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Moves toward closing Rikers, but not on time Mandated deadline could change, but what happens if it does not is unclear by Stephanie G. Meditz Editor
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he city has less than a year to close the embattled Rikers Island jail complex by the legal deadline of Aug. 31, 2027. Officials have acknowledged that they can’t — the four smaller facilities slated to replace it will not be done until well after that. The Mamdani administration is taking steps to close Rikers, and the Queens Daily Eagle reported Sept. 1 that lawmakers are working on legislation to extend the deadline. But it is unclear what might happen if, come next summer, the city is in violation of its own law. The City Council in 2019 passed the plan, signed into law by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio, to close Rikers and replace it with four new jails, one in each borough except Staten Island. But their construction has been delayed, both by the Covid-19 pandemic and inertia during former Mayor Eric Adams’ tenure. The Queens facility, slated to be in Kew Gardens next to the Queens Criminal Court, is expected to be done in 2031, as is the Bronx jail. Brooklyn’s completion date is set for 2029, and Manhattan’s is in 2032. “We as a city essentially lost four years in the Adams administration’s feet-dragging on making progress toward closing Rikers Island,” said Insha Rahman, president and director of the nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice.
sustained effort and coordination for To close Rikers, Rahman continued, people to be safely released and superthe new jails must be built, the number of vised in the community instead of being people in the system must come down to incarcerated in the jail system,” Rahman 4,500 or less and investments in mental sa id . T he st at e’s ja i l p opu lat ion health facilities, community-based superdecreased more than 30 percent after the vision, treatment and more must be made implementation of bail reform, Vera’s for safe decarceration. website states, and by another 17 percent “The overall goal of our jail system after the onset of Covid. should be, first and foremost, safety; secFormer Councilmember Bob Holden ond, efficiency; and third, accessibility,” said the closure plan was “absurd to she said. “Rikers fails on all three fronts.” begin with.” Seven people have died in Department of “If the jails were built tomorrow, it Correction custody in 2026. still would leave thousands of potential She said the Vera Institute, which has criminals with no place to house them,” worked for decades to shutter Rikers, is Holden said. eager to do so on as close a timeline as He believes the real issue with Rikers possible to the one originally set. She The city has said it cannot close Rikers Island by the legal acknowledged that the Mamdani adminis- deadline next August. It is unclear what might happen if is its management and a lack of investtration cannot meet that deadline and the the law does not change. PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY / FILE ment. The island has “great security” and is the “perfect place” for a jail, he Council can change it, but they need confidence that City Hall is working “swiftly and Rikers detainees with “complex medical needs” said, also noting local opposition to the borough-based facilities. with certainty towards closure.” will go to the 104-bed unit, as per City Hall. “There’s so much space that you could build In June, the DOC closed the vacant North Housing people with “serious and persisInfirmary Command and transferred three Rik- tent mental illness” in treatment facilities good facilities there, meaning you could build ers facilities to the Department of Citywide instead of jails is one way to reduce Rikers’ mental hospitals,” Holden said. “It has its own Administrative Services. City Hall said it was population, Rahman said. Others are invest- sanitation, it has its own water treatment. It has the first such property transfer on Rikers Island ments in pretrial supervision, intensive case everything it needs to be self-sufficient ... so I since 2021. management, housing and other services, as think it’s a great place for a jail, especially for the most violent.” Back in April, the city opened its first of well as faster case processing. Holden’s successor, Councilmember Phil three planned Outposted Therapeutic Housing “The jail population got down to below continued on page 8 Units, at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. 4,000 in 2020, and that was the product of
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MTA: Signal upgrades to begin in Nov. Work on the Fulton-Liberty line will cause temporary service changes by Kristen Guglielmo Editor
Riders of the A train will face nine days of service changes in November as the MTA begins a major phase of work on a $1.9 billion signal-modernization project on the Fulton-Liberty Line that will ultimately replace equipment dating to the 1930s. MTA off icials Kana Er vin, Jason Greenberg and Hugo Zamora outlined the work before Community Board 10 at its Sept. 3 meeting at the Old Mill Yacht Club in Howard Beach, detailing subway disruptions, replacement shuttle buses and street closures along Liberty Avenue. From 11:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, through 11:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, shuttle buses will replace A train service between Rockaway Boulevard and Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard, affecting the 104th Street, 111th Street and Lefferts Boulevard stations, per the MTA. During that period, shuttle buses are expected to run every three to five minutes during rush hour and every 10 minutes during off-peak hours. Queens stops will
include locations near the Rockaway Boulevard, 104th Street, 111th Street and Lefferts Boulevard stations. The shutdown will expand at 11:30 p.m. Nov. 13 and continue until 5 a.m. on Nov. 16, with shuttle buses replacing A service as far west as Euclid Avenue. In Queens, buses will serve Ro ck away Bou leva rd , 10 4t h Street, 111th Street, Lefferts Boulevard, Aqueduct Race Track, Aqueduct-North Conduit Avenue and Howard Beach-JFK Airport, running every two to five minutes. A limited shuttle also will connect Howard Beach and Euclid Avenue. Regular A train service from Howard Beach into the Rockaways will not be affected. T h e Nove mb e r wo r k w i l l include replacement of two switches at the 104th Street interlocking and more than 250 feet of specialized track. It is part of the broader FultonLiberty Line modernization project, which will replace antiquated signals with communicationsbased train control, or CBTC, technology. The MTA says CBTC
MTA officials Jason Greenberg, left, Kana Ervin and Hugo Zamora briefed Community Board 10 on Sept. 3 about upcoming signal modernization work on the A train. SCREENSHOT VIA YOUTUBE / CB 10 will allow trains to operate more closely together and improve reliability. The project also includes infrastructure for future cellular service, new tunnel lighting and other stateof-good-repair work. The contract was awarded in December 2025 and is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2032. More information is available at mta.info/project/cbtc-signal-upgrades.
In other board news, flooding and coastal resiliency dominated discussion. New Hamilton Beach Civic Association President and board member Roger Gendron said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been studying potential protections for Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach, including tide gates, seawalls and earthen berms. But, Gendron said, officials
recently told him the roughly $3 million allocated for the latest phase would make property buyouts one of the first “actionable elements” considered, while larger infrastructure would require more funding. Gendron said an Army Corps map appeared to identify about 120 of Hamilton Beach’s roughly 480 homes for potential buyouts. “We really need additional funding from our federal partners in order to push through,” he said. Board members unanimously approved a motion to send a letter supporting the civic’s push for additional funding and engineered flood protections. The board also discussed a proposed 9.8-megawatt battery energy storage facility at 100-01 Liberty Ave. Board Chair Betty Braton said the project is as-of-right and therefore does not require a board vote, but raised concerns about congestion and its proximity to the NYPD’s 106th Precinct and PS 65, the Raymond York Elementary School. “We don’t need something else that’s going to cause congestion, but Q that’s an opinion,” Braton said.
Crime and land use on the table at CB 9 Panel gets update from the 102’s new executive officer; talks Grosvenor Lane by Kristen Guglielmo
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A spike in sex crimes and a roaming jewelry-swap scheme were among the warnings Capt. Nigel Fenton brought to Community Board 9 Tuesday evening on the first day of his new assignment as executive officer of the NYPD’s 102nd Precinct. Fenton, who previously served as executive officer of the 106th and 103rd precincts, said overall crime in the 102 was down about 2 percent over the previous 28 days compared with the same period last year. During that span, he said, the precinct recorded about nine robberies, 22 felony assaults and 23 grand larceny autos. Fenton also pointed to an increase in rape and other sex crimes, cases that were taken over by the Special Victims Unit. He also warned residents about an ongoing jewelry-swap scheme in which suspects approach people from SUVs, attempt to hug them or otherwise get close to them and remove their jewelry. Fenton said some suspects connected to the scheme were arrested over the summer,
Capt. Nigel Fenton spent his first evening as the executive officer of the NYPD’s 102nd Precinct updating Community Board 9 on the latest in area crime. PHOTO BY KRISTEN GUGLIELMO but described the operation as widespread. He urged residents to “be aware of your surroundings at all times,” adding that the suspects have approached people near their homes.
With city public schools reopening this week, Fenton also said youth officers would be out and that he planned to be in the community himself as students travel to and from school.
