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Stringer sends back contract for juvie house PAGE 5 Comptroller Scott Stringer, inset, on June 12 denied a contract for a proposed juvenile detention center in South Ozone Park. Residents and members of the community’s civic association, who have blasted the placement of the center on a residential block at 133-23 127 St., celebrated the news on Tuesday.

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Port Authority details Part 150 study plans BP Katz urges strong community involvement in three-year initiative

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he next three years are going to be quite busy for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and its web of consultants.

Representatives from the agency that operates both LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports gave a detailed presentation to the Borough Board on Monday, describing the dual Part 150 studies it will submit to the Federal Aviation Administration on airplane noise throughout Queens.

The first phase of the studies, on both the borough’s airports and the subsequent noise created by incoming and departing flights, has already begun, according to Ed Knoesel, a senior manager with the agency’s environmental and noise program.

“The first real product we’re going to have out of this 150 study for both airports is noise exposure maps, one for Kennedy and one for LaGuardia,” Knoesel said. “We think we’d like to get that in the third quarter of 2016. And then we anticipate submitting noise compatibility programs to the FAA for their acceptance and approval in early 2018.”

Phase one of each study, which will be primarily conducted by Environmental Science Associates, involves the creation of a noise exposure map, fit with contours describing decibel levels and the land use of

Community Board 10 Chairperson Betty Bratton, left, asks a question of Port Authority official Ed Knoesel at Monday’s Borough Board meeting regarding plane noise. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA properties within the studied area.

ESA has conducted similar studies in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Atlanta and Denver.

All f lights arriving or departing from LaGuardia or JFK, respectively, and their flight paths in 2014 will be used to create a model of an “average annual day,” which will be used to formulate the noise exposure maps in each study.

Knoesel said data from the 18 noise monitors around JFK’s flight paths and the eight

near LaGuardia’s will not be added into the model, but the sound data will be looked at to see if the decibel level contours on the maps created are correct.

“We’re very confident this product will be acceptable to the FAA,” he said.

The overall goal of the Part 150 studies, according to Knoesel, is to assess the impact of plane noise, evaluate the feasibility of possible flight path and land-use changes and formulate appropriate noise mitigation mea-

sures, which would occur in the second phase of the project, along with the creation of technical advisory committees for each airport.

Each TAC, which is tasked with reviewing study documents and providing feedback, is made up of representatives from the FAA, pilots, air traffic controllers and airline company officials, among others in the industry.

However, Community Board 7 Vice Chairman Warren Schreiber, a member of a plane noise roundtable focusing on both Queens airports, said the study would be better served if community board members are included on each TAC. “You might want to consider making it more inclusive,” Schreiber said. “Extend additional invitations for people to sit on that TAC.” Knoesel said the Port Authority would consider the request, but the agency is wary of making the committees too large.

Borough President Melinda Katz applauded the Port Authority for finally taking a strong interest in mitigating airplane noise after years of complaints, but echoed Schreiber in urging the agency involve the community as much as possible.

“There’s no doubt this has been an issue in Queens for decades,” Katz said. “We will be very vocal about our participation Q in this process.”

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Comptroller finds ‘inconsistencies,’ Ruben Wills says fight must continue

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

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South Ozone Park residents and members of the South Ozone Park Civic Association West on Tuesday erupted with applause when they heard the news that city Comptroller Scott Stringer had rejected the contract for a proposed juvenile detention center on a residential block in the community.

A spokesman for the comptroller said the contract was sent back to the city Administration for Children’s Services on Friday, June 12, due to “inconsistencies.” He did not expand on what the inconsistencies are.

An ACS spokesman said in an email about the rejection, “The comptroller’s office has given ACS additional time to provide more information about our contracts for Limited Secure Placement services, and we are hopeful that we will be able to do right by these young people and bring them closer to home later this summer.”

Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica), who announced the news to the civic at its meeting on Tuesday, called Stringer’s move “a huge step” in the community’s fight against the facility that would hold 18 juvenile offenders at 133-23 127 St. “I think that a lot of the work the community has put into this is finally paying off and I think that the city is finally listening,” Wills said.

Councilman Ruben Wills, with mic, and Community Board 10 District Manager Karyn Petersen celebrate the news that city Comptroller Scott Stringer has rejected the contract for a proposed PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY juvenile detention center on a residential block in South Ozone Park.

In a wr itten statement sent out on Wednesday, Wills called for an “audit [of] all city-based Close to Home facilities: both prospective and operational,” citing security lapses that have allowed youths in at least two to escape and commit heinous crimes.

Wills has been at the forefront of the

fight against the placement of the center, created under the state’s “Close to Home” program.

An attorney from the councilman’s office is representing the civic and three residents in a pending lawsuit seeking to block the placement of the facility.

Residents and elected officials have

expressed concern about putting youth offenders on a residential block.

“If someone can escape from a maximum security prison, this is not that big of a deal,” Wills said, referring to the escape of two convicted murderers from the Clinton Correctional Facility. “We just want to make sure that the community is safe, [the center is] in an appropriate area and we’ll work with the administration to find somewhere.”

Anthony Gellineau, the civic president, said he spoke with Stringer at a Community Board 10 meeting in February. Stringer had made a surprise visit to the panel back then.

“He assured me he’d look into it,” said Gellineau, a CB 10 member.

Jeysha Ruiz, a South Ozone Park resident, said the return of the contract “brings me joy to know that it’s a step in our direction.”

Ber nadine Ger main, who has been working with Ruiz to send letters in opposition to the center to elected officials, including Stringer, said she feels as if their work is finally paying off.

“I’m extremely excited to know that something has been done from the effort that we’ve been doing,” Germain said.

Wills, however, warned residents at the meeting that their fight against the center is not over.

“We have to keep on keeping on,” he said. Q

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Stringer rejects ACS juvie house contract

Boys and Girls Club laments funding cut Richmond Hill-based program says parents can’t afford to pay for it

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

“I could probably say that the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Queens shaped my life for the better,” Gonzalez said while flanked by children holding signs calling for the restoration of the funding.

“After long talks with mentors at the Boys and Girls Club, I finished my fifth year and graduated high school and now attend LaGuardia Community College where I major in children’s education. In December 2016, I will receive my associate degree and pursue my goal of hopefully becoming a director here at the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Queens.”

Kupecky said he and other members have been writing to elected officials to help out with funding the afterschool program.

“Maybe they can use discretionary funding to try to restore the funding or at least subsidize the cost,” he said.

Because the children who attend the program don’t just come from Richmond Hill, Kupecky added,

Marcus Gonzalez speaks at a rally calling for the restoration of funding to the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Queens, which if not provided will have to charge parents for afterschool services for elementary school-aged children.

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letters are being sent to Council members from all over Queens.

During the rally, Executive Director Carol Simon said, “I want you to know that we as an organization are doing everything we can to fight this.”

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David Kupecky said he doesn’t think the parents dropping off their children to the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Queens can afford another bill.

But that’s what some might have to incur after the City Council cut more than $400,000 in funding for afterschool programs targeted toward elementary school-aged children.

“We’re up in arms about it,” said Kupecky, the associate executive director of the Boys and Girls Club.

Located at 110-04 Atlantic Ave. in Richmond Hill, Kupecky’s organization has been providing free afterschool to about 200 lowincome families with children in elementary school from across the borough for decades.

Following the budget slash to the club, which also has kindergarten and high school programs, Kupecky said the program is looking to charge the parents $300 so that it

can continue to sustain itself.

The associate director said he does not believe many of the parents can pick up that cost on top of feeding their families and paying mortgages or rent.

“Most of the families here are making around $35,000 or $36,000 and are multi-children families,” he said. “When you’re living in New York City for $35,000, I don’t think another bill is what you’re looking for.”

Although based in Richmond Hill, many of the children come from other parts of the borough and beyond.

“It goes as far as Howard Beach and from Kew Gardens and other places,” Kupecky said. “We take kids from Brooklyn. We basically take kids from anywhere.”

At a rally at the program’s headquarters last Wednesday, Jamaica resident Marcus Gonzalez, who works with the program and had attended it as a child, spoke of the impact the program had on his life.

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Sanders, OCFS talk South Ozone ‘prison’ Pol seeks to re-evaluate ‘fair share’ criteria for social service facilities

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Following a June 8 meeting with the state Office of Children and Family Services about the proposed juvenile detention center in South Ozone Park, state Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) said he is going to continue to take action against the facility he is “adamantly” opposed to putting on a residential block.

“We’re not going to wait and see what happens,” Sanders said in a telephone interview last Friday. “Usually when you wait and see, what happens is bad.”

On the top of his list, the senator said, is re-evaluating the city’s “fair share” criteria — a guideline for placing social service facilities in districts across the five boroughs — adding that his district has enough of those types of centers.

“It’s neither sharing nor is it fair,” Sanders said of the criteria.

The politician last Monday met with Sheila Poole, acting com missioner of OCFS, to discuss the proposed building at 133-23 127 St. — which is slated to host 18 juvenile offenders under the state’s “Close to Home” program. The state agency oversees the implementation of the program, which is carried out by the city Administration for Children’s Services.

Sheila Poole, acting commissioner of the state Office of Children and Family Services, left, met with state Sen. James Sanders Jr. up in Albany to discuss the proposed juvenile detention center PHOTO COURTESY NYS SENATE in South Ozone Park.

An OCFS spokesman declined to comment on Poole’s meeting with Sanders.

The senator described the meeting, held up in Albany, as “interesting.”

“I had a chance to say that we were adamantly opposed, not to the concept, but to the placement,” he recalled. “We both had

a chance to give our perception and desire to work with the different communities that are out there.”

South Ozone Park residents, who have described the building as a “prison,” say it does not belong on a residential street and are suing to block its placement.

Sanders noted that he believes in the mission of the “Close to Home” initiative, which seeks to have the offenders closer to their families in the five boroughs rather than in upstate prison facilities.

“It’s healthier to everyone, including society, that they are closer to home,” he said.

But he questions if there is a better place than a residential block to put it.

He said he would like to meet with ACS officials and have them explain why “this is a good place to put this.”

Regarding the “fair share” criteria, the senator said he would revisit the guidelines during the summer and would like the ACS to explain to him “that my district is not oversaturated” with social service facilities, such as homeless shelters.

“I want to see what’s going on here and how is this impacting all of the city, and my district in particular,” Sanders said.

In addition to the proposed 127th Street building, South Ozone Park is also home to another Close to Home center and the Skyway Shelter, where registered sex offenders have reportedly been living for years.

If the lawsuit seeking to block the facility does not prevail, the 127th Street building is expected to open in late summer, Q according to ACS officials.

Centreville construction (finally) coming soon The Albert Road project is planned to start in the winter of 2016

by Christine Spagnuolo

that it needed to allocate more money. Originally the funding was set at $57 million. He was The 35-years-in-the-making HWQ411B proj- unsure of the specifics of the legalities that ect in Centreville will soon become a reality for caused the reappraisal and of the name of the company the city is doing the appraisals with. the residents of Ozone Park.

The DDC will be having regular meetings “This project is going to happen,” said Norberto Acevedo, deputy director at the with the company for the next five months — Off ice of Community Outreach for the about 25 appraisals per week — before actual Department of Design and Construction, at construction can begin. “Once that is completed, then the project can the Ozone Park Civic be registered and begin meeting on Tuesday. construction proThe project was prohis project is happening the cess. That will leave us posed during Mayor Ed in the winter, which is a Koch’s first term. Two and there is nothing difficult time to conduct miles of sewer lines and construction,” he said. three miles of water that we’re going to Depending on the mains will be replaced, do to stop it.” weather, construction and about 12 miles of may start in winter, but sidewalks, roads, and — Councilman Eric Ulrich may have to be held off curbs will be reconuntil early spring. structed between 135th The Albert Road Project involves every Avenue and Linden Boulevard to the north, Cross Bay Boulevard to the west, Aqueduct aspect of infrastructure that the DDC does, Race Track to the east and North Conduit Ave- Acevedo explained. Those include sewers, sidewalks, curbs, roadways and even trees. “Once nue to the south.

But the work involves the taking by emi- we get through it all, you will have a much more nent domain pieces of residential properties in beautified street,” he said.

The residents of Ozone Park expressed joy in the area.

Acevedo said that because of a change in having their neighborhood renovated in respect legal requirements since the project was pro- to the physical appearance of the street; howevposed, the city needed to go back to the apprais- er, their grievances against the project are due al company to reassess its costs, and because of to concerns with pricing and the city cutting Chronicle Contributor

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Albert Road will be relieved of the cracks and potholes that currently cover the area once the FILE PHOTO construction project is completed. into their property. In order to complete the project, varying amounts of property must be acquired by the city from homeowners.

