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Fracture in Queens GOP leadership Success of party coup viewed as unlikely by those now in power

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Republicans in the council, pulled no punches in discussing the rift. “That article was done to disrupt,” Halloran said. “It was ith Democrats greatly outnumbering Republicans done as a distraction. We need to work together and we are not in Queens, the one thing the GOP leadership does- getting things done because we are spending so much time n’t need is disunity. But that’s just what’s happen- fighting.” ing as one dissatisfied faction continues its attempt to take But Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) is in the over the leadership.

Ognibene camp and said Monday the Queens party has not Those supporting GOP Chairman Phil Ragusa say the supported him. He blames the leadership. “We have serious attempt is illegal and will not be successful. problems,” Ulrich said. “I’m pushing for They also point to an article in change.” capitalnewyork.com about the possibility of He added that “Ragusa is not effective” and Republican Councilman Peter Koo of Flushing “it’s time for the leadership to go.” defecting, saying it is not true and was another The splinter meeting was organized by Bart attempt to split the county party.

Haggerty, who also is Ulrich’s chief of staff.

The story appeared Monday about Koo, who And it was Haggerty who challenged Ragusa in endorsed Democratic Assemblyman David the 2009 party election and lost. Haggerty Weprin in the recent 9th Congressional race claimed the voting system used was improper, against the winner, Bob Turner. The article said but a later court ruling sided with Ragusa, who that Koo had met privately with Democratic got almost 62 percent of the vote. leaders in Queens to discuss switching parties.

Haggerty’s brother, John, a political consulIt went on to say that Koo was “dissatisfied tant, is on trial this week for allegedly stealing and marginalized” by the GOP leadership and Councilman Peter Koo more than $1 million from Mayor Bloomberg had received little support from them.

FILE PHOTO during his campaign. He allegedly promised to Koo’s spokesman, James McClelland, denied use the money for ballot security and pocketed the assertion of the councilman considering switching parties. it instead. He faces grand larceny and other charges.

“He emphatically is not leaving the party,” McClelland said.

Ragusa has served as Queens chairman since 2007, after “He did talk to the Democrats when he endorsed Weprin, but former state Sen. Serphin Maltese stepped down. nothing was said about switching parties.”

Vince Tabone, executive vice chairman of the Queens The Queens Republicans were to have met Wednesday night Republican Party, called Bart Haggerty “a fraudster” for orgaat the Reception House in Flushing to pick their leaders. But nizing a bogus meeting. “They will lose by 75 to 25 or at best the mavericks set up a meeting of their own at the same time at 65 to 35. As such, they are playing games again. Bart has no Villa Russo in Richmond Hill. Their choice was former coun- right to call a competing meeting,” Tabone said. cilman and failed mayoral candidate Tom Ognibene, who could Pointing to the Haggerty brothers’ past actions, Tabone said: not be reached for comment.

“This persistent and unproductive behavior in earlier years Councilman Dan Halloran of Whitestone, one of five might be looked at as the quaint meanderings of gadflies. It is Managing Editor

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Bart Haggerty did not respond to calls made to his office.

Halloran, who says he “like[s] both sides,” also believes the Haggerty group “has no chance to win.” He and other GOP leaders are united in thinking that whatever happens, it will be challenged in court again.

“We should be looking at long-term decisions and everyone needs a say,” Halloran said. “We should be looking at races where we can win. Turner did it. I did it. We have to stand Q together.”

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Defending a mother after a father’s death Sheehan’s children testify that earliest memories were of abuse

by Anna Gustafson

quarterback at St. Francis Prep in Fresh Meadows, and his sister, Jennifer Joyce, 25, heirs was a childhood marked by an a nurse who administers chemotherapy at a explosive father, Raymond Sheehan, hospital in San Diego, testified for hours a man seen as a pillar last Wednesday, Thursday of the Howard Beach comand Friday, speaking in munity but who, his son detail about a man who they and daughter testified, was said told them he would kill a terror inside the home, them about once a month making them live in confor as long as they can stant fear of provoking a remember. fury that resulted in him Both children testif ied allegedly beating their that one of their first memmother so frequently that ories is of their father, a they rarely saw her without retired NYPD sergeant, bruises. abusing their mother, who “I heard my father call works as a secretary for the my mother a piece of sh** city Department of Educaevery day,” Raymond Sheetion. han, 21, said last week at Barbara Sheehan walks to her “I was about 4 years old,” the Queens Supreme Cour- trial at the Queens Supreme Joyce testified. “I was lying thouse in Kew Gardens, Courthouse in Kew Gardens. in bed, it was shaking and I where his mother, Barbara could hear my father yelling Sheehan, stands trial for shooting her ex- at my mother, calling her fat and lazy and cop husband 11 times at their Howard stupid.”

Beach home in 2008. “I hated what he did Joyce said her father portrayed himself to my mom, to my sister, to me. I hated as a family man who loved coaching his how he tortured us.” children in various sports and traveling to Raymond Sheehan, a physiologist who exotic locations with them on vacation, but works with autistic children and the former would then in private scream at his children Editor

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Barbara Sheehan’s daughter, Jennifer Joyce, and Joyce’s husband, Jesse, a Navy pilot, enter the PHOTOS BY PJ SMITH Queens Supreme courthouse last week. for “embarrassing” him during a game and take out his rage on their mother.

“For as long as I can remember, my mom always had a bruise on her,” Joyce testified.

Both children said they were terrified for their mother and would contact her numerous times a day to make sure she was alright.

Singh seeks retrial in ’96 killing Lawyer says new evidence casts doubt on cops, DA

by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

The lawyer for a Queens man who has served nine years for a 1998 murder in Richmond Hill has asked the trial judge to consider new evidence that he thinks will free his client.

Tejpal Singh, now 37, was convicted of murdering Kamaljit Singh, 24, in a driveby shooting that also wounded Ramjit Singh.

Tejpal Singh’s new lawyer, Stephen Murphy, appeared in court last Thursday before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Aloise, seeking subpoenas for numerous items, including Internal Affairs records concerning lead investigator, Perleen Kaalund, that he believes are connected with the case.

“The head of Internal Affairs, Chief Raymond King, visited Det. Kaalund in the squad room at the 102nd Precinct to discuss the case,” Murphy said. “That is unheard of.”

He said in a telephone interview last Thursday that witnesses have changed their stories, and that Sgt. Jimmy Carroll, now retired, told the district attorney at the time that he wanted to arrest another suspect back in 2003.

“He was prevented from doing so from the District Attorney’s office,” Murphy said.

Murphy is alleging misconduct by the

police and poor performance by the DA’s office.

“The district attorney knew or should have known that there was evidence that would have been helpful to the defense” Murphy said.

“His current papers contain scurrilous attacks against people with impeccable reputations.”

— Kevin Ryan, spokesman for Queens DA Richard Brown

Murphy filed a request for a new trial for Singh on Sept. 12, and about 100 of his family members and friends were outside the courthouse on Queens Boulevard on Thursday.

Kevin Ryan, communications director for the office of DA Richard Brown, said they will investigate Murphy’s claims.

“Much of what the defendant has raised in his motion to set aside his conviction is a repeat of prior allegations decided against him on both the trial and appellate levels,” said Ryan in a statement issued by his office.

Ryan stated that prior allegations raised

by Singh’s defense have been proved false.

“His current papers contain scurrilous attacks against people with impeccable reputations,” Ryan said. “Nevertheless, we will thoroughly review all aspects of this case to determine whether there is any basis for further action.

The district attorney must respond to Murphy’s motion by Oct. 27. Singh has protested his innocence from the start.

The shooting is believed to have stemmed from a feud within Richmond Hill’s Sikh community.

Murphy said internal politics at a Sikh temple in Richmond Hill and perhaps remnants of the caste system from India, which divides the population by class, played a role in both the shooting and the fingering of Singh as the shooter.

Tejpal Singh’s father was a leader in the temple’s Jat faction. The two shooting victims were Lubanhas, and both groups were in a bitter struggle for leadership of the temple and the directing of its finances back in the mid to late 1990s.

Murphy said the recantations of witnesses within the Sikh community is significant.“When you live in a closed community, everyone knows what happens within the community,” he said.

Singh, upon learning he was a suspect in the shooting, fled to Canada, where he was arrested in 2002. He is serving 25 years to Q life and was not present Thursday.

Despite being afraid for her safety, Raymond Sheehan, the son, said he chose to leave after graduating from high school.

“I really seriously had thoughts of suicide,” he said. “I really couldn’t live with my father because I was afraid I would do that.”

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FEMA denial not last word Some New Yorkers affected by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee may receive a letter from the Federal Emergency Management Agency saying that their disaster assistance claim has been denied.

But according to Federal Coordinating Officer Phillip Parr, a denial letter doesn’t necessarily mean an applicant isn’t eligible for assistance.

“It may mean that FEMA doesn’t have all the information needed to make a decision regarding the applicant’s disaster aid,” he said.

FEMA said there are a number of reasons why flood survivors receive denial letters and yet may still be eligible for assistance, including the applicant needing to return insurance information, provide information to prove occupancy or ownership of the damaged property or simply fill out all the necessary paperwork.

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Olympic athlete urges students to exercise At a Richmond Hill school with no gym, champion encourages fitness

by Anna Gustafson Editor

As Olympic runner Jenny Simpson bent down to display the gold medal she landed at the World Championship in Athletics in South Korea last month, a crowd of Richmond Hill elementary school students eagerly gathered around her, some gasping with delight and one student asking, “Is she the most famous person in the world?” upon seeing her award.

Not quite, though she has proved herself to be one of the top runners in the world and became the first American woman in nearly three decades to win the 1,500-meter World Championships this summer.

Simpson, a 25-year-old Florida native who competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, visited PS 273 on Friday to encourage kindergarten and first grade students in the Mighty Miles program, which the New York Road Runners sponsor at the school, to lead a healthy lifestyle.

“I exercise because I enjoy doing it,” Simpson told the students. “It makes me feel better when I wake up in the morning.

I can do my job better; I’m happier.”

Many of the youngsters enthusiastically nodded along to Simpson’s advice, which was pretty simple — life often runs more smoothly if you exercise regularly and eat well. What’s less simple is how the students can exercise, considering the recently built

school has no gym and there was not enough money for the principal to hire a physical education teacher.

This, Principal Brenda Ward said, is the reason that her school teamed up with the NYRR, the organization that sponsors the city’s annual marathon, as well as more than 300 exercise programs at schools in low-income areas across the country.

As part of the Mighty Miles program, the pupils walk and jog during the school day. Once the students log 26 miles, they receive a medal.

“It’s so important for children to have physical activity during the day,” Ward said. “This is a great way to catch kids early and prevent obesity.”

During Friday’s event, Simpson, who is training for the upcoming Olympics in London, ran several laps around the school cafeteria with the students, many of whom exclaimed they were thrilled to spend time with an accomplished athlete.

“I’ve wanted to run all my life; even when I was a baby I would try to run,” said Isabella Sued, 6. “I’d like to be in the Olympics too.”

Gavriel Henriquez and Shemar Townsend, both 6, and, as current firstgraders, veterans of the Mighty Miles program that launched last year, said they appreciated the chance to exercise during the day. Students will exercise at various

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“We get to jog and go around the block when it’s not raining,” Gavriel said. “It’s fun because our friends get to jog with us.”

Laura Paulus, a spokeswoman for the NYRR, said her organization is trying hard to make a dent in childhood obesity.

