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Residents in Lindenwood, including Richard Hedrick, seen here in his water-logged garage, had to pick up the pieces after five inches of rain caused flash flooding in the neigborhood last week. The city Department of Environmental Protection says a sewer overflow facility in Spring Creek likely failed, causing the flood, but some in the community say the whole system is inadequate.

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De Blasio unveils massive housing plan Initiative to create 200,000 affordable units in 10 years praised by officials by Tess McRae Associate Editor

ayor de Blasio’s recently unveiled affordable housing plan, “Housing New York: A Five-Borough, Ten-Year Plan,” is mammoth. At more than 100 pages, it lays out the new mayor’s plan for creating a “better and more affordable New York.” “This plan, over the next 10 years, will create opportunity for so many people who are being priced out of our city,” de Blasio said at a press conference on Monday. “It will be a central pillar in the battle against inequality. This plan took a lot of effort and it will take a lot of effort to implement.” De Blasio aims to create 200,000 affordable housing units for half a million people — more than the population of Miami, Fla. — the biggest affordable housing plan for any city in the history of the United States, according to the mayor, though the way his administration will go about it is a bit more complicated. He was praised by almost all Queens elected officials and many of them said it was a much-needed plan for improving city housing. “I commend Mayor de Blasio for this bold plan to create and retain affordable housing in all five boroughs,” Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) said in a written statement. “It is clear in its goals, precise in the AMIs [Area Median Incomes] targeted, and honest about what needs to be done to achieve affordability for more New Yorkers.” Councilmembers Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) and Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst), Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens), Habitat for Humanity and others released similar statements. A standout for many officials is de Blasio’s focus on lowincome families.

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In the past, housing advocates complained affordable housing was not truly affordable for those making less than $60,000 for a family of four. In de Blasio’s plan, 33 percent of the housing created would be for low-income families and 50 percent would be set aside for middle-income households.

Though de Blasio’s plan was initially applauded, there are questions bubbling up now that lawmakers, advocates and residents have had the opportunity to review the plan more thoroughly. One of the main concerns involves funding. According to the proposal, the city will seek funds from both the state and federal levels, which is never a guarantee. If de Blasio does not raise the funds, it is unclear how he will provide incentives for developers. In addition, the mayor is seeking to make developments more dense — buildings would take up less ground but be higher, increasing the number of high-rises. Contrary to former Mayor Bloomberg’s housing plan, de Blasio has no set number of affordable units developers have to include in their projects. Bloomberg implemented an 80-20 ratio, but de Blasio said the percentage required for developments would be determined on a “case-by-case basis.” More weight is being placed on preserving affordable housing than developing new units. According to the plan, only 80,000 new units will be created. The remaining 120,000 will come from already existing spaces, including some basement apartments. State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) was not thrilled with the proposed legalization of the otherwise illegal residences. “For decades, we have fought the City of New York to do more in terms of enforcement against illegal basements,” Avella said in a written statement. “So it is very disconcerting to hear that the mayor wants to undermine the entire City zoning and building code to legalize these units. There is a reason why these apartments are illegal – they are NOT safe.” continued on page 22

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Lindenwood residents clean up from disaster ‘worse than Sandy’ by Michael Gannon and Stephen Geffon Editor/Chronicle Contributor

Families in Lindenwood spent most of last Thursday cleaning out their basements and trying to salvage what they could after a storm dumped more than five inches of rain over Queens on April 30, causing a flash flood to hit the community. Last week’s floods took the neighborhood, located alongside Spring and Ralph creeks — tributaries of Jamaica Bay — by surprise. Though the area was hit by Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge in 2012, it was not affected as badly as the rest of Howard Beach. That made last week’s flood even more surprising. “This was worse than Sandy,” Richie Perez of 79th Street said. “During Sandy I had a pump going. We didn’t lose power this time. The pump was just overwhelmed.” Residents pointed the finger at an inadequate sewer drainage system, but several sources from the city Department of Environmental Protection are saying the infrastructure in the neighborhood is fine and malfunctioning flood control infrastructure in Spring Creek may be to blame. At least two sources in the DEP said the agency is eyeing a possible failure at the Spring Creek sewer overf low facility in Brooklyn. The sources say the system failed during last week’s rainstorm, causing sewers to back up into homes.

Items strewn about in the garage of Lindenwood resident Dale Bleiweiss after last week’s PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON surprise flash flood struck the neighborhood. A DEP spokesman said the facility will be manned the next time it rains so the computerized system can be manually overridden if it fails. Meanwhile, residents struggled to pick up the pieces of their lives that survived past heavy rains and hurricanes Irene and Sandy. “I was doing OK until I started to bring

out some of my daughter’s things,” said Dale Bleiweiss of 80th Street, looking over high school and college diplomas, sports awards, and a Little Mermaid jigsaw puzzle done years ago and now lying in her family’s driveway. “We did that when she was a girl.” The city’s Office of Emergency Management was on site coordinating efforts of Con

Edison, National Grid, the Red Cross, the NYPD and both the city and West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire departments to make sure all residents in Lindenwood were safe. More than two dozen Red Cross staff have started and will continue to distribute cleanup supplies, such as mops, brooms, cleaning solution, rubber gloves, garbage bags, sponges and buckets. More than 600 homes that sustained the worst damage in both Lindenwood and East New York, Brooklyn were canvassed by Red Cross workers and several families who lived in flooded basement apartments were assisted, said Red Cross spokesman Michael de Vulpillieres. Memories of Sandy flashed through the minds of residents as they dealt with flooded streets, basements and garages overnight, as well as marooned cars. “We lost everything,” said Norma Cantor, who lives at the corner of 153rd Avenue and 81st Street, adding that the losses include two classic cars. Cantor, who had no heat, said the sewers backed up into her driveway and into her den. “All of Lindenwood is covered, everybody has furniture thrown out,” she said, adding her lawn was covered in mud. “I need a boiler; I need a washing machine, a dryer and walls. It’s dreadful, it’s a disaster.” continued on page 40

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Facility failure may be flood cause, city says

City officials address Lindenwood flooding One of the rainiest days in Queens’ history revives infrastructure talks by Christopher Barca Reporter

“We need real infrastructure. Now is the time to make sure funding is in place in the city budget.” DEP sources would later say that a possible system failure at the Spring Creek sewer overflow facility in Brooklyn may have exacerbated the f looding, but Lloyd said Thursday the agency is investigating the situation. “We will be looking at all the information that is [being] gathered from people who have damage in their homes to try and figure out what patterns emerged from that,” Lloyd said. “In addition, we are looking at every piece of our system DEP manages ... to see what we can learn in terms of how that is functioning and seems to have functioned during the storm.” Lloyd, like Bruno, also pushed for residents impacted by floodwaters to file claims as quickly as possible, instead of waiting toward the end of the 90-day period. Despite the sharp criticisms over what Goldfeder believes is a

Alongside OEM Commissioner Joe Bruno, left, and Borough President representative Dan Brown, DEP Commissioner Emily Lloyd discusses her agency’s response to the flooding in Lindenwood before Community Board 10. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA

preventable issue, he thanked Lloyd for her quick action and willingness to stand in front of the community mere hours after the rain had ceased.

“Regardless of the outcome, the commissioner of DEP was out here early,” he said. “She was aggressive about getting her guys Q in the field.”

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The first hour of Community Board 10 last Thursday felt more like The Situation Room in the White House during a natural disaster than the cramped K nights of Columbus hall in South Ozone Park. One day af ter a rainstor m dumped almost 6 inches of rain on parts of Queens, flooding dozens of Lindenwood homes, elected officials and department comm issioners ali ke gathered at Community Board 10’s monthly meeting to assert their support for homeowners impacted by the storm. Standing alongside state Sen. Joe Add abbo Jr. (D -Howa rd Beach), Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) put a positive spin on the response, heralding the various city agencies that came to the area as well as those living in the neighborhood who did what they could to help.

“This really is what it’s all about. We all came together and we all found a problem,” Goldfeder said, “and much like we saw after Hurricane Sandy, that’s what makes this community great.” Addabbo agreed, saying the neighborhood is at its strongest when everyone works in unison to solve a problem. “It’s been a long day. I’m hopeful, by working together, we can resolve and alleviate this issue,” Addabbo said. “Only by working together, can we go forward.” However, the Assemblyman wasn’t without criticism for the city, as he expressed his wish for better infrastructure throughout South Queens in front of Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Emily Lloyd and Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Joe Bruno. “We’ve wanted action for a long time. It’s unfortunate it took a storm to point out what we’ve all known for so many years,” he said.

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Wills charged in a 12-count indictment Councilman accused of stealing state OCFS, campaign money by Michael Gannon Editor

City Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) was arrested Wednesday morning in connection with a 12-count indictment charging him with stealing state and campaign funds and laying a false paper trail in an attempt to cover up the alleged thefts. Wills has been charged with third-degree grand larceny, f irst-degree scheme to defraud, first-degree falsifying business records, and first-degree offering a false instrument for filing. The state funds were from the Office of Children and Family Services. Wills’ office could not be reached for comment. He proclaimed his innocence Wednesday in numerous published reports. Jelani Mills, described as a family member, has been charged with third-degree grand larceny and first-degree falsifying business records. Wills could face up to seven years in prison if convicted of the top charges, according to a joint statement issued by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. Schneiderman called Wills’ alleged actions a shameful breach of trust. “New Yorkers are repeatedly asked to have faith in our leaders, and it appears that faith has been shattered once again,” he said.

“Public funds intended to help people were allegedly used instead for shopping trips to high-end stores,” DiNapoli said. “Charges such as these are an insult to the councilman’s constituents and to the taxpayers who paid the bills.” The indictment claims that in 2009, Wills received matching funds from the city’s Campaign Finance Board. It charges that rather than spend the money on legitimate campaign expenses, Wills paid $11,500 to a firm called Micro Targeting, ostensibly to obtain and distribute campaign literature. The state alleges that Wills had Mills redirect the money from Micro Targeting to NY 4 Life, “a nonprofit corporation that Wills controlled.” The money was then allegedly spent on cash withdrawals and personal purchases, such as a $750 Louis Vuitton handbag purchased at Macy’s. The Schneiderman/DiNapoli statement claims “NY 4 Life figured prominently in the theft from OCFS as well.” That part of the indictment centers on $33,000 in state funds secured for the group by former state Sen. Shirley Huntley while Wills was serving as Huntley’s chief of staff. Huntley last year went to federal prison for stealing funds from her own nonprofit organizations.

Councilman Ruben Wills in a recent conversation with Congressman Gregory Meeks outside PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE of City Hall. The state claims that to obtain the Huntley grant, NY 4 Life signed a contract with OCFS promising to conduct four public service projects. Only one was completed, at a cost of $14,000, with Wills allegedly pocketing some for personal and political expenses. The nonprofit also is accused of writing checks to people who did little or no work

related to the OCFS contract. “Wills then concealed the theft by falsifying expenditures,” Schneiderman claimed. He also allegedly refused to account for the missing money, going so far as to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against selfincrimination with Schneiderman’s investigators back in 2012. In a statement issued by her office on Wednesday, Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito (D-Manhattan) said the charges are being taken seriously and will be reviewed thoroughly. A government source said Mark-Viverito had stripped Wills of any authority to spend discretionary funds in his district, a move taken by former Speaker Christine Quinn back in June 2012 following his Fifth Amendment stand with Schneiderman. Mark-Viverito’s office did not respond to questions as to when or why she reinstated Wills’ authority to spend discretionary funds. Back last September Wills and his thencampaign manager, in simultaneous phone calls to the Chronicle, denied that he had ever been stripped of authority over discretionary funds following an article printed in the paper before last year’s Democratic primary. The Wills campaign subsequently did not continued on page 58

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Providing more affordable housing

ne of the city’s most difficult, intractable problems is the lack of affordable housing, and in recent years the situation has only gotten worse. In just one illustration, research shows that since 2002, rents in the city have gone up 40 percent, while incomes have only risen 15 percent. Meanwhile the top 25 hedge fund managers in the country earned a collective $21.1 billion in one year, meaning their average income was nearly $1 billion. And of course they don’t pay the same tax rate on that money that they would if it were regular income. The stock market has pretty much fully rebounded since the financial crisis of 2008, but the employment situation for the average American, though improving, is lagging far behind. Everywhere you look, there’s evidence that the middle class is being squeezed.

