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What can de Blasio do about the SHSAT? Some say he could change schools’ classification; he’ll talk to his lawyers

by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

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ayor de Blasio is seeking legal advice to see if he can change the admissions process for some of the city’s “elite eight” schools by classifying them as something other than “specialized,” in an effort to get more black and Hispanic students into them.

“I want to have that power unquestionably and so far in the view of our Law Department it, sadly, is not as straightforward as that,” the mayor said in his weekly interview with radio host Brian Lehrer. “I will certainly go back and look again and talk to our lawyers again because I think this is a matter of injustice that has to be addressed.”

The state Legislature in 1972 passed the Hecht-Calandra Act, which designated Stuyvesant High School, Bronx High School of Science and Brooklyn Technical High School as “specialized” institutions and mandated that a single exam, the Specialized High School Admissions Test, be the sole prerequisite for getting into them.

Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, Brooklyn Latin School, Staten Island Technical High School, High School of American Studies, and High School of Mathematics, Science and Engineering — all of which which use the SHSAT — were formed after the Hecht-Calandra Act. Some education experts believe the mayor may have the power to designate them something other than “specialized,” which would exempt them from the state law.

Critics of the SHSAT say it should be abolished because it gives an unfair advantage to white and Asian students and punishes black and Latino ones.

Department of Education statistics show 51.7 percent of

Could some “specialized” schools be classified as something else? Some think so, but Mayor de Blasio said it’s not as easy as it seems. admission offers for the eight schools went to Asians, and 26.5 went to whites. Hispanics received 6.3 and black students, 4.1.

The Queens school only saw five black students and seven Hispanics receive offers.

De Blasio lamented the state’s control over the admissions process on Lehrer’s show.

“I don’t even understand why Albany gets to decide anything about our specialized high schools to begin with,” he said.

But he added that trying to change the classification of the five newer schools may not be as easy as it seems.

“I will revisit it because I would love nothing more than to have a pathway to action,” the mayor said. “I think the challenge here and it refers to everything with our school system is we’re still working under a state law rubric in general.”

David Lee, an education expert and founder of Coalitionedu, an advocacy group on the testing issue, said he does not think the mayor should pursue any changes to the admission criteria.

“I think that once they have been put in there, they should follow the state mandate,” Lee said in a telephone interview. “What if the next mayor wants to change it again? [The state law] is for the benefit of students and families.”

The DOE has been trying to increase the number of black and Hispanic students at the schools by offering prep classes and other programs to ready them for the test.

Lee said the agency should continue those efforts.

“That’s an important part of it,” he said.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), the ranking member of the Education Committee, said if the mayor wants to change the process, he should come to Albany and lobby for the power to do so.

But that likely won’t happen.

“This mayor finds it very hard to do negotiations up here by himself,” Addabbo said in a telephone interview, referring to de Blasio’s unpopularity among state Republicans and some Democrats, including Gov. Cuomo. “Until that changes, it is what it is.

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Giallanzo must sell his Howard Beach home Bonanno family capo, two others plead guilty in loansharking case

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Bonanno crime family capo Ronald Giallanzo must sell his 86th Street Howard Beach mansion after pleading guilty on Monday to leading a South Queensbased loansharking ring.

The 164-04 86 St. site was changed from a small, single-family house into a brick mansion.

According to court documents, Giallanzo used “millions” from the illicit business to “purchase, construct and design” the mansion, which prosecutors say was a “daily visual reminder to those in his neighborhood of his wealth and power.”

According to city records, the property sold for $980,000 in 2015. The listed owner is Elizabeth Giallanzo, Ronald’s wife, who purchased it from Rob Pisani, a codefendant in the loansharking case who pleaded guilty late last year.

In addition to selling the home, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Off ice, Giallanzo must forfeit $1.25 million.

A source with knowledge of the matter said the eventual buyer of the house must be approved by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the proceeds will go toward the

amount the defendant is required to give up — anything above that, he is allowed to keep.

The mafioso and nine other Bonanno members and associates were arrested last March on various charges including loansharking, extortion, obstruction of justice and attempted murder.

Giallanzo admitted guilt on Monday, as did Bonanno soldier Michael Palmaccio for his par t in the scheme. Nicholas Festa also pleaded guilty on March 8. All face a maximum of 20 years behind bars.

Palmaccio and Festa will each forfeit $500,000.

“Through their acts of violence, Giallanzo, Palmaccio and Festa reaped substantial illicit profits at the expense of their loansharking victims,” Richard Donoghue, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said in a statement.

Giallanzo provided money to Bonanno members and associates to give “extortionate loans” to numerous individuals.

Donoghue says at one point the capo had lent out more than $3 million. He even kept watch over the scheme as he served time for a prior conviction for racketeering and extortion conspiracy.

The Department of Justice says

Ronald Giallanzo, center, with Bonanno members and associates. The crime family capo pleaded guilty to leading a loansharking ring and must sell his large 86th Street home in Rockwood Park, inset, federal prosecutors announced.

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the gang engaged in acts of violence to collect debts owed to them.

In one case, Giallanzo sought to have an individual who robbed one of his crew members murdered.

T he dispute lasted several months and the two crews often shot at each other on Howard

Beach streets, the DOJ said.

Seven co-defendants, including Pisani, have previously pleaded guilty in the case.

“Mobsters are known for lending large amounts of money at exorbitant rates to individuals who they k now lack the f inancial means of paying off their loans,”

William Sweeney, FBI assistantdirector-in-charge of the New York Field Division, said in a prepared statement. “It’s one of the oldest tricks in the book for these crime families, and they’ve shown no inclination to stop harassing and intimidating communities in Q our area.”

DOT to synchronize traffic lights For smoother flow on Woodhaven, Cross Bay boulevards

by Anthony O’Reilly

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The city Department of Transportation will be synchronizing every traffic light along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards in an effort to decrease congesFILE PHOTO tion along the corridor.

Even before Select Bus Service was implemented on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards, many residents complained that the traffic lights along the corridor were not properly synchronized.

Drivers would get two or three blocks and hit a red light, only to drive a short distance farther and wait at another.

But that will soon change.

C ou nc i l m a n B ob Hold e n (D-Middle Village) told the Chronicle last Thursday that the Department of Transportation will be looking at ways to better synchronize the lights along the boulevards.

“Regarding SBS on Woodhaven and Crossbay Boulevard, I suggested DOT look into syn-

chronizing the traffic lights as a way to cut down on congestion,” Holden said in an emailed statement. “The office got back to us after an investigation showed that the lights were in fact not timed properly, and the department is reportedly working to correct the issue.”

An emailed request for comment sent to several DOT spokespeople was not acknowledged by press time.

The timing of some signals appeared to have been changed on Monday.

Holden brought up the issue to the agency at January’s Borough Board meeting.

“You go two blocks, stop. Two more blocks, a red light,” he said at the time. “If you synchronize

the lights at rush hour, we can get the flow of traffic moving again.”

Steve Forte, president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, said he was happy to hear the news.

“Anything to cut down on congestion would be a good thing,” Fo r t e s a i d i n a t el e p h o n e interview.

Los Angeles in 2013 became the first city to synchronize every traffic light.

At the time, LA said the average speed of motorists increased by 16 percent with delays down at about 12 percent. The city told The New York Times in 2013 that the average time to drive five miles dropped from 20 minutes to 17.2. Other cities have since Q adopted the system.

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Ulrich on HWQ411B: It will be worth it Improvements for Charles Park? Postmaster is coming to CB 10

by Anthony O’Reilly

Asked if the city can put asphalt on some of the streets, Ulrich said no.

“Because they’re just going to rip it back Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) on Tuesday said he understands Centreville up again,” he said.

The anticipated completion date for the residents’ frustrations with the ongoing sewer and water main project, but that it work, proposed before the councilman was born, is spring 2019 — an announcement will all be worth it in the end.

“Your property values will skyrocket,” that elicited some g roans f rom civic the lawmaker said at the monthly meeting of members.

But again, Ulrich said residents would be the Ozone Park Civic Association. “You have a zoned school there .... you can send thankful for it when it’s over.

“It w ill be a me the than k you brand-spanking-new postcard from community,” he said.

Florida.” our property values will I n o t h e r n ew s , T h e H WQ 411B Ulrich said there is project, planned for skyrocket ...

You can “political will” in the more than 35 years, Cit y Cou ncil a nd seeks to place 12 send me the thank you elsewhere to f u nd miles of sidewalks, postcard from Florida.” i mprove me nt s at roads and curbs and Frank Charles replace two miles of — Councilman Eric Ulrich Memor ial Park in sewer lines and three Howard Beach. miles of water mains The park is under the jurisdiction of the within the community.

According to an update from the Depart- National Parks Service and for many years ment of Design and Construction, 90 per- has suffered from poor upkeep.

Although it’s federal land, Ulrich, a cent of the water mains have been installed, member of the Parks Committee, said offias have 65 percent of the sewers.

Several residents have complained that cials may have found a way “to pump some the work has hurt their quality-of-life, with money into that park,” though he didn’t elaborate on how they would do that. many of the roads being ripped up.

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Councilman Eric Ulrich urged Centreville residents to ride out the HWQ411B construction in their community, saying it will be worth the frustrations in the end. He also said improvements may be FILE PHOTO coming to Frank Charles Park in Howard Beach.

Addressing another federal issue, Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton said the postmaster will be at her panel’s next meeting on April 5, which starts at 7:45 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 135-45 Lefferts Blvd. in South Ozone Park.

Residents across Queens in recent months have complained of going days without

OP work causes headaches Driveway access prohibited by Parks Dept. project

by Anthony O’Reilly

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The Parks Department last Thursday ripped up the sidewalks in front of three houses in Ozone Park, which has left the homeowners there unable to access their driveways.

Nick Rafter, a resident of 103rd Street and a former Chronicle editor, said the workers appeared on his block but did not say what was being done.

The homeowner was told it would be “at least” a week before he could use the driveway again.

But it might be even longer than that.

Meghan Lalor, a Parks Depar tment spokeswoman, told the Chronicle the contractor planned to pour concrete at the site on Tuesday, a day before the city was pounded with its fourth Nor’easter in three weeks.

The cement had not been laid down when a Chronicle reporter visited the block March 20.

It takes about five days for the concrete to set before pedestrians and cars can access it, according to the spokeswoman.

Lalor said the work is part of the agency’s Trees and Sidewalks program and was requested by one of the homeowners on the block.

Rafter told the Chronicle he thought it might have something to do with the tree near his house.

Regarding notification, Lalor said the

Ozone Park resident Nick Rafter points to a hole in his sidewalk, which has restricted driveway PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY access since last Thursday. homeowner who requested the work was notified in writing.

“A notification form was dropped off at this property at least two weeks in advance of work beginning, to inform the property

owners that the sidewalk and driveway will be inaccessible and to plan accordingly,” she said.

But Rafter said he was not made aware Q that his driveway would be impacted.

receiving mail and only receiving a few envelopes when it does arrive. Others have said they have received parcels late at night.

The U.S. Postal Service announced last month that it will hire more mail carriers.

Some members of Congress have said they would back a probe into the delivery Q problems.

Bob Holden relocates his Council office Councilman Bob Holden is saying goodbye to Glendale.