“We’re going to have eyes and ears all over the place,” he said. Later in the meeting at Queens Borough Hall, the board overwhelmingly declined to send a letter to the Board of Standards and Appeals in support of an application tied to a proposed development at 116-14 and 116-18 Grosvenor Lane in Kew Gardens. The proposal calls for two nine-story residential buildings that comply with the underlying R7A zoning. The applicant is seeking relief from the BSA because proposed developments are required to have egress to officially mapped streets — and Grosvenor Lane is not mapped. The board received no other details on the development, and Land Use Committee CoChair Andrew Taranto said the applicant had requested that CB 9 send the BSA a letter of support. A BSA application, however, does not require the board’s input. Members raised concerns about the narrow roadway, parking and whether emergency and sanitation vehicles could safely navigate the area, though Taranto noted the continued on page 12
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Hate crimes spike in Queens and beyond Jewish New Yorkers disproportionately affected, per the latest NYPD figures by Kristen Guglielmo Editor
Hate crimes in New York City rose nearly 16 percent through the first eight months of 2026, but Queens saw an even sharper spike, with confirmed incidents up more than 28 percent over the same period, according to the latest NYPD data. The department recorded 425 confirmed hate crimes citywide from January through August, up from 367 during the same stretch in 2025 — an increase of 58 incidents, or 15.8 percent. Queens accounted for a disproportionate share of that growth. Patrol Borough Queens South, consisting of the 100th, 101st, 102nd, 103rd, 105th, 106th, 107th, 113th and 116th precincts, saw hate crimes jump 54.5 percent this year to date, from 22 to 34. Meanwhile, hate crimes in Patrol Borough Queens North — the 104th, 108th, 109th, 110th, 111th, 112th, 114th and 115th precincts — rose 16.3 percent this year to date, from 49 to 57, according to CompStat data for the week ending Aug. 30. Combining the t wo pat rol regions, Queens logged 91 confirmed hate crimes so far this year, up from 71 at this time in 2025, an increase of about 28 percent. Jewish New Yorkers continue to bear the brunt of hate-motivated attacks across the
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five boroughs, NYPD data shows. Anti-Jewish incidents rose 8 percent this year to date, from 212 to 229, and made up nearly 54 percent of all confirmed hate crimes recorded citywide through August — despite Jewish residents composing roughly 10 percent of the city’s population, according to the NYPD. The trend showed some easing last
Man sought for grand larceny in R. Hill: cops by Kristen Guglielmo
from the victim’s hands and fleeing on foot, police said, traveling eastbound on Park A m a n is wa nt e d by Lane South to par ts authorities for grand larceny unknown. There were no after stealing a package from reported injuries as a result a courier in Richmond Hill of the incident. last month, within the conThe package contained a fines of the NYPD’s 102nd cell phone valued at approxiPrecinct. Police said that on Aug. This man is sought by mately $1,000, cops said. Anyone with information 19, at approximately 1:26 police after allegedly p.m. inside of an apartment stealing a package from is asked to call Crime Stopbuilding at 109-10 Park Lane a courier in Richmond pers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477), or, for Spanish, 1 South, a 35-year-old male Hill last month. PHOTO COURTESY NYPD (888) 57-PISTA (74782). One victim was attempting to may also submit tips by going deliver a package when he was approached by an unidentif ied to crimestoppers.nypdonline.org; or by texting 274637 (CRIMES) and entering individual. The suspect then engaged him in con- TIP577; or by going to @nypdtips on X. Q All tips are strictly confidential. versation before removing the package
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OZP Residents Block Association meets 9/10 Meetings of the Ozone Park Residents Block Association will resume today, Sept. 10, at Muna Community Center, at 80-50 Pitkin Ave. Those seeking more information may visit
facebook.com/groups/ozoneparkvoice. Residents are welcome to arrive at 6:30 p.m. for a social and food, with the meeting set to start at 7 p.m. Elected officials and Q NYPD representatives will attend.
month, however: Confirmed anti-Jewish hate crimes fell 13.6 percent in August alone, from 22 to 19, compared with the same month a year earlier. Other categories saw steeper percentage increases, though from smaller bases. Hate crimes motivated by gender bias and those against Hispanic New Yorkers each doubled this year to date, from 9 to 18
and 5 to 10, respectively. Anti-Muslim incidents climbed 50 percent, from 18 to 27, and hate crimes tied to sexual orientation rose 48.4 percent, from 31 to 46. Bias crimes against Black New Yorkers dipped slightly, down 3.3 percent, while those targeting white victims fell nearly 43 percent. Citywide, August alone brought 45 confirmed hate crimes and 62 reported incidents, which remain under review by the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force. The unit investigates f lagged incidents and determines, in consultation with the department’s Legal Bureau, whether they meet the legal threshold for a hate crime under state law. The rise in bias crimes comes even as overall crime in the city continues to fall. Major crime dropped 6.6 percent in August and 6.2 percent year to date citywide, and the NYPD reported its safest summer for shootings and murders in recorded history. The department said there was no violent crime in the subway system this August, with no reported shootings, murders or rapes. In Queens, the picture is more mixed: Overall crime in Queens South ticked up 2.2 percent year to date, while Queens North saw a 1.1 percent decline, according to Q CompStat figures.
Rikers closure deadline imminent continued from page 2 Wong (D-Maspeth), also supports renovating Rikers Island instead of closing it. Rikers’ current population — about 6,500 people, a number that Wong believes will only increase — outpaces the borough-based jails’ capacity for about 4,160. Wong said also that there is not enough money to finish them, as costs have only ballooned since the plan was announced. He said it would be “so much cheaper to just renovate the existing buildings.” Rahman said the land on Rikers itself would need substantial, costly remediation to be safe and sanitary, and maintaining borough-based jails would be less expensive in the long run. They also would take the burden of court transportation off the DOC, she said. But if Rikers must close, Wong supports extending the deadline to do so, an effort that lawmakers are now undertaking. The Eagle reported that its specifics are still being negotiated, but the bill could set a new closure deadline or incremental ones that may be extended if the city meets certain benchmarks. The administration in May also missed a deadline to release two reports detailing its plan to close Rikers, the outlet stated. Rahman is confident the legislation will get broad support, including from the administration. She would like to see Rikers shutter by the end of the decade, if not sooner. Mayoral spokesperson Sam Raskin said in a statement that City Hall looks forward to reviewing potential legislation, and the Mamdani administration is committed to working
with the Council toward “our shared goal of closing Rikers Island.” The Mayor’s Office did not address other inquiries, including ones about potential enforcement if the city violates its own law and the possibility of lawsuits from pro-closure groups. Asked if the Vera Institute might sue if the city misses its deadline, Rahman said her group does not pursue litigation, so if there is a suit to be filed, it would not be the lead plaintiff. The organization’s role is to help craft policies for closure and a better jail system, she said. “As best as I can anticipate where we’ll be a year from now, there will actually be consensus around a new closure date and there won’t be a need for a lawsuit,” Rahman said. “That said, we could consider the situation as it unfolds.” Wong expects lawsuits whether the jail shutters with nowhere to house surplus detainees or the city misses the deadline. Holden predicted that any groups that might sue over the missed deadline will “get a judge that will agree with them,” and criminals will be released. Rob DeLeon, president and CEO of The Fortune Society, a Long Island City-based nonprofit that supports individuals as they reenter society after incarceration, said in a statement that while his group is disappointed the city has not been on track to meet the deadline, it is grateful to have an administration committed to closing Rikers. “The focus now must be on maintaining that commitment and making meaningful, measurable progress toward ending the use of Rikers Q once and for all,” DeLeon said.
It’s less than one-third the average hike ACA insurers had asked for by Andrew Karpan Associate Editor
The state’s Department of Financial Services will let insurers increase the rates they sell individual coverage plans through the Affordable Care Act marketplace by an average of 6 percent, which the agency touted as $324 million less than insurers requested. Rates to buy individual insurance plans on the market will go up by 12.2 percent for people with two insurers, Excellus and Highmark, and 10.7 percent for buyers of MVP Health Plan, but overall, the rate hikes OK’d by the agency, released on Sept. 4, trended even lower than that. The agency had rejected requests for increases in the individual market from four insurers entirely: CDPHP, Emblem, IHBC and MetroPlus. “I think these rates are great for consumers,” Mia Wagner, who runs health policy for the Community Service Society of New York, told the Chronicle shortly after the numbers came out. The CSS operates the advocacy group Health Care for All New York, which ran a campaign to get the agency to approve increases lower than the 20.6 percent that insurers, on average, had requested. “New York’s trend requests deviate significantly from national benchmarks,” read a letter from the group, aimed at the Depart-
ment of Financial Services. Another letter also opposing the rate increases came from more than 70 politicians in Albany, who asked the agency “to reject or substantially reduce the excessive health insurance premium increases.” “The scale of these proposed increases is deeply concerning,” read that letter. “The state already approved 7.1 percent in 2026 and 12.7 percent in 2025.” Wagner says Health Care for All New York is expecting the number of people entering the ACA marketplace to increase over the coming year, following a move by Gov. Hochul this past April that cut eligibility for the Essential Plan, a zero-premium and low-copayment healthcare program run by the state. Hochul did that in response to the Trump administration’s Big Beautiful Bill, which reduced the subsidies the program received from the federal government. The higher eligibility threshold dropped health coverage for 450,000 people across New York. Wagner estimates that over 70,000 of those people live in Queens. “As you saw, the rates are going to be much lower than were initially requested, and so that’s really going to help people be able to afford marketplace coverage, especially given the federal cuts,” said Wagner,
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“This is a bigger cut compared to previous years.” Trade groups representing insurers, however, felt snubbed. “The requested rates were a reflection of the real cost of health care,” Lev Ginsburg, who runs the New York State Conference of
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, told Politico about the rates insurers requested. “You end up with a product that is costing more than they can charge in premiums. So you have plans that run into the red. It puts huge pressure on plans; you can only function in the red for so long,” said Ginsburg. Q
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P Hazards at home and abroad, 25 years after 9/11 EDITORIAL
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wenty-five years after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the United States is stuck in a military quagmire in the Middle East; people keep dying of diseases traced to Ground Zero; revelations about secrecy surrounding the air quality in Manhattan continue to be unveiled; the trial of the so-called mastermind and his henchmen has yet to begin; and the timeline to build a Queens memorial to those lost in the War on Terror has become vague. You might think that this far out from the massacre of 2,977 innocent people, in New York, outside Washington, DC, and in rural Pennsylvania, we would have made further progress in all these areas, but we have not. Probably most frustrating is the squandering of great military efforts, with valiant fighting on the part of our forces for what seemed like noble goals, in Afghanistan and Iraq. Afghanistan needed to be pounded after the Sept. 11 attacks because al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden had been hiding there, protected by the uncivilized Taliban government. It took 10 years but the U.S. military got him, in neighboring Pakistan. It also tried to set up a better government in Afghanistan, but it could not be made stable. The Taliban reconstituted themselves and took over the country
as Americans tired of what had become the nation’s longest war. A lot of U.S. blood was shed for no lasting gain. In Iraq, which was not involved in 9/11, a dictator was taken out and utter chaos ensued. Even more American lives were lost. Today’s Iraq may be an improvement, but that’s up for debate, especially as Iran’s influence is so strong there. And that’s the last thing we need as we fight this strange war with Iran that we are engaged in today. With Iran’s nuclear program and military capabilities degraded, our best bet is probably to declare victory and call it a day. The ongoing attacks in the Strait of Hormuz benefit no one, and our military bases in friendlier Mideast countries are suffering serious damage from Iranian attacks. If only we could declare victory and disengage from the entire Middle East, we’d be better off, with an exception, of course, for our ally Israel. But that’s not the real world. Here at home, we’re in the midst of marking the 25th anniversary of the worst terror attacks ever with solemnity but also frustration and divisions. We have a story this week on how cancer and other diseases stemming from Ground Zero keep emerging all these years later. At least there are programs to help the victims, and they must stay funded.
