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Weprin, Turner in bottom of the 9th Candidates spar with a week to go

by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

emocrat David Weprin and Republican Bob Turner neither split differences nor minced words Tuesday night with one week to go before their special election in the 9th Congressional District.

Both men squared off before a raucous crowd of about 300 at St. Barnabas Church in Howard Beach in a debate sponsored by the Queens Chronicle and The Forum.

Weprin repeatedly said he is the candidate who will preserve the safety net of Social Security and Medicare, while Turner said federal spending at its current rate is unsustainable even in the short term.

Weprin decried Turner’s call for a 35 percent reduction in spending over 10 years, calling for elimination of whole departments such as Education and Agriculture.

“We definitely need to look at budget cuts, but the cuts need to be made with a scalpel, not a hatchet,” Weprin said. “And we must preserve Social Security and Medicare.”

Turner said small measures will not work.

“You’re being told everything is fine, and that you will get all your benefits, and don’t worry who will pay for it,” Turner said. “We have the potential to destroy the country if this continues.”

On tax rates, Weprin reiterated his stand on a millionaires’ tax and the closing of corporate tax loopholes.

Turner said taking 100 percent of all income from the country’s millionaires and

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billionaires would offset only 12 percent of the country’s current deficit for one year.

But he also could not name a single tax loophole he would close.

“I’m a Republican,” he said. “I never met a tax loophole I didn’t like.”

Asked to name one corporation specifically, Weprin tabbed General Electric.

“They made billions and billions last year and has an effective tax rate of minus 61 percent ... I don’t believe in having multinational corporations in the United States exporting jobs out of the country, jobs we need here, and getting tax breaks for it,” he said.

While Weprin accused Turner of wanting to destroy Social Security and Medicare, Turner said only that financial straits require reassessing retirement age and other factors.

Even in expressing vehement, unswerving support for Israel, the two men were at odds.

Turner said the issue is not Weprin’s support but the Democrat’s potential effectiveness.

He said electing a Democrat will not force the Obama administration to adopt a more pro-Israeli stance.

“He can’t be influenced if he can take the 9th District for granted,” Turner said.

Weprin said he has relatives living in Israel for more than 50 years, that his children have studied there and he has visited many times.

“A strong Israel is a strong United States,” Weprin said. “Our special relationship is very important.”

Weprin said he opposes so-called hydrofracking for natural gas as a danger to

Democrat David Weprin, left, and Republican Bob Turner shake hands prior to Tuesday night’s PHOTO BY PJ SMITH debate at St. Barnabas Church in Howard Beach. the environment and New York City’s water supply, while Turner said it is being done safely in Pennsylvania with 70,000 related jobs.

On the recent vote to increase the federal debt ceiling, Turner said he would have voted in favor of it as the best deal possible with the country on the brink of default.

Weprin was temporarily drowned out by booing Turner supporters when he blamed the Tea Party for engaging in brinksmanship, holding the party and country captive. He accused the party of causing Standard and Poors to issue its first ever downgrade of the country’s credit rating.

“The debt ceiling debate was, frankly, shameful,” Weprin said.

Both said voters should not jump to conclusions that the 9th District will be eliminated when New York State loses two house seats through redistricting.

“The population losses have been upstate,” Weprin said. “I think there is a very strong argument that the seats should be lost upstate and that New York City not lose one of its seats.” Turner said keeping the seat would be in Democrats’ self-interest if he wins.

“If a Democrat wins it will be split among three or four different people,” he said. “They would have to face an election against a Republican. And [Rep. Joe] Crowley or [Rep. Gary] Ackerman don’t want to take me on. Or Q you.”.

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Assembly hopefuls mix it up Goldfeder and Deacy face off in debate for 23rd Assembly seat

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

About 200 residents and political activists heard the candidates for the 23rd Assembly District speak on a wide range of topics during a sometimes raucous debate held Tuesday night in Howard Beach.

Everything from local concerns like security around the soon-toopen Aqueduct racino to the state budget and drilling for natural gas upstate was addressed by Democratic candidate Phil Goldfeder, an aide to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer who is on leave during the campaign, and Republican Jane Deacy, a former police officer and teacher.

The pair are facing off in the race to replace former Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer, who was appointed the Queens county clerk. The vote is Sept. 13.

At the debate, sponsored by the Queens Chronicle and The Forum Newsgroup and held at St. Barnabas Church in Howard Beach, Deacy and Goldfeder agreed on a number of issues, like the need to increase the police force and express bus service, but differed on others, such as whether state income tax rates should be raised on those making $250,000 or more (Deacy: no; Goldfeder: yes).

The talk constituted the first half of a two-part event, the second being a debate between congressional candidates Bob Turner and

Assemblyman David Weprin during which the crowd swelled to around 300 and grew increasingly raucous [see separate story].

Deacy and Goldfeder were able to lay out their basic campaign messages in closing statements that wrapped up their portion of the night.

“I am not a career politician, and I am one person who wants to make a difference,” said Deacy, who went first as per a coin toss. Adding that she has served as a police officer and a special education teacher, the Republican said, “I’m at the point in my life where I have the time and the energy — because 60 is the new 40 — to go to Albany and do something, rather than complain about it.”

“I’ve never been elected to anything, never run for anything,” Goldfeder said. “I’m proud to run for this seat with the support of Audrey Pheffer, who knows this community.”

Reiterating his stated focus on job creation, infrastructure repair and affordable healthcare, the Democrat finished by saying, “I’m a career public servant. I’m proud of that.”

The candidates voiced agreement not only on the need for more law enforcement and transportation options, but also on adding casino table games to the Aqueduct racino; the need for Peninsula Hospital to remain open; blocking the com-

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Republican Jane Deacy and Democrat Phil Goldfeder were often animated during Tuesday’s debate in Howard Beach, PHOTO BY PJ SMITH especially during a short portion when they shared the podium. muter tax now called congestion pricing (though Deacy briefly wavered on that one for those living outside the city); and establishing English as the official state language.

They differed on several other concerns, including: • hydrofracking for natural gas upstate, which Goldfeder opposes and Deacy supports; • a sixth tier promising fewer benefits for new public employees, which Deacy said “may be neces-

sary to look at,” and Goldfeder declined to address directly, while saying he would “protect working men and women”; • and same-sex marriage, which Deacy said she would have opposed if she were a lawmaker when it came up this year and Goldfeder declined to address, saying he would not take a position on a bill he had not read.

Asked during a “lightning round” of questions to describe themselves and each other in one word each,

Goldfeder said he is “bold” while Deacy is “sweet,” and she said he is “smart” while she is “honest.”

Also during the one-wordanswers-only lightning round, Deacy said she hopes to get a seat on the Transportation Committee and Goldfeder chose the Budget Committee.

Throughout the event, Pheffer, like other area VIPS, had a frontrow seat about a dozen feet from her successor in the Assembly, Q whoever it will be.

ENDORSEMENT

Vote David Weprin for Congress ob Turner is a good man. A retired television executive and investor, a family man who with his wife adopted the son of an AIDS victim years ago, the Rockaway Republican is not someone whose attempts at public office should be dismissed out of hand. We admire Turner for his successful career — despite his helping make both Jerry Springer and Pamela Anderson household names as a producer — as well as for the dignity he has shown in his runs for Congress and for making voters in the 9th Congressional District aware of the deep financial problems this country faces without sugarcoating them.

But we disagree with his policy positions and believe they are at odds with the values of most voters in the district and the nation’s best interests.

The right choice in Tuesday’s special election for the House of Representatives is not Turner but his opponent, Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin of Holliswood.

Weprin is an experienced lawmaker who has served at both the state and city levels, the latter as chairman of the Council’s Finance Committee. That experience, along with his private-sector work in the financial markets, are a big part of what makes Weprin the best candidate to replace

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former Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose June resignation left the seat open for more than half a term. Weprin shows a balanced approach to solving America’s problems.

He wants to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, the much-maligned entitlement programs that would be endangered by the plans of current House Republicans. Turner, in contrast, says Social Security has “failed” — though it’s kept its promises for more than 70 years — and would balance the budget in part by reducing benefits for those under 55. The program does need adjustments as the country gets grayer, but Turner’s goal of cutting federal spending by 35 percent within 10 years makes no sense as it doesn’t address the benefits paid to retirees for another decade. And it’s reckless.

Weprin, who has written laws and served on legislative committees for years, can be counted on for a more realistic approach. He supports what the country really needs: a mix of lesser spending cuts throughout the government — made with a scalpel rather than axe, as he puts it — and increased revenue, unlike Turner. A return to the Clinton-era capital gains tax rate of 20 percent and the closing of unfair tax loopholes also would help the

government be properly funded.

The assemblyman would also be a stronger advocate for small businesses in Queens and Brooklyn, a key to reviving the economy. He vows to reduce taxes on these jobcreating companies and increase their access to credit.

Turner, on the other hand, has little more to offer on taxes beyond saying at the Chronicle’s Tuesday night debate that as a Republican, he has “never met a tax loophole I didn’t like.” It was hard to tell if he was kidding or not.

Turner is also pro-life and anti-gun control, while Weprin is pro-choice and pro-gun control, the positions of most voters in the district and this newspaper.

On Israel, which the Turner camp has made an issue in the race thanks to former Mayor Ed Koch’s endorsement, Weprin has long shown his full support. He has family there and, ironically, would be the only Orthodox Jew in Congress if elected. Also ironic is the way Koch cited a list of other policies he disagrees with Turner on when he endorsed him, supposedly for his support of Israel.

Bob Turner deserves credit for mounting a strong underdog campaign. But it’s David Weprin who deserves your vote Tuesday, and we’re proud to endorse him.

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Candidates for Weiner seat make final push Weprin, Turner make last attempts to persuade voters to support them

by Anna Gustafson Editor

Candidates running for the 9th Congressional District have been crisscrossing the district, touting endorsements and making last-minute attempts to woo voters poised to cast their ballots in the Sept. 13 special election.

Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck) and Republican Bob Turner, a retired television executive from the Rockaways, are vying to represent the seat once held by former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner.

The United Federation of Teachers and the New York Times endorsed Weprin last week, while Assemblyman Dov Hikind (DBrooklyn) crossed party lines to throw his support behind Turner this week. The Daily News also recently gave Turner its stamp of approval, an unusual move for a paper that routinely endorses Democrats.

The Queens Chronicle endorsed Weprin in this week’s editorial, and former Republican Gov. George Pataki gave his thumbs up to Turner this week.

“In these times of fiscal uncertainty and growing income inequality, New Yorkers need a strong Democratic voice in Wash-

ington to help put this country back on the right track,” UFT President Michael Mulgrew said at a press conference in front of PS 64 in Ozone Park last Thursday. “David Weprin will fight for the national policies New Yorkers need to solve the problems of our economy, and to keep the promises of Social Security and Medicare.”

At the same conference, the UFT announced it was endorsing Democrat Phil Goldfeder for the 23rd Assembly District and Democrat Michael Simanowitz for the 27th Assembly District.

Goldfeder is running against Republican Jane Deacy for the seat previously held by now Queens County Clerk Audrey Pheffer.

Simanowitz is being challenged by Republican Marco DeSena for the district that had been represented by Nettie Mayersohn, who retired at the age of 86 in April.

Hikind’s endorsement echoed sentiments voiced by former Mayor Ed Koch, a Democrat who backed Turner because he said he wanted to “send a message” to President Obama that he was upset with the administration’s policies in Israel.

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UFT President Michael Mulgrew, far left, endorses Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin, right of Mulgrew, for Congress. Former Gov. George Pataki, center photo, threw his support behind RepubLEFT PHOTO BY ANNA GUSTAFSON; FILE PHOTOS lican Bob Turner, right, this week. included, to send a message to President Obama about his failed, disastrous economic policies and his reckless policies toward Israel,” Hikind said in a statement on Wednesday.

The New York Times said in its editorial endorsing Weprin that the Democrat would “represent the district with far more expertise, sensitivity and fiscal rationality.”

“As a City Council member and state legislator, Mr. Weprin has promoted education and civil rights and fought to protect senior citizens,” the Times editorial continued. “In Washington, he promises to work to protect Social Security and Medicare.

He says he would push for higher taxes for

the wealthy rather than cut programs that serve the working and middle classes.”

The Daily News said in its Sept. 1 editorial that “after a private-sector career as a television industry executive, Turner has a real-world sense of the country’s fiscal distress and of the pressing need to jump-start employment opportunities.”

The Queens Chronicle endorsed Weprin because it said Weprin was an experienced lawmaker and veteran of the financial markets, though the paper stressed Turner was an admirable person, albeit one whose policies were out of sync with the district.

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10 years gone

decade after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the pain is not gone. The memories of the slaughter downtown are seared into the mind and will be forever. The lessons for the nation and the policy changes that followed the destruction of the World Trade Center, damage to the Pentagon and downing of a fourth plane over Pennsylvania continue to be learned and debated.

What hasn’t changed is the human condition — the resilient spirit that allows us to overcome even such horrors, the sharing of sorrows among those touched most deeply and the significance seen in anniversaries like this, the 10th.

Queens, which suffered as much as anyplace outside Manhattan — think of the 19 firemen from just one house in Maspeth who went downtown to never return — is loaded with events commemorating the attacks this week.

