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Katz covers the concerns of Queens BP addresses schools, immigration, transit and more ahead of speech

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

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wo days ahead of her first State of the Borough address, set for 10 a.m. today, Jan. 22, Borough President Melinda Katz took questions on some of the key issues facing Queens from community and ethnic news outlets Tuesday afternoon.

Reiterating messages she has been putting forth during her year in office, Katz touted tourism as key to Queens’ future, boasted of its ethnic diversity — she brands it “The World’s Borough” — and voiced her full support for two of Mayor de Blasio’s signature initiatives, universal pre-kindergarten and official identification cards for all residents, regardless of immigration status.

She began the session by offering a “brief bio” to show her love for and dedication to Queens, noting that she’s a third-generation resident of the borough, that her father founded the Queens Symphony Orchestra and her mother the Queens Council on the Arts, and that she is raising her two children, who are 6 and 3, in the same house she grew up in.

“We really have a family that is dedicated and working hard every single day to make sure that the borough thrives,” she said.

In her speech, she said, she’ll address issues

including job creation and education, the role of Kennedy and LaGuardia airports as engines of economic growth, other businesses and the role that cultural organizations play here.

“Folks are coming from all over the world just to perform right here in the Borough of Queens, and that’s our greatest asset,” she said. “The greatest gift we have to offer to the City of New York is our cultural diversity.”

That’s the main reason the travel guide company Lonely Planet named Queens the top tourist destination in the country this year, according to Katz.

“The main reason they said you’ve got to go to Queens,” she said, “in my own words, is you can have a bagel and cream cheese on one corner, and have mango chutney on the next corner and have beef and broccoli on the one after that and have fried rice and beans on the one after that — and you can do that all in 10 minutes.”

After she touted the borough’s appeal to outsiders, some of the roughly three dozen journalists present began posing their questions, mostly focusing on issues of concern to the people who live here.

The first subject she was asked about was what her office is doing to help preserve the affordability of Long Island City as it under-

E X PE R I E N C E “The Original”

Flanked by the U.S. and Queens flags, the borough seal and a poster touting last year’s World’s Fair anniversaries, Borough President Melinda Katz meets the press. PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE goes what the questioner called “a sea change” that is forcing many middle- and lower-class residents out as wealthier people move in.

Katz pointed out that recently approved large building projects, including ones that were OK’d before she took office, give preferential treatment to existing residents as people try to get in; and that 27 percent of apartments in the newest one, Astoria Cove, will be designated as affordable. Katz initially rejected the Astoria Cove plan, which at first would have had 20 percent affordability.

She acknowledged that affordable housing is one of the borough’s most persistent issues, saying it cannot be built fast enough but that “we’re trying” to catch up with demand.

Asked about the airtrain to LaGuardia Airport that Gov. Cuomo had proposed hours earlier, Katz said it has been a long time coming but acknowledged that the details need to be considered when asked if there are any downsides.

On other issues, the borough president: continued on page 21

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More than 100 people show up to civic meeting demanding answers

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

What was billed as a way for South Ozone Park residents to get answers from officials seeking to operate a residence for juvenile delinquents in the community quickly dissolved into more than 100 people shouting with frustration on Tuesday.

“We don’t want it here,” several residents yelled at a meeting of the South Ozone Park Civic Association West. “Put it somewhere else.”

The city Administration for Children’s Services leased a property at 133-23 127 St. to house 18 criminal offenders between the ages of 14 and 17. The program, entitled “Close to Home,” was passed as part of the 2012 state budget and seeks to hold juvenile criminals in residences closer to where they live, rather than in upstate prison facilities.

But several of the residents blasted officials from ACS and the organization that will oversee the teens or youths in the property —Episcopal Social Services — for no prior notice about the new residence, its proximity to two other similar shelters and a lack of answers.

“We don’t want another one in the community,” Anthony Gellineau, president of the South Ozone Park Civic Association

More than 100 residents packed St. Anthony of Padua Church’s basement on Tuesday to demand answers from those who are seeking to put juvenile delinquents in a home in South PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY Ozone Park.

West, said at the start of the meeting.

Another resident had a more blunt question. “Which imbecile had the audacity to authorize this?”

Longtime South Ozone Park resident Barbara Fiore said the community “is in a losing battle.”

“We feel like this was already a done deal,” she said.

Antonio Midyetta told ACS and ESS representatives that the juvenile offenders would not have been placed in the community if it was primarily Italian, the way it was years ago.

“You ain’t our brother or our sister,” Midyetta said to applause. “None of these people should be subjected to idiots.”

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expressed fears that they would not be able to let their children play in their backyards, fearing the offenders housed at the facility would present a danger.

Edward Fabian, program director at Episcopal Social Services — which will oversee the day-to-day operations of the facility — said the residence would be a “very tightly controlled facility” with maximum security.

Jill Krauss, director of intergovernmental affairs at ACS, said the site was chosen because it was identified as a possibility by the ESS and that there are several other such facilities throughout the city.

Several residents shouted back “Would you want to live in this neighborhood? ” Panel members did not respond to those questions.

But residents weren’t the only ones frustrated with the facility’s implementation in the community.

Cou ncilman Ruben Wills (D -South Jamaica) also expressed opposition to the program’s placement in the community.

“I do not want this in this district,” he said.

But as the meeting wore on, Wills quickly found himself the target of residents’ anger who wanted to know why the councilman continued on page 28

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Delinquent housing blasted by residents

Ambulance corps to shut down: civic Volunteer group struggles to stay afloat following building collapse

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

sion to make repairs to the structure. He originally had until Dec. 31 to complete the repairs, but now has until mid-February.

“We all believe that’s not fair,” Colberg said of the extension.

Thomson believes the building should be demolished and the owner should “start from scratch.”

“The way he is taking care of it is terrible,” she said. “I’m really upset by it.”

The Department of Buildings website states that Kochabe owes more than $5,000 in civil penalties for failing to repair the building.

Kochabe could not be reached for comment by press time.

Colberg and Thomson said the ambulance corps was a vital part of Woodhaven.

“They were used as a focal community gathering point,” Colberg said.

He added that the group volunteered their equipment and trucks to help Howard Beach and Rockaway residents after Superstorm Sandy.

The collapsed building at 78-19 Jamaica Ave. has caused the WoodhavenRichmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps to shut down, according to civic PHOTO BY MARK LORD leaders.

He said the group’s leaders would meet in the coming days to see if there are any last-minute ways to stop the closure of the organization.

“This is a big decision for them to make and it’s a very hard decision for them to make,” he said. Q Mark Lord contributed to this story.

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The Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps is planning to shut down its operations almost two years after its next-door neighbor’s building collapsed, according to area civic leaders.

Martin Colberg, president of the Wood haven Residents’ Block Association, announced the news last Saturday at the civic’s monthly meeting.

“We’re going to stay on top of this,” Colberg said referring to the collapsed building at 78-19 Jamaica Ave. “[But] we’ve run out of time for the ambulance corps, it seems.”

Colberg said the voluntar y ambulance corps, established close to 100 years ago, has been in financial distress since it was forced out of its headquarters on April 12, 2013, when the vacant building next to it collapsed af ter a downpour.

“They haven’t had any income coming in,” he said in an interview on Tuesday. “It just seems

right now that it’s more of a financial thing.”

The collapse forced the corps’ main tenant, the Woodhaven Senior Center, to relocate. The senior center had been the primary source of income for the volunteer group.

Mar ia T homson, executive director of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp., said the collapse “affected all of our quality of life in Woodhaven.

“A lot of the seniors on that side of Jamaica Avenue weren’t able to make it out to the new location after they moved,” she said.

The senior center moved to the American Legion Hall at 89-02 91 St. the month followi ng the collapse.

The ambulance corps has a $13 million lawsuit pending against the owner of the collapsed building for lost revenue.

The group could not be immediately reached for comment.

Colberg added that the owner of the damaged building, George Kochabe, has been given an exten-

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Ulrich bill seeks annual DEP report With eye on floods, he would have commish give update on city drains

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) today, Jan. 22, will introduce a new bill that would require the Department of Environmental Protection commissioner to give an annual report on the city’s drainage infrastructure — a proposal inspired by the mass flooding in Lindenwood last year after a DEP facility malfunctioned during a downpour.

“Many residents paid a huge price last April when the city’s infrastructure failed to do its job,” Ulrich said in an email to the Queens Chronicle. “This bill will monitor critical water drainage systems in f lood prone areas to help prevent against malfunctions and keep our communities safe in the event of severe rainfall.”

According to the bill, the DEP commissioner would be required to give a report on drainage throughout the city to the mayor and City Council speaker on or before Feb. 1 each year.

The commissioner’s report would include “a description of the current operational condition of all treatment locations, wastewater pump stations, sewer regulators and other critical drainage infrastructure.”

The commissioner would also have to report any catch basin or water treatment facility that “was either out of service or operating at a reduced capacity, a description of the affected infrastructure, the length of disruption, whether such disruption was partial or full, the cause of the disruption and a description of any actions, whether

conducted or planned, in response.”

A DEP representative working in the communications office declined to comment on the proposed legislation.

The April flooding in Lindenwood that inspired the bill was described by residents in the community as worse than Superstorm Sandy.

DEP officials in the wake of the f looding said the Spr ing Creek catch basin and over f low facilit y malfunctioned.

Many residents called for state Attorney General Eric Schneider man to probe the city’s response to the disaster, and others threatened to sue the city for damages before city Comptroller Scott Stringer stepped in and offered settlements to those affected.

The city in December approved the first $100,000 for the design phase of the creek’s restoration, a project that is also being carried out by the Army Corps of Engineers.

The design will cost $1 million and will be split evenly between the Army Corps and the city.

Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association, called the proposed legislation “a common-sense proposal that will hold agencies accountable and ensure that our drainage systems function effectively during inclement weather.

“I applaud Councilman Ulrich for introducing this legislation and look forward to continue working with our local officials on ways to strengthen the resiliency of our Q neighborhoods,” Ariola added.

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orough President Melinda Katz was scheduled at 10 a.m. today, Jan. 22, to give her first State of the Borough speech at Queens College. We believe she’ll report the state of the borough to be strong.

And while there’s always room for improvement, and many challenges are on the table, we agree.

Start with the economy. After several years of struggle, Queens, the rest of the city and in fact the nation are now clearly on the upswing, with unemployment dropping below 6 percent here, people saving big bucks at the gas pump and the stock market reaching new highs.

The borough president has nothing to do with most of that, but she is doing her best to tout tourism here — which means people bring money earned elsewhere and spend it in Queens — and saw success in her efforts when the Lonely Planet travel

guide named our borough the best place in the country to visit this year.

And Katz does deserve credit for other developments that have taken place here in the year since she took office.

She recognizes that the lack of affordable housing is a pressing issue, and a key reason so many people are driven into renting illegal, dangerous apartments. So when a major residential plan, Astoria Cove, came to her for approval, she insisted more affordable housing be added. The result was a 35 percent increase in the number of units that will be designated affordable, from 20 percent of those being built to 27 percent.

She met an unexpected crisis that blew open when she had been in office for barely a month — the Queens Library financial and managerial scandal — with a strong response and got solid results. She largely crafted a new law enabling her and

the mayor to get to the heart of the problem by removing recalcitrant Library Board members, a law that passed the state Legislature with only one nay vote, and the result is more accountability and transparency at an institution that is crucial to many people here.

She also tackled the decay of a borough symbol, the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows, and got the first $5.8 million for its restoration to be allocated.

Other ongoing issues, whether school overcrowding, a Borough Hall extension of questionable utility or many more, existed before Katz took office. As she tackles them, we hope she can get results the way she did at Astoria Cove, the library and the pavilion.

Katz has proven herself a strong, nononsense chief executive in her first year and is to be congratulated. May her second be even more productive for Queens.

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Dear Editor: I would like to praise retired NYPD Capt.

Joseph Concannon, a 25-year veteran, for organizing a nonpartisan unity rally for our Finest. This took place on Tuesday, Jan. 13 in front of Queens Borough Hall, with as many as 400 supporters.

This I believe sends out a message that as law-abiding citizens, we support our Finest, who serve and protect the lives and property of our citizens. They do this on each and every day and risk their lives in the process, for which we say, “Thank You.” Concannon says it does not end with one rally and there are more to come.

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respect that she deserved.

It seems someone on the 14-member committee could have fielded her questions, rather than requiring her to submit them in writing.

Her input might have added value to the deliberation process. Also, who in their right mind would sacrifice their valuable time to go to a meeting just to observe a group of people sitting around a table shifting through resumes?

Her concerns about process and transparency appear legitimate, considering that only 11 resumes were received for a $67,500 starting salary position, and one that yielded the previous director 35 years of gainful employment.

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United we save Dear Editor: The world is in turmoil. Perhaps it is just a continuation of the human condition but in this moment it is all so overpowering. Death and hatred torments us daily from all corners

Cuomo’s pay plan

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ow great it is to know that Gov. Cuomo reads the Chronicle!

Well, maybe he does. Or maybe it’s just a coincidence that he just proposed an idea this page floated last month: two salary tiers for state lawmakers.

Like us, Cuomo seems to believe that our state senators and Assembly members deserve to see their pay increased for the first time since 1999, at least some of them. Like us, he wants to see raises go only to those who do not work outside jobs. Those lawmakers who make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year doing other work don’t need or deserve a pay hike. Those with no other employment deserve more than their $79,500 base pay.

Also like us, Cuomo wants to know exactly what work those with outside jobs do and what they’re making. Let’s hope all these ideas come to fruition.

of the globe. The evil is a cancer that is attacking without limitation.

The sorrows in France have resonated in the streets of New York, London, Jerusalem and elsewhere. Terrorism has gained prominence in the minds of the citizenry more so than was felt following the 9/11 attacks. The infection of fear now grips the hearts of many.

Protesters in Dresden demand the end of Muslim presence in Germany. The extreme right wing of Germany is diverting their hatred of the Jews to Islam. The French who gladly participated with the German occupation during the Second World War in exterminating their Jewish population has come to realize the truth that “first they came for the Jews and then they came for me!”

