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Volume 15 Issue No. 32 Aug. 8-14, 2014

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TOURING THE TOWN

Councilman Donovan Richards walks through Rosedale to assess quality of life issues.

By Jordan Gibbons ‌ Page 4.

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News Briefs Hollis Library Renovations

The Queens Library Hollis branch at 202-05 Hillside Ave. is closing temporarily after Aug. 15 to install a new roof.

Limited service will be provided by the mobile library every Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library is expected to reopen in October.

The nearest locations are at 9411 217th St., Queens Village, 187-05 Union Turnpike, Hillcrest and 79-50 Bell Blvd. in Windsor Park. Visit www.queenslibrary.org for additional information and resources.

Sikhs Call For Investigation As Hate Crime

Sikh officials gathered in Richmond Hill earlier this week to call for justice for Sandeep Singh.

Tuesday morning’s rally was in response to an incident that occurred at 99th Street and 101st Avenue in Ozone Park involving Singh, who was run over by a truck and dragged 30 feet. The driver sped off and the person responsible for the incident has yet to be found. Sandeep has remained hospitalized as a result of the altercation.

The Sikh Coalition, the group that organized the rally, is calling on the NYPD and federal agencies to investigate the incident as a hate crime.

The group alleges that moments before the driver ran over Singh, the person yelled racial and religious slurs at him, calling him a “terrorist” and telling him to “go back to your country.”

Amardeep Singh, the program director of the Sikh Coalition, said Sandeep told him the driver said those slurs before hitting him with a pickup truck.

Amardeep said he visited Sandeep in the hospital and that he is still in a lot of pain and was only able to speak after taking painkillers.

“At one point, he said, ‘you don’t do this to people,’” Amardeep said.

Amardeep said that Sandeep will be “incapacitated for a while” but will survive the incident.

The Sikh Coalition released a statement from Sandeep himself, expressing his desire for an arrest to be made for the incident.

“I am in a great deal of pain, but I will survive,” Sandeep said. “I was attacked because I am a Sikh and because I look like a Sikh. Justice should be served so that no one else goes through what I have been through. We need to create a world without hate.”

According to the NYPD, the type of car the driver was using was a light colored 2007-2009 GMC 1500

Series Sierra pick-up truck. They said the two involved in the incident argued until the driver accelerated, hitting Sandeep and dragging him until fleeing the scene. Law enforcement said he was treated at Jamaica Hospital for abdominal and back injuries as well as multiple abrasions.

Nearly 900 Needles Found In Forest Park

A bag full of hypodermic needles was found late last month in Forest Park.

About 868 needles was discovered in the southern Queens park, but was later cleaned up by the Parks Dept.

Geoffrey Croft, who first wrote about the discovery on his blog “A Walk in the Park,” said the needles were found under a guardrail near Park Lane South and 112th Street in the park.

Croft said it was disturbing that people discard that many needles in a public place where families and children go on a daily basis.

“That could have potentially been quite dangerous because we don’t know what the needles were used for,” he said.

A Parks Dept. spokesperson confirmed that the needles were found by their personnel and were disposed of. The agency also alerted the NYPD, the spokesperson said.

It is unclear who left the needles at the park, but it could have been a company who did not want to pay to discard the needles, Croft said.

Fundraising Emails Sent By Councilman’s Staff

Councilman I. Daneek Miller’s (D-St. Albans) director of planning, events and community relations, Margaret Denson sent out political fundraising emails while working at Miller’s office last week.

The email was asking for donations to former Councilman Leroy Comrie’s State Senate campaign. Comrie is running against incumbent State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis), Munir Avery and Bernadette Sample.

Denson said she was in the office but claimed she was on a lunch break.

According to the City Conflicts of Interest Board, “some higher level City servants may not request anyone to make a political contribution to any candidate for a City office or to any City elected official who is running for office.”

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Presstime

Lawsuit Alleges Nonprofit Stiffed Staff

BY JORDAN GIBBONS

The Jamaica Business Resource Center allegedly failed to pay its employees in full for almost one year, before firing them, according to a lawsuit filed with the State Supreme Court on Monday.

The nonprofit center was created in 1994 as part of then-President Bill Clinton’s One Stop Capital Shop small business program to provide technical and financial support to

new and established businesses. It was funded through contracts with City and State government agencies and donations from corporations.

The defendants in the suit, Edward Reed, president of the JBRC and chairman of the board of directors; Timothy Marshall, CEO of JBRC; Arthur Benjamin, assistant chairman of the board of directors; Keith Klass, JRBC’s accountant; and other members of the board are being accused of failing to pay their em-

Second Suspect Arrested For Murder Of D’aja Robinson

D’aja Robinson’s grandmother added to her granddaughter’s memorial at the bus stop days after her death.

District Attorney Richard Brown announced on Thursday that a second suspect has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of D’aja Robinson, a 14-year-old girl who was killed by a stray bullet on May 18, 2013.

Robinson was on the Q6 bus on Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica after leaving a Sweet 16 party when shots were fired into the bus striking her in the head.

Brown identified the defendant as Shamel Capers, 16, of Brooklyn. Capers turned himself in to police on Wednesday and was arraigned that night on charges of second-degree murder, first-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He is being held without bail and is due back in court on Aug. 13. If convicted, Capers faces up to 15 years to life in prison.

It is alleged that Capers began firing multiple rounds from a handgun

at the bus, with the intent to cause the death of another individual, one of which pierced the bus window and hit Robinson.

“A second suspect has now been arrested and arraigned in the tragic death of a 14-year-old girl killed on a bus last year,” Brown said. “By their alleged actions, these two defendants showed a wanton disregard for human life and now face up to life in prison.”

Brown said that Kevin McClinton, 22, was also arrested in South Carolina a month after the shooting and is also charged with second-degree murder and other charges. McClinton allegedly took the gun from Capers and continued firing into the bus. McClinton is currently being held without bail. His case was adjourned for trial on Sept. 22.

The investigation was conducted

by NYPD’s 113th Precinct detectives Daniel Gallagher and Anthony Faranda.

ployees for any work performed after October 2012.

The five former employees are suing the center, which is now closed, for $250,000 to reimburse them for the back pay they are owed. They were fired in September 2013 for complaining about not getting paid, according to the suit.

The employees’ roles ranged from senior business advisor to custodian and had all been working there for at least five years. Earl Francis, who began working with the nonprofit in 1997 as the vice president of capital access, was with the nonprofit for the longest time period.

In an email to Reed and Marshall in February 2013, Benjamin said that he “is concerned over not paying the employees and further states that he hopes the plaintiffs do not realize that he could be personally liable for JBRC’s failure to pay the employees,” the suit states.

During this time, the JBRC periodically paid the employees a fraction of what they were owed but had enough funds to throw “elaborate galas for the defendant’s friends and church members,” according to the suit. “These galas cost several hundred thousand dollars but allowed the defendants to use the money they owed the employees to maintain their personal reputations within the community.”

The last payment made to the employees occurred on Aug. 13, 2013 for the two-week pay period of Oct. 12, 2012.

Another email from Reed, directed Marshall “to calm down the employees in order to avoid any uprising over the JBRC’s failure to pay the employees what they have earned.”

According to the suit, the employees attempted to collect unemployment benefits this year, but were denied by the Dept. of Labor because there was no record of their employment with JBRC since 2010, which

would imply that the JBRC failed to file taxes for the employees.

The center has also received funding and support from local politicians whose names have become synonymous with corruption.

In 2009, embattled State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) provided a $110,000 grant to the JBRC for renovations to their building.

In 2011, the center hosted a 15th Anniversary Celebration at the Ritz Carlton in Battery Park, featuring an “elegant reception at the Rooftop Terrace overlooking the Hudson River,” according to a press release announcing the event. John Liu, who was City Comptroller at the time, was a guest of honor.

The release also stated that the center had secured more than $325 million in direct financing, surety bonding and contract procurement opportunities.

“This has resulted in an economic impact of over $585 million dollars and the creation and retention of hundreds of much needed jobs throughout the New York metropolitan area,” the release stated.

U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (DJamaica), who has been tied to several political scandals, also spoke at a number of events for the center, including the delivery of the keynote at the unveiling of a Western Union Clearing House located at the JBRC, in 2012. Former State Sen. Shirley Huntley, who was recently released from prison, was also at this event.

John Scola, attorney for the employees, said it was their loyalty to the center that kept them working without pay.

“They kept promising them they were going to get paid,” Scola said.

“Most of them had been there around 10 years. You trust those people.”

Reach Reporter Jordan Gibbons at (718)357-7400 Ext. 123, jgibbons@ queenspress.com or @jgibbons2

U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks provided the keynote address at an event for the Jamaica Business Resource Center in 2012.

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Rosedale Residents Reach Out To Councilman Richards On Wednesday, Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) met with residents of 244th Street in Rosedale to discuss a variety of quality of life issues plaguing their neighborhood.

The main complaint among the residents was based around the Island Taste Restaurant and Bar located at the corner of Merrick Boulevard and 244th Street.

“It’s so loud at night,” Sasha Lindor said. “Arguments, fights, you name it. I’ve lived here my whole life.

It’s not even worth it anymore.”

Lindor lives directly across the street from Island Taste and said patrons leaving the bar will loiter in front of her house, litter on the streets, sit on the brick wall on the perimeter of her property and even urinate on her lawn at all hours of the night.