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Dear Editor: Peter Mastrosimone’s Aug. 20 article entitled, “Trees count — and you can count trees” brings to mind a potential sad reality. It concerns the fact that hundreds of mature trees would have to be cut down here in Queens along the route of the proposed Interborough Express, or IBX, train line that is slated to run from Queens to Brooklyn. Here at the Maspeth-Elmhurst border, alone, there is a density of trees providing beauty, shade, cleaner air and a habitat for different species of birds. Destruction of these trees is just one of the many reasons residents in this vicinity are opposed to the IBX. Klea Theoharis Elmhurst
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Another story discusses the memorial planned for Whitestone to honor all the servicemen and women killed in the post-Sept. 11 conflicts. A meeting between the city and the monument’s designer is set for tomorrow, Sept. 11. Another memorial of sorts already exists, and is used every day — the Maspeth firehouse that is home to Squad 288 and HazMat 1, which together lost 19 firefighters on 9/11, more than any other station in the city. We report, again, on the ongoing noble efforts to get it landmarked. The youngest first responder killed that day was Richard Allen Pearlman, 18, of Howard Beach, a member of the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps. This year will see another Run for Richie motorcycle cavalcade in his honor, with hundreds of riders participating, as we report. Pearlman never saw the aftermath of the attacks, but one of many who did was then-NYPD Det. Alan Gaspard. Now head of security at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills hospital, he tells us his story of helping to guard Ground Zero. There is much to reflect upon in this 25th year since the attacks, and much still to act upon. One thing remains certain, as the banner hung from the damaged World Financial Center declared after the attacks: “We will never forget.”
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Wrong enemy targeted Dear Editor: On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in NYC, where 13 of my co-workers from the 92nd floor of Tower Two were lost, I am very concerned that our priorities have skewed toward punishing the innocent while absolving the guilty parties, in the name of political expedience and access to Saudi oil. Remember that 15 Saudi Arabians f lew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and almost hit the White House on Sept. 11, 2001. Also remember that the attacks on 9/11 were condemned by Iran, which sent messag-
es of condolences to America and supplied the USA with help on intelligence and combating the Taliban. Now, on the 25th anniversary of the attacks, the United States is recklessly bombing Iran in an unnecessary war causing runaway inflation at home, and allowing Saudi Arabia to develop nuclear weapons. Great job, President Trump. Robert Keilbach Queens Village
9/11 trial still delayed Dear Editor: On Sept. 11, we’ll remember again the almost 3,000 people, including 343 firefighters, who died that day in the attack on the World Trade Center. It has been 25 years since that terrible day, and the head plotter, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and the three co-conspirators are still being held at Guantanamo Bay, since 2003! Government prosecutors requested a January 2027 trial date, but the judge rejected the bid
Put equality over equity Dear Editor: Re your Sept. 3 report “Mayor releases final racial equity plan”: Mayor Mamdani’s goal of racial equity misses the mark. He should aim for equality instead. Equality means equal opportunity for everyone at the starting line. Equity demands equal outcomes for all, which means everyone crosses the finish line at the same time. This ignores such vital qualities for success as intelligence, talent, skills, drive and determination, which vary widely with each individual. The only way to achieve equal outcomes is to replace merit with manipulation, as was done with affirmative action college admission policies that were banned by the U.S. Supreme Court. We are a merit-based society that celebrates different outcomes with awards such as the Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Pulitzer Prize for journalism. Under equity’s equal outcomes mandate, every film actor would win an Oscar, every recording artist would win a Grammy and every print journalist would receive a Pulitzer Prize. Mamdani’s biased blueprint ref lects his embrace of DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion), a discredited doctrine that should be replaced with MFE (Merit, Fairness, Equality), our nation’s core values. His woke-warped agenda betrays those values and stains his image. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills
Dear Editor: Keeping an eye on that swath of potentially troublesome middle- and working-class New York City, out there beyond the elite areas in Manhattan and Brooklyn, is an important job. We can observe how the large pool of assigned state Assembly, Senate and City Council elected rent-a-mooks are ever on call to perform political tasks for which discretion is required. Horse carriages here, shelters there. Actual direct constituent interests are secondary — generally confined to things like reimbursement for $50 garbage bins. There’s the lawsuit filed against the city over the pied-à-terre tax rollout by noted attorney and $14 million mansion owner Randy Mastro. Two of the three parties to the suit are Staten
Blue over loss of ‘Blue’ Dear Editor: Queens residents really have a dog in this fight. The artist Joel Shapiro, who died in 2025, at the age of 83, was born in Sunnyside Gardens and graduated from Bayside High School in 1959. He spent two years in the Peace Corps in India and then found his calling to be an artist. Shapiro imagined and executed many different kinds of artistic work but I’m smitten by his surprisingly joyful, sometimes tragic, giantsized works. His evocative, outsized works dance across plazas, occupy museum galleries, inhabit public spaces, and cavort on hills in natural spaces. One can wonder if these small or large giants — all is relative and the artist was interested in scale — are rising up, are falling down, are tipping over. They are just like us, only costumed as stocky stick figure forms dipped in red, or blue, or bronze. You can Google Joel Shapiro. Shapiro sculpted “Blue” for the lawn of the Kennedy Center’s 2019 addition, called the REACH, for Renew, Experience, Activate, Create and Honor. “Blue” stands approximately 24 feet tall. It wasn’t a loan; Shapiro gave it to the Kennedy Center as a permanent installation; he gave it to us. The Kennedy Center introduced the sculpture on its website: tinyurl.com/yckb4yaw Last week, without notice, the sculpture was disassembled and removed. According to the New York Times, “the work was targeted for elimination after President Trump’s takeover of the center.” The removal feels like an assault, like an act of vandalism, like an amputation, like a deportation. It’s a sad episode, emblematic of our current saga. Good-bye, “Blue.” It seems you may be going to the National Gallery of Art, but if not, I’d hope you could come to a space near me. Maybe Queens. Pick a spot. Debra Michlewitz Bayside
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Island homeowners, who are relatives of the Council representative there. They obviously don’t meet the criteria for the tax, but why let that get in the way of supplying desired optics of a pitchfork contingent in support of this basically silk-stocking concern? In an article last week about statewide property tax problems, the Albany Times Union reported on a bill in the state Senate that would require municipalities to conduct reassessments at least once every eight years. The bill necessarily excludes NYC and Nassau County, yet it fell to state Sen. James Sanders Jr., a Queens Democrat, to introduce the proposal. Constituents? What constituents? The Times Union also reported earlier this year when scandal rocked the Salmon River Central School District — 375 miles up north near the Canadian border — over the use of classroom wood crates to confine unruly students. The Albany paper ended the article with the mention that “Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, a Queens Democrat ... introduced a bill to ban ‘timeout boxes’ in schools.” Straight from “The Grapes of Wrath,” a regular Queens Boulevard Tom Joad: “Wherever there’s a kid being put in a crate someplace ...” Edwin Eppich Glendale
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and set a June 25, 2028, date instead, citing a slew of pretrial rulings to be made before the proceedings. What’s taking so long?! In 2024, two of the co-conspirators were given a plea deal by the Biden administration to be spared the death penalty if they admit their guilt. A U.S. appeals court in June 2025 officially rejected it. The whole idea of a plea deal and a further postponement is totally unacceptable since this was an act of war and the families deserve justice now. On Sept. 11, we will be watching the ceremony at Ground Zero with the reading of all the names, and we will remember them and all the families in our prayers. New Yorkers, take a moment to remember them, also! It’s a day we should never forget. Thomas and Constance Dowd Oakland Gardens
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Hamilton Beach’s littlest residents — and some very creative families — took to the streets Sept. 6 for the neighborhood’s annual Baby Parade and Carnival, a tradition that organizers say has endured for more than a century. Hosted by the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association, the parade once again brought out colorful costumes, decorated strollers and wagons and plenty of spirit. The procession kicked off from Hamilton Beach Park and culminated with a carnival at the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Firehouse. Among this year’s entries were a family still celebrating the New York Knicks championship win, right, and another buzzing along with an all-out bee theme, top. Civic President Roger Gendron, second from left at top, alongside his wife and civic treasurer Holly, posted photos of the event on the group’s Facebook page, and expressed gratitude for the support of area
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politicians, organizations, businesses and other volunteers. “Your creativity, your spirit, and your love for this neighborhood are what keep this tradition going,” Gendron wrote. — Kristen Guglielmo
Crime and land use at CB 9 The development itself is as-of-right and the vote does not prevent it from moving forward. In other business, McClelland said the board is still working to schedule a public forum on the planned homeless shelter at 11810 Jamaica Ave. in Richmond Hill, which he expects to take place in mid-October at Borough Hall. He also said CB 9’s fiscal year 2028 budget process is beginning. Board members, civic groups and schools will be asked to submit ideas for capital projects and other district needs, with a public forum on priorities slated for October and a board vote Q scheduled for November.
