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Parents divided on sex ed plan Some say proposal is too racy, others say it’s needed

by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

et’s not talk about sex, baby. At least, maybe not in such detail, in so many different ways, according to some Queens legislators and parents irate with the city’s mandatory sex education curriculum, being implemented in schools citywide in January. Other residents, however, said the curriculum — which touches on topics like abortion, condom use and abstinence — is needed for students whose parents may not address sex-related issues with them.

“The district I represent is religiously and culturally diverse, with parents who deserve to have more options when it comes to how their children should be educated about sex,” said U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-Queens, Brooklyn), who joined other politicians and the New York City Parents’ Choice Coalition, an advocacy group, at a press conference in Brooklyn this week to lobby for an abstinence-based program. “I agree that parents who are uncomfortable with the newly-mandated curriculum be offered an alternative course of study. This is about respecting the diversity of cultural backgrounds in our communities.”

Mayor Bloomberg’s administration announced in August that it would mandate all public schools to teach a semester of sex education in 6th or 7th grade and again in 9th or 10th grade beginning this January.

For nearly two decades, principals have largely determined whether or not to teach

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sex education in their schools. A city survey found that 64 percent of middle schools last year used a sex education program recommended by the city.

Bloomberg and other city officials said the new mandatory program is meant to curb teenage pregnancies and prevent sexually transmitted diseases.

“Abstinence is a very important part of the curriculum, but we also have a responsibility to ensure that teenagers who are choosing to have sex understand the potential consequences of their actions and know how to keep themselves safe,” Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said in an emailed statement this week. “So we need a comprehensive curriculum. Abstinence is the only way to be 100 percent safe, but one-third of the new cases of chlamydia in New York City are in teenagers, and a significant percentage of our teenagers have had multiple sexual partners, so we can’t stick our heads in the sand about this.”

But Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said the city should focus its concerns elsewhere.

“The Department of Education should be more concerned with getting back to basics and leave the heart-to-heart conversations about sex to parents,” Ulrich said. “… Eleven-year-olds have enough to worry about and don’t need teachers or school administrators exposing them to in-depth sex topics. Especially at a time of dwindling resources and budget cuts to our schools, I can’t even fathom wasting

money on a proposal like this.”

Nick Comaianni, president of Community Education Council 24, which covers schools in such areas as Maspeth and Middle Village, agreed. Over the summer, CEC 24 passed a resolution against sex education being mandated in school.

“Some of the things they plan on teaching are too racy, without a doubt,” he said.

“We don’t feel it’s age appropriate. They want to start talking about this stuff when kids are 10 years old.”

Parents and legislators were especially up in arms that the curriculum lists Columbia University’s Go Ask Alice website as a recommended resource. The site, named after a 1971 book about a troubled teenage girl, addresses topics that parents said are not appropriate for students as young at 10, such as sadomasochism and pornography.

According to the Parents’ Choice Coalition, students would also be sent to drug stores to catalogue condom brands and visit abortion clinics, though the city did not confirm that.

Other parents, however, said they had no problem with a mandated sex education curriculum.

“The curriculum doesn’t advocate that people should have these sex acts; it just talks about them,” said Rob Caloras, the former president of Community Education Council 26, which includes schools in much of northern Queens. “I have seen the curriculum, and I have no problem with it.

People have to understand what they’re get-

U.S. Rep. Bob Turner, right at podium, joins parents to condemn the city’s proposal for sex education.

PHOTO COURTESY U.S. CONGRESS ting involved with as they become sexually attuned. It’s frightening when you talk to people who have no clue — girls who don’t understand menstruation or boys who don’t understand what they’re going through.”

Bonnie Piller, whose daughter is a seventh-grade student at PS 128 in Middle Village, also said the curriculum is a “positive thing.”

“There’s so much out there in the media, in social networking, that these kids see, and you have to address these things,” Piller said.

“Hopefully you have families at home discussing these topics, but you have to think about the children who aren’t getting Q that type of guidance,” she added.

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Husband pleads guilty to murdering his wife Former Woodhaven resident admits he dismembered the mother of two ormer Woodhaven resident Edwin Fuentes pleaded June 19, 2007 and June 22, 2007 at their house on 88th guilty on Tuesday to murdering his wife in 2007, dis- Road, the DA said. As part of his guilty plea, Fuentes membering her and putting some of her body parts in agreed to show investigators where the rest of his wife’s a suitcase that was found by a group of teenagers in Forest body is located.

Park almost a year later, Queens District Attorney Richard Following her killing, Fuentes called the police and Brown said. reported his wife missing, Brown said.

Fuentes, 44, who once worked as a The police officer who responded to the butcher, appeared before Queens County house noted that Fuentes had fresh scratch Supreme Court Justice Gregory Lasak on marks on both of his arms and what Tuesday and admitted he choked his wife, appeared to be a bite mark on his left Reina De Los Santos Reyes, 42, with hand, according to Brown. whom he had a child, in their Woodhaven Additionally, the officer reported that home until she died and then stuffed Fuentes seemed nervous and was shaking pieces of her body into a suitcase. and stuttering.

After pleading guilty to first-degree Four teenagers walking in Forest Park manslaughter and tampering with physical on March 4, 2008 found the suitcase that evidence, Fuentes faces about 20 years in included a human skull and various other prison when he is sentenced on Nov. 9, the body parts.

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Detectives working on the case discov“The defendant has admitted his guilt ered that the couple had a loud argument at to a brutal and gruesome crime that leaves approximately 10 p.m. on June 19, 2007. the couple’s now 13-year-old daughter At about 6 a.m. the next morning, Fuentes coming to terms with the pain of losing got his daughter and step-son ready for Edwin Fuentes her mother and the knowledge that her PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS DA school but would not let the children kiss father was the one responsible for her their mother goodbye, the DA said. demise,” Brown said in a prepared statement. “Though the Witnesses reported hearing Fuentes threaten to kill his defendant was able to evade justice for more than two wife in April 2007, and he had been observed choking the years, the diligence of police and prosecutors in pursuing victim and threatening to murder her if she ever left him in this case has now ensured that he will serve a lengthy time May 2007, according to Brown. behind bars for his actions.”

When asked by police if he thought he was going to get Fuentes said that he put his arm around his wife’s neck away with murder, the DA added that Fuentes said, “I sure Q and choked her “until she turned blue” sometime between as hell am going to try.”

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Edwin Fuentes, formerly of Woodhaven, pleaded guilty this week to murdering and dismembering his wife, Reina De Los Santos FILE PHOTO Reyes, a 42-year-old mother of two children.

A call for change after van plows into a boat Wild chase prompts residents to ask for speed bump and barrier

by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

Hamilton Beach residents said last week’s incident in which a man allegedly fled a hit-and-run accident and hurtled down narrow side streets until he landed on a boat in Hawtree Basin highlights the need for speed bumps and better signage indicating dead ends.

After Victor Azarof, 41, allegedly sideswiped a Chevy Tahoe with his adult day care van on the eastbound Belt Parkway last Thursday morning, he reportedly sped away from the scene but was pursued by the Tahoe driver.

Phillip Lynch, commodore of the Howard Beach Motor Boat Club, points to the boat that was damaged in the accident. PHOTO BY ANNA GUSTAFSON

The driver of the Chevy called the police to inform them he was following the man into Howard Beach, where the van driver allegedly reached 80 miles per hour while navigating residential streets.

Apparently paying no heed to the yellow dead-end signs on Russell Street at 102nd Street, the driver allegedly tried to stop just before hitting the water but instead smashed head-on into a 20-foot Wellcraft boat docked outside the Howard Beach Motor Boat Club, according to witnesses.

“Nobody stops at 102nd and Russell,” said Rick Wolfe, of Hamilton Beach. “There are many, many times we’ve almost been hit.

There should be at least one speed bump.

There’s a lot of kids on this block. That man is lucky he didn’t hit one of them.”

Robert Gambardella, the fleet captain at the Howard Beach Motor Boat Club, said members have long wanted a concrete barrier installed at the end of the street, as well as a flashing dead-end sign that would be easier for drivers to notice.

“We’ve been saying that sooner or later something bad’s going to happen,” Gambardella said. “Well, something bad happened.”

Residents said they were more than shocked to see Azarof, who was charged with reckless endangerment and reckless driving, allegedly flying by them in the normally quiet morning hours in Hamilton Beach.

“He was being chased and came down this block going 80 miles per hour,” said

Police pull out a van that plowed into a boat docked in the Hawtree Basin last Thursday.

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Phillip Lynch, commodore of the Howard Beach Motor Boat Club. “He ripped through the entire fence and wound up on the boat.”

Oscar Manzano was out for his routine morning jog when he saw the van fly by him.

“The front of his van was inside the boat, and his bumper was on the fence,” Manzano said. “Then he opens the door and lights a cigarette.”

Gambardella said the driver then swam to the pier and looked like he was going to try to make another break for it.

“We were like, ‘You’re going nowhere,’ and then 10 cop cars showed up,” Gambardella said.

Police pulled the man from the water, after which witnesses said he began kissing the cops’ hands.

Azarof, who was driving a van belonging to the Queensboro Adult Day Care Center, was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in stable condition and later released, police said.

No one else was injured in the accident, Q police said.

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In Ozone Park pizza shop, a star is born Actor, producer learned what it takes to make it in Tinseltown in hometown

by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

When Mike Dusi stepped onto the red carpet at this week’s Manhattan premiere of the movie he helped to produce, “All’s Faire in Love,” he knew what he had to thank for much of his success in Hollywood — a childhood spent behind the counter at his parents’ pizzeria in Ozone Park.

“I grew up behind the counter and always messed around with the customers, and they loved it,” said Dusi, 30, whose parents, Martha and Joe, owned Galleria Pizza before turning it over to another son, Tom, and his wife, Nikolina.

“There’s no difference in film, it’s just a bigger platform to entertain people.”

Born and raised in Ozone Park, Dusi, who graduated from Christ the King High School in 2000 and now lives in Los Angeles, has worked as an actor and producer for a long list of movies since moving to the West Coast eight years ago. However, with the Manhattan premiere of “All’s Faire in Love,” which stars Christina Ricci and will open for general audiences on Friday, Dusi said he feels he has really made it in one of the hardest places to find success — Hollywood.

“Everything with ‘All’s Faire in

Mike Dusi, center, is joined by his family, Jack, left, Martha, Joe and Tom Dusi, at the premiere of “All’s Faire in Love” in Manhattan Tuesday night.

Love’ is freaking beautiful,” said Dusi, who is an associate producer of the comedy about two medieval shows vying for supremacy in the world of Renaissance fairs. “It’s really successful — the costumes, the colors and the comedic aspects of the film are amazing.”

Dusi is currently working on a mockumentary about making a movie, “How Hard Can It Be,” which was shot in part in Ozone Park, including at Galleria Pizza.

It is scheduled to be released this summer.

“In ‘How Hard Can It Be,’ I’m a pizza boy from Queens who goes off on a wild film-making adventure with a buddy from Canada,” Dusi said, laughing.

“It was a lot of fun bringing the team to my neighborhood,” he added. “Everyone said, ‘Your energy is exactly like your mother and father.’”

His family said they couldn’t be more happy for Mike, who decided to make a break for Tinseltown after studying at Nassau Community College.

“The whole family — his two brothers, his f ather, myself, we’re all so proud,” said his mother, Martha Dusi.

Jack Dusi, Mike’s other brother,

Mike Dusi, an Ozone Park native, is an associate producer of “All’s Faire in Love,” a movie starring Christina Ricci that comes out in theaters on Friday.

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has also dabbled in the film business, penning a number of screenplays.

It wasn’t just making customers laugh that prepared Mike Dusi for his life in show business — he discovered his long hours at Galleria and growing up in a large, tight-knit family made all the difference when he arrived in California with little but pocketfuls of ambition.

“I was used to working my tail off in the pizzeria, and you have

to have high energy in f ilm,” Dusi said.

“And being on a film set is like being in a family,” he added. “In Ozone Park, if you see somebody speeding in the neighborhood, the next time you see them, you say, ‘What’s wrong with you, stupid?’

People in L.A., they don’t have that sense of community that’s instilled in me. On a film set, you have to treat people like they’re family, like my parents treat the people comQ ing into their pizza shop.”

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Sex ed curriculum a bit too strong for some et’s talk about sex, baby / Let’s talk about you and me / Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be,” pop group Salt-N-Pepa sang about 20 years ago. OK, sure. But must we do it in middle school? And in such depth?

Those are the questions many parents, and some lawmakers, are asking following the release of the city’s new sex education curriculum. Like them, we agree that while sex ed is important and certainly has its place in the schools, some of what is to be taught crosses a line that only parents and guardians should be allowed to cross.

The curriculum would begin in middle school, so we’re talking children as young as 10. According to what’s been reported, one way they’ll be introduced to sexually transmitted diseases is this: They’ll be given “risk cards” that graphically name a variety of sex acts so they can learn how relatively dangerous each is to their health. The cards include acts such as intercourse using a condom, mutual masturbation and ... well, we’re not going to mention all of them.

Suffice it to say that at least a few of them were still illegal in some states within living memory. Not that there’s anything wrong with them, but ...

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The city is obviously quite willing to intrude on the relationships between children and their parents at too young an age. These are kids in sixth through eighth grade, not postpubescent high schoolers.

Of course the high school students will get even greater opportunities to explore topics their parents might rather they shied away from. They’ll be assigned, for example, to go to some nearby store and take notes on condom brands and the features different ones offer.

Remember when you were their age, and you tried to buy those condoms as subtly as possible and get out of the store before anyone you knew happened to walk in? We don’t think you have to be a prude or a Victorian to wonder if anyone has any shame — scratch that, how about any dignity?

