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Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder announced last week he will not seek re-election, wishing instead to spend more time with his family. On Tuesday, Stacey Pheffer Amato, above, announced she will look to replace Goldfeder and hold the seat previously held by her mother, Queens County Clerk Audrey Pheffer.

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Senate wants an overseer for schools Governor says no to the idea; two Queens pols say they wouldn’t mind Associate Editor

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he state Senate is looking to keep Mayor de Blasio on a short leash when it comes to his control of the city public school system.

Last Friday, Majority Leader John Flanagan (R-Suffolk) introduced a bill that would extend mayoral control for only one year and create the position of an overseer that would be appointed by the governor and approved by the Senate.

The overseer would have unfettered access to school documents and records and have the power to appeal decisions made by the Panel for Educational Policy and void any contracts or appointments if they find a conf lict of interest.

The bill has been lambasted by de Blasio and drawn criticism from Assembly Leader Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) and, one of the mayor’s political rivals, Gov. Cuomo.

The Assembly previously passed a threeyear mayoral control extension with no oversight provision.

But some in Queens believe appointing an overseer may not be the worst idea.

“I think there needs to be some oversight,” said state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), a member of the Education Committee. “I’ve always thought there should be more involvement, especially by the state Legislature.”

The fight for control of public schools continued last week when Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, left inset, introduced a bill that would appoint an overseer that could access school FILE PHOTOS documents and appeal some decisions made by Mayor de Blasio.

Avella said he’s always been wary of giving the mayor and chancellor total control of the city school system.

“It’s a little disconcerting,” he said. “There needs to be more involvement.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), also a member of the Education Committee, says if de Blasio is proud of what he’s done with the schools, he should

not fear an overseer.

“If you’re proud of your product, you turn around and say to the overseer, ‘Look what I’ve done,”’ Addabbo said. “I have no problems with check and balances.”

Addabbo did say that the one-year extension of mayoral control seems “political” on the part of the Republican Senate, but that the overseer is not.

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“It’s about making sure that the system is best for our children,” he said. “That doesn’t sound political to me.”

Avella agreed.

“It’s the opportunity to do what’s right in terms of mayoral control,” he said.

The senator also argued that de Blasio too often accuses people who don’t side with him of using politics.

“Anytime someone doesn’t agree with him it’s politically motivated, which is nonsense,” he said.

One education advocate said the overseer might be too little, too late.

“They should have put in an overseer 12 years ago,” said Nick Comaianni, president of Community Education Council 24.

He said there’s nothing the overseer can’t look into or find out about the school system that most don’t already know.

“There’s too much politics in the schools,” Comaianni said. “We already know that.”

The CEC president also believes the overseer would add another layer of red tape to an already bureaucratically laden system.

Comaianni said the abundance of politics in the school system is one of the reasons he believes mayoral control should not be extended. If state legislators do not come to an agreement on extending mayoral control, the defunct continued on page 24

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ACS risked safety of children, audit says Stringer: Agency did not properly oversee ‘Close to Home’ program

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The city’s Administration for Children’s Services risked the safety of hundreds of children by not properly overseeing the “Close to Home” initiative across the city, an audit released last Friday by city Comptroller Scott Stringer claims.

According to the audit, the ACS failed to reach out to children when they were first placed in the program, did not set up face-toface meetings with parents and neglected to discuss serious incidents, such as assaults, at the facilities during monthly meetings with the children.

The agency allegedly also failed to properly track Close to Home vendors that did not comply with city regulations and failed to track whether those entities were carrying out corrective measures, the audit found.

“Every child in the Close To Home program deserves a chance to get back on the right track, but the Administration for Children’s Services mismanagement and hands-off approach to oversight is robbing them of that opportunity,” Stringer said in a prepared statement. “The leadership of ACS has abdicated its responsibility to provide oversight of this program by not holding Close to Home providers accountable.

This agency must take immediate action to ensure these children get the services and care they need.”

Close to Home was initiated by the state in 2012 as a way to put juvenile offenders in

Children at Close to Home facilities, such as this one in South Ozone Park, had their safety put at risk due to a lack of oversight on the part of the city’s Administration for Children’s Services, FILE PHOTO an audit found. residential settings closer to their families and communities rather than in upstate facilities. It has been a hot-button issue in South Ozone Park since last year when the ACS proposed moving 17 young offenders to 133-23 127 St., a building located on a residential block.

There are only three juveniles at the site right now.

Neighbors and community activists have protested the placement, and unsuccessfully sued to stop the opening, citing quality-of-life concerns. They have called the site a “prison,”

though it is not officially one.

Stringer’s audit revealed the children already in the Close to Home program have been neglected by vendors and the agency.

The probe looked at children in the program during fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

In one instance, auditors found that only one out of nine children sampled by the Comptroller’s Office was reached out to by ACS via telephone within their first week in the program, as is required.

Auditors also found that one-third of mandatory meetings between the children and the agency did not take place every month, and when they did issues such as “assaults, altercations and AWOLs” at the facilities were not discussed.

The audit also found that the agency did not properly carry out or track site visits at the Close to Home facilities, citing a finding that showed two-thirds of unannounced visitations were not done in FY 2014.

When the visits were carried out, according to the audit, the ACS did not “review program requirements to assess whether children were benefiting from the programs, attending school, working, or less likely to commit crimes in the future.”

Lastly, the comptroller’s audit found that vendors with “consistent staffing, security, or operations issues ... that put children or the community at risk” were not accurately tracked, with some on “heightened monitoring continued on page 18

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Serial thief allegedly held up Queens, LI restaurants

Cops have caught this man, the one they believe to be behind a string of fast-food robberies.

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The serial robber who held up more than 25 fast-food joints in Queens and Long Island was caught early Wednesday mor ning following a br ief, yet intense, manhunt in the Nassau County part of Floral Park, police said.

The man, whose name has not yet been released, was arrested in a parking lot after a witness screamed upon seeing him.

The suspect, described as a black man standing 5-foot-9 with a medium build, had held up mostly fast-food restaurants during the near month-long string of robberies. He allegedly tried to rob a Dollar Tree store on 14th Street in College Point Tuesday night, but fled with no money.

The serial robber’s first act in this borough took place just before 10 p.m. on May 11 when he displayed a knife to an employee at a Carvel at 103-21 Metropolitan Ave. In that case, he removed the cash register tray from the ice cream establish-

ment, which had $500 in cash inside.

On May 23, he took $600 in cash from a Flushing Dunkin’ Donuts at 146-36 45 Ave. and two days after that took $776 from a Howard Beach Dunkin’ at 163-02 Cross Bay Blvd. In both cases, he displayed a k n ife to t he cash ier a nd demanded money.

He carried out other burglaries in a similar matter at Subway restaurants located at 205-12 Northern Blvd. in Bayside; 64-29 108 St. in Forest Hills; and 61-13 Springfield Blvd. in Springfield Gardens.

No injuries were reported in any of the incidents.

Another 17 capers were carried out in Nassau County, authorities said.

Prior to his capture, the hooded robber was one of the most wanted criminals by authorities in New York City and Long Island. He even caught the attention of some federal authorities including the FBI.

Chief Robert Boyce, chief of detectives for the NYPD, said he was working closely with Nassau County authorities to track him down.

“I’ve spoken with their chief of detectives personally quite a few times actually on this case,” Boyce said at a press conference on cr ime st atistics last Thursday.

Authorities believe the suspect, while carrying out the crimes, left a car parked a distance away from the restaurants and after carrying out the act got back into it and escaped onto a major highway.

Boyce said cops in both counties were deploying a large number of cops near fast-food restaurants prior to his capture.

“We have a big — very large deployment of plainclothes and uniformed officers at these locations — at these access points onto the expressways, going forward,” Boyce said. “So, that’s where we Q are with that.”

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Learning the family business in Albany?

Pheffer’s daughter running; GOP ‘interviewing’ Assembly candidates

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Rockaway civic activist and Democratic district leader Stacey Pheffer Amato, daughter of Queens County Clerk and former Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer, Tuesday announced she is running for the seat being vacated by Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) later this year and previously held by her mother.

“As a wife and mother, I know the challenges facing our families as we continue to recover from Superstorm Sandy and fight for the services we need,” Pheffer Amato said in a prepared statement. “I intend to be a powerful advocate for southern Queens and Rockaway and I look forward to counting on your support in November.”

Pheffer Amato has a been a Democratic district leader for four years and for the past 15 has been a member of the Rockaway Beach Civic Association.

She also served as co-president of The Scholars’ Academy’s Parent Association and a member of the PTA at PS 232 in Lindenwood while her two children went to school there. Right now, she is employed as a paraprofessional at Waterside Children’s Studio, an elementary school in Rockaway Park.

Pheffer Amato’s mother held the Assembly seat she is seeking from 1987 to 2011, when she

The race to represent South Queens and Rockaway in Albany’s lower chamber has begun. Stacey Pheffer Amato, daughter of Audrey Pheffer, has already announced that she’s running. Queens FILE PHOTO Republicans are in the process of interviewing candidates. left to become county clerk. Goldfeder won a special election in 2011 and said he is resigning to spend more time with his family.

The candidate, in her statement, said she plans on making Superstorm Sandy recovery a top priority if elected and plans on taking up Goldfeder’s fight to restore the defunct Rockaway Beach Rail Line.

Pheffer Amato serves as a committee member on the Rockaway West NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said he believes Pheffer Amato is “a fine choice” to replace Goldfeder.

“Stacey has been at the hip of Audrey since she first started in the Assembly,” Addabbo said

in an interview with the Queens Chronicle.

“She knows the issues, knows the district quite well.”

One Republican, however, said Pheffer Amato is not a shoo-in.

Joann Ariola, a Queens Republican district leader, said the GOP is in the process of “interviewing several candidates for the seat.”

“This is an open seat and we’re going to have an election,” Ariola said. “It is by no means going to be a coronation.”

Ariola is also president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association and worked with Goldfeder on several constituent issues. She said one of his strengths was “putting partisan politics aside and focusing on the people in the district.”

She would like to see whoever wins the seat do the same exact thing.

“We’ve really been spoiled by Assemblyman Goldfeder,” Ariola said. “If someone wants to run but is not willing to put in the hard work for the district, then I suggest they step aside.

“We know what can be done with this seat,” she continued. “My hope is the best person wins.”

A candidate seeking state office must hand in all nominating petitions by July 14.

The 23rd Assembly district includes most of the Rockaways, Howard Beach and parts of Q Ozone Park.

Goldfeder reflects on his time in office Assemblyman says he will be ‘active’ in election to pick his successor

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As f loods ravaged homes in Lindenwood in 2014, Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association President Joann Ariola at 3 a.m. was on the phone w ith Assembly man Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) discussing what was needed to get done to help people.

“He wasn’t asleep at 3 a.m.,” Ariola said. “He was up worrying about his people in Lindenwood.”

But what Ariola also remembers was Goldfeder’s sense of humor in that time of urgency.

Wit h t he a ssembly m a n on speaker phone, Ariola’s husband walked in and asked whom she was speaking to.

Without missing a beat, Goldfeder blur ted out “Jake, from State Farm.”

Repeating the line from the well-known commercial, Ariola’s husband responded, “What are you wearing, Jake from State Farm?”

“Khakis.”

The assemblyman, who has served since he won a special

election in 2011 to replace Queens County Clerk Audrey Pheffer, said he’s enjoyed working on the issues in the district but his time mu st come to a n end — he announced last Friday that he will not seek re-election this November.

“This was not an easy decision for me at all,” Goldfeder said in an i n t e r v ie w w it h t h e Q u e e n s Chronicle.

Goldfeder was thinking about resigning from the Assembly for a few weeks, he said, but it was made all but certain after his third child, Gabriel, was born in April.

“The birth of my son was definitely inf luential in my decision making,” he said.

Stacey Pheffer Amato, Pheffer’s daughter, announced Tuesday she will seek Goldfeder’s seat.

The assemblyman vowed that he will not sit back and wait for his term to expire.

“We have a lot of work to do,” he said. “Don’t wor r y, we’re going to be very active these next six months.”

Regarding his plans for the

future, Goldfeder said he has a few job opportunities on the table but would like to continue to work in some aspect of government. He formerly worked under U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

Throughout his tenure, Goldfeder has tackled a plethora of issues ranging from flood insurance to quality-of-life matters in a district that covers most of the Rockaways, Howard Beach and parts of Ozone Park.

When asked what his favorite memory of his time in the Assembly was, however, he responded that it was the “hours and days immediately following Sandy.”

“It was a very humbling experience,” Goldfeder said. “You come into the Assembly with this plan and Mother Nature just throws everything off course.”

When Sandy struck, the assemblyman had been an elected official for just more than a year.

He remembers sleeping in the 101st Precinct headquarters the night before the stor m and the days following, bringing off icials on a tour of his district and

The birth of Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder’s third child, Gabriel, was one of the deciding factors in his choice not to run for re-election in November.

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meeting face-to-face with constituents in need.

In the af ter math of Sandy, Goldfeder became an advocate for f lo o d i n s u r a nc e r efor m a nd

requiring banks to take care of decrepit houses.

On flood insurance, Goldfeder has heavily criticized the Federal continued on page 24

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P Trump’s racism and deception

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hould Jewish attorneys and litigants avoid the courtroom of Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Maryanne Barry? How about black ones?

Barry’s brother, Donald Trump, might think so. He and his sister are of German and Scottish descent after all, and everyone knows what the Germans did to the Jews only several decades ago; and many know that large swaths of the South were settled largely by Scottish immigrants, whose progeny later fought a war to keep black people enslaved.

So, going by Trump’s logic, his sister probably would be biased against Jewish and black people who appear in her court.

Going by actual logic, however, she wouldn’t be. Because she’s a federal judge. Just like U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the Indiana native Trump disgustingly and incorrectly derided as a Mexican — as if there’s something wrong with being Mexican.

Don’t let the salesman from Jamaica Estates fool you with his nonsense about his comments on Curiel’s ethnicity being “misconstrued,” as he claimed this week when he finally decided to shift course. Everyone, including Republican Party leaders and his own campaign staff, knew his words and implications were racist and also demonstrated disdain for the separation of powers at the heart of our governmental system, which

is why they all demanded he cut it out and finally got him to do so. Bullying a federal judge wasn’t going to get him any votes.

