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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2022

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GEARING UP

Robotics team needs help to compete in Texas

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The High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture’s Redhawk Robotics team is trying to raise $30,000 to get to the World Championships in Texas in two weeks. The competition would be the rookie team’s fi rst and they are excited for the opportunity but rising costs of airfare and hotels stand in the way.

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Redistricting court battle is underway

After judge throws out maps, state Democrats granted temporary stay

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tate Democrats earned a legal victory Monday as an appellate court granted a stay on last Thursday’s Steuben County ruling that the recently enacted legislative lines were “unconstitutionally drawn,” effectively pressing pause on the lower court’s attempt to throw out the redistricting plan.

Though the stay is temporary, it provides some level of certainty for candidates in the upcoming election cycle: The year’s political calendar — and thus this week’s petitioning deadline as well as the June primaries — will remain in place.

But the goal is still a permanent stay, which Democrats will vie for in a hearing today. In last week’s ruling, acting Supreme Court Justice Patrick McAllister of Steuben County had said that the 2022 congressional, state Senate and Assembly district maps could not be used for this year’s elections. If a permanent stay is awarded, however, that would allow for the maps to be used in this year’s races. As the campaigns wait for the final ruling, however, many

are left in limbo as they do not know who their voting populations are, and in some cases, whether they are still eligible to run in the newly drawn districts.

The latter is particularly concerning in the Senate District 17 race; prior to redistricting, the district had been entirely in southern Brooklyn, but now is almost entirely in western Queens, and includes Long Island City, Glendale, Ridgewood and Greenpoint. Both Democratic candidates in that race, former Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley and Kristen Gonzalez of Community Board 4, reside in Queens. Neither, however, seems particularly phased.

“The redistricting process is an important aspect of good governance, and while the US Census has shown significant growth in Brooklyn and Queens, we are optimistic that the final decision will give our boroughs more representation,” Crowley’s campaign said in a statement. “My campaign is focused on what the NYS Board of Elections has instructed us to do, and we are grateful to all our volunteers that collected well over 3 times the needed

As state Democrats continue to fight for their enacted maps in court, some campaigns, like those in the primary for the new Senate District 17, above, NYS LEGISLATURE MAP have been left in limbo. signatures.”

The Gonzalez camp had similar thoughts: “It appears that this has already been appealed and stayed, which continues the legal proceedings. While we wait for that to continue, we are going to keep doing

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Political analyist and professor of government at St. John’s University Brian Browne said that one district he’s paying attention to in recent days is Congressional District 3, which, per the maps in question, would be divided among five counties and, with its current representative, Tom Suozzi (D-Nassau, Suffolk, Queens) running for governor, the primary field has become quite vast. Much the same as the SD-17 candidates, though, the NY-3 contenders are proceeding as usual.

“The clear instructions of the Board of Elections are to continue under the current map and deadlines, so that’s what we are doing,” state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi (D-Bronx) said in a statement.

Both the Melanie D’Arrigo and Robert Zimmerman campaigns offered similar thoughts, the latter adding, “When the judicial process is complete, we do not expect to see any change in the congressional discontinued on page 16

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$30K needed for team to compete CTEA robotics qualified for World Champs but needs help getting there

The Redhawk Robotics team at the High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture has spent months building a robot and qualified for the World Championships in Texas but they need $30,000 to afford the trip. PHOTOS COURTESY MOHAMMED HOSSAIN, TOP, AND BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF

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Blood, sweat and tears have gone into building the Redhawk Robotics team’s robot, said Onkar Dhillon, team captain and senior at the High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture in Ozone Park.

Dhillon actually fractured his finger and is still wearing a splint after testing out the tension on a chain during the team’s first qualifying match at Hofstra University a few weeks ago, where they won the Rookie All-Star Award and qualified to make it to the World Championships in Houston in two weeks.

But first, they need to raise $30,000 to get their team of 23 students as well as mentors and chaperones to the big event.

They have a GoFundMe page and are holding fundraisers but have struggled to get donations from businesses and community leaders. Senior Stephen Sarno recently appealed to civic groups for suppor t,

including at the last Howard Beach Lin- the students put in about 40 hours per denwood Civic Association meeting. week working on the robot, which they The money will go toward a $6,000 reg- named the “Momonator” after Hossain. istration fee, airfare, meals, lodging, transHossain said they stay after school until portation and shipping of the robot and they are practically kicked out and dediequipment. cate weekends to T he tea m at working on the CTEA is a rookbot, too. ie team, having When Hossain ’ve been waiting three years to advanced f rom was a student at go to World Championships.”

F I R S T Te c h Queens TechniCompetitions to cal High School — Onkar Dhillon, 12th grader FIRST Robotics in Long Island competitions and City, he made it has spent most of their funds on building to the World Championships, and he hopes their bot. his students can for the first time, as well.

The Redhawk Robotics is a FIRST “I was fortunate enough to be able to go Robotics Competition team. FIRST stands to championships for many years,” he said. for “For Inspiration and Recognition of “That definitely played into me wanting to Science and Technology” and is an inter- get the kids to go there, because it is very national youth organization that hosts the inspiring and you get to see teams from all competitions. around the world. There are teams from all Mentor and 10th-grade engineering over that come and show off their robot ... teacher at CTEA Mohammed Hossain said it’s a different caliber,” he said.

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Hossain said that teams there work together and can learn from each other.

“Gracious professionalism” is one of FIRST’s guiding principals, he said.

“This is a really big thing for me because I’ve been waiting three years to go to World Championships,” said Dhillon.

Vera Bangaru, an 11th-grader who handles the team’s administrative duties, has been doing robotics since middle school and despite learning online most of her high school career, she said she knew the FIRST experience was a level up.

“When I went to my first qualifier, I can still remember walking through the doors and feeling the excitement in the air,” she said. “I still remember seeing all those different people from different places, cultures, communities, and it just brings people together. We’re all joined by STEM and FIRST, like one big family.”

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Ongoing woes due to 28-foot elm tree Wrecked car, sewage problems and sidewalk repairs for last 10 years

by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

A 28-foot Chinese Elm tree on 92nd Street in Howard Beach has been taunting residents for over 10 years, says Anna Maria Cupido.

She and her neighbors have filed repeated 311 complaints for years but to no avail.

“Every time there is a storm, I sit here biting my nails,” Cupido said, afraid that the tree on the strip of grass outside her house is going to come down or drop a huge branch.

And it does not even take a storm for that to happen, as she and her husband, Dario Cupido, learned in the early hours of Saturday, March 26. There was no storm but a massive branch came down, pummeling her husband’s car, causing the roof to cave in. The car is still in the shop and will cost at least $10,000 to repair.

The Cupidos and several other houses lost power because the branch took down an electrical wire. Over the years, the wires in the area have been reconfigured around the massive and sprawling tree, Cupido and her neighbor recalled.

The FDNY had to bring in machinery to remove the limb from the car and although the firefighters chopped it up into a pile, the pile was still there as of this week.

Some of the pile falls onto her sidewalk and when she called 311, she was told that it was the homeowner’s responsibility if someone gets

This 28-foot Chinese Elm tree outside of Anna Maria Cupido’s home in Howard Beach has caused ongoing issues for her and her neighbors. They ask that it at least be pruned to prevent PHOTOS BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF, LEFT, AND COURTESY ANNA MARIA CUPIDO further hazard and destruction. hurt because of it.

“My husband and I are 72 years old,” she said. “We can’t let lift those branches, but yet I’m responsible ... they told me it would be anywhere from 4 to 10 days for them to remove it.”

The tree was last inspected on March 29, according to a Parks Department spokesperson,

and it was found to be in fair condition. It was given a category C priority for pruning. Parks priority ranges from A through D, with A being the most critical and time-sensitive.

“Our crew will complete the pruning at the same time they are removing the downed limb so long as the tree is accessible,” the spokesper-

son said.

Anna Maria and her husband do not necessarily want the whole tree to come down but seek periodic pruning. She has reached out to elected officials and Parks, but she said her requests have “fallen on deaf ears.”

She was told last summer that the tree would get pruned but it never did.

The roots have pulled up the sidewalk and the Cupidos have had to redo it several times over the years. The city has warned of citations and if someone got injured, it would be their responsibility.

The extensive root system below the ground’s surface also causes them periodic sewage issues.

Every four or five months, Dario Cupido said, he has to call someone to clean after flooding.

“What are we waiting for? A real major disaster,” said Anna Maria Cupido.

Community Board 10 told her on the phone that the tree would be pruned only if there were others in the area that needed pruning, too.

“I’m thinking if we’re having this problem, maybe other people in the area may as well,” she said.

The Parks Department encourages people to continue reporting tree conditions through the NYC Street Tree Map, the Parks website, or by Q calling 311.

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Babbage St. cleanup

“Successful people are always busy,” Master Sgt. Nephtali Robles tells his Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps unit NY-20151 cadets from John Adams High School.

The group of almost 50 students was certainly busy this past Saturday in Richmond Hill, volunteering for a cleanup under the Babbage and Bessemer streets train tracks. Robles said it was a welcome opportunity as the JROTC students are required to fulfill community service hours, which has been hard to accomplish

due to the Covid pandemic.

Students picked up trash, raked debris and painted the trestle from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with shuttles to the 102nd Precinct for bathroom breaks and lunch donated by community members Raj Rampershad and Kirpal Billing in between.

The cleanup was organized by the precinct and its community council with help from Sanitation, Community Board 9 and residents. Harbans Dhillon donated the supplies. The efforts tackled

the neglected area that is filled with graffiti, litter and abandoned cars, which the precinct removed two of during the cleanup.

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Almost 300 kids searched for 3,000 Easter eggs at the PS 207 playground this weekend at the second annual egg hunt event hosted by the Howard Beach Dads group and Team Up 2 Clean Up. Howard Beach Moms, Howard Beach Strong and several other community groups and sponsors also contributed.

Eggs were filled with candy while a special

few had cash tucked inside. Cupcakes from Just Delightfull were handed out and goodie bags and temporary tattoos were distributed. Multiple Easter bunnies hopped around for photos while an ice cream truck was parked out front.

Follow Howard Beach Dads on Facebook for more information and upcoming events.

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s the players step up to the plate for the first time this season across the country today, April 7, the Mets are looking mighty fine. For decades, and especially since the Bernie Madoff scandal, they’ve been the lesser franchise in New York. But now they’ve got the richest owner in sports, and he’s willing to spend what it takes to win.

Now the team, and its fans, have swagger. Even with ace Jacob deGrom out with an early injury, the Mets have depth, as well as fellow superstar hurler Max Scherzer, acquired in the off-season. He’s the key reason you could say the Mets won the off-season when it came to acquisitions. They also picked up a great No. 3 starter in Chris Bassitt. With all this skill on the mound, the Mets had the second-lowest ERA in the game during spring training, even after that final 14-0 shellacking by the Nationals.

The Yankees, meanwhile, took mediocrity to the nth degree during spring training, and no wonder — their off-season deals earned them things like two new catchers who can’t hit their weight. As New York Post baseball columnist Jon Heyman points

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out, a kind of role reversal has occurred.

Now the Mets have the brash, superrich owner, and a team that has the depth to overcome setbacks.

They also have as their incoming skipper a veteran of the Yankees organization, with more than 20 years of experience managing ball clubs: Buck Showalter. No more learning on the job, as the Mets had under Luis Rojas, who’ll be a fine manager someday for someone else.

Of course there are questions — will Pete Alonso be able to match his record-setting rookie year, when he hit 53 home runs? Will deGrom heal quickly and get back to the top of his game? As Mets fans, we know things are never going to be easy — especially not with the Phillies and Braves in our division — and we’re ready for anything.

But boy, does this year look promising! And after the delay in starting the season due to the lockout, we are more than ready for it to begin. The best sign of spring is the start of baseball season, and everyone should root for the only professional sports team to call Queens home. Let’s go, Mets!

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Budget foolery Dear Editor: April Fool’s Day was April 1, and so is the state budget bill that was due that day.

