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Residents of Howard Beach and Ozone Park: Get used to this. Due to repairs on a runway at JFK Airport, planes will be flying closer to homes in the two neighborhoods.

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Most New Yorkers oppose bag fee: poll Bill supporters affirm their stance on 10-cent charge for shoppers

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majority of New Yorkers are against a bill that would place a 10-cent fee on shopping bags at supermarkets and other stores, a poll released last week stated.

The NBC4 New York/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll found that 63 percent of city residents are against the legislation, with people of most backgrounds being in the no column.

The poll grouped Queens and Staten Island residents together in its borough breakdown of the statistics. Between the two boroughs, 66 percent of those questioned said they do not support the bill.

Manhattan was the only borough to have a majority of residents support the measure.

There, 51 percent said it was a good idea.

People across most racial, economic, religious and political spectrums are against the bill — with blacks having the largest percentage of those against the measure, 74 percent.

A majority of Protestant, Catholic and Jewish residents polled are against the bill, but 52 percent of those who said they have “no religion” are for it, according to the poll.

For Queens Council members who oppose the bill, the poll shows why it would be a bad idea to make residents pay the fee. Most shoppers would be charged a dime for each bag

A majority of city residents are against a proposal to place a 10-cent fee on plastic bags at supermarkets and other stores, a poll released last week showed. Proponents of the bill argue it would decrease the number of bags that end up in landfills. FILE PHOTO used, with the stores keeping the money.

Though designed to reduce the use of plastic bags, to protect the environment, the fee also would be charged for paper bags. It is before the Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management.

“This poll confirms what I’ve been hearing from my constituents, small business

owners and other New Yorkers for months,” Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said in an emailed statement. “Local residents already pay enough in high taxes, utilities, and skyrocketing water and sewer rates. Enacting additional taxes, fines and fees simply doesn’t make any sense.”

Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh

Meadows) said the poll is a reflection of how unaffordable living in the city is.

“Anything that would make life more unaffordable is something that the public definitely is not supportive of,” Lancman said. “I’m not surprised by the poll at all.”

Phil Konigsberg, a Bay Terrace resident and Community Board 7 member, said the fee would place a burden on handicapped people, such as himself.

“I rely heavily on them,” Konigsberg said.

He said that after using them to transport groceries, he often reuses the bags for other household tasks such as lining garbage cans.

Officials who support the bill, noting that plastic bags are an environmental hazard that end up becoming litter across the city, stood their ground despite the poll.

C ou n c i lwo m a n El i z a b e t h C r owley (D-Glendale) said in an email, “Each year, the city spends millions of dollars disposing of plastic bags that ultimately pollute our city’s sewers, rivers and landfills.

“The proposed plastic bag fee is a small contribution but could boost our long-term environmental sustainability, whether by encouraging the use of reusable bags or charging a small fee for plastic,” she added. “It’s up to us today to be proactive and adopt any measure that would make sure the next generation Q inherits a stronger city.”

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How To Get Rid of Knee Pain Once and For All...

Without Drugs, Shots or Surgery Now, in Howard Beach, NY, one doctor is helping local residents with knee pain live more active, pain-free lives.

Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience.

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

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

My name is Dr. Robert F. Gucciardo, D.C., owner of Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center.

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

If you’re suffering from these conditions, a new breakthrough in medical technology may completely eliminate your pain and help restore normal function to your knees.

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

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

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

It Promotes Rapid Healing of the Injured Tissues.

Before the FDA would clear the Class IV laser for human use, they wanted to see proof that it worked.

This lead to two landmark studies.

The fi rst study showed that patients who had laser therapy had 53 percent better improvement than those who had a placebo. The second study showed patients who used the laser therapy had less pain and more range of motion days after treatment. If the Class IV Laser can help these patients, it can help you too.

Could This Noninvasive, Natural Treatment Be the Answer to Your Knee Pain?

For 10 days only, I’m running a very special offer where you can find out if you are a candidate for cold laser therapy.

What does this offer include? Everything I normally do in my “Knee Pain Evaluation.” Just call before May 24, 2015 and here’s what you’ll get…

• An in-depth consultation about your problem where I will listen … really listen … to the details of your case.

• A complete neuromuscular examination.

• A full set of specialized X-rays to determine if arthritis is contributing to your pain (if necessary).

(If you have films please bring them for evaluation).

• A thorough analysis of your exam and X-ray findings so we can start mapping out your plan to being pain free.

• You’ll see everything firsthand and find out if this amazing treatment will be your pain solution, as it has been for so many other patients.

Until May 24, you can get everything I’ve listed here for only $37. The normal price for this type of evaluation including X-rays is $250, so you’re saving a considerable amount by taking me up on this offer.

Remember what it was like before you had knee problems – when you were pain free and could enjoy everything life had to offer. It can be that way again.

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

A new treatment is helping patients with knee pain live a happier, more active lifestyle.

Here’s what to do now: Due to the expected demand for this special offer, I urge you to call our office at once. The phone number is 718-845-2323.

Call today and we can get started with your consultation, exam and X-rays (if necessary) as soon as there’s an opening in the schedule. Our office is called Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center and you can fi nd us at 162-07 91st Street in Howard Beach. Tell the receptionist you’d like to come in for the Knee Evaluation before May 24.

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“Is this safe? Are there any side effects or dangers to this?”

The FDA cleared the first Class IV Laser in 2002.

This was after their study found 76 percent improvement in patients with severe pain. Their only warning – don’t shine it in your eyes.

Of course at our office, the laser is never anywhere near your eyes and we’ll give you a comfortable pair of goggles for safety.

Don’t wait and let your knee problems get worse, disabling you for life. Take me up on my offer and call today (718) 845-2323. For more information go to www.drgucciardo.com and click on the laser therapy tab.

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Planes to fly closer to Howard Beach and Ozone Park homes this summer

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Roger Gendron, the president of the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association, has been counting the number of planes that fly over his house during the course of the day.

At times, it’s two per minute.

“Our ability to relax in our own homes and our yards has been taken away by the excessive noise levels created by the jets constantly landing and taking off over us,” Gendron said in an open letter to the Federal Aviation Administration.

The problem is not isolated just to Hamilton Beach.

As the Port Authority prepares to close one of its runways, to make room for construction work to be done, flights will be redirected above the homes of thousands of South Queens residents.

Donna Gilmartin, Community Board 10’s JFK Committee chairwoman, said the increased noise for residents in Howard Beach and Ozone Park is part of a cycle that turns each time the bi-state agency does work on one of the runways.

“Each community kind of gets their turn with a lot of the planes coming in their direction,” Gilmartin, a South Ozone Park resident, said. “It’s just our turn this time.”

Runway 4L-22R is being expanded by

Look up in the sky! It’s a plane. It’s a really close plane. The low-flying crafts will become a common sight for South Queens residents over the next few months as flights are being rerouted PHOTO BY STEVE FISHER due to repairs to a runway at JFK Airport. the Port Authority so larger aircrafts can land on it, as required by federal law.

More than 700 feet of pavement will be added to its northern end and it will be widened from 150 feet to 200. The runway will officially be closed on June 1 until December, according to the Port Authority.

The airport’s other runways will be inundated with takeoffs and landings during that time.

But for some, including Gendron, the noise problem has already started.

“There is no excuse for any aircraft to fly so low that adults and children alike find it impossible to sleep,” Gendron exclaimed in

his open letter.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said he has received complaints from constituents about the increased aircraft noise.

“Whenever there’s any adjustments it directly affects my constituents,” Addabbo said.

But there is very little the senator can do, he added.

He said he’s been directing his constituents to bring their complaints to their federal representative.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens), who represents Howard Beach and parts of Ozone Park, said he has been speaking with the Port Authority and the FAA about the increased plane noise, but admitted it might be tough to mitigate the problem due to the number of flights coming in and out of JFK every day. JFK boasts that it serves more than 50 million travelers every year.

“JFK is one of the busiest airports in the world,” Jeffries said. “Given the importance of the airport in terms of travel, this is a complicated issue to try to resolve. But one we must be committed to so that the airport can be a good neighbor to the residents of Howard Beach, Ozone Park and other impacted communities.”

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HB-COP, Forum continue verbal war Publisher says chief’s past should ‘disqualify’ him from patrol duties

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

people on Facebook has called for a boycott of The Forum and its advertisers. Adams called the group “ridiculous.”

“As far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t really exist,” she said. “It’s a totally bogus, nonsensical thing.”

The boycott group had, as of press time, only had 66 members.

T he For u m’s p a ge h a s 6 48 members.

Adams and Thompson said they spoke over the phone after the story’s release, regarding the paper’s use of a photo that had Thompson’s children in it.

“That bothered me,” Thompson said of his children being in the picture that accompanied an editorial in the paper.

Adams said Thompson screamed at her over the phone and hung up.

For Adams, last week’s story might be the last time the issue is discussed in her paper unless something “news-related happens.”

Last week’s story was not The Forum’s first on the patrol.

Two weeks ago, Adams wrote a

The Howard Beach patrol and The Forum continued their verbal war last FACEBOOK IMAGE week. publisher’s note blasting the group for posting erroneous information regarding a robbery.

Thompson said he will continue patrolling Howard Beach streets until further notice. He had said he would disband the group after the

first Forum piece.

The patrol last week also faced skepticism for supposedly not filing all its paperwork with the NYPD to be sanctioned.

Thompson has denied that and Q said he has put in applications.

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Days after she faced backlash for printing a story on a criminal incident in the background of Howard Beach Civilian Observation Patrol President Joe Thompson, Forum Newsgroup Publisher Patricia Adams said on Wednesday she stands by what she wrote and that his past should preclude him from doing rounds of the neighborhood.

“It’s absolutely newsworthy that someone who wants to patrol these streets has a conviction for a sexualrelated offense,” Adams said in an interview. “That is something that is unacceptable and disqualifies a person despite their rehabilitation.”

Adams’ paper — a competitor of the Queens Chronicle — wrote about how Thompson 14 years ago pled guilty to promoting prostitution and enterprise corruption.

The paper immediately faced a backlash on Facebook from supporters of the volunteer patrol, who said the charges are not relevant to his community service today.

T hompson ad m it t ed to t he charges, telling the Chronicle he was providing money to a family member who was running an illegitimate escort service. He was given a conditional discharge and said he has not gotten in trouble with the law since.

“I haven’t gotten a parking ticket in 14 years,” Thompson said in an interview.

The patrol leader, a former auxiliary police officer, said if he thought the charge would be a problem when starting the patrol in August, he wouldn’t have founded it.

“I knew some day I’d be asked about this,” Thompson said, becoming very emotional during the course of his interview. “If I ever thought it’d be a big problem, I wouldn’t have started this.”

Thompson said he felt attacked by the story and that it has affected his wife and young daughter, who, he said, has quit her softball team in embarrassment.

But Adams has received backlash as well. A small group of

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Group urges CB 9 to help Qns. Blvd.

Transportation Alternatives asks members to back ‘complete streets’

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Members of Transportation Alternatives on Tuesday urged Community Board 9 members to call on the city to keep Kew Gardens in mind when redesigning Queens Boulevard.

“Kew Gardens and Briarwood are being left out,” Jessame Hannus, co-chairperson of Transportation Alternatives’ Queens Activist Committee, said during a presentation in front of the board members.

More than $100 million has been allocated for safety improvements along Queens Boulevard — one of the busiest corridors in the borough and one that has been dubbed “The Boulevard of Death” — to construct expanded pedestrian spaces, new medians, pedestrian islands and physically separated bike lanes.

The project is expected to be completed by 2017.

The work, however, will only take place from the corridor’s western end to 74th Street in Forest Hills, and not into Kew Gardens and Briarwood.

Hannus and other transportation advocates said they’re calling on the city for a complete redesign of the entire corridor, citing the frequency of pedestrians being struck and accidents taking place along it.

Aida Vernon, president of the Briarwood Action Network, called on CB 9 members to

While much of Queens Boulevard is receiving safety upgrades, Kew Gardens and Briarwood are being left out. Transportation Alternatives asked Community Board 9 to call on the city to include PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE the neighborhoods, as it has asked CB 6 for Forest Hills, above. adopt a resolution for a “complete street” along the corridor. Though the board represents much of South Queens, it also includes Kew Gardens and its office is in Borough Hall, located on Queens Boulevard.

