Queens Chronicle 05-01-25

Casino bid dropouts may change the odds

Who makes the decisions, and when will the process move forward?

by Kristen Guglielmo Editor

The field for one of the three downstate casino licenses to be awarded this year has gotten smaller, going from 11 to nine as two bidders recently folded.

According to multiple reports, Las Vegas Sands, which hoped to build a casino at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, and Saks Global, which wanted to place one atop its Fifth Avenue location, both exited the running, slimming the field of prospective licensees.

In Queens, Metropolitan Park in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, proposed by New York Mets owner Steve Cohen and Hard Rock International, and Resorts World New York City in South Ozone Park, owned by Genting, hope to win their bids. Both have been reaching out to those in their respective neighborhoods, trying to garner widespread community support.

The $8 billion Metropolitan Park proposal would turn the 50-acre parking lot adjacent to Citi Field into a hotel, casino and entertainment complex, including a public park, a Queens food hall, a live music venue and other amenities.

If the project receives a casino license, the team behind Metropolitan Park has promised to fund Flushing Skypark, a

Two in Queens are competing for one of three downstate casino licenses expected to be awarded this year: Resorts World NYC in South Ozone Park, left, and Metropolitan Park in the area surrounding Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

pedestrian and bicycle bridge championed by state Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside), and more than 450 units of affordable housing at 54-19 100 St. in Corona.

The state Legislature would have to pass parkland alienation bills to allow commercial building outside Citi Field. The bills are carried by Liu and Assemblymember Larin-

da Hooks (D-Corona). Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Jackson Heights), whose district encompasses most of the affected area, refused to introduce the legislation.

Last Thursday, the City Council passed a “home rule” resolution, part of the permitted use process, calling on the state to approve those bills.

“Last week’s home rule brings us one step closer to delivering 23,000 union jobs, 25 acres of public park space, new entertainment options, and over $1 billion in community benefits for Queens,” said Karl Rickett, a spokesperson for Metropolitan Park, in a statement.

On Tuesday, the state Senate Cities Committee narrowly voted to advance Liu’s bill — four in the committee voted in favor of its advancement without recommendation, and three voted no.

Hooks’ version still needs approval from the Assembly Cities Committee. The full Senate and Assembly will have to vote on the bills, and if both groups approve, Gov. Hochul will make the final decision.

Alternatively, the Resorts World bid is a $5 billion plan, expanding the existing gaming facility, at 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., into a full-scale casino.

The proposal includes more than 50 acres of dedicated park space, a concert hall, luxury hotel and workforce apartment housing.

Resorts World has support for its bid among area elected officials, who have said they would prefer to see an existing gaming facility, led by a group they trust, expand.

For example, Councilmember Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) was one of two to vote

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COURTESY RENDERINGS

Rajkumar gets heat for campaign comics

Accused

of racism by BP Richards for political cartoons of opponent Williams

by Kristen Guglielmo Editor

Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven) is utilizing social media during her campaign for city public advocate — and ruffling feathers along the way.

Rajkumar, colloquially known as the “lady in red” for her affinity for wearing the color, last Wednesday posted a cartoon image that characterized her opponent, incumbent Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, as lazy.

In the comic, Williams appears napping in bed under a screenshot of a 2021 Twitter post he made about consuming edibles, juxtaposed with a cartoon image of Rajkumar on the move with a schedule. She’s frequently referred to him as the “public absentee.”

with the caption, “What the hell she smoking!!!!!”

Rajkumar, in response, updated the comic to add Richards’ image in the crowd.

“I am the Woman in the Arena— winning championships while others heckle from the grandstands,” Rajkumar wrote. “Thanks for tuning in, Donovan!”

The two engaged in a back-and-forth on X, wherein Richards poked fun at her poll numbers, and Rajkumar said, “Queens constituents are waiting for you to do something meaningful.” He responded with a video from his recent State of the Borough address.

Though her longstanding allyship with Mayor Adams seems to have dulled, it appears Rajkumar took a page out of his book. Adams last Tuesday at his weekly off-topic press conference alleged that Williams “wakes up at noon” and “takes a nap until 2. He goes looking around the fort to make sure the guards are awake. And then he goes back and takes another nap.”

Rajkumar, who according to a Honan Strategy Group poll is polling at 6 percent, kept the strategy going throughout the week, even after an anonymous Democrat political consultant in an April 24 New York Post article called the post “desperate and racist.”

On Sunday, Rajkumar took to social media to post a cartoon image of herself making a slam dunk over Williams, who is polling at 51 percent, according to Honan Strategy Group.

Though Williams has ignored the posts, Borough President Donovan Richards took to his personal X account to respond to Rajkumar, reposting the comic

The conversation ended with Rajkumar saying, “Picking this fight was unwise,” and Richards responding, “Being racist ain’t wise.”

Chris Barca, the spokesperson for the borough president, declined to comment. A spokesperson for Williams’ campaign did not comment.

Arvind Sooknanan, a Rajkumar campaign spokesperson, said, “Criticism based on a public official’s performance is not racism — it’s accountability.”

Sooknanan, who said the images were drawn by a New Yorker “tired of politics as usual — and decided to draw the future,” said Rajkumar will transform the Public Advocate’s Office into a “24/7 office to uplift working people and urgently solve our City’s most pressing problems such as crime, the mental health crisis and affordability.”

He added, “As for Borough President Richards, the Assemblywoman had always been respectful and kind toward him. His tweets seemed random and out of left field, and we were surprised by the hostility.”

Brian Browne, a political analyst and adjunct professor of political science at St. John’s University,

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The public advocate race is heating up social media as candidate Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar posts cartoons against her opposition, incumbent Jumaane Williams. Borough President Donovan Richards found himself in the fray after seemingly coming to Williams’ defense. X SCREENSHOT

Licensee charged with violations; and CM Ariola seeks tighter laws Allegedly illicit street vendor shut down

by Kristen Guglielmo Editor

The fight against illicit street vendors in Woodhaven continued last week, as police with the city Department of Sanitation removed the same produce tables from a sidewalk on Jamaica Avenue at Woodhaven Boulevard twice within two days.

Councilmember Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) was at the scene on April 22 alongside Cathy Williams, executive director of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District.

“It’s just such a shame that we have to utilize resources to continually come out to Jamaica Avenue to get rid of illegal vendors,” Ariola said in a video posted to Facebook.

The council member explained that licensed street vendors are operating illegally if the licensee is not on site, as she said was the case with the one on Jamaica by Woodhaven.

Ariola also pointed out that the vendor’s two tables were not at least 20 feet away from storefronts, which is unlawful, and that they were set up in a bus stop.

“This is where the laws have to be tightened up,” Ariola said. “People are bending the laws, skirting the laws and scamming the system, and coming out and having a negative impact on our brick-and-mortar stores and our pedestrians, who need this space to walk.”

Ariola said the offender was issued $6,000 in fines and that the food taken will be donated to a pantry.

“Let this be a lesson to anyone who is thinking of illegally vending in District 32,” she said. “Don’t do it!”

But, she said, the vendor returned the following day and again set up in the same spot.

“My friend on Jamaica Avenue apparently did not get the message yesterday, and decided to return again and continue violating the terms of his license,” Ariola wrote on Facebook accompanied by photos of the scene. “So we are shutting him down once more, and we will keep on shutting him down and confiscating his unlicensed items until the message is clear.”

When the Chronicle visited the location a few days after the second bust, the space was vacant. The operator could not be reached for comment. Q

Councilmember Joann Ariola, left, and Woodhaven Business Improvement District Executive Director Cathy Williams were on the scene April 22 as police with the Department of Sanitation shut down a vendor allegedly operating illegally on Jamaica Avenue. NYC COUNCIL PHOTO / FACEBOOK

BP touts investments in education, environment and more in address ‘Queens is under attack’: Richards

by Stephanie G. Meditz Associate Editor

“We are living proof that the idea of America is alive and well, right here in the World’s Borough,” said Queens Borough President Donovan Richards in his State of the Borough address at Queens Theatre April 25.

Though Richards’ roughly hourlong speech did not shy away from the fear and uncertainty faced by many under the Trump administration, its overarching tone was triumphant, as he highlighted local efforts and future visions against what he feels are “attacks” from federal leaders.

Among his primary goals was to celebrate the borough’s diversity and large population of immigrants, as President Trump works to fulfill his campaign promise of mass repatriations of unauthorized migrants.

“When we talk about fighting back, protecting our immigrant communities from attack is where we must start,” Richards said.

His administration has “immersed” itself in immigrant communities, he said, bringing services such as Know Your Rights workshops directly into Queens neighborhoods and funding community centers, such as Make The Road New York’s new one in Corona.

Richards also spoke against the Trump administration’s reversal of actions to combat climate change, such as cutting funding from flood mitigation projects in Queens. In his first term, he said, he has invested $44 million into parks, and Astoria’s Champlain Hudson Power Express is slated to open next year and feed clean hydroelectricity into Con Edison’s power grid.

He also cited the Renewable Ravenswood plan, which would power hundreds of thousands of homes with clean wind power.

“I can’t promise we’ll win every fight with the Trump administration on the environment,” Richards said. “But I can promise that we won’t go down without a fight.”

As the White House takes actions that Richards believes are “destroying public education,” he said he has invested more than $78 million into public schools since 2021.

Construction on a 547-seat elementary school began in Long Island City last November, and Jamaica will soon see a new high school on Hillside Avenue. Forest Hills High School also is slated for a 700-seat annex, and a brand-new building is coming to PS 106 in Far Rockaway.

So far during his term, he added, almost 9,000 new school seats are either in the process of being created or already have been.

“Make no mistake, my administration will stop at nothing to make sure our kids get the high quality education they deserve,” Richards said.

Referring to transportation as “the great equalizer,” Richards looked to the future of improvements there, too. The $5.5 billion Interborough Express would connect “transit deserts” such as Middle Village to more subway lines and bus routes, and the Queens Bus Network Redesign will start to roll out in June.

“We are the answer. No one else but us.”

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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards

Air transportation has seen its share of improvements, too. He told the crowd that the new LaGuardia Airport was named the best airport in the nation by Forbes. The first 14 gates at JFK’s New Terminal One will open next year, and Terminal 5 is slated to see a $100 million upgrade.

Richards said his office “drove a hard bargain” maintaining a 30 percent MWBE participation rate for minority- and womenowned business enterprises across the project, and $1 billion in contracts have gone to Queens companies.

But it does not stop there — Richards discussed future opportunities to create even more jobs, citing the casino and entertainment proposals for Metropolitan Park and Resorts World, which he said would create a total of more than 30,000 permanent positions and construction jobs.

“It’s easy to be cynical about government right now,” Richards said. “Washington is broken, but Queens isn’t.”

right and prompting waves of applause, he said Queens is getting its first standalone cancer center at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. Not only did he allocate $6 million in funding toward the hospital, but he worked with Gov. Hochul to secure more than $180 million in state funding for the new center.