Terrorist groups are strangling Yemen, Nigeria, Afghanistan, most of North Africa and the Middle East. Millions have fled their homes in Syria while ISIS pursues them by conquering large parts of Iraq. Turkey is frightened of the Kurds and is glad to stand back while Kurds die fighting the Islamic State.

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Dear Editor: Within a few days, Senate confirmation hearings will be held on Loretta Lynch concerning her nomination to the post of U.S. attorney general. Lynch is a seasoned U.S. attorney and highly professional, and she ought to be confirmed. Her hearing, however, must not ignore one very hard question.

“Fast and Furious” gun-walking scanObama’s immigrant order dalThe reaches to the highest levels of the governDear Editor: ment. It is essential that, before the Judiciary Some time ago, I tried to find the text of Committee agrees to confirm her, Lynch must President Barack Obama’s executive order on first promise to arrange for the appointment of immigration, but I could not. So I contacted a truly authentic independent investigation to one of my elected officials, and get to the bottom of the matter.

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Since the independent counsel “The President did not issue ONLINE statute lapsed in 2000 (it did so an Executive Order on immiafter AG Eric Holder testified Miss an editorial or artigration, he spoke about actions against its reauthorization cle cited by a writer? that the Executive Branch is before the committee), the quesWant news from our other able to take to address immition is, what legal mechanism editions covering the rest gration. Executive Orders, as exists to create such an authentiof Queens? Find past you mentioned, are issued by cally independent probe? r e p or t s , ne w s f r om the President and are legally Our answer comes from the binding, whereas executive across the borough and study of history. In the summer actions are not. In this case, the of 1930, the City Bar Associamore at qchron.com.

Executive Branch receives the tion contacted Gov. Franklin author it y to car r y out the Delano Roosevelt, informing actions mentioned by the President in his him that there was something rotten going on speech in the following ways: in the magistrates’ courts in New York. Could • The Executive Branch has the authority the governor figure out a way to probe the to decide deportation policy based on inde- internal mechanism of the courts? FDR then pendent prosecutorial discretion. wrote a letter to the chief judge of the First • The Immigration and Nationality Act, Department, Appellate Division of the New signed into law in 1965, gives the Executive York State Supreme Court, asking the court to Branch certain authorities related to immi- appoint a referee — an independent counsel — gration policy, such as paroling high-skilled to probe the alleged corruption. The counsel immigrants into the United States, as the was, of course, Judge Samuel Seabury, “the President mentioned.” man who rode the tiger,” and his probe snowVictor Maltsev balled to eventually topple the Tammany Hall Rego Park underworld. Note that there was no statute in New York authorizing or mandating the of the Seabury commission; this Spendthrift Republicans appointment was an ad hoc arrangement.

Dear Editor: Similarly, today, there is no federal statute Michael Panico’s Jan. 16 letter, “Answer- mandating the creation of a probe to investiing the Left,” stated seven responses to my gate “Fast and Furious.” But there is no law Jan. 9 letter. I wish to clarify issue No. 3: preventing the creation of an ad hoc probe “Still blaming Bush?” either. The Senate Judiciary Committee must Under Reagan the debt as a share of GDP ask Ms. Lynch: If we vote to confirm you, rose to 41 percent. Bush-41 raised it to 50 per- will you imitate FDR, will you write a letter cent. Clinton dropped it to 39 percent. Bush- to the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme 43’s debt went from $5.7 trillion in 2001 to Court, and ask him to ask the entire nine jus$10.7 trillion in 2008. This was due to his cred- tices to select an independent counsel to it card USA spending spree. probe this gun-running scandal?

Yes, Obama raised the debt to $18 trillion!

The independent counsel must be appointed Here is a simple breakdown: $3.6 trillion by the high court, not the Justice Department. due to Bush’s recession; $3.1 trillion due to Since Mr. Holder has surely done nothing illetwo tax cuts; $1.4 trillion due to two wars; gal, he will undoubtedly welcome this sugges$1.4 trillion due to Obama’s stimulus spend- tion, for he will, one presumes, be exonerated. ing to recover from the 2008 financial crisis How about it, Ms. Lynch?

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In the United States, the Republicans have taken control of Congress. The far right wing of the party truly believes that disagreement with their beliefs defines their opponents as unpatriotic. They believe “activist judges” are usurping the principles of the Founding Fathers when in fact an activist judge is one who finds against their wishes.

At this moment in history the world is looking to the United States for hope and leadership. Unless the political parties accept compromise, that hope is illusionary. This is not the first time that the U.S. has been called upon to temper our political divide to aid an ailing world. Let us pray that reality and patriotism overcomes the political divide that has made Americans enemies to our own!

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Howard Beach woman walks again Gabby D’Angelo driving, playing sports thanks to physical therapist

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

When Gabby D’Angelo first entered Dr. Rober t Costiera’s physical therapy office in Howard Beach last January, she did so in a wheelchair with the hope of walking again.

“I hadn’t seen a case like hers in years,” Costiera, the owner of Ortho Flex Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation, said. “I knew it was going to be a challenge.”

D’Angelo in August 2013 had surgery done to have the bones in her legs lengthened in an effort to grow 9 inches.

She was born with achondroplasia — a genetic that can cause dwarfism — and has had 10 surgeries in 10 years to have her height stretched from 3 feet to about 4 feet, 10 inches.

But the 2013 surgery, she said, was “the worst.”

“I couldn’t walk after it,” she said.

After f ive months of treatment with Costiera, D’Angelo was dancing in three-inch heels at her high school’s prom, an accomplish ment she once

thought was unobtainable.

“I didn’t think I would be able to dance in three-inch heels,” she said.

Her recovery since then has allowed her to drive, play volleyball and walk all by herself.

“I’m all over the place now,” she said.

D’Angelo, a Howard Beach resident, said a huge part of her recovery is due to the treatment she received from Costiera.

She had been going to another therapy office but the treatment at that facility failed to get her back on her feet following her latest surgery, she said, and she transferred to Costiera’s office after hea r i ng about h i m f rom her friends.

The difference between the two off ices was “huge,” D’Angelo said.

“It was closer to home, there were more selections for treatment,” she said.

The road to walking again wasn’t easy, both Costiera and D’Angelo said.

“When she first came in, her

cousin and I had to lift her onto the table,” Costiera said. “She was definitely a unique case.”

He even admitted he was a bit intimidated by the challenge in front of him, calling it one of the top five cases he’s taken on during his 20-year career as a physical therapist.

“I said to myself ‘Where do I start with this girl?’” he recalled. “ It ’s ex t r e m ely ch a l le n g i n g because you have to work one-onone with her.”

He said the two of them worked together on stretching and balance at first. Once D’Angelo had the feeling back in her legs, she was asked to ride an exercise bike.

She recalled that using her legs to pedal the bicycle at first was strange to her.

“It felt weird at first,” she said.

“I felt like a little baby who didn’t know how to walk. I was trying to learn how to use my legs again.”

With every treatment, however, using her legs became easier, until she reached her goal of dancing at Archbishop Molloy High School’s senior prom in heels.

Gabby D’Angelo, right, stands with Dr. Robert Costiera and nurse Kerri, two of the people who helped her walk again after an August 2013 surgery she had in an effort to grow 9 inches. D’Angelo has been visiting the Howard PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY Beach office since last January.

And as much as she credits the accomplishment to Costiera’s work, the doctor said D’Angelo’s determi-

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Addabbo says to leave rail line as is State senator points out flaws in park, train reactivation proposals

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For months, the debate has been whether to put parkland or a train on the old Rockaway Beach rail tracks.

But state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) has a different idea: Do nothing.

“I have a lot of people who would be happy just leaving it the way it is,” he said in a sit-down interview last Thursday.

The senator said both the QueensWay plan — a 3.5-mile stretch of parkland similar to the High Line in Manhattan that would connect Rego Park to Ozone Park — and the proposal to put a train back on the tracks, which has been out of commission for decades, are impossible right now.

Regarding the QueensWay, Addabbo said there are “severe holes in this plan.”

He said some of his constituents who live near the abandoned line have expressed concerns of people walking near their houses, and would be glad to leave overgrown weeds on the track.

“They’re always concerned about people being there,” Addabbo said. “I think most people are happy the way it is.”

He also said the QueensWay needed to set up a trust fund that would help pay for the maintenance of the proposed parkland.

Lastly, the senator said he worries the

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. believes many of his constituents would be just fine with leaving the abandoned Rockaway Beach rail line like this. The politician said in an interview with the FILE PHOTO Chronicle that he could not fully support the parkland or train proposals.

QueensWay could force mom and pop shops out of the area in favor of more household names, such as Starbucks or Chipotle.

“I can’t displace these businesses,” he said.

Friends of the QueensWay, a group advocating for the parkland, said in an email,

“One of the major goals of the QueensWay is to incorporate the community’s many businesses and institutions into the park, to build upon the great culture of Central Queens.”

“In fact, several of the QueensWay’s supporters are local mom and pop shops that see the great benefit this park will add to

their bottom line,” the group added.

Friends of QueensWay added it plans to install security cameras, lighting and completely close the park during nighttime hours.

While Addabbo didn’t say he was against the plan to place a train on the line, he said MTA officials have told him that they will not bring the rail line back.

“I’ve asked them can we do it, and they tell me no,” he said. “I can’t go there until the MTA wants to go there.”

But Philip McManus, president of the Queens Public Transit Committee — a group that advocates for improved transportation across the borough and has heavily supported the idea of reactivating the Rockaway Beach rail line — said “this mentality of doing nothing is really the problem.”

“Our whole goal is to expand the transit system,” he said. “Not leave it at the status quo.”

He added that putting the train back on the tracks would “unite Queens” and that the parkland would “continue the discrimination of South Queens and Nor ther n Queens.”

The Rockaway resident said Queens is in desperate need of improved transportation infrastructure because of its growing popuQ lation.

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Rockaways need the ferry: Addabbo Boat service vital to peninsula recovery, senator tells the Chronicle

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Bringing ferry service back to the Rockaways is vital for the peninsula’s post-Sandy recovery, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) told the Queens Ch ronicle last Thursday.

“You really can’t revitalize the Rockaways if you don’t have the ferry,” the state senator said in a sitdown interview. “You need the ferry.”

The ferry service started shortly after Superstorm Sandy as a way for Rockaway residents to go to Manhattan while the A train was out of The Rockaway Ferry used to give peninsula residents commission and ended on Oct. 31. an easy way to access Manhattan. State Sen. Joe Mayor de Blasio and other city Addabbo Jr. told the Chronicle that bringing the ferry officials told Addabbo and other back to the Rockaways is necessary to revitalize the Queens representatives in October area. He’s pushing to have state or federal dollars that the ferry was being canceled fund the service and to have it run all week. FILE PHOTO because only 400 people per day bring the ferry back. He also said it needs to took advantage of the service and the run every day of the week. $30 per rider subsidy could not be sustained.

“It’s about connecting the most isolated Addabbo doubts the city’s estimate on the ferry’s ridership and also said it could find the part of the city to the rest of the city,” he said. money in the $70 billion budget to fund it.

The senator added he will continue to “Believe me, they can find the money,” fight for state and federal funding to reimhe said.

Addabbo said if the city is serious about plement the ferry service. Other Rockaway wanting to revitalize the peninsula, it should lawmakers have also called for funding. Q

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MTA gets $3.8M for Sandy The Met ropolitan Transpor tation Authority will receive $3.8 million in federal funding to offset the cost of repairs to bridges and tunnels necessitated by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

The funding, announced last Friday by U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), will come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and is authorized under the Stafford Act of 1998, which expanded the authority of the federal government to assist state and municipal governments following disasters.

The reimbursement will cover work done on the Brooklyn-Battery and Queens Midtown tunnels, and the Whitestone, Throgs Neck, Triborough/RFK, Cross Bay, Marine Parkway, Henry Hudson and Verrazano Narrows bridges.

The storm shut down A train subway service to the Rockaways for months.

The MTA was forced to remove debris from tunnels, repair or replace traffic control systems, tracks, and electrical, structural and mechanical systems.

The MTA is investing millions to hardQ en its systems against future storms.

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“I miss Rob every day,” Scarantino said.

“But I try to remember all the good times we shared.”

Foerderer died suddenly five years ago this January.

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Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience.

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New research in a treatment called Class IV Laser Therapy is having a profound effect on patients suffering with knee pain. Unlike the cutting type of laser seen in movies and used in medical procedures, the Class IV therapeutic laser penetrates the surface of the skin with no heating effect or damage.

Laser Therapy has been tested for 40 years, had over 2000 papers published on it, and has been shown to aid in damaged tissue regeneration, decrease inflammation, relieve pain and boost the immune system. This means that there is a good chance cold laser therapy could be your knee pain solution, allowing you to live a more active lifestyle.

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New racing regs after dozen deaths at track Aqueduct schedule to be shortened, horses must wait 15 days to race

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The New York Racing Association last Friday announced further reforms to racing conducted at Aqueduct Race Track in light of a recent string of horse deaths at the South Ozone Park venue.

“The safety of our equine athletes and jockeys at Aqueduct Racetrack is a high priority,” Christopher Kay, CEO and president of NYRA, said in a statement on the association’s website. “In that spirit, the New York Racing Association continues to work together with the [New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association] leadership and the New York State Gaming Commission in these important endeavors.”

Racing stewards will now be responsible for keeping a list of horses who have lost races by 25 lengths or greater.

Horses on that list will be required to complete a half-mile workout in 53 seconds to compete in any future races at the track, NYRA said on its website.

The list will be available on NYRA.com.

Effective Jan. 22, weekday racecards, Wednesday to Fridays, will be reduced from nine races to eight.

Also effective Jan. 22, horses will no longer be allowed to race at Aqueduct if they have competed in the past 14 days.

Racing officials have announced reforms at Aqueduct Race Track, in an effort to curb a series of FILE PHOTO equine fatalities at the Queens venue.

That rule will be in effect until further notice, NYRA said.

“The measures announced by NYRA today constitute an important step toward addressing the troubling situation at Aqueduct,” state Gaming Commission Executive Di rector Rober t Willia ms said i n a statement.

