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Shortage of judges hampering Queens Trials for misdemeanor defendants are both rare and a very long time coming

by Michael Gannon Editor

Law enforcement in 2015 effected more than 47,000 arrests for misdemeanors and violations within the Borough of Queens.

But a shortage of judges and other essential personnel meant that the office of Queens District Attorney Richard Brown could bring exactly nine to trial before a jury of the accused’s peers.

Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) is chairman of the Council’s Courts and Legal Services Committee. Earlier this month, even he was astounded by testimony from people including the city’s five District Attorney’s Offices saying they need more judges to work off backlogs of cases.

“It really is scandalous,” Lancman told the Chronicle in an interview last week.

Lancman said that Supreme Court handles felonies, where trials can be complex proceedings that can take weeks at a time.

But he said that a lack of judges in the Criminal Court section, which handles misdemeanors and violations that might take only a day or two apiece to dispose of, actually had fewer trials in Queens than in Supreme Court.

Lancman said the nine jury trials in Queens in 2015, and the 30 that were heard by a judge, were out of 33,062 people who

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The entrance to the Queens criminal courthouse in Kew Gardens is not the only place in the borough’s criminal justice system where there are long waits. Trials for misdemeanors can wait more PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON than a year due to a shortage of judges available to bring cases to trial. had cases pending other than arraignments.

“In 2014, 53 [in Queens] got trials,” Lancman said. “But for a bench trial, they had to wait an average of 507 days. For a jury trial it was more than 550 days. What if you are waiting all that time on Rikers Island because even though it’s a misde-

meanor, you can’t afford bail?

“Eventually, no matter how convinced you are of your innocence, you may plead guilty just to get out of there,” Lancman added. “Then you come out to a life of looking for jobs and educational opportunities with a criminal record.”

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“There are many instances involving those who commit minor offenses or are first-time offenders where an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal (ACD) has always been an entirely appropriate disposition,” said Kevin Ryan, Brown’s director of com mu n ications, i n a n email to the Chronicle.

“An ACD keeps the defendant within the oversight of the criminal justice system to discourage future misconduct while at the same time sparing a defendant the onus of a criminal record. However, our circumstances have compelled us to resort to ACDs far more than we would want. The total lack of court resources over the past few years has stripped us of the ability to provide defendants a trial sof any kind.”

Lancman said Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance told the Council that in the last year he has had more than 1,100 cases in which the prosecution and defense were ready to go to trial — but did not have a judge free to hear the case.

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DOT pitches shared streets plan — again Hamilton Beach residents call for quick fixes to bumpy 104th Street

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

No apparently means let’s try again when it comes to the Depar t ment of Transportation’s proposal to fix a floodprone block in Hamilton Beach.

Queens DOT Commissioner Nicole Garcia last Thursday once again pitched the idea of a shared street project for James Court, which for years has seen drastic flooding and has been deteriorating at the end of the street.

“We really do think the shared streets concept is really the best way we can reduce the flooding,” Garcia said at the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association meeting.

“This project that we presented is really designed to provide some relief for the flooding that James Court residents see.”

The project would consist of installing a bulkhead at the end of James Court, raising the street between 104th Street and the Hawtree Basin by 2 feet at the highest point and removing the curb to m a ke t he sidewal k s f lu sh w it h t he roadway.

The idea behind the project is that the elevated street would force floodwater to the middle of the roadway, where it would drain into sewers or catchbasins.

James Court residents, none of whom were present at last week’s meeting, have expressed opposition to the idea because they believe having the sidewalks level

Queens Department of Transportation Commissioner Nicole Garcia, left, and Roger Gendron discuss options for the rehabilitation of James Court. The end of that block, inset, has been deteriorating for PHOTOS BY ANTHONY O’REILLY years, causing homes there to flood. with the roadway presents safety risks for children on the block.

Last July, some of the homeowners there voted in favor of putting a wraparound bulkhead at the end of the block and a check valve that would prevent water from rushing into the street. That plan, however, would require the acquisition of land at the end of the block that

would push the timeline for the f lood relief initiative back several months.

Garcia noted some residents may have changed their mind about the shared streets plan after historic f loods last month damaged many homes in Hamilton Beach.

Roger Gendron, president of the civic, said he would work with the DOT and the

Department of Design and Construction to come up with a questionnaire for residents of the street and go door-to-door to see what people think.

But he also seemed skeptical of going back to a pla n people have al ready expressed opposition to.

“How many times is someone going to say no?” Gendron asked.

For Pat McCabe, chief-of-staff for state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), the issue at hand is getting some sort of remediation work started on the block before it becomes too expensive to work on.

“There’s no more money to be gotten for that project,” McCabe said.

Addabbo has been funding work for James Court since his time in the City Council. His successor, Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), has also provided funding for it.

In other road news, some residents asked Garcia if fresh asphalt can be laid on 104th Street, the main corridor in the community, which has had cracks and bumps along it for more than 10 years.

“This way it can stop damaging my trucks,” Jonah Cohen, chief of the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department, said.

Garcia said that would not be possible because the street is scheduled to be ripped up in late spring or early summer Q for a complete repaving.

Fey starts off with good crime stats Precinct down in most categories, cops seeking to fight area burglaries

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Crime in the 106th Precinct is “trending downwards,” Capt. James Fey reported at his first 106th Precinct Community Council meeting last Wednesday.

Fey, who earlier this month was named the new commanding officer of the South Queens precinct, said it had seen 33 fewer crimes during the prior four weeks than in the same 28-day period in 2015.

“The command is doing very well,” the captain told the council, adding that he will do everything he can to further decrease crime in the 106th.

“Every one of those numbers represents a victim. We’re always cognizant of that and it’s something that, until we have zero victims of crime, we’re going to work harder and harder to keep those numbers down.”

Within the 28-day period, the precinct saw seven robberies compared to 11 the same time last year; 33 grand larcenies compared to 54; and seven grand larcenies auto compared to 27.

The one issue Fey pointed out was burglaries.

There were 19 in the 28-day stretch, as opposed to seven during the same time last year.

The captain said the perpetrators are apparently driving around and looking for open backyards to go into.

“That’s something we talked about already and are strategizing on,” he noted.

The 28-day period saw one rape, Fey said, a domestic incident in which the victim knew her attacker.

When Fey was giving his report, he noted the four weeks saw no murders or shootings.

The next 28-day period will have at least one homicide, however.

Elsworth Reid, a bouncer at Johnny’s Restaurant & Bar in Ozone Park, was beaten by patrons early Saturday and went into cardiac arrest, according to the NYPD. Reid died at the scene and, according to published reports, was deceased while the brutal beatdown was still taking place.

Ozone Park residents Deonarine Deoraj and Harrydatt Nandalall have been charged with third-degree assault in connection with the fatal beating, the Queens District Attorney’s Office said in an email.

Capt. John Ganley, the 106th’s executive officer, also noted that pedestrian injuries are up in the precinct so far this year, 13 compared to seven at the same point in 2015.

He added that “a higher percentage of pedestrians are being struck while drivers are making a left turn” than when motorists are making a right.

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Violations hinder Build it Back work Goldfeder calls on city to prioritize Sandy victims looking to rebuild

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Pre-existing building violations are blocking Superstorm Sandy victims from getting their lives back to normal and the city is not doing all it can to help them, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) charged on Monday.

Goldfeder, in a statement, said red tape originating from the Department of Buildings is keeping the city’s Build it Back program from beginning construction on many storm-ravaged homes. Violations issued by the DOB before the Oct. 29, 2012 storm are keeping construction from starting on those homes and residents are having a hard time getting them resolved.

“More than three years after Sandy, it is unacceptable that DOB is still not dedicating the resources to get people home,” Goldfeder said in a statement. “Sandy victims must be a priority and sadly at DOB, that doesn’t seem to be the case.”

Broad Channel resident Scott Battaglia is just one of the homeowners dealing with the issue. Battaglia had work done on his Cross Bay Boulevard house prior to Sandy but the permit was never closed, he told the Queens Chronicle. As a result, work cannot be done to the home, which saw 6 feet of water on the ground level.

Homeowners in Broad Channel and other parts of Queens are having difficulty with getting pre-Sandy DOB violations resolved so they can start renovations on their Sandy-affected properties. Scott PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY Battaglia’s house, seen here, is just one of the properties stuck in limbo.

But that’s not even his biggest issue.

Build it Back, the recovery initiative created by the city to bring Sandy victims back into their homes, has classified the ground level of the home as a “nonliveable space,” despite, Battaglia said, the fact that he’s been told by different agencies the space is appropriate for living.

Because of that, he must choose between not elevating the home or losing the ground level — or in other words, having a third of the structure done away with.

Even more frustrating for the Broad Channel resident, the property where his home sits is classified as a “racetrack or baseball field,” further halting any reconstruction that can be

done there.

Goldfeder is calling on the DOB to work quickly through the backlog, to which Commissioner Rick Chandler replied his agency has committed “significant resources” to expediting recovery efforts.

But Goldfeder says residents in Broad Channel, Hamilton Beach and Breezy Point continue to suffer due to the pre-existing violations.

Amy Peterson, director of the Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery, said in a statement emailed to the Queens Chronicle, “The issue of open DOB permits that pre-date Hurricane Sandy is a complicated one, and where open permits impact homeowners we have worked closely with them, with Department of Buildings, and with local elected officials to find a solution. It is important that in doing all of our work and speeding up approvals we ensure that existing work is compliant with DOB codes for safety.”

According to Build it Back’s own statistics, 2,613 Sandy-affected homes in Queens have seen construction completed, work has started on another 1,614 and 161 homes have been elevated.

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dd to your list of clichés that are clichés this old adage: Justice delayed is justice denied. And guess where it’s being denied every single day? That’s right. Queens.

In Queens Criminal Court in 2015, 33,062 people had cases pending, according to Councilman Rory Lancman of Fresh Meadows, who chairs the Courts and Legal Services Committee. Thirty-nine went to trial. Yes, just above one in 1,000 defendants got the trials guaranteed to them by the Constitution. Lancman did not say how many of the other 33,023 agreed to plea bargains, and the Queens District Attorney’s Office was unable to provide the figure.

But we know it wasn’t all of them. In 2014, Lancman says, 53 people got trials. And they had to wait an average of 507 days to get a bench trial, where the judge determines guilt or innocence, and an average of 550 days for a jury trial. And these are not murder cases; felonies are heard in state Supreme Court. These are misdemeanors. Can you imagine waiting a year

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and a half to go to trial on, say, a harassment or larceny charge when you know you’re innocent and want to secure that not-guilty verdict?

Even worse, can you imagine that you were unable to make bail for whatever reason and you’ve spent that year and a half in a cell on Rikers Island? This happens to people.

“Eventually, no matter how convinced you are of your innocence, you may plead guilty just to get out of there,” Lancman said.

The reason for all this apparently is simple: There just aren’t enough judges in Criminal Court, or other staff, for that matter.

Fixing this problem is a matter for the state, not the city. Mayor de Blasio has made all the judicial appointments he can. He needs the Legislature and Gov. Cuomo to get together and authorize and fund more appointments. This season of budget talks would be the perfect time.

We’re all guaranteed a speedy trial by the Constitution. Having the residents of Queens denied them every day is a travesty of justice.

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ne fine evening in the 1980s a family on central Long Island was having dinner when the subject of road repair came up. Some project was taking too long, they thought. But the mother, who had grown up in Floral Park and Little Neck, knew things could be much worse in the city.

“They’ve been working on Northern Boulevard my entire life,” she said, exaggerating a bit — but was it really that much?

This week saw, for the first time, actual prepping for actual work on the sewer and water main project in Centreville known as HWQ411B. If you don’t know, this is the work that was supposed to have been started during the first Koch administration. Seriously. It’s like Queens’ answer to the Second Avenue Subway — or will be once a shovel hits the ground.

Then there’s the Select Bus Service plan for the Woodhaven-Cross Bay Boulevard Corridor, which the Transportation Commissioner just said will be finished six years later than initially planned. We’d rather it never get started at all, but of course many disagree.

And then there’s the Van Wyck Expressway. Six years into its major upgrade, and CBS reports one part of the project is 21 months behind schedule and $9 million over budget. Yes, the work is complicated. But enough already. The lane shifts and confusing signs are driving drivers up the wall. Can’t we hire more workers and just get it done? Why not?

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Basket-bawl Dear Editor: Thankfully another St. John’s Red Storm basketball season has come to an end.

This year’s team finished the year with an 8-24 record, with only one conference win and a 16-game losing streak. The last time the Red Storm won only one game in their conference was in the 1936-1937 campaign.

I wonder what the great coach and member of the Hall of Fame Lou Carnesecca would have to say. I also wonder what St. John’s super star player and also NBA Hall of Famer Chris Mullin would say?

Oops! Chris Mullin is the team’s coach. Oh well.

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Nice art, nice article Dear Editor: I would like to commend Laura A. Shepard, the writer of the article “Faces of the Forest” in your Feb. 18 paper, for doing a very thoughtful, insightful and eloquent story on our new exhibit “Portrait of Tall Friends.” Your writer really captured the essence of trees and the exhibit.

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Select Bus Stupidity Dear Editor: Talk about a waste of taxpayer money; $400 million can go a long way to improve mass transit, but not as Select Bus Service, which does nothing, and people do not want. The DOT will say the money is coming from federal transit allocations; regardless, it is still money out of the taxpayer’s pocket.

Just look at the recently installed SBS on the Q44, which zigzags on Main Street from the LIE to downtown Flushing. SBS lanes appear

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Dear Editor: Dear Editor: Many Trump supporters exiting the polls Former KKK leader David Duke, Ted have been quoted as saying they voted for The Nugent (who called Obama a “subhuman monDonald because “he speaks his mind and I like grel), Sarah Palin (nutjob with good vision: she that.” What a dumb statement if there ever was can see Russia from her house), former MLB one! Hitler and Mussolini spoke their minds pitcher John Rocker (racist, bigot and homotoo, and look what happened in phobe), Chris Christie(bridge Europe. specialist, former Trump hater) ONLINE Because somebody speaks his and Carl Gallups (imbecile that mind is no qualification for anyclaims Newtown, Conn. massaMiss an article or a thing, except for foot-in-mouth letter cited by a writer? cre was a hoax). disease. You can’t have a presiWhat do they all have in Want breaking news dent who speaks his mind and from all over Queens? common? Trump is “honored” thinks later. That would be a Find the latest news, with their endorsements. disaster.