The energy delivered will not only be renewable, but cheaper, he said.

“You heard that, Con Edison?” Richards jested, alluding to the utility’s proposed double-digit gas and electric rate hikes.

“But two words rattle in my head more than any other whenever we talk about airports — jobs and opportunities,” Richards said, adding that Queens will see more than 15,000 positions, including thousands of union jobs, at JFK alone.

E-waste, paint recycling in WH

If you have old or broken electronics or paint you’ve been meaning to part with, head to the Forest Park Bandshell Parking Lot in Woodhaven on May 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., for an e-waste event hosted by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven), in partnership with Lower East Side Ecology Center and PaintCare.

Accepted electronics include computers, monitors, handheld devices, network devices, printers, televisions, cell phones and extension cords. Batteries, floppy disks, VHS or cassette tapes, CDs or DVDs, medication, household appliances and hazardous

materials will not be accepted.

Interior and exterior architectural paints, deck coatings, primers, stains, waterproofing concrete, metal coatings, and field and lawn paints may be recycled. Paint thinners, solvents, aerosol coatings, auto and marine paints, arts and crafts paints and caulking compounds will not be accepted.

Those with questions can contact Addabbo’s office at (718) 738-1111.

“By recycling your e-waste and paint, you help to clean up the environment and create a healthier planet now and for future generations,” Addabbo said in a statement. Q

Healthcare was another of his priorities, as many have expressed doubts about the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a notorious vaccine skeptic, as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Richards said that during his first term, his administration designated $36 million for Queens clinics and hospitals.

Emphasizing that healthcare is a human

As for affordable housing, he discussed the 2,500 units coming to Willets Point; the One LIC Neighborhood Plan, which would rezone the area around the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge to encourage the creation of thousands of units; and the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan, which would redesign and improve “one of the nation’s busiest transit hubs.”

He also discussed his wish to build new homes on the largely vacant 50 acres of land at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center campus in Queens Village, a plan the state is pushing.

“The problems we face are profound. When haven’t they been?” Richards said. “But we are the answer. No one else but us.” Q

Young pandit, 17, missing

The search continues for 17-year-old Kumar Naraine of Jamaica, who has been missing for more than three weeks.

According to a flier being circulated, Naraine was last seen on April 6 at 6 p.m., heading toward the Cross Bay Bridge.

He has black hair, brown eyes, stands at around 5 feet, 8 inches and weighs 125 pounds. He was last seen wearing gray sweatpants, a black jacket and gray Crocs. He

had a gray backpack and was riding a blue bicycle.

Naraine is a member of Shri Trimurti Bhavan, a Hindu temple in Ozone Park, where he is a pandit, or a priest.

Anyone with information on Naraine’s whereabouts should text or call (917) 517-1757 or (917) 463-7609, or call 911.

Any information that is given will be kept confidential, per the flier. Q — Kristen Guglielmo

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards’ State of the Borough address was one of hope and resilience amid what he says are attacks from the White House. PHOTO BY STEPHANIE G. MEDITZ

Kumar Naraine FAMILY PHOTO

CB 9 group says no to pot shops Cannabis Committee declines to recommend applicants

by Kristen Guglielmo Editor

Community Board 9’s Cannabis Committee last Thursday voted to not positively recommend two applications for weed dispensaries in Woodhaven.

Community boards can send an opinion to the state Office of Cannabis Management, which will make the final decision on approvals. The full board will vote on the applicants during its meeting on May 13.

The applicants for the locations, Bay Bridge East at 95-31 Jamaica Ave., and Anniery Holguin at 86-22 Jamaica Ave., were invited but did not attend, according to members of the committee. They also did not return questionnaires sent by the board.

“So they both chose not to participate?” Regina Santoro, the chair of the committee, asked. “That speaks volumes.”

On Bay Bridge East, Santoro said the location is very close to Woodhaven Boulevard, where a lot of young people take the nearby train to school.

Community Board 9’s cannabis committee last Thursday voted to not recommend two dispensary applications. ZOOM SCREENSHOT

“It doesn’t warrant it,” Santoro said. “The area does not reflect that kind of business.”

Martin Colberg, a member of the committee and president of the Woodhaven Residents Block Association, said the business currently occupying 86-22 Jamaica Ave. has toys and model cars

visible in the window.

“They’re kind of catering against that crowd,” Colberg said. He added that the location is close to two churches and that there is a school around the block.

“That’s a heavily traveled avenue ... for people going to places of worship, and the kids going to

school,” he said.

Colberg also expressed concern over the proliferation of legal marijuana shops in the area.

“How many, based off of the numbers, does the state really think we need realistically per community?” he said. “I don’t think the numbers are there.”

Santoro said, “I think maybe we should draft a letter and actually point that out that there really should be a limit per mile or per community board.”

She also floated the idea of a second-floor business being more apt for a dispensary.

“I think I would be a lot more agreeable to a place where it’s not at eye level with children,” Santoro said.

The committee ultimately had a negative opinion of the two applicants due to the lack of presence and response to the questionnaire.

“We’ll have to wait and see if they send back the questionnaire,” Santoro said, adding that if they do not, the opinion overall will likely be negative. Q

Queens buys a lot of pot

The World’s Borough ranks high among the state’s 14 economic regions when it comes to legal marijuana sales, a newly fired-up report baked in Albany says.

Queens is second only to Manhattan, recording $118.2 million in legal marijuana business since licensed dispensaries began sales two years ago, compared to the latter borough’s $127.9 million, according to the study, by the state Office of Cannabis Management. Total revenue statewide is $1.02 billion so far, with growth each quarter. “NYS witnessed significant sales growth and a substantial increase in tax revenue generated from licensed cannabis sales, reinforcing the positive impact of a well-regulated cannabis market,” the study said.

While state officials are proud to tout legal marijuana and its revenue, another new study highlights one aspect of the drug’s danger for heavy users. Conducted by the University of California San Diego and published in Annals of Epidemiology, it found that “colon cancer patients with cannabis use disorder are over 20 times more likely to die within five years than those without.”

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— Peter C. Mastrosimone

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EDITORIAL AGEP

Good budget, bad budget

There’s a lot to like in the state budget deal announced Monday. There are also some red flags. The things to like mostly surround policy. The red flags are in the area of ... budgeting.

We’re glad to see sanity return on discovery laws — the rules surrounding how and when evidence is presented in criminal justice proceedings. Now judges will get more leeway in allowing evidence that has been getting thrown out over the least of “technicalities.” The change should mean more plea deals and convictions and less crime.

We also welcome the coming school cell phone ban. Kids should be learning, not making TikToks, recording their peers doing something embarrassing, texting or whatever else. Hand the phones in at the start of the day, get them back at the end. Easy.

On the subjects of both crime and health, there’s p rogress on involuntary commitment. Face it, more is needed. Now doctors, as well as nurse practitioners, will be able to order people held when they cannot take care of themselves. You see that on the streets and subways, as well as danger.

Never forget FDNY EMS Capt. Alison Russo.

Another excellent move is enhancing the charges for anyone who commits a crime while wearing a mask. The pandemic emergency officially ended two years ago. You’re not fooling anyone. You’re just hiding your face. Now you’ll pay for that.

That’s a bit of the good news. The bad news is that the state, like the city, is spending as if things are normal in Washington, DC. As if we’re not living under an administration that is determined to cut funding, to cut agencies, to hit whatever entities the mercurial leader wishes to where it hurts. As if that same leader isn’t also upending the economy in a manner which, at best, might work in the very long run and, at worst, could lead to disaster.

Spending will rise 6 percent, to $254 billion. It should rise zero, or at the rate of inflation at most. There should be no taxpayer rebates that are just vote buying. The feds will cut Medicaid funds at the least and probably a lot more. The wise move would be to save money, so it’s there to fill gaps when needed. We wish the budget were wiser.

Inglorious George Santos

We’re not going to miss George Santos one bit as he heads off to federal prison to serve however much of his seven-year, threemonth sentence the system decides he must.

Whatever happens, he better not get a pardon. He’s angling for it, trying to ingratiate himself to President Trump. But he’s got no cards to play.

Santos deserves a long sentence. He wasn’t just any white-collar criminal, callously defrauding people for his own benefit, so he could live large and spend large, though he was that. He was a candidate for, and briefly a member of, the U.S. House of Representatives. Much of the fraud he committed was against people who had donated to his campaign — he used their credit card numbers to buy personal goods. The money they actually did donate he stole. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft but admitted to even more: wire fraud, credit card fraud, money laundering. He owes $373,749.97 in restitution and $205,002.97 in forfeiture. He’ll be lucky if he ever pays it all off.

Santos forced the taxpayers to pay millions of dollars for a special election after he was ousted from Congress. Then he got a nonsense “job” making dumb videos and bragged he made more in a week than he would have in a year as a lawmaker. Well, that didn’t last long.

Our thanks go to the North Shore Leader and The New York Times, the papers that revealed Santos’ wrongdoing. As to him, good riddance.

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LETTERSTO THE EDITOR

Trash that editorial

Dear Editor:

After three years of rapid progress towards a cleaner city, your April 24 editorial “A nice break on trash tix” calls for our streets and sidewalks to be made filthy once again — a position that puts you in company with the rats.

Think back to what the city looked like three years ago: Residents and businesses piled their trash on the sidewalk every afternoon. These mounds of trash sat for up to 24 hours, giving off smells, leaking liquid and making us a global laughingstock. We continued this practice year after year, somehow led to believe we could not accomplish what cities around the world were able to do decades ago. Thanks to the laws you would like to roll back or ignore, 70 percent of New York City trash is now in containers, and the Empire Bins being piloted in West Harlem this spring are key to containerizing the remaining 30 percent.

Would the Queens Chronicle also want us to eliminate the popular new compost giveback site we just rolled out in Astoria? We are giving residents millions of pounds of finished compost for free as a direct result of our universal, simple, mandatory curbside composting program. No signups required, no requirement to use a specific bin, no odd scheduling, no drama. Just put all scraps from your kitchen and garden, and leave them out in a bin, with or without a liner, on your recycling day. We pick it up, and instead of shipping it hundreds of miles away to land-

fills, we will return more than 5 million pounds of finished compost to New York City residents to use in their gardens, and millions more pounds to city agencies and nonprofits.

New Yorkers want a clean, safe, healthy, orderly city, and the Trash Revolution is delivering just that. Piles of trash bags are mostly gone, rat sightings are down, and we are returning 40-pound bags of “black gold” to residents.

Do you really believe New Yorkers miss massive piles of trash bags, and their accompanying smells and rats?

Joshua Goodman Deputy Commissioner

New York City Department of Sanitation Manhattan

We do need an education

Dear Editor:

I applaud William Kennedy’s letter of April 17, “Compost details needed,” asking the Department of Sanitation to run 30-second TV

spots explaining what to include and exclude from composting. For example, where do used teabags go? How about raw chicken fat trimmings?

