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Volunteers clean, repaint and replant Forest Parkway Plaza PAGE 6 Abraham Robbana and his younger brother, Emin, do their part to clean the plaza along Woodhaven’s commercial corridor. The Woodhaven Business Improvement District brought out volunteers young and old to plant new flowers and further beautify the plaza in honor of Earth Day.

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City looks to combat decrease in daily shots To incentivize inoculations, mayor allows walk-ins, free museum tix

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

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ew York City hit its single-day vaccine peak April 8, but the number of administered doses has been drastically declining each day since.

Vaccines are becoming more available, but distribution has slowed as the city seemingly hit a point of hesitancy — on April 27, only 31,700 people were inoculated, which was about 83,600 less than the April 8 peak.

The last time so few jabs were administered was Feb. 22.

In an effort to get shots in arms, Mayor de Blasio announced last week that appointments were no longer required at city vaccination sites. Previously, the privilege had only been extended to older citizens, which proved to be successful. With the process simplified, de Blasio expected a higher volume of residents going to get their vaccines.

However, the number of daily vaccines continued to decrease even in the days following de Blasio’s announcement.

Gov. Cuomo followed the city’s suit, and decided beginning April 29 all eligible adults could walk into state sites, as well.

“We’re getting closer and closer to reaching herd immunity and defeating COVID every single day, but we must continue to focus on fair and equitable vaccine distribu-

The number of New Yorkers getting inoculated in the city has been drastically decreasing daily NYC HEALTH IMAGE since its April 8 peak. tion so that no New Yorker is left behind,” Cuomo said in a statement. “We are doing everything we can to make getting a vaccine as easy as possible, and I urge everyone to do their part and get vaccinated so we can protect all the progress we have made so far and begin our return to a new normal.”

As of April 27, 45 percent of New Yorkers

statewide have received at least one dose of the vaccine, Cuomo said, though the number is well below what is needed to achieve herd immunity. Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy data suggests 70 percent of the population would need to be immune in order to achieve herd immunity, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is

uncertain what the true percentage is — instead, the CDC’s website states that vaccinations are a safer way to build protection than waiting for the surrounding population to reach immunity.

In addition to making the process simpler, the city is looking for ways to incentivize the public into getting its shots. For example, the city is partnering with the American Museum of Natural History to offer free admission for themselves and up to four guests to those who get inoculated at the Central Park site, which began hosting a vaccination hub April 23.

The city Health Department is also turning toward clinicians and healers across New York for help — Commissioner Dave Chokshi wrote a letter asking professionals to entice loved ones and patients to get their shots, and spread facts on the vaccine’s effectiveness.

“Your strong recommendation is a critical factor in whether your patients will be vaccinated against COVID-19. Together we can save lives and prevent further suffering,” Chokshi wrote.

In response to a question about further incentivization programs, a spokesperson from the city Health Department told the Chronicle it is “developing a number of strategies to make getting vaccinated even Q easier.”

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Legal action for SE Queens no-knock raids Incident prompts federal lawsuit amid city, state reform proposals

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

After a series of incidents involving noknock warrants in Southeast Queens have come to light over the past several months, one of the affected families is taking the issue to federal court.

Lauren P. Raysor, a Mount Vernon-based attorney who specializes in police misconduct, announced last week that she is planning to file a federal suit against the NYPD on behalf of her client, Andre Brown, who she says was unlawfully arrested and detained during a no-knock raid on his aunt’s house.

“Suspending our constitutional rights under the guise of fighting crime is morally wrong. What is worse is that a majority of these ‘no-knock’ warrants are executed in communities of color,” said Raysor in a prepared statement.

The incident, which happened in March, gained attention amid increased scrutiny at the national, state and city level to ban all but a limited number of life-threatening instances to allow no-knock warrants, in which police don’t identify themselves until they’ve busted into a residence.

After NYPD officers used a battering ram to break down the door of his aunt, Tijuana Brown, at her Jamaica home, where Andre had been living, their effort to detain Andre involved cutting a hole in his bedroom wall, according to the Daily News. Brown spent 25 minutes in a van before being taken to the precinct, where he was ticketed for possession of marijuana, according to a release that Raysor put out.

Lauren P. Raysor, an attorney focused on police misconduct, announces that she will file a lawPHOTO BY JACENE THOMAS suit against the NYPD on behalf of Andre Brown.

The release goes on to say that he spent 90 minutes in a jail cell after being fingerprinted and photographed, only for the Queens District Attorney’s Office to determine five days later that the NYPD did not have a case against Brown, dropping the charge.

The lawsuit comes after police officials defended the practice in a news conference on the topic two weeks ago.

“No-knock warrants are a critical tool the NYPD uses to keep narcotics off the streets and seize illegal firearms. It’s also critical for the safety of all New Yorkers and NYPD officers to be known and seen in these situations,” said NYPD Chief of Department Rod-

ney Harrison at the press event.

Assistant Chief Joe Kenny said in Brown’s case that “the search warrant was entirely legitimate — across all layers of the criminal justice system: the police, the prosecutors, the judiciary.” Kenny then claimed that the NYPD had previously bought marijuana from Brown at the location.

In an interview with the Chronicle, Councilwoman Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica), chairwoman of the Committee on Public Safety, raised another incident that happened in March to Debra Cottingham, a former correction officer living in Laurelton. NYPD officers barged into Cottingham’s house and

tore apart her belongings, only to find out that the person they were looking for hadn’t lived there in three years.

Adams criticized both Harrison and Police Commissioner Dermot Shea for their comments during the press conference.

“What I did not hear from either of them was an explanation or an apology as to a couple of things as to why due diligence was not performed in either one of these cases, because they were not specific in anything.

They spoke in very general terms about their feelings on no-knock warrants, but they did not address — and I think it would have gone a long, long way — had they spoken to the two women that were traumatized by these actions over the past month,” Adams said.

The incidents also come on the heels of state legislation introduced by state Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) that would ban no-knock warrants except in certain severe circumstances, including investigations into murder, kidnapping and human trafficking, among others. The bill, and its Assembly counterpart, are in committee, but Adams said that she is eyeing a nonbinding resolution in the Council.

“I would like to see the Council perhaps do an accompanying resolution too when it comes to when to activate no-knock warrants, I think in low-level instances such as these, it needs to be looked at again and it needs to be tweaked,” she said.

Raysor’s spokesperson told the Chronicle that she still had not filed the lawsuit as of this week, but she was planning to do so in the Q Eastern District of New York court.

Queens gymnast at the top of the heap Howard Beach athlete wins four state championship categories

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Brendah Lomelino’s path to winning four championship medals in the state USA Gymnastics competition in early April has not been without some bumps along the way.

In the Level 8 Senior B division of the New York state competition, the 19-year-old Howard Beach gymnast won first place in vault, bars, f loor exercises and the allaround category. She also won second place in the beam category.

Though Lomelino had started training for the competition back in November, she found out that her back was fractured at the end of last year. Suddenly in March, her coach Igor Kolpakchi at Nina’s Gymnastics Center called her and asked if she wanted to jump into the state competition scheduled two weeks later.

“During those two weeks, I trained like

four hours a day, f ive times a week,” Lomelino said, adding that the win has motivated her “because I realized I had a lot of potential, especially coming back from a fractured back. I was still injured and I did really good.”

Lomelino said that she’s been doing gymnastics since she was 10 years old.

After starting the sport, she focused on it solidly for about six years straight, and then began coaching for two years before taking some breaks before her recent victories.

A fractured back wasn’t the only setback she had this winter. She had begun working out in January before finding out her mother had Covid, so she didn’t go to the gym for another month after that.

Going forward, Lomelino’s mother told the Chronicle Tuesday that she had decided to compete in the USAG’s Region 6 Championship this coming weekend in

Springfield, Mass.

“I want to keep pursuing gymnastics and perhaps eventually compete for Brazil because I’m Brazilian,” Lomelino told the Chronicle.

She added that she could also see herself seeking a gymnastics college scholarship in the near future to pursue getting an undergraduate degree in interior design or fashion. But for now she just wants to see where the sport will take her.

“I feel like gymnastics has this stereotype that you have to be a certain age to do it. Because a lot of girls, once they’re 18, they quit. If they don’t quit, they’re doing college gymnastics. And you know, like I’m a bit older for the sport, but that doesn’t stop Q me from doing it,” she said.

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Woodhaven BID brings new life to plaza

In honor of Earth Day, the Woodhaven Business Improvement District held a beautification event at Forest Parkway Plaza in front of Chase Bank on April 22.

Even on a cold, windy spring day, the BID was able to bring out volunteers both young and old to help make the intersection of Jamaica Avenue and Forest Parkway more attractive, while cultivating plant life at the same time.

With funding secured from Councilman Bob

Holden, top center, the BID bought new flowers to put in the plaza’s large planters. While the group unloaded the new vegetation, volunteers helped clean the plant beds, sweep the plaza and repaint the benches.

Middle schooler Abraham Robbana, whose mother brought him and his brothers out to the plaza, said that he had been inspired to do his part after learning that day about air pollution.

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CUNY’s fall reopening: a work in progress

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City University of New York Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez announced back in January that the university would plan a return to “mostly in-person instruction and support” in the fall after over a year of mostly remote learning.

With that call, the logistics of the reopening fell on each individual campus.

