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CABÁN FEVER Upstart candidate stuns Katz in race for DA PAGES 2 AND 8 An unknown five months ago, public defender Tiffany Cabán was the biggest vote getter in Tuesday’s primary. She was joined at her election-night rally by supporters including Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, left, state Sen. James Sanders Jr., behind her, and Assemblyman Ron Kim, right.

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Awaiting results of one last recount By razor-thin margin, Cabán looks like winner but Katz not so sure

by Michael Shain, Michael Gannon and David Russell

canvass of all voting machines Thursday morning to ensure that initial results from Tuesday night are accurate.

Editors and Assistant Editor “This is a routine procedure,” said a spokesorough President Melinda Katz, once the favorite to take over the district woman for the board. ‘We do it after every attorney’s seat in Queens, found her- election.”

The count of absentee and military ballots self 1,090 votes short when the primary polls will not begin until July 3, the spokeswoman closed this week.

Katz trailed Tiffany Cabán, a public defend- added.

By law, absentee balloting does not officialer and political newcomer who had run on the promise to substantially rebuild the county’s ly close until seven days after the Tuesday election to allow for mail delivery. criminal justice system.

If the final results are within a half of 1 perAs the final returns rolled in Tuesday night, centage point, Board of Election policy Katz said she would wait until the estis v n for a recount of all ballots by c mated 3,400 absentee and militaryy o e t e es calls hand. ballots had been hand-counted Qu In other words, the race for the before conceding, Democratic nomination for DA Cabán received 39.57 percent of could take a week or more to the vote compared to Katz’s 38.3 resolve. percent.

In Queens, where Democrats out“We are doing a recount and God number Republicans 4-to-1, the nomiwilling, I’ll come out on top,” Katz 201 9 nation is considered tantamount to told supporters at Banter in Forest Hills election.

Tuesday night.

The head of the Republican Party in Queens, “This thing ain’t over, folks,” U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (Queens, Nassau), chairman Joann Ariola Shanks, on Thursday morning of the Queens County Democratic Party, told said the GOP will stick with its nominee, Daniel Kogan, 61, a private attorney from Ozone Park, the crowd.

“This is the wonderful thing about a democ- ending speculation that Katz or the No. 2 runner-up, former Judge Greg Lasak, might chalracy. We have to count every vote.”

The Board of Elections was set to begin a lenge Cabán as a Republican in the fall.

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Tiffany Cabán, center, declared victory Tuesday night in the close Queens DA’s race but the elecPHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN tion is not over yet. Paper ballots won’t be counted until next week.

More than a thousand Cabán backers packed La Boom, a nightclub on Northern Boulevard, on election night.

Mostly young, the crowd chanted familiar slogans — in English and Spanish — all evening.

“People power,” they called out at one point.

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Campaign officials filled the nightclub’s stage with elected officials who bucked the Queens County Democratic organization, which backed Katz, to endorse Cabán. continued on page 6

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Unlikely friendship rooted in tragedy Billionaire and parents of Karina Vetrano shared the loss of a child

by Michael Shain Editor

Fi na ncier Rober t Agost i nelli was vacationing in Sardinia, off the coast of Italy, in August 2016 when he spotted a story in the online version of the New York Post.

A young woman who’d gone jogging near her home in Queens had been found murdered and sexually assaulted in the weeds near her home.

It is hard to imagine how Agostinelli — owner of a private equity firm based in London, personally wor th an estimated $1 billion and listed

by Forbes magazine as the 416th richest man in the world — could be farther away from Howard Beach at that moment.

But the news of Karina Vetrano’s horrible death struck a dreadful chord in him, something deep and familiar.

Agostinelli had lost his 16-year-old son in a mountain-climbing accident eight years earlier.

“When I saw the parents’ picture, I saw in their faces all the things that had happened to me,” he said.

“At first, I wasn’t going to intrude, but then I just sensed that I could,” said Agostinelli.

In the days following the murder, Karina’s friends were all over Facebook talking about her, trying to comfor t each o t h e r. A g o s t i n e l l i cont act ed one of them online.

“I told her if there’s anything I can do, I’m here — I lost a son,” he said.

The family friend contacted him and said they were trying to get up a reward fund to find her killer.

Agostinelli made what he calls “a major contribution.”

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At Archbishop Molloy High School, Phil Vetrano, right, and financier Robert Agostinelli ran in a fundraiser for a scholarship in Karina Vetrano’s memory. Vetrano holds the slain jogger’s running PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN shoes, left, which he carried in his first lap around the track.

Fixing notorious corner The corner of 79th Street and Shore Parkway in Lindenwood has been plagued by constant flooding for years, undermining the road and leaving the surface to undulate like a washboard.

In the new city budget, agreed upon last week, Councilman Eric Ulrich was able to get $1.5 million set aside for a major proj-

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Phil and Cathie Vetrano, Karina’s parents, invited the financier to a family Sunday dinner a week later.

“We had no one to talk to,” said Phil.

“He saved our lives.”

“I sensed I belonged there,” Agostinelli said of that night. “The angels brought us together. I truly believe that.”

“There’s no other way,” said Vetrano, a retired firefighter. “He was introduced to his first wife by Jackie Onassis. We do not travel in the same circles.”

T he f r iendsh ip g rew over di n ners together in Manhattan. Agostinelli f lew Cathie Vetrano to London for a week for counseling with a favored priest.

Phil and Cathie met Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump while staying at his home in Palm Beach last New Year’s Eve. They were together again last weekend jogging around the track at Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood at the Walk for Karina, the third annual fundraiser there for the scholarship in her name.

Naturally, Agostinelli had contributed to the walk in the years before, but this was the first time he had walked himself in it. “ He’s neve r i n New Yo r k ,” s a id Vetrano.

“T he death of a child ir revocably changes you r approach to life,” said Agostinelli. “The abyss is big. It’s a hole that never closes.”

But he is sensing that Phil and Cathie are different now than when they first met him.

“The trial was a big thing for them to get through,” he said. “They are cresting the other way.”

The day after the walk, the financier took Phil and Cathie to Old Timers Day at Ya n kee St adiu m, someth i ng they could not have thought about doi ng earlier.

“The idea now is to get them looking and thinking ahead,” Agostinelli said.

“They were stuck in backward for a long time.”

“Funny, I don’t think of him as a billionaire,” Vetrano said. “I’m probably one of the few people on the planet he can be himself with.

“We’re both second-generation Italian.

We have that connection.

“His father was a fireman who owned a gas station where he grew up in Rochester. His mother is just like my mother.

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Tiffany Cabán wins Democratic primary for district attorney

The crowd of supporters at Cabán headquarters, above, was young and enthusiastic. Borough President Melinda Katz, right, is trailing by more than 1 percentage point, or about 1,000 votes.

PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN, LEFT; DAVID RUSSELL, RIGHT; MICHAEL GANNON, BELOW Judge Gregory Lasak, below, polled about 15 percent of the final vote. an important office at stake, every voice throughout the Borough needs to be heard and every vote needs to be counted. I want to thank every volunteer, voter, and organization who supported my campaign over the past several months. Thousands of people came together to fight hard to bring change to the Borough of Queens, and their dedication should be recognized. With thousands of ballots left to count, every voter deserves to be heard.” “ We a l w a y s knew this was going be tough, folks, because if it wasn’t tough, it wouldn’t be a race,” she had told supporters Tuesday night when the numbers showed her close but behind Cabán.

She also spoke of the attention the race received.

“I’m so excited by the energy that this race has caused throughout the country, it seems like,” Katz said.

A Board of Elections graphic shows how the vote split. Red are dis- “Because it seems tricts that went for Caban. Green indicates Katz’s support. NYC BOE IMAGE l i k e e v e r y b o d y wants to come into the stage at 11 p.m., two hours after the polls our borough of Queens County.”

Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders closed and preliminary results showed her and Elizabeth Warren, Philadelphia District with a 1,200 vote lead.

Attorney Larry Krasner and even John Leg“We did it, y’all,” she said.

She thanked her earlier supporters in the end endorsed her opponent.

Katz spoke about attempting to reform the two minor parties, the Working Families Party and the Democratic Socialists of system during her campaign.

“We are facing serious times in the United America.

She also made an attempt to reach out to States of America and we are facing very mainstream Democrats who had not backed serious times here in Queens County,” she said. “And we need to make sure as a county her.

“Nothing is more important to me than the that we stand together, work together, that we safety of all people living in this communi- keep our families safe but we institute the ty,” she said of those who questioned if she great criminal justice reform that needs to be instituted.” would be tough on crime.

The final tally will have long-term ramifi“Whether I earned your vote or not, I will cations as the DA is not term-limited like virwork every day to earn your trust.”

In a prepared statement released by her tually all other elected positions in the campaign Wednesday, Katz said: “With such borough.

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continued from page 2 Among those who saw their politically risky bets pay off were Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing) and state Sens. James Sanders Jr. (D-Rockaway) and Jessica Ramos (D-East Elmhurst), not to mention city Comptroller Scott Stringer.

Despite the lack of a concession from Katz, Cabán declared victory when she took

“This is a job that will dictate how our children are raised in this borough, that says how people treat each other, how we keep our families safe while instituting true criminal justice reform,” Katz said.

She added, “We better get it right because the country is watching how we do it ... and if we don’t do it, it’s going to have ramifications throughout the entire United States of America.”

Effectively, Cabán and Katz split the borough down the middle, in terms of results.

Two Assembly districts in the western part of Queens supplied almost half Cabán’s vote count.

The south and eastern portions of the county went strongly for Katz.

Because it is an offyear, predictions of a low voter turnout proved to be correct.

In all, more than 85,000 voters cast ballots last Tuesday.

