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The line grows at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica, where the city opened a Queens vaccine hub on Sunday. It began offering the treatment to nonmedical personnel.

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Queens opens its first vaccine hub The capacity of the center at Hillcrest High School is 7,000 doses per day

by Michael Shain Chronicle Contributor

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s New York expands its vaccine distribution network, the first center for mass inoculations in Queens opened to the public on Sunday.

The line at Hillcrest High School started forming before the 9 a.m. start time.

The school gym has been turned into a makeshift hospital operation with more than 40 inoculation stations — each able to vaccinate applicants two at a time.

City Health Department officials could not

Lines formed early on Sunday outside the gym at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica for the first day of a new mass vaccination center.

say immediately how many people were administered the first dose of the Moderna-produced vaccine Sunday at the new mass site.

Until then, the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine had been limited to hospitals, nursing homes and a few select community centers.

The people eligible to get a jab of the new vaccine had been strictly limited to frontline healthcare workers and those who live in residences for the elderly.

Under pressure from Mayor de Blasio and health officials, Gov. Cuomo said Friday that teachers, cops, firefighters and those over 75 years of age would be eligible to receive their first doses of the vaccine, starting Monday, Jan. 11. The age was later altered to 65 [see separate story in most editions or at qchron.com].

The high school on Parsons Boulevard was one of three vaccine sites that opened Sunday with the capacity to distribute up to 7,000 doses a day. The other two were in the Bronx and Brooklyn, said a spokesman for the city Department of Health.

A yet-to-be-determined number of city-operated centers in Queens are expected to open in the next few months to accommodate more people, the spokesperson said. “But this is the first,” she said.

The first person on line Sunday morning was Cynthia Bennett, a school nurse at IS 77 in

Anna Cucchiara of Glen Oaks, a consultant for the city Department of Health, got one of the first jabs Sunday at the new vaccine center in Jamaica as the city pushes to expand rapidly the numPHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN ber of shots it can provide daily.

Ridgewood and head of the nurses’ chapter of the United Federation of Teachers.

“I was a little nervous, I’ll admit,” she said afterward. “But it was easy peasy.”

In order to relieve the pressure on the city’s distribution system, UFT President Michael Mulgrew announced on Sunday the union was initiating its own vaccination program for teachers and other school personnel in conjunc-

tion with private providers such as NYU and Northwell Health [see separate story].

“Let’s face it,” he told reporters Sunday. “It’s been a struggle” for the city to coordinate the complicated process of administering vaccines to millions of New Yorkers.

About 268,000 shots had been given by 10 a.m. Wednesday, according to the city’s online continued on page 10

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Targeting Covid care for mentally disabled Glendale family’s tragedy inspires hospital bill from Senator Addabbo

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

When Maria D’Amico brought her feverish son, a 30-year-old man with severe Aspergers, into Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center on Long Island on March 27, it was the last time she would lay eyes on him before he died.

Her son Fred’s condition worsened, and he was eventually intubated until the hospital said that kidney failure minimized his chances of surviving, according to the D’Amicos’ account.

At that point, he was taken off life support.

The trauma of Fred’s death left the family with the unshakeable feeling that something could have gone differently if a caretaker was there to watch over him and make decisions on his behalf.

In the wake of the tragedy, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), who represents the Glendale family, has introduced a bill that would intervene on behalf of mentally handicapped individuals like Fred.

“I believe that if I could have been there to comfort Fred, he may have had a different outcome. I also would have been able to help with his intake, inform the doctors of his medical history and discuss his care plan,” D’Amico said.

Maria D’Amico is pushing for a law that would allow guardians to accompany mentally handicapped Covid patients, like her son Fred, in COURTESY PHOTO the hospital.

In early April, Gov. Cuomo’s signed a law that gives hospitals the broad authority to establish rules in response to a pandemic without fear of certain forms of liability. As policy at the West Islip, LI, hospital, as well as many across the state, guardians or caregivers were not allowed to accompany those with mental disabilities through their hospitalization in an effort to stop the spread of Covid.

As a result, hospital workers turned D’Amico away when she arrived with Fred. She was

handed a business card and told that she would have to get updates about her son over the phone, according to Connie Altamirano, a community advocate who has taken on the role of communicating for the family. After leaving the hospital, D’Amico tried to talk to her son through a cell phone that she left with him, but couldn’t get through.

When she reached the hospital staff the next day, she was told that her son had been intubated. Her frequent attempts to touch base with the hospital over the coming days ended up with staff telling her she was calling too much, according to Altamirano.

At 3 a.m. March 31, D’Amico received a call from the hospital informing her that her son had progressed to a point at which the staff could no longer keep him alive due to liver failure. He was disconnected from life support machines.

As was the case for many relatives of those who died from Covid, D’Amico could not visit him in the hospital to say goodbye. The hospital also did not offer the option to video call with him, according to Altamirano.

A spokesperson for the hospital replied that “during the time Mr. D’Amico was hospitalized, New York State prevented visitation at all hospi-

tals. There were exceptions to allow visitation in certain circumstances, including end-of-life situations, which precluded visitors who were COVID positive.”

The spokesperson added that the hospital’s records indicate there were numerous conversations with D’Amico, and attempts were made to contact the patient’s father, but his voicemail was full.

Hospital records also showed that, through an end-of-life exception, the patient’s sister was permitted to visit.

In the wake of Fred’s death, his family got in touch with Altamirano, a Ridgewood activist and sexual assault survivor who successfully lobbied for a bill that requires public schools to teach about child sexual abuse and exploitation in 2019.

Seeking legislative justice for the D’Amico family, Altamirano contacted Addabbo, who eagerly partnered with her to pen a bill that would prevent hospitals from separating the mentally disabled from an essential support person to accompany them for the duration of their hospitalization.

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From first responder to first-time author Howard Beach bus driver and entertainer releases children’s book

by Max Parrott

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As New York City inches closer to the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, the memories are becoming more and more tangible to 9/11 first responder Nick Rotondo.

Rotondo, a retired MTA bus driver and neighborhood character in Howard Beach, decided to channel his experiences by writing a children’s book. “I am a first responder,” which came out last week on Amazon, tells his story about transporting FDNY, NYPD and medical personnel to Ground Zero the day that the World Trade Center towers fell in a way that’s tailored for children.

“Every day now it’s like a little memory is coming back from 9/11,” Rotondo told the Chronicle.

While it may at first sound like grim subject matter, Rotondo’s exuberant personality shines through, focusing on the value of public service.

The story is told in cheery colors and rhyming couplets.

“We’re in such a horrible time. I’m just trying to bring happiness,” Rotondo said.

Also known as Nick the Balloonatic, Rotondo has been providing entertainment at children’s events with comedy and creative balloon animals since before he retired from the MTA five years ago.

He said that he began writing the book after

Howard Beach resident Nick Rotondo has released a children’s book that tells the story about working as a bus driver who transported other first responders down to Ground Zero on ILLUSTRATION BY JOAN COLEMAN; FILE PHOTO 9/11. he did a news interview about the anniversary of the attacks. It brought the memories back.

Without his gigs as the balloonatic due to quarantine, he had extra time to do some creative writing. What started as a poem about 9/11 morphed into the book.

The day of the attacks, Rotondo was driving the M11 bus uptown in Manhattan, when a cop sprinted after the fully loaded bus to stop it in the middle of the street and evacuate it.

The way Rotondo tells it, he couldn’t help but banter with the policeman, whom he would

find and befriend in the wake of the tragedy.

“I said, ‘I’m Brad Pitt’s brother, arm pit.’

[The officer] started laughing and says, ‘What’s your name?’ I said, ‘Nick Rotondo.’ He said, ‘I’m Vinnie Benvenuto. You’re a paisano, eh?’” recounted Rotondo.

Benvenuto told him that a second plane had just hit the towers and that he was needed downtown, so Rotondo hurried down to the 24th Precinct to pick up a group of police and firemen and drive them south of Canal Street until the dust was too thick to see anything.

“It was like going into an Alfred Hitchcock movie,” Rotondo said.

He made about 20 trips that day back and forth, and he continued to pull transportation shifts for a few months on and off, bringing construction workers to the site.

The book doesn’t directly explain the events of 9/11. Instead it makes reference to them, and dives into Rotondo’s job transporting other first responders to Ground Zero.

The illustrations by Joan Coleman incorporate a cast of characters from his family and Howard Beach. Rotondo’s neighbor James Ippolito, a FDNY lieutenant, served as the model for the fireman. His daughter is the nurse. The police officer is modeled after a Howard Beach waitress whom he met doing balloon gigs at Roma View catering, who just became a police officer.

