The QueensWay loses its federal funding
Plan for High Line-style park on abandoned LIRR tracks hits a
by Kristen Guglielmo Editor
The future of the QueensWay, a Mayor Adams-supported plan to build a 47-acre park with 7 miles of greenway in central Queens, along abandoned Rockaway Beach Line Long Island Rail Road tracks, is unclear after its loss of more than $100 million in federal funding.
While the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the project $117.7 million in 2024, the passage of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act removed the funding, as first reported by Crain’s New York and identified through analysis by the Eno Center for Transportation.
The project is in the design process for its first phase — the Metropolitan Hub — which would transform a vacant, city-owned corridor near Forest Hills, from Metropolitan Avenue to Union Turnpike, into a 5-acre park with 0.7 miles of shared greenway and easier access points to public green space for the surrounding communities.
The federal funding was to be used toward a 1.3-mile stretch of the greenway into Forest Park, the project’s second phase. But $5.6 million of the grant has already been awarded.
While the rest appears to be terminated as a result of the OBBA, the Mayor’s Office said it had not received any communication from the federal government regarding impacts to
the QueensWay project.
A City Hall spokesperson told the Chronicle that the Adams administration is committed to building more greenways throughout the city, and will review potential impacts and evaluate pathways to keep the QueensWay project moving forward.
Travis Terry, a member of the Friends of the QueensWay Board of Directors, said the group is working to clarify the status of the grant.
“While this development could impact our ability to advance Phase 2 of the QueensWay, it’s important to emphasize that Phase 1 remains fully funded and is moving forward as planned,” Terry said, adding that the funding has been “supported and advocated for at multiple levels and, in our opinion, is technically obligated.” He continued, “We are in close contact with our government and community partners to verify the facts and to advocate forcefully for
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the preservation of this critical investment in Central Queens communities.”
A representative for the Trust for Public Land, one of the groups that has heavily partnered with the city and Friends of the QueensWay, echoed Terry’s sentiments.
“We are of the belief that these Federal funds have been obligated to the City of New York to advance the QueensWay Park project and we remain committed to ensuring this community-led vision comes to fruition,” the group wrote in an email. “For over a decade, Trust for Public Land has worked hand-in-hand with community partners, the City and State of New York, and federal leaders to advance the transformation of this former rail line into a vibrant public space. With more than 244,000 New Yorkers in the area lacking access to parks, the QueensWay will be a 47-acre greenway that represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to close the park access gap and create lasting benefits for generations to come.”
Advocates of competing project QueensLink, which would reactivate train service between Rego Park and Ozone Park and add 33 acres of parks and bike paths, announced in January that it was awarded $400,000 by the U.S. DOT for a study of the project’s potential impacts. The team behind QueensLink has not publicly commented on the latest regarding QueensWay. Q
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Police nab alleged SOP dog arsonist
NYPD,
DA say culprit lit animal on fire; suspect could
by Naeisha Rose Editor
A man suspected of killing a dog and lighting it on fire in South Ozone Park last Thursday was arrested Monday at around 8:20 p.m. in the confines of the 110th Precinct, which encompasses the Corona and Elmhurst areas, said the NYPD.
Isaiah Gurley, 29, who was living at the Holiday Inn Express Kennedy Airport hotel in Springfield Gardens, was arraigned Tuesday night and charged with animal cruelty, arson, petit larceny and reckless endangerment for allegedly killing a male pit bull before burning the body on a public street, said the office of Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.
“Animals are not punching bags,” said Katz in a statement. “They are not toys. They have every right to proper care, just as humans do.”
On July 24, at approximately 9 a.m., an NYPD lieutenant from the 106th Precinct out on an unrelated assignment observed the charred remains of the dog on the street in the vicinity of 127-20 116 Ave. in South Ozone Park. The NYPD Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad was notified and an investigation was launched, said authorities.
Nearby surveillance video depicted Gurley allegedly walking into First Class Deli on Rockaway Boulevard at approximately 4:40 a.m. earlier that day, said prosecutors. He was seen allegedly picking up a bottle of oil and leaving the store without paying.
Isaiah Gurley could face two years in prison if convicted for animal cruelty and other crimes, said prosecutors. PHOTOS COURTESY NYPD
About five minutes later, the defendant was allegedly seen on video footage dragging an unconscious dog by the leash along the avenue. He then stopped and allegedly used the oil to douse the dog’s body and set it on fire.
Police say Gurley allegedly fled the scene on foot to parts unknown.
The police, who released an image of the culprit, were not the only ones searching for him.
Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa, founder of the unarmed crime prevention organization Guardian Angels, who is also running on the first-ever Protect Animals independent line, joined area residents on Monday afternoon in distributing wanted fliers of Gurley at 128th Street and
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“As mayor, I’ll establish an Animal Welfare Services bureau in City Hall’s basement to ensure the NYPD and prosecutors pursue maximum charges for animal cruelty,” said Sliwa, who said the city treats animals as property and often releases culprits without consequences.
The harrowing incident occurred a day before Mayor Adams, who is running as an independent, announced his administration will invest $1 million to Animal Care Centers of New York City to increase the capacity to better care for the shelter populations in Manhattan and Queens.
The purpose of the funds is to improve shelter conditions and support the hiring
and training of 14 additional staff for those locations. The mayor also encouraged New Yorkers to consider adding a pet to their family by visiting an ACC shelter to find the perfect match.
“In so many ways, our pets care for us and our loved ones, and it’s important that we care for them, too,” said Adams in a statement. “ACC’s work to ensure no animal is left behind is essential to protecting animals across New York City ...”
The city opened its first full service animal shelter in the borough, the Paul A. Vallone Queens Animal Care Center, last year, in Ridgewood.
On July 28, someone spotted Gurley at a Foot Locker at the Queens Center mall in Elmhurst and he was arrested, said prosecutors. Gurley, who must return to court Sept. 17, could face up to two years in prison.
“We will use all tools available to hold the defendant responsible for his alleged actions,” said Katz.
Matt Bershadker, president and CEO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, commended the NYPD and DA’s Office for their coordinated efforts in seeking justice for the dog, and also thanked the public for its due diligence.
“Our veterinary forensic scientists play a critical role in supporting animal cruelty investigations like this by gathering crucial evidence that gives a voice to those who cannot speak–hopefully ensuring no other animal has to endure such cruelty again,” said Bershadker in a statement. Q
Howard Beach demands more from the 106 Pct.
Civic group expresses frustration with NYPD’s presence in the area
by Kristen Guglielmo Editor
The Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic’s meeting on Zoom Tuesday night got heated as members of the community expressed dissatisfaction with the work of the NYPD’s 106th Precinct.
Phyllis Inserillo, the civic’s co-president, said residents do not believe Howard Beach is adequately protected by patrol cars.
“We are in 100 percent agreement of that,” Inserillo said, adding that she had asked for cruisers’ GPS locations to be shared with the civic, but was denied that request.
“I want to know when patrol cars are coming through our neighborhood.” Inserillo said. “We have a lot of officers that are refusing to take reports. ... Honestly, we are just sick of it.”
Assistant Chief Christopher McIntosh, the commanding officer of Patrol Borough Queens South, told the group that any officer caught not taking a report will be suspended.
“That’s totally antithetical to our culture and the NYPD,” he said.
As Capt. Berkley VanTull, the 106’s commanding officer, relayed crime statistics that showed most major crime down in Sector A, which encompasses Howard Beach, Inserillo said she had been walking her dog five times a day and had not seen any police cars.
“I do know that [cops] are not there, but you don’t know, because you’re not out checking,” she said. “We’ve made it more than known to you that we are unhappy with the police presence here, and there’s no response to that.”
VanTull shared his email address with the group so residents could reach out directly regarding their issues, and McIntosh said he would have cop cars patrolling with their lights on at night.
But when Inserillo requested more presence on Cross Bay Boulevard, he responded, “That might be an issue until the fall,” as cops are
relocated to beach detail during the summer. Inserillo said she wants NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to know about the dissatisfaction.
“We love the police officers there,” Inserillo said of the 106. “We thank them constantly. But we have zero confidence in the leadership there.” Q
Phyllis Inserillo, right, the co-president of the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic, expressed dissatisfaction on behalf of residents in the work of the NYPD’s 106th Precinct. SCREENSHOT VIA ZOOM
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Fr esh - squeezed fun in Howar d Beac h Fresh-squeezed fun in Howard Beach
If you took a stroll or a ride through Howard Beach last weekend, you likely came across scores of smiling children and families outside their homes for the annual lemonade stand route, hosted by Howard Beach Dads, a community group spearheaded by neighborhood activist PJ Marcel.
During the event, kids simultaneously operate
lemonade stands, selling the refreshing beverage and other offerings, such as baked goods, chips, candy, handmade bracelets and even homemade body scrubs, to make each pop-up unique.
The entire affair helps educate youth about communication and business, and encourages entrepreneurial spirit. — Kristen Guglielmo
Mingle with cops at National Night Out
Annual event will once again bring food, games and more to your area
by Stephanie G. Meditz Associate Editor
National Night Out Against Crime is coming back on Tuesday, Aug. 5, when folks can bond with police officers from their local precinct over a hot dog.
The annual event aims to foster positive relationships between cops and the communities they serve. According to natw.org, millions of people across the country participate every year, with events from block parties to parades that usually feature games, music and food.
Each precinct’s family-friendly outing also might include safety demonstrations, seminars, visits from emergency personnel and more. The mayor and NYPD commissioner also have made appearances in years past.
The outings planned in Queens this year are as follows:
The 102nd Precinct will meet at Victory Field, located at Woodhaven Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue, from 5 to 8 p.m.
The 103rd Precinct invites residents to Rufus King Park, on 89th Avenue between 150th and 153rd streets in Jamaica, from 5 to 9 p.m.
The 104th Precinct will gather at Middle Village’s Juniper Valley Park, on 80th Street between Juniper Boulevard North and
South, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The 105th Precinct will hold its event in the Queens County Farm Museum’s orchard, located at 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy. in Glen Oaks, from 5 to 9 p.m.
The 106th Precinct will welcome the community to PS 232’s Harold Schneiderman Playground, located on 84th Street between 153rd and 155th avenues in Linden-
wood, from 5 to 8 p.m.