Not surprising at all. And this past reports from all Other Trump supporters say over the borough and week? Trump supporter John that Trump will “make America McGraw punched an Africanmore at qchron.com. great again.” America is already American Trump protester. The great and is getting better and racist crowd cheered, McGraw better every day under President Obama’s lead- said, “Next time we might have to kill him.” ership. We’ve recovered from the worst finanTrump has encouraged this disgraceful cial crisis since the great depression. Our behavior toward protesters. Feb.1: “Knock the future looks good. The auto industry has been crap out of him, would you? Seriously, OK, saved, and new car sales are thru the roof. just knock the hell. I promise you I will pay for Unemployment has been reduced to around 4.9 the legal fees. I promise, I promise.” percent and thousands of new jobs are created Feb.23: “I’d like to punch h in the face” each month. Home sales are increasing, and Feb.27: “In the good old days, they’d rip new building is surging. Twenty million more him right out of that seat so fast, but today people have health insurance under the Afford- everybody is politically correct.” able Care Act reducing emergency room costs Then we had chaos in Chicago and bloodthat we all had to pay for. We continue to make shed in St. Louis. Trump supporters attacked progress on all fronts. peaceful protesters. Protesters who locked Some Trump supporters say we need tough arms together and brandished a weapon guy Trump to “fix Washington.” Washington known as the “peace sign.” Trump dismissed is not broken. Congress has been hijacked by the violence as just “politics.” the Tea Party Republicans like Ted Cruz who A Trump presidency would be the most want to dismantle progress, and continually dangerous thing to ever hit the United States. vote to filibuster everything they don’t like. Sane Republicans need to step up and say so.

They’re like little pouting children who won’t PS: I’d like to give my condolences to the play because they can’t get everything their Reagan family. Nancy Reagan was lovingly way. Moments after Obama’s re-election in laid to rest last week, alongside the remains of 2012, Senate majority leader, Mitch McCon- the Republican Party. nell, publicly said that his goal was to stop Robert LaRosa everything that Obama wanted to do for the Whitestone next four years. He and his obstructionist pals have colluded to halt most of what could have Trump is Hitler been accomplished since then. If you want to “fix Washington,” vote the Tea Party obstruc- Dear Editor: tionists out and replace them with Democrats It seems that Der Trump has just earned or moderates who want to play. some more nebulous praise from yet another Building casinos is very different than cre- fine feathered fellow follower. It is none other ating policy and working with Congress and than our own equally biased, Louis Farrakhan. foreign leaders. No highly successful business- Mr. Farrakhan in a sermon this month man has ever made a successful president; look admired the way Trump was standing up to at history. Business and government are dia- the “Jewish community,” Declaring that bolically opposing ideas. Businesses are in Trump, “is the only member who has stood in business to make a profit; employees are front of the Jewish community, and said I don’t expendable. Government’s purpose is to serve want your money.” the people, by providing services for the comThis is the Farrakhan who states that Jews mon good. People and service is important, not were responsible for 9/11 and that God is the profits. one who “put them in the oven.”

My sense is that although Trump seems to This endorsement comes right on the heels be winning the caucuses and primaries, the of another, also feeling an equal kinship to vast majority of Republicans who haven’t Trump. It is former Grand Wizard of the Ku continued on next page voted are horrified and ashamed about his

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Another one invoked David Duke and the KKK to paint him as a racist, etc.

Whatever you think about Trump, to compare him to Hitler is disgraceful and trivializes the Holocaust, the systematic murder of 11 million Jews and non-Jews by the Nazi regime. The race card is the pathetic tactic often played by the Left that people are sick and tired of. It’s time to stop the name-calling and talk about the real issues and America’s heritage and ideals, if we are to preserve them. This is what the Republican Party and its candidates represent, in contrast with the legacy of the Democrat Party.

The GOP is the Party of freedom, equality, prosperity and opportunity, which was born fighting to end slavery, while the Democrat Party supported slavery and its expansion. In 1865, 100 percent of congressional Republicans and only 23 percent of Democrats supported the 13th Amendment, which abolished slaver y. Republicans likewise unanimously passed the 14th and 15th Amendments, which granted citizenship and the right to vote to blacks, with zero Democrat support.

Democrats continued to support slavery with the discriminatory Jim Crow laws and started the KKK to terrorize blacks. Republicans gave us the first black members of the U.S. Senate and House.

The first civil rights legislation came from Republicans in 1957 when President Eisenhower pushed through the Civil Rights Act, and Democrat Lyndon Johnson opposed it. Johnson and the Democrats also gave us the War on Poverty, which spent $20 trillion on welfare programs that failed to lift the poor out of poverty and destroyed the black family.

The definition of insanity is doing the same over and over again and expecting different results, like spending trillions of taxpayer dollars to give away “free stuff” adding to the $19 trillion national debt.

This is the legacy of Obama and the Democrat presidential candidates. One is a renowned liar and the other a confirmed socialist, who is bribing young people for their votes by offering a plethora of new government benefits including free college tuition, free universal healthcare, paid family and medical leave, etc.

Any one of the Republican presidential candidates stands head and shoulders above them and will restore greatness and prosperity to America if they win the presidency.

Phil Orenstein President, Queens Village Republican Club Queens Village

Jewish surrender Dear Editor: Re the Mar. 3 editorial in which the editor took the City University to task for its rampant anti-Semitism (“Anti-Semitism on campus”): Why are epithets against Jews called free speech, when the same epithets directed at blacks or Muslims are called racism and prosecuted? Why aren’t Jews outraged and complaining to the ACLU, which they support? The ADL? Sen. Chuck Schumer? In the U.S., the Jews still haven’t killed the ghetto mentalities.

After World War II, I thought every Jewish child would be practicing karate, know their history and be able to defend themselves mentally and physically against such bigotry. But the Holocaust taught them nothing. Instead of teaching their own people how to fight anti-Semitism, Jews foolishly repeated “Never Again” ad nauseam by repeating the words they would magically protect them.

Jewish professors created “The Lessons of the Holocaust,” but what were the lessons?

Do any Jews know? Does Eli Wiesel?

For enlightenment of our uneducated college students, no such people as the ‘Palestinians’ ever existed. Around 12 BC, the Romans fought and defeated the Jews because they refused to worship Roman gods. Jewish land was renamed Palestine (including today’s Jordan) and was called so until 1948. Until then, the Jews were known the world over as the Palestinians with passports to prove it.

With the help of David Ben-Gurion, Teddy Kollek, Shimon Peres, etc., staunch Marxists, Israel would become the land of the “New Jews,” secular, not religious. Biblical sites fast disappeared.

Judea and Samaria became the West Bank, lies became the truth, Jewish history was revised and Israel is now strangling on the lies. In ’48, the world recognized Israel as the Jewish State. The Socialists changed all that.

In Oslo, Yitzhak Rabin and Peres made Arafat the leader of a fictitious people, turned a terrorist into a freedom fighter, legitimized Arab claims and, like all Red Diaper babies, delegitimized the Jews.

Why would anyone wonder that any students are supporting BDS? According to Socialist propaganda swallowed whole, Israel is an “occupying” power. Until the Jewish people wake up and tell the truth, it always will be.

Lesson No. 1 from the Holocaust for Jewish students and professors: Joining enemies to defame your own people is not morally superior behavior. It’s cowardly, traitorous and disgusting.

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The City Council at its next full meeting on Tuesday is expected to pass Mayor de Blasio’s rezoning initiatives af ter changes were made to both proposals, increasing the affordability of units in new developments and keeping closer track of what is being built.

The agreement was reached by de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx) on Monday, which the mayor in a prepared statement said makes way for the strongest, most progressive affordable housing policies in the nation.

“Years from now, we will look back on this as a watershed moment when we turned the tide to keep our city a place for everyone,” de Blasio said.

As it relates to Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, which would require permanently affordable units in new developments and enlargements of more than 10 units, the plan now has four options for developers, whereas it previously only had three.

The first requires 10 percent of the units be affordable at 40 percent of the area median income. Before it had called for 25 percent of the units at 60 AMI. The second option has 30 percent of the units set aside at 80 AMI and the third has 30 percent at 115 AMI -—with 5 percent of those at 90 AMI and another 5 percent at 70 AMI. The new fourth option has 20 percent of the units at 40 AMI. Developers will also have no say in what option they get to pick: City officials and area Council members will make the decision before approving any development.

Other changes to MIH include the Mayor’s Office working with the Council to create a law ensuring the affordability requirements are adhered to; creating a means to track the number of units created under the proposal; providing any applications to the Board of Standards and Appeals to area Council members and community boards; and ensuring tenants living in

The City Council is set to give Mayor de Blasio a huge victory next week when it votes on his signature affordable housing FILE PHOTO bills. affordable housing have access to all building amenities.

In regard to the Zoning for Quality and Affordability plan, which would relax or eliminate parking requirements for senior housing in transit zones and allow for slightly higher buildings in areas zoned for multifamily dwellings, some changes were made to the proposals that irked many Queens community board members.

For one, the Council has modified the transit map that states where parking requirements would have been eliminated, though the legislative body didn’t specify what changes were made.

Both plans are part de Blasio’s goal to create or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing.

All but two Queens community boards voted against ZQA and MIH last year, with most of them citing the reduction in parking as their main concern. CB 1 voted in favor, but with the caveat that some parking spots be kept. Com mu nit y Board 3 voted for the plans as proposed.

The Queens Borough Board, and the boards of all the other boroughs, voted against the plans last year.

A spokeswoman for Borough President Melinda Katz, who also opposed the plans, did not respond to an inquiry as to whether the Council’s modifications changed her mind on the proposals.

Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), who earlier said the plan needed to be tweaked, now fully supports the initiatives.

“Since the current voluntary system is not doing enough to serve New Yorkers earning a wide range of incomes, it is clear that we need a program that mandates affordable housing,” Richards said in an emailed statement. “We have found that balance of responsible development, while avoiding a program that stif les growth.”

F lu sh i ng- ba s e d u r ba n pla n ne r Pau l G r a z ia no remained skeptical of the plans, saying he’d like to see how the Council modified the transit zone map and that he believed the four tiers of affordability still do not go far enough.

“This plan only goes 20 percent in the direction it needs to to help the people who need the benefits most,” Graziano, who had visited many community boards to offer his opinion on the zoning proposals, said in a TuesQ day interview.

Stopping tool thieves in the 106th Precinct Ryan Paul named cop of the month

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Tools were the main objective for crooks in the 106th Precinct for the months of December and January, former 106th Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff said at last Wednesday’s community council meeting.

That’s why Police Officer Ryan Paul was honored as cop of the month for catching an alleged thief who allegedly tried to take tools from a South Ozone Park home in January.

Schiff — who earlier this month was named commanding officer of the 105th Precinct but visited his old command to bid farewell — said there was a pattern of tools being stolen from homes and commercial properties in the community.

Paul and his partner were patrolling the area, keeping an eye out for anyone who might

be stealing tools, when a 911 call came in the late morning hours of Jan. 30, Schiff said.

A female victim living on 133rd Avenue saw a man allegedly ransacking her property, according to the deputy inspector, looking for tools in her garage. When the alleged thief noticed he was being watched, he fled.

Paul and his partner spotted a person at 133rd Street and 135 Avenue who matched the description of the suspect and pulled him aside. The woman identified the man as the person who was allegedly in her garage.

The man is Andrew Johnson, a South Ozone Park resident. Johnson, Schiff said, has 24 prior arrests for similar incidents and is currently incarcerated at Riker’s Island.

“We anticipate he’ll be there for a while,” Schiff said.

Johnson was allegedly out on parole when Q arrested by Paul.

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RBL feasibility study put in budget plan Joe Addabbo says he will back Phil Goldfeder’s request in his chamber

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The Assembly’s one-house budget proposal includes funding for a feasibility study of reactivating the Rockaway Beach Rail Line, and at least one member of the higher chamber is willing to lend his support to make sure that money is included in the final budget plan sent to the governor for signing later this month.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) announced that his house’s budget proposal includes “millions” for the feasibility study into reactivating the right-of-way, an initiative the South Queens politician has passionately advocated for since entering office.

“With so many families in Queens suffering through some of the longest commutes in the city, it’s important that we explore every option to improve transportation,” Goldfeder said in prepared remarks. “A feasibility study of reactivation of the Rockaway Beach Rail Line will do just that.”

According to Goldfeder, the proposal, if signed into law by the governor, would require the MTA to study the feasibility of restoring the line, which has remained unused since 1962.

That study would be due to the Assembly, Senate and Governor’s Office by March 1, 2017.

Goldfeder said he would like the study to include the assessment of “the current condition of infrastructure along the 4-mile right-of-way,

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder’s goal to have the Rockaway Beach Rail Line restored just got a QUEENS CHRONICLE PHOTO major boost in the Assembly. as well as the full cost of reactivating the line for passenger service ... the benefits of reactivation, including potential ridership and the economic benefits to surrounding communities.”

The rail line, if reactivated, would connect the Rockaways to Rego Park.

Another plan for the right-of-way already has received some funding. The Trust for Public Land wants to turn it into a 3.5-mile stretch of

parkland known as the QueensWay. A spokesman for Goldfeder said there is no exact price tag on the rail study, but that he expects it to be anywhere from $2 to $5 million, basing that number off other similar initiatives.

The Senate has also proposed a one-house budget plan, which did not include funding for a feasibility study.

But state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), whose district also includes much of the abandoned rail line, said he believes the final budget proposal will include his colleague’s request.

“It’s likely,” the senator said in an interview, adding that the request is only “a fraction” of the state’s entire budget.

Now that each house has put forth a budget plan, the two sides will negotiate with each other and Gov. Cuomo, who put out his executive budget proposal in January, to put together a final plan that compromises on the plans from all three parties.

The state budget is due March 31.

Addabbo said “it’s up to the Senate” to make sure the money for the feasibility study heads to the governor’s desk. Cuomo also has the power to veto individual requests. The senator said he would advocate on his colleague’s behalf to make sure it passes the higher chamber.

“Once and for all, we have to see what the viable options are for that area,” Addabbo said.

He warned, however, that even if the feasibility study is approved and conducted by the MTA, it doesn’t mean the rail line will be rebuilt. Addabbo said he’s spoken with MTA Chairman Tom Prendergast, who has said he can’t “think about such a large, new project” while his agency has a $14 billion capital plan Q budget gap.

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Domestic abuse, hate crimes top the agenda 102nd Precinct implores victims to come forward, details its services

by Neil Chiragdin Chronicle Contributor

At its meeting on Tuesday, the 102nd Precinct Community Council held a series of presentations aimed at raising awareness about and curbing a recent uptick in the precinct’s cases of domestic violence assaults and hate crimes.

While overall crimes have decreased over the past year, there were six hate crimes reported in the 102nd Precinct in 2015, compared to four in 2014, according to Deputy Inspector Deodat Urprasad, its commanding officer. There has been one hate crime so far this year, he said.

