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SEE YOU IN COURT Lawsuit filed to block juvie house

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South Ozone Park residents and Councilman Ruben Wills, center right, stand in front of Queens County Supreme Court after a lawsuit was filed to block a plan to house, at 133-23 127 St., “seriously disturbed” teen boys who have shown a tendency toward arson.

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PETA plans protest of Queens circus shows Animal rights activists cite Georgia probe of UniverSoul elephant handler

by Michael Gannon

place they want to go to is the circus,” Di Leonardo said.

According to the circus’ official website, he Atlanta-based UniverSoul Circus is scheduled for 40 performances in Roy UniverSoul has the traditional offerings of a Wilkins Park between April 28 and circus — clowns, acrobats, aerialists and a May 17. And volunteers from People for the ringmaster under the big top.

PETA and other animal rights organizaEthical Treatment of Animals were on hand outside a Cambria Heights school on Tuesday tions, however, are protesting the treatment of elephants. Di Leonarafternoon in an effort do said one Univerto convince children Sou l e m ploye e is and their parents not being investigated by to attend. f they love animals, the Georgia authorities Speaking outside for animal cr uelt y the Cambria Center last place they want to from an incident that for the Gifted Child, allegedly happened John Di Leonardo, go is to the circus.” this past February. who heads Long — John Di Leonardo, president, “He moved an eleIsland Orchestrating Long Island Orchestrating for Nature phant by sticking a for Nature, or LION, and PETA volunteer bullhook in his said PETA and its volmouth,” De Leonardo unteers will appear at said, describing the several other Queens schools in the near future, and also will be a instrument as resembling a fireplace poker presence at Roy Wilkins in St. Albans “outside with a pointed end.

PETA and allied groups also have protestas many performances as we can.”

The volunteers included one dressed in an ed that elephants are routinely chained to elephant costume with the aim of making the keep them under control, and that some hansubject approachable to children without dlers use electric cattle prods.

A story on the website of WTRV Channel frightening them.

“The idea is to let children know in a gen- 6, a CBS affiliate in Atlanta, also said that the tle way that if they love animals, the last UniverSoul employee was under investigation Editor

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Jamaica resident and PETA volunteer Atiya Lilly-Gassaway, right, discusses her objections to circus animal acts outside the school she attended as a small child with an area resident. PETA will be gathering outside numerous schools to protest alleged animal cruelty at UniverSoul Circus, which PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON will be at Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans from April 28 to May 17. by the Fulton County, Ga. animal control authorities.

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its website does feature a Circus Animal Rights policy statement, saying it is committed to the proper treatment of animals in its care. continued on page 25

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Community says facility would hurt quality of life, property values

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Three South Ozone Park residents, along with the South Ozone Park Civic Association West, on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in Queens County Supreme Court seeking to block the construction and implementation of the proposed juvenile delinquent center at 133-23 127 St. “This facility is never opening,” Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica), who is working with the residents to halt the opening of the facility, declared in an exclusive interview with the Queens Chronicle shortly after the lawsuit was filed.

The lawsuit seeks an injunction against the facility — which would house 18 criminal offenders between the ages of 14 and 17 as part of the state’s “Close to Home” program — citing “the harm and damages” residents “are suffering, and will continue to suffer” due to the construction of the building, which is on a residential block.

According to the lawsuit, the people who will be living in the house are “‘seriously emotionally disturbed males’ and youth who have demonstrated fire setting behavior.”

Natraj Bhushan, the attorney representing the plaintiffs, said if the building were to open its doors to the criminal offenders, it would drive down the property values of nearby homes and would affect the quality of life of the residents.

In addition to the civic, the plaintiffs are George Savich, Yudraj Tiwari and Cynthia Soria — all of whom live near the proposed facility.

Soria, who lives next door to the building, said she fears her two children, who have special needs, will not be able to “utilize their backyard.”

“Our children will be sharing a fence with these youth offenders,” Soria said. “I won’t be able to pick up my shade any more.”

Tiwari, who lives across the street, also said he feared for the safety of nearby children.

Councilman Ruben Wills, right, and attorney Natraj Bhushan, leaves Queens County Supreme Court on Tuesday after a lawsuit was filed there to block the construction and implementation of PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY the juvenile detention center in South Ozone Park.

“Why would they bring in 20 convicted youths to do damage to all of the children?”

Tiwari asked.

The lawsuit lists Sheltering Arms Children and Family Services, which would oversee the day-to-day operations of the program, and KAD of Queens, LLC, which is listed as the owner of the property, as the defendants.

Requests for comment from Sheltering Arms, formerly known as Episcopal Social Services, were not returned by press time.

The owner of KAD of Queens, who is not listed by name on the state’s corporations website, could not be reached for comment.

A spokesman for the Administration for Children’s Services, the city agency that oversees the Close to Home program, said in an email “We are disappointed to learn of the lawsuit.”

“In collaboration with Sheltering Arms, our goal is to provide a safe and stable

environment for young people to receive residential rehabilitation services while in our care, while also ensuring the safety of residents and the surrounding community,” the spokesman added. “We are committed to continuing conversations with community leaders and elected officials in Queens and South Ozone Park to ensure that they are fully briefed on our plans and that we address their concerns.”

The ACS is not listed as a defendant in the case.

But Wills later that night, at the civic’s monthly meeting, said he “does not see the city not being enjoined into this for too long.”

The lawsuit further argues that there is a covenant on the property, which was previously owned by the Catholic Church, stating that it cannot be used for the purpose of “advice relation to abortions, birth control or euthanasia.” That covenant would be violated, the lawsuit argues, through on-site

classes that include lessons on sexual health.

Wills said the residents were not against having the facility in the district, but added that it does not belong on a residential block.

“This isn’t a NIMBY issue,” Wills said, refer r i ng the “ Not i n my back ya rd” approach to development.

The councilman added that the community already has one Close to Home facility located near the proposed one and is also home to the Skyway Shelter, where sex offenders have reportedly been living for years.

Anthony Gellineau, president of the community’s civic organization, sits on the advisory board for the existing Close to Home facility and said it is hard to get information from the ACS. “They never give us an answer,” Gellineau said.

The civic president said the existing facility had an incident where a youth escaped from it and later committed a felony in Brooklyn.

Gellineau, who is also a Community Board 10 member, said he was unable to get answers from ACS about how the incident occurred.

At the civic’s meeting, CB 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton said she and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz would be commenting on a letter from ACS on why it picked the site to house the youth offenders.

Braton said she will include comments f rom com mu nit y members who have expressed their opinions in front of CB 10.

“I will incorporate your opinions and your views to try to counteract this thing,” she said.

Katz has expressed outrage over placing the facility on a residential block.

The plan has also received opposition from state Sen. James Sanders (D-South Ozone Park) and Assemblywoman Michele Titus (D-South Ozone Park).

Residents said on Tuesday they will continue to protest in front of the site in the Q coming weeks.

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

A Howard Beach school that serves children with special needs will be closing its doors in June due to a lack of f u nds, its prog ram director told the Queens Chronicle.

Natalie Postelnek, the program director for Special Kids Intervention Program, said on Tuesday the school will no longer be operating after this June after the private owners, who Postelnek did not identify, decided to shut the doors due to a lack of state funds.

Howard Beach school lacks funds “There was shock and absolute sadness,” Postelnek said of her reaction when she learned of the closure. “Unfortunately, there’s nothing we can do.”

Postelnek said the school, located at 156-45 84 St., has been in the community for more than 30 years and serves close to 70 children with special needs.

It will now work with the parents to find different locations for their children to be educated.

“We have to work very hard with the

city to transfer these students to different programs,” Postelnek said.

Alla Vaynshinker, a distressed parent whose children attend the school, is mounting an effort to try to keep it open.

Her children, who were born premature, have benefited from the services they received there.

“Before they could barely speak one word,” Vaynshinker said. “Now they’re talking.”

Vaynshinker said the program could

help countless other children if it’s kept open.

But Postelnek said it’s very unlikely that any kind of effort will be able to keep the doors from closing.

“Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s going to work,” she said.

Postelnek said the owners have sent a letter to the state, which oversees the program, announcing their intent to close.

She said the state could hypothetically tell the owners they have to stay open, but she doesn’t envision that happening. Q

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No left turns on Jamaica Avenue?

Proposal would have cars turning down residential Woodhaven streets

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The Department of Transportation is proposing to ban motorists on Woodhaven Boulevard from turning left onto Jamaica Avenue, directing them onto residential streets if they wish to access the commercial corridor — as part of the Woodhaven Boulevard Select Bus service plan.

The move is opposed by transportation advocates, who say taking away taking away left turns, in either direction, would pose a safety hazard for those living on the streets that will have cars driving by them.

“You’re going to have trucks and tractor trailers and all these big vehicles going down these streets,” Kenichi Wilson, Community Board 9’s Transportation Committee chairman, said. “You’re going to have much larger commercial vehicles and more volume.”

The DOT’s proposal to eliminate that left turns would require drivers going southbound on the corridor to divert to 86th Road and northbound motorists to use 85th Road.

Several other left turns might also be banned as part of the agency’s plan to have a dedicated bus lane run down the 14-mile corridor, including at Rockaway Boulevard.

Wilson, who lives on Woodhaven Boulevard, is worried about the increased volume of large vehicles that would go down the

Left turns at the intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue, seen here, may soon be banned, under the DOT’s Select Bus Service proposal to reduce accidents like this. FILE PHOTO residential streets.

“You’re going to have much larger commercial vehicles and more volume,” he said.

Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) said the proposal would also hurt the businesses on Jamaica Avenue, because motorists might be less likely to take the side routes to the avenue.

A DOT spokesman said in an email, “NYC DOT is proposing to ban the left t u r ns f rom Wood haven Boulevard to

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“It’s a horrible idea,” he said.

Rosen wrote an op-ed in the Queens Chronicle last week, in which he outlined what he considers proponents’ myths about the SBS proposal. He echoed those concerns in an interview with a reporter.

“It’s not a horribly dangerous road,” he said of the idea that Woodhaven Boulevard is one of the most dangerous corridors in the city.

Phil McManus, a Rockaway resident and president of the Queens Public Transit Committee, said the DOT’s plan is “going to hurt more people.”

McManus added the SBS lane would be a detriment to people’s commute and that the time and energy put into developing it should be devoted to restoring the Rockaway Beach rail line, a decommissioned branch that connected South Queens with the rest of the borough.

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e have our deadlines here at the Chronicle, and now all residents of Queens have one: 5 p.m. April 30, a week from today.

That’s when the city will stop accepting comments on Mayor de Blasio’s rezoning plan, the one under which he wants to cram more and more residents into communities that are already jampacked, with infrastructure that needs upgrading.

It’s imperative that we convince City Hall the plan cannot be implemented as is.

Queens has the city’s most overcrowded schools.

The subway system here, as elsewhere, seems stretched nearly to the breaking point. Sewers need upgrading. Roads need repairs. Traffic is terrible.

And the administration wants to upzone neighborhoods, as well as relax parking requirements for many apartment buildings?

As both Community Board 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri Jr. and Elmhurst-Maspeth civic leader Roe Daraio put it, the plan is “crazy.” Kissena Park Civic Zoning Chairman Joe Amaroso said it would be “a disaster.” Being more politic, Borough Presi-

dent Melinda Katz said the transit system is “insufficient” for the city to strip parking requirements.

The goal of providing more affordable housing as the population goes up is laudable. But it can and should be done without destroying neighborhoods, which this plan threatens to do.

Upzoning should be done very, very selectively.

Skyscrapers are already going up in Long Island City and along parts of Queens Boulevard elsewhere; they don’t belong in Middle Village or Bayside. Maybe a few could go into Jamaica, but there the problem is vacant houses lost to foreclosure.

How about working to get those occupied first?

Rather than pretend that most Queens residents can live without cars the way many in Manhattan do, maybe the city can ask architects to get more creative and design more underground parking lots beneath buildings, where feasible.

Whatever your ideas for protecting Queens are, check out the city’s “Zoning for Quality and Affordability” plan online, see how to comment and make your statement. We’re all counting on you.

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Among them are bus drivers, several of whom recently have been arrested after collisions with pedestrians. They’re union says that’s not fair, as the defendants didn’t actually commit any crimes.

The recently publicized video of a bus driver reading and doing paperwork as he steered his way through Ozone Park, however, says at least some are being careless.

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It is bad enough that these trucks use it during the day, but every single day starting at 4 a.m., huge, noisy dump trucks come through making loud noises that disturb people’s sleep.

This morning alone (April 20), a truck came through making all kind of noise at 4 a.m., then 6:30 a.m., then 7 a.m.

