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Holi, the Festival of Colors, returns to Queens

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The Phagwah Parade returned to Little Guyana in Richmond Hill on Saturday for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Crowds celebrated the Hindu holiday, which marks the start of spring, and tossed gulal, the vibrant and symbolic powdered dyes. Electeds and community groups joined in the celebrations at Liberty Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard.

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JetBlue plans to hire 5,000 new people Terminal 5 expansion expected to accommodate 300 daily flights

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t a jobs-related economic development meeting held at Hangar 81 within Kennedy International Airport, JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes announced on Monday amongst distinguished guests and over 1,000 jobseekers that the airline intends to hire 5,000 people by this summer.

A partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines will allow Hayes’ airline to increase its flights out of New York from 200 to 300 daily by summertime, according to the CEO. “For those of you who have flown with us, we fly from Terminal 5 at JFK,” said Hayes.

“We are full and we need more space. We are going to be breaking ground in the next couple of months in a new facility expanding Terminal 5. That will allow us to grow even more.”

Hayes said that the event, which had job candidates who were to later be interviewed, probably would not have taken place if it weren’t for Borough President Donovan Richards. In June 2021, a leaked internal memo stated that JetBlue, which had 1,300 jobs in Queens, including at its corporate headquarters in Long Island City, was considering moving some of those positions to its Florida offices because of plans from the city and state government to hike taxes. The airline told the

JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes announced at an economic development meeting at Kennedy International Airport that the airline will hire 5,000 people by summer. SCREENSHOT VIA NYC MAYOR’S OFFICE / YOUTUBE Chronicle its lease at JFK ends in 2023.

Richards, along with U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), lobbied hard to convince JetBlue to stay in the World’s Borough to secure jobs in the area.

“No one was more involved in keeping JetBlue in New York than Donovan Richards,” said Hayes.

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“Now we fly to 108 cities across the U.S., the Caribbean, Latin America and the U.K. with Canada arriving this summer.”

Geraghty and Mayor Adams announced that the city and JetBlue have a workforce development partnership, which will help with the Big Apple’s economic recovery.

“You guys, you are going to fly for free

with your families,” said Adams to the job seekers, whom transit and elected officials had volunteered to interview for positions at the March 28 event. “Covid has left us in a belief that there is no real recovery, but you know what I know ... that when a stewardess or flight attendants walk through and they give you that smile and feeling of assurance — that starts your destiny, that starts your journey. You are the ambassadors for New York City to help our economic recovery.”

Adams said that the tourism industry, which employs 403,200 workers and generates $72 billion citywide, would benefit from the new venture with JetBlue.

“This isn’t a moment of merely being employed, this is a moment of finally getting our economy back into flight so that we can turn around our city and show the country how resilient we are,” said Adams. “As you go through this period of being interviewed, think about what you are all going to embrace.”

At the height of the pandemic, the city’s flow of tourists fell dramatically — from 66.6 million in 2019 to 22.3 million in 2020, according to Maria Torres-Springer, deputy mayor for Economic & Workforce Development.

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New board, new plans for HBL Civic Group shares ideas for Charles Park, 9/11 tree, tributes and more

by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

The Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association’s first meeting back in person and with a new board covered a lot of ground on Tuesday night, from plans to spruce up Charles Park to 9/11 tributes to the town’s 125th anniversary.

For the first time, Howard Beach will receive a seedling from the Survivor Tree, a tree that was severely damaged at Ground Zero and rehabilitated by the Parks Department, civic Co-president Phyllis Inserillo announced. Each year, the 9/11 Memorial grants seedlings to three communities that have endured tragedies.

Howard Beach is home to many first responders and families of 9/11 victims and is dedicated to honoring those affected by the attacks, and it was also impacted by Superstorm Sandy, which all contributed to its selection for one of the trees, explained Inserillo.

Lisena Landscaping will nurse the tree until a permanent home is found for it.

Inserillo said the tree will be part of this year’s Sept. 11 tributes, which will begin on Sept. 15 at Charles Park.

The Charles Park events are part of a larger effort to improve the area. “We want to help fix it,” said Inserillo. “We want to be part of bringing the families back to Charles Park.”

Leading up to the summer, activities will take place there including painting the bleachers and painting gnomes to place around the

Councilwoman Joann Ariola, above right, and NYPD Capt. Jerome Bacchi of the 106th Precinct address the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic AssoPHOTOS BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF cation and answer questions from attendees. park. The civic will be raising money to clean up the park in partnership with the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy.

The current winter-themed mural across from the 9/11 memorial near Shore Parkway will become a tribute to Howard Beach, highlighting the neighborhood throughout the decades in honor of the anniversary.

The civic is hosting an Easter Hop ’n’ Treat event in April and it is also accepting submissions for a new block captains program.

A Spring Giving drive organized by the

civic is donating supplies to the FDNY’s Engine 221/Ladder 173 firehouse through an Amazon wish list. More information can be found on the group’s Facebook page.

Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) spoke of efforts to put cameras in dumping zones and funds that have been allocated for domestic violence outreach, programming for seniors and sustainable gardens in schools.

Capt. Jerome Bacchi of the 106th Precinct heard concerns from residents about attempted break-ins. He spoke of an increase in grand

larcenies and domestic violence but tried to assuage concerns about increases in crime.

“The cops are out there. We’re doing our job,” he said, citing recent arrests including of burglars disguised as construction workers.

To end the meeting, a student from the High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture appealed to the crowd to donate to the Redhawk Robotics team as they work to raise $30,000 to compete in the world championship in Houston, Q Texas.

Bank at Stop & Shop here to stay

Clock Tower branch renews lease

by Sophie Krichevsky

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After customers were informed last month that the Queens County Savings Bank branch located in the Clock Tower Stop & Shop would not have its lease renewed, Sam Esposito and the Ozone Park Residents Block Association insisted there be no withdrawal.

They worked with the bank and the store to ensure that the branch would stay.

“We’re very excited,” Esposito, the organization’s president, said. “We’re glad that the block association was able to pull this off.”

As Esposito explained to the Chronicle, though the bank has numerous other branches in the area, this one is particularly important to seniors, as it is conveniently located inside Stop & Shop, which also has its own pharmacy.

“It’s convenient, because they do everything in one place,” he said. “That’s what this is all about: keeping them all in one place.”

But the branch also has a deeper signifi-

cance to the community: 30 years ago, Esposito said, Community Board 9 pushed to keep the bank in Stop & Shop (then Pathmark) when the store moved from the shopping center clock tower to its current location in the plaza, an effort that is celebrated within the community. According to Esposito, Stop & Shop was not aware of that. “They were very concerned because they didn’t want no problems with the community,” he said.

Stop & Shop had been planning to use the space to expand its delivery service, Esposito said, also crediting the Ozone Park Howard Beach Woodhaven Lions Club for helping save the branch.

Bank official John Fennell was glad to see the lease renewed, and admired the community’s dedication to the branch. “There’s something about that branch that’s always been very, very successful,” he told the Chronicle.

“The community is very loyal to it.”

Stop & Shop could not be reached for comQ ment by press time.

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In-person job fairs return to Boro Hall

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Queens celebrated Holi or Phagwah, also known as the Festival of Colors, this past weekend, marking the arrival of spring.

The Phagwah Parade of New York’s Holi celebration took place at Lefferts Boulevard and Liberty Avenue in Little Guyana.

Multicolored gulul was thrown but Mayor Adams, speaking at center, avoided the traditional powder as he delivered remarks.

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ards and Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, above left, the NYPD’s 106th Precinct, the Cityline Ozone Park Civilian Patrol, Councilwoman Joann Ariola and state Sens. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Roxanne Persaud were among those in attendance.

Saturday’s festival was sponsored by the federation of Hindu Mandir Inc. and the Arya Spiritual Center, Inc. and organized by the Phagwah Parade Committee.

The office of Queens Borough President Donovan Richards will resume its series of in-person job fairs with the next session taking place at Borough Hall from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 31.

“While unemployment has declined nationwide as we begin to emerge from the depths of the pandemic-fueled recession, we must do all we can to quicken the recovery here in New York City,” Richards said in a press release.

“Our latest series of Queens Jobs Recruitment Fairs will address persistent unemployment by directly connecting residents with employers and available jobs in a wide array of fields,” the borough president added. “These monthly fairs will be a great opportunity for residents to meet with industry leaders and get their questions answered by organizations looking to hire right away.”

Employers scheduled to be in attendance include Commonpoint Queens, the Council for Airport Opportunity, Express Professional Employment, Global Contact Services, Maspeth Town Hall, New York Life, Outreach Development Corp., Westhab Inc. and Workforce1. Available posi-

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tions are in the fields of administration, customer service, transportation, finance, hospitality, retail, security and more.

The fair will take place in the Helen Marshall Cultural Center at Borough Hall, located at 120-55 Queens Blvd. in Kew Gardens. Borough Hall can be reached by mass transit, including the E and F subway lines and multiple bus routes.

Subsequent job fairs are scheduled for April 28, May 26 and June 30. Walk-ins will be welcome at each, although Richards’ office is recommending that attendees RSVP in advance at queensbp.org/ rsvp. All attendees must wear a mask while at Queens Borough Hall, in accordance Q with Covid-19 guidelines.

Adams ramps up fire safety enforcement

by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

A new executive order from Mayor Adams will increase coordination between the FDNY and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

It seeks to identify safety violations earlier and enforce compliance in the aftermath of the Twin Parks apartment fire in the Bronx and devastating fires throughout the city.

“We must work towards equipping every New Yorker and every building in this city with the tools to avoid an unspeakable tragedy like the one we saw two months ago,” Adams said in a press release.

The agencies will also work with City Council to enact additional fire safety legislation, including sensible retrofit sprinkler legislation and legislation that increases fines for landlords who falsely report fixing a self-closing door violation.

Other measures say HPD inspectors will check for compliance with the FDNY’s requirement that a Fire Safety Notice is posted on apartment doors; HPD will provide FDNY with access to all violations issued that pertain to fire safety since Jan. 1, 2021;

FDNY inspectors will conduct enhanced inspections for fire signage and posting violations; FDNY and HPD will conduct an educational fire safety outreach campaign; and FDNY will work with the Department of Education to conduct outreach in schools.

“We have already lost too many New Yorkers to deadly fires that could have been prevented, and this order can prevent more lives being lost,” said Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) in a statement.

“Many residents don’t realize that they are creating or allowing fire hazards in their homes,” he said.