In 2017, when Katz ran for re-election as borough president, 270 people voted.

Nearly 100,00 votes were cast in Queens just last February in a special election for public advocate, a citywide office with limited powers.

Queens has not had a contested election for DA in nearly 30 years.

“We ran a great campaign,” Lasak, the former judge, told his campaign supporters at Bourbon Street in Bayside after polling about 15 pecent of the vote.

“I wouldn’t have done anything different.

I’m sorry that I couldn’t push the ball over the goal line for you.”

He thanked his wife for encouraging him to run; and friends and supporters, ranging from childhood to his days at the DA’s office, for coming along for the ride.

Frank Steele of Malba was glad he came along.

“We go back 40 years,” Steele said. “We hugged and told each other we’ve raised great children. I told him I put my time and money on him and I would do it again. I’ll follow him anywhere he wants to go politically.”

“This is not a funeral,” he said. “This is just a bump in the road. There’s always tomorrow.”

Speaking briefly with the Chronicle afterward, Lasak declined to comment when asked if “tomorrow” might include taking a phone call from the Queens County Republican Party.

“I’m not talking about tomorrow tonight,” he said.

Four other candidates were also in the race but ended up far back.

Former Nassau County assistant district attorney Betty Lugo, former Queens and Brooklyn prosecutor Mina Malik, former state Attorney General’s Office’s Special Investigations and Crimes Unit lawyer Jose Nieves and City Councilman Rory Lancman, who dropped out of the race last Friday but whose name remained on the ballot, split barely 8 percent of the remaining ballots. Q

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P Cabán win is not the last word; Katz or Lasak can still prevail EDITORIAL

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hanks to pathetically low turnout, barely more than 10 percent of Queens’ active voters made a momentous decision on Tuesday. It’s one that we fear will not be for the best, though there remains a chance to reverse it.

Tiffany Cabán, a 31-year-old public defender, won the Democratic primary for Queens district attorney, defeating five other candidates including Borough President Melinda Katz. Cabán’s victory marks another strong win for the progressive movement in Queens, following in the footsteps of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s defeat of then-Rep. Joe Crowley last year. Cabán had in fact been endorsed by Ocasio-Cortez, as well as fellow progressives such as Sens.

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

As the Democratic nominee, Cabán is virtually assured of winning the seat in November, according to the conventional wisdom, because the Republican Party is so weak here, and its nominee, Daniel Kogan, is not exactly a contender. He has no campaign and no funds and actually told the New York Post on Wednesday that he may not even bother waging a real battle for the seat.

That’s about as pathetic as the fact that almost 90 percent of Queens’ eligible Democrats didn’t bother to vote in

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the primary. Out of 766,117 active voters registered with the Board of Elections, only about 85,000 participated. At least $7 million was spent by the candidates, but the race barely registered with most people. This is not good civics.

But it doesn’t have to be this way in November. The Republican Party has two options we hope it will seriously consider — very seriously consider.

One is Greg Lasak, the retired judge and longtime prosecutor who ran a distant third Tuesday but would make a fine district attorney. Lasak, more than any of the candidates, would continue the fine legacy of Richard Brown, the longtime DA whose health problems prompted this special election, even before his recent death.

The other Republican option is Katz. No, she’s not as conservative as Lasak (or, say, Councilman Bob Holden, a Democrat who won his seat by running on the GOP line).

But she’s a centrist, someone who, as a moderate, would be much more to Republicans’ liking than Cabán.

Many of Cabán’s views are simply terrifying. Close the jails on Rikers Island, she says, as do many city officials today — but don’t build any replacements. That means letting about 8,000 people now locked up for one reason or

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License lunacy Dear Editor: Re Chiedu Uzoigwe’s June 20 letter, “Licenses for all mean money.”

“Thank you for breaking the law” should be printed on all licenses granted to illegal aliens.

New York rewards people for violating federal law, something 37 other states refuse to do.

Many moderate Democrat legislators opposed this measure for good reason. It endangers public safety because many illegal immigrants don’t know English and won’t understand road signs and traffic directions. Mr. Uzoigwe states that license applicants must pass written and road tests. But will the DMV conduct these tests only in English, or will non-English speakers get special consideration?

This lunatic law also enables several hundred thousand illegal immigrants to fraudulently register to vote in New York, noted the state’s Board of Elections (New York Post, June 18, “Illegal vote loophole in driver-license law”).

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another — usually multiple reasons, multiple charges — out onto the street willy-nilly. Most of the establishment is for closing Rikers but replacing it with new jails, including one in Kew Gardens. That’s something we oppose, but it’s better than no jails. How do you have no jails?

Then there’s her view on prostitution. Not only would she decriminalize sex work — a view good people can agree or disagree on — she’d legalize both being a client and being a pimp. That’s something we cannot accept. Nor can we support Cabán’s positions on things like bail — that none should be imposed on anyone, ever — or legalizing all marijuana use and ignoring welfare fraud.

This page believes in the broken windows theory of policing, which has driven crime down so far over the last three decades it’s practically unbelievable — murders from 2,245 in 1990 to under 300 a year today. The Cabáns of the world would risk reversing all that. We sincerely hope that not only will the Republican Party put up a strong candidate in November — whether named Katz or Lasak — but that the people of Queens will recognize the danger we face and vote against the utter radicalization of our District Attorney’s Office.

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(Daily News, June 20, “Fate of immigrant license law is uncertain”). Seven upstate county clerks vowed to refuse processing license applications for illegal immigrants (New York Post, June 24, “County Clerk Rebellion”).

I hope other civil servants join the revolt against a truly revolting law. It boosts Trump’s re-election prospects by destroying Democrats’ claim that no one is above the law. Illegal aliens with driver’s licenses are above the law, put there by unethical politicians who pander for ethnic votes.

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Dear Editor: Every summer, our area always is hit by thunderstorms, which have become increasingly more volatile and powerful. Torrential rains, which cause flooding of streets and homes and bring some subways and other public transportation to a standstill; high winds, which uproot trees, down utility lines and cause minor to sometimes major damage; deadly cloud to ground lightening; small to moderate-sized hail and even some tornadoes now seem to be the norm around the New York City region, as well as increasingly more intense heat waves. Are our summers becoming more violent weatherwise?

The marked increase in the intensity and frequency of these summer storms and heat waves certainly is cause for real concern. Also, other unwelcome summer weather visitors from the tropics — tropical storms and hurricanes — are becoming more prevalent and threatening, with the warm Atlantic Ocean waters along our coastline.

Of all of the four seasons, the one which has the most violent and intense weather occurrences is the summer. Fasten your seatbelts, folks.

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Truth, justice, Judge Judy Dear Editor: Our hearts and minds have been imbued with moral relativism by today’s TV programs that mostly feature amoral characters living in a world where there is no “good” or “bad” only different. We are oblivious to pervasive and subtle deception and accept the premise that the actions of the government are truthful, legitimate and in our best interest. We have grown accustomed to the coercion, control and micromanagement of our lives.

We lack heroes and a venue where truth prevails, where liars, cheaters and frauds are unmasked, where the guilty face justice and even pay a fine, where “old-fashioned values” still matter. These were the elements of TV programs of yesteryear where “good” trumped “bad”, where truth, justice and the American way were secured by the likes of Roy Rogers, Perry Mason, Superman, etc.

Consider the following: We have been led to believe Social Security contributions made by you and your employer are in a trust fund, a socalled “lock box.” If you die before you are eligible to collect, what happens to all that money? The government lexicon defines a “tax cut” as an expenditure that implies that all wealth belongs to the government to dispose of as it wishes. Whose money is it anyway? The government caps and limits incomes, penalizes affluence and prosperity while rewarding the less productive with cell phones, food stamps and subsidies. Are we not nurturing dependency and mediocrity?

Fortunately, there is still one television courtroom program featuring an intrepid arbiter who possesses an uncanny ability to detect liars and frauds and whose inimitable merciless outbursts of moral indignation directed at those who cheat, defraud and lie has earned the respect and admiration of millions of viewers.

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Dear Editor: In 2013 six countries, France, Germany, Russia, China, the United Kingdom and the United States, entered into a treaty with Iran, which relinquished its imminent nuclear capacity and was the promised an economical acceptance into the West. All of the signatories plus the United Nations’ monitoring body, with one exception, agreed Iran stopped nuclear development and lived up to its treaty requirements.

The one exception was the Trump administration, which, without a scintilla of evidence to support its so doing, walked away from the treaty and instituted onerous sanctions and continues to do so. It is Trump’s incompetence and lack of understanding of foreign policy, aided and abetted by warmongers John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, that has now raised serious concerns about the possibility of an outbreak of violent hostilities in the area. Should it occur, the fault lies with Trump and not Iran.

While Iran has some faults, just as most countries do, including the United States, unless being economically destroyed by Trump’s tactics, there would be no reason for Iran to commence violence since its only result would not only be its destruction, but destruction of the entire area.

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movie was great but it’s emotional for me because Elton’s on his farewell tour. His music has been the soundtrack of my life. I recommend this movie for the lessons it taught.

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Queens Symphony Orchestra kicks off summer season in Howard Beach

by Michael Shain Editor

Howard Beach may be located right next to Jamaica Bay, but this week the neighborhood took a ride on the High C’s.

The Queens Symphony Orchestra staged its third annual free summer concert at Russo’s On The Bay, where — according to tradition — it was dedicated to Italian opera.

Music lovers filled nearly every one of the 600 chairs set up in the event hall’s Renaissance Room, the biggest hall in the building.

The concert kicks off the Parks Pat r iot ic ser ies, three free outdoor concerts in Queens.

T he 48-piece orchestra played in Juniper Valley last Tuesday, Astoria Park on Thursday and Forest Park on Sunday. A fourth concert is set for July 23 at St. John’s University.