Though Rotondo says that every 9/11 anniversary is emotionally difficult, he likes to focus on the relationships that the tragedy led him to.

Every year, he calls Benvenuto, now a retired police sergeant in Connecticut, to catch up.

Rotondo said that he’s been inspired after receiving messages from people all over the U.S. and Canada singing the book’s praises.

As far as his writing career is concerned, he said “the juices are flowing,” and is planning to write a sequel, “I am a Balloonatic,” in the comQ ing months.

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Slow vaccination start to ramp up at Citi Field Mayor unveils megasite at stadium and eligibility expansion grows

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

January is just about halfway over, but Mayor de Blasio is not even a fifth of the way near accomplishing his goal of vaccinating 1 million New Yorkers in the first month of 2021.

Between when he announced his inoculation goal on Dec. 31 and Jan. 13, only 161,713 people received their shots, according to the city Department of Health. Roughly 269,900 people have been vaccinated since the drug was approved in mid-December, 11 percent of them receiving both doses.

The day-to-day inoculations are inconsistent, but the city did reach a peak on Monday when almost 26,000 people were given their shots. The total shots administered since Dec. 14 only account for a third of what the city has in reserve, however.

Despite the slow start, de Blasio expects inoculations to soar in the coming weeks — he announced Tuesday that Citi Field will be transformed into Queens’ first 24/7 vaccination site beginning Jan. 25. The Mets’ stadium will have the capacity to administer between 5,000 and 7,000 vaccinations a day, he said.

“We welcome Queens residents, we welcome all New Yorkers, we even welcome Yankees fans. There is no discrimination,” the mayor joked, though there will be to some extent: Only groups included in Phase 1a and

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1b will be eligible to receive their shots.

Gov. Cuomo made the latest eligibility expansion Jan. 12 when he announced seniors over the age of 65 could sign up for their shots.

Vaccinations were only opened up to seniors 75 and over a few days earlier, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested states lower the age restriction as a response to the mutated UK strain infiltrating countries

throughout the globe.

“The UK strain is the X factor. The federal government, CDC says the reason they’re moving up the population to 65-plus is because they’re afraid of the UK strain,” Cuomo said Tuesday after revealing 12 such cases have been detected in the state. The country has reported 80 cases.

Last Friday’s eligibility expansion also

includes teachers and child care workers, fire service and police officers, public transit workers, corrections officers and more. The expansion also included homeless shelter staff and residents.

The state Phase 1b expansion was initiated earlier than its projected February start date.

Phase 1c includes those with certain underlying health conditions and other essential workers, both as determined by the state, and is expected to begin in March or April. All other people are placed in Phase 2, which is likely to begin sometime in the summer.

To aid in speedier inoculations, the city launched several Vaccine Hubs, one of which is at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica [see separate story on page 2 or at qchron.com]. Though it doesn’t operate 24/7 like the megasite at Citi Field, it also has the goal of administering between 5,000 and 7,000 shots a day; the hub is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

There is a bountiful number of sources available to aid individuals in reserving an inoculation appointment — the city utilizes vaccinefinder.nyc.gov for locating nearby sites, while the state launched a Vaccinate Hotline Mo n d ay, w h ic h c a n b e r e a c h e d a t 1 (833) NYS-4VAX (697-4829). Individuals can also check their eligibility by completing an online state DOH su r vey at am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov. Q

Teachers rush into line for the vaccine DOE says process should be limited to in-person but relies on honor system

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After Gov. Cuomo announced Friday that he was opening up Covid vaccinations to the category that includes police, firefighters and teachers starting on Monday, the Department of Education and the city’s teachers union both got to work establishing plans to get their overlapping member groups access to the vaccine.

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced that the vaccines would be available for all in-person teachers starting Monday. Carranza posted a tweet on Sunday encouraging all in-person teachers to make an appointment as soon as possible by logging on to the city’s vaccine finder website.

“If you’re a school employee working remotely, please wait for further guidance,” he added.

But the process was not without snags.

Gothamist reported that the DOE is relying on an honor system to determine if a teacher is teaching classes in-person. Teachers, who were confused about the guidance, were able to make vaccination appointments before realizing they were not supposed to.

“Yes, we are being told to go on the honor system of allowing in-person staff to register first. Not everyone is doing that and many made appointments before we were told that also, registering is a nightmare!” tweeted a

teacher’s accou nt with the handle @ D75teacherNYC. When DOE workers signed up for the vaccine, they were reportedly not prompted to say whether they were in-person, just to provide their employee ID. Meanwhile, in a visit to the Queens new vaccine hub at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica early on Sunday, United Federation of Teachers P resident Michael Mulg rew announced the union had reached an agreement with several major healthcare systems that increased priority to the vaccine for its members.

Through the arrangement, the UFT agreed to survey all its members to develop a list of those who want the vaccine immediately, and give priority to teachers providing in-person classes, according to a press release the union sent out.

“Although our agreement with the providers will make it easier for our teachers to get the vaccine, the limits on the state’s supply will mean that not everyone who wants the vaccine will be able to get it immediately. Increasing the national supply will be one of the first priorities of the Biden administration,” Mulgrew said at the press conference.

Within a 24-hour period, around 17,000 teachers in New York City responded to the union’s survey to indicate that they wanted to

United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew attended the opening of the first Queens vaccine hub on Sunday to announce that he had reached an agreement with health proPHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN viders to offer inoculations to members. get a Covid shot as soon as possible.

The union emailed the survey to its members Jan. 11 and has since sent the names of roughly 7,000 teachers and other educators to two partner healthcare providers, the NYU Langone hospital system and EmblemHealth,

which said they had that number of vaccine doses available.

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resident Trump must be completely ostracized from society following his disgraceful actions of the past week, his attacks on our very system of government that are unlike anything ever seen in our history.

So we welcome not only the impeachment launched by the House of Representatives on Wednesday — with the backing of 10 Republicans — but also moves made by the city and private entities to cut ties with Trump. As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday, our own president “presents a clear and present danger to the nation we all love.”

Not only did Trump egg on a mob of thousands that then attacked the Capitol in a violent attempt to stop the transition of power to our next president, Joe Biden, he has shown no remorse for doing so. Instead he has repeated his belief that the election was stolen and claimed he opposed the violence he inspired. On Tuesday he used one of his favorite tricks for spreading disinformation, the old “A lot of people are saying it” fabrication, to deflect, claiming, “People thought what I said was totally appropriate.” Yeah, sure they did. And he insisted a couple times that “we want no violence.”

That’s where we are today. An American president has to tell the press he wants no violence when it comes to his suc-

cessor’s inauguration. And yet due to his supporters’ threats, there are now more U.S. troops on the streets of Washington than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. What a horror show.

So now Trump has become the first president ever to be impeached twice. When or if he’ll be convicted is another matter. He won’t be removed from office; his trial will take place after he’s gone. The point will be to ensure that he can never run again and that history will never forget what he did.

Some, such as Sen. Chuck Schumer, soon to be the majority leader, believe the Senate can take up the impeachment trial right away and still do all the other important things that must be done. We tend to think it should wait, maybe until the new administration reaches the 100-day mark. Biden needs to get his key appointments made, ramp up the government’s response to Covid and begin repairing Trump’s damage to the bureaucracy. He’ll need the Senate to be available for all that.

Meanwhile we applaud the city’s nixing of contracts it has with Trump’s company for things like a golf course and ice rinks. Banks are fleeing from him and the PGA will not hold its 2022 championship at his club as planned. His world is collapsing. He will leave office in disgrace, with only himself to blame. It’s sad, but it’s what must be, for America’s sake.

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t’s taken way too long for the city’s vaccination efforts to get off the ground — it still had only administered 268,000 shots out of nearly 794,000 in its possession as of Wednesday morning — but we’re finally accelerating toward the rate we need to save lives and defeat the coronavirus.

One great leap forward was made this week when Mayor de Blasio announced that Citi Field will become a “megasite” for inoculations, with the ability to administer 5,000 to 7,000 a day.

Credit for that goes to Steve Cohen, the new owner of the Mets, who appears to have brought a real sense of community responsibility to the team, along with a lot of money and a drive to win.

The site joins another at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica and one planned for Corona that will help get us where we need to be. Gov. Cuomo has learned not to overregulate who gets vaccinated, and we expect the U.S. government to improve distribution of doses under President Biden. Mask up, don’t be stupid and you’ll get yours. Home run!