It’s not Curiel’s fault that Trump set up a “university” that was nothing but, misled people on his role in the enterprise and ended up the target of multiple lawsuits from people who thought they were swindled. It’s not his fault that Trump or his companies have been sued hundreds of times. It’s not his fault that just after Texas dropped its own probe of “Trump University” the businessman contributed $35,000 to then-state Attorney General Greg Abbot’s campaign for governor (which he won).

And it’s hard to sympathize with Trump’s complaints about Curiel releasing documents in the case when he does things like announce the cell phone number of a U.S. senator on TV and repeat accusations he read online or in the National Enquirer and then say, “I don’t know if it’s true but it’s out there.”

Barring some major unforeseen event, our next president will be a New Yorker. There are many reasons to hope it’s the one who moved here, not the one who grew up here, with racism and deceit being just two of the more important ones. It’s too early for a formal endorsement, but even with her own flaws, it sure looks like Democrat Hillary Clinton is by far the better person to elect to the nation’s highest office in November.

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DOT stalled out Dear Editor: It was back in an October 2015 issue of the Chronicle that it was stated that the Department of Transportation would install a left-turn signal at 80th Street and Cooper Avenue by the beginning of the year (“Glendale corner to get left-turn signals,” Oct. 8, multiple editions).

Well, here it is well past the beginning of the year and still no turn signals.

How in their infinite wisdom can the traffic engineers have waited this long to decide to install the signal, and now what has taken so long to finally implement the plan? Didn’t they know when you build a shopping mall and start a bus route there would be increased traffic and congestion? Sometimes only one vehicle can make the turn from the intersection.

I would think that Atlas Park mall would have had some stake in this and lobbied the local politicians to get this done before the mall opened, and especially since the bus route was added.

The DOT is also lagging behind on painting lane lines all over the city. You are on your own and have to use your imagination to figure out where lanes are. Last November I complained to the DOT about no lanes on the Long Island Expressway service roads since 2014 from 58th Street to 74th Street — the busiest roads in Maspeth — and I was told that it would probably be done in the spring. This is a road that has thousands of big trucks and cars every day — © Copyright 2016 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved.

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Bag bill relief

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ome rule is great, but there are areas in which the state needs to rein in the government here, especially under this mayor and City Council.

So it was that Gov. Cuomo rightly refused to let the city raise taxes to pay for universal prekindergarten, and so it is that it would take state action to impose tolls on the East River bridges.

And so it is that the state Senate passed, and the Assembly is considering, a fast-moving bill to bar the city from giving people’s money away to retailers by making them charge a nickel for every disposable shopping bag someone uses — and letting the stores keep the cash.

The environmental benefits of the bag fee would be outweighed by the cost to consumers, many of whom would not be annoyed enough to shift to reusable totes as proponents hope.

Fearing state action, the Council is delaying the fee’s start by four months to February 2017.

We suggest February 2117.

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you would think they would want it to be as safe as possible.

When I brought the problem up to the captain of the 104th Precinct in February, he said he had met with the DOT commissioner and it would be done in March. Well, what happened? Doesn’t this fit into the mayor’s Vision Zero plan or does that only include bike lanes and pedestrian plazas? Please, I’ve been driving almost 50 years and I like roads where we can all see the lanes. It’s hard enough driving in this city.

Richard Polgar Maspeth

Bag fees and waste Dear Editor: I have read several opinions about the 5-cent charge for plastic bags. It is now beach season and many people use plastic bags when going to the beach. When leaving the Rockaway beach I have seen the lifeguards leave their garbage on the sand. Parks need to have posters showing what will happen to the

ocean if garbage bags keep going into it. They should have people give tickets out when they see people leaving the beach and not cleaning up after themselves, so next time they will remember to clean up. It is not fair to those who feel the need to clean up after others. We need education for the public.

I am against the fee. I recycle my bags by using them to clean up after my dog or for garbage. Stop & Shop bags are so thin that you have to use two to carry eggs home. What is going to happen when this law takes effect?

Will people not be picking up after their pets?

This will create a quality-of-life issue.

Maria Concolino Woodhaven

Reinstate Mel Meer Dear Editor: As an 11-year member of Queens Community Board 11, I was disturbed to learn that one of my colleagues had not been reappointed to the board in April.

Mel Meer admirably served 16 years on the

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Dear Editor: Since day one, the conversion of the Pan Am Hotel into a homeless shelter has been an abysmal failure in terms of transparency.

The de Blasio administration and the Department of Homeless Services blatantly disregarded various laws and even circumvented procedures to ensure the landlords and Samaritan Village receive their lucrative contracts. Despite publicly admitting that the Pan Am Hotel was not a suitable facility to become a family homeless shelter as it lacks a kitchen in each unit, the DHS and Samaritan Village began smuggling homeless families into the building back in May 2014. Local elected officials and the community board were notified weeks later when it was already a “done” deal and no input or objections could be voiced. As the contract was awarded under an emergency declaration, Samaritan Village was spared the scrutiny of its misappropriation of almost $1 million in state funds. The landlords were not required to clear violations with “Class-1” severity or install necessary fire alarm upgrades in order to accommodate potentially 216 families with children for the long run.

After FOILing the details of the contract under the Freedom Of Information Law, Elmhurst United has discovered something even more egregious. Mayor de Blasio wants to use government money to fund the installation of

kitchens so the landlord can have it qualify as a legitimate family homeless shelter. Taxpayers are already paying $3,700 a month to house homeless families of three or four people in a room no larger than 250 square feet. Now de Blasio wants to go give the landlord an additional $3 million to fulfill critical requirements as a family homeless shelter. This is ludicrous, as taxpayer money should not be used to subsidize or bail out a “for-profit” enterprise.

For the Pan Am homeless shelter there seem to be more questions than answers on the conduct of the Mayor’s Office. Why is de Blasio so accommodating and hell-bent in awarding 7900 Development LLC and Samaritan Village this contract? There needs to be oversight and adherence to laws and regulations regarding monies spent.

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board. In my opinion he did an excellent job, always expressing his wellthought-out views that reflected the best interests of the community.

Although no board member is guaranteed a spot on the board in perpetuity, my understanding is that no reason for Mr. Meer’s dismissal was given to him. That does not seem fair to me and I can only conclude that he may have been dismissed because he said something or took a stance that was controversial.

That puts all board members at risk and stifles independent thought.

One must remember that community board members are unpaid volunteers. The board’s votes on land use issues and other community concerns are advisory in nature. Even though we do not always agree, I would say that the members of Community Board 11 respect each other’s views and work together harmoniously.

We serve by attending monthly board meetings as well as various committee meetings. Mr. Meer served on several such committees and was an active participant. We choose to serve because we care what happens in our communities.

Over my tenure on the board, I have met and worked with many fine, dedicated individuals. One of those individuals is Mel Meer. I would hope that he continues to attend and participate at community board meetings, if not as a member at this time, then as a regular citizen.

I look forward to the day when Mr. Meer returns to the board as an active member. I would also urge other community residents to consider joining their community board and have an impact on what happens in their neighborhoods.

Henry Euler Bayside

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After months of being blamed for a break in communication regarding updates on the former headquarters for the WoodhavenR ich mond Hill Volunteer A mbulance Corps, the group’s co-president struck back saying two community activists are responsible for failing to keep in contact with her.

“They stopped responding to phone calls, messages and emails,” Kathy Dalbey-Sexton said last Thursday.

Dalbey-Sexton, in an interview with the Queens Chronicle, said Ed Wendell, a community activist and former president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, and Martin Colberg, the WRBA’s president, engaged in conversation with her immediately following the collapse of the organization’s neighbor at 78-19 Jamaica Ave., which caused heavy structural damage to the nowsold headquarters.

Both Wendell and Colberg, the volunteer leader said, later broke off contact with her.

Her allegation follows months of the WRBA and community officials saying it was Dalbey-Sexton herself who never returned messages as they sought to keep the group in the community. The co-president said the WRHVAC is looking to find a new location in Woodhaven, Richmond Hill or Kew Gardens.

Wendell declined to comment on DalbeySexton’s statement.

The WRBA said in a statement sent to the Chronicle, “The Block Association hopes the Ambulance Corps remains in Woodhaven; that’s the bottom line. Generations of Woodhaven residents have invested

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“The Block Association’s efforts in recent years to assist the Ambulance Corps — both publicly and privately — are among the most recent of those investments,” the civic continued in its statement. “If the Ambulance Corps leadership sincerely welcomes our assistance and is willing to be transparent with the community, we will help however we can to achieve the goal of keeping the organization in Woodhaven.”

One former member of the ambulance corps blasted the sale of the building, calling it the result of years of mismanagement.

Robert Stridiron, a freelance news photographer, claimed Dalbey-Sexton ran the group into the ground and now wants to know where the money from the sale of the building will go.

The attorney general last week cleared the sale of the building for $1,026,000 to a real estate developer who will clean up the site and rent it to a national retail tenant.

The volunteer leader said selling the building isn’t something she wanted to do, but added it was necessary to ensure the survival of the group.

“We had to do it,” Dalbey-Sexton said.

Dalbey-Sexton said she has also not heard from the owner of the collapsed building, George Kochabe. Kochabe’s building lies in a state of disrepair more than two years after a judge first granted an extension for him to repair it. He’s been granted several more since then.

She added the corps has been operating out of the Lindenwood Volunteer Ambulance Corps for “months” now, but that Q there are no plans to merge with them.

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Cuomo signs state BDS business ban Forms boycotting Israel to be denied contracts under new executive order

by Michelle Kraidman Chronicle Contributor

City Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) stood alongside Gov. Cuomo on Sunday as he signed his executive order divesting the State of New York from those who take part in the boycotting of Israel.

The executive order was aimed at the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or BDS, an initiative that has gained popularity on many college campuses and calls for an academic, economic, and cultural boycott of Israel. Cuomo explained that there will be a list made from public information identifying companies that support BDS, and they will no longer be allowed to do business with New York State.

Lancman has voiced full support for the governor in his decision and said that it is important for Cuomo to have taken this step because the boycotting of Israeli products as a form of political action is illegitimate and immoral.

“Why boycott Israel out of all the countries in the Middle East?” Lancman asked.

“If you researched human rights violations according to country, Israel would be last on the list. That is obviously anti-Semitic and boycotts against Israel and Jews are illegal.”

Lancman said that the order will cut off business ties between the state and any company engaging in the BDS movement. He used the example of a concrete salesman who refuses to sell to Israel, saying if New York were made aware of his boycotting of Israel, he would lose contracts he had with the state.

Lancman addressed concerns that proPalestinian groups, such as Students for Justice in Palestine, or SJP, have voiced about the state silencing their opinions by arguing

Councilman Rory Lancman, left, joined Gov. Cuomo, center, as he signed an executive order banPHOTO COURTESY NYS ning state business with any company that is boycotting Israel. that BDS is silencing and harming Israel and its supporters.

“I think it’s deliciously hilarious that people who are blacklisting Israel and Israel supporters and silencing them are complaining that this order does that to them,” he said. “Hopefully they’ll have a moment of reflection and realize that what they’re doing is immoral.”

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway) also was in the room with Cuomo as he signed the order. He fully supports the move, saying that the U.S. must defend its greatest ally in the Middle East.

“It’s not just about the economic effect.

It’s spreading the message that it’s a hate filled organization that is intent on hurting

Israel,” he said.

Michael Krasner, a professor of political science at Queens College, said he doesn’t believe that Cuomo overstepped any boundaries and explained that actions like this are to be expected when protesting an issue.

“I think it’s part of the process,” Krasner said. “When you’re protesting you should expect reactions. Politics can be bruising at times.” He suggested that Cuomo’s executive order was a political move, given the large Jewish population in New York.

“I think it’s good for him politically,” he said. “It reinforces his relationship with Jewish communities who are largely invested in the well-being of Israel.”

College campuses are often brought up in

the BDS argument. Gidon Salamatbad, copresident of the Israel Students Association at Queens College, says said he hasn’t heard talks of it on campus. He said for the most part, Jewish and Muslim students don’t have any tensions, and even have an amicable relationship.

“People have their opinions on campus, but Hillel is right across from the Muslim Student Association and nothing ever happens,” he said. “Sometimes they even come and play ping-pong with us and we hang out.”

Salamatbad still believes that the executive order is an important preventative measure, saying his concern with the BDS movement is that it’s contributing to the spread of anti-Israel rhetoric, specifically on social media, without any healthy conversation or hopes of resolving tensions.

“BDS is not a good way to get your voice out,” he said. “If you want to voice your opinion, do something where both sides can settle it out. Don’t degrade the other position economically or socially. Do something that can actually bring people together not create a bigger gap,” he said.

There is no SJP on Queens College’s campus, but Hunter College, a CUNY school in Manhattan, has an active chapter.

Their Facebook page shared a comment on Cuomo’s actions accusing him of “killing campus activism” by censoring and punishing groups who align with the Palestinian people. The post did suggest the order can do good for the BDS movement by shining light on the issue.

“It’s great because it will only build and bring more publicity to #BDS, it exposes the embeddedness of Zionism in NY institutions, and it won’t survive a constitutional Q challenge,” the post said.

City Council is left holding the bag Nickel fee startup moved from Oct. to Feb. as state Senate passes ban

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A vote in the state Senate on Tuesday sent the City Council scrambling to delay implementation of a 5-cent fee on most single-use grocery bags by four months.

The Council last month passed its bag bill with the aim of removing billions of the plastic bags per year from the city’s waste stream, streets, trees and storm drains with a projected cost savings of more than $12 million.

Proponents, citing similar bills in other cities, said the fee would encourage or even annoy people into bringing reusable bags for their shopping.

Critics said that the nickle fee would add up, disproportionately harming low-income residents, though lawmakers did carve out exceptions for shoppers using food stamps or programs like WIC to pay for their food.

The Senate passed a measure that would ban municipalities across the state from mandating fees for the bags.

Under the city bill, store owners would keep the fee, as turning the money over to the city would have amounted to a tax that would have to be approved by the Legislature and Gov. Cuomo.

The fee was scheduled to take affect on Oct. 1. But passage of the Senate bill had the Council push back the start time until Feburary.

Published reports said Council leaders and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) will use the time in an attempt to hammer out a compromise.

Cuomo, speaking in Poughkeepsie on Monday, said he had not gone through the Senate and Assembly bills yet.

The Chronicle was unable to reach Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), a strong proponent of the Council’s bag bill.

