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THEY STIL TILLL DON’T WANT IT CB 9 slams bus lane project at hearing PAGES 5 AND 10 Alexander Blenkinsopp, with mic, was just one of more than a dozen people who spoke in opposition to the Department of Transportation and MTA’s Select Bus Service proposal for Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards.

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No multiday Flushing Meadows music events Parks Department denies festivals; will construct a set public policy

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

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he city denied three applications for multiday music festivals in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Monday, saying they would hamper area residents’ ability to enjoy the borough’s biggest green space.

Late last year, AEG Live, the Madison Square Garden Co. and Founders Entertainment all submitted applications to the Parks Department to host the large-scale events within the park over the course of the summer and fall, with thousands of attendees and dozens of musical acts slated to descend on the site.

However, Borough President Melinda Katz and area community boards expressed strong opposition to the plans, and Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver said the agency’s obligation, first and foremost, is to the public and its use of the land.

“Parks reviewed all permit applications thoroughly,” Silver said. “While we are heartened by the interest in one of Queens’ most historic parks, our primary concern is ensuring the park is available for the many New Yorkers who call Flushing Meadows Corona Park their backyard.”

While the multiday festival permits had been denied, an application for a single day festival filed by Live Nation, the largest

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In addition to Governors Ball, seen here, Randall’s Island will host AEG Live’s proposed Panorama music festival. The event was originally slated for Flushing Meadows Corona Park until the FILE PHOTO city denied three applications for multiday festivals at the space on Monday. entertainment company in the world, was still being reviewed, according to a Parks Department source.

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“Rule making would include limits on the potential number, scale and nature of any such event so as not to have an unreasonable impact on the park and its users,” the source

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The sizable number of sporting events hosted in the park already — such as the US Open, New York Mets home games and the Dragon Boat Festival — on top of the numerous cultural gatherings at the Hall of Science, Queens Museum and Queens Theatre means a three-day festival would “not be appropriate,” according to the Parks Department source.

“Parks does not intend to permit any large-scale, multiday festivals in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in 2016,” the source said. “This decision also takes into consideration this park already hosts a significant number of cultural and athletic events during the warm weather months.”

Katz applauded the city’s decision in a statement issued Monday night, saying the decision is “both fair to all applicants and allows the City to first establish an official policy.”

“Events of any scale that enhance our borough are encouraged. The use of our public parks, however, needs to be publicly vetted and coordinated under an official city policy, because the absence of one renders the entire process unfair,” Katz said. “The merits — or lack thereof — of any existing or continued on page 18

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Transportation committee chairman makes his opposition to plan official

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Community Board 9’s Transportation Committee Chairman Kenichi Wilson has not made it a secret that he’s skeptical of the Department of Transportation and MTA’s Select Bus Service proposal for Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards, but on Tuesday he made his opposition to the plan official.

“As the project stands, there’s no way I can be in favor of it because of the removal of a travel lane,” Wilson said at a hearing on the proposal at CB 9’s monthly meeting, adding that he already has problems with non-SBS bus lanes implemented on Woodhaven in Rego Park and Forest Hills. “To extend that five more miles would just totally destroy our neighborhoods.”

Wilson wasn’t the only one to speak out against the project, as more than a dozen board members and residents aired their grievances to DOT and MTA officials.

“We’ve had eight speakers from the public who spoke tonight regarding SBS and every one of them was opposed,” board member Alex Blenkinsopp said before everyone had a chance to speak on the subject. “We had over 110 people at the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. and Wood-

Taylor Gouge, the Department of Transportation’s director of transit development, provides updates on the agency’s Select Bus Service proposal for Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY during a hearing at Community Board 9 on Tuesday. haven Business Improvement District town hall on SBS and 109 of them were opposed.

So my question is, if you’re really interested in feedback, why aren’t you listening to this feedback?”

Taylor Gouge, the DOT’s director of transit development, said the agency’s commissioner, Polly Trottenberg, received a petition

with 6,000 signatures asking for Woodhaven SBS, which would have commuters pay the fare before boarding the bus and give the vehicles a dedicated lane.

But Blenkinsopp said that petition was “misrepresented” to people who signed it because it simply asked them if they wanted better bus service.

Still, Gouge said the project is necessary not only to speed the commute time of bus drivers, but to protect drivers and pedestrians along Woodhaven Boulevard.

“It’s about how do we make it safe for people to cross the street. How do we make it comfortable for people waiting for the bus so they have nice bus shelter and they have safe space where they don’t have to worry about driveways or cars going by?” she said.

“And also how do we make a street where drivers can get where they need to go, but safely and in a way that’s not harming everyone else that’s using the street?”

Gouge also said the boulevard is a key corridor in Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero plan, citing statistics that there were 22 fatal crashes or accidents on it from 2009 to 2013, six in CB 9’s area alone.

Board member Dr. Steven Sofer recognized the need to improve safety along the corridor.

“I absolutely agree with you that we need to provide for pedestrian and community safety at all costs,” he said, adding, “I don’t think that this proposal is the solution.”

Board members applauded Sofer after that remark.

Many of those who spoke out against the continued on page 10

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SOP EconoLodge is now a family shelter ‘Temporary’ location is located a short distance away from racino

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such thing as temporary,” he said.

The assemblyman also pointed to a lack of social service providers on Rockaway Boulevard to help the families staying there.

Addabbo said the DHS never disclosed in its paperwork to make the EconoLodge a shelter site that it’s near Resorts World, at 110-10 Rockaway Blvd.

“If you deem the EconoLodge to be an appropriate site, put it in full disclosure that it’s near a casino,” he said.

Several studies, conducted in the United States and abroad, have shown that homeless individuals are more likely to have a gambling problem than the general population.

The senator worried what impact the gambling hot spot might have on the homeless families staying in the shelter.

“What kind of rationale do you use to put families who are struggling financially next to a casino?” he said. “I would only say it goes to show the extent of the homeless crisis, that the mayor’s administration

The EconoLodge on Rockaway Boulevard will be used to temporarily shelter homeless families until permanent housing can be found for them.

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would do that. The situation must be that grave, that serious, to do that.”

This is not the first time South Ozone Park has been the site for a family shelter. The Skyway Men’s Shelter, at 132-10 South Conduit Ave., was a family shelter until it was turned into a men’s shelter in

2011. It was later revealed sex offenders were living there, despite it being less than 1,000 feet from a school. All sex offenders were removed from the shelter last year.

Goldfeder and Addabbo don’t think a similar situation would happen at the EconoLodge, but added public safety Q will be priority No. 1.

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Some South Queens leaders are not thrilled at the city’s decision to temporarily place homeless families inside the EconoLodge on Rockaway Boulevard.

“I have serious concerns about the impact on the local community and will express them directly to the city,” Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) said. “I represent a very compassionate community. We understand the challenges of those in need, but at the same time shelters need to be located in the most appropriate locations.”

The EconoLodge, at 113-18 Rockaway Blvd. and a short distance away from Resorts World Casino, is being used as a temporary family shelter, according to a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeless Services.

“We use this facility as a temporary site to house a limited number of families — for an average of 14 days — while their applications are processed and we look for options

for them to remain stably housed and avoid shelter,” the spokeswoman said in an email.

According to a letter sent to community officials by the DHS last month, 24 of the 38 units are being used to house homeless families.

A spokeswoman for the Comptroller’s Office said the DHS has not yet sent a proposed contract for the site.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. ( D -Howa rd Be a ch) sa id t he December letter was the first he heard of the proposal, which was briefly mentioned at Community Board 10’s meeting last Thursday.

“Myself and the Mayor’s Office, we do have conversations about homelessness issues and not once did this come up,” Addabbo said.

“The apparent lack of communication, that’s a problem.”

Both state lawmakers had reservations about the use of the motel as a shelter. For one, Goldfeder is skeptical the site will remain a temporary site for families.

“In my experience, there’s no

School District 27 gets some answers Carmen Fariña comes to Ozone Park for town hall on education issues

by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

The need for additional middle schools and greater parental involvement and the lack of sufficient gymnasium space for students were among some of the topics raised by about 150 parents and educators at a town hall meeting with city Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña Tuesday night at School District 27’s monthly meeting at MS 137 in Ozone Park.

Following a well-received performance of the national anthem by a group of youngsters, the chancellor began on an upbeat note, presenting a brief overview of some of the Department of Education’s latest positive news.

It was a tone that would prevail throughout the 90-minute event.

Fariña said that the city’s high school graduation rate has improved among all ethnic groups even as educational standards are getting harder.

She also indicated that plans are underway to make translation services available on a 24/7 basis.

She would also like to see an increase in dual language programs in the middle schools, helping to set youngsters on a “career path to become teachers.”

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City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, seen here at a previous town hall in Queens, answered South Queens parents’ and educators’ questions on classroom space, Common Core, opting out FILE PHOTO of tests and more. tember, over 70,000 students will be attending prekindergarten classes.

“These kids will be more prepared,” she promised.

“We have a lot more work to do,” she said, indicating that she and the mayor agree on the need to bring more technology into the schools and to make the city’s students more independent.

During the opening discussion, which dominated the evening, audience members were given two minutes to present any issues to the DOE’s top official.

In response to an inquiry about additional middle schools in the district, the chancellor said that “land is hard to come by,” but added that if the district can prove there is a need for additional middle schools, she

would be “happy to review that.”

Greater parental involvement, Fariña said, does not mean merely attending parent-teacher association meetings.

“It depends on different schools,” she said, suggesting it is part of the job of the school leadership team, along with the principal, to encourage parents to be more of a presence in the schools. “Parental involvement is a partnership,” she said, adding that it is generally beneficial for parents to speak with teachers in the presence of their children.

Fariña indicated that more classes will be made available to parents, including English as a Second Language, technology, cooking and yoga.

“We will help in any way,” she said.

When a member of the community education council asked how teachers are being evaluated this year, Fariña said she, too, would like to know the answer, adding, “We all have to be held accountable.”

As for students opting out of state tests — a movement that has gained traction in recent years to oppose what advocates call an over-reliance on state standardized tests — Fariña promised that moving forward tests will be “more friendly for kids” and results will be available more promptly. continued on next page

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RHHS trailers are finally gone Community Board 9 applauds the announcement

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School may not be out yet, but the trailers at Richmond Hill High School finally are gone for good.

Seth Wellins, Community Board 9’s Education Com mit tee chair man, announced at the full board’s meeting on Tuesday that the mobile classrooms at the educational facility, at 89-30 114 St., have been removed.

Board members applauded the longawaited announcement.

Wellins said he was told the news by a staff member of the school at a town hall in Ozone Park earlier that day.

Donna Crayton, the school’s parent coordinator, confirmed the news but added she did not k now when the t railers were removed from the site.

The news differs from the announcement Wellins made at CB 9’s October meeting, when he said the vacant trailers could remain on school property for another year.

However, a Depar t ment of Education source told the Queens Chronicle they would be removed “as soon as possible.”

At that time, the trailers were not being used despite being on school grounds.

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continued from previous page “Tests shouldn’t define who a kid is,” she said , poi nt i ng out t hat throughout life everyone is tested, including those in the work force.

She would not give blanket permission for students to opt out of tests.

Parents of students at several area schools bemoaned the lack of sufficient gy m nasium space for their children. Among other suggestions, Fariña said elected officials could help by providing capital money.

When the topic of Common Core was brought up, Fariña explained that it is “not a curriculum. It is a series of strategies on how to teach.”

She i nd icated that a mong the skills stressed are how to thin k, innovate and present ideas. Her goals i nclude encou ragi ng teachers to eschew t he “ fa ct or y model” of expecting students to merely regurgitate information. She wants students reading trade books, newspapers and magazines.

Following the meeting, a teacher in the district, who wished to remain anonymous, said that the chancellor has made some good changes but that she still needs to work to have her initiatives “trickle down” to the school level in order to have the best Q impact on the children.

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All that for airport parking?

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hy are Flushing Meadows Corona Park and neighboring areas such magnets for dumb ideas?

Whether it’s long-ago Borough President Donald Manes’ plan to turn the park into a racetrack, Major League Soccer’s proposal to build a stadium on ground that probably wouldn’t even support it, or major developers’ ongoing claim that they can build a mall on parkland without state approval, the hits just keep on coming for the park.

And now comes word via media reports that the Port Authority wants to turn Willets Point into a parking lot.

You remember Willets Point, the Iron Triangle, that moonscape where the city never built any proper infrastructure and that became home to just about every auto repair business you could imagine. Until, that is, the Bloomberg administration decided to kick them all out so the area could be redeveloped from scratch and brought straight from the 19th century into the 21st.

Ah, but then came the greedy developers the city was going to give the land to. Willets Point wasn’t enough; they wanted the space around Citi Field too. A band of citizens noted that it would be illegal to give the Mets’ parking lot, which is technically parkland, to the builders and sued. The

case is set to go the state Court of Appeals anytime now.

And even though Mayor de Blasio doesn’t want any part of it, the developers’ pals on the City Council still do, misleading the public so they could back their crony capitalist corporate welfare campaign contributors in court.

Back to Willets Point itself: After all the heartache, the booting of businesses, the protests, the litigation, now the plan is to put a parking lot there? The idea is that people using LaGuardia Airport would park there while LGA undergoes a top-to-bottom reconstruction. And that they would take a new AirTrain to LaGuardia. And that the site would only be used as a parking lot until 2021.

Where do we begin? The train doesn’t exist yet. There’s no way the ambitious LGA rebuilding project, which looks great on paper, can possibly be done in just five years as advertised (think “Second Avenue subway”). And a major part of the Willets Point project was to be affordable housing. That’s been put off for years already. We’re supposed to wait longer so the site can be a parking lot?

Everything about these grandiose plans seems to involve a backroom bait and switch. Enough already. Just get the Willets Point and LGA projects started — separately.

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Far above the world Dear Editor: David Bowie was a truly amazing musician and songwriter. For over 40 years, he entertained us. He was a very dynamic, charismatic person who really appealed to his audiences.

His style was very unique, and his personality very outgoing and fan appreciative.

