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Councilman Eric Ulrich said he warned the state Republican Party that the Queens GOP leadership, including Vice Chairman Vince Tabone, left inset, was corrupt and he is not surprised by the alleged plot to bribe officials in order to help state Sen. Malcolm Smith, center inset, get on the GOP mayoral ballot that led to the arrests of Tabone, Smith, and Councilman Dan Halloran, right inset, on Tuesday.

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Two Queens pols nabbed in scandal Malcolm Smith, Dan Halloran said to be at center of GOP primary scheme

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

n unlikely pair of Queens politicians were taken away from their homes in handcuffs before dawn Tuesday morning in what U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara called “an unappetizing smorgasbord of graft and greed.”

State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) and Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) were both arrested in an alleged plot to bribe GOP More on officials in an attempt to gain support for a potential Republican primary canthe scandal didacy by Smith for mayor this year.

PAGES 5,X, 8, 8, 16,X17 AND X36 The arrests come only seven months PAGES AND after another Queens politician, former state Sen. Shirley Huntley, was also nabbed, for steering state money to a fake nonprofit.

“After the string of public corruption scandals that we have brought to light, many may rightly resign themselves to the sad truth that perhaps the most powerful special interest in politics is self-interest,” Bharara said Tuesday.

Smith, a former majority leader of the state Senate, who acted as lieutenant governor of New York for a short time in 2008, was until Tuesday chairman of the Independent Democratic Caucus, which governs the state Senate in a coalition with Republicans. Halloran was elected to the City Council in 2009, replacing now-state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), and is up for re-election this year.

The bipartisan duo is accused, along with four others including Deputy Queens GOP Chairman Vince Tabone, Chairman of the Bronx Republican Party Joseph Savino and two upstate Democratic politicians, of trying to bribe officials into allowing

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State Sen. Malcolm Smith, left, and Councilman Dan Halloran were arrested Tuesday morning and are accused of taking part in an elaborate scheme to bribe officials in order for Smith to receive GOP backing in his proposed Republican FILE PHOTOS mayoral campaign.

Smith to gain a Wilson Pakula certificate — an agreement that he can run on the Republican line for mayor even though he is a registered Democrat.

The ensuing scandal allegedly led to a web of corruption that stretched to Rockland County and took down a half dozen politicians there, the Bronx and in Queens.

At the heart of the alleged conspiracy was Smith’s attempt to run for mayor this year on the Republican line. State law requires Smith, a Democrat, to obtain a Wilson-Pakula — basically a

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permit from county party organizations — in order to run in the GOP primary.

In order to do that, Smith and Halloran, one of only two elected Republicans in Queens, allegedly bribed Tabone and Savino to obtain both county organizations support for Smith.

The FBI investigated the scheme through an undercover agent who posed as a developer and a cooperating witness. In exchange for access to Queens and Bronx Republicans, Smith allegedly promised to allocate state money toward a development project in Spring Valley in Rockland County. The mayor and deputy mayor of that town were the two other suspects arrested.

According to Bharara’s office, Tabone was allegedly given $25,000 in bribes from Smith in order to gain the Queens GOP’s support for mayor. In helping Smith gain access, Halloran allegedly received more than $20,000 in bribes.

The entire scheme occurred over a five-month period beginning in November, with the last deal in the indictment allegedly occurring on March 21.

At one point, the indictment alleges, Tabone was concerned about the possibility of law enforcement uncovering the plot.

He allegedly frisked the undercover agent looking for a recording device, but didn’t find one.

The agent was, however, wearing one at the time.

Smith is charged with a count of conspiracy to bribe elected officials, wire fraud and extortion. Halloran is charged with a count of conspiracy to bribe elected officials and two counts of wire fraud, while Tabone is charged with one count of conspiracy to bribe elected officials and one count of wire fraud.

They were released Tuesday afternoon on $250,000 bail each and will return to federal court in White Plains on April 23. Q

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Breakaway Republican calls for a new leader Eric Ulrich says former Rep. Bob Turner should lead Queens GOP

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Off icially the chairman of the Queens Republican Party is Phil Ragusa. But if what U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says is true, that may come as a surprise to the borough party’s Deputy Chairman Vince Tabone, who was one of six people indicted in the scheme centered on state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) and Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone).

“Nobody else runs the party, I run the party,” Tabone allegedly said to an undercover FBI agent, according to Bharara’s indictment.

For one prominent member of the rebel Queens GOP sect that sought to seize power from Ragusa’s wing in 2011, that comes as no surprise.

“I knew they were corrupt, I knew they were all corrupt,” said Councilman Eric Ulrich (ROzone Park).

Ulrich and former Councilman Tom Ognibene had tried to wrestle control of the party from Ragusa and Tabone in 2011 as a years-long intraparty battle climaxed that year.

The party split then was geographic, with most southern Queens Republicans backing Ognibene and northern Queens Republicans behind Ragusa. Ultimately Ragusa kept his chairmanship.

Ulrich did express shock at the allegation that Halloran, the only other Republican in elective office in Queens, was part of the operation. His voice enveloped in a tone of disap-

pointment and disbelief, Ulrich said he had a good working relationship with his colleague.

“I always knew him to be a person of integrity,” he said. “The allegations are deeply disturbing and I can’t imagine why he would let himself get roped in with these clowns.”

The GOP civil war came to a head again during last year’s elections.

Tabone and the party leadership supported Forest Hills attorney Juan Reyes over Ulrich for the GOP nomination to take on state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) last year.

The primary race got heated with Reyes’ campaign accusing Ulrich of being a lackey for state Republicans and attacking him for hiring a gay staffer. In one mailer, Ulrich was pictured dressed as a Soviet soldier.

In an email to Ulrich last fall, Tabone threatened to sue the councilman if he did not retract his claims that he was corrupt, which Ulrich made to the Queens Chronicle in September during the primary fight. Ulrich ultimately won that contest but lost the general election to Addabbo a week after Hurricane Sandy devastated much of the district.

Ulrich also called this week for GOP mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis to suspend his campaign for mayor. Catsimatidis’ company, Red Apple Group, employed Tabone as its lawyer and in a statement, Catsimatidis said he was made aware of the investigation earlier this year and had cooperated fully with law enforcement.

“[Catsimatidis] knew about this,” Ulrich, who supports former MTA Chairman Joe Lhota for mayor, alleged. “He protects and employs some of the most corrupt figures in New York City. Is that the type of administration he’s going to run?”

Rob Ryan, a spokesman for Catsimatidis’ campaign, said Tabone had been terminated as of Tuesday morning and reiterated that the campaign had been cooperating with the investigation fully since it was first made aware of it.

Even before Tuesday’s news, another battle of the GOP leadership was expected between the Ragusa wing and the Ognibene wing.

Ulrich said the indictments show there is a need for new leadership in the party.

“I believe that now is the time and I’m calling on the state Repulicans to bring peace and unity back to the Queens GOP,” he said.

Ulrich suggested former Rep. Bob Turner, the only Republican elected at the federal level in Queens in more than 30 years, for chairman.

Turner served in the House of Representatives after being elected to replace former Rep. Anthony Weiner in 2011, but left office last year after losing a primary race for the U.S. Senate and seeing his district folded into neighboring ones during redistricting. Turner’s Breezy Point home was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy, but he has been living in Kew Gardens and is rebuilding his home in the Rockaways. continued on page 36

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Councilman Eric Ulrich said he was not surprised by the indictment of Queens GOP Deputy Vince Tabone in the alleged scheme to help state Sen. Malcolm Smith get the GOP nomination for mayor, but he was disappointed to hear of Councilman Dan Halloran’s involvement.

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Forest Park taser suspect captured Howard Beach man accused of attacking jogger on Friday evening

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

est Park Drive, which cuts through the heart of the park, and on horseback along the bridle paths near where the attack took place.

The attack occur red at dusk. In spring and fall, it is common to see people jogging in the park’s trails around dusk and even after dark.

At a number of meetings of the 102nd Precinct’s Community Council in the past few years, off icers have warned joggers not to run after dusk because of the danger in the park. Last August, a man forced a woman to the ground and groped her while she was walking in the park.

The park is also notorious for being a haven for drug use and sexual activity, especially along a stretch of Park Lane South between Metropolitan and Myrtle avenues, not far from where Friday’s attack took place.

Those issues date back decades and police are often staked out along Park Lane South — especially in warmer weather — in order to crack down on Q the problem.

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Police tape around a tree in Forest Park, a few dozen yards from the Jackie Robinson Parkway, near where a woman was attacked PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER last Friday while jogging.

The 102nd Precinct has beefed up its patrols within Forest Park after a woman was attacked while jogging there on Friday evening, even as police say they’ve nabbed a suspect.

Forty-two-year-old Richard Kassebaum, who lives on 155th Avenue in Lindenwood, was arrested Tuesday and was charged with attempted predatory sexual assault, attempted rape and sex abuse.

Kassebaum served time in prison for killing his aunt in Flushing in 1990. In that case, he was convicted of manslaughter and served 19 years in state prison for stabbing 49-yearold Barbara Jacoutot to death in her apartment on Parsons Boulevard, in March 1990. He was released on parole in 2009.

The victim in Friday’s attack, a 23year-old woman, was jogging along a bridle path in the park near the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and Jackie Robinson Parkway around 7:25 p.m. on

Friday evening, when she was attacked by a man with a stun gun. Kassebaum allegedly tasered the victim and dragged her into a remote area off the path she was jogging alone, where he allegedly sexually assaulted her and attempted to remove her clothes. The victim fought the attacker.

Police say a couple walking nearby with a dog startled the attacker and he ran off with the victim’s iPhone.

The victim was taken to Queens General Hospital and was treated for injuries to her neck.

The section of the park where the attack happened is home to a number of winding bridle paths that connect the Forest Hills side of the park at Union Turnpike and 71st Avenue t o Fo r e s t Pa r k D r ive a n d p a s s t h r o u g h h e av i ly wo o d e d a r e a s .

Though the trails are often ver y popular during the day, there are few lights and they are pitch dark at night.

Since the attack, more police have been patrolling both by car along For-

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Ozone Park block lives in fear

DEC issues Sandy permit

Residents say robbers, burglars plague 133rd Avenue

by Domenick Rafter

The Department of Environmental Conservation has issued a general permit for the reconstruction of city homes destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, which will allow homes that were “red tagged” for demolition by the Department of Buildings to be built in the same general footprint and waives application fees.

The permit, which will be in effect until Oct. 31, also authorizes the rebuilding of smaller structures, such as garages, sheds, pools and fences destroyed by Sandy.

But the DEC says the permit will not cover rebuilding in coastal erosion hazard areas, which includes nearly all of the Rockaway Peninsula, where many houses were destroyed. The Queens CEHA does not include Broad Channel, Hamilton Beach and Howard Beach.

The agency said residents who are seeking to rebuild homes in the Rockaways should contact the Region 2 regional permit administrator at dec.ny.gov/ about/39381.html to apply for an individual permit for reconstruction.

More information on the general permit and instructions can be found at the DEC’s website: dec.ny.gov/permits/89343.html. Q

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Burglaries are not a new issue in southern Queens. In the last few months, the 106th Precinct has been swatting flies, arresting dozens of suspects in robberies and burglaries in Howard Beach and South Ozone Park.

But some residents on 133rd Avenue near Cross Bay Boulevard in Ozone Park say their block has become a haven for criminals.

Monica, a resident of 133rd Avenue who did not want her last name published, said her car and a neighbor’s garage have been broken into and a woman was attacked with a knife walking home from the bus stop on Cross Bay Boulevard at night.

“It’s really scary around here at night,” she said.

One of Monica’s neighbors, who did not want to be identified at all, said she has seen men attempting to break into cars late at night only to be frightened away by car alarms or drivers passing by.

“It’s not a busy street,” she said. “I’ve called the cops a few times.”

Monica said some of the streetlights nearby were not working, but the ones on the block were all on as of Monday night.

“But I don’t think that’s what is causing the problem,” she added.

Several neighbors said they have installed

A section of 133rd Avenue off Cross Bay Boulevard in Ozone Park has seen a rash of robberies PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER and attempted burglaries, leading residents to say they don’t feel safe. security cameras around their home and have caught photos.

“You can see his face clear as day,” Monica said about one of the burglars.