The 107th Precinct will hold its event in the Electchester Shopping Center, located at 70-63 Parsons Blvd. in Pomonok, starting at 6 p.m.
The 108th Precinct will gather at Long Island City’s Lou Lodati Park, located on Skillman Avenue between 41st and 42nd streets, from 5 to 8 p.m.
The 109th Precinct will meet at Bowne Playground, located at Barclay Avenue and Union Street in Flushing, from 5 to 8 p.m.
The 110th Precinct is set to meet at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, next to the Fantasy Forest Carousel on 111th Street between 54th and 55th avenues, from 5 to 8 p.m.
The 111th Precinct’s event will be at Douglaston Shopping Center, located at 242-02 61 Ave., from 6 to 9 p.m.
The 112th Precinct is set to gather in MacDonald Park, located at 87-20 Queens Blvd. in Forest Hills, from 5 to 8 p.m.
The 113th Precinct will get together in Springfield Gardens’ Baisley Pond Park, on Baisley Boulevard between 155th and 157th streets, from 4 to 8 p.m.
The 114th Precinct will gather in Astoria Park, in the grass near the skate park on Hoyt Avenue South, from 5 to 8 p.m.
The 115th Precinct will hold its event at Northern Playground, located across the street from the precinct on Northern Boulevard between 93rd and 94th streets in Jackson Heights, from 6 to 9 p.m.
The 116th Precinct will meet at Brookvile Park, between Brookville Boulevard and South Conduit Avenue, from 4 to 8 p.m.
Residents can reach out to their precinct’s community affairs office to learn more about this year’s Night Out. Q
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Queens folks can enjoy some burgers and hot dogs with police officers from their local precincts at one of the many National Night Out Against Crime events Aug. 5. PHOTO BY ANNA SACKEL / FILE
FDNY: Battery-related structural fires are up
Agency renews calls for safe practices in device charging, storage and disposal
by Kristen Guglielmo Editor
There has been a 26 percent increase in lithium-ion battery-related structural fires this year compared to the same time last year, according to the FDNY.
So far, according to FDNY data, there have been 86 structural fires caused by lithium-ion batteries this year, and 25 of those were in Queens. There were 69 citywide during the same period in 2024.
“By now, you should be aware that lithium-ion batteries found in micromobility devices pose real fire risks,” Chief Fire Marshal Dan Flynn said in a video posted to the FDNY’s social media. “That’s why the FDNY has been urging everyone to charge and store their batteries outside your home or business.”
Flynn said the department has seen a “troubling uptick” in fires caused by the batteries inside buildings compared to the decline seen last year, when more of the fires were occurring outside of the home.
The first lithium-ion battery-fire related fatality this year was that of a 76-year-old woman in Flushing on July 4, according to the FDNY, in a “blowtorch-like” blaze that occurred at a business.
“These aren’t just statistics,” Flynn said. “They’re real events with real consequences.”
The FDNY is continuing to urge the public to store and charge their lithium-ion batteries outside. When purchasing devices, look for the Underwriter Laboratories mark, the department advised, which signifies that the product has been tested to nationally recognized safety standards.
A full list of safety recommendations on charging, storage and disposal can be found online at FDNYSmart.org.
Councilmember Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park), when asked about the topic, said it’s not a legislation issue, but an implementation issue “that falls squarely on the shoulders of the administration.”
Ariola, chair of the Committee on Fire and Emergency Management, used the example of the passage of City Council legislation to set up an e-bike trade-in program, in which eligible delivery workers can trade in potentially dangerous bikes and batteries and receive safe, certified ones in return.
Lithium-ion batteries found in micromobililty devices are responsible for a 26 percent increase in structural fires this year in New York City, according to the FDNY.
“The problem here is that almost nobody realizes this exists, and the administration has done the bare minimum in terms of out-
reach to let people know it exists,” Ariola said. “This is just one example of the failures we are seeing. We also have multiple pieces of legislation regarding certified UL batteries that have passed, but there isn’t enough enforcement to actually follow up and prevent stores from selling dangerous and unregulated batteries.”
She added, “These issues are directly translating into the increase of lithium-ion battery-related fires we are seeing across this city.”
Councilmember Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills), also on the Fire and Emergency Management Committee, echoed Ariola’s call for better enforcement.
“Despite the NYC Council passing several pieces of legislation to regulate the sale and use of lithiumion batteries, they continue to be a cause of dangerous fires,” Schulman said. “From prohibiting the sale of unauthorized batteries, to increased penalties for businesses selling noncompliant batteries, to creating a swap program to ensure access to certified batteries, these efforts have largely failed due to the lack of effective enforcement by city agencies.”
Schulman added, “Laws are only as good as the way they are administered. Making the public aware of all the current laws pertaining to lithium-ion batteries along with substantially increased enforcement of these laws is a good way to reduce fires related to lithium-ion batteries.” Q
says Many legal pot shops may have to relocate
Dispensaries given the OK
by Kristen Guglielmo Editor
More than 150 legal cannabis dispensaries may have to move or alter their location plans after the state Office of Cannabis Management approved applicants that violate school proximity regulations.
The OCM said that the process by which it had been assessing location distance requirements relative to schools was not consistent with Cannabis Law 72, which states that a dispensary’s storefront cannot be located within 500 feet of school grounds, as defined in the Education Law.
Education Law 409 defines school grounds as “any building, structure and surrounding outdoor grounds, including entrances or exits contained within a public or private pre-school, nursery school, elementary or secondary school’s legally defined property boundaries as registered in a county clerk’s office.”
The OCM since 2023 erroneously evaluated dispensary proximity based on whether a location was within 500 feet of a school building’s entrance, not the property line. This week, the agency clarified that a dispensary cannot be within 500 feet of a school’s property line, and distance will be calculated from the entrance of a dispensary to the nearest property line boundary of a school’s grounds.
Forty-seven applicants and 105 licensees are
while too close to
More than 100 dispensaries may have to relocate or move due to their close proximity to schools. PHOTO BY ELSA OLOFSSON VIA WIKIPEDIA
impacted by the clarification — 39 applicants and 88 licensees are in New York City. In Queens, it’s eight applicants and 13 licensees.
The affected active licensees in Queens are The Cannabis Place in Middle Village; Munchie’s Dispensary in Rockaway Beach; Late Bloomers in Ridgewood; Common Courtesy in Jamaica; Nice Yield and Wurmz in Long Island City; Rosedale Cannabis Dispensary in Jamaica; Broadway Bud and AAR CANN LLC in Richmond Hill; JSE 26 Corp. and Venus Can-
schools,
nabis Shop in Little Neck; Mamita Joy LLC in Corona; and Potluck Project LLC in Astoria.
Impacted applicants will have to find new locations before moving ahead in the process, the OCM said, and licensees will need a new location upon renewal. The agency also said it is pursuing legislation to address licensees whose businesses are at locations in conflict with Cannabis Law 72 that may allow them to remain in their current locations.
The New York Post reported that state Sen. Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan), an author of the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act of 2021, will push for an amendment in January to correct the error.
The Governor’s Office, the OCM and the Empire State Development created an Applicant Relief Program, funded at $15 million, for impacted parties to seek up to $250,000 in grants to cover expenses related to finding a new location or capital improvements to their original space.
The OCM said it has contacted impacted licensees and applicants on the matter and will continue to reach out if more affected locations are identified.
State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven) and Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) have authored legislation that would prohibit licensees from operating within 1,000 feet of the perimeter of school
agency
grounds, as well as playgrounds, day care providers, public parks and libraries.
Addabbo, who voted against cannabis legalization, told the Chronicle he took issue with the proximity laws in place.
“Let’s be realistic, [the proximity limits] should be expanded,” he said, adding that he would have to review Krueger’s legislation before deciding whether he would support grandfathering in the dispensaries that were mistakenly approved.
Addabbo said the OCM’s issues, including approving applicants without community board feedback, shows that it is “one of the most inefficient agencies in the Hochul administration,” and he expressed sympathy for the business owners who are suffering as a result.
“It’s par for the course for OCM,” he said. “It’s not a picture of efficiency — that’s a fact.”
Pheffer Amato, who also voted against legalization of marijuana, said she has openly raised concerns about the proximity of dispensaries to certain locations, but did not say whether she would support Krueger’s potential new legislation.
“OCM’s failure raises very serious concerns and any proposed fixes must address the copious quality of life problems and loopholes in the motor vehicle laws,” Pheffer Amato said in a statement. “Our state and communities must be kept safe.” Q
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EDITORIAL AGEP
Weed sold too close to schools
Leave it to the career screwups at the Office of Cannabis Management to make the same mistake more than 150 times and then, while barely owning up to it, look to someone else to bail them out.
They’re so much like the youthful people who get really into the product they’re pushing it’s not even funny.
And the young age of people exposed to marijuana is just the issue in this case, because guess what? The OCM and Cannabis Control Board, incompetent since their birth, have been approving legal pot shops — oh, excuse us, cannabis dispensaries — closer to schools than the law allows.
If you’re picturing a cliché stoner smacking his forehead and saying, “Oh, man, whoa, I just spaced, dude, sorry,” you’ve got the right picture. Except this particular person, whether he or she actually indulges in the stuff, is a government official making a living off your tax dollars. And deciding which legal weed dealers to authorize.
The law says dispensaries cannot be within 500 feet of a school. Somehow, the geniuses at the OCM and CCB read that to mean the distance from door to door, when it’s actually the distance to the school’s property line. (Kinda makes sense, right? People traditionally have opposed the
sale of weed next to school playgrounds).
Citywide, 152 stores and stores-to-be are impacted, the OCM says; we’re lucky only 21 of them are in Queens.
The state’s answer to the problem it created is twofold.
First, Albany created a $15 million program to help impacted parties with grants of up to $250,000 to help pay for finding a new location. Yes, you, the taxpayer, get to cover this! Or at least some of it, because if a store owner has a typical five-year lease at, say, $20,000 a month, and has to leave two years into it, that leaves $720,000 the property owners should be getting. Will they? How?
The OCM’s other idea is to change the law so that the dispensaries located too close to schools magically become legal. That’s just great. Let’s see state lawmakers and the governor do that in the election year that will be 2026.
All this comes on top of the revelation, reported exclusively in the Queens Chronicle two weeks ago, that the OCM and CCB were approving applications before community boards got to have their say, a violation of the law.