How is it that they want to spend over $600 million of taxpayers’ money on a new Buffalo Bills stadium and no money on rebuilding shelters for the homeless? How is it that they had the money to build new stadiums for the Mets and Yankees and a new UBS Arena? All taxpayers’ money. How is it that the homeless would rather live on the streets than in a shelter? How is it that they don’t allocate money to rebuild Rikers Island but can build these stadiums?

How is it that veterans who fought for our freedom are committing suicide and not getting the help they need from Veterans Affairs? Why is the budget not including more money for the VA? How is it that the people who were in the front lines during the pandemic — nurses, doctors, firemen, bus drivers, MTA workers, sanitation workers and other city workers — risked their lives and their families’ lives and now many have lost their jobs because of refusing a vaccine mandate? De Blasio even had a ticker tape parade for them, calling them heroes. Now the new mayor decides to let athletes have a free pass on vaccines. This is such an insult to all the first responders who chose not to take the vaccine and are still out of a job.

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ant to see kids get excited about the STEM fields that are vital to not only their future but that of our very nation? Get them building robots! Then let them pit their machines against those built by other kids. That’s what the FIRST Robotics Competition is all about — FIRST as in For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. It’s a great pinnacle of achievement for students focused on STEM, science, technology, engineering and mathematics — students like the Redhawks Robotics team at the High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture in Ozone Park.

Just in their rookie year, the Redhawks already have won two awards and qualified for the world championships, which will be held in Houston. But it takes money to get there, an estimated $30,000, and they have less than two weeks to raise it. This is not something the school system covers. The team has set up a GoFundMe page, which you can find at bit.ly/3v2Dqv1, and has raised $11,000 so far. But it’s all for nothing if they don’t triple that amount very quickly.

If you can spare even a modest donation, this is a very worthy cause (and yes, there are many), a true investment in education that will pay off — not just for these kids but for America (think of rising powers China and India). What the Redhawks really need is a big benefactor or two who can help make their dreams come true. Is that you?

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only change is a new politician. There’s a YouTube music video called, “Politics is full of tricks.” The final words read, “Once they’re elected, we are rejected, taxes are all they bring, they don’t care about a thing.” It’s such a shame how money, greed and celebrity status are more important than law-abiding citizens and lessfortunate human beings trying their best to live their lives with dignity and respect.

Antoni Capozello Laurelton

Essentials and entertainers Dear Editor: To Mayor Adams: You recently lifted the vaccine mandate for athletes and entertainers, yet you still are planning to lay off other city workers besides the ones already laid off. Who gains and who loses because of this action?

When the pandemic hit, athletes and entertainers for the most part stayed home and still received what were in some cases very large salaries. Yet police officers, firefighters and nurses went to work every day to help those with Covid, with the knowledge that they themselves might get it, become seriously ill or even die!

When athletes lose a game or entertainers have a bad show, they get to go home to their families and still get paid their high salaries.

When a police officer, firefighter or nurse loses the job he or she does, someone could die. They risk not getting to go home to their families, for far less money.

So I ask you, Mayor Adams, what’s more important to you and the people that you serve, being entertained, or saving and protecting lives?

Charles Butera Howard Beach

C M SQ page 11 Y K The silver standard Dear Editor: When I first started to drive, a gallon of gasoline cost three thin dimes.

Today, if you melted down those three silver dimes, that much silver would still buy a gallon of gasoline.

What did they do to our money?

Bill Herbert Kew Gardens

Mandate a must for city staff

March 11. He was earlier charged with assaulting a 9-year-old girl and her mother in Flushing on Dec. 11, 2021, but was freed under “supervised release” by the Queens District Attorney’s Office (“’Tot kicker’ got a free pass,” New York Post, March 20). DA Melinda Katz said she was bound by bail reform rules. Who “supervised” Elder? Beavis and Butt-head?

His case is further proof that bail “reform” is justice deform that threatens our safety by putting dangerous felons on the streets. It is supported by Albany’s “progressive” legislators as part of their goal for “restorative justice.” Voters must not “restore” them to power when they run for office in the June 28 primary and Nov. 8 general elections.

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Ukrainian cities his forces had occupied were not killed by Russian soldiers, notwithstanding that some were found with their hands tied behind their backs.

Sanctions against Russia should be increased so that Russian residents will know the situation will not be altered until autocrat Putin is removed from office.

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Dear Editor: Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s recent audit concerning vendor delays and defects associated with the Long Island Rail Road’s $734 million contract awarded to Kawasaki Rail Car in 2013 for the purchase of 202 new M9 electric replacement cars comes as no surprise to me.

The MTA’s LIRR, Metro-North and NYC Transit commuter rail or subway car procurements are seldom completed on time, within budget and without contract change orders.

One should not be proud of accepting new rail cars with over 9,000 defects or deficiencies.

Most should have been caught and resolved at the Kawasaki rail car facility rather than the LIRR Hillside maintenance facility. The original in-service date for all 202 cars was 2019. As of March 2022, only 126 out of 202 cars are in service. This has resulted in many M3 cars (the oldest in the fleet) remaining in service beyond previously planned retirement dates.

Taxpayers and riders deserve to know the final outcome in the $5 million to $12 million in potential liquidated damages that the MTA might collect from the vendor. When it comes to purchasing new rail cars, “Line of the Dashing Dan” reminds me of a slow-moving sloth.

Larry Penner Great Neck, LI The writer is a transportation historian, and writer who worked for 31 Remember Christopher Elder advocate years for the U.S. Department of TransporDear Editor: tation Federal Transit Administration Re Nat Weiner’s March 31 letter: “Remem- Region 2 New York Office. ber Kalief Browder”: The suicide of inmate Kalief Browder was a preventable tragedy. He should not have been Putin must go held in pretrial detention because he was Dear Editor: charged with a nonviolent crime. But while While under normal circumstances, a picrecalling his death, we must also focus on vioture may be worth a thousand words, to demlent offenders who are released under the bail onstrate the truth of what is occurring in “reform” law.

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Dear Editor: Mayor Adams is getting a lot of pushback about his decision to lift the vaccine mandate on athletes and entertainers before lifting the vaccine mandate on city workers. However, his decision confirms the importance and value he places on city workers to keep the city running on a day-to day basis. There would be no sports or other live entertainment contributing to the city’s economy without NYC workers operating efficiently.

The venue that workers operate in is also important is assessing the mayor’s decision.

Athletes and entertainers operate on baseball fields, stages and basketball courts, and not in direct contact with their audiences, who make a personal choice to attend. On the other hand, the city employees’ venue is the whole city and, in most cases, citizens encounter city employees in a far more extensive range, such as in offices, on transportation, on the streets, in their homes and in hospitals — most times, without optional choice.

The vaccine mandate not only protects citizens; it also protects city employees. Without the mandate, many more NYC workers might have been lost, unavailable or incapacitated when the city needed them most. Judging from the high percentage of city employees who have been vaccinated, that response indicates most city workers understand the importance of getting vaccinated not only to keep the city operating, but also to keep themselves, their families and fellow workers safe.

Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

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Mask mandate for toddlers remains

Adams’ policy upheld as cases tick up and parent protests continue

by Deirdre Bardolf

am honestly shocked that this is the hill that Mayor Adams wants to die on,” she said.

She attended the rally pushing to “end all After a legal back-and-forth, Mayor Adam’s mandate for toddlers to be masked mandates,” which she said had political in school and daycare due to a slight uptick undertones beyond the “core message” of unmasking toddlers. in Covid cases will remain.

The rally was organized in part by DanLast Friday, a court ruled against the mask mandate for children under 5 years iela Jampel, a mom and Queens native who old and Mayor Adams and City Health later got fired from her city job for gaining Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan quickly access to an unrelated press conference and responded in a press conference that they asking a question related to the mask manwould still not make masks optional for the date, according to published reports and her Twitter account. age group. “[Mayor Adams], you told us to trust “Our legal team is going to put in place an appeal and ask for a stay,” Adams said in you,” she tweeted. “You told us to wait 2 a press conference today. “We truly believe more weeks. We did. But you lied to us & this is within our powers to execute what is reneged on your promise to unmask our best for the city of New York and the legal toddlers. We are done being patient. We team is going to take the necessary steps to will be here every single day until you keep ensure that we are able to do that, to keep your promise.”

Adams did answer her question in the New Yorkers safe and to be successful in p r e s s c on fe r e nc e, the recovery that we though. have witnessed.”

“I made the Fr id ay even i ng, the stay was granted, e want to be prepared, announcement that we would look to Adams announced on not panicked.” a n n o u n c e t o d a y, Twitter. which is Monday, to “A judge has ruled — Mayor Adams take the masks off i n favor of t he the two to four year administration and this evening stayed the order from earlier olds, but I also stated, if we see an uptick, today on masks for 2-4 year olds,” the we would come back a nd ma ke the announcement of what we’re doing to do. mayor tweeted.

“Every decision we make is with our We’re going to pivot and shift as Covid has children’s health and safety in mind,” he pivot and shifted. It’s a new variant, the continued. “Children between 2 and 4 numbers are increasing, we’re going to should continue to wear their masks in move at the right pace… I’m living up to my promises,” he said. “If I have to pivot school and daycare come Monday.”

Last week, Adams reiterated that the and shift and have adults do something difadministration’s plan was to take a week to ferent, I’m going to do so,” he added.

The Law Offices of Michael Chessa, “assess the numbers” before rolling back the mandate, which many thought would based out of Brooklyn, filed the lawsuit opposing the mandate in early March with end by today.

Protesters bombarded Adams outside a backing from the Unmask Our Children Broadway theater on Sunday expressing NYC Legal Fund. After oral arguments frustration with the continued mandate and were heard on Friday, lawyer and owner of planned a protest outside of City Hall on the firm Michael Chessa said on Twitter that Staten Island state Supreme Court JusMonday.

“It’s really infuriating,” said Yiatin Chu, tice Ralph Porzio “ruled in the favor of a Whitestone resident and co-founder of the parental choice and democracy.” Chessa education advocacy group PLACE NYC. “I spoke at the City Hall rally.

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Hoppin’ good time in HB Sat. Hop on down to Cross Bay Boulevard on Saturday for an egg-cellent time collecting treats alongside the Easter Bunny.

The Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association’s Hop ’n’ Treat event will take place on Saturday starting at 9:45 a.m. at Crossbay Boulevard and 156th Avenue outside of the Queens County Savings Bank.

Businesses and residents have been asked to host a table and are responsible for decorating it and providing wrapped treats or novelties to hand out.

Once families check in, they can get a

picture with the Hunny Bunny.

The event costs $5 per child and tickets are selling out fast, according to the civic’s Facebook page.

To order tickets, send $5 to the HBLCivic Venmo for each child attending and write how many tickets are needed and what name they should be under.

Dozens of local officials and businesses have contributed to the event.

For more information, visit the civic’s Facebook page, send a n email to HBLCIVIC2014 @ gmail.com or call Q Phyllis Inserillo at (917) 488-5067.

The mask mandate for kids under 5 will remain for now. MICHAEL APPLETON / MAYOR’S OFFICE After the mayor’s announcement on Friday, Chessa tweeted, “The City argued in court today that our lawsuit was moot as the Toddler Mask Mandate was going to be lifted on Monday. They now say, at a press conference, that they were not going to lift it.”

When the stay was granted, he tweeted that the “fight continues.”

At Friday’s press conference, Vasan said officials are “asking for a bit more patience and a bit of grace.”

“Cases are definitively rising and it’s gotten our attention,” he said. “Ten days ago we announced that masks might become optional for children under the age of 5 in NYC childcare settings. We said then, that if we saw concerning changes in our data, we may be having this conversation again.”

Cases are likely to rise over the new few weeks and the city will move into a different level of overall risk, he added.

“We are making decisions safely, in stages, and guided by the data on what we know is happening now and from prior waves.

That’s why we’re recommending to wait a little while longer before making masks optional for this age g roup,” Vasan continued.

“We’re looking for the earliest opportunity to do this safely and we can assure you, that day is coming for your children.”

As for the rise in Covid cases, which is mainly among those ages 25 to 34, the mayor said, “We want to be prepared not panicked,” and that the city would “pivot and shift” and “follow the science.”

The percent of positive cases has increased to 2.9 percent over the last week and 2.7 in the last 28 days. Positive cases have risen to 1,404 per day in the past seven days citywide. There was an average of 282 confirmed and probable cases in Queens per day as of April 3 over the seven days prior.