The troubling situation Williams referred

to is a series of horse deaths, 12 so far, in just about a month and a half of racing at Aqueduct.

Many of the equine fatalities occurred after the horses sustained a fracture during the race, a spreadsheet of the horse deaths provided by the state states.

The Jockey Club’s Equine Injury database states that there has been 7.8 horse

fatalities at the track for every 1,000 starts — compared the national average of 1.9 deaths per 1,000 starts.

NYRA and other racing officials had the track studied by in-house and out-of-house professionals, who determined it was safe for horses to race on.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo (D-Howard Beach), the ranking member of the Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, which oversees NYRA, said he spoke with NYRA officials last week about why he was not notified of the string of horse deaths before being called by a Chronicle reporter.

“I should never have to tell a reporter no,” he said.

The senator said NYRA officials “apologized” for the lack of notice and that they will keep him alerted to any future happenings at the track.

Addabbo added that while NYR A’s recent reforms are a good first step to addressing the problem, “something a bit deeper needs to happen.”

“You have to look at a longer time f rame,” he said. “Not just since last November.”

He added that he will discuss the recent deaths with racing committee Chairman state Sen. John Bonacic (R-Hudson Valley) Q in Albany next week.

MillionTreesNYC close to hitting goal Parks officials talk planting program at monthly Woodhaven civic meeting

by Mark Lord

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MillionTreesNYC, the initiative that aims to plant that many across the city in a 10-year period, is well on its way to achieving its goal, representatives from the Department of Parks and Recreation said at the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association’s monthly meeting on Saturday.

The project, which was kicked off in 2007 by thenMayor Bloomberg and entertainer Bette Midler, founder of the New York Restoration Project, has already led to the planting of an estimated 938,000 trees in the five boroughs, Parks representatives said.

The program seeks to increase the city’s urban forest by as much as 20 percent, Parks representatives said.

According to the department’s spokespersons, trees may be planted upon individual citizens’ requests or based upon environmental need.

Fiorella Trimble, senior forester for Queens, explained that while “we try to work with people,” individuals do not have the right to refuse to have trees planted in front of their homes.

Trees, she said, are planted as “benefits [for] the entire community.”

The representatives indicated that some medians along roadways are too narrow for planting, as evidenced by the “high mortality rate” of trees that have been planted in narrow medians.

For trees to have the best chance of survival, the medians need to be at least eight-feet wide, Trimble said.

Some of the audience members present expressed interest in being notified of future plantings.

Already, postcards, decals and flags indicating sites of new plantings are being used, the representatives said.

Andrew Newman, the department’s Central Forestry Division communications manager, added that the department is “thinking of new ways to notify people.”

Other issues discussed ranged from stump removal and pruning to the use of tree guards and problems with sidewalks being uprooted by large trees.

Department representatives said people can report damaged or dead street trees by calling 311 or by visiting milliontreesnyc.org.

A representative for Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) announced toward the end of the meeting that a participatory budget session will be held at the councilman’s office, located at 93-06 101 Ave. in Ozone Park on Jan. 22 at 7 p.m.

In other business, Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) discussed a bill, as yet unnumbered, he introduced to create a civilian summons review board that would allow “regular, non-professional people” to hear cases involving summonses issued by the Department of Sanitation.

The bill stemmed from area business owners complaining that they were being fined for garbage dumped outside their storefronts after business hours.

“Let’s get attention from the city through the bill,” Miller added.

The next WRBA meeting is scheduled for noon on Q Feb. 21 at a site to be determined at a later date.

Andrew Newman, the Department of Parks and Recreation’s Central Forestry Division’s communications manager, discusses the MillionTreesNYC initiative with those present at Saturday’s Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association meeting. Department representatives said the program PHOTO BY MARK LORD has planted about 938,000 trees across the city.

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Firing power should go to principals: pol Addabbo talks wishes for mayoral control renewal in Albany this June

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State lawmakers will have to decide by June 30 whether to renew the law that gives the mayor control over public schools.

Prior to the law, first passed in 2002, schools throughout the city were run by an independent agency known as the Board of Education instead of the Department of Education.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) believes Albany legislators should not just cast a simple vote, but see how they can tweak the law to improve city schools.

“Whenever you have the opportunity to make it better, don’t let that chance go away,” Addabbo, a member of the Education Committee, said in an interview with the Chronicle.

One of the major things Addabbo said he wants to see implemented as part of the renewal is a re-shifting of power when it comes to the hiring and firing of teachers.

“Principals, as we know, don’t have full control over firing and hiring,” he said.

As it stands, the city has a large say regarding which teachers are placed in certain schools and has the only say in whether or not an educator can be terminated.

Addabbo would like to see that power placed in the hands of the schools’ principals.

He said a large reason for this is it provides a means of accountability if a teacher is not performing well.

He said many of the principals in his district have indicated the same desire to have more say in who is

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“Principals always want more control because they’re in charge of their school,” he said.

Transparency is one thing the senator stressed was important in the education of city students.

“I like transparency, I like accountability,” he said.

It was the transparency that Bloomberg, the mayor at the time mayoral control was implemented, promised that made Addabbo a supporter of the educational reform.

“The whole idea of mayoral control was so novel,” said Addabbo, who at the time of the law’s passing was a city councilman. “I bought into it right away.”

He said the board’s $6 billion budget was seen by very few people and the election of its members was poorly attended.

Now, the school’s budget is much more transparent and parent involvement in the education system has increased.

But the switch from a board of education to the DOE did not just help the city overall; schools in Addabbo’s district saw an improvement in test scores since it was implemented, the senator pointed out.

Addabbo said he hopes state lawmakers will join him in looking to find ways to improve the city’s schools and renewing the legislation.

But he also warned that senators and Assembly members who do not personally like Mayor de Blasio should leave their bias behind when casting their vote up in Albany.

“It’s about who’s the most apt to control the schools,” Q he said of the legislation. “And that’s the mayor.”

Mayoral control allows City Hall’s top elected official to appoint chancellors such as Carmen Fariña. Though state Sen. Joe Addabbo supports the renewal of the legislation, he’d like to see the power to hire and fire PHOTO COURTESY NYC teachers in the hands of principals.

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City police officers could soon be better protected on the job.

Members of the City Council proposed last Thursday to allocate $7.3 million in next year’s city budget — which will be finalized by June — toward replacing bulletproof vests with models usi ng the latest technology.

At the January meeting of Community Board 3 in East Elmhurst last week, City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst), chairwoman of the Finance Committee, said the warranty on the vests had expired and it is important to ensure each officer is safe. “There’s going to be a four-year plan of making sure that we take those vests off our officers,� Ferreras said. “It is a really good investment.�

In 2006, the Council provided funds for new bulletproof vests, but it’s already time for an upgrade. “Moder n, reliable bu llet proof vests will help ensure that police off icers th roughout the cit y are safe,� City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan) said Q in a statement. —Cristina Schreil

The Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach last Friday honored Stephen Sirgiovanni, a member of the club and past lieutenant governor of the Queens West divison for the Kiwanis.

Sirgiovanni, seen center in the above photo, oversaw recruitment goals for Kiwanis posts across much of Southern Queens from January 2013 to earlier this month.

The event was held at Roma View restaurant at 160-05 Cross Bay Blvd. and was attended by members of the Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach.

The group also honored John and Laura Morabito, right, who raised money for charity through the sale of medals over the year.

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Cinemart Cinemas to keep fighting Theater will stay open after weekend’s turnout, while future still in question

by Matthew Ern Chronicle Contributor

After high ticket sales last weekend and an outpouring of support from the community, owner Nicolas Nicolaou has decided to keep the Cinemart Cinemas in Forest Hills open.

“We believe, and the community believes, that the theater has something special,” Nicolaou said. “This is what neighborhood cinemas should be about. To come in and see your neighbors and friends and to discuss the movie afterward.”

The independently owned Cinemart dates back to 1927, but despite its history major studios have licensed few first-run films to theater in recent years. Nicolaou had been ready to close the theater and sell it until Warner Bros. licensed the film “American Sniper” beginning last Thursday.

Many early screenings sold out, thanks in part to the efforts of community groups like the Forest Hills Gardens Corp., Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. and WomenHelpingWomen of Forest Hills. The turnout has encouraged Nicolaou not to close the theater and to continue pursuing first-run films.

“The short-term effect is wonderful but this is something we need to keep at in the longterm,” said Maria Thompson, executive director of the Woodhaven group. “We’ll do everything we can to support them and I hope

An audience awaiting a screening of the Oscar-nominated film “American Sniper” to show support PHOTO COURTESY MICHAEL PERLMAN for the Cinemart Cinemas last weekend. everybody else will too.”

Nicolaou needs to keep ticket sales up in order to convince the major studios to license him more first-run films, he says. He doesn’t have his eye on any movie in particular, just more quality films that he says match the

quality neighborhood his theater is in.

The Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. has purchased 20 tickets to upcoming screenings of “American Sniper” that they plan to pass out for f ree arou nd the community.

“We’re hoping that other groups will join in and do their part. If we all buy 20 tickets and distribute them, that will be a good base for patronage,” Thompson said. Her group plans to do the same for any new movies that come to the theater in the future.

Gloria Imperante, a member of WomenHelpingWoman, made signs for this past weekend’s screenings championing the Cinemart.

“People in the neighborhood came out in support, which is a wonderful thing really,” Imperante said.

Michael Perlman, chairman of the RegoForest Park Preservation Council, spearheaded the efforts to save the Cinemart and has been in regular contact with Nicolaou for years.

“We’re really grateful in the turnout and how supportive the Forest Hills and adjacent communities have been,” Perlman said.

Although Nicolaou has decided to stay open after last week’s support, there is no confirmation yet on whether or not the theater will receive more first-run films. He says he plans to get in touch with the studios Thursday to request further releases.

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City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Emily Lloyd launched the 29th annual Water Resources Art and Poetry Contest on Jan. 20.

Lloyd said students f rom second through 12th grade are invited to create original art and poetry projects that ref lects the theme of shared water resources. Entries for the contest will be accepted online until March.

“By creating original works of art young New Yorkers are encouraged to think about the environment and express its importance to their communities,”

Lloyd said in her announcement .

This year the contest focuses on four categories: Water, A Precious Resource; The New York City Water Supply System; Wastewater Treatment System and Climate Change and Water Stewardship.

The entries will be judged on creativity in interpreting one or more of the contest themes, accuracy of information, originality and skill. One winner will be selected from each category. Students and parents who are interested in participating in the contest can visit nyc.gov/dep/ Q artandpoetry for further details.

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• said that illegally converted living spaces must be made safe, and that they are so prevalent in Queens because there is not enough room for everyone who wants to live here; • said that “her dream” for the decaying state Pavilion, for whose restoration $5.8 million has been allocated, is to have it structurally safe with a restored exterior and lighting before she leaves office; • invited parents across the borough to come to the meetings she holds with parent associations around the borough, whether they are members or not; and • said what weaves together native Queens residents and newcomers, from anyQ where, is their shared focus on family.

continued from page 2 • touted the reorganization and reform of the Queens Library that she has led, saying that when she goes around the borough, the controversy at the institution is the top subject she is asked about; • suggested that if anyone reading this story knows of a community organization that could host pre-K classes, to let her know, because more space is needed; • expressed her hope that if the minimum wage is raised it will aid the economy because people who earn more can spend more;

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Pet terminal to be built at JFK airport Real estate company signs 30-year lease with Port Authority for space

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Want to travel, but don’t want to leave your pets behind?

You won’t have to now that a real estate company has leased space at John F. Kennedy International Airport for the transportation of animals ranging from household dogs and cats, horses, livestock and birds.

The animal-friendly terminal will be known as the Ark at JFK and will be developed by real estate company Racebrook Capital.

“We developed The Ark concept to address the unmet needs for the import and export of companion, sporting and agricultural animals,” the Ark at JFK Founder and Racebrook Chairman John Cuticelli Jr. said in a joint statement with officials participating in the development of the project.

The $48-million, 178,000-square-foot facility will be operated by ARK Development, LLC, a subsidiary of Racebrook Capital. The company has agreed to a 30-year lease with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for the space.

Build NYC, one of the city’s bond issuers, will sell bonds underwritten by Goldman Sachs to help finance the project.

“The Air Cargo industry at JFK is an important component of New York City’s greater economy, directly responsible for

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Grant money for nonprofits The Citizens Committee for New York City is currently accepting proposals for neighborhood improvement grants. More than $50,000 is available for volunteer groups that work on projects that address community issues across the city.

The nonprofit will award hundreds of neighborhood and school improvement grants before its Jan. 26 deadline. Groups based in low-income neighborhoods and Title I public schools will be given priority. The funding range is up to $3,000.

Examples of projects eligible for these grants include turning a vacant lot into an urban farm, facilitating healthy cooking workshops, organizing neighborhood block watch initiatives or beautifying public spaces. All groups that receive a Neighborhood Grant will also receive planning assistance, have access to an equipment resource library and skills-building workshops.

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The Ark at JFK will serve as a terminal for animals ranging from horses to household dogs.

Though a timeline for its opening has not been announced, it will be the world’s first airline facility PHOTO COURTESY RACEBROOK CAPITAL exclusively for the transportation for animals. over 17,000 jobs, and The ARK at JFK will help bolster JFK’s competitive advantage as an international air cargo gateway, a major New York City Economic Development Corporation priority,” Jeffrey Lee, executive director of Build NYC, said.

It will be built at the airport’s Building

78, a vacant cargo facility, and will be divided into three sections: a cargo wing, a central administrative building equipped with a 24-hour veterinary hospital and the main facility used for pet boarding, animal import and export and livestock handling.

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Health scare at two Howard Beach places Reopened gym near closed bagel store

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

A Howard Beach children’s gym — located near a bagel store that has been shut down by the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene due to the presence of mice — was temporarily shut down after several children became ill during a Jan. 12 party.

But the DOH says the two incidents are unrelated.

Paul Guar neri, owner of Kids ‘N Shape located at 162-26 Cross Bay Blvd., said he shut the gym down after the children became sick.

A DOH representative said the children had a “gastrointestinal illness.”

