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Howard Beach pays tribute to those lost on 9/11 PAGE 6 Hundreds of residents of all ages took part in a candlelight vigil in the parking lot of St. Helen Roman Catholic Church in Howard Beach last Friday in memory of the victims and first responders who died in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Above, one of the younger mourners, Jonathan Hill of Ozone Park, helps light a neighbor’s candle.
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State nixes Regents as grad requirement Districts need to develop ‘assessment strategies’ to measure readiness: SED by Kristen Guglielmo Editor
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he state is moving ahead with a sweeping overhaul of its high school graduation requirements. Students will no longer have to pass a prescribed set of Regents exams to earn a diploma, beginning with the class of 2028. The Board of Regents on Monday authorized the State Education Department to advance the next phase of NY Inspires, its multiyear effort to reshape how students demonstrate they are ready to graduate. Under the plan, students will still have to take statewide assessments, including Regents exams, but passing them will no longer be a diploma requirement. The state will move from its system of local, Regents and Regents with Advanced Designation diplomas to a single New York State high school diploma, according to a press release from the SED. Students may still distinguish themselves by earning seals and endorsements. State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa said the changes are intended to preserve academic rigor while giving students more ways to demonstrate what they have learned. “By maintaining rigorous standards while giving students more opportunities to apply their knowledge, think critically, solve
problems, and demonstrate what they know and can do, we are better preparing them for college, careers, civic life, and the future,” Rosa said. Today’s high school seniors are expected to be the last class graduating under the existing Regents requirements. It is unclear how exactly graduation readiness will be measured for current freshmen, sophomores and juniors. Districts and schools will be expected to develop their own “local assessment strategies” drawing on multiple forms of evidence, including classroom assessments, student work, performance-based learning experiences, teacher observations and state assessments, the SED said. The department is expected to bring proposed regulatory amendments before the Board of Regents in February, with a final vote anticipated in June. The changes would take effect during the 2027-28 school year. But not everyone is convinced the state should move ahead so quickly. “Graduation rates will improve,” said Winnie, a Bayside resident and Manhattan high school teacher. “But at what cost?” While she teaches history, Winnie said she expects making the Regents optional for graduation to contribute to declines in math and English language arts performance.
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“Regents preparation is taxing,” she said. “I’m sure we all remember the Barron’s books from our days as students. They’re hefty, and for good reason — they make sure students actually understand the material.” She said she’s concerned about the lack of clear instruction on graduation requirements
for those outside of the class of 2028. “If not Regents, then what?” Winnie said. “It feels like this is too sudden. I would have thought some more thought has to go into it before implementation.” EdTrust-New York, an education policy and advocacy organization, called on the state to pause the changes. “New York should not tear down the measuring stick before it builds a better one,” the group said in a statement. “We appreciate the updates provided ... but the state still has not explained how it will establish a clear, consistent and equitable way to determine whether students have the skills they need to succeed after high school.” Students, however, may see the change differently. Marisa Deleon, an 18-year-old recent high school graduate from Ridgewood, told the Chronicle she is jealous of those who will not have to clear the same testing hurdle. “I remember my aunt telling me she didn’t need to take Regents to graduate — only if you wanted a Regents diploma,” Deleon said. “Meanwhile, it sounds like that’s what they’re doing now, minus the Regents diploma part.” She joked, “I want the hours I spent studying back. And refunds for the test prep Q books.”
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Ariola calls on feds for coastal buffer Menhaden overfishing causing issues in Jamaica Bay and Rockaway, experts say by Kristen Guglielmo Editor
City Councilmember Joann Ariola (R-Howard Beach) is calling on the federal government to push commercial menhaden fishing farther from New York’s coast, arguing that large-scale harvesting of the small forage fish could be contributing to changes in Jamaica Bay’s ecosystem. Ariola sent a letter Monday to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick asking the federal government to begin rulemaking that would establish a 12-nautical-mile coastal buffer for what are called “industrial menhaden reduction vessels.” Menhaden, also known as bunker, are eaten by ospreys, striped bass, bluefish, sharks, whales and dolphins. Ariola said declining schools around Jamaica Bay and the Rockaway peninsula have coincided with a poor nesting season for local ospreys and reports of larger predators moving closer to shore. “Menhaden may be a small fish, but they hold an enormous part of our coastal ecosystem together,” Ariola said. “When industrial vessels remove them by the millions, the consequences travel all the way up the food chain.” New York law prohibits taking menhaden with purse
The overharvesting of menhaden, small forage fish, has led to changes in Jamaica Bay’s ecosystem, according to area experts. NOAA PHOTO VIA WIKIPEDIA seines — walls of netting — in the state’s marine district, except under limited emergency circumstances. State waters generally extend 3 nautical miles offshore, while federal waters run from 3 to 200 miles. Ariola’s request follows what area experts describe as an alarming osprey nesting season around Jamaica Bay. Don Riepe, Jamaica Bay guardian for the American Littoral Society, said roughly 25 nesting pairs were document-
ed in the area, but only five chicks survived. “Most wildlife managers I speak with all agree that it’s because of the overharvesting of menhaden, their main food source,” Riepe said. Dan Mundy Jr., president of the Jamaica Bay EcoWatchers, said, “Menhaden are not simply a commercial resource. They are a fundamental component of the coastal food web. Field observations should be considered alongside the scientific and commercial data being used to manage this fishery.” The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, which coordinates management of Atlantic menhaden among East Coast states, lists the coastwide stock as not overfished, based on its 2025 assessment. The commission is considering additional menhaden management changes this year and is scheduled to hold its annual meeting in November. Ariola asked Lutnick to take action under the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act before that meeting. “This is about restoring balance before the damage becomes irreversible,” Ariola said. The U.S. Department of Commerce did not respond to a Q request for comment by deadline Wednesday.
Man arraigned for burglary spree USACE wants Allegedly stole thousands in cash, multiple computers by Kristen Guglielmo Editor
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A Brooklyn man was charged in connection with multiple commercial and residential burglaries that occurred within a five-week span, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Tuesday. According to the charges and investigation, at approximately 8:51 a.m. on May 25, Gregory Schroeder, 55, entered the Fordham Institute on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven. He allegedly broke a glass window to an office and took $700 from a locked drawer, the DA’s Office said. He is alleged to have rif led through bags in two classrooms.
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Then, on June 1, Schroeder is alleged to degree burglary, two counts of third-degree have broken into the BD Grill & Deli on 78th grand larceny, three counts of third-degree Street in Ozone Park at around 12:50 a.m. The criminal mischief and fourth-degree grand DA’s Office said he allegedly took $120 from larceny, according to the DA’s Office. the register, and $4,000 from a safe. He broke He also was arraigned the same day for two a glass door to exit the store. additional incidents charging him with thirdA week later, on June 8, the charges say, degree burglary, third-degree attempted burSchroeder broke into QB Physical Therapy glary, third- and fourth-degree criminal mison Myrtle Avenue in Ridgewood at about chief and two counts of petit larceny. 10:37 p.m. He allegedly went through drawSchroeder faces a minimum of 16 years to ers and an office, and took $120 and an life in prison, and a maximum of 25 years to iPhone 14 Pro. life on the top count of second-degree burThe spree continued on June 17 at 10:35 glary, the DA’s Office said. p.m., when Schroeder allegedly broke the lock He is ordered to return to court on Oct. 15. for a roll-down gate at Pride Gas on Jamaica “Gregory Schroeder caused hundreds of Avenue in Woodhaven dollars in damage to the and u nsuccessf ully targeted buildings and attempted to pry open will now face the consehis defendant showed the front door. quences for his alleged The defendant is then actions,” Katz said in a a complete disregard alleged to have broken statement. “I thank my for the law.” into the Boys & Girls Strategic Investigations Club of Metro Queens Bureau and our partners — NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Atlantic Avenue in at the NYPD for disSouth Richmond Hill, rupting this pattern buron June 26 at 10:55 p.m., the DA’s Office glary and apprehending this defendant.” said. Per the charges, Schroeder took multiTisch said, “This defendant showed a comple MacBook computers, about $4,000 in plete disregard for the law, brazenly breaking cash and a Nikon camera. He is said to have in and stealing whatever he could find, from broken the locks on multiple office doors, multiple computers to nearly $10,000 in cash.” resulting in approximately $500 worth of She added, “I want to thank the NYPD’s replacement costs. Major Case Team for leading this investigaSchroeder was arraigned Sept. 10 on a tion and our partners in the Queens District 10-count indictment charging him with sec- Attorney’s office for holding this individual Q ond-degree burglary, three counts of third- accountable.”