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Allow casino games at Aqueduct t’s high time for New York State to stop letting our closest neighbors walk away with the jackpot day after day.

It’s time to legalize table games outside of Indian reservations. And the perfect place to start is at Resorts World New York, the racino at Aqueduct Race Track that’s set to open in about a month.

The facility will feature video lottery terminals, which is a good start in boosting the area’s economy and adding to state coffers that desperately need filling in order to maintain basic governmental services as the financial pressure on Albany — and the nation — shows no signs of abating yet.

But it won’t be enough.

Allowing full gambling — poker, craps, blackjack and more — could make all the difference in letting the state bring in the money it needs. That would help continue both those services that are provided directly by Albany, such as repairs to the state highways that run through the city, and those provided by City Hall with the help of state funding.

And of course it would make even more jobs available in a borough that needs them as much as any.

Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania all allow table games, and every day places like Foxwoods and Atlantic City

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If Resorts World, a subsidiary of Asian-based gambling giant Genting International, is allowed to open a full casino at Aqueduct, the firm would be more likely to make even bigger changes there. Those would include a hotel, which at least one of the initial racino bidders planned years ago, and a convention center. Both of those would boost the economy even more. A hotel would also allow more people from outside the area to spend their money at the casino, since tourists flying into nearby Kennedy International Airport, for example, would be able to stay overnight right there.

We understand that all of this would lead to more concerns about the negative impact of increased traffic and, possibly, increased crime in the immediate area. The city and state should both work to alleviate these problems as much as possible. But concerns about possible impacts can’t be allowed to stand in the way of such a great opportunity to combat problem No. 1: the economy.

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GOP barbarians Dear Editor: For many decades the Republican party, under its Grand Old Party banner, was a very positive and creative political force with moderate conservative views. However, in recent years the GOP has been taken over by an extreme far right wing called the Tea Party Express!

This movement has resulted in the GOP becoming... way out of the mainstream of its own history. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch stated in a recent editorial, “the days of moderate GOP leaders are long gone.”

Like ancient Rome, the GOP has “lost it’s soul.” Events at several GOP debates have been more like Roman coliseum tragedies in which crowds call for deaths and executions. Let me illustrate for your readers.

1. When Texas Gov. Rick Perry was reminded by a debate moderator, that his 236 executions were the most of any governor, the GOP Romans roared a loud cheer. Perry’s reply was, “If you come to Texas and kill, Texas will give you ultimate justice.” Again the Romans roared their approval! Please note, this happened at the Reagan presidential library and Ronald Reagan was opposed to capital punishment.

2. When Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex), a doctor, was asked if he would let a terminal patient die for lack of medical insurance, shouts of “let him die” could be heard around the GOP coliseum.

3. When Rick Perry supported education for children of illegal parents, booing sounds ranged out from the crowd. Gov. Perry said, “some of you don’t have a heart.” Mitt Romney replied, “we have a heart and a brain.” The Romans cheered.

4. As one who served in our army, I consider the incident that took place at the Orlando GOP coliseum to be a gross insult to all who serve in our military. When a marine stationed in Iraq asked candidate Rick Santorum about his views on gays in the military, he was booed by several GOP Romans. Even worse then that was the “silence” of all the candidates. Not one thanked the marine for his service!

I am sad to have to say that politics in

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America – once an enjoyable exercise of our democracy – has fallen into an abyss of class warfare, bitter hatred and fading patriotism! These negative forces are causing the USA to become... A house divided.

Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

Police acted properly Dear Editor: I would like to praise the NYPD for doing what was necessary to put down the unruly demonstrators who were marching near Wall Street without a permit. The 500 were part of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. In my view they could have endangered many lives.

They are angry over our financial systems and say they unjustly benefit the rich over the poor. This is true but a march without a permit is not the way to go, for when large groups forget to act in a peaceful way and obey the laws of the land, then you have anarchy. They could have cause a riot and that could have meant injuries, loss of lives and destruction of private property. What the NYPD did was the only thing they could, and that was to enforce the law and protect all those concerned,

Animal abuse penalties he case of Milan Rysa, the Astoria man who allegedly killed a dog he supposedly loved by throwing it from a third-story window onto the sidewalk, has sickened animal lovers everywhere, none more so than here in Queens.

Whether Rysa is found guilty or not — he is seeking a psychiatric exam to determine his fitness for trial — the case and the reaction to it demonstrate the need to increase penalties for abuse of animals.

The most Rysa could get for killing his dog would be one year in prison, plus one more for endangering people on the sidewalk. That’s not enough. People found guilty of such crimes should go to prison for years. Every day science reveals new evidence that we are more closely related to the Earth’s other animals than we ever realized. They need further protections from the animals who live among us.

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including the demonstrators.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

Traffic light needed Dear Editor: I live on 107th Avenue between Crossbay Boulevard and 93rd Street. Since the traffic pattern change on Liberty Avenue and Crossbay, the traffic coming off Crossbay heading west onto 107th has more than doubled. In a 10-minute period I count 40 cars coming off the boulevard.

We can no longer get across the street, and forget about backing out of the driveway. They are flying around the corner, especially the school buses. Those hit the gas and I wait for them to tip over.

I asked twice for a light on the corner of 107th Avenue and 93rd Street, or a change in the direction of traffic, but I was told it would be too expensive. So we will wait till one of us gets killed and the city gets sued for not doing anything.

Maybe I should organize a protest and stop the traffic. I was told I would be arrested but that’s OK — I will have the papers and TV there to tell people why.

Bill Folz Sr. Ozone Park

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Dear Editor: Here we go again. Congressman Greg Meeks makes yet another list (“Meeks calls ‘most corrupt’ list a ‘stunt,’” Sept.

22, multiple editions).

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a nonpartisan political watchdog group, has put perennial politico Meeks on its list of the most corrupt members of Congress. Between the junkets to the Caribbean, shady business deals and sweetheart loans, it is miraculous that anyone with half a brain would support him — Dear Editor: yet he always manages to get reelected. In I read the article in the Sept. 22 issue last year’s Congressional election, he got 88 about Gus Van Sant’s movies (“Screen percent of the vote! grabs/In Astoria, the f ilms of Gus Van As a voter with the misforSant”). When the writer comtune to live in his district, I ONLINE pared Van Sant’s film “Psyam calling out for someone to cho” with the Hitchcock origiMiss an article cited seriously challenge this nal, it became obvious she by a letter writer? Want never saw the original. In clown. Meeks is vulnerable news from our other addition your proofreaders on plenty of fronts; he is editions covering the rest and editors were either asleep being investigated by the of Queens? Find past or just plain ignorant.

Department of Justice and the reports, news from the House Ethics Committee, just Why would I say such a entire borough and more thing? Because she wrote that to name two. Remember, it at queenschronicle.com. was “a given” that in a DemoVince Vaughn “can’t really cratically dominated congrescompete with Anthony Hopsional district like the neighboring 9th CD, kins’ iconic performance in the original.” no Republican could ever win — yet Bob Anthony Hopkins wasn’t in the original Turner did that handily. It is time to mount “Psycho”; it was the late great Anthony a challenge to Meeks — whether by a Perkins who ran the Bates Motel! The Republican, an Independent or a Democrat 1960 movie was made seven years prior to who isn’t part of Joe Crowley’s group of Mr. Hopkins’ first film appearance. yes-men (does one exist?).

I wonder how many more mistakes your The fact that a bum like Meeks sits in writers and editors made this week.

Congress is one of the reasons that the Paul Maringelli public gives Congress a confidence rating Sunnyside of 12 percent. These guys get their snoots Editor’s note: Yes, we did say Hopkins into the public trough and the longer they when we meant Perkins. Regardless, we are there, the more favors they owe, and at advise choosing a different motel. this point, Meeks owes more to special interests than a compulsive gambler to the local bookie. Our country is in dire straits — we need to get the do-nothing, crooked bums who sit in Congress out, with Meeks Dear Editor: leading the parade.

We need the government to micromanIt is often said that people get the gov- age the economy because corporate execuernment they deserve. The people of the 6th tives are incompetent, uncertain of what to CD can prove that false by making this do, and are laying off thousands of people.

Greg Meeks’ last term. All it takes is a vote Why do Republicans push small business? for “the other guy” ... and a little guts.

Small businesses pay minimum wage with Ann Rychlenski no benefits. Even a Republican wouldn’t Ozone Park want to work for a small business.

Entitlements are needed for many people to survive. The rich don’t need that much money so they can pay 3 percent more tax.

Dear Editor: All wages should be taxed for Social SecuDid you know that Alzheimer’s disease rity. You don’t see politicians running to is the nation’s sixth leading cause of end tax deductions, subsidies and other death? I didn’t know this fact until I start- benefits for the rich. The main goal of the ed researching more about Alzheimer’s free market system is to get rid of workers, disease. This year I lost my grandmother not hire them.

Esther Goldberg to Alzheimer’s disease, If Obama loses, the Republicans will after a five-year battle. push us into war with Iran and get the After my grandmother’s passing I start- unemployment rate up to 20 percent. ed researching more about the disease and Rick Perry said it best. Republicans are how I can help out in the f ight to end heartless.

Alzheimer’s disease. I came across the Peter Terrebetzky Alzheimer’s Association. This is a national Maspeth organization that works to bring awareness to this disease and hopefully one day find a cure. This coming Sunday Oct. 2, 2011 is their annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. The walk in Queens starts at 9 a.m. and is being held at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. My mother and I decided that the best way to honor my grand-

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Essay contest for students High school students in Queens, and throughout the city, are invited to explore the principles of the Constitution in the Bill of Rights Institute’s sixth annual essay contest, the nonprof it educational organization announced this week.

The competition, titled “Being an American Essay Contest,” is being administered by the Washington DCbased Bill of Rights Institute and sponsored by the History Channel.

Students in grades nine through 12 are asked to respond to the question, “how does the Constitution establish and maintain a culture of liberty?” in 1,000 words or less.

They must submit their essays by 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 15 at billofrightsinstitute.org/submit.

Winners will be awarded cash prizes of $1,000 for first place, $500 for second and $250 for third.

Teacher sponsors of the winners will receive $100.

Institute officials will announce the winners in February.

More than 80,000 students have participated in the contest since it launched in 2006.

“This contest is unique in that it gives students the opportunity to think about the important founding principles communicated in our Constitution,” said Jason Ross, vice president of eduQ cation programs at the institute.

106th cop honored after comeback Richmond Hill South Civic lauds Brenda Bratcher

by Kevin J. Ryan Chronicle Contributor

The Richmond Hill South Civic Association marked its return from a summer hiatus by honoring another comeback — that of Brenda Bratcher as the community affairs off icer at the 106th Police Precinct.

Organization members, including President Margaret Finnerty, said at their meeting last Thursday that they were thrilled to once again see Bratcher in their neck of the woods after a f ive-month absence due to a broken ankle.

The association’s off icers presented a cake and balloon to Bratcher, thanking her for her devotion to the community.

The meeting, chaired by Finnerty and held in Richmond Hill, also featured reflections on the 10th anniversar y of Sept. 11, 2001, a recap of the summer’s events, community updates and a presentation from Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park).

Finnerty opened the meeting with a moment of silence for those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, reminding those in attendance that, “while we never want it to turn into a

sales holiday, we need to always remember.”

Residents also voiced concer ns about the upcoming opening of the casino at Aqueduct Race Track and the effects it will have on the area.

There was also discussion about the potential development of other new gambling facilities in the city.

“All eyes are on this neighborhood,” said Finnerty.