“I’d like to be able to get enough funding to create a solid summer outdoor concert series in the Q future,” said Kenichi Wilson, the president.

It was difficult to find a seat in the ballroom of Russo’s On The Bay for “A Night at the Opera,” the orchestra’s third annual concert in Howard Beach.

Conductor Martin Majku, above, begins his second year at the podium this month.

He is only the fourth conductor in the orchestra’s 66-year history. The Czech-born maestro also directs the Rogue Valley Symphony in Oregon. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN

Baritone Robert Garber, left, performed arias from Puccini and Verdi.

Kenichi Wilson, left, president of the Queens Symphony Orchestra, Borough President Melinda Katz, whose father founded the QSO, and Councilman Erich Ulrich.

Rocking Forest Park this summer Bandshell gets a workout with rock festivals, symphony and ‘Mama Mia’

by Michael Shain

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The Seuffert Bandshell, left, is starting to heat up this summer, starting with a day-long series of concerts by local bands called the “Smells Like Summer Music Festival,” above. The 99-year-old bandshell seats 3,500 people.

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“There’s a lot of talent out there, and not a lot of outlets left for them to perform in,” said Carmine Gonzales, organizer of Queens’ own rock festival.

Called “Smells Like Summer Music Festival,” the event is a showcase for eight local bands and performers — all from places between the East River and the Nassau County line.

This is Year Four for the festival and it’s the biggest bill of acts yet. The festival takes place Saturday, June 29 from 1 to 5 p.m.

Headlining the show is James Avatar and his rock-and-soul band, The Blacklist.

Other perfor mers include Midnight Jack, a Brazilian rock band, and singer-songwriters Ivan Polanco and Ay-Oh. The Stone Temple Pilots tribute band Unglued is on the bill with cover bands Harmonic Asylum, IROC, Lyxx, Pipe and Damaged Goods.

Gonzales, a Bayside native, has been a promoter and producer of pop music for more than 20 years.

His company, Loss4Words Productions, partnered with Bayside High School to offer internships for students with an interest in entertainment production.

The George Seuffert Bandshell in Forest Park — the only outdoor bandshell in Queens — is the big draw for him.

“This park is perfect for our festival,” Gonzales said.

The rock festival is among the first shows this summer that launch a revitalized line up and indicate the Parks Department is beginning to see the possibilities of a century-old bandshell that can seat as many as 3,500 people in the geographical center of Queens.

The Queens Symphony Orchestra performs there Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.

Another festival called the Queens Rockfest 2019 is set for late July.

Gonzales credits Forest Park’s new administrator, Portia Dyrenforth, with waking up to the bandshell’s potential.

“She gets it,” he said.

“It’s beautiful, big and there’s seating,” Dyrenforth. “What’s not to get?”

The veteran administrator who took over only last fall admits that the show-business part of running a big park is new to her.

“For me, it’s a learning experience,” she said.

Much of the schedule for this summer — including summer-stock production of the Broadway show “Mama Mia” and a concert starring Shirley Alston Reeves, former lead singer of The Shirelles — was set before she arrived on the job.

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Inside Queens’ ghost jail City pushes plan to tear down 59-year-old detention center for new lockup

by Michael Shain Editor

The ground floor of the Queens Detention Complex is all business.

On the first floor of the eightstory, white brick building behind the Queens Cou nt y Cr iminal Courthouse, detainees from Rikers Island are moved in and out for court appearances.

In another area, people arrested the day before wait behind bars to get bailed out.

Last week, officials of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice invited a handful of reporters on a rare tour of the other seven floors above, where a freshly painted, spotless prison sits in ghostly emptiness.

The MOCJ is the point agency for the mayor’s pla n t o close R i ker s Isla nd and replace it with four borough-based jails, including a huge new facility in Kew Gardens to h o u s e 1,150 detainees on the site where the old jail, opened in 1961, now stands.

These days, the usefulness of the Queens Detention Complex is very limited.

It is used for training new correction officers and filming TV shows like “Orange is the New Black.” It is been that way since 2002 when then-Mayor Bloomberg shut it down for lack of inmates.

Powerful figures who support the closing of Rikers but oppose the idea of an expensive, new jail — most prominently Queens DA

candidate Tiffany Cabán and Community Board 9 member Sylvia Hack — suggest that renovating the current jail will be sufficient to replace the cells lost on Rikers when and if it is shut.

When the detention center was in full operation, it held 467 detainees, according to the DOC, about a third of the number of beds the current city plans call for.

The press tour was organized to dramatize the mayor’s argument that the facility is irredeemably out-of-date and impossible to reconstitute as a modern, humane jail, officials said.

“Members of the media were provided access to the Queens Detention Center to allow them to exper ience f irst-hand the facility’s current conditions and why a new facility will be critical to better serve the widerange of needs for members of Queens communities,” as a City Hall spokesman put it.

The Chronicle agreed not to quote directly the correction officers and staffers it spoke to during the hour-long tour.

Within the city Department of Cor rection, it is assumed the demolition of the existing detention complex is a done deal.

DOC officials last week spoke of the jail in the past tense.

But the plan still has a long way to go before construction can begin.

Because the four new proposed jails are to be built on publicly owned land, the plans must pass a

Rows of empty cells, above, are used only for training new officers or rented out to TV production companies as ultra-realistic backdrops for crime dramas. City officials argue the facility could never be used again to house PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN detainees as it was until 2002. Correction officers, below, conducted a tour. complicated, land-use approval process.

The City Planning Commisison, the City Council and the mayor all must approve the plans before building can begin.

“The building has been closed for 17 years,” Hack said this week.

“Yes, it is in bad shape. No one disputes that.

“But we haven’t been talking about using it as is. We have been talking about gutting it,” she said. “ We h ave n’t ch a nge d ou r minds.”

The City Planning Commission has scheduled a full day of hearings, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., July 10 at John Jay College in Manhattan to gather public reaction to the new jail proposals in all four boroughs.

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This is one of more than a dozen holding cells, above, on the detention complex’s first floor where detainees wait to appear before a judge in the courthouse next door. Signs in the hallway, above, leading to the courts indicate how complicated it can be to get more than 2,000 prisoners a month from the holding cell to the right courtroom.

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Making do, planning for future at St. Pius Parishioners at Rosedale church to talk fundraising, rebuilding this week

by Michael Gannon Editor

The fire that severely damaged their church building on June 16 has not stopped the parishioners at St. Pius X in Rosedale.

The only people entering the church this week were restoration workers clad in hardhats, hazardous material suits and breathing masks. In an email to the

Damage appeared to be extensive even from the outside more than a week after a fire struck at St. Pius X.

Chronicle, a spokesman for the Diocese of Brooklyn said members of the congregation have, for instance, been attending daily weekday Masses in the basement of the rectory. Sunday Masses are being offered in the cafeteria of the adjacent school.

“Last weekend, at least 1,000 parishioners attended five masses held in the school cafeteria,” he wrote. “... The parish will hold a community meeting this week to discuss its next steps, including fundraising and rebuilding efforts.”

An investigation by the FDNY determined the fire to have been accidental, caused by electrical wiring in the area of the church’s altar. A spokeswoman for the diocese said in an email that it has not been determined if the structure can be saved.

From the street, the front entrance looks almost undisturbed with the exception of a charred pew moved outside and remnants of yellow tape still tied to and hanging from the metal front fence.

Most of the church’s exterior looked to be intact, though the eastern end was covered by a tarp and the condition of the roof could not be seen from the sidewalk or parking lot.

The lingering smell of burned wood was still heavy in the air from a distance as of Tuesday morning.

Workers in hazardous material suits and breathing masks remove rubble and debris from St. Pius X Church in Rosedale early Tuesday morning, just over a week after a fire severely damaged PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON the structure.

“Almost everything in the church sacristy and sanctuary was destroyed — the altar, the amble, the books, the tabernacle, everything,” the diocesan spokesman wrote.

Shalimar could be LI-bound Attorney looks to move diner but questions remain

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A lawyer is attempting to relocate the former Shalimar Diner building to Aquebogue, a hamlet in the town of Riverhead, LI. It would likely reopen as a brewery and diner.

Ronald Hariri lived on Austin Street and attended PS 139, Halsey Junior High and Forest Hills High School. And the Shalimar Diner served as a regular hangout.

“We grew up with these places and they were terrific,” he said.

“You went there with your families, when you were in high school you went there with your friends, you took your girlfriend there, you went there af ter work.

They’re just wonderful places and they seem few and far between.”

“Most New Yorkers love them, particularly people of my age,” said Hariri, who is in his 60s.

He said he’s not sure when the move would begin but hopefully that it would be in July. Hariri is still looking into whether it would be done piecemeal or in one shot.

“What we’re struggling with is

The Shalimar Diner closed last November. Faced with demolition, an FILE PHOTO attorney is trying to move the building to Long Island. whether we can find a place where the diner would be acceptable under local zoning,” he said.

Hariri said that he’s “not yet sure it meets with zoning requirements as to architectural standard” and that the town “is difficult to deal with.”

“The towns are very sensitive

to architecture, zoning requirements and I have an architect that I asked to look into it,” he said.

The diner at 63-68 Austin St. closed last November after more than four decades in business.

The structure faces demolition but Rego-Forest Preservation Chai r ma n Michael Perl ma n

launched a drive in which the diner could be acquired for no cost as long as the party of interest could pay for transporting it.

Hariri heard the news and contacted Perlman and discussed how they could make it happen.

Perlman previously helped broker deals to move the Cheyenne Diner from Midtown to Alabama and the Moondance Diner from SoHo to Wyoming.