Something needs to be done about this but yet nothing is, even though everyone is aware of it and I have talked numerous times to various city agencies and elected officials, including you, through emails with photo and video documentation for over half a year. The NYPD is not enforcing the law. The DOT is doing nothing and refusing to put up a “No Trucks” sign. The Queens Borough President’s Office stated it was going to put together some task force and still nothing happened. My city councilman, I. Daneek Miller, has done nothing.

And so we still have this major quality of life issue, which is a huge noise problem

buses recently were redesigned in such a way that massive blind spots were created, leaving drivers unable to see as many as a dozen pedestrians at a time.

Maybe that is the case. Maybe now that the union has brought the problem to the public’s attention, it can be fixed. The ATU said the company that makes the buses was “horrified” when it was presented with the problem, saying it could fix it at a cost of only $300 per bus.

That would be great. Meanwhile, however, the city should not decline to prosecute drivers — of any vehicle, public or private — who can be proven to have been reckless when they caused injury or death. As the old saying goes, “safety first” — paperwork later.

especially in the very early hours when people are sleeping, but also a major safety issue, since this is a narrow street that elderly people and students boarding school buses cross.

Considering the Mayor’s Vision Zero program, you would think this would be taken care of, but to no avail.

You can see some of my documentation here: cleanupjamaicaqueens.wordpress. com/2015/04/14/ongoing-illegal-truck-drivingon-jamaica-streets-mayors-failed-vision-zerojamaicas-useless-leaders-a-deadly-combo/.

I am asking for you help in this matter.

Joe Moretti Jamaica

Speech yes, threats no Dear Editor: While I disagreed with City Councilman Rory Lancman’s views in an article that appeared March 26 in the Queens Chronicle (“Lancman blasts Obama on Israel, the Mideast,” multiple editions), he was entitled to

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The deaths of presidents Dear Editor: While watching a special TV tribute on the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on April 15, I was haunted by the 20-year “zero-year curse” cycle. For more than 100 years, each president elected in a year that ended with the number “0” died in office.

In 1840, William Henry Harrison was elected and died one month after his inauguration, on April 4, 1841, of pneumonia. President Lincoln was elected in 1860 and was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, dying on April 15. James A. Garfield was elected in 1880, was shot while boarding a train by Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881, and died on Sept. 19.

The 20-year zero curse continued into the 20th century. William McKinley, re-elected president in 1900, was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, NY on Sept. 14, 1901.

Warren Harding was elected president in 1920 and died in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 1923 of an embolism.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times as president, the third time in 1940. On April 12, 1945, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Ga. In 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected president. Touring Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald and died within two hours.

Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980. While entering his car on March 31, 1981, he was nearly killed by John Hinckley Jr. While he was shot, good fortune and excellent medical care restored our president to us!

The only president to die in office outside the 20-year curse was Zachary Taylor. Elected in 1848, he died of cholera on July 9, 1851.

Happy to say the curse is history!

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Corrections The April 16 article “Pure Energy” misstated the first name of the director of Environment New York. She is Heather Leibowitz.

Due to a production error, part of a paragraph in the April 16 letter “Unite for justice” was cut off. It should have read, “The sad thing is a lot of the time it’s the people who have been and are still stigmatized that do the discrimination and intolerance. I guess that shouldn’t surprise us; look at our history as one immigrant group took the abuse of the previous one, over and over again.” The full letter is posted at qchron.com.

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Those will be refined as the project progresses beyond planning and environmental review into final design, followed by the awarding of contracts and change orders.

The final cost could come in millions of dollars higher, and even finding $200 million is a challenge. Sen. Schumer’s request that this project enter the federal government’s New Starts program is just the beginning. Successful completion of the process culminating with an agreement to guarantee any commitment up to $100 million averages several years.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has used the New Starts program to obtain billions for both the LIRR East Side Access project and the NYC Transit Second Avenue subway. The DOT Woodhaven BRT will be competing against the NYCT proposal to fund the Second Avenue subway’s second phase.

The MTA faces a $15.2 billion shortfall in its proposed $32 billion 2015-19 Capital Plan.

The independent Citizens Budget Commission released a report on March 24, “M.T.A. budget problems may be bigger then expected,” suggesting shortfalls of $16.5 to $19 billion.

This could result in the MTA attempting to qualify other projects for the New Starts program. Ditto for Amtrak, the Port Authority, New Jersey Transit and Nassau County.

These are many metropolitan New York region projects competing against each other.

There are others being championed by senators and Congress members. The requests far exceed available funding. There will be few winners and many more losers. Is Mayor de Blasio committed to proceed with the Woodhaven BRT project if federal assistance isn’t secured?

The Woodhaven BRT plan, which actually would extend beyond both ends of the boulevard, is more complex and expensive than any previous DOT BRT projects. Construction on the southern portion is easier with a wider roadway. Construction on the northern portion between Elmhurst and Woodside is more challenging, with a narrower roadway.

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express them without having to fear for his and his family’s safety.

Physical threats as outlined in the Queens Chronicle on April 16 (“Alleged threat against pol, judge, kids,” multiple editions), instilling fear in Lancman and his family, have no justification; and while there is always a presumption of innocence, if the threats are found to be true, the offender should be prosecuted to the extent of the law.

Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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Goldfeder working on the rail line Assemblyman says train option would be best bet for commuters

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

State Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway) is still riding the advocate train in the hopes of restoring the Rockaway Beach rail line.

In a sitdown interview with the Queens Chronicle on Monday, the South Queens politician said reactivating the decommissioned line would be the best way to relieve traffic congestion for much of the borough.

“People are going to go out of their cars and take the train,” Goldfeder said — as opposed to buses, which he believes they would not do.

Working to restore the line, which would connect the lower part of the borough to Forest Hills, has been one of Goldfeder’s main goals since he was elected to the state Legislature in 2011.

The reticence to reactivate it, or fund a feasibility study, is part of a longstanding trend that has seen Queens get the short end of the stick when it comes to funds for transportation improvement, he said.

“Queens is being left out of the equation,” Goldfeder said, adding that Manhattan is given a large chunk of transportation improvement funds. “Queens has been getting the transportation shaft for too long.”

But he and others seeking to put the train

If Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder has his way, the abandoned Rockaway Beach rail line will once again see a train on it. He first has to fight proponents of a plan who seek to convert the FILE PHOTO right-of-way into a park known as the QueensWay. back on the line have to first fight those seeking to have a 3.5-mile stretch of parkland, known as the QueensWay, on the same track.

The QueensWay, the borough’s answer to the High Line, has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the state to draw up preliminary designs.

Goldfeder said the QueensWay would not

serve nearby residents the way the rail line would.

A study conducted by the Department of Urban Studies at Queens College found that 500,000 riders would benefit from the train option. The study was commissioned by Goldfeder.

The QueensWay, however, might not be

the only thing in Goldfeder’s way. He also has to face the Forest Hills Little League, which would lose its home fields on Fleet Street if the train were to run again.

The assemblyman said he believes the loss of those fields is worth the reward of having the train back and is willing to work with the league to find a new home field.

“We have the second biggest park in the borough,” he said, referring to Forest Park.

He also said the rail line would be a better option for commuters than the Depar tment of Transpor tation’s $200 million plan for a dedicated bus lane along Woodhaven Boulevard.

Goldfeder said he’s not convinced the service would get people out of their cars and onto buses. He also expressed doubt the bus lines would last as long as the rail line would.

“There’s no longevity in bus lines,” he said. “I don’t think it’s going to work.”

Speaking of the city’s plan to have a fiveborough ferry service launch in 2017, Goldfeder said while the peninsula needs the alternative transportation now, he has been told by city officials it must be included in a larger plan.

The assemblyman said it was sad that it took a catastrophe like Sandy to show the city that Rockaway residents need better Q modes of transportation.

Quality of life issues main topic at WRBA Jamaica Avenue, illegally parked cars cause concern in Woodhaven

by Andrew Benjamin

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While it was warm outside, the real heat was inside during the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association’s meeting last Saturday afternoon.

Residents and the WRBA discussed a multitude of issues ranging from illegal cash-for-cars signs to the improvement of the Jamaica Avenue commercial strip.

Erol Bal, a resident, expressed anger at the inf lux of delis and 99-cent stores in the community.

“There’s no variety,” Bal said during the meeting at the Emanuel United Church of Christ on 91st Avenue. “I feel the BID can do a lot better than it’s doing.”

Maria Thomson, who heads the Woodhaven Business Improvement Distirct, addressed the issue of variety stating, “We are actively soliciting new stores and other businesses.” Regarding having big box stores setting up shop in the area, she said that “We don’t have areas to accommodate them.”

Bal, however, was not satisfied with the answer.

“Our gripe is, ‘What is the future of Jamaica Avenue?’” he said. “I want to shop here. I want to bring my money here. What is keeping me here? Not a whole lot .... there’s not a whole lot keeping me here in Woodhaven.”

Thomson suggested as a solution that residents go to a store they want in the area, ask for a business card and give it to her so she could pursue “that business to come to Jamaica Avenue.”

Residents also complained about commercial vehicles parking in the community overnight, which is illegal and makes finding a spot more difficult.

“You call 311 and they’ll say, ‘We’ll make a complaint,’” one resident said. “When you look the next day, they say it’s solved, but I don’t know how it’s solved because it’s still there.”

Officer Jose Severino, of the 102nd Precinct, said that when the vehicle “gets a summons, they don’t get towed” and that some even put fake summonses on the windshield.

Martin Colberg, president of the

WRBA, said that other agencies should get involved in the issue rather than the NYPD. “Our police resources are more important than giving out tickets to commercial vehicles,” Colberg said. “That should be done by city marshals or DOT maybe.”

A giant eyesore to residents is the posting of cars-for-cash signs on electrical poles. Colberg showed a handful of signs he had taken down himself.

Gregory Mitchell, a representative for Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), said the lawmaker is looking for a way for residents to report the signs to the city.

Colberg and other residents want to see the Department of Sanitation get more involved.

“Instead of giving us tickets at 1:30 in the mor ning, look for these guys and take these down,” he said, alluding to the city practice of fining businesses for garbage people leave out front after closing time.

Telling the companies that print the signs not go through with them also was suggested.

Maria Thomson discusses issues surrounding Jamaica Avenue with Martin Colberg, president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association.

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Assembly man Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) addressed the state budget.

“Not all budgets are perfect. On the Assembly side I think we wanted to do a little more,” he said. “We

were pushed back by the Senate by the other side. It’s a compromise.

We keep trying to do more.”

Miller cited the increase in education spending as one of the posiQ tive aspects of the budget.

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Goldfeder to fight for legal fighting Assemblyman talks MMA, flood insurance with Queens Chronicle

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

One day before he headed back to Albany, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) said he has a lot to fight for up in the state Legislature — including the right for people to fight.

Goldfeder, in a sitdown interview with the Queens Chronicle on Monday, said bringing mixed martial arts to New York would not only be a financial boost to the entire state, but especially to his district.

“We have a lot of small businesses such as gyms and training facilities,” he said.

According to Goldfeder, South Queens also has the perfect venue to host MMA fights: Resorts World Casino in South Ozone Park.

New York is the only state that doesn’t allow professional MMA fights.

But the assemblyman said many of the lawmakers who have recently been elected support the idea of bringing it here.

“We’re starting to see a new trend,” Goldfeder said.

One of the sport’s major blockers was former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan), who stepped down from the leadership position after being indicted in a political scandal earlier this year.

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Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder in a sitdown interview with the Queens Chronicle on Monday discussed his plans for the upcoming session in the state Legislature, one day before lawmakers PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE were due back to work. by not making professional fights in the state legal, because amateur leagues with less strict rules are allowed to operate.

“You’re actually making it safer,” he said

of legitimizing the sport.

When he’s not wearing his boxing gloves, Goldfeder can also be seen working as a member of the Insurance Committee.

Shortly after being appointed to the committee, he proposed legislation that, if passed, would create the New York Flood Insurance Association, which would provide homeowners with an alternative policy to cover damages due to floods.

“That legislation is in its infancy,” Goldfeder said. “It’s the first step in that conversation.”

Much of his district is surrounded by Jamaica Bay and his constituents found themselves severely affected by Superstorm Sandy.

Goldfeder said he proposed the insurance alternative because companies that offer coverage for floods “are more concerned about their bottom line.”

The legislation is based on an insurance association in Florida and would consist of state-approved insurers that would share in the operating costs, profits and losses of providing flood insurance to people across the state. It is being carried in the Senate by state Sen. James Seward (R-Otsego County), chairman of the Insurance Committee.

The assemblyman said he has spoken to city officials about the proposal and said “everyone wants to be a part of the process.”

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Former Spring Valley, NY Mayor Noramie Jasmin, the last remaining defendant in the political corruption scandal that ensnared former state Sen. Malcolm Smith and former Councilman Dan Halloran, was convicted of mail fraud and extortion on Monday. She faces up to 20 years in prison when sentenced on Aug. 7 Jasmin opted for a bench trial before U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon that lasted one week. She was convicted of single counts of extortion and mail fraud.