The city’s first casino, featuring video lottery terminals, is scheduled to open at Aqueduct in South Ozone Park by the end of October.

Ulrich answered questions from his constituents, discussed initiatives to remove graff iti and litter and presented the results of a program to boost the SAT scores of students in his district.

The program entailed collaborating with school administrators at John Adams and Goddard high schools to offer Kaplan SAT preparation courses to selected students on Saturday mornings at their schools, free of charge.

The nine-week Kaplan course normally costs $495.

Ulrich showed a chart of the

Brenda Bratcher, the community affairs officer of the 106th Precinct, center right, was honored by members of the Richmond Hill South Civic PHOTO BY KEVIN J. RYAN Association at the group’s meeting last week. results, which boasted an increase in average combined SAT scores from 1232 to 1316.

The program was offered in March and April of 2011 and Ulrich said he would like to offer it again next year.

Ulrich also urged area business owners to consider adopting a trash basket, provided for free by the city, to help reduce litter.

“The city is not a nanny

state, but a partnership,” Ulrich said.

Finnerty urged her neighbors to continue to submit coupons for the benefit of U.S. soldiers overseas and to donate new toys for the association’s 15th annual toy drive by the end of October.

The civic’s next meeting is scheduled for Oct. 27th at 7:30 p.m. in the United Methodist Q Church.

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Columbus Day parade draws thousands

by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

oward Beach was awash in green, white and red on Sunday, when more than 10,000 people celebrated Italian heritage at the Howard Beach Columbus Day Foundation’s annual parade.

Newly elected U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-Queens and Brooklyn), state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (DHoward Beach) and Councilman Eric Ulrich (ROzone Park) joined foundation officials, including President Mario Faulisi, for the Columbus Day Parade.

A nearly countless number of community organizations participated, and the day was filled with Miss New York, Kaitlin music, Italian folk dancing and much singing.

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The Crossbay merchants float included Crossbay Travel Service and Rag Time.

Howard Beach Columbus Day Foundation President Mario Faulisi, left, with Grand Marshals Mitchell The crowd of more than 10,000 people loved the floats, Weiss and NYPD Sgt. Anthony Cesapano. including this one of Christopher Columbus.

Ave Maria Catholic Academy students and their parents march proudly in the annual event.

The crowd went wild for James Johnson’s renditions of Italian ballads.

Sons of Italy Vice President Rosemary Ciulla-Frisone, center right, and President Anne Romano are joined by members of their organization at Sunday’s event.

The Scholars’ Academy Seawolves marching band, directed by Alexander Leicht, COURTESY PHOTO play “Stars and Stripes Forever” at the parade.

Councilman Eric Ulrich shakes hands with constituents along the parade sidelines.

Performers from the United Service Organization were a hit.

Students and teachers from the Howard Beach Columbus Day Foundation’s Italian program have fun marching.

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WRBA celebrates 40th anniversary

by Anna Gustafson Senior Editor

he Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association celebrated its 40th anniversary with a dinner and fundraiser at Joe Abbraciamento restaurant, during which more than $4,000 was collected to help the volunteer organization.

During the event at the Rego Park eatery, WRBA off icials honored Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) as Man of the Year, civic activist Eleanor Errante as Woman of the Year and the Leader-Observer as business of the year.

The organization also inducted the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps into the block association’s Hall of Q Fame during the evening’s festivities.

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Assemblyman Miller’s granddaughter, Julia, leads the Pledge of Allegiance.

WRBA President Ed Wendell, center, with Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps President Kathy Sexton-Dalby, right, and founding member Patricia Sexton.

Crowley celebrates with WRBA Woman of the Year Eleanor Errante.

Former WRBA President Bill Johnert celebrates after winning a 32-inch flatscreen television.

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According to Deputy Inspector Armando DeLeon, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, Scapicchio was on Officer Anthony Scapicchio, right, Council President patrol on Sept. 11 at 5 a.m. Maria Thomson and Deputy Inspector Armando DeLeon when he was dispatched to an at the 102nd meeting.

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The two also joined forces to “coordinate their efforts in the communities,” according to a release issued by Addabbo’s office.

Among the topics discussed were the sta-

tus of the senior housing project in Howard Beach, the casino slated to open at Aqueduct Race Track by the end of October, public safety, small businesses, taxes, education and traffic patterns.

Goldfeder beat Republican Jane Deacy to hold the 23rd Assembly District seat, which was previously represented by Audrey Pheffer before she resigned in mid-May to become Queens County clerk.

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Council members say attempted rape highlights need for steeds

by Stephen Geffon

officers back to the 102nd Precinct, he has acknowledged their usefulness to the While more than a decade has passed NYPD. since Police Department brass transferred “These highly specialized officers cover mounted police officers and their horses an enormous amount of complex, urban from the stables in the 102nd Precinct to terrain, and they play a tremendous role in Manhattan, the precinct’s community council deterring crime with their stately presence,” president has not forKelly said in a press gotten about the cops release. known as Troop G. Several residents at hey were really And she wants the council meeting them back. expressed concerns to effective in the park.”

Citing the recent Deputy Inspector attempted rape of a 13Armando DeLeon, the — Maria Thomson, year-old girl who was precinct’s command102nd Council president running on a trail in ing officer, and asked Forest Park, Council President Maria Thom- for his help in solving their problems. son said at the precinct council meeting last Prior to addressing their complaints, week that Troop G should be returned to DeLeon told the audience that he has an Richmond Hill. open-door policy.

“When you have the mounted in the park, “I have never turned anybody away who they can go anywhere and they have a van- wants to come into the precinct,” DeLeon tage point from being on a horse,” Thomson said. “Call me if you have a complaint about said. “They have a view of the park that a a quality of life issue on your block that you patrol car or a scooter would not have.” can’t tolerate anymore. Don’t wait until the “They were really effective in the park,” council meeting.” she added.

A resident complained about trucks parkThe precinct council members gave their ing overnight on Atlantic Avenue. DeLeon, unanimous support for the return of the while acknowledging that the situation was mounted police officers. “a work in progress,” said it was being Although Police Commissioner Ray addressed. He noted that precinct officers Kelly has not responded to Thomson’s have issued 81 summonses for this violation repeated requests to bring the mounted during the month.

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Residents gather at the 102nd Precinct meeting last week.

A representative of the Briarwood Action Network complained that the construction work on Queens Boulevard by the Van Wyck Expressway has forced the closure of one of two exits at the nearby subway station, creating a dangerous condition for the riding public. He said the only exit now available to subway riders was at the Van Wyck Expressway service road and Queens Boulevard, where there is a high volume of traffic and no stop signs or traffic lights.

He asked for a police off icer to be assigned to the area to ensure the safety of the riders on their way to and from work.

Another resident told DeLeon that he was

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Community Affairs Officer Joseph Martins said he had checked precinct records for the last 10 or 12 days and found no reported break-ins for that period of time.

DeLeon told the audience of two recent captures of alleged burglars by precinct officers.

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Queens welcomes newest Americans 30 children from 16 nations take citizenship oath at Queens Center

by Michael Gannon Associate Editor

Few things are more American than a shopping mall.

And this week the Queens Center welcomed some of the country’s youngest new citizens in its 11th annual swearing-in ceremony.

Sixteen countries were represented as 30 youngsters from between the ages of 5 and 15 took the oath of allegiance to the United States.

The ceremony was run by the Manhattan office of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Countries represented included

Razin Ahmed, left, and Rizneylin Batista Diaz lead the gathering in the Pledge of Allegience with Tim Houghton of the New York Office of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, India, Nepal, Philippines, Suriname, Thailand, Trinidad and Yemen.

“You will never forget where you came from,” said Joseph Cardinale, the service’s local director. “You will add to the diversity of America, And you will help shape our government, arts and culture for generations to come.”

The children did have to display some knowledge of the country, its government and its history. But because their parents already have received their citizenship, the process for the children was somewhat streamlined.

All received their certif icates from Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, herself the daughter of immigrants from Guyana, which was a British colony at the time.

The children and their families saw a video presentation while waiting for all dignitaries and speakers to arrive.

They sang along to “The Star-Spangled Banner” with the words appearing in caption along the bottom of the video screen for those who had not quite mastered the admittedly difficult song yet.

Tim Houghton, the section manager of the service’s Manhattan office, teased the parents with a few of the history questions that may have appeared on their required citizenship tests.

He encouraged the children to enjoy

Some of the borough’s newest American citizens show off their certificates of citizenship on Tuesday following their swearing in at Queens Center. Mall officials have welcomed hundreds of PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON new citizens in their 11 years conducting the ceremony. themselves during the ceremony, and the advantages they can reap as a result.

“You fully participate by fully engaging in society,” he said. “By sharing your culture and your differences.”

And prior to family photographs and refreshments, officials played Lee Green-

Foundation kicks off Italian class Free language and cultural program at St. Helen’s

by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

Youngsters now have a chance to learn the Italian language and heritage thanks to the Howard Beach Columbus Foundation, which began sponsoring tuition-free classes at St. Helen’s School in Howard Beach this month, officials announced at a press conference on Saturday.

Two years ago, the foundation began the

Italian Language Study Program for adults at the school. The course offerings have generated an enthusiastic response from the community.

A HBCF official said that learning a language is something that is very important to preserving Italian heritage.

The foundation was founded in 2005 with a goal of promoting the Italian culture and well-being of society through

The Howard Beach Columbus Foundation announced last week that the organization has begun to offer Italian language and culture classes for children this fall. The group already offers an Italian program for adults, which officials said has been extremely popular for the two years it has been in PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON existence.

scholarships, educational programs and community activities.

Angelo Gurino, treasurer of the group, said they currently have 100 students enrolled in the three-class program with another 100 people on the waiting list for the January 2012 class.

He said they expect to have two to three semesters a year. The one-hour classes are held on Saturdays between 9 and 10 a.m.

Gurino said this is the first year they are holding classes for children, and the move has been met with a positive response from the community.

He added that parents are happy that their children are taking part in the sessions. The program is now open to people from all experience levels.

Monsignor Al LoPinto, pastor of St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church in Howard Beach, said the church was delighted to be able to host the foundationsponsored Italian classes.

“It’s a great opportunity for them to learn another language, an important language, because it gives them a larger view of the world, as well as learning culture,” LoPinto said.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) commended the foundation for filling the void in Italian language classes.

“These Italian classes are very popular, people are learning, people are having fun, and it’s truly because of the efforts of the Columbus Day Foundation,” Addabbo said.

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wood’s “God Bless the USA”.

Then came a video with a message from President Obama, encouraging the children to use their talents to make the country and the world better places.

“Keep this country a beacon for all the Q world to see,” he said.

Open audition for singer, dancers and actors The STARS Youth Center in Howard Beach will hold an open audition for singers, dancers and actors ages 5 to 18 on Oct. 3 and Oct. 5 at 5 p.m.

STARS will put on a production that will be performed on stage in January 2012.

Those auditioning are asked to bring a song, routine and/or a one minute memorized poem or paragraph.

For more infor mation, email Q STARSYCFOS@aol.com.

Donate your glasses and hearing aids Thomas Caiazza, a member of Boy Scout Troop 139 in Howard Beach, is teaming up with the Lions Club to hold a drive to collect new and used eyeglasses and hearing aids for individuals in need.

Caiazza is holding the drive as part of his Eagle Scout project.

The event will be held on Sunday, Oct. 16 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Helen Church at 158-10 83 St., and from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the same day at Nativity Parish at 101-41 91 St. in Ozone Park.