Richards, citing the big picture, has said the environmental benefits are worth the nudge that might be created by the fee.

Speaking to the Chronicle in May he compared the change favorably to parking tickets or the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s recent $1 fee on new MetroCards, On a far more parochial level, he represents one of the three communities in the city that combine to handle about 80 percent of the city’s daily haul of trash and refuse.

He said anything that will reduce the tonnage and number of trips through those neighborhoods is welcome.

The Council apparently did not need or did not want the

Assembly to take up a companion bill that had wide backing in the Queens delegation.

State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) said the Senate bill, aside from stopping fees, would mandate plastic bag recycling sites in certain stores.

“When it comes to ‘reduce, reuse, recycle,’ we are supposed to be reducing our city’s waste, not our residents’ bank accounts,” Avella said in a statement from his office.

“Fees to use plastic bags would cost our city’s families, while failing to increase the recycling of those bags,” he added. “That is why I am proud to pass my legislation, along with my Senate colleagues, to increase awareness of plastic bag recycling programs already in place, and encourage the return of all plastic bags, not just those used at grocery stores. This bill will increase recycling without hurting New York’s low-income families.”

In a statement, Citizens Campaign for the Environment expressed its disappointment.

“As good bills that would protect children’s health and safeguard clean water languish in the Senate, our Senators chose to move forward with damaging legislation that hurts our environment and flies in the face of home rule,” said Adrienne Esposito, Q the statewide group’s executive director.

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Now, in Howard Beach, NY, one doctor is helping local residents with knee pain live more active, pain-free lives.

Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience.

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

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

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Man illegally owned animals: DA Cockfighting leader was prohibited from having pets A 77-year-old Brooklyn man who was convicted of taking part in a massive Woodhaven-based cockfighting ring that was taken down by state authorities in 2014 is now being charged with owning a plethora of animals, despite having been prohibited from doing so by the courts, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown alleged last Thursday.

“W hat some people may erroneously refer to as a blood sport is in actuality animal cruelty in its most br utalizing form,” Brown said in a statement announcing the charges.

“In this case, the defendant is accused of showing his contempt for the justice system by willfully violating a lawful court order banning him from possessing any animals and selling birds to fight.”

Jeremias Nieves faces four years in prison if convicted on one count each of fifth-degree conspiracy, second-degree criminal contempt and multiple violations of the New York State Agricultural and Market Law. He is due back in court July 11.

Animal rescue officials clean up the site of a cockfighting ring in Woodhaven back in 2014. One of the masterminds is charged with owning animals, despite having been barred from doing so by a judge.

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According to Brown, the Brooklyn resident was found to be possessing “scores of roosters and hens, as well as doves, rabbits, cats and a dog.”

I n 2014, Nieves pleaded guilty to taking part in a cockfighting ring that hosted the illegal bouts in a Jamaica Avenue

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basement. He owned a pet store in Brooklyn at the time where 50 roosters were found.

As part of his guilty plea, he was prohibited from owning pets for three years.

Howeve r, a u t h o r it ie s i n D e c e m b e r 2 015 a l l e g e d l y found 32 roosters in Nieves’

basement and he admitted that he owned them and sur rendered to the authorities. The animals were allegedly found af t e r 311 compla i nt s we re made regarding the presence of animals at the location.

Some of the birds were found to have been physically deformed in a way that prepares them to take part in cockfights, Brown alleges.

Animal-fighting paraphernalia was also allegedly found at the scene.

I n Febr u a r y, aut hor it ies searched Nieves’ property and allegedly found 68 roosters and hens, three rabbits, three doves, two cats and one dog in the basement, roof and backyard areas. Several of the animals were found to be in poor condition, according to Brown.

Nieves allegedly admitted to selling the birds to other people, but did not disclose for what purpose they were being used.

Animal-fighting paraphernalia was also discovered at that Q scene, Brown said.

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A wonderful day to visit the park Children, officials celebrate opening of renovated Mary Whalen Playground

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For years, Mary Whalen Playground in the Woodhaven section of Forest Park has been a popular destination for parents to bring their children to get some fresh air and exercise.

Over the past 10 months, however, it’s been closed off as a $1 million-plus project sought to liven up the space with new playground equipment for children to enjoy.

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Burglarized Rego Queens transit requires Park bank reopens OPINION

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by Daneek Miller Every year, state and city officials debate priorities in the budget, arguing over funding and which projects need it most. Unfortunately, funding for transportation serving Queens continues to lag with no serious changes on the horizon.

Let’s start with the facts.

Ninety-four percent of MTA’s annual ridership comes from the five boroughs and in fiscal year 2014, city residents contributed $4.36 billion (out of $5.7 billion) in total fares collected by the Authority.

Additionally, city drivers paid 57 percent of MTA tolls on our bridges and tunnels. Despite these large payments, the state contributes just $603.5 million out of the over eight billion (4 percent) operating budget that keeps the system going.

When it comes to the tolls already imposed by Albany, the city only gets back 40 percent of the surplus toll revenue collected from bridges and tunnels; the remainder supports suburban transit riders provided by the Long Island Rail Road and MetroNorth.

The Mortgage Recording Tax comes from real estate improvements in the city based on the MTA’s capital projects.

But the city only receives $2.50 for every $1,000 the MTA collects from the MRT. In the meantime, Orange and Rockland counties received 20 times more — $50 for every $1,000 in fiscal year 2014 from MRT. Any serious conversation about the best ways to move residents around in an efficient and fair matter must offer viable transit options.

Queens already has many transit deserts. Residents in my district live in an area considered by the federal government as extreme, defined by having to travel at least an hour and a half to work.

This takes time away from seeing one’s family and makes it harder to complete errands, get to and come home from work — and local businesses suffer because it is harder for people to travel to their establishments.

Unfortunately, current projects and proposed plans provide no solutions that alleviate the long travel times Queens residents currently endure.

The majority of the people expected to use the Second Avenue Subway live in Manhattan. East Side Access serves Long Island and the new rail lines for the LIRR will only reduce travel times for those living further east. The new MetroNorth stations in the Bronx will mostly serve commuters from Westchester and other upstate counties who use them to travel into the city. The proposed Brook-

lyn Queens Connector for western Queens and parts of B r o o k ly n wo u ld on ly ser ve those who already have nu m e r ou s t r avel options.

Eve n t h e n ew buses com i ng to Queens will only replace the outdated vehicles and do nothing to reduce long commutes.

The lack of transit options explains why 70 to 90 percent of residents in Southeast Queens own cars, because driving is currently the easiest way to travel.

If there are no better options for these residents to commute this will continue to be the case.

Imposing tolls on free bridges and tunnels — aka congestion pricing — puts transit-starved residents in the position of paying a disproportionate amount of these taxes.

If those pushing the latest toll-tax scheme are serious about reducing the number of cars on the road, they must get specific on projects that address transit deserts in underserved communities instead of bartering projects for their tolltax scheme.

For families or individuals living on a tight budget, it is still also cost prohibitive to use the LIRR, costing $20 dollars a day just to get to and from work, plus the charge to use the subway or bus.

Studies have also shown that this system disproportionately affects those who need public transportation most because they earn less than $35,000 a year.

That is why 21 of my colleagues in the City Council signed on to my resolution, number 670, calling for the MTA to allow residents to freely transfer onto the LIRR from buses and subways.

The MTA should also operate more frequently in Queens, and reopen previously closed stations so more people can use the system.

This will increase ridership and revenue, while simultaneously decreasing the a mou nt of ca rs on ou r road s a nd highways.

The number of people who call Queens home continues to grow, and providing more transit options for them to get to work, school, the beach or one of our cultural institutions needs to be funded to ensure our borough continues to progress. Q Daneek Miller is New York City Councilman for the 27th District, in Southeast Queens and a former city bus operator and president of the union representing drivers, mechanics and related personnel.

Maspeth Federal Savings continues to meet with impacted customers

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Things are finally getting back to normal at Maspeth Federal Savings’ Rego Park branch on Woodhaven Boulevard.

The bank reopened on Monday, two weeks after dozens of safe deposit boxes were burglarized by a crew of highly sophisticated criminals who gained access to the location by cutting a hole in the roof.

“The safe deposit box vault will remain closed for the immediate future, but all other customer services will proceed as normal,” the bank said in a Monday statement.

“We understand this has been an extremely stressful situation and we truly appreciate our customers’ patience and understanding as we have worked to get everyone the most up-to-date information we have as quickly as possible.”

According to Maspeth Federal, appointments with customers whose safe deposit boxes were burglarized by the crew are still being scheduled and will continue until everyone who was victimized has sat down with bank employees and insurance agents to discuss filing claims.

One customer, a Forest Hills resident named Mark, told the Chronicle last Friday that his box, containing paperwork related to his valuable stock, was hit.

He said he was scheduled to meet with bank representatives later this week, but alleviating his frustration will be difficult.

“I was asked to bring proof of what was in the box,” Mark said. “It’s a rough situation.”

Maspeth Federal CEO Thomas Rudzewick said in a letter to bank customers that he knows the brazen burglary has left them upset and full of questions, as he feels the same way.

“We understand the events of the past week have been traumatic, emotional,

Close to Home continued from page 4 status” or “corrective action status” not appearing on a list provided to the auditors.

Additionally, the ACS allegedly told auditors that “no Close To Home providers were on corrective action status,” even though Boys Town had been placed on it 15 months earlier. It was a Boys Town-operated Close to Home facility, which has since been closed down, that three teenagers escaped from last year and raped an intoxicated woman in Chinatown, Manhattan.

The Comptroller’s Office recommended that the ACS carry out more stringent over-

Maspeth Federal customers demand answers two weeks ago after the Rego Park branch was PHOTO BY SUZANNE CIECHALSKI burglarized. stressful and much more,” Rudzewick wrote. “As a community bank, we and our employees share the feeling of being violated by this burglary and know words can only do so much to help start the healing process.”

When asked by the Chronicle how many safe deposit boxes were burglarized, a bank spokesman referred back to the entity’s statement on the branch’s reopening.

Police believe the same people who burglarized Maspeth Federal are also responsible for nine similar crimes — where the targeted location was accessed through a hole cut in the roof or a wall — across Brooklyn and Queens over the last five years.

Anyone who wants to check on the status of a safe deposit box at the branch is asked Q to call (718) 335-1300. sight of its vendors and ensure those enrolled in the program are reached out to as required.

The agency, in its response to the audit, said many of the recommendations made by Stringer’s Office are being implemented.

In other Close to Home news, a community advisory committee meeting on the South Ozone Park location has been scheduled for June 23.

The location of that meeting, 94-04 Linden Blvd., was criticized by Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton for being outside South Ozone Park.

“It’s telling that it’s outside the district of the councilman, outside of the district of the state senator, Assembly member and conQ gressman,” Braton said.

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The atmosphere was as rich as the panelists when billionaire investor Warren Buffett, former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg, billionaire Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey discussed the state of small business in America on Tuesday at LaGuardia Community College.

“Small businesses have been for a long time a driver of job growth in the country,” Blankfein said at the panel, which was held before a graduation ceremony for the 20th cohort of Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Businesses, a program that assists smallscale entrepreneurs develop their enterprises. It was moderated by NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie.

The program helps small businesses increase their revenue and be more successful overall. “If we give accelerant to the fire that is glowing, we can produce a lot more heat,” Blankfein said.

During the conversation, the four captains of industry — three of whom are billionaires — also discussed ways to be successful in business.

“Don’t hire a relative, don’t hire a friend unless you have to,” Bloomberg said.

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Investor Warren Buffett, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, philanthropist and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter and Square, PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY discussed small business at LaGuardia Community College. and it’s not fair to the other people.” Receiving some laughter from the audience, the former mayor added that he would not let his daughters work at his companies.

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Walking for a cause in HB Howard Beach is still walking to find a cure for diabetes.

The International Society of SS Cosma & Damiano last Saturday hosted the eighth annual Howard Beach Walk, where participants walk five kilometers to raise money for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, an organization that seeks to find a cure to the disease that af fec ts millions of

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The walk kicked off after speeches from community officials.

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The meeting will take place at PS 146, the Howard Beach School, at 98-01 159 Ave. at 6:30 p.m.

The school — bordered by Albert Road, Raleigh Street and North Conduit Avenue — was proposed to give Centreville residents a closer place to send

their children to be educated. Right now they must either walk across Cross Bay Boulevard or North Conduit Avenue to do so.

However, a CEC member in January planted the idea of making it a middle school open to all Queens residents.

Com mu nit y leaders im mediately opposed the idea, citing city statistics that say an elementary school could have all its seats filled the very day it opens.

The school is slated to open at the Q start of the 2017-18 school year.

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LGCC seeks higher funds, flat tuition

by Michelle Kraidman Chronicle Contributor

More than 50 people gathered at LaGuardia Community College Wednesday as students, faculty and staff united to rally against what they see as the underfunding of CUNY

by Gov. Cuomo and the State of New York.

The protest was held in response to decreases in funding that many CUNY schools have faced, which has angered students as well as groups such as the Professional Staff Congress, which represents CUNY faculty, and DC 37, which represents CUNY’s professional staff.

The rally was held inside LaGuardia and featured leaders of earlier protests, some of whom had been arrested in front of Cuomo’s office. They aimed to voice their concerns and motivate the faculty and staff to continue fighting for this cause.

According to Sigmund Shen, a professor and the president of the PSC, the organizer of the demonstration who addressed the crowd, LaGuardia faculty and staff have been working with expired contracts for six years and have received no raises to their salaries.

“For the last six years most of the staff and faculty have gone without contractual raises and the cost of living in New York City has gone up 23 percent from 2010 to 2014. Our members are hurting and people are rejecting job offers here because they can’t afford the rent in New York City based on the salary they’ve been offered,” Shen said.

Although the salaries of faculty and staff

Professional Staff Congress President Sigmund Shen said raising tuition on working-class PHOTO BY MICHELLE KRAIDMAN minority students amounts to institutionalized racism. have remained stagnant, the PSC said that tuition in LaGuardia has been increasing over the past five years, accumulating to an overall $1,500 hike. Shen added that the spikes in tuition are detrimental to the students many of whom cannot afford the increased price.

“All of CUNY are mostly women and folks of color and it’s a devaluing of that student population. When you raise tuition on workingclass minority students I see that as a form of institutionalized racism,” he said.

