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BALLOT WARS Legal fight continues over the CD32 primaries

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While Democratic candidate Raimondo Graziano, center right, has accepted the Board of Election’s decision that he will not appear on the primary ballot against Mike Scala, top right, fellow Democrat Kenichi Wilson will weigh whether to appeal his recent removal in higher courts. Meanwhile, Republican Steve Sirgiovanni, above left, will fight his removal from the primary ballot in Supreme Court this week against Joann Ariola, top left.

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Renters will pay broker fees again Judge rules law does not prohibit landlords from passing bill to tenant

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

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o, you didn’t hire a real estate broker, but you’re paying fees for one anyway? It may feel like robbery, but the longstanding practice is completely legal.

A state Supreme Court judge in Albany Court ruled April 9 that the Housing Security and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 did not prevent landlords who hire the middlemen from passing off the financial burden to their tenants.

The argument was raised after real estate representatives challenged a February 2020 New York Department of State guidance memo that stated, “A landlord’s agent that collects a fee for bringing about a meeting of the minds between the landlord and tenant (i.e., the broker fee) from the tenant can be subject to discipline.”

The Real Estate Board of New York and the New York State Association of Realtors filed an Article 78 petition to overturn the guidance, claiming that the 2019 legislation did not clearly restrict broker’s fees from being placed on tenants.

After a year, the court sided with the landlords.

“The guidance was issued in error of law and represents an unlawful intrusion upon the power of the Legislature and constitutes an

Landlords who use brokers to fill apartment spaces can legally pawn the bill onto their tenants, an Albany Supreme Court Judge ruled April 9, thus lifting a nearly year-long ban on the longPHOTO BY GEORGE BECKER / PEXEL standing practice. abuse of discretion,” acting Supreme Court Justice Susan Kushner wrote in her decision.

The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) and Assemblymember Carl Heastie (D-Bronx), prohibits landlords from charging application fees, except for the cost of background checks, credit checks and monthly late fees. Furthermore,

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the legislation defines rent to exclude extraneous fees and charges to protect tenants from eviction due to failure to pay fees. There is no specific mention of “brokers” or “agents.”

Even renters who find apartments on their own may still be subject to broker’s fees, which can sometimes be as high as 15 percent of the annual lease, often paid in one lump

sum by tenants before they’re handed the keys over.

REBNY President James Whelan celebrated the win over the DOS’s “erroneous interpretation,” stating that the decision ensures commission for thousands of real estate agents across New York who no longer have to fear being disciplined at the hands of the DOS. Michael Johnson, the communications director at the Community Housing Improvement Program, said that even if the ruling hadn’t gone in the landlords’ favor, the prices for brokers could have been reflected in rent instead.

“What the ruling really does more than anything is help boutique, smaller brokers and small property owners to keep rent lower,” Johnson explained. CHIP members are mostly small- to medium-sized multifamily landlords, while REBNY represents some of the city’s biggest developers.

Brokers fill a need for both tenants and property owners, Johnson said, especially prepandemic when the housing market was tight.

With limited options, prospective renters may have had a difficult time finding dwellings that fit their needs at an appropriate price, he said.

If Kushner ruled against fees for broker services, Johnson said, it could influence a change in the market force — rent would continued on page 14

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Dem ballot battle in CD 32 continues Legal results threaten to hold Wilson personally liable for tens of thousands

by Max Parrott

Board of Elections on behalf of the campaign, raising a whole host of potential The battle to get on the Democratic issues with Wilson’s petitions ranging from primary ballot continues in Council Dis- fraud to the same handwriting and misguiding signatures, meaning an instance trict 32.

After an apparent supporter of Mike where his campaign did not tell signatories Scala made objections against the petitions the importance of the document they were of Community Board 9 Chairman Kenichi signing.

“It’s a kitchen sink lawsuit — Wilson and community organizer Raieverything’s in there except for the mondo Graziano aimed at kicking kitchen sink. They filed that suit, them off the primary ballot, the so I guess they were prepared Board of Elections found that for me to win” at the BOE level, Wilson had enough valid signaWilson said last Thursday. tures to make it on but Graziano The outcome of the court batdid not. tle for Wilson was not as favorGraziano told the Chronicle as his appearance in front of last Thursday that he will put his 2021 theable board. support behind Wilson’s campaign During the BOE hearing, the board as he continues to fight to get on the ballot. However, as of this week, it’s unclear only restored Wilson’s campaign to 275 whether Wilson will be able to make it signatures, stopping the count shortly after through the legal hurdles that Scala’s cam- he passed the threshold to get on the ballot.

But in the Supreme Court case on Tuespaign has in store for him.

Before any of the objections even went day, the Scala campaign was able to invalibefore the Board of Elections, a Scala sup- date another 15 signatures of Wilson’s, porter lodged a peremptory lawsuit in state meaning that he was 10 below the threshold Supreme Court against Wilson and the required to appear on the primary ballot.

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The Democratic primary ballot is not the only hot ticket in District 32. The Republican candidates have been engaged in some legal jousting over the past week.

Political newcomer Steve Sirgiovanni, who is running against former borough president candidate and Queens GOP Chairwoman Joann Ariola, was booted off the GOP primary ballot by the Board of Elections based on paperwork errors last week.

Sirgiovanni’s designating forms were challenged by supporters of Ariola and her legal team was staffed with Queens GOP members at the BOE hearing, he said.

According to Sirgiovanni, the BOE found technical errors in the way he listed the election districts.

Still, the entrepreneur and former leader of the New York State Kiwanis organization said that he will not leave the primary race without a fight.

“I felt that they were wrong and I hired a lawyer to take it to court,” he told the Chronicle on Tuesday, adding that he would have his hearing the following day.

The Board of Elections found technical errors in Steve Sirgiovanni’s paperwork that FILE PHOTO he is contesting.

The process of hiring a legal retainer can be an expensive one that drains campaigns of resources they need to compete.

Sirgiovanni has not received any public matching funds yet, according to the New York City Campaign Finance Board.

Sirgiovanni previously told the Chronicle that he is running to change the course of the city, which he believes is skewing to the left, and he opposes the “defund the NYPD” movement that many advocates and candidates began pushing leading up to the passage of the City Council budget Q in June.

Mike Scala, left, Raimondo Graziano and Kenichi Wilson are all Democratic candidates running for City Council in District 32 who have been locked in a legal fight over appearing on the June FILE PHOTOS primary ballot.

As it now stands, Wilson is off the primary ballot, and with Graziano gone as well, that leaves the moderate lane in the race open to Scala.

But Wilson can choose to appeal the court’s decision and attempt to redeem more of his signatures in Appellate Court.

He told the Chronicle after his court appearance Tuesday that he was weighing his options. No matter what happens, the process has drained his campaign funds, he said, and done significant damage to his chances in the primary.

Wilson raised about $95,000 for his campaign — of that, about $80,000 was in public matching funds and $15,000 in private donations.

He said that up to appearing before the BOE, combined with the expenses of retaining an election lawyer, his campaign had spent around $35,000, but the cost of defending himself in Supreme Court added another $10,000 in expenses.

The gamble for his campaign will revolve around the fact that if he doesn’t make the primary ballot, the city will with-

draw the matching funds, so he would be personally liable for anything over the $14,000 that he raised in private donations.

According to his calculations, he’s already tens of thousand of dollars over that threshold. If he accepts defeat now, the Scala campaign will have put him personally in debt.

“I’ve been out of work for over a year.

My expenses, with two young daughters and a mortgage has basically taken away all my life savings. So at this point I would not be able to afford to pay what I owe. So let’s put it that way,” Wilson told the Chronicle.

He will now face the choice of continuing to rack up legal expenses with the prospect of winning enough signatures to make it on the primary ballot and retain his public funds, or to cut his losses and minimize the amount he could be in debt after the campaign.

He told the Chronicle that he had not made up his mind about what to do, but ended the conversation saying, “I have a Q family to consider.”

More libraries with to-go service Five more Queens Public Library locations were to have opened for to-go service three days a week starting Wednesday.

The locations are the: • Baisley Park Library at 117-11 Sutphin Blvd. in Jamaica; • Douglaston Library at 249-01 Northern Blvd. in Little Neck; • Howard Beach Library at 92-06 156 Ave.; • Middle Village Library at 72-31 Metropolitan Ave.; and • Woodside Library at 54-22 Skillman Ave.

To-go service allows people to request materials in advance either online at queenslibrary.org, using the QPL app or by calling (718) 990-0728 to pick them up.

No library allows browsing yet.

The locations will be open for service 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays with a one-hour closure for cleaning from 1 to 2 p.m.; and 12 to 7 p.m. Thursday with a one-hour closure for cleaning from 3 to 4 p.m.

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Capacities increase, curfews extended Movie theaters, zoos can fit more; restaurants open until midnight

by David Russell Associate Editor

Covid restrictions are being eased as the weather gets warmer and the city’s positivity rate drops under 5 percent.

Museums, aquariums, zoos and botanical garden capacity will increase to 50 percent beginning April 26, Gov. Cuomo announced Monday. Movie theater capacit y will increase to 33 percent that day.

“The weather is nice. We have magnificent zoos in this state,” Cuomo said. “You want to get outside, you want to take the family somewhere, museums and zoos will be at 50 percent.”

Museums and zoos are at 33 percent.

Movie theaters have been at 25 percent since reopening in the city March 5.

On May 19, spectator capacity will increase from 10 percent to 25 percent capacity at large-scale arenas and event venues, including for professional and collegiate sports and major performances.

Social distancing, masks, health screenings and all other health and safety protocols remain in effect.

“May 19 is not a random date, we’ve been speaking with the teams, we’re optimistic and that would be a time when playoffs would begin,” Cuomo said.

If the postseason started today, the Nets

Gov. Cuomo announced Monday that increased capacity will be allowed at movie theaters, museums and zoos and indoor large-scale arenas starting April 26, with safety protocols still in NYS SCREENSHOT / YOUTUBE place. and Knicks would both be in the NBA playoffs, while the Islanders would be in the NHL postseason. The Rangers are on the outside looking in.

Cuomo allowed the Buffalo Bills to have around 6,700 fans for playoff games in January after fans were banned from attending

regular season games.

“New Yorkers should be encouraged by the incredible progress they have made in reducing the infection rate and getting vaccinated,” he said. “While we are not yet out of the woods, thanks to the hard work of New Yorkers, we have been able to safely

reopen more facets of our economy.”

Monday also marked the first day restaurants and bars got to remain open until midnight after Cuomo announced the extended curfew last Thursday.

“It’s not going to hurt us, I’ll tell you that,” said Loycent Gordon, owner of Neir’s Tavern in Woodhaven.

