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Howard Beach parade observes Memorial Day MORE MEMORIAL DAY COVERAGE PAGES 6, 8 AND 18 The Memorial Day parade in Howard Beach on Monday, hosted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2565, drew the masses, including veterans and Boy Scout Troop 237, seen above. The parade made several stops along the way, including at Walter J. Wetzel Triangle, and ended at Coleman Square. It was among the many parades and ceremonies that took place throughout the borough over the weekend.

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Mayor shares Jamaica vision

Some worry about gentrification; busway also an issue

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ayor Adams announced last Friday that the city will be delivering a more community-driven Jamaica Now: Urban Design Strategy and Streetscape Plan that will explore opportunities for job growth, new and permanently affordable housing and streetscape improvements.

Adams’ plans for the region includes design improvements to 14 bus routes along the retail and cultural centers on Jamaica Avenue; expanded pedestrian space on Parsons Boulevard between Jamaica and Archer avenues, already underway; redesigning 153rd Street between Jamaica and Archer avenues to better connect the subway, buses and commuter vans; restructuring the Archer Avenue Teardrop Space to make it easier for commuters get to the subway, Long Island Rail Road and AirTrain; and making York College’s El-Space at Archer Avenue safer and more welcoming.

The mayor would also like to change zoning rules citywide to facilitate the creation of lowcost homes produced with the help of faithbased institutions.

Earlier this year, at his second State of the City address, he said that 200,000 new jobs were created in 2022, but despite the city outpacing the state and the nation for job growth, even as its unemployment rate is much higher

— Black New Yorkers have an unemployment rate that is three times that of white New Yorkers. To close the job gap, he will launch an Apprenticeship Accelerator to connect 30,000 New Yorkers to apprenticeships by 2030.

The mayor also wants to create jobs in the biotechnology field to help the city meet its carbon neutrality goals and has emphasized opportunities for women and people of color in this industry. He also plans to support a partnership with CUNY for a Nursing Education Initiative for those aspiring to join the field and wants to double the city’s current rate of contracting with minority- and women-owned business enterprises.

“Our administration and our elected and community partners are going to create family-sustaining jobs, affordable homes, and vibrant public spaces — and we are getting to work right away,” Adams said in a statement on May 26. “Jamaica is a major jobs and transportation hub for Queens and the entire city, but it has been overlooked for too long.

We have been undertaking projects like this across the five boroughs, and this comprehensive plan for Jamaica will help deliver a fairer, more prosperous city.”

Maureen Grey, a Southeast Queens historian, is not fond of the development going on in Downtown Jamaica.

During the Queens Village Memorial Day

commemoration on Monday, she said that the neighborhood, along with other parts of Southeast Queens, is at risk of becoming gentrified.

“Have any of you been to Jamaica Avenue on Sutphin and Parsons?” asked Grey. “That is mini-Brooklyn. I can’t see the skyline. One of the things about going to Jamaica Avenue was that you could see the skyline. It was beautiful and different.”

Leran Ruben, the owner of Beverly Hills Furniture, which is located at 149-01 Jamaica Ave., said that he and several other small business owners in the corridor are struggling because of the development.

“On its face, the plan appears to want to help boost Jamaica’s economy and draw in more local consumers,” Ruben told the Chronicle via email. “However, it fails to take into account the damage the street closures are doing to local business owners. Similar to my furniture store, most of the small businesses in Jamaica have been servicing the local community for decades and are all family owned and operated. The street closures have caused a significant negative financial impact to local businesses’ revenues.”

Businesses on Jamaica Avenue have also shuttered or lost revenue because of the busways taking up parking spots, added Ruben.

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Earlier this year, sisters Natasha Morales and Candita Panayotti, owners of Make Me Over Beauty Bar, a luxury beauty, spa and nail salon, had to shutter their brick-and-morta r store, which was located at 166-11 Jamaica Ave. They now continue their business inside a beauty mobile on Jamaica Avenue between 160th and 162nd streets.

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“Many business owners in the area are no t sure how they will continue to keep their doors open,” Ruben said. “If there is no change, we will all be forced to leave Jamaica for good.” Q

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Traffic and migrant crisis on the mind

Howard Beach and Lindenwood residents press DOT rep at meeting

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Residents from Howard Beach and Lindenwood hit Department of Transportation Queens Borough Planner Craig Chin with several traffic issues at a civic meeting on Tuesday night.

Residents at the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association meeting at St. Helen complained of drivers coming off Linden Boulevard and going the wrong way down 79th Street, which is a one way.

One resident said she has been living in that area for 62 years and that nothing is being done and that her neighbors have been fighting it.

“The only way to change that is with enforcement and ticketing,” said Chin. “So I’ve spoken to [the 106th Precinct] and the traffic sergeant. They’ve been made aware to do periodic enforcement there.”

“It’s a speedway from 79th to 88th streets,” another resident complained of 149th Avenue.

Another resident even drew a diagram of the road, which she pointed out is lacking any stop signs from 79th Street to the Conduit.

“I’ll work with [the Police Department] to get enforcement out there and then I’ll work with DOT to see when the last study was done

Residents at the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association complained of various traffic issues to Craig Chin, left, PHOTO BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF of the Department of Transportation on Tuesday. and when we can initiate another one and ask for better measures based on the tickets,” Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) chimed in.

Chin said the DOT would look at it again and if stop signs could not be installed, perhaps speed bumps could be pushed through.

“If not ... we have to come back to the table,” he said.

Complaints continued regarding

the traffic diverters installed on 156th Avenue near Stop & Shop last summer, which have led to dangerous wrong-way maneuvers to get in and out of the parking lot.

Ariola said she is still hoping that the supermarket will move its entrance to 95th Street, where a traffic light could then be installed.

She said she is working to speak with the new management there on a solution.

“We didn’t have a lot of success with the old management there ... we’re hoping we can talk to them and their corporate offices and get them to just move that over and then we can put a traffic light.”

Ariola gave updates on the asylum-seeker crisis and addressed rumors that some would be housed in nearby motels.

“Local hotels are being filled, but you know what’s not being

filled? The Surfside Motel,” Ariola said.

“We’re given notifications when and if a shelter is going to open up in our district and I would be the first one to let you know if that was happening,” she added.

Jason Greenberg, a representative for Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer A mato (D -Rockaway Beach), echoed Ariola in saying that there also are no known plans to use Floyd Bennett Field for asylum seekers.

Pheffer Amato, he said, got on the phone with the Governor’s Office and said all federal property in her district was “off the table.”

Civic Co -president Phyllis Inserillo spoke of the importance of contacting elected officials when it comes to matters like the migrant crisis and crime.

“We have to start having our voices heard,” Inserillo said. “The letters matter, the talking matters.

Facebook doesn’t matter.”

In other news, she announced that the former Chinese buffet on Cross Bay Boulevard will be a Korean BBQ restaurant.

The landlord refrained from selling it to anyone who would make it a smoke shop and instead something that would be “worthwhile” Q for the community.

Community mourns tragedy back home South Queens vigils honor students killed in dormitory fire in Guyana

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The Guyanese community in South Queens is mourning a tragedy back home, where a fire at a school killed 19 children last week.

The fire occurred in a dormitory building of the Mahdia Secondary School that serves remote indigenous villages and is located in the border town of Mahdia near Georgetown, the government said in a statement that the Associated Press reported.

“The fire that ripped through the dormitory in Guyana ripped through all of our hearts,” said Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven), who hosted one of several vigils in the community.

“For us in Little Guyana, losing these children was like losing members of our own family,” she continued. “We also gather today to commit to action.”

A 15-year-old girl is believed to have

“maliciously” started the fire and was charged with murder, according to reports.

Some in the Guyanese-American community knew the children who died and one who was injured was transported all the way to Staten Island University Hospital for care, according to Rajkumar’s office.

Guyanese clergy of different faiths offered prayers at the vigil, which was also attended by the foreign secretary of Guyana, Robert Persaud, the consul general of Guyana, Ambassador Michael Brotherson, Councilwoman Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills), Community Board 9 Chair Sherry Algredo, the Mayor’s Community Affairs Office South Asian Community Liaison Sookranie Dhanpat, the NYPD Desi Society and more.

“Our nation is hit so hard with this,” said Dhanpat, who is Guyanese.

“This tragedy was deeply personal to the Community Board 9 District,” said Algredo.

“Some of my neighbors knew children we lost

Honoring those lost in the school fire in Guyana, community leaders gathered for a vigil, organized by Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, at left with Emily Algredo. PHOTOS COURTESY NYS ASSEMBLY in the fire,” she added. “Some are graduates themselves of the Mahdia Secondary School.”

Richmond Hill-South Ozone Park Lions President Romeo Hitlall also pledged to help.

“If they need help, I will work with Assemblywoman Rajkumar to bring them whatever

they need,” Hitall said.

The Lions Club, the Desi Society, the United American Hindu Leadership Council, the Guyanese American Law Enforcement Association and Community Board 9 co-sponQ sored the event.

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The parade made stops throughout the neighborhood. Attendees pledged during “The Star-Spangled Banner” and, for others, the music got a little loud.

At left, Phyllis Inserillo, co-president of the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association, with retired Justice August Agate, Councilwoman Joann Ariola and Eddie Earl, in front of the sign held by Michael LaPollo and dad, Jay Frango, not visible. At right are members of Girl Scout Troop 4615 from Saint Barnabas.