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agree that there are greedy, unscrupulous landlords and developers, many are owners of twofamily homes or small apartment houses struggling to survive. The problem of homelessness is extremely complicated, and there is plenty of blame to go around.

In addition to making homeless shelters safe and clean and providing supportive housing, the real solution to the problem is the imposition of a martial law that will allow the homeless to be forcefully taken off the streets for their own good.

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NYC GOP MIA Dear Editor: As a Republican, I have to tell you how disappointed I am in my party in New York City. I know that they are very strong in upstate New

York, but I do not live there.

I have emailed the head of the Republican Party in Queens, Joann Ariola, and also emailed the Republican Party in Glendale and never heard anything from them at all. No email, no letter to my home, no phone calls — nothing.

I have asked both of them, where is the Republican Party in New York? I never hear anyone from my party address anything that is going on in our country today or anything about the up-and-coming election of a new New York mayor. I know who is running from the Democratic Party, but who is running from the Republican Party? I have no idea. How do they expect to win anything in New York if they do not voice their message?

Can anyone tell me what Republican is running in District 29 for the City Council seat? I have seen most of the Democratic candidates in the Chronicle, but not one Republican. Why is

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Dear Editor: Calls for national unity during the sedition crisis are thoroughly misguided. Trump and his followers have declared war on the Constitution. As the saying goes, those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.

Hitler, whom Trump undoubtedly emulates, was treated leniently after the infamous Beer Hall Putsch and wrote “Mein Kampf” during a relatively short prison stay. The Compromise of 1877 enabled ex-Confederates to overthrow legitimately elected governments, end Reconstruction and institute a terror regime of white supremacy. Like Pearl Harbor, the attack on the Capitol has awakened a sleeping giant and we must stand firm to win through to absolute victory.

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Dear Editor: As a Vietnam-era veteran I am saddened by the seditious actions of our current president and his enablers in their attempt to overturn the results of an election and subvert our democracy. We all swore an oath to support and defend the U.S. Constitution, which we veterans continue to practice. President Trump and his traitorous enablers, by refusing to acknowledge the will of the American people, are traitors to the rule of law, and our beloved Constitution. We need to restore faith in our democracy, and hope that President Biden fulfills his promise to represent all the American people, not just his own selfish pursuits.

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why I was so angry and dismayed to watch Donald Trump incite a mob of rioters into a deadly assault on our Capitol. This was nothing less than an act of sedition, designed to steal power and destroy our democracy. There must be accountability for all those who conspired to undermine our free and fair elections through violence and intimidation. Congress must immediately remove President Trump from office and begin a thorough and tenacious investigation into this attempt to seize power.

Anyone who participated in the Jan. 6 desecration of our Capitol must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

We cannot wait another day. Failing to act now will only invite more acts of treason. Military members have met our duty to this nation; now it’s time for Congress to fulfill their oath and remove this dangerous traitor from office.

Esti Lamonaca Forest Hills The writer is lead organizer for the veterans’ activist group Common Defense.

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that? Did they do anything to voice their displeasure about what Councilwoman Koslowitz is doing to Rego Park with all these new buildings going up, compared to none in Forest Hills?

They ask me for donations, but I refuse to give until I hear just one Republican speak out about something that is going on in our country and in New York.

I am sure that they could get someone to be on Fox News, OAN or Newsmax. It would be nice to see and hear. I heard the Republican in Staten Island speak up, but she was the only one.

Sad day for the Republican Party in New York City for me.

Kathleen Schatz Rego Park

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LETTERS TO THE continued from previous page anny of the motivated few changing forever the lives of the many. Democracy can be destroyed by the human termites who trade in fabrications and the repetition of lies. Lies are like cancers that continually spread.

They become the accepted currency of those who find no benefit in the truth.

Two police officers died as a result of the Capitol invasion. The felony murder rule permits any defendant to be charged with first-degree murder for a killing that occurs during a felony, even if the defendant is not the killer. Every one of the attackers and those who incited the terrorists to invade the Capitol should be subject to being charged with murder.

This is one of those moments in a nation’s life that will define its future. Those who consider loyalty to an individual supreme to their devotion to the country must be forever vilified.

Ed Horn Baldwin, LI

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Condemn and move ahead Dear Editor: Women Creating Change condemns, in the strongest terms, the violence that took place in our nation’s capitol on Jan. 6 while Congress gathered to certify the results of our democratic election, as voiced by the American people. WCC supports and actively encourages all individuals to raise their voices and advocate for the policies they believe in. But the attempt to halt a constitutionally mandated electoral count by a Joint Session of Congress and violently subvert the will of the American people by overturning election results is not civic engagement — it is, by definition, an insurrection.

Although the congressional session was interrupted, we are glad that members were able to return to the very room from which they were evacuated hours before to make their voices heard, fulfilling their constitutional duty and certifying the 2020 election results.

Our country was tested, but there is reason for hope. The enthusiasm and historic turnout for the Georgia Senate runoff races makes us optimistic that civic engagement will continue to be a priority for Americans for years to come.

Today we reflect. Tomorrow we move forward together and begin the work of rebuilding a stronger and more united nation.

Carole Wacey President and CEO Deborah Martin Owens Board Chairperson Women Creating Change Manhattan

A riot of hypocrites Dear Editor: Dear leftist radical sympathizers in Congress, You understandably became irate when hooligans broke into your place of business, threw papers on the floor, stole a laptop,

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stole a lectern, sat in your chair, shoved and in two or so cases were criminally assaultive.

And, you returned to your very same place of business to complete your nefarious work later that very same day.

Why weren’t you irate when goons broke into and looted and burned thousands of small businesses, criminally assaulted hundreds of innocent citizens and police and murdered a dozen or more people, robbing thousands of hardworking citizens of their livelihoods and many of their health forever?

Why didn’t you condemn them in the strongest possible terms?

Why did you support those feloniously assaultive abusers and arsonists?

Why weren’t you irate for others?

At least 75 million Americans are sincerely perplexed.

Howard Neiman Hillcrest

Collectivism won Dear Editor: The senatorial runoff election in Georgia was not so much an assessment of President Trump but in the context of the basic conflict in the world today, individualism versus collectivism, voters made a choice. The stated policies and declarations by the Democrats are unambiguous and portend far-reaching changes to our republic. Note Sen. Chuck Schumer’s pronouncement “Now we take Georgia, then we change America.”

The Democrats have proposed free healthcare for all including illegal aliens, changes to the Electoral College and the number of Supreme Court judges, People who claimed they are not racist and said there is no such thing as gender demanded a black female vice presidential candidate.

They also propose people who have never been to college pay the debts of students who took out huge loans and people who never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves.

I am confused by the hostility of family and friends who have become so hate-filled that they agree with opinions they would never express as their own. Everything is about to change: America has chosen and will get what it deserves.

Ed Konecnik Flushing

The benefits of Biden Dear Editor: At noon on Jan. 20, folks ’round the globe will sing, “Joy to the world ... Joe Biden has come.”

Mr. 46 will return America back to the Paris climate accords and provide effective NATO leadership. Biden will end Trump’s America First isolation foreign policy and his executive skills will win World War III, the coronavirus pandemic.

In my view, the Biden presidency will best be remembered for restoring the soul of America.

Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

resiliency in 2021

Community Board 10 head wants federal government to take reins

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

As the Hamilton Beach rezoning winds its way through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, coastal resiliency continues to be the most impactful issue concerning the greater Howard Beach and Ozone Park area, according to the head of its community board.

“The ongoing issue in Howard Beach on the major scale is what can we expect will change in attitude towards resiliency efforts that are much needed [and] that require federal funding,” said Community Board 10 Chairperson Betty Braton.

With a Democrat soon in power in the White House, and an incoming Senate majority leader from New York, Braton is hoping that the federal government might make some extra funding available for Queens’ environmental issues and take the reins on a number of resiliency efforts around Howard Beach, including f lood gates in Jamaica Bay and assistance with flood insurance for homeowners.

Another environmental issue for the neighborhood involves a set of solar panels that are set to be built over a JFK Airport parking lot starting over the next year that will power the AirTrain and send electricity to the Queens power grid.

The project is expected to produce 12.3 megawatts of electricity and will come with 2.5 megawatts of battery storage.

Braton wants to ensure that residents in her district, which neighbors the airport, actually see the benefit in being able to purchase solar energy from that source and reduce their energy costs. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has said that solar energy will be available to residents who are low-and-moderate income, but it has not defined the income levels that will qualify people for those categories.

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Mulgrew said the union was responding to urging from Gov. Cuomo.

