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Some bristle over bill aimed at unlicensed Immigrant advocates say driving law would push more into the shadows

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

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n a borough with a main thoroughfare nicknamed the “Boulevard of Death,” lawmakers are urging the passing of bills in the state Senate and Assembly that would target improperly licensed drivers who kill or seriously injure others on the road.

The bills, S2539 and S2484 in the Senate, sponsored by state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria), would make such incidents caused by drivers with suspended licenses felonies. They would also immediately impound violators’ vehicles.

There are accompanying bills in the state Assembly, carried by Assemblywoman Marge Markey (D-Maspeth) and supported

by Assemblyman Francisco Moya (D-Jackson Heights).

The bills aim to combat an issue of tragedies that occur around the borough.

In December of 2013, Noshat Nahian, a third-grader who was walking to school, was struck by the unlicensed driver of a tractor

A roadside memorial pays tribute to a 22-year-old man who was struck and killed on Queens Boulevard in 2008. Under proposed laws, if the driver of the vehicle were unlicensed or had a suspended license, he or she could be charged with a felony.

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trailer on Northern Boulevard and 61st Street in Woodside. In January 2014, 68-year-old Angela Hurtado was fatally struck in Maspeth by an SUV driver with a suspended license.

Just last week, an 80-year-old woman was mowed down while crossing Astoria Boulevard in East Elmhurst, although that driver had a valid license and a clean record.

At and following a press conference last month held after the death of a pedestrian who was struck in Woodside, representatives from the group Transportation Alternatives, which has been at the heart of recent initiatives aiming for safer streets across the borough, said that unlicensed drivers are twice as likely to cause a fatality.

At that press conference, it was cited that unlicensed driving itself is prevalent in Queens, with 245 tickets written by Queens Borough Patrol North in January in the 115th Precinct alone.

But some members of the community — among them, advocates for immigrant and criminal rights — say that if signed into law, the measure could spell trouble for groups of people who are already marginalized in society.

Khalil Cumberbatch, a consultant with the Immigrant Defense Project, said the bills, which call for punitive measures, are reactionary in nature.

“The reality is that this form of perpetual

punishment totally does not answer, it doesn’t solve the problem and it doesn’t present a realistic answer to a question,” Cumberbatch said.

He added that the law would also push unlicensed immigrants further “into the shadows.” The last thing often taken into consideration when drafting a bill, Cumberbatch said, is its potential impacts on the immigrant community.

“Granted, [for] someone who maliciously intended to fully cause harm, there should be some form of punishment,” he added. “But to cast a wide net?”

He also said stamping a felony offense for one mistake could cripple many individuals, calling it a “scarlet letter,” on records calling the idea “another way of using the criminal justice system as the blanket answer to a lot of societal questions.”

Jackie Vimo, the director of regional advocacy at the New York Immigration Coalition, connected the issue to the need for unauthorized immigrants to first be able to obtain driver’s licenses.

“A license is necessary to work, to get their children to school, sometimes to take family members to the hospital,” Vimo said. “This is not a luxury, it’s a basic life necessity. I think New York is really behind the curve on this.”

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Neglected craft could present environmental, safety problems

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

No chance to look off the port bow for two Howard Beach boats, because they’re slowly sinking into Hawtree Creek.

The 50- and 30-foot boats, both belonging to a Bayview Avenue resident, have slowly been listing into the creek after they lost their sea legs about a week ago. Although still tied to the dock, both are just about halfway underwater.

Both were leaking oil and fuel into the creek, which leads into Jamaica Bay, over the weekend until authorities pumped the fluids out of them, according to members of the Howard Beach Motor Boat Club, located a few yards away from the wreckage.

“But that was after a day of leakage that went unmitigated,” said Mike Raffo, a member of the boat club and a lifelong resident of Howard Beach. “Now there’s a whole canal full of gasoline.”

Oil slicks were visible on the water Tuesday afternoon.

Dan Mundy Jr., a member of the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, said the fluids in the water present an environmental hazard that should be addressed immediately.

“If you have oil in the boat, you have contaminated water and you need to get the Department of Environmental Conservation out there,” he said.

This 30-foot boat sits just behind a 50-foot one that is also slowly sinking into Hawtree Creek in Howard Beach. Nearby boat enthusiasts say the leaking of boat fluids presents an environmental PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY risk.

Raffo said the larger boat has long been neglected by its owner, who could not be identified by club members or staff from Councilman Eric Ulrich’s (R-Ozone Park) office.

“He doesn’t care about this community,” Raffo said. “He never once ran that boat. He

just had parties on it.”

He said the boat started to list after several inches of ice started to melt, causing it to sink. Some believe the owner is in jail but that could not be confirmed by press time.

Sal Simonetti, Ulrich’s chief of staff, said on Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engi-

neers would come out to take a look at the boats later this week. He added, however, that the water might be too shallow for the corps’ vehicles.

Jurisdictional issues might also halt the removal of the boats, Simonetti added.

“It’s still partially tied to the dock,” he said of the bigger one.

Mundy, an avid boater, said there is a “gray area” when it comes to removing neglected marine vehicles.

“There is a weak link in the administrative code that I don’t thin k is being addressed,” he said.

If an unattended boat lists into Jamaica Bay, it is the responsibility of the National Parks Service. But since the boats are still attached to the dock, it is the homeowner’s responsibility. Mundy said there is nothing in place to remove such eyesores.

“I think that needs to be addressed,” he added.

The club members said the boats are more than an eyesore and present a potential safety hazard.

“A fire boat may not be able to get in because it’s being blocked,” the club’s corresponding secretary Alan Andrus said.

Simonetti added he was also trying to get the Coast Guard out to take a look at the wreckage and that the 106th Precinct’s harQ bor control unit was aware of it.

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Illegal conversions persist in W’haven Illegitimate units in community up for discussion again after 90 St. fire

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

conversions within Woodhaven, public records state.

More than 40 have been made in 2015 so far.

Colberg said the possibility that illegal conversions led to the fire should be a warning sign to Mayor de Blasio’s plan to legalize basement dwellings in an effort to place or preserve an additional 200,000 units of affordable housing throughout the city.

“The city needs to look into this before they decide to legalize the basement dwellings,” Colberg said.

Wendell said where the city needs to take action is in enforcing the law against illegal conversions.

The landlord of 91-21 90 St. was fined $10,000 for the basement dwelling but it was never removed.

“It’s not apathy on the part of the residents,” Wendell said. “It’s apathy on the part of the city.”

He added that residents should file their complaints with the city and not just with each other, but that

The fire-damaged houses on 90th Street in Woodhaven are boarded up.

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something then had to be done by the proper agency.

“They keep telling us ‘If you see something, say something.’ Well there’s a third part to that, ‘Do something’,” Wendell said.

Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-Brooklyn) said in a memo obtained by the Chronicle that he is

preparing three bills to combat illegal conversions, including one that would have the owners of illegitimate units pay the rent of tenants displaced from them.

Ulrich is co-sponsoring the bills. He added that those who break the law should be “criminalQ ly prosecuted.”

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For more than three years, the city Department of Buildings knew that people were living in illegally converted residences at 91-21 90 St. The landlord of the home lived in an illegal cellar apartment, according to city records dating back to December 2011.

The tenant on the first floor was Luis Lopez, who when asked to leave the house last Wednesday allegedly set fire to it, according to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.

The flames spread to seven other houses on that block.

Another tenant on the second floor was forced to climb out the window to escape the fire, according to eyewitnesses.

And it seems that house was not the only one with illegal apartments.

Cou ncilman Er ic Ulr ich (R-Ozone Park) said one of the homes damaged in the fire was

found to have bunk beds in its basement, apparently being rented to several tenants.

Records show that a complaint was made last year about 91-31 90 St. stating that there were “a lot of teneants [sic] going in and out of the house. I believe that the basment [sic] was converted into rooms and there has been past constuction [sic].”

According to Ulrich, six summonses were written for those who had illegal conversions in their homes on that block.

The houses have been boarded up, according to a Twitter post from the 102nd Precinct.

Martin Colberg, president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, and Ed Wendell, immediate past president of the group, both said they had not heard complaints about the house at 91-21 but added that illegal conversions are a longstanding problem in the community.

In 2014, more than 240 calls to 311 were made regarding illegal

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Select bus service plan gets funding Woodhaven-Cross Bay Boulevard route will cost $200 million to create

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Rockaway residents may not be getting a rail line anytime soon, but quickly traveling the 14 miles from the beach to Woodside might soon be more than just a pipe dream.

The Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that it has settled on a final design concept for select bus service along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards, stretching 14 miles between Woodside and the Rockaways.

The $200 million plan includes a separation of local and thru traffic, allowing thru traffic to travel free from parking and turning conflicts while local traffic would move along service streets separated from the main strip via a median.

The bus route would be based on the existing Q52 and Q53 paths, and the vehicles would travel in designed curbside lanes along the main strip.

The bus stops containing offboard fare collection, shelters and greenery will be located on the median separating the main strip from the service road.

The select bus service route will also connect its riders to the A, E, F, J, Z, M, R and No. 7 subway lines.

Construction is set to begin in 2017.

“The Woodhaven/Cross Bay Boulevard bus route will be an ambitious design to provide better transit service to those in Queens, making the street work better for all users,” the DOT said in a release. “The design will also make the street safer, supporting the city’s Vision Zero goal.”

The DOT said the plan would help alleviate “slow and unreliable” bus service, dangerous pedestrian crossings on Woodhaven Boulevard, traffic congestion and difficult navigation of the roadways.

Cou ncilman Er ic U lr ich (R-Ozone Park) offered his support for the agency’s plan in a statement issued Tuesday.

“Select bus service on Woodhaven Boulevard will improve the flow of traffic on one of Queens’ busiest corridors,” Ulrich said, “and make the road safer for pedestrians and drivers alike.”

The proposal has been met with

Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards may look much different in the coming years, as the Department of Transportation has settled on a final PHOTO COURTESY DOT select bus service design. enthusiasm from other electeds s u ch a s Re p. Jo e C r owley (D-Bronx, Queens), but some community officials have expressed their reservations.

Kenichi Wilson, transportation chairman for Community Board 9, said he was disappointed the city picked one design instead of meshing together the three for the entire corridor.

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“I don’t see it working out that simple.”

In a statement released Wednesday, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said the plan would only make the two boulevards more dangerous.

“T he idea that N YC DOT, through their Select Bus Service proposal, is seeking to remove an entire traff ic lane and in my

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The city is in the process of apply i ng for a “subst a nt ial” amount of funding from the Federal Transit Administration, according to the DOT. If implemented, the select bus service route would be the eighth in the city and second in Queens after the Harlem-LaGuardia airport route.

According to the DOT, riders will save an estimated 25 to 35 percent in travel time.

Crashes, which have killed 24 people along the route since 2008, may also decline as much as 20 percent.

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Save voting for citizens only

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ome published reports this week said that City Councilman Danny Dromm plans soon to reintroduce his bill to allow legal immigrants who have been in the country for at least six months to vote in municipal elections.

Those reports are wrong, according to Dromm’s office, though he stands by the measure, which had more than 30 co-sponsors when he last laid it on the table, and will bring it up again sometime.

We’d rather he didn’t. While it’s true that a handful of municipalities around the country allow immigrants to vote, it’s really a right that should be reserved to the American citizen.

Many immigrants who arrive here legally hope to stay and eventually win citizenship. That’s when they should get the right to vote. Many others come here for work or to study, have no particular allegiance to the country and plan to go back to their native lands at some point. They have plenty of rights already here — they can drive, they can get public benefits, they can pick up the IDNYC card that gives them discounts and even free membership to cultural institutions for a limited time; they don’t need

the franchise too. That’s something that should be an incentive for an immigrant to become a citizen.

On the other hand, nearly all immigrants and citizens alike in the city are being denied the ability to vote for their community’s representatives in a vital policy area: education. Elections for the city’s school district community education councils are coming up, but guess what?

Chances are you don’t get to cast a ballot.

The only people who get to vote in those elections, whose winners get to approve school zoning lines, hold hearings on proposed school closings and more, are select officers of parent and parent-teacher associations.

Talk about undemocratic. Parents who can’t be an active part of the PTA — say, because they work two jobs to pay the taxes that fund the schools — have no voice in who sits on the CEC. Not to mention their neighbors, who all have both an investment and a vested interest in the schools, whether they have children in them or not.

It’s not like this outside the city, where school board races are hot stuff and everyone gets to vote. We have some CECs with dozens of candidates running for nine available seats. They should be elected democratically.

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Moving trash better Dear Editor: In response to the op-ed by the Rev. Philip Craig, Andrea Scarborough and Justin Wood (“Waste cap bill would make trash system far more fair,” March 12, multiple editions), this issue is being addressed by the opening of the city’s marine transfer station near LaGuardia Airport, which will redirect more than 1,000 tons per day of waste from transfer stations in Jamaica to these new facilities. This will mean less emissions and hundreds of fewer trucks each day, without eliminating jobs held by hard-working waste employees in our city, like me. My Queens neighbors and I look forward to seeing positive, long-lasting results from the marine transfer stations.

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peaking of bills that shouldn’t be enacted, some lawmakers and activists rallied the other day in favor of the one that would impose a 10-cent fee on most shoppers for the kind of bags you get at the grocery store, pharmacy, department store and just about everywhere else.

That’s paper or plastic.

Their goal is worthy: to reduce the use of those plastic bags that add to the city’s waste stream and so often end up clogging sewers or getting wrapped up in tree branches, damaging the environment substantively or visually. But the burden

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Smart, forward-thinking policies have done much to pave the way for the solar industry’s expansion — and we have vastly more room for growth. In fact, New York has the technical potential to generate 11 times the amount of electricity consumed in an average year from solar power alone.

With a large and well-trained workforce prepared to advance solar energy in New York, all we need is for our policymakers to lead in order to take solar to the next level. To reap the full economic, public health and environmental benefits of solar, I urge Gov. Cuomo to set a goal of generating 20 percent of New York’s electricity from solar by 2025.

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on the public would be too high. A serious campaign to get people to recycle the bags would be much better.