DSNY, educate us, please!

Nora Weinerth Rego Park

Buses, pain and automobiles

Dear Editor:

In your April 24 article “Bus route upgrades coming to Queens,” state Sen. Leroy Comrie states, “Increasing bus services throughout Queens is crucial for ... reliable and efficient transportation.” Only six routes will see service increases, so why does Comrie believe service is being increased throughout Queens? Also, how are we assured that service is not decreased on other routes to allow for the service increases on these six routes? Also last week, in “NYC DOT not sold on daylighting bill,” Councilmember Julie Won

LETTERSTO THE EDITOR

cites 253 traffic deaths last year to justify universal daylighting, while providing no data linking the two. No one can argue against the need to improve safety, but daylighting is not needed universally at every intersection. It is only needed when allowing parking blocks visibility. At each four-corner intersection, there are possibly eight cars parked near the corner. Only four of these however, block visibility. But if universal daylighting were implemented, at least 16 spaces would be banned, not the required four, because the Department of Transportation does not install new stanchions for daylighting, but only uses existing ones.

So installing universal daylighting at 1,000 intersections per year reduces parking availability by 16,000 parking spaces per year. That is in addition to many thousands of spaces lost due to trash bins, Citi Bike stands, dining sheds, bus lanes, etc., not to mention having fewer parking garages.

So is the real goal improving safety or making it impossible to own and use a private car in this city?

Allan Rosen Brooklyn

The writer is a former director of MTA New York City Transit Bus Planning.

Enough with the bikes

Dear Editor:

The proposal for bike lanes on 31st Street is just the latest example of New York City’s war against the automobile (“Battle is joined over bike lane plan,” April 17, Western Queens edition).

When will the city Department of Transportation realize that the vast majority of the population are not bike riders? Why is the city providing a benefit to a small share of the population (basically young males from the ages of 18 to 35) at the expense of the rest of us? Why are they making it more difficult to get around and exposing us to more and more danger from irresponsible bike riders? When will they do something for the elderly and non-bike-riding public and stop pandering to the bike lobby?

Richard Nebenzahl Astoria

You’re facing jail time

Dear Editor:

Re “Queens Jail Neighbors Demand Answers,” April 3, multiple editions: Wow, the Kew Gardens Civic Association seems to be fighting the last war. Move on. The City Council and mayor (past and present) have decided that New York City will have borough jails. They are not going back. Let’s get a welldesigned facility built and insist on a parking plan that charges people who choose to drive to this transit-rich site.

Make every day Earth Day

Dear Editor:

Earth Day was last week, and there was not as much coverage as in years before. Our lives rely on this wonderful planet and all the goodness it provides. Mother Earth gives us the food, air, water and shelter. All the necessities to have a good life. Yet the trees, which are the lungs of the earth, we cut them down or burn them down.

When I was a kid living in Queens back in the early sixties I would see lots of flying grasshoppers, ladybugs, darning needles, praying mantises, lighting bugs and crickets. I would also go to Twin Ponds and Brookville Park to catch tadpoles, frogs, toads, turtles and fish. I still live in Queens, and for over 40 years I have not seen any frogs, toads or turtles. Twin Ponds is dried up like a dead swamp. Only when we have heavy rain does it fill up and all I see are rats swimming all over it.

All the insects I mentioned also have vanished. All I see now are flies and mosquitoes. I believe all the chemicals we put on our lawns and spray on our plants have wiped them out. I remember going to the fruit and vegetable markets and there would be lots of flies around the fruits. Now when I go I don’t see any flies around any fruits in the stores. If these chemicals cause flies to stay away, can you imagine what they must be doing to us?

The Earth gives us life, but we take what we need from her and in return we give her garbage. We were supposed to be stewards of the Earth. But many are more like parasites devouring all its beauty. We need to wake up soon before it’s too late.

Antoni Capozello Laurelton

Red state, blue state

Dear Editor:

I chuckled at the April 24 letter from Peggy Teslow of Sioux Falls, SD, “Vote red, New York.” Did she forget that she lives in South Dakota? Has she ever been to NYC?

New Yorkers aren’t going to turn red, and red states don’t get the help they deserve from any Republican politician they support. They’re always name-calling us Democrats, whether it be liberal or socialist, but the country is now being run by billionaires who have no concept of what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck.

Do you speak for all the people who are not exactly living your way of life? To call Sen. Chuck Schumer old, then what the hell is President Trump, middle aged? What “careless mistakes” do you refer to, pray tell? Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez probably has more intelligence than you show in your letter. You should see the light and stay in your red state of South Dakota. I’m sure you’re having a wonderful life there. Us New Yorkers will speak for and take care of the less unfortunate. That’s what makes NYC a helluva town.

Steve Strauss Forest Hills

Bishop leads Vigil Mass

St. Bartholomew Roman Catholic Church in Elmhurst was packed last Friday for a Vigil Mass of Repose for Pope Francis, who died the day after Easter Sunday.

Conducting the service, in both English and Spanish, was Bishop Robert Brennan, leader of the church’s Brooklyn Diocese, which includes Queens. Brennan is seen here through the crook

of his staff, held by an altar boy, addressing the faithful with a photo of the late pope amidst flowers and candles, offering communion and waving the thurible containing burning incense. Among the attendees were at least 30 priests and another 20 seminarians. Francis was laid to rest at Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. — Peter C. Mastrosimone and Michael Shain

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Lauper inducted into R&R Hall of Fame

by Kristen Guglielmo Editor

Ozone Park’s own Cyndi Lauper on Sunday was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of its 2025 class.

The music legend lived in Ozone Park in the 1950s and 1960s. In 2014, she told the Wall Street Journal, “I grew up in a section of Queens, NY, called Ozone Park — a spaced-out name, I know. Figures, right?... Everyone in our neighborhood was a character and modeled themselves after movie stars.”

One of the biggest music icons of the 1980s, Lauper is known for her unique voice and style. Her debut album “She’s So Unusual,” featured the hit singles, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” “Time After Time,” “She Bop” and “All Through the Night.” The album earned her two Grammy Awards.

According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, “Time After Time” has been covered by over 100 artists and is featured in Rolling Stone’s 500 Best Songs of All Time. Lauper took to social media to celebrate her achievement.

“I’m humbled to be in the company of so

Cyndi Lauper, an Ozone Park native, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. WIKIPEDIA PHOTO / RALPH_PH

many of my heroes — Aretha, Tina, Chaka, Joni, Wanda, to name just a few,” Lauper wrote on Instagram. “Women have made so many important contributions to music and to rock n roll and a win for one of us is a win for all of us. Thank you to the voting members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for this honor. And thank you to my fans for supporting me throughout my career. I could not do any of this without you.” Q

A survivor’s story told in HB

The Howard Beach Judea Chabad, at 162-05 90 St., on Sunday hosted a Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance service, a moving program of memory and survival.

“We prayed for those lost in the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks,” Rabbi Avrohom Richter told the Chronicle. “And for the hostages who are still being held.”

Guest speaker Mary Kaufman, above,

spoke about her father’s experience in Auschwitz.

“He was the sole survivor of his entire family — brothers, sisters, parents, cousins, aunts and uncles,” Richter said. “He went on to raise a family that has been, thank God, very successful and continuing the legacy of their grandparents and the Jewish nation in general.” — Kristen Guglielmo

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Still no ICE agents on Rikers, judge rules

Temporary order extended as critics reflect on Trump admin’s first 100 days

by Stephanie G. Meditz Associate Editor

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ potential presence on Rikers Island has once again been delayed, shortly before President Trump marked his first 100 days in office on Tuesday.

New York State Supreme Court Justice Mary Rosado last Friday extended a temporary restraining order blocking the implementation of First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro’s April 8 executive order to reopen an ICE office at the jail complex for criminal enforcement.

The City Council filed a lawsuit to block the order, alleging that it is “tainted” by a “corrupt bargain” made in exchange for the dismissal of the corruption charges against Mayor Adams. City Hall has said Adams delegated to Mastro all powers related to the matter to ensure that there was never even the appearance of conflict.

“The Trump administration has shown its willingness to violate the U.S. Constitution by unlawfully disappearing people from our country without due process or justification,” said City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) in a statement. “Mayor Adams’ attempt to fulfill his end of the corrupt bargain by handing the keys to Rikers over to Trump’s ICE would make our city and New Yorkers less safe.”

Supporters argue that having ICE at Rikers allows agents to arrest deportable criminal migrants more safely than if they have to find them on the streets. The agency’s old office there closed under former Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Speaker Adams said the lawmakers look forward to the court’s consideration of their request for a preliminary injunction. Following Friday’s decision, she and several Council members joined advocates for a rally at Foley

The

NYIC President Murad Awawdeh, speaking above at last Friday’s rally, said

public safety and encourage New Yorkers to report crime.

Square, which was streamed on YouTube.

Asked by the Chronicle about the order and lawsuit at a Zoom press briefing last week, New York Immigration Coalition President and CEO Murad Awawdeh said the group supports the City Council’s efforts. He added that the “pretense” of criminal enforcement for ICE’s presence on Rikers is “false” and that many people there still await their day in court.

“The mayor is trying to walk around our sanctuary policies here in the city, where they clearly state the City of New York will not participate in immigration enforcement,” Awawdeh said. “He can call it whatever he wants to, but that’s exactly what he’s inviting into our city’s facilities.”

The order states that the feds can have offices on land under the Department of Correction’s jurisdiction for purposes unre-

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against parkland alienation for Metropolitan Park at the city level.

At the time, she told the Chronicle, “I don’t think there is enough of a market share for two casinos to prevail in Queens. ... Resorts World has been an amazing partner for our district. They have employed many people throughout the communities that I serve and I look forward to them getting the license and growing their footprint in Ozone Park.”

Asked whether their confidence levels have increased as a result of two competitors dropping out, Resorts World NYC did not respond to requests for comment and Rickett declined to comment.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven), chair of the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering, told the Chronicle, “If they’re really out, we don’t know yet how it will affect us. We don’t know about them, because the [decision] process hasn’t started yet. We have to start this process.”

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lated to civil immigration enforcement.

Sanctuary cities limit interactions between local and federal law enforcement so, they say, people do not feel afraid to report crimes due to their immigration status.

Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to compile a list of such cities and pursue all possible avenues to enforce cooperation with federal law.

While Awawdeh said cooperation between ICE and local police would “gut public safety,” Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, told reporters last week that it is successful, citing the recent indictment of 27 alleged members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang. Among those charges were racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking conspiracy, drug trafficking conspiracy,

robbery and firearms offenses.

“Look what transpired. Look at the lives we’ve saved in New York City,” Homan said, calling the City Council’s challenge to the order “ridiculous” and stating that Adams is getting “beat up by the left” for cooperating with ICE.

Tren de Aragua has operated both internationally and throughout the city, including in Queens, according to U.S. officials and the Embassy of Peru here.