— anymore. Of course you shouldn’t expect any from a city government that actually held a contest to design the wrapper for its own brand of condoms.

But believe it or not, even in 2011, there are people out there who believe that sexual relationships and even the love that (sometimes) drives them are highly personal matters.

And there are many parents here who find the city’s planned curriculum to be offensive.

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Zuccotti Park’s meaning Dear Editor: This was not a day of visiting dignitaries, actors, religious leaders or rock stars. Thank God for an average day in a not very average world. And it was raining, so there was an early morning quietness in Zuccotti Park, as people slept and lived in real or makeshift tents.

This was a park which had grown in fame and infamy due to its current occupation by different people with similar axes to grind.

The message is clear: There are huge amounts of offshore money and corporate profits which are not being used to employ Americans, who were previously laid off or just not employed, including recent college graduates.

The sound of drumming, usually an evening affair, was done by a massive grouping of people, providing the same

For some, that’s just because it intrudes on their territory, letting the birds and the bees fly long before planned. Others may have a religious reason to object, which must be respected. In Queens, so often touted as the epitome of diversity, we have many families in which girls must cover their hair, for example. And families in which men and women do not touch one another unless they’re married.

And families in which premarital sex is considered sinful.

We’re not saying such families — conservative Muslims, Hasidic Jews and traditional Catholics, respectively, in this example — should have a veto over what gets taught. But what they should have is a strong, parent-friendly opt-out provision. The fact that they don’t is one reason why Community Education Council 24 in southwestern Queens passed a resolution opposing mandatory sex ed over the summer. We don’t need the chaos of education panels opposing education policy. The city should let parents opt out, or maybe even force them to opt, in if they want their children exposed to this curriculum.

One last thought: Do things like the field trips to the pharmacy demonstrate that schools do indeed have time to do more than just “teach to the test” as we keep hearing?

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spirit and energy as drum circles have generated around the world throughout history.

Most people’s concern was the covering and enshrouding of personal areas of ownership, as you would in most camping situations when the weather became uncooperative.

A few people nodded at me or said hello.

No one asked me for funds, which my group paranoia had expected.

I saw a few overused Port-O-Sans and watched one man urinating against a tree.

Elsewhere there were people serving drinks of the nonalcoholic kind.

A young man dressed in old Army fatigues and brown Army boots tried to bum a cigarette from me, but my health had forced me to stop smoking years before.

His name was Jim. He had served in Iraq, experienced war and survived. Then he told me he had been stupid and re-enlisted. On the day he was due to report he deserted and has been AWOL ever since.

Jim didn’t ask, but I gave him some money when I moved on into the crowd.

I began to think of my personal relationship with the armed forces. I remembered which friends of mine, older than me, had fled to Canada. I remember being an enlisted radar operator in the Air Force, in frigid

St. John’s, Newfoundland atop an icy mountain with 75 other men. I remembered the Columbia University riots later when I was a student there.

I had enlisted at 17 and I was terrified and wanted my mother all the time. But a psychiatrist in New York had told me that I needed discipline, so there I was, trying to get some but not knowing how. In retrospect I imagine his fantasies of my need for discipline involved slapping my bare behind red, but I thought the armed forces was what he meant, at the time.

Later on there were all the civil rights demonstrations, be they black or gay, taking me to Central Park and Washington.

And later yet, the fight we won in New York’s Soho, making it legal for artists like my wife and me to live in the former slave labor lofts that abounded there.

Then I am back in the now of Zuccotti Park. I cross Broadway to Cedar Street. I look over my left shoulder for a final gaze at the people in the park, a place I knew I would return to.

The fight for rights in this country must always continue.

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Dear Editor: Re “Tobacco ads seen through kids’eyes,” Oct. 20, multiple editions: When confronted with speech you don’t like everyone is free to counter it with more (opposite) speech. That’s the American way.

What the prohibitionists would rather teach is the use of censorship. Don’t like what you’re hearing or seeing? Demand that it stop! That’s a more damaging lesson to our youth than pictures and words on a poster. That and ingraining in them the notion that they are too weak to resist whatever it is they think they shouldn’t have and creating a society of non-independents.

“I couldn’t help myself ” will be the refrain of the future day. Legislators who pander to this for an easy vote because it’s “popular” should remember that it was once popular to segregate. Popularity is not a measure of what’s right.

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Unbiased stories on bias Dear Editor: I want to commend your newspaper, and your Assistant Editor AnnMarie Costella, for the fair and extensive coverage and reporting over the last few years of the U.S. Justice Department’s discrimination lawsuit against the New York City Fire Department and the City of New York.

As an elected official, a Democratic district leader for more than 30 years, I have witnessed the meager efforts by five city administrations to diversify the FDNY. Needless to say, there has been no meaningful change in the diversity of firefighters in the department: The formula has generally been over 90 percent white males, 6 percent Latinos, 2 to 3 percent blacks, and 1 percent others. This has been the reality, give or take a percent or two, for as long as I can remember.

In July, 2007, The Center for Constitutional Rights petitioned to be a party to the U.S. Depar tment of Justice’s lawsuit against the FDNY and the City of New York. In 2009, Judge Nicholas Garaufis, of the Federal District Court here in New York, ruled that the FDNY and the City of New York had discriminated against Blacks and Hispanics, stating that the exams given by the department in 1999 and 2002 were discriminatory. The judge further stated in his 2009 opinion, “that these unlawful practices barred over 1,000 additional Black and Hispanic applicants from consideration” “Priority hiring” of

black and Hispanic applicants was contemplated, as a remedy, with specif ied damages to the plaintiffs in the case.

Other city uniformed forces show a much higher diversity of personnel. The Police Department is 53 percent white, 18 percent black, 23 percent Latino and 6 percent Asian and others. The Correction Department is 15 percent white, 64 percent black, 18 percent Latino and 3 percent Asian and others. The Fire Department is 90 percent white, 3 percent black, 5 percent Latino and 1 percent Asian and others.

New York City has the least diverse fire department of any major city in America with only 7.4 percent blacks & Latinos. In Los Angeles the department is 57 percent black and Latino; in Philadelphia it’s 51 percent; Baltimore, 30 percent; Chicago, 23 percent; and Boston, 40 percent.

Judge Garaufis’ decision this month, rendered after exhaustive testimony, study, and review, is a victory of enormous dimensions. Hopefully, it assures finality and closure to the illegal practice of discrimination within the FDNY and, indeed, the Civil Service system in New York. Such a system must guarantee fundamental fairness for those men and women who aspire to serve as firefighters. As a native New Yorker, I am embarrassed and ashamed that the officials who run this great city can’t be trusted without a court-appointed monitor to assure fair and just hiring in the Fire Department for the next 10 years.

Why did it have to come to this?

Personally, what troubles me most of all is Mayor Bloomberg’s conduct: disparaging Judge Garaufis, a distinguished federal judge, because he disagreed with the decision. The mayor even refuses to acknowledge that there has been a past patter n of discrimination in the Fire Department. This conduct was particularly offensive to me, as African Americans and other minority groups have relied on the federal judiciary to be the protector of our civil rights and civil liberties, as the courts guided us through the civil rights movement, in recent times.

Elmer H. Blackburne Democratic District Leader 29th Assembly District, Part B Laurelton

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GOP wrong again Dear Editor: We all know that GOP candidates consider the Obama presidency to be a total failure! Let me focus on just one of many areas to prove them all wrong.

On May 1 the President announced that his CIA-Navy Seals team killed Osama Bin Laden. Bush 43 never really tried in his eight years in the Oval Office.

When the Libyan revolution started last spring, President Obama ordered a limited, but effective, military role within NATO’s broader help for Libyan freedom fighters, so that they could overthrow the Muammar Khadafy’s “terrorist” regime. Obama’s GOP critics called him a “clueless” leader when it came to foreign affairs. They added that the war was in “stalemate mode.” Well, Khadafy is dead! Libya is a free nation! Two world “terrorists” killed on Barack Obama’s watch – three if you count Anwar al-Awlaki.

Another Republican criticism was that Obama’s support for the revolution may bring into power an “Iranian style” government. Let me shoot that one down too.

Abdul el Ardi, a member of the Libyan National Transition Council, stated that the new form of government will be based on the Turkish, not Iranian style. The NTC will draft a constitution which must be OK’d by the national congress and the Libyan people.

Just a brief, but informative side note of contrasting GOP views on Muammar Khadafy. President Ronald Reagan considered Khadafy to be “the Mad Dog of the Middle East.” Contrast that to what Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) said on Aug. 6, 2009, while a guest of Khadafy at his compound in Tripoli: “I am having an interesting visit with an interesting man.” Folks – just think... he almost became our 44th president!

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Residents fight to save carousel Hope to find operator for the ride at Forest Park

by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

The Forest Park carousel must spin on.

After the city Parks Department said earlier this month that it still is unable to find an operator for the merry-go-round that was built in 1903, residents have intensified their battle to ensure they will see the carousel’s 49 animals sculpted by master wood carver Daniel Carl Muller move once again.

Ed Wendell, president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, noted that his group sold T-shirts that said “Save the Forest Park Carousel” at the recent street festival in Woodhaven.

“We sold 48 of them in less than three hours, and we have another 45 on preorder,” Wendell said. “We’re trying to generate an awareness about it. If people start wearing these, other people will see it and say, ‘Is there something wrong with the carousel?’”

One of only five merry-go-rounds in the city, the Forest Park ride was operated by New York One until 2008, when the company let its contract lapse. The city has since issued three requests for proposals, with the final one going out in mid-April.

No one submitted proposals for the city’s first two RFPs, though officials said they did receive answers to applications after the most recent one.

A Parks Department spokeswoman said the city does not have a set date for when it will release a fourth RFP. Maria Thomson, executive director of the

Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation, said a group interested in running the carousel contacted her after seeing an article in the Queens Chronicle earlier this month. While she did not name the organization, Thomson said she planned to connect the principals with the city.

“They just came out of the woodwork,” Thomson said of the group from New Jersey.

Wendell and Thomson praised the city Parks Department for installing a wrought iron fence around the carousel — a move paid for in part with funds secured by Councilwoman Liz Crowley (D-Middle Village) that they said would make the carousel more enticing to potential operators.

The city could take other measures that would help even more, Wendell said.

“I wish they would take advantage of the communities around them in this situation,” he said. “If they brought in people from the community when the potential vendors came in, it would’ve been better. Instead of having potential vendors walk around on a dreary day with half the gates closed, they should open up those gates so people could bring their kids in and put the carousel music on. Then there would be all these people running around saying how much they love the carousel. They really need to do a better job of selling that place.”

Wendell also noted that the carousel did recently spin — when the HBO television series “Bored to Death” filmed part of a recently aired episode there.

During the show, the show’s stars Jason

Councilwoman Liz Crowley shows off her “Save the Forest Park Carousel” T-shirt being sold by the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association.

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Schwartzman, Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis hopped from animal to animal as they dodged bullets.

“It’s discouraging that the carousel is open for celebrities but not for the kids of our community,” Wendell said. “It’s a real Q shame.”

Sheehan out of jail on bail

Barbara Sheehan, the Howard Beach mother who was recently acquitted of murdering her husband but faces sentencing on a weapons conviction, was released from Rikers Island on bail Monday.

At a hearing at Queens Supreme Court in Kew Gardens on Monday, a judge reinstated Sheehan’s $1 million bail.

An appeals judge in Brooklyn ruled last week that she did not need to be jailed while waiting for her sentencing, which is scheduled for Nov. 10.

Sheehan, 50, was convicted of weapons possession, which carries a penalty of three and a half to 15 years in prison, according to the Queens District Attorney.

Sheehan had been at Rikers Island since Oct. 12.

Hundreds of people came out to support Sheehan and her family at a community vigil held outside Our Lady of Grace Church in Howard Beach last week, during which many said all they wanted was for their friend and neighbor to return home from Rikers.

During the trial that wrapped up earlier this month, Sheehan said she had shot her husband in self defense after he allegedly pointed a gun at her and told her he was going to kill her — a move that followed nearly two decades of alleged physical and emotional Q abuse.

Woodhaven attorney murdered, police say Son finds mother with stab wounds

by Anna Gustafson

Rabbani, a mother of two, was the president of Can-Am, an organization that A 54-year-old attorney was found dead helps immigrants secure jobs in the Unitwith stab wounds to her neck at her home ed States and Canada.

Her son lives in central Queens, and her in Woodhaven on Sunday night, police daughter resides in London. The same said.

Yasmeen Rabbani was discovered by source said she was “a great person” who her son around 9:35 p.m. Sunday night, was “friendly with everybody.”

Residents also described Rabbani as an police and a source close to the victim said. She was lying near the kitchen in her amiable neighbor who always took the 91st Avenue home, where she had lived time out of her busy day to stop and say hello. alone for about three years.

“She would always run over and say hello and ask how I’m doing,” said a neighbor who only wanted to be identified as Jamie. “She was so pleasant, which is why it was such a shock. We all thought there was something wrong with her medically when we saw the ambulance come up because never in a million years would you think someone would want to cause her any harm.”

While residents said there did not appear to be any forced entry into the house, potentially meaning Rabbani knew her killer, they still feel anxious because cops have not yet arrested anyYasmeen Rabbani was found murdered in her one.

Woodhaven home, police said.

“Somebody died tragically, which is Q PHOTO BY ANNA GUSTAFSON very unnerving,” a resident said.

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104th seeks groper The NYPD is seeking the public's assistance in finding the whereabouts and identity of the above individual wanted for forcible touching in the 104th Precinct on Oct. 19.