The first-term lawmaker told Community Board 5 last Thursday that he has relocated his district office from its location within The Shops at Atlas Park to 64-69 Dry Harbor Road in Middle Village, formerly the site of women’s fitness center Curves.

Upon being sworn in two months ago, Holden simply took over the office used by the Council member he defeated last November, Elizabeth Crowley.

She had been located at The Shops at Atlas Park for most of her second term.

Holden told CB 5 that very few constituents were walking into the Glendale office, adding that he hoped being located in a larger, more accessible space on Dry Harbor Road — the building is 2,200 square feet — would encourage people to drop in whenever they have an issue to discuss.

“It’s a huge space. We can actually have meetings in there,” Holden said. “I like it. It’s like you’re in a town and not in Q a mall.”

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hile the subways and buses are our top mass transit concerns, the Long Island Rail Road is hardly in better shape than its fellow MTA systems. Now the railroad has presented the MTA board with a nearly 60-point plan to improve service.

There’s a lot that’s promising in the program, called the LIRR Performance Improvement Plan. And there’s a lot that’s just common sense, the kinds of things the railroad should have been doing all along. The latter includes moves such as acquiring snow covers to put over rail switches and installing more third-rail heaters. Trains shouldn’t be stopped by cold weather or any but the worst storms given today’s technology.

Those actions fall under the category of seasonal preparedness, one of three areas of improvement the plan is broken down into. The others are service reliability and customer communications. All three are vital to get the railroad where it needs to be. And the plan includes the promise to hold public meetings that will allow people to tell LIRR leadership directly what needs to be done. We hope those happen often and, given our location between Manhattan and the outer suburbs, think Queens would be the ideal place to hold the first one. We look forward to hearing when it will happen.

On the reliability side, one of the first items promised is upgrading the rail ties at crossovers in Queens. Better maintenance of the rails themselves is also on the agenda. The railroad says it will increase the frequency and quality of track inspections, reorganize maintenance activities and add mobile response crews to better address issues, along with creating an office with five new staffers to more effectively plan maintenance and repair. We hope the railroad’s unions are already on board with its plans so that no problems arise between management and workers as things are implemented.

In the seasonal preparedness area, the LIRR says it will increase vegetation management, add new drainage systems and ground its signal systems at 30 locations to protect against lightning. These are some of the things you’d think a railroad that’s been around since 1834 and has been under state control since 1966 would have been doing all along, but at least catching up now should help alleviate future problems.

Under customer communications, one thing the railroad says it will do is create a new chief customer advocate position, reporting directly to the LIRR president. The advocate is going to have a lot to report from the riding public. Let’s hope this plan means there will be a bit less on the negative side.

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Walkout push back Dear Editor: In traditional fashion, the nationally coordinated March 14 school walkout to protest gun violence was met with push back.

A strategic position taken on by gun rights advocates has been the “walk-up, not out” narrative; a belief mass shootings will be hindered by addressing mental health at the peer-to-peer or child-to-child level.

It needs to be understood that walkouts and “walk-up” are not mutually exclusive, period.

And, young adults should not be pressured on whether or not to act on their political consciousnesses or be made to feel responsible for addressing an issue most adults are not qualified to — when the real issue is apathetic representatives. Irony is: fanatic supporters of the Second Amendment and Constitution absolutism trying to dampen the engagement of the First Amendment. For a majority of these students, this is their only way to participate in our democracy given their age — and politicians are watching the future voting class. Our country would be a very different place if the women of the 1910s didn’t agitate and disobey or the civil rights activists of the ’60s didn’t sit-in and march. These voices are clear and will either be heard now, or they will be heard at the polls in 2018 and 2020.

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While nationally the issues are deadly serious and this year’s elections are nothing less than a contest for the soul of our country, in New York State the results are largely a foregone conclusion.

Barring some event or revelation so earth-shattering it turns Albany upside down, Gov. Cuomo will be re-elected by a wide margin. No Republican contender has a real chance against him in November.

But first, he’ll have to beat Democratic primary challenger Cynthia Nixon, the “Sex and the City” actress. She’s not a serious candidate, but some are energized by her effort, and it’ll be fun to see how Cuomo, born and bred in politics and with a sizable war chest of campaign funds, handles her challenge.

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Dear Editor: Proposals to arm school teachers and staff are a dangerous and naive idea. We have seen incidents where disgruntled employees in other occupations have opened fire on their managers and fellow workers. School employees can be disgruntled, too. Teachers have their job-related frustrations, such as poor evaluations, obsessive administrative demands, frustrating budget constraints, low wages, overcrowded classrooms and unruly students. Also, school employees are not immune to demanding personal problems or compromising behaviors. If you add racism into that mix, we might see minority students shot because one of the armed staff “thought” they saw a gun or knife, which occurs even with more highly trained professionals. Such incidents where students, teachers or staff are accidentally or deliberately shot by armed personnel could subject municipalities to budget-breaking multimillion dollar civil suits.

Arming staff is not the way to keep students and employees safe. Preventing an armed indi-

vidual from entering the school is a better approach. By using available technology, such as cameras, metal detectors and conveyor belt screening devices, as they use in airports, will be an improvement. In fact, airports screen millions of people every day using these basic devices. Any visitor arriving at the school with a bag or package will have to place that item on a pre-entry conveyor belt that security will screen or search before the person is allowed access to the premises. The cost for implementing these improvements pale at the benefits of saving students’ lives. Americans are already familiar with these current technologies, and if we must use 21st-century technology to keep our students safe, then that’s what we must do.

Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

Dangerous philosophies Dear Editor: The tragic school shootings and the growing number of mindless acts of mayhem have stirred emotions and provoked debates about

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the root causes of these events. The most contentious aspects of the debates are the accessibility and the kinds of weapons used.

What is never mentioned or discussed are the principles and policies of the educational establishment that nurture an antipathy to making moral judgments and foster a mindset of inflated opinions and moral relativism. Students are taught that all lifestyles are equal even if they disagree with them and they should not discriminate between them. In other words “Do your own thing” and “Don’t judge me.”

Incorporated into the school curriculum is the dogma that students should be constantly praised how good they are regardless of whether their ideas or actions are praiseworthy or not. Awards for Excellence in competitive activities have been replaced by Certificates of Participation. This overabundance of juvenile “self -love” implants in the students an unjustifiable high opinion of themselves. They tend to become aggressive and even violent when confronted with criticism, disapproval or teasing.

There is a correlation of the escalation of school violence with the rise of “progressive” theories of education. Progressive education de-emphasizes learning a body of pre-established facts and information and replaces that with a child-centered approach that fosters a child’s self-expression and spontaneous impulses. This theory holds that children do not learn by thinking but by feeling and doing.

Teachers should not be authoritarian but facilitators and always praise students regardless whether they are right or wrong. As a result, students are dissuaded from making moral distinctions, fed a daily diet of an “I’m OK, you’re OK” philosophy, denied knowledge and left with nothing but their “feelings” and “emotions.” Why are we surprised when they respond with acts of violence when things don’t go their way?

Guns and ignorance are a lethal combination. If we want to stop school violence and turn our schools into serious places of learning, we should restore a curriculum that emphasizes reason over emotions, knowledge over feelings, moral judgment over moral agnosticism and self-control over self-expression.

Ed Konecnik Flushing

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Save the taxis Dear Editor: It’s time to take a stand for professional drivers and all New Yorkers. An onerous proposed congestion price of $2 to $5 on taxis and all for-hire vehicles would drive New Yorkers

away in droves! Like Uber, it would be another nail in the coffin of the taxi industry. It represents an outrageous 25 to 50 percent more “tax”! Besides, an outdated and already overwhelmed MTA could not handle hundreds of thousands of additional riders. And how can professional drivers ever get a raise in the metered fare to keep up with the cost of living?

Please note that London’s cabbies are exempt from congestion pricing.

Bill Lindauer Long Island City

Criminal immigrants Dear Editor: It was reported in The Times of San Diego on March 16 that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents rounded up suspects in the country illegally over a three-day period.

ICE officers arrested 115 people — including 50 convicted criminals — in San Diego and Imperial counties on suspicion of violating federal immigration laws.

Greg Archambeault, field office director for ICE, stated, “This week’s operation targeted public safety threats, such as convicted criminal aliens, individuals with final orders of removal, those who illegally re-entered the country after being removed and individuals who have otherwise violated our nation’s immigration law.”

Fifty “convicted” criminals. The kind that bleeding-heart liberals like the mayor of Oakland, Calif. try to hide and protect. Unconscionable!

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Don’t eat meat Dear Editor: With three crippling nor’easters battering our East Coast in quick succession, we all look forward to March 20, first day of spring, balmy weather and flowers in bloom. It’s also a superb occasion to replace animal foods on our menu with healthy, delicious, eco-friendly vegetables, legumes, grains and fruits. The shift toward healthy eating is everywhere. Fast-food chains like Chipotle, Quiznos, Starbucks, Subway, Taco Bell and Wendy’s all offer plant-based options. Major publications and popular websites tout vegan recipes.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt views replacement of meat by plant protein as the world’s No. 1 technical trend. The financial investment community is betting on innovative startups, like Beyond Meat or Impossible Foods. Even Tyson Foods new CEO sees plant protein as meat industry’s future. Global Meat News reports that nearly half of consumers are reducing meat intake. Indeed, per capita red meat consumption has dropped by a whopping 25 percent in the past 40 years. Every one of us can celebrate spring by checking out the rich collection of plant-based dinners and desserts in our supermarket’s frozen food, dairy, and produce sections. An internet search on vegan foods brings rich rewards.

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Dear Editor: Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his handpicked parole board should be ashamed they let convicted cop killer Herman Bell out of prison.

Each and every day, our brave men and women in blue walk with a target on their back, risking their lives to protect our city. The decision to release Herman Bell is not only an insult to New York’s Finest — it sets a despicable and dangerous precedent.

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Kiwanis holds annual dinner dance Dozens of veterans were able to attend thanks to Addabbo, Pheffer Amato

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he Howard Beach Kiwanis Club last Friday held its annual dinner dance at Russo’s on the Bay. The group honored three people this year: Steve Sirgiovanni, former president of the Howard Beach chapter and ex-New York District Kiwanis governor, Jody Stahl, another former president of the group, and Pat Connolly, the chief organizer of the community’s annual Memorial Day parade.

Dozens of veterans also were able to enjoy the festivities. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato helped pay for Q their meals.

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Guests had the opportunity to bid on items during a silent auction.

Howard Beach Kiwanis President Ronald West, right, and Vice President Bobby LoCascio PHOTOS BY STEVE FISHER offer a toast.

The dinner guests included dozens of veterans, some of whom had their admission paid for by area state lawmakers.

Assembly woman Stacey Pheffer Amato, left, Irene Connolly-Dougher t y, an aide to Pheffer Amato, and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. pose for a shot at the dinner dance at Russo’s on the Bay.

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Firefighters die in Iraq copter crash Christopher Raguso was stationed in RH; Christopher Zanetis lived in LIC

by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

Two New York City firefighters with Queens connections were among those who died when an American military helicopter crashed near the Iraq-Syria border March 15.

“This tragedy reminds us of the risks our men and women face every day in service of our nations,” Army Brig. Gen. Jonathan Braga, director of operations for Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, said in a statement.

