.
EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS KNITTING CLUB Wednesdays at the Bayside library. Register. INTRO COMPUTERS Wednesdays at 10 at the Central library. Register. LANGUAGE CLASS Wednesdays Conversational Hebrew 2:30-3:30 and Torah Stories in Yiddish 3:30-4:30 at the Bayside Jewish Center. 352-7900. DUPLICATE BRIDGE Wednesdays 10:30-3:00 at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills. $12 session, includes light lunch. 261-2900 COMPLETE DRAWING Wednesdays 1-4 Complete Drawing class at the National Art League. $25 per class. 516-223-7659. INDOOR SOCCER – DADS Wednesday evenings at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. 263-7000. OIL PAINTING CLASS Wednesdays 6-8 adult classes, all levels. Grace Lutheran Church in Forest Hills. 472-4055. WATERCOLOR CL ASS Wednesdays at 9:30 at NAL. Traditional and contemporary, all levels. 969-1128. TOASTMASTERS Thursday, December 29 Advance for Leadership will teach public speaking and leadership t the Briarwood library at 6:45. WRITER’S WORKSHOP Thursday, December 29 at the Bayside library at 6. Learn to improve your stories by learning the craft of narrative. BOOT CAMP Thursdays learn computer programs at the Arverne library at 10:30. COMPUTER BASICS Thursdays at the Glen Oaks library. Register. BASIC COMPUTER Thursdays at the Rosedale library at 6. QUILTING CLASS Thursdays 10-2 at the Maria Rose Doll Museum in St. Albans. 276-3454 or 917817-8653 to register. QUILTERS Thursdays at the East Elmhurst library at 12:30. CHESS CLUB Thursdays at the East Flushing library. Register. COMPUTER CLASS Every Thursday at the Queensboro Hill library. Register. KNIT & CROCHET Thursdays at the Fresh Meadows library at 6. CROCHET Thursdays at the South Hollis library at 6:30. BASIC COMPUTERS Friday, December 30 at the Auburndale library. Register for 11, 11:30 or noon classes. BOOT CAMP Fridays through January 27 Computer Boot Camp at the LIC library at 2. CHESS CLUB Fridays at the Auburndale library at 3:30. BEGIN COMPUTERS Fridays at the Poppenhusen library at 10. Register. BEGIN COMPUTERS Fridays at the Middle Vil-
lage library. Register. COMPUTER LAB Fridays computer practice lab time at the Arverne library at noon. KNITTING CLUB Fridays at the Maspeth library at 10. CHESS TUTORIAL Fridays at 4 at the Woodside library. KNIT & CROCHET Fridays at the Fresh Meadows library at 10:30. COMPUTER COURSE Every Friday at the Ozone Park library. Register.
ENTERTAINMENT MOVING IMAGE Through January 16 Jim Henson Screenings and Programs. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 th Avenue, Astoria. 777-6800. $15. RADIO PLAY Through Saturday, December 24 radio play “It’s A Wonderful Life” at 2 at Queens Theatre in the Park. 760-0064. QUEENS ZOO Saturday and Sunday, December 24, 25 Presents to the Animals event at the Queens Zoo. Coyotes at 1, pumas at 2:15 and Andean bears at 2:45. $8 adults, $6 seniors, $5 children 3-12, free under 3. 53-51 111 th Street, Flushing Meadow Corona Park. 271-1500. ACROBATS December 27-31 G o l d e n Dragon Acrobats at Queens Theatre in the Park. 7600064. SCRABBLE Tuesdays at the Fresh Meadows library at 1 and at the East Flushing library at 3:30. CHESS Tu e s d ay s a t 4 : 3 0 a t t h e Rosedale library and at 4 at the LIC library. SCRABBLE Wednesday, December 28 at the Forest Hills library at 2. SCRABBLE GAME DAY Thursday, December 29 at the Bellerose library at 6:30. MUSIC FROM 30S TO 70S Thursday, December 29 Great Music from the 30s to 70s with guitarist Eddie Lee Isaacs and Friends at 1:30 at the Bay Terrace library. GAME DAY Fridays at 4:30 at the Woodhaven library. BANANAGRAM/SCRABBLE Fridays at the Windsor Park library at 2. GAME PLAYERS CLUB Fridays at 2 at the Hillcrest library. PIANO & ORCHESTERA Saturday, January 7 Tchaikovsky and Liszt: Two Romantic Masterpieces for Piano and Orchestra featuring concert pianist Dr. Albert Zak and more at the Flushing library at 2. SUNDAY CONCERT Sunday, January 8 Alva Anderson Quartet performs jazz at 3 at the Central library.