Not everyone wants to lug around the reusable bags the bill’s backers want to see replace the old ones. And paying a dime apiece for shopping bags could add a substantial cost to a family’s grocery bill over time. Then there are the logistical questions about how the law would actually work at the register without clogging up commerce, and other issues.

The bill’s backers want to see it passed by Earth Day, April 22. We’d rather see it bagged by then.

Public, private school $ Dear Editor: In advance of the imminent state budget deadline, parochial schools and other advocates of privatized education, together with their Republican stalwarts, are strong-arming elected officials, blitzing the airwaves and saturating every available media outlet with a sometimes strident and occasionally finessed campaign of disinformation with the aim of shunting taxpayer dollars from the public treasury into the pockets of private interests.

This robbing of Public School Peter to pay Private School Paul is a voucher scheme couched as “investment tax credits.” It’s wrong on many grounds, including, quite possibly, constitutional. But that hasn’t given pause to a dicey cast of shady characters from the founders of Sam’s Club to the barons of Maiden Lane as they make the rounds and pull out the stops to get the anti-public school measure shoehorned into Albany’s spending plan.

Their feverish pitch against public schools and the unionists who staff them smacks of

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Broken police theory Dear Editor: The “broken windows” law enforcement theory was featured in an old “Amos ’n’ Andy” episode: “Turkey Falls Off Truck.”

After George “Kingfish” Stevens boasts to his in-laws that he would host the next Thanksgiving dinner, he realizes, when the time approaches, that he cannot afford to buy a turkey for his guests. Luckily, while he is standing on a corner, a grocer’s truck takes a turn and a wrapped turkey falls out the back.

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They hate Obama Dear Editor: Introducing the new attorney general: A.G. Quagmire.

Dichotomy: It’s amusing to witness the ongoing boondoggle of simply approving an attorney general. It has been made painful due to the blind disdain (read hate) by the far right of our President Barack Obama. Their fullmajority Congress has also not kept secret that neither are they cheerleaders for Eric Holder.

They would prefer he were no longer attorney general, while they are also “Just Say No” pledged to reject anything and everything that President Obama seeks to do. In this instance it is that the president has put forth his choice for attorney general, one agreed by all as being the ultimately qualified, Loretta Lynch.

Conundrum: Which do they hate more, allowing Eric Holder to indefinitely retain his office by their not approving a new attorney general, or allowing the installation of the indisputably accomplished Loretta Lynch, thereby acquiescing to the wishes of Obama?

What to do, what to do? It will be interesting to see how this stratagem plays out. In the words of William Bendix’s character, Chester A. Riley, in “The Life Of Riley,” “What a revoltin’ development this is.”

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I like Obama Dear Editor: For the past six years, the GOP (Grand Obstruction Party) and their mouthpiece, “spin ’n’ twist” Fox Noise, have been telling voters that Barack Obama is not an American, that he is a Muslim, he does not love America … worst of all, he is weak, not a strong leader!

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On another issue: I vote no to Obama’s “mandatory” voting idea! However, I support Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon’s new law: auto registration for all citizens. The state will mail voting ballots to all eligible residents. Gov. Brown sponsored her idea when she was Oregon’s secretary of state. As its new governor she signed her idea into law. Gov. Brown said this law will add 300,000 new voters. President Obama should drop his proposal and embrace auto registration for the other 49 states.

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Despite this, there is a staunch booster of tax credits who voices his convictions with such relative civility that a fleeting etiquette attaches to the contentious debate. Still and all, those views are anathema to those who believe in the legacy mission of public schools.

He is Archbishop Timothy Dolan.

He expresses himself passionately and cleanly, but unfortunately he’ll never retreat or compromise. His opinions are inherently confrontational but his rhetoric never stoops to confrontation. He is an adversary but not an antagonist. His lofty discourse can lift a bad idea out of the gutter but it cannot make that bad idea any less guttural.

Still he’s a good man. But on the issue of siphoning taxpayer dollars from public to private schools, he and his partners should be resoundingly defeated in Albany.

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It’s not uncommon to see someone walk into Xtreme Cuts, located at 91-02 Sutter Ave. in Ozone Park, and see them walk around the store until they’ve greeted every barber there.

That’s because those who walk into the barbershop are treated less like customers and more like a tight-knit group of friends who have known each other for years.

As they wait for a spot to open up in one of the chairs, they’ll sit down on one of the couches in the middle of the shop and chat with each other or with the barbers about everything from last weekend’s tattoo convention at Resorts World Casino, to what their plans are for the rest of the day. One customer even came in and brought bagels for the workers, speaking to all of them on a first name basis.

The friendly atmosphere is what the store’s manager, David — known to his customers as “Daddy Dave” — says set his business apart from the other barbers across the borough.

“We’re more friendly,” Dave said as his barbershop already had a group of customers waiting for their turn at noon last Friday. “We try to keep it as a fun, family-like environment.”

And if you don’t know Dave and the rest of the barbers at Xtreme Cuts yet, they’ll work their hardest to.

“We try to make everyone feel welcomed,” Dave said.

And his customers seem to agree that the shop is a welcoming environment. It has a 4.8 out of 5 rating on its Facebook

page, Extreme Cuts Barber Shop.

“Best barbershop in Queens,” one person wrote in a review. “Professional, entertaining at times and haircuts are spectacular.”

Dave has owned his Ozone Park barbershop for about 12 years now, after several years of working at other shops.

But to him, cutting hair is not “work” per se.

“I love it,” he said. “I have a passion for it.”

His jou r ney into the barbershop began when he was on the other side of the chair, he said. One of his barbers had talked to him about the profession and eventually, Dave signed up for training.

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Since opening up in Ozone Park, many of his barbers have come and gone. Except for Joel, who Dave says has been there “since practically day one.”

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Advocates call for afterschool renewal Some say program funding should be included in city’s ’16 executive budget

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With funding for more than 17 afterschool programs, including four in Queens, set to run out this summer, education advocates are calling on the city to fund them through the executive budget rather than the Department of Education.

Funding for the Comprehensive After School System of New York City is slated to end on June 30.

The program serves about 1,900 students citywide, according to Gigi Li, director of Neighborhood Family Services Coalition.

“It’s really a high-quality extension of the school day,” Li said of the program.

The program seeks to continue to educate children after the school day ends, offers mental health clinics and provides parents a place to leave their children until their workday is finished. It is free to students of the schools where it is held, but there are only a certain number of spots available.

One of the sites slated to close is PS 273 in Richmond Hill.

Manisha Singh, COMPASS program director for the school, said if the program loses funding it would affect the lives of more than 100 families.

“Although it’s very new, it’s also one of the more succesful programs,” Singh said.

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Children such as the one in this photo are in danger of losing their afterschool program, COMPASS. Advocates are calling for funding to the program to be included in this year’s executive budget, PHOTO COURTESY MANISHA SINGH rather than from the Department of Education.

The afterschool program at PS 273 started last school year and already has a fourpage waiting list for children seeking to become a part of it, Singh said.

The school was listed under an expansion of COMPASS that was enacted during Mayor Bloomberg’s administration and was

never meant to become permanent.

But because of its popularity, Singh and others are looking to extend its stay at the school.

Deepmalya Ghosh, associate executive director of youth development & community engagement at the Child Center of NY,

said the PS 273 program “instantly became popular” when it opened.

“This was one of the best received programs that I’ve been a part of,” he said.

Melanie Aviles, whose child attends the program, said her family “depends on the service provided by COMPASS.” “We have no one to pick up our children from school,” Aviles said. “This is the only political issue that currently affects our family directly. The politicians who step in to keep the program have our vote in November.”

Li said she and others are calling on the city and Council members to include $5.9 million in funding for COMPASS in this year’s budget.

“Having money in the executive budget brings security earlier, rather than having to wait to find out it will be funded,” she said.

“Because at some point, parents will need to be notified if there’s a closure.”

Advocates will testify in front of Council committees for the funding in the coming weeks and will host rallies at borough halls on yet-to-be-determined dates.

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A proposal to build a 70-story skyscraper in Long Island City could hinge largely on a vote scheduled for next week by the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Multiple publications, including Crain’s New York Business and The Bond Buyer, reported on Tuesday that the MTA will consider a measure to sell land and air rights near 29-37 41 Ave. to Property Markets Group and the Hakim Organization for $56 million.

The builders are proposing a mixed-use residential building of 830,000 square feet that if approved would be the tallest one in

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Paperwork for the tower project was filed with the city Department of Buildings on March 11.

The property on which they hope to build is next to that of the Clock Tower Building, which Property Markets Group already owns.

The Citigroup Building located half a mile away at 1 Court Square, is only 50 stories high.

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He told attendees of this Thursday’s March meeting of the United Forties Civic Association that the sting revealed a clear issue in the area.

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The Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach hosted its 53rd Annual Dinner Dance party on Saturday at Roma View in Howard Beach.

The club honored several community leaders. The honorees were 106th Precinct Det. Kenneth Zorn, past club President Daniel Golom and attorney Joe Mure Jr. Three elected of ficials representing

Howard Beach — Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) — also attended the event and presented citations for the honorees.

In the photos, clockwise from top right, are:

1. Goldfeder, Jodi Tucci, Mure, Ulrich, Zorn, Golom, Addabbo and club Vice President Bobby LoCascio.

2. Club President John Spagnuolo and Sebastian Mossa.

3. Sal Armao entertains the audience.

4. Spagnuolo and LoCascio.

5. Nicole Cicero sings the National Anthem.

6. Spagnuolo, Golom and LoCascio.

7. Mure, Spagnuolo and LoCascio.

8. Mure, Addabbo, Ronald Carbone, Frank Monteforte and Saul Belsky.

And in the center photo: 9. Spagnuolo, Zorn, LoCascio and former Queens Supreme Court Justice Augustus Agate.

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Luis Lopez was arrested days before he allegedly set blaze, complaint says Woodhaven resident Luis Lopez was arrested for public lewdness and harassment on March 15, according to a criminal c o m pl a i nt obt a i n e d by t h e Q u e e n s Chronicle.

Three days later he allegedly got into a dispute with his landlord at 91-21 90 St. and was told to vacate the premises. Lopez then allegedly blocked the door to his landlord’s illegal cellar apartment and set fire to the house at around 8:11 p.m. The landlord and her boyfriend escaped the house, according to the authorities.

The flames spread to seven other houses on the block, all connected by a cockloft, leaving all of them uninhabitable. The fouralarm blaze took more than 100 firefighters and about two hours to be put under control.

Eight people, six residents and two firefighters, sustained minor injuries. Two dogs in the homes died, according to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.

Lopez, who was arrested by the fire marshal last Friday, is being charged with second-degree attempted murder, seconddegree arson, aggravated cruelty to animals and endangering the welfare of a child, Brown said in a statement. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison.

Jhadran Rojas, who lived next door to Lopez, lost everything in the fire.

“We only have the clothes on our back,” he said. “The insurance companies said it could take six to eight months to rebuild.”

His family was inside at the time of the fire and was told by a neighbor across the

street to leave immediately.

“He started knocking on the door and warned them to escape,” said Rojas, who himself was not home at the time.

His house and all of the items in it were damaged after the FDNY quelled the blaze.

“Everything has water damage,” he said.

He added that he had consistently complained to the police and landlord about the smell of marijuana coming from the house, but that nothing was ever done about it.

Eugene Fong, who lives across the street from the affected houses, said he could see smoke from about two blocks away as he got off a bus at around 9:15 p.m.

“They had the whole block closed off,” Fong said. “Some of the people were just sitting down there in blankets.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said the catastrophic fire is another reason homeowners should be given tax incentives to close off the cocklofts, or common attics, that allow the f lames to easily travel through the houses.

“Now, it’s time to protect our older buildings, historic marks of our neighborhood, by closing off these structures so this does not happen again,” Addabbo said, adding that several fires in his district have spread to other houses because of cocklofts.

Cocklofts are banned in new construction. The Senate last year passed a bill, sponsored by Addabbo, that would give homeowners incentives for sealing them off, but it was not passed by the Assembly.

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Burst pipes, no electricity leaves ambulance corps with little hope

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The lights inside the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Ambulance Corps building no longer work.

As Ed Wendell and Martin Colberg, president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, led a tour of the dilapidated building on Saturday they did so with flashlights and wearing face masks to protect themselves from the mold that has been festering inside the property for months.

“You can smell it right as you walk in,”

Water -damaged ceiling.

Colberg said of the mold during his first trip into the building at 78-15 Jamaica Ave. since the ambulance corps was forced out on April 12, 2013, when the vacant building next to it partially collapsed after a downpour.

The mold is visibly apparent, too. Many of the ceiling tiles, those that are left, have large spots of water damage, a combination of a pipe that burst about a week ago and persistent problems from the neglect of its next-door neighbor.

George Kochabe, who owns the partially collapsed structure through 78-19 Jamaica Avenue LLC., has yet to make repairs to the building, almost two years to the day of the incident.

It remains a constant source of complaints from the community.

“He doesn’t care about this building,” Colberg said of Kochabe.

One spot left relatively undamaged from the water is the main meeting room, which previously held meetings for the block association and the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Senior Center. The senior center was the main source of income for the ambulance corps and once it moved the volunteer group was left with little to no money.

But just beyond that is the common wall for the two buildings. Water damage has caused the concrete ceiling to crack and bits

A burst pipe by the common wall of the two buildings.

An ambulance that has remained inactive.

of foundation to be ripped from the ground and water has pooled up in tool boxes and other containers left there.

The volunteer group cannot go in there to make the necessary repairs until Kochabe fixes his property. But Kochabe keeps getting extensions to do repairs from the Queens County Supreme Court.

“I don’t know what this judge is thinking,” Colberg said.

Kathy Dalbey, co-president of the volunteer group, said each extension is “like another nail in the coffin.”

Dalbey and her sister have a civil suit pending against Kochabe for loss of revenue.

They are seeking other avenues to reopen, and though they said they’re not giving up hope, the future does not look bright.

“It’s a very dim light right now,” Kathy Q Dalbey said.