Adams also called on the federal government to provide $15 billion in emergency funding that has been held up due to gridlock in Congress. A press release from the Mayor’s Office stated that the absence of the funds is threatening the health of communities across New York and the nation.

In the meantime, the NYC Test & Trace Corps will provide 6.3 million free at-home tests this month to over 2,500 community organizations, libraries, cultural institutions, houses of worship and elected officials’ offices across the city.

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) announced on Friday that she has tested positive for Covid.

In a statement she said, “I am generally feeling okay, which I attribute to being fully vaccinated. It is important to remember that we are still in a pandemic, as deemed by public health professionals. While we are thankfully in a different place than at the worst of this pandemic, it is important to continue taking the necessary steps to protect ourselves and each other.”

On Sunday, Councilwoman Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) tweeted that she, too, tested positive. “Well after 2 + years of being courted by COVID, it finally got me.

I tested positive today. Have mild symptoms, but my doctor said if I weren’t vaccinated and boosted, I could’ve become severely ill, especially given underlying Q medical issues.”

Addabbo mobile office hours With indoor mandates being lifted and Covid numbers trending down Queens Public Libraries have once again opened their branches for in-person programming, and state Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) has revived his mobile office hours.

“I am so pleased to be able to bring back these Mobile Office Hours events to our local library branches,” Addabbo said.

“These events allow constituents who cannot visit my three district offices during regular business hours to get some time with me to bring up any matters they wish to discuss. It is a great way for an elected

official to hear directly from the people they represent.”

All sessions run from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

They are scheduled for Thursday, April 14 at the Howard Beach Library, located at 92-06 156 Ave.; Thursday, April 28 at the Middle Village Library, located at 72-31 Metropolitan Ave.; Thursday, May 12, at the South Ozone Park Library, located at 128-16 Rockaway Blvd.; Thursday, May 19, at Peninsula Library, located at 92-25 Rockaway Beach Blvd., and Thursday, June 16, at the Rego Park Q Library, located at 91-41 63 Drive.

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Death toll on streets keeps surging

Queens leads city in car crash fatalities — what can be done?

by Max Parrott Chronicle Contributor

In 2021, Southeast Queens Council District 31, bridging Laurelton and Far Rockaway, led the whole city in traffic deaths with 12 fatalities.

The district’s death count was merely a particularly bleak example of a trend encompassing New York City. Overall 2021 was the deadliest year on city streets since 2013 — the year before former Mayor de Blasio adopted the Vision Zero plan to eliminate traffic violence — according to a s t u d y b y Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Alternatives.

So far in 2022, the number of traff ic deaths cit y wide has only increased. The city Department of Transportation lists at least 56 people who have been killed in traffic crashes as of March 23, a 44 percent jump compared to this point last year, according to TA data. And Queens is leading the rest of the city.

The problem that the city faces is not unique to New York, or Queens for that matter. A recent insurance association study concluded that American drivers on the whole are engaging in riskier driving behavior, such as impaired driving, speeding and failure to wear seatbelts in the year following the pandemic’s outbreak. But the problem is one that transit advocates have warned is not being met with an expedient enough response from the DOT. “If the city is not using worldwide best practices and not making these changes happen quickly that’s not Vision Zero, that’s not working and that’s really what’s leading to this increase,” said Cory Epstein, TA’s director of communications.

The DOT has emphasized that the year’s uptick comes with an increase in deaths involving motor vehicle occupants, a logic that takes the onus off of its speed in constructing

pedestrian and bike infrastructure.

In January, Mayor Adams pledged to improve traffic signals and add raised crosswalks and pedestrian safety at 1,000 intersections around the city. But as the number of traffic fatalities has continued to tick up since then — at an even faster rate under his watch — Adams has begun to focus his energy on urging Albany to pass legislation that would allow the city to set speed limits and cont rol the automated t raff ic enforcement program.

“We believe that if we get this home rule message, and have control over our speed cameras in our redlight cameras, we can make a difference,” Adams said at a March 25 streets safety press conference.

The City Council’s Transportation chairwoman, Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Far Rockaway), representing the aforementioned district with the highest death count in 2021, has identified the lack of street safety as an equity issue. Asked for specifics on which kinds of street infrastructure are most needed to stem the tide of violence, however, Brooks-Powers did not respond. Her office did not send any answers to several transportation policy questions after initially promising to provide them.

Her view on equity is officially shared by the DOT, which formally created a process in its latest Streets Plan to factor income and race into decisions on where to invest funds.

The numbers behind the deaths On the whole, Queens leads all the boroughs in traffic deaths, closely trailed by Brooklyn, according to a geographic breakdown of TA’s data, which counts one more death than the DOT figures. Occasionally the Transportation Department will rule out deaths that occurred in car crashes as being the result of other

An allegedly drunk employee of the Cross Bay Car Wash & Lube at Gold Street and Cross Bay Boulevard hit and killed 54-year-old Tracy McManus of Howard Beach in February 2021. The case against him is still pending. More people were killed in traffic crashes in the city in 2021 than in any year since 2013, and the numbers have continPHOTO BY ROBERT STRIDIRON / RHS NEWS ued to increase in 2022. medical causes after the fact, Epstein said.

According to the data Queens has been the site of 17 deaths so far this year, 113 percent higher than at this point in 2021. Of those, 11 were pedestrians.

According to the DOT’s citywide data, pedestrian deaths account for the largest share of the total in 2022 at 27, followed by 21 motor vehicle occupants, three motorcyclists, two bikers and three other drivers of motorized vehicle drivers, like scooters, and e-Bikes.

The increasing dangers of driving habits From the lockdown to the present, New York City has seen a large surge in cycling and renewed interest in opening up more pedestrian space.

At the same time, the risks posed by car travel are only getting more severe — as a result of both driver habits and car size.

“People that were driving during the pandemic, during the lockdowns,

Madeline Sershen, left, 17, of Flushing, Rita Persaud, 54, of Ozone Park and Sara Perez, 18, of East Elmhurst were FILE PHOTOS all hit and killed by drivers in Queens, in 2018, 2020 and 2022, respectively.

they got the bad habits,” said Robert place. Under current law, the city is Sinclair, a spokesperson for AAA restricted by Albany from adding Northeast. “But they were the only red-light enforcement cameras ones that were on the road. Well, beyond 150 of its more than 13,250 they’ve got a lot more company now, signalized intersections.

Further, policymakers need to and the bad habits continue. And with those increased numbers of con- install infrastructure aimed at calmflict points, you get lots more inju- ing traffic flow, TA advocates have argued. ries, crashes and “People make fatalities.” mistakes, but Beyond size, eople that were streets should be small increases in speed also add driving during the designed in a way that mistakes signif icant risk pandemic, during aren’t deadly. So factors for both for example, pedestrians and the lockdowns, instead of putting car occupants in a paint on the crash. A study by they got the bad ground, you add the AAA Foundaconcrete protection for Traffic habits.” t io n ,” E p s t e i n Safety that — Robert Sinclair, said. tracked car crashAAA Northeast He referenced es found that just raised islands at slightly h igher speeds were enough to increase the bus stops or extended sidewalks driver’s risk of severe injury or death. around crosswalks that narrow the Cars are not only going faster but street and change the psychology of they have gotten bigger. Between the roadway to remind drivers to 2016 and 2020, there was a 21 per- slow down.

In order to speed up the pace, and cent increase citywide in the number of SUVs, a study by TA found. Stud- expand the impact of such improveies done by the National Highway ments, TA has urged the Council to Transportation Safety Administra- fully fund the newly created NYC tion show that SUVs are not just Streets Plan in the upcoming budget, more deadly because they hit with which would entail $170 million in more force, but because they also funding for the year.

The group also has made a budget strike pedestrians higher on the body, where injuries are more likely request for the Council to increase funding for DOT’s Vision Zero to be fatal. work. Additionally, advocates encouraged the Council to increase Policy suggestions Street safety advocates are in funding in the Dangerous Vehicle agreement with Adams that the Leg- Abatement Program, a 2018 law that islature and governor should transfer mandates safety training for drivers the power over automated red-light who have racked up five red light enforcement, a program the city has tickets or are found to be speeding in Q found to be effective where it is in a school zone.

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Night, weekend work on Van Wyck ramp The city and state departments of Transportation have multiple road closures taking place in Queens. All schedules are subject to change due to weather.

The state DOT is advising drivers that Exit 1W from the southbound Van Wyck Expressway in South Ozone Park to the westbound Belt Parkway has overnight weekday closures and full weekend closures from Tuesday, April 5, through approximately Monday, April 25. No work is scheduled from Friday, April 15, through Monday, April 18.

Closures Tuesday through Thursday will run from 12:01 to 5 a.m. Weekend closures begin Friday at 8 p.m. and continue straight through Monday at 5 a.m.

Motorists wishing to access the westbound Belt Parkway should take Exit C at Federal Circle and follow the signed detour.

For real-time travel information, motorists should check the state’s official traffic and travel information source, 511NY, before traveling. Call 5-1-1, visit 511NY.org or download the free 511NY mobile app on iTunes or Google Play.

The free service allows users to check road conditions, view traffic cameras and

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Exit 1W from the southbound Van Wyck Expressway to the westbound Belt Parkway will have overnight and weekend closures IMAGE COURTESY NYS DOT through April 25. link to air and transit information. The app features Drive mode, which provides audible alerts along a chosen route while a user is driving, warning them about incidents and construction.

As for the city, 183rd Street between Jamaica and Liberty avenues will close from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. through April 22 to Q facilitate storm sewer replacement.

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Police search for suspect in attack Sikh man bloodied in hate crime

by Naeisha Rose

of the people were showing up [to the temple] and gave him tea and water.”

An ambulance arrived within 15 minPolice have released photos of a suspect wanted in connection with a hate crime last utes, according to Singh.

“NYPD didn’t show up, so when the weekend and are seeking the public’s assisambulance came I just translated everytance in identifying the individual.

The suspect is described as an adult male thing about what he was going through of dark complexion and average build, who and feeling,” said Singh, who speaks Punwas last seen wearing black sneakers, jeans jabi. “The personnel said that the NYPD and a Champion blue hooded sweatshirt, was taking too long so they were going to take him to the hospital and they would according to the NYPD. On April 3, a Sikh man from India was have the police incident report written visiting a family friend in South Richmond there.”

Police say the victim was taken to JamaiHill when the suspect shown on video footage obtained by the NYPD, attacked him, ca Hospital Medical Center with a laceraaccording to Gurinder Singh, an engineer tion, pain and swelling, but that they did not from the neighborhood. Singh stumbled get any statements before, during or after upon the victim, Nirmal Singh, while he the incident.

Singh called an elder from the temple at was on his way to volunteer to make seva, the hospital, but a or food for those in police report was still need, at The Sikh Culfiled so the 102nd tural Society. his was a hate crime.” not Precinct was called.

Police say the vic“We went to the tim was walking at — Gurinder Singh, precinct, we called the approximately 6:45 South Richmond Hill resident other Sikh community a.m. around Lefferts members and everyBoulevard and 95th Avenue within the confines of the 102nd body came and we called the cops again,” Precinct when an unidentified individual said Singh. “We have some Sikh officers in punched him in the nose causing him to the NYPD unit; they pushed to get the report written, everything was written and fall to the ground.

Gurinder Singh, who is not related to the they talked to him about everything.”

The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is victim, said he found him bloodied on a bench three feet away from the temple and investigating the assault, which it said it took photos that he posted online, which was treating as a hate crime as of April 6.

“The victim ... was wearing traditional became viral that afternoon.

“I’ve been living here for 30 years,” said Sikh articles of faith,” said the police.

Community activist Japneet Singh, a forSingh. “I wanted to get it out there so that when police did come they can probably get mer political candidate for City Council ahead in finding camera footage of where District 28, represented by City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica), the incident was.”

As they waited for the police, an elder of reached out to several media outlets on April 3 to draw attention to the attack, the temple told Singh about the attack.

“He was shaken up,” said Singh. “I took according to Gurinder Singh.

He was the first person to send out the him inside to the temple because the injupictures to the media outlets from my Instaries were horrific.”