“One of our big deterrents,” Vernon said of quality of life in Briarwood, “is safety along Queens Boulevard because it’s an entrance to

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“People in Briarwood are right next door to people in Kew Gardens and we all want safe neighborhoods,” Vernon added.

Though CB 9 did not cast its vote at Tuesday’s meeting, many expressed support for the group’s cause.

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Hannus said the complete street design would seek to calm the behavior of erratic cyclists and motorists alike.

“The design can help calm these types of behaviors,” she said.

In other news: CB 9 members will vote on a resolution next month asking the city to ban smoking in multidwelling units. The resolution was drafted by CB 7 member Phil Konigsberg, who has asked all Queens community boards to adopt the resolution.

Many members expressed support for the resolution, but some questioned if it would encroach on the personal freedom of those who wish to smoke.

Board member Mar ia Thomson, of Woodhaven, expressed disappointment that several liquor license renewals were not listed on the agenda.

Thomson said she had a problem with some of the locations, which were located in her neighborhood.

Public Safety and Consumer Affairs Committee Chairman Jim Cocovillo said the renewals were not listed because the committee did not have a problem with them and had received no written comQ plaints about them.

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inally, it seems the city is getting serious about taking care of the oftenabysmal conditions in some of its homeless shelters, including the underequipped, highly controversial Boulevard Family Shelter in Elmhurst, formerly the Pan American hotel.

That’s where some residents recently told DNAInfo that life was better when they were in jail, especially vis-a-vis the food.

There’s likely little that can be done about that last because, in violation of its own code, the city opened the shelter to families even though its rooms don’t have kitchens.

That’s why there’s a City Code.

But at least the establishment of new interagency task forces that will examine each of the city’s roughly 500 homeless shelters for problems could address issues such as rat and roach infestation, a lack of hot water and a lack of working smoke detectors. The poor families in the old Pan Am

have had to put up with at least two out of those three. And they’re hardly alone.

Yes, the city is contending with an unprecedented number of homeless people.

But that’s no excuse for not getting its accommodations up to snuff, especially when in many cases it’s paying private operators thousands of dollars a month for each unit, along with some service. According to the city itself, just 25 shelters that it recently studied were home to 600 violations. It says it has fixed half of them already.

We hope so. But the city also said it wouldn’t house people at the Pan Am, and six days later started moving them in.

City Hall has dubbed its shelter task forces “SWAT teams,” trying to evoke the rapid response and effectiveness of such police units. It sure would be great if they’re as effective as the NYPD, which cut murders by 85 percent. Let’s see the SWAT teams do the same on shelter code violations.

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So we apologize, Mr. Mayor, as residents of Queens and its near suburbs, for not understanding as well as your new friends in Iowa just how grand your administration has been.

The comment is likely one of the reasons de Blasio’s approval rating has fallen to 44 percent, according to the latest Quinnipiac poll. The mayor claims to have been speaking only of tabloid headline writers, but it sure seems like he meant Joe and Jane Citizen. And the Freudian slip of calling the first year of his mayoralty “the first year of New York City” didn’t help.

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Honor the workers Dear Editor: May is Labor History Month. Who knew?

There’s a month to celebrate the contributions of just about every national, ethnic, racial and religious group under the dust-flecked rainbow and accredited by the U.S. Census Bureau, so what makes Labor History Month special?

It’s unique. Independence Day is the holiday closest to it in spirit and meaning. Both represent revolutionary departures from the stale and oppressive systems of the “old country.”

Both stand for separation from the entrenched and intractable traditions of economic immobility, social stagnation and political paralysis dictated by one’s “station” at birth.

Let’s honor the working class that built and def ined this countr y. They are the enablers of our quality of life and standard of living. They are the pride and glory of our nation, or at least they should be, since they shaped and defined it.

I’m no fan of President Obama, but he was absolutely right, much to the consternation of critics who deliberately “misunderstood” and unjustly mocked him as an un-American socialist, when he used the phrase “You didn’t build that” to make the point that every person’s success is made possible by others in some form along the way.

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part, whether prominent or invisible, direct or indirect, large or smaller. Ultimately the total project’s fruition is the sum of many people’s donation of idea, investment or labor.

A sandhog is no less exalted than the engineer who calculates where to blast the rocks.

During this month and throughout the year, let’s praise the workers who have blessed by their toil this land with a standard of living and quality of life that used to be the envy of the world before the enticement of globalism entranced the Republicans and Democrats alike through their one-way mirrors.

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Punish the Patriots Dear Editor: The four-game suspension imposed on Tom Brady should also extend into the postseason.

It is clear that the Patriots organization cheated by deflating footballs to benefit their quarterback in the first half of the recent AFC

Nor does the mayor’s jet-setting. He’s been traveling around the country to press his progressive agenda, and we indeed felt honored when he spent an hour in Corona the other day to address the abhorrent conditions in many of the homeless shelters his administration is responsible for.

The mayor has been traveling far more, far earlier, than his recent predecessors did. Does he think the city’s problems have all been solved, so he can zip around enlightening other municipalities on how to follow his lead? They have not been.

And the poll shows people are losing confidence in him in key areas, such as his handling of crime and the schools.

The mayor should cut his travel and focus on getting results here to get those poll numbers back up, especially since he’s already said he’ll run for re-election in 2017. More overconfidence, too soon.

championship game.

This gave Mr. Brady an advantage as the Pats jumped to a 10-point lead.

Consequently, a proper pu n ish ment should restrict their star quarterback in a game of similar gravity; and that can only come in the playoffs.

Sean Roman Strockyj New Hyde Park, LI

Freedom and hatred Dear Editor: On May 3 there was a “Draw Muhammad Cartoon Contest” in Garland, Texas organized by Pamela Geller and the American Freedom Defense Initiative. Two Muslim gunmen opened fire and in return they were shot and killed.

By no means was it okay for the perpetrators to attack the event; however, it was not okay to hold such a contest in the first place. Pamela Geller claimed that the event was to advocate free speech. But by drawing caricatures

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of Prophet Muhammad, and paying the winner $10,000, what is she trying to prove? Is it really freedom of speech or hate speech if it is hurting the sentiments of more than one billion people of the world? Instead of paying someone $10,000 to draw insulting pictures of a religious founder, revered by a large group of people, why not pay them instead to draw peaceful pictures of the world living together in a united brotherhood?

Wouldn’t that make more sense?

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T he A mer ica n Her it age Dictiona r y defines fascism as “a system of government that is marked by stringent social and economic control.” Folks, this definition is tailor-made for radical Republican state governments.

Examine some of the stringent laws they enacted as a result of winning several states in recent elections. 1) Outlawing same-sex marriage. 2) Adopting voter suppression rules: reduced voting stations, voting hours, early registration and early voting days. 3) Opposing a minimum wage increase. 4) Approving right-to-work laws. 5) Limiting collective bargaining rights for public employee unions. 6) Supporting the right to life, only. 7) Giving a fetus the right to sue the mother, with legal fees paid by the state.

8) Denying equal pay for equal work. 9) Going to war with public education: laying off teachers, altering tenure rights and pension benefits and reducing funds for schools.

10) Granting businesses the right to deny services to citizens with different religious views. 11) Refusing to enact safer gun control laws.

As the saying goes, forewarned is forearmed!

The 2016 presidential election will be extremely critical if America is to protect minorities with liberty and justice. On Election Day 2016, voters must stop the likes of Ted Cruz from taking control of our federal government, so as to prevent conservative fascism from taking over our great country.

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Dear Editor: What does one think of when thinking about Astoria?

Astoria Park, Greek food and the name Steinway.

The Steinway company helped build Astoria. The Steinway family built a factory and homes for their workers, developing the area and for this a street was named for them. They also left a home that still stands today and until recently was untouched.

That sadly has changed. This spring the trees that filled the surrounding property were cut down with the intention of developing it for commercial use.

Why, one asks oneself, is the surrounding property being developed? For the quick payoff in a hot real estate market, the cynical of us will say.

Where has the altruistic spirit gone? The giving back to the neighborhood one has grown up in and loves? Progress is a wonderful thing, old things that are not functional are torn down to build new and better; however, is there not enough of this already in Astoria? Does ever ything need to be torn down and developed?

Especially land that once was tree filled.

Would not it have been better to donate the Steinway house and its surrounding land to the Astoria community for everyone to enjoy? The one-time payoff may not be as big as developing it into commercial property, but the community payoff would be perpetual with every festival or musical event, and a child’s laughter as it echoes in the air of the grounds.

The JP Morgans, Rockefellers and Vanderbilts of a long-gone age knew the benefits of giving back to the community and preserving a community’s history. The question is, does the new generation know it?

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Lancman calls for more safety agents Bill would allow nonpublic schools to have access to NYPD personnel

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Protect our children.

That was the message Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and school officials had for the city on Monday as they called for passage of a bill that would allow nonpublic schools to have an NYPD safety officer on the premises, should they wish to have one.

“We’re calling on the city to treat every New York City kid with dignity, respect and the importance that they deserve,” Lancman said at a press conference in front of Yeshiva Ketana of Queens, a Jewish school located in the councilman’s district. “All of the public schools have school safety agents who work for the city, wear uniforms, have the training, have direct radio contact to the NYPD and provide an important, invaluable measure of security and protection for the kids in public schools. That is not the case for our kids in nonpublic schools.”

Leaders from Catholic, Jewish and Muslim schools in Lancman’s district expressed support for the bill.

Rabbi Binyamin Kessler, principal of the yeshiva where the press conference was held, already has a private security guard in front of his school but said he would like school safety agents there.

“Because I think NYPD security is the

Councilman Rory Lancman, at podium, is joined by private school leaders in calling on the city to allow nonpublic schools to have access to safety officers. Supporting the plan here are Rabbi PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY Binyamin Kessler, left, Ismael Khalil and Robert Lowenberg. best,” Kessler said. “Child security, I think, is a universal concern.”

Robert Lowenberg, principal of St. Nicholas of Tolentine, a Catholic school located about two blocks away from the Hillcrest yeshiva, said, “it’s so important to have professionals in the area.”

“There’s nothing more important than the safety of our children,” Lowenberg said.

The bill has more than 40 co-sponsors in

the Council, Lancman said. But at least one Queens councilman is not thrilled about the it. Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Education Committee, said the measure would not protect students from outside threats.

“I think the sponsors of the bill misunderstand the role of school safety agents in school buildings,” Dromm said.

School safety agents, according to the

city’s website, “patrol and operate scanning equipment, verify identities, and escort visitors.” Though part of the Police Department, they are civilians and do not carry firearms.

“The NYPD is fully capable” of protecting nonpublic schools, Dromm said, adding that educators from private schools told him at a committee hearing they had never received any outside threats.

Lancman, asked if Mayor de Blasio would support the bill, said the number of co-sponsors makes it “veto proof.”

De Blasio last week did not include 1,000 additional cops in his executive budget plan, which many members of the City Council, including Lancman, had requested.

Asked about the school security proposal, mayoral spokesman Wiley Norvell said in an email, “Protecting all of New York City’s children, regardless of which school they attend, is a mission the NYPD takes on each and every day.

“And it’s a job the Department does exceptionally well. We constantly seek out new ways to deepen that protection, and will gladly continue our dialogue with members of every community on how we can achieve that together.”

Lancman said he believes there’s more than enough money in the city’s budget to pay for safety officers in the schools that Q request them.

Officials want flood insurance reforms Goldfeder announces claims appeal process, Schumer slams surcharge

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Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are fighting to keep people afloat despite rising flood insurance costs and alleged underpayment of claims.

Goldfeder on Monday announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will open a review process for all Sandy-affected residents who may have been defrauded by their insurance companies after the storm.

“More than two and a half years after Sandy, many families in southern Queens and Rockaway are still fighting their insurance companies for the assistance they need to rebuild,” Goldfeder said in a statement announcing the review process.

“I applaud FEMA for reopening the Sandy claims process and giving our families a second chance at finally getting the help they deserve.”

According to the assemblyman, a member of the Insurance Committee, FEMA is in the process of creating an appeal process and will be sending out letters to affected

residents later this week with more details about how it will work.

FEMA and insurance companies came under fire after reports that engineering firms the companies hired falsified damage reports to say the storm did not do as much damage to people’s homes as alleged, thereby saving millions of dollars in payouts.

“This review process is an important step towards holding insurers accountable as we work to recover,” Goldfeder said.

On the same day, Goldfeder’s former boss Schumer released a statement urging FEMA to change its policy of tacking on new surcharges to f lood insurance applications, without the applicants even knowing about it.