With the conclusion of Jasmin’s case, the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has

Jasmin, final defendant, is convicted now gotten convictions or guilty pleas for all six people arrested in an early-morning sweep in April 2012.

“Noramie Jasmine used her off icial position to influence a construction project on a parcel of public land, and she accepted bribes, including a 50-percent share of the project, to do so,” Bharara said in a statement issued by his office. “Like all citizens, the residents of Sprig Valley deserved an honest mayor, not one who worked behind closed doors and behind their backs

to sell public land and public office for private gain.”

The case centered around an attempt by Smith, a lifelong Democrat, to bribe his way onto the Republican ballot for the New York City mayoral race in 2013.

Smith needed the approval of at least three of the city’s five county Republican organizations to do so, and offered bribes to GOP off icials to get it. Halloran, a Republican, last month was sentenced to 10 years for his role as a middleman.

Smith and Vincent Tabone, the former Queens County Republican vice chairman, were convicted in February and will be sentenced in July.

Joseph Savino, the former Bronx GOP chairman, pleaded guilty to lesser charges in 2013 and became a cooperating witness.

Ex-Spring Valley Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret pleaded guilty two months later.

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saying part of the reason he voted against it was that it did not include the Education Investment Tax Credit, which would provide a tax credit to those who donate to public schools or scholarship funds.

“One hundred-million for non-public schools would’ve been a drop in the bucket,” he said of the proposed tax credit in relation to the state’s $142 billion budget.

When it came to issues of standardized testing and teacher evaluations — hot topics during the budget negotiations — Goldfeder said he and other lawmakers should learn not to stick their nose into the classroom.

“Let’s leave the educating to the educators,” he said.

He said many legislators don’t know enough about education to make policy decisions and that the decisions on the school system should be left to the experts.

“We’re not including educators in the process,” he said of voting on the laws.

He also added that the Board of Regents, which oversees educational programs across the state and whose members are elected by the Legislature, need to work harder to improve the system.

“The Board of Regents has failed so far,” Goldfeder said.

Speaking of an issue closer to home, the assemblyman said the Build it Back program has “plateaued” after it made progress late last year in restoring houses and reimbursing homeowners who made repairs themselves.

“It’s moving a little slower than it should,” he said.

He added that many corridors in the Rockaways are coming back to life and Q property values are climbing.

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Holocaust survivor tells her tale in Qns. Howard Beach Judea Center hosts Elly Gross for Yom HaShoah service

by Andrew Benjamin Chronicle Contributor

The Howard Beach Judea Center last Sunday held its Yom HaShoah service, honoring the six million Jewish people, and five million others who were murdered by the Nazis during World War II. More than 40 people attended the service at the Howard Beach temple to remember the victims, not only Jews but also Gypsies, g ay s , t h e h a n d i c a p p e d a n d gentiles.

R a b b i G e o r g e H i r s c h fel d opened up the ceremony with a grim reminder of why everyone was there.

“We are gathered here to commemorate the victi ms of the Holocaust,” Hirschfeld said. “In memory of our six million brothers and sisters who per ished u nder the Nazi machiner y of death. On this evening we search for meaning and understanding.”

Elly Gross

Eighty-six-year-old Holocaust sur vivor Elly Berkovits Gross was the special guest speaker at the service.

Before she spoke, a segment from the CBS news show “60 Minutes,” which profiled Gross, was shown.

The news segment was about her and another Holocaust survivor seeking financial restitution from German automobile company Volkswagen, which had used forced slave labor to make bombs, missiles and other artillery for the Nazis.

Born in Romania, she was 15 when she was separated from her mother and younger brother and sent off to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

She never saw her fa m ily again, she said.

Along with a number of other Jews, she was transferred to the Ne u e n g a m m e C o n c e nt r a t io n Camp, where she was put into forced labor.

She talked about the horrible conditions at a factory there and added that people got extremely sick and were often malnourished.

A nurse at the camp dismissed Gross’ deteriorating health, making her go back to work.

B e i n g a wo r ke r, she wa s allowed to take walks, a convenience that regular prisoners did not have.

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Michael Smith, president of the Howard Beach Judea Center, joins Rose Abrams as she lights as a memorial candle in honor of those who died during the Holocaust. The temple held its annual Yom HaShoah service on Sunday.

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up,” she said. At the end of her speech she told the audience not to clap to make sure they would not “applaud the memory.”

The attendees were struck by Gross’ harrowing tale, with some shaking their heads at what she

had to go through. Some could not hold back tears after hearing her struggle for survival.

As is tradition with Holocaust Remembrance Day, individuals were called up to light candles.

Each person represented a

group that were victims.

Rose Abrams, who was called up first, lit a candle in memory of all the mothers who perished.

She said it was an “emotional” experience as she had a son who died recently.

Abrams, who is from Howard Beach, was most struck by Gross’ firsthand account of surviving the camps. “ I t ’s a m a z i n g s h e c o u l d remember the dates, time, month and year,” she said.

Cou ncilman Er ic Ulr ich (R- Ozone Park) st ressed how important it was to have these commemorations, especially with t he nu mber of su r v ivors diminishing. “ T hese ceremon ies a re so impor t ant because with each passing year there are fewer Holocaust sur vivors,” Ulrich said.

“But we have to continue to tell their stories, to keep the memories of the victims who died in the Holocaust but also to ensure the next generation will prevent an atrocity like this from ever happening ever again.”

Matthew and Josephine Kopetz from Howard Beach came to see Gross speak after missing her appearance at another temple.

“It is an important piece of history,” Matthew Kopetz said. “It was an unfortunate thing the Jewish population had to endure. It’s important to remember it so it Q never happens again.”

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Volunteer groups last Saturday pitched in to clean up parkland at the Rockaway end of the Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge.

“It’s people’s backyards here,” Emily Maxwell, the Nature Conservancy’s program director, said, observing people paddle boarding, kayaking and fishing.

“This is a new annual event for us,” Maxwell added. “It’s a way to connect with nature and make improvements.”

“All sorts of communities use the bay for different things,” Jen Nersesian, the superintendent of Gateway National Recreation Area, said.

“We have an amazing resource here,” she added, noting that the bay is internationally renowned for birdwatching, as well for its diverse sea life and plant life.

Amina Kilawan, co founder of the volunteer group Sadhana, which also volunteered

last weekend, explained that some members of the Hindu community leave offerings at the bay, including f lags, bamboo poles, flowers, coconuts and murtis, or statues.

“Offerings should be done in an environmentally friendly way,” she said, adding that members of Sadhana ask priests to discourage the practice, which Kilawan believes is cont r a r y t o t he H i ndu pr i nciple of nonviolence.

Joshua Laird, the commissioner for the National Parks of New York Harbor, said the water quality in the bay is better and there’s less garbage than in any recent years.

“I think the communities around Jamaica Bay are becoming increasingly aware of what an incredible resource this is,” Laird said.

Future cleanups will be on the first Saturday of every month at the site, as well as at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn.

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Two volunteer groups and the National Park Service last weekend took part in a new annual PHOTO BY LAURA A. SHEPARD effort to clean up Rockaway beaches.

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The removal of a tree at Rufus King Park in Jamaica appears to have sparked an archeological dig at the former home of one of the nation’s founding fathers.

Details are scarce, but the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation said in a brief statement issued on Tuesday that diggers appear to have found a rectangular stone privy pit — above which would have sat the King family outhouse.

The statement said workers discovered “some artifacts, including identifiable bottles,” but would not comment further as to the number, nature or condition of the find.

King, a framer and signatory of the U.S. Constitution, lived on land that now fronts Jamaica Avenue between 150th and 153rd streets. The rear of the homestead is now a park that bears King’s name.

An archeologist working on the project with the city said on Tuesday that she did not have permission from the Parks Department to discuss the matter.

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Education advocates unhappy with language again up for discussion

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

State lawmakers again have proposed legislation that would base admission into the city’s eight specialized high schools on a number of factors, rather than just the Specialized High School Admissions Test — a plan that was lambasted by some educators, officials and alumni of the schools who say the test is the only way to judge which students get into the special programs.

“The chances are fair for anyone to get in as long as they work hard and study,” Nick Comianni, president of Community Education Council 24, said. “They either work hard and make it in or they don’t. You can’t reward laziness.”

A bill introduced by Assemblyman Charles Barron (D-Brooklyn) on March 20 would make it so that the SHSAT — a threehour exam with 45 multiple-choice verbal questions and 50 multiple-choice mathematics problems — is no longer the only prerequisite to getting into Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech, Staten Island Tech, Queens High School for Sciences, Brooklyn Latin School, High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College or High School of American Studies at Lehman College. A Senate version of the bill was introduced by state Sen. Adriano

A new state bill would change the admission process for the city’s specialized high schools.

Some education advocates and alumni of the schools say they oppose the legislation and want the exam to be kept intact.

Espaillat (D-Manhattan, Bronx) in January.

Students would instead be judged on “multiple measures of student merit including the grade point averages of applicants, culminated student portfolio, teacher recommendations” and other factors to be determined by the city, according to the bill.

Critics of the SHSAT, including the teach-

ers union and the NAACP, claim the exam is unfair to black and Latino students who underperform on it, citing declining enrollment of the two groups at some of the schools.

A UFT spokeswoman said in an email to the Queens Chronicle, “We will be discussing all SHSAT bills with [New York State

United Teachers], which is the one that formally puts in messages of support or opposition.

“Given the budget we haven’t done that yet on any of the SHSAT bills. But the bills submitted this session have much in common with our position and the bills we did support last year.”

Abu Nasib, a Jamaica resident who attended Stuyvesant, said he believes the test is indifferent to students of all races.

“I feel like it’s a very non-biased way of getting in,” Nasib said. “If you do well, you get in. It creates a very blind way of admitting students.”

Nasib added that judging students from things they do outside the classroom might further hurt the chances of black and Latino students seeking admittance into the schools.

“The students who already have the advantages are going to take further advantage of the application process,” he said. “I think that’s unfair for students who don’t have time for extracurriculars or things like that.”

David Lee, an education expert and founder of Coalitionedu, an advocacy group on the testing issue, also said the change in the admission process would not lead to an influx in minority students. continued on page 19

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As of right now, the plan the DOT has put together for Woodhaven-Cross Bay Boulevard includes service roads with parking, medians between said service roads and the mainline roadway, passenger pickup at the medians and dedicated bus lanes. While this sounds great, I fear the execution will cause drivers to suffer even more and put pedestrians in harm’s way.

Woodhaven-Cross Bay Boulevard is one of the busiest, most congested thoroughfares in our borough. Every day, on buses alone, it transports more than 30,000 riders. In my district, many who drive on the boulevard do so because they need to; therefore, even if bus service were improved there would still be many cars on the boulevard.

Through its proposal, the DOT is seeking to remove an entire traffic lane and, in my opinion, put pedestrians at risk while crossing the road. Rush-hour traffic would suffer significantly and, as someone who sits on that roadway every day during those times, I shudder to think it could get worse. While SBS has the potential to address many of the

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“Which is the exact opposite intention of this bill,” Lee said.

The study also found the proposed changes would favor female students over their male counterparts.

Comianni said his school district has “a high volume of kids who get into specialized high schools from all races.”

IS 119, in Glendale, had 85 students get into specialized high schools last year, with 23 going into Stuyvesant.

The students, though from different races, share one thing in common, Comianni said — they all studied hard to get into the schools.

“These are the kids working hard through their entire school career,” he said. “The last thing they want to do is make this a lottery, which is more or less what this bill is trying to do.”

District 24 in November passed a resolution opposing any changes to the specialized high school admission process.

The bill is up for consideration in front of the Assembly Education Committee, according to the state’s website, as is its Senate companion.

Assembly man Michael Miller (D-Woodhaven) was listed as a co-sponsor of the bill, but a spokesman said he has since moved to have his name taken off it.

Miller, in an interview with the Queens Chronicle, said he wants to study the proposed legislation before committing as a co-sponsor to it.

“I really want to familiarize myself with the bill,” Miller said.

The assemblyman would not directly say if he wants the admission process for the schools to be changed.

“It’s something we’re looking at,” he said. “We’re trying to figure out the pros and cons.”

But Miller’s legislative director said he was never meant to be a co-sponsor of the bill and added he has no idea how the politician’s name got on to it.

His colleague just to the south, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), said in a sitdown interview with the Queens Chronicle that he is opposed to changing the admission process.

“I think it’s important to keep the standards to make sure the schools are serving the right students,” Goldfeder said.

He added that he is skeptical of the reported ethnic breakdown of the students being admitted into the schools.

“Statistics can be manipulated,” the Q assemblyman said.