The NYPD did not respond to a request for comment on the burglaries, but Deputy Inspector Thomas Pascale, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, noted there have been a string of burglaries.

The location of the burglaries is close to the Centreville section of Ozone Park, where

a resident complained about lack of police presence at the March meeting of the 106th Precinct Community Council.

Pascale said at the time that plainclothes officers have been patrolling the community.

He added that a lot of effort goes into burglary investigations, with reports analyzed, patterns developed and resources allocated to affected areas, but not all are convinced.

“People don’t feel safe here anymore,” Q Monica said.

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Combating the corruption crisis t might be laughable if it weren’t so serious — Republican operative Vince Tabone of Bayside was “less skilled at conducting a patdown than he was at conducting a shakedown.” That’s how the FBI described the GOP apparatchik’s failed attempt to find the wire an undercover agent was wearing when he handed Tabone a wad of cash as part of an alleged bribery scheme.

But it is serious. Deadly serious. The case unveiled Tuesday against Tabone, Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith of Hollis, Republican City Councilman Dan Halloran of Whitestone and three other alleged conspirators does indeed, as U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said, “demonstrate, once again, that a show-me-the-money culture seems to pervade every level of New York government.”

Halloran put it a bit more bluntly in one of the many conversations the FBI recorded as it built its case over several months: “That’s politics, that’s politics, it’s all about how much. ... That’s our politicians in New York, they’re all like that. ... You can’t do anything without the f---ing money.”

We don’t believe every politician in New York is quite like Halloran, who allegedly took several cash bribes totaling $38,800, along with $6,500 in illegal campaign

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contributions, as part of the scheme. But he and Bharara are both right that corruption runs deep in our city and state.

The convoluted, criminal, hopeless and, frankly, stupid conspiracy revealed Tuesday was driven by Smith’s desire to run for mayor as a Republican, and allegedly involved bribes going to Halloran, Tabone and two other conspirators. Smith of course wouldn’t have a chance in hell of being elected mayor under any party banner, with all the ethical baggage he was carrying even before these charges became public.

Halloran also allegedly took bribes in return for using his discretionary “member item” funds for someone’s benefit, and Smith allegedly was going to use $500,000 in state funds to aid a developer — who was actually the FBI agent.

Pay to play. “The f---ing money.” Bribery. Graft. Extortion. Endorsements up for sale. Member item spending — our tax dollars — used for illegal political gain. It’s all here.

And none of it’s new. Shirley Huntley. Anthony Seminerio. Brian McLaughlin. Alan Hevesi. Hiram Monserrate. All former Queens politicians guilty in one pay-to-play scandal or another. Go beyond Queens and there are only more, whether charged or convicted: Pedro Espada, William Boyland Jr., Joseph Bruno ... it goes on and on. And it will go on

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Dirty politicians Dear Editor: The arrest of state Sen. Malcolm Smith and Councilman Dan Halloran is yet again another example of dishonest politicians dipping their hands into the money till illegally. Should this be surprising? With the way our government is being run today, not at all.

What ever happened to honesty, integrity and respect in politics? They must have all blown away, just like Dorothy’s house in “The Wizard of Oz.” Shame on those two politicians for what they did. Their constituents do not deserve this.

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Cross-endorsed corruption Dear Editor: What happens when disgraced political leadership refuses to resign? In New York State, apparently nothing. It’s “Damn the torpedoes” ... and the bad press.

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and on absent some serious reforms — and better vetting of would-be officials by all of us, the voters.

You can’t legislate morality, so the best you can do is structure the system so corruption isn’t so easy and doesn’t give such a big payoff, and hope that investigators will pursue a case until every last crook is rounded up. Rumor has it there are more arrests to come stemming from this one.

Smith has been kicked out of the Independent Democratic Conference, the group of Senate GOP allies he should never have been a part of — because it was originally formed to thwart his power back when Democrats briefly led the upper chamber. But much more needs to be done.

As we’ve said before, member items should be reformed or just eliminated; and sitting lawmakers convicted of crimes should forfeit their pensions (new ones must, but incumbents were shamelessly given a pass and grandfathered in).

In Queens, the GOP leadership should also be ousted, in favor of the insurgent wing led by South Queens Republicans including Councilman Eric Ulrich. Two policy reforms, one political reform. Just three small steps toward cleaning up the cesspool so many of our so-called leaders have put us in. Let’s do those, and then we’ll see what more is needed.

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of Albany for a “Spring Meeting.”

This is so he can purge the party of dissenters, and unveil his 2013 list of crossendorsements. Of course, the usual stack of questionable proxy statements is hauled out to do the purges and to bludgeon the endorsements through the Independence State Committee — now in full revolt.

The majority of states view the WilsonPakula Act for cross-endorsements a hopelessly corrupt process and ban it. Not in New York State. Here, elected lawmakers can act in their own interest without restraint, and the corrupting influence rolls on and on unchecked. How can this be? Where is the governor? Where is the attorney general? And the judges?

The Independence Party — America’s third largest political party — is just too big to ignore.

It must be assimilated or destroyed. Or federally protected like a national park. So petty functionaries who offer a candy-store approach to cross-endorsements are welcome news to politicians seeking re-election, everyone from the governor on down. Everyone except the voters, who are cheated out of an existing ballot line, and get fewer unadulterated options to vote for.

Here are the makings of a Frank Capra script: the assertive tycoon who would be president, the acerbic banker who must own everything, the banes of society all humanity must bow down before. But the legendary filmmaker had an artist’s eye and saw his dark characters as a force of nature that continues beyond the Hollywood happy ending — on into infinity. In the end, the evil in men’s souls is as unremitting as the northern winds.

Joe Tiraco Independence Party leader for the 15th Senate District Rego Park Editor’s note: The writer submitted his letter before the criminal case involving Queens officials and alleged bribes for Wilson Pakula certificates went public.

A win for co-ops, condos Dear Editor: A Queens Borough President’s Co-op and Condo Task Force is on its way!

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Corporation. In many instances, projects supported by these government corporations have been heavily subsidized by taxpayers, commonly known as corporate welfare. Between direct government funding, low-interest, below-market-rate loans and long-term tax exemptions, the bill to taxpayers in the end is greater than the so-called public benefits.

There is also a relationship between payfor-play campaign contributions from developers to elected officials looking for favorable legislation, private property condemnation under eminent domain, building permits and public infrastructure improvements, along with direct and hidden subsidies. In some cases, city, county and state development corporations actually compete against each other, attempting to outbid each other in offering potential investors the best deal. This translates to the highest subsidies at taxpayer expense.

Don’t forget the conflict of interest for senior staff from municipal regulatory and permitting agencies. Too many leave in the twilight of any mayoral administration to become employees or consultants to the same developers they previously oversaw. Some developers try to purchase the support of local community groups by making so-called voluntary donations. They also make promises for capital improvements, which after a major project is completed don’t always appear. Other commitments for creation of permanent new jobs and tax revenues frequently do not meet expectations.

If these projects are worthwhile, why can’t major developers use their own funds or obtain loans from banks, like medium and small businesses?

Real business people who believe in capitalism build their companies on their own.

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In my role as co-president of the Presidents Co-op & Condo Council, I advocate on behalf of the co-op and condo community that has long been burdened with inequitable property taxes, unfunded mandates and ill-conceived legislation designed to take away a co-op’s right to self-determination. The PCCC’s agenda is all about providing affordable housing for middle-class owners.

I’m pleased to report that I was able to secure a public commitment from each of the candidates that if elected he or she would establish a Queens Borough President’s Co-op and Condo Task Force. It would be composed of board presidents, attorneys, property managers, owners and elected officials. The task force would meet at least once a month under the auspices of the borough president.

This will be a major step forward for the co-op and condo community. We will remind the next Queens borough president of his or her public commitment and make sure he or she follows through.

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Since the beginning of the year, she has closed, or is in contract to close, on a dozen homes.

“I figured it would be a long time before we Some of the borough’s most palatial and desired homes are in one of it’s most remote recovered like this,” Shapiro said. “I was really surprised.” communities.

She noted that some of the houses were Belle Harbor and Neponsit, the two neighborhoods that sit in the western part of the bought with cash, which usually means Rockaway Peninsula just before Riis Park, are they were purchased at a lower value. Many known for their large homes and suburban of the homes were sold still without heat, shorefront feel. It has always been a popular hot water or even electricity. A couple of homes in Neponsit that did have heat and place to live, but then came Hurricane Sandy.

However, Robin Shapiro, who has been a electricity, were not seriously damaged in realtor in the Rockaways for a decade, said the storm, or were repaired have sold for there is still a desire to live in the quaint sea- over $1 million.

Shapiro believes the side community. aspects of the Rockaways, The storm surge floodespecially Belle Harbor ed the neighborhood and figured it would be and Neponsit, that attractevery home in it, cutting it ed people before the off from the rest of the a long time before storm are still bringing city and leaving residents people in now. without electricity and we recovered “People who probably running water for weeks. were already thinking On one block, Beach 130 like this. I was about moving here are still Street, about a dozen really surprised.” thinking about it,” she said. homes burned down in a “They are familiar with the raging fire and residents — Robin Shapiro, Rockaway realtor neighborhood. They see were forced to flee their that we’re still here and still homes in dramatic escapes that made national news. Today, want to live here.”

Shapiro said many of the homes for sale are vacant concrete slabs mark where those houses owned by older residents who raised families once stood.

Shapiro, who runs Robin Shapiro Realty, in the Rockaways but now live alone in big which sells homes in much of the western houses. Since Sandy, many of them have part of the Rockaway Peninsula, experienced decided to leave and move closer to their chilthe hurricane’s brutal effects firsthand. Her dren elsewhere in Queens or in other states.

Those who are coming are mainly young home in Neponsit, which is located just a few hundred feet from the beach, was dam- couples or families, typically from southern aged in Sandy and she was without power for Brooklyn, who came to the neighborhood in the past to use the beach, or know people who nearly a month.

Shapiro admitted, at first, the real estate lived there.

Shapiro hopes the real estate recovery will market in the Rockaways was slow and said it was true that values have fallen in the commu- hold and it will show the resilience of the comnity since the storm. But that has not stopped munity post-Sandy.

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Holi Saturday in South Richmond Hill 25th annual Phagwah parade marks Hindu celebration of spring

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Thousands gathered in South Richmond Hill Saturday to celebrate one of the largest parades in the world marking the Hindu feast of Phagwah, the “Festival of Colors,” which heralds winter’s transition into spring.

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A child watches as a girl doing traditional Hindu dances, in sneakers no less, makes her way down 125th Street during the parade.

Guyanese and Trinidadian flags displayed on Liberty Avenue.

The colored powder filled the air like celebratory fog.

Dr. Sapna Parikh, ABC Channel 7 medical reporter, was one of the parade’s marshals.

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South Queens’ own Big Ben won’t strike noon Atlantic Avenue’s famous clock tower has not told time in years

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

If you’re running late and driving t h r o u g h Wo o d h ave n a n d O z o n e Park, don’t bother looking up to find out the time, you won’t get it.

Southern Queens’ famous clock tower rises over the former site of the Grosjean kitchenware f actor y on Atlantic Avenue just west of Woodhaven Boulevard. Today, the site is occupied by the Pathmark shopping center and all that remains of the former factory is the extensive building that acts almost like a brick wall between the shopping center’s parking lot and Atlantic Avenue. On the eastern end of the expansive building is the clock tower.

Technically in Ozone Park, the clock tower sits on the neighborhood’s border with Woodhaven and is a well-known landmark in both communities.

The tower has such prominence locally that Columbia Savings Bank opened up a branch in the building below the tower and referred to it as the “Clock Tower” branch. Though the bank has since moved out of the building, its branch — now operated

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The tower is currently occupied by a m e d i c a l o ff i c e m a n a g e d by MediSys, the parent company of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.

The first floor, which used to be the bank, is now a senior medical center. Like the bank, MediSys refers to the facility as “Clock Tower.” The building also hosts a buffet and a piano store. During the holidays, a Christmas store operates there and Christmas trees are sold on the street near the tower.

Michael Hinck, director of public affairs for MediSys, said the group actually repaired the clock when they moved into the building in the late 1990s and it worked for a few years before it stopped again.

“The assessment was that all the parts were no longer available and the infrastructure and mechanisms would need to be replaced,” he explained, “It was something that was very costly for us at the time.”

The clock was at that time nearly 140 years old.