And that’s at least as true in New York as it is anywhere, due to the extraordinarily high cost of living here. Especially when it comes to housing. So it’s commendable that Mayor de Blasio this week presented a detailed plan to create or preserve 200,000 units of housing, the vast majority of them affordable. Though there are a couple areas of concern, most of the proposal is positive. The mayor’s goal is to have 10 percent of the created or preserved units go to the middle class. As part of that, he would create a “mixed-income” program, under which half of the housing units in it will be set aside for the middle class, while the other half will go to low- and moderateincome people. It’s crucial that the middle class get to benefit from the program, rather than only the truly impoverished. In any rezoning that substantially increases housing capacity, a portion of

new units would be required to go to lowand moderate-income households. The city will do a study to provide a basis for incorporating this “mandatory inclusionary zoning” into law. The mayor also wants to double the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s annual capital budget, spur development of small vacant plots, slow the tide of rent deregulation, and shift funding for the homeless toward more permanent housing. All of this would result in more housing density, and one concern is that city infrastructure, from schools to sewers to public transit, keep up with it. Another concern is the proposed legalization of many illegal apartments. Yes, that can be done in some instances without affecting quality of life and safety, but not all. De Blasio’s plan is promising overall, but as always, the devil is in the details.

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lso worth applauding is the State Liquor Authority’s denial Tuesday of a license for the Knockdown Center in Maspeth to sell alcohol. The chairman cited “strong community opposition” as the key reason for denying a liquor license to the controversial arts and events center. That’s an understatement. Community Board 5, the 104th Precinct, all area civic leaders and all area elected officials, with one exception, opposed the request. So did this newspaper, in our April 17 editorial [go online to bit.ly/1kTYrh9 if you missed it]. The center’s location on Flushing Avenue simply is not the place for thousands of young people to be drinking. The denial shows that public opinion still matters in America, and should encourage more people to speak up on public affairs in Queens and beyond.

music was food for the soul. All that changed because my mother died on Sept. 17, 1963, when I was 14. Now, at 65, I still remember my mom who taught me so much and especially the need to help others in need. I serve today as a lector and usher at St. Anastasia Parish and I am also a past grand knight of St. Anastasia’s Knights of Columbus, a charitable organization. I remember my mother’s love and what she taught me that really was important. Thanks, Mom, and God bless all mothers on this Mother’s Day. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks

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injured and even killed. Sterling uttered racist words; he did not brutally punch an elderly African-American woman. An old adage applies here: Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me. It is time that the grown men of the NBA to stop crying over a few comments and speak out against the real hate crimes. These African-American superstars have a great influence over young African-American males and can help them stop this problematic behavior. Tim Freeman Richmond Hill

The Obama recovery Dear Editor: Folks, remember GOP House Speaker John Boehner’s famous question, “Where are the jobs, Mr. President?” Hey John, look at the Labor Department’s April data. 1) 288,000 new jobs — highest in 5 1/2 years. 2) 6.3 percent unemployment, a drop from 6.7 percent in March. Lowest since January 2008. Over 9 million new jobs created on Obama’s watch. The annual budget debt was cut from $1.2 trillion to $500 billion in 2013 and 2014. The Dow went up from 6,700 points when Obama took office in 2009 to 16,600 points on May 2. Fox and Friends, along with Republicans in Congress, said back in 2012 that Obama will never lower the 10.2 percent job-lost rate to 7 percent. Remember, he has 2 1/2 more years to get it down to my 5.5 percent prediction! Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

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decades of a gruesome pedophilia scandal and a grotesque cover-up. What did John Paul do to deserve being named a saint? Was it giving sanctuary to Cardinal Bernard Francis Law, a horrendous enabler of child abuse who resigned in disgrace in 2012 as Archbishop of Boston? Was it defending Mexican priest Marcial Maciel Degollado, a pedophile, womanizer, embezzler and drug addict? Perhaps defending him because he was the greatest fundraiser for the Catholic Church and equally its greatest criminal? The church is giving its biggest prize to the person who could have fixed the spreading stain of pedophilia and did nothing. Nothing! Instead the thousands of betrayed, damaged victims are thought of as a fading asterisk. All those fools buying last-minute tickets to fly to St. Peter’s Square, all to fawn over an institution that allowed molestation to continue for decades, protecting pedophile priests instead of their victims. It’s too bad God, heaven and hell don’t exist because there would be nice warm seats waiting for all of them. Robert LaRosa Whitestone

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their responsibilities and are becoming more dependent on government. They are blinded by their faith in a government that claims it knows better than they do, that in all things it can succeed and provide. It is becoming fanatical and almost religious. We ignore the lessons of history at our peril. A wise philosopher eloquently cautioned: “There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end. Communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.” Politically astute readers will have correctly guessed the philosopher to be Ayn Rand. Ed Konecnik Flushing

people are completely naive about. We have evolved to the point where human slavery, sexism and homophobism are socially unacceptable; now why, in this 21st century can’t we all open our hearts and minds toward animal liberation? If we as a society say we care about animals, why do we make compromises having to do with their “treatment,” or, as in the case of the horses, some asinine notion of nostalgia, or preserving the jobs of their profiteer slave masters? Anyone who makes a living off of an animal is disgusting in my eyes. Whether it’s a horse made unnatural by being strapped to a carriage with blinders on, or a poodle with bows in its hair being walked by some lady wearing a fur coat, it’s all moral schizophrenia, and we need to get Free market isn’t free our heads checked. What we do to the animals we do to ourselves. Dear Editor: And karma is moving very quickly. AniSome letter writers muse about how wonmal agriculture, animal consumption, puppy derful our “free market” is, and how every mills, hunting, poaching, fishing, global idea, and every product is a result of that warming, horse-drawn carfreedom. Such delusional riages — you think they are thinking is rampant today, not connected? Think again. ONLINE especially in Libertarian and A vegan consciousness is our right-wing circles that blame Miss an editorial or only hope of mitigating the the government for everyarticle cited by a writer? mayhem that is coming down thing. “If only the governWant news from our other the pipeline. ment would get out of the editions covering the rest Lastly, it’s human nature way,” they shout. of Queens? Find past to wait till after a tragedy Only trouble is, our free r e p or t s , ne w s f r om happens. If the horse-drawn market ain’t free at all folks; across the borough and carriage industry continues the opposite is true. more at qchron.com. you can bet there will be an The free market is, in realiaccident involving a human ty, every company’s nemesis. and then everyone will bemoan the mistake Every product that comes to market has that was made in not abolishing it. numerous patents that cover its uniqueness Paula Flanzraich and functionality. Writings are protected by Flushing copyright law. In a truly “free market,” there wouldn’t be any patents or copyrights. Everybody would be free to steal and copy Liberalism fails ideas randomly to sell their products and Dear Editor: compete side by side, like vendors in a flea The premise of the liberal-progressive market. The truth is, everybody wants procollectivist ideal is that man is selfish and tections. uncharitable and must be guided by a The number of lobbyists in Washington group of enlightened, well-intentioned, has doubled over the last 10 years, all pushomniscient benefactors. ing to get legislation passed favoring their To liberals, everything is an issue of agend a. T he A mer ica n Leg islat ive money. Their guiding principle is that the Exchange Council is a collaborative orgagovernment knows best and that we should nization of corporate executives who meet, just hand over our money and problems will discuss, and write ready-made legislation be solved. They see poor people so they that favors business. They then give the raise taxes to better fund welfare programs ready-made law templates to supporting in spite of the fact in over 60 years the “war elected officials, mostly Republicans, to on poverty” has not lowered poverty levels. sponsor it into law. Most of the laws you Our schools are failing and they respond by see about right to work, education, antiraising more taxes to give more money to unions, voting rights, gun rights, etc. failing schools. Over the last several comes from this collaboration. decades, average American student achieveA new study just out by Princeton and ment has remained stagnant, while per stu- Northwestern University concludes that our dent spending has exploded. country is no longer a democracy or even a Blind faith in a beneficent government republic, but an oligarchy. It is a country dominated by a cabal of collectivist bureau- controlled by corporations and the rich few. crats is not just an issue of ideological dif- The recent Supreme Court rulings allowing ferences. It is a threat to society because it unlimited money contributions into politics fosters mediocrity and stifles creativity and has given the few unlimited voice in elecinnovation, the enemy of tyranny. If we do tions and policy. Our government “by the not strive for independence and self-reliance people and for the people,” like our “free and do not take care to manage our means market,” is only illusionary. ourselves, our end will be ruination. Tyler Cassell More and more Americans are abdicating Flushing

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority sent out 35 percent more electronic alerts of incidents causing subway delays in 2013 than it did in 2011, according to a new study by the Straphangers Campaign, an advocacy group, which sees the figures as a sign service is deteriorating. The number of alerts, which the MTA says are triggered by events causing “a significant service impact that is expected to last 8 to 10 minutes or more,” went from 2,967 in 2011 to 3,998 in 2013, according to the Straphangers Campaign, a division of the New York Public Interest Research Group. The F line — on which a train derailed last week due to a broken track — had the highest number of alerts, 8 percent of the 2013 total. The J/Z line had the fewest, with only 1 percent of the total, and also showed the most improvement. The number of alerts rose 39 percent in Manhattan, 39 percent in Brooklyn, 25 percent in the Bronx and 24 percent in Queens. The alerts used in the study do not include any for delays caused by what the Straphangers deem events that are “uncontrollable” by the MTA, such as police activity or passengers getting sick. There were another 1,958 of those Q in 2013, it reported.

New York a good state for working mothers A new report by WalletHub, a personal financial social network, found that New York is the fifth-best state in the country for a working mother to live in. The study, which also examined the District of Columbia, was released this week due to Mother’s Day being celebrated this Sunday. WalletHub measured nine metrics to reach its conclusions. Though New York came in fifth overall, it finished last in one category, childcare costs, and second to last in another, commuting time.

SMGH show St. Mary Gate of Heaven school will be presenting “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” the musical based on the Biblical story of Joseph, on Friday May 16 and Saturday May 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the school gym at 101-20 105 Q St. Tickets are $10 each.

Yard sale The Howard Beach Assembly of God church will be hosting a yard sale — rain or shine — on Saturday, May 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 158-31 99 St., Q Howard Beach.

Queens ‘sex principal’ says she was framed The Long Island City school principal fired for allegedly having sex with different men on multiple occasions in the building denied the charges and filed a criminal complaint of her own this week. Annie Schmutz-Seifullah, who had led the Robert Wagner Secondary School of Arts and Technology, was dismissed after investigators determined she had had sex during school hours in the building and kept lewd photos of herself on computers there. But Schmutz-Seifullah’s attorney said in an email sent to the media Wednesday that she is actually the victim in the case. The lawyer, Peter Gleason, headed the email “NYC SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DENIES HAVING SEX IN THE WORKPLACE” and said she was the victim of larceny by extortion, perpetrated by an ex-boyfriend who used to live with her. The former paramour, whom Gleason did not name, allegedly demanded that SchmutzSeifullah pay the “producers of his reality TV show” $10,000, or else he would expose details of her personal life using files he stole from her computer. Even though she paid the money, he went ahead and provided news outlets with her Q “personal effects,” Gleason said.