Pete Halagarda has lived on the street for more than 30 years and he said that even with his windows closed and central air conditioning, he and his wife can feel the vibrations from the music at the bar six houses away.

Richards said that he sat down with the bar’s owner, Desmond Bent, about working through the residents’

concerns and Bent was Richards asked the receptive to meeting with residents to choose his neighbors. a time and day next “It’s our job to work week to sit down with through this and try and Bent to figure out how come up with resoluthey can all coexist. tions,” Richards said.

Willie Jackson “Through communicahelped arrange the tion and working with walkthrough of the the owner, we can help neighborhood with to ease quality of life isthe Councilman and sues.” said another issue is Lindor said she has cars speeding down called 311 and nothing the narrow road since happens; she calls the there are only twoprecinct and they either way stop signs on the do not answer or tell her corners.

Councilman Donovan Richards took a tour around Rosedale on to call 311.

Richards said that “The area is zoned for Wednesday to listen to resident concerns and begin to address he will submit procommercial use. They’re quality of life issues. posals to the Dept. of in their right to be there,” Transportation to iniRichards said. “However, they’re not the police not answering or respond- tiate a study on implementing stop in a position to create a nuisance.” ing, Richards said his position allows signs and speed bumps in the neighRichards told the residents to call him better access to get the NYPD’s borhood. his office or his cell phone when- attention.

The Councilman’s last piece of ever patrons from the bar are caus“There’s a difference between a advice for the residents was to form ing any issues so he can report them city councilman talking to the po- a Block Association so they can meet to the NYPD’s 105th precinct. The lice commissioner and talking to the regularly to coordinate the issues in 105th covers the largest area in the precinct,” he said. “We can hold the the community, monitor progress City and only has a satellite station police more accountable.” and address them to his office. to cover the Rosedale area, which “Agencies react to people, not just He noted potential options for imcloses at night. At that point, police proving the current situation, such as one councilman,” Richards said. are dispatched from the station in soundproofing the bar, adding more Reach Reporter Jordan Gibbons at Queens Village. security and having Bent install cam- (718)357-7400 Ext. 123, jgibbons@ When residents complained about eras on residents’ private property. queenspress.com or @jgibbons2 Photo by Jordan Gibbons

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NYPD Locks Up St. Albans Dog fighting Perps On July 31, the NYPD and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals rescued 20 emaciated and scarred pit bulls from a St. Albans home and two suspects at the location were taken into custody.

Addison Holder, 44, and Keisha Hall, 33, were charged with multiple

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The ASPCA took the rescued dogs back to their office for ongoing care.

counts connected to animal cruelty, animal fighting and criminal possession of a controlled substance.

The 113th Precinct’s Anti-Crime Team and the newly formed Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad executed a search warrant at the residence, along with the assistance of the ASPCA Forensic Investigative Team, and found the dogs with a variety of evidence that is traditionally used in the training of dogs for dog fighting.

Five dogs were found with large weighted collars around their necks with large chains attached to their collars. No food or water was found near them, according to the criminal complaint.

One large battery device with electrical wires attached to it was also found.

Other caged and scarred dogs were found in a locked garage that had no ventilation, food or water, according to the complaint.

A small, square pit covered by concrete to seal off light was discovered in the backyard and animal fur was seen all over the cover and in the pit.

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weighted harnesses found.

Police also found methamphetamine and ecstasy in the home.

The ASPCA provided forensic support on-site in addition to full medical examinations, the handling and transporting of the animals and will continue to provide ongoing care and enrichments for the dogs.

“Once the animals are placed in the ASPCA’s care, our veterinary forensics staff examines and documents the animal’s health for use in a potential criminal pros- The animals were found with scrapes and scars ecution,” Howard Lawrence, without any food or water. senior director of operations of ASPCA Humane Law Enforce- on the animal abuse in the City. ment said. “The ASPCA Animal “Organized dog fighting is a bruHospital provides complete medical tal form of animal abuse where dogs treatment and assesses the animal’s are exploited and forced to fight as behavior as well. The animals are their owners profit from their torhoused in shelter space specifically ture,” Bershadker said. “Through designed for long term care and en- our partnership, the ASPCA and richment activities.” the NYPD are determined to protect Dog fighting continues to be a New York City’s animals from this major issue in inner cities, but with form of cruelty and bring their abusa concentrated effort from the new ers to justice.”

NYPD squad, Matt Bershadker, presReach Reporter Jordan Gibbons at ident and CEO of the ASPCA, said (718)357-7400 Ext. 123, jgibbons@ the organization plans to crack down queenspress.com or @jgibbons2 Photo courtesy of ASPCA

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Keep Our animals Safe While the uproar over football player Michael Vick’s arrest for his part in a dog fighting ring at his home has died down, the issue of animal abuse is one that should stay at the forefront of any pet owner’s mind. last week, a man and a woman in St. albans were arrested on charges of animal cruelty and animal fighting after an investigation showed that the pair was allegedly running a dog fighting ring. the dogs discovered on the property had evidence of scarring and were left in cages without ventilation, no food or water and weighted collars around their necks. thankfully, these poor pooches are now in the hands of the aSPCa, which has led the charge on a nationwide crackdown on this type of animal abuse. it can be difficult enough to keep a large pet like these dogs in a City with such limited green space, but breeding them towards this kind of violence should never be acceptable.

With a new animal cruelty investigation squad within the nyPd, we hope these incidents finally go away.

Ban the Plastic Bags to the editor: “There isn’t a plastic bag to be found in Barrington,” said the hardware store clerk as he put my damp potted basil plants in a small paper bag for me in mid-May. I had just asked him to put the plants in a plastic bag so they wouldn’t leak in the car. “Great Barrington outlawed them last year and the law went into effect this March,” he said. Knowing the ban was in place, we took our reusable bags out of the car to shop for groceries next door.

If you need bags, the store has endcaps with good quality reusable bags for sale at a cost of 2 bags for 3 bucks.

At checkout, everybody bagged their own groceries. Nobody griped and everyone seemed happy about the new environmentally friendly town status.

Here at home, clerks over-bag everything. To my chagrin, I’ve even left things behind at stores because there were too many bags. To solve this problem, I try to remember to bring my reusable bags whenever I can.

The worldwide glut of plastic bags is a huge environmental problem that we didn’t have 30 years ago. In the USA, we use over 100 billion plastic bags a year; that’s 83 bags per person, or 1 bag each every 4 ½ days. The billions we use wind up in landfills where they take about 300 years to photodegrade into tiny particles.

Those micro-particles then contaminate

the soil and waterways and eventually the food chain once animals or fish ingest them. Plastic bag debris is found in the oceans and on beaches and is responsible for the needless death of hundreds of thousands of sea creatures every year.

New York City is contemplating a law to charge10 cents per plastic bag. Some cities in California charge 25 cents per bag, and other cities like Seattle, ban them outright. New York passed a law in 2009 requiring large stores to provide containers for the collection of unwanted plastic bags, but lack of interest and poor enforcement has hardly moved the needle on the bag problem. Clearly, this law is not working as intended.

According to studies, small fee charges don’t seem to make much of a difference either. The only thing that succeeds is a total ban like that enacted in Great Barrington. Watch for a major pushback from the plastic industry and those connected to the bags, and the right-wingers who will shout about Liberals and more government overreach. We need to move forward with bag restriction laws that work for our own good. Until then, let’s pledge to only using reusable bags when shopping and get in the habit of taking responsible action toward saving our environment. tyler Cassell, Flushing

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Queens Offers a Wealth Of Culture

By Melinda Katz I invite you to join me in discovering the wealth of cultural vitality and artistic vibrancy in “The World’s Borough,” the Borough of Queens.

Queens is a unique destination in that it provides visitors and residents with global cultural experiences reflecting its incredibly diverse population, which includes people born in more than 100 countries and speakers of more than 160 languages.

If you imagine a musical instrument from any part of the world, someone in Queens will be playing that instrument. If you think of a movie or television show, there is a good chance it was filmed in Queens at Kaufman Astoria or Silvercup Studios.

If you want to feast on an international array of artistic talent, you’re in the

right borough. Artists from around the world have made new homes for themselves in Queens and are shaping our cultural destiny.

From contemporary visual and performing arts institutions like PS 1 and the Chocolate Factory to those who preserve a distinct culture and heritage such as Afrikan Poetry Theatre and Thalia Spanish Theatre, our borough’s large roster of arts organizations are building their own legacies through embracing the needs of an ever expanding audience. And our audiences participate in the arts not only as a leisure time activity, but also as a way of life since the arts are a part of who they are and where they came from.

Our cultural future is shaped by our past. The great Louis Armstrong, whose home in Corona is now a

museum and whose music is listened to by audiences all over the world. We can also boast of the ever popular Tony Bennett, who helped establish the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria.

Queens is a borough rich with artists of renown. It is even richer with emerging artists whose dedication to their crafts will make them artists the world will soon recognize and celebrate.

I grew up knowing that Queens is a cultural haven. My father started the Queens Symphony Orchestra 60 years ago.

My mother founded Queens Council on the Arts. Today, both of those organizations are major parts of the cultural life of Queens.