As each individual campus begins to formalize plans for safety and staffing, the plans will take shape amidst a labor fight in the wake of the passing of the state budget. The restoration of the 20 percent of state funding for CUNY that was withheld by Gov. Cuomo this past year signaled a world of possibilities for students, professors and other staff who are part of the massive university system.

Now the Professional Staff Congress, the union of CUNY professors and employees, is asking CUNY administrators to make commitments as to how they will spend both the money restored in the state budget as well as separate streams of funding that each campus is set to receive from the various stimulus bills the federal government passed over the past year as each campus designs its own reopening plan.

The union organized a march on Wednesday to demand that the system address “punitive fiscal actions,” taken last year when it was thought that it was heading toward fiscal crisis.

The state budget restores some $26.2 million

that was cut from CUNY in 2020 as a result of pandemic austerity. Now the union is asking for a contractual pay raise and the reappointment of all the adjunct professors who were laid off last June.

With much to be worked out in the coming months, the one part of the reopening that has solidified is the central CUNY administration minimum guidelines for all campuses.

Each campus will have to adhere to those rules before taking its own unique demands into consideration.

The university-wide safety guidance includes mandatory face covering in class or any time students or staff come within 6 feet of another person whom they don’t live with.

Even with face coverings, they also require that no building can exceed 50 percent of maximum capacity.

As a growing number of colleges and universities across the country, including some state university systems, have said vaccinations will be mandatory for the fall of 2021, CUNY has not indicated whether that will be the case on its campuses.

Meanwhile the PSC has begun pushing for the university to track who has been vaccinated as students and staff begin to return to campus as well.

“What the union would like to see is people being required to show either that they’ve been vaccinated or that they’ve had a recent Covid test to come onto campus,” said Jean Grassman, a faculty member at the CUNY School of

Public Health and safety watchdog for the PSC. Grassman added that another goal of the union is making sure the infrastructure, specifically ventilation systems, is up to par.

“A lot of our effort has gone toward ensuring that there is adequate ventilation. That’s a huge thing,” said Grassman, adding that many of the system’s buildings have old HVAC systems that need to be cleaned or have parts replaced.

In Queens for the most part the individual campuses’ plans remain in early or vague stages. Queens College President Frank H. Wu said that college will prioritize in-person classes when pedagogically necessary as in the cases of seminars, studio art or science labs.

“Some classes, especially large lectures, will remain online. Others will be hybrid, with the hope that the situation permits them to be conducted primarily in person,” he wrote in a statement.

Though Wu’s remarks don’t give a detailed picture of what instruction will look like, David Gerwin, chairman of Queens College’s chapter of the PSC, said what he’s heard from the campus reopening committee indicates “at this stage of planning, my understanding is that at peak there will be about 45 classes meeting in-person at the same time, at any given time. And so that just isn’t a lot compared to a normal year.”

A LaGuardia Community College spokesperson said it is planning to hold as many inperson classes during fall 2021 as is considered safe under state, city and CUNY guidelines,

Queens College will prioritize in-person instruction for classes that need it. FILE PHOTO but did not add any concrete figures.

Queensborough Community College said the fall will likely consist of a mix of online and in-person teaching and learning, and research, “which will enable students to have a campus experience.” The spokesperson added that multiple factors including course availability, student demand and overall enrollment will determine if the campus will hire additional adjuncts.

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wo scenes from Queens this week: In one, a Chronicle staffer with a face mask on his chin walks into a car repair shop with the bay door and regular door to the office right next to it both wide open, the wind blowing all over. The manager says, “I’ve got my mask here somewhere” but as he starts fishing around in a drawer, the newspaperman says, “I’m vaccinated. I don’t care if you don’t.” The drawer is shut, the doors remain open and the two conduct business almost as if it’s 2019. Just no handshake.

In another scene, a Chronicle staffer goes to Aqueduct Race Track for his second shot. Compared to his first visit, and two others accompanying his wife, the place is virtually empty. Where is everyone? Already vaccinated? Hardly.

Even as we’re making great progress against Covid-19, that progress is being slowed by people who aren’t getting vaccinated. The number of New York City residents receiving their shots each day has fallen off a cliff over the last three weeks. The peak was on April 8, when 115,325 doses were administered. On April 27, only 31,716 were. That’s a drop of 72.5 percent — it’s catastrophic.

In Queens, a little under 700,000 people have been fully vaccinated, and a little more than a million have gotten their

first dose. We’re proud to say that Queens is the first county in New York State to jab a million people. But that’s still only about 55 percent of the population. We need much more, at least 70 percent, to reach herd immunity.

For almost everyone, there’s no excuse not to get the shot at this point. There are no age requirements anymore, beyond being at least 16, and neither city- nor state-run sites insist upon an appointment now. Some are open 24 hours a day. The only people who face a significant hurdle are the homebound, and the city is getting to them as best it can.

Vaccination rates vary widely across Queens. In Breezy Point, 73 percent are fully inoculated and 87 percent partially so. But in Howard Beach, which has some similarities to Breezy Point, the figures are 34 and 47 percent. And in Southeast Queens, the numbers are 10 points less than that.

Infections are way down. We’re beating Covid, thanks to the restrictions we’ve endured and, above all, the vaccines.

But we’re not there yet — not even close to filling restaurants, playhouses, movie theaters and baseball stadiums.

Let’s all get vaccinated so we can do that, and so we can have more scenes in our everyday lives like the one in the repair shop. Normalcy is so near if we just do the right thing.

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From CNN: With only 5 percent of the population, 40 percent of worldwide mass shootings occur in the United States. Gun owners should be treated like people who drive. They should be trained, pass a test, be licensed and insured.

A wide majority of Americans want automatic weapons banned, background checks, etc.

When six women had clotting problems attributed to the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, its use was stopped worldwide. Eight people were killed in Indianapolis and 30,000 people are killed each year in the United States with guns, but we do nothing about gun control.

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he city is in the midst of spending its biggest budget ever, with a $10.4 billion increase planned for the next one as money rains down from Washington, and the workforce under Mayor de Blasio is far larger than ever before — but the government still needs volunteers to perform the most basic of municipal functions: taking care of garbage.

That’s right, folks, now’s your chance to become a litter ambassador! With the prestigious title comes a city-issued vest, and the honor of encouraging people enjoying time in our parks to make sure they dispose of their litter properly. Just think of the joy you’ll get from walking around the park with a roll of bags, handing them out to folks and pointing them toward the nearest receptacle. No doubt everyone will be just thrilled when you interrupt their picnic!

Ex-hall monitors may be glad to join this effort, but we could think of better ways to volunteer. Also, people shouldn’t litter. And when they do, the city has employees on the payroll whose job is to clean up.

They lack the title ambassador but don’t work for free.

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the “armed forces”? When will we, as a country, put a stop to this carnage?

Linda Imhauser Whitestone

Thanks a lot, Founders Dear Editor: If DC was a state on Jan. 6, 2021, the governor would have had the right to request the Pentagon to send troops to protect residents from pro-Trump rioters. As tragic as it may seem, the mayor of Washington lacked that authority!

This writer calls for the District of Columbia to become the 51st state. DC’s population is 706,000, more than Vermont and New Hampshire. The district pays more taxes than 22 states, yet, citizens are denied full political justice. No governor, no senators!

We can thank our “Founding Fathers.” They created this injustice as well as three others.

1) They denied freedom for slaves.

2) Native Americans (original owners of North America) failed to become citizens.

3) Women were not granted the right to vote.

It took later generations for America to abolish these three injustices. Keep DC for federal property and statehood for residents and city properties.

Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

Take stock in Biden Dear Editor: On Nov. 3, 2020, the day Joe Biden was elected president, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 27,480. Today, April 21, 2021, as I write this letter, the Dow Jones has exceeded 34,000.

So much for Donald Trump’s absurd prediction: “If Joe Biden is elected president the stock market will crash.”

Robert Vogel Bayside

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Buy cage-free eggs Dear Editor: If you are unwilling to give up eating eggs, purchasing eggs that are labeled cage-free or free-range is your most ethical option. The labels mean the hens are not confined in battery cages to endure lifelong suffering and be a food slave to humans. What are battery cages?

They are small wire cages into which the hens are stuffed like commodities. They are so tiny the hens can hardly move or spread their wings, thus inflicting enormous physical and psychological trauma.

The labels cage-free or free-range are regulated by the USDA and the hens have access to unlimited food and water and move freely within larger enclosures. However, the consumer must be aware that housing for hens varies from farm to farm. I personally would recommend free-range as the hens have access to the outdoors depending on the weather conditions.

The Humane League, a nonprofit that is working tirelessly to end the abuse of hens raised for food through individual and institutional changes, has been successful in convincing major corporations such as Grupo Bimbo, Dunkin’ Donuts, Starbucks and many more to use only cage-free eggs, thus putting pressure on the suppliers to source eggs from farms that do not use battery cages to confine their hens.

This is an ongoing battle until the battery cages are a thing of the past. The Humane League is working to keep companies accountable to their commitment to go cage-free, thankfully.

Most grocery stores have cage-free or freerange eggs and our choice does matter to reduce suffering for those who are unable to stand up against human atrocities. If you cannot or do not want to go vegan, cage-free eggs are available to you and are the way to go.

Zakia Rahman Rego Park

Injustice remains

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on what we know will be a long road. Working together, we can effect real change and create a more just and equitable nation.