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U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) is trying again to help recipients of food assistance benefits get reimbursed for funds that are stolen by scammers or scanners. Meng has teamed up with U.S. Rep Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) on the Ending Stolen SNAP Benefits Act, a bipartisan bill that would help states upgrade their EBT card security and allow the federal government to reissue stolen funds. Meng said it is a nationwide problem, with most of the reported theft coming when thieves are able to attach card-skimming devices to checkout machines in stores from bodegas to supermarkets. They are able to capture card numbers and PINs and then clean out an account. “I have heard from countless constituents who don’t even know their benefits have been stolen until they go to check out, but can’t pay,” Meng said in an email to the Chronicle on Tuesday. She told the Chronicle in 2025 that since the government began tracking EBT thefts, more than 118,000 New Yorkers have reported benefits being stolen, more than twice the number of the next-closest state. “Several years ago, I passed legislation into law to help SNAP recipients recover their stolen benefits,” she said. “We now need to pass this bill that would allow these reimbursements to continue while stopping benefits from being stolen in the first place.” Funding for reimbursements was allowed to lapse last year. In response to skimming, states including New York, Oklahoma and California have begun issuing EBT cards with upgraded security measures. California reported an 83 percent reduction in benefit theft as a result. “Since improving EBT cards is expensive, the Ending Stolen SNAP Benefits Act would help states cover costs for upgrading to secure EBT cards with chip technology,” Meng said. “This would get more secure
EBT cards to more beneficiaries more quickly to reduce stolen benefits. “SNAP is a lifeline for many in Queens and across New York and the nation. This bill would create a lasting federal fix to replace stolen benefits and strengthen EBT card security.” Meng said she and Fitzpatrick still are looking for a sponsor in the Senate. There was no immediate estimate on the cost of the bill. They said in a July press release that from 2023 through 2025, over $360 million in SNAP benefits were verified stolen and ultimately reissued by the federal government. They said their bill tackles both problems by helping states upgrade SNAP EBT card technology and taking back reimbursement authority. “No mother or father should reach the checkout line and learn that the benefits meant to feed their family have vanished through no fault of their own,” Fitzpatrick said in the press release. “That is not merely a financial loss; it is a failure of the system to protect the people who rely on it. “Our bipartisan bill meets that failure with common sense and accountability: restore what was stolen, secure vulnerable EBT cards and prevent criminals from taking food off a family’s table. A safety net must be both compassionate in purpose and secure in practice.” Meng believes politics is in play in Washi ng t on , D C, d e s pit e t h e bip a r t i s a n sponsorship. “Nobody should object to this,” the congresswoman said. “Nobody should be opposed to combatting theft and fraud and making sure that people have food to eat when criminals steal their benefits through no fault of their own. This should not be a partisan issue. Sadly, due to the Big Ugly Bill cuts, SNAP is under attack.” The legislation, HR 9359, right now is awaiting action in the House Agriculture Committee. It can be found online at Q tinyurl.com/bdhfxcmz.
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continued from page 4 FDNY had indicated it did not have an issue with the proposal. District Manager James McClelland said the board could also reach out to the city Department of Transportation about why Grosvenor Lane has not been mapped. Board member Andrea Crawford opposed issuing the letter, saying, “For me, the issue is a matter of public safety.” She said the one-way stretch is roughly 10 to 11 feet wide, is not maintained or plowed by the city and can already be difficult for garbage trucks to navigate. The board voted 30-6 against issuing the letter of support, with five abstentions.
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State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven) and the Queens Public Library are joining forces to host a free community day on Sept. 19 in honor of September as Library Card Sign-Up Month. The event, running from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Woodhaven Library at 85-41 Forest Pkwy., is designed to highlight what the library has to offer and to encourage residents to sign up for a free library card. The day will feature four back-to-back activities, starting with Spanish Storytime with Bilingual Birdies, followed by Family Storytime with Addabbo, a set by musical
duo Brittany & Isaac and ending with “The History of Balloons,” presented by Nick “the Balloonatic” Rotondo. Library staff will be available throughout to assist attendees with card signups. “A library card opens the door to learning, entertainment, and discovery,” Addabbo said in a statement. “That’s why I’m glad we’re using Library Card Sign-Up Month to spotlight the wide range of programs and services available across Queens Public Library locations, and I’m proud to partner with QPL once again for a Q fantastic event.”
Livreri brothers were accused of bribing then-Adams aide Eric Ulrich by Greg B. Smith THE CITY REPORTER
This article was originally published on Sept. 9, 3:02 p.m. EDT by THE CITY REPORTER. The sibling owners of an Ozone Park pizzeria charged with bribing a top aide to ex-Mayor Eric Adams pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy charges Wednesday, the first guilty pleas in a case that kicked off a damning series of corruption probes of the Adams administration nearly three years ago. Brothers Anthony and Joseph Livreri were charged by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Sept. 13, 2023, in one of five sweeping indictments that targeted Eric Ulrich, whom Adams had appointed first as a senior advisor and then as building commissioner. The Ulrich case was Round One in a stream of subsequent state and federal corruption indictments that would ultimately ensnare the mayor himself, along with several of his top aides, including his chief advisor, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, his one-time chief of staff, Frank Carone, and Jesse Hamilton, a protege Adams appointed to oversee the city’s leases. Standing before Acting Man hat tan
In August 2021, after Adams Supreme Court Justice Daniel had won the Democratic mayorConviser, both brothers entered al primary and was expected to guilty pleas less than two weeks win the general election, the before they and their co-defenLivreri brothers and Michael dants were scheduled to go to Mazzio, owner of Mike’s Heavy trial, admitting they bribed Duty Towing, hosted a fundraisUlrich in exchange for his help er at Russo’s of Howard Beach in gaining favorable treatment that raised $140,000 for the from the Adams administration. Adams campaign. Ulr ich and the other coTwo days after Christmas defendants have all pleaded not 2021, the Livreris met with the guilty and as of this week had newly elected mayor and Ulrich planned to take their case to a at Aldo’s. At the time of the sitjury. How the Livreris admisdown with Adams, Mazzio was sions will play into that remains facing criminal charges of operto be seen, and prosecutors ating a fraudulent monopoly of would not comment on whether towing brought by the Manhatthe Livreris intend to cooperate tan DA. Weeks later Adams in the case against their named Ulrich as one of his co-defendants. In an 18-page indictment, Joseph Livreri is arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court along with for- “senior advisors,” and a few prosecutors alleged the Livreris mer Department of Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich on bribery charg- months later as his buildings gave Ulrich money to fund his es, Sept. 13, 2023. PHOTO BY BEN FRACTENBERG / THE CITY REPORTER commissioner. Prosecutors alleged the Livregambling at public casinos — and at an illegal club called the 89th Street Prosecutors also alleged that Ulrich helped ri brothers sent Ulrich payments via Zelle the Livreris gain special treatment from city and sometimes handed over envelopes of Cafe owned by Joseph Livreri. Q Ulrich had hired Joseph as a part-time bureaucrats, including arranging an expedit- cash. THE CITY REPORTER (thecityreporter. aide when he was a member of the City ed inspection of their Ozone Park restauCouncil representing parts of Queens; once rant, Aldo’s Pizzeria, after the Health nyc) is an independent, nonprofit news orgahe was a senior mayoral aide he pushed City Department shut it down for multiple health nization dedicated to hard-hitting reporting that serves the people of New York. Hall to hire Joseph, the indictment said. code violations.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER 9/11: DISEASES DORMANT FOR DECADES
9/11 still is casting health shadows Cancer, other illnesses keep emerging 25 years after the WTC attacks by Michael Gannon Chronicle Contributor
In 25 years, the number of the city’s first responders who have died from 9/11 illnesses has exponentially exceeded the horrifying losses of that Tuesday morning. “Sept. 11 is a day that will never end for this department,” FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito said in a ceremony on Sept. 2 honoring 36 members who have died in the past year. But the often less-told story is the civilians who were working there that day before the planes hit; and those who came either out of a sense of duty, voluntarism or something else. And in a growing number of cases, there are cancers and other illnesses that have sat dormant for d e c a d e s b efo r e m a n i fe s t i n g themselves. Felicia Ivey-Toure of Jamaica and Frank Kotnik of Glendale were there for the aftermath. On Sept. 8 they took part in a commemoration at Northwell Heath’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park. Northwell is one of seven New York-area care providers to treat World Trade Center cases. Kotnik, 66, a blacksmith with the city’s Department of Transportation, worked sometimes 20-hour shifts helping to cut massive steel beams from the Twin Towers into pieces small enough to be transpor ted away. He would help change road signs as the recovery effort required, along with other tasks. “On Black Friday in 2023, I was helping my brother take down a tree out on Long Island,” he told
the Chronicle. “I saw blood in my urine. The entire month of December was nothing but scans and doctors.” On Jan. 10, the biopsy came back. “They said it was 9/11-related bladder cancer,” Kotnik said. “I was very shocked that 23 years later I would get cancer.” He came to LIJ Tuesday partially at the request of his nurse navigator and in part to thank his surgeon, oncologist, the nursing staff and others in the wake of surgery to create a new bladder from his intestines and seeing him through the grueling recuperation process. “I pray every day for those who are still affected,” Kotnik said. “Those who have died and those still suffering. And it’s not going away.” Ivey-Toure, 58, may have been saved by a concussion received in a car accident in 2024. “I came public here because I had a lot of friends and my son had a lot of friends who lost their parents that day,” Ivey-Toure said. “The actual day, I went into the city,” she said. “I went down as a volunteer. I was a mental health counselor, and all I had to donate was myself. I was feeling very patriotic, and felt it was all I could give.” She acknowledged that sometimes the helpers only had each other to turn to for help when things got personally tough. In 2024, Ivey-Toure was healthy, actually training to run a marathon to raise money for a children’s organization. “Then I was crossing the Verrazzano Bridge and I was in a car accident,” she said.