“During our community campaign to rid Roosevelt Avenue of the cartels, street gangs and human traffickers that are plaguing our neighborhoods, we spoke to the issue of international organized crime and the need for federal intervention,” ex-city and state lawmaker Hiram Monserrate of Western Queens said in a statement. “These arrests are consistent with our message.”

According to the NYIC, the White House has made hundreds of immigration moves in Trump’s first 100 days, including more than 25 presidential orders.

Among those are registration requirements for noncitizens aged 14 and older who remain in the country for more than 30 days; invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged members of Tren de Aragua; moves to end birthright citizenship; and a lawsuit against New York’s Green Light law, which allows people to obtain a driver’s license regardless of immigration status.

The New York Times reported earlier this month that the Trump administration has moved to cancel some immigrants’ legally obtained Social Security numbers.

“Every single one of these attacks is an attack on every single thing that New York stands for,” Awawdeh said. Q

Queens casinos and the licensing process

Commission to meet its deadlines this year after having postponed them in the past, Addabbo said, “They have the ability to. But will they?”

Applications are due June 27. Community advisory committees will form thereafter and commence work, and must vote by Sept. 30. The board is expected to make a decision by Dec. 1, followed by commission licensure by Dec. 31.

Not in Queens, but just over the Whitestone Bridge, Bally’s hopes to open a casino in the Bronx.

a CAC will be created to review the application and determine whether there is adequate support for the proposed project.

The committees each will elect a chair, solicit and review both oral and written public comments and hold public meetings, according to nycasinos.ny.gov.

Three downstate casino licenses are expected to be awarded by the end of the year.

Though Bally’s has replaced the “Trump Links” sign on its property after acquiring the lease from the Trump Organization, the president’s company stands to earn $115 million in profit if Bally’s were to win a casino license, per their purchase agreement, as reported by The New York Times.

For each license application submitted,

In New York City, a CAC will consist of six members: the governor, the mayor and the applicable state senator, state assemblymember and city councilmember.

If two-thirds of the CAC votes to approve an application, the applicant moves to the next step: a review by the state Gaming Facility Location Board, which has five members.

The GFLB consists of Chair Vicki Been, the Judge Edward Weinfeld professor of law at NYU School of Law; Terryl Brown, vice president and general counsel

at Pace University; Marion Phillips III, the senior vice president for community development and DEI at U.S. News & World Report; Greg Reimers, a retired real estate finance executive; and Stuart Rabinowitz, senior counsel to Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP.

Brown replaced Carlos Naudon, who resigned in February, and Phillips replaced Quenia Abreu, who resigned last November. No reason was given for the resignations, according to multiple reports.

Those on the board must reside in New York, possess at least 10 years of experience in specific fiscal matters and have significant expertise in accounting, finance, economics, commercial real estate or as an executive for a large organization.

Members of the GFLB cannot hold elected office; have a close relationship to someone with a gaming license; have financial interest in gaming activities or receive proceeds of such activities; or provide consulting services to any licensed facility. Q

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Adams’ ‘Best Budget Ever’ housing plan

$24.7B will be allocated to supportive and affordable units, modified CoYHO

by Naeisha Rose Editor

Mayor Adams unveiled an ambitious 10-year capital strategy goal on Monday, in which he will allocate $24.7 billion toward the modified housing portion of City of Yes, initiatives to curb street homelessness and policies to create, preserve and reimagine housing as a part of the preliminary fiscal year 2026 budget.

The preliminary budget is projected at $114.5 billion. A final version must be agreed to by Adams and the City Council by June 30.

The mayor’s “Best Budget Ever” announcement also touted his record in creating a historic number of new affordable housing and supportive housing.

ing, including 350 housing units in the borough.

In the past two years, the administration twice broke records for creating the most new units of supportive housing in a calendar year, financing 1,670 new supportive homes in 2023 and 2,761 in 2024, according to City Hall. A 30-unit project with 21 supportive and nine senior housing units was completed at 104-10 and 104-12 Northern Blvd. in Corona.

“When we came into office, we said the days of letting people languish on our streets and on the subways were over,” said Adams in a statement. “It was not safe, it was not humane, and it was not going to happen on our watch.

“The sweeping investments ... will help so many New Yorkers”

The Adams administration has financed the creation or preservation of more than 70,000 homes since he took office, including more than 9,600 affordable homes in Queens, according to City Hall via email. Additionally, the administration has financed the creation of more than 5,900 units of supportive hous-

— Mayor Adams

“That’s why we doubled the number of street outreach teams, pushed for new laws to get people the help they need, and began building thousands of new shelter beds that give people extra support. With our administration’s upcoming budget, we are doubling down on these efforts.”

Adams was sworn into office on Jan. 1, 2022.

Blaze in Broad Channel

Two were injured on Sunday in a twoalarm fire in Broad Channel.

According to the FDNY, a call was received at around 6:53 p.m. reporting a fire at the location of Call-A-Head, a port-apotty business, at 3-04 Cross Bay Blvd., between East 3rd Road and East 4th Road.

The response included 25 FDNY units with 106 fire and EMS personnel, and volunteers from both the Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department and the West Ham-

About $1 billion will go toward the mayor’s City of Yes for Housing Opportunity plan, which relaxes zoning rules to create more housing in every neighborhood throughout the Big Apple.

The modifications to the CoYHO initiative, which City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) pushed, include commitments for affordability and infrastructure upgrades, bolster the utilization of housing vouchers, protect tenants, fund legal services for homeowners via estate planning efforts in at-risk neighborhoods and provide aid to small landlords, to a name a few agenda items.

Forty-six million dollars in the FY 2026 budget will go toward financing 5,850 units of supportive housing, 4,550 of which will be newly built and 1,300 of which will be preserved and $7.6 million for the AntiHarassment Tenant Protection program, the Mayor’s Office said. Twenty-four million will be allocated to expand the Partners in Preservation program to support tenant organizing and an expansion of the Homeowner Help Desk, which helps low-income homeowners with financial and legal counseling.

There will also be an effort to revitalize the city’s 15/15 Supportive Housing Initia-

tive, by focusing solely on congregate, single-site units, a type of supportive housing where residents share single building amenities, such as the dining and recreational areas, but have private living quarters, according to nyc.gov.

“The Council has been consistent in championing affordable homeownership, tenant protections, and supportive housing as one of the most effective solutions to address homelessness and mental health challenges. We advocated for and secured greater investments in supportive housing and shifting to production of congregate sites, as well as homeowner and tenant protections that were added and restored from the mayor’s budget cuts, respectively. New Yorkers will benefit from these investments, and we look forward to seeing more housing support for New Yorkers brought online to fulfill City for All commitments in the adopted city budget.”

There are also five neighborhood rezonings City Hall says would deliver up to 50,000 new housing units, including the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan and OneLIC Neighborhood Plan, which would allow for 12,000 and 17,500 units, respectively.

Another $350 million will be invested in the Permanent Affordability Commitment Pact and New York City Public Housing Preservation Trust to renovate thousands of NYCHA units, bringing the total in the 10-Year Capital Plan for Section 8 conversions to $1.2 billion.

The mayor also announced $650 million over several fiscal years in hundreds of new Safe Haven beds for unsheltered people, including a facility to support those who have serious mental health issues, along with a pilot program to connect soon-to-be parents applying for shelter with services to help them find permanent housing and prevent homelessness before their child is born.

“The sweeping investments ... will help so many New Yorkers, from vulnerable people living on our subways to families searching for their first home, and create a safer, more affordable city for the decades to come,” said Adams. Q

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ilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department, according to the Volunteer Firemen’s Association of the City of New York.

The fire was under control by 8:13 p.m., the FDNY said. One civilian was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center with minor injuries, and one firefighter was taken to Nassau County Medical Center with minor injuries.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. — Kristen Guglielmo

when asked if the actions online are helping or hurting Rajkumar’s bid, said she is creating engagement through social media and digital platforms.

“The visual campaign content created shows that she is leveraging all kinds of political interactions and voter engagement to get people talking about what is anticipated to be a low-turnout primary campaign,” Browne said in a statement.

He added that there is a long and effective history of using political cartoons to get a message to voters.

“A century and a half ago, Boss Tweed of Tammany Hall was regularly lampooned by the political cartoons of Thomas Nast, the founding father of political cartooning,” Browne said. “The digitalization of traditional political campaigns, our ever-changing new media, and the proliferation of digital media platforms have increased social media polarization, is stirring waves of dis/misinformation, and expanding the use of ‘infotainment’ as a significant source of political messaging.”

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A rendering of a kitchen in the supportive housing complex in Corona. MONICA LOPEZ ARCHITECT IMAGE

DOE’s CEC elections had a bumpy start

Online voting was temporarily paused last Friday due to technical errors

by Kristen Guglielmo Editor

Errors with digital voting and incorrect online ballots led to a temporary pause in Community Education Council elections last Friday, just hours into the first day of balloting.

Community Education Councils are made up of volunteer parents dedicated to supporting schools in their home district to improve student achievement. The council members are chosen through parent-voted elections, and members serve two-year terms.

This year’s elections kicked off last Friday and run through May 13. However, when some logged on to vote, they noticed things amiss with the digital ballots.

According to parents, in addition to glitches on the voting page, some candidates were appearing on ballots for seats for which they were not running.

The advocacy group Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education released a statement last Friday calling on the DOE to fix the ballot errors.

“We cannot allow a flawed election to move forward. The integrity of parent representation is at stake,” said Yiatin Chu of Whitestone, co-president of PLACE NYC. “Voting must be paused immediately until the errors are corrected and every parent is assured their voice is heard fairly.”

Early Friday afternoon, a message on the voting page informed parents updates were being made to the website and voting would resume later.

Asked about the situation, DOE spokesperson Onika Richards in a statement said, “We are committed to maintaining the integrity and transparency of the voting process. Our vendor is currently addressing any technical issues that have arisen. In the interest of ensuring a fair and accurate pro-

Issues with digital ballots for Community Education Council elections led to a pause in voting last Friday — though some ballots still have discrepancies in format. Above, in CEC 28, only one candidate, Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, is listed in first-name, lastname format. SCREENSHOT COURTESY JEAN HAHN

cess, we have temporarily paused voting. We are working diligently to resolve any issues by this afternoon, and we expect to resume voting promptly thereafter.”

Voting reopened at 6 p.m. last Friday with corrected digital ballots, though some formatting discrepancies still led to some confusion.

“On the [Department of Education] website, they list candidates by first name, comma, last name,” parent and CEC 28 candidate Jean Hahn told the Chronicle. “But on the ballots, it’s last name, no comma, first name.”

On a ballot for CEC 28, all but one candidate had their last names displayed before their first.

The DOE has not announced if or how it intends to make up the lost voting time. Q

Hochul says budget agreement in place

$254B deal still needs legislative approval, answers for federal cuts

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Gov. Hochul and Democratic legislative leaders announced a handshake agreement on a new budget for the 2026 fiscal year on Monday night.