The restaurant and bar curfew had been 11 p.m. Now New Yorkers have an extra hour to eat and drink indoors.

“This is a change that the NYS Restaurant Association has loudly advocated for and we thank all restaurant owner/operators who added their voice to our phone2action campaign to help get this change made,” the group said in a statement.

Also starting Monday, catered events like weddings and other celebrations are allowed to run until 1 a.m. after being required to end at midnight.

“It shows that things are opening up,” Queens food writer and culinary tour guide Joe DiStefano told the Chronicle.

“I hope what it doesn’t do is get people overly confident and acting stupid,” DiStefano said.

Earlier in the month, an 11 p.m. curfew for casinos, bowling alleys, billiards halls, gyms, fitness centers and movie theaters Q was lifted altogether.

NYC offers summer school to all kids While parents are eager for a break, questions remain for some

by Max Parrott

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New York City is doing away with both its traditional form of summer school and the completely virtual programming it offered last year, to provide a free plan for any child in grades K-12 who wants to participate, not just those who have fallen behind over the course of the year.

Summer Rising, the new program, will offer academic classes, social-emotional learning and other enrichment opportunities, like arts opportunities, outdoor recreation and field trips.

The city will partner with the Department of Youth & Community Development to launch the new program. Applications for in-person K-8 programs will open on April 26, and families can sign up through the DYCD website.

The Department of Education reported that nearly half of all public school buildings will serve students citywide.

“This summer is pivotal for our school communities, and we have created a summer experience unlike anything we have ever done before to bring our students back stronger than ever. Summer Rising will be a holistic experience that combines the power of strong academic supports, social emotional learning and enrichment programming,” said Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter in a prepared statement.

While polling shows that nationally parents

feel favorable about summer schooling, it remains to be seen what kind of response the programming will garner in New York City, where the majority of parents have chosen for their children to continue to learn remotely.

For in-person summer programs, the city said that it plans to follow “rigorous” safety protocols and provide access to testing, nursing support and a telehealth call center, though it did not immediately include whether or how those protocols would be different than those followed during the school year.

The programs are likely to provide relief for parents who have been struggling under stress of remote learning while juggling job responsibilities. Kay Menashe, an Ozone Park parent, who has been homeschooling her 13- and 16-year-old children during the year, said that she was very interested in the program, and was looking into it.

One group of parents who were more apprehensive, on the other hand, were those whose students have disabilities, who say there is a lot of remaining confusion over what summer programming would offer for their children.

“We don’t have the information to make an informed decision for our kids. That’s really where it’s at,” said Jackson Heights parent Heather Dailey, whose 9-year-old student with disabilities requires an eight-to-one student-toteacher ratio in an academic setting.

“The DOE made an announcement about this amazing revolutionary program for all students this summer, Summer Rising, which will offer a fun summer camp type experience enhanced with academic enrichment to close learning gaps. Articles I have read state it will serve SWD; however when I tried to find out how; i.e., paras, sped certified teachers, related services etc, I could find no information,” she wrote in an email to the Chronicle.

“We will provide additional supports such as paraprofessionals based on each student’s needs. We’ll have more to share after the application opens on April 26th, and enrollment will continue on a rolling basis into the summer so families have plenty of time to register,” responded DOE spokesperson Sarah Casanovas.

For kindergarten and elementary school students, the city will offer a five-day a week program for seven weeks, providing childcare services for families as they return to the workplace.

Students with special needs who have a 12-month individualized education program can participate in a five-day a week program for six weeks.

Middle school students will participate in a four-day a week program for six weeks, and high school students will participate in a fiveweek program with tailored scheduling to

Breaking from its traditional model, the city will offer free summer school to all student, PIXABAY.COM not just those who are behind. meet their needs.

High schoolers will additionally have the opportunity to engage in the Summer Youth Employment Program and participate in the Public Schools Athletic League. Students in grades 9-12 who have a Course in Progress, or who need to retake a course they failed in a prior term, will participate in academic instruction from July 6 to August 13.

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LGBTQ rights at heart of court race Candidate courted same-sex marriage opponents in February Council bid

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Two years ago marked the first time in many years that a Queens Civil Court judgeship was won by a candidate who was not endorsed by the County Democratic Party.

Following in the mold of Lumarie Maldonado Cruz’s insurgent victory in 2019, another race for the Civil Court bench will see a primary in the coming months, this time between a candidate posed to be the first openly gay Civil Court judge and a candidate who recently lost the battle for Council District 24’s special election. ens vote Michael Goldman, who e s would make a milestone as Qu an LGBTQ judge on the c o u r t , r e c e i ve d t h e e n d o r s e m e n t of t h e Queens County Democratic Party in February as well 2021 as approval from the LGBTQ Bar Association.

His challenger, Soma Syed, is a Bangladeshi lawyer, who jumped in the judgeship race after coming behind now-Councilman Jim Gennaro and Moumita Ahmed in first-ranked votes.

Her challenge to Goldman and his bid to be the first gay judge on the bench have raised questions about her views on same-sex marriage. Screenshots obtained by the Chronicle

Michael Goldman, left, and Soma Syed are running for a judgeship on the Queens Civil COURTESY PHOTO, LEFT; FILE PHOTO Court. during Syed’s campaign show her courting the vote of opponents of same-sex marriage and LGBTQ advocacy.

Messages Syed and her husband sent to a Whatsapp group for the Jamaica Muslim Center in the lead-up to the CD 24 special election cast a shadow on her challenge to a would-be milestone for the LGBTQ community.

In the Whatsapp thread, after one of Syed’s supporters encouraged residents to vote for her based on the fact that she didn’t support samesex marriage, Syed chimed in shortly after, asking voters to rank her first on the ballot, without addressing or disavowing what that supporter claimed.

On that same thread her husband, Mizan Chowdhury, pointed out her opponent Moumita Ahmed’s record of pro-LGBTQ activism as an attack on her record in response to one of

Soma Syed and her husband, Mizan Chowdhury, sent messages on a public forum that ingratiated her to opponents of LGBTQ rights.

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Ahmed’s supporters. He posted a leaked candidate questionnaire where Ahmed listed her record of supporting LGBTQ candidates for public office.

Asked directly by the Chronicle whether she supports same-sex marriage, Syed did not answer with a yes or no, instead responding, “I believe in equality for all. I have been a champion for all communities, my entire life, and that has been the basis of my law practice, my

pro bono work, and my volunteer work. As someone who comes from... a marginalized community — as a Muslim woman in America — I understand how important it is to respect, uphold and provide everyone justice, regardless of their preference, nationality, race, sexual orientation and religion.”

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Community rallies as attacks continue Leaders speak out against hate; Jewish man assaulted last Friday

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Community members rallied outside Borough Hall last Sunday as attacks on minorities continue around the city.

“None of us should ever have to fear for our safety, especially in our own neighborhood,” said City Council candidate Ari Cyperstein, according to a press release.

The Kew Gardens site has seen a number of rallies in recent weeks, including one held for a Lyft driver attacked by a passenger and a candlelight vigil in honor of victims of the Atlanta shootings, including six Asians.

“Sadly and painfully the constant hostility are a continuation of the hate attacks happening across our city, especially in the Asian and Jewish communities,” Cyperstein said. “Hate against one community is an attack against all communities. We cannot let this spread. We must stop this virus now.”

A Forest Hills man was charged last Friday for allegedly drawing a swastika outside the Rego Park Jewish Center in February.

“So many in our community are living in a state of fear walking on our streets by themselves without a family member to look over them and that is just not a tolerable situation to be in,” said Ethan Felder, a Democratic district leader and co-founder of the Queens Coalition for Solidarity. “It is not something we can

Community leaders at Borough Hall spoke out against attacks on minority groups around the PHOTO COURTESY ETHAN FELDER city and country. accept. It’s not who we are in the most diverse borough in the world.”

Attacks on Asians have soared since the start of the pandemic.

Analysis from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, said anti-Asian hate crimes in New York City jumped from three in 2019 to 28 in 2020.

“The slogans like ‘Stop the Hate’ are great

but they have to be backed up,” said Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village).

The lawmaker said it is paramount that mental health issues are taken care of.

Earlier in the month, Inspector Tommy Ng, commanding officer of the Asian Hate Crimes Task Force, said a history of mental illness has been a common denominator in people arrested for recent bias attacks in the city.

Holden also spoke of his wife, Amy, who is

half-Japanese.

“I witnessed the hate against her when someone called her an Asian slur,” he said.

“It’s been constant for my over 47 years of marriage. If anyone says hate is recent, it’s really just being publicized more, and we are still not dealing with it.”

Other speakers at the rally included City Council candidates Edwin Wong, Donghui Zang and George Onuorah along with Steven Saphirstein of Queens Borough Safety Patrol Shmira.

In a release, Cyperstein said another bias attack occurred last Friday night when a 56-year-old man walking to synagogue with a prayer book in hand was attacked and kicked.

A man confronted the victim on 99th Street, allegedly launching into a tirade, calling him a Jew and making threats to assault his mother.

The victim suffered bruises to his legs.

Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) spoke out against the incident in a statement Tuesday.

“We stand united with our neighbors in condemning these abhorrent, bigoted antiSemitic attacks upon our fellow residents,” they said. “And we trust, that once again, the NYPD will find the assailant quickly and Q bring him to justice.”

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

Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience.

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

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

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

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This lead to two landmark studies.

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

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Call today and we can get started with your consultation, exam and X-rays (if necessary) as soon as there’s an opening in the schedule. Our office is called Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center and you can find us at 162-07 91st Street in Howard Beach. Tell the receptionist you’d like to come in for the Knee Evaluation before May 2nd.

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

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

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

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here can never truly be justice for George Floyd, but we got as close to it as we can expect to come Tuesday when a jury found killer cop Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in Floyd’s horrific death. The nation will never forget what it saw as Chauvin cavalierly snuffed out Floyd’s life. The fact that it was an imperfect life in no way justifies any of what transpired. Now at least Chauvin will pay the Earthly price for what he did, likely spending decades in prison, probably in isolation, barring any appeals. He deserves to never take another breath as a free man.

But Chauvin is not every cop. He’s not most cops. Police can certainly go on power trips, treat people with disrespect and escalate situations into violence that need never have happened, but only a few are psychopaths like Chauvin.

Most police killings of civilians occur rapidly, as split-second decisions are made, not over several minutes.

We were glad to see the verdict did not result in violent protests around the country, as one going the other way would have. There was violent unrest in Portland, Ore., but that’s just the way of life in that sad city now. Elsewhere, with adults in charge, people mostly kept a level head.