Felicia Ivey-Toure of Jamaica was diagnosed with cancer in 2024. Frank Kotnik of Glendale in 2023.
A family member of a New York City firefighter who died of a 9/11-related illness places a flower at the FDNY’s memorial ceremony in Brooklyn on Sept. 2. But people who were at the World Trade Center or who worked there in the months afterward still are being diagnosed with new illnesses a quarter of a century later. SCREENSHOT VIA FDNY VIDEO She eventually was forced to seek help when the pain in her head refused to go away. “I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer,” she said. “And during treatment I found out it was a condition that was from the experience of being exposed to 9/11.” Kotnik said he did not believe federal officials at the time when they said the air around Ground Zero had become safe to breathe. “I never believed it,” he said. “But I didn’t think it would get as bad as it did.” “I believed them,” Ivey-Toure said. “That was what made me so angry after I was diagnosed. I believed them.” Northwell’s WTC Health Program saw 9/11-certified cancer cases grow from 120 in 2023 to 262 in 2025, a 118 percent jump over three years. Now 236 new cases through the first six months of this year — about 5 percent of all Northwell WTC patients — have been diagnosed with some form of cancer. Prostate and skin cancers were the most common, followed by cancers of the breast and urinary tract. By comparison, the program totaled 234 cancer cases over the first decade. Dr. Jacqueline Moline, director of Northwell’s World Trade Center Health Program, said the numbers are not all that are unusual.
She said one type of skin cancer Brooklyn honoring members who typically afflicts patients in their have died as a result of 9/11 70s. illnesses. “I have one patient who is 37 They bring the total to 438. and another who is 41,” she said at “Thirty-six more members of the press conference. our family,” said Commissioner Dr. Craig Devoe, system head Lillian Bonsignore. “Thirty-six of gastrointestinal medical oncolo- lives forever woven into the fabric gy for the Northof t h e F D N Y. well Cancer InstiThirty-six more tute, said screenreminders that the he legacy of ing is a lifesaver. legacy of Sept. 11 Sept. 11 didn’t A spokesman doesn’t end in one fo r t h e Wo r l d end in one day.” day.” Tr a d e C e n t e r The NYPD in Health Program 2001 lost 23 of — FDNY Commissioner of t h e fe d e r a l the 37 members Lillian Bonsignore Centers for Disof law enforceease Control said in an email that ment who never made it back out those who might be eligible for it of the Towers. can visit tinyurl.com/2vrfupa6 or Back in April, the department call 1 (888) 982-4748 for informa- added more than 40 of its memtion on how to apply. bers to its Hall of Heroes in 1 As of June 30, 2026, there are Police Plaza in Downtown Man27,300 World Trade Center Health hat t a n, i nclud i ng ma ny who Program Survivor members and served in Queens. 25,400 Responder members who The roll of those who have sucare certified with at least one cumbed to 9/11-realted illnesses is WTC-related cancer. approaching 500. Commissioner Out of all cancer certifications Jessica Tisch said they soon will in the program, 4.5 percent are have their own memorial, funded rare cancers. largely by the Police Foundation The FDNY lost 343 firefighters and businessman Ken Griffin. on Sept. 11. One member of the “That story has always deserved New York Fire Patrol also was its own place,” Tisch told their killed. families. “They didn’t stop being Last week on Sept. 2 the FDNY members of this department when Q added 36 names to its memorial in their watch ended.”
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Push to landmark 68 St. firehouse goes on Maspeth station had more firefighters killed on 9/11 than any other in the city by Stephanie G. Meditz Editor
Nineteen firefighters from the FDNY’s Squad 288/HazMat 1 firehouse in Maspeth were killed in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the most of any firehouse in the city that day. Twenty-five years have passed since they made the ultimate sacrifice to protect their neighbors. And the community is still pushing to memorialize them forever. Area residents and elected officials have been pressing for more than a decade to designate the 1914 firehouse on 68th Street as a city landmark. Among those who have led the initiative are Steve Fisher and his sister, Maxine, the former of whom has kept a file of their efforts from 2013. But under the New York City Landmarks Law, properties or districts must be at least 30 years old and have a “special character” or “special historical or aesthetic interest or value” as part of the city’s development, heritage or culture to be designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. “Steve and I have long known that the building could not be officially designated a landmark on the basis of its architectural merit, nor
would the LPC abrogate its rule of waiting 30 years after an event to judge whether it was historic or not,” Maxine Fisher said in an email. When she and her brother first made a case to landmark the building, she explained, firehouses across the city were being torn down, and they wanted to make sure that did not happen in Maspeth. Numerous other area leaders have questioned the relevance of the 30-year rule. “It’s arbitrary,” said former City Councilmember Bob Holden, adding that area leaders have asked more than one mayoral administration to step in, to no avail. “This firehouse lost 19 men that day on 9/11. That alone should qualify it for landmark status.” Steve Fisher also noted that Engine 288 was established 112 years ago. Holden was among those who had sent multiple letters to the LPC, urging it to designate the location. He had planned a bill to do so several years ago, but it could not be done through legislation. His successor, Councilmember Phil Wong (D-Maspeth), has taken up the torch, saying the 30-year threshold is a “policy, not a law” and can be overridden. Earlier this year, Wong and U.S. Rep. Grace
Area leaders in Maspeth have been pushing for more than a decade to landmark the Squad 288/HazMat 1 firehouse, which had 19 firefighters killed on 9/11. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Meng (D-Flushing), Assemblyman Steven Raga (D-Woodside), former state Sen. Mike Gianaris and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards wrote to the LPC, calling for the
site to be landmarked ahead of the 25th anniversary. “The Maspeth Firehouse is not simply another building — it is a place forever linked to one of the most defining moments in our city’s history,” the lawmakers said. Steve Fisher said the LPC also has made arguments about architectural significance, citing a twin building on Grand Avenue near Queens Boulevard that has since been demolished. “This is exactly the reason the Maspeth structure needs to be protected,” he said. An LPC spokesperson said in an email that the agency recognizes the bravery and sacrifice of emergency responders killed on Sept. 11, 2001, and mourns the 19 courageous Maspeth firefighters who were killed. The agency said it is in talks with the FDNY, which is overseeing the 25th Anniversary Commemoration Plan that includes a range of activities to honor the work of firefighters and first responders. “As we move toward the 30th anniversary, LPC is committed to working with FDNY to consider how this tragic and important history can be further recognized,” the spokesperson Q said.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER 9/11: RUN FOR RICHIE
Riders carry a hero’s memory through NYC Motorcycle parade honors fallen first responder Richard Allen Pearlman by Kristen Guglielmo
ing its 11th year and the 25th anniversary of the attacks. The ride is hosted by the NYC PunishRichard Allen Pearlman ran toward the ers Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club for the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps. World Trade Center. For more information or to register, one Before the towers were hit, the 18-year-old Howard Beach resident had been sent on foot may visit fhvac.org/news/run-for-richie-2026. Riders will gather at the Aqueduct Race toward the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, delivering papers for the law- Track parking lot, where registration opens at 8 yer he worked for. When the attacks began, his a.m. and kickstands go up at 11:30 a.m. From there, the procession employer ordered him back to the heads up Woodhaven Boulevard, office for his own safety. across the Queensboro Bridge and But Pearlman, a volunteer with along the FDR Drive, passing the the Forest Hills Volunteer AmbuWorld Trade Center site before lance Corps, didn’t leave. continuing up the West Side HighHe stayed to help the injured, a way and through Times Square. moment captured in a photograph The route itself is meant to tell later published in Newsweek’s part of the story of Sept. 11. Extra Edition, “America Under PJ Marcel, one of the ride’s Attack.” lead organizers, said Aqueduct He never made it home. Race Track served as a staging This year, a quarter-century Richard Pearlman area for first responders coming after Pearlman, the youngest first FILE PHOTO from Long Island with supplies responder lost on 9/11, made the for city agencies during the ultimate sacrifice, hundreds of riders will make their own journey toward response to the attacks. When he helped design the Run for Richie route, he wanted riders to Lower Manhattan. The “Run for Richie” 9/11 Memorial Motor- retrace part of that journey into Manhattan. Emergency vehicles are incorporated into cycle Parade returns Saturday, Sept. 19, markEditor
The annual “Run for Richie” memorial motorcycle parade returns Sept. 19. Above, an aerial view of last year’s procession. PHOTO COURTESY PJ MARCEL / FILE the procession, with lights flashing and sirens sounding as the motorcycles leave Queens. “I wanted you to feel like you were responding back downtown,” Marcel said.
