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District 27 fills vans and U-Hauls with donations

Twenty-two schools across District 27 in South Queens joined forces to host a drive for the victims of the Bronx fire that killed 17 people on Jan. 9. In just a few days, students from schools including Scholars’ Academy, above, collected toiletries, clothes and more, which were delivered to the Bronx last Friday.

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Cases down, moving in the right direction

Mayor says city is ‘winning’ against Covid; insists schools will stay open

by Deirdre Bardolf

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ayor Adams said on Tuesday that New York City is “moving in the right direction” and winning the war against the Covid pandemic as cases decline.

In less than two weeks, daily cases have dropped from almost 50,000 to just over 10,000, indicating that the city has passed the peak of the variant surge.

As of Monday, Queens reported a sevenday total of 1,420 new cases per 100,000 people, compared to over 3,800 earlier in the month. Queens had the second-highest number, the other numbers being between 1,000 and 1,500 per 100,000.

In a press conference, Adams emphasized that there is still work to be done in terms of vaccinations and boosters, including kids 12 and over.

“Let’s take full advantage of modern science coming together to solve this pandemic,” he said. He reported that over 16 million people citywide have received their vaccinations and 2.5 million got a booster shot.

Queens remains second-highest in terms of vaccination status, just behind Manhattan.

Ninety percent of the population here has received at least one shot.

Statewide, the seven-day average for cases

Mayor Adams, center, insisted that schools will remain open and that the city is winning against the pandemic, although there is still work to be done. PHOTO BY MICHAEL APPLETON / NYC MAYOR’S OFFICE is down 43 percent and hospitalizations are down 18 percent.

City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dave Chokshi joined in the press conference and noted that hospitalizations are also down.

“We are starting to see a decrease in Covid19 hospitalizations from a total of about 6,500

patients hospitalized citywide on Jan. 11 to about 5,800 as of Sunday, according to state data,” he said.

He credited the push for in-school testing with identifying over 25,000 cases in the schools, allowing students and staff to isolate and break chains of transmission.

Adams insisted that schools would be

remaining open, following questions last wee k on whether the city would move to allow a remote learning option following a push from some teachers, students and advocates.

“We were clear from the beginning, and I don’t want anyone to get this mixed up — ou r schools are going to remain open,” sai d Adams. “We are not going to do anything that is going to stop our children from coming into schools. We say this over and over again.”

Schools Chancellor David Banks addresse d the issue of parents keeping students home because of safety concerns.

He referenced the policy under which students could learn remotely if they were quarantining and said more students would get this opportunity if their teachers were “so inclined.”

“We’re trying to bring more and more o f our students back,” he said. “We wanted to at least provide, as an on-ramp ... some additional students the opportunity to do this asynchronous learning and to maintain attendance in doing so,” he continued.

It was reported last week that the Department of Education updated its policies to not mark those students absent if they were showing some level of participation.

Banks noted that the school attendance rate was about 63 percent but increased steadily in the weeks since Adams took office. It is now Q almost 80 percent.

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Suspect in JFK Sikh hate attack arrested

Assemblywoman Rajkumar declares Mayor Adams the ‘Punjabi mayor’

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

T he Por t Aut hor it y Police Department arrested and charged Mohamed Hassanain, 21, with a hate crime Jan. 13 for allegedly attacking a Sikh Indian man whose turban he tried to pull off 10 days earlier in Jamaica at Terminal 4 within John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Hassanain was charged with assault as a hate crime, assault in the third degree and harassment in the second degree, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

The Sikh Coalition, a national organization that works to protect people of the Sikh faith, the fourthlargest religion in India behind Hinduism, Islam and Christianity, according to data from the Pew Research Center — said the defendant was heard shouting “go back to your country” and “turbaned people” in a derogatory manner.

“We are grateful to the Port Authority Police Department ... for their prompt action on this case, and for recognizing that the attack on Mr. Singh included clear anti-Sikh bias,” said Sikh Coalition Legal Director Amrith Kaur Aakre in a statement.

Anti-Sikh hate crimes increased by 82 percent from 49 to 89 from 2019 to 2020, according to statistics f rom t he Fe de r a l Bu re au of Investigation compiled by the Sikh Coalition.

There were nine religiously motivated hate crimes across the city in 2021 and 12 in 2020, according to the NYPD. Those numbers were not broken down by religion.

“I am thankful to law enforcement, the Sikh Coalition, and all those in the community who have

Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar was in South Richmond Hill over the weekend supporting the Sikh community after an Indian taxi driver was allegedly assaulted at John F. Kennedy International Airport last week. At the event she declared Mayor Adams the “Punjabi mayor” for his swift support of the Sikh community against anti-Sikh hate PHOTO COURTESY NYS ASSEMBLY crimes. offered their strength in this difficult time,” said the victim, who would only go by Mr. Singh. “No one should experience what I did — but if they do, I hope they receive the same overwhelming amount of support and quick, professional action by the authorities in response.”

On the day in question, the defendant said he came to the airport to pick up his girlfriend and that the victim, a cab driver, cursed at him, according to the criminal complaint from the DA’s Office.

“I threw a punch and cursed at him,” Hassanain said, according to the complaint.

Hassanian later identified himself in a video punching Mr. Singh, the complaint says. The victim said that during the verbal dispute, the defendant punched him in the face and body several times, causing the turban to fall off from his head and causing him pain in the chest and arms Singh was later sent to an area hospital.

Sharing his support for Singh was Mayor Adams.

“We are saying in New York, a place of diversity of religion ... this is a place where you must be protected and comfortable to live in peace and

harmony,” said Adams, who attended a meeting with the religious community at the Sikh gurdwara in South Richmond Hill on Jan. 16.

Also in attendance at the Gurudwara (Sikh place of worship), located at 95-30 118 St., was City Council Speaker Adrien ne Adams (D-Jamaica).

“The attack on Mr. Singh at JFK Airport earlier this month was simply reprehensible. Hate has no place in New York City and we need to come together as New Yorkers,” Adams later told the Chronicle via email. “The person suspected of attacking Mr. Singh has been arrest-

ed and charged with assault, and it is critical that there be accountability for this shameful act.”

She also posted via social media that “our beautiful and vibrant Sikh community is key to New York City’s diversity and greatness.”

Alongside the speaker and the mayor was Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven), the daughter of Indian immigrants and the first Indian-American woman elected to a statewide office in New York.

“I endorsed Eric Adams for Mayor outside of the Sikh Gurdwara with the dhol drums playing through Richmond Hill,” said Rajkumar via email. “It was an incredible homecoming when he returned to the Gurdwara this Sunday for the first time as Mayor. I have officially named him the ‘Punjabi Mayor.’ In particular, his swift and proactive response to the hate crimes against members of our community is the best response of any Chief Executive in recent memory. I look forward to continuing to partner with him to end hate crimes and to lift up the Sikh-American community.”

Punjab is the region of India known for its Sikh community, according to Rajkumar’s office. The assemblywoman proudly represents one of the largest Sikh communities in the country, with Richmond Hill often dubbed the “Sikh Capital of the United States.”

Rajkumar sponsored and got passed a resolution whereby New York State will officially recognize April as Punjabi Awareness Month.

Hassanain faces up to a year in prison, but the hate crime element could add to that sentence, accordQ ing to the DA’s Office.

FDNY using OLG for training program

by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

The former Our Lady of Grace School in Howard Beach will now be home to FDNY EMS training operations, according to a letter to Community Board 10 from the department’s community affairs unit.

The training is part of a mental health emergency pilot program from the city called the Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division, or B-HEARD. The pilot partners FDNY paramedics and EMTs with mental health professions. It began in Harlem

and is expanding citywide, which is why it will be using the church grounds starting mid-January.

The FDNY entered a sub-license agreement with the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens, Our Lady of Grace Church, the Department of Education and the School Construction Authority.

The goal is to train the agency’s 4,300 EMTs, paramedics and EMS officers over the next several months, according to the letter.

Training will be held on weekdays in two

shifts, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Instructors and students will use an existing parking lot and the 100th Street access gate. Parishioners will use the 101st Street entryway.

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Two days after a deadly fire tore through a Bronx apartment building, Phoebe Grant-Robinson, principal of the Randolph Holder School for Social Justice, PS 253, organized a donation drive that united District 27 in an effort to assist survivors. More than 20 schools participated in the “D27 SCEWP’s it up & Delivers” drive. The supplies were delivered to the Bronx Field Support Center last Friday.

SCEWP is a D27 acronym that stands for Self-Regulation and Student Agency, Communication/Collaboration, Engagement and Empathy, Work Habits/Organization, Persistence and Perseverance.

Grant-Robinson coordinated transportation with the NYPD’s 101st Precinct and detectives and the Ozone Park Block Association donated U-Hauls.

“Every child in the city is a resident of not simply the borough but the City’s Department of Education,” said GrantRobinson. “And so we’re all connected and binded together.”

“The fact that this all came together in time for Martin Luther King weekend was just profound,” she added.

The student government and Key Club organized the drive for Scholars’ Academy.

“It was amazing to see how our community was able to

Shovel snow, rake in dough The Department of Sanitation is seeking laborers to help clear snow and ice f rom bus stops, f ire hyd rants and crosswalks.

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help in such a quick and timely manner,” said Ehidiamen A., a senior at the school and member of the Borough and Chancellor’s Student Advisory Council.

Amanda P. is the Key Club secretary and Community Education Council 27 student representative. “When we heard about what was happening in the Bronx, we united the community as quickly as possible to promote the donation drive,” she said. “We had to work very fast and efficiently.”

The students groups and faculty gathered toiletries, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, socks, bedding and much — Deirdre Bardolf more.

Food and winter clothes drive State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) is teaming up with PS 229 in Woodside for a drive to collect winter clothes and nonperishable food items.

Until the end of January, Addabbo’s office will be collecting gently used winter coats, gloves, scarves and boots as well as the food.

“I am happy to open my offices up to be drop off locations for this great community event,” Addabbo said in a prepared statement. “Helping families stay warm during the frigid winter months is something we can all get behind. And we

always hear from our local food pantries that they get plenty of food during the holiday season, but the rest of the year it can be more difficult to bring in donations. I want to thank the generous members of the community for their continued support in helping local families in need.”

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P Get kids back in class EDITORIAL

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e agree with Mayor Adams: It’s vital that schools remain open, even as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to infect more people in the city.

For one thing, if you’re not yet aware, new cases are now falling as swiftly as they were rising just a few weeks ago. This was expected. The seven-day average of daily new cases has fallen from a peak above 42,000 to fewer than 16,000 in just two weeks. Check out the city’s case-count graphic and you’ll see the sharpest upside-down V you can imagine, one that looks pretty much like this: . That’s great news. And while Omicron still does take far too many lives, it’s less lethal than previous variants, both inherently and because of our improved treatments. Most of those who suffer the worst have not been vaccinated, and few children are among them.