“Many New Yorkers remain in the dark on this new renewal requirement and that’s why FEMA should scrap this confusing and potentially punitive policy altogether,” Schumer said in a statement.

“FEMA needs to go back to the drawing board and quickly figure out a new and fairer way to implement their renewal policy.”

Schumer said those renewing their policies must fill out a proof of primary residency form. If they do not, the senator said, the federal agency will charge them a $250 surcharge for a secondary residence even if they do not have one.

Schumer said that is because many policy holders have been kept in the dark about the form.

That policy began on April 1.

Asked about the senator’s claims, a FEMA spokesperson said in an email that the federal agency has not received reports of widespread errors in billing.

“P rovid i ng f lood i nsu ra nce through the National Flood Insurance Program is an important way communities can protect themselves from one of the most common and costly disasters we face,” the spokesperson added. “We’ve worked hard to communicate these changes over the past year and we encourage any policyholders who have any questions or concerns about their rate changes to contact their insurance company immediately to ensure their records accurately reflect the Q status of their policy.”

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder addresses flood insurance with a resident.

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Airplane noise continued from page 5 airport agencies have been communicative with him about the issue of increased noise.

“The information flow, based on our initial inquiries, has been positive,” he said. “Our objective now is to turn c om mu n icat ion i nt o a c t ion a nd improve the situation.”

But one community activist said the time for action may have been months ago.

Barbara Brown, chairwoman of the Eastern Queens Alliance and co-chairwoman of the Port Authority’s citizens’ air port roundtable, said she asked South Queens leaders months ago to join the EQA in a federal lawsuit seeking to stop the expansion of the runway, but received no response.

Her group lost that lawsuit and an appeal in December.

“Nobody joined us,” Brown said.

Brown, a resident of Springfield Gardens, also said airplane noise is a constant problem in her neighborhood — not a temporary one that the South Queens residents will face in the coming months.

“To some of us, it’s a little disturbing that they’re upset about five months,” she said, adding the runway extension will make noise in her neighborhoods Q even worse when it is completed.

Howard Beach girl, 2, dies of heart defect Valentina Marie Allen was a fighter for the two years, two months, 27 days she was on this Earth.

The daughter of Howard Beach residents, Valentina was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a defect in which the left side of the heart cannot effectively pump blood to the body; heterotaxy, a birth defect in which organs are not in their proper places; and asplenia, the absence of a spleen.

Valentina died on Tuesday, her parents announced on a Facebook page dedicated to chronicling their daughter’s fight against the defects.

“She passed away very peacefully in our arms. She put up a battle every single day, and she touched more lives and inspired more people than she will ever know,” the Facebook post states. “All of the prayers helped her persevere this long, and now she will be a beautiful baby among the angels in heaven, forever watching over us all.”

Valentina had multiple surgeries done at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, which her parents have been raising money for since their daughter started going there.

Phyllis Inserillo, a teacher of the Allen’s other daughter, said the mother started the

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Facebook page to raise awareness of the defects Valentina was fighting.

“Her mom is the most amazing mom in the world,” Inserillo said. “She just wanted to raise awareness of the disease.”

Inserillo said Valentina’s mother has raised thousands of dollars for the chilQ dren’s hospital.

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New Queens DOT commish The city Department of Transportation has appointed Nicole Garcia as its Queens borough commissioner. She t a kes over for Jef f Ly nch, who replaced former borough head Dalila Hall in January.

“Nicole’s experience in Queens over the years, deep knowledge of the agency and outstanding communications skills will prove invaluable to her leadership in Queens,” DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said in a statement last Friday.

Garcia, a Queens resident, has served as the borough’s deputy commissioner since 2013, according to the agency, and was deputy press secretary prior to that.

Garcia takes over at a time when the borough faces key transpor tation issues, chief among them the controversial $200 million plan to place a dedicated bus lane along the Woodhaven-Cross Bay Boulevard corridor, a project to be completed in 2018.

The agency is also planning a $100 million redesign of Queens Boulevard, which will involve expanded pedestrian spaces, new medians, pedest r ian islands and “physically separated” bike lanes, expected to be finished in 2017. Q

Mayor announces new shelter repair initiative Interagency ‘SWAT’ teams will sweep city sites to identify needed fixes

by Christopher Barca

or capital funds to be allocated would be resolved within 60 days, with the biggest There are too many struggling New projects to be completed by the end of Yorkers living in homeless shelters rife 2015.

The mayor allocated $12.5 million for with rodent or insect infestations, broken the “SWAT” teams in his fiscal year 2016 smoke detectors or crumbling walls.

That’s according to Mayor de Blasio and budget plan, issued last week, with addinumerous city department heads, who tional funds for “ongoing costs” to be directed towards the gathered at the program if needed.

Corona Family Res“We’re going to idence at 38-01 112 housands and thousands help ensu re that St. on Monday to every shelter is safe an nou nce a new of New Yorkers are and healthy for all of multiagency initiadepending on us it s r e sid e nt s ,” d e tive to identify and Bl a s i o s a i d . “ S o fix health and safety to get this right.” these teams will go issues in homeless o u t , id e n t i f y t h e shelters across the — Mayor de Blasio problems, identif y five boroughs. the solutions, and Units of inspectors from the Homeless Services, Build- there will be resources to back them ings, Housing Preservation and Develop- immediately that can be implemented.”

The mayor added that it was unfortunate ment, Fire and Health and Mental Hygiene departments, making up what de Blasio such a task force even has to be created, as called “SWAT” teams, will survey each of various mistakes at all levels of governthe city’s approximately 500 shelters in ment contributed to the stark rise in homelessness over the last decade and a lack of search of code violations.

Where easily fixed issues, such as faulty suitable structures to house the growing smoke detectors, are found, de Blasio said number of individuals and families down the city will rectify the problem within on their luck.

“This city has seen a homelessness criseven days.

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Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Gilbert Taylor, speaking, and Mayor de Blasio announced a multiagency initiative aimed at identifying and fixing health and safety issues in PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA homeless shelters across the city on Monday in Corona. troubling level to an absolutely unacceptable level,” he said. “We’re making some progress — and I want to be blunt about this — we’re making some progress, but we need to make a lot more.

“Thousands and thousands of New Yorkers are depending on us to get this

right,” he added. “We know that we all have to break through here and make these repairs and make them quickly.”

De Blasio said the announcement was inspired by a Department of Investigation report released in March, which found continued on page 33

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CEC 27 to have 10 members Community Education Council 27 will only have 10 members rather than the usual 11, after no English Language Learner candidate stepped forward during the election process for the panel, a Department of Education spokeswoman said.

All CECs must have one member with a child in an ELL program and one with an Individualized Education Program. CEC 27 has an IEP position filled but because no ELL candidates nominated themselves, the 11th seat will stay vacant.

During the election, in which only officers of parent teacher organizations may

vote, six people were elected to serve on the panel. They are: Joshua H. Hirschman, who received 11 votes; Lisa Johnson-Cooper, 10; Harold Paez, eight; Myrtelle Cadet, the IEP member, seven; Michael Duvalle, seven; and Jeaneska Rodriguez, six.

A runoff election will take place between Kevin Anthony Morgan, Wendy Pratt-Hall and Krina L. Rios, who all received five votes. The two with the highest number of votes will serve on the panel. The borough president will at a later date appoint two members to the CEC. Q — Anthony O’Reilly

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The students at St. Helen Catholic Academy in Howard Beach recently explored the world of science and technology.

Left, from a classroom workshop; prekindergarten students learned about the history of wheat, bread and civilization and the importance, popularity and variety of bread from around the world.

Above, all students journeyed through a portable inflatable globe. They were able to see and understand the scale of concepts such as continents, time zones, latitude and longitude.

Right, sixth-grade students built robots and vehicles, while engaging in STEM activities. Students worked cooperatively to solve the challenging tasks of creating a robot designed to move forward and backward; a gyro robot, which will move on two linear wheels and moves along a tight rope, and an all-terrain vehicle, which moves forward and backward. Students learned to think critically, use careful observation and explore the relationships between different simple machines.

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Traffic safety, flood control in Southeast Queens and some MTA projects have been targeted for spending increases by Mayor de Blasio. But he may come to loggerheads with the City Council PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON and his police commissioner over the hiring of up to 1,000 new cops.

• $36.4 million for a violence reduction program on Rikers Island; • $5.2 million for the Vision Zero traffic death reduction program, including signal work, road striping and the redesign of troublesome roads and intersections; and • $1.8 million to expand ShotSpotter technology — which detects and pinpoints gunfire often not reported to the NYPD — to 29 police precincts from its current total of five.

The mayor has his supporters and detractors, depending on one’s choice of subject matter.

Cou nci lwom a n El i z abet h Crowley (D-Glendale) applauded the Rikers violence reduction funding. But in a statement issued by her office, she said the amount of officer and staff retraining de Blasio is seeking will

require even further investment in the Correction Department Academy in her hometown of Middle Village.

“As it stands, the current academy is too small to accommodate an ordinary class of recruits, let alone the retraining of the entire workforce,” Crowley said.

Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said he is in general agreement with the mayor’s priorities.

“But I would like to see more funds for Renewal and Community schools,” said the retired school teacher and chairman of the Council’s Education Committee.

Renewal schools are long-failing schools that are in danger of being closed without sig n if ica nt t u r na rou nds ; Com mu n it y schools also are in danger of closing.

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Ripping up red tape a borough board focus

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

There might not have been a quorum at Monday’s meeting of the Borough Board, but that doesn’t mean Borough President Melinda Katz can’t offer her opinion.

In order to clear away some red tape that has slowed the post-Hurricane Sandy recovery as it relates to homeowners rebuilding their residences, the Borough Board heard a presentation from the Department of City Planning on a proposed

Sandy-related amendment discussed citywide flood resilience text amendment.

According to City Planning representative Brendan Pillar, the amendment would “provide a clearer set of documentation requirements” for homeowners to submit to the Department of Buildings as they try to renovate and rebuild their residences.

Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Bratton said her board lends its “resounding” support to the plan, along

with community boards 13 and 14, two of the most impacted areas hit by the October 2012 hurricane.

“Speed is of the essence,” Bratton said, “and I urge the City Council to enact this as quickly as possible to get more people back into their homes.”

Katz said in lieu of a formal vote, she would be submitting a formal opinion to the Q city in favor of the text amendment.

Borough President Melinda Katz discussing the proposed flood resilience text amendment PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA on Monday.

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Mayor de Blasio often has said that an a d m i n ist r at ion’s bud get r ef le c t s it s priorities.

So there was little surprise last week when his $78.3 billion executive budget request — an increase of about $3.3 billion from the current year — for fiscal year 2016 called for major infusions of spending in areas like universal pre-kindergar ten, Vision Zero and affordable housing.

The adjusted 10-year capital plan for $83.8 billion includes road repair projects, infrastructure for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and $1.2 billion for sewer and flood control projects for Southeast Queens Two major areas the mayor could well face pushback from the City Council are his decisions to reduce noncapital library funding and to not hire 1,000 new police officers.

De Blasio’s finance team also has identified projected deficits of $1.57 billion, $1.96 billion and $2.88 billion for fiscal years 2017 through 2019, figures that the administration is calling “manageable.”

“The executive budget and the 10-year capital plan outline a strategic vision for our future — investing in the programs and infrastructure that will lift up New Yorkers across five boroughs and ensure a stronger, safer and more competitive city for decades to come,” de Blasio said in a statement from his office.

“We are realistic when it comes to the risks ahead, so we’re investing wisely, boosting our reserves and ensuring that this budget builds on the progressive, responsible and honest foundation we’ve created.”

The 2016 fiscal year begins on July 1.

The city is legally required to have its books balanced each year.

Among the spending items de Blasio is emphasizing are: • $54 million in FY 2016 and $78 million in 2017 for mental health services in schools, family shelters and on Rikers Island; • $100 million for homelessness prevention, including funding for rent support and legal fees;

coming year and $76 million in FY 2017 to provide the tutoring, counseling services programs and AP courses needed.

Dromm also would like to see an increase in the $13.5 billion the mayor has earmarked for the School Construction Authority, saying istwould still leave the city about 16,000 classroom seats short.

Many on the Council, in a rare alliance with Commissioner Bill Bratton, want 1,000 new cops. Bratton’s office, in a statement from Deputy Commissioner Stephen Davis, said talks with Cit y Hall are ongoing.