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SEWING CLASSES Saturdays 11-3 at Maria Rose International Doll Museum in St. Albans. 2763454. SCRABBLE CLUB Saturdays at 10 at Count Basie Jr. HS, 132 nd Street and Guy R. Brewer Blvd. 8865236. PET OWNERS Saturdays (not on holiday weekends) from 1-4 free Doggie Boot Camp at Crocheron Park in Bayside (weather permitting). 4545800. Reservations required. Donations accepted. BALLROOM DANCE Monday, December 26 ballroom dancing at the Forest Hills library at 6:30. CROCHET Mondays 6-7 at the Rosedale library. 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 intermediate 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. BASIC COMPUTER Tuesday, December 27 at the Rosedale library at 10:30. BASIC COMPUTER Tuesday, December 27 at the Arverne library at 10:30. BASIC COMPUTERS Tuesday, December 27 at the South Ozone Park library at 10. OWN BUSINESS Every Tuesday Owning Your Own Business: The Nuts and Bolts of Getting Started 6:307:30 at the Central library. 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. GET YOUR YARNS OUT! Tuesdays after evening Minyan at 8, knitters, crocheters, needlepointers, and others meet at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. 263-7000, ext. 200. TANGO CLASS Wednesday, December 28 a t B u e n o s A i re s Ta n go i n Forest Hills. 347-642-4705. KNIT & CROCHET Wednesdays, December 28, January 4 at the South Ozone Park library at 1. BASIC COMPUTER Wednesday, December 28 at the Windsor Park library at 10:30.
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Models Of Queens
Glendale Knockout Terezia hails from Slovakia, and her sharp looks enthralled us enough to want to feature this gal who is still making her impression in the modeling world. Since last we spoke, Terezia won second place in Miss Diaspora International, has worked on commercials and has done print modeling in a variety of places, including some work for the New York Giants. This past December she came back to the Miss Diaspora annual contest as a judge and was more of a knockout than some of the contestants. Speaking of knockouts, watch out – this gal is a master at karate, studying for a decade and entering in national competition, where in 2006 she was a world champion for her class. Great looks and a solid uppercut to boot. How can you go wrong?
Terezia Revesova Home: Glendale Age: 25 Height: 5’ 4" Weight: 114 lbs Stats: 35-25-36
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Flu Shot Twins
Nanny: Don't Frack New York Queens’ high pitched petite yet always proper nanny has joined the chorus of those concerned with hydrofracking. A uterine cancer survivor herself, Flushing native Fran Drescher, is speaking out against the high pressured fluid injection into the earth because of the carcinogenic risks connected to the process. In a public service announcement to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Drescher says, “Please don’t Frack New York.” Fran Drescher With the borough’s hometown hottie in the mix of celebrities raising their voices we’re sure the State Legislature will pay special attention to their pleas. But Drescher could be just the latest of the of New Yorkers who will never figure out what makes the State Legislature do anything.
Still Off His Rocker New York’s (least) favorite pitcher saw his name come back onto news print this week, just in time to start promoting a new book. Former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker – who infamously called Mets fans degenerates 12 years ago – publicly came out to endorse fellow Georgian, Republican presidential nominee Newt Gingrich and then admitted during a talk with NY Baseball Digest to taking steroids. The outrageously outspoken pitcher blamed his use on peer pressure. “The reason [for taking them] was, with my teammates and their confidence laying on my shoulders, with the coaching staff and their confidence on my shoulders … I am not going to step on that mound with that kind of responsibility with my gun half loaded,” Rocker said. Rocker denied in the interview that steroids improved his breaking ball. There was no comment as to whether his hate for taking the 7 train was enhanced by the drugs.
The Walgreens commercial where two sassy senior twins turn getting a flu shot into a competition now has a hometown twist. Frances Labinger, who plays Edith in the commercial, lives in Astoria. Her playful banter with her sister, Iris Arnold, wasn’t just for the cameras, bickering is a part of all of their conversations. “We’ve always talked to each other like this, so we Astoria resident Frances Labinger (l.) and twin Iris (above right) John Rocker and don’t know what the big deal is,” Labinger told The Arnold, have seen fame thanks to a witty Walgreens ad. his girlfriend model Alicia Marie Daily News. Since the commercial aired, the 77-yearold twins have been on talk shows and are now shooting another ad. Confidentially, New York . . . Who knew talking about flu shots could bring such fame? Enjoy those checks, ladies.
