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Queens opting out with thousands in NY Jackson Heights protesters: ‘We don’t need standardized tests’

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

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ome Queens families are testing the limits.

Eight children at PS 69 and 11 at IS 230, both in Jackson Heights, have joined an estimated 60,000 statewide who are not taking standardized tests, which take place in public schools this week and draw from the state’s Common Core curriculum.

Citing reasons such as unfair student pressure and reducing education to be “one-dimensional,” a handful of protesters met Tuesday by the Jackson Heights Post Office to decry standardized testing.

For Dudley Stewart, whose 10-year-old son, Spike, is among PS 69 students who are reading instead of taking the English Language Arts tests this week and the math ones next week, the choice was clear last year.

“His New Year’s resolution was to ‘pass the state test.’ That was the first thing he wrote down,” Stewart said. “I was like ‘Why are you being told that at 9 years old?’”

He looked into it and said other subjects, the arts, for instance, have fallen to the wayside.

“The system is not designed at this point to educate our children, it’s to teach them how to take this test,” he said, adding that other students are “vaguely aware” of the debate occurring over the state tests.

Parents Danny Katch, left, and Michelle Kupper, say the standardized tests many across the city PHOTOS BY CRISTINA SCHREIL are boycotting this week have taken over classrooms.

This year, grassroots movements led by groups such as NYC Opt Out and Raise the Stakes, both of which say schools’ emphasis on testing has taken over classrooms, have said it was a win when the tests were deemed not necessary for students to move on to the next grade, but a fail when it was decided that 50 percent of a teacher’s evaluation depends on the tests.

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son Heights), a former teacher and chairman of the Education Committee, said the state tests are misused.

He called students “guinea pigs” in Gov. Cuomo’s battle against state teachers.

“There is much time spent in my opinion wasted on continuous test preparation from actually the day you walk into school in September until the test is over. That to me does not provide our students with a holistic, well-

rounded education,” Dromm said.

Those in favor of the exams say that standardized testing is not pointless and can help schools pinpoint areas of weakness, particularly regarding what minority students need. Another argument compares the tests to an annual physical, asserting that a checkup is harmless and that test results can improve teacher instruction. Others say the challenge doesn’t harm growing minds.

But Dromm disagrees.

“We’ve heard stories about children who have collapsed under the pressure, who get sick under the pressure, who wet their pants under the pressure of this test,” he said.

When asked about how minorities might benefit, he said, “I’ve never heard an educator make that argument. I’ve only heard uninformed elected officials or politicians make that argument. Teachers know what students need.”

He also said he doesn’t believe the tests prepare children for the SATs or ACTs. Other protesters asserted the tests aren’t designed to highlight student’s knowledge, and also contain mistakes such as questions for higher level-students, two possible answers per question, or incorrect scoring. Multiple speakers emphasized how the tests just evaluate schools and teachers.

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Members request boro prez put ousted podiatrist back on the board

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Community Board 9 voted on Tuesday to ask Borough President Melinda Katz to reappoint Dr. Vincent Evangelista after the borough’s top politician earlier this month decided not to reappoint him, with only one member voting against the measure to send the letter.

Board member Sylvia Hack, of Kew Gardens, read a letter that will be sent to Katz saying that despite criticism of the district manager search committee, which Evangelista headed, the ousted board member was “very impartial and he was just doing his job,” in leading the panel.

Hack also cited Evangelista’s perfect attendance record during his time as a board member.

“Please reconsider and reappoint one of our most beloved board members,” Hack said reading from the letter, which received a round of applause from other members.

Joel Kuszai, the board’s second vice chairman, was the only member to vote against sending the letter. He said his decision was not personal, but based on trying to look toward the future of the board.

“I just think we can’t constantly be battling the past,” Kuszai said.

Katz, in an emailed statement, said,

All but one Community Board 9 member voted to send a letter to Melinda Katz in an effort to PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY have Dr. Vincent Evangelista, seen with mic, reappointed.

“Under its new leadership, Community Board 9 has been afforded an opportunity for a fresh start.

“There are very real community issues that board members were appointed and are entrusted to address. Let’s get to work and move forward together,” Katz added.

As first reported by the Queens Chronicle last week, Evangelista was the only CB 9

member who was denied his request to continue serving.

A Borough Hall spokeswoman last week did not provide details as to why the Ozone Park resident was not picked to continue his service. Evangelista was in charge of the board’s committee to find a replacement for Mary Ann Carey, who retired as CB 9’s district manager last October.

The process in finding a replacement had come under criticism from Katz, who suggested the board delay the vote until new members could be reappointed.

The process was continued after a vote by the full board, and on March 3 they picked Lisa Gomes, formerly their assistant district manager, by a vote of 19-15.

Raj Rampershad, the new CB 9 chairman, also praised Evangelista during Tuesday night’s meeting.

“I want to thank him for his service to the board,” Rampershad said. “He’s a good friend and a stand-up guy.”

Katz appointed four people earlier this month to CB 9, including former board member Jan Fenster. Fenster left the board in 2013 after its members voted not to remove former member Sam Esposito after he supposedly sent an anti-Semitic letter to her and two other board members, who also left the board.

Barry Grodenchik, director of community boards, said on Tuesday that Fenster had come back to the board at the request of Katz.

Esposito, a retired cop who is the main defendant in an alleged Social Security scam, retired from the board and has said he is moving out of state. Katz also appointed new members Mohamad Islam, Harichandan Q Singh and Matthew Singh.

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Frank Charles Park ball field is repaired Softball players look forward to a better diamond in Howard Beach

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

the team, should any minor fixes need to be made before game day.

The NPS also provided the team with infield clay.

“He’s been phenomenal,” Baker said of the assemblyman. “The only way we’re getting anything done is through him.”

Goldfeder, in a press release, said the repairs would benefit not only the X-Bays team — which plays in the Queens Metro ASA Softball League — but the entire Howard Beach area.

“These improvements will help prevent injuries and make games more enjoyable for players, families and the entire community,” Goldfeder said. “I’d like to thank the National Park Service for their quick response and partnership with the neighborhood.”

Galetto said the field’s conditions now are, “like a dream.”

“It’s like playing on a real field now,” Galetto said. “We had our season opener on Sunday and it was fantastic.”

The baseball field at Frank Charles Park has finally been repaired after years of complaints, after the Howard Beach team playing there reached out to Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder. The National Park Service completed the work PHOTO COURTESY ANTHONY GALETTO over the weekend.

The X-Bays, Galetto said, christened their new field with a win.

He added that he and Baker would continue to maintain the field during the season.

Galetto said he’s already run into problems with parkgoers letting their dogs relieve themselves

on the field and not picking up after them.

“That’s just disrespectful to the players and everyone else,” he said.

Galetto said he would like to see a patrol monitor the area for that activity and fine the pet owners Q responsible.

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A field of nightmares has now been tur ned into the f ield of dreams for some Howard Beach softball players.

The baseball f ield at Frank Charles Park, located at 9600 165 Ave., was repaired by the National Park Service on Sunday after years of complaints from residents and sports enthusiasts who said its condition was hazardous to those playing on it.

“The field was unplayable and d a ngerou s to play on,” said Michael Baker, co-manager of the X-Bays Softball team, which plays on the field. “There is hope there now.”

Anthony Galetto, the team’s other co-manager, said he still has scars on his shins from sliding on the infield clay.

“It was like playing in a sandlot like near a construction zone,” Galetto said.

He added that several players

from other teams have told him they’ve avoided playing against his team because they didn’t want to risk injuring themselves on the field.

It was also sometimes a part of the team’s home field advantage, Galetto added.

Baker said in an interview with the Queens Chronicle that the field, the property of the NPS, has been neglected for decades.

“I’ve lived in Howard Beach forever and in truth I’ve never seen them maintain it,” he said.

The problems ranged f rom flooding in the infield after days when it rained to divots in the outfield that would trip players.

Baker said that after the harsh winter, the field was completely unplayable and would require severe maintenance to allow his team to safely compete on it.

He reached out to Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D -Rockaway Park), who arranged a deal with the NPS to make the necessary repairs and provide equipment to

PS 96 to rally for program extension Ozone Park school one of 17 that might lose afterschool activities

by Anthony O’Reilly When Richard, a third-grader at PS 96 in South Ozone Park, heard his afterschool program might be closed next year due to lack of funds, he went home and created a flier to raise awareness for why it should be kept open.

For him, the program — Comprehensive After School System of New York City — is more than just a place to stay while he waits for his parents to pick him up. It’s also a place where he and other students can get help on homework in subjects he has difficulty with.

His friend Ethan, a second-grader, receives help in reading while he gets assistance with his math homework.

Many of the students in the program depend on the academic help they get there because most parents are immigrants who speak English as a second language, according to Shantryce Hare, COMPASS program director for the school.

“The school relies heavily on it to support families,” Hare said of the program, which has been around since September. “We’ve made an impact on the community.”

The school is one of 17 sites, four of which are in Queens, whose funding is set to run out on June 30. Educational advocates

Ethan, left, and Richard hold up a poster that seeks to raise awareness of the closing of PS 96’s afterschool program. Advocates are fighting for funding for it, and 16 other sites, to be included PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY in the city’s next budget. have launched a campaign to fund them through a dedicated portion of the city’s budget rather than the Department of Education.

The $5.9 million program serves about 1,900 students citywide, according to the Neighborhood Family Services Coalition.

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Trotman, who helps the children with their daily activities. “These kids need this.”

Trotman said his afterschool program was cut when he was an elementary school student and he found himself not as productive as when it was in session.

“I found myself idling,” he said. “When I was in afterschool I always had someone to talk to. Without it, everything felt a lot less connected.”

Roxanne Stark, senior program director for the school’s COMPASS, said there is a waiting list for children looking to join the afterschool activity, which besides tutoring includes academic clubs such as fashion and game design.

Many of the students were still at the school last week, Stark said, as the school offered a holiday camp so parents could drop their children off while they went to work.

Stark and Hare said they will be asking parents to come in on Friday, April 17, to write letters to City Hall in an effort to bring attention to why the program, and others like it, should continue to be funded.

Trotman said he has also petitioned the cause outside City Hall and has found positive responses from those he spoke to.

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edicated bus lanes along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards will not be the magic panacea their supporters in City Hall claim — they will be a disaster.

Yet they’re almost certainly coming. The Department of Transportation is all for them.

The chairman of the City Council’s Transportation Committee is too. So are several Council members from Queens, though it’s notable that one, Eric Ulrich of Ozone Park, decided against signing onto an exclusive Chronicle op-ed that the group wrote this week. Ulrich’s district will be among those most impacted by this folly.

And it’s notable that state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. of Howard Beach is strongly opposed to the idea.

Also opposing it is Allan Rosen, a retired director of bus planning for New York City Transit. Rosen also penned an exlusive op-ed for the Chronicle this week, and in some editions the two pieces run side by side (they’ll also both be posted at qchron.com).

The five lawmakers who want to bar cars,

trucks and other vehicles from one lane in each direction on the boulevards absurdly claim that doing so will reduce congestion. They do this without evidence, of course. Use your common sense and decide if cutting down on the number of lanes on a congested thoroughfare, and making the remaining ones more narrow, can possibly help traffic move more quickly. It can’t.

The real goal, the only one that logically makes sense in this plan, must be to make it so intolerable to drive that people will give up and ride the buses instead. That’s unlikely for the vast majority. And it’s impossible for the ambulettes, delivery trucks, livery cars and taxis that also make up a significant share of the traffic.

Rather than engage in this bit of social engineering as part of the war on cars, city agencies and officials should make other improvements to bus service. And they should get back to basics and make driving on Woodhaven and Cross Bay less difficult. They could start by repainting the lane markers so you know which one you’re in.

RIP, Jack Friedman

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hey called him “Mr. Queens,” and with good reason.

The death last Thursday of Jack Friedman, the longtime executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, leaves a gaping hole in the borough’s economic, political and civic spheres.

He will be sorely missed.

A lifelong Queens resident, Friedman knew the borough intimately and used his knowledge to serve the public in a variety of positions. He was on the school board in District 26. He served as chief of staff to a city councilman. He was on Community Board 13. And he was on the boards of both the Bellerose Jewish Center and the Services Now for Adult Persons organization.