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The Memorial Day parade in Howard Beach, hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2565 on Monday, stopped at the Walter J. Wetzel Triangle. Private First Class Walter Joseph Wetzel was killed during the Vietnam War. His sister, Tracey Wetzel, not seen here, addressed the crowd. “Today we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for us all,” she said. “Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.”

At left, Rachael, Laura and Danny represented their father and grandfather, Navy veterans who also marched in the parade.

Above, Army veteran Joey Castranuovo, left, Marine Corps veteran Milton Gaviria, Patrick Connolly, a Marine Corps vet as well, Army veteran Sean McCabe and Navy veteran Guy LoDico gathered at Coleman Square, named for Bernard Coleman, who was killed in World War I.

State Sen. Roxanne Persaud, newly representing part of Howard Beach, joined NYPD Auxiliary Officer Michael Lesner. New to St. Barnabas Church is the Rev. Martha Cruz, who spoke alongside VFW Commander Patrick Connolly.

The Ozone Park Howard Beach Woodhaven Lions Club marched in the parade and supporters at the Howard Beach Deli on 102nd Street cheered it on.

The parade culminated at Coleman Square, above, where elected officials spoke. Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato, not seen, shared a quote about Memorial Day: “We don’t know them all, but we owe them all.” McCabe and Connolly thanked the many community groups who supported the parade as well as the NYPD, and read the names of area veterans killed in battle.

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Planting kindness at PS 146 in HB

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Gratitude Garden, outdoor learning

A new Gratitude Garden and outdoor learning space at PS 146 were created in part by Mariana PHOTOS COURTESY PS 146 Vozza, left, Linda Vozza, Danielle Cross, Justine Futerman and Jodi Tucci.

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teacher Linda Vozza and paraprofessional Mariana Vozza, spent hours sprucing up the space There is plenty to be grateful for at PS 146, along with Cross and Assistant Principals Veronica Boucher and Christina Kabbadias. and a new Gratitude Garden and outdoor “Green space and outdoor learning centers learning center that have transformed the entrance of the Howard Beach school, culti- are the future for education,” said Tucci. “The children learn so much better outside.” vated by dedicated staff and the community, The theme is “growing kindness one seed showcase that. at a time” and the aim is to instill pride and Principal Danielle Cross was inspired to do the project by Schools Chancellor David responsibility in the students caring for the Banks’ four pillars of education, one of which space.

Support and funds came from staff, famiis reimagining education, and Mayor Adams’ lies, neighbors, Lowes, The Home Depot, Ace sustainability efforts.

“A vision I had that started with a sketch on Hardware, Brothers Italian Food World, the a piece of paper was to create an outdoor 106th Precinct, realtor Brina Ciaramella, Chris Cross Entertainment, Benny Vozza, Joe Mure, learning center in which students could learn Fred Ianelli and Lifestyles of the Disabled, J. outside, which then branched off into creating Angel Landscaping, Joe Lopopolo and more. a Gratitude Garden,” Cross said.

The school supported Chances for Charity, a A ribbon cutting will take place on June 12 nonprofit co-founded during the pandemic by with elected officials and school leaders.

Mariana Vozza, her brother and two friends, The school was denied a sustainability and they were happy to return the favor. grant for the project but that didn’t stop it.

“It’s awesome to see our whole school comThe school’s PTA purchased the outdoor munity working together and showing such tables and more. pride in our school,” Vozza said.

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American Legion Post 118 commemorated Memorial Day with two ceremonies, this week and last week.

Last Thursday, the post held its annual observance ceremony at the World War II memorial at Forest Parkway and Jamaica Avenue with patriotic music and presentation of the colors by the Air Force Junior

ROTC of Frankin K. Lane High School, which also presented at the Monday ceremony, seen at center, at the post, located at 89th Avenue and 91st Street, top.

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P Grad’s hateful address shows CUNY needs real reform EDITORIAL

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When Mayor Adams spoke at their May 12 commencement, many of the graduating students turned their backs on him, not interested in his positive message.

“These graduates that are here, that are now going to go into the field of law, some of them are going to craft policies on healthcare, some of them are going to work with the elected officials to determine legislation, some of them are going to move on, and even fill the role of what it is to be a public figure,” Adams said, according to media reports.

“Let’s be clear, for 22 years of my life, I wore a bulletproof vest and protected the children and families of this city as a police officer.” This noble idea of service the crowd jeered.

Yet when graduating student Fatima Mousa Mohammed of Queens said, “The law is a manifestation of white supremacy that continues to oppress and suppress people in this nation and around the world,” referred to the NYPD as “fascist” and told those assembled to turn their anger into “the fuel for the fight against capitalism, racism, imperialism and Zionism around the world,” she was cheered.

CUNY Law may be No. 154 overall out of 196 in U.S.

News & World Report’s best law school rankings, but it likely would finish first when it comes to hatred among students for the educational system, city, state and nation it’s a part of. Mohammed is not the first hateful graduating speaker the school has had; both she and last year’s trafficked in anti-Semitism cloaked in attacks on Zionism and Israel.

Reaching deep into the “too little, too late” files, the CUNY Board of Trustees and chancellor on May 30 issued a statement labeling as hate speech those parts of Mohammed’s remarks that attacked people based on religion, race or political affiliation. The board condemned the remarks.

Whoop-de-doo. The board called the words unacceptable and hurtful to the community. So? What exactly will the board and chancellor do about it? Alas, we expect nothing.

After all, CUNY is the same institution that employed machete-wielding professor Shellyne Rodriguez until her proclivities toward violent threats became known. One can only imagine what was said in her classroom.

And as everyone from the radical CUNY Law Student Government to centrist Queens Democratic City Councilman Bob Holden, a retired CUNY professor himself, agrees, Mohammed’s speech was vetted by the administration and

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faculty, as student commencement addresses always are.

“This was a speech that was submitted and approved at all levels of CUNY administration, including by Dean Sudha Setty at CUNY Law, President Frank Wu at Queens College, and by CUNY Central, according to Dean Setty,” the Student Government said on Twitter (in between posts espousing radical Palestinian concepts and actions like the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel). “When then did her speech become ‘hate speech’?”

We can answer that question. When it became known to the wider public and CUNY started taking heat for it.

The City University of New York, at least its law school, is clearly an institution that has lost its way. It needs serious reform. If the Board of Trustees is not capable of doing that, then those who appoint its members, mostly the governor and mayor, should replace them. Reform or be removed must be the message. That’s what was done with the Queens Library when it faced a financial scandal. A new board was appointed. CUNY faces an intellectual and ideological scandal. It too may need a new board. Adams criticized Mohammed’s “words of negativity and divisiveness.” Now let’s see him, and Gov. Hochul, act with sensibility and decisiveness.

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want to our kids.” Not even a CEO or the president of the United States can do what he or she wants. There are always barriers to prevent autocratic behaviors. Why this teacher would even think that teachers should be above any checks and balances is absolutely absurd.

Parental expectations of what teachers should do are fairly simple. In the elementary grades reading, writing, math, social studies, and science would do quite nicely. Discussions of social issues can wait until junior high school and high school, when the young people are capable of abstract reasoning. If teachers actually believe that they should not be bound by rules and regulations like the rest of us, then I wonder about the quality of education that they can provide.

Michael Gallagher Forest Hills

Social meteor destroys all Dear Editor: Social meteor: The spelling is correct. I have never in my entire life seen so many people holding their cell phones as if they were their life support. One hand on the cell, the other eating food, pushing a shopping cart or holding a pole on a bus. Every few seconds they glance to see if they have received a message.

I k now people whose daughters are depressed or suicidal because they are not the next Tik Tok superstars. Give me a break. Get a life and find your purpose. Tik Tok is a time bomb ready to explode and destroy the younger generation because kids are addicted to illusions that lead to confusion and a visit to the shrink. They lose sleep, spend hours on stupidity, have neck problems, need to upgrade their

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Don’t let rabbits breed Dear Editor: I take issue with your lead letter of last week, “Let the rabbits be.” When it comes to animals, like the pope once said, don’t breed like rabbits! Without natural predators and no trap-neuter-release method, you will have an overpopulation of rabbits.

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This huge disconnect between the city’s Departments of Social Services and Education created chaotic consequences that could occur at other Queens schools. For example, will children of migrants now housed at the Kew Motor Inn on Grand Central Parkway in Kew Gardens Hills (New York Post, May 27) be enrolled in nearby PS 164 (138-01 77 Ave.)? If so, is that school properly prepared and staffed to handle them? With 16,000 migrant kids now enrolled in NYC public schools and more expected, all city agencies handling “asylum seekers” must be on the same page.

“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate,” said a prison warden in the 1967 movie “Cool Hand Luke.” A 56-year-old film problem must not be a reality in 2023 New York. Our city’s agencies should not become sanctuaries for incompetent government officials.

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Dear Editor: State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky has been a strong advocate for increased access to healthcare for patients in New York State. However, Assemblymember Pat Fahy’s proposed legislation would be detrimental to the patients of practicing PAs, like me. We urge her not to support it.

The bill in question would make accommodations for out-of-state healthcare workers. It is intended to help with the ongoing healthcare workforce shortage. However, there are other ways to increase access to care with the current healthcare workforce in New York.

Instead, I urge Stavisky, who chairs the committee with jurisdiction over the bill, and Fahy to pass S.5520/A.5012. This legislation would remove administrative barriers to PA practice, allow PAs to continue to be part of the healthcare workforce solution, increase patient access and better address healthcare shortage areas. PAs’ medical knowledge enables us to work alongside physicians and other health professionals to diagnose and treat patients of all ages, in all medical and surgical specialties, and in every setting throughout every region of the state.

