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Five hundred people attended a symbolic groundbreaking last Friday for the $150 million expansion of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center’s Emergency Department. Once the project is completed, the Richmond Hill health institution will be able to serve up to 150,000 patients annually. Several elected officials were in attendance, including Gov. Hochul, who said, it was time to make transformative changes in Southeast Queens. Bruce Flanz, JHMC president and CEO, said the hospital will have more ICUs and trauma bays to better serve patients.

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The ideal resume for the next top cop?

Adams vague about qualities he’s seeking in Sewell’s successor

by Sophie Krichevsky

Asked for comment on District Attorney Melinda Katz Adams’ ideal candidate, his did not respond to requests fo r YPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell’s press secretary, Fabien Levy, comment. sudden resignation announcement last referred the Chronicle to those Ariola was hesitant to speak to week, which reports say was prompted remarks. the circumstances surrounding Councilwoman Joann Ariola

by Mayor Adams’ tendency to micromanage Sewell’s June 30 departure. “You (R-Ozone Park), a member of the department, has sparked a flurry of discuscan talk about micromanaging, sion about her replacement. While many have the City Council’s Committee but I like it better saying that they speculated over who is on Adams’ shortlist — on Public Safety, was less conwork in conjunction ... with the cerned with gender, race and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks administration, with the City among them — less has been said about the ethnicity, noting that Sewell’s Council, with the chairs of combeing a woman of color “was not kind of person who ought to fill Sewell’s shoes. mittees,” she said. “So it has to the reason she was hired,” and That’s in part because the mayor himself has be someone who is able to work not said much on the subject, even when asked pointed to her experience. with people and garner relation“It should be someone who directly. ships, and also run one of the “It is my responsibility to keep New Yorkers has handled a large agency with most important agencies within safe, and I’m going to do that and we will put a lot of different dynamics to it, the city.” [together] the right team to do so,” Adams told that has been under a lot of scruAsked about Banks, whose tiny lately and been able to han- Mayor Adams has not been clear about his idea of the ideal resume for the role in the administration has reporters last week.

In appointing Sewell, the mayor followed dle it while still maintaining next NYPD commissioner as Keechant Sewell’s last day on the job quickly been linked to the mayor’s tight their commitment to the rank approaches. through on his campaign promise to pick a PHOTO BY KEVIN P. COUGHLIN / NYS GOV. OFFICE leash on Sewell, as a possible woman for the role. Asked if he’d like Sewell’s and file officers that are on the replacement, however, Ariola replacement to be a woman as well, and if he street,” Ariola said. While someone from one who unapologetically advocates for the said, “Deputy Mayor Banks does an incredible would look beyond the NYPD, he said at the another large city would do, she said ideally, swift incarceration of criminals while recogjob in the job that he’s already been taske d Sewell’s successor would come from the nizing the importance of quality of life same press conference, “I’ll figure out what with.”

I’m going to do. I need to continue the success NYPD and would focus on the city’s homeless- enforcement.”

Joe Giacalone, a professor at John Jay Colof the department. We have more work to do.” ness and mental health crises.

A spokesperson for Councilmember Tiffany lege of Criminal Justice and former NYPD serFellow committee member Councilman Bob Noting his desire to crack down on recidivism Cabán (D-Astoria), who also sits on the com- geant, was blunt about the type of person he and halt the city’s uptick in car theft, he added, Holden (D-Maspeth) said in a statement that mittee, told the Chronicle via email, “The CM thought ought to follow Sewell: “Somebody “I’ll make the right decision for the quality-of-life issues should be a priority for would like to decline to comment at this time.” who doesn’t mind being just — for lack of a Q the next commissioner, who should be “some- Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) and better word — a puppet.” department.”

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Feline rescue group faces abuse claims Founder of Cats of Meow York was arrested, denies any wrongdoing

by Kristen Guglielmo Associate Editor

Farhana Haq, president and founder of Cats of Meow York animal rescue, a 501(c)(3) based out of Wood haven, was a r rested on Wednesday, June 14, after police allegedly found 44 abused cats in her care.

The prior Sunday evening, the office of Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) received a call from a constituent with a report of about 45 cats “clinging to life” in a home in Woodhaven, an aide said.

The office immediately reached out to the 102nd Precinct and connected with the ASPCA, as well as the Queens District Attorney’s Office, to get an investigation started. Ariola said she teamed up with the law enforcement offices to create a task force.

The warrant to search the multiunit property, located on 86th Street, was executed last Wednesday. The animals were seized from the property, tagged and numbered, and are currently being treated for their ailments.

“The cops did an outstanding job,” Ariola said to the Chronicle.

“The situation inside the house was deplorable,” she added in a later email. “These cats were living in an absolute state of neglect. For some-

Law enforcement officers outside of the Woodhaven home where they recovered 44 allegedly abused cats belonging to PHOTOS COURTESY NYC COUNCIL Cats of Meow York. Inset: a cat found at the scene. one to run an organization that is supposed to be rescuing cats to then turn around and do something like this ... I am at a loss for words. Truly despicable, and I look forward to the DA moving forward with the trial and this individual being punished to the full extent of the law.”

“The animals were immediately

transported to the ASPCA, where veterinary and behavior experts will conduct forensic exams and provide them with much-needed medical care and behavioral treatment and enrichment,” the agency said via email.

According to the NYPD, Haq’s charges include 44 counts of Agri-

cultural Markets Law torture/injure/ not feed animal, and 44 counts of Agricultural Markets Law neglect of an impounded animal.

COMY has publicly denied any wrongdoing, and started a GoFundMe fundraiser to cover Haq’s legal defense. When asked to comment, COMY directed the Chronicle to its

lawyers, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In an Instagram post, the rescue confirmed all 44 of its cats were seized. “We want to remind all interested parties that we are volunteers performing a public service who have Trap-Neuter-Returned over 800 cats so far this year and who provide permanent care for the most needy cases,” they said.

“We ask the community to keep an open mind and not to draw premature or unjustified conclusions until we can say more and get back to saving lives.”

Six months prior to last week’s arrest, another rescue, MeowSquad NYC, warned about COMY’s purportedly unethical practices on social media, writing that Haq allegedly “used her status as a former member of our cat rescue to run up vet bills, abandon the cats at the clinics and then stick us with the bills.”

An anonymous former volunteer of COMY said in a statement to the Chronicle, “During my brief time at COMY, I was taken aback that the holding place was in a basement. The space was too small for the amount of cats they had, and there were no windows. The sink was always busted, every room was an organized mess and they had very limited supQ plies.”

Mayor announces Jewel Streets plan Efforts include better drainage, infrastructure and new housing

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Mayor Adams announced plans to deliver quality-of-life improvements to what his office called the Jewel Streets Neighborhood Plan in a press release last Thursday. They include efforts to deliver quality-oflife improvements to the Jewel Streets neighborhood, or what Queens residents colloquially refer to as “the Hole” — a 12-block neighborhood that borders East New York in Brooklyn and Lindenwood in Queens.

The neighborhood is a low-lying area that experiences year-round flooding due to lack of stormwater and sanitary sewer infrastructure.

Most streets in the neighborhood contain open industrial uses or vacant lots, including a 17-acre city-

owned site.

The Adams administration has allocated over $75 million in funding for the area. The plan includes the implementation of green infrastructure, drainage upgrades and the creation of a bluebelt and drainage pond. Street infrastruct u re en ha ncements, i mproved pedestrian safety and better connectivity to neighboring areas will be prioritized.

The plan will be led by the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Protection, among other city agencies.

The project is part of the city’s sustainability strategy, “PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done,” and alig ns with Adams’ bluepr int,

“Housing Our Neighbors,” which aims to create resilient neighborhoods and ensure the safety of residents in the face of climate change.

“The decades of gover nment ignoring this community and leaving residents to fend for themselves against regular flooding ends now,” Adams said in the press release.

“We are excited to bring this plan to the residents, get their feedback, and chart a path forward together.”

The planning proposal will be initiated this month, with the first of five public workshops scheduled for June 24 at the Spring Creek Gardens Community Center in Brooklyn. The Adams administration is planning to bring final recommendations to the community by early 2024 and a final neighborhood plan Q in place later in 2024.

The Hole, seen here in 2021, was waterlogged for weeks after Hurricane PHOTO BY MAX PARROTT / FILE Ida due to poor drainage.

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COPCP recovers stolen bike Civilian patrol saves the day in Ozone Park

by Kristen Guglielmo Associate Editor

The Cityline Ozone Park Civilian Patrol successfully recovered an unlocked delivery bike that was stolen from the front of Denise Pizzeria in Ozone Park. The recovery efforts started late last Saturday night and lasted into Sunday morning.

“While on patrol, our volunteers were f lagged down by Denise Pizzeria. They immediately reported the incident and obt ai ned f u r ther i n for mation,” said Mohammad Khan, executive director of the COPCP, in a statement.

“The bike, equipped with an Apple AirTag, provided a location for our volunteers to canvas,” Khan said.

The AirTag initially pinged to a location in Woodhaven, and then moved towards 101st Avenue, near the COPCP office.

According to COPCP communications director Daniel Hill, the thief was trying to hotwire or disable the AirTag. After following the individual from a safe distance, the COPCP realized the thief had abandoned the bike at 102nd Avenue and fled.

The incident comes just weeks after an Ozone Park community civic meeting at which Capt. Pratima Bhullar Maldonado of

the 102nd Precinct suggested placi ng Apple A i rTa g s in vehicles.

“It’s the easiest way to k now where your car is and you’ll be able to f ind it right away,” Maldonado sa id at t he meeting on June 8.

This victory is the second this m o n t h fo r t h e COPCP. On June 8, volu nteers located a car i n vo l v e d i n a Cityline Ozone Park Civilian Patrol at the scene of the incident in front p ol ic e pu r su it . of Denise Pizzeria.

PHOTO COURTESY COPCP The car had previously sped dangerously through the com- that crime is decreasing,” Khan said.

“COPCP is here to assist in reporting munity, narrowly missing volunteers at the and translating,” Khan said. “We encourOzone Park Pantry.