“He told us let’s figure out how to make this work faster,” the union leader said.

“That’s what we did.”

Sunday’s early-morning opening was not without its glitches. Scores of health workers who’d signed up in the prior week were sent emails assigning them appointment times but not the scannable AR code required to enter the gym.

Coordinators for the Health Department

Community Board 10 Chairperson Betty Braton said that environmental concerns continue FILE PHOTO to top the list of issues in 2021.

With the effects of Tropical Storm Isaias on Ozone Park in recent memory, Braton would also like the city to focus on minimizing tree damage and figuring out how to adequately maintain the condition of street trees in the district.

In the wake of the storm, Braton pointed out that South Queens Community Districts 10, 12 and 13 have consistently ranked to have the most power outages for years, likely due to a combination of above-ground power lines and poor tree health.

Community Board 10 also has ongoing park improvement projects at Frederick B. Judge Park and Police Officer Edward Byrne Park in South Ozone Park.

Now Braton would like to initiate some at Ozone Park spaces like Rocket Park and Indian Fields.

“I kind of do [parks projects] like in a circle-around. This one’s done, now the next Q one, and the next one,” she said. spent the first hours coaching frustrated people on line how to find on their cell phones the code that certified their identities and eligibility.

Rahmin Master, 68, who works at a doctor’s office in Elmhurst, was among those who arrived early only to discover when he went to the head of the line that he hadn’t been sent the scan code.

“I’m just happy they got it straightened out,” he said.

On the first day of operation, the wait time and check-in process otherwise averaged only about 10 minutes.

After the jab, people were asked to sit in an adjacent room for 15 minutes to make sure they had no adverse reaction to the vaccine. Q

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Borough President Donovan Richards is accepting applications from people interested in serving on one of Queens’ 14 community boards.

The deadline to apply is Feb. 19. For the upcoming round of appointments, the two-year unsalaried term of service begins April 1.

People who had already submitted a paper application prior to the launch of a new electronic application must reapply online.

Visit bit.ly/3bCAuNM for the membership application.

The online application must be completed in one session. People cannot create an account to save and continue the application later.

Those interested should have a resume or short bio prepared to upload and attach as part of the application.

Failure to meet word count requirements will result in an error message when attempting to submit it.

Community boards work in an advisory status on quality-of-life issues, land use and zoning projects, public safety and capital and expense budget items. Q

Funding the needs of Little Guyana “It’s a catch 22, where they want a strong nonprofit, but they have not historically funded one. That’s a precondition to applying and getting capital funds and putting together a proposal that results in a community center.

So you need the expense side to get the capital side,” said David.

Economic recovery in the neighborhood would be greatly aided by a branding effort.

David pointed out that while Little Guyana, an ethnic neighborhood centered at the intersection of Liberty Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard and stretching along Liberty from Cross Bay Boulevard to the Van Wyck Expressway, does not have the cultural cachet of other ethnic corners of the city, it’s not for lack of delicious food and unique atmosphere.

David proposed investments, both marketing and beautification efforts on Liberty Avenue to help with the resurgence of the community’s economic hub.

“I’d love to see something that equals Chinatown in terms of its branding,” David said.

He added that as the neighborhoods recover from the pandemic, it’s going to be important to have a conversation about improving their health infrastructure. He described the crowds at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, the area’s sole hospital.

“I’d love to see a better-funded hospital and that could mean expanded beds, or it could mean just better funding,” David said He added that the pandemic’s effects on the area would make it an appropriate place for a Q Covid memorial.

Hub of Covid spread too often forgotten, Richard David says

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

A new year means a new chance for the city to restore much-needed resources to Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park, according to Democratic District Leader Richard David, starting with vaccine priority.

In conversation with the Chronicle, David, one of the Democratic leaders for Assembly District 31, said the city needs to do more to combat the neighborhood’s Covid toll immediately. In the longer term it needs to do more to support the area as a hub of South Asian and Indo-Caribbean culture.

As of Monday, 11419, the ZIP code straddling Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park had the highest seven-day positivity rate for any in the city. ZIPs 11417 and 11420, encompassing Ozone and South Ozone Park, were the fourth and fifth. Yet none of them made it onto the list of priority neighborhoods that the mayor released at the end of December.

“My ZIP code should have been a vaccine priority neighborhood. It wasn’t. That’s bizarre,” said David, whose district overlaps with 11420 — one of several South Queens ZIP codes that have seen continuously high

District Leader Richard David hopes that the city will do more to support the Indo-Caribbean and South Asian communities in South FILE PHOTO Queens in the new year.

Covid rates since October.

“In the new year I want to see testing in 11420,” he added. In mid-November, the city opened a testing site at the Lefferts Library in the adjacent ZIP code, but David said the cluster of cases in that area calls for another city-run site there.

Forecasting ahead to a future when the city gets the pandemic under control in the area, David raised the idea of a community center aimed at serving the Indo-Caribbean community, something that he said has been appearing on the Queens Community Board 9 statement of needs for years.

The lack of Indo-Caribbean nonprofits in the area has remained an impediment to the project because it’s something the city usually wants prior to creating a center.

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Ambitious agenda in tightest of times Cuomo outlines Covid plans, biz revival and closing a $15B deficit

by Michael Gannon Editor

All Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature need to do is continue to combat the Covid-19 pandemic; reopen businesses safely; move forward on green infrastructure, decisive marijuana legalization and sports wagering; and do so with a projected budget deficit of $15 billion or more.

Cuomo began laying out his battle plans Monday during a multiday State of the State address series “There are moments in life that can change a person fundamentally — sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse,” Cuomo said.

“Likewise, there are episodes in history that transform society and Covid is one of those moments. We see the risk and peril, but we also see the promise and potential of this moment.

This next year we will see economies realign and reset around the world and New York will lead the way.”

Cuomo, according to a transcript available on his official website, on Monday said the federal government must deliver for the states quickly, specifically before New York’s budget is due on April 1.

In a remark apparently aimed at the Legislature, he also said the state cannot simply tax its way out of the economic hole.

“To close our $15 billion budget gap on our own would require extraordinary and negative measures,” Cuomo said. “Imagine this: If we raise taxes to the highest income tax rate in the nation, on all income over $1 million — billionaires, multi-millionaires, millionaires — any income over $1 million, we would only raise $1.5 billion.”

He said postponing a middle-class tax cut would save another $500 million, while freezing labor contracts would add another $1 billion. A 20 percent cut in education aid would save $5.2 billion.

“Even after all of that pain, we would still

In his State of the State address, Gov. Cuomo said great initiative, greater amounts of Covid-19 testing and great amounts of federal aid are necessary for New York to safely move forward and PHOTO COURTESY NYS revive its economy. need billions in cuts to healthcare in the middle of a pandemic. We would need to borrow billions at the cost of future generations. It would be devastating to all New Yorkers.”

Building on decriminalization laws passed in 2019, Cuomo is proposing the creation of an Office of Cannabis Management to oversee a new adult-use marijuana program.

Final legislation has been derailed thus far by disagreement between Cuomo and groups within the Legislature as to how the state’s proceeds from marijuana sales and taxes should be divided [see separate story in some editions or online at qchron.com].

He stated cannabis legalization will create more than 60,000 new jobs and spur $3.5 billion in economic activity and more than $300 million in tax revenue when fully implemented.

Saying that an industry study found that nearly 20 percent of New Jersey’s sports wagering revenue comes from New York residents, the governor wants the New York State Gaming Commission to issue a request for

proposals to select one or more providers to offer mobile sports wagering in New York.

The platform would be required to have a partnership with at least one of the existing licensed commercial casinos. The commission will also require any entity operating mobile wagering apps include safeguards against abuses and addiction.

As for existing businesses that have been getting slammed for nearly a year, the governor said efforts making Covid-19 testing far more available with faster results will help businesses reopen faster and more safely.

Cuomo also outlined new efforts to vaccinate residents and protect commercial tenants from eviction.

Cuomo is proposing a Medical Supplies Act that will give priority to personal protective equipment manufactured in the United States, saying much of the delay in outfitting New York’s frontline Covid-19 responders was due to overreliance on equipment made overseas.

He also wants legislation to make the use of

telehealth technology easier and more patient-friendly.

Cuomo also is looking to recruit 1,000 people including active and retired healthcare professionals, students from medical, nursing and public health scholastic programs and others to form the nucleus of a public health corps to assist with Covid-19 vaccinations programs.

Cuomo also intends to codify a moratorium on commercial tenant evictions until May 1, matching a law he recently signed to protect residential tenants.