The photos show blood on the sidewalk, gram,” said Singh.

The other person who shared the photos Nirmal Singh’s face, hands, jacket and turwas Gurjit Singh. ban and scuff marks on his knee.

“He helped to amplify the issue,” said “I took him aside and made sure that his wounds were tended to,” said Singh. “A lot Singh.

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Redistricting continued from page 2 tricts in New York State.”

That prediction would come true if the appellate court issues a permanent stay, and make McAllister’s previous call for the Legislature to propose new lines by April 11 irrelevant. Although Republicans could challenge that, too, because — as McAllister’s ruling details — drawing new maps now would already cause the primary to be pushed back significantly, whether a ruling from the Democratically appointed Court of Appeals in their favor would come in time to have an effect on this year’s cycle is an open question.

To that end, Browne said, while the legal challenge was expected, it’s “very late in the game,” as primary petitions are due today.

The lines in question are the culmination of a drawn-out redistricting process following the 2020 Census. For the first time in its history, the state had given an Independent Redistricting Committee the task of drawing the lines; when the panel failed to reach an agreement, at the end of January, the Democrat-controlled Legislature took up the mantle as it had in years past.

Soon after, Republicans filed a lawsuit challenging the maps, as many anticipated, in Steuben County, which has a more right-leaning court; last week’s ruling then, is not surprising. As state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr.

Police are requesting the public’s help in identifying a suspect, right, wanted for allegedly attacking Nirmal Singh, a Sikh man who was punched in the face while visiting South Richmond PHOTOS BY GURINDER SINGH, LEFT, AND COURTESY NYPD Hill on April 3.

(Singh is an extremely common last among male Sikhs.)

Nirmal Singh is living at the temple and being taken care of by elders there, Gurinder Singh said on Monday.

“He is still shaken up,” said Singh.

Assembly woman Jenifer Rajk u mar (D-Woodhaven) said she had spoken with the police about the case.

“I am in contact with the NYPD,” Rajkumar said in a statement. “There will be zero tolerance for violence against the Sikh American community in my district. As the first Punjabi American ever elected to New York State Office who proudly represents Richmond Hill, the Sikh Capital of the United States, I want Nirmal Singh and all members of our community to know that I am here for you.”

Adams also condemned the attack.

“The violence is horrific and needs to end,” said the speaker via Twitter. “We stand with our Sikh community, our neighbors. We must come together to root out the hate that leaves too many communities feel(D-Howard Beach) put it, “The Republican majority found a Republican judge in Steuben County — I don’t think even my Waze can find Steuben County.”

When, prior to the Republican challenge, state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria), who has been on the front lines of the redistricting fight, was asked by WNYC’s Brian Lehrer about a potential lawsuit, the senator said, “When the time comes, we’re confident we’ll make our case to the court and be successful.”

True to their word, the Senate majority said, soon after news of McAllister’s ruling broke, that they would challenge it. “This is one step in the process. We always knew this case would be decided by the appellate courts,” Senate Majority Conference spokes-

ing unsafe.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) shared Rajkumar and Adams’ sentiments.

“The attack on the ... Sikh man in Richmond Hill over the weekend was a despicable display of hatred and cowardice,” said Addabbo in a prepared statement. “Nirmal Singh did nothing to provoke this heinous assault.”

Gurinder Singh hopes that the photographs raise awareness about the discrimination that Sikh people have been facing in the area, that cameras will be installed near the temple and that there will be justice for Nirmal Singh.

“He was not patted down, and nothing was taken from him,” said Singh. “This was a hate crime.”

The Sikh Coalition, a community organization that represents Sikhs across the U.S. and has an office in Manhattan, reached out to the temple’s congregation on Monday.

Nirmal Singh has retained the coalition’s Q legal aid as of Tuesday. person Mike Murphy said in a statement. “We are appealing this decision and expect this decision will be stayed as the appeal process proceeds.” That evening, Gov. Hochul and state Attorney General Tish James issued a one-line, joint statement on the matter: “We intend to appeal this decision.”

Asked for his take, Addabbo was adamant that he was concerned only with his district’s map, which he believes to be “consistent with the Census tracts,” adding, “Now it’s in the hands of a court ... and we’ll see.”

Even if, in the end, the courts rule in Democrats’ favor, due to the confusion the process has caused, Browne said, it’s not Republicans who will ultimately miss out: “The loser, in Q this case, is the average voter.”

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Queens bus redesign meetings scheduled MTA plans online workshops in all 14 borough community districts

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

It is not too early to sign up for public workshops on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s draft plan for its Queens Bus Network Redesign.

The proposal, unveiled March 29, lays out how bus routes could be redrawn in an effort to speed up service.

The borough has 77 local routes and 30 express lines that at their preCovid peak carried nearly 800,000 riders per day.

Borough President Donovan Richards last week said many of the routes are outdated “and the schedules haven’t changed with our neighborhoods.”

Back in 2019, when a redesign was first proposed, MTA officials said some bus routes in Queens have not been re-examined in 30 to 40 years or more. Many bus routes trace over old trolly lines, the last of which went out of service in 1957.

Anyone who is interested can sign up for any or all of the 14 Queens workshops — one catering to each community district —

online at bit.ly/3j7BGLx. The meetings are scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. beginning with District 1 on Monday, April 18. Anyone unable to participate in the meeting in his or her own district can register for any other meeting.

All meetings will be conducted in English with Spanish language assistance. Others will have language assistance in Mandarin, Bangla or Korean, depending on the neighborhood. Additional language translators are available if requested with registration at least five days before a given meeting.

District 1 covers Astoria and parts of Long Island City and Woodside.

District 2, with Hunters Point, Sunnyside and portions of Long Island City and Woodside, meets on Thursday, April 21.

District 3, with East Elmhurst, North Corona and Jackson Heights, is scheduled for Tuesday, April 26.

District 4, covering Corona, Corona Heights and Elmhurst, will meet on Thursday. April 28.

District 5, covering Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale, Fresh Pond and Liberty Park, will go

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is inviting all comers to participate in workshops addressing the massive proposed changes to Queens bus PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON service. on Wednesday, May 4.

District 6, including Forest Hills and Rego Park, takes place on Thursday, May 5.

District 7, composed of Kissena Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Bay Terrace, College Point, Beechhurst, Queensborough Hill and Willets Point, will meet Tuesday, May 10.

District 8 will be discussed on Thursday, May 12. It covers Briar-

wood, Cunningham Heights, Flushing South, Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, Hilltop Village, Holliswood, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica Hills, Pomonok, Utopia and part of Kew Gardens.

District 9, comprising parts of Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven and Kew Gardens, meets Monday, May 16.

District 10, including Howard Beach, Tudor Village, Lindenwood and portions of Ozone Park, South

Ozone Park and Richmond Hill, meets on Wednesday, May 18.

District 11, including Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Auburndale, East Flushing, Oakland Gardens and Hollis Hills, meets Tuesday, May 24.

District 12, which meets Thursday, May 26, covers Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans, Springfield Gardens and part of South Ozone Park.

District 13 will meet on Tuesday, May 31. Its neighborhoods include Bellaire, Bellerose, Brookville, Cambria Heights, Floral Park, Glen Oaks, Laurelton, Meadowmere, North Shore Towers, Queens Village, Rosedale and Wayanda.

District 14 meets on Thursday, June 2. It includes Breezy Point, Belle Harbor, Neponsit, Arverne, Bayswater, Edgemere, Rockaway, Rockaway Park and Far Rockaway.

An eight-page synopsis of the plan can be found online at new.mta.info/ project/queens-bus-network-redesign.

The link also will allow people to leave thei r com ments on the proposals.

The full report can be found on li ne at new.mt a.i n fo /docuQ ment/79616.

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After numerous meetings, petitions, public hearings and negotiations, a construction fence has been erected around most of the triangular property at and around 98-81 Queens Blvd., where a 15-story apartment tower soon will replace numerous businesses and a synagogue.

Workers on Tuesday were busy removing material from inside a now-vacant store that faces 99th Street. The store abuts the old Tower Diner, its clock stopped beneath its spire. The fence has not yet enclosed the Ohr Natan synagogue, which since 2006 has been in the walls of the old Trylon Theater, an art deco structure built during and inspired by the 1939-40 World’s Fair.

RJ Capital Holdings’ finished product will have 144 apartments, including 44 that will remain affordable at varying income levels.

The first floor is depicted as commercial in company renderings.

While neither the synagogue nor restaurant is considered a landmark by the city, many residents and preservationists had lobbied hard to save the two structures for their importance to the community.

But under city statutes, the owners could have erected a building of up to 16 stories as of right, with nothing requiring them to set aside units as affordable.

Michael Perlman of the Rego-Forest Preservation Council on Wednesday admitted his deep disappointment.

“It’s heartbreaking,” Perlman said. “The developer and certain politicians are once again ignoring the community’s wishes. I’m very proud of the collaborative effort of the

community at large. They’re true heroes — they advocated to the 11th hour.”

After zoning changes made their way through Community Board 6 — which could request but not mandate conditions — negotiations including Councilwoman Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) resulted in the owners lowering the original income thresholds for some of the affordable units.

The Trylon Theater, named after one of the iconic structures built for the World’s Fair, operated as a movie theater until 1999.

Ohr Natan, which serves the Bukharian Jewish community, kept and adapted the marquee over the sidewalk and used the theater itself for services. The congregation has relocated nearby, and representatives of the property owners repeatedly said they would be willing to include space suitable for a synagogue during construction.

The diner fills a space that was a bank when it was first built, and Perlman said the owners incorporated the Colonial-style features as a draw.

While renderings of the apartment building show a wedge appearance as one is heading along Queens Boulevard toward Manhattan and a clock as a homage to the bank’s/diner’s tower, Perlman said he would have liked to see more of the original features of both structures incorporated, if not flat-out preserved.

He said an engineer consulted by the preservationists said the building could accommodate construction above it.

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Elmhurst, homeless camp reach detente Merchants, employees say numbers of homeless and incidents have dropped

by Michael Shain Chronicle Contributor

The end is near for an encampment of homeless people in Elmhurst that has been in operation for years. Or is it?

The camp in the heart of the Broadway shopping district in downtown Elmhurst is located on Whitney Avenue in an ideal spot for such a retreat. It is a block from the Elmhurst Avenue subway station, protected on one side by the elevated Long Island Rail Road tracks and on the other by a shopping center parking lot.

Mayor Adams promised last week that he was going to close down the encampment and over 200 others like it elsewhere in New York to clear the streets and subways of the homeless.

The effort, which began in mid-March, could take another two weeks to complete — meaning the Whitney Avenue site will apparently be among the last to be closed down.

Neighborhood merchants and residents said this week they have made their peace with the homeless camp.

Public pressure that existed two years ago to clean up the street and force the homeless to move on seems to have tapered off alongside the number of Covid cases.

Far fewer people are camped at the site

A once-massive homeless camp on Whitney Avenue in Elmhurst has changed much in the last two years, withering away to fewer than a dozen holdouts. Business owners and employees say PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN there are fewer people and problems than when the pandemic began. now than there were when the Chronicle first wrote about it in 2020.

What may have been an estimated 40 to 50 homeless people is now probably fewer than a dozen. None were amenable to speaking with a reporter this week.

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No contraband passed the test with this Lab A veteran member of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has worked his final shift at John F. Kennedy International Airport, and will spend retirement chasing down tennis balls and treats.

Bobo, an 8-year-old black Labrador retriever, specialized in detecting contraband plants and animal products that people try to smuggle into the country. He worked in the JFK K-9 unit for five years, or 35 in black Lab years.

“We grew accustomed to watching Bobo enthusiastically protect the nation against prohibited plant and animal products,” said Frank Russo, director of Field Operations New York for CBP, in a press release. “We are going to miss seeing him in action.”

Bobo began service in 2017 when he was donated by the Putnam County Animal Control Center in Georgia. He was assigned to JFK after 10 weeks at the National Detector Dog Training Center in Newnan, Ga. Deputy Chief (Canine) Mike Lake said dog detectives play a major role in protecting the agricultural economy.