We also must be sure the cure is not worse than the disease, and keeping children out of school certainly is. As Queens high school social worker Justin Spiro wrote Monday in the New

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York Post, after detailing some of the problems with remote learning, “Allowing an unrestricted remote option would be catastrophic for kids after nearly two years of stunted child development, especially the ‘asynchronous’ model the Department of Education is floating that would resemble March 2020.”

Luckily, Adams agreed, insisting, “We were clear from the beginning, and I don’t want anyone to get this mixed up — our schools are going to remain open. We are not going to do anything that is going to stop our children from coming into schools. We say this over and over again.”

Kids need to be participants in a classroom, not boxes on a computer screen. Those who are ill may isolate. Those with special needs should have them met, as always. But for the vast majority, it’s crucial that they’re in class every day to learn, to socialize, to develop as normally as possible. If conditions change, they can be addressed. Until then, the city must do what it can to get parents on the same page as the mayor.

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t’s Restaurant Week in New York City, and we urge those who have the means to go out and support participating eateries by enjoying a quality meal with friends and loved ones — or to order takeout if you’re more comfortable with that. Much as it did the last time around, the event has morphed into something more like Restaurant Month as the city does what it can to promote these vital small businesses hit so hard by the coronavirus and subsequent restrictions on commercial and social activity.

The promotion runs from Jan. 18 to Feb. 23, and sees restaurants offering discounted prix-fixe specials ranging from $29 to $59. Twenty-five in Queens are participating. Hope you can visit one!

But neither a promotional event nor the battered pandemic-era free market are enough to save the restaurant industry without further help. So we’re in full support of the call put out by Mayor Adams and the mayors of 24 other cities (and three former mayors) for the federal government to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The fund provided vital aid to more than 100,000 businesses nationwide the mayors said, but another 177,000 that applied were turned down. More than 90,000 restaurants nationwide shut down — you probably know personally of several in or near your neighborhood — and the industry lost $280 billion.

Federal largesse is not cost-free — your taxes fund it — but another round of grants and loans for eateries would be a worthwhile investment.

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I have seen, time and again, clients suffer without secure home care, not able to maintain their medication regiments or medical appointments. I have seen clients forced into poor nutrition choices without a home care worker available to prepare healthy meals, and even succumb to injury after taking a risk due to not having a home care worker there to assist with a needed task.

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Simple subway safety Dear Editor: Every subway station platform should have a cautionary safety line painted a reasonable distance from the edge. This line will warn riders of the increased danger of being pushed onto the tracks if they go beyond it.

This safety line might make the policing job easier, also. The police could caution the few who go beyond the line, rather than having several riders massed near the edge of the platform where it is virtually impossible to prevent push-ins.

Also, the line might make the ingress and egress from the train more efficient, which would speed up the commute. People exiting the train won’t have to push through those

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RWP stands against hate Dear Editor: The hostage taking of Jewish worshippers at a Texas synagogue was the latest incident of anti-Semitism in this country. The Asian American/Pacific Islander community saw hate-motivated violence last weekend in Manhattan. Immigrants and people of color across our city face a lack of access to safe housing and working conditions, as seen in the deaths following Hurricane Ida, the recent Bronx fire and the struggles of essential delivery and taxi workers who kept our city running during a pandemic.

Rockaway Women for Progress deepens our commitment to speak out against all forms of oppression, racial hatred and hateinspired violence. We welcome all to join us in helping make Rockaway a community that stands against hate and we stand with our neighbors across the city and country fighting for a more dignified life.

The mission of RWP is to harness our passion, power and intellect to develop and implement strategies that uphold our democracy and protect human rights.

For more information about Rockaway Women for Progress email: rockawaywomenforprogress@gmail.com.

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Dear Editor: Overcrowded hospitals and empty public school classrooms aren’t the only signs of pandemic paralysis. So is the U.S. Postal Service’s poor performance, particularly by the post office in Kew Gardens Hills.

I hear constant complaints from neighbors who don’t get their mail on time or don’t receive it at all. Many KGH residents, especially seniors, depend on the mail to conduct our business. We use it to pay bills, receive payments and get everything from medications to magazines. I have not yet received my January cell phone service and Con Ed bills, as of this writing. My cell phone service provider notified me by e-mail that my account is overdue, but how

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Adams’ early errors Dear Editor: We had high hopes for Eric Adams to get this great city on a fast track to recovery despite the fact that at one of the mayoral debates, he amazingly gave de Blasio a B+ on his performance as mayor.

Though he hopes to work with Gov. Hochul to finally fix the badly flawed state bail reform law, he has stated that he agrees with the recent City Council bill to give 800,000 noncitizens the right to vote legally in local elections.

He was apprehensive initially because the bill called for a 30-day residency requirement, which he now accepts!

This is unconscionable, since this is not legal according to the state Constitution and even former Mayor de Blasio did the right thing by not signing it into law.

When are we going to stop taking our voting rights so cheaply and return to a society that respects law and order?

Wake up New Yorkers, make your voices heard!

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GOP right on voter ID Dear Editor: All 47 countries in Europe, Canada and Mexico require a photo ID for voting. Mexico even has a photo ID with a thumbprint, and when you vote indelible ink is applied to prevent voting twice. Also, all these countries have more restrictions on absentee voting than the US. Thirty-five of the countries don’t allow absentee voting for citizens living in that country.

Democrats keep saying how undemocratic and racist the Republicans are requiring a photo ID, something we must all show to enter certain buildings, open a bank account or get on a plane. They even want same-day voter registration, which is unverifiable, and now they want to permit noncitizens to vote.

As for mail-in voting, even President Obama feared it could be open for fraud if not done right.

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Surge of patients at Jamaica Hospital

Brooks-Powers and Krishnan fight to get more bed capacity, resources

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

Intensive care units are being strained in states across the country because of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

Within four weeks, the percentage of ICU beds in use in New York nearly doubled, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services compiled by NBC. In an interactive infographic map that depicts the stress levels of hospitals nationwide from low to moderate to high to extreme, 34 states and U.S. territories, including New York, measured high, with 30 to 59 percent of critical care beds occupied by Covid patients, according to the NBC report. The Empire State was depicted as having 34 percent of ICU beds in use for the seven-day average of the week of Jan. 13. A month ago, it was 16 percent.

“New Yorkers should take steps right now to protect themselves, their loved ones, and our city from COVID-19,” said city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene spokesman Michael Lanza. “Get vaccinated and get boosted when it’s your time, wear a mask when in public, get tested, avoid large gatherings, especially if you’re at high-risk for COVID-19, and stay home if you’re feeling sick.”

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, located at 8900 Van Wyck Epwy. in Richmond Hill,

Hospitals across the country, including Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, are seeing a surge of patients in their intensive care units, pushFILE PHOTO ing them to high stress levels. expressed the same sentiments.

“Last week, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center encountered a surge of patients who required intensive care beds. In accordance with the Governor’s policy, we partnered with other health care networks to safely transfer patients to facilities that had ICU capacity,”

said a JHMC spokesperson on Jan. 13. “Jamaica Hospital urges everyone who is eligible to get the full dose of the Covid vaccine and the booster. Doing so will better protect members of our community from hospitalization as it reduces the chances of developing complications associated with the virus.”

JHMC did not elaborate on how many patients were admitted for Covid-19 and how many ICU patients were at the hospital for something else, or if it continues to be at capacity in that department.

Councilwoman Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Laurelton), who hopes to increase hospital beds in District 31 (Arverne, Brookville, Edgemere, Far Rockaway, Laurelton, Rosedale and Springfield Gardens), said via email more needs to be done for communities like hers, which lack medical facilities.

“Our district was hit incredibly hard at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we are still struggling to recover,” said Brooks-Powers. “The closure of Peninsula Hospital has left our community with fewer options, longer wait times, and worse outcomes. Local facilities like St. John’s Episcopal work hard to serve the needs of our district, but with each wave of hospitalizations, their resources have been stretched thinner. The Omicron variant has only magnified this crisis, pushing hospitals across the City beyond capacity again in recent

months.

“The pandemic has only made it clearer that we need a new, state-of-the-art hospital in the 31st District. Our communities deserve a more equitable health care network.”

Brooks-Powers, who is the majority whip in the City Council, is in talks with officials and key stakeholders to get a new hospital in her district.

“By bringing a new hospital to the Rockaways, we can rebuild that network, improve the capacity of our hospitals citywide, and ensure that our neighbors have reliable access to quality care,” she added.

Councilman Shekar Krishnan (D-Jackson Heights), who campaigned on working to get more hospital resources for District 25 (Elmhurst and Jackson Heights), shared BrooksPowers’ concerns.

“Like earlier waves, Omicron is straining our hospitals’ capacity,” said Krishnan in an email. “Unlike earlier waves, however, this is due more acutely to the fact that staff are out sick. I am in close contact with Elmhurst Hospital regarding their capacity, and stand ready to support them in any way they need. As a general matter, from bed capacity to resources, our public hospitals like Elmhurst need far more support from the City to address long standing inequities when compared to private Q hospitals.”

Richards seeks a city Covid response office Says testing, vaccination resources must be coordinated in one place

by Michael Gannon

were to get his way, would be placing the Test and Tracing Corps under the new comBorough President Donovan Richards missioner. It now is under the auspices of understands the motivation behind Council Health + Hospitals.

He wants an office headed by a commismembers, state and federal electeds all setting up sites for Covid-19 testing and sioner who would be responsible for knowing which city agencies are doing what, and vaccinations.

But he said at a roundtable discussion on to make sure they are talking to each other Jan. 13 that the city needs to create an office in order to rein in the Wild West allocation with a commissioner to better coordinate its and distribution of personnel and resources.

He compared the entire Covid last t wo yea rs i n response. many ways to “Squid R ichards said a Games” and “Game N e w Yo r k C i t y ovid won’t just be a of Thrones,” in that it O f f i c e of C ov i d memory any time soon.” was almost a zeroRecover y wou ld su m compet it ion streamline the city’s — Borough President Donovan Richards among politicians to response and take get the clinics and unnecessary administrative burdens off the shoulders of the resources that were needed in their districts.

“Now we have a new administration,” Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Richards said. “We need resources distributand NYC Health + Hospitals.

“We were the hardest-hit borough when it ed evenly across the five boroughs.”

The borough president said while comcomes to what this pandemic has done in terms of the loss of life and the many neigh- munity- and faith-based organizations bors who got sick,” Richards said during the stepped up — “These organizations know their communities better than anyone” — virtual meeting.

“Covid won’t just be a memory any time there is a need for one city agency that can soon,” he added. “This is a team effort. We identify gaps and coordinate the citywide response, one person to hold accountable. get through this by working together.”