Bowie’s loss to cancer at a still-young age of 69 is so very tragic. He will be sorely missed by the legions of fans he made over nearly five decades. Our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends and colleagues in the music and entertainment industry. We have lost a true icon and legend, who is irreplaceable.

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s the war between Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio continues, the latest victims could be college students — and probably city taxpayers too. Cuomo seems ready to throw them all under the bus just to hurt the mayor.

Cuomo’s budget proposal would include a $240 million cut in aid to the City University of New York’s four-year colleges, money that would have to be made up for with higher tuition, the redirection of city funds, a tax hike or some combination of all three. All that to fund pay hikes for CUNY workers.

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It’s hard to have both. Cuomo’s vindictive plan would illustrate that well if it were enacted.

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Unsafe homeless shelters Dear Editor: I see from Anthony O’Reilly’s Jan. 7 article “Should they stay or should they go?” that homeless shelters seem to be worse than a jail for those who are not quick to defend themselves or demonstrate assertive behavior.

This is human nature. No government agency can segregate the residents in shelters in terms of how they are emotionally or constructed to react in a group situation.

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Illegal homeless shelters Dear Editor: Gilbert Taylor, former commissioner of the Department of Homeless Services, has voluntarily or involuntarily resigned. Regardless,

this is a much needed change which provides the city with an opportunity to rectify some of his poor decisions as well as reform the agency to effectively help those in need.

Aside from his dismal failure in stemming the tide of homelessness, Mr. Taylor fundamentally misled the Elmhurst community and broke the law when he illegally converted rundown commercial hotels like the Pan Am and Westway into family homeless shelters.

Although New York City Administrative Code 21–124(b) requires that all family homeless shelters “provide a bathroom, a refrigerator, cooking facilities and an adequate sleeping area” within each unit, Mr. Taylor blatantly disregarded the cooking facilities requirement and stealthily had homeless families move into small hotel rooms. These families have been forced to languish in these rooms for over a year without access to a kitchen. As a lawyer, was he clueless or simply being reckless?

By not requiring these shelters to install kitchens, the DHS is endangering these families and depriving them of essential services. In addition, the city is back-stopping the hotel industry. If hotel owners’ businesses are not

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People over gov’t Dear Editor: Although the most passionate and vocal advocates of gun control legislation will not admit it, their utopian dream is banishment and confiscation of all weapons from all citizens.

The gun is just one tool among many that mankind over the centuries has employed to maim, murder and oppress. Lest we forget, the gun also provides protection from criminals, secured and defended liberty against tyrants and kept us free. Before confronting Goliath, did David undergo a background check? The incontrovertible truth is the Second Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights in case the politicians did not observe the other nine.

The debate is not about gun control but

American terrorists Dear Editor: Is everyone aware of the terrorists that took over the buildings and property of the National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon? They call themselves “militia” but don’t be fooled, they are terrorists. They’ve vowed to kill or be killed.

The leader of the takeover, Ammon Bundy, said he wants recruits (other terrorists) from across the country to join him. Ammon Bundy is the son of Cliven Bundy — the man who said “I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negro, they abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. And I’ve often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton?” What a father figure.

And what does the federal Bureau of Land Management in Oregon plan to do about these terrorist occupiers, who vow to stay for years if necessary? They’ve announced they will be closed until further notice. I guess SWAT teams, the FBI and local police are only needed if people are protesting a white cop shooting a black man in the back as he runs away.

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Fill our storefronts Dear Editor: Three years ago Scobee Grill of Little Neck closed. Two years ago the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals approved conversion of the former Scobee Diner site to support a new bank and a dentist’s office.

Within several blocks on Northern Boulevard in Little Neck are five other banks including Chase Manhattan, Capital One, Shanan, Queens County Savings and a newly open TD branch, along with four other dentists’ offices.

There are also many additional vacant storefronts. With the loss of both the Seville Diner (Douglaston) and Scobee Grill comes the lack of a good neighborhood diner.

Three years later there are still no tenants at the old Scobee’s site. It should be no surprise that both CitiBank (rumored to be the potential bank) and the dentist have had second thoughts about moving in. How long will this new building remain vacant along with many others on Northern Boulevard in Little Neck?

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Dear Editor: Re your Jan. 7 editorial, “Obama pulls the trigger on common-sense gun rules”: It’s now painfully clear that the NRA has the GOP in its holster. GOP stands for Guns Over People and Gross Opportunistic Pandering. Most Republican representatives are legislative lapdogs for the gun lobby. This means everyone who values public safety must not only refuse to vote for GOP candidates, but also deny them campaign donations.

Donors’ dollars become death warrants. So do NYC pension fund investments in gun makers, the NRA’s primary funding source. Mayor de Blasio urged the police, firefighters’ and teachers’ pension funds to divest their money from merchants of mass murder like Bushmaster, Colt, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Sturm Ruger. NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, who oversees those funds, must pull the plug on firearms investments or forget about running for mayor in 2017. Public employees’ pension funds should not subsidize slaughter.

Full disclosure: I tried to join the NRA but was rejected due to a medical condition — I’m allergic to nuts. NRA RIP ASAP. Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

“people” control. History is replete with tyrannical regimes intimidating dissidents and opponents by encouraging citizens to spy on one another, to report behavior and attitudes that were not acceptable. I implore everyone to read the latest executive orders of the president.

By requiring physicians to report conversations with their patients about guns to the DHS, the president will be encouraging them to invade the physician-patient privilege.

As troubling as this turn of events is, it is not surprising. The president is a progressive and the ideology of progressivism is anathema to self-reliance and individualism. Progressives really believe that the government can care for us better than we can care for ourselves.

I miss the America I grew up in.

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doing well, they will convert them into shelters and collect $4,000 a month per room without having to invest in any renovations. They would simply reduce their staff and collect an exorbitant amount of taxpayer’s hard-earned money from the DHS. Additionally, community boards and residents in every neighborhood are now wary of developers looking to build a hotel. Are the developers really building a hotel, or a homeless shelter? This is an unnecessary uncertainty and hinders the city’s economic growth.

For a progressive mayor who came into power by pledging policies to help the poor, this is a complete hypocrisy! Mayor de Blasio is not helping the poor or the working class, he is actually helping the rich by fleecing taxpayers. We ask the mayor to restore the people’s faith in government and force these operators to adhere to the law and install a kitchen in each family shelter living unit. Otherwise, no contract or taxpayer funds should be awarded.

Anna Orjuela Elmhurst The writer is a member of Elmhurst United.

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OPINION

CB 9 slams bus lane proposal

SBS is the transportation alternative Queens needs

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options for those

by Polly Trottenberg When he took office in early 2014, one New Yorkers in soof Mayor de Blasio’s pledges was that we called “transportawould keep New Yorkers moving on our tion deser ts,” far thousands of miles of roadways, including from subways and through the expansion of Select Bus Ser- only served by bus vice. Since the Department of Transporta- r o u t e s l i k e t h e tion and the MTA first proposed SBS on Q52 /53. I n fact, the Woodhaven-Cross Bay corridor, we Census data shows have heard strong opinions about its that 43 percent of effects, including at a meeting this week, p eople t h at l ive where concerns about safety, parking and within a half-mile of these routes use transit to get to work; in fact, during the morncongestion have all been raised.

In 2016, DOT plans to redouble our ing rush, over a third of Woodhaven Bouleefforts in neighborhoods served by the vard’s northbound commuters are riding Queens Chronicle, listening and sharing buses. As with the mayor’s plan to reestabour analysis to make sure the Woodhaven lish ferry service from the Rockaways by project will work for everyone along the 2017, SBS will give these hard-working corridor. We have taken encouragement New Yorkers less time commuting and from community leaders who are helping more time to spend with their families.

Third and finally, we definitely need to convince their neighbors and dispelling increase the safety of the dangerous Woodmyths about SBS. For example, Katherine Stier of Glen- haven-Cross Bay corridor and the intersecdale, who grew up on Woodhaven and tions along it. In 2013, for instance, Myrtle Avenue, has eloquently noted that 35-year-old Yunior Rodriguez was killed “the status quo is not working” for drivers, by a speeding vehicle, left for dead in a brutal hit-and-run at the corner of Jamaica bus riders or pedestrians.

As we have noted in our many conversa- Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard.

What has not been discussed enough is tions with community members, SBS SBS’s central role in makes so much sense in M ayor d e Bla sio’s these neighborhoods for Vision Zero plan to three major reasons: It elect buses will eliminate preventable increases mobility, it helps achieve economic speed up commutes fatalities and injuries on our streets. Including equality and it increases and make roads Mr. Rodriguez’s sensesafety. death, Woodhaven First, SBS will move safer for everybody. less Boulevard and Cross p e o pl e a l o n g t h i s Bay boulevards had a crowded corridor faster.

By creating dedicated bus lanes and col- combined 20 fatalities (14 of them pedestrilecting fares at the curb, SBS has over the ans) and more than 2,800 injuries between last seven years improved the speed and 2010 and 2014.

Two years into Vision Zero, we are very reliability of nine different bus routes operproud of the program’s overall success: ating in every borough.

Along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boule- traffic fatalities citywide have declined by vards, we have heard the call among 30,000 over 20 percent since 2013, with 2015 seedaily bus commuters: 6,000 of them signed ing the fewest deaths on our roads in recorded history. As part of the Vision Zero petitions seeking SBS. Many travel more than an hour on the process of reimagining and re-engineering Q52 and Q53 — routes that are slow and some of our most dangerous streets, we unreliable, with travel times that can vary have recognized that SBS is part of the solution. It calms traffic, protects pedestriby as much as 30 minutes.

Neighborhoods across New York City ans and has resulted in lower crash rates have embraced SBS because their bus com- along SBS corridors. Right now, tens of mutes have sped up by as much as 30 per- thousands of Queens bus commuters spend cent. At the same time, drivers of cars have far too much time getting to work. They found that the dedicated bus lane and other deserve SBS, a transit option that reduces changes to the street design had neutral or travel times and makes the city a fairer minor effects on their travel times. Busi- place. But the dozens of families who have nesses too have benefited, with increased lost loved ones along Woodhaven and travel on the street being ref lected in Cross Bay deserve something even more: a new and safer boulevard that will help us increased sales receipts.

Q Second, expanding the MTA’s SBS net- prevent future tragedies.

Polly Trottenberg is New York City work will help advance Mayor de Blasio’s goal of reducing income inequality, which D e p a r t m e n t o f Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n includes more and better commuting Commissioner.

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project are longtime residents of CB 9’s area and the surrounding communities.

Most of their objections focused on the proposed restrictions of left turns onto key corridors, having commuters wait for the bus on the median and congestion that would arise from the removal of a traffic lane.

Giedra Kregzdys, vice president of the WRBA, pointed out that the city Parks Department doesn’t want to put trees in the medians along Woodhaven Boulevard because of a high mortality rate — so why put humans there?

“Why is our city government more worried about the mortality of trees and not the mortality of our residents,” Kregzdys said. “Median bus stops will put all of our residents in danger.”

Paul Rudolph, of the WBID and Walker Funeral Home in Woodhaven, said if the DOT decides to eliminate left-hand turns onto corridors such as Jamaica Avenue, business owners would be greatly impacted.

“That would affect the businesses directly, and also the residents, and would create a lot of traffic coming down the side streets in Woodhaven, which is endangering the residents that live there,” Rudolph said.

Should the agency go ahead with that plan, motorists going southbound would have to turn down 86th Road to access the commercial corridor and northbound drivers would have to use 85th Road.

Gouge and other officials were careful to point out that they’re still reviewing that proposal and looking to see if the proposal can be implemented without getting rid of the left turns.

Wilson worries the removal of the traffic lane will lead to even more congestion along the corridor. He mentioned that, according to CB 6 officials, people driving along the road where there are bus lanes — implemented as part of a Congested Corridor Study — are using side streets to escape the gridlock.

“They’ve never seen so much volume going past PS 174,” he said, referring to the school on Alderton Street.

The Transportation Committee chairman

added he knows people who stay away from that part of Woodhaven Boulevard when the bus lanes are in effect from 7 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.

“If they did that in our area, that may deter people from coming to shop on Jamaica Avenue or coming through our communities,” Wilson said.

DOT officials told board members they’re in the process of analyzing those bus lanes and will come back with their statistics later this year.

Wilson noted the report may not be entirely accurate because there’s no way of telling how many cars are using the side streets in those communities.

Other residents pointed out that SBS may not offer a solution to the woes of Q52 and Q53 bus riders, saying that the problem is a lack of buses on the corridor.

The area covered by CB 9 is slated to be the next portion of Woodhaven Boulevard to have bus lanes implemented.

Starting in mid-2017, the agency will place the lanes along the median and have commuters pay the fare off-board along the intersections from Park Lane South to the Liberty Avenue/Rockaway Boulevard intersection. The agency originally had the full project’s completion slated for late that year or early 2018, but it was pushed back following community opposition.

The design of the 1.3 miles of bus lanes in Community District 9 and the full capital project connecting Woodside to the Rockaways, to be completed at a yet-to-be determined date, will incorporate feedback from the communities given at town halls later this year, DOT officials said.

The board did not take a vote on the proposal — it’s not required of them — but some members and residents believe one should be taken.

“I urge the board to vote against it,” Rudolph said.

Paul Capocasale, a Woodhaven resident and business owner, also urged the board to take a vote after the near-45 minute hearing.

Last month, Blenkinsopp questioned if the board was serving the community Q well by not taking a vote.

CB 9 rejects park festivals Only 24 hours after it was first reported that city Parks Department would not allow multiday festivals at Flushing Meadows Corona Park [see separate story], Community Board 9 passed a resolution supporting the agency’s decision.

The resolution, proposed by Land Use Committee Co-chairman Sherman Kane, was initially supposed to call on the agency to reject the proposals but changed after the decision was made.

Only one member voted against the resolution.

Although CB 9’s area only contains a

small parcel of Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Kane said he felt it “was important that we weigh in on this.”

The resolution did not address the proposed one-day concert at the park put forth by Live Nation.

CB 9 is not the only board to oppose the proposed park festivals. The Kew Gardens-based CB 6 has been an adamant opponent of the idea, along with Borough President Melinda Katz, who steadfastly opposes the multiday festivals Q and the Live Nation one.