You who still suffer nightmares about New York’s darkest day, you are not alone. You who still hear footsteps on the stairs of someone who has not walked the Earth for 10 years, you are not alone. You who obsess about every detail of the WTC memorial and rebuilding project, you are not alone. The entire borough stands

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with you in your grief and welcomes you to share what you feel with your neighbors.

All this week there will be prayer services, policy discussions, candlelight vigils, interfaith dialogues, musical tributes, art exhibits and more across Queens, not to mention the rest of the city. Those in this borough are listed elsewhere in this week’s Queens Chronicle — mostly in the news section, aside from the art shows, which are discussed in qboro, the Arts, Culture & Living section of the paper.

Beyond the personal, the ramifications of the terror attacks still continue to play out in ways that affect nearly every person in the world.

You didn’t see machine gun-toting National Guardsmen in Grand Central Station before, or police Emergency Service units springing out of vans in the Diamond District as a show of force. But for 10 years we’ve seen that and more.

Our armed forces are still fighting in Afghanistan, where the plot was hatched, and, to a lesser degree, in Iraq.

Together those conflicts have cost thousands of lives, and the results are debatable at best. There is a nominal

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Frazzled Hills Dear Editor: The Long Island Rail Road is at it again. After more than a year of needless, quality-of-life-disrupting horn blasting at the Forest Hills railroad station, caused by the LIRR misinterpreting a federal rule on horn sounding, the railroad has now come up with a new way to hassle Forest Hills residents. Specif ically, the ear-piercing door chimes and train announcements that are made when LIRR trains stop at the Forest Hills station. This industrial noise pollution can be heard more than three blocks from its source.

At an MTA conference that I attended last year, a representative from the railroad said the door chimes and train announcements were needed to assist deaf people.

Deaf? Do you mean those who would hear nothing, no matter how loud the bells?

Really! When I responded to him that deaf people cannot perceive sound he answered back that the chimes and announcements were made to help blind people. You have to yell at blind people to get them to hear you? He also said that the railroad was concerned about “the drunks” riding the trains — that the new blaster bells would “help keep the drunks safer.”

In the 20-plus years that I have been traveling on the LIRR, I have never witnessed even commuters with hearing aids having difficulty in figuring out that the train doors open and close when a train comes into a station. In addition, the conductor is still required to stick his or her head out the window to make sure all is well before closing the doors and moving the train onward. And, hard as I try, I can’t imagine that the strident door chimes are keeping inebriated travelers safer.

The Forest Hills LIRR train station is surrounded by apartment buildings that house thousands of families who are being pointlessly stressed and harassed by the raucous door chimes and announcements put into place by the LIRR. These people don’t want to hear the dinging and binging from chimes and announcements that go on at all hours of the night and day. Would anyone want to hear that? Why can’t the LIRR just be a good neighbor, like it was

democracy in Iraq, still plagued by consistent violence, which may turn out to be an Iranian ally more than an American one. The ruling Taliban in Afghanistan were quickly toppled, but after nearly 10 years we’ve only had to increase our forces there to bring some semblance of civilization and order to a country that has historically been lawless in the Western sense. And our nominal allies in neighboring Pakistan often seem no more advanced, stable or reliable. Elsewhere throughout the world, American forces and spies operate clandestinely — lawlessly, in the minds of many here at home.

The events of Sept. 11 did not just destroy buildings, planes and lives, but tore deeply at the very fabric of our society, maybe more than we knew then, maybe even more than we know now. We must continue not only to fight abroad to prevent a repeat, so far a success, but to fight in another sense at home — to overcome what happened, individually and collectively, to learn from it and to determine where the nation goes next.

That’s more than enough burden for this 10th anniversary. But no matter where you are in this borough, city or nation, it is not one you bear alone.

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before starting the wrongheaded policy of horn blasting in 2007, turn off the door chimes and train announcements, and allow the residents of Forest Hills quiet enjoyment of their domiciles?

Martin H. Levinson Forest Hills

Treed off I Dear Editor: Hurricane Irene has proven that New York City has underestimated the destruction caused by unmaintained trees in our city. A large part of the damage to our homes, streets and power lines was due to city trees that have not been pr uned, removed or maintained for many, many years due to lack of funds allocated for this purpose.

Yet the mayor’s goal has been to plant 1 million new trees in the city, without considering the state of old, diseased existing trees which should be removed. The priority should be maintenance, not planting new trees.

In front of my home in Elmhurst are two 100-year-old diseased trees 150 feet high.

Because of roots, my basement has been

flooded 16 times in four years. My water main from home to street had to be replaced, costing $4,000, and my heating unit also had to be replaced due to water damage. Two branches fell on my car last year, doing $1,500 damage, and one branch banged on my roof, making a hole and causing the attic ceiling to fall.

I have reported these trees to the parks commissioner more than 40 times over a period of 15 years with zero satisfaction.

I also reported this condition to Comptroller John Liu, Public Advocate Bill de B l a s i o a n d t h e m ayo r, w i t h o u t a ny response or solution.

After the hurricane, on Monday Aug. 26, I called 311 regarding tree damage.

The operator advised me that Department of Parks was not taking any 311 reports.

The primary agency for this storm with all the damage and power outages was not taking 311 calls. I instead called Mayor Bloomberg’s off ice to describe the tree damage. The Department of Parks again played ostrich to the damage caused by old and defective trees, and opted not to take 311 calls.

The mayor has to recognize that the tree problem is at a dangerous level in Queens.

There are hundreds of trees that need

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‘About being brave’ Dear Editor: They just ran in, oh so brave So many lives they tried to save Didn’t stop to think twice Weren’t concerned with the price Hoping for all to survive Wishing for all to come out alive Had no idea rushing in That they’d be victims of Osama bin September 11th, a vicious day Now we look to see who’ll pay We say our prayers, yet we fight To fix the wrong, make it right So many innocents lost their lives Leaving behind children, husbands and wives We pray for peace the whole world wide And know we’re on the winning side James Paolino Astoria

Maspeth, divided Dear Editor: I was shocked today to f ind out that Grover Cleveland Park is represented by state Sen. Mike Gianaris from Astoria.

How did this happen? Most of the people who use this park are from Sen. Addabbo’s district.

If you live in Astoria you are going to make sure its parks are taken care of first before a park in Ridgewood which none of your constituents use. Now I know why this park does not have the same events that other parks in the city do. The representative in the state Senate couldn’t care less about it.

We really need to redistrict this whole area. Get rid of representatives who don’t even live in this area or have constituents in this area. The districts do not make sense.

Cross-county commute Dear Editor: I’ve been reading a lot about the new Nassau County bus plan, and I f ind it quite troublesome. It’s going to affect not only those in Nassau but also those of us who commute into Nassau for employment. Many traveling into the county from Queens and beyond are medical personnel going to area hospitals.

On Jan. 1 Nassau is set to turn over Long Island Bus to a company called Veolia Transdev in Lombard, Ill. LI Bus, which serves 100,000 daily riders, is owned by the county but has been operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the last 40 years. Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano pulled out of the deal with the MTA and has decided to turn it over to a private concern.

An agreement was reached not to cut service or raise fares for one year. Well, isn’t that nice. I travel on the Q46 from Glen Oaks Village and transfer to the Nassau N25 to Great Neck. I pay $29 a week on a weekly unlimited MetroCard.

But in January I will not be able to transfer because the Nassau bus will be a private concern and will not accept MetroCards. I will be forced to purchase a weekly card at about another $29 from this bus company. This brings the cost to $58 a week — a 100 percent increase in fares to all us commuters from Queens. Now the real kicker is that will change and the LI bus fare will be raised in one year most likely and who knows how much. Queens commuters will be hit very hard.

Now also look at it another way: those of us that commute from Queens contribute to the local economy in Nassau as we buy food, clothing and other things. I think this privatization is just a bad deal. I hope Mangano and Lombard come up with a card that accepts transfers from the city system. If they don’t, I’m calling for a boycott from Queens commuters — to not buy any goods or sevices in Nassau until a fare deal is agreed upon. We the bus-riding commuters from Queens are very tired of been ripped off and we won’t stand it anymore.

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Our priority should be to save lives, homes and prevent power failures. A concerted effort must be made to care for existing trees instead of concentrating on planting 1 million new ones. The Department of Parks budget must be realistic for it to do the job and prevent future damage similar to that caused by Irene.

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CB 10 opposes Q41 reroute

Sheehan trial Most vote to reject plan to move bus to 109th Ave. is underway

by Anna Gustafson Editor

Community Board 10 members voted overwhelmingly against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s proposal to reroute the Q41 in South Ozone Park from 111th Avenue to 109th Avenue at their meeting last week.

All but one of the members at the meeting, held last Thursday at the United Hindu Cultural Center in South Ozone Park, rejected the city’s plan to have

the Q41 travel on 109th Avenue from 111th Street to around 127th Street, instead of along 111th Avenue as it does now.

The Q41 provides service between Jamaica and Howard Beach via Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park.

Margaret Finnerty, president of the Richmond Hill South Civic Association, headquartered on 115th Street in South Ozone Park, said her organization is opposed to the rerouting because it would be disadvanta-

Richmond Hill South Civic Association President Margaret Finnerty reads a letter opposing the MTA’s plan to reroute the Q41 bus as CB 10 memPHOTO BY ANNA GUSTAFSON ber JoAnn Ariola looks on.

geous to the numerous students and seniors who are used to the current path.

“Seniors use this bus to get to Howard Beach to shop and attend the Howard Beach Senior Center,” Finnerty said, reading a letter she sent to a number of elected officials to enlist their support.

Finnerty added that a number of students use the stop at 111th Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard, where PS 100 is located.

Robert Lai, director of service design at the MTA, told CB 10 members that the transportation authority wants to change the route because “the Q41 has experienced poor reliability, and you may experience long waits or crowded buses.”

Part of the problem, Lai said, is the bus takes too many turns on 111th Avenue, making it more diff icult for it to reach stops on time.

“If we stay on 109th Avenue, we eliminate four turns,” Lai said.

CB 10 member David Quintana, the only one on the board to support the MTA’s proposal, said it would “make sense.”

“As a regular bus rider, I’ve

Special election Tuesday for 27th AD Simanowitz versus DeSena

by Liz Rhoades The 27th Assembly District seat, which has been occupied by Nettie Mayersohn for 28 years, will get a new look following Tuesday’s special election.

Democrat Mayersohn retired in April and her chief of staff Michael Simanowitz, 39, hopes to succeed her in office. Republican Marco DeSena, 30, says he’s giving the voters a real choice.

Simanowitz lives with his wife and four children in Electchester. He is active in the youth department of his synagogue, Young Israel of Hillcrest and the 107th Precinct auxiliary police, where he serves as deputy inspector. DeSena, a bachelor, lives in College Point. He works as a communications

consultant and is also an adjunct professor at Baruch College.

The Democrat wants more technology in the classroom and less graffiti on the streets. Simanowitz also wants to continue the excellent constituent services started

by Mayersohn, who he worked for the last 14 years.

The Republican believes parents and students should have choices in schools and says he’s fighting for families and small businesses, who need to be taxed less. He also believes in term limits for state government: three full terms or six years.

The district includes College Point and parts of Flushing, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens Hills, Briarwood, Kew Gardens and Q Richmond Hill.

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ridden the Q41 many times, and all those turns are ridiculous,” Quintana said.

Pat McCabe, chief of staff to state Sen. Joe Addabbo (DHoward Beach), expressed skepticism about the plan.

“In the senator’s opinion, you’ll take a bus off an avenue that’s familiar with it and move it to an avenue that’s never had a bus on it,” McCabe said.

Representatives from the offices of Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) and Councilman Eric Ulrich (ROzone Park) rejected the MTA plan as well.

McCabe and CB 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton, as well as many other board members, praised police and city officials for their help during the tropical storm that hit the city last week.

Braton reported that since last Sunday, there has been 476 complaints about tree damage — around the same number the board typically gets in an entire year.

McCabe said the basements of at least 150 homes were flooded and 12 people “lost everything” because of the Q storm.

The trial for Howard Beach resident Barbara Sheehan, who is charged with killing her ex-cop husband, began Monday at the courthouse in Kew Gardens Queens Supreme Court Justice Barry Kron is presiding over the trial.

Sheehan’s attorney, the Manhattanbased Michael Dowd, was upset with Kron for scheduling the trial for this week, saying he needed more time to find and bring in witnesses.

“It’s the summer months and many of them are on vacation,” Dowd told the judge in August. “The decision rendered … creates an enormous problem for the defense.”

Dowd said he wanted the trial to begin in November.

“After three and a half years, it’s time to move the matter forward,” Kron said.

Sheehan is charged in the shooting death of her husband, former NYPD Sgt. Raymond Sheehan, in 2008.

Dowd and Sheehan have said the Howard Beach woman, a mother of two who works as a secretary for the city Department of Education, was physically and emotionally abused for the last 18 years of the 24-year marriage before she shot her husband 11 times as he was shaving in their home.

Kron is the third judge in Sheehan’s case. Justice Richard Buchter recused himself in July, citing a possible conQ flict of interest.