He said it would eliminate red tape. RichPerhaps the biggest change, if Richards

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ards also believes there needs to be one person reporting to the mayor; one person who can speak before the City Council with upto-date information at his or her fingertips.

And, in line with his desire to smooth out the bureaucracy in the Covid war, Richards acknowledges that any legislation creating the office and commissioner would have to come with a sunset date.

“We’re not going to be out of the woods for a while,” he said. “But I don’t see this office lasting 1,000 years.”

In an email later that day Stefan Ringel, senior advisor to Mayor Adams, told the Chronicle that the proposal would be taken under consideration.

“The administration has received Borough President Richards’ proposal in concept, and we look forward to reviewing it in greater detail,” he said.

Richards said the borough has passed the two million mark for the number of people who have received at least one vaccination.

“It shows our strength, our resilience and our resolve,” he said.

But he also cited disturbing statistics in his call for parents to inoculate their children between the ages of 5 and 11.

“Ninety-one percent of children who are hospitalized between the ages of 5 and 11 are unvaccinated,” he said.

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The person is wanted for reckless endangerment. No injuries were reported.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can submit tips at nypdcrimestoppers.com, or text 274637 (CRIMES) and enter TIP577. All tips are confidential. Tips can also be directed to the 106th Precinct Detective Squad at — Deirdre Bardolf (718) 845-2260.

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Fresh Meadows school goes remote as investigation continues

by Sophie Krichevsky

The school was closed on Jan. 17 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. That evening, another threatening post — under a different user name — appeared on social media.

Following multiple threats of shootings and bombings at In it, the poster holds a gun next to a laptop screen, which St. Francis Preparatory School posted to social media beginshows SFP’s announcement that classes would be remote on ning Jan. 14, the Fresh Meadows school decided to hold Jan. 14. classes remotely that day and on Jan. 18 and 19. It will con“None of you guys took me seriously last time. You wanttinue to do so until the investigation is complete. ed to shut down the school to prevent the inevitable,” the The first post of the sort appeared on Instagram Jan. 14 post reads. “You can not stop me. It will happen. But since at approximately 2 a.m., and depicted an AR-style rifle. In you found out when I was going to do it. This time I won’t addition to tagging a number of SFP students, the perpetratell you.” tor captioned the post, “The day that everyone will feel my The sender proceeded to tag the school’s Instagram page, pain.” as well as several students.

A second post — which also tagged Prep students — feaLater that night, McLaughlin sent an email to parents. tured a pistol. That one was captioned, “January 14th I will “There has been another social media threat,” he said. “Out plate 5 different bombs across the school in lockers.” The of an abundance of caution and for the safety of our stusender noted that one of those bombs may be located near the Dean’s office “so I can kill all them f--kers.” The post An announcement regarding the first two threatening social media posts dents, faculty, and staff while the police conduct their invescontinues: “Since this school has gay f----ts supporting was issued by St. Francis Preparator y School Principal Patrick tigation, we will move to remote instruction tomorrow.” He LGBTQ+ I kill them all tomorrow :) F--king hate all the n--- McLaughlin on Jan. 15.

SFP WEBSITE SCREENSHOT added that he would provide the SFP community with updates upon receiving more information from law --s and Christians at this school.”

After the 107th Precinct received numerous calls about the mined that the post was sent to target a different school not St. enforcement.

Asked for comment, the school referred the Chronicle to posts, multiple units of the NYPD joined school officials in Francis Prep.”

That, however, does not explain why SFP students were DeSales Media Group, which represents the Brooklyn Diocese. investigating the situation.

Adriana Rodriguez, press secretary for the Diocese, shared a According to a Jan. 15 announcement from Principal Patrick tagged in the posts in question. In his Jan. 15 note, McLaughlin McLaughlin, those involved in the investigation include NYPD wrote, “We are confident such students are not associated with statement with the Chronicle: “The NYPD continues to investidetectives, a K-9 unit and members of the Joint Terrorist Task the person who created the threat; unfortunately, social media gate the threat made against St. Francis Preparatory School via accounts that are not set to private have vulnerability.” He con- social media that was discovered on Friday, January 14th.” The Force, among others.

Upon searching the school, officials determined there was “no tinued, “We urge all students with social media accounts to take statement continues, “The school will remain remote until the credible threat,” the same announcement says. In an email to a necessary precautions to avoid strangers from finding their investigation is complete.”

According to the NYPD press office, the investigation is parent that was later shared with the Chronicle, McLaughlin accounts.” He noted that the school’s technology team would proQ ongoing as of the evening of Jan. 19. wrote Jan. 14, “At this point in the investigation it has been deter- vide additional guidance soon.

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Hochul seeks record $216B state budget Seeks to extend mayoral control of schools, grant casino licenses

by Michael Gannon

tax cut for 6 million residents, originally scheduled to take place between 2023 and Gov. Hochul’s first executive budget 2025; • $2 billion in property tax rebates affectrequest proposes middle-class tax breaks, increased funding for education — includ- ing more than $2 million homeowners; • a five-year $25 billion investment in ing charter schools — and the possibility of up to three casino licenses in or around New affordable and supportive housing; • $400 million for opioid and substance York City.

Hochul also called on the Legislature to abuse programs; and • $5 billion placed into a rainy day fund, grant Mayor Adams an additional four years a down payment toward the goal of having of mayoral control over the city schools.

15 percent of the The record-high state budget socked $216.3 billion budget away to deal with request would repreur state is in a strong unanticipated catassent a spending i n c r e a s e o f 3 .1 financial position due to trophes that damage the state economy. percent. a number of factors ...”

Hand-in-hand Speaking at sepawith education fundrate press conferenc— Gov. Hochul ing is Hochul’s call e s o n Tu e s d a y, for the state’s GamHochul and Budget Director Robert Mujica said the administra- ing Facility Location Board to solicit applition is forecasting balanced budgets through cations for up to three full-service casinos.

While applications could be statewide, fiscal year 2027.

“Our state is in a strong financial position the only area specifically mentioned in due to a combination of factors, including Hochul’s accompanying budget book is “the increased tax receipts, a thriving stock mar- Downstate region.”

“Should additional casinos commence ket and an influx of federal aid through the American rescue plan and the infrastructure operations, it is expected they would proact,” Hochul said, “some of which have vide a substantial amount of revenue for already been received, some with more still State education aid through license fees and recurring tax payments,” it says on page 36. to come.”

Adams, in a statement issued by his Hochul and Mujica said this time last year the state was looking at more than $17 off ice, welcomed Hochul’s extension billion in projected out-year deficits that had recommendation.

“Mayoral control will allow us to best to be closed.

Hochul’s proposal now heads to the state serve our schools and support our students Senate and Assembly for negotiations. A as we emerge from the pandemic,” Adams final budget is due before the start of the said. “This is a top priority for my administration, and we’d like to thank Governor 2022-23 fiscal year on April 1.

Hochul for putting our students first. We Highlights include: • $31 billion in school aid, an increase of look forward to working with the legislature 7.1 percent, with a 4.7-percent spending and all our partners to make our schools the increase per pupil in the state’s 331 charter safest and most supportive environments possible.” schools; Mujica said this is the first time the state • $10 billion dedicated to rejuvenating the Covid-19-slammed healthcare industry, has no out-year deficits in its forecast. He including $1 billion in bonuses for frontline credited, among other things, prudent allocation of recent federal funding — which he workers; • accelerating a $1.2 billion middle-class pointed out, is not permanent and was never Senior News Editor

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intended to be.

“That’s just to demonstrate that as the federal funds fall off, we still have no out year gaps ...” he said. “We spread out the federal funds over multiple years to avoid a fiscal cliff.”

He said higher-than-expected surpluses will, among other things, go toward $7 billion on projects and expenses that are not permanent or recurring spending.

“So, those are one-time costs,” he said.

“They don’t contribute to out year gaps, but they’re very important.”

A detailed, 85-page outline of Hochul’s budget proposal, complete with charts, graphs and other information, can be read or downloaded online at on.ny.gov/3FUEK6Z. Mujica said, however, that the state has seen several times since 2000 that unpredicted events can derail even the most prudent budget plans, such as the 9-11 attacks, Hurricane Sandy, Covid and the great recession of 2007-09.

“And then there are other trends that we are watching that could erode the state’s wealth over time,” he said. “We have slow population growth, which the governor has talked about previously, tax migration, so people are moving to other parts of the country, and then we have telework, which is a new trend that accelerated as a result of Covid.”

Supporters and critics were quick to weigh in on Tuesday.

“Gov. Hochul set the stage for recovery from the pandemic with a most promising executive budget that includes support for workers and small businesses, new programs in education and child care, and infrastructure investments that range from fixing pot holes to leading the country in development of wind energy,” said Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City in an email.

Andrew Rein, president and CEO of the Citizens Budget Commission, said in an email that he appreciated some of the measures for Covid relief and bolstering reserves.

“But New York’s competitiveness, stabili-

Gov. Hochul is requesting a record-high $2156billion state budget for the fiscal year that kicks off on April 1. NYS PHOTO / MIKE GROLL ty, and recovery would be better served by taking steps to restrain recurring spending, to ensure State programs are targeted and managed for results, and to start to roll back last year’s tax increases that made New York’s combined business and top personal income tax rates the highest in the nation,” he said.

Rein also said that 17 percent of the budget is usually recommended for reserve funds.

Gerard Kassar, chairman of the state’s Conser vat ive Pa r t y, was pred ict ably underwhelmed.

“More than 200 nations around the world have budgets smaller than the $216 billion state budget behemoth Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed today,” he said in a press release.

“Her budget is more than those of Texas and Florida combined — each state with significantly higher populations than ours. New York is narrowly competing only with California, a state with twice our population, for the most expensive state government in Q America.”

Adams sharpening the city’s budget ax

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Mayor Adams this past week began laying down markers on his campaign’s promises to get the city’s financial books in better shape.

Most city agencies last week were directed to comb their budgets for 3 percent reductions in spending.

The only exceptions to the city’s program to eliminate the gap exercise, according to a City Hall spokesperson, are the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, NYC Health + Hospitals, the Department of Correction and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

The spokesperson, in an email to the Chronicle, said the city is not in any danger of running out of money this fiscal

year, which ends on June 30.

“The City faces a budget deficit of $2.9 billion next fiscal year (fiscal year 2023) that must be closed in the upcoming Preliminary Budget,” the spokesperson told the paper.

“Mayor Adams is instituting this PEG to make better use of our resources and close this gap, in light of uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and a slowing economy, and to honor his commitment to make government more efficient and effective.”

Adams is expected to release his preliminary budget in the coming weeks.

The mayor also has asked the state to increase the Transitional Finance Authority’s ability to borrow money by $19 billion, according to Bloomberg on Jan. 12.