“The mayor’s executive order will save lives,” said Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park), chair of the Committee on Fire and Emergency Management, in a statement. “HPD and landlords will now be held accountable through oversight, more frequent FDNY inspections and informationsharing between agencies to prevent fires.”

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Mandate debate comes to a head

Adams exempts the pros; Paladino, unvaxxed city workers want reinstatement

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

In a city of 8.4 million people, there’s no question that the mayor cannot please everyone. It is rare, however, that he is unable to satisfy anyone, and last week, Mayor Adams may have done just that. Last Thursday, his announcement that New York City-based athletes and performers are now exempt from Covid-19 vaccination requirements drew criticism across the board — but for numerous reasons.

The policy shift drew several strong reactions from the moment Adams announced it at Citi Field’s Jackie Robinson Rotunda. Though on both sides of the aisle, the public seems to be united on the notion that allowing athletes and performers to be exempt from vaccination puts them on a pedestal and creates a double standard, the concerns driving those complaints differ: Whereas the left is worried that the policy makes a distinction as to who is allowed to be unvaccinated, those on the right who have resisted vaccination are concerned about who is not required to be vaccinated.

Public disapproval from the latter came to a head Tuesday morning when Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (R-Whitestone) held a rally at the Flushing Meadows Corona Park Unisphere, where many of her supporters and city workers called for those fired for refusing vaccination to be reinstated.

“Today, we’re here to represent a simple word: It’s called ‘freedom,’” Paladino said before a crowd of more than 150 people Tuesday.

Paladino has beat the drum on the mandate issue for months, and, after being denied entrance to the City Council chamber on Jan. 5 for refusing to prove her vaccination status,

was granted a religious exemption Jan. 20.

“If you would like to get vaccinated, then please, get vaccinated. But do NOT punish the people who keep New York City running because of a deeply personal, medical decision they made,” a statement from Paladino reads.

Keeping the city running did not seem lost on the mayor last Thursday. Just two weeks after he unveiled his economic blueprint for the city, Adams said that tourism plays a significant role in spurring the economy — a point that he also makes in the blueprint itself.

“Players attract people to the stadium,” he said. “By putting our own teams on an equal playing field, we increase their chances of winning.

And that has a real impact on our city — this is just not fans in the stands, but it is people in the stores,.

Every time a championship or a game is played here or at Yankee or Mets stadium is a boost to $11 million into our economic impact for New York City during the playoff season. These are real dollars, and they play a major role.”

But the notion that only a select few impacted by the exemption are still unvaccinated did not seem to resonate. Some asked how athletes and performers were any different from the city’s teachers and police officers.

“We’re talking about a small number of people that are having a major impact on our economy.

There’s a duality to what I must accomplish. I must accomplish keeping the city safe and I must accomplish recovering our economy,” Adams replied. “That’s a duality — It’s not a one-size-fits-all. In each area, we want to focus and make sure we have that combination.”

More than 150 people gathered at the Unisphere Tuesday, calling for city workers fired due to their vaccination status to be reinstated.

While Paladino was clear that she is not against vaccination, rather, that she is against the mandates requiring them, that was not the case for everyone in attendance on Tuesday.

“Everybody believes that ‘Oh, OK. The vaccine is good for you. It’s good for you.’ Well, a lot of people are sick from it. Me personally, I will not take it because it’s connected to an aborted baby,” said Phillip McManus of Rockaway, who served in the New York Police Department until 2018. “They used to test on animals.

Now, what they do is they test it on aborted babies. It’s outrageous.”

Another attendee, Brian Flynn, who lost his job at the Department of Parks and Recreation in February after refusing to get vaccinated, was adamant that the Food and Drug Administration hadn’t approved the Pfizer vaccine. “This is not conspiracy theory stuff. This is legitimate,” he said. The FDA has issued full approval of the vaccine for adults.

Though Nicole Kiprolov, Paladino’s chief of staff, told the Chronicle that the event, which was announced last Thursday, had been planned prior to Adams’ press conference that day, the policy change was at the top of people’s minds at Tuesday’s rally.

“That was the worst thing ever. It was like a slap in the face after everything that has happened,” Michelle Hyatt, a former Queens public school teacher who was recently fired for refusing vaccination (which she said is against her religion), said of the Adams’ announcement. “It’s not right that certain people get to have those rights, those privileges, especially when they’re looked at as the rich class, or whatever the case is, where you have workers who have been working since the pandemic.”

Paladino made a direct appeal to those city employees who worked during the height of the pandemic in her remarks Tuesday.

“You guys showed up each and every day for work when it was at its worst, and how were you rewarded?

You were rewarded with a pink slip, because some of you here chose not to get vaccinated.”

When, at last week’s press conference, Adams was asked whether he would reinstate those city employes who were fired for refusing vaccination, he replied, “Not at this time.”

“A large number — they were hired with the understanding they had to be vaccinated,” he said. And like Paladino, he too, characterized it as a choice: “They understood that and they decided not to do so.”

Mayor Adams announced last week that New York City athletes and performPHOTOS BY SOPHIE KRICHEVSKY ers are exempt from vaccination requirements.

As several reporters pointed out that morning, countless people lost their jobs after refusing to get vaccinated, including people who work at arenas like Citi Field, Yankee Stadium and Barclays Center.

Asked what he would say to those individuals, Adams commended his predecessor’s decisions earlier in the pandemic. “We are going to continue to pivot based on Covid pivoting,” he continued. “We will pivot with it and make the adjustment of both our medical care, our physical health and our financial health. The timing is exactly where we felt we should be and make the tough decision to execute the plan.”

Just two days before, the mayor told the press, “Baseball, basketball, businesses, all of those things, they have to wait until that layer comes.”

Asked about the change in heart, Adams said, “It was accurate. We said to wait — two days is still wait.”

At the time, Adams denied that he had been lobbied; city records, however, show that both the Parkside Group — on behalf of the Brooklyn Nets — and former Council Speaker Corey Johnson lobbied for changes in Covid policy. Adams later admitted that he was lobbied.

Sandy Alderson, president of the Mets organization, his counterpart at the Yankees, Randy Levine, and the mayor all emphasized throughout the press conference that the vast majority of team employees are vaccinated, floating estimates at various points that 99.5 percent, 99.9 percent and 90 percent of their employees were. On the numerous occasions that the press pushed for more specific numbers, particularly regarding the number of players who were not vaccinated, Alderson and Levine declined to answer, citing the league’s recent bargaining agreement with the Major League Baseball Players Association.

Alderson later told the Chronicle that he had not spoken with the unions that represent those who work at the stadium about the policy.

Since Adams’ announcement last week, numerous city officials have voiced their concerns about the decision. That includes some of his closest allies, such as City Council Speaker Ad r ien ne Adams (D-Jamaica).

“I’m worried about the increasingly ambiguous messages that are being sent to New Yorkers about public health during this continuing pandemic,” the speaker said in a statement. “I have serious concerns about the process, rationale and inequity in today’s decision to exempt professional athletes and performers from the City’s private employee vaccine requirement when over 1,400 city government workers, many of whom served bravely on the frontlines during this pandemic, were fired from their jobs for not getting vaccinated.”

Borough President Donovan Richards was also alarmed.

“As the president of a borough that lost more than 10,100 residents to COVID-19, while thousands more were rightfully required to get vaccinated in order to retain their employment, I respectfully disagree with Mayor Adams on this vaccine mandate carve-out for athletes and performers,” he said in a statement. “A city-leading 85 percent of Queens residents are fully vaccinated, and our policies should be aimed at engaging that remaining 15 percent of the population to ensure vaccine equity and hammer home the importance of protecting one’s self against this horrific virus, not creating a carve-out for certain individuals.

There should be one standard for all New Yorkers, regardless of occupation, wealth or influence. We’re all Q in this together.”

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Queens’ own airline — which not only flies out of both our airports but keeps its corporate headquarters in Long Island City — is expanding and needs a bigger workforce. That’s great news not only for the thousands of people who will secure the positions available, which the airline intends to fill by the summer so it can increase its daily flights from 200 to 300, but for all of us involved in the New York City economy.

JetBlue made its announcement Monday at an economic development event held at Kennedy Airport. It’s looking for people to work in everything from airport operations to in-flight services and information technology. That means a broad range of people have a chance to be hired. In addition to that, the airline is increasing its physical space at JFK, with plans to break ground on a terminal expansion within the next couple of months.

If only the entire city were rebounding from the Covid crisis the way JetBlue is. Unemployment here is 7.6 percent, while nationwide it’s only 4 percent. In Chicago, the closest thing we have to an equivalent city, it’s only 5.1 percent, while in Los Angeles, which comes closest to our

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Clearly New York faces extra hurdles.

Chief among them is that our office workers are still not coming back at a high enough rate. You can’t blame them for eschewing the joys of commuting, but the results have impacts all the way downstream, as everything from the restaurant to the dry cleaner to the convenience store loses out. Only 16 percent of major city employers said average attendance in their Manhattan offices was at more than 50 percent, according to a new survey by The Partnership for New York City reported in the New York Post. As Queens Chamber of Commerce chief Tom Grech will tell you, no matter how well Queens-based sectors such as aviation are doing, we remain dependent on Manhattan for the healthy, well-rounded economy we need.

To lure people back, the city needs to provide every incentive it can think of, as well as make sure the streets are clean and safe. Right now, too many are not. We hope those concepts get full consideration as the state, and later the city, finalize their budgets. JetBlue has what it needs to soar, but many other businesses are still stuck on the tarmac and need more incentive to really take off again.

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Strangers saved his life Dear Editor: On Saturday, March 26, I was in the car with my husband, Dennis, who is a dialysis patient, waiting for many years to receive a kidney transplant, and within minutes he went into cardiac arrest.

He just turned off of Crossbay Boulevard by the Howard Beach post office and was complaining about chest pains and started to pull over. Somehow, he stopped the car in the middle of the street. By the time I realized what was happening to him, because it was like watching something happen in slow motion, he slumped over and wasn’t breathing.

I got out of the car and starting yelling for help. I started hitting his face trying to wake him up and calling his name. Two women came running over, one a nurse whose name is Alexa Gentile, and the other Alexa’s cousin. Then a gentleman named Frank came over. They got Dennis out of the car and started CPR. Another woman took my phone and spoke with 911.

Alexa’s cousin held my hand through the entire ordeal, made phone calls for me and breathed with me to keep me calm. Without her I would have been even more of a panic.

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n any given night these days there are about 8,400 homeless families living in a shelter in the city, all of them dealing with the various stressors that comes with that, on top of what landed them there in the first place.

Among the things they have to deal with is trekking up to the Bronx for intake into the shelter system. Across the entire city, there is only one place for families with children who need shelter to go through the required intake process.