Known also for his good nature,

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Dear Editor: I was bitten on the leg by an unleashed dog while walking on the bridle path in Forest Park on April 10th. The good new is the dog’s rabies vaccination was up to date. The bad news is I had to see a doctor, get a tetanus shot, take antibiotics to prevent infection, and endure pain from the wound. All preventable if the dog had been leashed, which the dog should have been per Parks Department regulations.

Sadly, the Parks Department does not enforce leashing regulations in Forest Park so dogs regularly run free on the bridle path and the surrounding woods. This is dangerous because unleashed dogs can spook horses and they can attack humans.

I implore the Parks Department to make sure dog owners keep their pets on a leash when they are on the bridle path. The next person who gets bitten by an unleashed dog might not be as lucky as I was to escape serious injury.

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easy smile and personality, Friedman had both the connections and the charm to make things happen.

Demonstrating leadership and compassion after Hurricane Sandy slammed South Queens and the Rockaways, Friedman organized seminars to help devastated businesses get back on their feet.

On the opposite side of the borough, he was always supportive of businesses in bustling Flushing, where, it’s been said many times, there really was no 2008 recession.

Even while so well-known in the public arena, Friedman, only 55, also was a dedicated family man. Our deepest condolences go out to his wife, children and other relatives, along with our thanks for their having shared him with so many of us.

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Unite for justice Dear Editor: Since the civil rights movement of the 1960s, it’s been extremely difficult to get stigmatized groups of people to come together and advocate for positive change.

The civil rights movement was successful for several reasons: non-violence, media support and diverse group participation. Now we are seeing people gather for various economic justice issues or unjust police tactics, just to mention a few.

Unfortunately, these protests lack the fervor of the civil rights movement because they tend to branch off into looting, violence against police or businesses and the religious or just homophobic objections to same-sex marriage or the treatment of LGTB people in some states.

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Dear Editor: Re Lancman vs. Obama I & II, Letters, April 2: Poor Rory Lancman, like Sen. Menendez of New Jersey, he’s learning what it means to deviate I “from the party line.” Disagreeing with Obama’s policies in the Middle East has opened him to accusations of irrationality and sounding like Tea Party bigots with “coded racist rhetoric.” They now know it isn’t enough to support Obama on 90 or 95 percent of the time, it must be 100.

Nor is it necessary for Iran to place bombs on a ship to New York, as Lancman fears — all terrorists have to do now is walk across our borders. They can make their own bombs when they get here.

As for the Middle East, Hosni Mubarak was removed from office by Obama, who supported Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood. The Egyptians thought twice about Sharia and got Morsi. Muammar Khaddafi, another ally, was taken out and Libya is now in

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It’s Bush’s fault Dear Editor: Fox News enjoys accusing President Obama of refusing to use the term “Islamic radicals.”

Well, this writer accuses Fox & Friends of refusing to say on “Spin ’n’ Twist” Fox noise the term Republican radicals.

The ultra radicals in the GOP forced moderate social conservatives to leave their party.

Point taken — Angus King, the former Maine governor, left the GOP to run and win his Senate seat as an independent. The recent push to legislate “religious freedom” dogma into law has caused a rift within the GOP and angered citizens all over America. Folks beware! Their quest for religious freedom is based only on one true religion … the almighty dollar!

The rise of Middle East terrorists (ISIS) falls squarely on the shoulders of Bush-43 and his Veep Dick Cheney. George W. needed to follow the wisdom of his father, Bush-41. At the end of the 1991 Gulf War, his policy was to leave Saddam Hussein in power. While we all agree that this evil dictator should have been taken out, George H.W. decided to leave him alone so that he could provide an effective stable geopolitical force between Sunni vs. Shiite Islamic antagonistic groups.

However, in 2003, the Bush-43 presidency created a monumental blunder, which altered world history … the war with Iraq. Mankind has been paying a heavy price for his folly ever since.

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Dear Editor: I read (with great joy) about Managing Editor Liz Rhoades’ winning of a New York Press Association first-place award for her terrific series about the 1964-65 World’s Fair (“Chronicle wins 5 press association awards,” April 2).

I loved the series because I attended the fair and also because the Queens Historical Society has featured and celebrated both New York fairs during the past year (I attended the 193940 fair as a 7-year-old!).

Congratulations. Have a happy spring.

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chaos. Obama, like no other “commander” in history, announced when U.S. troops would be leaving Iraq and left a vacuum ISIS filled with beheadings, crucifixions and women and children sold into slavery. Obama isn’t to blame for spreading murder and mayhem. Nobody told him what he was doing.

Letter writer Benjamin Haber thinks Lancman’s view that anti-Semitism is on the rise in the Democratic, now Socialist, Party is also irrational. He would. The religion of Socialist Jews isn’t Judaism, it’s Socialism. They have a perverse loyalty to Obama and his unwarranted attacks on Netanyahu.

Insulted that he wasn’t consulted about House Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama blamed Netanyahu, nobly claimed he would not attend the talk so as not to interfere with the Israeli election, advised the Black Caucus not to either and sent a cabal of political operatives to Israel to organize the Arabs to vote against Netanyahu.

Obama’s purchase of an $8.5 million home in Hawaii couldn’t assuage the wounds Netanyahu dealt to his gargantuan ego, so without his knowledge, of course, the Defense Department “leaked” all of Israel’s atomic energy secrets. One can no longer support Obama and claim to care about Israel also.

In response to Obama’s Iranian policy, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia have joined forces to fight Iran. If Israel’s leaders are smart, they’ll follow their example and find themselves some new friends. With friends like that you don’t need enemies.

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over and over again.

Many of the same enemies of AfricanAmericans during segregation and beyond are the same foes of equal treatment of LGBT people, and people with mental health disorders.

The mental health community has had great difficulty achieving solidarity within itself and with other stigmatized groups.

There have been a string of incidents and horrible tragedies perpetuated by people who have some form of mental illness. Many of them are not getting the treatment needed.

Many are them are undiagnosed because of the stigma families fear. And some have fallen through the cracks and lack the treatment supervision needed to help in their recovery.

Many politicians and media outlets have found it easier stigmatize and demonize rather than come up with proactive solutions.

Many media outlets sensationalize the negative actions of people who have mental health issues rather than their accomplishments and strides toward recovery.

There have been a few strides in some areas of the U.S. toward community mental health treatment, but a lot more must be done.

Sad to see I’ve seen people who have developmental or mental health issues bully each other. How can we advocate for one another if this continues?

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Home (town) opener at Citi Field Queens residents join record crowd to root, root, root for boro’s home team

Robert Suarez and Betsy Pitter of Jamaica show the team colors and spirit.

Ron, left, Erica and Cathy Bruning of Glendale and Odette Rubio of Medford, LI, show off their opening day tickets by the old Shea Stadium Apple. They didn’t go away disappointed as the mets shut out the Phillies, 2-0. See more photos on qchron.com. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON

Luca Maffia, 4, of Whitestone, takes his dad, Jason, to the game.

Jim Haines of Queens Village, right, and George Lutz of Hempstead, LI are regulars at Opening Day.

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John Franklin of Flushing viewed the victory from the upper deck in right field.

What’s he doing here? Part 1 — Mark and Nick Robinson of Corona, left, and Gerry Parker, right, of South Ozone Park, tailgate before the game with Yankees fan James Petrone of Long Island.

Barbara Granickas and her son Phillip of Howard Beach wait for the gates to open on Monday morning.

Greg Danz, formerly of Jackson Heights, had a ticket to the first Mets opener at the Polo Grounds 53 years earlier to the day.

What’s he doing here? Part 2 — This Alex Rodriguez, arriving from Woodside, prefers Citi Field to the Bronx.

Marian Annunziata and her daughter Karen Marie Camastro first opened the Mets season in 1962.

Matt Stark, left, Danielle Seeley and Nick Stark of Kew Gardens were in pregame autograph and foul ball territory in right field.

The Stelzner family, with ties to Jackson Heights, Bayside and Long Island City, bring Lucas, almost 3, and little Emerson to their first home opener.

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Now, in Howard Beach, NY, one doctor is helping local residents with knee pain live more active, pain-free lives.

Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience.

Let’s face it, your knees aren’t as young as you used to be, and playing with the kids or grandkids isn’t any easier either. Maybe your knee pain keeps you from walking short distances or playing golf like you used to.

Nothing’s worse than feeling great mentally, but physically feeling held back from life because your knees hurt and the pain just won’t go away!

My name is Dr. Robert F. Gucciardo, D.C., owner of Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center.

Since we opened seventeen years ago, I’ve seen hundreds of people with knee problems leave the office pain free.

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This lead to two landmark studies.

The first study showed that patients who had laser therapy had 53 percent better improvement than those who had a placebo. The second study showed patients who used the laser therapy had less pain and more range of motion days after treatment. If the Class IV Laser can help these patients, it can help you too.

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• You’ll see everything firsthand and find out if this amazing treatment will be your pain solution, as it has been for so many other patients.

Until April 26, you can get everything I’ve listed here for only $37. The normal price for this type of evaluation including X-rays is $250, so you’re saving a considerable amount by taking me up on this offer.

Remember what it was like before you had knee problems – when you were pain free and could enjoy everything life had to offer. It can be that way again.

Don’t neglect your problem any longer – don’t wait until it’s too late.

A new treatment is helping patients with knee pain live a happier, more active lifestyle.

Here’s what to do now: Due to the expected demand for this special offer, I urge you to call our office at once. The phone number is 718-845-2323.

Call today and we can get started with your consultation, exam and X-rays (if necessary) as soon as there’s an opening in the schedule. Our office is called Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center and you can find us at 162-07 91st Street in Howard Beach. Tell the receptionist you’d like to come in for the Knee Evaluation before April 26.

Sincerely, Dr. Robert F. Gucciardo, D.C. P.S. Now you might be wondering …

“Is this safe? Are there any side effects or dangers to this?”

The FDA cleared the first Class IV Laser in 2002.

This was after their study found 76 percent improvement in patients with severe pain. Their only warning – don’t shine it in your eyes.

Of course at our office, the laser is never anywhere near your eyes and we’ll give you a comfortable pair of goggles for safety.

Don’t wait and let your knee problems get worse, disabling you for life. Take me up on my offer and call today (718) 845-2323. For more information go to www.drgucciardo.com and click on the laser therapy tab.

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New research in a treatment called Class IV Laser Therapy is having a profound effect on patients suffering with knee pain. Unlike the cutting type of laser seen in movies and used in medical procedures, the Class IV therapeutic laser penetrates the surface of the skin with no heating effect or damage.

Laser Therapy has been tested for 40 years, had over 2000 papers published on it, and has been shown to aid in damaged tissue regeneration, decrease inflammation, relieve pain and boost the immune system. This means that there is a good chance cold laser therapy could be your knee pain solution, allowing you to live a more active lifestyle.

Professional athletes like The New York Yankees and team members of the New England Patriots rely upon cold laser therapy to treat their sports-related injuries. These guys use the cold laser for one reason only…

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Look across town at the New York Yankees. Each player is seemingly older, more worn down and making more money than the next, while the team’s impact minor league prospects are still at least a year away from reaching the Bronx.

And if Monday was any indication of how this year and future seasons will play out, there’s a real chance New York’s best baseball will be played at Citi Field starting now and continuing for years to come.

While the Mets offense only managed to push two runs across in Monday’s home opener at Citi Field, that was more than enough for second-year pitcher Jacob deGrom, one of the best young hurlers in Major League Baseball.

The reigning National League Rookie of the Year and breakout star-in-the-making twirled six and one-third scoreless innings to power the Mets to a 2-0 win over the rival Philadelphia Phillies in front of a sold out crowd of 43,947, the largest regular season crowd in the seven-year history of the Flushing ballfield.

“It was a lot of fun,” deGrom said of starting the home opener. “I’ve been looking forward to it since they announced it.”

The long-haired hurler came out of the gate strong, scattering five hits while striking out three in the first six frames.

But back-to-back singles by Phillies third baseman Cody Asche and shortstop Freddy Galvis in the seventh frame k nocked deGrom out after 99 pitches. Carlos Torres got the Mets out of the jam by recording the final two outs of the inning.

Setup man Jerry Blevins pitched a score-

less eighth and Jeurys Familia nailed down his second save of the season with a quick ninth inning.

Mets manager Terry Collins said he didn’t feel like deGrom had his best stuff on Monday, but his hard-throwing righty was more than serviceable in his first home opener.