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One group that recently did its part is Local 338, the retailer, food and comSince the virtual demolition project mercial workers’ union, which held its that was Hurricane Irene, the need for 10th annual blood drive in commemorablood donations remains higher than nor- tion of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on mal in cities affected by the storm. Can- Sept. 23 outside the Queen Center Mall cellation of blood drives during and lead- in Elmhurst. Union members and resiing up to Irene devastated the supply dents donated 45 pints of blood for the along the East Coast. day, the union said.

“We canceled blood drives a few days Another key group is students, primarileading up to Sept. 4,” said Harvey Schaf- ly in high school and college, who make fler, executive director of the NY Blood up 20 percent of the demographic of Center’s Long Island Blood Services. blood donors in the country. Their return Schaffler estimates the loss of thousands to school should help buttress the blood of blood donations during that span. supply, according to the NYBC. Several facilities storing large amounts Schaffler said the blood center has of blood lost power during the storm, for- since expanded its search by asking volfeiting critical amounts of donated and unteers for blood donations. Extensive stored blood during the process. emails, texts and Shout-o-matics — a new According to the Red Cross, relocation method of voice recording on social of the blood supply from areas unaffected media sites — have been employed since by the hurricane to the East Coast was the disaster. implemented immediately following Irene.

Volunteers can donate blood every eight Though no specif ic amount was weeks. It takes nearly 2,000 donations of announced, the Red Cross and the NYBC blood to sustain the vast number of lifeare still urging Americans to donate blood threatening surgeries required each day for for the loss accrued by blackouts during the New York and New Jersey area.

Those 17 years and older are allowed to donat without permission from a legal guardian; those who are 16 are required to have a parent or guardian sign off. Donating is safe and virtually painless.

Schaffler added that, “99.9 percent of donated blood is used by hospitals. The rest is used by research facilities, b ut hospitals are the priority.”

Those interested in finding a donation site and those with questions regarding the prothe storm. cedure should go to the Lisa Rivera, left, of Local 338 and interns Kirby Reiss and website NYBloodCenStephanie Bauer at the registration table for a blood drive held at ter.org for more inforQ PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON mation. the Queens Center Mall.

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Ice Jewelry: where the owners can relate to their clients

West Nile virus cases continue in New York Numbers are down from last year, but one fatality already reported

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like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said.

In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into an unassuming gold buying and cash loan watches and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also shop on Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 offers instant cash loans for jewelry and eBay offer on her ring from another area shop, but selling services.

Their cash loans program is straightforward and was looking to get a better deal. In what may be viewed as poor business acumen, she told simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who her new prospective buyer what her previous has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg offer was. Still, after examining her piece, he said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to offered her $1,600. He did so, as he says, buy their jewelry back before the end of the term.

Sometimes these are people’s heirlooms we’re “...because that’s what it was worth.”

The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for talking about and we respect that.”

For those who are less Internet-savvy or cash in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias and Edward Goldberg can relate to just don’t have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying first-hand, having been laid off from their jobs offers a convenient eBay sales service. If what in jewelry manufacturing. They understand a customer has isn’t an item that Ice Jewelry that people get into situations where they just Buying would purchase, like a handbag or need a little cash fast to make the bills and Ice antique furniture, they can help find a buyer Jewelry Buying Service hopes to help out in on their eBay store. Elias consults with the customer to find a target the most honest way they can. price and let the internet STORE HOURS “For this, I like to think we’re handle the rest. doing the community a service,” MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm auctioneers For anyone who has Elias said. “We’re in the business SAT. 10am - 5pm ever dealt with the hassle of helping people who are in a SUN. by Appointment of selling and shipping tough spot. They can come to an item on eBay — all the our store and know that we can educate them on what they have and we’ll give forms involved in setting up a user and paypal them what their items are worth. When that account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice woman told me her previous offer, it made me Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is wonder how many times this happens — how really a bargain deal.

“At the end of the day, I just want people many people who really need that money get to feel comfortable doing business with us. taken advantage of?”

Elias opened his Rego Park shop with People have this conception of gold buying Goldberg less than a year ago, and already stores as these slimy places with slimy they’re seeing a lot of repeat customers and people, and they’re typically right. But we referrals. This is a sign to them that they’re want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to doing something right — the pawn business see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in typically deals in one-time transactions but their counter for $800. We don’t do that.”

Ice Jewelry Buying Services is located at Elias is determined to break that mold, 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of building a reputation on trust.

“Everyone around here is buying gold these operation are Monday-Friday from 11am to days; you can go into the barber shop down 7:00pm and Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday the road and sell your jewelry. The problem private appoinments are available. Call for Q with all these places is they treat everything more information (718) 830-0030.

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Although fall is officially here, the West Nile virus continues to infect city residents.

The city Health Department reports nine cases so far this year, compared with 32 at the same time last year. Five of the cases were in Queens and there was one fatality.

The DOH does not reveal details about individuals, but the agency reported that the fatality was a man over 60 years old, who became sick in midAugust. Prior to his illness, the man spent time at home and outside the city, so it is not possible to determine where he was infected.

Also contracting the virus was Guiseppe Totino, 86, of Whitestone.

The case was made public by his son, Dominick Totino, who wanted a neighbor to cut down long-standing weeds in his yard that he believed was a haven for mosquitoes.

This year, Queens also leads the boroughs in the number of mosquito pools at 88. Staten Island was second with 51.

When the city finds a large infestation of mosquitoes carrying the virus, it sprays, either from the ground or by air in remote areas such as marshlands.

The virus, carried by certain types of mosquitoes, is most prevalent in August and September and usually lasts through October or until the first frost.

The virus can cause mild flu-like symptoms in those bitten, but for senior citizens and those with weak immune systems, it can lead to deadly meningitis and encephalitis.

The virus was f irst discovered in the United States in College Point in 1999.

There were four fatalities and 47 cases that

year, most from Queens.

Health officials suspect the virus came to the United States through an infected mosquito on an overseas flight to New York City. An unusual number of dead birds, especially blue jays and crows, led to the investigation when the virus was eventually discovered.

Since 1999, the virus has spread across the United States and New York City has led the way on preventing the illness through sprayings and educational campaigns to the public.

Last year, the DOH reported 42 cases and one fatality, the most number since 1999. In all, over the 11year period, the city has recorded 28 deaths and 249 cases.

Epidemiologists say that viruses, such as the West Nile, wax and wane over the years and there’s no way to determine the outlook for the future. But weather is a factor. The hot early summer, followed by a rainy late summer could explain the fewer number of cases here this year.

To prevent the spread of mosquitoes, the city recommends removing areas of standing water, where the insects can breed and replacing doors and windows with tight-fitting screens. Report standing water by calling 311.

If outside from dusk to dawn, when the mosquitoes are the most active, people are advised to use an insect repellent containing DEET and to wear protective clothing such as long pants, long-sleeved shirts and socks.

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Tactical troop support Volunteers from the Ridgewood Older Adult Center pose with thousands of dollars’ worth of grocery coupons they are collecting to assist the families of U.S. military personnel living overseas.

At the center are Jackie Eradiri, left, Irene Marrone, Janice Bailey, Margaret Finnerty, Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven), and Dieter Vey standing at a table full of coupons headed for service families on a U.S.

base in Germany.

Miller’s office said the coupons are distributed to families for use at base stores and PX locations in an effort to help members of the military stretch their family budgets. They can be used to offset the cost of food as well as things like personal care items, household products and pet food.

Finnerty runs the collection program, which has collected more than $700,000 in

coupons en route to a final goal of $1 million.

The center is located at 59-14 70 Ave., and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Information on reaching the center by public transit is available on the MTA’s website or at its Transit and Travel Information Line at (718) 330-1234.

Further information on the center, its programs and activities are available at (718) 456-2000.

The Board of Standards and Appeals will hold a second public hearing on Dec. 13 regarding a proposal by Congregation Ohel Chabad Lubavitch to extend its property. The synagogue seeks to accommodate the hundreds of people who visit the g rave of the Rebbe Manachem Schneerson at Montefiore Cemetery in Cambria Heights on the anniversary of his death each year.

The BSA held a public hearing on Tuesday to get input on the plan, but did not take a vote, according to Frederick Becker, the attorney representing the congregation. He said Wednesday that the agency requested more information about the programming needs of the facility, which he said the group will submit in writing. Becker said he didn’t know when the BSA would make a decision, adding that a third public hearing may be possible.

Community Board 13 voted down the plan in July, citing concerns over litter, traffic congestion and a general lack of respect for the neighborhood.

Synagogue officials say they do their best to control the crowds, but problems persist.

The Dec. 13 hearing will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the BSA office, located at Q 40 Rector St. in Manhattan.

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Amtrak work is LIRR gain The MTA and the Long Island Rail Road announced that Amtrak will begin the full replacement of tracks in all four of its East River tunnels beginning the weekend of Oct. 1 and 2.

In a statement issued Monday the MTA said it urged Amtrak — which owns Penn Station — to perform the work to improve the quality of train service.

In May an Amtrak train derailed in one of the tunnels because of a broken rail. The associated track damage resulted in a major disruption of LIRR service for almost a week while repairs were made around the clock.

The work will be done by closing one to

two tunnels per weekend from 10 p.m. on Fridays to 5 a.m. on Mondays. Two tunnels will be shut down on weeknight overnight periods. The entire project is slated to be completed in 2015.

The total track structure in each tunnel will be replaced, including new ties, continuous-welded running rails and stone ballast will be installed.There also will upgrades to the tunnels’ drainage systems.

The LIRR said Monday that it is expecting little or no impact on its service as long as tunnels are returned to service as planned prior to Monday rush hour, though there will be less flexibility should an Q emergency require rerouting.

Knights of Columbus to host live music event The Knights of Columbus will hold its “Dancing Fever and Music Through the Years” program on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. at the Nativity Blessed Virgin Mary Hall.

Nativity’s entrance is located at 91st Street at the corner of Rockaway Boulevard.

The event will feature Risky Business, an eight-piece live band, as well as a costume contest and prizes. Residents will be able to tap their shoes to tunes from the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s.

Tickets are $30 and includes the tickets to see the music, as well as snacks and coffee.

Food and drinks are available for an additional fee.

For more information, contact Don Curran at (718) 843-1046, John McCormak at (718) 843-2064, Ed Boes at (718) 845-7914, Jim Monforte at (646) 610-3546 or Ruben Q Martinez at (718) 751-5911.

Clarification The Sept. 22 article “For those with little, a chance to own a home” did not cite the location of two housing complexes being built in Richmond Hill. They are at Q 127-03 and 129-11 Jamaica Ave. We regret the omission.

Study: pothole repair process needs fixing De Blasio recommends automatic forwarding of 311 complaints A new study from Public Advocate Bill de Blasio shows that needless bureaucracy is costing taxpayers money and slowing down repairs of potholes around the city.

Since 2006, the city has seen a 56 percent increase in pothole complaints, and de Blasio’s analysis shows that repair requests are being dropped when shuffled between different city agencies, requiring residents to make a second call to 311 and necessitating a costly reinspection before repairs can be made.

“This is a classic example of one hand of government not working with the other,” de Blasio said. “This bureaucracy is wasting taxpayer dollars. Agencies should forward these requests and inspection reports automatically and immediately respond to each other to get repairs made as quickly as possible.”

According to de Blasio’s Red Tape Report, existing procedures forward a 311 pothole complaint to the Department of Transportation, which dispatches an inspector. However, if the inspector finds the damage is a sinkhole rather than a pothole, the case is often dropped without resolution.