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mattresses and bags of cans and bottles waiting to the redeemed. They have been replaced by three camp tents and a few liberated supermarket shopping carts tucked out of sight on a far corner of Whitney.

“They don’t harm anybody, so we just do our thing,” said a pharmacist at the Hallmark Pharmacy on Broadway, around the corner from the camp.

“It was bad” at the beginning of the pandemic, said a barber at Alex’s Hair Salon, a block east of the makeshift shelter.

“But now they are spread out,” he said.

“They don’t congregate here anymore.”

“My boss said just ignore them,” said the manager of a Vietnamese restaurant in the shopping center located next to the camp.

Two years ago, store owners in the neighborhood were eager to talk about the homeless problem — litter, minor fights, drunken behavior — along the avenue.

Many stores were asking customers to sign petitions asking then-Mayor Bill de Blasio for help.

Last week, it was hard to find store owners who would agree to go on the record about the encampment. They no longer want

the attention for fear it would make the neighborhood look bad, they said.

Should the city follow through on Whitney Avenue, it wouldn’t be the first time that the camp has been swept out only to return a few months later, said several merchants.

Two or three times since the pandemic began and the homeless started showing up, according to one resident, crews from the Department of Sanitation appeared in the morning and tossed the tents, shopping carts and plastic lawn chairs in the back of a truck. The people living in the camps have usually gathered up their belongings and moved on by then, the resident said.

“One guy told me they found a new place near Elmhurst Hospital” several blocks north on Broadway, he said.

When the encampment is broken up, “they just move to the other side” of the LIRR tracks on South Railroad Avenue, said a school crossing guard assigned to nearby PS 14. “The principal was tired of dealing with it,” she said. “If there is any trouble, he said, ‘Just call 911.’”

The neighborhood merchants say their attitude toward encampment is one of live and let live.

“It’s been here so long, I don’t pay it any mind,” said the owner of a restaurant in the Q shopping center.

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a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 15 in Pfeffer Hall, which is located at 68-20 Myrtle Ave. in Glendale; • Magar Association from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 17 at its temple, which is located at 75-15 Woodside Ave. in Elmhurst; • St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the parish center on April 24 at 39-60 57 St. in Woodside; and • Trinity Lutheran Church from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, at 31-18 Q 37 St. in Astoria.

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Queens residents want Juneteenth

Holiday should be recognized by city

by Naeisha Rose

Raevsky said that she was very puzzled by the mayor, the second Black man in the role, Irene Raevsky, a municipal employee for 11 not taking up the initiative because he once years, believes it’s high time that the city offi- advocated for de Blasio to make Juneteenth a holiday before he ran to replace him. cially recognizes Juneteenth as a holiday.

“This was prior to [President] Biden making “It’s perplexing that a federal holiday that is recognized by the state of New York is not rec- it a federal law,” said Raevsky.

A lot of the city’s workers are Black and on ognized by the city,” said Raevsky.

An attorney and manager for the Office of Monday, June 20, their children will have the Administrative Trials and Hearings, the Forest day off, according to Raevsky.

“How do you explain to your African-AmerHills resident noticed that the holiday was not on the city’s calendar when her Black col- ican city employees — of whom we have many leagues turned to her with questions about — how do you explain to them why this is not a whether they would celebrate it this summer. holiday? These questions should be answered The day marks the end of slavery for African in my opinion.”

Juneteenth is traditionally celebrated on Americans throughout all of the United States.

The Office of City Council Speaker Adri- June 19, but many federal and state workers, enne Adams (D-Jamaica) said that former among other institutions, will have the followMayor de Blasio signed an executive order ing Monday off.

“Federal agencies will all be closed,” added making the day, June 19, a public holiday, but he did not engage municipal workers’ unions to Raevsky. “It will be odd that city agencies will complete the task and that it would be up to be open when everybody else will be closed ... cu r rent Mayor Adams to take up the Each holiday has its own history and its own significance to all people, but especially Afriresponsibility.

De Blasio boldly declared in 2021 the holi- can-Americans. This holiday commemorates day would be official in the city by 2022, but an important event in history ... What message does this send to my he did not start negoticolleagues? Is it not a t io n s w it h l a b o r important enough?” unions, which were The Mayor’s Office expected partially pay think it is unfortunate.” said it would provide for it. Instead, munici— Tunisia Morrison, co-chair, a statement on the pal workers would Juneteenth in Queens issue but did not by have to use pre-existpress time. ing paid time off to get Borough President to celebrate Ju neDonovan Richards told the Chronicle via email teenth, according to The New York Times.

Public schools will be closed Monday, June that Black history is American history and that 20, since the holiday falls on a Sunday this year we must acknowledge the original sin of slavand because it is a state law applying to them. ery and the systemic racism that still plagues Banks make holiday decisions based on federal nearly every facet of society today, nearly 157 holidays and the City Council will be observ- years after the first Juneteenth celebration.

“Following the state and federal governing the holiday, added the Speaker’s Office.

“Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating ment’s lead in making Juneteenth a paid city the end of slavery in America, has special holiday is a must, but acknowledging our histomeaning for me and my community,” Adams ry cannot and must not take the place of maktold the Queens Chronicle via email. “It serves ing the structural changes our city needs to fosas a day to recommit ourselves to racial equali- ter futures rooted in fairness, equity and ty and justice for all. I look forward to joining respect for all our families, regardless of race.”

If Juneteenth were to suddenly be enacted as our community partners in celebration of Juneteenth and moving forward in the path toward a paid holiday by the city, the Queens Borough President’s Office will address issues such as liberation.”

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Cops collecting prom outfits The NYPD’s Patrol Borough Queens North is running a prom dress and suit drive for the benefit of high school seniors.

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

The clothing and accessories will be given away from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, at William Cullen Bryant High School, located at 48-10 31 Ave. in Long Island City. The school can be reached by public transportation via the R or M subway lines or the Q18 bus with

a stop at 54th Street and 31st Avenue.

The Queens North command includes the 104th Precinct at 64-02 Catalpa Ave. in Ridgewood; the 108th at 5-47 50 Ave. in Long Island City; the 109th at 37-05 Union Street in Flushing; the 110th at 94-41 43 Ave. in Elmhurst; the 111th at 45-06 215 Street in Bayside; the 112th at 68-40 Austin St. in Forest Hills; the 114th at 34-16 Astoria Blvd. in Long Island City; and the 115th at 92-15 Northern Blvd. in Jackson Heights.

Further information can be obtained by Q calling (718) 520-8839.

Dr. Stacie Grant, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman, Tunisia Morrison, cochair of Juneteenth in Queens and U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks, celebrated the holiday last year at Roy PHOTO COURTESY TUNISIA MORRISON Wilkins Park in St. Albans. work schedules, according to the BP’s spokesman.

Tunisia Morrison, the co-chair of Juneteenth in Queens, is not waiting on the mayor to officially recognize the holiday, but hopes he acknowledges it sooner rather than later. She will be hosting her second Juneteenth festival at Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans on June 19, which is also Father’s Day. “After our years of Covid and people being able to work from home and work from different places and still be able to get the job done, I think it unfortunate, to be quite frank, that our municipality doesn’t recognize Juneteenth,” said Morrison. “I think if we are asking people to increase equity, increase inclusion, then be substantive about diversity — and that starts with education. What better way than making it an ‘observed’ holiday for ... all creeds.”

It’s a disservice to not make the holiday also a teachable moment, said Morrison.

“When people are observing it, they can subsequently learn why they are getting the holiday off like any other holiday they get off in college, in school or at work,” said Morrison.

“Our public schools have that Monday off and there is never a better time to implement that ...

Our ancestors put us in this position when they unfortunately went through some hard times so our mayor could be exactly where he is today.”

There is still time for the mayor to officially recognize the holiday, added Morrison.

“We have enough days of trauma,” said Morrison. “In freeing our last African-American people in Galveston, Texas [in 1865] ... this day to me means joy.”

Over 1,000 people attended Morrison’s Juneteenth festival last year and 700 attended her virtual panel series.

“My hope is not to only get more people out, but to get more allies out who spend their dollars on us,” added Morrison.

There will be dance, theater and live music at the event, according to the co-chair. There will also be retail goods too. The entrance to the park is at Baisley, and Merrick boulevards.

People who may have questions about the event may go to juneteenthinqueens@gmail.com.

“I think it is going to be an amazing day with love and joy,” said Morrison. “My hope is that for the predominantly Black people of Southeast Queens, we will get to bring people into our communities who will get to feel that Q too.”

Spring flings at Juniper Park Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village will welcome spr ing the next t wo Saturdays.

The office of City Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) and the city’s Department of Transportation will host a bike helmet giveaway beginning at noon on April 9 at the blacktop section off of 80th Street.

The giveaway will go on while supplies last. Children must be present to get their helmets.

Further information is available by contacting Holden’s office at (718) 366-

3900 or by email at district30@council. nyc.gov.

Holden’s office and the Department of Parks and Recreation also are inviting people to an Easter event from noon to 3 p.m. on April 16.

The event will include an Easter egg hunt, games and other activities for children. It will take place at 80th Street between Juniper Boulevard North and Juniper Boulevard South.

Further information can be obtained by email at avaichunas@council.nyc.gov Q or by calling (718) 366-3900.

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The location is the first in Queens to file, joining a nationwide effort

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

Employees from the Astoria Boulevard Starbucks celebrated their recent filing for unionization with the National Labor Relations Board by holding a rally last Friday night, where they were joined by the Queens Democratic Socialists of America and the Amazon Labor Union.

According to Brandi Alduk, an organizer and barista at the Astoria Boulevard location, the group had not planned for Friday’s rally to be particularly big. That, however, proved not to be the case, as people came by the dozen to show solidarity.

“Everyone was just really excited for the oppor tunity to work together and get involved and have this big moment of community support,” she told the Chronicle.

The location is the first Queens Starbucks to file a unionization petition and one of only a handful citywide, joining what is now a nationwide effort across the chain. That movement began in December, when one Buffalo location voted to unionize amid increased worker activity nationwide.

Alduk cited the Buffalo unionization effort as an influential force for the Astoria location to begin its own push.

“We would kind of talk and be like, ‘Hey, do you think this could happen at our loca-

Starbucks Astoria Boulevard employees rallied on Friday to celebrate their filing for unionization, and were joined by members of the Amazon Labor Union and electeds. PHOTO COURTESY BRANDI ALDUK tion?’” she recalled of that early period.

Alduk eventually reached out to the Buffalo branch for guidance, expediting the process.

Meanwhile, Alduk, who has worked for Starbucks for almost three years and has been at the Astoria location for two, said they had been concerned with Starbucks management for some time, particularly following the stores’ reopening in the summer of 2020.

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“There was more work put upon us while we were understaffed,” she said. “So they wanted us to maintain Covid protocols of every 30 minutes, cleaning off the high touch areas ... we were unable to maintain those conditions in the lobby, and it made it difficult to maintain dishes behind the bar.”

While Alduk said that all of the location’s 13 “partners,” as Starbucks calls its employ-

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ees, have their own reasons for wanting a union, she said that the unity the group feels has been monumental: “We were able to see that we had a special level of solidarity that other stores [didn’t have].”

That same feeling resonated at Friday’s rally, where they were joined not only by Amazon Labor Union members — who were fresh off a major victory as the Staten Island Amazon warehouse won their unionization election that afternoon — but numerous elected officials, as well, including Councilmember Tiffany Cabán (D-Astoria), state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) and Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani (D-Astoria).

Though she was not present at Friday’s rally, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx, Queens) has visited the store and has been a vocal supporter.

But this is just the beginning for the Astoria Boulevard location; though they have filed a petition with the NLRB, the workers have not been recognized as a union yet.

Since Starbucks has not voluntarily recognized the group as a union, the NLRB dictates that an election be held among all store employees. The rules of that election are to be determined in a hearing between the parties, which had originally been slated for today, but now is set to occur toward the end Q of this month or early May.

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Kobina Ansah, of Long Island City, is one of four winners of the fifth annual “Make It Awards,” a grant that provides four entrepreneurs and creators from the tristate area funds and exposure to elevate their businesses.

Ansah received $30,000 in funds, a oneyear subscription to Squarespace — one of the sponsors of the grant — use of the website and e-commerce platform’s marketing inventory, an annual Unfold Pro subscription and a feature segment on MSG Networks for his business Coverr.