Much work remains, and WCC is committed to supporting and working alongside our peers to fight for equity and justice.

Deborah Martin Owens Board Chairperson, Women Creating Change Briarwood Carole Wacey President & CEO, Women Creating Change Forest Hills

Redo Census, OK Dem bills Dear Editor: I am writing to express my utter dismay that the Biden administration has not seen fit to redo the Census. NYC was hit with a massive explosion of cases in March and April as the pandemic began its ravage on our country, here.

Due to that fact, and that people were not concerned with anything but staying alive, we have now lost a House seat because of the timing.

The government should understand that the people in this country were not prepared for it to happen, most especially here in NYC, where people were afraid to leave their homes. I am saddened that I did not hear anyone speak up about this fact in our government. I hope that our Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer will bring this to President Biden’s attention. Democrats may never hold the presidency again if Republican states are allowed to continue their undemocratic plight of stopping people of color from voting. This is an atrocity.

We need the Senate to remove the filibuster, make DC and Puerto Rico states and pass HR1, the George Floyd Policing act and gun control measures. Democrats never come out swinging like the Republicans do. If we lose one senator, just one, from age or premature death, we may never get this opportunity again.

Tamara Flannagan Manhattan

Biz vs. McConnell, Trump Dear Editor: Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky warned big businesses they would face “serious consequences” after accusing them of employing “economic blackmail” in attempts to influence Georgia voting laws. McConnell went on to state the “corporations will invite serious consequences if they become a vehicle for far-left mobs to hijack our country from outside the Constitution.” In so doing McConnell has demonstrated he believes in Trump preposterousness.

The Georgia law has nothing to do with keeping nonexistent far-left mobs from voting.

The purpose of the law is racist and to prevent legitimate voting.

That the Georgia law was not necessary is evidenced by the fact every single state secretary of state, Republican and Democrat, made it clear the 2020 election was overwhelmingly legitimate. It is legislators like McConnell who seek to hijack our country from outside the Constitution. Big business is to be complimented and has no need to be bamboozled by Mitch McConnell.

Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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Dear Editor: Women Creating Change stands in solidarity with George Floyd’s family and the families of countless other Black and Brown people taken from us by police violence.

While the Derek Chauvin verdict demonstrates that some accountability is possible, the urgency for systemic change remains — as evidenced by the numerous police shootings that have taken place since Mr. Floyd’s murder last May. Reimagining a public safety system that values life and equity above all else will require institutional changes and sustained advocacy.

Last summer, New Yorkers and people around the world from diverse backgrounds took to the streets in the wake of George Floyd’s murder to demand justice. The verdict is an important milestone, but it is just one step

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Manslaughter charge NYS must bring equity for Rich Hill driver OPINION

to Indigent Care Pool

by Dr. Duncan Maru The New York State Legislature is currently deliberating on a common-sense bill that would address fundamental inequities in how our state finances safety net hospitals. Namely, companion bills S5954 and A6883 prioritize funding for those hospitals that take care of uninsured, under-insured, and Medicaid-insured patients. These hospitals provide essential care for the poor, in rural and urban communities throughout our state. At present, substantial portions of our tax dollars earmarked for caring for the poor — known as the Indigent Care Pool — are diverted to large hospital systems, many of whose executives and physicians are millionaires.

We have borne witness during the COVID-19 pandemic to how failure to finance safety net hospitals kills. We would not have needed a naval hospital or the Javits Center had we not relentlessly gutted the NY safety net over the last two decades.

I cared for COVID-19 patients at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, which suffered an enormous burden and faced a true humanitarian crisis during the first surge of the COVID pandemic last spring. The preventable death toll, disproportionately levied against black and brown people, was unfathomable and like nothing I had previously witnessed in my career as a physician.

The root cause of this crisis included nearby hospital closures like Mary Immaculate and St. John’s hospitals. Queens has fewer than two hospital beds per 1,000 residents, compared to over six per 1,000 for Manhattan. As a public hospital, Elmhurst is also the only place in Queens where my uninsured neighbors can access healthcare.

This dire scenario is playing out throughout the rural reaches of our large state.

The proposed legislation would take steps to rectify a long-standing practice in New York state whereby hospitals receive public funding from the Indigent Care Pool even if they do not care for a high proportion of poor or uninsured patients. The safety net hospital bill’s purpose is to “Redistribute Indigent Care Pool funding to better target support to safety net hospitals which provide services to persons who are uninsured or insured by Medicaid.” It does this simply by clarifying the definition of safety net hospitals and how government funds designated for the care of the poor are to be allocated.

With supermajorities of Democrats in both chambers, and a broad societal reckoning on racial injustice, the time is now to pass this commonsense bill that better targets our tax dollars to serve the poor. Leading advocacy organizations like Medicaid Matters and the Commission on the Public’s Health System back it. Students from major medical schools are behind the legislation.

Most healthcare unions support the reforms

vocally. The nation’s largest public hospit al system, N YC H+H, has signed on.

So why wouldn’t this simple measure to correct inequities in he a lt h f i n a nci ng pass?

It is the healthcare lobby, led by the Greater New York Hospital Association, looking out for their own financial interests, as many hospital systems who do not need the ICP support for care of the uninsured are receiving millions of misallocated tax dollars each year. Academic medical centers, like my employer, the Mount Sinai Health System, and other private hospital systems need to support this legislation to address racial injustice and improve our pandemic resilience.

I am an academic physician proud to serve on the faculty of Mount Sinai, alongside extraordinary colleagues, staff, students and trainees. I am proud of the Mount Sinai Health System’s work in COVID-19 response. I am proud of the way our medical students and trainees, who refuse to tolerate racial and social injustices that is killing our patients, have been pushing us to reform.

But, academic medical centers are on the wrong side of history in addressing the root causes of this pandemic’s toll on the poor and on marginalized communities.

Our academic medical centers absolutely need public investment. At the same time, we need to do a better job to hold ourselves accountable to the public’s demand for health equity. Many of our executives and some of our physicians make millions of dollars a year even as they advocate for more funding for themselves away from the safety net. Even with a temporary and largely symbolic 50 percent pay cut in some NYC institutions, they made more in a single year of the pandemic than the lifetime earning of most of their employees. These disgusting salaries also reward the predatory buying up of individual physician practices, driving consolidation which leads to lower quality and higher costs for patients.

So my message to our academic institutions is clear in this time of pandemic and racial reckoning: Our safety net hospitals, from rural counties to the boroughs, need much more support. Let’s reform our own costs in academic health centers, starting with exorbitant salaries of some of our leading physicians. And let us stand up loud and clear in favor of Indigent Care Pool reform and ensure passage of S5954 and A6883. Q Dr. Duncan Maru is a physician who lives in Jackson Heights; his views do not represent those of the institutions with which he is affiliated.

DA says defendant killed passenger, lied to cops and fled the scene

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

After a hit-and-run in Richmond Hill left one man dead and several injured on April 21, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz has charged the driver with vehicular manslaughter, among several other crimes.

The driver, Harpreet Singh, 20, of Richmond Hill, was arraigned late last Wednesday night before Queens Criminal Court Judge Frances Wang on a five-count complaint charging him with vehicular manslaughter in the second degree, leaving the scene of an incident without reporting injury or death, criminally negligent homicide, operating a motor vehicle Three cars were strewn across Atlantic Avenue in Richwhile under influence of alcohol and mond Hill on April 21 after a hit-and-run left one man driving by unlicensed operator.

PHOTO BY ROBERT STRIDIRON dead and several injured.

Wang ordered the defendant to When police interviewed the defendant at return to court on April 26. If convicted, the scene, he allegedly identified himself with Singh could face up to seven years in prison.

At around 1 p.m. April 21, police respond- a fake name and told them that he had been ed to the scene at the intersection of Atlantic sitting in the back of the Honda. Shortly Avenue and 111th Street where a car had thereafter, he allegedly left the scene to go to crashed into two other vehicles. The defen- the hospital without admitting to being the dant was behind the wheel of a 2018 Honda driver. The DA reported that he gave the Accord going eastbound on Atlantic Avenue NYPD a fake name for a person he alleged when he allegedly ran a red light and struck a was the driver.

A witness reported to police that it was Ford F-150 pickup truck at 111th. The driver kept going only to hit a parked but occupied Singh who had been the driver of the Honda, Mercedes Benz GLA 250 farther down Katz said. The charges also say that Singh appeared intoxicated and was not licensed to Atlantic.

Police found Suraj Kumar, 23, unrespon- drive an automobile.

“As alleged, the defendant’s actions created sive with extensive head and body injuries in the front passenger seat of the Honda Accord, mayhem on our streets with tragic conseaccording to the DA. He was rushed to Jamai- quences. Without a license and allegedly ca Hospital Medical Center, where he was intoxicated, the defendant had no business getting behind the wheel of a vehicle. As a pronounced dead at approximately 1:25 a.m.

The other occupants of the Honda and the result of that selfish decision, a young man’s woman in the Mercedes were also taken to life has been cut short and two other motorists Jamaica, where they were listed in stable are lucky to be alive,” Katz said in a press Q release. condition.

Be a litter hero in your park The city Parks Department is looking for volunteer litter ambassadors to help keep select parks clean.