Homeowners are worried and want to know exactly what is in store for them, they said.

Many expressed that their families have been living in their houses for generations, and that owners of the properties that are going to be acquired by the city for the project were never notified the first time construction was supposed to take place and are worried that they will not be notified again. Acevedo explained

that as the appraisal process happens, letters will be sent out to residents whose properties are involved in the project.

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) was there to address the concerns of the homeowners. “The Supreme Court gave governments across the country permission to buy private land from people,” he explained. He told those who want to fight what they feel is an intrusion on their property to get a lawyer, and that if anyone is in need of an continued on page 10

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reason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort,” reads the U.S. Constitution. Luckily for most members of the City Council, the government has levied the charge only about 30 times in the country’s entire history, and no prosecutor would ever dream of filing it against the 41 lawmakers who last week voted to free a self-described enemy of the United States from prison.

The man in question is Oscar Lopez Rivera, who, until his capture and incarceration was a leader of the FALN, a terrorist group that launched more than 100 terror attacks in New York and Chicago in the 1970s and ’80s. Among the incidents perpetrated by the group, whose initials stand for the Spanish words for Armed Forces for National Liberation, were the 1975 bombing of Fraunces Tavern in Manhattan, which killed four innocent people, and the 1982 bombing at NYPD headquarters that injured three police officers.

The FALN was no advocacy group, as its defenders like to portray it; as it says in its own name, it was an armed force. Its goal was the separation of Puerto Rico from the United States and its establishment as an independent coun-

try, something residents of the island have voted against overwhelmingly four times in the last 50 years. And the FALN’s means to its end was violence.

Rivera was convicted in 1981 of helping the group perpetuate that violence, found guilty of seditious conspiracy, interference with interstate commerce by threats or violence, possession of an unregistered firearm and related charges, all felonies. His supporters only acknowledge the seditious conspiracy charge, pretending or deluding themselves into believing he is a political prisoner held for a “thought crime.” They are incorrect. So what if he didn’t plant any of the explosives himself? Osama bin Laden didn’t personally hijack a plane on Sept. 11, 2001; he was still a terrorist.

At least if you live in Queens, there’s a decent chance your City Council member did not vote yes on last Wednesday’s resolution calling on President Obama to free Rivera.

Voting no were Councilmen Rory Lancman of Fresh Meadows, Eric Ulrich of Ozone Park, Paul Vallone of Bayside and Mark Weprin of Oakland Gardens. Unfortunately, all other 11 members representing Queens voted yes.

Whether they all truly support freeing the terrorist leader or just felt compelled to vote for a bill pressed by Council

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Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito in order to avoid getting on her bad side is impossible to say. The speaker insists Rivera, whom she affectionately calls Oscar, was never involved in any action that hurt anyone and was jailed solely for his political beliefs. She does this in denial of the evidence, Rivera’s own statements about being a soldier at war with the United States and of course the very name of his group.

Another prominent Rivera supporter is Brooklyn-Queens Rep. Nydia Velazquez, whose office told this newspaper that she believes he has spent enough time in prison, and then declined to answer specific questions about things like whether she believes he was wrongly convicted.

Mark-Viverito, the Council’s first Puerto Rican speaker, has never shown much appreciation for the United States; you may recall her refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

She reportedly has made “lighthearted” comments to friends that she would consider running for governor of Puerto Rico. She would certainly have our support if she did. She does not have our support for trying to get a man who facilitated terror attacks against Americans out of prison early, and neither do the other members of the Council who cast those misguided votes last week.

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A vote for a terrorist Dear Editor: While those who follow the news may be appalled at the City Council’s resolution to formally endorse the immediate release of Oscar Lopez Rivera, a leader of the terrorist FALN, many may be under the mistaken impression that the measure, pushed by Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, was passed only by a cabal of extremists in the Council who have inordinate power. This is hardly the truth.

Forty-one out of the 51 Council members voted in the affirmative, including our longtime representative Karen Koslowitz. She proclaims to be concerned about seniors and

schoolchildren, and safety in the community.

This is hard to square with lending her support to release an individual federally convicted of seditious conspiracy, including weapons violations and conspiracy to transport explosives with intent to destroy government property. FALN openly claimed responsibility for multiple bombings, which in New York in particular killed and maimed dozens of police officers and civilians.

If Koslowitz believes that Rivera (who even refused pardon under the condition that he renounce violence) should be freed, she deserves the utmost scorn. If she was unaware of the contents of the resolution, censure for lack of attention or outright incompetence in conducting councilmanic affairs is appropriate. If she did it for political expediency to either grow or keep some favor or district slush monies (reminiscent of the scandal that rocked former speaker Quinn), there should be censure for abetting the “honest” graft of machine politics.

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The train to the plane Dear Editor: Everyone has long forgotten that the successful Port Authority of New York & New Jersey AirTrain, which currently runs between the Long Island Rail Road Jamaica Station and Kennedy Airport, was supposed to continue proceeding north along the Van Wyck Expressway and connect with LaGuardia Airport (“Expand the AirTrain,” Letter to the Editor by Joseph N. Manago, June 4). The PANYNJ did not have sufficient funding to complete the original full scope of the project.

This extension to LaGuardia Airport could also have connected with the LIRR and No. 7 subway line at the Mets-Willets Point Station.

Construction primarily within existing highway right of way would have eased any community opposition from those who owned homes or businesses adjacent to the route. Too bad the PANYNJ choose instead to spend billions in nontransportation investments during this same time period, instead of completing the AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport.

Gov. Cuomo previously announced his commitment to provide $450 million for construction of something akin to the AirTrain between LaGuardia Airport and the LIRR/No. 7 subway line at Mets-Willets Point Station.

Why not connect both LaGuardia and Kennedy airports by completing the connection all the way to the Jamaica LIRR station?

Larry Penner Great Neck, LI

Homes for vets Dear Editor: As a result of the Great Recession, NYC’s five boroughs have a huge inventory of neglected foreclosed properties, with most being allowed to deteriorate, to house squatters or to harbor drug users or dealers. Also, unfortunately, we have a large number of veterans in our homeless shelter system. It seems there should be a way to recapture these foreclosed properties for our homeless vets, especially those with children. This strategy would give a needed boost to our struggling veterans and also would help to stabilize and revitalize our blighted neighborhoods.

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Supportive housing is key Dear Editor: Re “State eyes new shelter notification regulations,” June 4, multiple editions: Associate Editor Christopher Barca reports on legislation passed by the state Senate and being considered by the Assembly (A.02553A/ S04542-A), regarding the location, lease renewal and operation of supportive housing and social services centers. The article omits important details about the legislation that should be considered before an Assembly vote. As New York City confronts a homelessness crisis, the consequences are too great.

The most important detail omitted by Mr. Barca is the breadth of what the legislation would regulate. Its reach is expansive, especially for a bill motivated by the “stealthy conversion of the former Pan American Hotel into

a homeless shelter.” Particularly notable is the inclusion of supportive housing, a proven, cost-effective tool for reducing homelessness, embraced by entities ranging from the State of Utah to the federal Department of Veterans Affairs, with excellent results.

Supportive housing is a home for many New Yorkers. Supportive housing residents, unlike those in temporary or transitional housing, sign a lease or make another rental agreement. Residences are designed to enhance tenant self-esteem with the goal to become integrated community members. For example, tenants at our Urban Pathways supportive housing residences live in furnished studio apartments with a bathroom and kitchen and participate in the community by working, voting and attending community events.

Supportive housing also enhances neighborhoods. A 2008 New York University Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy study revealed a steady growth in property values for buildings neighboring supportive housing, countering “the frequent assertions by opponents of proposed developments that supportive housing has a sustained negative impact on neighboring property values.”

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by Mr. Barca is that the legislation does not cover t h ree quarter houses — buildings that rent shared rooms to homeless individuals for profit with false claims of support. Threequarter houses should be ripe for community board and Cit y Plan ning Com mission review, given their unregulated status and Mayor de Blasio’s emergency task force to investigate them after a recent New York Times investigation examining the abuses of some of the most troubled three-quarter houses in New York City.

Per Mr. Barca’s article, the bill “is gaining momentum” in the Assembly and could be voted on soon. Let’s hope that the Assembly does not negate these important details before a vote.

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an unrepentant terrorist leader to justify procuring a marginally larger sliver of the scanty 0.5 percent of the city’s operational budget shared by all of the 51 Council members. Real change and reform to tax expenditures that would improve the district requires bold leadership that includes sending realistic and informed legislation through committee, putting pressure on corruption and bureaucratic roadblocks via public exposure, and mobilizing constituents. Barking on command like a lapdog and hoping for a treat won’t result in the substantial improvement the people deserve.

Jon Torodash Kew Gardens The writer ran against Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz in 2013.

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Volunteers with the Riders Alliance — a transportation advocacy group — last Thursday were surveying small business owners in the Rego Park section of Woodhaven Boulevard on how they feel about the city’s plan to place a dedicated bus lane along the corridor and make other changes to it.

One of the volunteers was spotted by two Queens Chronicle reporters at the J&J Superstar Deli, a storefront located on the same block as the newspaper’s office.

Samya Abdus, the volunteer, declined to be interviewed about the survey while at the deli and did not respond to a follow-up email regarding her work with the questionnaire on the $200 million plan.

Jessica Nizar, senior organizer with the Riders Alliance, said on Monday the survey is part of an informal effort by the advocacy group to gauge the business community’s attitude toward the SBS plan — which will place the dedicated bus lane along the Woodhaven-Cross Bay Boulevard corridor all the way to the Rockaways by 2018. “Small businesses might have certain things that are really important to them,�

Nizar said in a telephone interview. “We want to engage them early on.�

The Riders Alliance is an outspoken supporter of the SBS plan, which has received mixed reviews from community board members and residents along the roads.

The CB members and residents have had multiple chances to voice their opinions at workshops and presentations hosted by the Department of Transportation and MTA, Nizar said, but small business owners have not been afforded the same opportunity. “We want to hear what matters to them and their businesses,� she said, adding the answers could provide vital input on the placements of bus stops and other aspects of

Albert Rd. plan continued from page 6 attorney to call his office and he will personally help them.

Ulrich tried to get the residents to see the positive side of the project. Home values will go up with the brand-new sewers and sidewalks, he claimed, so he advised that none of them sell their houses until after the project is complete.

One resident felt very strongly that the opening of the dead-end street is nothing more than a hazard, and described the project as a very sad situation especially because there are many elderly people on

Samya Abdus, a volunteer with the Riders Alliance, surveys a business owner on the SBS PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY proposal. the project.

Nizar said last Thursday’s stop in Rego Park was the first in the group’s effort to reach out to the commercial tenants along the 14-mile corridor.

When asked what the reaction to the survey has been, she said it was too preliminary to say.

When the poll is completed, Nizar said, the group plans to share its results with both the DOT and MTA. She also added she would like to see the two agencies meet with small business owners across the corridor.

There is no timeline for when the survey is expected to be finished. Nizar said the group will slowly make its way down the corridor. Q that block and it is already difficult to get ambulances down the street in times of emergency. “This is going to be extremely disruptive to people’s daily lives. To tell you any thing else would be dishonest,�

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told authorities that he did not condone violence and indicated that he knew little about ISIL. But online he allegedly told someone the group had ordered him to stop talking about his plans.

In March, Saleh allegedly sought out information on the internet on electrical circuitry, which the FBI said is helpful in constructing explosive devices. His college classwork also centered on the same subject.

Two months later, the FBI said, Saleh allegedly emailed himself information on constructing a pressure cooker bomb, similar to ones used in the 2013 Boston Marathon attack.

He also allegedly was seeking components that could be used for making such bombs, including a digital wrist watch, a pipe, a saw and crockpots with timers.

After being arrested, Saleh was found to have a folding tactical knife in his pants, the complaint says.

He is being held without bail until his next court date.

The FBI would not release any additional information on the case, but news reports indicate he lives with his family in Downtown Flushing.

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A 20-year-old college student from Flushing has been arrested for allegedly planning terrorist attacks in the New York City area.

The FBI arrested Munther Omar Saleh on June 13 around 4 a.m. after the Jeep he was riding in stopped on 20th Avenue near the Whitestone Expressway. Agents had been trailing him and say the vehicle was being driven suspiciously, at times with its lights off, among other irregularities.

Saleh had been under surveillance for three months and appeared in federal court on Saturday. The criminal complaint against him was released Tuesday.

According to the FBI complaint, Saleh, a U.S. citizen, enrolled in January at a college specializing in aeronautics, believed to be Vaughn College of Aeronautics in East Elmhurst, according to published reports.