— Anna Gustafson

Special elections, primary are Sept. 13 City, state and federal seats are up

by Peter C. Mastrosimone

Democrat Phil Goldfeder, an aide to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) against Sept. 13 is the day residents in much of Republican Jane Deacy, a former city Queens will get to choose new representa- police officer and teacher. tives at the state and federal levels and, in The 27th Assembly District, located in one council district, the northern and central re-election of an incumQueens, will also be getbent or his replacement. ting new representation, to Topping the ballot box replace retired Assemblyis the special election for woman Nettie Mayersohn. the 9th Congressional In that contest, MayerDistrict, which covers sohn’s chief of staff, Michael Simanowitz, is large blocks of southern, the Democratic candisouthwestern and central date, running against Queens, as well as part of Republican Marco DeSeBrooklyn. Vying for the na, a communications seat vacated by former consultant.

Rep. Anthony Weiner are In the Jamaica area, Democratic State AssemCity Councilman Ruben blyman David Weprin (DWills (D-Jamaica), who Little Neck) and Republiwon the seat of the late can Bob Turner, a retired television executive.

It’s the second year for the Tom White in a special election, has to run again Residents of that dis- city’s new ballot machines. trict who live in south FILE PHOTO to retain it. Wills is facing several other DemocQueens will also get to vote for a new state Assembly member to ratic hopefuls in a primary: former replace Audrey Pheffer, who resigned the Councilman Allan Jennings and fellow 23rd District seat when she was appointed challengers Clifton Stanley Diaz and Q the Queens county clerk. The race pits Michael Duvalle.

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Peninsula Hospital keeps it’s doors open Institution will be ‘better than ever’

by Anna Gustafson Editor

Healthcare workers and borough officials breathed sighs of relief to learn that Peninsula Hospital in Far Rockaway will remain open.

Originally pegged to be closed as early as last month, Peninsula reached a deal with Revival Home Health Care at the end of last week for the Jewish for-profit organization to purchase the 104-year-old health institution that has been struggling financially.

Peninsula Hospital reached a deal with Revival Home Heath Care that allows the FILE PHOTO institution to remain open.

While Revival did not return requests for comment, Peninsula officials and borough legislators confirmed the acquisition. The state Health Department has given its stamp of approval for Revival’s acquisition.

“I’m very happy to report our hospice unit was opened this morning, and our traumatic brain injury unit is due to open today,” Mary Liz Grosseto, a registered nurse at Peninsula, said Wednesday.

“We’re back in full swing.”

Grosseto said Peninsula workers recently met with Todd Miller, the chief restructuring officer from Revival.

“It could not be better,” she said of Revival’s purchase of Peninsula. “We are open for full operation. We’re going to be bigger and better than ever.”

Borough President Helen Marshall said she was “delighted” an agreement has been reached.

“I applaud the board of directors at Peninsula and all concerned parties for their willingness to work day and night in a tireless effort to keep this hospital open and support the effort to secure State Health Depar tment approval,” Marshall said in a prepared Q statement.

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To help make their stay at the shelter more comfortable, the Howard Beach Kiwanis Club and one of its members, Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), asked two local restaurateurs, Frank Russo of Russo’s on the Bay and his brother

More heat victims identified The office of the Chief Medical Examiner has certif ied eight more deaths, including that of a 73-year-old Queens man, as attributable to the heat waves that struck the city in July and August.

They bring the number of heat-related deaths in the city to 19 this year.

The Queens man died on July 24. He like the other eight identified last week, had an underlying medical condition.

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Hundreds of people slept on cots the city provided for them at John Adams, which was reportedly one of the most crowded shelters in the city.

When many residents returned home, they encountered massive flooding.

About 91 shelters were opened in the city during the storm.

In addition, the club’s president, Stephen Sirgiovanni of Giovanni Distributors, donated 10 cases of Stella D’Oro cookies.

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Thirteen have been female, including a 10-year-old girl from Brooklyn who died on July 23.

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When Richmond Hill native Sara Carpenter first thought of making a more comfortable dog leash — inspired by long walks with her “mutt,” Pom — she had no idea it would land her a starring role on national television.

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officer, was a “featured inventor” on the Sundance Channel’s new television series, “Quirky,” during their program that aired this Tuesday at 10 p.m.

During the show, viewers got to see Ben Kaufman, the 24-year-old founder of Quirky.com, which helps inventors manufacture and market products, and his team work with Carpenter to create the “Kosuko,” or a dog leash with an ergonomic handle and a built-in bag storage.

“I had this idea to make a leash a little over a year ago, but it’s very expensive to do it yourself and it’s hard to get a patent,” Carpenter said. “That’s the beauty of Quirky, you get to see your idea become a reality.”

A lifelong resident of Richmond Hill who lives near Forest Park with her 7year-old son, Luke, Carpenter said the opportunity came along at the perfect time.

“I was having trouble finding work in the city’s economy, so this was perfect,” Carpenter said. “It was so great getting to test out the leash for the first time with my son and get to see the idea I had become real. Visit sundancechannel.com/quirky Q for more information.

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Broad Channel celebrates Labor Day

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road Channel residents celebrated their annual Labor Day Mardi Gras parade this week with music and homemade floats — including one that bid good riddance to Hurricane Irene. About a dozen floats were joined by Boys Scouts, the American Legion, area politicians, the Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department and the Broad Channel Athletic Club.

Nearly as old as Broad Channel itself, the Mardi Gras event has been an end of summer celebration for more than 100 years. It caps off a full season of fund-raising events designed to support neighborhood organizations.

The Broad Channel firehouse, built in 1908 with money raised from dances, band concerts and field days, is still in use today.

Proceeds from this year’s activities will go towards the Broad Channel Athletic Club. Founded in 1961, the BCAC offers all types of sports for area youth and is celebrating its gala 50th anniversary this year.

As is the custom the parade stepped off shortly after 1 p.m. on Monday and proceeded along Cross Bay Boulevard.

As they do each year, onlookers brought chairs, coolers and children in tow across the Boulevard to catch the Q parade a second time on its way coming back.

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Children celebrate their last day of summer vacation at the Broad Channel parade.

Members of the American Legion in Broad Channel march in the parade that travels along Cross Bay Boulevard.

On one of the floats, the ladies of “Channel Shore” gave their own twist to their Jersey counterpart.

Parade participants were happy the event took place last weekend, instead of the week prior, when Hurricane Irene hit the city, flooding numerous Broad Channel residents’ homes.

Many children attending the parade had fun dressing up in costumes, from superheroes and super villains to super presidents.

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Celebrating the baby parade Hundreds of people came out for the annual Hamilton Beach baby parade last Sunday.

Many costumed children — and, of course, babies — participated in the event that included eight floats.

The parade, which marks the end of sum-

mer, ran through the five blocks of the tightknit community.

A number of community groups also marched in the event, including the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association, pictured at top, and the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department.

RFK-Triborough construction A 50-year-old ramp from the Harlem River Drive to the RFK-Triborough Bridge will be closed on Sept. 12 and is scheduled to be replaced by year’s end.

A temporary ramp and detours will allow access to the bridge at 125th Street.

In a statement issued last week the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said work originally was scheduled for the 2013-15 capital budget cycle. It was moved up after a recent inspection showed severe deterioration brought on by the bridge’s age and recent harsh winters.

“We reached the point where it was no longer possible to just keep patching,” said RFK Facility Engineer Rocco D’Angelo.

“The ramp has reached the end of its useful life and needs to be replaced before another winter approaches.”

Motorists using the temporary ramp will take 1st Avenue and follow detour signs to 125th Street to an existing ramp that will take them to the RFK Harlem River Lift Span. Signs will be in place to direct drivers.

The project is part of a nearly $1 billion, 15-year capital improvement plan for the tripartite bridge and plaza that connects Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx and serves 170,000 drivers a day.

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Eid Al-Fitr, the first day of the month following Ramadan, was welcomed by over 8,000 Muslims. They joined in morning prayers, and then visited friends and family and ate sweets to mark the end of the holy Q month.

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CB 10 opposes Q41 reroute Most vote to reject plan to move bus to 109th Ave.

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Richmond Hill South Civic Association President Margaret Finnerty reads a letter opposing the MTA’s plan to reroute the Q41 bus as CB 10 member JoAnn Ariola looks on.

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“As a regular bus rider, I’ve ridden the Q41 many times, and all those turns are ridiculous,” Quintana said.

Pat McCabe, chief of staff to state Sen. Joe Addabbo (D-Howard Beach), expressed skepticism about the plan.

“In the senator’s opinion, you’ll take a bus off an avenue that’s familiar with it and move it to an avenue that’s never had a bus on it,” McCabe said.

Representatives from the off ices of Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) and Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) rejected the MTA plan as well.

McCabe and CB 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton, as well as many other board members, praised police and city officials for their help during the tropical storm that hit the city last week.

Braton reported that since last Sunday, there has been 476 complaints about tree damage — around the same number the board typically gets in an entire year.

McCabe said the basements of at least 150 homes were flooded and 12 people “lost everything” because of the storm. Q

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Community Board 10 members voted overwhelmingly against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s proposal to reroute the Q41 in South Ozone Park from 111th Avenue to 109th Avenue at their meeting last week.

All but one of the members at the meeting, held last Thursday at the United Hindu Cultural Center in South Ozone Park, rejected the city’s plan to have the Q41 travel on 109th Avenue from 111th Street to around 127th Street, instead of along 111th Avenue as it does now.

The Q41 provides service between Jamaica and Howard Beach via Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park.

Margaret Finnerty, president of the Richmond Hill South Civic Association, headquartered on 115th Street in South Ozone Park, said her organization is opposed to the rerouting because it would be disadvantageous to the numerous students and seniors who are used to the current path.

“Seniors use this bus to get to Howard Beach to shop and attend the Howard Beach Senior Center,” Finnerty said, reading a letter she sent to a number of elected officials to enlist their support.

Finnerty added that a number of students use the stop at 111th Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard, where PS 100 is located.

Robert Lai, director of service design at the MTA, told CB 10 members that the transportation authority wants to change the route because “the Q41 has experienced poor reliability, and you may experience long waits or crowded buses.”

Part of the problem, Lai said, is the bus takes too many turns on 111th Avenue, making it more diff icult for it to reach stops on time.

“If we stay on 109th Avenue, we eliminate four turns,” Lai said.

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Artist remembers horror Roof-top work honors memory of the fallen

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

Tribute in Light viewing Kimberly Miller paints the garage roof of her future father-in-law on 124th Street Street in College COURTESY PHOTO Point to commemorate the tragedy of 9/11. because of the location of the building, “We got a bird’s eye view of the attack,” she said. “I was terrified.”

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Today, she works as an oncology nurse at New York Hospital Queens in Flushing “and loves it.”

The nurse still paints in her spare time and said she will never forget the terrorist attack that took place 10 years ago. “It’s unbelievable that it happened so long ago,” Q Miller said. “It’s still in my mind.”

The Municipal Art Society of New York is once again commemorating 9/11 with a Tribute in Light. The display, using 88 individual, 7,000-watt xenon bulbs, will begin at dusk on Sept. 11 and end at dawn on Sept. 12.

The lights reach four miles into the sky and are visible from as far as 60 miles away.

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As a 17-year-old Bayside resident in 2001, Kimberly Miller watched in horror as the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed.

Ten years later, sheÕs a registered nurse who never forgets the tragedy of 9/11.

Always interested in painting, Miller was inspired two years ago by her future fatherin-law, Jack Leone, to paint a mural to commemorate the attacks on his flat garage roof at 7-12 124 St. in College Point.

“He’s very patriotic and this is our way of never forgetting that terrible day,” she said. “Jack loves it and says it’s just what he wanted.”

The mural took two days to complete and Miller put a sealer on it. She admits the weather has faded it slightly since then and it may need a touch up.

The design — suggested by Leone — features a ribbon with the stars and stripes and the message “Never Forget” with the date, “9.11. 2001.”

The artist’s fiance, Joseph Leone, is so proud of the roof art that he has posted it on the Internet. “We hope that people in planes and helicopters flying over the area see it,” Miller said.

The couple lives in Whitestone and plans to wed next March.

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After attacks, Muslims are weary of wariness Boro Muslims, Sikhs say life has not been easy in the city since 9/11

by Anna Gustafson Editor

efore the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Kew Gardens resident Moviz Siddiqi was never targeted for being a Muslim-American. He and his family easily walked the streets of Queens, enjoying the country he has called home since leaving Pakistan 15 years ago.

Then came Sept. 11, 2001, and, as has been said countless times, everything changed.

Like many Muslims throughout the city and the countr y, Siddiqi, the public affairs off icer at the Islamic Circle of North America, a group based in Jamaica that focuses on charity work and disaster aid, found himself facing an increasingly hostile environment for members of his religion.

“I remember one incident when my sisterin-law was wearing hijab and someone yelled, ‘You are Osama bin Laden, go back,’” Siddiqi said. “I myself feel like a secondclass citizen. After Sept. 11, there is no doubt about it, I can feel totally different.”

Since the 2001 attacks, numerous reports have been issued by a variety of organizations, including the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Gallup Organization, that cite a host of problems Muslim-Americans have faced, including being improperly detained by law off icials, bullied in schools and encountering a rise in antiIslamic sentiment in the country.

According to a recent poll by the Pew Research Center, 30 percent of Americans said they had favorable views of Islam, down from 41 percent in 2005. Over the past decade, Muslim Americans have routinely found themselves in the news. Over the past year there has been a national debate over whether an Islamic cultural center should be allowed to be built a couple blocks away from Ground Zero, and U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-LI), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, has held three hearings on “Muslim radicalization” that have largely upset members

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of the Queens Muslim community, as well as other religious organizations like the Catholic nonprof it charity group Pax Christi and the Interfaith Alliance of Long Island.