And he said he will advance legislation that extends early voting hours from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends as well as on a minimum of three week days during the ten-day early voting period.

He also wants the Legislature to pass “no excuse” absentee voting legislation again so it can go to referendum this fall.

This week the state Senate passed four related measures, two sponsored by Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and two by Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria).

Cuomo’s office did not respond to a request for comment as to whether he supports the bills or has his own legislation or some sort of compromise in mind.

As part of his business revival package, the governor wants to jump-start the state’s arts community with a series of pop-up performances and events.

Cuomo’s statement said the state has lined up more than 150 entertainers, including Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Renée Fleming, Wynton Marsalis and Hugh Jackman, who will join a public-private partnership that includes the New York State Council on the Arts and performing arts organizations throughout the state.

In a related initiative, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has agreed to join the state in a program aimed at putting 1,000 artists back to work and investing in dozens of smaller arts Q organizations.

Cuomo: Businesses, economy can’t wait

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“We need to begin to act now.”

Gov. Cuomo, in his State of the State address on Monday, said the state cannot afford to wait for its entire population to be inoculated against Covid-19 to begin reopening businesses.

A struggling state economy and a looming $15 billion budget deficit lend credence to his warning.

But he said the development of faster testing and its widest possible distribution will be essential to reopening businesses.

“If we don’t, dining will remain at levels too low for restaurants to survive,” the governor said in a transcript of his remarks found on his official website. “Offices will remain empty, hurting the service businesses that depend on those office workers. Theaters and sports venues will sit empty. People will remain out of work, with all the psychological as well as financial trauma that entails.

“Testing is the key to reopening our economy before the vaccine hits critical mass. Rapid testing poses great possibilities. It can be completed in as little as 15 minutes.”

Queens business owners and advocates have often questioned Cuomo’s support for businesses in the city.

An informal survey this week showed deep concern.

“It may be a little late in the game,” said Glenn Greenidge, executive director of the Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District in Jamaica. “But I think it’s important that we take a look for the businesses that are still around. The pandemic has changed how we look at normalcy. We need to see who is still viable and who can fill the void that’s going to be there to be filled.”

Raquel Olivares, executive director of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District, said she has a lot of restaurants among her members along the 25-block corridor of

Jamaica Avenue.

“They wonder why they haven’t been able to open [for indoor dining] when other places in the state have,” Olivares told the Chronicle.

“We can’t survive on delivery and takeout. A lot of people will be closing. A lot of people tell me they can’t pay the rent. That’s a problem.”

Olivares said one of her members also has a restaurant in Eastern Queens.

“The only way he has been able to stay in business is by using all his savings over 20 years,” she said. “People are struggling.”

Elizabeth Lusskin, president of the Long Island City Partnership, said her group has been doing what it can.

Her organization has been encouraging people from the start to order local takeout food and shop at neighborhood stores whenever and wherever online ordering and curbside pickup is possible in order to keep merchants afloat.

“I think it is really important to support businesses,” she said. “Winter is going to be a

tough time. We’re encouraging people to double down and do whatever they can to drive business to our businesses. Obviously safety is important, but safety has been at the top for all of us.”

Cuomo, in his speech, said the state has tried to strike the safest and most reasonable balance with health and economic activity from the beginning.

But he also said it remains up to people to continue to follow the safest practices.

“We have always understood the COVID reality: that the options for the economy are not to fully open or fully close, but rather to strike a new model of balance where we use science and technology to re-open the economy,” the governor said.

“It was never either/or — it was always both,” he added. “And safe and smart is not determined by action of government alone but by the action of the people — New Yorkers Q themselves will determine our future.”

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Inside the riot: ‘I texted my family that I love them’ Queens lawmakers hunkered down to escape MAGA invasion during debates

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

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t’s a really sad day for our country that it’s come to this,” Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Suffolk, Nassau, Queens) said from a secure, undisclosed location during the Jan. 6 attempted coup in the nation’s Capitol. The lawmaker had been escor ted, along with dozens of colleagues and building staff, to a location so secretive he wasn’t even sure where he was, in order to escape the Trump supporters who had stormed the building.

Suozzi hopped on a conference call with reporters to share the experience as it unfolded: Lawmakers had been debating whether to ratify the electoral college votes that would secure Joe Biden as the 46th president of the U.S. when Capitol police received alerts that anti-Biden protesters, or Trump supporters, had pushed back security and were inside the building.

Elected officials were told to be prepared to use gas masks that were under their seats because tear gas had been deployed outside the chamber doors. Suozzi watched secu r it y bar r icade the doors, which were being rapped on from the outside. Officers had their guns drawn as the officials exited from another egress.

“I think there was shots fired, but I don’t know for sure,” Suozzi said at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. “It sounded like a ‘pop, pop, pop’ but I don’t know if that was tear gas outside the door or banging poles on the door.”

Shots had been fired at one point during the incursion. Ashli Babbitt from California had been killed by security as she stormed t ow a r d t h e Ho u s e c h a m b e r through a broken window wearing a Trump f lag as a cape. Three

Rep. Grace Meng shared a photo of her makeshift barricade in a Capitol room during the riot left. Trump supporters swarmed the Senate floor and overtook the podium where Vice President Pence had been sitting just moments REP. GRACE MENG PHOTO / TWITTER, LEFT; STEVEN NELSON PHOTO / TWITTER before. other rioters died as a result of “medical emergencies” during the riot, Capitol police said, including one man who accidentally tased himself.

One Capitol police officer died as well after being injured during an attack by the assailants. Video taken from the scene shows rioters dragged officer Brian Sicknick down the outside stairs before beating him with American and pro-police flag poles.

Despite the chaos, Suozzi said he wasn’t scared because he and other evacuees were f lanked by security indoors. Other representatives had drastically different experiences, however. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) was alone in another room near the chambers when the swarm invaded.

“I just texted [my family] that I love them,” she told CNN the next day on how she made her goodbyes. “They said the same thing and we said we were pray-

ing for each other.”

R ioters were r ig ht outside Meng’s door. She could hear them running through the halls, shouting “USA!” She pushed as m u c h f u r n i t u r e a s p o s s i bl e against the door, turned off all lights and hunkered down for nearly six hours, after which she was removed by security. She watched footage of the invasion on the room’s television, which she kept on mute because she was afraid to make any noise.

While Meng watched events unfold from her television and Suozzi received updates via social me d ia , Re p. G r egor y Me ek s (D-Queens, Nassau) watched the breach happen in real time from his office window, which directly faces the Capitol building, from safely across the street. Meeks and several other colleagues sheltered in place and noticed the difference in reaction from police compared to the Black Lives Matter protests

that took place in June.

“In my mind there’s no question that if the complexion of the individuals were different that caused this there would have been a different result,” he told PIX 11. In May, the National Guard was deployed before Black Lives Matter marches began, but troops were not called into the Jan. 6 riot until after the MAGA supporters made it into the building. At 8 p.m., Gov. Cuomo announced he sent 1,000 members of the New York National Guard to DC for “up to two weeks to aid and facilitate the peaceful transition of presidential power.”

After about six hours, the invaders were finally removed from the Capitol. With a rejuvenated vigor to certify the electoral ballots, the representatives continued their ratification duty well into the night.

“The people have spoken, the Electoral College has spoken, the courts have spoken. Joe Biden is

going to and will be the next President of the United States. He will be sworn in on January 20,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens) said, calling the rioters “traitors.”

All four aforementioned members of Congress and the other th ree representing Queens — Reps. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens), Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx, Queens) — as well as hundreds of others, have called for Tr ump’s removal from off ice, especially following the release of his video to Twitter in which he told the rioters that they were “special” and that he “loved” them.

As of Jan. 13, 223 House members had called on Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove the president.

Because Pence rejected the action, Congress has gone forward with introducing an article of impeachment. The resolution, introduced

by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), alleges that Trump incited the assault by making false claims that the election was fraudulent and unacceptable, notably stating that “if you don’t fight like hell you’re not going to have a cou nt r y anymore.”

Trump’s impeachment is supported by both Democrats and Republicans, including high-ranking GOP leaders such as Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wis.) despite there being less than one week left in his presidency.

“The President’s dangerous and seditious acts necessitate his immediate removal from office,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said in a Jan. 7 joint statement. Q

Forgivable loans for small biz reopened

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

The federal Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, which provides forgivable loans to companies suffering due to the pandemic, has reopened for another 73 days.

The initiative had closed in August, but the second coronavirus relief package passed Dec. 27 allocated $284 billion to reopen the small business assistance program until the end of March. The second round of forgivable loan applications began Jan. 13.