“The police commissioner is confident that there will be an increase in the size of the force necessary to staff the recommendations of the re-engineering study that is nearing completion,” Davis said.

During his election campaign, de Blasio was a harsh critic of the so-called “kabuki dance” he said former Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s administration played every year with the library budgets, with Bloomberg cutting allocations and the Council putting them back.

Bridget Quinn-Carey, interim president and CEO of the Queens Library, said the mayor’s inclusion of massive capital funding is appreciated, but that he also has proposed cutting $10 million from the operating budget allocation next year, bringing the total to $56 million less than 2008.

“We need a complete $65 million restoration of our operating budget to give Queens residents access to their local libraries on weekends ... as well as to provide additional programs and books,” Quinn-Carey said in a statement on May 7.

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), in a statement issued by his office, said it was “extremely disappointing “ to see de Blasio refuse to provide resources to what he called the historically underfunded Mayor’s Office of Veterans Affairs.

“This is the second consecutive year that the Council has called on the administration to bolster veterans’ services in the budget and once again the mayor has turned a deaf ear,” said Ulrich, who is chairman of the Q Veterans Committee.

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New bill focuses on traffic controls Legislation by Avella is aimed at increasing safety on area streets State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) was joined by civic members from across Queens and area residents on Friday as he announced the introduction of a bill that would make it easier for communities to gain additional traffic control measures.

The legislation (S.5045) would require that when a request for a signal or other traffic-control device is made by a community board or elected official, a municipality must conduct a traffic study at the location. The study would look at the feasibility of installing more traffic measures at the location and, upon completion, either require the municipality to install the device, if the study calls for it, or submit in writing why the requested controls are not warranted.

Though the mayor’s Vision Zero initiative program intends to make New York City streets safer by lowering the citywide speed limit, it does not go far enough to allow for changes that would address additional safety issues, according to Avella.

His bill aims to address the longstanding battle between communities and municipal agencies that often makes it difficult to have new traffic measures installed due to outdated bureaucratic procedures. The corner of Utopia Parkway and 19th Avenue in Whitestone, where the rally was held, is just one intersection he said has fallen victim to the process, as Avella has fought for several years to obtain traffic signals to increase safety there.

Many times, when a community makes a request for additional traffic devices —which include signs, signals or markings that regulate, warn or guide traffic — at a certain location, the request is denied by a traffic agency without providing any reason. In addition, if a traffic study is

conducted, it is often difficult to obtain a copy of the results without having to go through a tedious process containing legal requests and paperwork, Avella said.

His legislation would make it easier for communities to identify what obstacles stand in the way of their requests being approved by being able to view the report following a traffic study. If a request for a traffic device is denied, the bill also gives elected officials or community boards the ability to challenge the agency’s decision and resubmit the request within six months, along with information detailing why the decision should be amended.

“When a request is made for additional traffic control devices, it’s because that is what’s best for the community.

It is inappropriate for an agency to step in and say otherwise when people’s safety is at stake,” Avella said. “Mayor de Blasio is campaigning for safer streets, yet it is virtually impossible to get approval for any traffic control devices that would contribute to achieving that goal.”

Jerry Wind, president of the Bellerose Hillside Civic Association, said he supports the effort after waiting for months and making numerous requests to have faded lines repainted on the Cross Island Parkway service road.

“The Auburndale Improvement Association has been trying for a long time to get stop signs, speed bumps and traffic lights and we don’t get anywhere with the Department of Transportation,” said Henry Euler, the group’s first vice president. “It’s like they don’t want to do what we ask, but we are the ones who know our community better than they do.”

Artie McCrossen, vice president for the Greater Whitestone Taxpayers Civic Association, said the legislation is important for the safety of the community: “For years,

State Sen. Tony Avella, center, with area civic leaders at a dangerous intersection in Whitestone. He’s introducing a bill to make it easier to get traffic control devices. PHOTO COURTESY NYS SENATE

we have been trying to get traffic controls installed near Whitestone Park, on 3rd Avenue and 147th Street. We have been pushing for stop signs, and it goes on deaf ears. The city is waiting for an accident to happen before they take action.”

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More questions than answers at ACS meet Residents concerned about security, selection of Queens Village facility

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Residents who live near a proposed juvenile offender facility proposed for Queens Village had more questions than answers from city officials Monday night at a meeting in Cambria Heights.

The Administration for Children’s Services is looking to place 18 youths who have had run-ins with the law in a “limited secure placement facility” at 207-01 Jamaica Ave. in the old Merrick Academy building.

The site is planned as part of the Close to Home initiative, which takes teens who have been placed by family court. The aim is to keep them close to their families and communities rather than ship them upstate, sometimes several hours’ drive away.

Residents and several members of Community Board 13 met Monday night with representatives of the ACS and Children’s Village. The latter will operate the facility under a contract with the city.

Residents’ primary concern is that the building is in a residential neighborhood consisting mostly of single-family houses, and is less than 50 feet from the closest ones.

ACS, which has several similar programs for lower-risk teens in facilities with lesser security, is planning to open five others in the coming months, including one in South

Julian Snype of Laurelton questions representatives of the city and Children’s Village on security measures, specifically in regard to youthful offenders who leave their family court-ordered PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON residences without permission.

Ozone Park, which is the subject of a lawsuit.

James Boyd of the ACS said they initially did not think the Queens Village site would be necessary, but reached out to Council members and Borough President Melinda Katz when they altered their plans.

“They reached out to everyone but the residents,” said Jaia Brown of Laurelton, who has young children at home.

ACS representatives said the new site will

not be like the less secure facilities, in that they will be largely self-contained, with the teens seldom leaving the building. Customdesigned programs for counselling, therapy and social services will be delivered on-site, as well as schooling run by the city’s Department of Education.

They acknowledged that there still were some residents’ questions that they did not have the answer to, as the limited secure

placement concept still is u nder development.

Julian Snype of Laurelton asked about the numbers of teens who have gone absent without leave from existing programs. He and others also asked how and when the police and community would be notified in the event of an AWOL teen.

Jacqueline Sherman of the ACS stressed that most children who leave head home, and that is where they first look. She also said they look at places the teens have been known to congregate. She added that in extreme cases they have retired police officers join the search. While she said procedures are in place to safeguard both the teens and the community, it was not until pressed repeatedly that Sherman said the police are not notified.

“They do everything but notify the community,” Bess de Betham of CB 13 said afterward.

Numbers obtained from ACS said that in 2013, the first year of the nonsecure placement program, 278 went AWOL, but that the number fell to 171 in 2014, a drop of nearly 39 percent.

In an email to the Ch ronicle, ACS Spokesman Christopher McKniff said the reduction was due to better training, the hiring of additional staff and improvements continued on page 33

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Weprin resigns for job with Gov. Cuomo City Council seat is up for grabs in District 23; special election coming

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

Councilman Mark Weprin’s decision earlier this week to take a job with the Cuomo administration in Albany is providing the usual jockeying for position by potential candidates hoping to replace him.

Weprin, a Democrat representing District 23 in Northeast Queens, has been named by the governor as deputy secretary of legislative affairs and is expected to work with the state Legislature and City Council.

Mayoral control of city schools and rent regulation laws are two issues he expects to deal with as well as tax abatement and other issues affecting New York City, he told the Chronicle in a phone interview Wednesday.

His main office will be in Manhattan, though he will be situated in Albany when the Legislature is in session.

After announcing his departure from City Hall, Weprin offered the following statement in an email: “It has been my privilege to serve the people and families of my neighborhood. I am proud to have helped the communities I have represented to continue to be wonderful places to live, work, and raise a family.

“Through my office, I have served tens of thousands of constituents, become an active participant in neighborhood schools and

Councilman Mark Weprin at a March press conference outside City Hall touting a bill to expand FILE PHOTO hostels. He announced this week he is resigning to take a job with Gov. Cuomo. worked with countless community leaders. I have advocated on behalf of seniors, fought for local schools and stood as a champion of children and families living with autism.

“In the office of Gov. Cuomo, I will continue to serve the people of New York. I have known Gov. Cuomo for most of my life, and he is a leader of incredible talent. I

look forward to this next step in my public service career.”

In the email, Weprin said his resignation takes effect in two weeks, but on Wednesday he said there have been complications and the date “is up in the air. I have to tie up loose ends with the city budget and the state is doing a background check,” he said.

“There is a lot of paperwork and I don’t know how long it will take.”

Weprin’s salary will be about $150,000, according to published reports. As councilman, his base pay is $112,500.

No stranger to Albany, Weprin served for 15 years as an assemblyman, first elected to finish the term of his late father, Assembly Speaker Saul Weprin, in 1994.

According to city law, the mayor must announce the date of a special election within three days of the resignation. The election, which would be nonpartisan, would then be held within 45 days.

Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) said there are no party affiliations listed in a special election and he expects it to be held in mid-July. The winner would then have to run for the seat again in a regular party primary in September, followed by a general election in November. And the next regular City Council election is in 2017.

Considering running for the vacant seat is Bob Friedrich of Glen Oaks, who has run against Weprin and his brother, Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows), before.

“I will only run on an equal playing field, not against David Weprin if he decides to run for the seat,” Friedrich said. “That would be a slap in the face to the community.” continued on page 31

Scarborough pleads guilty, resigns seat Former assemblyman to be sentenced on state, fed corruption charges on 9/14

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Former state Assemblyman Bill Scarborough pleaded guilty to federal and state corruption charges last Thursday, officially ending a 20-year career in politics.

According to a joint statement issued by Richard Hartunian, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Scarborough pleaded guilty to federal charges of wire fraud and theft concer ning a prog ram that received federal funds in a teleconference with Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy, who was in Binghamton.

Later in the day Scarborough pleaded guilty in Albany County Court to a state charge of fourthdegree grand larceny.

“There is no delight in the downfall of a duly elected representative, but Mr. Scarborough chose personal gain over the public trust,” Hartunian said. “Complaints of financial distress — something many people experience — provide a poor excuse for Mr. Scarborough’s conduct, which involved a four-year

scheme to defraud by abusing the New York State Assembly’s travel voucher system.”

Scarborough is scheduled to be sentenced on both charges on Sept.

14. Under his plea deal with the state, he faces a year in prison, agreed to resign and will donate all funds in his campaign accounts to charity.

The last available filing on the state Board of Elections website, from January 2014, said he had $18,409,87.

The state Assembly already had scr ubbed Scarborough’s pages from its website by last Thursday afternoon.

Scarborough also faces 20 years on the federal wire fraud charge and 10 for theft from a program that receives federal funds, as well as fines of up to $250,000 on each count.

He also has agreed to repay $54,355 to the state and forfeit the sa me a mou nt to t he feder al government.

The federal charges sprang from an investigation into Scarborough’s abuse of travel vouchers. Members of the Senate and

Assembly are permitted various levels of per diem expenses for travel to the capital and for lodging when they are required to spend the night in Albany.

Scarborough two weeks ago admitted in a public statement that during the time in question he claimed to have been in Albany when he was not.

He cited personal financial difficulties, and used the occasion to protest the fact that legislators have not gotten a raise in 16 years, and have had only one in the last 28.

The state charges arose from “Operation Integrity,” an ongoing effort combining the resources of Schneiderman’s office with those of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and the FBI’s Public Corruption Task Force.

In his plea agreement with Schneiderman’s office, the now ex-Jamaica representative admitt ed t h at he stole more t h a n $38,000 from the Friends of Bill Scarborough fund for personal use between January 2007 and March 2014 through unauthorized withdrawals and transfers.

Former Assemblyman Bill Scarborough will learn his fate from a federal judge on Sept. 14 following his guilty plea on Thursday to corruption charges.

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Zemser was in U.S. Naval Academy One of the six people who died in an Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia on Tuesday was a son of Queens.

Justin Zemser, 20, was identified as one of the victims in the horrific incident, according to a post from his mother on Facebook.

Zemser was a student at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. and was on leave when he was en route to his parent’s house on the peninsula.

Published reports state the train was going more than twice the 50 miles-perhour speed limit while approaching a curve and came off the tracks.

Zemser was a former intern for Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park).

“Justin was truly a bright, talented and patriotic young man,” Ulrich said in a statement. “My deepest prayers and sympathy go out to his family and friends who are grieving during this very difficult time.

He will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved him.”