The incident occurred at about 8 a.m. at the Seneca Avenue M line subway station in Ridgewood. A male Hispanic grabbed the victim’s breast and private area and fled the station to the street. He is 25 to 30 years

old, and 5 feet 5 inches tall. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a hooded sweatshirt with the ECKO brand logo.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800)-577-TIPS (8477). The public also can submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictly confidential.

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Casino workers prepare for debut

Halloween ball Facility at Aqueduct will open its doors this Friday in Ozone Park

by Anna Gustafson

Molina chose slots, and three decades later, f inds himself in a new place, but Senior Editor For years, Howard Beach resident Scott basking in that familiar glow of thousands Molina has lived in the glow of flashing of slot machines, their iridescent screens waiting for the onslaught of crowds expectneon lights.

A native of Atlantic City, the casinos that ed to surge into the Resorts World Casino dot the ocean shoreline were practically New York City when the facility at AqueMolina’s backyard when he was growing duct in South Ozone Park opens on Friday.

“It’s going to be a very exciting place to up. When he graduated from high school around 1980, there were two paths — the be,” said Molina, director of slot operations at the city’s first casino, which will open to world of slots or college. the public at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28. “We have a great center bar, live entertainment and we just opened about 2,500 slot machines, 500 of which will be electronic table games.”

Molina is one of about 1,350 employees at the casino that is expected to draw about eight million visitors to the area annually.

As opening day quickly approaches, the employees said they’ve been working long hours to prepare — but they said it’s worth it.

“I’ve watched it come from the ground up, so it’s my baby right now,” said Lawrence Sanz, a Woodside resident and executive sous chef at the casino.

After Sanz was hired in May, he hopped on a plan to Las Lawrence Sanz, who grew up and still lives in Woodside Vegas, where he studied food and the executive sous chef at the casino, stands in front court layout, and to Orlando to PHOTO COURTESY RWNYC train under Wolfgang Puck. of Queens Burger.

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“It’s exciting to be part of something new,” Sanz said. “Instead of going to the same old, same old, you have somewhere exciting to go.”

Las Vegas native Chad Mostats, the vice president of information technology, noted the casino is wired to essentially deliver pertinent information to customers as soon as they walk in the door.

Many customers will fill out information for the casino, letting them know their likes and dislikes — so, for example, should a resident with a penchant for the New York Giants enter the facility, the system will immediately send information to his or her phone about things like game information and even allow that person to purchase tickets.

“We want to customize the experience for you,” said Mostats, who has been to 13 casino openings from a small town in Louisiana to Las Vegas.

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The event will benefit many of the animals cared for by Bobbi and the Strays. The evening will include food, drinks, dancing, raffles and auctions.

Prizes will be awarded for the best costume.

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Student sets sights on curing breast cancer Inspired by her mother’s best friend, teenager raises $2,500

by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

Luisa Belfiore is only 13 years old, but the eighth-grade student from Howard Beach knows what she wants to do in life — and it’s no small feat.

Luisa, who attends Scholars’ Academy in Rockaway Park, has set her sights on helping to find a cure for cancer.

Inspired to act after her mother’s best friend, AnnMarie Delf ini-Bergano — a woman so beloved by Luisa and her sib-

Luisa Belfiore, right, and AnnMarie DelfiniBergano at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk two years ago.

lings that they call her their aunt — was diagnosed with breast cancer, Luisa has raised about $2,500 for the American Cancer Society this year.

Last year, she collected about $800, and she said she hopes to increase that number exponentially in the coming years.

“My aunt is so close to my heart, and she’s been my mom’s best friend since they were my age, so she inspired me to do something,” Luisa said. “I hate seeing her battle something so rough, and I don’t want others to have to go through that.”

The 13-year-old began modestly, setting up a collection box as a sixth-grade student at Our Lady of Grace in Howard Beach.

She learned quickly that she and her peers were anxious to make an impact, and the box brimmed with donations.

Since then, she has raised funds through a variety of events, including with sponsors for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, collecting money outside Waldbaum’s in Howard Beach and selling cards from the American Cancer Society at her school — one of which was purchased by Howard Beach’s own singing sensation, “American Idol” finalist Pia Toscano.

“You have to do whatever you can and try and get involved,” Luisa said. “There’ll be some days when you want to go out with your friends, but it’s better to know you’re making a difference when you go out and

Luisa Belfiore, 13, of Howard Beach has raised about $2,500 this year for the American Cancer COURTESY PHOTOS Society, and she hopes to collect even more next year. stand in front of Waldbaum’s instead of just getting pizza.”

Luisa’s mother, Cissy Belfiore, noted that numerous community groups and residents have rallied behind the teenager. Students and parents at PS 146, for example, donated money, as did individuals at Ave Maria Academy in Howard Beach. Her entire family — Cissy, her father Tommy,

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“She amazes me,” Cissy Belfiore said.

“I’m so proud of her, and I would definitely like to thank everybody in the community for helping her. For her to be doing this at 13 is amazing.”

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Residents to NYPD: Give us more officers 102nd Council president says South Queens routinely snubbed

by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

South Queens precincts are being short-changed when the NYPD staffs areas with Police Academy graduates, according to Maria Thomson, president of the 102nd Precinct Community Council.

At the 102nd Precinct Community Council meeting last week in Richmond Hill, Thomson commended the precinct commander, Deputy Inspector Armando DeLeon, for doing a “fantastic” job with fewer cops. However, she said precinct resources are stretched to the limit and called on Police Department brass to assign more officers to the South Queens community.

Thomson told the council members that the department has for years been short-changing the precincts in the southern neighborhoods in terms of manpower. She cited as an example the last Police Academy class, from which Queens precincts received 55 police officers — while 450 officers were assigned to Brooklyn precincts.

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said Thomson.

“They take care of the Bronx, they take care of Brooklyn, they take very good care of Manhattan … [but] because we are holding the line, they are denying us the police officers that we need,” Thomson added. “It’s not fair to penalize our precincts because we are doing a good job; we need our fair share.”

She urged local elected officials to fight for more police officers.

Also during the meeting, several residents expressed concerns to DeLeon and asked for his help in solving their problems.

DeLeon said his officers have addressed a resident’s recent complaint about trucks parking overnight on Atlantic Avenue and 127th Street. He said four of the vehicles have been booted and over 30 summonses issued. The resident also complained about trucks parked on Atlantic Avenue and 106th Street running their engines and compressors overnight on Saturday and Sunday nights, disturbing his sleep. “If we catch them we will issue them a summons,” said DeLeon.

The inspector also heard complaints from several residents about noise on the weekends from a Richmond Hill bar.

“This has been going on for a couple of years; isn’t there anything that can be done?” asked a spokesperson for the group. “We have trouble Friday, Saturday and Sunday; it’s getting worse,” she said.

DeLeon said he is aware of the situation and noted that the bar has been the subject of numerous violations, which have been forwarded to the State Liquor Authority.

A spokesman for a group of residents from 88th Avenue off 85th Street in Woodhaven complained about two vacant houses on their block that, he said, were attracting large groups of unruly youths. The man said the individuals were congregating on their stoops and sidewalks at all hours, preventing residents from going to church, meetings and shopping.

The spokesperson told DeLeon that after the residents’ initial complaint at the council’s June meeting, precinct off icers responded and the problem was corrected. However, he said that with the police presence gone, the same problem has recurred.

“When you did show a presence, they went away,” he told DeLeon. “Now they’re out again

Deputy Inspector Armando DeLeon, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, addresses residents’ concerns at last week’s community council PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON meeting. so we need your help.”

The inspector said he would again address their concern.

With sexual assaults on women on the rise citywide, DeLeon urged residents to take advantage of the precinct council’s free police whistle program.

“They really do work, they’re loud and they attract attention,” DeLeon told the audience.

Thomson asked DeLeon about plans for Halloween, which is this Monday.

He said that although specific

plans have not yet come down from headquarters, he expects additional off icers will be assigned to schools at dismissal time.

In addition, he said that precinct community affairs officers will visit grocery stores and urge them not to sell eggs and shaving cream to youngsters.

The next meeting of the 102nd Precinct Community Council will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 8 pm at the Moose Lodge, 87-25 Q 118 St. in Richmond Hill.

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102nd cop honored for work in an arrest Rodriguez chased down alleged thief

by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

Police Officer Heriberto Rodriguez of the 102nd Precinct was honored with the Cop of the Month award at last week’s community council meeting for his work culminating in the arrest of two alleged burglars and the recovery of the stolen property.

According to Deputy Inspector Armando DeLeon, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, Rodriguez and Lt. Albert Alborano were on routine patrol around 2

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102nd Council President Maria Thomson, left, Armando DeLeon and Officer Heriberto PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON Rodriguez.

p.m. on Sept. 27 when they were dispatched to a burglary in progress around 103rd Avenue and 114th Street in South Richmond Hill.

When they arrived, they were met by several witnesses and the complainant, who gave a description of two young suspects and what the individuals had allegedly stolen from the home.

DeLeon said that Rodriguez immediately broadcast the description over the police radio and began a canvas of the area. As Rodriguez patrolled the area, he noticed an individual who was shedding some of his clothing and carrying a sweater that was part of the description the witnesses gave him, the commanding officer said.

As Rodriguez exited his vehicle, the suspect took off running, but the officer chased and caught the person. Alborano apprehended the other suspect.

DeLeon said that both suspects, when apprehended, allegedly possessed the proceeds of the crime, which, he said, included jewelry, electronic equipment, DVDs and clothing.

DeLeon said the suspects had lengthy criminal records including arrests for burQ glary and robbery.

Friends of Firefighters Award-winning actor Steve Buscemi, left, and Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (DMiddle Village) were honored Nov. 19 at an annual fundraiser for Friends of Firefighters.

Crowley, the chairwoman of the council’s Fire and Criminal Justice Committee, was presented with the public service award for

her efforts to shield firehouses from budget cuts.

Buscemi, star of “Boardwalk Empire� and a former FDNY member, once worked at Engine Co. 55 on Manhattan. He was honored for his work on behalf of widowed spouses and survivors of the 9/11 attack.

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Your friendly neighborhood pharmacies — Cross Bay Chemist

by Frank Pantina t has been seven and a half years that Cross Bay Chemist has been in Howard Beach and 16 months in Ozone Park.

What excitement both pharmacies have created for both communities and the surrounding areas!

We have done so much more than just fill prescriptions. We have donated to many charities and schools and even given lectures at local senior centers. And let’s not forget the free hearing screenings, blood pressure testing and recently having a representative educate our clients on Medicare benefits. We even have given out flu shots to patients who are pressed for time and want to prepare themselves for the flu season.

It seems that Cross Bay Chemist is growing, but we still need your help so we can continue to flourish. Our Ozone Park location is new and gaining in popularity. The area realizes we have so much to offer and understands how nice and compassionate a real mom-and-pop pharmacy can be.

Many “old-timers” come in and express their feelings to us, saying, “It’s like the old days.” I ask, “How so?” Many explain that everyone here knows each other.

They know each other’s names and are so polite. However, not

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everyone knows this or has experienced the Cross Bay Chemist “total experience.” It certainly is a marvel. How can going to a pharmacy be an experience, you may say? Well just come into either location and see for yourself.

We are trying to lure you from your current pharmacy and asking you to take a chance with us. We want Frank, Gary, Carol and Ryan to be your pharmacists. You know what you will be getting: great service, compassion, integrity and friendship. Grow with us. Become part of our family, because that’s what Cross Bay Chemist is — one, big, happy family. Yes, we have our moments. Every family does, but our personal service will make up for it and overwhelm you as no other pharmacy can. I ask you to make Cross Bay Chemist your pharmacy of choice, not just for prescriptions, but for all your healthcare needs, plus surgicals.

To our current customers and friends, thank you so much for your loyalty and support. We know you go out of your way to come to us. Parking is always a problem, but we hope our curbside service and deliveries compensate for the difficulty.

Now we are asking the Woodhaven, Richmond Hill and Ozone Park communities for their sup-

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Please come in and fill your prescriptions with us. Let us help you and start supporting your neighborhood pharmacies today — Cross Bay Chemist.

On a side note, I will be doing two lectures on vitamins, herbs and drug interactions. The first will be on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 10:30 a.m. at the Rockwood Park Jewish Senior Center, located at 156-45 84th St. in Howard Beach.

The other will on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Gate of Heaven Senior Center, located at 101-18 104 St. in Ozone Park.

Please stop by and meet me. I’m sure the lectures will be very informative and educational.

Cross Bay Chemist’s Ozone Park location is 96-05 101 Ave. Pharmacy hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

We’re closed Sunday. Call us at (718) 880-1644.

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JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT Students display pride during “Spirit Week”

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Students dress up during “Spirit Week,” Oct. 11-14. The week included: “Funky Tie Day,” “Twin Day,” “Retro Day” and “Spirit Day.” PHOTOS BY AUDRA ANTHONY, KRISTINA JOSEPH, MELISA VILLALONA, NIRUPA PERSAUD AND SYMONE SIMON

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by Stephen Geffon Chronicle contributor

It was deja vu for Ann-Marie Coppola as she attended the job fair last Friday at The Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale.

The fair, attended by over three thousand job-seekers, was held in the space her former employer, the Stein Mart Department Store, occupied. Coppola was laid off 18 months ago when Stein Mart closed.

Coppola, who lives in Ridgewood and had worked for Stein Mart as a customer services representative for five years, said she came to the job fair to see what was available. She said she was looking for part-time employment and had left a few resumes with employers at the fair.

“I’m hoping that something will come from that,” she said.

More than 2,400 people attended the fair, sponsored by state Senator Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), who has sponsored three previous job fairs in the community.

“We tried to figure out where the jobs are, then go out and get them,” Addabbo said. “The job climate is tumultuous right now ... People have come here in such large numbers because they need to find a job to provide for themselves and their families.