The City Hall spokesman said Adams is merely asking the state to restore borrowing power to its prepandemic levels.

But City Comptroller Brad Lander, in a statement on his official website, said it would more than double the existing authorization of $13.5 billion.

Lander said it was “neither necessary nor fiscally prudent at this moment.”

The New York Post this week also reported that Adams is preparing to take his budget ax to the city’s fleet of just under 30,000 vehicles, perhaps by 50 to 70 percent.

The Post said Adams has ordered the number of takehome vehicles used by city employees cut by 500 over the next two years, a pool that includes cars and SUVs that can Q be used around the clock.

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Covid not an ‘occupational hazard’: Paladino ‘thrilled’; Greenidge unsure

“It’s one of those things

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

President Biden’s order to require large businesses to either get their workers vaccinated or frequently tested was blocked by the Supreme Court of the United States last week Thursday. The healthcare worker vaccine mandate, however, will still take effect.

The Jan. 13 decision has led to different takes from people throughout Queens and the city.

“Our New York City mandate is still in effect,” said Michael Lanza of the city’s Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, who noted that the Supreme Court took issue with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration having the authority to mandate vaccinations.

“Although Covid-19 is a risk that occurs in many workplaces, it is not an ‘occupational’ hazard in most,” said the Court’s 6-3 majority.

Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (R-Whitestone), an opponent of vaccine mandates who was recently barred from the City Council Chamber by Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) for refusing to reveal her vaccination status, was thrilled by the decision.

“The Supreme Court confirmed what we’ve been saying all along — broad government mandates are unconstitutional and inappropriate in the vast majority of instances,”

that we have to grin and bear it.”

— Queens Chamber of Commerce CEO and President Tom Grech

The Supreme Court of the United States dealt President Biden a blow last Thursday when it declared that Covid-19 was not an occupational hazard and, therefore, large businesses did not have to comply with his order to have vaccine mandates or mask requirements. FILE PHOTO said Paladino. “We hope that this precedent is also the first step in the necessary rollback of divisive and ineffective mandates at the state and local level as well, and hope that our leaders here in New York will take heed of this decision and work to restore the constitutionally-guaranteed rights of all New Yorkers.”

Her office will continue to explore all available measures to achieve that goal, she said.

“I am confident we have precedent and momentum on our side,” she added.

Glenn Greenidge, executive director of Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, said he could see both sides of the vac-

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cine mandate debate.

“I’m kind of ambivalent,” said Greenidge.

“I’m not on one side or the other.”

Greenidge understands that when more people get vaccinated more people can get back to work safely. Like Paladino, however, he finds the overreach of the government to be problematic.

“I get the rationale behind it,” said Greenidge. “It makes sense. I support people getting back to work. The other part of it is forcing or restricting people in terms of their rights.”

Greenidge is far more concerned about how vaccine mandates will impact people in smaller businesses that don’t have strong online presence and whose workers can’t simply work from home if they don’t want to get vaccinated.

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Reps ask FDA to let gay men donate

Queens experts weigh in on debate amid first national blood shortage

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

In light of the American Red Cross’ Jan. 11 declaration of the first-ever national blood shortage, the House Oversight Committee — including Queens Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx, Queens) — has called on the FDA to reconsider its restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.

At present, men who have sex with men, or MSM, must defer from donating blood within three months of having sex. The policy has been in place since 2020, when the FDA revised its 2015 decision, which shortened the period to one year. Before that, the FDA had banned all MSM donations.

Gay and bisexual men have been restricted from donating blood since the 1980s, when the AIDS epidemic took the world by storm.

Since it was found that a higher number of HIV/AIDS patients were MSM, and at the time, blood-screening options were limited, the FDA issued a blanket ban on MSM donations.

Since then, though, scientists have found little evidence to support the policy, and say the likelihood of contracting HIV via blood transfusion is very low. One 2017 National Institutes of Health report goes as far as to

say that there is “no medical or scientific reason to support” bans on MSM donations.

Rather, it is stigma that has kept such policies in place, as Maloney, Ocasio-Cortez, and Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Katie Porter (D-Calif.) argue in their letter to FDA acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock. “While FDA has made progress in updating this troubling policy, the existing recommendation that blood centers turn away men who have sex with men (MSM) who have been sexually active in the past three months continues to stigmatize gay and bisexual men and undermine crucial efforts to ensure an adequate and stable national blood supply,” the letter reads.

David Kilmnick, president and CEO of the LGBT Network, which is based in Astoria, agreed whole-heartedly.

“This ban exists because people are relying on stigma rather than science,” he said.

The representatives believe that ending the deferral would help to ease the shortage while also making strides against discrimination.

To that end, Kilmnick said further, “By keeping the ban going, [the FDA] was not just harming members of the LGBTQ community, but harming all Americans. Now that we’re — again — in a crisis, and there is such a need for blood, it’s important for the FDA to listen to medical experts, and science and to

end this discriminatory practice once and for all.”

Queens Pride founder and former Councilman Danny Dromm agreed. “We have tests that accurately determine whether or not a person’s blood is infected with HIV,” he said. “ For them to continue to prohibit gay men from donating blood is really discriminatory.”

Queens hospitals have certainly felt the effects of the shortage.

“We have gone from having — in the region — maybe a week’s worth of blood [at a time] to having three days’ or less,” said Dr. Alex Indrikovs, senior director of transfusion medicine at Northwell Health.

Asked for his thoughts on the representatives’ call for the FDA to end the three-month deferral period on MSM donations, Indrikovs told the Chronicle, “If science shows that the safety of the blood supply is going to be maintained or improved, I think that’s a great thing.” He added, “Everyone should have the same rights to donate blood, as long as the s a fe t y of t h e blo o d s u p ply i s n ot compromised.”

New York Blood Center plays a crucial role in distributing blood to metropolitan-area hospitals. Asked about the push to end the deferral period, a spokesperson referred the Chronicle to a prepared statement: “Last year, the FDA shortened the deferral period for

David Kilmnick is the president and CEO of PHOTO COURTESY DAVID KILMNICK LGBT Network. men who have sex with men from 12 months to 3 months. We wholly support this progress and are participating in studies that evaluate the individual risk profiles of blood donors with the goal of supporting additional eviQ dence-based changes.”

Queens Pride is back this summer

After a two-year hiatus, the festival will return under new leadership

by Sophie Krichevsky

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Queens Pride is set to return to Jackson Heights on June 5 after a two-year hiatus, a Jan. 11 press release said. The event will be hosted under the new leadership of the LGBT Network.

The parade and festival, which the LGBT Network is branding as “The New Queens Pride,” will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year.

The event had previsously been run by the Queens Lesbian & Gay Pride Committee, founded in 1992 for the first Queens Pride parade.

According to former Councilman Danny Dromm, who will chair the LGBT Network’s

Queens representatives march in 2019.

Community Advisory Council for New Queens Pride, planning for the parade is already in the works. Specifically, he said that the LGBT Network has already reached out to the NYPD for parade permits.

When it comes to Covid, on the other hand, the very reason why the festival has not been held on the streets of Jackson Heights since 2019, there is only so much planning that can be done.

“Hopefully, because it’s an outdoor event, and by that time in early June, the spread of Covid will not be as bad,” Dromm said. “Of course, we have to wait to see what the city is saying at that time.”

Asked about the change in hands, Dromm told the Chronicle, “We were just looking for an organization that would be able to move it into the future.” He went on: “Because of its record, [the LGBT Network] also produce[s] Long Island Pride, we felt that was the organization [we wanted].”

Dromm elaborated on his desire to bring Queens Pride “into the future.”

“Because it’s Queens Pride parade, people from all different nationalities that make up the neighborhood and beyond come out and cheer on their par ticular g roup,” he explained. “What we want to do moving forward is to ensure that, those groups are well represented, those groups that weren’t tradi-

Former Councilman Danny Dromm will head up the Community Advisory Council of The New FILE PHOTOS Queens Pride as he celebrates the 30th anniversary of the festival he founded. tionally in the past.”

LGBT Network President David Kilmnick noted that Dromm’s committee will play a central role in this effort.

“We’ve established this community advisory council that is able to draw in some of the diversity that really embodies what Queens is about, which is [being] the world’s borough,” he told the Chronicle.

Dromm emphasized the difference that

multi-racial and ethnic representation can make in the LGBTQ+ community.

“The parade serves as a coming out vehicle for many people,” he said. “So when people see marchers who look like themselves, or who are of the same religion, of the same culture, same race, it says to those people who might be hesitant to join in the parade that, hey, this is a parade Q for them, too.”

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25 Queens eats for Restaurant Week Businesses hope prix-fixe specials will bring customers in this winter

by Deirdre Bardolf

hoping to get new customers and returning regulars,” said Sakhno. Keuka will have a lunch NYC Restaurant Week is back this winter that includes an app and a dinner with an app, entree and dessert. and 25 Queens eateries are participating.

He said it is a good deal because Keuka, too, Owners hope that specials will draw in customers during the quiet winter months and in is offering the best of its regular menu instead of “cutting costs” with a more simple Restauspite of the ongoing pandemic.

Restaurant Week is part of the NYC Winter rant Week offering. The meat and cheese app, Outing, which features a variety of deals to get usually $26, is an appetizer option on the lunch people out to attractions, restaurants, hotels and special.

Sakhno recommends the braised short rib or Broadway shows. Five hundred restaurants citywide are partaking in the event, which actu- the grilled watermelon salad, a summertime special back just for ally runs from Jan. 18 Restaurant Week. Pair it th rough Feb. 13. It with a dry Riesling from offers a two-course hat Restaurant Week Seneca Lake or a Finger lunch and dinner for Lakes Gewürztraminer. $29 and $39 respectiveis going to do for Also in Forest Hills, ly, or a three-course the newly opened Gula dinner for $59 at some restaurants is Southern Comfort Biss p ot s . Re s t a u r a nt s tro on Austin Street is decide the menu for exposure — hoping to join the strip’s each option as well as it’s promotion.” staples. which days it will be “I’m hoping that Resavailable.

— Jonathan Forgash, Queens Together t au ra nt Week helps Marco Del Peschio boost some traffic to our owns Tuscan Hills on Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills and has been location,” said owner Susy Quintero.

The restaurant is offering the $59 threeparticipating in Restaurant Week since he opened 12 years ago. Originally, it was by bor- course meal with options like shrimp and grits, ough instead of citywide. He said the current BBQ sliders, catfish, mac and ribs and chicken plan is much more “attractive” and helps pro- and waffles.

“I like to describe it as Southern comfort mote Queens cuisine to Brooklynites and with a Latin twist,” Quintero said.

Manhattanites.