The complaint states that the defendant “espouses violent jihadist beliefs and is a fervent supporter of the foreign terrorist organization ISIL,” using an alternate name for the Islamic State group.

Internet surveillance by the FBI indicated that Saleh tweeted that he feared al-Qaeda was getting too moderate and in May tweeted his support for the thwarted terrorist attack in Garland, Tex.

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He also said online that he was looking for terrorist targets in New York and later viewed images on the internet of New York City landmarks and tourist attractions.

The investigation grew hotter when the defendant was seen carrying a lantern near

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The VA New York Harbor Healthcare System explained the shutdown in a press release stating it has “a budget shortfall in FY15; therefore, it is necessary to implement strategies and identify efficiencies to balance the budget without reducing services or impacting its ability to provide care to Veterans.” It also stated that two inpatient units will remain open as well as the Intensive Care Unit, and the closure of 12W will not create a patient care issue. “If a bed is not available in Brooklyn, the veteran will be admitted to a bed at the Manhattan Campus,” it said. The veterans, however, feel differently and find the closure, though temporary, to be inconvenient or worse.

Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Northern Jersey veterans are presently in the care of the Brooklyn VA. When the unit closes, some will have to travel to Manhattan instead. Tests, procedures and surgeries will be delayed, canceled or transferred to other facilities if inpatient beds are not available to monitor patients.

“To take from the Brooklyn VA and plan for the Manhattan VA to pick up their patients is extremely misguided,” said Rockaway Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Commander Kevin McCann. The press release by the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System also stated that the doctors and staff were only notified of the planned July 1 closing date of 12W last week.

Registered nurses in this unit are concerned because this action will put veterans at risk.

Patricia Gatt, veterans advocate and account executive at the Chronicle, said that the Manhattan center’s care is as good as it is in Brook-

lyn, but it is “a headache” for families to bring their loved ones to that location on 23rd St. and 1st Ave. “Parking is nearly impossible, and there isn’t really anywhere for families staying with their loved one to eat.”

Her husband was a Vietnam veteran, and was cared for by the VA from the late 90’s until he died in March. “There have been times when we waited at the Manhattan location for over 24 hours for a bed when there wasn’t a bed in Brooklyn. With 25 beds gone, this is going to get worse,” Gatt said.

The Queens County Council of the VFW is opposed to the closing or reduction of any service to veterans.

“Queens once had the largest veteran population in the state,” Marvin Jeffcoat, the group’s former president, said in an email.

“Many veterans in southern Queens use the Brooklyn VA for the Emergency Room and other services not provided at St. Albans. Any closure in Brooklyn will affect veterans in Queens. We deserve better and the VA needs to do better. Shame on any politician that allows this or any other closure.”

Tom Long, commander at the American Legion in Forest Hills, agrees that the move will be a great inconvenience for veterans, but in addition feels that closing 12W is disrespectful. “Many veterans come back with wounds and sicknesses, both mental and physical. I think this closing would show lack of gratitude for men and women in the service.”

McCann contacted every VFW, American Legion and other veterans groups advising them to email local officials with the hopes of getting the decision changed.

Councilman Eric Ulrich said in a prepared statement: “Our veterans deserve the highest quality treatment and healthcare. I am calling upon the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and our federal elected officials to fully fund the Brooklyn VA to ensure that no veteran is denied the care they are entitled to and have Q earned.”

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City Council passes the Fair Chance Act Firms can’t immediately question an applicant’s criminal background

by Christine Spagnuolo Chronicle Contributor

The Fair Chance Act was passed by the City Council on June 10, making it a violation of the city’s Human Rights Law for most employers to make any inquiry about a job applicant’s criminal background prior to receiving a conditional offer of employment.

The policy is extended to all employers, public and private. Nothing in the bill would require an employer to hire anyone despite his or her criminal history. Employers could make a determination that an applicant’s criminal history poses a potential risk based on the nature of the person’s criminal history and the type of employment position.

“Once enacted, this law will ensure that all New Yorkers, including those with convictions for previous mistakes, will have an equal opportunity to compete for jobs that they qualify for,” said Councilman Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn), who sponsored the bill. “I am proud New York City will now join the ranks of more than 17 states and 100 cities to give all applicants a fair chance.”

The bill does not apply to employers hiring for positions where any federal, state or local law requires criminal background checks or where criminal backgrounds serve as a bar to employment. The bill also exempts law enforcement positions, such as members of

Councilman Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan) speaking at a rally for the Fair Chance Act on June PHOTO COURTESY PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS / NYC COUNCIL 10, the day it was voted on by the City Council. the Police Department and Department of Investigation, in addition to a limited number of positions of public trust wherein the hiring process is affected by the state’s Civil Service Law. The vote was 45-5. Councilmen Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), Steven Matteo (R-Staten Island), James Vacca (D-Bronx), Vincent Ignizio (R-Staten Island) and

Andrew Cohen (D-Bronx) voted no. Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-Brooklyn) abstained.

“The Council should be more focused on legislative ways to help small businesses create jobs, not on adding more red-tape and regulations,” Ulrich said in a prepared statement. “This bill will only increase the cost of doing business in our city and that is why I opposed it.”

Ronald Day is the associate vice president of The Fortune Society, a nonprofit community-based organization dedicated to helping the formerly incarcerated to becoming contributing members of society. He believes preparedness is not enough, and that this bill was necessary.

“The Fortune Society serves hundreds of clients in our employment services unit, who show up to training on time, create marketable resumes, enhance their interviewing and interpersonal skills, secure interview attire and are thoroughly prepared for employment opportunities,” he said. “Fortune Society applauds the City Council for passing one of the strongest ‘ban the box’ provisions in the country.”

The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, the Queens Chamber of Commerce, the Bayside Village BID, and Sunnyside Shines all declined to comment on the subject matter.

In a report by the Daily News in 2014, mayor’s counsel Maya Wiley told the City Council, “We want New Yorkers back to work. We want New Yorkers able to support their families.”

Reports say that the bill is expected to be signed into law by Mayor de Blasio in the coming weeks. When asked repeatedly for confirmation, his press office did not Q respond.

Residents welcome noise study outreach

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The Port Authority opened its cabin doors to the community this week, laying out its plan to study the airplane noise impact that many Queens residents say is ruining their lives.

Officials from the Port Authority, Federal Aviation Administration and the firm that will conduct the two studies, one for each area airport, held an open house event Tuesday night at the LaGuardia Marriott. A similar event for communities near Kennedy Airport was set for Wednesday evening, and the Port Authority addressed the Borough Board Monday.

“I’m very happy,” Janet McEneany, the president of Queens Quiet Skies and co-chairwoman of the Queens Aviation Roundtable, said at the LaGuardia event. “This is good outreach to the community.”

Longtime community activists like McEneany came out to discuss the issue at the hotel, while new people curious about what’s happening in the community also were there, but turnout was lower than expected, likely due to rain and the venue’s inaccessibility by subway.

Don Sands, a resident of East Elmhurst, came out because, “It’s important to know what’s happening in the neighborhood.”

He said the noise situation has gotten worse for him in the last few years because planes take off to the east more frequently than they did before. He was unfamiliar with the Port Authority complaint system and asked, “How can two people do anything to effect change?”

“We have to follow this issue because we’re not planning on moving,” a community member who asked to remain anonymous said.

Roberta Goldstein, a Flushing resident, said she’s hopeful that the noise situation will improve after speaking to some of the consultants from Environmental Science Associates, which is doing the studies. “We want to live in peace and harmony, but when the planes are a minute apart we’re not happy,” she said.

Elna Tullock of Corona was impressed with the Port Authority’s outreach effort and would grade it “an A+ times three.”

Attendees were encouraged to fill out comment cards, and Steve Alverson, the lead consultant for ESA, said the company will go through each one and respond to every comment in a document to be released within the next few weeks.

Gov. Cuomo ordered the PA to conduct the research in November 2013, due to pressure from residents. The requirements and procedure for the studies, each known as a Part 150, are enshrined in federal law and must be followed so that areas where noise is deemed unsafe can qualify for mitigation funding.

Since then, the Port Authority selected ESA to conduct the studies for JFK and LaGuardia airports. The team has conducted Part 150 studies at more than 30 other airports around the country. This is the first time it will study two airports that are so close together, a situation that does not exist anywhere else.

The studies consist of four phases that will take more than three years. Adrian Jones of ESA said the firm has defined the key issues and plans to publish the study design on the Port Authority within the next month. The next phases involve exhaustive data collection to create new noise exposure maps using computer models. ESA will figure out the current situation and project what it will be in five years. Jones said the plan is to submit the new map by October 2016 and have it accepted by that December.

The process will include 18 public meetings where people can request information and provide feedback. Jones noted that there will be more opportunities for public involvement throughout the process in New York than in other cities because “it’s a bigger issue.”

McEneany said that she’s excited to see the noise exposure map. Once the map is approved, the consultants will make recommendations — such as changing flight paths, adjusting zoning and land use regulations or providing funding for

Airplane noise watchdog Janet McEneany discusses the issue with a consultant from the firm that will study it.

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soundproofing. In 2013 the federal government provided $107.5 million to prepare Part 150 studies and $5.9 billion to implement them.

McEneany also said the roundtable coordinating committee is making progress and that she hopes to present the proposed bylaws to the entire group soon.

She added that the FAA is tasked with protecting the safety of the people in the air, but no federal agency is tasked with protecting the health and safety of the people on the ground.

She said she was encouraged by the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent announcement that it will cap airplane emissions and hopes it follows through with enforcement.

“Queens Quiet Skies keeps getting members,” McEneany said. “People are fed up with what’s happening and everyone wants the same thing: to have the community be a priority.” Q

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Woodhaven residents question zoning plan Concerns linger, though proposal won’t touch the neighborhood

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Although the city’s proposed rezoning initiative won’t affect Woodhaven directly, residents said changes to surrounding communities will spill over into the South Queens neighborhood.

“We really don’t want to lose the face of our community,” one resident said during a presentation on the plan at the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association meeting last Thursday. “We want to keep our community looking the way it is.”

Speaking on the city’s “Zoning for Quality and Affordability” plan — which seeks to increase building height and density in certain neighborhoods in an effort to add affordable and senior housing — Eric Wilson, assistant commissioner of inclusionary housing for the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development, said Flushing, Long Island City, the Rockaways and “a little bit in Astoria” would be the Queens neighborhoods most affected by the plan.

“The idea is to not change the context of one- and two-family houses,” Wilson said, referring to the makeup of Woodhaven.

He said the plan is necessary because the city’s population is increasing every year and there is little housing for everyone.

“Demand is outpacing supply,” he noted.

Eric Wilson, a representative with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, discusses the city’s rezoning initiative to members of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY last Thursday.

The fact that Woodhaven would not be touched did little to calm the audience’s nerves. They pointed out that East New York, a Brooklyn neighborhood that is proposed for its own individual rezoning, is near Woodhaven, and changes there would put pressure on the broader infrastructure.

“What about the sewers, and the schools,

and the police officers?” WRBA President Martin Colberg asked Wilson.

The HPD rep said the plan would address the need to expand the city’s infrastructure to accommodate additional people moving into the bigger buildings by including funding to expand sewers and other systems.

One resident pointed out that the added

number of people in East New York would come into Woodhaven, putting a strain on the community.

“We are going to be seeing a maximum amount of people in our areas,” the resident exclaimed to Wilson.

Angel Vasquez — who said he was speaking as a city resident and not as chief of staff for Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) — asked if the plan would legalize basement apartments.

“No,” Wilson answered, which got a round of applause from the audience.

A city Department of Buildings representative in the back of the room clarified that cellar apartments would continue to be illegal — classifying cellar apartments as dwellings that are 50 percent below grade — but that basement apartments could be allowed if they have a safe entrance and exit to them.

WRBA member Vance Barbour asked how the plan would rein in developers who want to build without providing affordable housing — a question he asked while state lawmakers were still trying to hammer out a deal on tax breaks for developers, known as 421-A, meant to encourage lower-cost units.

“That’s the $25 million question,” Wilson responded, saying they’d have to wait to see what was done with 421-A. By press time, a Q deal had not been reached.

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“We are absolutely blown away by the outpouring of support from the community,

our elected officials and all our volunteers,” Andrew Baumann, president & CEO of NYFAC and the NYFAC Foundation, said in a written statement.

Elected officials came out to help wash 126 cars, including those of some of their South Queens colleagues. Above are two fire trucks also washed that day.

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Slight increase in crime, Schiff says Precinct leads city in car thefts, commanding officer tells council

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Crime in the 106th Precinct, which had been on a downward trend in the past few months, has gone up 2 percent so far this year compared to last year, according to Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, the precinct’s commanding officer.