He said the 115 businesses had about 1,300 openings.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the unemployment rate for Queens was 7.7 percent for August.

Coppola’s former coworker Margaret,

Some of the more than 2,400 applicants meet with prospective employers Friday at a job fair at Atlas Park sponsored by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. Entities from city government to international PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON corporations like Coca-Cola were represented. who did not give her last name, lives in Glendale. She said she was looking for employment in the human resources area or in geriatric social work.

Kim, another borough resident, worked as a recruiter for the Fire Department until she was laid off in 2010 due to city budget cuts. She said she is now looking for a position as a recruiter or community

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Susanne Fusco and Carlos Rodriguez of the state Department of Labor were on hand to make job seekers aware of their apprenticeship program, which provides full-time on-the-job training in the buildings trades.

Companies participating at the job fair ran the gamut from nonprofit organizations

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Among the employers were: Eihab Human Services, Inc.; Lifespire; U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; the U.S. Secret Service, Federal Air Marshals and Internal Revenue services; the city Board of Elections, Department of the Aging and FDNY; Metropolitan Transit Authority;, the Port Authority; the state departments of Labor and Taxation & Finance; Pace University; National Grid; Delta Airlines; FedEx; Coca Cola; Aflac; TD Bank and Frito Lay. A representative of H&R Block said the financial services firm is looking for the administrative position of client service professional for its offices.

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Use the right tools for autumn to-do lists Ask any homeowner and he or she is bound to have a to-do list of little chores around the house that need to get done. These tasks are made much easier with the right tools.

Depending on individual skill level, many homeowners already have basic tools on hand, such as hammers and screwdrivers. Others may have a more extensive collection of tools available for projects, such as saws, sanders and electric drills.

For homeowners who don’t have certain tools, there may be no need to purchase new ones for specif ic projects.

Many tools can be rented, such as floor sanders, carpet cleaners, saws and others.

Find out if items can be bor rowed from friends or family members — and whether they might want to help with certain tasks.

Before any project is started, homeowners should take inventory of what they have and what they will need to complete a project. Taking shortcuts can lead to frustration and more money spent fixing mistakes. Make a list and have all of the gear available and ready for use.

Here are some common projects and the tools that will be needed.

GUTTER CLEANING Cooler weather means leaves and debris will collect in gutters and downspouts. A sturdy ladder, gloves, garden hose, small shovel, and bucket will be needed to clear out the debris. Be sure the ladder is placed so that it is on level ground.

CLEANING SIDING A rented power washer can make quick work of cleaning grimy siding and hard-to-reach windows.

LANDSCAPE CLEAN-UP Now may be the time to pull out whithered plants and put away lawn furniture. Many homeowners like to prune shrubs and trees before the cold weather sets in. A hedge trimmer can quickly shape shrubbery. An auger can help dig up dead annuals and clean out planting beds. Rent a wood chipper to make mulch out of felled tree branches.

PAINTING When cooler weather arrives, homeowners tend to look inside for projects. Painting is a popular way to spruce up rooms with little financial investment. Rollers, brushes, paint trays, masking tape, edgers, and drop cloths will be needed for the task.

FLOORING Perhaps installing a new floor is on the to-do list. Many laminate and vinyl products make it easy for homeowners to do the work themselves.

A more extensive project, such as installation of tile or hardwood, can be done by a contractor.

Flooring needs may require a power saw or razor for cutting the flooring — depending on the material. Other tools include adhesive, spacers, measuring tape, knee pads, eye protection and cleanQ Before any project is started, homeowners should take inventory of what up materials.

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The initial stage of a renovation is the planning stage. Planning is when a homeowner works through Before starting any project, be sure to consider the 3 Ps — the concept of the project and planning, permits and protection. determines what is necessary to inspections of the work may need to take place complete the task.

Many people find it helpful to write out plans after all of the project is completed or during and draw up the concept on paper. This doesn’t certain phases. For example, the building of a require expensive architectural software. A sim- deck may require inspections after footings are ple piece of graph paper plotted with measure- installed and secured, and before the upper ments and a sketch is often sufficient for small portions of the decking materials are attached. projects. If the job will be expansive and require If an inspection takes place afterward, the an architect or engineer, he or she will often pro- inspector will be looking for key code issues to determine whether the work was completed vide a technical drawing.

If the project focuses more on decorating successfully. If a contractor was used, he or than building, some find it helpful to create she may have to be present at the time of the a design board. This is where fabric swatch- inspection. If the work passes, an approval will es, paint color samples, pictures of furniture be given and put on record. If the work fails, and accessories, and any other components applicable repairs will have to be made and a of the room are put together. Having a re-inspection will be scheduled.

Should a home be design board enables put on the market, all the homeowner to go to permits may need to be the store with board in on file or in the hometow and match up items owners’ possession in to things in the store. order for a certificate of Another part of the occupancy to be issued planning stage is estabto the new buyer. Faillishing a budget and ure to have permits can determining the project’s financing. It can be helpful to make a list of hold up the process or result in fines. all income and expenses and find out how PROTECTION much funding is left over for a project. When Homeowners about to begin a project also getting estimates on the work, whether it will be done by a contractor or a do-it-yourself need to emphasize safety. There are a number project, the homeowner should then make a of things that can be on hand to make a work list of approximate costs (rounding up) and environment safer. These include: • Eye protection: This is especially importhen compare it against the available funds. tant when working with flying debris, cutting items, mixing caustic chemicals, etc.

PERMITS • Respirator or face mask: Cover the Many projects, especially those involving building, demolition, electrical work, or mold nose or mouth when there is dust or debris in remediation, require permits issued by the the air that can enter the lungs. When worktown, province or city in which the work will ing with toxic fumes, such as when using spray paints or chemical lubricants, a respibe taking place.

The purpose of permits and subsequent rator can offer clean air.

• Boots: Proper footwear ensures protecinspections is often questioned by homeowners looking to circumvent the system. Howev- tion should an item fall on the foot or when er, building permits are required to ensure walking where nails or other sharp items are public safety, health and welfare as they are located.

• Fire extinguisher: A fire extinguisher affected by building construction, structural strength, zoning, and code requirements. In should be nearby in the event of a mishap.

• First aid kit: An abrasion or cut may essence, building permits are how the government regulates safety and protects both current occur, requiring prompt care.

• Gloves: When the hands need to be proand future residents of the property.

In many cases, homeowners will need to tected or extra traction on surfaces is required, visit the municipal building in their respective gloves can be a necessity.

• Headphones: Safety headphones can protowns and apply for a permit. The permit may not immediately be issued. Oftentimes, there tect the ears against loud, consistent noises is a waiting period during which the project’s from power equipment and tools.

• Locks: A locked cabinet can store tools, legality and safety is examined. Once the project is approved, the applicant will be able to paints, chemicals, and other improvement file for the actual permit(s). There is usually a supplies so that young children or pets won’t fee or fees for permit application, which cov- have access.

When homeowners take the time to plan, ers any clerical work.

Work should not begin until a permit is obtain permits, and secure the needed protecreceived, and then the permit generally has to tion for a job, they help ensure a safer job Q be placed in plain sight, such as in a window that is done correctly.

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Getting your home ready for winter In autumn homeowners can take several steps to get their homes ready for whatever winter has to offer with the following tasks. Often referred to as “winterizing,” the process is meant to ensure a home can withstand harsh winter weather while proving a safe haven from the elements.

FIX THE LEAKS A leaky home will prove an expensive home during the winter months. A home with many leaks will be much colder to inhabit and homeowners typically turn up the heat to counter drafts that can make a home feel like a meat locker.

But turning up the thermostat isn’t the answer. Instead, fix leaks in the fall before the cold weather arrives.

Leaks should not be very hard to find. On the first breezy autumn afternoon, walk around the house in search of any drafty areas. These drafts will be noticeable and often occur around doors and window frames, electrical outlets and even recessed lighting. Homeowners have a host of options at their disposal to plug leaks, be it door sweeps that block air from entering under exterior doors to caulk applied around leaky windows. When using caulk outdoors, be sure to use a weather-resistant caulk or, if sealing brick, use masonry sealer.

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Homeowners who have an attic in their homes might want to consider adding some insulation up there. Experts recommend a minimum of 12 inches of insulation in the attic. That might prove costly, but a poorly insulated attic is akin to opening the front door and letting the heat out. It might be best for less-than-handy homeowners to hire a professional to insulate the attic. But do-it-yourselfers

might find it good to know that if the ceiling joists, which are often 11 inches or less, are visible, then the attic is in need of additional insulation. Such joists won’t be visible in an adequately insulated attic.

PUT UP THE STORM WINDOWS It’s nice to open the windows in the spring and summer and let the warm air waft in through the screens. But when summer is over, it’s time to put up the storm windows once again. Storm windows add an extra layer of protection from the elements and are especially valuable in homes with single-pane glass windows. Homeowners who don’t have storm windows should consider upgrading their existing windows.

Such a project isn’t cheap, but newer windows will almost certainly lead to lower heating costs, meaning the project will essentially pay for itself over time.

Homeowners who can’t afford to replace all of their windows don’t have to replace them all at once.

Instead, replace them a few at a time and make the rooms where you spend the most time each winter the first on the list to receive new windows.

Routinely cleaning gutters throughout the fall and early winter can help reduce the risk of roof damage caused by winter weather.

When cleaning the gutters, make sure they are properly aligned. Poorly aligned gutters can lead to a host of problems. One such problem is flooding. If downspouts are not properly aligned with the rest of the gutters, then water might not be directed away from the home as it’s intended.

Instead, water might be directed toward the home, resulting in flooding or additional water damage.

BE DILIGENT WITH THE GUTTERS Leaves falling from trees is an idyllic image associated primarily with autumn. Unfortunately, when leaves fall they often fall into the gutters. Routinely clean the gutters once the leaves start to fall. Clean gutters will allow snow and rain to effectively drain through the gutters. If the gutters are clogged, snow might have nowhere to go when it begins to melt, and roof damage might result. Such damage is costly but preventable in most instances. One of the easier preventive measures to take is to routinely clean the gutters of leaves and other debris that accumulate during the fall.

HAVE THE FURNACE CLEANED Experts recommend annual furnace cleanings. Before cold weather arrives, turn the furnace on to make sure it’s still working. An unpleasant odor should appear when first turning on the furnace, but it shouldn’t last very long. If the odor sticks around, turn the furnace off and call a professional. Once winter arrives, routinely replace the filters.

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Ease your winter heating bill woes Winter will soon bring plenty of cold and snowy weather. Families will turn up the thermostat, add an extra blanket to the beds, and hit the local home improvement store for needed supplies to seal windows and doors.

Unfortunately most won’t call their local plumbing and heating contractor. While homeowners annually dread seeing those winter utility bills roll in, they don’t give their heating system much thought until it needs to be repaired or replaced.

Annual preventative maintenance is always better than dealing with the alternative. One “no heat” call can cost you $300 or more, just to diagnose a problem and if your boiler or furnace has out-lived its warranty, you’ll be responsible for the full cost of parts and labor.

If your contractor determines that your boiler or furnace needs to be replaced, he or she will do a heat loss and sizing calculation to determine the size (BTU’s) required to heat your home. Your contractor should be able to provide a good, better and best equipment choice to suit your budget and desired efficiency level. Be sure to use a reputable contractor and ask for references.

When you weigh costs, understand that your investment goes well beyond the initial cost of the system. Your old low-efficiency heating system could have an annual fuel

utilization efficiency (AFUE) of 70 percent. That means 70 percent of the energy in the fuel becomes heat for the home and the other 30 percent escapes up the chimney and elsewhere. With the old inefficient heating equipment you have, you could be throwing away up to 30 percent of the money you spend on fuel each year.

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High-eff iciency condensing boilers entered the U.S. home heating market in the last 15 years and have steadily gained in popularity. The heart of any boiler is the heat exchanger, much like a motor is to a car, and it is what provides a boiler’s efficiency. Unlike every other manufacturer, Dunkirk has designed and built boilers and heat exchangers here in the U.S. Dunkirk’s newest high-efficiency boiler, the Helix

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The couple who abducted their eight children from a Forest Hills foster care facility in September have pleaded guilty to second-degree custodial interference.

Shanel Nadal, 28, and Nephra Payne, 34, of Manhattan were in court Tuesday afternoon, according to a statement issued by Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.

“Today’s guilty plea is a just and fair disposition of this case,” Brown said. “The defendants are held accountable for their actions and the children will be spared having to testify against their parents at trial.”

Nadal and Payne admitted to two counts of custodial interference before Queens Criminal Court Judge Elisa Koenderman, who indicated that she would sentence them to 90 days in jail and three years probation on Nov. 10.

The couple took their children during an approved visit at the Forestdale Agency on 112th St. on Sept. 19, sneaking them out a rear door and into a vehicle where Payne was waiting.

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Grapel’s release is hours away Hollis Hills man spent 4 months in Egyptian jail

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

Egypt is expected to release Hollis Hills resident Ilan Grapel from jail this week in a prisoner exchange for 25 Egyptians held in Israel.

Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper, reported Tuesday that Grapel, 27, would be released today, Oct. 27. The Israeli government, which announced the swap a day earlier, said that none of the jailed Egyptians were linked to attacks on Israelis.

Grapel, who has dual U.S. and Israeli citizenship, was arrested in Cairo in June and accused of sedition and inciting protesters to violence. During his summer break from law school, Grapel was in Egypt with a nonprofit group that helps settle refugees from African countries.

His release followed last week’s exchange of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit

by Hamas militants for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.