I also spent a great deal of time in my youth backstage at Colden Auditorium at Queens College hearing some of the legendary classical artists

sharing their music and their stories with my father and the audiences who filled the auditorium to hear great concerts in Queens.

We have the best of the best today in Queens. There is no need to go over a bridge or through a tunnel to discover a wealth of talent. That’s the reality my parents wanted to create 60 years ago. As their daughter and as your Borough President, I will do everything I can to strengthen our cultural life, our opportunities for top notch entertainment and the ability of our school children to receive a quality education in the arts.

Explore the arts, culture and entertainment in Queens, and in turn you will discover what Queens is all about. We are The World’s Borough!

Melinda Katz was sworn in as Queens Borough President in January.

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BY JOE MARVILLI A math program in Bayside is showing students a new method of learning.

Tactile Brain’s Abakidz class at Bayside’s New York Academy teaches students between the ages of 5 and 10 years old advanced math skills, using one of the oldest calculation tools: the abacus. With the abacus, the 26 students in the class learned to add together multiple numbers up to three or four digits long, without the use of a calculator.

The class, which had its graduation ceremony on Aug. 1, was taught by Jeonghee Lee, the world’s only 11th degree abacus master. After teaching in South Korea, she came to Queens to see if her teaching method would translate. While American teachers engage students visually or audibly, the abacus relies on tactile learning.

“You’re actually engaging all three learning styles when you use the abacus,” Kevin Kim, co-founder of Abakidz, said. “If somebody works on it for about three years, he or she ends up being able to visualize the abacus and do the calculations without an abacus.”

Lee’s students were able to do their calculations without an abacus at the end of a four-week session, due

to the intensity of the classes, which ran for two-and-a-half hours each day.

Although the students get much better at math, the method also improves their learning overall.

“They are able to concentrate and focus better, which helps their test scores in all subjects,” Kim added.

“You find that they’re able to read at a faster rate.”

During the graduation ceremony, Lee displayed her own abilities. She accurately added 100 four-digit numbers that flashed on a screen for .3 seconds each, without the use of any instrument except her mind. During an earlier class in Englewood, N.J., Lee set three world records for mental calculation. In one scenario, she completed 10 sets of problems that each involved 10 numbers that were 10 digits long. She did the calculations in 100 seconds, shattering the previous record of 173 seconds.

Lee said she was proud of her students and happy about the program’s success.

“The students worked very, very hard,” she said. “Even from this small beginning, I am very hopeful some students in this room will carry on my legacy and perhaps even break some of my records.”

Kim said Lee wants to continue the

Photos by Joe Marvilli

Math Program Goes Back To The Abacus

(Above): Abakidz students raise their hands to answer the advanced addition question that flashed on the screen, as a demonstration of their new math skills after a four-week class. (Right): Teacher Jeonghee Lee (left), seen alongside PJ Kim, is the only 11th degree abacus master in the world. She recently set three world math records. program going forward, from an August session to after-school programs in the fall. For more information about the class, visit www.tactilebrain.com.

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

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Tune In To Queens On Television

BY JORDAN GIBBONS From Kaufman Astoria Studios to Silvercup Studios, Queens has been a prime location for television shows to film since the 1950s. But the Borough also offers a distinct setting that has added personality to a variety of programs throughout the years.

“All in the Family,” which was set in Astoria, is one of the most wellknown and successful sitcoms from the 1970s. The tales of Archie and Edith Bunker broke plenty of barriers that were considered inappropriate for network television at the time.

Archie was a working class World War II veteran who was an outspoken bigot, prejudiced against anyone who did not share his views as a U.S.-born, conservative, heterosexual, White Anglo-Saxon Protestant male. The show tackled controversial themes, such as racism, homosexuality, women’s liberation, rape, miscarriage, abortion, breast cancer, the Vietnam War, menopause and impotence.

The series aired from 1971 to 1979, when a new show, “Archie Bunker’s Place,” picked up where the original show left off when Archie purchased a neighborhood tavern in Astoria. The show was actually filmed in Hollywood, Calif. The exterior of the home shown in the opening credits is located on Cooper Avenue in Glendale.

More recently, “The King of Queens” brought viewers into the home of Doug and Carrie Heffernan, a working class couple who lived in Rego Park with Carrie’s father, Arthur Spooner, played by Jerry Stiller.

Arthur complicated their lives with his needy personality and eccentric demands.

The successful comedy, which aired from 1998 to 2007, helped catapult the career of co-star Kevin James. Although the show’s opening credits had scenes from the Unisphere and the Lemon Ice King of

“The King of Queens” depicted the life of a Rego Park man, his wife and eccentric father in law.

Corona, it was filmed at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, Calif.

Exterior footage of their home was shot in New Jersey.

Another series set in Rego Park, “Dear John,” aired on NBC from 1988 to 1992. Judd Hirsch played a high school teacher named John Lacey, who is dumped by his wife and forced to move into an apartment in Rego Park. The show’s plot is based around the One-2-One-Club he joined, which was a self-help group for divorced, widowed or lonely people.

In the early 1950s, the radio show “Meet Millie” made a transition to television featuring a wisecracking secretary named Millie who lived in an apartment with her mother in Jackson Heights. Millie’s mom was always on the lookout for a possible husband for her. The show ran from 1952 until 1956.

In 2006, “Ugly Betty” premiered on ABC, featuring a 22-year-old Mexican American woman from Jackson Heights who lacked a fashion sense, though her boldness and good heart helped her land a job at a high fashion magazine based in Manhattan.

The scenes shot in Queens with her family showed the vast contrast between the two boroughs. The house that was used for the interior and exterior scenes is on 92nd Street near Elmhurst Avenue.

Lately, the crew from “Orange is the New Black” has been filming at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Long Island City. They have also been seen filming in front of Sunswick 35/35 Bar, located at 35-02 35th St., Astoria, as well as by Bartunek Hardware on 23rd Avenue and 27th Street and Lockwood at 32-15 33rd St. The USA Network series, “White Collar,” which is about a con artist working as an informant for the FBI, films scenes all over the Borough.

They have filmed at Jackson Avenue and Court Square in Long Island City, 45th Street and Skillman Avenue in Sunnyside and at Fort Totten in Bayside for the mid-season finale during its fifth season. Normally, they film at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City.

Kaufman Astoria Studios has been a locale for movie productions since the silent movies during the Roaring 20s, but it has also been a venue for some popular television series and episodes.

“Sesame Street” has called the studio home since 1993. The children’s game shows in the 90s, “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego” and “Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego,” were also filmed at Kaufman Astoria, as well as the Showtime drama “Nurse Jackie.”

“All in the Family,” a classic sitcom from the 1970s, was set in Queens and tackled the controversial issues of the day.

Kaufman Astoria also had episodes sic Sherlock Holmes, “Elementary” of “The Cosby Show,” “Law & Order,” stars Johnny Lee Miller as a recovering drug addict version of Holmes and “Spin City” taped at the studio.

Since Silvercup Studios first and Lucy Liu as his sober companopened in the former flour silo room ion, Dr. Joan Watson. The pair asof the landmark Silvercup Bakery in sists the NYPD with solving crimes.

1983, it has grown into a full-service The show has been renewed for a film and television production facil- third season.

“30 Rock” was a sitcom that aired ity with 13 shooting stages on its main lot and five on its East Lot on on NBC from 2006 to 2013. Created

by Tina Fey, the show was loosely 34-22 Starr Ave. Silvercup hosted the productions based on her experiences as head of two of HBO’s most popular series, writer for Saturday Night Live. “30 “Sex in the City” and “The Sopra- Rock” starred Fey, Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan. It won several major nos.”

Currently, the HBO show “Girls” awards, such as Primetime Emmy is filmed there, along with CBS’ Awards for Outstanding Comedy Se“Person of Interest,” and “Elementa- ries in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Kaufman Astoria Studios is locatry.” NBC’s “30 Rock” just completed production after seven successful ed at 37-11 35th Ave., Long Island City and Silvercup Studios is located seasons.

“Girls” was created by and stars at 42-22 22nd St., Long Island City.

Reach Reporter Jordan Gibbons at Lena Dunham in a comedy drama that follows a group of twenty-some- (718)357-7400 Ext. 123, jgibbons@ things living in the City. The show has queenspress.com or @jgibbons2 concluded its third season and has been renewed for a fourth season, premiering in 2015.

Jim Caviezel stars in “Person of Interest,” as former CIA operative John Reese, who is recruited by mysterious billionaire Harold Finch to prevent violent crimes before they occur in New York City. Finch built a computer system that uses surveillance to predict future crimes. CBS renewed the show for a fourth season, which is set to premiere “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego,” a classic 90s children’s show, filmed in September.

A modern update of the clas- at Kaufman Astoria Studios.

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When It comes To Music, Queens Rocks

BY JOE MARVILLI Queens’ diversity has always been one of its strongest points and that is just as true in terms of music.

From the time the record business came into being to the present day, Queens has constantly been home to some of the biggest names in the industry. Whether the genre was jazz, pop, rock, rap or something inbetween, the Borough has had many famous faces that greatly contributed to the musical landscape over the last century.

JAzz One of the Borough’s most vibrant scenes was in jazz, particularly during the genre’s heyday in the first half of the 20th century. One of the most legendary jazz musicians, Louis Armstrong, made his home in Queens.