“Obviously, any increase is not acceptable and we are working to do better,” he said.

Schiff said that slight increase, recorded through June 7, is better than the week ending May 24, when the number of reported crimes nearly doubled from 22 in 2014 to 40 this year.

“It’s going to be an up and down battle,” Schiff said.

The precinct, Schiff said, had the unfortunate distinction of having the most reported car thefts in the city: 121 through June 7.

He speculated that insurance fraud may be responsible for a large par t of the increase.

The precinct commander said that robberies are a major problem, especially in Ozone Park and South Ozone Park. There have been 116 in the precinct, compared to 107 through June 7 last year.

He added that the increase in South

Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, updates the precinct community council on crime stats for the area. The precinct, he said, leads the city in the PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON number of reported car thefts.

Ozone Park is due to a robbery pattern involving youths in the area, but that three alleged perpetrators believed to be responsible for it

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Cops lauded for responding to call for help Police Officers Daniel Rivera and Mark Shackel were named Cops of the Month at the 106th Precinct Community Council last Wednesday for busting an alleged robber posing as an employee at the store he was trying to hold up.

According to Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the precinct, just after 6 p.m. on May 21 the officers

responded to an alarm at a MetroPCS cell phone store at 119-12 Rockaway Blvd.

When they got there, Schiff said, they were greeted by an “employee” behind the counter, who was actually the suspect.

The suspect allegedly continued his charade until the officers heard screaming coming from the back of the store, the commanding officer said.

He added that the man had initially fired a shot in the air when he burst into the store.

Following a brief scuffle, the officers took the suspect into custody and allegedly found his gun, Schiff added.

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dropped down to just one in the last week since the three have been arrested, Schiff said, adding that he believes the youth-toyouth robberies started as bullying.

To combat the bullying, he said, police will be conducting an educational campaign at schools within the precinct.

Identity theft still remains a major precinct problem, the deputy inspector said.

He said that the theft of tires and rims, which had been on the decline, is now on the rise, with four such incidents reported the prior week, one each in South Richmond Hill, Tudor Park, Lindenwood and Howard Beach.

Since the thefts took place over a large area, “it makes it that much more difficult to combat,” Schiff said.

He asked for the community’s help in reporting suspicious individuals hanging around or peering into cars and vehicles driving multiple times around the block or parking for an extended period of time.

Discussing fireworks, Schiff said that this Fourth of July police will respond to locations that were chronic in past years.

“These are dangerous things,” he said.

Also present at the meeting was Capt.

John Sanford, commanding officer of Highway 3, which covers the highways within the 106th Precinct, who told the audience that the NYPD is having great success with Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero plan, especially in Queens.

“With Vision Zero, we have a responsibility to one another to abide by the laws and pay attention while you are driving,” Sanford said.

He noted some of the traffic enforcement actions his command performed on Queens highways this year so far include 232 arrests for driving while intoxicated, the issuance of 9,300 summonses for speeding, 877 summonses for talking on a cell phone while driving, 1,367 for texting while driving and 877 for driving without a seat belt.

He noted that officers had also made two graffiti arrests of individuals caught marking up overpasses.

When asked by a reporter if the reduction in the city speed limit from 30 miles per hour to 25 has shown a reduction in accidents, Sanford said that there has been no decrease since drivers have not reduced their speed.

“They don’t listen,” Sanford said. “It’s our responsibility as an individual.”

In other council business, the officers of the board were installed to their posts for another year by Queens County Clerk Audrey Pheffer.

The members are: Frank Dardani, president; Donna Gilmartin, vice president; Joy Patron, treasurer; and Alex Leguisamo, corresponding secretary.

Frances Scarantino, recording secretary, was not present at the meeting and will be installed at a later date.

The next meeting of the 106th Precinct Community Council will be held at 8 p.m. on July 8 at 103-53 101 St., the precinct’s Q headquarters.

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THE JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS SCHOOL RICHMOND HILL

87 SECOND-GRADE STUDENTS BECOME PUBLISHED POETS! Poet and author Renée McRae is facilitating a workshop series with Classes 201, 202 and 203 at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, PS 66 in Richmond Hill, the culmination of which will result in 87 second-grade students becoming published poets! The program, “Step/Write into Your Greatness,” is a 10-session poetry-writing series which focuses on selfesteem, self-confidence, communication and leadership skills. A mainstay of the program encourages critical thinking skills as students examine and discuss motivational quotes at the beginning of each session.

Students express their feelings through a variety of heartfelt poems which reflect much about their ambitions, fears, beliefs and habits. “It’s like a mini self-development course but

through poetic expression” says Ms. Renée, founder and President of Poetic Motivations, LLC, shown on the left in the picture below right.

The book signing will be held in May, 2015, when excited students will meet one last time with Ms. Renée, and each one will receive a copy of their published book, “I Believe in Me!” The new authors will recite their favorite poems from the anthology in front of a proud audience of peers, parents, teachers and Principal of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, Ms. Phyllis Leinwand. The event will culminate with the eager second-graders signing each other’s books on their own personal page.

The book, “I Believe in Me!” will also be available on Amazon and Kindle.

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Nine seek compensation from whitewashing; Wolkoff: ‘No merit’

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

The November 2013 whitewashing of the longtime graffiti art mecca 5Pointz is once again a topic of contention as nine artists who had pieces there seek justice from owners G&M Realty, which they claim needlessly erased their work.

They say that the whitewashing — which was done seemingly overnight before the buildings were demolished for two residential towers that the City Council had controversially approved two months earlier — robbed artists of the chance to preserve their work.

For decades, the buildings, located at Jackson Avenue and Davis Street in Long Island City, were an artistic hub for creators from around the world. Some called the whitewashing, which took place after many protests, attempts to landmark the site and a lawsuit aimed at stopping developers from razing the buildings failed, “art genocide.”

The suit was filed in the U.S. Court for New York’s Eastern District on June 3.

The artists, who are represented by Eisenberg & Baum LLP, say they’re due compensation under the Visual Artists Rights Act. “Our clients seek justice for their unlawful destruction of their artwork,” reads a statement from lawyer Eric Baum. “These cherished works of art must be protected to the fullest extent of the law.”

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The Visual Artists Rights Act, which was established in 1990, says that regardless of who owns a work, an artist maintains a “moral right” over the piece and protection against its destruction or mutilation.

The lawsuit says that over the many years that 5Pointz existed, it became a tourist

attraction that helped transform the neighborhood into the “attractive place for residential development” that it is now and that the owners did not give fair or lawful notice that they were going to whitewash.

They say they were due a 90-day warning.

It also stresses that the site came to acquire

a reputation that gave its artists prestige.

From the lawsuit, it wasn’t clear how much money the artists seek, but past reports have cited estimates of more than $150,000.

“Defendants could have permitted Plaintiffs an opportunity to mitigate their damages, but they chose not to do so,” the lawsuit reads. The artists also allege that the whitewashing was carried out to bring on shame and indignity to the artists.

David Wolkoff, of G&M Realty, who is one of the defendants alongside father Gerald Wolkoff, said Wednesday that he is optimistic the suit will play out in their favor.

“It doesn’t really have merit, the lawsuit,” Wolkoff said, calling the nature of the graffiti art “ephemeral.” He described how artists would be “constantly painting over people’s work” over the decades the owners had permitted the graffiti to be created. “That’s what they do. That’s the true nature of that specific type of art, to constantly paint over it.”

He stressed it was common knowledge that the buildings would be razed.

“They always knew the buildings were coming down ... I never expected compensation from them and they never asked for any,” Wolkoff added.

The development will have a space for artists, he said, adding that the graffiti artists he has spoken with are “very interested in comQ ing back.”

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‘Time for action’ on mayoral control Mayor de Blasio makes last-minute pleas to extend law before end of June

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

At the time this paper went to press on Wednesday afternoon, lawmakers in Albany were still debating legislation that needs their approval to stay in effect — one of the most important being the extension of mayoral control of public schools.

Originally enacted in 2002 during the Bloomberg administration, mayoral control gives City Hall’s top official oversight of the public school system — doing away with the Board of Education and local school boards and replacing them with the Department of Education and community education councils, respectively.

Saying that the future of millions of public school students are on the line, Mayor de Blasio on Monday and Tuesday made lastminute pleas for lawmakers to extend the law. “I would say it’s simply time for action,� he told reporters on Tuesday. “We’ve gotten to D-Day. It’s time for action.�

If mayoral control is not extended, the BOE would return to oversee the public schools, something he has said would not be beneficial to students.

The Assembly, held by a Democratic majority, has passed a three-year extension of the law.

Mayor de Blasio earlier this week made two last-minute pleas to Albany lawmakers to extend mayoral control of public schools. As of press time Wednesday afternoon, the law was not FILE PHOTO extended and may require a prolonged session upstate to make it happen.

Senate Republicans have proposed a oneyear extension of it with the condition that Albany approve the city’s education budget.

They are also seeking to link it with raising the number of charter schools in the city.

On Tuesday, de Blasio said the Senate has turned the issue into a game of “political football.�

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Despite the political stalemate, de Blasio expressed optimism that the law will be renewed before it runs out at the end of the month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, what I believe is that saner heads in Albany may prevail, because I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think any of them missed the fact that not renewing mayoral control of education would be a historic failure by Albany,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And, if they renew it for only a brief period of time, then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quite clear theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re politicizing something that has, up until now, been a matter of consensus.â&#x20AC;?

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Christopher Bunn, 49, in October pleaded guilty to charges of third-degree grand larceny and petit larceny and went to prison for collecting the payments after his dad, James Bunn, died on Feb. 24, 2010.

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James Bunn remained at the Nassau County morgue for 14 months until the Social Security inspector general notified the state and city retirement system that his body had been there unclaimed for that time, DiNapoli said, adding that it was later discovered that Christopher Bunn was illegally withdrawing the money out of his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s account. â&#x20AC;&#x153;T he defend a nt has ad m it ted to receiving his deceased fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Social Security and pension payments for well over a year, following his death,â&#x20AC;? Brown said in DiNapoliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My office will continue to pursue and prosecute individuals who abuse the system for Q their own benefit.â&#x20AC;?

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Grand jury indicts accused cop killer Blackwell facing life with no parole on first-degree murder and other charges

by Michael Gannon Editor

The Queens Village man accused of killing Police Officer Brian Moore was indicted last week on charges of firstdegree murder as well as the attempted murder of Moore’s partner, Officer Erik Jansen.

A Queens grand jury handed up a 12-count indictment against Demetrius Blackwell, 35, according to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, who spoke last Thursday at a press conference at his Kew Gardens office.

“More specifically, the indictment charges Mr. Blackwell with three counts of murder — aggravated murder, murder in the first degree and murder in the second degree — involving the death of Officer Moore, and three counts of the attempted murder of Officer Jansen,” Brown said.

Brown said the aggravated murder charge in the case was applicable under the law as the “intentional murder of a police officer engaged in the course of the performance of his official duties who the defendant knew or should have known was a police officer.”

Moore and Jansen were on anti-crime patrol on May 2, driving along 104th Road in Queens Village in an unmarked car.

The officers, who were in street clothes, pulled alongside Blackwell after allegedly seeing him appear to adjust something in his waistband. As they attempted to question him, Blackwell allegedly fired into the car, striking Moore twice.

Moore, 25, died two days later at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of detective.

Blackwell was apprehended about 90 minutes after the

shooting. He faces life without the possibility of parole if convicted of the most serious charges.

Other charges against him include second- and thirddegree criminal possession of a weapon, seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of marijuana, petit larceny and fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property.

The latter two counts were related to a T-shirt and sneakers that Blackwell is accused of stealing, allegedly in an attempt to alter his appearance.

Brown told the press that key to the charges of the murder of Moore and the attempted murder of Jansen is the legal requirement that Blackwell knew or should have known Moore and Jansen were police officers.

He declined to go into specifics for the moment when asked how Blackwell could have known officers in plainclothes and an unmarked car could have been identified as police.

“The grand jury found sufficient evidence,” Brown said, adding that details would come out at Blackwell’s trial.

When asked whether the defendant’s mental capacity could be an issue, Brown said any attempt by Blackwell’s lawyers to mount an insanity defense would have to meet daunting standards.

He also acknowledged that a possible psychiatric defense could be harmed by factors like Blackwell’s alleged changing of his clothes to alter his appearance, possibly indicating a consciousness of guilt.

“That certainly is an issue that could be raised in court,” he said.

Blackwell was arraigned last Thursday afternoon before Q Justice Joseph Zayas.