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER 9/11: HOWARD BEACH CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
Nick Rotondo, above left, met then-NYPD Sgt. Vincent Benvenuto, at mic, on Sept. 11, 2001. The duo recounted their stories in front of hundreds at a candlelit vigil in Howard Beach organized by Frances Scarantino, in red, of STARS Community Center. At right, the crowd shows its patriotism and pride during the ceremony in the parking lot of St. Helen Roman Catholic Church.
A woman watches the vigil, above left, and a group of kids tend to their candles. At right, NYPD officers pay their respects.
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Twenty-five years after two hijacked jets tore into the World Trade Center, several hundred neighbors stood in the parking lot of St. Helen Roman Catholic Church in Howard Beach last Friday evening to keep a promise they’ve renewed every September since: never forget. The candlelight vigil, hosted by STARS Community Center, drew officials, uniformed first responders, clergy and children too young to remember the day their parents came to mourn. “Always remember, and never forget,” STARS founder Frances Scarantino told the crowd. Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. said he’d spent the morning at the World Trade Center, where he met a retired first responder undergoing cancer treatment. “We’re still losing individuals to 9/11 illnesses,” Richards said. “May we never forget the sacrifice of those who ran toward the burning buildings.” Councilmember Joann Ariola (R-Howard Beach) announced that 84th Street, at 157th Avenue, will soon be renamed “Never Forget Way” in honor of the area’s victims. “Our city was attacked, but it did not break us, and nothing that’s happening today will ever break us,” Ariola said. The night’s most powerful testimony came from two
men whose paths crossed downtown that September morning. Nick Rotondo, then a city bus operator, recalled being flagged down by an NYPD sergeant, Vincent Benvenuto, who commandeered his bus to transport officers and firefighters toward the burning towers. “I didn’t realize at that point that I had just become a 9/11 first responder,” Rotondo said. He worked 22 hours that day, transporting first responders and medical supplies. Twenty-five years later, the two remain close friends; Benvenuto, now a police captain in Hartford, Conn., stood beside him to tell his own story. “I lost one of my closest friends in the World Trade Center,” Benvenuto said. “To ... everybody else that gave their life that day, everybody else that’s given their life afterwards and everybody else that’s sick right now from that day — I want to thank every one of them because they are true Americans.” Tony Modafferi read a poem he wrote for his brother, FDNY Battalion Chief Louis Modafferi, who died responding to the attacks. “Though you never made it home that day, your spirit never died,” Modafferi recited. “It lived in every flag that waved, in every family’s pride. The years kept moving on forward, but love won’t let you fade. Your name is etched in grateful hearts for every sacrifice you Q made.”
Among the evening’s speakers were, clockwise from top left, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., City Councilmember Joann Ariola, Community Board 10 Chair Betty Braton, Tony Modafferi, the Rev. Stephen Roser of Howard Beach Assembly of God and the Rev. Robert Adamo of St. Helen Roman Catholic Church.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER 9/11: REMEMBRANCE WALK IN HOWARD BEACH
Residents carried the American flag through Howard Beach Sept. 12 as the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic held its annual Flag Carry and Remembrance Walk honoring the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Participants gathered on Cross Bay Boulevard and marched toward the community’s 9/11 Memorial Plaza, where a ceremony was held. Members of American Legion Post 118, the NYPD’s 106th Precinct and the West Hamilton Beach and Broad
Channel volunteer fire departments also joined the gathering. A flag that had once flown at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Guantanamo Bay was raised over the memorial garden for nine minutes and 11 seconds. The civic said the flag will be retired to the Smithsonian Institution. “Never Forget,” wrote the civic in a post on social media, accompanied by event photos. “Don’t just say the words. Live them.” — Kristen Guglielmo
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and federal lawmakers, will be willing to sacrifice? It can’t be the bus lane. One of the lanes for automobiles will go, either parking or travel. The city could turn Northern into another disaster like that stretch of Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica where drivers only can get on for one block at a time and must immediately turn off. Ask the activists what they plan and they demur. They’re just presenting the problem, they say; it’s up to the city to find the answer. Sure. The answer is to continue prosecuting the War on Cars, obviously. It’s to find another space they can be banned or dissuaded from and to take it. The city Department of Transportation says it already has its eye on changes to Northern. We’ll see what kind of convoluted “roadway” we end up with. Drivers naturally will be incensed that those awful mopeds, scooters and e-bikes, which were barely seen just a few years ago and now wreak such havoc, will be awarded their own space. But they’ll just have to deal with it (though if you drive and order food delivery, too, you really shouldn’t complain). And we’ll see what’s next. The DOT just created a new Office of Curb Management. It’s not there to help you find parking. Quite the opposite. Bike lanes, bus lanes, curbside trash bins, dining shacks — those are the future. Drivers will have to cope with more change that feels like retribution, because it is.
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urglary, vandalism and theft are of course not quite as terrible as violent crime, but this case hurts. The Services Now for Adult Persons center in Eastern Queens had to close its doors because thieves stole so much of the building’s copper wiring and pipes that it’s unusable. SNAP is doing some things outdoors, but that can’t last long with fall here. Vital meals-on-wheels services remain, but there is no shared lunch or other indoor activities. Located on the Creedmoor Psychiatric Hospital campus, the center is set to move, but not for a while. Meanwhile, we call on all elected officials in the area to put their full effort into finding a temporary site. The seniors cannot be left without the services and companionship they find at SNAP. Pull some strings and get them a new place fast. Theft is a crime; leaving these seniors hanging would be a crime of sorts, too.
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Equality vs. equity Dear Editor: Regarding Richard Reif’s passionate “Put equality over equity” letter of Sept. 10, saying that Mayor Mamdani’s racial equity plan “misses the mark” and pits what he calls “discredited doctrine” DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) initiatives vs. his preferred MEI (Merit, Excellence and Intelligence) approach to fairness in opportunities for all citizens, I think I understand that perspective and once felt similarly. That said, we do not all have the same starting line. Hiring, promotions and leadership appointments are rarely race-neutral. Research
on standardized testing, similar to hiring and promotion preferences, demonstrates that these assessments were originally designed to reinforce racial and socioeconomic exclusion. This historical context indicates that what is often labeled as “merit” is deeply intertwined with systemic biases. Our longstanding Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas went to Yale Law School under affirmative action mandates. Yet now he opposes these as not supportable. I strongly suggest Richard and readers, as I did, truly explore the subtle advantages many of us enjoy and benefit from without truly realizing it. Thomas Phillips Rego Park
Judicial coverup, of sorts Dear Editor: With the school year just begun here in New York City, I recall the precision I used covering my textbooks as a child, which reminds me of a very special book I once covered.