Guarneri said following the discovery of the illnesses, the gym “out of an abundance of caution, we proactively shut down our business for several days and hired an industrial cleaning service to thoroughly clean and disinfect our entire facility.”

The gym has since been reopened, following a visit by the DOH, Guarneri said.

“Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of the children who attend Kids ‘N Shape, which is why we took this incident so seriously,” he added.

Both Guarneri and the DOH said the cause of the outbreak has not yet been determined and is being investigated.

The gym is located a few storefronts away from Old Country Bagel, also located at 162-26 Crossbay Blvd., which last week was closed by the DOH, for multiple health violations following two visits by department officials on Jan. 15 and 16.

On Jan. 15, health inspectors found “evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas,” and other unsanitary conditions.

In a follow-up visit the next day the department found many of the same violations.

Calls to the store were not returned by press time, and the department’s website stated it was still closed as of Wednesday Q afternoon.

jobs and $108 million in profits for the Port Authority over the course of the 30-year lease, Port Authority officials said.

“ARK’s investment of $48 million into JFK will transform an airport structure that has been vacant for nearly 10 years into a world-class specialty cargo facility,” Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye said.

The facility is being built by a team of architects specializing in animal care and will provide special care for the animals being transported.

A 20,000-square-foot facility will be set up for the care of cats and dogs, which includes overnight accommodations and grooming and will be operated by Paradise 4 Paws — a Chicago-based company that has pet-boarding facilities throughout the country.

“Paradise 4 Paws has been expanding significantly over the past year, with our most recent opening at Denver International Airport, and we are thrilled to now be able to offer our services to travelers out of JFK Airport,” Saq Nadeem, CEO of Paradise 4 Paws, said.

Veterinary services for the animals at the terminal will be provided by LifeCare Veterinary health system, which has several centers across the country.

Officials did not give a timeline for when Q the terminal would open.

Shooting perp arrested: cops Police on Sat u rd ay a r rested a Queens Village man in connection with the shooting of two men in South Ozone Park earlier in the month that left one of the victims dead.

Jiram Ali Suarez, 24, has been charged with second-degree murder, second-degree robbery and seconddegree criminal posession of a weapon for allegedly shooting the two men as they sat in a car outside a South Ozone Park house on Jan. 6.

Suarez allegedly approached the pair and shot one of them in the head and the other in the right leg as they sat in an SUV in front of 150-22 130 St., police said.

Both victims were transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where the victim who was shot in the head was pronounced dead on the arrival.

The deceased has been identified as John Pichardo, 19, of Brooklyn, police said.

The other victim, who is only described as a 21-year-old male, has been released f rom the hospital, Q according to police.

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Former Councilman Dan Halloran’s sentencing on federal corruption charges has been pushed back again, according to a spokesman for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Halloran, with previous dates of Jan. 12 and Jan. 22, was one of six people arrested in 2013 in an alleged plot by former state Sen. Malcolm Smith to bribe Republican city officials in order to get the GOP’s nomination for mayor.

Bharara’s spokesman said the former Whitestone lawmaker now is not scheduled to be sentenced before March.

Initially a co-defendant of Smith and former Queens Republican Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone, Halloran elected to continue at trial last June while Smith and Tabone received a mistrial. They began their new trial on Jan. 5.

Halloran, who took more than $20,000 to act as a go-between with Smith and city Republican leaders, was convicted of two counts of bribery, two of wire fraud and a single count of conspiracy. Two others have pleaded guilty to their roles. Former Spring Valley, NY Mayor Noramie Jasmin will be tried Q after Smith and Tabone.

Schumer urges Avonte’s Law Vanessa Fontaine, the mother of the late Avonte Oquendo, the 14-year-old autistic boy who tragically fled the Riverview School in Long Island City last year and died, accompanied U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to President Obama’s State of the Union address in Washington, DC on Tuesday.

Fontaine, whom Schumer called a “persevering individual,” also highlighted a proposed national bill with an aim to better protect children like Avonte.

The legislation would jump-start and fund a $10 million grant program that gives track-

ing devices to children on the autism spectrum or have developmental disorders making them prone to bolting from caregivers. It would also train users of the devices.

The bill would also give the Department of Justice authority to give grants to law enforcement who want to help children who are prone to wandering or running away.

“I hope that together we can rally further support for this legislation, which is essential to the families of loved ones with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and other special needs,” said Schumer in a statement.

continued from page 10 participated in as many treatments as she could, visiting the office anywhere f rom t wo to th ree d ays a week, and what she couldn’t do one day she would tackle on the following visit.

“You need a patient who’s going to work that hard,” Costiera said.

He said he also feels a sense of joy in seeing D’Angelo now walk around the office by herself, as well as driving to her own appointments.

“It’s great to know you can help with someone who was in dire need of help,” he said.

D’Angelo’s road to recovery, however, is not over just yet. Costiera said he would like to see her left knee “bend a little more.”

He said a surgery scheduled for D’Angelo in May, when doctors will remove rods implanted in her legs, might help with that.

“I think it’s going to help a lot,” he said.

D’Angelo, now a freshman studying fashion merchandising at the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising College in Manhattan, also said she does not plan on having any more surgeries to grow any more.

“I’m fine where I am,” she said of Q her height.

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Cuomo announces LaGuardia AirTrain Plan calls for $450 million plan to run from near Citi Field to airport

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

A third-world facility, no more.

In a move that would surely please Vice P resident Joe Biden, who compa red LaGuardia Airport to a third-world country last year, a new AirTrain may be shuttling commuters back and forth between the airport and an area near Citi Field by the end of the decade.

Gov. Cuomo announced plans at a breakfast with the Association for a Better New York on Tuesday for a $450 million light rail system connecting the Mets-Willets Point 7 train station and the adjacent Long Island Rail Road stop with the aging airport, which public transit users can only access via the M60, Q48, Q70 and Q72 buses.

“You can’t get to LaGuardia by train and that really is inexcusable,” Cuomo said.

“And that we’re going to change over the next several years.”

The AirTrain would not run along the 7 line or the nearby LIRR tracks, instead the station would be located between the two operations. The proposed rail tracks would run along the south side of the 7 train before curving either underneath or above the subway and continuing along the Grand Central Parkway to the airport.

According to a joint statement from MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast and

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Executive Director Patrick Foye, the t rain would take up to f ive years to construct.

“The Port Authority and the MTA are working closely to establish the score, schedule and management of the LaGuardia AirTrain,” the two agency heads said.

“We will build this project in a cost-effective way that minimizes disruptions to nearby communities ... and we can get it done within five years of obtaining all necessary approvals.”

The governor said the plan would be paid for with existing funds and would be built alongside the $3.6 billion overhaul of the airport, complete with a rebuilt main terminal and new amenities inside the building.

Various Queens lawmakers have lent their support to the plan in the wake of Cuomo’s announcement, with Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) calling the proposed train a “huge boon” for Queens.

“An elevated AirTrain can make public transportation more attractive to those traveling to and from LaGuardia, and it would expand the potential of the No. 7 train and the LIRR,” Meng said. “It also stands to reduce congestion, promote tourism and stimulate the borough’s economy.”

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Going through the hassle of driving or taking public transportation to LaGuardia Airport may not be necessary by the end of the decade, as Gov. Cuomo announced plans for an AirTrain that FILE PHOTO would run between the airport and near the Mets-Willets Point No. 7 train station.

Joint Council 16 and the chairman of the Board of Directors for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Airline Division, also applauded the proposed AirTrain in a statement on Tuesday.

“Our airports are an important source of middle-class jobs, but poor investment has put those jobs at risk,” Miranda said. “We

must come together at all levels of government, and in public and private sectors, to make this plan a reality.”

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‘We didn’t respond with hate. We set records’ Tuskegee Airman and King bodyguard visits Merrick Academy in Queens

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If it would be possible to sum up Dabney Montgomery’s life in a single sentence, Gerald Karikari would have it about right.

“He stood up when it was time.”

Montgomery served in World War II with the famed Tuskegee Airmen, a segregated group of fighter and bomber pilots who had to fight for the right to serve in combat before becoming among the most feared Allied pilots in the skies over German-occupied Europe.

Two decades later in March 1965 he served as a bodyguard to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the tense march from Selma, Ala., to the state capital of Montgomery to protest for voting rights, at a time when people were being killed in the Deep South for doing so.

Karikari, head of the board of directors at the Merrick Academy charter school in Springfield Gardens, welcomed Montgomery to the school on Jan. 15 to celebrate King’s birthday, along with Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau), former Councilman Archie Spigner and more than 300 students who crowded in to the school’s gym.

“We knew we were taking part in something great,” Montgomery said of his days as a ground crewman in the former Army Air Corps. “But we didn’t realize the impact we would have.”

The group and its accomplishments have become more well-documented in the last quarter century, with testimonials, reunions and other accolades.

Last year the City Council approved a measure renaming South Road in Jamaica as Tuskegee Airmen Way.

Dabney Montgomery shows children at the Merrick Academy the Congressional Gold Medal he was awarded in 2007 for his service in World War II with the Tuskegee Airmen. Montgomery, an Alabama native and a Harlem resident for more than 50 years, kicked off the school’s annual PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON commemoration of Martin Luther KIng Jr.’s birthday on Jan. 15.

Their exploits and struggles were dramatized in the 2012 movie “Red Tails” — a reference to the distinguishing paint jobs on the squadron’s aircraft — featuring awardwinning actors Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Bryan Cranston.

And in 2007, there finally was a tribute from the nation as more than 300 of the surviving pilots and ground crew assembled in Washington, DC to receive Congressional Gold Medals struck in their honor.

“We want the children to be able to see, hear and touch history,” K a r i k a r i s a id b efor e Montgomery’s presentation. “We want them to know that history is not just something you read in books.”

M o n t g o m e r y, 9 0 , broug ht a nu mber of items to show the students. One was a bound copy of a formerly classif ied re por t f rom t he Army General Staff in 1918 calling the Negro soldier incapable of being trained for all but rudimentary tasks, and unfit for combat.

That still was the prevaili ng opi n ion when Montgomery and his unit reported to southern Italy in 1943.

“They said the black man wouldn’t fight,” he said. “They said the black man couldn’t be taught to Dabney Montgomery received three standing ovations last week f ly planes like the P-51. from 300 grade school children at the Merrick Academy in How dare they? ... And then one day one of our Springfield Gardens.

those like the Tuskegee Airmen, had begun to manifest itself.

President Harry S. Truman, through Executive Order 9981, demanded an end to segregation in the U.S. Armed Forces, though it would be 1954 before the last allblack units were disbanded.

But Montgomery still was not done fighting for himself and his country.

He willingly joined the group that vowed to protect King during the historic five-day, 54-mile march for civil rights from Selma to Montgomery in an atmosphere considered so dangerous that President Lyndon Johnson federalized the Alabama National Guard in an attempt to protect the marchers.

In a frame, he has preserved artifacts that would be the envy of any historian.

“When the march was over, I removed the heels from my shoes,” he said, holding up the frame for all to see.

Next to the heels is the red tie that he wore. There is also a small notebook open to several handwritten lines.

“Martin Luther King’s hand was guiding mine as I wrote down his address in Atlanta,” Montgomery said.

He received three separate standing ovations at the Merrick Academy.

Karikari, Meeks and other speakers tasked the children with never squandering the gifts that Montgomery and others fought and died to give them in the skies of Europe and the streets of the United States.

Montgomery compared lessons in school with lessons in life.

“When your teacher gives you a difficult mathematics problem, a hard reading or a difficult assignment, don’t say, ‘I can’t do it,’” he counseled the children.

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pilots spotted a German destroyer in the Mediterranean Sea, and attacked it. And sank it [with machine gun fire]. It was the first time in history.”

He then referred to a friend and squadron-mate named Charlie, a man he said still lives in the Washington, DC area.

“He set a record by flying behind enemy lines 409 times,” Montgomery said. “He believed in himself, and he believed that God made him as good as any other person ... After they said we couldn’t do it, we didn’t respond with hate.

“We went out and set records,” he said.

According to 332ndfg. org, the website of the 332nd Air Fighter Group, the Red Tails destroyed 111 Ger man planes in aer ial dogf ights f rom 1943 through 1945, and a n o t h e r 15 0 o n t h e ground, along with nearly 1,000 railroad cars and ar mored and other ground vehicles.

They collectively were awa rd e d 150 D i s t i n guished Flying Crosses for heroism or exemplary achievement, 744 Air Medals, 14 Bronze Stars for bravery and eight Purple Hearts.

Sixty-six of their pilots would never come home.

Those who did returned to a legal, segregated society. But the impact of which Mont- Montgomery framed the heels of the shoes he wore while protecting gomery spoke, spurred by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years ago on the Selma-Montgomery the accomplishments of March in Alabama. The notebook shows King’s Atlanta address.

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“Why didn’t you do anything to stop this? ” one resident shouted from the back of the room.

Wills took offense to the negative comments directed at him.

“I’m the only elected official here,” he said. “Do not test my commitment to this community.”

Wills told residents that their anger at him and those on the panel was misguided, and that action should be taken

against City Hall, which decides where the Close to Home residences are placed.

“These folks do not make the decisions,” he said. “We can go to City Hall and rally, and let the mayor know that we don’t want this.”

The councilman also proposed suing to stop the plan, bringing those present at Tuesday’s meeting back next week to sign a lawsuit seeking an injunction against it, to which audience members applauded.

Wills said the group would return to St. Anthony of Padua Church’s basement hall, located at 135 Avenue and 128 Street on Tues. Jan. 27, to have residents Q sign on as plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

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Catholic education provides stu- such as cultural themed festivals, projects and trips — engage dents with a values-based education, students in the teaching and learning process.

The success of Catholic education in Queens and Brooklyn rooted in the mission of the Catholic Church. These values are fully inte- is also measured with proven results: • English Language Arts results on New York State tests grated into all programs. School communities are also integrated into the life of the parish in Catholic academies/schools consistently outpaced New York State and city schools. through various liturgical events • $7.853 million in scholarand service projects. In Catholic ships was awarded to 5,922 eleacademies and schools, religion mentar y students within the is ensured as a priority. diocese.