What’s next? A police reform bill in Congress named for

Floyd would ban chokeholds; let people who sue police go after their assets; bar no-knock warrants in federal drug cases; and create a nationwide misconduct registry. Support is split along party lines, with Democrats for and Republicans against, but perhaps a compromise can be found between this bill and another, supported by black Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina. The two sides are talking.

Unfortunately, they’re not the only ones talking. If Chauvin successfully appeals his case, it will likely be due to reckless public comments made by Rep. Maxine Waters that could be seen as affecting the jury, not to mention fomenting violence. Even the judge said her words could end up getting the case overturned. That would be a disaster.

President Biden also spoke about the case, unwisely, but at least he did so after the jury had been sequestered.

There are many — too many — other killings by police that we have to contend with. Each is unique. Few are as clear-cut as Floyd’s death. Elected officials, other public figures and the media should not create false narratives around them but should let us see the cases and the people involved individually. Everyone should be treated fairly and equally in our society. Maybe we’re just a little closer to that now.

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As Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, “verdict is not a substitute for policy change.” The following steps should be fighting for Black lives by forcing Congress to establish the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 to reform policing in America. Black lives have far too often been treated as less meaningful by the police for an extended period of our nation’s history. Now is the time for a change. In that, poverty reduction initiatives like the Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2021 would only further demonstrate that Black Lives Matter.

The verdict that, despite ample evidence, was for many unexpected must be a light in resolving all systemic injustices plaguing the Black community, extending beyond policing. If there were true justice in America, George Floyd would be alive today. Still, for justice in America to exist in the future, it is paramount to establish reform and implement policies that eradicate poverty in the Black community. Police should not kill Black Americans, and Black children and adults should not be languishing in poverty because of the lack of adequate policy.

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hat the heck is going on with the U.S. Postal Service? It used to be a veritable Rock of Gibraltar among federal government agencies, or at least that was the perception. You put something in a mailbox and it was sure to get where it was supposed to go. Not anymore, not in Queens.

This week The Mary Louis Academy emailed its alumnae to warn them that the school recently learned it is not getting all the mail it’s been sent, and that many contributors had not received the thank-you letters sent to them. The venerable Catholic girls’ high school in Jamaica Estates said it has filed a formal complaint with the Postal Service.

Incidentally, TMLA’s Finance Office recently had to send this newspaper a second check to pay for an ad the school had placed. The first was lost in the mail.

The Chronicle has plenty of missing mail stories.

They predated the Trump administration with its postal controversies and have outlived it. Maybe the USPS needs to be remade, maybe turned back into the Department of the Post Office. It can’t go on as is.

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Police suicide and support Dear Editor: Re Katherine Donlevy’s April 8 report “107th CO and Holy Cross alum takes life,” multiple editions: As a Kew Gardens Hills resident and former member of the 107th Police Precinct’s Community Council, I was shocked and saddened over the untimely death of commander Denis Mullaney. At age 44, he left behind a wife, young son and a 20-year career of dedication to public safety. We’ll never know what drove him to this desperate act. But Father Joseph Ponti told mourners at St. Mel’s Catholic Church in Flushing that “people are fragile, they break.”

(New York Post, April 11). What was Mullaney’s breaking point? The 107th Precinct, which he headed since Sept. of 2020, has seen its crime rate drop substantially under his command, the Chronicle noted. But police in NYC

and nationwide face pressure from rising violent crime and anti-cop crusaders. More than 30 cops across the U.S. killed themselves during the first three months of 2021, notes NPR. Mullaney was going through a divorce, so that may have been a catalyst. But another contributing factor could be the NYPD’s blue wall of silence surrounding mental illness. “The time for silence is over,” declared Father Ponti.

As a Chicago wire service reporter in the early 1960s, I saw the pressures facing police.

Even a mundane incident like a family quarrel could suddenly explode into violence. But the pressures today are much greater. Cops deal with heavily armed criminals and felon-friendly lawmakers who want to empty prisons and slash police funds. Like all of us, cops are human and sometimes make tragic mistakes.

They must be held accountable when that happens. But that doesn’t justify a blanket condemnation of the entire law enforcement pro-

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Dear Editor: We read Max Parrott’s article about Council District 28’s race in Southeast Queens (“D28 Democratic primary heats up,” April 15, multiple editions). We’re incensed about candidate Ruben Wills’ proposed “prosecutorial conduct bill.” Wills wants to name his bill after First Grade Det. Louis Scarcella, who retired from the NYPD’s Brooklyn North Homicide Squad in 1999. Wills claims the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office investigated a handful of Scarcella’s old cases for “alleged faulty convictions.” What the Brooklyn DA’s office investigated were their own cases. It was their office that prosecuted the defendants in the very cases they overturned.

Note the word “alleged” in front of “faulty convictions.” Scarcella has never been charged with any wrongdoing and there’s no proof that any of the convictions were “faulty.” Scarcella stands by his actions, tactics and track record as a police detective. He believes the defendants he arrested were guilty of the crimes for which they were charged during the time period when they were charged. The cases vacated in Brooklyn were overturned based on technicalities, recanted testimony, second-guessing witnesses decades after they testified, and other nonforensic and nonscientific hindsight.

The cases Scarcella worked as a detective during his long, illustrious and highly distinguished career were not presented or prosecuted in a vacuum. Before any subject is arrested and indictment passed down, cases are scrutinized by police supervisors, the chief of detectives, by an assistant DA and the district attorney. They’re presented to a grand jury, and tried before a jury and a judge.

A small number of Scarcella’s cases were reopened, and despite the slanderous charges leveled at him, Scarcella has steadfastly maintained his faith in his past work and actions.

It’s absurd for Wills — himself sentenced to prison for allegedly “using over tens of thousands of government funds to buy personal items” — now unjustly accuses another. His hypocrisy is breathtaking.

As the president of the labor union of 19,000 active and retired New York Police Department detectives, I wish to make it clear to the voters of Queens that we will do everything in our power to fight Wills’ proposed name for his bill. Wills has the right to speak about his own case, but no right to judge anyone else’s.

Scarcella stands by his work as a New York City Police detective and we stand by him as his labor union.

Paul DiGiacomo President, Detectives’ Endowment Association Manhattan

Racial clash in attitudes Dear Editor: Painful, painful and painful. It is so, so painful and tragic that Duante Wright, an unarmed black man in Minnesota, was stopped and killed by police regarding an alleged expired license plate on April 11. It is painful as well, albeit not tragic, that black Army Lt. Caron Nazario was stopped and assaulted with pepper spray by police in Virginia last December, also involving a license plate.

Dreadfully painful and tragic is the encounter on May 25, 2020 of the late George Floyd and Minneapolis police, principally former Officer Derek Chauvin, regarding an alleged counterfeit $20 bill.

Why do these encounters, white officer with black civilian, end in tragedy, injury and pain?

I submit that the root cause is a clash of attitudes and feelings.

The clash of attitudes occurs because black people and white people are predominantly born into, raised and live in radically different worlds. Unfortunately too many in each world grow up with ingrained negative attitudes and feelings about the other world.

Accordingly when they encounter each other in a situation where a white police officer has authority and authorized weaponry and the other person a black civilian has neither, the outcome is potentially injurious, if not tragic, because the negative attitudes and feelings of each clash explosively.

Is there a potentially constructive response to this phenomenon? I submit that intense ongoing racial sensitivity training for police officers should be mandatory. Ingrained negative attitudes and feelings cannot be addressed, much less abated, in six weeks or six months at the beginning of an officer`s career. Why train officers, but not train people generally? Because when a clash of attitudes occurs, officers have the ultimate authority and authorized weaponry.

Ultimately, though, the change here must come from within the hearts of those who hold negative attitudes and feelings. Indeed, negative views must be replaced by seeing each person as a real whole person regardless of skin color.

Donald L. Clarke Sr. Laurelton

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When they face danger on the job, they issue a code 10-13 distress call, seeking help. Without their presence, we would all have to issue a distress call, but who would be there to respond?

Cops deserve our support. Let’s all back blue.

RIP Deputy Inspector Denis Mullaney.

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McGuire: City needs proven leadership Former Citi exec talks the economy, education, cops in mayoral campaign

by Michael Gannon

Among his proposals is to take 50,000 robust summer jobs program and violence small businesses and subsidize half their interrupters.

“I had a summer job. I dug ditches. I laid Ray McGuire is nothing if not direct when wages for one year. He also would like to asked why he is the most qualified person in negotiate a break on sales tax receipts; negoti- tile. I changed bedpans ... I made boxes in the ate with credit rating agencies to move the basement of a dress shop. I was a go-fer. It the field to serve as mayor of New York City. “ T h e r e ’s t h r e e o p t i o n s p e o p l e clock back on small businesses’ debt to last kept me out of trouble and exposed me to a have,’”McGuire told the Chronicle last week February; and set in motion ways to prevent world of possibility. And it put a little piece of change in my pocket. in a remote sit-down interview. “You can elect fines from city agencies.

He plans to name a deputy mayor for small “If I have a summer job and I have a coma group of career politicians who have, up to munity center, that means there’s something I this point, failed to address any of the issues business with an aim of cutting red tape.

“We have too many regulations and can do during the course of the summer. This for decades and probably will go back to we need to streamline the process,” past summer, in the scenario through which doing the same thing after they re he said. we lived, I had no rims or nets on the backelected.

McGuire breaks down his pub- boards. I had no summer jobs. I had no com“You can roll the dice with a lic safety platform into four munity centers and in many instances I didn’t promoter with no experience in planks: gun violence, personal have broadband and in many instances didn’t leading large organizations or any safety, mental healthcare and have a tablet.” record of accomplishment; and I policing.

McGuire said education is fundamental to would submit that the first job that “I’m not for defunding police,” who he is. person has in management shouldn’t 2021 McGui re said. “I’m for bet ter “My mother sacrificed so I could get an be mayor of New York City. policing.” education,” he said “Or then there’s the proactive option who He said first that people need to feel safe McGuire wants to create an education syswas, in fact, a leader who you know has the vision and skills to initiate what’s going to be when they leave their homes. He would invest tem in which every child is able to read and immediate change with a talented team and in a high-crimes unit that would be tasked do math by the end of third grade.

“Pre-K is a good start, but by the time fact-based decisions, someone who has a with combating gun violence, up to and track record of having led and managed including the “Iron Pipeline” — Interstate 95 you’re in pre-K, you’re already behind,” through a crisis, who’s got the vision, an — up which many of the guns used in crimes McGuire said. “I want to start from zero to 4.”

Affordable daycare, he said, is zacomponent inclusive vision for what I call the greatest, in the city are illegally trafficked.

He also wants to invest in an emergency of that. most inclusive economic comeback in the social services bureau, with personnel on “I’m prepared to engage retired teachers, city’s history.”

