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Woodhaven BID splits from development corp. PAGE 6 The Woodhaven Business Improvement District has been synonymous with the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. for decades, but that relationship ended recently when the former unanimously voted to split from the latter. Both remain dedicated to promoting commerce along Jamaica Avenue, above.

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Parents file school overcrowding suit The plaintiffs allege city has not abided to an 11-year-old state law

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ed up by overcrowded classrooms throughout the city, an advocacy group and public school parents are now suing the city and state education departments in an effort to reduce class sizes.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, filed last Thursday, allege that the city Department of Education has not abided by a 2007 law that mandated smaller classes.

“A lot of kids are in very overcrowded classrooms, especially in Queens,” Leonie Haimson, executive director of advocacy group Class Size Matters, one of the plaintiffs in the case, told the Chronicle.

Haimson, and the other plaintiffs, had filed a petition with state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia in July asking her to order the city to reduce class sizes in compliance with the 2007 Contract for Excellence Law — approved by the state Legislature after the Court of Appeals ruled “overcrowded classes in District schools contributed to inadequate student performance,” in its ruling on the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit. Under the law, K-3 classrooms should have had no more than 20 students, grades 4-8 no more than 23 and high school core classes no more than 25 by the end of the 2011-12 school year.

Since 2007, though, the average city class

School District 24 has some of the most overcrowded schools in the city, and now a group of school parents and advocates are suing the Department of Education in an effort to shrink class PHOTO BY STEVE FISHER sizes. size in all grade levels have increased — in the 2007-08 school year, for example, the average class size in grades K-3 was 20.9 students and in 2014-15 was 24.6 pupils.

But Elia sided with the city in December, leading the plaintiffs to file the April 12 suit.

Three Queens parents are listed in the com-

plaint — Deborah Alexander, co-president of Community Education Council 30, JoAnn Schneider and Litza Stark.

“The other day I encouraged my son to raise his hand during fifth-grade math. He had just received a zero for participation,” Schneider said in a statement issued by Class Size

Matters. “In a class of 32 kids, his chance to participate and his chance to learn has been squashed. He needs a smaller class size now.”

Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), a former teacher and ex-chairman of the Council’s Education Committee, backed the lawsuit against the city and state.

“It is unfortunate that it has come to the point where a lawsuit is needed to address the issue of reducing class size,” Dromm, now chairman of the Finance Committee, said.

“Sadly, hundreds of thousands of our students are still crammed into classes of 30 or more and do not receive the attention they need to succeed. This situation is unacceptable and needs to be fixed immediately.”

A spokesman for the state Education Department declined to comment on the pending litigation.

Michael Aciman, a DOE spokesman, said, “We are committed to addressing overcrowding across this city, and have invested significant resources to increase seat capacity and reduce class size, including $6.5 billion in Capital Funding to create more than 46,600 seats in overcrowded areas. As a result of this work, average class size across the City has decreased from 26.4 students per class in the 2015-16 school year to 26.1 this year.”

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DOT to add more parking on W’haven But some upset the agency will not deliver on its landscaping promise

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The Department of Transportation will add about 20 more parking spots along Woodhaven Boulevard, the Queens Chronicle has learned, replacing some that were taken away when Select Bus Service was implemented along the corridor last year.

“We’re looking to get even more,” Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) said.

A DOT spokesman said the spots will be on both sides of the corridor, immediately north of 86th Road.

Right now, there are diagonally striped street markings in that location and parking is not allowed.

Miller told the Chronicle the city will take steps to ensure people who park their cars there in the coming weeks are not punished, which happened when spots were placed on the southbound side of Woodhaven near 88th Avenue. Signs indicate parking is allowed in that area every day — except on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to allow for street cleaning.

But some residents still reported receiving violations, though photos provided to the Chronicle show they may have parked in the spaces the wrong way.

“DOT monitors all of its projects and makes adjustments as needed, and this is one of those cases,” an agency spokesman said. “Parking will replace some of the diag-

Additional parking spots will be placed along Woodhaven Boulevard, similar to what happened earlier this year along the corridor. But some Woodhaven residents are irked the city is not keepFILE PHOTO ing to its landscaping promise. onally-striped street markings in both the northbound and southbound directions.”

Steve Forte, president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, was happy to hear the news.

“Anything that will help to put parking back is a good thing,” Forte said. “We’re looking to get even more, especially south of Jamaica Avenue.”

But for Woodhaven activists, that’s where

the good news ends for now.

The DOT told the Chronicle it has no immediate plans to place any greenery along the median bus stops on the corridor, despite promising during the proposal phase of SBS to do so.

“We have previously indicated that trees will be planted as part of the upcoming capital project,” the spokesman said.

The capital project is not slated to start until the 2020s.

Instead, the city is looking for area organizations to do the landscaping work it had promised for the community.

“There are numerous places across the city and through the borough where local partners such as civics, business improvement districts and other groups volunteer and enter into an agreement for streetscape beautification,” the spokesman said.

Asked if the WRBA would be interested in such an arrangement, Forte said, “I don’t think it should be the responsibility of the civics to do that.”

Sherman Kane, a Woodhaven resident and environmental advocate, agreed.

“They promised they would do it, and they haven’t done it,” said Kane, who has brought up the landscaping issue at previous WRBA meetings. “It’s as simple as that.”

Forte said his group will continue to push the city on the issue.

“And if they don’t, we will come after Q them again,” he said.

Bad drivers, bikers irk HB residents 106th Precinct officers promise to address problem intersections

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Complaints of bad drivers and bikers dominated a police-community meeting in Howard Beach on Monday, and 106th Precinct officers said they will do everything in their power to address the issues discussed.

“We’ll def initely stop over there,” Pol ice Of f ice r Pet e r Pa e se s a id i n response to a resident’s saying several stop sig ns in Lindenwood are being ignored by motorists.

That resident told Paese and other cops that the intersections of 149th Avenue and 84th Street, 149th Avenue and 79th Street and 153rd Avenue and 88th Street, and some others, see drivers zoom through stop signs without coming to a halt.

“They just fly by,” he said.

Paese told the man he’s familiar with the problem, and that it often occurs from noon to 4 p.m.

Barbara McNamara told Paese she’s seen several cars parked in the fire zone

at the Lindenwood Village Shopping Center, located on 153rd Avenue between 82nd and 84th streets, even when there are open spots.

“They just don’t care,” McNamara said.

Several grievances about drivers parki ng on t he shou lder of t he Na ssau Expressway and Belt Parkway near John F. Kennedy International Airport were aired during the meeting, an issue the 106th is familiar with.

“The state troopers have been working with us a lot on that,” Paese said.

Several operations have been conducted in recent years to summons those found on the side of the highway, many of whom stop there while waiting for an incoming flight to land at JFK or are taxi drivers.

Paese added the culprits are often from outside New York.

“We get a lot of people from New Jersey,” he said. “It’s a big airport.”

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Neighborhood Coordination Officers with the 106th Precinct heard several complaints of bad drivers and bikers in Howard Beach at a community meeting on Monday. PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY

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An end to a decades-long relationship W’haven BID splits with the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp.

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The Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. will no longer manage the Woodhaven Business Improvement District after the latter voted to end its relationship with the former, the Queens Chronicle has learned.

Both organizations had been run handin-hand since 1993, when the BID was formed, and were led by the late Maria Thomson.

“We want to start it fresh and new,” Frank Castelli, chairman of the WBID, said in a telephone interview. “They did things the old-fashioned way.”

Stephen Esposito, president of the GWDC, founded close to 40 years ago, was upset at the decision.

“They didn’t give us a chance to prove we can do better,” Esposito said. “We can apply again in July, but I don’t know how much good that will do.”

A spokeswoman for the Department of Small Business Services, which oversees all city BIDs, said “This decision represents a move toward the typical management structure within most BIDs. “The board has endeavored to continue operations in the Woodhaven district and unanimously voted to streamline management practices by terminating the agree-

The Woodhaven Business Improvement District, which advocates for businesses along Jamaica Avenue, has been managed by the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp for years, but the forPHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY mer has decided to end its relationship with the latter. ment with GWDC, and incorporating management responsibilities into the functions of the BID’s future executive director.”

The board of directors will meet in the coming weeks to appoint members of a Hiring Committee to begin the search for a

new executive director.

Thomson led both groups, the GWDC for more than 30 years and the BID since its inception, until her death earlier this year.

Esposito alleged that the city and BID “were out to get Maria.

Seven days of litter pickup DSNY to collect garbage in Woodhaven every day

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About a month after several Wood haven residents complained of litter piling up along much of Ja m aica Avenue, Cou ncilman Er ic U lr ich (R-Ozone Park) announced on Tuesday that the Sanitation Department will empty trash bins along the corridor — from 80th to 114th streets — every day of the week.

The DSNY had conducted five days of litter basket pickup every week, but Ulrich allocated another $14,815 to bring it up to seven until the end of the f iscal year, which ends June 30.

“Jamaica Avenue is one of the busiest commercial strips in Queens, and in cer t ain areas, garbage accumulates faster than it can be picked up.

Even with five days of litter basket pick-up, it is a great challenge for local business ow ner s to keep it clea n,” Ulrich said in a statement. “I a m proud to pa r t ner w ith DSNY to fund this initiative,

After residents complained of litter piling up along Jamaica Avenue, Councilman Eric Ulrich has expanded Sanitation services along WoodFILE PHOTO haven’s commercial corridor. which will reduce litter by providing t rash pick-up seven days a week.”

Woodhaven residents had told Ulrich last month that litter was piling up along Jamaica Avenue, and that garbage could be spotted on the side-

walks at any moment.

“I’ll be willing to bet you right now $100 to your favorite charity there’s garbage that’s still not picked up on Jamaica Avenue,” a man named Jimmy told Ulrich at the March meeting of the Woodhaven Resi-

dents’ Block Association.

Ji m my for warded the Chronicle photos of garbage piled up at several cor ners along Jamaica.

The councilman told residents he would look to see if there was anything he could do to improve conditions, including teaming up with Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) to share the costs of keeping the corridor clear of garbage.

Ulrich and Holden’s districts split at Forest Parkway and Jamaica Avenue.

“We’re proud to par t ner w it h Cou ncil ma n U l r ich’s office and expand service to one of the Borough’s bestknown commercial corridors,” DSNY Commissioner Kathryn Garcia said in a statement issued by Ulrich’s office. “This additional cleaning ser vice will help make residents’ shopping experience more enjoyable, add vibrancy to this important business district, and, best of all, keep Queens Q beautiful.”

“They were so negative about her, it wasn’t really right.”

Castelli told the Chronicle the only basis for the vote was the difference in the two groups’ philosophies.

“We’re trying to do everything new,” he said. “That’s all.”

Among the BID’s new goals, Castelli said, are updating its website and its social media presence.

“We’re really trying to bring everything into the 21st century,” he said.

The SBS spokeswoman said, “The City is grateful to Ms. Thomson for dedicating 40 years of her life to improving the community and lives of Woodhaven residents.”

There are other differences between the two groups. The WBID solely focuses on businesses along Jamaica Avenue from Dexter Court to 100th Street while the GWDC also provides services and advocates for the entire community, in addition to the merchants.

Steve Forte, president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, thinks the split might benefit the community.

“Honestly, I think it might be a good thing,” Forte said in a telephone interview.

“The two of them have been tied together for years, and supposedly they had different Q aims and goals.”

Self-defense seminar set The office of state Sen. James Sanders (D-South Ozone Park) will offer its third annual sexual assault selfdefense training seminar from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 26 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in South Ozone Park.

April has been declared National Sexual Assault Awareness Month by President Trump. The event, open to both men and women, will feature a self-defense expert teaching martial arts techniques for fending off an attacker.

Members of the NYPD will be on hand to offer safety tips.

There also will be resources made available for victims.

An RSVP is required to attend.

That and other information can be made by calling Sanders’ district office at (718) 523-3069.

The Knights of Columbus Hall is located at 135-45 Lefferts Blvd.

Additional sponsors of the event include the NYPD’s 103rd Precinct, the NY Self Defense Academy, Recoveries R Us, the Created for Greatness Leadership Group and the South Ozone Park /Richmond Hill Lions Q Club.

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t a time when journalism is under constant pressure from technological change, and under constant attack from the most powerful person in the world, it’s good to be reminded that our profession remains a vital and even noble endeavor — when practiced properly and ethically.

And so it was that we welcomed, as we always do, last weekend’s New York Press Association Spring Conference. Joining hundreds of other reporters, editors, publishers, sales representatives, graphic artists, technology experts and more, a five-member contingent from the Queens Chronicle enjoyed informative seminars, lively debates, awards ceremonies and, yes, a party or two.

We got to socialize with and learn from our counterparts in community journalism from all over the state, hearing about the issues they’re facing and how they’re confronting them, the successes they’ve had and the challenges that remain. That includes many of our

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direct competitors here in Queens — though once the goodbyes are said, the rivalries come right back to the fore. As in any endeavor, the competition makes us better, which means we do a better job of serving the public, by delivering news you often won’t get anywhere else.

The awards are, naturally enough, a favorite part of the weekend, and we’re proud to have come home with another bundle: three for first place, one for second, three for third and two honorable mentions. Perhaps the best of all is the first-place win in the Coverage of Local Government category, since that’s pretty much a community paper’s raison d’etre.

Yes, these pages are also where you’ll find photos of your neighbors doing their charitable work, or of your kids meeting with elected officials or winning the big game, but our first mission is to tell you what those in power are up to. The annual NYPA conference reinvigorates our drive to do that as best we can, and we hope the finished product makes that clear.