Job aid for ex-cons? A new bill introduced by City Councilman Juumane Williams (D-Brooklyn) would ban employers in the city from asking job applicants if they have criminal records. It is already illegal in New York State to deny employment to someone solely because of a criminal record. State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman recently forced national retailer Bed, Bath & Beyond to pay $125,000 after discovering it refused to hire any ex-convicts. Q — compiled by Peter C. Mastrosimone

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PA hosts first JFK Airport roundtable Residents hope talks, studies can help alleviate noise in communities by Laura A. Shepard

the issue was mostly tabled for the next meeting to give members a chance to read over the bylaws from similar roundtables Following Queens’ first community aviation roundtable at in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago. The PA will also LaGuardia Airport, the Port Authority of New York and New bring a member of an existing roundtable to advise the group. The attendees were mainly concerned with the noise study Jersey hosted a similar event last Wednesday near JFK to discuss noise and other problems with community representa- Governor Cuomo ordered the Port Authority and FAA to conduct, which is known as a Part 150 study. tives from nearby areas. The FAA will hire qualified consultants to conduct the Ralph Tragale, assistant director of aviation for the PA, began by assuring the attendees that the agency is hiring staff study. They will begin by creating a noise exposure map, with for a new noise office and doubling the number of portable contours that indicate the decibel levels in a given area, identify who is impacted and develop mitigation strategies to noise monitors. The purpose of the roundtable, Tragale said, is to facilitate address the issues. Tragale said that some members of the roundtable will likecommunication and prevent “finger-pointing” by members of the PA and the Federal Aviation Administration with regard to ly form a technical steering committee to work specifically on the Part 150 by providing input to community issues. He explained the consultants and then reporting that while the PA operates the airback to the larger group. ports, the FAA determines the Larry Quinn, a village trustee flight procedures. he models are presented as from Garden City, LI, asked if panBetty Braton, the chairwoman though they’re sacrosanct. elists will have access to the variof Community Board 10, however, ables used for creating the map. noted that there has always been As any of you who’ve worked “I think it’s a wonderful opporcommunication between the agentunity for the Port Authority, havcies and the communities, mainly on the 4L-22R runway ing all these noise monitors to see through the borough president’s if we can correlate the actual noise council on aviation. know, our community has on the ground to what this contour Janet McEneany, president of seriously questioned the map suggests it should be,” he said. Queens Quiet Skies, agreed that Tragale said they will use an the problems didn’t necessarily use of those models.” FAA-approved model, but that stem from a lack of communicaofficials do allow the use of monition, but advocated for the — Barbara Brown, Eastern Queens Alliance toring data and other information roundtable. to ensure that model is giving She pointed out that most other accurate results. places in the United States have “So although you can’t play with the model so to speak or them, but New York does not, despite having one of the largest and most complex airspaces in the country, with JFK, use outside information to determine where the lines are, you can use it to confirm that the model is giving you the result it’s LaGuardia, Newark and Teterboro Airports so close together. Jerry Spampanato, the general manager of JFK, described supposed to,” Tragale said. Andrew Brooks, the project manager for the Part 150 study, the operations of the airport, which saw a record 50.4 million passengers last year. He said JFK is the sixth busiest airport in said the consultants do adjust the model to account for the the country, 13th in the world for passengers and 17th for ways planes are actually flown, the fleet mixes and different engine settings. freight. Tragale and Brooks told the group that the model is set and The airport directly accounts for 71,000 jobs and $4.2 billion in wages, but indirectly contributes $30.5 billion to the that any deviations to the process-established regulations governing a Part 150 could jeopardize their efforts to attain federregion’s economy. The numbers are daunting: six terminals, 125 airline gates al funding to mitigate the noise issues. That didn’t please some of the residents in attendance. and nonstop service to 76 countries and 171 cities. Nine miles “The models are presented as though they’re sacrosanct,” of runway and 45 miles of taxiways have a total of 1,200 arrivBarbara Brown from the Eastern Queens Alliance said. “As any als and departures per day. While there was some discussion about the direction the of you who’ve worked on the [JFK] 4L-22R runway know, our roundtable will take and what sort of bylaws it should adopt, community has seriously questioned the use of those models. Chronicle contributor

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Ralph Tragale, assistant director of aviation for the Port Authority, was a featured speaker on May 1 at the first meeting of the PA’s John F. Kennedy Airport citizen roundtable. The panel was created to help residents address concerns about PHOTO BY LAURA A. SHEPARD noise and pollution. “I understand there are rules and regulations about what can be used and what can’t, but I also understand that sometimes for things to change, for things to get better, it’s the people on the ground who help to promote some intelligent change,” Brown added. A representative for Assemblywoman Michelle Titus complained that the noise monitors in Rosedale are off the main noise corridor and therefore may not accurately reflect the noise impacts the community experiences. Brown also asked if there is a master plan for JFK airport, since the airline industry is growing and there are constant construction projects to handle the increase. But Tragale said the PA does not pursue master plans since the industry changes so rapidly. The PA has created separate roundtables for JFK and LaGuardia, but many members agreed that one would better serve their needs, since the issues are similar and the agencies Q would benefit from a lack of redundancy.

Rockwood Park Jewish Center caterer evicted by Domenick Rafter Editor

The caterer at the Rockwood Park Jewish Center in Howard Beach, whom the synagogue accused of hosting weekend parties behind its back, is no longer working at the temple, according to Rockwood Park’s lawyer, Gary Rosen. Crown Royale Caterers, which operated out of the Jewish center, has been accused by the synagogue of holding wild parties in the facility’s event space on a number of Saturday nights in 2012 and 2013. The parties were reported first by the Queens

Temple said parties held behind its back Chronicle last May after several residents complained about loud noise and crowds in the community during and after the parties, often as late as 3 a.m. The center filed suit against the caterer last summer to get their contract with it voided, arguing the parties were being held without the temple’s knowledge, and as part of a settlement between the two sides reached last month, the caterer agreed to leave the premises by April 30. There were at least ten parties between

early 2012 and November 2013, both before and after the center was damaged by Hurricane Sandy, according to residents who live near the building at 84th Street and 157th Avenue. Many of the parties were advertised on Facebook as taking place at “Rockwood Park Jewish Center” or “Rockwood Park Center” and most were Latin-themed. Hard liquor was also advertised in the promotional fliers even though the temple has had no liquor license since 2007.

In one case a resident said a party patron urinated on his front lawn. But since the beginning of this year, residents said the parties have toned down, especially after an event last November ended with a visit from the cops. “We haven’t had a lot of problems recently, though I believe there have been a couple of parties since last summer,” one homeowner who had repeatedly complained about the problems said Tuesday. “Hopefully this is over for good.” A phone call to the caterer’s attorney Q was not returned.

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Woodhaven playground cleanup More than 50 volunteers took part in a cleanup of Mary Whalen Playground at 79th Street and Park Lane South in Woodhaven on Saturday. The event was organized by the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association. The civic group said the event resulted in the collection of over 100 garbage bags of leaves and other debris. “In just a couple of hours, we managed to make a significant, visible improvement in Woodhaven,” said WRBA President Martin Colberg in an email. “That’s what can happen when residents in our community come together. We’re grateful to everyone

who dedicated their Saturday morning to making the playground a better place for our neighborhood’s children.” The playground, named for the late WRBA President and Community Board 9 member Mary Whalen, who lived near the park and died in 1987, is slated to get a makeover, funded by a $300,000 allocation from Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village). The WRBA said it has future cleanups in its plans. For more information or to volunteer for future events, contact the WRBA at info@woodhaven-nyc.org.

Goldfeder: update evacuation routes Wants better signage, road upgrades by Domenick Rafter Editor

One legislator is asking the state and city to update evacuation routes for coastal communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway) has sent a letter to the state and city transportation commissioners, requesting their respective agencies take immediate steps to ensure designated evacuation routes and signage are updated and maintained regularly. “We have made tremendous progress in our Sandy recovery, however, we must not overlook the most basic necessity, which is our ability to evacuate our families quickly and safely,” Goldfeder said in a statement. “We cannot wait for another Sandy disaster to address roadway infrastructure and outdated signage.” In addition to outdated signage, Goldfeder said southern Queens and Rockaway neighborhoods are geographically isolated and have limited arteries that serve as evacuation routes. He noted those routes, including the Nassau

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Spring Creek timeline revealed DEC says hazard mitigation work to be done by 2017 by Christopher Barca Reporter

While the flooding in Lindenwood was the most heavily discussed topic at last Thursday’s Community Board 10 meeting, another pressing f looding issue was addressed as well. State Department of Environmental Conservation representative Joanna Field presented the board with an update on the hazard mitigation project at Spring Creek Park, including a rough estimate of when the three phases of work will begin and end. According to Field, the first phase will include data collection in the form of air and soil sampling as well as topographical studies of the park and Jamaica Bay. The best case scenario for the completion of phase one is this December, while the worst case scenario is next July. “Initially, we hoped that phase 1 would end in August of this year. We are in the legislation agency coordination phase. That’s turned out to be more challenging than expected,” Field said. “It’s clear that we will have to ask [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] for an extension.” The second phase, which will be the construction of various flood mitigation

Flood mitigation features outlined in the plan include the planting of low- and high-level vegetated salt marshes, grasslands, dune complexes and maritime forests at increasing elevations, all of which will help guard against storm surges that accompany strong Nor’easters and tropical systems like Hurricane Sandy. “Coastal storm reduction is our overarching goal,” Field said. The DEC is also eyeing improving greenspace in the public park, but not everyone is enthused by the proposal. Joann Ariola, CB 10 member and president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association, opined that public use of the park would be detrimental to the surrounding residents. “There should be no public usage,” Ariola said. “It would have such an adverse CB 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton addresses effect on the community. The adjacent issues on the Spring Creek Park flooding homeowners are vehemently opposed.” mitigation project. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA CB 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton noted she can see why some neighboring homeowners would be upset, but that it’s out of measures, could begin anytime between next March and December 2015, depending her hands. “We just can’t point blank say ‘no public on the timetable for the first phase. The DEC estimates the $50 million use of public parkland,” Braton said. “We project may end between June 2016 and do have to observe the requirements of law, Q it’s public parkland.” August 2017.

Bea Meacle, civic leader, 83 B e a t r ic e “ B e a” Me a cle , w h o served as president of the Ozone Park Civic Association more than 30 years ago, passed away March 2 in Clearwater, Fla., where she had made her home in recent years. She was 83 years old. Meacle and her husband, Joh n, also known as Jack, were longtime residents of the Centreville section of Ozone Park and were mainstays in southwest Queens civic leadership during the 1970s and 1980s. T hey were act ive i n ma ny local g roups, but especially the Ozone Park Civic Association. Both Meacles served for a time as president of that organization. Meacle was predeceased by her husband, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who ser ved i n the Korea n War, and died at age 53 in 1984, and t hei r son , Law re nce. She lat e r moved to Flor ida. Meacle is su rvived by her sister, Dorothy Waters, of Clearwater, Fla., and a nephew, Michael. She is to be buried with her husband in Calverton National Cemetery Q in Calverton, LI on May 19. — Domenick Rafter

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Music school offers view into East Indian culture At South Ozone Park academy, the family joins songs in center stage by Mark Lord It may be called the East Indian Music Academy, Inc., but the family-run, not-forprofit organization bearing that name is so much more. For nearly a quarter of a century, the academy’s founders, Ravideen Ramsamooj and his wife Bharati, themselves born in the West Indies, have been promoting “East Indian culture and spiritual awareness through music, language and other art forms.” The latest fruit of their labors was evidenced on Sunday as a group of more than a dozen of the academy’s students performed, in turn, for their families and friends and then, along with their loved ones, participated in a group discussion that tied in to the school’s mission of “helping our students raise their level of ethical and moral consciousness so that they are better prepared to meet the challenges of the society in which they live.” As the event was about to get under way, Ravideen Ramsamooj explained, “Some of our students are bashful or have a lack of confidence. We arrange a small gathering and they prepare to get a feel for what it’s like to perform. The children must feel happy, safe, confident in their environment and feel free to speak.” But it’s not only children who come to the school. One student who was featured in Sun-

Deepak Raman, a teacher at the East Indian Music Academy in South Ozone Park, center in orange, and Ravideen Ramsamooj, right, in white, leads the post-performance discussion on PHOTO BY MARK LORD parent-child relationships on Sunday. day’s performance was Lall Sukhra, a married man of 59 who has had a “desire from an early age to be able to play harmonium and sing in a temple.” His performance was warmly received, though he said afterward, “I felt very good, but disappointed I messed up. I played it 20 times at home. I played it so well.” In addition to har monium, a hand-

pumped instrument played by a musician while seated on the floor, the school offers classes in a variety of instruments, including tabla, sitar, violin and flute, as well as classical vocal, Hindi and Sanskrit, along with moral education. Among the small staff of teachers are the founders’ two sons, Yoga Ramsamooj, who

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Ever think you’re seeing double? At Middle School 202, Ozone Park, you very well may be. Why is that the case you ask? Well, at the present time the school has 16 sets of twins, that’s right, and even one set of triplets. There is at least one set of twins in every grade and the triplets are in the seventh grade. Most of the kids can tell them apart, but since the students wear uniforms, it’s a bit more challenging for the staff to distinguish who’s who. Some of them are in the same class and others are separated. Can you imagine?