The rising use of city green spaces has also resulted in rising litter left behind by visitors. Litter ambassadors distribute garbage bags to neighbors and guide them in properly disposing of their trash.

Those interested should reach out to these respective contacts for their corresponding parks: • Matt Symons, at Matt.Symons @ parks.nyc.gov for Springfield Playground or Upper Alley Pond;

• Eric Peterson, at Eric.Peterson@ parks.nyc.gov, for Far Rockaway’s O’Donohue Park and Rockaway Beach; • Janice Melnick, at Janice.Melnick@ parks.nyc.gov, for Flushing Meadows Corona Park; and • Por tia Dyrenfor th, at Portia.Dyrenforth@parks.nyc.gov, for Forest Park and Highland Park.

Ambassadors should be willing to volunteer at least four hours during the summer. Volunteers will receive uniform vests.

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Mayor seeks largest budget in city history $10.4B increase heavily funded by federal stimulus; leaves huge deficits

by Michael Gannon Editor

Mayor de Blasio is proposing to frontload a great deal of the federal bailout money in his request for the largest budget in city history.

The mayor on Monday submitted a $98.6 billion request for the budget taking effect on July 1, which would be an increase of $10.4 billion over the present fiscal year.

It is not only higher than the $92 billion he proposed in his executive budget back in January, but also in excess of the $97 billion he was forecasting back in November.

Credit — or blame — the Biden administration, which last month gave the city $15 billion in pandemic relief.

“A recovery for all of us starts by investing in working families across New York City,” de Blasio said, according to a transcript provided by his office. “The pandemic hit us hard but together we will fight back and drive a recovery in every neighborhood.

We are meeting the moment with direct investments in education, small businesses, open space and public health, and we are building up reserves to continue our strong fiscal foundation for the future. With the Recovery Budget, New York City will emerge from this challenge stronger, fairer, cleaner, greener and safer than ever.”

Among the new education expenditures would be $377 million for universal 3-K for All and $200 million for Summer Rising, an academic and recreational program for 190,000 students.

The budget proposes $122 million for EMS and social worker teams to respond to nonviolent mental health calls rather than

Mayor de Blasio is requesting the largest budget in city history, which would boost spending NYC PHOTO / FLICKR more than 10 percent in the fiscal year that begins July 1. the NYPD. It calls for nearly $50 million for increased spending on seniors, including 25 new centers and $10 million added to programs at existing centers.

De Blasio’s plan also calls for $234 million to hire 10,000 people to clean up trash, litter and graffiti; and restores $9 million to the Sanitation Department for street litter basket collections.

It also calls for $100 million in small business rental assistance and grants and $30 million in low-interest small business loans; and $25 million to jump star t tourism.

De Blasio’s proposal does not include the $1 billion in savings from organized labor

that he boasted about back in January.

It also leaves the city with projected deficits of $3.9, $3.7 and $3.9 billion over the following three years — figures that would approach or exceed $5 billion should no long-term labor savings be found.

The proposal marks the formal start of annual negotiations with the City Council.

In a statement from his office, Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan) praised the Biden administration for its assistance.

He said de Blasio’s proposal includes many of the Council’s priorities.

“However, more work remains to help our seniors, small businesses and cultural institutions, as well as to address issues like

housing and homelessness,” Johnson said.

“And the Council remains concerned about budget gaps in the outyears.”

Neither Johnson’s office nor de Blasio’s responded to direct questions from the Chronicle regarding any structural changes to the budget that would foster recurring savings down the road.

Andrew Rein, president of the Citizens Budget Commission, said in a press release that while there are some commendable expenditures, “the savings program is anemic, relying mostly on non-recurring savings that do nothing to increase efficiency.”

Rein praised the use of some federal aid to support one-time fiscal and programmatic needs, including academic recovery, Summer Rising and the emergency food program.

But he said another portion funds for only one year many programs that right now lack resources in the future, including the 3-K for All initiative.

“Instead, it needlessly leaves the next Mayor to solve significant fiscal problems tomorrow that this budget should have started to address today.”

De Blasio, at his press conference on Monday, said a strong financial comeback will put the city and the next administration on a stronger footing.

“This is a case where we have to take full advantage of this recovery moment,” de Blasio said. “We have to double down now and that’s going to give the next mayor and the next administration the best chance to move the city forward. So, there’s just — there’s nothing we should be hesitating on. This is Q an absolutely crucial moment.”

Get vaxxed in Queens? You’re one in a million!

Top county in state by raw numbers

by Peter C. Mastrosimone

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Queens reached a milestone in the fight against Covid-19 last Thursday when its one millionth resident got the first dose of the vaccine, making the World’s Borough the first county in the state to reach that mark.

“One year ago today, Queens was the epicenter of the epicenter of the world’s worst public health crisis in more than a century,” Borough President Donovan Richards said in a prepared statement announcing the milestone. “To go from those dark days to this afternoon, as Queens becomes the first county in the State to have 1 million residents receive at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, is a testament to the unrivaled strength and resilience of our borough.

“To all our healthcare heroes and frontline essential workers who self-

lessly served Queens in our time of need, we are eternally in your debt.

To all those who lost a loved one to this pandemic, our hearts are always with you. To the 1 million Queens residents who have received a vaccine, thank you for doing your part to keep our communities safe.”

A total of 1,058,506 people in Queens had received at least one dose of the vaccine as of 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to state records. Of those, 694,906 had been fully inoculated.

No other county showed vaccinations in the seven digits, including Kings, aka Brooklyn, which has a larger population than Queens.

When it comes to the share of the population that has been vaccinated, Queens is not tops in the city. Fortythree percent of Manhattan residents have been partially vaccinated, and 62 percent fully inoculated, accord-

ing to city figures. On Staten Island, the figures are 37 and 51 percent, respectively. In Queens they are 36 and 55 percent. Brooklyn and the Bronx lag with a 30 percent full and 47 percent partial rate in the former and a 31 percent-43 percent ratio in the latter.

The city now faces a situation in which vaccine hesitancy is playing a greater role.

A Queens Chronicle staffer who got his second shot at Aqueduct Race Track Monday said the place was far less crowded than it had been when he went for his first dose three weeks ago, or on either of the two times he had accompanied his wife there for hers.

“There’s absolutely no excuse not to go there and get your shot,” the staffer said. “You’ll be in and out in a half an hour, less than half an hour.”

At Citi Field, people leave thank-you messages to medical personnel, best wishes for the Mets and more on whiteboards in the area where they stay after PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE getting their shots.

Richards also touted getting the shot in his statement.

“It’s never been easier to get vaccinated,” the borough president said.

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Three owners on staying afloat; NYS ending most rules sometime in May

by Justin Davila Chronicle Contributor

Being the bustling hub that it is, home to a Long Island Rail Road station and sitting along the main route for the Q10 bus which goes to John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Lefferts Boulevard area in Kew Gardens and its businesses were hit especially hard by coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions.

As people were telecommuting and generally staying home more, business in the area suffered hard, especially at the beginning of the pandemic. While the worst may have passed, merchants still find themselves struggling to deal with restrictions that they feel just aren’t going away fast enough — even though they understand they are for everyone’s safety.

They got some relief when the state Legislature on Wednesday voted to reverse a number of coronavirus restrictions on restaurants and other small businesses. Gov. Cuomo set deadlines on others throughout May. The previous lessening of restrictions that increased capacity for indoor dining to 50 percent was a welcome change for many, but they also said it was not enough.

With restrictions on indoor dining and maximum occupancy for small businesses continuing to lessen, shops on Lefferts are

Grace Anker, right, owner of The Potters Wheel on Lefferts Boulevard, says businesses, though PHOTO BY JUSTIN DAVILA struggling, are adjusting to changing restrictions imposed by the state. beginning to recover, but for some, the changes do not yet mean much.

The Potter’s Wheel, the Village Diner and the Last Call Bar are three very different kinds of establishments with three different types of clientele, yet they all find themselves struggling in similar ways.

Restaurants or bars that are fortunate

enough to have open space in front of their shops for seating or tables can finally take advantage of the warming weather to welcome more customers for outdoor dining as a chance to increase their revenue, but not all establishments are so lucky.

“It’s not better than before the pandemic, but it’s better than before,” said Theo Mav-

ros, manager of the Village Diner, about the increase to 50 percent capacity for indoor dining and how it has affected his business.

While still finding the time to laugh, Mavros said the Village Diner has been hit by the pandemic just like many other restaurants and small businesses. Even with the increase in the number of customers allowed to dine in, and the good amount of space they have for outdoor dining, business is just not the same because people are not coming out to eat.

“I wish we had the problem that we can’t fit people, but right now people are scared, they are not coming out too much,” he said.

Still, Mavros says there has been an overall increase in business, which he has especially noticed since people have been getting the vaccine.

“Since the city has been opening up more, people feel more safe,” he said. “Since the vaccination people feel more safe.”

Grace Anker, owner of The Potter’s Wheel, said the lessening of restrictions was not changing how she is doing things, because she has already had to make so many changes to how the shop operates.

“Now, everyone has to reserve a time to be here, which is a change. And you have to sign up for a monthlong series,” she said. continued on page 14

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Anti-social media in 30th CD contest Ardila apologizes for posts as teenager

by Michael Gannon Editor

Old social media posts that surfaced have come back to haunt a challenger in the Democratic primary for the 30th Council District.