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o right of the American people is more fundamental than the right to vote. Yet that right is regularly denied to tens of thousands of people in New York State alone, in a way that is not called for in the Constitution and is fundamentally unfair. Now Gov. Cuomo is moving to change that.

The people in question are those convicted of a felony but out on parole. No, they’re not the most appealing demographic group, but they have rights too.

Yet under state law, they do not have the right to vote until after their parole is up.

Eighteen other states allow people on parole to vote, according to The New York Times, which reported on the governor’s move Wednesday. They’ve done their crime, yes, but they’ve done their time too. So it’s only right that their franchise be restored when the state sees fit

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Opt out of the tests Dear Editor: I want to commend the parents and children who chose to opt out of state tests. This is not education. This is purely preparing the children for a test and not for life. This is an injustice to them, their parents and the teachers who work hard. The system has been broken for too long.

It needs fixing. Too much politics and business.

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No Q74? Shift the Q34.

Dear Editor: I would like to comment on a letter by Richard Reif about the former Q74 bus line (“Restore the Q74,” April 12). I used to ride that bus many years ago when it was known as the Q44VP (for Vleigh Place).

One possible solution to this problem would be to reroute the Q34 from Queens College to the Kew Gardens subway station. It would go between Whitestone and Kew Gardens. This would not hurt riders on either the Q25 and Q34 lines, since the bulk of passengers go between Roosevelt Avenue and Queens College. No extra buses would be needed to accomplish this simple change.

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Reform the Queens Dems Dear Editor: Elections in Queens are rigged by the Queens County Democratic Organization (aka the Queens Machine) to maintain power.

This organization is controlled by partners at a Long Island law firm. None of these partners live in Queens.

These lawyers, Sweeney, Reich and Bolz, specialize in getting candidates (primarily people of color, women and LGBT) kicked off the ballot for arcane petition-gathering technicalities. There needs to be transparency to ensure that county machine candidates pay for legal fees to level the playing field.

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to release them from prison.

Cuomo plans to do that by issuing them pardons, except in cases where law enforcement has not “flagged any special concerns,” as The Times reports.

About 35,000 people are on parole in New York State and will get their right to vote back once Cuomo’s plan takes effect, barring those “special concerns.”

After that, whoever leaves prison and goes on parole will become eligible.

Cuomo is tackling the issue this way because the Legislature, specifically the Republican-controlled state Senate will not agree to change the law so that felons on parole can vote. As The Times says, it’s an “unusual” mechanism with which to restore voting rights, but it’s only fair.

We want people who’ve served their time to re-enter society and become productive citizens. Voting is a part of that.

is a cancer on our democracy, and it is a form of voter suppression and corruption.

Ari Espinal, while publicly employed as an aide to Francisco Moya, worked with this law firm to throw the two of us — the only two women running — off the ballot last year in the City Council race in District 21.

Espinal was the sole petition objector. She is now being rewarded with her appointment to the state Assembly in the special election in April.

Special elections for state Legislature vacancies are controlled by the local party organizations. You cannot run without the local party organization backing. In essence, if you are chosen by the Queens County Organization — you are effectively guaranteed to win the special election.

We are calling for reforms to the election process in New York State and we are building a coalition to reform the Democratic Organization of Queens. We are calling for a ban on any

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RIP, Barbara Bush Dear Editor: Former First Lady Barbara Bush has just passed away at age 92 and leaves many of us quite saddened. She was a wife and mother, respectively, to two presidents, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. But she was more than that in her lifetime, for she cared about the many in need of compassion.

Barbara Bush tried to get others to volunteer at homeless shelters and Head Start projects and promoted AIDS awareness. As first lady she promoted reading by starting the Barbara Bush Foundation for Literacy. And finally, she was an advocate for the American family. She had many more accomplishments and for all of them she will be dearly missed. Let me at this time offer my heartfelt prayers to her family, friends and all who loved her dearly. America mourns a truly great lady whom we will never forget.

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Rebutting the rebuttals Dear Editor: In their April 12 letters, Anthony Pilla (“GOP debt history”) and Robert LaRosa (“It’$ alway$ Republican$”) promote two longstanding myths. First, that Bill Clinton left Bush a large budget surplus and second, that Republicans are solely responsible for the 2008 recession. Let me correct the record.

Bill Clinton inherited an economy that grew by 3.6 percent in 1992. He rode the ONLINE boom in internet/ telecommunicaMiss an article or a letter cited by a writer? tions that led the Want breaking news g row t h i n t he from all over Queens? economy. Clinton Find the latest news, deserves credit for past reports from all the budget surover the borough and pluses but he only did that with the more at qchron.com. help of a Republican congress. In 2000, the boom turned into a bust as the market crashed. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan wrote that the budget surplus was totally gone by the time George W. Bush took office due to the economy rapidly sliding into recession (which officially started in March 2001). Even after 9/11, the 2001 recession was relatively mild due to the Bush tax cuts.

On Sept. 30, 1999, The New York Times reported “Fannie Mae, the nation’s biggest underwriter of home mortgages has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people ...

(Fannie Mae) may run into trouble in an economic downturn, prompting a government rescue similar to that of the savings and loan industry in the 1980s.”

Bush continued the program as home ownership increased and Democrats were happy with the status quo as they continued their “affordable housing” mantra. When housing prices declined the Times’ prediction came true. Both parties are to be blamed for what happened as no one argued for a change in the policy that was ground zero for the recession’s origin.

I hope that puts an end to the myths that Democrats have erroneously pushed for years but I doubt it.

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Dear Editor: Lenny Rodin and other letter writers have initiated a lively debate concerning the federal debt. One thing none of your commentators has mentioned: The ratio between the debt and the Gross Domestic Product is presently tied for first place as the highest ever — more than 100 percent — and is at the exact level it was at the end of World War II. At that time, President Truman drastically slashed the military budget and massively increased taxes, making him very unpopular but causing a rapid decline of the debt. Trump has irresponsibly done the exact opposite.

David Stockman, Ronald Reagan’s chief of the Office of Management and Budget, has predicted that unless deficit-reduction measures — tax increases, establishing a means test for Social Security and Medicare (millionaires do not need to receive these payments) — are enacted, Americans will, in the not-distant future, face a colossal financial meltdown as interest rates explode, and the federal debt will need to be refinanced at said high rates. The outcome, says Stockman, will be a crisis far more severe than the meltdown of 2008, perhaps even more serious than that of the 1930s. Millions of senior citizens will be left destitute. Stockman is not the only one to suggest this either.

This is by no means inevitable and the emi-

nent political economist and law professor William K. Black, based in Truman’s Kansas City, has a conceptual framework and a plan of action to rescue the middle class.

Let’s hope that the executive board of the Democratic National Committee will recognize that the only way the Democrats can win in 2020 is to embrace the Truman faction of the party. If it so desires, the DNC can cancel the primaries, which are a waste of time and money, and instead select Black to be its standard bearer, as either the presidential nominee, or in the vice presidential slot, perhaps with Nobel Prize recipient Al Gore in the top slot. A Gore-Black ticket would have huge appeal to independents and could easily win in 2020.

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We also are calling for the special election process for state Legislature vacancies to be filled like City Council vacancies where candidates can run without party designation.

Finally, we are also calling for a residency requirement for all party positions in the Queens County Democratic Organization. If you want a role in the Queens Democratic Party, you must live in Queens.

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A ‘prison’ escapee still at large: cops Residents say delinquent center has made SOP an ‘alarmed community’

by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

Two teenagers were able to escape the juvenile detention center on 127th Street in South Ozone Park last Saturday when security protocol was not properly adhered to, officials from city and the center’s operators told residents on Tuesday.

One of the escapees was caught shortly after, but another one remains on the lam.

Catching him is “a high priority for us,” said Capt. Mike Edmunds, executive officer of the 106th Precinct.

Jestine Jennings, a clinical site director with Sheltering Arms, the operator of the facility, told a few dozen South Ozone Park residents the breakout happened during an outdoor recreational break.

Three staff members were supposed to be with the youth while they were outside, but one went in to get water and the two teens quickly ran for a weak point in the fence and climbed over it, landing in a resident’s backyard.

“Unfortunately, we did not have that third staff there,” Jennings said.

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Residents blasted nonprofit Sheltering Arms and the Administration for Children Services on Tuesday after learning a teenager who escaped from the Close to Home facility on 127th Street PHOTOS BY ANTHONY O’REILLY is still at-large.

Neither Sheltering Arms nor Administration for Children Services officials would say what crime the at-large escapee com mit ted to be sent to the center, described by some residents as a “prison,” citing confidentiality laws, but did say he is 17.

The facility, located at 133-23 127 St., is part of ACS’s Close to Home initiative, which places youths convicted of certain crimes in residential communities rather than upstate prison sites.

The placement of the facility has been opposed by Community Board 10, the South Ozone Park Civic Association West, elected officials and residents from the very start, with many saying there are too many similar facilities in the area already.

“We’re turning into a dumping ground,” one resident said.

“We are a dumping ground,” Joseph Kasper responded.

Community activist Jahi Rose said the site has changed the neighborhood.

“This community has turned into an

alarmed community, which it never was, simply because of this place physically being here,” Rose said. “This was a quiet community ... the placement is not right for this type of facility in this community.”

C ou n c i lwo m a n Ad r ie n n e Ad a m s (D-Jamaica) questioned “how seriously” the community’s concerns were taken.

Those in the crowd on Tuesday also called for stricter security measures in the aftermath of the escape.

Cynthia Soria, the resident whose backyard the two teens landed in, suggested the operators make the occupants wear uniforms, such as jumpsuits.

“This way they don’t look like some regular kid walking down Rockaway Boulevard,” said Soria, who lives next door to the facility.

Sheltering Arms officials said those in the facility do have uniforms, but are not always wearing them because there are limited supplies. Soria also asked if they could be equipped with tracking technology. John Dixon, of the ACS, said that is

being looked into. Tempers flared at the meeting when Soria’s line of questioning was cut off by SOPCAW President Tony Gellineau.

“You don’t live next door to this, I do,” Soria yelled at Gellineau, who was trying to transition the meeting to a topic other than Close to Home.

Earlier in the meeting, Ed Negron erupted and walked out of the meeting after saying residents should “put your foot down” and that everything they were being told “is BS.” “This shouldn’t have happened,” Negron said. “This isn’t a learning curve.”

ACS and Sheltering Arms representatives said a gap near the point of the fence the teens climbed has been closed off.

Responding to residents, Sheltering Arms CEO Elizabeth McCarthy said making the fence higher is not possible.

“That’s as high as we can go,” McCarthy said. “We would need a variance.”

Jennings told residents he believes making sure security protocols are followed is more important than anything else.

“If people don’t do their jobs, we’re going to have something similar,” he said.

One resident questioned why the teens wanted to escape in the first place.

“If you’re making it such a warm environment, why leave?” the person asked.

Close to Home occupants are provided social services, classes and are able to meet with their parents more often than those sent away.

But Jennings responded that it’s just human nature to not want to be in a place were told to be.

“They want to be home,” he said.

“Around the holidays, a lot of kids will get anxious because they want to be home.”

Gellineau and other leaders blasted the ACS and Sheltering Arms for not properly communicating with them, which Jennings did not disagree with.

“We have been negligent with the community on what notification looks like,” he Q said.

Penn. cops seek tips on killing of HB boxer

by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

Pennsylvania state troopers announced earlier this month that they are still looking into the murder of former Howard Beach resident William Michael Sharkey, whose torched corpse was found in the trunk of his own car about 30 years ago, and are looking for fresh tips on the case.

Anyone with information is asked to call Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers toll free at 1 (800) 4PA-TIPS (472-8477).

All callers will remain anonymous and could be eligible for a cash reward if their information leads to an arrest.

William Sharkey was found dead in ’88 Sharkey lived in Howard Beach for much of his life, but moved to the Pocono Township area with his wife and son after his boxing career ended. According to Pennsylvania troopers, his body was found on the morning of Oct. 24, 1988 in the trunk of his own vehicle, which was parked on federal parkland just south of the Delaware Water Gap. He had been shot to death and his body was severely burned. The Pocono Record reported in 1999 that cops believe he was

killed in Monroe County.

Boxrec.com states the one-time Howard Beach resident fought in 30 professional matches and won 22 of them, 16 by knockout. He debuted on Oct. 19, 1974 and had a 15-match winning streak before his first loss against Mike Weaver at the Beacon Theatre.

Throughout his career, he had seven losses and one draw.

His last match was at Wembley Arena in London, which he lost to Frank Bruno by Q knockout.

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Historian to launch Woodhaven museum Panels, artifacts will illustrate the historic events of the neighborhood

by Anthony O’Reilly Editor

You won’t find much, if anything at all, on the history of Woodhaven in museums along Fifth Avenue.

But on May 3, you will be able to learn about the neighborhood and the significant events that helped shape it as the Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society hosts a launch party for its mobile exhibit on the history of the community.

Twenty-five large panels will tell the story of Woodhaven’s founding, the deadly 1895 cyclone, historic figures who called the neighborhood home and more, complete with photographs.

Artifacts from the area’s past will be on display, including an original painting by world-renowned artist Stephen Csoka, who lived in Woodhaven for decades, and a movie card advertising films shown at the Haven Theatre in the 1930s.

Csoka’s son is expected to attend the launch party, according to Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society Executive Director Ed Wendell.

“That’s going to be cool,” Wendell said.

“I want to get a picture of him with his dad’s original painting.”

The exhibit will be on display from 4 to 8 p.m., with a ceremony at 6 where elected

The Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society will hold a launch party for its mobile museum next month, allowing visitors to learn about the significant events that shaped the neighborhood PHOTO COURTESY ED WENDELL through 6-foot panels with photos and information. officials and other guests will make brief statements.