Only if the constituent calls 311 again to check on the repair status, then he or she is

told the case was dropped because sinkholes are handled by the Department of Environmental Protection. The caller must then open a second case so that 311 can refer it to the DEP, which performs a redundant inspection before finally making the repair.

De Blasio recommends automatically forwarding a 311 complaint and an inspection report to the proper department any time an agency finds a street repair outside its jurisdiction.

He said the change would simplify the reporting process, save the city money, improve the speed of repairs and reduce the safety risk of unfilled potholes.

De Blasio said the process needs to be streamlined to help the city more effectively manage the approximately 100,000 annual pothole complaints.

So far this year there have been more than 80,000 calls to 311 to report problems and request road repairs with over 22,000 of those calls from Queens.

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Here’s what I think happened: The $90 payment was applied to your account after the city held a hearing-by-mail, where you were found guilty for the full amount of $115. In other words, there was a lag between when the check was cashed and when it was officially entered into the system. The Department of Finance thus, likely assumed you were declining the settlement. So a Parking Violations Bureau judge then found you guilty and applied the $90 towards the $115, leaving an outstanding balance of $25, plus $30 in late fees.

If you decide to check the status of your parking ticket online, it may still show an outstanding balance. Don’t sweat it! Please give it a day or two for the changes to be reflected. I’d also like to wish you a speedy recovery.

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The impacts are expected to be minimal, with LIRR maintaining regular weekend service. However, the railroad will have less operational flexibility should an incident occur during the weekend tunnel closures.

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Jim Minarik shows off his 1923 T-Bucket.

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Angela and Andy Gleiss in their replica 1952 MG-TD. ueens hosted a tribute to some of the finest machines ever to roll out of Detroit and Europe last Sunday in its 10th annual Maspeth Classic Car Show.

The classic, custom and antique vehicles represented nearly 90 years of the history, industry and pop culture of America, with a few asides to some of the finer products of Great Britain and Germany.

The event, presented by Joe Wroblewski of Frank’s Deli and sponsored by Maspeth Federal Savings, was held in memory of Lt. Kenneth Phelan, a Maspeth resident and New York City firefighter who gave his life at the World Trade Center in 2001.

Proceeds went for the benef it of Maspeth Town Hall, the community center that offers free and low-cost educational, Q recreational and cultural programs. — Michael Gannon

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You never forget your first car or your first girl. Gary Roesch met his wife, Helen, while driving his 1965 Chevrolet Impala. He has been married to both for 44 years.

Paul Abbott pops the hood on his 1951 Ford. The car has been modified, having originally come from the factory with four doors.

Alan Weissmeire looks ready to hit the highway in his 1974 Jaguar E-Type.

A classic in any year: Phil Bonavita and his 1972 Corvette Stingray.

Pure horsepower under the hood: a 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner.

Three generations of vintage automobiles and memories at the Maspeth Classic Car Show: a pink Cadillac, left, from 1960 shares the lot with Oldsmobiles from 1956 and 1938, and a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle.

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Monroe faces 25 to life in slaying Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced Monday that a 54year-old Jamaica resident has been convicted of the June 2009 fatal shooting and stabbing of a neighbor who allegedly ran a prostitution ring out of the abandoned apartment building in which they both resided.

The defendant, Reginald Monroe, aka Abdullah Shahid Haqq, was found guilty of second-degree murder and fourthdegree criminal possession of a weapon following a three-week trial. Queens Supreme Court Justice Gregory Lasak presided over the case and set sentencing for Nov. 2, when Monroe faces up to 25 years to life in prison.

According to trial testimony, Monroe, who was squatting in a second-floor apartment on 150th Street in Jamaica, confronted the victim, 44-year-old John Williams, on June 21, 2009, in the thirdfloor apartment where Williams was also illegally living and shot him twice in the torso.

The victim fled the apartment and was confronted again by Monroe, who stabbed him 57 times about the head, neck and torso.

The defendant ultimately dragged the

victim down the stairs and into the basement, where he was found the next day by police hanging from a twisted Tshirt caught on the staircase.

During the trial, testimony was given that Reginald Monroe said the defenPHOTO COURTESY QDA dant had strong religious beliefs and was offended when the victim allegedly invited him to help run a prostitution ring. Also, Monroe was angered, according to testimony, at Williams’ alleged mistreatment of women.

“If this defendant disapproved of the victim allegedly running a prostitution ring out of the apartment building where they both lived as squatters, he should have called the police,” Brown said.

“Instead, a jury has found, he violently attacked his neighbor and killed him, and he now faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison.” Q — Jason Pafundi

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“Contagion,” the recent thriller starring Matt Damon about the spread of a deadly virus, has left many to wonder whether such an outbreak is possible in today’s world and how close to reality is the fictional movie.

Dr. David DiJohn, the director of pediatric infectious disease at Flushing Hospital Medical Center, one of the epicenters of the outbreaks of West Nile virus in 1999 and the H1N1 influenza in 2008, said the idea isn’t impossible and similar outbreaks have happened already.

“We seen things like that through history,” DiJohn said. “With H1N1 influenza, we saw how widespread that became very, very quickly with most countries in the world reporting signif icant numbers of cases in a very short time period. And that lasted for many, many months.”

He said that there have been many examples of outbreaks like the one depicted in the movie.

In the early 1980s, AIDS, DiJohn said, “probably started in a small part of the world, and in the modern, jet-travel age got out and became very widespread.”

He said the movie did a good job depicting things that have happened and things that could happen again.

Prevention of a deadly viral outbreak depends on how an agent gets transmitted, DiJohn said.

For example, HIV, which causes AIDS, and herpes simplex are spread through close physical contact, most commonly through sexual contact, and they are somewhat limited in how they are transmitted.

Other things, he said, can be transmitted in respiratory droplets or by other forms of direct or indirect contact, and the f ilm delved into the concept of transmission through fomites, which DiJohn said was “interesting and sophisticated.”

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He said the movie does a good job emphasizing that a virus doesn’t necessarily have to be transmitted through direct contact, a common misnomer.

A lot of viruses start in underdeveloped parts of the world where people don’t have access to vaccines and other medicines or diagnostic methods, making outbreaks in those areas much more likely.

According to DiJohn, new vir uses appear all the time and there is surveillance being done to see where something is located, how it spreads and how viruses change.

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Several officers went to the location and apprehended the burglar in the house, according to DeLeon.

DeLeon said on that same day, precinct officers chased and captured three individuals, who he said were in the process of burglarizing a house near 95th Avenue and 132nd Street in South Richmond Hill.

A representative of Forest Park Co-ops thanked the inspector for his efforts in reducing the break-ins in the area.

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commercial vehicles parked overnight and cars for sale parked on the street with no plates.

DeLeon said that police action would be taken on his complaints. The inspector added that the cars would be towed if cooperation is not forthcoming from the owners.

Residents complained about an inconsiderate neighbor holding loud parties on an Ozone Park block and then being abusive when asked to lower the volume of the music. One spokeswoman said they no longer knew where to turn.

“I can’t promise that he’s going to stop giving you dirty looks, but I can promise you that we’re going to get him to shut that music off, that I promise,” DeLeon Q told the residents.

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Sharing information about how your pet is behaving — including eating, drinking, sleeping, urinating and/or passing stools — could help make a lifesaving diagnosis.

For starters, pet owners need to make sure they have a local veterinarian they can team up with to keep their pets healthy.

If you’re looking for a veterinarian, check out myveterinarian.com, a new website that provides detailed information about veterinary practices across the country.

Once you have selected a veterinarian, the American Veterinary Medicine Association suggests this list of the top 10 things you should talk about with your veterinarian during a visit: 10. Ask about parasite prevention and control for heartworms, fleas, ticks and intestinal parasites such as roundworms, hookworms and tapeworms that’s appropriate for your region of the country.

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4. If you have a pet older than seven years of age, ask about senior care. Older pets are more prone to conditions such as arthritis, heart disease, kidney disease,

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Parents, pols call on city to restore buses DOE eliminated service for seventh-and eighth-graders at JHS 194

by Anna Gustafson Editor

The night before beginning the seventh grade, Madeleine Tham was prepared — her school supplies had been purchased, her first day outfit was ready to go — but then her mother, Paulin Tham, received a robo phone call from the city.

Madeleine Tham, of College Point, would not be able to take the school bus the next morning to JHS 194 in Whitestone.

“We were scrambling to figure out what we were going to do,” Paulin Tham said.

“They called my cell at 6 p.m. the night before school started.”

As it turned out, nearly every seventhand eighth-grade student at JHS 194 was frantically trying to figure out how to get to and from school the next day after the city announced, in a robo phone call, that it was eliminating school bus service for them in an effort to save money.

Instead, the city Department of Education gave the students MetroCards to take city buses to school, which students said can take them up to two hours each way because many of them have to hop on two to three buses to get to Whitestone from College Point, where there is no middle school.

This decision prompted students, parents and legislators to gather outside JHS 194 at 154-60 17th Ave. on Friday to urge the city to reverse its decision and allow seventhand eighth-grade students on the school

Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz, second from top left, Councilman Dan Halloran, top center and Assemblyman Ed Braunstein, joined students and parents at JHS 194 in Whitestone last week to PHOTO COURTESY NYC COUNCIL urge city officials to restore school bus service. buses, many of which are now running half, or even three-quarters, empty.

“The city has once again dropped the ball on education and on Queens,” Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) said at the event last week.

A DOE spokeswoman said city officials met with parents at the school to address their concerns and noted that parents may apply for variances that would allow their child to take the school bus.

“For years, on the issue of student transportation, the DOE has gone above and beyond what the state requires, offering busing to students of particular schools who would not ordinarily be eligible,” Marge Feinberg, a DOE spokeswoman, said in an email.

Feinberg wrote that the DOE in 2010 discontinued busing for 5,000 students in 71 schools across the city “as a result of the tight budget.”

But parents and legislators questioned how the city was saving money on its decision for JHS 194 when many of the buses that now transport the f ifth- and sixthgrade students are more than half empty.

“The city is paying for MetroCards, so what’s the cost savings here?” asked Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz (DFlushing), who noted that he and Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) are supporting legislation sponsored by the Assembly’s Staten Island delegation to mandate the city to provide yellow bus service to all students in third through eighth grade who live more than a mile away from their school.

Many parents said they are especially concerned about their students’ safety while they ride two or three city buses for up to four hours a day.

“We moved into College Point knowing the have great schools, and they can’t get there now,” said College Point resident Annemarie Martinez Murphy. “I don’t know Monday through Friday if my son is safe.”

Darren Kaplan, also of College Point, said the route school officials suggested his 13-year-old daughter take to school includes walking half a mile, past a registered sex offender’s house, from her house to the bus.

“When it snows, we don’t get plowed, and my daughter is supposed to walk a half mile?” Kaplan asked. “If she takes the wrong bus, she’ll end up in the Bronx.” Q

Postal workers rally for change Push passage of House bill to save jobs, Saturday delivery and facilities

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

Rallying to save their jobs, postal workers Tuesday afternoon gathered outside the Bayside office of Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-Queens, Nassau) to thank him for his support.

More than 100 postal employees held signs and cheered as passing buses and tow trucks on Northern Boulevard honked in support of their cause. Gloria Lum, union liaison for District 5, coached participants on their chant, “Hip, hip, hooray,” in anticipation of Ackerman coming out of his office to encourage their campaign.