McGuire’s biography reads like the Ameri- duty 24/7, who would be dispatched to 911 existing teachers,” he said. I’m prepared to certify college students can success story — raised by a single mother calls that involve mental so that every child can in the near Midwest, and a gifted student and health professionals who read.” athlete who earned degrees from Harvard, would be dispatched e can neither cut McGuire said that Harvard Law School and Harvard Business with or before police. As fo r p ol ic i ng it s el f, School. nor tax our way out and summer jobs beginning in eighth grade Prior to entering the race for mayor he was McGuire wants to usher of this.” would help fix an “abysthe head of global corporate and investment in a new culture.

“It’s about respect, mally low” graduation banking at Citigroup for 13 years.

— Mayoral candidate Ray McGuire rate.

His endorsements thus far include U.S. Rep accountability and proon the city’s and state’s economies On gifted and talentGregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau); state portionality,” he said. ed programs and the Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans); plus a “That respect has been number of district and state committee lead- breached because in large part we have not city’s elite high schools, McGuire wants to had accountability for those serial abusers keep the testing now in place but also expand ers from Queens. the criteria used for placement.

McGuire said his business accelerator plan whom we pay $200 million a year.

“Proportionality means that if the only “There’s not one educational system anywill boost the sector that has been slammed thing you have is a hammer, everything looks where on the planet of higher learning that by the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic.

“Small businesses represent 50 percent of like a nail. In many of our communities, espe- relies solely on one test,” he said. “Keep the the jobs in this city,” he said. “They’re the cially black and brown communities, it’s a test, expand the criteria.”

McGuire said Amazon’s second headquarlifeblood of this city commercially and they’re sledgehammer.”

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Former Citigroup executive Ray McGuire said his record and experience position him as the most qualified mayoral candidate in the June PHOTO BY MARGOT JORDAN primary.

“Let me be very clear: I would have welcomed HQ2,” he said. “I would have led, I would have met with the community and talked to the community. I would have discussed the benefits to HQ2. I would have outlined the benefits of the infrastructure. I would have outlined the benefit to the schools. I would have outlined the benefits to the economy, an economic multiplier that would have meant billions of dollars and changed the options that exist for the entire community.”

McGuire said the only way to rejuvenate the economy is to grow it.

“I’m pro-growth. Pro-attracting and incentivizing small businesses, the best restaurants, the best theaters. We can neither cut nor tax our way out of this.”

He believe the tax increases passed in the last state budget were unnecessary and possibly unwise, particularly on the heels of billions of dollars in federal relief.

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Giving it another try: Crowley runs for BP

by David Russell Associate Editor

One year after finishing in second place in the Democratic primary, former Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley is running for borough president again.

Du r ing her campaig n lau nch last Wednesday on Main Street in Flushing, Crowley spoke of Queens being the most overcrowded borough.

Video of the launch was posted on her Facebook page. Crowley lamented “our schools and our trains operating beyond

capacity and the fewest hospital beds,” saying, “It’s no wonder that our working families, especially people of color, are the hardest hit by this pandemic.”

She also spoke of the increasing attacks on Asian-Americans.

“My message to the [Asian-American Pacific Islander] community and all other communities affected by racism and hate: We are stronger together,” Crowley said.

Crowley served in the City Council from 2009 to 2017 for the Middle Village, Maspeth, Glendale and Ridgewood neigh-

borhoods. She lost a closely contested general election to Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), after she had defeated him in the Democratic primary months earlier.

In last year’s primary, Borough President Donovan Richards received 35.8 percent of the vote to Crowley’s 28.8.

“My campaign is one of optimism — we have challenges up ahead, but I know we can make Queens come back stronger than ever before,” Crowley tweeted last Q Thursday.

Elizabeth Crowley launched her campaign for borough president last Wednesday in ELIZABETH CROWLEY PHOTO / TWITTER Flushing.

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The former cop who allegedly tried to have her ex-husband and her boyfriend’s daughter both killed has pleaded guilty to a lesser rap in exchange for the federal government agreeing to drop the most serious charges against her.

Valerie Cincinelli, who formerly worked in a domestic violence unit at the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park, pleaded guilty last Friday to obstruction and could face nearly five years in prison. In doing so she evaded the two murder-for-hire charges.

Cincinelli, then 34, of Oceanside, LI, was engaged in a bitter custody battle with her ex-husband two years ago when, according to the authorities, she tried to have him killed. She allegedly gave her boyfriend, John DiRubba, then 54, of Howard Beach, $7,000 to hire a hitman for the job.

DiRubba reportedly went to the authorities after Cincinelli suggested that he also kill his own daughter, then 15. The cop allegedly thought the girl took up too much of her boyfriend’s time and money.

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Renters’ advocates differ.

Including brokers’ cost in rent rather than as their own fees would not affect rentstabilized dwellings, which Tenants Political Action Committee Treasurer Michael McKee pointed to as an example that jacking up the rent would not be the viable alternative Johnson says it is. Landlords would welcome any chance to raise rent, he added.

“This has been a giant scam. It’s been going on for years. It’s basically extortion.

Instead, he helped set up a sting that would give agents the ev ide nce t hey needed against h is g i rlf r iend.

They had him show her a staged photo that was supposed to depict her husValerie Cincinelli FILE PHOTO band, Isaiah Carvalho, dead in his car, as proof the job had been done.

Cincinelli, who joined the police force in 2007, faces at least 46 to 57 months in prison under federal guidelines, but the prosecutor is seeking 60 months, as reported by the New York Post and confirmed by a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.

The matter is being heard by U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert in federal court in Islip, LI. Judge Sandra Feuerstein had been presiding, but she was killed earlier this month in Florida, by a hit-and-run Q driver allegedly high on drugs.

It basically means if you want to rent an apartment you have to pay a bribe,” said McKee. The Tenants PAC treasurer agreed that the judge may have been correct in translating the legal language of the bill, but said the morals of the legislation are wrong and should be challenged.

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Van Bramer pushes BP primary to the left Councilman cites housing, land use as defining issues in his bid

by Max Parrott

time is housing, is development, are the ways in which that impacts people’s lives and exacMonths before the coronavirus took hold erbates inequality. And so I think not taking of the city and stopped a spring special elec- real estate money is very important,” he said.

Addressing the city’s housing crisis, he said, tion for Queens borough president, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) is at the top of his list of priorities. That list dropped out of the race, citing his mother’s also includes transportation and community board reform, issues that Richards struggle with dementia. began his tenure in Borough Hall In January, he announced that he addressing head on. would take another shot, framing Va n B r a m e r h a s a b o u t the inequities brought to light by $382,000 campaig n cash on the pandemic as the basis for his hand, leading up to the June campaign.

Democratic primary, coming in “I think our approach to everybehind Richards’ $516,000 and thing has to change because of Crowley’s $617,000. His campaign what we’ve all experienced, what 2021 has culled the endorsements of leftwe’ve all witnessed particularly in leaning politicians and candidates including Queens,” he said.

The battle against now-incumbent Bor- st ate Sen. Jessica R a mos (D -Jackson ough President Donovan Richards, and for- Heights), Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushmer Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, who ing), former gubernatorial candidates Zephyr formally announced her campaign last week, Teachout and Cynthia Nixon as well as a is taking on a similar shape to the state of the growing number of progressive Council canrace just before the pandemic struck the city didates, bolster ing his bid as the lef t candidate. in early 2020.

In some ways, his views on land use Van Bramer has framed his candidacy as the left lane in the primary race, pointing to extend beyond the executive functions of the his refusal of real estate campaign donations borough president. He told the Chronicle that as a clear difference between himself and the city’s land use process needs to be completely reformed, so that every development Richards.

“I think one of the defining issues of our gets a racial impact study. He also thinks that Associate Editor

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CM Ulrich opens up about alcoholism

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Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) recently took to social media to share with his constituents that he had been struggling with alcohol abuse and decided to get sober.

Ulrich made posts on Twitter and Facebook last Friday saying that the pressures of the pandemic had driven his alcohol consumption into “destructive” territory.

“The COVID pandemic has affected people in different ways,” Ulrich wrote in a Facebook post. “I regret to say that I developed a drinking problem. What used to be mainly a social activity, and a way to cope with stress, has now become too frequent and self-destructive.”

Ulrich, who represents South Queens, is not the only member of the Council to be open about struggles with addiction. As Council speaker, Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan) has been candid with the press that he overcame an alcohol and cocaine addiction before he got into politics.

Ulrich also is not alone in his response to the pandemic. A survey conducted by Recovery Village in December showed that 18 percent of respondents reported a signifi-

community land trusts, a form of tenantowned housing, need to play a major role in the future of the city’s housing policy, referencing a Council bill that would allow the borough president to actively support a land bank for the whole city.

After the election for the next mayor and City Council, “all of us need to come together with the community, with organizations, activists — folks who have been doing the work — to come up with a process that starts with community,” he said. “I think that means an end to [the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure] as we currently know it.”

“And I think as borough president, I would certainly use the current and future ability to advise and weigh in on land use decisions to take a really strong position on projects like the Flushing waterfront rezoning,” he said, citing his opposition of the project.

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer is making a On transit, Van Bramer has pitched a pro- second run for Queens borough president tected network of bike lanes that spans the after dropping out in 2020.

FILE PHOTO entire borough. Richards also raised a similarly ambitious vision of bike infrastructure dur- to community boards is one thing that distining his State of the Borough address. For either guishes him. Though Richards recently toutcandidate, power to execute such a plan will ed his office’s successes in diversifying new rely heavily on the next mayor’s transit agenda. appointees and imposed several reforms, Van But as far as what’s in the borough presi- Bramer suggested that he would be more dradent’s purview, Van Bramer said that he would c o n i a n o n t h e c o m m u n i t y b o a r d make efforts to overcome community board reappointments.

“I would not have reappointed Kim Oharesistance to bike lanes.

“Look, community boards are advisory,” nian to Community Board 7,” Van Bramer said, citing comments said Van Bramer. “What Ohanian once made at a we need to do is incorpocivic meeting that pedesrate community feedback, think our approach trians who are using their and involve stakeholders as they are crossacross the board, but I to everything has to phones ing the street, “deserve to don’t think any one comget run over.” munity board vote should change.”

Of the 373 appointees have the ability to torpedo — Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer across Queens’ 14 boards, the plan,” he said.

263 were existing memI n a d d i t i o n , Va n Bramer said he supports a robust Citi Bike bers who were reappointed. Van Bramer said ridesharing program in every neighborhood that he would have pared that number down to throughout the borough, and the push to create even more slots for new members.

“It’s not personal, right? I respect someone implement more busways. He would also push to get the borough president a seat on who wants to give 30, 35, 40 years of their lives to being on a community board. But the the MTA board.