There are more than 20,000 PAs licensed in New York State. It is critical that we practice to the full extent of our scope while filling critical workforce gaps where patients need it the most.

Diane Bruessow Middle Village The writer has been a physician’s assistant since 1993 and works at a practice with multiple locations and patients from across Queens.

start feeding, you are responsible for their care and welfare. After all, are these rabbits indigenous to their environment, or did someone just dump them there? You worry about cats, what about people, kids who may taunt and or abuse the rabbits when no one is around, especially on Halloween or a cold winter’s day?

That park is in no way a safe place for rabbits — or cats — to live. That’s why there are cat caretakers and rescue people who take care of the feral cats in the same situation as the rabbits.

They trap, neuter and release the cats in a given place, their colony, so they won’t overpopulate.

And you should do the same for the rabbits.

Anybody can throw food to a rabbit, but when it’s 29 degrees, how are they going to keep warm? People wouldn’t treat their own animals like that, would they? So why is it OK for animals that don’t have a safe and warm home?

Joan Silaco Queens Village

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glasses and never get to know their own potential. All their time is consumed with this madness. They are more disconnected from their families, which are the foundation of a good society.

They think they are more popular because they have followers on these social meteor sites.

Tik Tok, Instagram and Facebook are just scams to get you hooked. When I went to college and we left class we either went to another class, the gym, library or cafeteria or hung out on the steps around campus. We had no cell phones. We talked face-to-face, eye-to-eye and expressed our emotions about class, relationships and life. Today students leave class and go right to their cells, everywhere they go.

Depression and suicide will only increase because they are caught in the web and imprisoned to their cells. There is no way we were meant to live like this. Our brains are not challenged with critical thinking and we lack common sense conversations. Turn off your cells and liberate your mind.

Antoni Capozello Laurelton

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Is the Queensboro FC stadium nixed?

Plans for Jamaica soccer facility reportedly were kicked to the curb

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

A rendering of the Queensboro Football Club soccer stadium that was expected to be developed at York College in summer 2022.

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The stadium expected at York College in Jamaica for the Queensboro Football Club, a United Soccer League team, seems to have been nixed due to a much larger, rival proposal for one at Willets Point for the New York City Football Club, a Major League Soccer team, sources say.

Hellgatenyc.com, one of the blogs reporting on both soccer teams, said that a shovel hasn’t even touched the ground at the college, while NYCFC has announced it plans to have the “city’s first stadium.”

MLSmultiplex.com, says that NYCFC has grown tired of using Yankee Stadium as a site because of scheduling conflicts with the baseball team. Yankee Enterprises owns NYCFC. The club now is expected to eventually play at a new stadium Mayor Adams recently announced will be built at Willets Point, next to Citi Field.

A spokesperson from QBFC had told the Chronicle that construction was expected in summer 2022 at the CUNY school and that there had been significant progress made with design development, necessary site tests, procurement and environmental reviews.

“We expect to ... open the venue in time for the start of the 2023 USL Championship

season,” said the spokesperson on Jan. 5, 2022.

A second spokesperson reiterated the same message three months later on April 12, without sharing what exact month shovels would hit the ground at York College.

But nothing has been built and blogger Michael Lewis of Front Row Soccer says that as far as he can tell, QBFC itself is dead.

“I haven’t had time to get into the story on how they fell apart,” Lewis told the Chronicle via email. “Whoever is left with the organization hasn’t been forthcoming. To me, they are dead. We took off their section from our website a while ago.”

The 13th season of the USL Championship started on March 11 and will end on Oct. 14.

The 7,500-seat stadium, which was to be situated on a plot of land south of York’s Health and Physical Education building, bounded by 160th Street to the west, Tuskegee Airmen Way to the south and Guy R. Brewer Bouleva rd to the east, was announced April 27, 2021 by the club owner, Jonathan Krane, and York College President Berenecea Johnson Eanes.

The facility would not only serve as a place for the QBFC to host games and practice, but would have also served as a facility for York’s commencement ceremonies.

This year’s commencement will be at the UBS Arena today, June 1, in Elmont, LI. The modular stadium would have been a host site for the CUNY Athletic Conference tournament games and other free or ticketed events year-round, according to TFC Stadiums, a stadium and football media outlet.

Anonymous sources told the Chronicle that plans to have a stadium at the school will not move forward, most likely due to the proposal for Willets Point. If those plans go through, the 25,000-seat facility will open by the end of 2027.

When asked about the situation at York College, area elected officials said they have been left in the dark.

The offices of Councilwomen Nantasha Williams (D-St. Albans) and Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) said they have not heard of any developments.

“Last we heard, the original plan for QBFC was to play at the school for five years and give that stadium to York,” said a spokesman for Adams’ office. “We are going to defer to York about what is happeni ng b e c au s e t h ey we r e i n on t h e negotiations.”

The school declined to comment.

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$2B needed by 2024 for migrants

Asylum seekers require processing, shelter facilities and legal services

by Naeisha Rose

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Last Wednesday, Councilwoman Nantasha Williams (D-St. Albans) was the lone Queens official in Albany among a delegation of seven councilmembers from differents boroughs seeking state and federal support for the tens of thousands of asylum seekers arriving in the city.

Together the delegation engaged in conversation with the Governor’s Office and state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx), along with other legislators outlining the need for additional resources to welcome, process and situate migrants as they are bused in to their districts.

The state has invested $1 billion to alleviate economic pressures on the city, but more is needed, Williams said.

The city also needs funds for shelter facilities, immigration legal services, affordable housing to ease the burden on the shelter system and for work permits for the migrants, according to the City Council.

The delegation says that the federal government has only provided $30 million, a fraction of the $350 million requested by Mayor Adams’ administration.

Williams, the Council chairwoman of the Committee on Civil and Human Rights, told the Queens Chronicle that the Mayor’s Office estimated that for fiscal year 2024 approximately $2 billion would be needed.

“I think we have five sanctuary shelters in the district,” Williams said of District 27.

While she doesn’t have the numbers at the moment for the capacity for each facility, she does not believe they are at full capacity as of yet. “I started getting new shelters in September.

Half of them are new.”

The Anchor Inn on Northern Boulevard in Bayside is just one Queens hotel that has become a shelter for migrants. Queens City Councilmember Nantasha Williams joined several lawmakers from other boroughs on a recent trip to Albany seeking more financial aid to deal with the influx. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN The councilwoman does not have a specific number for how much it will cost to take care of asylum seekers in her district, but since last fall her office has worked diligently to provide food, winter jackets and more to help the people who

were bused to D27.

“It’s going to fall on the federal government to expedite working papers and to create a comprehensive immigration plan,” the civil and human rights chairwoman said. “In terms of the state and city, we need to make sure the cases are being processed and that people are not missing any type of immigration hearing. Providing that type of legal support is critical to funneling people through the system quickly.”

New York does not have an “endless capacity” to house the migrants as it is already dealing with an affordable housing and homelessness crisis, the councilwoman added.

“Figuring out creative solutions or options for folks to be housed is going to be important as well if we continue with the influx,” she said. “I’m planning on checking in with the providers of shelters to see if they need additional support.”

Williams’ office has already reached out to the city Department of Education as well to help with schooling for the children coming into her district.

The other members of the delegation who went to Albany included Councilmembers Eric Bottcher (D-Manhattan), Shaun Abreu (D-Manhattan), Eric Dinowitz (D-Bronx), Kevin Riley (D-Bronx), Pierina Ana Sanchez (D-Bronx) and Althea Stevens (D-Bronx).

Stevens, a lifetime New Yorker, is proud the city is considered a safe haven but sees the situation as a crisis.

“We cannot do it alone,” Stevens said in a statement. “We came up to Albany to talk with both our downstate and upstate counterparts about the impact of the asylum seeker crisis on the city and how to ease the burden on New York City while maintaining safety and shelter for all New Yorkers, lifelong and new.

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A baked goods stalwart in Ozone Park is set to close at the end this month, according to community groups.

After rumors circulated that the Oxford Bake Shop on Liberty Avenue was closing, the Ozone Park Residents Block Association said that the building was sold and later that it spoke with the owners who confirmed the shop would close the weekend of June 24th.

The bakery could not be reached for comment.

More than 400 people commented on a post on the block association’s Facebook page, raving about the bakery and expressing sadness over its reported closing.

Many complimented the shop’s cheese Danishes, apple turnovers and crumb cake.

“I owe most of my 250lb body to Oxford,” one commenter joked.

“I will be wasting away immediately after the closing date!”

Others recounted their days working in the bakery, fulfilling duties like filling jelly and cream doughnuts.

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AOC talks asylum, debt deal and more Protesters make Corona event rowdy at times

by Stephanie G. Meditz Chronicle Contributor

Although protesters shouted over her repeatedly, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Queens, Bronx) addressed the state of debt limit negotiations, asylum seekers and local projects in Corona last Friday.

With the June 5 deadline for debt limit negotiations looming, the lawmaker informed her constituents about the gravity of a potential default.

If the United States were to reach the debt limit, the government would stop paying bills for randomly selected programs that Congress has already authorized, she said. That could potentially cut funding for essential programs on which everyday citizens rely, such as Medicare and Social Security.

“The consequences of not raising the debt limit are very grave and they are very immediate and they can affect all of us as normal people,” Ocasio-Cortez told a nearly full house at the Corona Arts and Sciences Academy. “This is not a normal thing to be politicized, because it is irresponsible to politicize this.”