Russian rackets thrive Dear Editor: The Russians are coming! Or, more precisely, the Russian-language speakers are coming! According to the internet, only about 3 percent of the world’s population speaks Russian. But at the US Open this year the situation was quite different: Three out of four singles finalists speak Russian — including both winners, Alexander Zverev and Elena Rybakina. Victor Maltsev Rego Park
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Democrats, be warned II Dear Editor: (An open letter to Democrats and Democratic Socialists) While you are infighting, the GOP elitists and MAGAs are dusting off the circular firing squad. Only this time it’s different — this time they are cleaning it up and will be giving it to you gift-wrapped in a box, because this is what you are doomed to do. You will knock each other off and they will win. You, the Squad, the communists, are turning the party from within, and they are laughing. You can’t even get these insane cabinet-level nominees from getting confirmed. One idea — stop with the cultural issues that have turned off most of the country, including the sane ones. Transgenders in sports — that’s really an issue? How about a few simple ones? Tackle CEO salaries at insurance companies; that would lower costs right there. I can live on $1 million a year tops; can’t you? Collect back taxes and hire back IRS workers — this is capitalism, guys — tax stocks the same as labor generated. Madison Square Garden not paying real estate taxes — really? Remove the cap on SSI, supplemental security income. Give the real estate tax deduction back. What’s with the obsession with Israel? President Carter’s and President Clinton’s ideas both were sabotaged — by whom? There are enough things both sides can agree on when you realize that there are really no sides, unless we implode and take back the circular firing squad. See how many different meanings that phrase can have? Just be careful where it’s pointed. And please, no pouting if you don’t get everything you want. Look at the bigger picture. Not doing so gave us President Trump in the first place and a reactionary, probusiness, anti-choice Supreme Court. This was also your fault, so be careful — you could make things worse. See how many women were fired in the military? Be careful. Stew Frimer Forest Hills
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Dear Editor: (An open statement to the public) The Constitution requires congressional representation to be based on the “whole number of persons in each State “ — not only citizens or green-card holders. Every person living in our country must be counted, regardless of citizenship or immigration status. The Trump administration’s proposal would erase millions of people from the census data used to distribute political representation. It would exclude not only undocumented immigrants, but also refugees, asylum seekers, visa holders and other people who are lawfully present in the United States but do not have permanent-resident status. This is un-American, unconstitutional and a direct attack on immigrant communities. An inaccurate count risks a decade of consequences. Census data help determine representation in Congress, electoral districts, and the allocation of federal resources for healthcare, education, infrastructure and other essential services. When Donald Trump tried to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Decennial Census form during his first term, I fought back and I won. Earlier this year, I co-led a letter with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and other congressional leaders opposing changes to the Census test, which includes the citizenship question. I’ve never stopped fighting to prevent this and I’m prepared to continue as the Top Democrat on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies. My message is clear: Immigrants are part of our communities, and they will not be rendered invisible. The 2030 Census must remain an accurate count of the people — not a political weapon. Grace Meng U.S. Representative for the Sixth District Flushing
Democrats, be warned I Dear Editor: The midterm elections are fast approaching, and the Democrats are mainly silent. If that party secures both houses of Congress, what will the winners’ agenda be to address the concerns of their constituents? Without that information, it is as though the voters are on the game show “Let’s Make a Deal.” They don’t know what to expect when they choose the Democratic box. Will they get something of value or are they going to get “zonked”? To win both houses, Democrats will need to engender a massive voter turnout. No vote can be taken for granted. If the Democrats fail to win both houses, given the many political advantages that the Republicans have handed to them, a change in party leadership will be justified. Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens
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I had a very strict uncle who was a judge, and when he and my aunt visited, I had to be on my best behavior. I remember he gave me a first edition of some book as a gift, and I wanted to keep it safe and clean. So I carefully tried to cover it with one of those folding collegiate book covers I used on my textbooks. Well, I tried to impress my uncle by covering the book in front of him, but I folded it all wrong as I was very nervous, which just goes to show that ... you can’t cover a book by its judge. Mark Lane Douglaston
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER 9/11: HONORING THE FIRST RESPONDERS
Lasting memories of the emergency When the Twin Towers fell, Jamaica Hospital sent as many as it could
Vinny Barranco, right, was among the 16 Jamaica Hospital Medical Center 9/11 first responders honored on the 25th anniversary during a memorial breakfast. EMS head Mark Marino, below, spoke at the event. PHOTOS BY ANDREW KARPAN
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What haunts Vinny Barranco is how few people he brought back. Among the 123 first responders deployed by Jamaica Hospital Medical Center to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, Barranco says he remembers it like it was yesterday. “It was very disappointing,” Barranco, an EMT-paramedic supervisor with the hospital, told the Chronicle. “We all went in with good intentions to help people. And after the towers came down, there was really nobody left to transport to the hospital.” Barranco was one of 16 first responders still employed by JHMC who were honored by a memorial breakfast on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. It was a small event, held in a room in the hospital’s nursing home, but a stirring one. Placards had been set up, filled with photos from the day. Some
looked at photos of themselves from a quarter century ago and thought about how much or how little had changed. “Here at our hospitals 25 years ago today, we launched the largest emergency response operation in our history,” Mark Marino, who runs emergency management operations at Jamaica Hospital, said at the event. He had reread some of the handwritten notes penned by EMTs working that day. “The common theme on almost every worksheet was that we needed more people,” said Marino. “We needed more staff.” “A n d a l t h o u g h I wasn’t working as a paramedic anymore, I wanted to be there,” he added. Bruce Flanz, Jamaica Hospital’s longtime president and chief executive, saw what happened that day from his office window. “From my office, before some of the trees grew, and on a clear day, I
used to be able to see the World Trade Center,” said Flanz. “And I remember looking out on that day, and it was gone. Just hard to believe.” Almost everyone had stories of how they almost were — or knew people who almost were — among the 2,753 who died in New York that day. Everyone knew someone who wasn’t that lucky, either. After the first tower was hit, Barranco said, he started driving immediately toward Ground Zero, and was already halfway to Brooklyn before he changed his mind. “I made a decision for the better good to make a U-turn and go back to my garage to turn out additional ambulances,” he said. “That probably saved my life.” Barranco would end up reaching Ground Zero by nightfall and spend the next four days there, searching for
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any survivors in the rubble. He vividly remembers the clouds of toxic dust, the plumes of soot that would hang in the air for days and months after. “It was very hazardous,” he said. “Smelling the air, tasting it in your mouth. It was a smell that I’d never smelled before. Very dusty, very cloudy. Just as you walked through the dust, you kicked it up and you swallowed it in the air.” He remembered “trying to protect yourself with masks on, because you didn’t want to inhale what was in the air. I knew that the air quality was bad. I knew it.” The toxic dust from the Sept. 11 attacks remains a tough subject. According to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, the aftereffects from the attack have killed more than the attack itself; around 8,000 people who have enrolled in its health monitoring program have since died. “We lost one of our for mer employees just about two months ago,” Marino, told the Chronicle. “They’re suffering from mostly cancers and respiratory diseases. It continues until today,” he said. “I wouldn’t even want to guess a number. It’s dozens and dozens of our former employees.” None of the 123 first responders from JHMC died that day, though one of its ambulances was crushed by collapsing debris. “We took our two mobile clinics, filled them with mental health and family practitioners, and additional
Eric Brown, an EMT at JHMC, was also among the 16 first responders honored by hospital leadership, including President Bruce Flanz, right, at the memorial breakfast. EMTs and paramedics, and sent the mobile clinics in,” he said. “It ended up being about 10 ambulances.” “We got every vehicle we could, every ambulance. We even took a vehicle that we already put out of service. It was already decommissioned, and we put that back on the road. If you look closely at the photos, there’s an ambulance that had to have a bumper because that vehicle was in an accident a little while before 9/11.” All told, Marino said, JHMC ended up treating about 40 people from 9/11, most of whom had arrived intermittently at the hospital in the hours and days that followed the attack. “Even days after, we would have people show up in our emergency room,” he said. “They would say, ‘Yeah, I was in the World Trade Center. I was covered in soot, but I’m still Q having trouble breathing.”