While Richards’ transit plan developed to practical effect of that is to limit the number of overlap with much of what Van Bramer is new people who can serve their neighborQ pitching, Van Bramer said that his approach hood,” he said.

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Councilman Eric Ulrich recently shared his struggles with booze. FILE PHOTO BY MAX PARROTT

Book-share celebrates mothers

cant increase in alcohol consumption since March 2020.

“After talking about this with my family and friends, I have decided to finally quit and get sober,” Ulrich wrote. “I am not embarrassed or ashamed in any way to admit that I abused alcohol for far too long. I am ready to move on with my life so that I can be a better father, friend and public servant. I know this will not be easy for me and ask for your prayers and support. Thank you.”

A spokesperson for Ulrich’s office told the Chronicle on Monday that the councilQ man had no further comment.

Ozone Park’s outdoor book-share will host a Mother’s Day Celebration at 11:30 a.m. on May 8.

“We are going to do it all about Moms,” wrote library organizer Kay Menashe on the page’s Facebook.

The event will feature a buffet of free pizza, candy, pastries, other treats and — of course — books for neighborhood mothers to enjoy on their special day.

Menashe encouraged participants to bring something they would like to give to a mom, from candy or donuts to water or other small gifts.

Menashe has created a list of items to contribute at amzn.to/2Ryyiid.

So far sponsors of the event at the bookshare box include Divino Pizzeria, Enzo’s Pizzeria, Nick the Ballonatic of Howard Beach, La Torre Bakery and Ozone Park realtor Katherine Kulikowski.

Menashe will share the location of the box with anyone who reaches out to her at klocascio2015@yahoo.com. Residents can also get in touch over the phone at (718) 687-8894 or the library box’s FaceQ book page at bit.ly/3tsYwkJ. — Max Parrott

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Horse racing opens at 20% capacity

by Michael Gannon Editor

New York horse racing fans have been allowed to return to the track in person this week, though the reopening did not come quite in time for those hoping to catch the tail end of Aqueduct’s spring season.

Gov. Cuomo last Wednesday announced that horse and auto racing tracks can open at up to 20 percent capacity beginning today, April 22.

It also happens to be the first day of the 48-day Belmont Park spring-summer meet.

The Aqueduct spring meet closed last Sunday, April 18. The thoroughbreds are not scheduled to return to the Big A in South Ozone Park until Nov. 5.

Cuomo, in a statement issued by his office, said the move is a result of the Covid19 numbers continuing to move in the right direction.

“As the situation becomes more manageable, we’re allowing spectators at auto and horse races back into stadiums to safely enjoy great events together,” Cuomo said.

“We have a long way to go before reaching a level of immunity that defeats the Covid beast for good, and that’s why New Yorkers need to continue practicing safe behaviors as they go about their daily lives.”

Spectators must show proof of a recent

negative test or completed vaccination series prior to entry and are subject to the state’s health and safety protocols on face coverings, social distancing and health screening.

No details were available from Cuomo’s office as of Wednesday regarding how wagering at Belmont, which generally involves a large volume of hand-to-hand cash transactions at a manned window, will take place; nor how dining and food vendor concessions will operate.

The highlight of the Belmont season will be the Belmont Stakes, which this year will take its traditional place as the third jewel in thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown.

Rescheduling forced by the pandemic last year placed Belmont first on the order.

Dave O’Rourke, president and CEO of the New York Racing Association, said his people are raring to go in a statement issued by the agency.

“The New York Racing Association, Inc. looks forward to welcoming fans back to Belmont Park this spring and to Saratoga Race Course this summer,” O’Rourke said. “We thank Governor Cuomo for the opportunity to host fans at our historic tracks for the first time since the start of the pandemic.”

He said ticketing options for fans will be announced once NYRA officials review the guidelines and protocols set forth for thor-

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Throroughbred fans are back at the track

The crowds won’t yet be like they were during the 2015 Belmont Stakes, but racing fans can FILE PHOTO BY MIKE LIZZI / WIKIPEDIA begin returning to the track on April 22. oughbred tracks in New York state.

“NYRA has dearly missed the passion and excitement that fans bring to the sport of thoroughbred racing. Today’s announcement by the Governor is one more indication that we are collectively moving toward a return to normalcy.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) is chairman of the committee on Rac-

ing, Gaming and Wagering. He also grew up in the shadow of Aqueduct, and said this is one more step in reopening the economy.

“I’m happy we’re moving forward,” Addabbo told the Chronicle. “I was always of the opinion that if you looked at other jurisdictions, places that had higher positive testing than we did, that we could have opened soonQ er, along with the restaurants and bars.”

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by Michael Gannon Editor

Eighteen firefighters and EMS workers who are either stationed or live in Queens were among those honored by the FDNY on April 14 during the department’s annual Medal Day held in Manhattan at the South Street Seaport.

All photos and citations are courtesy of the FDNY and its Medal Day book.

‘Everyone out!’

Squad 288 from Maspeth responded to a warehouse fire on a 14-degree morning on Jan. 21, 2019 to find the struct ure spewing thick black smoke — and to learn that one man had not made it out.

FF John While two went in the front McCoy door, firefighters John McCoy and William Long were sent to look for a second entrance. Finding a door, they split up to conduct a search, with McCoy moving straight ahead. McCoy got a radio message informing him that a hose line in the basement was first losing pressure and had then stopped.

The heat was so intense McCoy’s thermal imaging camera went blank, leaving him zero visibility. Twenty feet inside he heard a man moaning. McCoy fought his way through piles of boxes before finding the man.

He was lifting the man over boxes and debris when the incident commander ordered all firefighters out of the building. He dragged the man out just as multiple explosions caused the door bay he used to collapse.

McCoy is the first-ever recipient of the Chief of Department Peter J. Gancey Medal for “the highest act of bravery.”

Smoke around the door frame On Dec. 30, 2018, Ladder Co. 103 in Brooklyn answered an alarm at an attached twofamily home. Frantic civilians told them people were trapped on the second floor.

FF Robert Firefighter Robert Puckett, Puckett a Middle Village resident, went in as the forced entry man along with Capt. Daniel Florenco and Firefighter Peter Romano with an extinguisher. They made their way up to the second f loor with the walls, ceiling and handrail on fire.

They came across a door with smoke being forced out from around the frame. With no hose line yet on the second f loor, Puckett forced open the door and began a search while the others proceeded down the hallway.

Puckett found a woman unconscious and burned but alive. Florenco and Romano returned to help get her down the stairs and out to EMS personnel. Puckett was awarded the Walter Scott Medal for valor.

Trapped in the basement Shortly before midnight on Feb. 24, 2019, Ladder Co. 157 in Brooklyn saw heavy smoke pouring from the basement w i ndow of a woodf ra me house — where a man told the responders his two girls were FF Timothy trapped in the basement.

Brunton Firefighter Timothy Brunton of Breezy Point headed to the rear of the house to access the basement with Capt.

FDNY PAYS TRIBUTE Damien Martin and Firefighter Dominick Muschello. An orange glow on a fence told them before they arrived that the rear of the house was engulfed. Brunton, using a manual extinguisher, forced his way through to the basement door. Searching in total darkness, he found the girls and kept them calm. With no hose coverage and fire cutting off his only avenue of retreat, Brunton located two small windows toward the front of the basement through which they were removed. Brunton was awarded the John H. Prentice Medal for an act of intelligent bravery. It was Brunton’s first decoration at the ceremony Three missing Br unton and Lt. Victor Spadaro, of Belle Harbor and also with Ladder Co. 157, were among those responding to a six-story apartment building on Oct. 21, 2019.

They raced up to the burnLt. Victor ing apartment with firefighter Spadaro Raymond Eger of Engine Co. 225, who kept the blaze in the kitchen at bay with an extinguisher while Spadaro and Brunton conducted a search. Heading down a hallway they meet up with Lt. Anthony Holz of Engine Co. 248, who was removing a toddler to safety. Entering a bedroom, Spadaro and Brunton split up. Encountering an overturned crib, Spadaro called Brunton for help moving it, allowing the lieutenant to find an unconscious woman. On his way back to help Spadaro, Brunton found a little girl. He got her to a hallway, handing her off to Firefighter Christopher Viviano. Brunton and Viviano both returned inside, where they and Eger helped Spadaro carry the woman out.

Spadaro was awarded the Thomas F. Dougherty Medal. Brunton received the Albert S. Johnston Medal.

A second victim Firefighter Peter Haggerty of Rockaway Park was carrying the fire extinguisher for Ladder Co. 156’s inside team responding to a five-story apartment building in the morning of Dec. 12. 2018. As FF Peter he, Lt. James Gervasi and Haggerty Firef ighter Paul Monahan prepared to force their way in, they learned two residents were still inside.

Haggerty attacked the fire in the kitchen, giving Gervasi and Monahan enough of a gap to get through and search back rooms. Upon expending all the water he began to search the adjacent living room.

He quickly found a woman who was unconscious and suffering from burns. As he was moving her he came across a second victim. Gervasi and Monahan rejoined him and they, along with another firefighter from Ladder 156, prepared to move them. Both had to be shielded from heat and flames as the narrow hallway would not allow operating fire hoses as the victims were being brought out.

For his determination, courage and skill, Haggerty was presented with the Ner Tamid Society/Franklin Delano Roosevelt Medal.

18 boro firefighters and medical heroes CO emergency Pa ra medics Sylvia Martinez of Queens Village and Kimberly EMT-Ps Sylvia Martinez and Ve r s p o o r Kimberly Verspoor were working in Jamaica on Feb. 21, 2019 when they were sent to a call from a person with chest pain and difficulty breathing.

Finding a locked door at 2:38 a.m. they required help from FDNY Engine 315 to gain access. They were still on the second floor when they encountered a resident in distress, as their carbon monoxide detectors registered a greatly elevated level — 500 parts per million — of the potentially lethal gas.

Leaving Verspoor to treat the victim, Martinez got to the third floor only to find CO levels of more than 900 ppm as she found the person who made the call summoning them.

Verspoor had rejoined Martinez on the third floor after handing the first patient off to an other EMS unit. They now had to get the man from the third floor out of the building quickly. Carrying him to the second f loor through tight and cluttered quarters they got him into a stair chair for transport to a waiting ambulance.

Verspoor and Martinez accompanied the victims to the hospital, requiring medical evaluation themselves before returning to duty. Both received the EMT Tracy Allen-Lee Medal for FDNY and EMS personnel. ‘ ... multiple civilians inside ...’

Ladder Co. 138 was greeted by a grim site responding to FFs Edwin Rodriguez and a fire in the Joseph Zanca early-mor ning hours of July 29, 2019 — a woman hanging out of a fifth-floor window.