Catholic education is focused • 71 percent of graduating on the whole child in mind, body eighth graders in 2014 will go and soul. In addition to class on to Catholic high schools or sizes that meet the needs of all other private high schools and students, Catholic education prospecialized public high schools. vides a challenging curriculum • Over 13.7 million dollars in that reflects the New York State high school scholarships was Learning Standards in a safe, caroffered to graduating eighthing and supportive learning envigraders. ron ment. This environ ment • 20 young men graduating encourages lifelong learning and within the diocese will attend prepares students for high school Regis High School, a tuition-free and beyond.

Students are provided with the Source: U.S. Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools Jesuit college preparatory school skills necessary to be successful 2013:2014: The Annual Statistical Report on Schools, in Manhattan.

• Nationally, 99.4 percent of in the 21st century. State-of-the- Enrollment and Staffing (NCEA).

Catholic school students graduate art technology and programs are CHART COURTESY DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN AND QUEENS WEBSITE high school compared to 75.5 valuable teaching tools and can percent of public school students. challenge students to go beyond the core curriculum.

Catholic schools educate students with the hope that they Student learning opportunities are always expanding when it comes to Catholic education in Queens and Brooklyn, be it will make a positive difference in the world, in our country, through partnerships with Catholic high schools, local colleg- and in the lives of others. They also strive to educate the es and universities or through the rich cultural opportunities whole child spiritually, academically, morally, emotionally, offered in New York City. These rich cultural opportunities — socially and physically in partnership with parents. This

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The future for Catholic schools is to sustain viability when it comes to Catholic education in Queens and Brooklyn and to guarantee a bright future for the students.

The Diocese participates in an ongoing strategic planning and implementation process for Catholic education entitled Preserving the Vision. This strategic planning process ensures the future of Catholic education within the Diocese and involves essential goals such as fostering Catholic identity and academic excellence, as well as expanding development.

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Ave Maria Catholic Academy, 158-20 101 St., Howard Beach, (718) 848-7440 Divine Mercy Catholic Academy, 101-60 92 St., Ozone Park, (718) 845-5068 Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy, 45-11 245 St., Douglaston, (718) 631-3153 and 56-10 214 St., Bayside, (718) 225-8795 Holy Child Jesus School, 111-02 86th Ave., Richmond Hill, (718) 849-3988 Holy Family School, 74-15 175 St., Fresh Meadows, (718) 969-2124 Holy Tr init y School, 14 - 45 143 St., W hitestone, (718) 746-1479 Immaculate Conception School, Astoria, 21-63 29 St., Astoria, (718) 728-1969 Immaculate Conception School, Jamaica Estates, 179-14 Dalny Road, Jamaica, (718) 739-5933 Incarnation School, 89-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Queens Village, (718) 465-5066 Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Academy, 136-58 41 Ave., Flushing, (718) 961-1403 Most Precious Blood School, 32-52 37 St., Long Island City, (718) 278-4081 Notre Dame Catholic Academy of Ridgewood, 62-22 61 St., Ridgewood, (718) 821-2221 Our Lady’s Catholic Academy, 125-18 Rockaway Blvd.

(Rockaway Campus), South Ozone Park, (718) 641-0212 and 109-55 128 St., (128th Street Campus) South Ozone Park, (718) 641-1316 Our Lady of Fatima School, 25-38 80 St., Jackson Heights, (718) 429-7031 Our Lady of Hope School, 61-21 71 St., Middle Village, (718) 458-3535 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Academy, 92-80 220 St., Queens Village, (718) 464-1480

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Academy, 70-25 Kessel St., Forest Hills, (718) 793-2086 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy, 111-10 115 St., S. Ozone Park, (718) 843-4184 Our Lady of Sorrows School, 35-34 105 St., Corona, (718) 426-5517 Our Lady of the Angelus School, 98-05 63 Drive, Rego Park, (718) 896-7220 Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament School, 34-45 202 St., Bayside, (718) 229-4434 Our Lady of the Snows School, 79-33 258 St., Floral Park, (718) 343-1346 Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School, 72-55 Austin St., Forest Hills, (718) 263-2622 Resurrection Ascension School, 85-25 61 Road, Rego Park, (718) 426-4963 Sacred Heart Catholic Adademy, 115-50 221 St., Cambria Heights, (718) 257-0123 Sacred Heart School, 216-01 38 Ave., Bayside, (718) 631-4804 Sacred Heart School, 84-05 78 Ave., East Glendale, (718) 456-6636 St. Adalbert School, 52-17 83 St., Elmhurst, (718) 424-2376 St. Andrew Avellino School, 35-50 158 St., Flushing, (718) 359-7887 St. Bartholomew School, 44-15 Judge St., Elmhurst, (718) 446-7575 St. Camillus School, 185 Beach 99 St., Rockaway Beach, (718) 634-5260 St. Clare Catholic Academy, 137-25 Brookville Boulevard, Rosedale, (718) 528-7174 St. Elizabeth Catholic Academy, 94-01 85 St., Ozone Park, (718) 641-6990 St. Francis de Sales School, 219 Beach 129 St., Belle Harbor, (718) 634-2775 St. Francis of Assisi School, 21-18 46 St., Astoria, (718) 726-9405

St. Gregory the Great School, 244-44 87 Ave., Bellerose, (718) 343-5053 St. Helen School, 83-09 157 Ave., Howard Beach, (718) 835-4156 St. Joan of Arc School, 35-27 82 St., Jackson Heights, (718) 639-9020 St. Joseph Catholic Academy, 28-46 44 St., Long Island City, (718) 728-0724 St. Kevin Catholic Academy, 45-50 195 St., Flushing, (718) 357-8110 St. Leo School, 104-19 49 Ave., Corona, (718) 592-7050 St . Lu ke S cho ol , 16 - 01 150 Pla c e, W h it e st one, (718) 746 -3833 St. Margaret School, 66-10 80 St., Middle Village, (718) 326-0922 St. Mary Gate of Heaven School, 104-06 101 Ave., Ozone Park, (718) 846-0689 St. Matthias School, 58-25 Catalpa Ave., Ridgewood, (718) 381-8003 St. Mel School, 154-24 26 Ave., Flushing, (718) 539-8211 St. Nicholas of Tolent ine School, 80 -22 Parsons Boulevard, Jamaica, (718) 380-1900 St. Pancras School, 68-20 Myr tle Ave., Glendale, (718) 821-6721 St. Rose of Lima Catholic Academy, 154 Beach 84 St., Rockaway Beach, (718) 474-7079 St . S e ba s t i a n S cho ol , 39 -76 58 St ., Wo o d sid e, (718) 429-1982 St. Stanislaus Kostka School, 61-17 Grand Ave., Maspeth, (718) 326-1585 St. Thomas the Apostle School, 87-49 87 St., Woodhaven, (718) 847-3904 Saints Joachim and Anne School, 218-19 105 Ave., Queens Village, (718) 465-2230 Information obtained from the Diocese of Brooklyn Catholic Schools website.

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Nearly 1,000 attended a rally last Thursday near LaGuardia Airport

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Following in the footsteps of the late Martin Luther King Jr., nearly a thousand attended a rally and march last Thursday to send a message to airlines, subcontracting companies and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to allow 12,000 subcontracted service workers to unionize, earn a living wage and have benefits.

The event was spearheaded by officials from Service Employees Inter national Union Local 32BJ, the nation’s largest property service union. Protestors, many of whom were shuttled from 32BJ’s Manhattan headquarters by bus, assembled on a lawn adjacent to the National Car Rental station on Dit mars Boulevard, not far f rom LaGuardia Airport’s Central Terminal.

According to the union’s officials, the subcontracted workers report financial struggle due to low wages and no benefits at LaGuardia, JFK and Newark airports.

The event advocated for wage raises and protection against unfair labor practices and health violations. The PA has not yet committed to a fair wage and benefits plan, which is something dozens of protestors called for exactly one year before Thursday’s rally at LaGuardia Airport.

Around 10 police vehicles lining the

opposite side of the street appeared to be on standby — seemingly because last year’s rally ended in ar rests after protestors refused to move from the 94th Street Bridge.

Yet, upbeat music and speeches from electeds conjured a positive atmosphere.

Many wore bilingual signs that read, “I am a woman / Soy una mujer” and “I am a man / Soy un hombre.”

“We want a raise of a dollar. We want a promise by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to pay decent wages to provide healthcare and other benefits and to make a path for these workers to have labor, peace, dignity and respect,” 32BJ President Héctor Figueroa said before a cheering crowd. “These workers make sure that airplanes leave on time without delay. They clean the cabins underneath. They assist passengers who need wheelchair services.

They make sure that travel is safe and is comfortable for the people that they service.

So we are asking today, ‘No more delays.’”

The crowd chanted, “No more delays.”

“We have a cancer in the United States of America. It was reduced by the hopes and dreams of Dr. King but we’re not cured of it,” Congressman Charles Rangel (D-Manhattan) said. “It is wrong for the world’s richest country to have people going to bed without food, without clothing, without knowing

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Workers march to demand fair wages

Union workers, residents, community leaders and elected officials, including City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, second from right, marched last Thursday to advocate for higher PHOTO BY CRISTINA SCHREIL wages for airport workers. where the next dollar’s coming from.”

City Comptroller Scott Stringer spoke to the crowd about the economic bottom line.

“Ninety percent of airport workers have reported violations this year alone and 60 percent experience financial hardship,” he said.

Congresswoman Yvette Clark (D-Brooklyn), state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), city Public Advocate Letitia James and state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) were also

among other officials who were there to express support for higher wages and a union contract for airport workers.

“The responsibility that we have towards our family is not a minimum, the same way our salaries should not be a minimum. No somos un minimo, we are not minimum,” Juan Chapman, a security guard at LaGuardia Airport, said with the help of a translator. “No one that works 40 hours a week continued on page 36

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Parents get answers from Carmen Fariña Schools chancellor faces ‘complex questions’ at Little Neck town hall

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña said last Thursday that her question-andanswer session with parents and educators in Little Neck was one of the most challenging Q&As she’s attended.

“You’ve given me the most complex questions and the most variety of questions,” she told those packed inside JHS 67’s auditorium.

T he cit y’s head educator had just answered an hour’s worth of questions on issues ranging from the city’s plans to implement technology in classrooms to overcrowded schools and vaccination requirements.

Those living or working within School District 26 were able to fill out question cards for the chancellor, which were read by community education council members.

The chancellor was first asked about how the city would implement computerbased testing for students. Fariña said that while the city is planning to increase technology use in the classrooms, using computers for testing is something that will not happen for a while.

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Union march continued from page 35 deserves to live in poverty wages.”

Bronx resident and 32BJ member Er ick Rosales, 36, who works in building management in Manhattan, said he believes most people don’t understand how low airport wages are for so many workers. He’s been a part of the union for a little over a year.

“When it comes down to a union, it’s just, for lack of a better way of saying it, a blessing,” Rosales said.

“Now that I got my union job and I got a decent pay scale, I can take care of my mother.”

After the rally, protestors marched behind a banner that read, “A Dream Delayed.” The g roup, which was escorted by police officials, sat on the 94th Street Bridge, blocking traffic into the airport for enough time for a prayer and a speech by City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) before being ushered forward.

The crowd marched to the terminal but was denied entrance by officers.

On the same day, thousands of airport workers in New Jersey, Fort Lauderdale, Boston and Philadelphia also organized similar gatherings for the same push toward air por t worker Q wage fairness.

City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, center, joins School District 26 council members for a question-and-answer session with parents and educators. The topics ranged from overcrowded PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY schools to technology in classrooms. the immediate future.”

Fariña was then asked why the city suddenly ended its contract with ARIS — a program that gave parents access to student data — on Dec. 31, 2014, after investing millions of dollars into the program.

The chancellor said one of the reasons for the city ending the contract is that only 4 percent of parents with children in public

schools used the program. She added that many schools have their own website.

But she would like to see information about students given to parents in person.

“My preference is for a lot of info to be given face-to-face,” she said.

One parent asked Fariña if the city could place “bet ter options for high schools” in the borough, but the chancellor

believes Queens is already well-equipped for secondary education.

“I think Queens has some of the best options for high schools,” she said.

She touted big and small high schools in the area, saying both cater to certain students’ needs.

But parents, and Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside), said additional high schools in the area are necessary because of overcrowding in the district.

“This is something we desperately need,” Braunstein said.

Fariña said that overcrowding is not just a District 26 problem, but an issue affecting the entire city.

“New York City is growing by leaps and bounds,” she said.

Part of the problem, Fariña said, was the overdevelopment of certain parts of the city such as Downtown Brooklyn.

“I walk on streets that I don’t recognize from even five years ago,” she said.

The chancellor also said she’s looking for ways to have developers offer space for education centers.

“There’s got to be a way of having people building in New York City to give back,” she said.

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Queens students win contest Three women proposed an app to help city caseworkers

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

Three Queens College students have taken Girl Power to the next level.

Last week, Nekita Singh, Kimberly Sy and Lizeth Mejia not only nabbed the top prize of $5,000 in an app contest sponsored by the City University of New York and IBM, but also were the only all-female team to make it to the final round. The competition pitted them against more than 100 students from across the city.

In developing a proposal for an app, student participants were to harness IBM’s “Watson,” a supercomputer that can compute vast quantities of data at a faster rate than any human, to improve systems in city government and higher education.

The team sought to expedite projects for child welfare caseworkers by conjuring an app idea that worked like a virtual assistant — something the team found was needed for caseworkers, who are often overloaded and, in having to juggle various tasks at a time, don’t work as quickly as needed.

“I think the first thing that made us turn to child welfare was seeing the news reports everywhere showing us how kids were not being addressed properly,” Sy, a pre-med student who lives in Flushing, said. “It just

caseworkers, saving time in the process.

The team developed the idea with guidance and support from an IBM consultant.

They also won the chance to work in CUNY’s business incubator to develop the app.

The contest urged students to hone tech and business skills in developing an app idea, but the team said they’d like to take advantage of the incubator and make the concept into reality.