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER 9/11: DISEASES DORMANT FOR DECADES
Clearing the air: What did the city know? City releases 170,000 pages on 9/11 exposure and health risks by Michael Gannon
fa m ilies, su r v ivors a nd f i rst responders whose lives were forever Three days before the 25th anni- changed by the Sept. 11th attacks is versary of the 9/11 attacks, the transparency and accountability,” Mamdani administration released Mamdani said in a press release on more than 170,000 documents per- Sept. 8. “That is why I am proud that our taining to the air quality in Manhattan afterward, what testing was administration has launched the done, and what city officials may City’s first public records portal have known about potential health dedicated to the environmental and health impacts of 9/11 and reached a risks of continued exposure. “It’s pretty important,” said pro- settlement in these lawsuits,” he fessor Laura Schramm, the director added. “For too long, New Yorkers of environmental studies and a pro- have had to fight for access to fessor of biological studies at St. records that should have been available to them in the first John’s University. place.” “I look at environIn a transcript from mental contaminants that day’s press conferand their relationship to ence, Mamdani was cancer,” Schramm said. even more direct. “That’s what I publish “ Pe ople got sick on.” But her interest in because the leaders they the documents is not trusted lied and told limited to her them they were safe to profession. breathe in toxic air. And “My husband is a f irst responder from P r o f e s s o r L a u r a then, when they began 9/11. So this touches Schramm is with St. to contend with the home. In the chemistry John’s. COURTESY PHOTO symptoms of the illnesses that followed, the course that I teach, I use 9/11 as an example of a dam that is government that had not hesitated to about to burst. I don’t know how send them into harm’s way was else to say it. And it’s happening nowhere to be found.” The documents now available now. Now the data is out there.” Back in March the Mamdani include hundreds of thousands of administration committed to releas- pages from numerous city agencies, ing the first documents at a City including sought-after records such Council hearing. The portal can be as the Harding Memo, the 68 Department of Environmental Proaccessed at tinyurl.com/ype8pu96. The information has been the tection boxes discovered a few years subject of personal, legal and politi- ago and information about 7 World cal disputes since two days after the Trade Center. “These are documents that show towers fell, when Christine Todd Whitman, administrator of the U.S. what the city knew about the toxic Environmental Protection Agency, air around Ground Zero, when they knew it and how they acted to limit said the air was safe to breathe. “The very least our city owes the liability,” Mamdani said. Senior News Editor
The so-called Harding memo from October 2001 discusses ways to limit the city’s liability in the face of tens of thousands of potential 9/11-related lawsuits. NYS COURT SYSTEM
Mayor Mamdani was flanked by Congressman Jerry Nadler, center left, and former Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, right, last week as he announced the release of more than 170,000 documents relating to air testing and health risks in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in 2001. SCREENSHOT VIA NYC VIDEO A spokesman for then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was quoted in multiple publications as accusing Mamdani of trying to blame the problems on officials who went to the WTC site rather than the terrorists who carried out the attacks. “The EPA, a federal agency, issues press releases and public statements declaring that the air samples showed the air quality near Ground Zero was safe in September 2001,” Ted Goodman said. “The agency later apologized for those statements, saying it did the best it could with the knowledge available at the time.” The uniformed Firefighters Association and Uniformed Fire Officers Association issued a joint statement on the file release on Sept. 9, “In total, more than 600 New York City Firefighters have lost their lives as a result of toxic exposures,” the unions said. “The dangers of those exposures and critical information concerning their health consequences were withheld from them by every mayoral administration from 9/11 to the present day. “Newly released documents reveal that this information was not disclosed — information that, had it been made public, could have helped protect Firefighters, first responders, recovery workers, area residents, and members of the general public. “The UFA is calling on government officials to expand WTC health coverage to include autoimmune and cardiovascular diseases that continue to claim the lives of
those exposed at the World Trade bringing asbestos dust with you to Center site. Coverage must also rec- the outer boroughs. It was like an ognize the prolonged exposure peri- asbestos plume, right?” od in Lower Manhattan following And people who have had no 9/11, extending through 2007 and symptoms for 20 years or more still encompassing those exposed during are getting sick. the Deutsche Bank building fire. “You have this earlier exposure, “The UFA and UFOA will con- plu s ag i ng,” Sch r a m m s a id . tinue to fight and advocate for all “There’s ‘I can’t repair my DNA and those who have become, are cur- my cells as I age.’ What we are seerently, or may one day become ing now is the fallout from asbestos afflicted by 9/11-related illnesses.” through cancer.” Schramm was interviewing for a And she said the exposure, first teaching job in discussed only in lower Manhattan t e r m s of f i r s t that day. responder s a nd hat we’re “I came up the those “working the seeing now is stairs,” she said. p i l e ,” s t e a d i l y “It smelled of jet gravitated to civilthe fallout.” fuel. I was calling ians who lived and my husband to see worked there. And — St. John’s University what to do. He was she made her husProfessor Laura Schramm on his way in. It band change his was a mess.” clothes in the vestibule of their Schramm believes there is a gap home when returning from the in what people think about sub- WTC. stances like asbestos, because they “It’s easy to look back and say it don’t immediately see the exposure. wasn’t the right advice,” she said. “They think they’re going to be “But what was the right advice? We fine,” she said. “There are not health didn’t have all the information.” consequences that show up for The smell of jet fuel, Schramm everyone immediately. ... Cancer is said, makes her uneasy to this day. something like a light switch that is She walked on 9/11 from Downflipped on or off. It’s multifaceted.” town Manhattan to Rego Park, seeShe said there is no safe exposure ing the good of the people of New level to asbestos. York in a time of tragedy and soon “What I think we’re seeing with caught a train home. She remembers the release of the documents is that crying upon reaching her Long there is the idea that everyone was Island Rail Road stop and looking at exposed, anyone within a certain the cars in the parking lot. radius,” she said. “And I’ll take it “Some children may have had one step further — post-cleanup it parents who parked there and Q was all over your clothes. You were wouldn’t make it home.”