The other sponsor of the grant is the New York Knicks.

“We are an online financial services provider customized for gig economy workers like Uber drivers or DoorDash delivery personnel, with the aim of helping them achieve their highest earning potential,” said Ansah. “The first product is a business advance, which provides capital or funds to gig workers so that they will be able to take care of short term emergencies such as a bursting of a tire, or the canceling of an Uber ride or smoothing out the volatility of their daily earning.”

Despite a prosperous career working for financial institutions like Wells Fargo and Ernst & Young, Ansah noticed that he wasn’t helping a diverse population at his work, where he would underwrite over $1 billion in transactions.

“Oftentimes, I found that I didn’t get to serve a diverse population that represented individuals that look like myself,” said Ansah. “I went to pursue my MBA and went to figure out how to serve underserved customers.”

Through some research Ansah discovered that Uber drivers were spending $100 to $300 weekly to rent their cars and in a year would still not be able to own a vehicle outright.

“They could pay off the market price and still have nothing in their own name,” said Ansah. “Initially I thought I should auto finance for this group, but very quickly I realized that people couldn’t even manage the $500 down payment for that service.”

The real problem was cash flow management, according to the Coverr founder.

“We tested that with a few drivers and started to grow the business from there,” said Ansah. “I started to receive demands from other independent contractors who make up the over 50 million participants currently operating in the U.S. economy.”

Alberto, an Elmhurst resident who did not want to share his last name, is one of the people who use Coverr.

He has been a Lyft driver for nearly five years and also works at the international luxury chauffeur company Blacklane.

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“I use it for emergency situations when I’m lacking money,” Alberto said to the Queens Chronicle. “The program is very simple. In 24 hours you get an advance.”

Coverr doesn’t have paperwork and there is no credit check, said the Lyft driver.

“Sometimes your car breaks down for no reason or you have an extra expense like you have to go to the dentist or there is something you have to pay out of pocket,” said Alberto.

“Coverr balances your week. Drivers in general, they always need money for gas, tolls and the E-ZPass, which requires that you keep a certain amount of money into your account. It’s emergency cash flow ... With Coverr, you just need your bank statement to prove that you are working, that is all. It’s convenient; because it is fast ... I don’t even go to a typical bank anymore. With that you would have to wait 72-hours.”

Ansah hopes to automate more of his business, expand his job board so that more people can use the service, develop customer acquisition strategies and to better identify companies that are paying their gig workers well for his customers with the funds he receives from the grant.

“We are directing clients there,” Ansah said about finding high-paying gig companies. “The real vision of Coverr is to provide a full suite of services customized for this quickly growing labor segment.”

The gig economy is one of the fastestgrowing sectors in the country, but it is also one of the newest and thus underserved, according to Ansah.

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Who’s on your community board?

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced his 345 new community board appointments on Monday, touting their civicmindedness, diversity and relative youth.

Of the 94 first-time appointees, 47.9 percent are under the age of 40 and 19.2 percent are immigrants, the Borough President’s Office said. Before Richards took office in December 2020, nearly 75 percent of CB members were over 45 and just 12 percent were under 35, his office said. Only 6.1 percent were immigrants.

“I could not be prouder to appoint such a dynamic, diverse class of public servants to our network of Queens community boards, as we continue steadfast in our effort to build a government that is truly reflective of the borough it serves,” Richards said in a statement, adding that Queens is leading the way past the pandemic toward “a stronger, fairer future.”

Community boards play an advisory role on matters ranging from liquor license applications to zoning variance requests and road redesigns, and hold monthly meetings open to the public.

CB 1: Daniel Aliberti; Louise Bordley; Gerald Caliendo; Irak Dahir Cehonski; Tenzin Dechin; Mackenzi Farquer; Adam Fisher-Cox; Tyrone Gardner; Shahenaz Hamde; Evie Hantzopoulos; Amy Hau; Vanessa Jones-Hall; Richard Khuzami; Huge Ma; Sam Massol; Amin Mehedi; Antonio Meloni; Andreas Migias; Eric Mouchette; Juliet Payabyab; Rose

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Marie Poveromo; Thomas Ryan; Marie Torniali; Rod Townsend; Judy Trilivas; Kathleen Warnock; and Corinne Wood-Haynes.

CB 2: Amparo Abel-Bey; John Laurence Bahia; T. Karesia Batan; Nicholas Berkowitz; Sandra Bigitschke; Tannia Chavez; Osman Chowdhury; Stephen Cooper; Kelly Craig; Lisa Deller; Morry Galonoy; Kenneth Greenberg; Chhemang Lama; Sheila Lewandowski; Benjamin Lucas; Patrick Martinez; Robert Miraglia; Thomas Mituzas; Reilly Owens; Clara Oza; Steven Raga; Norberto Saldana; Ryan Smith; Caroline Spitzer; Lauren Springer; Phuntsok Tashi; Akello Thomas; and Frank Wu. iversity and CB 3: Pat Beckles ; A n n Brow n ; Mark Buhrmester; Sonya Davis-Roberts; Vivian Dock; Margaret Dozier; Rhoda Dunn; Oscar Escobar; Kevin Hughes-Noboa; Stephen Kulhanek; Marta Elena LeBreton; Andre Maloy; Violeta Morales; Richard Mullings; Theresa Parson-Jones; Dorothy Phelan; Potrirankamanis Queano Nur; Jairo Rodriguez; Leoncio Romero; Edmund Rosenbaum; David Rosero; Jimmy Smith; and Shanel Thomas Henry.

CB 4: Rownoka Ashakhan; Michelle Calderon; Valery Calderon; Chaio-Chung Chen; Jaime Cho; Ramakrishna Kadukuntla; Carol Machulski; Sunil Mahat; Abu Zafar Mahmood; Patricia Martin; Matthew McElroy; Mac Ryan Merchan; Alexandra Owens;

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Mets fans needed to step off the proverbial ledge after processing the news ace pitcher Jacob deGrom was diagnosed with shoulder inflammation and will not throw a baseball for the next month. It was especially frustrating because the Mets’ 2021 season fell into the abyss after the All-Star break because deGrom’s various arm maladies kept him off the mound.

I never thought it was a promising idea for deGrom to pitch in the cold, damp weather of April in the Northeast anyway. I remember how highly touted Mets rookie pitcher Tim Leary ruined his arm pitching against the Chicago Cubs on a frigid, gray day at Wrigley Field in April 1981. If deGrom comes back in the more temperate climes of mid-May and pitches the way Mets fans have come to expect for the rest of 2022, then missing the first six weeks of the season will be a forgettable hiccup. If he is not back by then, this could be yet another long season.

There was also a sense of Chicken Little for Mets fans upon hearing Max Scherzer’s hamstring was acting up and could delay his 2022 debut. Scherzer has dealt with this issue before without missing significant playing time so panic, at this point, is premature.

The Mets held their first “What’s new at Citi Field” media event in three years last Thursday, and announced they will have new exhibits in

their Hall of Fame museum to commemorate their 60th anniversary. They hired a curator, Alicia Juillet. There is a new shop at the top of the Jackie Robinson Rotunda. Amazin’ Memorabilia will sell game-used bats, balls and bases. Profits from the operation will go to the team’s charitable wing, the Amazin’ Mets Foundation. There will be more LED screens in the outfield as well.

Getting quality comfort food at Citi Field will not be a problem. Astoria’s Pig Beach, which serves southern barbecue dishes, will join fellow newcomers Murray’s Mac & Cheese and Jacob’s Pickles. Returning stalwarts include Fuku, Shake Shack, Pat LaFreida’s Chop House, and of course, Mama’s of Corona. Coors replaces Budweiser for beer-pouring rights at Citi Field.

Newsday sports media columnist Neil Best broke the news of the retirement of Mets postgame radio host and occasional play-by-play broadcaster Ed Coleman, who had been with WFAN since its inception in 1987. At age 72, Coleman’s voice and wit are still razor sharp, and he is as popular as ever.

Coleman follows veteran FAN voices such as Steve Somers, John Minko and Mike Francesa into retirement this year. My guess is they were pushed out the door by Audacy management. The Mets should do the right thing and induct him Q into their Hall of Fame this summer.

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Alexa Ponce; Alton Smith; Dewan Tarek; Marcello Testa; Charlie Tetiyevsky; and Louis Walker.

CB 5: Bhubaneshor Adhikari; Antonetta Binanti; Adam Bloom; Eric Butkiewicz; Robert Cermeli; Patricia Crowley; Nickolas Cuttonaro; Dmytro Fedkowskyj; Cecilia Guerra; Fred Haller; Fred Hoefferle; Richard Huber; Eileen Moloney; Margaret O’Kane; Michael O’Kane; Mike Porcelli; Melissa Rebecca; Luis Rodriguez; Dennis Stephan; Jasmin Valle.

CB 6: Anisa Ayon; Laura Ciacco; Kandra Clark; John Dereszawski; Brendan Griffith; Karen Imas; Sarina Jain; Mark Laster; Beatrice Leong; Jonyouth are key. athan Li; Kevin Ly; Julie Milner; Tania Padgett; Howard Pollack; Diana Rachnaev; Shari Rolnick; Petrina Schneiderman; Herbert Schonhaut; Jean Silva; Brently Winstead; and Titilayo Yasukawa.

CB 7: Charles Apelian; Michael Cheng; Nicholas Corrado; Derick Fang; Fred Fu; Doreen Gatanas; Pablo Hernandez; Jeff Huang; Lawrence Hughes; Eugene Kelty; Esther Lee; Betsy Mak; Barbara McHugh; Xinwei Michelle Miao; Millicent O’Meally; John Park; Yacov Pshtissky; Paul Rifino; Warren Schreiber; Kevin Shields; Matthew Silverstein; Saleem Syed; John Tsavalos; Clarissa Wong; Dian Song Yu; and Jie Zhu. CB 8: Dilafroz Ahmed; Heather BennettIdels; Robert Hoyt Block; Susan Cleary; Kenneth Cohen; Solomon Davydov; Maria DeInnocentiis; Mohammed Islam Delwar; Allen Eisenstein; Kevin Forrestal; Howard Fried; Bhitihara Martha Fulton; James Gallagher; Marc Haken; Michael Hannibal; Neeta Jain; Steven Konigsberg; Elke Maerz; Jennifer Martin; Yaniv Meirov; David Mordukhaev; Dilip Nath; Shlomo Nisanov; Alan Ong; Tamara Osherov; Hersh Parekh; Frances Peterson; Charlton Rhee; Jesse Rosenbaum; Seymour Schwartz; Harbachan Singh; Mohammed Tohin; Amy Tse; and Emanuel Yllescas.

CB 9: Inderpaul Ahluwalia; Sherry Algredo; Dilraj Batchu; Julio Batista; Dulal Bhattacharjee; Kamal Bhuiyan; Latchman Budhai; Daniel Chu; Daniel Coffaro Hill; Marylin Custodio; Sandra Datnarain; Steve Esposito; Orazio Joe Iaboni; Carmela Isabela; Kemanad Kishore; Bernard Robert; Regina Santoro; Jarnail Singh; Mohinder Singh; Sursattie Singh;

and Alexandria Sumpter-Delves.

CB 10: Mohamed Amin; Luis Amorim; James Caruso; Anthony Cosentino; Frank Dardani; Anoop Dhanpat; Irene Dimoh; Betty Escobar; John Fazio; Edna Fraylon; Peter Granickas; Raimondo Graziano; Anthony Hill; Romeo Hitlall; Pierre Kishun; Dorothy Mitchell; Fazlurrahman Mohamed; Rohan Narine; Jose Quijano; Amar Rajnauth; Nellie Santiago; Jody Stahl; Sharif Uddin; Marilyn Vecchio; and Linda Walker.

CB 11: Dawn Anatra; Adriana Aviles; Lana Bind; Sharon Chin; Victor Dadras; Lourdes December; C. Omarr Evans; Michelle Fields; Christopher Fuentes-Padilla; Albert Galatan; Joan Garippa; Roy Giusetti; Rosemarie Guidice; George Hadjiconstantinou; Laura James; Mohan Jethwani; Karen Mazza; Douglas Montgomery; Allan Palzer; Wendy PelleBeer; Stephen Pivawer; Gunjan Rastogi; Jyothi Sriram; Seena Sweet; and Sam Wong.