H i n c k wa s l iv i n g i n H owa r d Beach at the time and said he recognized how important it is to the

surrounding neighborhoods.

“It’s certainly an important piece of the community’s history,” he said.

Ed Wendell, president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association and Woodhaven Historical Society, said construction crews were working on the tower recently, but he was told the work was only on the tower’s external structure.

“It would be great if that clock was working again,” he said. “But I i m a g i n e i t wo u l d c o s t a t o n o f money.”

Wendell, who remembers when the clock still told time, said he has spoken to the building’s manager about it and was told the timepiece is beyond repair.

Hinck said MediSys would be interested in joining in on an effort to raise funds to repair the clock.

“We would love to be involved in any efforts to fix the clock,” he said.

Wendell also expressed interest in that possibility.

“If I had an estimate on the cost, perhaps we could raise money to restore it,” he added. “If there is a ny t h i n g t h a t r e a l ly s e r ve s a s a landmark for the community, it’s Q that clock.”

The 150-year-old clock tower that was once part of the Grosjean factory on Atlantic Avenue straddles the border between Ozone Park and Woodhaven and now overlooks the Pathmark shopping center parking lot. It hasn’t told the correct time in PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER decades.

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State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) and his close associates, both political and personal, appear to be keeping a low profile since Tuesday morning, when the seven-term senator was arrested on federal charges that include bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy.

Smith, 56, was arrested at his home in Queens by FBI agents as the result of a 28page federal complaint charging him with attempting to bribe two city Republican officials in an effort to secure the Republican nomination for mayor.

The FBI complaint states that between mid-November and March 21, Smith also offered to secure state transportation funding for an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy real estate developer in return for the agent’s help in paying up to $200,000 to get GOP county chairmen in the city to sign off on his candidacy for mayor.

Also arrested for their roles in the alleged schemes were city Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone), Queens County Republican Party official Vincent Tabone, Bronx Republican Chairman Joseph Savino, and Mayor Noramie Jasmin and Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret of upstate Spring Valley, NY. A statement issued by the office of Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of new York, said Smith could face up to

20 years apiece for wire fraud and extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act, which governs official corruption; and up to five years for bribery and conspiracy under the federal Wire Fraud and Travel Act. Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) said Tuesday people should wait for the facts of the case to play out.

“I’ll continue to pray for Malcolm and his family,” Comrie said.

In Halloran’s case, Comrie, the dean of the Queens delegation on the City Council, said the Whitestone councilman can continue to serve unless he is ultimately convicted or resigns his seat, and that Halloran and his staff can continue to conduct the people’s business in their district.

Constituents calling Smith’s offices in Hollis and Albany on Tuesday would have been greeted by one ring before an automated voice mail system told them to leave a message.

Messages left by the Chronicle at both offices were not returned. Nor were messages to attorney Gerald Shargel, a high-powered Manhattan defense lawyer representing Smith, and the senator’s spokeswoman.

By comparison, the office of state Senate co-President Jeff Klein (D-Bronx, Westchester) acted swiftly to strip Smith of his committee assignments and his leadership continued on page 35

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Councilman’s alleged scandal role catches some constituents off guard

by Joseph Orovic Assistant Managing/Online Editor

“The more you’re in politics, the more corrupt you are,” then-Congressional candidate and Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) said during a meeting with the Queens Chronicle’s editorial board last fall. “I don’t care if you’re the best person on the planet. You make deals, the line becomes blurry.”

That was Oct. 19. One day earlier, he allegedly left an unnamed Queens eatery $800 richer in exchange for promising someone a noshow job and other favors, according to a criminal complaint leading to Halloran’s April 2 arrest at his Auburndale home.

The bribery was just one part of what eventually merged with a larger scheme aimed at helping state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) gain entry into the Republican mayoral primary [full coverage begins on page 2].

Halloran allegedly netted $45,300 in bribes through his role in the plots and was charged with bribery and fraud. He could face up to 45 years in prison if convicted. By Tuesday night, his Council colleagues were raring to strip him of all his committee assignments and ability to dole out discretionary funds.

“The Council member denies the allegations and looks forward to clearing his name,” said Halloran spokesman Kevin Ryan. “When the full story comes out, he is confident that he will be vindicated.”

Word of the predawn arrest took no time to spread, leaving many in his 19th Council District wondering: Was that really the same Dan we know?

The general consensus among civic leaders, politicos and his constituents: Dan Halloran is a lot of things — hot-headed, brash, outspoken — but only some guessed he may be corrupt.

Was the councilman who enjoyed tussles with the mayor the same guy offering a job at either the congressional level or with an autism program, as alleged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District?

Did the same anti-big government Tea Party politico offer to funnel city money to a phony contractor through an unnamed Queens senior center ?

Was the same man who pushed for congressional term limits (hence his assertion that public service corrupts) really helping a liberal Democrat get on his party’s primary ballot?

“He has a really good track record, so this is surprising,” said Warren Schreiber, president of the Bay Terrace Community Alliance.

Since being elected in 2009, Halloran’s councilmanic tenure has had some professional and personal faults, as well as the odd barrage of profanity aimed at a Nissan car dealer.

The 42-year-old in December 2010 claimed a group of sanitation workers came into his office and confessed to intentionally slowing the city’s response to a major blizzard. Halloran claimed

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the effort was part of a larger coordinated plan to punish Mayor Bloomberg for then recent sanitation layoffs.

But further investigation left Halloran in the lurch, trying to substantiate the claims after his informants allegedly backed down from their claims.

Halloran is also in the throes of a divorce from his wife. It may explain his reference to a

mortgage in alleged exchanges that eventually led to his arrest.

The entire matter left Halloran’s predecessor and current state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) shaking his head Tuesday morning. The culture of corruption is so pervasive it’s demoralizing, he claimed.

“Every morning I wake up and I say, ‘Why am I in this?’” Avella said, later adding, “The system lends itself to corruption.”

Halloran allegedly agreed with Avella’s sentiments, according to the criminal complaint. The filing shows a Halloran who is completely attuned to the pay-to-play nature of politics.

“Money is what greases the wheels — good, bad, or indifferent,” Halloran said.

His personal financial standing was not in the best of shape during the period of this investigation. Halloran’s personal financial disclosure, required in order to run for federal office, shows a man still mired in student loans from law school, as well as a personal net worth somewhere between -$69,998 and $50,000.

Barring an immediate plea deal or voluntarily stepping down, Halloran will fight to retain his Council seat this November. But that did not stop some civic leaders from admitting the next 19th District councilman would be chosen on Sept. 10 — the date of the Democratic primary.

Halloran’s potential opponents — including Paul Grazaino, Austin Shafran and Paul Vallone continued on page 35

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Mayor Bloomberg plans to ban foam food containers from takeout places, schools, and delis throughout the city. Following a successful ban on transfats, as well as a proposed ban on supersized sodas and cigarettes in public places, removing polystyrene foam boxes, cups and trays is the mayor’s latest attempt to reduce the city’s carbon footprint and improve the quality of life in New York.

“Something that we know is environmentally Mayor Bloomberg proposed a ban on polystyrene foam cups, trays, destructive, that is cost- and takeout boxes in his final State of the City address.

PHOTO BY LAURA SHEPARD ing taxpayers money, and that is easily replaceable, is something we can do with- our streets,” Goldstein added.

According to Goldstein, foam takes up a out,” Bloomberg announced in his final State lot of volume, since it is mostly air, which of the City address at the Barclays Center.

According to the Department of Sanita- adds to the cost of shipping the city’s trash to tion’s website, few recycling plants in the out-of-state landfills. The foam is also made U.S. accept Styrofoam because it is difficult from petroleum and remains in its current to recycle, so it must be shipped long dis- state for hundreds to thousands of years.

Public schools will have to remove foam tances. “The transport and processing is expensive, unsustainable and not environ- trays from their cafeterias. Currently, New mentally friendly,” according to the agency’s York City schools use 830,000 foam lunch trays per day, according to the DSNY. Since website.

“But it’s not just terrible for the environ- March 2010, the Department of Education ment. It’s terrible for taxpayers. Styrofoam implemented “Trayless Tuesdays,” which increases the cost of recycling by as much as divert 2.4 million trays from landfills per $20 per ton, because it has to be removed,” month, by using paper “boats” instead.

Dunkin’ Donuts, which operates 140 locaBloomberg said.

The mayor plans to work with City Council tions in Queens, is developing a new cup that Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) and will accommodate the ban, while keeping the City Council to adopt a law banning foam drinks hot and preventing burns, according to a spokesperson. Their stores are individually food packaging from stores and restaurants.

Similar bans are already in place in Los owned, so prices will vary from store to store.

“A polystyrene ban will not eliminate Angeles and San Francisco, Cali.; Portland, waste or increase recycling; it will simply Ore.; and Seattle, Wash.

According to a Quinnipiac Poll released replace one type of trash with another,” the on February 28, 69 percent of New York City Dunkin’ Donuts spokesperson said in a statevoters support banning foam food containers, ment.

Goldstein noted that McDonalds stopped while 29 percent oppose it. Support is high from every borough and nearly every group, using foam in the 1990s and continues to operate a very successful business in New except Republicans.

“We support the proposal to prohibit foam York City.

“It’s clear that alternatives are simply from food containers in New York City,” said Eric Goldstein, a senior attorney for the Nat- more expensive,” Andrew Moesel, the ural Resources Defense Council. “Poly- spokesman for the New York State Restaustyrene foam causes a disproportionate rant Association said. “While there are many amount of litter and adds to the cost of sani- downsides to Styrofoam, we have to be concerned about the impacts to people who tation services for New York City taxpayers.

“Polystyrene is an extremely light, brittle might not be able to afford [alternatives].”

The alternatives range from twice to six substance and when it is left around as city trash, it breaks into tiny little parts and litters continued on page 24

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“Students see it as a vacation, not a punishment,” one Queens high school teacher said.

Opponents of the 2011 law say the threat of suspensions alone reduces infractions, and private schools with tougher penalties see less fighting and other types of bad behavior. But the DOE said total crimes in schools were down just under 25 percent from last July through December as compared to the same period in 2011.

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The dispute over the proposed installation of cameras at corners to photograph speeding drivers intensified after state Senate coLeader Jeff Klein (D-Bronx) announced on Monday that he would support the passage of legislation that would finance the plan.

The proposed bill, which is slated to be introduced and voted on by the Senate before June, is backed by the Assembly. A nonbinding resolution advocating for the state to allow the cameras was approved by the City Council on March 20.

The legislation is supported by Mayor Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) and, in Queens, Council members including Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), as well as several transportation safety advocacy groups.

But some say the plan would be unreliable and costly.

“Before we go down the road of cameras, let’s look at hiring and recruiting more police officers,” said state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (DHoward Beach). “Senator Klein has good intentions, and most bills start with good intentions but once we implement it, the intentions fall short and we have a bad result.”

Addabbo, like many others who oppose the plan, said the bill does not clearly outline a monitoring system, maintenance strategy or statistics on the direct effect that cameras would have on limiting speeding.

The main drivers’ advocacy group also opposes cameras.

“The legislation that we’ve seen was written exceedingly vague, and in certain situations, like on some local highways, it would be like shooting fish in a barrel,” said Robert Sinclair, media relations manager for the New York branch of the American Automobile Association. “We don’t think this is the right way of doing things.”

Those who support the bill believe the cameras would deter drivers from speeding through particular intersections knowing they could get penalized. Supporters also cite statistics that point to speeding as the leading cause of traffic-related deaths in 2012.

“Anybody who drives on New York City streets knows how dangerous they [speeders] are,” said state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside).

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The knockoffs were manufactured and exported from factories in China, stored at facilities in Queens and then distributed by the ring members to “street sellers” in the metro area, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Georgia and California.

Three men and two women have been arrested and indicted for the scheme run through their company “Goodies Enterprise Inc.”; Chee Kwan Yim, 42, Chee Kuen Yim, 39, and Chee Ching Yim, 44, all of Little Neck, and Anthony Moresco, 63, of Rutherford, NJ are incarcerated in lieu of $100,000 cash bail, charged with the top count of enterprise corruption, the state’s anti-racketeering law, a felony punishable by up to 25 years in prison. The four are also charged with money laundering,

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota displays the loot from a recent counterfeiting sting that netted four Queens residents. COURTESY PHOTO conspiracy and trademark counterfeiting. Co-defendant Regina Ngan, 30, of Queens, is free on $5,000 bail, charged with trademark counterfeiting and conspiracy.