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City Comptroller Scott Stringer has come a long way from his community board days, but he still has a place in his heart for the advisory panels. On Tuesday, during a visit to CB 9 at Borough Hall, he said boards across the five boroughs should have more input on issues affecting the city.

“Communities have to be listened to,” he told the board. “When neighborhoods feel they’ve been hoodwinked and not consulted, that’s when things become gridlocked and nothing gets done.”

Stringer, at age 17, was the first teenager to be appointed to a board — The New York Times published a front-page story on his accomplishment — something he called his “Andy Warhol moment.”

He said there’s a simple reason why people join the government panels.

“People want to have a say in what happens in their community,” he said. “It’s not that complicated, which is why people turn out to community board meetings, civic associations, and it’s why we’re working in my office to make sure the work we do dovetails what the community needs.”

And though the membership of boards has changed over time, Stringer said their financial resources have remained largely the same.

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“We need to think about increasing the budget, which we haven’t done in 20 years,” he said.

The city’s financial watchdog said that’s due “in part because I think city government doesn’t want communities to have the resources when you have to look into an affordability plan or a text amendment.

“It’s always interesting that the communities never get the resources to make informed decisions,” he added.

During his time in front of the community board, Stringer brought up his audit of the city’s Department of Homeless Services, released last month, which showed that more than half of the units for homeless families have serious health conditions, including roach and rodent infestations.

“As you think about a homeless crisis in a city, you also have to take into account that many people who are homeless don’t want to live in shelters that are dangerous,” Stringer said. “We have got to make sure that all the people who live in shelters get to live in a safe environment.”

He added that the city gover nment needs to be held to the “highest standard” when it comes to prov id i ng for it s residents.

“In the time you’ve given me to be comptroller, I’m going to do just that,” he Q told the members and audience.

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QVGOP hones in on No. 1 issue: safety Republican fundraiser also says the party must fix its public image

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national security. Philip Orenstein, president of the QVGOP, called that the most Kenneth Abramowitz had a stern mes- important issue facing the United States.

“The No. 1 job of our government, of sage for the Queens Village Republican Club last Thursday: Western civilization is course, is to keep us safe as Americans,” Orenstein said. “And this is a very difficult under attack.

The venture capitalist and prominent issue today.”

Abramowitz, who has hosted a fundraisGOP donor said the threat doesn’t just come from the outside from terror groups like ing event for Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted ISIS, but also from Cruz (R-Texas) and within, thanks to a given national secufailure in leadership he No. 1 job of our rity talks to about a and bad public dozen of the Repubpolicies. government, of course, l ica n pr e sid e nt ia l He b el ieves t he candidates, outlined solution is to f ind is to keep us safe as what he calls a “10 politicians who can Americans. And this is a Front At t ack to do three things: the United Grow the economy, very difficult issue today.” Destroy States.” protect people culT h is at t ack , he turally and protect — Phil Orenstein, president of the claims, includes forpeople physically.

Queens Village Republican Club eign agents embark“It’s actually pretty simple,” he said at the monthly meeting i ng on cyber wa r fa re, Nor th Korea’s of the Republican Club in Glen Oaks. “And expanding nuclear capacity and the infiltrathe Republican Party should be the party of tion of dr ugs and ter rorists across the nation’s border. He also railed against polisimplicity in this way.”

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Community Board 10 Community activist approves TWA hotel to start new chapter One member abstains, the rest say yes

Gilmartin moving, resigns from CB 10

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Community Board 10 last Thursday unanimously approved without reservations the conversion of the former TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport into a world-class hotel.

Board member Geoff rey Duldulao abstained from the vote.

The issue came before the board because it — along with CBs 12 and 13, whose areas also abut the airport — must approve technicalities in long-term leases involving the city, the Port Authority and MCR Development, the company that will be constructing the building.

The Eero Saarinen-designed flight center, opened in 1962, will serve as the hotel’s lobby and will be in the middle of two hotel buildings that will hold 505 guestrooms — all three buildings will be interconnected via tunnels inside the structures.

MCR Development CEO Tyler Morse said the project includes a $65 million rehabilitation of the landmarked building to its former glory. Parts of it have been

Donna Gilmartin, after two decades as a dedicated community advocate in different roles in South Queens, will soon be starting a new chapter in her life as she and her husband prepare to move out of state.

Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton announced Gilmartin’s resignation from the advisory panel at last Thursday’s meeting and thanked her for her service.

“Much appreciated by the board and we wish Bob and you the best in your new home,” Braton said.

The chairwoman touted Gilmartin’s contributions to the board, including serving as its Port Authority Committee chairwoman right before construction on the AirTrain started and heading the Aqueduct Race Track Committee shortly before the idea of putting a casino at the venue was proposed.

The longtime community activist has also served as vice president of the 106th Precinct’s Community Council and presi-

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deteriorating since it was shuttered in 2001.

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Construction is slated to start this summer and be completed in 2018. It is expected to create 2,500 construction and 1,200 Q permanent jobs.

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dent of the Locust Grove Civic Association in South Ozone Park.

Her resignation from the board is effective Feb. 1, according to a letter she sent to Borough President Melinda Katz which was read by Braton.

“I will always be proud to say I’m from Queens, New York,” Gilmartin said in Q that letter.

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Flushing Meadows festivals continued from page 2 future individual application cannot be fairly considered in the void of policy and public participation, which are paramount.”

When it comes to Live Nation’s singleday application, Katz spokeswoman Sharon Lee said Tuesday the borough president believes it should also be denied.

“All applications should be denied until a policy is publicly vetted and implemented,” Lee said of Katz’s belief.

Immediately after it was announced the city had denied their Queens application for a music festival called Panorama — named

for the popular Queens Museum exhibit — set for June, Goldenvoice, a Californiabased regional division of AEG Live, said in a release that Panorama would be held on Randall’s Island in July instead.

The company — which received support from Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Bronx, Queens) and Councilmembers Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ( D -E a s t El m hu r s t) a n d Pe t e r Ko o (D-Flushing) late last year — added it “remains committed” to produce a “worldclass event” in Queens in the future.

“Goldenvoice has received tremendous

support from the local community and elected off icials who recog n ize the immense economic benefits these types of events deliver to their businesses and constituents,” festival producer Mark Shulman said. “We look forward to continuing our discussions with NYC Parks to create an event to take place in Queens in the future.”

In a statement read to Community Board 4 by a representative on Tuesday, FerrerasCopeland said she was disappointed in the city’s ruling, but understood that the concerns of CB 4 presented in a letter to the city last month should be taken into account.

“I am disappointed that Panorama has moved to Randall’s Island because I believe our community has greater potential and

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“On the other hand, I don’t believe the requests this board made — of those, greater transparency and careful regulation — are matters that are insolvable.”

But the lawmaker said she thinks music is in the future of Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

“I will continue to work with this community towards bringing world-class events to Queens and improving parks for everyday visitors and district residents,” she said.

“I look forward to continuing my work with this community board and with the Park’s Alliance, which some of your members are also a part of, to highlight and preQ serve our iconic park.”

continued from page 14 said the GOP continues to face challenges in its public perception.

T he for mer cong ressma n, who served during the Reagan era, said that in recent decades “Republican” has become one of the most negative words in politics, in part, he believes, because the GOP hasn’t done a good enough job selling itself.

He said the party also needs to do a better job working to win over segments of voters who have traditionally made up Democratic strongholds, including black voters.

“Work creatively to win over the other side where there are weaknesses.

And I don’t see any of it,” he said.

“And it’s a shame because we have the right message to sell and we’re not even trying to sell it.”

For Republicans like Abramowitz and LeBoutillier, who said he “can’t stand to think” of Democrats like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders winning the White House, there is a lot riding on the 11 months leading up to the November election.

As LeBoutillier put it, the world operates on an axis. And right now, we are off that axis, he said.

“The only way to get it back on is a responsible, good Republican president who can lead all the things Ken talked about,” he said. “If we get that out of these primaries, we will win the election and save the country. If we blow this election, I don’t have a Q lot of faith.”

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Schiff said he will continue to introduce the new officers to the 106th Precinct — which patrols parts of Ozone Park and all of South Ozone Park, South Richmond Hill, Howard Beach and Lindenwood.

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by Rory Lancman Last week, New York lost one of its finest public servants when trailblazing former Chief Judge Judith Kaye passed away.

Judge Kaye was the f irst woman appointed to the Court of Appeals and the first woman to lead it. Her path-breaking didn’t stop there, though: She reformed the jury system in New York and stood up for the marriage rights of same-sex couples.

She kept working for New Yorkers even after her mandatory retirement when she turned 70, serving on several commissions and continuing her advocacy on juvenile justice reforms.

Perhaps her greatest work, however, was the creation of specialty courts for domestic violence, mental health and substance abuse issues. These courts, which are now copied around the country, gave judges options other than jail that have led to long-term solutions. Victims of abuse are connected to social services, so they have the support they need to overcome the trauma of a violent relationship. Drug addicts and the mentally ill are ordered into treatment, a crucial reform that lowers the risk of recidivism and helps these individuals return to lives of health and productivity.

To maintain Judge Kaye’s legacy, we must ensure these courts receive the resources and time they need to succeed.

Problem-solving courts take a little more effort than a simple plea deal — prosecutors must agree to diversion, judges have to network with social service providers and defendants need to be willing to help themselves. When you see the transformative impact these courts have on those who go t h roug h them, it’s clear that the time and effort are well worth it.

The City Council Committee on Judge Judith Kaye Courts & Legal SerWIKIPEDIA PHOTO vices, which I chair,

held a hearing on the Human Trafficking Intervention Courts last year. We heard testimony from survivors of horrifying sexual violence — women who were arrested for prostitution who were in f a c t t r a p p e d by pimps and traffickers into a life of sexual slavery. But these women found hope and a path to a new life after being sent to the Human Trafficking Court, where they are treated as victims in need of help, not mere criminal defendants. These battered women are sent to counseling and connected to job training and safe housing, instead of being thrown in jail.

However, my committee uncovered that the social service providers were so inadequately funded that many had waiting lists of more than a month. Thanks to Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, this year’s budget included $750,000 in funding for these providers, ensuring these crucial services will continue.

My committee also held a joint hearing with the Veterans Committee on the Veterans Treatment Courts. Too many of our veterans are not able to leave the trauma of war on the battlefield and come home with scars that lead to involvement in the criminal justice system. These courts recognize the duty we have to our veterans and connect them to services and treatment so they can regain their health. However, veterans in Manhattan and Staten Island don’t currently have access to dedicated veterans courts.

To preserve the legacy of Judge Kaye, we must ensure that specialty courts are available to defendants throughout the five boroughs and are adequately funded.

There is no better way to honor such an Q exemplary leader.

Rory Lancman is New York City Councilman for the 24th District, in Central and North Queens, and Chairman of the Committee on Courts & Legal Services.

Drug-related murder in Ozone?

The murder of a man inside his Ozone Park home early Monday morning may be drug-related, the commanding officer of the 106th Precinct said.

Deput y Inspector Jeff rey Schiff revealed the possibility on the precinct’s community council’s Facebook page.

“It seems to be drug-related at this time,” Schiff said. “The investigation is continuing.”

The commanding officer added that two dark-skinned Hispanic men are the suspects in the murder of Frankie Nieves, 51, who, according to a press release

from the NYPD, was found with gunshot wounds in his chest just before 8 a.m. inside his home at 133-32 Peconic St. Nieves was transferred to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Anyone with information on the murder is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).

The public also can submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering Q TIP577.

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Civic seeks to clean up mess An area civic is looking to clean up the pig sty in Coleman Square in Howard Beach.

The Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association on Monday posted pictures of garbage strewn across the square during the day and night, adding that it’s not a one-time occurrence.

“We have received a number of com-

plaints about the litter and dumped items in Coleman Square,” the civic states on its social media page. “The existing conditions are unacceptable. 311 has been notified, as well as Council Member Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). Thank you for contacting us and sending photos. Will keep you posted.”

Coleman Square is located by the Howard Beach-JFK A train stop.

Indecent exposure in a park Three men are wanted for exposing themselves to a Hamilton Beach resident as she was walking with her son last Thursday, according to Roger Gendron, president of the New Hamilton Beach Civici Association.

It is believed the men drove away in a Honda with license plate number GMS4332, Gendron said.

The unnamed woman was walking with her 10-year-old son in Hamilton Park at about 1 p.m. when she was catcalled by the three men in her car, Gendron posted on the civic’s Facebook page,

who were apparently smoking marijuana.

Ten minutes after she passed them, she noticed them get out of their car and she picked up her son to get as far away from them as possible. But when she passed them, they exposed herself to her and uttered derogatory remarks. She reported the incident to 911.

“She asked that I share this anonymously so other women in this neighborhood can be aware,” Gendron said in his notice, who added the 106th Precinct will step up its patrol of the neighborhood. Q — Anthony O’Reilly

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25 Democrats ask for theoretical ‘exercise’ to ID savings and waste

by Michael Gannon Editor

With the mayor due to deliver his preliminary budget plan for 2016-17 in a few weeks, 25 members of the City Council are calling on him and his departments to see where they could realize five-percent savings if needed.

But what the members believe is a prudent fiscal exercise, the Mayor’s Office is calling unnecessary and an invitation for mass layoffs.

The proposal in the letter, initiated by Councilman Dan Garodnick (D-Manhattan), appears modest enough. It asks that all administrative agencies identify potential savings.

“This is just an exercise, a prudent way to ensure that agencies are operating at their most efficient, and that there is minimal waste,” Garodnick told the Chronicle Wednesday afternoon. The letter states further that the practice can curb overspending and can cover unanticipated gaps in present and future budgets.

“After two years of experience, your agency heads should be asked to identify those policies that are either not working or unnecessary,” the letter continued. “Freeing up funds could allow us to either address other funding priorities, to save for future obligations, or even to r el ieve t he t a x bu rd e n s on s m a l l bu si ne s s e s or homeowners.”