Khan also expressed the importance of age all community members to remain vigreporting all crimes to the authorities. ilant, secure their property and promptly “Thefts are on the rise, but many are not report any thefts or suspicious activities to Q being reported, leading to a false narrative the NYPD.”

FDNY vs. Irish boxing card on June 30 The FDNY Boxing Club will host the Garda Siochana Boxing Club from Dublin in its seventh annual “Thrilla in Camilla” fundraiser for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation on Friday, June 30, at St. Camillus Church parking lot in Rockaway Beach.

Gates open at 6 p.m. with the first bout scheduled for 7:30. The address is 185 Beach 99 St. in Rockaway Beach.

Tickets are $30 for general admission, $50 for ringside and $100 for VIP table seating, and are available at fdnyboxing.org.

Vendors will be selling coffee, donuts, cold beverages, ice cream and cigars. There will be 50/50 raffles and a performance by the FDNY Emerald Society Bagpipers.

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation was created in memory of FDNY Firefighter Stephen Siller, who on Sept. 11, 2001, ran almost two miles through the traffic-jammed Brooklyn Battery Tunnel in full gear — roughly 60 pounds — to reach the World Trade Center.

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Prima Pasta closed by city over vermin PHOTO COURTESY OLG YOUTH MINISTRY

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Prima Pasta & Café, a restaurant located on Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach for more than 30 years, was closed by the Department of Health last week after failing an inspection.

It is the restaurant’s second failure since November 2022, when it was forced to close due to multiple critical health violations, including evidence of live roaches in the facility, and evidence of mice and flies.

Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) was working with the mayor’s rat czar, Kathleen Corradi, before the closure to help mitigate the location’s rodent infestation and remedy the issues faced both outside and inside the restaurant.

“It was determined that this condition could be easily resolved if the refuse being put out by Prima Pasta were in closed containers and not in open bags, leaving a constant food supply for the rodents which have now infested neighboring properties,” Ariola said in a Facebook post on June 13, prior to the restaurant’s closing.

The restaurant was closed by the city

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Health Department on the following day, June 14. The restaurant owner could not be reached for comment.

“I am extremely disappointed that a restaurant which has been a member of our community for so long would disrespect their neighbors in such a way,” Ariola said in a statement to the Chronicle. “I am glad that city agencies had such a swift response to address this issue, and I hope that the business owners will finally take concrete steps to ensure that this problem Q never happens again.”

OLG youth clean Charles Park

Participants in the Our Lady of Grace Youth Ministry Program took to the shores of Frank M. Charles Park on Saturday, June 17, for a beach cleanup. The effort was part of a larger volunteer venture calling for all Catholic Youth Ministry programs in Queens and Brooklyn to do an act of service for their communities.

The OLG youth group is co-directed by husband and wife Steven, far left, and Gina Eriquez, far right. “Many of the kids in our group come to Charles Park often so this opportunity is something they feel connected to and it gave them satisfaction to know they

made a difference,” Steven Eriquez said of the cleanup along the Howard Beach shoreline.

The group meets every Friday during the school year at OLG Church in Old Howard Beach. It is open to all high school students no matter where they live or what faith they are.

“We try to give them a safe place to hang out and feel comfortable talking about any issues that may be happening at their school or with their friends and family. Many of them take it as an opportunity to stay connected with friends that may have gone to a different high school,” said Gina Eriquez.

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ew York is always rebuilding itself, reaching for a new future even visionaries can only partially guess at, and that’s as true in Queens as anywhere.

Who would have known, say, 50 years ago, that blue-collar Long Island City would in time become Manhattan East, filled with gleaming skyscrapers mirroring their cousins across the water, though not quite in height? Or that a blend of circumstances, environmental concerns and government encouragement would expand bicycle riding beyond a hobby and sport into a serious means of commuting? Or that even with tennis, pingpong, badminton and all the other racquet sports, there was room for one more, and that after a while pickleball would net such a following that athletic facilities public and private would have to make court space for it?

Today, building continues apace in LIC, more people are taking to the streets on bicycles and someone somewhere is doubtlessly planning their next pickleball match. What else is changing in this ever-evolving chunk of New York City that we call home? More than can be covered in any one edition of even the best community newspaper, but we relate some of the key elements this week in our 26th Annual Celebration of Queens special edition, Future Foundation. Find

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We start by showing how then-Vice President Biden’s concerns in 2014 that LaGuardia Airport looked like something in the Third World have been fully addressed and then some. Beyond its basic footprint and runway configuration, LaGuardia is barely recognizable, its modernization has been so complete. A similar scale of work is now underway at the much larger Kennedy International. Once done, it will enable that airport to handle the future’s larger volume while providing visitors with a much more pleasant experience.

On the other side of the transportation spectrum is cycling, which continues to grow in popularity. We look at where improvements are being made, where more are expected, and some of the events at which people can enjoy riding together, from one end of Queens to the other.

Also on the more personal end of modern transportation options are car sharing and scooter sharing. Both are expanding in the borough, with Zipcars already here and a new e-scooter program launching in eastern Queens next year.

As transportation is one top concern here, so is healthcare.

We look at new facilities and programs coming to several of our hospitals, with hundreds of millions of dollars invested

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Dear Editor: Many may not know, but last Wednesday, June 14, was Flag Day. It is not a very talked about or advertised holiday, yet Flag Day is an important holiday to commemorate the adoption of our Star-Spangled Banner on June 14, 1777.

To spread patriotism amongst my fellow schoolmates, I decided to bring in American flag-themed stickers to share and was delighted by how well received they were. Kids were taking multiple stickers each and chanting “God Bless America” and “USA!” afterwards. I was touched that such a small act can remind our young generation of how special America is, and we need even more people to spread positivity about America the Beautiful.

America is unlike any country in the world, with inalienable rights for the people, and with a patriotic young generation, America will carry on as the beacon of freedom and opportunity across the world.

Kristina Raevsky Forest Hills The writer is a seventh-grader at JHS 157 and author of “A Sheep’s Tale — Young Patriot’s Guide to Saving America.”

Dear Editor: Imagine how transformative a pedestrianized Austin Street from Continental to Ascan Avenue would be for the neighborhood! Restoring the street to its original cobblestone substratum (likely lying just beneath the pavement) would dramatically add to the neighborhood’s appeal and markedly increase property values.

Recently I learned that the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce is resisting any proposal to reimagine Austin Street. The chamber’s argument is that pedestrianizing streets leads to a loss of shoppers who need parking. Yet more foot traffic does not equal less commerce.

Indeed, many cities have discovered how pedestrianizing commercial corridors has led to a boon for businesses and the quality of life in general. I think it’s fair to say that a proposal to prioritize pedestrian safety, public accessibility

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in lifesaving expansions and technology. Meanwhile, parks and playgrounds are also seeing major upgrades, with more fitness options — pickleball! — and safer equipment even helping keep people out of the hospital in the first place.

Also outdoors are growing environmental centers and programs, from Idlewild Park to Alley Pond to the East River.

We examine the changing landscape of not just LIC but also Ridgewood; the two have more in common than one might expect while their differences are fairly obvious. We also look forward to the future of Willets Point, where the ground is being prepared, literally, for new housing, education, business and entertainment options to come.

Two key players in Queens, one in business and one in higher education, offer their thoughts on where we’re headed in their own essays. On the entertainment front, we report on major theater renovations meant to draw you to the stage, and we even take a look into the Mets’ farm system to see who might be in future lineups at Citi Field.

The title of the special section is Future Foundation. We can see the base of where we are today and some of what’s to come, but only some. The rest is a mystery — but we can predict that it’ll all be reported here in the Queens Chronicle.

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and a reduction of noise and car pollution is worthy of serious, engaged conversation.

I am hardly a traffic expert, but it does not take one to recognize that Austin Street has become utterly dysfunctional, especially at certain hours of the day. Let’s take this opportunity, with a Department of Transportation study in the works, to reimagine Austin Street and make it worthy of its true potential — as a commercially vibrant, culturally exciting place to live, visit, and shop.

Eric Zolov Forest Hills

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Dear Editor: As an elected district leader with a large South Asian and Indo-Caribbean population, I make this appeal on behalf of the more than 300,000 Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist families living in NYC, and urge Gov. Hochul to sign the bill passed by the state Legislature crea Diwali school holiday in the city’s pubRegret Rosenthal resigning ating lic schools, into law. Most importantly, we urge Dear Editor: Mayor Adams to make it permanent in the Re Sophie Krichevsky’s June 15 report school calendar. We have been fighting for “Rosenthal to resign from state Assembly” decades to consolidate the universal message of (multiple editions): “light over darkness, good over evil,” that I’m sorry to learn that Assemblyman Daniel Diwali signifies.

Rosenthal will soon step down after superbly The original piece of legislation called for serving his district, which includes Kew Garthe elimination of Brooklyn-Queens Day, or dens Hills, for the past six years. He secured Anniversary Day, to comply with Education funding for schools and libraries and pressed law §3604(7) and Commissioner’s Regulations the Queens Public Library system to reopen its §175.5 that require districts to provide a miniKew Gardens Hills branch in 2021 after Covid mum of 180 education days. closed it for 18 months.

Consequently, Anniversary Day would have Rosenthal reflected the values of his constithad to be eliminated. However, the recently uents by fighting anti-Semitism and opposing passed legislation does not swap this holiday the bail reform and Raise the Age laws imposed with Diwali specifically, as required, presentby his party’s far-left lunatics. I hope his suc- ing a conundrum, a hurdle that should have cessor will be a common sense conservative been cleared before putting the bill up for a vote who supports public safety, rather than a felon- by Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar. friendly “progressive” cheerleader for violent The bill that passed does not eliminate criminals.

Brooklyn-Queens Day, but only establishes Richard Reif Diwali as a New York City school holiday, Kew Gardens Hills thereby creating the necessary question as to how the holiday will fit into the school’s calenwhich can only be solved by the mayor and Pols’ shady shenanigans dar, his Department of Education.