Adrian Genao, a mass communications student at LaGuardia and a student of Shen’s, said that addressing the issue of high tuition would remove a large burden from students.

“Community colleges are really important for students who don’t have access to resources necessary to go to private schools. I actually had to pay for a whole semester with having to work and go to school, and it would be a really big help if tuition were lowered,” Genao said.

The rally called for a freeze in tuition until

2020, establishment of “decent” contracts for faculty and staff and making appropriate changes to budgeting so that adjunct professors are not pressured to work for free.

According to the PSC and DC 37, CUNY faculty and staff recently voted 92 percent in favor of strike authorization. Nivedita Majumdar, the secretary of the PSC and professor at John Jay College, said that although it is not the ideal, they will go on strike if their needs aren’t met.

“It could be necessary; I hope not, but if we need to we’ll organize for it and if we organize for it I believe people will listen,” Majumdar said.

Instructors in the audience voiced concerns and requested specifics from leaders in the PSC and DC37 in terms of the strike. Some wanted to verify exactly how many voted to strike and wondered if there was enough support.

Majumdar addressed those issues by reassuring the audience that the 92 percent vote was a major success and will cause the state to take the cause more seriously.

“A vote like that changes the climate of campuses. It’s not just across the negotiating table.

Make no mistake, when you have the numbers and a 92 percent vote behind you they look at you differently. That’s called power,” she said.

Near the end of the rally the organizers asked the attendees to continue fighting and to start preparing for a strike if there are not sigQ nificant raises to their contracts.

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Truck crash ties up traffic This is the reason why traffic along Woodhaven Boulevard was moving at a snail’s pace on Tuesday morning.

A southbound tractor-trailer crashed and flipped over on its side at the intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and Union Turnpike on the Glendale-Forest Hills border, snarling traffic in both directions.

No injuries were reported and the cause

of the crash was unknown.

The problematic intersection has been the site of numerous serious accidents over the years.

In October, a motorcyclist driving westbound on Union Turnpike was killed when he was hit by a motorist making a left turn from the same street onto Woodhaven Boulevard.

Mayor de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Bronx, Manhattan) on Wednesday announced an agreement on an $82.1 billion budget for fiscal year 2017, which begins on July 1.

“We’ll grow to 60,000 slots in our Summer Youth Employment Program, continue six-day library service, invest in our cultural institutions, provide our district attorneys with the funds they need to continue combating crime and addressing heroin and prescription drug use, all while protecting the City’s fiscal health,” de Blasio said in a prepared statement.

The mayor said the agreement keeps projected out-year budget gaps at “low, manageable levels,” while growing reserve funds and expanding the Citywide Health Plan. Among a variety of initiatives, the budget accord includes: • $39 million a year in baselined funding for the Summer Youth Employment Program, which provides young people employment and work readiness to youth ages 14 to 24, allowing the program to grow to 60,000 slots this summer, up

from 50,000 last year; • $21 million a year in additional baselined funding to continue six-day service at public libraries; • $22 million a year in new city funding for next year and beyond for all five district attorneys’ offices; • $5 million for the Emergency Food Assistance Program, allowing for a 40 percent increase in the purchase to support the needs of 450 food pantries and community kitchens throughout the city; • $3 million in additional funding to continue Vision Zero public outreach campaigns; • $10 million in the coming year in add it ional f u nd i ng for cu lt u r al organizations; • $1.7 million to extend beach and pool season one week past Labor Day at a variety of beaches and pools citywide; • $17.6 million for elementary afterschool programming for 9,000 children; and • $1.8 million for the Department of Q Aging’s case management program.

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Addabbo has warned against that.

“The alternative, that being the Board of Ed, is not a good choice for our children,” he said.

Comaianni said should mayoral control have to be extended, he’d like to see reforms made to the PEP. Members of that panel — wh ich approves contracts, charter school colocations and more — are appointed by will by the mayor and borough president. Critics,

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The fare would be linked to the price of a ride on the subway or a city bus. The aim is to pay for the project with property taxes that the city hopes to realize through an increase in property values along the route.

A groundbreaking is estimated in 2019 with the first passenger service slated for 2024.

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such as Comaianni, believe that causes the PEP to be a rubber stamp for the administration out of members’ fear of being removed from the board.

“They should be appointed for a term, not by will,” Comaianni said. “This way, the mayor can’t turn around and just remove them.”

Avella said the Independent Democratic Conference, a breakway group of senators that caucuses with the Republican majority, is calling for more parental involvement when it comes to issues affecting area schools.

Specifics on how parental involvement would be increased are “still under negotiaQ tions,” Avella said.

continued from page 6 Emergency Management Agency for its at-times troubled insurance claim process that has allegedly cheated affected homeowners out of funds rightfully due to them. In 2015, he introduced legislation to create the New York Flood Insurance Association, which would provide homeowners with an alternative policy to cover damages due to floods. That bill has yet to be passed by both chambers upstate.

Although leaving the Assembly, Goldfeder promised he would not stop fighting for some of the issues he’s been an advocate for, mainly the drive to restore the defunct Rockaway Beach Rail Line.

Goldfeder has led the fight to bring that transit option back to people in his district and in March secured the MTA’s promise to conduct a feasibility study for restoring it.

He said he will spend his “own time and money” to continue advocating for it and will ask his successor to fight for it as well.

Pheffer Amato has already committed to continuing that battle, favoring it over the alternative plan to turn the right-ofway into a 3.5-mile stretch of parkland known as the QueensWay. What made Goldfeder a “public servant,” Ariola said, was his willingness to tackle all issues.

“He wasn’t afraid to tackle a federal

issue or a city issue,” she said. “He didn’t just pigeonhole himself to state issues.”

Throughout his time in the Assembly, Goldfeder called for improvements to a traffic circle in Lindenwood, improvements to a baseball f ield in Fran k Charles Memorial Park, putting a comfort station in an Ozone Park playground, cleaning vulgar graffiti off rocks lining the Hamilton Beach coast, putting air conditioners in South Queens schools and more.

Ariola also credited Goldfeder’s “energized staff.”

Frank Dardani, president of the Ozone Tudor Civic Association and the 106th Precinct Community Council, lamented how some of Goldfeder’s trademark issues may go unresolved before his time in the Assembly is up.

“It’s disappointing considering all the issues he was working on,” Dardani said.

The civic president said he is most concerned about the rail line and the elimination of the toll on the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge — Goldfeder early in his tenure secured a rebate program for Rockaway residents crossing the bridge.

The assemblyman told the Chronicle he fully plans on endorsing a candidate later on in the campaign.

“I’m going to be very active in this Q election,” Goldfeder said.

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word, singing and stepping in three different classrooms with a culmination in one classroom for the proud students to showcase what they learned.

When asked about his experience, seventhgrader Jose Villa, who had chosen the spoken word session, said, “Ms. Renée is an awesome and caring, sweet person. I loved the program and I remember being in it last year, too. Her colleagues were very respectful and kind and talked about their talents and how they achieved their goals. I found this very interesting and fun to do.

I wish Ms. Renée could come back or could have stayed longer.”

Seventh-grader, Victoria Cabrera said “I wanted to take all three sessions – I almost couldn’t make up my mind. It was so much fun!”

Mrs. Maria Frangella, a seventh-grade teacher at MS137 and one of the coordinators of the special event, said “We were very pleased. The program was amazing! The students loved it and were all completely engaged. Also, with the addition of the singer and step performers this year, the program rose to a whole new level!”

Some of the students said they plan to be keeping in touch with Ms. Renée on the website guestbook at her website: www.ReneeMcRae.com.

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Poet and Motivational Speaker Renée McRae visited MS 137 in Ozone Park on Tuesday, June 7. The special assembly program at MS137 was sponsored by a grant from the Office of School Wellness Programs.

She shared her rhyming messages to the 500-plus seventh-grade students focused on finding their passion and living their purpose.

The students erupted into applause at almost every rhyming pause, showing their appreciation for the message and the messenger.

Ms. Renée, as she is affectionately called, returned to the school this year bringing three teaching artists from her company, Poetic Motivations.

Carlton Taylor, an accomplished singer, sang a beautiful song about rising to greatness and shared a story about his experience of being flown out to California by Warner Bros. to sing at the Oscars one year. The other two are step-team instructors, Pelham Warner and Michael Reed, who totally entertained the students with their syncopated rhythms and sounds of clapping, slapping and stomping. Their message was one of teamwork, leadership and self-esteem. The interactive program, which lasted about one hour in its entirety, was followed by break-out sessions in which about 30 students were taught spoken

Ms. Renée poses for a selfie after the workshop with Jose, Aliyah, Anandra and Victoria.

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Students use art to talk human, animal rights Ridgewood classes unveil painted lunchroom tables at Evergreen Park

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

There are a lot more talented artists at IS 77 in Ridgewood than even the school’s teachers thought there were.

And those young painters and designers are also more socially conscious than they get credit for.

As par t of the Lear ning through an Expanded Arts Program’s annual student exhibition, sixth-graders from the Ridgewood school were instructed earlier this academic year to address critical issues through art, something they took to heart.

On Monday, they unveiled their two painted lunchroom tables at Evergreen Park to the press, their parents and the LeAp staffers, with the students eagerly discussing why they chose to take a stand against both animal abuse and racial inequality.

On the animal cruelty table, a saying reads “Would you eat, chain or hunt a friend?” alongside images of a human hand with a chain wrapped around it.

“Personally, one time I was in the park and I saw a person beating up his dog,” said one student named Anthony. “That really hurt me so I wanted to share a message.”

The students that worked on the racial inequality project painted a heart with hands of all colors touching it, alongside images of

Sixth-graders from IS 77 in Ridgewood sit around the tabletop artwork they created as part of the Learning through an Expanded Arts Program’s annual student exhibition. The youngsters PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA tackled the topics of racial inequality and animal cruelty. a handshake and a cat and a dog looking at each other.

Some of the youngsters who described said the art said they wanted to marry the two proj-

ects together through the drawing of the cat and the dog in an effort to say that everyone and everything, even pets, deserve to be treated with respect.

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The depth to their work and the vigor with which they went about the project was a wonderful surprise to teacher Michelle Locurto, who said some the school’s lack of an art program means their talents are only coming to the forefront now.

“There are so many talented artists in our building,” Locurto said. “One of the girls, I had no idea she could draw.”

Locurto added that many of the students became so involved in the project because of LeAp instructor Sebastian Blanck, who became incredibly involved on an artistic and emotional level with them over the course of the spring.

“He was such a positive influence on them,” she said. “They could not wait for Friday because they knew Sebastian was coming.”

LeAp program director Alexandra Leff, speaking to the students and their parents at the unveiling, said the tables came out “seriously exceptional,” telling them they may even influence the thinking of area residents who see the artwork as they stroll through the park.

“It’s an election year,” Leff said. “So although you guys are too young to vote, you have your opinions on the tables and hopefully you’ll be impacting people, maybe change the way they’re voting.”

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FDNY honors its heroes from Queens The bravest of the Bravest recognized at annual Medal Day ceremony

by Michael Gannon They ran into fires, floods, and beneath a No. 7 train, in the latter case just inches from a live third rail before it was turned off.

The FDNY on June 1 honored a number of firefighters and EMS personnel who live or work in Queens at the department’s annual Medal Day ceremony in Manhattan.

All information from the citations was provided by the FDNY.

A flash flood in Glendale Paramedics Marilyn Arroyo and Jimmy Guailacela became the first two recipients of the EMT-P Carlos Lillo-Ricardo Quinn Medal for bravery, named for two men who died in the 9/11 attacks.

They were dispatched to the Cooper A v e n u e Underpass in Glendale on Aug. 15, 2012 during heavy Marilyn Arroyo, Jimmy rains that had Guailacela caused a flash flood. Upon arrival they found a car with the senior citizens inside nearly submerged, with a hand waving for help from the sunroof.

Guailacela, a strong swimmer, pulled one person from the car and came back to escort a second victim removed by Arroyo. Running out of time, Arroyo, a weak swimmer, took the third victim to safety.

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and zero visibility. His search was hampered by what firefighters call a “Collyer Brothers” condition, with large amounts of debris piled up throughout the apartment.

Approaching the living room, Haseney again heard a cough Lt. John from beyond what was now an Haseney advancing fire.

He found a semiconscious woman and dragged her out of the apartment and back to the stairway landing, handing her off to firefighters Richard Torres and Eric Schuh before leading the arriving hose team back to the source of the fire.

The woman and the original victim were treated at a local hospital. Haseney received the Henry D. Bookman Medal.

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Firefighter Frank Busener, on Dec. 26, 2014, responded just before midnight to a house fire with Ladder Co. 136 of Elmhurst. Upon arrival, they determined that the fire was coming from the basement, where Busener and two others descended to conduct a search operation. Shor tly thereafter, Busener transmitted Code 10-45, signaling that he had encountered someone either deceased or badly hurt Frank under debris.

Busener With the first floor now in f lames, Busener, along with firefighters David Werta and Roger Rudzewick, was able to get the victim outside to EMS personnel.

The victim would make a full recovery at an area hospital. Busener would receive the Holy Name Society Medal for firefighters in Brooklyn and Queens.

7 train save On March 5, 2015, members of Engine Co. 289 in Corona arrived at the elevated No. 7 train station at Roosevelt Avenue and 103rd Street just before 4 a.m. to reports that a man beneath a now-stopped train was dead.

Capt. Thomas Sussman directed firefighters Daniel Gunther and Chris Rodriguez to search along the length of the tracks while Denis Dermody went to the street, using his light to search for the victim from beneath.

Gunther reported he had found the victim’s

Capt. Thomas Sussman, left, along with firefighters Daniel Gunther, David Eckartz Jr., Denis Dermody and Chris Rodriguez of Engine Co. 289 in Corona. The unit was decorated for rescuing a badly injured man trapped beneath a No. 7 train on a rainy morning in 2015. Dermody and Gunther also PHOTOS COURTESY FDNY received individual honors. severed arm; Dermody then radioed that he had found a sneaker and a pool of blood on the street, and used his flashlight to direct Sussman to the second car of the train.

Climbing down to a catwalk and reaching over the third rail, Sussman determined that the man was alive but bleeding and seriously hurt.