Long Island City resident and Fire Marshal Christopher “Tripp” Zanetis, of the Bureau of Fire Investigation, and FDNY Lt. Christopher Raguso, a Commack, LI resident stationed at FDNY Division 13/Squad 270 in Richmond Hill, were aboard an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter with five other servicemen when it crashed at 6:45 p.m. Iraqi time, killing all seven on the aircraft. Military officials do not believe the crash, which is still under investigation, was the result of enemy fire. Reports say it hit power lines and fell on the Iraqi side of the border.

The helicopter, a derivative of the Black Hawk, was operating as a medevac.

“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and loved ones of the brave troops lost in the helicopter crash on the Iraq-Syria border yesterday,” President Trump tweeted last Friday. “Their sacrifice in service to our country

will never be forgotten.”

Zanetis, a captain in the Air National Guard, and Raguso, a master sergeant, were in the Middle East on leave from the FDNY. Their bodies were brought back to the United States Sunday night.

“They are truly two of New York City’s bravest — running into danger to protect and defend others, both in New York City and in combat overseas,” Mayor de Blasio said in a statement. “On behalf of all New Yorkers, I extend my deepest condolences to their families, loved ones, and fellow service members and FDNY members.”

At press time, there was no information on funeral plans for either Raguso or Zanetis.

Raguso, who also served as a volunteer firefighter in Commack, joined the FDNY in March 2005 and started in Flatbush.

He was promoted to lieutenant in September 2016 and was assigned to Battalion 50 in Hillcrest before being stationed in Richmond Hill.

“Last night the Commack Fire Department and this great nation of ours lost a great American Patriot, friend and brother,” the Commack Fire Department said on its Facebook page.

“Christopher Raguso, a New York Air National Guard Flight Engineer, died while protecting our freedom.”

Raguso is survived by his wife, Carmella, and their two daughters, ages 5 and 6.

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FDNY Lt. Christopher Raguso, left, and Fire Marshal Christopher Zanetis were among seven who died in a helicopter crash in Iraq March 15. Both were members of the Air National Guard. RaguPHOTOS COURTESY FDNY so was stationed in Richmond Hill and Zanetis lived in Long Island City. day that it had contributed $25,000 to a scholarship fund for the fallen firefighter’s children, and created the Scholarship Fund to Benefit the Children of FDNY Lieutenant Christopher Raguso.

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“The scholarship which FDNY is putting together for my grandchildren’s college fund ...

I’m stunned,” Anthony Dichiara, Raguso’s father-in-law, said in a statement issued by the FDNY Foundation. “It feels so good knowing that my daughter and my grandchildren will be taken care of.”

Zanetis was appointed to the FDNY in September 2004 and worked on the Lower East Side until April 2013, when he was promoted to fire marshal and assigned to the Bureau of Fire Investigation Citywide South in Brooklyn. The Long Island City resident was on leave from the FDNY to pursue a legal career. He graduated from Stanford Law School in 2017 and passed the state bar exam last fall and worked as a litigation associate at Debevoise & Plimpton, a white-shoe firm in Manhattan.

“We are deeply saddened to learn that our colleague Tripp Zanetis was lost in Thursday’s U.S. military helicopter crash in Iraq,” the firm said in a statement. “He was an exceptional person and will be greatly missed by his many friends and colleagues in the firm. Our thoughts and prayers are with Tripp’s family.”

According to JustSecurity.org, a national security website the Queens resident contributed to, Zanetis was a leader in the LGBT community. He organized Stanford Law School’s inaugural OutLaw conference and in 2017 was awarded the National LGBT Bar Association’s Student Leadership Award. He was inspired to join the FDNY after Sept. 11, and volunteered until midnight on the day of the attacks at Ground Zero. Zanetis, a native of Carmel, Ind., is survived by his parents, John and Sarah.

The FDNY said 62 of its members are out on military leave right now.

“The hearts and prayers of the entire Department are with their loved ones and with the families of their five fellow service members who lost their lives defending our country,” Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said in a Q statement.

Suozzi’s gun remark sparks controversy

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Remarks about the Second Amendment

by Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Suffolk, Nassau, Queens) have landed the lawmaker in controversy.

At a March 12 town hall in Huntington, LI, the congressman said the American people might use firearms to oppose President Trump, were the Jamaica Estates native not to obey a mandate from Congress.

“It’s really a matter of putting public pressure on the president,” Suozzi first said in a video of the event, later adding, “and it’s

probably about going to the courts as well.

“And then, you know, I mean, this is where the Second Amendment comes in, quite frankly, because what if the president was to ignore the courts? What would you do? What would we do?”

After someone in the audience asked what the Second Amendment is, the congressman explained that it’s “the right to bear arms.

That’s why we have it.”

Many conservative commentators criticized the lawmaker, who is a vocal supporter of gun control measures.

Among them was Dan Debono, an invest-

ment banker aiming to be the Republican candidate to challenge Suozzi in November.

“Tom Suozzi’s comments reek of the kind of elite radical extremism that has come to dominate career politicians consumed with placating their base,” Debono said in a prepared statement. “Advocating for the violent assault of our president is obscene and is an example of what’s wrong with our politics.”

Others on the right, such as National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Chris Martin, also had some tough words for Suozzi.

Kim Devlin, a senior political advisor to

Suozzi, issued a statement on March 19 seeking to clarify what he meant.

“Taking a page from such great Americans as Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, Congressman Suozzi explained why our founding fathers created the 2nd Amendment as a way for citizens to fight back against a tyrannical government that does not follow the rule of law. To suggest his comments meant anything else or that he was advocating for an armed insurrection against the existing president is both irresponsible and ridicuQ lous,” Devlin said.

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St. Helen claims CYO peewee trophy Defense helped lead HB basketball team to victory over St. Kevin

by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

The boys on St. Helen’s peewee basketball team knew the CYO Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan playoffs last weekend would not be easy.

They would have to be at their very best to go as far as possible. They were The fourth-graders put everything on the line and in the end, were crowned champions.

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based St. Kevin 41-29 on Sunday to become the 2017-18 Peewee Division 1 CYO Brooklyn/ Queens Diocesan Champions.

“These boys showed that hard work and perseverance can help you reach your goals,” Coach Rudy Peña said in an email.

A banner will soon be raised in Father Dooley Hall at St. Helen Catholic Academy, with all the players’ names.

Peña said the players had an “up and down season,” with some losses coming at teams they faced in the playoffs.

The team was led by Johnny Magna and TJ Borzumato, “who both put the opposing defense on their heels with aggressive offense.”

But the players credit their championship to the defense, led by guards David Rodriguez, Robert Palmaccio and Caiden Peña, all of whom have been challenged by their coaches to “guard the opposition’s top players.” Rounding out the defense are Magna and Borzumato, along with guard Jordan Ruano. The team’s forwards are Noah Collins, Tommy Del Cielo, Joseph Noto and Jonathan Mazzio.

They will compete in the Intermediate Boys Division next year.

In addition to Peña, the players are led by Head Coach Kevin Collins.

St. Helen had the opportunity to win two trophies, but the school’s 10th-grade team fell to Our Lady of Lourdes in the Tyro division final.

The St. Helen peewee basketball team won the division championship game on Sunday by PHOTOS COURTESY RUDY PEÑA defeating Flushing-based St. Kevin 41-29.

The team had pulled out two come-frombehind victories to advance to the final, overcoming a 10 point deficit against Queen of Peace March 3 to advance to the semifinals.

In the March 4 semifinal game, the Hurricanes waged a back-and-forth battle against

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DA says Queens man hacked a pair of ATMs Crew allegedly stole $241,000 in cash

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Officers save a baby’s life Two quick-thinking 106th Precinct officers are being credited with saving an Ozone Park infant’s life.

Police Officers Michael Sardone and Thomas Szenczy were called to a home when the three-week-old child became unresponsive. The officers got there before

the ambulance and began to administer CPR, which resuscitated the child, who had choked on vomit.

Doctors said the cops’ actions saved the baby’s life.

Sardone and Szenczy are seen here with the infant and family.

An Auburndale man allegedly stole almost $250,000 in cash from two MCU ATM machines by posing as a technician and hacking them to dispense money like slot machines during two separate incidents in Kew Gardens and Elmhurst, District Attorney Brown reported last week. He was arraigned March 13 on charges including grand larceny and computer tampering.

The defendant, 33-year-old Eric Salazar Montano, allegedly manipulated the ATMs on Dec. 28 and Dec. 30 with the help of an unapprehended accomplice. During both incidents, Montano and the accomplice left the scene after hacking the ATMs, then other unapprehended accomplices collected the money from the machines without using debit or credit cards. One co-defendant, Jose Silva-Bautista, was arrested and arraigned but failed to show up for his next court date, according to the DA’s office.

Montano has been charged with seconddegree grand larceny, first-degree computer tampering, second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument and computer trespass and, if convicted, faces up to 15

years in prison.

“The defendant in this case is accused of using his computer skills to hack into ATM software and collect the cash that poured out of the manipulated machines. This new trend is called ‘jackpotting’ and we are set to deliver big losses for gamblers who ante up,” Brown said in a prepared statement.

The DA’s office says there are surveillance videos of Montano “and an unapprehended other” wearing technician’s uniforms and meddling with ATMs. In the first video, taken at a Key Food on Metropolitan Avenue, the two were seen tinkering with the ATM; they left and unidentified accomplices then took $154,000 in cash from it. In the second video, the defendant was seen at an ATM kiosk at the Queens Center mall impersonating a technician, again with an accomplice. “Unapprehended others” were then seen taking over $87,000 from it.

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A memorial service will be held for Anthony Ferraro, lovingly known as “Sonny the Butcher,” who recently died, on March 27 at Nativity BVM Church, located at 101-41 91 St. in Ozone Park. The service will start at 11 a.m.

Ferraro’s shop, located at 101st Avenue and 89th Street, was a mainstay in the community for years. Even after his retirement from there, he continued to work as a security guard at Resorts World Casino.

His boss, Timothy Pearson, called him one of the most dedicated, reliable employees he ever had, Councilman Eric Ulrich said on Facebook.

Diamond grinding of the LIE’s westbound lanes near 99th Street began in November, she said. That’s when she called 311 and contacted state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) to complain about the noise.

Responding to a letter Stavisky penned on Alpers’ behalf, state Department of Transportation Regional Director Sonia Pichardo told the lawmaker in a Dec. 22 letter that the agency had just begun diamond grinding the east-

Alpers added. “Why can’t they do this on a Saturday or Sunday morning when there’s very little traffic? They couldn’t care less.”

On Feb. 28, Stavisky sent another letter to Pichardo, asking why the diamond grinding had continued for well over six weeks and if the process could be done on the weekends instead of during the week.

A state DOT spokesperson said Wednesday that work on the eastbound lanes should wrap up in early April, as the numerous winter storms to impact the area over the last few Q weeks has resulted in delays.

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Armed pill robbers on the loose: 106 Most crimes in the command are down, but felony assaults are up

by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

Capt. Brian Bohannon, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, warned residents last Wednesday of two men who robbed a South Ozone Park pharmacy of prescription pills at gunpoint and may have committed the same crime elsewhere.

“We will have a cop car stationed out there,” Bohannon said at the 106th Precinct Community Council’s monthly meeting.