Dear Editor: Diwali falls on a Sunday this year, but the Re “Rosenthal to resign from state Assemmayor and his chancellor must realize that they bly,” June 15, multiple editions: continued on next page Special elections provide occasion for all sorts of shenanigans for political machines because of their generally low voter turnout. No Write a Letter! better place for political shenanigans than We want to hear from new voices! Letters Queens, and lo and behold another special elecshould be no longer than 300 words and tion for an Assembly seat looms once the may be edited for length, clarity and other incumbent, Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal, reasons. They may be emailed to letters@ himself the product of a special election, decides qchron.com. Please include your phone on a date to vacate his seat as he has announced. number, which will not be published. Those Queensites will recall another resignation received anonymously are discarded. from the state Assembly resulting in a special

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election back in 2005 that, as intended, effectively conferred the seat on Andrew Hevesi, son of state controller Alan, who, surprise, once held that same seat. We know this is true because the friend of Alan who arranged it confessed to it at his sentencing. Andrew has been earning a pretty good living ever since as the liberal conscience of Forest Hills, with Bill de Blasio calling him brother and Andrew reciprocating by defending the mayor at a local town hall while lecturing constituents not up to his woke standards of thought; also never going near anything in the Assembly that might benefit Forest Hills like property tax reform that would also end brother Bill’s five-figure annual Park Slope discount.

This is not to infer that the Rosenthal resignation is necessarily anything but completely on the up and up. Our politics have presumably come a long way up from Alan Hevesi’s level of venality. But we should nonetheless urge that the people of Flushing pay close attention.

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and vulnerable populations. New York City has seen an increase in sex trafficking in the past few years. The rise in sex trafficking has not been met with a rise in awareness.

Across Queens are massage parlors that seem to be a front for something much worse than most of us would like to fathom. While we can convince ourselves to ignore the parlors as we pass by them, we cannot ignore the girls and women who have become the victims of this inhumane crime. While we do not know the exact purpose of the massage parlors, the authorities must find out.

Queens is known as the World’s Borough because it has become home to the millions of immigrants who have come here in hopes of a better life. However, the World’s Borough is being polluted with the evil of modern-day slavery in our very own backyard.

Mayor Adams has taken a series of steps to make human rights a priority of his administration — such as expanding anti-discrimination laws. The NYPD has bravely defended our city from the evil of criminals by partnering with state and national law enforcement. Elected officials have taken an oath to protect the dignity and well-being of the people of New York.

It’s time Mayor Adams, elected officials and law enforcement take action to make Queens the catalyst that will bring an end to sex trafficking around the world.

Abhinandan Gaba Elmhurst

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Addabbo Bridge bike OPINION The history and future lane work to begin

of Black homeownership

by Kristen Guglielmo Associate Editor

The city Department of Transportation has announced it will begin work on safety improvements for the Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge this month, with markings scheduled to begin this week.

The repairs aim to fix unsafe conditions on the bridge, which runs from Howard Beach to Broad Channel. The project limits are Cross Bay Boulevard from 165th Avenue to the Kite Board Launch, the DOT conf ir med to the Chronicle.

In the plan, the DOT detailed the southbound bike lane will become a twoway protected bike lane, and the northbound bike lane will become a protected single bike lane. The plan also includes adding painted pedestrian islands and updated corridor markings.

The project maintains the existing number of vehicular travel lanes, though some will be narrowed. The western bike lanes will be protected by new Jersey barriers. The sidewalks will not be affected.

In a statement to the Chronicle, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven)

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The southbound Addabbo Bridge, top, and proposed changes, above. NYC DOT RENDERING said, “These repairs are necessary to ensure the safety of the many New Yorkers who cross the bridge every day ... We shouldn’t have to wait for an accident or fatality to occur before we take action.”

He added, “I look forward to all of DOT’s scheduled improvements, which will make crossing the bridge, not only safer, but also more pleasurable for everyone. The care of this particular bridge is especially important to me since it is named after my late father, Joseph P. Q Addabbo.”

LETTERS TO THE continued from previous page can no longer punt and pander on this issue, having previously declared Diwali to be a holiday, and saying that once he was elected, he would take his oath of office and walk into City Hall and sign it into a holiday.

Albert Baldeo Richmond Hill The writer is a Democratic district leader and President of the Asian American Labor Alliance in Richmond Hill and the Richmond Hill Democratic Club.

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Opposing two state bills Dear Editor: I am against the reparations payments (“Reparations bill approved, goes to Hochul,” June 15). What about other groups that were discriminated against, like the Irish — and the Japanese, who were put in internment camps during World War II? Also, it is not a good idea to close cases and essentially pardon those who have criminal records as it would be under the Clean Slate Act (“Clean Slate bill now on Hochul’s desk,” June 15). How do we know if these people will repeat the crimes? It is important to do background checks on people who are hired, especially in sensitive jobs.

Cynthia Groopman Little Neck

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Dodgers’ disgraced display Dear Editor: Shame on the LA Dodgers for surrendering their sport and giving support to the iconoclastic organization known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Those travesties of not only Catholic but all Christian denominations should not have been awarded any credence let alone recognition and display. Their sexualization of centuries-old Christian symbols and ceremonies is a corruption of values that are held sacred by hundreds of millions of Americans.

When do we say, “Enough is enough” and that freedom of speech does not give one the right to degrade and insult treasured values?

These absurdly costumed, grease face-painted individuals in clown-like makeup only sully and besmirch the many Christian women of all denominations who have devoted their lives to the sick, elderly and infirm, as well as the education of Christian youths.

A commentator on Fox News posed this question: “Would we have been so complacent if the symbols associated with Judaism and Islam were so abusively portrayed?”

Individuals like the “Sisters” revel in negative attention and most certainly will not be satisfied by a single victory.

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Glenda and Ormistan Spencer, a young Black couple, purchased their Rosedale home in 1974. Since then, Black homeowners like the Spencers flocked to Southeast Queens to claim their fair share of the American Dream, but instead, were greeted with a nightmare.

Soon after the Spencers bought their new home, racist white segregationists doused it with gasoline and set it ablaze. Soon after the home was renovated and moved into, white segregationists placed and exploded a pipe bomb as the couple and their three sons slept. They persevered, miraculously survived these lethal attacks and kept the home in the family more than 40 years later.

In New York, we’ve come a long way from such direct racially motivated attacks such as through arson and pipe bombs, but Black families in Southeast Queens still face threats that undermine their ability to own, maintain and pass their homes down to the next generation. That the Spencers’ home remains in their family is an exception to an otherwise predatory, speculative, and racist housing system.

From 2002 to 2008, the number of Black homeowners in NYC dropped 10 percent, and there is evidence that the rate of decline has since deepened — between 2002 and 2017, Queens alone lost more than 22,700 Black homeowner households.

After the 2008 financial crisis, Southeast Queens became the epicenter of home foreclosures in New York, and filings remain high — in 2021, there were 1,726 foreclosure filings in Queens and in 2022, there were 2,155. One glaring commonality among these struggling Southeast Queens homeowners is a disproportionate share of city tax liens against their property.

Tax liens are unpaid property taxes, water bills and other charges against a home. A third-party company buys the lien, which can add more fees and interest to the owner’s debt. These tax lien sales disproportionately occur within Black communities, significantly impacting our seniors and allowing investors to profit from the financial struggles of Black elderly homeowners.

For this reason, we call on NYC to ensure that no homeowner loses a home to the Giuliani-era tax lien sale, which disproportionately serves Black elderly homeowners up on a platter to money-hungry predators.

Southeast Queens neighborhoods have become a prime target for predatory speculation, which brings house-flipping, illegal conversions, blockbusting and deed theft.

These practices keep prices high, making staying in one’s home difficult. There are a myriad of reasons why Black homeowners are leaving Queens. In essence, unscrupulous actors are making more decisions for

Black homeowners rather than Black homeowners making decisions for themselves.

Deed theft is a prime example of this disenfranchisement. Since 2014, there have been more than 3,500 complaints of deed theft in NYC, with 1,000 in Queens. These scams are only increasing, affecting predominantly senior and low-income Black and Brown communities. Scammers use many tactics, including fraudulent signatures, false promises of quick money and targeting of homeowners facing foreclosure.

Fraud typically happens when a homeowner is in danger of losing their home, and there’s a risk of foreclosure — information that is readily obtainable on databases made public in NY. When deed thieves appear on the scene, they present the homeowner an opportunity to receive a menial cash intake that doesn’t come close to the property value, though seemingly desirable in the moment of crisis for the homeowner.

NYC district attorneys have conceded that deed theft is difficult to investigate and prosecute. For these reasons, we call on the Legislature to pass Protections Against Deed Theft and Amend the Criminal Procedure Law as vital legislation that will help homeowners avoid deed theft scams.

As we advocate for bills to address tax lien sales and deed theft scams, the Black Homeownership Project, an initiative of the Center for NYC Neighborhoods, is doing critical work to combat these systemic injustices. BHP introduced Generation 2 Generation, a pilot program to maintain and raise the number of Black homeowners in NYC by increasing awareness about estate planning and predatory scammers, and providing pro bono estate and life-planning services to mainly low- and moderate-income Black residents in Brooklyn and the Bronx.

Strengthening homeownership in Queens is critical to ensuring Black New Yorkers can afford to stay in our community.

Through estate planning and efforts like Generation 2 Generation, as well as passing legislation to address deed theft and tax lien sales, we can rebuild a strong future for Q Black homeowners in Queens.

Khaleel Anderson is New York State Assemblyman for the 31st District, in Southeast Queens. Sabina Bazile is Senior Program Manager at the Center for NYC Neighborhoods Black Homeownership Study.