“I really didn’t think he had his A-game today. But as we’ve seen in the past, he competes,” Collins said. “It was a very good outing.”

The Mets offense was almost nonexistent against soft-tossing Phillies starter Aaron Harang, but the home team did some damage in the fourth inning, as center fielder Juan Lagares singled with two outs to drive in second baseman Daniel Murphy, who doubled two batters earlier.

The Mets got to Phillies reliever Jeanmar Gomez in the eight inning for an unearned run as well. Newly signed left f ielder Michael Cuddyer got things going with a one-out single, followed by a Mur phy ground ball that went through All-Star second baseman Chase Utley’s legs for an error.

Catcher Travis d’Arnaud drove Cuddyer in with a sacrifice fly to left field for the Mets’ second and final run of the game one batter later.

In addition to the return of superstar pitcher Matt Harvey, who missed all of 2014 after undergoing elbow reconstruction surgery, the emergence of deGrom and Lagares, among other players, has given Mets fans much reason for hope this season.

The 26-year-old Lagares is coming off the heels of a season in which he hit a solid .281 at the plate and won a Gold Glove award for his stellar defense, and his role as continued on page 16

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Boro board: Zoning plan lacks parking Senior, affordable housing rez still need spots for cars, members say

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Members of the Borough Board on Monday expressed skepticism toward the city’s plan to relax parking requirements for senior and affordable housing located near public transit under a citywide rezoning proposal, saying that it would exacerbate an already big problem in Queens.

“Where are they going to go? This is crazy,” Community Board 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri Jr. said. “I think this plan needs to be shelved and started all over again, because again it’s Manhattan-centric.”

The members of the board were briefed on the city Planning Department’s proposed rezoning of residential areas to promote the construction of senior and affordable housing, as part of Mayor de Blasio’s initiative to create or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing.

The plan would allow for “different types of senior housing,” relax density restrictions for new developments and increase maximum height allowances in some areas.

But the part of the plan that irked most board members was the proposal to reduce or eliminate the requirement for parking for developments located near major public transportation hubs.

City planning officials told the Borough Board that, according to their research, people living in lower-income areas tend to own fewer or no cars.

They said the level of car ownership decreases as residents’ income goes down.

Several board members disputed that sentiment.

Members of the Borough Board were briefed on the city Planning Department’s plan for rezoning of residential areas. The members expressed skepticism over the proposal to reduce or PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY eliminate parking for developments near public transit.

“I can’t think of any development in this borough where parking wasn’t an issue to some degree,” said Betty Braton, chairwoman of CB 10.

Joseph Hennessy, chairman of CB 6, added that many senior citizens still own cars and don’t get around using public transportation.

“My wife can’t use public transportation,” Hennessy said.

Braton, too, added that many people in her district use cars to get around, despite living near public transportation.

Dolores Orr — chairwoman of CB 14,

which represents the Rockaways — said the agency was not looking at the “quality of public transportation” in the areas where it seeks to loosen the requirements.

Much of the eastern end of the peninsula would have less restrictive parking requirements for affordable housing if the zoning is adopted as it was presented on Monday.

“If I were to take public transportation to here, it would take me an hour and a half,” Orr said referring to the travel time between the peninsula and Borough Hall in Kew Gardens. “Driving, it takes me 30 to 35 minutes.

Arcuri added that parking is already hard to find, a point echoed by several other board members.

“On alternate-side parking days, you cannot find a spot in Ridgewood unless you double park,” he said.

City planning officials also said the parking requirements are being eased up because the cost of providing off-street spots, such as in private garages, can hamper the development of units.

Danielle DeCerbo, director of governmental affairs at the planning department, said the final text of the proposal, which will be voted on by Council member, has not yet been written up but would be available for the public to review before a vote is taken.

Residents have until 5 p.m. on April 30 to make comments on the draft proposal.

Com ments may be sent to Rober t Dobruskin, director of the department’s environmental assessment and review division, at New York City Department of City Planning, 22 Reade Street, 4E, New York, NY 10007 or emailed to ahousing@planning.nyc.gov.

Borough President Melinda Katz said in an emailed statement on Tuesday that she shared the members’ concerns about the lack of parking in the plan.

“Our current mass transit system — including subways, buses and Access-ARide — is simply insufficient in reliability, frequency and reach to warrant stripping parking requirements,” Katz said.

She added that she is happy the agency is looking to increase the number of affordQ able units across the borough and city.

Stopping tire, rim thefts in South Queens 106th Precinct Community Council honors three of its finest at meeting

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The 106th Precinct Community Council last Wednesday honored Officers William Sutherland, Michael Cusumano and Andrew Nader as Cops of the Month for their work in curbing tire and rim thefts in the area.

Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said that on March 10 Sutherland and Cusumano, while working in plainclothes, pulled over a minivan that had run a stop sign after it pulled out of a building on 153rd Street in Lindenwood at about 4 a.m.

According to Schiff, when the officers looked in the van they saw four wet tires in the back. It had been raining that night.

The three individuals in the van were arrested for criminal trespass.

Officers later found a car at 157th Avenue and 88th Street that had four of its

tires missing. The owner of the car later identified the tires found in the van as his, Schiff said. The three individuals were then charged with stealing the tires.

Nader was honored for catching an individual who had been spotted by two residents allegedly taking lug nuts off a vehicle around 2:30 a.m. on March 13, Schiff said. Nader and his partner, the commanding officer said, found an individual taking the lug nuts off a tire and a second person trying to take the license plate off a car near 94th Street and Sutter Avenue in Ozone Park. The cops were able to arrest one of the perpetrators, who allegedly was found to have lug nuts on his person, but the second suspect escaped.

“It’s a ver y impor tant ar rest, because since those arrests the tire and r i m c r i me s h ave d r a m at ic a l ly Q dropped,” Schiff said.

Honoring NYPD’s finest: Frank Dardani, president of the 106th Precinct Community Council, left, stands with Capt. John Ganley, the precinct’s executive officer, Officer William Sutherland, Officer Michael Cusumano, PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON Officer Andrew Nader and Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, the precinct commander.

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Mets win 2015 home opener continued from page 12 a key cog in the Mets offense is only expected to grow in importance this year.

Collins hopes that the continued emergence of his talented team leads to many more sold-out games besides just the unsurprisingly packed home opener.

“Today was a big step forward for us,” Collins said. “It was a huge step forward and I hope the guys enjoy it. We want to fill this place again this summer.”

“It was a lot of fun,” deGrom added.

“The crowd was great today.”

Some of the fans in the crowd Monday expect that talent to translate into the

team’s first postseason appearance since 2006.

Sitting some 25 rows from the field on the first base side, Neil Levin, a Bayside resident, said he is optimistic about the Mets’ chances for the first time in a while.

“We’re really excited about this year,” Levin said. “I’m definitely hoping for some kind of playoffs this year.”

Brett Mehlman, 12, who was attending the game with his father, Eric, a Briarwood native, was a lot more confident in the Mets qualifying for the postseason.

“They’re definitely making the playQ offs,” Mehlman said.

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Classical concert in Queens Three sisters will be bringing their musical act to Ozone Park on Saturday.

The Furuya sisters, seen above, will be playing songs composed by classical musicians Tchaikovsky and Mozart.

Harumi Furuya, left, plays the violin; Sakiko Furuya plays the piano; and Mimi Furuya plays the cello.

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“I want my kids to respect their teachers and to really do what the school encourages them to do. But these tests aren’t coming from her teachers and these tests aren’t coming from her school,” Katch said.

Leonie Haimson, from Class Size Matters, said the tests are at the core of a “widespread mania” of data-based assessment t hat now per meates public education.

“They’re being used in an illegitimate way to fire teachers and close schools,” Haimson said.

Rosalie Friend, an educational psychologist who taught teacher assessment, said she is all-too aware of how “inappropriate” the tests are. She cited a 2014 study by the American Statistical Association, which found that standardized test scores do not d i rectly i nd icat e t eacher effectiveness.

“This is a group that’s neutral, they’re not concerned about Common Core or anything, they’re just concerned about statistical procedures,” Friend said.

“They say you can’t use the kids’ scores Q to tell us about the teachers.”

Jeffries talks flood insurance U.S. representative also hits on resiliency projects

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens) last Thursday in Howard Beach encouraged area residents to become aware of how changes in the flood zone maps may affect their insurance premiums, saying the coverage may assist them with any damage caused by future storms.

“That is the greatest way to mitigate possible flood damage to your home,” Jeffries said at Our Lady of Grace Parish in Howard Beach.

Jeffries hosted a town hall on the topic, along with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Mayor’s Of f ice of Recover y a nd Resiliency.

FEMA is making changes to its f lood maps, which will affect certain residents’ flood insurance premiums. The changes are expected to go in effect in late 2016 or early 2017, FEMA officials said.

Jeffries said residents can get information on the changes proposed to their neighborhood by visiting floodhelpny.org And while the changes aren’t expected to go into effect for a few years, Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton said some insurance providers are already assessing premiums based on the proposed flood maps, which have not yet been made official.

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Better bus service for a 21st-century New York

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by Allan Rosen

by Ydanis Rodriguez, Donovan Richards, Daniel Dromm, Julissa Ferreras and Elizabeth Crowley New York may be the “City That Never Sleeps,” but in the coming decades we will also be the “City That Never Stops Growing.”

By 2040, the five boroughs will be home to another one million people. From Inwood to the Rockaways and Flatbush to the South Shore, we will need a 21st Century city that embraces smart policy solutions on housing, zoning, and especially transportation.

If we create well-paying jobs, construct affordable housing and build green space, but fail to provide reliable public transit access to get people where they need to go, we will have failed. As chairman of the City Council’s Transportation Committee and your local elected officials, we believe the city’s proposal to implement a transformative Bus Rapid Transit version of Select Bus Service on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards is a blueprint for future projects, and a potential solution to the lack of local transit options.

With few north-south transit options in the area, Woodhaven Boulevard buses are some of the highest in ridership across the city. However, delays and unreliable service have prevented so many from becoming straphangers and has them instead relying on the convenience of driving. In order to incentivize the use of our transit network, our city needs to make it convenient, connective, reliable, and speedy. Select Bus Service does just that.

Once implemented, the Woodhaven design concept proposed by the city will speed up bus service, reduce congestion for drivers, and make the corridor safer for everyone. Setting aside a lane for buses and incorporating features of BRT, such as offboard fare collection and traffic signal prior-

itization for buses, will give public transit riders a reliable option to get to work, school or the doctor, or just to see friends and family. The plan to create service roads and maintain three lanes along the length of Woodhaven Boulevard will calm traffic for those who live on the corridor and reduce traffic jams.

From Woodside to Far Rockaway, bus riders will reap the benefits of these improvements. But the city should do more to ensure the BRT service along Woodhaven is as robust as possible. This means installing a physical separation between the bus lane and other traffic wherever feasible. It also means creating dedicated lanes where possible along the southern part of the corridor on Cross Bay Boulevard and extending the routes further into the Rockaways to provide those transit-starved neighborhoods with the one-seat bus ride they have gone without for too long.

One million additional New Yorkers is a challenge. Where will they live? Where will they work? How will they get where they need to go? All these questions will need to be addressed and answered in the coming decades. The city must take bold steps to address the influx of people that will call Queens home in the coming decades. With more tourists visiting local restaurants, cultural attractions and our world-renowned beaches, additional transit options are needed now more than ever. A robust BRT system, starting with Woodhaven Boulevard, can be the smart fix to help solve the transportation woes that Queens residents grapQ ple with each and every day.

Ydanis Rodriguez, Donovan Richards, Daniel Dromm, Julissa Ferreras and Elizabeth Crowley are New York City Council members for the 10th, 31st, 25th, 21st and 30th Districts, respectively, in Manhattan and Queens.

Buses are among the vehicles jammed up one rainy day on Woodhaven Boulevard.

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Let’s examine things we’re being told about Select Bus Service and Bus Rapid Transit that aren’t true.

1. SBS/BRT is the best cost-effective solution to improve north-south travel in the Woodhaven-Cross Bay Boulevard corridor.

Actually, restoring the abandoned Rockaway Beach Line offers more advantages. It provides faster trips without removing two needed general traffic lanes. Studies have shown the public prefers rail to bus. Rail will stimulate development. The RBL is also greener and quieter because it uses electric power. It won’t impede first responders, unlike the design the city Department of Transportation has chosen.