A memorial to slain Officer Brian Moore sits in a place of honor in the lobby of the 105th Precinct station house in Queens Village. A grand jury has indicted the alleged gunman. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON

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A UNIQUE WRITING COLLABORATION In fulfillment of Principal Naomi Drouillard’s vision, a unique collaboration occurred between third-graders and pre-K students at the Rosa Parks School, PS 254 in Richmond Hill. The students met with poet and author Renée McRae, who facilitated a workshop series resulting in a135-page published book of the students’ work, “Reach For The Stars!”

Third-grade classes 3-318 and 3-402 wrote the poems, and pre-K classes 110 and 117 contributed illustrations to the different leadership quotes, themes and topics they discussed and learned about in the 10-session residency. The program, “Step/Write Into Your Greatness,” is a 10-session poetry-writing series which focuses on self esteem, self-confidence, communication and leadership skills. The students were encouraged to develop their critical thinking skills as they examined and discussed motivational quotes at the beginning of each session and ultimately express their feelings through a variety of heartfelt poems. “Each poem in the book reflects much about their thoughts, ambitions, feelings and interpretations as they relate to their environment and our society” says Ms. Renée, founder and President of Poetic Motivations, LLC. Pre-K teacher Ms. Lalljee noted, “Ms. Renée made it so easy for them to understand poetry. When she would lead the students in a brainstorming session about a quote or a topic, very often the pre-schoolers would

participate, raising their hands and offering something quite beneficial. They looked so forward to going up to the library to visit their ‘third grade poetry pals.’ It made them feel really important.”

Third grade teacher Ms. Librizzi said “Our third graders were so enthusiastic and excited to work with Ms. Renée. They were also very helpful to the little ones by asking ‘What comes next?’ and encouraging them to add more to their drawings. Additionally, we noted even the shyest of our students wanted to get up and share their poetry at the end of our sessions.”

Perhaps Alexa Amaya, student of class 3-402, said it best, “Oh, no measurement can measure how much I enjoyed you. Now that you are leaving I feel so blue.

Your poetry is greater than literacy. My poetry is nothing compared to your creativity. So this is why it’s oh, so true, Ms. Renée, I enjoyed being with you.”

The book signing will be held June 22, when excited students will meet one last time with Ms. Renée, and each one will receive a copy of their published book, “Reach for the Stars!” The new authors will recite their favorite poems from the anthology in front of a proud audience of peers, parents, teachers and Principal of the Rosa Parks School Ms. Naomi Drouillard. The event will culminate with the eager second-graders signing each other’s books on their own personal page with their new pens. The book will then be available on amazon.com.

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Experts say all feminine products should be untaxed, free across city Health essentials such as prescription drugs, sunscreen and condoms are not taxed in New York State.

But feminine products, such as sanitary napkins, menstrual cups and tampons, which are categorized as products for grooming and beautifying, are.

City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) looks to draft a bill that would not only ask the state to stop taxing what she calls essential and nonluxury products, but also make feminine items free around the city for young women and low-income and homeless women.

One option could be to make the products free and readily available in schools.

Another aim is to start broader conversations about menstrual health, something that began with a roundtable of more than 20 women’s health experts and advocates on June 10 at City Hall.

“We should be de-stigmatizing pads and tampons, and making them more accessible,” Ferreras said in a prepared statement. “It’s a matter of avoiding health risks, affordability and women’s equality.”

One focus was on how young girls in the city can miss school due to fears revolving around their periods, something Ferreras said she witnessed while working at an afterschool program in Corona. Fair access to the products in the

prison system was also a topic of discussion.

Having to acquire often pricey products on a monthly basis is also an additional stress for low-income and homeless women, the experts said.

“We have a very high demand for menstrual supplies,” Rachel Sabella, from the Foodbank for New York, said in a written statement. “Women will call us to find out if we have them available and they fly off the shelves when we do.”

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A man attempting to rob a motorcycle from five men on Rockaway Boulevard late Saturday night was fatally shot by one of the men, who happened to be an off-duty state corrections officer, the NYPD said.

The NYPD said a preliminary investigation revealed that the unknown alleged robber approached the five men outside of 82-10 Rockaway Blvd. in Ozone Park armed with a handgun, demanding keys to their motorcycles.

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Tips for feeling fit at 30, 40, 50 and beyond Do you ever wake up and think “Wow, I don’t feel as young as I used to?” It’s a sentiment shared by people of every age group.

Fortunately, it doesn’t matter if you’re 20 or 60 — feeling fit and aging well can be a reality with the right mindset and proper exercise and nutrition.

Tavis Piattoly is a sports dietitian, expert nutritionist and co-founder of My Sports Dietitian. He lends his expert insight into how people of three different age groups can feel fit, healthy and happy: Young adults — up to age 30 Starting a career, getting married, buying a home — these are just a few big life events people in this age category often experience. It also means less time to focus on fitness, and often an increase in unhealthy eating on the go.

• Physical activity: Piattoly suggests young adults do what they enjoy most, fitting it in on a regular basis.

• Nutrition: “The metabolic rate of this age group is declining, so they can’t live on fast food for breakfast, lunch and dinner like they did in college,” Piattoly says. “It’s time to clean up the diet and make smarter choices such as reducing sugar intake and avoiding fast food as much as possible. Prevention should be the focus.”

• Supplements: A multivitamin, fish oil and probiotic are a must.

Middle age —30 to 50 In this age bracket, regular checkups with a physician are important to test for common conditions like high blood pressure. The stress of having children and growing a career can take a toll. Eating out due to lack of time becomes common and can cause weight gain.

• Physical activity: Piattoly suggests

regular strength training three to five days per week to prevent the progression of muscle loss that begins around age 35.

• Nutrition: “It’s important to eat smaller more frequent meals throughout the day, such as every three to four hours, and to make sure a source of lean protein is included at every meal and snack,” Piattoly says.

• Supplements: In addition to all the supplements recommended for the young adult group, Piattoly suggests vitamin D and turmeric extract, a great natural anti-inflammatory agent, for 30-to-50-year-olds.

Boomers — 50 plus People of this age are concerned with their health and risk for disease due to family history or lifestyle factors from their youth. Additionally, progressive loss of muscle mass and weaker bones increases risk for injury.

• Physical activity: Piattoly says regular strength training three to five days per week prevents the progression of muscle loss and maintains good bone strength to prevent falls.

• Nutrition: “Since the immune system is not as strong as it once was for this age group, a diet rich in fruits and vegetables is key, such as five to 10 servings per day,” Piattoly says.

• Supplements: “For heart and brain health, I’m a big fan of omega-3 fish oil, particularly from Nordic Naturals. They make triglyceride form fish oil, which is the optimal form for absorption,” says Piattoly. “Fish oil also supports joint mobility and healthy immunity.”

Additionally, a vitamin D supplement for bone health and, potentially, calcium for osteoporosis, and creatine to reduce the risk of agerelated muscle decline are all worthwhile conQ siderations.

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Post-workout pointers to aid recovery Exercise enthusiasts know that an effective workout does not end with your last rep or final second on the treadmill. What you do upon finishing a workout can go a long way toward aiding your recovery and making your exercise routine that much more effective.

During a workout, muscle and tissue can suffer some damage, and what men and women do after such workouts can determine whether their muscles recover in time for the next workout or they struggle to rebuild. The following are a handful of postworkout activities for athletes looking for safe ways to aid their body’s recovery.

• Stretch. Stretching after a workout aids muscle recovery. During a lengthy strength training workout, muscles contract quite often, leaving them in a shortened state at the end of your workout. If these muscles are not stretched once you complete your workout, you may suffer from stiffness and soreness later in the day or the following morning.

Stretching helps the muscles return to their normal size, reducing the likelihood that you will suffer from stiffness and soreness while simultaneously kickstarting the body’s recovery process.

• Rehydrate your body. Many people lose a considerable amount of f luid while exercising.

Rehydrate the body with water after a workout so you do not suffer from symptoms of dehydration, which can include heart palpitations, muscle cramps and nausea. Avoid caffeinated beverages, including coffee and soda, after a workout, as caffeine promotes fluid loss.

• Eat soon after working out. Eating high-quality protein soon after a workout aids muscle recovery and growth. A protein shake, some peanut butter spread on a brown rice cake or some low-fat yogurt can provide a potent helping of protein that helps the body recover and restore itself for your next workout.

• Take time to rest between workouts. No matter how much energy you have after a workout, keep in mind that your body needs time to rest and recover. Muscles typically need one to two full days to recover after a workout, which is why trainers and other exercise professionals advise against working the same muscle group two days in a row or twice in three days. Rest is a part of your body’s recovery process, so give your body at least 24 hours between workouts before you get back to working out.

• Get adequate sleep. As noted, muscle and tissue may suffer from slight tears during strength training exercises. However, when you sleep your immune system goes to work repairing the body, including those small muscle and tissue tears that may have occurred during your workout. Inadequate sleep does not give your body the time it needs to recover, and that can affect both your energy levels and the progress you make in the gym.

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You’re not a lone.

According to a study by the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association, 8 0 p e r c e nt of U. S. households own a grill or smoker. The study found that 60 percent of g r illers repor t using their grills year-round.

Cooking outdoors may provide a sense of relaxation and calm, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service reminds those cooking outdoors to focus on the necessary steps to ensure food safety.

It’s important to remember no one can earn the title of grill master without these four steps: Clean, separate, cook and chill.

Introducing some possible new slogans for that apron: Keepin’ it real ... clean Before preparing and handling food, it’s important to wash your hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds.

(Lacking a timer, tr y singing “Happy Birthday” twice while slowly cleaning your hands). Also, make certain all surfaces that come in contact with raw and cooked food are clean before you start, and are washed frequently throughout your cookout.

Raw vs. cooked: Go to their separate corners Be aware of cross-contamination. Keep the raw meat and poultr y away from cooked foods. Use separate plates, cutting boards and utensils in preparing veggies and meat and poultry. Juices from raw meats can contain harmful bacteria that could spread to raw veggies and already cooked foods.

You can’t judge a burger by its looks: Cook with a food thermometer Rather than a sign of weakness, a food thermometer is the best way to ensure your grilled foods are safe to consume. Meat and poultry cooked on a grill can be tricky.

They may look done on the outside, but it is critical that they have reached a safe minimum internal temperature to kill any harmful bacteria.

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in the United States every year, resulting in approximately 23,000 hospitalizations and 450 deaths. The food-borne illness can be avoided by cooking foods to a safe internal temperature.

Place a food thermometer in the thickest part of the meat or poultry, and follow these guidelines: • Pork, lamb, veal and whole cuts of beef: Cook to 145 degrees Fahrenheit, followed by a three-minute break before carving or consuming.

• Hamburgers and other ground beef: Cook to 160 degrees Fahrenheit.

• Poultry: Cook to a minimum temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit.

• Fish: Cook to 145 degrees Fahrenheit.

• Hot dogs: Grill to 165 degrees Fahrenheit or until steaming hot.

When removing the cooked items from the grill, be certain to place them on a clean platter, not on the dish that held the raw foods.

Keep the food dressed to chill As the weather warms, it’s important to keep food at a safe temperature at an outdoor picnic or cookout. Perishable food should never sit out for more than two hours, as bacteria grow rapidly between 40 and 140 degrees Fahrenheit. If it’s a scorcher outside and the temperature is over 90 degrees Fahrenheit, the timeline should be reduced to one hour. Refrigerate or freeze leftovers promptly, and discard any food that has been out too long.

Keep the hot foods hot by letting them remain on the grill. Chill the cold foods with ice packs or ice sources in a cooler.

“Ask Karen,” the virtual food safety representative, is available 24/7 at askkaren.gov, weekdays between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline is available Q by calling (888) MPHotline (674-6854).

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The Y generation goes to summer camp Children who attended summer camp in the past did so knowing they would have a week or so full of fun activities. Generation Y children of all ages, however, may have difficulties if they are sent to summer camp. Many of these children are dependent upon technology and feel they simply can’t do without it.

Corey Solomon, camp director at Appel Farm Camp in Elmer, New Jersey said campers are encou raged to bring mp3 devices because they are an arts camp and music is very important.

However, children and teens are asked not to bring devices which access the inter net or they are asked to surrender the sim card from their device until they leave.

This means campers will not be able to upd ate t hei r Facebook or MySpace accounts while they’re at camp.

“Half of the battle is getting parents to buy into leaving these devices at home.

These parents are younger and are used to having immediate access to their children.

We ask them to trust us to take care of their children and contact them if the need arises,” stated Solomon.

According to Solomon, “I just attended a conference with camp directors from across the country. The rule across the board is that

cell phones are not allowed.” Why are handheld devices discouraged during summer camp? Campers who have their cell phone or other handheld device which connects to the internet don’t get the full benefit of the camp experience. They are so distracted by texting their school friends or accessing the internet that they aren’t able to make new friends.