The women, who said they don’t have backgrounds in technology or business, added they felt intimidated as Queens College students amid so many teams from Manhattan schools.

“Most of the students were from Baruch so we kind of did feel like the underdogs in a sense,” Singh, from Richmond Hill, said.

“I feel like our school is not really known that much.”

Singh, an urban and women’s studies Nekita Singh, left, Lizeth Mejia and Kimberly Sy won an app contest for their virtual assistant major, said they pushed themselves to the PHOTO COURTESY IBM finish line. program idea.

“Working alongside such amazing people really pushed us,” Mejia, an Elmhurst really saddened us.”

The women said the app, which could native seeking majors in economics and work on a smartphone, tablet, or desktop accounting, said. “We took many things computer, would comb through data and with us that are going to help us in the Q generate patterns of incidents of abuse for future.”

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Mayor de Blasio says city will bring the road ‘into the 21st century’

Ice Jewelry Buying Service is located on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park.

WE PROVIDE CASH LOANS FOR AUTOS AND MOTORCYCLES! they treat everything like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said.

In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, watches Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also offers instant cash an unassuming gold buying and cash loan shop on loans for jewelry and eBay selling services.

Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 offer on her ring Their cash loans program is straightforward and from another area shop, but was looking to get a simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who better deal. In what may be viewed as poor business has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg acumen, she told her new prospective buyer what said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to her previous offer was. Still, after examining her buy their jewelry back before the end of the term. piece, he offered her $1,600. He did so, as he says, Sometimes these are people’s heirlooms we’re “...because that’s what it was worth.” talking about and we respect that.”

The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for cash For those who are less Internet-savvy or just don’t in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying offers a convenient and Edward Goldberg can relate to firsthand, eBay sales service. If what a customer has isn’t an having been laid off from their jobs in jewelry item that Ice Jewelry Buying would purchase, like manufacturing. They understand that people get a handbag or antique furniture, they can help find into situations where they just need a little cash fast a buyer on their eBay store. Elias consults with the to make the bills and Ice Jewelry Buying Service customer to find a target price and hopes to help out in the most STORE HOURS let the Internet auctioneers handle honest way they can. the rest.

“For this, I like to think we’re MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm For anyone who has ever dealt doing the community a service,” SAT. 10am - 6pm SUN. by Appointment with the hassle of selling and Elias said. “We’re in the business of helping people who are in a tough icejewelrybuyingservice.com shipping an item on eBay — all the forms involved in setting up a user spot. They can come to our store and paypal account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice and know that we can educate them on what they Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is really a have and we’ll give them what their items are worth. bargain deal.

When that woman told me her previous offer, it made “At the end of the day, I just want people to feel me wonder how many times this happens — how comfortable doing business with us. People have many people who really need that money get taken this conception of gold buying stores as these slimy advantage of?” places with slimy people, and they’re typically right.

Elias opened his Rego Park shop with Goldberg But we want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to in 2009, and already they’re seeing a lot of repeat see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in their customers and referrals. This is a sign to them that counter for $800. We don’t do that.” they’re doing something right — the pawn business Ice Jewelr y Buying Ser vice is located at typically deals in one-time transactions but Elias is 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of operation determined to break that mold, building a reputation are Monday-Friday from 11 am to 7:00 pm and on trust.

Saturday 10 am to 6 pm; Sunday – private “Everyone around here is buying gold these days; appoinments are available. Call for more information you can go into the barber shop down the road and Q (718) 830-0030. sell your jewelry. The problem with all these places is

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The de Blasio administration last week was calling Vision Zero a success in its first year, calling 2014 the safest year for pedestrians in New York City history.

A nd the mayor and Depar t ment of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said Queens Boulevard will now come under study in the coming months for safety improvements of its own.

“The progress is now obvious. The facts are in,” de Blasio said in a statement released by his office. “We have the record that proves the theory was right. 2014 was the safest year for New York City pedestrians since modern records were first taken ... in 1910 — 105 years ago.”

Vision Zero, aimed at eliminating pedestrian and traffic fatalities, has included many facets, including the reduction of the city speed limit to 25 miles per hour on most roads, stepped up enforcement for things like failure to yield to pedestrians, and the redesign and reconstruction of 50 intersections in the past 11 months.

De Blasio and Trottenberg said 2014 saw 134 pedestrian deaths as opposed to 180 in 2013, and 250 total traffic fatalities, down from 293 the year before.

“Again, this is rapid progress,” the mayor said. “Those statistics indicate real lives, real people, real families who are walking the streets today.”

He said the next 50 intersections will include some on Queens Boulevard.

“And I don’t need to tell anyone ... the history of Queens Boulevard,” he said.

A street so notorious it was nicknamed the Boulevard of Death, the statistics underwent a dramatic drop beginning a dozen years ago with the installation of things like median fences that forced people to cross the boulevard at corners and lights.

De Blasio said more needs to be done.

“We’re going to bring Queens Boulevard into the 21st century,” the mayor said.

Trottenberg said her department would begin reaching out to the community in the next few weeks for its input on locating trouble spots, and just what measures will be appropriate to deal with them.

The commissioner said a major challenge to Queens Boulevard is that it can go as wide as 14 lanes in some spots.

“We are going to take a very expansive look at what we can do there,” Trottenberg said. “Everything is on the table. Bike lanes are on the table. Doing massive redesigns to some of the pedestrian infrastructure in the middle. We’re always looking at how we can refine signal timing, how we can handle the different places where you have service roads and slip roads.”

Frank Gulluscio, the district manager for Community Board 6 in Forest Hills, said the work is expected to begin on the western end of the boulevard, out near Long Island City.

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ARTS, CULTURE C ULT T U RE E & LIVING LIIV IVING NG

by Cristina Schreil

Grayscale paintings at Topaz Arts present a natural dreamscape

It’s winter. The trees are stark and ghost-like — and that’s just the art.

At first, the idea of large paintings depicting blackand-white woodlands in a season when most New Yorkers fantasize about the tropics isn’t so appealing.

But artist Chris Freeman’s paintings, which are immense, detailed and meticulously crafted upon queensize sheets — an intimate medium, upon which people rest, dream and have relationships, Freeman said — envelop the viewer in a dreamy woodland world rife with opportunities for interpretation.

The viewer can determine if an impenetrable tangle of branches constricts or protects, for instance. Seven of the Hudson, NY-based artist’s paintings are on display at Topaz Arts, a nonprofit space nestled among warehouses and residences, on 39th Avenue in Woodside.

The real delight, however, is seeing the pieces in

person. Especially online, the paintings lose much of their magic; they look like crisp black-and-white photographs, instead of the intricate network of black, white and gray brushstrokes Freeman has seemingly stitched together to compose a woodland world.

Up close, it’s a flurry of lines, swoops, drips and highlights; from afar, it’s a photorealistic wonder. Freeman seems to invite the process to show through, using drips and smears with rough, textured strokes of deliberate black paint or a shock of white paint. It’s a negotiation between the abstract and the real.

Just as Freeman constantly moved toward and away from each piece as he created to refresh his viewpoint — zooming in and out like a lens — the viewer is pulled in to see details, and then obliged to step back, activating the process.

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Games galore: Children and teens age 8 and up play console and board games. 3:30-5 p.m., every Friday, Queensboro Hill Library, 60-05 Main St., Flushing. Info: (718) 359-8332.

Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook and “In Practice: Under Foundations,” opening Sat., Jan. 24, 5–7 p.m., SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. Info: (718) 361-1750.

College applications preparation, practical suggestions and sensible advice for middle school and high school families on the road to college, The Rockrose Building, 47-05 Center Blvd., 6th fl., Long Island City, Thurs., Feb. 5, 7 p.m. Info: jagines@ gardenschool.org.

“Literary Devices,” Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30 St., Long Island City, thru March 15. Info: (718) 937-0727, flcart.org.

Garden School Open House and School Tour, 33-16 79 St., Jackson Heights, every week on Wed. until June. Lunch and private bus transportation available. Info: Jim Gaines, jgaines@gardenschool. org, (718) 335-6363, gardenschool.org.

“Isamu Noguchi, Patent Holder,” featuring inventions and designs created by the sculptor in the years leading up to the 1939 World’s Fair, Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Fresh Meadows, thru Mar. 19. Info: stjohns.edu/about/events/isamu-noguchi-patentholder-designing-world-tomorrow.

THEATER “Hair,” The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City, Jan. 22-Feb. 1 — limited two-week run.

Evenings, 8 p.m.; matinees, Sun., Jan. 25 and Feb. 1, 2 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 31, 3:00 p.m. $18. Info: secrettheatre.com, (718) 392-0722.

“Stand and Deliver,” Maspeth High School Theatre, 54-40 74 St., Thurs.-Fri., Jan. 22-23, 7 p.m. $7 adult, $5 students. Tickets: maspeththeater.com.

The Moth Story Slam, open mic storytelling competition, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Mon., Jan. 26, 7 p.m. $8. Info: (718) 463-7700.

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Pride of New York in Concert, Irish traditional music, Fri., Jan. 23; doors open 7:30 p.m., show starts 8:30 p.m., New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Tickets: $25, seniors/ students/unemployed: $22. Info: (718) 482-0909.

“Peter and the Wolf,” Queens Symphony Family Series, LeFrak Hall, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, Sun., Feb. 1, 3 p.m. Reservations req’d. Info: (718) 570-0909.

Sing Along plus dance performance, Greek American Folklore Society, Archdiocesan Hellenic Cultural Center, 27-09 Crescent St., Astoria, Sat., Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., Feb. 8, 3 p.m. Info: (718) 626-5111.

FILM Frozen Follies — Winter Classic Cartoons, Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. 1920s-1930s animated cartoons, Sun., Jan. 25, 2:30 p.m. $5 pp, children under 3 free. Info: director@vomuseum.org.

Motorized books are part of the exhibit “Literary Devices” at the Fisher Landau Center for the PHOTO COURTESY FISHER LANDAU Arts, which is on view until March 15.

Classic movie series, Queens Central Library, 88-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, every Thurs., 2 p.m.: “Strangers on a Train,” Feb. 5; “The Lady Eve,” Feb. 12; “Romeo and Juliet,” Feb. 19; “To Sir, with Love,” Feb. 26. Info: queenslibrary.org.

AUDITIONS Douglaston Community Theatre, “The Dining Room,” at Zion Episcopal Church Hall on Church Street, 1 block north of Northern Blvd. off Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Mon.-Tues., Feb. 2-3, at 7:30 p.m. Performances in April and May. Info: (516) 374-7921.

Bayside Glee Club is looking for new members to prepare for Spring Concert in May. No prior music training required. Rehearsals, 7:30 p.m., Tue., All Saints Church, 214-33 40 Ave., entrance on 215 St. 7:30 p.m. rehearsals, Info: (718) 961-6852.

Community Singers of Queens is looking for new members for rehearsals for Spring Concert, especially tenors and basses, every Mon., 8 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 42-15 165 St., Flushing. Call: Ruth Amsterdam (718) 658-1021.

Queens College Choral Society, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, Music Building, Room 246, Wed., Jan. 28, 6–7:15 p.m.; Wed., Feb. 4, 6–7:15 p.m. Rehearsals begin Wed., Jan., 28, 7:30-9:45 p.m. Info: (718) 997-3818, qcchoralsociety.org.

CLASSES Spanish for beginners, Bayside Jewish Center, 203-05 32 Ave., free. Info: (347) 771-9132.

Free English classes for Spanish speakers every Sat., South Asian Center, 72-26 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights. All levels available, must call (646) 727-7821 to register.

Juggling workshop, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Sat., Jan. 24, 1 p.m. Info: (718) 463-7700. Workshop: $7 adults, $4 kids, free for members. Performance, 2:15 p.m., $13 adults, $10 members, $8 kids, $6 member kids.

Hawkins-based modern technique dance with Valerie Green, every Tue., 6:30-8 p.m. $18 pp; $15 dancers/students. Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St., #301, Long Island City. Contact: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org/classes.html.

Italian for Beginners, every Tues., 7-9 p.m., 10-week course. $60 pp. Dance with Instruction, every Mon. and Fri., 7:15-8:15 p.m. $10. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Contact: (718) 478-3100.

Central Queens YM & YWHA classes, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills, contact: Robin Budnetz (718) 2685011, ext. 504, rbudnetz@cgy.org: yoga, winter series, Mon. (open level), 10:20-11:20 a.m.; Wed. (beginners/seniors), 10:10-11:10 a.m.; Fri. (intermediate/advanced), 11:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m.; $144 CQY members, $180 general; seniors, $56 CQY members, $102 general; balance training, winter series of 12 classes; Section 1 – 11:20 a.m.-12:20 p.m., Section 2 – 12:30-1:30 p.m., Section 3 – 1:40-2:40 p.m; $70 CQY members, $102 general.

Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced, with demonstration. Call: (718) 969-1128.

Free art classes: Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center, ages 8-16, 35-30 35 St., Astoria, every Tue. & Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS Pasta nite, American Legion Continental Post 1424 Ladies Auxiliary, 107-15 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills, Fri., Jan. 30, 7 p.m. $20 Donation. Call: (718) 520-8623 after 1 p.m.

Community art show, Grace Episcopal Church, 14-15 Clintonville St., Whitestone, Sat., Feb. 7, 6-9 p.m., Live music and refreshments. Free.

Info: Rev. Brian Blayer (718) 767-6305, gracechurchwhitestone.org.

Hands-on History: Be My Valentine, King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica. Decorate a picture frame and create 19th century-inspired valentines to give to your sweetheart, Sat., Feb. 14, noon-3 p.m. Free. Info: kingmanor.org

COMMUNITY ASPCA mobile unit dog & cat spay/neuter clinics, all begin at 7 a.m. Petland Discounts: Thurs., Jan. 22, 130-40 Springfield Blvd., Springfield Gardens; Thurs., Jan. 29, 91-08 Atlantic Ave., Pathmark Center, Ozone Park; Sat., Jan. 31, 71-08 Kissena Blvd., Kew Gardens Hills.

Saturday night dance, Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, Sat., Jan. 24; Feb. 14, 28; 8 p.m.-12 a.m. Call: (718) 478-3100.