Admission to the event, being held at Woodhaven Manor at 96-01 Jamaica Ave., is free and there will be refreshments.

Pieces of the exhibit have already been loaned out to two area schools, and Wendell hopes more will take advantage of the soci-

ety’s offer.

“Maybe one will say, ‘Hey we want this entire thing on display,’” he said. “And hey, they could even use it for a fundraiser, charge people admission.”

The society has also provided art supplies to Woodhaven schools to create artwork based off the community’s history.

Some of their artwork will be displayed at the launch party.

Wendell told the Chronicle the idea for the traveling museum came from the society, which meets monthly.

“People who have been here a while like talking about it and the newer people like hearing about the way the neighborhood got to the way it was,” he said. “What we wanted to do was create that experience on a much bigger scale. We’ve heard a number of people say over the year, boy it would be nice if we had a museum.”

The panels were put together and a dryrun was conducted by the society late last year.

“We really didn’t advertise it,” Wendell said. “But it went very well, people were happy to see it and we got good reactions.”

Discretionary funding from the City Council and a grant from the Citizen’s Committee for New York City helped fund the museum.

Unlike some museums, which might ask for visitors not to take photos or request they stay silent at certain points, Wendell encourages anyone who visits to be interactive with the panels and each other.

“I don’t want this to be a silent museum,” he said. “I want people talking with each Q other.”

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‘We have thrived and flourished in new lands’ Howard Beach Judea Chabad holds its annual Yom HaShoah service

by Neglah Sharma Chronicle Contributor

April 15 marked the beginning of Rosh Chodesh, the Jewish month of Iyar, a day on which eulogies are traditionally prohibited.

“So, tonight, I would like to focus on Jewish continuity, as opposed to destruction,” Rabbi Avrohom Richter said at the Howard Beach Judea Chabad’s annual Holocaust remembrance ceremony.

Attendees spent the evening in prayer, reflection and retrospection as Richter told stories of Jewish tradition.

Syrian-Greek tyrant Antiochus Epiphanes banned Jewish religious practice, “and anyone caught reading from the Torah would be put to death in the most gruesome manner,” Richter said.

In an effort to preserve Judaic teachings, the rabbis of that generation combed through the books of the prophets, and found passages related to each Torah portion, Richter said, “in the absence of the Torah.”

“The Torah once again flourished in the hills of Jerusalem,” after the Maccabees won the war against the Seleucid Dynasty and liberated the Jewish people, Richter said.

Judaism, and the Torah, thrived in the years following that, just as they did fol-

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HB fire dept. open house The West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department will host two open houses later this month for anyone interested in joining the vollies.

Deputy Chief Nick Spinelli said the event will take place April 28 and 29, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the firehouse, located at 102-33 Davenport Court in Hamilton Beach.

The department is looking for dispatchers, EMTs and firefighters, and will provide training if necessary.

Anyone with questions should call the firehouse at (718) 843-9863.

Previous members have gone on to join the city Fire Department and become administrators at departments elsewhere.

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The vollies respond to emergency calls in Hamilton Beach, the new and old side of Howard Beach and the Belt Parkway near John F. Kennedy Q International Airport.

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Michael Norman participated in the Howard Beach Judea Chabad’s annual Holocaust remembrance ceremony, which featured other speakers, including survivor Manny Korman, and a canPHOTO BY NEGLAH SHARMA dle-lighting ceremony. lowing the Holocaust.

“We remind them that Hitler and the Nazis wanted to once and for all solve the Jewish ‘problem’; they killed half of the entire Jewish population, and yet 80 years

later, we have thrived and flourished in the new lands we were forced to escape,” Richter said.

Manny Korman, a Holocaust survivor and Great Neck, LI, resident, vividly

recalled his vivid childhood experiences in Hamburg, Germany.

On the morning of Oct. 28, 1938, he and his family were rounded up by Nazis.

“There was a knock on the door at 7 o’clock, and a policeman was standing outside of the door, and said, ‘You have one hour, you can pack small bags, you will accompany me to the police station in Hamburg, Germany,’” Korman said.

His family then accompanied the German policeman to the Hamburg police station, where many Jewish families were present and later put on trucks and taken to Hamburg’s prison, Korman said.

“We were there the entire day, not knowing exactly what was happening to us,” Korman said.

Korman’s family, along with many other Jewish families were taken east to the German-Poland border.

“The Poles were not really ready for us,” Korman said.

He and his brother lived with both Jewish and gentile families in the late 1930s, and his mother arrived in the United States during Passover in 1940.

A candle-lighting ceremony was conducted by Michael Smith, vice president of the congregation, along with elected officials Q and community leaders.

Holocaust survivor tells her story Rockwood Park center holds Yom HaShoah ceremony

by Neglah Sharma Chronicle Contributor

Sevent y-fou r yea r s have passed, but Judy Berkowitz vividly recalls childhood experiences as a year-long concentration camp resident under Nazi rule.

“At about 5 a.m. in Auschwitz, everybody in the morning got in a line, so they could count if anyone was missing,” Berkowitz said. “There was five people in a line.”

Last Thursday evening, she stood alongside her son Rabbi Tzvi Berkowitz and spoke to a crowd of over 100 attendees in the Rockwood Park Jewish Center as part of a Holocaust remembrance ceremony.

Berkowitz was kept in Auschwitz from May 20, 1944 until October, when she was transferred to another camp for six months, until finally being liberated on May 8, 1945.

“We get up and one of the Wehrmacht told us the Germans lef t, and the war is over,” Berkowitz said, referring to the German army.

Berkowitz said she and her

Renee Ripinski, daughter of Holocaust survivor Max Ripinsky, told his story at the Rockwood Park Jewish center. Holocaust survivor Judy PHOTO BY NEGLAH SHARMA Berkowitz, left, also spoke at the event. fellow prisoners were terrorized up until the very last minute by Nazis.

“We were told we would be shot if we moved, even though the war had ended,” Berkowitz said. “They had always scared us, still.”

She proceeded to go back to he r homet ow n of Kosi no,

Czechoslovakia, but her native city was now renamed Kasny, under Hungarian rule.

“The Hungarians, they were e x t r e m e l y a n t i - S e m i t i c ,” Berkowitz said.

She later immigrated to Israel, and lived there from 1947 to 1957, until giving birth to her son in Cyprus, and finally moving to

America shortly after.

Holocaust survivor Martin Braun was also honored, and joined by guest speaker Renee Ripinsky, daughter of a Warsaw H o l o c a u s t s u r v i vo r, M a x Ripinsky.

“My father experienced public hangings, beatings and a rabbi dragged around by his beard on the back of a cart while they dragged him through town,” Ripinsky said.

Ripinsky said the Holocaust still has resonating effects on those who lived through it, even non-Jews.

“There’s a [non-Jewish] man who remains anonymous out on Long Island because he still fears that his community will go against him for helping the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto when he was about 14 years old,” she said.

She added that this then-teenager was responsible for helping to arm Jews with guns during the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.

The remembrance ceremony was attended by several dignitaries, including elected officials Q and community leaders.

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The 30th annual Phagwah Parade made its way through the streets of Richmond Hill on Saturday.

The parade traditionally coincides with the Hindu holiday of Holi — which marks the start of spring — but was held in April so attendees could

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Chronicle tops in Queens, often in state Paper wins 9 press awards, including 3 for first place, across NYS

TThe core four plus one: Chronicle Editor Anthony O’Reilly, left, Editor-in-Chief Peter C. Mastrosimone, Editor Michael G Gannon, Editor Christopher Barca and Associate Editor Ryan Brady, here outside their Glendale offices, led the way ttoo the paper’s winning nine awards from the New York Press Association this year.

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Things got off to a great start for the Queens Chronicle last weekend at the New York Press Association Spring Conference in Albany. When the very first awards in the very first category of NYPA’s 2017 Better Newspaper Contest were announced, the paper came out on top.

We took it as a good omen and it was — the Chronicle went on to win nine awards all told, its second-highest total ever, behind last year’s 11 but just ahead of the eight taken home in April 2016. Seems we’re on a roll.

That first honor was for Coverage of Local Government — arguably our most fundamental mission — and it was won with five articles, standard for most of the “coverage of” categories. Penned by Editors Christopher Barca, Anthony O’Reilly and Michael Gannon, the winning pieces covered everything from the impact of and funding for Select Bus Service to the city’s handling of problematic streets — one damaged by a sewer project, one suffering constant flooding — and its housing of homeless people in yet another Queens hotel.

“This is what watchdog journalism is about and nobody does it better than local papers reporting on the issues that affect [their] readers,” the judge who declared the Chronicle the winner said. “This is a great example of a newspaper being a watchdog and

reporting on the issues that readers want to know about, care about and express their passion about. There is no doubt the reporters had their readers in mind as they worked on their reporting. Outstanding job.”

As with many but not all categories in the annual contest, a paper’s submissions are entered into one of several divisions dictated by circulation. The Chronicle, which puts out 160,000 copies a week, is always in the highest division, meaning it competes against the state’s largest other weekly papers. Judging is always done out of state, and this year was handled by members of the Michigan Press Association.

Coverage of Crime/Police/Courts was another category in which the Chronicle took first place, with articles by Gannon, Barca, O’Reilly and Associate Editor Ryan Brady. Along with this editor, they constitute the newsroom. Their pieces addressed the disparity between city and state statistics on crime in the schools, how Mayor de Blasio’s meeting with federal prosecutors could work in his favor, concerns in Glen Oaks over patients from the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center leaving the campus, a spike in anti-Semitic threats and prostitution in Flushing.

“Some interesting takes for readers who might not expect this,” the judge said, before making a fairly common spelling error. “Problems

holy offerings on Jamaica Bay. explained well in ‘Creedmore.’” e “Two religion stories that aren’t The Chronicle’s other first place award was won by Gannon, for his entirely about religion,” the judge series of three articles on parking said. “One deals with congregants placard abuse, in which he took the bringing guns to church, and the city and de Blasio in particular to other deals with beach clean-up.”

Another third-place award went to task. The category was Best News or Art Director Jan Schulman in GraphFeature Series.

“Good rubber-meets-the-road ic Illustration, for her image of de reporting on an issue of general con- Blasio driving his hoped-for Brookcern,” the judge said. “Kudos for not lyn-Queens streetcar as money flies letting the issue die and for the pugi- through the air. The Western Queens edition front-page illustration was for listic approach.”

O’Reilly won a second-place an article about the trolley costing award in the Spot News Coverage more than expected.

The judge called the image a clevcategory for his reporting on the arrest of suspect Chanel Lewis in the er, “funny graphic.”

Barca and brutal slaying of O’Reilly teamed Howa rd Be a ch to win an Honwom a n K a r i n a utstanding job.” up orable Mention in Vetrano.

Coverage of Busi“Very thorough — A judge awarding the ness, Financial coverage on the Chronicle a first-place award a n d E c o n o m ic suspect’s ar rest and great use of background on the News, for articles on various issues murder, and the issue of using famil- including the expected impact of new ial DNA,” the judge said. “Obviously President Trump’s policies.

“Great reporting that, while it a lot of work was done on gathering wasn’t necessarily as in-depth as information and quotes. Great job.”

O’Reilly also took third place in some of the other winners, was worCoverage of Religion, a category in thy of recognition,” the judge said. “A which articles from two different lively voice, good connection to the months must be submitted. He community.”

This editor also won an Honorable reported on a priest encouraging parishioners to carry guns in church, Mention in the Editorials category, following the massacre at a house of for pieces denouncing the imposition worship in Texas, and on issues with of unique new fees on the self-storage debris left behind by Hindus making industry, the honoring of a terrorist at

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the Puerto Rican Day Parade and the renting out of Trump’s first house in Jamaica Estates on Airbnb. “These short, succinct editorials get to the point with strong takes and few wasted words,” the judge said.

And at the final awards session, Barca took third-place honors in one of the contest’s most coveted categories: Writer of the Year. He won with pieces on the federal budget’s impact on Queens, the death of a beloved youth athletics coach, the damage caused by a sewer project, a protest against Trump and the contentious debate over installing bike lanes.

“This entry shows the writer is an advocate for the community through these news stories. The writing was supported by good reporting,” the judge said, even while adding some constructive criticism: “I would liked to have seen another feature story.”

We’ll keep that in mind next year.

The Chronicle’s nine awards compared to 13 for all other Queens weeklies combined (three of them for advertising), 14 if you count Blooper of the Year, won by The Rockaway Times. That paper came in second, with four other awards. All results are posted at nynewspapers.com.

“Once again I’m proud of the whole staff not only for winning so many awards, but for winning twice as many as any other paper in Queens,” Chronicle Publisher Mark Q Weidler said.

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continued from page 2 DOE to “commence reducing class size averages” in accordance with the 2007 law by the 2018-19 school year, or submit a plan to shrink the sizes within a five-year timeline with annual targets.

Wendy Lecker, of the Education Law Center, is representing the plaintiffs.

“The City cannot shirk its obligation to reduce class size under the C4E law and the State Constitution by taking no action for five years to let the statutory clock run out,” Lecker said in a statement.

Haimson points out that even the City

Council agrees with her.

“NYC has still not met the agreed-upon class size reduction goals established in 2007,” the legislative body wrote in a recent report titled “Planning to Learn,” which outlines proposals to tackle overcrowding.

Chairpersons of influential City Council committees released the report in March, calling for things like design-build authorization — which allows agencies to combine design and construction procurement processes into one, instead of carrying them out separately — the expansion of eminent domain in certain areas and for the DOE and

“It’s totally dysfunctional.

Even when there’s money in the capital plan, they don’t build schools for many years.”

