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Former City Council candidate Albert Baldeo, left, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday. The person he lost the election to, now-Councilman Ruben Wills, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly filing false documents.

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State of the City touts housing, wage plans Mayor de Blasio cites success of ’14, plans for the future in 2nd address

by Michael Gannon Editor

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ayor de Blasio, in his State of the City address on Tuesday, said his administration has proven the skeptics wrong in the past year, and is prepared to do so again as he focuses on affordable housing, transportation investments and getting a minimum wage of up to $15 per hour by 2019.

“For generations, New York has been a city that unleashed human potential,” de Blasio said in a text issued by his office. “... If we do not act — and act boldly — New York risks taking on the qualities of a gated community, a place defined by exclusivity rather than opportunity. And we cannot let that happen.”

The mayor ticked off a list of accomplishments in his first 12 months, including the addition of more than 50,000 new seats in prekindergarten programs; the establishment of his Vision Zero traffic fatality reduction program; and major progress in reconstruction of homes devastated by Hurricane Sandy.

He also cited the passage of paid sick leave legislation, the settling of more than 71 percent of the city’s outstanding labor contracts and the establishment of the city’s municipal ID program.

De Blasio on one hand credited the NYPD for its contribution to record lows in crime, including murders, robberies and burglaries; and boasted of the end of “the overuse” of stop and frisk by more than 75 percent and new marijuana policies that have resulted in a 65 percent drop in related arrests.

No mention was made of the mayor’s strained relation-

Mayor de Blasio, shown in a 2012 photo, said addressing affordable housing, better transportation and a higher minimum wage are essential to the city’s future in Tuesday’s State FILE PHOTO of the City address. ship with the NYPD, and its unions.

De Blasio said Tuesday that affordable housing, transportation and increasing the minimum wage all must be addressed to secure a better future for a city with profound challenges.

“And nothing more clearly expresses the inequality gap,

the opportunity gap, than the soaring cost of housing,” he said.

De Blasio said new rules will make affordable housing components a requirement of large development projects rather than an option. He also said that limited real estate will require rezoning by building up.

“We’re not embarking on a mission to build towering skyscrapers where they don’t belong,” the mayor said. “We have a duty to protect and preserve the culture and character of our neighborhoods, and we will do so.”

De Blasio’s plans call for preserving 120,000 existing units of housing and adding 80,000 more by 2024. He said the course is an ambitious and difficult one, but added that last year’s addition of 17,300 affordable units exceeded the initial goal of 16,000.

Proposed transportation initiatives include ferry service between the Rockaways and Manhattan [see separate story in some additions or at qchron.com], and completion of the process to bring a Bus Rapid Transit route to Woodhaven Boulevard.

As for the minimum wage, which right now is at $8.75 an hour in the state, Gov. Cuomo has proposed new rates of $10.50 in the state and $11.50 in New York City.

But de Blasio said the governor’s plan does not go far enough. He wants $13 an hour here.

“The current minimum wage simply doesn’t do enough to help New York City,” he said.

A Cuomo spokeswoman was quoted in numerous published reports as saying he considers $13 per hour for the city “a non-starter” in the state Legislature.

Reaction from local elected officials to the mayor’s speech continued on page 52

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Ex-candidate going to the slammer after allegedly deferring his sentence

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Political activist and former City Council candidate Albert Baldeo was sentenced on Monday to 18 months in prison for attempting to block a federal investigation into a campaign donation scheme he allegedly ran, according to Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

“Albert Baldeo tried through intimidation and harassment to obstruct the government’s investigation of his alleged fraudulent campaign practices,” Bharara said in a statement announcing the sentencing. “Today’s sentence is a fitting punishment for Baldeo’s crimes, and a reminder that this office and its law enforcement partners will continue to vigorously investigate and prosecute political corruption.”

Baldeo, an attorney from Richmond Hill and a native of Guyana, was convicted last August of trying to block an investigation into whether he used straw donors to fund a special election campaign for City Council in 2010, a race that he lost to now-Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica).

He was acquitted of the fundraising charges, but was found guilty of “repeatedly instructing certain straw donors to provide

false information to, or not cooperate with, the FBI agents who were investigating contributions to his campaign,” Bharara said.

In an interview with the Queens Chronicle on Tuesday, Baldeo said he will appeal his conviction and sentence in court.

“We were advised that we have very substantial grounds for appeal and shall proceed accordingly,” Baldeo said.

He said the obstruction of justice charges should not have been upheld after his fundraising fraud charges were dismissed.

“The foundation on which those charges stem have no leg to stand on,” he said.

In a release sent out hours after Baldeo’s sentencing, the group People for Baldeo, based out of his Liberty Avenue law office, slammed the criminal justice system for its handling of the case.

“We question how a jury can reach a verdict of guilty on the obstruction of justice counts, when they acquitted Mr. Baldeo on the main underlying charges — the ill-conceived theory that the Baldeo campaign engaged in mail and wire fraud by spending its own money to pay off the campaign’s debts,” the group said.

The group also claims that Baldeo was simply trying to tell his supporters their

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“bedrock constitutional rights they had in America, which does not exist in Third World countries, and that they did not have to speak to law enforcement,” and not trying to block the investigation.

Baldeo also ran for the Council in 2005 and the state Senate in 2006.

He was the Democratic district leader for

the 38th Assembly District at the time of his arrest in 2012.

Baldeo’s sentence was delayed for two weeks because of alleged chest pains that sent him to Flushing Hospital Medical Center on Jan. 21, the day he was originally to be sentenced, according to a letter f rom Bharara.

The prosecutor said doctors at the hospital said Baldeo would remain in the hospital until a “cardiac evaluation” could be completed.

Baldeo remained in the hospital and complained of “weakness in his left side,” and on Jan. 22 he was transferred to Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Bharara said.

Doctors told Bharara that Baldeo had surgery done on his heart on Jan. 23, “to clear two blockages, and that two stents were inserted,” the letter said.

The doctor who said he performed the surgery called Bharara’s office and recommended the sentencing, which had been rescheduled for Jan. 26, be delayed until Feb. 2.

Bharara accused Baldeo of trying to “delay sentencing and/or support an argument at sentencing for leniency.”

Baldeo called the letter a “vicious Q accusation.”

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Albert Baldeo gets 18 months in prison

Ruben Wills indicted yet again AG charges city councilman with filing false documents

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Councilman Ruben Wills outside City PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE Hall.

documents to cover up the alleged later restored after he won re-election in November of 2013. thefts.

Wills is facing up to seven years DiNapoli and Sch neider man claimed at the time that Wills in prison if convicted of the first received matching funds from the 12-count indictment.

The Attorney General’s Office city’s Campaign Finance Board in 2009 and directed a family member, did not respond to inquiries regardwho was also indicted and charged ing a possible court date on last with grand larceny and falsifying year’s charges.

The politician at the time said he records, to direct $11,500 from a firm called Micro Targeting to NY was innocent of all the charges.

At a press conference a few 4 Life, which the two state officials claims is a nonprofit corporation weeks after his first indictment, Wi l l s bl a s t e d c o n t r ol le d by S ch n e id e r m a n the politician. for falsely Wills then claiming that he allegedly spent hese alleged actions wore a wire to the money on help the st ate p e r s o n a l p u rreveal a disdain for with investigachases, includtions into other ing a Louis honest disclosure.” elected officials.

Vuitton handbag — State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli “T he At torbought at ney G e ne r a l’s Macy’s.

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For the second time in under a year, Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica) has been indicted by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — this time for allegedly filing false documents with the city Conflicts of Interest Board.

The embattled politician, already facing a 12-count indictment for allegedly stealing state funds and trying to cover it up, was charged with handing in disclosure reports to the city board on five different occasions with the “i ntent to defraud the state,” according to court documents obtained by the Queens Chronicle.

Wills, who was elected to the City Council in a special election in 2010, allegedly handed in the fraudulent documents on May 3, 2012; May 1, 2013; two amended, but false, reports on May 6, 2013; and on May 16, 2014.

The indictment states Wills knew the documents “contained a false

statement and false information.”

Neither the court documents nor a statement from Schneiderman specified what the false information in the submissions was.

The alleged filing of false documents was discovered by a joint probe by Schneiderman and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

“Submitting false documents to the New York City Conf licts of Interest Board is a serious crime,” Schneiderman said.

“These alleged actions reveal a disdain for honest disclosure,” DiNapoli said.

A s p o ke s wo m a n fo r W i l l s referred all questions to his legal team, which did not respond to inquiries by press time.

If convicted of the charges, Wills faces one and a third to four years in prison, according to Schneiderman, which could possibly be added on to any prison time for other charges he’s facing.

In May, he was indicted by Schneiderman for allegedly stealing state funds from the Office of Children and Family Services as well as his own campaign and creating false

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DOT turns the lights on at underpass Howard Beach site fully illuminated after agency meets with Eric Ulrich

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

And on the 20th day, the Department of Transportation said let there be light — and there was light.

And the Howard Beach Civilian Observation Patrol said it was good.

“After 20 days the lights are back on under the 84th Street underpass,” the patrol said in a Facebook post. “Thank God no one got hurt.”

The under pass at 84th Street below Shore Parkway was illuminated for the first time in almost three weeks on Tuesday, according to the patrol’s Facebook post.

The reactivation of the lights comes one d ay a f t e r C o u n c i l m a n E r ic U l r ic h (R-Ozone Park) met with acting Queens DOT Commissioner Jeff Lynch about a variety of traffic issues affecting South Queens, including the blackout at the underpass.

DOT employees told Ulrich the lights would be fixed immediately and were part of a larger project that seeks to replace inefficient lighting across the borough with LED light bulbs.

“DOT is always interested in partnering with local communities and the elected officials who represent them to discuss

The lights are back on at the 84th Street underpass below Shore Parkway in Howard Beach after a 20-day wait. The Howard Beach Civilian Observation Patrol had been patrolling the site while PHOTO COURTESY HB-COP the DOT was working on it. ways to make streets safer and work better for everyone,” Lynch said in a statement sent out by Ulrich’s office. “I thank Council Member Ulrich and his staff for highlighting paving, street lighting and other needs across the 32nd Council District and we look forward to working with him to provide updates and helping to address

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“We were very pleased to see the lights back on,” Thompson said. “I guess after 20 days they finally found the problem. I don’t know why it took 20 days for it to get repaired. But, anyway, we look toward the future now.”

Thompson, who lives near the underpass, said last week many residents felt unsafe walking through the underpass and called the patrol for an escort.

“We continued to provide safety and people were calling us and we were escorting,” he said on Tuesday.

He added that while the lights were out, the patrol parked cars in the area as a deterrent for people who might want to hang out near the site or even those waiting to rob people passing by during late hours.

DOT workers had been working on restoring the lights, according to Thompson, but were unable to fully illuminate the site until Tuesday.

Thompson had called for the DOT to place temporary lighting at the site until it could be fully repaired.

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Time for Cuomo to put up or pipe down

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ollowing the downfall of former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver over allegations that he’s been enriching himself through bribes and kickbacks, Gov. Cuomo declared that he was shocked to hear about the charges.

Yeah, right. Just like Silver’s now-former law firm, Weitz and Luxenberg, through which most of the dough was allegedly funneled, was shocked.

Just like Capt. Renault in “Casablanca” was shocked to learn there was gambling going on at Rick’s Cafe, even as he was being handed his own winnings.

Come to think of it, the corrupt Renault, with his bribetaking, sharp dressing and womanizing, would fit in perfectly with today’s Albany. P.J. O’Rourke didn’t write his classic “Parliament of Whores” about the New York State Legislature, but he may as well have.

So now Cuomo, who declared himself shocked even though he previously acknowledged that Albany is a cesspool, promises ethics reform. Again. Sure, he promised that four years ago, but this time he really means it. So he says.

We’ll believe it when we see it.

You’ll remember that in 2013, Cuomo created an indepen-

dent panel, known as the Moreland Commission, to get to the bottom of the state capital’s illicit wheeling and dealing.

And you’ll remember that last year, when its investigation got too close to his own inner circle for comfort, he disbanded it. Some reformer. The kids would call that an epic fail.

But luckily for all Empire State residents, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, already on a mission to clean up corruption, took up where Moreland left off. One result, and he promises more to come, is the indictment of Silver.

No wonder that when the Assembly chose a new speaker the other day, two members, Claudia Tenney and Steve McLaughlin, voted for Bharara. As upstate Republicans, they were able to do so — unlike the city Democrats given their marching orders by the party bosses — but they deserve kudos for making such a statement.

The Democrats, with their solid majority, chose Carl Heastie of the Bronx. Brilliant move. Forced to select a new speaker as the old one steps down under an ethical cloud, they chose someone whose own practices were already under scrutiny. Heastie is one of the top earners of the Legislature’s per diem expense money, which easily lends itself to corruption, and reportedly also likes to steer state money to

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his campaign contributors. He did that through a grant process like the one that is actually barred by the state Constitution but was determined legal in the Court of Appeals’ notorious 5-2 decision in Bordeleau v. State of New York.

The lawmakers would have been much better off voting in Queens Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan, who made a valiant but fruitless run for the post.

So now Cuomo has a five-point anti-corruption plan. He wants full disclosure of lawmakers’ outside income; tighter controls on per diem spending; the limit of campaign funds to campaigns only; the pension forfeiture of any legislator convicted of corruption; and public financing of elections.

We’re for all that except the last point, which has some appeal in leveling the playing field but also gives some people a new avenue to rake in the money. It’s what got both Albert Baldeo of Richmond Hill and two backers of John Liu of Flushing convicted of serious crimes. Turning your contributor’s $1 into $7 on the backs of the taxpayer is just too tempting for too many people.

Go on and enact the other four points. We’d be thrilled to see that happen. But you know what else we’d be?

Shocked.

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system has now become an expensive insurance plan for middle-class families. An overall decrease in healthcare prices would be beneficial to all.

Affordable healthcare should be a right that is guaranteed for all Americans, not an opportunity some have.

Pujyata Rajbhandary Elmhurst

Same as the old boss Dear Editor: After finally ridding the Assembly of Sheldon Silver, why are they going to replace him with another assemblyman who has rumors of misconduct?