Two men entered the Walgreens at 119-02 Rockaway Blvd. at 4:55 a.m. on March 7 and displayed black firearms, according to cops. The duo took prescription pills from the location and fled.

Bohannon said similar robberies have taken place in Nassau County and urged residents to be careful when shopping at drug stores. The squad car that will be stationed outside the 24-hour Walgreens will be marked, the captain said.

“I want it as a deterrent,” Bohannon said, responding to a question from a resident at the meeting. “So maybe shop there if that makes you feel a little safer.”

That’s not the only robbery pattern that’s affected the 106th Precinct in recent weeks.

A man on March 5 demanded money from a gas station employee at the Gulf Gas Station at 111-06 Van Wyck Expy. while holding a gun to the victim at 3 a.m. The per petrator made off with $40 and is believed to have hit five other gas stations in the borough since Feb. 17.

Overall though, the command has seen fewer robberies — as of March 11, there were 35 reported incidents, compared to 41 by the same time last year.

Burglaries have also dropped, from 47 to 30, and grand larcenies from 95 to 79.

Felony assaults are up, from 34 to 49 — a 44 percent increase. Bohannon attributed the jump to “large group fights.”

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Two men recently robbed a South Ozone Park pharmacy of pills and are on the loose, the FILE PHOTO 106th Precinct warned.

Grand larceny auto cases are even at 21.

The precinct has recorded three murders so far this year, compared to two by the same time in 2017, and has one rape on record — it had none at this point last year.

In other news, Bohannon announced that Sgt. Matthew Pignataro, the precinct’s former neighborhood coordination officer unit leader, was transferred to the NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit March 14.

“That’s what he always wanted to do,” the commanding officer said.

He will be replaced by Sgt. Gurvinder Singh, who is also president of the NYPD’s Sikh Officers Association.

The NCOs walk an assigned beat every day they’re on duty and familiarize themselves with the community and its qualityQ of-life problems.

106th honors great cops The 106th Precinct Community Council last Wednesday honored a cop who has been on the job for a little more than a year, in addition to three officers who have been on the force for more than 30.

At top, Police Officer Peter Giganti, second from left, was named Cop of the Month for his part in several “quality” arrests, according to 106th Commanding Officer Capt. Brian Bohannon, second from right.

He’s seen here with Lt. Frank DiPreta, left, the precinct’s special operations coordinator,

and Frank Dardani, the president of the 106th Precinct Community Council.

Whereas Giganti has been on the job a little more than a year, the other three cops presented with awards last week have been with the NYPD for more than three decades.

Above, Police Officer John Maderik, second from left, Det. Edward Balfe and Det. Peter Zittel were honored by the council. They are seen with Bohannon, Marilyn Vecchio, vice president of the council, and Dardani.

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Glendale Library to shutter on April 14 Site won’t reopen until the fall of 2019

by Christopher Barca Editor

The Glendale Library will close for about 18 FILE PHOTO months starting April 14.

The Glendale branch of the Queens Library at 78-60 73 Place will close for renovations on April 14 and not reopen until late 2019, according to the office of Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village).

The closure will allow for $4 million in work to be done on both the exterior and the interior of the building to make it more handicap accessible and aesthetically pleasing.

Work will include making the library compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act through the installation of a new entrance ramp and an elevator connecting the two floors.

Also to be installed are new windows on the main floor and reading rooms for adults and teens. Lastly, the overgrown courtyard will be remodeled to be more of a quiet study, complete with new plantings, windows and walkways.

While the building is closed, mobile library service will be offered at the site on Fridays between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., beginning April 27.

Over the last few months, area leaders like Community Board 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) have called on the Queens Library to consider temporarily renting out a storefront instead of only using the mobile van.

A library spokesperson told the Chronicle in January that there was no funding in the Q project’s budget for a storefront.

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Around the Clock owner Jay Erber is staying hopeful

by Christopher Barca Editor

Whenever he would feel ill, Rego Park locksmith Jay Erber said he used to just brush off his symptoms and assume he would feel better soon.

The final time he ever thought like that was on a warm summer day last July, as he lounged on a float in his pool at his Bayside home.

“Doctors always told me I had to do this or I had to do that. But I didn’t think I would have to do anything this drastic,” Erber told the Chronicle on Tuesday.

“But then reality kicked in.”

While Erber lay on his f loat, f luid began to build up in his lungs. He eventually passed out, but somehow managed to stay on the float instead of rolling into the water and drowning.

Subsequent tests revealed that the locksmith was suffering from kidney failu re, caused by h is bat tle with diabetes.

“Everything changes,” he said of his diagnosis. “Your outlook on life changes and your reality changes.”

In need of a kidney transplant, Erber has spent fours hours a day on dialysis at the New Hyde Park Dialysis Center three

days a week since the July incident, a process he called “draining.”

But most days, he still manages to make his way to his locksmith business, Around the Clock Lock and Key, a community staple at 62-45 Woodhaven Blvd., working the same way he has for the last 38 years.

“There are days when getting out of bed is difficult,” he said. “But you have to be positive.”

His doctors, including Dr. Joan Kelly at Winthrop Nephrology Associates in Mineola, LI, have done a tremendous job keeping him positive, he said, which is one of the most important parts of his treatment.

“If I laid down and did nothing, they wouldn’t even accept me,” he said. “The dialysis center I’m going to is excellent.

They’re very caring, they look for your needs, they keep you positive and they’re very attentive. They really do care.”

A few weeks ago, Erber was placed on a kidney transplant list through NYU Langone Health.

Waiting for a transplant can sometimes take years, but Erber is holding out hope that a friend, customer or even a stranger will step up and donate one of

Around the Clock Lock and Key owner Jay Erber needs a kidney. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA their organs.

“People aren’t aware of other people needing kidneys,” he said. “I never really thought when I got my driver’s license about the organ donor part. But now that I’ve become someone who needs someQ thing, it changed my attitude.”

Fundraiser on Fri. for Kidney Coalition The Kidney Coalition of New York City is hosting a night of rock ’n’ roll in Glendale to benefit the organization.

Titled “Rock ’n’ Roll for a Cause,” tribute artist Lamar Peters will be singing hits from artists like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Billy Joel and more at 7 p.m. on Friday at Party Solvers, located at 79-74 Cooper Ave. in Glendale.

A Chinese auction will also be held.

Tickets are $30 per person and include dinner, soft drinks, dessert, a door prize and, of course, the concert.

The proceeds of the event will go to the Kidney Coalition of New York City, which assists, educates and advocates for individuals suffering from chronic kidney disease, their caregivers and their family members.

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Council’s checking Kushner Co. permits Advocacy group alleges 80 false filings; real estate giant says no intentional errors

by Michael Gannon Editor

The City Council’s Oversight and Investigations Committee is examining allegations that the real estate giant Kushner Companies falsified more than 80 work permits for 34 buildings, including three in Queens that it no longer owns.

Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-inlaw and special advisor, was CEO of the company until last year.

Citing information provided by the group Housing Rights Initiative, Councilman Ritchie Torres (D-Bronx), who chairs the investigations committee, said they are looking for evidence that Kushner Companies understated the number of rent-subsidized apartments in the buildings in an effort to drive tenants out by means of obtrusive construction.

Torres, in a statement issued by his office, said the alleged activity took place over a period of about four years.

The properties include 21-80 38 St. and 23-15 30 Ave. in Astoria, as well as 23-05 30 Ave. in Long Island City.

“I’m announcing a new investigation into Kushner Companies for submitting false statements and documents to the city, and to understand the extent that reduced the stock of rentstabilized apartments across the city and impact on tenants,” Torres said in his statement.

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Housing advocates say applications with rent-stabilized apartments draw more scrutiny and result in more on-site inspections during the construction process to avoid what Torres said is “the weaponization of construction” in order to harass rent-stabilized tenants into moving. Vacated apartments can then be rented out at market rates. The company denied any wrongdoing.

“Kushner Companies values all of our tenants and takes our legal and ethical responsibilities very seriously,” a company spokeswoman said in an email. “Our development team has renovated thousands of apartments with minimal complaints over the past 30 years. If mistakes or typographical errors are identified, corrective action is taken immediately with no financial benefit to the company. The investigation is trying to create an issue where none exists. Kushner Companies did not intentionally falsify DOB filings in an effort to harass any tenants.”

In a statement from his office, Councilman Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) pledged his support to Torres.

“Falsifying records in order to increase profits while taking advantage of hardworking Astorians is despicable,” he said. “Our rent regulation laws protect New Yorkers from tenant harassment and intimidation, including exorbitant rent increases.”

Constantinides said his office will investigate the possibility of strengthening regulations by increasing penalties for false filings and opening up possible additional legal remedies for tenants.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer sought the same things in a letter written Monday to City Department of Buildings Commissioner Rick Chandler. Stringer would like to increase financial penalties.

“Currently, false filings are subject to a relatively modest $25,000 penalty charged to the contractor that submits the permit application,” Stringer wrote. He believes the fines should be greater and should apply to building owners as well.

“Furthermore, the city should consider making referrals to the appropriate law enforcement agencies so that false filings can be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” he added.

Making a false filing to a government agency is a class E felony punishable by fines and imprisonment. Stringer said the city’s affordability crisis for housing makes enforcement all the more important.

“Duping the city should come with serious consequences, especially when doing so exacerbates the most significant challenge we face,” he wrote.

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Hu n d r e d s of n e w s e a t s a r e planned for a pair of overcrowded District 26 schools, City Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) announced at an event last Friday.

“PS 46 is going to be expanded,” the lawmaker said at the district legislative breakfast in New Hyde Park, LI. So is Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside, he added.

“They’re partially funded, we’re going to need more money,” Grodenchik explained. “But there is money to start the process.”

The city’s proposed capital plan a me nd me nt 2015 -2019 fo r t h e D e p a r t m e nt of E d u c a t io n a n d School Construction Authority budgets shows $5.25 million is requested to be spent for the addition to PS 46 in Oakland Gardens.

Ultimately, an additional $63.15 million would be needed for the

project. The design phase for the expansion, which would create 456 new school seats, is plan ned to begin next month.

T he Ca rdozo proje ct , whose design phase is planned to start next month, would create 548 new seats.

In the 2015-2019 preliminary budget plan, $5.49 million is included for the Bayside school’s annex. For its completed construction to become a reality, $66.3 million more in fundQ ing will be needed.

Councilman Barry Grodenchik announced last week that the de Blasio administration has partially funded the expansion of two schools in District 26.

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The Daily News reported that Firefighter Roben Duge was off duty at about 6 p.m. when he saw smoke pouring from a neighbor’s house.

He heard screams from inside as he ran closer.

Published reports state that a child had accidentally started the fire in the basement and was afraid to tell his grandmother, allowing the blaze to spread, trapping them and another child inside.

Duge, who has been with the FDNY for five yeas, is assigned to Ladder Company 103 on Sheffield Avenue in Brooklyn. He also is a father of three children.

The News reported that Duge, with no gear and only his training, forced his way into the home and removed the grandmother and both children without major injuries.

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Sharp discusssion over The Shoppes at 82nd Street took up more than three hours of Community Board 4’s time last Tuesday, but it wasn’t the only topic the advisory council took up.

John Wang, the founder of the weekly Queens International Night Market, presented his plans for this year’s series of Saturday events, including two “sneak previews” next month. The pair of events, set for April 21 and 28, will be ticketed — $5 in advance, $8 at the door and free for kids under 12.