In the past it was the older campers who were dependent upon cell phones, iPods, iPhones and handheld gaming systems. Now children as young as ten bring these items to camp and ca n’t u nde r st a nd why they’re not allowed to use them. Solomon stated it is the junior high school students who have the most problem with the rules regarding technology devices. High school students understand the rules and now look forward to a time they can disconnect from the outside world.

Camps generally also discourage the use of the camp phone as much as possible.

Part of the reason parents send their children to camp is to help them learn independence and self-confidence. Phone calls home are limited to emergencies so the campers will learn to lean on someone other than their parents. Not being able to call home for every problem encourages

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The current economic downturn has many people wondering about how to make ends meet. They are trying to find ways to cut costs and get the most for the money they do spend. While they may want to send their children to summer camp they’re wondering if summer camp is a good financial choice for their family.

There are many things to consider when thinking about the cost of summer camp. Even though the cost may seem prohibitive, you may want to take these issues into consideration: • Camp costs versus ch i ld care costs for parents. Summer camp is great for families in which both parents work.

These families can know their child is being taken care of, is safe and having a good time while they wait for school to start. When you think about whether or not you can afford summer camp this year take into consideration how much child care will cost for the same amount of time. Summer camp provides child care and meals/snacks as well as entertainment 24 hours a day, seven days a week for each week your child attends. If you paid a babysitter the current minimum wage rate of $7.25 per hour to babysit your child the same amount of time the cost would be $1,218 per week.

When you compare the two choices paying $600 a week for summer camp is a much better deal than $1,218 a week for someone to mind your child. Now multiply that number by how many children you have. Does summer camp look more affordable?

• Is summer camp tuition tax deductible? The answer depends on your family. (Note: You should talk with a financial advisor prior to mak ing any decisions.

This website does not give financial advice nor is it licensed to do so.) There is a child care credit available to two-earner families or those with single parents.

This credit — up to 20 percent — may be possible if sending your child to day camp would allow both parents and a single parent to continue working. Overnight camping would not be included.

• Investment in the future. Think of the benefits of allowing your child to at tend su m mer camp. You could be investing in their future particularly if they attend an academic or technology summer camp. Attending these and other types of summer camp could provide them with opportunities to learn and network with people with similar interests.

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Is camp a good financial choice for your family?

Don’t let the added expense of sending your child to summer camp break the piggy bank. Do some research and check out which summer camp will fit your family’s financial situation.

Depending upon their age and interests the friendships they make during summer camp can benefit them for years to come.

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Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) sponsored the measure. “Lifestyle habits are developed at a young age,” Crowley said. “As a public school parent and lawmaker, I was disturbed to learn the DOE has been failing to provide our students with the minimum physical education requirements. The consequences are evident, as nearly 30 percent of New York City students are entering high school either obese or overweight.”

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What is performance, and how do we experience it? We seem to live in little cubbies, beckoning the world from tiny beacons that sit in our pockets and on our laps: our smartphones and other devices.

Now those devices are taking center stage in “Woyzeck: The Human Experiment,” a rendition produced by The Mesh Group.

Playwright Georg Buchner began it in the 1830s, but died before completing it. The play premiered in 1913 in Munich after being reworked by a legion of writers and editors and continues to be retouched and

rremixed em in perpetuity.

Woyzeck, the protagonist, is W a llowly German soldier, scratchiing ng by to support his wife, Marie, aand nd their child. The character’s and dreams are purtthoughts ho p o posely left ambiguous to the audiIn a way, Woyzeck doesn’t eence. n rreally ea exist; in every version, he’s a cconduit for the audience to expl p lo the whimsical, apocalyptic plore nature n na atu of life.

This motif spans decades and contiT hiis m nents, but it is sledgehammered into our consciousness in “Woyzeck,” a dripping black comedy that never was, w playing at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City until June 20. created a cell phone interactive show The director, John Bezark, has crea in which the audience votes on the decisions, morals and fate of the wayward Woyzeck.

“I believe that interactive theater is i a new and exciting way to reinaccessible to younger audiences,” Bezark vigorate theater and make it accessib to receive prepackaged narrasaid. “In today’s world where it’s so easy e tives over the internet, theater is no longer the most effective place to go to just hear a story ... I want to try tr and figure out a way to actually engage an audience in a conversation, conversatio but I figured that in order to do

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It’s My Park Day, clean up Railroad Park with Project Petals. Sat., June 20, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Garrett St. and 133 Road, Jamaica. Info: projectpetals.org.

Queens Museum Gala, a dazzling event featuring work by Mickalene Thomas. Wed., June 24, 6:30 p.m. Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free with admission. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

Saturday night dance, Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, Sat., June 20, 8 p.m.-midnight. $8 members, $10 nonmembers.

Call: (718) 478-3100.

“Henri with a J”: Artist Jenri weaves tales of astral projection, flight, love, acceptance, dreams, disappointments, pain and change. Opening Thurs., June 25, 7-9 p.m. Thru July 2. Resobox Gallery, 41-26 27 St. Long Island City. Info: (718) 784-3680, resobox.com/henri-with-a-j.

“Leading the Way: Six Outstanding Women of Queens,” spotlighting the borough’s female icons.

Opens Sat., June 27, 2-4 p.m. thru May 2016.

Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $5, $3 seniors/students, members free. Info: (718) 939-0647, ext. 17, queenshistoricalsociety.org.

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

“Art in the Garden: Nature & Science in Dialogue,” with collages by Emily Barnett. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Thru July 19. Free with Garden admission. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

THEATRE “Dancesanity Stars IV”: An annual dance show.

Fri., June 19, 8-10:30 p.m. Tony Bennett Concert Hall, 35-12 35 Ave., Long Island City. $35.

Info: Sol Dance Center (347) 935-3955, sol.dancecenter@gmail.com.

Funny Father’s Day Comedy Show: Special night with comedians from the Howard Stern Show, Caroline’s Comedy Club, Comedy Central and Wendy Williams TV show. Sat., June 20, 8 p.m. Neir’s Tavern, 87-48 78 St., Woodhaven. Free.

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Birds: Myth: Memory: Poetic Visions from the Soul: Organized by spoken word expert Bernard Block, this garden concert provides an afternoon of laughter, reflection and creativity with a multifaceted group of poets. Sun., June 21, 2 p.m. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $5-$6. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

MUSIC Summer 2015 Katz concert series, sponsored by Borough President Melinda Katz. “Yesterday and Today: The Beatles Tribute Concert, in partnership with NYC Parks and City Councilman Eric Ulrich: Sun., June 21, 6 p.m., Beach 94th Street and Shore Front Pkwy., Rockaway Beach. “British Dependency – Reggae Concert,” In partnership with Kupferberg Center for the Arts and City Councilman Donovan Richards, Jr.: Sat., June 27, 4 p.m. Rockaway Beach

45+ Singles social and dance, Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Sun., June 21, 2-6 p.m. $10. Contact: (718) 459-1000.

A vintage postcard from an exhibit at Queens College’s Godwin-Ternbach Museum celebrating PHOTO COURTESY GODWIN-TERNBACH MUSEUM the 1939-40 and 1964-65 World’s Fairs.

Park, Seagirt Blvd. and Beach 17th St., Far Rockaway.

“The Tee-Tones – Motown Concert,” in partnership with NYC Parks and City Councilman Ruben Wills.

Sun., June 28, 4 p.m. Baisley Pond Park, Sutphin Blvd. and Rockaway Blvd., South Jamaica. Free. Info: queensbp.org/katzconcerts.

“Jazz Up in the Sky”: An evening of entertainment with world-famous vocalists on the roof of the Flushing House. All proceeds go to house residents. Fri., June 19, 7-11 p.m. 38-20 Bowne St. RSVP by June 15. $100. Info: (347) 532-3025.

Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World 2015: Ms. Lauryn Hill highlights this second annual celebration of the life and legacy of one of America’s musical icons. Sat., June 20, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. A full day of music, food, art, games and a Backyard Bash. Free.

Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

FILM “Horror Father’s Day” offers scary dads in three classic films: “The Night of the Hunter,” “Eyes Without a Face,” “The Shining.” Sumner M. Redstone Theater, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. Sun., June 21, 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. $12. Info: (718) 777-6800, movingimage.us.

AUDITIONS “Cliffhanger,” by James Yaffe, produced by Douglaston Community Theatre. Mon.-Tues., June 22-23, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Performances in Nov. Zion Episcopal Church Hall, 243-01 Northern Blvd., Douglaston.

Info: (718) 482-3332, dougcommthtr@gmail.com.

“Footloose The Musical,” HCJ Teen Drama Group seeks actors, dancers, singers, set designers and stage crew. Auditions Mon.-Tues., June 22-23 (callbacks June 25), 7 p.m. Church of the Holy Child Jesus Monsignor Murray Auditorium, 111-02 86 St., Richmond Hill. Info: (718) 847-1860, hcjteendrama@gmail.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS Summer solstice festival, celebrating the summer solstice by making ice cream the old-fashioned way, with sun-inspired crafts and historic games. Sat., June 20, noon-4 p.m. King Manor Museum, 150-3 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 260-0545, ext. 13, kingmanor.org.

Star Searchers — Exploring the June Night Sky, Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, Sat., June 20, 8 p.m. $15 adults, children 9 and up, pre-registration required. Contact: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

New Torah escorting ceremony, dedicated by Mordechai Boxer, Sun., June, 21, 11 a.m. Chabad of Rego Park, 62-38 99 St. Info: (718) 896-7703 2nd annual “Trashion Fashion Show” NYC, with more than 20 designs. Sun., June 21, 1 p.m. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Info: Amy Merli, (929) 500-2128, trashion@amymerli.com.

Re-Defining You: community empowerment and leadership conference. Sat., June 27, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. Free. Info: Mirielle Edouard (347) 565-4353, info@MirielleEdouard.com

Briarwood Action Network Pet Adoption and Information Day! Sat., June 27, noon-4 p.m. Hoover Park seating area, Manton St. between 83rd Ave. and Main St. Free. Info: briarwoodactionnetwork@gmail. com, briarwoodactionnetwork.com.

Blood drive, sponsored by Samuel Field Y and New York Hospital Queens, Sun., June 28, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck. Donors must be 17 or older; bring photo ID. Walk-ins welcome. Info/Appt.: (718) 225-6750, ext. 277.

Fire prevention workshop, sponsored by state Sen. Leroy Comrie and Assemblyman David Weprin. Mon., June 29, 7-9 p.m., Martin Van Buren High School, 230-17 Hillside Ave., Queens Village. RSVP: Comrie’s office (718) 454-0162, menyweat@nysenate.gov or Weprin’s office (718) 805-2381, siegela@nysa.us.

Yoga and tai chi, thru Sep. 27, Saturdays, 9:3010:30 a.m.; 11 a.m.-noon. Sundays, 10-11 a.m.

Free. Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Info: socratessculpturepark.org.

Tuesday Night Bingo, every Tuesday at Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd.,early game, 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m., regular games at 7:15 p.m., $4 includes 12 games. Cash prizes, everyone 18 & over. Info: (718) 459-1000.

Bridging the Creek workshop, a project to unite Queens and Brooklyn residents living by Newtown Creek. Wed., June 24, 6:30 p.m., Ridgewood Democratic Club, 60-70 Putnam Ave. Info: greenshoresnyc.org.

KIDS/TEENS

Friends and fun dinner, hosted by the BFF (Best Female Friends) Club. Tues., June 23, 6 p.m. Atlantic Diner, 111-16 Atlantic Ave., Richmond Hill. For 30-year-olds and older. Info: (516) 835-1433.

Toddler Tales: Wild Father’s Day, with silly stories.

Sat., June 20, 1:30-3 p.m. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. For ages 3-4. $18. Info: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

COMMUNITY

Brick Fest Live, where LEGO bricks will transform the museum into a LEGO-lover’s dream. Sat., June 20–Sun., June 28. NY Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with NYSCI admission. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

Alzheimer’s and brain awareness, Sat., June 20, 10 a.m.-noon. 136-65 37 Ave., Flushing. Free. RSVP: Andy Yu, (347) 585-4815, cyu@centerlight.org.

Safe Disposal Event for harmful household items, sponsored by the Department of Sanitation. Sat., June 20, 10 a.m. Cunningham Park, 196th St. and Union Tpke., Oakland Gardens. Free.

Play4Autism Martial Arts program by New Beginning Tae Kwon Doe, 64-64 Dry Harbor Road, Middle Village. Program every Sat., 12-1 p.m. $25.