Hariri, who called the Shalimar “a piece of history,” would own the brewery and diner and former Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra would be involved helping promote the beer they’re thinking of launching.

He said he’s sad about many businesses closing in New York and that this building would be welcomed in the proposed area.

“With the exodus of people from the city, we have probably a lot of people from Queens that are out here that would love a good New York City, Queens diner to spend their time in,” Hariri said. “After a while you kind of get fed up with Starbucks Q and those places.”

He said other parishes within the Diocese of Brooklyn have been contributing necessary items and materials for St. Pius’ use, including clergy vestments, hosts and Q sacramental wine.

HB flasher under arrest Police have arrested a 30-yearold ride-sharing driver who they say has been exposing himself to women in Howard Beach.

The man, identified as Ahmad Br u nson, 30, of Brook ly n, was charged with public lewdness.

Victims said the driver stopped women on the street to ask for directions. But when they approached the car, the women saw that he was not wearing pants.

The car bore taxi plates and the d r iver appa rently worked for a ride-sharing service.

The incidents happened in late May and June, police said.

If convicted, Brunson faces up to a year in jail, according to the Queens DA office.

I n t he compla i nt , he is a lso ch a rged w it h t wo cou nt s of h a r a ssme nt a nd t wo c ou nt s of exposure of a person.

Brunson was arrested last week by off icers f rom the 106th Precinct detective squad and released without bail a day later.

He was ordered to return to court Q on Aug. 2.

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‘You’re scaring the children of America’ Nancy Pelosi discusses immigration, Trump at Elmhurst event Monday

by David Russell Associate Editor

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) reiterated a message for President Trump as she spoke at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst on Monday morning: “You’re scaring the children of America, not just in those families but their neighbors and their communities.”

She was speaking at a conversation on immigration hosted by Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) as part of her “Speaker in the House” series.

Pelosi also denounced planned raids against unauthorized immigrants by ICE agents, which Trump called off.

“It was so appalling,” she said. “It’s outside the circle of civilized human behavior to just be kicking down doors, splitting up families and the rest of that in addition to the injustices that are happening at the border.”

Meng said there was “tremendous panic” in the immigrant community after the raids, which would have targeted people with deportation orders in several cities, including New York, were announced.

Meng praised Pelosi, saying, “She is always reminding our caucus and Congress to speak up, to stand up and to fight for the most vulnerable among us here in our communities.”

Earlier in the month, the House passed the American Dream and Promise Act, which would allow millions of temporary protected status and deferred enforced departure recipients to stay in the country.

The bill passed by a vote of 237 to 187 in the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives. Meng was an original co-sponsor of the legislation.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discusses immigration on Monday at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst with Rep. Grace Meng and advocates including Steven Choi, executive director of the New York PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL Immigration Coalition.

“A violation of status is not a reason for deportation,” Pelosi said. “That’s just not so.”

She quoted former President Ronald Reagan on Monday.

“The constant reinvigoration of America are our newcomers to our country,” she said. “Ronald Reagan said that. Ronald Reagan said that.

He said the vital force for America’s pre-eminence in the world is having a new generation of newcomers that comes to America. And when America fails to recognize that, America will fail to be pre-eminent in the world. We cannot close the door.”

Pelosi also repeated the words of another Republican president, Abraham Lincoln.

“He said public sentiment is everything,” she said. “With it, you can accomplish almost anything. Without it, practically nothing.”

She said that TPS is important to “so many communities.”

“We’re not saying, do this as a favor to

them,” Pelosi said. “This is worth it to you.”

She also noted that Trump told her he’s not going after Dreamers.

“I said, ‘Well, I understand that but some people are mixed households and a Dreamer could be in the home,” Pelosi said.

She called interior immigration enforcement a “very mean-spirited approach.” Pelosi also explained that unless agents have a search warrant, they cannot legally search a person’s home if they only have an ICE deportation warrant.

Pelosi also spoke about opponents of the measures saying, “They’d rather give tax breaks to the richest people in the country than invest in the education of our children. I don’t want to be a fearmongerer but there’s a philosophical debate.”

She also criticized a proposed citizenship question on the Census, saying, “at the beginning of our country, there was never even a thought of asking a citizenship question and

that is when our constitution was written.”

Steve Choi, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition, also spoke at the event.

“As long as there is Donald Trump in the White House and as long as his party has a majority in the Senate we’re going to continue to see these kinds of attacks and assaults on our immigrant communities,” he said.

“We do need to make the case out there that this is not just a Democratic issue. This is an issue for everybody ... There used to be Republicans on board.”

Also on the panel was Pabrita Khati Benjamin, executive director of Adhikaar, meaning “rights” in Nepali, a nonprofit organization working with the Nepali-speaking community.

“There’s been a lot of focus on those with privilege and those that are Rhodes Scholars and I think that’s important,” she said speaking about TPS stories that have been highlighted.

“But as a worker center we know that the backbone of our economy is on a lot of workers.”

Benjamin said she would like to see the TPS conversation be about the workers such as domestic workers, caregivers, nail salon workers, taxi and Uber drivers.

“With the majority of immigrants probably running that economy it would probably cause chaos,” she said.

Natalia Aristizabal, co-director of organizing at Make the Road New York, said, “I think it’s really important that as we work on this and as we push forward, one thing that we’ve learned from the Dream movement is that our parents are essential. And we were not able to come here without the sacrifices of Q our parents.”

Grades are better predictor than test Last-ditch push in Albany to end SHSAT includes ‘success’ study

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New data released last week by the Department of Education claims the controversial Specialized High School Admission Test does a poor job predicting how well students do in school.

Middle-school grades and performance on the state math/ELA tests all students must take are a better indicator of future success, it said.

The report came out just as a new law ending the exclusive use of SHSAT results for admissions to the city’s eight elite schools was making its way through the state Assembly.

“This is yet more data that shows a single test doesn’t capture the full talent of students, and isn’t the best predictor of success,” said Doug Cohen, a spokesman for DOE. “Our plan to eliminate the SHSAT expands opportunity for the highest-performing students, and students who excel in the classroom and on state tests will excel in the specialized high schools. We must eliminate the test now.”

The legislative session, however, ended before the bill could come up for a full vote.

But the proponents for eliminating the use of the threehour test called it a victory that the bill sponsored by

Brooklyn Assemblyman Charles Barron (D) passed the Education Committee on a 16-12 vote.

The study looked at seventh-grade students in the four years between 2014 and 2017. (Students usually apply for admission early in eighth grade so their grade point averages for that year are not included.)

It compared students’ GPAs and performance on mandated state tests against their performance in ninth grade, after entering one of the specialized high schools.

Then it compared students’ scores on the SHSATs (usually taken in eighth grade) against grade performance in ninth grade.

“SHSAT alone predicts 4 percent of the variation in 1st year GPA at specialized HS. Using GPA and ELA/Math score together predicts 36 percent of the variation,” according to an analysis of the data.

“Seventh grade test scores and grades are a better predictor of high school success than the SHSAT,” it concluded.

But the timing of the report’s release just as the Legislature was about to take up the issue was being sent to the floor was widely questioned.

Critics of the mayor’s plam to increase black and Hispanic enrollment by ending the SHSAT called the study Q “flawed” and “invalid.”

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New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board on Tuesday approved of rent increases for tenants in rent-stabilized apartments.

Multiple published and broadcast reports stated that the nine-member board approved increases of up to 1.5 percent for one-year leases and up to 2.5 percent for two-year leases. The hikes will take effect on Oct. 1, and were approved by a 5-4 vote.

The vote comes on the heels of historic rent control expansions passed in the state Legislature last week.

Landlords, to no one’s surprise, had sought increases. Tenants and tenant advocates had lobbied for rollbacks, or at least rent freezes. In an emailed statement, Adriene Holder of The Legal Aid Society expressed the organization’s opposition.

“We are disappointed that the Board chose to heed the fear-mongering of landlords and place their profits over preserving affordable and stable housing for tenants across New York City,” she said. “It is the most vulnerable, lowincome families that are already struggling to get by in one of the most expensive cities in the world who will bear the Q brunt of this rent increase.”

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The 104th Precinct has honored its late Police Officer Joseph Simone, who died on Sept. 11, 2018. There was a tribute to him at the station house on Monday afternoon.

The Rev. George Anastasiou joined Simone’s family after the ceremony. Capt. Victoria Perry, commanding officer of the 104th Precinct, and Assistant Chief Martin Morales,

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commanding officer of Patrol Borough Queens North, also remembered Simone, who spent more than a quarter-century with the NYPD.

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The very talented students blew the audience away with their amazing instrumental talents on both guitar and piano. Vocalists entertained the crowd with songs such as “Girl on Fire,” “Sound of Music” and “This is Me.” The audience also enjoyed sounds of the islands which were shared

by Alexandra Chavez, top right!

The gymnasts performed some amazing moves which had members of the audience holding their breath!

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2 ND A NNUAL C AREER D AY In celebration of the second Annual Career Day ay PS 97Q, The Forest Park School, Mrs. Capobianco, one of the fourth-grade teachers, and Mrs. Cross, one of the ESL teachers, were chairpersons for the event. They were honored to have such a variety of careers represented to share their passion for their career choice with our students.

Among the visitors were state Sen. Joe Addabbo, top right, who visited with grade 4 students and may have inspired some of them to go into politics. Also coming in was fan favorite firefighter Lois Mungay (right) top left, along with Firefighter Steve Adorno, as well as an alumna, Ziyad Antabi, who returned to share his passion for the FDNY! Celeste Murphy is a respiratory therapist at Jamaica Hospital and she hopes to have motivated some students to go into the medical field. James Quinn shared his passion for the arts. Nichole Nicolosi shared her passion for cosmetology. Nadine Ahmed is a mental health consultant. Anthony Cross, left, with Criss Cross Entertainment, shared with students just how exciting the entertainment field can be, Christine Romano works in advertising and the students were anxious to learn just how much fun it is to be in advertising. Students were also interested in Mark Williams, right center, a basketball coach and owner of Team Footprintz. Previously, Mark was involved in education.