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Wishes mayor’s housing program were more like ‘Mitchell-Lama II’

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

City Comptroller Scott Stringer visited the Big Six Towers Cooperative Housing Monday evening to keep constituents up to date on his initiatives, including quests to monitor the city’s pension program, boost small businesses and raise the minimum wage.

Regarding a report recently issued by his office predicting the effect of raising the city minimum wage to $15 an hour, Stringer asserted that $10 billion would be pumped into the city economy.

“About 1.5 million [people] would be impacted,” Stringer said to a crowd of around 20. “If we raise the wage, there’s more money spent in the community, more money for families, more money for kids, and I think that’s something that’s very critical.”

He also brought up a focus on lifting up small businesses, especially those run by women, and managing the pension fund.

Naturally, the conversation also pivoted towards preserving the state’s Mitchell-Lama housing program, which offers affordable rental and cooperative housing to middleincome households.

The program’s residents coalition, Stringer stressed, was where he “got his start in politics.”

“This is the housing that talked about

City Comptroller Scott Stringer, standing, visited the Big Six Towers in Woodside Monday night PHOTO BY CRISTINA SCHREIL so residents could ask him “anything and everything” at a town hall. diversity and integrated communities. There was something for everybody,” he said, adding that he wants Mayor de Blasio’s housing plan to be more like “Mitchell-Lama II.” “There’s a lot of developments, rental and co-op that don’t have oversight,” Maxine Jacobowitz, a resident, said. “We need some help from Mitchell-Lama, we need some oversight here badly, Scott. Badly.”

Dog’s nose leads CBP to drugs at JFK searched another f light arriving from Santo Domingo, based on the previous seizure.

The CBP spokesman said officers discovered five brick-shaped objects concealed behind a toilet.

They tested positive for cocaine and heroin, authorities said in their press release. Approximately five pounds of c o c a i n e a n d seven pounds of heroin was seized.

T he combi ned street value of the dr ugs is about $281,000, authorities said.

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Weprin out as councilman continued from page 22 In 2009-10, the brothers essentially swapped positions in the Assembly and City Council, each successfully running for the other’s seat.

David Weprin told the Chronicle that he hasn’t ruled out anything this year. “I am building up seniority here in Albany,” he said. “But never say never. I’m still deciding.”

Former Flushing Assemblyman Barry Grodenchik is considered a frontrunner for the Queens Democratic Party’s support.

Grodenchik now serves as director of community boards and parks in the Borough President’s Office. He was elected in 2002 to one term as an assemblyman.

Grodenchik, of Hollis Hills, reached by phone on Tuesday, said he is “looking seriously at running,” adding, “It is a lot of work in a short period of time.”

Also mentioned as potential candidates are Dominic Panakal, of Fresh Meadows, who is Lancman’s chief of staff; Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows); and Joe Concannon, a Republican from Bellerose, who ran against Mark Weprin in 2013 for his Council seat.

Weprin’s decision to jump ship for the Albany job did not surprise Lancman. “He was disappointed he didn’t win the Council speaker’s race and now he will have significant responsibility in the state,” he said. “I am happy for him.”

Fellow Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside), a friend of Weprin, said he was surprised and only heard about it at 2 a.m. Monday through tweets. The Daily News broke the story on Monday.

On his possible replacement, Weprin said his brother would be the strongest candidate because of the name recognition and his experience serving on the City Council in the past.

“But looking ahead, I will not room with him in Albany,” Weprin joked. “I did that when I was 10 years old and that was enough.”

Coincidentally, his oldest son is a freshman at SUNY Albany, so he hopes to see him more frequently. He has another son in high school and a daughter in elementary school.

Weprin is a graduate of SUNY Albany and earned his law degree at Brooklyn College. After law school he worked for a legal firm in Manhattan and then as an account executive in public relations before serving Mayor Ed Koch as a legislative aide.

His City Council district office in Oakland Gardens will remain open to provide constituent services until a replacement is selected.

The 23rd District includes Bellerose, Floral Park, Glen Oaks, Queens Village, Hollis, Oakland Gardens and other parts Q of Bayside and Fresh Meadows.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection was able to seize cocaine and heroin left on board a f light at Kennedy Airport — thanks to a furry, four-legged agent.

Ari, a 5-year old male Czech shepard, sniffed out narcotics in the bathroom area on a flight arriving from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic last Friday, CBP spokesman Anthony Bucci said in a press release.

C B P of f i c e r s were examining the ar r iving aircraf t when the canine alerted them to the presence of narcotics in a bathroom.

Upon removing a panel there, they Ari, the drug detector d i s c ove r e d f ive brick-shaped packages that tested positive for heroin, Bucci said in the press release.

The heroin, which weighed approximately 12 pounds and would be worth about $319,000 if sold on the streets, was seized by the agents, Bucci said.

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Stringer said his power may be limited, but he’ll check.

Others posed questions about who has oversight of the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development and how tenants can know money is being managed properly.

Stringer stressed throughout the town hall that his office has a deep understanding of

Mitchell-Lama and will look into answering their questions.

Stacey Eliuk, who lives nearby, noted that Stringer gave the city a D in agency contracts and there seems to be a trend in holding agencies accountable, “whether you’re looking at NYCHA buying millions of dollars worth of stuff and then not installing it, or hearing elected officials be really skeptical about congestion pricing plans just because they think the MTA won’t actually follow through.”

Stringer agreed, adding that he used to examine NYCHA as a state assemblyman and Manhattan borough president, but can now audit and “peel back the onion.”

“Suddenly, I’m auditing NYCHA for the third time,” he said. “I am amazed that I get attacked by government telling me, ‘We’ve already started working on it,’ meaning, ‘You’re late to this. We’ve got it all figured out, we don’t need you.’ Or, they don’t recognize there’s a problem.”

Throughout the town hall, he stressed how housing needs to remain affordable.

“If we lose housing for the poorest people in the cit y, you can’t build back NYCHA. We know how hard it is to build Mitchell-Lama II,” Stringer said. “Any housing that’s affordable to me is precious because it takes 20 times more money to Q build that housing back.”

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Pan Am shelter contract rejected Comptroller Stringer cites violations, complaints as reasons for his denial

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The saga continues at 79-00 Queens Blvd. in Elmhurst.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer rejected the proposed five-year, $42.4 million contract between the Department of Homeless Services and Samaritan Village on Monday, a deal that would have made the 216-unit Boulevard Family Residence, formerly the Pan American hotel, a permanent shelter.

Stringer cited a March city D e pa r t ment of I nvest igat ion report, which highlighted supposed DHS failures in rectifying health and safety issues in over two dozen shelters, as well as the numerous complaints regarding the Boulevard Family Residence in particular, as reasons for the denial.

In addition to rejecting the contract for the Elmhurst shelter, which was not listed in the DOI report, he also rejected a contract for a shelter on West 45th Street in Manhattan.

“Today, I am rejecting two permanent shelter contracts,” Stringer said in a statement, “which I will not approve u nt il my of f ice receives assurances that anyone staying in these facilities will be safe, all outstanding violations and complaints have been corrected and all documentation [shows] that the requirements of the contracting process were met.

“We simply can and must do better on behalf of the 60,000 people, including nearly 25,000 children, who are under our care.”

Eric Sumberg, Stringer’s press secretar y, provided additional details about the rejection in a follow-up email to the Chronicle, saying “deficient documentation” on the DHS’s part regarding supposed fixes at the site have called into question the capacity and

responsibility of the agency.

“First, our office hasn’t received an update on whether the city met the state’s deadline to remediate issues at Pan Am (among other sites) as required by the state Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance,” Sumberg said. “Per OTDA, ‘Conditions at these facilities failed to meet the basic health and safety standards of the tempor a r y e m e r g e n c y s h elt e r, a s required by law’.”

“Lastly, in response to the DOI report, DHS stated that they have made improvements to their monitoring and inspection systems for facilities,” he added. “DHS needs to provide documentation showing how these systems have been improved.”

According to Sumberg, Stringer will re-evaluate the contract for registration “once we receive all the information we’ve requested.”

Area elected officials applauded the comptroller’s decision, with C o u n c i l m a n D a n ny D r o m m (D-Jackson Heights) saying in a Tuesday phone interview the rejection of the contract was “not that surprising.”

“Considering the issues that have been ongoing there,” Dromm said, “it’s the right thing for him to do.”

In a statement issued Tuesday, state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) praised Stringer for “taking a stand” in regard to the shelter and called on Mayor de Blasio to immediately remove DHS Commissioner Gilbert Taylor from his position.

“He has allowed several homeless shelters across the city to operate under hazardous conditions that have gone unaddressed for months,” Avella said of Taylor.

“While Commissioner Taylor may be well-intentioned, he is clearly

unable to provide the necessary leadership.”

Avella’s colleague, state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing), said in a Tuesday statement she “fully supports” Stringer’s decision to reject the proposed deal.

“I am delighted,” Stavisky said, “that the comptroller reached the same conclusion that the poor management of the facility endangers both the health and safety of the families in the shelter and of the surrounding community.”

A Daily News report last month exposed the shelter’s issues with rat and bug infestations this spring, and two area residents slammed Samaritan Village, the Briarwood-based operator of the site, and DHS for allowing the residence’s occupants to live in such dirty conditions in a Chronicle article last week.

The storage of garbage waiting to be picked up was also an issue throughout the fall and winter, as black trash bags were often piled over 4 feet high in a side lot behind the shelter on Hillyer Street.

The DHS told the Chronicle last week that Samaritan Village was in the process of purchasing a garbage compactor, and an open-top Dumpster was seen on-site on the same lot last Tuesday.

Garbage is only collected at the site on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

When contacted for comment on Tuesday, a DHS spokesman referred questions to the Mayor’s Office.

In a Tuesday email, a spokesperson for the Mayor’s Office did not directly address any questions posed by a reporter about the Boulevard Family Residence or the comptroller’s rejection of the contract.

Instead, the spokesperson provided a general statement and figures

The proposed five-year, $42.4 million contract between the DHS and Samaritan Village to operate the former Pan American hotel as a permanent homeless PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA shelter was rejected by Comptroller Scott Stringer. regarding an interagency task force aimed at identifying and rectifying problems in various city shelters, which was announced by Mayor de Blasio on Monday [see separate story].

“The city is sending teams to do top to bottom inspections and repairs at over 500 shelters,” the spokesperson said, “and by bringing providers into contract, we can ensure greater oversight of and accountability from our providers moving forward. Stalling this process doesn’t help those in need.”

In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, a Samaritan Village spokesperson said the safety of its residents is paramount.

“We take the health and safety of the residents at the Boulevard Family Residence very seriously,” the spokesperson said. “Violations, however identif ied, are being addressed expeditiously and

we are committed to ensuring the families we serve receive the highest standard of shelter services while assisting their transition to permanent homes.”

The Pan American hotel was stealthily converted into a shelter last June, with two dozen families moving in with little to no notice given to community leaders, residents or elected officials, and more following later.

The site violates city law, as each unit does not have a “kitchen facility” as required. Instead, three meals a day are distributed in a cafeteria-like area near the main lobby.

The shelter became a topic of heated debate and even th ree protests, one of which attracted over 1,000 people and included racially charged language being shouted by both protesters and Q shelter residents.

LaGuardia laser loser pleads guilty in fed court A Bronx man has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of aiming a laser at an aircraft in connection with four incidents back in March that temporarily distracted the pilots of three airliners and temporarily blinding pilots in two of the planes and an NYPD police helicopter near LaGuardia Airport.

Elehecer Balaguer, 54, entered his plea on Thursday in Manhattan. He is scheduled to be sentenced by United States Judge Jed Rakoff on Sept. 9. The penalty could be up to five years in prison.

Injured four pilots near airport on March 9 Balaguer was accused of shining a green laser pointer into the cockpits of three passenger airliners that were either landing at or taking off from LaGuardia Airport the night of March 9.

The injured pilots all reported that the light had originated in the Bronx. The NYPD pilots who responded to investigate identified a specific second-f loor apartment as the source before they too were temporarily blinded.

“Lasers, when pointed at aircraft, have the ability to incapacitate and injure pilots,” said Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement with the FBI. “Thankfully, this case did not end in tragedy, but Elehecer Balaguer’s actions were serious and posed a danger.”

Bharara warned that others should understand that they will be prosecuted criminally should they engage in similar conduct. The reports immediately led NYPD officers to

the apartment where Balaguer was staying.

A search turned up a green laser pointer on top of the refrigerator.