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS Improving business on Jamaica Avenue

by Maria A. Thomson Executive Director GWDC

The Woodhaven Business Improvement District, on Jamaica Avenue from Dexter Court to 100th Street, is busy.

The weather has cleared, and it is warming up so everyone is out and about walking because we have walkability on Jamaica Avenue with people window shopping and buying products in our stores.

This past Saturday, I made a presentation at the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association meeting in regard to the stores and businesses on Jamaica Avenue. We all agreed that we need additional stores with more diversity in the community.

The WBID office reaches out to many different businesses to bring them to our community and we want even more to solicit.

So please, when you shop outside of Jamaica Avenue in a store that you like, take a business card and scan or mail it to our office. This way, we will strongly pursue these businesses to come to Woodhaven.

I hope that my presentation was informative and that this business card collection will be productive.

This year, the WORKS Little League marched proudly to kick off their baseball season.

The coaches, assistant coaches, game schedulers, players and others had a beautiful day to march.

Through the years so many wonderful coaches and good young people have participated in the league. I know there are so many that were involved with our hometown baseball league out there who grew up to be good men and women that received an excellent fou nd at ion i n thei r youth f rom th is organization.

To be noted, this Tuesday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m., the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. will hold a meeting at the St. Thomas the Apostle Academy Café.

The entrance is at 87-40 88 St. Also, the GWDC-sponsored spring dinner dance “Dance into Spring,” which always celebrates the Woodhaven community and what makes it great.

Also, we celebrate the GWDC’s 36th year anniversary.

In this special year we are honoring those that have, together with the GWDC, helped out in Woodhaven.

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Telling her parents’ Holocaust stories Rockwood Park Jewish Center hears tales of horror during World War II

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married in Germany after the war in 1946.

She remembered that her mother had told Helen Greenblat, whose parents survived her that her Aunt Lily — who had gotten the Holocaust, shared their stories of the engaged to her Uncle Ludwig — told him genocide with members of the Rockwood that she wanted to get married in a white Park Jewish Center, elected officials and wedding gown.

Ludwig traded coffee and cigarettes for a community leaders at the Howard Beach temple’s annual Yom HaShoah service — German parachute.

She said a seamstress in the camp, who which marked the international day of remembrance for the more than six million had been forced by the Germans to work in a textile factory during the war, made her Jews killed during World War II. In one tale, Greenblat recounted how her aunt’s wedding gown from the white silk of mothers’ three sisters and hundreds of other the parachute.

Greenblat said her mother was the second women at the Plaszow Concentration Camp woman to be married in in Krakow, Poland, were the gown and 17 other ordered to bring Sefer women were also marTorahs — handwritten ried in it, which is now copies of the holiest in the National Holobook in Judaism — to a hose who do not caust Museum in Washditch and put them in remember the past ington, D.C. there. Not wanting to put After surviving the the Torahs on the dirt, are doomed to genocide and being disthe women tore the placed for several years, hems off their skirts and repeat it.”

Max and Ilona estabput the Torahs on the — Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, lished themselves in the fabric, Greenblat said. borrowing from philosopher United States, where Then, to their horror George Santayana they arrived with just the Nazi soldiers poured seven dollars in their ga soli ne on all t he pockets.

Torahs and burnt them.

They settled in the Greenblat said her father, Max Traeger, was born in Ryki, East New York section of Brooklyn in 1947, Poland in 1921 and her mother, Ilona Traeger, Greenblat said.

Greenblat’s father, who had learned to was born in Zaricz, Czechoslovakia in 1926.

She said her father, whose family was make shoes from his father, opened a shoemurdered by the Nazis, was sent to labor making shop and within a few years opened camps in Poland and suffered in extremely his own leather business in downtown Manhattan. harsh conditions for more than five years.

“He was very successful,” Greenblat said.

Her mother was sent to the concentration Her mother was a homemaker. camp in Auschwitz, Poland.

The parents raised Helen and her brother, “And it certainly affected my life and probably in my children’s life as they were and would eventually have eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. growing up,” she said.

They lived here for over half a century.

The Traegers were liberated by British soldiers from the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Max died in 1997 and Ilona died earlier this Camp in northern Germany on April 15, year, their daughter said.

“I believe very much that all the survivors 1945.

The site was then was turned into a dis- were nothing less than heroic; they’re heroes, to lose so much, to suffer so much placed persons camp, Greenblat said.

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Helen Greenblat tells her parents’ stories of surviving the Holocaust, the genocide carried out by the German Nazis that resulted in the deaths of more than six million Jewish people, and five PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON million others, across Europe during World War II. heroes,” said Greenblat.

At the service last Thursday, Holocaust survivors Martin Braun, Nathan Berkowitz, Julius Rafalowicz, Jack Gruer and Judy Berkowitz, mother of the Rockwood Park Jewish Center’s rabbi, Tzvi Berkowitz, all lit memorial candles in remembrance of those who died during the genocide.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said, “We take this moment to remember the six million, we take this moment to reflect, we take this moment to understand that the Holocaust tragedy reminds us of the religious freedoms that we take for granted sometimes.”

“We cannot repeat the mistakes of the past,” Addabbo added.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Beach) told the attendees, “Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it,” adding, “We need to stand strong

today because the threat never ends.”

Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton said that as the years pass and the numbers of those who know firsthand what happened diminish, “it is all the more important that the rest of us continue to pass the knowledge and stories down to the next generation and the generations yet to come.”

The St. Helen Church pastor, the Rev. Francis Colamaria, noting that there are those who deny the Holocaust ever happened, told the audience, “as people of faith we must always remember and never forget and pray for those who are survivors and remember those who have gone before us.”

Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, told the attendees that he will be passing the stories of the Holocaust on to his family.

“We pray for those who were lost in those Q times,” Schiff said.

Law provides tax help against rent increases Last November, the city Department of Finance found that around 61 percent of seniors who were eligible for the senior citizen rent increase exemption, or SCRIE, and disability rent increase exemption, or DRIE, were not enrolled.

DOF officials said that around 94,000 eligible people were not taking advantage of the programs aimed to keep them in their homes in an era of rising rents.

Last Thursday, a bill sponsored by City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) and City Councilman Andrew Cohen (D-Bronx) calling for ombudspersons

DOF to aid seniors, disabled residents to help eligible residents use the programs, was passed into law. According to the legislation, two ombudspersons now working for DOF — one designated for SCRIE inquiries and another for DRIE ones — will look into 311 complaints.

They will also be reachable via email.

Their emails will be posted on notices to applicants, landlords and tenants.

Now, there is one SCRIE walk-in center in Manhattan.

According to the bill, the ombudspersons

will establish the feedback system. Each October, DOF should submit a report to the City Council with the amount and nature of inquiries and issues solved, among other details.

Also, every three years, DOF must submit a report on the number of eligible enrollees for the programs, where they live in and their enrollment status.

Some requirements for the Rent Freeze Program, which encompasses SCRIE and DRIE, is living in a rent-controlled or rent-

stabilized unit, a household earning $50,000 or less annually and having more than a third of a household’s monthly income go toward rent.

SCRIE applicants must be 62 years old and older; DRIE applicants must be at least 18 and receive a federal disability benefit, such as disability-related Medicaid.

Queens City Councilmembers Peter Koo (D-Flushing), Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) were also sponsors. The law will take effect Q in approximately 90 days.

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AS WEATHER WARMS UP,

by Tess McRae Chronicle Contributor

This winter was a tricky one. It started light, with mellow temperatures and hardly any precipitation, but soon the Northeast was pummeled.

The city was paralyzed as trains were delayed and buses made almost immobile.

Shoveling and sprinkling ice melt became almost a weekly tradition and, instead of training their eyes forward, pedestrians scanned the sidewalk for black ice and snow dunes.

It was miserable. And it all had an impact on business.

“You just didn’t even want to leave the house,” Robin Cornet, a stay-at-home mom from Woodhaven said. “I like to take the kids out shopping or to the park, but it became hazardous after a while. I hated it.”

February was by far the worst, with the average temperature for the month hovering around 24 degrees — 11 degrees below normal, according to the National Weather Service. The agency reported this as the coldest February in New York City since 1934, 81 years ago. To put it into perspective, 81 years ago, New Yorkers waited in bread lines for their meals and struggled to keep a roof over their head. It was the height of the Great Depression.

Though New Yorkers aren’t dealing with such dire economic situations as they were in 1934, small businesses in Queens and across the five boroughs have definitely taken a hit.

According to the United States Labor Department, the average workweek for all employees fell by six minutes to 34.5 hours.

The cause, especially for those living in New York and Massachusetts was likely the bad weather. The agency reported 182,000 people were unable to work because of weather in March, 41,000 more than the average for March. In addition, 531,000 people who usually work full-time could only find part-time work, up from the average 450,000.

“This winter was brutal, especially for us,” said Patty Deciccio-Franke, owner of Mr. Ribbon Too and Heart of the Party on Jamaica Avenue in Bellerose. “We’re not the kind of business that gets people who just happen to stop by, people drive here and seek us out. But without parking, it was just deadly.”

Deciccio-Franke was unable to come into her party-planning business on certain days.

“Sometimes I couldn’t get my car out of my driveway, so I’d just forward my calls to

Businesses struggled over the winter

A section of the commercial district on Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, where one store’s name might also have been good advice for small business owners who struggled through the winter. Below, Patty Deciccio-Franke at her party-planning and retail business in Bellerose. PHOTOS BY TESS MCRAE my cellphone and make it work,” she said. “I work around my brides’ schedules and what works for them. Of course, there’s that business you’ll never get back, but it was bad for everyone.”

Mr. Ribbon Too, which opened almost 30 years ago, was originally a craft store with shelves stocked with spools of ribbon, lace and yarn. But as more and more people began turning to Amazon and Etsy for their crafts, Deciccio-Franke reworked her business and became an event planner.

The shop is cozy, with locally made jewelry for sale and theme ideas on display. All along the walls are thank you notes from clients, each specifically written out for Deciccio-Franke, thanking her for her time and effort. It is that support the business owner relies on to make her stand out.

“Look, do I think it’s wrong for people to go online and be able to buy something from across the globe and have it delivered to their doorstep? Of course not, it’s an amazing thing,” she said. “But what you sacrifice with that is customer service. You don’t get that face-to-face time with the seller. Brick and mortar isn’t for everything, but it does allow someone to have a party that’s been specifically designed for you. It is so important to support brick and mortor.”

Mr. Ribbon Too is on a strip with dozens of other small businesses, including the Triple Crown Diner, Dancin’ Queens Dance Studio, Trattoria Lucia, a barbershop, Bellerose Deli and Rolling Green bar and grill.

The businesses are in the unique position of we have been consistently busy.”

However, not every area was as fortunate. relying almost exclusively on returning cusNeighborhoods such as Long City, Suntomers and word-of-mouth, as there is no nyside, Woodhaven and Forest Hills, which nearby public transportation.

“We do what we have to do to support are more dependent on public transportaone another,” Deciccio-Franke said of her tion, struggled to attract passersby into neighbors. “Even though this is Queens, it’s perusing their merchandise.

“Shoppers here are walkers here,” said a small neighborhood and it’s not a walking Rachel Thieme, neighborhood. The director of the Suncustomers, they nyside Shines Busicome here for a reahe customers, they come ness Improvement son, they seek us District. “With the out. We all work here for a reason, they cold whether, most together as a compeople want to get m u n i t y. W h e n seek us out.

We all work home. So what hapSandy hit, I invited people to come use together as a community.” pens is, they’ll order takeout rather than our restrooms and — Patty Deciccio-Franke of Mr. Ribbon Too browsing and walkwe allowed customand Heart of the Party in Bellerose ing a few blocks. It’s e r s a t Tr a t t o r i a hard to blame them Lu c i a t o c h a r ge their devices. When you see someone strug- though — when it’s snowing and windy and gling, it’s your job to help them out as a cold, you just want to get off the train and get home.” neighbor.”

Luv My Tan, a new tanning salon in While this winter was tough, none of the business owners on the Jamaica Avenue Ozone Park, celebrated its grand opening — strip said this year felt any different from a happy and overwhelming milestone for any small business — in the end of January, winters in the past.

“It was tough, but winter is always tough, just as the snowstorms were picking up.

“The weather wasn’t too kind to us, but and as a business owner you have to account for that,” said Jennifer-Lu Laszlo, owner and things are starting to pick up,” Madeline founder of MTP Auto Leasing. “With our Alvarez, owner of Luv My Tan, said. “It was company, there were a lot of accidents and really treacherous out there. But we’ve been cars got stuck, but we did a fair amount of offering packages and discounts to union business. I mean, it isn’t gang busters, but members, so I think people are starting to

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but some are finally seeing that uptick in traffic notice. We’re looking to stay in this community for a long time.”