All the Career Day speakers, below left, posed for a picture. While, students in Mrs. Mullins class, 4-407, below right, shared with what their career choices are at the moment! The teachers and staff at PS97Q hopes they still feel this way in years to come!

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If the settlement is approved, the City of New York will pay $585.00 to each class member who ďŹ les a successful claim, with the possibility of a supplemental payment up to $415.00. Additionally, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DOHMHâ€?) shall conduct one additional training session on how to properly document and notice property seized from mobile food vendors, and establish when applicable new DOHMH staff members will be trained in due course after they are hired on properly documenting and noticing property seized from mobile food vendors.

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The city Health Department last week announced a new media campaign to encourage Asian residents to get screened for colon cancer.

In 2016, more than 1,300 New Yorkers died from colon cancer, making it the second leading cause of cancer deaths. Screening can prevent colon cancer or detect it early when it is easier to treat.

Asian New Yorkers have significantly lower rates of colon cancer screening by colonoscopy than other race and ethnicity groups in New York City. From 2015 to 2017, the prevalence of timely colonoscopy (once within the past 10 years) among Asian New Yorkers ages 50 and older was 64 percent which was lower than that of white, black, and Latino New Yorkers (69 percent, 71 percent and 72 percent respectively). The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable, a partnership of more than 100 organizations concerned with colorectal cancer screening and prevention, recommends a target of 80 percent screened in every community.

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Ex-JFK official admits to taking bribes She gave Qatari officials special treatment Authorities announced last Friday that former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey official Marlene Mizzi, 55, pleaded guilty to taking bribes from diplomats in exchange for granting them exceptions to parking rules at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The defendant copped to charges of official misconduct and receiving unlawful gratuities, two class A misdemeanors, according to state Attorney General Letit ia Ja mes. Her of f ice a nd that of PANYNJ Inspector General Michael Nestor conducted the investigation. “Mizzi broke the law and defiled the public’s trust when she granted favors to foreign governments in exchange for bribes, gifts and rewards,� James said in a prepared statement. “When government employees leverage their public positions for personal enrichment, they commit a grave injustice to the people they serve.�

Mizzi, of Wantagh, LI, worked for PANYNJ for 35 years, most recently as assistant airport duty supervisor at JFK. The authority’s rules for the airport dictate

that during the annual United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, foreign state aircraft have to leave JFK within two hours of arrival and they do not get overnight parking. From 2014 to last June, the defendant had been responsible for explaining the rule to representatives of other countries at a pre-Assembly conference.

She admitted to granting exceptions to the overnight parking rule without proper approval for Qatar, letting one of its diplomatic flights to stay overnight during the 2014 UN General Assembly. For her favor, Mizzi admitted, a representative from the Arab state’s mission to the UN gave her free limousine rides, meals and gifts.

She also admitted to getting other gifts from foreign countries for her work at JFK. “The Port Authority will not tolerate employee misconduct or corruption of any kind,� Nestor said in his own statement. “Today’s guilty plea will serve notice to all Port Authority employees that the agency will not tolerate violations of the public trust or any other corQ rupt acts.�

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by David Russell Associate Editor

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) says he has secured a record amount of funding for the second straight year, with District 30 receiving $11 million in capital spending in the fiscal year 2020 budget, along with an additional $3.65 million from the Queens borough president.

Some highlights include more than $4.7 million toward schools including $1 million from City Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan) for supplemental cooling in the PS 91 auditorium; $670,000 for supplemental cooling at PS 88; $600,000 for a cafeteria renovation at Grover Cleveland High School; and $500,000 for supplemental cooling at PS 71.

Other projects receiving funding are the renovation of Evergreen Playground, which will get $500,000 plus an additional $2 million from Johnson; a partial renovation of the Onderdonk House in Ridgewood, with $253,000; $200,000 to alleviate flooding at Maspeth Town Hall; and $178,000 for the continued cleanup initiative by Wildcat Service Corp., with an increase to five days of service per

week and additional routes.

“This capital will ensure immense improvements to our local schools, enrichment of our parks and strong support for community organizations that work tirelessly to make this district a great place to live and work,” Holden said in a statement.

Other expense funds will provide additional sanitation pickups for free public waste bins, free events in the community, transportation initiatives for seniors, afterschool programs, youth sports programs and programs at senior centers.

Holden did say that he was “disappointed” that the budget didn’t include property tax relief for homeowners.

“While I am thrilled to have this increase in funding, it is astonishing to see the citywide budget soar to nearly $93 billion,” Holden said. “I am disappointed that such a large budget still does not include property tax relief for our homeowners and I will continue to fight for such reforms on behalf of the middle class.”

The budget has steadily increased and is $20.1 billion higher than Mayor Michael Q Bloomberg’s final one in 2013.

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There hasn’t been any new construction at the Queens County Farm Museum since 1920. But that will change when a $14 million, 12,368-square foot education center building goes up at the historic Floral Park space.

The building will feature the farm’s first set of indoor classrooms, a cafeteria, an exhibit space and an auditorium.

“This will help us expand our programming and reach new audiences,” Queens County Farm of Museum Executive Director Jennifer Walden Weprin told the Chronicle in an interview last Friday.

The education center will be located slightly south of the museum’s welcome center building.

Borough President Melinda Katz allocated $1.5 million for the project in the fiscal year 2020 budget, along with $150,000 for the museum’s administrative building.

Weprin said she hopes to secure the

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Holden secures record Education center planned for Qns. Farm funding for district

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by July 2020 and break ground on the construction in 2022, the 325th anniversary of the 47-acre farm in Eastern Queens.

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Cops say this man exposed himself

Councilman dropped out of DA race

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Police are looking for assistance in finding a man in connection with public lewdness on the train.

It was reported to police on June 5 at approximately 8:35 a.m. that a female victim was onboard a Queens-bound F train toward the 71st Avenue Forest Hills station when she observed an unidentified man sitting in front of her expose himself.

She alerted the train conductor at which point he exited the train at Queens Boulevard and 71st Avenue and fled in an unknown direction.

The individual is described as a black male, approximately 25 years old, weighing 180 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.

He was last seen wearing a light gray hoodie and sweat pants, white socks and black sneakers.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477), or, for Spanish, 1 (888) 57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com,

Lancman staffer quits after pol backs Katz

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City Councilman Rory Lancman’s (D-Fresh Meadows) chief of staff and legislative counsel, Rachel Graham Kagan, quit last week after the lawmaker dropped out of the Queens district attorney race and endorsed Borough President Melinda Katz, who ultimately appeared to lose the race.

Kagan did not return a Chronicle inquiry prior to deadline.

The Daily News published part of an email to Lancman announcing her resignation. The message was also sent to City Council employees.

“I could no longer credibly maintain that I am devoted to changing the status quo—which, in Queens especially, is untenable and profoundly cruel—if I stood by silently in the face of a selection that does nothing but bolster and entrench it for the 2.3 million people of Queens, perhaps more than any other single decision that you or I has made in the last two and a half years I have worked in your

office,” the missive wrote.

Commenting on his staffer’s decision on Wednesday morning, Lancman said, “It’s a free country and I guess we’ll hire a new one.”

In 2017, Lancman fired his chief of staff, communications director and legislative director. Politico, citing Council sources, reported that the staffers reacted negatively to him saying in a meeting that he was considering running for mayor.

The councilman denied that he discharged them because of any such conversation, though.

The June 25 district attorney primary is still officially too close to call, though public defender Tiffany Cabán declared victory on Tuesday night.

With 99 percent of precincts reporting, she had 39.6 percent of the vote with Katz getting 38.3 percent. Nonetheless, the borough president has not conceded and is waiting for absentee ballots to be counted.

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The Port Authority on Tuesday submitted a request for toll hikes at its bridges and tunnels that would become effective on Jan. 5, 2020.

The cost of crossings for cash/mail car drivers would increase from $15 to $16. E-ZPass customers in cars would go from $10.50 to $11.75 for off-peak trips and from $12.50 to $13,75 for peak hours. The affected crossings are the Holland and Lincoln tunnels and the George Washington, Goethals, Bayonne and Outerbridge bridges. All Port Authority tolls are collected only for eastbound traffic.

The proposal also would reduce the off-peak and peak discounts for those using E-ZPass as “E-ZPass usage by customers has reached high enough levels to no longer warrant the level of discount to incentivize adoption.” The incentives, under the proposal, would drop from $4.50 to $4.25 for off-peak usage and from $2.50 to $2.25 during peak hours.

One of the six public hearings will be in Queens. It will take place beginning at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30 at the Port Authority offices at Building 14 at John F. Kennedy International Q Airport.

Woman shot by cop arraigned on 7 counts

Compensation fund to get Senate vote

taunted and came after the officers with a knife. One of the officers discharged her firearm, injuring the defendant. However, the defendant was not phased and continued to pursue the officers, who showed tremendous restraint, as she wielded a knife.”

The incident took place just before 10:30 p.m. when two officers from the 105th Precinct on routine patrol allegedly saw Spicer acting erratically by a car wash near the intersection of Jamaica Avenue and 212th Street.

Spicer allegedly threatened to kill the officers before throwing a glass bottle at the officers and then pulling out a knife.

Ryan’s statement said footage from the off icers’ body cameras shows them instructing Spicer to drop the knife before she turned her attention to one officer, who fired one round from her service weapon, striking Spicer in the abdomen.