Emblazoned on the pointer were the words “DANGER — LASER RADIATION — AVOID DIRECT EYE EXPOSURE.” Balaguer initially denied knowing who had shone the light at the aircraft.

On March 13, in the presence of an at tor ney, Balag uer ad m it ted to law enforcement officials that he had pointed the laser four days earlier, and subsequentQ ly lied to the NYPD about it.

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Each program will also receive millions of dollars in state and federal funding.

De Blasio said the city is proud to make such investments in programs designed to prevent homelessness, and the repair teams are another way to put that money to good use.

“But even though we’re making the investment,” he said, “it was clear that a lot more had to be done and we had to find a way to not repeat the mistakes of the past.”

Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), in a phone interview Tuesday, threw his support behind the mayor’s “SWAT” team initiative.

“I’m supportive of the initiative of the mayor providing homeless folks with such services,” Dromm said. “I’m glad they’ve heard this cry and are responsive now.”

When asked whether he thought the amount of money to be allocated from the city to DHS was a proper sum, Dromm admitted he wasn’t as savvy with homeless services funding as he was with education monies, but said he is excited about de Blasio’s financial commitment to the agency.

“I do know that in the budget briefing the mayor gave us,” he said, “his support Q for DHS was apparent and clear.”

ACS meeting

The lack of details irked more than one resident.

“They didn’t answer any questions,” Barbara Edwards of Laurelton said, a fact not lost on John Morris, a spokesman for A ssembly wom a n Ba rba r a Cla rk (D-Queens Village).

“If you provided more details, we could rely on that, and not on hope and philosophy and theory,” Morris said.

As for how the site was chosen, Boyd and Sherman said about one-third of the teens in the program come from Queens, so it will be getting two of the six shelters.

One will be in Brooklyn, and three in Q the Bronx.

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There were also upgrades in both security training and electronic measures, the specifics of which are being withheld by the Chronicle.

ACS representatives also did not go into specifics about the type of offenders who would be on-site. All children sent there would come from family court rather than criminal court. But they also will have committed offenses that would be classified as crimes had they been 18 at the time of their arrests.

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continued from page 14 “serious deficiencies” in 25 family shelters, including the Briarwood Family Residence, the Jamaica Family Residence and the Corona Family Residence.

The DOI investigation revealed the th ree Queens shelters st ud ied had “issues with vermin, occasional leaks, and slow response time from staff for apartment-specific issues” but were not in as poor condition as some cluster sites in other parts of the city.

According to DHS Commissioner Gilbert Taylor, just the 25 shelters studied accumulated a total of over 600 violations as a result of the investigation, a nd a rou nd 30 0 had al ready been corrected.

In announcing the repair squads, the mayor also touted the approximately $551 million in city funds allocated to the DHS, making up about half of the agency’s planned $1.075 billion budget in the fiscal year 2016.

In de Blasio’s budget proposal, the city will allocate $159 million to the operation of family shelters, $45 million to outreach programs to serve people living on the street, $15 million for prevention programs such as housing mediation and anti-eviction, $12 million for rental assistance and $4.7 million for an additional 100 beds for runaway and homeless youth who seek shelter.

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SJU softball squad is NCAA Tourney-bound Johnnies make first ever ‘big dance’ after winning Big East Tournament

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The banner year for St. John’s University athletics continues.

The Red Storm softball team qualified for its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance in the program’s 35-year history over the weekend, clinching an automatic bid by virtue of winning the Big East Tournament last Saturday.

The Johnnies defeated rival Seton Hall 7-5 in the conference title game in Rosemont, Ill., a contest in which they trailed 4-1 by the middle of the second inning.

The Red Storm offense picked up starting pitcher Francesca Carrullo in the bottom of the second frame, as shortstop Monique Landini followed third baseman Hannah Anderson’s RBI single with a two-run single of her own to tie the game.

Head coach Amy Kvilhaug gets a Gatorade bath from her players after the game.

Carrullo would settle down, allowing just one run the rest of the game, while freshman first baseman Krystal Puga and right fielder Yvonne Rericha combined to drive in the final three runs of the contest.

Seton Hall threatened in the final inning, but Carrullo struck out the Pirates’ Sarah Foster looking with two runners on and two out to clinch the conference title and the NCAA Tournament berth.

Next up for the Red Storm, who are 28-17 on the season, is a trip to Tucson, Ariz. to take on the Arizona Wildcats on Friday night.

The Tucson Regional is a double-elimination bracket featuring St. John’s, Arizona, Minnesota and New Mexico State, with the winner moving on to face the sole squad remaining from the Baton Rouge Regional.

Puga was named Most Outstanding Player of the Big East Tournament, while Carrullo, Rericha, Savannah Warren and Tori Free were named to the All-Tournament team.

St. John’s also racked up numerous end-of-year conference awards as well, beginning with Coaching Staff of the Year honors for head coach Amy Kvilhaug and assistant coaches Bob Guerriero, Alex Schultz and Matt Klampert.

“It’s tough to summarize just how awesome a feeling this is,” Kvilhaug told Redstormsports.com after the game.

“To do what this group of student-athletes has done is so very impressive.”

Senior catcher Erin Burner was unanimously selected as Big East Player of the Year, while Free was named the conference’s Pitcher of the Year.

The softball team joins the 2014-15 men’s basketball team as St. John’s squads that qualified for the NCAA

The St. John’s softball players get their hands on the Big East Championship trophy Saturday.

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Tournament in their respective sport.

The school’s baseball team is also enjoying a successful season, as it has clinched a share of the regular season Big Q East title.

York men’s track puts pedals to the medals Cardinals take 5 golds, 2nd place in ’15 CUNYAC outdoor championships

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The men’s track and field squad at York College won five events on May 3 en route to a second-place team finish in the 2015 City University of New York Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

The Cardinals took second place to City College of New York, which captured its fifth straight title at the

Medal mania at Randall’s Island.

meet held on Randall’s Island.

York’s Shaquille Hodge had a dominating performance, winning the 100-meter dash in a personalbest time of 10.76 seconds to beat the event favorite, CCNY’s Peter Dehazya.

Hodge also won the 200-meter dash in a time of 22.21 seconds, while teammate Roshane Wright

took third place at 22.38.

Wright took home his first gold medal of the day in the long jump, with a distance of 6.33 meters. He too relegated Dehaza to second place, turning the tables on the man who had edged him out of the long jump gold at this year’s indoor championships.

In the relay events, Wright and Hodge teamed with Chimereucheye Ezihie and Jesus Medina to win the 4x400-meter relay.

Their time of 3:24.27 paced the field by three seconds.

The Cardinals also took home hardware in the throwing events, where Nosa Edionwe’s toss of 41.74 meters easily outdistanced all comers in the hammer throw.

Randall Santamaria took third place in that event, as well as in the javelin throw, with a mark of 40.85 meters.

York hurdler Osahon Odigie took silver in both the 110-meter hurdles, in 15.97 seconds, and the 400-meter hurdles, in 58.01.

The Cardinals now are preparing for the East Coast Athletic Conference championships on May 15 to 17 in Princeton, NJ. Q

Shaquille Hodge of York College took home the gold in the 100- and 200meter dashes and another as part of the 4x400-meter relay team last Sunday as York took second in the CUNYAC Outdoor Track and Field PHOTOS BY VERITY ROLLINS Championships.

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a series of vignettes, each set in an earlier time than the preceding one, the show is simultaneously touching and comical as it explores the frustration of youthful ideals which, in many cases, remain unfulfilled.

At the center is Franklin Shepard, played by Jack Mosbacher. In his youth, he wanted nothing more than to write music. Along the way, he forms relationships with a talented classmate, Charley, who is to become his collaborator, and a promising writer, Mary, who would eventually fall in love with him.

Also drawn into the proceedings are a pair of young women, Beth and Gussie, each of whom Franklin would eventually marry.

The story is rather complex, especially for a musical, and the end — which is actually the beginning — takes on an especially moving feeling: the three friends at its core sing, “It’s our time, breathe it in ... worlds to change and worlds to win.”

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A full house was on hand to usher in the Astoria Performing Arts Center’s first public performance of the musical “Merrily We Roll Along” on April 30, the start of a run that extends through May 23.

The greeting might have been expected as the show, which originally opened on Broadway in 1981 and features a book by George Furth and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is performed all too rarely. In fact, if memory serves, it’s been years since a production was mounted anywhere in the borough.

Welcome back, “Merrily!”

Based on a play by the legendary team of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, the adaptation proved a disappointment in its original incarnation and its creative team has seemingly been fine-tuning it ever since.

As in its source material, a play written in 1934, the story unfolds in reverse chronological order, offering insight into the lives of several characters, who have been friends since their high school days. Told through

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boro EXHIBITS Eduardo Anievas Studio series, with fifty paintings exploring the dance between gesture and geometry. Sat., May 16, 12-8 p.m., Sun., May 17, 12-6 p.m. 10-15 48 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (646) 824-6292, eduardoanievas.com.

“Extracts from Silence,” a group art show. Tues.Sat., 2-7 p.m. Thru May 30. ArtistRun Gallery, 36-31 22 St., Long Island City. Free. Info (718) 806-1136, artistrungallery.com.

“NUDE: A figure drawing exhibition,” with the human body as inspiration. Fri., May 15, 6-9 p.m.

Thru June 15. Eleventh Street Arts, 46-06 11 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: eleventhstreetarts.com.

Magali Reus, Michael E. Smith and Erika Verzutti, three solo shows. Thru Aug. 3. SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org.

AUDITIONS “Mary Poppins,” St. Gregory Theatre Group, Sat., May 16, 23, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. (adults). St. Gregory’s Oak Room, 242-20 88 Ave., Bellerose. Info/details: (718) 989-2451, sgtproductions@gmail.com.

THEATRE Thomas/Ortiz Dance and Indah Walsh Dance Company, set to music by Kronos Quartet. Fri.-Sat., May 15-16, 8 p.m. Green Space Studio 37-24 24 St., #301, Long Island City. $15. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org/TakeRoot.html.

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“Shrek The Musical Jr.” Fri.-Sat., May 15-16, 7:30 p.m. St. Mary Gate of Heaven School, 101-20 105 St., Ozone Park. Tickets: $8 adults, seniors/students $5.

Info: (718) 846-0689.

“Comedy Night,” with comedians who have performed on Conan O’Brien and around NYC. Sat., May 16, 9 p.m. Central Queens Y, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. $25 nonmembers; $30 at door. Tickets: (718) 395-9641, cqy.org/events.

“Fertile Ground New Works Showcase,” with choreographers and post-performance discussion.

Sun., May 17, 7-9 p.m. Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St., #301, Long Island City. $10. Info: Jill (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org/FertileGround.html, jill@greenspacestudio.org.

“From ‘Superman’ to ‘Man,’” an argument against the ignorance that fuels racism. Fri., May 22, 8 p.m., Sat., May 23, 2 p.m. Black Spectrum Theatre Co., Roy Wilkins Park, Baisley Blvd. at 177th Street, Jamaica. $20. Info: (718) 723-1800, blackspectrum.com.

“The Shape of Things,” by Neil Labute. Thurs.-Sat., May 21-23, 8 p.m.; Sun., May 24, 3 p.m. The Secret

W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G “Temple of Comedy” fundraiser, to support the Astoria Center of Israel. Thurs., May 14, 7 p.m., 27-35 Crescent St., Astoria. $25, $35 at door. Info: (718) 278-2680, astoriacenter.org.

Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $15-18.

Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

“Test Pilots,” a live stage reading of a script for a new television show. Fri., May 29, midnight-1 a.m. The Creek and the Cave, 10-93 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. 21+. Info: Dan King, (609) 413-6872, creeklic.com/events/ test-pilots/ or daniel.j.h.king@gmail.com.

NYS Landmarks Sacred Sites Open House, Sat., May 16, 2-4 p.m. First Presbyterian Church of Newtown, founded 1652 in the first permanent settlement of western Queens. Corner of Queens Blvd. & 54th Ave., Elmhurst. Free.

Contact: Marjorie Melikian (718) 897-5668, mmelikian@aol.com, fpcn.org. Church of the Resurrection in Richmond Hill/Kew Gardens, Sat., May 16; free tours, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

141st Anniversary, 85-09 118 St. Info: (718) 847-2649.

MUSIC “Realms of Darkness and Light,” presented

by Random Access Music with Iktus percussion and pianist Julia Den Boer. Fri., May 15, 8 p.m.