Sgt. Kevin Lonergan of the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force, which responds to reports of hate crime citywide, spoke to the community about what sets them apart from other lawbreaking. Essentially, hate crimes have to be substantially proven to be identity-motivated, he said, and they tend to consist of assault, criminal mischief and aggravated harassment more commonly than other crimes.

“We have a zero-tolerance policy for any type of hate crime,” said Urprasad. Lonergan and Urprasad both emphasized that no victim should be afraid to come forward, regardless of immigration status or any other issue.

Deputy Inspector Deodat Urprasad, left, the 102nd Precinct commander, presents Officers Teddy Saint-Gerard and Nicholas Salamone with the Cop of the Month Award, joined by Deputy PHOTO BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN Chief Galen Frierson, executive officer of Patrol Borough Queens South.

Domestic Violence Officer Tabitha Jervas discussed services and resources that the 102nd Precinct can provide victims. Those include home visits, orders of protection and connecting victims with shelter and legal and financial assistance while transitioning them to a safe environment.

Deputy Inspector Urprasad added, “We

have spikes in assaults — and unfortunately, under assaults, domestic violence — it is a problem in this precinct.” He encouraged victims and witnesses to connect with the precinct, and suggested that officers will be able to communicate no matter what language is being spoken.

Crime Prevention Officer Quwella Brown

provided a list of services the precinct offers to the community. Those include surveys of residential and commercial addresses to make the premises safer; lectures on identity theft, larceny and child safety; Operation ID: the free registration of serial numbers of valuable portable electronics; anti auto-theft programs known as CAT and HEAT and awareness-raising about scams such as people posing as the IRS over the phone.

Police Officers Nicholas Salamone and Teddy Saint-Gerard were presented with the Cop of the Month award for an incident that occurred on March 3. The officers responded to a man who had been stabbed in the chest and neck, and were able to reduce the loss of blood, saving the victim’s life, according to EMS workers that later arrived.

Deputy Chief Galen Frierson, executive officer of Patrol Borough Queens South, was recognized for his commitment and excellence in community engagement with a plaque presented by Community Council President Latchman Budhai.

“The police and community working together is the only way we’re going to keep this community safe,” said Frierson.

Budhai also presented a plaque to the editor of the West Indian News, Mohamed Hassim, for promoting community projects, Q such as the Night Out Against Crime.

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Retired Queens Supreme Court justice Augustus Agate, lef t, was recently appointed to the board of trustees for Howard Beach-based New York Families for Autistic Children.

“We are truly honored that someone of Justice Agate’s caliber has joined our Board of Trustees,” Andrew Baumann, right, president & CEO of NYFAC, said in a statement. “He brings with him not only professional experience, but a passion for our mission of ‘Helping parents ... helping children ... one family at a time.’”

Agate is also on the Queens Library Board of Trustees and is a longtime Howard Beach Kiwanis Club member.

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CBP officers placed Martinez Ramirez under arrest and subsequently turned him over to the Port Authority Police Department. He now faces state narcotics smuggling charges and will be prosecuted by the Queens County Q District Court.

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Some seed cakes being brought in from Mexico on March 1 allegedly contained more than flour and sugar, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service.

Jesus Martinez Ramirez, a resident of Mexico, was arrested on a narcotics smuggling charge after allegedly attempting to bring about two pounds of cocaine through Customs at John F. Kennedy International Airport inside five of the cylindrical cakes, according to authorities.

Martinez Ramirez arrived on a flight from Mexico City, and a CBP spokesman said in an email that agricultural specialists with the agency X-rayed his luggage.

Agents reported finding an anomaly on the X-ray of the cakes.

They allegedly discovered packages concealed within the cakes, and escorted Martinez Ramirez to a private search room.

CBP officers probed the concealed packages, which allegedly produced a white powder that tested positive as cocaine.

In total, officers reportedly discovered five packages of cocaine with a combined estimated street value of $33,000.

“This latest seizure demonstrates the vigilance of our CBP officers, and their excellence in detecting those who would try to smuggle these illegal substances,” said Robert Perez,

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U.S. Customs officials at Kennedy Airport allegedly found approximately two pounds of cocaine concealed within seed cakes in the luggage of a passenger from Mexico City on March 1. The street value was estimated at PHOTO COURTESY U.S. CBP about $33,000.

Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, right, former commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, was given a plaque from the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association last Thursday in honor of his two and a half years of service to the community.

Civic President Roger Gendron said Schiff dedicated the officers necessary to keep the area safe, noting that the community had seemingly been given fewer patrols than other communities in the precinct in previous years.

Schiff earlier this month was named commanding officer of the 105th Precinct in Queens Village.

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Sanders pulls out of Congressional race Cites opportunities available from remaining in New York State Senate

by Michael Gannon Editor

State Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) announced Tuesday afternoon that he is ending his campaign for Congress and will instead run to defend his seat in the 10th District this fall.

The announcement came just over 24 hours after the Chronicle contacted Sanders’ congressional campaign seeking comment on information from five independent sources saying that he was considering ending his attempt to force a Democratic primary against U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) in the 5th Congressional District.

In Sanders’ press release, he said his decision was not so much ending his congressional campaign as it is an opportunity to simultaneously take advantage of a possible Democratic takeover of the state Senate, and help facilitate a cleanup of politics in Southeast Queens.

“As many are aware, I had recently explored a run for Congress because of the dire need I feel we have in overturning the current establishment overseeing southeastern Queens,” Sanders stated.

“I wanted to rid the complacency, mediocrity and ethical lapses from yet another elected seat that has been preventing real improvements from being enacted in our neighbor-

hoods,” he added. “But now that a Democratic majority is within our grasp in the statehouse we have the opportunity to do the good work that we’ve been striving to accomplish for so long, d evoid of Re pu bl ica n obstructionism.”

He said staying in the Senate would help allow him to accomplish that.

Adrienne Adams, chairwoman of Community Board 12 and a member of the Queens Library Board of Trustees — and a fellow Democrat — already is running in the 10th Senate District, announcing shortly after Sanders filed for Congress.

Adams, in an email to the Chronicle, took a matter-of-fact approach.

“I have no comment regarding Senator Sanders’ decision not to run for Congress, as his career aspirations were not factored in my choice to run,” Adams said. “My campaign isn’t about running against Sen. Sanders. I am in the race for the New York State Senate in the greater interest of the well-being of the residents of Southeast Queens.

What neither Sanders nor his press release addressed was an impression in several quarters that he did not have the support to defeat Meeks.

The New York Post has quoted Queens Democratic Party insiders as saying that Meeks, even with a tarnished past, was their choice over Sanders, with one person also

State Sen. James Sanders, left, has ended his campaign to unseat incumbent Democratic FILE PHOTO Congressman Gregory Meeks. saying the party was looking to put someone stronger in the Senate as well.

Speaking to the Chronicle weeks ago about a recent series of articles on a federal investigation into Sanders’ handling of grant money when he was a councilman, a ranking Queens Democrat called the stories an orchestrated hit aimed at Sanders’ congressional campaign.

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Michael Krasner, a political science professor at Queens College, told the Chronicle back in December that if Meeks had party backing along with support of political heavyweights like the Rev. Floyd Flake — whom Meeks succeeded 17 years ago — “that swings a lot of weight in that district.”

Krasner also said while it is historically difficult to unseat an incumbent member of Congress, it is even tougher to do so in an overwhelmingly one-party district such as the 5th CD. If Sanders’ decision had anything to do with money and fundraising, it could be understandable.

Campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Elections Commission in January actually showed Sanders to have slightly more cash on hand than Meeks — $67,410 to $65,231.

With the Democratic nominee in the 5th CD likely to be an overwhelming favorite in November, money could play less of a role there in the general election.

But a primary fight against Meeks likely would be bruising — and very expensive.

Filings also show that Meeks has reported already spent nearly $506,000. The congressman has listed donations totaling $329,500 from various political action committees, or Q PACs, while Sanders reported $10,000.

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As of Tuesday afternoon, Centreville residents and officials had not seen any shovels in the ground for the installation of water mains and sewers but there are some signs that work is beginning on the long-awaited HWQ411B project.

A Queens Chronicle reporter Monday saw city workers measuring the sidewalks and roadways near the project site.

Additionally, community notices have gone out warning residents near the construction that a “test water shutdown” will take place today, Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Residents are encouraged to shut off their main water valve, all cold water appliances and to flush the system once water is turned back on.

The water shutdown applies to residents of Albert Road from Centreville to Raleigh streets and Tahoe Street from North Conduit to Eckford Avenue.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Design and Construction said work on the decades-in-the-making project was supposed to start on Monday, but that morning saw heavy rainfall across much of Queens.

First proposed during Mayor Ed Koch’s first term, the Centreville project consists of the replacement of two miles of sewer lines and three miles of water mains, and the reconstruction of 12 miles of sidewalks, roads and curbs between 135th Avenue and Linden Boulevard to the north, Cross Bay Boulevard to the west, Aqueduct Race Track to the east and North Conduit Avenue to the south.

It has been delayed several times, most recently because the project involves the acquisition of private property from area residents and some have resisted.

The city at other times had to go back and change its offer to other residents because property values had risen.

The DDC spokeswoman said last week that the city has still not completed all necessary land acquisitions but the agency anticipates “that the advance payment notification to

There are some early signs that the streets of Centreville will soon see the long-awaited FILE PHOTO Albert Road project start. property owners will commence in the spring and should be complete by the summer.”

The project is starting as a 500-seat primary school is being built on a vacant piece of property bordered by Albert Road, Raleigh Street and North Conduit Avenue and owned by the New York Racing Association until 2009.

Ozone Park Civic President Howie Kamph believes the city is finally starting the sewer and water main project because the school cannot open until the infrastructure initiative is complete.

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Councilman Rory Lancman discussing criminal justice matters on March 8 at a meeting of the 103rd Precinct Community Council. Lancman said Queens needs far more judges assigned to handle cases of low-level criminal offenses.

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dants plead guilty who would not otherwise do so if they could get a speedy trial. Brown’s office on Feb. 29 told the Council that everyone has a vested interest in assuring speedy trials at all levels.

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“We share the Council’s interest in insuring that defendants do not spend unnecessary time in detention and that victims have an opportunity to obtain a prompt resolution of their cases,” she said.

Henigman said that between July 1, of last year through Feb. 22 of this year, Queens had 517 cases on which both her office and the defense were ready to go to trial or a hearing.

A total of 332, or 64 percent, were adjourned because there were not the personnel or space to proceed. She also said that of nearly 2,000 driving while intoxicated arrests in 2015, a grand total of two went to trial.

Several criminal defense attorneys including the Legal Aid Society were contacted for this story but did not return messages left at their offices.

The Office of Court Administration did issue a statement through Lucian Chalfen, its director of public information.

“We are constantly reassessing and prioritizing the placement of judicial resources, being mindful, however, that like every other government agency, we must do so within our budget,” Chalfen said.

Monica Klein, a spokeswoman for Mayor de Blasio, confirmed Lancman’s contention that the mayor has filled nearly all the existing vacancies that he is permitted to fill.

The Chronicle also left messages with state Sen. John Bonacic (R-Orange County), who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and his Assembly counterpart, Helene Weinstein (D-Brooklyn), in an effort to determine if their committees were aware of or working to address Q the shortage.

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continued from page 2 any kind we have to triage our cases and often the only option we have is to offer an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal. As we recently told the City Council the New York City Criminal Court is in crisis and nowhere is that crisis more acute than Queens County.”

Lancman said it begins with the assignment of judges.

Mayor de Blasio, according to the councilman, has legal authority to appoint up to 107 criminal court judges, and has filled “all but one or two vacancies.”

The state Office of Court Administration, assigning judges where it sees the need, has a total of 72 criminal court judges in the city, with 21 in Brooklyn, 20 in Manhattan, 16 in the Bronx, 12 in Queens and three in Staten Island.

“The OCA is juggling judges’ assignments to make the system work,” Lancman said. “Which means that in some cases, you have judges who are assigned to criminal courts who are not acting as criminal court judges.”

Leroy Gadsden, president of the Jamaica Branch of the NAACP, told the Chronicle that a greater problem than the lack of sufficient judges is the placement of judges in criminal court. He said it can be devastating when a judge with no experience or background in criminal law, such as a family or real estate specialist, gets put into criminal court.

“Every year there are thousands of persons who are entitled to be released on their own recognizance but they are sitting on Rikers Island because they cannot afford bail,” Gadsden said. “According to the laws governing bails, a person is entitled to be released on his own recognizance unless he poses a threat or danger to the community. The problem lies in there being no judicial system in place to vet and appoint judges to a court where they are legally vested or a court of an area of legal familiarity.”

Gadsden is as convinced as Lancman that many defen-

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Flexing at the Arnold Classic Howard Beach power couple Jack and Corrine Wlody recently represented South Queens once again at the ICA National Symposium on Natural Fitness, held every year during the Arnold Sports Festival.

The Wlodys, seen at top with fitness icon and movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger, spoke on the health benefits of cycling during the symposium.

They also discussed how they traveled 11,131 miles in 96 days during last year’s National Bike Challenge.

The couple last year were honored by Schwarzenegger and Ken Podziba, former city sports commissioner under Mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg, for their work in the fitness community and helping out with charitable organizations benefiting homeless people.

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by Nancy J. Brady, RN, Esq., partner Brady & Marshak, LLP, Attorneys at Law At Brady & Marshak, LLP, our practice is focused on the legal issues of “middle class” New York residents. Many of our clients are homeowners and have reasons to protect the value of their home, which is often their most valuable asset. As middle-class homeowners, we have all struggled to build equity in our homes — whether we are f irst-time homeowners just starting out, or homeowners who have finally paid off the mortgages, having lived in the home for many years. We all want to prevent our home’s value being lost to the costs of probate, or from long-term care costs (home care and/or care in a facility) due to prolonged illness.

The best proven plan to protect the value of the home from the cost and delays associated with probate is a revocable living trust. This type of trust is a private agreement and is a means by which challenges to a will can be avoided without will contests and litigation. Irrevocable trust planning, in addition to the purpose of avoiding probate, will have the added benefit of protecting the value of all of the assets (financial and real property) form the costs of future longterm care.

It’s important enough to state it again.

Irrevocable trust planning avoids probate (like the Revocable trust), AND protects the value of the asset of the property (real property or financial) from having to be lost to the cost of care.

Much of the language in the irrevocable trust is necessitated by Medicaid regulations. Some key language will be drafted to meet your particular goals. Once the ownership or title on your assets has been transferred to your trust, it will take five years, or 60 months before the assets and property are fully protected from the expense of nursing home care.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Why not just transfer the deed or my assets to my children to “get them out of my name”?