For some businesses, the Easter and Passover holidays and recent weekends’ warm weather were a lifesaver.

“To say it wasn’t great is being nice,” Donna Drimmer, owner of Matted on Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City, said. “It was terrible; absolutely, unbelievably terrible. I’ve been in business for a long time and I’ve been here for six years, but I’ve never seen a worse winter than this year. Thank god for this weekend though, people have been coming in and business seems to be coming back now.”

With long, harsh winters comes a feeling of cabin fever among many New Yorkers.

The cold weather keeps most people home all day and night, leaving some itching to get outside. Now that the weather has lightened up, people seem to be crawling out of their homes, ready to shop.

“I’m definitely happy to be out again,” Cornet said. “It feels good. I know it’s not the warmest, but it’s just nice not to have to go out with a bunch of layers on. We can enjoy our walks and actually window shop.”

The Weather Channel, which released an article on this year’s brutal weather patterns,

alleges bad weather can be a blessing in disguise. Since the cold and the snow was so concentrated in the later half of winter, people were stuck in their homes for longer stretches of time. Because of that, many almost begin itching to get out of their homes or the office.

“You definitely do feel that urge to get outside,” said Brendan McLaughlin, a Forest Hills resident who was shopping on Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside. “It’s like, the sun is out and I just want to go. I can’t keep watching Netflix forever.”

In Sun nyside on a recent Monday, Queens Boulevard seemed to be alive once more. The bright daffodils Sunnyside Shines planted in the tree beds bloomed and pedestrians and bike riders elevated the energy of the area.

“Businesses do better when it’s warmer, especially in this area,” Thieme said. “There are a lot of great places to sit outside and have a beer or have dinner. We also get more use out of our plazas. In the winter, we set out fewer tables and chairs because they just weren’t being used. Now we’re setting up a full range of tables and chairs. It’s nice to see people sitting on them. You have people with really young children, older people

There’s been a healthy amount of foot traffic at Choice Farm in Sunnyside. and people who are on their lunch break, sharing the space as a community.”

So maybe this weekend, on your way over to Alley Pond, Gantry State, Astoria or Flushing Meadows Corona parks, or any of

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Borough President Melinda Katz kills it softly on Louis Armstong’s piano inside the famous jazz musician’s Corona home on Tuesday. She visited the site on a tour of various landmarked PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA Queens locations with members of the media.

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In between touring K ing Manor in Jamaica and playing a few bars of Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel’s “Killing Me Softly” on Louis Armstrong’s piano in his Corona home on Tuesday, Borough President Melinda Katz sang the praises of the Landmarks Law of New York City, signed

by Mayor Robert Wagner 50 years ago last Sunday.

However, she said the famous legislation has its flaws that should be addressed.

As Katz toured various Queens landmarks with a handful of media members, she said the law works well, but the process of bringing sites up for a vote needs to be redesigned.

“The Landmark Law I think actually works decently,” Katz said. “One of the things that concerns me a little bit is that landmarks can get calendared and never voted on. Historically, that has been an issue.”

She added that during her time in the City Council, she came across sites that had been calendared by the Landmarks Preservation Commission “20 or 30 years” pr ior, a nd t he pro c e ss ne e d s t o b e streamlined.

“I think there needs to be a way to clean it up,” she said. “Vote on it, have it debated, have the public process fulfilled and then either landmark something or not.”

Katz’s comments came midway through a tour of landmarks such as the Kingsland

Homestead and Bowne House in Flushing, the Louis Armstrong House, King Manor and the Addisleigh Park Historic District in St. Albans.

When it comes to the potential landmark status of another one of the borough’s more recognizable structures, the Long Island City clock tower on Queens Plaza North, Katz was noncommittal on its future.

However, she did add that she planned to tour the site in the coming weeks in order to craft a better infor med opinion on whether it deserves landmark status.

If designated, the clock tower would become the 73rd site to be given such a title. There are also 11 historic districts in Queens, with the most recent, the Central Ridgewood Historic District, being given landmark status last December.

Wagner signed the Landmarks Law on April 19, 1965 in order to safeguard historic sites from being taken over and developed into commercial or residential space, something Katz said allows today’s generation of Queens children to take a hands-on approach in understanding history.

“He had the foresight to understand that value of property is more than just dollars and cents,” she said. “That in order to preserve the city of New York and move forward, we needed to also preser ve our history.

“We need to pass that history on to our children and their children,” Katz added, “so that we can have a continuation of the Q culture that NYC was founded on.”

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Ambassador visits Harris Ambassador Reiichiro Takahashi, the consul general of Japan in New York, toured Townsend Harris High School last Thursday with Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, Queens College President Felix Matos Rodriguez, left, and the high school’s principal, Anthony Barbetta.

Rozic said the ambassador’s visit honored the United States’ first consul to Japan,

Townsend Harris, named to the post in 1855. Though the two nations had some differences in the first half of the last century, she said his mission paved the way for today’s strong diplomatic relationship.

The visit continues to build on the longstanding friendship between the Flushing high school and its Japanese sister school, Shimodo High School.

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The statement says that in 19 years, none of UniverSoul’s animal vendors has been cited for animal abuse; and that it supports and cooperates with all federal, state and local regulations governing animal care.

Di Leonardo said one reason PETA chose the Cambria Center school for the first rally was volunteer Atiya Lilly-Gassoway, a Jamaica resident who attended the school as a small girl.

“Pre-K and kindergarten,” Lilly-Gassaway said. “After that I was homeschooled by my parents. I used to love zoos, and we used to go regularly.”

But she said her stand against circus animal acts also brought her to dislike zoos for their confinement of animals out of their natural habitats, like the elephants, lions and tigers that perform in circuses.

One of the things Lilly-Gassaway and her colleagues were giving out to children and adults was the coloring book “Wild Animals Belong in the Wild,” complete with animated elephant stickers.

“It’s about a circus strongman who sees what goes on behind the scenes with animals,” he said. “He eventually breaks their chains and sets them free.”

Queens has had its share of circus animals setting themselves free.

Di Leonardo referred to an August 2004 incident in which a tiger escaped from the Cole Brothers Circus at Forest Park in Woodhaven; and an incident in July 1995, when 12 people were hurt after a pair of Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus elephants got loose — also in Forest Park.

According to Chronicle archives, the 2004 incident began when a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Apollo decided he’d take a pass on entering a performance cage.

Apollo took a stroll past the park’s bandshell, choir group and numerous visitors engaging in activities from sunbathing to barbecuing.

He then entered the Jackie Robinson Parkway via the Myrtle Avenue ramp, being blamed for a string of car accidents that injured five people. Apollo was eventually caught at the intersection of Myrtle and 88th Street, where he was lured back to his cage with some raw meat.

Authorities said that Apollo, though born in captivity and raised by humans, still had all of his claws and teeth.

Authorities had been prepared to tranquilize or shoot him.

The elephant escape in 1995 caused a stampede of patrons in which a dozen people were hurt.

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Comrie asks state to tighten its ad criteria Senator says bill would cut images deemed inappropriate for minors

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Some months ago, lifelong Southeast Queens resident and first-time homeowner Clarence Wittingham approached state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-Hollis) about advertising, specifically billboards, that seemed to bombard his children with images of alcoholic beverages and scantily clad people. “In our neighborhoods, we need positive images,� Wittingham said Monday. “Our kids need to know there are other things out there than liquor and sex. It’s not good for kids in our neighborhood to have these images. They might think that’s what life is all about when it isn’t.�

Wittingham was speaking at the intersection of Hollis Avenue and 190th Street, a busy interchange in the shadow of a Long and Rail Road trestle — and a large billboard on property owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority marketing a popular brand of imported vodka.

Comrie, joined by Wittingham, Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) and Assemblyman Bill Scarborough Jr. (D-Jamaica) was promoting a bill he introduced on March 20 that he said would require the MTA to reject certain advertising including “content inappropriate for minors� on billboards or any other property owned by or

State Sen. Leroy Comrie is backing parents who want to curb content deemed inappropriate for children in advertising on MTA property, such as this billboard at Hollis Avenue and 190th Street PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON in Hollis advertising vodka. under the control of the state.

That definition includes content “descriptive of, advocating or glamorizing the commission of a violent crime, any form of sexually provocative or suggestive behavior, nudity, partial nudity or that shows only male or female undergarments.�

Comrie, pointing to the vodka sign as an example, said that intersection is very heavily trafficked, sees countless school buses

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Wills said Wittingham’s concerns are absolutely valid ones when it comes to things like the promotion of underage drinking and hypersexuality in some of the advertising. “And it’s not an accident that those ads are marketed to our community,� he said.

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Where Comrie and his staff ran into trouble on Monday was the section on beer and liquor ads.

At the press conference, Comrie said one of the reasons that the law would not cost the cash-strapped MTA any advertising revenue is that it would only require advertisers to alter their visual content rather than reject an ad altogether.

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The press advisory notifying the media of the press conference, dated Friday, April 17, touts the bill in two places as calling for the prohibition of alcoholic beverage ads.

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stole a pump valued at about $1,500 from a Sunoco station at 128-24 Rockaway Blvd. on South Ozone Park.

Police say the last incident in Queens took place on April 1, when the men returned to the BP at 130-11 North Conduit Ave. for the third time. The most recent theft took place in Brooklyn on April 3.

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Police said the men use vehicles with a tow hook and chains to forcibly remove coin- operated self-ser vice air pu mp machines and flee the scene.

They have hit the same BP station at 130 -11 Nor th Conduit Ave. in South Ozone Park three times, and have struck in the NYPD’s 106th Precinct six times.

The first incident took place at 4 p.m. on Dec. 29 at a Citgo gas station at 91-02 South Conduit Ave. in Howard Beach.

The machine contained about $800. The next day they struck a Getty station at 70-21 73rd Pl. in Glendale at about 10 p.m., netting about $200.

On Jan. 12 the men took a compressor valued at about $2,500 at 8 p.m. from a BP station at 130-11 North Conduit Ave. in South Ozone Park, before hitting a station in Coney Island, Brooklyn two hours later.

The next day saw the same pattern— taking a machine from a gas station at 162-35 North Conduit Ave. in Jamaica just before 7 p.m., and then targeting a gas station at 586 Conduit Blvd. in Brooklyn.

The men waited more than two weeks before striking again, this time at 9 p.m. on Jan. 28, returning to the BP on North Conduit Avenue on South Ozone Park.

After one theft in Brooklyn in the month of February, the men returned to the Citgo from their first strike in Howard Beach at about 3 p.m. on March 1.

One week later at about 12:20 a.m., they removed a pump from a Global gas station at 49-25 Van Dam St. in Long Island City.

Six hours af ter ward they removed a machine from an Exxon station at 59-51 Long Island Expressway in Maspeth.

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New city air quality codes pass Council Enviro Chairman Richards touts first major pollution revisions since 1970

by Michael Gannon Editor

The City Council last Thursday passed the most comprehensive changes to the Big Apple’s air codes since 1970.

Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), chairman of the council’s Environmental Protection Committee, praised the package that will phase out older, more polluting school bus engines; increase regulation of commercial char broilers; and tighten emission standards for a number of commercial and industrial boilers, generators and heating systems.

“Air pollution has contributed to deaths, high rates of asthma and hospitalization for respiratory illnesses as out city continued to fail national standards set by the [federal Environmental Protection Agency],’ Richards said in a statement issued by his office on April 16.

Richards in 2013 made no secret during his election campaign of his intention to seek the environmental chairman’s position, with air quality and flooding as his two major points of interest. He praised the de Blasio administration and others for their support throughout the nearly year-long process of getting Intro. 271 passed, saying: “I look forward to this historic piece of legislation setting the new air quality standard for our city for generations to come.”

Councilman Donovan Richards, chairman of the Environmental Protection Committee, announced an agreement on sweeping new air quality regulations on April 16. The primary PHOTO COURTESY NYC COUNCIL impact on homeowners is a ban on new wood-burning fireplaces.

While aimed overwhelmingly at the commercial and business sector, the new regulations will affect fireplace owners and those who plan to get or install them in the future.

The legislation bans the construction or installation of any new fireplace that burns wood. They must run “solely on natural gas

or on renewable fuel ... .” Existing woodburning fireplaces are grandfathered in, though owners will be required to use treated wood that has less moisture content and releases fewer pollutants.

In response to follow-up questions sent to the councilman’s office, he said the new regu-

lations would have minimal impact on homeowners in terms of cost or inconvenience.

Richards’ office said while progress has been made over the last several decades, the growth of the city’s population, number of automobiles and new buildings all keep it in a battle to keep pollution under control.

“In [Richards’] District 31, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene recently reported that asthma-related hospitalizations of children and levels of ozone have gone up,” Richards’ office said.

The DEP will be in charge of enforcement.

First offenses would not include a penalty.

Some could be solved by fixing problems.