In response to Republicans in Congress who called for budget cuts, she proposed to reduce spending on the U.S. military budget.

One protester interrupted the congresswoman — he claimed that, in “the world that she lives in,” she is “trying to go to war against Russia” while proposing to cut military spending.

The individual was escorted out of the meeting, but not before constituents chastised his interruption and called attention to the paper slips that Ocasio-Cortez’s staff had distributed for questions.

When asked to wait their turn to speak, protesters insisted that they are “not going to get a turn.”

Asked by a constituent why President Biden has not used the 14th

Amendment to raise the debt limit March 2020 to curb immigration to without congressional approval, a protect public health, has been weapprotester heckled the congresswom- onized to support deportation.

She said that, since its expiration an, shouting “Here comes the lie” before she said that the president on May 11, border crossings have unexpectedly declined. should use the 14th Amendment.

“Right now, economically, we On Sunday, President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy actually do need an immigrant pop(R-Calif.) reached a tentative deal to ulation,” she said. “This is an enviraise the debt ceiling for two years ronmental issue as well. It is a food and limit nonmilitary spending. The justice issue, it is a basic everything deal would also expand work issue.”

The congresswoman discussed requirements for food stamps temporarily by raising the current maxi- industries that currently experience labor shortages, such as the large mum age of 49 to 54 in 2025.

The House of Representatives is agricultural sector in upstate New expected to vote on the bill on York and the hospitality industry, as Wednesday, around the Queens well as asylees’ desire to work rather than remain in shelters.

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Under U.S. law, migrants must Ocasio-Cortez also addressed asylum seekers in the country, wait at least half a year after they file although a protester shouted that she for a sylu m t o r e c eive wor k is “absent” on “the migrant issue” authorization.

“Because of that long tail that preand demanded that she put “Amerivents people from coming and just can citizens before migrants.”

He accused the congresswoman starting to work right away, we are of “throwing veterans out of this getting people that are not capable of country” to accommodate migrants, supporting themselves economically, which then in between becomes a a rg u ments strain on with securiight now, economically, our shelter t y, w h o system and escorted we actually do need an on housing him out of a nd ot he r the meeting. immigrant population.” for ms of Iraq vet— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suppor tive eran Ryan s y s t e m s ,” Graham told protesters that “immigrants she said. “If we just unplug that situhave nothing to do with vets” and ation then we will not have the urged them to “stop using a red capacity and strain issues that we are presently having.” herring.”

She proposed allowing people to Despite that intervention, protesters shouted over speakers through work while they wait for their asythe meeting’s conclusion. They per- lum status applications, and said she sisted outside the premises, chanting has worked with the NYC congres“AOC’s gotta go” with “America sional delegation, Gov. Hochul and First,” “Stop Funding Ukraine” and Mayor Eric Adams on the issue.

“Covid, on a very core, basic “Stop Pushing Drag Queen Story level, fundamentally changed a lot of Hour” signs in tow.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave her take on the migrant surge, the debt PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE G. MEDITZ ceiling and other issues in Corona last Friday. on,” she said. “A lot of people say that there’s no room and there’s no capacity; it’s just not true. What we need to do is walk ourselves out of this logic that allowing people to pursue a life in America is somehow an incentive for immigration that is not needed.”

Asked by a constituent about labor protections for undocumented workers, Ocasio-Cortez said that legal obstacles do not make unionization impossible.

She said that, while it is an important first step to provide federal resources to existing organizations, the U.S. should examine why the obstacles exist and reinvent the immigration system.

“Really, what this always is about actually ... [is] expanding a path to citizenship in this country. Period,” she said. “Solutions for the undocumented community, I believe, are always short-term and mid-term, because the long-term goal is to not have an undocumented community

While Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wanted to go through her presentation, some protesters in the crowd, left, wanted to make their own points. Among them was the man being confronted by security at center, who ended up as the second of three people escorted out of the event.

in this country and to ... remove that avenue of exploitation.”

She also informed her constituents about the longer turnaround for passport renewal due to the recent travel boom, as well as new pro-climate tax credits on energy.gov.

Those would allow up to a $7,500 credit for new electronic vehicles, 30 percent credit on residential solar installations or heat pumps and tax deductions for efficient heating, cooling and ventilation in commercial buildings.

Locally, Ocasio- Cor tez has secured $663,000 for affordable housing run by Elmcor Housing, $750,000 to open the first STEM preschool at the New York Hall of Science and $3 million to expand the Plaza del Sol community health center.

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, with whom OcasioCortez collaborated to fund $13 million to NYC Health + Hospitals/ Elmhurst, was in attendance. They plan to invest over $30 million into NYC schools.

They have also secured a permanent location for Chhaya CDC, which provides immigration support and affordable housing access.

Chhaya is turning the building it purchased into a community land trust, meaning that it will be designated for community use if the group were to relocate.

“If there’s any place in the United States of America that shows the promise and the resilience and the prosperity that is generated from a culture that welcomes immigrants, it is New York’s 14th Congressional District, and it’s the Borough of Q Queens,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

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Career and College Day at PS 62 in South Richmond Hill last Thursday brought together lawyers, teachers, mechanics, web designers, librarians, police officers, Community Board 9 leaders, retired principals, nurses, college students and many more to speak about their jobs and college experiences. Among the presenters was this editor from the Queens Chronicle, also a Forest Hills resident, seen above taking questions from firstgraders. At far right, nurse Catherine Ames presents. At near right, students check out a Queens College display. Student ambassadors led guests — Deirdre Bardolf to each class.

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Anyone looking to join the Boilermakers union will get to apply soon, but only five spots are opening up and it will be a while before they are filled.

The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for Boilermakers Northeastern Area, Local Union #5, Zone #5 is recruiting from June 19 through May 20, 2024.

Applications may be obtained from the union office at 24 Van Siclen Ave. in Floral Park from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the third Monday of each month, excluding legal holidays, during the recruitment period. Details are available online at neaac.net. One may also call the JATC with questions at (516) 326-2500.

The Finishing Trades Institute of New York seeks to recruit 50 apprentices much quicker, from June 16 to 29.

Applications may be obtained from the FTI at 45-15 36 St. in Long Island City, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays during the recruitment. For more information, one may call (718) 937-7440.

Further details about both recruitments, and others, may be found on the internet at dol.ny.gov/apprenticeship/ Q overview.

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For the first time since the end of World War I, College Point no longer has an American Legion chapter.

Post 853 officially shuttered this week, according to Commander Robert Lewis. Fittingly, its last day was Monday, Memorial Day. Lewis, who spent four years aboard a ship during the Korean War, is retiring after 33 years heading Post 853; when after three months, none of the branch’s 27 members volunteered to take his place, the decision was made that the post would fold.

The news came as a shock to community members at Sunday’s Memorial Day parade and ceremony, where Parade Commissioner Jennifer Shannon closed the afternoon’s program with the announcement.

Lewis, on the other hand, was not surprised in the slightest, telling the Chronicle that he’d seen this coming for a few years now.

“The membership just kept dropping and dropping — guys are dying off,” he said.

“That’s the name of the game. Eventually, they’ll probably all close.”

Indeed, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts have vacated their home buildings and seen their numbers dwindle over the years. According to Kim Cody, president of the Greater Whitestone Taxpayers Civic Association and a member of the Veterans Parade Committee, the Whitestone VFW sold its building about a year ago, and now shares space with the Whitestone American Legion post.

Both Cody and Lewis attributed the declining interest to a generational shift between those who served in Vietnam and more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“Most of the guys don’t want to join these posts anymore,” said Lewis. “They’re sick and tired of the military.”

Anticipating the end of Post 853, Lewis said he secured lifetime memberships for the remaining 27 veterans. That allows them to join other posts if they so desire.

Though the American Legion is closing its College Point branch, VFW Post 885 — which has shared its space on 14th Road with the American Legion for about five years — is not, Q and will remain in the building.

that in such a cirby Howard Schneider Not long ago my 70-year-old self was cumstance, I would cocky enough to think that I was too smart have to deal with and cynical to fall for phone scams. My m y M e d i c a r e track record was pretty good because, I Advantage Plan. As thought, I had sensitive antennae for swin- we concluded, I was dle calls. And then I discovered that I told that I would could be as vulnerable — and gullible — receive a new Medicare card and ID as all the other victims.

Recently, I received a call from some- n u m b e r i n t wo one who identified himself as Simon. He weeks. (Simon had claimed to be a Medicare representative promised “his” in two working days.)

The Medicare staffer also encouraged who needed to send me a new Medicare card but had to ask a few questions first. me to file a report with the Federal Trade These were queries about my health, Commission. I was, once more, most repeated digging for the name of my pri- unwilling, but I called anyway and, again mary care physician, and a request for my surprisingly, got through almost immediMedicare ID number. I don’t have a pri- ately to speak to another sympathetic mary care doctor right now because I staffer. For the most part he asked the recently changed my Medicare Advantage same questions as the Medicare fellow. As Plan. I was somewhat leery during this we finished our conversation, he advised conversation, but my interlocutor, without me to file a report on the relevant FBI website. This time I brea k i ng a sweat, didn’t follow through obtained my Medicare the FBI intimiID number from me. on artists can outfox — dates me.