The $254 billion deal, which already was 28 days past the April 1 deadline, still has details to be finalized and must be voted on by both the state Senate and Assembly. Hochul was expecting approval sometime this week.

The $254 billion figure is $2 billion more than the governor proposed in her executive budget plan in January; and a 6 percent increase over the $239 billion measure approved last year.

No figures were immediately available on how it will impact estimated future budget deficits, which the Citizens Budget Commission states already is about $18 billion through fiscal year 2029.

“In my January State of the State address, I made a declaration that your family is my fight,” Hochul said in a transcript of her speech on her official website. “I vowed to address the affordability crisis by putting thousands of dollars back in New Yorker’s pockets; I vowed to make common sense changes to our discovery laws to keep dangerous criminals from walking free over

Woman fatally struck by biker

A woman died last Friday after being struck by a motorcycle near Forest Park.

According to the authorities, at approximately 2:20 a.m., a 34-year-old man was operating a 2007 Yamaha 600 motorcycle, traveling in the center lane of northbound Woodhaven Boulevard, approaching the intersection with Myrtle Avenue as the traffic signal changed to yellow and then red.

Breanna Henderson, 23, was struck by the motorcycle while attempting to cross Woodhaven Boulevard on Myrtle Avenue, from the east side of the street, police said. The motorcyclist remained on the scene and was not injured.

Officers responded to the scene and observed Henderson lying on the roadway with trauma to the head and body. EMS transported her to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

The Daily News reported that Henderson was an up-and-coming R&B and soul singer who used the stage name Freddie Makenzie. Police said there are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing. Q

— Kristen Guglielmo

frivolous technical errors; I vowed to put more police on our subways to drive down crime and ensure that every rider feels safe; and I vowed to get more New Yorkers who are suffering from mental illness the compassionate care they need; and I vowed to implement a bell-to-bell ban on smartphones in our schools so our kids can concentrate in class free from distraction. Well, we got it all done.”

Hochul said the deal will include language “clarifying and strengthening” involuntary committal laws governing the seriously mentally ill; and added penalties for people who use masks in some crimes ranked as class A misdemeanors or higher, rather than an outright ban.

The agreement also is said to provide $77 million to pay for police officers on every overnight subway train.

She said the deal fully funds the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $68.4 billion five-year capital improvement plan, which includes work on the Interborough Express, a light rail line in development to connect Jackson Heights and Bay Ridge in Brooklyn.

Hochul also said the budget includes $37 billion in school aid and $340 million to guarantee free breakfast and lunch for every K-12 student in the state; plus expansion of

Gov. Hochul announces a budget agreement on Monday evening.

daycare access, including $350 million in daycare subsidies for New York City families.

There also is a $1 billion tax cut for lowincome and middle-class residents. No rate reduction or income thresholds were announced.

But the governor also promised so-called inflation refund checks to 8.2 million tax-

Blaze sparks more cockloft concerns

by Stephanie G. Meditz Associate Editor

A fire in Elmhurst last week spread to an adjacent property through the cockloft, even as a bill sponsored by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven) in hopes of preventing that has yet to pass after more than a decade.

Firefighters said they received a call at about 3:43 p.m. reporting a fire at 85-06A 57 Road on April 22, between Van Horn Street and a dead end.

A fire in the three-story house extended into the cockloft, the space just below the roof, and an adjoined exposure, according to the FDNY.

Matt Wegner, who was on the scene, told the Chronicle that the blaze spread to an attached home through the cockloft, and firefighters used five hose lines to douse it. One firefighter sustained a minor injury, the FDNY said.

“This latest fire in Elmhurst highlights the need for the Residential Structure Fire Prevention Act (S.1615 / A. 2805) to be passed, a bill that I am advocating for with Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar,” Addabbo said in a statement.

A two-alarm fire in Elmhurst last week spread to an adjoined exposure through the cockloft.

The bill, which was first introduced in 2014, would offer homeowners tax credits as incentives to fix cockloft fire hazards, encourage safety through insurance discounts for installing smoke detection alarm systems in cocklofts and ensure that fire prevention repairs in cocklofts are eligible for state housing program funding.

Firefighters said the blaze went to a second alarm, with 25 units and 106 fire personnel responding. It was brought under control just before 5 p.m. Q

payers of up to $200 for individuals and $400 for families.

And while Hochul spent some time criticizing President Trump and congressional Republicans for announced and future federal cuts to state aid, she defended the spending increases.

“We’ve already been hit with over $1.3 billion in cuts,” she said. “This may just be the tip of the iceberg, and the scale of these potential cuts is simply too massive for any one state to absorb. The reality is we can only devise a budget based on the information we have at this time. There’s a possibility that we’ll have to come back later this year and update our budget in response to federal actions.”

Andrew Rein, president of the Citizens Budget Commission, spoke of several red flags in a statement issued Monday evening,

“In the face of likely huge federal budget cuts, there was no mention of putting money aside to cushion at least the initial blow,” Rein said. “While the Governor acknowledged they may have to come back to deal with federal cuts, that would be easier had they put aside a few billion dollars now. We commend the Governor’s leadership in protecting the Rainy Day reserves, which should be saved for a recession and not used to plug recurring budget holes.” Q

Blood donors sought near you

The New York Blood Center is still seeking donors in the midst of a blood emergency.

To learn more or make an appointment to donate, visit nybc.org. There are several blood drives in Central and Western Queens listed now:

• Queens Place mall, former T-Mobile, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, May 4, 88-01 Queens Blvd. in Elmhurst; blood drive coordinator Jelson Santos;

• Our Lady of Mercy Church, basement, 8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., Sunday, May 11, 70-01 Kessel St. in Forest Hills; blood drive coordinator Michael Mangino;

• The Shops at Atlas Park, next to TJ Maxx, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, May 11, 8000 Cooper Ave. in Glendale; blood drive coordinator Armando Echeverry;

• St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, parish center, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, May 18, 39-60 57 St. in Woodside; blood drive coordinator Michael Moore; and

• Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps, busmobile, 12 to 6 p.m., Saturday, May 24, 92-29 Metropolitan Ave. in Forest Hills; blood drive coordinator Brian Montalvo. Q

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Spring break goes galactic

Spring break was out of this world at the One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center, at 110-08 Jamaica Ave., where neighborhood kids took part in a NASA-inspired Mars program.

For the latest updates on the OSRHCC, visit facebook.com/onestoprhcc.

Young space cadets during the week of April 14 immersed themselves in Red Planet discoveries, including building vibrant

Martian terrain through arts and crafts, tuning in to a live video chat with the Houston Space Center, taking a field trip to the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island and crafting edible Mars landscapes made of pudding and Oreos.

“It was a stellar week of discovery, excitement, and fun that left everyone reaching for the stars!” the OSRHCC wrote in a statement. — Kristen Guglielmo

In Honor of Nurses Week 2025, Thank you for your tireless dedication, compassion and service towards saving the lives of others. others.

JOSEPH P. ADDABBO, JR.

New York State Senator - District 15

Jamaica Avenue Woodhaven, NY 11421 (718) 738-1111 addabbo@nysenate.gov

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Nurses Week 2025: ‘The Power of Nurses’

by Jessica Lyons

National Nurses Week 2025 is just around the corner, and this year the American Nurses Enterprise will be shining a light on The Power of Nurses. We recognize the invaluable contributions of nurses worldwide and the real-life challenges they face every day. Whether you’re a nurse, a healthcare professional, a patient, or simply someone who appreciates the critical role nurses play in our lives and society, National Nurses Week is the perfect time to share your gratitude and celebrate nurses.

healthcare system running with heart, skill, and endless energy (even during night shifts).

The ANA’s 2025 Nurses Week Campaign

For 2025, the American Nurses Association is pulling out all the stops.

What’s the theme for Nurses Week 2025?

The American Nurses Association has announced that this year’s theme for National Nurses Week is “The Power of Nurses™”—and honestly, could it be more perfect? It’s all about recognizing the incredible strength, compassion, and impact that nurses bring every single day.

What’s Nurses Week all about?

Nurses Week runs from May 6 to May 12, wrapping up on the birthday of none other than Florence Nightingale, the original nursing legend. It’s a week to shine a spotlight on the people who keep our

Here’s a peek at what’s planned:

Nurses Light Up the Sky Buildings and landmarks across the country will literally light up to honor nurses. So if you see something glowing in blue or white—yep, that’s for our nurse heroes.

Free webinars and learning events

There’ll be some great online talks and sessions diving into topics like ethics, social justice, and how nursing is evolving. If you’re a nurse or just someone who’s curious, these are worth checking out.

Wellness first

Nurses take care of everyone else—so it’s only fair they get some TLC too. There are fun wellness challenges and self-care resources planned to help nurses recharge.

Celebrations and Shoutouts

From local awards to national recognition, there’ll be lots of moments to cheer on nurses doing amazing things in all corners of healthcare.

How can you join in?

Here are a few easy (and meaningful) ways to celebrate Nurses Week:

• Light up your feed — Use hashtags like #ThePowerOfNurses and #NursesLightUpTheSky to join

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the celebration online.

• Join an event — Attend a webinar, wellness activity, or local gathering if there’s one nearby.

• Say thanks — A card, a treat, a kind word— small gestures go a long way.

Want the full scoop?

Head over to the official ANA page here: nursingworld.org/ana-enterprise/nurses-week

Provided by the American Nurses Association.

Nurses serve in a wide variety of roles

Nurses are invaluable professionals within the medical community. Whether they work in hospital settings, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, doctor’s offices or elsewhere, nurses provide vital services to individuals in need every day.

Nurses wear many hats, and that’s evidenced by the different types of nurses making a difference each day. Individuals considering a career in nursing should know that talented nurses are in high demand and career opportunities in the field are expected to grow in the years to come. For example, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that employment of registered nurses will grow by 6 percent between 2022 and 2032. That growth rate exceeds the average expected rate for all occupations. Whether individuals want to become a nurse or gain a greater understanding of the many ways nurses contribute each day, this rundown of the various types of nurses can shed light on these unsung heroes of the medical community.

with, and those interactions may last from early childhood through adolescence. Pediatric nurses perform a range of tasks, including the administration of medication; monitoring of vitals like temperature, pulse and blood pressure; health evaluations to identify symptoms; and even speak with parents to calm any nerves or anxieties they may have. Pediatric nurses typically work in doctor’s offices or hospital settings.

• Geriatric nurse: Geriatric nurses figure to be in especially high demand in the coming years, as an analysis from the Bipartisan Policy Center indicates more than four million individuals in the United States turned 65 in 2024. AARP has characterized that surge in the over-65 population as a “silver tsunami,” and geriatric nurses will play pivotal roles in ensuring the aging population gets the care it needs in the decades to come.