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After 5 years, UFT, city agree on new contract Members get retroactive, future raises; more parent-teacher meetings mandated by Domenick Rafter Editor

A five-year-long battle between the city and the teachers union may have finally come to an end. The de Blasio administration and the United Federation of Teachers announced an agreement on a nine-year contract retroactively dated to 2009. The contract, announced last Thursday, would provide retroactive pay raises for teachers and includes pay raises for each year through 2018. Teachers who have been on the job since 2009 or earlier will get a 4 percent increase for 2009 and 2010, respectively, then a 1 percent increase each year from 2013 through 2015, 1.5 percent for 2016, 2.5 percent for 2017 and 3 percent for 2018. There will be no increase in pay for 2011 and 2012. The UFT executive board approved the deal on Tuesday, while the 3,400 delegates OK’d the plan Wednesday evening. “Our administration knows that every child matters, the status quo isn’t working, and we must improve public education across the board. Working together with our dedicated teachers — instead of being locked in rancorous debate — we have found common ground today that moves us closer to those critical objectives,” De Blasio said in a statement. Teachers had been working without a contract since 2009 and the acrimonious relationship between the Bloomberg administration and the UFT on a number of issues kept the two sides from coming to an agreement for nearly five years. The contract also mandates 80 minutes each Monday for teacher professional development and 40 minutes each Tuesday for teacher-parent engagement, and increasing the number of parent-teacher conferences to four per year and the time

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Cops: We got Rich. Hill thief Cops say an alleged knife-wielding robber has been taken off the street with the arrest of a man who police claim held up a South Richmond Hill resident and took his cell phone and cash. Police identified the alleged bandit as Cloyd Clark, 23 of Jamaica. A NYPD spokesperson said that at 5 a.m. on May 3 at 134th Street and 107th Avenue, Clark and two accomplices allegedly held up a resident who was walking on the street and took his Samsung Galaxy cell phone and $250 in cash at knifepoint. Officers from the 106th Precinct responded and arrested Clark a short distance from the crime scene. The two other suspects are still being sought by police. According to the NYPD the victim’s phone was recovered. Queens Criminal Court records show Clark was charged with robbery in the first degree, a class B felony, criminal possession of stolen property and unlawful possession of marijuana. A NYPD spokesperson said that Clark was also charged with criminal Q possession of a weapon. — Stephen Geffon

Mayor de Blasio and UFT President Michael Mulgrew agreed on a new nine-year contract for the city’s unionized teachers retroactively dated to 2009 and expiring in 2018 that offers pay raises and adds more parent-teacher conferences. FILE PHOTOS from two and a half hours to three. It also establishes new incentives to attract and retain quality teachers in high-need schools by offering additional compensation for each instructor at up to 150 schools, selected at the Chancellor’s discretion. It also reduces the number of components in evaluations from 22 to eight and teachers in nontested subjects or grades will now have the ability to be evaluated only on the performance of students they teach, instead of in school-wide measures that include students they do not teach. The agreement expands the definition of sexual misconduct to include behaviors like inappropriate texting and for the first

Housing plan continued from page 2 Along with the plan, de Blasio released a list of case studies on neighborhoods that would be well suited for affordable housing. For Queens, he named Hunters Point South in Long Island City and Arverne View as ideal locations. After more than five feet of flooding during Hurricane Sandy in Arverne View, a partnership between the departments of Housing Preservation and Development and Housing and Urban Development, the Housing Development Corp. and Citibank worked together to fiance a project that included a $60 million rehabilitation and resiliency plan in November 2012. According to de Blasio’s plan, the city will continue to reinforce and expand coastal flood protection infrastructure — sand dunes, wetlands and bulkheads — and advocate flood protection standards. The city will also attempt to create a loan program to assist low-, moderate- and middle-income property owners. In some cases the loans could be combined with other forms of incentive in exchange for an affordability agreement. Specifics on those incentives are not yet available. For Hunters Point South, de Blasio lays out the implementation of more mixed-use zoning. “Hunters Point South is a mixed-use, affordable housing development situated

time, there will be a clear, effective and expedited process requiring no more than 50 days to permanently remove teachers from the Absent Teacher Reserve pool for behavior inconsistent with the expectations established for professionals. The contract, however, provides no back pay for teachers who have left the profession between 2009 and now. Current members who worked between 2009 and 2011 will need to continue working in schools until 2020, or retire, if they want to collect all of their retroactive benefits for that period. The deal also includes $3.4 billion in healthcare savings, but doesn’t specify where those cost savings come from. The Municipal Labor Committee approved that part of the plan Monday. “Mayor de Blasio said we could make the city better if we all worked together in a spirit of respect and cooperation,” said UFT President Michael Mulgrew in a statement. “This agreement—which works for students, parents, teachers and the city—is proof that with leadership like his, we can do it.” The full membership of the UFT is expected to vote on the proposal later this spring. De Blasio and his allies have argued that the agreement with the UFT will set the tone for other contracts with other municipal unions, many of which have been without contracts for years. Among them is the police union, where negotiations have hit a brick wall, forcing the discussion to go to a mediator. At issue is the lack of retroactive pay raises for cops, which have been without a contract since 2010, though sources in the mayor’s office note teachers did not get retroactive pay raises for the same years the city is proposing not Q to give one to police.

on approximately 30 acres of prime waterfront property,” the plan read. “When complete, the project will be the largest new affordable housing development to be built in the city since the 1970s ... and will include approximately 5,000 housing units, 60 percent of which will be affordable.” This plan has been in progress since before de Blasio took office but resembles new proposals for East New York, Spring Creek and Cypress Hills in Brooklyn. Another portion of the plan that will affect Queens is de Blasio’s proposal for NYCHA buildings. The mayor spoke out against the spike in homelessness and said he will re-introduce an initiative Bloomberg did away with. This initiative would bump homeless individuals — especially families — to the front of the wait list for a NYCHA apartment. “I am particularly pleased with the community engagement called for including respectful consultation with NYCHA residents on future plans,” said Van Bramer, whose district has the greatest amount of public housing in the city. “Feeling safe and secure in one’s home is what everyone needs as a baseline for happiness. This plan brings us closer to making that a reality for all in our city.” The plan is still new and with a lack of funding thus far, it is hard to determine how successful de Blasio’s plan will be. But the mayor is eager and is looking to begin studying neighborhoods for possible Q development immediately.

14 years for child sex abuse A Jamaica man was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Tuesday for having sexual contact with two 7-year-old girls in May 2013. Lee Samuel, 26, formerly of 174th Street, pleaded guilty last month to first-degree criminal sexual act and first-degree sexual abuse. He had been held without bail since his arrest last year. “The defendant has admitted to being a sexual predator and, as such, has proven himself to be a danger to children and a clear and present danger to society in general,” Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement released by his office on Tuesday. Samuel admitted that he approached the first girl and touched her as she was tying her shoe on a sidewalk. He approached the second victim several hours later about two miles from the first incident. He exposed himself to the child and grabbed her during the attack. Acting Queens Supreme Court Justice Elisa Koenderman also sentenced Samuel to an additional 20 years of Q post-release supervision.

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The Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association addressed several issues, many of them ongoing, that have been affecting the area during its last meeting. Community Affairs Bureau Officers Jose Severino and Brendan Noonan of the 102nd Precinct cautioned against scammers who continue to prey on the elderly and vulnerable, particularly immigrants, with promises of winning lottery tickets and manufactured threats. Indicating that one victim was out a whopping $15,000, the officers hoped to spread the word that the schemes frequently involve Green Dot MoneyPak prepaid cards. The officers stressed that utility companies will not, as the bogus threats suggest, shut off customers’ services on weekends, nor will they ask for money on demand. “Someone found a scam and they’re hurting innocent people,” Severino said. Residents raised complaints concerning cars that are illegally parked in the area. One case concerns vehicles on the sidewalk at Atlantic Avenue and 89th Street. Another problem focuses on garages on Atlantic Avenue between 87th and 88th streets, where, it was pointed out, cars line up every day for service. Cars up for sale block not only Atlantic Avenue but side streets including 88th and 89th.

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Popular model exhibit links past to the present at Flushing Meadows by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

orld’s Fairs have always been transitory things. Cities were lucky if they retained one or two icons. But at Flushing Meadows, not only are there some pavilions that still exist, but also a feature from the 1964-65 event that is almost as popular today as it was 50 years ago. The Panorama of the City of New York remains inside the Queens Museu m, which in 1939 and 1964 was the New York City Building. The exhibit was the brainchild of Robert Moses, president of both fairs, who saw the miniature city as a permanent exhibit to be used as a tool for urban planners after the event closed. Though that never happ e n e d t o a ny g r e a t extent, its star power remains for school-age students as well as adults visiting the recently enlarged museum. The exhibit cost $672,662; today it would be $5 million, and took three years to complete with more than 100 workers toiling full-time on the project. T here a re 273 pa nels f illed w it h 895,000 buildings (835,000 during the fair) made of wood or plastic with 35 brass bridges. The Panorama is also color coded. Dark g reen represents parks, while lime green is for cemeteries and mint green for transportation hubs. Pink is for recreational areas and red for public housing. Considered the world’s largest scale model of its time, the Panorama is built on a scale of 1 inch equaling 100 feet. During the fair, the attraction drew 1,400 people a day. Visitors boarded

mock helicopters for a nine-minute ride around the model that included a piped-in narrative by then-famous broadcastertraveler Lowell Thomas about the wonders of the city. Passengers entered the helicopter cars at the Verrazano Narrows. The helicopters rose two feet, just high enough to clear the model. As visitors flew over the city, the lighting changed to evening while planes from the two airports flew overhead. Today, the helicopters are long gone, but a ramp system allows visitors to follow the same route, albeit higher, as they walk up and down an incline. The planes continue to fly in light and darkness, a popular treat for youngsters. The last major updating to the exhibit was done in 19 9 2 , m a k i n g 65,0 0 0 changes. It took two years to complete and cost $1 million. Museum spokesman David Strauss said buildings are still being added to the display, including Battery Park City, Citi Field and the new Yankee Stadium recently. Since 2009, the museum has also sponsored an adopt-a-building program. Business owners and homeowners can adopt their structures or houses at various rates, with apartments starting at $50 and larger buildings going for a lot more. Participants get a deed from the museum showing their ownership, and the money raised goes for Panorama updates. If interested, call (718) 592-9700 or go to the website Queensmuseum.org. According to the “Official Guide of the New York World’s Fair” from 1964, the Panorama could also be viewed from a balcony where binoculars could be rented for 10 cents for 1 1/2 minutes.

The Panorama of the City of New York continues to draw crowds at the Queens Museum. It was designed as an attraction for the 1964-65 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows as part of the New PHOTO BY TESS MCRAE York City Building, which later became the museum. The New York Cit y Building also shared space with an ice show during part of the fair. It was staged by former Olympic champion Dick Button and was called “Dick Button’s Ice-Travaganza.” The show featured 150 skaters, includi n g 19 63 wo r ld c h a m p io n D o n a ld McPherson, in “romantic vignettes” set in places such as gardens, ballrooms and zoos, plus a skating chimp. The cost of reserved seats ranged from $1.65 to $3.35. But the ice show was not successful and lost money. It closed a few months later. Also at the NYC Building during the fair was the city’s radio station, WNYC, and its ultra-high-frequency TV station,

Channel 31, which broadcast from there in view of the public. It seems as if Moses got it right about the Panorama. Like his highways and parks, the display remains relevant, used as a tool by schoolchildren to learn geography, read maps and find where their homes are. For adults who never went to the fair, it’s a chance to see a unique exhibit that never seems to get old. Old timers may miss the helicopters, but the main attraction lives on. It’s a colorful reminder of what was and is today. Q This is the fourth in a series of stories commemorating the 50th anniversary of the World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows. Q

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Paying homage to animated films, students breakdance to the song “Happy” from “Despicable Me 2” at PS 108 Wednesday morning during the Captain Vincent Fowler Day celebration, honoring the PHOTOS BY DOMENICK RAFTER firefighter who died in the line of duty for whom the school is named.

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PS 108 students danced, sang and even jousted Wednesday in honor of the FDNY hero whose name their school bears. Capt. Vincent Fowler died June 4, 1999 from injuries he suffered while fighting a fire the day before in South Ozone Park. The Rosedale native was 45 years old. In 2000, PS 108 was renamed after the firefighter and every year since students put on a variety show in the spring. Fowler’s family and colle a g u e s , w h o were on hand at this year’s show, come every year t o e n j oy t h e program. T h i s ye a r’s theme was Hollywood and feat u r e d p e r fo rmances inspired Fowler’s sister, Karen, by various film shares some of her broth- genres, includer’s wisdom with students. ing fantasy —

PS 108 third-graders tap dance during a performed of “On the Good Ship Lollipop,” honoring child star Shirley Temple and film musicals.

FDNY Emerald Society bagpipe band marches into the PS 108 auditorium at the beginning of the program.