Firefigher David Eckartz attempted to coordinate stopping incoming train traffic along the adjacent express track, summoning Ladder Co. 138, with more specialized training, tools and equipment for such a rescue, and shutting down power to the potentially lethal third rail.

Express traffic had been stopped though they were informed that Ladder 138 was responding to another call and unavailable, leaving Sussman and his men on their own to effect a rescue in the dark of night under a heavy rain in an extraordinarily confined space without the proper equipment — or confirmation that the third rail had been rendered harmless.

Gunther slipped through the narrow opening between the third rail and the train’s undercarriage and worked to stop the man from bleeding.

Dermody arrived with a Denis Dermody, backboard and Daniel Gunther other medical equipment, and stabilized the man’s neck and spine. Gunther, using a knife, cut the man free of his backpack, coat and belt, which were pinned beneath the wheels. Sussman got the board into position before retreating from beneath the car. Gunther and Dermody passed the board to Sussman and Rodriguez, the latter of whom continued medical treatment.

Engine 289 received the Lt. James Curran/ New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation Medal. Dermody received the Chief Wesley Williams Medal for distinguished service in

the line of duty. Gunther was awarded the Fire Marshals Benevolent Association Medal for outstanding valor.

Six civilians, seven firefighters and eight houses A fire on March 18, 2015 in Woodhaven destroyed or damaged eight row houses and injured 13 people, including seven firefighters.

Within 24 hours, Fire Marshals James Egan and Andre Ramos determined it was arson, and secured the ar rest of a defendant who would be indicted and then convicted.

The men deter m i ned James Egan, Andre Ramos that occupants of one building were specifically targeted in connection with an ongoing dispute. The suspect was located and arrested without incident; meanwhile, Egan and Ramos continued to develop powerful evidence for prosecutors.

They were awarded the Deputy Commissioner Christine R. Godek Medal for outstanding work in an arson investigation.

A faint cough ...

Circumstances on an FDNY call can change quickly.

On March 24, 2015, Lt. John Haseney led Engine Co. 287 of Elmhurst to a call for a person in respiratory or cardiac arrest.

Upon arriving on the street, firefighter Mike Savino saw fire venting from a nearby building, leading Haseney to summon other companies for an urgent response.

Initially told there was no one else in the house, Haseney donned his equipment and made his way to the second-floor apartment where the fire was located. He reached the door when he heard a faint cough.

Without the cover of a hose line, Haseney then began to search the apartment in high heat

Mid-air rescue Firefighter Joseph Andres, a Bayside resident, was still a probie when Ladder Co. 108 was dispatched to a 911 rescue call in Hooper Street in Brooklyn. Upon arrival, they found a man hanging upside down between the third and fourth floors of two buildings, with only a wire wrapped around his leg and ankle.

Unable to reach the victim from above or below with ladders, Andres was ordered to prepare to be lowered from the roof by a rope and harness.

Complicating matters was that there were wires above the victim, and the fact that he was upside down — a condition for which the FDNY does not train. Lastly, there was the danger that any pressure on the Joseph wire holding the man could Andres cause him to fall.

After becoming entangled in one wire, Andres was able to grab the man around the waist just as the cable snapped, and hold onto him until they could be guided to a third story window.

He was awarded the Emily Trevor/Mary B. Warren Medal for “heroic endeavor under circumstances of special danger.”

Smoke beyond the door Ladder Co. 55 in the Bronx was returning from another call on Aug. 18, 2015, when they were dispatched to a report of smoke on the third f loor of an eight-story apartment building.

Leading two firefighters up to the third floor, Capt. John Zollner of Bayside encountered a closed fire door. A peer though the door’s blackened window, and opening the door a crack confirmed smoke in the hallway.

Leaving firefighter Shane Franky behind to control the fire door, Zollner advanced toward the burning apartCapt. John ment and entered with no Zollner hose line yet established and only firefighter Timothy Caffrey’s extinguisher as cover to search for victims. continued on next page

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continued from previous page Zollner in the bedroom found a wheelchair but no victim. Back in the hallway he heard a moan from the living room and found an elderly woman who was semiconscious.

Summoning Caffrey, who had been containing the fire in the kitchen, the two men shielded the victim form the fire and got her to the hallway before handing her over to Ladder Co. 19.

Zollner received the 23rd Street Fire Memorial Medal, established in memory of 12 Manhattan firefighters who were killed in a drug store blaze in 1966.

After alerting a dispatcher to summon help, Williams and Atkins smashed their way through the front door of the apartment building and began pounding on doors to alert residents to evacuate. As other personnel who were either ending or beginning their tours came to help, Atkins and Williams moved their way up to the top floors under steadily deteriorating conditions to make sure all people had been evacuated safely.

The FDNY credited them with saving many lives as they were presented with the Lt. Kirby McElhearn Medal, named for a pioneer in EMS field communications.

Wild start of shift

A baby in the attic Engine Co. 316 had just pulled up to a house fire in Corona at 9:30 p.m. last Nov. 17 when Lt. Adam Vilagos was confronted with a nightmare — adults screaming that a baby boy was trapped in an attic with spoke pouring from both the attic window and the floor below.

With Vilagos’ men still searching for a hydrant and a search-and-rescue unit still en route, Vilagos sprinted into the building and up to the second floor, which now was filled top to bottom with smoke, with flames rolling across the ceiling.

Finding a door only 20 inches wide, Vilagos found a steep, narrow ladder-like staircase leading into the attic. Heat forced him to search the attic on his stomach. He moved towards sounds of an infant struggling to

Sept. 14, 2015 was a normal shift for EMS Lt. Robert Atkins and then-Lt. Horace Williams — for less than 10 minutes.

Atkins, a former U.S. Marine from Cambria Heights, and Williams, a St. Albans resident who has since been promoted to captain, were just beginning their 6 a.m. tour in Brooklyn when they heard a pounding on the station door.

A laundromat across the street was on fire, with people possibly trapped in a n adjacent apartment Capt. Horace Williams, building.

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breathe and felt for the baby in a crib.

With escape by the attic window now impossible, he shielded the child and made his way back down the narrow stairs, past nozzle Lt. Adam teams now working on the Vilagos fire, and outside to waiting firefighters.

“The infant survived because of the actions of Lt. Vilagos,” according to the FDNY citation.

Vilagos was awarded the Honor Legion Medal, awarded to “the bravest of the Bravest” for valor performed at imminent risk to a firefighter’s life; and the Hugh Bonner Medal for leadership.

“... diminishing with each second.”

Ladder Co. 116, located in Long Island City, had been around the corner on a building inspection last Nov. 25 when a call came in for an apartment building fire.

Members arrived to find people streaming down fire escapes and fire rapidly spreading from the second floor to the third.

They also heard people frantically pointing to a second-f loor apartment where they believed someone to be trapped; and, given their almost instant arrival, the crew would be forced to work initially without an engine company to attack the fire.

Firefighter Christopher Polesovsky, part of

Ladder 116’s forced entry team, made quick work of the lobby door and headed to the second floor with Lt. Michael DeCollibus and Firefighter Daniel Lawlor. Heat and smoke reduced visibility and forced them to wear their facemasks.

Reaching the apartment, DeCollibus and Polesovsky tried to force the door open, only to discover it was partially blocked by piles of clutter and debris — another Collyer Brothers situation.

At that point, Firefighter Christopher Neal Harris radioed from the Polesovsky roof that the fire was spreadi ng, wh ile Ch r istopher Kalin, stationed outside, confirmed a victim “screaming in the apartment for help and the sound of her voice was diminishing with each second.”

Polesovsky forced his way over and through mounds of debris in zero visibility before finding the bedroom, where the overcome victim had collapsed.

With three rooms out of control and time running out, Polesovsky dragged the woman to the apartment door, where Lawlor helped take her to a safe stairwell. Polesovsky then returned to the apartment to continue his search.

The victim was saved. Polesovsky was awarded the Emerald Society Medal for disQ tinguished service in the line of duty.

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This Greater Woodhaven Development Corp.-sponsored dinner dance is in line with the spring theme, so ladies are encouraged to wear warm, spring colors.

This dinner dance also celebrates the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp.’s 37th anniversary.

Also to add to this swinging party, performing for us will be John Fupelliti, also known as Johnny Doo Wop, who will be singing doo-wop songs from the 50’s 60’s for us.

Our honorees for 2016, as I have stated before, are so important to Woodhaven and we are very honored and privileged to be recognizing all of them at our annual dinner dance.

Our Honorees for 2016 are: Woman of the Year Borough President Melinda Katz; Man of the Year Sal Simonetti, chief of staff for Councilman Eric Ulrich; Business of the Year The Woodhaven Manor and its owners, Mandeep Singh and Sangita M. Patel; Businessman of the Year Victor Hui of Dexter Wine and Liquors; and Deputy Inspector Deodat Urprasad, commanding officer of

the 102nd Precinct, who will be receiving the Special Recognition Award.

For the commitment these people have shown on behalf of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. and the Woodhaven community, we are proud and privileged to recognize them.

Tickets for the “Social Event of the Year” are $65 for a wonderful evening of good food, good music and good company.

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P.S. The Woodhaven Business Improvement District welcomed the sixth supermarket to Jamaica Avenue last week. Bravo!

Unfortunate news: Someone destroyed the planter in front of Ohlert-Ruggiere Accountants and Insurance Office and Community Federal Savings Bank.

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Gearing up to talk budget in District 30

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The 2016 participatory budgeting process may have just wrapped up less than two months ago, but Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale) wants District 30 to turn its collective eyes toward allocating $1 million in funding next year.

The lawmaker has launched an online questionnaire, open through June 30, on which residents of Middle Village, Glendale, Maspeth, northern and western Ridgewood and northern Richmond Hill can vote for which kinds of generic capital improvements they would be interested in during next year’s round of participatory budgeting.

Options include park upgrades, cultural projects, renovation of school facilities or community spaces and transit improvements at bus stops and subway stations.

The survey can be found online at http://ow.ly/fT4j300U35a.

When it comes to the handful of community meetings and brainstorming sessions where specific project ideas are hammered out, they will begin sometime in the fall.

But in order to get herself prepared for

the second year of participatory budgeting in her district, Crowley made the trip up to Cambridge, Mass. last month to attend the fourth annual International Conference on Participatory Budgeting in North America at Harvard University.

According to the lawmaker’s office, she attended lectures and met with leaders in the program to discuss how to improve the process and generate more engagement amongst all voters and volunteers alike.

“This conference allowed us to hear firsthand from the people who started this process, overcoming obstacles and making participatory budgeting beneficial for everyone involved,” Crowley said in a statement. “I was very pleased with this year’s turnout in District 30, but there is always room for improvement. It’s important we continue to learn as much as we can, so we can really target the community and execute the program efficiently and successfully” Four projects won funding in this spring’s participatory budgeting process, including library upgrades in Ridgewood and Maspeth and new computer technology at a handful of schools throughout Q southwest Queens.

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Choosing a college or university is the first big decision of many teenagers’ lives. A youngster’s choice of college can impact the rest of his or her life, and it’s important that kids recognize the gravity of this decision.

Many kids, in particular those who realize the impact that their choice of college can have on the rest of their lives, are overwhelmed when colleges begin sending information about their programs and campus life. Such information, especially when it is unsolicited, may begin to arrive at the dawn of a high school student’s sophomore year, long before many teenagers have begun to think about where to pursue their educations after high school. But as daunting a task as choosing a college may seem, teenagers should enjoy the process, as the choice of where to go to college is unlike any other decision many students will make for the rest of their lives.

Parents also can ensure the process goes more smoothly by helping their kids find the right school. That’s especially true for parents who have already been through the process with an older child. But even parents going through the process for the first time can take the following steps to help youngsters find the right college.

• Discuss finances with kids at the outset of the selection process. While the choice of

High school students choosing a college or university benefit when parents chip in to make the decision process go more smoothly. where a student goes to college should ultimately rest with that student, it’s important that parents explain their financial situations to their kids at the outset of the selection process. Explain how much you can contribute

toward tuition and fees, and explain the differences between loans and grants. Some kids may expect their parents to foot the entire bill for their education, but such situations are increasingly rare thanks to the rising cost of a college education. Make sure kids know the financial obligations they will be taking on should they take out loans to pay for their education.

• Ask kids to list fields of study they may want to pursue. While incoming college freshmen do not necessarily need to choose a major upon enrolling, kids who know their interests and what they may want to do one day for a living may be more likely to find the right college or university for them. Parents can ask kids to write down a list of their interests, including potential career interests. This can help kids narrow down the list of colleges and universities they are considering. For example, if a student is interested in engineering but a university on their list does not offer an engineering program, then that school can be eliminated. Kids who list multiple potential fields of study may benefit by choosing a larger school with more available programs. This can allow them to pursue more than one major or even switch majors without transferring to another school.

• Visit campuses. Student-athletes who hope to continue their athletic careers at the

collegiate level may be limited to a certain number of official campus visits, but nonathletes face no such restrictions. While college is first and foremost about getting an education, it’s also an opportunity to grow as a person. Campus visits can give kids a feel for campus life, which varies considerably between colleges, and that feel can help them determine if a given college or university is somewhere they’re liable to feel comfortable over the next several years. Parents can accompany kids on campus visits and ask questions their kids may not know to ask but will certainly be glad to know the answers to.

Traveling to various campuses can be expensive, so parents might want to delay campus visits until kids have narrowed down their lists of potential colleges.

• Stay involved. Some kids may succumb to the pressure of choosing a college and detach themselves from the process as a result. While taking periodic breaks from talking about college can benefit both kids and their folks, parents should not allow such breaks to go on for too long. Stay involved in the process so kids continue to approach it with the right attitude. If kids appear to be struggling with their decision, act as a sounding board for them so they can let off some Q steam and clear their heads.

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Facing freshman fears After perfecting your GPA, getting through the SATs and meticulously filling out college applications, you’ve finally received an acceptance letter. Suddenly the college life you’ve dreamed of is about to become reality, but you’re a little scared. Why? You’re about to become the new kid on campus.

Regina Largent, director of the Shepard Freshman Resource Center at the University of Portland, Portland, Ore., helps hundreds of incoming freshmen adjust to their first year of college. “College is a new experience,” says Largent, adding that it’s completely natural to feel overwhelmed.