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“New York City’s proposed Woodhaven Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit project will provide more reliable service to the thousands of commuters who travel along this corridor every day, and will provide an important, reliable transit connection between the Rockaways and other parts of Queens,” Schumer said in a release.

The city Department of Transportation has, according to Schumer, applied for federal money through the USDOT’s “New Starts” program, which seeks to fund transit-oriented capital projects across the country.

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BRT project moves full speed ahead and so, I am urging the USDOT to accept New York City’s application for the Woodhaven bus rapid transit line into the New Starts Program, and start paving the way for federal funding for the project,” Schumer added.

The BRT project seeks to dedicate one lane for buses with special stops along the corridor. Travelers would pay their fare offsite rather than at the fare box.

In a letter to Anthony Foxx, U.S. secretary of transportation, Schumer highlighted that 31,000 people travel along the corridor every day and that “there were over 3,000 injuries and 17 fatalities, 13 of which were pedestrians,” along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards from 2008 to 2012 as his reasons for why the project should be approved for funding.

“Approval of this application will allow New York City to construct its most robust SBS street design, with expected travel time savings of up to 30 percent and significant safety and livability improvements,” Q Schumer added in his letter.

It has been a busy first week for the 104th Precinct’s new commanding officer, Capt. Mark Wachter.

Just six days after a New Hampshire man allegedly shot at four police officers and a civilian in Maspeth, a 21-year-old Ozone Park man was gunned down while sitting in his vehicle early Sunday morning in Glendale.

According to police, Jordan Santos was sitting in the driver’s seat of his 2002 Lexus RX300 opposite 73-32 Edsall Ave. around 2 a.m. when he was shot in the neck through the driver side window by an unknown suspect.

He was taken to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The shooter had yet to be apprehended by press time on Wednesday, but police did arrest his or her alleged accomplice, 17-y e a r- o l d J o r d a n P a u l i n o , o f Lindenwood.

She was nabbed on Sunday night and arraigned the following day on charges of

first-degree manslaughter, third-degree conspiracy and second-degree hindering prosecution in connection with Santos’ murder.

According to reports, Paulino may have coaxed Santos, an aspiring rapper who went by the name “JReally,” to the location where he was shot.

In order to help pay for his funeral costs, a page on the popular fundraising website GoFundMe was established in Santos’ name.

As of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, $6,475 had been donated by 101 people.

Multiple mourners had contributed $100 to the account and many offered their condolences.

“My deepest sympathies go out to you and your family,” a mourner named Leslie wrote. “May God give you the comfort and peace that you seek and may the soul of your loved one rest in peace.”

“Jordan was very special to me,” Lori K. wrote. “He was extremely caring, funny and unique. He left a lasting impression on me and anyone he met.” Q

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Worries over proposed bill Gianaris and Moya both asserted that making it a felony when individuals who shouldn’t be driving kill someone is the way to solve the problem. “Let’s remember that the only way it’s unfair to anybody is if they strike and kill somebody,� said Gianaris. “This bill is irrespective of the movement to grant or not grant licenses.�

He asserted that the bill isn’t meant to be unfair and said that for the most part, the biggest issues are when a citizen who has a suspended license causes a serious accident. “We have not seen any examples in the many unfortunate incidents in Western Queens where the driver was undocumented,� he said.

Gianaris said he does strongly support any measure to allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses.

The findings of a New York City Pedestrian Safety Study conducted in 2010 recommended that the city Department of Transportation push for tougher statewide penalties for unlicensed drivers. “One of the most effective ways to reduce accidents is to crack down on unlicensed driving,� Moya said in an emailed statement. “We must find ways for undocumented immigrants to drive safely on our streets, but we must not allow that concern to stop us from enacting more rigorous Q traffic safety laws.�

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Tania Mattos, an immigrants advocate, Bolivia native and Jackson Heights resident, echoed Vimo in asserting that many illegal immigrants must resort to driving, and that those working in the service industry are often forced to drive by their employers.

She said the proposed law is “most definitely� intertwined with how non-citizens should be able to have driver’s licenses. “I think the direction that the state, that Albany is taking, is the wrong direction,� she said, reinforcing how efforts first need to be made to allow immigrants to have licenses and the proper training that comes with them.

She said it’s all about timing. She herself said she drove without a license because she had to. She now has a learner’s permit. Mattos also doesn’t think the law will decrease fatalities. “I think people will be extra careful in causing an accident and be extra careful in driving but I don’t think that will stop people,� she said. “It’s just another way to criminalize people.�

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Ulrich said many of the people displaced were tenants who did not have renters’ insurance.

“Some of them are undocumented immigrants who are afraid to register,” he said at the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association’s month ly meeti ng on Saturday.

Members of the block association donated dozens of clothes to the victims, which was shipped to Miller’s office.

Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens has set up a special relief fund for the victims. Those who wish to donate can write a check with “Woodhaven Fire Victims” in the memo and send it to the charity’s Brooklyn office at 91 Joralemon St., 11201.

“We cannot erase what occurred, but this fund will help these families work towards rebuilding for a better tomorrow” Miller said in a statement about the fund.

“We ask the community to help in any way they can to assist these residents in Q this time of need.”

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The southbound lane of 150th Street in Jamaica will be closed between 94th and Archer avenues through December as the Long Island Rail Road carries out major reconstruction work on a trestle.

Northbound traffic, above, still will come through the underpass.

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Career readiness programs to expand with money from General Electric

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Schools Chancellor Car men Far iña announced on Monday that 10 schools will receive funding to strengthen or establish Career and Technical Education programs.

The funding will be provided by the GE Foundation, a philanthropic subsidiary of General Electric.

“This is not a vocational school,” Fariña said at Thomas Edison High School, which has a CTE program. “This is training for college and beyond.”

CTE programs seek to give students an education in 21st-century careers, such as computer engineering and robotics. Fariña toured some of the classes at the Jamaica high school before making her announcement, watching as students built computers and tested out their robots.

The GE Foundation has pledged $3.2 million in funding for the expansion of CTE programs across the city.

Schools will apply for the funding in the fall and the DOE will pick which ones receive it in the 2015-16 school year, according to a release from the Department of Education.

Fariña said the schools will be picked according to “need and desire.” She added that some programs might need state accreditation depending on what type of gear is used

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña looks on as students at Thomas Edison High School participate in building computers in their classrooms. Programs such as this will receive new funding PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY thanks to a donation from General Electric. in the classroom.

She used the example that anything having to do with welding metal together would have to be overseen by the state.

Up to 200 schools will also get Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics training later this year. The first 100 schools

to participate in the STEM training will include six Renewal Schools, those targeted by the city for improvement.

“I think this is an amazing program,” Kelli Wells, executive director of education and skills for the GE Foundation, said of the CTE curriculum.

But the program was not always a model of excellence, according to Edison’s principal, Moses Ojeda.

Ojeda, who has been principal for about three years, attended the school and said that he was “not ready for the workforce.”

“That was an-eye opener for me,” he said.

The principal added that he’s seen the school flourish in the time that he’s been both an administrator and teacher there.

Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), whose district includes the school, also praised its CTE program.

“Edison is a model as to how CTE should work,” he said.

Fariña could not immediately say how many children obtain careers in the fields they study at CTE programs.

A DOE spokeswoman did not respond to requests for that information.

When asked by a reporter how more females might be able to enter CTE programs, Fariña said it depends on how the school “sells” it.

Many of the students at the classrooms the chancellor visited were male.

Fariña did say that other programs, such as nursing, are predominantly female, but added that she would like to see the gender gap in all programs eliminated.

“We need to get rid of the gender gap in all Q of the programs,” she said.

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Renewal Schools are working: mayor De Blasio, in Queens, says mayoral control is best way to help students

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Mayor de Blasio last Thursday appeared at Richmond Hill High School to tout the effectiveness of his Renewal School program, a $150 million initiative he and city Scho ol s C h a nc el lor Ca r me n Fa r i ñ a launched in November in an effort to improve 94 str uggling public schools, including the one where he spoke.

“We have a plan to fix long-struggling schools, and we’ll hold ourselves and these schools accountable for results,” the mayor said in the school’s library.

De Blasio, the first mayor to have a child in a public school while in office, pointed to improved attendance at the Queens high school, fewer suspensions and a 7-percentage point increase in the number of students on track to graduate in four years as signs of its improvement.

“We are reaching out to every student to make sure they’re on the right track,” the mayor said. “You can feel that something good is happening here.”

The Renewal School initiative will pump $150 million into the struggling schools to provide for one extra hour of instruction per school day, the creation of afterschool programs, better engagement with parents and extra professional training for teachers.

Mayor de Blasio appeared at Richmond Hill High School last Thursday to tout the effectiveness of his Renewal Schools program, saying the Queens site has more students on track to graduate PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY and attending classes than it did last year.

The schools picked are historically underperforming ones that de Blasio said under previous administrations might have been closed.

“The problem of the past is that it suggested we surrendered rather than fight,” he said. “Schools were closed before any coherent effort to help them was mounted.”

But de Blasio warned if the Renewal Schools do not show signs of progress within three years he would not hesitate to shut them down, adding that some that continue to underperform could be shut down quicker than that.

“I’m not ruling out a faster track if I don’t see progress,” the mayor said.

So far 54 schools citywide have received an extra hour of instruction, and the remaining 40 will have done so by the beginning of next school year, de Blasio said.

De Blasio also used his press conference as a way to advocate for the renewal of mayoral control, saying his plan to help struggling schools is more effective than the governor’s proposal to have the state take them over.

“We have a very rigorous plan to turn these schools around,” he said when asked by a reporter what his thoughts were on the governor’s proposals.

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows), whose district includes Richmond Hill High School, said at the press conference that he and his fellow Democrats will continue to advocate for the extension of mayoral control.

The Republican-controlled Senate did not include an extension of mayoral control in proposed budget proposals earlier this month. The Assembly is looking for a seven-year extension of the law.

Prior to the mayor being given the authority to oversee the schools in 2002 by the state Legislature, the system was overseen by an independent city agency known as the Board of Education. The law is up for Q renewal at the end of June.

Stringer discusses the business of business Comptroller the keynote speaker at the Jamaica BID’s annual meeting

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The city’s top accountant and chief auditor was the guest speaker Tuesday morning at the 35th annual meeting of the members the Jamaica Center Business Improvement Distract.

But Comptroller Scott Stringer said meetings and activities that others might consider dry and technical have a profound impact on residents and homeowners who may never in their lives see the inside of a boardroom “This is where economic development takes place,” Stringer said in the Harvest Room on 160th Street.

“Every time a business opens, it is because of you, and people don’t realize how it happens,” he said.

Stringer said since he took office 15 months ago that the city has refinanced $1.2 billion in debt — “Savings that can help healthcare, housing and education,” he said.

He also has instituted ClaimStat, a take on the NYPD’s CompStat crime-fighting tool, to trace where the city is facing the most exposure to lawsuits.

“This year we set aside $732 million because we assume we’re going to get sued,” Stringer said. “That’s a lot of money.

But what if we could cut it to $650 million, or $600?”

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton, he

said, has actually embraced the move, seeking real-time information on claims against the department.

“If we’re getting a lot of claims from one precinct, is there a problem there?” Stringer asked.

He also said he is looking to spend more of the city’s annual $18 billion with womenand minority-owned businesses, a figure that now sits at 4 percent.

“Gov. Cuomo’s at 30 percent and we’re at four,” he said. Among city departments, he graded them all.

“My office got a C,” he said.

Other guest speakers included Councilmen Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) and Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows).

Rhonda Binda, hired four months ago as executive director of the BID, said their recent and coming initiatives are promising.

“We want to make this a safe, vibrant Jamaica where people want to live and work and visit,” she said.

This year’s budget, Binda said, will allow for the hiring of two additional sanitation workers for the district over 31 weeks.

After the meeting she said they are encouraging business and property owners to take advantage of grants and other financial incentives to “green” their properties, as many state and federal funding programs will gradually expire.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer, left, was the keynote speaker Tuesday at the 35th annual meeting of the Jamaica Center Business Improvement District. Executive Director Rhonda Binda had PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON promising news on major issues of business recruitment and parking.

“We’re encouraging them to do it as soon as possible,” she said.

The BID is putting great effort into attracting restaurants, saying that they will help stop the bleeding of $2.5 billion that flows out of Jamaica’s business corridors each year. Parking, she acknowledged, is a sticking point.

“We have parking — people just don’t know where it is,” she said.

Binda said they are placing parking information on the BID website, and are working on a phone app and directional parking signs. They also are talking to lot owners in an effort to get reduced parking prices at Q night.

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens), whose district includes Howard Beach, and several of his colleagues are calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s inspector general to investigate allegations of fraud in the insurance claims of thousands of people affected by Superstorm Sandy.

“It has become increasingly apparent that a systemic fraud was perpetrated on a vulnerable group of tax-paying Americans in need of immediate financial relief,” a letter to FEMA’s inspector general stated.

“I n multiple inst ances, engineer i ng

Follows allegations of insurance fraud reports regarding storm damage were apparently altered without the knowledge of the author.”

FEMA and insurance companies have come under fire in recent weeks after it was repor ted by 60 Minutes that the insurance claims of thousands of affected residents were altered following the Oct. 29, 2012 storms.

The damage assessement reports for people’s houses showed that the proper-

ties sustained very little to no damage from the storm.

But some assessors claim their reports did show that the storm caused damage to the properties and that their paperwork was altered by insurance companies in an effor t to save millions of dollars in reimbursements.

Jeffries wants the inspector general to look into the allegations of fraud.

His letter was signed by Reps. Charlie

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Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) announced on Monday that he has pledged an additional $10,000 for fiscal year 2015 to remove graffiti along six major corridors in his district, bringing his total commitment up to $35,000.

“Graffiti is not art, it’s an eyesore that impacts proper ty values and adversely affects our quality of life,” Ulrich said in a release. “This allocation will strengthen efforts to remove graffiti from our neighborhoods and revitalize local small businesses corridors.”

The initiative will focus on cleaning properties along Woodhaven Boulevard, Jamaica Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, 101st Avenue, Liberty Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard.