Fifth-grader Amanda Lalloo, as Dorothy, peforms during a “Wizard of Oz” sketch celebrating classic films.

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continued from page 24 Representatives from the Circle Academy Charter School, which is aiming to open in the fall of 2015 and, ultimately, to serve students in grades K-8 in School District 27, took questions. School spokesman Michael Estep said it would be located at 85-27 91 St., site of a former church, in its first year, and then move to its permanent location at 75-14 Jamaica Avenue, a former storage facility. While the school would be in Woodhaven, it expects to serve a population of students reflective of the entire district. It is awaiting state approval. Admission would be by lottery and by 2019, it would house 506 students. The principal would be Ann Marie Ginsberg, who brings over 25 years experience in education in high-needs school districts, according to the school’s letter of intent. Community Board 9 member Sherman Kane suggested the need for the block association to arrive at a position in regard to an upcoming proposal to legalize basement apartments, part of Mayor de Blasio’s affordable housing plan. Kane cautioned the association that the move would “increase neighborhood density.” Miss Woodhaven, Nalicia Ramdyal, was introduced at the meeting and helped select the winner of the 50/50 raffle. LouQ isa Wohlmaker was the lucky one.

Fellow Democrat may run against David Weprin by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

A possible contender for Assemblyman David Weprin’s District 24 seat has emerged, though he will not yet confirm he’s running. Fellow Democrat Ali Najmi, an attorney from Glen Oaks, is holding a fundraiser in Manhattan on May 19 that he has posted on Facebook. The invitation mentions the state Legislature and four issues Najmi wants to address in Albany: economic development, education, housing and senior citizens. The potential candidate did not return calls for this story and has declined to comment, according to published reports. Weprin’s district stretches from Glen Oaks along the Grand Central Parkway to Briarwood and south on the Van Wyck Expressway to Richmond Hill. The area was redistricted in 2012 and now includes a substantial South Asian population. During the debate over new district lines, Najmi worked with SEVA, a South AsianWest Indian nonprofit group, which successfully fought to include Richmond Hill. But political insiders are asking where are his loyalties? Najmi previously worked for Weprin’s brother, Councilman Mark

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a champion of South Asians and in March was endorsed by the Bangladesh American Public Affairs Front, Alliance of South Asian American Labor and Sikh Cultural Society, among others. Weprin and his brother are party regulars and the assemblyman has already been endorsed by Borough President Melinda Katz and other party faithful. He seemed sur pr ised that Najmi would oppose him. Some speculated that the newcomer’s decision to run is an attempt to get his name out there for the future. “People do what they think is good for them,” David Weprin said. “I take all challenges seriously and am working hard. I think I’ll do well.” He is set to open a new district office in Richmond Hill on Atlantic Avenue on June 8. Weprin is serving his second term in the Assembly and previously was a city Councilman for eight years. According to his LinkedIn profile, Najmi has had a law practice in Kew Gardens since 2011. Prior to that he worked for Mark Weprin for a year. He is a graduate of Oberlin College and earned his law Q degree at Queens College.

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CB 7 not pleased with Willets update Board questions property ownership and new Brownfield application by Tess McRae Associate Editor

Community Board 7 met with representatives of the Queens Development Group to discuss the latest news in the Willets Point project last Wednesday — they weren’t pleased. The QDG, a joint venture between Related Companies and Sterling Equities, is required to meet with the community board quarterly to keep members updated and maintain transparency. Scott Wilpon of Sterling Equities jumped right in and discussed a Brownfield application the group is submitting for Phase 1 of the project. “I know there were concerns during the last meeting over the Brownfield,” Wilpon said. “The application is broken up into a couple of sites and we have one or two parcels left to close in on for Phase 1.” What concerned board members is how the Brownfield application will affect surrounding plots that are not part of the construction plan. “The area needs cleaning but while you’re doing this, what’s to stop whatever toxic stuff there is from trickling over to other areas?” CB 7 Chairman Gene Kelty asked. Jesse Maizer, an attorney for QDG, said there would be monitors in place that would

Despite the city unveiling a business relocation program for Willets Point workers last fall, there are still many shops operating in the area. According to developers, only two out of 23 acres FILE PHOTO have been obtained. keep track of any movement of toxic substances. “Groundwater moves at a glacial pace,” Maizer said. The response did not satisfy the board members. But perhaps the most disappointing update was the lack of movement in obtaining the

needed properties for the project. The city has only obtained two out of the 23 acres needed to start cleaning the land. “Where does that leave everything? ” Kelty asked. “It seems to me that this remediation is based on land you don’t have.” The city owns the land to be developed, but it has yet to have the properties turned

back over to the government. There are a number of businesses still open in Willets Point despite the relocation program having begun in the fall. “I’ve got to say, I’m a bit disappointed with all of this,” Kelty said. “You only have 10 percent of the land and it seems like this is going to take a lot longer to get cleaned up until you get all of the acres you need.” The developers estimated that the project would take approximately two years, but Wilpon could not confirm an exact date. Kelty was also concerned over Sunrise Cooperative, a group of business owners who worked in Willets Point, who filed a lawsuit against the city and developers. “They found a site that they believe is suitable,” Wilpon said. “Their plans are not complete but we don’t have full knowledge of what stages they’re in.” According to the developers, the workers of Sunrise Coop are still on site which goes against an announcement made some weeks ago that said the owners had signed a lease. A representative from the Economic Development Corp. was not present at last week’s meeting. Unlike Sterling and Related, the EDC is not contractually bound to attend but CB 7 highly suggests they make an appearance. The next meeting is set for September. Q

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The sparring match between the Knockdown Center and the community over the arts and entertainment venue’s liquor license application is over, for now, with the opposing residents and elected officials winning by way of knockout. The State Liquor Authority denied the cabaret liquor license application from the Knockdown Center, the controversial former factory at 52-19 Flushing Ave. in Maspeth, on Tuesday afternoon, with the overwhelming community opposition to the venue cited as the main reason for denial. “We have gotten strong community opposition from all corners,” SLA chairman Dennis Rosen said. “As far as we know, they did not change their position.” Unlike the April 22 hearing, when oral arguments for and against the license were given and the vote was tabled, Knockdown Center manager Tyler Myers was present for the decision. The venue’s operators, represented by attorney Terence Flynn, promised at Tuesday’s hearing to cut the building’s capacity from 5,000 people to 3,100 and testified that only around a quarter of the events would be large, ticketed gatherings, but the pledge was not put in writing and the board was not swayed. Continued community opposition from elected officials such as state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and area civic groups proved to be too much for the SLA to ignore in making its decision. Those representatives, including Addabbo and Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D-Sunnyside), who have rallied against the Knockdown Center for the last six months, applauded the SLA’s decision.

“I would like to thank the State Liquor Authority for listening to the concerns my constituents and I had regarding the Knockdown Center,” Addabbo said in a statement later Tuesday afternoon. “This is a vital step in preserving residents’ quality of life and maintaining the needed level of neighborhood safety.” Nolan called the decision a “great victory for our community and for many groups including Community Board 5, the 104th Precinct and the many Maspeth residents who expressed serious concer ns about this establishment.” Community Board 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri stopped short of calling the decision a victory, but he did thank the SLA for considering the community opposition. “I think the SLA was very responsive to the community’s concerns,” Arcuri said. “I think the next step is that we should work with the Economic Development Corporation to help the property owner continue the facility as an industrial site.” In addition to area opposition, Rosen also expressed uneasiness about the lack of latenight public transportation in the area around the Knockdown Center. The handful of buses that operate in the area don’t run often after midnight and it is a nearly one-mile walk to the closest subway station. According to a spokesman for Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village), she still supports the arts venue, but declined to comment on the SLA’s decision. “She continues to support the Knockdown Center as a cultural institution,” the statement read. “She believes that it is the responsibility of the SLA to decide whether or not to issue a liquor license, and defers to their judgment.” A request for comment from Myers was Q not answered by press time.

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WE PROVIDE CASH LOANS FOR AUTOS AND MOTORCYCLES! they treat everything like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said. In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, watches Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also offers instant cash an unassuming gold buying and cash loan shop on loans for jewelry and eBay selling services. Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 offer on her ring Their cash loans program is straightforward and from another area shop, but was looking to get a simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who better deal. In what may be viewed as poor business has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg acumen, she told her new prospective buyer what said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to her previous offer was. Still, after examining her buy their jewelry back before the end of the term. piece, he offered her $1,600. He did so, as he says, Sometimes these are people’s heirlooms we’re “...because that’s what it was worth.” talking about and we respect that.” The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for cash For those who are less Internet-savvy or just don’t in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying offers a convenient and Edward Goldberg can relate to firsthand, eBay sales service. If what a customer has isn’t an having been laid off from their jobs in jewelry item that Ice Jewelry Buying would purchase, like manufacturing. They understand that people get a handbag or antique furniture, they can help find into situations where they just need a little cash fast a buyer on their eBay store. Elias consults with the to make the bills and Ice Jewelry Buying Service customer to find a target price hopes to help out in the most STORE HOURS and let the Internet auctioneers honest way they can. handle the rest. “For this, I like to think we’re MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm For anyone who has ever doing the community a service,” SAT. 10am - 6pm SUN. by Appointment dealt with the hassle of selling Elias said. “We’re in the business of helping people who are in a tough icejewelrybuyingservice.com and shipping an item on eBay — all the forms involved in setting spot. They can come to our store up a user and paypal account, the 10-15 percent fee and know that we can educate them on what they that Ice Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is have and we’ll give them what their items are worth. really a bargain deal. When that woman told me her previous offer, it made “At the end of the day, I just want people to feel me wonder how many times this happens — how comfortable doing business with us. People have many people who really need that money get taken this conception of gold buying stores as these slimy advantage of?” places with slimy people, and they’re typically right. Elias opened his Rego Park shop with Goldberg But we want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to in 2009, and already they’re seeing a lot of repeat see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in their customers and referrals. This is a sign to them that counter for $800. We don’t do that.” they’re doing something right — the pawn business Ice Jewelr y Buying Ser vice is located at typically deals in one-time transactions but Elias is 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of operation determined to break that mold, building a reputation are Monday-Friday from 11 am to 7:00 pm and on trust. Saturday 10 am to 6 pm; Sunday – private “Everyone around here is buying gold these days; appoinments are available. Call for more information you can go into the barber shop down the road and Q (718) 830-0030. sell your jewelry. The problem with all these places is

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continued from page 18 remains nearly as unique as its founders’ about siblings not getting along well with immigration story. He is from Trinidad and Tobago. She is each other, one youngster got a laugh by from Guyana, where they met when they saying, “I think it’s just a phase.” And, with perhaps the most difficult were both 20, sharing a love of music. question of the day, one parent asked, They married in 1981 and moved to India, “How can we bridge the gap between our a dream of Bharati’s. They settled in ancestral culture and American culture?” Queens in 1990 and now live in South One student pointed to the academy as Ozone Park, near the academy, which a possible solution. “In Monday night opened at its current site in 2006. The school’s hallmark event, a major class,” she said, “we talk about this. production called Sangeet Sabha, featurWhere else am I going to learn about it?” Bharati Ramsamooj was pleased with ing over 200 students, will be brought the intergenerational give-and-take, say- back in October after a ten-year break. The East Indian Music Academy is ing afterward, “I think it was a meaningful discussion. So many wonderful located at 126-10 111 Ave. For more thoughts came out here. It is important to information, visit eima.us or call (718) Q 738-7836. set standards at an impressionable age.” More than 7,000 students have studied at the school si nce it was founded in the basement of the couple’s Richmond Hill home in the early 1990s. Of these, many have gone on to share their music with as many as 350 temples throughout New York City. Billed as the country’s f irst Indo- Car ibbean school to teach and present authentic Indian Amelia Singh, right, on harmonium being accompanied by m u s i c , t h e s c h o o l another student on tabla. PHOTO BY MARK LORD