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Hey, I’m charging We need energy diversity, here! by JFK Airport OPINION
not thoughtless mandates New EV parking lot to open in 2027 by Phil Wong You can learn a lot about New York by walking into a neighborhood restaurant and looking at what is on the stove. In Queens, that might be an Asian restaurant with woks firing all night, an Italian restaurant that has been in the same family for generations, or any one of the thousands of small businesses where the way food is prepared is part of what keeps customers coming back. For many of these businesses, natural gas is not some political statement. It is how they cook. It is what their equipment was built for, what their chefs know and what their customers expect. Government should understand that before telling everybody what kind of stove, furnace, boiler or energy source they are eventually going to be allowed to use. I have been clear that I do not support New York’s rush toward electrification through mandates such as the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act and New York City’s Local Laws 97 and 154. Wanting cleaner energy is one thing. Passing mandates first and figuring out whether our electric grid, businesses and residents can actually handle them later is another. That is backwards. New Yorkers are already paying some of the highest costs in the country to live and do business. Restaurants are dealing with higher food prices, rent, insurance, labor costs and endless regulations. The last thing government should be doing is forcing another expensive transition on them whether it makes sense for their business or not. There is also a much bigger question that seems to get lost in the political talking points: Where is all of this electricity supposed to come from? The New York Independent System Operator has repeatedly warned that the margin for error on our electric grid is shrinking. Its 2026 Power Trends report says generator retirements and other losses are outpacing the addition of new supply, while electrification and large new energy users are increasing demand. NYISO is now openly calling for an “all-of-the-above” approach to keep the grid reliable. We also cannot talk seriously about New York’s energy problems without talking about Indian Point. New York allowed a major source of reliable nuclear power to shut down before comparable replacement generation was ready. NYISO has stated that Indian Point’s closure became part of the broader loss of generating capacity that has thinned the state’s reliability margins. Its latest report also specifically identifies the retirement of Indian Point and other dispatchable generation as factors that have reduced available supply faster than it has been replaced. Then government turns around and tells
New Yorkers to electrify more of their homes, businesses and transportation. That math does not make sense. And the answer cannot simply be to scatter battery energy storage systems throughout residential neighborhoods, either. Energy storage can certainly have a role in a modern electric grid. But that does not mean large battery facilities should be allowed to pop up wherever a developer finds a piece of property, especially next to homes, schools, daycares and other sensitive locations. New York itself is pursuing thousands of megawatts of additional energy storage, which makes responsible siting, strong safety standards and meaningful community input even more important. I have seen firsthand how quickly residents lose faith in the process when they believe an energy project is being forced into their neighborhood without enough scrutiny. We need an energy policy based on common sense instead of deadlines dreamed up in Albany or City Hall. That means investing in cleaner technology. It means strengthening the electric grid. It means looking seriously at nuclear power and other reliable sources of generation. It means safely developing renewable energy where it makes sense. It means setting reasonable standards for battery storage. It also means acknowledging that natural gas remains necessary for many New Yorkers and many small businesses today. There is nothing wrong with giving people choices. A restaurant owner should be able to decide what equipment works best in his or her kitchen. A homeowner should not have to replace a perfectly functioning system because government decided everyone needs to electrify on an arbitrary timetable. And working families should not be stuck with the bill for policies enacted without a realistic plan for where power will come from. New York can pursue cleaner energy without pretending reliability, affordability and neighborhood safety do not matter. The goal should be a cleaner and stronger energy system, not mandates for the sake of mandates. If we want New Yorkers to support the transition, government has to give them something worth supporting. That starts with keeping the lights on, keeping costs under control and giving peoQ ple a choice. Phil Wong is New York City Councilman for the 30th District, in Central and central-western Queens.
Councilwoman Selvena Brooks-Powers, second from left, and Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. were among those at the groundbreaking of a new EV lot. PHOTO BY ANGELICA ACEVEDO / QUEENS BP
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The city is building what it calls one of the largest public electric vehicle charging hubs in New York in Springfield Gardens, right off JFK Airport. “As New York City transitions toward a cleaner transportation future, communities like Southeast Queens must be at the center of that progress,” promised Councilwoman Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Laurelton), who championed the project and was among the handful of electeds and other officials who showed up to a groundbreaking at the site on Sept. 9. The lot, about 2.6 acres large, will open with at least 38 “level 2” charging stations, the city says, and is set to begin operating by late 2027 at 160-66 Rockaway Blvd., which the city’s Economic Development Corp., which handled the deal, calls “one of the region’s most strategic transportation locations.” The location is right next to the headquarters of Barlett Dairy, which bought its
lot from the EDC back in 2020. The deal has been in the works since 2024, when it involved the promise of 65 stations. “The previous number included level 1 chargers which take less space but can also take a very long time to charge,” an EDC rep told the Chronicle via email. The city sold the charging station site for $8.9 million to real estate developer Adam Gordon, known among real estate traders for flipping warehouses, largely to be used by Amazon, under his Wildflower development shingle. Back in February, Gordon sold a former warehouse he bought from The New York Times in College Point for $92 million, after buying it a year earlier from the newspaper for $35.8 million. Closer to Kennedy, Gordon also owns the JFK Logistics Center, also on Rockaway Boulevard, and used as Amazon warehouse. In more recent years, he’s pivoted to flipping EV charging stations too, selling a parking lot he bought in Maspeth to Tesla Q for $18 million in 2024.
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CB 9 helps neighborhood kids To help neighborhood kids prepare for the school year, Community Board 9 recently distributed more than 300 backpacks filled with supplies near the Buddy Monument at Forest Park in Richmond Hill. It was a collaborative effort, with donations from River Fund and Zara Realty’s George Subraj Family Foundation. Jeiry Reyes, Sasha Morales, Jennifer Guzman, Carina Nieves, Kevin O’Leary, Cristal Rivera, Luke Carpenter, Helen Day and members of the NYPD were among the volunteers who assisted, according to board
Chair Sherry Algredo. She noted that state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., who stopped by the Sept. 3 distribution, and Councilmember Lynn Schulman continuously invest in the organizations that helped make the distribution possible. “It is always a blessing to be able to do something for the children in the neighborhood,” Algredo told the Chronicle via email. She also extended thanks to CB 9 District Manager James McClelland and the other board members who helped that day. — Kristen Guglielmo
Mail voting to go on as usual After much legal back-and-forth, the Supreme Court on Monday nixed the Trump administration’s planned new restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the midterms. The Postal Service’s rule, which came pursuant to an order from President Trump, would require ballots to be mailed in certain envelopes with barcodes, and states would have to submit voter information to the agency online. The court last month allowed the restrictions to move forward, but a federal judge later blocked them again. Concurring with the Sept. 14 SCOTUS decision, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that there is “at least a fair prospect” that the new rule is within the USPS’s power, but applying it for the 2026 elections would be “arbitrary and capricious,” as election officials would not have
enough time to enact it. Timing and voter disenfranchisement were among the points made by attorneys general from suing states, including Letitia James of New York. Mail-in voting already has begun in several states. Trump slammed the decision on social media. James said she was “relieved” by it, and Q that the rule would have caused chaos. — Stephanie G. Meditz
Correction The Aug. 27 story “The kids are generating images” misstated where one concerned parent lives and her position on Community Education Council 24. Aliya Bonar is a CEC member from Ridgewood. We regret the errors. Q