The trumpet and cornet player was responsible for shifting the focus on jazz collectives to soloists. Although he was not born in Queens, he later became highly associated with the Borough, to the point where his house in Corona now serves as the Louis Armstrong House Museum.

While Armstrong was the biggest name, he was by no means the only name in jazz to call Queens his home. Pianist and bandleader Count Basie, vocalists Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne and saxophonist John Coltrane all moved to St. Albans during their lifetimes, particularly in the historic district of Addisleigh Park.

Jazz singer Tony Bennett also comes from the Borough, born and raised in Astoria. Even after decades of success, Bennett remained close to

Run-D.M.c.

The Ramones

Tony Bennett (top) and Les paul are a couple of the many famous musicians that hail from Queens. the neighborhood, selecting it as the home for the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts.

Then there is Les Paul, the famed jazz and blues guitarist who lived in Jackson Heights and pioneered the solid-body electric guitar, the very basis of rock and roll.

ROck In the 1960s, rock and roll dominated the musical landscape of the United States. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and The Doors brought their songs to the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, exposing Queens residents to a new musical language.

Among all of these bands, a duo from Forest Hills would become one of the biggest stars of the folk movement. Singer-songwriter Paul Simon and vocalist Art Garfunkel made their big breakthrough with “The Sound of Silence” in 1965. For the next five years, they would continue to release successful and influential records that were notable for their beautiful harmonies and memorable lyrics.

Equipped with a harder edge and a confrontational attitude, the crop of 1970s Queens bands matched the increasingly chaotic political and social landscape of the country. Gene Simmons (Jackson Heights) and Paul Stanley (Kew Gardens) met to form KISS, while Astoria’s Dee Snider joined Twisted Sister in 1976.

Of course, no conversation about hard-edged rock bands from Queens is complete without Forest Hills’ The Ramones. Their early performances, appearing onstage in black leather jackets and unleashing a frantic blast of noise, helped to create the punk rock movement.

Queens’ music scene did not lose its aggression in the 1980s. Instead, it gave the world Scott Ian, a guitarist from Bayside who co-founded the thrash metal band Anthrax. Around the same time, Queens native Perry Farrell moved to Los Angeles and joined the alternative rock scene, forming Jane’s Addiction. He would also go on to find the Lollapalooza Music Festival.

RAp If you were to think of the biggest names in rap, chances are high that you would pick someone from Queens.

One of the biggest rap icons in the world is Hollis’ own Run-D.M.C. The group was the first in the genre to have a Gold album. They never forgot their roots though, releasing songs like the holiday single, “Christmas in Hollis,” that talked about their hometown.

Coming up around the same time was LL Cool J, who also hailed from Hollis. He was discovered by another Queens resident with close ties to the rap community: Russell Simmons, the founder of Def Jam Recordings.

When it comes to early pioneers, A Tribe Called Quest is one of the most influential. The hip-hop group from St. Albans is regarded as an icon in alternate rap, with “The Low End Theory” and “Midnight Marauders” viewed as jazz rap essentials.

In the 1990s, another classic album was created by one of rap’s biggest names: Nas. The artist took his life experiences in the Queensbridge Housing Projects and used them to

create his debut, “Illmatic.”

Mobb Deep came up around the same time as Nas. Also from Queensbridge, the duo was responsible for popularizing hardcore East Coast rap, particularly with “The Infamous” and “Hell on Earth.”

Some stars of the 21st century also came from Queens. One of the biggest names is 50 Cent, a South Jamaica rapper who became an overnight sensation with “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.” Two members of the G-Unit crew that 50 Cent is part of, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo, are also from Queens.

The latest successful rapper to come out of the Borough is Nicki Minaj, who hails from Jamaica. Her debut, “Pink Friday,” helped her become the first female solo artist to have seven singles simultaneously charting on the Billboard Hot 100. pOp In terms of successful debuts, one of the best is “She’s So Unusual,”

by Cyndi Lauper. The Ozone Park musician just celebrated the 30th anniversary of the album, which included hits like “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” and “Time After Time,” with a tour that included a stop at Queens College.

Burt Bacharach, who grew up in Forest Hills, was responsible for 73 Top 40 hits in the U.S., with the pieces performed by Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones.

Harry Belafonte, who lived in Elmhurst, was known as the “King of Calypso” for popularizing the Caribbean musical style in the 1950s.

In terms of hit-makers, one Queens native is still on the charts today. That person is Idina Menzel and her performance on “Let It Go,” the smash hit from Disney’s “Frozen.”

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

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Police Blotter 102nd Precinct

Assault

The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance identifying a suspect and vehicle wanted in connection with an assault.

At approximately 12:09 a.m., the suspect, operating a light colored 2007-2009 GMC 1500 Series Sierra pick-up truck, was traveling southbound on 99th Street when he was stopped by the victim, a 29-year-old male, who was exiting a parked car, preventing the suspect from passing.

Both the suspect and victim argued verbally until the suspect accelerated slightly, bumping the victim. The suspect then accelerated again, running the victim over and dragging him several feet before fleeing the scene on 101st Avenue. EMS responded to the location and transported the victim to Jamaica Hospital for abdominal and back injuries as well as several abrasions.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-tips, visit www. nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637(CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All calls are confidential.

Burglary

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance identifying a suspect wanted for burglary.

At 2:15 p.m. on June 27, the sus-

pect entered a home in Richmond Hill through an opened bedroom window and removed a Galaxy tablet and Dell laptop. There was no one home at the time of the burglary.

The suspect, described as a light skinned female with black hair, was captured on surveillance video.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-tips, visit www. nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637(CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All calls are confidential.

110th Precinct

Collision

At approximately 12:37 a.m. on August 2, police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle accident on the Long Island Expressway, at the Grand central Parkway (exit 22).

Upon arrival, officers observed two adult male occupants of a vehicle unconscious and unresponsive, with trauma to the body. EMS also responded to the location and transported the males to Elmhurst Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

Further investigation by the NYPD’s Highway Patrol Collision Investigation squad determined that a 2004 Subaru Impreza, operated by a 30-year-old male, was traveling westbound on LIE and attempted to exit at the Grand Central Park-

way exit, when the operator failed to properly navigate the turn and struck a guardrail at the location. The vehicle then stuck a metal overpass station and came to rest upon turning on its side.

As a result, the operator and his passenger, a male, 31, sustained serious body trauma. No other vehicles or persons were affected or injured.

The identity of both victims is pending family notification.

113th Precinct

Animal Cruelty

At approximately 3 p.m. on July 31, members from 113th Anti-Crime Team, NYPD Animal Cruelty investigation Squad and ASPCA forensic investigative team, executed a search warrant inside of 117-30 196th St. in connection with an investigation into dog fighting.

Addison Holder, 44, of St. Albans, and Keisha Hall, 33, of St. Albans, were taken into police custody and charged with multiple counts connected with Animal Cruelty, Animal Fighting and Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine).

114th Precinct

Collision Investigation

At 1:45 a.m. on Aug. 1, officers responded to a motor vehicle accident

in the vicinity of Astoria Boulevard and 41st Street.

Upon arrival, police officers discovered Balazs Pusztahazi, a 39-year-old male, unconscious and unresponsive. The NYPD’s Highway Patrol Collision Investigation Squad determined that Pusztahazi was traveling westbound on Astoria Boulevard on a 2011 Yamaha motorcycle. The operator swerved into the left lane and then attempted to swerve back into the center lane when he lost control, striking a parked 2007 Kia Sedona and a parked 1998 Toyota 4-Runner. Pusztahazi was ejected from the motorcycle after the impact.

EMS responded and pronounced him dead. No other injuries were reported.

115th Precinct

Homicide

At approximately 2:13 a.m. on Aug. 3, police responded to a 911 call of an aided male lying on the corner of 97th Street and Northern Boulevard.

Upon arrival, officers discovered Fabian Carreno, 30, with slash wounds to his face and neck. EMS also responded to the location and transported Carreno to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. There are no arrests and investigation is ongoing.

Borough Beat

Former Qns Library Trustees Sue BP Katz

BY JOE MARVILLI Six of the recently removed Queens Library trustees have filed a lawsuit against Borough President Melinda Katz.

The six trustees that Katz removed are suing her, State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the State of New York. The lawsuit stated that it means to halt a “brazen, and unconstitutional, power grab by the Queens Borough President to transform the Queens Borough Public Library into an organ of City Government controlled by the Queens Borough President and Mayor.”

On July 23, Katz removed board chairman Joseph Ficalora, Jacqueline Arrington, William Jefferson, Grace Lawrence, Terri Mangino and George Stamatiades “because they failed in their duty to properly over-

see the finances of the Queens Library.” Among the grievances Katz mentioned were the board’s rebuff to suspend CEO Thomas Galante, its blocking of an audit by Comptroller Scott Stringer and its refusal to share the contract for the renovation that added a smoking deck to his office at Central Library.

The suit claims that the recently passed State legislation that allowed the Borough President and Mayor to remove board trustees violated the Contract Clause of the U.S. Constitution. That clause prohibits a state from enacting any law that retroactively impairs contract rights.

“The 2014 Amendment shatters the independence central to the Library’s civic mission and the Legislature’s 1907 grant of corporate status,” the suit said.