For some participants, he said, the ride recalls a loved one who died on Sept. 11. Others were first responders themselves, lost continued on page 18
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER 9/11: RECOLLECTIONS OF THE AFTERMATH
‘Morbid’ scene after Sept. 11: retired cop Former detective recalls searching through debris following the attacks by Stephanie G. Meditz
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Alan Gaspard, then 31 and an NYPD detective, was supposed to have the day off on Sept. 11, 2001. Instead, he sprang into action, was deployed to Ground Zero and continued reliving the fateful day months later, as he searched through debris. Gaspard recalled watching the terror attacks unfold on television from his parents’ kitchen that morning, assuming like many others that the first plane struck the Twin Towers accidentally. “When the second one hit, then I knew something was going on,” Gaspard told the Chronicle in a sitdown interview Aug. 27. The department started making calls to mobilize more personnel, and he and his unit — in Brooklyn North Narcotics — rushed to their base and got into uniform. The towers already had come down by the time Gaspard and his team got to Manhattan, where they were on standby at Pier 40. “We kept hearing these sirens,” he said. “Basically, there were the people that were already there. Whenever there was a siren, they would have to evacuate because they would fear that the building is going to collapse. They
were found. One young, healthy officer didn’t want any additional units crowdon his team also died not long after ing up to that area.” Sept. 11, he recalled. Gaspard was deployed to Ground “I regret not taking more pictures Zero the next day, where he and his unit at the time, but it was really like a either guarded the perimeter of the “bigcrime scene,” Gaspard said. “It was a gest crime scene” or escorted nearby morbid scene.” residents to retrieve whatever they still Eventually, though, Gaspard returned could from their apartments. At times, to his usual detective tasks. He stayed in they were assigned to a morgue on the Brooklyn North Narcotics for several West Side Highway. years and was promoted to sergeant. “I was just amazed at the amount of After shifting around some more and destruction and the amount of help,” he continuing to rise through the NYPD said, adding that people from all over ranks, he retired in 2020 as a lieutenant the country were there, as were internadetective commander, after 27 years of tional agencies. service. Gaspard stayed at Ground Zero — But his work to keep city residents where he recalled feeling violently ill safe was far from over. In 2024, he came on his first day — from then until on as director of security at Northwell’s December to secure the scene and verify the identities of personnel com- Alan Gaspard was on the front lines of 9/11 as an NYPD detec- Long Island Jewish Forest Hills hospital, ing and going. tive. He is still keeping city residents safe 25 years later, at a role for which he said the NYPD preHe was then assigned to the Fresh Long Island Jewish Forest Hills hospital. PHOTO BY STEPHANIE G. MEDITZ pared him well. He encountered many different types K ills La ndf ill on St aten Isla nd, of people in the police force and became skilled where he sifted through the building debris organs amid the rubble. for anything that might help identify the Detectives tend to build “a strange sense of at deescalating situations, which he said makes remains of the many people that were still humor” to deflect from the harrowing reality his job of keeping patients, staff and visitors missing. That included body parts — one of of the situation, Gaspard explained, but things safe easier. Some colleagues even call him the continued on page 18 his colleagues found male reproductive got much more serious when the body parts
Deconstructing decades of sacrifice Plans are still underway to build a 9/11 war memorial in Whitestone by Andrew Karpan Associate Editor
A few months before the call went out to build a $5 million memorial in Little Bay Park in Whitestone, to honor servicemembers who have died in the wars that followed the 9/11 attacks, the sculptor Douwe Blumberg was at a funeral. It was for Roger Donlon, a Vietnam vet and the first member of the United States Army Special Forces to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, for successfully defending an outpost near the border of
Laos. Donlon had died half a century later, peacefully and in his sleep, but the idea for a memorial to the fallen stuck with Blumberg, who had never before attended a full-dress military funeral, but had designed, over a decade earlier, a bronze statue honoring the Special Forces. It stands near Ground Zero. “This led to me deconstructing the visual elements from that funeral to try to use them to communicate the power and the reverence and the respect that I felt,” Blumberg told the Chronicle. The elements reappear in Flames of Honor, Blumberg’s idea for the new memorial, which city officials picked last year. “Hence, we have the folded flag, made of colored mosaic tiles, surrounded by the eternal flame, the plaza surrounded by buglers playing taps, each one representing a different branch of the Armed Services,” said Blumberg. Through the change in administrations — former Mayor Eric Adams’ Department of Veterans Services head James Hendon was behind the project when it was announced — the city still plans on getting
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The memorial will be in view of the Whitestone Bridge. “The flag is going to bring a splash of color to the plaza,” promised artist Douwe Blumberg. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN; ILLUSTRATION COURTESY DOUWE BLUMBERG started on the memorial, initially set to start construction this fall as part of the Utopia Parkway Seawall Replacement and Street Improvements project, led by the city Department of Transportation and the New York City Economic Development Corp. “Talks are underway,” a DVS rep told the Chronicle. The agency is less firm about a
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Democratic nominee to take over from Cook says: Stay in your homes by Andrew Karpan Associate Editor
The newest rising name in Southeast Queens Democratic Party politics grew up in the shadow of violence around the corner. “It was somebody who was going after somebody else in retaliation for their family member being killed,” remembered Nathaniel Hezekiah III, winner of the Democratic Party nomination earlier this summer to represent Assembly District 32. Hezekiah recalled the shootout. It was right outside IS 8, the junior high school in South Jamaica. He had graduated there himself. “And my stepfather tried to step in and defuse the situation and got shot,” he said. It was the second such death to strike his immediate family, after his father was also shot, about a decade earlier. The experience would send Hezekiah out of the city, at least briefly, pursuing a finance degree from Penn State. Hearing a speech from Bill Clinton, st u mping in Pen nsylvania for Barack Obama’s then-insurgent election campaign in 2008, would inspire him to return. The romantic idea, back then, was to return and organize the community. “I said, ‘Man you know if this guy who’s running for president did all this stuff why
can’t I go back home after college and help out my community too?’” Hezekiah said. He had grown up in a union family and pulled a job quickly working for the head of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1056, which represents bus drivers docking in Jamaica. His grandfather had been a member. (He’s hoping for an appointment on the Assembly’s Standing Committee on Labor.) A chance encounter at a young professionals’ mixer at Sangria, a bar on Sutphin Boulevard, landed him a job working for U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Jamaica), who kept him on for over a decade. Now, barring scandal or misfortune, he will take the place of Assemblywoman Vivian Cook (D-Jamaica), retiring after 35 years. The Republican Party hasn’t put up a candidate in November and only Paul Nichols, a lawyer and pastor who ran briefly for governor once, will face Hezekiah in the general election. Hezekiah’s signature promise to his prospective Jamaica constituents, now on the edge of a major rezoning and redevelopment plan, is that they will stay in their homes “People are moving out of the community because they are losing their homes,” Hezekiah said. Practically, Hezekiah has pinned the longstanding carrying charge issues at Rochdale
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Nathaniel Hezekiah III spent a decade doing constituent services for Rep. Greg Meeks before jumping, for the first time, into a crowded Assembly race. He won handily. PHOTO BY ANDREW KARPAN and deed theft as what he figures people in the area want to see addressed. He plans on putting his name behind the package of legislation on the latter advocated for last session by state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), who endorsed Hezekiah in June’s primary. “Hopefully in the next session, we’ll get some of those pieces passed,” he said. “And actually lock in on closing these loopholes.”