I became increasReaders might find ingly suspicious after their victims because it useful to learn why I the conversation, so they’ve had plenty of think I was susceptithe next day I called ble to being conned Medicare — relucpractice doing it. (some of you have tantly; like everybody doubtless already conelse I dread dealing with bureaucracies. But the call went cluded that I’m merely stupid). The first through relatively quickly and the staffer reason is the “politically correct effect”: was sympathetic when he told me that a) although Simon and his “boss” both had yesterday’s call was, indeed, Medicare what sounded like an Indian accent, I fraud, and b) acquiring my ID number forced myself to ignore the possible risky was the crux of Simon’s scheme, because implications of this because I like to think I don’t deal in bigoted stereotypes. it could be used to illegally bill doctors.

The second reason is that, being a lawThe staffer took what relevant information I could provide — regrettably, not abiding sort, my long-ingrained deference much — and when I asked what the to officialdom kicked in when I at least chances of catching the crooks (there were half-believed that Simon was kosher. at least two) were he implied that they Finally, there is what I call the oral surweren’t good, but it was important for vic- geon premise. An oral surgeon once told tims to notify the authorities anyway: The me that he was good at pulling teeth more information the latter had, the better because he did it every day, all day. Simon equipped they would be to thwart thugs and his ilk practice their criminal behavior (in the future). He was less clear, and, I every day, all day (and at night too, probafelt, somewhat more ominous, about bly). And so, if these flimflammers are whether my mistake would come back to presented with even a small subterfuge hurt me if my ID number was used in a opportunity when people consent to talk ruse to steal money: he would only say to them on the phone, they are of course going to outfox their prey, because they’ve had plenty of practice learning the techniques — finesse, arm-twisting, et al. — to manipulate exploitable possibilities.

Simon is an experienced, ruthless professional who can read his would-be victims a lot better than they, no matter how smart (ahem), can interpret him.

I believe this account, this mea culpa, reveals why, in the future, I will hear the ringing of my phone as unnerving noise. Q Howard Schneider is a writer living in Rego Park.

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Councilmember says healthcare and essential service funding essential

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Councilmember Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) won’t exactly call serving on the City Council fun. But she still wants to keep the job.

“It is rewarding,” she told the Chronicle in an interview last week. “Because you get to help people who may not be close to someone with inf luence. Or somebody who is having a very difficult time.”

Schulman, elected two years ago, is running again as the city redraws districts following each U.S. Census. She is being challenged in the June 27 Democratic primary by Ethan Felder and Sukhjinder Singh.

Schulman also has been reaching out to meet residents in what will be new parts of District 29 in 2024. She said, if re-elected, her priorities on Jan. 1 will be much the same as they were two years go — and that many come under her purview as chair of the Committee on Health.

“I first ran for office because I felt it was time for a change,” she said. “We have the first female-majority Council, which is amazing. And we have been able to make great strides.” Schulman’s top priority during

her campaign was hospital capacity.

“Queens was the epicenter of Covid, and part of that was that in the last 20 years [Queens] had about 10 hospitals close.”

She disagrees with the thesis that the hospitals closed due to economic viability.

While admitting that initiatives such as tying hospital capacity to land use regulations has been more difficult than she thought it would be, Schulman said the city has made gains.

She cited passage of a doula program — a doula helps pregnant women before, during and after the birth of a baby — for women in underserved communities.

“I’m also excited that we passed the first citywide diabetes reduction bill, which tasks the Department of Health with creating a plan for reducing the incidence and impact of type 2 diabetes,” she said. “I’ve also been talking with [Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan] about doing a public health agenda for the next 10 years that doesn’t rely on crisis management techniques. Covid was crisis management. The polio issue that we had in the water was a crisis issue. Mpox was crisis issue.”

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“I want to make sure that no matter what

ZIP code somebody lives in, that they have affordable healthcare.”

Schulman also is on the budget committee, which could be said to be a mixed blessing with both difficult economic times —and a June 30 deadline for the new fiscal year.

“We’re trying to make sure essential services, eduction and libraries are funded,” she said. Once again, she said, the finance people with the Council are in disagreement with those in the Adams administration.

“We feel there’s more money than the mayor does,” she said.

Schulman said she wants the Department of Education to devote more funding for the arts and music.

“They’re not mandated,” she said.

Schulman also has backed a bill that would make commercial landlords financially liable for knowingly renting space to illegal marijuana dealers.

As for the immigration crisis, Schulman said the city can’t continue on its present path alone.

“The federal government hasn’t given us the funding we need and the state hasn’t given us any money,” the councilwoman said.

“It’s a complex issue — we’re a sanctuary city. We’ve always welcomed immigrants.

May grandparents came through Ellis Island.

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Forest Hills honors the nation’s fallen

Officers and crew of the USS Wasp, along with guests from the Italian Navy, march along Metropolitan Avenue to cheers.

U.S. Naval Sea Cadets, left, present the colors. At right, Girl Scout troops join in the commemoration.

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Spectators lined Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills on Sunday for the annual Memorial Day ceremonies and parade organized by American Legion Post 1424 to honor those who have died in the service going back to the Revolutionary War. Above, the JHS 190 Russell Sage School band pays tribute to country’s fallen heroes.

Before there were Navy SEALs, there were underwater warriors like veteran honoree Dr. Anthony Sarro, left.

Above, Grand Marshal Joseph Conley, left, and honorees Kevin and Mary Kehoe, and Robert Schnell.

A mounted NYPD officer, left, both joins and keeps an eye on the parade and those in attendance, like the group on the right.

The Scooches, at left, play the national anthem at the start of the preparade ceremonies in front of Post 1424. At right, the FDNY Fire Riders come out to honor the country’s lost sons and daughters.

At left, trumpeter Juliet Arua accompanies the presentation of the colors. Above, clockwise from top left, Post 1424 Commander Michael Arcati receives a proclamation signed by Mayor Adams; the NYPD Band and the Juniper Valley Council of the Knights of Columbus from Rego Park commemorate the holiday; and so too do members of the Garden Players youth theater group based in Forest Hills Gardens.

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The myriad benefits of hobbies is good news for seniors, many of whom have ample time for leisure activities. Whether seniors are retired or still working but free from the responsibilities of parenting, the following are some fun and engaging hobbies to fill that free time.

• Cooking: Years spent hustling and bustling through the daily grind of personal and professional obligations might have forced individuals to embrace cooking that emphasized convenience over culinary skill. Now that there’s more time to embrace one’s inner Emeril, seniors can look to cooking classes or take the self-taught route and purchase a new cookbook filled with delicious recipes. A well-cooked homemade meal can provide a sense of accomplishment and affords seniors an opportunity to control the ingredients in the foods they eat, which can be important for individuals with health-related dietary restrictions.

• Writing: Many successful individuals have penned their memoirs after long, notable careers and lives. While individuals needn’t follow suit with the goal of making their memoirs public, writing can be a great way for seniors to document their own lives and the lives of their families.

Interest in genealogy has risen considerably in recent years, as easily accessible websites like Ancestry.com and 23andMe.com have made it easier than ever for individuals to learn where they came from. Seniors can contextualize the information provided by genealogy websites by writing about their personal experiences and sharing what they know about the lives of their parents, siblings, grandparents and other family members.

• Gardening: Seniors looking for hobbies that get them out in the great outdoors need look no further than their own backyards. Gardening can benefit the body in myriad ways.

According to the Mayo Clinic Health System, gardening can burn as many calories as working out in the gym. In addition, the MCHS notes that individuals who grow their own fruits and vegetables are more likely to include those foods in their own diets, thus saving them money at the grocery store and also increasing their intake of nutrient-rich foods.

• Swimming: Swimming is an ideal exercise for seniors, as it’s low-impact but still a great way to utilize the entire body. A recent notable study published in the journal Quality of Life Research found that water-based exercise improves older adults’ quality of life and decreases disability. A separate study published several years ago in The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness found that water-based exercise can improve or help to maintain bone health in post-menopausal women.

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Medicare for you: What you need to know

by Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Your health is important and needs to be protected. If you are 65 or older, or have certain disabilities, or EndStage Renal Disease, you can get healthcare coverage through the Medicare program. You’ll get access to healthcare services you need to achieve and maintain good health.

It’s important to review your Medicare coverage options and find an affordable option that meets your healthcare needs.

Medicare coverage options There are two types of Medicare coverage: traditional or Original Medicare; Medicare Advantage.

Original Medicare helps cover inpatient care in hospitals, skilled nursing facility care, hospice care, and home healthcare. It also covers: services from doctors and other health care providers; outpatient care;durable medical equipment (like wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds and other equipment); preventive services (like screenings, certain vaccines and annual wellness visits).

Original Medicare is often referred to as Part A and Part B. You can go to any doctor or hospital, anywhere in the Unit-

ed States, that accepts Medicare. If you have Original Medicare, you can also buy a Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap) policy from a private insurance company. Original Medicare pays for much, but not all, of the cost for covered healthcare services and supplies. A Medigap policy can help pay some of the remaining healthcare costs, such as copayments, coinsurance and deductibles.

Medicare Advantage bundles your Original Medicare — and usually Medicare prescription drug coverage — into one health insurance plan. If you select Medicare Advantage coverage, you join a plan offered by Medicare-approved private companies.

Each plan can have different rules for how you get services — like referrals to see a specialist. All plans must cover emergency and urgent care, as well as all medically necessary services covered

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Whether you choose Original Medicare or Medicare Advantage, be sure you have prescription drug coverage. You can join a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (called a PDP) in addition to Original Medicare. You can also get it by joining a Medicare Advantage plan with Medicare prescription drug coverage.