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Rainbow pre-K and 3-K facing closure After complaint DOE owes network millions, schools, parents in limbo

by Sophie Krichevsky

cy does not owe Rainbow any money and that the network has been paid for all of its contracts for fiscal year 2022 (that corresponds Long Island City resident Anthony Sannazwith the 2021-22 school year). zaro has sent his son to Rainbow Child DevelRecords from the Comptroller’s Office indiopment Center’s nearby location for several cate that the DOE has indeed paid off what was years now. So when it was time to enroll his owed for fiscal year 2022 across all four of its daughter in pre-K, the natural choice was to five-year contracts. They also show, however, apply for a spot at Rainbow through the city’s that as of June 16, the schools are collectively 3-K for All program. But when school assignowed more than $2.16 million for fiscal year ments came from the Department of Education 2023, if dividing those contract totals by five. on May 17, things did not go his way: Not only The DOE spokesperson did not respond to a folhad his daughter not been assigned to Rainlow-up inquiry about that figure by press time. bow, but she had not been picked for any of her On May 8, the Yes sent a complaint to the other choices either, and instead was slated to city Comptroller’s Office. go to a school in Brooklyn.

“The Comptroller responded May 16, saying Sannazzaro was far from alone in his expethat they’re escalating to the DOE leadership,” rience — not only did other parents find themChristine Ye said. “On May 17, that’s when we selves in that predicament, but the same day, received the letter from the DOE threatening to Christine and Jing Ye, the sister duo who terminate.” founded and own Rainbow’s four locations in A spokesperson for the comptroller conLong Island City, Flushing, Little Neck and firmed the DOE had been notified May 15.

Fresh Meadows, opened their schools’ offer Asked about the letter’s language, Christine lists to find it blank. “We thought it was a mis- About 50 people, including state Sen. John Liu, right, protested the impending closure of Raintake,” Christine Ye said. bow Child Development Center’s four schools last Thursday in Downtown Flushing. They are Ye said, “Basically, they said, ‘Give us a reason why we should not terminate.’”

But it wasn’t: The Ye sisters were informed owned by Jing and Christine Ye, left and center.

PHOTO BY SOPHIE KRICHEVSKY Asked whether she thought — given the that day that, as a result of an investigation into a parent complaint filed two years ago, the lutely ridiculous and unacceptable.” While she that program. In fact, Liu said, Rainbow does timing of the comptroller’s response relative to the warning of termination — that the threat DOE would cease its Pre-K For All and 3-K waited to find out what was happening with not control who does enroll.

“The DOE sends those kids to Rainbow for was a retaliation for flagging the DOE’s failure For All contracts with Rainbow’s four schools, Rainbow after her son had been assigned elsewhere, she was told the deadline to accept the universal prekindergarten, and from there, to pay the schools, Christine Ye said, “I was effectively forcing them to close their doors.

Approximately 50 parents and teachers ral- offer had passed, despite initially being told it Rainbow offers the fee-based afterschool pro- being too loud.”

“As an Asian American, I’m not supposed to lied outside Rainbow’s Flushing school with was June 27. After struggling to sort that out gram,” he said. “If the child is not enrolled in state Sen. John Liu (D-Flushing) last Thursday, with the DOE — she thought successfully — the universal pre-K program — which the talk, I’m assuming, so I’m being too loud, she received a notice that her son had been DOE pays for and the DOE decides on — then because I’ve been emailing the DOE leadercalling for the DOE to reverse course.

“It’s pretty simple — the Department of enrolled at the newly assigned school without Rainbow does not even offer the afterschool ship,” she said. She added that she’d been makprogram to those parents.” ing complaints to the DOE for months before Education is bungling its attempt to close down her permission.

Liu noted that the schools primarily serve Asked about the probe, a spokesperson for going to the comptroller. this great school,” Liu said. “We demand that While she estimated the network is owed DOE uphold its contract with Rainbow Child low-income, immigrant families; their bilin- the DOE told the Chronicle via email, “The Development Centers. We demand that the gual education is a lifeline for many. Vanessa independent investigation by the Special Com- upwards of $1 million at this point, Christine DOE reinstate these children to the Rainbow Dai, for one, said she relies on the childcare missioner of Investigation for the New York Ye said knowing exactly how much the DOE provided by Rainbow.

City School District has substantiated that the owes them at a given time is “a little complicatschools.”

“Rainbow closes — I have to quit my job, provider violated the terms of their contract ed,” as “there’s no fixed number.” That’s The senator proceeded to lead the crowd in too. I cannot pay my rent,” she said. with the DOE. because even as the chants of “Save our school!”

The circumstances surrounding the DOE’s “As a result, the site’s DOE has been paying Several parents of the nearly 400 impacted Rainbow back, includstudents spoke of their admiration for Rainbow decision certainly raised some eyebrows last enrollment operations e don’t want anybody ing roughly $700,000 and the effect the program’s end will have on Thursday. According to Liu, the complaint that are suspended, pending led to a DOE investigation alleged that Rain- a f u r t he r, det a i le d last week, the schools them. to lose their jobs.” have kept accumulating Several parents, including Olivia Cai, whose bow was requiring parents to enroll students in review of the investigainvoices as operations son attends Rainbow’s Little Neck location, the school’s fee-based, afterschool program in tion’s findings.”

— Jing Ye, co-founder of Christine Ye told continue. spoke of the poor communication from the order to be in the pre-K program. But only Rainbow Child Development Center Asked what the netDOE on the situation, which she called “abso- about half of Rainbow students are enrolled in reporters she was interviewed for the investiwork has been doing to gation in March 2021 and never heard anything keep the doors open, Christine Ye replied, SERVING THE C OMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS! more until May 17 of this year — “Decision “Everything — personal loans, company loans, Day” — when she was told the report was everything.” She added that she’s dipped into 97-49 WOODHAVEN BLVD. complete. She received a heavily redacted ver- her personal savings, too.

OZONE PARK sion of the document two days later. The Ye “How else are we going to pay teachers?” sisters were only given 10 business days to Jing Ye said. “We don’t want anybody to lose NY State Dept. of State Lic. #12000295695 respond to the report, which they did to the their jobs.” tune of 300 parent letters, voicing support for As for where things stand with the group’s Servicing All Your the school and concern about a potential contract, Christine Ye said, “No clue.”

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will host two of its four hybrid public hearings on proposed fare hikes and toll increases today, June 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m.

Links to view the hearings and registration to speak and to submit comments online on the proposed fare increases are available in a June 19 press release on the MTA’s website at new.mta.info.

Subsequent hybrid hearings are scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, June 23, and from 6 to 9 p.m. on Monday, June 26.

Those wishing to speak also may call the public hearing hotline at (646) 252-6777.

People also can send comments by mail to MTA Government & Community Relations, Attn: Fare Hearings, 2 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

Under the MTA’s proposal, a single subway or bus ride would rise from $2.75 to $2.90 in September. Express buses would increase from $6.75 to $7.

A seven-day unlimited MetroCard would increase $1 to $34. A 30-day unlimited MetroCard would go from Q $127 to $132.

City deems retiree plan approved

Mayor says retirees, taxpayers save; comptroller has doubts

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Both sides in the battle over switching medical benef it plans for retired city employees escalated the engagement in the last two weeks.

A group of individual retires and the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees went to court on June 6 to stop the city from switching from a city-run plan to a Medicare Advantage plan run by Aetna.

Many retirees have expressed concern over changes that they worry could increase their costs and cause an increase in denied reimbursement requests.

The Adams administration on June 15 announced it has deemed the contract with Aetna to be certified, authorizing it to go into effect on Sept. 1.

City Comptroller Brad Lander declined to certify the contract, though Adams’ office in a statement on June 15 said it deemed the pact to be approved after two city agencies informed the Comptroller’s Office that there was no statutory basis for refusing to register it.

The Mayor’s Office also has said the switch could save the city $600 million based on federal reimbursements available with the new plan.

“As we’ve said repeatedly, this Medicare

Advantage plan improves retirees’ current plans, including offering a lower deductible, a cap on out-of-pocket expenses, and new benefits, like transportation [to certain doctor’s appointments], fitness programs, and wellness incentives,” Adams said in his press release. “We are clearly within our authority under the charter to deem this contract registered, and we look forward to working with Aetna to ensure a smooth transition to the plan for our city’s eligible retirees and their dependents come September 1st.”

Adams said the plan “significantly limits the number of procedures requiring prior authorization.”

Lander’s office said he stands by comments he expressed in a statement from his office on June 8.

“The Comptroller’s Bureau of Contract Administration carefully reviewed the City’s contract with Aetna and returned the contract to the Office of Labor Relations without registering it,” Lander said. “Pending litigation calls into question the legality of this procurement and constrains us from fulfilling our Charter mandated responsibility to confirm that procurement rules were followed, sufficient funds are available, and the City has the necessary authority to enter into the contract.

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“As a matter of public policy, beyond the scope of our off ice’s specif ic Char ter responsibility for contract registration, I am seriously concerned about the privatization of Medicare plans, overbilling by insurance companies, and barriers to care under Medicare Advantage.”

The NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees did not respond to a request for further comment, bus said on its website that it was planning a rally at City Hall for today, Q June 22.

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Jamaica Hospital ‘gets the money!’

$150M emergency department project adds ICUs, trauma bays

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

Five hundred guests attended a groundbreaking ceremony Friday to celebrate the $150 million expansion of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center’s Emergency Department, which will double in size to accommodate m o r e t h a n 150,0 0 0 p a t ie nt s annually.

The funding is a grant from the Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program.

Despite having to attend a funeral later that day of a former first responder who died because of a 9/11-related illness, Gov. Hochul made a keynote speech at the Level 1 trauma center in Richmond Hill because she wanted to emphasize that the time of disinvestment in Southeast Queens has ended.

“This is a day of a new beginning,” Hochul said at the June 16 event. “For so many years and decades ... people thought that the people of this community didn’t have political clout to make real transformative changes. That time is over, my friends. With this new beginning, we say that this community matters. This hospital matters.”

Hochul thanked the doctors, nurses, staff and other healthcare workers for their efforts in saving the lives of people who suffer from mental health issues, along with those who fall victim to fentanyl and opioids or contract Covid-19.

“We are going to enhance our psychiatric services, because my God, people are going through so much right now,” Hochul said. “All the work to save lives from overdoses ... we are doing that in real time.

We have so much more to do.”

The governor said that the new facility was delayed a bit because of the pandemic, but the commitment

of the hospital to get the expansion done while taking care of patients during the height of the spread of coronavirus further highlighted the need for safety-net hospitals.