The Queens Economic Development Corp. will receive the money, which will be used to hire Magic Touch Cleaning to do the work along the corridors.

“Graffiti is a scourge that gives a retail area the appearance of disorder in a way that discourages shoppers while encouraging the bad element,” QEDC Deputy Director Ricardi Calixte said in a statement issued by Ulrich’s office. Q

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Twenty-two want a seat on CEC 27 Candidate forum will be on April 14

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Twenty-two people have applied for 11 spots on School District 27’s Community Education Council.

Of those 11, nine will be selected through an election process wherein presidents, secretaries and treasurers of parent associations may vote. The other two spots will be filled by Borough President Melinda Katz.

Members of community education councils vote on school zoning lines, hold hearings on capital plans and provide input to the Department of Education on poliLet everyone vote cy issues.T hose running for a spot Editorial: page 8 on the council will appear at a candidate’s forum on April 14 at MS 57, the Brian Piccolo School, located at 10-45 Nameoke St. in Far Rockaway, at 6 p.m.

The elections will take place from April 19 to May 8 and the results will be known on May 12 and will be published online at nycparentleaders.org.

The candidates running for a spot on the council, as shown on NYCParentLeaders. org, most with personal statements, are: • Myrtelle Cadet. Cadet says she is “interested in this position because as a parent and a member of the community, it is essential to participate in the decision of the education of our children so that parents and teachers can be better partners.”

• Jalal Cengiz Codurogbu, who, like some others, has no personal statement.

• Michael Duvalle, a CEC member who says “Every child regardless of race, color, gender or national origin has the ability to achieve and become all they want to be, especially when their parents or guardian(s) is involved in their education.”

• Peggy Grennan, a former teacher on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Grennan has experience teaching deaf children and has two sons in the public school system. “I believe deeply in the public school system and feel that we must be able to provide a high quality, safe public school education to our children in order to provide a strong foundation for the future of th is cit y,” she said i n her personal statement.

• Bryan Hoffman, a member of the Belle Harbor School PTA. “I would like to help advocate for our children in public school,” he says in his statement.

• Adlyn Hylton, who says “Being a community leader is the appropriate setting to become proactive in a child’s education as well as serving your community.”

• Lisa Johnson-Cooper, copresident of the district’s president council. “I believe that it would be a great opportunity for me to serve on the Community Education Council

because I will be able to continue to work with other parents within the district ...”

• Mohammed Keita.

• Damara Lee, a PTA treasurer.

• Millisa Lenihan.

• Michelle McDonald, a PTA treasurer who says, “I truly believe in being the forefront of my child’s education and academic environment. With this mission, my goal is not only to advocate for my child but for every child seeking an education.”

• Tina O’Neale, who has worked at several nonprofit and volunteer organizations.

“Once our children do their jobs, it is our job as parents to make sure the education system does everything it should to provide the knowledge and tools necessary for our children to truly succeed,” she says in her statement.

• Harold Paez, a board member of the Rockaway Civic Association and a member of his child’s school PTA. “My interest in serving on the District 27 Community Education Council stems from my active involvement in my children’s education and my desire to see continued improvement in our community schools,” he says in his statement.

• Wendy Pratt-Hall, a parent leader in District 27 for 10 years. “I am very passionate about helping the parents and students in my community,” she said.

• Janelle Richards, who says “I feel if we can focus on the education and insuring our children received a good education, it will be a life-long investment which will be beneficial to them as well as us as parents who continue to fight for the best education for our children.”

• Leila Richmond, a former teacher’s aide in Howard Beach and family worker in Jamaica. “It is said that it takes a village to raise child and if I can be part of that village then indeed I can make a difference,” she said.

• Karina Rios, who has children in special education programs. “I learned through my children’s daily struggles with their special needs that school programs, services and activities creates a foundation for learning that contributes to their educational maturity and overall psychosocial development,” she said.

• Jeanaska Rodriguez, a PTA treasurer at PS 97. “It is a privilege to serve my community with the best of me and represent the voice of our parents ...” Rodriguez said.

• Aneisa Sampson.

• Adelina Sejdu, who volunteers at her child’s school. “Children can benefit from par t ners i nvolvement i n schools and education.”

• Helal Sheikh, who says, “In an effort to more effectively help those in need, it is time for all of us to speak with a louder voice on behalf of our community.”

Q • Lorraine Trigo.

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Storage, retail eyed for the parcels next to planned homeless shelter

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The proposal to construct an educational campus instead of a homeless shelter in Glendale may be all but dead.

Cayre Industries has purchased the plots of land at 79-36, 79-40 and 79-66 Cooper Ave. formerly occupied by the deli manufacturing business Hansel ’n Gretel, according to the company’s president, James Coakley.

Behind the Cooper Avenue property sits a parking lot at 79-31 71 Ave. and two attached single-family homes at 71-19 and 79-21 71 Ave., which were purchased by an adjacent landowner, according to a report by the Commercial Observer.

Coakley wouldn’t confirm how much Cayre Industries paid for the land, but he did say “most” of the reported $9.18 million for the two combined purchases stemmed from his group.

The entire property, bordered by Cooper Avenue to the north, 79th Place to the west, 71st Avenue to the south and another property to the east, is approximately two acres.

He said preliminary plans call for a mixed-use structure at the site, with 80,000 to 100,000 square feet set aside for self-storage, paired with retail space along the 347 feet of frontage on Cooper Avenue.

“We like the Glendale area, we’ve been looking there for a while,” Coakley said.

The former location of deli manufacturer Hansel ’n Gretel, center, two attached single-family homes on its south side as well as a parking lot were sold to two real estate groups for a combined $9.18 million within the last week. The proposed 70-unit homeless shelter sits directly GOOGLE MAPS IMAGE to the left of the sold property.

“We like the growth trends we’re seeing and we think a nice modern facility will serve that area really well.”

No residential units are planned for the building, which Coakley hopes will be open in 14 to 16 months.

“We’re proud of the purchase,” he said.

Last year, Councilwoman Elizabeth

Crowley (D-Glendale) proposed a school be constructed at 78-16 Cooper Ave., property on the other side of 79th Place, where a 70-unit homeless shelter is planned.

The idea was backed by Community Board 5 and area civic groups, but the School Construction Authority responded by saying it would only go along with building

a school if it could acquire the property the proposed shelter sits on, the Hansel ’n Gretel location and the nearby Independent Chemical Corp. site.

The school proposal took a hit on March 10 when the Department of Buildings approved permits which would allow for the conversion of the former factory into a homeless shelter.

Mary Leas, the SCA’s director of external affairs, told the Chronicle on Wednesday the agency stands by its sentiment that it will not move forward with possibly building a school without the Hansel ’n Gretel site.

“No,” Leas said. “That does not change our position at all.”

Avison Young, the real estate brokerage firm representing Cayre Industries, said in a statement that the plot’s location is an attractive one despite being next to the proposed shelter.

“The property is ideally located within minutes of The Shops at Atlas Park, an open-air retail, dining, and cinema shopping destination,” Avison Young said. “It is also in proximity to Atlas Terminal, a local industrial park that was purchased by production company Broadway Stages for $20 million last year.”

Neither CB 5 nor Glendale Civic Association President Kathy Masi could be reached Q for comment by press time.

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New charter school bid at August Martin Second application in two years set for public hearing on April 17

by Michael Gannon Editor

For the second time in two years, the city’s Department of Education will host a public hearing on a proposal to co-locate a new charter school within August Martin High School in Jamaica.

New Visions Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science IV would, if approved next month, open in September with between 115 and 140 ninth-grade students, adding one grade level per year until 2018-19, when it will have grades nine through 12 and between 460 and 560 students.

The DOE has scheduled a public hearing on the co-location for 6 p.m. on Friday, April 17, at the school, which is located at 156-10 Baisley Boulevard in Jamaica.

Those wishing to speak at the public hearing can sign up beginning at 5:30 p.m. that day. Written comments can be sent via email to d27proposals@schools.nyc.gov.

The DOE’s Panel for Educational Policy is scheduled to vote on the application at a meeting beginning at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, at MS 131 at 100 Hester St. in Manhattan.

Adrienne Adams, chairwoman of Community Board 12, expressed her disappointment on March 18, both during and after the session. Adams said she opposes co-loca-

August Martin High School in Jamaica is once again is subject to an application from a charter school seeking to co-locate in the building. The Department of Education has scheduled a public FILE PHOTO hearing on the matter at the school on April 17. tions as a matter of principle.

“I think every school should have its own building,” she said, adding that the school proposed last year did find its own home before ever opening up in August Martin.

Many critics of for mer Mayor Mike

Bloomberg thought the practice of co-locations was left behind when Mayor de Blasio took office.

“So did I,” Adams said.

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According to a DOE report from 2013-14, the August Martin building has a capacity of 1,931 students, but serves only 906 this year between August Martin and Voyages Prep — South Queens Transfer High School, which also shares the building.

Last April’s public hearing drew only about 20 people and featured only five speakers, prompting a cover photo on the Queens Chronicle featuring an auditorium of empty chairs.

“I remember that,” Adams admitted.

She said she hopes that with enough notice more people will be interested in coming out this year.

The school sits in the district of Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica), whose office said they had only learned of the hearing this week.

The Chronicle was unable to determine as of Wednesday’s deadline where the councilman stands on the new application, though he has in the past been a passionate opponent of co-locations and was an unabashed critic of Blooomberg over the practice.

When Wills spoke in opposition to the 2014 proposal at August Martin, he was a party to an ultimately unsuccessful lawsuit Q aimed at stopping co-location.

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by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

Two youngsters from Bayside and Flushing have won the citywide Spelling Bee championship and will head to the national competition in May. The spelling bee, sponsored by the Daily News, was held last week and the winners are Sai Vishudi Chandrasekhar, 13, and Srinath Mahankali, 11. They will represent New York City in the Scripps National competition in Washington, DC, May 24 to 29.

Sai, who lives in Flushing, is an eighthgrader at Hunter High School in Manhattan.

This is her third year winning the city title and competing for the national prize, $30,0000 and books.

“The first year I didn’t make it to the semifinals and last year I made it almost to the end of the semifinals,” the teen said. “I was nervous the first time and didn’t know what to expect, but it was pretty cool.”

To prepare for the bee, Sai reads a lot and makes lists of unknown words. Her parents quiz her in the format of the competition.

“I prepare all year, you need to,” she said.

“I also do a lot in the summer.”

Sai got involved in spelling bees because she found them a challenge, noting that she’s always been a good speller.

“After a point, at the competition, there’s

Sai Vishudi Chandrasekhar, of Flushing, left, and Srinath Mahankali, of Bayside, are the city’s top spellers and will compete for the national title in Washington, DC in May. PHOTO, LEFT, BY JENNIFER MITCHELL / DAILY NEWS; AND BY SUSAN WATTS / DAILY NEWS

an element of luck,” Sai added. “It helps if you ask for the origin of the word.”

The eighth-grader likes figure skating and photography in her spare time.

She and Srinath each won a trophy and laptop for winning the city titles.

Srinath of Bayside is a sixth-grader at JHS 74. He has big shoes to fill as two years ago his older brother, Arvind, won the national title.

“My brother inspired me,” he said, “and I helped him study for the spelling bee and

went to Washington to see him compete, so I know what to expect.”

When Srinath competed, he said he was nervous, especially at the later rounds. “It is definitely a nerve-wracking experience, but fun,” he added.

To prepare, he studies the dictionary, and his parents tested him with difficult words they found. “It is a hard task and I needed their help,” he said. “My brother quizzes me sometime, when he has the time and helps with language patterns.”

Arvind is now a 10th-grader at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan.

In his spare time, Srinath is on his school’s math team and is a Student Organization officer. He also plays tennis and the violin.

“I would like to thank everyone at school for encouraging me; students, teachers, the principal and everyone,” he said. “It gave me confidence.”

His father, Srinivas Mahankali, said his younger son used to help his older brother, so he developed an interest in spelling bees. He believes that members of the Indian-American community have encouraged their children to compete in spelling bees since 1999, when an Indian-American girl won the national title.

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Nobody can deny that our children deserve the best possible schools. They are entitled to schools and teachers that challenge them, encourage them, monitor their growth and secure their futures through rigorous curricula. Sadly, that is impossible for the vast majority of the students in NYC. In order to understand what we can do to best serve our students, we should look to surrounding areas to see what works.

I live in Hicksville, LI and am blessed to have wonderful, caring educators and administrators who will know my children.

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My sons will attend elementary, middle and high school all within the same town. Their teachers will never have to go further than a district staff directory to identify a teacher they have had. Their educational career will be well-documented, and they will reap immeasurable rewards from this setup. Suburban children often go from kindergarten to 12th grade with many of the same classmates. This affords them a level of comfort my students in NYC will never know.

The children of NYC public schools are shipped all over the city so that they may receive the best education possible. Mayor Bloomberg trumpeted school choice, and children now wake up at 5 a.m. to travel for hours to attend a school far away. As those children leave their neighborhood, and their friends, others arrive to attend schools that may be right across the street from their house. Instead of fixing neighborhood schools, Bloomberg threw money at computer systems and algorithms that were supposed to identify our schools’ shortcomings. He failed. His failure has robbed students from traveling with a group of friends through their schooling. It has hurt their ability to forge lasting relationships in the classroom. The social side of education is

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No, not even close. But by pairing elementary, middle, and high schools together we would enable teachers and administrators to best serve their students by providing the means to truly know their students and families. It would enable constant communication among schools. Collaborating schools would be able to develop a set of professional goals that would create a consistency that is only seen in suburban school districts. They would be able to coordinate curricula and afterschool activities, and establish an informed PTA. Each child is different, and they learn in a myriad of ways. Having knowledge of those differences, and the support structures to deal with them, is a non-negotiable.

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We must invest in creating a pipeline for success for our learners. Obviously, there has to be a financial commitment on behalf of the city, and a willingness to work together on behalf of schools and the UFT to see this succeed. Success will not come overnight. Too much damage has to be undone.