Did you know you can save money on Medicare costs this year? The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden signed into law in August 2022, will help you save money on Medicare prescription drug costs and recommended adult vaccines starting this year.

Let’s explore a few of the ways that this new law will lower your Medicare prescription drug costs.

If you: have Medicare prescription drug coverage – you’ll pay nothing outof-pocket for recommended adult vaccines (including the shingles vaccine), which started in January 2023; take insulin covered by your Medicare drug plan – you’ll pay no more than $35 in cost-sharing for a month’s supply of each covered insulin product , which also started in January; take insulin through a

pump covered under Medicare’s durable medical equipment benefit — you’ll pay no more than $35 for a month’s supply starting this July.

Starting in 2025, annual out-ofpocket costs for people with Medicare prescription drug coverage will be capped at $2,000 thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act. Medicare savings programs If you have limited income and resources, you may qualify for Medicare Saving Programs administered by your state Medicaid program. These programs could help save you money on health and prescription drug costs and reduce your Part B premium. For more information, contact your state Medicaid program or call 1-800-MEDICARE and ask about Medicare Savings Programs.

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Medicare costs.

Please visit Medicare.gov to learn more about Medicare. We encourage you also to access personalized health insurance counseling at no cost. This is available from your State Health Insurance Assistance Program. To find your local S H I P, visit shiphelp.org or call 1-800-MEDICARE. Many SHIPs offer virtual counseling.

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Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is an administrator at Social Security Administration Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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Haggerty Park beautified for Hollis families Showing Hearts, JFK Westfield and Redeeming Light help with improvements

Volunteers from the Showing Hearts Foundation, JFK Westfield and Redeeming Light, an outreach ministry group in Laurelton, helped to beautify Haggerty Park in Hollis last Thursday for shelter PHOTOS COURTESY NYS SENATE families who live across the street from the green space.

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Shelter residents, who are lacking a green space, get to enjoy a beautified Haggerty Park on Jamaica Avenue and 202nd Street in Hollis after volunteers and local groups came together last Thursday to make improvements to the area across the street from their home.

Denise Dixon, the executive director of the Showing Hearts Foundation, a nonprofit located in St. Albans, was happy to help with the project.

“Today we are here at Haggerty Park alongside Westfield and our other community partners, beautifying the park,” Dixon said in a statement on May 25. “We are excited about opportunities for beautification and to build

the community’s morale and to make everyone understand that once you invest in your community you are investing in yourself.”

JFK Westfield is a global developer that has 300,000 square feet of dining and recreational space at JFK Airport and its marketing director, Greg Udchitz, participated in the project as well.

“Westfield, Terminal 8 specifically, is thrilled to be here today to partner with Showing Hearts Foundation to benefit the community,” Udchitz said in a statement. “At URW - we are very committed to giving back to our community. There is a lot on the horizon involving the Queens community and providing opportunities that are not only in reach in New York City but immediately in our neighborhoods.

We are very much committed to not only showing up and contributing where we can but also creating opportunities down the road to bring people into our terminal.”

Jennifer Isaac, head of Redeeming Light, the outreach ministry group at Evangel Temple in Laurelton, was happy to offer resources for the residents at the shelter.

“We are distributing items to those in shelters and I feel that this is important to give back and show that we care about our community and show them that they can rise up above any situation and to give them a paradigm shift in their lives just by someone handing them something with a smile, tell them that we love them and we are here for them no matter what,” Isaac said in a statement. “We love

them and we appreciate being able to come here and we get a great fulfillment seeing the smiles on the peoples’ and the children’s faces that we see every time.”

Shneaqua Williams, the program director for Parkwood Family Residence, the group that runs the shelter, was appreciative of all the help f r om t he d i f fe r e nt c om mu n it y organizations.

“A lot of families in the shelter get discouraged because of where they are and just showing them that regardless of where they are they are not forgotten,” Williams said in a statement. “There are people here who are willing to help and make sure that they have a safe environment not just for them but for their kids Q as well.”

Lidl to open two stores in NE Queens

Glen Oaks will have supermarket again; Fresh Meadows gets another

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Northeast Queens residents can gather their shopping bags as deals have been reached for two new supermarkets in the area. Lidl, the German grocery store company, will open two new stores in Northeast Queens in the not-too-distant future, with one in Glen Oaks and another in Fresh Meadows.

The Glen Oaks location will take the place of the former Key Food in the Glen Oaks shopping center, located at 259-01 Union Tpke.

When Key Food closed abruptly in February 2022, community members were left without a supermarket nearby. Since then, Glen Oaks residents have had to make the trip to Food Bazaar in Douglaston or to either of Shop & Shop’s locations in Bay Terrace or Great Neck.

Last December, the Chronicle reported that the Union Turnpike space was expected to remain a supermarket, and had been listed as available for lease. Nick Dries, a real estate agent for the Feil Organization, said at the time that several different companies had expressed interest in the site. Six months later, it seems Lidl came out on top.

“We spent a lot of time thinking about that,” Randall Brisken, Dries’ colleague, said of choosing Lidl to occupy the store.

Lidl, a German supermarket brand, has made plans to open two new stores, with one in the Glen GOOGLE MAPS IMAGE Oaks shopping center and the other in Fresh Meadows.

“We had other offers, and we chose them because we thought they would be best suited to fit the needs of the community. So it’s kind of a win-win situation.”

Brisken declined to comment on what other stores had been in consideration for the site. Though he would not name the terms of the deal precisely, he said the asking price for the 15-year lease was between $30 and $40 per square foot. The store is 34,441 square

feet at the ground level and has 7,038 usable square feet in the basement, a brochure on the Feil Organization website says.

Brisken said the supermarket’s Glen Oaks location will open its doors “sometime in ’24.”

Resident Gene McCarthy was pleased to hear that. “We can hang out for another year — that’s not a big deal,” he told the Chronicle.

The news of the Glen Oaks store, which

was first reported in Commercial Observer last week, comes at a time when Northeast Queens has seen several supermarkets close or change hands. In October 2021, Stop & Shop’s Little Neck location closed; though JMart is slated to take its place, it’s unclear when that will open. And last November, Bayside’s Food Universe closed for a month before reopening as a Key Food, now with a sign saying Key Food Marketplace.

Lidl’s incoming store in Fresh Meadows ought to help fill any remaining void.

The 28,426-square-foot space, located in the Fresh Meadows Place shopping center at 188th Street and Horace Harding Expressway, was home to a Michael’s arts and crafts store until late February. The addition of Lidl in Fresh Meadows will give residents an alternative to the Food Emporium at Hollis Court and Horace Harding Expressway; right now, the only other nearby options are the Key Food locations at 164th Street and 69th Avenue or on the other side of Cunningham Park on 73rd Avenue.

While Joe Byrnes, a real estate agent for Federal Realty, did not respond to a request for comment, the company’s website lists Lidl as an occupant of the shopping center, effectively confirming a report on the agreement from The Real Deal published last week.

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June 1, 2023

When it comes to challenging rigid structures and narrow perceptions, turning the tables sometimes requires knocking over chairs.

In an often twisted, senseless world in which common sense seems to require a trigger warning, and aging or showing signs of stress under extreme pressure is treated like a character weakness or per-

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Artist gives texture to her concepts in Mrs. exhibit

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sonal failure, Oona Brangam-Snell’s spirited rebuke of oppressive systems, hierarchies and ideologies that set people up to fail, then shame them for failing, has never felt more welcome.

By questioning traditional symbols that serve the top at the grievous expense of the bottom and middle, her jacquard subjects lift an elegantly rendered middle finger to it all before turning it into something that transcends limitation instead of reinforcing it. And it all is on display in an exhibit called “Shadowlands” at Mrs., the Maspeth gallery, through June 30.

Merging mass-produced machinewoven fabric with individual hand craftwork, she combines the best parts of each, enhancing the value of both as decorative and functional assets in their own unified right.

A senior designer at high-end textile firm Maharam, Brangam-Snell draws on her expertise in the industry, weaving compelling land and soulscapes that are haunting yet cozy. The tweedy texture of “Lazy Flood” evokes comfortable home furnishings — overstuffed couches, vintage trenchcoats on a hallway hook. Medieval tapestry and grand theater curtain design influence her pieces.

Brangam-Snell first drafts her paintings in gouache. Once they’re machine-loomed, she handapplies embroidery and other touches to create a hybridized effect. The result is a kind of stylistic estuary where brackish styles of the past blend with the freshwater of the new and evolving.

Collins Dictionary defines a shadowland as “a land or region of shadows, phantoms, unrealities, or uncertainties.”

Brangam-Snell captures the complex emotions we can experience in response to the frustrations of

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2003 classic “Elf.” He has worked as an actor, Jonathan, a gifted child, graduated from The Bronx High School of Science. He went director or in production on numerous movon to Queens College but dropped out, mov- ies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including multiple "Iron Man" and "Spider-Man" ing to Chicago to pursue a career in comedy. films, and remains active in many projects. Q While in Chicago he landed a film role in a

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Giants home game this fall.

Collinsworth was an All-Pro receiver for the The movers and shakers of the television Cincinnati Bengals; hosted a talk show on Cinindustry came out last Monday to the Frederick cinnati’s 50,000-watt radio station, WLW, and P. Rose Hall at Columbus Circle for the 44th still lives in “the Queen City.” For years, the Bengals were also-rans. Since drafting quarterannual Sports Emmy Awards.