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She remained at Queens College as a special adviser to Wu through 2025 before servThe fall semester is undering most recently as interim way, and Queens College has provost and senior vice presiturned to a familiar face to dent for academic affairs at lead the campus through its C U N Y ’s M e d g a r Ev e r s next chapter. College. Elizabeth “Betsy” Hendrey, “I look forward to returnwho spent 33 years at the ing home to this talented and CUNY school in a series of dedicated community,” Henacademic and administrative roles, took over as interim Betsy Hendrey has been drey said in a message to president Aug. 1, succeeding appointed interim presi- Queens College students, facFrank Wu, who retired July 30 dent of Queens College. ulty and staff. CUNY Chancellor Félix after six years at the helm. COURTESY PHOTO Matos Rodríguez said in a letHendrey graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a ter to the college community that Hendegree in economics and earned her mas- drey’s history with the college made her ter’s and doctorate in economics from well-suited to guide it through the transition, calling Queens College an institution Duke University. She first joined Queens College as an “she knows so well.” “We will launch a national search for assistant professor of economics in 1989. Hendrey later served as chair of the Eco- QC’s next permanent leader in accordance nomics Department and dean of social sci- with the University’s Guidelines for Presiences and had several senior administrative dential Searches and the bylaws of the Board posts before becoming provost and senior of Trustees,” Matos Rodríguez wrote. “In vice president for academic affairs in 2013, a the meantime, please join me in welcoming Q Dr. Hendrey back to Queens College.” position she held through 2022. Editor
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NYPD officer remembered NYPD officers and leadership, including Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, as well as Mayor Mamdani and friends and loved ones came together to honor and remember Probationary Police Officer Kamir Lou-Barria at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Ozone Park on Tuesday. Lou-Barria, 30, suffered a medical emergency and collapsed while training at the Stephen D. McDonald Police Academy in
College Point on Sept. 7. He died at an area hospital. Records show he joined the department in April. Reports say Lou-Barria leaves behind a wife and daughter. “He was a committed recruit, ready to help his city and make a positive impact,” the NYPD wrote in a post on X, accompanied by photos from the funeral. “We will never forget him.” — Kristen Guglielmo
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Activists renew call to end prostitution Urge action, say landlords complicit by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief
The Restore Roosevelt Avenue Coalition walked the streets on Sunday to oppose those who walk the streets for money. The anticrime activists have been protesting prostitution with periodic marches and other efforts to get the laws against it enforced for the last two years. The former Adams administration launched a crackdown on criminality along the Roosevelt Avenue corridor in Western Queens two years ago, touting hundreds of arrests and summonses for various infractions, while the federal government has targeted transnational gangs operating in the area. But the Restore Roosevelt activists say the job is far from done. On Sunday they marched for two hours down Roosevelt from 76th Street to 90th Street, along the Elmhurst-Jackson Heights border, according to a press release issued afterward. Along the way, they protested at a number of locations where they contend prostitution occurs, allegations they back up with photo and video evidence. The point is to get elected officials to act. “We need our local reps, the Governor and the Mayor engaging on Roosevelt Avenue,” one founder of the coalition, elected Democratic district leader and former lawmaker
Hiram Monserrate, said in a prepared statement. “Roosevelt Avenue is an Urban Crime Zone and any improvements made in the past are now long gone. Back to basics! Moreover, we need all our law enforcement to enforce the law and hold unscrupulous landlords accountable. Clearly, these landlords choose to rent to these brothels and are complicit in promoting criminal enterprises.” Rosa Sanchez, another coalition organizer, and a recently elected Democratic district leader, said, “We join with the frustrated residents whose repeated calls for help have fallen on deaf ears. Our Council members and State representatives have to do more. How are street walkers selling sex in front of a Council member’s District office? What gives? Roosevelt Avenue is still in crisis! We need action not campaign slogans.” Among the locations where the group says prostitution goes on is the corner of 75th Street and 37th Road, “where there is one Brothel and street walkers operate from dusk throughout the evening.” The site is down the block from the office of City Councilman Shekar Krishnan (D-Jackson Heights). Asked for comment, Krishnan’s office provided a statement from him that said in part, “Our community deserves to feel safe walking along Roosevelt Avenue, but we know that’s often not the case due to human trafficking
Anti-prostitution activists protest at a site on Gleane Street in Elmhurst where, they assert, a 24-hour brothel operates, to the consternation of law-abiding neighbors. PHOTO COURTESY HIRAM MONSERRATE and other illicit activity,” and touted efforts he and other officials are making to “address underlying conditions and provide support to our community.” Other locations cited by the coalition as centers of the sex trade include: an apartment at Roosevelt and 76th Street; an office on 76th between Roosevelt and 37th Road; Roosevelt from 78th to 79th streets; Roosevelt at 82nd Street; a building on Gleane Street off Roosevelt; Roosevelt between 90th Street and Brit-
ton Avenue; Case Street off Roosevelt; and an office at Elmhurst Avenue and Case. Several of the interior locations operate as 24-hour brothels, the activists contend, while the roadways are home to street walkers either at night or, sometimes, all day long. Monserrate has provided the media with a number of photos and short videos of scantily clad women loitering and escorting men into buildings on and around Roosevelt Avenue to bolster his group’s claims for several years. Q
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An Astoria man’s resilience lauded Yianni Hatzikontos will be honored at Brain Injury Association of NYS march by Kristen Guglielmo Editor
In July 2016, a reckless driver on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway changed everything for Yianni Hatzikontos in an instant. On Sept. 26, the Astoria resident will stand in front of a crowd at Eisenhower Park on Long Island and be celebrated for everything he built back in the years since. Hatzikontos will be acclaimed as the Long Island Honoree at the Brain Injury Association of New York State’s annual March On for Brain Injury Walk. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and the walk steps off at noon. Eileen Reardon, BIANYS’ executive director, in a statement said Hatzikontos is being recognized for “his extraordinary resilience, unwavering determination, and inspiring ability to overcome unimaginable challenges with hope and positivity.” Hatzikontos was 21 when the crash left him with severe bodily harm, including a traumatic brain injury. He endured numerous surgeries and, once medically stable, began a long and grueling road to recovery. He was in a coma for just over a month, and slipped into a vegetative state. He didn’t utter a single word until February 2017. Hatzikontos’ mother, Maria Karvelas, remembers those months as a blur of hospital
Yianni Hatzikontos, above center, with his mother Maria Karvelas, left, and siblings Cindy and Dimitri Hatzikontos, is the Long Island Honoree at the Brain Injury Association of New York State’s annual March On for Brain Injury Walk on Sept. 26 at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, LI. Karvelas told the Chronicle that her son has been working with a robotic exoskeleton to help him learn to walk again, right. PHOTOS COURTESY MARIA KARVELAS hallways and hope she refused to let go of. When doctors at the TBI nursing home where Hatzikontos spent the next four years told her he had “reached his plateau,” she didn’t accept it. Karvelas found new doctors, secured new prescriptions and made sure her son had therapy nearly every weekday, even while work-
ing full time and visiting him between shifts. “I just started using a lot of common sense,” Karvelas told the Chronicle. She taught herself how to transfer him, how to work a wheelchair-accessible vehicle, how to get him out into the world when the nursing home wouldn’t. She wrote words and com-
mands on an erasable whiteboard — not sure, at first, if he could even read them. Weeks later, he was responding with one word. Then two. Then full sentences. Hatzikontos is a quadriplegic but far from where doctors once expected him to be. He works with a robotic exoskeleton through the Walk in New York program and takes part in a clinical research initiative at Mount Sinai that pairs video-game-style technology with relearning how to stand and walk. This year alone, he traveled to Punta Cana and Greece. Asked how the experience shaped him, Hatzikontos said, “It showed me how resilient I really am.” Though his family lives in Astoria, Hatzikontos was chosen to represent Long Island at the walk because “a lot of our therapies, the projects we do and the church we’re involved with” are there, his mother said. On being honored, Hatzikontos said, “I feel like I’ve put in a lot of work, so it is a really big deal to me.” His advice to others facing setbacks: “Recovery is not a straight line. There are curves, loops, setbacks, and then there’s always progress.” His favorite quote, his mother noted, is “This too shall pass.” To support Hatzikontos’ walk team, one may visit pro.gofundme.com/team/828709. Q
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER 9/11: AN ORCHESTRA CELEBRATES NEW YORK’S RESILIENCE
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A special concert on Sunday featured classical music composed over a 200-year period but was performed in honor of one date only: Sept. 11, 2001. Scores of music lovers turned out to the Kupferberg Center for the Arts’ LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College for the free perfor mance by the American Symphony Orchestra, entitled New York Resounds. The show opened with the stirring brass of “Fanfare for the Common Man,” composed in 1942 by Aaron Copland — namesake of the college’s School of Music — in response to the nation’s entry into World War II. “Few compositions have entered the American consciousness as thoroughly as Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man,” the ASO says in its program for New York Resounds. “Undoubtedly his most famous work, its unmistakable opening theme has taken on a life far beyond the concert hall.” Following that first piece, ASO Music Director Leon Botstein spoke about the work and the concert itself. His points are reflected in the program, in which he says: “It is an honor for the American Symphony Orchestra to play this concert for the 25th commemoration of the tragedy that took place on September 11, 2001.