Workers want Congress to pass HR 1351, a bill that would allow the Postal Service to use billions of dollars in excess retirement pension overpayments to meet its debts. According to the American Public Workers Union, the $20 billion in postal losses is a result of a 2006 congressional mandate that forced the Postal Service to pre-fund future retiree health benefits for the next 75 years and do it within 10 years.

“No other public agency is forced to do this,” said Tony Paolillo, president of the Flushing Letters Carriers, Branch 294.

The APWU says that without the mandate, the USPS would have shown a surplus of $611 million over the past four fiscal years.

If approved, the legislation would release $6.9 billion for this year’s pension obligation of $5.5 billion.

Trevor Stewart, head of the area mail handlers, called the 2006 legislation “improper,” adding, “They created it, but they can fix it.”

HR 1351 has 216 sponsors in the House and has been referred to a subcommittee. Postal workers around the country held rallies Tuesday at the officers of members of Congress to garner their support and push for quicker action.

Gloria Jackson, who works at the postal processing plant in College Point, believes HR 1351 “is a start” and if passed “the money can be used to pay the debt. We are fighting for our jobs.”

If no action is taken, the USPS said it would eliminate 3,700 mail processing facilities and post offices, lay off 120,000 workers and possibly end delivery of mail on Saturdays.

Tony Sanchez, who works at the Flushing processing facility, said passing the bill in both houses would, “take us out of the hole

Postal union leaders gathered outside the Bayside office of Congressman Gary Ackerman on Tuesday to gain support for a House bill that would keep the Postal Service afloat. With them are Borough President Helen Marshall, next to PHOTO BY LIZ RHOADES Ackerman. and let us keep our paychecks.”

Teddy Koutros, who works at the Bayside station, said the Postal Service is at a big disadvantage because of the pre-payment of funds. “We need to save jobs,” Koutros said. “We don’t need more people on unemployment.”

Ackerman told the workers that it is the responsibility of the federal government to maintain the

Postal Service. “It helped build the country,” he said. “And we need it open six days a week.”

The congressman agreed that no other agency pre-pays benefits and the requirement must be eliminated. In addition, he believes stamp prices are too cheap. “They are losing money because they keep the prices down,” Ackerman said. “No other business in the pri-

vate sector can operate so cheaply.

Sending a letter across the country for only 44 cents is too little.”

Borough President Helen Marshall also lent her support, telling the gatherers that people need post offices. “This is an un-American thing to do,” Marshall said. “Keep them open; seniors especially depend on them more than anyQ one.”

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Bam! Queens residents cook with chef Emeril New TV culinary series premiered this week on the Hallmark Channel

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lesson demonstrating how to use coffee in savory dishes.

A trio of Queens residents had the During the episode, Hatteme and others opportunity to share a table with superstar learned how to prepare short ribs braised television chef Emeril Lagasse and learn with coffee; ancho chiles served with from the master how to prepare some creamy parmesan polenta; and espresso and world class dishes at two tapings of his cocoa-rubbed flank steak with blood orange new show — Emeril’s Table — which and plum salad. began airing Monday on the “I’m just sad I couldn’t eat Hallmark Channel. it all,” Hatteme said in an During the 30-minute interview with the Chronicle ’m just sad episodes of the cooking on Friday. “The short ribs in series, Lagasse invites a sauce were so savory and had I couldn’t group of five diners to his so much flavor. You could table for themed cooking really taste the coffee.” eat it all.” lessons aimed at teaching and Hatteme loved the dish so inspiring viewers as he shares — Amy Hatteme much, she and her husband tips, techniques and advice. on cooking with Emeril decided to make it at home “I have truly enjoyed filmusing coffee from the store ing this special series,” where she works. She said it Lagasse said in a prepared statement. “Some turned out “delicious.” of my most fulfilling memories have been in It was the first time Hatteme had ever met the kitchen preparing a meal with my family Lagasse, who is known for his catchphrases and friends, and Emeril’s Table creates that “Kick it up a notch!” and “Bam!,” and same kind of connection.” called him “a fun guy.” She also said she Amy Hatteme, of Sunnyside, who works will never forget her experience with the at Joe, a coffee shop at the Grand Central celebrity chef and that when her friends Terminal in Manhattan said Lagasse’s found out she got to appear on the show, staffers invited workers there to sit in on a they were all envious.

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Courtney Rene Wells of Astoria, left, Rob Forgus, Jessica Wichard, Lia LoBello of Astoria, and Mari Abe with chef Emeril Lagasse on the set of Emeril’s Table. Amy Hatteme, inset, of Sunnyside also PHOTOS BY ANDERS KRUSBERG/MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA got to sit in on an episode.

Lia LoBello, an Astoria-based food blogger, wasn’t having much luck making stuffed mushrooms and posted her experience online.

“I love them, but I’m not very good at cooking them,” she said.

Soon after, she filled out an application to appear with Lagasse and learned some delicious ways to prepare the fungus.

Lagasse cooked a wild mushroom ragout over creamy stone-ground grits and a porcini risotto with truffle oil, which wowed LoBello.

“The mushroom risotto was out of this world,” she said. “It was super flavorful.”

LoBello said she was impressed by how patient and “open” Lagasse appeared, taking to the role of teacher like a natural. Although she was a little intimidated by the lights and

cameras, she said the chef soon made her feel at home.

“You could tell he really liked teaching and that made it fun to interact with him,” LoBello said. “He encouraged us to ask questions, and he gave us tips that he uses in his restaurant. He made it easy to understand.”

Courtney Rene Wells, another resident of Astoria, also appeared on the mushroomthemed episode.

Emeril’s Table airs Monday to Friday at 11 a.m. on the Hallmark Channel with encores airing Tuesday through Friday at 11:30 a.m.

“Food brings us all a little closer together,” Lagasse said in a prepared statement, “and I hope that as we’re gathering around my table each day everyone will invite us in to their kitchens and be inspired to cook along.” Q

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Numbers increase, but some wonder about the results of the next exam

by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

After federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis ruled that two FDNY entrance exams were biased against minorities and ordered that a new test be created, the department has beefed up efforts to recruit more non-white candidates. And while the number of those applicants has increased, not everyone is optimistic about what that means.

Some 14,122 blacks have applied to take the new exam compared to 5,628 in 2007 and 14,110 Hispanics compared to 5,590 for that same year. More than three times as many women applied this year as did in 2007 — 4,261 compared to 1,401, according to the FDNY. But City Councilman Dan Halloran (RWhitestone), whose brother is a firefighter, called the figures “utterly meaningless,” because it is not yet known how many of those applicants will actually pass the exam.

But the judge contends that under the law, more minorities must pass for the test to be valid, and has ordered the city to come up with a remedy or he will impose one.

He also said he didnÕt think the previous tests discriminated against minorities. The lawmaker believes that anyone who studies hard and meets the physical requirements is capable of getting hired.

“No matter how you slice it, it results in hiring quotas,” Halloran said. “It’s unconstitutional to raise one person above another based on ethnicity.”

Paul Mannix, an FDNY deputy chief with

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Division 6 in the Bronx, who heads Merit Matters, a group that opposes race-based hiring, expressed similar sentiments.

“If they recruit everyone, that’s great. My concern is that it will translate into pressure to hold those numbers up,” said Mannix, who does not speak for the FDNY. The deputy chief fears that if the next exam doesn’t yield what Garaufis considers a racially diverse pool, he will throw it out, just as he has done with the last two tests.

FDNY firefighters have been to more

than 6,500 locations throughout the city in the last year, encouraging people to apply.

One of the those locations has been the district office of City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), where recruiters have been stationed every Monday and Tuesday during the last two months. Over 75 southeast Queens residents signed up, the lawmaker said.

“Oftentimes, the recruiters were able to engage our youth about the benefits of public service in the FDNY just by being visible at

a recruitment table stationed on the sidewalk in front of my Farmers Boulevard office,” Comrie said in a prepared statement. “With the use of social networking and advertisements, word spread in the community and we saw parents bringing in groups of young men to sign up.”

The f iling period for the new exam began on July 15 and ended on Sept. 15. It will be administered in January and February.

“The numbers are good, but we want to make them better,” Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano said of the increase in minority applicants while at an event in Harlem where individuals were signing up for the exam.

However, despite minority recruitment efforts going back to 1994, the FDNY is still approximately 87 percent white, according to Comrie. In an effort to increase diversity among the ranks, the lawmaker introduced a bill that would give five additional exam points to applicants with a New York City high school diploma or GED, replacing the old residency credit.

The current racial minority composition of the FDNY is 3.8 percent black, 7.8 percent Hispanic and less than 1 percent Asian, according to Comrie. He noted that those numbers do not accurately reflect the racial composition of the city, which according to the last available U.S. Census data had a population that is approximately 27 percent black, 27 percent Hispanic and Q 10 percent Asian, the lawmaker said.

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Joyce, the prosecutor, Debra Pomodore, repeatedly asked the two about the vacations and other activities for which their father would help to pay.

“Isn’t it true your dad paid for you to go to Hawaii?” Pomodore asked the son.

“As well as my mother, yes,” Raymond Sheehan replied.

Pomodore also focused on the money the two children received from their father’s life insurance policy.

Each child received a little more than a couple hundred thousand dollars from the life insurance policy, which they said they used to pay off the mortgage on their mother’s house in Howard Beach and for school loans.

When asked about these funds, Joyce broke down.

“Can’t you see it wasn’t about the money?” Joyce said to Pomodore.

The prosecutor also asked the son if he ever called 911 or sent an anonymous email to the NYPD, to which he responded to both that he “couldn’t” because he said he was afraid it would result in his father further beating his mother, with whom he said he always had a good relationship.

During his testimony, Pomodore asked him to read a journal entry Raymond Sheehan had written about his father in 2004 — which made the son bury his head in his hands and sob.

“I hope he dies,” the son wrote.

Barbara Sheehan’s defense rested its

case on Monday after a number of other witnesses testified, including several of Barbara Sheehan’s friends and a close friend of her husband, who spoke of an incident during which Barbara Sheehan said her husband repeatedly smashed her head against a cinder block wall while vacationing with another couple and their son in the island of Jamaica.

Judge Bar ry Kron told jurors on Monday that he expects summations to take place early next week, after which the jury will begin its deliberations.

Ronald Ferrara, a family friend, testified in court the same day as the Sheehans’ son and daughter, saying he had always believed Raymond Sheehan was a “really good guy.”

Then Ferrara, his wife and his son travelled to Jamaica with Raymond and Barbara Sheehan and their son. He recalled when Barbara Sheehan had gone to get her husband, who was late meeting them for dinner, and returned with a “towel full of blood on her head.”

“Ray said she slipped and fell in the bathroom,” said Ferrara, a retired sanitation worker. “Ray did all the talking.”

Betsy Torres, who worked with Barbara Sheehan at IS 364 in Brooklyn for five years until 2008 also testified, saying that she noticed her friend would have visible bruises twice or three times a week.

“I’d hear him on the phone saying if she didn’t get to the house, he was going to Q kill the kids or her parents,” she said.

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s if being a national historic landmark since 1977 weren’t enough, the Louis Armstrong House Museum, tucked rather unobtrusively amid working-class houses in Corona, has just acquired a spectacular new collection of Satchmo memorabilia, including audio and video recordings never commercially issued, courtesy of a Swedish fan who died in 2009.

To call Gosta Hagglof a fan is almost an insult; he devoted so much of his life to documenting the entire career of one of the greatest artists in the history of jazz that he has been affectionately dubbed “the Swedish oracle of Louis Armstrong.”