The DOT cannot be trusted to provide truthful figures. It had been touting $28 million for SBS, then it suddenly escalated the cost to $200 million with BRT. That cost could double if any of the work has to be redone such as switching to Option 1 midstream, because emergency response times increase. Pedestrian islands may have to be ripped out, as happened several years ago in front of Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn, when these islands were installed without discussions with EMS personnel.

There also are plans to destroy the RBL with the QueensWay trail, which has been priced at $120 million, and would likely escalate. The combined BRT and QueensWay costs approach the cost of restoring the RBL, which provides a far superior level of service. Regulatory flexibility to permit shared LIRR/subway operations or an LIRR/subway transfer at Aqueduct or Howard Beach eliminates the cost of a new bridge across Jamaica Bay. 2. SBS/BRT will encourage drivers to switch to buses.

The number of transfers and fares needed to make a trip will not be reduced, a major reason why many choose to drive. Therefore motorists will not switch modes to compensate for the loss of general traffic lanes.

3. SBS increases bus reliability.

SBS buses operate no more reliably than local bus routes. SBS buses frequently arrive in bunches along Second Avenue in Manhattan and along Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn. Many passengers see no improvement over the former Limited service SBS replaced.

4. Buses traveling faster equates with faster trip times for bus passengers.

Actually, for someone to fully benefit from bus travel time savings, they must ride from the first stop until the last stop, which few passengers do. There will be no savings for the passenger of up to 35 percent as DOT’s press release claims.

5. Bus passengers will save time during the off-peak.

During the midday before 3 p.m., in the evening and on weekends, buses already travel the maximum allowable speed and would not travel any faster because of exclusive bus lanes.

6. The needs of automobile drivers will be met.

Only the needs of bus riders have been considered, though they account for only one-third of the road’s users. The DOT admits that the majority — 57 percent — of Woodhaven Corridor residents own cars, though they state the negative that 43 percent of the households do not own cars.

The DOT also plans to ban left turns at Metropolitan Avenue and Rockaway Blvd.

It claims that this won’t negatively impact drivers, but that is wrong. Drivers will have to travel farther and be forced to first travel in the opposite direction of where they want to go.

7. Traffic will improve after BRT is completed.

Traffic will significantly worsen with two lanes for general travel removed, and mergers from four lanes to three will become mergers of three lanes to two. The net result is increased congestion for motorists and also commercial vehicles as there is no nearby alternative north-south route.

That includes livery cabs that transit-dependent residents rely on for doctor’s appointments and shopping, 8. Three lanes for general traffic will be maintained throughout the corridor.

Although this is what the DOT had promised throughout the process, only two lanes for general traffic will be maintained where Woodhaven passes beneath and above the LIRR, and a two-lane option is being considered for Cross Bay Boulevard as well.

9. Construction will be completed within a year.

None of the DOT’s past time estimates has been accurate. Even the first-year assessment for the B44 SBS is over four months late.

10. Community involvement has been adequate throughout.

Questions asked one year ago still have not been responded to, and there has been no outreach specifically for automobile drivers, who are mostly unaware of the BRT plans, which will greatly affect them.

SBS was a predetermined conclusion before Q the first public meeting.

Allan Rosen is a retired director of bus planning for the MTA’s New York City Transit and blogs for Sheepsheadbites.

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CareConnect representatives will also help people use the New York State of Health website, see if they are eligible for subsidies and select and buy a plan.

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Flushing Meadows was home to world extravaganza in 1965

by Liz Rhoades

Moses was hoping to attract 70 million visitors in the twohe year is 1965. There are year r un but only 27 million race riots in the United came the first year, 25 percent States, the first troops are below expectations. For the secdeployed in the Vietnam War and ond year, the admission price for civil rights activist Malcolm X is adults was raised 50 cents to shot dead in New York City. But in $ 2 . 5 0 . C h i l d r e n’s t i c k e t s Queens it is the second and final remained at $1. Park ing for year of the World’s Fair at Flushing 20,000 cars stayed at $1.50.

Despite the lower than Meadows that proved to be a anticipated attendance, glorious escape for young visitors to the fair and old.

5 6 2 / 01 loved it. Long lines The fair, under the 964 for the most popudirection of Robert lar attractions such Moses, opened the as General Motors’ previous April and Futurama, Ford’s ran for six months.

Magic Skyway and Attendance wasn’t GE’s Carousel of as high as expected I FA Progress were comand Moses hoped to IR ANN mon occurrences. The recoup that loss in 1965 centerpiece of the fair, the so that when the fair closed, permanent improvements could be 12-story stainless steel Unisphere, was a familiar gathering spot for made to the park.

The 646-acre fair cost $1 bil- family photos.

The fair ran for six months each lion to constr uct and had the theme “Peace Through Under- year. In 1965, it operated from standing,” with the event dedicat- April 21 to Oct. 17 and was open ed to “man’s achievement on a daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

But what about the months shrinking globe in an expanding between the fair? Pinkerton guards universe.” protected the pavilions during the long winter season. The fairgrounds were also well-lit and exhibit space was locked up or, in the case of Spain, artifacts were removed.

The Spanish Pavilion boasted priceless works of art in 1964 by Goya, Velasquez and El Greco.

They were returned at the end of the first year and replaced in 1965 with other works by El Greco, Goya, Miro, Dali and Picasso.

Its guides wore unifor ms desig ned by Balenciaga and the pavilion’s three restaurants were highly regarded.

Red-uniformed Vatican Pavilion guides pose in T he most h ig h ly front of the Pieta at the World’s Fair at Flushing prized treasure at the PHOTO COURTESY THE TABLET fair was Michelangelo’s Meadows.

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The World’s Fair Pavilion became the Churchill Pavilion in 1965 to honor the late British prime minister, who had died PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS HISTORICAL SOCIETY earlier that year. A few years later, it became the aviary at the Queens Zoo. Pieta, for the f irst time displayed outside Italy at the Vatican Pavilion. During the winter of 1964 into 1965, the pavilion was heated and remained under electronic and round-the-clock human guard.

The sun shone on opening day 50 years ago with 150,000 people streaming through the gates, more than three times the number from the previous year, which had seen bad weather.

Vice President Hubert Humphrey opened the fair. Also in at tendance were West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt, Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren and Sarah Churchill, daughter of former British Prime Minister

Winston Churchill, who came to see the memorial created for her father, who had died earlier in the year.

On that spring day, the 1960 and 1964 Olympic marathon winner Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia ran from Manhattan to the fair, a distance of 13 miles, with greetings from Emperor Haile Selassi.

An opening day parade included Mickey Mouse, two dinosaurs, a Viking ship, can-can girls and 21 f loats with bathing beauties, including Miss America.

The second year of the event attracted many notables later on, i nclud i ng P r i ncess G r ace of Monaco and her daughter, Caroline, for mer President Dwight

Eisen hower, the Beatles, who landed on the fair’s Heliport for a concer t at Shea Stadium, and Pope Paul VI, who visited the Vatican Pavilion a little more than a week before the fair closed.

Speaking about the beloved Pieta, the pope called its setting in the pavilion “beautiful,” adding, “We are conf ident that it has moved countless souls and has given inspiration to artists to imitate the genius of this great artist.”

The Pieta was bathed in special light and visitors were transported along three moving platforms at different heights, a novelty at the fair. It was the first and last time the marble statue would continued on page 22

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Friedman was an integral part of boro Pols, business heads look back on life of Queens Chamber president

by Anthony O’Reilly

“He was my second chief of staff in the City Council,” David Weprin said.

Friedman would stay in that role until he took over the There was very little that Jack Friedman didn’t get himQueens Chamber of Commerce in December of 2007, self involved in.

“Jack was one of those people who found time to help David Weprin said.

In the more than seven years he held the position of others and get active,” state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said. “I just think he was a guy who generally executive director, he was a fierce advocate for the small business community, according to those who knew him. loved people.”

“Jack was a longtime champion of a robust Queens busiAlthough primarily known as the executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, he was also a member ness community and helped raise the profile of our entire of Community Board 13, a former school district leader, a borough during his tenure as executive director of the political activist and a member of the board for the Belle- Queens Chamber of Commerce,” John Choe, executive director of the Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce, rose Jewish Center and Services Now for Adult Persons.

Those who knew him said he put his heart and all of his said in an emailed statement. “Jack was a strong supporter and advisor for the Greater Flushing Chamber of Comenergy into every one of those things.

“He did everything with a smile and he was very loved,” merce and help us successfully launch in 2014. He will be missed.”

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh The Queens Chamber of Commerce said Meadows), a longtime friend of FriedFriedman used his knowledge of the borman’s, said. ough to help the small businesses that call Friedman unexpectedly died in his Belman called it home. lerose home on April 9, just three days “Having lived in Queens his entire life, short of his 56th birthday.

“Mr. Queens” Jack had an intimate knowledge and histoWeprin said Friedman suffered from ry, combined with his experience as a d iabet es a nd wa s receiv i ng d ialysis small business owner, which allowed him treatment.

“But I didn’t expect anything like this to happen,” the to help countless entrepreneurs,” the chamber said. “His love of Queens came out in everything that he did and was assemblyman added.

He was laid to rest after a funeral on Sunday at Parkside evident with whoever interacted with him.”

Friedman also stepped up to the plate to help the busiMemorial Chapels, located at 98-60 Queens Blvd. in Rego nesses that found themselves hard-hit by Superstorm Park.

The news of Friedman’s death was announced by Coun- Sandy, Addabbo said.

“I think the one moment that really solidified my friendcilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) on Twitter.

City and state politicians would soon issue tweets and ship with Jack was right after Sandy,” the South Queens statements of their ow n following Mark Wepr in’s senator said. “Right after Sandy, he knew a large number of businesses in my district were affected.” announcement.

Friedman, according to Addabbo, arranged for several “I knew Jack for over twenty years and saw him shine in a plethora of roles, all of which he filled with his charac- seminars for storm-affected business owners in the weeks teristic charm, good nature, and relentlessly positive atti- after the Oct. 28, 2012 natural disaster in an effort to help them get back on their feet. tude,” Mark Weprin later said in an emailed statement.

“He had compassion for those businesses which were hit Friedman’s rise to borough-wide fame started as the chairman of Community School Board 26, which repre- and those who lost their homes,” Addabbo said.

Friedman was also a member of Community Board 13, sented the northern part of Queens.

That was also where he first met David Weprin, then a which covers the southeasternmost part of the borough, where he was the chairman of the Economic Development city councilman.

“He made a real difference,” David Weprin said. “A lot Committee. He had been a part of the board since 2008.

CB 13 members expressed shock and sadness at the of the school boards were struggling back then, not so with School District 26. District 26 was always a high-perform- news of Friedman’s death, which they had not heard of until contacted by the Queens Chronicle. ing school distirct.”

“Jack’s passing is a loss for New York City and especialSeeing how Friedman led the school district was one of the reasons the elder Weprin approached him with the ly the borough of Queens,” board Chairman Bryan Block said. “He was a class act.” offer to be his second chief of staff.

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World’s fair continued from page 20 After the first season, some exhibitors decided not to reopen or ran out of money.

So returning visitors in 1965 had several new attractions to see and restaurants to dine in.

Perhaps the most dramatic change was at the World’s Fair Pavilion, a geodesic dome that housed a 2,100-seat theater used for Olympic trials, TV productions and conventions.

As a way to attract more visitors, fair organizers decided to turn the not-so-popular pavilion into a tribute to Churchill, a

well-liked figure, who died that January.

The interior of the building was altered to look like the prime minister’s study at Chartwell, his country home. It was filled with paintings he made, his desk and the proclamation signed by the late President John Kennedy making him an honorary U.S. citizen.

Churchill’s daughter Sarah, unveiled a statue of her father on opening day.

Years later, the dome would be moved to the Queens Zoo, created at the fairgrounds after the event closed. It became the aviary.

The Sierre Leone Pavilion closed for 1965, due to economic problems, and became the United Nations Pavilion, while

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Richard Hellenbrecht, a fellow board member who also serves as vice president of the Queens Civic Congress, said Friedman was a valuable resource.