Children’s time would be better served in afterschool programs in their own neighborhoods, volunteering or peer-mentoring, or taking a job in their community. It would be better spent with their families. NYC families deserve excellent schools in their own neighborhoods that will work together, from elementary to high school, to ensure each Q and every child’s success.

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Lancman sees direct results on Council Freshman councilman loves the people, process and (most of) mayor’s agenda

by Michael Gannon Editor

Few people love their jobs as much as freshman city Councilman Rory Lancman.

“I enjoy campaigning; I enjoy governing,” said Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows). “If it weren’t fun, I wouldn’t do it.”

Lancman ducked out of last Friday’s spring snowstorm for an interview with the Queens Chronicle editorial board, discussing topics both local and citywide, and beyond.

Elected the same day as Mayor de Blasio, Lancman gives the city’s chief executive mostly high marks.

“The mayor was elected on a certain platform, and he has been delivering,” Lancman, a former assemblyman, said. “He got universal pre-K and has done so in spectacular fashion, though he didn’t get the funding mechanism he wanted. He ran on Vision Zero, and we have passed 11 bills [to reduce traffic fatalities]. He has a policy controlling [police abuses]. ... The one thing he hasn’t addressed are the water rates. That still sticks in my craw.”

He also believes that de Blasio has boxed himself in neatly on the issue of banning carriage horses in Central Park by coming out so forcefully and completely for the ban during his campaign. He does not believe the bill has enough votes to pass yet.

“But if the mayor wants to twist arms,

Councilman Rory Lancman is a strong supporter of Mayor de Blasio’s initiatives, and believes the PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE city government can accomplish great things in the near future. he’s a powerful dude,” he said. “I don’t know how it would end up.”

Lancman agrees with most of the mayor’s priorities as set out in his preliminary 2016 budget, including affordable housing and expansion of the pre-K program.

“And not balancing the budget by fining small businesses out of existence,” he added in a jab at former Mayor Mike Bloomberg,

though reports show fine revenue has increased.

He has been one of the biggest backers of changes to the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices, saying the old applications were largely an unconstitutional violation of civil rights, particularly of young black and Hispanic men, who were targeted the most.

Overall crime in the city was down last

year. This year crime also is down year-todate, though murders are up and shootings are up significantly more.

But the councilman for now eschews the idea that an increase in shootings is the result of criminals feeling more confident about carrying guns because they know there is less chance a police officer will stop them.

He said NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton has attributed this year’s increase in shootings to the city’s marijuana trade, while last year it was due to concentrated incidents in places like public housing.

“If the commissioner is correct, the increase is specific to particular circumstances,” Lancman said.

Lancman also wants to lower the temperature, as he puts it, between police and the community by removing some infractions, such as drinking from an open container in public, from the criminal to civil court system, and augment police action by empowering city employees such as Department of Environmental Protection inspectors and Sanitation agents to enforce such violations if they witness them.

On education, Lancman voted for mayoral control of the schools as an assemblyman, though he often did not see eye-to-eye with Bloomberg. He says with a renewal vote coming up in Albany this year, that de continued on page 36

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Lancman stands solidly against President Obama’s policies in the region, largely blames him for allowing murder and mayhem to spread there and finds his rhetoric about recently re-elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reprehensible.

The councilman, who is Jewish and has been to Israel many times, agrees with Netanyahu that the “two-state solution,” one recognizing a Palestinian nation based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, is not viable and would only lead to more terrorism aimed at Israel.

The Obama administration is adamant that a two-state solution is the answer to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

“The president is inflaming tensions in the region by pursuing an unrealistic policy,” Lancman said during a March 20 interview at the Queens Chronicle, one that mostly focused on local issues [see separate story in some editions or at qchron.com]. “Hanging onto a twostate solution is like picking at a wound. So now the president is trying to demonize the elected prime minister of the democratic State of Israel because the public decided to support Netanyahu for re-election despite the president’s fervent hope and effort to beat him.”

Former campaigners for Obama traveled to Israel during the election there to get out the vote against Netanyahu, but in vain.

Lancman said he sees anti-Semitism growing among liberal Democrats and spreading into the center of the party, as reflected by the drive to

Councilman Rory Lancman is adamant about PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE Israeli security. boycott, divest from and sanction Israel.

And while he is happy to blame former President George W. Bush for “needlessly engaging us” in a war in Iraq, he also said Obama is allowing the genocide of Christians and other groups at the hands of terrorists, saying “It’s an enormous moral failure of the president not to rally the world to stop this.”

And he said Obama threw away the opportunity to force Iran to drop its nuclear program, which the Islamic Republic insists is for peaceful purposes. Lancman doesn’t believe that, saying Iran is one of the places from which radical Islamic terror springs and that he believes that nation or one of its proxies would use such a weapon against Israel or the United States.

He said he would support any measure including U.S. military action to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons.

“As a New Yorker, as an American, I am very afraid of Iran developing and having a nuclear weapon, and putting it on a cargo ship and sailing it into New York Harbor, and I awake one morning in my house in Queens to a Q mushroom cloud,” he said.

Queens libraries up for honor Three branches of the Queens Library are among ten finalists up for $20,000 and the NYC Neighborhood Library Award.

The Cambria Heights Library, Sunnyside Library and Langston Hughes Library in Corona are in the final 10. In May, a panel of judges will an nounce f ive winners.

This is the second year of the program, which seeks to recognize individual branches of the Queens Library, Brooklyn Library and New York Public Library for their contributions to communities.

According to the Stavros Niarchos

Foundation and the Charles H. Revson Foundation, more than 13,000 nominations rolled in for this year’s contest.

“I believe my neighborhood library should win because it helped me to learn English and prepared me for citizenship,” Tarslima, an immigrant and patron of the Sunnyside branch, said in a nomination.

Carol, a resident who uses the Langston Hughes Library, said the facility unites people in the community.

“This institution can continue to bridge and even close the gaps caused by ignorance and misunderstanding,” she said. Q

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Borough holds tests for usage in future; vandals break in once again

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

It was deja vu Tuesday night at the New York State Pavilion as two of its tallest 50-year-old towers were temporarily lit once again.

Borough President Melinda Katz and other officials were on hand to watch the second test run to illuminate the rusting structures, one of which, at 226 feet, was the tallest feature of the 1964-65 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows.

After taking office last year, Katz vowed to preserve the pavilion, which also includes the circular Tent of Tomorrow and the Theaterama, later converted to the Queens Theatre.

“The New York State Pavilion is an architectural marvel that was a major attraction at the 1964-65 World’s Fair, one of the most important events in our borough’s history,” Katz said last year. “Today this structure continues to be an awe-inspiring icon for both Queens residents and our many visitors.

“Given all that, I say we should do what it takes to make sure the pavilion remains standing,” she added.

Katz hopes to have the pavilion permanently lit sometime later this year and is seeking additional funds in her latest budget to help restore the site. Last year, the city budgeted $5.8 million to start fixing it up.

Different methods of illumination have been tried, such as utilizing LED lights from the ground and from the Queens Theatre roof in red, green and blue colors. Workers added a second light fixture on the ground Tuesday.

During the fair, the pavilion was lit with white lights around the observation decks of the three towers and bases.

John Piro, who founded the Paint Project, a volunteer group that keeps the pavilion cleaned up, said he is excited about lighting the towers.

“I would like to see white lights like at the fair, otherwise it’s too gaudy,” Piro said.

Lighting designer Brian Belluomino of Shimstone Lighting Design said Tuesday night that he wants the new lights to have the least amount of intrusion in the park, adding that work will continue on how to best light the facility. The NY Landmarks Conservancy is acting as an advisor.

Meanwhile, Piro is hoping to get permission this year to start cleaning out a couple of the rooms in the Tent of Tomorrow, which are now used for storage. During the fair the rooms held a restaurant, a cafeteria and a fashion exhibit, among other things.

But as the city goes ahead with restoration plans, vandals have once again illegally entered the pavilion and on March 15 got to the top of one of the towers, adding graffiti along the way.

Flushing Meadows advocates have been calling for years for a greater police presence, and in her latest budget requests, Katz is seeking funds to create a police substation there.

Geoffrey Croft, founder of the website A Walk in the Park, which delves into city park issues, broke the story on the trespassers and told the Chronicle that it is a perfect example of why more patrols are needed in the park.

“There is a hole in the fence that has been there for years,” Croft said. “It just happened that two Park Enforcement Patrol officers saw the five teens on the observation deck of one of the towers.”

He noted the perilous conditions there because of the rotted stairs, adding, “It is extremely dangerous in its present condition.

The views are breathtaking, but they are not worth losing your life over.

“We are very much looking forward to the city commencing its work on stabilizing the stairs and eventually restoring the iconic towers for future generations, which is long overdue,” Croft added.

Two of the teens, carrying graffiti materials, were arrested.

In other pavilion news, teacher Matthew Silva’s movie “Modern Ruin,” about the pavilion, will be shown for the first time on Q May 22 at 7 p.m. at the Queens Theatre.

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The 25-cent fare hikes that kicked in Sunday didn’t seem to keep commuters from the city’s buses and subway systems.

But city officials are just as concerned about future hikes beyond the new $2.75.

Cathy Reinhart of Jamaica was taking it in stride as she waited for the 68X bus on Hillside Avenue.

“I get a weekly ticket, and that only went up $2.25, which isn’t that bad,” she said.

Barry Harris of Brooklyn takes the subway to his job at LeFrak City. He has a brief reprieve.

“I haven’t felt it yet, because I got my weekly ticket before the increase,” Harris said. “But I’ll feel it. It will be an inconvenience.” He was unaware of the MTA’s tentative plans for another increase in 2017.

That, and an existing $15 billion shortfall in the MTA’s five-year capital plan have local officials calling on the state Legislature to come up with a dedicated mass transit funding source, rather than more future hikes.

“New York State must take serious steps, including reinstating the commuter tax,” Public Advocate Letitia James said in a statement issued by her office.

That, however, is likely to be blocked in the Republican-controlled state Senate.

The MoveNY plan to put tolls on East River crossings has both serious support and serious opposition. And Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Bronx, Queens) told the Chronicle two weeks ago that mass transit funding is under attack in Washington even as more states and municipalities are seeking larger pieces of the federal transQ portation pie.

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The defendant is Ernest Mattison, 52, whose last known address was on Kissena Boulevard, just around the corner from where the victim lived. The defendant was convicted last week after a two-week-long jury trial before Queens Supreme Court Justice Deborah Stevens Modica. The jury deliberated for about three hours before returning a verdict of guilty of seconddegree murder. Mattison will be sentenced on April 23, 2015, and is facing 25 years to life in prison.

According to trial testimony, the victim’s wife returned home from the store

and found her husband, Cecil Schiff, 73, dead in their Franklin Avenue home on Sept. 10, 1980. The bedroom had been ransacked and the jewelry boxes emptied of their contents. Investigators found several fingerprints on the jewelry boxes.

The Statewide Automated Fingerprint Identification System did not go online until the early 1990s. In 2008, the machine generated several possible matches when compared to fingerprints contained in its database. Of those possible matches, a fingerprint examiner did a forensic analysis and determined that the defendant’s prints matched those found on three of the jewelry boxes at Q the crime scene.

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Addabbo touts his row house fire safety bill Following a fire that tore through several row houses in Woodhaven last Wednesday — one alleged to be arson — state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) again urged passage of his bill to close off cocklofts, the common attics that run above such homes.

The 90th Street blaze spread through the cockloft, according to the FDNY. “There has been growing evidence that

shows cocklofts lead to fast-moving and hardto-control flames that put both residents and firefighters at risk, including the 2013 Middle Village and the 2014 Ozone Park fires which also spread through row houses and cocklofts,” Addabbo said in a prepared statement that also offered his office’s aid to the victims. “Last year, such a bill that I sponsored passed the Senate, and it is my hope we can do the same this year as well as approve it in the Assembly.” Q

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Keep resisting arrest, you may get felony rap A new bill by two Queens lawmakers could make resisting arrest a class E felony for anyone who already has been convicted of that charge twice within the last 10 years. It is now a misdemeanor regardless of a defendant’s past.

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“When a person has multiple convictions for resisting arrest, it depicts a pattern of aggressive behavior toward law enforcement personnel,” Avella said Monday in a statement on the bill that was echoed by Simanowitz. “Those who continue to disobey the laws we have in place should be subject to harsher penalties.”

The senator’s office said the legislation was Q not prompted by any particular incident.

NYS presidential polling New York State Democrats overwhelmingly prefer former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to be their presidential nominee next year, while Republicans are torn among several possible candidates, a poll released Monday by Quinnipiac University says.

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Widespread but anecdotal reports of worsening subway overcrowding and more trains running late were reinforced Monday by new data from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that show delays are indeed on the rise nearly everywhere.

So are track fires. And fares.

In Queens, the worst decline in on-time performance was seen on the F line, which went from running on schedule 70.9 percent of the time on weekdays from February 2013 through January 2014 to 54.8 percent of the time from February 2014 through January 2015, for a drop of 16.1 percentage points.

The least decrease in on-time performance was reported on the 7 train, which went from being on schedule 88.3 percent of the time to 87.9 percent — but try telling that to riders reporting 20-minute waits for trains that then arrive so packed no one can get on anyway.

The A train slipped 9.6 percentage points, from 81.7 percent on time to 72.1 percent; the E went from 80.7 to 71.6 percent; the G from 85.6 to 77 percent; the J and Z from 93.6 to 85.9 percent; the M from 84.5 to 74.6 percent; the Q from 85.5 to 75.3 percent; and the R from 88.4 to 81.2 percent.

Systemwide, there were 973 track fires, up from 906 in the prior 12 months. January saw 102, compared to 78 in January 2014.

And fares are up, with the base rate rising Q from $2.50 to $2.75 last Sunday.

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MTA makes Q103 bus extensions permanent Community, pols praise new service Business, civic and political leaders in Western Queens are hailing last week’s announcement that weekend service and extended weeknight hours on the Q103 bus line are being made permanent.

The Met ropolitan Transpor tation Authority, which conducted a trial period of nearly nine months, made the announcement last Friday.