“There were a lot of hopes and dreams and then in the middle of it all there was a pandemic,” she said.

“This demonstrated the compassion and incredible resiliency of this organization and so many of your members, from nurses to doctors to the people who worked in the kitchens, the custodial staff, the doulas and everybody else [who] pulled together to save this community.”

Bruce Flanz, JHMC’s president and CEO, said the hospital was at the epicenter of the pandemic, but with the new funding it will be able to serve more people.

“When completed, the Emergency Department will double in size,” Flanz said.

The hospital will go from having one trauma bay to four major trauma bays, from one isolation room to 22, and the number of treatment areas will nearly triple, he said.

There will also be two new intensive care units: a 12-bed neuro-ICU and a 10-bed ICU. “When the project is complete we will have a total of 48 intensive care unit beds,” Flanz said. “The project will also add much needed space to our mental health program and to our CPAC,” or chest pain center.

Flanz said the improvements are not just necessary to the community, but to its uniformed officers, who say JHMC is their preferred choice for treatment.

Officer Brett Boller, who was shot earlier this year in Jamaica, shared the sentiment.

“I had multiple surgeons and multiple teams work on me,” Boller told the Queens Chronicle. “They

Officer Brett Boller and his sister Lindsey Boller, an aspiring nurse, are grateful for the treatment he received at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.

Councilwoman Lynn Schulman, left, U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks, Gov. Hochul, Bruce Flanz, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center president and CEO, and Borough President Donovan Richards were at the ceremonial groundbreaking for a $150 PHOTOS BY NAEISHA ROSE million expansion of the health institution’s Emergency Department. communicated well to my family he said.

Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndabout what was going on and the recovery process. They made me man (D-Springfield Gardens) told the Chronicle that Springfield Garand my family comfortable.”

Lindsey Boller, the officer’s sis- dens doesn’t have a hospital so the ter, told the Chronicle she was grate- constituents in her area look to JHMC for help. ful for the care her brother received.

“I don’t have any hospitals in my “I’m studying to be a nurse one day and it was just really inspiring district,” Hyndman said. “While to see how great all the nurses and growing up, everyone knew if you all the doctors were to him,” said the had a car accident, if you were hurt on your bicycle, if aspiring healthcare there was a shootprofessional. ing, this is the place N Y PD Chief come. The chancKev i n Wi l l ia m s , ’m grateful ...” to es of you surviving commanding officer was high because of Patrol Borough — Kevin Williams, this is a Trauma 1 Queens South, NYPD chief Center.” shared their Hyndman’s godsentiments. son, who was “I’m grateful for their care and the services for our wounded after falling through showmembers in the service,” Williams er glass, was treated at JHMC. Borough President Donovan told the Chronicle. “When they come to get treated it’s first-class Richards, who was born at the hospital in 1983, was also in attendance. and we appreciate it.”

“We’ve been talking for many U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Jamaica) said it was a 10-year journey to years now about the need to invest in healthcare especially coming out get here.

“I want to say thank you to all the of this pandemic,” Richards said. providers,” Meeks said. “What do “Today we are changing that. Like we have in life if we don’t have the congressman said, it’s about ensuring that no matter what your health?”

Meeks’ 700,000 constituents look socioeconomic status is, no matter to JHMC for treatment, said the who you love, no matter what your immigration status is, at Jamaica congressman.

“If it wasn’t for the members of Hospital, you are welcomed.”

Richards said he got his start in the state Legislature doing their part, this wouldn’t have happened,” politics because of the murder of a

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childhood friend, not too far from the hospital.

“Gunshot victims come to this hospital, and you do your best,” the borough president said. “Some make it, some don’t. Today, by ensuring that you do have $150 million in investment really is going to save lives in Queens County, and of course Southeast Queens.”

Richards later thanked Hochul for opening up “a huge wallet.”

“We love you,” Richards added.

“Queens get the money!”

Dr. Shi-Wen Lee, chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine, made suggestions on the design of the new facility.

“They asked us what we needed for this new Emergency Department,” Lee told the Chronicle.

“Clearly what we need is for patient care, patient safety, efficiency — so everything was designed for patient care and their families.”

There will be more private rooms for patients, Lee said.

“Patient privacy is a huge deal for us,” he said. “Covid-19 highlighted the need for more private rooms and isolation rooms.”

The chairman also noted that the hospital doesn’t discriminate against anyone and takes care of a lot of undocumented people.

“When they do show up, they are critically ill,” he added. “Some haven’t been treated for 10 years and that involves a lot of resources.” Q

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HOSPICE IS ABOUT LIFE Hospice can be an uncomfortable topic. But the comfort and care it provides can greatly ease sadness, pain and fear during a difficult time. From medical support to peace of mind, understanding what hospice has to offer can help people decide if, and when, it's right for them. Some things you may not know:

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It's usually at home.

Comfort, familiarity and the presence of loved ones are everything during these times.

It's typically covered by insurance.

Most patients qualify through Medicaid, Medicare or private insurance.

It can last up to six months.

Many people would benefit by entering hospice earlier.

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It's not just for patients.

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Hospice isn't about death.

It's about life.

A hospice team can include doctors, visiting nurses, social workers and other care providers.

Loved ones can receive counseling, learn how to help and much more.

Hospice helps make this difficult time more comfortable, supportive and dignified.

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Blunt talk on weed application at CB 5

Licensed vendor says shop will be good neighbor; critics are staunchly opposed

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Legalized marijuana has moved from hypothetical concept to reality, and that led to some spirited discussion at Community Board 5 on June 14.

Osbert Orduña, CEO of The Cannabis Place, spoke at a public hearing on his company’s application to open a state-licensed adult-use marijuana business at 74-03 Metropolitan Ave. in Middle Village, the former site of a Chase bank branch.

Orduña said he is a businessman whose business, which now does deliveries, is licensed by the state. He is a disabled veteran who served in the Marine Corps and subsequently moved to the Department of Homeland Security.

“I have been a successful entrepreneur for 19 years, and I know what it is like to create a business from scratch with prevailing wage job opportunities,” he said on video of the meeting that can be viewed on Board 5’s website at tinyurl.com/4hut68me. The discussion starts just after the 36-minute mark.

Orduña said his employees will be unionized and receive benefits.

He also said the unlicensed pot shops that have sprouted up while the state continues to struggle with the legal program’s implementation — Orduña said there are two on either

side of his intended site — have stigmatized the legitimate business.

“To be clear, no one under 21 will be granted access to our dispensary space, regardless of whether they are with a parent or guardian,” Orduña said.

He said his store will use sophisticated ID scanning devices and will have obscured windows as required by state law so as to not attract attention from underage people on the street.

“We’re not going to risk our license, our nearly $1 million investment and our freedom by selling anything to minors,” he said.

With regard to security and the high-profile robberies that have taken place in Queens and elsewhere in the city at unlicensed pot shops, Orduña said skills he has honed in counterterrorism, intelligence and investigations give him an edge in making the business a hardened, unattractive target for criminals.

It also would have both ar med and unarmed security personnel.

“We not only want to be a member of the community, we want to be a contributing member of the community,” Orduña said.

Board member Dori Figliola was one of a handful of those in attendance questioning at least the location, if not the business itself.

“Why here?” Figliola asked. “Why there?

Why so big? Will people be smoking there?

Osbert Orduña’s The Cannabis Place has applied for a Middle Village dispensary.

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A lot of us can’t stand the smell of pot. People are roaming the street with it, and it’s disgusting.”

Orduña said the location was largely a business decision. He said data compiled from the delivery portion of the business shows Middle Village is centrally located in an area where The Cannabis Place already has many customers.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven), one of the few Democrats to vote against

legalization, said events have unfolded to confirm his belief three years ago that the state was acting prematurely.

“We weren’t ready,” Addabbo told the crowd. “We watched other states do it, Colorado, Jersey, and we tried to replicate what they were doing in a positive way. We weren’t ready to equip our law enforcement with somebody driving under the influence ... We spoke about this bill for over three years. And we probably could have discussed it a bit more.”

Orduña met last week with members of CB 5’s Liquor License and Cannabis Committee. Patrick Trinchese, chairman of the committee, said the members chose to recommend neither approval nor denial when the matter comes before the full board for an advisory vote.

But he did offer an observation that likely made opponents of the dispensary uneasy.

“This is here,” Trinchese said. “The time to argue whether it should be legal or illegal, all of that’s over. It is legal. It is here. And as a community, we have to deal with it. To the best of my knowledge, there is nothing you can do about it.”

Given that, he added, a business like the one at hand might possibly be a better option than the present string of bodegas and smoke Q shops that are selling weed unregulated.

CB 6 seeks answers on LIRR access plan Board questions ‘change of scope’ for $7M Forest Hills ADA upgrades

by Michael Gannon

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Community Board 6 has lobbied hard for years to improve accessibility at the Long Island Rail Road’s Forest Hills station, which presently has two-tiered ramps on each side for those who cannot use stairs.

But even with $7 million in federal money approved for the project, Chairwoman Heather Beers-Dimitriadis said there are new questions at the board’s June 14 meeting.

“We met with the LIRR this week to discuss the long-anticipated elevator project,” Beers-Dimitriadis said in a video of the meeting on the board’s YouTube channel. “And there has been a recent change in the scope of the project.”

Without elaborating, she said the change does not appear to mesh with the original scope of the funds secured by U.S. Rep Grace Meng (D-Flushing); and that board leaders would meet again with LIRR officials and others in September or October.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has dedicated billions in recent years and in future capital plans for access upgrades throughout its system, including the LIRR. The 2020-24 capital plan calls for $5 billion.

While elected and civic leaders have requested elevators, and many press reports, including the Chronicle’s, have cited them for Forest

A morning commuter heads up the Manhattan-bound entrance ramp to the Forest Hills Long Island Rail Road station. All agree that handicap access is coming, but details so far are still in PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON the works.

Hills, the LIRR, even when discussing elevator plans, has tended to use the term accessibility “upgrade” for the Forest Hills station, which also could mean an augmentation of the exist-

ing ramps.

Asked directly, Meng’s office was not committing to either ramps or elevators.