Spota said a search warrant executed March 14 at 30-60 Review Ave. in Maspeth led to the seizure of 1,400 boxes of counterfeit merchandise. In addition to fake handbags, sunglasses,

footwear and other apparel, detectives seized decals, tags, logos, symbols, manufacturing plates and the machinery used to produce counterfeit trademark designs. Designer replica badges, buttons and fashion adornments recovered in the raid, DA Spota said, included the trademarks of Coach, Louis Vuitton, Tory Burch, Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, Nike, Oakley, Prada,

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“The defendants bought these faux leather handbags, made in China, for two dollars apiece, and then our undercover detectives were buying them from the defendants for $18 to $25 each, and in turn, the bags would have been sold on the street, or in a Long Island home during a “Handbag Party,” for anywhere between $50 to $100,” Spota said. “A genuine Louis Vuitton shoulder bag costs between $1,000 to $4,000.”

Members of the ring are alleged to have laundered their profits by buying valuable jade and other high-end jewels as well as real estate. “Records recovered during the investigation,” Spota said, “show that millions of dollars in illegal profits were going back to banks in China, and investments in real estate in China, New York City, Florida and Q California.”

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Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan), along with community members and other elected officials met at the 71st-Continental Avenue subway stop Tuesday to rally together and raise awareness of the sexual assaults in Forest Park and Elmhurst — but the crowd received some good news at the last minute.

“We were originally going to meet today to ask the people of Queens County to help us in the search of a man wanted for attempted rape,” Quinn said as she held up a sketch of the perpetrator. “But the great news is the perpetrator who attacked a woman in park not too far from here has been captured.”

The crowd erupted in applause when they learned of the arrest of Richard Kassebaum of Howard Beach, who allegedly tased a victim who was jogging through Forest Park on March 29, dragged her off a path and attempted to rape her but failed after she regained her senses and fought back.

“Every rape is a bad rape but this particular incident involved a taser which is a particularly aggressive way to attack a victim,” Quinn said.

“But now, thanks to the NYPD officers, the women and girls of Queens are safer than they were just a few short hours ago.”

“I am totally relieved that this person was

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, center, and Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz praise the victim of the attempted rape in Forest Park for being brave enough to step forward and aiding the NYPD PHOTO BY TESS MCRAE in capturing her attacker. caught,” Koslowitz said. “People in this area were scared and wanted to know what was going on, but now that he has been captured, they can feel safer.”

Another perpetrator, who attacked a 41year-old woman on Monday morning near Corona Avenue in Elmhurst, by threatening to

stab her with a knife and dragging her to a nearby cemetery and sexually assaulting her, is still at large.

In an effort to better prepare women who may find themselves in a unsafe situation, Quinn, Koslowitz and state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) have partnered with the Center

for Anti-Violence Education to hold a free selfdefense class.

“This is probably the third or fourth class we’ve held in Queens and as more and more reports of rape and attempted rape come out, we want to make sure girls and women know how to protect themselves, how to use their voice and how to do everything they can to stay safe,” Quinn said.

Jenny DeBower, the program director for the Center for Anti-Violence, noted the importance of women learning self-defense.

“For us it’s really about getting people to feel strong, feeling that they can do something and that they can take action,” she said. “We’ve found people who are victims have been physically attacked, so it’s important to do physical self-defense training to help them feel strong and safe again.”

DeBower cited the attack in Forest Park as an example of how self defense can aid women.

“She fought back and got away and that’s something we hope this self-defense class can do for others who may be victimized,” she said.

The class will be held in room 213 at Queens Borough Hall, at 120-55 Queens Blvd., on Tuesday, April 16 at 6:30 p.m. It is offered to anyone over 13 years old.

Those who wish to attend the class may RSVP by emailing events@council.nyc.gov or Q calling (212) 788-5613.

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No more foam takeout boxes continued from page 19 Committee, supports polystyrene foam times more expensive, Moesel said. Bought recycling, instead of a complete ban.

“Styrofoam is clearly an issue we need in bulk, foam takeout trays cost about 7 or 8 cents, while cardboard alternatives cost to take a look at. We can’t let our landfills about 15 cents, plastic costs 30-45 cents, keep filling up with this stuff,” Vallone and biodegradable foam costs 50-55 cents. said. “I took on the plastic bag issue and Styrofoam is also logistically beneficial we got that done.”

Vallone wrote the plastic bag recycling because it is structurally sound and mainlaw, which passed in 2008, requiring all tains warmth or cold, Moesel added. big box stores “Restaurant and supermarowners wake up kets to have every morning receptacles for and go to sleep omething that we know is customers to every night worenvironmentally destructive, recycle plastic ried about Vallone costs,” Moesel that is costing the taxpayers bags. supports using said.

“Right this as a model now, with paid money ... is something we for foam recysick days, the cling. national healthcan do without.”

The ban is care act on the — Mayor Bloomberg also unpopular horizon, an upstate. increase to the State Assemminimum wage, and a multitude of other local regulations, bly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (RCanandaigua) wrote a letter to they aren’t getting very much sleep.”

Ayman Alim, the owner of J&J Super- Bloomberg, opposing the proposed ban.

“New York State is home to several star Deli on Woodhaven Boulevard, said that a ban would not impact his business companies that manufacture these items, because he already uses paper coffee cups one of which is located in my district. Your and plastic trays due to concerns about proposed ban will not only harm businesses and consumers in your backyard — it recycling.

Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (Astoria), will also destroy jobs in mine,” Kolb Q a member of the Environmental Protection wrote.

Mazes of rooms cause fire hazard seven years in prison.

Chimbay is named in a $1.6 million civil asset forfeiture action, which includes more than $600,000 in fines for allegedly failing to comply with prior vacate orders resulting from building code violations. Liens have also been placed on the four properties in the two neighborhoods.

A recent audit conducted by Comptroller John Liu showed that enforcement officers gained entry to buildings only 20 percent of the time since access requires a warrant or the owner’s permission. However, Liu said that although this does hamper inspections, the Buildings Department should more actively gain warrants for residences where the inspector has been denied multiple times.

In January 2005 a labyrinth of rooms trapped six firefighters in a burning Bronx building. Unable to find their way through the illegally converted residence, the firefighters jumped from a fourth-story window. Two men were killed and the others injured in the incident, known as The Black Q Sunday Fire.

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A Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst landlord was arrested on March 26 after multiple search warrants showed he had crammed nearly 50 individuals, including children under the age of 12, into converted homes and garages, according to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.

The Red Cross relocated 46 people citing fire hazards, illegal construction and unauthorized gas lines. The illegal spaces at 48-14 94 St., 35-39 92 St., 35-41 92 St. and 40-33 Forley St. were being rented for $850 to $1,400 a month, Brown said.

“In addition to putting a strain on city services, such as parking, transportation, waste disposal and schools, illegal conversions endanger the lives of building residents as well as firefighters and other personnel who in responding to an emergency are confronted by a maze of rooms with no way out,” Brown said.

Segundo Chimbay, 48, was charged with f irst-degree scheme to defraud, seconddegree reckless endangerment and violation of the New York City Administrative Code for failing to comply with an order to vacate. If convicted, Chimbay faces up to

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Jon Salazar of Ridgewood and Jashara Navaro of Hollis arrive from the 7 Train.

Patrick Corridan proposed to his wife, Michelle, at the ballpark in 2011. The former Cambria Heights residents now live in Arizona.

Mets Opening Day is a decades-old family tradition for the Seiter family of Middle Village, including Phil, left, Joe, Ralph, and 12-year-old Jason. Their heroes beat the Padres 11-2. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON

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Asher Grogan, 2, takes his dad, Thomas, and his mom, College Point-native Jennifer, out to the ball game.

The home run apple from Shea Stadium still is a sentimental favorite for fans like Tom and Amy Wilk of Glendale, and Zachary, Mario and Margaret Perrone of Flushing.

Kelly Smith, left, of Maspeth, Chris Hampton, Ron Kessler and Keith Myers of Glendale, Sarah Kendler of Ridgewood, Gerard DiGiuseppi of Long Island and Jowell Palladino of Glendale were among those welcoming in the new season with a pregame tailgate party.

Clockwise from upper left, Mets fans Russell Loria, George Kosnik, George Kosnik III and Sava Loria of Whitestone are dressed in their Opening Day best on the Citi Field concourse.

The only ones who traveled farther than the San Diego Padres were Gary Phillips, Owen Hein Phillips and Tara Hein, who came to Hein’s native Queens from London just for the Mets’ opener.

Larry Kaplan of Bayside said he has been attending Opening Day baseball in Flushing “since my parents had to sneak me out of school.”

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Lori Manzari of Bayside bundled up against the wind in the upper deck. But the Opening Day regular since the 1960s was warmed by the hot reception the Mets’ hitters had planned for the Padres’ pitching staff.

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by Mollie Galchus Chronicle Contributor

One would be skeptical of the Mets’ 2013 season after another second-half collapse last year and the departure of 20-game winner and National League Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey over the winter.

But fans created an electrifying atmosphere at Citi Field for the season opener as they watched the Mets beat the San Diego Padres 11-2, collecting 13 hits including a grand slam from newcomer Collin Cowgill.

The roster isn’t filled with household names, but the first game of the season showed that any team is capable of winning.

“The one thing we’re trying to do is establish some credibility amongst our fans,” manager Terry Collins said. “Get them excited as they were last year. But we want to finish it off this year. We want to make sure we continue to play as consistently in the second half as we do the first half.”

The stadium erupted in the seventh inning with the bases loaded and two outs when Cowgill homered. Cowgill, who split his time last year between the Oakland Athletics and the minors while recovering from an injury, was the starting center fielder and leadoff hitter for the Mets.

“Collin Cowgill took the opportunity and ran with it,” Collins said, adding “We provide chances. Now what do you want to do with them? And certainly he got us off to a big start today.”

While the lack of stardom in the Mets’ outfield has been the punch lines of jokes throughout the off-season, Collins said about Cowgill, who went 2-5, “I’m not sure I’ve been around a guy who competes like this guy does. It is max effort in practice. It is max effort in the games.”

Mets’ opening day starter Jon Niese held San Diego in check for 6 2/3 innings. He also wore out Padres pitching, reaching base three times on two hits and a walk, scored a run and had one PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON run batted in.

Also getting two hits in the game was veteran outfielder Marlon Byrd, signed as a free agent this year. When talking about thirty-f ive year old Byrd, Collins said “He’s got something to prove and here’s an opportunity for him to prove it,” adding that Byrd’s experience has already impacted his teammates.

John Buck has proved to be one of the most important additions to the roster. His experience behind the plate adds a much needed veteran presence on a team with a young pitching staff.

“He’s outstanding,” winning pitcher Jon Niese said. “He called a great game. He’s a veteran guy that reads hitters better than I’ve ever seen and it’s always great to have that extra mind out there that sees that and calls a game accordingly.”

Niese, filling in for injured ace Johan Santana, caused as many problems for San Diego’s pitchers as he did its batters, going 2-for-2 with a pair of singles, a walk, one run scored and a run batted in.

Making his major league debut after 14 years in the minors was 31-year-old Scott Rice whose journeyman story has captured the hearts of his teammates and coaches.

“I just hope he absorbed the whole thing. I hope he stood for a second on the mound in that wind and took a deep breath and said ‘Okay, I’m here. Now let’s have some fun with it.’ I’m real proud of him,” Collins said about Rice, who pitched a perfect ninth inning.

“I was so happy to see Scott Rice have a great outing today — that was great,” Niese said. “I’m just looking forward to playing with these guys in the future. I think we have a great group of guys.”

The Mets’ convincing victory came even without catching prospect Travis d’Arnaud, acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays along with Buck in the Dickey trade, or pitcher Zack Wheeler.

Both are considered future keys to the franchise. They are widely projected to be among baseball’s top 10 or 15 minor league prospects, and are expected to make their Met debuts Q this year.

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Senior opinions on marriage equality are shifting Support lower among older people, but growing

by Tess McRae Reporter

A recent Quinnipiac University study shows that 48 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage, up from 36 percent in 2008 — and perhaps surprisingly, more senior citizens are supporting marriage equality than ever before.