Businesses that participated in the first round of loan distribution can qualify for the second, but they must: • employ 300 or fewer employees; • have used or will use the full amount of their first Paycheck Protection Program loan; and • demonstrate at least a 25 percent reduction in gross receipts in the first, second or third quarter of 2020 relative to the same three months in 2019.

First-time borrowers can also apply for the forgivable loans, and may employ up to 500

workers.

To qualify for loan forgiveness, all participating businesses must use 60 percent of the funds for payroll expenses and the remaining 40 percent for nonpayroll expenses such as rent, mortgage or utility payments. Eligible expenses have been expanded since the initial round to include personal protective equipment and supplies costs that are essential to business operations.

Nonprofit organizations and housing cooperatives were not eligible for the first round of loans, but are encouraged to apply for the

reopened program.

Since the initial program, loan forgiveness for expenses has been extended to 24 weeks, the rehiring deadline has been lengthened, loan terms have been extended from two to five years and full access to payroll tax deferment for businesses that take Paycheck Protection Program loans has been ensured.

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Feds say Eduard Florea sought an armed caravan to Washington, DC by the Queens Chronicle The FBI raided a Middle Village home Tuesday, arresting a 40-year-old man on a weapons possession charge after he allegedly made online threats to organize an armed caravan to the Capitol.

Eduard Florea was arrested at his home on 76th Street near Juniper Valley Park by members of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task and the NYPD. Florea does not appear to have been a participant in the violent takeover of the U.S. Capitol last week by pro-Tr ump demon st r at or s, police of f icials t old reporters.

Authorities, however, detected messages he allegedly posted online talking of traveling to Washington, DC, to disrupt the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden next week.

Florea, identified as an information technology worker by the Staten Island Advance, served a one-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2014 to possessing a cache of illegal weapons and assaulting his wife, according to the newspaper.

He reportedly claimed online that he was a member of the Proud Boys, a far-right, male-only political organization.

Florea was scheduled to make a virtual initial appearance Wednesday afternoon in

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FBI arrests man after alleged online threats

The FBI arrived in Middle Village Tuesday, along with police, arresting Eduard Florea on a weapons possession charge after allegedly making threats online about taking an armed caravan to the Capitol. Authorities said Florea does not appear to have taken part in last week’s riot at the READER PHOTO, ABOVE; QUEENS CHRONICLE PHOTO, LEFT Capitol building in Washington, DC. Brooklyn Federal Court, a law enforcement source said.

He was living on Staten Island at the time of his previous arrest. Neighbors said Florea had lived in Middle Village for only a few years.

The two-family house where he rented the basement apartment was sold in 2017 for $1 million, according to city property

records.

Online real estate ads indicated the rent was $2,300 a month for the two-bedroom apartment.

Neighbors said the upstairs tenants, a woman and two children, left the house following the raid.

An old-model Pontiac Trans Am with two flat tires and without license plates was

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City announces end to G&T exam

Retired officer High stakes test will be given one last time in the spring indicted

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

This spring will be the last time the controversial Gifted and Talented exam is offered in New York City’s public schools, Chancellor Richard Carranza announced Tuesday.

The move marks the latest attempt by the mayor’s office to make a sweeping change in the way that the country’s largest public school system handles screened admissions.

Admission to the gifted and talented program is determined by a high-stakes exam, which is administered to children as young as four.

The issue has been a flashpoint of advocacy on both sides. Critics, like de Blasio, have said the exam does more to expose preparation and family resources than innate talent. Supporters for the exam have argued for its expansion.

“Gifted & Talented programs serve a small percentage of children—but we know many more New York City Schools students are exceptional,” tweeted Carranza on Tuesday evening.

At his press event Wednesday morning, de Blasio expanded on his plans saying that he and Carranza decided not to cancel the test for the coming spring because they

New York Public Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced Tuesday that the city would not offer the gifted and talented exam FILE PHOTO after this spring. knew that many parents had already put resources into preparing their children for the test and they wanted to respect that.

Going forward, he said there will be an “intensive public engagement process through the spring and into the summer to really work with stakeholders of all kinds, parents, elected officials, community lead-

ers, obviously our PEP to think through what’s the right approach for the future.”

De Blasio added that he thought that the state of education under pandemic had prepared the school system for this moment because it had pushed forward the type and amount of “individualized education” that schools are able to offer students through the digital medium.

“We’re going to be using the new digital tools to allow teachers to do so much more.

That’s also going to allow us to reach kids with a lot of talent and tailor-make the approach for them,” de Blasio said.

Wednesday morning advocacy groups in favor of expanding the program had already begun to organize against the mayor’s decision. Many such groups had long suspected that the city wanted to end the form of testing this year after it delayed giving definite timeline for several different types of screens throughout the fall semester.

“NYC families want supportive and diverse classrooms where their child will benefit from academically rigorous instruction while also learning with children from different socio-economic, racial and cultural backgrounds,” said Yiatin Chu, co-President of PLACE NYC, a group that has Q fought for the program’s expansion.

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz an nou nced Wed nesday that Dway ne Cha nd ler, 53, has been arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on a five-count indictment charging him with assault in the first degree and other crimes for allegedly shooting a man in the back following a verbal dispute last June in Frenasia, a Howard Beach restaurant.

“The defendant in this case, a retired police officer, endangered people when he allegedly tried to settle an argument between himself and another person by firing his gun in a busy restaurant. The bullet struck a bystander in the back —thankfully, the victim survived. The defendant now faces serious charges,” said Katz.

In the wake of the shooting, the victim lost sensation in his legs and was temporarily unable to move his toes.

Chandler, of Staten Island, was arraigned on an indictment charging him with two counts of first-degree assault, one count in the second degree and two counts of reckless endangerment. The judge ordered him to return to court on Feb. 4, 2021.

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MARCHING ON Queens College MLK event keeps civil rights struggle alive

Queens College’s ties to the civil right s movement are deep and direct. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech on campus in 1965. Andrew Goodman was an undergraduate student when he and fellow Freedom Riders James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan on a dark backcountry road in Mississippi in 1964.

“John Lewis was even our commencement speaker just a few years back,” said college President Frank Wu in an interview last week.

Wu was appointed back in July, and while the pandemic will not allow the school to host its

customary cust cu sto tomar omaryy el elab elaborate lab aboratee ce cel celebration lebrat leb bratio ion n commemorating co ommemorating King’s birthday, he still wanted the first one of his tenure to be memorable.

The school and its Kupferberg Center for the Arts will host “The Time is Now: Forward!”, a virtual celebration honoring King beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 17.

Wu and Zaire Couloute, the Queens College Student Association president, will cohost an afternoon that will include highlights of King’s speech at the Colden Auditorium and video highlights of the school’s history of social activism.

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards will offer opening remarks. Professor Antonio Hart, who serves as director of the Jazz Arts program at

QC’s Aaron A ar aron on Copeland C o peland School Scho ol o l of o f Music, Musi Mu sicc , will w il perform on the saxophone. Vocalist Alita Moses also will perform a selection.

Students Alisha Anderson and Kayra Theodore will present dance and spoken word performances, respectively.

Others scheduled to appear are history professor Deidre Flowers, the interim director of the college’s Africana Studies program; histor y professor Sandy Placido, the inaugural Dominican Studies Scholar at the City University of New York Dominican Studies Institute; and Rabbi Moshe Shur, the former director of Hillel at the college, who marched with King. All will discuss continued on page 19

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He turned pro by 1978 and went on to great success at the US Open and Wimbledon, winning seven majors in a hall of fame career. One of his two brothers, Patrick, would become John’s doubles partner on the court and in the broadcast booth.

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The childhood home of tennis hall-of-famer John McEnroe at 252 Beverly Road in Douglaston, as it appeared around the late INSET FILE PHOTO 1960s. three children, before they divorced in 1994.

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The Covid-19 pandemic might have forced Flushing Town Hall, along with just about every other performance venue, to temporarily close its doors to live performances. But that hasn’t stopped the venerable institution from sharing its appreciation for culture with the world.

Witness Global Arts for Global Kids, a series of online classes geared to introducing young people (and, in fact, people of all ages) to a wide variety of artistic genres.

It’s coming back bigger and better than ever, with additional classes and translations that allow for a wider audience. And it’s free!

The idea began in March of last year, shortly after the virus began to confine audiences to their homes.

In keeping with Flushing Town Hall’s mission, “We’re trying to highlight the diversity of the Queens community,” explained Gabrielle Hamilton, director of education and public programming. “We’re trying to explore the range of arts and cultural experiences of Queens and New York,” she added.