The state has botched pot legalization in so many ways it seems Albany must just hope people are indulging enough to not care. But not everyone is zoned out.
Join this run for fun
If you want to have fun, stay in shape, challenge yourself, support a key institution and contribute to community camaraderie, you could hardly do better than to join in the Queens Distance Runners Elmhurst Mile on Saturday, Aug. 2. Check it out at queensdistance.org. And if you’re seeing this too late to sign up for the race — which is divided into different heats, is welcoming to people of all running skill levels and experience and benefits NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst — fear not. The QDR holds many events, and its flagship race, the Jackson Heights Mile, is set for Aug. 30. You can also attend various runs each weekday, either in the morning or evening, at locations from Jackson Heights to Glen Oaks. All of this is great for body and mind. And it’s not expensive. While there is a reasonable fee for the races (that’s how the hospital will benefit on Saturday), the QDR makes a point of taking members for free, unlike some similar organizations. Founder Kevin Montalvo also emphasizes the group’s focus on community — it is all about Queens and the various people who live here. Tie your sneakers tight and go for a run with the QDR!
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No cop-killer parole
Dear Editor:
One down, three to go: That seems to be the game plan for the release of cop killers!
On Feb. 26, 1998, NYPD officer Edward Byrne, 22, was guarding the South Jamaica home of a witness when he was killed execution-style by David McClary, now 59. Scott Cobb, the getaway driver, was released in September 2023, and the other two culprits who were there, Todd Scott and Philip Copeland, remain incarcerated at two separate facilities.
McClary was due to come before the parole board an unbelievable eighth time this month of July, and despite petitions signed by 42,107 people, and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz’s strong opposition to his parole, the board seems to be swayed more in his favor by a few men of the clergy who say he’s a changed man since being incarcerated and deserves another chance at life — a chance Officer Byrne never had at 22!
Jose Hamza Saldana, director of the advocacy group Release Aging People in Prison, is also in McClary’s corner.
It’s sick. We’re more inclined to heed PBA President Patrick Hendry’s comments, “that McClary in killing Officer Byrne attacked the rule of law and every innocent New Yorker.”
We urge all readers to contact Gov. Hochul’s office to remind her that McClary and the other two culprits should never see the
light of day after killing a cop, regardless of their newly found epiphany.
Let’s stand up for the families as true New Yorkers.
Thomas and Constance Dowd Oakland Gardens
Pick one to beat Mamdani
Dear Editor:
(An open letter to Mayor Adams, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa)
I am sending this message to the three of you gentlemen in hopes that you can collectively decide which one of you should run for mayor.
I think we all agree that Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani should be defeated. Please put your egos aside and consider what is best for the future of New York City, as well as your own individual legacies and reputations.
In a race with more than two leading candidates, the winner will probably be Mr. Mamdani, and he would almost certainly receive a minority of the votes. If two of you step aside, it
means that one of you could easily be the winner, having consolidated the moderate majority. You may then competently carry on the job of running our great city. The other two will be considered heroes, having saved the city from an individual who is unqualified and misguided. Please consider this commonsense suggestion for the sake our city and for yourselves. (I have sent this letter to the candidates for their consideration, and urge readers who agree to do the same.)
Lawrence Greenman Rego Park
Free college plan is ageist
Dear Editor:
Gov. Hochul has announced a new program that allows adults to attend community college for free. According to the governor “... no one should have to choose between financial security and a college education.”
However, if you are over age 55, you do not qualify for the program. Many people over 55
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would benefit from free community college. This arbitrary cutoff at age 55 is a good example of ageist discrimination.
It would seem the governor regards people over 55, such as myself, to be less than “no one.” Apparently, we are nobodies with no potential to contribute to society.
Ironically, Hochul is 66 years old. Maybe she is a nobody too, and should run for nothing next time there is an election for governor.
John Korber
South Richmond Hill
We’re on the dark side
Dear Editor:
We’re following in the wrong footsteps. And we’re walking backwards.
In 1597, the English parliament empowered magistrates to deport criminals and “rogues and vagabonds ‘beyond the seas.’” Oliver Cromwell is vilified for this practice, but here we are pursuing a similar policy. We’re “pushing nations around the world, including ones at war, to take people expelled by the U.S. government who are not citizens of those countries,” essentially resurrecting what was often labeled cruel and unusual punishments: banishment, exile, and “Transportation for Life.”
The U.S. government is using its travel ban list as a bargaining chip to compel reluctant nations to accept and imprison people that this administration wants removed. We know that not all these deportees are criminals or lack U.S. citizenship or legal status.
Legally this kind of law hinged on the idea of “vagrancy.” If the local magistrate arbitrarily deemed you an outsider, you had no rights. Think “Les Miserables,” in which Jean Valjean was transported because he stole a loaf of bread to feed his starving children and “Sweeney Todd,” who was exiled by a judge who coveted Todd’s wife.
The practice appears in our Declaration of Independence. Buried in the “history of repeated injuries and usurpations” that prove King George unfit to govern is this malpractice of governance: “For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences.”
The inspiration for this administration may be a little closer in time. Anyone in Russia can be sent into exile in Siberia, thousands of miles from home, where they were mistreated and worked to death. They are called criminals but actually they may be dissidents, teachers, writers, artists, comedians, journalists, or scientists who undercut official policies. We too have been transported to an unrecognizable place. We are walking on the dark side of the moon.
Debra Michlewitz Bayside
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An American reich?
Dear Editor:
I recently read Stew Frimer’s June 19 letter, “Something like Nazis,” saying that’s what “is coming to power.” I had jotted down a few thoughts and hate to say this, but it has to be said. If you substitute Hitler for President Trump, the Gestapo for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and concentration camps for detention centers, we are on our way to becoming Nazi Germany.
Trump openly admires and defends dictators and reportedly had a copy of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf,” as well as a collection of his speeches. Add to this the banning of books, detaining of people who aren’t Aryan (or white and of European descent), threatening journalists, arresting protesters, gathering by the Department of Government Efficiency of information on every citizen, widespread propaganda, numerous rallies and a military parade. If you don’t see the similarities, you don’t know history. The question now is, will enough of us heed the warning signs and act to preserve our democracy?
Linda Imhauser Whitestone
Blame reactionary whites
Dear Editor:
What we are experiencing in the United States is a reaction by so-called “white supremacists” to two significant events: one, the election of Barack Obama, and two, the extensive report stating the U.S. white population would be in the minority by 2040 or 2045.
The fact that Obama was elected to the presidency was shocking to some. Oh my God, how did this happen?! It happened, so get over it. Yet, the population report has some interesting data. The white population’s death rates exceed its birth rates, while people of color, particularly Latinos, have higher birth rates than death rates. Maybe, this data explains why there is a move to end birthright citizenship, why we are rounding up and deporting people of color at high levels, why we are welcoming white South Africans on a special program that provides them with a path to citizenship, and why President Trump claims immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country.
There should not be a concern about whites sliding into the minority because America can create new whites when needed. Early in U.S. history, the Irish, Italians, and others from southern and eastern Europe were not considered white. In the Antebellum South, Jewish peddlers had to go to the back plantation doors like the black slaves. Also, at one time, the mantra was “one drop of Black blood” makes you black, but you don’t hear that anymore. Evidently, many people discover one drop of blackness when searching for their ancestry with DNA tests.
In America, white supremacy based on racial purity is absolute nonsense. It is a prejudicial mindset that entices with promises of social privileges and financial benefits to the detriment of others. This social stigma designed to buffer and bolster those at the top must finally be rejected.
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Pols, activists rally at Borough Hall to show solidarity with immigrants Queens folks decry feds’ TPS clawbacks
by Stephanie G. Meditz Associate Editor
As the Trump administration continues its efforts to revoke Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from certain nations, activists voiced their opposition in Queens, where nearly half of residents were born outside the United States.
More than 100 people visited Borough Hall Monday night for a rally hosted by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards to condemn federal policies and show solidarity with immigrant groups.
“We say no to xenophobia and racism. We say no to masked agents with no badges kidnapping people off our streets, and that’s exactly what fascism looks like,” Richards said. “And don’t get it twisted — the cruelty is the point from this fascist administration.”
With TPS, individuals from nations facing unsafe conditions, such as military conflict or a natural disaster, are protected from deportation and can work in the United States. After President Trump took office, federal officials have moved to revoke those protections for people from some countries.
Some attempts have been successful — Venezuela’s 2023 designation ended in the spring — but others have sparked ongoing legal battles. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on July 1 determined
that Haiti no longer met TPS criteria. It received the designation last year.
A judge later pushed the effective termination date back to no sooner than Feb. 3, 2026. TPS was set to end in September.
New York City on Monday joined other localities across the country in filing an amicus brief against the DHS’s efforts to revoke TPS for Honduran, Nepali and Nicaraguan immigrants. TPS was granted for Honduras and Nicaragua in 1999, and Nepal in 2015.
PEP approves school phone ban regulations
Bell-to-bell restrictions start this fall
by Kristen Guglielmo Editor
The Panel for Educational Policy, the voting body overseeing the city’s public schools, last Wednesday approved proposed amendments to Chancellor’s Regulations A-413 that align with Gov. Hochul’s mandated smartphone ban in schools.
The state allocated $4.3 million in funding to assist with compliance and implementation, while Mayor Adams allotted $25 million as part of the 2026 adopted budget, his office said.
Under the new regulations, starting this fall, personal internet-enabled devices — including smartphones, tablets and smart watches — cannot be used by students during the school day and instead must be turned off and put away.
Schools will be required to provide a secure way to store devices and annually provide staff and families with information about school-specific policies. At least one method for families to reach their children during the day in case of an
emergency is also required.
The updated regulations also include specific exceptions to the policy for students who need devices for medical reasons, are responsible for the care of a family member, have a stipulation in their Individualized Education Program or if a device is authorized for a specific educational purpose.
“As an educator and a parent, I have seen firsthand how constant access to cell phones in the classroom distracts from learning, divides attention, and significantly impacts our students’ mental health, inside schools and at home,” said Schools Chancellor Aviles-Ramos in a prepared statement. “I am proud to be introducing a policy that takes input from unions and advocacy groups, families, community members, and our students into account. This policy is designed to be responsive to the diverse needs of schools, individual students, and families, and I am grateful to all of our partners for their hard work in moving this policy forward.”