Queens was well-represented as three nomi- back Joe Burrow, they have become an elite nated broadcasters — Whitestone’s Mike Tirico, team. I asked Collinsworth if he is worried about Corona’s Kenny Smith and Forest Hills’ Ian being called a homer in social media, and even traditional media, when he calls a Bengals game.

Eagle — grew up in “The World’s Borough.”

Tirico was named outstanding studio host, “Absolutely, it is a concern. The funny part is I while Smith, who also was in town to promote take a lot of heat in Cincinnati because many his new book about the people who have Bengals fans think I am rooting against them!”

Bryant Gumbel received the Sports Emmy for inspired him in his life, “Talk of Champions” (Dutton), won an Emmy for being part of the Lifetime Achievement. Gumbel has worn a lot of hats in his career including anchoring NBC’s “Inside the NBA” studio team.

It was hard to hear the winners in the press “Today” and doing NFL play-by-play. Since area at Rose Hall. I ran into Eagle outside of the 1995 he has hosted HBO’s investigative sports theater and asked if he won for play-by-play journalism series, “Real Sports with Bryant announcing. “No, I was beaten by Mike Breen Gumbel.” One of the show’s correspondents is from Westchester!” Eagle said with a smile. He Douglaston native Mary Carillo.

It is no secret cable television networks have laughed when I asked him if he would consider taking a page out of recent national politics and cut back on anything resembling erudite sports demand a recount. “No, that won’t be necessary. journalism. ESPN got rid of such Sunday morning staples as “The Sports Reporters” and “OutThere is always next year!” he chuckled.

NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” analyst Cris side the Lines,” while HBO recently canceled Collinsworth, who has won more than his share Astoria native Bob Costas’s monthly show, “On of Emmys, came up short this year as well. Col- the Record.” This is a very unfortunate and linsworth told me before the ceremonies he was shortsighted trend that needs to be reversed. Q See the extended version of Sports Beat excited at the prospect of returning to New York for the first time in years to call both a Jets and every week at qchron.com.

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Playwright Shawneen Rowe refers to her grandmother Rosa as “a warrior, the silent but strong type, the silent rock for the family.”

A professional actor most of her life, Rowe has long had the desire to tell stories of her own, and now, thanks to the arrival of Covid, she has done just that, using her grandmother as the focal point of her play, “Crooked Shadows.” It will be presented by City Gate Productions for three performances only, June 2 to 4, at the Broom Tree Theatre in Astoria.

“The pandemic opened the door for me to write,” Rowe said in a telephone interview. “I didn’t have the courage when I was younger.” In fact, she calls writing the “scariest” part of her life in the theater, the activity that makes her feel “most vulnerable.”

In the play, Rowe appears as herself, serving as a narrator-commentator, as well as becoming her grandmother, who passed away in 2000. The story covers events both large and small in Rosa’s life, including the disappearance of her father, which Rowe said “made for a fascinating little mystery,” as well as her struggles with domestic violence and her ultimate survival.

Last year, Rowe was invited to join a writ-

Shawneen Rowe, left, wrote and stars in “Crooked Shadows,” directed by Erin Layton COURTESY PHOTOS and running for three shows only, June 2 to 4 in Astoria. ers’ workshop sponsored by City Gate to work on the play. There she met actor and playwright Erin Layton, a Queens-based artist who was drawn to Rowe’s piece and took on the challenge of directing the play — her first such effort — through its developmental stages.

“It’s been really exciting,” Layton said. “I find the whole task of being a director adaptable to my skills.” And working with Rowe seemed to come naturally.

“She is open to feedback, very flexible.

She accepts whatever I offer as truth,” Layton said.

The positive feelings seem to be mutual.

“Erin is an angel sent to me,” Rowe said.

“I trust her.”

And Layton’s influence on the play has been impactful.

“The structure has changed,” Rowe said.

“It’s tighter, more focused.”

The play is now “more rooted in the voice

of her grandmother,” Layton said.

While this production represents a switching of gears for both Rowe and Layton, it also marks a departure for City Gate, according to the group’s co-founder Thom Harmon.

“It’s the first time we’re doing an original show,” Harmon said, as well as the first time the group will be performing in Astoria.

City Gate, which made its debut via Zoom in 2020 at the height of the pandemic, has been specializing in site-specific offerings, including at an Irish pub in Glendale and a Moose Lodge in Maspeth.

Harmon is very proud of the latest production, saying it has “a special power. It is an immigrant story that will resonate particularly in Queens.”

He admitted, “We’re rolling the dice a little” with this kind of play. “This is something a lot of groups don’t do because it’s risky.

Hopefully, our track record will encourage people to take a risk. I’m optimistic.”

Performances of “Crooked Shadows” at Broom Tree Theatre (also known as the Astoria First Presbyterian Church), at 23-35 Broadway in Astoria, will take place on June 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. and June 4 at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $15, with discounts available for groups. For further information, go Q online to citygateproductions.org.

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Weighty visual solidity balances the industrial with the ethereal in “Shadowlands.” It’s a realm that emphasizes mastery over chaos and the ability to laugh while in the midst of it, the underpinnings of resilience. “Synergy in the Hellmouth” and “Cowgirl’s Jailbreak” feature central figures transcending adversity.

The artist’s irreverent sense of humor punctuates the latter. A woman levitates high above uniform houses brandishing a lasso. Below, a fish dangles by its empty eye socket on a clothesline: a profound, unnerving distress allegory.

“Place Plants Took Back (Blue)” depicts growth overcoming restriction. Daisies push out like floral studs — new thoughts and perspectives blossoming into consciousness, a reclamation of sanity to replace an overgrowth of surveillance, waste and abuse of human rights and the environment?

More whimsical touches add levity to portrayals of predicament in “Shadowlands.” In “Lazy Flood,” a group congregates in curiously low-rising “floodwaters,” cheerfully wading while having a friendly

A detail of “Sulker at Home,” left, shows the texture most evident in close-ups of Oona Brangam-Snell’s work. At right is “Cowgirl’s Jailbreak.” On the cover: A close-up view PHOTOS BY JORDANA LANDRES of “Place Plants Took Back (Blue)” and the full piece. communal smoke. The puff from one playfully dot-splotches the image in bubble gum pink. “Sulker at Home” shows a character in seclusion from the rush of the outside world, sporting a luxuriant turquoise teal beard that falls gracefully from the

canvas surface in a form of soft-fiber relief.

With keen perception and acute skill, Brangam-Snell’s “Shadowlands” sheds light on alternate realities and possibilities where no two components are ever truly dispaQ rate, just underutilized.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNTY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF UPLAND MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A, Plaintiff against LAWRENCE LYONS, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane, LLP, 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered January 31, 2023, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at steps of Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 on June 30, 2023 at 10:00 AM. Premises known as 6-41 Beach 65th Street, Arverne, NY 11692 a/k/a 6-41 Beach 65th Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11692. Block 16026 Lot 31. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situated, lying and being at Far Rockaway, Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $448,380.89 plus interest, fees, and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi led Judgment Index No 723027/2021. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 11th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. Referee will only accept a certifi ed bank check made payable to the referee.

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HEIRS-AT-LAW, NEXT-OF-KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST AND Notice of Formation of Notice of Formation of GENERALLY ALL PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING, UNDER, BY OR THROUGH THE DECEDENT RAMESHWAR DHANRAJ, BY PURCHASE, ALL THE WORK’S GENERAL FRAFFA LLC Articles of OrganiCONTRACTORS & ASSOCIATES LLC zation were fi led with the Secre- INHERITANCE, LIEN OR OTHERWISE, ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST Articles of Organization were fi led with IN AND TO THE PREMISES DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, tary of State of New York (SSNY) the Secretary of State of New York CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (QUEENS), MADISON on 05/16/2023.

Offi ce location: (SSNY) on 02/04/2023. Offi ce locaRESOURCES, LTD., MORTGAGE ELECTRONICS REGISTRATION Queens County. SSNY has been tion: Queens County. SSNY has been SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR U.S. BANK N.A., NEW YORK CITY designated as agent of the LLC upon designated as agent of the LLC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT whom process against it may be upon whom process against it ADJUDICATION BUREAU, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF served. SSNY shall mail a copy of promay be served. SSNY shall mail a TAXATION AND FINANCE, SAMIL PERSAUD, ALANA JAIKRAN, cess to: ALL THE WORK’S GENERAL copy of process to: FRAFFA LLC, SHAWNDELL RIVERS, CHANTELL JOHNSON, Defendants. TO THE CONTRACTORS & ASSOCIATES LLC, 128-01 109TH AVENUE, OZONE 10858 53RD AVENUE, APT 3R,CORONA, ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: Unknown Heirs, Dana Dhanraj, and PARK, NY 11420. Purpose: For any NY 11368. Purpose: For any lawful Amaya Dhanraj: This Notice is to inform you that you have been lawful purpose. purpose. substituted as party Defendants into a foreclosure action, in place of the Decedent Rameshwar Dhanraj, and that the Caption has BEACH CHANNEL DIAGNOSTIC & GSJL LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led been amended to reflect this change. You are not required to TREATMENT CENTER, LLC fi led with the SSNY on 05/05/23. serve an answer as the Decedent has already defaulted, and any Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY answer served will be rejected as precluded by law. No action is necessary on your part. The sole purpose of this Notice is to inform State of NY (SSNY) on 1/5/2023. designated as agent of the LLC you that the caption has been amended to include your name(s) Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY has upon whom process against as a matter of law, and that you may be given additional notice of been designated as agent of the further developments in this case, as required by law. Plaintiff is not it may be served. SSNY shall seeking a deficiency judgment against you. You are merely being LLC upon whom process against it mail copy of process to the named by virtue of being possible heirs to the Decedent, and as may be served and shall mail proLLC, 69-20 60th Avenue, such are entitled to notice of these proceedings. These proceedings cess to: Angela C. Bellizzi, Esq., concern ONLY the Property known as: 116-17 139TH ST, QUEENS, Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: NY 11436, KNUCKLES, KOMOSINSKI & MANFRO, LLP. By: ALEX 225 Crossways Park Dr., Woodbury, Any lawful purpose.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-HE3, Plaintiff, -againstWaveny Alexander aka Waveny Agath Alexander aka Waveny A. Alexander individually, Administrator and Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Tina Alexander, Shaneza Alexander, Tyrone Alexander individually and as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Jael Alexander individually and as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, John Alexander individually and as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Dorell Alexander individually and as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Oneal C. Alexander individually and as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Egbert B. Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Terrence Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Brent Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Hazel Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Michelle Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Teshina Jade Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Anthony Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Eon Shane Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander, Delon Alexander as Heir to the Estate of Egbert Alexander and Egbert Alexander’s, unknown heirs-at-law, nextof-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, Adverlight Collections, Inc., Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York City Environmental Control Board, New York City Parking Violations Bureau, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, United States of America, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, United States of AmericaInternal Revenue Service, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Cavalry SPV I LLC, LR Credit 10, LLC, Defendants.