Spicer then allegedly f led the scene only to be apprehended a short distance away by two other officers after she was tased. Police allege that they have recovQ ered the knife.

Under much pressure, U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) promised a group of first responders that his chamber will hold a vote on the bill to reauthorize the Sept. 11 Victims Compensation Fund.

A 60-senator, fillibuster-proof coalition now supports the legislation, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) said Tuesday. She made the announcement about an hour before McConnell committed to a floor vote, according to the New York Post.

Money through five years was provided in 2015 to the fund, which provides financial assistance to people who experienced illness because of the attacks. It’s running out of money.

Responding to McConnell giving his word, House members from New York sponsoring the bill in their chamber said it’s the “right thing to do. The 9/11 community needs and deserves our support and the quicker we get this bill passed, the better,” Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens), Jerry Nadler (D-Manhattan, Brooklyn) and Peter King (R-Nassau, Suffolk) said in a Q joint statement.

A Queens grand jury has indicted a Queens Village woman who was shot on May 24 as she allegedly threatened two police officers and charged at them with a knife outside of a Jamaica Avenue car wash.

Lydia Spicer, 49, was charged on a seven-count indictment handed up on June 21. The charges include two counts of first-degree aggravated assault upon a police officer, first-degree attempted assault, two counts of menacing a police or peace officer and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, according to a statement issued by Acting Queens District Attorney John Ryan.

She was arraigned via video conference from her hospital bed before Acting Queens Supreme Court Justice Ronald Hollie, who ordered her remanded and set her next court date on July 8.

Spicer faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted on all charges.

“These officers were simply fulfilling their sworn duties to serve and protect the community when they observed the defendant acting aggressively,” Ryan said. “The defendant then allegedly

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File No.: 2018-1458/A CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT To: Piro Xhufka, Gjenci Xhufka, Springcastle American Funding aka One Main Financial, Citibank by Financial Recovery Services, Macy’s by ARS National Services, Inc., PC Richards by Alltran Financial LP, Attorney General of the State of New York. The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of Helen Phillips, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Marika Nichola Sava, if living and if dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown and if they died subsequent to the decedent herein, to their executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. Being the persons interested a copy of this citation and the account, and all amendments to it, if any, shall be served on the Guardian ad Litem, Rita Solomon, Esq., as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of Helen Phillips, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 90-14 242nd Street, Bellerose, NY 11426, in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of Helen Phillips, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 25th day of July, 2019 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $26,130.33 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 6% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(3); and why the claim of Springcastle American Funding aka One Main Financial in the amount of $1,191.02 should not be rejected; and why the claim of Citibank by Financial Recovery Services in the amount of $7,651.98 should not be rejected; and why the claim of Macy’s

by ARS National Services in the amount of $3,474.68 should not be rejected; and why the claim of PC Richards by Alltran Financial Services in the amount of $695.04 should not be rejected; and why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship, Dated, Attested and Sealed 3rd day of June, 2019. HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate, Queens County, James Lim Becker ,Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court. GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., (718) 459-9000 1981 Marcus Avenue, Suite 200 Lake Success, New York 11042 This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. Accounting Citation

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No. 715408/2018. Date Filed: 6/7/2019. MTGLQ Investors, L.P., Plaintiff, -against- Haile Williams, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Chester Williams a/k/a Chester A. Williams a/k/a Chester Anthony Williams, if he be living or dead, his spouse, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; State of New York; New York State Department of Taxation and Finance; New York State Commissioner of Labor; City of New York Environmental Control Board; City of New York Parking Violations Bureau; City of New York Transit Adjudication Bureau, and “JOHN DOE”, said name being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, and any parties, corporations or entities, if any, having or claiming an interest or lien upon the mortgaged premises, Defendants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 21610 115th Court a/k/a 216-10 115th Court, Jamaica, NY 11411. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Robert J. McDonald, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered June 5, 2019 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $227,500.00 and interest, recorded in the Queens County Office of the City Register on July 20, 2007, in CRFN 2007000375373 covering premises known as 21610 115th Court a/k/a 216-10 115th Court, Jamaica, NY 11411 a/k/a Block 11280, Lot 51. 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. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. 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 TILE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: May 6, 2019 Frank M. Cassara, Esq., Senior Associate Attorney, SHAPIRO, DICARO & BARAK, LLC, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard, Rochester, New York 14624, (585) 247-9000, Fax: (585) 247-7380. Our File No. 17-061970 #97186

Sunnyside Tower Condo L.P. Cert filed w/ SSNY on 6/5/19. Office: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 136-33 37th Ave, #8B, Flushing, NY 11354. Term: until 12/31/2119. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Top Secret Vegan, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/15/19.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 23-13 29th Ave, Astoria, NY 11102. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

PROBATE CITATION. SURROGATE’S COURT Queens County File No. 2017-3307 Citation The People of the State of New York by the Grace of God Free and Independent to: Agapito Lopez, Georgiana Lopez, Carmen Socorro Lopez, Mangie (Maria Del Los Angeles) Lopez, Manual Victor Santos, Raphael Infante, Isidro Infante, (Edward Joseph Auffant, Debra Ann Auffant Matilainen, Charles Auffant, as heirs at law of Post-Deceased, Emilia Infante Auffant), Ruth Ann Vasquez, Francis Infante Sands, Gloria Infante Cavalcante, William McDermott, GAL, Queens County Public Administrator and the heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of Mary Morales a/k/a Mary Dolores Morales, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. A petition having been duly filed by Russell Andrew McGuire, who is domiciled at 1671 Homestead Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30306. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Rm 62, New York, on August 15, 2019 at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Mary Morales a/k/a Mary Dolores Morales lately domiciled at 31-84 46th Street, Astoria, New York 11105 admitting to probate a Will dated November 15, 2011 (a Codicil dated NA) a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Mary Morales a/k/a Mary Dolores Morales, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to Russell Andrew McGuire. Hon. Peter J. Kelly Surrogate.

Dated, Attested and Sealed June 19, 2019. James Lim Becker, Chief Clerk. Eimi S. Figlio, 201-342-6000, Attorney for Petitioner, Archer & Greiner, P.C., 630 Third Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10017-6941. [NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.] P-5 (10/96)

Notice of Formation of True North Rad-Onc MSO, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/01/19.

Office location: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 106-14 70th Ave., Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of ZACHARIAS & SHEPHERD, LLP Cert. of Reg. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/24/19.

Office location: Queens County.

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ARTS, CULTURE CU C UL LT L T UR U R E & LIVING I VI V I NG N

Summer lovin’ LIC exhibit shows countless takes on the season

by Victoria Zunitch

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Summertime, and the livin’ ... you fill in the blank.

In the spirit of easy, a loose concept of summer was offered to artists for the LIC Arts Open’s current group show at its Gallery at The Factory in Long Island City.

“Summer” was left wide open for the artists to interpret, said LIC Arts Open Executive Director Richard Mazda. Like the season itself.

More than 70 artists submitted paintings, sculpture, mixed media, photography and works in other media, a hallmark of LIC Arts Open shows, according to Gabriella Mazza, the production coordinator.

Caro Zola’s “Detritus #4, or 137 cigarette butts I found on my roof” is a sculpture on wire, constructed just as the title promises. Zola said she did, in fact, find the cigarettes on the roof of her apartment in Brooklyn, some of them contributed by herself.

Although an individual discarded cigarette butt might not be classically beautiful — they are

soiled, uneven, unbalanced — Zola noticed the various states of decay and color in each. The finished piece could be seen as a random shape, but it bears a less-than-vague resemblance to the human heart.

A classically trained ballerina who studied linguistics and anthropology at Barnard and who works as a floral artist, Zola noticed in her industry the massively wasteful practices of discarding materials.

This started her off on “thinking about how I could create something living and dynamic and beautiful out of that,” Zola said. She used exclusively recycled and found materials.

Federico Brognoli’s “Self-portrait in red,” in the deepest red of an August rose, could be thought of as the concatenated self-image of introspective summer musings. Brognoli trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Italy and eventually moved to New York.

“Gender Fluid” is also a headshot sculpture of self-expression by the nongender-fluid artist. The half-silver, half-deep lavender bust of a head came out of Brognoli’s delight that, in the culture of the moment, a cisgendered person such as himself is freer than ever before to manifest personality traits and behaviors that have been traditionally been presented as either “female” or “male.”

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Tue., Jan. 21, 2020, 3 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $6; $5 kids, students, seniors, plus admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

“Summer Exhibition,” with works by more than 50 artists in various media from painting to sculpture, photography and more. Through Fri., July 27, The Factory LIC, 30-30 47 Ave., Long Island City.

Free. Info: (718) 392-0722, licartsopen.com.

Boulevard Film Festival IV, with blocks of short films of all kinds, from documentaries to comedies and more. Thu.-Sun., June 27-30, various times, Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. $10 per block; closing party free. Info: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

“Timberline,” with works by Nicholas Arbatsky that appear to float above the printed surface, just out of range of the viewer’s focus. Through Sat., June 29, Topaz Arts, 55-03 39 Ave., Woodside.

Free. Info: (718) 505-0440, topazarts.org.

KIDS/FAMILIES

“Flowering Trees of Victorian Richmond Hill,” with paintings of homes and gardens done en plein air by Irene Buszko. Through Sun., June 30, 1-4 p.m. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Suggested donation $2. Info: (718) 3596227, vomuseum.org.

“World Involution,” with works by Colombia native Rocard Cardenas Mo that evoke the countryside while grappling with encroaching urbanism.

Through Sun., July 7, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $5 sug., free students, teens. Info/ RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

“Closed for Installation,” with overlooked everyday objects like bulletin boards, park benches and water fountains remade by Fiona Connor; and “More or Less Bone,” a monumental work in fiberglass and paint by Jean-Luc Moulene. Through Mon., July 29, SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $10 suggested; $5 students. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org.