The Secret Theatre, Long Island City. $20 Info: (718) 392-0722, queensnewmusicfestival.org.

“It’s My Park!” a revitalization event hosted

by Project Petals to restore Railroad Park.

Sat., May 16, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Railroad Park, Garrett Street and 133rd Road, Jamaica. Free.

Info: Alicia White, (929) 244-0724, ProjectPetals.org.

“Maifest in the Garden,” a welcome evening with music, German fare and Gemuetlichkeit (friendship). Sat., May 16, 5:30– 8:30 p.m. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $30, $25 members. RSVP: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

Maifest in the Garden, a music celebration with German Brunch, hosted by the Kiwanis Club of LefScott Joplin concert honoring the ragtime food, drink, art and friendship, will take place Saturday. ferts Liberty. Sun., May 17, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

PHOTO COURTESY COURTESY VOELKER ORTH MUSEUM Sizzler, 100-27 Metropolitan Ave., $20. Info: composer at his final resting place. Music by (516) 708-9061, queenswestkiwanis.org.

Dan Levinson and his Canary Cottage Dance Orchestra. Free barbecue. Sat., May 16, 2 p.m., Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest St. Michael’s Cemetery, 72-02 Astoria Blvd., East Hills. $8 donation. (718) 268-5011, ext. 151, cqy.org. Fashion Show, Sat., May 17, 2-6 p.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, Call: Elmhurst. Info: (718) 278-3240.

(718) 478-3100.

“Sacred Songs,” with music by Vaughn Williams, “Metamorphosis,” by the Big Apple Circus. 47 Holst, Britten and Brahms. Sat., May 16, 8-9:15 p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church, 31-18 37 St., Asto- Empowering the Asian American vote, a fireside shows starting Sun., May 17-Sun., June 14. $20. ria. Tickets: $15-$25. Info: Adam Eggleston (917) chat and panel. Mon., May 18, 6:30-8 p.m. Bramson (888) 541-3750, bigapplecircus.org.

539-1122, info@astoriachoir.org.

ORT College, 69-30 Austin St., Forest Hills. Free.

Info: Forest Hills Asian Association, FHAA11375@ LaGuardia’s Asian Heritage Celebration 2015: Enjoy a magnificent afternoon of music, song, mime, Bayside Glee Club concert. Sun., May 17, 3 gmail.com, Facebook.com/groups/FHABCCCA. glorious costumes, martial arts and acrobatics feap.m. 167-07 35 Ave. $10 suggested. Info: Henry McDonagh (718) 835-6166, baysidegleeclub.org.

Queens County Bird Club presentation: “Ice- turing The New York Chinese Chorus and The Qi land: Land of Ice, Fire and BIRDS!” Wed., May 20, Shu Fang Peking Opera Company. Wed., May 20, Rap Latino concert, with Kinto Sol, AKWID and 8-10 p.m. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228- 2-4 p.m. LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 31-10 Microphone Killa w/ Famosos Pistoleros. Sun., 06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Free. Info: (718) Thomson Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 482-5151, lpac@lagcc.cuny.edu.

May 17, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Adults only. La Boom NY, 225-8064, qcbirdclub.org.

56-15 Northern Blvd., Woodside. $40. Info: (718) 726-6646, laboomny.com.

Presentation on North Beach, the former vacation Memorial Day observance ceremony, by Queens spot presented by Greater Astoria Historical Society. Borough President Melinda Katz. Thurs., May 21, 11 Hudson River Rose: Folk Songs, with melodic Wed., May 20, 7 p.m. Q.E.D. Astoria, 27-16 23 Ave. a.m. Veterans Memorial Garden at Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens. RSVP: Dan songs about love, rivers, dogs, homes, unicorns Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

Brown (718) 286-2853, dbrown@queensbp.org. and friendship. Thurs., May 21, 2 p.m. Pomonok Library, 158-21 Jewel Ave., Flushing. Free. Info: “Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems,” presenting the top Susan (718) 591-4343, queenslibrary.org, Susan. 10 wage and hour mistakes. Wed., May 27, 8:30-10 Family fun day, Sat., May 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ComParedes@queenslibrary.org. a.m. Queens Chamber of Commerce, Bulova Corpo- munity Voices Middle School, 145-00 Springfield rate Center, 75-20 Astoria Blvd., Suite 140, Jackson Blvd., Springfield Gardens.

Concert for Nepal, featuring the Nepal national Heights. Free. RSVP req’d. Info: (718) 898-8500, Most Precious Blood events: alumni final anthem, by the Queensboro Symphony Orchestra jdonado@queenschamber.org. walk thru, Fri., May 15, 7-8 p.m., 32-52 37 St.; with donated proceeds benefitting earthquake fundraising sale at St. Joseph flea market, Sat., May victims. Sun., May 31, 7 p.m. Mary’s Nativity Church, 46-02 Parsons Blvd., Flushing. Info: face16, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Info: Lissette Paz (917) 664-8196. book.com/QueensboroSymphonyOrchestra.

Dinner & Wine event, sponsored by Kiwanis Tourette Association’s annual Awareness 5K Club of Glendale. Fri., May 15, 7 p.m., Gino’s Walk/Run, Sun., May 31; register, 9:00 am.; race, Trattoria & Restaurant, 1113 Jericho Tpke., New 10 a.m. Flushing Meadows Corona Park, grassy area Hyde Park. $70. Info: Joe Vessio (718) 497-2323, near the Carousel and Queens Zoo across from 54th Queens Jerusalem Day event, to remember early jvessio@aol.com, Lou Di Rico, (516) 521-5368, oper- Ave. and 111th St. Info: tsa-usa.org. feminists in Palestine. Mon., May 18, 12:30 p.m. aman11@aol.com. continued continued on on page page 00 40

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Interacting with works of the city’s budding artists

by Lisa Granshaw

Link’s video installation “My Bed” on the first floor, which includes a large white bed Every year at the Fisher Landau Center in the center of the room that invites visifor Art on 30th Street in Long Island City, tors to climb onto it and settle in with a pair emerging artists from the Visual Arts Pro- of headphones to listen to audio from an gram at the Columbia University School of accompanying computer monitor at its end. the Arts have their works put on display.

Meanwhile, Ruth Patir’s HD projection The center’s three documentary-style floors offer a perfect, film “Sleepers,” on wide-open space to the second floor, feature the stunning takes viewers on a works that are part dreamlike journey. of the school’s MFA The collaboration When: Thru May 18; Thesis Exhibition. between Yujin Lee Thurs.-Mon., noon- 5 p.m.

Curated by Omar and Nicole Won Hee Where: Fisher Landau Center for Art, López-Chahoud and Maloof for the two38-27 30 St., LIC on view at the cenchannel video ter until May 18, Entry: Free; (718) 937-0727, “Same/Difference” this year’s showcase flcart.org on the third floor features works by invites people to put 27 artists. the world of the galA s o n e m a ke s lery out of mind by one’s way from floor to floor, a range of beckoning them to don a headset to watch different displays is apparent, as is an ele- the presentation and listen to people share ment of active engagement between art- their life stories. work and viewer.

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Pieces on the first floor, which include “My Bed,” top left, by Talia Link and “Couple Jogging” by PHOTOS BY LISA GRANSHAW Cole Sayer. Above, stunning inkjet prints by Leah Moskowitz.

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Even after decades, it’s not the same old song

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It’s what they do for love.

The Oratorio Society of Queens, with around 100 members, unites almost every week year-round to rehearse for two annual concerts, the next of which will be May 17.

“These are people who are not trained as singers,” longtime conductor David Close explained before a recent rehearsal. “Every note is taught ... Some have more ability than others. Everything is learned by rote.

It’s like a one-room schoolhouse.”

To bolster their sound, Close said, professional singers are brought in to give the others, of different backgrounds, age groups and Queens neighborhoods, “courage to come in strong.”

Guest performers include soprano Geraldine McMillian, tenor John Easterlin, mezzosoprano Patricia Cay and bass-baritone C. David Morrow.

Audiences are invited to celebrate the promise of the season’s renewal and rebirth with Haydn’s uplifting “Lord Nelson Mass,” accompanied by the society’s own orchestra, the Orchestral Ar ts Ensemble of Queens. They will also offer renditions of American choral masterpieces, with the guest soloists performing popular operatic selections.

Close came on board more than 40 years ago as an accompanist hired by the late David Katz, founder of the Queens Symphony Orchestra and father of the borough president. Close succeeded Katz as conductor.

He also varied the content in the second half of concerts with more modern songs.

“We needed to do something different,” Close said, adding that the audience sometimes sings along. “The audience responded more easily to this approach.”

T he group’s pre sident , Cha r lene D e G r e g o ria, a member since 19 91, explained that the concerts offer “an opportunity to hear an alternative type of music without going to Manhattan.”

An unexpected offshoot, she said, are the lifetime friendships that emerge.

Woodhaven resident Rosemary Harmon, an alto, has been with the group since 2002.

“I needed something to do other than work,” Harmon said. “Every concert [I] come out feeling I’ve made the world a better place.”

Marge Colgan of Flushing joined in 1989.

“It makes me happy. It’s like taking a course in music,” Colgan said. “We study, Q we work hard. It keeps us young.”

Spring concert When: Where:

Sun., May 17, 4 p.m.

Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside

Tickets:

$35; $30, seniors, students; $10 children; (718) 279-3006

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Mosbacher, looking much like a Ken doll come Alas, the audience has already had a deep look to life, is ideally suited to the success-driven Franklin and sings with assurance. into what is to become of their lives.

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COMMUNITY 50+/senior job fair, sponsored by state Sen. Joseph Addabbo and Queens Community House, Fri., May 15, Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Info: Frank Fazio (718) 738-1111.

Friendly 5K Race around Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Sat., May 16, 10 a.m. Registration begins at north end of Meadow Lake. 8:30 a.m. $30 cash or checks day of race. Kids fun run follows, $5. Info: Suchitra Sugar (516) 710-8084, nyswimrun@srichinmoyraces.org.

Women’s Breath of Spring Fellowship and Luncheon, Sat., May 16, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., First Church of Nazarene, 95th Ave. at 108th St., Richmond Hill. Info/RSVP: (718) 849-5734.

St. Benedict the Moor Hall annual wellness fair, Sun., May 17, 2-5 p.m. 171-17 110 Ave., Jamaica, Church hall after Mass. Includes: health practioners, aerobic exercise, yoga, fun for the kids and more.

Ice Jewelry Buying Service is located on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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continued from page page 00 39 continued from “Couple Jogging,” by Cole Sayer, which stands out in the middle of the space, reflect the overall exhibit’s offering of an interactive feeling, with many pieces placed on each floor. As one stands next to or walks by Sayer’s two people in mid-jog, who both face in the same direction, it’s almost as if they are encouraging people to continue onwards through the gallery.

While interactive pieces placed in the middle of the vast floor spaces are prominent in each of the large white rooms, the walls almost seem to come alive more, filling the space with eye-catching color. Visitors will find themselves contemplating the “Guess Who’s Coming to Criticize Dinner?” paintings and ceramic installation by Samuel Cockrell on the second floor as much as Leah Moskowitz’s colorful inkjet prints on the third. The quiet space allows you to soak in each piece whether it has a multimedia element or not. Many compel viewers to think, in addition to being enjoyable.

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“Much of the artwork in the Center’s permanent collection was purchased or commissioned while the now-renowned artists were in similar positions in their careers as these graduating students are today,” wrote Emily Fisher Landau in the exhibit’s booklet. “As those masters did then, these students show a great deal of promise, ambition, and piercing originality.”

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Supreme Court of the County of Queens, on the day of April 30, 2015, bearing Index No. 200-2015, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to assume the name of GEORGE VEGAS. My present address is 35-44 163rd Street., Flushing, NY 11358; the date of my birth is June 29, 1948, my present name is GEORGE VEGA, JR. A/K/A GEORGE VEGAS.

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Readers recall what happened 50 years ago at Flushing Meadows

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

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or the past four editions the Queens Chronicle has been featuring a series of stories on the second year of the 1964-65 World’s Fair, following last year’s award-winning series, which can be read on qchron.com/ worldfair64.

This coming October, the fair will have been closed for 50 years. Here’s what our readers have to say about their fondest memories of the event at Flushing Meadows.