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Suspect John Brew faces 48 charges A Howard Beach man was arraigned last week on charges that he sent a dozen stolen cars to be scrapped and raked in hundreds of dollars for himself, according to Queens DA Richard Brown. John Brew, 35, was arraigned last Friday on a criminal complaint charging him with 12 counts of fourth-degree grand larceny, 12 counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, 12 counts of first-degree falsifying business records and 12 counts of third-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle. According to the criminal charges, Brew allegedly delivered a total of twelve vehicles to Universal Scrap Processes and Gershow Recycling facilities between Feb. 4 and April 7 of this year for the purpose of having the vehicles crushed in exchanged for a sum of cash. In each case, Brew allegedly presented a New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Form, MV-35 — which is used to transfer a vehicle at least eight model years old and worth less then $1250 to a vehicle dismantler, itinerant vehicle col-

lector or certified scrap processor when the owner does not have the title — signed by him and listing himself as the vehicle owner. In addition, he provided a New York State driver’s license with his name and picture. In many cases, it is alleged that the vehicle’s ignition was broken and the plastic keyholder was placed back into position and a bogus Ford key was placed into the ignition to make it look like Brew had the key. Brew was allegedly paid $600 to $750 per vehicle. The twelve vehicles, which were reported stolen between February and April of this year, included two Dodge Caravans, model years 1993 and 1995, and ten Ford Econoline Vans with the model years ranging from 1998 through 2006. Brew, who faces up to four years in prison if convicted, was ordered held on $10,000 bail and to return to court on May 16. Brown said under state law, people can dispose of vehicles eight years or older without proof of title and criminals have been taking advantage of that loophole. Q

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Heavy rains are being blamed for Bowne Park Lake overflowing its banks last week, but parkgoers will continue to monitor the situation due to previous problems with drainage there. Parks Department spokesman Zachary Feder told the Chronicle on Tuesday that the unusually heavy rains clogged the pond’s drainage system, causing the f looding. Feder noted that his agency regularly cleans out the lines and also skims leaves off the surface to prevent clogging. “Our plumbers have been working to clear them, and today the lines are being pumped out by a sewer truck,” he said Tuesday. “With this work going on, the lake’s aerator pumps were temporarily turned off, which is why the pump tubing is floating. It will re-submerge once the pumps are turned back on.” The situation was brought to the attention of the Chronicle by Sharon Wohlgemuth, a regular parkgoer who lives near Bowne. She was concerned about the flooding as well as the possibility of algae forming again as it did two years ago. During the summer of 2012, Wohlgemuth noticed potentially toxic red tide algae in the pond. She contacted Parks and the Chronicle. The water’s two fountains were not working and the smelly, stagnant water was getting worse. Ducks and geese left. The city fixed the aeration system and flushed the system with cool water. Once the repairs were made, the two fountains were turned on and the algae disappeared. With those past concerns in mind, Wohlgemuth feared the worse last week. Now, she is

hopeful the situation will be rectified before the weather gets hot. “Then we worry about algae forming again,” she said. “They still have not cleaned out the bottom of the pond, because that’s where the decay comes from.” Wohlgemuth said she visited the park Tuesday and there were wood chips all over the path where the water flooded with a park worker trying to get them up with a stick. “It’s still a mess and I told him to use a broom, that he’d never get it up that way but he looked at me like I was crazy,” she added. Wanda Beck-Antosh, former president of the Bowne Park Civic Association, said the last time the lake flooded was about 16 years ago, “but this was A number 1,” she said. Last winter, a pipe burst in the Parks Department maintenance building, flooding the basement. While repairs were made and a new furnace installed, no staff member could be stationed there, which may have affected refuse pickup in the park. But Beck-Antosh said the park is not kept up as it should be, though she didn’t blame it all on Parks. “More people are using it and they are careless,” she said. “People need to be taught not to litter, that the park is a place to be proud of.” Beck-Antosh added that the community is not as involved as it used to be either. “The neighbors don’t do anything. In the past, they would pick up litter and bottles, but not anymore,” she said. The nearly 12-acre park is bordered by 29th and 32nd avenues and 155th and 159th streets. It was named after Walter Bowne, the city’s 59th mayor, who served from 1828 to Q 1832. His summer house was on the site.

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Accident causes massive delays; MTA blames faulty track corridor by Tess McRae Associate Editor

A Manhattan-bound F train derailed south of the 65th Street station in Woodside last Friday, resulting in about 1,000 passengers having to climb through an emergency gate. “Firefighters came and got us out of an emergency exit and we got out through that,” Danielle Ash, who was on her way to work in Manhattan, said. “They had us sitting there for a little bit but they got us out expeditiously and, as you can see, people are just trying to find an alternative way to get to the city.” According to passengers, the train began picking up speed and suddenly came to a stop. “It was really quick,” one passenger said. “We pulled off, picked up speed and then we stopped. No one thought anything of it until we had been sitting there for a while.” The MTA reports the train derailed around 10:30 a.m. but passengers were not removed from it until 11:30 a.m. “It was a little smoky down there and there were a couple of people having asthma attacks because they had been working themselves up,” Ash said. “The conductor was saying to stay calm and at first he said he didn’t know what happened but then told us it had been derailed. “People were just concerned that it was hot, they wanted to get out and get where they need to be.”

Firefighters tend to an older woman after pulling her out of an emergency gate after an F train PHOTO BY RICK MAIMAN derailed last Friday morning. It was not until some time after the incident that the MTA revealed a break in the rail was suspected for the derailment. All cars except the first and last broke free of the rails on an express track. The

area where the F train derailed is within one of five “critical rail break” zones that are slated for replacement in 2015 at the earliest. The corridor of weak tracks runs along the Queens Boulevard line between 50th

Street and 71st Street-Continental Avenue in Forest Hills. According to the MTA, there were 205 broken rails between 2005 and 2012 in the Queens trouble zone. Improvements the agency is looking to implement include welding tracks together. The majority of train tracks in the city are bolted together. Ten people were transported to Elmhurst Medical Center for minor injuries and nine others were treated on-site for bumps and bruises. There were also reports of several people su f fe r i ng f rom pa n ic at t a ck s wh i le underground. Ash, who rides the F train on a regular basis, added that the train was moving rapidly but not at a pace that seems out of the ordinary. It has not yet been determined if the train was speeding. Delays lasted through the weekend and shuttle buses transported straphangers to and from the Queensbridge station on Saturday and Sunday. Transit officers were on hand directing riders to shuttles and answering questions. According to the MTA, trains will not run on the express line where the break happened until the track has been properly Q repaired.

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Lindenwood flood may be due to facility failure continued from page 5 Rockwood Park Jewish Center Cantor Shuie Samuels, who lives at 78th Street and 156th Avenue, said his basement was flooded. Samuels said the flooding came because of backups from sewers that hadn’t been cleaned since Sandy. “I had to walk through the water just to get to my house,” said Samuels. Faye Rapinsky, who lives on 82nd Street and 151st Avenue, had a flood in her basement that affected her appliances and furniture. She said the water started coming in at 7 p.m. and her pump couldn’t handle it. “This is like Sandy,” she said. “The sewers are the problem.” Steve Gianiotis, whose family owns a home on 149th Avenue, said they were still assessing damage as the water was being pumped out by a commercial contractor. He laid much of the blame on the failure of the city to prioritize sewer upgrades. “[Politicians] work on airport noise all the time,” he said. “Let me tell you — we’ve been living with airport noise. We can’t live with what’s going on right here. What if this water has been infected by sewage?” But several DEP sources said the sewer system is not an issue in the neighborhood and up until last week, the flooding problem was specific to certain homes and not neighborhood-wide. Richard Hedrick and his family had all

the water out and had begun cleaning by late Thursday morning. The high-water mark in his garage reached about 20 inches. “We’ve been flooded three times,” he said. “This was the worst.” No injuries or any serious structural damage were reported, though most residents were planning to rip out paneling, drywall and insulation immediately. Perez was in the process of moving destroyed furniture out to the curb. But he said other losses were greater. “Christmas ornaments; a box of all the things my son has done or made over the years that we were planning on giving him when he gets married; family photos; Halloween decorations,” he listed. Bleiweiss said items for her daughter’s wedding were still inside in a room they had not yet been able to get into because of all the debris in the garage. Charlie Magiaricina of 149th Avenue said he only had about an inch due to modifications he made to his home a few years ago after sewage backed up into it from a previous storm. “I capped the sewer line in my driveway and added a dry well,” he said. “I removed a toilet from the basement and capped that. My neighbors had a lot of f looding last night, but I was okay.” Local officials, including Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) and Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park),

attended a status update last Thursday with agencies outside of a city Office of Emergency Management mobile command center. Goldfeder, in a statement issued by his office, said there must be a two-pronged response. “Our first priority is to ensure that every family is safe and that homes are secure,” he said. “Sandy should have been a call to action to invest in our aging sewer infrastructure and yet families will have to suffer with more losses and recovery. Once again, it took a major storm to demonstrate that our infrastructure is not prepared to deal with rising floodwaters.” State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said it was clear to him that the problem wasn’t just the rain. “When Lindenwood gets more floodwater than Hamilton Beach, other parts of Howard Beach and Broad Channel, you know something is wrong,” he said. “I urge all governmental agencies, specifically NYC DEP, to quickly find out what went wrong and how it’s going to be fixed.” Nancy Silvestri, an OEM spokeswoman, said the office will continue assessing damage, coordinating the efforts of the various city departments, utility companies and relief agencies, and connecting residents with necessary services. Ulrich’s office said residents who suffered damage can file claims electronically

DEP crews work to drain floodwaters in LindenPHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON wood last Thursday. through City Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office at comptroller.nyc.gov/forms-n-rfps/ filing-claims/. Failing infrastructure aside, Wednesday’s storm was a record-breaker. Joe Pollina, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said the storm that went into early Thursday morning was an extensive one. “It struck most of the eastern seaboard; we had reports of flooding as far down as the Florida panhandle,” he said. The system dropped 5.43 inches of rain on LaGuardia Airport and 4.96 at JFK. He said there was an unconfirmed report from Queens of 6 inches. The totals made WednesQ day the 10th rainiest day in city history. Domenick Rafter contributed to this article.

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Scott Ensling’s piece “Cheap Thrills” is one of several works featured in “A Colorful Expression of Mind.”

C OL OR F U L M I N D S QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHOWCASES ART AND MENTAL HEALTH by Tess McRae and eventually the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she studied fashion illustration. “Then I got sick,” she said. Many psychologists find art to be a highly beneficial and soothing activity people, like Isaac, who suffers from severe mental illness, can partake in. It provides a constructive outlet for them to unleash their feelings and views of the world while creating something beautiful at the same time.

Venture House, a community center for adults with mental illness where Isaac spends most of her time, has partnered with Queensborough Community College to feature a number of its clients’ artwork in the school’s gallery. “A Colorful Expression of Mind” grew out of a QCC Academic Service-Learning Project — a special program that partners students with community groups in their final year of college. The goal is for the two separate parties to develop almost a symbiotic relationship and foster programs around the borough. The exhibition was the result of pairing Venture House with senior nursing students. “A Colorful Expression of Mind” is not a large collection; only a dozen or so pieces are mounted on a brick wall. But both the staff and the clients of Venture House were rightfully proud enough of the work that had been produced that size didn’t matter. Continuedonon page continued page 47

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Sometimes Paula Isaac is convinced her apartment is going to explode. She’ll grab Stinky, the teddy bear her daughter gave to her, and go out into the city, often late at night. She can be gone for as little as a few hours or as long as several days, staying in bars to keep warm and sleeping on concrete. “I never drink,” Isaac said of her time spent in bars. “I just have sodas.” She speaks unashamedly of these nights when she fears staying in her own home. She chats about it using the same casualness one might use speaking of a bad knee that flares up every once in a while. It’s just something that happens. While Isaac is shaky in other parts of her life, painting has always made sense. “I started when I was real little in Trinidad,” she said. “I had to be 3 years old and I was drawing.” When her family came to America, her skills flourished at the High School of Art and Design

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High School to Art School Spring Exhibition, Queens Council on the Arts, 37-11 35 Ave., Astoria, Sat., May 10, 2-4 p.m. Free. queenscouncilarts.org.

Mother’s Day fun & plant sale, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, Sun., May 11, 12-4 p.m. Children’s activity table free with Garden admission. Contact: (718) 886-3800, dhector@ queensbotanical.org.

Artworks by Abdias Nascimento, Queens College’s Godwin-Ternbach Museum, works by the Brazilian artist, author, playwright and senator, 405 Klapper Hall, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, through June 21. Free.

Turkish cooking class, Turkish Cultural Center, 43-49 45 St., Sunnyside, Wed., May 14, 7-9:30 p.m. Call: (718) 482-8263.

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Queens Secret Improv Club, Queens’ only allimprov comedy theater, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Indie teams: Wed. & Thurs. 7, 8 & 9 p.m., $5. House teams: Fri., 7:30, 8:30 & 9:30 p.m., $7 for the whole night. Info: secrettheatre.com.