Congressman Gary Ackerman (DQueens, Nassau) has worked on getting Shalit freed and applauded the upcoming release. Grapel is more than just a constituent; he worked for Ackerman as an intern in 2002.

Acker man said Monday that the announcement “is terrific news” and that he is “relieved and gratified that Ilan will finally be freed and that he will soon be reunited with his family.”

Grapel’s mother, Irene, is a U.S. citizen and plays violin with the New York Philharmonic. His father, Daniel, was born in Israel and works as a podiatrist in Forest Hills. They did not return calls from the Chronicle.

The imprisoned man’s friends and family, as well as Israeli officials, have denied the spying charges. “Ilan is a wonderful young man who loves Egypt and the Egyptian culture,” Ackerman said. “He’s a person deeply committed to the cause of humanity and bringing people together, and just found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

Grapel, a law student at Emory University in Atlanta, is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University. He moved to Israel in 2004 and later enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces, where he served as a paratrooper and was wounded in Israel’s 2006 war in Lebanon.

Ackerman said he is grateful that Grapel was treated well while in custody, which was confirmed by the negotiating team that secured his release. His family got to visit him for three hours in September before Rosh Hashanah.

The congressman said he was assured by the highest authorities in Israel that Grapel had nothing to do with espionage, the Mossad, which is the national intelligence agency, or any other type of spy network.

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Halloween in Howard Beach When cars drive by Nick Colavito’s house in Howard Beach, they don’t just slow down — they stop.

Colavito, pictured at top, has spent the last 12 years collecting items for “the creepiest house” in the neighborhood — and likely far beyond.

Monsters, goblins, mangled corpses — even heads in jars — fill Colavito’s yard,

which at night is filled with smoke produced by a machine. Creepy music often plays, and a monster that screams hangs from the roof.

Above, Colavito’s nephew, Frankie Zanca, 1, absorbs the fright before him.

On Halloween day, Colavito will play the Elephant Man, while a friend will be Frankenstein and other friends will also act like monsters in his yard.

Free parent education conference The United Federation of Teachers is sponsoring a parent education conference on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel in Flushing.

The hotel is located at 135-20 39th Avenue. The program is free and open to all Queens parents with children in city schools. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

City Comptroller John Liu will speak at the event, which will offer such workshop topics at the high school application process, bullying and special education.

Childcare service will be provided for school-aged children only.

Pre-registration is required. For more information, contact Rose Walker-Yates at the Q Queens UFT at (718) 275-4400.

Richmond Hill South Civic to hold meeting The Richmond Hill South Civic Association will host its next meeting on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church at 112-14 107 Avenue.

The guest speaker will be Mark Frey, director of the Howard Beach Senior Center.

There will be a Chinese auction, and residents are asked to bring their favorite Q treat to share because it’s international dessert night.

Troma Entertainment co-founder Lloyd Kaufman with Toxie, the studio’s mascot, outside the movie PHOTO BY ANDREW BENJAMIN studio’s LIC office.

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Lloyd Kaufman, the president and cofounder of Troma Entertainment in Long Island City, has never been one to sacrifice his art to please a mainstream audience.

Though some may scoff at the idea of horror or shockingly gory films as art, Kaufman’s charismatic personality would tell you otherwise.

“When you start out to be an artist, you have to decide whether you want to be famous and get Oscars and get positive reinforcement and be Michael Bay or Brett Ratner or do what you want and be in the underground and be in control of what you’re doing,” Kaufman said.

For nearly 40 years, Troma, the oldest independently run movie studio, has in Kaufman’s own words produced “independent, visionary movies of the future,” and there is no evidence they are slowing down.

Founded in 1974 by Kaufman and his friend Michael Herz, the studio first produced and distributed raunchy sex comedies.

But the studio put itself on the map of cult cinema when it produced and released the horror-comedy The Toxic Avenger in 1984.

The film, which is about a nerdy high school kid who falls in a barrel of toxic waste and transforms into a large, deformed superhero, was an underground hit and grew even more popular in the following years. The movie spawned three sequels, a cartoon series and an off-Broadway musical.

Since then the studio has gone on to not only produce its own films but distribute a variety of independently made movies including “Cannibal: The Musical” — South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s f irst f ilm — and “Mr. Bricks: A Heavy Metal Murder Musical,” which was filmed

throughout Queens.

The company was originally located in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen until three years ago, moving after the area became “yuppified” according to Kaufman. They bought a building which used to be a Chinese food distributorship on 11th Street and have not looked back since.

“We want to be in an area that is creative, that leads to creativity, that stimulates us,” Kaufman said. “Long Island City turns us on. It’s exciting, it’s vibrant. … We thrive on that.”

As for seeing a Troma movie being filmed in the neighborhood any time soon, Kaufman plans to shoot the fifth Toxic Avenger movie there when he finds the right script.

“This is Tromaville,” he said. “The people who live in the neighborhood are all Troma fans.”

With Halloween just a few days away, Kaufman suggested some Troma films people could watch for a ghoulish good time. He recommends “Terror Firmer,” which has “some scary stuff in it” but is “also extremely disturbing.” Another pick is “Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead,” due to its social commentary on the fast food industry and Halloween being a night when many people stuff themselves with junk food. Finally, he recommends the 1932 Bela Lugosi classic “White Zombie,” which Troma has distributed on DVD. Kaufman also had some advice for budding young filmmakers who want to remain independent rather than jeopardize their artistic integrity.

“I think you try to give yourself an atmosphere that’s conducive to art and conducive to your freedom. And then do what’s in your heart,” Kaufman said. “To thine own self be Q true.”

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like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said.

In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into an unassuming gold buying and cash loan watches and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also shop on Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 offers instant cash loans for jewelry and eBay offer on her ring from another area shop, but selling services.

Their cash loans program is straightforward and was looking to get a better deal. In what may be viewed as poor business acumen, she told simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who her new prospective buyer what her previous has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg offer was. Still, after examining her piece, he said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to offered her $1,600. He did so, as he says, buy their jewelry back before the end of the term.

Sometimes these are people’s heirlooms we’re “...because that’s what it was worth.”

The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for talking about and we respect that.”

For those who are less Internet-savvy or cash in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias and Edward Goldberg can relate to just don’t have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying first-hand, having been laid off from their jobs offers a convenient eBay sales service. If what in jewelry manufacturing. They understand a customer has isn’t an item that Ice Jewelry that people get into situations where they just Buying would purchase, like a handbag or need a little cash fast to make the bills and Ice antique furniture, they can help find a buyer Jewelry Buying Service hopes to help out in on their eBay store. Elias consults with the customer to find a target the most honest way they can. price and let the internet STORE HOURS “For this, I like to think we’re handle the rest. doing the community a service,” MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm auctioneers For anyone who has Elias said. “We’re in the business SAT. 10am - 5pm ever dealt with the hassle of helping people who are in a SUN. by Appointment of selling and shipping tough spot. They can come to an item on eBay — all the our store and know that we can educate them on what they have and we’ll give forms involved in setting up a user and paypal them what their items are worth. When that account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice woman told me her previous offer, it made me Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is wonder how many times this happens — how really a bargain deal.

“At the end of the day, I just want people many people who really need that money get to feel comfortable doing business with us. taken advantage of?”

Elias opened his Rego Park shop with People have this conception of gold buying Goldberg less than a year ago, and already stores as these slimy places with slimy they’re seeing a lot of repeat customers and people, and they’re typically right. But we referrals. This is a sign to them that they’re want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to doing something right — the pawn business see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in typically deals in one-time transactions but their counter for $800. We don’t do that.”

Ice Jewelry Buying Services is located at Elias is determined to break that mold, 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of building a reputation on trust.

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Man and woman indicted for sex trafficking in motel female victim ran away from home on May 23 and the following day Goodwin, who was allegedly a friend, called and asked her if she wanted to make money with her. It is alleged that the victim was told to take a cab to the Kew Motor Inn, located at 139-01 Grand Central Parkway, where she was introduced to to Lachapelle and an unapprehended male who was acting as Goodwin’s pimp.

Goodwin allegedly talked the victim into working as a prostitute for Lachapelle after assuring her that she would be safe.

It is further alleged that Lachapelle look erotic photographs of the girl and posted them on an escort website. Additionally, Lachapelle allegedly gave her a cell phone, told her not to leave the motor inn, that she would be working performing prostitution dates for him and instructed her on pricing.

The victim allegedly received about five to six calls for prostitution dates between May 24-26. After each such date, Lachapelle allegedly would go to her hotel room and collect the money. It is alleged that on one occasion, Lachapelle also had sexual intercourse with her.

On May 27, an undercover police officer viewed the victim’s advertisement on the escort website and called the number provided. He went to the Kew Motor Inn that afternoon and was allegedly met by the victim, who agreed to have sexual intercourse with the undercover for $100, which he paid her.

After she was placed under arrest, the victim admitted that she wanted to stop working for the defendant but was scared. Lachapelle was arrested that same day when he returned to Q the room after the undercover’s “date.”

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A Queens County grand jury has indicted a 22-year-old Jamaica man and a 26-year-old woman on charges of having a 14-year-old girl perform sexual acts for pay at a motel in Kew Gardens Hills.

The female defendant is alleged to have lured her young teenage friend into prostituting herself with the promise of making money. Unfortunately, for the victim, she discovered all too late that few activities are as brutal and dehumanizing as prostitution.

Instead of making money the victim was allegedly forced to turn over all the money she earned to the male defendant.

The defendants are 22-year-old Ismael Lachapelle, of 179 Street and 26-year-old Jasmine Goodwin.

Lachapelle was arraigned Friday before Acting Queens Supreme Court Justice Robert McGann on charges of first- and second-degree kidnapping, sex-trafficking, second- and third-degree promoting prostitution, second-degree rape and endangering the welfare of a child. Lachapelle, who was ordered held on $75,000 bail and to return to court on Nov. 30, faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted.

Goodwin, who is also known as Holly and J. Hollytsunami Goodwin, was arraigned Thursday before Queens Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho on charges of second-degree kidnapping, sex-trafficking, second-degree promoting prostitution and endangering the welfare of a child. Goodwin, who was ordered held on $25,000 bail and to return to court on Nov. 15, faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

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which to sell drugs, dealers set a new “This initiative is yet another step in our record for how low they can go,” Commis- continuing campaign to stop drug-dealing Forty-six people, including two alleged to sioner Kelly said. “Illegal drugs ruin lives and drug-based violence in Queens,” have sold drugs out of a day care center and and destroy neighborhoods, and in this case Brown said. “These arrests underscore our an inspector for the Taxi and Limousine even put toddlers at risk.” commitment to improve the quality of life Commission, have been charged as the result In executing a search war rant on for the residents of LeFrak City.” of a seven-month investigation into narcotics Wednesday, police said they observed The investigation began when detectives trafficking in and around the LeFrak City Eugene Griffin, 62, an inspector for the assigned to the NYPD’s Queens Narcotics apartment complex in Elmhurst.

Taxi and Limousine Commission, smoking Division received information regarding Queens District Attorney Richard Brown a marijuana cigarette. drug dealing around and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly When told not to LeFrak City. announced the filing of criminal charges move, he allegedly ran In response, the hen they used a day against 46 individuals on drug and non- into his apartment.

NYPD’s Queens Nardrug-related charges on Friday.

Upon entering the cotics Division and care center from A statement released by BrownÕs office apartment, police Brown’s Narcotics said 17 people were indicted and 29 were allege that a pit bull, Investigation Bureau which to sell drugs, the subject of criminal court complaints. whose vocal chords dispatched numerous Police executed warrants and served nui- had been cut to preundercover officers to dealers set a new sance abatement orders on five apartments. vent him from barkpurchase crack and record for how low The defendants, who range in age from ing, was released and powdered cocaine, 17 to 63, are charged with selling crack and attacked a police offiheroin and marijuana. they can go.” powdered cocaine, marijuana, heroin, and cer, who was bitten During the investigaother controlled substances, including pre- and required hospital tion, undercover offi— NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly scription medications, to undercover police treatment. cers additionally purofficers on hundreds of occasions.

The press release chased methadone, Fourteen sales are alleged to have taken said a subsequent search of the apartment Ecstasy, oxycodone, codeine and Xanax, place out of an apartment that houses the resulted in the seizure of 263 zipper bags of among other drugs. state-licensed Burke-Arthur Day Care Cen- marijuana, a bag with an additional pound Brown said the alleged sales occurred in ter. Hector Rodriguez, who is the son of of marijuana, a plastic tube containing and around LeFrak City, including in severcenter owner Diane Burke, and Donnell cocaine, drug paraphernalia and a 25-cal- al different apartments.

Burnhill, the father of Burke’s granddaugh- iber semiautomatic hand gun.

LeFrak City is one of the largest privately ter, are accused of selling marijuana, crack Arrested along with Griff in were his owned housing developments in the counand Ecstasy pills from the center, which wife, Joanne Griffin, 62, their son Omar try, with 20 18-story buildings with 5,000 can care for 12 children up to age 12.

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by Corona, Elmhurst, Flushing and Rego Park. It was built between 1960 and 1969 and houses more than 15,000 people In addition to the arrests, officers executed thirteen court-authorized search warrants and allegedly recovered nearly seven pounds of marijuana, more than two pounds of cocaine, various amounts of crack cocaine, over 3,600 pills of various types, $3,400 in cash, and the 25-caliber handgun.

Brown said that police served a nuisance abatement order on the day care center,and four other apartments in the complex. A nuisance abatement order allows a landlord to evict tenants who commit felonies or serious misdemeanors on their property.

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Queens drivers: Don’t even think of driving Sunday without reading the Queens Traffic Guru first. That’s because Sunday is Marathon Day, and several major thoroughfares in the borough will be affected.