Wood pellet stoves, legal in New York State, are not banned, though the city would like to discourage residents from using them as primary sources for heating their homes.

New regulations governing the use of outdoor wood-burning heaters and stoves do not apply to residential owners.

Regulations on commercial char broilers in restaurants do not apply to charcoal grills that residents would use for barbecues.

Restaurants that have char broilers may be required to add new technology if a given unit grills more than 875 pounds of meat on a weekly basis. Such businesses must keep a log of the amount of meat cooked, but Richards’ office said the new regulations would Q apply to only a fraction of all users.

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More than 25 percent of support ready for retractable US Open roofs

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

By the time this year’s US Open begins in August, the U.S. Tennis Association’s fixed metal roof support at Arthur Ashe Stadium should be finished, although it will be another year before the retractable roof is in place and ready for use.

T h e t h r e e -ye a r USTA p r oje c t i s designed to prevent future tennis matches from being cancelled due to inclement weather with the addition of the $100 million moveable roofs.

Driving along the Long Island Expressway or the Grand Central Parkway, you can’t miss the three enormous cranes that are lifting the steel superstructure into place. The lacey-looking supports have already changed the landscape of the USTA’s home in Flushing Meadows Park.

Danny Zausner, chief operating officer of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, said Tuesday in an interview with the Chronicle that despite the tough winter weather, the project is on schedule.

“We had to bring in a third crane to make up for the weather,” Zausner said.

“It is an engineering marvel and we are working in tight confines, but the contractor knows what’s needed.”

Already completed are the eight columns that will support the new roofs. About 25 to

Large cranes lift the steel superstructure in place which will hold the new retractable roof in place at the Arthur Ashe Stadium at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing PHOTO COURTESY USTA Meadows Park.

30 percent of the frame has been installed and will be completed before work has to cease either in June or July.

At that time, USTA officials have to get

the grounds ready for the US Open, which runs for two weeks every August and September. That effort will involve removing the cranes in pieces and trucking them

away, eliminating any work equipment to make the site safe for the public and beautifying the area with plantings.

“This is a three-year project that stops during the best weather conditions,” Zausner said.

Once the Open is over, only one large crane will return, along with some smaller ones. Next year, the retractable leafs and their permanent skin made of a translucent teflon-coated fabric will be installed.

When completed, in time for the 2016 Open, the roofs will open and close in five to seven minutes.

The second phase of upgrades includes building a new 8,000-seat Grandstand Stadium in the southwest quadrant of the center. The USTA has begun with clearing the area and underground work.

Phase three calls for constructing a new 15,000-seat Ar mstrong Stadium, adding 5,000 more seats than the present facility. It willl also have a retractable roof.

The original stadium was built for the 1964-65 World’s Fair as the Singer Bowl and used for U.S. Olympic trials, sports demonstrations and folk festivals.

The entire project is scheduled for completion at a cost of around $500 million.

The USTA is self-financing the project Q through bonds and its own revenue.

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his past Thursday a client and friend of Just Pawfection George Sahr, was driving on the Belt Parkway by Springfield Blvd, when he sees the unthinkable. He pulls over and confirms that unfortunately he was not mistaken, two male pit bulls, small, skinny, bruised, yet still wagging their tails are tied to the exit sign. What kind of person would do something so cruel, when there are obviously better places to leave two defenseless animals.

George took both of the dogs to his friends at Just Pawfection, We named, bathed and fed them, trying to wash away all the wounds, scars and scabs these poor animals had. God knows where these two dogs have come from and what they have been through. But we want to make sure they will have a second chance at a new life. Most people who don’t know depict this breed as vicious, but to all who do, we know it is humans who turn these dogs into victims. “Thunder” and “Bane” were obviously abused, fought or baited, are horribly underweight and malnourished, have physical wounds and scars on the outside, but on the inside, these two loving brothers and/or best friends have nothing but love, wet kisses, and waggy tails for us.

We then took the dogs to Juniper Valley Animal Hospital located in Middle Village to see Dr. McCarthy the vet we use for our own pets. They were examined and have been given their first round of immunizations. They were then boarded overnight for observation. Juniper Valley was amazing by tak-

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Sir’Dominic Pointer wins Haggerty Award Delarosa brothers to transfer from SJU

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

St. John’s senior Sir’Dominic Pointer put the team on his back for a good portion of the 2014-15 season, leading the Red Storm to their first NCAA Tournament in five years.

In recognition of his superb season, Pointer is being honored with some prestigious hardware.

The Detroit native won the 2015 Haggerty Award, given to New York City’s collegiate basketball player of the year, on Wednesday, becoming the 22nd St. John’s hoop star to ever be given the honor.

“I am humbled and honored to receive the Haggerty Award,” Pointer said in a statement issued by the Jamaica school.

“This is a special award with great tradition and history that has a strong connection to St. John’s ... so it is very special to now be among such a prestigious group.”

Pointer is the second straight Red Storm player to win the award, as teammate D’Angelo Harrison picked up the honor last season.

Pointer averaged 13.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per game this year and scored at least 20 points in a game 14 times, leading the Red Storm to a 20-11 record and an NCAA Tournament berth.

Pointer and Harrison were also named to the All-Metropolitan Basketball Writers first-team, while fellow senior Phil Greene IV was a third-team selection.

In other St. John’s news, the school announced on Tuesday that freshman center Adonis Delarosa will be released from his scholarship at the end of the spring semester, meaning he is free to transfer.

The former Christ the King star did not play during the regular season or the NCAA Tournament due to a grades issue.

His brother, Joey, a junior, will also be leaving the school, according to reports. He played in 18 games, averaging less than one point per contest.

The Red Storm also managed to land a commitment from Ron Mvouika, a Missouri State transfer, this week.

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QUICK Hearing on 3.24% water rate hike is April 30 in LI City The city is proposing to raise water rates 3.24 percent for the fiscal year that begins June 1, an increase it touts as the lowest in 10 years but one that critics say is not needed at all.

The Water Board is holding hearings on the rate increase from April 27 to May 1, one in each borough. The Queens hearing will be held at 7 p.m. April 30 in conference room E-242 at LaGuardia Community College, located at 45-50 Van Dam St. in Long Island City.

The Department of Environmental Protection notes that the planned increase is 34 percent lower than the 4.9 percent hike that had been anticipated, something it attributed to internal cost savings and other measures. And it said it will freeze the minimum charge for more than 150,000 customers who use fewer than 100 gallons of water daily, at $1.27 per day, which it said will apply to one-quarter of all single-family homeowners, many of them seniors.

“By implementing effective cost controls, refinancing higher interest debt, and reducing the rental payment, we are able to deliver the lowest rate increase in a decade, and the 25 percent of single family homeowners who use the least water will not receive any increase at all,” DEP Commissioner Emily Lloyd said in a prepared statement.

Critics, however, such as City Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), have said the DEP would not have to raise water rates at all if the city weren’t overcharging the Water Board on the rent it pays for city-owned propQ erties that it uses, to pad the general fund.

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commercial recycling rate is 25 percent, which is below both the national average and the 40 percent touted in the city’s 2011 PlaNYC update. And, the study added, reports filed by private waste companies indicate that their recylcling rate may only be 9 to 13 percent.

The report also said the burden of waste hauling falls disproportionately on low-income communities of color, including Southeast Queens. A bill in the City Council is designed to address the disparity, but at least some waste industry executives say the problem will be alleviated when new marine transfer stations, such as the one in College Point, come online.

The report, called “Dirty, Wasteful and Unsustainable: The Case for Reforming New York City’s Commercial Waste System,” can Q be found at transformdonttrashnyc.org.

Phil on Hill: not just yet Just like Mayor de Blasio, state Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) is not ready to endorse former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the presidency, though she is the only Democrat who has announced for the office and is widely seen as a formidable frontrunner for the nomination.

Unlike de Blasio, however, Goldfeder said in a Monday interview with the Queens Chronicle that he could see himself backing a Republican for the office. After declining to endorse Clinton, Goldfeder was asked, “Then who?” since there are no other announced Democrats. He said he does not know yet, but threw out the names of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (D-Fla.) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, both Republicans, as contenders he’d consider backing.

Goldfeder said his job is to deliver for the people he represents and that he is glad to work across the aisle, with, for example, Councilman Q Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), to that end.

New report trashes biz Pension protection eyed New legislation by state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) Assemblyman Peter Abbate garbage system in city (D-Brooklyn)andis designed to protect people’s New York businesses generate 5.5 million tons of waste per year, two million tons more than the public has been told, a new report by the group Transform Don’t Trash NYC alleges.

According to the study, the city leads the nation in the amount of commercial garbage it generates, but lags on recycling. It said the

MTA ad content continued from page 26 on Monday also called for the prohibition of alcohol ads in both its subheadline and the body of the announcement.

It also included a quote from Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), who did not attend the press conference, as applauding Comrie for “the introduction of this legislation to prohibit the advertising of alcoholic drinks and provocative content on state property.”

Following calls between the Chronicle and Comrie’s office, the senator told the paper late Monday afternoon that the bill

pensions. Their bills, S1092 and A6796, address “pension de-risking,” the practice of selling or transferring pensions to other firms. They would require companies that convert pensions into annuities to provide proper disclosures to Q impacted retirees, among other measures.

— compiled by Peter C. Mastrosimone will be amended to eliminate the outright prohibition of alcohol ads.

Comrie said he realized early on that an attempt to ban alcohol ads would be unsuccessful, and that he had thought the version on the Senate website already would have had new language.

In a tantgeantially related matter on Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that the MTA cannot stop activist Pam Geller from running advertisements critical of Islamic fundamentalists.

Published reports said Judge John Koeltl ruled that New Yorkers would not be incited to violence by ads alone, and that related threats “do not arise from Q those fleeting advertisements.”

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With his left thumb held perpendicular to the rest of his fingers, Mustafa Yasar made a sturdy base against which to beat the rosewood staff of his paintbrush. The force sent globules of bright dye from the brush’s horsehair head into a rectangular pool, which was about the size of a large birthday cake pan.

After dropping more layers of multicolored paint, which pooled out into translucent coins upon impact, Yasar plucked a long, needle-like implement from a collection of tools and poked the water, dragging to manipulate circles into hearts, spheres into swirls and lines into lacey patterns. After layering more dye and swirling more designs, the water resembled stained glass. He gingerly plopped a sheet of acid-free paper on the surface.

As the outer corners curled, pulled by the weight of the dye below, Yasar picked up the paper and, lifting while pulling, dragged the sheet off the water, scraping it against the side of the pan.

He turned it over and revealed a sheet of marbled paper gleaming like a resplendent slice of otherworldly granite.

Ebru, or the art of water marbling that was born in modern-day Uzbekistan in the 13th century, is a common sight in Turkey, Yasar said.

Marbled paper was often used as book covers. But several Turkish cultural centers around the New York area are bringing the art to a broader audience through biweekly classes, such as a recent one at the branch in Sunnyside.

“It is impossible to make the same one twice,” Yasar told a class of four women on a recent Saturday. “There is no bad and good in this art, everything is perfect.”

Yasar, a Sunnyside resident who has been crafting Ebru for years, first delved into the staggering degree of science behind the seemingly alchemical art.

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Enter the park at Forest Park Drive and Woodhaven Boulevard, Woodhaven. Info: nyc.gov/parks.

BFA Thesis Exhibition, presenting work by St. John’s University’s Department of Art and Design.

Thru April 26. Thurs.-Mon., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tues.Wed., 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 937 6317, dorsky.org.

Karaoke fundraiser, to benefit the Oratorio Society of Queens, Sun., April 26, 3-6 p.m., Soho KTV, 32-02 Linden Place, Flushing. $35. Tickets: (718) 279-3006, queensoratorio.org.

“It’s My Park Day,” a spring celebration by the Briarwood Action Network with storytelling, crafts and park cleanup. Sat., May 2, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Hoover Park Seating Area, Manton Street between 83rd Avenue and Main Street, Briarwood. Free. Info: briarwoodactionnetwork.com.

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

THEATRE “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” presented by Variations Theatre Group. Thru Sat., April 25, 8 p.m., 2 p.m. Sat. and Sun., The Chain Theatre, 21-28 45 Road, Long Island City, $18. Info: (866) 811-4111, variationstheatregroup.com.

“NYC Housing Hell,” Fri., April 24, 8:30 p.m., The Broom Tree Theatre, 23-35 Broadway, Astoria. $5.

Info: (917) 597-0659, jtcburgess@gmail.com.

“The Wizard of Oz,” by Christ the King High School’s Musical Theatre Group. Two-week run starts Fri., April 24, 8 p.m., 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village. Thru May 3, Times vary. Info: ctkny.org.