Nine of the signatories of the letter were from the Queens, including borough delegation Chairwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), Finance Chairwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland (D-East Elmhurst), Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria), Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale), Bar r y Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens), Peter Koo (D-Flushing), Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), Paul

Some members of the City Council are asking Mayor de Blasio to seek possible areas of savings in department budgets. FILE PHOTO Vallone (D-Bayside) and Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica).

Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx) did not sign it. But six of those who did are members of the Council’s Progressive Caucus, traditionally an ally of the mayor.

But a spokeswoman for de Blasio said the city will continue to build on its “robust” Citywide Savings Plan.

“This proposal could result in billions of dollars in service and staffing cuts — including tens of thousands of layoffs,” the spokeswoman said in an email to the Chronicle.

She said budget monitors and rating agencies have all

applauded this administration’s fiscal prudence, with reserves at unprecedented highs, out-year gaps at lows, and a strong $1.1 billion citywide savings program for the 2015-16 budget. She also touted “billions in unprecedented health savings that the mayor has said will be secured in new city labor contracts.”

The current budget, approved at $78.5 billion, represented an increase over the $74.9 billion approved in fiscal year 2015. A handful of Council members contacted by the Chronicle said they will stick by the idea as a prudent exercise, whether any cuts do or have to get made.

“My experience in government has shown me that there are almost always potential cost savings to be found,” Grodenchik said in an email. “Identifying efficiencies is good practice and puts the city on the road toward making sure that every taxpayer dollar is well spent.”

Lancman said it would help the city make prudent decisions in the event of unforeseen changes to the economic picture.

“But it’s also useful in helping us ferret out what programs aren’t working, what programs should be eliminated,” he said in a telephone interview.”

Backers of the mayor’s position assert that such a move could result in up to 45,000 layoffs that would spare neither teachers nor the NYPD; and massive service cuts.

A government source also said that lawmakers might want to start by keeping their own house in better fiscal order, citing the Council budget that this year is up 10.5 percent over the fiscal year 2014 budget; and set to exceed 2014 by more than 18 percent in the coming year. Garodnick said the call for the Council to do the same is a fair one.

Q “We shouldn’t be afraid of it,” he said.

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Elmhurst civic leader killed in car accident Robert Valdes-Clausell described as ‘very gracious’ and ‘so full of fire’

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Elmhurst is in mourning this week, as the growing, middleclass community has lost one of its loudest and most influential neighborhood voices.

Newtown Civic Association Treasurer Robert Valdes-Clausell was killed shortly before 1 a.m. last Sunday when the car he was driving careened across three lanes of traffic and into a concrete barrier on Astoria Boulevard near 77th Street, on the East Elmhurst-Astoria border.

The Elmhurst resident was 56.

His sudden death saddened both elected officials and area residents who have worked with him on various issues such as the city’s housing of homeless families in the former Pan American Hotel and the proposed creation of a new Long Island Rail Road stop, both in Elmhurst.

“When I heard, I thought ‘Wait a minute, this can’t be the same Robert,’” said Anna Orjuela, a member of the Elmhurst United civic association, in a phone interview with the Chronicle on Tuesday. “It’s horrible.”

According to police, Valdes-Clausell, the live-in property manager at the The Continental Park on 51st Avenue, was driving eastbound on Astoria Boulevard when he crashed his 2006 Ford Explorer.

Emergency medical personnel discovered the civic leader and public member of Community Board 4’s Uniformed Land Use Review Procedure Committee unconscious and unresponsive, and he was pronounced dead on arrival at Elmhurst Hospital Center.

“Robert Valdes-Clausell’s passing is a great shock to the Elmhurst community,” Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said in a Monday statement. “As a board member of the Newtown Civic Association, Robert fought to keep historical buildings in Elmhurst intact, advocated for the reopening of the Elmhurst LIRR station and was involved in many other worthy civic activities. His presence will be sorely missed.”

The community leader’s wake was held Wednesday at the Leo Kearns Funeral Home in Rego Park, while his funeral Mass was scheduled for Thursday morning at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Elmhurst.

He was set to be laid to rest in St. Michael’s Cemetery in East Elmhurst, just three blocks from where he was killed,

Newtown Civic Association Treasurer Robert Valdes-Clausell was killed in a car crash last Sunday morning.

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after the Mass.

“Isn’t it ironic?” Orjuela said. “That’s really freaky.”

She said she met Valdes-Clausell only 18 months ago upon the creation of Elmhurst United — which formed in reaction to the Pan American Hotel’s transformation into a homeless shelter — but it was obvious right away that he had a deep love for his neighborhood, a neighborhood that will miss him deeply.

“It’s really bad for the community because he was really concerned with what’s happening here,” she said. “Whether it was the railroad or the homeless shelter, he was just so involved and so knowledgeable in everything. He blew my mind.”

Newtown Civic Association President Tom McKenzie didn’t respond to Chronicle phone calls by press time, but the group mourned the loss of its officer its Facebook page, saying Valdes-Clausell’s contributions to the community will be remembered for years to come.

“The Newtown Civic lost one of our longtime board members and treasurer Robert Valdes-Clausell this past Sunday. We are all shocked and saddened about his sudden passing,” the association said. “May he rest in peace and we thank him for his involvement and hard work throughout the years. You will be missed and never forgotten.”

One of Valdes-Clausell’s biggest causes was the construction of a new Elmhurst LIRR station, a $30.5 million project included in the MTA’s 2015-19 five-year capital expenditure plan released last October.

The former Elmhurst station was closed and razed in January 1985, but Valdes-Clausell told the Chronicle in recent years that the neighborhood’s growth will require a station in the near future.

Orjuela mourned the fact that the late activist won’t be able to see the opening of the station in person, but said she was comforted by knowing he was at least able to see the project receive millions in funding.

“He’s getting the rail station he always wanted,” she said.

State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), who appeared at multiple press conferences alongside Valdes-Clausell regarding the Boulevard Family Residence, the former Pan Am, over the last year, said the civic leader’s vigor and style won’t soon be forgotten.

“I had the great pleasure of working alongside Robert Valdes-Clausell while protesting the Pan-Am shelter and it was clear to anyone that Robert emanated a larger-than-life presence in his community,” Avella said in a Tuesday statement. “I was taken aback with shock when I heard of his tragic passing late on Sunday night. He was a knowledgeable and well-spoken leader of Elmhurst, always ready to fight for the issues he passionately advocated, always with a suit and a smile.”

Even Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Bronx, Queens) expressed sorrow over the civic leader’s death, saying on social media that he was one of the more dedicated Queens activists around.

“I’m deeply saddened by the loss of Robert Valdes-Clausell, treasurer of the Newtown Civic Association and community advocate,” Crowley said. “His dedication to our Queens community was second to none.”

The Leo Kearns Funeral Home declined to provide information regarding surviving family members when contacted by Q the Chronicle on Wednesday.

Arthur Ashe work on schedule Grandstand Stadium to open on time for 2016 event

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Associate Editor

Fans hoping to see Novak Djokovic win his second straight US Open title in person this summer will notice some huge changes at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

According to NTC Chief Operating Officer Daniel Zausner, the retractable roof being installed atop Arthur Ashe Stadium, the complex’s main arena, will be completed in time for this year’s US Open in August, as will the construction of the new Grandstand Stadium adjacent to the Grand Central Parkway.

In the executive’s update to the Borough Board on Monday regarding construction at the center, he added that the renovation of Louis Armstrong Stadium will begin one month after this year’s tournament, with the reopening of the facility slated for

the summer of 2018.

Like Arthur Ashe Stadium, the new Louis Armstrong Stadium — which will retain the same footprint but will be slightly taller — will have a retractable roof to shield the 14,000 seats from the elements.

To make room for construction, the complex’s ticket office will be relocated from the location alongside the former G r a nd st a nd St a d iu m nea r t he m a i n entrance to the side of the indoor training facility just a few dozen feet away.

The Nike retail tent will also be relocated within the complex to make room for a Mercedes pavilion, where some of the company’s vehicles will be on display When asked about cost by Community Board 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri Jr., Zausner said the city had nothing to do with the funding for the $550 million project.

“We’re using our own funds and we’re borrowing money,” Zausner said. “The cit y’s not on the hook for $1 of ou r construction.”

The 2015 US Open — the 100th time the tournament was held in Queens — was the most successful in history in terms of capacity crowds, as every evening session of the two-week bracket sold out for the first time ever.

Despite having two fewer sessions than previous years thanks to inclement weather, tot al at tend ance still approached 700,000 people as well.

Zausner said 60 percent of the attendees came from within the Tri-State Area and that 40 percent of employees working at la st yea r’s US O pen hailed f rom Queens.

“That’s really not a good number for Q us,” he said. “It should be over 50.”

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Video gambling spurs Belmont border battle ST. FRANCIS PREPARATORY SCHOOL

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A proposal to bring video gambling terminals to Belmont Park in Nassau County is starting to cause some unrest on the Queens side of the border.

Nassau Dow ns OTB is seeking perm ission to br i ng video lottery terminals to a temporary site that would be located in parking lot B at Belmont, at the southwest corner of the property adjacent to Hempstead Turn- Nassau legislator Carrie Solages, left, CB 13 Member Bess De pike and the Cross Betham and Floral Park resident Matt Sexton discuss a video gambling parlor that is being proposed for Belmont Park. Opposition Island Parkway.

PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON N a s s a u C o u n t y to the proposal in picking up in Queens. officials hope to raise $20 million in annual revenue from the ability of Nassau OTB officials to manage plan, which they say would be modeled the increased revenue even if it does after the Resorts World operation operat- approach the anticipated $20 million level.

Solages said the current Republican ing out at Aqueduct Race Track.

Nassau County has had financial diffi- administration in Nassau has been more culties in recent years. Documents obtained interested in using OBT operations for on the website of state Comptroller Tom Di revenue and patronage jobs. He also Napoli show his auditors and Nassau OTB repeatedly pointed to the county’s ongoofficials in agreement that the agency has ing dire fiscal situation.

On the Queens side of the border, CB seen a dip in money wagered, or its “handle,” in each of the last five years, due 13 Chairman Bryan Block, who lives in largely to a drop in interest in thoroughbred Cambria Heights, believes a casino would betting and increased competition from be a traffic nightmare for sidestreets on the Queens side of the border. other gambling opportunities.

“People will figure out where the back But members of Community Board 13 on Monday night were more interested in roads are,” he said.

Solages and Sexton said Gov. Cuomo is the effects that a free-standing betting parlor, or one eventually placed in the likely to address casino gambling policy Belmont grandstand, would have on adja- in or around February.

Solages could well come under attack cent com mu n it ies such a s Ca mbr ia from Nassau Republicans as being partiHeights, Queens Village and Bellerose.

Floral Park, LI resident Matt Sexton san on the issue.

But they would have a far tougher time and Nassau County Legislator Car rie Solages (D) were invited to speak Mon- making that stick against Bellerose residay night at a meeting of Community dentmJoe Concannon, a retired NYPD Board 13’s Land Use Committee. Both are captain who ran as a Republican last year in the special election for the 23rd City vehemently opposed to the idea.

“I’m not sure what this might have to Council District.

Concannon doesn’t want the machines, do with land use, but it concerns me,” said Richard Hellenbrecht, co-chairman of the and attended a rally Tuesday night at Floral Park (LI) Memorial High School that committee.

He said he did not have the time to he said drew more than 2,000 people.

Concannon is concerned about traffic, bring representatives from Nassau County OTB for their take, but did say he wants parking and the fact that the school is t o b r i n g t h e m i n fo r a b a l a n c e d adjacent to Belmont grounds. He said places like Atlantic City are contracting. presentation.

“I don’t know why you would invest in Sexton, a social worker, said the proposed video machines are considered a bricks-and-mortar gambling operation more addictive than regular slot machines. when people can gamble online in the He and Solages also have questioned the comfort of their own homes,” he said. Q

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Fifth-grade student officers from PS 60Q, along with the fourth-grade and fifth-grade generationOn Kids Care Club from PS 97Q, participated in making a total of 200 cheese sandwiches. These were shared with the local food pantry for members of the community, left. Also shown are both groups involved in this project. As PS 60Q and PS 97Q continue to offer students opportunities to think about others and learn to appreciate all they have, they are taught life lessons that will allow them to become good citizens.

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Rep. Grace Meng, sitting, signs on to a letter calling on the city to make Broadway-Flushing a historic district. She’s joined here by Broadway-Flushing Homeowners Association members PHOTO COURTESY JOE BROSTEK Maria Becce, left, Joe Brostek and Janet McCreesh.

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Just about every politician representing Broadway-Flushing and Community Board 7 have once again urged the Landmarks Preservation Commission to make the neighborhood a historic district to slow down the demolition of homes in the area.

“We implore the LPC to, at a bare minimum, immediately calendar Broadway-Flushing,” the coalition of lawmakers, which includes every representative for the area except New York’s two U.S. senators, said in a letter sent by the Broadway-Flushing Homeowners Association to the city agency. “This immediate action is needed in order to save our unique, charming and historically significant neighborhood before we lose it forever.”

This is not the first time pressure has been applied to the LPC to landmark the neighborhood bounded by 155th Street on the west, 29th Avenue to 162nd Street and then 32nd Avenue on the north, Northern Boulevard and Crocheron Avenue on the south and 170th Street on the east.

The BFHA first applied for historic district status in 2007 but was denied, due to what the LPC called an abundance of homes that are not historic in nature.

The BFHA and the politicians supporting the group, however, argue that’s the fault of the LPC. “Almost all demolitions and irreversible alterations in BFHA have occurred since achieving National Historic District status ... and after BFHA had requested NYC historic district designation multiple times, placing the responsibility of the slow-motion

destruction of our neighborhood squarely on the LPC for refusing to take action,” the letter states.

Most of the homes that have not yet been demolished were built in the early 20th century by Rickert-Finlay Realty Co., the same company that built Douglas Manor, which has been designated a historic district.

The tasteful homes in the neighborhood are being replaced by large structures at a fast pace, preservationists claim.

The BFHA will once again rally for the cause on Saturday in front of a house set to be demolished, at the corner of 33rd Avenue and 157th Street at 11 a.m.

The lawmakers who signed on to the BFHA’s recent letter are Councilmembers Peter Koo (D-Flushing) and Paul Vallone (D-Bayside), state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside), Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing), Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz. A 2009 letter from Community Board 7 in support of the historic designation was attached to the BFHA one.