Katz countered in a statement sent

out Wednesday afternoon that the suit was without merit, noting that the trustees had “no constitutional right” to be on the board. She added her goal was to place the Queens Library on the “proper path of transparency and good governance.”

The document accused Katz of wanting to take control of the Library for political use, telling the trustees how to vote and engaging in a “public smear campaign” when they did not follow her lead.

“The trustees have long been careful stewards of the public’s funds,” the trustees’ spokesman, Richard Mahony, said. “The actions by the Borough President are nothing more than a naked power grab that would harm the Library and the people it serves.”

The suit said that Katz’s ability to add or remove trustees would create a chilling effect, where trustees may

feel that they have to vote in agreement with the Borough President, or risk removal.

The plaintiffs are looking for the legislation to be declared unconstitutional and void in its entirety, for their positions as trustees to be restored and for damages awarded against Katz.

The removed trustees had seven days to file an appeal, which they did. This week though, Katz rejected their request.

“The former trustees are making a federal case out of something that is very simple,” Katz said. “You can’t make a federal case out of disappointment.”

A hearing is set for Aug. 11 in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.

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

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Queens Celebrates National Night Out

Scholarship Winners

Assemblyman William Scarborough presented William Scarborough Scholarships to four You Can Go To College Committee students headed for college in the fall. Pictured (from left) are scholarship recipients Jamal Clarke, Danielle Spooner, Scarborough, YCGTCC Committee Executive Director Dorita Clarke, and students Quadasia Walthour and Brandon Miller.

Summertime Singing

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is shown singing “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess during the 16th Annual Great Lawn Summer Concert held July 30, on the Queens campus of St. John’s University.

Community members gathered Tuesday night for the 103rd Precinct’s National Night Out Against Crime event at Rufus King Park in Jamaica.

Attendees received safety tips, food and karate demonstrations.

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A&E

Secret theatre Launches Fundraising campaign

By Jackie StrawBridge Can you help keep the Secret?

This is the question that Richard Mazda, founder and artistic director of the Secret Theatre in Long Island City, is asking of local theater and art fans. Having run into financial obstacles, Mazda launched a fundraising campaign Tuesday titled “Can You Keep The Secret?” on crowdfunding website Indiegogo.

Mazda said he is hoping to raise a minimum of $10,000 by the first week of September.

“The Secret in the last year has had to lay out a lot of money that was not budgeted for, that we didn’t expect,” Mazda said. “So there is this danger that we would either reduce in size, and instead of having two spaces, go down to one, and the worst case scenario is closing the theater.”

According to Mazda, the theater’s financial problems have sprung from building permits and Dept. of Buildings fines, rather than shrinking audiences.

“Many nights [we] sold out ‘Oliver,’ but we didn’t make any profit at all,” Mazda said.

Luna Ramirez, a work based learning coordinator at Information Technology High School in Long Island City, worked with Mazda to create an internship program at the Secret Theatre last year.

“Half of my students live in the neighborhood and many of them have said to me that they have gone visiting the Secret Theatre,” Ramirez said. “When we decided to have the internship, they said, ‘oh my God, we’re going to be famous!’”

Ramirez said that the Secret’s value for her students is that “it is part of the community. Students are welcome there [and] feel a social responsibility to be part of LIC’s artistic growth.”

Besides staging plays, musicals, operas and other performances, the Secret Theatre offers children’s musicals every weekend and improv comedy throughout the week.

Rehearsal and performance space

Botanical garden to Hold concert this Month

By JOe MarViLLi If you are looking to enjoy a great, local concert this month, there is no better place to go than the Queens Botanical Garden.

The garden will host The Ebony Hillbillies, New York City’s only African-American string band, on Aug. 16, from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.

The concert is part of the venue’s Music in the Garden summer series where different artists perform under the stars and among the flora and fauna.

The Ebony Hillbillies’ vibe embraces traditions such as bluegrass, folk, jazz, ragtime, country and more to create a joyful sound. Led by violinist and vocalist Henrique Prince, the group includes Norris Bennet (banjo, dulcimer, guitar and vocals), two-time Grammy winner William “Salty Bill” Salters (bass and vocals), Newman Taylor Baker (washboard, percussion, vocals), and Gloria Thomas Gassaway (bones and vocals).

By performing string band music, the Ebony Hillbillies are helping to keep a legacy that played a big role in the gestation of all-American music, according to Prince.

“Documented fiddling by Black

musicians goes back to the 1600’s in New York,” he said. “And the banjo, of course, came to the U.S. from West Africa, and nobody but Black musicians played a banjo until the 19th century. They were all handmade instruments.”

Black string bands were in high demand during the 19th century.

One of the most famous musicians from that era is Solomon Northup, whose life was immortalized on film in “12 Years A Slave.”

This style of music would eventually lead to ragtime, jazz, blues, bluegrass, rockabilly and rock and roll. As such, the Ebony Hillbillies keeps the genre alive with a set of traditional and original tunes.

The concert, made possible with the support of Astoria Bank, is free with Garden admission. Admission costs $4 for adults, $3 for seniors and $2 for children between 3 and 12 and students with ID. Botanical Garden members can visit the Garden for free. For more information, call (718) 886-3800.

Queens Botanical Garden is located at 43-50 Main St., Flushing.

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

richard Mazda (lower right) with the cast of “Pirate Pete’s Parrot” and audience members after a show.

at the Secret is also available for rent by community groups and artists.

He said that with high ceilings and 3,000 square feet of floorspace, the theater is one of the few independent, affordable venues suitable for dance. Set back from the subway, it is also a quiet spot for filming.

For Mazda, fundraising does not just help keep the Secret alive, but also allows the theater to connect with its community.

“This is the way that people can directly affect the outcome of a situation, and I think that makes people feel really empowered,” he said.

More information about the “Can You Keep The Secret” campaign can be found at www.indiegogo.com/ projects/can-you-keep-the-secret.

Reach Reporter Jackie Strawbridge at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128, jstrawbridge@queenstribune.com or @JNStrawbridge.

Shakespeare returns to Voelker Orth Museum William Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline” - a romance that includes a wicked stepmother, a female character masquerading as a man, swordplay, and an offstage decapitation - is an exciting showcase for acting talent and the cast makes the most of it!

One of the two plays the Hip to Hip Theatre group will perform this summer in parks all over Queens, it was presented on July 30 in the beautiful garden of the Voelker Orth Museum in Flushing.

The plot involves a princess, Imogen, beautifully played by Joy Marr, who secretly marries Posthumous (Jason Marr), whom her father banishes. Her stepmother (played by Nancy Nichols, who is wonderfully regal) wants her to marry her son Cloten (also played by Jason Marr, who does an incredible job switching from a noble character to an overemotional one). While they’re apart, Posthumous meets Iachimo (well played by T.J. Gainley), who gets him to bet on whether he can seduce his wife. Failing to do so, he tricks her

husband into believing he has succeeded and Posthumous sends a servant, Pisanio (the excellent Lawryn Lacroix), to kill her. Mercifully, he lets her escape to the woods, where, disguised as the male Fidele, she finds refuge with Belarius (the very talented Guy Ventoliere), and his adopted sons, Guiderius and Arvirigus (played by talented newcomers Drew Bloom and Amanda Thickpenny). In the end, she is reunited with her husband (after he learns the truth about her innocence) and her long-lost brothers...Guiderius and Arvirigus!

On Aug. 9, “Cymbeline” takes place in Gantry Plaza State Park; on Aug. 14 in Cunningham Park; and on Aug. 16 in Agawam Park. On Aug. 13, the group returns to Voelker Orth with “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” which will also be presented on Aug. 8 in Sunnyside Gardens Park, and on Aug. 10 in Socrates Sculpture Park.

Admission is free, and souvenir Tshirts are available. For more information, visit www.hiptohip.org.

–Barbara arnstein

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Queens today

FRIDay 8/8

RuRAl ROuTE FIlM FESTIvAl

This weekend at the Museum of the Moving Image, the Rural Route Film Festival showcases international films on the unique people and places found far outside urban areas. Film screenings will be accompanied by live world/folk music, and by food from guest chefs. Tickets are $10 for the public and free for museum members. For more information, call (718) 777-6888.

WEEKEnD KIcKOFF

Dean Scala and DJ Soul Sonic will perform at Resorts World Casino as part of their weekly weekend kickoff series. The live band plays between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., the DJ and dancers then come on at 11 p.m. and finish at 2 a.m. Resorts World Casino is located at 110 Rockaway Blvd. in South Ozone Park.

for shows at 3 p.m., Aug. 10, 8 p.m., Aug. 16 and 3 p.m., Aug. 17. Tickets cost $18 or $15 for children and seniors (Sunday matinees only).

For information, call (718) 894-8654.

saTURDay 8/9

SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK saTURDay 8/9

SMOKEY BEAR’S 70TH BIRTHDAY Come celebrate Smokey Bear’s 70th Birthday Bash at Alley Pond Park. The event will promote fire safety and environmental awareness from noon to 3 p.m.

During the festivities, visitors can engage in hands-on activities, environmental games, crafts and more.

Free parking is available on 76th Avenue between Springfield Boulevard and 226th Street.

The event will be held adjacent to the parking lot.

WATER ExplORATIOn

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1964-65 World’s Fair at the New York Hall of Science. Learn about the different technologies and advancements made in the past 50 years in the water. Ocean cartoons, building rafts and an ocean exploration table will be part of the fun during this event from noon to 4 p.m.