Any assets transferred to another person, or held jointly with another person, will be at risk if that person has financial problems. If

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What if I need nursing home care before five years has passed since I funded the trust?

In NY state the law tells us that the trust can be broken if all parties named in the trust agree. We have done this many times in our office. Once the trust is properly revoked, if the individual is in a nursing home, with further legal planning, approximately half the value of the assets can be protected.

If I put my savings in the trust, will I have to go to my children (tr ustee s) ever y ti me I need money?

Absolutely, positively, “NO!” When it comes to transferring assets to the trust, the attorney will advise, based on your particular circumstances, and what feels comfortable to you. The income, or interest earned by the assets held in the trust will continue to be part of your income.

You, with the advice of the attorney, will decide how much you feel comfortable putting into the trust and how much you would like to keep outside of the trust for easier access should you need liquidity for emergency or personal spending.

Can liquid assets, like my savings, be transferred into the trust as well as real property?

Yes, the financial assets will need to be titled to the trust, using the tax identification number and will be protected in the same manner as real property, from the date of transfer of the asset.

In conclusion, if you live in New York, and have assets and property that you would like to preserve for your family to inherit, rather than losing these assets to the costs associated with medical care, you MUST do advance planning. You owe it to yourselves and your family to make informed decisions in these matters, by consulting with attorneys experienced in these matters. Brady & Marshak, LLP, can be reached at (718) 738-8500. Q

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Middle School 202, the Robert Goddard School in Ozone Park, participated in a Middle School Quality Initiative that promotes literacy through several programs, including debate. On Saturday, March 5, the Debate Team, under the leadership of teacher Robert Lee, tied for first place in the MSQI Urban League Debate Tournament.

The tournament, which took place at Middle School 45 in the Bronx, had students debate on the topic of whether or not military recruiters should be allowed on high school campuses. Students that attended the debate engaged in public forum speaking in the morning. Eighteen students from MS 202 participated in this event. MS 202’s top team, featuring Minhajul Abedin and Rishi Ramkissoon, came in fourth overall.

The school is extremely proud of all of our debate team members: Minhajul Abedin, Isabella Braun, Genaly Burgos, Karla Gamarra, Amanda Jagdeo, Tanzum Kabir, Ariana Lowery, Jordan Ortiz, Ashely Peyasena, Sadia Rahman, Rishi Ramkissoon, Rovaniaina Raveloson, Joshua Rosario, Carlie Salomon, Showda Shahid, Brianna Singh, Joshua Singh, Samantha Sylvain, Sadia Tarin and Tiara Williams.

Thirty NYC/DOE public schools and more than three hundred students participated in this event. The Urban League Debate Championships will be held June 16, at a location to be determined.

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Frances Scarantino announced last Wednesday that she has decided to no longer serve as recording secretary for the 106th Precinct Community Council.

Scarantino told the Queens Chronicle she wants to put more time into other endeavors, such as her business, and that she will still attend precinct council meetings, but not every month.

An election will be held next month to pick a replacement, council President Frank Dardani said.

Scarantino, owner and director of Reach for the Stars Daycare in Old Howard Beach, is also the co-chairwoman of the Howard Beach Committee of New York Rising, a state initiative created to help aid communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy.

She is the second precinct council board member to resign from her post this year.

In January, Vice President Donna Gilmartin stepped down because she was moving to Florida in February.

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Kindergarten student, Anya Grose-Isaac from PS 316, the Queens Explorers School in Ozone Park, was selected to participate in the 2016 Queens Borough Arts Festival.

The jurors selected Anya’s piece titled “Screaming Lines” to be included in their art exhibition at the Queens Museum. Her work as well as many other Queens students’ work will be available for viewing at the museum from May 11 to 15 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. An opening reception will be held on Wednesday, May 11, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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Bratton: NYPD is stronger than ever Commish praises Queens’ support of city’s Finest at St. Pat’s luncheon

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

New York is a complicated place today.

“We are a city in the midst of an economic boom,” NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton, the keynote speaker at the Queens Chamber of Commerce’s St. Patrick’s Day luncheon, told the crowd Tuesday at Terrace on the Park.

“But there’s also still the concern about terrorism, there’s still the concern about quality-of-life issues, there’s still the concern about crime,” he added.

Yet according to the commissioner, it’s nothing that the department can’t handle.

“There has never been a time when the NYPD has been at this strong a point in terms of resources and political support as it is at this particular time,” he said.

Tens of millions of dollars, he added, are being spent on technology for the department. By the end of March, all 36,000 officers will have smartphones to assist them on the job.

And, crucially, the city added 2,000 cops to the force last year.

“Those officers will be the first new increase to this department since 2001,” Bratton said.

Many of the officers, he added, will work to strengthen ties between cops and communities, which have often been inflamed in the past two years.

“We’re staffing up the precincts so we can have NCO officers, so we can have field training officers, so we can have sector officers who get to spend more time in communities getting to know you, getting to know your kids, getting to know your businesses,” Bratton added.

Despite myriad demonstrations against the police throughout the city in recent years, the commissioner said, the NYPD’s relationship with the World’s Borough has been consistently positive.

“Queens has always been a strong, strong supporter and partner with the NYPD,” Bratton said. “But that’s not the case everywhere in New York. We need to ensure that all of New York is like Queens in the support of this Police Department.”

Borough President Melinda Katz also spoke at the event, praising the department’s work in Queens.

“This is a Police Department who every single day has to go out on the streets and protect our way of life, protect our communities, protect our families, make sure that are children are safe,” she said.

Katz also mentioned the recently expanded staff and hours of the 105th Precinct Satellite Station, which many say were needed. “[The NYPD] must be led by someone who is willing to take chances, by someone who is willing to train every police officer in a way that’s necessary to respond to community needs,” the borough president added. “Commissioner Bratton is that commissioner.”

The luncheon also featured performances from Irish step dancers and the band New York Brogue.

The veteran cop, who is known for implementing the “broken windows theory” of policing in New York, previously served as chief of transit police under former Mayor David Dinkins and for two years as commissioner in the Giuliani administration. He also headed the Los Angeles Q Police Department between 2002 and 2009.

Addition planned for PS/IS 128 in MidVille Opening date for extension unclear

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School District 24 may be one of the most overcrowded in the entire city, but one area school will be getting at least some relief in the near future.

The School Construction Authority has agreed to build a much-needed addition onto PS/IS 128 in Middle Village, according to Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale).

“Since opening its new building in 2009, PS/IS 128 could not contain its student population, forcing kids to use the annex across the street,” Crowley said in a statement issued last Friday. “I am so pleased the SCA recognized this and will move forward with an addition, rightfully bringing all of the school’s students back into one building and alleviating burdensome overcrowding.

“When our children are in the best environment to learn, they are given the best opportunity to succeed.”

The school is at 123 percent capacity, according to Crowley, and houses 200

first and second grade students at the annex.

Maggie Hayes, the politician’s communications director, said in an email the $30 million addition will be constructed on a portion of the school’s sizable playground and will hold up to 300 students.

The Depar t ment of Education is exploring the possibility of adding prekindergarten space there, as well.

On Friday, SCA President Lorraine Grillo credited community leaders who called for the extension over the years.

“We are committed to working together with all stakeholders to reduce overcrowding,” Grillo said in a statement.

“This new addition will allow us to continue to work to address overcrowding in School District 24.”

Last September, the SCA expressed interest in constructing a pre-K facility on a portion of the school’s playground.

But after calls from Crowley for an addition to PS/IS 128, the SCA conducted a feasibility study and determined Q such an extension was warranted.

In his keynote address at the Queens Chamber of Commerce’s St. Patrick’s Day luncheon, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton praised the borough’s relationship with the police as a model PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY for the whole city.

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS Fighting the good fight in Woodhaven

by Maria A. Thomson Executive Director GWDC

Last week, I sadly acknowledged the passing of Joseph Schmidt, a great gentleman, a great lawyer, a great member of the great Schmidt family and also a great contributor to our Woodhaven Community. In 2007, he was the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp.’s honoree at the GWDC’s 30th anniversary. It was a memorable evening for our mayor at the time, Michael Bloomberg, attended our dinner dance and socialized with Schmidt and his loving family and all those in attendance.

It was a memorable, happy evening for us all. Woodhaven has truly lost a shining son.

I am so happy to see the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium will be used once more as a performance venue. Soon to have shows from Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel and Bob Dylan. And to think they wanted to tear this beautiful stadium down. A big thank you to the fighters who fought and won that battle.

Now, Woodhaven continues to fight the battle against the Select Bus Service proposal for Woodhaven Boulevard. This plan will destroy our shopping strip, the Jamaica Avenue Woodhaven Business Improvement District, and send all of this traffic through our residential streets, endanger our children, elderly and other family members and a bus boarding area being on our traffic islands is placing bus riders in harm’s way.

As I have said before, there is nothing good

in SBS for Woodhaven.

Now we have been told this plan that was supposed to cost more than $200 million now will cost 400 million.

This proposal may work elsewhere, but not here.

Sadly, we had an incident on Jamaica Avenue the other evening when a male was stabbed by a group of teenagers. This man, who was stabbed in the neck and torso, had his life saved by a 102nd Precinct officer who happened to be on patrol nearby. The cop stopped the bleeding until EMT responded. This was not a random stabbing. There has been one arrest made.

Here again, our often unpraised NYPD police officers saved a life. To New York’s Finest, we appreciate you and thank you.

In next week’s article, I will address Pop’s Restaurant.

This weekend, WBID’s “Spring Promotion” will take place with music and clowns from 1 to 4 p.m. along the Avenue and free pictures with the Easter Bunny, in the Forest Parkway Plaza area. Look for WBID staff members with their WBID hats distributing free quarters on Jamaica Avenue to motorists for their first 15 minutes on the parking meters.

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’Round and ’round the roundtable goes JFK-LaGuardia, Queens-Nassau factions still divided on bylaws, representation

by Laura A. Shepard Chronicle Contributor

Frustrations, rivalries and even racial tension exploded on March 10 at the latest meeting where political and resident representatives continued their efforts to form a community aviation roundtable so residents can discuss their problems with the Federal Aviation Administration and Port Authority.

The group made limited progress in amending a draft of bylaws as it regressed to debating the fundamental question: Should there be two roundtables, one for LaGuardia Airport and one of JFK, or one roundtable for the combined airspace?

“Unfortunately, we’re back to the same debate we started two years ago,” Barbara Brown, president of the coordinating committee, said, referring to the mandate from Gov. Cuomo in November 2013. “We still have not ratified bylaws and been able to discuss substantive issues and there are a lot of issues coming out of both airports that affect stakeholders on the ground.”

Assemblywoman Michele Titus (D-South Ozone Park) said that when she sponsored the related bill, her legislative intent was to form two separate roundtables, as the Eastern Queens Alliance has supported. State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) interjected, saying he wrote the bill in question and that it called for one roundtable for New York airspace.

While the two elected officials argued their points, others in attendance shouted personal attacks at one another and officials until the meeting was brought back to order.

Ultimately, the group voted to uphold a motion from a previous meeting to go forward with one combined roundtable, which will be made up of a committee for each airport, and a coordinating committee.

Then the talk turned to the wording of specific items in the bylaws.

“Article five is whole lot of mumbo jumbo,” Patrick Evans, a member of the Eastern Queens Alliance, said referring to the section on voting and decision making, which calls for all proposed actions to be submitted to the roundtable coordinating committee for publication 14 days before being considered by the full roundtable.

“It’s an effort to water down the autonomy of the JFK and LaGuardia roundtables,” Evans said. “It’s an intensive amount of governance and we’ll never get anything done.”

“I understand your objections, but we need some sort of structure and procedure,” Avella said. “I know it’s a longer period of time, more paperwork, but we’re dealing with very serious issues.”

In the absence of ratified bylaws, the coordinating committee chose to restrict voting power to the 64 entities selected by the Port Authority a year ago.

State Sen. Tony Avella, author of the legislation authorizing an Airport Roundtable in Queens, makes a point during an often contentious meeting that was divided along both ethnic and PHOTO BY LAURA A. SHEPARD county lines.

The list included impacted community boards and elected officials, but not civic associations and community groups in the name of objectivity and fairness. The EQA, Queens Quiet Skies and TVASNAC, the Town-Village Aircraft Safety & Noise Abatement Committee, were not allowed votes.

Max Kramer, on behalf of Congresswoman Kathleen Rice (D-Nassau), criticized the underrepresentation of Nassau County and the difficulty of attending meetings in Queens.

He called for the addition of four TVASNAC seats because it

is an official governmental entity and most directly correlates with community boards.

Betty Braton, from Community Board 10, proposed tabling the motion until a formula for population equity can be devised because it would be unfair for a hypothetical village of 8,000 people to have an equal vote with a community board that represents more than 200,000.

Brown pointed out that the issues impact areas beyond Queens and Nassau, though no one from the Bronx or Brooklyn was present. Brown, president of the EQA, is the chairwoman. Janet McEneany of Bayside, the longtime president of Queens Quiet Skies was co-chairwoman for a while, but had to step down last year when she accepted a judgeship because that proved a conflict of interest.

The meeting was at Queens Borough Hall. About 20 people were able to vote, but there were nearly 50 people present. While the group debated limiting the noise threshold for individuals who can bring complaints to the roundtable — it was rejected for technical infeasibility — the talk eventually turned to environmental justice and diversity.

“The people who live around LaGuardia don’t look like many of the people on this board,” Patrick Evans said. “The people who live at the mouth of the runways are not here. A lot of Asians and Hispanics live by LaGuardia, but you want to reach out to Long Island.”

Warren Schreiber, a member of the coordinating committee who sits on Community Board 7, said he is there representing one of the city’s most diverse boards.

“It makes me sick to my stomach that you’re accusing me of a racial component,” Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) said to the aspersion that the legislators and representatives from Northeast Queens would try to limit diverse participation. “I feel like I’m going to throw up.”

“There is a racial undercurrent here,” Evans continued.

“It’s because you, you and you don’t want to listen to anyone who is black or brown,” pointing at several members.

Brown noted that other roundtables limit their jurisdictions using a five-mile radius from the airport or height limit.

“When we sit in a room and the room looks different from the people it represents, it is an issue and we need diversity at this table and lots of other tables around town,” she said.

“I have grave reservations about the industry having a voice,” community activist and environmentalist Dan Mundy said. “It baffles me that they can vote, as we’re already battling a top-heavy industry.” He said the FAA and Port Authority only participate in an advisory capacity and that the airlines and cargo industry should have a similar status.

Q The next meeting will be in April.

Meng slams FAA bill for a lack of noise control U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) expressed disappointment on Tuesday over passage of a short-term Federal Aviation Administration bill that contains no provisions to combat airplane noise.