• Dollar dilemmas. If you’re like many soon-to-be freshmen, worrying about paying for college begins soon after the acceptance letter arrives. “It was a struggle to get here,” says Stephanie Boettcher, a first-year student at UP, referring to the huge financial commitment she had to make in order to attend the out-of-state school. To help pay for her education, Stephanie applied for several scholarships, took out student loans, and landed a part-time job.

Worrying about paying for college isn’t the only financial struggle freshmen face. Managing money is often an even bigger scare, but Largent says it’s never too late to learn. In addition to taking a personal finance class and asking your parents for pointers, Largent suggests you keep a budget in high school.

In fact, that tactic is working for Jeremy Francis, a high school senior in Sunderland, Ontario, Canada. Jeremy’s employed at two jobs to help pay next year’s tuition at Sir Sanford Fleming College, Peterborough, Ontario, and says, “I’m working on keeping a budget now so it will be easier once [I’m at] college.”

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Anxiety over academic performance is common, says Largent. She advises you not be afraid to seek help — ask professors questions about material you don’t understand, or work with a peer in a study group. Largent also suggests taking advantage of on-campus tutoring and learning centers.

• Major worries. Becky Lundberg, a National Merit Finalist from Cherry Valley, Ill., is confident she can handle the workload, but the high school senior is worried about picking a major. “I’m thinking of political science or international affairs with a minor in French, but I’m not going to commit to anything too soon.”

According to Largent, most students change their majors at least three times before their junior year. Instead of focusing on a major strictly because it might lead to a high-paying job after graduation, Largent encourages students to pick an area of study they’re passionate about. “This is the chance of your life to study something just to learn about it. [Plus], you’re going to do it for four years. It’s easier to make good grades if you care about what you’re studying,” she says.

• Homesickness hype. Somewhere between funding your education and studying, it’s important to make new friends.

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That’s exactly what Rhett did. He returned to school after Thanksgiving break and started making new friends with similar interests. “It’s a lot better now,” he says, admitting that he’s glad he stuck it out.

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Triboro rail idea revived by transit think tank Qns. train gurus say Regional Plan Association’s proposal is unrealistic

by Christopher Barca

hattan, and the city is gaining more jobs in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and StatNew transportation options are all the en Island than it is in the urban core.”

The agency added that commutes for rage in Queens, as the proposed light rail line in Glendale and reactivating the residents traveling to and from work Rockaway Beach Rail Line in central and bet ween t he outer boroug hs, wh ich South Queens have been popular talking already average over an hour, according points over the last few months and years. to the RPA, would be slashed significantSo why not throw one more idea at the ly if and when the Triboro opens, as t r a i n s wou ld r u n eve r y f ive t o 15 wall and see if it sticks?

The Regional Plan Association, the minutes.

“The Triboro would link employment influential urban research think tank, has revived its long-discussed proposal to hubs for manufacturing and industry in connect Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx Hunts Point, northern Astoria, Maspeth with a commuter rail line called the Tri- and Bay Ridge,” the RPA wrote.

When the RPA originally proposed the boro, as the agency released an updated version of the plan in an eight-page report plan in 1996 as a way to connect Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens, some of the late last month.

According to the R PA, the Triboro its designs had the Triboro terminating would run 24 miles between Co-Op City either at Yankee Stadium or Hunts Point in the Bronx and Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, in the Bronx instead of Co-Op City.

Those plans never gained traction with converting the freight-only rail right-ofway that connects the neighborhoods into the city, as its focus has been on the Seca dual usage line that allows for commut- ond Avenue Subway and other projects like the 7 Line Extension. er service.

The RPA’s new proposal isn’t winning In Queens — where the stretch of rail over Queens rail is ow ne d by CSX gurus, either. from Astoria to the Little Neck Fresh Pond Rail Yard native Lar r y and by the Long Pen ner, a t ransIsland Rail Road think this is overkill, portation historian f rom Glend ale to without need or benefit.” and retired U.S. Brooklyn — the train Depa r t ment of would r u n th rough — Vincent Arcuri Jr., Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Astor ia, Jackson Community Board 5 chairman Fe d e r a l Tr a n s it Heights, Woodside, Ad minist ration Elm hu rst, Middle r e g i o n a l of f i c e Village, Glend ale a nd R idgewood before crossi ng the director, said despite being a “great concept” in theory, the creation of the Triborder.

The RPA has proposed seven stations boro simply isn’t feasible in the near future. in Queens, including: “There are a ton of ideas for Queens, • 23rd Avenue and 31st Street in Astoria, with an available transfer to the Asto- but there’s only so much transit money going around,” Penner said in a Monday ria-Ditmars N and Q subway stop; • Northern Boulevard and 64th Street phone interview. “This is a low priority.”

Penner also sharply criticized the RPA in Woodside; • R o o s e ve l t Ave n u e i n J a c k s o n for its cost estimate, saying the $1-2 bilHeights, with an available transfer to the lion price tag is “fantasy.”

“In my professional opinion, it will Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue 7, E, cost hundreds of millions of dollars to F, M and R subway stop; • Queens Boulevard between 73rd and build each station,” he said. “The RPA’s 74th streets near where Elmhurst, Mas- cost estimate is very naive. To build this new system, you’ll need rails, power, peth, and Woodside converge; maintenance. It sounds like it would cost • Grand Avenue at Elmhurst Park; • Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Vil- a heck of a lot more than what they’re lage, with an available transfer to the saying it would.”

When it comes to possibly securing Metropolitan Avenue M train subway federal money to pay for at least a portion stop; and • Myrtle Avenue at Fresh Pond Road of the Triboro, Penner said neither the city nor the state would ever do so conon the Glendale-Ridgewood border.

The RPA estimates a daily ridership of sidering the MTA had already applied for a rou nd 10 0,0 0 0 p e ople a nd a c os t a $500 million grant from the Federal between $1 and $2 billion to establish, Transit Adminstration’s New Starts prowith major capital investments being the gram —which appropriates $2.3 billion each year — to help with the Second creation of stations, signals and rail cars.

“Transit improvements are typically Avenue Subway project.

“The MTA doesn’t like to compete focused on moving people in and out of Manhattan,” the RPA said in its report. against itself,” he said. “In effect, they “Yet today, more New Yorkers commute would be competing for grant money within the outerboroughs than into Man- against themselves with the Second Avenue Associate Editor

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Subway and they’re not going to have this compete with the subway.”

Penner isn’t alone when it comes to Queens opposition to the Triboro.

Over the past few months, Community Board 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri Jr., a Glendale resident, has advocated strongly for both the reactivation of the Rockaway Beach Rail Line — which closed over 50 years ago — and the creation of a light rail system con necting Glendale and Long Island City.

But when it comes to the Triboro, he isn’t impressed. “l think this is overkill, without need or benefit,” Arcuri said in an email on Tuesday. “The real need in commuter rail is from the Rockaways to Manhattan and Jamaica to Manhattan, where the need and ridership is.”

An MTA spokesman said the agency had no comment on the plan when contacted by the Chronicle.

However, the representative said funding is in place to begin planning the extension of Metro-North Railroad service to the Bronx — with stations in Co-Op City, Morris Park, Parkchester and Hunts Point, areas that would be

served by the Triboro — through to Penn Station.

That project is expected to begin after the East Side Access project — which will connect the Long Island Rail Road with Grand Central Terminal — is completed in 2023.

Cou ncilwoma n Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale), who proposed a light rail line to connect Glendale and Long Island City last year, didn’t mention the proposed Triboro by name in a Wednesday statement, but said the city’s focus should be on addressing public transportation issues in so-called transit deserts like southwest Queens.

“It’s critical that this city invest in opportunities for efficient public transportation,” Crowley said. “Not only will it take cars off the road and ease severe commuting burdens, but in the long-term it will help our environment and create a better New York for the future.

“I believe that r ig ht now, at th is moment,” she continued, “a light rail th rough t ransit-poor com mu nities in Queens should be a priority so residents, the economy and New York City as a Q whole can flourish.”

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Bohyun Lee and her 2-year-old son, Liam, stopped by to play with the markers. Landsberg and Liam held a brief, mute conversation about colors, with Liam making a statement about lines with several markers and Landsberg making a point about another color by literally marking a single point on the page.

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Families planning city-side summer weekends can amble over to Socrates Sculpture Park for free Saturday Sculpture Workshops with the kids, sessions that don’t resemble a summer camp arts-and-crafts activity so much as a Kid’s Master Class.

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“I have a country. Zaqistan,” Landsberg said. Officially, the Republic of Zaqistan.

In 2005, Landsberg purchased two acres of land in Utah and used his creative license to declare it a country, with its own flag, Declaration of Succession [Secession], oath of citizenship and some other accoutrements of a modern country.

Given his experience as a nation-builder, Landsberg’s turn at running the Socrates workshop invited children to imagine their own country and create their own flag.

Assisting Landsberg and the children were Audrey Dimola, the park’s public

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the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $12.

Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

“Side by Side by Sondheim,” a compilation of songs from the early works of Stephen Sondheim,

by The Royal Star Theatre. Fri.-Sat., June 10-11, 8 p.m. Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy, 179-14 Dalny Road, Jamaica Estates. $18; $15, kids 12 and under; $2 more at the door. Info: (718) 428-8681.

“Inside Out,” a 2015 3-D computer animated comedy-drama adventure about a young girl coping with change. Part of Movies Under the Stars series; bring blanket or chair. Fri., June 10, dusk, Crocheron Park, near 214 Place and Cross Island Pkwy., Bayside.

Free. Other movies shown in other locations. Info: nycgovparks.org.

“Murder at the Senior Prom!”, a comedy murder mystery dinner show, by The Killing Kompany. Fri., June 17, 8 p.m., Riccardo’s, 21-01 24 Ave., Astoria. $45. Info: (212) 772-2590, killingkompany.com.

“The Great Muppet Caper,” the 1981 Jim Henson whodunit with Kermit and the gang. Sun., June 12, 1 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $12. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

“The Rimers of Eldritch,” a nostalgic drama about change in a decaying Missouri town in the early 1960s, with a murder too. Fri., June 17-June 26, various times, The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $18. Info/tickets: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

AUDITIONS

MUSIC Latin Night, with merengue and bachata music

by Dominican group The New York Tipico, by Councilman Rafael Espinal and NYC Parks. Fri., June 10, 6:30 p.m., Highland Park, Jamaica Ave. at Elton St. (big circle behind park house). Free. Info: (718) 642-8664.

Art Lillard Trio, jazz standards and original songs, part of Metis Concert Series. Sat., June 11, 7 p.m., Community Church of Little Neck, 46-16 Little Neck Pkwy. $30; $15 seniors; $5 children. Info: (718) 229-2534, metismusicmanagement@yahoo.com.

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Salute to Broadway, by Queens Symphony Orchestra, honoring performers buried at Maple Grove Cemetery. Sat., June 18, 3 p.m., Center at Maple Grove, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free. Info: friendsofmaplegrove.org.

Reservations: (718) 570-0909.

EXHIBITS “Meridian (Gold),” an illuminated water plume whose color shifts correspond to real-time global sentiment about gold. Opening Sat., June 11, 11 a.m. with remarks by city officials, artist talk and more. LIC Landing, Hunters Point South Park, Center Blvd. and Borden Ave., Long Island City. Free.

Info: http://bit.ly/1X7NJbM. PopUp Photo Gallery, with 15 area photographers, held by the Bayside Historical Society. Sat., June 11, 12-9 p.m. (reception 4-6 p.m.); Sun., June 12, 12-7 p.m. (reception 2-4 p.m.), the Castle in Fort Totten, 208 Totten Ave., Bayside. $5. Info: (718) 352-1548, baysidehistorical.org.

A free screening of “Modern Ruin: A World’s Fair Pavilion,” documenting the history of the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, will be held tonight, June 9, outside the adjacent Queens Theatre.

SCREENSHOT COURTESY MATTHEW SILVA “Debt Positive,” with art, performances and workshops re-envisioning debt, sublimating it and considering eliminating its wasteful implementations. Thru June 24. Flux Factory, 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 669-1406, fluxfactory.org.

“Different Roads — Same Destination,” improvisational sculptures made from discarded byproducts of the consumer culture. Thru July 10. Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City.

Free. Info: (718) 937-6317, dorsky.org.

“In Practice: Fantasy Can Invent Nothing New,” works of creative fantasy differentiated by distinct material approaches. Thru Aug. 1. $5 suggested admission; $3 students; free to Long Island City residents. SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., LIC. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org.

“Sanctuaries,” wall-scale reinventions of natural Colombian landscapes by Tatiana Arocha, the works serving as both refuge and warning for the viewer.

Thru Aug. 7, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $4; $3 seniors; $2 students, children over 3. Info: (718) 886-3800, info@queensbotanical.org.

“Grease,” for actors, dancers, singers, set designers, stage crew, ages 13-19, by HCJ Teen Drama Group.

Mon.-Tue., June 20-21, 7 p.m., callbacks Thu., June 23, Church of the Holy Child Jesus, 111-02 86 Ave., Richmond Hill. Show dates: Aug. 4-7. Contact: Christine Breviario, hjcteendrama@gmail.com.

TOURS

“Rodney McMillian: Landscape Paintings,” 12 abstract paintings on bed sheets and an untitled video, provoking questions about class and identity.

Thru Aug. 29, MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $10; $5 students, seniors; free under 16.

Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org.

World’s Fair Icons, with stories behind the Unisphere, state Pavilion, Queens Zoo and more. Sun., June 12, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.; every 2nd Sun. each month thru Oct. 9. Meet at Unisphere, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free. Info: (718) 760-6437, on.nyc.gov/1X7M8CX.

Works by Cao Fei, multimedia projects exploring the experience of young Chinese citizens in a rapidly changing society. Thru Aug. 31, MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $10; $5 students, seniors; free under 16. Info: (718) 7842084, momaps1.org.

LECTURES

COMEDY Laff Lab, stand-up with several area comedians, Thu., June 9, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free; RSVP req’d. Info/RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

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New Talent Showcase, watercolors by Cindy de la Cruz and photos by Julia Skyba, all related to the Voelker Orth Museum. Thru July 17, Tue., Sat., Sun., 1-4 p.m., at the museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Suggested donation $2. Info: (718) 3596227, vomuseum.org.

“Modern Ruin: A World’s Fair Pavilion,” a documentary about the old structure in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, directed by preservation advocate Matthew Silva. Thu., June 9, 8 p.m., Festival Lawn behind Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free. Bring chair or blanket; screening in theater if rain. Info: (718) 7600064, queenstheatre.org.