Firefighters Edwin Rodriguez and Joseph Zanca charged up to the fifth floor with Capt.

John Speck, getting reports on the way that mu lt iple people were t r apped i n t he apartment.

Reaching the front room to locate the woman, Rodriguez and Zanca discovered she had been rescued by firefighters via 138’s aerial ladder.

Resuming their search Zanca found a man unconscious on a bed in the adjacent bedroom and got him out to the hallway and medical assistance. He died at a nearby hospital.

Rodriguez would find a man wedged between a bed and a dresser. He was able to get the man to the living room, where other firefighters assisted with the victim’s removal to EMS personnel outside. Zanca received the Holy Name Societ y Medal (Brookly n /

Queens). Rodriguez received the Chief Wesley Williams Medal.

Evacuation Being dispatched to a c a l l fo r a n u nconscious patient is not u nu su al for EMS personLt. Alicia Elkadi and EMT-P nel. Lt. AliDukens Jean Baptiste cia Elkadi and Paramedic Dukens Jean Baptiste were heading to such a call on Jan. 21, 2019, when they received an additional transmission — “Be advised, possible multiple patients at location ... ” Arriving at an apartment building in Queens, they were met by two adults and two children on the front steps, all of whom showed symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure. Jean Baptiste continued treating the patients while Elkadi went in, her CO alarm immediately triggering a warning for high levels of the poisonous gas. She continued into the building, notifying and evacuating approximately 20 people “prevent[ing] an even larger victim count, including potential loss of life.” Both received the Chief James Scullion Medal, named for a pioneer in the city’s EMS services.

Shelter in place Lt . M ich a el Br a dy of Squad 270 in Richmond Hill was in the first unit to arrive at the scene of a house fire on the evening of March 22, 2019. He was heading up the Lt. Michael stairs to scout out the best route to run hose lines when Brady he learned that a woman and child were spotted at the windows at the front of the house on the top floor.

Arriving on the third f loor Brady was greeted by heavy smoke. He had to make his way past the fire in the kitchen area to get back to the front of the house.

Reaching the front bedroom he found the woman and the young child. Brady moved both to the windows and was joined by Lt. Travis Gallagher of Engine 308 in South Richmond Hill. After venting the windows they discovered a burning mattress in the room. Gallagher pulled it outside and came back, closing the door behind him.

Brady and Gallagher realized they needed to shelter in place until help arrived, and had to keep the panicked victims calm.

Soon the inside team from Ladder Co. 126 in Jamaica came through the door while its aerial ladder reached the window to receive the victims. Brady was awarded the Uniformed Fire Officers Association Medal.

Blocked door With fire on the seventh floor of an apartment building, Ladder Co. 127 of Jamaica knew water would be delayed as members

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Finding the door, Firefighter Ch r istopher Mor r issey searched to the left and Robert Wassmer to the right.

Working his way down a hallway, Morrissey came to a FF Christopher door he could open only a few inches, with something blockMorrissey ing it from the other side.

Forcing his way in he realized it was an unconscious woman. Wassmer came to help, forced to take the door off its hinges because of the clutter and deteriorating conditions.

Morrissey was able to get the woman out of the apartment as Wassmer tried to shield them. Morrissey got her down the hall unguided before he and Wassmer could carry her down to the sixth floor and medical attention. Morrissey received the Fire Chiefs Association Memorial Medal.

One way out By the time Ladder 126 of Jamaica responded to a house fire on Jan. 23, 2019, the home was engulfed from the first floor to the attic, and had spread to adjoining homes.

Until a hose line could be established, the only way in was a small second-floor bath-

room window where Terence McSweeney had forced his way in. But finding an unconscious victim who was too big t o go o u t t h e w i n d ow, McSweeney radioed that the fully engulfed hallway and main staircase now were their FF Terence McSweeney only way out. Engine 275 forced the fire back and with help from a firefighter from Ladder 133, McSweeney got the man out. He was awarded the Community Mayors for Special Children/ Lt. Robert R. Donley Medal.

‘Help me’ Working as a dispatcher on Feb. 7, 2019, EMT David Ansu, a Queens resident, sent an ambulance to a call for someone w it h d if f icu lt y breathing, but also decided something was not quite right EMT David with the call. He asked the Ansu NYPD to send backup for a possible assault case.

Arriving at the apartment the EMS crew found a father and two small children; one of whom mouthed “Help me” when his father’s

back was turned. They told responding police officers, who tried to speak with the children, but were denied.

An NYPD Emergency Services Unit was sent, and found the apartment empty. Police learned the children, suffering from bruises, were left at their mother’s home a few blocks away. Ansu, credited with possibly saving the children from greater harm, was given the Lieutenant Kirby McElhearn Medal.

Children in the water Firef ighters from Ladder Co. 121 a nd Eng i ne C o. 265 i n Fa r Rock aFFs Brian Levings and way were James Hayden heading to Arverne just before 8 p.m. on July 30, 2019, when they got a call of possible drowning victims at Beach 59th Street.

Firefighter James Hayden, detailed to Ladder 121, was the designated rescue swimmer on the night tour. While Engine Co. 265 is not designated as a water rescue unit, Firefighter Brian Levings, an experienced lifeguard, was on duty. Two boys could be seen from shore.

Hayden and Levings were running out of daylight as they charged into the ocean, fighting high winds, 10-foot waves and rip currents.

Fully involved L a d d e r C o. 167 f r om Flushing was returning to quarters on Jan. 15, 2019 when a call came for a structure fire on Bell Boulevard near 53rd Street, only blocks away.

Lt. Otto With heavy fire already bilRodriguez lowing out of a second-floor window, Lt. Otto Rodriguez’s inside team forced open both the door to the main entrance and another to a fully engulfed apartment, but had to retreat until a hose line brought water.

Once inside under punishing conditions, Rodriguez found an unconscious woman in a bedroom. Firefighter Todd Neckin brought the woman to the street while Rodriguez and Firefighter William Hothan continued their search. Rodriguez found an unconscious man in a second bedroom. The rescue was more complicated, requiring five firefighters to maneuver the man out of the building. Both victims would die at a nearby hospital.

Rodriguez received the Firefighter Kevin Q C. Kane Medal.

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The other boy was face up and unresponsive as help arrived. After getting him to shore and the care of EMS personnel Hayden and Levings went back out in search of the second boy for 30 minutes until ordered to return to the beach. Hayden, of Belle Harbor, received the Fire Bell Club Medal. Levings received the Dr. John F. Connell Medal.

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Eagle Scout candidates from Troop 139 of Howard Beach started work last weekend, in cooperation with the city Parks Department, to prevent flooding at the K9 Korral, the Forest Park Dog Run on Park Lane South at 85th Street in Woodhaven.

The Scouts dug a 1-foot-deep trench, top, with Ethan Quiles pushing the wheelbarrow, 190 feet long, outside of the back of the dog run, then added wood chips throughout the project. The boys will continue their work again this Saturday morning.

“This weekend, I had the pleasure of stopping by to thank Troop 139 Eagle Scout candidate Robbie Klub, on improving conditions at the Forest Park dog run for his project,” state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., above left, said in a Facebook post. “I also appreciated the efforts of his parents, family, friends, volunteers and the NYC Parks Department for helping along.”

Giving a thumbs up with Addabbo are Klub, second from left, Scout Dominick Alrusan, right, and dog run user Alexander.

LBGTQ rights

previous campaign tactics, Goldman said that he was not ethically permitted to comment on that as a judicial candidate.

He did tell the Chronicle that it means a great deal to him to be the first gay candidate for Civil Court in Queens. At his first job after law school at a small firm in Miami, several months into the job, one of his supervisors asked him if he was gay.

Two weeks later he was fired.

“At the time I was completely devastated by it and I wondered if I was ever going to have a successful career in law. If I was going to have to hide that part of myself. To be able to be here today running for judge as an out gay judge is something that I couldn’t Q imagine,” Goldman said.

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“We’re doing that community a disservice if we keep saying, this is the first, this is the first, this is the first, because they’ve arrived already. The speaker of the New York City Council is openly gay,” Audiffred told the Chronicle.

Goldman has served in the court system for nearly 20 years, serving as a court attorney and as a principal law clerk for a judge in Queens Civil and Supreme Court.

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South Queens gets Bernie and the Mets new bus countdowns

by Lloyd Carroll

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The death of rogue financier and Far Rockaway native Bernard Madoff last Wednesday unleashed painful reminders about the suffering of those who lost their life savings. While Mets fans’ emotional pain cannot compare with what the real victims of his Ponzi schemes endured, most pumped their fists in the air when they learned of Madoff’s demise.

If you ask Mets fans what the worse thing to happen to their beloved franchise was, the first answer would be when team president M. Donald Grant traded Tom Seaver to the Cincinnati Reds for four players on June 15, 1977. Nothing against the players the Mets got in return, but they were the equivalent of pennies on the dollar.

As much as that set the Mets back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, an argument can be made that Madoff was a worse plague because he hamstrung them financially for a decade.

Former Mets CEO Fred Wilpon met Madoff because their sons were high school friends. Wilpon started investing with Madoff Securities and was understandably thrilled to be getting 15 percent returns even in years when the stock market was tanking. While he had no idea Madoff was operating a Ponzi scheme there were some red flags. Wilpon’s brother-in-law, Mets team President Saul Katz, was a certified public accountant. He should have read the Madoff Securities

annual report and wondered why the company used a small CPA firm in Rockland County to audit its financial statements instead of a major accounting firm such as Ernst & Young.

The Mets were not prototypical victims of Madoff ’s swindling. Irving Picard, the courtappointed trustee who represented the victims and was in charge of trying to “claw back” funds from those who were on top of the financial pyramid, believed that Wilpon and his companies were ahead of the game, though Wilpon vehemently denied that. In 2012, Picard and the Mets’ ownership agreed the team would fork over $162 million to his victims’ fund.

Madoff ’s phony returns had a deleterious effect on the Mets, which has become a lasting scar. In 1999, the team offered Bobby Bonilla a deferred annuity that would pay him $1.19 million a year from 2011 through 2035 in lieu of him taking his $5.9 million salary. The Wilpons thought they would come out ahead by investing Bonilla’s salary with Bernie and get a 15 percent return. The Mets were “only” going to give Bonilla an 8 percent return.

The Mets have been handing over an annuity check to him every July 1. New Mets owner Steve Cohen displayed a sense of humor by saying he’d invite Bonilla to Citi Field that day to collect his check.