In the group’s letter, the BFHA cites the near-unanimous approval from area homeowners and politicians.

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After all, how could a business turn away almost three-quarters of a million potential customers?

“W hy would n’t you want to touch 700,000 people?” Comrie said at an IDNYC pop-up center at the Briarwood branch of the Queens Library last Friday. “At some point, the numbers just overwhelm and it makes sense for any institution.”

Introduced one year ago on Tuesday, the free cards — geared especially toward illegal immigrants and the homeless, who may not now have proper identification but available to all city residents — provide access to libraries throughout the city and one-year memberships to certain cultural centers and are considered valid as primary ID for opening bank or credit union accounts at 12 different institutions citywide.

Over 730,000 people have gotten a card over the last year, but Citibank, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase have said they will not accept them as a primary source of identification — even though federal regulators such as the Federal Reserve System have approved their use — meaning those without other government-issued IDs cannot open financial accounts there.

Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Nisha Agarwal said at the press conference at the pop-up center, which closed Wednesday, that the initial concern from the big banks was the willingness of

their federal regulators to accept the cards.

After a period of negotiation early last year, Agarwal said the city received notice from the regulating bodies that IDNYC cards were acceptable. But she noted the city “really doesn’t understand” why some of the biggest banks in the city aren’t following suit.

“We’re now escalating our conversations with the banks to understand if there’s any other concerns that they have that we can potentially meet,” she said. “At this point, we have more people with the card than there are people in Wyoming. So the card is growing and we would love to see more partners join in.”

Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) — who signed up for an IDNYC card at the library before the press conference — said it’s an issue he isn’t too concerned with, as he expects the big banks to come to their senses in the near future.

“I’m not going to sweat that too much,” Lancman said. “It’s been an extraordinary successful program and over time, those banks and institutions that aren’t recognizing the card will be forced to because they will look like the outliers.”

According to The New York Times, Citibank, which has 29 branches in Queens, was expected to accept IDNYC as a secondary form of identification this year.

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Appointments already hard to come by

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Bayside area residents will be able to get an IDNYC card easily for the next month by making an appointment at a new pop-up enrollment center at the Northern Boulevard branch of the Queens Library.

The temporary center opened Monday and is scheduled to continue enrolling applicants through Feb. 5.

“Whether you’re checking out a book, going to the Met or opening a bank account, IDNYC is for you,” Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) said at a press conference marking the center’s kickoff.

Bayside’s large and growing Korean and elderly populations made it a logical location, said library staffers and Korean community organization activists. Until now, Bayside residents were referred to the nearest IDNYC center in Flushing, which is usually crowded and where parking is difficult.

Linda Lee, executive director of Korean American Community Services of Metropolitan New York, said an IDNYC card would have made a difference for a family her agency helped last week who lost a shelter spot because they didn’t have ID. IDNYC was designed to give those without government-issued identification, including undocumented immigrants, the ability to iden-

tify themselves when conducting such business as opening a bank account. Cardholders can now readily open accounts at twelve banks and credit unions that have explicitly agreed to accept it. Other banks might also accept IDNYC, but two of the biggest banks — JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America — have declined to accept the cards.

Those with sufficient ID also like the card because they can get free one-year memberships to a growing list of cultural institutions, discounts on the YMCA, city Parks Department and CitiBike memberships, ski tickets, performances and more. Veterans get special benefits and IDNYC is accepted as valid ID at all three of the city’s public library systems.

“So really, you have no reason not to get one,” said Bitta Mostofi, assistant commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs.

One in every 10 Queens residents now has an IDNYC card and more than 700,000 have been issued to city residents in the program’s first year, Mostofi said.

The Bayside site is already proving popular.

As of Tuesday, all appointments save one were booked until Jan. 20.

If there is still strong demand for the cards when the site closes, Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) said a second pop-up would be brought back to Bayside at a different location.

To apply, applicants need to book an

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Bayside finally has an IDNYC pop-up site

Members of the Korean community joined Councilman Paul Vallone, Nily Rozic, holding the sign, and Bitta Mostofi, assistant commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, left of PHOTO BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH Vallone, for the launch of an IDNYC pop-up site in Bayside. appointment by giving their name, telephone number and email address and take along documents proving identity and residency.

Mostofi said a wide variety of documents can be used, including foreign passports and driver’s licenses and employer or school identification cards. IDNYC and community groups can help applicants figure out what they need.

Applicants can request mobility assistance or an interpreter who speaks the language of their choice. For more information and to book

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Vallone and Rozic also invited people to call their offices if they need help getting a card.

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Woodside bike lanes spur debate Area residents and cyclists conflict over Queens Blvd. redesign at CB 2

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The Department of Transportation’s ongoing Queens Boulevard redesign project drew both support and criticism at last week’s Community Board 2 general meeting in Sunnyside.

The 1.3-mile stretch of the boulevard from Roosevelt Avenue to 73rd Street was slated for redesign after receiving the designation of Vision Zero Priority Corridor under Mayor de Blasio’s safety initiative. According to the DOT, this portion of the notorious “Boulevard of Death” has the highest concentration of fatalities, with a total of six deaths between 2009 and 2013.

The first phase of the project, which began in July 2015, included the creation of protected bike paths in the left-hand lanes of the corridor’s service roads, drawing both cheers and ire from residents.

Fire investigator and Woodside resident William Kregler spoke in opposition to the lanes, citing increased congestion, safety concerns, bottlenecking and infrastructure damage on now-heavily traveled side streets. He advocated for the relocation of the lanes to the right-hand side of the service road, and expressed his concerns in a letter to DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg.

“The loss of the car lane has backed traffic into the residential areas along Queens Boulevard,” he stated. “The idea of taking from one group — thousands of vehicle drivers — for a few hundred bicyclists, at best, was foolish. To install a bike lane in the left lane instead of the right was unsafe and has resulted in more accidents between cyclists and motorists.”

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Fellow Woodside resident Barbara Collins echoed Kregler’s concerns. “There’s just too much going on for one lane to handle,” she said. “Traffic is at a basic standstill.”

Big 6 Towers resident Nicole Flores blames the bike lanes for traffic tie-ups and higher pollution levels outside her building, resulting in three emergency room visits for the

treatment of her asthma since November. “There’s nothing ‘green’ about this,” she added.

The bike lanes, however, did receive support from the majority of speakers at the board’s public forum. Rego Park engineer Bob Moleti thanked the board for voting in favor of the lanes. “They made my commute a lot safer,” he stated.

Sunnyside resident and bike messenger Josh Weitzner also spoke in favor of the left-hand bike lanes, citing safety as a primary concern. As a bike messenger, he has endured injuries to his wrist and chin, resulting in four fake teeth, due to run-ins with car doors in the right-hand lanes of roadways.

“The lanes have improved my life immensely,” he added.

“It’s a hot-button issue,” stated Chairman Pat O’Brien.

On Jan. 5, O’Brien joined Trottenberg, Kregler, City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), DOT Borough Commissioner Nicole Garcia, officers from the 108th Precinct and fellow board members for a walking tour of the boulevard in search of community feedback and areas of concern.

“We’re definitely committed to the redesign,” stated Transportation Committee Chairwoman Denise KeehanSmith. DOT spokeswoman Bonnie Tsang said the agency has “worked, and will continue to work, with the community and its leaders to transform Queens Boulevard.”

For Rego Park resident Jessame Hannus, however, the changes are personal. “I cannot begin to thank you all for voting in support of the DOT’s redesign,” she told the board.

“I am thrilled to be able to ride along on the left-hand side, out of the way of traffic. I thank you for taking steps to improve this vital corridor, and my mother thanks you for Q helping to keep me safe.”

LIers vie for Rep. Israel’s seat Four have filed to run; one attorney is considering

by Anthony O’Reilly

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The race for the seat of soon-to-be retired Rep. Steve Israel (D-Suffolk, Nassau, Queens) is getting crowded a little more than a week after the longtime lawmaker announced he will not seek reelection later this year.

Republican state Sen. Jack Mar tins (R-Nassau) and Democrat Anna Kaplan, a town councilwoman in North Hempstead and a former Forest Hills resident, filed statements of candidacy last Thursday and Monday, respectively.

Martins, of Old Westbury, has been a state senator since 2011 and voted against the Marriage Equality Act later that year when it passed the Legislature. He made the news last year when he was serving as acting Senate president during a session days after then-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son were indicted and refused to acknowledge a motion by Democrats to remove the now-convicted Long Island senator from his position of power. Martins’ refusal led the minority party to walk out of the Senate chambers.

Kaplan, of Manhasset, would be the first Iranian-American elected to Congress if she wins the Nov. 8 election. She is already the first Iranian-born politician to

hold public off ice in N e w Yo r k State.

She was bor n in the Middle East b u t m ove d State Sen. Jack Martins, left, Anna Kaplan, Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci, shortly after Lt. Col. David Gurfein and Brad Gerstman.

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The two join Republican Lt. Col David should run for Israel’s seat.

Gerstman was recently in the news after Gurfein, of Manhasset, and Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci (R-Suffolk), who have he released his list of the best-dressed male politicians, which included Assemblyman filed statements of candidacy.

Lupinacci, of Huntington, was elected Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) and to the state’s lower chamber in 2012, state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria).

Congressional primaries are on June 28. before that serving on the South HuntingIsrael — who has represented parts of ton Union Free School Board as a trustee.

Gurfein is a Marine who ser ved in north and northeast Queens after redisOperation Enduring Freedom in Afghani- t r ic t i ng fol low i ng t he 2010 C e n s u s stan and Operation Iraqi Freedom, as well placed the a reas i nto h is d ist r ict — as Desert Storm. He also has experience an nou nced his impending retirement on the big screen as the Marine who from Congress last Tuesday, saying he stopped Jack Nicholson’s character in “A wa nt s to “ pu r sue new pa ssion s a nd Few Good Men” from attacking Tom develop new interests, mainly spend more time writing my second novel.” His Cruise.

Nassau County attorney Brad Gerst- first novel, “The Global War on Morris,” Q man, founding partner of Gotham Gov- was published in late 2014.

MLK holiday tributes set Community youth organizations will host a poetry slam at 7 p.m. in Jamaica on Saturday, Jan. 15 in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.

The tribute in the spoken word will take place at Bethany French Baptist Church, located at 90-21 160 St. Participants will include Voice of the Youth Changes Everything, Bethany Youth Ministries, Precise Publishing Group, state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), Assembly woman Alicia Hyndman (D-Jamaica) and Councilma n Ror y la ncma n ( D -Fresh Meadows).

On Saturday, Jan. 16, the Eastern Queens Alliance is asking people to pay tribute to King by participating in its Weekend of Stewardship Service at the Idlewild Park Preserve. Volunteers will be cleaning up and removing trash from certain areas. It will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with volunteers gathering at the picnic area near the cricket f ield at 149th Avenue and 223rd Street.

There will be a coastal cleanup from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, with volunteers meeting at 230th Street and 149th Avenue. near PS 181.

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Changes come in the wake of city settling lawsuits by Muslim groups

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The NYPD announced new protocols last Thursday when it comes to active investigations, the same day the city settled two lawsuits accusing the Police Department of improperly surveilling Muslim groups and mosques in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

According to the NYPD, specific policies relating to religious profiling, time limits on investigations and the reinstatement of an independent civilian attorney to monitor surveillance conducted by the department’s intelligence unit will be implemented as a result of the city’s settling of Raza v. City of New York and Handschu v. City of New York, both filed in 2013.

The suits alleged that the NYPD violated the constitutional rights of many by sending plainclothes detectives into Muslim neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs — as well as New Jersey — to infiltrate Muslim student groups and mosques, track their activities and build files.

While the NYPD did not admit to any wrongdoing on Thursday, the force agreed to alter various policies to “show the city’s continued commitment to keeping the city safe while respecting every New Yorker’s Constitutional rights,” as said in a press release.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton unveiled new investigative procedures on Thursday in the wake of the city’s settling of two lawsuits over alleged improper inquiries into Muslim communities PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA throughout the Tri-State Area by the NYPD in the wake of 9/11.

“This is the latest step in continuing efforts to build and maintain trust within the city’s Muslim community and with all New Yorkers,” Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said, while Mayor de Blasio added every religious group in the city deserves to be treated the same by the department.

“We are committed to strengthening the

relationship between our administration and communities of faith so that residents of every background feel respected and protected,” de Blasio said. “New York City’s Muslim residents are strong partners in the fight against terrorism and this settlement represents another important step toward building our relationship with the Muslim

community.”

Prior rules within the Handschu Guidelines, the set of police protocol dealing with terror investigations, when it comes to creating a basis for an inquiry were vague. For example, an investigation could be launched if there was an “allegation or information indicating the possibility of unlawful action.”

According to the NYPD, that subsection will be modified to clarify that an investigation “requires an allegation or information that is articulable and factual. However, such an allegation or information need not have been verified as true or accurate.”

Additionally, investigations must “not intrude upon rights of expression or association” in a matter where discrimination based on race, religion or ethnicity is a “substantial or motivating” factor, language not included in the prior iteration of the Handschu Guidelines.

A monthly Handschu Committee will also be formed, where investigators must provide statements attesting to the merits of their inquiries while being questioned by the group.

The civilian monitor, who will have a spot on the committee, will be appointed by the Mayor in consultation with the Police Commissioner. He or she may be replaced Q by only the Mayor.

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Sometimes our older loved ones show changes that give us cause for concern.

While some changes are obviously concerning, there are many subtle changes that may indicate that elderly relatives may not be functioning so well on their own.

The following is a list of changes you may notice when spending time with parents or other elderly relatives: • Did your relative have any difficulties helping prepare the holiday meals?

• Did you notice less interest in participating in the holidays, or visiting?

• Was their home kept up as usual?

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• Did you notice any forgetfulness during conversations?

• Did you notice any difficulties with their managing finances and paying bills, or keeping up the checkbook?

• Do you have concerns about their remembering to take medications?

• Are they socializing with friends and relatives as much as usual?