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Challenging the past, with plenty of bones to pick

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cultures. Here, the dam has burst; the lumplike structure of Huo’s piece literalizes the Cultural reinvention is nothing new to the emotional weight of the papers. It all spills people of New York City. from a hole in the wall like a toxic purge, culBut at an exhibit at Dorsky Gallery Cura- minating in a mound of pulverized paper. torial Programs in Long Island City, the inter- “1,000 Phobias” is one of the first things vissection of customs from one’s homeland and itors see and provides a fitting context. p new ideologies Also near the formed here is pushed ent ra nce a re t wo to the forefront. pieces evoking childTwenty artists, each hood — “Nina con bridging cultures, cenZapatos” by Claudia ter on an underlying Alvarez and “GhettoWhen: Thru July 12; Thurs.-Mon., tension between trabird Tunic (Baby)” by 11 a.m.-6 p.m. dition and new waves Sanford Biggers — Where: Dorsky Gallery Curatorial of thought. Often, which seem to sugPrograms, 11-03 45 Ave., that assessment gest the fragility of Long Island City sparks a brash subverthese new ideas.

Entry: Free; (718) 937-6317, sion of cultural In another spin on dorsky.org expectations. tradition, Cui Fei’s For ins t ance, in “Tracing the Origin “1,000 Phobias,” by VIII,” which appears Korean artist Ginny Huo, a grotesque pile of to be ancient script stamped into the gallery papers, each inscribed with the fears of a floor, is the artist’s reinterpretation of Chithousand different people, seems to disobey nese characters. Over a series of days, Fei the idea of remaining bottled up to negative knelt on the floor and siphoned black sand emotions, an expectation, especially of i n t o s h a d o w y a n d v i n e - l i ke s h a p e s women, common in many Ea s t A sian inspired by grape plants. The swirls are qboro editor

A piece by Rina Banerjee that contrasts materials to compose a rendition of a ram goddess is a big draw at an exhibit exploring cultural cul tural reinvention.

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swoop, but the body is composed of delicate neon lights. The lights lure, positioning the viewer to be like a bug magnetically attracted to rest upon something harmful.

Another reassessment of gender is a piece, whose 60-word title begins with “She was now in western style dress ...,”

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fascinating, black and shimmering, almost like gunpowder, a masculine instrument of war. But the characters look like tiny, twisted fairies leaping, as if now feminized.

Other pieces target more specific conflicts. In “Street Lamp (Yellow Bench),” by Ivan Navarro and Courtney Smith, the mundane structure of a park bench is harnessed to place viewers in the mindset of those living in a dictatorship. The bench has a luxurious

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Anton; “Oso Fabuloso,” by J. Julian Now in its third year, the festival, held Christopher; and “Good Girl’s Guide,” at the Chain Theatre in Long Island City, by Mila Golubov. will present 15 pieces, with some as According to Grygo, a Pennsylvania short as 15 minutes and others full- native based in Astoria since 1999, his length works, with many by Queens contribution is “pretty autobiographiplaywrights. cal,” with a character based on his Billed as an independent theater com- mother and another an amalgam of his pany aiming to produce and support brother and himself. muscular storytellLike the son in ing, the group t h e p l a y, G r y g o chose plays conmoved back into taining a wide varihis mother’s home ety of discussionafter being out of When: Thru June 28; times vary provoking issues. work. He wrote Each play will be the basis for the Where: Chain Theatre, 21-28 45 Rd., seen at least three play in 2006, but Long Island City times during the this is the play’s Tickets: $15; (646) 580-6003, festival. The short first production. variationstheatregroup.com works include “Ice “I felt the audiC re a m M a n , ” a ence was with taut topical drama them,” he said

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Controlling fate, with help from a smartphone continued from from page page 00 35 continued that I had to figure out a way to hear what they had to say.”

In practice, this means that throughout the play, the audience is asked to vote for two potential outcomes in Woyzeck’s life by pressing a yellow or blue circle on their phones. Then, the actors bring that vote to life. This couldn’t have been easy for the actors’ rhythm, but they responded magnificently. While they all were incredible, Amber Avant, who plays Marie, Brandon Zelman, who plays Woyzeck, and Aishling Pembroke, playing Grandma and Carnival Barker, brought a peerless depth and versatility to their performances.

“Woyzeck” at times feels crowded, repetitive and underdeveloped (the play was produced in five weeks), but so does existence. At times the audience’s choices feel limited, or having an obvious outcome. But in the glittering megalopolis of Disney’s neutered Broadway, this disappointing circle of life feels authentic.

The play’s greatest strength is its effortless ability to connect to its audience. The format rendered here by The Mesh Group makes the idea that audience members

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An audience member helps decide the next twists and turns of “Woyzeck” at a recent PHOTOS BY BART KOSCINSKI show. On the cover: Kyle Walton performs as “Captain.” have a stake in the story a central focus.

One of the biggest laughs comes when the audience members are encouraged to not vote, so they can save their batteries.

From their deepest fears, “Woyzeck” creates laughter.

The play revels in the bouncing banality

of life, and how atrociously we treat each other. A doctor experiments on Woyzeck by feeding him a diet of only peas. Audience members leap at the opportunity to shovel them down his throat, chortling ominously through teeth gritted in tender torture. It feels like the kaiser should be singing Brian

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“This doesn’t shut them down, it opens them up and makes them more connected to what they’re seeing,” Bezark said. “We always have the impulse to check our phones, particularly in cases when we’re not supposed to, but allowing an audience the freedom to do that actually makes it less of a temptation.”

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KIDS/TEENS Arts in the Park, a summer series for children to see performances. Every Tues., 10 a.m. Thru July 28. Rufus King Park Jamaica Avenue, between 150th and 153rd Street, Jamaica. Free. Info: Tyra Emerson (718) 926-7630, go2ccj.org.

Friday night teen program by the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens. Every Fri., 6-7 p.m. for middle school students and 7-9 p.m. for high school students, Maurice A. Fitzgerald PS 199, 39-20 48 Ave., Sunnyside. $10 registration req’d. Info: (718) 728-0946, vbgcq.org.

CLASSES Defensive driving courses, for insurance and point reduction, sponsored by the National Safety Council. Our Lady of Fatima Church: Sat., June 27, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. 25-02 80 St., Jackson Heights. $45. Holy Family Church: 175-20 74 Ave., Flushing, Sat., July 18, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $45 pp. Info/Reg.: (631) 360-9720.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Notice of Formation of 34th Street Astoria Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the NY Dept. of State on 03/5/15. Latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2099.

Office location: Queens County.

NY Sec. of State (NYSS) designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail a copy of any process to 25-75 34th St., Astoria, NY 11103, the principal business location.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: DANA TORRES-BURNS, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/30/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

E&D Cleaning, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/17/15.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to C/O Efrain Morales, 11876 129th St Fl 2, South Ozone Park, NY 11420. Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: G&S PIPING AND HEATING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/23/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to G&S PIPING AND HEATING LLC, 71-20 66TH DRIVE, MIDDLE VILLAGE, NY 11379.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

HAPPY 58 REALTY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/08/2015. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 131-54 41st Ave., Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: INTEGRAL HEALTH ECONOMICS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/23/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to TSU-YU TSAO, 6861 YELLOWSTONE BLVD., APT. 14, FOREST HILLS, NY 11375.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

37-25 DEVELOPMENT LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/10/15. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 48-02 25th Avenue, Suite 303, Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of DAI’S HOLDING LLC. Art. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/14/2015.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: DAI’S HOLDING LLC, 34-46 200th Street, Bayside, NY 11361.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of EG&DA LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/11/2015. Office location, County of Queens. The street address is: 2107 Astoria Blvd., Queens, NY 11102. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Auciello Law Group, P.C., 26 Court St., Ste 1104, Brooklyn, NY 11242. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of GLOCAL LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/04/15. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 32-11 48th St., #1R, Astoria, NY 11103.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HUDSON RIVER 136-68, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/26/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be serviced and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 39-01 MAIN ST., STE 203, FLUSHING, NY 11354. Principal business address: 136-68 ROOSEVELT AVENUE, FLUSHING, NY 11354.

Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: LIDINE LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/10/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to LIDINE LLC, 66-35 HULL AVENUE, MASPETH, NY 11378.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

CORONA37, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/23/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design.

Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Charles Xiaoqing Guo 8615 Broadway Apt 2A, Elmhurst, NY 11373.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: DC INNOVATIVE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/14/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

ELITE PROPERTIES NYC GROUP LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/3/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design.

Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 71-11 Austin St Apt 2D Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice is hereby given that an off-premises liquor license, #1286589, has been applied for by GRAB & GO WINE & LIQUOR INC. to sell liquor at retail at a liquor store under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 120-23 Liberty Ave., Richmond Hill, NY 11419.

Notice of Formation of HWL Management LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/25/13.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 35-19 150th Street, Flushing, NY 11354.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Mason Law PLLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/23/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to C/O Dwayne Christopher Mason, 45 Kew Gardens Road Apt 2G, Kew Gardens, NY 11415. Purpose: Law.

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PROBATE CITATION File No. 2015-394 SURROGATE’S COURT-QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BY THE GRACE OF GOD FREE AND INDEPENDENT TO: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF QUEENS COUNTY, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Leonette Vanderhost, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assigns and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence.

A petition having been duly filed by Gerald Lotenberg who is domiciled at 333 East 69th Street, New York, NY 10021 YOU ARE HERBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 89-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on the 30th day of July, 2015 at 9:30 A.M. of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Leonette Vanderhost lately domiciled at 88-25, 153rd Street, Apt. 6C, Jamaica, NY 11432 admitting to probate a Will dated July 25, 2006, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Leonette Vanderhost, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to: Gerald Lotenberg (Seal) June 11, 2015 Hon. Peter J. Kelly, Surrogate; Margaret M. Gribbon, Chief Clerk; Elisabeth St. B. McCarthy, Esq., Attorney for Petitioner, 212986-1200 Address of Attorney: Gordon Herlands Randolph & Cox LLP, 10th Floor, 355 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017 NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law: You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.

55-05 FLUSHING STREET LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/27/15.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 59-22 55th St., Maspeth, NY 11378. General purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: CALCULATED CANNONS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/10/2015.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: AZURE JSD LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/29/2015.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to THE LLC, P.O. BOX 750816 FOREST HILLS, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that an on-premises liquor license, #1286102, has been applied for by CEMITAS LLC. For on-premises retail and consumption of beer and wine under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 45-14 48th Ave., Queens, NY 11377.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: BLISSFUL WISHES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/28/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Concepts And Patterns LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/21/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 4140 171st St, Flushing, NY 11358. Registered Agent: C/O Ji Eun Chang, 7319 41st Ave Fl #4, Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: General.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION, Mobile Center 4 CPR, LLC. Articles of Organization Filed with SSNY on 5/20/15. Office location: Queens. SSNY designated for any service of process. SSNY shall mail copies of process served against the LLC to c/o: THE LLC, 219-24 113th Avenue, Queens, NY 11429. Purpose: any lawful purpose or activity.

PRECISION SHIPPING LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/23/15. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 8613 134th St., Richmond Hill, NY 11418. General purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: TOGGLE WEB MEDIA LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/31/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to TOGGLE WEB MEDIA, 16405 GRAND CENTRAL PKWY, HILLCREST, NY 11432.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: NOLS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/04/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to NOLS LLC, 8009 35 AVE., D12, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

SAUL DILSON, D.O., PLLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/10/15. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2099. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the PLLC, c/o Jules A. Epstein, P.C., 600 Old Country Road, Suite 505, Garden City, NY 11530. Purpose: For the practice of the profession of Medicine.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: WSB FLUSHING 58 GROUP, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/26/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to THE LLC, 43-17 220TH STREET, 2ND FL., BAYSIDE, NY 11361.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

EQUAL HOUSING. Federal, New York State and local laws prohibit discrimination because of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, marital status, familial status or disability in connection with the sale or rental of residential real estate.

Queens Chronicle does not knowingly accept advertising in violation of these laws. When you suspect housing discrimination call the Open Housing Center (the Fair Housing Agency for the five boroughs of New York) at 212-941-6101, or the New York City Commission of Human Rights Hotline at 212306-7500.

The Queens Chronicle reserves the right to alter wording in ads to conform with Federal Fair Housing regulations.

Notice of formation of NRC Construction of NY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/2015. Office location, County of Queens. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, POB 770429, Woodside, NY 11377.

Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SOFTWARE STUDIOS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/13/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to THE LLC, 1717 Troutman Street, #329, Ridgewood, NY 11385.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation: XQX Property LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on June/2015.

Office loc: Queens County.

SSNY designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copies of any process served against the LLC to Tian Xing Xing, 51-05 Bell Blvd, Bayside Hills, NY 11364 Purpose: Any lawful purpose or activity.