• Pediatric nurse: Pediatric nurses make a strong impression because they are the first nursing professionals many people recall interacting

• Family nurse practitioner: The American Association of Nurse Practitioners® notes family nurse practitioners provide a wide range of familyfocused health care services to patients of all ages. FNPs perform physical exams; order or perform diagnostic tests; prescribe medications;

develop treatment plans; and treat acute and chronic illnesses. If that sounds like a role played by physicians, it’s not far off, making this among the most challenging jobs within the nursing profession.

• Emergency room nurse: Individuals who think a fast-paced work environment is for them may want to consider a career as an emergency room nurse. ER nurses treat patients of all ages

from all walks of life. No two emergency room patients are the same, so ER nurses will rarely, if ever, have the same day on the job more than once. Accurate assessment skills are vital for ER nurses, who also must be skilled communicators, as emergency room patients are often in distress. Nursing is an expansive profession with a host of opportunities for aspiring professionals who want to work in the medical community. P — Metro Creative Connection

A timeline of National Nurses Week

The American Nurses Association declared May 6 to May 12 as the permanent week to celebrate nurses in 1993. Now, more than 30 years later, at over four million strong, nurses are the largest group of healthcare professionals that the American public consistently ranks as the most honest and ethical.

Nurses week is intended to celebrate nurses in a meaningful way to increase the understanding of the value of nursing by raising the visibility of the critical work nurses do. By elevating the profession, the ANA hopes to spur greater investment in the support and increased capacity of the nursing workforce.

Florence Nightingale’s birthday is May 12, which is why National Nurses Week ends on this day each year. These permanent dates enhance planning and position National Nurses Week as an established recognition event.

A brief history of National Nurses Week

1953 • Dorothy Sutherland of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare sent a proposal to President Eisenhower to proclaim a “Nurse Day” in October of the following year. The proclamation was never made.

1954 • National Nurse Week was observed from October 11 to 16. The year of the observance marked the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s mission to Crimea. Representative Frances P. Bolton sponsored the bill for a nurse week. Apparently, a bill for a National Nurse Week was introduced in the 1955 Congress, but no action was taken. Congress discontinued its practice of joint resolutions for national weeks of various kinds.

1972 • Again a resolution was presented by the House of Representatives for the president to proclaim “National Registered Nurse Day.” It did not occur.

1974 • In January of that year, the International Council of Nurses proclaimed that May 12 would be “International Nurse Day.” Since 1965,

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1974 • In February of that year, a week was designated by the White House as National Nurse Week, and President Nixon issued a proclamation.

1978 • New Jersey Gov. Brendon Byrne declared May 6 as “Nurses Day.” Edward Scanlan, of Red Bank, NJ, took up the cause to perpetuate the recognition of nurses in his state. Scanlan had this date listed in Chase’s Calendar of Annual Events. He promoted the celebration of Nurses Day on his own.

1981 • The ANA, along with various nursing organizations, rallied to support a resolution initiated by nurses in New Mexico, through their congressman, Manuel Lujan, to have May 6, 1982, established as “National Recognition Day for Nurses.”

1982 • In February, the ANA board of directors formally acknowledged May 6, 1982 as “National Nurses Day.” The action affirmed a joint resolution of the United States Congress designating May 6 as “National Recognition Day for Nurses.”

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1982 • President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation on March 25, proclaiming “National Recognition Day for Nurses” to be May 6, 1982.

1990 • The ANA board of directors expanded the recognition of nurses to a week-long celebration, declaring May 6 to 12, 1991, as National Nurses Week.

1993 • The ANA board of directors designated May 6-12 as permanent dates to observe National Nurses Week in 1994 and in all subsequent years.

1996 • The ANA initiated “National RN Recognition Day” on May 6, 1996, to honor the nation’s indispensable registered nurses for their tireless commitment 365 days a year. The ANA encourages its state and territorial nurses associations and other organizations to acknowledge May 6, 1996 as “National RN Recognition Day.”

1997 • The ANA board of directors, at the request of the National Student Nurses Association, designated May 8 as National Student Nurses Day. Q — American Nurses Association

Florence Nightingale’s work in deplorable conditions in British military field hospitals in the Crimean War was the stepping off point for the modern nursing profession. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PHOTO

To dance is divine Green Space performances look deep within

May 1, 2025

ARTS, CULTURE & LIVING

by Stephanie G. Meditz

Grief and the very notion of the self are among the deeply personal subjects that choreographers will explore through dance in Long Island City this month.

Green Space will host its Take Root series from May 15 to 18 at 8 p.m., which will feature work by participants in its “Digging in Group,” or DIG, residency. This year’s installment kicked off last September.

The program not only invites choreographers to develop new works over time guided by peer and professional mentorship, but welcomes them into a community of fellow artists.

“It’s not just about what the work is, but how being involved in the residency can be beneficial for them,” said Valerie Green, Green Space’s executive director.

Among the performances on May 15 and 17 is an all-female trio by Caitlin Sikora inspired by her experiences as a woman in male-dominated spaces.

“The piece is really a reflection on the limitations and expectations that have been placed on women in society, how that’s kind of shifted over time,” Sikora said.

With its intricate, technical movements, the dance searches for a “less effortful” way for women to embody competence and power in those settings, she said.

Natalie Clevenger’s work exploring the evolution of queer friendships also will be performed on those days, as will Steph McIsaac’s “please,” which interrogates the role of truth in the process of healing, and Jeevika Bhat’s piece incorporating a recording of an Arangetram, or a classical Indian dancer’s debut solo performance.

Astoria-based choreographer Robert Mark Burke will present a contemporary duet that explores the complexities of grief on May 16 and 18.

“It kind of always remains a part of us, and so as the dance moves through, the two dancers kind of have this shadow effect of, what’s holding you down, what’s holding you back? And when does it come into play as they move throughout the dance?” Burke said.

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Mary Tyler Moore lit up Flushing with her smile first

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Marjorie Hackett, age 19, married 22-yearold George Tyler Moore in January 1936. He worked for Consolated Edison.

A daughter, Mary, was born Dec. 29, 1936. They soon moved from Brooklyn to a new apartment building in Flushing at 144-16 35 Ave. A boy, John, was born in 1944 and the next year they relocated to Los Angeles.

It was not a happy home as Marjorie and George were alcoholic parents. The children were raised by a relative and only saw their parents for family functions and events.

Mary was married at age 18 to Richard Meeker, a salesman. Their son, Richard Jr., was born July 3, 1956.

She got her first gig on TV as a dancing elf for Hotpoint appliances. She got more and more acting work and then landed the costarring role on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” which aired from 1961 to 1966. From 1970 to 1977, she starred in the groundbreaking “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” On the big screen, she was nominated for an Oscar in 1980 for “Ordinary People.”

Moore also married again, first to CEO of

NBC Grant Tinker and later cardiologist Dr. Robert Levine. She lost her only son due to an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot.

An alcoholic herself, Moore also was a three-pack-a-day cigarette smoker, though she quit both in the 1980s. She had diabeties and died on Jan. 25, 2017, at age 80. Q

The childhood home of actress Mary Tyler Moore at 144-16 35 Ave. in Flushing, as it looked in the 1940s when she lived there.

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A royal pain in the mattress and lots of laughs

by Mark Lord qboro contributor

Few shows have had the enduring popularity enjoyed by “Once Upon a Mattress,” the latest offering from St. Mary’s Drama Guild in Woodside, opening May 10 for a four-performance run.

It’s the kind of show that audiences flock to time and time again — on Broadway, where it has enjoyed a lengthy original run and two revivals, in college and school auditoriums and in community theaters.

Even performers find it irresistible. One particular such fan is Whitestone resident Robert Gold, a retired high school English teacher, who is marking his fifth appearance in a production of the show, dating back to 1991, when he made his community theater debut. This engagement finds him in his third consecutive go-round as the henpecked King Sextimus the Silent.

“I’ve always loved the music,” he said. “I love the show. It’s fun.”

That music is by Mary Rodgers, daughter of Richard Rodgers; the show’s lyrics are by Marshall Barer, and its book, adapted from an 1835 Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, “The Princess and the Pea,” is by Barer, Jay Thompson and Dean Fuller.

Gold admitted that playing the character over and over again makes it “a little easier”

but was quick to say that the role, which finds him communicating almost exclusively through pantomime, “is harder than you think. Everything is physical. You have to remember your cues as if they are lines.”

Gold also pointed out that each director takes a different approach to the piece. For instance, Claire Spinetti, who helms the current production and also provides the chore-

ography, has non-traditionally included the king in a musical number entitled “Normandy.”

“I have to mime everything that is being sung” by the other characters, Gold explained.

The central role, Princess Winnifred the Woebegone, which catapulted Carol Burnett to stardom in her Broadway debut in 1959, is

here being played by Ilana Sasson Greenberg, a professional actress who arrived in New York from her native California in September.

Greenberg admits that she only “vaguely knew” the show before auditioning at St. Mary’s. She called it “an honor” to follow in Burnett’s footsteps. She said that, like Burnett, she loves to make people laugh.

And she will have ample opportunity to do so in this show, thanks to a character that she finds not dissimilar to herself.

“We are the same,” she said, explaining she and Winnifred are both “bubbly, friendly, a little naïve, strong and quirky.”

She is surrounded by a cast that includes Landon Browne as Prince Dauntless the Drab, Rena Hershberger as Queen Aggravain, Andrew Villa as Sir Harry and Grace Black as Lady Larkin, all of whom are game to burst into song at the drop of a cue.

Keeping them all in tune is musical director Kerryclare Gleason.

Performances at St. Mary’s Auditorium, at 70-20 47 Ave., are on May 10 and 17 at 6:30 p.m. and May 11 and 18 at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for reserved seats; $22 general admission; and $15 (children 12 and under in general seating). For further information, visit stmarysdramaguild.org or call (347) 450-6184. Q

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Describing his choreography as athletic, virtuosic and musical, he said he sought to push boundaries with his “emotionally charged” piece, but also make it accessible and invite audiences to find their own meaning within it.

Alice Klugherz also will present her work entitled “The Tingling” on May 16 and 18, which was inspired by the devastating impacts of smoking that she has encoun-

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tered firsthand, as well as hearings from 1994 in which seven CEOs of tobacco companies denied its adverse effects.

“I listened to hours and hours of the hearings and I had a sound designer who just finished a collage of all of them denying that cigarette smoking is bad for you or that it’s addictive, ” Klugherz said.

Ciana Jao’s work interrogates the very notion of the self, namely what truths could be revealed when the “I” steps aside. Lulu Munteanu’s “Before I was an egg I was a chicken” examines how human beings view different versions of themselves. Both pieces also will be performed on May 16 and 18.

“I think that they’re really taking risks and exploring various themes that are important to them as artists and as humans, and what is present and alive for them in their personal and artistic lives,” Green said.

Several artists said the program, which seeks to provide them with a new sense of community in the dance world, was helpful for their creative processes.

“As a choreographer, sometimes you’re just so stuck in what you think it should look like that you don’t actually see what it

looks like at all,” Burke said. “So to have a consistent view of seven other people really helps to kind of bring in a sense of landing.”