Autism Access Morning, with families who have members on the autism spectrum getting early access to the Museum of the Moving Image before the general public, to explore exhibits and participate in art-making projects. Sat., July 6, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $5; free kids under 3.

Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us. ¡Coronate!, the monthly Latino cultural celebration with all kinds of activities and entertainment, set for Saturday in Corona, will also feature an immigration and wellness resource fair this time around. See Special Events.

COURTESY PHOTO “Hope is the Thing with Feathers: Art of the Natural World,” with works in multiple media from around the world, from the days of ancient Egypt to modern times. Through Thu., July 11, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 997-4747, gtmuseum.org.

“Hand & I,” with embroidered works by 19 artists that address climate, race, gender, immigration, and the U.S. prison system, in “a cri de coeur for social justice.” Through Sun., July 14, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. Free.

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

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“Urban Dance,” with photographs that capture the global dynamics and transforming experience of cities worldwide. Through Sun., July 21, The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. Free.

Info: (347) 848-0030, licartists.org.

“Escape: Celebrating the Great Outdoors,” with paintings created en plein air that represent the artists’ intimate communion with the landscape, including Emilie Lee’s “Indian Creek Canyon,” above; with a portion of proceeds going to The Nature Conservancy. Thu., June 27 (opening reception 6-9 p.m.)-Thu., Sept. 5, Eleventh Street Arts, 46-06 11 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 392-5164, eleventhstreetarts.com.

“Tree of Life,” with nearly 40 works by 9 artists meant to convey peace and harmony, all for sale, with a portion of he proceeds to benefit the Pittsburgh synagogue of the same name where 11 were killed and 7 wounded in an Oct. 2018 shooting. Through Thu., Aug. 1, Red Pipe Cafe, 71-60 Austin St., Forest Hills. Free. Info: (718) 224-8359, bit.ly/2GAm0Nk

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“Changing and Unchanging Things: Noguchi and Hasegawa in Postwar Japan,” with more than 80 works by the artists and friends Isamu Noguchi and Saburo Hasegawa who sought to make modern art through “true development” of Japanese traditions. Through Sun., July 14, The Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10; $5 seniors, students; NYC HS students, kids under 12 free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org.

MUSIC Broadway in the Boros, with cast members and musicians from the productions “Be More Chill” and “The Prom” performing. Fri., June 28, 12-1 p.m., 77 St. and 37 Road, Jackson Heights. Free.

Info: (212) 337-6700, on.nyc.gov/2LcRCML. Concert on the Green: A Symphonic Salute to America, with the Queens Symphony Orchestra

honoring the nation through music. Sun., June 30, 3-4:30 p.m., George Seuffert Sr. Bandshell, Forest Park Drive, Forest Park. Free. Info: (718) 570-0909, queenssymphony.org.

“Ida y Vuelta” by Maureen Choi, right, with the violinist and her band, Mario Carrillo on bass, Michael Olivera on Drums and Daniel Garcia on piano, performing music from their new album, “Theia.” Sat., June 29, 9 p.m., Terraza 7, 40-19 Gleane St., Elmhurst. $15; free kids under 13. Info: (347) 808-0518, terraza7.com.

TOURS/HIKES Butterflies and Moths of Jamaica Bay, a slide program and walk seeking pollinators and learning about their behavior and the plants they depend on, led by Don Riepe of the American Littoral Society. Sat., June 29, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit.

Korean Community, with shops, churches and food; and Chinese Community, with unusual real estate developments, food and more, both led by Borough Hisorian Jack Eichenbaum. Fri., June 28 (Korean), meeting outside The Coop, 132-42 39 Ave.; and Sat., June 29 (Chinese), both 6-8 p.m., meeting by the elevators, Sky View mall, Roosevelt Ave. and College Point Blvd. Each $20. Info/registration (req’d): (718) 961-8406, geognyc.com, jaconet@aol.com.

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Jazz Jam, the monthly event led by saxophonist Carol Sudhalter, with all musicians and vocalists welcome to join in. Wed., July 3, 7-10 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free to play or sing; $10 to listen; free students and teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

FILM “Cielo,” the 2018 documentary meditating on the beauty of the heavens above Chile using time-lapse cameras. Wed., July 3, 7 p.m. (cultural performances and food offerings; movie at nightfall), Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City.

Free. Info: (718) 956-1819, socratessculpturepark.org.

“Apollo 11: First Steps Edition,” an exclusive version for science centers and museums of the 2019 documentary about the mission that landed men on the moon for the first time 50 years ago, with never-before-seen footage. Daily through

Kew Gardens and Maple Grove Cemetery, a historic exploration led by NYC tour guide Jo-Anne Raskin. Sat., June 29, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., meeting at 81-28 Lefferts Blvd. $25. Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS Traditions Festival, with food, music, art and crafts from the 18th century to modern times, from America, the Phillipines, Mexico, Korea and more. Fri.-Sun., June 28-30, 12-4 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 206-0545, kingmanor.org. ¡Coronate!, a cultural celebration with live music, art-making workshops, face painting, storytelling, an immigration and wellness resource fair and more.

Sat., June 29, 12-6 p.m. (certain events at certain times), Corona Plaza, 40-04 National St. Free. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org. continued on page 32

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A world of sci-fi at the Queens Museum

by Andrew Benjamin qboro contributor

When science fiction comes to mind, it conjures up images of lightsabers, UFO invasions and little green men with ray guns coming to take over Earth. Sci-fi, though, can be used as a framing device to reflect the past, present, future, cultural identity, contemporary politics and other topics that are relevant. The Queens Museum now features “Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas,”

‘Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas’ When: Through Aug. 17, Wednesdays through Sundays Where: Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Entry: $8; seniors $4; kids, students, NYC educators free.

(718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org

an exhibition that focuses on such topics.

On display are various visual arts and mixed-multimedia displays such as paintings, installations and movies that show an interpretation of the present world but also ask “what ifs” about our future.

The museum’s website says the exhibition “brings together contemporary artists from across the Americas who have tapped into science fiction’s capacity to imagine new realities, both utopian and dystopian.” All of the artists involved are of Latino/a/x heritage and much of the art reflects that cultural identity also.

Robb Hernández, assistant professor of English at University of California Riverside, is one of the curators. Hernández said Queens was an ideal venue to bring this exhibit because of the borough’s diversity and history with science.

“I was particularly compelled by the multiethnic landscape, but also the 1964 World’s Fair, which inaugurated the space age for the United States,” he said.

Joanna Szupinska-Myers, another curator, said artists who had dealt with speculative fiction were ideal candidates to be included in the exhibition. “We found art-

Beatriz Cortez’s interactive “Cosmos (Spaceship)” display is one of the works at the Queens Museum’s new “Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas” PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS MUSEUM exhibit. ists using this genre can imagine the power structures of our society,” she said. “We learn something about our true world ...

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Von Tussle’s parents are played by Sonny Bono and Debbie Harr y, of Blondie, the latter saying, “Detroit sound? What’s that, the cries of people being mugged?�

There are also beatniks played by Ric Ocasek of The Cars and Pia Zadora in cameos.

The movie features classic songs including “You’ll Lose a Good Thing,�

by Barbara Lynn, “Duke of Earl� by Gene Chandler and “Let’s Twist Again�

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John Waters’ 1988 camp cla ssic “Hairspray� begins with teenagers preparing to appear on “The Corny Collins Show,� a local program featuring dancing youth. For those who haven’t seen the movie, think of teenagers dancing as Dick Clark would count down the hits, though the movie was based on the “Buddy Deane Show,� a real dance show in Baltimore. Deane even appears in the movie quickly as a newsman.

The story centers around “pleasantly plump� Tracy Turnblad, played by Ricki Lake before her talk show host days, who becomes a regular dancer on the show. She becomes the envy of Amber Von Tussle, who feels upstaged by Turnblad, while also attempting to integrate the show, which takes place in 1962 Baltimore, beyond the “blacks only� theme night playing once a week.

As Turnblad says, “Oh mother, you’re so fifties.� “Hairspray� received a PG rating which wa s a change of pace for Waters, who often directed X-rated films. It was the only PG-rated movie When: Sat., June 29, 12 p.m. for Waters, who also appears in the Where: Museum of the Moving Image, movie as a racist psychiatrist.

36-01 35 Ave., Astoria The movie, set to play in 35 mm at the Museum of the Moving Image this Tickets: $15; $11 seniors, students; Saturday, also features a number of $9 kids 3-17; includes museum notable names in supporting roles. admission. (718) 777-6888, Turnblad’s parents are played by movingimage.us Jerry Stiller and Divine, the famous

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An endless summer of takes on the season continued from page 27 “Everybody is free to define how they feel,” Brognoli said. He placed emphasis on the “every” in “everybody.”

From across the room, the works of Gary Schwartz present as photography.

But they are, in fact, acrylic paintings that resulted from an excruciatingly det a iled process of photorea lism.

S chwa r t z uses a n epidios cop e — known to decades of children schooled prior to the 1990s as an opaque projector — that displays opaque materials and projects them, using a very bright light, onto a wall or screen.

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Eventually, he chooses those he likes, projects them, draws out the lines in the photos using a pencil, and then paints them. The result is a stunningly luminescent work that appears to have captured in photography the unworldly colors of one of those glorious morning-’til-sunset days baking at the beach.

Richard Carter, a photo retoucher who visited the opening reception for the exhibit to see the work of his friend Pesya Altman, said he looks at art first for his own impressions, to see what he thinks the artist was after. But he particularly enjoys the next step: hearing the artist tell what he or she meant to say. He said he loves the honesty of Altman’s work.