“A Decision to be Victorious,” a showcase of social themes though the arts, by the Performing Arts Institute at Humanities and the Arts High School. Thurs., April 30, 6:45 p.m., 207-01 116 Ave., Cambria Heights. $5 in advance, $7 at door. Info: (718) 978-2135.

“The Wizard of Oz,” by the Andrean Players and directed by Andrew Koslosky. Opens Fri., May 1, 8 p.m. thru May 10, times vary. 35-60 158 St., Murray Hill. $18, $15 seniors and children. Info: (347) 2877633, andreanplayers.com.

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MUSIC .

Queensboro Symphony concert, with Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Handel’s Royal Fireworks music, Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto and music by Paul Joseph. Sun., April 26, 7 p.m., Mary’s Nativity Church, 46-02 Parsons Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 3595996, pauljoseph.com.

Operatic classics, a Masterworks Concert: Queens Symphony Orchestra presents selections from operas of the 19th and 20th centuries. Thurs., May 7, 7 p.m. Electrical Industry Center Auditorium, 158-11 Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Ave., Pomonok. Free.

Info: (718) 570-0909, queenssymphony.org.

Queens Music Fest II, hosted by the Queens Symphony Band, featuring orchestral, Latin and jazz performances. Sat., May 2, 7 p.m. QPAC at

Queens Arts Connection, a special event sponsored by Queens Council on the Arts and Queens Museum’s Open A.I.R. program, will give feedback to area artists. PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS COUNCIL ON THE ARTS Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. $10, seniors/students $8.

“A Tribute to Spring,” by the Community Singers of Queens. Sat., May 2, 8 p.m. Church on the Hill, 167-07 35 Ave., Flushing. $10. Info: (718) 658-1021.

FILM “To Be Alive!,” “To the Fair!” and “Unisphere: The Biggest World on Earth”: Three short films about the 1964 World’s Fair. Sun., April 26, 2:304 p.m., Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. Info: (718) 939-0647, ext. 17, queenshistoricalsociety.org.

LECTURES “Global Jewish Challenges,” Special guest Abraham Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League. Sun., April 26, 3 p.m., Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112 St. Info: (718) 261-2900.

“Sala’s Gift: My Mother’s Holocaust Story”: Ann Kirsschner, through the letters and historical research, describes her mother’s ordeal. Mon., April 27, 7:15 p.m., Rosenthal Library 230, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 997-4531.

Book talk with Harley Spiller, Astoria resident and author of “Keep the Change: A Collector’s Tales of Lucky Pennies, Counterfeit C-Notes, and Other Curious Currencies” Tues., April 28, 7 p.m., Astoria Bookshop, 31-29 31 St. Info: (718) 2782665, astoriabookshop.com.

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

Information Session, Wed., April 29, 1-3 p.m., Glen Oaks Library, 256-04 Union Turnpike. Info: (718) 990-0700, queenslibrary.org.

ABCs of Homebuying, sponsored by Neighborhood Housing Services of Jamaica, Inc. Wed., April 29, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info: (718) 291-7400.

EARTH DAY EVENTS

Walk 4 Paws fundraiser and adoption event, an annual walk-a-thin sponsored by Bobbi & the Strays and NYC Parks and Recreation’s Pets and Pals Party.

Sun., May 3, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Registration 10 a.m. Alley Pond Park’s parking lot, 76th Avenue and Springfield Boulevard, Oakland Gardens. Info: (718) 326-6070, walk4paws2015.myevent.com.

COMMUNITY Graffiti cleanup, with the Richmond Hill Block Association. Sat., April 25, 10 a.m. sharp, 102nd Precinct, 87-34 118 St. Info: RHBA (718)-849-3759.

Spring Fling for Earth Day, with crafts, games and music. Sat., April 25, 12-4 p.m. Vander-Ende Onderdonk House, 18-20 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood.

Kids free; adults $5 donation. Info: (718) 456-1776, onderdonkhouse.org.

Recycling event, for donation of clothing, bedding, linens, computers, cell phones, fax machines, televisions, cameras, chargers, air conditioners and VCR tapes. No appliances. Sun., April 26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., George Seuffert, Sr. Bandshell Parking Lot, Forest Park.

Shoreline cleanup, organized by the American Littoral Soceity, Sun., April 26, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Bring gloves, wear boots. Meet at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Visitor Refuge Center, Broad Channel. RSVP: (718) 474-0896, jamaicabayearthday.eventbrite.com.

Grocery Bingo, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Parish Hall, 69-07 Cooper Ave., Glendale, Sun., April 26, 1 p.m. Contact: (718) 456-5292.

SPECIAL EVENTS Child ID safety event and tattoo fundraiser, sponsored by New York Families for Autistic Children and the Masonic Society, to bring free IDs to children, disabled adults and the elderly. Sat., April 25, NYFAC Autism Center, 164-14 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach. Info: (347) 566-3122, ext. 305.

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

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

Tour the Forest Park greenhouse, with info on different plant species and how to care for them.

Sat., April 25, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Queens Greenhouse.

Spring sheep shearing, Sun., May 3, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Queens County Farm Museum, . 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. $5. Contact: (718) 3473276, queensfarm.org.

KIDS/TEENS Talk by physician Jennifer Wider: The Central Queens YM & YWHA in Forest Hills will speak about body development, emotional changes, bullying, social media and substance abuse. Thurs., April 30, 7 p.m., 67-09 108 St. Free. Info: (718) 268-5011, cqy.org.

Free SAT prep course, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-6 p.m., until the SAT test on Sat., June 6. Materials included. 25 slots available. 162-24 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Info: (718) 657-5137.

Free art classes: Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center, ages 8-16, 35-30 35 St., Astoria, every Tues. & Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com. continued continued on on page page 00 35

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American Indian art, observed with a wide lens

by Tess McRae qboro contributor

Indigenous North Americans and First Nations peoples are some of the most marginalized groups in the United States.

The many cultures composing what most regard as “Native American” are often represented through stereotypical images of squaws har vesting corn in fringed hides and warriors wielding bows and arrows riding bareback on pintos.

Despite the role natives played in forming the United States as it is today, few

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people truly know about their cultures, aside from items such as pottery, beaded jewelry and woven rugs.

In a new exhibition at Radiator Gallery in Long Island City, curator Erin Joyce Projects aims to widen the lens on native art and culture in order to demonstrate how diverse and provocative it can be.

The show, though small, features powerful work from a collection of native artists including Edgar Heap of Birds, Nicholas Galanin, Marcus Amerman and the art collective Postcommodity.

The media used by the artists differ from one to another, from assemblage sculptures to monoprints to video work.

Almost every piece uses some type of “traditional” material or concept. But their diversity allows for an evolving conversation among viewers.

“These artists all actively engage in the notion of pop-culture, contested landscapes, misappropriation and cultural imprisonment in their work,” the show description reads. “Utilizing pastiche, they create imbricated works that will stand alone, but also enter into a dialogue with one another in the gallery space.”

Gallery visitors could start with a video

by Nicholas Galanin titled “Re-Skinning a Dead Wolf,” which features the artist removing the hides from grey and white wolves using traditional methods and tools. However, the piece isn’t so onenoted that it relies merely on the removal of the fur of the animal to evoke emotion. No, Galanin is taking off the skin from a stuffed wolf in a modern apartment in front of a flat screen. continued on page page 00 37

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Monoprints by Edgar Heap of Birds, left, and “A Space Between Life and Death,” by Nicholas Galanin.

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Caramelize onions in one tablespoon of olive oil over low heat until tender. Set aside. Turn up heat to medium-high and sauté asparagus, starting with thicker stem pieces and then adding tops. Add broccoli bits and carrots and lightly stir.

Remove and set aside when vegetables are softened but not too tender.

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For layers of sweet berry flavor, mix stewed crushed berries into the pudding and also top with fresh ones.

2 tbs butter 1 lemon, zested and juiced 1 cup arborio rice 2 cups strawberries, washed, trimmed 2 tbs agave syrup, or 1 C sugar 3 cups milk Pinch of salt Melt butter and lemon zest over low heat. Add rice, stirring to coat grains evenly. Add lemon juice and agave syrup or sugar. Stir.

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Creating paper, where water is the master continued from page page 00 31 continued from All of the materials used are entirely natural, with paints derived from crushed stones and flowers and powder made from carregeanen, a substance in Irish seaweed, added to the water long before the dye to give it a touch of viscosity. A turpentine float makes the colors cling to the surface.

As Alba Fandino, a Briarwood resident, tried her hand at the art, Yasar dribbled different dyes from one brush onto another, which he then proffered to Fandino before she tapped out the base for what she wanted to be a sea of flowers. Breaching into more advanced techniques, Yasar helped her make bigger circles and connect them with lines to conjure petals and summon stems from the watery world.

“It’s really fun,” said Marissa Ferrara, an Astoria resident, as she later gracefully stabbed at the surface of her work, sending streams of orange into streaks of blue somehow without the hues mixing.

For much of the class, Yasar let students guide themselves as they took turns at the marbling station, which might have left some flummoxed at first. But soon they appeared to disappear into the Zen-like

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“You are not the master,” Yasar said.

“The real master is the water.”

The water seemed to swallow and dissipate

lighter shades, such as lavender or white.

But when students applied the paper, which sopped up the dyes like a timefreezing sponge, they reappeared.

While Jocelyn Jeannot, a Bronx resident,

tried warping the pockets of dye with a large “needle,” which looked like a blunt prison shiv, she met the testy resistance of the water, which responded differently than she thought it would.

“The water really is the master,” Jeannot said.

Sunnyside’s Turkish Cultural Center offers two kinds of classes, basic and professional. Yasar said students consistently return to learn as many as 30 different techniques.

While the evening’s class was made up of all female students, only men practiced Ebru until the 20th century. Now, the genQ der makeup is pretty even, Yasar said.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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To a viewer who doesn’t take the time to consider every image on the television, the setting could seem unintentional and unimportant, but by watching Galanin skin the wolf with such precision and patience, it is clear everything in the video has been carefully thought out.

Other pieces include Postcommodity’s “A Very Long Line,” a two-channel video installation of the Mexico-Arizona border; Edgar Heap of Birds’ monoprints featuring various words such as “Indio Face Down NoHuman Justice, Dead Indian Stories”; and Marcus Amerman’s “Hubcap Shield Assemblage Structures,” works that are similar to large dream-catchers with stereotypical native action figures mounted onto the center hubcap.

However, it was “A Space Between Life and Death” by Galanin that dominated the room. The piece consists of two wolves, the first turned into a wolfskin rug and the second left in the process of being skinned. It is reminiscent of a twisted “March of Progress” — which shows mankind’s evolution — but where the wolves are evolving into sadder versions of themselves. Both animals lay on the floor without wires or glass surrounding them. The lack of a barrier forces viewers

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SAFE HARBOUR REAL ESTATE GROUP, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/3/15. Office location: Queens County.

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SAFEWAY PLUMBING & HEATING LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/24/15. 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, 50-23 70th Street, Woodside, NY 11377.

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5-9 GRACE PLAZA LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 5/8/2012. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, c/o Ginsburg & Misk, 215-48 Jamaica Avenue, Queens Village, NY 11428. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

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

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

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

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

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1283911, for on premises liquor license has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine and liquor at Chimi Mundo Restaurant Corp under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 98-05 Atlantic Ave., Woodhaven, NY 11421 for on-premises consumption.

GARRISON PROPERTIES II LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/21/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 37-61 104th St., Corona, NY 11368.

General Purposes.

IRIS TRANSTECH LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/13/15.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 33-24 Northern Blvd., Long Island City, NY 11101, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of JJ CIRCLE LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/26/15. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent for service of process.

SSNY shall mail process to: 4805 Glenwood St., Little Neck, NY 11362. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 14817/2013 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, against THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF THE ESTATE OF EILEEN C. KURTA, DECEASED, if they are living and if they are dead, the respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint, EVELYN VINEIS AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF DAVID E. RITCHIE, DECEASED, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendants, To the above named defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the amended complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the amended complaint is not served with this supplemental summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorneys within 20 days after the service of this supplemental summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing supplemental summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Frederick D.R. Sampson, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Queens County, dated the 4th day of August, 2014 and duly entered in the office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT. The object of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $217,200.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on October 12, 2007 in CRFN 2007000517190, which mortgage was assigned to Bank of America, N.A. by assignment of mortgage dated April 1, 2013 which was recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on April 22, 2013 in CRFN 2013-000159213, covering premises known as 9419 PLATTWOOD AVE, OZONE PARK, COUNTY OF QUEENS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK (BLOCK: 11487, LOT: 48). The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendants, EILEEN C. KURTA AND DAVID E. RITCHIE, for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises, unless discharged in bankruptcy. To the above named defendants, the foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order signed by the HON: FREDERICK D.R. SAMPSON dated the 27th day of August 2014. Premises lying and being in the Borough of Queens. BEGINNING at a point on the Northerly side of Freeland Avenue (now known as Plattwood Avenue), 188 feet easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of Freeland Avenue (now known as Plattwood Avenue) with the easterly side of Woodhaven Road; being a plot 100 feet by 25 feet 6 inches by 100 feet by 25 feet 6 inches. Block 11487, Lot 48. Dated: Rego Park, New York, October __, 2014. SWEENEY, GALLO, REICH & BOLZ, LLP., By: Rosemarie A. Klie, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park, New York 11374 (718) 459-9000

Notice of Formation of COHEN FASHION OPTICAL STORE NO. 229, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/02/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Susan Goldberg, c/o Cohen's Fashion Optical, 100 Quentin Roosevelt Blvd., Ste. 400, Garden City, NY 11530.