The House of Representatives on Monday approved the Airport and Airway Extension Act (HR 4721) that extends the operating authority of the FAA through mid-July. Meng asserts that since 2012, the amount of noise over Queens has increased significantly due to new flight patterns to and from John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports.

“Passing a short-term extension of the

Seeks community input; fewer decibels FAA bill does nothing to mitigate the blistering sounds of airplane noise over Queens — noise that continues to ruin the quality of life in our borough,” Meng said in a statement. “This is the second time in five months that the House has passed a short-term measure without any anti-noise provisions ...,” she added.

Meng also has called for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to retake control over monitoring and enforcement of airport noise and pollution

This past summer, Meng and other members of the Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus sent a letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure Commit tee Chair man Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and Ranking Member Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) calling for noise mitigation to be part of the FAA bill. Recommendations included: • mandating community engagement process, including pre-decision public hearings for new or changing flight paths;

• requiring the FAA to use supplemental noise metrics when considering the impact of aviation noise on affected communities and lower noise thresholds; • clarifying that air port operators should strongly consider noise mitigation options in areas with aircraft noise levels below the current threshold; • reforming the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, which allows the FA A to shor t-circuit environ mental review for implementing new f light paths; and • mandating independent research on Q the health impacts of aviation noise.

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Whitestone woman charged with DUI Expwy. crash leaves friend in hospital

Sergey Kadinsky of Fresh Meadows holds a master’s in journalism but his biggest passion COURTESY PHOTOS may be history.

Book hits both history and nature in the city Author’s launch party and signing are set for this Sunday in Astoria

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Did you know that a waterway named Horse Brook once ran where the Queens Center mall, LeFrak City and other developments now stand? It started in Elmhurst near what is now the corner of Kneeland Avenue and Codwise Place and fed into Flushing Creek.

And did you know that another brook, Kissena Creek, once ran from Kew Gardens Hills across Fresh Meadows, turning in Kissena Park to head back west and also meet with Flushing Creek? All that’s left of it above ground now is the segment in Kissena Park.

The rest is buried below places such as Lander College for Men in Kew Gardens Hills and the Francis Lewis High School grounds.

These are just two of the old waterways now largely or completely hidden that are examined in the new book “Hidden Waters of

New York City,” by history buff and Parks Department researcher Sergey Kadinsky of Fresh Meadows.

Kadinsky was always interested in hidden creeks as a boy, and points out that urban waterways help disperse pollutants and “remind us of nature’s presence in the city.”

The book, published by The Countryman Press, discusses 101 bodies of water in the city, many buried, many above ground, as well as historical and current information about the areas where they are located. It’s a great addition to the shelf of anyone interested in Queens’ or the city’s history and ecology.

The Greater Astoria Historical Society, located at 35-20 Broadway in Long Island City, is hosting a book launch and signing for Kadinsky Sunday at 2 p.m. For details, call (718) 278-0700 or email info@astorialic.org. Q

Bonelle to close by April 1 Bonelle Pastry Shop, the the tiny, yet popular bakery at 108-30 Ascan Ave. in Forest Hills, will be closing at the end of the month, according to owner Rahita Raval.

The pastry shop had been in danger of closing two years earlier, when the building’s landlord, Babad Management, raised the rent.

But after hundreds of residents petitioned to keep it open, Raval and the management company came to a deal to allow her to stay in business.

Last Friday, however, she told a Chron-

icle reporter that her rent had been raised again and she plans to vacate the space by the end of the month.

T he decision comes nearly n ine months after a Bonelle employee and a frequent customer told the Chronicle that the shop would close in early 2016.

“Of course it is sad to see a well-loved shop close, but people move, get sick, retire, have operating costs go up and so on,” Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce President Leslie Brown said last year.

“All we can do is wish Bonelle’s owners Q well and hope they do reopen.”

A 22-yea r- old wom a n ha s been charged by Queens District Attorney Richard Brown with driving under the influence of alcohol after a chain-reaction crash that left one of her friends in the hospital.

Identified as Samantha Maloney of Whitestone, the defendant was arraigned Sunday in court for a criminal complaint of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

According to the complaint, the woman was driving in the wee hours on Saturday under the influence and hit a barrier at 126th Street and the Whitestone Expressway’s northeast intersection.

Allegedly because her car was not working after the collision, Maloney called her friend Victoria Garrat to help her.

After Garrat came, other people who offered to help from two other vehicles stopped at the site. Then, a car driven by an off-duty police officer hit one of the parked vehicles, causing a chain reaction that resulted in Garrat falling around 23 feet off of the expressway’s railing to the

ground below.

When the NYPD arrived at the scene of the accident, it is alleged that Maloney had watery and bloodshot eyes, alcohol on her breath, a f lushed face and was swaying. According to Brown’s statement, she also allegedly failed Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus and field sobriety tests before refusing to be breathalyzed. Then, an Intoxilyzer test that Maloney took four hours after being removed to the 112th Precinct showed that the her blood alcohol content was .095, a number that exceeds the New York State legal limit of 0.05.

“This tragic collision could possibly have been avoided if, as alleged, the defendant did not choose to get behind the wheel while under the influence of alcohol,” Brown said in a statement.

“Drinking and driving is never a good idea — and can often have serious consequences.”

If convicted, Maloney could face a year in jail. She is scheduled to return to court on April 13.

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CB 5 approves new Principe Park fields Reconstruction to be finished by 2018

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Community Board 5 is ready to ball up.

The advisory council voted 39-1 last Wednesday to approve a recommendation by its Parks Committee regarding the proposed redesign of athletic fields at Frank Principe Park in Maspeth.

Of the five options presented by the Parks Department, the committee and the board approved the design with the soccer field on the eastern section of the park’s athletic portion and the two baseball diamonds on the western side.

Under this plan, the Little League and softball fields would face diagonally toward each other, with a slight overlap in play. The soccer pitch will be synthetic turf while the diamonds’ outfields will be natural turf.

There will also be a 24-foot-high chainlink fence separating the sports fields.

The design will be finalized in August, according to Parks Department representative James Mituzas, followed by an eight-month procurement process.

Parks Department representative James Mituzas shows Community Board 5 what the new Frank Principe Park athletic fields PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA will look like.

Mituzas said construction will start in the fall of 2017 and be completed by the fall of 2018.

Under the proposals, the number of baseball fields at the park will be reduced Q by two.

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What to expect at your annual physical exam to a machine that measures heart rhythm through sensors on various areas of the body.

• Medical history. Doctors also discuss patients’ medical histories, updating their charts with any new information when necessary. Inquiries about particular health issues that run in the family will be discussed, as well as any illnesses or hospitalizations patients may have had in the past. Doctors will ask patients if they are taking any medications or supplements, and also will ask if patients have been dealing with any nagging medical issues.

• Physical examination. During the physical examination, doctors will look at and feel patients’ abdomens to detect the size of their livers and to determine if there is any abdominal fluid present. The stethoscope may be placed on the abdomen to listen for bowl sounds. The physician also may examine other areas of the body, including the back and spine to ensure there are no abnormalities. A weight and height check will be given to measure for body mass index, or the percentage of body fat patients have, which will then be measured against the norm

Routine health screenings are an integral part of maintaining personal health. Although some individuals make frequent visits to their physicians, many others limit their doctor visits to their annual physicals.

Those who have never had a physical exa m i nat ion may be unsure of what to expect of such a procedure. That uncertainty can induce anxiety. However, a physical examination is a simple procedure for many people. Depending on a patient’s age, doctors may consider a more extensive examination, but the following procedures are what constitute a physical for younger patients without pre-existing medical conditions.

• Vital signs. During a physical, doctors will check patients’ vital signs. Patients can expect to have their blood pressure taken and pulse rates measured. Respiration rates may be taken to determine if there is a lung or heart problem. Doctors also will examine a patient’s ears, nose and sinuses. The neck and possibly under the arms also will be examined to check the feeling of the lymph nodes and the carotid arteries. Some doctors hook patients up

for patients of similar age, weight and height.

Females who do not see a separate gynecologist also may receive a pelvic examination and breast exam during their physical examinations. Doctors will check that the uterus and reproductive organs are in good health, and feel for lumps or other issues within the breast tissue. A sample may be taken from the cervix so a Pap smear can be conducted to determine if cervical cancer is present. An external exam will look for sores or other indications of disease.

Men can expect a visual examination of the penis and testicles. The physician will check the external structure to look for abnormalities like tumors or hernia. To check for hernia, the physician may examine visually or feel the scrotum and ask patients to cough as part of the exam.

• Dermatological exam. Some doctors will examine the skin for the appearance of unusual moles or growths that could be indicative of skin cancer or refer patients to a dermatologist for such an examination.

• Additional tests. Doctors may order urine and blood analyses to

Annual physicals can serve as early detection systems that can catch potential health problems before they become serious. verify that the levels are within range. A blood test usually will include a cholesterol test, and may include an examination of bloodsugar levels to rule out diabetes.

Men and women over the age of 40 may be referred to specialists who can conduct a mammography, colonoscopy or prostate examinations.

These tests will rule out the presence

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Cosmetic dermatology in diverse skin types

by Dr. Andrew F. Alexis The desire for even complexion and healthy skin is universal. Thanks to many advances in aesthetic dermatology we have a broad range of options to improve the appearance of the skin and address issues related to skin aging, uneven skin tone, acne scars and many other cosmetic concerns. However, there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to cosmetic procedures. Dermatologists select the most appropriate treatment for a given patient’s concern not only based on the specific condition being treated, but also the patient’s skin type or complexion. It turns out that darkly pigmented skin (olive to brown skin tones), or “skin of color,” requires special care when it comes to cosmetic procedures because of a higher risk of discoloration. Fortunately, many effective cosmetic dermatology procedures can be performed safely in all skin types, as long as optimal techniques are employed and appropriate precautions are taken. The Skin of Color Center at Mount Sinai West is an internationally recognized leader in providing expertise for the treatment of diverse skin types.

Hyperpigmentation (“dark spots” or darkening of the skin) is the most common type of uneven skin tone or discoloration of the skin. It can occur for a variety of reasons, including long-term effects of the sun, a skin condition called melasma (caused by hormonal factors, genetics and sun exposure), and as a consequence of common skin conditions such as acne. Sun-related hyperpigmentation is typically characterized by tan brown spots in chronically sunexposed areas including the face and forearms. Melasma most often presents with brown patches on the cheeks, forehead or above the lip. It is more common in women than

men and often occurs in association with pregnancy or hormonal contraceptives. When hyperpigmentation occurs as a consequence of acne and other inflammatory conditions of the skin it is called postinflammatory hyperpigmentation.

These dark spots arise after pimples resolve and can last for several months. The first step in treating uneven skin tone is to identify the specific diagnosis so that an appropriate treatment plan can be started. Effective treatments include topical creams – both prescription and nonprescription, and in-office procedures such as chemical peels and lasers.

Examples of creams that are frequently used to treat hyperpigmentation are prescription hydroquinone, retinoids, azelaic acid and products containing natural skin lighteners such as soy, licorice extract, kojic acid (derived from fermented rice) and vitamin C to name a few. Sun protection with daily sunscreens and avoidance of intense sun exposure is also a key component to treatment.

Skin surface irregularities from acne scarring (e.g., ice pick and pock-like depressions on the skin in areas previously affected by acne) or the aging process (e.g. enlarged pores, fine lines) are also common aesthetic concerns for which effective treatments are available. Lasers are frequently used for smoothening of acne scars, fine lines, and overall rejuvenation of the skin. A recent breakthrough in laser technology is fractional laser resurfacing commonly referred to by one of its brand names, “Fraxel®.” This technology allows for safe and effective treatment of all skin types with shorter recovery time or “downtime” than previous lasers used for resurfacing of the skin. Temporary darkening of the skin tone after treatment is a potential risk – however, this can be minimized by parameters carefully selected by the treating dermatologist. Dr. Alexis has con-

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Finally, unwelcome new growths or moles can appear on the face or elsewhere as we age. It is important to have these evaluated by a dermatologist to determine whether or not they are benign or require biopsy or removal. Elective removal of benign (ie. noncancerous) growths for aesthetic reasons is an option that can be discussed during a dermatology appointment and can often be done with minimal healing time and minimal scarring depending on the type of growth and specific procedure.

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Easy ways to start living healthier every day Contrary to popular belief, adopting a healthy lifestyle is not a difficult undertaking. In certain instances, convenience may need to be sacrificed in favor of nutrition, but many people find that living healthy is not nearly as difficult as they assumed it would be when they initially decided to make a change.

When men and women decide they want to start living healthier, many mistakenly assume they must abandon their existing habits entirely and start from scratch. But the following are some easy ways to start living healthier every day.

• Eat more fruits and vegetables. One of the best and easiest ways to live healthier is to begin eating more fruits and vegetables. Instead of unhealthy snacks like potato chips and cookies, snack on a piece of fruit, and never sit down to a meal unless you include some vegetables to go along with the main course. Studies have shown that men and women whose diets are high in fruits and vegetables are less likely to develop certain types of cancers, including cancers of the digestive tract. In addition, the United States Department of Agriculture notes that people whose diets are rich in fruits and vegetables have a lower risk for heart disease, including heart attack and stroke.

• Slow down your eating routine. Some people may already be eating the right foods, but they may just be eating too much of them. It takes time for your body to let you know it’s had too much to eat, so eating too fast can increase your risk of overeating. While eating, try to limit distractions that can take your attention away from how much you’re eating. If you’re always watching television or checking emails on your phone while eating, try a few days of distraction-free, careful eating, and you may find yourself eating less and feeling more energized after a meal.

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• Get more sleep. Inadequate sleep affects the body in a variety of ways. Many people are aware that one poor night’s sleep is certain to affect their energy levels the following day, but fewer may know of the link between sleep duration and chronic disease. For example, the Harvard Medical School notes that studies have linked insufficient sleep to type 2 diabetes, as the body’s ability to process glucose can be compromised by poor sleeping habits. Other medical conditions that have been linked to insufficient sleep include obesity, heart disease and mood disorders.

While you might be proud of your ability to function on minimal sleep, the long-term effects of insufficient sleep can be dire, so be sure to get at least seven hours of sleep each night.

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Diet and exercise go hand in hand, but diets are often associated with women while exercise regimens tend to be geared toward men. But exercise is just as important for women as it is for men, which is why women must find the right balance between diet and exercise to achieve their weight-loss goals.