The American Symphony Orchestra, with Leon Botstein conducting, gets a standing ovation after its Sept. 11 commemorative performance at LeFrak Concert Hall. PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE “It is hard to fathom the extent of the death and destruction that was inflicted on those who worked in the Twin Towers, to those who lived nearby, and to the heroic presence of firefighters, police, and many others who showed singular courage in the face of an unimaginable scene in which everything real crumbled before our eyes. Although lives and hopes were shattered on that day, the city can
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be proud of the resilience it has shown. This concert is not only an expression of memory. It is an act of gratitude.” After “Fanfare,” the brass moved toward the rear of the stage and the strings came in. More than 40 musicians were onstage at the peak of the show, which was billed as lasting an hour but wound up nearly double that, in large part due to Botstein’s informative intro-
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ductions to each piece and its composer. The second work was George Walker’s mournful 1946 “Lyric for Strings,” which the ASO calls a “hauntingly beautiful piece” that closes “with a sense of ineffable serenity.” Following that came the program’s shortest work, 1911’s “The Gong on the Hook and Ladder” by Charles Ives, with music that revels in cacophonous forms as it evokes the feel of a fire engine responding to an emergency. Next came the afternoon’s longest and oldest composition, Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 44 in E minor, “Trauersinfonie” (“Mourning Symphony”), from 1772. The piece has an unconventional structure and, the ASO notes, a finale featuring “a relentless emotional drive unlike anything Haydn had brought to a concluding movement before.” Last was the Adagio from Gustav Mahler’s unfinished Symphony No. 10, composed in 1910 and arranged, as it was played Sunday, by Cliff Colnot in 2008. The work was inspired in part by a New York City fireman’s funeral Mahler witnessed from his hotel window in 1908. He was awed by the procession. The piece’s rich melody builds to a climax that then eases, leading, as the ASO puts it, “to a gentle conclusion in which the falling melodic motion imparts a sense of calm, as the strings and winds seem to dissolve into an Q atmosphere of quiet serenity.”
The MLB Network premiered “When America Took the Field, a documentary on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, last Thursday night at Citi Field. The 90-minute film did far more than reinforce the long-held belief that baseball helped the healing process for a shocked country. While the Mets and Yankees understandably receive the lion’s share of the attention, the filmmakers take pains to show the entire country was affected by the attacks on the East Coast that day. Legendary St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Jack Buck, a recipient of a Purple Heart in World War II, addressed fans on Sept. 17, 2001, and spoke on the field about how important it was for baseball to be played again. Bud Selig, the baseball commissioner at the time, describes the agonizing decision on the appropriate time to restart games. “I remember attending a Green Bay Packers game on the Sunday after President Kennedy was assassinated. The crowd was silent. I was wondering what I was doing there,” he states. Selig also apologized to the Mets players for Major League Baseball officials giving them a hard time for wearing the hats of first responders in the aftermath of 9/11 instead of their regulation baseball caps. The Mets were in Pittsburgh on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Much has been documented about their bus ride back to New York City the
following day and the eerie quiet that fell over everyone while crossing the George Washington Bridge as they saw the smoke emanating from the southwest corner of Manhattan where the Twin Towers stood a few days earlier. What has never been detailed to the best of my knowledge, until now, is the feelings of the Chicago White Sox, who were in town to play the Yankees. Former White Sox General Manager Kenny Williams recollects how quiet the streets of Manhattan were in the days following the attack. “We were staying at the Grand Hyatt on 42nd Street. We were worried that building could be a terrorist target. We needed to get back to Chicago even if it would be by horse and buggy,” he says on camera. Fortunately, he was able to procure some buses. He spoke about how they were able to take some nurses who lived in New Jersey but were working around the clock in NYC back to their homes. “I told the driver not to leave until I saw their families embrace them,” says Williams. While it did not get much publicity, many Yankees players went to the Armory on Park Avenue, where families gathered to get news of their lost loved ones. “We were not sure if we were successful, but we tried to give comfort any way we could to them,” states legendary Yankees Q centerfielder Bernie Williams. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.
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by Stephanie G. Meditz dise and art. And it’s affordable — the market has a $6 cap on all food items, but organizers have said 2026 will be the last year for that ceiling. “Obviously the prices are very reasonable,” said Michelle Cronin, a repeat attendee. Not only is it a good place for families to gather and enjoy a bite, she said, but she also likes being able to try food from different restaurants in the area, and possibly visit them in the future. “I just think this is an embodiment of what Queens really is,” said Kianna Duncan of Ridgewood, a first-time attendee. “It smells great. The vibes are great. I feel like you can feel the energy.” The flavorful dishes sold at the Queens Night
Market are as diverse as the borough’s population, and visitors are bound to try something new. Among the delicacies being sold this year are Colombian arepas, Trinidadian shark sandwiches and Taiwanese beef noodle soup. There are even options for those with dietary restrictions. Eli Geoghan of Forest Hills was pleasantly surprised by the variety of gluten-free offerings during his first visit on July 25. He particularly enjoyed his twisted potato on a stick and cachapa, a Venezuelan corn pancake. Asked which dish was his favorite, he said, “I can’t pick. And I’m not done yet.” Those with a sweet tooth will be satisfied, too. continued on page 27
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oodies from far and wide can once again taste the entire world in one night at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Starting Sept. 19, the Queens Night Market again will bring international delicacies, engaging cultural performances and more back to the parking lot area of the New York Hall of Science. The event has been on hiatus for the last few weeks, as tennis fans came to the area in droves for the US Open, but will return every Saturday night through the end of October. The Queens Night Market, sponsored by Citizens bank, is now in the midst of its 11th season. It features dishes from every cuisine imaginable, as well as more than 100 vendors selling merchan-
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In t he movies, light ing cha nges everything. That might be why the people at the Museum of the Moving Image occasionally run tours of its collection of cinematic knickknacks almost completely in the dark, after closing hours and illuminated only by the variable turns of a tour guide’s flashlight. They’ve been doing them for three years now, starting around the end of summer, when the days grow shorter and the larger cinematic imagination begins to lean toward the macabre. This year, tours just started and take place on a handful of Saturdays, before ending, perhaps deliberately, on Oct. 31. “One interesting fact about Hannibal was that he was based off of real killers,” offers Austin Demoliere, the tour guide leading the first one this year, while poking his flashlight around a wooden recreation of one of the sets from “The Silence of the Lambs,” encased in glass, part of a larger collection of those that the museum owns. Demoliere, who does some VFX work when he’s not leading tours, is full of facts like that. At one point, he suggests that the actor Anthony Hopkins didn’t blink at all while playing Hannibal, a dubious, if popu-
Tour guide Austin Demoliere promised that its troves of spooky props, like one of FredPHOTO BY ANDREW KARPAN dy Kruger’s gloves, are the real deal, in a manner of speaking. lar, claim. And who knows, maybe he didn’t. It’s all a matter of keeping your eyes open, an experience that moving around in the dark will reinforce. His hourlong journey into the night moves swiftly through the museum’s curiosity shop of relics. There are collections of elegant cameras from the dawn of the movie age. There is the original vomit device used in “The Exorcist.” (Tick-
ets to the last two tours also come with an optional screening of the movie earlier in the afternoon.) There is also one of Freddy Kruger’s razor-tipped gloves from the “Nightmare on Elm Street” movies. Demoliere tells the group, to appreciative murmurs, that some of the razors in the glove have real edges. “So, on the set, Freddy Kruger had the blades here — some of them are fake, some
of them are real,” he said, pointing to the glove, from the 1988 sequel “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master,” now under glass near a ripped sweater also from one of the movies. Ripped from the screen and placed under glass, the objects form a kind of hauntology of what horror movies used to be. Those were movies about looking at stuff; stuff that was scary. If Freddy Kruger is anything, he is self-evident. “We’re looking for the things that, when you see it, you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh,’” Demoliere later told the Chronicle. “We’re choosing things that look cool in the dark.’” If some things are missed in the gloom — say, the museum’s collection of Jim Henson’s Muppets don’t seem to make the cut, or perhaps aren’t served best by flashlight — the movie props that do land in frame, so to speak, illuminate an eminently understandable history of the movies, one that speaks to the larger collective memory of the moving screen and its eternally reshuffled symbols. Toward the tour’s end, Demoliere is deployed to operate a ouija board and makes its arrow move around dramatically. He does it with a winsome charm, asking appropriately silly questions until another guide shows up to talk about magnets. Q
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guese pastéis de nata. “It’s like a custard filling wrapped in a flaky croissant outside,” said Bryant Cruz, adding that his stand offers traditional and blueberry varieties at the market. But it’s not just about food — the night market also features an array of merchandise vendors and artists selling their work. Kate Durkin, who has set up shop there for the past three years, sells prints, pillows and other items that feature her illustrations of iconic New York City symbols, such as pigeons, bagels and yellow cabs. “The weather hasn’t been great this season for the night market, but when we have been open, it’s been going really well,” she told the Chronicle. Getting feedback from crowds of diverse customers is what keeps her coming back, she added. And the evening always includes entertainment. Each installment comes with a lineup of vibrant performances — Batalá New York, a band of exclusively women drummers playing Afro-Brazilian beats, got people dancing during the Chronicle’s visit. The Queens Night Market runs on Saturdays from 4 p.m. to midnight. One may Q visit queensnightmarket.com for more.