With this in mind, the virtual global arts program kicked off with a nine-week series, spotlighting a different topic each week.

By popular demand, the series is going to be replayed, beginning this week with a look

The Global Arts for Global Kids series is truly multinational. at Colombian music, featuring teaching artist Martin Vejarano, a musician, composer and bandleader.

The first online lesson in the series addresses cumbia, dance music from the country’s Atlantic coast. In a video that runs just over three minutes, Vejarano has his viewers exploring the music’s rhythms, using homemade instruments to demonstrate: a plastic bucket becomes a drum, wooden

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spoons are used as drumsticks, and a shaker is made out of dried chick peas in a glass jar.

In a total of five videos, Vejarano explores different aspects of Colombia’s rich musical heritage.

Upcoming weeks will focus on a wide variety of subjects, among them Chinese, Indian and Mexican dances and African drumming. After viewing each video, athome audiences are invited to have a go at a

post-lesson activity worksheet. This time around, the series is available in the original English version as well as in translations into Hindi, Spanish, Chinese and Korean.

Participants are encouraged to post short video clips of themselves engaged in exploring the various cultures on the Flushing Town Hall Facebook page.

Once posted, the videos will remain on the venue’s website and Facebook page for the entire nine-week period.

Town Hall is also offering additional interactive enrichment in the form of two live virtual workshops. The first, “Meet the Artist,” introduces the weekly teachers to viewers, while the second, “Jam with the Artist,” will allow viewers to “make use of what they learned throughout the week and jam, dance and use the instruments they created,” according to a Town Hall representative.

Each virtual workshop, available to schools and family groups, runs 45 minutes and costs $150 for a maximum of 30 participants. The group leader receives a Zoom link for the live virtual workshop, which can be scheduled to allow participants to work with the teaching artist. Printable certificates of participation will be available.

For further information on Global Arts for Global Kids, visit flushingtownhall.org and Q click on “education.”

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Continuing MLK’s legacy at Queens College

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He wanted to make sure Queens College’s first celebration of King on his watch was a special one, especially his message of diversity and inclusion, particularly at a public college in the most ethnically and culturally diverse county in the country and possibly the world.

“For me, this is personal,” Wu said.

“I was always inspired by his ‘Letters from a Birmingham Jail,’” he said, particularly how King did not confront hate with hate. “He challenged the people who attacked him to live up to their own ideals.”

“We want students to know this is not the distant past,” Wu said. “It’s relevant today. We absolutely must connect Martin Luther King and his legacy with our campus. The most prominent structure on the Queens College campus is our clock tower.

It can be seen from anywhere on campus.

That clock tower honors James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner.

Martin Luther King spoke at Colden Auditorium, and it still exists today.”

Jay Hershenson, vice resident of market-

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at Queens College in 1965, saying “We’ve come a long way but we still have a long way to go.” On the cover: King, center, on the march from Selma to Montgomery with Ralph Abernathy, left, James Foreman, Jesse Douglas and John Lewis. FILE PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS COLLEGE; COVER PHOTO NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY / STEVEN SCHAPIRO ing and communications at the school, said Schwerner’s older brother Steven, also an activist and an academic, formerly worked

at Queens College. He started as director of the counseling center and eventually Q’ became the dean of students.

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continued from page 17 King’s legacy and efforts to achieve racial justice in higher education. There also will be a post-program discussion along with a question-and-answer session.

Anyone interested in viewing or participating can register for the free event online at bit.ly/3bnhtyL. Wu, who is also an attorney and an author, is the son of Chinese immigrants.

His background includes a decade at How-

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Notice of Formation of Prism Outdoor Furniture LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/03/2020. 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: ANDREW SESKUNAS, 41-15 44TH STREET, APT 3K, SUNNYSIDE, NY 11104. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of STUNNER POLISH LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/24/2020. 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: BRANDEE LIGON, 1420 GATEWAY BLVD., APT 2D, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

JOSHUA19 MARKETING LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/17/2020. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

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Notice of Formation of 4JM LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/04/2021. 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: 4JM LLC, 162-30 99TH STREET, HOWARD BEACH, NY 11414. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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HEARING NOTICE The New York City Board of Standards and Appeals has scheduled a virtual public hearing on the following application on January 25 & 26, 2021: BSA Cal. No. 2020-25-BZ Premises: 142-30 13th Avenue, Queens, Block 04435, Lot(s) 27 Applicant: Sheldon Lobel, P.C. Variance (§72-21) to legalize an existing single-family house contrary to ZR §§23-45 & 2348 (side and front yard requirements). R1-2 zoning district.

An agenda listing the specific session (including the final date and time) with call-in details will be posted as an announcement on the front page of the Board’s website (www.nyc.gov/bsa) the Friday before. The virtual public hearing will be livestreamed on the Board’s website and on YouTube. Interested persons or associations may watch online and call in to present testimony during the public hearing. They may also submit a written statement by email to submit@bsa. nyc.gov. For any communication, please include BSA Calendar No. 2020-25-BZ and the property address 142-30 13th Avenue, Queens, New York. The Board’s physical office is currently closed, but please direct questions to (212) 386-0009.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 748 CROWN HOLDINGS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/02/20, 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 the process to the LLC, 50-25 97th Place, Corona, NY 11368. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10-062020, bearing Index Number NC-000519-20/ 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) DEBORAH (Last) BEDWARD. My present name is (First) DEBORAH (Middle) Y (Last) BEDWARD DUNKLEY AKA DEBORAH YVONNE BEDWARD DUNKLEY AKA DEBORAH YVONNE BEDWARD AKA DEBORAH YVONNE DUNKLEY-BEDWARD AKA DEBORAH BEDWARD DUNKLEY. The city and state of my present address are Springfield Gardens, NY. My place of birth is JAMAICA. The month and year of my birth are May 1987.

Notice of Formation of Advance Media Spend Group LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/2/20. 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, 43-01 22nd St, Ste 503, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 6318 Fresh Pond Realty LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/06/2021. 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: GUO HUA LIN, 6318 FRESH POND RD, RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

AMAR MARKETING ENTERPRISE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/24/2014. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Simranjeet Singh, 117-07 95TH Avenue, South Richmond Hill, NY 11419. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Angel Gems LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/30/2020.

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: ZULEIKA CORTES, 53-23 ROOSEVELT AVE., APT. 3F, WOODSIDE, NY 11377.

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AB CURATED TRAVEL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/24/20. 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, 25-15 Crescent Street, Apartment 5A, Astoria, NY 11102. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Ada + Ida Group LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/30/2020. 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: DONNA DAVIS, 2936 MARTIN COURT, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of AWTCS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/18/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, PO Box 312385, Jamaica, NY 11431, NY 11431. Reg Agent: U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

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SUMMONS AND NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 706538/2019 NYCTL 2018-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs, v. LOIS BROWN A/K/A ELOIS BROWN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF PRUDENCE SKINNER DARBY, if living, or if she be dead, her husband, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-ininterest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through LOIS BROWN A/K/A ELOIS BROWN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF PRUDENCE SKINNER DARBY, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LONG ISLAND; EMIGRANT BANK, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. and “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #100,” the names of the last 100 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiffs, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendants. Borough: Queens Block: 12252 Lot: 43 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiffs’ attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Queens County is designated as the place of trial.

The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: January 27, 2020 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Cheree A. Buggs, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated December 11, 2020, and filed with supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose tax liens covering the property known as 161-21 121st Avenue, Jamaica, New York and identified as Block 12252, Lot 43 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax liens. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $18,633.10, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Anthony J. Iacchetta Attorneys for Plaintiffs NYCTL 2018-A Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Collateral Agent and Custodian 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 43643 Telephone No. (585) 758-2110 aiacchetta@phillipslytle.com

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‘I have nothing to review this morning’ Adams slams progress of police reform plan in hearing

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

C o u n c i l wo m a n A d r i e n n e A d a m s (D-Jamaica) ran her first hearing as the chairperson of the Council’s Public Safety Committee on Monday morning, starting her tenure with an offensive against the mayor’s handling of a state-ordered police reform project.

The hearing concerned the city’s Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative, a project that was mandated for all local police agencies in New York State by the governor’s executive order in June.

The order requires police departments to perform a review of practices, and directs local governments to draft a police reform plan that, in New York City, is required to be presented to the City Council for adoption by April 1.

The hearing started out with a conversation about basic logistics. The timeline of the city’s initiative was the first thing that Adams sought to scrutinize.