Why didn’t they give the position to a well-established member such as Cathy Nolan, who is highly respected?

Paul Narson President, Vietnam Veterans of America Queens Chapter #32 Flushing

Save our school Dear Editor: Most Precious Blood School in Long Island City is scheduled to be closed in June. This should not happen!

The school has been educating neighborhood children since 1957. It has an enrollment of over 300 students, from nursery through eighth grade. It has never been a financial drain on either the parish or the Diocese of Brooklyn, and currently operates at a profit. It has over $500,000 saved for necessary building repairs.

A coalition of parents and alumni are prepared to work together to raise whatever additional funds are needed.

So why is the school being closed? Because the church building is in dire need of repair? A steel brace is actually holding up the south wall, which is separating from the rest of the structure. The cost of repair is allegedly $3 million. The plan is to close the school and rent out the building, using the funds realized to repair the church.

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Newsmax reported the “Christian” outrage when someone on a Facebook page dared to state that “The virgin Mary should have aborted.” That, it seems, is an entirely different story, because that is “blasphemy” and should be suppressed. Newsmax is to “news” as Fox News is to “news,” which is to say biased political “views” masquerading as “news.” Therefore the article itself might have likewise been typically distorted to fit a message, but it is thought-provoking nonetheless.

Isn’t it pitiful that in this day and age, we are still fighting the war of the Gods? It sounds like a video game. We invent a supernatural scenario and place ourselves within it. If we are bad at it we go downstairs and if we are good we go upstairs, and if we are still undetermined we float in limbo until points pop up sending us up or down … with or without 72 virgins. Why can’t we just judge each other on our individual merit and not live life as mystics?!

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Dear Editor: Re “GOP loves freedom,” Letters, Jan. 29: Is writer Phil Orenstein suggesting that Democrats don’t support the NYPD? Is he suggesting that Democrats are more racist than Republicans? Is he completely disregarding the fact that the medical examiner ruled the death of Eric Garner a homicide?

Does he deny that some cops are treated differently than regular citizens? Cops like Mirjan Lolja, who assaulted a female MTA worker (which is supposed to be a felony) yet was only convicted of a misdemeanor? Terry Raskyn, the spokesman for the Bronx District Attorney, said, “Charging is always at the discretion of the district attorney” — yeah, no kidding.

Why is NYC an enclave for Democrats and progressives? The reason is simple. It is filled with the most intelligent people on Earth.

I can’t wait for the clown show that is the Republican presidential nominating process.

Or as it’s known to Democrats: GOP candidates auditioning for Fox “news” correspondent. It was fun watching Palin, Gingrich, Paul, Santorum, Cain and the rest destroy themselves and then support Romney. I can’t wait for Bush, Paul Jr., Christie, Cruz and the rest of them do the same. All so they can have the privilege of being the first person to lose a presidential election to a woman.

I just hope it’s Elizabeth Warren. But Hillary will do.

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Judgment and jihad

Dear Editor: Common sense has become an uncommon virtue. Common sense is judgment without reflection, the ability to think and behave in a reasonable way and to make good decisions.

Politics, multiculturalism and political correctness have replaced philosophy and reason in our discourse. We are governed by politicians who ignore facts and sacrifice truth to promote their agenda.

Is it common sense to characterize recent events in France and elsewhere merely as “senseless acts of violence”? Is it common sense to dismiss the pronouncements of some imams entreating their followers to engage in jihad? Is it common sense to ignore the commandments and dogma of the so-called “religion of peace”? Is it common sense to ignore the recurring religious attributes linking the violent events? Is it common sense to disregard immigration laws and neglect border security?

The habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it an appearance of being right. A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right and evil doesn’t become good just because it is tweeted, posted on Facebook or sanctioned by an executive order.

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Communication breakdown Dear Editor: This is being written Feb. 1. Four weeks ago we had a heavy rainstorm and since that day, 100 Verizon customers (their figure, not mine) lost phone service for the fourth time in a year, and we still don’t have telephone service or the use of any other device that is dependent on it (for example, computer, fax or medical alert).

Verizon’s answer is that the cables are old and, when they get wet, they corrode and short out and have to be replaced. The answer to this problem is to install FIOS, but Verizon would rather inconvenience customers and, for those of us who depend upon a medical alert system, put our lives in danger if we have a problem that requires immediate attention. To add insult to injury, we do not receive credit for time without service. It took me 24 minutes and three clerks before I received credit for the outage that lasted from Nov. 27 until Dec. 11.

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this and all rescue plans and even pro bono repair offers by construction companies have been ignored by the powers that be.

We ask all Catholics and, actually, anyone who believes in educational diversity to write to Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Brooklyn Diocese and ask him to stop this unfair shutdown and save Most Precious Blood School.

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One Queens man was busted for marijuana possession and another for driving while intoxicated in a school zone near the Lincoln Tunnel on Jan. 25, the Port Authority Police Department said.

Sandeep Singh, from Richmond Hill, has been charged with driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated in a school zone and reckless driving, the PAPD said in a release.

Anatoliy Baltachi, of the Rockaways, has been charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, the PAPD said.

The two men were traveling eastbound toward the Lincoln Tunnel on Jan. 25 when they were approached by PAPD officials.

One of the officers allegedly smelled a strong odor or marijuana from the car and noticed that Singh’s eyes were bloodshot and watery. Singh admitted that he had recently smoked marijuana, the PAPD said.

The PAPD allegedly found 50 grams of marijuana in the car and a silver pipe containing burnt weed on the floor of the vehicle.

Baltachi allegedly told the PAPD he was the Q owner of the pipe.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder speaks out at a public hearing on the Port Ambrose LNG project, citing environmental and safety concerns. Now, Councilman Donovan Richards is trying to pass a PHOTO COURTESY NYS ASSEMBLY resolution calling on Gov. Cuomo to veto the proposed pipeline.

Queens pols urge veto on LNG project Richards, Ulrich express opposition to new pipeline near the Rockaways

by Anthony O’Reilly

real,” he said. “How many times can the Earth show us that we’re moving in the Some Rockaway representatives are not wrong direction?” thrilled about the proposal to build a natural Richards on Jan. 22 introduced a resolugas pipeline 19 miles off the coast of New tion to the City Council that, if passed, York, saying there are safety and environ- would call on Gov. Cuomo to veto the mental concerns involved in the construc- pipeline. tion of the project.

He has received the support of Council“A lot of it has to do with our reliance on man Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who in an fossil fuels,” Councilman Donovan Rich- emailed statement said, “While I support ards (D-Laurelton) said. “We have to do efforts to develop domestic sources of enermore to move away gy and decrease our from fossil fuels.” dependency on forlot of it has to do with Richards was eign oil, I respect the expressing opposivoices of my constitour reliance on fossil tion to the proposed uents and our neighPort Ambrose Liquebors on Long Island fuels. We have to do fied Natural Gas terwho are against this more to move away from proposal. minal, which if a p p r ove d b y t h e “ Fo r t h e m a ny fossil fuels.” state, would be built concerns raised by in the Atlantic Ocean Rockaway residents, — Councilman Donovan Richards 19 miles away from I u r g e G ove r n o r Jones Beach and about 20 miles away from Cuomo to veto this application.” the Rockaways.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-RockaShips would bring LNG to the facility, way Park) has also voiced opposition to the where it would be regasified and then proposed project. brought to shore via a new pipeline connect“Just because the bulk of the project will ed to an existing one in Lower New York take place on Long Island doesn’t mean the Bay, which serves both the city and Long risks stop at the city limits,” he said in a Island. statement. “I urge Governor Cuomo to Richards, the chairman of the Environ- immediately veto this potentially dangerous mental Protection Committee, said the pipe- plan.” line goes against the city’s plan to reduce Richards said he would like to see wind carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050. farms or solar panels placed in the RockaHe also said the continued use of fossil ways or on Staten Island to help the city fuels would contribute to catastrophic natu- reduce its carbon emissions. ral disasters, such as Superstorm Sandy.

“This is the direction we need to go in “Superstorm Sandy was a wakeup call to New York City,” he said. “LNG is a step Q anyone who thinks climate change isn’t back in the wrong direction.”

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Ferry returning to Rockaways in 2017 $55M citywide cross-river service will reach four boroughs: de Blasio

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The Rockaways are finally getting their ferry back — but will have to wait about two years for it.

Mayor de Blasio announced during his State of the City address on Tuesday that the East River Ferry will be expanded in 2017 and will have one stop in the Rockaways.

“Today, we announce that we’re launching a new citywide ferry service to be open for business in 2017,” de Blasio said. “So residents of the Rockaways and Red Hook and Soundview will now be closer to the opportunities they need.”

The ferry system will link Astoria, the Rockaways, South Brooklyn, the Bronx and the Lower East Side of Manhattan to the East River Ferry — which has stops in Manhattan, Long Island City and Brooklyn.

The expansion to the stops proposed by de Blasio will be funded by a $55 million capital project, the mayor announced.

De Blasio said the ferry will help create new businesses across the city.

“And beyond connecting residents to jobs in Manhattan, our new citywide ferry system will spur the development of new commercial corridors throughout the outer boroughs,” he said.

He also announced the cost of a trip will

Rockaway residents will be able to board a ferry again in 2017 for the price of a MetroCard FILE PHOTO swipe, Mayor de Blasio announced on Tuesday. be the same as a bus or subway ride and commuters can use their MetroCards to hop on board.

South Queens politicians in statements issued after the State of the City said while they are pleased a ferry would be stopping in the Rockaways, they want the service to be implemented before 2017.

“Our ferry dock at Beach 108th was dis-

assembled and shipped away overnight,” Asemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) said. “It should not take two years to bring it back.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) also called for immediate transportation improvements for the peninsula.

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Queens Borough President Melinda Katz in her statement praised the mayor’s proposed initiative.

“Queens is elated that permanent ferry service will be coming to the Rockaways by way of Mayor de Blasio’s Five-Borough Ferry System, a plan that had long been proposed but never in effect,” Katz said.

“Mayor de Blasio has laid forth a real capital commitment and a 2017 launch, and the restored Rockaway Ferry will be a boon for residents as an economic generator and an affordable transit option.”

The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, a group dedicated to serving the city’s harbor and aquatic livelihood, also praised the plan.

“This is an enormous step forward to address inequality, and connect outer-borough communities with economic opportunities,” the group’s president and CEO Roland Lewis said.

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A track fire in Briarwood, compounded by an earlier smoke condition near Queensboro Plaza, created massive delays on the F subway line during Tuesday morning’s rush hour.

A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the fire broke out in a tunnel just north of the BriarwoodVan Wyck subway station.

According to the MTA, the fire was discovered at about 8:51 a.m., causing F trains to run on express tracks between Forest Hills and Parsons Boulevard-Hillside.

She said all trains were running normally by 10:08 a.m., though at 11 a.m. there were still delays between 71st-Continental Avenues in Forest Hills and 169th Street in Jamaica.

The spokeswoman added that an earlier smoke condition in a tunnel between Queensboro Plaza and Lexington Avenue59th Street in Manhattan already had forced the MTA to reroute some R trains to run along segments of the F line.

“As interconnected as our system is, almost any time you have a major condition it affects other lines,” the spokeswoman said.

Shortly after 9 a.m. riders at the F train’s eastern terminus at 179th Street and Hillside Avenue were pouring onto the street from the subway station, warning arriving passengers not to swipe their MetroCards as they had.

“After I paid, they made an announcement that we could wait or take a bus,” said Yvette Smith-Chann of St. Albans, who was waiting at a crowded bus stop on Hillside.

“I’m supposed to be in Manhattan now.”

Mohammed Yoruc of Jamaica also came back up to the st reet level af ter the

announcement, but said his monthly MetroCard spared him any worries about an additional fare.

Ashton Johnson, a part-time Queens resident, was not as forgiving.

“They still want their fare increase,” he said waiting just outside the turnstiles at 169th.

E trains were stopping at Brairwood-Van Wyck at about 10:20 a.m., though several riders above ground said they were not able to get information of F trains.

The station still smelled of acrid smoke.

Conductors on a Manhattan-bound E train announced that passengers could change at Forest Hills to catch an Manhattan-bound F. Announcements made at Forest Hills said only that all F trains bound for 179th Street were being rerouted over express tracks for a portion of the route, and that people seeking a Manhattan-bound F train would have to go to the Parsons Boulevard-Hillside Avenue station and transfer to the F line there.

Cindy Persaud and Jennifer Dayaljee of Richmond Hill weren’t even looking for an F train, but had confusion of their own before getting to Forest Hills.

“We wanted to get the E at Jamaica-Van Wyck, but we heard trains weren’t running,” Persaud said. “We took a taxi here.”

A few packed E trains — all of which were temporarily making all local stops — picked up passengers in Forest Hills before a Manhattan-bound F arrived at 10:58.

A woman who gave her first name as Denise, from Hollis, was taking things in stride as her E train pulled out of Forest Hills on the local track. continued on page 23

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Utility cites improvements to equipment, security; James, Gianaris say not so fast Con Edison has filed a request with the state’s Public Ser vice Commission to increase residential and commercial electric rates beginning Jan. 1 2016.

The request, filed with the state last Friday, would result in an increase of 4.7 percent for the average New York City residential customer, including a 7.9 percent hike in the delivery charge.

Commercial customers in the city would get a projected average increase of 2.9 percent, including a 6.5 percent increase in the delivery charge.

In a statement issued on Jan. 30, Con Edison said the aim is to increase revenues by $368 million. It would be the utility’s first increase since April 1, 2011.

The company said the average bill for a residential customer in the city would increase from $82.06 per month to $85.94.

The average commercial user would see an increase from $2,173.08 to $2,236.71.

Con Edison President Craig Ivey said the increase would be used to address transmission system upgrades and physical security improvements at major substations.

“This plan will adequately fund investment for the enhanced security, reliability and resiliency of the electric delivery system,” Ivey said in a prepared statement.

Con Edison is in the third year of a $1 billion initiative to harden its infrastructure against damage like that sustained during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. That includes submersible transformers that can withstand flooding, and additional equipment designed to shorten power outages and reduce the number of customers affected by them.

It also includes the continued installation of so-called smart meters, which the utility says can help customers reduce their bills by allowing them to manage their electrical use more efficiently.