“Last year, I secured $7 million for accessi-

bility and station improvements at the Forest Hills LIRR station,” she said in an email. “I understand the design has not been finalized and that the LIRR continues to engage with stakeholders on this renovation.”

The LIRR, in an email, mentioned ramps.

“The LIRR has worked with its partners in government and neighbors in Forest Hills to make sure the station is made accessible with a plan that delivers full ADA accessibility and longer platforms, while also preserving the aesthetics of this historic station,” the LIRR said in the email.

Asked for clarification, the MTA said the quote speaks for itself.

The MTA has made a historic $5 billion investment in the 2020-2024 Capital Program for ADA accessibility.

The station is, in fact, quite historic. Built in 1906, its south entrance faces Station Plaza in Forest Hills Gardens. Former President Teddy Roosevelt made a speech from the first landing on July 4, 1917, among other things supporting U.S. involvement in World War I and expounding on the importance of American citizenship.

Michael Perlman, a historian and preservationist from Forest Hills, told the Chronicle if he were given the decision, he would go with an upgraded ramp system.

“I hope they would preserve the historic and architectural character of the station,” he said. Q

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OVERALL EXCELLENCE Queens Public Television Wins Overall Excellence in Public Access from the Alliance for Community Media Foundation.

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The awards program was established to honor and promote community media, community radio, and local cable programs that are distributed on Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) access cable television channels.

This is QPTV’s third consecutive year winning Overall Excellence in Public Access from the Alliance for Community Media (ACM) National Hometown Competition, for a total of seven wins.

Overall Excellence in P.E. or G Access Watch QPTV's award-winning Overall Excellence clip on QPTV.org Executive Producer & Producers: Daniel J. Leone, Roslyn Nieves, Madeline Johnson, Luchia Dragosh, John Leinung, Christo Bakalov, Steve Carbo, Noran Omar, Joseph Swift, Henry Ramos, Kemuel Charles, Andrew Guidone and Christina Gary.

Founded in 1979, the Alliance for Community Media is a national, non-profit membership organization committed to ensuring access to electronic media for all people. The Alliance for Community Media carries forth its mission by educating, advocating and acting as a resource for the more than 3,000 Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) cable channels nationwide.

In previous years QPTV won in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022 and again in 2023. It’s truly an honor to be the recipient of this prestigious award from the national organization.

QPTV’s President/ CEO, board of directors and staff members will be on hand to receive the award on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at the National Alliance for Community Media’s annual conference at BRIC in Brooklyn, New York.

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QUEENS PUBLIC TELEVISION RECEIVED SIX 2023 HOMETOWN MEDIA AWARDS, INCLUDING OVERALL EXCELLENCE IN P.E. OR G ACCESS, FROM THE ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY MEDIA FOUNDATION. THE AWARDS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO HONOR AND PROMOTE COMMUNITY MEDIA, COMMUNITY RADIO, AND LOCAL CABLE PROGRAMS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED ON PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL AND GOVERNMENTAL (PEG) ACCESS CABLE TELEVISION CHANNELS.

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Book event highlights plan for Black studies With reading and curricula hot topics nationwide, one goal is to uplift kids

by Stephanie G. Meditz Chronicle Contributor

As book bans pervade school curricula across the country, the Education Equity Action Plan Coalition launched its first Black Studies: An Education for Me + You bookmobile to distribute free books by authors of color in light of the K-12 Black studies curriculum that will roll out in the fall.

The bookmobile is stopping in each borough to give students from pre-K to eighth grade free access to Black stories and resources about identity. Its first installment took place at York College in Jamaica on Saturday, and it came to Harlem on Juneteenth.

“The goal is really to build awareness in every community that we really should be asking for this out of our school system, implementing it in a way that is fun and makes children really excited to learn, not just about Black history which is American history, but an opportunity to see themselves in the books that we’re distributing,” United Way of New York City CEO and President Grace Bonilla told the Chronicle.

A report by PEN America found that book bans in public schools during the first half of the 2022-23 school year increased by 28 percent compared to January to June 2022. The bans were most common in GOP-led states, namely Texas, Florida, Missouri, Utah and

South Carolina.

Thirty percent of banned titles discuss issues of race or feature characters of color, and 26 percent include LGBTQ+ themes.

Supporters of the restrictions largely say they are concerned with not making children feel bad about their ethnicity on the one hand, and ensuring material is age-appropriate on the other.

As a preview of New York’s upcoming Black studies curriculum curated by the EEAPC in partnership with the Department of Education, the bookmobile includes a school bus decked out with interactive activities and vignettes from key moments in Black history, such as the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance.

“I know that my colleagues in this space are working really, really hard to make sure that the pieces of the curriculum that are available can very naturally integrate to what’s happening in the social studies space that’s already mandated for teachers,” Bonilla said.

In high schools, the College Board piloted an Advanced Placement African American studies course in the 2022-23 school year.

The curriculum was released in February but has since been revised amid criticism from Florida officials, particularly Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr., who denounced “woke indoctrination masquerading as educa-

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The bookmobile displayed vignettes of key moments in Black history. At right, Shango Black addresses a Juneteenth event also at York College.

Youngsters at York College last Saturday check out the Black Studies: An Education for Me + You bookmobile, which allows children in all five boroughs to learn about Black history as a precursor to the Black studies curriculum that will be introduced in the fall. The bookmobile offers free books to children in pre-K through PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE G. MEDITZ eighth grade. tion” on Twitter.

He shared a graphic that expressed concerns about intersectionality, Critical Race Theory and reparations in the course.

These debates occur at a time when a bill setting the stage for reparations for descendants of enslaved people awaits Gov. Hochul’s signature, as reported by the Chronicle last week.

While the bookmobile visit took place outside York College, the group Black Edfluencers-United celebrated Juneteenth in the gymnasium.

“All our books are there for our Black children that lift up and focus their lives, their experiences,” BE-U Vice President Michelle Patterson told nearly 125 attendees. “We want you to get the literature, we want you to get the books, and we want you to be able to see yourself in the curriculum.”

She said that, although it typically takes five to seven years to roll out a curriculum, BE-U did it in three years.

BE-U President Shango Blake said the

organization advocated for Black educators who “come under attack” when they align themselves with the Black community and try to make changes in schools.

“Let’s use Juneteenth to begin the work of destroying a subculture of self-destruction within the Black community, which is really slave behavior,” he said. “The killing of each other, the acts of violence, the disrespect of our women ... these are all byproducts of slavery.”

Also in attendance were state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman (D-Springfield Gardens) and Councilmember Nantasha Williams (D-St. Albans).

“To really be here at York College, historically a neighborhood that has been really built up by the Black community, to celebrate our coalition partners and to really attract kids to this event ... it’s really our opportunity to kick off Juneteenth in a big way and celebrate Q Black history,” Bonilla said.

Share complaints to OAG’s voting hotline

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

State Attor ney General Tish James announced Thursday that her office has an election protection hotline, which voters can use through the primaries on Tuesday June 27.

The hotline runs from Saturday, June 17, through Sunday, June 25 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., which is during New York’s early voting period, and again on primary day from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. The purpose of the hotline is to troubleshoot and resolve a range of potential issues that voters may encounter, including difficul-

ties with absentee or affidavit ballots, IDs, poll lists, having one’s right to vote challenged by a pollster, paid time off to vote and Covid-19, to name a few. Voters who have concerns or are experiencing problems are encouraged to call the hotline at 1 (866) 390-2992 or they may submit complaints online at electionhotline. ag.ny.gov to request election-related assistance in advance of the balloting.

The right to vote is paramount to the integrity of democracy, James said in a statement.

“Our election protection hotline is a key resource available to alI New Yorkers

throughout our great state to provide helpful guidance and address concerns,” James said.

“Whether they are voting by mail, stopping by an early voting site, or casting their ballot inperson at the polls, my office will ensure that New Yorkers can securely and effectively participate in our electoral process.”

The Office of the Attorney General has had a hotline since 2012, and says that during previous elections it has fielded hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of complaints across the state and addressed them with the help of Q election officials.

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tours, which start at $40, offer a great time for die-hard and casual fans alike, with views of the field and ballpark’s inner workings.

Information on all types of tours is available from the Tours Department at (718) 803-4097 or email at tours@nymets.com; or at mlb.com/ mets.

A recent one-hour tour had a dozen die-hard fans from as close as Nassau County and as far away as California in attendance.

Ted and Katie Ladomerszky of

Las Vegas were in town with their son, Nico, 12, dressed in his Toronto Blue Jays sweatshirt.

“We’re taking him to see as many parks as we can,” Katie Ladomerszky said.

Royals fans Preston and Janel Frazier were visiting from Pittsburg, Kan. He wore a T-shirt with the logos of all 30 major league baseball teams.

“I got it at the MLB Store,” he said.

Tour guide Gregg Cohen, who

also is production manger at the Chronicle, met the crowd at the Gil Hodges VIP Gate, led the group with a broad presentation of Mets history, trivia, fun facts and a love for the subject that betrays the orange-and-blue fan in him — colors, he said, that go back to the two National League teams that deserted New York for the West Coast in 1958.

“The cap is Dodger blue,” he said. “The orange NY is from the Giants’ hats.”

The first stop was the press room, where several guests sat in the hot seat, albeit without cameras that they did not bring themselves. continued on page 25

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We’re talkin’ baseball on Amazin’ stadium tours

by Michael Gannon Did you ever go to Citi Field and just have the urge to wander off and look around to see and learn some things that fans don’t get to catch during a typical visit?

What would it look like to view the field from a player’s perspective in the dugout?

Do you know how the Mets’ 1969 World Series trophy is unique among all others in the history of the Fall Classic? (Spoiler alert: The answer will be in the last sentence.)

For about the price of game tickets, the New York Mets invite you to find out all that and more on one of their Citi Field tours. The

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Wynonie Harris was born in Safford, Ala., on Aug. 24, 1913.

Later he moved to Omaha, Neb., and shaved two years off his age — reflecting the year 1915 in his biography.

He had two children with two different women before marrying Olive Goodlow in 1936, with whom he had a daughter.