In Rego Park, London Lennie’s is participatHis strategy is to offer his best dishes at the promotional price. The restaurant is offering the ing as it has every year since the event was opened to Queens businesses. $29 lunch and $39 dinner Monday to Friday.

“It always pays to do it, there’s no question The best dish, he said, is the Caciucco alla Livornese, a fish stew in a light, spicy tomato about it,” said owner Les Barnes. He noted that, sauce baked in a crispy bread crust. Tuscan these days, sea scallops are $32 per pound, bay Hills is also offering specials to go. Del Peschio scallops are $42 per pound and the best lobster said it brings customers in during this notori- tails are $40 a pound, meaning a seafood dinner is not cheap. ously slow time of the year.

“January is a tough month, before ValenJust a couple of blocks away, Keuka Kafe wine bar and kitchen is also participating, but tine’s Day,” he noted.

Only open now for dinner and closed on for the first time. The owner, Oleg Sakhno, said he is excited to partake this year as he has Mondays, London Lennie’s will have a meat, applied in the past and not been selected and fish, chicken or shrimp option for dinner, with also because the fee to enter was waived due to an app and dessert for $39. It will also have wine specials. the pandemic.

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Twenty-five Queens establishments are participating in this year’s NYC Restaurant Week, which FILE PHOTO runs for four weeks in January and February, in the hopes that it will boost business. offering the deals every night it is open instead of excluding weekends.

“Right now, you want anybody to come in at anytime you can,” said Barnes.

“It’s a good opportunity to get out and try different restaurants you’ve never been to and get a bargain all around,” he said.

Layla Menache owns Ricky’s Cafe in Jackson Heights and she said that business is not usually so slow but that this month, it has been “horrendous.”

“I don’t know if it’s because of the weather or the variant but we have high hopes that, with some advertising, people are aware we are participating.”

Ricky’s Restaurant Week menu will reflect its daily specials.

Down in the Rockaways, the new Bar Marseille is also offering a majority of its regular menu.

Bar manager Danny Trujillo said the crispy artichoke app and f latbreads are appetizer favorites and their signature dishes include a burger, chicken, salmon and mussels. Bar Marseille has live music and DJs through the weekend and the prixe-fixe menu will be available throughout.

Jonathan Forgash is the executive director and co-founder of Queens Together, a restaurant

a s s o c i a t io n a n d c o m mu n it y s e r v ic e organization.

“What Restaurant Week is going to do for restaurants is exposure — it’s promotion,” Forgash said. “At this point, that’s one of the biggest helps ... People coming in, enjoying their food, tipping well, telling their friends about it.

That’s what this is all about.”

He would still like to see better outreach to restaurants about such opportunities so more than just 25 restaurants participate, especially those that are not English-speaking or tech savvy.

“They rarely lift their heads up from the cutting board or the register to see opportunities,” he noted.

Other Queens participants include Astoria spots Rivercrest, Meet the Meat, Addy’s Barbeque, Sac’s Place, Hoja Santa, Bareburger, Anadda Taverna, Fresco’s Cantina, Vite Vinosteria, Selo, De Mole, Hutch and Burger Village.

Adda in Long Island City, Senso Unico in Sunnywide and Neir’s Tavern in Woodhaven are all offering the specials, as well. In Forest Hills, there is also MoCA Asian Bistro, Guantanamera, Queens Bully and Bareburger, too.

Check nycgo.com or contact the restaurants for specific details on their Restaurant Week Q offerings.

Hantzopoulos named QBG’s exec. director

Evie Hantzopoulos PHOTO COURTESY QBG

The Queens Botanical Garden on Wednesday announced that Evie Hantzopoulos of Astoria has been named as the organization’s new executive director.

She succeeds Susan Lacerte, who retired last September after 27 years in the post.

A statement from the QBG said Hantzopoulos is an award-winning educator and experienced nonprofit leader. She also has been on Community Board 1 since 2010.

She most recently served as executive director for Global Kids, Inc., which develops youth leaders through education and development programs.

She also ran last year for the Democratic nomination in the race for the 22nd City Council District.

“Queens Botanical Gardens is such a unique and special place,” Hantzopoulos said in a statement issued by the QBG, “Now more than ever, access to the public, open space is essential to our well-being. I am honored to have the opportunity to build on the authenticity and expertise of the institution’s staff and community members and lead the Garden in reaching its full potential — as a place where people of all backgrounds and abilities can appreciate and learn about the environment, engage in the arts, expe-

rience innovative programming, celebrate culture, build community, and make their own lasting connections.”

“Evie’s proven leadership and commitment to Queens are the perfect fit for our Garden,” Raymond Jasen, the QBG Board chairman, said in the Garden’s statement.

“As we prepare to break ground on our Education Center later this year, we are confident that Evie will be the right person to lead our organization into this exciting new era and keep Queens Botanical Garden on the cutting edge of what it means to be an urban botanical garden in Q today’s world,” he added.

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continued from page 15 there is so much uncertainty,” said the BID director. “People are not shopping the way that they used to. More people are buying online, so the local businesses are struggling. I’m not even talking about the restaurants, that is a whole other loss.”

The situation is not black and white, added Greenidge.

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), a member of the City Council’s Committee on Health, had a similar take.

“The Supreme Court got it right,” said Holden. “Vaccinations are critical and I encourage everyone to get vaccinated.

Frequent testing and masking are also good ideas while the pandemic continues. But private companies should choose these policies for themselves and their employees. That mandate was an overreach.”

Queens Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Grech had a somewhat different view.

“I think it is critically important for businesses, big or small, and Americans overall to be fully vaccinated,” said Grech. “Whether that means two shots and a booster or a third shot and a booster — it’s one of those things that we have to grin and bear it. Get it done so that we can go back to some type of norQ malcy in our country.”

Taxi dispatcher jobs at JFK Opportunities at airport open to second-chance candidates

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

The Council for Airport Opportunity — a nonprofit trade association created in collaboration with airline companies, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the mayor’s offices of New York City and Newark — is in need of four taxi dispatchers at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The JFK taxi dispatcher position pays $17 an hour and requires someone who can maintain the orderly flow of passengers and taxicabs in an expeditious manner, maintain an orderly taxi line ensuring drivers remain in immediate proximity to their vehicles and advise customers of rules and regulations pertinent to their trips, including the correct fare and meter rate to their destination, according to the job description provided by Andre Apparicio, program manager at the Office of Second Chance Employment department within CAO. The job also requires a dispatcher to cooperate with the Port Authority Police, Port Authority Bus Terminal supervisors and taxi commission agents.

Taxi dispatchers also have to enforce Taxi and Limousine Commission rules and

regulations; issue violations against drivers who don’t follow the rules; gather incident information, perform other duties assigned by a contractor, facility manager or a designee of the two aforementioned people; and be able to stand, walk and sit up to eight hours, according to the job description.

There is no deadline to apply.

“Register at CAO and a case manager might reach out,” said Apparicio. “Apply if you have no experience or low experience.”

The Office of Second Chance Employment, located at 90-04 161 St. in Jamaica, works to provide job seekers with a past involvement in the criminal justice system access to oportunities at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty airports.

Even if potential candidates do not get one of the taxi positions, by registering with CAO they will have the opportunity to get resume building help from Elmcor, one of the largest nonprofit community-based service agencies in Queens, and learn about other career paths.

For direct inquiries about the Office of Second Chance email Apparicio at aappari cio@caony.com or call (718) 523-7100. To learn about other positions at CAO, visit caonynj.com.

To register for a taxi dispatcher position go to caonynj.com/applicant-registration.

“The Port Authority is proud to sponsor the ... OSCE,” Rick Cotton, executive director of the PANYNJ, said in a statement. “This initiative will focus on supporting residents of neighborhoods surrounding our airports, especially those who oftentimes have a more difficult time securing a job.”

The PANYNJ has also partnered with the Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative at Cornell University, according to the OSCE. The university is designing a curriculum to educate the respective organizations on relevant employment law and the benefits of hiring from the “second chance” population as well as addressing misconceptions su r rou nding secondchance employment.

“Putting people to work is what our airports have done since the first half of the last century,” said Huntley Lawrence, director of aviation at the PANYNJ. “We recognize that job creation is more important now than ever and we are committed to do everything we can to ensure all our neighbors benefit from the opportunities that our aiports offer.”

Approximately $9.5 billion is being invested to redevelop JFK Airport and $8 billion to redevelop LaGuardia Airport, Q according to Gov. Hochul.

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Capri Jet Realty Holiday Party

Alana Sanford-Frank won a BMW X1sDrive28i on “Wheel of Fortune’s” Jan. 13 episode, among PHOTO BY CAROL KAELSON / WHEEL OF FORTUNE / CALIFON PRODUCTIONS other prizes.

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ven though the holidays are over, Capri Jet Realty would like to share some great memories of their exceptional Client Appreciation/ Holiday party. It took place last month at Vetro’s Restaurant in Howard Beach.

After a 2020 hiatus from social gatherings, Capri Jet Realty’s broker/owner, Robert Napolitano, wanted to throw a larger-than-life event that featured some of the best entertainment.

He said, “My clients are everything to me, and it’s important to me that I show my gratitude to them.”

More than 200 people attended the Appreciation/Holiday party to celebrate Capri Jet Realty’s success.

Robert Napolitano gave a very warm welcome speech to all his closest friends, family, and clients. Afterwards, Jessie Lookfong, the Sales Manager, offered her aspirations and goals for 2022, followed by each agent briefl y introducing themselves. The guests were then entertained by the DJ, who had all the guests busting a move on the

dance fl oor as did a performance from Santa Claus himself! Santa Claus took photos with everyone, all captured by the talented photographer, Dave Ron from JDA Group. The night was fi lled with fun, good music, and delicious food; each guest couldn’t help but enjoy the party!

During the party, Mr. Napolitano also introduced a one of-a-kind Referral Program in which clients can have the chance to win a Luxurious 7 Day Cruise for two aboard the Royal Caribbean “Allure of the Seas.” All one has to do is send a referral or list a property for sale with Capri Jet Realty to be entered in the raffl e. The winner will be announced at the next Client Appreciation/ Holiday party. This annual celebration is the company’s “Thank you!” and sincerely thanks all whom attended.

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College Pointer wins big on “Wheel”

Alana Sanford-Frank goes home with $55,185 in cash and prizes

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

College Point resident Alana SanfordFrank emerged victorious on “Wheel of Fortune’s” Jan. 13 episode, bringing $55,185 worth of cash and prizes back from Los Angeles — including a BMW X1sDrive28i and a trip to the Bahamas.

Needless to say, Sanford-Frank is over the moon. “I’m so excited,” she said. “It was the second best day of my life — my wedding day was the first.”

Sanford-Frank’s path to victory last week was certainly a rocky one; she lost the first three puzzles before turning things around, ultimately making it all the way to the bonus round.