Free with NYSCI admission.

To learn more, call (718) 699-0005.

readings from comedies, mysteries, dramas and more. The event costs $10.

Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center is located at 13-00 209th St., Bayside. Call (718) 428-6363.

moNDay 8/11 lIvE MuSIc AnD FunDRAISER

ART SHOW

Grace Episcopal Church in Whitestone will present an art show featuring local artists, including Adam Hardy, Blanche Isabella, Ann McLoughlin and Dasha Bazanova from 7-10 p.m. at the church, 1415 Clintonville St. The free event will include refreshments and live music.

‘GODSpEll’

St. Gregory’s Theatre Group will present “Godspell, 2012 Broadway Revival” as part of the theater’s 35th year.

Showtimes include Aug. 8-9, 13-16 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 10 and 17 at 2 p.m. at the St. Gregory’s Gregorian Hall, Cross Island Parkway and 87th Avenue in Bellerose.

Tickets cost $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and $7 for children. For information, email tickets@sgtg.org or call (718) 989-2451.

‘BYE BYE BIRDIE’

The JC Players will present “Bye Bye Birdie” with an opening show at 8 p.m. at the Glendale-Maspeth United Methodist Church, 66-14 Central Ave., Glendale.

A second show will take place at 8 p.m., Aug. 9. The show will then move to the Community United Methodist Church, 75-27 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village

STROnGEST ARM

The New York Arm Wrestling Association will present the 37th annual Queensboro Arm Wrestling Championships at Cheap Shots Sports Bar, 149-05 Union Tpke., Flushing, beginning at 1 p.m. For information, call (718) 544-4592 or visit www. nycarms.com.

sUNDay 8/10

EvEnInG cOncERT

Come see an evening concert at Trans Pecos in Ridgewood. The following four bands will be performing: Starchild, Lord Raja, Heathered Pearls and Tallesen. The show is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Trans Pecos is located at 915 Wyckoff Ave. in Ridgewood.

OnE-AcT plAYS FESTIvAl Theatre By The Bay, the community theatre group of Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center, will hold a series of public readings of original plays by emerging playwrights. Starting at 1 p.m., the performance will feature six different

welcome, from beginner to professional. The event begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $20 for members. Call (718) 463-7700 for more information.

BRIAn clAYTOn

Brian Clayton and The Green River Band will play a free concert at Flushing Town Hall at 2 p.m. Influenced by Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, John Mellencamp and Creedence Clearwater Revival, the band blends modern contemporary country music with today’s commercial pop rock sound. Flushing Town Hall is located at 137-35 Northern Blvd.

LIC Bar on Vernon Boulevard is putting on a show for a good cause. A fundraiser for animal rescue with live music kicks off at 7 p.m. Rocking the bar will be Red Handed Jill, the Wendy Hackett Group, the Elsa Nilsson Quintet and Stephen Badcock. For more information, call (718) 7865400.

KIDS SHOW

Atlas Park hosts its weekly kids show and concert on the lawn outside the shopping center.

The kids show runs from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., then the concert will begin after that.

Zongo Junction will be the group performing. Atlas Park Mall is located at 80-00 Cooper Ave. in Glendale.

TUEsDay 8/12 pOpulAR DIvAS

Full MOOn DRuMMInG

Join Flushing Town Hall for a drum circle in its garden with master drummer, Babloe Shankar. The workshop begins on Indian tabla drums and other percussive instruments, followed by a jam with the entire group.

Drums are provided. All are

Dynamic female vocalist JayCee will perform songs from some of the country’s most popular divas. She will cover Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Celine Dion and others at two branches of the Queens Library. You can catch her at the Briarwood Library from 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. On Thursday, Aug. 14, she will sing at the MitchellLinden Library from 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

WEDNEsDay 8/13 cOME TO THE cABARET

Take a trip down memory lane at the Whitestone Library with singer Diana Templeton, who performs all-time favorites from her 27 years in cabaret, including “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me,” “Teach Me Tonight” and more. The performance will run from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Call (718) 767-8010 for more information.

BOn JOuRnEY

Bon Journey, a Bon Jovi Tribute band, will play Resorts World Casino beginning at 8 p.m. The band is playing the casino as part of its Wednesday tributes series it hosts every Wednesday.

THURsDay 8/14

pASSpORT THuRSDAYS

Head out to Flushing Meadows Corona Park near the Unisphere for this free, weekly presentation of live music, dance and film, hosted by the Queens Museum. For this week’s show, celebrate the sights and sounds of Cuba, with a performance

by The Cimarron Project and a screening of the film, “Habanastation.” The event runs from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

For more information, call (718) 592-9700.

vARIETY SHOW

Come see a performance at this Ridgewood-based bar while enjoying a cold beer. The show will run from 9 p.m. until 11 p.m. Queen’s Tavern is located at 6869 Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood.

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Profile Film Highlights Single Motherhood In African American Community On Aug. 16, the Queens Library Central branch will screen the film, "On My Own," a documentary about the lack of the presence of fathers in the African American community.

The film was documented by Rachael Miller-Bradshaw, CEO of Little Harriet Productions and a filmmaker who has produced for New York 1 News, Bill Moyers Journal and Transit Transit News Magazine. Bradshaw grew up in Harlem, where she experienced first-hand what it is like to live in an environment where the father figure is absent.

“I grew up in Harlem during the time when…there weren’t [a lot of] fathers at home…after my mother and father divorced, [I] witnessed my mother struggle to raise four children on my own,” Bradshaw said.

“I’ve kind of always had the idea to address family.”

That idea became substantial when a high school friend told her that the father of her child was not being responsible for his child. When her friend asked him about it, his response was, “I know you got it.”

It was at this point that Bradshaw realized that in the African American community, there is a longstand-

ing mindset that it is okay for fathers to not be a part of the family.

After her epiphany, she began to reach out to several organizations, such as the Forestdale Fathering Initiative, and created a national conversation about the importance of the initiative and what needs to be done.

Bradshaw said the creation of the film was a long journey. She started the film in 2008 but due to a lack of funding, put it to rest for a year, but picked it back up in late 2009 to start the research. She said it took a total of five years to complete.

The film has four social themes. It looks into marriage, the definition of fatherhood, speaking to fathers to let them know that their time is just as valuable as their money, as well as asking women to make better choices in terms of their partners and looking into ways of preventing early motherhood.

Bradshaw said that it is important for people to mature before getting married and having children.

“Individuals need time to mature, people are getting married between 30 and 40…the film is trying to tell woman that early motherhood is not the best thing,” she said.

But more than preventing early

motherhood, the film also asks mothers to train their children.

“Changing this problem begins with single mothers. I don’t believe a woman can teach a man how to be a man,” Bradshaw said. “A woman can teach their son how to not make the same mistakes [as his father]; a single mother can teach their daughter on how to respect themselves.”

Bradshaw also called on legislators and councilmembers to know what is going on in terms of the families in their communities. She said that legislators must be aware of single families and give grants on family improvements. “[We] need more councilmembers talking about this, legislators need to know what is going on as far as single family, need to know how many single mothers there are,” she added. “A weak family structure equals a weak community. [We] have to keep leaning on legislators.”

Bradshaw is planning on making another film that will continue along the same lines but focus more on a solution for the social conflict in the African American community.

She is proud of the success that “On My Own” received by being featured

Rachael Miller-Bradshaw’s film “On My Own” documents the lack of presence of fathers in the African American community.

on blogs, websites as well as NY1.

She invites anyone to the screening of the film at the Queens Library Central branch. The screening room can seat 200 people and starts at 2 p.m. in the library’s auditorium. The library is located at 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. For more information about “On My Own” or about Bradshaw and her company Little Harriet Productions, visit www.littleharrietproductions.com, email littleharrietproductions@gmail. com or follow the company on twitter @LHP3333.

— Esther Shittu

People Local students received degrees during spring 2014 commencement ceremonies at SUNY Buffalo State.

They include: Cambria Heights: Jeff Oyo, bachelor’s degree in economics.

Jamaica: Sydney King, bachelor’s degree in public communication.

Queens Village: Monae Dudley, bachelor’s degree in theater; Tahina Joseph, bachelor’s degree in speechlanguage pathology.

Rosedale: Leanna Coppin, bachelor’s degree in social work.

St. Albans: Sonya Vernon, bachelor’s degree in speech-language pathology.

Orlett Johnson of Rosedale received a bachelor’s degree in nursing during spring 2014 commencement ceremonies at SUNY Delhi.

Paul Nelson and Naomi Anthonio, both of Springfield Gardens, were named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Fla. Local students were named to the Honors and Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester at Fairleigh

Dickinson University in Madison, N.J. They include: Holliswood: Stephanie Windland.

Jamaica: Laquanique Lake.

Queens Village: Mark Camphor.

Alfredo Duque of Springfield Gardens graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in religious studies during spring 2014 commencement ceremonies at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. Alisha LaHogue of St. Albans was named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester at Marist College in Poughkeepsie.

Local students have reserved places as freshmen at SUNY Oswego for the fall 2014 semester. They include: Cambria Heights: Nika Brailowsky.

Jamaica: Jailene Colon, Brianna Gicola, Michael Mendez, Deandra Mitchell.