“This is the World’s Borough, and this is still the place where people from all over the world can come and live the American dream and get a taste of the world at that,” Richards said. “And this will always be the place where immigrants are welcomed with open arms, not closed fists.”
Several speakers at the rally shared their personal experiences with immigration. Born in Haiti, Community Board 8 District Manager Marie Adam-Ovide said she lived under a dictatorship for the first 14 years of her life. She became a United States citizen about three decades ago.
for more pathways to citizenship. But, he said, even citizens are now under attack, specifically Black and brown communities.
“We have to push back against racism and racialism. We have to push back against bigotry,” Agyemang said. “We have to push back, but we also have to continue to push justice.”
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams expressed similar sentiments, stating that the fight to preserve TPS stems from the Trump administration’s efforts to strip it from those who legally have it.
“That is important because we kept saying they are not going after criminals and they are not going after people who are here legally,” Williams said, directing his message to members of marginalized communities who supported Trump.
“They are literally trying to figure out how to deport and get rid of as many Black and brown people as possible,” he continued. “That is all that it ever was.”
Audu Kadiri of the Queens Village-based group Diligently Serving Immigrants said stripping TPS from people who need it is “one of the most wicked things anybody can do to human beings.”
“We have to push back against racism and racialism.”
— Robert Agyemang, vice president of advocacy New York Immigration Coalition
“It saddens me that I no longer recognize the country that I can now call my own, that I decided I wanted to be part of because of the rules of law,” Adam-Ovide said.
“Unfortunately, this administration is not heading in the right direction. It is attacking migrants, green card holders, naturalized citizens and even the American-born,” she continued. “Where will it end?”
Emphasizing the importance of TPS, New York Immigration Coalition Vice President of Advocacy Robert Agyemang also cited a need
“Just like me, many of these people who are here today were running away from persecution, political unrest, threats to their lives,” Kadiri said. “They are brave men and women, professionals who have to leave ... the life they have built to come to the United States to start a new life, and I can promise you, that is one of the hardest things anybody can do.”
In other federal actions, the Trump administration last week filed a lawsuit challenging New York City’s sanctuary policies, which limit cooperation between local and federal law enforcement on immigration [see separate story in some editions or at qchron.com].
“We have always been a sanctuary for everyone, in this country and in this city,” Richards said. “So any administration looking to roll that back, we’re going to be at your front door. And back door.” Q
School supply drive in D32
Before summer wraps up and students head back to school in September, the office of Councilmember Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) is lending a hand to those in need by hosting a back-to-school supply drive.
Accepted items include pencils, pens, paper, folders, binders, backpacks, highlighters, crayons, markers, glue, tape, calculators, notebooks, erasers, rulers, permanent markers, composition books, scissors and other common school supplies.
The items will be distributed at various back-to-school giveaways within Ariola’s
district, her office said.
School supplies can be dropped off at her office, at 93-06 101 Ave. in Ozone Park, Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The collection period ends Aug. 21.
Those with questions can contact Ariola’s office at (718) 738-1083.
“Every donation, big or small, goes directly to families in our community so District 32’s kids can head into the classroom confident and prepared to succeed,” Ariola said in a Facebook post. Q — Kristen Guglielmo
Amid threats to Temporary Protected Status, Robert Agyemang of the NYIC, at mic, cited a need for more pathways to citizenship, but said even citizens are under attack. PHOTO BY STEPHANIE G. MEDITZ
Trump files suit over NYC’s sanctuary laws
Policies let ‘dangerous criminals’ into the community, DOJ argues
by Stephanie G. Meditz Associate Editor
The U.S. Department of Justice on July 24 sued New York City over its sanctuary policies, which limit local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal officials on immigration.
Filed in the Eastern District of New York, the complaint argues that the laws intentionally impede the feds from doing their jobs. It says the policies “facilitate the release of dangerous criminals into the community” by preventing city personnel from transferring deportable criminal migrants directly to federal officials, requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to make arrests on the streets.
One point of contention is Rikers Island, where ICE used to have an office. It closed under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, and recent efforts to reopen it have stalled.
“New York City has released thousands of criminals on the streets to commit violent crimes against law-abiding citizens due to sanctuary city policies,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. “If New York City won’t stand up for the safety of its citizens, we will.”
not enough for a locality to do so, The New York Times reported last year.
A lawsuit arguing that the city unlawfully detained more than 20,000 unauthorized immigrants past their release dates was settled in 2024. It required the city to pay $92.5 million.
Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition, said the new lawsuit is “frivolous at best” and an attack on self-governance at worst, calling on Mayor Adams to fight back.
“When local police focus on protecting our neighborhoods rather than carrying out the federal government’s mass disappearance agenda, every New Yorker can feel secure enough to report crimes, access emergency services, and cooperate with investigations without fear of deportation,”
“Keeping New Yorkers safe also means making sure they feel safe ... ”
— Kayla Mamelak Altus, City Hall press secretary
The complaint laments that sanctuary provisions restrict the city’s cooperation with ICE detainers and let dangerous criminals evade the feds. The policies prevent city officials from honoring detainers unless agents have a judicial warrant and a person has either been convicted of a serious crime within the last five years or may be a match in a terrorist screening database, court documents say.
The suit claims that sanctuary laws violate the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause by obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration law.
It used to be that ICE could ask the city to hold criminal migrants in police custody for up to two days after serving their time, but policies changed in 2012 after court rulings concluded that a federal detainer alone was
Awawdeh said in a statement. Immigrants make up nearly half of Queens’ population.
Kayla Mamelak Altus, the mayor’s press secretary, said Adams supports the essence of the local laws set forth by the City Council, but thinks they “go too far when it comes to dealing with those violent criminals on our streets.”
“Keeping New Yorkers safe also means making sure they feel safe, and Mayor Adams has been clear: no one should be afraid to dial 911, send their kids to school, or go to the hospital, and no New Yorker should feel forced to hide in the shadows,” Mamelak Altus said.
Adams has urged lawmakers to revisit sanctuary policies so the city can cooperate with the feds on public safety, Mamelak Altus said, but the Council has so far refused. She said his office will review the suit.
“Pam Bondi may want to distract from reality, but the facts are clear: the evidence consistently shows that cities with sanctuary laws are safer than those without them,” Rendy Desamours, a City Council spokesperson, said in a statement. “When residents
feel comfortable reporting crime and cooperating with local law enforcement, we are all safer, something both Republican and Democratic mayors of New York City have recognized.”
Desamours said also that the city’s Law Department is reviewing the lawsuit.
But some lawmakers have long opposed sanctuary laws. The Common Sense Caucus, which includes Councilmembers Bob Holden (D-Maspeth), Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) and Vickie Paladino (R-Whitestone) in Queens, issued a statement in favor of the lawsuit.
“After years of seeking the repeal of New York City’s dangerous ‘sanctuary city laws,’ we asked Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice this May to intervene to ensure federal authorities and our own law enforcement agencies could cooperate to keep New Yorkers safe,” the group said. “We are pleased they have listened and are moving forward with necessary legal action.”
Holden also has pushed for the Charter Revision Commission to put sanctuary laws to a vote on the general election ballot. The policies were not among the five propositions approved last Monday.
Councilmember Shekar Krishnan (D-Jackson Heights), a member of the Committee on Immigration, said it is “more important than ever” to defend sanctuary laws as Trump hires more ICE agents.
“Trump’s lawsuit is another attempt to spread fear and intimidation across our communities and continue mass deportations,” Krishnan said in a statement. ‘We won’t let Donald Trump win. Our city will always stand up for immigrants.”
Border czar Tom Homan has said sanctuary laws would not stop the feds from carrying out President Trump’s deportation plans. The DOJ has sued other cities that have similar provisions, including Los Angeles and several in New Jersey.
The complaint also cites an executive order by First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro to let ICE reopen its Rikers Island office to conduct criminal enforcement. A judge temporarily blocked the order after the City Council filed a lawsuit against it.
“For too long, New York City has been at the vanguard of interfering with enforcing our immigration laws,” Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate said. “Its efforts to thwart federal immigration enforcement end now.” Q
Ex-Amazon worker charged with theft
by Stephanie G. Meditz Associate Editor
A former employee of Amazon’s Maspeth warehouse was arrested and charged last Tuesday with allegedly stealing almost 2,000 pairs of shoes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Asraf Mohamed, 33, of Brooklyn worked at the Grand Avenue site from July 2020 until his September 2023 termination, according to the Queens DA’s Office. Part of Mohamed’s job was to train new drivers, so he had access to a national database of new employees.
Between Nov. 12, 2022 and June 9, 2023, he allegedly used those employees’ information without their knowledge to create 1,838 accounts with Zappos, a subsidiary of Amazon. Amazon’s Zappos at Work program aims to give workers a free pair of boots or sneakers to wear on the job.
Seventy-nine shoe orders were delivered to his address, the DA said, while another 1,759 were brought to his brother’s Queens address. The alleged stolen shoes included brands such as Timberland, Dr. Martens, Wolverine, Carhartt, New Balance and Brooks.
The DA’s Office said Mohamed allegedly sold the shoes, which had a total retail value of $224,834, on eBay.
He was arrested Tuesday morning outside his home, according to the DA. He was charged with second-degree grand larceny and possession of stolen property.
“As alleged, this defendant took advantage of his position at Amazon to gather information on fellow workers, compromising their safety to line his own pockets to the tune of $224,000,” Queens DA Melinda Katz said in a press release. “Retail theft, whether against
mom-and-pop shops or large corporations, hurts all consumers as it causes prices to rise.”
Mohamed was arraigned Tuesday night. He was ordered to return to court Sept. 16 by Queens Criminal Court Judge Jerry Iannece. If convicted of the top count, he could face a maximum sentence of five to 15 years in prison, the DA said.
“I thank the prosecutors of my dedicated Frauds Bureau and our law enforcement partners for their work on this long-term investigation,” Katz said. Q
The Trump administration sued New York City over its sanctuary laws, arguing that they impede federal officials. PHOTOS BY MOLLY RILEY / WHITE HOUSE FLICKR / FILE, LEFT, AND PETER C. MASTROSIMONE / FILE
Now in their 30th season, the JC Players are heading into their opening weekend performances of Stephen Sondheim’s musical farce, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.”