He’s also aligned himself with an effort pushed by City Councilman Ty Hankerson (D-Jamaica) to get the state to reassess the carrying charges residents are paying at Rochdale, following various issues with the co-op’s finances. “It’s one of the first things that I want to do,” he said. The message had made it through a continued on page 20
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Tennis icons honor In HB, programs for young FoHi player all ages at STARS by Stephanie G. Meditz
City Parks offers beginner and intermediate tennis, soccer, golf and track and field classes Jayden Howard, 14, came to to children and seniors across tennis knowing almost nothing the city. Per the group’s webabout it. Now, heading into his site, the tennis programs “profourth year playing, he has mote physical fitness while been honored by some of the building self-confidence.” greatest to play the game. Jayden explained that playJayden was presented with ing tennis helps him express his the Billie Jean King Junior emotions — he might hit the Achievement Award at the City ball a bit harder on a bad day, Parks Foundation’s annual tenbut he also likes that it is a nis benefit Sept. 1, where he got “very free game” where players to meet the iconic player herself are in control. Tennis also has at the USTA National Tennis made him calmer, more disciCenter also named for her. The plined and a better listener, City Parks Foundation, a nonJayden said. His grades have profit that looks to transform gone up, and he lost weight. parks into vibrant urban hubs, He just started his freshman gives free tennis instruction to year at Manhattan’s Stuyvesthousands of children in more ant High School, where he than 30 locations. plans to try out for the varsity “I got to get some advice on how to help my game and how Jayden Howar d, 14, has tennis team. Jayden hopes to to kind of become a better per- already made great strides in continue playing in college son,” Jayden said of the bene- the tennis world. Last week, and eventually pursue the fit, adding that he got to hear he was recognized by Billie sport as a career. “Right now, I’m trying to about how City Parks has Jean King herself. PHOTOS COURhelped people in their journeys TESY RUSSELL HOWARD, LEFT, AND BY push myself to play in Ashe,” and deliver a speech about his SEAN JAMAR / CITY PARKS FOUNDATION he said. “But if it doesn’t work out, it’s not the worst of my own. Kim Clijsters and Peter Hurley also were honored at the event, co- worries.” He enjoys math class in school, and said he discussed the geometry of tennis with chaired by King and John McEnroe. Jayden, a Forest Hills resident and former King at the benefit. His dad also spoke to the social aspect of competitive baseball player, was drawn to tennis after watching qualifier matches during Fan the City Parks tennis program, saying it creates a fun, yet competitive environment Week at the US Open with his parents. “I saw how high the level was and how the among young people. “He’s blossomed socially and personality atmosphere was very elevated, and how it was very exciting to play,” the teen said. “After that, wise,” Russell Howard said. The program also seeks to give “normal city I told my mom that I wanted to start playing.” The next time he went to Cunningham Park for kids” access to experiences that they otherwise baseball practice, he said he saw a lot of other may not have, he said. His son got to meet kids like him on the tennis courts, and asked to Novak Djokovic through the program last year, and participants got to practice with Daniil sign up for the City Parks program. Jayden attended every day of Fan Week this Medvedev, the men’s singles champion at the year — his father, Russell, said the teen “basi- 2021 US Open. “It just shows kids that if you work hard and cally lived” at the Open, showing up first thing in the morning and coming home as the do the right things and have fun, anything is Q possible,” Howard said. lights turned off. Editor
D32’s got a brand new face continued from page 19 crowded five-person primary, in which Hezekiah won almost 52 percent of the vote, easily besting the nearly 20 percent won by his nearest rival, Latoya LeGrand, also a staffer, district manager for state Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park). It was a race where putting in the hours still mattered. Queen Johnson, a high school biology teacher who pitched an insurgent campaign and aligned herself with the Democratic Socialists of America, ended up pulling just 7.3 percent of the vote. (The area’s branch of the DSA did not end up endorsing any candidates in the race.) Hezekiah has put in the years. He has been
around. Names such as City Council Deputy Speaker Nantasha Williams (D-St. Albans) he knows from high school; they both went to Cardozo High School in Bayside together. But he also recalled, with the colorful polish of a rehearsed anecdote, his first case doing constituent services: a retiree who turned to Meek’s office after not receiving her checks for nearly a decade. It turned out to be an issue with paperwork, coalescing around generational institutional distrust, standard fare around here. But it was evocative. “It showed me the work that I do, no matter the scale, can truly impact a person’s Q life,” he said.
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Thirty years after opening its doors in Howard Beach, STARS Community Center is marking the milestone with an expanded slate of fall and winter programs for children, families, adults and seniors at 8 Coleman Square. Fou nded i n 1996 as St r ivi ng to Achieve & Reach Success, STARS began as a youth-focused organization and earlier this year transitioned into a multigenerational community center. Its flagship Reach for the STARS program will continue Little Dipper, playbased learning for 2-year-olds, and Big Dipper, for ages 3 to 5, featuring prereading, writing, math, science, art, music, movement, sign language and Italian. Mommy & Me will offer activities for children ages 12 months to 2 1/2 and their caregivers, while a Homeschool Co-op will give homeschooled children opportunities to socialize, learn together and participate in extracurricular activities. Older children and teens can take part in Kids Craft Corner, monthly pajama
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Extend Open Fan Week by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor
Although no official figures were provided by the United States Tennis Association at the end of the 2026 US Open Fan Week, which ran from Aug. 23 to 29, USTA CEO Craig Tiley felt confident attendance would exceed the 239,000 visitors who attended in 2025. Fan Week is the best bargain in professional sports as there is no admission charge to watch top tennis players, who were not automatically entered into the US Open’s main draw, compete for wildcard entries. It is also a way for the USTA, whose mission is to promote tennis in this country, to create interest in the sport. Tiley was aware of the complaints of high ticket prices for the two weeks of the official tournament, but he blamed the secondary market for the gouging. He said the USTA is looking into ways to limit ticket scalping but admitted it would be difficult to remedy. Fan Week, which has run in recent years from Sunday to Saturday, has been an economic boon for the USTA. Even though there is no ticket revenue generated, there are plenty of sales for merchandise retailers and food concessionaires I suggested to Tiley that the USTA consider adding an extra day to Fan Week so that it could run from Saturday to Saturday. The extra weekend day would give more folks an opportunity to attend. It would also give more breathing room
for the qualifiers tournament in case of inclement weather. He said he would consider it. Longtime US Open attendees will remember when retired tennis stars would compete in matches on the side courts of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the second week when most of the action had shifted to either Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium or the Grandstand. The USTA stopped its legends tournament years ago even though it is still going strong at Wimbledon. I asked USTA tournament director Eric Butorac, himself a retired tennis professional, if the USTA would consider reviving the legends competition. He admitted the second week of the US Open could use more content for spectators and conceded those coming to the tournament after Labor Day tend to be older. Butorac understood the appeal of fans wanting to see their old heroes again, but he claimed attendance for those events was light, and that is why he was not optimistic about a senior pro tournament returning. I hope he will reconsider. Congratulations to longtime journalist and Douglaston native Mary Carillo on her recent induction into the Tennis Hall of Fame. Carillo was also a fine tennis player who won the mixed doubles championship at the 1977 French Open Q with her neighbor John McEnroe. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.
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by Peter C. Mastrosimone Queens Q ueeen has a starring role in the story of the world’s w orld d’ss gr greatest rock band, The Beatles. The T he Fab F Four first appeared in America at a press cconference onf n erenc at Kennedy Airport on Feb. 7, 1964. They T heey played Forest Hills Stadium later in that whirlwind year, the one in which they astonwh w ishingly once had the top five songs on the is Billboard Hot 100 and seven more scattered throughout the list. Queens saw them change the course of music history again on Aug. 15, 1965, when they became the first band to play a baseball stadium. It was, of course, Shea. Today, fans can look forward to Ringo SStarr’s return to Forest Hills on Oct. 1 for a one-night-only show with his All-Starr o Band. It’ll be his first concert there in 62 yyears. But everyone can still hear Beatles music lillive ive in Queens, thanks to the band called Yesterday And Today. It was just under 20 Y eest yyears eaars ago today that they began to play, and tthey h heey have two free shows coming up soon. for about Beatles SStep St t eep p rright ig g ht tthis hii s wa h wayy fo o r ab b ou u t 45 B e a tl eatl ea tles es
songs over three hours, played roughly chronologically from the mop-top fun of “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and the introspection of “Help!” to the psychedelia of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” the joy of “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” and the beauty of “Something.” Asked what people can anticipate at the concerts, drummer Michael Naimoli, one of the band’s co-founders, said, “People can expect to be transported back in time, to a p er io d when life seemed much simpler and easier. They can expect to feel nostalgic, hearing the music that will remind them of their childhoods, and in many cases, was the soundtrack of their lives. “They will hear many recognizable hits by The Beatles, in addition to deeper cuts. There will be dancing, singing-along, and the meeting and making of friends, both old and new, all sharing in the same love of the music of the greatest band in recorded music history.” The first Yesterday And Today show is set for 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, in Kissena Corridor Park in Flushing, by Colden Street at 45th Avenue. Fireworks will follow.