“Acting with Community Board 13, he was a vital fountain knowledge and experience,” Hellenbrecht said. “I saw how at the chamber he had a way of getting things done, of getting new ideas going. I’m going to miss him.”

Corey Bearak, also a CB 13 member, said he knew Friedman for more than 30 years.

“Jack was a good friend and a good family man,” Bearak said. “He was always putting others first, whether it was his family or the community.”

Borough President Melinda Katz called Friedman “a beloved staple of the Queens business and civic community.”

“Jack’s deep love for Queens guided his leadership and activism throughout the community for years, and he was well-respected for it,” Katz said in an emailed statement.

“This is a loss mourned by the entire borough, and our condolences are with Jack’s family during this difficult time.”

Friedman attended Queens College and SUNY Oneonta, according to his LinkedIn page.

Friedman is survived by his wife, Lorie, and two children, Q Cara and Daniel.

the Indonesian building was shut down for not paying rent and stayed vacant with barricades to keep out the public.

The Texas Pavilion was replaced with Carnival, an indoor amusement area with a discotheque. The Pavilion of Fine Arts was turned into Bargreen Buffet in 1965 and the Pan American Highway Gardens became the Avis Pan American Highway rides with go karts.

The State of Pennsylvania unveiled its pavilion in 1965 with a replica of the Liberty Bell. The Fiesta Pavilion opened in unused space and sold folk art from around the world.

The u npopular Hall of Education evolved into a demonstration center to

showcase products from various vendors and the Century Grill was replaced by Steak Town USA. Other new attractions at the fair included amphibious car rides in Meadow Lake and a display of the Aston Martin car that was used in the movie “Goldfinger.”

Fair officials estimated it would take a person 30 full days to see all the attractions. With the many different venues opening in 1965, new and first-time visitors had plenty to see and memories to Q make.

This is the first in a series of stories about the second year of the World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows. To see last year’s

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Southeast and Sandy victims still lag behind city, nation in recovery

by Michael Gannon Editor

Some homeowners were victims of predatory lending and some of the 2008 housing recession; others have just been unable to recover after Hurricane Sandy put their houses —and mortgages — underwater.

And several members of the Queens delegation to the City Council on Tuesday asked members of the de Blasio administration just what policies and spending the mayor was willing to deliver in order to stop the ongoing run on foreclosures plaguing Queens.

The committees on Economic Development and Community Development held a joint hearing at York College in Jamaica in the district of Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans).

Also sitting in as guests of the committees were Council members Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) and Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale).

Economic Development Chairman Dan Garodnick (D-Manhattan) opened with some stark figures.

“New York City, as of December 2014, had the second-highest foreclosure rate in the country,” Garodnick said.

He said last year the city’s nearly 16,000 foreclosures were an increase of 30 percent

Councilman Daneek Miller, grills an official with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development at York College during a City Council hearing on foreclosures. Miller and Councilman Donovan Richards, right, were among a handful of Queens representatives seeking answers from PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON the de Blasio administration on keeping people in their homes. over 2013; and that since 2007 the city has had 85,000 homes foreclosed or abandoned, costing the city more than $1.8 billion in

lost revenue.

So-called zombie houses, which are abandoned, were up 54 percent last year.

They are numbers Miller, Richards and Crowley know all too well. Miller and Richards represent two of the hardest-hit areas in the country since the bursting of the housing bubble.

Richards’ and Councilman Eric Ulrich’s (R-Ozone Park) districts sustained massive damage in Hurricane Sandy in 2012, from which many residents have not financially recovered.

Justin Press, director of legislative affairs for the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development and Christie Peale of the HPD-created Center for New York City Neighborhoods were among those giving evidence at the hearings.

A report drawn up for Garodnick and Community Development Chairwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo (D-Bronx) provided some sobering statistics.

Citing the real estate website Realty Trac, the report says that while most of the country has steadily climbed out of the recession, one house in 1,976 in Queens was somewhere in the foreclosure process as of February.

In Woodhaven the number is one in 653; Rosedale, one in 606; South Ozone Park one in 504; Cambria Heights one in 462; and in St. Albans one in 363.

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Yom HaShoah service The Howard Beach Judea Center will commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Rememberance Day, on April 19 with a service at the temple, located at 162-05 90 St. in Howard Beach, at 7 p.m.

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Pop artist back in Flushing New rock sensation Will Hehir of MisterWives, center, visited his alma mater, St. Andrew Avellino in Flushing, on Monday.

The Flushing native, 27, was one of the founders of the five-piece band that has been wowing audiences recently.

The bass player listened to the glee club and gave the members encouragement as

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continued from page 23 have in other parts of the country,� Crowley said.

Richards and Miller repeated the general assessment that while Queens is ground zero in the state’s foreclosure problem, their districts are ground zero within Queens. “Why Southeast Queens? � Miller asked Press, saying that the administration has been vague on its commitment to foreclosure relief.

Press said that while he did not have specific dollar breakdowns for Southeast, the mayor has dedicated nearly $2 million for relief programs on top of $750,000 kicked in by the Council.

He said HPD specifically created the Center for N YC Neighborhoods to address the matter in a hands-on way, and that the center has done so by leveraging outside investment, including financial institutions and philanthropic organizations, to help with things ranging from mortgage counseling to legal services. “It’s not just the city taxpayer on the hook,� Press said.

Arroyo, Miller and Richards questioned why more of the money received from legal settlements with financial institutions isn’t going to direct relief for homeowners, rather that government programs that offer more indirect services.

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Speaking later Tuesday night at a meeting of the Community Council for the NYPD’s 103rd Precinct, state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-Hollis) spoke briefly about the Council hearing, and said people in Southeast Queens also have traditionally been more vulnerable to those preying on their misery, such as those who say they can help clear up foreclosure troubles for large fees. “Why pay someone thousands of dollars when you can get the help for free?�

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Some of the Council members at times appeared somewhat impatient with what they termed vague responses to direct questions.

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Applying pressure on Cuomo to DREAM Peralta also speaks on immigrant licenses, Move NY, minimum wage

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

The dream isn’t over, yet.

After Gov. Cuomo dropped the DREAM Act from the state budget last month, sponsor state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) is pushing for it to be passed in June, whether his name is on it or not.

Peralta, who has made it clear over recent months that the bill — which would grant college financial aid to qualifying unauthorized immigrants and faces the challenge of passing the Republican-controlled Senate — said in a sit-down interview with the Queens Chronicle that supporters are calling for Cuomo to make it a program bill.

“Sometimes it’s easier for the Republicans to swallow when you have the governor pushing it as opposed to a minority Senate Democrat,” Peralta said last Friday, adding that Cuomo “has to deliver” on his campaign promise to make the program a reality.

He added that supporters are reaching out to high-profile celebrities and clergy to increase the pressure until June. If that doesn’t happen, “it starts getting political,” especially in light of Hillary Clinton’s then-unannounced run for president, Peralta said.

“Whoever the Democratic nominee is, but especially if it’s Hillary I think the republicans have something to worry about because she’s definitely going to take New York,” he said, adding that historic elections tend to br i ng m i nor it ies t o t he pol ls a nd Democ r at s t o leadership.

They will then jump-start a campaign targeting constituents of different key Senate districts: those of Sens.

Phil Boyle (R-Suffolk), Jack Martins (R-Nassau), Thomas Croci (R-Suffolk) and Kemp Hannen (R-Nassau), the latter of whom Peralta said was technically in support of in-state tuition in 2002 and may be in favor this time around.

“Some of them, behind closed doors, they’ve told me they support it but leadership has told them not to,” Peralta said.

Despite the attention Peralta is drawing toward himself

State Sen. Jose Peralta said he and fellow advocates for the DREAM Act will push for Cuomo to make it a program bill by PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE June. on the DREAM Act — efforts included wearing a T-shirt stamped with “Pass the DREAM Act” in Senate sessions and a Twitter campaign — tuition assistance is not the only effort he’s pushing for undocumented immigrants.

He said putting in place a program that grants driver’s licenses to such non-citizens will be the “next big push.”

Peralta noted how 14 states have granted such licenses and asserts that road safety has improved in many of those states because more drivers know the rules.

He also said such a law in New York would compel fewer drivers to f lee the scene of an accident and that insurance companies he’s spoken to love the concept of potentially 500,000 more people in the state signing up for car insurance.

“It just helps the individuals who are already driving anyway. It creates a safer society where these individuals would know the rules and regulations of the road,” Peralta said. “Right now they don’t take a test. They just get behind a wheel.”

He stressed that the bill wouldn’t allow the license to be used to board a plane or enter federal buildings. It would have a statement on it indicating it’s “Not for Federal Use.” Also in Albany, Peralta was the first state senator to support the Move NY plan, a proposal led by former New York City Traffic Commissioner Sam Schwartz to add tolls to what are now free East River bridges and reduce others.

State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) have criticized the plan, labeling it unfair to outerborough New Yorkers and a “house of cards” in that bridge tolls lowered by the plan could later increase.

But Peralta said the plan could solve infrastructure issues in his district and throughout Queens, particularly when looking at maintenance of the No. 7 train, which has drawn ire from residents and elected officials alike.

“If there’s enough revenue that’s being generated, that shouldn’t be a concern,” Peralta said. “If you can earmark that revenue — and this is the tricky part — earmarking it to the MTA so they specifically use it toward infrastructure,” he said.

He said repairing infrastructure is more pressing as his district grows in population. [See separate story in this edition and on qchron.com.]

On another issue, Peralta said he supports having minimum wage raised to $15 in the city and to $11.50 outside, with it being adjusted over time to meet inflation.

“I think the governor has it right when it comes to a Q scale,” he said.

Hatchet attack cops to meet the president 103rd Precinct officers receive a national honor; Healey progressing

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Capt. James Fey of the NYPD’s 103rd Precinct beamed Tuesday night when a member of the audience inquired about Officer Kenneth Healey, who back in October sustained a serious head wound from a self-styled hatchet-wielding jihadist.

Healey was being honored Tuesday night, along with fellow rookie cops Joseph Meeker, Taylor Kraft and Peter Rivera by the National Association of Police Officers, which each year pays tribute to 10 individual or groups of officers for performance in the line of duty in the previous year.

“He’s there tonight,” Fey said of Healey.

“And next month President Obama will meet them at the White House.”

The four officers, who graduated from the Police Academy in July, were on a daytime patrol along the Jamaica Avenue shopping corridor when they obliged a request

from a photographer to pose for a picture.

Kraft caught the first glimpse of Queens Village resident Zale Thompson and shouted a warning.

Healey was struck in the head and Meeker in his right arm. Rivera and Kraft shot and killed Thompson and performed first aid on Healey until EMS personnel arrived at the scene.

Rivera, Kraft and Meeker all returned to duty quickly. NYPD officials have said Healey has asked about remaining on the force, though no information has been made public as to when or if he might be able to do so.

In other business at the Council meeting, Officer Lamont Anderson of the NYPD’s Community Affairs Bureau offered a brief primer for parents looking to protect their children from some of the dangers of the internet.

“Ten years ago, families had one computer

and I would have recommended that they put it in a common area, like the living room,” Anderson said. “Parents could keep an eye on them.”

The prevalence of cell phones, tablets and other personal electronic devices has made that more difficult.

But Anderson said it is not impossible.

First, he said, is to learn some of the lingo teenagers use online.

“Do you know what POS means? ‘Parents over shoulder,’” A nderson said.

“Google acronym internet safety, and you’ll come up with hundreds of abbreviations, thousands.”

Once parents have cracked the code, they also have numerous technical tricks they can place up their sleeves.

Some carriers have a function that automatically forwards childrens’ texts to the parents phones. Others can shut the phone down at night between prescribed hours and

other functions.

“You’re the one paying the bill,” he said.

Such technical advantages can spare parents and their children difficulties.

“You might see someone post for a Sweet 16 party, and you thing there will be a few people between the ages of 14 and 18,” Anderson said. “But then someone posts it, and tags someone. Suddenly you’re looking up and asking ‘Who are all these people?’

And some may be from Connecticut. Some are 20 to 25, showing up in their cars.”

And while the city now is allowing students to have the phones in school, Anderson discourages it.

“Don’t let them take it to school,” he said. “They can leave class and be looking down texting and someone comes from behind and takes the phone. And your children turn around and they don’t know who did it because there are 100 them behind Q them.”