Ivey added that the additional revenue also would support better service by funding an improved website with greater access for mobile users; an expanded menu of selfservice transactions; and increased accessibility for customers.

“We want to implement new programs

and technologies while mitigating the impact on customer bills,” he said.

The PSC will hold a number of hearings and collect community and official input during the year. But some public officials are giving the proposal a cool reception.

In an emailed statement, state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) asked the utility to rethink its request.

“The last thing New Yorkers need right now is more of their paychecks going to Con Edison every month,” Gianaris said. “The

State Sen. Mike Gianaris, left, and Public Advocate Letitia James oppose Con Edison’s FILE PHOTOS latest rate increase request.

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cost of living in our city is rising and it’s disappointing that ConEd wants to make it harder for people to keep the lights on.”

In the alternative, Gianaris said, the PSC should reject the request altogether.

Public Advocate Letitia James was quoted in numerous published accounts voicing her opposition.

“Given the recent declines in oil and natural gas prices, it is hard to understand why Con Edison is choosing now to raise elecQ tricity rates,” James said.

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Got GMO? Queens wants to know Volunteers advocated for food labels, phoned Assembly members

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

In a pocket of Queens long-touted for its culinary diversity, activists focused on a lesser-known aspect of the grocery industry Tuesday: GMO labeling.

“GMOs are genetically modified organisms,” said Allison Barnwell, the Queens organizer for the national organization Food and Water Watch. “They are foods that have been engineered in a laboratory by big chemical corporations … today, these genetically made foods are everywhere in our processed food and in our grocery stores.”

Barnwell added that 70 to 80 percent of the products in Queens grocery stores have some sort of genetically engineered ingredient, such as fruit, vegetables or a corn or soy product. She said sugar beets, papaya and summer squash are most often enhanced to withstand higher doses of pesticides.

She said that glyposate, a main chemical in weed killer that the seeds of many crops are modified to be resistant to, is known to stop endocrine production in animals.

A small group of organizers and volunteers gathered Tuesday morning in Jackson Heights’ Diversity Plaza, hoping to draw attention to the need for labels that indicated whether or not a food product contains genetically enhanced ingredients.

Barnwell has been working on bringing

Antoinette Costales, left, Allison Barnwell, James Landauer and Arantza Diez were in Jackson Heights’ Diversity Plaza Tuesday calling on Queens assemblymembers to support GMO food PHOTO BY CRISTINA SCHREIL labels. food labels to Queens for the past year. A lot of that work, she said, includes educating residents on what GMOs even are. She said other states, such as Vermont and Connecticut, have passed laws enforcing GMO labeling on grocery items, and she believes there is enough interest among New Yorkers for the city and state to follow suit.

An Associated Press report released two

weeks ago stated that 67 percent of Americans do support GMO labeling. Sixty-four countries, including those in the European Union, use GMO labeling.

According to some advocates, there hasn’t been enough testing to confirm or deny whether genetically enhanced organisms harm humans.

Genetically enhanced animals, such as a

likely-to-be-FDA-approved salmon whose DNA incorporates genetic material from eels, also trouble the activists.

“There is just a lack of information and a lack of a precautionary principle here,” Barnwell said, adding testing for GMOs is done by the corporations that make them.

Not everyone agrees. Last May, a group of nine farm and food organizations issued a press release claiming that GMOs have been found to be safe and that any legislation requiring all foods to be labeled as GMOfree or not would negatively affect producers, distributors and shoppers. It added a law would cost a family of four $450 to $520 more for food each year.

But, the volunteers said transparency is more important.

“I started to believe in a set of ethics and morals and that’s why I’m here, fighting for GMO labeling,” said James Landauer, a Forest Hills resident who emigrated from China in 1975. “At the heart of this issue is our right as individuals to know what’s in our food and to return the power to the consumers in Queens.” He echoed what other labeling advocates have said about corporations, which seem to adopt a “Don’t ask, don’t tell” attitude about GMO information.

The group of advocates called upper Queens Assembly members who have yet to continued on page 39

New Central Queens civic group coalesces Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens — Our Communities formed Jan. 24

by Christopher Barca

the members the ban, according to reports.

In response, Our Communities Some areas of Queens, such as Middle Village, Glendale and co-founder Michele Dore, a ForWoodhaven, are more civically est Hills resident since 2011 and member of Forest Hills 11375 for active than others.

In order to help fill the civic the last year, said it felt right to void in Central Queens, a handful gather those who were banned of area residents formed their from the previous group and form an alliance of own neighbortheir own. hood associa“Most of us tion which were part of a grew to almost am amazed to see group who was 1,000 members deleted by the i n ju st t wo the membership administrator,” weeks. that strong.”

Dore said. “We The organijust wanted to zation, “Forest — Michele Dore, reg roup a s a Hills, Rego Forest Hills resident community.”

Park, Kew GarWithin just dens — Our fou r d ays of Communities,” was created after some members Our Communities’ founding on of a Facebook group called “For- Jan. 24, over 500 people had est Hills 11375 — My Town” signed up online. And by press were blocked from viewing the time on Wednesday, 955 mempage for posting about the effort bers had registered on the group’s to save the Cinemart Cinemas, Facebook page.

The snowstor ms of the last which was in danger of closing, week earned major traction on last month.

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Members of the newly formed Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens — Our Communities civic association held their first meeting at Portofino Ristorante in Forest Hills last Saturday. The group plans to focus on supporting area small PHOTO COURTESY MICHELE DORE businesses and historic and cultural community preservation. tions outside, which roads were the most treacherous and which were the easiest to navigate.

Po s t s u r g i ng me mb e r s t o attend the 112th Precinct Community Council’s Feb. 19 meeting as well as future meetings of community boards 6 and 9 were also popular.

Dore said Our Communities aims to have more than just an online presence, as around 20

people met at a Forest Hills eatery to discuss the goals they want to achieve.

“About 15 to 20 members [attended],” she said. “We automatically bonded and will meet again soon. Many members were not able to be there and expressed their desire to attend the next meeting.”

They plan to meet on a monthly basis, with promoting area

events, supporting and encouraging patronage of small businesses and historic and cultural community preservation serving as focal points.

When asked if Dore, a native of Canada, expected the group to be so popular so fast, she said “not at all.”

“I am amazed to see the membership that strong,” she said.

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Of the 25 volunteer-led resident groups that were each awarded $1,000 last month, as part of a “Love Your Block� grant program sponsored by Citi and led by the Citizens Committee for New York City, three are based in Long Island City, Astoria and Jamaica.

Smiling Hogshead Ranch, on Skillman Avenue, Friends of Astoria Heights Park and Project Petals in Jamaica are planning daylong events from April to June in which to put the grants to use clearing litter, planting greenery and other beautification projects.

More than 200 volunteer groups applied for funding as part of the Citizens Committee’s seventh year of awards, in which the city departments of Sanitation, Parks and Transportation were partners. The departments will help on project days by providing materials such as mulch, maintaining street signs and lights and collecting trash.

Lauren Bianaris, of the group Friends of Astoria Heights Park, said directly involving residents is an investment in the community. “If you get community members involved in whatever changes you’re implementing, it’s more likely to stick over time,� she said.

Bianaris added the group’s cleanup day — in which members aim to pick up trash and install tree guards that they hope will ameliorate the area’s dog waste problem — will be on April 18 on 45th Street between 30th Road and 31st Avenue.

The group obtained permits for the tree guards through the Parks Department, but will install them themselves.

“When our block looks good, when we take pride in it and when we invest in it we actually enjoy it much more,� Bianaris said. “It’s not just a duty or an obligation.�

Alicia White, of Project Petals, said the members’ planned day of work in June will focus on widening paths in Railroad Park and installing solar-powered pathway lights to serve commuters to and from the nearby Locust Manor LIRR station. Also, they will plant perennials and flowers while clearing the park of trash. They’re trying to secure garbage cans from the Parks Department. “We were really, really excited because this park has been in really bad condition for over a decade,� White said.

The changes, she added, could transform the space into a neighborhood focal point that hosts health classes or has a nature trail.

Gil Lopez, of Smiling Hogshead Ranch, which was awarded last year as well, said his organization will install benches and plant trees on its cleanup day on April 25. He added that parts of their property seemed as if they were previously used as a trash dump. “This whole strip of Skillman is particularly bare of trees,� Lopez said.

They also hope to improve their relationships with an adjacent school and NYPD offices by helping them secure street trees. “Community groups can actually do a good bit of beautification with $1,000,�

Lopez said, adding that the grant wasn’t enough for an entire year of work or to help a new group without established infrastructure with a large project, but was suited to the area’s immediate needs.

He called the Citizens Committee “the organ� that other community groups could Q align with for support.

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One Howard Beach church is praying the community will come together to help restore a patch of plants and trees that were damaged during Superstorm Sandy.

St. Barnabas Church, located at 15919 98 St., is asking its parishioners and any charitable people to donate to a project that seeks to restore the church’s greenery to its former glory.

The Rev. Eric Baum, the pastor of the church, said the project is part of its post-Sandy recovery.

“We’ve had to work on things like restoring the electricity,” Baum said.

The fact that the church can now focus on its landscaping, Baum said, is a sign that it’s on its way to being fully recuperated.

“It’s a very positive sign that we can get to the greenery,” he said. “It means we’re done with all of the important stuff.”

The cost of the project?

Ten thousand dollars, Baum said.

Donations can either be mailed or dropped off at the church, Baum said.

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Skyline Conference star Reynaldo Walters of South Ozone Park, a guard on the men’s basketball team at SUNY Old Westbury, was named co-player of the week in the Skyline Conference for games played from Jan. 21 to Feb. 1.

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Hours after Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica) was indicted and charged with filing false documents on Tuesday, the politician held a town hall meeting with the South Ozone Park Civic Association West about the proposed residence for juvenile delinquents in the community.

When a Queens Chronicle reporter entered the meeting, which at the time was packed with close to 100 residents, he was asked to leave by a member of Wills’ office. The reporter was told the meeting was closed to the press and all city agencies, despite no prior notice of those restrictions on fliers mailed out and posted on Facebook in the days prior to the meeting.

A spokeswoman with the state Committee on Open Government said the actions taken by the employee do not violate the O pen Meeti ngs Law because a quorum of the 51-member City Council was not present.

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by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

A Maspeth man has copped to aiding burglars in their heists of southwest Queens homes, “urning” himself an expected prison sentence of six years, according to District Attorney Richard Brown.

Randolph Ardila pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree burglary in Queens Criminal Court last Thursday and faces five years’ post-release supervision in addition to the prison term for serving as a lookout and getaway car driver in a string of 2014 thefts.

The most ghoulish burglary occurred in Ozone Park on Feb. 21, when Ardila’s two unapprehended accomplices entered a 103rd Avenue apartment building, broke into one of the dwellings and stole an urn containing the cremated ashes of the resident’s mother.

The at-large suspects carried two bags of stolen goods out of the apartment and put one containing the urn, which was later recovered, in their car

Associate Editor

New York City’s two easternmost boroughs may be the center of American presidential politics in 2016.

According to an MSNBC report published Tuesday morning, former First Lady, New York Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may establish her official campaign headquarters in Queens or Brooklyn if and when she declares her candidacy for president.

The report, citing three Democratic Party sources familiar with the planning discussions, states that Clinton would prefer to locate her campaign within a youthful, gentrifying neighborhood as opposed to Manhattan or Westchester County, where she and former President Bill Clinton have a home.

In a statement, Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) said she would welcome Clinton to Queens with open arms.

“She knows how great our borough is and how much of an asset it would be for her potential campaign to be based here,” Meng said. “I’d certainly welcome her, and I would be happy to show her or her staff around my district for potential spots.”

and another in Ardila’s gray BMW. At the time of his arrest on the night of Feb. 21, a stolen $20 bill, assorted change and tools from an earlier Ozone Park burglary were discovered in his car.

In addition, he and his accomplices tried to break into homes on 77th Avenue in Glendale that afternoon but were unsuccessful.

“The defendant has admitted his guilt and will be held accountable for his actions,” Brown said in a statement issued last Thursday. “The sentence to be imposed by the court is a just resolution of the matter and demonstrates my office’s continued commitment to prosecuting and punishing those involved in bu rglar izing the homes of Queens County residents.”

Ardila, who originally faced up to 27 years in prison, has been held in jail in lieu of $150,000 bail since he was arrested.

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Bronx pol is new Assembly speaker Queens state lawmakers excited for future under Heastie leadership

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For the f irst time in 21 years, state Assembly members selected a new speaker — and his name is Assemblyman Carl Heastie (D-Bronx).

Heastie is the first speaker from the Bronx and is also the first African-American politician to lead the Assembly.

The lawmaker, who was first elected to the Assembly in 2000, defeated Queens Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D-Sunnyside) in a special election held Tuesday morning just hours after longtime speaker Assemblyman Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) relinquished control of the position after being charged on Jan. 22 with taking $4 million in bribes and kickbacks disguised as income from a private law firm.

Nolan, in a statement issued Monday evening, did not drop out of the speaker race but admitted that her bid was likely to fail after Heastie gained the support of numerous state politicians and organizations, including the Queens Democratic Party.

“I particularly want to acknowledge those colleagues who gave me support and encouragement and also those who were forthright in telling me that they prefer another candidate,” Nolan said. “I congratulate Assemblyman Heastie and I under-

stand the joy that his election will bring to all communities of our state.”

She also believes her bid “put at least a scratch in the glass ceiling for women.”

Had she been elected, Nolan would have been the first woman speaker in the state’s history.

Assembly members representing Queens expressed excitement for the new leadership, and said they looked forward to him bringing ethics reform to the embattled capital.

But Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz (D-Flushing) said that might take a while.

“Nothing is going to happen overnight, but I think the conversation will start almost immediately,” Simanowitz said. “Any time you go from a long-standing status quo to a new shepherd there are going to be changes.”

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) said Heastie might benefit from the fact that he is a relatively new Assembly member and that he would work to have newly elected officials more involved in state government.

“He knows some of the frustrations of the junior members,” Weprin said. “I think he’ll be responsive to all the members.”

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) also said he believed Heastie will be able to get junior members more involved in the legislative process.