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James A nd rew Lundy was born in Manhattan on July 5, 1905. He ma r r ied English-born Margaret Burns on Sept. 22, 1930. He bought a 2 ,0 0 0 - s q u a r e -fo ot home at 359 Douglas Road in Douglaston and founded a promi- The home of the last Republican Queens borough president, James GOOGLE MAPS IMAGE nent, successful pet- A. Lundy, at 359 Douglas Road in Douglaston. rochemical company in Long Island City that had sole distribu- of chairman of the New York State Public Service Commission, which among other tion rights of commercial soy lecithin. Lundy came up in the Republican Party things decided on our Con Edison rates. A lifelong heavy smoker, Lundy stepped of Queens, which is largely nonexistent today. He was elected the very last Repub- down from the position after 10 years and lican borough president, serving from Jan. later moved to Denver to seek treatment for 1, 1952 to Dec. 31, 1957. He was defeated cancer. He passed away on May 22, 1973, at age 67, with the exact cause of his death by James Crisona, a Democrat. That did not, however, end his career. never revealed to the media. His loyal, Though Lundy lost subsequent bids for patient, dedicated wife died in November state offices, Gov. Nelson Rockerfeller 1987 at age 83. No children were born of Q rewarded him with the powerful position the marriage.
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As the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approaches, all kinds of events are planned to commemorate the date, among them a free music performance at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts’ LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College on Sept. 13 at 3 p.m. The concert, entitled “American Symphony Orchestra: New York Resounds,” will feature selections that were thought to be particularly appropriate for the event. “I chose the pieces because each speaks in some way to the themes of loss, mourning, courage and renewal that the occasion calls to mind,” said Leon Botstein, the orchestra’s principal conductor since 1992. Responding via email, Botstein singled out one of the pieces, Gustav Mahler’s “Adagio,” as having “a particularly powerful New York connection. This music was written by someone who had witnessed ... a public expression of grief in New York. [That] gives the piece special resonance for this occasion.”
The public expression of grief was nothing less than the funeral of a firefighter, FDNY Deputy Chief Charles W. Kruger, who was killed on the job in 1908. Other pieces to be performed include George Walker’s “Lyric for Strings” and “Fanfare for the Common Man,” composed by Aaron Copland, after whom the music department at the college was named back in 1937. The powers of music are not lost on Paul Weinberg, a former resident of Bayside who lost his brother in the collapse of the South Tower during the terror attacks. “I use music in many different ways,” Weinberg said. “It can certainly bring back memories and trigger memories. It gives comfort.” Referring to the upcoming concert, he added, “It helps to
The American Symphony Orchestra performs at LeFrak Concert Hall, to which it returns Sept. 13. PHOTOS BY ALLY CHAPEL, ABOVE, AND TONY MELONE, LEFT memorialize the event. Music brings people together.” Judith Mermelstein, who lives in Hillcrest, didn’t suffer a personal loss on that fateful day but admitted, “We all have some trauma. Turning trauma into a patriotic gesture is appropriate. “The farther we get [from the attacks], the more important it becomes for young people to be conscious of things that happened before they were born.” The concert is free, with no res-
ervations required. Tickets will be distributed at the box office on a first-come, first-ser ved basis, beginning one hour before the music starts. The hall is located at 153-49 Reeves Ave. in Flushing. For more, one may call (718) 793-8080 or visit kupferbergcenter.org. The performance was created to pay tribute to the resilience, dignity and contributions of ordinary Americans as well as the courage and sacrifice of the heroes of Sept.
11, serving as a reflection of the enduring strength of the human spirit. “The ar t s,” Bot stein said, “remind us of our shared humanity and of the bonds that can hold a society together at moments when we are otherwise divided. “Music has a unique capacity to express what words sometimes cannot. It creates a space in which people can listen, reflect and feel together.” Weinberg suggested that “as New Yorkers, we’re all affected in one way, shape or form. Even 25 years later, it’s impor tant to remember. It ’s impor tant to memorialize in whatever way you think is appropriate.” As preparations for the concert continue, Botstein said, “We hope people leave with a renewed sense of connection — to those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, to those who risked and sacrificed their lives to help others, and to one another. Commemoration is not only about remembering the past. It is about asking what kind of community we Q want to be in the future.”
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More about the band can be learned at (917) 882-7979, bigbeatlesfan64@aol.com or facebook.com/yesterdayandtodaynyc. Yesterday and Today had its first official show in April 2007. The other core players were Rich Fried, “Beatle Ed” Wittel, Vincent Losinno and, a little later, Rich Chodes. Wittel died in 2021, and there were some personnel changes over the years. Today the lineup consists of Naimoli, Fried, Losinno, Chodes, Jaime Rivera Jr. and Mike Giordano. There are many advantages to being a sixpiece band, Naimoli said, especially because The Beatles — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Starr — used overdubs and even other musicians for a lot of their music. Yesterday And Today’s members play multiple instruments, so they can reproduce the music well, he said, sometimes using keyboards for horns and strings, maybe three guitars “and even all of the percussion instruments like bongos, cowbells, shakers, claves and tambourines.” Naimoli lives in Ozone Park and is retired from Verizon. He and his wife, Kazumi, have a son named Lennon Ichiro. Like many fans, Naimoli would have a hard time pinning down a favorite Beatles
Performing as Yesterday And Today at a recent show are Brian Cancemi, left, Rich Chodes, Rich Fried, Mike Giordano, Michael Naimoli and, inset, Vincent Losinno. On the cover: The band with a slightly different lineup, including new member Jaime Rivera Jr., left, and temporary SCREENSHOTS VIA VIDEO BY BOBBYFLASH / YOUTUBE, ABOVE; COURTESY PHOTO, COVER player Joselito Ibanez. song. He likes the early “Beatlemania” era the best but says most people who come to the shows like the later years even more. One thing he’s sure of: “When I look out into audiences when I play with Yesterday And Today, or when I’m jamming at the
Imagine mosaic at Strawberry Fields in Central Park, and I literally see tons of young kids, teenagers, even small kids, singing along, word-for-word, to every song we play, there isn’t an iota of a doubt that The Beatles Q are the greatest band to ever exist.”
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continued from page 21 The second one, sponsored by City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Howard Beach) and the Queens Culture & Arts Network, will start at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Seuffert Bandshell on Forest Park Drive, on the Woodhaven side of Forest Park. A third performance, with details still to be announced, will be held Nov. 7 for the St. Helen Holy Name Society in Howard Beach. It will be ticketed and will include a dinner.
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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNT Y OF QUEENS, NYCTL 1998-2 T RUST, A ND T HE B A NK OF NEW YORK MELLON AS C O L L AT E R A L A G E N T A N D CUSTODIAN FOR THE NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. LIMO REALTY CORP., ET AL., Defendant ( s ) . Pur suant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated July 27, 2026 and duly entered on July 29, 2026, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse, on the second floor in C our troom 25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, J a m a i c a , N Y 114 3 5 o n Oc tober 9, 2 0 2 6 at 10 : 0 0 a .m . , p r e mi s e s k n o w n a s 97- 4 5 8 6 t h S t reet , Ozone P a r k , N Y 11416 . A l l t h a t certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and b eing in t he B o r ough a nd County of Queens, City a n d S t a t e o f N ew Yo r k , Block 9059 and Lot 69. Approximate amount of judgment is $289,515.23 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #719 872 / 2 0 2 2. Judah Maltz, Esq., Referee Bronster, LLP, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attorneys for Plaintiff
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Notice of Formation of FUTURE HUMAN INITIATIVE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/21/26. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Queens Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Drupatee Rampersad, Rick Rampersad, et al, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on December 17, 2025, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Queens County Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Second Floor Courtroom 25, Jamaica, NY 11435 on September 25, 2026 at 10:00 AM premises known as 104-12 121st Street, South Richmond Hill a/k/a Richmond Hill, NY 11419. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Queens, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 9574, LOT: 11. Approximate amount of judgment is $663,104.65 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 720229/2024. This sale may be subject to the US Dept of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Real Estate Reporting Rule. In such event, all purchasers are required to provide the information needed for proper reporting in accordance with the terms of sale. For sale information, please visit Auc tion.com at www.Auction. com or call (800) 280-2832. Richard Gutierrez, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-100156-F00 91151
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-RS3, -against- JOAN D. MINTO SEOW, 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 August 20, 2025, wherein THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-RS3 is the Plaintiff and JOAN D. MINTO SEOW, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the QUEENS COUNTY SUPREME COURT, 88-11 SUTPHIN BLVD, COURTROOM 25, JAMAICA, NY 11435, on October 2, 2026 at 10:00AM, premises known as 2 HOLLYWOOD COURT, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691; and the following tax map identification: 15714-185. 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.: 713471/2023. Scott H. Siller, Esq. - 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.
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