CB 12: Jacqueline Boyce; Maxine Brannon; Kenny Carter; Manuel Caughman; Tanbir Chowdhury; Hon. Clifton Diaz; Marcia Francis; Glenn Greenidge; Nurul Haque; Yullanda Hinds; Crystal Isaac; Khondokar Islam; Audrey Lee Jacobs; Aiysha Jaggassar; Chantel Johnson; Michele Keller; Rev. Edward McKay; Angela Miskis; Charline Ogbeni; Akther Rahman; Jean Randolph-Castro; Fitzroy Searles; Amanda Sewanan; Owen Shakespeare; Florence Simmons; Yvette Sledge; Toni Totten; Linette Townsley; Khari White; Jeanette Wilson; and Patricia Wooden.

CB 13: Robert Alleyne; Rachelle Antoine; Angela Augugliaro; Corey Bearak; Loleta Beckett-Nicholson; Alain Berrouet; Sheila Beverly-Skinner; Vernal Crooms-Holder; Nickolette Emptage; Charles Farruggia; Lorraine Gittens-Bridges; Robert Glover; Jaslin Kaur; Michael Mallia; Sophia Mighty; Kangela Moore; Michael O’Keeffe; Cinnamon Paltoo; David Pecoraro; Nagassar Ramgarib; Anup Ramnauth; Peter Richards; Ashok Satkalmi; and Koshy Thomas.

CB 14: Audrey Amsterdam Handy; Louis Caucig; Jack Epter; Menashe Friedman; Avionne Gumbs-Cummings; Brian Heffernan; Felicia Johnson; Caren Lee; Betty Leon; LuQuan Lloyd; Annette Lord Cohen; Rosalyn Mason; Evelyn Miller-Suber; Sonia Moise; Helen Montero; Dolores Orr; Harold Paez; Vernell Robinson; David Shelborne; ChristoQ pher Tedesco; and Jose Velez.

Nas wins crowd with career hits Queensbridge rapper Nas may not have won Best Rap Album for “King’s Disease II” or Best Rap Song for “Bath Salts” at the 64th Grammy Awards, which was hosted by comedian Trevor Noah in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, but he won the crowd with a medley of hits Sunday night.

The rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, record executive and actor, whose career spans over 30 years, performed songs that encompassed the last 20 years of his career, like “Rare” off the 2021-nominated album “King’s Disease II,” “One Mic”

from the 2001 album “Stillmatic” and “I Can” and “Made You Look” from the 2002 album “God’s Son,” which celebrates its 20th anniversary in December.

The nods for “King’s Disease II” and “Bath Salts” brings Nas’ overall career nominations by the recording academy to 16. The rapper previously won last year’s Best Rap Album award for “King’s Disease.”

April 19 will mark the 28th anniversary of his debut album, “Illmatic,” which Q was certified platinum in 2001.

— Naeisha Rose

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“I am pleased to announce that local Social Security offices will restore in-person services, including for people without an appointment, on April 7, 2022.

To avoid waiting in line, I strongly encourage people, who can, to use our online services at socialsecurity.gov, call us, and schedule appointments in advance rather than walking in without an appointment. Phone appointments can save you a trip to a busy office. I thank the public for your patience as we work to increase service.

Customers who walk in without appointments may encounter delays and longer waits at our offices. Be aware that our offices tend to be the busiest first thing in the morning, early in the week, and during the early part of the month, so people may want to plan to visit at other times.

Given that many of the people we serve have health vulnerabilities, and consistent with our union agreements, we are continuing to require certain safety measures

In-person services will resume today, April 7, at all Social Security offices, such as the location at 63-44 Austin St. in Rego Park. FILE PHOTO including masking, physical distancing and self-health checks for COVID-19 symptoms. We will provide masks to the public and employees if they need them.

Thoughtful planning and preparation have shaped our process to restore in-person services. Social Security employees are dedicated to serving the public, and we are ready to welcome the public back

to our offices. Our local managers understand and can address the needs of their communities. We have also implemented office-tooffice support as well as brought recently retired employees back to assist the public. We thank the many interested stakeholders including the Depar tment of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Liv-

ing and national advocate organizations for your help.

Throughout the pandemic, millions of people have used our secure and convenient online services and received help by phone.

People who have access to the internet should first try our online services before calling us or visiting an office.

As we transition to a new modern phone system, some people may experience a busy signal or be unintentionally disconnected from their call. We sincerely regret this disruption and recommend people call when our National 800 Number may be less busy, such as before 10 a.m. or after 4 p.m. local time or later in the week. Like our offices, our waits are generally shorter later in the month.

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More SSA information Most Social Security services are available to the public online at socialsecurity.gov and with a my Social Security account or by telephone. And most Social Security services do not require the public to take time to visit an office. People may create their my Social Security account, a personalized online service, at socialsecurity.gov/myaccount.

People who set up their my Social Security account have access to additional personalized services. They can request a replacement Social Security card online if they meet certain requirements. If they already receive Social Security benefits, they can start or change direct deposit online, request a replacement SSA-1099, and if they need proof of their benefits, they can print or download a current Benefit Verification Letter from their account.

People not yet receiving benefits can use their online account to get a personalized Social Security Statement, which provides their earnings information as well as estimates of their future benefits.

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new exhibition of Japanese-American sculpture and photography at The Noguchi Museum in Long Island City shines a light on the silenced experiences of Japanese Americans forced to relocate to internment camps by the U.S. government during World War II and those who were affected by the war.

“No Monument: In the Wake of the Japanese American Incarceration,” guest curated

by Genji Amino and Christina Hiromi Hobbs, marks the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, signed in February of 1942.

The internment lasted four years, and many had created art and took art classes while detained, like Kay Sekimachi, a fiber artist and weaver who was put in the Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah in 1942 with her mother and three sisters.

The centerpiece of the exhibition is Sekimachi’s “Ogawa II,” which she created in 1969 with nylon monofilament, a new material for the time, which she learned to work with after the war.

Hobbs called the translucent textile sculpture, made also with glass beads and clear plastic tubes, “ethereal.”

“It poses questions of transparency and questions of visibility, which we are thinking about within this frame of memor y and remembrance,” she said.

“No Monument” highlights artists who were incarcerated and others whose lives were shaped indirectly by FDR’s executive order, including in the generations to come.

Upon entering the exhibit, photographs by Toyo Miyatake show barracks at Manzanar, the camp in California he was held in.

Miyatake smuggled a lens and film holder into the camp and built a camera with the help of a carpenter, Hobbs explained. Later in the exhibit is Miyatake’s “Untitled (Opening Image from Valediction),” showing an arm clipping a barbed wire.

Isamu Noguchi’s “Sentinel” stands center near the exhibit’s entrance at almost 6 feet tall and serves as both a gateway and a barrier, said Amino, showing the preservation and trauma of the history. Noguchi voluntarily spent time in the camps to show solidarity with continued on page 33

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

Producer Craig Zadan was a son of the Rockaways

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Murray Zadan married 20-year-old Naomi Volin in April 1948. A son, Craig, was born April 15, 1949, while they were in Miami.

Daughter Susan followed, completing their family.

They originally set up home in Brooklyn. Murray toiled long hours owning a candy The childhood home of filmmaker and Academy Award producstore.

In 1960, they decided to er Craig Zadan at 447 Beach 63 St. in Arverne, Rockaway, as GOOGLE MAPS IMAGE; INSET VIA WIKIPEDIA / CUNY-TV move to Queens and bought it looks today. a new home at 447 Beach 63 died of carbon monoxide poisoning on Aug. St. in the Arverne section of Rockaway.

18, 2007, when their van was left running in After Craig graduated Hofstra University, he wrote for New York and After Dark mag- the garage in Delray Beach, Fla. Officials ruled their deaths an accident. azines. He found success in theater, televiEleven years later, on Aug. 20, 2018, their sion and movies, producing several hit films such as “Footloose,” “Chicago” and son passed away at age 69 due to complications from shoulder replacement surgery.

“Hairspray.”

Zadan’s childhood home looks great today, Zadan won Academy Awards and later produced the televised productions of the and the garage under the house has been converted into living quarters, making it now a 2013, 2014 and 2015 Oscars.

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by Naeisha Rose associate editor

The Museum of the Moving Image held “The Marvels of Media Awards” last week in Astoria. The event marked the first media awards, festival and exhibit to celebrate people on the autism spectrum.

Hosting the March 31 event was MoMI Executive Director Carl Goodman.

“Tonight we honor neurodiverse media makers on the autism spectrum,” said Goodman. “This is just the beginning. This is going to be an annual event.”

Goodman added that he was looking forward to seeing the evolution of the work that the media makers produce in the future.

The awards were developed by MoMI’s education and leadership department in conjunction with Josh Sapan, the executive vice chairman of AMC Networks, a MoMI trustee and father of a son on the autism spectrum.

“It’s wonderful to see this all come together,” said Sapan, who has been on the MoMI board for decades. “My son is on the spectrum ... and it’s been a big part of his childhood ... I’m in awe of the people who made what is on the screen.”

The first winners of the “Marvels” award were Sue Ann Pien, Jason Katims, Rick

Albert Rutecki, April Lin and Carrie Hawks were just a few of the winners of the Museum of the Moving Image’s awards honoring autistic media makers. PHOTOS BY NAEISHA ROSE Glassman and Albert Rutecki, for the dramedy series “As We See It,” which airs on Amazon Prime.

“I don’t have much to say, I’m a man of few words,” Glassman joked. “I don’t want to swear, but I want to say to all my teachers who said that I will never make the Marvels of Media Awards, you can go screw yourself, because we did it, we did it!”

Rutecki said that the media award was his

first ever.

“Thank you for recognizing autistic talent,” Rutecki said. “I’ve never accepted an award before. Thank you for all of this.”

April Lin won a digital art award for her work “(Tending)(to)(Ta),” a four-minute piece about two people from different realities trying to relate, one of whom lives in a world where class, gender and race do not exist.

“I feel honored to be a part of such a significant exhibition,” said Lin. “It really is a milestone and the acknowledgement and celebration of disabled people and neurodiverse people and the perspectives that we bring to the world ... We are here not only because we are autistic, but because we are also amazing artists and our work, our thoughts and ideas and dreams are important, are irreplaceable and indispensible.”

Carrie Hawks was an honorable mention winner for the Digital Award for “Origin of Hair” and the winner of the Documentary Award for “Kameelah Janan Rasheed: The Edge of Legibility.” The first piece explores Black queer identity and is inspired by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock ‘n’ roll, who was openly bisexual. The second piece was about Rasheed, a text-based artist.

“I’m very humbled,” said Hawks. “I’m just so happy that they are celebrating autistic artists. It was also great to meet other autistic artists.”

The “Marvels of Media” exhibit will run until April 30. An article on it is posted at bit.ly/3uao8oQ. To learn more about the other filmmakers who were honored at the awards visit movingimage.us/event/marvels-of-mediaQ films/.

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Japanese-American art made unlivable livable

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around whom there has been little scholarship and whose art has rarely, if ever, been exhibited.

Leo Amino’s “Composition # 8” sits between Toshiko Takaezu’s massive ceramic sculpture in which a rattle in encased, never to be heard due to its sheer weight, and a steel sculpture by Joseph Goto, who experienced Pearl Harbor and worked for the U.S. Army during the war as a welder.

Amino’s polyester resin sculpture was created just after the war but represents a different wartime experience. He moved to New York from the West Coast around 1935 and although he was interrogated, surveilled, made to translate for the U.S. Navy and put under travel restrictions, was never imprisoned due to his location during the war. Japanese Americans living in Hawaii at the time were also spared due to their integral role in the economy there.

“We have histories of art, but we also have histories of inheritance, and then we have this geographic extent,” explained Genji Amino, whose history of inheritance includes that the late artist Leo Amino was their grandfather. Genji has since worked to piece together the elder Amino’s legacy and

Christina Hiromi Hobbs, left, and Genji Amino guest curated the “No Monument” exhibit at The Noguchi Museum. On the cover: Toyo Miyatake’s “Untitled (Opening Image from PHOTOS BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF, ABOVE, AND COURTESY TOYO MIYATAKE STUDIO COLLECTION Valediction).” record in history.