That should change, and it would under a bill proposed by Flushing City Councilwoman Sandra Ung. Her measure would require each borough to have an intake facility within the next two years. As the city seeks to treat the homeless with proper dignity — remember that Mayor Bloomberg insisted people at shelters be called clients — it would help to not force a single mother in Far Rockaway, for example, to travel all the way to the Bronx just to be sent to a shelter in Queens. It should not be too hard to establish intake centers in existing municipal buildings in each borough, though we can probably live without one in Staten Island.

Rather than build counterproductive new jails in four boroughs, the city should modify and enact Ung’s plan.

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Dennis and his family want to thank Alexa Gentile and Frank. In that critical moment Frank and Alexa took action with selflessness, kindness and professionalism. Their extraordinary act saved Dennis’ life. They are true heroes. For all the kindness and compassion shown by all the wonderful people who helped that day, we are forever thankful.

Lisa Peterson Ozone Park

Albany’s toxic trio Dear Editor: Re your March 24 editorial “Hochul finds some sense on crime”: Gov. Hochul’s 10-point plan will correct the abuses of Albany’s criminal justice “reforms” that accelerated crime rates. But she faces resistance by the toxic trio of Assembly Speaker

Carl Heastie (D-Bronx), Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) and Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris (D-Queens). They show more concern for criminals’ welfare than crime victims’ suffering. But voters can hold them accountable in June’s Democratic primary or November’s general election. All three deserve defeat for disregarding their constituents’ need for safety in favor of a felon-friendly agenda.

Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

Remember Kalief Browder Dear Editor: Re: “Hochul finds some sense on crime,” Editorial, March 24: I wholeheartedly agree that violent recidivist criminals should not be released with little or no

C M SQ page 11 Y K All about property tax Dear Editor: Councilwoman Sandra Ung vows to fight to make sure that cultural institutions like Flushing Town Hall have the funding they need. Under the mayor’s proposal, Flushing Town Hall would see the removal of approximately $425,000 from its cultural budget (“Mayor’s Office proposes $2.7M in DCLA cuts,” March 24).

Park Slope property owners chuckle at this and say, how quaint. They get tens of thousands in reduced taxes each year. That $425,000 from Flushing Town Hall represents maybe two blocks of undertaxed properties in that liberal bastion and home to uber-progressive tax beneficiaries Bill de Blasio and Brad Lander.

Until Queens politicians like Ung and Borough President Donovan Richards make more of a stink over Queens homeowners’ money going to tax breaks for liberal elites, they might as well pound sand.

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bail to prey on vulnerable, innocent, hapless citizens. But by the same token the accused is entitled to a speedy trial.

Anyone who believes prosecutors’ feet should not be held to the fire should Google or Wikipedia the story of Kalief Browder. Browder was accused of stealing a backpack. He was on probation. Because he was on probation, he was denied reasonable bail. He was held in Rikers Island for three years without going to trial. For the sake of brevity I’ll leave it to the readers to research him, but multiple tortures he experienced are documented in heart-wrenching detail. The charges were eventually dropped and he was released but the PTSD proved too much and he eventually committed suicide.

I’m not making a statement as to Browder’s guilt or innocence or the fact that he was already on probation. I am saying the Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.

No one should be incarcerated for three years before going to trial, and no one should be subjected to torture while incarcerated. A balancing act must be maintained between the rights of the public and the rights of the accused.

Nat Weiner Bronx

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MTA releases a new Queens bus proposal Agency revamps plans for faster, more frequent and efficient service

by Michael Gannon

muter rail system, so we are really emphasizing this.”

Craig Cipriano, New York City Proposals in 2019 by the Metropolitan Transportation to rework the Transit’s interim president, also entire bus system in Queens were emphasized the draft nature of the roundly hammered by the public and document.

“This is going to be one of the elected officials.

In the two years that Covid-19 put largest bus redesigns in the country, the project on the far, far back burn- with over 100 routes serving over er, the MTA, as promised, reviewed 800,000 customers a day,” Cipriano said. “We’re eager to hear what you the feedback it collected.

T he preli m i na r y d raf t was have to say, and there’s lots of room unveiled Tuesday at a Jamaica press to make changes.”

Richards said the selection of conference that included MTA CEO and Chairman Janno Lieber, Bor- Jamaica for the unveiling was no ough President Donovan Richards accident.

“For the residents of Queens who and city Transportation Commisget up every day and go to bus stops, sioner Ydanis Rodriguez.

“The Queens New Draft Plan is today is a great day,” Richards said. the third to be released, but in some “If you come f rom Southeast ways, may be the most important of Queens, like I do, you know it can the five because Queens has, histori- take an hour just to get to one of the cally, had less subway service rela- train stations here on Jamaica. I tive to its size and population than often joke, and it’s really not a joke, the other boroughs,” Lieber said. “So that it is easier to get to Florida by many people depend on buses for plane than it is to get to Manhattan access to jobs, education, culture from here on some days.”

While Richards said buses are a and everything else New York has to lifeline to parts of Eastern, Southoffer.”

Lieber acknowledged that the east and Southwest Queens, they of t en a re 2019 p r o u n reliable, p osa l wa s overcrowdnot welluses have to be faster ed and slow. received by “ T h e the public. than walking.” routes a re He said the — MTA President and CEO Janno Lieber outdated, new plan is and the an effort to increase the speed and frequency of schedules haven’t changed with our service, balanced with convenience. neighborhoods,” the borough presiHe said the new plan applies to local dent said. “They not only went back and express service and emphasized to the drawing board, they’re comthat it still is a draft “to address the ing to us with a better product.”

One of the major complaints evolving needs of Queens communities, with a focus on more reliable heard throughout community meetservice, faster travel, better connec- ings in 2019 is that while eliminating some existing bus stops speeds tions, and ease of use.”

“A bus is mass transit in many up each bus trip, those who use parts of Queens,” he added. “It is the those stops regularly will be at least only way [in some areas] to connect s l i g h t l y , m a y b e g r e a t l y , to the subway system and the com- inconvenienced.

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Borough President Donovan Richards, at podium, likes what he has seen in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s new draft proposal for redrawing bus routes throughout Queens. MTA CEO and Chairman Janno Lieber, left, MTA SCREEN SHOT / YOUTUBE stressed that the public will have ample opportunity to add its views to the process.

Lieber and Cipriano said the idea is to focus on stops that are closer together, which cost riders time at the curb.

“The focus is on connecting people more quickly to the subways and commuter railroads,” Lieber said in a question-and-answer session. “It also tries to balance the needs to move buses more quickly with the elimination of some bus stops while maintaining local bus service, especially with seniors.”

He said that is essential for anyone who does not live in an area close to subway lines.

“Buses have to be faster than walking,” he said.

Among the things Lieber said the city can do to help are things like signal prioritization for buses at traffic lights, and especially bus lanes.

Babbage Street cleanup Sat. Beautification efforts for under the Long Island Rail Road tracks along Babbage and Bessemer streets in Richmond Hill have been rescheduled for this Saturday.

The community cleanup is being organized by the NYPD 102nd Precinct and the 102nd Precinct Community Council.

The event was postponed from last weekend due to the weather but this weekend’s event will be rain or shine, the 102nd Precinct announced on Twitter.

The event will tackle litter and graffiti along Babbage Street between Hillside

and 84th avenues from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Donations of paint and supplies including gloves are being accepted and can be dropped off at the 102nd Precinct. Monetary donations are also being accepted in the form of checks, the community council stated on Facebook.

The precinct asks that people avoid parking under the tracks on Saturday where the cleanup will be taking place.

For more information, contact 102nd Community Affairs Officer Scott Adelman at (718) 805-3215 or scott.adelman@ Q nypd.org.

Rod r ig uez said the Ad a ms administration is on board.

“We will continue taking our buses where we never have before,” the commissioner said. “We have to work with the MTA to increase speed, but there is much more work to do.”

He said Mayor Adams has a target of adding 150 miles of bus lanes.

He also said the city is asking the state to allow greater use of bus lane enforcement cameras [see separate story in some editions or at qchron. com].

Public workshops will begin on Monday, April 18, with Community Board 1, and are scheduled in numerical order, concluding with CB 14 on Thursday, June 2.

Spanish language assistance will be provided at all meetings, with

assistance for those speaking Mandrin, Bangla and Korean where applicable.

The full report can be found online at new.mta.info/document/79616.

R id e r s c a n lo ok u p a ny bu s routes, which can be found in numerical order. Information for each stop includes the existing and proposed frequency of bus arrivals; a list of existing stops on the route; and where the MTA is proposing adding, removing or moving stops.

An eight-page synopsis of the plan, which includes the times and dates of virtual meetings in each of Queens’ 14 community districts, can be found online at new.mta.info /project/ queens-bus-network-redesign.

The site also has information on Q how to join the meetings.

Shred and donate on Sunday All are invited to shred paper and donate household goods to veterans this Sunday at Forest Park Bandshell parking lot.

The biannual event is sponsored by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and A sse mbly wom a n Je n ife r R ajk u m a r (D-Woodhaven).

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., residents can dispose of documents with USA Shred and donate household goods to the United War Veterans Council. Up to three boxes of personal, business or medical files will be accepted. Donations being sought are clothing and shoes, small working appliances and

kitchenware, toys and bikes, jewelry, small furniture, American flags and eyeglasses.

Electronics, cardboard, magazines, file folders, preshredded paper, air conditioners, paint and tires will not be accepted.

“It gives our constituents the opportunity to do some serious spring cleaning and help the environment at the same time by safely and securely shredding their paper documents,” Addabbo said in a statement.

“As a member of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, I am proud to provide our veterans with valuable household items,” RajkuQ mar said in a statement.

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Masks not needed in all-vaxxed crowd: docs Kids under 6, ‘germ magnets,’ should still wear them, pediatrician says

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

A sixth Women’s Health Empowerment Symposium was held virtually over the weekend to address whether people should still wear masks as Covid infection rates in New York City drop.

The March 26 event was sponsored by state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), York College, the Healthcare Education Project and The Links Incorporated and moderated by community health advocate SimoneMarie Meeks. It featured guest panelists Drs. Alicia Massop-Flowers, a general pediatrician with a practice in Springfield Gardens, and Simbo Ige, the assistant commissioner of the Bureau of Health Equity Capacity Building at the city Department of Health.