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the event the individual is unable to make his or her own decisions. The importance of having someone designated in advance is that the person listed as the healthcare agent on the healthcare proxy document will have a good understanding of the individual’s wishes. Without a healthcare proxy, decisions regarding healthcare may be made which conflict with the individual’s wishes; or delays may be encountered if consent is needed for a particular procedure.

A power of attorney is the document that allows one to select an agent or agents for financial, personal and business transactions (except healthcare). One or more agents may be selected. In New York State, the power of attorney was revised in 2009 and amended in 2010, requiring a rider to the document for transactions in excess of $500. Having the power of attorney in place is important so that a person or persons chosen by the individual will be able to assist and manage the individual’s financial affairs, if ever needed and will avoid the expense and delays of guardianship proceedings.

If there are assets and/or real property, planning should be considered to protect those assets from the costs of nursing home care and home care services. The Medicaid rules have changed and plans must be made as early as possible to protect those hardearned assets to the extent possible.

Finally, it is a good idea to explore what options are available for you or your relatives beforehand, rather than wait for an unforeseen event or emergency situation.

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by Neil Chiragdin

They are the ghosts of Christmas past. Come the new year, their bodies dot sidewalks throughout the city.

We’re speaking, of course, about Christmas trees, the stars of “Suspended Forest,” an installation featured at the Knockdown Center in Maspeth.

Arranged in grid formation, 40 trees hang from the I-beams of the former door factory’s ceiling. Some are dried out, scraggly things. Others are fuller-bodied, and require you to bend around them as you wind your way down the aisles. All are suspended about a foot off the ground, secured by a single rope.

In a phone interview prior to the opening, artist Michael Neff explained that the concept had first occurred to him shortly after he moved to the city in 2004.

“That holiday season was the first time I’d seen the massive piles of Christmas trees that happen around high-rises,” he said.

In 2012, he finally found a location near his apartment in Williamsburg that

he thought would serve his purpose. “It was this strangely unused, dirty space,” said Neff of a fenced-off area under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. He collected four trees and erected a prototype version of the installation. “It wasn’t perfect,” he explained. “I’m usually very reactive to a space, so I had to work things out, like how do I hang them better?”

The first iteration was of two large and two small trees, which Neff said left some viewers with morbid thoughts of the nuclear family — a connotation that is not his own take on the project. Subsequent holiday seasons would find a neat row of trees of roughly the same size hanging beyond the fence. Each year, the city removed the installation after several days.

At Knockdown, the trees dance. As shoulders brush past the boughs, the pines spin like planets on their axes. The effect is a bit like watching a mass-audition Continued onpage page continued on 41

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Kids events at Alley Pond Environmental Center: “Animal Care Trainee,” Sat., Jan. 16, 10 a.m-noon. $23 for 8- to 12-year-olds. Hands-on learning about all the needs of APEC’s animals. “Young Chefs,” Sat., Jan. 16, 12:30-2 p.m. for 8-12 year-olds to make phyllo tacos. “Tween Yoga,” Sat., Jan. 23, 10:3011:30 a.m., $16, for 8- to 12-year-olds. “Toddler Yoga,” Thurs., Jan. 21, 3:30-4:30 p.m., $16, for 2- to 4-year-olds (with adult). APEC, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Pre-registration required for all events. Contact: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

The Reanimation Library. Artist and librarian Andrew Beccone answers questions about this functioning research library and interactive exhibit highlighting visual information. Every Sat. thru Feb. 27, 12-5:30 p.m. Open to public. Queens Museum, Studio 5, NYC Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

“The World of Anomalisa,” screening and display of puppets and sets from Golden Globe-nominated film. Thru Mar. 27. “Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact,” exploring Hollywood movies as contemporary art. Thru Apr. 10. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $12 adults, $9 seniors and students, $3 kids 3-12.

Info: movingimage.us.

“Catalyst,” new projects by Meredith James, Kameelah Janan Rasheed and Casey Tang. Looks at how personal and cultural forces form narratives.

Thru Feb. 28. Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested $8 adults, $4 students, free under 12. Info: queensmuseum.org.

“Hotter Than That — 90 Years of Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five” celebrates the jazz great’s landmark 1925 recordings — the first records created under Armstrong’s name. Thru Oct. Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107 St., Corona. $10 adults, $7 seniors, students and children, free to LAHM members and children under 4. Info: (718) 4788274, LouisArmstrongHouse.org.

“Art in the Garden: Closing Reception and Walk with Mayen.” Join artist Mayen Alcantara on a walk through the Garden and enjoy one last look at her site-specific exhibit for QBG. Sun., Jan. 31, 2-4 p.m.

Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing.

Free. Info: queensbotanical.org.

THEATRE “City Girls and Desperadoes,” set in the world way before ‘Just say No.’ Jan. 13-17, 8 p.m. weekdays, 7 p.m. weekends with additional matinee Sun., Jan. 17, 2 p.m. $18. The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Info: secrettheatre.com.

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Thunderbird American Indian Dancers illustrate history and narratives of the Native Americans through song, dance, instruments and clothing. Sat., Jan. 16. Dance workshop at 1 p.m. Performance at 2:15 p.m. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd.

Workshop: $7 adults, $4 children, free for members with tickets to 2:15 show. Performance only: $13 adults, $10 members, $8 children, $6 for member children. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

“Caruso,” Sun., Jan. 24, 12 p.m. Presented by Bella Italia Mia. Pres. Eleanor Bologa hosts a sing-a-long and Fernando Caruso sings Italian songs. Christ the King High School, 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., CNL Anne and Henry Paolucci Center, door#10, 3rd floor, Middle Village. $5 members, $7 nonmembers.

Info: (718) 426-1240.

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5 Boroughs Music Festival and New York Festival of Song present “Harry, Hoagy & Harold,” featuring greatest hits and rarities by mid-century American songwriters, sung by young artists from the PHOTO COURTESY 5 BOROUGHS MUSIC FESTIVAL NYFOS at Juilliard residency, on Sunday, Jan. 17.

MUSIC “Harry, Hoagy & Harold,” Sun., Jan. 17, 3 p.m.

5 Boroughs Music Festival and New York Festival of Song present greatest hits and rarities by mid-century American songwriting heroes: Harry Warren, Hoagy Carmichael, and Harold Arlen, as sung by a cast of young artists from the NYFOS at Juilliard residency. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Info: nyfos.org/juilliard.

DANCE “VOID,” from a three-part suite “The Trilogy (of Survival)” by Mersiha Mesihovic/CircuitDebris and Underground DanceWorks. Examines the struggle against social conformity and the individual battle for self-determination. Fri.-Sat., Jan. 22-23, 8 p.m.

Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St. #301, LIC. $15.

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AUDITIONS Community Singers of Queens is looking for new members for their Spring Concert. Rehersals every Mon., 7:30 p.m. Messiah Lutheran Church, 42-15 165 St., Flushing. Call: Ruth Amsterdam (718) 658-1021.

FILM “The Governess,” about a young 19th century Jewish woman in England, who poses as a gentile to work on a Scottish estate. Sun., Jan. 17, 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Movies series, Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. $5. Contact: (718) 459-1000.

“Greensboro: Closer to the Truth,” by Adam Zucker, explores the murders of five union organizers, many African American or Jewish, by Klansmen and Nazis in 1979, followed by discussion “Martin Luther

King Day: Film Screening with Filmmaker on Klan Killing of Black and Jewish Civil Rights Activists.”

Mon., Jan. 18, 1 p.m. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Suggested donation $8.

Info: (718) 268-5011, cqy.org/library.

LECTURE “Bird Life in Brazil,” by environmentalist Paulo Boute, presented by Queens County Bird Club.

Wed., Jan. 20, 8 p.m. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Free.

Info: qcbirdclub.org.

KIDS/TEENS WORKS Little League: Register for 2016 spring baseball season, boys and girls ages 4-16, at 84-01 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven on: Thurs., Jan. 14; Fri., Jan. 22; Thurs., Jan. 28 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. More dates in Feb. Special needs children welcome.

Bring copy of child’s birth certificate and proof of residency with ZIP code. Fee $100, includes uniform. Info: (718) 847-9633, eteamz.com/works.

“The Big Family Quiz Thing,” presented by Big Quiz Thing and Mommy Nearest, features six rounds of multimedia trivia fun. Topics range from pop culture and history to sports and the indefinable. Sun., Jan. 17, 1-3 p.m. Q.E.D: A Place to Show and Tell, 27-16 23 Ave., Astoria. $7 in advance, $12 at door for kids; $10 in advance, $15 at door for adults. Info: qedastoria.com.

Kids art classes, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center, 35-30 35 St., Astoria. For ages 8-16, every Tues. and Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Free.

Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Call: (718) 969-1128.

“Bowling for Vets,” Sun., Jan. 17, 1:30 p.m.

Hosted by Southwest Queens Rotary Club, at Cozy Bowl, 98-18 Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park. $15 adults, $10 kids for two games, includes shoe rental. Raffles and trophy for best game. Info: Joe DiBlasi (917) 748-0583.

COMMUNITY Discussion on the 2016 elections, Queens Community for Cultural Judaism. Sat., Jan. 16, 1 p.m.

Congregation of UUCQ, 147-54 Ash Ave. at 149 St., Flushing. Refreshments and first-time guests free.

Info: Rabbi Klein (347) 561-9064.

Saturday night dance, Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, Sat., Jan. 16, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. $8 members, $10 nonmembers. Call: (718) 478-3100.

“Tu B’shvat 5776,” “New Year of the Trees,” Sun., Jan. 24, 6:30 p.m. Rockwood Park Jewish Center, 156-45 84 St., Howard Beach. $10, Jewish National Fund tree planting in Israel. Info: (718) 641-5822.

Richmond Hill Bingo. Every night (except Tues.), 6:30 p.m. Also every Wed., Thurs. and Sat., 11 a.m.

117-09 Hillside Ave. Great cash prizes daily. Must be 18 or over to play. Info: (718) 847-1418.

Rego Park Jewish Center Bingo, every Tues. in Dec., 97-30 Queens Blvd. Early game, 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m., regular games at 7:15 p.m., $4 includes 12 games. Cash prizes, everyone 18 and over. Info: (718) 459-1000.

CLASSES Modern Dance at Green Space, by Valerie Green and the principles of body/mind fitness. Thru May 31. Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St. #301, Long Island City. Prices vary. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org.

New York State safe boating class, qualified U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary instructors, Sun., Jan. 24, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Old Mill Yacht Club, 163-15 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach. 8-hour course, $75 pp. preregistration required. Contact: Flotilla 11-03, (516) 418-7242. continued on on page page 42 00 continued

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Library catalogs visual texts of yore

by Neil Chiragdin

On the “Reanimation Library” website, Beccone writes, “The Reanimation Library is particularly interested in the Hidden at the end of a dimly lit corridor, within an loss of visual information that accompanies the process of alcove containing the artists’ studios of the Queens weeding.” That is, libraries play a role in deciding what Museum, a room buzzes with quiet energy. On electric information is deemed important enough to preserve, and blue shelves, roughly two thousand books command the this library focuses on the visual features of books, which attention of the space. sometimes can be overlooked.

The “Reanimation Library,” a visual art library and The library was first dreamed up while Beccone was in metaphoric artwork maintained by graduate school for library sciences.

Andrew Beccone, is open at the He had been collecting image-orimuseum in Flushing Meadows ented books as resources for his artCorona Park on Saturdays through work for nearly a year when he realWhen: Saturdays thru Feb. 27, the end of February. ized that the set of books he’d 12 to 5:50 p.m.

One of the great successes of the amassed had become art unto itself.

Where: Queens Museum, library is its nostalgia factor. Not Visitors are welcome to interact Flushing Meadows simply because the crux of the colwith the books at their leisure and Corona Park lection is from the 1940s-’70s, but copy anything that they find interbecause browsing the stacks here esting, with two desktops with Entry: $8; $4 seniors restores a sense of wonder once scanners dedicated to this purpose. queensmuseum.org reserved for class library trips in Most of the visitors have been writgrade school. Among the shelves ers and visual artists, but the collecyou will find guides for expressing emotional range in tion has also inspired choreography and music. In a 2012 puppetry, charts explaining the water cycle and illustra- essay for the Library as Incubator Project, Beccone wrote, tions of a Bizarro future as dreamed up in the 1940s.

“I consider the library itself to be an ongoing collaboraCrucial to their selection into the collection is a reliance tive artwork that is activated by people who engage with on visual media. Books may contain photographs of states and use it. The library-as-artwork is defined in part by the of matter, diagram methods of topography or depict a accumulating body of material that is created in response history of fashion, but they must feature a visually inter- to it — an evolving exoskeleton of images, words, sounds, esting component. and ideas.” qboro contributor

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A page of surreal art from a book in the “Reanimation PHOTO BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN Library” collection.

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Occasionally, the library has opened “branches” in other cities and museums outside of the main collection.

Beccone describes them as “small temporary versions of the ‘Reanimation Library’ in other places.” For these projects, Beccone will hone his collection down to a small set of continued on page 00 43

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Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. in Queens

by Kelly Marie Mancuso qboro editor

Monday, Jan. 18 marks the 30th anniversary of the national holiday commemorating the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. In the coming days and weeks, a diverse series of events, ranging from discussions and workshops to poetry readings and theatrical performances, will be held throughout Queens honoring King’s memory, teachings and many contributions.

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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at FILE PHOTO Queens College in 1965.

On Saturday, Jan. 16 from noon to 2 p.m., the Central Queens Library, located at 89-11 Merrick Blvd. in Jamaica, will host its annual educational, family-friendly Martin Luther King Jr. celebration for families and children of all ages.

Author and storyteller Joy Kelly will be on hand to recount her personal connection to King and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. As a child, Kelly met King through her father, the Rev. Kelly Miller Smith, and his work with the civil rights leader and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. For more information, call (718) 990-0778.

Legendary songwriter, producer, R & B and gospel singer Benjamin “BeBe” Winans will celebrate King’s legac y through an afternoon of inspirational song on Sunday, Jan. 17 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. in Colden Auditorium at Kupferberg Center for the Arts, located at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd. in Flushing.