An energetic singer who often spouted racy lyrics, Harris performed in clubs from New York to LA. From 1945 to 1952 he had 16 top 10 R&B hits and The home of Wynonie “Mr. Blues” is credited with being one of the Harris at 114-11 178 St. in the historinnovators of early rock ’n’ roll. ic Addisleigh Park section of South His wealth enabled him to Jamaica, as it looked in the 1940s buy a home at 114-11 178 St. in when he lived there. INSET VIA WIKIPEDIA the upscale Addisleigh Park section of South Jamaica and to drive a new classics today.

Harris eventually moved out to Los Cadillac convertible, waving to his adorAngeles. His lifestyle apparently caught ing fans.

Hits like “Who Threw the Whiskey in up with him as he died of esophageal canQ the Well” and “Good Rockin’ Tonight” are cer at age 53 on June 14, 1969.

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Future leaders visit Addabbo State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. recently welcomed to his office members of the PS 97 Student Council. Addabbo answered questions about how the office operates, the role of an elected official and the importance of government and public service. He showed the students a district map so they could get a better understanding of how many people Addabbo serves and the neighborhoods that

are represented.

“I always enjoy speaking with younger residents,” Addabbo said in a statement.

“These students are already on the Student Council, so they have demonstrated an interest in government. Hopefully, they will be even more enthusiastic after their visit to my office and many of them will go on to become future leaders.” — Kristen Guglielmo

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The Mets’ season has been plagued by a plethora of mental and physical errors. Last Tuesday, in the first game of the Subway Series, that was on full display when relief pitcher Drew Smith was tossed from the game before even throwing a pitch. The umpiring crew claimed Smith was using sticky substances on his hands and glove that were not in accordance with Major League Baseball rules.

Smith saw how his teammate, pitcher Max Scherzer, was suspended for 10 games earlier this season for that infraction, and undoubtedly heard about Yankees pitcher Domingo German getting the same sentence. As bad as not being able to play for 10 games is, the penalty extends to the team because MLB prohibits allowing a replacement to be called up from the farm system. This meant the Mets bullpen, which has been taxed all season because of the ineffectiveness of the team’s starting pitching, would have to face even greater stress. While Smith has never lived up to the expectations the Mets had for him when he was obtained from the Tampa Bay Rays in 2017, he could at least eat up some innings when Mets starters had to be removed sooner than Manager Buck Showalter would have liked. That was the case this past weekend when the Mets dropped two of three to the disappointing St. Louis Cardinals.

As expected, Smith denied any wrongdoing when meeting with the media after Tuesday night’s game, in which the Mets blew a 5-1 lead and wound up losing to the Yankees. Pitchers who are caught using sticky substances are less likely to accept blame than Jamaica Estates native Donald Trump is for any wrongdoing.

Smith raised one fair point as he said there is no standard for measuring what is and is not acceptable. It is up to each umpire’s discretion, which means it is subjective. Life is not fair.

Smith should have realized risk and reward did not equate before applying anything on his hands and glove.

One Mets player who has missed a lot of action, and has been overlooked is outfielder Tim Locastro, who injured his right thumb sliding into third base last month. He required surgery and is on the 60-day injured list. Locastro is a good contact hitter, has speed, can play stellar defense and rarely makes mental mistakes.

Remember to avoid the collapsed section of I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia if you are going to any of the Mets-Phillies games at Citizen Bank Park this weekend. A better bet is to take I-295 or the NJ Turnpike to the Walt Whitman Bridge. Ironically, I-95 in NE Philly has been under constant construction since I was a little Q boy. And that’s a long time ago.

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by Naeisha Rose associate editor

Cultural Collaborative Jamaica and Afrikan Poetry Theatre, two Jamaica-based nonprofits, will host a special film screening of movies that highlight hiphop during Black Music Month, to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the musical genre.

The films will be shown at Jamaica Multiplex Cinemas, located at 159-02 Jamaica Ave., on Sunday, June 25, from 2 to 6 p.m.

“Wild Style,” a 1983 semi-autobiographical narrative musical, which is considered the first hip-hop movie and has a cult following because of its raw glimpse into the genre’s early days, is the main feature. Hip-hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy, who is featured in it, conceived the idea of the movie, which was directed by Charlie Ahearn.

Documentaries “Beats & Lyrics: The Essence of Rap,” directed and produced by Edwin Freeman; “Founding Fathers: The Untold Story of Hip Hop,” directed and produced by Hassan Pore and Ron Lawrence; and “35 Years Re-visited with Run DMC and Heidi Smith of Rush Productions,” directed by Samuel Lee, will also be shown.

Tyra Emerson, executive director of CCJ, and Saiku Branch, executive director of Afrikan Poetry Theatre, selected the films for the screening.

“I was really intrigued by ‘35 Years Re-visited,’” Emerson told the Queens Chronicle. “It has interviews with LL Cool J, Run DMC and Flavor Flav. It gives you an idea of what they were thinking about

back then and some insight on what they were doing. Flavor Flav played seven different instruments. I’m still in awe of that.”

Made during the pandemic, “Beats & Lyrics: The Essence of Rap” turns a contemporary lens on the founders of New York City hip-hop, said Emerson.

“The ‘Founding Fathers,’ is talking about how the deejays’ influence was really sort of the beginning of hip-hop,” Emerson said. “The deejays would set up their speakers at parks and get people dancing. They would call people’s names out and start rapping.

That is the beginning of how hip-hop started.”

After the screening, during which guests will receive a complimentary box of popcorn and beverage, people will have the opportunity to meet and speak with Fab 5 Freddy and the directors of the documentaries, she added.

“They will talk about hip-hop, where it is now and Queens’ contribution to hip-hop,” said the CCJ executive director.

Other guest speakers include artists Infinity Machine, The Disco Twins, Divine Sounds, Lord Nez and more.

Hip-hop turning 50 means a lot to Emerson.

“It shows our legacy, our resilience and our creativity,” she said. “All of that makes me excited.”

Tickets for the event cost $23.17 and can be found at eventbrite.com.

Festivities will conclude with music by deejay CalCultural Collaborative Jamaica and Afrikan Poetry Theatre are screening lie Ban, and the person in the best ’80s or ’90s hipQ POSTER COURTESY CCJ hop outfit will win a prize.

“Wild Style” and other hip-hop films on June 25.

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Let the Mets take you out to the ballpark

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— only catchers have a better view — though the luxury suites seen after still offer great views of the action.

Cohen here stopped to show off the new 17,400-square-foot scoreboard and, out in right-centerfield, the Shea Bridge, which allows for an unbroken stroll around the main concourse.

“You can’t walk all the way around at Yankee Stadium,” he said. As for the new, larger home run apple, the new pitch clock rules could horn in on an Amazin’s tradition in the event of back-to-back home runs.

“It takes three minutes to reset,” he said.

Roaming the halls inside there are yearbooks and media guides from years past.

Each year’s team most valuable player is displayed on a massive enlargement of one of his baseball cards from that season.

Coming out onto the field from near home plate, groundskeepers were working to restore the field after a concert the night before. Guests walked along the warning track and traversed the length of the Mets’ dugout. Just stay off the grass!

The Hall of Fame and Museum has plaques, for inductees from Joan Payson, the team’s first owner, to the quintet

Above right, Citi Field guide Gregg Cohen discusses some of the shared history between the Mets and Jackie Robinson in the rotunda named for the baseball and New York legend. At top left, the Ladomerszky family of Las Vegas assumes Buck Showalter’s position in the first base dugout. Above left, Preston and Janel Frazier take in the view outside the luxury suites. On the cover: A broader view. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON enshrined June 3. There are the 1969 and 1986 championship trophies, photos, memorabilia and possibly a million memories, depending on how long one has been a fan.

And the 1969 trophy? Cohen explained it is the only one with a flag for the Seattle Pilots, who played for one season before Q becoming the Milwaukee Brewers.

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continued from page 23 From there it was up to the Piazza 31 Club, were fans can relax on game days, and where one can look out on the main Citi Field Plaza that now features the statue of Tom Seaver and the original Mets home run apple from Shea Stadium, the two main “meet me at” sites for fans attending from different points of origin.

The next stop was the press box, with the best seats in the house of any ballpark

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by August 15, 2023. www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/ Attorneys for Plaintiff Index #706566/2014. The Howard Beach/Lindenwood, Condo auction will be conducted in COURTS/11jd/supreme/civilterm/ aforementioned auction will partrules/Foreclosure_Auction_ Notice of Formation of JACKSONS «Xtags error: No such tag: tag _» accordance with the Court Notice of Formation of be conducted in accordance Rules.pdf) If the sale is set aside HAUS LLC Articles of Organization Southgate Bldg. Clean 2 BR, 2 bath System’s COVID-19 mitigation ANTONIO SCOTT NICHOLS LLC + lg terr on 1st fl. 1010 sqft of living Articles of Organization were fi led with the QUEENS County for any reason, the Purchaser at were fi led with the Secretary of State space. Asking $399K. Connexion protocols and as such all COVID-19 mitigation protocols with the Secretary of State of the sale shall be entitled only to of New York (SSNY) on 02/21/2023. Real Estate, 718-845-1136 persons must comply with social and as such all persons must New York (SSNY) on 10/19/2022. a return of the deposit paid. The Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY distancing, wearing masks and Offi ce location: Queens County. comply with social distancing, Purchaser shall have no further screening practices in effect has been designated as agent of the wearing masks and screening recourse against the Mortgagor, SSNY has been designated as agent at the time of this foreclosure LLC upon whom process against Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, practices in effect at the the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s of the LLC upon whom process call 917-796-6024 for appt. sale. Kristin M. Bolduc Woods it may be served.

SSNY shall mail time of this foreclosure sale. attorney, or the Referee. LAMONT against it may be served. SSNY 40x100, Hi-Ranch, unique 5 BRs, Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s a copy of process to: SHAWN William Driscoll, Esq., Referee R. BAILEY, Esq., Referee. Roach & shall mail a copy of process to: 2 full baths, 3 BRs, 1 bath, top flr Lin, P.C., 6851 Jericho Turnpike, JACKSON, 319 BEACH 98TH STREET, & 2 BRs on walk-in level. Reduced Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb ANTONIO NICHOLS, 1070 CYPRESS Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY Suite 185, Syosset, New York APT 6B, ROCKAWAY PARK, NY 11694. $965K. Connexion Real Estate, Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: AVE., 2F, RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385.