“Riding in a Ford car at the Ford Pavilion, my brother, age 9, at the wheel, myself in the passenger seat and my father alone in the back; watching dolphins perform at the Florida Pavilion; riding the monorail and the Swiss Sky Ride over the fair; the cute little Belgian Village, where we ate Belgian waffles. I still have several postcards and the 45 rpm record of ‘It’s a Small World’ from the Disney exhibit.”

— Nina Bogin, Kew Gardens

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“Although I didn’t attend the World’s Fair as I was living in Argentina at the time, there were a lot of commercials on television showing aerial views of the fair and it looked amazing. Now I am living in the United States and last year I got a chance to drive my 2012 Mustang up to the Unisphere as part of a celebration on the 50th anniversary of the car.”

— David Doblack, Rockaway Park

“It was a wonderful experience. My kids were little and I remember pushing my son John in a car stroller. The General Motors Pavilion gave you a look at the future, some of that has now come true. I was sad when it closed thinking it was such a waste to tear all those buildings down.”

— Ann Tully, Middle Village

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“The year the fair closed I was a senior in high school in the Bronx and we took our senior class trip at the fair. It was marvelous. What I especially remember is the Pieta. We were on a moving conveyor and the spotlight was on the statue. It was magnificent and I will never forger it. I was sad when the fair closed and looked forward to the next one, which didn’t happen.”

— Lillian Schneeberg, Yonkers

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“The GE Progressland Kitchen of the Future was a hit with my oldest daughter, seeing it while riding on a conveyor belt; riding in the boat in a tunnel and hearing ‘It’s a Small World After All.’ That song stayed in your mind. It was the equivalent of what is called an ‘earworm’ today. The NYC Panorama and how cool it was to see the tiny planes flying over the city and the sky getting dark as the sun set. Also, the fireworks at closing time. Many times we would just jump in the car and ride a short distance to be closer.

And, of course, the space ships, the Unisphere and the fountains.”

— Joe Brostek, Flushing

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“I was a teenager living in Glendale and went many times to the fair. The crowds, the fountains and the flags stand out; it was the whole environment. At the refreshment stand at the New York State Pavilion I saw my first microwave range that cooked hot dogs so fast. I felt sad when the fair closed, but I took for granted that many of the attractions would survive and they didn’t.”

— Gary Miller, Jamaica

“In 1965 I saw an ad, answered it and thus began one of the most memorable times of my life. I became a volunteer at the Vatican Pavilion at the 1965 World’s Fair. I met and helped millions of people who came through the pavilion.

Also, the best part was seeing Pope Paul VI when he visited. Aside from that experience, I loved the exhibits, food, fireworks and just walking around and drinking in the atmosphere. The closing day of the fair, I was crying in my beer.”

— Doris Rausch, College Point

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“As a young man of 21, I came to Flushing Meadows for the first time in 1964 while I was working at Brookhaven National Laboratory for the summer. I had already been to the World’s Fair in Seattle in 1962 so I had something to compare it to. Compared to Seattle, the exhibits seemed more focused on American industry and less on ‘Peace Through Understanding’ and international participation. I learned that this was not a ‘sanctioned’ fair and only our political allies exhibited. I spent one day at the fair. I remember being impressed by the Belgian waffles in the Belgian Village and the Pieta statue in the Vatican Pavilion. The Unisphere and the NYC Panorama, and the NYS Pavilion (with its mosaic tile map of NYS) all enhanced my love of geography and maps.”

— Jack Eichenbaum, borough historian, Flushing “I lived in Brooklyn at the time and was 21 years old. We mostly went to the night shows and I remember one w it h a New Orleans theme. Overall, the lines were very long, the waffles were fantastic and everyone was having a good time. We took our time and didn’t worry about security. There was a feeling of innocence.”

— Jean Silva, Forest Hills, president of the Flushing MeadowsCorona Park Conservancy

Joe DePalo Sr. in his Sunrise, Fla. home with a flag and a street sign from the World’s Fair.

Victoria DePalo with her children, Annamarie, with a World’s Fair balloon, and Joe Jr., with a coloring book, on the last day of the fair.

“We were a big family of six kids and lived in Woodside. We saw beautiful cars like Fords you could drive around. We were so happy and loved it as a family. We were sad when it closed.”

— Eileen Miller, Bayside

Doris Rausch drowning her sorrows — about the fair’s closing — COURTESY PHOTOS on its last day.

“In 1965 I was a 10-year-old kid blessed because both my mother and grandmother worked at the World’s Fair. My mother worked at the Belgian Village and my grandmother at the Better Living Pavilion. The Better Living Pavilion held different concessions of new products. I was introduced to the Frisbee, the superball and Elsie the Cow, a real live cow.

“My mother got free passes to the fair, so every time I had off school I would go to work with my mom and spend the day roaming the fair. It was a magical place for a kid and I guess my parents had confidence in me because after arriving I would roam around by myself all morning, then head back to the Belgian Village Rathskeller for lunch with my mom and then go off and meet her at 5 to head home.

“Being so young I didn’t get to travel to other places, but the fair put me in touch with other countries and cultures.

Soon I knew the fairgrounds like the back of my hand and visitors would ask me for directions and which were the best times to avoid the lines. My favorites were the Futurama exhibit and ‘It’s a Small World.’ I remember my family all going into a phone booth at the Bell Telephone exhibit and marveling at the phone with push buttons which allowed us to call my aunt in Florida and hear her voice over a speaker.

We were in awe over seeing color TV and could all families really have something called a microwave which could cook dinner in minutes?

“At the Hall of Science we got to explore the final frontier of space and at the Dupont Exhibit they showed us how to turn liquid into string. The food and entertainment at the fair were top notch and like many others we collected all the souvenirs. We still have the irradiated dime mounted in a blue plastic case and many glasses with exhibit names on them. We also have some souvenirs most people don’t have.

“My father saw the potential of valuable items in the world of tomorrow and after the fair closed went to the Department of Transportation and purchased some highway signs to the fair for $10 each. We also have a few orange flags with the Unisphere logo. For a kid the fair was a magical time and those of us who got to go there more than once were lucky.

“Every time I drive on the Grand Central Parkway past the fairgrounds I expect to see that giant dinosaur and the Uniroyal Ferris wheel looming over the trees. I found out a couple of years ago that my friend’s father produced the outside lights for the fair, which he showed me when I was in Florida. After 50 years I stood in amazement at seeing once again a piece of the fair and I thought to myself, it really is a Q small world after all.”

— Joe DePalo Jr., Glendale

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Dolan gives Isiah Liberty The GI Bill and a new

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

It’s safe to say that the WNBA’s New York Liberty, now entering their 19th season, have never gotten as much publicity from the mainstream New York sports media than they did last week when Madison Square Garden CEO James Dolan announced that Isiah Thomas would serve as the president of the team as well as obtain a minority equity stake in it.

Thomas had both a stellar college and NBA playing career and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame 15 years ago. What New Yorkers remember, however, is the damage he inflicted as president of basketball operations of the Knicks, which included numerous bad trades and forfeited lottery draft picks, as well as signing players to bloated contracts that used up all the team’s salary cap room for years.

If that weren’t bad enough, Thomas was accused of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment by a former Knicks executive, Anucha Browne Sanders, who filed suit against the Knicks’ corporate overseer, Cablevision. In 2008, Sanders was awarded an $11 million judgment by a jury.

The idea of Thomas running a professional women’s basketball team sounds like one hatched by the writers at “Saturday Night Live.”

Dolan, who has always been a target of media derision, once again felt the full barrage of out-

rage from the press for showing misguided and inexplicable loyalty to an old friend who had actually cost his company millions in the past.

The league is reviewing the hiring now.

The funny thing is I don’t have a problem with Dolan’s decision to hire Isiah. The Liberty have been underachievers for years. They still haven’t won a WNBA championship and have been an afterthought at best in the world of New York sports for certainly the last 15 years.

I have noticed that a lot of the folks outraged over Thomas getting a second chance are the same ones who thought the Yankees should never let Alex Rodriguez play for them again after he was suspended in 2014 — and yet are now cheering for him as he helps the Yanks stay in first place in the American League East.

Not to minimize the Sanders case, but it should be pointed out that Thomas was found culpable in a civil suit and not in a criminal matter. Even his biggest detractors have never accused him of being stupid. My guess is that he learned from his mistakes of nearly a decade ago and will not repeat them — certainly not in this high-profile position.

The Liberty have a strong team led by center and Jamaica Estates native Tina Charles. Isiah has a far better chance at a title than his Knicks Q counterpart, Phil Jackson, does right now.

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by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Right after World War II the rush was on to marry your sweetheart and buy a home of your very own. Returning veterans had an advantage, as they could buy one with no money down under the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, better known as the GI Bill.

Signed into law by President Roosevelt on June 22, 1944, the bill was designed to prevent a repeat of the infamous 1932 World War I veterans bonus march on Washington, which resulted in rioting, injury and death.

By 1956, nearly three in 10 returning veterans had used the GI Bill to buy homes, farms or businesses, and 7.8 million had used it for education or training.

In easterly Queens there was still vacant land available for housing after World War II. Much of the former farmland in the Bellerose and Floral Park areas had been bought up cheaply by Walring Development and Retlaw Development prior to the war, in anticipation and speculation of a need to develop it someday. There was no subway access, making it less desirable to builders

— until the veterans came flooding in.

United Homes was one major builder in the area. The slogan on its billboard was “Veterans Preference Terms for Civilians.”

Another major player was Ross Homes, whose office was at 86-02 Little Neck Pkwy.

Both provided little cape-style homes with very small kitchens for under $10,000.

Most of the land and houses in the area were sold quickly, and by the 1950s, if one had not gotten in on the ground floor, one had to look to booming Nassau County to buy an affordable brand-new home.

The United and Ross Homes companies used all brick in their construction, and their homes have withstood the test of time — Q still looking great after 65 years.

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HOWARD BEACH Detached 2-Family. 10 rooms. 4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, 40x100. 3 New Ductless Heat & AC units, S/S Appliances, MINT CONDITION, Pvt Dvwy & 1-Car Garage. CALL NOW!

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• HOWARD BEACH • • HOWARD BEACH • Cozy Cape, 4 Bedrooms, 1.5 Baths. $549K

Legal 3-Family, 3 Floors, 4 Bedrooms on Each Floor, Private Driveway and Garage. $965K

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

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Charming 3 BR Colonial.

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Howard Beach/ Rockwood Park All new 4/5 Bedrooms, 2 new full baths, private driveway. 1 car garage.

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HOWARD BEACH

Custom 50x100 Colonial.

4 BRs, 3 full baths, granite kitchen with Thermador stove and hood, subzero fridge, Jacuzzi bath, balcony, fireplace in family room, 1.5 car garage. A spectacular home!

HOWARD BEACH Rockwood Park Mint All Brick Split-Level Colonial, 40x110 lot, 4 Large BRs, 3 new full baths. Custom kit w/island, FDR. Totally redone 4 years ago.

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HOWARD BEACH/ Lindenwood Large Corner 2 Family on 41x105 Lot. 3 Over 3, 5 F/Baths, In-Ground Heated Pool. Fin. Bsmnt, Updated Throughout.

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

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HOWARD BEACH Rockwood Park. Unique large Colonial on oversized 40x127 corner lot. New kitchen with granite countertops, new cabinets & tiled floors, 3 large Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 2 walk-in closets, 2-Car Garage, with roof top terrace. $799K

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

ELMHURST Hanover Court Co-op Hot Listing!!

Best building in Elmhurst.

Large 2 BR, 1 bath, steps from trans & WILLIAMSBURG shopping.

Brooklyn. (R6B-Zoning) 2-Family & Walk- Doorman in, 5 Bedrooms, 3 full baths, top floor w/ building. $299K loft, large backyard. $1.9M

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

REDUCED $769K

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New construction. 2 Family, 2 BRs/2 Baths over 3 BRs/2 Baths, driveway. Built to new flood codes.

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One-of-a-kind 1 Bedroom Condo Duplex with basement, hardwood floors, ceramic tiled bath, low taxes.

ASKING $308K

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

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

HOWARD BEACH Lindenwood Condos • Greentree Condo (3rd fl ), cathedral ceilings 3 Bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 terraces. .......................$320K • Greentree Condo. (2nd fl ) mint 3 BRs/2 baths, 2 terraces. ....... . ......................................... $319K • Plymouth House. Mint AAA. 2 BRs, 2 new baths. Terrace. Pet friendly. ...........................$329K

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