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“There’s a movement among younger members who wanted more involvement in the state Legislature,” Goldfeder said. “Carl is someone who knows how to bring new members together.”

Weprin said Queens politicians voted for Heastie in unison after other members threw

their support behind him and not Nolan.

“Congressman Joe Crowley [chairman of the Queens Democratic Party] thought it was important that the party was unified,” he said.

He also said he was not worried about reports that Heastie racked up $23,440 in per diem and travel expenses last year, the third highest in the Assembly.

He was also the target of the nowdefunct Moreland Commission, a panel whose mission was to tackle corruption in state politics, for not properly detailing $10,000 in campaign expenses.

“People make mistakes,” Weprin said.

Assemblyman Francisco Moya (D-Jackson Heights) said in a statement, “I know that Speaker Heastie will steer the Assembly towards an era of moral budgets that take the needs of all New Yorkers into account and legislation that is worthy of the people we serve.

“Together, we will enact common-sense reforms that will restore confidence in our legislative body and allow us to better serve our constituents.”

Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing) was also excited for Heastie’s leadership.

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LGBT Network set to expand into Qns. ‘Q Centers’ to open throughout the borough over the next three years

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Over two decades ago, City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) was a scared 19-year-old trying to come to grips with the fact that he was gay.

After a year of working up the courage, he called a youth group at the AIDS Center of Queens County, which he said gave him the strength to accept who he was and realize that he could still live out his dream of becoming an elected official.

“That moment that existed for me almost 26 years ago still exists for many young people today,” Van Bramer said. “You’re going to save someone’s life in one way or another.

By existing, by having the people, having the resources, you’re going to save someone’s life.”

With the expansion of the Long Islandbased LGBT Network into New York City’s easternmost borough, Van Bramer expects many Queens residents struggling with their sexuality will come to the same realization he did in 1989.

At a Tuesday press conference at Borough Hall, LGBT Network CEO David Kilmnick announced that the organization would be opening up Q Centers in Queens over the next three years, with the first set to open at the Samuel Field Y in Little Neck on Feb. 23.

Additional centers, which will provide a

LGBT Network CEO David Kilmnick, at the podium, announces plans to open four ‘Q Centers’ in Queens, which will provide a wide range of services to members of the LGBT community. The PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA first center opens in Little Neck on Feb. 23. bevy of services such as youth groups for middle and high schoolers and health insurance enrollment for families, are expected to open in Astoria, Bayside and The Rockaways within the next three years.

“We’re going to make sure that we’re going to bring more resources back to the borough to serve these families and that is long over-

due,” Kilmnick said. “Many lives depend on it and we have to do it.”

In addition to the Q Centers, Kilmnick said outposts focusing on singular services will be established throughout the borough in the coming years.

And he noted the organization won’t be afraid of trying to make inroads in more

conservative parts of Queens.

“We will not only be in places where people expect us to be, gayborhoods for example,” he said. “We’re going to be in some of the more conservative areas in addition to the ones that are more welcoming. We’ve had a 22-year history of breaking down barriers in more conservative communities and we will do the same here in Queens.”

Kilmnick said he hopes at least one of the future Q Centers would be its own standalone facility, and that some centers may have their own kitchens in order to provide additional programs.

To announce the group’s arrival to the borough, the LGBT Network will embark on a listening tour in each neighborhood where a center will be, starting in March.

The organization, which is 58 percent funded by public money, will also make presentations to all 14 Queens community boards throughout the year.

Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), who is gay, served as the event’s emcee and said the network’s expansion into Queens is a win for every resident struggling with or accepting of his or her homosexuality.

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“But I’m safe, so I guess I’m just going to take a deep breath.”

The incident took place one day after the No. 7 line shut down for several hours because of icing on the third rail.

Hundreds of commuters were stuck in five trains Monday morning after a Manhattan-bound No. 7 lost power at 9 a.m. just as it was approaching Queensboro Plaza. No. 7 trains were stopped in both directions. Some trains were stuck in tunnels. A Queens resident who declined to give his name said he was coming in from Manhattan at the time. His train was partially in the Hunters Point station.

“We waited, then they told us we could walk out of the back of the train to the platform,” he said. “I just walked to the E station under the Citi Tower [at Court Square].”

A second train was backed out of Queensboro and coupled to the disabled cars to tow them into the station.

Published reports quoted city Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph Esposito as saying that the cause was an umbrella that got lodged beneath the No. 7 line’s third rail, which supplies the electrical power to run the train. The time taken to retrieve the umbrella safely, he said, allowed the rails to ice over as no

trains were traveling over them.

The MTA spokeswoman said at about 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday that icing is being cited as the official cause, though the umbrella might be considered a “proximal cause.”

All stranded No. 7 trains were in stations by 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, and no passengers requested medical assistance.

The spokeswoman said Tuesday afternoon that the No. 7 line still was restricted to limited local service, with no estimate for a return to full service.

Riders were encouraged to seek alternate transportation on the E, F, N and R subway lines and the Q60 and Q32 buses.

The Long Island Rail Road also cross-honored MetroCards at its Flushing, Mets-Willets Point and Woodside stations.

State Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria), however, also was not in a forgiving mood on Tuesday.

“In the past 24 hours every train line connecting Queens to Manhattan experienced significant problems and that is unacceptable,” Gianaris said in a statement issued by his office.

“Service disruptions like this are far too common for those of us who live in Western Queens, especially during this freezing cold winter,” he added. “The MTA left too many commuters out in the cold this week and that needs to change Q quickly.”

Pizzeria owner must give back dough: AG Owes Papa John’s employees $800K The owner of five Queens Papa John’s restaurants has been ordered to fork over a piece of the pie to employees he previously underpaid, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Monday.

“This judgment sends a clear message that like every other business in New York, fast food employers must follow the law,” Schneiderman said in a written s t a t e m e nt a n n o u n c i n g t h e o r d e r.

“Depriving workers of their wages or other lawful benefits hurts families and communities, and creates an unfair advantage for employers who don’t play by the rules.”

Emstar Pizza Inc. and St. Albans resident Emmanuel Onuaguluchi, the owner of the cor poration, were ordered by Kings County Judge Johnny Lee Baynes to pay $789,507.06 in “wages, uniform maintenance, liquidated damages and interest” to employees who worked at his stores, according to Schneiderman.

The order stems from a lawsuit filed by the state’s top attorney in December that charged that Onuaguluchi grossly

underpaid his employees at restaurants in Ozone Park, Rego Park, Richmond Hill and Flushing.

The owner also was charged with not providing his employees with adequate uniforms, as is required under state law.

Onuaguluchi was allegedly cheating his employees out of wages as recently as Nov. 26, according to the December lawsuit.

Baynes also ordered that Onuaguluchi be barred from selling the stores unless the proceeds of the sales are held in escrow by Schneiderman, who may use the monies to reimburse employees of the stores for lost wages.

“This Papa John’s franchisee brazenly violated the law, shaving employees’ hours and avoiding paying overtime by various means, including giving managerial-sounding titles such as ‘head driver,’” Schneiderman said in his statement.

“We will continue to combat wage theft whenever and wherever we see it to protect the rights of hardworking New Q Yorkers.”

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Short license loss lamented Parents angered over ‘slap on the wrist’ for driver

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The parents of 3-year-old Allison Liao, who was killed by a motorist in 2013 in Flushing, are outraged that the man’s driver’s license has been revoked for only 30 days.

In January, a Department of Motor Vehicles hearing was held to determine if the driver, Ahmad Abu-Zayedeha, 44, of Flushing would retain his driver’s license. Two summonses of $150 each were previously voided by the DMV. The tickets were for failure to exercise due care and failure to yield to a pedestrian. The DMV voided the tickets following a hearing last July in which the driver testified that he believed early news reports that said Allison had run into traffic, and he refused to watch a tape of the accident.

Police officers, who acquired the video, argued in favor of the summonses.

The latest decision, announced by Administrative Law Judge Sidney Fuchs, indicated that Abu-Zayedeha failed to use due care to avoid hitting a pedestrian. “There was no credible testimony as to why the respondent did not avoid this collision,” he wrote.

Although the judge found the driver at fault, the license revocation period of at least 30 days starts on Feb. 13 and after that AbuZayedeha can ask the DMV to have his license reinstated.

“He did the right thing in revoking the license, but it’s only for 30 days,” said Amy Tan Liao, Allison’s mother. “This was a slap on the wrist and not the right punishment.”

While his license could be revoked for longer than 30 days, Tan Liao says the DMV usually sides with the driver in reinstatement cases.

She believes the whole process has to change and more work needs to be done to address reckless driving. “It has to be seen as a more serious crime,” Tan Liao said.

The accident occurred in the early evening of Oct. 6, 2013 when Allison was crossing Main Street at Cherry Avenue with her grandmother. They were in the crosswalk and had the right of way.

A recording taken from the dashboard camera of a nearby car showed Abu-Zayedeha making a left-hand turn, striking the grandmother and then running over Allison. She died at New York Hospital Queens.

Tan Liao and her husband, Hsi-Pei Liao, met with officials from the governor’s office and DMV last November about the issue. Hsi-Pei Liao said Monday that a second meeting is hopefully being set up for next week.

The Liao family is also proceeding with a civil case against the driver. The father believes it will go to court in a few months.

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Sex trafficking sees a peak in demand on Super Bowl Sunday, Maloney’s office said in a statement last week. The Saturday before the game, sex traffic survivors and experts on the crime met with the congresswoman in her Manhattan office to address “this modern day form of slavery.”

Maloney, involved in three bills focused on targeting the illegal sex trade industry, will be reintroducing “The Human Trafficking Fraud Enforcement Act” in the 114th Congress.

If it becomes law, it would authorize $4 million to create a department within the Internal Revenue Service to use tax law violations as the avenue to prosecute sex traffickers.

Offenders would face a maximum sentence of 10 years and a fine of up to $50,000.

Elmhurst resident and anti-sex trafficking activist Shandra Woworuntu speaks in Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s office in favor of the congresswoman’s PHOTO COURTESY U.S. HOUSE bill.

“The Human Traff icking Fraud Enforcement Act allows survivors to receive benefits to empower them to be able to reintegrate into the community to fulfill their dream,” said Shandra Woworuntu, a sex trafficking survivor who resides in Elmhurst.

Woworuntu was a financial analyst before racial persecution in her native Indonesia led to her losing her job and being forced

to move to America, Maloney’s office said. She was falsely promised a job in Chicago, but was instead kidnapped at JFK Airport and forced into sex slavery in the tri-state area for nearly one year.

She ultimately escaped from a Brooklyn bathroom window and is now a speaker and activist.

Maloney’s proposed bill also intertwines direct benefits to victims of sex traffickers by

changing IRS whistleblower provisions so that women and girls who aid in an investigation could receive up to 15 percent of any fines against the trafficker, according to her office.

Two previously introduced bills Maloney is involved in — which both passed the House in January and await votes in the Senate — are the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas), which would center on rescuing victims, and the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation, or SAVE, Act, which would make any advertisement of paid sex, including online solicitations, count as a federal crime.

“As an international human rights and legal advocacy organization, work ing towards equality for women and girls, we strongly believe that combating commercial sexual exploitation must be grounded in targeting the demand which fuels sex trafficking,” Melina Lito, trafficking program officer with Q Equality Now, said.

A Train station improvements Two subway stations on the A line along Liberty Avenue reopened on Monday following five months of renovations.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has completed upgrades at the Manhattan-bound side of stations at 104th Street and 88th Street.

“For these stations, originally built in the early 1900s, these improvements will create significantly better conditions for our customers,” said Carmen Bianco, president of the MTA’s NYC Transit division. “We appreciate the community’s patience and understanding while we carried out this important work.”

The work is part of an ongoing $39 million renovation project. Work on the Manhattan-bound sides began on Oct. 13 of last year. The Queens-bound platforms underwent similar upgrades between May 12 and Sept. 29 of last year.

The next station scheduled for renovations is at Rockaway Boulevard.

The A Train will skip the Far Rockaway/Lefferts Boulevard-bound platform for 14 weeks when construction begins this month. Work is scheduled Q to be completed in May.

Snow delays Cross Harbor public hearing The public hearing at Borough Hall on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s controversial Cross Harbor Freight initiative has been rescheduled for next month. The meeting was originally scheduled for Jan. 28 but was pushed back to March 3 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. because of last week’s snowstorm.

The purpose of the hearing was to discuss the Cross Harbor Freight initiative, a Port Authority study aimed at coming up with options to reduce the number of cargo-carrying trucks on city roadways, bridges and tunnels either by water across New York Harbor or by rail.

A controversial rail tunnel connecting New Jersey and Brooklyn has been proposed and sharply criticized by Community Board 5 as “destructive” to southwest Queens neighborhoods.

The Port Authority held its first public hearing on the topic in Manhattan in mid-January, and meetings in New Jersey, the Bronx and Brooklyn are scheduled for Febr uar y. The rescheduled Queens gathering in March is the final public session of the Q listening phase of the plan.

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The event, which actually runs from Feb. 13 to 16, is sponsored by the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Participants can count birds for as little as 15 minutes on one or more days and report the results to gbbc.birdcount.org.

Those taking part can do it in their own backyards or go to a park or other public places to find the birds. A separate checklist for each day or for each site is suggested.

The findings help researchers learn more about how birds are doing and how to protect them and their environment. Last year, there were more than 144,000 lists submitted, with more than 4,000 species seen and nearly 18 million birds counted.

Audubon Society officials say that bird populations are always shifting and changing. For example, last year a large irruption, or sudden sharp increase, of snowy owls from the Arctic was spotted in great numbers along the East Coast and Midwest.

They returned to the Arctic last March.

This year, a sizable number, though not as many as last year, has been reported in the United States again, including in the Rockaways and near JFK Airport.

For those new to birding or those who want a more structured bird count, the QBG at 43-50 Main St. in Flushing is once again holding its event beginning at 11 a.m. on Feb. 14. Shari Romar, the QBG marketing manager and a birder, will lead the program.

“We are very flexible,” Romar said. “We usually stay out until 1 p.m., but if people

GMO labels continued from page 16 co-sponsor Assembly Bill 617. Assembly records show, the bill, which calls for the labeling of agricultural commodities made with genetic engineering, was referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection on Jan. 7.