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Notice of Formation of BAL CARE LLC, Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY PARADIES LAGARDERE @ JFK T4 (F&B), LLC Arts. of Org. fi led with on 05/11/2023. Offi ce loc: Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Queens County. SSNY has been 05/17/23. Offi ce location: Queens designated as agent upon County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 2849 whom process against the LLC Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA may be served. SSNY shall 30339. SSNY designated as agent mail process to: The LLC, of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail 193-11 Williamson Ave., process to Corporation Service Co., Springfi eld Gardens, NY 11413. 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of RECESSION SAVVY LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/05/2023. Offi ce 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 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 4545 CENTER BLVD APT 421, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11109. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of FRAFFA LLC Articles of Organifi led with Sec. of State of zation were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) NY (SSNY) 5/18/2023. Cty: on 05/16/2023. Offi ce location: Queens. SSNY desig. as agent Queens County. SSNY has been upon whom process against designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail may be served. SSNY shall mail a process to 10822 Inwood St., copy of process to: FRAFFA LLC, 128-01 109TH AVENUE, OZONE Jamaica, NY 11435. General PARK, NY 11420. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of SASSON CONSTRUCTION LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/05/2023. Offi ce 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: ILAN SASSON, 69-25 MANSE STREET, FOREST HILLS, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of LIBRA NY LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/25/2022. Offi ce 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: SUSAN TING, 110-19 68TH DRIVE, FOREST HILLS, NY 11375.

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Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Queens Action To Foreclose A Mortgage Index #: 718865/2019 Nationstar Mortgage LLC D/B/A Mr. Cooper Plaintiff, vs Cheryl Scott As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, Ilyas Scott As Heir To The Estate To Advertise Call 718-205-8000 Of Artemus Scott If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS–SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any NEW YORK, COUNTY OF QUEENS – MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEAnd All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next MENT, LLC, Plaintiff, -against- ANTHONY R. WATSON, JR. AS HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF RUTHELLA WATSON Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, Valerie AKA RUTH A. WATSON, DECEASED; ROBERT K. WATSON, AS HEIR, R. Scott As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, Artemus Scott, Jr. As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF RUTHELLA WATSON Scott, Wahjeeda Scott As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, Unknown Heirs As Heir To The Estate Of AKA RUTH A. WATSON, DECEASED; ANY AND ALL KNOWN OR Artemus Scott If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any RUTHELLA WATSON AKA RUTH A. WATSON, DECEASED; NEW And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; UNITED STATES OF Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next AMERICA, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; JOHN DOE (REFUSED NAME) AS People Of The State Of New York, United States Of America Acting Through The IRS, TIAA F.S.B. FKA JOHN DOE #1 through #5, Defendants - Index No. 722216/2022 Everbank, City Register Of The City Of New York, Queens County, New York City Environmental Control Plaintiff Designates Queens County as the Place of Trial. The Basis Board, Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., Citibank (South Dakota) N.A., Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, of Venue is that the subject action is situated in Queens County. To LVNV Funding LLC APO Chase Bank USA N.A., New York City Parking Violations Bureau, John Doe the above named Defendants–YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to (Those Unknown Tenants, Occupants, Persons Or Corporations Or Their Heirs, Distributees, Executors, Administrators, Trustees, Guardians, Assignees, Creditors Or Successors Claiming An Interest In The answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve Mortgaged Premises.) Defendant(s). Mortgaged Premises: 516 Beach 72nd Street Arverne, NY 11692 To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged That this Supplemental Summons is being filed pursuant to an order Premises. To Ilyas Scott As Heir To The Estate Of Artemus Scott, and the Unknown Heirs As Heir To The of the court dated May 30, 2023. NOTICE-YOU ARE IN DANGER OF Estate Of Artemus Scott, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served LOSING YOUR HOME – If you do not respond to this summons and upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Phillip Hom of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Third day of May, 2023 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the the County of Queens, in the City of Long Island City. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against dated November 1, 2006, upon the premises described below, executed by Artemus Scott (who died you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be on September 26, 2018, a resident of the county of Queens, State of New York) to secure the sum of entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to $163,000.00. The Mortgage was recorded at CRFN 2006000661193 in the City Register of the City of the court where your case is pending for further information on how New York, Queens County on November 30, 2006. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed November 7, 2007 and recorded on November 19, 2007, in the City Register of the to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payCity of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2007000576303. The Filed: Queens County Clerk 10/28/2022 ment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.

08:49 AM Index NO. 718865/2019 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 74 Received NYSCEF: 10/28/2022 mortgage was YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON subsequently modified on June 20, 2017. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE ASSETS MANexecuted May 28, 2020 and recorded on October 5, 2020, in the City Register of the City of New York, AGEMENT, LLC) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The Queens County at CRFN 20200002770317. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to executed June 19, 2020 and recorded on October 5, 2020, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2020000270318; The property in question is described as follows: 516 BEACH an order of the Honorable Timothy J. Dufficy, J.S.C. Dated: May 30, 72ND STREET, ARVERNE, NY 11692. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not 2023 Filed: May 31, 2023. The object of this action is to foreclose respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage a mortgage and covering the premises known as 118-09 Nashcompany who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default ville Blvd, Cambria Heights, NY 11411. Dated: December 30, 2022 judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where Filed: June 16, 2023 Greenspoon Marder LLP, Attorney for Plainyour case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND tiff, By: Monica G. Christie, Esq., 590 Madison Avenue, Suite 1800,

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) New York, NY 10022 P: (212) 524-5000 F: (212) 524-5050 No AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: May 26, 2023 Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) For Service by fax) Service purposes only: Trade Centre South 100 Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and W. Cypress Creek Road, Suite 700, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information P: (888) 491-1120 F: (954) 343-6982 obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 76627

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

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

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

Janet Brown, Esq., Referee CARC190

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C M SQ page 30 Y K SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS, INDEX NO. 700641/2016, Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 145-56 SHORE AVENUE, JAMAICA, NY 11435 Block: 10084, Lot: 11, BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. NATASHA SMITH A/K/A NATASHA NELSON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF MARVA SMITH; OMAR SMITH, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF MARVA SMITH; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES TO THE ESTATE OF MARVA SMITH, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; ELITE RECOVERY SERVICES, INC.; CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; CITY OF NEW YORK TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendants. To the above named Defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $630,000.00 and interest, recorded on July 17, 2009, in CRFN 2009000220689, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York., covering premises known as 145-56 SHORE AVENUE, JAMAICA, NY 11435. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: May 19, 2022 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff Matthew Rothstein, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675

Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Queens Action to Foreclose a Mortgage Index #: 725457/2022 U.S. Bank National Association, Not In Its Individual Capacity But Solely As Trustee For The RMAC Trust, Series 2016-CTT Plaintiff, vs Ronald Abrams If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, Doris Abrams, People Of The State Of New York, United States Of America On Behalf Of The IRS John Doe (Those unknown tenants, occupants, persons or corporations or their heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, assignees, creditors or successors claiming an interest in the mortgaged premises.) Defendant(s). Mortgaged Premises: 116-49 167th Street Jamaica, NY 11434 To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO Ronald Abrams Defendant In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Timothy J. Dufficy of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Thirtieth day of May, 2023 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, dated October 3, 2005, executed by Ronald Abrams and Doris Abrams to secure the sum of $352,000.00. The Mortgage was recorded at CRFN 2005000616389 in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County on November 3, 2005. Plaintiff is also holder of a mortgage dated October 5, 2007 executed by Ronald Abrams and Doris Abrams to secure the sum of $48,000.00 and recorded at CRFN 2007000542988 in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County on October 29, 2007. Said mortgage was consolidated with the mortgage referred to at CRFN: 2005000616389 by a Consolidation, Extension and Modification Agreement executed by Ronald Abrams and Doris Abrams dated October 5, 2007 and recorded November 23, 2007 at CRFN 2007000583769 in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County to form a single lien in the amount of $400,000.00. The consolidated mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed May 4, 2018 and recorded on May 7, 2018, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2018000152121. The consolidated mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed November 16, 2018 and recorded on November 28, 2018, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2018000392741. The consolidated mortgage was subsequently assigned by a corrective assignment executed February 1, 2019 and recorded on February 1, 2019, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2019000038301.

Said Mortgage was subsequently modified by a Loan Modification Agreement executed by Ronald Abrams and Doris Abrams on October 25, 2018 and recorded December 20, 2018 in CRFN 2018000418580 in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County. Said Mortgage was subsequently modified by a Loan Modification Agreement executed by Ronald Abrams and Doris Abrams on August 26, 2019 and recorded December 23, 2019 in CRFN 2019000418351 in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County. The consolidated mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed April 6, 2021 and recorded on May 17, 2021, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2021000180640; The property in question is described as follows: 116-49 167th Street, Jamaica, NY 11434 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or the Foreclosure Relief Hotline 1-800-269-0990 or visit the department’s website at WWW.DFS.NY.GOV. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAY IN YOUR HOME DURING THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME UNLESS AND UNTIL YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD AT AUCTION PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE AND SALE. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN YOUR HOME, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PAY PROPERTY TAXES IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: June 8, 2023 Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 76763

Notice of Formation of Spear Forest Hills LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/8/23. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 31 E 32nd St, 4th Fl, NY, NY 10016.

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A Notice of Formation of TCRH LLC, Art. of Org. fi led Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/28/2021. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: The LLC, 2713 Utopia Pkwy, Flushing, NY 11358. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of TONYA’SHOURCARESERVICE LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/05/2023.

Offi ce 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 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 10001 220TH ST., QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11429.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of VORES LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/09/2023. Offi ce 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: ACCUMERA LLC, 911 CENTRAL AVE., #101, ALBANY, NY 12206. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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