“Dr. Flowers was one of the first people to provide an opportunity to get the Covid-19 injection and doing the testing in our com- Dr. Alicia Massop-Flowers, left, believes that people should be cautious about the Covid-19 Omimunity,” said Comrie. “Dr. Ige is a ground- cron subvariant and still wear masks. Dr. Simbo Ige says that with low infection rates in the city, breaking woman doing positive things.”

SCREENSHOTS / NYS SENATE New Yorkers could relax guidelines, especially in an all-vaxxed setting.

It’s important to spread knowledge and not conspiracy theories, said Flowers, who said people should still wear a mask. strongly advocating that children 2 years joined the panel to educate the Southeast “The mask helps us prevent from getting and older should remain masked, added Queens community about the coronavirus. sick with viruses — not just Covid,” said Flowers.

“I’ve been working hard to level the play- Flowers, who also has practices in the “This is the age group, especially when ing field by making sure that people of color Bronx and Manhattan. “Basically, from the children are under 6 and 5 years of age have access to healthcare, whether it be test- Northeast from September to June is respi- [they] are likelier to transmit,” said Flowers. ing or a vaccine. That is what I’ve been doing ratory season in New York City and the “For those of us who have children or work in addition to genNortheast ... Dur- with children, we know they are little germ eral pediatrics,” ing this time, you magnets ... The transmission rate with chilsaid Flowers. are more suscepti- dren can be at a higher rate.”

Ige says that ble to having As a pediatrician, Flowers said that chile can relax guidelines.” her work is to viruses.” dren are tolerating masks well. look out for comTo decrease the “Adults in general are projecting their — Dr. Simbo Ige, assistant commissioner, munities that are rate of transmis- own feelings on children,” added Flowers.

Bureau of Health Equity Capacity Building often left out at sion , m a sk s a r e Ige did not fully agree with Flowers on the planning and v e r y b e n e f i c i a l wearing masks all the time. decision-making stages when it comes to because a lot of people are asymptomatic, “It is true that scientists have been changhealthcare to ensure that all New Yorkers said the pediatrician. ing their minds over this pandemic, but it is have access to information to stay healthy.

“If you are not having symptoms, you are important to understand that science is a “Not everyone has the information and not going to know that you are contagious human enterprise that aspires to rigor,” said the resources they need to stay safe from and transmit this virus to other people,” said Ige. “That means that we must test and evalCovid,” said Ige, who has gone beyond the Flowers. “The masks shields us from the uate all evidence to know what actually healthcare system by reaching out to faith respiratory droplets from the SARS virus truly works ... new information is discovand family organizations. “My role is to and the Covid-19 virus from entering the ered every day continuously.” ensure health equity.” respiratory centers of the body — the nose, During the virtual symposium, Ige preDespite infections having trended down- the mouth and the eyes.” sented a slideshow that showed that the ward in the city and nationwide, Flowers The American Academy of Pediatrics is virus was at a low peak, and therefore,

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K9 Veterans Day in New York New legislation would commemorate a day to honor K9 veterans in New York.

The bill, co-sponsored by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), a member of the Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee, designates March 13 as K9 Veterans Day. “Many outside of the military may not be familiar with K9 veterans,” Addabbo said in a prepared statement.

“This annual day of commemoration will not only appropriately honor their service and legacy but it will also raise awareness of their impor tance historically and

presently.”

Customs dogs, search and rescue dogs, border patrol dogs, police dogs, Secret Service dogs and many more will be honored with the military working dogs.

After passing the Senate, the bill was referred to the Assembly Governmental Operations Committee for consideration.

March 13, 1942 was when the first War Dogs Program, or “K-9 Corps,” was established. The date is recognized nationally thanks to Joseph White, a retired military working dog handler who pioneered a Q nationwide effort.

masks could be optional.

“The debate is, that after asking people to wear a mask for two years can we give people a respite without having a major disaster — the answer is yes we can,” said Ige. “We can relax the guidelines because we have over 90 percent of the city vaccinated. We have no transmission at this time. There is an imbalance of the mental health toll of all of these restrictions for so long. There is a psychological balance for having a break from it all for a little time.”

People can take off their masks in the company of people who are vaccinated, said Ige. “As cases rise, we might have to tighten the restrictions again, but we feel there is a value in taking a break now that cases are low,” added Ige, who is also the branch chief of community engagement for her agency.

Flowers agreed that in circumstances when people are aware that everyone in a group indoors or outdoors is vaccinated mask wearing could be relaxed, but if an individual doesn’t know for sure it would be wise to wear one.

“What concerns me right now is that there is an uptick,” Flowers said of the virus.

“The transmission rate is not very high at this time, but there is a subvariant Omicron virus, which is on the rise in New York City and New Jersey. We have to be aware of the fact that this is a fluid process.”

The Covid-19 subvariant has spread across America, becoming more contagious than the Omicron variant itself, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Monday, nearly 55 percent of infections nationwide are from the subvariant. The Food and Drug Administration has authorized a second booster shot of the Moderna and the Pfizer coronavirus vaccines on March 29 for people 50 and older or who are immunocompromised.

If the rate of infection for Covid-19 goes from its current low levels in the city to a medium level, Ige told Comrie and people in the symposium that there is an NYC Covid alert system that people can check to become aware of any major coronavirus changes or subscribe to Notify NYC for a Q text message alert.

Forest Hills Ukraine fundraiser Keuka Kafe, a wine bar in Forest Hills, has organized a fundraising event for Ukrainian charities on Sunday, April 3 at the Church in the Gardens Community House, located at 15 Borage Place in Forest Hills Gardens.

The owners of Keuka Kafe are natives of Ukraine.

The event, titled New York Stands with Ukraine, will take place from 1 to 4 p.m.

Tickets are $95 per person with all proceeds going to charity.

The afternoon will include food, wine, beer and music. Those wishing to pur-

chase tickets are asked to subscribe to @newyorkstandswithukraine for additional information.

Sponsors include the Queens bakery Lady Baked, Lakewood Vinyards of Watkins Glen, NY, and Sveta, a Ukrainian restaurant in Manhattan’s West Village.

Keuja Kafe is located at 112- 04 Queens Blvd. The business has hosted other fundraisers for Ukraine, and has links to more than a half-dozen charities that are carrying out Ukrainian relief operations on its website at keukakafe.

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Scores attend Astoria workshop on 14 proposals to link airport and Manhattan

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

After two public workshops in eight days, the review of 14 proposals to connect LaGuardia Airport with Manhattan by mass transit is back in the hands of a three-person panel appointed by Gov. Hochul last fall.

The second meeting, on March 24, drew a good crowd of interested residents to the Astoria World Manor catering hall to examine five proposals for new or improved bus routes; subway extensions running through northern Astoria or along the Grand Central parkway; ferries; and five light rail options from various points on the compass from southwest to southeast.

The latter group includes the LaGuardia AirTrain proposal that already has been a p p r ove d by t h e Fe d e r a l Av i a t io n Administration.

The meeting had 14 stations with overlay maps of the individual proposals. Port Authority personnel were on hand at each one to give details and take questions.

Even some people who might not have a preferred alternative had proposals they are dead-set against.

RoseMarie Poveromo is president of the United Community Civic Association, which includes Astoria, East Elmhurst and Jackson Heights. She is as opposed to extending the

A resident, right, looks over the proposed route of a bus rapid transit proposal to link LaGuardia PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Airport with the terminus of the N-W elevated subway line in Astoria. elevated N/W subway line from Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria along 31st Street and 19th Avenue as she was in 2003 when the city formally dropped a similar effort.

“We fought them 20 years ago and we’ll fight them now,” Poveromo said, citing the disruption the construction of an elevated line would bring.

George Delis also opposed the plan two decades ago as district manager of Communi-

ty Board 1. He has written a letter to Hochul in support of running elevated tracks along the Grand Central Parkway between LaGuardia and the N/W station at Astoria Boulevard.

“That doesn’t require taking private property,” Delis said.

That and other options approaching LaGuardia along the Grand Central would run into a massive physical obstacle — the elevated approach to the Hell Gate Bridge.

Delis said he’s confident that PA engineers would find a way to make that work; and the PA in its descriptions said the plan for such a project would consider going “over, under or through” the Hell Gate trestle.

Frank Taylor, chairman of Community Board 3, was one of the leading critics of the on-hold AirTrain, saying it would cause massive disruptions in East Elmhurst. He remains wary — it could still be selected — and said his visit was dual purpose.

“I’m here because I live by a small airport that became an international airport,” he said.

“I’m concerned about the other neighborhoods because we all live in Queens.”

Hochul’s review panel includes Janette Sadik-Khan, former transportation commissioner under Mayor Mike Bloomberg; Philip Washington, CEO of Denver International Airport and former head of the Los Angeles Metro system; and Mike Brown, former commissioner of transport in London and former managing director of Heathrow Airport.

The feedback from the meetings will be taken into account. There is no statutory requirement to schedule more workshops or formal public hearings, though they are not being ruled out. With no formal timeline, a decision is expected within several months.

Maps of the mass transit options can be Q viewed online at bit.ly/3L5PItk.

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METS 2022 SEASON PREVIEW

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Steve Cohen is embarking on his second season as the CEO of the New York Mets, and is hoping for better results than he had in his rookie year. In 2021 the Mets finished with a losing record for the ninth time in the past 12 years.

Although the 2021 season was a disappointment in Flushing, Mets fans were happy to have an owner who grew up as a fan of the team and had the financial resources to make everyone remember their baseball team plays in the biggest market in the United States.

the Los Angeles Angels’ general manager before getting axed by team owner Arte Moreno. The Angels were a middle-of-the-pack team during Eppler’s tenure. On the other hand, he was Yankees general manager Brian Cashman’s chief lieutenant before moving back to his native Southern California. Cashman and Alderson are very friendly and it’s safe to assume he raved to Alderson about him.

Buck returns to New York It was a foregone conclusion by mid-August that manager Luis Rojas would not be offered a contract to return in 2022. Cohen probably always thought Rojas was a A new general manager Yes, Cohen can provide generous lightweight. After he bought the player procurement budgets, but that team from the Wilpons, Cohen won’t mean very much unless you famously said at the November 2020 have executives who choose the press conference introducing him as right players for the roster. Last year the team’s new owner that he didn’t was a rocky one in the executive want anyone learning on his dime.

He won’t have to worry about suite for the Mets. Team President Sandy Alderson selected Jared Por- that with Buck Showalter, who is the seasoned manager, he, and ter to be the Mets general manager but within two months he had to most Mets fans, have resign because of sexual harassment craved. Showalter has managed the Arizona allegations.