The celebration will feature a keynote address from the Rev. Floyd Flake, senior pastor of the Greater Allen AME Cathedral in Jamaica. The event will also honor Andrew Jackson, executive director of the

BeBe Winans, star of Sunday’s MLK Jr. celebration at Colden Auditorium.

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Langston Hughes Memorial Library in Corona. Tickets for the performance are $35 each. For more information, call (718) 544-2996.

On Monday, Jan. 18, the Parks Department will host a Day of Service to honor King. Volunteer with the Stewardship Team at Idlewild Park, located at 230th Street and

149th Avenue, starting at 10 a.m. to help protect and maintain the wetlands by removing floatable debris. Volunteers will be trained in removal and cleanup techniques.

Come dressed in sturdy boots or shoes, warm layers, long pants and clothing that can get dirty. To register, call (212) 360-2761.

Linda Humes, the founder and artistic director of the nonprofit arts-in-education group Yaffa Cultural Arts Inc., will pay tribute to King and important women of the Civil Rights Movement such as Rosa Parks, through an afternoon of storytelling, song and poetry.

Her program, titled “Dr. Martin Luther King: His Times and His Legacy,” will be held at the East Elmhust Library, located at 95-06 Astoria Blvd., on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 1:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 424-2619.

On Saturday, Jan. 30, dramatist David Mills will present his portrayal of the life and legacy of Dr. King titled “Keeping the Dream Alive: How Are We Doing?” at the Pomonok Community Library, located at 158-21 Jewel Ave. in Flushing, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. For more information, call Q (718) 591-4343.

Queens Library has partnered with Lincoln Center to bring FREE screenings of world-class performances to a library near you.

Lincoln Center Local digitally streams world-class performances by award-winning performers like Audra McDonald and classical music luminaries such as Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman, as well as dynamic new artists.

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continued page 00 37 continued from page for the lead in an amateur production of “Swan Lake,” adding a delightful sense of whimsy to the work.

Neff is pleased with this outcome, which he counts as one of the perks of hosting the piece indoors. “Here, it really takes the viewer to activate [the motion],” he explained during the show’s opening on Jan. 8. “Under the BQE, you obviously had the wind blowing the trees, but also movement from the traffic on the overpass shaking the structure.”

At that former location, viewers were kept behind a fence 20 yards away, unless they were feeling especially bold. While walking through the rows of trees in the warehouse, visitors are enveloped in the heady scent of resin that permeates the room. Needles tug at winter coats before tumbling to the ground. By the end of the month, as the trees dry out, they are expected to form wispy brown-green auras on the ground below. Repeat visits should yield distinct experiences.

The installation proved a favorite of toddlers, for whom the trees might as well have been the Black Forest — the tallest of

‘Suspended Forest’ When: Where:

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Curious visitors gather beneath the branches of the evergreens. On the cover: Rows of PHOTOS BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN suspended Christmas trees line the Knockdown Center. them might have topped out at 7 feet and loomed large enough to blot out the floodlights above.

The art piece also serves as a backdrop for photo opportunities by social media enthusiasts in attendance. Over 3,500 people planned on attending the opening,

according to the event’s Facebook page, and more than three times as many expressed interest.

At the opening, Neff grinned widely as visitors trickled in by the dozen. Since many of his projects are put out somewhat spontaneously on the streets, including all

Thru Jan. 31, Sat. & Sun., 2 to 6 p.m.

Knockdown Center, 52-19 Flushing Ave., Maspeth Free knockdown.center

previous versions of “Suspended Forest,” he has not been privy to so many audience reactions at once.

“Sometimes things belong in the gallery. Sometimes it makes the most sense out in the street, in the wild,” said Neff.

“I’ve done a lot of work in public and really enjoy it. You’re bringing it directly to the viewer. They may not have seen it otherwise.”

Neff recalls loading trees onto a pickup in Greenpoint recently, when an elderly woman asked why he was collecting them. After hearing it was for an art project, her eyes lit up. “Oh, for the BQE Q thing? I love that!”

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continued continuedfrom frompage page38 00 Yoga in the Elements. Sat., Jan. 23, 9:15-10:15 a.m. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Adults only, come out of the cold, breathe in deep and relax in a heated log cabin. $16 per session, bring own mat, towel and water bottle. Info/pre-registration: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

The post-World War II building boom erupted in Queens as demand for middleclass housing from couples planning to raise a family skyrocketed.

In W hitestone, empty lots on 21st Avenue off 151st Street that The Leroy F. Adams House, at 151-18 21 Ave. in Whitestone, from had been held dormant the Queens Chamber of Commerce Magazine in 1950. during the war by speculators Seltzow and Maslow were sold to apartment dweller from Sunnyside. the George Construction Co. The Queens Chamber of Commerce Famous Queens architect Simeon Hell- honored Heller in 1950 with a bronze er (1907-1969) designed a group of homes plaque for affordable modern housing. there, following principles very similar to The Adams home changed hands 16 those employed in Levittown, LI: simple years later, sold to the O’Boye family. homes built on concrete slabs that went up Today the block is marred only by two in a matter of weeks. With sprawling McMansions near the corner. The rest of 43-by-150-foot properties, they were sell- the Heller homes are largely in unspoiled ing for only $9,750 in 1950. A total of original condition, with improvements that seven were built. don’t hurt the original design.

The first one completed, at 151-18 21 Today the Del Rio family own his modQ Ave., was sold to Leroy F. Adams, an ern mid-century historic home.

Poetry writing workshop group: Explore the craft of poetry writing, free enrollment, open to all. Every Tues. 1:30-3 p.m., Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road.

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FLEA MARKETS Italian Charities of America, Sat., Jan. 23, 10 a.m-4 p.m. 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, $25 per table. Call (718) 478-3100.

Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens. Info: (347) 709-7661, richmondhillfleamarket.com.

St. Benedict the Moor Church, Merrick Blvd. at 110th Ave., Jamaica, every Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Vendors welcome. Call: (718) 332-0026.

MEETINGS Queens Stamp Club: meets every second, fourth and fifth Thurs. each month. Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Ave., Next meeting, Jan. 14, 5-6:15 p.m. All welcome. Info: David Cap (718) 441-1519.

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St. Padre Pio Prayer Group, Our Lady of Hope Church, monthly meeting, second Thurs. every month, Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m. 61-27 71 St., Middle Village.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Computer basics for seniors, both in English and Chinese. New semester in English, every Mon., 10 a.m., eight weeks thru Feb. 22. Selfhelp Innovative Senior Center, 45-25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Info: John (718) 559-4329.

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AARP: Open to the public. Chapter 1405, Flusing, Bowne St. Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., 1st and 3rd Mon. each month, 1 p.m; Chapter 2889, Maspeth, American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., 1st and 3rd Wed. each month, noon; contact: (718) 672-9890. Chapter 4163, Ozone Park, Living Word Christian Fellowship Church, 132-05 Cross Bay Blvd., last Tues. each month, noon.

Howard Beach Senior Center, 155-55 Cross Bay Blvd., across from Stop & Shop. Basic beginner computer classes in the center’s new computer lab every Fri., 10:30 a.m. New craft class, every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m. Art class with certified teacher, every Thurs., 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-2:30 p.m. “Winter fire safety” seminar by the Fire Department, Tues., Jan. 19, 10:30 a.m.

Open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch served at 12 p.m.

Info: (718) 738-8100.

Flushing-Fresh Meadows Jewish Center. Sisterhood sponsors an exercise program for active older adults every Tues., 11 a.m.-noon. 193-10 Peck Ave., Fresh Meadows. $5 per session. Info: (718) 357-5100.

Job placement assistance, ANIBIC, 61-35 220 St., Bayside, a nonprofit organization serving children and young disabled adults in the community with job, apartment placement.

Maspeth Senior Center, 6961 Grand Ave. Free English classes for Chinese speakers, computer instruction, Silver Sneakers, tai chi, yoga and more; breakfast and lunch served. Info: (718) 429-3636.

Della Monica-Steinway Senior Center. Serving adults 60 and over. 23-56 Broadway, Astoria. Exercise classes daily, 10 a.m. Social dancing every Mon. and Thurs., 1 p.m. Daily lunch served 11:45 a.m. Info: (718) 626-1500.

Pomonok Senior Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., is proud to offer the following programs, available to anyone 60+. Zumba for both beginners and continuing students, Tues., 9:30 a.m.; aerobics

by Shape Up NYC, for anyone 18+, Fridays at 11 a.m.; Dear Abby discussion group, Thurs., 11 a.m.; movie screenings, Wed., 1 p.m. Info: (718) 5913377, Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults, 92-47 165 St., Jamaica, details its safety program about rent, Medicaid and food stamps. Call (718) 657-6500 for appointment. Free.

SNAP of Eastern Queens Innovative Senior Center for adults 60+. 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Queens Village. Classes — Exercise every Mon.: advanced, 11 a.m.; beginners, 1 p.m. Every Tues.: magic and ABC computer class, 10 a.m. Every Wed.: armchair yoga, 9 a.m.; Zumba gold, 10 a.m.

Every Thurs.: creative writing, 11 a.m.; painting, 1 p.m. Every Fri.: fall prevention, 10 a.m.; women’s discussion group, 11 a.m.

The YIQV Senior Center, with tai chi, yoga, pilates and low-impact exercise and educational programs. Open Mon.-Fri., 141-55 77 Ave., Flushing. Info: (718) 263-6995.

SUPPORT GROUPS Overeaters Anonymous meets weekly for weight loss and other issues. Info: oa.org.

Holy Child Jesus Outreach Center, 112-06 86 Ave., Richmond Hill, Tues., 7:30-9 p.m. Call: (718) 564-7027. Rego Park Library, 91-41 63 Drive, Thurs., 12:15-1:40 p.m. Call: Adele (718) 896-4756. Sat., 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Call: Marion (718) 937-0163 or library (718) 459-5140.

Bereavement groups for assistance in dealing with loss and the process towards healing, while meeting others experiencing similar situations. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Call: (718) 268-5011, ext. 160, or email olderadults@cgy.org; registration required.

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‘Reanimation’

ACROSS 1 React to gravity 5 G-man’s org.

8 Gym-floor padding 12 Sandwich cookie 13 “-- the fields we go ...”

14 Shrek is one 15 Paper quantity 16 Leave 18 Distinguish 20 Senate staffers 21 “Monty Python” starter 22 Solidify 23 Intended 26 Faint 30 Noah’s boat 31 Actor Cruise 32 Omega preceder 33 Protract 36 Tablet bearer 38 Bagel topping 39 Yon maiden 40 Rice (Sp.) 43 Endure 47 Omit 49 Emanation 50 Logical 51 Ailing 52 “-- It Romantic?”

53 Probability 54 Deposit 55 “Untouchable” Eliot

DOWN 1 Dressmaker’s dummy 2 Vicinity 3 Plumbing problem 4 Chinese noodle recipe 5 Concentrate (on) 6 Suspenders alternative 7 Anger 8 Aesopian conclusions 9 Enthusiastic, plus 10 Verifiable 11 Collections 17 Tarzan’s clique

19 Giant in Cooperstown 22 Group of whales 23 Crazy 24 Blunder 25 Alias (Abbr.)

26 Cauldron 27 Chances, for short 28 Work with 29 “-- the season to be jolly” 31 Formal wear 34 Boxer’s gear 35 Seep

36 First name of 19-Down 37 Invest with authority 39 With ardor 40 Moreover 41 Peruse 42 McNally partner 43 Island dance 44 River of England 45 Coffee shop array 46 Skin art, for short 48 Lubricate

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continued from page page 00 39 continued from books, usually meant to accompany another set of art. In some cases, he is able to make special shopping trips within those cities to tailor the library to each location — as when he collected Arabic books throughout Beirut that maintained the divinely oddball visual sensibilities of the best books in the “Reanimation Library.”

As far as his standard process for collecting books, Beccone favors a hands-on approach rather than buying online. He shops mainly at library sales and thrift stores — hence the name, as he’s giving these books a second life. Since he’s focused on the visuals, it’s important to thumb through the pages in person, as it would be difficult to learn much about the books’ images just through a standard Internet search.

This exemplifies part of the mission of the “Reanimation Library,” which is to “explore pathways between digital and analog worlds.” The library is organized according to the Library of Congress classification system, which, according to Beccone, is used by most research and university libraries. “One question I get often is ‘Why don’t you use a visual classification system?’ and the answer is, ‘Because it is very difficult to classify images.’”

He describes an exercise he has run with

students. They are given a set of 25 images and 45 minutes to come up with a system to sequence them. “The results and logic have ended up different almost every time,” said Beccone.

Among Beccone’s favorite books in the collection are those that depict concepts of the future that have ended up far afield from the modern world we know. “I’m interested in the ways we try and explain things,” he said. “Inaccuracies, fads, the way language evolves — how the height of modernism often is supposed to be this utoQ pian view of the future.”

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NOTICE OF FORMATION 42-13 PROPERTY LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 11/13/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 42-17 Bowne Street, Flushing, NY 11355 which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

61-10 MYRTLE AVENUE LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/06/15.

Office: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 3000 Marcus Avenue, Suite 3W4, Lake Success, NY 11042. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6943 CENTRAL AVENUE LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/16/15.

Office: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 69-43 Central Avenue, Glendale, NY 11385. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of 82-18 Parsons Blvd., LLC Cert. of LLC filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Oct. 16, 2015. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designed as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 82-18 Parsons Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11432.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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ABACUS ACQUISITIONS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/10/2015.

Office loc: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 57-23 223rd St., Oakland Gardens, NY 11364. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12/04/2015, bearing Index Number NC-000803-15/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) ARIADNA (Last) KIM SILVA. My present name is (First) ARIADNA (Last) KIM. My present address is 39-25 Murray Street, Flushing, NY 113544958. My place of birth is ARGENTINA. My date of birth is April 24, 1997.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Block: 12547 Lot: 14 Mortgaged Premises: 176-25 133rd Road, Jamaica, New York 11434 INDEX NO. 706082/2015 ONEWEST BANK N.A., Plaintiff, vs. THE HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF LEROY G. BISHOP; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; MIGNON SMITH, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF LEROY G. BISHOP; BERYL BRAFF, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF ESTATE OF LEROY G. BISHOP; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; BENEFICIAL FINANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.; BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $544,185.00 and interest, recorded on July 26, 2007, at CRFN 2007000444774, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 176-25 133RD ROAD, JAMAICA, NEW YORK 11434. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: 8/11/2015 RAS BORISKIN, LLC, Attorney for Plaintiff BY: THOMAS ZEGARELLI, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 280-7675

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: C&L EMPIRE 168 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/04/2015.