“When I didn’t get the first three puzzles, I was like, ‘Oh, no, this is not happening,’” she told the Chronicle. “I got in my zone, and there was no stopping me.”

Nor did her initial struggle discourage her, she said. “It actually motivated me.”

Sanford-Frank — whose mother, Beverly Espinoza, has worked at the Chronicle as an account executive for 31 years — has been a fan of the show for years. Espinoza estimates that her daughter has watched Wheel since age 12.

“She learned as she went along, she was interested. She was good at it then — really,” Espinoza said of her daughter. “You know, some people just have a knack for something, and they do well, and they enjoy it?

Well, that was her.”

Sanford-Frank’s skills came in handy when the time came to prepare for the show.

Asked about her training process, she said she did what she always does: She watched “Wheel of Fortune” every night.

“If I wasn’t going to be home, I made sure that I saw it every day,” she said. “That really was it for me.”

As she practiced, Sanford-Frank said further, she began to recognize various themes and patterns throughout the puzzles.

“I also became very familiar with all the puzzle categories,” she said. “I felt like — because I knew them very well — that I had a good chance to do well, because some of them are a little tricky, or there’s little nuances.”

Later, she added: “I didn’t just study the puzzles — I studied the show.”

Soon, she began getting several puzzles right from night to night, particularly, the prize puzzle. Sanford-Frank certainly proved herself in that regard.

“I just get so excited about it,” she said of the prize puzzle. “I had to win that one.

There was no question.”

Of course, playing on air is a whole new ball game, as Sanford-Frank acknowledged.

That presented new challenges, such as the presence of the letter board, which notes what letters players have already called.

“I actually didn’t want to get distracted by that,” she explained. “I felt like playing my game — which is hopefully focusing on the puzzle board — was the best idea for me.”

Sanford-Frank emphasized how grateful she is to everyone on the “Wheel of Fortune” team. “They are very special, because they’re just warm and friendly,” she said.

“They want you to do well, they want you to have a good time — including Pat and Vanna.”

Above all, she is grateful for the experience. “Even if I didn’t win, it was really so Q memorable.”

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All are invited to a Jan. 21 online presentation on the new passenger train line proposed by Gov. Hochul hosted by the Queens Chamber of Commerce.

Called the Interborough Express, the line would run along existing tracks used for freight trains, from Bay Ridge to Jackson Heights. The aim is to increase transit options, connecting residents with up to 17 subway lines and the Long Island Rail Road.

The chamber presentation, “An Insider’s View of the Interborough Express,” will be delivered by Maulin Mehta, New York director of the Regional Plan Association, and Kate Slevin, the RPA’s executive vice president, along with Chamber President and CEO Tom Grech.

The event is set for 10 a.m. Attendance is free and open to all, not just chamber members. Information may be found and registration made at queenschamber.org/ events.

Aside from the rail presentation, the chamber is hosting its usual slew of business-oriented webinars in coming weeks.

Some of the topics include business internships for students, the state of the real estate market and how to use QuickQ Books.

— Peter C. Mastrosimone

The New York Blood Center has declared a blood emergency for the region, and a number of groups and organizations are hosting blood drives in January.

The city’s Department of Design and Construction will host a drive from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 20 at 30-30 Thomson Ave. in Long Island City.

The Shops at Atlas Park at 80-00 Cooper Ave. in Glendale will host drives from 1 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 21, 26 and 28.

The NYBC will host its own blood drive from noon to 6 p.m. on Jan. 28 at its facilities located at 45-01 Vernon Blvd. in Long Island City.

The United Sherpa Association will host a collection from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 29 at 41-01 75 St. in Elmhurst.

St. Mary Gate of Heaven Roman Catholic Church will collect donations from 8:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. on Feb. 6 at 104-06 101 Ave. in Ozone Park.

Resorts World Casino will host a drive from 1 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 10 in the Central Park Room at 110-00 Rockaway Blvd. in South Ozone Park.

Infor mation and donation appointments are available online at Q nybc.org.

Catalytic converter collar Officers on the midnight shift in the NYPD’s 104th Precinct on Jan. 15 responded to a call about three suspicious men crawling under vehicles in Maspeth.

The quick response netted them three perpetrators apprehended in the act of cut-

ting catalytic converters, above, off the underside of parked vehicles.

The auto exhaust par ts are valued because of precious metals they contain, including platinum, palladium and rhodium.

— Michael Gannon

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Queens officials commemorate MLK Day

Electeds distributed food, PPE, Covid tests, vax and boosters

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 54 years ago in Memphis on April 4, 1968, but it is his life and legacy that continues to live on every third January in approximation to his Jan. 15 birthday nationwide.

Monday was the 36th year that his contributions as a civil rights leader in the 1960s were commemorated as a day of service across the country.

The Baptist minister was instrumental in getting the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964 and the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public spaces and banned discrimination based on color, national origin, race, religion and sex. The latter bill outlawed discriminatory practices that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote, according to history.com.

After King’s death, many cities and states celebrated the minister throughout the 1970s, but it wasn’t until 1983 that legislation to create a holiday was re-introduced by U.S. Rep. Katie Hall, (D-Ind.) passed.

U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced the initial bill four days after King’s assassination. Former President Reagan signed the bill into law on Nov. 2, 1983, and it was first observed on Jan. 20, 1986, according to the National Constitution Center, a nonprofit.

Borough President Donovan Richards participated in the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center’s MLK commemoration on Jan. 14.

“We as a society have so much to learn from him,” posted Richards on social media. “From protecting voting rights to dismantling systemic racism and beyond.”

Creedmoor is located at 79-25 Winchester Blvd. in Bellerose.

The Senate is set to debate two

measures: the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, on Tuesday, according to NPR.org.

The first bill would protect elections from voter suppression, partisan sabotage, gerrymandering and dark money, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan law and policy organization.

The latter bill would establish new criteria for determining which states and political subdivisions must obtain preclearance before changes to voting practices may take effect.

Preclearance is the process of receiving preapproval from the Department of Justice or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia before making legal changes that would affect voting rights, according to congress.gov.

Critics say both would unconstitutionally shift voting rules from the states to the federal government.

Richards also delivered prerecorded remarks for two other MLK events held by Queens College, which is located at 65-30 Kissena Blvd. in Flushing and the Epsilon Pi Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and the Justice and Witness Ministry of St. Albans Congregational Church, located at 172-17 Linden Blvd.

“His powerful voice changed the course of history and we continue to use his actions as inspiration to fight against injustice and inequality in the world,” said Richards in one of his pre-recorded speeches.

U. S. Re p. G r eg Me ek s (D-Queens, Nassau) also attended virtual MLK events and shared Richards’ sentiments.

“Every year, we reflect on the legacy and life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,” said Meeks via email to the Queens Chronicle. “Across our nation, we see voter suppression, discrimination, pay disparity, and ever-

Speaker Adrienne Adams, left, was with Councilwoman Carlina Rivera, third left, Gov. Hochul, state Sen. Brad Hoylman, Assemblyman Harvey Epstein and others stocking food for the homeless at the Losaida Community Fridge in Manhattan on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Councilwoman Nantasha Williams, inset, distributed personal protective equipment kits outside her office in St. Albans for MLK Day. PHOTO BY JOHN MCCARTEN/ NYC COUNCIL; INSET COURTESY NYC COUNCIL rising economic inequality gnawing at the progress we’ve made since Dr. King’s death.”

On MLK Day, Meeks said to celebrate organizations like the NAACP, the United Negro College Fund and Black fraternities and sororities that continue to advocate for equal opportunities for Black Americans as King did himself.

State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) observed MLK Day with state Attorney General Tish James, Assemblymembers Clyde Vanel (D-Queens Village) and Alicia Hyndman (D-Springfield Gardens), Councilwoman Selvena BrooksPowers (D-Laurelton) and state Democratic Committeeman Aaron Ambrose by providing residents in Eastern and Southeast Queens with personal protective equipment and Covid-19 test kits.

“As Dr. King said and espoused, ‘Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for ot her s? ’’” said Com r ie, who thanked local organizations Com-

munity Mediation Services, SEQ U.P. Front, 100 Suits, the Showing Hearts Foundation, the Queens Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and retired corrections officers and other volunteers who came out to distribute the items on Jan. 17.

Councilwoman Nantasha Williams (D-St. Albans) also gave out PPE kits at her office in St. Albans and collaborated with NYC Health + Hospitals with helping residents getting Pfizer vaccinations and booster shots at the Greater Springfield Community Church in Springfield Gardens.

While state Sen. James Sanders Jr.’s (D-South Ozone Park) weekend MLK events were canceled due to inclement weather, he acknowledged King in a newsletter Monday.

“Although civil rights issues continue to plague oppressed people around the world, there is no denying that Dr. King laid a foundation for progress for his generation and generations to come,” said Sanders. “It is

fitting that Martin Luther King Day is also a national holiday of service, an opportunity to give back to the community in which we live and beyond.”

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) spent MLK Day in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

The speaker was at Trinity East Side Lutheran Parish at 602 East 9 St. in Manhattan with Gov. Hochul, Councilwoman Carlina Rivera (D-Manhattan) and other officials stocking the Losaida Community Fridge for the homeless.

She also commemorated King at the National Action Network’s New York offices at the House of Justice at 106 West 145 St. with the Rev. Al Sharpton, where she sang a gospel song, and later attended the Brooklyn Academy of Music MLK Day event at 30 Lafayette Ave. “Let’s not just commemorate him on his birthday,” said Adams. “Every day should be a day on for civil rights and the rights of the good of Q all man and all mankind.”

Borough President Donovan Richards, center photo, gave a speech ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center on Jan. 14. Sade Alexander of The Showing Hearts Foundation, left, state Sen. Leroy Comrie, Sharon Nelson of Women in Correction, Alana Hector of the The Showing Hearts Foundation, Rae-Anna Persad of Assemblyman Clyde Vanel’s office along with Queens Alumna Delta Chapter member Mindy Weeks, left, state Democratic Committeeman Aaron Ambrose, Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman, Attorney General Tish James, Queens Alumna Delta Chapter member PHOTOS COURTESY QBPO, NYS SENATE Phyllis Tinsley and other volunteers distributed personal protective equipment and Covid-19 kits to residents throughout Southeast and Eastern Queens for MLK Day.

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Annual event runs Jan. 30-Feb. 5

Since 1974, National Catholic Schools Week is the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. It starts the last Sunday in January and runs all week, which in 2022 is Jan. 30 to Feb. 5. The theme for National Catholic Schools Week 2022 is “Catholic Schools: Faith. Excellence. Service.”

Schools typically observe the annual celebration week with Masses, open houses and other activities for students, families, parishioners and community members. Through these events, schools focus on the value Catholic education provides to young people and its contributions to our church, our communities and our nation.