“When Peter King says the things he does, that doesn’t just hurt Muslims, that hurts everybody,” said Harpreet Toor, a Richmond Hill resident who is a Sikh.

Sikhs, some of whom wear turbans and grow beards, have, like Muslims, been victims of harassment or violence since the 2001 attacks. The Sikh Coalition reported there have been at least 700 attacks or bias-related incidents against Sikhs since Sept. 11.

Federal officials have not kept separate statistics on violence against Sikhs, tracking hate crimes against them in the same category as crimes against Muslims, ArabAmericans and South Asians. In 2000, there were 28 anti-Islamic hate crimes reported to the FBI — a year later, there were 481, according to federal Department of Justice numbers. According to the most recent statistics available from the federal government, reported anti-Islamic hate crimes have dropped to 107 in 2009.

“Life definitely has not been easy,” Toor said. “Have we made any strides since 9/11? Yes. Are we where we need to be yet?

No. You still get these comments. Somebody pulled up in a car next to me while I was walking and told me to ‘go back.’ Why do I have to prove my patriotism to someone because I look different?”

Siddiqi said his organization increased its efforts to do charity work and disaster relief domestically after Sept. 11 and has been working with groups like Catholic Charities and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide aid for victims in places like New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and now for people affected by Hurricane Irene. Such work, he hopes, will shine a good light on Muslim-Americans trying to prove they are good citizens.

“People have to understand, we are not going anywhere, we are as American as

The Islamic Circle of North America, based in Jamaica, increased their domestic charity work after Sept. 11. The group has given away thousands of free school bags to children in need throughout PHOTO COURTESY ICNA Queens.

Thousands of Muslims gather at Jamaica High School to celebrate Eid, which marks the end of FILE PHOTO Ramadan. Many of the city’s Muslims call Queens home. anyone else,” Siddiqi said. “We are doctors, engineers, computer programmers. The Muslim community, we are not receivers, we are givers. Yes, there are some bad apples, but they are few. Our religion teaches people to respect others, to respect the law.”

Asad Bajwa, a Queens Village resident who is the public affairs officer for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, said his organization has recently launched a nationwide blood drive with the hope of collecting 10,000 bags of blood.

“We wanted to spread the message that the definition of Islam is sanctity of life,” Bajwa said. “On 9/11 life was taken away, and we want to people to know that Islam stands for life, which is why we’re doing the blood drive.”

To f ind out when and where a blood drive is happening, visit muslimsforlife.org.

Siddiqi said the jump in anti-Muslim sentiment after Sept. 11 was devastating for him, and other Muslim-Americans, who felt increasingly isolated in the country where many of them grew up, or moved to long ago.

“The Tea Party has held big demonstrations against us, and that is really heartbreaking,” Siddiqi said.

Siddiqi and Toor said it is crucial to focus on dialogue promoting cross-cultural understanding in the city and throughout the country.

“American people are the best in the world,” Siddiqi said. “They’re more open.

They can come to us with questions about Islam, and we can explain what we are and they listen.”

Toor said he also believes it would be helpful if Sikhs in the NYPD were given more visible positions.

“Something that would help is if we have people with beards and turbans in the NYPD protecting elected officials,” Toor said. “If people see that the elected officials are safe, they will feel safe too.”

Mark Rosenblum, the director for the Center for Ethnic, Racial and Religious Understanding at Queens College and an expert on the Middle East, said he wanted students to engage in dialogue about contentious topics immediately after the

Sept. 11 attacks, which he and his Modern Middle East class witnessed from the Flushing campus.

“We were sitting right in front of Rosenthal Library with an unobstructed view of downtown Manhattan,” Rosenblum said.

“We saw both of the buildings come down.

One kid in the class had a father in the building.”

In Rosenblum’s class, there were about 12 Muslim and 13 Jewish students, and, on the night Sept. 11 — which he spent at Queens College with students stuck there because there was no transportation — the professor, following a heated discussion between a Muslim and Jewish student, began to think about creating a curriculum that would “force students to confront the event and walk in others’ shoes.”

Rosenblum has since created that curriculum, as part of which students who are members of groups that have historically been at odds with each other — Israelis and Palestinians, Turks and Greeks or Indians and Pakistanis, for example, will “enter into difficult dialogues with one another.”

The Center for Ethnic, Racial and Religious Understanding has also brought numerous speakers and other performers to Queens College and recently hosted an event that featured a discussion between Daisy Khan, wife of Park51 Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who favors building the Islamic cultural center near its proposed site a couple blocks from Ground Zero, and Jim Riches, a retired city Fire Department deputy chief whose son died as a f irst responder on Sept. 11 and who has opposed the Islamic center.

“This year we’re hoping to engage more mosques and synagogues and get people to visit each other’s holy places to have dialogues,” Rosenblum said. “We have students who’ve undergone transformations because of our dialogues. We have a soldier who’s the head of the young Republicans here who did several tours of duty in the Middle East and is going back to Afghanistan, and he’s developed a close friendship with a Muslim woman who had once been deeply suspicious and didn’t appreciate the fact Q that he was a soldier in Afghanistan.”

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Activities set for 10th anniversary Queens events include prayer services, memorials and lots more

by Liz Rhoades

CEREMONIES

Managing Editor

n the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Queens communities are remembering those who died there, be it off ice workers, police, f ire or emergency responders.

Events begin today, Thursday, and continue through October.

They range from prayer services to a mural dedication. See a separate listing in Qboro for the many art exhibits geared to 9/11.

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PRAYER SERVICES A 9/11 remembrance service will be held at the Reformation Presbyterian Church, meeting at PS 173 at 174-10 67 Ave. in Fresh Meadows. It will begin at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

Saint Matthias Church, 58-15 Catalpa Ave. in Ridgewood will hold a mass of remembrance at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. The church choir will perform music from Gregorian chants to contemporary composers.

Saint Matthias lost three parishioners in the attack.

Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 90-04 175 St. in Jamaica will host a nondenominational memorial service at 4 p.m. on Sunday.

“We gather not only to remember, but to continue to heal,” said its senior pastor, the Rev. Bob Fritch.

Keizs, York president, will lead the program.

The Richmond Hill Block Association will hold a memorial ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Forest Park by Park Lane South and Myrtle Avenue.

The Broadway Flushing Civic and the Bowne Park Civic associations will hold a candlelight vigil at Bowne Park at 156th Street and 32nd Avenue at 6 p.m.

Saturday.

New York Hospital Queens in Flushing will hold a memorial ceremony with an honor guard at the NYHQ Emergency Services memorial site on Booth Memorial Avenue at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday.

The Briarwood Community Association is sponsoring a memorial program on Sunday at 11 a.m. on the Queens Boulevard promenade at 84th Drive.

The Briarwood Action Network will sponsor a 9/11 Day of Service at Hoover Park, Manton Street between 83rd Avenue, 134th Street and Main Street at noon Sate gather not only urday. Participants will beauto remember but tify the park by repainting benches and lampposts. to continue to heal.”

A memorial program honoring the 42 victims from — The Rev. Bob Fritch of Our Saviour Glendale, Ridgewood, MidLutheran Church in Jamaica dle Village and Woodhaven will be held Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at the Dry Harbor Playground, Myrtle Avenue and 80th Street in Glendale.

Another candlelight vigil will Glen Oaks Village co-op has be held at the Village Mall, 150- just completed building its Trib38 Union Turnpike in Flushing at ute Triangle Park and will hold a 8 p.m. Thursday. It’s sponsored 9/11 memorial dedication cereby the homeowners association. mony at 1 p.m. on Sunday. The A memorial program will be location is Little Neck Parkway held Friday at 11 a.m. at Maspeth and 75th Avenue.

Memorial Park at 69th Street and The Station Road Civic AssoGrand Avenue. A piece of steel ciation of Aubur ndale and from the WTC will be unveiled Assemblyman Rory Lancman are that will become part of the 9/11 sponsoring a memorial at 1 p.m.

Maspeth memorial. There will be Sunday at Plaut Triangle, 169th a laying of a wreath by the Fire Street and Northern Boulevard.

Department and patriotic songs.

They will read the names of the The Korean American Senior f irst responders who lost their Citizens Society of Greater New lives on 9/11.

York will hold a ceremony on FriA program titled “To Bigotry day at 11 a.m. at the Kissena Cor- No Sanction” will be held Sunday ridor Park, between Juniper at 1 p.m. at the Forest Hills JewAvenue and Colden Street in ish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd.

Flushing. This year, members It will feature members of various planted flowers to depict an religious communitites, including American flag. Area elected offi- Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, Sikh cials are expected to participate. and Jewish in a family-friendly Woodside on the Move will event. For reservations, call (718) unveil a mural to commemorate 263-7000 Ext. 203. the 10th anniversary on Saturday A candlelight ceremony will be at 11 a.m. at 61st Street and Roo- held at Doughboy Park at the corsevelt Avenue. ner of 56th Street and Woodside York College will sponsor a Avenue in Woodside at 5 p.m. on wreath-laying ceremony at the Sunday. It is sponsored by the college plaza, 94-20 Guy R. Woodside Civic Association.

Brewer Blvd. in Jamaica on SatThe Forest Hills Volunteer urday at 12:30 p.m. Marcia Ambulance Corps will honor its The Flushing Suburban Civic Organization will hold a candlelight vigil at the flagpole at PS 154, 75-02 162 St. at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday.

A candlelight vigil sponsored by the Hillcrest Estates Civic Association will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Union Turnpike Veterans Memorial at the turnpike and 164th Street.

Parkway Village will also hold a candelight vigil at its flagpole, 81-26 150 St., in Jamaica at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

The United Community Civic Association will hold its annual candlelight ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in McManus Memorial Park at 81st Street and the Grand Central Parkway in Astoria Heights.

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TALKS The Greater Astoria Historical Society, 35-20 Broadway, 4th floor in Long Island City will hold a conversation about 9/11 at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The mental effects of the event will be discussed by William James and guests are invited to participate in the discussion.

The Queens College Center for Ethnic, Racial & Religious Understanding will hold a dialogue on what the day means from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday in the main dining hall’s patio room on the Kissena Boulevard campus in Flushing. Musical selections will be presented by Salman Ahmad of Junoon, Haim Avitsur and Sean Jeremy Palmer. A kosher lunch will be served. Call Steven Appel at (718) 997-5293.

St. John’s University will sponsor a panel discussion on “Ten Years Later: Are We More Prepared?” on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the D’Angelo Center, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica.

On Oct. 4, St. John’s will offer an interfaith dialogue with Amir Hussain at 4 p.m. at Marillac Auditorium.

The Queens Museum of Art’s tribute to the World Trade Center that was placed FILE PHOTO in the Panorama 10 years ago. fallen member, Richard Pearlman, at a service Sunday at 5 p.m. at its headquarters at 92-29 Metropolitan Ave. St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, in Jamaica will hold a vigil in remembrance and hope on the Great Lawn at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday.

The Bayside Hills Civic Association will sponsor its annual ceremony at 7 p.m. Sunday at Bell Boulevard and the Long Island Expressway service road.

Representatives from the city, fire and police and elected officials are expected to participate. Participants are asked to bring candles. American flags will be supplied and placed on a memorial at the site.

A candlelight vigil will take place at 7 p.m. Sunday at Juniper Valley Park, between 77th and 78th streets in Middle Village.

The program will include video tributes, a live chorus, recitations and dedication of a new memorial garden. Participants are asked to bring a chair, candle, flag and flashlight.

A neighborhood walk and special assembly will be held at PS 222, the Firefighter Christopher Santora School, located at 86-15 37 Ave. in Jackson Heights. The assembly will begin at 9:30 a.m.

on Monday; the walk will be right before it. RSVP to Janette

by Friday at (718) 429-2563. Santora, 23, was a lifelong resident of the area, who died at Ground Zero.

St. Michael’s Cemetery at 7202 Astoria Blvd. in East Elmhurst will dedicate a monument honoring the 343 FDNY f iref ighters who died at the WTC on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. The memorial service will also honor the NYPD and Port Authority police.

MUSIC The Mendelssohn Glee Club, the country’s oldest men’s chorus, will present an American tribute concert with the 608th Battalion Army Band at the Seuffert Bandshell in Forest Park in Woodhaven on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

The concert will feature patriotic and American favorites.

A concert in tribute of 9/11 will be offered on Sunday at 5 p.m.at 78th Street and Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights.

The Little Theatre of NY will present a concert of songs and scenes dedicated to the works of Jerome Kern, in remembrance of 9/11 on Sunday at 6 p.m. at Socrates Sculpture Park at 32-01 Ver non Blvd. in Long Island Q City.

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SQ page 26rev TEN YEARS AFTER 9/11: THE FAMILIES AND THE SITE

9/11 memorial rankles family Astorians Al and Maureen Santora are angry with the city’s design

by Paula Neudorf Chronicle Contributor

Maureen Santora with her son, Christopher, a firefighter who PHOTO COURTESY THE SANTORA FAMILY died in the 9/11 attacks.