The Q103 connects Astoria and Long Island City, running along the waterfront and Vernon Boulevard, a stretch that Cou ncil ma n Cost a Const a nt i n ides (D-Astoria) said has been one of the most underserved transit thoroughfares in Western Queens.

Augmenting service along the route also links the two neighborhoods to the No. 7 train at Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue and the F train at 21st Street Queensbridge.

State Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) had been leading the charge for the extended service.

“There is so much that is happening in Western Queens that our need for better methods of travelling between our neigh-

borhoods has never been more pressing,” Gianaris said in joint statement issued by his office on Monday.

Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas (D-Astoria) and Jess Nizar of the Riders Alliance were among those pointing out that reliable transportation will play an increasing role as the Astoria-Long Island City area continues its cultural and business renaissance.

“With the permanent addition of the Q103 even more New Yorkers will gain access to Western Queens’ cultural scene and some of the hottest neighborhoods in the city.”

Borough President Melinda Katz praised the decision as necessary for “a fast-growing section of the city.”

That, according to the MTA, is what prompted the agency to initiate the pilot program last June.

Citing a growing population and cultural attractions such as the Noguchi Museum and Socrates Sculpture Park, the MTA said weekday ridership on the line increased 6.8 percent in the trial period, compared to Q the previous five months.

Lancman loving City Council job continued from page 30 Blasio should be allowed to keep it.

“With mayoral control, you have accountability,” Lancman said. “A mayor wins or loses based on how well the schools are doing.”

Lancman said his views on schools are based not only on legislative experience, but on having three children from middle school through high school.

“It’s not abstract for me,” he said.

That said, he believes that the state should not take over city schools, even those that have long failed to educate vast numbers of their children. He said the schools would lose the parental input, local control and accountability for results that are necessary for turnarounds.

“It’s not that the city can’t fix these schools,” he said. “The city hasn’t fixed these schools.”

With that, he backs the decision by Chancellor Carman Fariña to greatly reduce the number of suspensions handed out to disruptive students, saying the schools need to focus on changing behavior of the students who act out.

On charter schools, Lancman thinks the city has lost sight of their original purpose.

“That was to experiment,” he said.

“They they were supposed to take what worked in the charter schools and introduce it into the broader public school system.” And he said that includes ideas that

have succeeded with things like longer school days and other work-rule differences that the United Federation of Teachers has thus far resisted.

“The mayor negotiates with the teachers every few years, or every 10 years most recently,” he said. “You demand it.

And I would tell opponents of charter schools that if you implement what works, all of a sudden you have no new charter schools to worry about.”

On far more local issues within Lancman’s district, he said the Department of Design and Construction recently promised progress on the long-stalled Kew Gardens Hills Library, and is cautiously optimistic that the city soon will conclude negotiations for the old Brinckerhoff Cemetery property in Fresh Meadows.

As for Queens Hospital Center’s old T Building, Lancman defends Community Board 8’s insistence that union construction labor be used.

He acknowledged the city’s political class has suffered some self-inf licted wounds with some of its employment demands during negotiations with developers on projects like Long Island College Hospital and the Domino Sugar plant in Brooklyn, and especially with the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx.

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After months of pushing for making the Long Island City Clock Tower a designated landmark, advocates say they’re one step closer to protecting the Western Queens icon.

The tower, which sits at the top of the old Bank of Manhattan building at 29-27 Queens Plaza North, was calendared Tuesday in a public meeting held by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission.

After a public hearing, where advocates plan to present their cases for why the building should be preserved, it may then be granted provisional protections.

Michael Hall and Matthew Chrislip, of +Partners, the group that’s been pushing for the landmark status over the past year, said in a statement that the group’s presentation at the meeting focused on the building’s quality of construction, impor tance to the histor y of Queens Plaza and its connection to the area.

They’re also looking ahead.

“At the public hearing, members of the public will be allowed to give advisory testimony, after which the commission will hopef ully vote to land mark the building,” they said in an email Monday.

“We hope for, and anticipate, a strong show of support.”

They added they will also keep asking for signatures; they have an online petition set up at change.org. At press time,

it had 1,472 signatures. They have a goal of 2,000.

“The Landmarks Preservation Commission’s initial hearing on the Clock Tower Building is the first step toward landmarking one of Long Island City’s most historic structures,” said City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) in a statement.

“This is a tremendous victory for New York City preservationists and local residents who contacted my office to convey their overwhelming support to retain the character of our great neighborhood.”

Van Bramer hailed the efforts as a truly grassroots campaign. He was also one of many community leaders who have pledged letters of support for landmarking the building. Others were the Dutch Kills Civic Association, Community Board 1, Hunters Point Civic Association, Queens Historical Society and Save America’s Clocks.

Fears that paperwork had recently been filed to construct a 70-story mixed-use apartment building — which would be the tallest skyscraper in the state outside of those in Manhattan — in a lot adjacent to the clock tower’s building also had some people concerned.

Adam Compagnone, a Dutch Kills resident, said he would be all right with a new building there as long as the developers, if plans are approved, “don’t damage the clock tower and they work the tower into the plans to include it as part of Long Q Island City’s history.”

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by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

PHOTOS BY MARK LORD

The Queens Interagency Council on Aging, a network that serves as a single voice for seniors and the agencies that serve them, celebrated its 44th anniversary at a gala on March 19, highlighted by the presentation of awards to the Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitation and to two New York City Council members, Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) and Paul Vallone (D-Bayside).

The event was held at the Queens Community House in Kew Gardens, which was transformed into an elegant ballroom for the occasion. An estimated 100 guests attended.

Accepting the Leon Von Holden Advocacy Award for Parker, which began in 1907 as a shelter for elderly homeless people and evolved into an internationally recognized center of healthcare and rehabilitation for adults, was its president and chief executive officer, Michael Rosenblut.

Surveying the room of mostly seniors, he suggested they were youngsters compared to some of the patients receiving care at the institution, among them nearly a dozen centenarians.

Parker is a place “where excellence

is the standard,” said QICA’s executive director, Bruce Cunningham. The award citation reads: “In recognition of their sustained commitment to the health and well-being of the aging population.”

It was the first time an organization was singled out by QICA for such recognition, according to the group’s president, Maria Cuadrado.

The two elected officials were chosen, Cunningham said, because they are “good citizens” and “they represent us.”

Each received the Rose Kryzak Legislative Award, named in honor of the former QICA board member and lobbyist for rights of the elderly.

“I couldn’t be more honored,” Vallone said. In announcing the formation of a new senior task force, he said, “We’ll make sweeping changes across the board,” including housing, eviction, senior centers and guardianship.

“We’ll be there for you,” he promised. The award, he added, “validates the hard work we all do.”

Miller, who brought along his proud parents for the occasion, said, “This council does phenomenal work. [It] brings together all the providers of senior services” throughout Q the borough.

At the top, honored Councilmen Daneek Miller, center left, and Paul Vallone are joined by representatives of various senior organizations at the Queens Interagency Council on Aging gala. Above are Michael Rosenblut, left, president and CEO of

Parker Jewish Institute, which also was awarded, QICA President Maria Cuadrado and QICA Executive Director Bruce Cunningham; Miller with his parents, Ethel and the Rev. James Miller; and Vallone with Cuadrado and Cunningham.

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ARTS, CULTURE C ULTURE CULTU LTURE R E & LIVING L IVING IV G IVIN

by Christopher Barca

But B t you’re ’ nott walking lki iinto t D Draper’s ’ office ffi tto askk ffor help in creating a commercial for your company over a glass of Smirnoff. You’re at the Museum of the Moving Image to get a glimpse into the creation one of the most critically acclaimed television dramas in history.

Long before audiences first met Don Draper in 2007, he was born from the brain of Matthew Weiner, a young screenwriter working on the sitcom “Becker.”

Weiner wrote the pilot for “Mad Men,” a period drama about advertising executives in the decades after World War II, in 1999, and by 2007, the show finally hit AMC’s airwaves and quickly took off.

Fast forward eight years and six and a half seasons, and “Mad Men” remains one of the most beloved shows on television.

The series returns for its final seven episodes on April 5, with the finale set for May 17. And while you’re simultaneously celebrating and mourning the show’s return Continuedononpage page continued 42

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“M D “Mr. Draper will ill see you now.” ” High up in a Manhattan office tower sits advertising agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. You’ve been called into the office of Don Draper, one of the group’s partners.

You step inside and look to your right. A beige couch is flanked by two chairs, a rack of gin and vodka bottles and a bright brown coffee table with the day’s New York Times on it. A dirty ashtray with six smoked cigarettes, maybe from a meeting earlier that day, sits on an end table.

To your left, three American Advertising Guild awards hang from the wall. Below, next to three stacks of files and folders, is a picture of Draper and his young daughter, Sally, who sits on his shoulders.

In front of you, two orange chairs face Draper’s cluttered, yet semi-organized mahogany desk, complete with more family pictures, a typewriter, more files and a tall, black, leather chair. Outside his window behind his desk, is a seemingly never-ending sea of skyscrapers.

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p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

“Ensign Sgr A*,” featuring work inspired by “Sgr A*,” a supermassive black hole in the Milky Way Galaxy. Thru April 10. Radiator Gallery, 10-61 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 677-3418, radiatorarts.com.

CLASSES New York State safe boating class, qualified U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary instrutors, Flotilla 12-01, Fort Totten, Bayside, Sun., March 29, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

8-hour course, $65 pp. Registration required for entry & parking at Fort Totten. Info/register: Ralph Traub (347) 336-5866, rtraub2@aol.com.

“Matthew Weinder’s ‘Mad Men,’” revealing the creative process behind the AMC drama with largescale sets, costumes, props and videos. Thru June 14. $12 adults, $9 seniors and students, $6 children.

Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

Defensive driving course, sponsored by the National Safety Council, Sat., March 28, 9-3:30 a.m. For insurance premium reduction and a reduction in violation point totals. Holy Family Church in Flushing, 175-20 74 Ave., Fresh Meadows. $45. Info, registration: (631) 360-9720.

“Windows of Inspiration,” showcasing still life and abstract paintings by Lisa Baw. Tues.-Sun., hours vary. Thru April 9. Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 631-6396, artgallery@qcc.cuny.edu.

“After Midnight: Indian Modernism to Contemporary India, 1947/1997,” chronicling the emergence of modern art in India. Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested donation of $8 adults and children over 12, $4 seniors, students. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

THEATRE Rough Draft Festival, a showcase of works-inprogress, with events, Fri., March 27, through Fri., April 3, at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 31-10 Thomson Ave., Long Island City. Free. Times vary. Info: Handan Ozbilgin, (718) 482-5153, hozbilgin@lagcc.cuny.edu.

“BC’s Live Read: ‘Reservoir Dogs,’” Fri., March 27, midnight-1:30 a.m., The Creek and the Cave, 10-93 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: Brandon Collins, (347) 7740292, Brandoncol@gmail.com, creeklic.com.

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“The First Time I Ever…”: a night of storytelling.

Fri., March 27, 7 p.m., The Broom Tree Theatre, Astoria First Presbyterian, 23-35 Broadway, Astoria. $5.

Info: (917) 597-0659, jtcburgess@gmail.com.

“ESSPY,” a play, part of the “First Acts: New Plays in Development” series at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College. Thurs., March 26, 7 p.m., Colden Auditorium, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. RSVP required. Info: (718) 793-8080, kupferbergcenter.org.

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” presented by Variations Theatre Group. Fri., April 10-Sat., April 25, 8 p.m., 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, The Chain Theatre, 21-28 45 Road, L.I.C. $18. Info: (866) 8114111, variationstheatregroup.com.

MUSIC .

“Anima: A Cabinet of Wonders,” with Baroque and late Renaissance music played on period instru-

Master beekeeper Wally Blohm will conduct a beekeeping basics class on Tues., March 31 and PHOTO COURTESY VOELKER ORTH MUSEUM April 14 at the Voelker Orth Museum. ments, Fri., April 10, 6 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. $25; $30 at door.

Info: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13, kingmanor.org.

Easter concert, by the church’s Chancel Choir and

by Harmonious Chorus, Thurs., April 2, 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of Newtown, 54-05 Seabury St., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 639-3126.

DANCE Green Space Blooms Annual Dance Festival, presented by Dance Entropy. Thurs.-Sun., April 16-19, 8 p.m. Matinee Sat., April 18, 1 p.m., 37-24 24 St., Suite 301, Long Island City. $15; $20 at door. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org.

AUDITIONS AARP Queens Chorus, which performs tunes at nursing homes and rehab centers in Queens in April, May, October and November, has auditions on Fri., March 27, Self-Help Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Info: (718) 523-1330.

LECTURES Reflections on the Life of Dr. Winifred L. Norman, granddaughter of inventor Lewis H. Latimer.

Sat., March 28, 1 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church of Queens, 147-54 Ash Ave., Flushing.

Info: Al Rankins, (718) 961-8585 or (347) 256-8982.

“Human Evolution,” a lecture by the Queens County Bird Club on “Ancestors in our Genome,” a description of recent breakthroughs in the human family tree. Wed., April 15, 8-10 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Free. Info: (718) 225-8064, qcbirdclub.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS Women’s Heart Health Expo, to raise awareness, hosted by City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras.

Thurs., March 26, 6-8:30 p.m., Elmcor Youth & Adult Activities Center, 108-25 Northern Blvd., Corona.

St. Patrick’s Day Karaoke Night fundraiser; Kiwanis Club of Ozone Park for Project Eliminate & Heart Share. Old Mill Yacht Club, 163-15 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach, Sat., March 28, 7 p.m. $25.

Tickets: Call Paul (917) 834-7327.

29th annual Celebration of National Women’s History Month, sponsored by the Latin American Cultural Center of Queens. Sun., March 29, 2:30 p.m., PS 69, 77-02 37 Ave., Jackson Heights. Free.

Info: (718) 261-7664, LACCQ@aol.com.

“A Night of Doo-Wop,” featuring the Devotions, Sat., April 11, 7-11 p.m., Our Lady of Grace Church, 100-05 159 Ave., Howard Beach. $40. Info/tickets: Richard Maiorino (718) 213-2599 or Lamondo Spicer (646) 267-8656.