“The city got a very late start and it wasn’t until October that the administration started the process,” she said in her opening salvo.

Adams said she was optimistic when it was announced the partners in this initiative included Arva Rice, president and CEO of the New York Urban League; Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO and executive director of the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies; and Wes Moore, CEO of Robin Hood — all of whom she has a high opinion of. But despite what she saw as a promising, if late, start, Adams reported that she had not heard anything positive from advocates she had talked to.

“We’ve heard again and again from advocates that they feel totally shut out of this process,” said Adams. “If the police commissioner and the mayor aren’t willing to give

Councilwoman Adrienne Adams expressed disappointment with the city’s progress on a police reform initiative Monday. ZOOM SCREENSHOT weight to their voices, if we don’t allow them to be part of a truly collaborative process, then I fear we’re just wasting our time,” Adams said.

The following conversation bounced back and forth mostly between Adams and Chelsea Davis, chief strategy officer for the Office of the First Deputy Mayor, the agency the mayor put in charge of leading the process. Adams painted a picture of a process that the Deputy Mayor’s Office had handed over to the NYPD to run.

“I’m concerned about the NYPD’s role here. It’s not hard to see that they’re leading this process, but I have yet to see a true commitment to reform from the NYPD. I question whether they can partner with others to reform themselves,” she said.

Davis described the first phase of the plan as a series of eight open meetings, hosted and promoted by the NYPD that consisted of a presentation on police reforms and a conver-

sation with local stakeholders.

The Deputy Mayor’s Office also organized a series of meetings targeting neighborhoods most impacted by policing, often in economically disadvantaged communities of color, and 13 other community meetings with uniform and civilian members of the NYPD. Part of Adams’ disappointment stemmed from the Deputy Mayor’s Office’s lack of communication prior to the meeting.

“I have nothing to review this morning,” said Adams in regard to a list of programmatic goals required by the governor’s timetable.

When Adams asked for a list of those measurable goals, Davis included the “elimination of excessive and unnecessary force, elimination of racial-biased policing, policing that respects that values of New York City,” and “policing that is transparent and holds officers accountable.”

When Adams pointed out that the NYPD has posted all the meetings so far, Thomas Giovanni from the Deputy Mayor’s Office pushed back that the office has been directing the content of the meetings and emphasized that the Police Department needs to be at the meetings.

“I think it would be inappropriate to interpose another agency in between the NYPD and community members,” said Giovanni.

Davis then called on Chauncey Parker, the NYPD’s deputy commissioner for community partnerships, who listed a number of conversations with activists, academics and clergy members that he had been a part of.

“I’m not questioning the work that you’ve done,” said Adams. “We’re trying to bring together this entire collaborative to make this happen for the people of New York and to meet this executive order. So we’re six months out of a nine-month process and really it seems like the only agency that has held Q a listening session is the NYPD.”

Business trash regs in the works

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Plans to divide the city into zones for commercial garbage and recycling pickups continue to wend their way through City Hall for implementation later this year.

As of now, businesses, which are not served by the city’s Department of Sanitation, are free to negotiate with the commercial carter of their choice. The result is that wherever a carter calls home base with its trucks and transfer station, its drivers may have clients spread throughout the five boroughs.

Mayor de Blasio in November 2019 signed into law measures that will divide the city into 20 zones, each of which will be served by up to three carting companies that will be chosen by competitive bids.

One aim is to reduce the number of miles that garbage trucks travel through the city each day and night.

It also is believed that it will shorten drivers’

shifts, an issue that took hold between 2016 and 2019 when more than 20 carting workers and others were killed in accidents involving commercial waste trucks or companies.

Business organizations have opposed implementation, saying it will drive up costs.

The program will be administered by the city’s Business Integrity Commission, which also oversees the city’s wholesale markets.

In an email to the Chronicle, a spokesperson for the Department of Sanitation said the city back in November began soliciting proposals from carting companies about their qualifications to bid on trash zones. Responses are due on Feb. 19.

The DSNY also has proposed a set of rules for customer service, including maximum prices, providing recycling and organic waste collection and other details.

Upon evaluating proposals, the city will enter into negotiations with companies. Each company is limited to a maximum of 15 zone awards.

The initial contract runs for 10 years and two five-year renewals possible. Businesses can negotiate with all approved carters in their zone.

The DSNY would investigate consumer complaints involving their carters.

Unions representing commercial sanitation workers say the changes will improve worker pay, training and safety.

With unionized employees can come the possibility of a strike. Back in September 2019 the DSNY told the Chronicle that its personnel would be authorized to collect trash “under any circumstances that might interrupt work by an authorized carter.”

But the DSNY email this week said “All service contingency protocols will be established through the [request for proposals] and contact development process.”

Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), who has been a key player in the legislation and negotiations from the start, declined to comment Q for this story.

Queens media forum Jan. 19 Queens Chronicle Publisher Mark Weidler will be among the panelists on Jan. 19 for an online discussion on the future of the media in Queens.

Tom Grech, president and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, will join the 2 p.m. panel discussion on how Covid-19 has impacted area media outlets and the communities they serve; how they have had to adapt; and what the future holds for newsrooms and coverage of community news. All are invited to virtually attend.

Jeff Simmons, executive vice president at Anat Gerstein, will moderate a discussion that will include Weidler, Tony Barsamian, editor and publisher of the Queens Gazette; Kate Bliss, publisher at Metropolitan Air port news; David Brand, managing editor at the Queens Daily Eagle; Christian Murray, editor and co-publisher at the Queens Post; and Walter Sanchez, editor-publisher of Queens Ledger/ Brooklyn Star News Group and This is Queensborough magazine.

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Addabbo bill continued from page 4 honoring my son, and making sure that this does not happen again to anyone else.

We just had to go through Christmas without our son, and I do not want that experience for anyone else,” said D’Amico.

Addabbo has since been spreading awareness about the D’Amicos’ predicament in his district. Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) has signed on to carry the Assembly version of the bill.

“This is a piece of legislation that is going to be a priority for me. It means a lot to me, and certainly the family in my district,” Addabbo told Community Board 10 last Thursday.

Altamirano gave thanks to the two South Queens representatives and called on the rest of the state Legislature to get on board with the bill.

“Denying access to families like the D’A mico’s has nothing to do with keeping people safe, because you are actually sacrificing the right of people with disabilities to receive the care that they need,” she said. “Fred’s mother was his voice, and he needed her to be there in order to receive quality care. His civil rights were violated by being left alone.”

Altamirano is encouraging any families with similar experiences to get in touch with her at conniealtamiranopressinquires @ gmail.com or (347) 777-0841.

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First big trade

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Last Thursday the Mets and Indians woke up the somnambulant baseball world with a sixplayer deal that sent All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor and starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco to Queens and dispatching shortstops Amed Rosario and Andres Gimenez along with a pair of minor league prospects, pitcher Josh Wolf and outfielder Isaiah Greene, to Cleveland.

The mood among Mets fans on social media was ebullient and the media covering the team appeared to approve of the deal as well. This isn’t surprising since Lindor has had a spectacular playing career and Carrasco has been a dependable starter. All trades, particularly those involving young talent, need time for fans to determine the winners and losers, and it’s wise to be cautious. Giddy fans should remember the short-lived euphoria over past infielders Carlos Baerga, Roberto Alomar and the late Tony Fernandez, who came to the team via trades. All three proved to be major disappointments.

As marvelous as Lindor’s talents are, there wasn’t any urgency for his services since the team had high hopes for Gimenez, who was the best player in the farm system in recent years and looked ready based on his brief time with the Mets. Rosario may no longer have been the untouchable he once was but he was serviceable.

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was obtaining a quality centerfielder and free agent George Springer is the dream target for management and fans. The Mets may still sign Springer but there are complications. Owner Steve Cohen now has to sign Lindor to a longterm contract extension and he should do the same with homegrown outfielder Michael Conforto, who can become a free agent after this season. The clock is also ticking closer to making a decision on starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard.

Two weeks ago Cohen tweeted the Mets could not acquire American League Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell via a trade with the Rays because their farm system was in shambles thanks to ill-advised trades made by former Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen.

The Padres had the minor leaguers the Rays were looking for and were therefore able to swing a deal with them. The Lindor trade further depletes the Mets’ minor league system.

Blockbuster trades and big-name free agents create excitement but the reality is pro sports teams don’t win titles without developing talent.

Cohen acknowledged this at his introductory press conference by stating long-term success begins with a fruitful farm system, as did the returning Sandy Alderson, who was being upped from general manager to team president.

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