MUSIC Musica Reginae 2nd Annual Composers’ Forum, The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills, Sat., May 10, 7:30 p.m. Info/tickets: musicareginae.org. 3rd Annual Queens New Music Festival, Queens Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City, Fri.Sun., May 16-18. All-access festival passes, $50; one-day $30; single performance tickets $20. Info: queensmusicfestival.org.

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Annual Spring Concert, Oratorio Society of Queens, Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Sun., May 18, 4 p.m. $30, $25 students/seniors, $10 children 12-under (with an adult). Info: (718) 279-3006, QueensOratorio.org. Peter LaRosa performs Broadway, presented by Sisterhood of Bayside Jewish Center, 203-05 32 Ave., Mon. May 19, 2:30 p.m. Call: (718) 352-7900.

DANCE Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St., Suite #301, Long Island City, Take Root with Sunhwa Chung/ Ko-Ryo Dance Theater, a studio presentation, Fri.-Sat., May 16-17, 8-10 p.m. $15. Contact: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org/takeroot. html. Fertile Ground New Works Showcase, Sun., May 18, 7-9 p.m. New works showcase for emerging and established artists. $10. Contact: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org/tickets.html.

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“Night Must Fall,” a thriller, Douglaston Community theater Company, Zion Church Parish Hall, 243-01 Northern Blvd., Fri., Sat. at 8 p.m., May 9, 10, 16, 17; Sat., May 10 at 2 p.m. $17 adults, $15 students/seniors. Call (718) 482-3332. Special benefit for Zion Church, Thurs., May 15; wine & hors d’oeuvres, 7 p.m.; performance at 8 p.m. $25 pp. Info/reservations: (718) 225-0466, zion11363@ aol.com.

Shell shocked — Queens County Bird Club will hold a presentation on threatened and endangered bird species at Alley Pond Environmental Center, Wed., May 21. “Mexico en Primavera,” Thalia Spanish Theatre, with Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, thru May 18, Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 4 p.m. $35, $32 students & seniors, Fridays all tickets only $30. Info/tickets: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

LECTURES Drinking History: A Pint of the Past, Beer & Home Brewing in 19th Century New York, King Manor Museum, 150-30 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, Sun., June 29, 3 p.m. Free, reservations required. Contact: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13, programs@kingmanor.org, kingmanor.org/events.

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DJ classes, Mainline, 218-12 Hillside Ave., Queens Village, 1st & 2nd week of every month started in April. Once a week, four sessions, classes in beat mixing and MC techniques. Call: (718) 479-4848. Regents review classes, Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72 St. Register for June classes in: integrated algebra, geometry, global history & geography, living environment/biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, U.S. history & government, algebra 1, algebra 2/trig. Contact: (718) 335-6049, between 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

KIDS/TEENS LP FAM’s youth basketball program, Queens Transition Center, 142-10 Linden Blvd., South Ozone Park, every Sat., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Boys/girls, ages 8-16. Contact: Mike Glasgow (917) 442-0479.

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After-School Environmental Science Enrichment Program, Eastern Queens Alliance, Idlewild Park Preserve Environmental Science Learning Center, 149-20 Springfield Lane, Rosedale. Ten-week series of hands-on science workshops focusing on wetland and estuaries meets Mon., Wed., Fri., 3:30-5 p.m., thru June 14. Ages 8-12, $8 per session, $21 per week. Contact: (347) 824-2301, info@easternqueensalliance.org or eqa-ippc.com/science-in-the-park.html.

Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced with demonstration. Call: (718) 969-1128.

Drama workshop, Poppenhusen Institute, 114-04 14th Rd., College Point, Sat., thru June 28, 10-11:30 a.m., ages 8-12 with instructor Lisa LaGrande. Free, pre-registration required. Contact: (718) 358-0067.

Defensive driving course, St. Mel’s Church, 2615 154 St., Flushing, Sat., May 10, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $45 pp. Info/register: (631) 360-9720.

Boy Scout Troop #119, St. Margaret’s Parish Hall, 79 Place off Juniper Valley Rd., Middle Village, meets every Tues., 7:15-9 p.m. New members welcome.

“Godspell,” St. Gregory the Great, open cast call, ages 16-40+ years. Wed., May 14, 7-9 p.m., Oak Room, St. Gregory Church, 242-20 88 Ave., Bellerose. Thurs., May 8, 7-9 p.m., convent basement, 8819 Cross Island Pkwy. Prepare a 16 bar musical selection and oneminute monologue. Dance skills will be auditioned.

Subway Series fundraiser, to benefit Queens Community House, Modell’s Clubhouse at CitiField, 123-01 Roosevelt Ave., Corona, Thurs., May 15, 7 p.m. $250 pp. Guests get to watch the game inches from the field, along the warning track in right field. Tickets: queenscommunityhouse.org. Jamaica Bay Ecology Cruise, 3-hour narrated tour of Jamaica Bay led by Don Riepe, on the Golden Sunshine, from Pier 4 in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Sat., May 17, 4 p.m. $55 pp, includes wine, cheese, fruit & snacks. Contact: (718) 474-0896, littoralsociety.org. Periodontal disease seminar, Steinway Family Dental, 35-20 Steinway St., Astoria, Sun., May 18, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Diagnosing, understanding and treating periodontal disease. RSVP: (718) 728-3314. Highway to Health festival, South Street Seaport, Fulton St., between Water & South Sts., Manhattan, Sun., May 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. HealthCorps Highway to Health festival showcases neighborhood resources and promotes healthy lifestyle & benefits. Contact: (212) 742-2875, healthcorps.org. Queens County Bird Club, presentation on threatened and endangered bird species at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, Wed. May 21, 8 p.m. Free, light refreshments served. Info: qcbirdclub.org. World’s Fair Train Show, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, Sat.-Mon., May 24-26, 10 a.m.-5.p.m. Free with general admission. Watch model trains through a display which includes a mini World’s Fair Unisphere. Contact: (718) 886-3800, education@queensbotanical.org.

COMMUNITY River Sweep at Powell’s Cove Park, College Point, Sat., May 10, 1-3 p.m. Meet at 137th St. & 11th Ave., enter park via dirt path and proceed to shoreline. Free. Gloves, bags & Starbucks coffee, free T-shirts provided. It’s My Park Day — Clement Moore Homestead Park, 45th Ave. & Broadway, Elmhurst, Saturday, May 17, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Give the park some TLC, bring a paint roller & pan if you have one, wear old clothing. Info: (917) 396-1310. Doggie boot camp, Crocheron Park, Bayside, every Sat. thru Oct., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. dogschoolny.com.

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Barbara Cook brings classic Broadway to Queens by Mark Lord

... and some we hope are funny.” Of today’s music, Cook conceded, “Some Few performers have ever shined as long or of it’s fun.” But the lyric soprano, known as as brightly as Barbara Cook, who will be making much for her way with the words of a song as an all too rare local appearance in concert at for the lilt in her voice, lamented that in many Colden Auditorium as the closing show for the newer songs, “The lyric doesn’t seem to matKupferberg Center for the ter very much. It doesn’t Arts 2013-14 season at give me much to work Queens College. with.” Early on, Cook estabSo, in her upcoming lished herself as the origishow, she’ll be sticking When: Saturday, May 10, 8 p.m. nal Marian in Broadway’s mostly to classics includWhere: Colden Auditorium classic musical, “The Music ing “Cheek to Cheek,” Queens College Man,” as well as a string of “I’ve Got the World on a 65-30 Kissena Blvd., other ingenue roles. She String,” and “More Than Flushing eventually turned her talYou Know,” the kind of Tickets: $45 to $69 ents loose in clubs and songs her base of fans concert halls. Now, well tend to expect of her. kupferbergcenter.org into her 80s, she’s still at it A Tony Award winner and has added a new layer and a Kennedy Center to her voice. Honoree, Cook will be “I’ve made it jazzier,” she said, in a tele- saluted next month by the prestigious Drama phone conversation last week. League in recognition of her contributions to The new style is perhaps, as some have musical theater. noted, in keeping up with the darker quality For a woman who has seen and done so that time has visited upon her instrument. much throughout her lifetime, Cook tends to Cook said her latest program consists of find the simplest explanations for everything. “mostly songs that people know ... standards continued on page 49 00 continued qboro contributor

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‘Allegro’ given second chance to shine in Astoria by Mark Lord

Choreographer Christine O’Grady has so closely interwoven the dances into the action that it sometimes The composer Richard Rodgers once said, “Of all the becomes difficult to distinguish her work from Wojtunik’s. musicals I ever worked on that didn’t quite succeed, ‘AlleMusical director Julianne B. Merrill oversees the nearly gro’ is one I think most worthy of a second chance.” uninterrupted flow of melodies with precision. Rodgers would likely have been pleased with the curWhile no songs from the show emerged as huge hits, rent incarnation of the rarely seen several are deserving of wider recmusical by the Astoria Performing ognition. “A Fellow Needs a Girl” is Arts Center, which maintains its traa poignant reminder of the human dition of presenting shows that are need for companionship and supWhen: Fri. at 8 p.m., too often overlooked. port, “So Far” reveals the thoughts Sat. at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., The third in the Rodgers and Hamof a young woman at the beginning through May 17 merstein collaborations, “Allegro” was of what she hopes will be a longWhere: Good Shepard seen as groundbreaking at the time of lasting relationship and “You Are United Methodist Church its Broadway premiere in 1947. Never Away” is a lilting paean to the 30-44 Crescent St., Astoria The show is often credited as the blissful state of being in love. Tickets: $18, $12 for seniors first “concept” musical, incorporating Mark Banik is appealing in the then-startling elements that have since central role of Joe, singing in a light apacny.org been more commonly employed, but pleasant voice. As his parents, including a thematic approach to stoDaniella Dalli and Andy Lebon are a rytelling and an ensemble that serves as a Greek chorus. well-matched pair. They make their duet, “A Fellow The show tracks the journey of Joseph Taylor, Jr., from Needs a Girl,” one of the show’s most tender moments. birth to age 35, as he travels from the tranquility of his Dalli’s solo rendition of “Come Home,” in which she small hometown to the hectic din of big city life. beckons her son to return to his roots, is touching. Director Tom Wojtunik has staged the production so Manna Nichols displays a pretty voice as Emily, who eventhat one scene evolves seamlessly into another. Simple set tually captures Joe’s heart. She does justice to “So Far,” tradipieces are rearranged by the actors themselves to indicate tionally sung by a different character, and takes on her lateeach of the show’s locations. night number, “The Gentleman Is a Dope,” with assurance. qboro contributor

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Mark Banik and Crystal Kellogg in “Allegro.”

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Crystal Kellogg does a nice job as Jennie, Joe’s childhood sweetheart, though Tony Perry is miscast as her father. Jean Liuzzi makes for a memorable grandma. Joshua Stenseth is appropriately energetic as Joe’s college roommate Charlie. The set design by Stephen K. Dobay, costumes by Summer Lee Jack, sound by David A. Thomas and, especially, the evocative lighting by Dan Jobbins all contribute to the Q show’s nostalgic feel.

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QCC and Venture House: the art of collaboration continued from page page 00 41 continued from Some pieces are funny, some sad and others dreamlike. Isaac’s work in particular is a clear standout, though artists including Kim Young-Yandoli and Lois Anderson also produced stellar work. “I thought they’d put up more than one,” she said, frowning slightly. “I submitted two.”

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Tuesday to Sunday, through June 29 Where: QCC Art Gallery 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside Website: qcc.cuny.edu/ artgallery

The 57-year-old cites Norman Rockwell as her No. 1 inspiration. “He’s just amazing, he’s the absolute best,” she said. Though only one of her pieces — a view of the smoking deck at Venture House — was featured, Isaac carries a portfolio of all her paintings and readily shows them off to anyone willing to listen and look. Despite her featured work, Isaac paints mostly por traits based on old family photos, memories and wishes. “I don’t see my family much but I have love for them,” she said with a melancholy tone, tracing her fingers across a painting of her daughter. The opening night of the exhibit was generally a happy affair. “There are so many stigmas about mental health and we want to show people that they are human beings who deserve to be treated the way anyone else would,” Venture House Executive

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Paula Isaac’s untitled oil painting of a Kim Young-Yandoli’s sculptures “Vase Face” and “Paperweight Face.” smoking balcony. PHOTOS BY TESS MCRAE Director David Lehmann said. “What’s so great about this is their illnesses aren’t at the center of this.