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SPECIAL EVENTS Flushing World’s Fair, with food crawl, workshops, family fun, forum and more. Fri.-Sat., June 28-29, 12-4 p.m., various locations. Free. Info: bit.ly/2LejFLU.

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Angelo LaMarca was born on April 27, 1894 in Pietrelcina, Italy. He arrived in the U.S. on Sept. 12, 1913 on the ship Hamburg.

His future wife, Assunta “Sue” Forgione, arrived about a year later on the Stampalia.

They married and settled in New Castle, Pa. He spent the next five years as a boilermaker, but jailtime halted his work. LaMarca was sentenced to Western State Prison in Lawrence, Pa. for 18 months for “larceny by servant,” or stealing from an employer.

Upon release, he moved to Jamaica in 1921 and opened a fruit and vegetable stand at 146-46 Liberty Ave. The business grew and grew with the dedicated help of his wife and children, Constance, Michael, Angelina and Eleanor.

Fresh fruits and vegetables were trucked in daily from farms in eastern Queens and Nassau County. After World War II, LaMarca bought the 35-by-66 foot property he had rented for years. He then bought the large 100-by-69 foot corner lot at 146-64 Liberty Ave. by Sutphin Boulevard.

LaMarca — who had just a second-grade

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Angelo LaMarca & Sons Fruits and Vegetables, corner of Liberty Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard, 146-64 Liberty Ave., South Jamaica, summer 1950.

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education, according to Census records — now reigned as the South Jamaica king of fruits and vegetables. He lived comfortably, owning a home on 147th Place.

As the Queens and Nassau farms dried up with the building boom, so did his business.

It became more expensive to have his produce flown in from distant locations.

Assunta died in May 1975, with Angelo passing in September 1976.

Today, safety equipment and hardware are sold at 146-64 Liberty Ave.; Carmine’s ResQ taurant operates at 146-46 Liberty Ave.

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Israeli folk dancing, with instruction for beginners, in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. Each Mon., 7:30 p.m. (beginners’ instruction); 8:3010 p.m. (intermediate dances), Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows. $10. Info: (718) 380-4145, hillcrestjc.org.

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Yoga and tai chi, with participants enjoying classes in sun or shade. Yoga: each Sat., 9:3010:30 a.m., 11 a.m.-12 p.m.; each Sun., 10-11 a.m.; tai chi: each Sun., 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; both through Sept. 15, Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 956-1819, socratessculpturepark.org.

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Knitting and crocheting class, to learn a new skill or share an idea for a craft project, by Jamaica Senior Program for Older Adults. Each Thu., 10:30-11:30 a.m., T. Jackson Adult Center, 92-47 165 St. Info: (718) 657-6500, jspoa.org.

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continued from page 29 Walking through the exhibit, you are greeted with various visual arts displays.

Two of those belong to El Salvadoranborn artist Beatriz Cortez. She created “The Untimely Conversation Box” and “Cosmos (Spaceship).” Both are interactive displays. For the former, you can press a button that prints out a receipt with a philosophy quote that you can take home with you. For “Cosmos (Spaceship),” an audio recording of the last surviving member of the Native American tribe, the Yahi, plays on a loop.

The spaceship may seem small when looking at it from one side, but there is an opening you can enter through. Don’t worry. It won’t fly off into space.

Cortez said that this exhibition can open up dialogues on the concept of being Latin American. “This exhibition invites the public to imagine the future, and to find dialogues and points of coincidence between artists who lived in different time periods or in different spaces,” Cortez said. “I think this is an exhibition that is curated based on a concept, rather than an identit y, and because of that, it opens up our ideas about what it might mean to be Latin American or Latinx.”

The museum will also be hosting discussions with some of the artists, film screenings, poets and other events that go along with the themes of the exhibition.

“I want people to have fun. I think science fiction is a fun genre. I think if we start to sound too serious then you’re missing the joy of it. The joy of art. The joy of stories,” said Szupinska-Myers. “I want people to dazzled.”

“Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas” runs to Aug. 17 at the Queens Museum, located in the New York City Building at Flushing Q Meadows Corona Park.

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Notice is hereby given that an Order granted by the Civil Court, Queens County, on the 21st day of June, 2019 bearing the index number NC-237/19, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Queens County Clerk located at 8917 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York 11435, grants me the right to assume the name of LESLIE KESTEN. The city and state of my present address are Jackson Heights, New York; the month and year of my birth are November 1949; the place of my birth is Havana, CUBA; my present name is MERCY LESLIE KESTEN, a/k/a M. LESLIE KESTEN.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 03-1819, bearing Index Number NC-000036-19/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) SUMI (Last) RAHMAN. My present name is (First) NIGAR (Middle) SULTANA (Last) SUMI AKA NIGAR SUMI. The city and state of my present address are Sunnyside, NY. My place of birth is BANGLADESH. The month and year of my birth are August 1979.

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Legal Notices NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff AGAINST Carl Casseus; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated April 5, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse, Courtroom #25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on July 26, 2019 at 10:00AM, premises known as 209-50 111th Avenue, Queens Village, NY 11429. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of NY, Block 11123 Lot 17. Approximate amount of judgment $131,013.97 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 713333/2017. Hon. Randolph Jackson, Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC, Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff, 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard, Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: May 14, 2019 For sale information, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832

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As expected, the Knicks selected Duke guard RJ Barrett with the third pick in the NBA Draft. It marked one of the rare times when New York fans attending any sports draft cheered for their team’s selection.

Although he grew up in Toronto, Barrett has constantly spoken of his affinity for New York.

His father, Rowan, played for the St. John’s University Red Storm men’s basketball team while his mom was on the SJU track and field team.

In the media interview room at Barclays Center, I asked Barrett if he considered coming to Utopia Parkway for college not only because it was his parents’ alma mater but because he loves the Big Apple. “To be honest, they didn’t recruit me!” I followed up by asking if he considered attending Columbia University. “It was a thought!” he said with a broad smile.

It is to be seen whether Barrett will be as dominant an NBA player as he was at Duke last year but there is little doubt he possesses a ton of confidence. He wore a neon pink blazer that would have made Don Johnson’s “Miami Vice” character, Sonny Crockett, proud. When a reporter questioned him in French, Barrett answered him in his language fluently. “How did I do?” he asked the media in the front. “You made Justin Trudeau proud!” a reporter replied.

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Mickey Callaway (along with starting pitcher Jason Vargas) and Newsday beat writer Tim Healey following Sunday’s loss in Chicago wasn’t the first between a manager or player and a journalist and it surely won’t be the last.

The incident was completely out of character for Callaway who is more akin to Mister Rogers than Leo Durocher. Even the most easygoing type can snap after watching the Mets bullpen blow yet another game and Callaway took out his frustrations on Tim Healey, a determined reporter who doesn’t tolerate BS. Mets COO Jeff Wilpon immediately expressed his regrets to Healey and Callaway properly apologized to him the next day. The story became tabloid, sports talk radio and social media fodder.

What if this happened to a sportswriter from a smaller outlet who didn’t have the auspices of the Baseball Writers Association of America to protect him? As someone who has had to frequently battle for access with sports team PR honchos here is my educated guess: The Mets would have permanently pulled that reporter’s credential; there would be no apology emanating from Wilpon; it would receive no attention in the dailies and electronic outlets; and some of those BBWAA members who were understandably irked about what happened to one of their Q own would be high-fiving each other.

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Commercial Storefront 2000 sq. ft. Open floor plan with 3 extra rooms, tiled throughout, 1/2 bath, previously hair salon all updated, 250 amps, 7 1/2 tons for C/A and heat, 6 parking spots.

Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach • 850 sq. ft. All new tiled office with bath. $2,750/mo.

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH

$6,900

HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH / LINDENWOOD Co-ops & Condos For Sale

• 1 Bed Co-op. MINT. ....................................................$189K • Hi-Rise Co-op. 1 BR/1 bath, washer/dryer on each floor.

IN CONTRACT...............................................Reduced $159K • Garden Co-op. 2nd floor, 2 Bed/1 Bath. Pet friendly, dogs under 25 lbs. ............................................................... $259K • Hi-Rise Mint AAA. 2 BRs/2 full baths, plus terrace, mint granite & SS appl. kitchen. 2 new baths.

IN CONTRACT..................................................Asking $299K • Greentree Condo Townhouse. 3 Bed/3 full Baths. Mother/ Daughter or Duplex .........................................Asking $458K

Stunning Huge All Brick Colonial on 80x100. House totally gutted and redone last 3 years, 5000 sq. ft., 3 level house, 49x45. 5 BRs, 5.5 Bths. Legal maid's quarters, 3 new kit, oversized 2 car garage (900 sq. ft.). In-ground heated pool, 2 balconies, sun room & 600 sq. ft. private deck. New roof, solar, parking for 7 cars, wood burning fireplace, Pella windows, new electric. Exclusive New Listing.

*Call for this month's incentive program. *Take advantage of present low interest rates!

Totally unique, mint 2 fam. on the water, 41x110.

Featuring 3 floors, walk-in mint 1 bed apt. with granite kit, custom island, SS appl., wine fridge.

Gorgeous bedroom, tiled throughout. Middle floor boasts a huge custom kitchen, granite counter, new cabinets, SS appl., double wall oven and much more. Spacious living room, bedroom and sliders to huge terrace for beautiful sunsets. Master suite and mint 1/2 bath on top level. Dock to 4 boat slips.

MUST SEE. Reduced $999K

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Extra Large High Ranch. 4 BRs, 3 baths, extra family room & playroom. New wood kitchen, sunken LR, HW flrs, in-ground heated pool. Move-in condition. Exclusive Asking $879K New Listing.

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