Set in ancient Rome, the tale follows the enslaved Pseudolus as he vies for freedom by trying to help his master, Hero, win the heart of the beautiful Philia. The Broadway production won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1962.
The first three performances, at 8 p.m. on Aug. 1 and 2 and at 3 p.m. Aug. 3, will take place at the GlendaleMaspeth United Methodist Church, located at 66-14 Central Ave.
The remaining two, at 8 p.m. Aug. 9 and 3 p.m. Aug. 10, will be at Middle Village’s Community United Methodist Church, at 75-27 Metropolitan Ave.
Tickets are $25 for adults, and $22 for children under 13 and seniors 65 and over. The show is recommended for children ages 12 and up.
One may purchase them at jcplayers. weebly.com, via phone at (917) 6477526 or by emailing randi817@hotmail.com.
Q — Stephanie G. Meditz
Teens take the stage for ‘Legally Blonde’
Find your way to Richmond Hill next week, because the Holy Child Jesus Teen Drama Group is back this summer with a production “Legally Blonde: The Musical,” an adaptation of the popular film.
The musical is led by Jess Maderik, center, as Elle Woods, a bubbly, blonde sorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to prove
she’s serious in an effort to win back her exboyfriend — but discovers she may have a knack for law.
With a dazzling cast of teens ages 13 through 19, the show is sure to delight those of all ages with its comedy, charm and romance.
Performances are scheduled for Aug. 7, 8
and 9 at 7 p.m., and Aug. 10 at 3 p.m., inside the gymnasium at Msgr. Murray Hall, at 11102 86 Ave.
Tickets can be purchased in person with cash and card, Sunday through Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. until Aug. 6, or online at hcjteendrama.seatyourself.biz for an additional fee. — Kristen Guglielmo
FAITH TALK
Pastor Stephen Roser
Stephen Roser is the pastor of Howard Beach Assembly of God Church
Jesus’ coming again to earth is certain, but its timing is unpredictable. We must always be prepared.
The first Christians looked forward to an early return of Christ. When it didn’t happen, some began to question if what they had been taught was true. Today, not many Christians seem to believe that Jesus is coming soon, and some of those who do, waste time calculating date and time.
order to work and move with speed, they would tuck their robes around a belt at the waist, preventing their feet from tripping over the robes as they hurried about their business.
Jesus calls us to constant watchfulness for His coming, not to complacency or to waste energy on computing the calendar. But alert watching is not to replace loving service to the Lord. “Be dressed, ready for service,” He admonishes us (Luke 12:35).
He is describing the long, flowing robes worn by men in the ancient world. In
In the same verse, Jesus compares His second coming to a bridegroom returning from a wedding, and us to the bridegroom’s servants who remain in his house looking for it. With gathered robes and expectant hearts, the faithful servants wait for their Master’s knock at the door. They are not asleep. They are on duty.
Faithful servants never sleep on the job, no matter how long the Lord’s return might be delayed. They remain active in Bible study, witness, and service.
Housing deal for Flushing Airport
Mayor says 3,000-unit proposal boosts record new-home numbers
by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor
Mayor Adams was joined by a who’s who of elected officials, union leaders and others on Monday as he announced plans for nearly 3,000 apartment units on the site of the old Flushing Airport in College Point.
In an agreement with the city and the New York City Economic Development Corp., Cirrus Workforce Housing and LCORE will build on 20 acres of an 80-acre site that has been largely overgrown since the airport closed in 1984.
Another partner is the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, which will help finance the project from its pension fund with the agreement that city union workers will be able to secure spots in the workforce housing units that will be priced within their range.
Adams used the visit to kick off what he proclaimed to be Housing Week, and to talk about the progress his administration has made to increase the city’s housing stock. The 25-minute press conference can be viewed at tinyurl.com/45tmaevc.
“Every time we build a new house, we build more dreams and families, but you know, if it’s union built, we get a double win for us,” Adams said. “We’re making sure that the union members who built the housing can afford to live in the housing that they are building, and that’s what we’re talking about here.”
The mayor called his the most pro-housing administration in the city’s history, citing his City of Yes initiative and others for having more than 100,000 new units ranging from being in the pipeline to having signed leases.
“The numbers don’t lie,” he said. “When we are done shoveling the ground, we’re going to have more housing built than the 12 years of Bloomberg, the eight years of de Blasio combined, 20 years in comparison to three and a half years combined, we’re doing it.”
The airport, which opened in 1927, is owned by the city. The press conference took place near 132nd Street and 20th Avenue.
“When you think about this airport, this was the busiest airport in New York City,” Adams said. “And look at it. When it was closed down, I was a rookie cop, and ‘Ghostbusters’ was on top of the movie charts. That’s how long this
The city has an agreement to build nearly 3,000 apartments, including workforce housing, on 20 acres at the old Flushing Airport. Another 60 aces will be green space. IMAGE BY S9 ARCHITECTURE
area has lain dormant. In 1984, when it closed, and when you think about it, we’re talking about just watching spaces like this remain dormant while we needed new [housing] locations.”
Gary LaBarbera, president of the Building and Construction Council, said he and Adams had talked a partnership for a while.
“And when we were together about two years ago, we were chatting, we were talking, and I floated this idea about union pension funds, bringing equity into projects, and partnering with the City of New York for city land ... to make it possible to build not only affordable housing, but workforce housing,” LaBarbera said, telling Adams that only 3.8 percent of housing built in the last two decades was actually workforce housing.
“And workforce housing is the city’s essential workers,” LaBarbera said. “It’s union construction workers, it’s cops, it’s firefighters, it’s nurses, sanitation, teachers. This is the backbone of the city, and these are the essential workers. And in the current environment, you know, these workers make a little too much money to qualify for affordable, but not enough for market rate.”
Acknowledging Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (R-Whitestone) to his left, LaBarbera said
New regs on food delivery
As part of its push to regulate food delivery app companies and protect their workers and the public, in what it calls the absence of City Council action, the Adams administration announced new proposed rules on the industry July 28.
The regulations would require companies such as Grubhub, Uber Eats and DoorDash to register with the city Department of Transportation; assign their delivery workers unique identification numbers and ID cards for enforcement purposes; and provide them with safety training and equipment. The stated goal is greater safety
for cyclists and pedestrians.
The proposed rules can be seen at tinyurl.com/yckbrd9t. An online public hearing is set for 10 a.m. Sept. 2, and written comments may be made until 5 p.m.
The rules are part of the city’s effort to establish a Department of Sustainable Delivery within the DOT. “This is a publicsafety issue and a quality-of-life issue that affects all of us,” Mayor Adams said in a statement, with Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro noting “the absence of legislation to address these public safety concerns.” Q
— Peter C. Mastrosimone
26,000 union workers reside in her 19th District. Paladino, in a video posted on her campaign website, reminded residents that plans are in the “preliminary, preliminary” stage, and there will be full transparency.
“Let me reassure the community ... that there are more discussions that need to happen before any actions are taken,” she said. “I don’t want anybody to panic. Your councilwoman’s got this under control. I am on top of this 150 percent.” She said the plan is not due for review by city agencies until about September 2026.
Joseph McDonnell, managing partner of Cirrus, said it was an exciting day.
“What I’m excited to see today is rather than diagnosing the problem, we’ve put together a public-private partnership that’s going to try to bring 3,000 units to what today is basically fallow land,” he said.
He added that the housing will be surrounded by 60 acres of wetland, and is just across the street from newly refurbished wetlands, which critics of the new project believe could be endangered by the new construction.
“When you look at New York City today, the housing crisis everybody talks about, the reality is there aren’t a lot of easy sites left, McDonnell said. “This is 80 acres and it’s something that we need to do ...”
Borough President Donovan Richards also called it a win-win situation.
“Often what we’ve seen is a lot of our communities, and we’ve heard this, we hear this every day, many of our neighbors being pushed out of the city who can no longer afford it,” he said, “the working, the middle class, to lowincome New Yorkers who don’t have an opportunity to stay in this borough and this city.”
Tom Grech, president and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, told the Chronicle he was excited to be there.
“This is a near-$3 billion investment,” Grech said. “It’s just a beautiful, beautiful opportunity. It’s good for the whole community.”
But James Cervino, a scientist who is with the Coastal Preservation Network and A Better College Point Civic Association, said he is angry the plan is being pursued. He also is a member of Community Board 7, but made it clear he was speaking only for himself.
Cervino said construction would endanger a freshwater aquifer that runs beneath the site, one the city could rely on in a water emergency.
He said the site has extensive contamination from PCBs and other pollutants from its airport days, and that remediation could be both tricky and expensive.
“There still needs to be a vote,” Cervino said. “There still needs to be a meeting with the state [Department of Environmental Conservation].” Q
Chronicle seeks a freelance reporter
The Queens Chronicle is seeking a freelance reporter who is conscientious, reliable and able to turn stories around quickly when needed.
The ideal candidate will have a flexible schedule and be able to cover events such as press conferences, protests and art exhibit openings. Knowledge of and interest in government and politics are strong pluses.
Applicants should send their resumes and three writing samples to Editor-in-Chief Peter C. Mastrosimone at peterm@qchron.com. Experience is preferred; talent required. Q
Free tennis program in HB
It’s not too late to register your kids for New York Junior Tennis & Learning’s free tennis program at Charles Park for the rest of summer.
The program, made possible by funding from City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) and Councilmember Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park), is open for kids aged 5 through 18.
Classes are Monday through Friday, from 9 to 10 a.m. for ages 5 to 8; 10 to 11 a.m. for ages 9 to 11; and 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. for ages 11 and up. Attendance on any given day is optional, and no one is
turned away or put on a waiting list. Free racquets and other equipment are provided during lessons, and tournaments are planned for all ages throughout the season, ending Aug. 22. To register, go online to tinyurl.com/msm6p2nh. Those with questions may send an email to ctp@nyjtl.org or call (347) 417-8125.
After signing up, one should visit the site and speak to the site director about the schedule, according to the city Department of Youth and Community Development.
Q — Kristen Guglielmo
Christmas came early for those at the St. Albans VA Community Living Center, at 179-00 Linden Blvd., where members of American Legion Post 118, based at 89-02 91 St in Woodhaven, brought merry spirit to hundreds of veterans on July 25 with a “Christmas in July” barbecue.