— Leonie Haimson

School Construction Authority to more “accurately describe the problem” of overcrowding.

Haimson has backed the plan, and told the Chronicle the city “Needs to try to improve

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this process.

“It’s totally dysfunctional. Even when there’s money in the capital plan, they don’t build schools for many years.”

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One Lindenwood resident said she often sees teenagers on bicycles blocking traffic on 84th Street near Shore Parkway.

The officers told her they would check out the problem.

Monday’s meeting was part of the NYPD’s Neighborhood Coordination Officer’s initiative, which divides a precinct into sectors and places two beat cops in each one in an effort to bolster community-police relations.

Paese patrols Sector A — everything south of the Conduit — along with Police Officer Mike Petrizzo.

Other sectors in the 106th will hold similar gatherings in the coming weeks.

Petrizzo reminded residents to always lock their car doors, saying t he com ma nd is st ill receiv i ng reports of unlocked vehicles being burglarized.

Addressing the NCO initiative, the officer said he and Paese should only be called for quality-of-life issues — the two hand out their cell phone numbers at all community events — and not for emergencies, which should be called in to 911.

A resident asked what the cops can do about panhandlers on Cross Bay Boulevard or the Conduit.

“We can only do something if they’re being aggressive or blocking Q traffic,” Petrizzo responded.

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O’Neill pays a visit to 113th Council Commissioner talks policies, takes questions during S. Jamaica visit

by Michael Gannon Editor

NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill believes his first few years as a transit patrolman on the graveyard shift taught him how to relate to the diverse community that is New York City; and that his six years as a precinct commander taught him how to listen to them.

“There’s no better job in the NYPD than precinct commander,” O’Neill said Monday night before a crowd of about 170 at New Jerusalem Baptist Church in South Jamaica.

“And if I didn’t learn to listen to the community, I wouldn’t have lasted as a precinct commander.”

O’Neill was the featured speaker at the monthly meeting of the 113th Precinct Community Council, a visit council leaders had been hopi ng to ar range for months.

The commissioner’s fans, and even some traditional NYPD detractors, are giving him credit for moving the department toward more community-friendly policies.

O’Neill, when he served as chief of department — the highest uniformed rank in the NYPD — was the chief architect of the Neighborhood Coordination Officer

NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill addressed the room and took questions from a crowd of nearly 200 Monday night at the monthly meeting of the 113th Precinct Community Council in PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON Jamaica. program, which takes a portion of a precinct’s officers and places them on permanent assignment in regular sectors.

Two officers per sector also spend onethird of their patrol shifts meeting with residents, civic and business leaders and organizations in an effort to deal with crime spikes and quality-of-life issues.

Police are trying to identify a man wanted for robbing an Ozone Park deli at gunpoint, and are looking for the public’s help to find out his identity.

The man, seen here, walked into the Crossbay Deli & Grill, located at 105-10 Cross Bay Blvd. just north of Rockaway Boulevard, and displayed a firearm, according to cops.

The man removed cash from an employee in the store, as well as the register, getting away with $2,200.

He fled northbound on Cross Bay Boulevard on foot.

Nobody in the deli was injured, cops said.

The suspect is described as a 6-foot, 3-inch black man, weighing about 220 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black pants and white sneakers, with a Cleveland Indians hat.

The crime took place within the confines of the 106th Precinct.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1 (888) 57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.

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“In the past, officers might have no time for any thing but answering 911 calls,” he said. “How were they supposed to interact with the community?”

Rookies who used to be placed on “impact patrols” in high-crime areas right out of the academy are now starting their careers with field-training officers.

“We were asking them to form a relationship with the community without giving them the time to do it,” he said.And O’Neill said the results are showing.

“Crime is down, while ar rests are down,” he said. “... That’s why people become police officers. We want to keep people safe. We want them to feel safe.”

O’Neill also took numerous questions from the audience on topics ranging from broad NYPD policy to dissatisfaction with how one woman’s complaint to the 113th Precinct was handled.

“You have the commanding off icer right here,” O’Neill said, referring the resident to Deput y I nspector Jer r y O’Sullivan seated at the front of the room.

O’Sullivan and the woman discussed the matter later.

A handful of residents raised the issue

of qu a l it y- of-l ife law b ei ng ove rly enforced in minority communities. The 105th Precinct in particular, in recent months, has come under criticism from some residents because of its issuance of marijuana summonses.

One brought up the Broken Windows theory of policing, specifically citing how minority residents in his neighborhood seem to have a higher incidence of summonses for things like marijuana and public urination.

“And when people are caught with opioids, they get help. They’re not arrested,” one man said.

Following a public hearing in February, Councilmen Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) and Ror y Lancman (D -Fresh Meadows) introduced statistics that they said disprove the NYPD’s contention that marijuana enforcement is based largely on 911 and 311 calls from residents.

O’Neill, however, said Monday that they are a major driver of enforcement.

And he defended the department from racial bias accusations, taking the points one by one.

“The NYPD is now a majority-minority department, and as you move up through the ranks, we’re getting better,” he said.

“Aside from crime and arrests being down, summonses are down. Stop, question and frisk incidents are down — in 2010 there were 600,000 incidents. Last year there were 12,000.”

O’Neill recalled a recent meeting in Eastern Queens at which a speaker called on the department to lessen its responses to marijuana incidents, again citing neighborhood standards.

“I had 20 residents come up to me after that meeting saying, ‘That’s not what we want.’”

He also said opioids are a full-fledged crisis in the city.

“We had 1,600 deaths last year,” he said, or more than five times the number of murders.

“As for public urination,” O’Neill said, waving his hand toward the crowd, “shall Q we take a poll ... ?”

The 113th Precinct Explorers Post Color Guard was at its best on Monday for Police Commissioner James O’Neill, far right.

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Queens GOP to honor Ulrich, Holden at gala

by Christopher Barca Editor

PHOTO COURTESY MARIA PETRAGLIA

You can count on Luke Luke Klinger, a third-grader at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy in Howard Beach, placed in the top six out of 19 students in the Middle Grades Regional Math Bee, for grades 3 to 5, on April 10 at Saint Adalbert’s Catholic Academy in Elmhurst.

Klinger was slated to participate in the

Diocesan Math Bee on April 17 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy.

“The Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy, Howard Beach faculty and students are so proud of Luke and wish him the best of luck,” the school said in an emailed statement.

The Queens County Republican Party will be honoring two borough lawmakers at its annual spring gala next month — including one from the other side of the political aisle.

The group announced Monday that its guests of honor include Councilmembers Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), in addition to borough GOP district leaders Oliver Tan and Ramona Campbell.

The latter two were named the Queens party’s state committeeman and committeewoman of the year, respectively.

Ulrich was first elected to the City Council in a February 2009 special election, while Holden knocked off an incumbent, Elizabeth Crowley, last year.

Despite being a registered Democrat and losing to Crowley in the party’s primary, Holden ran on the Republican line and won November’s general election by just 137 votes.

“I accept honors from any reputable group,” Holden said in a statement. “The GOP gave me a line, no strings attached, and I appreciate that.”

The Queens County GOP will honor Councilmembers Bob Holden, left, and Eric Ulrich FILE PHOTO at its May 9 gala.

Special guests slated to appear at the gala include Dutchess County Executive and gubernatorial candidate Marcus Molinaro and U.S. Senate candidate Chele Farley — both are Republicans.

President Ronald Reagan’s 1984 campaign manager, Ed Rollins, will also attend. Rollins is co-chairman of the Great America Political Action Committee, the main Super PAC supporting President Trump.

The gala will be held at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach May 9. For Q more info, call 1 (646) 573-2692.

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by Christopher Barca Editor

New York & Atlantic Railway downplayed an incident that occurred in Maspeth late last year, adding that it unilaterally and immediately implemented a number of new safety measures. Last week, the Chronicle reported that the state and federal governments recommended changes to how the the railway alerts drivers on Maspeth Avenue whenever a train is coming through the street’s crossing.

The move came after a Dec. 15 incident in which an NY&A train traversed the at-grade

Spox: Didn’t need state, feds to help industry track crossing at Maspeth Avenue in western Maspeth without the flashing light signals or the gates activated — a railway employee with a flag blocked traffic to allow the train to pass through the area safely.

The state DOT noted the employees on the train acted in accordance with operating procedure, but that NY&A should change said procedure to require the manual activation of warning devices like gates.

Last Friday, NY&A spokesman John Casellini told the Chronicle that at no time did the railway’s employees break state or federal safety guidelines on Dec. 15, but added the company didn’t wait for the governments to recommend change.

When the incident was reported to NY&A on Dec. 17, Casellini said the railway immediately launched an internal investigation.

The next day, the spokesman noted,

NY&A “added the additional protection of manual lowering of the warning gates by the train crew,” to its operating guidelines without being told to do so.

“The adoption of this modification was designed to further enhance safety at the crossing,” Casellini said, “to ensure that NY&A’s neighbors feel safer as a result of the additional warning the gates provide.”

“No truck nearly collided with the train,” he continued. “There was no accident, no danger of one, nor is there any evidence that Q one was averted.”

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The office of state Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) is hosting a rain barrel giveaway and a series park cleanup project in the coming weeks. The rain barrels will be given away between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 21 at Springfield Gardens Park at Springfield Boulevard and 146th Street.

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The United Federation of Teachers on Friday will host a prom boutique at its Queens office in Rego Park.

More than 1,000 students will have their choice of free prom dresses, suits and ties and footwear at the boutique, which will be hosted at union offices throughout the five boroughs from late April to early May. The UFT is hosting the event so students will have everything necessary to have a memorable prom experience later this spring.

The Queens event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at 97-77 Queens Blvd. #5, in Rego Park.

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Cops uncover huge gun cache in Bayside Man accused of owning 71 firearms and big ammunition stash arraigned

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

A Bayside man faces prison time after cops found a 71-gun arsenal with lots of ammo at his house, officials said.

Ronald Drabman, 60, was arrested around 2 a.m. Sunday after police from the 81st Precinct in Brooklyn — acting on field intelligence after having secured a search warrant — raided his home on 208th Street by 58th Avenue. The guns allegedly were in the basement.

The defendant is not a licensed gun dealer nor does he have a gun license, the office of District Attorney Richard Brown said.

Forty-five of the firearms were rifles, shotguns or assault weapons, according to the NYPD. Twenty-three were handguns, two were .177-caliber pellet guns and one was a zip gun.

The cache included an Uzi with 25 bullets in the magazine, an AK-47, two AR-15s and two XM-15s — each with a pistol grip.

Among the handguns were a .44-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver and a .25-caliber black Beretta pistol, both of them loaded.

Around 50,000 bullets also were found at the home, Brown’s office said.

“The defendant is accused of using his home as a warehouse for illegal firearms — along with tens of thousands of rounds of live ammunition,” the district attorney said in a prepared statement. “This stockpile of weap-

NYPD officials stand in front of weapons discovered at a home in Bayside last weekend that allegedly belonged to Ronald Drabman, who lived in the house. He’s facing prison time on chargTWITTER PHOTO / NYPD es brought over the case. ons poses a great risk to the residents of Queens. It is extremely disturbing to find such an arsenal of f irearms in a residential community.”

Drabman could end up behind bars for up to 25 years, according to the District

Attorney’s Office.

The Bayside resident was arraigned Monday on a litany of charges, including 39 counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a single count of criminal sale of a firearm in the first-degree and another for

first-degree criminal sale of a firearm.

One of the charges is for criminal possession of stolen property in the second-degree, the DA’s office said. The criminal complaint against Drabman alleges that a .38-caliber Colt handgun he’s accused of owning was reported to be stolen.

A Ziploc bag containing cash — $15,805 — was allegedly found on a desk in the Bayside man’s basement, prosecutors allege.

Regarding the ammo, the complaint alleged that the defendant said: “I was trying to move it. I was trying to sell the ammunition.”

Drabman has two prior arrests, police told the Chronicle, including one for criminal possession of a weapon in September 2017.

According to published reports, he lives in the 208th Street home with his 94-year-old mother.

The defendant’s neighborhood is considered by many to be one of the safest in the borough.

Bayside Hills Civic Association President Michael Feiner, whose group represents an area slightly east of Drabman’s house, says he was shocked to hear about the arrest.

“I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “It’s a strange, strange set of circumstances.”

In northeast Queens, the civic leader added, a situation like the gun bust “just Q doesn’t happen.”

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Last Saturday, the Working Families Party endorsed actress Cynthia Nixon, who is challenging Gov. Cuomo for the Democratic nomination for governor.

And the New York Post reported that on Tuesday, WFP State Director Bill Lipton was looking for a way to unendorse her should she not defeat Cuomo in the primary on Sept. 13.

Four years ago, people voting on the WFP line for governor could vote for Cuomo, who got their votes no matter which line they chose.

But the Post quoted Lipton on an Albany radio show as saying that the party would not put itself in the position of being a spoiler, helping elect a Republican should the GOP nominee make the general election in November a close race, when a candidate on the WFP line could take votes away from Cuomo.

Two experts queried by the Chronicle said while Nixon seems to have good political instincts and has been gaining some traction, she is unlikely to take Cuomo down in September.

“I think she’s off to a good start,” said Brian Browne, vice president for government relations at St. John’s University and a political science professor.

“But overall, I think her campaign will be a feisty exercise in futility.” He said her campaign seems to be focused very much downstate in the city, Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley.

“I don’t know how well she’ll play in other regions,” he said.

Michael Krasner, a political science professor at Queens College for more than four decades, offered Nixon similar long odds.

“If some of the ongoing scandals became linked to Cuomo directly, if the Republicans put up credible candidate, she might be able to get 10 to 15 percent [in the general election],” he said. By contrast, Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham University professor, in 2014 won 34 percent of the vote against Cuomo in the

Democratic primary.