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Backers press for ‘Justice’ Advocates: Low-wage workers in Queens are victims

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor PHOTO COURTESY NYPD

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Wanted for murder in Qns. The man shown above could be the one wanted for allegedly beating a man to death with a tree branch in Forest Park last Wednesday.

Zoltan Forai allegedly beat Diego Piedrahita as the 23-year-old victim was walking near the Victory Field part of the park, according to cops. Piedrahita was found around 3:30 p.m. on June 10 and was pronounced dead at the scene, cops said.

Anyone with information on the suspects’ whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477).

Advocates who have been pushing for a bill that would better protect low-wage workers against fraudulent employment agencies may have to wait, as the measure had not passed the state Senate before the session’s planned — and this newspaper’s press time — ending Wednesday.

The measure, dubbed the “Justice for Job Seekers” bill, passed the state Assembly June 10.

The Senate sponsor is state Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx, Westchester).

Advocates hope it will quell issues wherein bogus job-hunting agencies charge exorbitant fees, take money without finding work, working while unlicensed or illegally sharing space with other businesses.

“Trying to get a job, support your family, and maybe save a little money is hard enough for new immigrants and low-wage workers. To top it all off, they also have to deal with predatory employment agencies that are trying to scam them out of their last buck,” said Assemblyman Francisco Moya (D-Jackson Heights) in a prepared statement.

Advocates say that in Queens, Jackson

Jessica Garcia, center, speaks alongside state Sen. Jeff Klein, left, and Assemblyman PHOTO BY CRISTINA SCHREIL Francisco Moya.

Heights, Woodside and Elmhurst have a high number of employment agencies taking advantage of workers, many of them new immigrants.

A study conducted earlier this year in

conjunction with the bill, found many violations in these types of businesses. For instance, 46 percent of agencies promised job hunters they would place them in a position, which is against the law. And, 38 percent of these establishments took advance fees that were never refunded.

Many agencies that “secret shoppers” approached as part of the survey also did not display a license and the city’s employment agency laws, which are also mandatory.

The investigation was an update to a 2012 report compiled by the Urban Justice Center, the Community Development Project and the Jackson Heights-based g roup New I m m ig r a nt Com mu n it y Empowerment, which found that immigrants were cheated.

Jessica Garcia, of NICE, said that as soon as the bill passed the lower house, NICE launched an effort on the website justice4jobseekers.org and on their Facebook page to highlight a story of a victim each day until the Senate session ended.

“At the end of the day our hope is that we get people talking about it,” Garcia said. “We want our decision makers to be aware, we want this issue to be at the foreQ front of their minds.”

Sizzler employees stunned by closure Some say no warning was given before the Forest Hills venue closed

by Christopher Barca

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June 1 was just another Monday to employees of the Sizzler, a chain restaurant at 100-23 Metropolitan Ave. in Forest Hills.

That is, until they showed up for work.

According to two of the now-former restaurant’s employees, the venue closed its doors for good without any advance warning from the franchisee, Kevin Lo Nigro, suddenly leaving the approximately 20 workers, some of whom showed up dressed in their uniforms, unemployed.

Hector Liriano, an 18-year-old Ozone Park man who waited tables at the eatery, said he thought a manager was playing a practical joke on him when he called to tell him the restaurant was closed.

“My last day working was the Sunday before. When we closed up that night, it was the regular routine,” Liriano said in a phone interview with the Chronicle on Monday. “None of us got any warning. No notice.”

The franchise was just one of two left outside the western third of the country.

The only other Sizzler east of New Mexico is located approximately 1,000 miles away in Kissimmee, Fla. Sizzler USA spokesman Brad Ritter told the Chronicle two weeks ago that the res-

Employees of the Sizzler restaurant on Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills say the franchisee gave them no advance warning that the eatery would be closing over high rent earlier this month PHOTO BY LAURA A. SHEPARD and the company is not helping them find new employment. taurant shut its doors over high monthly rents, something Liriano said he caught wind of just before the closure.

“I heard from a former manager that the owner knew in February or March that we would close down,” he said. “I guess he took advantage of us until the very last

day.”

Another employee, who did not want her name publicized, said a manager, not Lo Nigro, also told her the restaurant had closed, leaving her in tears when she arrived for work on June 1.

“It was so unexpected. No one even

knew,” the former hostess said. “I went there because I still had a check to pick up and there were a few employees outside crying. He was so coldhearted about it.”

Phone messages left with Lo Nigro were not returned by press time on Wednesday.

Liriano and the unnamed employee also claimed Sizzler USA’s statement published in a June 4 Chronicle story about the company helping the laid-off employees find new jobs was not true.

“That’s completely false. We’re not getting any kind of help or support,” Liriano said. “It’s sad because there are other people there that relied on that job. I’m jobless too, I relied on that job.”

“It’s hard to find a job,” the hostess said.

“Either way, we would be struggling to find a job but if he told us, maybe we could have prepared ourselves.”

In a follow-up email on Monday, Ritter acknowledged the Chronicle’s inquiry, but he had not responded with an official comment by press time.

Liriano said he’s been applying for jobs on his own since he was unexpectedly laid off and he’s hoping to find something soon before he heads off to college in the fall.

“I was trying to save up some money for college and so I can help my mother with Q things,” he said.

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Panik at Citi Field

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

San Francisco Giant and former St. John’s University baseball star Joe Panik will always be a part of Citi Field history. He took part in a baseball game there before any Mets did, as St. John’s played Georgetown in a Big East preseason game on March 29, 2009 that was the stadium’s first-ever contest. Last Tuesday Panik was in the Giants lineup as pitcher Chris Heston threw a no-hitter against the Mets.

The second baseman admitted that he probably didn’t make friends in Flushing because he wore out Mets pitching with his bat, as exemplified by a two-run homer against Matt Harvey Wednesday night. “A few Mets fans recognized me outside Citi Field and said that they were booing me every time that I came to the plate. I take that as a compliment since that means that I’m doing my job well,” said the personable Panik with a broad smile.

Being a St. John’s alum now living on the West Coast, Panik was intrigued by the upheaval in the Red Storm Athletics Department. Unlike PGA Tour star Keegan Bradley and basketball coaching legend Lou Carnesecca, who reportedly were not supporters of SJU Athletics Director Chris Monasch, Panik told me that he thought that Monasch did a fine job and was sorry to hear of his forced resignation.

Incoming SJU men’s basketball head coach

Chris Mullin was supposed to bring along his buddy, former Sacramento Kings general manager Pete D’Alessandro, to replace Monasch as AD. Like Mullin, D’Alessandro is an SJU graduate. Last week, however, D’Alessandro announced that he has he accepted a front office position with the Denver Nuggets.

The general storyline since his April 8 hiring has been that coaching at his alma mater has long been Mullin’s dream. It’s hard for the New York media to resist a happy homecoming story, particularly for a legendary former athlete. Sorry to ruin the feel-good narrative, but there is a good chance that Mullin may simply have been out of employment options.

Mullin was fired as VP of basketball operations for the Golden State Warriors in 2009 and was out of the NBA until new Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive hired him as an adviser in 2013. Fast forward to the first quarter of 2015 and Ranadive, tired of experiencing another playoff-less season, brings in former NBA star Vlade Divac as an adviser. Mullin certainly read the handwriting on the wall.

My guess is that if Mullin could have gotten an executive or head coaching position with another NBA team, he would have grabbed it.

Since none was available, he had to go with Q “Plan B” and return to Utopia Parkway.

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Golfing and living, all at Pomonok

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Pomonok, a native Indian name said to mean “Land of Tribute “ or “ Land Where there is Traveling Water,” was originally chosen, due to its natural beauty, as the site of a country club. In 1921 Devereux Emmet (1861-1934) designed a golf course there, between Kissena Boulevard and 164th Street south of Horace Harding Boulevard and east of what is now Queens College.

Emmet, a talented golfer himself, designed courses on Long Island in East Meadow’s Eisenhower Park, Bethpage State Park and Cherry Valley in Garden City, to name only a few. It was a rich man’s game, as you were required to purchase $900 in stock and pay an initiation fee of $250 and annual dues of $150 at a time when most people were making less than $50 a week.

A gimmick used to attract members was a workforce of attractive female caddies.

In 1939, when the World’s Fair was drawing millions of people, the golf course hosted the famous PGA Tournament, bringing more revenue and attention to Queens.

Henry Picard won his only PGA champion-

PGA first-day “workout” in front of the Pomonok Country Club, July 7, 1939. The player s are Byron Nelson, lef t, Jug McSpaden, Ralph Guldahl, Ben Hogan, Paul Runyan, Vic Ghezzi and Jim Hines. ship that year, upsetting champion Byron Nelson with a birdie on the 37th hole.

After World War II, with the real estate market exploding, the Board of Directors decided to sell off the land at a generous profit and golf elsewhere. Beautiful brick homes were constructed. One of the biggest investors in the development of the land was Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which alone bought 103 acres, providing affordable apartments to over 5,000 middle-class working people.

In honor of the families that grew up in Pomonok over the last 65 years, a motion picture called “Pomonok Dreams” was produced and will be showing at Queens ColQ lege at the end of this month.

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York, DEP team up on flooding survey 200 homeowners in area’s hardest-hit neighborhoods to get personal attention

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First, the mayor came up with the money.

Now his Department of Environmental Protection is sending in ground troops to conduct a door-to-door survey of homeowners in the parts of Southeast Queens most inundated with flooding problems.

The DEP is working in coordination with students from York College’s earth and environmental sciences programs to get profiles on 200 homes within the area served

by Community Boards 12 and 13.

“Mayor de Blasio has made the chronic flooding that so many families in Southeast Queens confront a priority,” DEP Commissioner Emily Lloyd said in a statement issued by her office.

After decades of neglect and conditions ranging from a rising underground water table to the failure of the city to install adequate infrastructure, de Blasio’s executive and capital budget plans call for more than $1.2 billion in the next 10 years to construct storm sewers in Southeast.

Lloyd said York students, led by Professor Ratan Dhar, last week began interviewing 200 homeowners chosen on the basis of data collated from civic and community organizations, elected officials and 311 calls regarding flooding complaints. Homeowners who are

York College students and faculty meet at the school before heading out to survey Southeast PHOTO COURTESY NYC Queens residents on flooding. interviewed will be offered an assessment of their properties by a professional engineer.

City Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) is in his first term as chairman of the Council’s Environmental Protection Committee. He had made it clear since day one that the flooding was his top concern.

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Southeast Queens has had meetings, seen studies and received promises about flooding before.

But since de Blasio brought Lloyd back for her second stint at the DEP, a good deal of construction work has been done. The agency also has installed temporary measures in some areas that could be years or even decades away from fully functional storm sewers.

A spokesman for Richards said last Friday that the councilman is not concerned that the York study will wind up on a shelf like so many others in the past.

“With the amount of money that the city has committed, he believes this is going to go forward,” the spokesman said.

Cou ncil ma n Da neek Miller (D -St. Albans) could not be reached to determine if he had any such concerns, though his statement included in the DEP press release exuded optimism.

“I’m confident that this undertaking will help residents realize that DEP is responding to their concerns about flooding here,” he said. Miller also said that the participation of York College — which has its own problems with chronic flooding — will be an excellent opportunity for the students.

“They will be contributing to the resolution of a long-standing problem in the communities surrounding our campus,” Dhar said.

Borough President Melinda Katz and state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) also are Q praising the project.

Jamaica man guilty of shooting cop in 2012 Sgt. Craig Bier wounded in foot pursuit Thomas is scheduled to be sentenced by A Jamaica man is facing up to 40 years to life in prison after being convicted of Queens Supreme Court Justice Gregory Lasak on July 29. shooting an NYPD sergeant in 2012.

Bier and his partner, Det. Nick Romano, John Thomas, 27, was convicted of firstdegree attempted murder of a police officer were working with the NYPD’s Queens in the shooting of Sgt. Craig Bier in Aug. Gang Unit on the night of Aug. 8.

They approached Thomas at 2012, according to a statement the intersection of 107th Aveissued last Thursday by the nue and Union Hall Street office of Queens District Attorwhen they saw him acting susney Richard Brown. piciously. Bier had his NYPD A jury also found Thomas shield displayed and identified guilty of aggravated assault on himself as a police officer, at a police officer, assault on a which time the suspect ran police officer, second-degree away from them. criminal possession of a weapBier followed him until on and second-degree assault.

Thomas’ escape was blocked “A jury has spoken and John Thomas by a fence, at which point he found the defendant guilty of FILE PHOTO pulled a handgun and fired at all charges,” Brown said. “This Bier four times, hitting him in was a senseless violent act and once again illustrates how dangerous both legs. He was released from Jamaica Hospital Medical Center within a few days. police work is.

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