“We’ll be upset until the day we die,” Astoria resident and former New York firefighter chief Al Santora said last weekend. He wasn’t talking about the death of his son Christopher, a firefighter who perished on Sept. 11, 2001, though it’s clear that pain is also always with Santora and his wife, Maureen.

Instead, he was referring to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, set to open Sunday on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Santora spoke with the Chronicle over the phone on his way to Norfolk, Va., with his wife, where the pair and a number of other 9/11 victims’ family members would board the USS New York before journeying back to New York and disembarking at Ground Zero on Thursday.

“We’re sitting with two other family members,” Santora said. “The four of us can’t understand the things that they have done.”

Among these things is the design incorporating the names of the nearly 3,000 victims who died in the attacks, which will appear on bronze panels that border two “memorial pools” placed in the footprints of the twin towers.

Santora objects to the way the names have been “randomly placed,” with “no information.”

“You don’t know if it’s a male or female,” he went on.

“Why bother if you’re not going to educate people?”

More information about the people inscribed in the panels will be on view inside the museum itself, but for Santora, this doesn’t change the memorial’s effect.

People, he said, would just see all the names and think “‘Wow, look at all the people who died here,’” and then be on their way.

“You should get a feeling for who they were, not just a

name on a wall,” he said.

The Santoras also take issue with how unidentified human remains will be interred, away from public view, behind a wall in the museum, where the city’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner will conduct ongoing identification work.

Santora doesn’t understand why the remains need to be moved from the medical examiner’s office at all.

“Is this a freak show?” he asked.

But perhaps the most galling aspects of the memorial, Santora said, are the $25 admission price regular visitors will have to pay to get into the museum and the fact that first responders have not been invited to the site’s opening ceremony, which many officials are set to attend.

Calling the fee “ludicrous,” Santora expressed his anger with the city. “The mayor is just about money,” he said.

Despite repeated letters and attempts to bring their concerns to the Mayor’s Office, the Santoras felt they had never been properly addressed.

Emails and calls made by the Chronicle for comment from the National September 11 Me-morial and Museum, whose board of directors is chaired by Mayor Bloomberg, went unanswered.

Maureen Santora said that working as an activist was one of the ways she and her husband honor her son Christopher, who died at the age of 23.

“We have fought tirelessly to bring these concerns to the general public,” she said. She hoped people would attend a ceremony honoring all the firefighters who died in the attacks at St. Michael’s Cemetery in Astoria, where Christopher is buried, on Sept. 24.

“We will have a very tough day on Sept. 11,” she added, “not because it’s the 10th anniversary, but because it’s one Q more year without Christopher.”

Tribute to the past, hope for the future World Trade Center rises from the ashes, opens to public on Monday

by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

The families of the dead and dignitaries will come on Sunday. And on Monday the site of the World Trade Center will open to the public as a tribute not only to the deceased, but to the city and the people they typified.

“In the wake of the attacks, New Yorkers united first in grief — and then in resolve,”

1 World Trade Center

said Mayor Bloomberg on Tuesday. “ ...

And we understood that we could not expect our men and women in uniform abroad to defend [our] values alone. We had to do our part right here at home.

“And did we ever,” Bloomberg said.

“Over the past decade, New York City has come roaring back, faster and stronger than anyone thought possible.”

Ten years later, gardens, sculptures and a museum are ready to welcome visitors. PATH and subway stations move toward completion bringing back tourists and commerce; and 1 World Trade Center is reclaiming the site’s rightful place in the city’s skyline.

Steve Coleman, spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said its commitment to the $11 billion project is proceeding at full speed.

“Right now 1 World Trade Center is up to the 80th floor,” Coleman said. “That leaves 24 to go, and we’re putting up about one floor per week.” He said the steel work is expected to be completed in February. The glass window facade, now up to the 53rd floor, is progressing at about the same pace.

He said 225 trees adorning the plaza withstood Hurricane Irene quite nicely. A visitor’s center, though not open to the public, is completed on the outside. The waterfalls in the memorial pools are working and plaques naming the victims of Sept. 11, 2001 are in place.

Cranes were still working full tilt in July, but the World Trade Center Memorial Plaza had taken its unmistakable shape. The plaza opens to the public on Monday on a reservation basis following PHOTOS COURTESY PORT AUTHORITY OF NY AND NJ Sunday’s 10th anniversary ceremonies.

And the Port Authority has installed fencing around unf inished parts of the eight-acre plaza so visitors and workers will not interfere with each other between now and 2014, when all work is expected to be completed.

Coleman said the Port Authority managed construction of the 9/11 museum, but

is not in charge of its operation. He also said the components of the WTC transportation hub are in varying stages of completion, including passage for the No. 1 subway and a New Jersey PATH station.

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C M SQ page 30rev Y K TEN YEARS AFTER 9/11: FALLEN HEROES

Glendale girl remembers 9/11 In a new radio series for WNYC, young people come forward at last

by Paula Neudorf Chronicle contributor

When people would ask Jillian Suarez how her dad died, she would lie. He had a heart attack, she’d say.

The truth — that her father, Ramon Suarez, a career police officer with the NYPD, died while saving others during the 9/11 attacks — was just too much to bear.

But Jillian, who lives in Glendale and is just a few days shy of her 19th birthday, has been working hard to come out of her shell and talk about her feelings.

It started when her mother Carmen saw that WNYC, the public radio station, was calling on young people affected by 9/11 to submit their stories for a special series of 10th anniversary broadcasts as part of its “Radio Rookies” program.

Carmen put her daughter’s name forward.

“I didn’t know I was doing it,” Jillian said of her being chosen as one of six young people by the radio station.

“My mom planned it without telling me.”

The two women sat side by side at WNYC’s office in downtown Manhattan with Sanda Htyte, a Radio Rookies associate producer who worked closely with Jillian to help tell her story through audio.

B o t h H t y t e a n d C a r m e n t a l ke d about how difficult it has always been f o r J i l l i a n t o d i s c u s s h e r f a t h e r ’s death. Once a medal-winning relay racer, Jillian stopped running after her f a t h e r d i e d, C a r m e n s a i d . H e h a d loved the sport.

“They were very close,” Carmen said of her daughter and husband.

After producing the five-minute segment, in which Jillian interviews her mother and talks about her father — “my best friend,” she calls him in the piece — Jillian said she felt better.

In fact, this girl who once hid the details of her father’s death recently got a tattoo, just a few days before her audio story aired, commemorating his life.

She’d been thinking about getting it for a year.

The twin towers rising above a cityscape sit perched on her left shoulder, the word “Daddy” etched underneath.

“You’re one of the few people I know that have a tattoo that really means something,” Jillian said her friends have told her. Now when people on the street ask her about the tattoo, she tells them about her dad.

Despite the strides forward, recovering from the loss is a long process. Both women seemed to think they might never

fully “heal.”

“You can’t move on from something that comes up in your life 24/7,” Jillian said. Whether it’s been one year or 10, she added, makes no real difference.

Jillian’s 19th birthday is on Sept. 9, which has made her last nine birthdays extremely hard.

The hardest part about interviewing her mother, Jillian said, was knowing she was going to cry. Her mom and dad were married in 1999 after being together for 10 years.

“I could have never asked for a better husband,” Carmen said of Ramon, who is buried at St. Raymond’s Cemetery in the Bronx. “He was a great father.”

This coming week, both women said, would be difficult, but they would get through it.

Jillian has just begun her sophomore year as a transfer student at Queensborough Community College, where she hopes to graduate with a degree in social services.

“I want to be able to help people,” she said. “I know people go through a lot.” Q To hear Jillian’s story and those of the five other “rookies,” visit wnyc.org/ shows/rookies/2011. All six stories will be broadcast on Saturday, Sept. 10.

Carmen Suarez, left, with her husband Ramon and daughter Jillian, at Niagara Falls in 2001. Ramon, an NYPD officer, was killed just months later in the 9/11 PHOTO COURTESY THE SUAREZ FAMILY attacks.

The Fallen 19 never forgotten in Maspeth 68th Street firehouse suffered FDNY’s largest loss in twin towers

by Michael Gannon

“I called it the day of the sirens,” she said. “That was all you could hear, that and the fighter jets flying overhead.

Mary Anne Walter of Maspeth last week recalled Sept. You could see the towers burning from the overpass, and at 11, 2001 not far from where she stood that afternoon, on my school where I had been teaching that morning. And Grand Avenue near the overpass for the Long Island my church held a prayer vigil that night.”

The FDNY lost 343 men when the twin towers fell.

Expressway.

And Walter and the neighborhood soon would be horrified to learn that 19 of the men from the f irehouse on 68th Street who charged into the twin towers would never come back, the largest loss of any fire station in the city that day.

“It was awful,” she said.

Hazmat 1 lost f iref ighters Dennis Carey, Martin Demeo, Thomas Gardner, John Giordano, Jonathan Hohmann, Dennis Scauso and Kevin Smith; Battalion Chief John Fanning, captains Thomas Moody and Patrick Waters; and Lt. John Crisci.

Squad 288 lost Lt. Ronald Kerwin, and firefighters Peter Brennan, Ronnie Gies, Joseph Hunter, Jonathan Ielpi, Adam Rand, Brian Sweeney and Timothy Welty.

The men are remembered on a Workers apply the finishing touches last week to an addition to Maspeth’s memorial to the 19 monument in Maspeth Memorial firefighters from Hazmat 1/Squad 288 from the firehouse on 68th Street. Six Maspeth resi- Park at 68th Street and Grand dents, including four members of the New York CIty Fire Department, also are commemorated Avenue, across a narrow street from PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON the firehouse. on the monument.

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Also honored are six Maspeth residents slain in the attack, including Cono Gallo, Jennifer Mazzotta, firefighters Michael Cawley, Christopher Pickford and Michael Weinberg and Lt. Kenneth Phelan.

On Friday the annual ceremony honoring all 25 will include the unveiling of an addition to the monument which will house a piece of steel from the World Trade Center.

The ceremonies, sponsored by the United Veterans and Fraternal Organizations and Maspeth Federal Savings, commences at 11 a.m. at the memorial.

Hazmat 1 and Squad 288 were restaffed and rebuilt.

Though members declined through FDNY headquarters to be interviewed, one can walk by the station and see them rolling out on calls both large and small whenever summoned, and checking and maintaining their building, grounds and equipment when they are not.

“You see them on the street and in the supermarkets and stores,” Walter said. “And they often host school and scout troops at the firehouse. When my daughters were in a playgroup at Maspeth Methodist Church in the ’80s a trip to the firehouse was one of the highlights of the year. The firefighters were always so friendly and accommodating.”

And continue to be so.

“They come in occasionally; they’re very nice,” said Darlene Bixler, who has worked down the street at Grand Avenue Pharmacy for 11 years.

Anthony Terracciano, who has owned the drugstore for 25, says the loss lingers.

“Some of them were customers or family members of customers,” he said. “It was terrible. I still don’t think they get the credit they deserve outside the neighborhood.”

Walter said the tragedy if possible, moved Maspeth to further embrace New York’s Bravest.

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The U.S. Department of Justice in 2009 denied Pearlman’s application to receive funds from the Public Safety Off icers’ Benefits program, which the government set up to give one-time payments of $250,000 to the families of first responders who died in the line of duty. According to the government, Richard Pearlman was not acting in an off icial capacity when he was killed, making his family ineligible to participate in the program.

With the help of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, Dorie Pearlman twice appealed the decision, but both appeals were rejected. She is now looking for help from other elected officials to help her appeal again.

“It’s about more than the funds involved,” said Pearlman, who lives in the Lindenwood section of Howard Beach.

“It’s the respect. Because he wasn’t a paid employee, because he was a volunteer, his life is worth less? He was a first responder. He was taken to the World Trade Center in a Police Department car, and the Fire Department gave me pictures of him carrying people out.”

According to Pearlman, her son had heeded an announcement that anyone with medical training should report to 1 Police Plaza. After Pearlman said he proved his affiliation with the FHVAC, he was taken by a police cruiser to the towers.

“He was a volunteer, a young man, and he literally gave his life to help somebody else,” Pearlman said.

Her most recent appeal was rejected in June. Because Weiner resigned in midJune, she no longer was able to receive his help and has since written to a bevy of public officials throughout New York, as well as President Obama.

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First responders get help in Queens Health center moving to Rego Park from Flushing early next year

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Queens College center will provide increased access to medical and mental health programs. “We merged because the program needs to be affiliated with a medical institution,” she added.

The new Rego Park facility will be near parking and public transportation and will be larger than the Flushing site. Moline would not give the address because details are still being worked out.

Although health conditions vary, most of the first responders suffer from throat and sinus problems, acid reflux, lung and upper airway problems and mental health issues, including post traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety. Asthma is particularly high among patients, too.

The director says patients come once a year for monitoring and more often if treatment is necessary. “Some are medically managed, some have gotten better and some worse,” Moline said.

Mental health services will now be handled through the Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, one of the specialty hospitals within the North Shore-LIJ system.

“This is a real bonus for the program,” Moline said.

She noted that post traumatic stress disorder can happen two years after a major incident, but that 18 months is the most common time frame. Moline added that through the use of drugs and counseling,

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The Queens facility treating more than 5,000 first responders at Ground Zero will be moving early next year from Flushing to Rego Park.

Funding is through the Zadroga Act, which provides more than $4 billion in federal dollars to address the health crisis caused by the World Trade Center tragedy.