Some creators in the exhibit remain unidentified, including the makers of two sculptures left behind in camps and family nameplates that hung above doorways of the barracks, setting each one apart from otherwise indistinguishable living quarters.

“These artists are trying to make the

unlivable livable, trying to imagine a new world or a new life,” Amino said.

The nameplates are part of the Japanese American National Museum’s “Contested Histories” exhibition, which will be holding related programming at the museum. “No Monument” will run until May 15. Visit the museum’s website to register in advance. Q

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continued from page 31 the prisoners and to create an arts program that never came to fruition.

Next, there are photographs by Patrick Nagatani, a third-generation JapaneseAmerican photographer whose parents were interned during the war. He visited and photographed the former campsites where barren landscapes illustrate the impact incarceration had on descendants.

“No Monument” also highlights artists

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: QUEENS Howard Beach, Sat 4/9, 10am-3pm, COUNTY. MARGARET E. Howard Beach Assembly of God, MEYERS, ET. AL. v. AN158-31 99 St. FUND RAISER. Brand GELIQUE MAMALAKIS, AS new items for sale! Kitchen items, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE clothing, jewelry, pocketbooks, etc.

ESTATE OF EFSTRATIOS MAMALAKIS, ET AL. PursuResponsible, honest, reliable ant to a Judgment of Foreclocleaning lady. I will clean your apt sure and Sale entered March or house. I have exp. Call anytime, 12, 2020, bearing Index No. 718-460-6779 709650/2016, I will sell at public auction on Friday, April 29, 2022 at 12:30 pm on BATH & SHOWER UPDATES in as little as ONE DAY! Affordable prices the front steps of the Queens —No payment for 18 months! County Supreme Court, 88-11 Lifetime warranty & professional Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, installs. Senior & Military Discounts New York, 11435 the premavailable. Call: 866-393-3636 ises known as 29-12 172nd Street, Flushing, New York ARE YOU BEHIND $10K OR MORE 11358 (Block: 4934, Lot: 11).

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Rehabilitation And Health Care Center Shall Ensure That No Person In The United States Of America Shall, On Grounds Of Race, Color, Creed, National Origin, Sex Or Sexual Orientation, Religion, Handicap Or Mental Disability, Age, Marital Or Family Status, Blindness, Source Of Payment Or Sponsorship, Be Excluded From Participation In, Be Denied Benefits Of, Or Be Otherwise Subjected To Discrimination Under Any Program, Activity Provided

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10-13-2021, bearing Index Number NC-000635-21/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Offi ce of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) ESMERI (Last) DURAN. My present name is (First) EMERI (Last) DURAN AKA ESMERI DURAN. The city and state of my present address are Corona, NY. My place of birth is BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. The month and year of my birth are July 1971.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, D/B/A Christiana Trust as Owner Trustee of the Residential Credit Opportunities Trust V, Plaintiff AGAINST Sandra Franklin, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered November 12, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the Courthouse steps of the Queens Supreme Court, located at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on May 11, 2022 at 10:20AM, premises known as 140-58 160th Street, Jamaica, NY 11434. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 12315, LOT: 57. Approximate amount of judgment $685,091.22 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi led Judgment Index #700150/2021. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the QUEENS County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Offi ce of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2. nyc o ur t s .g ov / A dmin / o c a . shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Deposit must be in the form of a certifi ed or bank check only, no cash will be accepted at sale. David Rosen, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP, 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-034567-F00 71152

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 06-26-2020, bearing Index Number NC-00017220/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Offi ce of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) JULIE (Last) LI. My present name is (First) HUI (Middle) WEI (Last) LI AKA HUIWEI LI. The city and state of my present address are Fresh Meadows, NY. My place of birth is CHINA. The month and year of my birth are April 1996.

Public Announcement Business Certificate I hereby certify that I am conducting or transacting business under the name or designation of EYIMOFE EMMANUEL at 118-11 Sutphin Blvd., Unit 98072. City or Town of Jamaica, County of Queens, State of New York.

My full name is Eyimofe Emmanuel. I further certify that I am the successor in interest to MIMI LOVE TRUST the person or persons heretofore using such name or names to carry on or conduct or transact business. Type of business Property Trust. I Witness Whereof, I have signed this certificate on 25th day of January 2022.

Notice of Formation of Beehive MidHudson 2, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 3/29/22. Office location: Queens County. Princ. bus. addr.: 37-88 Review Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, 3 World Trade Ctr., 175 Greenwich St., NY, NY 10007, Attn: Merrill B. Stone, Esq. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

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Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/16/2022. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has

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S. Ozone Park/Wakefield. 115 St & 135 Ave. All brick townhouse, 3 BRs, 1.5 baths, updated kit & bath, Great loc & ex lg rm on main level. $629K, Connexion Real Estate, 718-845-1136

Greenpoint, 380 McGuinness Blvd, #2A. 1 BR/1 bath $2,300/mo. Avail May 1. HW fls, windows in every whom process against the LLC room. Call Michael Bifalco, Howard Beach/Lindenwood, Sat may be served. SSNY shall 917-704-5147. Capri Jet Realty 4/9, 11am-1pm, 151-20 88 St, mail process to: The LLC, 5030 Ridgewood, 1859 Madison St, Apt 5A. Lg 1 BR Co-op. Freshly #3R. 2 BR/1 bath, railroad apt, painted. Great Deal! $169K, 65th Pl, Woodside, NY 11377. $1,800/mo. Avail NOW. HW fls, 1 Connexion Real Estate. block to Forest Ave M train station.

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Call Agnes Siedlik, 917-288-0660, Capri Jet Realty Notice of Formation of Boat Slip, Jet Ski Slip available Woodhaven, 1 BR on 1st fl of 2 DARK HEALING LLC Articles in Howard Beach. Call family house. Utils & backyard of Organization were fi led with the 954-245-6372 incl. Walk to transportation.

Secretary of State of New York $1,800/mo. Owner 718-847-0054 (SSNY) on 11/02/2021. Offi ce Woodhaven, 1 BR, lg LR, new location: Queens County. SSNY has kitchen cabinets, gas & electric incl. Doctor’s office in Howard Beach/ been designated as agent of the No pets. $1,600/mo. 718-614-3680 Rockwood Park. 4 rms, handicap LLC upon whom process against ramp, walk-un private entrance.

646-642-9646 it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: CAROLYN Howard Beach/Lindenwood CoMARIN, 11847 RIVERTON STREET, ops. 1 BR, move-in-cond, 4th fl.

SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412. 20% down req. $169K. Mint Hi- OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND. Best Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Rise 1 BR w/terr, new bath, 20% selection of full/partial week rentals. down req. $234,500. Connexion FREE Color Brochure. Holiday Real Notice of Formation of DYNAMIC Real Estate, 718-845-1136 Estate, Inc: 1-800-638-2102 Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com DUO ENTERPRISES LLC Articles of $75 discount- new rentals. Code: Organization were filed with the “ToTheOcean2022” (expires Secretary of State of New York Howard Beach, Mint AAA Cape. 06-01-2022) (SSNY) on 12/03/2021. Office Recently re-done. Featuring radiant location: Queens County. SSNY has heated fls. Open flr plan, kit w/gran- Classified Ad Deadline is 12 Noon on Tuesday for Thursday’s paper. been designated as agent of the ite countertops & SS appli, renov LLC upon whom process against bathrooms w/whirlpool tub, washer/ Classified Ad Special dryer on 1st fl, new plumbing & it may be served. SSNY shall mail Pay for 3 weeks and the electric, new pavers & concrete, new a copy of process to: DYNAMIC roof & gutters, 3 zone heating, 1 car 4th week is FREE! DUO ENTEPRISES LLC, 201-06 gar, solar panels. $880K, Connexion Call 718-205-8000 100TH AVENUE, HOLLIS, NY 11423. Real Estate, 718-845-1136 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of FEJA CAFE LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/12/2022. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: FEILESHA WILSON, 5049 NEWTOWN ROAD 2A, WOODSIDE, NY 11377-1700.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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

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

Purpose: any lawful act.

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Notice of Formation of MII SASSY LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/02/2021. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: MII SASSY LLC, 1372 DICKENS STREET, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691-2304.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of MAXIMUS CUSTOM CLOTHING LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/18/2022. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: MAGDY BOHNAN, 6060 6OTH LANE, APT 1, MASPETH, NY 11378. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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

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

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

Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of Red XFeng, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/08/2022. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: MINTY ZHOU, 94-25 53RD AVENUE, ELMHURST, NY 11373. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

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

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

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Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS, RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK, Plaintiff, vs. RENOTTI M. HILL ALEXANDER, ET AL., Defendant (s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on October 31, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the courthouse steps of the Queens Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on May 5, 2022 at 10:10 a.m., premises known as 176323 127TH AVENUE, JAMAICA, NY 11434-300 A/K/A 17623 127TH AVENUE, ADDISLEIGH PARK, NY 11434-3300 A/K/A 17623 127TH AVENUE, ROCHDALE VILLAGE, NY 11434-3300. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block: 12526, Lot: 24. Approximate amount of judgment is $196,953.21 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi led Judgment Index # 701087/2018. All parties shall comply with the Eleventh Judicial District’s COVID-19 Policies concerning Public Auctions of foreclosed properties. These policies, along with the Queens County Foreclosure Auction Rules, can be found on the Queens Supreme Court - Civil Term Website (https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/COURTS/11jd/ supreme/civilterm/partrules/Foreclosure_Auction_Rules.pdf) If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Referee. LAMONT R. BAILEY, Esq., Referee. Roach & Lin, P.C., 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff

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FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS In the matter of an Article 6 Custody / Visitation Proceeding. File No.: 142051 Docket No.: V-23118-18 SUMMONS – PUBLICATION PARRIS BETHUNE Petitioner, against Admin. For Children’s Services – QUEENS, ANGEL ALVAREZ, Respondents. NOTICE: DO NOT APPEAR IN-PERSON AT THE COURTHOUSE. DUE TO THE ONGOING COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, THE MATTER(S) INDICATED ABOVE WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY. TO: ANGEL ALVAREZ, ADDRESS IS UNKNOWN A Petition under Article 6 of the Family Court Act having been filed with this Court, YOU HEREBY SUMMONED to appear VIRTUALLY before this Court on Date/Time/Part: June 9, 2022 at 9:30AM in part 5 Purpose: Return of Process Presiding: Hon. Joan Piccirillo to answer the attached petition and to be dealt with in accordance with the Family Court Act. Virtual appearances may be held via video or phone. To update your contact information, e-mail or call the court and provide your name, phone, e-mail address, docket number(s), and date/time of court appearance.

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

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

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper, Plaintiff, -against- Glennes Eggleston, as Heir to the Estate of Carolyn E Heyes Eggleston a/k/a Carolyn E Hayes Eggleston, Chekesha Eggleston, as Heir to the Estate of Carolyn E Heyes Eggleston a/k/a Carolyn E Hayes Eggleston, Faraji Eggleston, as Heir to the Estate of Carolyn E Heyes Eggleston a/k/a Carolyn E Hayes Eggleston Carolyn E Heyes Eggleston a/k/a Carolyn E Hayes Eggleston’s unknown heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, GE Capital Consumer Card Co., New York City Environmental Control Board, New York City Parking Violations Bureau, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, United States of America, John Doe (Refused Name), John Doe (Refused Name), John Doe (Refused Name), John Doe (Refused Name) and John Doe (Refused Name), Defendants. Index No.: 720758/2021 Filed: 4/4/2022 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $87,500.00 and interest, recorded in the offi ce of the clerk of the County of Queens on July 15, 2003 in CRFN 2003000232353, covering premises known as 104-20 207th Street, Queens Village, NY 11429. The relief sought in the within action is a fi nal judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who fi led this foreclosure proceeding against you and fi ling the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Bay Shore, New York, April 4, 2022. Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP /s/ BY: Linda P. Manfredi Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, New York 11706. (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01-092745-F00

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