The food and entertainment bazaar in the New York Hall of Science parking lot in Corona will be free and open to the public each Saturday starting May 5.

“We’ll do what we did last year,” he said.

“We’ll have sneak preview tickets for the first two to hopefully alleviate traffic concerns.”

The season-opening bazaar in 2016 — the market’s second year — created a congestion nightmare, as tens of thousands of people descended on the location.

The line to get into the event stretched for blocks down 111th Street, while the nearby No. 7 subway platform at the 111th Street station was so packed with would-be attendees, some chose to not even get off the train.

Wang said, ticketing the first few events of the year will cut down on the number of visitors and, hence, the pedestrian congestion.

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After Wang provided the Chronicle with bank statements proving payment, Perna later clarified his statement, saying the Night Market founder never donated a portion of the bazaar’s proceeds to the CCAC as promised.

CB 4 also unanimously voted to support Valence College Preparatory Charter School, which founder Mitchell Flax hopes to establish somewhere in South Corona by September 2019.

“There are just a handful of middle schools and, as you already know, we have the largest, most overcrowded school district in the area,” CB 4 Youth Committee Chairwoman Ingrid Gomez said.

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Vets aim to connect flags with families Area Vietnam Veterans chapter to honor those on ‘their last march’

by Christopher Barca

ing at the front of the Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade — one of the Chapter 32 of the Vietnam Veterans of largest in the country that holiday weekend America has buried well over 100 indigent —with the flags they received during the veterans’ funerals being held high by the veterans since 2008.

When the former servicemembers are Francis Lewis High School’s Reserve Offilaid to rest at Calverton National Cemetery cers Training Corps.

VVA members will also be handing out in Riverhead, LI, the VVA volunteers who organized the funeral are the ones who literature with every indigent veteran’s name, in the hope receive the American that someone in flag draped over the attendance will casket. t’s the most eit her k now t he Chapter 32 Presiinterred servicememdent Michael O’Kane important thing we do.� ber or know someone says he recognizes — Michael O’Kane, Vietnam Veterans of who does. t h at t he g roup is America Chapter 32 President “Ever y time we sometimes “the only bury an indigent vet, fa m i ly t hey h ave left.� But there’s always a chance the late the federal government gives us a f lag,� veteran had a sibling, cousin, niece or neph- O’Kane said. “What we would like to do is give those flags back to a family member ew out there, somewhere.

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The group originally hoped to march in O’Kane believes who deserve to receive that f lag. And the Whitestone-based group is the Memorial Day parade held in Manhatkicking off a new initiative — called “Their tan, but O’Kane said they weren’t promised Last March� — to make sure as many rela- a spot at the beginning of the march, something they will be given at the Little Necktives as possible get one. “If we get one family to come forward,� Douglaston procession. “They said yes in 10 minutes,� he said.

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Cardozo crushed in PSAL hoops title game Judges watch through tears as South Shore hoists championship trophy game that was much more lopsided than the final score indicated.

With the victory, the Vikings became the Cardozo made a habit of erasing deficits in the Public School Athletic League’s city high first school in PSAL history to win the boys school basketball tournament — coming back and girls basketball city titles in same year — to win games in which they looked down for the South Shore women defeated Murray Bergtrum earlier Saturday morning. the count.

“We went to the well too many times,” CarThe Judges did it in the second round against McKee CTE High School, when the dozo coach Ron Naclerio told the Chronicle Bayside squad needed a miracle, buzzer-beat- after the game. “Unfortunately, a couple ing three-pointer from senior Dejavaughn things we usually do pretty good, we didn’t do good today. South Shore had something to say Utley to force overtime. about it.”

They did it in the third round The Judges got off to a slugagainst Boys and Girls High gish start on both sides of the School, a contest in which Carball, effectively dooming them. dozo trailed 18-4 after the first Not only did the Vikings begin quarter. the game on an 11-4 run, they But against top-seed South held Utley and fellow Cardozo Shore High School — a team star Marcus Hammond to a loaded with strong, athletic combined one basket on nine guards and hulking forwards — attempts in the first quarter. there would be no comeback.

By the end of the second Cardozo’s magical run to the quarter, South Shore had grown PSAL city championship game its lead to 35-22, as Cardozo ended not with a banner on Satturned the ball over 10 times in urday at the Barclays Center in the first half alone — leading to Brooklyn, but with tears. e a s y V i k i n g s l ay u p s i n Unable to overcome South transition.

Shore’s size and its own mental Naclerio tried to motivate his mistakes, Cardozo fell to the Marcus Hammond won the champion Vikings 78-66 — a PSAL Sportsmanship Award. team by yelling, “You gotta

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Dejected members of Cardozo High School’s boys basketball team couldn’t bring themselves to watch as South Shore hoisted the Public School Athletic League’s city championship trophy at PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA the Barclays Center last Saturday. believe, fellas!” as they ran to the locker room.

And for a short period, it appeared like his motivational holler had worked.

The Judges came out firing in the third quarter, as Hammond drilled a three-pointer on the team’s first possession, followed by buckets from Collins Onyeike and Jaylen Davis — cutting the Vikings lead to 39-31.

But South Shore stormed back, as Vikings

star Sekou Sylla converted two straight layup attempts off back-to-back turnovers by Onyeike and Javen Soto — quieting the Judges fans in attendance who had been trying their best to will their team back into it.

Cardozo would never trail by fewer than 13 points for the rest of the contest, with South Shore extending its lead by as many as 26 continued on page 27

Naclerio deals with loss on and off the court Cardozo coach opens up about his relationship with his ailing mother

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Cardozo High School boys basketball coach Ron Naclerio often speaks glowingly about his late father, and for good reason.

On Sept. 20, 1958, it was Dr. Emil Naclerio who operated on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. after he was stabbed in the chest during a book signing.

If King so much as coughed on his way to the hospital, the letter opener sticking out of his torso could have punctured his aorta and killed him in mere minutes.

After a tense, tedious surgery, King — and possibly the civil rights movement as a whole — had been saved by a tuxedo-wearing man who, just hours earlier, was out on the town in Manhattan.

Ron Naclerio often cites his father as maybe his biggest influence. And like his father, the Cardozo coach has become a legend in his own right.

No public school coach in New York State has more career victories than Naclerio, who’s walked off the court a winner 794 times since 1981.

His Judges won Public School Athletic League “AA” division city championship in 1999 and 2014.

During games, practices or even just casual conversations, Naclerio will often bring up his father’s heroics to either moti-

Cardozo High School boys basketball head coach Ron Naclerio breaks down as he discusses his elderly mother’s health issues last PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA Thursday. vate his players or to brag about his dad who kept MLK — and his dream — alive.

In interviews with this reporter over a span of six years, however, Naclerio has very rarely mentioned the person his father was out with on that fateful night — his mother, Gloria.

She turned 91 years old last Sunday, one day after her son’s Judges fell to South Shore 78-66 in the PSAL championship game at the Barclays Center.

And Naclerio said during last Thursday’s PSAL press conference that he would give anything in the world — even a third title — if it meant his mother could hang on just a little bit longer.

“My mom is at the end. She might not even last until Saturday,” he said, as tears streamed down his face. “This basketball game, which was an important thing to me, means nothing now.

“My team doesn’t want to hear this, but I would definitely trade losing to have her for another year. But I don’t think that she will make it.”

An acclaimed painter, Gloria Naclerio was raised in the Bronx, eventually graduating from Columbia with a degree in architecture.

She was always calm, organized and neat unlike her son, whose office is cluttered, demeanor is frenetic and appearance sometimes disheveled.

But what they have in common is the ability to take a blank canvas and turn it into a masterpiece.

For Gloria, that meant turning the image in her head of what of her Bayside home should look like into reality.

For Ron, it means molding impressionable young ballplayers into successful men, both on and off the court.

And because of that commonality, she was — and still is — his biggest fan.

“My mother is the greatest,” Naclerio told the Chronicle in an interview after the press conference. “Everything she ever did was for me and my brother.”

Over the last month, Gloria Naclerio’s body has started to give out, leaving her bedridden.

Her son has since moved in with her, caring for her whenever he’s not six blocks away at Cardozo coaching his team.

“I’m going to bed at 2 a.m. now and waking up in the middle of the night to take her to the bathroom,” the coach said. “She’s disappointed when she wakes up because she wants me to move on with my life.”

While his mind has understandably been at home, Naclerio’s team pulled off miracle after miracle in the PSAL city tournament.

After a 14-2 regular season, the Judges earned the tournament’s third seed, but were nearly knocked out in the second round by 19-seed McKee CTE High School March 1.

“The day things really got bad with my mom was the night before the McKee game,” Naclerio said. “We should have lost. continued on page 27

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continued from page 26 points midway through the fourth quarter.

“Those were big killers. If we could have got it to four instead of being down 14, it could have been different,” Naclerio said of the turnovers. “You wouldn’t have needed a six-minute run, just a one-minute run and maybe South Shore would have started feeling the pressure.”

Throughout the contest, South Shore used its size to bully Cardozo both in the paint and on the perimeter, forcing numerous errant passes from Judges guards and holding the Bayside team to just 12 offensive rebounds.

Four Vikings finished in double figures, led by star forward and game MVP Femi Odukale, who dropped 18 points and snagged six rebounds. Isaiah Richards also gave the Judges fits in the paint en route to a 12-point, 13-rebound day, while Sylla went for 17 points.

“We prepared for them, but until you see their length ... man,” Naclerio said. “A lot of their guards would be the center on other teams.”

Hammond led all scorers with 21 points, while Utley contributed 16 and Onyeike poured in 13 points and grabbed 14 rebounds.

After the game, Hammond said Cardozo’s 19 turnovers made the difference, adding the Judges beat themselves more than anything else.

continued from page 26 Everyone played terrible, but [Cardozo guard Dejavaughn] Utley was incredible.

Just incredible.”

With Cardozo down three points with five seconds left, Utley buried an offbalance, desperation three-pointer at the buzzer to send the game into overtime and the home crowd into a frenzy.

Led by Utley’s 38-point performance, the Judges went on to win 75-74, thwarting McKee’s upset bid.

In the PSAL quarterfinals against Boys and Girls High School, Cardozo trailed 18-4 at the end of the first quarter and 29-18 at halftime.

But once again, Utley fueled a furious comeback and the Judges squeaked out a 60-55 win, as they outscored the Kangaroos 42-26 in the second half.

A much less stressful 79-67 win over Thomas Jefferson High School earned them a berth in Saturday’s final, and Naclerio said the distraction of coaching deep into the postseason has spared his psyche.

“The way I got through the last few weeks was the team practices,” he said.

“I’m just going and going.”

But basketball season is over, thanks to Cardozo’s loss in the title game.

And now, Naclerio will have to face his mother’s declining health and eventual passing head on — something he

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said he’s as prepared for as he can possibly be.

“I’m resigned to it,” he said. “In two weeks from now, it’s not like there will be some shot that all of a sudden, she’s 70 years old again. That’s not going to happen.”

Naclerio is a competitor, and has been since his days as an All-American baseball player at St. John’s.

He wouldn’t have coached at the same high school, his alma mater, for more than 30 years in one of the most competitive basketball leagues in the country if he wasn’t.