One of the core missions of the volun-
teers, above, is to assist area veterans groups. That dedication was on full display last week as Post and Auxiliary 118 members manned grills and plated food for more than 200 residents at the center, according to Dominick Pepe, the adjutant of American Legion of Queens County. — Kristen Guglielmo
COURTESY PHOTOS
ACC Ridgewood and Manhattan get $1 million for more capacity, staff City pet shelters to see more funding
by Stephanie G. Meditz Associate Editor
As animal shelters across the country struggle with overcapacity, Mayor Adams last Friday announced additional funding for city-run sites.
The $1 million investment will go toward raising capacity at Animal Care Centers of NYC’s Queens and Manhattan locations. It also seeks to improve conditions by supporting the hiring and training of 14 more staffers at each site.
“ACC’s work to ensure no animal is left behind is essential to protecting animals across New York City, and our administration is proud to invest $1 million in additional funding to support the work ACC does and boost their capacity to better care for animals,” Adams said in a statement.
The Paul A. Vallone Queens Animal Care Center at 19-06 Flushing Ave. in Ridgewood has been full to the brim since it opened last year. It still struggles with capacity, housing far more dogs than it can hold.
The ACC recently suspended its intake due to critical capacity issues, with exceptions for animals in need
of emergency care, that pose a public safety risk or that get dropped off by government agencies.
“We are grateful to have extra funding to hire more staff to care for more animals,” the ACC said in an emailed statement.
The city’s affordability crisis has contributed to shelters’ volume —
The New York Times recently reported that many city residents are forced to give up their pets as they struggle with high living costs.
Many animals at the ACC’s Ridgewood site were dropped off by owners who lost housing or could no longer afford a pet, The Times said.
City Coucilman Bob Holden (D-Maspeth) said the investment is a step in the right direction, but $1 million is “a drop in the bucket” given the scale of the crisis.
“We need a comprehensive strategy that includes holding ACC accountable, converting vacant retail space into shelters, and passing my pet food pantry bill to help struggling New Yorkers avoid surrendering their beloved pets,” Holden said in an emailed statement. Introduced in January, his bill would require the
The ACC’s
lower the feral cat population “if the Mayor was serious about fixing the problems at the ACC.”
“Until these things happen, we are always going to be facing overcrowding, and a million dollars may be nice but it certainly is not anything near a long-term, sustainable solution,” she said.
The ACC remains open for adoptions, and staff encourage those who are able to adopt or foster a pet to do so. The next adoption event in Queens is set for Sunday, Aug. 10 from 12 to 4 p.m. at Middle Village’s M&M Pet Boutique and Supplies.
overwhelmed Ridgewood site, above, will see more money from the city to raise capacity and hire more staff.
commissioner of health and mental hygiene to establish a pet food pantry in at least one spot for at least a year and deliver a report on the pilot program’s impact and feasibility.
It was laid over by the Council’s Health Committee, which held a hearing on it in June.
“This is really just a Band-Aid on
Pols, advocates rally against not-guilty
BY MICHAEL SHAIN
a hemorrhaging wound at this point,”
Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park), who has sponsored several pieces of animal welfare legislation, said via email.
Ariola said that while hiring more staff is a good thing, there would be investments in affordable veterinary care and “trap, neuter release” to
“I also urge New Yorkers looking for a pet addition to their families to adopt, so we can ensure that every animal can find a loving home,” Adams said.
The ACC is slated to open a new Bronx location next year, and it will be the borough’s first full-service animal shelter. A renovated Brooklyn site also is expected to open in 2026.
“In so many ways, our pets care for us and our loved ones, and it’s important that we care for them, too,” Adams said. Q
verdict in Ian McKeever case Push to ban horse carriages reignited
by Stephanie G. Meditz Associate Editor
Animal rights advocates last week doubled down on their push against horse-drawn carriages in the city, following the acquittal of a driver on cruelty charges.
Groups including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and New Yorkers for Clean, Livable, and Safe Streets joined City Councilmembers Bob Holden (D-Maspeth) and Erik Bottcher (D-Manhattan) outside City Hall last Wednesday to rally against the verdict. Speakers also demanded a hearing on Ryder’s Law, Holden’s bill that would ban the city’s horse carriage industry.
“This decision ignores the cruelty and inhumanity of what happened,” Holden said in a statement. “I will not give up on ending this barbaric and outdated industry once and for all. I strongly urge my colleagues and the public to stand with me in fighting for the protection of animals across our city.”
Carriage driver Ian McKeever faced animal cruelty charges after his horse, Ryder, collapsed on the job in Manhattan in the summer of 2022.
Prosecutors alleged that he ignored signs of distress, which he denied, several published news reports say. Ryder was euthanized later that year.
The horse suffered from leukemia, and a vet who examined him after the incident testified that the cancer’s effects likely led to his fall, CBS News reported.
“This disappointing verdict shows
just how broken, outdated and ineffective New York’s animal cruelty laws are,” NYCLASS said in a statement on X. “Ryder was a 26-yearold, emaciated, cancer-stricken horse who collapsed from being overworked and later died — and that still wasn’t enough for a conviction.”
Juror Tracy Winston told NYCLASS that Ryder’s owner, Colm
McKeever, falsified veterinary records to hide Ryder’s true age, as per a press release from the group. Winston said that was never shared with the jury.
A Department of Health spokesperson said the agency issued two summonses to Ryder’s owner based on false information about his age submitted on both the license application and health certificate. Each violation resulted in a civil penalty of $1,000.
Ian McKeever said he would not have taken Ryder out that day if he knew the horse was sick, the CBS report states.
“The Department of Health gave Ian McKeever a get-out-of-jail-free card due to their stunning incompetence in allowing gravely ill horses like Ryder to be licensed with perfect bills of health — a pattern of incompetence we have exposed for years,” said NYCLASS Executive Director Edita Birnkrant, of Fresh Meadows.
“Not only did Ryder endure unimaginable suffering in life — now he’s been denied justice in death.”
Some at the rally demanded that Councilmember Lynn Schulman
(D-Forest Hills), who chairs the Committee on Health, hold a hearing on Ryder’s Law, which was introduced last year. A Schulman spokesperson said it is going through the legislative process.
PETA posted a photo from the rally on X last week, stating that horses will never be safe as long as they are forced onto city streets.
After last week’s verdict, Winston said in a video on X posted by NYCLASS that Mayor Adams and the city’s Health Department also are at fault for licensing the horse to work. Asked for comment, a City Hall spokesperson said via email that the Adams administration is committed to keeping New Yorkers safe, which also means animals.
“What happened to Ryder was awful, and we will always work to protect New York City’s beloved animals,” City Hall said.
The Health Department spokesperson added that a veterinarian must examine a horse and certify that it is fit to work. They now need to confirm that an age assessment has been conducted when submitting a certificate of health. Q
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Animal rights advocates last week rallied against the acquittal of horse carriage driver Ian McKeever, who faced cruelty charges. PHOTO VIA PETA / X
SSaturday night night specialties specialties
by Stephanie G. Meditz
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ome might say that Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home to the Unisphere, embodies the World’s Borough.
That is especially true on Saturday nights in the summer, when the rich aromas of mouth-watering dishes from all over the world fill the air.
Now in the thick of its 10th season, the Queens Night Market welcomes visitors to take a trip around the globe through their taste buds by trying something new from a vast array of food vendors. Along with representation, affordability is the name of the game, with no dish costing more than $6.
“I sort of feel like we’ve got, I don’t know about a winning formula, but one that a lot of people in New York like,” founder John Wang said. “You see so many families come out and they seem to be able to afford it and have a good time.”
More than three million people visited the night market during its first nine seasons, and nearly 100 countries were represented through the food sold.
“We tried six or seven places and it was all excellent,” said Tom Harran, who traveled from Mineola on Long Island for his first visit to the night market. His daughter, Kristen, noted that the event offers types of food “that you can’t get everywhere.”
Wang said the night market adds new tents with new cuisines every year. The event marks some vendors’ first time in New York, he added.
“It would be decades before anyone can really represent all the diversity of New York City, and so every year we just try to put that goalpost a little further along,” Wang said. Just some of the dishes attendees can look forward to this season are Peruvian ceviche, Trinidadian shark sandwiches, Mexican huaraches, Israeli babkas and Ecuadorian roasted corn.
Rebecca Yu of Manhattan said the variety of food is what keeps her coming back.
“I don’t think we’ve ever gotten the same thing twice,” Yu said of herself and her fiancé, Quinn Torres. “I like that we’re able to try things that we’ve never gone out of our way to find.”
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Viscardi had it tough but persevered in Corona
by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor
Henry Viscardi Jr. was born in Manhattan on May 10, 1912, the second of five children born to an Italian immigrant, Onofrio (who later changed his name to Henry), who worked his entire life as a barber. Henry Jr. suffered greatly the first years of his life with deformed legs that were just stumps.
He grew up at 97-16 40 Road in Corona. Eventually he was fitted with casts that enabled him to walk. He married Lucile Darracq in November 1946, 11 years his junior and the daughter of a maitre d’.
Viscardi communicated with President Roosevelt, who used a wheelchair himself and knew his pain. With advice from Eleanor Roosevelt he opened Abilities Inc. in 1952 with his own money in West Hempstead, LI. He became a lobbyist for the disabled and an adviser to many Presidents.
He later moved to Great Neck, LI. He worked hands on until April 13, 2004, when he passed away at age 91.
The Viscardi Center bears his name and thrives in Albertson, LI, today, doing incredible things for the disabled. Q
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Due to an editing error, the July 17 story “Linda Yaccarino could tweet about Kew Gardens” misstated the year of her birth. While media outlets cite one year, ancestry. com lists 1962. We regret the error. Q
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Hulk Hogan remembered
by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor
Although there were recent rumors of Hulk Hogan (real name: Terry Bollea) suffering ill health, it was nonetheless shocking to learn of his passing last Thursday from cardiac arrest. While he is most famous for being a pro wrestler, Hogan was an American pop culture icon well-known to even those who never tuned in to a World Wrestling Entertainment telecast.