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This is especially true for many of our senior citizens, who may not The clock is ticking have access to the Bus for bus riders in CounT i m e a p p ,” w r o t e cil District 32 — the Ulrich in a prepared countdown clock, that statement. “I would like is. to thank the Dept. of Last week, CouncilTransportation for their man Eric Ulrich ongoing partnership to (R-Ozone Park) welimprove the quality of comed a new, f u lly l i fe i n t h e d i s t r ic t operational bus countthrough various initiadown clock for the Q55 route on Myrtle Avenue A countdown clock ticks down to tives like these.”

The signs connect to and 114th Street. The arrival.

PHOTO COURTESY NYC DOT the smartphone app that clock in South Ozone Park is the first of eight slated for the dis- shows bus time data in order to display trict. In fiscal year 2017, Ulrich allocated the estimated arrival times for the bus $180,000 in capital funds to the city lines at a given stop.

The remaining seven clocks at locaDepartment of Transportation as part of tions across the district are in various an initiative to better assist commuters.

“I am thrilled to see the first of several stages of installation.

“With more New Yorkers going back bus countdown clocks in our district is up and running. This new countdown clock to school and work, it is crucial that we along Myrtle Avenue — along with the continue to provide these important seven additional locations currently in transportation enhancements,” said DOT progress — will make greatly improved Queens Borough Commissioner Nicole Q commutes for residents and visitors alike. Garcia.

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Bygone eras revisited in Queens College photo exhibit

by Katherine Donlevy With limitations still in place for its spring exhibit, the Godwin-Ternbach Museum is delving into its priceless collection of photography holdings by worldrenowned artists.

The virtual exhibition, available at gtmuseum.org, showcases eight images each from Arnold Genthe, Annmarie Schwarzenbach, Ralph Gibson and Andreas Feininger and nine from Andy Warhol to form what the Queens College museum deemed “collections within the collection.”

The 41 total photographs are just a portion of what the museum has in its possession, but were selected as part of the exhibit because of the uniqueness they possess.

The Warhols, for example, were handpicked out of the hundreds the museum owns, curator Louise Weinberg said.

“You think of the Jackie Kennedy Onassis or Marilyn Monroe or celebrities he photographed,” Weinberg said of Warhol’s legacy. “He used Polaroids as test prints ...these are so interesting because they’re very casual, really playful and illustrated a different side of his personality.”

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The works in the Warhol section — people walking in the East Village, an anonymous hotel bed, a child at a birthday party, an exhausted black-car driver on a break — were all taken in this informal, “shot from the hip” method and exemplify his compulsive picturetaking practice.

The various sections capture life in the respective times of their artists. The first image in the Feininger collection depicts a woman holding a miniature camera in 1949, followed by ’40s and ’60s life in Manhattan. Feininger’s work contrasts with Gibson’s, which plays with the color that had not been available in Feninger’s time, as well as shadows and shapes to convey New York City’s anonymity during the ’80s and ’90s.

Preceding all others, Genthe’s section depicted the impoverished life on the streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown, known as Tangrenbu, between 1896 and 1906. His work contrasts with Schwarzenbach’s — though one image in her section captures American men waiting for work during the Great Depression,

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Benjamin Stern was born in Manhattan on July 11, 1923 and was raised in the Bronx. According to the City Clerk’s records at the Municipal Archives, he was married to Ray Schiffman in April 1947.

Benjamin was co-owner and operator of the Aura Recording Studio.

Their first child was a girl named Ellen, born in 1950. They moved into a brand-new apartment building at 90-11 Northern Blvd. on the border of East Elmhurst and Jackson Heights.

Howard Allan Stern was born on Original home of radio host Howard Stern, 90-11 Jan. 12, 1954. The following year Northern Blvd., on the border of East Elmhurst and INSET PHOTO BY BILL NORTON / WIKIPEDIA they moved to 36 Conlon Road in Jackson Heights.

Roosevelt, LI. Stern would take over Two of his books were No. 1 on The New the basement of the house with recording equipment in his quest to get into the radio York Times Best Seller list and he starred in the 1997 movie “Private Parts.” business.

Stern left terrestrial radio for Sirius XM, Stern rose to fame with his morning show at WXRK in New York City. “The Howard signing a $500 million deal in 2004. He has Stern Show” entered syndication in 1986, been on Sirius since 2006.

Stern’s parents are still alive and both in aired in 60 markets and attracted 20 million Q their 90s. listeners at its peak.

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Welcome back.

After being closed for 13 months, the Museum of the Moving Image will open its doors again on April 30.

Sci-fi fans will be glad to know the “Envisioning 2001: Stanley Kubrick’s Space Odyssey,” exhibition, which the museum was two months into presenting when it closed, has been extended to September.

It presents an in-depth exploration of the story, design and visual effects of “2001: A Space Odyssey” through video clips, models, costumes and production materials, including original artifacts.

For fans of all ages, The Jim Henson Exhibition features historic puppets, original artwork and rare film and TV footage, revealing how he and his team of builders brought “The Muppet Show,” “Sesame Street” and more to life.

Visitors to the exhibition will be welcomed by a Kermit puppet on loan from Heather Henson. Crafted in 1963, it is only the second Kermit puppet ever made, before the character acquired his trademark collar and flippered feet.

“The Simpsons” is now in its 32nd season and fans of the iconic Fox series can see some traditional cel animation in “D’oh!

Several films of Stanley Kubrick’s will play FILE PHOTO COURTESY WARNER BROS. at MoMI. Animating America’s Favorite Family.”

Before switching to digital animation in 2002, the show was made using cel animation, in which images are hand-painted onto transparent plastic sheets — cels — and photographed sequentially over painted backgrounds.

MoMI also released its movie screenings schedule for the Redstone Theater, which will be capped at 25 percent capacity.

“The Muppet Movie” will be screened April 30 at 3 p.m., May 1 at 1 p.m. and May 7 at 3 p.m. In the 1979 flick, Kermit makes his way from humble origins in a swamp to fabled Hollywood.

“Sunrise,” one of the high points in silent cinema, will be screened May 1 at 4 p.m. and May 8 at 1 p.m. The 1927 movie starring Janet Gaynor and George O’Brien won Best Unique and Artistic Production at the first Academy Awards.

Steven Spielberg’s “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” will play May 9 at 4 p.m. and May 15 at 1 p.m. The 2001 movie about a robot child, played by Haley Joel Osment, on a quest to become a real boy after being abandoned by his adopted parents, was an unrealized sci-fi project of Kubrick’s.

Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller “Vertigo” will play May 15 at 4:30 p.m. and May 23 at 4 p.m. The psychological mystery sees James Stewart as a San Francisco private detective who trails an old schoolmate’s wife, played by Kim Novak.

As part of a Kubrick series, “2001: A Space Odyssey” will be shown each Sunday in May and June at 12:30 p.m. There will be 70-mm screenings on April 30, May 14, May 28, June 11 and June 25 at 6:30 p.m.

The 1964 classic “Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love

the Bomb,” will play May 2 at 4 p.m. and May 7 at 6:30 p.m.

Peter Sellers plays three roles in the comedy about attempts to prevent an Air Force general, played by George C. Scott, from bombing the Soviet Union and starting a nuclear war.

The dark social comedy “Lolita” will be screened May 8 and 16 at 4 p.m. James Mason plays a professor who becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old, played by Sue Lyon. Sellers and Shelley Winters also star in the 1962 movie.

One of Kubrick’s early feature films, “The Killing,” will be screened May 21 at 6:30 p.m. and May 29 at 4 p.m. The 1956 flick about a racetrack heist gone awry starring Sterling Hayden was co-written by Kubrick and pulp fiction legend Jim Thompson.

The antiwar “Paths of Glory” will play June 4 at 6:30 p.m., June 5 at 3 p.m. and June 6 at 4 p.m.

Set during World War I, the 1957 movie stars Kirk Douglas as a commanding officer of French soldiers who refuse to continue a suicidal attack, after which he attempts to defend them against charges of cowardice.

Occupancy at the museum will be limited to 25 percent with face masks required.

MoMI will be open Fridays from 2 to 8 p.m.

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Collections of a ‘time that no longer exists’

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“You had to look at the times the images were made. For Schwarzenbach in the ’40s, that was the technology she was working with and for me there’s a kind of purity that black-and-white photography conveys,” Weinberg said. “They’re really more like documentary artifact. They show a point in time that no longer exists.”

While artists make choices to translate the messages in their photography, they were also limited with their technology.

Photography advances greatly between Genthe, who carried a giant box camera into the streets, to Warhol, who notably said he took so many photographs because a camera was something to carry inside his pocket, and it continues to progress today.

“It was different for people who grew up with these things in their pocket,” Weinberg said. “Photography is a relatively young art form ... they’re records of what is meaningful to someone.”

Weinberg, who has her own collection of old photographs that she’s found at flea markets, reflected on photography’s essential purpose: documenting the passing of time and what was important to us in those moments.

“Tigers” by Andreas Feininger is featured in the Godwin-Ternback Museum’s spring exhibit. On the cover: Works by Arnold Genthe, Annmarie Schwarzenbach, Ralph Gibson and Andy Warhol are included in the museum’s vast collection. GODWIN-TERNBACH MUSEUM IMAGES The artists featured in the spring exhibit share the desire to document the world as they saw it, Weinberg said.

“All of them are timepieces, it’s about different points in time,” she said, adding that they reflect what it means “to be a person and to be alive and curious. To

change your thinking you have to be exposed to other points in time, other people, other cultures.”

Weinberg will draw on the spring exhibit photographs as examples of technological advancements in art for her “Why do we need photography?” lecture on May 18. Q

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continued from page 23 Schwarzenbach’s featured work mainly depicts the lives she encountered as she traveled through Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan during the ’30s.

Each collection captures separate lives, elicits different feelings and was captured utilizing unique methods. Their connection to one another, if anything, is that they encapsulate a time that has come and gone and cannot be revisited.

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Notice of Formation of SKYBURY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/15/21. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Kristen Gehnrich, 53-19 46th St., Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Touch of Grace Events LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/14/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: TOUCH OF GRACE EVENTS LLC, 84-03 CUTHBERT ROAD, SUITE 1B, KEW GARDENS, NY 11415. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Wick Em Entertainment, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/24/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: ANTHONY PIERRELOUIS, 175-21 88TH AVENUE #6D, JAMAICA, NY 11432. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 03-18-2021, bearing Index Number NC-000707-20/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) CHRISOVALANTIS (Last) LIAKARIS. My present name is (First) CHRISOVALANTIS (Last) KAKOKEFALOS AKA VALANTIS KAKOKEFALOS (infant). The city and state of my present address are Astoria, NY. My place of birth is ATHENS, GREECE. The month and year of my birth are November 2008.

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Notice of Formation of The Black Mermaid Society LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/17/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THELMA ERICA SMALL, 194-13 116 ROAD, SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

WALT LYONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/12/21. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2071.

Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 60-42 69 Lane, Maspeth, NY 11378.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 07-07-2020, bearing Index Number NC-000277-20/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) AVENIR (Last) ELEMENTOS. My present name is (First) MICHAEL (Middle) ANTHONY (Last) DRAGUTSKY AKA MICHAEL A DRAGUTSKY. The city and state of my present address are Flushing, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. The month and year of my birth are July 1978.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 08-28-2020, bearing Index Number NC-000461-20/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) LILY (Middle) SHANTA (Last) HOWLADER. My present name is (First) ELVIRA (Middle) SANTA (Last) HOWLADER AKA ELVIRA HOWLADER. The city and state of my present address are Corona, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NEW YORK. The month and year of my birth are December 1994.

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Notice of Formation of BohoChelly LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/28/20. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 3056 30th St. Apt 1J, Astoria, NY 11102. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Allamor Entertainment LLC Art of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/16/2020. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, LEGALCORP SOLUTIONS 11 BROADWAY SUITE 615 NEW YORK, NY 10004 Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of CERRO SOLUTIONS LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/19/21.

Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 15024 17 RD WHITESTONE, NY, 11357. Purpose: Any lawful purpose

Notice of Formation of Astuary Bookkeeping, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/12/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: DAVID JACKSON, 5955 47TH AVENUE, SUITE 5F, WOODSIDE, NY 11377. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CF Nutritional Support LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/23/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: JAMES P COLLIGAN, 44-41 PURVES STREET, APT. 2202, QUEENS, NY 11101.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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195 EVERGRENE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/12/21. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 60-49 77th Street, Middle Village, NY 11379. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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3056 44TH STREET LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/30/2021. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 30-56 44th Street, Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DIABETES CARE MEDICAL, PLLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/23/21.

Office location: Queens County.

Princ. office of PLLC: 36-36 33 St., Ste. 311, Long Island City, NY 11106. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the PLLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Medicine.

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Notice of Formation of Emily & Company Brokerage LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/13/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: EMILY & COMPANY BROKERAGE LLC, 8705 113TH STREET, RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of Nellys’s Fine Jewelry LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) 02/03/2021.

Location: Queens County.

SSNY designated for service of process and shall mail copy of process served against the LLC to Registered Agent: c/o Network Solution & TC Inc, 10516 Jamaica Ave., Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Purpose: New Business.

Notice of Formation of Fox Management Realty LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/06/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: FOX MANAGEMENT REALTY LLC, 84-03 CUTHBERT ROAD, STE 1B, KEW GARDENS, NY 11415. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Raven’s Way LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/29/2021.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: RAVEN’S WAY LLC, 1440 28TH AVE, FLOOR 1, ASTORIA, NY 11102. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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G’S DEVELOPMENT, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/31/21. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Brian Goncalves, 74-45 Yellowstone Boulevard, Apartment 2B, Rego Park, NY 11374. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of REBURY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/15/21. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Kristen Gehnrich, 53-19 46th St., Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Just Brand Logistics LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/12/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: JUST BRAND LOGISTICS LLC, 150-38 UNION TURNPIKE, UNIT PHB, FLUSHING, NY 11367. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Shaanti Apparel, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/24/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: NIRANJAN KHEMRAJ, 104-46 210TH STREET, QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11429. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MINDFUL LOOK BOOKKEEPING LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/31/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC., 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE, SUITE 1 #086, BUFFALO, NY 14221.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SHEAR MIRAKLE LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/22/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: MIYRAK MIYKA-EL, 153-30 89 AVENUE, #1223, JAMAICA, NY 11432.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Dragons lair Creations LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/23/2021.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: DRAGONS LAIR CREATIONS LLC, 21518 91ST AVE., QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11428.

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C M SQ page 31 Y K 82-17 153 RD Ave., Suite 202, Howard Beach, NY 11414

718-835-4700 69-39 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY 11385

KUEBER REALTY

©2021 M1P • CAMI-078949

CENTURY 21 AMIABLE II

718-628-4700

HOWARD BEACH This 2 family home offers 2 BRs, living room/dining room area, a full bath, plus a large EIK, as well as a private patio on the side of the home. The first floor offers a large den with plenty of natural light and skylights, a FDR, 2 BRs, a spacious kitchen, another full bath & access out to the spacious fenced-in backyard. The home is located near all of the shopping, dining, and grocery stores on Cross Bay Blvd., the Q11 bus line, and the A train to Brooklyn/ Manhattan, as well as Charles Memorial Park and a nice view of the water!

MUST SEE!

• OPEN HOUSE •

• OPEN HOUSE •

Sat., April 24th 12:30-2pm 80-03 156th Ave., Unit 142

Sat., April 24th 12-1:30pm 116 East 6th Road

• Lindenwood • First floor 3 BR 1 bath garden Co-op set back in courtyard. This Move in ready cooperative is set up to easily convert to a two BR with formal dining room area; the 3rd BR has a walk through to the kitchen & can be used as a D.R. or closed up for another BR/office. The home has been well maintained & the kit & bath were updated. The apartment has just been recently plastered, painted & the wooden floors were refi nished. Great natural light and additional outside storage space included. The base monthly maintenance of $860.41 plus $25 per AC. The base Maintenance includes all utilities: heat, hot water, cooking gas & electricity. Located near the Lindenwood shopping center, Park, Airport, major expressways & express bus to Midtown.

Cooperative is Pet / Dog Friendly. 103 shares.

• Lindenwood •

• Broad Channel • New kitchen cabinets, granite countertops, tiled floors, stainless steel appliances, upgraded electric, oil burner, oil tanks, large backyard, walk to “A” train, express bus, library, parks, tennis courts and Gateway National Park, 15 mins to JFK.

Bright sunlit 1 bedroom Garden Co-op.

Full bath, living room, dining room, eff kitchen. Hardwood floors, crown moldings, updated kitchen and bathroom, storage room, option for garage parking, close to shopping and transportation. $35/ share fl ip tax.

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• OPEN HOUSE •

by appt only: Call Janice to set up 718-490-8023

PRICE REDUCED TO

$798K!

• Lindenwood •

$ $849,000

• Lindenwood •

67-13 MYRTLE AVE., GLENDALE, NY 11385

103-08 METROPOLITAN AVE., FOREST HILLS, NY 11375

718-628-0100

718-683-5290

Enter into this spacious 2 bedroom Co-op. Hardwood floors thru out, well lit family space, LR/DR for great entertaining. Each bedroom is in a private space for relaxation and comfort. Convenient access to stores, transportation, and restaurants. Lots of closets, French doors, high hats, updated unit!

Welcome to this gorgeous & spacious deluxe 3 BR converted to a 2 BR Co-op. The entire apartment has been renovated with top of the line materials and fi nishes. A new kitchen with granite countertops & an island is overlooking the formal dining room & living room.

The bathroom is a masterpiece fi nished with a glass door shower. The apartment is an open concept and gets plenty of sunlight. All new electric & plumbing. Hardwood floors, new windows, new AC units, washer and dryer in unit, plenty of closet space & no wait-list for parking! Conveniently located near public transportation, shops, schools & great restaurants & cafes. Maint. includes all utilities & parking spot. It’s a true gem!

• Rockwood Park • Beautifully renovated High Ranch on a 40x100 lot. This lovely home features high ceilings, skylights, four bedrooms, two baths, hardwood floors, central air, alarm system, and laundry room, with washer/ dryer. A backyard patio with gas BBQ, perfect for entertaining, & a long private driveway that can hold 3-4 cars, Complete move in condition. Conveniently located to all Howard Beach has to offer.

©2021 M1P •COBA-079028

REAL ESTATE

161-14A Crossbay Blvd., Howard Beach

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SOLD!

(Brother’s Shopping Ctr.)

ARLENE PACCHIANO Broker/Owner

718-845-1136 FREE MARKET EVALUATION

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MIDDLE VILLAGE

OPEN HOUSE Sun., April 25th 12 - 2:00pm 156-38 86th Street

All new mint AAA Ranch, 3 BR, 2½ baths, granite countertops, S.S. appliances, new baths, full fin. bsmnt Asking $855K

ARVERNE CONDO FOR SALE

Large 2 Family on oversized lot (84’x121’) Ideal for contractor or to park multiple trucks 7+, with 2 car det. garage, house in (22’x50’), full bsmnt. House sold as is. Needs updating, 6 BR, 3 full baths, Great Price Asking $798K

HALF BLOCK TO BEAUTIFUL BEACH!

HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH

Townhouse - Ground Floor, 2 BRs, 1 Bath, All Updated Includes Washer Dryer.

Asking $355K

COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR RENT Mint Det Colonial, pvt dvwy & 2 car gar, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, completely renovated throughout within 7 years, windows, roof, gas boiler, hotwater heater, stoop, wood doors, porcelain tiles on 1st flr, hardwood flrs upstairs, lg living rm, lg formal dining rm. lg kit with cherry cabinets, S.S. appl, island, Beautiful.

Asking $938K

HOWARD BEACH Lovely Legal 2 Family in Desirable Old Howard Beach!

Beautiful Empire style Hi-Ranch on 40x100 lot, all new kitchen, siding, pavers, S.S. appliances, windows, PVC fence, quartz countertop, built-in heated saltwater pool/waterfall & slide.

AND MUCH MORE!!!

Cross Bay Blvd., 2nd Floor, 350 sq. ft., Plus Heat & Electric, All New Tiles & New Bathroom

$1,500/mo

Top Floor Features: Beautiful New Kitchen with Granite Countertops.

S.S. Appliances, New Cabinets, New Bathroom, 3 BRs. Also On Top Floor Use of Half of the Walk-in with ½ Bath. The Rest of Walk-in is a Legal 1 BR Appt. With Separate Entrance.

Asking $879K

HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK Corner Hi-Ranch on 46x100 lot, 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, CAC, vaulted ceilings, 1 car attached garage, large yard,

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Needs TLC

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OZONE PARK/CENTREVILLE Mint 1 family Colonial, great location, new eatin-kit, cherry cabinets, Quartz counter, S.S. Appliances, 3/4 BRs, 2 full baths, fin. bsmnt, pvt entrance, 1 car det gar, pvt dvwy, paid for solar panels, fenced yard, alarm system & security cameras outside, new roof on home & gar, close to express bus & A train.

Asking $698,888

GREENPOINT BROOKLYN

Legal 6 family, Six 2 Bedroom Apts.

Asking $2.9 Mil

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Unique home, 5 BRs, 4 baths, huge master, whole 3rd flr., Cathedral ceilings, radiant heat, granite countertops, S.S. appliances, wood burning fireplace, I/G pool and pavers.

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HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK

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