He told the Chronicle last Thursday that if Cardozo were to lose the title game, he might lie to his mother and say his team came out on top.

“I don’t want to come home — if we do lose — and have her see me down,” Naclerio said. “I just don’t want to tell her that we lost.”

But after his team’s defeat on Saturday, Naclerio said he didn’t have the heart to mislead her.

After all, he’s already done so much in his career, whether that’s winning championships, setting records or changing lives for the better. It’s more than enough for Gloria Naclerio to be proud of.

“I’m going to tell her the truth,” Naclerio said. “She told me that just making Q the finals is good enough for her.”

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“It was us this game. It had nothing to do with them,” he said. “We just didn’t capitalize on our opportunities. We missed too many layups and we didn’t play defense at all this game.”

Saturday’s title game was the final contest in the Cardozo careers of Hammond, Utley, Onyeike, Soto and Pete Pavlidis, arguably the team’s best four players.

Naclerio said the hardest part about the loss wasn’t the result on the scoreboard, but the fact that he’ll never coach that group of players ever again.

“I’m losing four, five or six kids that have been with me for four years, I’m wondering how the new batch of kids is going to be, because the batch that’s leaving ...” he said, with his voice trailing off.

Naclerio went on to call Hammond — a Niagara commit who was playing on the junior varsity team just two years ago — one of the more special players he’s ever coached.

When asked what he’ll miss about playing at Cardozo, Hammond could only speak in a whisper.

“It’s so tough. I wanted to end my career with a win,” he said. “You know ...”

Before he could finish his sentence, tears started streaming down his face.

With his head in his hands, a dejected Hammond walked into the locker room to take off his Cardozo jersey one last time. Q

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Former Cardozo High School basketball star and Queens Village resident Dwayne Brunson was shot to death early Sunday morning in a Wichita, Kan. bar.

According to Wichita police, Brunson and another individual got into an altercation inside Deuces Bar around 2 a.m., when the latter person pulled out a gun and shot the Cardozo graduate multiple times.

Brunson, a 27-year-old married father of two young children, was taken to an area hospital, where he died of his wounds six hours later.

Lt. Todd Ojile of the Wichita Police Department said at a Monday press conference that authori- Former Cardozo High School basketball star Dwayne ties have very little information on Brunson, seen here with his wife and two children, was either the shooter or the circum- murdered in Wichita, Kan. on Sunday.

YOUCARING PHOTO stances surrounding the slaying.

“We have been working on trying to the Cardozo basketball family will never track down individuals in the bar, but we forget you.” have not had much luck at this time,” Ojile During his years at Cardozo, Brunson said. “Right now, we are getting very lim- lived with relatives in Queens Village ited cooperation with the individuals we while his mother battled cancer in South have talked to.”

Carolina.

There were between 30 and 40 people at Most recently, he lived with his wife and Deuces at the time of the shooting, Ojile children in Great Bend, Kan. added, but only a “handful” After graduation, Brunson were still on the scene when went on to play basketball at police arrived.

Barton Community College The bar also lacks surveiland Fort Hayes State Universilance cameras. ty, both in Kansas.

“We really don’t have a lot On Monday, Stacy Polkingof information,” the lieutenant horne, a friend of Brunson’s said. wife, launched a page on the After transferring schools fundraising website YouCaritwice in two years, Brunson ng.com, with the goal of helpstarred at Cardozo — one of ing pay for the former basketthe top basketball programs in ball star’s funeral. the city — during his junior “ D way ne wa s a lov i ng and senior years in 2009 and father of two wonderful boys, 2010.

Dwayne Brunson in who just adored their father.

As a ju nior, the 6 -foot, college. FACEBOOK PHOTO He came into our lives playing 7-inch Brunson led the Judges basketball at Barton County to the PSAL “AA” division city champion- College and Mallory was smitten with him ship game. And in his final year at the almost instantly,” Polkinghorne wrote on Bayside school, the dominant forward the page. “They created a life together over earned All-State honors. the next seven years and impacted many Cardozo coach Ron Naclerio said on lives. Dwayne always had a comeback to a Facebook that hea r i ng the news of general greeting or question, he kept you Brunson’s death brought him “total heart- on your toes and made everyone around break and utter devastation.” him smile.”

“Dwayne, you came so far in such a To donate, log onto youcaring.com and short time,” Naclerio wrote. “You made me search “Dwayne Brunson.” lose even more hair but I loved you As of 12 p.m. Tuesday, 106 people had because you had so many positive attri- contributed a total of $4,900. butes, as well as a heart of gold.”

A second memorial fund was also estab“Your wife Mallory and your two small lished in Brunson’s honor at the Farmers Q children will always be in my prayers and Bank & Trust branch in Great Bend.

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The little girl from the church choir performs in the national spotlight Editor

The NYPD was one of her family businesses. But for Miya Bass of Jamaica, the siren’s song of the music world was too much to resist.

Her dream has taken her to “The Voice,” the NBC show on which aspiring singers are coached and mentored by stars in the business.

“I knew I loved to sing when I was a 6-year-old girl in my church’s gospel choir,” Bass told the Chronicle.

She left the PolicePacademy to become dance and music instructor for the Sports and Arts School Foundation and later became a program director at the New York Junior Tennis League. She now sings with a band called Funktion 11.

But she knew she wanted to test her mettle on “The Voice,” which is now in its 14th season.

“I thought I could do this,” Bass said.

“I was very much encouraged. I knew I could sing on the show.”

She went to a cattle call in Philadelphia and made the cut for the blind auditions from which all contestants are chosen at the beginning of each season.

Performers who pass their auditions are tutored by one of four celebrity

coaches before participating in a series of live performances, in some rounds on their own and in others competing against team members for the right to advance to the next show. After teams are set in a series of blind auditions, one or more singers are eliminated on each show until there is one left standing.

All singers perform live with the celebrity judges seated with their chairs turned to the audience, unable to see the performers when deciding if they want to coach an entrant, signified by turning around.

If a contestant is able to turn more than one chair, he or she gets to pick a team until each coach has a roster of 12.

If no chairs turn around, the best hope is to audition again the next season.

This year’s coaches are Adam Levine of Maroon 5 and country star Blake Shelton, both of whom have been with the show from the start; 15-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys, who has been a coach on the show in the past; and Kelly Clarkson, who got her own break years go as a contestant on the show “American Idol.”

“I per for med ‘Issues’ by Ju lia Michaels,” Bass said, explaining that the song suited her voice and style.

She started with host Carson Daly keepi ng her fa m ily compa ny just offstage.

It didn’t take long for Levine, whose proteges have won the championship three times, to decide he liked what he heard.

“I was nervous,” she admitted. “ ...

Then he turned around and I was in shock. A coach chose me for the show. I was going to be on ‘The Voice’! But I knew I had to keep singing.”

Shelton, she said, welcomed her to the show while simultaneously ratcheting up the friendly trash talk in which he and Levine have regularly engaged for 13 seasons.

“He said, ‘Congratulations for making it on the show. Unfortunately, you’re on this guy’s team.’”

The mentoring sessions have lasted about 45 minutes apiece. Levine, she said, is a dedicated coach, but also makes their sessions enjoyable.

“He’s a lot of fun,” she said. “Adam’s like the crazy cousin in your family, but he’s also very talented and very cool. Plus he has all these jewels of musical experience. It’s a wonderful experience. “ The show next airs Monday at 8 p.m.

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native Missouri, spent her first year living in Jackson Heights. Several of her co-stars have also called the borough home.

“Queens is a magical place for me,” Howard said. “I got my first Broadway show while living in Queens.”

She also spent a short time living in Sunnyside a couple of years ago, she said.

T h e Q PAC p e r f o rmance, “Live! On Tour,” the group’s signature show, will feature, as is the custom, five of the company’s members, who now total 27. In addition to Howard, the per formers are Leslie Kritzer, Heather Parcells, Stephanie Gibson and Tracy Jai Edwards.

Like Howard, Parcells, who hails from Virginia, has also called Queens home, explaining that the borough was “the first place technically I laid my head down” upon arriving in New York.

She has been part of The Broadway Dolls almost from the group’s inception. “I’m the one who talks to the audience. We get to celebrate who we are as people,” she said. continued on page 35

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They sing. They dance. And by example, they spread their message of empowerment for women and equality for all.

They’re The Broadway Dolls, and they’re coming to the Queensborough Performing Arts Center in Bayside for one performance only, on April 8.

The group was founded in 20 07, the brainchild of Hollie Howard, a Broadway veteran who wanted greater control over her own dest i n y. T h e i d e a started out small, with an unpaid gig in the back of a bar, but today t he compa ny at trac t s worldwide attention.

“We want to inspire people to be the best version of themselves,” Howard said in a recent telephone interview.

“We all do Broadway shows,” she said of the women, “where you have to stick to the script and sing songs exactly the same way every night. In our show, we’re able to stretch ourselves, and sing songs we couldn’t do on Broadway.”

Performances offer audiences a “sense of who the girls are,” said Howard, who, after arriving in New York from her

Broadway Dolls kicking up their heels in QPAC song and dance

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“World Amigurumi Exhibition vol. 4: Dolls for Daily Life!,” taking the Japanese art of crocheting dolls, stuffed animals and other creatures in a new direction, with items that can be used as everyday objects, by artists from all over the world. Thru Sat., March 31, Resobox, 41-26 27 St., Long Island City.

Free. Info: (718) 784-3680, resobox.com.

“Peace and Love,” with paintings, mixed-media works and sculptures by several artists, reflecting the African-American experience. Thru., Mon., April 30 (reception with artists Sat., March 24, 2 p.m.), Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Ave. Free (donations welcome). Info: (718) 6587400, jcal.org.

Nick Doyle: Soft Arrest, with sculptures and painted works that address masculinity and its effects on society and offer insight into a productive male response. Tue.-Sat. thru Sat., March 31, Mrs., 60-40 56 Drive, Maspeth. Free. Info: (347) 841-6149, mrsgallery.com.

The Moscow Festival Ballet presents the Romantic classic “Giselle” at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center on Sunday, March 25.

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COURTESY PHOTO “Art in the Garden: Hope,” with intricately detailed pencil drawings of seeds artist Laura Fantini has collected in NYC and Italy, exploring their power, new beginnings and growth. Thru Sun., April 29 (artist talk and horticultural walk Sun., March 25, 2-4 p.m. (registration req’d)), Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free thru March; then free with garden admission. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

THEATRE “Macbeth,” Shakespeare’s timeless, tragic tale of ambition, murder and madness in the pursuit of tyrannical power. Thu.-Sat., March 22-24, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 25, 5 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $25. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

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“Holding Space: The Museum Collects,” with more than 40 works of folk art from the 18th to 21st centuries, including Agatha Wojciechowsky’s “Untitled,” left, and William Matthew Prior’s “Heavenly Children,” other paintings, drawings, sculpture and more. Mon., March 5-Thu., July 5, American Folk Art Museum’s Self-Taught Genius Gallery, 47-29 32 Place, Long Island City. Free. Info: (212) 595-9533, folkartmuseum.org.

PHOTO BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH “Night Regulation, “Storytelling in the Land of Text, Identity and Pictures,” with abstract works in various styles that include letters, words or phrases. Thru Fri., April 6, Radiator Gallery, 10-61 Jackson Ave., LIC. Free. Info: (347) 677-3418, radiatorarts.com.