“Spring Fever!” An annual spring dinner dance fundraiser going toward Sacred Heart School’s security enhancements, Sat., April 25, 7 p.m., at the school, 84-05 78 Ave., Glendale. $45. Info: Mario Mitarotonda, (718) 440-5534.

KIDS/TEENS Easter egg hunt, hosted by the Ozone Park Civic Association, Sat., March 28, 11-11:30 a.m., Ozone Howard Little League Baseball Fields, 97-14 135 Drive. Bring a basket. Free. Info: (646) 298-7575.

Free art classes: Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center, ages 8-16, 35-30 35 St., Astoria, every Tues. & Thurs., 4:30-6

Beekeeping basics: a course for the bee-curious and aspiring beekeeper. Tues., March 31, April 14, 7-9 p.m., Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $20 for both, $12 per session. Member’s discount $18/$10. Advance registration recommended. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

Greek cooking class. Mon., March 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, $20, pre-registration required. Info: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced.

Call: (718) 969-1128.

Community yoga & Zumba classes. Women’s yoga classes: Mon., March 30. Men & women’s yoga classes Wed., April 1. Women’s Zumba classes: Thurs. March 26, April 20. Dara Gardens Community room, 150-30 71 Ave., Kew Gardens Hills. All classes start at 8 p.m. $10 per class. Info: DaraGardensCC@gmail.com.

COMMUNITY Forgotten Tour #87, Flushing Meadows: Threehour walking tour starting on the boardwalk south of Mets-Willets Point No. 7 station. Sat., March 28, noon. $20, $10 for Greater Astoria Historical Society members. Info: info@astorialic.org.

The annual Holocaust Freedom Seder, recreating the 1946 Passover seder after World War II, Sun., March 29, noon. $12. The Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Info: (718) 281-5770, qcc.cuny.edu/khrca.

Pet adoption event, where cats and dogs seek loving homes. Sun., March 29, noon-4 p.m., Petco, 75-07 31 Ave., Elmhurst. Adoptions include vaccinations, spay/neuter, ID tags, pre-registered microchips. Info: (212) 788-4000, nycacc.org. continued continued on on page page 00 44

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A brassy punk makeover for a musical favorite

by Cristina Schreil qboro editor

A decades-old theater favorite has gotten a little help from 1980s New York.

A production by Queens College’s Drama, Theatre & Dance department has captured the uproarious fun of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s work, “The Threepenny Opera,” written in 1928 Germany, just as fascism was starting to bear its teeth. Famously, it challenged the definition of opera.

The play, assembling a cast of crooks, beggars and whores to capture the seediest

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underbelly of Victorian London, was also a longtime staple on Broadway, running for years in the ’50s and ’60s.

This produc t ion, direc ted by K ay Matschullat, grabs hold of the musical’s gritty spirit and adds a dash of the vice-riddled wickedness of the ’80s, when “society’s safety nets had holes as big as today’s ozone layer,” Matschullat writes.

During the show’s opening rendition of the classic “Mack the Knife,” the whole cast, a mishmash of those draped in Victorian-era garb and punks littered with tattoos and cocaine residue, comes on stage. The juxtaposition is fascinating. The decision to re-examine “Threepenny” in this way presents how strife among lower classes has reoccurred throughout history.

Outfits seem to play a big role in this production, with textured fabrics composing Victorian outfits and period hairstyles paying tribute to Brecht and Weill’s vision. The prostitutes are the most modern, decked out in candy-pink wigs and gold spandex, as if they’re ready to walk into a warehouse rave.

While the new spin may throw off some audience members, at the very least, this rendition is good fun. The choreography, by

The cast of “Threepenny Opera” performs.

PHOTO COURTESY JEFF GREENBERG

Nola Smith, embraces big and exaggerated movements that capture the brash attitudes behind each song. The cast members skulk, limp and leap, knives in hand, around a set that plunges audience members into the story’s sordid world. A network of staircases, balconies and scaffolding-like structures — reminiscent of “Rent” — reinforce that these characters lurk underneath society and must physically climb upwards to be heard.

“What has happened to human pity?”

asks Mr. Peachum. “Human pity is my business. And business is terrible.”

Peachum, played by Aaron Orlov, is convincing as an older man who has seen too much. Polina Jourbina, as the rough and nononsense Mrs. Peachum, is fun to watch.

When offered a handshake by a beggar, she returns only the butt of her pencil.

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With an unworldly pull, art explores the unknown

by Lisa Granshaw

and draws viewers in toward disks that will look different depending on the angle. Its moon-like appearance makes At the center of the Milky Way Galaxy a supermas- one feel in its orbit, just passing by before moving away sive black hole known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) ejects and discovering the adjacent “Dominion” by Jennifer and and draws in matter towards its event horizon. That Kevin McCoy. “Dominion” transports viewers to a lone which plunges past the point of no return will be pow- fantasy world using a unique combination of electronics, erless to escape gravity’s pull. video screen, photography and oil on Climbing the long staircase to canvas. reach the Radiator Gallery on JackTechnology is either the focus of son Avenue in Long Island City or incorporated into many of the evokes a similar power ful draw pieces, from the mounted iPad in When: Thru April 10, inwards as visitors ascend from G.H. Hovagimyan’s “Teenage ZomFriday and Sunday, street level and leave the noise of bie Avatar” to Janice Sloane’s HD 1-6 p.m.; other days the world behind. The small, quiet, video “Poe” playing on a loop greetby appointment sparse space is a fitting location for ing visitors as they enter the gallery.

Where: Radiator Gallery, the “Ensign Sgr A*” exhibit, on disHowever, some of the mos t 10-61 Jackson Ave., play there until April 10. The exhibit, thought-provoking pieces are the Long Island City curated by the artists’ collaborative simpler ones that seem easy to Over the Opening, features artists understand at first glance. An archiEntry: Free; (347) 677-3418, whose works creatively use ideas of val pigment print titled “Extra Terradiatorarts.com negation and absence. The gallery restrial,” by Amelia Bauer, may describes these as being used “as instantly look like a beautiful Westensigns or banners for states of ern landscape but the night sky and exploration and loss,” and it is stunning just how much darkness creeping in on all sides make one wonder what these states come across in varying degrees in the works may be lurking at the edges, lost in the shadows or waiting on display. to be explored.

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“Television is supposed to be a lesser Mad Men” exhibit in Astoria.

The museum’s first full exhibit dedicated art form,” Goodman said. “Suddenly, here we are, where to a TV show was the creative profescreated in conjunction sionals are working with Weiner, who also in the field of televiserves as the drama’s sion, which means showrunner, head it’s that much more writer and executive When: Until June 14, impor t a nt for us producer. hours vary and our collection, Each of the three and our programs, Where: Museum of the set pieces — Draper’s to chronic le t his Moving Image, office, his Ossining, transition.”

NY kitchen from sea36-01 35 Ave., The first page of sons 1 through 4 and Astoria the pilot episode’s the writer’s room $6-$12 Cost: script greets visitors used by the series’ at the entrance to creative minds — the the exhibit, along 33 cos tumes and hundreds of props were driven from Los with a case of Weiner’s handwritten Angeles and carefully reassembled in notes about each character and the writQueens, according to Museum Director er’s room.

Written on the room’s whiteboards are Carl Goodman.

“This is an opportunity for us to cap- ideas regarding character development ture a moment,” Goodman said, “a and plot, with another board listing the directors and shoot dates of each season moment that will soon be over.”

But he said the exhibit is about more seven episode.

When asked if the exhibit will damage than just showing off Draper’s office; the

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

Free Parking Available or by Train M or R to 63rd Drive Station they treat everything like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said.

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

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

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

“For this, I like to think we’re MON.-FRI. 11 am - 7 pm the rest.

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

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

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

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Macheath, played by Adam Weppler, often breaks the fourth wall, making unsettling eye contact with the audience or, while later being dragged to prison before intermission, reminds everyone that Queens College is a smoke-free campus. The choices align with the playfulness of the musical. But, there’s also a nagging sense that Macheath doesn’t feel as intimidating as he should. He is endearing and convincing as a charming ladies’ man, but isn’t quite the hostile shark and amoral antihero he should be. While he does explode with bitter rage in one key moment, he is not the “living tool of Satan,” as Mr. Peachum describes.

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SUPREME COURT-QUEENS COUNTY- MARILOU S. MARTIN and ROBERT ABAD as Sole heir of VIOLET M. ABAD vs. MARIA CARMELITA M. CASTANEDA Index No.: 25640 /2004Pursuant to Judgment of Partition and Sale dated April 13, 2010 and Order Appointing Referee ZENITH THERESA TAYLOR, ESQ. dated March 20, 2013 and Order Substituting Referee MARTHA TAYLOR, ESQ. dated January 17, 2014 auction in Courtroom # 25 of Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY on Friday April 24, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. prem k/a 85-09 Kendrick Place, Jamaica, NY. Said property located at the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of Kendrick Road, (formerly Pembroke Road) with the easterly side of Mayfield Road, (Kendrick Road being also known as Kendrick Place); northerly along the easterly side of Mayfield Road, 72.34 feet; easterly 97.42 feet to a point distant 86.91 feet northerly from the northerly side of Kendrick Road; southerly 86.91 feet to a point in the northerly side of Kendrick Road, distant 114.06 feet easterly from the point of beginning measured along said northerly side of Kendrick Road; westerly along the northerly side of Kendrick Road, 114.06 feet to the point or place of beginning, said premises known as 85-09 Kendrick Place, Jamaica, NY Sold subject to Terms and Conditions of filed Order and Terms of Sale. MARTHA TAYLOR, Referee, LAW OFFICE OF SCOTT SCHWEBER, P.C., 250 West 57th Street, Suite 1216, New York, NY 10107 Attys. for Plaintiffs.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Plaintiff, against Dorrick Nurse, Deryck Nurse, Jennifer Nurse, et al., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 10/9/2014, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, in Courtroom #25 on 04/10/2015 at 10:00AM, premises known as 145-63 176th Street, Jamaica, NY 11434-5231. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, BLOCK 13304, LOT 20. Approximate amount of judgment $503,099.86 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 32566/09. Victor Levin, Esq., Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff, 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-049147-F00 1131635

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: JCD-NYC LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/10/2014.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to JUAN C. DIAZ, 3038 88TH STREET, 2ND FL., EAST ELMHURST, NY 11369.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 03/10/2015, bearing Index Number NC-001334-14/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) FRANCESCA (Middle) LUCIA (Last) GERIFALCO. My present name is (First) FRANCES (Middle) LUCIA (Last) GERIFALCO AKA FRANCES L. FEERICK AKA FRANCESCA LUCIA GERIFALCO. My present address is 5011 FRANCIS LEWIS BLVD., BAYSIDE, NY 11364.

My place of birth is MANHATTAN, NY. My date of birth is October 2, 1948.

Notice of formation of MANCUSO PROPERT Y MANAGEMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/23/2015. Office location, County of Queens. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 231-17 57th Ave., Bayside, NY 11364. Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 3/06/2015, bearing Index Number NC-00127214/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) MUHAMMAD (Last) AWAIS. My present name is (First) MUHAMMAD (Middle) AWAIS (Last) BUTT AKA MUHAMMED BUTT. My present address is 45-67 BURLING STREET, Flushing, NY 11355. My place of birth is PAKISTAN. My date of birth is August 25, 1996.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 1/20/2015, bearing Index Number NC-001150-14/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) JENNIFER (Middle) CHAE (Last) LIEW. My present name is (First) CHAE (Middle) HA (Last) WEITZEL AKA CHAE H WEITZEL. My present address is 14026 FRANKLIN AVE., APT. 4J, Flushing, NY 11355.

My place of birth is KOREA. My date of birth is January 18, 1963.

GARRISON PROPERTIES II LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/21/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 37-61 104th St., Corona, NY 11368.

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MATTHEW DOUNEL, MD, MPH, PLLC, a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 2/18/15.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The PLLC, 72-11 Austin St., MB# 230, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Medicine.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MWBE PROPERTY SERVICES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/24/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to USACORP INC., 325 DIVISION AVENUE, SUITE 201, BROOKLYN, NY 11211.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 03/09/2015, bearing Index Number NC-00126314/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) JEWEL (Middle) DIOR (Last) ROMANO. My present name is (First) JEWEL (Middle) DIOR ROMANO (Last) NUQUI AKA JEWEL D. NUQUI. My present address is 201-23 26TH AVE., Bayside, NY 11360. My place of birth is PHILIPPINES. My date of birth is September 29, 1983.

IRIS TRANSTECH LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/13/15.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 33-24 Northern Blvd., Long Island City, NY 11101, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Matthew J. Citrolo, Cpa PLLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/18/14.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 25-28 72nd St Fl 2, East Elmhurst, NY 11370. Purpose: PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY.

NIMRA SARFARAZ DO, PLLC, a Prof. LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/12/2015. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 19909 Hillside Ave., Hollis, NY 11423. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Medicine.

ENDOR CAR & DRIVER, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/17/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 31-00 47TH Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101. General Purposes.

FOUR QTRS LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/16/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, c/o Robert Giusti, Esq., 4240 Bell Blvd., Ste. 601, Bayside, NY 113612861. General Purposes.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of JJ CIRCLE LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/26/15. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent for service of process.

SSNY shall mail process to: 4805 Glenwood St., Little Neck, NY 11362. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Name of LLC: Julianna’s Blacksuits LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 2/17/15. Office loc.: Queens Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: any lawful act.

MINTO JONES 32ND AVENUE LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/1/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Earlyn Jones, 6659 Knottwood Ct., Baltimore, MD 21214. General Purposes.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: F & I BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/30/2014. Office location: New York County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to INDRIT VOGLI, 187 SPRING STREET, APT. 2E, NEW YORK, NY 10012.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 43-21 57th Street LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/25/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 26-17 210th Place, Bayside, NY 11360.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

1324 BERGEN ST. PROPERTY HOLDING, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/12/2015. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Alla Kormilitsyna, 6738 108 St., Apt. B26, Forest Hills, NY 11375.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

47-10 WOODSIDE ASSOCIATES LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/09/13.

Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 65-22 Boelsen Crescent, Rego Park, NY 11374.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

31-41 45th Street LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/19/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 31-41 45th St, Long Island City, NY 11103. Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 71-12 GRAND AVE LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 1/23/15.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 71-12 GRAND AVE. LLC, 70-05 GRAND AVE. #2R, MASPETH, NY 11378. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to § 9-610 of the Uniform Commercial Code, as adopted in New York and any other applicable jurisdictions, and any other applicable law, General Trading Co., Inc. (the “Secured Party”) will offer for sale to the public (the “Auction”) substantially all of the assets of ANBER MEAT & PRODUCE INC. (the “Debtor”), including the Debtor’s right, title, and interest in all equipment, fixtures and inventory (other than leased property) (collectively, the “Assets”).

Debtor has granted a security interest in all of the Assets to the Secured Party to secure Debtor’s obligations to the Secured Party.

The Assets are being sold on an “AS IS, WHERE IS” basis pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth below. The Debtor owns and operates a supermarket and assets related thereto at 108-30 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11433.

Date and Time of Auction: April 16, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time).

Place: Kaplan Kravet & Vogel, P.C. 630 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 212.983.6900 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE AUCTION The Assets will be offered in one lot. The Assets will be sold to the bidder with the highest or otherwise best bid for the Assets as determined by the Secured Party at the Auction. Unless otherwise agreed by the Secured Party in advance, to participate at the Auction, each potential bidder must be physically present at the Auction and demonstrate, prior to the commencement of the Auction, to the satisfaction of the Secured Party that each such bidder has the financial means to close on any bid made at the Auction. The Secured Party reserves the right to cancel, postpone or adjourn the Auction by announcement made at the Auction, either before or after the commencement of bidding, without written notice or further publication. In addition, the Secured Party reserves the right to bid for and purchase the Assets and to credit the purchase price against the expenses of sale and principal, interest and any and all other amounts due and payable to the Secured Party pursuant to the terms of any and all indebtedness secured by the security interests in the Assets. The Secured Party reserves the right to implement such other terms and conditions at the Auction as the Secured Party, in its sole discretion, determines to be commercially reasonable under the circumstances.

For further information regarding the Assets or the Auction, please contact Steven M. Kaplan, Esq. at 630 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 (212.983.6900).

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 35 POLORD LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/02/2015.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC, 137-02 NORTHERN BLVD., APT. 5K, FLUSHING, NY 11354.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of 88 CITY DEVELOPMENT HOLDINGS, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/12/15. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/04/15. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ARMONY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/02/2014.

Office location: Queens County.

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sit f ir mly in t he “college basketball is b et t e r t h a n t he NBA” camp. That’s always been the case with me. It’s not even about the money or exorbitant salaries though. It’s hard to put my finger on it, but there’s something about college hoops that makes it so much more appealing than pro ball.

But where the NBA has a leg up on the NCAA is in the emotional goodbye department. Take pro stars Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan, for example. For the better part of the last two decades, fans of the Lakers and Spurs, respectively, have watched those two lace up their sneakers and take the floor as members of their favorite teams.

Hell, some fans who can legally drive themselves to the arena tomorrow weren’t even born yet when Bryant and Duncan were drafted.

There will come a day when those aging stars will say farewell to their franchises and sail into the sunset. But in professional sports, the goodbye doesn’t necessarily have to come just four years after the introduction as in the collegiate ranks.

And that’s what makes the St. John’s Red Storm’s 76-64 loss to San Diego State last Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the school’s first NCAA Tournament since 2011, so hard.

The Johnnies remain without a win in the NCAA Tournament since 2000, but the defeat at the Aztecs was just a sidenote to what the school and Red Storm Nation really lost: five tremendous basketball players and young men.

In the summer of 2011, four 18-year-old kids – D’Angelo Harrison, Sir’ Dominic Pointer, Phil Greene IV and Khadim Ndiaye – came to Queens looking to turn the much maligned St. John’s program around.

They came from all over the map. Harrison is a Texas native; Pointer is from Detroit; Greene grew up in Chicago and Ndiaye played his high school ball just a few miles away at Christ the King in Middle Village.

But they quickly became brothers both on and off the court, endearing them to Red

Storm fans who just wanted someone, anyone to get behind.

It took a few years for Harrison to mature and Pointer and Greene to come into their own as proficient college basketball players, but come 2013, with transfer guard Jamal Branch now in the mix, the Johnnies became a watchable program again.

It’s almost impossible to talk about the last two seasons without focusing on the school’s documented postseason failures, and I’ll tackle that in my final column of the season next week.

But while the five-man senior class will walk away without a Big East or NCAA Tournamnet win, they leave us students, of which I was one until 2013, alumni and writers with so many fond memories.

Harrison, a gifted shooter, rocketed up the school’s all-time scoring list, eventually settling in third place behind legends Chris Mullin and Malik Sealy.

Pointer had an up-and-down three years and even considered redshirting this season to preserve his final year of eligibility.

Thankfully for St. John’s fans, he decided against it and ended up enjoying a career year. He made second team All-Big East, which many thought didn’t do his season justice, and proved himself to be a do-it-all force on the court.

Greene, known for his streaky shooting early on in his collegiate career, eventually become a reliable third-option for the Johnnies. Red Storm fans won’t soon forget the dramatic three-pointers he buried on the road against Syracuse last December to give the program its first win over the Orange in 15 years.

Branch and Ndiaye played lesser roles over the years, with the former starting a handful of games in his junior and senior seasons, but both performed valiantly once they hit the floor.

College basketball is cruel like that. A player starts to hit his stride one minute and he’s gone the next.

To end, I just want to wish these five young men nothing but the best in their personal and professional lives. It’s been a joy going to school with you, watching you and eventually writing about you over these last four years.

See you next week for the final iteration of Storm Warning this season,

In the early afternoon when most people are getting ready for their lunch break, Marcos Galvao (16-6-1) is breaking a sweat sparring with his mixed martial arts partners. The Astoria fighter is hard at work at Long Island MMA in Farmingdale, drilling takedown defense and practicing his submission game to prepare for the biggest fight of his career. He will be on the main card Friday evening on Spike TV’s Bellator 135, going in as the challenger to face bantamweight champion Joe Warren (12-3).

The 32-year-old Galvao, or “Loro” to his friends (due to his dyed hair color; Loro being Portuguese for blonde), was born in Brazil and started training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

“I used to watch Royce Gracie in UFC and jiu-jitsu beat all the other forms of martial arts,” Galvao said through a translator, referring to Ultimate Fighting Championship.

He received his black belt with Nova Uniao and won accolades in tournaments including as a Grapplers Quest Pro Division Champion, five-time Brazilian National Champion and a two-time World Champion.

He moved to the United States six years ago looking to expand his fighting repertoire.

“There were bigger opportunities here,” Galvao said. “There’s a lot more wrestling and boxing. The strength and condition programs are a lot better.”

In this championship fight, he will be facing off against an internationally decorated Greco-Roman wrestler who won the bantamweight belt in October 2014.

This isn’t the first time Galvao will be squaring off against Warren. The two met in April 2011, when Warren came out the winner in a controversial decision. In their first clash, Galvao dominated Warren in the first two rounds. He took down the NCAA Division 1 wrestler, got a back mount for a submission attempt and stuffed Warren’s takedowns. In the third and final round, Warren rebounded with a takedown of Galvao and was able to control him and get many strikes

Marcos Galvao, getting ready to rumble and sparring with a fellow fighter before the biggest PHOTOS BY ANDREW BENJAMIN match of his career.

in. When the official decision came in for Warren, many MMA publications covering the fight and one of the commentators expressed disagreement with the judges.

“He was the poster child,” Galvao said about the judges’ decision. “Joe Warren was their champion.”

Galvao wants to make sure the same mistake doesn’t happen again, and said he’s prepared for Warren.

“I’ve trained with the best wrestlers,” he said. “My wrestling defense is world-class and I’ve improved my striking.”

Being a New York fighter, he cannot compete in the state due to its ban on the sport — the only one in the United States. It is a ban he does not understand.

“They have boxing, muay thai and other combat sports. Why is MMA banned?” he said. “I would love to fight in New York. I believe this is the year.”

2015 could be the year for MMA in the state, but Galvao’s main focus is coming out an undisputed winner in his rematch.

“From the first round to the fifth round I’m always looking for the finish,” he said.

“I definitely want to avenge that loss.”

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Red Storm fall 76-64 to San Diego State in bracket’s second round

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2011 was a quick one for the St. John’s Red Storm.

Undermanned and undersized, the Johnnies fell to the San Diego State Aztecs 76-64 in Charlotte last Friday night, ending the Jamaica school’s season.

The Red Storm took the floor just five days after starting center Chris Obekpa, an elite shot blocker who stands nearly seven feet tall, was suspended for reportedly testing positive for marijuana.

The loss of their most important interior defender proved to be a death blow against San Diego State, who rolled out a starting lineup of four forwards, as opposed to the Johnnies, who often play a four-guard system.

St. John’s hung with the Aztecs early despite San Diego State’s surprising efficiency from threepoint range, and trailed by just seven at halftime.

But the Red Storm were unable to shrink that margin in the second half, as eight San Diego State free throws in the final two minutes sealed the game.

It proved to be the final game in the four-year collegiate careers of St. John’s starters Sir’Dominic Pointer, D’Angelo Harrison, Phil Greene IV, Jamal Branch and Khadim Ndiaye.

Despite suffering a hip injury in the first half, Pointer led all Red Storm scorers with 21 points while also grabbing a team-high 10 rebounds, his

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Harrison, who sits third on the St. John’s alltime scoring list, netted 18 points in his final game while Greene contributed 10 points of his own.

The loss was difficult to swallow for Harrison, but he solemnly said after the game it’s time to move on.

“We overcame a little bit of everything,” Harrison said. “It’s a unique group like Coach Lavin always says. We’ve been through the craziest four years you can go through, with the players and the guys we had, suspensions, all that stuff. It’s tough, but it’s time to move forward now.”

Greene said he hopes he and his teammates will always be remembered as the scrappy fighters they proved to be on and off the court.

“We always kept fighting, even in tough times, we always fought back and came through,” Greene said. “That’s how I want to be remembered, as a fighter.

“I love my experience at St. John’s, the brothers I came here with,” Greene added. “It just didn’t finish how I wanted it to. But I wouldn’t change anything.”

St. John’s head coach Steve Lavin concurred with Greene, saying his players played as hard as they could from the first day they walked on campus until the buzzer sounded on their college careers.

“They fought and showed grit right to the last Q possessions of the game,” Lavin said.

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Mets fans are sadly accustomed to bad news about the health of the team’s pitchers. Johan Santana was never the same after throwing a 135-pitch no-hitter, the only one in Mets history, in 2012. In recent years, starters Mike Pelfrey, John Maine, Jon Niese, Dillon Gee and Matt Harvey all have lost anywhere from half a season to an entire one recovering from surgery.

You can now add Zach Wheeler to that infamous list. Wheeler complained of discomfort last year but medical tests, including an MRI, did not reveal any structural damage. The Mets were hoping that off-season rest might be a cure but unfortunately the pain was even worse after throwing in Port St. Lucie this past month. A follow-up MRI revealed a tear in his ulnar collateral ligament in his right arm. So on Wednesday he underwent that well-known baseball medical procedure, Tommy John surgery.

Wheeler will miss the entire 2015 season.

Frustrated fans pointed fingers at Mets management as if they were responsible for Wheeler’s predicament. Zach’s own agent, BB Abbott, quickly absolved them of any blame.

Not to be disrespectful to Wheeler’s talent, but a “the sky is falling” reaction among many Mets fans is not warranted based on what he has done in his first two seasons with the team.

Yes, there was a lot of hype about him when

Mets general manager Sandy Alderson acquired him from the San Francisco Giants for soon-to-be free agent centerfielder Carlos Beltran. While he has shown nasty stuff to hitters, he has frequently had control issues and his lifetime record is a rather pedestrian 18-16. The games that he pitched in frequently seemed interminable because he seemed to go to a full count with every single opposing batter.

Mets aficionados should be more concerned about their bullpen. Closer Bobby Parnell missed most of last year after arm surgery and so far has not shown any signs of rust, but Vic Black, who did a terrific job getting the Mets out of many jams last year, is battling tendinitis.

We’ll never know if center Chris Obepka could have turned the tide, but his absence was a key reason the offensively challenged San Diego State Aztecs were able to score 76 points and beat the St. John’s Red Storm by a dozen points last Friday to quickly knock the Johnnies out of the NCAA Tournament. St. John’s has not been able to advance to the second round of March Madness since 2000.

Obepka was suspended reportedly for testing positive for marijuana. I wonder if he would have been suspended if he were a member of the University of Colorado basketball team, Q since cannabis consumption is legal there.

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Book bus ‘Pioneer’ ran all over the borough

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

Bookmobiles are nothing new, and neither is the demand for material from the Queens Library.

The library’s first book bus, dubbed The Pioneer, hit the streets in 1930. Painted burgundy and gold, it was christened by thenMayor Jimmy Walker. Glass doors on the sides opened to reveal shelves of books for people to browse through.

In this July 1934 photo, it is seen serving the children of Laurelton during a visit to 225th Street. The Queens’ first traveling library was the Pioneer book photo, held in the Queens Library bus, seen here in Laurelton in July 1934. archives, has been posted on the Thomas Carlyle: “The true university of institution’s Tumblr blog and Flickr account.

Another picture from the library archives, these days is a collection of books.”

Back in 1930, the Queens Library did not reprinted in Kevin Sean O’Donoghue’s “Historic Photos of Queens,” shows the bus have the more than 60 branches it boasts with a banner running across its left side today. It still uses bookmobiles to reach the listing some of the subjects available: civics, public too, as well as sending material directmusic, biography, history and art. On the ly to the homebound and providing a variety driver’s door was printed a quote from the of other services including phone and video 19th-century philosopher, writer and teacher chats through its Mail-a-Book program. Q

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