Hogan’s legacy is complicated. He admitted to steroid use and cheating with the wife of a close friend; and was caught on tape making a racist slur. Though a longtime champion, he impressed few of his peers with his technical skills. Rival Bret Hart was asked a few months ago to grade Hogan as a wrestler. “He gets a 10 for microphone skills and promotion, and a 3 for wrestling skills,” he dryly replied.
Hogan’s wrestling may have left a lot to be desired, but his charisma made him a revenue generator. Sylvester Stallone hired him to play a heel wrestler named Thunderlips in “Rocky III.”
That performance attracted the attention of NBC’s Dick Ebersol, who booked him to both host a memorable 1985 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” and to establish the first primetime pro wrestling TV show since the Eisenhower administration, “Saturday Night’s Main Event.”
Wrestling legend Ted DiBiase brilliantly lampooned the 1980s greed mentality with his Mil-
lion Dollar Man character better than Michael Douglas’s Gordon Gekko character from the 1987 film “Wall Street” did. He paid tribute on social media to Hogan’s becoming the most popular action figure in the toy industry since GI Joe. I met Hogan at the New York Toy Fair at the Javits Center in the late 1990s. His career was slumping at the time. He was playing a villain named “Hollywood Hogan” for Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling, which was a major rival to Vince McMahon’s WWF (later WWE). Miffed that his top draw switche d employers, McMahon called Hogan’s good guy “eat your vitamins, and say your prayers, kids” shtick “a relic of the Reagan administration.” I asked Hogan if it was a character he would like to play again. “I would love to!” he wistfully replied. His last major non-wrestling appearance was at the 2024 Republican National Convention. He delivered a lively speech that got the delegates pumped up for their party’s nominee, Jamaica Estates native Donald Trump. His last televised WWE appearance was in April in LA at the Intuit Dome. The occasion marked Netflix becoming the new television home for “Monday Night Raw.” The anti-Trump crowd booed. He was unnerved by that reaction. He sadly learned Hulkamania could not pin a politically divided nation.
See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com. Q
The childhood home of Henry Viscardi Jr. at 97-16 40 Road in Corona, seen in the 1940s. INSET PHOTO OF PORTRAIT BY SATENDRA SINGH VIA WIKIPEDIA
English manor, various visitors: murder, of course
by Mark Lord qboro contributor
For their summer attraction, The Gingerbread Players of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Forest Hills present Agatha Christie’s country house mystery “The Hollow,” a 1951 play based on the author’s own 1946 novel of the same name. It runs for two more performances this weekend.
The play is set in the home of Sir Henry and Lady Lucy Angkatell, from which it derives its title, a few miles outside of London.
At the outset, we are introduced to sculptress Henrietta, one of several family cousins who will be involved in the proceedings, and to Sir Henry himself. Before long, we meet Lady Lucy, a grande dame whose absentmindedness provides some of the play’s funnier moments.
We soon learn that, as is customary in works of this sort, a gathering of weekend guests is about to take place, each an interesting character.
It takes a while for the wheels of the plot entanglements to start turning, but eventually secret romantic associations are revealed, a murder, naturally, is committed, and suspicions begin to emerge.
The play, seen at last week’s final dress rehearsal, incorporates a shooting range (the
Culquhoun, a Scotland Yard detective called in to investigate the murder. She is offered sturdy support by Steven Ackerman as Sgt. Penny, who proves to be quite an asset in handling the case.
better to have gunshots going off!), a missing gun, a mysterious handbag, a basket of eggs and a vial of poison in what might best be described as a thriller of passion and betrayal. Love triangles abound.
Director Jean Tessier, no stranger to Christie’s plays, has molded her actors into a unified ensemble, including both Gingerbread veterans as well as newcomers in the group.
Farah Diaz-Tello conveys Henrietta’s strength of character, while Andrew Dinan, as Henry, makes for a sensible and devoted mate to his wife. Suzanne Schick is eccen-
tricity personified as Lucy.
Bart DeFinna is effective as the arrogant womanizer, Dr. John Cristow; Adriana Newmann-Redlin conveys the awkwardness of his slow-witted wife, Gerda. Joanna De Jesus could have been more effusive as the self-absorbed movie actress, Veronica.
Mike Miller as the shy Edward, who feels unworthy of happiness, and Tiffany McCue, as a charming dress shop employee, share two of the play’s most memorable scenes.
In a gender-blind casting switch, Marianne Percival is the no-nonsense Inspector
The Angkatells’ two servants are played by Kenneth Eckert as the loyal Gudgeon and Victoria Russo as maid-in-training Doris. They share a brief dance interlude (choreographed by Russo) that is an unexpected delight.
The design team has done an exemplary job, with set, costumes and lighting all contributing to the ambiance, as do the special sound effects.
Remaining performances at St. Luke’s (85 Greenway South) are on Aug. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Aug. 3 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $20, or $15 for seniors. For more, call (718) 2687772 or visit gingerbreadplayers.org. Q
Eat around the world in one night in Corona
“I like that it’s not the same four tents,” Torres said. “All the street vendor things they do in Manhattan ... it’s always the same things. I think this is the only one that is something different.”
Melissa, who comes to the market from Long Island City every year, said she does not have a single favorite food item, but Moon Man’s Indonesian desserts are high on her list.
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“I like the variety of food. I like that it’s subsidized so everyone has access to it,” said her husband, Myles. “It’s a nice outdoor thing to do in the summer.”
Wang said he hopes the $6 price cap on food can stick around another year, and that the market will remain an affordable, welcoming space for a night out.
Organizers are seeking additional partners to help reduce or waive vendor fees and maintain the price cap. Artists set up tents at the market, too.
The Queens Night Market is free and open to the public on Saturday nights through Oct. 25, with a short break for the U.S. Open from Aug. 23 to Sept. 6. The event is rain or shine, unless the weather is a threat to guests’ and vendors’ safety.
It is located at 47-01 111 St., behind the New York Hall of Science.
“I’m planning to come back, because I can’t try everything in one day,” said first-time attendee Dally Gomez, who made the trip from Brooklyn. “But so far, everything I’ve had, I’ve liked.” Pakistani bites from Mirchi Masala might just be her favorite, she told the Chronicle.
The Harran family, at right in main photo, came to their first Queens Night Market from Long Island on July 26. Fiancés Rebecca Yu and Quinn Torres, upper right, and husband-wife duo Naeem Patric and Dally Gomez made the trip from Manhattan and Brooklyn, respectively. On the cover: Szechuan noodles are among the many delicious dishes one can try for no more than $6 a pop.
“You can be in one place and get all the flavors that you need instead of going throughout the city and finding all these restaurants,” said Gomez’s husband,
Naeem Patric. “Or, you’re here, you get a taste and if you want to get more of that stuff, then you can kind of find those locations and enjoy more of it.” Q
The cast of The Gingerbread Players’ rendering of “The Hollow” and, at right, Edward (Mike Miller) has proposed to Midge (Tiffany McCue) as Lucy (Suzanne Schick) arrives, in one of the play’s most affecting scenes.
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF NEW YORK - Index No. 154338/2024. Date ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE signed 07/15/2025. Let Plaintiff, SIXTO MOCHA, show cause at the IAS Part 31 of this Court, to be held at the Courthouse thereof, located at 111 Centre Street, Room 623, New York, New York, on the 28th day of October, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. of that day, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, WHY an Order should be made and entered granting the following relief: Pursuant to CPLR § 321(b)(2), granting THE GARCIA LAW FIRM, P.C., the present attorneys of record, leave to withdraw and be relieved as counsel for SIXTO MOCHA, the Plaintiff herein; Pursuant to CPLR § 316(a), granting service by publication on Plaintiff; Granting a stay for a period of thirty (30) days to allow Plaintiff the opportunity to obtain new counsel; and For such other, further and different relief as this Court deems just and proper.
CORTE SUPREMA DEL ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK - CONDADO DE MANHATTAN – Numero de indice 154338/2024. Fecha en la que la ORDEN DE MOSTRAR CAUSA fue firmada: 07/15/2025. Que el demandante, SIXTO MOCHA, muestre causa en la Parte 31 del IAS de este Tribunal, que se llevará a cabo en la corte, ubicada en 111 Centre Street, Cuarto 623, Condado de Manhattan, Estado de Nueva York, el día 28 de Octubre del 2025, a las 10:00 a.m. de ese día, o tan pronto como se pueda escuchar a los abogados, POR QUÉ se debe hacer y registrar una Orden que otorga el siguiente alivio: De conformidad con la ley § 321(b)(2), otorgando a THE GARCIA LAW FIRM, P.C., los actuales abogados registrados, permiso para retirarse y ser relevado como abogado de SIXTO MOCHA, el demandante en la presente; De conformidad con la ley § 316(a), otorgando servicio por publicación en el demandante; Otorgando una suspensión por un período de treinta (30) días para permitir que el demandante tenga la oportunidad de obtener un nuevo abogado; y cualquier otro alivio adicional y diferente que este Tribunal considere justo y apropiado.
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HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED NOTEHOLDERS OF RENAISSANCE HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2005-2 Plaintiff, Against JOSE R. OCHOA, MARTHA OCHOA, et al, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 01/02/2024, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse located at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY, on the second floor in Courtroom 25, on 8/22/2025 at 10:00AM, premises known as 1829 Cornelia S, Ridgewood, New York 11385, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Ridgewood, in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York. Block 3463 Lot 34 The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $510,945.28 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 705955/2018
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SUPREME COURT: QUEENS COUNTY. CHONDRITE REO, LLC (5), Pltf., vs. EXCELLENT DEVELOPMENT I LLC., et al, Defts. Index #707851/2019. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered March 27, 2024, I will sell at public auction on the front steps of the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY on August 8, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. prem. k/a 87-34 169th Street, Jamaica, NY 11432 a/k/a Block 9841, Lot(s) 46 and 48. Approx. amt. of judgment is $1,088,825.35 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. LAMONT RAMSAY BAILEY, Referee. DEUTSCH & SCHNEIDER, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 79-37 Myrtle Avenue, Glendale, NY. File No. LF-108#102407
Notice of Formation of Dectrah LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on July 15, 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 any process to: Republic Registered Agent Services Inc., 99 Washington Avenue, Suite 805A, Albany, NY 12210. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. The LLC is member-managed and has one member.