Lionel Maunz, dystopian sculptures made of rugged, brutal materials such as cast iron, concrete and steel. Thru Aug. 29. MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $10; $5 students, seniors; free under 16. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org.

Hong Sang-soo retrospective, on the South Korean director whose films stand on their own but can seem like episodes in a vast narrative. 17 movies, including “Like You Know It All,” thru June 19, all Fri., Sat. or Sun., varying times, Museum of

A Bird Painter’s Journey, a presentation by artist Mike DiGiorgio on his path to becoming an avian illustrator and the field’s difficulties, held by Queens County Bird Club. Wed., June 15, 8 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Free. Info: qcbirdclub.org. COURTESY PHOTOS Wordfeast, with Greek writer Panagiota Lilikaki, a reading of works in progress about loss, mourning, love and more, with translator and musical accompaniment. Fri., June 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Queens Council on the Arts, 37-11 35 Ave. (entrance on 37 St.), Astoria. Free. Info/RSVP: queenscouncilarts.org.

Queens Archaeology, by Queens College professor Jim Moore, who plans excavations at Moore-Jackson Cemetery in Woodside. Sun., June 12, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $8; $5 students, seniors. Info: (718) 9390647, queenshistoricalsociety.org. continued continued on on page page 00 40

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A trip down Sondheim’s early musical lane “Side by Side by Sondheim,” a musical entertainment that pays tribute to composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim, is the current attraction from Royal Star Theatre, running for two more performances on June 10th and 11th.

Created in 1976, the show offers audiences an opportunity to re-visit or, perhaps, encounter for the first time some of Sondheim’s early works, written long before he dreamed up “Sweeney Todd” and “Into the Woods.”

The 50 or so numbers that are presented fully or in snippets offer consistent reminders of Sondheim’s brilliance, and the talents of the show’s performers are considerable.

And the continuity, or narration, written by Ned Sherrin, which ties the show together and helps place the songs in context, remains clever and informative. References have been updated to include the likes of “Naked Boys Singing” and the inevitable “Hamilton,” making the

‘Side by Side by Sondheim’ When: Friday and Saturday, June 10-11, 8 p.m.

Where: Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy, 179-14 Dalny Road, Jamaica Estates Entry: $18; $15 seniors, children; $2 more at door (718) 428-8681, royalstartheatre.org

show feel more contemporary.

Paul Johnson, a stalwart musical director on the local scene for decades, here takes on double duty, also serving as the show’s stage director. His touches are apparent throughout, particularly in the more over-the-top second half.

As a cabaret-style diversion, the show is primarily dependent on its vocalists, and each performer is given ample opportunity to appear in the spotlight, with several standout moments.

Regina Lim-Fischedick delivers a bravura performance of Sondheim’s infamously difficult rapid-fire lyrics as a harried bride-to-be in “Getting Married Today.” This diminutive powerhouse is loaded with charisma.

The most satisfying vocal performance among the men comes from the vertically impressive Bryce Klatsky, who offers an effective “Send in the Clowns,” sung originally by the female lead in “A Little Night Music.”

Another such flip-flop is offered in “You Gotta Get a Gimmick,” a classic showstopper from “Gypsy” traditionally performed by a trio of over-the-hill female strippers. As reimagined here for three men, it still came close to stopping the show on last Saturday’s opening night, but in an unnecessarily campy style.

Daniel Walstad’s voice soars in several numbers, most notably in “Beautiful Girls,” and he provides a tender rendition of the title song from “Anyone Can Whistle.”

Christian Barnes and Elizabeth Shapiro offer a nicely played “Barcelona,” a virtual scene unto itself, about a man who

Regina Lim-Fischedick, center, Bryce Klatsky and Jillian Smith display different emotions in Stephen Sondheim’s PHOTO BY MARK LORD “Getting Married Today.” wakes up in the company of a one night stand.

Shapiro also does well by “Losing My Mind,” a dramatic number that reveals a housewife’s loneliness, though she is not quite right for “Ah, Paree!”, a paean to French chanteuses of the past, one of the show’s several mismatches between singer and song. continued on page 41

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by Flushing Town Hall on Wednesday morning, June 29, at 10:30 a.m. to hear a song for a song.

That’s when the Queensboro Symphony Chamber Music Society has scheduled its second in an inaugural pair of free concerts.

Or stop in by 10 a.m. to catch a The Queensboro Symphony Chamber Music Society bit of pre-concert rehearsal and at Flushing Town Hall.

PHOTO BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH tune-up.

The Chamber Music Society is a sub- Otomasu was on the piano. Ayak Kojima group of the Queensboro Symphony played the flute, Tony Park the clarinet and Orchestra, which was launched just last Katie Bishop the bassoon. year. Its first concert on June 1 provided a Kim said he is working on producing a shockingly beautiful contrast with the monthly series of chamber music concerts morning commute outside on Northern for Flushing Town Hall, to star t in Boulevard.

September.

The society has clearly attracted a group Chamber music is any performance by a of top-caliber musicians. group of musicians small enough to fit in a The first and shorter piece was the Dvor- chamber, or room. A bright space on Flushak string quartet “American.” Audience ing Town Hall’s first floor was ideal for the members were invited by viola player Mits- performance, with a dark red wall behind uru Kubo, who introduced the piece, to the performers providing a focal point and think of train travel or any other kind of a bright white ceiling and walls bouncing rhythmic activity as they listened. Kubo, light around. along with violinists Jae Hyeok Oh and Kae The Queensboro Symphony Orchestra is Nakano and cellist an all-volunteer Sin Hwa Lee, delivgroup based in ered a lively and Flushing. Its mission measured beat on is to bring top-qualithe melodic journey. ty music to the comThe second piece munity in as many When: Wed., June 29, 10:30 a.m. wa s A aron Cop ways as possible, Where: Flushing Town Hall, land’s “Appalachian and for the musi137-35 Northern Blvd.

S p r i n g ,” l e d b y cians to share their Entry: Free. (718) 463-7700 Dong Hyun Kim, gifts and develop, founder and director Joseph said. The of both the QueensChamber Music boro Symphony Orchestra and the Cham- Society is a way of expanding its reach. ber Music Society. It was introduced by Many of the musicians are professionals Paul Joseph, a composer and pianist who or students at institutions such as Queenshas created music for the orchestra and borough Community College who get an handles its publicity. extra chance to develop their talents and to Most in the audience of about 30 were shine with the orchestra, Joseph said. familiar with the music of “Appalachian For example, concerto performances tradiSpring” and its Shaker melody, but many tionally include a special guest star as soloist, were surprised to learn it was created by but Kim always gives the solo to an orchestra Copland on the instigation of choreogra- insider, providing the player with experience pher Martha Graham, who starred in the before an appreciative local audience. ballet she created to go with his music at its The group is separate from the Queens debut in 1944.

Symphony Orchestra, which was founded In addition to the musicians who per- in 1953 by David Katz, the late father of formed the Dvorak piece, the violinists on Queens Borough President Melinda Katz.

“Appalachian Spring” included Yosub Kim The Chamber Society concert on June 29 and Yun Mi Chung. Eiri Lee joined Kubo on will feature Noi Otomasu on piano in the viola and Jung Yoon Choi joined Lee on Beethoven piano trio “Ghost” and a Q cello. Yuta Tanaka played bass and Noi Schumann piano quintet.

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continued from page 35 Landsberg had a relationship with Socrates through his Emerging Artist Fellowship there, for which he created and exhibited “SkyWatch Spider.” The sculpture is a replica of an NYPD surveillance tower in the form of a huge arachnid.

The subject of each workshop is detailed on the park’s website. The theme for the next one, on June 11, will be a tie-in to the Long Island City Bike Parade. Kids will make spoke cards and banners to decorate their bicycle, trike or scooter and collaborate on a large-scale human-powered parade float.

The workshops, designed for youngsters up to age 13, are even held on the Fourth of July and Labor Day holiday weekends.

Sculpture workshops When: Saturdays through Sept. 24, 12-3 p.m.

Where: Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City Entry: Free. (718) 956-1819, socratessculpturepark.org

On July 2, participants will create individual constellations based on personal observations of their surroundings at the park. The constellations will be added together to create a mini-galaxy.

The Labor Day weekend workshop on Sept. 3 is named “Eat the Rainbow” and is a collaboration with the park’s GrowNYC Greenmarket. Kids will learn about the nutritional importance of “eating your colors” in vegetables and create a “garden of images” about what they learn.

The Sculpture Workshop series started in May and runs through Sept. 24.

The Socrates Greenmarket is also open on Saturdays, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Its season started this past Saturday and runs through Nov. 19. The market stands are set up right in front of the white rectangular Sculpture Workshop tent.

For those new to the Socrates Park experience, the rest of the park features large outdoor sculptures, some interactive, in a casual waterside setting. If the creative process makes everyone hungry, you can grab some healthy snacks at the Greenmarket and hold a waterQ side picnic.

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Little Makers: Circular Painting, investigating circular shapes while teaching kids about science, math and art as they create paintings, for kids 18 months and older. Sun., June 12, 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $8 per family plus admission. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

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Third Annual Interfaith Iftar, a dinner to break the fast of Ramadan and grow dialogue, with Turkish and Jewish leaders, co-sponsored by Turkish Cultural Center in Sunnyside. Thu., June 9, 7:30 p.m., Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. $15. Info: (718) 268-5011, cqy.org, pkurtz@cqy.org.

Bayside HS weekend, 80th anniversary celebration, “the reunion of all reunions,” with food, music, tours, art show and more. Fri.-Sat., June 10-11, 4-8 p.m., 32-24 Corporal Kennedy St. $50.

Info/tickets: bitly.com/80thanniversary.

Family Day, with sports, games, inflatables, music, giveaways and more. Sat., June 11, 1-4 p.m., Rufus King Park, Jamaica Ave. and 153 St., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 393-7370, on.nyc.gov/1U4p7xs.

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Traditions Festival, with live music, craft and cooking demonstrations, illustrating American, Bengali, Mexican, Chinese, African customs and more. Sat.-Sun., June 11-12, 12-5 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free.

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Languages Lost and Found, a roundtable on linguistic diversity in New York and the world, focused on keeping languages alive. Sat., June 11, 2-4 p.m., Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested $8 admission; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 5929700, queensmuseum.org.

Healthcare expo, with medical screenings and information by area hospitals and other care providers, entertainment, raffles and more. Sat., June 11, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Corona Health Center, 34-33 Junction Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 458-2707, communityboard3@nyc.rr.com.

Pet adoption fair, with ASPCA, Animal Care Centers of NYC, Heavenly Angels Animal Rescue, held by Richmond Hill Block Association.

Sat., June 11, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Buddy Monument Plaza, Forest Park, Park Lane S. and Myrtle Ave. Clean blankets for shelter dogs, cats also sought. Info: (718) 849-3759.

Trip to Atlantic City, sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Lefferts-Liberty. Leaving Sat., June 11, 8:30 a.m., from Queens County Savings Bank, 82-10 153 Ave., Lindenwood; going to Taj Mahal. Refreshments, movie, raffles on bus. $45; $35 cash back. Contact: John, (347) 7309638; Marie, (347) 255-2450.

Charity car wash and car show, featuring car club classics and high-end imports like Ferraris to benefit area children’s charities. Sun., June 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Queens County Savings Bank, 82-10 153 Ave., Lindenwood. $10. Info: (917) 607-3961.

Briarwood Street Festival, with magic show, arts and crafts, music, dancing, free pizza, ice cream and soda (while they last) and more. Sun., June 12, 12-4 p.m., Manton and Main sts. Info: (718) 297-4542.

Queens International Night Market, outdoor food bazaar with no item over $5, merchandise too. Every Sat. thru Aug. 20, 6 p.m.12 a.m., New York Hall of Science parking lot, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Info: queensnightmarket.com.

FLEA MARKETS Summer Treasure Bake & Book Sale, also with clothes, household items, toys and more. Sat., June 11, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Sun., June 12, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Church of the Resurrection, 85-09 118 St., Richmond Hill. Info: (718) 847-2649.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Woodhaven/Richmond Hill Senior Center, with arts and crafts, knitting, Wii bowling, education and more. Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., lunch at 12 p.m. Strength/stretching exercise class every Mon., 1 p.m.; yoga class every Thu., 10 a.m.; Zumba every Fri. starting July 1.

89-02 91 St., Woodhaven. Info: (718) 847-9200.

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continued from page 37 Young Jillian Smith has a lovely soprano which she employs in the famous duet “A Boy Like That/I Have a Love” from “West Side Story.” Less successful is her pairing with “The Boy From ...,” a comic number from the little-known revue “The Mad Show.”

Edwin Palacio delivers a heartfelt “Marry Me a Little,” a song cut from “Company.”

Kim Guarino tackles the daunting “I’m Still Here,” an aging star’s hymn to survival.

As narrator, Amanda Doria is, as always, a definite stage presence, though, with her vocal abilities, she might have been worked into at least a couple of numbers.

Johnson, on keyboard 1, leads a terrific three-piece band, with Scott Stein on keyboard 2 and Ryan McBride on percussion.

ACROSS 1 Apiece 4 Hot tubs 8 Vail gear 12 Expert 13 Ancient Briton 14 Flirtatious look 15 Review 17 Roddick or Rooney 18 Popular logic puzzle 19 Nonstick spray 21 Teensy 22 Unrivaled 26 Tatter 29 Mole, e.g.

30 Oft-chanted letters 31 Revolutionary period?

32 They’re between mis and sols 33 Architect — van der Rohe 34 A Bobbsey twin 35 Aviate 36 In one’s cups 37 In-group 39 Ger. neighbor 40 Actress Thurman 41 “Doonesbury” journalist Hedley 45 Arp’s style 48 Chic shop 50 Tidy 51 Bancroft or Boleyn 52 Salt Lake athlete 53 Actress Jessica 54 No stay-at-home 55 Cleo’s slayer

DOWN 1 Lobbying orgs.

2 Beige 3 Nevada senator Harry 4 Added alcohol to 5 Resentment 6 Prefix with puncture 7 Increases 8 Pundit 9 Family 10 Third-party abbr.

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36 Person with a horn?

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Paul Johnson on piano.