During Catholic Schools Week 2022, daily themes and celebrations are observed as follows: • Sunday — celebrating your parish: Catholic schools benefit all year long from the religious guidance, prayers and support parishes provide. Many parishes join in the National Catholic Schools Week celebration by devoting a Mass to Catholic education. Schools start the week by inviting parishioners and community members to parish-centered events and school open houses that feature their outstanding academic programs, religious education and service opportunities.

• Monday — celebrating your community: A central aspect of Catholic education is learning the importance of service to others. When students take part in service activities – both local and beyond – they demonstrate the values and faith they gain through their Catholic education and learn how to make the world a better place. When they observe how others

serve the community, they gain an appreciation for how they can continue to serve others their entire lives.

Tuesday — celebrating students: Schools celebrate students during National Catholic Schools Week by planning enjoyable and meaningful activities for them and recognizing their accomplishments. They encourage students to reflect on the benefits of Catholic education and how the grounding in faith, knowledge and service it provides will help them throughout their lives.

Wednesday — celebrating the nation: On National Appreciation Day for Catholic schools, students, families, educators and other Catholic school supporters communicate the value of Catholic education to government leaders. They share information with leaders on the significant contributions Catholic schools make to the nation and their role in preparing students to be good citizens. They pray for the nation and recognize all those who serve.

Thursday — celebrating vocations: By focusing on faith, knowledge and service, Catholic schools prepare children to use their God-given talents to the fullest later in life. National Catholic Schools Week offers an opportunity for students to explore the many life paths that enable them to use their talents well in the service of God and others.

Friday — celebrating faculty, staff and volunteers: Teachers are the backbone of Catholic schools. On this day, schools honor teachers, as well as administrators and staff

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who support teachers in their important work, and thank the parents, grandparents, alumni, parishioners and school board members who provide volunteer service.

Saturday — celebrating families: Parents, guardians and other family members play a vital role in Catholic education.

Not only do they volunteer at the school, they instill values and expectations for academic excellence in their children at home. We acknowledge the role of families in Catholic education and celebrate their contributions to the success of our schools on the last day of National Catholic Schools Week, Q and all year long.

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MidVille taxidermist keeps your pets, or prey,

by M Michael icha ich ic haell Shain Sha haiin hain n Twice a year — sometimes three times — John Youngaitis gets a phone call at his store from someone who wants to stuff a loved one.

Not a pet. A person. “One lady called and I thought she was saying something about her shih tzu,” said Youngaitis. “After a while, I realized she was saying ‘sister.’”

The law frowns on preserving human remains in the same way Youngaitis preserves deer, elk, birds and the occasional dog.

“They’ll put both you and me in jail,” he tells them.

Youngaitis is the owner of Cypress Hills Taxidermy

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Youngaitis has been keeping the dead alive for more than 20 years.

Initially working alongside his taxidermist father out of a store in East New York, Youngaitis moved the shop out of the old Brooklyn neighborhood to Middle Village eight years ago, after his father died.

“But I kept the name,” he said. “For my father’s sake.”

New New York Ne York Yo k City City it was never a hotbed of taxidermy.

Taxidermists tend te to set up shop in areas far from city, in small towns upstate or in South Jersey where they are closer to the bread-and-butter of their trade, hunters.

But Youngaitis’ decision to stay in the city has paid off.

A share of the store’s income comes from renting and selling some of the spectacular animals in his store.

“Saturday Night Live” rented one of his bears for a skit with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson a few years back.

Saks Fifth Avenue rented nearly all his big animals for continued on page 26

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Michael Icahn was born on the Fourth of July, 1894, in New York City’s poor Lower East Side at 131 Suffolk St. to Russian immigrants. He pulled himself out of the neighborhood and a got a job as a teacher at Manual Training High School.

He had a desire to be a singer.

He became a cantor.

He married teacher Bella Schnall in Nov. 30, 1933. Their only child, a boy they named Carl, was born Feb. 16, 1936.

They moved out of Brooklyn to 789 Empire Ave. in Far Rockaway. He graduated Far Rocka- The childhood home of Carl Icahn at 789 Empire Ave. in Far way High School and attended Rockaway, as it looked in the 1940s when he lived there. back debts. Still sold the company later and Princeton University. Carl went on to New York University School of Medi- made money. His accomplishments are too cine but dropped out after only two years. In vast to list. Forbes lists his wealth anywhere 1961, he decided to be a stock broker instead. from $17 to $22 billion.

The childhood house on Empire Avenue He brought in a new phrase on Wall Street — corporate raider. He bought TWA Air- is a good investment too, appraised at $1.3 Q lines and then stripped it of it assets to pay million today.

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Elizabeth Atterbury’s ‘Duets’ shines at Mrs.

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

Maspeth’s Mrs. gallery opened its third solo exhibition of artist Elizabeth Atterbury’s work on Jan. 15. The exhibit, entitled “Duets,” has a combination of prints and sculptures, the former from Atterbury’s latest portfolio, “Calendars.”

Upon entering the gallery, one is immediately struck by the stark contrast between the all-white walls of the space and the bright yet soothing colors of Atterbury’s work. The space is pulled together with the exhibition’s two crowning jewels: Atterbury’s 7-plus feet wide folding fans, each made of cherrywood and splayed out for visitors to admire.

The project is a departure from Atterbury’s previous work; a photographer by trade, this is her first full, print show, with the exception of a small display at the Armory Show in March 2020. Both of her prior shows at Mrs., “3 Sets” in 2017 and “Night Comes In” in 2018, have highlighted much of her sculpture work, in addition to her photography.

The monotype prints that cover the walls each combine chine-colle and embossment to create unique, abstract pieces. Each uses a variety of colors as a base, all of which are pieces of paper pressed onto the back with

Atterbury with her piece “Calendar 1.” wheat paste. On top of that, Atterbury presses hand-cut copper plates, many of which are shaped like household items, such as a stamp or a piece of fruit.

Many of the embossments are translated versions of drawings made by Atterbury’s son, allowing her to integrate one of the collection’s central elements: motherhood, particularly in our current moment.

“To be an artist and have young kids who are working in such an uninhibited way, it’s a really kind of beautiful thing to watch,” Atterbury said. ”I think with the last couple of years, spending so much time at home, especially at the beginning of Covid, certainly there was a lot of sitting

While installing the exhibition, Elizabeth Atterbury and Sara Maria Salamone unfold PHOTOS BY SOPHIE KRICHEVSKY “Second Fan,” which spans more than 7 feet when open. around together. So I guess I think a lot of the prints I made as having kind of artifacts that are time stamps of when these are made.”

At first glance, “Calendars” prints are quite minimalist. But to Mrs. co-owner and founder Sara Maria Salamone, Atterbury’s work goes much deeper. “[The copper plates] can just be these very banal shapes, like a comb, or a postage

stamp. But, they do have these very personal and intrinsic values for the artist,” she told the Chronicle. “In seeing them and honoring them, I think they become more than what they are initially: They’re initially useless, which I think is really romantic, personally, and very heartfelt.”

Mrs. is located at 60-40 56 Drive in Maspeth. “Duets” will be open to the pubQ lic through Mar. 12.

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A vanishing art lives — its subjects only appear to continued from page 24 its famous window displays. (“I had an animal in every window,” he recalled. “For a whole month. It was incredible.”)

One of Youngaitis’ regulars is an art teacher in Brooklyn who uses the animals as models in her drawing classes.

Fashion photographers and movie and TV producers are also customers.

Taxidermists upstate don’t get that kind of business.

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And then there are Youngaitis’ storefront windows.

Behind one, a 7-foot, growling grizzly looms, towering over shelves with exotic birds (specimens left behind by grieving pet owners who had a change of heart and never came back to pick up the completed mount), an antique penguin, squirrels and other small creatures.

A couple of times since moving to Metropolitan Avenue, Youngaitis has had to shoo away “Karens” — as he called them — who came in and complained about his work.

But kids may be his biggest fans. He’s never had a problem with the local kids.

“They’re more open,” said Youngaitis.

If he is not elbow-deep in a project in the back of the store, he will open the glass front door for neighborhood families who wander among the animals they would never be able to get that close to any other way. “‘Wow! Wow!’ I get that a lot from kids,” he said.

Located at 71-01 Metropolitan Ave., the store is open during regular business hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., during the week, but chances are Youngaitis is working most

Among the animals on display at John Youngaitis’ taxidermy shop, right, are several birds whose owners never returned to claim them. On the cover: a bear that has made an appearance on SatPHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN urday Night Live. every day in the back behind a gray curtain.

He opens the front for visitors only as the Q mood and workloads strike him.

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Notice of Qualification of 46-81 METRO AVE 2 LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/23/21. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/13/21. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Own and lease real estate.

Notice of formation of GRACETINT LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/13/22. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 27-21 44th Dr., Unit 2202, L. I. C., NY 11101.

Purpose: any lawful act.

MVA POWELL’S COVE LLC.

Bushwick, 1124 Greene Ave, #2, 4 BR/1.5 bath, $2,800/mo. Avail NOW. Very lg apt w/skylight, balcony, deck, renov kit w/SS appli, closets in every room. Call Stellina Napolitano, 646-372-7145. Capri Jet Realty

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of THE LOCALS HOUSE LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/16/2021. 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: THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 330 BEACH 92ND ST, ROCKAWAY BEACH, NY 11693.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BHG PROPERTY MGMT LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/28/2021. 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: PETERGAY BALGOBIN, 11701 107TH AVE., SOUTH RICHMOND HILL, NY 11419.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of HARMONY DENTAL PLLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/05/2021. 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: THE LLC, 22-29 COLLEGE POINT BLVD., COLLEGE POINT, NY 11356. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NEXT LEVEL CLEANERS LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/12/2021. Offi ce 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: JIN KIM, 19210 LINDEN BLVD., ST. ALBANS, NY 11412.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

TIHAMI LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/07/2022. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: MD Akhtaruzzaman, 14520 Lakewood Ave, Jamaica, NY 11435. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a Restaurant Wine license, #TBA has been applied for

by Ann & Son’s LLC d/b/a Mia Marie’s to sell beer, cider and wine at retail in a restaurant. For on-premises consumption under the ABC Law at 566 Onderdonk Avenue, Ridgewood NY 11385.

DA 88 LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 12/21/21.