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Its goals are to increase support for small businesses and the number and quality of jobs, promote commercial growth and economic development and improve livability.

“It is not just talk. It is putting the money where the mouth is,” Katz said.

Katz characterized the plan as aggressive and holistic, addressing culture, transportation, development, quality of life and other areas.

She said it includes plans for the development of mixed-use projects including housing; expanding opportunities for home ownership; funding the redesign of storefronts; expanding afterschool employment opportunities; streetscape improvements along Jamaica Avenue; the establishment of a Jamaica Arts Alliance to create cooperation among arts groups; and strengthening the Career & Technical Education program at Thomas A. Edison High School.

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In a statement issued by his office, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he was excited about the plan’s potential.

“Jamaica’s diversity, close-knit neighborhood fabric and anchor institutions provide a strong foundation for tremendous growth and opportunity,” he said.

The mayor reiterated that the project has had input from hundreds of residents, and that his administration will work with area leaders and interested private concerns to spur the area’s economic growth.

Glen announced Wednesday that Jamaica will be one of the first neighborhoods to benefit from free WiFi hotspots that will use old public pay phone kiosks. The WiFi project will be one of the first parts of Jamaica Now to be realized.

Another near-term goal is for improved publicity and awareness for Jamaica’s cultural and arts events, Katz told the Chronicle. That goal is expected to be achieved through greater coordination and cooperation among various arts and nonprofit institutions in the neighborhood, she said.

Also in attendance were soon-to-retire NYC Economic Development Corp. President Kyle Kimball, New York City Small Business Services Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer, Greater Jamaica Development Corp. President Carlisle Towery, Community Board 12 Chairperson Adrienne Adams, state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-Hollis) and nearly 20 other officials and community activists.

The plan was initiated by Katz’s office last June and included a wide range of community groups, nonprofits, area industries, government agencies and others. continued on page 29

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Carbon monoxide poisoning blamed The cause of death of four senior citizens found in a house at 260-08 86 Ave. in Floral Park just before 3:15 p.m. Friday, has not yet been determined, but officials say all signs point to carbon monoxide poisoning.

While police did not indicate officially what the cause of death was, they said the victims showed no signs of trauma.

The victims were Jerry Hugel, 83, and his wife, Marie Hugel, 80, who owned the 86th Avenue house, Gloria Grego, 70, who rented an apartment there, and Walter Von Thadden, 76, of Riverside Drive in Whitestone.

They were discovered unconscious and unresponsive, police said, and Emergency Medical Services declared them dead at the scene. Police were alerted to the house after the Hugels’ son, Robert, a police officer, had not been able to reach them.

Published reports indicate that Von Thadden was a friend of the occupants and was visiting them.

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The Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the cause of death and the investigation is ongoing, the NYPD said.

The Hugels had been married 60 years and had five children. Published reports said they came from Germany and were active in folk dancing and other German heritage groups.

City Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens), who represents the Floral Park area, said in a prepared statement that he was “deeply saddened” to learn of the deaths in his district “due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

“It is my hope that this tragedy sheds light on the importance of having, and maintaining, a carbon monoxide detector in all homes and apartments,” Weprin said.

The FDNY said that the house contained no carbon monoxide detectors, which is a requirement in new homes with attached Q garages.

The son of Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) was arrested after an alleged altercation on a Jamaica street.

The New York Daily News reported that Coron Miller, 31, was charged with assault, criminal mischief, resisting arrest and menacing.

The News reported that the younger Miller allegedly beat a man and threatened to stab him following a traffic dispute.

Daneek Miller, elected to office in 2013 as a councilman, represents the 27th District. Ali Rasoulinejad, a spokesman

for the councilman, told the Chronicle on Tuesday that they are considering it to be a legal matter and that the councilman is not commenting further at this point.

A source told the Chronicle that Coron Miller does not live with his father.

The alleged incident took place at about 7 p.m. at the intersection of 150th Street and 148th Avenue in Jamaica.

Miller, whom the News said has a record of 14 arrests, allegedly got out of his car when both men were stopped at a red light. The News said he was released Q on his own recognizance.

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“I wish they would give more funding to the school. The library needs more computers,” Burke said.

She said the area immediately surrounding the college needs more parking alternatives and restaurants.

She can park in the college lot for classes, but finds it difficult to linger in Jamaica for any extended amount of time at her Lucille Roberts gym or to shop because of the need to feed the parking meter.

Earlier in April, representatives from the business improvement districts at Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica Center and the 165th Street Business Mall met to plan a major initiative to court developers, restaurants and Q retail to the Jamaica Avenue corridor.

continued from page 28 Katz said the process was intended to create a locally focused, neighborhoodbased development plan by including people and institutions to an extent that has never been done before.

Lisa Burke, a senior in the York College social work program, stopped by the press conference partly out of curiosity about the Jamaica neighborhood and partly in relation to her degree studies. She is in the midst of writing a required neighborhood needs assessment paper about her home neighborhood, South Ozone Park.

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Robberies persist in 106th Pct.: Schiff Commanding officer details high profile arrests made in the area

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D e p u t y I n s p e c t o r Jef f r ey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said at last Wednesday’s Precinct Community Council meeting that the area has seen crime decline 4 percent f rom last month but showed a 1 percent year-to-date uptick.

“Robber ies, burglar ies and assaults are all down,” Schiff said. “But what continues to plague us are grand larceny and grand larceny auto.”

He said auto thefts were up 6 percent for the month and 10 percent for the year so far compared to last year.

“GLAs have been a problem,” Schiff said. “It’s a very difficult crime to defeat because it is so quick.” He added that a thief can somet i mes steal a ca r i n 30 seconds.

But there might be some hope, Schiff said, as Patrol Borough Queens South has given additional police resources to the preci nct to help f ig ht the problem.

He said the vehicles that the thieves are primarily targeting are Hondas, Toyotas, Nissans and Ford Econoline vans.

Grand larcenies are up 3 percent for the month and 25 percent for the year, according to Schiff.

Identity thefts account for the majority of the 25 percent grand larceny increase, he said. Those are up 71 percent, he said.

The commanding officer said there have been five shootings in the precinct so far this year. He noted, however, that three of the alleged perps have been caught and expects the other two to join them soon.

Schiff also detailed several notable ar rests made recently throughout the precinct.

One such case involved an individual who was allegedly found to have 100 fraudulent credit cards with an embosser and a skimmer, used to get card data.

Another case involved what appeared to be a grand larceny auto in progress, but ended up something completely different.

Precinct anticrime off icers allegedly spotted an individual tr ying to break into a car on March 19 by 137th Avenue and 96th Street in Ozone Park, Schiff said, and later was seen trying to start it with a screwdriver when he was approached by police.

As the officers approached the vehicle, the suspect took off in the car. The cops’ pursuit of the man ended at 160th Avenue and 96th Street in Old Howard Beach, where he was apprehended.

But it turns out he wasn’t trying to steal the car at all, according to Schiff.

“As it turns out he owns the vehicle, he just had problems with his vehicle,” Schiff said.

“He fled because he said he was afraid of cops.”

But he apparently has reason to fear them because he allegedly had illegal narcotics in the car, said Schiff, who added that the suspect has 21 prior arrests including ones for assault, grand larceny, burglary, robbery, auto theft and attempted murder.

Schiff also said two suspects were arrested for two robberies on March 12, one at 101st Avenue and 105th Street in Ozone Park and the other at 8:45 p.m. that night at 109th Avenue and 109th Street in South Richmond Hill, where they took a resident’s cell phone.

Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, standing, details the area’s latest crime statistics and breaks down several high profile arrests made by precinct officers in the last month.

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He said that after an investigation officers were able to apprehend the alleged perpetrators.

A ho me i nva sio n by t wo alleged gunman on March 28 at 9:25 p.m. at 109th Avenue and 127th Street in South Richmond Hill netted the alleged culprits jewelry, credit cards and checks, Schiff said. But one of the victims was able to lock one of the alleged perpetrators in the basement. Police arrived and arrested the suspect, who had 14 prior arrests, the deputy inspector said.

Plainclothes officers at 4 p.m.

March 6 stopped a Jeep Liberty at Liber t y Avenue a nd 78t h Street in Ozone Park after the driver failed to stop at three stop signs. A check of the registration revealed that the Jeep had been stolen from the parking lot of the G reen Acres Mall i n Valley Stream, LI, Schiff said.

The three individuals in the Jeep

Jury convicts Qns. sex offender A jury on Monday found an Ozone Park man guilty of sexually abusing two girls in their Ozone Park home in 2009 and 2013, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced on Tuesday.

Melchor Evangelista was convicted of three counts of first-degree criminal sexual act and one count each of first-degree attempted rape, first-degree sexual abuse, first-degree attempted sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child, according to Brown.

According to Brown, Evangelista engaged in “sexual acts” with a then-six-

year old girl during a three-month period in 2009. The girl did not tell her mother for three years, according to Brown.

The DA added that when the mother found out about the encounter, her other daughter said Evangelista was in her bed one night in August 2013 and had touched “her private parts.”

Sentencing for Evagelista has been set for April 28, who faces more than 100 years behind bars for all of the charges. “[Evangelista’s] conviction ensures that he is punished for his crimes,” Q Brown said in a statement.

were arrested, according to Schiff.

An alleged graffiti artist, who used the tag “Pils” on overpasses on the Belt Parkway, causing $10,000 in damage, was nabbed by police on March 18, Schiff said.

A woman at the meeting complained about fireworks being set off in her South Ozone Park neighborhood between 11 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. “It’s not even a holiday or the Four th of July yet,” she said.

Schiff also discussed noise complaints, the No. 1 quality of life complaint in the precinct, noting that last month officers wrote 31 summonses for noise violations.

He said that officers can now download a decibel reader on their smar tphones to measure noise.

When officers issue a noise su m mons they can w r ite the

decibel reading directly on the summons, the commanding officer said.

Schiff said the precinct would be tough on those who are being too loud this summer and that of f ic e r s wou ld s ei z e s ou nd equipment the first time someone is found breaking the law.

A concern was expressed by a Council member about what he deems to be a dangerous condition on Rockaway Boulevard, where faded lane markings make a stretch of the roadway more hazardous.

“I’ve seen quite a few accidents,” he added.

Schiff said police have made a request to the city Department of Transportation to redo the pavement markings.

The next meeting of the council will be held at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13 at 103-53 Q 101 St. in Ozone Park.

‘Shooter’ won’t be tried: DA Queens District Attorney Richard Brow n will not prosecute the man charged with firing shots in Resorts World Casino’s parking lot April 3 due to a lack of evidence, a DA spokesman confirmed last Thursday.

The spokesman added that “the casino matter is still under investigation.”

Jaquan Roberts, of Brooklyn, was arrested early April 7, for allegedly firing his weapon in the racino’s parking lot as a brawl ensued inside the food court during the opening of a New Orleans-themed eatery.

He was identified as the suspect by the NYPD’s Facial Recognition Unit and has prior arrests for possessing a firearm, cops said at the time.

The 106th Precinct, which announced Roberts’ arrest on its Twitter page, did not respond to a request for comment on the DA declining to prosecute the alleged shooter. Security has been increased at the casino following the brawl, a Resorts World source told the Queens Chronicle last week.

One person was arrested for his part in Q the fight, the DA spokesman said.

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declined to speak to the charges in any detail.

“All I’m going to say is I am his attorney, A teenager from Hillcrest was arrested April 8 for allegedly threatening to kill some and anything else to be said will be said in of his neighbors — City Councilman Rory open court,” Akerman said.

But when asked if her client disputes the Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), his wife, Civil Court Judge Mojgan Cohanim Lanc- allegations, Akerman did say, “I think there’s more information and more facts man, and their three children.

Ariel Gershakowitz, 17, was charged than are in the complaint.”

She declined to answer further questions. with second-degree aggravated harassment If convicted on the top count, Gershaand second-degree harassment, according to the office of Queens District Attorney kowitz faces up to a year in jail.