Juan Ardila, who is challenging Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), has apologized for homophobic, racist, antiSemitic and misogynistic posts he made as a teenager and has removed them from Facebook.

While Holden has said there is no room in the Democratic Party for such behavior, a spokesman for Ardila’s campaign said he is staying in the race.

The postings were first reported last Sunday by the New York Post.

“As a lifelong Democrat, I was shocked and saddened to see the vile language that was used by my primary opponent, Juan Ardila,” Holden said in an email to the Chronicle. “There is no place anywhere in the Democratic Party, on the New York City Council or in the City of New York for the kind of racist, homophobic, misogynistic language that Mr. Ardila has publicly posted on social media.”

Holden said while there is room on the Council for diversity of opinion and “spirited debate on many issues,” he called on people to condem n h is challenger’s behavior.

“As the spouse of an Asian American, I know firsthand the ugliness, fear and violence that racist attitudes cause,” he said.

Paul Henderson, a spokesman for the Ardila campaign, said in an email to the Chronicle the challenger has no intention of dropping out of the race.

“It’s sad but not surprising to see Bob Holden resort to digging up comments from an opponent’s childhood years in a desperate attempt to make up for his own dismal record on supporting equality and opposing discrimination,” Henderson said.

While saying Ardila “regrets making

hurtful comments when he was a kid,” Henderson accused Holden of using his platform as an elected official to hurt and disenfranchise vulnerable New Yorkers.

He said Holden has “actively opposed rights” for transgender and gender nonconforming New Yorkers and opposed prohibiting employment discrimination and harassment based on New Yorkers’ sexual and reproductive health decisions.

Ardila is running as a progressive candidate, and Holden called on “my colleagues in government” and all unions and other organizations that have supported Mr. Ardila’s campaign to reverse their endorsements of his campaign.

He mentioned Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz (D-Corona) and state Sens. Jessica Ramos (D-Jackson Heights) and Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) by name among others.

Ardila also is endorsed by the Working Families Party and numerous inf luential labor unions, including District Council 37, BJ32 SEIU, 1199 SEIU and the Hotel Trades Council. Holden is endorsed by the United Federation of Teachers, the Police Benevolent Association and a number of first-responder and blue collar unions.

Van Bramer said in an email from his borough president campaign that he is standing by Ardila.

“The words he used as a teenager were reprehensible,” said Van Bramer, who is gay. “He has taken responsibility and apologized to me personally and to all rightfully offended and hurt by that language. I believe Juan when he says he would never use those words again and that they do not reflect the man he has become.”

A spokesman for Gianaris declined to comment. Richards’ campaign did not respond to a request for comment. Nor did Ramos’ office, nor the Stonewall DemoQ cratic Club.

Lefferts businesses adjust continued from page 13 Before the pandemic, anyone could come in for a couple of hours at a time.

Anker explained that the new way of doing things is not because she wants to turn people away — she just wants to ensure that her customers are being looked out for, even if it means that she might not get as much business.

“We follow restrictions because we want to maintain everyone’s comfort level and safety, and when necessary we impose greater restriction on it,” she said. “But what does that mean for our business? It

means that we’ve had to struggle.”

The owner of The Last Call Bar, who gave her name only as Pam, said the last change in guidelines did not mean much at the moment.

She explained that the increase to 50 percent did little to help her because she was still having to deal with other restrictions, the biggest one being the limit on how late the bar can stay open.

It isn’t about how many customers she has at any one time, she said but rather how long those customers can stay.

“I’ve noticed no change at all because I

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Remembering a decorated vet World War II Veteran Philip Cammarata, who lived in Ridgewood, Glendale and Woodhaven for much of his civilian life, died at age 97 on April 16.

Born in Newark, NJ, in 1924 to a family of Italian Immigrants, Cammarata was the second-youngest of nine children, and grew up in Brooklyn during the ’30s. In his early teens, he attended East New York Vocational High School and worked as a stock clerk at Woolworth’s to support his family, but he wanted more fulfillment. At the age of 19 on May 28, 1943, he enlisted in the Army during the height of World War II. As a trained combat medic, and a part of the 134th Infantry, Cammarata was soon sent overseas to Europe and Africa, according to his son Anthony. He evacuated wounded men on the front lines to aid stations and administered first aid to them on the battlefields.

“The greatest thing I could say about him is that he was a war hero. He saved a lot of lives,” Anthony said.

After serving his country for two years, he was honorably discharged at Fort Dix on Nov. 19, 1945. He was decorated with the American Service Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the World War II Vic-

have loss of time — they’re still not giving me my time back,” she said. “Before the pandemic legally our restaurant was allowed to say open ’til 4 in the morning, now we’re not; now it’s 12 o’clock.

“I’m a small place so I’m never crazy busy, I don’t necessarily need the capacity,” Pam said. “What I need is my time back.”

She said occupancy does not matter if the bar is not allowed to be open when it would typically be the busiest.

She also expressed her frustration at how the time restriction was seemingly arbitrary, pointing out how catering halls are allowed to stay open until 1 a.m. while they host far more people than her place

tory Medal and a Combat Medic Badge to honor his dedication to his fellow combatants.

After returning from the war, he married his wife, Catherine, in 1953.

They had two sons, Philip and Anthony. In 1978 the family moved to Ridgewood, where they lived for 13 years before moving to Glendale and eventually Woodhaven. From the ’60s to his retirement in 1989, he worked as a salesperson for a company called Forward Industries that manufactured leather products.

Besides the American Legion, Anthony said that Cammarata found his community at the Metro Diner, where he became a regular.

It was one of many Queens sites that lit up his life.

“Dad loved going out to the park or to Coney Island or the movies. He just loved taking us out,” said Anthony, reminiscing on his childhood in Queens.

Cammarata was laid to rest, next to Catherine, who died in 2012, at Calverton National Cemetery on Friday, April 23.

— Max Parrott

could ever even fit.

“In catering halls, there’s 200 people in there drinking just the same and they are allowed to stay open until 1 a.m. What is the sense behind that?” she asked After expressing her frustrations, she acknowledged her fortune at having made it through the pandemic when many other businesses have failed.

Pam attributes that to luck and longevity, while at the same time admitting that all of the restrictions are taking their toll “I’m very lucky,” she said. “I’ve been here for 13 years. That’s why I was fortunate enough to make it through, but it’s becoming impossible now, being closed for months Q and months with zero income.”

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CUNY, Queensboro FC announce a 7,500-seat stadium in Jamaica

by Michael Gannon Editor

Professional soccer is coming to Queens — and York College in Jamaica — next spring.

City officials on Tuesday joined the owner of Queensboro FC to announce plans to build a 7,500-seat stadium on a plot of land just south of York’s Health and Physical Education building.

The stadium will be bounded by 160th Street to the west, Tuskegee Airmen Way to the south and Guy R. Brewer Boulevard to the east.

Queensboro FC is an expansion team in the United Soccer League and will begin play in 2022. In addition to QBFC games and practices, the facility will host York’s commencement ceremonies, CUNY Athletic Conference tournament play, and other events both free and ticketed.

“York College is honored to be the host site for Queensboro FC’s home stadium,” York President Berenecea Johnson Eanes said in a statement issued by CUNY and the club. “We believe their contributions as a communityled sporting organization will greatly advance our facilities, our campus experience, and our neighborhoods. This project will showcase the importance of private and public sectors coming together, and working together, to cel-

Councilmembers Daneek Miller, left, and Francisco Moya, Borough President Donovan Richards, U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks and York College President Berenecea Johnson Eanes joined QueensQUEENS BP PHOTO / TWITTER boro FC owner Jonathan Krane to announce a new stadium. ebrate diversity and bridge communities.”

Jonathan Krane, the club owner, said it was an exciting day for the team.

“The announcement of our home stadium site at York College represents a bold new chapter for professional sports in New York City,” Krane said. “More importantly, we are proud to deliver our QBFC fans a dedicated

soccer specific venue, built by and for the Queens community, bringing us all together to celebrate the beautiful game.”

The Chronicle was unable to reach area business leaders for comment on the potential economic impact, but U.S. Rep Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) is expecting great returns.

“Sports bring people together from all walks of life, to create shared experiences in support of a common cause, and soccer is a passion point that connects New Yorkers with one another,” Meeks said. “Queensboro FC’s stadium at York College will bring sustainable, multi-generational benefits to the community, and we believe the club will continue to work hard for the people of Queens. We are proud to have QBFC as the newest professional sports team in New York City.”

Borough President Donovan Richards said Queens is the home for sports.

“From baseball to tennis, and now we are proud to add soccer to the mix. I am thrilled Queensboro FC will have York College to call home, and can’t wait for Queens families to enjoy soccer games once the stadium is completed.”

CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez was equally enthusiastic.

“The City University of New York is proud to partner with Queensboro FC in bringing a professional soccer stadium to York College in Queens, a place world-renowned for its cultural and linguistic diversity, and for its love of el fútbol,” Rodríguez said. “This new stadium is a great addition to the York College campus and will benefit not only CUNY students and the local community, but all New Q Yorkers and fans of soccer.”

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Push for anti-hate bill finally succeeds One year later, Senate passes law to combat rising anti-Asian attacks

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

Crimes targeting Asian Americans make up nearly half of all New York City hate incidents so far in 2021. But recently passed legislation could help thwart biased attacks.