Assembly members Jeffrion Aubry ( D - C oron a) , M ich a el Si m a now it z (D-Flushing) and Michele Titus (D-Rockaway Park) are the officials from Queens who have not co-sponsored.

There is an accompanying bill in the state Senate. Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-How-

The northern cardinal is a colorful visitor to PHOTO BY SHARI ROMAR backyards in Queens. get cold, they can leave early.”

She said that last year only a few people came because of the weather, but this year she already has seven signed up. The event is free but Romar asks that people register by contacting her at sromar@queensbotanical.org.

She suggests other prime locations in Queens include the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Alley Pond, Cunningham and Forest parks.

“The beauty of the Great Backyard Bird Count is that anyone can do it. You don’t need to be an experienced birder,” Romar added.

“It also can be a great family outing.”

Binoculars are not required, but recomQ mended to bring to the QBG outing. ard Beach) and Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) are the Queens co-sponsors.

Eight out of 20 regular volunteers made phone calls over the course of the day.

Inter n Antoinette Costales called Assemblyman Mike Den Dekker (D-Jackson Heights), but only reached his voicemail. Barnwell said following the event that they only reached voicemails.

Arantza Diez, who lives in Woodside, has spread word in Spanish. She said that even if scientists across the board ultimately find genetically enhanced food to be safe decades from now, she wouldn’t be in support of GMOs. “Our bodies need nutrients,” she said. Q

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Bowne House work slowly continues Exterior restoration nearly done; work on visitor center in design

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Progress comes slowly for city building projects and the historic Bowne House restoration and planned visitor center are no exception.

When the city took over the historic house — a bastion of religious liberty — in 2009, it was expected that renovations would be completed by 2012. That did not happen. And Bowne holds hundreds of years of history to preserve.

Located at 37-01 Bowne St., the house was built around 1661 by farmer John Bowne. He allowed Quakers to meet in his home, which was illegal at that time under Mayor Peter Stuyvesant’s edict. He was arrested and later deported to Europe.

But Bowne fought his ouster and won his case with the Dutch West India Co., which forced Stuyvesant to rescind the e d ic t aga i n st t he Q u a ke r s me et i ng.

Bowne’s home is considered a shrine for religious freedom in this country.

The house remained in the family until 1947, when it was taken over by the Bowne House Historical Society, which donated it to the city Parks Department in 2009. It became the city’s 23rd member of the Historic House Trust, which oversees Parks’ historic houses.

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An artist’s conception of what the visitor center at the Bowne House could look like. Final plans are expected to be completed this summer. Construction is expected to take two years.

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According to the Parks Department and Rosemary Vietor, vice president of the BHHS, the exterior restoration is substantially complete. The $3.2 million work included new roofing, gutters and lead pipes, wooden shingles and weatherboard

cladding, restoring the windows, trim, doors and shutters and adding new concrete footings to support new steel columns.

The first-floor framing was strengthened with additional wood joists and steel inserted into and around the existing frame.

“There’s no more peeling paint,” Vietor said.

Work is beginning on interior restoration under the direction of the city Department of Design and Construction. No completion date has been set.

Vietor said she wishes construction had already started on the visitor center, which is fully funded at $2.8 million. Plans call for converting a garage on the property into a one-and-one-half-story structure with 1,250 square feet of space. It will house a gallery, exhibits, restrooms, storage and an office.

According to Meghan Lalor, Parks Department spokeswoman, the design is about 30 percent complete and she anticipates a final design by the summer. Work is expected to take two years.

Bowne House will mark the 50th anniversary of the city’s landmarks law on Oct. 10 with a rededication of the museum as a site dedicated to the First Amendment and the principle of freedom of religion.

The date also is the anniversary of the original dedication of the site in 1947.

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During the month of February, Americans see eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables — the human heart as the symbol of love. February adults should have at least five servings each is American Heart Month, a time to show your- day. Eating foods low in saturated fat, trans fat self some love. Learn about your risks for heart and cholesterol and high in fiber. disease and stroke and stay “heart healthy” for • Maintain a healthy weight. Being overyourself and your loved ones. weight or obese can increase your risk for Cardiovascular disease — including heart CVD. To determine whether your weight is in a disease, stroke and high blood pressure — is healthy range, healthcare professionals often the No. 1 killer of women and men in the Unit- calculate a number called body mass index. ed States. It is a leading cause of disability, Doctors sometimes also use waist and hip preventing Americans from working and enjoy- measurements to measure a person’s body fat. ing family activities. CVD costs the United If you know your weight and height, you can States over $300 billion each year, including calculate your BMI at CDC’s Assessing Your the cost of healthcare services, medications Weight website. and lost productivity.

• Exercise regularly. Physical activity can CVD does not affect all groups of people in help you maintain a healthy weight and lower the same way. Although the number of prevent- cholesterol and blood pressure. The Surgeon able deaths has General recommends declined in people aged that adults should 65 to 74 years, it has engage in moderateremained unchanged in intensity activity for at people under age 65. least 150 minutes per Men are more than week. Remember to t w i c e a s likel y a s American Heart Month is a time to battle incorporate exercise cardiovascular disease and learn what to do into your day in differwomen to die from preGOOGLE IMAGE to live a heart-healthy life. ventable CVD. Having a ent ways : Take the close relative who has stairs instead of the heart disease puts you at higher risk for CVD. elevator or rake the yard instead of using the Race and ethnicity also affect your risk. leaf blower. Exercising with friends and family Nearly 44 percent of African American men and can be a great way to stay healthy and have fun.

48 percent of African American women have • Don’t smoke. Cigarette smoking greatly some form of CVD. And African Americans are increases your risk for CVD. If you don’t smoke, more likely than any other racial or ethnic group don’t start. If you do smoke, quit as soon as to have high blood pressure and to develop the possible. Your healthcare team can suggest condition earlier in life. ways to help you quit.

Many CVD deaths could have been prevented • Limit alcohol use. Avoid drinking too through healthier habits, healthier living spaces, much alcohol, which can increase your blood and better management of conditions like high pressure. Men should stick to no more than two blood pressure and diabetes. drinks per day and women to no more than one.

Try out these strategies for better heart • Manage your diabetes. If you have diabehealth. You’ll be surprised how many of them tes, monitor your blood sugar levels closely, and can become lifelong habits! talk with your healthcare team about treatment • Work with your healthcare team. Get a options. checkup at least once each year, even if you feel • Take your medicine. If you’re taking medihealthy. A doctor, nurse or other healthcare pro- cation to treat high blood pressure, high cholesfessional can check for conditions that put you terol, diabetes, or another condition, follow the at risk for CVD. instructions carefully. Always ask questions if • Monitor your blood pressure. High blood you don’t understand something. If you have pressure often has no symptoms, so be sure to side effects, talk with your healthcare team have it checked on a regular basis. You can about your options. check your blood pressure at home, at a pharNeed more inspiration? The “28 Days to a macy or at a doctor’s office.

Healthier Heart” tips can inspire you throughout • Get your cholesterol checked. Your health- February and all year long. Follow Million care team should test your cholesterol levels Hearts® on Facebook and Twitter for even more at least once every 5 years. Talk with your ways to protect your heart and live a longer, healthcare professional about this simple blood test. healthier life.

• Eat a healthy diet. Choosing healthful Together, we all can prevent and manage P meal and snack options can help you avoid CVD heart disease, one step at a time.

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Library really connects with seniors, even at home

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

Whether you’re an active older person who enjoys going out and about, or one who has become homebound, the Queens Library has just the right program for you. Tons of them, in fact.

There are the creative aging programs offered at various branches in different parts of Queens, each a series of eight sessions taught by a professional and ending with a “culminating event.� So far the series has included drawing, watercolor painting, memoir writing, photography and acting.

There’s the Mail-a-Book program, which sends not just tomes but videos and even e-readers to those who are stuck at home due to age or disability. And Mail-a-Book has developed far beyond even those great services, today even offering teleconferencing, videoconferencing through the Skype program and over-the-phone information on everything from public services to finances to physicians.

It’s all done under the direction of the library’s older adult coordinator, Madlyn Schneider, a librarian who took over the unit six years ago.

Her staff includes two other full-time employees, Senior Librarian Willie Simmons and Customer Service Representative Zeena Jenkins-Moore, as well as 10 part-timers and three volunteers.

The teleconferencing is something Schneider started six years ago.

Services of all kinds offered in expanding programs

Seniors learn about photography from teacher Nancy Snyder during an eight-week workshop at the Pomonok Library, in just one of the countless PHOTOS BY MADLYN SCHNEIDER, LEFT, AND COURTESY QUEENS LIBRARY programs overseen by Older Adult Coordinator Madlyn Schneider, right. “Who knew when I started this that we’d have 280 programs a year where you can call in and learn something or just have someone to talk to?� Schneider said, noting that her staff is so enthusiastic to serve that sometimes people come in on Monday and relate how they spoke with so-and-so over the weekend. “There’s a lot

Librarian� award in 2012.

Of course it’s the patrons served by the library who notice the most.

One participant in Mail-a-Book, Bonnie Sue Pokorny, tried to nominate it a for a neighborhood library award, though it didn’t qualify on page page 32 00 continued on

of one-on-one because these people are very isolated and lonely. They can’t help themselves, and we become an extension of their family.�

The results of all the programming are getting noticed, too — though Schneider didn’t mention it when interviewed, she was one of only 10 winners nationwide of the “I Love My

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continued continued from from page page 31 00 because it’s a program, not an actual library. Pokorny’s nominating essay said, in large part, that Mail-a-Book is a vital lifeline for the homebound, whether through its teleconferenced book discussion, games, virtual tours of museums or links to social services.

“We wake up in the morning knowing there is going to be some activity that we want to participate in, friends to call, activities and fun,” Pokorny wrote. “We look forward to the day.”

Those interested in programs for seniors can ask about them at any branch or see the full gamut of services at queenslibrary.org.

For details about Mail-a-Book, they can click on queenslibrary.org/books/mail-a-book or call (718) 464-0084 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.

The library offers “hundreds of different topics, thousands of programs every month,” Schneider said. It’s giving the homebound a lifeline, providing continuing education, partnering with senior centers to coordinate activities and provide them with rotating book collections — you name it. As long as the funding is there it will continue to do so, and who knows what Schneider and her P staff will think of next?

Symptoms of a heart attack can include radiating pain down the • chest pain may be present, but fewer than 30 percent of women arm and tightness in the chest. While these may be universally recogactually experience any pain in their chest; nized symptoms of heart attacks for men, new studies have shown • unusual fatigue; such symptoms are not necessarily what women can expect if they’re • indigestion; and/or having a heart attack.

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Research indicates women may experience symptoms quite differIf a woman experiences any of the above symptoms and suspects a ent from men when it comes to heart attacks. heart attack, it is better to be safe than sorry.

Dismissing the symptoms of a heart attack can First, call 9-1-1 and make sure to follow the operadelay life-saving actions. It is critical for women tor’s instructions. Chew and swallow an aspirin to recognize warning signs. Even when signs are (325 mg) if you have one available. Aspirin will presubtle, the results can be deadly. vent platelets in the blood from clotting and further The American Heart Association notes that a blocking up an affected artery. This prevents any heart attack occurs when blood flow that brings other heart muscle cells from dying from a clot oxygen-rich blood to the heart is slowed down or obstruction. cut off. Arteries that supply blood flow to the If you suspect you are having a heart attack, do heart may gradually become blocked by cholesnot drive yourself to the hospital. Wait for paraterol, fat and plaque. The National Institutes of medics or have someone else drive if you have no Health indicate women often experience new or other choice. Lie down and try to remain as calm unusual physical symptoms as early as a month as possible until emergency responders arrive. Be before experiencing a heart attack. somewhere safe in case you lose consciousness Women’s symptoms may not be as predictable as and have the door unlocked so that EMTs can get men’s, but there are still some signs to consider: inside your home should you lose consciousness.

• sweating; One of the best ways to remain healthy with Pain in the neck or jaw can be a sign of • pressure in the chest and back that may feel a heart attack in women. regard to heart attack is to take certain preventalike a rope being tightened around the body; tive measures to reduce your risk of heart attack.

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When deciding if home care services are home, you may be held responsible. This is right for your loved one, cost is certainly one further complicated if the worker drives your of the primary concerns. Staying at home with vehicle as part of the job.

Using agencies to hire workers either privatehome attendant services 24 hours a day, seven days a week is less expensive than ly or through the Medicaid program can relieve care in nursing home facilities; however, pay- these burdens. A reputable, licensed agency will ing privately for home care can quickly hire, train and provide some supervision of deplete one’s income and savings. Nursing workers. Payroll is managed by an agency; the home costs are over $12,000 per month, the workers are paid by the agency with all required cost for paying privately for home care servic- withholdings for taxes and expenses. The agency should perform background and immigration es can be upwards of $7,000 per month.

While the Medicare program provides very checks and the workers should be bonded and limited home care benefits for those leaving a insured through the agency.

While there is a requirement that five years hospital or rehabilitation center, Medicaid benefits are available to qualifying individuals of financial information be provided for nursfor long-term home care assistance for up to ing home Medicaid benefits, there is currently seven days a week, 24 hours a day. With no penalty or “look back” period for home proper legal advice, it is possible to protect care Medicaid eligibility. This means that if one’s assets and income and qualify for home assets are transferred out of an individual’s care assistance through the Medicaid pro- name, he is not disqualified for home care gram. You should not assume based on word Medicaid benefits. There is an income limit for of mouth that your loved one would not qualify Medicaid home care services. Income can, for home care benefits. Should you or your however, be deposited to a “pooled income” loved one require home care assistance, you trust and be used for the applicant’s monthly should review your circumstances and eligibil- expenses. It is possible in many cases to ity for these benefits with an attorney who shelter one’s entire monthly income and receive home care services through Medicaid. practices in the area of elder law.

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by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Palm Springs became famous in the 1940s as the Southern California desert getaway spot for Hollywood film royalty such as Bob Hope, Ginger Rogers, Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant and Gene Autry. Elvis Presley spent his honeymoon with Priscilla Presley in Palm Springs, and other performers including Barry Manilow and Trini Lopez have long kept residences here.