His chief assistant, Zack Scott, D i a m o n d b a c k s , was promoted to the top job, but was Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles, suspended in late August following but he is best known an arrest in White Plains on a DUI charge. Alderson dismissed him for his tenure as shortly after the conclusion of the manager of the New 2021 season. Scott was acquitted, York Yankees. He was however, in January, probably dismissed after the 1995 season despite returning the because he was sleeping in his car when he was approached by law Yankees to the playoffs for the first enforcement authorities, as opposed time in 14 years because he clashed with George Steinbrenner. to being pulled over when driving in Showalter won’t put up with nonan impaired state.

Cohen and Alderson were under- sense but he’s not a martinet. During his Zoom press conferences, he standably determined to get it right for 2022 but they quickly ran into showed a quick wit with a seasoned comedian’s sense of timing. walls at every turn. Theo Epstein and Billy “Moneyball” Beane Starting pitching rebuffed them. Native New Yorker The Mets have historically lived David Stearns, the Milwaukee Brewers’ GM, was not given permis- and died with their pitching, and sion by his team to talk with the that is the case for 2022.

Jacob deGrom has been the most Mets about returning home.

The pair ultimately settled on dominant starting pitcher for the Billy Eppler, who spent five years as Amazin’s since Dwight Gooden was in his mid-1980s prime, as his pair of Cy Young Awards attests. Last year deGrom did not pitch after July 7 because of various arm issues.

The Mets’ season went quickly down the dumper.

Fans will be praying he can stay off the injured list in 2022. To achieve that objective, deGrom Regime change: New Mets Manager Buck Showalter, would be wise to stop left, with new GM Billy Eppler hope to get the team trying to break the back to the postseason for the first time since 2016. speed gun. He should

instead be trying to vary his velocity and location. The Flushing faithful also need to hope the Mets hit for him better than they have done in past seasons. With the designated hitter rule now in effect in the National League, deGrom, who has won a Silver Slugger Award, won’t be able to help his own cause with his hitting skills.

For years, Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer was deGrom’s chief rival for the honor of being the best pitcher in the majors. Scherzer was Cohen’s holiday present to his team’s fans as he was signed just before the lockout began.

Scherzer has managed to stay healthy, and his skills do not appear to have diminished as he enters his 16th year in the big leagues. He will turn 38 in July, however, and that must be somewhat of a concern.

Nevertheless, Mets brass considered him to be an upgrade for the No. 2 starter spot over incumbent Marcus Stroman, and it is hard to disagree.

Stroman joined the Chicago Cubs as a free agent.

As soon as baseball labor peace was announced earlier this month, Billy Eppler traded a pair of pitching prospects to the Oakland Athletics for hard-throwing righthander Chris Bassitt, who has spent his entire eight-year career in the American League. That should give him an advantage the first time he faces the Mets’ NL East rivals.

Taijuan Walker had a Jekyll & Hyde 2021 season with the Mets. He pitched so well in the first half of the season that he was named to the National League All-Star team.

Then reality hit. Walker had missed most of the 2020 season and fatigue set in right after the All-Star Game.

His failures were magnified because the Mets did not have deGrom to bail them out when things started to go south. Walker needs to show more durability in the second half and not worry if he doesn’t recreate the magic of last year’s first half.

Carlos “Cookie” Carrasco accompanied shortstop Francisco Lindor to Flushing in that January 2021 trade that sent Amed Rosario, Andres Gimenez and two other prospects to the Cleveland Indians (who are now called the Guardians.)

Carrasco tore his hamstring during spring training and missed the first half of the 2021 season. When he did start pitching, Mets fans wished he were anywhere but on the mound. He rarely got out of the first inning without surrendering home runs. He finished with a 1-5 record and a painful 6.04 earned run aver-

The Mets 1-2 pitching combo of Jacob deGrom, left, and newly acquired Max Scherzer may be the best in the majors, with four Cy Young awards in the PHOTOS COURTESY NY METS last six seasons between them. age. He was belted around in his first spring training start in 2022.

Showalter may have to make a tough decision early in the season if Carrasco cannot get hitters out.

Lefthander David Peterson and righthander Tylor Megill will likely start the season with the Mets’ Syracuse AAA team. You can be sure they will be recalled quite often.

Megill was one of the few bright spots for the Mets in the second half of last season. He even beat the Yankees, which always gladdens the hearts of Mets fans.

join the Philadelphia Phillies, will be missed.

Catcher Alderson took a lot of criticism when he rushed out to sign free agent catcher James McCann just days after Cohen purchased the majority interest in the Mets from the Wilpon family. It appeared he had no desire to make a run at JT Realmuto, who had been terrorizing the Mets with his bat, first with the Miami Marlins, and then with the Phillies. Realmuto reupped with Philadelphia, where he has continued to be one the best Bullpen catchers in the majors.

The Flushing faithful would be McCann struggled at the plate, wise to have the antacids ready although his solid defense was as when their heroes have a ninth- advertised. Pitchers raved about how inning lead because Edwin Diaz will he called a game. Hopefully, those once again be asked to close the good attributes will continue, but he game. Expect him to fall behind in must hit better. McCann also needs the count, walk leadoff hitters and to stay healthy. He has missed some throw wild pitches. Most of the time spring training games with nagging he can get the third out and nail back pain. down the victory, but he has blown Tomas Nido will return as way too many save opportunities.

McCann’s understudy. He showed a Seth Lugo has long been one of little more promise at the plate than the Mets’ most dependable pitchers. we’ve seen previously, but if he is He was good last year, though inju- called upon to start more than two ries caused some missed time and games a week, the Mets are in prevented him from being as domitrouble. nant as in past seasons. Lugo will be a free agent after this season.

Infield The rest of the Mets bullpen is a Mets first baseman Pete Alonso crapshoot. They signed Brooklyn was incredibly lucky to endure just a native and former Yankees reliever few scratches and bruises from a Adam Ottavino. Homecoming stoT-bone collision in his hometown of ries are nice, but my guess is when it Tampa, Fla., earlier in the month. comes to Brooklynites in the Mets Alonso, like a lot of power hitters, bullpen, Ottavino will remind us tends to chase pitches out of the more of Joe Sambito than he will of strike zone, though he did show John Franco. more discipline at the plate as the Other relievers Showalter may season progressed. The odds are call on are Trevor Williams, Yennsy Alonso will never hit 53 homers as Diaz (no relation to Edwin), Drew he did in his rookie season. That Smith and Sean Reid-Foley. Jeurys may not be so terrible as it is more Familia, who left the Mets to move important for him to make contact continued on page 18 down the New Jersey Turnpike to

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continued from page 16 and he can hit to all fields.

2022 was a lost year for second baseman Jeff McNeil. Fans love McNeil for being a scrappy contact hitter who reminds them of Pete Rose. For some reason, McNeil grew disenchanted with merely trying to get on base and started to fancy himself a home run hitter. His batting average dropped to a mediocre .251 and the home runs never really came. I have a feeling he learned his lesson.

It wasn’t a picnic for McNeil’s double-play partner, shortstop Francisco Lindor, either. The two of them even got into a scrape in the Citi Field tunnel connecting the dugout to the clubhouse last May. Both were frustrated with their poor all-around play.

Lindor had a miserable season, but he did show signs of life in the second half. He helped win fans over when he hit three home runs against the Yankees in a Sunday night game in September.

Moving to New York is an adjustment for many people. My prediction is Lindor will be more relaxed this season and will look more like the dominant player he was in Cleveland.

“Who’s at third?” may be a daily question for Showalter. The Mets signed free agent Eduardo Escobar last fall, but they still have J.D. Davis on the roster. Both are power hitters and neither one will make anybody forget Brooks Robinson when it comes to defense. No matter who plays third this year, they will be babysitting the position for minor league prospect Brett Baty.

A wild card here is the return of second baseman Robinson Cano, who was suspended for all the 2021 for using performance-enhancing drugs. Cano earns $24 million, and the Mets are stuck with him because he was acquired with Edwin Diaz in that 2019 trade Brodie Van Wagenen made with the Seattle Mariners in which he gave up Mets first-round draft pick Jarred Kelenic. Expect Cano to benefit from the National League adopting the designated hitter rule.

Super sub-Luis Guillorme should be back as the Mets’ key utility player this year.

C M SQ page 18 Y K Dominic Smith came up as a first baseman and still plays there to spell Alonso on occasion. Smith has done a respectable job learning to play corner positions in the outfield, but the learning process may have distracted him at the plate as both his power numbers and batting average dropped in 2021. He should be more comfortable this year.

The Mets have high hopes for minor-leaguer Khalil Lee, but he must prove he can make contact better than he has so far.

Keep an eye on Travis Jankowski. The Mets signed the former Stony Brook star and former San Diego Padres outfielder to a minor league contract recently. Jankowski has always been a tough out, but he has had trouble breaking into lineups because of stiff competition.

The heart of the Mets lineup will feature two big bats with first baseman Pete Alonso, left, and shortstop Francisco Lindor leadPHOTOS COURTESY NY METS ing the way.

Outfield Homegrown rightfielder Michael Conforto left as a free agent at the end of the 2021 season. His awful walk year mirrored the gloom surrounding the Mets for most of last season.

Brandon Nimmo, who also came up through the Mets farm system, will be a free agent this season. He is hoping to avoid what his longtime teammate Conforto, endured in 2021. Nimmo is a fan favorite because of his hustle, good eye and ability to frequently get on base. Whether he is a centerfielder is another question.

The Mets went the free-agent route to upgrade their outfield as they signed Mark Canha and Starling Marte, who both played for the Oakland Athletics last season. Canha is a slugger who is also a good fielder. Marte has speed and power, but he has been hampered with a strained oblique during spring training. Mets fans have become all too accustomed to oblique injuries causing long stints on the injured list for their Flushing heroes.

Outlook As I pointed out earlier, the Mets have only had three winning seasons in the last dozen years. If both deGrom and Scherzer stay healthy and pitch anywhere near what we have come to expect, the Mets should at least clear that hurdle.

The 2021 World Series champion Atlanta Braves are still the class of the NL East. Sorry to be Debbie Downer, but they should be even better this year. Replacing Mets killer Freddie Freeman with Matt Olson at first base is not much of a drop-off.

They will be getting slugging outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr., and superb starting pitcher Mike Soroka back from injuries. Also returning is outfielder Marcell Osuna who was suspended for most of 2021 because of a domestic violence arrest.

The Philadelphia Phillies’ lineup has plenty of pop with Bryce Harper, Rhys Hoskins, JT Realmuto, Didi Gregorius, Jean Segura and just-acquired free agents Nick Castellanos and Kyle Schwarber. They also have a good 1-2 pitching punch with Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola. Their bullpen and defense are suspect, however.

The Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins probably won’t compete for the NL East title, but as Mets fans know all too well, they are far from pushovers.

In short, 2022 should be the best year the Mets have had since 2016, but no one should plan on a parade down the Canyon of Q Heroes in November.

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Councilmember Sandra Ung (D-Flushing) introduced a bill last Thursday that would require those boroughs lacking a family intake center — which homeless families are required to visit before being placed in a shelter — to each have one within the next two years. The Bronx is the only borough that currently has one.

“It’s very hard to get the service that you’re entitled to. That’s what it’s supposed to be for — it’s really for families and these situations,” Ung told the Chronicle. “But what’s the point of having it if it’s only in one borough?”

Ung was clear that what she is proposing is not a shelter: Whereas a shelter is a place where the homeless may be housed, a family intake center is a place that accepts applications for families to later be placed in a shelter or similar housing facility. Those seeking housing visit an intake center on a single day, although some cases warrant returning for another appointment.

Ung said that she realized the need for such a center while examining the proposal for a transitional housing facility on College Point Boulevard in Flushing, which Asian Americans for Equality put forth in December. The councilmember recently sent a letter to the Department of Homelessness Services requesting more information about that proposal. The plan was met with much opposition from Community Board 7 at both its December and January meetings. Ung was to have held a meeting about the proposal Wednesday evening.

And while those in attendance had a variety of reasons for their opposition, one concern that was consistent was whether the proposed facility would effectively serve families. How families might gain access to those facilities, however, was

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“Somebody pointed out to me that, if the priority is for families in the district, it’s very hard for families in this district to be able to get into those shelters,” she explained.

Not only is it simply inconvenient for those in District 20 to go to the Bronx for intake, Ung noted that for many of her constituents, language barriers might prove an issue. On top of that, she hoped that adding more intake centers across the city would allow for the homeless to be placed in shelters faster.

Ung also said that a new building would not need to be built to house a facility: “The infrastructure is really there, it’s just about having the people, you know, there to do the intake, and also obviously making sure the Q environment is safe.”

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Student at Cardozo shot, maybe by peer Two students alleged to be involved not in class as discipline on hold

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

A Benjamin N. Cardozo High School student, 16, was shot in the arm at the corner of Springfield Boulevard and Horace Harding Expressway while walking home from school last Friday.

According to a police source familiar with the case, the two people alleged to be involved in the incident — both students at the school — have not been suspended, but their parents opted to keep them at home this week “due to the violence and fear of retaliation.”

“Cardozo High School did not discipline the children, which is their decision,” the source said, adding, “No child should be able to have a gun, let alone shoot another [student from] school.

The safety of children takes the priority.”

Cardozo’s administration did not respond to the Chronicle’s numerous requests for comment prior to publication. The Department of Education declined to comment on the disciplinary status of specific students.

Another source said the students are barred from attending class, though not actually suspended, until the school receives the police report and decides on any disciplinary action.

The shooting is the second in a week in the area, raising the concerns of residents and area elected officials.

The two young men arrested, who are both under the age of 16, were released to their parents, according to Capt. John Portalatin of the 111th Precinct. One was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, as officers allegedly found a revolver in his bookbag. Video evidence, which shows four perpetrators in total, does not show the second person shooting at the victim, Portalatin said; he was charged with trespassing, as he allegedly tried to hide from police in someone’s backyard. The other two perpetra-

Councilmember Linda Lee, center, was joined by Dionne Dorsey, left, of the Cardozo High School PTA, Councilwoman Vickie Paladino, Gino Portanova of Gino’s Pizzeria and Rep. Grace PHOTO BY SOPHIE KRICHEVSKY Meng Monday morning. tors fled on foot.

The victim is expected to make a full recovery, said Portalatin, the precinct’s commander. As of press time, the investigation was still ongoing and the motive was unknown.

Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), Councilmember Linda Lee (D-Oakland Gardens) and Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (R-Whitestone) held a press conference addressing the incident Monday morning.

There, a feeling of disbelief seemed to hang in the air; the

thought that electeds had just held another press conference regarding a March 19 shooting in the 111th Precinct — specifically, in Bayside — only days before seemed almost unimaginable. Last Friday’s shooting, which occurred on the border of Bayside and Oakland Gardens, was the second shooting incident in the entire 111th this year, the first being in Bayside. The precinct has long been viewed as one of the safest precincts in all of Queens, if not all of New York City. On top of that, as several mentioned numerous times on Monday, Cardozo is among the area’s most prestigious schools.

Meng was the only one of the three officials who had spoken at Friday’s press conference in Bayside; the site of that shooting is not in Lee’s district. Much the same as in her remarks on Friday, Meng said Monday, “We really wanted to come here today to say that we stand together as elected officials, as community leaders, and we say that we will not tolerate violence in our community.” Making specific reference to the 111th’s work in relation to the March 19 shooting, she said, “They have been on top of things. They have been in touch with us, with the community, with elected officials, doing everything they can to make people feel safer.”

And while the sentiment Meng put forth was consistent among the three politicians, the two councilmembers seemed to differ greatly in their responses to the incident.

Paladino, who has been forthcoming about her tough-oncrime approach and unwavering support of the NYPD, took the opportunity to push for increased personnel in the precinct.

“There are only 100 police officers with the 111th Precinct,” she said. “That’s not how it should be.” At the same time, she called the shooting “an isolated incident.” continued on page 22

Wanted The NYPD is seeking the public’s help in locating three men for an attempted commercial burglary on March 6 at the Laser Bounce Family Fun Center at The Shops at Atlas Park at 80-28 Cooper Ave. in Glendale.

Police at the 104th Precinct said one man entered an office at the business and tried to open a safe while two others acted as lookouts and distracted employees. Anyone with information is asked to call the 104th’s Detective Squad at (718) 386-2723. People can also call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577TIPS (8477), or, for Spanish, 1 (888) 57-PISTA (74782). People can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictly confidential.

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Ghost busted Officers on the 106th Precinct’s midnight shift seized a loaded ghost gun after a driver allegedly pulled it out and pointed it at another driver following a vehicle collision.

Ghost guns are crafted from parts that can be bought separately and assembled to create a functional and lethal weapon. They have no serial numbers and can be difficult to trace.

Police said the driver of a pickup truck allegedly pointed the gun at the other motorist after the crash and fled the scene. They did not note the location. Officers subsequently spotted the pickup and arrested the occupants who allegedly were in possession of the gun.

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MoMI Film Festival highlights autism

Filmmakers on the spectrum get to showcase media on subject in Astoria

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The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria is hosting “The Marvels of Media Awards” today, March 31, at 7 p.m.

“Marvels” is the first media awards, festival and exhibit to celebrate people on the autism spectrum, according to the museum.

The festival features 20 works from 3,071 nominations with responses from 117 countries.

Digital art pieces, mockumentaries, narrative features and shorts, TV series, video games and experimental films are just some of the media exhibited at the museum at 36-01 35 Ave. “When we started this project, we knew that we would be working with a lot of communities of people on the autism spectrum,” said Sara Guerrero-Mostafa, a co-curator at MoMI.

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An interactive arcade game at the Museum of the Moving Image.

JetBlue airline continued from page 2 vigorating our tourism industry is such an essential component of the mayor’s blueprint for an economic equitable recovery.

JFK is the gateway to America, said U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau).

Over 20 years ago the airline promised the congressman that it would hire people from Queens and that its staff would be diverse.

“Look at you! You look like this city,” said Meeks to the interviewees. “You will see that diversity throughout this company.”

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica), a former flight attendant, said

Dena Gassner, a disability advocate who was personally drawn to that,” said Lee. “I is on the spectrum, served as an adviser for also really admired how a lot of work was put into making sure that the cast was filled the festival.

“I think that we were able to add an ele- with people who were neuro-divergent, peoment of cultural competence or maybe cul- ple of color and people in the LGBT+ tural humility ... getting passed some of the community.”

Filmmaker Jackson Tucker-Meyer of frameworks that is associated with autism,” said Gassner. “We were able to focus on tal- “Satan Cured My Autism” has his film feaent, strenghs, creativity as compared to tured at the museum and he is both apart of everything else being about fixing or curing the autistic and queer community.

“An autistic guy name Jimmy vomits out — these are things that often hold a lot of autistic people back. Art is one way that we a clone of himself,” Tucker-Meyer of his said of his film, which he wrote, starred and can really excel.”

One of the pieces featured was “In My directed. “He splits into two people, the Language” by Mel Baggs, a celebrated form that assimilates and fits into a neurotypical society and the other side of himself autistic blogger.

“This is a video that was made for You- that wants nothing to do with that, listen to Tube and went viral,” said Guerrero-Mosta- deaf metal music and be antisocial. It’s sort of a mockumentary in fa, about Baggs who which he has to reconpassed away in 2020. cile those two sides.

“Mel Baggs was none are featuring four It’s sort of the doubleverbal a nd on t he conscienceness that spectrum and was in a games altogether.” one has when one can wheelchair using a — Ramsey Sweatmon, pass for neurotypical.” feeding tube ... The MoMI manager of art and technology Tucker-Meyer is on main message was of of education programs the high-functioning love, acceptance and end of the spectrum t h at eve r yone h a s value. They are constantly up against people and has used his ability to pass for neurowho wouldn’t think they would have some- typical to be an advocate for the autistic thing to say because they don’t have an community.

There is also an interactive arcade video actual voice ... experimental filmmakers were really impressed about this because it game at the exhibition, according to was about vlogging, but it is also an art Ramsey Sweatmon, the manager of art and technology of education programs at MoMI. piece.”

“We are featuring four games altogethAnother film featured at the museum is “Boys Don’t Wear Dresses,” which was er,” said Sweatmon.

One of the games gives a look into the written and directed by Jason Weissbrod life of someone on the spectrum, according and Aloni Schorin.

“It’s a take on Cinderella centered on an Sweatmon.

“It is designed to simulate that experiautistic character coming to terms with her trans identity,” said Miranda Lee, a curator ence and a prequel will be coming soon that at MoMI who is on the spectrum. “It’s we plan to feature on April 15.”

There is also a text-based choose your based on the true story of the writer and director of the film who herself is a trans own adventure game and a single-platform autistic person who wanted to have her game.

“It represents an opportunity for visitors story represented.”

Lee was drawn to the film because of the of the museum to see their work in action intersection between the autistic and the and empower that community have the power of digital media literacy, specifically LGBT+ component.

Q “I myself am a queer autistic person, so I for people in the area.