English Conversation Club: Improve your grammar and pronunciation talking about holidays, cooking, shopping, art, music, family, topics of interest with Lucette and Arline. 1:30-3:30 p.m., Mon., Jan. 26; Feb. 2, 9, 23. Free. School-age children welcome in Reading Room during club. Douglaston/Little Neck Library, 249-01 Northern Blvd., Little Neck.

Info: (718) 225-8414, queenslibrary.org/events.

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Commonly Newcomer When: On view until Feb. 8, Wed. through Sun., noon-6 p.m.

Where: Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Tickets: Free with admission queensmuseum.org

An installation by South Korean-born artist Jewyo Rhii from the exhibit “Commonly COURTESY PHOTO Newcomer,” which is at the Queens Museum until February 8. issues, using Rhii’s exhibition as a jumping-off point.

The piece creates a meta experience for the viewer as Rhii demonstrates how

Comfort Zone,” written by Dutch art historian Irene Veenstra. The historian wrote impressionistic text that touched on her own life, art history and contemporary

much the studio has functioned as exhibition spaces and how much exhibition spaces have also become studios.

“Bringing to the fore both the psychology and physicality, her installation can only be experienced as the visitor actively moves throughout the gallery space and observes the various components both individually and as a single body,” the museum writes of the exhibit. “The installation pieces together fragment s of Queens as the artist has lived it.” continued on page 45 00 continued

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Relocating is a chaotic and overwhelming experience for most people, but for those who move regularly, it becomes a calculated and familiar process, often mixed with a tinge of sadness.

Since the 1990s, artist Jewyo Rhii constantly displaced herself from her native South Korea to study and work across Europe, in London and Amsterdam, and the United States.

For her, the sculptures, videos, drawings, performances and publications she creates comes along with the awkward moments of settling into a new apartment on a new street in a new neighborhood.

As part of her residency at the Queens Museum since Nov. 2013, in which she has occupied a studio space in the building, Rhii has taken the experience of creating art while relocating and turned it into an installation called “Commonly Newcomer,” now on display at the museum.

The exhibit is also an extension of a collaborative publication, “Outside the

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materials and tools, said Sabrina Chitnarain, NYSCI’s early childhood associate. ChitYoung future scientists spent last Sun- narain designs the workshops’ curricula. day engaging in free sand play at the New The children are encouraged to use tools York Hall of Science. in ways other than what they were made for, The program is part of NYSCI’s Little Mak- such as using cookie cutters to cut moldable ers program, which sand. This helps them launched in July 2012 think independently and urges participants and creatively about to utilize the critical s o l v i ng p ro b l e m s , scient if ic skills of operating just like observation, investigascientists.

When: Sundays until Feb. 22, tion and creation. Lit“I just like to make 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. tle Makers is designed stuff,” said Angelina Where: New York Hall of Science, for children ages 4 to Fa isc a, 10. Fa isc a 47-01 111 St., Corona 8 and an age of at spent a lot of time at Tickets: $8 per family least 18 months is the moldable sand with general admission recommended. table, playing with “You learn science thickened sand that by solving problems,” she made into shapes. s a id Da n Wempa , High school-aged NYSCI’s vice president of external affairs. Science Explainers helped the participants “The idea here is to inspire kids to feel cre- to get the hang of the activities. ative and use investigative thinking.”

Archer Wallick, 20 months, appeared to The workshops, which also focus on be on board with playing with new matericrafts with crayons that can be used in the als. He enjoyed playing in the sand, his bathtub, tie-dye and butter, are designed father, Scott Wallick, said. He then had for children to be exposed to different help from his dad and went home with a qboro contributor

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Victoria Vishnyakov, 6 months, seemed to forget about mom Charlotte for a minute while intensely interested in the cookie cutter her 6-year-old sister, Lilia, created.

The hands-on experience is something NYSCI has been incorporating into the

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Painter brings the woods back to Woodside continued from page page 00 39 continued from have been the fifth-oldest synagogue in Even when beholding the treescapes the nation before being converted into a from afar, the experience is haunting; you house, and takes photos.

His works are translations of the phofeel yourself moving into the woods, becoming ensnared in branches or having to tos, which are meditative interpretations traverse rotting logs that compete for space themselves.

“It’s abstract but with new saplings. it’s not,” said Pa z The play f ul a nd Tanjuaquio, who comeditative aspect of o w n s To p a z A r t s the pieces may appeal with her husband, to a r t lover s who When: On view until March 28 Todd Richman. “If appreciate something Where: Topaz Arts Center, you stare at them unexpected. To others 55-03 39 Ave., Woodside for a while it’s very fed up with the winter Tickets: Free hypnot ic. It plays blues, or who equate with your eyes.” satis f ying ar t with Website: topazarts.org Richman and Freecolor, the exhibit may man were both assisnot be worth the trek tants in the 1990s to to the space, which is artist Richard Artschwager, who famously near the Northern Boulevard M/R stop.

While Freeman said many of his previ- blurred lines between style genres.

Topaz is cozy; there’s an energy-effious paintings employed liberal amounts of color, he found solace in only using shades cient fireplace radiating warmth in the corner, flooding the 100-by-25-foot space. of gray, white and black.

“I wanted to go simpler, over the The 15-year-old center also has a unique dance studio in the back, which is rented years,” he said.

Freeman said he retreats into the woods out to choreographers and performers by his upstate home, which happens to who want to hone their pieces.

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A close-up of a painting, left, by artist Chris Freeman reveals surprising texture.

Freeman, right, sits with his dog, Barbie, in Topaz Arts in Woodside. On the cover: PHOTOS BY CRISTINA SCHREIL “Twins” by the artist. in South Korea, which the couple visited on an artists’ residency.

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Medicare enrollment/Rx drug plan advice, open enrollment and advocacy, with trained expert, Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy., Wed., 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Call for app’t: (718) 225-1144, Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

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AARP meetings, open to the general public: Chapter 1405, Flushing, Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., 1st and 3rd Mon. each month, 1 p.m; Chapter 2889, Maspeth, American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., meets 1st and 3rd Wed. each month, noon; contact: (718) 672-9890; Chapter 4163, Ozone Park, Christ Lutheran Community Center, 85-15 101 Ave., meets last Tue. each month, noon.

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

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Pomonok Senior Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, SNAP screenings and application assistance for seniors 60+ who think they may qualify for food stamps, Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; circuit training exercise class, doctor’s letter required. limited space, Tue. and Thurs., 10:30 a.m.; case assistance for programs such as SNAP, Medicare, Medicaid available Mon. and Wed., 9 a.m.-4 p.m., MELC-063861

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

Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens.

United Forties Civic Association, Thurs., Feb. 19, 7 p.m., St. Teresa’s Parish Center, 50-20 45 St., Woodside.

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Howard Beach Senior Center, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd., across from Waldbaum’s. Healthy Aging workshop on three consecutive Wed., 1:15 p.m., all seniors are invited; carbon monoxide prevention presentation from Department of Poison Control on Thurs., Jan. 22.; “Move More, Feel Great� presentation by American Diabetes Association on Tue., Jan. 27. Info: (718) 738-8100.

Senior Theater Acting Repertory group, Queens Village Library, 94-11 217 St. Fridays, 11 a.m. Older adults invited to join STAR and perform theater at the library. Info: queenslibrary.org, (718) 776-0800.

GMO Labeling in New York, information on the campaign to pass state legislation for genetically modified organism labels, Sunnyside Public Library, 43-06 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City, Thurs., Jan. 22, 6:15-7:15 p.m. Info: Allison Barnwell (907) 362-7739.

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Women’s Support Group, Center for the Women of New York, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, Rm. 325. Thurs. (weekly) 6:30-8 p.m. Registration req’d. Free. Contact: CWNY (718) 793-0672, centerwny@yahoo.com.

Caregiver support groups, Queens Community House, 108-25 62 Drive, Forest Hills & Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Do you provide help to a family member, friend or neighbor? Could you use some help yourself? Free support services. Contact: Ilana Wexler, LMSW, (718) 268-5960, ext. 226 Co-Dependents Anonymous (women only) meetings every Fri., 10 to 11:45 a.m., Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center, Father Freely Hall, 85-18 61 Rd., Rego Park.

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continued 41 continued from page 00 The pieces include the “rooftop” of a low-rise building as one would see it from an elevated subway track — reminiscent of the nearby No. 7 train — and fences of homes intended to preserve a little suburban feel in even the most urban parts of Queens.

While “Commonly Newcomer” is a single installation, there are pieces to it that can be taken in as separate works on their own.

The looseness of Rhii’s work makes it all the more accessible because walking into a room and taking in such a large piece can be intimidating for novice art museumgoers.

Taking in the visuals Rhii showcases in the exhibit places the viewer into a mindset that makes the artist more relatable.

Rhii’s uncertainties, hesitations, discomfor t and admiration for her new home are brought across strongly in her work, which includes what is called a swing theater, or a “Movey”, crafted out of metal mesh, metal pipe, acrylic sheets, wooden blocks, LED light and paint.

The media used are basic and raw — things that could easily be found in any Home Depot — and seem almost nondescript at first, but after taking it in for a

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SQ page 50 SUMMONS INDEX NO. 705035/2014 D/O/F: July 21, 2014 Premises Address: 164-48 109th Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11433 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC DBA CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff, -againstADRIANNA ALICE PAGE AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUBY ATKINSON; LATOYA CYNTHIA ATKINSON-SMITH AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUBY ATKINSON; MILDRED ATKINSONWILLIAMS AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUBY ATKINSTON; NICOLE RUBY ATKINSON AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUBY ATKINSON; RONALD KEVIN ATKINSON AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUBY ATKINSON; THAMAR LEE HARPER AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF RUBY ATKINSON; JOHN DOE 1 THROUGH 50; JANE DOE 1 THROUGH 50, INTENDING TO BE THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DISTRIBUTES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF THE ESTATE OF RUBY ATKINSON WHO WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 20, 1941 AND DIED ON JUNE 1, 2012, A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY OF QUEENS, THEIR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST IF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS BE DECEASED, THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; MIDLAND FUNDING NCC-2 CORP; MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC; MRC RECEIVABLES CORP; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; QUEENS SUPREME COURT (KEW GARDENS); RAB PERFORMANCE RECOVERIES LLC; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises and corporations, other entities or persons who have, claim, or may claim, a lien against, or other interest in, the premises, Defendant(s), TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the Attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The following notice is intended only for those defendants who are owners of the premises sought to be foreclosed or who are liable upon the debt for which the mortgage stands as security.

YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. The present amount of the debt as of the date of this Summons: $277,729.39, consisting of principal balance of $215,153.88 plus unpaid accrued interest of $33,251.53, escrow/impound shortages or credits of $7,824.33, MIP charges of $15,775.23; Servicing Fees of $3,115.00; late charges of $0.00; Broker’s Price Opinion/ Appraisal of $425.00; Property Inspection and miscellaneous charges of $425.00; attorney fee $1,200.00, surrogates search $21.73, and title search $537.69. Because of interest and other charges that may vary from day to day, the amount due on the day you pay may be greater. Hence, if you pay the amount shown above, an adjustment may be necessary after we receive the check, in which event we will inform you.

The name of the Creditor to whom the debt is owed: NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC DBA CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY. Unless you dispute the validity of the debt, or any portion thereof, within thirty (30) days after receipt hereof, the debt will be assumed to be valid by the herein debt collector.

If you notify the herein debt collector in writing within thirty (30) days after your receipt hereof that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, we will obtain verification of the debt or a copy of any judgment against you representing the debt and a copy of such verification or judgment will be mailed to you by the herein debt collector.

Upon your written request within 30 days after receipt of this notice, the herein debt collector will provide you with the name and address of the original creditor if different from the current creditor.

Note: Your time to respond to the Summons and Complaint differs from your time to dispute the validity of the debt or to request the name and address of the original creditor. Although you have as few as 20 days to respond to the Summons and Complaint, depending on the manner of service, you still have 30 days from receipt of this Summons to dispute the validity of the debt and to request the name and address of the original creditor.

TO THE DEFENDANTS: The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action.

TO THE DEFENDANTS: If you have obtained an order of discharge from the Bankruptcy court, which includes this debt, and you have not reaffirmed your liability for this debt, this law firm is not alleging that you have any personal liability for this debt and does not seek a money judgment against you. Even if a discharge has been obtained, this lawsuit to foreclose the mortgage will continue and we will seek a judgment authorizing the sale of the mortgaged premises.

Dated: July 21, 2014 Joshua P. Smolow, Esq. Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates, P.C. Attorneys For Plaintiff Main Office: 51 E Bethpage Road, Plainview, NY 11803 516-741-2585 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www. banking.state.ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies.

LEGAL NOTICES To Advertise Call 718-205-8000 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: CITIWIDE FUNDING, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/05/2014.

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 CITIWIDE FUNDING, LLC, 66-24 FRESH POND ROAD, 2ND FLOOR, RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: GNK PROPERTIES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/09/2013.

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 SUKHWINDER SINGH, 115-06 95TH AVENUE, SOUTH RICHMOND HILL, NY 11419.

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LIVING CITY PROPERTY GROUP LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/2/2015. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1554 146th St., Whitestone, NY 11357, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Poppy Cube, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/2/14.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to C/O United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: COMMERCIAL FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/10/2014. 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, C/O MR. SCOTT LOVETRO, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: HABER COUNSELING GROUP, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/17/2014. 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 CARLOS GUSTAVO HABER, 6708 JUNO ST., FOREST HILLS, NY 11375.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MK INSIGHTS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/12/2014. 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 UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

RNR GUYS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/08/2015.

Office loc: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 97-45 Drew St, Ozone Park, NY 11416. Rge Agent: Shaharia Rahman, 97-45 Drew St., Ozone Park, NY 11416.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

DOSOS Clothing LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/24/14.

Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY desig. as agt. upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Danreb Soriano, 7829 88th Ave, Woodhaven, NY 11421.

General Purposes.

Notice of formation of KC HOSPITALITY II, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/23/2013. Office location, County of Queens. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 87-23 144th St., Jamaica, NY 11435.