Krasner even qualified his own statement vis-a-vis a potential Republican candidate.

“I think if you looked, you could find a roster of qualified moderate Republicans,” he said. “But I don’t know that they would want to jump into this fray.”

A Sienna College poll conducted between April 8 and 12 found Cuomo favored over Nixon by registered Democrats by a margin of 58-27, or 31 points. Cuomo had a 47-point advantage in the March poll.

Numerous published reports have said Cuomo, not famous for letting bygones be bygones, may already be contemplating payback against the WFP, as well as groups and organizations that support it.

“Their announcement may be a way to reach out and pre-empt some of that,” Browne said. “That’s pragmatic — and it’s smart.”

“You always have to worry about that. My union was victim of that,” Krasner said. “We worked without a contract for more than six years. In the last three years, Gov. Cuomo was considered the main obstacle.”

A segment of the union had supported a WFP candidate against the governor.

As well as the governor’s wrath, the WFP faces the need to get 50,000 votes on their gubernatorial line to stay on state ballots the next four years. Cuomo likely would make that easier, as even the most progressive liberals might not want to vote for Nixon if there was a risk of delivering the governor’s mansion to the GOP. Many elected officials in Queens actively seek out WFP endorsements, though Krasner said that may not be an issue.

“I think if they want to get the WFP line but don’t actually campaign actively for Nixon, if might not be a problem,” he said.

“Each candidate will have to make their own decision on that,” Browne said.

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Reimagining the Shoppes site in JH Residents gather to formulate ideas

by Christopher Barca Editor

It’s not enough for Jackson Heights and Elmhurst residents to say they’re against the proposed mixed-use development labeled The Shoppes at 82nd Street.

Opponents of the plan know they also need to be for something at the site, at the confluence of 82nd Street, Ithaca Street and Baxter Avenue.

And at a Monday visioning session in Jackson Heights, more than three dozen area residents joined a handful of community organizers from Queens Neighborhoods United and Chhaya CDC to determine what that would be.

“We could have a community kitchen where, after school, children can go there, make food and bring it home,” said Jay, a Sunnyside resident who only wanted his first name used. “With the food culture being so powerful in Jackson Heights, especially with street vendors, it’s a possible space they can utilize too.”

“I think we should create youth programs with entrepreneurship training,” East Elmhurst teenager Michael Obregon added.

“Business incubation space is important.”

Anger over the planned 40-31 82 St. structure — developer Sun Equity Partners is seeking a rezoning to build it — is two-fold,

starting with the 22,000-square-foot Target department store proposed for the first floor.

Residents and organizers fear it will not only bring extra traffic to the already congested area, but destroy the small business economy along Roosevelt Avenue.

“It can really beat up the 99-cent stores, but it has a big impact on supermarkets and drug stores,” one Jackson Heights man said.

The second main fear is the pricing out of longtime area residents, stemming from the construction of 120 residential units — 30 to 36 will be set aside as affordable housing.

Chhaya organizer Jagpreet Singh, who led the first portion of the meeting, said the dwellings will be far from affordable to residents of Community District 4 — where the median household income is just $45,000 — leading to more wealthy New Yorkers moving in and gentrifying the neighborhood.

“We see with every rezoning where upzoning has been done, there have been increased rents that come with it,” Chhaya organizer Jagpreet Singh said. “Political representation here isn’t very tenant friendly.”

Much of Monday’s gathering consisted of brainstorming ideas for what should be built at the site, home to the Jackson Heights Cinema until its 2014 closure.

Other ideas included a senior center, a business incubation space, true affordable

Chhaya CDC organizer Jagpreet Singh addresses a crowd of western Queens residents during Monday’s visioning session in Jackson Heights for 40-31 82 St., where a 13-story, mixed-use PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA development is planned. housing, a food pantry, a school, a soup kitchen, a park, a medical clinic connected with Elmhurst Hospital Center a few blocks away and even another movie theater.

But most attendees said whatever ends up taking that space, it needs to be something that people of various ethnicities, sexual orientations and religions can enjoy.

“I think it’s really important within the neighborhood for us to be able to trust each other,” one woman said.

Longstanding frustration over the development plan exploded last month, when more

than 50 people testified against it before Community Board 4, with the advisory council unanimously voting against it that night.

At the end of Monday’s meeting, organizers for QNU and Chhaya called on the attendees to keep up that pressure — imploring them to attend Borough President Melinda Katz’s land use public hearing May 3 to demand she recommend against the plan.

The two groups are also holding a joint fundraiser on Sunday night at D’Antigua in Jackson Heights, with an eye on potential Q legal action in the future.

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More than two dozen LeFrak City tenants braved the rain on Monday for a press conference on the steps of City Hall, as they blasted the Board of Elections over its efforts to have their polling place relocated.

“It was very much us telling the story of what has happened,” said Ethan Felder, the attorney representing the tenants, in a Tuesday interview. “Voter suppression is real and it can happen not just in the South, but here in New York and in Queens.”

Late last month, the BOE filed an appeal of an October 2017 court ruling that prevented the agency from permanently relocating LeFrak City’s longstanding polling place inside its Continental Room.

The city said last year the site had to be moved because it was not accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act due to the slope of a ramp from the sidewalk, but some tenants saw it as a political move.

A number of area lawmakers have come out in support of those living in LeFrak City, including state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) and Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx), with the latter penning a letter to the BOE on April 10 demanding the agency immediately drop its appeal.

“Given this unprecedented level of community engagement and the risk of disenfran-

LeFrak City tenants, lawyers and activists — including Black Leadership Action Coalition President Bertha Lewis, at center — rallied at City Hall Monday to call on the Board of Elections to drop its push to have the complex’s polling place relocated. PHOTO COURTESY BLACK LEADERSHIP ACTION COALITION chisement,” Crowley wrote, “it is disconcerting that the BOE is still attempting to move this polling site, which would severely impact the ability of more than 6,000 voters to access the polls.”

On Tuesday, Felder applauded Crowley for not only sending the letter, but also for

appearing at last week’s emergency tenants’ meeting at LeFrak City.

“He did show up, to his credit, and offered us money to fight the legal battle,” the attorney said. “We’ll see if he delivers on that commitment. Councilman Francisco Moya promised the same.”

Crowley’s opponent in June’s Democratic pr i ma r y, A lexa nd r ia Oca sio - Cor tez , appeared alongside the tenants at Monday’s City Hall rally. The only lawmaker to attend was Councilman Andy King (D-Bronx).

“From my standpoint, it was disheartening that no other city elected officials were present,” Felder said. “The public advocate was invited, the mayor was invited. The establishment has taken a detached and indifferent stance on the voting rights of these tenants.”

The attorney added he will be submitting a motion with the state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division for an extension to the April 18 deadline to file his own brief against the BOE’s appeal.

If granted — “almost a certainty,” Felder said — the deadline to file his brief will be pushed back to Aug. 8, with oral arguments slated to begin Sept. 4.

In its 46-page brief filed March 19, the BOE claimed that New York County Supreme Court Justice Erika Edwards “encroached on the Board’s authority” when she ruled last October the BOE’s relocation of the polling site for more than 6,000 voters was “irrational, arbitrary and capricious.”

“The Board, not the court, has the expertise and experience to manage elections in the largest municipality in the country,” the briefing reads. “The court’s judgment should Q be reversed.”

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by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

If you suffer from seasonal allergies, now is the time to start taking precautions to combat them.

That is the advice of Dr. Punita Ponda, associate division chief of allergy and immunology at Northwell Health System, who suggests that the unusual weather we’ve been having could have a major effect on how our bodies react to allergens in the upcoming weeks.

“Spring is going to be here soon,” she, rather optimistically, predicted, as a torrential downpour threatened to flood the city. “The pollens are out. It may be shocking to know how high the pollens have gotten.”

Ordinarily, the doctor explained, as winter turns into spring, we gradually adapt to the arrival of those allergens, the triggers that make some people’s immune systems overreact. But with the lack of a true spring so far this year, and no adjustment time, our bodies have not been able to prepare.

So, the doctor said, people with allergies should begin taking their medications now, before they begin to feel the symptoms that can make life pretty miserable. These include sneezing, runny nose, scratchy throat, post-nasal drip, coughing, congestion, red eyes and tearing.

Under normal conditions, Ponda said, seasonal allergies rear their heads at fairly predictable times. Tree pollens become most prevalent with the arrival of spring, being most annoying from mid-March to the beginning of June. Then grass pollens take over, proving a nuisance through September, at which time weeds become the dominating factor, usually through the end of October.

Perennial allergens, including mold, dust mites and pet dander, may be present throughout the year.

According to Ponda, a person’s age is a factor when it comes to allergies. Typically, she said, children aged 3 and up and adults who have not yet reached senior status are affected most by seasonal allergies.

Testing is an important step in dealing with allergies, the doctor said. “It is important to know what your allergies are.”

According to the Mayo Clinic website, reducing exposure to allergens is an effective way of decreasing symptoms. The site advises sufferers to stay indoors on dry, windy days. The best time to go outdoors, it says, is after a good rain, which clears the pollen from the air.

The clinic suggests removing the clothes you’ve worn outside and showering to rinse the pollen from skin and hair.

Keeping doors and windows closed at night is also suggested, as is the avoidance of outdoor activities in early morning, when pollen counts tend to be highest.

Running an air conditioner generally proves beneficial, as well.

Ponda indicated that medications are available to tackle many allergy symptoms, including a lot of good ones that may be purchased without prescriptions. If medication doesn’t offer sufficient relief, allergy shots, also known as immunotherapy, which are given at regular intervals over a period of three to five years, may improve symptoms or even make them disappear completely.

However, “there are positives and negatives to every treatment,” the doctor cautioned.

And, of course, there’s the issue of how to tell the difference between an allergy and a cold or the flu. If you get seasonal symptoms, try allergy medications. If the symptoms improve, it’s a good indication it’s an allergy, the doctor suggested. If you’re running a fever and suffering from muscle

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Spring is upon us, and if you have seasonal allergies, you may be less excited about that than most. After all, what fun is finally freeing your face from that scarf if you’re just going to bury it in a tissue? It’s no fun at all, but allergies don’t have to make you miserable.

“The key to surviving spring allergies is knowing what triggers your symptoms,” said allergist Dr. James Sublett, president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. “Because there can be millions of pollen particles in the air, f inding allergy relief can seem nearly impossible for some. But by knowing what triggers your allergy symptoms, and how to avoid these allergens, you can be on your way to a sneeze-free season.

Here are tips from ACAAI to help you find relief and enjoy spring.

• The feel of cotton. For allergy suffers, not all clothing materials are created equal.

Research shows that when synthetic fabrics rub against one another, they create an electrical charge that attracts pollen, which, as it turns out, is also electrically charged. Natural fibers such as cotton also breathe better, so they stay drier and are less hospitable to moisture-loving mold.

• Adjust your workout routine. After months indoors, you can’t wait to exercise outside. However, exercising causes you to breathe more deeply and inhale the pollen that affects your allergy symptoms. If you’re planning a vigorous workout, try to stay indoors and if you’re planning on taking a casual walk, take a nondrowsy antihistamine before you go.

Exercise outdoors when pollen counts are at their lowest — before dawn and in the late afternoon or early evening.

• Garden smart. Think your spring allergies are going to force you to quit gardening?

Think again. Taking an antihistamine about

half an hour before you head outside will help. You should also wear gloves and a NIOSH-rated 95 filter mask if your tasks including digging in the dirt, which can stir up pollen. Avoid touching your eyes, and be sure to wash your hands, hair and clothing once you go back indoors.

• Take something a little stronger. Over the counter intranasal steroids (nasal sprays) as well as nondrowsy antihistamines and decongestants can be beneficial for those suffering from mild allergies. However, people suffering from more severe allergies will benefit from seeing an allergist. “An allergist will help you develop an action plan with ways to avoid allergy triggers and determine what treatment is best for your individual needs,” says Dr. Sublett.

Many severe allergy sufferers find relief in immunotherapy — allergy shots that help the body build resistance to the effects of the allergen. While there is no cure for the more than 50 million Americans suffering from allergies, immunotherapy is known to modify and prevent disease progression.

• Eliminate uninvited guests. You can make your spring allergies more bearable by limiting your exposure to indoor allergens.

Vacuum your furniture, leave your shoes by the door, shower frequently, cover your floors with washable throw rugs and use a dehumidifier to limit your mold exposure.

All of these steps will help, and look for a good air purifier with a HEPA filter.

Spring allergies are a fact of life but you don’t have to let them dictate yours. Employ the tips above, and you’ll be able to enjoy the warmer weather without constantly reaching for a tissue. To learn more about how to relieve your seasonal allergy symptoms, visit Q AllergyandAsthmaRelief.org.

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FAA talks Northeast Corridor Initiative Flushing resident: ‘We implore you to come up with better ... flight patterns’

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

The Federal Aviation Administration is aiming to make airspace used by airports in New York, Boston and Washington, DC more efficient.

Speaking to the New York Community Aviation Roundtable last Wednesday, agency officials gave a presentation on the project, which is called the Northeast Corridor Initiative. The area targeted is what the FAA calls a “priority area” for NextGen, the program to modernize air transportation that the federal government has been rolling out in recent years.

“This is the most important part of the country when it come to airspace,” FAA Eastern Region Regional Administrator Jennifer Solomon said. “Anything that happens here affects everyone.”

Overall, the initiative involves improving the coordination between airports in the Northeast, the building of infrastructure more conducive to efficiency and making the flow of air traffic in the region better, as well as enhancing technologies used by air traffic controllers.