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the jobs would provide an exciting career and help the city roar back as she quipped that she can still evacuate a 737 Boeing plane if the need arose.

“So prospective employees and JetBlue family, I want you to soar,” said the speaker.

“I want you to soar in this endeavor today.”

JetBlue currently has 8,000 employees based in the city and is looking to fill roles in airport operations, ground operations, technical operations, inflight, information technology and other support center roles, according to the airline.

“We are going to have our busiest summer in New York,” Hayes said, adding that the airline is seeking to employ new people Q “immediately.”

Jason Tucker-Meyer, a queer autistic filmmaker, starred, directed and wrote “Satan Cured My Autism,” which is featured at the Museum of the Moving Image’s film festival. PHOTOS BY NAEISHA ROSE

Cardozo HS continued from page 20 Lee, on the other hand, emphasized the need for additional mental health services in city schools. “A lot of the students have been facing a lot of social-emotional adjustments since coming back from the pandemic,” said Lee, who chairs the Council’s Mental Health, Disabilities, and Addictions Committee, a panel Paladino sits on, as well. “And that is something that we need to highlight.”

Paladino also said that Cardozo High School — where her son graduated more than 20 years ago — has between two and

five safety officers, but that a school of its size should have five to 10. Lee agreed that more officers were needed, but noted that, as Principal Meagan Colby told her, the staffing issue is a product of the pandemic. Lee also suggested working to strengthen the NYPD’s relationship with students is warranted.

Dionne Dorsey, who is an executive board member of the Cardozo PTA and a member of the School Leadership Team, also spoke at Monday’s conference, and reiterated her confidence in the school. “As a parent and volunteer at Cardozo, I am strengthened by the collaborative effort and partnership that is fostered by the Cardozo High School community, a school of excellence, a school with Q heart,” she said.

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R icher S immons Southeast Queens artist’s vivid works inspire at JCAL

by Naeisha Rose

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grown to include expressionist paintings and framed art pieces with African textiles over the years.

Danny Simmons, an author, poet, philanthropist and “I’m able to express myself,” he said about the a world-renowned Neo-African abstract expressionist expressionist style. “I’m able to express my inner artist from Jamaica and Hollis, who has had his work thoughts and feelings and emotions that are coming featured in the Smithsonian African American Museum out of me that come out in the painting. It is me and in Washington, DC, and showcased in Amsterdam, I’m not trying to copy anything else ... a lot of it has France and Ghana, has an exhibit — “Early Days & African fabrics to pay homage to my African Latter Days” — at the Jamaica Center for Arts and ancestors.”

Learning until June 24.

Norman Lewis, Wilfredo Lam and Jean-Michel BasSimmons’ work at JCAL, located at 161-04 Jamaica quiat — abstractionist, surrealist and Neo-expressionist Ave., is within two galleries, with one featuring the painters, respectively — have inspired Simmons.

“Early Days” of his exploration into the fine art world “My biggest influence was an artist named Wilfredo and the second displaying approximately 20 new pieces Lam, an Afro-Cuban painter,” said Simmons. “He really put a lot of spirituality in what he created and I hope I that he worked on during Covid-19 in 2021.

“I am very honored to be asked to be the artist-in- do the same.”

Simmons hopes that people take “joy and wonder” residence for their 50th anniversary,” Simmons said about JCAL, which is celebrating its golden year. “This from his artwork and are able to find themselves in his is an important institution to this community that I pieces.

JCAL Artistic Director Courtney Ffrench found the grew up in and so that makes it a double honor. It’s the exhibit to be fascinating. place I had my first art show.”

Simmons’ work started with sculptures and has continued on page 25

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Edward “Eddie” Yost was born on Oct. 13, 1926 in Brooklyn. He was the youngest of the four children of Fred and May Yost. In 1930, the family bought a brand-new 20-by100 brick house at 111-17 122 St. in South Ozone Park. He played baseball and basketball at John Adams High School.

With many players in the service in World War II, the Washington Senators signed him to a contract with a $500 bonus. He made his major league debut on Aug. 16, 1944, still only 17 years old. He went straight to the majors, never playing in the minor leagues.

Sadly, Yost was stuck for 14 years with a last or near-last place team until going to the Detroit Tigers in 1959. As a leadoff man with a keen eye, he is still known in baseball history as “The Walking Man,” receiving more bases on balls than Pete Rose, Willie Mays, Stan Musial or Hank Aaron. It seemed that every time you saw him he was on base.

After his playing days were over he became a coach.

After a long friendship with Gil Hodges, Yost was brought to the Mets as a coach in

1968 when Hodges was appointed the manager.

Yost, still living in the South Ozone The home of major league Park home, ballplayer and former Mets coach Eddie Yost at 111-17 could now drive only a 122 St. in South Ozone Park.

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Sadly, Yost was playing golf with Hodges during spring training in 1972 when the latter finished the game and suffered a fatal heart attack.

Upon retiring from baseball after 40 years, Yost moved to Massachusetts. He passed away there on Oct. 16, 2012, at Q age 86.

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Queens Theatre ‘Fiesta’ highlights Latin culture

by Sophie Krichevsky associate editor

For the first time ever, Queens Theatre will host a Latin Culture & Dance Fiesta from April 8 to 10. Featuring events from across the Latin diaspora, the program will highlight vocal, dance and comedy performances.

According to Willy Mosquera, Queens Theatre’s front-of-house manager, the venue had held similar festivals in the past, ones that were several weeks long. Mosquera said that Executive Director Taryn Sacramone asked him to put together a weekend of programming in that same spirit.

Mosquera, a musician himself, had several ideas from the start. Several years ago, Argentinian musician Frank Valiente had approached him about doing an American take on the traditional tango.

“I thought it was a great idea,” Mosquera said. I figured this would be the perfect opportunity for us to present this.”

And so, what would become “Tango in America,” which will kick off the festivities on April 8 at 8 p.m., was born. The show will include performances of both traditional tango — which, Mosquera said, is Valiente’s specialty — and a medley of North American hits like Michael Jackson’s “Billie

Jean” and Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive,” among others. The dancers will be backed by vocalists and an orchestra. Mosquera said that, though he’s excited for all of the festival’s events, he’s most looking forward to this one.

That Saturday afternoon, theater troupe Pinpoint Productions will perform Oscar Wilde’s “The Selfish Giant” — both in English and Spanish. The first performance, which will be in English, will be at 1 p.m., and the 3:30 show will be in Spanish.

Saturday night, Afro-Colombian music ensemble Grupo Rebolu will take the stage at 8 p.m. The band, which is led by founders Ronald Polo, Morris Cañate and Johanna Castaneda, derives much of their style from the coastal region of Colombia. Mosquera could not have spoken more highly of the group.

“Great singers and great energy,” he told the Chronicle. “I had booked them last summer to come do a show in Corona Plaza. When they were performing, there were people looking at them all the way up from the 7 train.”

Mosquera said that a priority for him while curating the festival’s acts was to highlight some New York City-based artists.

He found that in Los Pleneros de la 21, a Puerto Rican music and dance group based

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Grupo Rebolu, an Afro-Colombian ensemble, will perform April 9 as part of Queens PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS THEATRE Theatre’s Latin Culture and Dance Fiesta. in East Harlem. They, too, Mosquera said, have elements of the African diaspora in their work, particularly in their heavy use of percussion. Their performance will take place on April 10 at 3 p.m.

Rounding out the program on Sunday afternoon are two performances of “Maduritas, Macrobioticas y Multiorgasmicas,” a dark comedy written by Cristian Cortez and directed by Franco Galecio.

Mosquera said he first saw the show a few years ago, and was absolutely blown away — so much so that he worked with Cortez to get the same cast to perform next weekend. “I think the people that will come see this, they will actually laugh a lot,” he said. “But the way it ends, it will take everyone by surprise.”

For tickets and additional information on Q the festival, visit queenstheatre.org.

Hometown artist comes back to JCAL with exhibit

Sheree Gabbidon, above, is one of many admirers of Danny Simmons, left, whose works, including “Can I Get a Witness,” center, are on exhibit at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning. On the cover: More from the show, called “Early Days & Latter Days.” PHOTOS BY NAEISHA ROSE bidon of St. Albans, who loved his piece “Can I Get a Witness.”

“I think it is fantastic,” said Gabbidon at a March 26 reception for Simmons work.

“What it is saying to me is a ball of confusion. That is what the world is saying today.

It’s like you see the good and the bad ...

That’s why it caught my eye.”

“Def Poetry Jam,” a spoken-word TV series that aired on HBO and was co-created

by Simmons, will have a reunion on June 16 Q at JCAL at 8 p.m.

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continued from page 23 “This is just beautiful,” said Ffrench. “I think he has a wonderful collection that is inspiring. I see a lot of other artists coming and doing sketches ... The fact that he used to be a teacher here at JCAL a long time ago I think is phenomenal ... He is a neighborhood son.”

Ffrench said students at JCAL’s art and mentorship programs, which returned two weeks ago, are delighted by the artwork.

“For us, this is gold,” said Ffrench. “Here is someone very much from the neighborhood who has toured the world and he is here again and kids are saying, ‘That could be me.’”

Leonard Jacobs called Simmons’ return for JCAL’s 50th anniversary “a full circle moment.”

Jacobs hopes for JCAL to be a place for more emerging artists in Southeast Queens like it was for Simmons in his early career.

“He honors us while we are honoring him,” said Jacobs. “He really is inspiring us about what the next 50 years is going to look like.”

One of the many people who were honored to see Simmons’ work was Sheree Gab-

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Court E-mail: QueensFamilyCourt@nycourts.gov or Court Phone #: (718) 298-0197 If you have documents that you would like to send to the Court, at least 5 days prior to the Court date please submit through our Electronic Document Delivery System (EDDS) https:// iappscontent.courts.state.ny.us/NYSCEF/live/edds.htm or e-mail to QueensFamilyCourt@ nycourts.gov. FOR VIDEO, CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://notify.nycourts.gov/meet/0kws5g FOR PHONE, CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER AND ENTER THE MEETING ID Phone: 1-347-378-4143 Meeting ID: 712 321 324# For information on how to install/use Microsoft Teams to participate in virtual court proceedings, visit: https://nycourts.gov/appear. If you fail to appear as directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest.