Purpose: any lawful act.

NEW FALLS INTERNATIONAL LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/6/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 136-18 39th Ave., Ste. 1104, Flushing, New York, 11354.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ROOPNARINE3 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/17/2014. 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, 196-07 MCLAUGHLIN AVENUE, HOLLIS, NY 11423. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12/19/2014, bearing Index Number NC-00109314/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) EDUARDO (Last) ALONSO. My present name is (First) EDUARDO (Middle) ALONSO (Last) RODRIGUEZ (infant). My present address is 142-02 FRANKLIN AVE., APT. 6H, Flushing, NY 11355. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. My date of birth is July 03, 2008.

LASTCO 28-28/30 STEINWAY LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/20/14.

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, 30-32 Steinway Street, Astoria, NY 11103.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: NOURISH PULSE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/19/2014. 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 EMILY MOORE, 75 ASCAN AVE., FOREST HILLS, NY 11375.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

S &R PROFESSIONAL CLEANING LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/20/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 251-16 Cullman Ave., Little Neck, NY 11362. General Purposes.

Excel Us Enterprise LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/27/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Xiaochen Wang, 144-30 Sanford Ave., #2C, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: General.

LEGACY INSULATION LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/5/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 83-40 72nd Dr., Glendale, NY 11385.

General Purposes.

NOVI CONCEPTS, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/29/14. Office location: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to Donald A. Tela, Esq., 21337 39th Ave., #189, Bayside, NY 11361. General Purposes.

Sandeep Express LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/16/14.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Jasvir Singh, 14404 87th Ave, Jamaica, NY 11435. Purpose: General.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SANITIZE-IT LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/25/14. 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 UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

SUKI REALTY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/6/2014. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Zraick Nahas & Rich, 303 5th Ave., Ste. 1201, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 25-59 Francis Lewis Blvd., Flushing, NY 11358.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/20/2015, bearing Index Number NC-00118114/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) SOKCHUN (Last) PARK. My present name is (First) SOK (Middle) CHUN (Last) PARK AKA SOK C. PARK. My present address is 140-16 34th Avenue, Apt. #1003, Flushing, NY 11354-3061. My place of birth is SOUTH KOREA. My date of birth is July 06, 1967.

VIRTUOUS HOLDINGS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/06/2014. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 94-17 131st St., Jamaica, NY 11419. Reg Agent: Margaret Singh, 94-17 131st St., Jamaica, NY 11419.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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efore we get into the Red St o r m’s busy past few days, I would just like to start by congratulating St. John’s senior D’A ngelo Harrison on moving into third alltime on the school’s scoring list, passing Johnnies great Felipe Lopez last week.

It’s a tremendous accomplishment when you consider all of the exceptional scorers that played for the storied program, and Harrison deserves every drop of recognition that goes his way for the reasons I outlined last week.

His 1,941 career points are a long way from Malik Sealy’s 2,402 points and Basketball Hall of Famer Chris Mullin’s total of 2,440, but third place is nothing to frown upon. A stellar career, for sure.

Now if only his Johnnies could do some winning in March.

The 12-5 Red Storm have stumbled in recent weeks, dropping three straight contests to begin the month. They rebounded somewhat this week with a 83-70 win over Providence last Wednesday and a hardfought 71-67 overtime loss to DePaul on Sunday, both on the road.

Long gone is the national ranking the Johnnies held last month, and if the NCAA Tournament started today, ESPN “bracketologist” Joe Lunardi projects that St. John’s would be one of the “first four out” in terms of missing out on March Madness.

But we saw some progress from the Red Storm in both games, some signs that maybe their early-January funk may be behind them.

Against Providence, the squad who beat St. John’s in the second round of the Big East Tournament, of which the Friars eventually won, the Red Storm simply shot the hell out of the basketball.

They jumped out to an early 15 point lead in the first half, courtesy of guard Rysheed Jordan’s seven points and 12 points from senior Phil Greene IV, who notched his 1,000th career point in the contest.

St. John’s as a team shot a blistering 55 percent from the floor and 61 percent from

three point range, giving them a 42-30 lead at halftime.

Providence would make a run in the second half, cutting the Red Storm’s lead to just 51-48 with 10 minutes left, but the Johnnies willed their way to a win after countering with a game-clinching 12-3 run in response.

Four members of the Red Storm scored over 16 points, with Harrison and Greene both scor ing 20, while Jordan and Sir’Dominic Pointer chipped in with 18 and 17 points respectively.

The same four players poured in doubledigit points against DePaul on Sunday, but back-to-back wins would elude the Red Storm thanks to a remarkably poor shooting night, a polar opposite of the Providence contest.

In the first half, the Johnnies held the Blue Demons to a brutal shooting percentage of 22 percent, but shot only 38 percent themselves, giving them a 10 point lead at the break.

That’s when it all fell apart for the Red Storm, as they surrendered 42 points on the strength of six DePaul threes.

Billy Garrett scored 20 points for the Blue Demons, including 13 from the free throw line, while Myke Henry scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. No St. John’s player had more than five boards.

Both Pointer and Harrison, arguably the Red Storm’s two most important players, fouled out in the contest and center Chris Obekpa missed the game-tying jump shot late in the overtime period.

Harrison shot a dismal two-of-ten from the field and the Johnnies ended the game shooting a tough 37 percent, as well as an awful 16 percent from beyond the arc.

It doesn’t get any easier for the Red Storm, as they were scheduled to play Marquette at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.

Unfortunately for the Johnnies, history could be made at their expense on Sunday at MSG, as they host the Duke Blue Devils and legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski.

“Coach K,” one of the greatest coaches of all-time regardless of sport, will be going for his 1,000th win, something no other coach in college basketball has ever done.

Will the Johnnies deny history or become it? We shall see.

The Shannon Gaels Gaelic Athletic Association Club will officially be getting a home of its own in College Point this spring with the construction of a $1.7 million training field in Frank Golden Park.

Community Board 7 voted unanimously last week to approve the plan that will be carried out in three phases. Phase 1 will cost $1.7 million to construct a training field and will be paid for by Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

According to Colin Mathers, Field Committee chairman for the club, final city approvals are still needed with construction hopefully to begin in May or June.

Phase 2 to construct a playing field is estimated to cost $580,000 with the tab being picked up by the Borough President’s Office and from the City Council via Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside).

Phase 3 calls for building a 40-car parking lot and a tot lot for younger children to play in at a cost of $1 million. It will be paid for with a combination of public and private funding still being raised.

Plans call for the 80-by-110-yard training field to be made of synthetic turf and the addition of a retaining wall. The playing field will be made of natural turf, will measure 87 by 142 yards and will include bleachers.

Future plans call for adding energy-efficiency lighting for both fields. The total project is expected to take four to five years to complete.

CB 7 Chairman Gene Kelty pointed out that other permit holders may use the field

when it is not in use by Shannon Gaels. Possible fencing may be added in the future to separate it from the existing basketball courts at the 11-acre park, which is located on 132nd to 138th streets and 14th Road.

The sports club was founded in 2002 and has been using Frank Golden Park for five years. More than 200 Queens youngsters, who do not have to be Irish, ranging in age from 5 to 18, participate in the programs.

The group offers Gaelic football, hurling and camogie. Mathers said that the football is a combination of soccer and rugby and is open for boys and girls. “It is the fastest game in the world and well monitored,” he said. “It teaches great coordination.”

Hurling, he explained, is similar to lacrosse and camogie is hurling for girls.

The club has 23 teams, which play in the fall and spring, and features 40 coaches.

Family membership is minimal, according to Mathers, and uniforms are supplied.

Indoor training begins soon with outdoor activities set to start after March 17 and the first game of the season in April.

“We are really excited about the park,” Mathers said. “To do it up right will be fantastic and it will make it safe and secure.”

He believes the improved fields “will help us promote the games in New York becoming a worldwide sport.”

The club believes it is the fastest-growing juvenile club in North America and says the skills developed give players a big advantage when playing soccer, basketball and American football.

For further information on the Shannon Gaels Gaelic Atheltic Association Club, go Q to shannongaels.org.assn.la.

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Still missing The NYPD is continuing its search for Bibi Kadim, 37, of Richmond Hill, who is developmentally disabled and has been missing since Dec. 5, 2014.

Kadim receives services at Queens Centers for Progress in Jamaica and The Shield Institute in Bayside. Staff at QCP became aware that she had not returned from lunch that day.

Kadim, who is diabetic and needs daily medication, is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs 194 pounds. She was last seen wearing a pink hoodie, a blue jacket and jeans.

If you know her whereabouts, call 911 and mention case 12783.

Recently the only movie theater close by, the Cinemart Cinemas theater, stated that if they did not get more business, they would have to close. This is a true “small business,� family owned and operated historic theater. In order to help them, the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation is going to purchase 10 adult tickets and 10 senior citizen tickets to distribute free of charge to our community.

The movie that is now showing at the theater is “American Sniper.� This program, the GWDC hopes, will start a trend with other local organizations of buying “blocks� of tickets to help this theater survive and flourish. The GWDC intends to do this for other movies in the future.

Although this theater is not in Woodhaven, it is the closest to our community and we have to support it.

Our organization attended the “Support Our NYPD� rally at Queens Borough Hall to show appreciation and to thank them for the difficult deadly job they do.

Our 102nd Precinct had received six policeman from the recent NYPD graduation class.

Thank you, Commissioner Bratton.

Now continuing our GWDC and WBID Wish List for 2015. • The painting and complete renovation of our MTA J and Z line elevated train stations.

The stations should be renovated and then

maintained. • The completed safe repair and reconstruction of the building at 78-19 Jamaica Avenue.

The Woodhaven Business Improvement District has wanted this property demolished since it collapsed nearly two years ago.

An agreement was made with the owner that the building would be reconstructed within 18 months. This will take this project to January of 2016. Our wish for this property is that the graffiti vandalism be cleaned off of the construction fences.

Also that the lights under the overhang be kept lit all throughout the day. We have made the owner aware of these problems.

We would want this reconstruction period accelerated so that the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Ambulance Corps can be fully operational once more and the Woodhaven Senior Citizen Center can return.

Our true wish would be for this building’s demolition and building in its place senior citizen housing with the senior citizen center sharing the street level floor with the ambulance corps as it is. We will be watching this location closely.

Next week, the final number 10 of our Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation and Woodhaven Business Improvement District 2015 Wish List.

May God bless our armed forces, may God bless our disabled veterans, may God bless our Q NYPD and may God bless our America.

FariĂąa Q&A continued from page 36 spaces in their district that are up for rent or lease, they should tell her.

But how does one reach the chanc e l l o r, o n e p a r e n t a s k e d l a s t Thursday.

Fariùa said it’s best to start with your child’s teacher or the district superintendent.

The topic of foreign language programs also came up during the Q&A session. FariĂąa said it is vital for students to become more “conversationalâ€? in a second language and to not just memorize different words.

She added that dual-language programs in schools are a grassroots effort, and that parents and educators need to get involved if they want the initiatives started in their school. “You want parents who are really invested in seeing kids graduate with two different languages,� she said.

The chancellor, responding to a question, also said vaccinations are required for public school students because that protects them and their classmates from diseases.

FariĂąa also added that she would like to see cursive handwriting return to the public school cirriculum, saying technology in classrooms has taken away from children learning Q how to have proper handwriting.

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Gov. Cuomo announced plans on Tuesday to finally build a rail link to LaGuardia Airport, which is also slated for a $3.6 billion overhaul that will include a new terminal.

But upgrades to the airport Vice President Joe Biden last year likened to the Third World are nothing new. Practically since its opening in 1939, LaGuardia has been overtaxed and periodically renovated to handle growing traffic as best it can.

One thing that won’t be replaced anytime soon is LGA’s air traffic control tower, which was built just a few years ago. It’s the airport’s third tower, and replaced one that was either an aesthetic icon or nightmare, depending on one’s taste.

Shaped something like a vase and adorned with porthole windows, the second tower was designed by Wallace K. Harrison, who also had crafted the Trylon and Perisphere for the 1939-40 World’s Fair at nearby Flushing Meadows. It was opened in 1962, two years before the park hosted yet another World’s Fair. At the time, The New York Times said the tower looked like a giant ice

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Well, that cone took a lickin’ and that cheese was sliced after the new tower went up. Rather than completely removed, the old one was cut down to a four-story remnant of its former self and designated for storage.

This photo of the tower being built comes from Arcadia Publishing’s Images of Aviation book on LaGuardia, written by Joshua Stoff. Like many photos in the book, it was taken from the Port Authority’s archives.

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by Lloyd Carroll The Mets have taken a lot of heat for their penny-pinching ways, and if you’ve been a reader of this column you know I was a frequent critic of their ways of doing business way before most had ever heard of Bernie Madoff.

Nonetheless, I take pride in being tough but fair.

A story broke last week that a number of Mets players were paying out of their own pockets to take part in organized workouts at the team’s Port St. Lucie, Fla. spring training facilities. Needless to say, the blogosphere quickly fired up with snarky comments about the Mets’ cheapness. A few columnists from the dailies even got in on the fun.

As easy as it would be for me to pile on Mets management, the truth is that they are being unfairly criticized here. Mets players can work out during the off-season at either Citi Field or at Tradition Field (St. Lucie) at no cost. If the Mets were to fund organized off-season workouts supervised by personal trainers then they would be in violation of Major League Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement with the MLB Players Association. The union could claim that the workouts were not truly voluntary in nature and infringe on the negotiated off-time of its rank and file.

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A far bigger concern to Mets fans should be the fact that the vastly talented Washington Nationals just added to their arsenal by signing 2013 American League Cy Young-winning pitcher Max Scherzer to a long-term contract.

Granted, it’s been six years since the Mets have had a winning season, so it may be premature to worry about the National League East title, but many fans remember how even very good Mets teams futilely chased the Atlanta Braves in the 1990s and had to play for wild card berths. The Mets now appear to be looking up to the team from the nation’s capital for years to come. You can be sure some of the Flushing faithful are probably missing the days when it was understood that George Steinbrenner would outbid everyone to sign a player of Scherzer’s caliber for the Yankees.

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