Office Location: Queens County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 1037 58th St, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

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Notice of Formation of NSS TECH LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/31/2021. 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: MOHAMMAD NAZMUL AHASAN, 4040, 79TH STREET, APT# A510, ELMHURST, NY 11373. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of UNIVERSAL STORE FOR ALL LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/06/2021. 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: THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 21704 NORTHERN BLVD., SUITE 6, BAYSIDE, NY 11361. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Public Announcement Business Certificate I HEREBY CERTIFY that I am conducting or transacting business under the name or designation of SHADE ELIZABETH MYERS at 118-11 Sutphin Blvd., #98167. City or Town of Jamaica, County of Queens, State of New York. My full name is Shade Elizabeth Myers. I FURTHER CERTIFY that I am the successor in interest to Emmanuel Trust the person or persons heretofore using such name or names to carry on or conduct or transact business. Type of business Property Trust. I WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this certificate on 10th day of January 2022.

Notice of Application for Authority of EBOOK EMPIRE LLC, a foreign limited liability company (LLC). Application was fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/21/2021. Offi ce location in NY is Queens County. LLC formed in Wyoming (WY) on 06/14/2021. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC to 2232 Dell Range Blvd., Suite 2453028, Cheyenne, WY 82009. Offi ce of jurisdiction of organization: The LLC, 2232 Dell Range Blvd., Suite 245-3028, Cheyenne, WY, 82009.

Articles of Organization fi led with Secy of State of WY, Edward A. Buchanan, Herschler Bldg.

East, Ste 100 & 101, Cheyenne WY, 820020020 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of META WORLD LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/11/2021. 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: META WORLD LLC, 13101 40TH RD, APT 15D, FLUSHING, NY 11354. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Plug E-Tech LLC filed

11106. Purpose: any lawful.

Notice of Formation of WHAT YOU THOUGHT LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/23/2021. 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: THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 13450 234TH ST., ROSEDALE, NY 11422. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 117-02 Rockaway Blvd, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/20/2020. 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: ROHEE SIBADAN, 130-31 LEFFERTS BLVD., SOUTH OZONE, NY 11420. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FB3 PRODUCTIONS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/05/2022. 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: FRANCISCO L BAYLOSIS III, 26-03 24TH AVE, APT 7, ASTORIA, NY 11105. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Metropolitan Surgical Podiatry PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/15/21.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The PLLC, 162-16 Union Turnpike, Ste 306, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366. Purpose: practice the profession of podiatry.

Notice of Formation of Resilience Mental Health Counseling PLLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/21/2021.

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: THE PLLC, 93-18 ROOSEVELT AVENUE, #1009, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11373.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of WINV, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/16/21. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 7806 269th St., New Hyde Park, NY 11040. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Trading

T-Mobile Northeast, LLC proposes to collocate antennas on a 85.3 foot tall building located at 65-50 Wetherole Street, Rego Park, Queens County, NY 11374. Interested parties with comments regarding potential effects on Historic Properties may contact T-Mobile c/o Julia Klima at Dynamic Environmental Associates, Inc., 3850 Lake Street, Suite C, Macon, GA 31204, 877968-4787, Sec106 @ DynamicEnvironmental.com within 30 days from the date of this publication. Re: 22201022.”

LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/19/21. 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, 52-40 39th Drive, Unit 7K, Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/30/21. 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, 234 149th Street, Whitestone, NY 11357.

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3654 35th St., #4, LIC, NY

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New listing. Hi-Ranch, 4 BR, 3 baths, 2 fireplaces, semi-inground pool. 44x114 lot. Move-in condition! $949K. Connexion Real Estate, 718-845-1136 Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, MINT AAA 5 BR, 3 bath EMPIRE HiRanch—ALL NEW granite kit, SS appli, sunk-in LR, full master bath, vaulted ceilings, walk-in 1 BR apt w/sep ent, trex deck, pavers, totally mint. Asking $1.25M, Connexion Real Estate 718-845-1136

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Featuring radiant heated fls. Open flr plan, kit w/granite counter-tops & SS appli, renov bathrooms w/whirlpool tub, washer/dryer on 1st fl, new plumbing & electric, new pavers & concrete, new roof & gutters, 3 zone heating, 1 car gar, solar panels. Asking $880K, Connexion Real Estate, 718-845-1136

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Avail Feb 1. can be used as 3BR apt.

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Mets farm system he saw when cable television networks broadcast minor league games during Last Tuesday the New York Mets announced the 1981 Major League Baseball work stoppage. they will be retiring No. 17 in honor of the great- He cited his dad’s enthusiasm as the key reason est first baseman in their history, as well as long- he decided to stay with the Mets after he was traded to them from the St. Louis Cardinals in time SNY broadcast analyst, Keith Hernandez.

The Mets hosted a Zoom press conference for 1983. He was not a happy camper at the time.

Since he mentioned the 1981 MLB strike, I Hernandez the next day. “The retirement of a uniform number by a sports team is the greatest asked him his thoughts about the current laborhonor an athlete can receive,” he stated. He then management impasse. “Both sides have to added how thrilled he was when the Mets understand they had better not kill the golden inducted him into their Hall of Fame in 1997, goose. I was a team union rep for 12 years of my and how he wasn’t upset it has taken them anoth- career. Based on my experience, deals don’t get er 25 years to retire his number. He also said he done until the 11th hour. My gut feeling is they hopes a National Baseball Hall of Fame veterans will get a deal done.”

Hernandez is on the money on most things. committee will consider his accomplishments in the game worthy of receiving a plaque in the By the 11th hour I am guessing he means somewhere around early to mid-March. Baseball Cooperstown museum.

Hernandez became a fan favorite, not just players train all year long, so spring training is because he helped transform the Mets from a not as crucial for them as it was when they had pathetic joke in the late 1970s and early 1980s, to have off-season jobs back in the day.

Negotiations between the team owners and to one of the best baseball teams of the mid1980s with a World Series title as proof, but also the Major League Baseball Players Association because he embraced all that NYC had to offer. resumed last week. The owners insist they will You were as likely to find him in a museum as not lower the threshold for players to become you would be in Studio 54. It’s a key reason free agents from six years of MLB service to well-known Mets fan Jerry Seinfeld used him as five, as the union is demanding. I have a feeling a guest star in a memorable episode of his epon- the owners will make that concession in March.

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Laundry room, storage room & bike room located in lobby. Common charges: Base: $834.75 which includes water, sewer, cooking gas, heat & common area maint. Parking available to all owners for additional $25/month. Conveniently located near shopping, stores, schools, highways, Q41, Q21 & express bus to Midtown.

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Transform this 2 BR /2 bath apartment into the HOME of your DREAMS! Spacious living & dining area open to a double terrace with breathtaking water views. Main BR has a full bath & two spacious closets. Second BR is large too. Hardwood fl oors are preserved under the existing carpets. Amenities at the Versailles include 24-hr doorman & concierge service, indoor parking gar ($), state of the art gym/spa, summer pool, tennis courts, deli, dry cleaners, beauty salon, bike room, party room & laundry. Luxury Living in the HEART of Bayside!!!!!

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Beautiful 3 BR, 2 bath home with extra rooms in the basement. Great for a family looking for that extra needed space.

Price: $699,999 Contact Alex Jean Mary for more information 718-598-7249

COMPLETELY gutted & renovated CORNER unit down to plumbing & electrical wiring! New spacious EIK with exhaust to outside and gorgeous bath, new wood fl oors throughout, Crown moulding, high hats, recessed radiators w/custom covers, enlarged closets. Nothing to do but move right in

Price: $325,000 Contact Alise Vitale/Lauren DiNovi for more information 646-267-1871/917-847-2349

JACKSON HEIGHTS 2 Bedroom Co-0p For Sale Price: $289,000 Contact Yvonne Jones for more information 347-287-2535

EAST NEW YORK

HOWARD BEACH

Super Mint. Extra Large 5 BR Brick Tudor with Fully Finished Basement & Attic. Det 1 Car Garage With Huge Rear Deck. Sold as is.

Price: $888,000 Contact John Dibs for more information 718-848-4700

JAMAICA 5 Bedroom Home For Sale Price: $650,000 Contact Sandra Torres for more information 347-432-7696

Price: $780,000 Contact Jenelle Fraser for more information 347-567-3285

Stunning 5 BR Hi-Ranch with skylights & updated kitchen.

Large, fenced yard with pavers, koi pond & shed with electric. Accessory apartment with permit.

Price: $599,000

Contact William Ostrow/ Glenda Alvarado Ostrow for more information 516-225-7279/917-647-7348

CYPRESS HILLS Commercial Space For Rent Price: $6,000 / Mo Contact Pedro Duarte for more information 646-522-4422

BUSINESS FOR SALE- Fast food business located in a HIGH TRAFFIC area on the cross Streets of Pennsylvania and Liberty Ave. Next door to a High school. Across the street from NYPD community center, and in front of A and C subway lines.

PRIME LOCATION: All info provided is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed & should be independently verifi ed Price: $145,000 Contact George Tsaropoulos for more information 917-756-2484

JAMAICA

A beautiful and extremely unique brick home in Jamaica, Queens. This well maintained home is full of great features. Three BRs, kitchen, living room, full bathroom. Huge porch.

All brick.

Price: $599,000 Contact Indira Persaud for more information 917-509-2874

JACKSON HEIGHTS

Great business has been running for 12 years - Corner business on Roosevelt Avenue in a very busy area.

Price: $295,000 Contact Teodoro Navarrete for more information 917-513-6621

JAMAICA 3 Bedroom Home For Sale Price: $625,000 Contact Fardeen Hamid for more information 718-848-4700

CANARSIE 3 Bedroom Apartment For Rent Price: $985,000

CROWN HEIGHTS Attached two family property, lot size 20x200, building dimensions 20x55. R6 Zone.

Price: $880,000 Contact Kevin Paulk for more information 347-915-1439

Contact Fitzgerald Thomas 917-780-0575

WOODHAVEN

Spacious & Well-Maintained 4 BR, 1 ½ Bath Attached Brick Townhome Featuring L.R., Formal D.R., Updated Eat-in-Kitchen. Central Air, Alarm System, Rear Yard & Parking w/ Community Driveway Access Are Great Extras!! Woodhaven Manor location - Convenient to Bus, Train, Schools, Shopping & Houses of Worship.

Price: $669,000 Contact Theresa Laboccetta for more information 347-531-9060

RICHMOND HILL EAST NEW YORK 2 Family Home For Sale Price: $1,150,000 Contact Natasia Pagoulatos for more information 917-335-1143

Det 1 Family with 3 BRs, 2.5 Baths, Hardwood Floors & updated kitchen & driveway Price: $689,000 Contact Paul Deo for more information 347-581-9863

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EAST NEW YORK

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to own this two-family house located in the heart of East New York. It includes a three-bedroom duplex located on the second and third fl oor. The fi rst fl oor consists of a studio with a full kitchen and bathroom. The new owner has a chance to immediately start generating rental revenue as the studio is currently occupied. However, it can be delivered vacant upon request. The property is conveniently located near shopping areas, schools, and transportation (B15 & 3 train). It won’t last. Call today!

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