Over a year after it was originally introduced, Rep. Grace Meng’s (D-Flushing) bill to combat hate crimes finally passed the Senate April 22.

The Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act would create a position at the Department of Justice to facilitate expedited review of Covid19 hate crimes, encourage more reporting of incidents in multiple languages and empower communities to report incidents.

The DOJ “point person” would report the status of cases to Congress monthly until at least one year after the public health emergency has been lifted. Repor ts would include resources provided to complainants, investigative actions and information on the victim’s race, ethnicity, socioeconomic background as well as location of incident.

Additionally, the legislation would issue local and state guidance for law enforcement agencies to make hate crime data available online and to require municipalities to expand public education campaigns to combat prejudice. Guidance on best practices to reduce racially discriminatory lan-

Rep. Grace Meng, at mic, has attended several rallies in the last few weeks pushing for the SenUS HOUSE PHOTO / TWITTER ate to pass her bill to combat rising anti-Asian hate crimes. guage in describing the Covid-19 pandemic would also be issued.

The Senate also passed the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer National Opposition to Hate, Assault and Threats to Equality Act as an amendment to further combat anti-Asian hate crimes by encouraging law enforcement prevention, training and education on hate crimes; establishing hate crime hotlines; and rehabilitating perpetrators of hate crimes

through education and community service.

When Meng and U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) introduced the legislation in the early months of the pandemic last May, attacks targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders were beginning to rise. By the end of 2020, crimes against the AAPI community had jumped 3,200 percent compared to 2019, according to NYPD data.

That number has continued to rise. Of the

101 hate crimes reported citywide in the first four months of the year, 47 have been against AAPI. Thirty-five of those incidents took place in March alone.

“I have heard from so many Asian Americans who tell me that they are scared to walk outside,” Meng said in a statement.

“Families won’t let their kids go to the park or play outdoors. People are urging their parents and grandparents to stay inside, telling them that they’ll run their errands and deliver groceries to them. Being forced to endure this terror and fear is unconscionable and unacceptable. Everybody in our country deserves to feel safe, and that includes the Asian American community.”

Only one senator voted against the legislation. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) — who allegedly encouraged Trump supporters to storm the Capitol in January — said the bill would give too much power to the federal government to define a new class of hate crime incidents.

The House is expected to take up Meng’s legislation in May, during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Meng’s office said.

President Biden released a statement April 23 applauding the Senate for passing the bill and promised to sign it into law Q when it reaches his desk.

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The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council will have 14 sites for the city’s Summer Rising program, which will offer academic classes, social-emotional learning and other enrichment opportunities, like arts opportunities, outdoor recreation and field trips.

“They’ll be ready for September, emotionally, socially and educationally,” said GRYC President Bob Monahan.

Summer Rising was created by the city as a response to the massive disruptions to the school year caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. A joint effort by the city’s Department of Education and the Department of Youth and Community Development, it is designed as a bridge back to school in the fall.

The program is aimed at offering a safe, supportive environment for students while giving parents peace of mind, particularly if they have returned to work or soon will be doing so.

Arts and recreation will be provided along with academic support. Breakfast, lunch and a snack will be given out to all

the children. The city anticipates some field trips to outdoor venues will include parks and pools, all within health and safety guidelines.

The city has budgeted $200 million for the program and hopes it will reach 190,000 students.

The Summer Rising calendar includes: •grades K-5 July 6 to Aug. 20 from Mondays to Fridays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; •grades 6-8 July 6 to Aug. 12 from Mondays to Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; •grades 9-12 July 6 to Aug. 13; schools will program students for courses and activities within Monday to Friday, at hours throughout the day to accommodate students’ schedules; and •students with 12-month IEPs July 2 to Aug. 13 from Mondays to Fridays, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. or 8:10 a.m. to 2:40 p.m.

For grades K-8, parents may sign up star ting April 26 by going to discoverdycd.dycdconnect.nyc/home.

“Summer has the potential to be incredibly wonderful for the kids,” Q Monahan said.

Michael Gannon contributed to this story

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Shulman: pioneer, legend The family of the late Borough President Claire Shulman joined elected officials in Kew Gardens on Monday morning to dedicate Borough Hall with the honorar y address of 1 Claire Shulman Way. Shulman in 1986 became the first woman to serve as Queens borough president, an office she held until 2002.

She was 94 when she passed away last August following a bout with cancer.

The ceremony was hosted by Borough

President Donovan Richards, whom Shulman advised before and during his campaign last year. Shulman’s daughter, NASA astronaut Dr. Ellen Baker, and her son, Dr. Lawrence Shulman were in attendance.

Also present was Queens District Attorney and former Borough President Melinda Katz, who was a longtime protege; and City Councilmembers Karen Koslowitz and Barry Grodenchik, both of whom served on Shulman’s staff.

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Questions to resolve before deciding on camp in the pandemic era Children make cherished memories at summer camp, where many youngsters first discover passions and hobbies they will enjoy for the rest of their lives.

Summer 2020 was a camp season unlike any other. Some camps closed their doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while others downsized their offerings in an effort to keep campers safe while still providing them with a muchneeded outlet. As the 2021 summer camp season approaches, parents may be a little less hesitant about sending their kids to camp than they were a year ago. The rollout of Covid-19 vaccines has helped millions of people return to some semblance of normalcy, and that rollout has put summer camp back in play for families.

Choosing a sum mer camp is not always so easy, and it might be especially tricky as the world slowly emerges from the pandemic. The following are some tips for parents as they consider whether camp is a good idea this summer.

• Consider your comfort level. It’s understandable if parents are hesitant

about sending their youngsters to camp this summer. In fact, some camps may still be closed while others may only offer limited day camps this summer. Parents should consider their comfort levels before enrolling kids in camp. Vaccines have proven effective, but Covid-19 hasn’t gone away, and some regions have yet to vaccinate teenagers.

Vaccines also have yet to be offered to children under 16. Parents can ask themselves how comfortable they are sending kids to camp, and if they’re hesitant to do so they can explore their alternatives.

• Ask children if they want to go to camp. Everyone is experiencing some measure of pandemic-related burnout, and that includes kids. Kids may be sick of wearing masks at school all day and, even if they have loved camp in the past, may not be looking forward to wearing masks all day at camp this summer. Others might not be experiencing such burnout and may see camp as a way to quell boredom at a time when boredom has seemingly lingered over every day. Either

way, solicit kids’ input and let them know their feelings matter regardless of which side of the fence they’re on.

• Inquire about safety protocols. When researching summer camps, ask about the safety protocols each camp will have in place. Will masks be mandatory for both campers and staff ? How much direct interaction will campers have with each other? Have staff members been vaccinated? What measures are being taken to keep kids safe? Camps should have detailed protocols and share those protocols with parents upon request.

• Ask about alternatives. If parents and/ or children are hesitant about attending camp in person, ask camp officials if there will be any virtual events or programs this summer. Some camps may be organizing activities like craft projects online, and that can help kids overcome the boredom of being stuck at home all summer.

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Camp provides children with a community of caring adults, who nurture experiential education that results in self-respect and appreciation for human value. All of the outcomes — self-identity, self-worth, self-esteem, leadership, and self-respect — build personal competencies. These personal competencies are reflected in the four “C’s” of the camp community: compassion, contribution, commitment and character! For years, campers’ parents have reported that when their children return home from camp they are more caring, understand the importance of giving, are more equipped to stand up for what they know is right and are willing to be more responsible.

These are the qualities that will help build a successful nation and a civil society.

Children are at less risk at camp where they have a sense of community, develop intergenerational relationships, and learn through firsthand experiences. Trained, caring adult role models help children feel loved, capable and included. Camp provides children with a safe, supervised, positive environment, which helps children grow.

as well as in the actual world, we foster understanding of the importance of human connections for survival and of the critical connections to our physical world. Campers realize the need to protect not only one another, but also the environment in which they live. Our intent is to preserve and share that legacy with the next generation.

Camp professionals have enormous power in conveying simple teachable moments, special moments of passing experiences touched by the human spirit. These fleeting moments of time build three significant values of the American Camp Association that are reflected in the benefits campers derive from camp.

Finally, ACA values a sense of contribution. Our contributions are both obvious and subtle. The benefits of our work are both immediate and slow to emerge. Most significantly, although the experience itself is often fleeting, our impact on the human spirit lasts a lifetime. Children who attend camp develop connections with the world.

ACA values people. The moments that result in the camp experience repeatedly express the value of people. We demonstrate that value through respect, honesty, caring,

and sharing. Through the camp experience, young people learn to understand the strength of mankind. They also develop an appreciation for the qualities required to protect the fragile relationships needed to protect these relationships.

ACA values the natural world. We seek and appreciate what is real, genuine and nonartificial. In seeking those qualities in people

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Drunk driver kills cop and tries to flee: NYPD Two LIE crashes in same spot leave two dead, including highway officer

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

A highway officer was responding to a fiery car crash in the early hours of April 27 when he was struck and killed by an allegedly drunk driver.

Anastasios Tsakos, a 14-year NYPD veteran and father of two young children, was investigating the scene of an earlier, fatal collision at the time of the 2 a.m. incident.

“The absolutely tragic events of this past evening highlight, again, the many, many dangers our brave officers face every day and night — in all aspects of their critical work,” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said in a press conference Tuesday morning, adding that the incident “amounted to a completely avoidable chain of events.”