In July, $3.85 million was awarded to LIJ Medical Center to partner with the Queens World Trade Center Clinical Center of Excellence, run for the last eight years by Queens College in a facility on the Horace Harding Expressway. Its chief Dr. Steven Markowitz, is co-directing the new effort with Dr. Jacqueline Moline, vice president and chairwoman of population health at the North Shore-LIJ Health System.

She previously served as director of the largest WTC medical monitoring and treatment program at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Manhattan. There are f ive clinical centers in the metropolitan area that examine, monitor, diagnose and treat f iref ighters and others who worked in Ground Zero and inhaled the “toxic mix” physicians now say was in the air from the destroyed towers.

In an interview with the Queens Chronicle, Moline said par tnering with the

first responder patients can become fully functional.

She believes clinicians will see more diseases in first responders in the future, including cancer and scarring of the lungs.

Currently, federal guidelines prohibit the use of funds for cancer patients because officials say there has not been enough documentation to prove the connection with 9/11.

But Moline strongly believes cancer should be part of the medical surveillance program. “I’m not surprised that cancer is turning up in responders because the disease takes many years to develop,” she said. “So many toxic substances were absorbed.”

The doctor thinks documentation will show cancer rates higher and or sooner among first responders than the general population. “The information will speak for itself,” Moline said.

Last week, the first major documented evidence was published in The Lancet, a medical magazine, in research done by the head FDNY doctor. It showed that firefighters who worked at Ground Zero are 19 percent more likely to have melanoma, thyroid and prostate cancer and nonHodgkin’s lymphoma cancer than those firefighters who did not work there.

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by Nancy J. Brady, Esq. and Linda F. Marshak, Esq. The word “trust� has many different meanings. Within the estate planning context, we use the term “trust� to describe a formal document in which the Grantor, or person creating the Trust, appoints a Trustee or a person who agrees to manage the assets titled under the Trust, according to the terms the Trust agreement directs. A trust is a “living� trust if it’s created during the Grantor’s lifetime, and it’s “revocable� when the Grantor retains the power to change or alter the trust at any time, for any reason, as long as he/she is mentally competent. Usually revocable trusts become irrevocable on the incapacity, or death of the Grantor.

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First responder was hurt serving in Iraq Army sergeant says service members deserve more credit for helping out

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ered with white dust, walk in disbelief from the area. The only ones who were clearly In his 31 years in the military, retired recognizable were the firefighters and that Army Sgt. Winston Weston of Jamaica was only because of their uniforms, Weston never thought he would see an attack on said.

American soil, but he did on Sept. 11, 2001.

“There was a sense of panic,” Weston Weston, a senior diesel mechanic, was said. “Most were afraid and scared, but they repairing vehicles at the Jamaica Armory pulled themselves together. They were helpwhen the World ing each other and Trade Center towers making sure people were struck by got to safety and out planes commanof harm’s way.” deered by terorists.

Weston spent two ost were afraid and He and others ran months at Ground into an off ice to He later develscared, but they pulled Zero. watch the destruction oped asthma, but on television. Shortly said his doctor told themselves together.” thereafter, his comhim it was due to his — Ret. Army Sgt. Winston Weston mander instructed time in Iraq, burning on New Yorkers after 9/11 him and others to trash, breathing in head to the site. chemicals and “We were under exhaust fumes. “We attack,” Weston said did have masks, but in an interview with the Queens Chronicle not for the first few days,” Weston said of last Thursday. “When we heard that a plane his time near the fallen towers. had hit the Pentagon, we knew we were Now, 10 years since the tragedy occurred, being targeted by terrorists.”

Weston said his memories from that time are When they arrived at Ground Zero, the as vivid as ever. “It’s scary. It brings the shock Army personnel blocked off an area with back,” he said of the anniversary. “We were military vehicles near Battery Park. Weston down there and we could smell the dead bodsaid it was a surreal experience as he ies and see the blood and bones. But I had a watched men and women, their faces cov- job to do and that was to protect people.”

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As horrific as it was, Winston noted that the scene was a lot different from being engaged in combat. “When you’re at war, you are constantly on guard,” Weston said.

“You don’t trust anyone, and you don’t even know where the enemy is.”

Weston, a mar ried father of three, was injured several times while in Iraq from 2004 to 2006. In one instance, an engine block fell on him, and at another time his elbow was damaged while riding in the gunner position on a tank.

Weston is no longer able to continue his military service or work. He still shows signs of the injuries, including the intense back pain that continues to plague him.

The serviceman said he believes another terrorist attack on the United States is possible. “I never thought it would happen here, but I don’t think it’s over,” Weston said. “I think there will be another attack. I just don’t know when, where or how, but it will happen when we’re off guard.”

Winston, who said he had no special plans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, also believes that military servicemen

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TEN YEARS AFTER 9/11: SERVICE AT HOME AND ABROAD

Two important announcements: 1) The highly honored Franklin K. Lane High School ROTC program — the leading Air Force ROTC program in the United States was nearly lost to Queens, Brooklyn and New York City last week. It appears that since Chief Master Sgt. Jose Silveira was retiring, they tried to discontinue the program. Then because of our Brooklyn and Queens elected officials namely Councilmembers Elizabeth Crowley and Eric Ulrich and Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Assemblyman Michael Miller and schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott intervened and our ROTC program was saved. The program is now under the leadership of Master Sgt. Edward Carr and the administration of the Multicultural Campus School will now continue. So, again thankfully they will be the color guard at our Woodhaven ceremonies.

In the last year and a half there have been many viable programs (that would have assisted students in gaining employment in many specialized fields) that have been lost to this school. Some of our best educators have been excessed and told that they no longer had positions. Since Lane High School is located in Woodhaven it is of great concern to us as to the programs and the curriculum they set forth for our students and community. More on this in my next article.

2) Jamaica Avenue has again been victimized with No Parking Anytime Signs that remained posted and have not been removed.

This has caused parking tickets for $115 each to be issued. If you have received a

parking ticket on Jamaica Avenue since Friday, Sept. 2, call the Woodhaven Business Improvement District office at (718) 8050760 or (718) 805-0202 and we will handle them for you.

Every year since 2001 the month of September has brought with it a very sad special feeling. In September 2002, I spoke at an ecumenical prayer mass. The words that I wrote and stated are still poignant now nine years later. I would like to share them again with you.

“Since last year, the sadness of September 11th, 2001 has been constant, as we in Woodhaven cope with the life stories of all those heroes lost and their families that are suffering from their loss. The dirge of bagpipes and the flow of tears have been with us every day, and we grieve. We grieve for all of the innocent men, women, and children that were so brutally taken from us that fateful day. We grieve for our majestic Twin Towers, forever taken from our skyline. These innocents were taken because they were Americans, and our towers for they were symbols of America. Our eyes may be filled with tears, but our vision is clear.

Our America is at war and we view the enemy, terrorism, through eyes of strength and with resolve. The men and women of our armed forces are fighting this war against terrorism with bravery, not as our enemy, who act in cowardice. Our Woodhaven supports these our good defenders, in this war against these hateful evil doers. And because of our good, we will be victorious against this evil. In this time of war, may our leaders, our country and our little Woodhaven be protected. May we be resolute in stating never forget, never again.” Q

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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.

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“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.”

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Woodside man runs for House Socialist Workers Party candidate stresses jobs

by Anna Gustafson Editor

Christopher Hoeppner, the Socialist Workers Party candidate running for former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s seat, says he wants to go to Washington to fight for the working class — which, he added, he understands well.

Born and bred in Woodside, where he

Socialist Workers Party candidate Christopher Hoeppner, a Woodside resident, is running in COURTESY PHOTO the 9th Congressional District.

still resides, Hoeppner, 58, works in an electronics plant in Sheepshead Bay as a machine operator and inspector — a job he said gives him insight into the plight of the country’s working man.

“When I approach people and say I’m running for the 9th Congressional District, they don’t want to talk to me until I say I actually work for a living,” said Hoeppner, who is running against Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck) and Republican candidate Bob Turner.

Saying he is the “revolutionary” and “radical” alternative in the race, the 40-year member of the SWP conceded it’s not easy for a third party to win an election.

While socialists have held office in the United States — there were two socialist members of Congress in the early 20th century and Milwaukee elected a Socialist mayor four times between 1910 and 1960 — the party lost traction after President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.

“The only way I’d get elected is if there’s mass struggles in the street,” Hoeppner said. “In the streets is where people defend their rights, and we’re headed that way.”

Hoeppner highlighted universal health care, increased resources for education, job creation and immigration reform as tenets of his campaign platform.

“The idea that someone goes to a hospital and the first thing they ask you is how you’ll pay for it and not take your pulse is ridiculous,” he said. “Everyone should have healthcare.”

Saying “working people need to join in any struggles, even if they’re small struggles,” Hoeppner said he recently supported Verizon workers who were striking in the city and protested the potential closure of Peninsula Hospital, which is now expected not to happen because Revival Home Health Care has purchased the struggling institution.

The Verizon employees returned to work without winning any concessions.

“They’re closing hospitals in working class neighborhoods,” Hoeppner said.

The candidate also criticized school closures in Queens and the city.

“They don’t have enough room for needed classrooms, but they’re closing schools?” he asked.

The candidate said he would work to create jobs in Queens, and throughout the country.

Specifically, Hoeppner is calling for a government-funded national jobs program, which would include positions repairing roads and bridges, expanding railroads and public transportation and building affordable housing.

“Democrats and Republicans haven’t done anything on the question of employment,” Hoeppner said.

Criticizing President Obama’s administration for what he called “mass deportations,” Hoeppner said he would want to overhaul the country’s immigration system.

He also stated he is pro-choice and against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Q

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Youngsters and their caregivers will learn about animals through educational age-appropriate games, crafts, singalongs, storytelling and many other activities. No program would be complete without a meet-and-greet with some of the zoos’ amazing animals, including hedgehogs, rabbits and other adorable creatures.

Through these live animal encounters, children will observe how animals feel, move and in some cases, eat their delicious snacks.

Toddler Time is a fee-based program for children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult. Programs occur on select days at the zoo throughout autumn. Registration for this program begins on Thursday, Sept. 1.

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by Paula Neudorf But despite this, many art curators in seem barely related to the attacks Queens seem to be saying that even — in fact, of the 70 artworks by 41 10 years on and thousands of images later, people might not artists, many were made before the World Trade Center towers have really seen the event at all. were felled.

Peter Eleey, the curator of MoMA PS1’s show “September 11,” Eleey believes the experience of 9/11 has changed our very which will open on that date, talked about the glut of images perception of history, so that old images have acquired new that came from the attacks. meanings.

“I guess in part because they were so widely distributed and “There’s a range of ways that particularly large-scale, traumatviewed, there remains something overly familiar ... that doesn’t ic events change the way we experience the past,” Eleey said. allow us to make our own meaning,” he said.

When thinking about the show, he said he asked himself, “What In many ways, curators of other shows being mounted in could be gained from looking at this obliquely?”

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North Flushing AARP Chapter 4158 meets on Tuesdays, Sept. 13, Oct. 11, Nov. 8, Dec. 13 at noon at Church on the Hill, 167-07 35 Ave. Flushing. New members welcome.

Crossing Art Gallery, 136-17 39th Ave., ground floor, Flushing, presents Going Green Exhibition now through Sept. 11. For information contact Jennifer Junkermier at jennifer@crossingart.com, (212) 359-4333 or visit crossingart.com. Free.

AARP Chapter 3698 will meet on Wednesday, Sept.

14 at the Zion Episcopal Church, 243-01 Northern Blvd. Douglaston. Social hour at noon, meeting at 1:00 p.m. Program at 2 p.m.

Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., presents Within the Emperor’s Garden — The Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion exhibit, now through Sept. 30.

Suggested donation is $5, free for members. Gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday noon-5 p.m.

Join Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston’s very own knitting circle. Knitters, crocheters, or crafters of any kind welcomed. This is a meeting for adults who know how to knit, not a class. Call Liz at (718) 229-4000, ext.

200 or e-mail emcglinchey@alleypond.com to inquire about meeting times. They will meet a few times a month, and there will be a fee of $3 for members, $5 for nonmember per meeting.

The Maria Rose International Doll Museum, 187-11 Linden Blvd., St. Albans, exhibits are open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 12:30-4:30 p.m.

Cost is $5 for adults, $2.50 for children.

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You Gotta Believe, a community based older child adoption agency is looking for families who would be willing to provide love and nurturing to a child in the foster care system. To learn more, join the agency every Sunday at 4 p.m. at Little Flower Children’s Services, 89-12 162 St., Jamaica.

Oratorio Society of Queens rehearsals begin Monday Sept. 12 at 7:45 p.m. located at Temple Beth Sholom, 172nd Street and Northern Boulevard, Flushing. Interested in becoming a member? Visit QueensOratorio.org, for audition-listening and membership information.

Maggie’s Little Theater at St. Margaret Parish is holding auditions for “The Claus Family Christmas Spectacular,” an original, family-oriented musical revue and variety show, reminiscent of Christmas TV Specials of the ‘50’s and ‘60’s. Auditions are Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept.

15 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 18, from 1-4 p.m., at St. Margaret Parish Hall, 66-05 79 Place, Middle Village. Singers, dancers, comedy acts — all types of performers — are welcome to audition.