Feel the burn of strength training. Cardiovascular exercise is important, but women need more iron in their weight-loss regimens, specifically the type of iron found on the weight bench. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, roughly 21 percent of women strength train two or more times a week. Skipping strength-training exercises eliminates one of the fastest ways to see measurable weight loss. Two sessions per week of strength-training exercises can reduce overall body fat by around 3 percent in as little as 10 weeks. Such exercises can trim inches off of your hips and waist, even if you aren’t cutting calories from your diet.

Lunges work major muscle groups and are often an ideal Strength training also helps strength-training exercise for weight loss. burn calories even when you’re not working out. A study in The Journal of pushups and notice your arms have added Strength and Conditioning Research found that muscle and tone.

• Lunges and squats: Lunges and squats women who completed an hour-long workout that included strength training burned an target some of the largest muscles in your extra 100 calories in the 24 hours following body, which are found in the legs and backa workout than they in the 24 hours after a side gluteus muscles. Lunges will also work workout that did not include strength training. the adductors and abductors of your inner and This post-workout calorie burn is commonly outer thighs. Not only do these exercises proreferred to as “afterburn,” and it increases mote strength training in major muscle exponentially when women lift more weight groups, they require balance provided by for less repetitions instead of lifting lighter engaging core muscles in the abdomen. Your heart rate will increase when these larger weight for more repetitions.

Choose the right strength-training muscles are being used at the same time, workouts. It may be easy to find a problem which means you’re getting a cardiovascular area on your body and target that area with workout at the same time as you strength certain exercises (think crunches for belly train.

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• Pushups: Pushups are the bane to many while you row. Rowing machines work more a woman’s existence. However, pushups and of the body than more traditional cardiovasstationary pushups, called “plank” exercises, cular machines.

By including strength-training exercises in fire up core muscles in the back and stomach.

They also promote shoulder and arm a workout and choosing activities that work strength, eliminating the need for bicep curls the maximum number of muscle groups at and other arm exercises. If pushups are diffi- the same time, women will see a more procult for you, start out on your knees and work found weight loss in a shorter period of time.

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Development awaits for former garden Trash and old furniture, not fruits and veggies, now fill an Elmhurst lot

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The lifespan of 81-05 Kneeland Ave. in Elmhurst has come full circle, from a vacant lot filled with weeds and trash to a thriving community garden and back again.

And some area leaders are having their patience tested when it comes to waiting for the space to be reincarnated as housing.

“When you stood in the middle of the garden, it felt like an oasis,” said Elmhurst United co-founder and community garden organizer Jennifer Chu in a Monday phone interview. “I just hope they work on the lot. Either go all the way or leave it untouched for the community.”

For years, weeds grew over 5 feet tall on the Kneeland Avenue lot, attracting illegal dumping and rodents. But in 2012, Chu, the Young Governors — an area community organizing program for adolescents — and other activists got together to clean the site and plant fruits and vegetables.

But according to Chu, the gardeners always knew the oasis would be short lived. The longtime resident of the block said the property owner, 81-05 Kneeland Ave. LLC, made it clear that once it wanted to develop housing on the site, the garden would have to go.

“We were just starting to partner with other groups and getting the garden looking really nice,” she said. “The hard work was paying off and now it looks like this again.”

Plastic jugs and other trash litter 81-05 Kneeland Ave. in Elmhurst, less than three years after the now-empty lot was a thriving community garden. Planned residential development on the PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA site could begin as early as this summer.

After the garden was booted from the site in February 2015 — when Chu said she was told work would begin in three months — the lot again became overgrown and trash-filled.

Earlier this month, the green boards sur-

rounding the site fell onto the sidewalk during heavy winds. And while the fencing had been repaired by the time a Chronicle reporter visited the site on Tuesday, weeds over 3 feet high, plastic jugs, crates, large metal pipes

and even a table sat amongst the tall grass.

According to Community Board 4 District Manager Christian Cassagnol, members of Sheldon Lobel PC, the property owner’s legal representative, will meet with the group’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure Committee in the coming weeks, where they will be warned about the site’s appearance.

“We’re going to ask that they clean up a little,” Cassagnol told the Chronicle on Monday.

According to Richard Lobel, the owner plans to construct five two-family homes on the plot and is going through the process of having its general city law application examined by the Board of Standards and Appeals, as the lot is within the bed of a mapped street.

“Anyone who wants to build within one of these areas needs to go through this application process with the BSA,” Lobel said.

“They have to reach out to the Department of Transportation to confirm there isn’t a 10-year plan to actually build the street out.”

He said if the BSA approves their request in April, work permits for the as-of-right development could “potentially” be filed with the Department of Buildings this summer.

Chu said she hopes housing is built there sooner rather than later, as having to replant years after they were forced out would be beyond frustrating to the residents who poured their heart into the soil years ago.

“If we have to start all over again, oh my Q God,” she said.

Who’s responsible for primping the ‘park’?

by Christopher Barca

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Tucked away behind the Kew Gardens Cinema, between a restaurant and a post office, sits a charming seating area complete with benches, a tree, flower beds and a chess table.

But instead of area residents, only pigeons spent last Friday afternoon basking in the sun there.

Esta-Joy Sydell, who lives adjacent to the park at the intersection of Austin Street and Lefferts Boulevard, said the birds are the only ones that ever want to spend any time there, thanks to the amount of litter and garbage that accumulates in the space.

“Who would ever want to come and eat their lunch here?” Sydell said. “It’s disgusting.”

Underneath nearly every one of the dozen park benches are piles of cigarette boxes, wrappers and other assorted trash.

The flower beds are filled not with tulips and daffodils but with plastic bags and paper.

Piles of garbage and pieces of wood sit next to the rear door of the cinema, just feet from old movie posters featuring the likes of Frank

Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe.

Sydell said no one has taken responsibility for the space, while her husband, Howie Sydell, added the area has deteriorated in the year since a community cleanup day temporarily beautified it for Earth Day. “It goes through phases where it gets cleaned up and it goes right back,” Howie said. “It goes back quicker than it gets cleaned.”

When contacted by the Chronicle on Monday, a Parks Department spokesperson said the space is private property but the agency is unsure as to who owns it.

Danielle Rachlin Mendoza, the property manager for the apartment building at 83-33 Austin St. directly across the street, said Monday that Rachlin Management has been calling for the site’s cleaning for years and it is her understanding that the cinema is responsible for the space.

“It could be a really nice sitting area, but it’s so dirty,” Mendoza said. “We wish it was our property.

If it was, we would love to clean it up. But because it’s private property, we can’t. Our hands are tied.”

In a letter dated to the theater dated March 7, Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills)

said she believes the space belongs to the cinema, leaving the onus of cleaning it on its owners.

“These conditions reduce the quality of life for all of my constituents,” Koslowitz wrote, “especially your neighbors who live and work in the immediate vicinity of the park.”

But in an email to the Chronicle on Tuesday, Kew Gardens Cinema owner Harvey Elgart — who did not deny the space is his property — placed the blame for its condition on community groups and residents who used to clean it but don’t anymore.

“Everyone bailed and left the burden on us,” Elgart said. “We don’t have the time or the staff to do this service and frankly we are fed up with the complaints from the same people who ignore their own involvement to maintain it.”

He also forwarded the Chronicle his emailed response to Koslowitz, in which he said people feeding the pigeons, only to leave the food wrappers on the ground, are to blame as well.

“If your constituents are so upset, let them pitch in and maintain the park,” he wrote. “If com-

This small seating area near the intersection of Austin Street and Lefferts Boulevard in Kew Gardens has attracted only litter and pigeons over the last few years, according to area residents. The Kew Gardens Cinema, which PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA owns the space, says it can’t clean it. plaints are still coming in, I will be forced to enclose the park with a fence since it’s private property.

“Why don’t you get the city to maintain the park and not make me the bad guy when the neighborhood abuses the privilege?” he added.

Sydell said she’s sick of trying to

find out who’s responsible for the site. All she wants at the location, whether it be a dog park or a garden, is something that’s enticing and relaxing.

“I don’t care what it is,” she said.

“I just want a clean, sanitary, nice Q place to sit.”

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Queens College out of D2 tournament

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

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Arthur Ashe Stadium’s retractable roof project will be finished in time to debut at the next US Open tournament, officials from the United States Tennis Association announced at a recent press conference.

The USTA will also have a new 8,000seat stadium in the National Tennis Center’s southwest quadrant ready by the tour-

nament, and the new version of the Armstrong Stadium with 14,000 seats is expected to be finished by 2018.

Workers at the Ashe site, above, are laboring to put the finishing touches on it.

Heavy rains in 2011 forced the tournament’s organizers to hold four rounds of Q tennis over a period of four days.

The magic carpet ride the Queens College women’s basketball team has been on this month has finally come to an end.

After topping Holy Family in the first round of the Division II NCAA Tournament last week, the Knights lost 77-67 to Bentley last Saturday in the east regional semifinals, eliminating them from the Big Dance and ending their wildly successful season.

After finding themselves down by double digits early in the tilt, the Knights stormed back to take a 37-36 lead midway through the third quarter.

Queens College and Bentley traded buckets for the next few minutes, but the Falcons eventually managed to extend its advantage to Queens College junior guard Madison Rowland was a key cog 65-55 with 2:45 left, in her Knights reaching the Sweet Sixteen of the Division II effectively sealing the NCAA Tournament.

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Ashe roof nears completion

Knights’ fate.

Junior guard Madison Rowland, an Albany native, led the Knights with a game-high 29 points, just days after she scored a game-high 31 points in the defeat of Holy Family.

She averaged 20.8 points per game this year, tops in the East Coast Conference. Q

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ARTS, CULTURE CU U LTU TU UR & LIVING IVING

Celebrate your child’s big day with the animals of APEC Do parents ever want real party animals at their child’s birthday celebration? by Victoria Yes, if it’s a snake and a rabbit. Or maybe a guinea pig and a chinchilla.

Zunitch It happens all the time at the Alley Pond Environmental Center in Douglaston, which offers real party animals to help kids age 2 and up celebrate their big day.

“It’s an experience they’ll never forget. It’s educational and fun, what I like to call ‘organized fun,’” said Venus Hall, birthday party coordinator at APEC. APEC is a constant hub of nature-centered activity for kids and adults.

But an APEC birthday party is a chance to spend that special day in a rural setting without leaving Queens. The fun starts indoors with a craft led by an instructor, rolls into circle time with the animals and then moves out of doors.

Up to 30 children and usually three animals attend each party, but a fourth critter is invited when inclement weather intrudes.

“The child picks out the animals they would like to have as guests at their party,” Hall said. “Kids get to either pet it or experience it walking in a circle.”

APEC’s rock star is Millennium, a 95-pound African spurred tortoise. As with many gentlemen of a certain age, it is difficult to find out exactly how old Millennium is.

Hall said he is “most probably 98 or 99 years old.”

Next is a trail walk, during which guests are quickly immersed in the homes and breeding grounds of local wildlife, including forest land, meadows, freshwater ponds and salt marshes.

The party ends with parent-supplied refreshments, after which guests are free to spend more time with the animals or enjoying the center’s grounds.

The events get some good reviews on the birthday page of APEC’s website.

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boro EXHIBITS “Queens County Parks: Urban Landscapes,” photos by Paul Melhado. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel.

Thru May. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/ planyourvisit.

Art in the Garden — “Portraits of Tall Friends”: A valentine in sculpture and photography, inspired by the amazing, abstract beauty of trees. Thru Thu., March 31. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $4; $3 seniors; $2 students. Contact: Anne Tan-Detchkov (718)8863800, info@queensbotanical.org.

“Uncle Charlie,” black and white photographs presenting a richly textured portrait of a disturbed and complex man, Charles Henschke, uncle and godfather of renowned pho t o g raphe r Marc Asnin.

Thru April 10.

Queensborough CommuPHOTO COURTESY QCC nity College Art Gallery, 22205 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 631-6396, qcc.cuny.edu/artgallery.

“To the Moon and Beyond: Graphic Films and Inception of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’” rarely seen artwork created for the 1968 epic film, correspondence between its creators and director Stanley Kubrick and a draft of the script. $15; $11 seniors, students; $7 ages 3-17. Thru Aug. 14. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

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“Essence of Queens,” photography by Carlos Esguerra. Thru May 8, Tue., Sat. and Sun., 1-4 p.m. only. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

Black History Month “WEUSI.com,” Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, works by WEUSI Artist Collective members, reminiscent of the Black Arts Movement and highlighting the relevance of African-American imagery in a contemporary context.

161-04 Jamaica Ave. Thru Mar. 24. Free. Contact: Roseann Evans (718) 658-7400, revans@jcal.org.

DANCE Moscow Festival Ballet: “Giselle.” A girl dies of a broken heart and, as a spirit, battles to save her lover in the woods, haunted by ghosts. Sun., March 20, 3 p.m., Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 22205 56 Ave., Bayside. Tickets: $42-$39. Info: (718) 631-6311, visitqpac.org.

Ritual de Primavera, a show inspired by Mexican wedding traditions, by the Calpulli Mexican Dance Company and its Mariachi band. Thru March 20,

W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G

Fri. and Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 4 p.m., Thalía Hispanic Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, $40. Info: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

FILM “Saving Jamaica Bay,” a documentary on NYC’s largest open space and the environmentalists struggling to save it. Part of Queens World Film Festival. Thu., March 17, 8 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; discounted or free for MoMI members. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

MUSIC “The Journey, An Irish Tale,” by Karl Scully, a former member of The Irish Tenors. Fri., March 18, 7:30 p.m. doors open, discount bar; 8:30 show time. New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $28, $30 at the door. Info: (718) 482-0909, newyorkirishcenter.org.

“Yesterday and Today: a Tribute to The Beatles,” live music and dancing, presented by Queens West Kiwanis Foundation. Sat., March 19, 8-11 p.m., St. Pancras School, 68-20 Myrtle Ave., Glendale. Free parking, hot buffet, cash bar with beer, wine, water, soda (bring your own liquor and snacks). $40; $350 for table of 10. Info/reservations: Hank at (718) 8665471, hankthek@aol.com; Joe at (516) 622-6758, joa9014@nyp.org.

Piano recital, by awardwinning composer and concert pianist Nataliya Medvedovskaya, St. Petersburg Conservatory graduate and performer at some of America’s most prestigious venues. With music

by Mozart, Schumann, COURTESY PHOTO Chopin, Ravel, Debussy and herself. Sat., March 19, 7 p.m., Community Church of Little Neck, 46-16 Little Neck Pkwy. $30; $15 seniors; $6.27 children. Info/reservations: (718) 229-2534, metismusicmanagement@yahoo.com.

WORKSHOPS “Project Planning 101: Winning Grant Proposal Strategies,” best practices for planning and acquiring funding for creative projects, for individuals and groups. Wed., March 23, 6:30 p.m., Queens Council on the Arts, 37-11 35 Ave. (entrance on 37 St.), Astoria. Info/RSVP: (347) 505-3015, queenscouncilarts.org.