According to police, Tsakos was one of many officers responding to a vehicle collision on the Long Island Expressway at the Clearview Expressway just 30 minutes past midnight. One of the vehicles was in flames.

Tsakos was diverting traffic from the scene, when 32-year-old Jessica Beauvais — who had a suspended license — came speeding along, police said. She swerved to avoid other cars and collided with Tsakos, who was standing next to his marked vehicle.

District Attorney Melinda Katz said Beauvais fled from the crash and attempted to exit

“A husband, a father, a son, and a protector but, most of all, [Highway] Police Officer Anastasios Tsakos will forever be remembered as a NYC #Hero,” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea tweeted NYPD PHOTO / TWITTER April 27 following Tsakos’ death. the Horace Harding Expressway, where her car jumped the curb and mounted the sidewalk. Police surrounded her and she tried to flee again by putting the car in reverse but rammed into the police vehicle behind her twice before coming to a final stop and being apprehended.

Shea reported that Tsakos, who had been struck head on, was knocked onto a nearby grassy area. He was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens in critical condition, but was later pronounced deceased.

Beauvais, of Hempstead, LI, is being held pending arraignment in Queens Criminal

Court on a 13-count complaint. The charges include two counts of vehicular manslaughter, drunk driving, colliding with an emergency vehicle and leaving the scene of a fatal accident.

Two hours after the crash, it was discovered that Beauvais’ blood alcohol content was 1.5 percent, the D.A.’s office said.

“We stand here this morning reminded once again, in law enforcement, there is no such thing as a routine job,” Shea said. “We stand here devastated and trying to pick up the pieces of what is a shattered home and a shattered NYPD family.”

Shea said Tsakos was a highly regarded cop assigned to Highway Unit 3, located just off the Grand Central Parkway in Cunningham Park. Tsakos, 43, leaves behind his wife, Irene, a 6-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son.

Tsakos was not the only fatality of the evening — one of the three passengers who had been inside the car that burned was pronounced dead at North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital. The operator and a second passenger remain in serious, but stable condition.

According to police, the operator had been driving too quickly to properly navigate the northbound entrance ramp onto the Clearview Expressway from the LIE. The car struck a Q median before hitting a light post.

Poison, water, knife killed babies: DA Mother held in murder at 6 weeks

by Peter C. Mastrosimone

child under the sink area wrapped in a blanket, who was also unconscious and unresponsive.”

The girl was stuffed into a plastic garbage The Woodside Houses became the scene of horror last Thursday when twin babies only 46 bag, the DA’s office said.

Both were pronounced dead at the scene. days old were found dead in their apartment, Kilpatrick was charged with two counts each their mother taken into custody and a knife of murder in the first and second degree, crimirecovered at the scene.

Dakota and Dallis Bentley lived their short nal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree lives in an apartment at 31-76 51 St. Police went and two counts of endangering the welfare of a there at about 3:15 p.m. after a concerned rela- child, the DA’s office said. She faces possible tive called 911, worried about the babies’ wel- life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Asked if Kilpatrick has a criminal record, fare, according to NYPD Chief of the Housing Bar rere said no, Bureau David other than a sumo Barrere. mons.

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“Officers questioned the mother about the a joyous time for this family, instead the babies’ second baby and she pointed toward the sink,” relatives are mourning their deaths and the sad Barrere said. “Officers discovered a second fact that the one person who should have been

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Dallis, left, and Dakota Bentley were allegedly killed by their own mother. NYPD Chief of Housing David Barrere, far right, addressed the case, joined by other officials including the commander of Police Service Area 9, Capt. Christopher Giambrone. FACEBOOK PHOTOS, ABOVE; NYPD SCREENSHOT their protector and loving caregiver allegedly killed them.”

Condolences were left on the Facebook page of Kilpatrick’s sister, Quanteya, who before the infants’ death had posted a photo of herself with them, labeled “I’ll love you forever.”

The chief said investigators are reviewing all statements made by Kilpatrick and noted that their body cameras were activated when they went to the apartment. She reportedly is being held without bail and evaluated psychiatrically.

The medical examiner will determine the babies’ cause of death, he said. According to the criminal complaint filed against Kilpatrick, she admitted that she first poisoned both babies’ milk with the cleanser Pine-Sol. She then took Dakota into the bathtub and ran hot water over her until she stopped making sounds and put her in the blanket and bag under the sink. She

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by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Mike Puma has been the Mets beat writer for the New York Post since 2010, and he’s the gold standard for anyone who follows the team. He has just penned a history of the Mets, which encapsulates the last 25 years titled, “If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the New York Mets” (Triumph Books).

Puma smartly avoids getting caught in the Bernie Madoff rabbit hole, which destroyed the Mets for a good chunk of the time he was in the Citi Field press box. He instead gives us grueling recollections of David Wright valiantly trying to get back on the field despite painful spinal stenosis, and Johan Santana’s no-hitter at Citi Field on June 1, 2012. Santana’s no-no remains the only one in Mets history, and there is a Twilight Zone aspect to it because his career seemed to rapidly deteriorate after that game.

In terms of gossip, Puma goes into detail about how outfielder Lastings Milledge went from an untouchable first-round draft pick to persona non grata, and gets a Mets exec on the record to explain why the team let Daniel Murphy leave as a free agent after his 2015 postseason heroics and why they screwed up. He also reveals former Mets manager Bobby Valentine and ex-GM Steve Phillips have buried the hatchet and are now buddies.

My only complaint is Puma doesn’t give his

version of what happened when players refused to talk to any reporters if they were in the Mets clubhouse because he joked in print the previous day the only foreign substance you’d find on pitcher Bartolo Colon was peanut butter.

Perhaps he’ll save that anecdote for his second book, which I hope won’t be too far into the future.

Former Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen made a lot of dubious personnel decisions, so it’s hard to rank which was the most boneheaded. A sure contender was his decision to sign former Yankees reliever Dellin Betances in late 2019 by giving him a $10 million contract for 2020 with a player option at the same salary for 2021. It was the latter part of the deal that was the head-scratcher.

The Mets bullpen was putrid in 2019 so Van Wagenen took a flyer on the hard thrower who had been successful in the Bronx even if his Yankees counterpart, Brian Cashman, had no interest in retaining him, which should have been a red flag.

Unfortunately, Betances rewarded Van Wagenen’s faith by posting an egregious 7.71 earned run average while racking up a wide array of injuries. Adding salt to the wound, Betances was just placed on the 60-day injured Q list and will probably not pitch in 2021.

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A mixed-use building that is part medical center and part hotel is on track to open in the next few months, developers recently announced.

The new 18-story mixed use tower at 42-31 Union St. in Flushing will be home to the Eastern Mirage Medical Center and the Eastern Mirage Hotel and will be operational before September, Fleet Financial Group announced.

The medical center will incorporate the hotel amenities into its patients healing process. Those staying in the healthcare facility will be offered access to an indoor pool, spa and fitness center, as well as a Michelin-rated restaurant and bar.

“Eastern Mirage Medical Center incorporates the most advanced technology available to hospitals today, along with a more welcome, hospitality-inspired setting,” Richard Xia, president of Fleet Financial Group, said in an April 8 statement. “By creating a symbiotic relationship with the

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According to Fleet Financial Group, the medical center will utilize cutting-edge amenities, such as a five-layer curtain wall providing enhanced sound insulation and natural light, as well as environmentally friendly materials and systems, high ceilings and Turkish marble floors.

Patients will have an almost completely touchless experience, as well: the center will use facial and voice recognition features for offices and elevators.

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Postcard collectors keep alive lost scenes of Queens

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Before the age of email and TikTok, the essence of throwaway communications was a something so cheap they were called penny postcards.

Millions of them were produced every year — sent home by lazy letter writers or stuck in drawers after classroom trips to the Empire State Building.

Between the turn of the last century and the start of the nuclear age, they were everywhere.

Decades later, each picture postcard is a little piece of popular history. Anyone with a few dollars and access to the internet can own a piece of that history, hold it in their hand, without getting off the couch.

A small but rabid group of collectors has dedicated themselves to finding and preserving them.

Bob Stonehill, 80, is the king of Queens postcards. With his wife, Helene, he has collected more than 6,000 Queens scenes dating from the early 1900s to World War II. Most collectors, he discovered, start searching for cards from the neighborhoods where they grew up. He was no exception.

Stonehill, a retired garment-industry exec, started 40 years ago collecting cards of his native Sunnyside. It didn’t take long before he started looking for cards of its surrounding neighborhoods — Astoria, Long Island City and Elmhurst.

“As a general rule, this was the way it was — people started by collecting local cards,” he said.

“They are enticed by the history of the place.

These are vestiges of times gone by.”

It is impossible to overstate the enthusiasm of collectors like Stonehill.

Not only did Walker Evans, one of the foundational photographers of American art, keep nearly every postcard sent to him by his esteemed circle of friends but he tracked down cards he’d sent to others and demanded them back for his collection.

Evans’ collection, 9,000 cards meticulously catalogued by subject (“Factories,” “Main Street,” “American Architecture”), ended up in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s vast archive.

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It took Weinstein seven years and a dozen jobs to work his way through Brooklyn Law School.

His name was misspelled as Moses M. Weinstein in a college playbill once, but he liked the sound and adopted the name.