Botched Bank Robbery If you’re going to threaten bank workers with a gun, it would help if they’re more afraid of the weapon than you are. A man walked into the HSBC bank on 43rd Avenue in Long Island City last Wednesday and asked the tellers for money at gunpoint. When he got impatient, he shot his gun to the ceiling attempting to strike fear Wanted for attempted bank robbery in the hearts of the delaying workers. Instead, he soiled his own pants; the robber panicked and fled the bank without a cent, leaving behind a clear picture of him on the security cameras. Police believe he’s the same suspect wanted in a Brooklyn bank robbery in October. No word if the Chicken Little bank robber scared himself out of some dough in that robbery too.
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Tony Avella Dan Halloran Rumors are already swirling that Republican Councilman Dan “Hollerin” Halloran will challenge the man he replaced in the Council, Democratic State Sen. Tony Avella, he of the quixotic mayoral run. It would make quite the fascinating election—two political mavericks squaring off in an area of northern Queens that will not toe any party line. Halloran is a one man newsmachine, whether it’s his pagan faith or expletive-fueled tirade against a car dealership, or crusade against ticket writing traffic agents that don’t follow the law, he is unafraid to say exactly what he is thinking. Avella similarly has little interest in appeasing anyone and is very much an outsider in the Democratic inside. Both have fervently supporters in the northeast Queens quadrant. It’ll be a feisty election, if it does indeed occur. Don’t expect either of these men to back out of any debates, David Weprin-style. Both pols love to yap . . .and pick fights.
LEGAL NOTICE
successors in interest whose names and places of residence are unknown and to all other heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of IVANA IVKOVIC the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot after due diligent inquiry be ascertained ATTORNEY GENERAL being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, devisees, beneficiaries, distributees, or otherwise in the Estate of IVANA IVKOVIC, deceased, who at the time of her death was a resident of 219-82 64 th Avenue, Borough of Queens, City and State of New York 11364. Send Greeting: Upon the petition of MIRA RIERA, residing at 794 New Dover Road, Edison, New Jersey 08820. You and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate’s Court of Queens County, held at the Queens County Building, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York 11435 on the 2 nd day of February 2012, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why the account of proceedings of MIRA RIERA, as Administrator of the Goods, Chattels and Credits which were of the Estate of IVANA IVKOVKIC, deceased, should not be judicially settled; a copy of which is attached; why an Order should not be made; 1. Removing the restrictions contained in the Limited Letters of Administration issued to the petitioner; 2. Authorizing the petitioner to collect the proceeds of a settlement referred to hereinabove in the amount of $700,000.00 against DAVID RAFAEL RIVERA, PATRICK G. TORNEY, ALYSSA G. TORNEY, JOSEPH PORTNOV and the CITY OF NEW YORK, and of said sum the amount of $400,000.00 being allocated to the cause of action for the wrongful death of said decedent, IVANA IVKOVIC and the sum of $300,000.00 being allocated to the cause of action for personal injuries sustained by said decedent, IVANA IVKOVIC, during her lifetime; 3. Dispensing with the filing of a bond in respect thereto; 4. Authorizing the petitioner, MIRA RIERA, to pay to IROM, WITTELS, FREUND, BERNE & SERRA, P.C., thirty-three and onethird (33-1/3%) percent of the gross recovery herein (after deduction of disbursements), the sum of $226,262.97, as and for their legal fee (of which sum the amount of $129,286.67 is being allocated to the cause of action for the wrongful death of the decedent and $96,976.30 is being allocated to the cause of action for personal injuries sustained by the decedent during her lifetime) for their services rendered in the underlying cause(s) of action and in this proceeding (or such legal fee as is fixed by the Court), together with reimbursement of disbursements in the amount of $21,211.07 (of which sum the amount of
LEGAL NOTICE $12,120.00 is being allocated to the cause of action for the wrongful death of the decedent and $9,091.07 is being allocated to the cause of action for personal injuries sustained by the decedent during her lifetime), totaling in all the sum of $247,474.04; 5. Discharging and releasing the petitioner, MIRA RIERA, from all responsibility and liability with respect to the matter herein, the aforementioned causes of action and the proceeds thereof, upon compliance with terms of the Decree to be entered herein; 6. That NEDELJKO IVKOVIC, be barred from sharing in the proceeds herein, and that he be disallowed from any recovery had herein, in accordance with §4-1.4 of the Estates, Powers and Trusts Law of the State of New York, it having been established that he abandoned the decedent herein, as all reasonable attempts to locate the present whereabouts of NEDELJKO IVKOVIC, having been unsuccessful. 