The Queens Night Market draws crowds to Flushing Meadows each week, including Eli Geoghan and Kianna Duncan, far left, on July 25. Attendees moved to the beats of Batalá New York, an all-female drum band, near left. On the cover: Brazilian steak sandwiches are among many dishes that are worth the PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE G. MEDITZ wait.
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The New York City Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing, the hearing will be held remotely commencing on Wednesday September 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM. via the WebEx platform, on the following petition for revocable consent, in the Borough of Queens.
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of
Formation
of
DENAD HOMES LLC. Arts. of Org.
Synk Capital LLC. Arts. of Org.
filed with Secy. of State of NY
filed with Secy. of State (SSNY) on
(SSNY) on 08/26/2026. Office
8/24/26. Office location: Queens
location: Queens County. SSNY
County.
designated as agent of LLC upon
agent of LLC upon whom process
whom process against it may be
against it may be served. SSNY shall
served. SSNY shall mail process
mail/email process to: Jonathan
to 230-22 Merrick Blvd, Spring-
Kluger, 816 Alonzo Road, Far Rocka-
field Gardens, NY 11413. Purpose:
way, NY 11691, jkluger13@gmail.
Any lawful activity.
com. Purpose: any lawful activity.
Notice of Formation of ELEVATE HEALTH + WELLNESS, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/09/2026. 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: MALIA KRAHN, 3075 38TH ST, APT 3, ASTORIA, NY 11103. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of TILL GROUP LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/09/2023. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: LIMAN CHENG, 34-22 76TH STREET, APT 2, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
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 Formation of AG BUILDING GROUP LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/09/2026. 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: ARNAV GHOSH, 9015 138TH PL, C14, JAMAICA, NY 11435. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
SSNY
designated
as
STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF CAYUGA. SUPPLEMENTAL
SUPREME COURT OF THE
SUMMONS, Index No.: E2024-1040 Property Address: 21 Bradford
STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY
Street Auburn, NY 13021. NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC, Plaintiff
OF QUEENS REGAIN CRF FUND
v. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, GRANT-
1 LLC, -against- PAMELA P.
EES, ASSIGNORS, CREDITORS AND TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE
CARTER, INDIVIDUALLY AND
OF JAMES R. SOCHIA, JR. A/K/A JAMES SOCHIA, JR.
AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE
Notice of Formation of KSMH HOLDINGS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/25/2026. 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: MAHESH PATEL, 214-24 73RD AVE, OAKLAND GARDENS, NY 11364. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of H AND M MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/19/2026. 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: H AND M MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC, 214-24 73RD AVE, OAKLAND GARDENS, NY 11364. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
(DECEASED); THE ESTATE OF JAMES R. SOCHIA, JR. A/K/A JAMES SOCHIA, JR. (DECEASED); TONYA L. SOCHIA, and ‘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 being foreclosed
OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE CARTER, JR., 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
herein Defendants TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE
on November 19, 2025, wherein
HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above action
REGAIN CRF FUND 1 LLC is
and serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within
the Plaintiff and PAMELA P.
twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the
CARTER, INDIVIDUALLY AND
day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service
AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF
where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery
THE
within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a
CARTER, JR., ET AL. are
defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days
the
of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judg-
undersigned
ment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in
sell at public auction at the
the Complaint. Cayuga County is designated as the place of
QUEENS COUNTY SUPREME
trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. 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 proceed-
ESTATE
OF
Defendant(s).
GEORGE I,
the
Referee,
will
COURT, 88-11 SUTPHIN BLVD, COURTROOM 25, JAMAICA, NY 11435, on September 25, 2026 at 10:00AM, premises known
as
115-92
230TH
STREET, CAMBRIA HEIGHTS,
ing against you and filing the answer with the court, a
NY 11411; and the following
default judgment may be entered and you can lose your
tax map identification: 11311-
home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where
45. ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT,
your case is pending for further information on how to
PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND,
answer the summons and protect your property. Sending
SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN
a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this
THE BOROUGH AND COUNTY
foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY
OF QUEENS, CITY AND STATE
OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF
OF NEW YORK Premises will
(MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE
be sold subject to provisions
COURT. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication
of filed Judgment Index No.:
pursuant to an order of Honorable Jon E. Budelmann, Justice of
703101/2019.
William
Driscoll,
-
the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 20th day of August, 2026 at the Cayuga County Supreme Court, New York. Dated: 8/27/2026 Stefani S. Kusterbeck, Esq. Tromberg, Miller, Morris & Partners, PLLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 39 Broadway, Suite 1840, New York, NY 10006 Tel.: (800) 280-6205
Esq.
T.
Referee.
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC, 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310,
Westbury,
New
York
11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Hill Court LLC, Arts of Org
All foreclosure sales will be
filed with SSNY on 08/25/26.
conducted in accordance
Off.
County,
with Covid-19 guidelines
SSNY designated as agent
including, but not limited
of LLC upon whom process
to, social distancing and
against it may be served. SSNY
mask wearing. *LOCATION
shall mail a copy of process
OF
to: The LLC, 146 Stewart Ave.
CHANGE
Brooklyn NY 11237. Purpose:
ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/
to engage in any lawful act.
CLERK DIRECTIVES.
Loc.:
Queens
SALE
SUBJECT DAY
OF
TO IN
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 Notice of Formation of HSM CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/05/2026. 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: HSM CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC, 214-24 73RD AVE, OAKLAND GARDENS, NY 11364. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
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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 Asset-Backed 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 on June 9, 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 October 2, 2026 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 County of Queens, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 8979, LOT: 48. Approximate amount of judgment is $871,953.38 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 708974/2023. 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 XOME at www.XOME.com or call 844-400-9663. Joseph N. Armao, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, NY 11706 91150
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II TRUST, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-AR8, -againstJOSE TAVAREZ, 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 March 10, 2023, wherein THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II TRUST, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-AR8 is the Plaintiff and JOSE TAVAREZ, 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 16, 2026 at 10:00AM, premises known as 62-22 BURCHELL ROAD, ARVERNE, NY 11692; and the following tax map identification: 16007-9. 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 Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 706209/2014. Fearonce G. LaLande, 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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