Prepare a song and bring sheet music. Rehearsals run September through early December, evenings and weekends. Performances are Dec. 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11.

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.

FILM The fifth annual Sunnyside Shorts Film Festival will be presented in conjunction with Flicks in the Garden on Saturday Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. (rain date Sept. 17). The entire two-hour program will showcase films running from 44 seconds to 16 minutes in length and include comedy, animation, documentary and narration. Sunnyside Shorts will present new films from the UK and France along with audience favorites from previous years. Admission is $10/$5 for SGP members.

DANCE Topaz Arts Center 55-03 39 Ave. Woodside presents Dance Into Light, in an open rehearsal to watch, reflect, discuss and be inspired on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 2 p.m. Suggested donation: $10. Limited seating. Call for reservations: (347) 770-3454 or (917) 941-7313.

FOR KIDS Digital violinist Todd Reynolds and woodwind maestro Ken Thompson will be performing at the Noguchi Museum’s 2011 Music in the Garden series on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 3 p.m.

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The Noguchi Museum 9-01 33 Rd., Long Island City and Bang on a Can continue the 2011 Music in the Garden series in the museum’s sculpture garden with a performance by digital violinist Todd Reynolds and woodwind maestro Ken Thomspon on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 3 p.m. Free with museum admission $10 adults; $5 senior citizens and students with valid ID; free for children under 12.

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.

New York Opera Forum offers a complete perfomance of the operatic classic Lucia di Lammermoor in concert at St. Luke’s Church 85 Greenway South Forest Hills, on Sunday Sept. 18 at 3 p.m.

Soprano Karole Lewis, a Forest Hills favorite, takes the title role of the doomed heroine in this masterpiece of the bel canto repertory. Tenor Benjamin Sloman plays her hotheaded lover, and Edgardo Scott Wheatley is her implacable brother Enrico. Tickets are $12, $10 for seniors and students. For reservations call (718) 268-7772 or visit the church’s website at stlukesforesthills.org.

FLEA MARKETS Faith Mission’s summer flea market will be held every Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. now through Oct. 1 at 114-40 Van Wyck Expressway, South Ozone Park.

LECTURES Guest lecturer Charles Fine will present a video tour of the Lower East Side at the annual breakfast of the Bayside Jewish Center Sisterhood, 203-05 32 Ave. on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. Cost is $10.

Payment is due Monday, Sept. 12.

Join the Walkers for Wellness Club at New Hope Lutheran Church of Jamaica. Under the guidance of a walking leader, you will walk two to three times each week at a comfortable pace. The club is open to walkers of all ages and abilities. The walking schedule is Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. and Saturdays at 8 a.m. Weather permitting, meet at the church, located at 167-24 118 Ave.

MEETINGS Family Focus Adoption Services gives the full story about adopting babies, children and teens; domestic and international. Join them Saturday, Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. or Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at 54-40 Little Neck Parkway, Suite 4, Little Neck. No reservation necessary.

The Flushing AARP Chapter 1405 holds its meetings at the Bowne Street Community Church 143-11 Roosevelt Ave. Flushing, Mondays starting at 1 p.m. The next meetings will be on Sept. 12 and Sept. 26.

The Sisterhood of Bay Terrace Jewish Center 13-00 209 St. Bayside presents at it‘s first meeting of the season, The Kelzmateers, featuring the voice of Julie Ellis and the musical talent of Doug Leblang on Tuesday Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m.

The Flushing YMCA Flyers will be holding tryouts for its swim teams on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 8 a.m.; Monday, Sept. 12 at 5 p.m.; or Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 5 p.m. The tryouts are open to girls and boys ages 5-18. No competitive experience is necessary. The Flyers are one of the top rated teams in the metropolitan area. The YMCA is located at 138-46 Northern Blvd., Flushing. Call (718) 961-6880, ext. 131 for more information.

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

The Center for the Women of New York in Kew Gardens offers various classes in family day care — health and safety course, medical office assistant’s course, horticulture and home health aide class. For costs and information, call (718) 793-0672.

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.

Dance with instructions at Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, every Monday and Friday, 7:15-8 p.m. From 8-11 p.m. will be a dance social. Music by Sal Escott. Admission is $10.

Yoga classes are now being held at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, 76-11 37 Ave., Room 204, Jackson Heights. All levels are welcomed.

Classes are held Saturdays, from 10-11 a.m. and Sundays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Classes held during the week include, meditation, ayurvedic, yoga philosophy and Sanskrit language instruction. Minimum donation is $5. For information, call Rashid at (646) 912-1885 or Shree at (646) 417-2252.

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by Jason Pafundi Citywide, a plethora of exhibits commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11. Below are the art shows being held throughout Queens, many of which will be on display through the fall.

ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY Queens Campus, Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery; 8000 Utopia Parkway; (888) 978-5646, stjohns.edu Running until Oct. 26, a collection of iconic photographs taken of the disaster before the area was barricaded by the NYPD and FDNY by famed street photographer Jeff Mermelstein. “Jeff Mermelstein: 9.11.01.” Free.

QUEENS COLLEGE ART CENTER Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Level Six; 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing; (718) 997-3770, qcpages.qc. cuny.edu/art_library/artcenter.html Mon-Thurs 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (closed Oct. 10 and holidays) Running until Oct. 14, “This is Personal: Michael Ragdale’s 9/11,” an archive of more than 3,000 post-9/11 items available for view and examination. Free.

LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE E-Building, 5th Floor, Presidential Gallery; 31-10 Thompson Ave., Long Island City; (718) 482-7200, lagcc.cuny. edu/home/; Sept. 10 to Nov. 23 “Witness – A Look Back to the Future” includes works by 15 established artists who lived or worked in the area of the World Trade Center on 9/11. Free.

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BAYSIDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten Park, Bayside; (718) 352-1548, bayside historical.org; Thurs and Fri 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Sun 12 p.m.-4 p.m.

On display through the fall, an exhibit featuring photographs, local and national newspapers of the time, sculpture, artwork and letters composed for firefighters by local schoolchildren. Free.

Janet Cardiff’s audio installation “The Forty-Part Motet” was first presented at MoMA PS1 in the wake of 9/11 and has been reinstalled in the same gallery for the museum’s 10-year PHOTO COURTESY MOMA PS1 anniversary show.

GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Quinn Building; 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor, Long Island City; (718) 278-0700, astorialic.org On Monday, Sept. 12, a photo exhibit by freelance photographer Steve Spak shows photos taken during the recovery process after the 9/11 attacks. $5, free for GAHS members.

QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside; (718) 631-6262, qcc.cuny.edu/; Sept. 9 to Oct. 21 An exhibit of 9/11 works by artist Ultra Violet, who starred in many Andy Warhol films, commemorates the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. Free.

MOMA PS 1 46-01 21 St., Long Island City; (718) 784-2084, ps1.org; Sept. 11-Jan. 9, 2012, Thurs-Mon 12 p.m.-6 p.m. (closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays) On display, more than 70 works by 41 artists, many made prior to 9/11, that explore the attacks’ enduring and farreaching resonance.

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Among the art forms on display are photographs, prints, videos and collages.

A new cultural hub serving as an alter“Subway Fab,” a piece created in ink native space for queer art has opened in and colored pencil in 2008, features a a converted storage room below the pair of androgynous figures at the Union Hombres Lounge, a gay bar in Jackson Square subway station.

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“It’s not what you’d expect to see of a According to Hector Canonge, direc- male body. You ask, ‘What are they? tor of Cinemarosa, the only queer film Men, women?’” Canonge said. series in the borough, Galeria, a new “Joseph Josephine,” a photograph initiative by Cinemarosa, was estab- taken in 2011 by Queens resident Angel lished in partnership Brown, deals with with the Hombres both gender and Lounge to “expand race. Inspired by the queer visibility.” late entertainer The first exhibition, When: Aug. 31-Sept. 21: Josephine Baker, the “Queer Bodies,” photograph imMon-Thurs 6-10 p.m., which opened on pressed Canonge for Fri 6-9 p.m., Sat. 7-10 p.m.

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The walls were green. The lighting was not appropriate to show art. Slowly the place got transformed.”

Fino said he was “thrilled” to collaborate with Canonge. “The partnership will serve to introduce the public to art outside the traditional exhibition environment,” he added.

In addition to rotating monthly exhibits featuring the work of queer visual artists, Galeria will serve as “a cultural hub for the presentation of performing artists, video screenings and social events for networking and dialogue,” Canonge said.

When “Queer Bodies” closes, it will be followed by further exhibits, including “Q-Topias” (Oct. 26Nov. 16) and “Positive Art” (Nov. 24-Dec. 14).

The exhibits are free and open to the public, though Canonge acknowledges that Galeria is not your typical mom and pop A photograph by Andrew Mueller appearing in the exhibit gallery, aiming, instead, to “Queer Bodies” at Galeria, a new art space in Jackson attract mature and openQ PHOTO COURTESY GALERIA Heights. minded audiences.

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At LaGuardia Community College, on the other hand, curator and art professor Kris Jefferson emphasized a more direct kind of connection to the event.

Her show at LaGuardia features the work of 15 artists who all lived near or worked in the WTC. Michael Richards, one of the artists in the show, had a studio in the WTC and died in the attacks.

Yet Jefferson still expressed a sentiment similar to Eleey’s when talking about how she came up with the exhibit. Many of her students were very young on Sept. 11, 2001, she explained, and in fact, many experienced it in other countries. She worried that “for them, it was almost like a video game.”

“It’s such a horrific event that people try to get a little bit of distance on it,” Jefferson said. She saw her “curatorial imperative” as being the need to give “an up-close and personal reaction to 9/11.”

One of the most poignant works in the exhibit is a video taken by Monika Bravo, who was working as an artist in the WTC at the same time as Richards.

Bravo shot video from one of the towers just 12 hours before they were hit, filming, according to Jefferson, “what

aftermath, or what went missing.

Sometimes, this is evident in a very literal way. One artist featured in the LaGuardia show, for example, spent months taking photographs of all the missing persons fliers that appeared around the city, before they got “damaged and destroyed by nature,” Jefferson said. He wanted to make sure those people, already lost, weren’t “taken A still from Mary Lucier’s video installation “Dawn Burn,” away again.” produced in 1975, is one of many pieces at PS1’s exhibit made Perhaps the most PHOTO COURTESY MOMA PS1 extreme version of that prior to 9/11. preservation instinct is Michael would have been looking at the work by Michael Ragsdale, featured while he was working on his sculpture” in the show “This is Personal” at the Queens College Art Center. Ragsdale, in the hours before he died.

It might be the very universality of the who was working as a videographer for images the world saw of 9/11 that has C-SPAN, Columbia University and the curators and artists concerned with craft- Manhattan Institute when the 9/11 ing a personal meaning from the tragedy. attacks occurred, responded to the Another recurring preoccupation of many tragedy by collecting every piece of paper 9/11 works is the idea of preserving what he could find relating to 9/11 events might have been lost in the event and its around the city for some seven years.

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Ragsdale not only gathered over 4,000 pieces of paper relating to post9/11 events — fliers, postcards, “anything I could find on paper,” he said — he actually attended many of the events continued on page 53 00 in question.

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SPECIAL EVENTS A Back to School Festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10, noon-3 p.m. at Little Bay Park in Bayside.

The 31st annual Antique Motorcycle Show will be held at the Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park on Sunday, Sept. 11 from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Admission is $5 per person.

The 13th annual Long Island Pride Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament will be held on Sunday Sept.

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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 Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 123-10 143 St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Breakfast is at 9 a.m. with a suggested donation of 75 cents; lunch is at noon with a suggested donation of $1.50. Exercise programs include: yoga, tai chi stretch, three dance groups (African, interpretive and line), chair exercise, choral group, crochet/knit (Mondays and Tuesdays), ceramic, art and camera class, quilting/sewing, Wii games, arts and crafts, conversational Spanish, book talk club, movie afternoons, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more.

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The Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75th St., offers beginner and intermediate level computer classes and workshops in Word 2007 and Excel 2007. Call Dina at (718) 894-3441 or visit the center.

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.

VOLUNTEERS Maggie’s Little Theater at St. Margaret Parish, 6605 79 Pl., Middle Village, is seeking a creative team of volunteers for its musical revue and variety show, “The Claus Family Christmas Spectacular,” reminiscent of Christmas TV specials of the ’50s and ’60s. Auditions begin mid-September.

Rehearsals run mid-September-early December during the evenings and weekends. Performance dates are Dec. 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11. If you would like to be involved in the off-stage aspects of production, such as director, musical director, choreographer, stage crew, painters, costumers, seamstress/tailors, send an e-mail to maggieslittletheater@gmail.com or call (917) 579-5389 for information and to set up an appointment.

Bridge instructor needed for refresher course and guided supervised play. Contact Wendy or Rochelle at SNAP Bell Park Senior Center in Queens Village at (718) 740-3905.

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His “paper history,” as he calls it, fits into 40 three-ring binders, all of which will be on view at the exhibit. The Maspeth resident now works as a cab driver, and said he hopes people would go to the exhibit to “remember who got involved and decided to do something” after the attacks.

Curator Suzanna Simor called the items in the collection “the kind of stuff that historically are most difficult to find.”

“An archive of ephemera is the rarest archive,” Simor said. “It’s strong stuff, I Q can tell you.”