“The togetherness of it is what’s making the work really much stronger than it was when it came in,” Klugherz said.

Tickets may be purchased for $22 in advance at greenspacestudio.org/take-root-

dig or at the door for $25 each. Coming up even sooner is Green Space’s Fertile Ground showcase for emerging artists at 7 p.m. on May 4. Six choreographers will show their work, with a moderated discussion to follow. Tickets are $18 in advance or $20 at the door. Green Space is located at 37-24 24 St., suite 211. Q

Landon Browne, Ilana Sasson Greenberg and castmates rehearse “Once Upon a Mattress” by the St. Mary’s Drama Guild. Robert Gold, right, is appearing in the show for the fifth time, the last three in the same role.

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COMPONENT REHABILITATION OF TEN BRIDGES Borough of Queens Contract No. HBCR22B NYCPIN: 84124QUBR634 EPIN: 84124B0008

EPIN: 84124B0008 - PIN: 84124QUBR634 - Component Rehabilitation of Ten Bridges, in the Borough of Queens. This Competitive Sealed Bid (CSB) is being released through PASSPort, New York City’s online procurement portal. Responses to this CSB must be submitted via PASSPort. To access the solicitation, vendors should visit the PASSPort Public Portal at https://www.nyc.gov/site/mocs/passport/about-passport.page and click on the “Procurement Navigator”. This will take you to the Public Portal of all procurements in the PASSPort system.

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Any inquiries concerning this Competitive Sealed Bid should be directed by email to agency contact nkumar@dot.nyc.gov, under the subject line EPIN: 84124B0008.

A pre-bid conference via ZOOM is scheduled for 05/14/2025 at 10:00 am. Those wishing to attend must email the authorized agency contact for a link.

The deadline for the submission of questions is 5/21/2025 by 4:00 pm.

The bid due date (submission via PASSPort) as well as hard copy as instructed is due 6/25/2025 by 11:00 am.

Bid opening date via ZOOM is 6/25/2025 at 11:30 am.

This procurement is subject to M/WBE participation goals, the M/WBE goals for this project are 30%.

As-Built Drawings will be available upon request from the Contractors. Contractors need to sign Confidentiality agreement to view As-built drawings.

Eric Adams, Mayor Ydanis Rodriguez, Commissioner

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK, Plaintiff AGAINST ROGER LEE; ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered October 10, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse, on the second floor in Courtroom 25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on May 23, 2025 at 10:00AM, premises known as 15720 27th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block: 4868 Lot: 14. Approximate amount of judgment $84,578.26 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #702009/2023. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction. com or call (800) 280-2832. Gregory LaSpina, Esq., Referee Fein, Such & Crane, LLP 28 East Main Street Rochester, NY 14614 PNNYC015 85059

Notice of Formation of DOMX LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/25/2025 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, 8824 242ND ST, BELLEROSE, NY 11426. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

FRAGRANCE PLUG NYC LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/25/2025. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Ashley Baichan, 3412 113th Street, Apt 9A, Corona, NY 11368. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS, NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff, vs. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS A NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on August 16, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse, on the second floor in Courtroom 25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 on May 23, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., premises known as 106-07 177th Street, Jamaica, NY 11433. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block 10334 and Lot 6. Approximate amount of judgment is $1,274,777.57 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #701502/2021. Lawrence M. Litwack, Esq., Referee Vallely Mitola Ryan PLLC, 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 165, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff

Notice of Formation of GARNTECH LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/12/2025 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: KWAME GARNETTE II, 108-53 62ND DR APT 8L, FOREST HILLS, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

HS 11, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/05/16.

Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 81-52 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, NY 11004. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

To Advertise Call 718-205-8000

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 718861/2024 Date Filed: 03/10/2025 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Plaintiff designates QUEENS County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is: The location of real property being foreclosed. U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff, against JAVIER ESPINOZA and FLORINDA BANQUETT, if they be living and if they be dead, the respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and gener ally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant(s) who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the Complaint; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; and “JOHN DOE No. 1’’ through ‘’JOHN DOE No. 100’’ inclusive, the name of the last 100 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plain tiff, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or a lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title, or interest in or lien upon the premises des cribed in the complaint herein, Defendant(s). To the above named Defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appe arance on the plaintiff’s attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a def ault judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Denise Johnson, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Queens County, granted on the 3rd day of March, 2025, and filed with the Complaint and other papers in the office of the County Clerk of Queens County. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by JAVIER ESPINOZA and FLORINDA BANQUETT to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., bearing date September 22, 2006 and recorded in CRFN: 2006000581614 in the County of Queens on October 18, 2006, which was assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP by instrument executed September 17, 2011 and recorded November 28, 2011, in CRFN: 2011000413184, which was modified by loan modification agreement given by JAVIER ESPINOZA, dated August 22, 2013 and recorded October 3, 2013, in CRFN: 2013000409292, which was then further assigned to NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC by instrument executed September 11, 2013 and recorded November 13, 2013, in CRFN: 2013000466491, which was then further assigned to GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY by instrument executed February 12, 2021 and recorded February 19, 2021, in CRFN: 2021000061607, which was then further assigned to MCLP ASSET COMPANY INC. by instrument executed November 20, 2023 and recorded on December 7, 2023, in CRFN: 2023000320224, which was then further assigned to U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST by instrument executed March 20, 2024 and recorded on April 8, 2024, in CRFN: 2024000086919. Said premises being known as and by 3318 104th Street, Corona, NY 11368 A/K/A 33-18 104th Street, Corona, NY 11368, bearing tax map designation Block: 1718 Lot: 20, which is more fully described in the Schedule “A” attached to the Complaint. To the above named Defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. There is due and owing to plaintiff the sum of $452,232.31 plus interest thereon from October 1, 2021, in addition to those accumulated late charges and those recoverable monies advanced by Plaintiff and/or Plaintiff’s predecessor-ininterest on behalf of Javier Espinoza and Florinda Banquett together with all costs, including but not limited to, attorneys’ f ees, disbursements, and further allowances provided pursuant to the underlying loan documents and applicable law in bringing any action to protect the Mortgagee’s interest in the Subject Property. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by New York State Department of Financial Services’ at 1-800-269-0990 or visit the Department’s website at http://www.dfs.ny.gov Rights and Obligations YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay property taxes in accordance with state and local law. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have

completed all such promised services. Aldridge Pite, LLP, Attorneys for the Plaintiff, 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 File 1092-12299B

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Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX #: 704581/2020 U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST Plaintiff, vs KIMBERLY D SIEWHARACK AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF DHANRAJ SIEWHARACK, KYLE D. SIEWHARACK AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF DHANRAJ SIEWHARACK, GEETA SIEWHARACK AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF DHANRAJ SIEWHARACK, KEVIN SIEWHARACK AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF DHANRAJ SIEWHARACK, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DHANRAJ SIEWHARACK IF LIVING, AND IF HE/SHE BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, CLAIMING, OR WHO MAY CLAIM TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN, OR GENERAL OR SPECIFIC LIEN UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS ACTION; SUCH UNKNOWN PERSONS BEING HEREIN GENERALLY DESCRIBED AND INTENDED TO BE INCLUDED IN WIFE, WIDOW, HUSBAND, WIDOWER, HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DESCENDANTS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, COMMITTEES, LIENORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF SUCH DECEASED, ANY AND ALL PERSONS DERIVING INTEREST IN OR LIEN UPON, OR TITLE TO SAID REAL PROPERTY BY, THROUGH OR UNDER THEM, OR EITHER OF THEM, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE WIVES, WIDOWS, HUSBANDS, WIDOWERS, HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DESCENDANTS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, COMMITTEES, LIENORS, AND ASSIGNS, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES, EXCEPT AS STATED, ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON BEHALF OF THE IRS, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, LERNAM SIEWHARACK Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 144-11 Shore Avenue Jamaica, NY 11435 To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO Unknown Heirs of Dhanraj Siewharack Defendant In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Denise Johnson of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Twenty-First day of March, 2025 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclosure a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by Dhanraj Siewharack (who died on July 12, 2020, a resident of the county of Queens, State of New York) dated the January 29, 2007, to secure the sum of $398,990.51 and recorded at CRFN 2007000264277 in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County on May 21, 2007. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed January 13, 2015 and recorded on February 4, 2014, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2015000038966. Said Mortgage was subsequently modified by a Loan Modification Agreement executed by Dhanraj Siewharack on May 23, 2019 and recorded October 23, 2019 in CRFN 2019000344904 in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed January 8, 2021 and recorded on January 29, 2021, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2021000035779. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed October 21, 2022 and recorded on January 5, 2023, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2023000004388. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed November 22, 2022 and recorded on January 5, 2023, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2023000004389. The property in question is described as follows: 144-11 Shore Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11435 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME

If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this Foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: March 28, 2025 Gross Polowy LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 85189

QUEENS - INDEX NO.: 706830/2023– SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Plaintiff designates QUEENS COUNTY as the place of trial based upon the location of the premises herein described having tax map Block 16313, Lot 31, ROCKAWAY PARK, NY, County of QUEENS – THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC., CHL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2006-19 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-19, PLAINTIFF, -against- HOWARD KINDLER, if living, and if he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real pr operty described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs-at-law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through, or under them and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs-at-law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, SARA SASSON KINDLER, if living, and if he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs-atlaw, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through, or under them and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs-at-law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK COMMISSIONER OF LABOR; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; SUNSHINE MCCLEAN, AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF GLORIA E. ZEBRACKI, DAVID KUCHARSKI, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, DEFENDANTS. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered against you and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Syosset, New York, March 4, 2025. Roach & Lin, P.C., attorney for Plaintiff, 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185, Syosset, NY 11791. Tel: 516-938-3100. To the above-named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. TIMOTHY J. DUFFICY, a Justice of the Supreme Court, State of New York, dated January 21, 2025 and filed with the QUEENS County Clerk together with the supporting papers thereon. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage held by Plaintiff on the premises known as Block 16313, Lot 31, ROCKAWAY PARK, NY, County of QUEENS as described in the complaint on file and commonly known as 148-16 ROCKAWAY BEACH BLVD, ROCKAWAY PARK, NY 11694.