Encuentro Flamenco, a dance and musical encounter with Spain, India and the Middle East. Fri.-Sat., March 23-24, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 25, 4 p.m., Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. $40; $45 at door; $37 students, seniors; $42 at door.

Info: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

The Moscow Festival Ballet’s “Giselle,” in which a girl dies of a broken heart and, as a spirit, battles to save her lover in woods haunted by other ghosts.

Sun., March 25, 3 p.m., Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. $39-$42. Info: (718) 631-6311, visitqpac.org.

MUSIC Dance Music for the Sun King, 17th-century music such as what France’s Louis XIV, a skilled dancer, listened to, performed by the Queens

Consort on baroque instruments. Sat., March 24, 7:30 p.m., The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $20; $10 students 13-30; free kids under 13 with adult. Info: (718) 894-2178, queensconsort.com, musicareginae.org.

Queens Symphony Orchestra — Destination: Italy!, with Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and works by Schubert and Stravinsky. Fri., March 23, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free; RSVP req’d.

Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

Piano Men — A Tribute to Elton John & Billy Joel, with Broadway veterans Craig A. Meyer, left, and Donnie Kehr performing hit songs by the rock stars, accompanied by backup singers and a band. Sat., March 24, 8 p.m., Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. $40-$48. Info: (718) 631-6311, visitqpac.org.

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Classics in the Sanctuary, with modern and traditional selections by Nora Krohn and Nick Revel on viola and Derin Oge on piano. Sat., March 24, 7-9 p.m., Sunnyside Reformed Church, 48-03 Skillman Ave. Free. Info: norakrohn.com.

Tomb Sonnets: Voice and viols from across the centuries, the world premiere of a work

by Martin Kennedy and more, by Parthenia with vocalist Ryland Angel. Sun., March 25, 2 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $25. Info: (212) 866-0468, gemsny.org/events/parthenia.

FILM “Duck Soup,” the 1933 Marx Brothers comedy classic about political intrigue between two imaginary countries. Sat., March 24, 11 a.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $7 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

Queens World Film Festival, the eighth annual, with independent movies of all kinds, from shorts to features, by filmmakers from Queens and around the world. Thru Sun., March 25, various times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria; and Kaufman Astoria Studios, 34-12 36 St. $15; $100 for 10-ticket package; $200 for 20. Info: (718) 429-2579, queensworldfilmfestival.com

KIDS/TEENS Teen Cinema Thursday: A Hip-Hop Series, “a fun and informative hip-hop teen cinema session.” Thu., March 22, 5-7 p.m., Rochdale Village Library, 16909 137 Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 723-4440, queenslibrary.org.

Broadway Kids, a live stage event with Broadway stars performing songs from popular children’s musicals and animated films, plus a Q-and-A session, meant to drive interest in the theater [see story in this week’s qboro]. Sat.-Sun., March 24-25, Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $15-$25. Info: (718) 7600064, queenstheatre.org.

Storytime, for kids from infancy to age 5 and their parents or caregivers, with songs and crafts too.

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A musical filled with kids’ stage and film favorites Created exclusively for Queens Theatre, where it will be performed twice only, on March 24 and 25, “Broadway Kids” is billed as a vehicle to introduce younger audience members to theater.

Filled with familiar songs culled from some of the most popular children’s musicals and animated films, and performed by a cast of five Broadway veterans, the show promises to leave those youngsters — and their parents — whistling a lot of happy tunes.

According to producer Stephen DeAngelis, who conceived and directed the show, “Whatever I create for a venue, it’s not a

‘Broadway Kids’ When: Sat.-Sun., March 24, 25, 3 p.m.

Where: Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park Tickets: $15-$20. (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org

stop on a tour. It’s created specifically for the venue, from scratch.”

At a recent rehearsal, one of only a few that will take place prior to the show’s opening, Sara Jean Ford, whose Broadway credits include Christine in “The Phantom of the Opera” and roles in revivals of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” and “A Little Night Music,” stood next to the piano, sheet music still in hand, and ran through several of her solos.

The show’s possible impact on youngsters is not lost on her. She has seen her own 4-year-old daughter, raised in a theatrical environment, develop confidence and “her imagination is out of this world.”

Ford recalls seeing theater at a young age and “being hit by the bug. I remember dreaming of getting paid to play for a living. Kids getting to see grown-ups play right in front of them will be inspiring.”

Surprisingly, with her pristine soprano, she has never actually played most of the characters whose songs she’ll be singing in “Broadway Kids.”

Audiences can look forward to hearing numbers from “The King and I,” “The Sound of Music,” “Peter Pan,” “Annie,”

Sara Jean Ford and Bret Shuford rehearse numbers for “Broadway Kids,” whose other known cast members are Mckayla Twiggs, Alton Fitzgerald White and Teal Wicks. PHOTOS BY MARK LORD “Into the Woods,” “Cinderella,” “Newsies,” “Matilda” and others. And they might even be invited to join in on one or two.

Though its name is nearly the same as The Broadway Kids, a group of young theater professionals who put out a series of themed CDs, the show actually features

only one child performer, Mckayla Twiggs, who made her Broadway debut at the age of 7 in “Once,” and has since appeared in the 2014 revival of “Les Miserables” and, most recently, in “Anastasia.”

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The endangered majesties of Africa on display

by Victoria Zunitch qboro contributor

The Serengeti region in east-central Africa is often referred to as “vast plains,” but it’s more than that. It’s an entire ecosystem unto itself. The majestic beauty of its wild animals depends on the continued thriving of prey for, say, lions and leopards to eat, leftovers for vultures to feast on, clean water for all to drink and plenty of room to roam.

It’s famous for hosting the largest terrestrial migration of animals on planet Earth. When you think of lions and elephants and giraffes, if you have a video in your mind of leopards and hippos and zebras roaming free, you’re probably thinking of the Serengeti.

But this vast region, which cuts across northern Tanzania and into southwestern Kenya, is under grave ecological threat, calling into question the long-term survival of its animals. Tanzania has several times tried to plan a two-lane highway that has so far been blocked because it’s seen as a threat to the annual migration of wildebeest. Yet fenced farms to support the growing human population is still a problem. The latest such plan was shelved in 2015. Human population growth and poverty has led to illegal hunting, further threatening the stability of the Serengeti’s extended animal family.

A photography exhibit installed this winter at the New York Hall of Science, “Vanishing,” focuses on the individuals and species that call the Serengeti home.

To read the sad and pessimistic introduction to the gallery exhibit is to wish, and hope, that it isn’t fully true. With images taken by the photography team of Penrhyn and Rod Cook, it’s on display now through June 30 in the Deborah and Edward Horowitz gallery space on the second floor, adjacent to the Science Playground exit and near the auditorium.

Penrhyn and Cook are a husband-andwife team who own the PenRod Studio photography gallery in Bridgeport, Conn.

The studio’s website, penrodphoto graphs.com, says Rod Cook was a com-

mercial photographer for the first 25 years of his career and has also worked as a magazine managing editor, helicopter pilot and design firm partner. Penrhyn Cook says on the site that her eyes were opened to photography by a black-and-white photographic workshop. She started with film, but has more recently been using digital photography and color.

Before NYSCI, the exhibit was on view last fall at the Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven, Conn.

NYSCI is known for its active and hands-on approach to science. “Vanishing” offers an alternative experience, allowing one to take a silent, cerebral approach, if you like, to contemplating issues of the animals with whom we share this planet and the effects of human activity on their health and survival. You can read the exhibit poster and cards beneath each picture to soak up the details of each species depicted. Or you can make it a wholly visual experience and theoretically commune with the animals on their own turf, unlike seeing them in a zoo.

If we had a word like “humanity” for a shared benevolence between humans and Photographs by the team of Penryhn and Rod Cook capture animals in Africa’s Serengeti animals, it would be evoked in its full including this lion and, below, secretary birds and an elephant with a bird riding on its glory in “Male Lion on Kopjes.” He is sit- back. Their exhibit is on display at the New York Hall of Science. PHOTOS BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH laying as cats do, legs and body on of the museum’s many other, more kinetground, head up and face alert but not vultures — which are now threatened. tense, resplendent in his furry, fierce felini“Warthogs Nose to Nose” shows us ic, experiences.

But, true to their nature, toddlers could ty. Yes, he would kill us and eat us if he two members of the species interacting. It got the chance. But what do humans eat isn’t explained if they’re cavorting or not and would not ignore the elephant phowhen hungry? If we c o m p e t i ng. T h e tos in the room. Or the hippos, or the lions.

Benjamin Smith, appearing to be s t ay out of his photo nevertheless home, maybe he’ll transports us into around 2, went through the exhibit with stay out of ours. the life of a wart- his dad, Eric Smith. Benjamin pointed to When: Through Sat., June 30 hog, showing us each photo as he passed them, and his But we haven’t Where: New York Hall of Science, two full animals in dad named them for him. Attention was stayed out of his 47-01 111 Street, Corona profile going about paid to each animal. His dad said afterhome. We learn in Entry: $16; $13 students, seniors. t h e b u s i n e s s of ward that Benjamin particularly liked the exhibit that the (718) 699-0005, nysci.org being. In another l o o k i n g a t t h e g i r a f f e a n d t h e lion, commonly image, we learn wildebeests. called “King of the A girl from the Wu family also was that secretary birds Jungle,” is actually making her way through the exhibit with much more likely to be found in the forest, are threatened by the loss of their prey.

Many NYSCI visiting families arrive her dad. As happens with toddlers, she like the Cowardly Lion in “The Wizard of Oz.” And his forest home is threatened by with older children, and on a recent Sat- was learning, but it sounded like she was human encroachment. Fewer lions means urday almost all such groups raced past teaching.

“It’s a baby,” she said of a lion cub. less prey killed, and less carrion left for the the photos on the way to a movie or one “Three zebras. Three zebras, again” wa s her lesson on a t heme d grouping.

Zebras face numerous threats from humans. Ranching and farming have shrunk their habitat, and they are forced to compete with livestock for water. They are hunted for both their meat and their hide.

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“We all have personalities and we’re talented in different ways,” she said. Performing in the show allows the women to leave typecasting behind; Parcells identifies herself as the show’s comic relief “in the sense that I’m very unexpected. I look like a Rockette and sing like an ingenue, but I love to be self-deprecating on stage.”

Edwards, who arrived here at the age of 19 and found her first apartment in Astoria, said she has “always felt very empowered to be inspired by inspiring, powerful women” such as those with whom she shares the stage in this show.

It’s a term the women use frequently

The Broadway Dolls When: Sun., April 8, 3 p.m.

Where: Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside Tickets: $35-45. (718) 631-6311, visitqpac.org

in describing each other. Gibson, noting that “female empowerment is huge right now,” finds it “delightful to have a full evening with powerful women. Celebrating women is a fun day in the theater.”

The show, she said, is a “celebration of life and femininity.”

The performance at QPAC will feature not only an all-female cast but, for the first time in the show’s history, an allfemale band.

But, Howard is quick to point out, the show has an all-male creative team.

“The dynamic is really nice,” she said.

“Men and women have to be equal.”

Encompassing show tunes — including what Howard calls a “crazy, hectic medley” featuring bits of songs from roles the ladies played on Broadway — as well as rock, jazz and standards, the show “appeals to all ages and music lovers,” Howard said.