ACROSS 1 Symbol of intrigue 4 iPhone download 7 Nut job 12 Actress Longoria 13 Meadow 14 Foreigner 15 Part of UCLA 16 Beatles ditty 18 Schuss 19 Heavens above 20 “Phooey!”

22 Green prefix 23 Castro’s home 27 Young fellow 29 Trafalgar admiral 31 Daniel who’s played 007 34 Prepared 35 Gilligan’s boat 37 Scratch 38 Carry 39 Simile center 41 Entanglement 45 Its participants must form a line 47 Spring mo.

48 “The Swedish Nightingale” 52 Conk out 53 Alaskan islander 54 Nourished 55 Cozy lodging 56 Boston newspaper 57 Wayne and Worth (Abbr.)

58 Roulette bet

Crossword Answers DOWN 1 People of Pontypridd 2 Bring forth 3 Fundamental 4 Swiss range 5 Cheated at hide-and-seek 6 “War of the Worlds” effect 7 Methods 8 Every iota 9 Spy-novel org.

10 Jennings of “Jeopardy!”

11 Inseparable 17 Night light?

21 “A Fish Called Wanda” Oscar winner 23 Office worker 24 N.A. portion 25 Physique 26 Whatever number 28 Past 30 Historic time 31 Nashville-based MTV offshoot 32 Carnival city 33 Pismire

36 Cry like a banshee 37 Fridge decoration 40 Check for smells 42 Bottom 43 Put one’s two cents in 44 Pollster’s find 45 Info measure 46 Toteboard tally 48 Show that spawned “NCIS” 49 Right angle 50 Ultramodernist 51 Gist Answers at right

One of the pieces of “paper ephemera” Michael Ragsdale collected in the wake of 9/11. PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS COLLEGE ART CENTER

29th Annual

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Community Board No.: 14Q This application, Cal. No.: 47-11BZ, has been calendared for Public Hearing on Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 1:30 P.M., session, 40 Rector Street, 6th floor Hearing Room “E”, Borough of Manhattan. Interested persons or associations may appear at the hearing to present testimony regarding this application. This application can be reviewed at the Board offices, Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: H.B. LANG REALTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/21/11. 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, c/o Denise R. Langweber L.L.P., 3332 Sunrise Highway, Wantagh, New York 11793.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: CRITERION HOLDINGS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/19/11.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 35-11 36th Street, Astoria, New York 11106.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: BENAIR HVAC-R LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/19/2011. 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: Ben Avishai Yarkoni, 150-14 Grand Central Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11432. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: A W Family LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/05/2011. 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, 84-11 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, NY 11421. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

RLLCCYCR LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/31/2011.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Jun Xu, 17-19 Putnam Ave., Suite 3L, Ridgewood, NY 11385.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of WAVECREST MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/25/11. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Susan Camerata, 87-14 116th St., Richmond Hill, NY 11418. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office.

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JAMESON PLAZA LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/18/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 4128 College Point Blvd., Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: Alina & Sofia’s Jewelry LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/20/2011. 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 Eduard Lalaiants, 84-10 34 Ave., Apt. 4L, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 5505 ASSOCIATES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/25/11. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 139-10 28th Rd., Apt. 5B, Flushing, NY 11354.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation: FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/14/2011.

Office loc: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT, LLC., 63 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205.

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SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF NEW YORK, Index No. 7295-09 SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNTY NYCTL 2008-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs, VS. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, INC.; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE; HAROLD H. ALLEN and PATRICIA H. ALLEN, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Queens County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: May 11, 2011 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Jaime A. Rios, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated August 1, 2011, and filed with supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a tax lien covering the property known as 129-12 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Jamaica, New York and being a parcel of land designated as Block 12276 and Lot 63. The relief sought is the sale of the subject property at public auction in satisfaction of the tax lien. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $13,909.71, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the property.

Richard M. Beers, Jr., Phillips Lytle LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiffs Office and Post Office Address 1400 First Federal Plaza Rochester, New York 14614 Tel. No. (585) 238-2000

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: Q & A CONSULTING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/08/2011. 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, 11 Soundview Drive, Bayville, NY 11709. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: FTW Consulting LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/14/2011. 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, 29-15 36th Ave., #4EA, Astoria, NY 11106. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WANG HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 7/19/2011.

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: 143-13 Beech Ave., Flushing, NY 11355.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

THE NEW YORK FAMILY OFFICE LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 7/8/11.

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, c/o Heiko Meyenschein, 90 Park Ave., Ste. 1710, NY, NY 10016. General Purposes

CS CONDO LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/21/2011.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 39-60 65th St., Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

GHALE CONCIERGE & SECURITY SERVICE LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 4/15/11. NY Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 411 Onderdonk Ave., Ridgewood, NY 11385. General Purposes.

SUMMONS AND ORDER FOR PUBLICATION STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT, CIVIL DIVISION, RUTLAND UNIT DOCKET NO. 497-6-10 Rdcv DATE ISSUED: 8/2/11 ATOMIC PROFESSIONAL AUDIO INC. V. EASTWEST BEST INC. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon John R. Canney Ill, plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 6626, Rutland, VT 05702, an answer to plaintiff’s complaint in the above-entitled action within 41 days after the date of the first publication of this summons, which is September 8, 2011. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. Your answer must also be filed with the court. Unless otherwise provided in Rule 13(a), your answer must state as a counterclaim any related claim which you may have against the plaintiff, or you will thereafter be barred from making such claim in any other action. YOUR ANSWER MUST STATE SUCH A COUNTERCLAIM WHETHER OR NOT THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT IS FOR DAMAGE COVERED BY A LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY UNDER WHICH THE INSURER HAS THE RIGHT OR OBLIGATION TO CONDUCT THE DEFENSE. If you believe that the plaintiff is not entitled to all or part of the claim set forth in the complaint, or if you believe that you have a counterclaim against the plaintiff, you may wish to consult an attorney. If you feel that you cannot afford to pay an attorney’s fee, you may ask the clerk of the court for information about places where you may seek legal assistance.

Plaintiff’s action is a Complaint for monies owed based upon materials and services provided to the Defendants. A copy of the complaint is on file and maybe obtained at the office of the clerk of this court.

It appearing from the Affidavit duly filed in the above-entitled action that service cannot be made with due diligence by any of the methods prescribed in V.R.C.P. 4(d) through (f) inclusive, it is hereby ORDERED that service of the above process shall be made upon the defendant, EastWest Best inc., by publication pursuant to V.RC.P. [4(d)(1) and] 4(g).

This order shall be published once a week for 3 weeks on September 8, 2011, September 15, 2011, and September 22, 2011, in the Queens Chronicle, a newspaper of general circulation in Queens County, NY, and a copy of this order shall be mailed to the defendant, EastWest Best Inc., if their address is known.

Dated, at Rutland, Vermont this 1st day of August, 2011.

Mary Miles Teachout, Vermont Superior Court Judge, Civil Division, Rutland Unit

Notice of Formation of KULEKORGOOD, ROFF AND ASSOCIATES, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/17/11. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of PLLC: 118-35 Queens Blvd., 17th Fl., Forest Hills, NY 11375. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the PLLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Practice of law.

S&S Exterminating LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/22/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 63-09 108th St., Ste. 3D, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: General.

Notice of Formation of MW ROUNDHOUSE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/22/11.

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 Werber Management, 40-52 75th St., Elmhurst, NY 11373.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 8/31/2011, bearing Index Number NC-000679-11/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 Evan Yufang Ye. My present name is Evan Yufang Hong. My present address is 132-25 Maple Ave., Apt. 112, Flushing, NY 11355. My place of birth is Manhattan, NY. My date of birth is August 24, 2005.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 7/5/11, bearing Index Number NC-000509-11/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 Dimitrios Markopoulos. My present name is Jimmy Markou.

My present address is 199-34 28th Ave., Flushing, NY 11358.

My place of birth is Greece. My date of birth is November 5, 1949.

MODAREVISE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/20/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Jonathan M. Stein ESQ., PLLC, 11 Grace Ave., Ste. 410, Great Neck, NY 11021.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: SANDY SUN LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/01/2010. 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, 135-11 40th Road, Suite 4C, Flushing, NY 11354. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

YORK SECURITY SYSTEMS LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/08/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Jarek Kajda, 6605 70th St., Middle Village, NY 11379.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Wall Street FPGA, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/4/11.

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, 4020 195th Street, Flushing, NY 11358. General Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 7/21/2011, bearing Index Number NC-661-11/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 Moses Hoon Lee. My present name is Tae Hoon Lee. My present address is 200-05 16 Avenue, Bayside, NY 11360. My place of birth is Queens, New York. My date of birth is February 18, 1992.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: FULL HOUSE PARKING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/3/2008. 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, 135-11 40th Road, Suite 4C, Flushing, NY 11354. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 110-45 ZJD, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/12/11. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 112-15 72nd Rd., #410, Forest Hills (Queens), NY 11375. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Robert Rothstein, M.D. at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Raymond’s Plumbing & Heating, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/18/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 77-45 164th St., Flushing, NY 11366. Purpose: General.

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Blasting through the borough, as per Moses

The art of the un-deal

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

On Nov. 15, 1940 the Queens Midtown Tunnel was opened to the general public.

When exiting the tunnel into Queens, motorists were slowed down on their way to Long Island by two-lane streets. The problem was to be solved by construction of the Queens Midtown Highway.

Swedish engineer Ole Singstad, who helped design and build the tunnel, decided how the highway would run and which blocks would be eliminated in Woodside, Maspeth, Elmhurst and Rego Park.

To get to Long Island, you have to bypass these older neighborhoods at great speed, master planner Robert Moses said.

As people complained, he said, “You have to break a few eggs to make an omelette.”

Condemnations began in 1950 and blocks of houses and businesses came down from 1953 to 1955. In 1958 the completed Queens Midtown Highway linked up with the Long Island Expressway at the Queens-Nassau border. In 1959 Moses changed to name of the QMH to LIE. Shown here is the once-famous Queens Food Shop located at 91-74 Queens Blvd. at Eliot Avenue, opposite the present Rego Park post office. It sat on the western corner, which is now directly under the LIE

overpass. The dedicated owner of the eatery was Christ G. Campos (1890-1972), who ran another diner of the same name at 169-06 Hillside Ave. in Jamaica.

After more than 20 years in business the Queens Boulevard building was torn down and Eliot Avenue was overrun by hundreds of rats that fled as their home was destroyed. School children were told to play inside and not go out until things settled down.

Campos, who was turning 65 at the time, decided to take his settlement, sell his other diner and retire from the business. He never moved away from Queens, however, living the rest of his life on 159th Street in Q the Hillcrest section of Jamaica.

The Queens Food Shop, 91-74 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, summer 1933.

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

The term “May-December romance” is used to describe a relationship with a significant age difference between partners. Perhaps a new phrase, “May-September romance,” will come to describe business deals that fall apart.

On May 26 the Mets announced that David Einhorn would be the team’s new minority owner. On Sept. 1 they announced the end of negotiations with Einhorn.

Since the Mets are a subsidiary of the privately held Sterling Enterprises, we are not privy to their financial dealings the way that we are with publicly traded corporations.

Nonetheless the conventional wisdom seems to be that Mets CEO Fred Wilpon believes his monetary exposure to Madoff victims’ trustee Irving Picard is a lot less now since he learned on July 7 that the dispute will not be decided in bankruptcy court but in U.S. District Court.

In the former legal jurisdiction, Wilpon could have been on the hook for $1 billion. In the latter, the general feeling is that the most he will lose is the $300 million in Madoff profits that Picard claims Sterling Enterprises earned.

So Wilpon no longer considers David Einhorn’s $200 million such a necessary lifeline.

It has been alleged that Wilpon was quite nervous about the possibility of immediately losing control of the Mets this past spring because of cash flow problems. Accordingly, he was willing to agree to Einhorn’s demand that he be allowed to keep roughly a one-sixth equity interest in the team if he were to be repaid his $200 million investment in five

years. If he was not repaid, then he would be given a one-third stake in the team and the right to purchase a majority interest at an agreed upon price. Desperate times apparently called for desperate measures.

I got a good chuckle reading Daily News columnists Mike Lupica and Bill Madden last Sunday. Just after Memorial Day they were singing Einhorn’s praises for being a franchise savior. Just before Labor Day, however, they were accusing him of “shorting the Mets,” meaning that it would be to his advantage if the team were to stink so that he could swoop in and buy it at a bargain basement price.

Einhorn proclaims that he is first and foremost a Mets fan who roots for his team. I have no reason to doubt him. He made his fortune in the mysterious world of hedge funds, which is a fancy way of saying that he gambles big time in investments. In this case, though, all he was doing is what anybody in capitalism tries to do: buy low and one day sell high.

Einhorn’s departure does not mean Wilpon is free of cash problems. The team’s guaranteed payroll will be at least $100 million next year and it will be higher if they re-sign free agent-to-be shortstop Jose Reyes. Even if he does come back, the Mets in all likelihood will not be very good and attendance revenue will drop. There are also the high interest payments that have to be made to Citi Field bondholders and to the lenders that helped finance SNY. There is also a $25 million loan to Major League Baseball that has to be repaid.

And let’s not forget that Picard is still Q breathing down Wilpon’s neck.

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