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She chalks up her longevity in life and as a performer to good genes, crediting them for giving her “the energy to do what I do,” adding that “I love doing it.” With all her experience on stage, her one admission might take some by surprise: “I get a little nervous” before every performance. She said she does nothing special to preserve her voice, long recognized for its crystal clarity. “I’m careful of keys, especially now. If it hurts, I don’t do it,” she said. Asked how her life’s path has measured up to the dreams she had as a little girl growing up in Atlanta, she said simply, “I didn’t really dream. I just wanted the world to let me sing.” As an entertainer, Cook has traveled across America and around the world, from Europe to the Far East. “I was in China before it opened up,” she said. “I was in Russia when Gorbachev was in power. Very interesting.” In 2004, she suffered a personal loss when her long-time musical director Wally Harper passed away. “In the beginning, it was very difficult,” she said. “I miss him terribly even now.

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We talk about him every single day.” For the past few years, Cook has found continued success with her new musical director, Ted Rosenthal, who will be accompanying her in the upcoming Queens College concert. What goes through Cook’s head as she sings? “Strong memories,” she said. “I try to live them again.” And as she relives moments from her past, she takes her audiences right along Q with her.

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Stone and rock cutting is largely a lost art in America today. In Italy it is a respected trade that has consisted of hard work with one’s hands, passed down over the centuries from one generation to the next. Stone cutter Pasquale Fasolino, born in Gaeta, Italy in 1886, arrived in the United States in 1905 aboard the SS Citta di Napoli, which made trips from Naples to the United States. Formerly the SS Republic, the ship had been reconfigured to carry 1,424 steerage passengers, for immigration. Fasolino brought the trade to Queens, locating his offices at 48-15 Laurel Hill Blvd., next to St John’s, Calvary and New Calvary cemeteries, to serve the Roman Catholic Italians who would be interring their loved ones there. He lived at 43-15 52 St. in Woodside with his wife, Maria, and six their children. He also had a Middle Village office, originally numbered 29 Weisse Ave. but changed by the city in 1931 to 66-56 80 St. The success of the company was largely due to the fact that all six children worked in

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Although the Toronto Raptors had a better regular season record than the Brooklyn Nets, the conventional thinking for the playoffs was that the experienced Nets would have their way with the youthful Raptors, whose fortunes rested on two fine players, forward DeMar DeRozan and guard Kyle Lowry. The Nets managed to slip by the Raptors but it was by the skin of their teeth, as they needed all seven games to do so. Their 104-103 nailbiting win in Sunday’s deciding Game 7 in Toronto typified the whole series. The Raptors had the ball, and a very good chance of winning the game and the playoff round with six seconds to go, thanks to the Nets’ inability to make an inbounds pass, a problem for them all season long. To the Nets’ credit, they played great defense when it counted, as Paul Pierce prevented Kyle Lowry from launching a shot. No one could have been more relieved with the Nets escaping the first round of the playoffs victorious than their general manager, Billy King. Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov was furious with King last year at this time after the team dropped a seven-game series to the Chicago Bulls, as the feeling around the NBA was that the Nets were soft. Nets head coach PJ Carlesimo was fired the next day. King knew that he would be next on

the chopping block unless he did something dramatic. On the night of the 2013 NBA Draft he traded three future first-round picks as well as some deadweight on the Nets roster to the Boston Celtics for aging veterans Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry, who would later be dealt to the Sacramento Kings. Next up for the Nets are the two-time defending NBA champion Miami Heat. Coming into this season the Nets had lost 13 straight games to LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Co. The importing of Garnett and Pierce paid off immediately, as the Nets won all four games with the Heat this season, albeit three were by a point and the other game went into double overtime. In short, the regular season is not very indicative of the playoffs, particularly when you’re talking about the Heat. Nets head coach Jason Kidd was fined $25,000 by the NBA for criticizing the officiating in Game 5 to the media afterwards. If he thinks his team got the short end of the calls against the Raptors, just wait for the Heat. Superstars such as James and Wade always get calls in their favor that regular Joes in the NBA don’t. NBA “follow the money” conspiracy theorists will point out that no team draws better national and international TV ratings and Q sells more merchandise than the Heat do. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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Notice of formation of CEMA, LLC Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 1/30/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Fang Zhou, 40-50 192nd Street, Flushing, NY 11358. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice is hereby given that license #1277850 has been applied by the undersigned to sell alcohol at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 70-28A Austin Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375 for on-premises consumption. LUKAKILA CAFÉ INC. d/b/a AUSTIN PUBLIC HOUSE

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MARMINA TAXI LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/26/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 1720 Linden St., #1R, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of 77TH STREET REALTY GROUP LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/22/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: the LLC, 60-53 Woodhaven Blvd. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: GEORGETOWN APARTMENTS JAMAICA NY LLC. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/8/13. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the registered agent at 9020 169th St., Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: NYC POMMES FRITES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/15/14. 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 c/o UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: AMERICAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/18/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: the LLC, 61-11 159th Street, 1st Floor, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC. Arts. of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/19/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 136-19 Franklin Ave, Ste 6A Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: any lawful act.

ONE BUTTON LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/10/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Todd V. Lamb, Esq., 424 W. 49th St., Ste. 4B, NY, NY 10019. General Purpose.

Notice of Formation of SURLAK TAXI, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/1/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Lakhwinder Singh, 82-01 255th St., Floral Park, NY 11004. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Big National LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/14/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Llubica Janjic, 69-55 Juno St., Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful activity.

Jung & Yoo, CPA PLLC Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 3/19/14. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 213-41 38th Ave, Bayside, NY 11361. Purposes: Public Accountancy.

Notice of Formation of Pushing Strings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/26/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 175-31 Devonshire Road, Jamaica Estates, NY 11432. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: URGENT TOV DRUGS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/26/14. The latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2114. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Kalb & Rosenfeld P.C., 283 Commack Road, Commack, New York 11725. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

PROJECT : Kosciuszko Bridge Project COUNTY: Kings MAP NO. 125, PARCEL NO. 177 TAKE NOTICE THAT PURSUANT TO EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURE LAW NOTICE is hereby given that there were filed in the office of the Department of Transportation on the 12th day of DECEMBER, 2013, description and original tracing of a map, together with a certificate as to the accuracy thereof, of property which the Commissioner of Transportation deemed necessary to be acquired, immediately for purposes connected with the project identified above that; there was filed in the office of the QUEENS County City Register on the 26th day of MARCH, 2014, a copy of such description and map, whereupon the appropriation by the State of the property described in such description and map became complete and the title to such property vested in the People of the State of New York. Description and map of property which the Commissioner of Transportation deems necessary to be acquired by appropriation in the name of the People of the State of New York for purposes connected with the highway system of the State of New York pursuant to Section 30 of the Highway Law and the Eminent Domain Procedure Law. There is excepted from this appropriation all the right, title and interest, if any, of the United States of America, in or to said property. That the following is a description of such property, to wit: PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES A permanent easement to be exercised in, on and over the property above delineated for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing and maintaining thereon a State Highway, together with such bridges and other facilities in connection therewith as may be deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Transportation in and to all that piece or parcel of property designated as Parcel No. 177, as shown on the accompanying map and described as follows: Parcel No. 177 Beginning at a point (P.O.B.), as shown on the accompanying map, and being 165.244 meters (542.14 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the project baseline, hereinafter designated Baseline, at Station 11+574.181; 1. Thence running northwesterly, N47º54’27”W, a distance of 6.464 meters (21.21 feet) to a point, said point being 161.818 meters (53O.90 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 11+568.700; 2. Thence running northeasterly, N41º44’00”E, a distance of 38.030 meters (124.77 feet) to a point, said point being 129.445 meters (424.69 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 11+588.658; 3. Thence running southeasterly, S48º08’22”E, a distance of 6.791 meters (22.28 feet) to a point, said point being 133.022 meters (436.42 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 11+594.431; 4. Thence running southwesterly, S42º13’33”W, a distance of 38.057 meters (124.86 feet) to the point of BEGINNING. Containing 252.1± square meters (2.714± square feet) or 0.03± hectares (0.0623± acres). RESERVlNG, however, to the owner of any right, title or interest in and to the property above delineated, and such owner’s successors or assigns, the right of access and the right of using said property and such use shall not be further limited or restricted under this easement beyond that which is necessary to effectuate its purposes for, and established by, the construction or reconstruction and as so constructed or reconstructed, the maintenance, of the herein identified project. The above mentioned survey baseline is a portion of the 2002 survey baseline (NAD 83/96) for the Kosciuszko Bridge Project as shown on a map and plan on file in the Office of the State Department of Transportation and described as follows: BEGINNING at Station 10+000; thence N34º02’25.1”E, a distance of 126.225 meters (414.12 feet) to Station 10+126.225; thence N59º21’10.6”E, a distance of 135.614 meters (444.93 feet) to Station 10+261.839; thence N55º07’32.4”E, a distance of 143.736 meters (471.57 feet) to Station 10+405.575; thence N71º11'26.1”E, a distance of 111.137 meters (364.62 feet) to Station 10+516.712; thence N66º00’27.9”E, a distance of 123.498 meters (405.18 feet) to Station 10+640.211; thence N75º13'5.9”E, a distance of 158.152 meters (518.87 feet) to Station 10+798.363; thence N65º09’02.3”E, a distance of 139.153 meters (456.54 feet) to Station 10+937.516; thence N25º18’37.7”W, a distance of 136.381 meters (447.44 feet) to Station 11+073.897; thence N14º32’03.9”W, a distance of 140.898 meters (462.26 feet) to Station 11+214.795; thence N48º49’39.9”E, a distance of 201.062 meters (659.65 feet) to Station 11+415.857; thence N76º39’17.5”E, a distance of 100.036 meters (328.20 feet) to Station 11+515.893; thence S79º55’15.1”E, a distance of 108.092 meters (354.63 feet) to Station 11+623.985; thence N42º53’07.0”E, a distance of 189.402 meters (621.40 feet) to Station 11+813.387; thence N24º39’57:0”E, a distance of 198.402 meters (650.92 feet) to Station 12+011.789; thence N23º27’01.6”E, a distance of 156.445 meters (513.27 feet) to Station 12+168.234; thence N34º47’31.5”E, a distance of 157.648 meters (517.22 feet) to Station 12+325.882; thence N27º38’14.0”W, a distance of 79.947 meters (262.29 feet) to Station 12+405.829; thence N67º32’38.6”W, a distance of 114.424 meters (375.41 feet) to Station 12+520.253; thence N48º04’04.9”W, a distance of 143.637 meters (471.25 feet) to Station 12+663.890. 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Alan Friedman passes away He led New York Hall of Science for 22 years by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

Alan J. Friedman, 72, who ran the New York Hall of Science for 22 years and has been called its savior, died Sunday of pancreatic cancer in Manhattan. The hands-on science museum in Flushing Meadows Park was designed for the 1964-65 World’s Fair and had fallen into disuse when Friedman was hired to revitalize it in 1984. He is credited with not only doing that but giving the institution credence. The hall’s current president and CEO Margaret Honey offered the following statement on Wednesday: “If not for Alan Fr ied man, there would be no Hall of Science. When Alan arrived in 1984, the museum had been closed for three years. Renovations and fundraising were stalled. The city was suggesting it would be better to move the hall to Manhattan. Alan arrived, and everything changed. He turned the Hall of Science into a place that emphasized education and visitor participation above all else. He had a vision for what the hall could be. We owe him so much.” During his tenure the museum’s attendance rose from zero to 447,000 visitors

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a year, and it featured more than 450 exhibits. Friedman headed a $13 million expansion in 1996, installed a science playground, restored the Rocket Park and added a $92 million wing in 2006. Friedman retired in 2006 to become an advisor and consultant to museums and universities throughout the world.

Before coming to the museum, he served for two years in Paris as conseiller scientifique et museologique for the Cite des Sciences et de l’Industrie. Prior to that, from 1973 to 1984, he was director of astronomy and physics at the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley He also taught at Hiram College in Ohio from 1969 to 1974. The for mer hall director was the recipient of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Award for Public Understanding of Science, the Association of Science-Technology Centers’ Fellow Award and the American Institute of Physics’ Gemant Award. The American Association of Museums named him to its centennial honor roll in 2006. Friedman was a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology and received his Ph.D. from Florida State University. Born in Brooklyn, he moved with his family as a young child to Georgia. Surviving are his wife, Mickey and a sister, June Entman. T he Hall of Science will hold a memor ial ser v ice somet i me i n the Q future.

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