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INK FOREST LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/22/23. 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, 1415 Redfern Ave., Far Rockaway, NY 11691. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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COURT QUEENS COUNTY WEBSTER BANK, N.A., Plaintiff against LETICIA M. CALUAG A/K/A LETICIA CALUAG, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Margolin, Weinreb & Nierer, LLP, 575 Underhill Boulevard, Suite 224, Syosset, NY 11791. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered June 4, 2025, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the Queens County Supreme Court, Courtroom #25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 on August 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM. Premises known as 84-92 Homelawn Street a/k/a 84-92 Home Lawn Street, Jamaica, New York 11432. Block 9862 Lot 76. 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. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $137,839.57 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 708473/2023. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 11th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. Referee will only accept a certified bank check made payable to the referee. David I. Weprin, Esq., Referee File # 23-0243
49-13, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/09/15. 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, 30-32 Steinway Street, Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
NOTICE OF LEGAL POSTPONEMENT OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificateholders CWALT, Inc. Alternative Loan Trust 2005-36 Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-36, Plaintiff AGAINST Juan Pimentel, Leidy M. Pimental, Alexis Cordero, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered May 14, 2025, 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 August 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM, premises known as 133-12 129th Street, South Ozone Park, NY 11420. 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: 11787, Lot: 42. Approximate amount of judgment $696,327.70 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #705485/2024. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction. com or call (800) 280-2832. Original Sale Date: July 18, 2025. Frances Yetta Ruiz, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-025057-F01 86301
LOTUS COURIER GROUP LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/25/25. 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, 101-02 101st Avenue, Apartment 2, Queens, NY 11416. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC., -againstCARMEN L. SANTANA, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF JOSEPHINE ROMAN, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens on April 28, 2025, wherein DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC., is the Plaintiff and CARMEN L. SANTANA, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF JOSEPHINE ROMAN, ET AL., are the Defendants. I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at QUEENS COUNTY SUPREME COURT, 88-11 SUTPHIN BOULEVARD, COURTROOM 25, JAMAICA, NY 11435, on August 22, 2025 at 10:00AM, the premises known as 87-47 98TH STREET, WOODHAVEN, NY 11421 and the following tax map identification 9286-109. 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 Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 702456/2020; Joseph N. Misk, Esq., as Referee; Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC, 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/ CLERK DIRECTIVES.
Notice of formation of K-Town Food Court, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/22/2025. NY office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her K-Town, 4818 Northern Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose/ character of LLC: Any lawful purpose.
SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS. NYCTL 2021 A TRUST, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Collateral Agent and Custodian for the NYCTL 2021 A TRUST, Plaintiffs against WILLIE M. HARVEY, et al. Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated June 5, 2025 and entered on June 12, 2025, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse, 88 11 Sutphin Blvd., in Courtroom #25, Jamaica, NY 11435, on Friday, on August 15, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. or at such other location in the courthouse that the Court may designate for conducting this foreclosure auction. premises situate, lying and being in the Borough of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of Farmers Avenue, distant 176.92 feet northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of Farmers Avenue and the northerly side of Maple Avenue; THENCE easterly parallel with 105th Avenue 87.49 feet; THENCE northerly at right angles to 105th Avenue 40 feet; THENCE westerly parallel with 105th Avenue 82.83 feet to the easterly side of Farmers Avenue; THENCE southerly still along the easterly side of Farmers Avenue 21.21 feet to an angle; THENCE southerly still along the easterly side of Farmers Avenue 19.05 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Block: 10881 Lot: 14 Said premises known as 104 17 FARMERS BOULEVARD, JAMAICA, NY 11412 Approximate amount of lien $33,419.97, through August 22. 2024, plus interest fees & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. Index Number 717974/2022. BRUCE S. POVMAN, ESQ., Referee Seyfarth Shaw LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiffs 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-1, Plaintiff AGAINST Sabrina Edery, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ann Lewitinn; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered October 22, 2024, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, on the second floor in Courtroom 25 on August 22, 2025, at 10:00AM, premises known as 431 Beach 45th Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11691. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block 15968 Lot 96. Approximate amount of judgment $480,940.23 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 703588/2015.
Michael A. Cervini, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792
Dated: May 8, 2025
Notice of Formation of TRYANGLE MEDIA LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/21/2025. 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: SAMUEL HERRERA, 5409 83RD ST, APT 1, ELMHURST, NY 11373. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS U.S. Bank National Association, Not In Its Individual Capacity But Solely As Trustee For Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2007-2, Plaintiff AGAINST George Defendini, Defbear 91 39 85th Street LLC, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered June 9, 2025, 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 August 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM, premises known as 91-39 85th Street, Woodhaven, NY 11421. 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: 8979, Lot: 48. Approximate amount of judgment $871,953.38 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #708974/2023. For sale information, please contact XOME at www.Xome. com or call (844) 400-9633. Joseph N. Armao, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-096101-F00 86122
Notice of Formation of RPSL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/11/2025. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Patricia Senior, 4720 Center Blvd., Apt. 909, Long Island City, NY 11109. Purpose: any lawful activities.
718-205-8000 qchron.com QUEENS
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. QUEENS COUNTY. WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS CERTIFICATE TRUSTEE OF BOSCO CREDIT II TRUST SERIES 2010-1, Pltf. vs MARLENE DODD, et al, Defts. Index #724440/2022. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered May 28, 2025, I will sell at public auction on the front steps of the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY on August 22, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. premises k/a 227- 07 108th Avenue, Queens Village, NY 11429 a/k/a Block 11193, Lot 15. Said property located beginning at a point on the Northerly side of 108th Avenue, distant 40 ft. Easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Northerly side of 108th Avenue with the Easterly side of 227th Street; being a plot 100 ft. x 40 ft. Approximate amount of judgment is $197,227.03 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. RICHARD GUTIERREZ, Referee. HILL WALLACK LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 261 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor, Ste. 940-941, New York, NY. File No. 022721-00029 #102423
Notice of Formation of WYTB WILLIS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/23/2025. 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, 5812 FRANCIS LEWIS BLVD, OAKLAND GARDENS, NY 11364. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of 6501 Fresh Pond LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State (SSNY) on 1/22/25. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 65-01 Fresh Pond Rd, Flushing, NY 11385. Purpose: any lawful activity.
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS
Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company, Plaintiff(s), -against- Scott Gordon, as Administrator of The Estate of James S. McLaurin aka James McLauring aka James S. McLaurin; Sandra D. McLaurin aka Sandra McLaurin, as Heir to The Estate of James S. McLaurin aka James Mc Lauring aka James S. Mc Laurin; Unknown heirs to the estate of Barbara McLaurin, 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 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, 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; United States of America; New York State Department of Taxation and Finance; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; New York City Environmental Control Board; New York City Parking Violations Bureau; New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau; Tanaeha McLaurin aka Taneah McLaurin as heir to the estate of Barbara McLaurin, as heir to the estate of James S. McLaurin aka James McLauring aka James S. Mc Laurin; Corey McLaurin as heir to estate of Barbara McLaurin, as heir to the estate of James S. McLaurin aka James McLauring aka James S. Mc Laurin; Latasha Sparrow as heir to estate of Barbara McLaurin, as heir to the estate of James S. McLaurin aka James McLauring aka James S. Mc Laurin; Laquan Sparrow as heir to estate of Barbara McLaurin, as heir to the estate of James S. McLaurin aka James McLauring aka James S. Mc Laurin; Arthur Wilkes, Jacqueline Saunders, Bonnie Saunders, Tyrell Oldham, Mark Shelton, Skyler Jennings and Franklyn Robinson, Defendant(s). Index No.: 710955/2015 Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): 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 attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. 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 OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the amount of $495,000.00 recorded in the office of the clerk of Orange County on August 6, 2008 in CRFN 2008000313827 covering premises known as 129- 17 135th Place, South Ozone Park, NY 11420. The relief sought in he within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case 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: July 3, 2025 Uniondale, New York. Pincus Law Group, PLLC /s/ Linda P. Manfredi, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff 425 RXR Plaza Uniondale, New York 11556 (516) 699-8902
BH 7TH MEMBER LLC.
Filed 6/9/2025. Office: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 80-02 KEW GARDENS ROAD, SUITE 605, KEW GARDENS, NY 11415. Purpose: General
Notice of Formation of Bressai LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May 26, 2025. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 2345 100th Street, Floor 1, East Elmhurst, NY 11369. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of Jun Real Estate Management LLC. Art. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/30/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: The LLC, 67-11 52 RD, Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: any lawful activity.
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 716675/2024 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property
Mortgaged Premises: 116 -09 14TH ROAD, COLLEGE POINT, NY 11356-0000 Block: 4051, Lot: 31 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2 Plaintiff, vs. MOHAMMED SHAMSUL ALAM, if living, and if she/he 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 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, 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; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “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. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF
SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $572,000.00 and interest, recorded on April 25, 2007, in City Register File Number (CRFN): 2007000213059, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York., covering premises known as 116-09 14TH ROAD, COLLEGE POINT, NY 11356-0000. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. 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 the mortgage company will not stop the 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: June 24th, 2025 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC
Attorney for Plaintiff Matthew Rothstein, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675
Notice of Formation of JUSTTHE5OFUS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/30/2025 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, 110 YALE STREET, ROSLYN HEIGHTS, NY 11577. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of AKSH CLOTHING LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/18/2025. 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: AKSHPREET KAUR, 10448 125TH STREET, SOUTH RICHMOND HILL, NY 11419. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS INDEX NO. 712053/2022 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property Mortgaged Premises: 130-19 158TH STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11434
Block: 12273, Lot: 74 MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. LILLIAN OGLESBY A/K/A LILLIAN FULLER; GRACE OGLESBY; CYNTHIA SAUNDERS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF LELA OGLESBY A/K/A LELA SAUNDERS; SUSAN SAUNDERS ANTHONY, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF LELA OGLESBY A/K/A LELA SAUNDERS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF LELA OGLESBY A/K/A LELA SAUNDERS, 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 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, 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; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; JANE SAUNDERS, “JOHN DOE #2” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last eleven names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporation, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $570,000.00 and interest, recorded on December 29, 2010, in CRFN: 2010000434231, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 130-19 158TH STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11434. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. 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 the mortgage company will not stop the 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: September 26, 2024 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff Eric S. Sheidlower, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675