This shift in approval also seems to be reflected here in Queens. “I say that you just have to go with the times,� Olga Fusco, 90, a Ridgewood resident, said. “It’s going to happen eventually, so why fight it?�

Many seniors, though they may not support the lifestyle, echoed similar statements. “You know, people used to have a big problem with it,� Greda Harris, 75, of Bellerose said. “I was one of them. But when you take a step back and see them as people, you realize that they deserve to get married just as much as the next person.�

Quinnipiac also reported that 36

percent of Americans over the age of 65 support same-sex marriage. In comparison, 63 percent of 18 to 29year-olds support it.

Though the number of senior citizens who support marriage equality may seem low, it has been steadily on the rise.

The reason for the increase is uncertain. It can be hypothesized that the steady gain in support is partly generational. As younger Americans gradually replace older ones in the electorate, support increases.

According to the 2010 Census, there are 646,000 same-sex households, making the percentage growth from the 2000 Census 80.4 percent.

For members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community who are older than 55, obtaining equal rights has been a struggle for decades. “I understand people have their opinions but it should stop at their front door,�

Richie B., who identifies as a gay male, said.“If two people are committed to one another, why shouldn’t they be allowed to get married?�

Richie, who is a member of the Sage Center, a community facility for LGBT seniors in Jackson Heights, said the inequality was most evident to him when his partner died.

“You realize that they deserve to get married just as much as the next person.� — Greda Harris, 75, of Bellerose

A CBS poll administered in 2004 showed that only 12 percent of Americans over 65 years of age thought samesex marriage should be legalized; 32 percent were in favor of civil unions and 51 percent were opposed to allowing same-sex marriage.

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Source: Quinnipiac University “It got bad when my partner of 30 years passed away,� he said. “That was eight years ago and at the time, I was on unemployment so when he passed, I was entitled to nothing.�

The same-sex marriage debate has picked up momentum as two cases went before the Supreme Court last week. The first involves Proposition 8, a California referendum that bans gay marriage; the second involves the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law that prevents the government from recognizing same-sex marriages, even in states that have legalized it. “We met in 1979 and have been ‘married’ three times,� Richard, another Sage member, said of his partner, Carl.

“The first time was in July 1992 when we filed as domestic partners. Then on April 2, 2002, we had a civil union in Vermont, and then on June 17, 2008, we were married in Los Angeles the day after it had been legalized in California.�

Carl, whose last name has been omitted for privacy, has suffered from major illnesses several times in the past, and said that having the legal right to share benefits with his partner helped prevent losing most of his finances. “It’s important to have the shared benefits,� Carl said. “The incentive for gay couples to marry is mostly financial.

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Queens residents looking to lend a hand to low-income seniors, here’s your chance.

A social services program is expanding to help more low-income older adults and residents with disabilities stay in the community.

It’s easier than you think for budgets to get out of control, especially for seniors on a fixed income. Usually, it happens one bill at a time. If you’ve been hospitalized or are losing your eyesight, you may lose track of when the rent is due or how much you’ve taken out of the bank. You may also be afraid to alienate people who take advantage of you because they are the only people who show any interest in you at all.

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“We do get a lot of people who apply because they have worked in some financial capacity,” said Amanda Leis, the program’s director. “Anyone who has paid their own bills can be a bill payer volunteer.”

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She added many of the volunteers work full-time or part-time because the time commitment is only 4 to 6 hours a month, though some volunteers spend more time than that with their clients.

Bill Payers don’t set any rules about where the money goes — that is for the client to decide — they just make sure that the basics such as rent, food, utilities and medical get paid on time and that paperwork is dealt with.

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The Bill Payer Program aims to set up volunteers to help seniors keep track of their finances when physical disabilities, such as vision problems or early memory loss, makes it difficult for them to do so. said, adding the program currently has roughly 110 volunteers, but they are looking for more.

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Senior opinions of gay marriage continued continuedfrom frompage page28 1 “He would have gone bankrupt,” Richard added. “It was that serious.”

One senior citizen, Harriet Jacobson, 68, said the mistreatment of gay people is cruel and unnecessary.

“If those women spent 40 years with each other and aren’t entitled to one another’s assets, but a couple of celebrities who stay together for eight months are entitled to everything, I don’t think the government is being fair,” she said. “I think this debate is ridiculous.”

While people like Jacobson and Fusco are in support, there are still many who differ.

“I really don’t know what to say about this,” a man at the Ridgewood Older Adult Center, who wished only to be identified as Albert, said. “It doesn’t really make sense to me but if you say no, then you’re saying they don’t have rights.”

Ted, who was sitting next to Albert and also requested his last name be omitted from this story, agreed.

“I don’t berate them,” he said. “I don’t support the lifestyle, to be honest with you, but as long as they don’t force it on me, that’s fine. But I think it should be a decision for the states.”

Acceptance of same-sex couples is heavily dependent on region. fifteen percent of Americans live in states where same-sex marriage is legal.

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“Where you are regionally has a lot to do with acceptance,” Carl said. “Here, in Queens, we can go to the park and see gay couples with children and there is acceptance there, but when we go to Atlanta, they ‘tolerate’ us there.

If you asked me if I would walk down the street wearing a pride flag at night, even in this area, I’d probably say no.”

“We live in a very diverse area and I don’t think a lot of us realize that in other states, there is little to no acceptance,” George Clarke, 57, of Jamaica said. “I think in areas like this, marriage equality would go through relatively easily, like it did last year. But other states, especially towards the middle of the country, are not as liberal as we are. Even if you consider yourself a Republican, people who live here are nowhere near as conservative as people in smaller towns.”

The Court’s decisions on DOMA and Proposition 8 have yet to be made.

In the past, major decisions have not been announced until the last week of June, when the Supreme Court breaks for the summer.

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“These are very serious allegations that, if true, constitute a clear betrayal of the public trust,” Klein said in his statement. Prior to Tuesday the IDC was at the center of Smith’s most recent high-profile controversy.

In November, Democrats won a nominal majority in the new state Senate.

But in December, Smith, who had been re-elected in November as a Democrat, opted to join the IDC, a group of breakaway Democrats who helped Senate Republicans retain a controlling interest in the chamber, which they have had for more than four decades with the exception of 2009-10.

Smith spent a good deal of time as majority leader during that time, and the IDC was formed in part by Democrats looking to put a check on his power.

Smith’s joining the IDC in December helped fuel early rumors that he might seek to run for mayor as a Republican, given a crowded f ield of high-prof ile Democrats.

Messages left with the Albany office of Republican Senate Leader Dean Skelos (RNassau) seeking comment were not returned.

Several people in Jamaica and Hollis accused Smith of betraying the voters in a district that is overwhelmingly Democrat-

ic, foremost among them the Rev. Charles Norris Sr., pastor emeritus of Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church in Jamaica and a long-time community activist.

Norris, who could not be reached on Tuesday, back in December called on Smith to resign.

Klein suggested as much in his statement on Tuesday.

He said given the level of criminality alleged, “that Senator Smith should consider seriously whether or not he can continue to effectively serve his constituents.”

In a twist, Klein stated that if the charges are true Smith will have “breached the trust of the Independent Democratic Conference.”

Nor is the criminal complaint the first time Smith’s conduct has been questioned.

He was cited by the Daily News as being a “central figure” in a bid-rigging investigation surrounding an initial and quickly nullified awarding of the franchise to run the racino at Aqueduct Racetrack.

He also came under scrutiny in connection with the New Direction Local Development Corp., a nonprofit organization that he and U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) have been connected with.

The foundation was questioned about what happened to the lion’s share of about $31,000 that ostensibly had been collected to help victims of Hurricane Katrina on Q the Gulf Coast in 2005.

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Halloran $$$ continued from page 17 — released statements cautiously toeing the line between outrage and allowing due process to take its course. The councilman’s colleagues, however, didn’t all wear white gloves.

“If the allegations against Councilman Halloran are true, he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, whether the funding went through or not,” Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) said during a press conference in Forest Hills. “We will cooperate with the investigation in any way we can.”

But on Tuesday, while Halloran was in a White Plains courtroom, his district office continued its usual hum. Staffers promised business as usual going forward.

In the end, the complaint against Halloran reads like the indictment of a man who allegedly left principles on campaign literature, and for whatever reason succumbed to a world of no-show jobs, straw donors and cash-stuff envelopes.

“That’s politics, that’s politics, it’s all about how much,” Halloran allegedly said while negotiating the creation of a dummy cityfunded project in exchange for cash. “Not about whether or will, it’s about how much, and that’s our politicians in New York, they’re Q all like that, all like that.”

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

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

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Tabone letter threatened suit The deputy chairman of the Queens Republican Party, Vince Tabone, arrested Tuesday for being part of a scheme aimed at bribing officials in an attempt to get state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) the GOP line for mayor, threatened a city councilman on the opposite side of an intraparty feud with legal action for alleging he was cor rupt in an article published in the Queens Chronicle last fall.

In a letter obtained by the Queens Chronicle sent from Tabone to Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) shortly after the article was published in September, Tabone

asked Ulrich to retract his statement accusing him of corruption “on the advice of counsel.”

He said the claim was “a bald faced derogatory statement” and said he would “proceed most effectively and will avail myself of every legal remedy at my disposal if I do not receive a written retraction and apology.”

The letter was also sent to Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan).

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“I think [Turner] can bring people together and restore some trust and confidence,” Ulrich said. “I think this is his opportunity to heal the wounds. But right now we have a party that even I have a hard time believing in.”

He added that he believes Turner would be interested in assuming the leadership.

Tur ner was seen as a compromise candidate during the 2011 battle, but said at the time he did not want the job.

Turner could not be reached for comQ ment this week.

State budget adopts ‘pork’ project funds Legislators add $28.7 million to state budget via member items

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On Tuesday officers recovered lamps, growing equipment and more than 1,000 marijuana plants from inside a home at 11-27 44 Road. in Long Island City, according to the NYPD. Five suspects were also arrested in the raid, but as of press time police had not released names.

Amidst allegations of political corruption in Queens, the state legislature’s decision to appropriate funds for almost 1,900 old ‘pork’ projects as member items in last week’s approved budget bill has stirred mixed reactions.

The cost of financing the construction and redevelopment of community facilities across the state is priced at approximately $28.7 million, according to an analysis conducted by Albany’s Times Union.

Opponents of the appropriations are calling on Gov. Cuomo, a staunch challenger of ‘pork’ projects, to use his veto power to limit spending and the misallocation of funds.

Those supporting the sustainability of member items within the state budget say the projects were grants that were promised to community organizations but were never funded.

Assemblyman Bill Scarborough (DJamaica) said member items and funding for community projects are necessary and should not be cut.

“Those who oppose member items will find the most obnoxious example and they will then take that as typical of the program as a whole, which is not the case,” Scarborough said. “Cutting member items does a disservice to the community and those who criticize it and want it to be eliminated can’t speak about what happens after funding is cut.”

State f inancing of member items, traditionally allocated to civic organizations and community facilities, has been cut in recent years following accusations of corruption and mismanagement of funds on the part of several legislators, coupled with a

downtrodden economy.

Discretionary funding for local politicians designed to support community projects and organizations was cut after 2009 as a result of a $17 billion state deficit, according to state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach).

The Jamaica Business Resource Center, an organization aimed at developing small businesses in the area, is among several groups in Queens that have received member item funding in the past but face possible cuts.

Addabbbo said that preserving member items within the state budget is necessary for localized funding that serves the public.

“I have too many senior centers teetering on closure and too many veterans posts that counted on this money,” Addabbo said. “Call it pork, call it discretionary money, the bottom line is that it is needed locally.”

Cuomo and those opposed to financing old ‘pork’ projects criticize the idea for its vulnerability to legislators allocating funds to organizations with specific interests and agendas. Cuomo also refused to approve new cash in budget negotiations to avoid the unwarranted allocation of ‘pork’ project funds.

In 2011, Cuomo established regional economic development councils in an effort to assist community leaders vying for state funding while maintaining regulations on all allocations and financing. Although the program was intended to give councils the ability to spend funds on desired community investments, it did not reinstate discretionary funding for members of the state Legislature.

Cuomo will review the budget bill and Q come to a final decision by next week.

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A new proposal would add a second Queens stop to the popular East River Ferry route.