7. That of the settlement proceeds herein, MIRA RIERA, the petitioner herein, be paid $8,263.84 in reimbursement of payment by her (in full) of the funeral bill of the Frederick Funeral Home, Inc., for the funeral services of the decedent herein; 8. That of the settlement proceeds herein, MIRA RIERA, the petitioner herein, be paid $25,000.00, as and for her compensation (statutory commissions) as Administrator of the Estate of the decedent herein (of which sum the amount of $14,285.00 is being allocated to the cause of action for the wrongful death of the decedent and the amount of $10,715.00 is being allocated to the cause of action for personal injuries sustained by the decedent during her lifetime; 9. Authorizing the payment of $419,262.12 to MIRA RIERA, as surviving parent (as approved by the Court) of the decedent of which sum the amount of $244,288.33 is allocated for the wrongful death of the decedent herein and the amount of $174,973.79 is allocated to the recovery in the cause of action for personal injuries sustained by the decedent during her lifetime; 10. That upon payments as hereinabove mentioned by the said defendants or defendants’ insurance companies, MIRA RIERA, as Administrator of the Goods, Chattels and Credits which were of the Estate of IVANA IVKOVIC, deceased, be permitted to execute and deliver to the said defendants, DAVID RAFAEL RIVERA, PATRICK G. TORNEY, ALYSSA G. TORNEY, JOSEPH PORTNOV and the CITY OF NEW YORK, full, final and complete release(s) in the claims against them arising out of the aforesaid causes of action, together with any other papers necessary to effectuate said compromise; and 11. The judicial settlement of the account of MIRA RIERA, as Administrator of the Estate of IVANA
LEGAL NOTICE IVKOVIC, deceased. Dated, Attested and Sealed, DEC 14 2011 HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate, Queens County Margaret M. Gribbon Chief Clerk IROM, WITTELS, FREUND, BERNE & SERRA, P.C. Attorneys for Petitioner OFFICE AND P.O. ADDRESS 349 East 149 th Street Bronx, New York 10451 (718) 6650220 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 consent to the proceeding, unless you file written objections thereto. You have a right to have an attorney at law appear for you. ___________________________________ Name of LLC: Santos Bay Logistica USA LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 11/17/11. Office loc.: Queens Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act. ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/29/11, bearing Index Number NC-001129-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435,
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grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Dora (Middle) Angelica (Last) Prieto My present name is (First) Dora (Middle) Angelica (Last) Morales aka Dora A. Morales My present address is 5300 65 th Place, Apt. #3A, Maspeth, NY 11378 My place of birth is Colombia My date of birth is May 15, 1963 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County, on the 29 day of November 2011, bearing the Index Number 775/11, copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, in room number 357 grants Petitioner the right, to assume the name of Javier Raul Kunis Vargas. Applicant’s present address is 33-24 91 st Street, Apt. 6R, Jackson Heights, NY 11372, his date of birth is July 25, 1963; the place of his birth is Bonao, Dominican Republic; his present name is Felix Manuel Vasquez a/k/a Felix M. Vasquez a/k/a Felix Vasquez. ___________________________________
Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act. ___________________________________
Name of LLC: PenNink Paisley Design LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 11/23/11. Office loc.: Queens Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd.,
Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12/14/11, bearing Index Number NC-001072-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Nicole (Middle) Marie Calcado (Last) McCardell My present name is (First) Nicole (Middle) Marie (Last) Calcado aka Nicole M. Calcado My present address is 23-85 Crescent Street, Apt. #1A, Astoria, NY 11105 My place of birth is Livingston, NJ My date of birth is January 14, 1986 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12/8/11, bearing Index Number NC-001156-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Irina (Last) Ludner My present name is (First) Irina (Last) Kimyagarova My present address is 63-95 Austin Street, Apt. #3H, Rego Park, NY 11374 My place of birth is Uzbekistan My date of birth is March 28, 1972
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Notice is hereby given that a license number 1259740 for an On Premises Liquor License has been applied for by the SULTANA CAFÉ INC. under the Alcoholic Beverage Control law for premises located at 25-03 Steinway Street, Astoria, New York 11103, County of Queens, for on premises consumption. ___________________________________ STEWART ENGINEERING SERVICES, PLLC, a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/17/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 12-11 Frisco Ave., Far Rockaway, NY 11691. Purpose: Engineering ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of HCRD Enterprises LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/ 9/10. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Howard Smolen Esq., 360 Great Neck Rd., Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: any lawful activities. ___________________________________ 400 JAY SCUTTI BLVD LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/22/ 11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 216-16 28 th Rd., Bayside, NY 11361. General Purposes. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of Liquor World LLC, a limited liability company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 08/05/2011. 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:792794 Elmont Road, Elmont, NY 11354. Purpose: Any lawful activity. ___________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 129-17 91 AVE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/15/11. 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, 129-17 91 st Avenue, Richmond Hill, New York 11418. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK File No. 2007-4374 By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: NEDELJKO IVKOVIC, if living and if dead, to his heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown, and if he died subsequent to the decedent herein, to his executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and
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