Neit h e r A ke r m a n , t h e R ich a rd Brow n. He wa s police, the DA’s office nor arraigned the next day before Lancman would say what led Judge Ernest Hart, the DA’s to the alleged incident. office said, and released on The Daily News, which his own recognizance, that is, broke t he stor y Apr il 9, without having to pay bail. reported that police officials Temporary orders of prosaid the alleged threat had tection were issued to all five been made over the councilLancmans, the DA’s office man’s “policies,” but that they said. would not tell the paper which Gershakowitz, whose name ones. was spelled Gershkowitz in Lancman had, however, initial reports, allegedly made Councilman Rory Lancman several angry calls to the FILE PHOTO upset some Queens residents with com ments he made councilman, and then left him a voicemail saying that if he did not about President Obama, Israel, Iran and the call him back, he was going to “do a drive- situation in the Middle East in a March 26 exclusive article in the Queens Chronicle. by, old-school on you and your family.”

He and his spokeswoman both declined Lancman took that to mean Gershakowitz was threatening a drive-by shooting, to say if the positions expressed in that artiaccording to the criminal complaint lodged cle were those that prompted the alleged against the defendant. The lawmaker told a threat from Gershakowitz. Spokeswomen detective the alleged threat “caused him for the DA’s office and the Police Department both said they did not know what the annoyance and alarm.”

The call was placed sometime between reported “policies” were.

Lancman had the March 26 ar ticle 10:50 and 11:05 p.m. April 7, and the entire family was home, the councilman told reprinted, with the Chronicle’s permission, as a full-page ad in the April 2 edition of police, according to the complaint.

Police initially had charged Gershakow- the Queens Jewish Link, a weekly paper itz with making a terroristic threat and serving several communities in Queens, including Hillcrest, and western Nassau aggravated harassment.

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Queens hardly needs an introduction to jazz.

Once a haven for musical greats such as Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie, the borough often is called to mind alongside New Orleans and Chicago when listing bastions of the genre.

But at the Flushing Library Saturday afternoon, the Carl Bartlett, Jr. Quintet — with many members indeed hailing from Queens — sought to offer a diverse musical lesson on all things jazz. Between songs, the musicians remarked on the worldly rhythms and melodies of several continents and time periods now making up what many consider the go-to genre for easy listening.

Before the concert, which lured a large crowd, Bartlett said that jazz is too often only played for other musicians, or for those very intimate with the music. The concert they wanted to present was for everyone.

“You heard swing, you heard a fantastic melody, you heard improvisation, you heard interplay,” Bartlett instructed the audience after “Firm Roots” by Cedar Walton.

The sound in the auditorium boomed luxuriously, filling it in bursts of satisfying melody so thick some might have thought they could scoop it up with a spoon.

After playing a carefree and flirty bossa nova piece by Joe Henderson, the quintet struck up “Fidgety Season,” composed

by Bartlett, a teacher.

He said he was inspired by his students, who appear intensely antsy in June, on the cusp of summer break. The saxophone melody conjures the feeling of bathing in summer sunlight. The piano has a slight intensity to it, with emphasized off-beats capturing the emotional buildup later leading to those subtle fidgets.

The quintet, which includes Roberta Piket on piano, Sylvia Cuenca on drums, Eric Lemon on bass and Bartlett’s uncle, Charles Bartlett, on trumpet, distributed handouts with detailed notes on jazz complete with musical vocabulary.

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Drawings of Anthony Baus, featuring more than 30 pen and ink wash architectural and perspective compositions. Opening reception Fri., April 17, 6-9 p.m. Thru May 8 by appointment.

Eleventh Street Arts at Grand Central Atelier, 46-06 11 St., Long Island City. Info: eleventhstreetarts@gmail.com.

Musica Reginae Baroque Orchestra concert, music by Bach and Vivaldi. Fri., April 17, 7:30 p.m., The Church-in-theGardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $20 adults, $10 students. Info: (718) 8942178, musicareginae.org.

Titans of American photography, two exhibits on photography from the 19th century to the present. Opening reception Thurs., April 23, 6 p.m. Thru June 6. Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College, Klapper Hall, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Info: (718) 997-4747, qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/godwin_ternbach.

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

THEATRE “Mary Poppins,” based on the Disney classic.

Sat., April 18, 2 p.m., the Performing Arts Center at Queensborough Community College, 22205 56 Ave., Bayside. $12. Info: (516) 599-6870, plazatheatrical.com.

“My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish, and I’m STILL in Therapy!” a comedy about Steve Solomon’s quirky childhood. Sat., April 18, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sun., April 19, 3 p.m. $25-35. Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. South, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

“Red Noses,” Peter Barnes’ sinfully funny Black (Plague) comedy. Thru April 19, 8 p.m. Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $15-25. Info: Antonio Minino (616) 683-7628, antonio@kampfirefilmspr.com, spoontheater.org.

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“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” presented

by Variations Theatre Group. Thru Sat., April 25, 8 p.m., 2 p.m. Sat. and Sun., The Chain Theatre, 21-28 45 Road, L.I.C. $18. Info: (866) 811-4111, variationstheatregroup.com.

“Lucky Stiff,” a musical by the creators of “Schoolhouse Rock” and “Ragtime.” Fri., April 17, 8 p.m., Sat., April 18, 2 and 8 p.m., Sun., April 19, 2:30 p.m. Maggie’s Little Theater, 66-05 79 Place, Middle Village. $12-$18. Info: (917) 579-5389, maggieslittletheater.org.

“A Doll’s House Remix,” from “First Acts: New Plays in Development” series. Kupferberg Center for the Arts, Queens College. Colden Auditorium, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Kew Gardens Hills. Wed., April 22, 7 p.m. Free. RSVP req’d. Info: (718) 793-8080, kupferbergcenter.org.

Samantha Masone as Mary Poppins, the titular character in a play by Queensborough Community College this weekend, and Joseph Anthony as Bert.

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Harp and flute concert, with music by Bizet, Bach, Young, Persichetti, Debussy and Piazzolla. Sun., April 19, 1 p.m., The First Presbyterian Church of Newtown, 54-05 Seabury St., Elmhurst. $15. Info: (718) 897-5668, mmelikian@aol.com.

Holocaust Memorial Program, Briarwood Jewish Center, 139-06 86 Ave. Sun., April 19, 10:30 a.m. The film “The Lady in No. 6, Music Saved My Life,” the 2013 Academy Awardwinning short documentary, will be shown. The program also includes songs, prayers and a candle-lighting ceremony. Info: (718) 657-5151.

Queensboro Symphony concert, with Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Handel’s Royal Fireworks music, Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto and music by Paul Joseph.

Sun., April 26, 7 p.m., Mary’s Nativity Church, 46-02 Parsons Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 359-5996, pauljoseph.com.

17th Annual Dust Off Car Show and Blood Drive, Sun., April 19, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Maspeth Federal Savings Bank, 56-18 69 St. Free. Spots open for first 150 cars. Info: Mike Bilski, (917) 6073961, eccat4t@aol.com.

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Child ID safety event and tattoo fundraiser, sponsored by New York Families for Autistic Children and the Masonic Society, to bring free IDs to children, disabled adults and the elderly. Sat., April 25, NYFAC Autism Center, 164-14 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach.

Info: (347) 566-3122, ext. 305.

Green Space Blooms Annual Dance Festival, presented by Dance Entropy.

Thurs.-April 16-Sun., April 19, 8 p.m.

Matinee Sat., April 18, 1 p.m., 37-24 24 St., Suite 301, Long Island City. $15; $20 at door. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org.

FILM “Entre Nos,” charting Colombian immigrant’s struggle in New York City, screened in celebration of Immigrant Heritage Week. Fri., April 17, 6:308:30 p.m., Maspeth High School, 54-40 74 St. Free. Info: nywift.org.

LECTURES “Ask the Pharmacist”: programs on medicines and how to take them presented by the Queens Library.

Thurs., April 23, 2-4 p.m., Pomonok Library, 158-21 Jewel Ave. Info: (718) 591-4343, queenslibrary.org.

EARTH DAY EVENTS Earth Day program: Willis Elkins, of the Newtown Creek Alliance, will speak about policies. Thurs., April 16, 7 p.m., Ridgewood Democratic Club, 60-70 Putnam Ave. Info: (917) 574-7867.

Newtown Creek walking tour with Richard Melnick, an expert on the East River about the history and environmental issues of the creek. Sat., April 18, 11 a.m. Starts at Hunters Point South Park, Center Boulevard and Borden Avenue; ends at Greenpoint Avenue Bridge. Rough urban terrain and stairs. $20/$15 for Greater Astoria Historical Society members. Info: (718) 278-0700, info@astorialic.org.

Celebrate Israel’s Anniversary, Sat., April 18, 12:30 p.m. Festive luncheon with honored guests from the Israel defense forces. $18. Must reserve by Wed., April 15. Holocaust Commemoration, Sun. April 19, 11 a.m. Both at Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. Info: (718) 459-1000, rpjc.org.

“Green Garden, Green Planet”: an afternoon of art, workshops and a garden tour. Wed., April 22, 1-4 p.m., The Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave. Flushing. $3-$4. Info: Deena Bak (718) 3596227, education@vomuseum.org.

Queens Arts Connection, a professional development event for artists, Sat., April 25, 2-7 p.m., Queens Museum, The New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free. Info: queenscouncilarts.org/queens-arts-connection.

Earth Day at APEC, Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston.

Wed., April 22, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5, pre-registration required. Contact: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

“Sacred Heart Spring Fling,” buffet dinner with live music from Risky Business Band. Sat. Apr 25, 7 p.m., Sacred Heart School, 84-05 78 Ave., Glendale. $45. Tickets: (718) 440-5534, (718) 268-5126.

Spring Fling for Earth Day, with crafts, games and music. Sat., April 25, noon-4 p.m. VanderEnde Onderdonk House, 18-20 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood. Kids free; adults $5 donation. Info: (718) 456-1776, onderdonkhouse.org.

Shoreline cleanup, organized by the American Littoral Soceity, Sun., April 26, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Bring gloves, wear boots. Meet at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Visitor Refuge Center, Broad Channel. RSVP: (718) 474-0896, jamaicabayearthday. eventbrite.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS “Educator appreciation reception,” free for teachers of grades pre-K thru 12, with book discussions and classroom aids. Thurs., April 16, 4-6 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 7000 Austin St., Forest Hills. Info: John Dessereau (718) 268-0479, crm2713@bn.com.

COMMUNITY Yoga in the elements, Sat., April 18, 9:15-10:15 a.m. $16 adults, pre-registration req’d. April Star Searchers, exploring the night sky, Sat., April 18, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $15 adults, children 9 and up, preregistration required. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, Sat., Contact: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

Free prostate screening, sponsored by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. Sat., April 18, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 66-85 73 Place, Middle Village. Appointments: Frank Fazio (718) 738-1111.

LIC street festival, sponsored by Kiwanis of Astoria, with vendors, rides and a mobile pet adoption trailer.

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prompted him to move forward.

“Now seemed to be the perfect time to do an allIn perhaps its most daring venture yet, Titan Theatre female show,” he said. “I’ve always put female Company will bring an all-female version of “Othello,” actors in male roles. We have so many strong female one of Shakespeare’s most gripping dramas, to Queens company members. I wanted to pick the most masTheatre for a limited run of 11 culine play.” performances beginning April 17.

But he was quick to downplay And, perhaps most shockingly, the sexual aspects of the producthe women are not playing the tion. “When you make everyone traditionally male roles as men; female, everyone wants to go to When: April 17-May 2 they are playing them as female sexuality. We haven’t ignored Times vary characters, creating some interestthat, but we haven’t highlighted Where: Queens Theatre, ing and, at times, deeper new relathat,” he said.

14 United Nations Ave. tionships among the characters.

The point has not been lost on South, Flushing Meadows For this production, the tale of Carol Linnea Johnson, a Broadway Corona Park love, jealousy and revenge, veteran who appears as the Duke focusing on the title character, a of Venice, who provides the Tickets: $18; (347) 738-5602, Moorish general, his beloved impetus for Othello to explain titantheatrecompany.org wife, Desdemona, and his trusthow he came to woo his wife. ed but unfaithful ensign, Iago, “The story is the story,” said has been streamlined by director Johnson, a Chicago transplant Lenny Banovez into a taut two-hour running time. who lives in Sunnyside. “We may be all women, but after During a rehearsal break, Banovez, a Sunnyside resi- five minutes, you’re all on board. You invest in the chardent who is also the troupe’s artistic director, said he acters regardless of gender.” had the idea for five years, but it was “always on the Castmate Deanna Gibson, a resident of Astoria who back burner.” It was the recent presentation on Broad- plays Emilia, the wife of Iago, added, “We’re doing way of two other Shakespearean works, presented with hardcore combat. It’s not important that we’re women. all-male casts as they were done in the Bard’s day, that We’re just people.” continued 39 continued on page 00 qboro contributor

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A display case shows the Armstrongs’ love of food at home.