KIDS/TEENS Kindershul, interactive program for children ages 2 to kindergarten and parents. Every Sat., 10:30 a.m., Hillcrest Jewish Center Library, 183-02 Union Tpke. Info: (718) 380-4145.

The Moscow Festival Ballet presents the Romantic classic “Giselle” at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center on Sunday, March 20.

PHOTO COURTESY QPAC Bear Necessities, teaching children 5-6 on how polar bears live in ice and snow. Sun., March 20, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. $23, pre-registration req’d. Info: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

Gym and creative exploration, for children ages 3-5 with developmental disabilities and their families. Each Mon. and Wed., 3-4:30 p.m., Samuel Field Y, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck. $5 per family.

Info: Amanda, (718) 423-6111, asmith@sfy.org.

E A ST E R E V E N T S Easter egg decorating, with learning some science about eggs. For children 5-12. Wed., Mar. 23, 4 p.m., Queens Village Library, 94-11 217 St. Free.

Info: (718) 776-6800.

Connection Church 5th Annual Hunt the Egg: Two locations, three age divisions, 10,000 eggs. Sat., March 26, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Astoria Park (northeast corner), Astoria Heights Playground. Ages baby-2, 3-6, 7-12. Golden eggs for door prizes, coffee bar game for parents. Free. Raindate: Sun., March 27.

Info: connectionnyc.com/events.

Barnyard Egg Hunt, for kids of all ages, with Whiskers the Bunny, games, hayride, bunny hop dancing.

Sat., March 26, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. $5.

Info: (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org.

Our Saviour New York Church egg hunt, for pre-K to 5th grade, Easter bunny, prizes. Sat., March 26, 1-2 p.m., 92-14 63 Drive, Rego Park. Free. Info: (718) 275-2825, oursaviournewyork.com.

Spring Eggstravaganza: Egg hunt, Easter bunny, crafts for kids. Sat.-Sun., March 26-27, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (early arrival recommended), Queens Zoo, 53-51 111 St., Corona. $8 adults, $6 seniors, $5 children 3-12.

Info: (718) 271-1500, queenszoo.com.

Ascension Church 10th Annual EasterFest: Sun., March 27, 11 a.m. service, children’s Sunday school; 12:30 p.m. indoor egg hunt for those attending church; 1 p.m. egg hunt for all. Games, children’s craft-making, vendors and food. PS 101, 2 Russell Place, Forest Hills. Suggested donation: $5 at 1 p.m.; $2 for service and Sunday school attendees. Contact: Roseann, (718)685-8214.

SPECIAL EVENTS Go Fly a Kite, end-of-winter celebration where adults and children can fly kites. Bring yours or buy a kite-making kit at the event. Sat., March 19, 1-4 p.m., Onderdonk House (inside tour included), 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood. $5, children free. Info: (718) 456-1776.

Queens LGBTQ Youth Summit: “Live Your Truth Above the Rainbow,” designed to increase atrisk lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth’s access to community services and reduce isolation they may experience. Sat., March 19, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Renaissance Charter School, 35-59 81 St., Jackson Heights. Contact: Esther Cassidy, (212) 674-2600, ext. 290, ecassidy@hmi.org.

Registration: hmi.org.

March for the Earth Volunteer Day, a day of volunteering and unity on the vernal equinox, historical Earth Day. Sun., March 20, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Light refreshments available. Info: (718) 886-3800, info@ queensbotanical.org. Registration: qbgmarchfortheearth.eventbrite.com.

Book launch and signing: “Hidden Waters of New York City,” by Sergey Kadinsky of Fresh Meadows, on 101 forgotten lakes, ponds, streams in the city. Sun., March 20, 2 p.m., Greater Astoria Historical Society, 35-20 Broadway, 4th floor, Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 278-0700, info@astorialic.org. continued on page 44

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Even after all this time, the Golden Age of Hollywood seems only a screen away. But a robust exhibition at Astoria’s Museum of the Moving Image reminds us that what’s left of the beloved era — the costumes, props, sets, photographs and even the art inspired by it — are simply ghosts.

“Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact,” which opened last November and closes April 10, explores how contemporary artists have reappropriated Hollywood imagery. There’s also an ongoing film series, kneading into the idea that the films live on.

“Walkers” takes its name from the

‘Walkers’ When: Thru April 10; Wed-Sun., hours vary Where: Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria Entry: $15 adults; $11 seniors, students; $7 children; (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us

ravenous zombies of the AMC drama “The Walking Dead.” At first, it’s odd to equate such featured films as “Rear Window,” “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Taxi Driver” with bewitched corpses. But “Walkers” stresses how stories and images survived past celluloid film’s decline and “linger” on the “imagination of the living,” as curator Robert Rubin explained in an essay.

Eleven sections present different categories of Hollywood cinema. Included are ones probing on old Westerns, gangster and crime flicks, Hitchcock’s work and “macho” male leads. In an email, Rubin wrote that visitors may notice a lack of sci-fi or horror; he simply couldn’t find enough “juicy material.”

For the first time on such a grand scale, sculptures, photographs, paintings and other nonmedia-based art compose a show at MoMI. There are more than 40 artists and 100 works featured. Art populates the exhibition right alongside “cinema paper”: press materials such as set photographs and movie posters. In the “Heart of Darkness” section, Mary Ellen Mark’s “Apocalypse Now” publicity stills of Marlon Brando feel elevated to the platform of art. Adjacent are beautiful costume sketches for the movie’s

Museum visitor Emily Maddox interacts with Cindy Bernard’s “Location Proposal #2” PHOTO BY CRISTINA SCHREIL in the “Dial M for Meta” section of the “Walkers” exhibition.

“Bunny 2” character.

Often the line between the high art world and the movie culture of the masses blurs. In the “Infinite Jests” area, an eBay-acquired poster for the Israeli re-release of “Dr. Strangelove” sits behind a sleek frame. It feels exalted despite its humble origin.

“A lot of the artifacts could be mistaken for artworks, and some of the art consists of

artifacts with minimal or no markmaking or other intervention,” Rubin said. An example he used is one that’s also particularly fascinating: 36 gelatin silver prints by John Divola, which capture movie sets’ artificial nature scenes, including faux cave formations and ersatz beachscapes. They transport the viewer to cinematic netherworlds many cinephiles continued on page 45

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Easter, coming this year on March 27, is the most solemn and joyous of all Christian holidays, commemorating when the faithful believe Jesus rose from the dead.

Fast-forward 2,000 years and Christian faiths still mark the day as a foundation for all they teach — but even Pope Francis will delight in the more modern traditions, regularly sending brightly colored Easter eggs and other treats to the homeless and children who are hospitalized, the Pontiff, heir to St. Peter, filling the role of a large rabbit with a big heart and a hectic overnight travel schedule.

Both History.com and Wikipedia state that the tradition of using colored eggs in spring time celebrations predates Christianity, with eggs used to symbolize new life awakened by the solstice.

The ties of colored eggs in association with Easter are believed to go back at least as far back as the 14th century.

Sources say the egg, a s in pagan rites, symbolized new life as in the Resurrection; others that the shell represented the sealed tomb of Christ until it was broken.

Multiple sources point out that the consumption of meat, eggs and dairy were at one point forbidden during the pre-Easter season of Lent, a discipline still prac ticed in some Ea stern and Orthodox faiths.

The coloring of the eggs for consumption after Easter was considered part of the holiday’s celebratory nature.

The Easter bunny, by comparison, is believed to be a relative newcomer to the holiday.

History.com on its website, reports that he may have been brought to America in the 1700s by German settlers living in Pennsylvania, information also cited in an article in Time magazine Children would build a nest for the “Osterhase” or “Oschter Haws” — the Easter Hare — to lay its brightly colored eggs.

Since then, decorative baskets with pla stic gra ss and tissue paper have replaced the nests.

Chocolate rabbits, jelly beans and other confections have become traditions of their own over recent decades.

The annual tradition of the White House Easter Egg Roll began in 1877, with the newly inaugurated Rutherford B. Hayes.

Whether symbols of ancient pagan traditions or adapted Christian teachings, Easter eggs are a colorful, fun and delicious part of the FILE PHOTO holiday.

According to the website of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Freemont, Ohio, Hayes agreed to host the event after Congress banned what had become a noisy and messy tradition on the grounds of the Capitol just down Pennsylvania Avenue.

To this day the White House prepares 10,000 eggs for children to find and roll on the Monday after Easter.

The Hayes Center on March 26 will host its own egg-rolling celebration, as it does ever y year on the Saturday before Easter.

Queens this Easter season will have a number of Easter egg hunt events [see partial listing in the Community Calender in qboro], and a number of them are being hosted by churches and religious groups.

Ascension Church in Forest Hills is one of them. Its egg hunt, which usually draws most of its participants from among children between the ages 3 to 5, will follow Easter Sunday services and sunday school.

Roseann Kytka, childhood education director for the church, quoted the 24th Psalm in saying that as the Father created all things, there is no need to separate the candy, colored eggs and festivities from the religious instruction the children will receive beforehand.

“All things can be spiritual activities,” Kytka said. “... Why do you need to place them in two buckets? We want the egg hunt to be a very positive, nurQ turing time.”

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Dates are available year-round, but family party planners might be particularly interested in an Alley Pond birthday as the warmer weather approaches.

Teens and tweens from age 8 and up who have outgrown the animals-and-a-walk format might like either a Log Cabin Lab or Spa Birthday drop-off theme party, each held in APEC’s log cabin for a maximum of 12.

At a spa party, guests make their own allnatural spa products from natural ingredients such as yogurt and cucumbers, learn about body health inside and out, and go outdoors for yoga or a walk with a focus on deep breathing and the sounds of nature. The Log Cabin theme provides kids with the chance to dissect pellets made of sanitized owl regurgitation. Wearing lab coats, gloves and goggles, they dissect the pellets and use a guide to analyze the fur and bones inside to determine what the owl might have eaten.

Then they finish with food, usually pizza and cake.

Log Cabin Lab parties are both enjoyable and educational, reflecting APEC itself.

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Fun, learning and real party animals at APEC

Birthday parties Yoga is part of the spa party option at APEC. On the cover: One celebrant meets a ring-necked dove, another learns the cucumbers-on-the-eyes trick at a spa shindig and PHOTOS COURTESY APEC the group at a Log Cabin Lab party takes a break for the camera.

APEC also runs “Paw Parties,” which are animals on wheels.

“We’ll bring some animals to you,” Hall said. “We do a small craft with the kids, then we do circle time with the kids to meet five animals.” Paw parties include two instructors and cost $300 for an hour.

Hall advises booking at least three weeks in advance, especially if you have your heart set on a particular date. Parties are usually Saturday or Sunday from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. or from 1 until 3 p.m.

Sometimes, slots are available after school Q or on holidays.

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PTSD for veterans and service members: Reach out to a anonymous support group in your area. Info: 1 (800) 273-TALK. Bereavement groups for assistance dealing with loss and the process towards healing, with others experiencing similar situations. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Call: (718) 268-5011, ext. 160, or email olderadults@ cgy.org; registration required.

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Films were also direct catalysts for contemporary art works. In “The Big House” section visitors can watch a zany parody by French filmmaker Michel Gondry of the climactic shootout in “Taxi Driver.” Especially amusing is the section on Hitchcock, with many works playing on the director’s famous way of controlling the audience experience through the camera lens. “Vertigo@Home” is a Google Street View journey through where Hitchcock filmed “Vertigo.” Audio of the film’s soundtrack plays as the viewer clicks around settings like San Francisco’s Powell Street cable car, and 17-mile drive. It seems to mimic how nostalgic fans may try to recapture a piece of the film — and relish in having a control that Hitchcock denied.

The exhibition guide suggests a route, but many may wander, zombie-like, perhaps, on their own. It’s something Rubin encourages.

“I want people to make their own connections,” he wrote. “I wanna have my own imagination; so should the walkers through ‘Walkers.’ There’s no single path to absorb the material.”

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS H & R Block Bank, a Federal S av ings B a nk , P la in t i f f AGAINST Jesus Guevara; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated February 5, 2014 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Courthouse, Courtroom #25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on April 15, 2016 at 10:00AM, premises known as 84-12 108th Avenue, Ozone Park, NY 11417. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of NY, Block: 9143 Lot: 6. Approximate amount of judgment $447,206.67 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 17858/2012. Nicole Katsorhis, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard, Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 759-1835. Dated: March 7, 2016

“Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Supreme Court, Queens County, on the 8th day of March, 2016, bearing Index Number 14190/15, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, letting the Respondent, JP Morgan Chase, N.A. show cause before CMP, Room 25, at the courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York on the 28th of April, 2016 at 2:15pm or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why an Order should not be made: Pursuant to RPAPL §1931, discharging of an ancient mortgage (dated February 1, 1978 and recorded February 23, 1978 in Queens County, New York) for real property located at 138-78 Francis Lewis Blvd, Rosedale, New York 11422 related to Mortgagee/ Respondent, J.P. MORGAN CHASE, N.A.; Mortgagors, Harry W. Kent, and, Stephen R. Candell; and Petitioner/ Assignee JOEL P. WOLF”

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILIT Y COMPANY. NAME: DAMES HOCKEY LLC. Articles of Organization (DOM LLC) were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/23/2015.

Office location: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to THE LLC, 28-44 35th STREET, APT. B4, ASTORIA, NY 11103.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Hoverla Trucking LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/14/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to C/O United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Av Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: General.

SC H U M A N 21-41 4 5 T H ROAD LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/16/04.

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, c/o Loeb & Loeb LLP, 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154, Attention: Jerome Levine, Esq. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Werber Real Estate LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/26/16. Office location: Queens County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Werber Management Inc., 40-52 75th St., Elmhurst, NY 11373, principal business address.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Elizabeth Road By The Sea LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/11/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Glenn Diresto, 173 Schooner St, Arverne, NY 11692. Purpose: General.

John Devlin, Certified Public Accountant, PLLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/20/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 75-17 60th Ln, Glendale, NY 11385. Purpose: Certified Public Accountancy.

Notice of Qualification of SPG JFK II Office LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/8/16. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in DE on 1/28/16. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Seagis Property Group LP, 100 Front St., Suite 350, Conshohocken, PA 19428, principal business address. DE address of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Notice of Formation of Y & R Realty I, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/11/16. Office location: Queens County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business address: 64-86 84th Place, Middle Village, NY 11379, Attn: Roman Diakun.

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FUTURA BROTHERS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/5/16. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 116-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11434.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

JOSO REALTY-STILLWATER, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/18/15.

Office: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 18-60 Corporal Kennedy Street, Bayside, NY 11360.