The 107th Street museum, run by Queens College, occupies the modest house which Armstrong and his wife, Lucille, purchased in 1943, a year after they married, and holds the world’s largest archives dedicated to a single jazz musician.

The Armstrong House is completely preserved and restored and open to the public six days a week. People from all over the world visit the site, numbering, according to the museum’s programs officer Deslyn Dyer, some 12,000 per year.

From all accounts, Armstrong enjoyed an unpretentious lifestyle in Corona, his wife’s hometown, where he was treated like a regular guy.

“We don’t think that we could be more relaxed and have better neighbors any place else,” Armstrong once said. “So we stay put.”

Among those neighbors is 88-year-old Selma Heraldo, a frequent visitor to the museum and living testimony to the simple lifestyle Armstrong coveted.

After being on the road for months at a time, staying in the finest hotels around the world, Heraldo recalled, “He’d come in our house and wanted my mother to Continued page make scrambled eggs for him.” continued onon page 40

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A points/insurance reduction defensive driving course will be held in the VFW Hall, 102-17 160 Ave., Howard Beach on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 9:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. Cost is $35. Call Keith at (917) 599-6674 or visit progressive-training-ltd.com to register.

9/11 “Ten Years After,” an art exhibition, runs now through Oct. 1 at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy, Douglaston. Gallery hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 1-4 p.m.

Admission is free.

The Jackson Heights Art Club offers classes in all mediums, adults and children, days and evenings at St. Mark’s Church, 33-50 82 St. Prices vary. Call (718) 426-9871.

“The Allure of Red,” a selection of photographs taken by Greta Jaklitsch, will be on exhibit at the Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing, from now - Nov. 12. Gallery hours are Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, 1-4 p.m.

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

The Maria Rose International Doll Museum, 187-11 Linden Blvd., St. Albans, exhibits are open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, from 12:30 - 4:30 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults, $2.50 for children.

A one-hour auto clinic for women is held the third Saturday of every month at 3:30 p.m. at Great Bear Auto Repair Shop, 164-16 Sanford Ave., Flushing.

Call to reserve at (718) 762-6212.

AUDITIONS The Queens Symphonic Band now has openings for all woodwind and brass musicians, rehearsing Wednesdays from 7:30-9:30, at Queensborough Community College in Bayside. Call (646) 662-9373 or email phlzy@aol.com.

Senior Theatre Acting Repertory holds acting rehearsals on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. at Hollis Public Library, 202-05 Hillside Ave. and on Fridays at 10:30 a.m. at Queens Village Library, 94-11 217th St. For information, call the director’s assistant at (718) 776-0529.

THEATRE Queens Theatre in the Park in Flushing Meadows Park opens its season with “CHIX 6,” a new rock musical written by indie rock sensation and Queens native Lourds Lane. Tickets for this five-week engagement are on sale now at queenstheatre.org, by phone at (718) 760-0064 and in person at the box office. “CHIX 6” is continuing to play through Sunday, Oct. 30. Performances are Tuesday - Saturday at 8 p.m. , Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. (There is no matinee on Wednesday, Sept 28.) Tickets are $42 for weekday performances and $49 for weekend performances, with special pricing for the first three performances (Sept. 27-29) – all seats $30.

MUSIC Experience the music and dance of the Colombian coasts with a dash of salsa featuring the Mestizo Dance Company and Harold Gutierrez and his band at Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. Five weeks only, Sept. 30-Oct. 30. Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m. and Sundays, 4 p.m. Tickets $30. Students and seniors $27 . Fridays only $25. Call (718) 729-3880.

FLEA MARKETS Indoor flea market at Redeemer Lutheran School, 69-26 Cooper Ave., Glendale, on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

A flea market will be held on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 5914 70 Ave., Ridgewood, sponsored by the Ridgewood Older Adult Center, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES The Singles Center of the Samuel Field Y, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck, will hold its “Wednesday Nite Rap” for singles 45+ on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $9.

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Annunciation of the BVM Ukrainian Catholic Church, 171-21 Underhill Ave., Fresh Meadows, is holding a bazaar and homemade ethnic foods sale on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

LECTURES A lecture on “The Disappearing Dutch: Where Have All the Houses Gone?” will be given by Chris Ricciardi on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 5 p.m. at the King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Suggested $5 donation for refreshments. Reserve your seat. Call (718) 2060545 ext. 13 or email programs@kingmanor.org.

HEALTH Dr. James E. Satterfield will present “Cancer 101: What You Need To Know and Are Afraid To Ask” at St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church, 196 Street and Jamaica Avenue, Hollis, on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 12:30 p.m.

Humanity Service Incorp., a nonprofit that helps the needy, has a free clinic of mental and medical health services from 6-8 p.m. every Friday. There is also a food pantry that is open during this time.

These services are located at 92-17 101 Ave., Ozone Park. For more information, call (718) 845-1901.

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

MEETINGS AARP Chapter 2889 will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at noon, at the Elks Lodge, 82-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. New members are welcome. Topic: “Having a Will may not be Enough.” Speaker: Michael Connors, attorney.

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

“Tracing Your Family Tree – an Interactive Program,” will be the subject of a presentation by Jeffrey Arkin, a genealogist, at a meeting of Horizons, a club for those 55 and over, on Thursday, Oct. 6 at noon at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112 St. Attendees are invited to bring lunch. A charge of $3 will include coffee and cake.

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

CLASSES A defensive driving course for insurance and point reduction will be given at St. Margaret Church, 6605 79 Pl., Middle Village, on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at a cost of $45 per person. For information and registration call (718) 326-1911.

SPECIAL EVENTS The Church of Resurrection, 85-09 118 St., Kew Gardens, will have its annual celebration of blessing of the pets on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 11 a.m. Free goodies for pets and escorts.

A free car wash will be offered by Grace Episcopal Church, Clintonville Street and 14th Road in Whitestone on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Pick your own pumpkin at the Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy, Floral Park, Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 1-30 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Enjoy getting lost in a three-acre interactive corn maze, at the Queens County Farm Museum, every Saturday and Sunday, now-Oct. 30, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. There will be two special “Maze by Moonlight” evenings held on Saturday, Oct. 8 and Saturday, Oct. 15. On these nights the maze will be open until 9 p.m. The maze is also open on Columbus Day, Oct 10 from 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Admission: adults - $9 per person, children ages 4-11 - $5 per person.

The Visiting Nurse Service of New York is presenting a free, hour-long “Preventing Careg iver Burnout” seminar at the Flushing YMCA, 138-46 Northern Blvd., Flushing, on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 11 a.m. specifically for those who are caregivers and might be feeling the stresses of caring for loved ones.

The Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing, is holding an Oktoberfest in the garden on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. It will include food, music and dancing. Admission is $30 and $25 for museum members. Call (718) 359-6227.

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Meet the mind behind the musical ‘Chix 6’

by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

For Lourds Lane, a Queens-born musician whose original musical, “Chix 6,” is enjoying a five-week run at Queens Theatre in the Park through Oct. 30, the route to an anticipated Broadway production has been rather circuitous.

Raised in Jamaica, near 169th Street and Hillside Avenue, Lane attended local elementary schools, but soon left the borough while “still in the single digits” for Brooklyn, Long Island, and, finally, Manhattan, where she currently resides.

Along the way she made her Carnegie Hall debut as a 6-year-old classical violinist, and soon found herself touring the world with youth orchestras.

She became the front woman for the self-named band Lourds, and developed a large following as an indie rock musician.

No matter where her career leads her, she insists, “I’m a New Yorker through and through.”

She also acknowledges that growing up in Queens has impacted her artistic work.

“Your formative years trickle into your brain,” she said.

Born to parents with combined Hispanic, Filipino and Yugoslavian roots, Lane, whose name is a play on the more common Spanish name, Lourdes, said, “I have

Lourds Lane, the writer of “Chix 6,” now playing in Queens.PHOTO COURTESY CAROL ROSEGG a mixed background. Queens is a melting pot. You get a splash of different cultures and ethnicities. I grew up open-minded, mingling with lots of different people.”

It is this diversity, along with some personal heartbreak, that has led to the creation of “Chix 6,” a musical which, in its music and its characters, is a veritable smorgasbord. “I always knew women who were quite unique heroines in their own right,” Lane said.

The show, for which she created the book as well as some two dozen songs, incorporates aspects of some of these women in a story, which, at its heart, is about transformation and empowerment.

The seed dates back to 2008, when Lane was touring with her band. “I came off the road and started writing feverishly,” she said.

The show was complete, in the first of many forms, within two months.

She found that “people could relate to it,” an idea which she finds exciting.

“There’s nothing like the feeling of touching people through your art,” she said. “Hundreds of thousands of kids know the words to my songs.”

But theater, she said, is “totally new territory.”

The prospect of eventually seeing her show on Broadway is “the most thrilling thing ever. The theater is so not just about one person; it’s a collaboration. Everyone feels the emotional sweep. Everyone is so vested.”

As if creating the show were not enough, Lane also appears in it.

“It completely overtakes my entire body,” she said of performing on stage.

The stress of wearing many hats becomes apparent. “I’m sleepless at all times,” she admitted. “I’m so exhausted.

But I’m having the time of my life. The beauty is I have an amazing creative team,” including, she said,Tony Award winners who are helping guide the show.

“The story of ‘Chix 6’ is a flushed out story of my life,” she said. “I write music to help myself feel empowered.”

She has learned, she said, to sing about what makes her feel better, often “propelled by heartbreak. I’ve had a lot of heartbreak.”

Going through what she called “a huge breakup” was an underlying motivation to write the show, a multimedia work which focuses on a young comic book artist, Katie, who finds herself in an abusive relationship. The play is about loving oneself.

“Music is a gift. It comes to me. It’s part of my bone structure. I hear it at all times.

My music saved me,” Lane said.

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“I’ll be back soon,” the man back last Friday night, gushing to the co-owner of Matteo’s of said. “It was delicious, more Howard Beach about such than delicious.”

Such an outpouring of love is entrees as shrimp alla Wendy, veal chop paillard and the prime typical at Matteo’s, which opened at its Howard Beach aged porterhouse. location in 2003 and is packed with hundreds of people on any given weekend night.

Owned by Michael D’Avanzo, Rafael Sorto, who is also the head chef, and Amoroso, who recently returned to the spot on Crossbay Boulevard after working at the restaurant’s other locations on Long Island, the restaurant offers a wide variety of Italian cuisine.

“I love being back here,” said Amoroso, who grew up in Howard Anthony Amoroso and a server show off Beach. “It’s great seeing the dishes that bring crowds to Matteo’s. the faces I grew up with.

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While it’s difficult for Matteo’s customers to choose a favorite entree, D’Avanzo said their chicken Matteo, which comes with homemade sausage, roasted peppers, onions, broccoli and potatoes, is especially popular, as is their veal chop and shrimp Luciano.

But, the owners, noted, it’s impossible to go wrong with whatever comes to the table — which includes even meals that aren’t listed as part of the menu or specials.

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When my husband and I ate there last weekend, we were surrounded by large families and couples sharing ravioli filetto di pomodoro and grilled colossal shrimp Matteo.

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A member of the museum’s advisory board, Heraldo is all too happy to share many such stories about Armstrong: how he and her mother would talk to each other from their windows; how the Armstrongs bought the house on the other side of theirs and converted it into an Asian-style garden that today hosts jazz bands promoting Satchmo’s music; how Armstrong was “a rich man but a poor man because he gave away everything.”