While no one on the roundtable criticized the FAA for the NCI and its goals, NextGen — which has a navigation system that uses narrow, GPS-based routes — has been highly controversial with some in Queens.

In particular, a path called the TNNIS climb has frequently been cited as an aggravating one to those who live under its route.

Based on the Flushing Climb route established to keep aircraft noise away from the US Open tournament, the path flies over residential areas in northeast Queens.

Broadway-Flushing resident Maria Becce, at mic, speaks at last Wednesday’s meeting of the PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY New York Community Aviation Roundtable.

Broadway-Flushing resident Maria Becce, who represents Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) on the roundtable, called the FAA’s presentation “wonderful.” But she also pointed to how it had nothing in the way of potential solutions to excessive aircraft noise.

“I happen to live under TNNIS,” said Becce, who is the first vice chairwoman of the NYCAR LaGuardia Committee. “If TNNIS is the best example of what we can do from NextGen to alleviate the complexity of the airspace, it’s not helping. ... We implore you to come up with better and more diverse flight patterns.”

Responding to Becce, Solomon said, “We hear you ... We want to be productive partners.”

The Northeast Corridor Initiative, the FAA official explained, “is just one thing that’s

going on” — not the only or last project the aviation agency will undertake here.

Solomon also said that major changes to air traffic in the region isn’t exactly simple.

“This is the most complicated airspace in the world, so trying to make changes is a challenge,” she said.

“Please, don’t leave us out of the equation,” Becce said.

The roundtable at last Wednesday’s meeting did not have a quorum — which its rules define as half of the voting representatives plus one.

Not meeting the requirement isn’t a first for NYCAR — roundtable Co-chairwoman Barbara Brown said the body hasn’t been able to approve the minutes for two meetings over the lack of a quorum.

The officers of the roundtable’s LaGuardia and JFK committees met last month and talked about the subject. And at the meeting, a recommended measure to fight the problem was discussed.

According to Brown, the proposal will be voted on at the next NYCAR meeting with a quorum.

“Essentially, the recommendation is saying that any voting member who does not attend two consecutive meetings will receive a registered letter signed by the co-chairs of NYCAR,” she said.

The letter will “[advise] that failure to attend the next meeting will result in their membership to NYCAR and airport committees being suspended for failure to attend meetings,” Brown explained.

Members who get suspended, she added, would get their regular status back after notifying NYCAR of their intent to attend and then actually attend the next meeting of their airport committee or the entire roundtable.

Community Board 10 representative Peter Granickas criticized the proposal.

“It just seems awfully lenient to me,” he said, pointing to how community board members are allowed to only miss three meetings.

But as NYCAR Co-chairman Warren Schreiber explained, members of those advisory panels can justify absences if they are caused by “extenuating circumstances.”

Overall, Scheiber said, the goal of the recommendation is not to “eliminate” roundtable members. “It’s to encourage them to come, and by notifying them if they haven’t been here that we’re going to suspend their membership, maybe that could actually motivate Q them,” he explained.

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Sign for late Queens leader now at Union Turnpike and 254th Street The southwest cor ner of 254th Street and Union Turnpike has been co-named in honor of late Queens Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jack Friedman.

Area leaders joined Friedman’s family last Sunday at the Glen Oaks intersection to celebrate the co-naming.

The brand-new sign says “Jack M. Friedman Way.” “My family and I are so thrilled and honored to have Jack M. Friedman Way forever in Queens,” his daughter, Cara Friedman, said in a statement. “My father, ‘Mr. Queens,’ dedicated his life to this borough and the people in it. Every time we drive by, we will be reminded of the incredible impact he made on all of our lives.”

When Friedman unexpectedly died at the age of 55 in 2015, his loss was

felt across Queens. He lived in the borough his whole life, and his advocacy earned him the nickname.

Along with being the executive director of the Queens chamber, he had been a political activist, the president of Community School Board 26, a member of Community Board 13 and the chairman of its Economic Development Committee.

Friedman also served on the boards of Services Now for Adult Persons, the Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council and the Bellerose Jewish Center.

After Hurricane Sandy struck, he organized seminars to help the owners of businesses impacted by the storm.

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was among those who joined his family at the co-naming ceremony Sunday.

The co-naming “could not be a more appropriate way to honor a man so dedicated to his community and the borough of Queens,” Weprin said.

Also among those present at Sunday’s ceremony were CB 13 Chairm a n Cl ive Wi l l ia m s , Re p. Tom Suozzi (D-Suffolk, Nassau, Queens) and Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens).

“Jack Friedman was an exceptional person who devoted his life to the needs of the people of Queens and especially his home communities in Eastern Queens,” Grodenchik said in a statement. “I am happy to have sponsored the street co-naming for him and will think fondly of him every time I drive past what will now be Jack’s corner at Union Turnpike Q and 254 Street.”

— Ryan Brady

Late Queens Chamber of Commerce leader Jack Friedman’s wife, Lorie, son Daniel and daughter Cara hold a sign bearing his name at last Sunday’s street co-naming ceremony in his honor at Union Turnpike and 254th Street.

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ARTS, CULTURE ARTS CULT C T U RE E & LIVING L IVING IV

Inside

artists’ studios

the

LIC Arts Open

Good arts! Good eats! Good times!

All of that and more is on tap as the 8th annual LIC Arts Open Festival prepares to raise the profile of the Long Island City and Astoria areas’ artists, businesses and community. The event runs May 16 to 20.

“We want to put on as much art as possible,” Richard Mazda, the event’s executive director, said at a planning session held Monday at The Local LIC. “The last two or three years have been quite exciting.”

The festival consists of multiple parts: Throughout the week, exhibitions will seemingly take over the neighborhood, with numerous venues of varying size filling their halls with every conceivable form of art work; and on the final two days, from noon to 6 p.m., artists will throw open the doors to their studios and welcome the public for a glimpse into their often private worlds. Admission to all exhibitions and studios is free.

Over the years, the festival has spotlighted the work of hundreds of artists, many local but also with a fair share coming from beyond. This year

follows suit.

Among those scheduled to be represented this year is Diana Hobson, who describes what she creates as “abstract art that tells stories.” Working out of a studio in Astoria, she plans to exhibit several large paintings, measuring somewhere in the neighborhood of 4 by 6 feet, as well as water colors and a few drawings.

On May 2, two weeks prior to the actual festival, which is produced through sponsorship, advertising and submission fees, a kickoff event, a garden party at a landmarked local residence, will feature cuisine

by LIC Market and chef Alex Schindler, wines from Blue Streak Wine & Spirits, and musical entertainment. Awards will be presented to two local artists who have “contributed hugely to the community.”

Tickets for this fundraiser are $100 each.

Those attending the festival’s closing party, which is free and will take place at a venue still to be announced, will have the opportunity to bid in a silent auction. It will feature original creations donated by the artists, each working with a 10-by-10-inch board, with Mazda’s sole requirement being they “must be art when finished.”

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EXHIBITS “Southeast Queens Biennial: A Locus of Moving Points,” with works by three generations of artists with deep connections to the area, in various media.

Thru Sat., April 21, York College Fine Arts Gallery, 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd. “Notations in Passing,” a related exhibit with glimpses of the experiences of people living and working in the area. Thru Sat., April 21, Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. Both by No Longer Empty Curatorial Lab and the York gallery. Free. Info: (718) 262-3797 (York), (718) 990-0778 (library), nolongerempty.org.

“Catch Me If You Can,” the 2002 biographical crime film about a con artist, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, with Astoria native Christopher Walken in a supporting role, part of a series of western Queens people who went to Hollywood. Sat., April 21, 1 p.m., Greater Astoria Historical Society, 35-20 Broadway, Long Island City. Free.

Info: (718) 278-0700, astorialic.org.

“Art in the Garden: Hope,” with intricately detailed pencil drawings of seeds artist Laura Fantini has collected in NYC and Italy, exploring their power, new beginnings and growth. Thru Sun., April 29. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free thru March; then free with garden admission. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

“Peace and Love,” with paintings, mixed-media works and sculptures by several artists, reflecting the African-American experience. Thru Mon., April 30. Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 16104 Jamaica Ave. Free (donations welcome). Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org.

“Queens Selects,” with works in various media chosen by Queens College faculty and students from the Godwin-Ternbach Museum collection, dating from 1000 to 1500. Thru Thu., May 31, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing.

Free. Info: (718) 997-4747, gtmuseum.org.

“A Fresh Civility: CUNY Queens College MFA show,” with diverse works in different media by students in the Masters in Fine Arts program.

Thru Thu., May 10, LIC Artists’ Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City (parking lot entrance; door above staircase). Free. Info: (917) 287-3093, licartists.org, artdept.qc.cuny.edu.

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from the 1920s to today. Thru Sun., April 22, various times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15 each; $11 seniors, students; $7 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

Tony Orlando: All the Hits!, with the “Tie a Yellow Ribbon ’Round the Ole Oak Tree” and “Knock Three Times” singer, actor, producer and author performing his own hits and more.

Sun., April 22, 3 p.m., Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. $40-$48. Info: (718) 631-6311, visitqpac.org.

COURTESY PHOTO Global Mashup #1: Latin Boogaloo Meets Afrobeat, with music of each style played by separate bands and then a jam of both, with open dance floor. Fri., April 20, 8 p.m. (dance lessons 7 p.m.), Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students; free teens 13-19 with ID. More mashups every other Fri. thru June 15. Info/RSVP: (718) 4637700, flushingtownhall.org.

LECTURES/TALKS The Trade: My Journey into the Labyrinth of Political Kidnapping, with U.S. journalist Jere Van Dyk telling about his kidnapping by the Taliban and his return to Pakistan and Afghanistan seeking answers about terrorists’ use of abductions for money. Mon., April 23, 1:30 p.m., Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. $8 suggested. Info: (718) 268-5011, cqy.org.

Flushing Town Hall’s Global Mashup series returns Friday, with the sounds of Latin boogaloo and Afrobeat being performed separately and then in fusion, all for your listening and dancing pleasure. See Music.

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DANCE Take Root, with performances by Christopher Unpezverde Nunez, left, and guests, and Samuel Hanson, right, with Alexander Ortega. Fri.-Sat., April 20-21, 8 p.m. $15 advance; $20 cash at door; $22 credit card. Fertile Ground, featuring multiple dance troupes and a post-performance discussion with wine, moderated by Valerie Green. Sun., April 22, 7 p.m. $13 advance; $13 cash at door; $15 credit card. Both part of monthly series at Green Space, 37-24 24 St., Long Island City. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org. PHOTOS COURTESY GREEN SPACE

THEATRE “Much Ado About Nothing,” the beloved Shakespeare comedy about the courtship of two very different couples, “a saucy and sparkling battle of wits,” by the Titan Theatre Co. Thu.-Sat., April 12-14 and Thu.-Sun., April 19-22, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., April 15 and 22, 4 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $18. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

“Little Women,” a musical version of Louisa May Alcott’s novel about the March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, with authentic 19th-century music, adapted by Dolly Guinther and Beatrice Grant. Sat.,

April 21, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Sun., April 22 and 29 and Sat., April 28, 2:30 p.m.; Fri., April 27, 7:30 p.m., St. Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway S., Forest Hills. $15; $12 each in groups of six or more. Info: (718) 268-7772, gingerbreadplayers.org.

“Cinderella” by Tanglewood Marionettes, the classic fairy tale about an oppressed girl meeting her prince with the help of magic, performed by puppeteers. Sun., April 22, 2:15 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $14; $8 kids; free teens 13-19 with ID. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

“The Marriage of Figaro,” Mozart’s classic comic opera in which love conquers all, helped by disguise, deception and divine melodies, in the original Italian, by Queens College performers and special guests. Thu.-Sat., April 26-28, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., April 29, 3 p.m., Goldstein Theatre at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. $20; $18 seniors; $10 QC students with ID. Info: (718) 7938080, kupferbergcenter.org.

“The Wedding Singer,” a musical romantic comedy based on the 1998 movie of the same name, about a wannabe rock star, his failed relationship and the new girl he loves, by the Royal Star Theatre. Fri.-Sat., April 27-28, May 4-5, 8 p.m.; Sun., April 29, 3 p.m., Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy Auditorium, 17914 Dalny Road, Jamaica Estates. $18 advance; $15 seniors 65 and over, kids under 12; $2 more each at door. Info: (516) 376-5552, royalstartheatre.org.

FILM Fashion in Film Festival, the 10th annual, with movies notable for their use of costumes and styles

Caring for the Spine: Treating and Preventing Back Pain, with info on a range of back issues, wellness, prevention and treatments, by two doctors and a physical therapist, sponsored by Northwell Health’s Orthopaedic Institute. Thu., April 26, 7-9 p.m., Clinton G. Martin Park Community Center, 1601 Marcus Ave., New Hyde Park, LI. Free. Info/registration: (855) 544-1250, northwell.edu/nsuhspine.

The Last Time It Got This Hot On Earth, an Earth Day talk by climate scientist, Queens College professor and Antarctic explorer Stephen Pekar on what the climate was like when carbon dioxide was as prevalent as many predict it will be later this century. Sun., April 22, 3 p.m., Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Free; donations welcome. Info: (718) 268-5011, cqy.org.

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SPECIAL EVENTS United Ink No Limits Tattoo Expo, with more than 250 artists from around the world, competitions, entertainment, workshops and more. Fri.Sun., April 20-22, varying times, Resorts World Casino, 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., South Ozone Park. $25 day; $55 weekend pass. Info: (803) 578-9727, newyorktattooshow.com.

Yellowstone Park Alliance Earth Day, with eco arts and crafts, book swap, storytime and more. Volunteers may still be wanted. Sun., April 22, 11 a.m.2 p.m., Yellowstone Blvd. and 68 Road, Forest Hills.