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NOTICE OF FORM ATION OF LIMITED LIABILIT Y COMPANY. N A M E : T R E N DY KO N C E P T S BOU TIQUE LLC. Ar ticles of Organization (DOM. LLC) were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/06/2015.

Office location: Queens County.

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SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Yolanda Johnson, 94-08 23rd Avenue, East Elmhurst, NY 11369.

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City Lights Travel LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/10/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 437 Beach 128th St., Belle Harbor, NY 116941508. General purpose.

Gabor HJH LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/20/16. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 85-45 89th St., Woodhaven, NY 11421.

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Kai Hong Realty LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 10 / 3 0 /15. O f fice Location: Queens County, S SN Y designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 86-39 56th Ave., Elmhurst, N Y 11373.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF VAPIANO TRAVEL LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/14/2016.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Robert Gandini, 157-28 20th Avenue, Whitestone, NY 11357.

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GIVAN2 LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/27/16. 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, 104-20 Queens Boulevard, Apartment 17V, Forest Hills, NY 11375.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: R & R BAKERS MACHINE & OVEN REPAIR LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY ) on 12/14/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Aneshia Chintamani. 115-29 124th St., South Ozone Park, NY 114202503. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

W.T.C. Development LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/4/16. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 86-22 Broadway, 2 Fl, Elmhurst, NY 11373.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

39-23 213 St. LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/14/16. Office location: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to Frank J. Didero, 47-14 158 St., Flushing, NY 11358.

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Notice of Formation of 61-02 RIDGEWOOD LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/08/16. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Jeannie Cohen, 61-02 Woodbine St., Ridgewood, NY 11385.

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St. John’s off to Texas to play Auburn in NCAAs Over 100 students celebrate with the Big East Tournament champs

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

After an up-and-down season that saw them lose heartbreakers and upset rivals en route to a Big East Tournament championship, the St. John’s Red Storm are ready to surprise the basketball world by racking up a few shocking wins down south this week.

As revealed on ESPN Monday night, the eight-seed Johnnies — who went 23-9 this season — will take on nine-seed Auburn in Waco, Texas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at 7:30 p.m., with the game airing live on ESPN2.

Upon seeing their name flash on the projector screen during the on-campus selection show watch party attended by over 100 cheering students and faculty, the Johnnies leapt out of their chairs, hugged each other and howled with excitement.

“This is the ultimate of ultimate,” St. John’s senior star Danaejah Grant told reporters after their fate was announced. “It’s the last 64 teams in there and it would mean the world to us to shock the world.”

The Red Storm aren’t strangers to the NCAA Tournament — as the Johnnies, despite not qualifying for it last year, have earned Big Dance bids in six of the last seven seasons —nor are they strangers to success in the bracket.

The St. John’s women’s basketball team celebrates their NCAA Tournament fate being revealed PHOTO COURTESY ST. JOHN’S ATHLETICS during a selection show watch party on campus on Monday.

With the exception of the 2012-13 season, when St. John’s was knocked out in the first round, the Red Storm have won at least one game in every NCAA Tournament since 2010, with 2012’s run culminating in a Sweet Sixteen appearance.

The Queens ballers are also extremely familiar with their first round opponent, as this is the third year in a row St. John’s and Auburn will play one another.

“It helps, they have a couple of players that are still there from when we played them,”

Grant said of Auburn, whom St. John’s beat 56-49 in Queens in December 2014. “It helps us know their style of play.”

In December 2013, Auburn defeated St. John’s 69-55, but fourth-year Johnnies coach Joe Tartamella cautioned that the Red Storm shouldn’t expect the same Tigers team they played each of the last two years.

“What we do know is that they do a lot of different things on defense to disrupt you.

They’ve got great players,” Tartamella said.

“But every team is different every year.”

Should the Red Storm win, it would set up a showdown with the 33-1 Baylor Bears, the top-seed in the Dallas Region, on Sunday.

When asked if her team wanted a piece of Baylor in the second round, Grant, smirk quickly growing into a grin, said yes.

“Of course. We’re not scared to play anyone,” she said. “At the end of the day, we put our pants on the same way.”

The Johnnies could very well hang with Baylor if Grant and Aliyyah Handford, two of the best ballers in St. John’s women’s basketball history, play up to their potential.

Handford, the 2014-15 Big East Defensive Player of the Year, became the school’s alltime leading scorer in women’s basketball history in February, and the Newark native is just eight points away from becoming the program’s first player ever to score 2,000 points.

Grant, a fellow New Jersey product, led the Big East in scoring with 19.7 points per game and set a school record this season by racking up at least 20 points in seven straight games.

Tartamella said after all Grant and Handford have done for the program, they deserved this tournament berth more than anyone.

“To be able to walk out as a Big East champion their senior year is great, but they want to accomplish more,” he said. “It will hit me when they walk across that stage and practice starts in the summer and they’re not there.” Q

Francis Lewis falls in PSAL title game Lady Patriots’ quest to win second city crown in three years is denied

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A storybook ending to their high school careers it was not for Francis Lewis seniors Sierra Green and Taliyah Brisco.

The dynamic Lady Patriots duo won a Public School Athletic League city basketball championship as sophomores, but their senior season didn’t end as magically on Saturday, as South Shore High School cruised to a 55-39 victory over Francis Lewis in the PSAL title game at Madison Square Garden.

“It was frustrating. That’s not like our team,” Brisco said after the game. “We were rushing a lot, we were making a lot of bad mistakes, a lot of turnovers. At the end of the day, that all falls on us.

Nobody but us.”

Saturday’s tilt was a rematch of both the 2014 championship game at the Barclays Center, which Francis Lewis won 65-58, and the 2015 city semifinal, which South Shore won 60-54 on their way to a PSAL title.

Unfortunately for the Lady Patriots, the powerhouse Lady Vikings looked more dominant on Saturday than they’ve been in three years.

The smothering South Shore defense didn’t allow Francis Lewis to hit a shot from the field until there were 21 seconds left in the first quarter, and the Lady Vikings managed to hold their Fresh Meadows opponents scoreless in the second stanza.

After trailing 21-6 at halftime, Francis Lewis finally started consistently knocking down shots in the third quarter, but they were matched bucket for bucket by South Shore, who event ually sealed their second straight city championship with a 13-0 run to start the fourth quarter.

“They had more athleticism, more depth, more size and they’re def i n it ely a ve r y agg ressive team,” Francis Lewis coach Stephen Tsai said. “We knew they were going to hit some jump shots but our job was to protect the paint and I don’t think we did a good job with that.

“South Shore is a great team and they deserved to win,” he added. “I just wish we had a better showing.”

While Brisco, who led Francis Lewis with 11 points, and Green, who contributed 10 points and six

An emotional Sierra Green, number 4, is consoled by a teammate after the Francis Lewis Lady Patriots were defeated

by South Shore in the Public School Athletic League AA division city girls basketball championship game at Madison PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA Square Garden on Saturday. rebounds, needed consoling after their final high school game, both seniors looked back fondly on their successful time in black and red.

“It’s an amazing opportunity to even play at Madison Square Garden and at the Barclays Center. A lot of people don’t get this opportunity,” Brisco said. “At the end of the day, it’s a great experience to leave high school, to go to college

and tell people I was able to play at the Garden.”

“We finished our sophomore year with a championship,” Green added. “I’m just happy to be here again.”

Francis Lewis wasn’t the only Northeast Queens team left licking their wounds last weekend, as the Bayside Lady Commodores fell short in the PSAL A division title

game, losing to Lehman 60-44.

Playing in honor of their former coach Steve Piorkowski, who died of cancer just over a year ago, topseeded Bayside trailed the underdog Lady Lions by as little as five midway through the third quarter.

However, Lehman, led by Paulina Afriyie’s 21-point, 10-rebound effort, was able to pull away in the Q fourth quarter.

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by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

S a m M i n s kof f & S o n s retained empty lots along 63rd Road in Rego Park up until the 1960s, waiting for real estate prices to ripen. In 1965 it was an nounced that a st un ning 16,000-square-foot building was to be built at 97-10 63 Road.

Field Brothers, which had a men’s clothing store at 1114 The Field Brothers clothing store at 97-10 63 Road in Kings Highway in Brooklyn, Rego Park, in a 1965 artist’s rendering. decided to enter the Queens marketplace with a distinctive building with the store’s quality line of clothes.

Sadly, once casual wear and jeans took with many large display windows, reflecting a suburban style design, and over the market in the ’80s, the store could visible from Queens Boulevard and the no longer compete. In May 1985, when its 20-year lease was up, Field Brothers closed Long Island Expressway.

Bernard Field, president of the compa- down. By 1990 the remaining stores in the ny, said his aim was to deliver the highest Field chain, owned by Hartmarx, were also echelon of service. Shopping should be as shuttered, closing a page in history on a better men’s clothing store chain. pleasurable as possible, he contended.

Today Sam Minskoff & Sons is still At the grand opening in May 1965 radio personality Cousin Bruce Morrow was the landlord, renting the store to CVS hired to receive his fans and sign auto- while completely erasing the building’s Q graphs, thus acquainting younger buyers once famous appearance.

The Mets faced their first adversity of spring training when their new shortstop, Asdrubal Cabrera, suffered a sore left knee. He’s now questionable for the start of the season.

Cabrera’s signing was overshadowed by that of outfielder Yoenis Cespedes but the Mets did ink him to a two-year, $18.5 million contract.

They’re clearly hoping that Cabrera can hit as well as he did for the Tampa Bay Rays the second half of the 2015 season and seem willing to accept that he is not a defensive wiz.

His injury would appear to be yet another opportunity for Ruben Tejada, who has had his ups and downs with Mets brass ever since he replaced Jose Reyes as starting shortstop in 2011. I am not sure why Tejada has not gotten the respect he deserves from Mets executives since he has always fielded his position quite well and has good offensive skills. He became a folk hero for Mets fans during the playoffs last fall when the Dodgers’ Chase Utley broke his leg with a controversial slide.

The word out of the Mets’ spring training complex in Port St. Lucie, Fla. is that General Manager Sandy Alderson wants Wilmer Flores to substitute for Cabrera and for perennial minor league prospect Matt Reynolds to serve as Flores’ understudy while Cabrera recuperates.

The Mets have a catching dilemma in that

Travis d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki are both perceived as everyday players. The thinking is d’Arnaud can play first base to spell the streaky Lucas Duda with Plawecki catching. To keep Plawecki’s bat sharp, Alderson may have him start the season with the Las Vegas AAA team.

The Mets would like a decent backup catcher while Plawecki is in Sin City and seem willing to deal Tejada to get one. I think that would be needlessly overpaying for a bench player.

Former St. John’s University men’s basketball head coach Steve Lavin was a panelist last Friday afternoon at the Big East Conference’s annual Basketball Roundtable. Lavin talked about how the big three athletic apparel companies, Nike, Under Armour and Adidas, have created traveling amateur basketball leagues for hoops phenomena as young as 10 years old.

“Kids are more likely to listen to their sneaker company team coaches than their high school coaches,” Lavin said disapprovingly.

Steve, who has alternated between coaching and sportscasting over the last decade, said that while he enjoys being a color analyst for Fox Sports 1, he would jump right back into coaching if the right offer were to come along.

Former St. John’s Athletic Director Chris Monasch was also at the seminar. He is now the interim AD at East Stroudsburg University. Q See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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or what seemed like the millionth time this season, t he f lawed , yet hard-nosed St. John’s Red Storm took a deeper, more talented team to the wire during last Wednesday’s Big East Tournament tilt against Marquette.

And like every one of those contests over the brutal 2015-16 campaign, the Johnnies came up tantalizingly short.

“Much like the whole season, I was proud of my guys’ effort,” St. John’s firstyear coach Chris Mullin said. “We just didn’t give up.”

After being down by as many as 18 early in the second half, the 10-seed Red Storm’s furious comeback was too little, too late as seven-seed Marquette topped the Johnnies 101-93, eliminating St. John’s in the first round of the tournament and ending the school’s worst season in decades.

After turning the ball over 11 times in the first half and trailing 68-52 midway through the second stanza, the Red Storm somehow clawed back, thanks to the stunningly dominant play of redshirt junior Christian Jones, who stunned us St. John’s writers in attendance by scoring a careerhigh 29 points and grabbing seven rebounds in the contest.

A 37-20 St. John’s run over the next 11 minutes slowly but surely energized the Red Storm faithful in attendance, with senior guard Ron Mvouika’s go-ahead three with 2:59 left in the game sending the Garden into a frenzy.

Big East Rookie of the Year Henry Ellenson, who scored 27 points and snared a game-high 14 rebounds, answered right back with a three of his own, and the Golden Eagles slowly pulled away at the free throw line, sealing the win.

“I was just happy to make that shot,” Mvouika said. “We’ve been doing this all year, no matter if we were down two, 19 or 20, we just kept fighting all season.”

The Red Storm finish the year with a 8-24 record, with only one conference win and a 16-game losing streak to its credit.

With Mvouika, having just played his

final college game, sitting to his left, a smiling Mullin said the Parisian product and fellow seniors Durand Johnson and Felix Balamou are leaving behind a legacy of leadership, not losing, something he couldn’t be prouder of them for.

“What they will be remembered for is having a professional, positive energy and approach every day,” he said of the trio.

“Results are frustrating, don’t get me wrong. It’s a lot to deal with but the future is bright. Part of it is going through these tough times, not blaming the past or worrying about the future, but handling the day.

“They’ll be better for it as they move on,” he added. “But I know for sure that the young guys, because of them, understand that’s what you do. That’s how you really build success.”

Jones, who will enter the 2016-17 season as the team’s elder statesman, credited Mullin and his staff for keeping the team focused on growing the program step-bystep instead of the losing streak.

“We all hit a wall and went through adversity, losing that many games in a row,” Jones said. “But the coaching staff, they kept pushing us every day in practice and that gave us the drive. We’d be down 20 and we’re still fighting.”

Like I’ve said all year, the wins may never have came, but the Red Storm’s fighting spirit was something to behold. This ragtag bunch of freshmen and graduate students showed no fear, playing some of the nation’s elite teams like Villanova and Xavier to the wire.

Playing fearless and with an unmatched will to win is a great trait to have, and once the Red Storm load up on talent to go along with that determination, they’ll be hard to beat. I promise.

And with the St. John’s season coming to an end, so does this column. On a personal note, I want to wish Mvouika, Johnson and Balamou well in their future endeavors. The two former players were pleasures to deal with this year, and those guys deserve all the success that comes their way after being the moral compass of the team during such a rough season.

And thank you to all who kept up with the Johnnies through the Chronicle. See you in October for the return of Red Storm basketball!

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