On Monday, Sen. Charles Schumer (DNY) called on the Federal Highway Administration and the New York State Department of Transportation to add five more stops on the East River Ferry, including one in Hallets Point, Astoria, where developers have proposed two 2,000-unit complexes to open in 2015.

“It is unacceptable that Queens has only one ferry stop — our borough deserves and needs better,” Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D- Astoria) said. “With a lack of public transportation as it is, and a new housing development possibly on the way, Hallets Point is an ideal location for a ferry stop.”

The other Queens stop is in the most southwestern section of Long Island City.

Politicians have been pushing for infrastructure like public transportation for the area before Alma Realty and Lincoln Equities build their proposed residential buildings. Neither project has been approved by the City Council yet. Advocates also want a park and a school for the area, which abuts the Astoria Houses.

Other proposed new landings are at Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, two stops on the Upper East Side and one on Roosevelt Island to accommodate the new CornellNYC’s applied science campus.

The campus is expected to add more than 800 residents and 1,300 students and employees to the island in 2018, according to the senator.

Schumer is urging the FHWA and the NYSDOT to fund the project through the new competitive Strategic Transportation Enhancements Program. A spokesman with the state DOT said they are looking at all projects for STEP that balance infrastructure

with transportation and support job creation and economic growth.

“The East River Ferry expansion project can become a ‘Nerd Boat’ that connects our rapidly-expanding tech hubs, like Dumbo and the Brooklyn Navy yard, with the new Cornell-NYC’s Applied Science Campus,” said Schumer. “It will also maximize ferryuse throughout the city and better connect these waterfront neighborhoods to public transportation, benefitting the local economy and that’s why projects like this should be considered for STEP funding.”

The city launched its three-year ferry pilot program in June 2011, with the BillyBey Ferry Company contracted through June 2014 as the operator.

Since then about 2 million passengers have used the service, surpassing the initial projection of 1.3 million riders for the entire three-year test period, Mayor Bloomberg said in December.

Those f igures break down to about 90,000 people a month. The city requested applications in January for a company to operate the ferry for five years beginning in June.

The new application for the East River Ferry Expansion project is being submitted by the New York City Economic Development Corporation and will include four flex barge landings to provide the city with emergency transportation infrastructure in the event of a future storm, something many politicians advocated for post-Sandy, or an event that affects the regular transit system.

In times of emergency, the landings can be sent to the areas in need of immediate transit options such as the Rockaways or the South Shore of Staten Island, Schumer said.

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Growing up, Mary Fulbrook and her family shared holidays and get-togethers with her godmother Alexandra Klausa and her husband, Udo. Meals consisted of typical banter: updates on the children and how work was going. But what Fulbrook didn’t know is that Udo Klausa was a Nazi.

In her recent book “A Small Town Near Auschwitz: Ordinary Nazis and the Holocaust,” Fulbrook, a German history professor at University College London, tells the story of Klausa, a man she had always believed was involved in mundane local government work in Poland during World War II. Fulbrook shared her experience and writing process last Thursday at the Central Queens YM & YWHA at 67-09 108 St. in Forest Hills, as part of this spring’s Hevesi Jewish Heritage Library’s Conversations with Outstanding Authors & Filmmakers series.

“I was just idly looking through some of the stuff that Alexandra’s son had put together after their death and I came across a one-page letter from Alexandra to her mother, and it was dated August 1942,” Fulbrook said. “The letter read: Today, 15,000 Jews were deported. It’s so awful here, I would have liked to have left too.”

Fulbrook found it strange that her godmother knew the exact number of Jews who were rounded up, so she did a Google search on the

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married a Nazi official, and I thought this cannot be.”

Soon after, Fulbrook became obsessed with figuring out who Klausa really was and what role he had played in the war.

“I just couldn’t understand how on earth, after all of these years, he never breathed a word of this,” Fulbrook said. “It was just so strange that neither of them had ever said they had lived so close to Auschwitz during the war.

That’s how the book started.”

According to Fulbrook’s research, Klausa was an ordinary and “decent” German, not the beastly and horrific person one often associates with Nazis. He was a very high-level civil servant and seemed a typical person.

“When I was researching him, he came off as a decent civil servant,” Fulbrook said.

Born in 1910, Klausa found himself smack in the middle of the war youth generation in Germany. That generation, born around the time of World War I, had not seen the heartbreak, the blood and the destruction it had caused, or were too young to understand it, and only knew that Germany had lost badly and wanted to avenge the defeat. Many of those born into that generation ended up supporting the Nazi Party.

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“It could become one large lecture, and no one wants that,” lead actor Keiran Larkin said at the rehearsal last Thursday.

Larkin plays the 400-year-old Antiquous, a man who has seen it all, done everything and will lead the play through the decades.

As a schoolteacher, Larkin knows just as well as anyone how to lecture, but he’s not going to. Instead he will focus on amplifying his “crusty curmudgeon” of a character, who breaks up the show and adds a healthy dose of slapstick humor.

Another fun part comes in the opening number, when the cast defines which Queens they mean through song — “not drag Queens or the Queens of England,“ they say.

There’s also a rap.

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New show ”Let’s Hear It for Queens“ sings loudly and proudly about our borough

n the cold annex basement of the Free Synagogue of Flushing about a dozen actors start the process of turning a script into a production.

“You really need to make eye contact,” writer and director Mark Lord says. “It’s a fine line between reciting and making it very conversational.”

These points are particularly important to “Let’s Hear It for Queens,” because the production could be a flashback to high school history. The show takes the audience on a historical trip from the beginning of Queens when

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Kick off party for the 6th Annual College Point Relay For Life tonight beginning at 7:30 p.m. to be held at the CP Ambulance Corps located on 18th Avenue and 123rd Street. Lite snacks and refreshments will be served. All are welcome. For more information go to relayforlife.org/collegepointny.

THEATER Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, presents Spring Concerts 2013: On Sunday, April 7, Boleros: A Tres Voces will perform Latin songs remembering the most popular trios of Latin America.

On Sunday, April 21, Roots of Flamenco, Gypsy Soul presents music and dance from Spain, India, Persia and the Middle East. Both shows are at 4 p.m. Tickets are $35. For more information call (718) 729-3880 or visit thaliatheatre.org.

STAR (Senior Theater Acting Repertory) will be presenting free drama/comedy series and musical numbers at the Hollis Library, 202-05 Hillside Ave., Jamaica on Wednesday, April 10 at 2 p.m. Call (718) 465-7355.

The Queens Players and Femme Fatale Theater present Euripides’ “The Bacchae,” at The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., LIC, Thursdays through Saturdays, April 46, 11-13, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18. For more information visit secrettheatre.com.

FILM Floral Park Historical Society will show “The Braddock Boys” on Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m. at Floral Park Centennial Hall at Tulip and Carnation avenues. Free. For more information contact (516) 775-6849 or visit floralparkhistorical.org and thebraddockboys.weebly.com.

Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria, hosts a screening series, “The Life of Film, Celebrating a Decade of Reverse Shot,” from April 4-7. Tickets $20. Call (718) 777-6888.

Bella Italia Mia will meet on Sunday, April 14 from noon to 5:30 p.m. at Christ the King High School, 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village, Door No. 10, 3rd floor. A 90-minute video entitled “The Italian Americans” will be shown. There will also be music and dancing. Members, $5; nonmembers, $7. For more information call (718) 426-1240.

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“Spectacle: The Music Video” explores the art, history and future of the art form at the Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria now through June 16. For more information call (718) 777-6888 or visit movingimage.us.

AUDITION An audition and open cast call for “Les Misérables,” will be held on Thursday, April 18, Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20 at American Martyrs Sullivan Hall, Bell Blvd. and Union Turnpike, Bayside from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Bring a head shot and resume (this is a requirement). Sheet music for your audition: 16 bars ballad, 16 bars up tempo. Your calendar for May, June, July and August. Comfortable clothing for a group dance audition. Parts available for 11 years old and up. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. No one seen without the above requirements.

Join the Queens County Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals on Saturday, April 6 at noon at Marbella Restaurant, 220-33 Northern Blvd., Bayside, for a luncheon and fashion show. $40. Call Irene at (516) 437-7038 (evening).

Boleros: A Tres Voces will be performing romantic Latin songs remembering the most popular trios of Latin America at the Thalia Spanish Theatre Inc., Sunnyside, on Sunday, April 7 at 4 p.m. PHOTO COURTESY TEATRO SEA

A Yom Hashoah/Holocaust Memorial Day program will be held on Sunday, April 7 at 10:30 a.m. at Briarwood Jewish Center, 139-06 86 Ave. Free. Call (917) 747-2922.

puppet musical for children on Sunday, April 14 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $15 for adults and $12 for children. Family discounts are available. For more information and tickets call (718) 729-3880 or visit thaliatheatre.org.

On Sunday, April 7 there will be a Holocaust Memorial service at 5 p.m. at Rockwood Park Jewish Center, 156-45 84 St., Howard Beach. For information call (718) 641-5822.

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Earth Week in Forest Hills: Community Swap Meet at the Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., on Sunday, April 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Swap all clean, portable items such as clothes, toys, jewelry and dishes. For more information call (718) 268-5011 or visit cqy.org.

LECTURE Professor Jules Allen, celebrated photographer, shares his works in “Conjure, Light, Forward Momentum,” at Queensborough Community College, Medical Arts Building, Room 136, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside on Tuesday, April 6 at 4:30 p.m.

A talk by a Holocaust survivor presented by the Hevesi Jewish Heritage Library of the Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., in Forest Hills on Monday, April 8 at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $6. For more information call (718) 268-5011, ext. 151, or email pkurtz@cqy.org.

MEETINGS The Flushing AARP Chapter No. 1405 holds its meetings at the Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave. on Mondays at 1 p.m. Next meeting will be on April 8.

Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m. in Flushing Hospital, 146-01 45 Ave.; enter at 45th Avenue and Burling Street, 5th floor, on the first, third and fifth Wednesdays of the month. For more information call (718) 749-0643 or visit flushingcameraclub.org.

KIDS There will be a children’s carnival at the Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14 and Saturday and Sunday, April 20 and 21 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $11 per person. For more information, call Museum Events at (718) 347-3276 or visit queensfarm.org.

A Pupp-PET!! workshop will be held at the Center at Maple Grove Cemetery, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road in Kew Gardens on Saturday, April 13 from 1 to 5:30 p.m.

Build a sock puppet pet. Get rid of old socks. Kids 8-12 and parents. Free parking.

Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, presents Garcia Lorca’s “The Billy-Club Puppets/Los Titeres de Cachiporra,” a bilingual

The Flushing Jewish Community Council offers free English for Speakers of Other Languages at intermediate and advanced levels, Monday, April 8 and Tuesday, April 9 from 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 135-32 38 Ave. Call (718) 463-0434 to register.

The Sisterhood of Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 1300 209 St., Bayside, will hold a defensive driving course on Thursdays, April 18 and 25 from 7 to 10 p.m. Participants are eligible for lower insurance rates and points reduction. Cost is $50 per person.

Call Harriet Wolfe at (718) 423-6426 to register.

Watercolor classes at the National Art League, 4421 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. All techniques, beginners to advanced. Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $25 per session. Call (718) 969-1128.

The JCC-Chabad of Long Island City/Astoria, 1031 Jackson Blvd., hosts Torah Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m.; Taam Shabbat, Mommy and me, on Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.; Carlbach Shabbat service and LeChaim on Fridays at 6 p.m.; Shabbat morning service and kiddush on Saturdays at 9:30 a.m..Call or visit (718) 609-0066 or jewishlic.com for more information.

The Central Queens YM & YWHA 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills, announces the return of PERC, a club for retirees. Come meet and speak with others about what concerns you Tuesday mornings from 10-11:30 a.m. Free for members of the CQY. Nonmembers free for first session, then $2 per session. Call the Adult and Senior Department at (718) 268-5011 ext.

160 or 622 for more information.

Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd.,

Divine Mercy Catholic Academy welcomes all to its 6th Annual Family Fashion Show at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 18 at Roma View Catering, Crossbay Blvd., Howard Beach. Call (718) 845-3074 for more information.

The Annual Maspeth Kiwanis Club auction will be held Thursday, April 18 at 6 p.m. at the Moose Lodge at 72-15 Grand Ave., Maspeth. A $20 admission includes a buffet dinner, beer, wine, dessert and coffee. Donations of auctionable items are wanted. Call Marie for tickets at (917) 623-6306.