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“H Is For Haiku” is written by longtime Briarwood resident and schoolteacher Sydell Rosenberg, above, with her daughter Amy around 1961. It is illustrated by Sawsan Chalabi, far left. Each letter of the alphabet gets its own haiku, a poem written in three phrases: usually PHOTOS BY SANDY MAJOR PHOTOGRAPHY, LEFT, SAM ROSENBERG VIA AMY LOSAK AND COURTESY PENNY CANDY BOOKS of five, then seven, then five syllables.

And indeed one of her poems, for the letter K, is very much about the moment before the hoof comes down.

Keeping their distance From the hooves of the horses Pigeons and sparrows.

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April is National Poetry Month, and with perfect timing comes a new picture book for lovers of verse: “H Is For Haiku.”

Authored by a longtime Briarwood resident and city schoolteacher, Sydell Rosenberg, and illustrated by Sawsan Chalabi, the book features one haiku for each letter of the alphabet, accompanied by whimsical drawings.

Rosenberg, who wrote the poems in the 1970s and ’80s and dreamed of publishing a book of poetry for children, celebrates the form in a brief essay included in the book and first published in 1981. She focuses on the immediate and ephemeral nature of the short poems, usually written in three phrases of five, seven and five syllables, respectively.

“Haiku is that fledging moment, when the wingstrokes become sure — when the bird has staying power in the air,” Rosenberg, who died in 1996, says in part. And then later: “The split second one starts to touch a flower — real or plastic? That’s haiku. Before the hoof comes down — that’s haiku!”

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The Time is Now! PRESIDENT MARCIA V. KEIZS extends congratulations and invites all students accepted to York College for Fall 2018 to attend the

Accepted Students Reception Sunday, April 29th

Noon to 3 pm

Learn about exciting research opportunities, internships, and majors offered at York College. Tour our modern 50-acre campus and speak with faculty, admissions and financial aid counselors.

Head over to the Queens Botanical Garden and take some top-notch pictures to enter PHOTO BY JESS BREY in its photo competition.

We look forward to seeing you!

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YORK COLLEGE! Atrium of the Academic Core Building, 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., Jamaica NY 11451.

Free parking is available for this event.

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Contact the Admissions Office by visiting www.york.cuny.edu/admissions, or by calling 718-262-2169.

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Do you love photography and gorgeous green space? If so, the Queens Botanical Garden’s photo contest should be right up your alley.

From now until the end of June, the public is invited to submit photos taken at the Flushing garden for the competition.

The winning picture will capture the essence of three words: “People, Plants, Cultures.”

Not only the title of the contest, the phrase is part of the garden’s slogan.

Along with the safisfaction of victory, the winning photographer will get six admissions tickets to the QBG’s Harvest Fest on Oct. 14 in addition to a free year-long family-level membership for the garden.

A maximum of three photos — each has to be taken at the garden — can be submitted. The winner will be notified on July 16.

Photographers who are pros or beginners are invited to submit entries as long as they are 18 or more years old. Garden trustees, employees and advisory council members are not allowed to participate; nor are consultants or contractors who work with QBG. It costs $4 for students with ID and seniors to enter the garden, $6 for adults and it’s free for members.

Those who want to enter can go online to queensbotanical.org/photocontest. More information about the competition is available there, along with a link to the form for submitting photos.

As to how to best create a photographic portrait of the “People, Plants, Cultures” slogan, QBG Marketing Manager Anne Tan-Detchkov has some helpful pointers.

“To me, I think the ideal shot would be at a family-friendly event because we see people from all over Queens,” she said.

Those who want to get a great shot at a QBG happening will have ample opportunity to do so, Tan-Detchkov said.

The weekend of April 21-22 will see the green space hosting Tulip Time!, which will feature fun stuff like tulip tours and a floral design workshop. Pricing information and the schedule for both days can be found online at queensbotanical.org/calendar.

On April 29, the garden is holding its annual Arbor Fest — a celebration with a petting zoo, arts, crafts and other fun stuff.

It costs $10 for adults, $8 for children and is free for QBG members.

“They feel their joy of being in the garden, within nature and with the people that they love,” she said.

The QBG is urging people to not submit photos in which individuals whose permission they don’t have and who aren’t in their group are very visibly featured.

Contestants might want to get a little creative with the captions attached to each photo they submit, too.

“We are looking for great stories that go along with entries, so a winning photo will be accompanied by a great caption to help us paint a ‘fuller’ picture of the moment!”

Tan-Detchkov said.

Folks are encouraged to publish the pictures they take for the photo contest on their social media pages with the hashtag Q #qbgphotocontest.

Queens Botanical Garden photo contest When: Now through June 30 Where: 43-50 Main St., Flushing Entry: Free. queensbotanical.org

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One of the largest exhibitions will be on view at The Plaxall Gallery, whose Artistic Director Edjo Wheeler said the festival brings “a shot of energy into the entire neighborhood,” with the buzz continuing well beyond the week of the festival.

The artists, he said, “get to open their studios and engage more with the public and each other. From an economic standpoint, we hope it’s good for all local businesses.”

Among the other artists to be represented this year is Zoe Morsette, whose most famous creation is a depiction of a hunched-over Statue of Liberty shivering in the snow, a now-iconic symbol of New York Cares’ coat drive.

LIC Arts Open Festival

Planners of the LIC Arts Festival got together Monday for one of their meetings ahead of the big event, whose executive director is Richard Mazda, top left. On the cover: Afterward, some of the artists hold up wooden boards they are tasked with turning into art.

Behind them are works by Karen Kettering Dimit, left, Jack Howard-Potter, Edward Stephen Morrison, Jody MacDonald and Preston Trombly, all of whom will open their studios to the public during the festival. PHOTOS BY MARK LORD AND, REAR COVER, COURTESY LIC ARTS FESTIVAL evolved, a major change being that there are now fewer small pop-up s p ac e s t o v i s i t . T h ey have b e e n replaced by several oversized ones. “It

makes it easier for audiences,” Mazda said. And he promises “an incredible amount of art work” will be on view.

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When: Wed.-Sun., May 16-20 Where: Various locations, Long Island City, Astoria Entry: Free. licartsopen.org

A longtime resident of Long I s l a n d C i t y, Morsette plans to participate in the open studios event, displaying story boards that offer insight into her work.

And, naturally, the festival attracts serious art collectors, including Dan Dougherty, who runs Dougherty Gallery at the Crescent Grill, a family-owned farm-to-table restaurant.

“I love art,” he said. “I took to the ar tist s’ communit y when I moved here,” he said of the area, where he has lived since 1987. He has participated in the festival since its inception, and he has amassed quite a collection of items purchased at festivals in years past.

According to Mazda, all art work displayed throughout the event will be available for purchase.

Over the years the fes tival ha s

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boro continued from page 32 Green Garden/Green Planet, a family-friendly Earth Day program with hands-on workshops, art, takeaway info, light refreshments and more. Sun., April 22, 12:30-3:30 p.m., Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $5; $12 family; kids under 3 free. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

MARKETS St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church outdoor flea market, with 160 vendors. Each Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., thru end of November, Union Tpke. and Parsons Blvd., Jamaica. Info: (718) 969-3226.

Spiritual Reflections with Music: Do You Text God?, with lay Franciscan and worldwide faith speaker and volunteer Al Barbarino. Sun., April 22, 3 p.m., St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church, 57-15 61 St., Maspeth. Free.

Info: (718) 326-2185.

Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens. Info: (347) 709-7661, richmondhillfleamarket.com.

KIDS/TEENS

“Hooks & Needles” Crochet & Knit Club, with participants bringing projects, hooks, needles and yarn, or working on charity projects. Every Thu., 6:30-9 p.m., Big 6 Shopping Center, 60-10 Queens Blvd., Woodside (entrance inside shopping center, up one flight, down hall to left of 99-cent store). Info: Lorraine, (917) 817-4037.

“L’Histoire du Soleil” (“The Sun’s Tale”), a live performance with music and narration about a young boy’s adventure as he teams up with the moon to find the sun, which has disappeared, for families and kids of all ages. Sat., April 21, 1:30-2:30 p.m., The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $10. Info: (718) 8942178, musicareginae.org.

Storytime, for kids from infancy to age 5 and their parents or caregivers, with songs and crafts too. Each Wed. thru April 25, 10:45-11:30 a.m., Rochdale Village Library, 169-09 137 Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 723-4440, queenslibrary.org.

Bon Appetit, an interactive exhibit teaching nutrition and where food comes from via games and other activities. Thru Sun., May 13, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

Lego Building Club, where children grades K-6 have fun being creative with Legos.

Most Wednesdays, 4-5:30 p.m., Bellerose Library, 250-06 Hillside Ave. Free, no registration required. Info: (718) 831-8644, queenslibrary.org/bellerose.

Chess, card and board games for teens, with Uno, poker, chess and more, every Mon.-Sat. except major holidays, 2-6 p.m., Queensboro Hill Library, 60-05 Main St., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 359-8332, queenslibrary.org.

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Storytime!, every Thu., 11-11:30 a.m., Astoria Bookshop, 31-29 31 St. Free. Info: (718) 2782665, astoriabookshop.com.

SOCIAL EVENTS Saturday night dances, with a live DJ playing classics, oldies, Italian and Spanish music, food and more. Sat., April 21 (and every other Saturday all year), 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $12.

Info: (718) 478-3100.

Israeli folk dancing, with instruction for beginners, in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. Each Mon., 7:30 p.m. (beginners’ instruction); 8:3010 p.m. (intermediate dances), Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows. $10.

Info: (718) 380-4145, hillcrestjc.org.

CLUBS

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Howard Beach Senior Center, new beginner mah-jongg class every Fri. (preregistration required). Seminar on “Aging Gracefully,” by Visiting Nurse Service, Tue., April 17, 10:30 a.m.

155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100.

Queens AARP Chorus, which sings at nursing homes and AARP events, seeks retired people to join. Meets each Fri., 11 a.m. (new people asked to come 10 a.m.), Clearview Selfhelp Center, 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Info: joroosume@verizon.net.

Knitting and crocheting class, to learn a new skill or share an idea for a craft project, by Jamaica Senior Program for Older Adults. Each Thu., 10:30-11:30 a.m., T. Jackson Adult Center, 92-47 165 St. Info: (718) 657-6500, jspoa.org.

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BEAT

Mets dominate in DC

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Too many Mets fans and media types reacted like Chicken Little announcing that the sky is falling when both of the team’s catchers, Travis d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki, were put on the disabled list within a day of each other last week.

The injury to d’Arnaud is far more serious, as he’ll be lost for the rest of the season while he recovers from ligament surgery on his right arm. Plawecki’s injury, a hairline fracture on his left hand, only requires a soft brace as opposed to a heavy cast, and he should be back by around Mother’s Day. Ironically, a lot of the Mets fans who went into panic mode last week have long been critical of general manger Sandy Alderson for staying with the catching tandem since neither one has really lived up to the expectations management had for him. Of course, after last year’s injury-plagued season it’s understandable that fans are a bit skittish and see the injuries on consecutive days to Mets catchers as an omen.

I’m here to tell everyone to take a deep breath and relax. The Mets, to their credit, scheduled an MRI for Plawecki and did not just rely on the x-ray taken in Miami that came up negative after he was hit by a pitch thrown by the Marlins’ Tayron Guerrero. Sandy Alderson has able replacements with catching prospect

Tomas Nido (the very knowledgeable Felipe Alou has raved to me about him) and former Nationals backstop Jose Lobaton.

I feel badly for d’Arnaud, who as SNY Mets play-by-play voice Gary Cohen pointed out on Friday, has been on the disabled list at least once in each of the past five seasons, and now faces career-threatening Tommy John surgery.

I asked d’Arnaud on Friday if he thought that the injury was the result of accumulated wear and tear on his arm. “No, it just happened when I threw a ball back to the pitcher and felt pain,” he replied. One major criticism leveled at d’Arnaud has been his poor throwing. My gut feeling is that he was having a ligament issues for years and that the toss that he made in a bullpen session last week was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back.

Brandon Nimmo was sent down to the Mets’ AAA farm team, the Las Vegas 51s, last Wednesday when they were in Albuquerque.

Nimmo played for the 51s on Thursday and was told after the game by manager Tony De Francesco that he was returning to the Mets.

Brandon took Queens-based JetBlue’s redeye to JFK and landed early Friday morning. “I didn’t know that such an off-hour flight would be so crowded!” he said. It’s safe to say he was Q the happiest passenger on that flight.

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

Max Zehden’s College Point hotel, casino and more

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Monthly bereavement group, for dealing with the loss of a loved one, with handouts, light refreshments and more. Wed., May 9 and every 2nd Wed. of the month after that, 7-8:30 p.m., Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72 St. Free. Info: (718) 335-6049, maspethtownhall.org.

GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing): Find peer-lead grief support for those who have lost a loved one to substance abuse.

Meetings held once a month. Info on date, times and location: nycmetrograsp@gmail.com.

Anxious, nervous, depressed? Recovery International can help. Meetings every Thu., 2:30 p.m., Fri., 3:30 p.m. Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Ave. Info: recoveryinternational.org.

Al-anon, self-help group for anyone affected by another’s drinking: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 82 St. and 34 Ave., parish house, 1st floor, Jackson Heights, every Tue. Contact: jacksonheightsalanonon@gmail.com. Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center basement, 85-18 61 Road, Rego Park, every Sun. 12 p.m.

German-born Max Zehden was just 10 when he immigrated to the United States in 1865 and settled in Col lege Poi nt — something many German natives did around that time.