The biggest impacts for Queens will be in Long Island City. The southbound Pulaski Bridge and the lower level of the Queensboro Bridge will be closed from roughly 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., along with 48th Avenue from 11th Street to Vernon Boulevard, Vernon Boulevard from 48th Avenue to 10th Street, 10th Street from Vernon Boulevard to 44th Drive, 44th Drive between 10th and Hunter streets, and Crescent Street between Hunter Street and Queens Plaza.

Because of the Queensboro Bridge closure, expect heavy delays at the Midtown Tunnel and RFK-Triborough Bridge.

Other major closures throughout the city on Marathon Day include First Avenue from 63rd to 135th streets and Fifth Avenue from 120th to 90th streets in Manhattan, Fourth Avenue from 94th Street to Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, Alexander Avenue between 135th and 138th streets in the Bronx, and the Verrazano, Willis Avenue and Madison Avenue bridges.

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Tina, Astoria Dear Tina, It’s not a dumb question at all, especially since differentiating between the two regulations can be confusing. Standing and parking regulations are not the same.

Here’s why: Loading and unloading is not permitted in “No Standing” zones. Cars can only use “No Standing” zones to expeditiously pick up or drop off a passenger, while “No Parking” zones can be used for both. In other words, you could legally be “standing” in a “No Parking” zone, but not legally parked (ignition turned off) in a “No Standing” zone. If you’re picking someone up and they’re making you wait for more than a minute, you’re better off in a “No Parking” zone since some cops might interpret standing for more than a minute to not be “expeditious.”

I also can’t begin to tell you how many times parkers tell me they stopped in a “No Standing” zone to run into the store for less than two minutes only to come back with an orange envelope on their windshield.

One other thing to note — a summons for “No Standing” is generally about $30 to $50 more than a summons for “No Parking.”

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Cuomo transportation picks leaving for a position with the transportation system in Hong Kong.

Lhota is expected to step in as interim chairman by the middle of November. He must be confirmed by the state Senate.

On Oct. 18, Cuomo tapped Patrick Foye to serve as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He will replace Christopher Ward upon approval by the PA board. Cuomo also appointed James Rubin and Rossana Rosado to the PA Board.

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The Long Island Railroad is blaming human error for exponentially compounding problems caused by a lightning strike in its Jamaica rail yard on Sept. 29.

The outages left thousands of rush hour commuters stuck on trains — some between stations — for several hours.

In a 23-page preliminary report issued Monday by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the railroad said the lightning strike disabled its Jay signal system, which controls trains operating between Jamaica and Penn Station.

It was while technicians were addressing the Jay outage that a computer programming error occurred, which disabled the Hall system that operates trains east of Jamaica, causing what officials are calling a “catastrophic shutdown.”

The shutdown left 169 trains cancelled, 45 terminated and 35 late. Several were stuck between stations for hours. Regular service was restored by the next morning’s rush hour commute.

In response to the incidents, the railroad is having the system designer, Ansaldo, conduct a failure analysis to determine just what went wrong after the initial lightning strike.

They have made changes to the software used to reprogram the signal system to avert future incidents like the Hall system shutdown, and are retraining personnel.

In response to the initial report, officials also are considering ways to refund the $10 surcharges assessed to people who sought refunds from that day.

They also rolled out a Pledge to Customers on Monday, which states in plain English some of the Sept. 29 report’s suggestions for improving service and rider communication in emergencies.

LIRR President Helena Williams said Monday that the pledge outlines the railroad’s commitment.

Railroad officials said they have been working on the customer pledge with U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and the Long Island

Railroad Commuter Council since just after Sept. 29.

“Our customers deserve to know their rights when they ride the LIRR, including what they can expect during a delay,” Williams said in the release.

The draft pledge covers eight items, including a safe, reliable ride; timely and accurate information, including advance notification when possible by e-mail alerts, the MTA website and platform information; courteous employees; and a clean environment.

In the event of an emergency, every effort will be made to stop trains in stations to allow customers to seek alternate transportation, including bus service when possible.

Addressing the numerous passengers who were left stranded in trains between stations on Sept. 29, the railroad is pledging to dispatch medical assistance and water to trains that cannot be moved, or if necessary, to safely evacuate stranded passengers.

The MTA also reported on Monday that even three months before the incident, overall rider satisfaction on the LIRR had plummeted from 89 percent in 2010 to 78 percent.

The annual poll, conducted in June, did take place a few weeks after an Amtrak derailment on May 7 which led to numerous train cancellations and standing-roomonly crowds.

“Declines on the LIRR reflected service disruptions resulting from a series of weather-related events,” the statement said, refer ring specif ically to harsh winter weather, a tornado and a blizzard, as well as the Amtrak derailment.

It said non-service issues continued to be rated highly, including the performance of front-line employees.

Related MTA surveys found that 84 percent of subway riders were satisfied with overall performance, up from 78 percent in 2010.

Satisfaction with local bus service rose from 62 percent in 2010 to 70 percent in Q 2011.

Suspect in crash ID’d Police have identified a suspect in the Oct. 15 car accident that killed Maspeth tavern owner George Gibbons.

Investigators are seeking Peter Rodriguez, 35. No address was given.

Gibbons, 37, was killed when the livery cab he was riding in was struck by a driver heading the wrong way on the service road to the Long Island Expressway near 58th Street. Gibbons, owned The Gibbons’ Home tavern on 69th Street.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800)-577-

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Gov. Cuomo has nominated a former deputy mayor for the positions of chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Joseph Lhota, who served as deputy mayor for operations and budget director under Rudolph Giuliani, was tapped by Cuomo last Thursday.

He had been the recommendation of the governor’s MTA search committee, and currently serves as an executive vice president for The Madison Square Garden Co. The MTA operates New York City’s buses and subways, the Long Island Rail Road, Metro North, and several bridges.

Lhota will replace Jay Walder, who is

Human error compounded delays after September lightning strike

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Queens celebrates UN’s roots in boro 66th anniversary ceremony recalls fledgling organization’s local ties

by Mark Lord Chronicle contributor

“You know bullying is against the rules.

So please don’t follow those cues.

Share some peace with others.

And they will share some with you.�

The words are from the pen of Sowad Karim, a 10-year-old fifth grader at PS 131 in Jamaica, written about a month ago in preparation for Monday’s celebration of the 66th anniversary of the United Nations on the steps of Queens Borough Hall.

Sowad was one of several hundred youngsters from area elementary schools who participated in the 90-minute event, which was presented by the Queens chapter of the United Nations Association of the United States of America, a program of the United Nations Foundation.

From 1946 to 1950, the borough hosted the General Assembly of the newly formed UN at the New York City Building, erected to house the New York City Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair.

Representing Borough President Helen Marshall, Deputy Borough President Barry Grodenchik

explained to the youngsters that some of the most important decisions ever made were made right here in Queens County, including the creation of UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund. “People come here from all over the world for a better life and freedom,� he said. “The United Nations is a very special organization.�

Students representing PS 99 in Kew Gardens opened the program by reciting informative lines about the goals of the UN. “It promotes human rights,� said one. “It settles disputes between nations,� explained another. “It sets goals to reduce poverty,� said a third.

Fifth and sixth graders from PS 117 in Jamaica came prepared with homemade flags representing their respective countries, proudly telling the audience when each nation was admitted to the U.N. The Abigail Adams Children’s Chorus, featuring students of PS 131 under choral director Marisol Ponte-Greenberg, sang “Ode to Joy,� and followed it with their inter pretation of “Don’t Laugh at Me,� a tolerance anti-bullying song.

The group will continue to spread its messages in a concert at

Students from PS 101 in Forest Hills dance and sing at Borough Hall on Monday as part of Queens’ celebration of the 66th anniversary of the United Nations. Students from four Queens schools were on hand to celebrate the body’s beginnings in PHOTO BY MARK LORD the borough.

Carnegie Hall on Dec. 2, in a program titled, “An American Christmas Carol.�

PS 101 in Forest Hills was next, presenting a group of students who sang and danced. The entertainment concluded with a full audience sing-along to “Let There Be Peace On Earth.�

For John Tandana, president of UNA-USA, holding the annual event at Queens Borough Hall is appropriate. “Queens is the UN,� he said.

“You have everyone from all over the world. The U.N. is not perfect, but it is important because without it things would get worse. We are on the planet. This is our home. The role of the UN is so important.�

Grodenchik issued a proclamation on behalf of Marshall declaring the day as United Nations Day in Queens, and he challenged the children of Queens to make peace on earth.

The signif icance of the UN was not lost on the young people

on hand.

Chloe Bogdashevsky, 10, a fifth grader at PS 101 and one of the performers, said, “We tried to express peace on earth in a song.

I’m never nervous. I enjoyed it.�

One of the youngest in attendance, 8-year-old Julia Kaufman, a third grader at PS 101, explained what she was taught was the signif icance of a flagraising ceremony. “To celebrate equal rights,� she Q said.

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ARTS, CULTURE & LIVING

Four fearsome sweet and spooky treats you can make this Halloween

by Liz Rhoades

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veryone loves sweets on Halloween.

That’s what trick or treating is all about. Preparing your own goodies for a holiday meal can be both easy and fun as you’ll see in the following spooky taste treats.

Hairy Daddy Longlegs Cupcakes • l box chocolate cake mix • canned chocolate icing • chocolate sprinkles • eye-type candy such as licorice Allsorts • 1 package black string lace licorice

ILLUSTRATION BY ELLA JIPESCU

Prepare the cake mix and pour batter into a muffin pan, filling 12 of them. Cool completely.

Frost the cupcakes with icing and cover with sprinkles. Press the candy eyes into place. Use scissors to cut eight 4-inch pieces of licorice lace per cupcake for the legs. Hold the legs together and bend them in half to form a crease. Push the end of each leg into the cupcake.

Any flavor cupcake can be used. Be sure to use paper wrappers in baking tin to make it easier for youngsters to hold and eat the decorated cupcakes. continued on 47 Continued onpage page

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G women on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Florence E. Smith Community Center, 10219 34 Ave., Corona. Must register seven days before the exam and must be 40 years or older. To register call (718) 712-6392.

EXHIBITS Fall Members’ Exhibition runs Monday to Dec. 3 at National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Parkway, Douglaston. Gallery hours are: Monday through Thursday and Saturday from 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Dr. Vincent D’Amore, author of “Common Sense Care: A Parent’s Guide to a Harmless ER Visit,” will discuss the truth about the flu on Saturday, Oct. 29 at noon at Premier Care, 74-25 Grand Ave., Maspeth. Contact andrea@premiercaredoc.com to RSVP.

“The Allure of Red,” a selection of photographs taken by Greta Jaklitsch, will be on exhibit at the Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing, from now through Nov. 12. Gallery hours are Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, 1-4 p.m.

“Duality,” an exhibit of stoneware and bronze, continues at Queensborough Community College’s art gallery in Bayside through Feb. 3. Hours are Tuesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-7p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

Humanity Service Incorp., a nonprofit that helps the needy, has a free clinic of mental and medical health services from 6-8 p.m. every Friday. There is also a food pantry that is open during this time.

These services are located at 92-17 101 Ave., Ozone Park. For more information, call (718) 845-1901.

AUDITIONS

MEETINGS

The Queens Symphonic Band now has openings for all woodwind and brass musicians, rehearsing Wednesdays from 7:30-9:30, at Queensborough Community College in Bayside. Call (646) 662-9373 or email phlzy@aol.com.

Bayside Jewish Center Sisterhood, 203-05 32 Ave., will offer talks on “What Is Home Health Care” on Monday, Oct. 31 at 3 p.m.

Senior Theatre Acting Repertory holds acting rehearsals on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. at Hollis Public Library, 202-05 Hillside Ave. and on Fridays at 10:30 a.m. at Queens Village Library, 94-11 217th St. For information, call the director’s assistant at (718) 776-0529.

THEATRE

Guy Ventoliere as Orsino and Lori Feren as Olivia in the Gingerbread Players’ production of “Twelfth PHOTO CREDIT: JIM CHAMBERLAIN Night,” opening at St. Luke’s Church, Forest Hills, on Nov. 5.

Tickets are now available for the Theatre by the Bay production of the musical “Annie Get Your Gun,” to presented on Saturdays, Nov. 5, 12 and 19 at 8 p.m. and on Sundays Nov. 6, 13 and 20 at 3 p.m. at Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209 St., Bayside. Tickets are $20 for adults and $18 for seniors (62 and older) and children 12 and under. For reservations call (718) 428-6363, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

The Greek Cultural Center, 26-80 30 St., Astoria, begins its winter season with an original play titled: “With Over Two Pieces of Luggage,” written and directed by, and starring, Alexandros Malaos, Oct. 28-Dec. 11 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $15 for seniors and children. Call (718) 726-7329

The Gingerbread Players of Saint Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway South, Forest Hills, presents William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” a romantic comedy, on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 13, at 2:30 p.m. Suggested donation: $12.

For reservations call (718) 268-7772.

The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City, presents “Othello,” running now- Oct. 30 at 8 p.m.

Tuesday to Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday. Paranoia, betrayal and post traumatic stress propel this highly physical reinvention of “Othello,” depicting returning U.S. Afghanistan veterans. Tickets are $10. Call (718) 392-0722.

The next scheduled performances of the Cill Cais Players, one-act comedies — “Uncle Pat” and “The Pot of Broth,” are: Nov. 6 at 4 p.m. at New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City; Nov. 27 at 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Blessed Sacrament, 35 Avenue and 203 Street, Bayside. Tickets range from $20-$25.