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Sampling the flavor of life with Louis Armstrong

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Fourteen folks press in around an impressive Thanksgiving turkey, most with grins on their faces. But one familiar smile shines a bit brighter than the rest. A new exhibit, “Red Beans and Ricely Yours” at the Louis Armstrong House in Corona, explores the jazz great’s passionate relationship with food.

A 1951 photo titled “Holiday Dinner in Corona” depicts the scene described above, a rare treat for Satchmo, who toured tirelessly around the world. Others depict his wife, Lucille, in the kitchen, the Armstrongs relaxing with their neighbors at a cookout and the couple after a “dee’licious meal in Prague,” with an extra note written directly on an empty plate in the photo: “yum yum.”

“Red Beans and Ricely Yours” composes just a few glass cases’ worth of information, but it fits hand-in-glove with the mission of the museum: to present Armstrong the man as much as Armstrong the musician.

The docents have a wealth of knowledge and are passionate about this man for whom food was love, community and family.

The exhibit contains other artifacts from Louis’ and Lucille’s travels: a card from “Nairobi’s only Chinese restaurant”; a room service bill for a preshow snack from the Osaka Grand Hotel; and a snapshot of Louis munching on falafel in Cairo.

One photo shows “Reel 76,” one of 750 audio recordings of Armstrong’s everyday life and musings. Stapled to the tape box is a packet of Swiss Kriss, the laxative of choice for the King of Scat. A fervid champion for

laxatives’ healing power, Armstrong once sent his friends a photo of himself sitting on the toilet, with that famous Satchmo smile on his face, above the written slogan, “Leave it all behind ya.”

In another case, notes from Louis’ manuscript for his memoirs reveal how food tied into the musician’s love life. In his remembrance of courting Lucille, then a dancer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, Louis recounts a challenge he made her: Could this northern girl cook him his most prized New Orleans dish, red beans and rice?

An amused Lucille accepted, and in two days’ time Armstrong sat at her table. Happily, her red beans and rice were “just what the doctor ordered” and he got so carried away eating that he had to excuse himself immediately afterward. But he returned day after day to finish what he didn’t manage to Q get through. It was love at first bite.

‘Red Beans and Ricely Yours’ When: Thru October 4; Tue-Fri., 10 a.m.5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m.

Where: Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107 St., Corona Entry: $10; (718) 478-8274 louisarmstronghouse.org

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With a musical timeline, quintet revisits jazz continued from page page 00 33 continued from A timeline of styles and eras charts the evolution, starting with ragtime in the late 1800s, to bebop to bossa nova and present-day modern jazz.

They took listeners through a swing rhythm, which places emphasis on the offbeats in a toe-tapping way that makes the melody surge forward. They also played a classic blues song — an example of this “cornerstone of jazz,” Bartlett said — which kicked off with a sizzling call and response between the sax and trumpet.

Taking the audience back to the African slave trade of the 1600s, Bartlett said Congo Square, in the Tremé section of New Orleans, was where slaves gathered to play. African rhythms mingled with European hymn melodies from church.

“It was not known as jazz then,” he said.

“It was just, something was happening.”

The older Bartlett likened jazz to the many branches of mathematics.

“You have algebra, geometry and trigonometry,” he said. He compared swing to algebra and be-bop, which extended those chords to a new level, to geometry.

The younger Bartlett reinforced that a

‘Jazz: The Music of Our Lifetime!’

Members of the Carl Bartlett, Jr. Quintet serenade audience members at the Flushing PHOTOS BY CRISTINA SCHREIL Library. On the cover: Bartlett plays alto saxophone. constant force within all forms is “that swing, that feel of jazz.”

Audience members also shifted the talk to classical music and improvisation.

“For the last 700 years, improv hasn’t been a big part of classical music,” said Piket, who added she knows classical musicians who focus on honing technique

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and are terrified by improvising. “For us it’s like breathing, it’s very natural.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

For anyone who has ever dealt doing the community a service,” SAT. 10 am - 6 pm SUN. by Appointment with the hassle of selling and Elias said. “We’re in the business of helping people who are in a tough icejewelrybuyingservice.com shipping an item on eBay — all the forms involved in setting up a user spot. They can come to our store and paypal account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice and know that we can educate them on what they Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is really a have and we’ll give them what their items are worth. bargain deal.

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

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

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

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In the end, the ac tors seemed to agree their rendition is less about sexuality and more about status and power.

“By making it all women,” Johnson said, “those aspects of who has status comes down to personality, not gender.”

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Citing the relationship between Iago and Roderigo, a rich gentleman who is in love with Desdemona, she added, “The intimacy of their friendship is more than we’ve seen” in previous renderings

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: PAYMENTS CONSULTING GROUP LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/26/2015. Office location: Nassau 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 LLC, 65 VAN NOSTRAND AVENUE, NORTH MERRICK, NY 11566.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 04/01/2015, bearing Index Number NC-000042-15/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) MARIA (Middle) MODESTA (Last) BELLO-GONZALEZ. My present name is (First) MARIA (Middle) B (Last) GONZALEZ AKA MARIA MODESTA BELLO AKA MARIA BELLOGONZALEZ AKA MARIA M GONZALEZ AKA MARIA M BELLO. My present address is 14210 ROOSEVELT AVE., Flushing, NY 11354. My place of birth is CUBA. My date of birth is December 31, 1937.

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

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SQ page 44 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK QUEENS COUNTY SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No. 14248-14, Borough: Queens, Block: 12175, Lot: 79, NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs, v.

GURDIAL S. PANSHI, if living, or if he be dead, his wife, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through GURDIAL S. PANSHI, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD and “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #100,” the names of the last 100 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiffs, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiffs’ attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Queens County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: January 23, 2015 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Leonard Livote, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated February 13, 2015, and filed with supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a tax lien covering the property known as 158th Street, Borough of Queens, New York and identified as Block 12175, Lot 79 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax lien. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $3,674.57, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP, Anthony J. Iacchetta, Attorneys for Plaintiffs, Attorneys for NYCTL 1998-2 Trust and the Bank of New York Mellon as Collateral Agent and Custodian, 1400 First Federal Plaza, Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 238-2000. aiacchetta@phillipslytle.com

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TRICKLING SPRINGS CREAMERY LLC, a foreign LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/15/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 2330 Molly Pitcher Furn. Rm. For Rent Hwy., Chambersburg, PA Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, 17202. General Purposes. Howard Beach, newly renov, lg Sat 4/18, 12:30-3:00pm, 159-23 nicely furn rm, close to shops,

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Cosmos get help from Queens Jackson Heights’ David Diosa is ready for the season

by Cesar Diaz Chronicle Contributor

Come Saturday, New York Cosmos fans from the five boroughs and beyond can see Jackson Heights native David Diosa, 23, who enters his fifth year with the team, play at the club’s home opener at Hofstra’s James M. Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, LI. The Cosmos will face their rivals, the Tampa Bay Rowdies.

Born in Medellín, Colombia, Diosa has been part of the Cosmos organization since 2010 when he played for the Cosmos Academy Under-18 team, where he scored the first Cosmos goal in any level in 25 years against Connecticut’s South Central Premier.

Before that, he played with several local teams in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and at Martin Luther King High School in Manhattan.

“Queens is everything to me because I was 10 years old when I moved here from Colombia,” Diosa said. “It’s also nice playing in you r cit y and presenting Queens.”

Diosa’s teammate Sebastian Guenzatti is another Queens native, who attended Francis Lewis High School in Fresh Meadows.

In 2011, Diosa was a member of the

Cosmos Under-23 team that competed in the Premier Development League and in 2013, he signed on to play with the Cosmos first team on July 5. From there, he made his debut on Nov. 2, where he played 38 minutes in a Cosmos 1-0 win over the Atlanta Silverbacks.

When asked about what it means to play for the Cosmos, Diosa said he “never expected it to happen,” adding that he grew up watching players such as Blanco and Marcos Senna, with whom he now trains.

“It means a lot. I’m proud to be part of the Cosmos because becoming a professional soccer player is a dream come true,” Diosa said. “Our goal is win the league, win Soccer Bowl and the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Last season, we could have played better and this year we have every intention of playing better.”

When asked about his relationship with head coach Gio Savarese, Diosa called him a mentor, friend and coach.

“Our relationship dates back to the academy days where I played for him.

He’s given me good advice as a player and as an individual when I’m not playing and training. For this season, I intend to continue training hard and making the most out of my minutes throughout the year,” he said.

At the home opener, the Cosmos will donate a portion of their proceeds from the match to the team’s official partner, the New York Hospital Queens pediatrics and services for young children, according to the team’s official website.

Also part of the home opener festivities will be the appearance of two Cosmos legends, Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer. This will be Beckenbauer’s first Cosmos home opener in three decades and he w ill be honored du r i ng a prega me ceremony.

The Cosmos are more than a team whose expectations are to win championships on an annual basis — they’re also a community where the supporters from the Five Points supporters section and beyond have had the opportunity to interact with the coaches, players and staff on a regular basis.

Despite some of the team’s ups and downs, fans have remained loyal.

Entering their third match of the season on Saturday, the Cosmos are undefeated with a 1-1-0 record. In their first match, the Cosmos defeated the Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1-0. Last Saturday, former Real Madrid striker Raul Blanco scored his f irst goal of in his NASL career as the Cosmos rallied to tie Indy Q Eleven 1-1.

New York Cosmos forward and Queens native David Diosa, left, plays. Fans can see Diosa and his teammates at the home opener on Saturday.

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This 63-by-162-foot Masonic Temple was erected in a Georgian Colonial style in 1927. However, in a few years a need for a bank arose and this valuable corner property became The Boulevard Bank, with George C. Meyer as the president.

Fred Gretsch of Shorthill Road in The Masonic Temple that became Boulevard Bank, Forest Hills Gardens, who owned a and then later Sterling National Bank, at 108-01 musical instrument factory in Wil- Queens Blvd. in Forest Hills, March 18, 1930. liamsburg, Brooklyn that long since National Bank and Trust Co. Its website says became world famous, was a vice president.

Frederick Backus, who had sold most of the firm has been in business since 1888. By his land to Meyer at the start of the develop- 1966 the company had morphed into Sterling ment of Forest Hills decades earlier, was Bancorp.

Today the building is owned by Boulevard given a seat on the board of directors.

Masonic services were still held upstairs and 71 LLC. Banks may come and go frequently the building was still owned by the T.M. these days, but Sterling is listed as one of 100 of the most trusted banks by Forbes, and it is Masonic Guild.

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New Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred seems open to ideas for improving the game experience for customers. He is trying to reduce the downtime between innings and making it more difficult for hitters to step out of the batter’s box between pitches. I’d offer another suggestion that would win him plaudits.

All early-season games in the Northeast and the Midwest should be played during the daytime.

It was painful to watch Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, never a great early season pitcher, lumber through six innings on a cold, damp night against the Toronto Blue Jays in front of a sparse Yankee Stadium crowd last Thursday night. The conditions were only slightly better the next evening as the Yanks and Red Sox engaged in a 19-inning marathon that ended at 2 a.m. They played the following day at 1 p.m.

Of course there is no way of predicting when one of these elongated games is going to happen but for some strange reason a lot of them have occurred in the early part of the season.

The argument against playing only day games early in the season, which was commonplace when I was growing up, doesn’t come from team owners who worry that folks with 9-to-5 jobs would be unable to attend, but rather from cable network executives who feel that their ratings would suffer.

My answer to them is that they would get two sets of viewers: those who would watch the game as it is played and those who would want to watch the game they missed that evening, especially if their favorite team won.

On a separate issue, since Thursday is a big travel day in baseball, Commissioner Manfred should order that all Thursday games should be matinees. As the weather warms up, a lot of businessmen like to get out of the office and entertain clients at a day game.

I was thinking about Thursday baseball matinees when I read in the Queens Chronicle last week that state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) wants to remove BrooklynQueens Day as a holiday from the school calendar. When I was growing up, the Mets were well aware of this obscure holiday and would routinely draw over 35,000 to Shea Stadium in the afternoon of that first Thursday in June.

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