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Michael Cogswell, the museum’s director, recounted last week at a sneak peek event that it took four and a half days to box Hagglof’s collection to prepare it for shipment to America.

In all, he estimated that the collection consists of 72 cartons, measuring some 192 cubic feet.

That Hagglof left the entire collection to the museum was “a very moving thing,” Cogswell said. continued on page 00 42

Ricky Riccardi, here showing some of the museum’s new Louis Armstrong material, recently wrote a book on Satchmo. Next-door neighbor Selma Heraldo remembers the PHOTOS BY MARK LORD Armstrongs well and serves as an advisor to the museum.

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The Queens County Farm Museum, located at 7350 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, will hold its free annual apple festival on Sunday, Oct. 2 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. See cider-pressing demonstrations and watch as the nation’s largest apple cobbler bakes on site. Food will be available.

P.O.W.E.R.S. announces the DV Walk to Restore 2011 on Sunday, Oct. 16 from 9 a.m.-noon in Flushing Meadows Park. This event is designed to raise awareness of domestic violence. Participants will gather at Ederle Terrace on Meadow Lake for a 1 1/2 mile walk beginning at 9 a.m. To register go to powersinc.org or call (866) 974-9533 or email dvwalktorestore2011@powersinc.org.

SUPPORT GROUPS The Center for the Women of New York announces that it is now accepting registration for a new session of their Women’s Support Group. It meets at Queensborough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Room 325, Kew Gardens every Thursday from 6-7:30 p.m. For information and an interview appointment, call (718) 793-0672.

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SMART Recovery, a free self-help group dedicated to assisting individuals in overcoming all types of addictive behavior problems, meets on Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Long Island Consultation Center, 97-29 64th Road, Rego Park.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Computer classes for seniors at the Selfhelp Senior Center, 69-61 Grand Ave., Maspeth. Registration Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 10 a.m.

The Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75 St., offers beginner and intermediate level computer classes and workshops in Word 2007 and Excel 2007. The center will take a trip to the Statue of Liberty on Tuesday, Oct. 11. Bus, ferry ride, breakfast and lunch are all included for $35. To sign up or for more information call (718) 894-3441 or visit the center.

An Alzheimer’s Adult Day program is held on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 157-16 65 Ave., Flushing. Door to door transportation included. Call (718) 358-3541.

The Howard Beach Senior Center invites seniors aged 60 and older to become members. The center offers exercise, yoga and tai chi classes, billiards, creative writing, crafts, weekly dances with a DJ, painting and sketching classes, bingo, ballroom and line dancing, Wii bowling and computer classes. The center also takes many trips, including a

A leisure group meets every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing for area seniors.

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

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The job of cataloguing the collection, expected to take two years, is entrusted to Ricky Riccardi, the museum’s project archivist and author of a recently published book, “What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong’s Later Years.�

Riccardi was visibly touched by the sound of some of the recordings in the collection, which he said number in the thousands and include “things that are so rare.�

Hagglof met Armstrong on several occasions, most historically in 1965, leading to a correspondence that lasted until Armstrong’s death in 1971. In one of his last letters to Hagglof, Armstrong encouraged him to “keep up the good works,� words which inspired him to dedicate the rest of his life to keeping Armstrong’s legacy alive.

Visitors taking a guided tour of the house, which has remained basically unchanged over the years, will see displayed such personal mementos as a trumpet presented to Armstrong by British King George V in 1933; the gold record he got for “Hello, Dolly!,� his biggest hit, which knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts at

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the height of Beatlemania; a portrait of Armstrong by Tony Bennett that hangs in Satchmo’s beloved den; and even Armstrong’s favorite striped bathrobe.

The LAHM is creating a visitors’ center across the street from the house, having already raised $15 million for design and construction. Construction is scheduled to kick off in spring 2012, with the opening slated for 2013. “There’s nothing like it in terms of a central place to enjoy jazz,� Dyer said. “It will change the cultural offerings in Q Queens.�

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Fax Resume, Attn Pamela: 718-641-2228 or Email to: HELP@NYFAC.ORG

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LEGAL NOTICES To Advertise Call 718-205-8000

Public Notice PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO LAW, that the NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at 2:00 p.m., at 66 John Street, 11th floor, on a petition from Duljo Corp. to continue to maintain and operate an unenclosed sidewalk café at 3050 14th Street in the Borough of Queens, for a term of two years.

REQUESTS FOR COPIES OF THE PROPOSED REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, ATTN: FOIL OFFICER, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004.

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

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

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

Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Werber Management, 40-52 75th St., Elmhurst, NY 11373.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to the LLC, 4020 195th Street, Flushing, NY 11358. General Purposes.

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

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

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Ziti One LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/2/11. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: Alfred S. Lane, 11227 84th Ave, Richmond Hill, NY 11418.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CFF PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. of Org. were filed with SSNY on 8/24/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: c/o The LLC, 44-11 55th Ave., Maspeth, NY 11365.

Purpose: all lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: Tyrol Express Painting LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/17/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

The New York City Department for the Aging will be conducting Public Hearings on the 2012-2013 Annual Plan for services under the Older Americans Act, the New York State Community Services for the Elderly and the Expanded In-Home Services for the Elderly Programs. Hearings are scheduled for each borough as follows: BRONX, Friday, October 21, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Bronx Borough President’s Office Rotunda, 851 Grand Concourse; BROOKLYN, Thursday, October 13, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Brooklyn Borough Hall Courtroom, 209 Joralemon Street; QUEENS, Tuesday, October 11, 10:00 am 12:00 pm, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Room 213; MANHATTAN, Monday, October 17, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, 220 Church Street, Room 328; STATEN ISLAND, Tuesday, October 18, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, All Saints Episcopal Church - Community Center, 2329 Victory Blvd. Call 311 for more information and to register for a hearing. www.nyc.gov/aging

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: GERARD CORSINI LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/03/07. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 79-12 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights, New York 11372.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: J&J CUSTODIAL SERVICES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/24/2011.

Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: Foxhole Films, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/18/2011. Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Annette Cerbone, 24104 83rd Avenue, Bellrose, NY 11426. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: FLDM, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 6/3/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O Milevoj, 316 Knollwood Avenue, Little Neck, NY 11363-1022. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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To Advertise Call 718-205-8000 RICHARD DECASTRO & SONS ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 8/24/11.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to the LLC, 4301 162nd St., Flushing, NY 11358. General Purposes.

4 Mori Restaurant Group LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/29/11.

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SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 6338 61st St., Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: General.

Name: CQ BUSINESS & ACCOUNTING SERVICES, LLC. Art. of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 4/26/2011.

Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to THE LLC, 6945 108th Street, 9F, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: Avid Solutions, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/1/2010. Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 115-24 227th Street, Cambria Heights, NY 11411. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

JEN YOUNG LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/13/11. Office Location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 14731 41st Ave., Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: GVN MANAGEMENT LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/01/11.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 56 Old Brook Road, Dix Hills, New York 11746.

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The Dover complex: still sharp after 63 years

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Philip Birnbaum is not a household name, but he was the architect behind some 300 buildings in the city, and the innovator of the rooftop swimming pool.

One of Birnbaum’s buildings was Trump Plaza, a 39-story, 175-unit luxury cooperative that went up on Manhattan’s East 61st Street in 1984.

But long before then, Birnbaum (1907-1996) was designing buildings in Queens that remain The Dover apartments in Jackson Heights, Sept. 15, 1948. prominent today.

He worked on all of Alfred Kaskel’s actually a $120 brokerage fee and $960 for Rego Park residential projects, such as the last half of the fifth year’s rent.

At the time, the nation was still facing Park City, Park City Estates and the Howard and Anita Apartments, and the temporary but massive housing shortage brought on by the return of World War designed 15 buildings in Jackson Heights.

One was The Dover, built at 34-35 76 II veterans wanting to marry and raise famSt. in the summer of 1948. A near clone, ilies. Anxious vets held hostage by the The Roger Williams, went up a year later at need for homes helplessly paid the money to get into The Dover.

83-33 Austin St. in Kew Gardens.

Today the complex looks very good for But it was The Dover that made headlines by charging an advance broker com- its 63 years, with Birnbaum’s design still Q mission of $1,080 for a five-year lease — appearing fresh and attractive.

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by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

It was a foregone conclusion that the biggest story of the Mets’ off-season would be whether the team would re-sign its premier shortstop, free agent-to-be, Jose Reyes.

Last Friday evening, the Mets’ cable outlet, SNY, reported that Reyes was quoted as telling teammates that he wasn’t sure if he would be returning next year.

I spoke with Reyes right after the story aired. He reiterated that it’s his sincere desire to remain a Met but also pointed out that there is always uncertainty when any contract expires. That uncertainty, of course, is considerably magnified by the Mets’ precarious financial situation.

While it’s possible that another team will make Reyes an offer that no sane man would refuse (the kind that the Washington Nationals made to outfielder Jason Werth last winter), the odds are that if the Mets are anywhere in the neighborhood of what most other teams are proposing, then they should be able to retain his services. If they’re unwilling to sincerely enter the bidding, then the next baseball movie to come out of Hollywood should be “Madoffball.”

Friday’s massive rain forced the Mets to postpone the game with the Phillies until the next day as part of a separate admission daynight doubleheader. That provided a small boost to the Flushing economy. I overheard a small group of Phillies fans who made the 100-mile trip to Citi Field saying they would

walk down Roosevelt Avenue and try some of the area’s Chinese and Korean restaurants between games.

Sports Illustrated’s editors must have learned a few things over the years from their Time Warner magazine division counterparts at People and Entertainment Weekly. In a shameless attempt to spike newsstand sales, SI put Brad Pitt on its cover last week. Pitt, of course, portrays former Mets prospect and current Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane in the film “Moneyball.”

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Defenseman Mark Streit, who missed all of last season with a shoulder injury, and was named team captain last week, looked sharp with a goal and two assists. Isles’ left winger Matt Moulson also had a big game, scoring a pair of goals and providing an assist on another.

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SPINAL DECOMPRESSION A New FDA Approved Medical Innovation Proven To Help Back and Neck Pain

Do you have NECK or BACK disc problems?

Examples of Disc Related Problems Normal Disc

Normal Disc: is a large, spongy fluid-filled connective tissue that has a lot of bounce and shock absorption. It creates space between the vertebrae.

Degenerated Disc: The aging process or an injury to the disc causes Degenerated Disc Bulging Disc

Herniated Disc

loss of fluid and decreased flexibility, as well as reduces separation of the vertebrae. It dehydrates, cracks and tears fibers, which makes it more susceptible to a disc herniation.

Bulging Disc: is an injured and inflamed disc that has swollen beyond its normal borders. Conservation treatment, including chiropractic and physical therapy, may help this condition.

Disc Herniation: is a serious condition of the spine. The disc is Disc Degeneration with Osteophyte Formation Spinal Stenosis

damaged and the circular rings of connective tissue that hold the nucleus in place have been torn. Conservation treatmentâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;including chiropractic, physical therapy, acupuncture and even epidural injectionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;may relieve the symptoms temporarily but it is more likely that the herniation will progressively worsen. A disc herniation is a progressive disorder that gets worse with time.

Once decompression is achieved, a sustained negative intradisc pressure takes effect within the disc space. This allows disc material to be drawn back into position allowing nutrients into the disc. The disc hydrates and allows healing to take place.

Clinical studies have shown that 86-95% of patients who completed the spinal decompression program reported immediate resolution of symptoms related to disc herniation and degenerative disc disease of the spine.

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