Queens Theatre in the Park in Flushing Meadows Park opens its season with “CHIX 6,” a new rock musical written by indie rock sensation and Queens native Lourds Lane. Tickets are on sale now at queenstheatre.org, by phone at (718) 760-0064 and in person at the box office. “CHIX 6” is continuing to play through Sunday, Oct. 30. Performances are Thursday - Saturday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $42 for weekday performances and $49 for weekend performances.

“A Hard Wall at High Speed,” a new play, will be presented Nov. 3-19, Thursdays, Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 30-44 Crescent St., Astoria. Tickets are $18 general, and $12 seniors and students. To purchase tickets visit apacny.org or call (866) 811- 4111.

FILM The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills, invites the community to its “Earth Matters Films on the Environment Film series,” featuring “Soylent Green” on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. Discussion follows the film. All are welcome to attend.

MUSIC Javier Arau conducts the New York Jazz Academy Big Band in swing and salsa on Saturday, Oct. 29. at 7 p.m. at P.S. 69 auditorium, 77-02 37 Ave., Jackson Heights. Tickets at the door: $12/$10 (students/seniors).

A Doo Wop Show will be held on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. at the Rochdale Village Senior Center, 169-

65 137 Ave., Jamaica. Performing live are Doug McClure of the Flamingos, Al Handfield of the Limelites, Lisa & the Lovetones and Charles Moffitts’ Velours. Tickets are $35. For info call (718) 525-2800.

Experience the music and dance of the Colombian coasts with a dash of salsa featuring the Mestizo Dance Company and Harold Gutierrez and his band at Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. Now-Oct. 30. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. and Sunday, 4 p.m. Tickets $30. Students and seniors $27. Friday only $25. Call (718) 729-3880.

“Duo Appassionato” with Gwendolyn Toth and Dongsok Shin performing duets on the King family fortepiano on Friday, Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. at King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Tickets are $25. Call (718) 205-0545 ext. 13

FLEA MARKETS Rummage sale at Trinity United Methodist Church, 108 Street and 86 Avenue, Richmond Hill, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m on Saturday, Oct. 29.

There will be a yard sale of used items at the Pilgrim Congregational Church Parsonage, 104-22 89 Ave., Richmond Hill, on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

LECTURES Pulitzer Prize winning author Diana Henriques will discuss her book “The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust,” on Monday, Oct. 31 at 1:30 p.m. at the Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Cost is $6.

HEALTH Corona Congregational Church Hostess Fellowship and Multi-Diagnostic Association is sponsoring a free or low cost cancer screening for

AARP Chapter 2889 will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at noon at the Elks Lodge, 82-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhust. New members are welcome. Topic: Having a Will May Not Be Enough. Speaker: Attorney Michael Connors.

North Flushing AARP Chapter 4158 meets on Tuesdays, Nov. 8 and Dec. 13 at noon at Church on the Hill, 167-07 35 Ave., Flushing. New members welcome.

You Gotta Believe, a community based older child adoption agency, is looking for families (regardless of age, marital status, gender or income) who would be willing to provide love and nurturing to a child in the foster care system. Join the agency every Sunday at 4 p.m. at Little Flower Children’s Services, 89-12 162 St., Jamaica.

CLASSES A points/insurance reduction defensive driving course will be held in the VFW Hall, 102-17 160 Ave., Howard Beach, on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost per person is $35. Call Keith on (917) 599-6674 or visit progressive-training-ltd.com to register.

The Greek Cultural Center, 26-80 30 St., Astoria, offers classes in Greek folk dance for adults and teens every Saturday from 10:30 a.m.-noon. The fee is $20 monthly or $150 for the whole year. Bouzouki lessons are also available every Saturday from 12:30-2 p.m. Registration is open to beginners as well as advanced players of all ages. Students are recommended to bring their own instruments to class. The fee is $40 to enroll and $60 monthly. For more information call (718) 726-7329.

Tango class, no partner necessary, at 7-8 p.m. and tango magic dance 8 p.m. on Wednesdays through April at Buenos Aires Tango Steakhouse, 111-08 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills. Cost is $15 a class. For information call (347) 642-4705.

To submit a theater, music, art or entertainment item to What’s Happening, email artslistingqchron@gmail.com

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U.S. poet laureate reads at Queens College

by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

It’s not that Philip Levine isn’t appreciative of being named United States Poet Laureate. It’s just that he sometimes questions how meaningful the title is.

“If there were one different judge, I wouldn’t have gotten it,” he explained on Oct. 19 at an informal reading in the Rosenthal Library at Queens College.

“If you’re going to judge yourself by the awards you get, you’re an idiot,” he said, adding, “I will enjoy it.”

More important, apparently, to the humble Levine is the way in which his writing affects people.

A young man had once purchased one of his poetry books, he said. The man read

Literary readings Poet and fiction writer David Mills When: 6:30 p.m. Oct. 27.

Where: Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, Klapper Hall, room 304.

Poet John Murillo When: 5 p.m. Nov. 14.

Where: Klapper Hall, room 333.

Tickets: Free. (718) 997-5000. qc.cuny.edu.

a selection to his mother, leaving her in tears. He told Levine he had never felt so close to his mother as he did at that moment.

“I thought to myself, ‘There’s my reward,’” Levine told the audience, which consisted of over 100 students, faculty and members of the public.

The poem that elicited that reaction is entitled, “You Can Have It,” written by Levine as a gift to his own mother when he and his twin brother turned 50. About two men “sharing a heart” and inspired by their boyhood, it was one of about a dozen poems Levine shared with the Queens College audience, just days after being installed as “The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for the Library of Congress,” as the title is officially known.

As holder of the title for the next year, Levine is expected to generate a greater appreciation for the reading and writing of poetry in this country.

Born in 1928 in Detroit, Levine has also been honored with a Pulitzer Prize for his poetry, which typically resembles free-verse monologues.

Not surprisingly, many of Levine’s poems touch upon the working class of his home town, as well as the lives of Jewish immigrants.

Still, his poems reflect a wide range of interests. He opened last week’s reading

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Philip Levine signs books at Queens College.

He also discussed his teaching career at the request of Professor Nicole Cooley, with PHOTOS BY MARK LORD him at right. with “Baby Villon,” which was inspired by his desire to become a prize fighter.

“My trainer told me to find another sport,” he joked.

He next presented two pieces inspired by the Korean War, “The Helmet” and “Saturday Sweeping.” Levine, who refused to serve, referred to the era as “the most difficult years of my life.”

Introducing each poem with personal anecdotes, he then explained, “I love jazz ... the music of my life. Growing up in

Detroit in the ’40s was magical for anyone who liked jazz. I went one night to see Art Tatum.”

A couple of days later, Levine happened upon Tatum walking down the street with his young bass player. “On the Corner” recounts their overheard conversation.

The presentation ended with readings of “Our Valley” and “Gospel,” two pieces about his adopted state of California.

Following the reading, Nicole Cooley, director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation at Queens College, where she is also a professor of English, asked Levine, who for 30 years was himself a college professor, to discuss his career as a teacher.

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‘Nat King Cole’ and more at Black Spectrum

by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

Beginning its 41st season with a three-performance run of “Route 66: Finding Nat King Cole,” a one-man tribute to the life and music of the late singer, Black Spectrum Theatre continues to offer live theater, films and videos on issues of concern to the African-American community.

The latest show, which ran this past weekend and which, judging from audience reaction, seems destined to be brought back for a return engagement, was written by jeff obafemi carr — no capital letters, per his billing — who also takes center stage and embodies the man who paved the way for many of the black performers who followed.

The play, which runs approximately 70 minutes plus intermission, is, as carr explains, “a marriage between my own true-to-life experiences of being raised on this great music with what I imagined life would have been like for the great crooner we all love, based on a life-long study of his life.”

In the show, the multi-talented carr shares stories of Cole’s life as well as his own, bringing to vivid life various individuals from both, and, of course, he sings-as both himself and as Cole. He tells the audience that he wants his own voice to be heard but admits he might be destined to be remembered mostly for his uncanny ability to imitate Cole.

The performer tells of how his own father’s love of Cole’s music rubbed off on him. He recounts Cole’s youth, during which he spent much time daydreaming about making music. And he touches on Cole’s struggles against racial prejudice.

References to many other performers make this as much a brief history of black music as a tribute to Cole and it does, at times, take on the feeling of a classroom, complete with a Smart board, a modern equivalent of a chalkboard.

Projections on that board and a few simple set pieces are the only accouterments carr needs to weave his tales.

Performing his tribute to Nat King Cole at the Black Spectrum is jeff obafemi carr.

PHOTOS BY MARK LORD, ABOVE, AND ANDREW BENJAMIN

A change of costume, a dab of make-up, and a slight change in bodily posture help him look quite a lot like Cole when he emerges for a mini-concert of his songs, which comprises most of the second act.

Musical selections include “The Autumn Leaves,” sung in both English and French; “L-O-V-E,” in which the audience is invited to join; and “Unforgettable.”

Directed by T’Keyah Crystal Keymah, the show makes for an informative look at one of the all-time great performers.

The next major attraction at the theater, for one night only on Nov. 21 at 7 p.m., is the world premiere reading of a new play, “Shared Secrets,” set in a women’s spa, and featuring Tony Award-winner Tonya Pinkins.

According to Carl Clay, who founded the non-profit performing arts facility in 1970 and remains at its helm, the play, which will be given a full staging at the theater in March, is “an inspirational story of survival and perseverance.”

The play is particularly noteworthy, he said, because “there hasn’t been a lot of work dealing with seniors, especially African-Americans past a certain age.”

The suggested donation for the event is $5.

And, just in time for the holidays, the theater will offer “A Caribbean Christmas Carol,” which brings a new slant to the Dickens classic. Written and directed by continued continued on on page page 00 49

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Reserve any leftover cereal. With knife, cut dark cocoa candy melts into fourths; with some melted candy attach two to the top of each pop, pointed side up, for ears. Cut 1/4 off yellow candy melts and attach two larger pieces with melted candy for eyes. Attach M & M’s for pupils and nose. Cut pointed end from candy corn and attach for teeth with melted candy. Add additional small pieces of cereal mixture for eyebrows. Makes 8 pops.

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Heat 30-45 seconds longer or until caramels are melted; stir until smooth. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper and grease the paper; set aside. Wash and thoroughly dry apples. Insert a stick into each; dip into caramel mixture, turning to coat. Place on prepared pan. Drizzle with melted chocolate or make your own designs. Sprinkle with crushed candy bars. Refrigerate until set.

Remove from the refrigerator 5 minutes before serving; cut into wedges or eat from stick.

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Combine 1 1/2 cups cookie crumbs and butter and press into a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate on bottom and sides. Set aside remaining crumbs for dirt topping. Whisk together evaporated milk, egg yolks and cornstarch in medium pan. Heat over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is very hot and thickens slightly; do not boil. Remove from heat, stir in chocolate morsels until completely melted and mixture is smooth. Pour into crust.

Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs. Press crumbs down gently. Refrigerate for 3 hours or until set. Decorate cookie tombstones as desired with writing gels. Sprinkle crumbed candy bar toppings over the top of the pie.

Insert additional tombstones around edge of pie. With spoon, mound cookie crumbs to form fresh graves. Spooky graveyard pie is a fun Decorate graves with ending to a Halloween meal. gummies. Serves 8. Q PHOTO COURTESY FAMILY FEATURES

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Learn two languages at the Bayside Jewish Center, 203-05 32 Ave. Rabbi Moses Kirsh will teach conversational Hebrew, 2:30-3:30 p.m. and Torah stories in Yiddish from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. It’s free.

A one-hour auto clinic for women is held the third Saturday of every month at 3:30 p.m. at Great Bear Auto Repair Shop, 164-16 Sanford Ave., Flushing.

Call to reserve at (718) 762-6212.

TOURS A South Asian Jackson Heights walking and eating tour will be held on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 1 p.m.

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The Queens Council on Developmental Disabilities is hosting a Family Support Conference on Friday, Oct. 28 at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel, 135-20 39 Ave., Flushing, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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All are invited to the third annual Queens Interfaith Unity Walk on Sunday, Oct. 30, starting at the Sikh Center of Flushing, 38-17 Parsons Blvd., at 1:30 p.m. and proceeds to the Temple Gates of Prayer, Masjid Hazrat Abu Bakr, Tzu Chi Foundation and

Flushing Quaker Meeting House. For further details contact (212) 420-0250.

On Sunday, Oct. 30 from 3-7 p.m. the American Legion Post 104 will hold an Oktoberfest dinner with a German buffet, wine, beer and soda at 72-02 Myrtle Ave., Glendale. Cost is $35. Call (718) 8219726 for tickets or information.

SUPPORT GROUPS Drug problem? Call Narcotics Anonymous Helpline at (718) 962-6244 or visit westernqueensna.com.

Meetings are held seven days a week.

SMART Recovery, a free self-help group dedicated to assisting individuals in overcoming all types of addictive behavior problems, meets on Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Long Island Consultation Center, 97-29 64th Road, Rego Park.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES An Alzheimer’s Adult Day program is held on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 157-16 65 Ave., Flushing. Door to door transportation included. Call (718) 358-3541.

The Howard Beach Senior Center invites seniors aged 60 and older to become members. The center offers exercise, yoga and tai chi classes, billiards, creative writing, crafts, weekly dances with a DJ, painting and sketching classes, bingo, ballroom and line dancing, Wii bowling and computer classes. The center also takes many trips, including a monthly excursion to Atlantic City. It is located at 156-45 84th St., use the 85th St. entrance, open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is served at noon. For more information, call (718) 738-8100, or visit their new website at howardbeachseniorcenter.org.

A leisure group meets every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing for area seniors.

Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal-Prince Street Senior Center in Flushing offers a series of computer classes geared toward seniors. Learn basics, email and the Internet. The fall semester starts this month. Register by calling (718) 445-3864.

The Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

The center offers a variety of activities and exercise classes including Wii sports, billiards, bingo, sit, computer classes and monthly bus trips. For information, call Karen at (718) 456-2000.

LISTING INFORMATION Items for the Community Calendar must be sent two weeks before the date of the event. Listings should be typed, from a nonprofit organization, either free or moderately priced, and be open to the public. Keep the information to one paragraph. Because of the large number of requests for the free calendar listings, we cannot include every event submitted.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;All you have to give the students is the truth as you see it,â&#x20AC;? he said.

On the influence poetry can have on the world, he said, poetry is â&#x20AC;&#x153;constantly making things happen. Our responsibility as poets is to write poems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be true to your emotions and the world you know and the world you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know.

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One student in the audience, Rafal Borynski, 18, of Flushing, a sophomore majoring in English and philosophy, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a fan of poetry and great expressions of self. I like to be in the presence of artists to maybe get inspiration.â&#x20AC;?

Another, Ariel Goodrich, a senior from Forest Hills, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love coming to evening readings at Queens College. To hear poetry from someone in the 21st century is inspiring. Poetry is really popular among young people. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a popular way to express oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emotion.â&#x20AC;?

Cooley, a one-time student of Levineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, said of his appearance last week, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very lucky,â&#x20AC;? saying he had been invited before he was chosen as poet laureate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a once in a lifetime chance to hear a poet laureate on your campus,â&#x20AC;? she had told her students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to open their Q eyes to poetry.â&#x20AC;?

Jacqueline Wade, the play with music will be performed on Dec. 3 and 10 at 8 p.m.

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Commercial and Residential • Siding • Roofing/Rips • Gutters • Slate, Etc.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: J&J CUSTODIAL SERVICES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/24/2011.

Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: Avid Solutions, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/1/2010. Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 115-24 227th Street, Cambria Heights, NY 11411. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

STEPHAN SKORECKY LLC. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 07/28/2011.

Office in Queens County.

SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 112-20 72nd Drive, Suite A17, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: Foxhole Films, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/18/2011. Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Annette Cerbone, 24104 83rd Avenue, Bellrose, NY 11426. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: GVN MANAGEMENT LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/01/11.

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, 56 Old Brook Road, Dix Hills, New York 11746.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: Moty Consulting, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/07/2011.

Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: FLDM, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 6/3/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O Milevoj, 316 Knollwood Avenue, Little Neck, NY 11363-1022. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

4 Mori Restaurant Group LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/29/11.

Office in Queens County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 6338 61st St., Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: General.

Coney & V LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/6/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 102-10 Metropolitan Ave., Ste. 200, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: General.

RICHARD DECASTRO & SONS ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 8/24/11.

NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to the LLC, 4301 162nd St., Flushing, NY 11358. General Purposes.

JEN YOUNG LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/13/11. Office Location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 14731 41st Ave., Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: VALPRECHT, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/29/2011. Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 87-25 57th Road, Apt. 2, Elmhurst, NY 11373. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Name: CQ BUSINESS & ACCOUNTING SERVICES, LLC. Art. of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 4/26/2011.

Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to THE LLC, 6945 108th Street, 9F, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: DEL RO THERAPUTIC SERVICES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/06/2010. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to NINA DEL ROSARIO, 65-60 79th Street, Middle Village, NY 11379. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: DYEVO LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/22/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Johnny Chang, 5 Michaels Lane, Glen Head, NY 11545. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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247 S Conduit Ave LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/28/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 247-22 S Conduit Ave, Rosedale, NY 11422. Purpose: General.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: UNION JJHH LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/26/2011. Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 58-15 202nd Street, Oakland Gardens, NY 11364. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Ocean Blue Properties LLC. Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 8/3/11. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 3720 Prince St., Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10/03/11, bearing Index Number NC-000882-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 8917 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, in Record Room 357, grants me the right to assume the name of Paul Sung-Pyo Park. My present name is Sung Pyo Park aka Paul Sung-Pyo Park aka Paul-Sung-PyoPark. My present address is 17-06 202nd Street, 2nd Floor, Bayside, NY 11360. My place of birth is Korea. My date of birth is November 1, 1988.

Notice of Formation of Young Adult, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/5/2011. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o The Law Office of Daniel Besdin, 165 W. End Ave., Apt. 5D, NY, NY 10023.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

ANDREADIS CAPITAL, LLC Art. of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 9/24/2011.

Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to the LLC, 46-02 Broadway, Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 9/22/11, bearing Index Number NC-000759-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, in Record Room 357, grants me the right to assume the name of Nikos Nittis. My present name is Nickos Trifon Nittis aka Nikos Nittis aka Nick T. Nittis. My present address is 147-35 Hoover Ave., Jamaica, NY 11435. My place of birth is Queens, New York. My date of birth is October 16, 1972.

240 UTICA COMPANY LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 9/2/11. NY Office location: Queens County.

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Average price virtually flat at $399K, Prudential Douglas report says

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

The number of home sales in Queens has recovered far more than the average price since the CHARTS COURTESY PRUDENTIAL DOUGLAS ELLIMAN peaks of a few years ago. rise in the number of sales, from 411 to 452, for a 10 percent increase.

“Despite no significant improvement in the regional economy, the market indicators currently reflect a market that continues to show stability, as measured in price

and absorption rates,” the report said, the latter category being the number of months it takes to sell all existing inventory at the current pace of sales.

The full report is available at Q elliman.com and millersamuel.com.

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The number of residential properties sold in Queens fell nearly 12 percent in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same time frame last year, while average prices remained nearly the same, according to the latest report from Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

There were 2,743 home sales in Queens from July through September, according to the report, which is prepared by the Miller Samuel appraisal firm and is considered a valuable barometer of the market. That figure is 11.8 percent below the 3,110 sales made in the third quarter of 2010.

The number of sales did rise 16.2 percent above the 2,361 deals closed in the second quarter of 2011, but year-to-year comparisons of economic trends are generally considered the most valuable because of seasonal factors.

The mean sales price in Queens edged up half a percent, from $396,680 in last year’s third quarter to $398,710 this year, but the median price rose 8.5 percent, from $355,000 to $385,000.

The number of sales fell in three out of four categories the report tracks: condominiums, where it dropped 10.5 percent; one- to three-family homes, where it fell 16.9 percent; and luxury housing, where it slid 11.9 percent. Only co-ops saw a

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’86 Mets party at Straw’s An LIC backyard was a helicopter’s birthplace

by Lloyd Carroll

Chronicle Contributor

It was only fitting that Sirius XM’s Eighties channel was playing Bruce Springsteen’s “Glory Days” as I drove to Strawberry’s Grill in Douglaston last Friday night. Restaurant proprietor and Mets legend Darryl Strawberry invited a number of his fellow 1986 world champions to celebrate the silver anniversary of that marvelous accomplishment.

Jesse Orosco pitched 21 years in the majors but by his own admission is best known for throwing his glove skywards after striking out Boston Red Sox second baseman Marty Barrett to end the decisive seventh game in the Mets favor. He grinned broadly when I mentioned that his reaction on the mound on that magical October night 25 years ago was every bit as iconic as the photo of the sailor who grabbed a nurse and kissed her in Times Square on V-E Day. Orosco has spent the last few years playing golf in San Diego but told me he’d like to work in baseball again. When I said the Mets need a closer, he laughed and quickly responded, “Well maybe not that part of the game!”

Barry Lyons was the Mets’ perennial third string catcher in the late ’80s. He still lives in his hometown of Biloxi, Miss., which has taken it on the chin the last few years. In 2005 Barry’s home and business were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. In 2010 Biloxi, like many other southern coastal towns, was adversely affected by the BP oil spill. “We’ll be OK. Biloxians are resilient,” he said in a reassuring

manner. Lyons also indicated that he would like to work for the Mets again and is hoping to manage the Brooklyn Cyclones in 2012.

Kevin Mitchell was a key bench player for the Mets in ’86 and later became a feared slugger for the San Francisco Giants. He’s still upset the Mets traded him to the Padres after ’86 for passionless outfielder Kevin McReynolds, even though he’s from San Diego.

That ill-advised swap was one reason the Mets didn’t return to the World Series for 14 years.

A surprising number of the ex-Mets I spoke to Friday night said they’re angry that they have not yet been invited to visit Citi Field by the Wilpon family, and were critical of the fact that the Mets don’t hold an annual Old-Timers Day like the Yankees do. When I mentioned to the players that Citibank has sponsored Mets alumni to appear at the ballpark in recent seasons, the disgruntled players said they always call on the same guys over and over again.

During the party, the TV screens at Strawberry’s showed a surreal moment in which pre-steroids Red Sox ace Roger Clemens was facing young, scrappy Mets centerfielder Lenny Dykstra in storied Game 6. Both players would later in life find themselves in a heap of legal trouble for differing reasons.

Speaking of 1986, Hollis native and rap pioneer Darryl “DMC” McDaniels gave a rare performance in Manhattan last week as star of the Re:Mix Lab Fueled By Hyundai Veloster festival. The Korean automaker brought in the RUN-DMC co-founder to get some star power Q for the launch of its new sports car line.

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

A dream of inventors since Leonardo da Vinci was to have an aircraft rising and landing vertically on rooftops. It became a reality in Queens in 1938.

Key development of the helicopter took place in the backyard of a home at 4531 Davis St. in Long Island City, in the heart of the business district and only a few steps from the elevated structure of the The Helicopter Corp. of America in LIC, May 10, 1940.

IRT’s Flushing line.

The postage stamp “airport” here was SV-2 helicopter on Davis Street. He built a home to The Helicopter Corporation of larger one, the SV-5, that was to be fitted America, originally the Air-Screw Re- with machine guns and put into producsearch Syndicate. The company consisted tion. De Bothezat died at age 57 and did of two Russians, engineer George de Both- not get to see his partner fly the new SV-5.

That may have been just as well, as the ezat (1882-1940) and his partner and test pilot, Capt. Boris Sergievsky (1888-1971). copter crashed, proving the design to be unstable. It was not mass produced.

They made their first test flight in 1938 Many residents of LIC had no idea of Sergievsky was a famous World War I flying ace in the Russian Imperial Army the innovations being made before their who became a test pilot for aviation pio- eyes, and today’s residents mostly have no neer Igor Sikorsky. After leaving Sikorsky idea that a little test airport was once here, he partnered up with De Bothezat and was with great inventions being tested right in Q anxiously working out the bugs of their their own backyard.

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Old Howard- 96-16 160th Ave.Totally renovated top to bottom. 45 x 100 lot with finished basement and attic. Many extraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s- Cac, sprinkler, zoned heating. A must see! Owner is motivated !!

For Sale S.Bellmore â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Elegant 4 BR,, 3bath custom colonial Br w/ IG pool.

Brighton Beach â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Large 2 fam. detached brick with party drive and finished basement.

Brighton Beach â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Modern 2 Fam. brick 6 over 5 with 5 BRs/ 3 baths. Private driveway with att. garage. Finished Bsmt with new roof and boiler. Owner is motivated. Reduced Price!

Ozone Park- 97-03 99th Avenue 1 family detached with 3 BRs and 1.5 baths. Private driveway. Great block and location.

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Mint Hi-Ranch, 4 BRs, 3 Baths, All Updated, Private Driveway for 2 cars, Owner Motivated! Asking $669K

â&#x20AC;˘ Unique 1 BR Condo w/Terrace, Custom Kit & Bath, Granite, Jacuzzi Tub, Oversized walk-in closet, Beautiful arched doorways, Low maint & taxes $169,999 â&#x20AC;˘ Huge 3 BR, 2 Baths, New Kitchen, Terrace ........$339K

Brooklyn- 2 family w/ extra corner lot. Brick detached.

Richmond Hill - Jamaica Avenue storefront /office with 3Br apartment on 2nd fl. with rear entrance.

All vacant. - Must Sell â&#x20AC;&#x201C;

* Joe Chiarovano * Visit us on the web @ www.CDPROPERTIESCORP.com to view all our properties for sale.

1225 Franklin Avenue, Suite 325, Garden City, NY 11530-1693 Email: John@cdpropertiescorp.com or Rich@cdpropertiescorp.com

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Rockwood Park â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 89-08 156th Ave.- Magnificently renovated ranch on 50 x 100 lot, finished basement, new kichen, 3 new baths with many other extraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. A must see!

Mint 2 BR/2 Bath Double Unit Condo + 1 BR Walk-in, Open Floor Plan, Hardwood Floors, Pets OK. Asking$369K

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Detached Hi-Ranch, 4 BRs, 2.5 Baths, 1 Car Garage, Great Block, Walk to schools. Asking $639K

MIDDLE VILLAGE All brick detached tudor on 25.5x161 lot, Pvt driveway & detached 2 car garage, 4 BRs, 1.5 Baths, Large EIK. Asking only $739K

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HOWARD BEACH/OLD SIDE One of A Kind Spacious Luxury Home, Waterfront property, 5 BRs, 5 full-baths, full-fin bsmnt, custom kit w/granite, viking stove, master bath w/slate tiles, custom California closets.Just too Much to say!!!

HOWARD BEACH/OLD SIDE Lg Cape on 42X100, Updated windows, H/W fls on 1st fl, Updated EIK w/9' ceilings and access to bkyd. Det 2 car gar w/pvt dvwy, Full fin top fl & bsmnt, Pavers in backyard. Asking $669K

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â&#x20AC;˘ Mint AAA, 2 BRs/2 Baths Duplex with Terrace, Separate Deeded Parking Spot ...........................$279K

on 45x100, 3 BRs, 2 Full Baths, Beautiful Landscaped Yard 24x45, Home is 50x25, Oversized Garage 17x25, Just Move in! $699

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