Palm Springs has certainly kept up with modern times in the entertainment industry as well. The Palm Springs International Film Festival just completed its 26th year and now serves as the movie business kickoff for the new year, since it commences as soon as the holiday season is over. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, held a few miles southeast of Palm Springs in the city of Indio, has become the nation’s largest annual outdoor series of pop music concerts, and the same can be said for Stagecoach, its country music counterpart that takes place two weeks later.

The Palm Springs Art Museum has one of the best collections of 19th- and 20th-century paintings and sculptures. You’ll find works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Edgar Degas, Charles Russell, Frederick Remington and many others in its permanent collection.

Just as Miami Beach is famous for its 1930s Art

Deco buildings, Palm Springs is renowned for its 1950s and 1960s low-rise architecture, known as American Modernism. Palm Canyon Drive in the Uptown Design District, Palm Springs’ answer to Miami Beach’s Collins Avenue, is home to numerous boutiques and restaurants in these landmark structures. The area is celebrated every Thursday night with Village Fest, one of the biggest weekly street fairs in the United States.

The most famous landmark in Palm Springs is not a building or statue but rather the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, which climbs nearly 8,500 feet up Mount San Jacinto. At the summit you can enjoy a lavish meal at Peaks Restaurant or engage in some strenuous hiking. No matter what season it is, you are advised to bring a warm jacket because it gets very chilly up there. If you like hiking without the high altitude, the Indian Canyons trail just a few miles south on Route 111 is a good alternative.

A very scenic place to hike or merely enjoy breathtaking views of nature is at Joshua Tree National Park, approximately a 45-minute ride from Palm Springs. You should stop off on the way back to town at one of the many stands that make a local treat, a date milk shake. The Coachella Valley is the biggest grower of dates and figs in the country.

If you enjoy bargain shopping, be sure to visit the Desert Hills Premium Outlets on Interstate 10 in the

town of Cabazon. While it has all the stores you would expect to find in an outlet center, such as Van Heusen, Brooks Brothers and Polo Ralph Lauren, it also has such retailers as Jimmy Choo, Coach, Gucci and Tourneau, which generally shun outlets.

Palm Springs has no shortage of lodgings, and they run the gamut from budget to very high end.

The Triada is a recently opened boutique hotel that is part of Marriott’s Autograph line. Located in Palm Springs’ Movie Colony section — named because it’s where many Hollywood stars made their second homes — and walking distance from the heart of the city, The Triada features Spanish hacienda architecture. You’ll feel like a movie star here, as all the rooms are spacious villas. And there are two outdoor pools: one a traditional heated chlorine pool and the other filled with cold salt water.

The Triada offers a great view of Mount San Jacinto to the west and the San Bernardino Mountains to the east. Because there is so little light pollution, coupled with the fact that the desert skies are generally crystal clear, one can see such star clusters as Orion as well as distant planets including Jupiter and Uranus with the naked eye.

It’s a good idea to download the Google Sky Map app on your smartphone so you know exactly what you are looking at.

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For anyone who has ever dealt doing the community a service,” SAT. 10 am - 6 pm 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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will also be frozen, school officials said.

For a full list of tuition rates, visit stjohns.edu/tuitionsavings.

The freeze will not apply to students of the university’s law school.

St. John’s officials said they expect the entire student body to save a total of $14 million due to the freeze.

Gempesaw also said the school system would continue to provide financial aid for its students.

“We have made a firm commitment to reduce expenses, increase efficiency and pass along these savings to our students,” he said. “It is our sincere hope that this initiative will provide students who otherwise would not be able to afford college the opportunity to realize that dream at St. Q John’s University.”

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A blood shortage is reported in city Mayor de Blasio urges New Yorkers to provide more donations now

by Rosanna Singh Chronicle Contributor

Mayor de Blasio last week addressed New York City’s dwindling blood supply due to donor cancellations related to the severe weather that the city has been experiencing.

In his statement, the mayor said he wants more New Yorkers to donate blood, since there has been a shortage.

“I urge healthy New Yorkers to help us rebuild our blood bank and set aside less than one hour of their time to donate blood,” de Blasio said. “You can help save lives.”

According to officials, blood donations tend to decrease tremendously during the wintery weather since people are more likely to stay indoors. During the holidays, there is a blood shortage since people tend to focus more on the holidays or going away on vacation, while in September people are preparing for returns to school, which decreases the chances of donating blood in those periods.

Since there is no substitute for human blood, it can only come from volunteer donors. The demand for blood transfusions is increasing since the population is growing and many advanced medical procedures and surgeries require transfusions, officials said.

According to the New York Blood Center, every three seconds someone needs a lifesaving blood transfusion, so the need for blood is constant.

One out of every 10 persons entering a hospital requires a transfusion. They are needed for cancer, burns, trauma and surgery patients, mothers delivering babies, accident victims and many others. One pint of blood can help save as many as three lives.

For an estimated 5 percent of patients, there is a need to find blood that is an even more specific match and lacks certain antigens that the patient has developed antibodies against.

Nancy Nikolis, the administrative director for transfusions at North Shore University Hospital, claims that there has been a shortage of O negative blood type in her hospital.

“O negative is one blood type that we are on low levels right now,” Nikolis said.

She claimed that the hospital has a sufficient supply for all other blood types, but O negative still remains an issue.

Nikolis added that the hospital does its best to administer O negative blood transfusion to patients who urgently need it.

“We’re just trying to manage it the best we can,” she said.

Nor th Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, LI, Jamaica Hospital Center and New York Hospital Queens in Flushing are some area hospitals that receive blood from blood services.

Red Cross officials say they must collect 15,000 blood donations every day for patients

Last year, Councilman Ruben Wills of Jamaica participated in a blood drive at a mobile van outFILE PHOTO side the 101st Precinct in Richmond Hill. at 2,700 hospitals and transfusion centers throughout the country.

The organization has many blood donation drives, including regular ones at York College in Jamaica.

Blood can be safely donated every 56 days

and individuals can give platelets every seven days, up to 24 times a year. Persons 17 and older weighing above 110 pounds and who are in good health can donate blood. If interested in donating blood, call 1-800-933-BLOOD Q (2566) or visit nybloodcenter.org.

RKO Keith’s plan is up for review again Developer wants some changes in design; needs waiver from the BSA

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The owner of the dilapidated R KO Keith’s Theatre in Downtown Flushing will go before Community Board 7 next month seeking a waiver from the previously approved plans to develop the site into condominiums.

CB 7’s decision is the first step before the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals makes the final ruling.

Jerry Karlik, who heads JK Equities, the developer who bought the Northern Boulevard site in 2013, needs the waiver before he can proceed with constr uction. He wants to decrease the number of condominiums from 357 to 269; decrease underground parking from 327 to 252 spaces and increase the height of the building by 15 feet for mechanical equipment.

The most controversial change involves an already-approved undulating glass curtain entrance. Karlik wants to redesign the front to provide views of the landmarked lobby.

But Chuck Apelian, chairman of CB 7’s Land Use Committee and vice chairman of the board, said Tuesday that changing the facade plan “might be a point of contention” with the board because the glass curtain is such an integral part of the original plan.

Apelian doesn’t see any problem with the extra 15-foot height since the Port Authority

The neglected RKO Keith’s Theatre on Northern Boulevard in Flushing is set for a major redevelFILE PHOTO opment if the owner can get waivers from the pre-approved plans. has already agreed to it. Buildings cannot be constructed too high in Flushing because of nearby LaGuardia Airport. The Keith’s project calls for a 17-story building on top of the 87-year-old movie house.

Apelian considers the other changes relatively minor and noted that a proposed senior center is still part of the plan as a

community facility.

The property has changed hands several times over the last few years. It was first purchased by Thomas Huang in 1987, who closed the theater and wanted to convert it into a shopping mall.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission, meanwhile, landmarked the ticket

booth and lobby. When Huang’s plans were foiled by the LPC, he refused to improve the theater and allowed it to deteriorate over the years.

Huang also partially destroyed the twin sweeping staircases in the lobby and in 1999 was found guilty of environmental crimes there for allowing a basement oil spill to go undetected.

Huang sold the site in 2002 to Shaya Boymelgreen, whose plans were approved by the city, but he ran out of money and had to find another buyer. The theater then went to Patrick Thompson, who sold it to Karlik for $30 million.

Restoring the landmarked areas are expected to cost more than $6 million. No price tag has been given on the total project.

Karlik, who grew up in Flushing, now lives in Roslyn, LI and his office is in Port Washington. He told the Chronicle that his firm has had much experience in rehabilitating landmarked structures, including the Rocket Building in Jersey City, two in Chicago and one in Baltimore.

The Land Use Committee will meet on Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Union Plaza Care Center at 33-23 Union St. in Flushing to discuss the waiver. The meeting is open to the public. CB 7’s hearing on the matter will be held at its next monthly meeting on March 9 Q at the same location at 7 p.m.

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All on board with Sunnyside Yards?

De Blasio’s plan for moving tracks for affordable housing divides officials

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

Mayor de Blasio shone a spotlight on Western Queens in his State of the City address Tuesday morning, putting forth a plan that seemed to have caused some elected officials to raise eyebrows.

The plan is to convert Sunnyside Yards, a 200-acre area the mayor described to be in the “heart of Queens,” that contains Long Island Rail Road tracks and a freight yard, into a 11,250-unit affordable housing development.

Amtrak owns the Sunnyside Yards.

“The fact is, those tracks could easily exist underground – allowing us to build housing — much of it affordable — above them,” de Blasio said.

He added that he aims to create a neighborhood that has access to transportation as well as parks, schools and stores, comparing the idea to the Big 6 Towers in Woodside and Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan.

The mayor will also work with elected officials and leaders in the community to see which areas of the site would be more suited for development.

The remarks, which aligned with the mayor’s previous calls for more affordable housing units to help struggling families across the city, caused some to wonder how such a

Mayor de Blasio announced plans on Tuesday to convert the Sunnyside Yards into 11,250 units FILE PHOTO of affordable housing. project would be possible.

Gov. Cuomo said he applauds the mayor’s focus on affordable housing, but said the area cannot be used for housing in the immediate future.

“The MTA uses Sunnyside Yards as an important facility for our transportation and it is not available for any other use in the near term,” said Cuomo in a statement. “The state and the MTA are studying several potential future uses of the site from a long-term

planning perspective.”

Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D-Sunnyside) said in a statement that she strongly backs Cuomo’s concerns over the plan.

“I have grave concerns about Mayor de Blasio’s plans as expressed in today’s State of the City address,” she said. “I know I speak for mass transit users as well as the many residents and businesses and cultural and educational hubs in Wester n Queens when I say t r ue com mu n it y

review is needed.”

State Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) also weighed in, stressing community input.

“It is critical that the discussion regarding Sunnyside Yards includes the community and focuses on providing the additional infrastructure we desperately need,” he said.

City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), who had previously spoken out against the idea of replacing the yards with housing — saying it would “dramatically change” the Sunnyside and Woodside area — issued a statement following the mayor’s address sharing that he had brought up concerns with de Blasio over the plan earlier that morning.

“I share his vision, but I also shared my concerns about his Sunnyside Yards proposal,” Van Bramer said. “Some parts of my district are high density, and some are low density. Each is unique, and the character of these neighborhoods is worthy of protection.”

City Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said that while the houses are not in his district, he was pleased to see de Blasio mention the location in the context of his overall goal to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing.

“I think the Sunnyside Yards is an ideal location,” Dromm said. “[Affordable housQ ing] would be a great use of the land.”

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INTERACTIVE PIECES FROM EIGHT ARTISTS CHALLENGE VIEWER PERCEPTIONS

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As Long Island City seems to sprout new buildings at breakneck speed, one gallery beckons viewers to slow down.

“An Aesthetics of Slowness,” at the nonprofit Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs on 45th Avenue, weaves together paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs and photograms. The thread that binds the diverse mix is an invitation inherent in each piece for viewers to physically move to decipher exactly what one sees — or doesn’t see.

For instance, “Untitled,” by Brian Wills, is a group of four rectangular wooden frames wrapped with vertical rows of thin rayon thread. From the front, the frames appear to be almost transparent boxes lightly tinged with color. But when a viewer pivots around to the side of the frames, the new perspective causes bright, opaque colors to pop out of nowhere, like a Tolkein-esque enchantment.

Curator Chuong-Dài Võ, who has culled pieces from eight different artists for the exhibit, said she focused on works that require individuals to activate them by moving, sometimes having to zoom in, almost walking right up against the work, or to zoom out, trespassing into another work’s space to unlock a piece across the room.

Võ walked over to Wills’ threaded frames and navigated to the right spot.

“The form starts to emerge but you have to figure out which angle,” she said.

Two grayscale tree paintings by artist Chris Freeman face three wooden, square screen frames by Sandy De Lissovoy, which are meant to be walked around and through. The frames are playfully adorned with colored and clear Plexiglas, metal sheets, paint, dye, varnish and other materials, and juxtapose with Freeman’s nature-inspired work in a fresh way.

In three works by Margaret Honda, nearly pitch-black chromogenic prints of extinct or endangered animals displayed in Paris’ Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle activate an eye-straining guessing game; it’s difficult without moving around to pinpoint where the figure — if there is a figure at all — emerges from the background’s inky void. The experience created by Honda mirrors how eyes play tricks in the dark.

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boro EXHIBITS “The Moon in My Heart,” by Taiwanese Pi-Chou Cheng at the Hwang Gallery. For many Asians, the Moon symbolizes reunion, the image of a community coming together and the inspiration behind Pi-Chou Cheng's creations. Opening reception: Sat., Feb. 7, 2-4 p.m. Open Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m.-7 p.m., 39-10 Main St., Suite 303, Flushing. Info: (212) 225-8400.

“Polit-Sheer-Form!” China-based art collective Polit-Sheer-Form Office (artists Hong Hao, Xiao Yu, Song Dong, Liu Jianhua and curator/critic Leng Lin) tackles the question of “we” in a “me” world.

Atrium and Skylight gallery exhibits close Sun., Feb. 8; Galleries 1 and 2 thru March 8 at the Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Corona. Info: (718) 592-9700, info@queensmuseum.org.