Having always dreamed of building a hotel, he did just that A bird’s-eye view of Max Zehden’s Hotel and Casino located at shortly after his arriv- First Street and First Avenue in College Point. Above image is a l , o p e n i n g M a x from a painting used on a 1903 advertising postcard.

Zehden’s Hotel at First In 1908, the dance hall was destroyed Street and First Avenue in College Point.

In 1888, a woman 13 years his junior in a fire, and shortly after, Max passed named Elizabeth arrived in New York. away.

Elizabeth, however, continued to Within a year, she and Zehden were operate the business, even rebuilding married.

She helped the business expand, as a the dance hall in 1911.

However, the 1919 ratification of the dance hall, bowling alley, bathing pavilion and casino were eventually added 18th Amendment — Prohibition — onto the hotel. A trolley car route took helped end the era of College Point Q hotels, casinos and dance halls. customers to the complex.

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37 Young female 39 Remorseful 41 Milkmaid’s place 43 Analgesic target 44 -- long way 46 Fortunetellers’ reading matter?

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HSA’s 50th anniversary, April 17 is International Haiku Poetry Day and April 26 is Poem In Your Pocket Day. Haiku are brief and “make perfect ‘pocket poetry,’” Losak pointed out.

Rosenberg was “a product of New York,” her daughter says with pride, and many of the haiku reflect small moments more likely to happen in the city than outside it. “She raised her family in Briarwood, Queens; taught in Queens (and other boroughs); and cultivated her literary life in Queens. I will always be a Queens girl at heart.”

Indeed, the entry for Q reads: Queuing for ice cream Sweat-sprinkled office workers Q On Queens Boulevard.

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continued from page 33 book was published, calls a “small” moment, one of thousands that touch us every day.

“Often, we don’t give them a second thought because they don’t stand out,” Losak writes in a “Dear Reader” introduction to the book. “Or we may be too busy or too distracted to take notice. But these small moments can become a short form of poetry called haiku. Haiku poems make small moments ‘big.’”

Take the entry for the letter B. Boy on a mailbox Perched like a solitary bird Watching the sun set.

Note that here Rosenberg does take a little liberty with the form, as haiku writers often do, giving the second line eight syllables instead of seven. There’s a reason they call it “poetic” license.

And Rosenberg was a master of the form.

She was a charter member of the Haiku Society of America, founded in 1968 in New York City, and saw one of her poems featured in a 1994 art project called Haiku On 42nd Street. In it, the marquees of old movie theaters showcased haiku.

“H Is For Haiku” (Penny Candy Books) has only just been published, and the timing could hardly be better. Not only is this the

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No.: 429/2016 Date Summons Filed: January 14, 2016. GLORIA ISABEL ZUÑIGA ORTEGA, Plaintiff, against JOSE DAVID CERON RAMIREZ, Defendant. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is Plaintiff’s residence. SUMMONS, plaintiff resides at 1209 30th Road, Apt #1, Astoria, NY 11102.

ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State of New York, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Dated: January 13, 2016 ABEL L. PIERRE, ESQ., LAW OFFICE OF ABEL L. PIERRE, P.C., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 140 Broadway, 46th Floor, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10005, (212) 766-3323 NOTICE ACCOMPANYING SUMMONS PUBLICATION To: JOSE DAVID CERON RAMIREZ The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, dated March 19, 2018, and filed in the office of the clerk of the County of Queens at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York 11435.

The object of this action is to obtain judgment against the Defendant for an absolute divorce, that the bonds of matrimony between the Plaintiff and the Defendant be forever dissolved and such other, further and different relief as may be just and proper.

Dated: April 2, 2018 New York, New York. Yours etc., Law Office of Abel L. Pierre, PC,140 Broadway, 46th Floor, New York, NY 10005

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 16030/2014 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, against WAYNE BUSCOMB, if he be living and if he be dead, the respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF THE ESTATE OF BRIAN BLAKE, if living, and if they be dead, any and all persons who may claim as devisees, distributees, and successors in interest to said defendant, all of whom and whose places of residence are unknown to plaintiff, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, LOUISE BESS INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CO-ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF WINSTON J. ANTOINE, KEINO ANTOINE INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CO-ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF WINSTON J. ANTOINE, JOY ANTOINE-FOSTER, JOANNA SOSA, DESMOND BLAKE, HAYDEN BLAKE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU PAYMENT AND ADJUDICATION CENTER OF QUEENS, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD AND NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, Defendants, To the above named defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the amended complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the amended complaint is not served with this supplemental summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorneys within 20 days after the service of this supplemental summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing supplemental summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable TIMOTHY J. DUFFICY, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, QUEENS County, dated the 11th day of October, 2017 and duly entered in the office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS, State of New York. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT The object of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $318,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on May 10, 2010 in CRFN 2010000155616, which mortgage was assigned to CitiMortgage, Inc. by assignment of mortgage dated May 6, 2013, which was recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on May 23, 2013 in CRFN 2013000208597, which mortgage was further assigned to Federal National Mortgage Association by assignment of mortgage dated February 13, 2014, which was recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on March 3, 2014 in CRFN 2014000072826, covering premises known as 128-09 109TH AVENUE, JAMAICA, COUNTY OF QUEENS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK, AKA 12809 109TH AVENUE, JAMAICA, NY 11420 (Block: 9608, Lot: 108). The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendants, LOUISE BESS AS CO-ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF WINSTON J. ANTOINE AND KEINO ANTOINE AS CO-ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF WINSTON J. ANTOINE, for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises, unless discharged in bankruptcy. Premises situate lying and being in the Borough of Queens. BEGINNING at a point on the northerly side of 109th Avenue, 78.64 feet easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of 109th Avenue with the easterly side of 128th Street; being a plot 95 feet by 23.50 feet by 95 feet by 23.50 feet. Block: 9608, Lot: 108 Dated: Roslyn Heights, New York, 2017 DAVID A. GALLO & ASSOCIATES LLP. By: Rosemarie A. Klie, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 99 Powerhouse Road, First Floor, Roslyn Heights, New York 11577 (516) 583-5330

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CENTURY 21 Amiable Realty Group II Celebrates Rebranding Campaign

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For more than 34 years, the real estate sales affiliates of CENTURY 21 Amiable Realty Group II have provided homebuyers and sellers in the Queens community with services that have helped them to make informed real estate decisions as representatives of the celebrated CENTURY 21® System. Today, CENTURY 21 Amiable Realty Group II has unveiled a brand-new look, as part of a complete overhaul of one of real estate’s most recognizable icons, the iconic CENTURY 21 brand, by its franchisor Century 21 Real Estate. The new-brand identity brings to life the brand’s new mission: to defy mediocrity and deliver extraordinary experiences.

“Since CENTURY 21 Amiable Realty Group II joined the CENTURY 21 System, we have established a solid and successful real estate company in the Howard Beach area with a reputation for the highest-quality customer service,” said Anne Marie Chirichigno, broker/ owner of CENTURY 21 Amiable Realty Group II. “With this rebrand, we are not just introducing a new, fresh logo, but reinvigorating our company with the aim to be relentless and instilling confidence in our sales associates to serve the Howard Beach area better than they ever have before. The new look will allow CENTURY 21 Amiable Realty Group II to shine anew, and cultivate existing relationships while building new ones with homebuyers and sellers in the Howard Beach area.”

The new CENTURY 21 brand was developed around the disconnect between the investment people make in buying or selling a home and the perceived value they receive from finding the right real estate agent who fits their needs. This campaign is launching with a new visual identity, TV, digital, social and print components, plus an integrated cross-channel media partnership with ESPN. “This is just the beginning of the bold ambitions we have for challenging existing conventions in real estate relationships and to progress the industry in ways that favor the consumer, yet directly help our agents and

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brokers break through the clutter and noise and win in the markets they operate in,” said Cara Whitley, chiefmarketing officer, Century 21 Real Estate. “Our rebranding campaign is more than a logo; it is recognizing that every affiliated broker and agent has their own way of doing things that work for them, and providing a clean and clear stage for their individual personalities and unique stories to be told.”

As part of the brand campaign, Century 21 Real Estate introduced a sophisticated new logo. The logo features a refreshed color palette that stays true to its iconic gold and black scheme, while also embracing new graphics. By eliminating the complexity and dated iconography, the new identity gives CENTURY 21 Amiable Realty Group II as well as all CENTURY 21 System members a clear stage for their unique personalities and styles to shine through, while still providing a simple and timeless “gold standard” seal of approval.

Additionally, the new logo enables the brand to project a modern view that makes it relevant to consumers buying other properties, such as apartments or commercial spaces.

The brand introduced the new campaign with a 30-second TV spot, “Don’t Settle for Average (Unless You’re in The Market For It).” The creative profiles a facetious young boy boasting about the characteristics of his home, only for viewers to find out it’s not in fact his, because his family was never shown the place. The spot positions the CENTURY 21 brand as a solution for the 70 percent of homeowners who settle for the first real estate agent they find.

CENTURY 21 Amiable Realty Group II, located at 82-17 153rd Avenue, Suite 202, offers full-service real estate capabilities, specializing in Residential (Single, Multi-Family & New Construction), Co-ops, Condos & Commercial sales in Howard Beach and the surrounding area.

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OZONE PARK Excellent Condition 1 Family Home, Hardwood Floors, Updated Kitchen, Great Location PRICE: $549,900

KEW GARDENS Legal 2 Family Used As 1. In-Wall Surround Sound, Entire House Spray Foamed, All Brand New Appliances, All Electrical Brand New. LED Lighting, New Roof, New Plumbing, All New Mechanicals. Energy Efficient, New Siding, All House Brand-New Except Floors, House Comes W/Photocell Outside Motorized Awning, All Solid Doors.

Contact Subhas Ramroop 347-581-5596 For More Information

3 BR, 1 Bath Single Family Home Comes With A Fin. Attic And Fin. Bsmnt.

Property Also Features A Pvt Dvwy And Is Conveniently Located Near The Queens General Hospital, As Well As St. John’s University And Near All Transportation, Houses Of Worship, Shopping, Entertainment, Amenities, Etc.

PRICE: $642,888 Contact Chatter Singh 646-354-0799 or Sher Singh 347-257-9475 For More Information

SOUTH RICHMOND HILL Beautifully Renovated And Remodeled Home Semi Det. In South Richmond Hill.

House Is In Excellent, Move In Condition.

PRICE: $589,900 Contact Francisco Erazo 347-362-7683 For More Information

JAMAICA Warm And Welcoming Single Family Home.

The Property Is Well Maintained And Has A Mint Condition Gate With Security System Throughout.

PRICE: $405,000 Contact HOWARD BEACH Corey Craig Excellent Condition Legal 2 Family In Old Howard Beach. Steps 347-210-6346 To Charles Park. Q-11 Bus, Close To Schools, Houses Of Worship For More And Shopping, Great Income Property, Updated Kit. & Bath.

Information Nice Fenced-In Yard, New Roof With Warranty, Updated Heating System + New H/W Tank.

PRICE: $749,999 Contact Carolyn DeFalco 917-208-9176 For More Information

PRICE: $1,690,000 Contact Valerie Shalomoff 646-533-8142 For More Information

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Diamond Condition Co-op. Totally Renovated 1 BR, 1 Bath, Top Floor Unit. Brand-New Kitchen W/Quartz Counters, Stainless Appliances, Custom Cabinets. BrandNew Bath, Fully Fin. Hardwood Flooring, Beautifully Decorated PRICE: $178,888 Contact Carolyn DeFalco 917-208-9176 For More Information

Great Det. 2 Family W/Pvt Dvwy, Deck & Extra Lot. First Floor Has Nice Sized LR, Master Bedroom, Dining Area, New Kit., New Bath, Second Floor Has Eat-In-Kit., LB, Master BR, Full Bath.

Close To “A” Train & Q11 Bus. This Property Comes With Extra Side Lot. PRICE: $629,000 Contact Carolyn DeFalco 917-208-9176 For More Information

OZONE PARK

HOWARD BEACH RIDGEWOOD Great Location Pizzeria For Sale.

PRICE: $89,000 Contact Teodoro Navarrete 917-208-9176 For More Information

CAMBRIA HEIGHTS

This Sun-Drenched Cape Comes With 4 BRs, 3 Baths, Full Fin. Bsmnt with A Separate Entrance, Wood Floors Spacious 4 BR Apartment, Formal DR, Large LR, Laundry In Building, Walk To Everything You Need. Throughout. This Wonderfully Landscaped Corner Property Is Complemented By Its 1.5 Car Garage. Fully Renovated.

Available May 1st.

PRICE: $569,000 PRICE: $2,800/Month Contact Cass Boggiano 702-332-9776 For More Information Contact Chatter Singh 646-354-0799 For More Information

Mint Condition 1 Bedroom, New Kit. With Granite Island, Stools, Granite Counters, Stainless Steel Appliances, Newly Fin. Hardwood Floors, Large LR With Access To Terrace, Spacious BR, Full Bath.

PRICE: $178,989 Contact Carolyn DeFalco 917-208-9176 For More Information

EAST MEADOW Spacious 1 Family House With 3 BRs, 2.5 Baths, Large Yard, Sold “As-Is” PRICE: $499,000 Contact Valerie Shalomoff 646-533-8142 For More Information

DOUGLASTON Beautiful All Newly Built House On Quiet Block. Waterfall In The Backyard, Beautiful Landscape. Solar Panels, Andersen Windows, BBQ Gas Grill. Master Bath With Jacuzzi + Shower Stall. Central Station Alarm System With 3 Motion Detectors. In-Ground Sprinkler System.

PRICE: $1,650,000 Contact Valerie Shalomoff 646-533-8142 For More Information

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