Dated: March 21, 2022 Doreen M. Hanley, Chief Clerk NOTICE: FAMILY COURT ACT §154(C) PROVIDES THAT PETITIONS BROUGHT PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 4, 5, 6, 8 AND 10 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT, IN WHICH AN ORDER OF PROTECTION IS SOUGHT OR IN WHICH A VIOLATION OF AN ORDER OF PROTECTION IS ALLEGED, MAY BE SERVED OUTSIDE THE STATE OF NEW YORK UPON A RESPONDENT WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT OR DOMICILIARY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. IF NO OTHER GROUNDS FOR OBTAINING PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE RESPONDENT EXIST ASIDE FROM THE APPLICATION OF THIS PROVISION, THE EXERCISE OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE RESPONDENT IS LIMITED TO THE ISSUE OF THE REQUEST FOR, OR ALLEGED VIOLATION OF, THE ORDER OF PROTECTION. WHERE THE RESPONDENT HAS BEEN SERVED WITH THIS SUMMONS AND PETITION AND DOES NOT APPEAR, THE FAMILY COURT MAY PROCEED TO A HEARING WITH RESPECT TO ISSUANCE OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDER OF PROTECTION.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: QUEENS COUNTY. MARGARET E. MEYERS, ET. AL. v. ANGELIQUE MAMALAKIS, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF EFSTRATIOS MAMALAKIS, ET AL. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered March 12, 2020, bearing Index No. 709650/2016, I will sell at public auction on Friday, April 29, 2022 at 12:30 pm on the front steps of the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, 11435 the premises known as 29-12 172nd Street, Flushing, New York 11358 (Block: 4934, Lot: 11).

Premises is being sold subject to fi led Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale and Terms of Sale. Judgment amount $531,184.38 plus interest and costs. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with the 11th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies.

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Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Call for restaurant funding to make it into final budget; Senate left out

by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

Advocates and elected officials are pushing for a $25 million program that would help keep restaurants open and provide food to the community to be included in the final state budget.

The New York State Restaurant Resiliency Program would support over 160 local restaurants and provide meals to more than 1 million food-insecure New Yorkers, supporters say.

Last Saturday, Assemblymembers Jessica González-Rojas (D-East Elmhurst) and Catalina Cruz (D-Corona) and state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Jackson Heights) gathered at D’antigua restaurant in Jackson Heights along with the FoodStream Network, a platform that connects leaders in the food industry with local groups to distribute meals to food-insecure communities, and its coalition of restaurants, emergency food providers, food banks, and other nonprofits, to call on Gov. Hochul to include the program in the final 2023 state budget, due April 1.

“The Restaurant Resiliency Program is important because it supports our neighborhood restaurants who are the leaders in community food relief,” said Jonathan Forgash, founder of Queens Together, at the press conference.

“They have been the ones providing freshmade, culturally appropriate meals to families in crisis,” he said.

In a press release, González-Rojas said, “Our restaurant industry is vital to the economic and cultural wellbeing of New York.”

“I’m proud to have advocated for the Restaurant Resiliency Program to be included in our Assembly one-house resolution but we must ensure that this funding is in the final enacted state budget,” she said.

“Over one million meals have been prepared and provided to New Yorkers as a result of this program and every mouth fed is our

Elected officials and advocates rallied for a restaurant relief program to be included in the state budget. PHOTO COURTESY NYS ASSEMBLY state government doing what it’s supposed to do. I urge our Governor and legislative leadership to fund the program again this year because no one should have to go hungry in our state.”

Last year, the program was funded through the Empire State Development Corporation and run by the Department of Agriculture and Markets but the funds have been spent.

According to the press release, there are now hundreds of restaurants across the state that have been approved to cook for the RRP but have not yet been able to begin preparing meals for neighborhood food pantries, where the lines are long due to the rising cost of food.

This coming year, Hochul proposes to keep the RRP and transfer its operation to the Department of Health. The Assembly’s budget plan allocated the $25 million toward the proQ gram, but the Senate’s did not.

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People wishing to donate are asked to drop off gently used formal dresses, suits, belts and shoes at participating precinct station houses between now and April 27.

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Notice of Formation of DYNAMIC DUO ENTERPRISES LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/03/2021. 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: DYNAMIC DUO ENTEPRISES LLC, 201-06 100TH AVENUE, HOLLIS, NY 11423.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MII SASSY LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/02/2021. Offi ce 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: MII SASSY LLC, 1372 DICKENS STREET, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691-2304.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of FEJA CAFE LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/12/2022. Offi ce 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: FEILESHA WILSON, 5049 NEWTOWN ROAD 2A, WOODSIDE, NY 11377-1700.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MOMNTUS LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/19/2022. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LIMITED LIABILTY COMPANY, 4557 DAVIS STREET, APT. 809, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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FORWARD SERVICE CONSULTANTS LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/26/2018.

Office: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Ochs & Goldberg, LLP, 60 E 42nd St, Ste 4600, NY, NY 10165.

Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of formation of NEW RONG BAO LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/18/22. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 118-12 29th Ave., Flushing, NY 11354.

Purpose: any lawful act.

RGN 570 LLC, Arts. of Org. filed

Notice of Formation of L&L’S BURGER & WING SHACK LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/09/2022. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 14316 LAKEWOOD AVE., JAMAICA, NY 11435. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NF REALTY GROUP LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/8/2022.

Office: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Mr. Johnny S. Donadic, 42-25 39th St., Long Island City, NY 11104.

Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of SHOPNO I, LLC Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/05/18. Offi ce location: Queens County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 10638 75th St., Ozone Park, NY 11417.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. offi ce. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of MAXIMUS CUSTOM CLOTHING LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/18/2022. 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: MAGDY BOHNAN, 6060 6OTH LANE, APT 1, MASPETH, NY 11378. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTHING PROJECTS LLC, Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 2/22/22. Office Location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent for process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: c/o The LLC, 43-01 22nd St., Ste 503, LIC, NY, 11101.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

ZIPI 57 LLC Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/23/22. Offi ce in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 240-19 Jamaica Ave 2nd FL Bellerose, NY 11426.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

LLC. Filed with SSNY on 02/03/22.

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PLLC Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/11/22.

Offi ce in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of PLLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 301 Mill Rd., Ste U5, Hewlett, NY 11557.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. with the SSNY on 03/10/2022.

Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Eric Firestone, 61-43 186th Street, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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which airs Monday through Thursday at 5:30 p.m. on the MSG Network. Its hosts are former The legalization of sports team gambling in New York Jets safety Erik Coleman (who has a many states, including New York, has been, par- surprising amount of knowledge about the don the pun, a game changer. States now have a National Hockey League), handicapper Katie new source for raising revenue while gamblers no Mox and media personality Jeff Johnson.

I spoke on the phone recently with Johnson, longer must flock to Nevada to place sports bets.

It also has been a boon for the coffers of tele- who grew up in Queens Village and graduated vision stations, particularly regional sports net- from Forest Hills High School. He studied comworks. When you could only bet with bookmak- puter science at Hofstra University but had fallen ers, the only sports gambling ads you saw were in love with the arts after reading “Macbeth” in from seedy Vegas handicappers who promised an English class at FHHS. He was always a “you’ll go 4 and 0 this weekend based on our sports fan but told me when it came to gambling, inside information!” if you sent them a fee. New he preferred table card games at casinos. “BlackYork Post sports media columnist Phil Mushnick jack aligned with my math skills,” he said.

While the emphasis is on wagering within rightfully called them “scamdicappers.”

It’s a different world as major gaming corpora- your means (a point made clear during every tions now control the legalized sports gambling show), Johnson’s job is to steer the conversation market. Name actors like Ben Affleck, Halle to sports in general. A good example was when Berry, Jamie Foxx, Patton Oswalt and JB they discussed whether Minnesota Timberwolves Smoove, as well as retired athletes such as Peyton guard Anthony Edwards would score more than Manning, Eli Manning and Allen Iverson, have 25 points against the Knicks that night. They analyzed the defensive skills of every Knicks guard. been appearing in ads for major gambling apps.

I joked with Johnson that my last sports bet The increased interest has led to more television and radio programming geared to those who was over 40 years ago on the Kentucky Derby at are new to sports wagering. Realizing the old and a Queens OTB. I added I have no desire to downtacky gambling programming was unappealing, a load a betting app to my phone. “You are exactly new breezier format started popping up. Nick the kind of viewer we are trying to attract!” he Q Kostos, whose show is heard on WFAN, calls this said with a chuckle.

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Large 2 family, brick, shingle, Featuring 5/6 BR’s, 3 full baths, 2 half baths, full walk-in with laundry room. Second floor has balcony, pvt driveway.

Large 1 BR Co-op, Freshly Painted.

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Prime location for rent on Cross Bay Blvd. with parking for customers.

Double store with 2 bathrooms, two 5 ton AC’s on roof and gas heat. 2,400 square feet. Completely open space to customize to your business. Taxes included in rent.

Pay only the tax increases each year and utilities gas and electric. 2 thermostats, forced hot air. Separate meters for building. 5 year lease.

Welcome to 61-27 Cooper Avenue in Glendale. Single family semidetached home offers you the won• Broad Channel • derful feeling of home ownership.

Loaded w/potential. The door greets FOR RENT!!

Open fl oor plan with large you to a great sun room fl owing into storage room, 2 bathrooms, offi ce, the family room/dining room, a large LR & EIK. Second fl oor has 3 BRs & tiled fl oors, AC, beautiful private 1 bath. Full fi nished basement fi nishes outdoor patio with a canopy. up the layout.

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Large Contemporary situated on a 5900 sq. ft. lot. Resort backyard which includes a pond with waterfall, gas fi re pit, built-in hot tub, outdoor kitchen that features BBQ, sink, refrigerator and storage. Paved patio with seating for many. Shed with electricity for storage. 5 BRs, 3 full baths plus a 1/2 bath. Top-of-the-line appliances thruout. 3 CAC’s units. Move your family right in and enjoy your beautiful new home!!

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Two bedroom, two bath Co-op selling as is. Needs TLC but is priced accordingly to make it exactly what you want.

Corner unit on 2nd fl oor. Very spacious.

Base Maint: $880.66, AC’s: $21.00, Guard fee: $35.00, Appliance fee: $8.00, Fios or Spectrum: $73.00= $1,017.66. 320 shares, $32/share flip tax. Parking is $20/ month (wait list). 25% down payment.

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Prime real estate for a professional medical office with street front access within a luxury cooperative building on Queens Blvd. in the heart of Forest Hills. Property includes a spacious reception area, waiting room, 5 examination rooms, 2 restrooms & a bright & airy offi ce space. Pro Park Garage avail. A great opportunity to own your own offi ce & gain potential clients from the Park Briar community. The building is fi re proof. Maintenance is $1,653.99 per month & includes heat, garbage removal & taxes. Board approval required.

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