Unfortunately, the show is simply too small to fill the cavernous stage at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy School, despite an expansion of the cast to nine from the original four. Frequently performers are placed too far upstage from the audience when a more intimate approach might have proven more effective. And an inconsistent sound system needs to be addressed.

There is plenty of movement throughout, supplied, one could surmise, by Johnson and choreographer Amanda Montoni. A staging highlight comes with “Another Hundred People,” which introduces the denizens of New Q York City to a recent arrival.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 24-20 98TH STREET EAST ELMHURST, NY 11366 Block: 1108 Lot: 17 INDEX NO. 700506/2016 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs. CHARLIE WILLIAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIE MAE WILLIAMS; JULIA COTTON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIE MAE WILLIAMS, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific 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; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious 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 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 Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $625,500.00 and interest, recorded on December 26, 2008, at Instrument number 2008000487896, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 24-20 98TH STREET, EAST ELMHURST, NY 11366. 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. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

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 the mortgage company will not stop the 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: March 25, 2016, RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff, BY: JOSEPH J. KARLYA III, ESQ., 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675

329 Smith St LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/22/16. Office location: Queens. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 225 Beach 143 St., Rockaway Park, NY 11694.

General purpose.

44 Henry ST LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 5/20/16.

Office location: Queens.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 225 Beach 143 St., Rockaway Park, NY 11694. General purpose.

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CITATION 2015 NO. 265-D BERBICE IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF GUYANA (DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL JURISDICTION) (DIVORCE) BETWEEN: RAJENDRA RAMPERSAUD, Petitioner AND LADONNA RAMPERSAUD nee WHITE, Respondent,

CAMELLIA MILK TEA, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/08/2016. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Corporate Filings of New York, 90 State Street STE 700, Office 40, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

TO: LADONNA RAMPERSAUD nee WHITE, of 236 Duane Avenue, Schenectady, New York 12307.

WHEREAS– RAJENDRA RAMPERSAUD, of Lot 49 Haswell, Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice, claiming to have been lawfully married to you has filed his Petition against you in the Registry of the High Court praying for a dissolution of marriage whereby he alleges that you have been guilty of malicious desertion.

NOW THIS IS TO COMMAND YOU that within 28 (twenty-eight) days after the service hereof on you inclusive of the day of such service you do appear in the said Court and then and there to make answer to the said Petition a copy whereof sealed with the seal of the Court is herewith served on you.

AND TAKE NOTICE that in default of your so doing the Court will proceed to head the said charges proved in due course of law and to pronounce sentence therein your absence notwithstanding.

AND TAKE NOTICE that for the purpose aforesaid you are to attend in person or

by Attorney at Law in the Sub Registry at New Amsterdam, Berbice, or Registry at Georgetown, Demerara, and then and there to enter an appearance in a book provided for that purpose without which you will not be allowed to address the said Court either in person or by Attorney at Law at any stage of the proceedings in this cause. [sic] FOR REGISTRAR. BERBICE: DATED THIS 16TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2016.

Notice of formation of D’EMPLOI, LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/18/16. Office loc.: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 1852 Flushing Ave., #2, Ridgewood, NY 11385.

Mgmt. shall be by a manager.

Purpose: To produce highquality handmade products.

Eco Usa, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/1/16.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 14 Lynch St Unit 7L, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Purpose: General.

6020 56 Drive, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/15/16. Office location: Queens. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 7507 Caldwell Ave., Middle Village, NY 11379.

General purpose.

ELENIS EAST REALTY LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/20/2016.

Office loc: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 80-26 255th Street, Queens, NY 11004. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

81-72 Lefferts Boulevard Properties, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/8/16.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 46-16 215th Place, Bayside, NY 11360.

Purpose: General.

Ideate, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/11/16.

Office location: Queens. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Ideate, LLC, 5054 68th Street, Woodside, NY 11377. General purpose.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 05/31/16, bearing Index Number NC-000526-16/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) ARIANNA (Middle) KARLA (Last) HUARAZ. My present name is (First) ARIANNA (Middle) K ARLA (Last) HUNGRIA (infant). My present address is 3560 164th Street, Apt. #1R, Flushing, NY 11358-1750. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. My date of birth is January 04, 2013.

Nor thern Boulevard Automall, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/19/16.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 56-15 Northern Blvd, Woodside, NY 11377.

Purpose: General.

Notice of Formation of L & J Gonzalez, LLC Articles of Organization filed Secretary of State (SSNY) 4/07/16.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom precess against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of precess to 4030 73rd Street, Woodside, NY 11377.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Northside 16 LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/14/16. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 3925 61st St #770081, Woodside, NY 11377.

Purpose: General.

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LATOS 15-69 Realty LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/25/16.

Office location: Queens.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 15-54 216th St., Bayside, NY 11360. General purpose.

QIAN HAIN MANAGEMENT LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 2/4/2016.

Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, c/o Shu Fang Li, 132-15 41st Avenue, 5D, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Mastic Management LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/6/16. Office location: Queens. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 96-18 Metropolitan Ave., Queens, NY 11375.

General purpose.

Safe Step NYC, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/12/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Stipe Nejasmic, 35-43 37th St, LIC, NY 11101. Purpose: General.

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MILL AS MANAGEMENT, L LC, A r t s. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/09/2015. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 32-38 41st St., Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of formation of SAU N TAM LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/19/16. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 84-18 249th St., Bellerose, NY 11426.

Purpose: any lawful act.

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PHOTOS BY STEVE MALECKI

The Queens Pride Parade last Sunday drew thousands to Jackson Heights.

This year’s event was attended by Mayor de Blasio, First Lady of New York City Chirlane McCray and other prominent figures.

Top left corner, clockwise from left: Dick Angel, 85, proves you’re never too old to show your pride; the Reform Temple of Forest Hills marches; a little rain didn’t stop Chris Azzaretto and Blake Castosia from coming out to see the parade; Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), grand marshal and master of ceremonies Councilwoman

Julissa Ferreras-Copeland (D-East Elmhurst) and Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) celebrate.

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Right corner, clockwise: Cheer New York performers show their stuff to the crowd; members of the Imperial Court pose for a picture; Daniel Robinson and Jacob Rodriguez offer free hugs and kisses and David McPolin gets a better view of the parade with a little help from his dad, Adam.

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SPORTS

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Bus shelters come to Qns.

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

In April 1961 Borough President Pat Clancy announced that long-suffering Queens commuters would be getting prefabricated bus shelters made of aluminum and transparent plastic throughout Architect John Taylor Egan’s rendering of the first bus shelthe borough.

Erection and maintenance ter for Queens County commuters, April 1961. would be financed by advertising which would be limited to only the back protection against driving rain.

Egan, who designed and pushed for the panel of the structure. It would also be sent for review by the city’s Art Commission. shelters, formerly had been a powerful Robert Moses, who vehemently opposed Democrat who was regional director of the advertising billboards on his Grand Central Federal Housing Administration in the Parkway and Long Island Expressway, 1930s and in the ’60s was in semiretired passed laws blocking them. Immediately six private practice in Queens. After producing companies were lobbying Clancy to build his lavish design Egan was directed to craft the shelters, some from as far away as a simpler model with a single support at each end, as the cost of the original design Texas.

The original design by architect John proved to be too great.

Today the bus shelter is a friend to all Taylor Egan (1890-1978) of Flushing called for units 12 feet long with arched corrugat- Queens riders, most giving little thought to ed aluminum roofs. The transparent plastic how they came to be or who designed and Q on the sides was to act as a windbreaker and fought for them.

CENTURY 21 AMIABLE II

The Greatest

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

According to many surveys Muhammad Ali was the most recognized public figure in the world in the latter part of the 20th century. He was an iconic figure for baby boomers who ranks alongside JFK, Elvis and the Beatles.

In my opinion, Ali was also the most important athlete in the history of television.

ABC Sports utilized its nasal Brooklyn lawyer-turned-boxing analyst, Howard Cosell, to interview Ali, and the fighter’s playful interviews with the bombastic Cosell drew millions of viewers. When Ali was stripped of his heavyweight title for refusing to join the Army on the basis of being a conscientious objector, it was Cosell, along with his boss, Roone Arledge, who constantly gave him a national forum. In turn, Ali put ABC Sports on the map.

Ali is unquestionably the most important figure in the creation of the sports pay-per-view market. In the pre-cable TV days of the 1960s and ’70s Ali’s heavyweight championship fights were beamed into movie theaters around the country. Although big fights today take place on Saturday nights, back then they occurred on Monday evenings since that was the slowest night of the week in the movie theater biz.

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Ali was a big fan of pro wrestling when growing up and loved how “the villains,” would rile up the fans to buy tickets in the hopes of seeing them get their comeuppance. He frequently insulted his opponents in a manner that would make Donald Trump blush, but to Ali it was just shtick to create revenue.

Sadly, Frazier never saw it that way. I remember a press screening of the 2008 HBO documentary of “Thrilla in Manila,” which detailed the last of their trio of fights. Smoking Joe spoke after the film and was still livid over the insults that Ali hurled at him back in the day. When I brought up that Ali had always maintained that he did it just to maximize box office revenue, Joe refused to accept that.

Ali was only 74 when he died from Parkinson’s disease complications. He did, however, outlive most of his ring opponents from the 1960s. The last big-name surviving heavyweight from that era is Canadian George Chuvalo. That’s kind of fitting since Chuvalo went Q the 15-round distance twice with Ali. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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• Garden co-op, 1st floor, mint 3 BR/1 bath, kitchen has wood cabinets, 3/4" box upgrade & special drawer features, large island with overhead cabinets – granite counter, tiled floor, new bath, Kohler fixtures, h/w floors, stained to a perfect brown, washer/dryer, updated electric, small dog OK, no waiting list for parking, storage unit $2K ............................................. Ask $229K • High-Rise Coop–Totally mint large L-shaped 1BR, new mint bath, new kitchen with granite countertops, SS appliances, wood cabinets, washer/dryer on every floor ............... Ask $155K • Large Studio, with unusually large kitchen, Needs TLC .................................................... $55K – IN CONTRACT

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HOWARD BEACH

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HOWARD BEACH HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK MINT! All Brick Tudor Colonial, 3 BRs, 2 new baths, new kit w/breakfast nook, CAC, updated electric, porcelain tiles: 1st floor, hardwood floors: upstairs. 9' ceilings 1st & 2nd floors, pvt drwy & det. 1 car gar, slate roof, full finished bsmt.

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Very unique and deceptively large 2 family/3 story house. 5 BRs/3 full baths and 2 half-baths, ¾ house Large 2 family featur- completely renovated in 1993. CAC on 3 flrs, Mitsubishi units in walk-in, ing 6 BRs, 5 baths, wall units in full fin bsmnt with front apt. A 24½ sep ent, formal dinx 15 extra BR ing rooms, in-ground with ½ bath. sprinklers/manicured PVC fencing. yard, alarmed Impeccably kept and very clean. and maintained Asking $789K $715K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK High Ranch, 5 BRs, 3 full baths, high-end appliances: Viking stove, granite & stainless steel appl, new HVAC (5 ton unit) heating system, new siding – roof – electric panel 220 (40 breakers), crown moldings, full - CCTV surveillance system, audio/video and much more. Come and view this beautiful, elegant and pristine home.

Reduced $968K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH

Colonial/stucco corner, 1 fam on 100x40 lot.

Setup now is doctor's office on 1st floor – 4 exam rooms + reception area, 2nd floor – 2 Bedroom apt + extra room + 3.5 baths, pvt drwy, CAC EXCLUSIVE !

Asking $689K

Updated Colonial/Cape on 40x100 features updated kitchen and full bath, large living room/dining room & 2 BRs on first floor– Top floor has 2 BRs and full bath, large unfinished bsmnt, large deck & yard– Must see!!

Asking $599K

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High Ranch on large 55x100 lot– Walk-in area (All new) with enclosed porch- 3 BRs, 2 full baths, CAC, impeccably clean, move-in cond. $749K CONR-069700

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Large All Brick Detached Colonial 4 BRs, 2.5 baths, 1 BR on first level with large living room, dining room, 1 bath, 2nd floor has 3 BRs & 1 bath. Finished bsmnt. with ½ bath & pvt. dvwy., 1 car gar. 30x100.

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Large custom Colonial, 50x100, featuring, 3 BRs, 2 baths on top floor. master BR is huge and also master bath.

Master bath has 2 walk-in closets and second BR has walk-in closet. 1st floor has 1/2 bath, formal DR. LR has (gas fireplace), CT den & beautiful RA T kitchen.

ON C IN Granite countertops, 1st floor has radiant heat– A must see!

Asking $463K

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Lovely detached Colonial in heart of Richmond Hill North, featuring large living room, formal dining rm, eat-in kitchen & half bath on 1st floor.

Second floor -3 BR, 1 bath, full unfinished bsmnt, pvt dvwy with 1 car garage, very wellmaintained home

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK 50x100 Cape. 4 BRs, 2 full baths, unfinished basement, move-in condition.

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HOWARD BEACH Legal 2 family on 45x99 – 6 over 6 –open floor plan, formal LR & DR on each floor. Full unfinished-high-ceiling bsmnt w/sep ent, new hot water heater/boiler/electric panel/waterproofed, Asking $849,999 PVC fence & skylight.

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

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G Large Cape on T IN 60x100 lot, 4 BRs, L IS W 3 full baths, back NE dormered, full fin bsmt, park-like backyard, 3 zone heat, new boiler, hot water heater, deck off top floor overlooks yard, beautiful sunroom, great location– Must see!!!

Large Hi-Ranch on oversized 45x100 lot – featuring 4 BRs/3 full baths, with updated kitchens and baths.

Park-like backyard with screened porch.

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DIAMOND CONDITION. BROOKFIELD STYLE.

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Brick custom Colonial on 45x100 lot, top floor features 4 BR, 2 full baths, master is huge with walk-in closet and master bath with Jacuzzi, terrace overlooking yard.

1st floor large formal dining room, mint kitchen, granite countertops, cherry wood cabinets, subzero frig, S.S. appliances. Full fin. bsmnt, magnificent yard with in-ground pool

$719K

1 to 3 pm, both days 162-07 95th Street

Colonial (New construction) 3/4 BRs, 2.5 baths, finished attic, pvt. dvwy., deck, large yard, bsmnt will be sheetrocked, in-ground sprinklers, new PVC fencing, stainless steel appliances

Howard Beach/Rockwood Park

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