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 140-19 58TH RD FLUSHING, NY 11355. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of Complete Insurance Brokerage,LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/23/2015.

Office located: Queens County.

SSNY designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 25-31 Astoria Boulevard, Astoria, NY 11102.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

BASILE I LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/30/15. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 89-10 130th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 09/10/2015, bearing Index Number NC-00052815/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) CALVIN (Last) WONG. My present name is (First) SHE HO (Last) WONG. My present address is 150-64 MELBOURNE AVE, #262A, Flushing, NY 11367. My place of birth is HONG KONG. My date of birth is December 29, 1995.

F.R.M.F. 37TH Avenue 2 Family Limited Partnership, a foreign LP filed with the SSNY on 12/16/15. Office Location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LP may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LP, 95-13 120 Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11419.

General purposes.

BASILE II LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/30/15. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 89-20 130th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 104-31 205TH STREET SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412 Block: 10908 Lot: 42 INDEX NO. 702849/2015 JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs. JOHN FOWLER AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BESSIE FOWLER; RUTH MAE FOWLER AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BESSIE FOWLER; MARY FOWLER AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BESSIE FOWLER; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; DISCOVER BANK; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $625,500.00 and interest, recorded on February 10, 2009, at CRFN 2009000039148, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 104-31 205TH STREET SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: August 31, 2015 RAS BORISKIN, LLC, Attorney for Plaintiff BY: THOMAS ZEGARELLI, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 280-7675

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE - Index #: 400421/00. At a Special Term, Part 31 of the Supreme Court, County of New York, held at the Courthouse at 60 Centre Street, New York, New York on the 24th day of December 2015. Present: HON. LAURA DRAGER, J.S.C., MARY D. MING, Plaintiff, -against- GEORGE A. MING, Defendant. UPON reading and filing the annexed affidavit of the Plaintiff, MARY D. MING, duly sworn to on the 18th day of August, 2015, the affirmation of Steven E. Shumer, Esq., dated the 2nd day of October, 2015, the supplemental affirmation of Steven E Shumer, Esq., dated December 2, 2015, and upon the affidavits of Douglas G. Hilfman, dated the 16th day of September, 2015 and the 7th day of November, 2015, by which Plaintiff has made proof to my satisfaction that Defendant cannot be served by any other prescribed method of service with due diligence, and the Court being satisfied by the affidavit on which this Order is granted that a place where Defendant would receive mail cannot with due diligence be ascertained, and upon all the papers and proceedings heretofore had herein, NOW, therefore, let the Defendant, GEORGE A. MING, and/or his attorney(s), Show Cause before the Honorable Laura E. Drager, JSC, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court, County of New York, located at 60 Centre Street, New York, New York to be held on the 9th day of February, 2016, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why an Order should not be made and entered herein granting to the Plaintiff the following relief a) Appointing the Plaintiff as the Receiver, pursuant to CPLR § 6401, of the shares of ownership in/to the cooperative apartment located at 61-55 98th Street, Rego Park, New York, in order to complete the transfer of the Defendant’s shares thereof to the party’s son, Robert Anthony Ming, pursuant to the Judgment of Divorce issued by the Supreme Court, New York County dated February 15, 2001 and the parties’ Oral Stipulation of Settlement, and granting the Plaintiff all powers necessary to execute any and all documentation required to facilitate such transfer; and b) Pursuant to DRL § 237, awarding unto the Plaintiff and directing Defendant to pay the sum of $5,000.00 as and for attorney’s fees associated with the instant application, with leave to apply for additional fees in the future with a money judgment for said amount to be entered against the Defendant; and c) Pursuant to CPLR § 316, directing service of process of the Order to Show Cause pages of the instant motion upon Defendant by publication; and d) Granting such other and further relief as this Court may deem just and proper. SUFFICIENT REASON APPEARING THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Order to Show Cause pages of the instant motion, only, with the index number endorsed thereon in the above-entitled action, together with a notice of publication to Defendant containing a brief statement of the nature of the application and the relief demanded, be served upon Defendant by publication pursuant to CPLR 316; publication to be in the English language in the West Side Spirit Chelsea Clinton News, distributed in the County of New York, State of New York and the Queens Chronicle, distributed in the County of Queens, State of New York which papers are most likely to give notice to Defendant herein based upon the last known New York addresses, once in each of three (3) successive weeks beginning on January 7, 2016; and it is further ORDERED that further mailings or other attempts at service, other than publication, of the instant motion or Order to Show Cause pages are hereby dispensed with for good cause shown. Service shall be complete on the twenty-first day after the day of first publication. Answering papers shall be served and filed in the courtroom no later than February 1, 2016. Reply papers shall be served and filed in the courtroom no later than February 8, 2016. Oral argument is direct. The parties shall appear in court on the return date. Dated: December 24, 2015, New York City, New York. ENTER HON. LAURA DRAGER, J.S.C. Attorney signture pursuant to Sec. 130-1.1-a of the Rules of The Chief Administrator (22 NYCRR) Steven E. Shumer, Esq.

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Gem Sof t ware LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 8/14/15. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 14-16 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11360. General purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1291673 for beer and wine, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer and wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 153-37 Hillside Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432 for on-premises consumption. Jamaica 153 Corp. dba Riko.

Sherpa Partners LLC Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/14/15.

Office: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be ser ved.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Sherpa Partners LLC, 5035 41st Street, Sunnyside, NY 11104. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Green Acre 10615 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 11/12/15.

Office location: Queens County. NY Sec. of State designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and shall mail process to 69-07 Little Neck Pkwy, Glen Oaks, NY 11004.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: LIT TLE VIOLET LLC. Articles of Organization (DOM L LC ) were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/22/2015. 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 C/O Christopher Tang, 72-36 Austin Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of SSUPERETTE DESIGN LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/16/15. Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 44-15 Purves St. #8B LIC, NY 11101. Purpose: Any lawful purpose

Hit That Juice LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/30/15.

Office location: Queens C o u n t y.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 45-57 172nd St., Flushing, NY 11358.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: N HOME, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/05/2015. 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, 89-12 Cooper Ave., Glendale, NY 11385. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Large 1 BR Co-op, with dining area that can be converted into a 2nd junior BR, 4th fl., Board approval, cats O.K. Price negotiable.

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Furn. Rm. For Rent Kew Gardens, furn rm, working gentleman preferred. $165 per week, share bath/cooking, no smoking. 718-847-8993

Notice of formation of Take Out Pest Control, LLC Articles Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/20/15.

Furn Room Wanted Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent Mature Irish working lady seeks of the LLC upon whom process small room to rent, near public against it may be served. trans. Please call 929-239-9790 SSNY shall mail process to Classified Ad Special LLC, C/O United Corporation Pay for 3 weeks and the Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., 4th week is FREE! Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

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Open House Howard Beach/Hamilton Beach, Sat 1/16, 12-2 PM, 102-03 James Court. Newly renov 2 family, semi det, 8 rooms, 4 BR, 2 full baths, full bsmnt, EIK, S/S appli, granite countertops, den/family room, pvt dvwy.

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Asking $479K

Notice of formation of W Equities 991 GP LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 6/16/2015. Office located in Queens county. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: Ridgewood Realty Group LLC, 451 Seneca Ave., Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: Any lawful activity or purpose.

SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY for rent in NEW 2 story brick bldg.

1st fl—400 sq.ft., fully furn. 2nd fl FOR SALE —400 sq.ft. $900/mo ea. Rent

Owner 347-299-2867 Howard Beach, Colonial (New Construction) 3/4 BR, 2 1/2 baths, fin attic, pvt dvwy, deck, lg yard, IGS, new PVC fencing, S/S appli.

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Mike Piazza, as is his wont, showed a lot of class at the Baseball Hall of Fame press conference held at the New York Athletic Club last Thursday. He joked about how when he was playing in the Hall of Fame baseball game in Cooperstown in 1993 he bought an admission ticket to the museum because he figured that would be the only way he would ever get in.

Piazza took a Shakespearian “All’s well that ends well” attitude to his election, but in truth it was an absolute disgrace that it took four years for the poobahs of the Baseball Writers Association of America to give him the requisite percentage of ballots for entry to Cooperstown. His statistics made him arguably the best-hitting catcher of all time and he should have been elected in his first year of eligibility in 2013.

It’s no secret that some of the curmudgeons of the BBWAA took a “guilty until proven innocent” attitude when it came to the belief that Piazza took performance-enhancing drugs even though there was no tangible evidence of that. Some BBWAA members took it upon themselves to become dermatologists as they decided that pimples on Piazza’s back constituted proof of PED use.

I have another theory about why some of the “old guard” of the BBWAA, including a number of local scribes, had it in for him. Mike did

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not create a caste system with the press. He enjoyed talking to those from smaller outlets just as much, if not more so, than with the guys from the dailies. I remember watching a certain dour New York Post baseball columnist steam while Mike chatted with me before a game.

He was also one of the rare players who loved talking about politics, entertainment and travel, as much as he did baseball. For all of his well-deserved celebrity, he is a very approachable, down-to-earth person.

Mets Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wilpon takes a lot of knocks from both fans and the media, and I certainly have issued my share of criticism of him and his team over the years in this column. In fairness, though, he played a key part in helping Piazza get into the Hall.

Mike only received 57 percent of the writers’ vote in 2013, and there was concern that he would not get into the Hall of Fame because of the McCarthy-like whispering campaign against him. Jeff Wilpon took it upon himself to have a ceremony that summer welcoming Piazza into the Mets Hall of Fame. That signaled to the baseball community that the Mets believed in Mike and everyone else should as well.

While it still took three more years for Piazza to break the magic 75 percent mark, he trended Q upwards every year.

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Oversized 50x100 lot, JUST LISTED, 10 rms, 4 BRs, 3 baths, large EIK, FDR, new heating & HW, oversized rooms & plenty of closets.

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4 BRs, 2.5 baths, 1 BR on first level with large living room, dining room, 1 bath, 2nd floor has 3 BRs & 1 bath. Finished bsmnt. with ½ bath & pvt. dvwy., 1 car gar. 30x100

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Custom 50x100 Colonial. 4 BRs, 3 f/baths, granite kitchen with Thermador stove & hood, sub-zero fridge, Jacuzzi bath, balcony, fireplace in fam. room, 1.5 car gar. A spectacular home!

Colonial (New Construction) 3/4 BR’s, 2.5 baths, finished attic, pvt. dvwy., deck, large yard, bsmnt will be Sheetrocked, in-ground sprinklers, new PVC fencing, stainless steel appliances.

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HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD Unique Dentist Office for sale in prestigious Heritage Condo Building! Sale includes: Condo as well as all equipment and supplies.

Ground floor office with separate entrance to the left of the main lobby. Featuring a waiting area - front desk & file area. 4 Operatories with X-ray & nitrous lab, private office & 2 half baths.

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RIDGEWOOD Great Location, in the heart of Ridgewood, walk to Fresh Pond Road train, brick S/D, 2 family, 6 over 5, renovated throughout, full finished basement.

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Located on Canal.

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Brooklyn 337 Amber Street A 40 x 100 gated lot.

Not cleared.

Owner will clear when a contract is signed

REDUCED $209K

Reduced. Unique large Colonial on oversized 40x127 corner lot.

New kitchen with granite countertops, new cabinets & tiled floors, 3 large BRs, 2.5 Baths, 2 walk-in closets, 2-Car Garage, with rooftop terrace.

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• Hi-Rise 1 BR/1 bath, (needs complete renovation) IN CONTRACT ................... $70K • Hi-Rise 2 BR/1 bath, updated kit SOLD!..................... $154,500 • Real 3 BR/1 bath, deluxe garden co-op Asking $195K • Mint AAA 2 BRs/1 bath, Garden co-op, 1st flr, open kit floor plan (move-in) ....$199K - SOLD!

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Lg. legal 2 family Condo Townhouse, 3 BRs, 1½ baths duplex, top flr with large deck, updated kit new appli, also lg. 2 BR, 1 bath duplex, new kit & updated bath on 2nd flr, plus walk-in unit - all new w/porcelain tiles throughout & sliding glass drs to pvt yard, pvt dvwy, 1 car gar, new boiler & hot water heater.

ASKING $649K

HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD Large corner 2-Family, 6 BRs, 3 full baths, 2 halfbaths, full fin. bsmnt, move-in condition. $725K

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HOWARD BEACH OLD SIDE Cape on 60x100 lot, 3 BRs, 2 Baths, Fin. Bsmnt. In Contract in 8 Days!

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Hi-Ranch on 41x100 lot, 4 BRs, 2 Baths.

WELL MAINTAINED

HOWARD BEACH OLD SIDE Det. Colonial, 3 BRs, 1½ Baths, Great Block on the old-side. Potential 4th BR, Full Bsmnt w/½ Bath.

Asking $425K

• Greentree Condo, 2nd floor, 3 BRs, 2 baths, 2 terraces Mint ........................... $309K • Hi-Rise Condo Northgate Building Large 1 BR Condo, 5 Closets IN CONTRACT ..............$184K

APARTMENT FOR RENT HOWARD BEACH Lindenwood Mint 3 BRs, 2 baths, 1st floor

$2,200/mo

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HOWARD BEACH

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH/LINDENWOOD

Large 1 BR Condo in Hi-Rise building, closets galore, laundry on premises, L-shaped Living REDUCED $184K Rm., Dining Rm.

Large Brookfield, all stucco, beautifully landscaped, open floor $690K plan, 4 BRs, 3 baths.

HOWARD BEACH

Lindenwood Condos

HOWARD BEACH HI-RISE CONDO

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

$3,900 per month

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STORE FOR RENT Crossbay Blvd. (off Liberty Ave.) 1,200 sq. ft. store & basement, heat & taxes included

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