“We don’t dive into politics, but there is an underlying statement” through it all, she said. “We have a loving vibe but we want to show that people can Q achieve their dreams.”

Five women in the 27-member Broadway Dolls troupe will perform show tunes, rock, jazz and standards at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center on April 8. They’re COURTESY PHOTOS all veterans of the Great White Way. On the cover: The ladies in red.

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continued from page 32 Storytime with Rachael Cole, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll read from her celebrated picture book â&#x20AC;&#x153;City Moon,â&#x20AC;? illustrated by Blanca Gomez and recommended for kids 2-6, and teach how to make collages. Sun., March 25, 11:30 a.m., Book Culture LIC, 26-09 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 440-3120, bookculture.com, rachaelcole.net.

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Built in only nine months at a cost of $1.6 million, Borough Hall was erected at 120-55 Queens Blvd. in Kew Gardens in 1940.

Naturally, there became a need for an eatery across the Cliff Stewardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boro Lounge located at 124-18 Queens Blvd., street, where Borough Hall November 1947. employees could have lunch.

Jack and Sidney Fauer, who operated a Gross for $600 each.

Steward had been working at a telephone bowling alley in Richmond Hill, did the honors as they opened up the Boro Rende- company at the time and established consecutive numbers to go with the telephones vous at 124-18 Queens Blvd.

With so many area residents serving in for his bookmaking operation.

Despite the negative press, the Boro the military during World War II, it only Lounge prospered and Steward bought a enjoyed moderate success.

And in November 1947, the eatery was house in Lake Success, LI. The restaurant would go on to host Dispurchased by Alvin Clifford Steward for $50,000 and renamed Cliff Stewardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boro trict Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office staffers, city politicians and every borough president through Lounge.

In 1952, it made headlines when convict- Donald Manes in the 1980s.

The building was eventually razed, with ed bookmaker Harry Gross announced he Pasta Lovers taking its place on Queens gave Steward the money to buy the site.

Telephone sets were hard to get in the Boulevard. That restaurant has since Q 1940s, but Steward sold six of them to closed, as well.

St. Josaphatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Easter Spring & Craft Sale, with handmade palm crosses, wreaths, flower cones for graves, wall hangings, Polish food and more.

Sat., March 24, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sun., March 25, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 34-32 210 St., Bayside. Info: Joy, (917) 921-7631.

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Environmental Stewardship Community Conversation, with a short historic reading about the fight for conservation followed by a discussion. Sat., March 24, 10-11:30 a.m., Maple Grove Cemetery Victorian Administration Building, 83-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free; preregistration requested. Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

Saturday night dances, with a live DJ playing classics, oldies, Italian and Spanish music, food and more. Sat., March 24 (also April 7 and 21 and every other Saturday all year), 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $12. Info: (718) 478-3100.

Early Spring Bird Walk, with a slide program and walk to find eastern phoebes, osprey and other early migrants, with the American Littoral Society. Sat., March 24, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: Don Riepe, (718) 474-0896, donriepe@gmail.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS

UniverSoul Circus, on its 25th anniversary tour, with acrobats, animals, daredevil motorcyclists, dancers and more. Thru Sun., April 8, various times, Roy Wilkins Park, Merrick and Baisley blvds., Jamaica. $20-$40. Info: universoulcircus.com.

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Safe Boating Course, by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, to earn the official certificate.

Tue., March 27, April 3, 10 and 17, 7:30-9:30 p.m. (must attend all four for certificate), Old Mill Yacht Club, 163-15 Crossbay Blvd., Howard Beach. $75. Info: Steve, (347) 400-8470, maliagr@aol.com.

Beginnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spanish, so you too can say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yo hablo el EspaĂąol.â&#x20AC;? Each Tue., Fri., 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Free. Info: (718) 268-5960.

Pet bed workshop, with participants making them out of old sweaters and sweatshirts to donate to an area pet organization; donations of sweaters and sweatshirts welcome (no hoods). Sat., March 24, 12-4 p.m., Maple Grove Cemetery Victorian Administration Building, 83-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free. Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Queens AARP Chorus, which sings at nursing homes and AARP events, seeks retired people to join. Meets each Fri., 11 a.m. (new people asked to come 10 a.m.), Clearview Selfhelp Center, 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Info: joroosume@verizon.net.

Knitting and crocheting class, to learn a new skill or share an idea for a craft project, by Jamaica Senior Program for Older Adults. Each Thu., 10:30-11:30 a.m., T. Jackson Adult Center, 92-47 165 St. Info: (718) 657-6500, jspoa.org.

Howard Beach Senior Center, with exercise classes every weekday except Thu., varying times; dances with a DJ and hot lunch every Tue., 12-3 p.m.; art classes every Thu., 9:30-11:30 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m.; intro to sign language every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m.; karaoke every Wed., 1-3 p.m.; monthly book club; and more, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100.

SUPPORT GROUPS Overeaters Anonymous, for people who want to lose weight or have any eating disorder. Every Tue., 7:30-9 p.m., Holy Child Jesus Outreach Center, 112-06 86 Ave., Richmond Hill; every Thu., 12:15-1:40 p.m., Rego Park Library, 91-41 63 Drive. Info: (347) 433-5876, (718) 564-7027 (Richmond Hill), (718) 4595140 (Rego Park).

Anxious, nervous, depressed? Recovery International can help. Meetings every Thu., 2:30 p.m., Fri., 3:30 p.m. Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Ave. Info: recoveryinternational.org.

PTSD for veterans and service members: Reach out to a anonymous support group in your area. Info: 1 (800) 273-TALK.

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“We want to open up awareness of how to create new things out of pre-existing art.”

DeAngelis personally chose all the material and the performers, each of whom he said offers a distinct personality. “Sara has the traditional musical theater voice. Teal has a pop-rock sensibility. Bret is adept at musical comedy,” he said.

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by Dennis Alestra DCA# 0840217, auctioneer, as the law directs, FOR CASH ONLY, on the 11th day of APRIL, 2018, at 1:00 PM, at: 3010 STARR AVENUE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101 in the county of QUEENS all the right, title and interest which ASHOT POGOSIAN a/k/a AL POGOSIAN, the judgment debtor(s), had on the 17th day of May, 2006, or at anytime thereafter, of, in and to the following properties: 206-21 46th Road, Bayside, NY 11361 (Block 7308, Lot 71) ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northerly side of 46th Road, distant 215 feet easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of 46th Road with the easterly side of 206th Street; Running thence northerly, at right angles to the northerly side of 46th Road and part of the distance through a party wall, 100 feet; Thence easterly, parallel with the northerly side of 46th Road, 30 feet; Thence southerly, again at right angles to the northerly side of 46th Road, 100 feet to the said northerly side of 46th Road; Thence westerly along the northerly side of 46th Road, 30 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Said premises also being known as 20621 46th Road, Bayside, NY 11361 (Block 7308, Lot 71). JOSEPH FUCITO Sheriff of the City of New York, SERGEANT WILLARD LESTER #241 (718) 707-2062 CASE# 17030115

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Notice of Formation of LORD & SURE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/21/09. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 94-30 60th Ave., Elmhurst, NY 11373. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Hertzel K. Sure, 94-25 60th Ave., Elmhurst, NY 11373. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of 14748 GARDEN LLC Articles of Organization Filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 02/08/2018. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY Shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 147-48 ELM AVE FLUSHING NY 11355. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

CASSAR INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/4/17.

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L & K KERIM LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/28/17. 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, 118-21 Queens Blvd, Ste 515, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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continued from page 33 Shuford, who enjoyed a run in Cirque Du Soleil’s Broadway venture, “Paramour”; Teal Wicks, known for her appearances in “Jekyll and Hyde,” “Finding Neverland,” and as Elphaba in the long-running “Wicked”; and Alton Fitzgerald White, who has sung in “Ragtime,” “The Color Purple” and, most impressively, did a five-and-ahalf-year run as Mufasa in “The Lion King.”

A sixth performer will make a surprise guest appearance. The only hint DeAngelis would offer is that her voice is going to make this up-and-comer a star.

The idea for the show came about as DeAngelis, who has had a history with Queens Theatre as its casting director for several recent plays, and the theater’s executive director, Taryn Sacramone, were discussing possible future productions.

“I pitched a couple of ideas,” DeAngelis said, and Sacramone liked them both. The other, “Broadway Valentine,” had its opening night delayed by a water main break in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home to the theater, and has been rescheduled for April 14.

“Broadway Kids,” DeAngelis said, is a concert combined with a brief Q-and-A session in the second half. DeAngelis, who will moderate, looks forward to it. “You never

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: QUEENS COUNTY MOREQUITY, INC.; Plaintiff(s) vs. CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about January 9, 2018, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the QUEENS COUNTY SUPREME COURT, located at 88-11 SUTPHIN BOULEVARD, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, IN COURTROOM # 25, on April 13, 2018 at 10:00 am. Premises known as 158-11 96TH ST, HOWARD BEACH, NY 11414 Block: 14166 Lot: 55 All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, known and designated as and by lot numbers 55 and 56 in Block Number 51 on a certain map entitled, “Revised Map of Lots of Howard Beach Estates, Fourth Ward, Borough of Queens, New York City, surveyed March 1916

by James F. Deehan, C.S.” and filed in the Office of the Clerk, now City Register Queens County on April 13, 1916 as Map Number 3432. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. Approximate amount of judgment $356,888.84 plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. 12717/09, Anthony V. Lombardino, Esq., Referee

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS. Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 86-16 122ND STREET RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418 Block: 9275 Lot: 47 INDEX NO. 710248/2015. CIT BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. FRANK GRAY, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY M. GRAY; BRIAN GRAY, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY M. GRAY; JOHN GRAY, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY M. GRAY, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, "JOHN DOE #1" through "JOHN DOE #12," the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.

To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff's Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $750,000.00 and interest, recorded on January 8, 2010, at Instrument number 20100000007455, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 86-16 122ND STREET, RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: April 27, 2016 RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: JOSEPH J. KARLYA III, ESQ., 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 280-7675

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The sad news of the passing of former Mets third baseman and East Elmhurst resident Ed Charles last Thursday set off a wave of tributes, especially from Mets fans and sportswriters who are old enough to remember how Charles was an integral member of the 1969 Miracle Mets team that incredibly became World Series champions against all odds and logic.

Yes, just being a member of that 1969 Mets would be enough to spur kind words about the player who was given the nickname “The Glider” by teammate and star pitcher Jerry Koosman. That would be a gross oversimplification for accounting for Ed’s popularity.

What always stood out for me was how happy he was to talk with fans. He probably heard people tell him millions of times about their memories of 1969, and always reacted as if it were the first time that he had heard it. Now that wasn’t because Ed was such a good actor but rather because he was an extremely nice person who was genuinely touched that he was able to provide so much happiness for others.

Another reason Charles was beloved is that he had to work a number of 9-to-5 jobs to make ends meet after his baseball career was over.

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One of the artists Ed worked with was a young singing group from Chicago called the Five Stairsteps, who had a hit in 1970 with the silky smooth soul ballad, “O-o-h Child.”

Charles told me years ago that one of his prized possessions was the framed gold record that Bogart presented to him for his work in getting the song played on radio across the nation.

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