Weinstein married Muriel Home of the Honorable Moses M. Weinstein at 138-33 78 Maskalik (aka Marshall). They Drive in Kew Gardens Hills, circa 1950. set up home on Dumont Avenue in Brooklyn in 1941 and had three sons. In Queens and served in the powerful post of 1951, they decided to move to Queens, to Queens County Democratic chairman from 138-33 78 Drive in Kew Gardens Hills. The 1962 to 1969. In 1969, he was elected as a young attorney entered politics and got along state Supreme Court justice. He later sat on very well with city Mayor Robert Wagner, a the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Democrat, and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, a until mandatory age retirement.

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Have a wooly great time at Queens Farm

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The pandemic has left lots of us in need of haircuts — including sheep.

The Queens County Farm Museum is hosting its annual Sheep Shearing Special Admission Day on May 8, where visitors are invited to witness the Little Neck farm’s six sheep and two alpaca shed their winter coats in preparation for the warmer weather.

Because of the pandemic, the farm was not able to celebrate its annual fleece shearing in-person last year— the process was streamed virtually via #Barncam, the farm’s digital education programming.

“This year we are thrilled to have people on the grounds to see it in person,” Sarah Meyer, the farm’s director of communications and sales, said in an email.

Shearing is vital to maintaining the animals’ health. The extra weight of fleece can cause a sheep to overheat in the summer, and would create a hotspot for parasites.

Removing the layers protects the animals from unnecessary ailments, and provides a sustainable source of clothing material.

Fiber artisans will highlight this cycle of fiber production by showing off their wool spinning and weaving skills.

Most of the shaven wool will be sent to

Battenkill Fibers, a fiber mill 190 miles north, where it will be washed, carted and spun into yarn. The transformed material will then find its way back to the Queens Farm and to be sold inside its Farm Store.

Also available at the Farm Store are hats and scarves created by Queens fiber artists.

And for those of us less experienced but who want to give weaving a try, grab-andgo fiber craft kits will be available for home crafting at the Con Edison Ecology Booth, which also features the Adopt-A-Worm Composting Program for home composting.

Though the day is mainly about the sheep shearing, there is much more available to explore on the farm’s campus.

“The program also includes the live bluegrass sounds of New Orleans-influenced Mama Juke. Crop circles under a canopy of trees will mark social distancing locations to enjoy the music,” Meyer said, adding that guests are encouraged to bring their own picnic blankets.

A food paddock and beer garden will feature East Coast Street Tacos, CBao Asian Buns and Queens’ own Rockaway Brewing Co. Visitors can also stock up on fresh harvests grown on the farm’s grounds — lettuce, spinach, pea shoots, asparagus and nettles from the farm’s fields, eggs, herbal

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With warmer weather approaching, the sheep and alpaca at Queens County Farm Museum are in need of their annual haircuts. Visitors are invited to learn about the wool weaving process at the May 8 special day. PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS COUNTY FARM MUSEUM teas, raw honey and, of course, yarn spun from the fleece of its sheep and alpacas.

And in keeping with its mission, the farm is offering visitors educational guided tours that showcase its 324-year history and regenerative farming practices. Its famous hayrides are also included in the festivities!

The Sheep Shearing Special Admission

Day will last from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., though ticket times will be staggered to accommodate social distancing guidelines.

Advance tickets are required, and run at $12 for adults and $8 for children under the age of 13.

For more information or to make reservaQ tions, visit queensfarm.org.

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purely documentary purpose and serve as art. “Lyrical documentaries,” he called them.

The “lyrical” part of postcards has to do with the fact that they rarely portrayed scenes as they really were.

The publishers of postcards were no more interested in depicting what Jamaica Avenue looked like in the 1930s than comic books were to giving a true picture of what it was like to be “a mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper.”

“I was driven to buy these cards,” said Stonehill.

His massive collection, stored in binders geographically labeled by neighborhood from “Astoria” to “Whitestone,” took the Greater Astoria Historical Society four years to scan. “But it’s all there now,” he said.

Collecting postcards with scenes of Queens is harder than, say, Manhattan or Brooklyn. During the golden age of postcards — roughly from 1905 thorough the early 1930s — Queens was essentially rural and burgeoning suburbs.

“It just wasn’t that interesting and not a lot of people wanted them back then,” said Stonehill.

Naturally, the cards followed the real

Hawtree Creek in Howard Beach in the 1920s, left, Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill in the ’30s and postcard collector Bob Stonehill with his wife, Helene. On the cover: Fulton Street, which later became Jamaica Avenue, in Richmond Hill, Douglas Manor and Chapin House in PHOTOS COURTESY BOB STONEHILL Jamaica. estate developers.

“Richmond Hill is overloaded with street scenes,” for instance, he said.

Also easy to find is a century worth of cards depicting summertime frolickers in the Rockaways.

Cards from the two World’s Fairs in Flushing Meadows are actually a category unto themselves, which Stonehill leaves to others.

The rarest Queens cards in his collection

are a picture of the Queens Village LIRR station, “probably 1905,” he said, and one dating back to 1910 advertising lots for sale in Springfield Gardens.

Almost nothing exists other than what collectors call “view postcards,” meaning pictures of buildings or pretty scenes, Stonehill said.

“They didn’t think people were imporQ tant,” he said.

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continued from page 23 What is the appeal of old postcards to people like Bob Stonehill and Walker Evans?

Evans said, without embarrassment, that postcards are akin to Leonardo DaVinci’s medical drawings, pictures of the human body, embryos, muscles and bone. The drawings were created to be purely practical things, documentary evidence of what few people could see themselves.

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

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

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

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

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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

Location: Queens County.

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

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

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

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

Notice of Formation of Untap Black, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/19/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: ALMITA PHILLIPS, 160-49 122ND AVE, JAMAICA, NY 11434. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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

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

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

Notice of Formation of DEYANI SIGNATURES LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/11/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC., 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE SUITE 1 #086, BUFFALO, NY 14221.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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

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

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

Office location: Queens County.

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

Notice of formation of Grape Law Firm PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on March 23, 2021. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC, 5742 156th St. Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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

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

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

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of INSPIRED OPHTHALMOLOGY, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/13/21.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Elizabeth T. Viriya, 136-20 38th Ave., Ste. 5A, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: to practice the profession of Ophthalmology.

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

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

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

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

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 03-26-2021, bearing Index Number NC-000006-21/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) KONSTANTINOS (Middle) GEORGIOS (Last) PRENTZAS. My present name is (First) CONSTANTINOS (Middle) GEORGIOS (Last) PRENTZAS AKA CONSTANTINOS PRENTZAS AKA CONSTANTINOS G. PRENTZAS. The city and state of my present address are East Elmhurst, NY. My place of birth is GREECE. The month and year of my birth are February 1967.

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

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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

Notice of Formation of M.INDS.: MERCHANT SERVICES LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/22/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: COPIOUS INTEREST LLC, 184-02 JAMAICA AVENUE, UNIT 80, HOLLIS, NY 11423.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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

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

TOO MUCH TO LIST!

OZONE PARK/CENTREVILLE

Asking $698,888

HOWARD BEACH

HALF BLOCK TO BEAUTIFUL BEACH! Townhouse - Ground Floor, 2 BRs, 1 Bath, All Updated Includes Washer Dryer.

Asking $355K

HOWARD BEACH

Top Floor Features: Beautiful New Kitchen with Granite Countertops.

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

Asking $879K

HOWARD BEACH/ LINDENWOOD

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

$1,500/mo

Garden Co-op on 2nd floor, 2 BR, Formal Dining Room, 1 Bath, Washer/Dryer Allowed

Asking $269K

GREENPOINT BROOKLYN

Legal 6 family, Six 2 Bedroom Apts.

Asking $2.9 Mil

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

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

Lovely Legal 2 Family in Desirable Old Howard Beach!

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

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161-14A Crossbay Blvd., Howard Beach

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• Lindenwood • Unpack your bags & move right in. This is the largest of the two-bedroom units at 1113 sq. ft of living space.

This unit features a beautiful open concept kit with granite countertops. Spacious Living Room/Dining Room combination, 2 large Bedrooms, 2 full Baths, & a dedicated office space. There’s hardwood floors throughout, 6 closets for lots of storage and Laundry room, storage room and bicycle room located in Lobby.

Common charges=$679.97 which includes water, sewer, cooking gas, heat, and common area maintenance.

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• Rockwood Park Estates • Welcome back to “Howard Beach Estates”! Magnificent Custom Brick Center Hall Colonial. Solid brick home being offered for sale by the original owners. Built in 2010, sitting on an 80x100 lot.

2 story grand entrance w/crystal chandelier. Formal L.R., formal D.R., 1/2 bath, fam room, gourmet chefs kit which includes commercial Thermador stove, 2 wall ovens, dishwasher, refrigerator, built in microwave, wine cooler, granite island, plus eating area w/ fi replace. Sliders which lead to pvt country club backyard for entertaining. Gated in-ground salt water heated pool, brick pizza oven, BBQ kitchen with refrigerator. Patio with plenty of seating areas. 2nd fl r features 4 BRs, 2 full baths, plus a master BR suite with pvt bath, sitting area & walk-in closet. Full fi n bsmnt with commercial washer & dryer and ½ bath. 1 car garage plus 2 pvt driveways. Flood insurance not mandatory, natural gas generator.

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