JFK T1 LUXURY PARTNERS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/04/25. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 540 Rockaway Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11581. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NYC Data Solutions LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/05/2024. 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: NYC Data Solutions LLC, 8319 95th AVE, OZONE PARK, NY 11416. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of OLD HAND BARBERS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/09/2023 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 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 115-06 ROCKAWAY BEACH BLVD, ROCKAWAY PARK, NY 11694. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX #: 703889/2019 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY Plaintiff, vs MILDRED HILLMAN-VASQUEZ AS ADMINISTRATRIX AND AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF VINNIE B. HILLMAN, ADA HUDSON AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF VINNIE B. HILLMAN IF LIVING, AND IF HE/SHE BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, CLAIMING, OR WHO MAY CLAIM TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN, OR GENERAL OR SPECIFIC LIEN UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS ACTION; SUCH UNKNOWN PERSONS BEING HEREIN GENERALLY DESCRIBED AND INTENDED TO BE INCLUDED IN WIFE, WIDOW, HUSBAND, WIDOWER, HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DESCENDANTS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, COMMITTEES, LIENORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF SUCH DECEASED, ANY AND ALL PERSONS DERIVING INTEREST IN OR LIEN UPON, OR TITLE TO SAID REAL PROPERTY BY, THROUGH OR UNDER THEM, OR EITHER OF THEM, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE WIVES, WIDOWS, HUSBANDS, WIDOWERS, HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DESCENDANTS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, COMMITTEES, LIENORS, AND ASSIGNS, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES, EXCEPT AS STATED, ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, MARIAN THOMAS AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF VINNIE B. HILLMAN, JACQUELINE MILLER AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF VINNIE B. HILLMAN, LORRAINE HILLMAN AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF VINNIE B. HILLMAN, EDWARD HILLMAN AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF VINNIE B. HILLMAN, MORTGAGE EQUITY CONVERSION ASSET TRUST 2011-1 (A/K/A MORTGAGE EQUITY CONVERSION ASSET TRUST 2011-1, MORTGAGEBACKED SECURITIES 2011-1) BY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS CO-TRUSTEE, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, ESMAEIL HOSSEINOPOUR A/K/A ESSY HOSSEINIPOUR AND SEPIDEH HOSSEINIPOUR, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, ESSY HOSSEINIPOUR, SEPIDEH HOSSEINIPOUR, NYC DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, DEPT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, FRANKLIN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, JACQUELINE M. HUDSON AKA JACQUELINE A. HUSDON AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF ADA HUDSON, SONYA H. HUSDON AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF ADA HUDSON, SANDRA M. HUDSON AKA SANDRA HUDSON AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF ADA HUDSON, BETTY A. HUDSON AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF ADA HUDSON, MARY F. HUDSON AKA ELAINE HUDSON AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF ADA HUDSON, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ADA HUDSON IF LIVING, AND IF HE/SHE BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, CLAIMING, OR WHO MAY CLAIM TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN, OR GENERAL OR SPECIFIC LIEN UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS ACTION; SUCH UNKNOWN PERSONS BEING HEREIN GENERALLY DESCRIBED AND INTENDED TO BE INCLUDED IN WIFE, WIDOW, HUSBAND, WIDOWER, HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DESCENDANTS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, COMMITTEES, LIENORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF SUCH DECEASED, ANY AND ALL PERSONS DERIVING INTEREST IN OR LIEN UPON, OR TITLE TO SAID REAL PROPERTY BY, THROUGH OR UNDER THEM, OR EITHER OF THEM, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE WIVES, WIDOWS, HUSBANDS, WIDOWERS, HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DESCENDANTS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, COMMITTEES, LIENORS, AND ASSIGNS, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES, EXCEPT AS STATED, ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the Subject Property described in the Complaint, Defendant(s) To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO Unknown Heirs of Ada Hudson Defendant In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Denise Johnson of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Second day of April, 2025 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclosure a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by Vinnie B. Hillman (who died on October 28, 2010, a resident of the county of Queens, State of New York) dated the December 14, 2006, to secure the sum of $544,185.00 and recorded at Instrument No. 2007000016465 in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County on January 9, 2007. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed December 14, 2006 and recorded on January 9, 2007, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2007000016467. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed November 29, 2012 and recorded on December 13, 2012, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2012000489185. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed February 24, 2014 and recorded on April 23, 2014, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2014000138511. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed September 1, 2022 and recorded on September 21, 2022, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2022000365813. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed October 19, 2022 and recorded on October 20, 2022, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2022000398508. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed May 8, 2024 and recorded on May 16, 2024, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2024000125997. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed August 27, 2024 and recorded on August 30, 2024, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2024000226851. The property in question is described as follows: 214-18 112TH ROAD, QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11429 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this Foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: April 14, 2025 Gross Polowy LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 85527

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ANSH EXPRESS INC; AMRINDER MULTANI; and DOES 1 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): CESAR HERNANDEZ SAYAGO - 50 FOR COURT USE ONLY (SOLO PARA USO DE LA CORTE) FILED SUM-100 2024 MAR 15 PM 12:56 STEPHANIE BURNER. CLERK PATRICIA SOTELO D DEPUTY NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofi t legal services program. You can locate these nonprofi t groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Superior Court of the County of San Joaquin STK-CV-U VA2024- 3313 180 E Weber Ave. Stockton CA 95202 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Omega Law Group, PC 8350 Wilshire Blvd., Third Floor (310) 526-8383 CA 90211 STEPHANIE BOHRERClerk, by PATRICIA SOTELO , Deputy (Adjunto) Beverly Hills DATE: (Fecha) MAR 15 2024 (Secretario) (For proof of service of this summons, use Proof of Service of Summons (form POS-010).) (Para prueba de entrega de esta citatión use el formulario Proof of Service of Summons, (POS-010)). NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served [SEAL] Form Adopted for Mandatory Use Judicial Council of California SUM-100 [Rev. July 1, 2009] 1. as an individual defendant. 2. as the person sued under the fictitious name of (specify): 3. under: on behalf of (specify): CCP 416.10 (corporation) CCP 416.20 (defunct corporation) CCP 416.40 (association or partnership) other (specify): CCP 416.60 (minor) CCP 416.70 (conservatee) CCP 416.90 (authorized person) 4. by personal delivery on (date): SUMMONS FILE BY FAX CEB www.ceb.com Page 1 of 1 Code of Civil Procedure §§ 412.20, 465 www.courtinfo.ca.gov

Ex-congressman gets up to 87 months; asks forgiveness, then slams judge on X Santos sentenced to federal prison term

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

George Santos’ meteoric rise from obscurity to the halls of Congress began to unravel within weeks after his election and less than a month before he was sworn in.

The final curtain came down last Friday as United States District Judge Joanna Seybert sentenced him to up to 87 months in prison for committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, LI.

He must surrender to federal authorities no later than July 25.

According to a statement from the office of John Durham, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Santos, 36, must pay restitution to his victims in the amount of $373,749.97, along with $205,002.97 in forfeiture. He pleaded guilty last August.

“Eight months ago, Santos appeared in this same courthouse and pled guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft,” Durham said in a copy of his remarks provided by his office. “He admitted to engaging in a brazen crime spree over the course of several years, which included:

• “Stealing the personal identities and financial information of campaign contributors and making unauthorized transfers of money to Santos’ campaign and to him personally;

• “Defrauding prospective political supporters by convincing them to make campaign contributions to Santos based on false statements and then stealing the money for himself; and

• “Lying to receive unemployment insurance

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benefits to which Santos was not entitled, because he wasn’t unemployed.”

Durham also said Santos lied to the Federal Election Commission about the amount of money his campaign raised to trick the National Republican Congressional Committee into giving him more funds; and lied to Congress on his financial disclosure forms.

He briefly represented northeastern Queens and the northern part of western Long Island in the House.

“From the moment he declared his candidacy for Congress, Santos leveraged his campaign for his own enrichment,” Durham said. “He did this by targeting specific supporters and the constituents as easy marks, then turning them into victims of his fraud.

“Santos’ victims were real people who experienced real losses. He even went so far as to seek out victims he knew were elderly persons suffering from cognitive impairment or decline.”

Durham expressed his appreciation to the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General and the New York State Department of Labor for their assistance.

“Santos abused his authority to garner illicit donations and campaign support; ultimately betraying the public’s trust and violating our democratic systems,” said Christopher Raia, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s, New

York Field Office. “May today’s sentencing emphasize the FBI’s continued commitment to dismantling any fraudulent scheme designed to unlawfully benefit those in positions of power.”

ABC News reported that Santos wept as he addressed the court.

“My conduct betrayed my supporters and the institutions I swore to uphold,” he said. “I undermined the faith in the very institutions I swore to uphold. I cannot rewrite the past but I can control the road ahead.”

But Friday night, on his X account, titled “Pants On Fire with George Santos,” he slammed Seybert’s ruling.

“I asked the Court for a sentence that balances accountability with the chance to prove through sustained, measurable action that I can still contribute positively to the community I wronged,” Santos posted.

“I believe that 7 years is an over the top politically influenced sentence and I implore that President Trump gives me a chance to prove I’m more than the mistakes I’ve made.”

In December 2022, prior to his swearing-in in January 2023, The New York Times published a report documenting Santos’ largely falsified resume and questionable financial history. Investigations followed.

After Santos’ expulsion, then-former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Nassau-Queens) would regain his old seat in a special election. Q

Former Congressman George Santos has been sentenced to up to 87 months in prison for fraud and identity theft in connection with his 2022 campaign. PHOTO BY SOPHIE KRICHEVSKY /FILE

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Brett Baty sent back

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

When Brett Baty was selected by the Mets in the first round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft, the hopes were he would follow in the footsteps of the greatest third baseman in their history, David Wright.

He certainly started his Mets career on an auspicious note when he hit a home run in his first at-bat in the majors. It occurred on August 17, 2022, against the Atlanta Braves. Baty became just the fifth Mets player to do that.

While it would be unfair to label Baty as a bust, he has struggled in Flushing. He was given the Mets third base job coming out of spring training in 2024. His hitting and defense were so poor that the Mets demoted him to their Syracuse Mets farm team, where he spent most of the rest of the year.

To his credit, Baty has never been one to sulk. When I spoke to him on Amazin’ Day at Citi Field in January, he was upbeat and even joked about his summer in Syracuse. “I got to visit the New York State Fair last August. It was impressive!” he said with a smile.

Baty enjoyed a terrific 2025 spring training. Not only did he hit well, but the Mets asked him to play a new position, second b ase, because incumbent Jeff McNeil had

endured an oblique strain that would make him miss the first month of the season. Just as a talented musician can master a new instrument, Baty was able to learn the nuances of the right side of the infield, and was an asset as opposed to being a liability.

He had the misfortune of struggling at the plate for the first three weeks of the season, but picked things up the last 10 days. In fact, he was the Mets’ best hitter behind Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso during that period. It may have been a case of too little, too late. With McNeil coming off the injured list an infielder had to be demoted. It was Baty.

Luisangel Acuna gives the Mets speed on the base paths. Mark Vientos was hitting for an even lower average than Baty, but Mets President of Baseball Operations David Stearns understandably is giving him a long leash given his fine 2024 season, in which he slugged 27 home runs. It was not a surprise Baty would be the odd man out when a decision had to be made.

If Brett was despondent about being optioned, he did not show it on his return Friday night, when he hit a long home run and a pair of doubles against the Worcester Re d Sox. My feeling is a productive Brett Baty will be back at Citi Field soon. Q

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