Collection of Violet and Les Payne and Next Generation: Emerging South African Photographers. Highlighting the political and social shifts that have taken place since the Soweto Uprising in 1976. Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, thru March 21. Info: qc.cuny.edu/godwin_ternbach.

“Literary Devices,” a collection of literaryinspired sculpture, paintings and more by more than 30 artists, including Richard Artschwager, Jasper Johns, Win Knowlton, Barbara Kruger and Glenn Ligon. Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30 St., Long Island City, thru March 15. Info: (718) 937-0727, flcart.org.

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Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook showcases over 20 artworks including video, sculpture and photography spanning two decades of Rasdjarmrearnsook’s career. “In Practice: Under Foundations,” collected works that speak to unconscious desires, while others seek to examine the past. SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City thru March 30.

Info: (718) 361-1750.

“Art in the Garden—Paul Lin: Botanical Therapeutic Art.” Paul Lin explores natural materials such as petals, feathers, twigs and dried leaves and transforms them into stunning landscapes and portraits. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.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 March 19. Info: stjohns.edu/about/events/isamu-noguchi-patentholder-designing-world-tomorrow.

MUSIC 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.

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“Roomful of Teeth.” by the New York Hall of Science and Carnegie Hall’s Neighborhood Concerts. Yodeling, rhythmic clicks, and throat singing with complex harmonies.

Sun., Feb. 8, 2 p.m. 47-01 111 St., Corona.

Free with admission; RSVP required. Info: nysci.org/event/roomful-of-teeth.

Chautauqua in Astoria: Participants chose a figure from New York history, write a 20-minute script and learn how to present their material to live audiences, Greater Astoria Historical Society at QED, 27-16 23 Ave., Astoria, Thurs., Feb. 19, 7 p.m. Info: (718) 278-0700, astorialic.org.

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Defensive driving course, for insurance and point reduction, sponsored by the National Safety Council. American Martyrs Parish, 79-43 Bell Blvd., Bayside, Sat., Feb. 21, 9 a.m.3:30 p.m. $45. Info/reg.: (631) 360-9720.

¡Viva NYICFF! The Best of the New York International Children’s Film Festival. Sat.Sun., Feb. 7-8, 12:30 p.m., for ages 9+. In Spanish with English subtitles, the best of Spanish and Latin American short films from the festival, a diverse selection chosen from over five years of NYICFF short film programs.

Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. Info: (718) 777 6800, movingimage.us.

Free English classes for Spanish speakers, every Sat., South Asian Center, 72-26 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights. All levels available.

Register: (646) 727-7821.

“Rejoice, Chicken Soup for the Soul,” a DVD of Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Helfgot, presented by the Queens Community for Cultural Judaism, UUCQ Building, Ash Ave. at 149th Street, Flushing, Sat., Feb. 7, 1 p.m.

“Ancestral Prohibit Kho Kho,” by artist Sanele Moya, $5, first time free. Info: (718) 380-5362.

Italian for Beginners, every Tue., 7-9 p.m., 10-week course. $60. 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.

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part of an exhibit spotlighting the political and Cabin Fever Day for 7-12 year olds, Sat., Feb. African American History Month at social shifts since the Soweto Uprising in South 7, 1– 3 p.m., $21 per child. Alley Pond EnvironQueens Library. “African-American Con- Africa, on display at Queens College. mental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Flushtributions to U.S. Industry,” documentary PHOTO COURTESY GODWIN-TERNBACH MUSEUM, QUEENS COLLEGE ing. Pre-registration req’d. Info: (718) 229and discussion, Mon., Feb. 9, 6-7:30 p.m., 4000, alleypond.com.

Douglaston-Little Neck, 249-01 Northern Blvd.; Douglaston Community Theatre, “The Dining “Louis Armstrong on Film” and discussion by Room,” by A.R. Gurney, Jr., Zion Episcopal Church Preschool children’s programs: Monday Magic archivist Ricky Riccardi, Thurs., Feb. 19, 6-7:30 Hall, 243-01 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, Mon.- Learn & Play, every Mon., 3-4:30 p.m., Bay Terp.m., Richmond Hill, 118-14 Hillside Ave. Free. Tues., Feb. 9-10, at 7:30 p.m. Performances in April race Center, 212-00 23 Ave., Bayside. Gym and Info: queenslibrary.org/events. and May. Info: Linda Hanson (516) 374-7921.

Creative Exploration, every Wed., 3-4:30 p.m.

Little Neck Site: 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy. $5 Classic movie series. Queens Central Library, 88-11 Bayside Glee Club is looking for new members for per family. Info: Amanda, (718) 423-6111 x242, Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, every Thurs., 2 p.m.: “The upcoming Spring Concert in May. No prior music ASmith@sfy.org.

Lady Eve,” Feb. 12; “Romeo and Juliet,” Feb. 19; training required. Rehearsals, 7:30 p.m., Tue., All “To Sir, with Love,” Feb. 26. Info: queenslibrary.org. Saints Church, 214-33 40 Ave., entrance on 215 St., College applications preparation. Suggestions rehearsals 7:30 p.m. Info: (718) 961-6852. and advice for middle school and high school famiThe Month of Sci-Fi: Science fiction-themed lies on the road to college, The Rockrose Building, radio, film and parody programming includes 47-05 Center Blvd., 6th fl., Long Island City, Thurs., “War of the Worlds,” Fri., Feb. 13, 8 p.m., Sun., Feb. Feb. 5, 7 p.m. Info: jagines@gardenschool.org.

15, 2 p.m.; “This is Heavy: Back to the Future,” Sat., Feb. 21 at 8 p.m., 21+ over, and “20,000 “Dealing with Difficult People in the Work- Engineering Week at NYSCI: Celebrate the Leagues Under the Sea,” Fri.-Sun., Feb. 27, 8 p.m., place.” Fri., Feb. 6, 8:30 a.m., Bulova Corporate importance of engineering with hands-on activiFeb. 28 and March 1, 2 p.m. Chain Theatre, Center, 75-20 Astoria Blvd., Jackson Heights. Info: ties, demonstrations and screenings highlighting 21-28 45 Road, Long Island City. $10-15. Info: Jacqueline Donado (718)898-8500, jdonado@ civil, nano and machine engineering. Feb. 16-20, variationstheatregroup.com.

New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. queenschamber.org. $15 adults, $12 seniors/children. Info: nysci.org, Irish Movie Night, Run & Jump, at the New York (718) 699-0005.

Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City.

Fri., Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m., showtime 8:15 p.m.

Games galore: Children and teens age 8 and up Regular admission $11, students/seniors/unem- Queens County Bird Club Presentation: Rick play console and board games. 3:30-5 p.m., every ployed $8. Info: nyirish.org, (718) 482-0909.

Wright presents a tour of the earliest literature of Fri., Queensboro Hill Library, 60-05 Main St., Flushthe toucans, aracaris and other big-nosed birds of ing. Info: (718) 359-8332. the American tropics, Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, Wed., Friday Night Teen Program sponsored by the VariFeb. 18, 8 p.m. Free. Info: qcbirdclub.org. ety Boys and Girls Club of Queens. Every Fri., 6-7 p.m. for middle school students and 7-9 p.m. for Community Singers of Queens is looking for new members for rehearsals for Spring Concert, Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 high school students, Maurice A. Fitzgerald P.S. 199, especially tenors and basses, every Mon., 8 p.m., Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.- 39-20 48 Ave., Sunnyside. $10 registration req’d.

Messiah Lutheran Church, 42-15 165 St., Flushing. 12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced. Info: (718) 728-0946, www.vbgcq.org.

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First String Players’ ‘Tenor’ lends big laughs

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As soon as the curtain parts on the First String Players’ production of “Lend Me a Tenor,” running at Our Lady of Mercy RC Church in Forest Hills through Feb. 8, one is led to believe from the presence of the multiple doors that dominate the sleek two-room hotel suite set that comic diversions are about to ensue.

And so they do.

The play, which first appeared on Broadway in 1989, is filled with every farcical trick author Ken Ludwig could muster, with enough plot twists and turns and one-liners to keep an audience in a perpetual state of delight. Throw in

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some mistaken identities, misplaced jealousies and exag gerate d reactions, and, well, you get the idea.

The current incarnation, directed by the imaginative Liam MacLarty, was a little slow in its pacing at S at u r d ay n ig h t ’s opening, but things should fall happily in place for the remaining performances.

As the title suggests, the play is set in the world of opera.

At the outset, every- Nick DeCesare, who shines as Merelli, and the rest of the cast of “Lend Me a Tenor”: Rich Weyhausen, left, one awaits the arrival Mary Lynch, Chris Martens, Michelle Ruggieri, Amy Rubinson, Fred J. Kaminsky and Diana Ferretti.

PHOTOS BY MARK LORD of world-famous tenor Tito Merelli for a performance with a Cleveland-based assistant named Max happens to be an would be expected, all kinds of compliopera company. When a nauseated Merelli aspiring opera singer and, surely by cations ensue. finally does appear, it’s clear he’s in no chance, knows Merelli’s entire role by The cast is filled with some of Queens condition to go on. What to do? heart. He dons Merelli’s costume and community theater’s most in-demand As luck would have it, a production prepares to make his stage debut. As continued on on page page 45 00 continued

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From 1985 to 1988, Howard Beach resident Madeline Lovallo was painting in France.

Lovallo, who was living in the country with her family because her husband’s company had assigned him there, marveled at the landscapes before her.

“It was just so overwhelming,” she said. “It was so wonderful and all the sunsets were beautiful.”

But it won’t be the Parisian landscapes that Lovallo will be showing off at an art exhibit starting Feb. 9. Her paintings will show the beauty of southern Queens.

The exhibit at Resorts World Casino, located at 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., will show off classic Queens landmarks such as Russo’s on The Bay, Gateway National Park, the Forest Park Carousel and more.

Lovallo, a Brooklyn native, has been painting for about 50 years now.

“I always liked to draw and I always thought I wanted to be an artist,” she said.

Growing up, she took art classes at the Brooklyn Museum and in high school. She continued to take some art classes as she raised her two children, even while in France.

Throughout the years, Lovallo has captured scenes from Broad Channel to Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven.

“It’s very artistic and beautiful,” she

said of the South Queens region.

Her paintings caught the attention of Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who upon seeing one of them requested she send some to be hung up in his district office.

It was in Ulrich’s office that Michelle Stoddart, director of public relations and community development for Resor ts World, saw Lovallo’s pieces and got the idea to put on an exhibit at the casino.

And despite having had the opportunity to show off her work in France, considered by many to be the artistic capital of the world, Lovallo said the upcoming show will be one of the highlights of her artistic career.

“It is kind of the culmination of everything,” she said.

Lovallo, who works out of her Howard Beach house, said she does not usually have her own individual shows.

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exposing them to light.

The act, Simms said, was a homage to To those who aren’t interested in the philosophies or processes behind the art, the dying analog art form, but squeamish certain pieces may be too modern or modern art skeptics may head for the door.

One particularly enchanting series of unapproachable. French artist Frédéric Sanchez’s stacks of brown canvasses are pencil drawings, titled “Fire in Woods I, II, III and IV,” is by Bospainted so smoothly ton-based artist Ashthey almost resemley Billingsley. The ble UPS packaging scene depicted in all a n d a re p ro p p e d four drawings was against a wall. They inspired by only 20 look intriguing or seconds of footage in unfinished, dependWhen: Thurs. - Mon., 6 p.m., the film classic ing on the viewer. until March 29 “Seven Samurai,” in In a back room, Where: 11-03 45 Ave., LIC which the warriors what look like candyWebsite: dorsky.com light a bonfire before like blobs of stained the climactic battle. g la s s — b u t a re The drawings, creinternet images of ated upon drafting casualties in Afghanistan, Iraq and Gaza that were purposefully film for a lustrous and haunting touch, recremisprinted and warped by Paul Qaysi — ate the sensation of having to adjust to the share space with 12 ghostly black-and- jarring darkness of untamed nature at night. white photograms made with expired ana- The textures at play in Billingsley’s work are log photography paper, which Boston- mesmerizing and the moment she spotlights based artist Jeannie Simms produced by prompts a meditation on the present.

“We’re always bringing our shorthand of using the gelatin photo sheets to pleasure Q herself in the dark before ultimately interpreting,” she said.

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As Merelli, Nick DeCesare, a veteran of countless productions, is at his absolute best here, assuming an over-the-top Italian accent, speaking yards of his own adlibbed Italian, and wringing every ounce of laughter out of the character’s many moments of confusion.

One of the comic highlights takes place when Merelli gives a singing lesson to Max, played gamely by Chris Martens.

If memory serves, the original production had the actors doing their own operatic singing. Here, recordings were used as actors mimed the words.

In another pivotal role, Fred J. Kaminski is appropriately befuddled as the opera company’s general manager who has more than his fair share of temper tantrums.

The reliable Mary Lynch doesn’t enter until late in the proceedings, but what an entrance she makes. Dressed in a gown that is accurately described as making her look like one of New York City’s most famous landmarks, she is a sight. And Lynch provides the proper touches of selfimportance that befit the chairwoman of the opera guild.

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9039 MK Realty Group LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/11/14.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12/19/2014, bearing Index Number NC-001134-14/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) D’STEFANO (Middle) JOSE (Last) WIESNER (Seniority) JR. My present name is (First) D STEFANO (Last) CAPTULLIN AKA MALE CEDENO. My present address is 150-41 77TH Avenue, Flushing, NY 11367-3126.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/03/2014, bearing Index Number NC-00094014/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) ATHENA (Last) CHEN. My present name is (First) ZHANGYI (Last) CHEN AKA ZHANG YI CHEN. My present address is 47-29 198TH STREET, FLUSHING, NY 11358. My place of birth is CHINA. My date of birth is September 26, 1992.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/20/2015, bearing Index Number NC-001085-14/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) ELLIE (Middle) SOOAH (Last) KIM. My present name is (First) SOO AH (Last) KIM (infant). My present address is 203-10 43RD AVE., #1B, Bayside, NY 11361. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. My date of birth is November 30, 2011.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: BALCOM 390 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/29/2014. 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, 13614 NORTHERN BLVD., APT. 2F, FLUSHING, NY 11354.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 13847-13 Date of Filing: November 14, 2014 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF QUEENS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, -against- LAURO RENE PINOS, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said LAURO RENE PINOS, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “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 claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) 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. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Janice A. Taylor of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on January 28, 2014, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by LAURO RENE PINOS to OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION, in the principal amount of $562,500.00, which mortgage was recorded in Queens County, State of New York, on November 4, 2005, as CRFN 2005000618273. Thereafter said mortgage was assigned to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA by assignment of mortgage dated March 16, 2007 and recorded on May 17, 2007 in CRFN 2007000258467. A second mortgage from LAURO RENE PINOS to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA was made on March 23, 2007 and recorded in CRFN 2007000258468 in the County of Queens on May 17, 2007. Said mortgages were thereafter consolidated by agreement dated March 23, 2007, and recorded in the County of Queens on May 17, 2007 in CRFN 2007000258469, creating a single lien in the amount of $570,000.00. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION is successor by merger to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA and therefore the plaintiff is the real party in interest.