Queens Village: Aleisha Benjamin.

Richmond Hill: Ossamah Alsaedi, Kim Fadul, Yan Carlos Minaya.

St. Albans: Brittani Cunningham, Roger Greenridge, Regina Previl, Heaven Wong-Heyward.

South Ozone Park: Vaughn Coleman, Bakari Morris.

Springfield Gardens: Shane Francis.

Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester at Binghamton University.

They include: Cambria Heights: Mikal Padellan, Clereshae Mills.

Hollis: Eric Rosner.

Jamaica: Ruhulamin Haque, Christine Magana, Oliver Yu, Alexis Murray, Jaspal Baling, Keren Orr, Yonaida Valentine.

Queens Village: Rameisha Allen, Kathleen Zabala, Anjan Saha, Tonika Forrester, Arjun Guha.

Rosedale: Karlisa Crooks, Damion Millington, Ramel McIntosh.

St. Albans: Kasir Watkins.

South Ozone Park: Rain Rashid, Iretiayo Olusoga.

South Richmond Hill: Ikram Hoque.

Springfield Gardens: Latania Christie, Olajumoke Atanda, Mohamed Saleem.

Babajide Ademola of Rosedale has been named to the Dean’s List

for the spring 2014 semester at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. Thasha Brignol of Jamaica and Briana Sims of St. Albans received degrees during spring 2014 commencement ceremonies at the University of New Haven in Connecticut.

Brittini Peters of Springfield Gardens received a degree during spring 2014 commencement ceremonies at Notre Dame of Maryland University.

Army Pvt. Fritzner Neptune has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, core values and traditions. Additional training included development of basic combat skills and battlefield operations and tactics, and experiencing use of various weapons and weapons defenses available to the infantry crewman. .

Neptune is the husband of Claude Neptune of Hollis.

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Faith

Grand Opening Concert At Community Worship Center Chorale, in celebration of the center’s grand opening.

The Altino Brothers consists of pianists Nerva and Robenson Altino. The brothers, who were originally born in Haiti, came to the United States with their mother when they were 10 and 8 years old, respectively.

Nerva said the two brothers had been playing the piano since they were in Haiti, however, they did not have the resources to improve on their skills until they came to the United States.

The brothers were given piano lessons by their father and a local teachRobinson (left) and Nerva Altino are headlining the er. Although they were concert in Springfield Gardens this weekend. good at a few things as young boys, they were atThe new Community Worship tracted to the piano the most. Their Center Seventh Day Adventist father bought a piano and played it Church will hold a concert on Aug. every morning. Nerva mentioned 9, featuring The Altino Brothers and that he and his brother were unlike

other children, in that they were not being forced to practice the piano, they willingly practiced.

“We are good at a variety of things, but music…what we picked up most naturally, in our household my brother and I use to fight each other to practice,” Nerva said.

The two brothers ignored the voices of those who told them not to pursue music and went on to graduate in 2001 from the Manhattan School of Music with a master’s degree in orchestral performance. In 2002, the brothers created The Altino Brothers Chorale that consists of 100 members. Nerva mentioned that the Chorale performs during large concerts like the upcoming show that is occurring this weekend.

The concert consists of not only the Altino Brothers but other local artists as well.

“It will be a powerful one, we’ve got some of the best singers in New York City,” Nerva said.

He mentioned that artists such as Colleen Beaumont, Taiwan Norris and Sequina DuBose will be performing as well.

“We are going to have a few friends, gospel singers,” Nerva said. “It’s going to be a pretty large production. It’s so intense. You can actually feel like you are in the presence of the divine because of the way the selections are arranged.”

Nerva mentioned that the audience can look forward to selections such as Richard Smallwood’s “Anthem of Praise,” a rendition of “We Shall Overcome” on piano by the brothers, “I Want Jesus to Walk with Me” delivered with a blues and jazz style and the Chorale will sing Nerva’s newest arrangement called “Calvary.”

“My hope is that everyone will have gained a tremendous blessing from this concert,” Nerva said. “For just a couple of hours, we want them to forget about their problems and to focus on worship and on God.” The Community Worship Center is located at 145-94 176th St., Springfield Gardens. Doors open at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The concert is from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. For more information about the concert, call (888) 292-6892. Tickets for the concert are $35 in advance and $40 at the door.

— Esther Shittu

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King Manor Flashes Back To Playtime In The 19th Century Every month at King Manor Museum, children and their caretakers are invited to get a little hands on with history in the museum’s HandsOn History series.

Hands-on History is a monthly program for families and children aimed towards children between the age of three and 12. The program runs for 11 months each year, from February to December. This year, Hands-On History themes included Tiny Valentine, Weaving History, Let’s Go Fly a Kite, Reading with Rufus, Summer Solstice Festival and Cup of Tea. For this month, the theme is Playtime.

According to Emily Melchin, the manager of public programs at King Manor, the theme of each month is developed in advance by her before the year began. She said that the theme also relates to some of the displays that are at King Manor Museum. The theme of each month is also connected to the story and family of King Manor.

For this month’s Playtime theme, the children are instructed to play several games that were played in the 19th century. The games include Graces, and Hoops and Stick.

Melchin said that the game of Graces is like a game of catch. Traditionally, the game was intended for girls. A player holds two sticks like a scissor and that player tries to throw a small hoop to another player, who tries to catch it.

Hoop and Stick is a game where the kids are expected to try to roll a large hoop with a stick, however because of the challenge of using a stick, Melchin said that younger children will be allowed to use their hands. She mentioned that Hoop and Stick is still popular in some countries. Both Graces and Hoops and Sticks are expected to be played out in the King Manor Backyard, if the weather permits.

Inside the museum, children and their parents will play some indoor

games. According to Melchin, an activity that the children can participate in is to create a toy or game that would have been used in the 19th century. A toy that Melchin mentioned is Ball in Cup, which is a wooden cup with a handle that is attached to a small ball by a string.

Melchin added that the day is very informal. Children and their caretakers can drop in between the time of noon and 3 p.m. during Hands-On History time, interns of King Manor family program have been known to read a story that relates to the theme.

Hands-on History, Melchin Children will get to play old-fashioned said, is a time for families to work games such as Graces and Hoops and Hoops and Stick. together. “[It’s a] time to get families working together on projects or in The King Manor Museum is lothis case playing games,” Melchin cated at King Park, 150-03 Jamaica said.

Ave, Jamaica. For more information, “It’s really designed for kids and call (718) 206-0546. grownups to work and play together.”

— Esther Shittu

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What’s Up August 8 No Cost Mobile Mammogram The Queens Chapter of the National Action Network presents free mammograms at Greater Springfield Community Church, located at 17706 129th Ave., Jamaica. The mammograms and clinical breast exams will be taken from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

To make an appointment, call (877) 628-9090. For more information, call (718) 949-9500 or email queenschapternan@gmail.com.

‘Alien’ ABJ’s Classic (Monster) Film Friday will show the movie “Alien’ at 8 p.m. at Rufus King Park, located on Jamaica Avenue (at 153rd Street).

For more information, call (718) 657-2605 or email greg.mays@abetterjamaica.org.

Effect of Aging on taste and Digestion Join registered nurse Kathy Moran on a discussion on how age affects digestion and sense of taste from 10 a.m. to noon. The event is at the Queens Library Queens Village branch, located at 94-11 217th St., Queens Village. For more information, call (718) 776-6800.

‘I am somebody’ Cities of Refuge Alliance Worldwide Inc. invites all to their Founder’s Day Weekend, “I am Somebody.” The event is from Aug 8-10. There is a “I am Somebody” Banquet at The Radisson Hotel JFK, located at 135-30 140th St., Jamaica. Doors open at 7 p.m. On Aug. 10, High Time Services will take place at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at GFC Ministries, located at 106-01 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., Jamaica. For

more information, call (718) 653-4741 or email corawi@msn.com.

August 9 Budgeting Info session Come out to Councilman I. Daneek Miller’s final participatory budgeting info session. The session is for community members who are interested in proposing ideas, developing projects and making decisions about publicly funded projects. For more information or to RSVP, call Jessica Douglas at (718) 776-3700 or email jdouglas@council.nyc.gov. The info session will take place at New Jerusalem Baptist Church, located at 122-05 Smith St., Jamaica. The event is from 1-3 p.m.

Networking & Business Breakfast Forum The First Presbyterian Church of Jamaica presents a free Networking & Business Breakfast Forum from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Breakfast will be served from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Special guest speakers will discuss branding yourself, leveraging social media, real estate investment and foreclosure shortsale-liens. A panel discussion will focus on The ABCs of Starting a Business. For more information, call Ishmael Carter at (917) 566-7891. The event is at the church, located at 89-60 164th St., Jamaica.

Emergency Preparedness World Cares Center will teach critical decision-making skills that will prepare you to respond to a disaster or emergency impacting you, your family or your community. The program will be at Queens LibraryCambria Heights Branch, located at 218-13 Linden Blvd., Cambria

Heights. The program is from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 528-3535.

p.m. The Library is located at 94-11 217th St. Queens Village. For more information, call (718) 776-6800.

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August 13 You Be the Judge

Experience decades of dance featuring Havana Brown, Mia Martina, Dev, Outhere Brothers, Kat DeLuna, Rockell and more at Resorts World Casino, located at 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., Jamaica. The event begins at 9 p.m. For more information, call (888) 888-8801 or email info@ rwnewyork.com.