Human Growth Foundation, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to help children and adults with disorders of growth and growth hormone, will host its first annual 4.8K Step Up and Walk on Sunday, April 21 from 7 a.m. to noon at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 113-01 Roosevelt Ave, Flushing. Individual and team registration is now open online at hgfound.org/stepupandwalk_event_registration.html.

The Sisterhood of Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 1300 209 St., Bayside, is having a luncheon card party on Tuesday, April 23 at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $20 in advance and $22 at the door. RSVP by Monday, April 15. Call Janet at (718) 631-5468 or Marilyn at (718) 229-6877.

Afternoon Composting: Weekly Food Waste Drop-Off at the Broadway Library, 40-20 Broadway in Long Island City on Saturdays at 1 p.m.

Call (718) 721-2462.

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by Domenick Rafter

MoMA held a grand opening for the dome last Friday featuring a performance by singer Patti Smith, who Even before Hurricane Sandy, the Rockaways were a moved to Rockaway not long before Sandy struck. new frontier for the city’s arts community. The storm, Other attendees included Queens Parks Commissioner which devastated the peninsula, has not stopped that. If Dorothy Lewandowski, Agnes Gund, chairwoman of anything, it may have only piqued the interest of that MoMA’s Board of Directors, and Councilman Jimmy Van community.

Bramer (D-Sunnyside), chairman of the City Council’s In the days, weeks and even months after the storm, Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and Internationthe city’s arts community reached out and helped in al Intergroup Relations. the recovery process, including Residents of Rockaway, still bringing water, food and supstruggling to rebuild their homes plies to the peninsula and helpand lives after Sandy, also ing gut homes and businesses stopped for a look at the dome.

When: During event times through May 19. destroyed by the surge.

“As we started cleaning and Now, more than five months Where: Beach 95th Street and Shore Front getting some sense of normalcy after Sandy, the Museum of here, we recognized that this Parkway, Rockaway Beach Modern Art at PS1 has installed a would be a great opportunity,” Tickets: Free, (718)-784-2084 dome, 44 feet in diameter, at the Lewandowski said. “This has momaps1.org/calendar/vwdome2 tip of the parking lot at Beach been a collaborative effort 95th Street and Shore Front Parkbetween the Parks Department way, similar to the dome at MoMA PS 1’s home. and the city and MoMA.” The white dome, sponsored by Volkswagen and Biesenbach, who himself has a home in Rockaway, said designed by David Selig, has a translucent window on its the location of the dome was important to him because it is south side, which overlooks the ocean and the remnants where volunteers coming from MoMA after Sandy would of the boardwalk that was destroyed. meet to help the recovery effort.

The idea for the geodesic was born immediately after “Every Saturday and Sunday we had buses come from Sandy, but Klaus Biesenbach, MoMA PS 1’s director, said East 53rd Street and we would meet here with the the museum decided to hold off until further in the recov- buses,” he said. “Having this as our meeting place, we ery process. realized how beautiful it is, just this spot here.”

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He sought the help of the Rockaway Arts Alliance and Community Board 14 Chairwoman Dolores Orr, District Manager Jonathan Gaskel to help secure the location and install the dome.

“We’re happy it’s here,” Orr said after Biesenbach thanked her for her help. continued on page 00 45

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“Now is the time to have a big party for and Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger’s drawings that were animated for the music video,” Meg Grey Wells said.

Set up not chronologically but instead A-ha’s “Take on Me” video.

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Oh so much more than a history lecture continued from page 39 00 It might come off a little like a Schoolhouse Rock since it’s not about money and girls, but instead is about the word “hello” and how there are something like 140 different languages spoken throughout Queens.

“It never goes five minutes without a song,” said Lord, who is also a contributor to the Chronicle. “It won't seem lecturelike. There’s a lot of dramatic touches here and there.”

There’s also an ode to the Unisphere and portrayals of Louis Armstrong, Ethel Merman and Tony Bennett — all Queens natives.

Lord’s research about the borough that he has lived in since 1969 became serious about three years ago.

‘Let’s Hear It for Queens’ When: Saturdays, May 4 and 11 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, May 5 and 12 at 3 p.m.

Where: Free Synagogue of Flushing 41-60 Kissena Blvd.

Tickets: $17, $15 for children under 12 and seniors over 60 (718) 428-8681

He was granted permission from a former high school teacher and a college professor, who decades ago who wrote a history of the borough, to turn their articles into a musical.

He also found the Queens Memory project — an archive of more than 100 recordings of people from here mixed with pictures, maps and news clippings — which helped veer the production away from a textbook account with personal testimonies and monologues from Queens residents.

One of these stories is of the vivacious preacher, Delois Davis, who to this day brings her message of equality to her Jackson Heights congregation.

“It’s about equality for all,” Melanie Lee, who plays the preacher, said. “It’s the theme of Queens, and I hope that message will engage the audience. It’s about all learning to exist together.”

Lord added other testimonies to his script such as the story of growing up gay in Queens recounted by Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), who will be played in “Let’s Hear It for Queens” by Chronicle employee Richard Weyhausen.

Lord then added further research to the production such as an article about the woman who owned a residence that is now

Director Mark Lord, left, and the cast of “Lets Hear It for Queens” runs through an a capella version of an ode to the Unisphere in preparation for their May show. PHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT part of the Queens Place mall in Elmhurst.

She refused to let her little home be taken over by developers. So they built their Macy’s and mega mall around her.

When she passed away the house was sold and added to the shopping area.

This story is the backbone of one of the seven original songs that Lord collaborated with Joe Ferrante, musical director Paul Johnson and choreographer

Amanda Montoni on.

Additionally there will be some favorite songs, including high school fight songs celebrating Queens schools and a compilation of previously performed FSF numbers, to celebrate the theater group’s 40th anniversary.

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SPECIAL EVENTS The Samuel Field Y has two weekday programs for preschool children ages 3-5 with developmental disabilities and their families. On Mondays from 3 to 4:30 p.m. there is Monday Magic: Learn and Play at the Bay Terrace Center, 212-00 23 Ave., Bayside. On Wednesdays from 3-4:30 there is Gym and Creative Exploration at the Little Neck Site, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy. Contact Amanda at (718) 225-6750 ext. 262 or email asmith@sfy.org for more information.

FLEA MARKETS A rummage sale will be held on Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 112-14 107 Ave., Richmond Hill.

For more information call (718) 843-4841 or visit umcrh.shutterfly.com.

Italian Charities of America will host a flea market on Saturday, April 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, April 14 at 2 p.m. at 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. For information call (718) 478-3100.

VOLUNTEERS The Louis Armstrong House, the longtime home of the great musician Louis Armstrong, is a national historic landmark located on 107 St. in Corona. It is open to the public as a historic house museum and needs volunteers to assist in the Welcome Center.

For information, contact Deslyn Dyer at (718) 4788274 or on the web: satchmo.net.

The Samuel Field YWHA, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck, is seeking individuals who would like to volunteer their time to teach a class in the older adult services or computer department. Applicants should have some experience either teaching or working in their field of interest, but those with a specific hobby they would like to share are welcome to apply. To volunteer, call (718) 225-6750, ext. 233.

SUPPORT GROUPS The Lupus Alliance of Long Island and Queens meets once a month on Tuesdays from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Flushing. To attend and for more information, Alliance members can register by calling Paula Goldstein at (516) 802-3142. Anyone with Lupus and family members are invited to attend Education Days on Saturdays, March 23 and June 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Reg istration is required in advance. A fee of $10 per person for members and $15 for nonmembers includes a light breakfast, handouts and lunch. Call (516)826-2058 for more information.

Emotions Anonymous, an emotional support group, will be held on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Victoria Congregational Church, 148th Street and 87th Avenue, Briarwood. Call (718) 938-8869 or (917) 312-7150.

Nar-Anon is a self-help support group for anyone affected by a loved oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s use/abuse of drugs. The group meets every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the basement lounge at The-Church-In-The-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. For information, call 1(800) 984-0066, or go to nar-anon.org.

Free caregiver support groups at Queens Community House, Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Call (718) 226-5960 Ext. 226 for details.

Drug problem? Call Narcotics Anonymous Helpline at (718) 962-6244 or visit westernqueensna.com.

Meetings are held seven days a week.

Al-anon meets every Sunday at noon at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center basement, 85-18 61 Rd., Rego Park.

Problem with cocaine or other mind-altering substances? For local Cocaine Anonymous meetings call: 1 (212) COCAINE (262-2463).

Co-Dependents Anonymous (women only) meetings are held every Friday from 10 to 11:45 a.m. at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center, Fr. Freely Hall, 85-18 61 Rd., Rego Park.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Computer classes at Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal Prince Street Senior Center, 45-25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing begin in April. For seniors 60 plus. For information call John at (718) 559-4329 to register.

The Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., has a food pantry Tuesdays-Thursdays from 1-3 p.m.

The MetroCard van is at the Center on the fourth Thursday of every month. Next monthly bus trip to Yonkers, Monday, April 22. Next AARP Defensive Driving Class (one day), Monday, April 15. Daily exercise classes. Movies are held every Monday or Tuesday at 1:15 p.m. Art classes are held every Monday at 12:30 p.m. For more information call Karen at (718) 456-2000.

Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults, 92-47 165 St., details its safety program about rent, IT 214 tax form, Medicaid and food stamps. Call for an appointment at (718) 657-6500. Free.

Activities at the Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26th Ave., Bayside, are held Monday-Friday. For more information, call (718) 224-7888.

The Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center, 68-52 Fresh Pond Rd., Ridgewood, hosts dancing to live music, bingo, blood pressure screening, chair yoga, monthly theme parties, oil painting, movies and much more. Lunch served daily at noon. Requested donation is $1.50. Meals on wheels is delivered for homebound seniors. Call (718) 497-2908.

The Selfhelp Latimer Gardens Senior Center, 34-30 137 St., Flushing, offers ballroom dancing, Mondays, Wednesdays through Fridays at 10:30 a.m. to noon; tai chi, Tuesdays at 10 a.m. to noon; English as a second language, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 a.m. to noon; Ping Pong, exercise and mahjong, Mondays though Fridays. (718) 961-3660.

LISTING INFORMATION Items for the Community Calendar must be sent two weeks before the date of the event. Listings should be typed, from a nonprofit organization, either free or moderately priced, and be open to the public. Keep the information to one paragraph. Because of the large number of requests for the free calendar listings, we cannot include every event submitted. Send to: Queens Chronicle, Community Calendar, P.O. Box 74-7769, Rego Park, NY 11374, fax to (718) 205-0150.

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Rockaway dome continued from page 00 41 For the next six weeks or so, the dome will host various arts events open to people from the surrounding communities. It will serve as a venue for lectures and conversations, rotating art exhibitions, film and video screenings, performances and other community events.

The geodesic houses a sculpture from Terence Koh, which reads “The future is bigger than history.”

“I think that’s a very optimistic and beautiful motto,” Biesenbach said.

He added that Rockaway is a unique place to him, noting that during one of his last times there before the storm, he and Smith walked along the beach. Smith took pictures of the boardwalk but lost her camera.

“A few days later, this community lost much more,” Biesenbach noted.

He said the arts community would not retreat from the neighborhood because of Sandy.

“Here, you feel that you are in a big city, Q but also in nature,” he remarked.

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Granted, no one should have expected onetime Mets ace Johan Santana to be a difference-maker in 2013. The general consensus from baseball prognosticators is that the Mets would finish in fourth place in the National League East with or without him.

In most years, the Mets would be picked to finish in the cellar with the kind of team they have, but the Miami Marlins have earned that dubious distinction from most of the baseball media because their owner, Jeff Loria, decided to gut their roster in order to save a ton of payroll. It should be pointed out that Loria has done this kind of thing before and the Marlins always seem to surprise when they put on the field a lineup of unknowns, so Mets fans can’t rest that easy.

Now we’ll never know what caused Johan Santana’s left shoulder to tear again, requiring surgery, as it did in 2011. It is obvious, however, that the 135 pitches that he threw against the St. Louis Cardinals on June 1 in the f irst-ever Mets’ no-hitter greatly accelerated the depreciation, to use an accounting term, on it since Johan was hit hard by opposing teams from that point on last year, before being put on the disabled list in August.

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Early in spring training Alderson went public with his frustration about Johan arriving at the Mets base at Port St. Lucie, Florida in far less than game-ready shape.