Purpose: Any lawful activity

GRAND GOELET CONSULTING LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/04/15.

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, 11839 236th Street, Cambria Heights, NY 11411-2325.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

JD Produce Maspeth LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/10/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Sheng Bo Dong, 57-45 Rust St, Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: General.

Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 01/20/2015, bearing Index No. 1160-2014, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to assume the name of Lillian Ayfantis-Romero.

My present address is 43-22 196th Street, Flushing, New York. The date and place of my birth is August 18, 1983 in Flushing, New York.

My present name is Lillian Aifantis.

MATTHEW DOUNEL, MD, MPH, PLLC, a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 2/18/15.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The PLLC, 72-11 Austin St., MB# 230, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Medicine.

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Matthew J. Citrolo, Cpa PLLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/18/14.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 25-28 72nd St Fl 2, East Elmhurst, NY 11370. Purpose: PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY.

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Legal Notices NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SANFORD EAST, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/11/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shallmail a copy of process to the LLC, 159-16 Sanford Avenue, Flushing, New York 11358.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SETS BY SARA, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/17/2015. 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 THE LLC, 1717 TROUTMAN STREET, STUDIO 241 RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of Sherpa Premium LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on 4/10/14.

Office located Queens County.

SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to: THE LLC, 50-35 41St ST., Sunnyside, NY 11104. Purpose: Any lawful activity or purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of TREE OF LIFE REALTY, LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/4/15.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 223-01 Union Tpk, Bayside, NY 11364.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

TRICKLING SPRINGS CREAMERY LLC, a foreign LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/15/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 2330 Molly Pitcher Hwy., Chambersburg, PA 17202. General Purposes.

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: VINTAGE LIGHT PICTURES LLC. Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on 02/23/2015. Office location: County of New York. Purpose: any and all lawful activities.

Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Kathleen Young, 4540 Center Blvd., Apt. 2606, Long Island City, NY 11109.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: THINKSPARK, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/05/2015. 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 CRISTINA REYES, 69-60 108TH ST., APT. 203, FOREST HILLS, NY 11375.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualification of UrbanSERS Richmond Hill, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/24/15. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/16/15.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Thomas P. McNamara, McNamara & Carver, PA, 2907 Bay to Bay Blvd., Suite 201, Tampa, FL 33629. Address to be maintained in DE: National Registered Agents, Inc., 160 Greentree Dr., #101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

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People flocked to get a taste of the sweet treat at Flushing Meadows

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

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sk anyone who attended the 1964-65 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows and they will tell you their sweetest memory is of the Belgian waffles.

Although first introduced at the World’s Fair in Seattle two years earlier, it wasn’t until the Flushing Meadows extravaganza that the treat — called Bel-Gem waffles — really took off.

They were light and fluffy, topped with powdered sugar, homemade whipped cream and fresh strawberries. Not only were the waffles delicious to eat, they were easy to carry around the fairgrounds.

Introduced by Belgian immigrants Maurice and Rose Vermersch, the recipe was primarily created by the wife to appeal to America’s sweet tooth. The couple’s daughter, MariePaule Vermersch, now splits her time between Albuquerque and Forest Hills, where her mother, 96, lives.

“In Belgium, we only served the waffles with powdered sugar, but my mother knew Americans loved sweet things so she came up with this recipe,” the daughter said.

The family moved to Forest Hills during the fair and stayed. They were supposed to sell their delicacy at the Belgian Village at the fair, but the pavilion was late in opening so a stand was set up nearby. Because the waffles became so popular, more locations were created to offer the items throughout Flushing Meadows.

Vermersch, who still makes the waffles from the family’s secret recipe, says originally they imported flour from Belgium because it wasn’t as heavy as American flour. “Our waffles were very light and tasted much better,” she said.

“The smell was just wonderful.”

The family used cast-iron waffle makers and the quick cooking “made them so light they melted in your mouth,” Vermersch said.

She was 17 when the fair opened and worked regularly at her parents’ booth: “It was a lot of work, but fun. We had to cut the strawberries by hand and make the whipped cream by hand.”

Vermersch had little time to explore the World’s Fair but remembers enjoying the Disney attractions, including Pepsi Cola’s It’s a Small World, and the Mexican Pavilion.

She recalls her younger sister performing a song with her school at the New York State Pavilion, which is now in disrepair, though plans are in the works to restore it.

“We had never returned to Flushing Meadows after the fair closed, but we went back last year when they opened the pavilion on the 50th anniversary,” she said. “It was very bittersweet for my family.”

After the fair closed, her family worked at the New York State Fair in Syracuse selling the waffles for 35 years.

They also traveled to other fairs over the years. Her father eventually sold the recipe to a Syracuse vendor, who promised to keep it secret.

“I am proud of my family’s accomplishments,” Vermersch

You can almost taste those delicious Bel-Gem waffles sold at the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows. They were a popular treat both years of the event and have remained a hit ever FILE PHOTO since. said. “My dad introduced a fantastic product, but didn’t gain from it and others copied it.”

After the fair closed, she wanted her parents to open a shop in Forest Hills to sell the waffles. “It would have been fantastic, but my dad liked to move around.”

For some time Vermersch ran a coffee shop in Albuquerque, where she served the waffles, but she has given that up and now runs a catering business when she’s in New Mexico.

Her father died several years ago and Vermersch is the only one left to keep the waff les going. “The recipe will stay in the family but I have no children and nobody is interested in carrying on the tradition,” she said.

But in Queens, and perhaps beyond, the memories of those morsels will never be forgotten.

Last year, Rob MacKay, director of the Queens Tourism Council, said his father told him that he loved the Belgian waffles from the World’s Fair.

“I didn’t think anything about it,” MacKay said, “but since then I have met hundreds and hundreds of people who attended the fair and they all report that they loved the wafQ fles. It appears that they are people’s fondest memory.”

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Before the first week of the 2015 season was over, the Mets learned that Jenrry Mejia, who did a great job as a closer in 2014, would miss the first half of the season for using a banned substance, Stanozolol.

A week later, third baseman David Wright, the face of the franchise, incurred a hamstring injury. He was immediately placed on the disabled list and is expected to return to action in two weeks.

In past years, fans and the local sports media would panic and immediately put up the white flag any time the Mets captain had to miss extended playing time. That has not been the case this year as there seems to be a collective “It’s not the end of the world” shrug.

Granted, Wright had a forgettable 2014 and thus expectations are lessened. Also mitigating the loss is that his understudy, Eric Campbell, is no slouch at the plate and has a decent glove.

The Mets organization and the faithful have to wonder, though, if the baseball gods are toying with them after Sunday’s game. While in the process of sweeping the Miami Marlins for their eighth consecutive win, the Mets lost two key players to fractured bone injuries. Catcher Travis d’Arnaud was hit by an errant pitch from AJ Ramos, while a shot off of the bat of Marlins hitter Dee Gordon got reliever Jerry Blevins in

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I have rarely been accused of being a Pollyanna but things may not be as dire for the Mets as they seem.

Even if they had been able to stay 100 percent healthy, the odds are they wouldn’t be able to sustain their current high level of play. There will be heartbreaking losses and losing streaks no matter what. It’s how quickly the Amazin’s can shake them off that will determine where they wind up this year.

It’s only April, and it’s likely both d’Arnaud and Blevins will be back by the All-Star break, if not sooner. The Mets always seem to fall apart in the second half, but perhaps having these two players in fresh condition could help change that dynamic.

The Mets have options at catcher. Kevin Plawecki, a first-round pick in the 2012 amateur draft, appears ready for the big leagues. Anthony Recker has long excelled in a backup role and my guess is that he will get a significant number of starts while d’Arnaud recuperates.

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But in 1932 Jewish Russian immigrant Joseph Braudie, 52, a pharmacist, took a chance and bought the building with his American wife, Eva, 10 years his junior, and opened up Braudie’s Pharmacy. He sold not only medicines but a full line of photo supplies too. The Braudies, including children Benjamin, Reva and Eli, all Thrift Pharmacy, formerly Braudie’s, at 73-06 Metropolitan Ave. in Middle Village, summer 1954. lived above the store.

Braudie’s was a popular mainstay of Middle Village life for several decades. pharmacy finally closed. Braudie’s youngBut first-born son Ben decided to become a est son, Eli, lived in the area, on Rutledge theater manager and not go into the business. Street in Glendale, until his death in 1992.

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3 BRs, 1.5 baths. Large sideyard. 7 blocks to Crossbay Blvd. In-ground sprinklers.

REDUCED! $619K

HOWARD BEACH Custom 50x100 Colonial. 4 BRs, 3 full baths, granite kitchen with Thermador stove and hood, sub-zero fridge, Jacuzzi bath, balcony, fireplace in family room, 1.5 car garage.

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41x100 Hi- Ranch with EIK, fully renovated with granite, S/S appliances, porcelain floors, 4 BRs, 2 full baths.

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Rockwood Park Mint All Brick Split-Level Colonial, 40x110 lot, 4 Large Bedrooms, 3 new full baths. Custom kit w/island, Formal Dining Room. Totally redone 4 years ago.

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Old side. Mint Ranch on 45x100 lot, 4 BRs, 2.5 Baths, new kit, s/s appliances, in-ground sprinklers, AG pool, hot tub, Koi pond, 2-car private driveway. $649K

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OZONE PARK Centreville. Exclusive. Picture perfect Dutch Colonial, 4 BRs, LR, DR, wood floors, open to porch, sliding doors to deck, private driveway. $510K

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IN Large 2 BR, 1 bath, steps from HOWARD BEACH trans & All Brick Cape. Imacculately kept with lots of closets.

60x100, EIK, wood cabinets, SS appl, & granite, shopping.

Howard Beach/Rockwood Park baths with granite vanities, beautiful tiles, Jacuzzi, Doorman hi-hats, separate zoned AC. Full fin bsmnt w/large storage Exclusive. High Ranch on 40x100 lot. 4 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths. Mint building.

One Bedroom walk-in, newly renovated first floor. Close to all! room with W/D & sprinklers. 3 car dvwy, large yard with REDUCED ! $599K 24x24 drawings for garage.

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Ozone Park/Crossbay Blvd New Listing! Amazing Location! Perfect for HAMILTON BEACH investors. R4 office building. Features a dental Legal 2 Family, 3 BRs/2 Baths per floor. Full office, lab on ground floor, 2 BR/1 bath apt. on unfinished basement, hardwood floors. Each floor has first floor, 2 BR/1 bath apt. on second floor. separate boiler/hot water heater. $505K REDUCED $769K

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• L-Shaped Studio ..............$69K • 1 BR, Beautiful, new thru-out . ...........................................$84K • 1 BR w/Terrace, 2nd flr............ ............................................ $129K • Mint 2 BRs, w/terrace, granite kit, SS appl, wood cabinets. ............... IN CONTRACT $179K • 2 BR/2 baths, Hi-Rise, one flight up ............................Ask $209K • Mint AAA 3 BRs/1 bath, Garden ................. IN CONTRACT $219K • Hi-Rise 2 BRs/2 baths, mint, all renovated with terrace. ...............IN CONTRACT $227K • Mint AAA Garden, 2BR, DR, 2nd fl. .................... REDUCED $240K • STORE FOR RENT 1,365 sq. ft. Howard Beach/Crossbay.

Parking Available ........................ ............................$4,500 per mo.

HOWARD BEACH Lindenwood Condos

• Greentree Condo (3rd floor), cathedral ceilings 3 BRs/2 baths, 2 terraces. .................$320K • Greentree Condo. 2nd fl., mint 3 BRs/2 baths, 2 terraces....... . .........................................$319K HAMILTON BEACH RIDGEWOOD CONDO • Plymouth House. Mint AAA. 2 New construction. 2 Family, 2 BRs/2 Baths One-of-a-kind 1 Bedroom Condo Duplex with BRs, 2 new baths. Terrace. Pet over 3 BRs/2 Baths, driveway. Built to new basement, hardwood floors, ceramic tiled bath, friendly............................$329K flood codes.

REDUCED $615K low taxes.

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