Older adults and the homebound are invited to a teleconferenced program that discusses real court cases and verdicts. First time participants must call (718) 464-0084 for access numbers. The program is organized by Queens Library-Queens Village. The program is from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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August 14 Wounded Warrior Project The Federated Blocks of Laurelshare Hope Initiative ton invites all to its annual scholarRaymour & Flanigan and the ship fundraiser Jazz in the Garden & Buffet Dinner. The evening will feature great live jazz, a wonderful buffet dinner and a DJ. For tickets, call Dwight Johnson at (718) 514-0223.

For more information, call (718) 525-1152. The event will take place at the Chi Eta Phi Sorority, located at 219-03 Merrick Blvd., Laurelton.

The event is from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

August 12 tai Chi Qigong Experience basic chi movements to release stress during this class. The class is from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The class will be at the EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care Center, located at 206-20 Linden Blvd., Cambria Heights. For more information or to RSVP, call (866)539-0999.

Origami The Queens Library- Queens Village Branch invites all to an afternoon of origami, the Japanese art of paper folding. The event is from 2 p.m. to 3

Jamaica Center BID present the Wounded Warrior Projects, “Share Hope Initiative.” The project raises awareness and enlists the public’s aid to meet the needs of injured service members by providing direct programs and services to honor and empower wounded warriors. During the event, there will be special appearances made by members of the army and the Marine Corps and entertainment will be provided by the Queens Elite Marching Band. The event is from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Raymour & Flanigan, located at 168-23 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. For more information, call (718) 526-2422.

understanding Asthma Learn about Asthma and how to live with it at this informational session from noon to 1 p.m. The informational session is at EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care Center, located at 206-20 Linden Blvd., Cambria Heights. For more information or to RSVP, call (866) 539-0999.

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distributes and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residences are unknown to Plaintiff, Fleet National Bank, New York City Environmental Control Board, New York City Parking Violations Bureau New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau United State of America-Internal Revenue Service, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Defendants.

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NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $100,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of

QUEENS on June 30, 1992 in Book 3346, Page 906, which was consolidated with the mortgage recorded on October 15, 1996, in Book 4443, at Page 1523 in the amount of $38,750.00 by a Consolidation, Extension and Modification Agreement dated August 20, 1996, recorded October 15, 1996 in Book 4443 at Page 1535, which created a single lien in the amount of $138,750.00, covering premises known as 149-35 12th Avenue, Whitestone, NY 11357. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described

above. 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 if pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property.

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SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: WILLIAMSVILLE, New York JUNE 26, 2014 By: Stephen J. Wallace Esq. Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01-033536-FOO TO: Charis Sachtouris 149-35 12th Avenue, Whitestone, NY 11357 and/or 116 East 83rd Street, New York, NY 10028 United State of AmericaInternal Revenue Service New York State Department of Taxation and Finance

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QConf reporter Jordan Gibbons (right) interviewed Dwight "Doc" Gooden last week.

Last week, Dwight “Doc” will always be a Met. At the very Gooden made an appearleast, the release could have ance at PS 223 in Jamaica to mentioned he was a former help spread awareness about Met as well, since we are sure the City’s free summer meal it is no coincidence they picked program for kids. him for the Queens event.

What bothered us here at But it completely ignored the QConf was the press release existence of the Yankees’ cross that called him New York town rival.

Yankees Great Dwight “Doc” He did record his only Gooden. Yes, we are aware that no-hitter in his career as a the event was put together by Yankee in 1996, but he spent the Yankees as part of their less than three seasons in the tour around the boroughs with pinstripes. various Yankees of the past and Hey Yankees, you have too present. much already. You cannot have But, Gooden has been and Doctor K too.

Burger Time In The City

Here at QConf, we’re all about celebrating the great things that come out of Queens, and we’re hoping to have another City-wide winner this month.

Four Queens establishments have made their way to the finals of Time Out New York’s Battle of the Burger competition. The entries will participate in a cook-off to determine the best burger in the City.

Forest Hills-based Twist and Smash’d, which also has an Astoria location, took second place in an online voting contest.

The restaurant will join Corner Bistro in LIC, Petey’s Burger in Astoria and Donovan’s Pub in Woodside as Queens’ representatives in the 15-burger contest this month.

Here’s hoping that one of those four Queens restaurants take home the top prize!

She Knows Better

U.S. Rep. Kathy Hochul (D-Buffalo, inset) may not be from around here, but she knows better than to park on the street without paying a Muni-meter. Andrew Cuomo's choice for new lieutenant governor was in Queens on Friday, touring local businesses.

As she left the first stop, with an entourage of local electeds (including Councilman Rory Lancman and Assemblymembers Nily Rozic and Mike Simanowicz), a meter maid asked the group if a car he was about to ticket belonged to anyone in the group. Hochul's answer as she wandered away? "I'm not that stupid."

Photos by Steven J. Ferrari.

Contributors: Bruce Adler, Jordan Gibbons, Luis Gronda, Walter Karling, Joe Marvilli, Marcia Moxom Comrie, Michael Nussbaum, Michael Schenkler, Jackie Strawbridge.

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7 Train Simply The Best

You could have it much worse, 7 train riders.

In a rating released last week by riders advocacy group the Straphangers Campaign, the 7 train was voted the best line in the City.

According to published reports, the 7 train scored high in service frequency, seat availability, cleanliness and delays.

The line did receive demerits in the categories of announcement adequacy and service regularity.

7 train riders could have already told us that.

Commuters have taken to Twitter throughout the summer to express their frustration with long commutes and missed stops. Since the news of the ranking broke, some residents Tweeted their surprise. “really? mta 7train being the best service train?” asked user @shawnchoi.

Besides the pleasantly surprising news about our train, what we here at QConf enjoyed most about this year’s Straphangers ranking was the following fact: this was not only the seventh time the 7 train has won, but also the second time the 2 train has come out on bottom.

Acting has been a longtime passion for Gerald Cordero.

Along with bodybuilding and martial arts, the Astoria actor has honed his skills since the mid-1990s, building up an impressive body of work along the way.

Cordero first pursued his acting career in the late 1990s, with bit parts in films like “The Siege” and television programs like “Law & Order.” Now, he has moved up to starring roles in two upcoming television shows and a movie, all scheduled for release next year.

Originally from San Jose, Cordero’s skills in bodybuilding and martial arts have helped in his acting careers, especially for any action scenes he takes part in.

“Bodybuilding helped me stay healthy and build a nice physique. It also became the foundation for character roles that required a certain look and at times called to be physically demanding,” he said. “My martial arts training enabled me to perform all of my own fight scenes. I take pride and enjoy performing my own stunts and not requiring a stunt double.”

Although Cordero has acted in both television and film during his 16-year career, he said that there is not a big difference between the two mediums for him.

“I don't see a difference as an actor between TV and film production, because I focus more on the craft than the logistics behind the production,” Cordero said.

While Cordero said he has loved so many of the productions he has been involved with, including short films, web series and music videos, he said that the latest film he

worked on, “Memoirs from the Streets of New York” is one of his favorites.

“I actually worked with the director, Joe Gawalis, previously on a TV series pilot, ‘Precipice,’ which is currently being entertained by a few networks. Having won Best Action Actor on a short film for ‘Nostrae Realitate’ gave me an opportunity to work with Joe Gawalis very closely,” Cordero said. “Joe had mentioned ‘Memoirs’ to me and a character that he thought I might like. We had a meeting, I auditioned for the role and nailed it.”

The film takes the audience through one week in New York City, from the perspectives of multiple protagonists who are brought together by an incident that will drastically change their futures. Cordero plays Sammy Prato, a mixed martial artist whose future rests with a knockout punch.

Besides “Memoirs,” Cordero has a couple of TV series for 2015. He is appearing in “Organized Crimes,” a show that revolves around different crime families in Philadelphia.

He plays Frank Capone, a nononsense hard-hitting mobster looking for revenge.

The second series is “South Side,” based on true events surrounding one of the biggest drug lords in South Jamaica, Queens, in the 1980s. Cordero plays Detective Jerry Rothman, who earned the nickname Big Bird for his unorthodox methods to get information and capture criminals.

To keep with these upcoming appearances and anything Cordero has or will work on, visit his website, www.gerardcordero.com.

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WHAT’S IN SEASON? A HEALTHIER YOU. At EmblemHealth, we’re proud to sponsor local farmers’ markets that offer New Yorkers access to farm-fresh produce, making living healthier in the neighborhood easy and delicious.

Stop by the EmblemHealth kiosk at any of the farmers’ markets below for FREE health care tips, screenings, giveaways and reusable grocery bags to help carry all of your nutritious finds!

Mark your calendars for the following farmers’ markets — we hope to see you there!*

GrowNYC Friday, August 22 8 am–3 pm Corona Greenmarket Roosevelt Ave & 103 St

GrowNYC Sunday, August 10 8 am–3 pm Jackson Heights Greenmarket 34th Ave & 78th St

Check out the enclosed insert to learn more about events and activities that are happening in the neighborhood. For a full listing of farmers’ markets, visit smallsteps.emblemhealth.com or download the Small Steps to a Healthier You app.

*Dates and availability subject to change.

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