Index No.: 703843/2021 Filed: May 19, 2023 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial.

Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $491,200.00 and interest, recorded in the office of the clerk of the County of Queens on June 17, 2005 in CRFN 2005000350105 covering premises known as 146-45 181st Street, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Bay Shore, New York May 18, 2023 Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP /s/BY: Linda P. Manfredi, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01-065730-F00

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS, HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007WM1 ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, Plaintiff, vs. SABRINA EDERY, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ANN LEWITINN, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on August 25, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the outside steps of the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY on June 30, 2023 at 12:00 p.m., premises known as 1352 Dickens Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11691. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block 15665 and Lot 38. Approximate amount of judgment is $905,788.55 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi led Judgment Index # 703799/2021. The Referee shall comply with the Eleventh Judicial District’s COVID-19 policies concerning public auctions of foreclosed properties.

These policies, along with the Queens County Foreclosure’s Auction Rules, can be found on the Queens Supreme Court - Civil Term website. Austin I. Idehen, Esq., Referee Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, 10 Bank Street, Suite 700, White Plains, New York 10606, Attorneys for Plaintiff

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 714704/2021 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Property: 34-21 100TH STREET CORONA, NY 11368 Block: 1734 Lot: 40 WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO CITIBANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR BEAR STEARNS ALT-A TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-6, Plaintiff, v. MANUEL PEREZ; ROSA ASITIMBAY; PEDRO CARDONA, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to Plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specifi c lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to Plaintiff; HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA); COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT; CITIMORTGAGE, INC.; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BY VIRTUE OF UNPAID TAXES OR LIENS OF PEDRO CARDONA; JUAN PEREZ AS “JOHN DOE #1”; MERCY PEREZ AS “JOHN DOE #2”; “JOHN DOE #3” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last ten names being fi ctitious and unknown to Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the Complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a defi ciency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE Notice of Formation of 151-24 Beaver Rd LLC, Arts OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage GWG3 CREATIVE LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the of Org. fi led with Sec. of to secure the sum of $593,600.00 and interest, recorded on June Secretary of State of New York 07, 2006, in Instrument Number 2006000315804, of the Public State of NY (SSNY) 4/19/2023.

(SSNY) on 04/03/2023. Offi ce Records of QUEENS County, New York., covering premises Cty: Queens. SSNY desig. as location: Queens County. SSNY has known as 34-21 100TH STREET, CORONA, NY 11368. The relief been designated as agent of the agent upon whom process sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale LLC upon whom process against it against may be served & shall of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by may be served. SSNY shall mail a the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated mail process to 134-04 97th as the place of trial because the real property affected by this copy of process to: THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 3965 52ND Ave., South Richmond Hill, NY action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF ST, APT 2D, WOODSIDE, NY 11377.

LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and 11419. General Purpose Purpose: For any lawful purpose. complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who fi led this foreclosure proceeding JAMAICA WDY LLC, Arts.

2 Lee’s Development LLC against you and fi ling the answer with the court, a default of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 05/01/2023. Offi ce loc: fi led w/ SSNY on 4/13/23. judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for Queens County. SSNY has been Offi ce: Queens Co. SSNY further information on how to answer the summons and protect designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC designated as agent for your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING may be served. SSNY shall mail process & shall mail to: A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF process to: The LLC, 92-01 (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE Jamaica Avenue, Woodhaven, 18-14 129th St., College COURT. Dated: May 9, 2023 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, NY 11421. Reg Agent: Suhail Sitaf, 3 Windsor Drive, Old Point, NY 11356. Purpose: CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC By: Ankit Mehta, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, NY 11590 Westbury, NY 11568. Purpose: any lawful.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNTY MOREQUITY, INC., Plaintiff against CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered January 29, 2018, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the steps of Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 on June 23, 2023 at 12:15 PM. Premises known as 158-11 96th Street, Howard Beach, NY 11414. Block 14166 Lot 55.

All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $356,888.84 plus interest, fees, and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 705317/2021 f/k/a 12717/2009. Cash will not be accepted at the sale.

The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 11th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. Referee will only accept a certified bank check made payable to the referee.

Autrey Glen Johnson, Esq., Referee 2296-002975

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C M SQ page 30 Y K SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Queens Action To Foreclose A Mortgage Index #: 718865/2019 Nationstar Mortgage LLC D/B/A Mr. INDEX #711756/2022 Original fi led with Clerk 4/27/2023 Plaintiff Designates Queens County as the Cooper Plaintiff, vs Cheryl Scott As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, Ilyas Scott As Heir To The Estate Place of Trial The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated Queens County Premises: 151Of Artemus Scott If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, 35 84th Street, Unit 3M, Howard Beach, NY 11414 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC., ASSETIn This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-1, Plaintiff, -against- MARYANN MORAN, if living, and if he/ In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any in, or generally or specifi c lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, Valerie devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under R. Scott As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, Artemus Scott, Jr. As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, Wahjeeda Scott As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, Unknown Heirs As Heir To The Estate Of them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next Artemus Scott If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; THE In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE BUILDERS APARTMENT CORPORATION CONDOMINIUM, any and In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any specifi c lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or People Of The State Of New York, United States Of America Acting Through The IRS, TIAA F.S.B. FKA Everbank, City Register Of The City Of New York, Queens County, New York City Environmental Control either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, Board, Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., Citibank (South Dakota) N.A., Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors LVNV Funding LLC APO Chase Bank USA N.A., New York City Parking Violations Bureau, John Doe and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; THE BOARD (Those Unknown Tenants, Occupants, Persons Or Corporations Or Their Heirs, Distributees, Executors, OF MANAGERS OF THE HERITAGE SOUTH CONDOMINIUM; MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST Administrators, Trustees, Guardians, Assignees, Creditors Or Successors Claiming An Interest In The Mortgaged Premises.) Defendant(s). Mortgaged Premises: 516 Beach 72nd Street Arverne, NY 11692 COMPANY; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and AND FINANCE; and JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE #1 through #7, the last seven (7) names being fi ctitious to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to and unknown to the Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete in the complaint, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete Premises. To Ilyas Scott As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, and the Unknown Heirs As Heir To The if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); the United States of Estate Of Artemus Scott, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served America may appear or answer within 60 day of service hereof; and in case of your failure to appear upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Phillip Hom of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Third day of May, 2023 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. the County of Queens, in the City of Long Island City. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage That this Supplemental Summons is being fi led pursuant to an Order of the Court dated April 14, 2023. dated November 1, 2006, upon the premises described below, executed by Artemus Scott (who died TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant on September 26, 2018, a resident of the county of Queens, State of New York) to secure the sum of to an Order of the Hon. Tracy A. Catapano-Fox, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered $163,000.00. The Mortgage was recorded at CRFN 2006000661193 in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County on November 30, 2006. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an April 19, 2023 and fi led with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Offi ce. THE assignment executed November 7, 2007 and recorded on November 19, 2007, in the City Register of the OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to foreclose a mortgage recorded in the Offi ce of the City Register of the City City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2007000576303. The Filed: Queens County Clerk 10/28/2022 of New York on October 21, 2005 at Instrument #2005000589292, covering premises k/a 151-35 84th 08:49 AM Index NO. 718865/2019 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 74 Received NYSCEF: 10/28/2022 mortgage was subsequently modified on June 20, 2017. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment Street, Unit 3M, Howard Beach, NY 11414 a/k/a Block 11431, Lot 4312. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER executed May 28, 2020 and recorded on October 5, 2020, in the City Register of the City of New York, OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy Queens County at CRFN 20200002770317. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who fi led this foreclosure proceeding executed June 19, 2020 and recorded on October 5, 2020, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2020000270318; The property in question is described as follows: 516 BEACH against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can 72ND STREET, ARVERNE, NY 11692. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC., BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-1 AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.Dated: AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: May 26, 2023 Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and Uniondale, New York, April 26, 2023 Respectfully submitted, Pincus Law Group, PLLC. By: George J. the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information Weissinger, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff. 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556 516-699-8902 #100422 obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 76627

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