Three weeks ago I wrote a column about how Mets executives were being delusional if they were counting on Santana, and that they should trust him to work out at his own pace. To his immense credit, Mets manager Terry Collins stood up for Johan as soon as Alderson made his statement.

Anyone who has ever met Johan Santana knows that he is a hard worker and a man of immense pride. Even with his Powerballlike contract, he never just goes through the motions. It wouldn’t surprise me if Johan may have done too much throwing too soon just to prove Alderson wrong.

Santana’s absence from the Mets goes beyond mere wins and losses. He is a proven leader in the clubhouse, on a team where that is a rare commodity. I have always been impressed by how he makes himself available for interviews for not just the big fish in the sports media pond but those from smaller outlets as well. He will Q be missed.

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As the second year of the 193940 New York World’s Fair was drawing crowds of people to Queens, the Regency Park housing complex was being built a stone’s Regency Park, seen from the corner of Union Turnpike throw away, on the west side of and Main Street in Kew Gardens Hills on April 8, 1941.

Main Street in the new neighborwas a waiting list until October. Regency hood of Kew Gardens Hills.

The only other buildings in the area at the Park enjoyed a delightful and commanding time were the Hepcke Dog Kennels and the position on a crest, and overlooked the Manhattan skyline before the massive developKew Gardens Dog Kennels.

Regency Park, now Gardens, sits on 12 ment that followed decades later. The site acres running from Union Turnpike to 78th had been known as Breezy Top Farm during Avenue, only a comparatively small part of the time of the Civil War. A hundred years later, many of Regency which is used for the buildings. The rest is laid out in beautiful gardens and one com- Park’s original tenants were starting to move plete acre was devoted to a playground. The away, and some passed on. Over time the architect who designed it all was Rosario buildings entered a state of disrepair. But by Candela (1890-1953), the famous Italian- the late 1980s they had been “rediscovered” born designer whose buildings are held in as the architectural gems they are, and a renaissance began as they were restored. The the highest esteem in New York City.

The 543-family complex rented three- complex also was turned into a cooperative, room apartments for $50 a month, going up making its apartments a great investment for to four and a half rooms for $67. By July 1, anyone who wanted to live in one of the Q 1941, 152 leases had been signed and there finest places in Kew Gardens Hills.

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continued from page 38 was OK,” Fulbrook said. “He was very good in that he studied law and wanted to be a civil servant but also because of his violent pursuits. The rationale was that murder is fine in the service of the cause.”

After reading letters and diaries, Fulbrook discovered that many Nazis, including Klausa, never felt what they were doing as wrong. In fact, many of them denied knowing what was going on.

“Udo wrote a memoir in 1980 and in that memoir—mind you by this time he was a retiree and a democrat with a solid pension— he doesn’t mention any of the terror or brutality and barely mentioned the Jews.”

In contrast, Rutka Laskier, a teenager who lived in the Bedzin ghetto of Poland, wrote of the horrors she was experiencing in the same neighborhood as Klausa.

“I saw how a soldier tore a baby, who was only a few months old, out of it’s mother’s hands and bashed his head against an electric pylon,” Laskier wrote. “The baby’s brain splashed in the wood. The mother went crazy. I am writing this as if nothing has happened. As if I were in an army experienced in cruelty. But I’m young, I’m 14, and I haven’t seen much in my life, and I am already so indifferent. Now I am terrified when I see ‘uniforms.’ I’m turning into an animal waiting to die.”

Shortly after writing this entry, Laskier was taken to Auschwitz, where she died a

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“There is a very distinct line of difference between the war memories of the Jewish and Polish people in the area and the war memories of Udo and other Nazis,” Fulbrook said. “This is a 13-year-old girl who can’t travel around and she knows about furnaces, which is significant because so many Germans who had the freedom to drive around and go as they pleased claimed to have no idea what was happening.”

In addition to tracking down the history of Klausa, Fulbrook’s book, available on Amazon, delves into the lives of the “everyday Nazis,” the people who did not shoot bullets into the heads of the innocent or turn on the gas chambers but who signed off on deportations and consolidations.

“What is more important than memorials and deaths is the way routine administrations would ghettoize or reduce rations,” Fulbrook said. “There were people starving to death or dying of ordinary diseases and those deaths are the effects of the everyday racism. These indirect deaths were because of the Nazi policies of indirect racism.”

Since the book’s release, Fulbrook has maintained contact with Klausa’s son, who respectfully disagrees with her analysis of his father’s role in the war.

“This is his father, so there is a level of love and respect there,” Fulbrook said. “For me though, I had so much anger not only for what Udo did but because he didn’t ever consider his role in the Holocaust. Had he said he was sorry to have done it, I probably would have left it and there would be no book.” Q

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OPEN HOUSE SUN 4/7, 12-3pm 155-40 Killarney St.

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Lovely 2 Family Colonial, Six over Six, 3 Bedrooms and 1 Full Bath on each flr, New listing!

Must See! All Offers! $589.5K

Beautiful Mini Mansion, with Full Basement, U-shaped Living Rm/ Dining Rm, Fireplace, Custom Built Kitchen w. Center island, 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, Must See! All Offers!

TUDOR VILLAGE

HOWARD BEACH

Michael Gregoretti Licensed Real Estate Broker

Howard Beach to Nassau County

516-459-3658

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Beautiful 2 Family Semi Det Home Located in the Heart of Tudor Village, Well maintained Property, 3 BRs, 2 Full Baths, EIK, FDR, LR, Full Fin Basement w. Laundry Rm, Must See! Call Today!

Colonial on Water, 3 BRs, Needs TLC, Bulkhead, Seller Wants to Hear All Offers.

Lovely 2 Family Det Colonial w/2 Car Gar & Pvt Dvwy, on a 30x100 lot, 3 BRs, 1 Full Bath on each flr, Full Fin Bsmnt w/Sep Entrance. Must See! Seller Wants to Hear All Offers!

MARINE PARK, BROOKLYN OPEN HOUSE SAT, 4/6 12-3pm, 1925 E. 36th St.

Completely Renov, 3 BR Colonial, Open Flr plan, 2 full baths, H/W Fls throughout, Custom Built extra Lg EIK, w. S/S Appl, Includes breakfast nook, Full Fin bsmnt, with Office & Den, Lg Rear patio with paved yard, Must See!

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Legal 2 family, 3 Large BRs per floor, Full basement, Pvt dvwy.

Asking $599K

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HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK Beautiful 4 BRs, 2.5 Baths, Hardwood flrs, Updated bath, Walk-in 1 BR Apt, Garage.

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HOWARD BEACH CO-OPS

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SUN, 4/7, 12-2pm, 151-20 88th St. Large 1 BR Co-op, Window in kitchen, HOWARD BEACH Updated kitchen, All Brick Colonial (New King size BR. $99K Construction 2009),4 BRs, 3½ Baths, LR with Fireplace, Spacious 1 BR 9' Ceilings 1st and 2nd Flrs, Full Finished Basement, Pvt Dvwy, Det Co-op w/updated 1 Car Gar, Sprinklers, PVC Fencing, kit & new bath.

Pavers in yard, Wrough iron gates, Asking $109K Mint condition, All New!

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HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK Large cape on 50x100, Full basement, 4 BRs, 2 Baths, "Room to expand".

Asking only $499K

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Asking $625K

HOWARD BEACH/ LINDENWOOD CO-OPS

• JR4 Hi-Rise Coops .............Only $85K • XLG Updated 1 BR Hi-Rise Only $99K • Updated 1 BR Co-op.................$109K HOWARD BEACH HOWARD BEACH/ Mint "Amazing" Corner Ranch on ROCKWOOD PARK 40x100, 2 Car Det Garage, 3 BRs, • Well maint. 1 BR Hi-Rise Co-op $112K • Hi-Rise 2 BRs/2 Updated Baths$150K Move-in Condition, Hi-Ranch, 4 2½ Baths, All New Kitchen, Cherry BRs, 3 Full Baths, Maple wood • Garden, Mint, 1st Fl, Updated kitchen Cabinets, Granite Countertop, kit cabinets, Granite countertops, & bath, 2 BRs, 1 Bath with FDR$169K Stainless Steel Appl, Lg LR w/ Hardwood floors thruout, New Fireplace, Huge DR, All New Baths, • 2 BR, 1 Bath, S/S Appl, Mint ....$189K windows. Half inground pool, Full Fin Bsmnt w/Wood Burning Deck. Call for info. Asking $649K

Stove. Much More! Asking $549K

OZONE PARK/ CENTERVILLE CONDO • Park Village Condo, Mint 2 BRs, 2 Baths w/Terrace, Unit comes w/1 Parking Spot .............$269K

HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK Empire Style Hi-Ranch, 5 BRs and 3 Full Baths, Central Air, Pvt Dvwy & 1 Car Garage, 40x100 Lot, Great Block! Asking $655K

HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK Hi-Ranch, Extra Large 5 BRs, 3 Full Baths, 27x55, On 40x109 Lot. Asking $699K

Mint Hi-Ranch, All redone in 2004, 3/4 BRs, All New Kitchen w/ Stainless Steel, Appl, All New Brick, Stucco Windows, Kitchen, Baths, Pavers front & back, New Roof, New Gas Boiler, CAC, Polished Porcelin Tiles. Asking $699K

HOWARD BEACH/ COMMERCIAL SUBLET

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Charming very spacious brick Victorian, • Old Howard Beach - 800 sq ft office Exquisite wood moldings and wood space, Totally renovated, Ground fl, bannister leading up to 3rd fl. 9 stained Across the street from "A" Train.

Cape on 40x100, 4 BRs, 1 Bath, glass windows, glass doorknobs, pocket • New Howard Beach - 1400 sq ft office Full unfinished basement, doors and French doors. 6 BRs, 3½ baths, space, Ground floor. $2200/mo.

2 car gar, New roof. Asking $629K Needs TLC. Asking $499K

HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK

OZONE PARK TUDOR VILLAGE

Mint Unique extended open floor plan home. 3 BRs, 3 Full Baths, Lg EIK wood cabinets, 2 Skylights, All new doors, Lg family room leading to large yard. Asking $499K

Renovated 1 Family Colonial, 2 BRs, 1½ Baths, Totally redone throughout. Only $299K

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HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK Large oversized corner ranch brick & stone, 4 Brs, 2.5 Baths, Full finished bsmnt. $509K

HOWARD BEACH HAMILTON BEACH Mint Waterfront 50x70 lot, 2 BRs Ranch, Deck overlooking the bay, Updated throughout.

Asking $295K

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40x100 Cape, 4 BRs, 1½ Baths, Unfinished Basement. $449K

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2 Family all brick tudor, 3 BRs, 3 Full baths, All new wood flooring Legal 2 family, 6 over 6, 1.5 Baths & tiles, Private driveway, 1 car on each fl, Irregular lot, New roof, garage. Asking Only $659K New Boiler. Only $529K

Beautiful Hi-Ranch, Completely Renovated, Walk-in 1 BR Apt., Main floor converted to 2 BRs w/Large Jacuzzi Bath and deck off MBR. Asking $679K

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Move-in Condition 4 BR Cape, 2 New Baths, New Roof/ Windows, Excellent location.

Asking $610K

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HOWARD BEACH/ OLD SIDE Large home on 42x100, Updated kitchen, 9' ceilings, Fireplace, Pvt dvwy w/detached 2 car garage, Full fin bsmnt.

Asking $629K

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Ultra mint 4 BR Colonial, House redone 4 years ago, 4 new full baths, New kitchen, fireplace, In-ground heated pool, stucco & pavers front & back. $889K

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Large cape on 60x100, 3 Large BRs, 2 Baths, Updated Kit w/SS Appliances & Granite countertop. Asking $739K

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Totally loaded. One-of-A-Kind!

Asking $899K

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HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK Corner Ranch on 50x100 lot, 3 BRs 1.5 Baths. Only $585K

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Legal 2 family on 40x100, 5/6 Move-in Condition, Raised Ranch w/large full fin bsmnt, pvt dvwy. on 50x100 lot, H/W Flrs, CAC, 3 Asking $589K BRs, 2.5 Baths. Only $499K

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Just Reduced $499K

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Charming Tudor, 1 Fam SD on a large corner double lot.

3 BRs, 2½ Baths, Det 3 Car Garage, Updated Kit, Parquet fls on 1st fl, Fin bsmnt.

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