Said premises being known as and by 32-18 GREENPOINT AVENUE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101.

Date: November 12, 2014, Batavia, New York Virginia C. Grapensteter, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue, Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 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.

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To Advertise Call 718-205-8000 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.

QLAB SOLUTIONS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/16/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O Libo Qiu 42-18 162nd St 2nd Fl Flushing, NY 11358.

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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.

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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.

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RIVER BING LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/30/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design.

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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.

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Eatery reps wary of new DOH proposals Industry officials say some rules will affect culinary lifestyle of the city

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Restaurant industry officials at a public hearing in Long Island City last Thursday expressed concerns that proposed changes in the city’s health code could affect the livelihood of eateries across the f ive boroughs.

“We want to maintain New York City as the culinary capital of the world,” James Versocki, counsel for the city chapter of the state Restaurant Association, said. “We fear these regulations might hinder that.”

The city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is proposing to change several parts of its code pertaining to the sanitary conditions at restaurants. The changes include but are not limited to banning the use of e-cigarettes in restaurants, mandating that they clean a consumer’s reusable container before it is used, requiring fish products to be frozen before being served raw and many more.

A full list of the proposed changes can be found at rules.cityofnewyork.us.

Versocki said while many of the changes “generally represent known best practices for food safety,” the association was wary of the department’s wishes to mandate that fish be frozen before being served raw.

Versocki said requiring restaurants, such

Andrew Rigie, executive director of the city Hospitality Alliance, speaks out against proposed changes to the city’s health code. He and other industry officials said they would affect the PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY culinary livelihood of the city’s eateries. as sushi eateries, to freeze fish before serving it raw would distort the city’s cultural identity.

He also said the department’s justification for requiring that fish be frozen — because it would kill parasites — is a nonissue.

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confirmed or suspected cases of Anisakiasis or tapeworm infections from uncooked and unfrozen fish that would warrant the adoption of this proposed rule,” he said.

Andrew Rigie, executive director of the city Hospitality Alliance, called some of the proposed changes “an expansion of the gotcha mentality and micromanaging of

small businesses.”

“For example, if this proposal is passed, busy kitchen cooks will have to worry about the quality of their handwriting because fines can be imposed for certain logs not being legible in the opinion of the inspector,” he said.

Rigie also called on the DOH to implement a Food Service Establishment Advisory Board, which was authorized by the City Council about two years ago.

“The purpose of this advisory board is to review and advise the DOH on exactly the type of matters that are being included in today’s proposed reforms,” Rigie said.

DOH officials listening to industry representatives at the hearing did not respond to any comments made last Thursday.

In an email, DOH communication representative Levi Fishman said, “The Health Department has worked very closely with the business community to ensure that codes and regulations are understood and followed, and business owners are better positioned to avoid violations and fines.

“The proposed amendments and submitted comments are under review, but it should be clear that the proposed rules are necessary updates in light of new recommendations by the FDA, and do not address Q penalties or enforcement.”

State of the City address continued from page 2 was predictably positive. In an interview Tuesday afternoon, Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said de Blasio’s speech hit just the right notes.

“He was looking toward the future and the future needs of the city,” Dromm said. “Those issues are about making lives better for all New Yorkers.” Dromm said many people simply cannot afford to live in the city on what they earn now.

“Many of the people who would benefit live near their jobs — and would reinvest that money in the communities where they live,” he said. As for the affordable housing initiatives, Dromm acknowledged that he does have concerns about getting the proper funding.

“But the naysayers had the same concerns about universal pre-K, and the money was found,” he said.

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), one of three Republicans on the Council and the only one from Queens, d e cl i n e d t o c o m m e n t t h r o u g h a spokesman.

In a statement issued by her office, Borough President Melinda Katz said the speech evoked the theme of her own annual speech last week.

“Mayor de Blasio has outlined a plan that is good for our families, and therefore, good for Queens,” she said.

Katz said the borough will benefit

greatly from the investment in senior housing and the Rockaway Ferry, predicted for launch in 2017.

C o u n c i l m a n D o n ov a n R ic h a r d s (D -Lau relton), whose 31st Dist r ict includes much of the Rockaways, long has been a proponent of per manent ferry service for the Rockaways.

In a statement, he said the address signals a brighter future for New York Cit y. R ichards also gave the mayor high marks for the BRT bus proposal and housing initiatives.

“Hearkening to our city’s historical tradition as a beacon of opportunity, Mayor de Blasio reaffirmed his commitment to building a city that provides opportunity for all,” Richards said.

Public Advocate Letitia James also focused on the housing initiatives, including one aimed at attracting and keeping artists in the city.

“It is no secret that our city’s rising rents have increasingly priced out lowincome families as well as the creative class — two groups that serve as the backbones of our economy,” James said.

But the public advocate said the city must stick to de Blasio’s promise to include community input in large-scale projects and rezoning decisions.

She also said the city must pay equal attention to its public housing residents Q and the buildings they live in.

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Women remembered, during Black History Month

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

On July 10, 1957, just a year and a half after the civil rights movement gained steam thanks to Rosa Parks’ refusal to move to the back of a bus, Trans World Airlines announced it would process applications to hire black air hostesses for the first time.

One applicant was Dorothy Franklin of 2-10 Astoria Blvd. in Astoria, who was employed at the New York Public Library.

Franklin had applied to TWA before and been rejected. She was rejected again on the grounds of “poor skin complexion, unattractive teeth and unshapely legs.” But she believed the real reason was that she was black, and she went to the New York State Commission Against Discrimination and filed a lawsuit.

In December 1957, Mohawk Airlines became the first carrier in the United States to hire a black stewardess, Carol Taylor.

She completed her training and began working in February 1958. That same month, TWA agreed to hire its first black hostess within the next 90 days, and promptly took on Margaret Grant, 21, a psychology major at Hunter College. Upon graduation she would start her training.

Franklin and Taylor later said that they had no long-term desire to be flight hostesses but wanted to integrate the industry and make advancement for black people.

Today airlines do not hold employees to physical image standards but focus on the ability to do the job. And during Black History Month, it’s worth recalling the battle that some women, Q including one from Queens, fought to get into the industry.

Dorothy Franklin, 23, in the living room of her Astoria Boulevard apartment in February 1958.

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by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

There will be a number of changes on SNY Mets telecasts this spring.

L ong t i me i n-ga me re por t e r Kev i n Burkhardt left for greener pastures, literally and figuratively, by moving to Los Angeles, where he has quickly become one of the top play-by-play broadcasters for Fox Sports on both its NFL and Major League Baseball telecasts. Burkhardt is expected to be replaced by his understudy of the last two years, Rego Park native Steve Gelbs.

It was just learned that longtime pre- and post-game host Bob Ojeda, whose contract expired at the end of the 2014 season, will not be returning. SNY executives wanted Ojeda, a member of the 1986 World Series-winning Mets, back, but they couldn’t agree on compensation. Indications are that another former Mets pitcher, Brooklyn native and Brandeis University alum Nelson Figueroa, who has gotten some broadcast experience at the MLB Network, will be replacing Ojeda.

Figueroa will have big shoes to fill because Ojeda was popular with fans and the media because of his refreshing candor. He could never be accused of being a shill for the home team. Having gotten to know Nelson over the years, I am certain that he will be insightful and will never insult anyone’s intelligence.

SNY executives are undoubtedly hoping that

his matinee idol looks will draw more women to Mets telecasts.

Former Mets general manager and Newtown High School alum Omar Minaya was hired by the Major League Baseball Players Association to serve as an advisor to union President Tony Clark, who played first base for the Mets in 2003. Minaya has spent the last four years as a vice president in the San Diego Padres organization and will now return to the New York area full-time. My guess is that Omar will be coming to Flushing quite often, briefing both Mets players and those on opposing teams at Citi Field.

Onetime Mets pitcher and Flushing native Charlie Williams passed away last week at the age of 67 from complications arising from heart surgery. Williams will best be remembered as the player the Mets sent to the San Francisco Giants in the 1972 trade that sent Willie Mays to the Mets.

My colleague and friend from the Bronx News, Rich Mancuso, just launched a Tuesday night (8-9 p.m.) internet sports talk show, “All Bases Covered,” on inthemixxradio.com.

Many of you may remember Rich from the wrestling show he co-hosted with Jody McDonald during the wee hours of Sunday morning during the early days of the AstoriaQ based WFAN. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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St. John’s is in a world of trouble, whether head coach Steve Lavin wants to admit it or not.

After the Red Storm lost a brutal game last Wednesday to Creighton, who had yet to win in conference play, they needed a win in the worst way against Providence on Saturday.

They got it. I viewed beating the Friars 75-66 as the Johnnies performing life-saving surgery on their NCAA Tournament chances that had slipped into a coma this past month.

Winning that game gave St. John’s a 13-7 record, including a 3-5 mark in conference play. Obviously, that resume doesn’t scream out “tournament team” but if they want to earn which designation, it was as close to a must-win as you can have.

So I asked Lavin after the game whether he viewed it as a must-win.

“If you ride that emotion of ‘this is the biggest game,’” Lavin said, “you’re setting yourself up in a bad way.”

Well, after how his team played on Tuesday, he better change his thinking, as the last 10 games of the season have become must-wins if this team wants anything to do with the college basketball postseason.

And in the first game of that 10-tilt stretch, on the road against the 22nd-ranked Butler Bulldogs, the Red Storm were run out of the gym, falling 85-62 in Indianapolis.

The game was all Butler from the get-go, and the Red Storm didn’t help their own cause much, shooting just 37 percent, including 33 percent in the first half.

Shot-blocking center Chris Obekpa didn’t do his team any favors either. He buried Butler’s Tyler Wideman with a brutal, intentional elbow to the back of the head with 8:26 left in the first half and was ejected from the ball game.

The incident wasn’t even the first display of immaturity from the team over the last week, as sophomore guard Rysheed Jordan had to apologize after tweeting a gay slur to a Twitter follower after the Red Storm’s loss to Creighton.

Lavin didn’t punish Jordan, at least pub-

licly, for the offensive remark, but he did give a tongue-in-cheek reference to how some players on his team need to mature after Saturday’s game.

Hardly the kind of “discipline” many hoped and expected to be doled out after such a stupid decision.

But to get back to basketball, I kept thinking about Lavin’s quote from after the Providence game as I watched Butler begin the second half on a 14-2 run en route to humiliating the Johnnies on Tuesday night.

“Lavin can’t be serious, can he?” I said to my girlfriend, a fellow St. John’s alum, as we watched the game together.

“He can’t be serious.”

The Johnnies are fading fast. Some have even said they’re even in free fall. They were ranked 15th in the nation in December.

Now they’re getting their doors blown off by a team they desperately need to beat to give their tournament hopes a zap from the defibrillator paddles.

Lavin always says he likes to keep his team’s emotions in check. Never let them get too high or too low. But maybe that mindset is what’s holding them back?

When you need a win in the worst way, you should play like it. You should feel that pressure. Playing with your hair on fire isn’t a bad thing, Steve.

I hope this team realizes their dreams of playing in an NCAA tournament are fading right before their eyes. I hope they realize they need to win at least six of their remaining nine games to even break even in conference play.

Maybe star senior and unquestioned leader D’Angelo Harrison, who scored the 2,000th career point of his storied career on Tuesday, will make it known loud and clear that they need to play with some desperation. Play like every game is a tournament game.

What could go wrong? They continue to drop games? They’re already making a habit of that now, losing four out of six.

Their upcoming stretch includes home games against Creighton on Saturday and DePaul on Wednesday, tilts against beatable teams they need to win, before traveling to Xavier on Valentine’s Day. From this reporter’s perspective, they can’t wait any longer to start viewing each game as their biggest game. Sorry, Steve.

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WOODHAVEN ED HOWARD BEACH UC D Detached, Lindenwood Condos RE ED ED charming • Heritage House. One bedroom.

OS OS / CL Ultra-mint condo. ................. $216K / CL Colonial, D D L L SO SO • Heritage North. Two BRs. 2 Full possible T C RA Baths, updated baths w/Jacuzzi 6 BRs,2.5 NT O C tub, new appliances, pet-friendly. baths, IN .................................................$289K parquet HOWARD BEACH • Greentree Condo (3rd floor), floors HOWARD BEACH HAMILTON BEACH Rockwood Park HAMILTON BEACH cathedral ceilings 3 BRs/2 baths, throughout, Rockwood Park Legal 2 Family, 3 BRs/2 Baths per floor. Full 164-08/164-10 104 Street. New Oversized 50x100 lot on amazing block.

2 terraces. ........................$320K 2 stainedunfinished basement, hardwood floors. Each construction. 2 Family, 2 BRs/2 All new Hi-Ranch 3 BRs/2 baths, Dormered Cape featuring 5 BRs, 3 full • Greentree Condo. 2nd fl., mint glass windows, modern kitchen w/ baths, full unfinished basement. floor has separate boiler/hot water heater. Baths over 3 BRs/2 Baths, driveway. fireplace, stainless-steel appliances.

3 BRs/2 baths, 2 terraces. ..$319K $649K ASKING $649K granite.

ASKING $449K $509K Built to new flood codes.

REDUCED ! ASKING $599K

Detached 2 Family, 2 BRs per floor.

Home all redone, includes 25x80 attached lot. $359K

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