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About 15 teachers from John Adams High School, all of whom will not be returning next school year, walked out on Tuesday, protesting conditions in the classrooms and the state’s demand that all faculty reapply for jobs there.

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City not yielding to boro judge’s ruling Vision Zero law called unconstitutional; Rory Lancman says it confuses justices

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

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Queens judge ruled last Friday that a Vision Zero law that makes failing to yield to pedestrians who have the right of way a criminal misdemeanor is unconstitutional because it uses a lower standard to prove criminal negligence in the case of a driver hitting someone walking or riding a bicycle.

In a case involving a school bus driver who struck an 85-year-old pedestrian — who weeks later died of her injuries — in a Forest Hills crosswalk, Justice Gia Morris ruled the motorist’s constitutional right to due process was violated because the law he was being prosecuted under doesn’t state he had to have any intentional wrongdoing when committing the action to be convicted.

“Specifically, it violates a defendant’s right to due process, to be presumed innocent, and a defendant’s rights against self-incrimination,” Morris stated in her ruling.

The law in question reads, “Any driver of a motor vehicle who fails to yield to a pedestrian or person riding a bicycle when such pedestrian or person has the right of way shall be guilty of a traffic infraction, which shall be punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or imprisonment for not more than fifteen days or both such fine

A Queens judge ruled a Vision Zero law that makes failing to yield to pedestrians who have the right of way is unconstitutional because it violates a defendant’s right to due process guaranteed PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA by the U.S. Constitution. and imprisonment.”

As a result of the ruling, the case against the driver, Isaac Sanson, was dismissed.

A spokesman for Mayor de Blasio said the city will continue to utilize the law despite the ruling, because it only applies to a specific case.

“This is an important piece of Vision

Zero’s comprehensive approach to reducing death and serious injury on our streets,” spokesman Austin Finan said in an email.

“We disagree with the court’s non-binding decision and will continue to investigate, enforce and charge this law.”

The law was a part of the Vision Zero initiative, which de Blasio has made a cor-

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nerstone of his administration.

It seeks to encourage safe driving and reduce pedestrian fatalities through legislation and street redesigns.

Advocacy group Transportation Alternatives also expressed its displeasure with the ruling and questioned Morris’ understanding of the law.

“Judge Morris is entirely mistaken in concluding that drivers who harm people with the right of way cannot or should not face criminal penalties, and that charges can apply only to a driver who was actually aware that they were causing harm,” the group said in a statement. “In fact, the standard of the Right of Way Law is not subjective awareness of wrongdoing, but a driver’s duty to use ‘due care.’”

The group also pointed out that three other judges have upheld the constitutionality of the law in similar cases and urged Queens District Attorney Richard Brown to appeal the ruling.

A spokesman for Brown said, “We are studying the decision and weighing our appellate options.”

Detractors of the law celebrated Morris’ decision.

“Judge Morris clearly, forcefully and correctly ruled that Bill de Blasio essentially trampled on the Constitution, and on the rights continued on page 25

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Concerns of safety in Howard Beach Asst. DA keeping eye on case of man who allegedly did sex acts in his car

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Jesse Sligh, executive assistant district attorney for Queens, said Tuesday he’s keeping a close eye on the case of a Howard Beach man who was caught allegedly masturbating in his car while driving around the community last week.

“I will be watching this case very closely,” Sligh told a room of concerned residents at the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association meeting.

Sligh was speaking on the allegations that David Barone, 26, was caught masturbating in his car at 99th Street and 165th Avenue near Frank Charles Memorial Park at about 6 p.m. on June 18 while looking at a woman watering her plants.

He was later caught allegedly talking to two young girls and punched an eyewitness who tried to stop him.

He faces a year in jail if convicted on one count each of third-degree assault, public lewdness, second-degree harassment and exposure of a person.

Sligh said the district attorney suggested bail be set for Barone but because he has no prior arrests, none was set and he was released on his own recognizance. He is due back in court on July 25.

When asked by a resident, Sligh said Barone is not being monitored by any law enforcement agency.

“He cannot be monitored unless a court

Queens Executive Assistant District Attorney Jesse Sligh, right, addresses the Howard BeachLindenwood Civic Association. He spoke briefly about the case of an alleged public masturbator, PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY telling the civic he’s keeping a close eye on the case. rules that’s OK,” he said.

The executive assistant DA said one of the things he’ll be looking at in the Barone case is the defendant’s legal representation. The Howard Beach resident is being represented by

Queens Law Associates, Sligh said, a firm that is funded by taxpayer dollars and usually utilized by those on low incomes.

The prosecutor implied Barone is more than capable of paying for his own lawyer.

In other safety news, Capt. James Fey, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said he’s preparing to focus on quality-of-life issues in Howard Beach in Lindenwood during the summer months.

The captain plans on having a police car dedicated to monitoring traffic on Cross Bay Boulevard and side streets as people head toward Rockaway Beach.

Addressing the upcoming Fourth of July weekend, Fey plans on upping the patrol around the precinct dedicated to seizing illegal fireworks.

On Independence Day, the commanding officer will have one lieutenant, three sergeants and 24 police officers on the beat to take away any firecrackers set off in Howard Beach, Lindenwood, South Ozone Park, Ozone Park and South Richmond Hill.

“We’re going to be out there seizing fireworks and looking for fireworks,” Fey said.

“We’re going to do the best we can.”

Regarding noise complaints, Fey said the precinct will soon roll out a hotline for residents to call and report excessive sound.

He added that the city’s new law lowering penalties on minor offenses, such as excessive noise, will not affect the NYPD’s enforcement. Year to date, crime in the 106th Precinct is down by 15 percent.

Within the 28-day period, all index crimes are down with the exception of burglary, which is up only slightly — but burglary Q arrests have skyrocketed, Fey said.

Army Corps: Stay tuned for new report Spox says study on erosion control due next month; meetings to follow

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Responding to two politicians’ request for the draft results of a study that would show the best way to protect coastal and inlet communities in South Queens and Rockaway, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that report will be issued some time in the coming month.

“We’re in the process of finalizing the draft reformulation report and expect to release it for public review in July 2016,” spokesman James D’Ambrosio said in an email to the Queens Chronicle. “We will be holding public meetings regarding the report beginning late summer 2016.”

Three days before D’Ambrosio’s email, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) and civic activists hosted a press conference calling for the report’s release and for community meetings to be held on it afterwards.

“Rockaway residents, some of whom are still feeling the devastating impact of Superstorm Sandy, deserve to see the essential details on the Rockaway Reformulation Study being planned in their community and have an opportunity to provide feedback,” Schumer said in Arverne last Friday.

“The Army Corps is very good at what they do, but they can be very bureaucratic.”

When asked last week, Schumer said he had not heard any timeline of the report’s release to the general public.

“That’s why we’re here,” he said.

The long-awaited study, which began in 2003, will determine the best way to address coastal erosion and resiliency projects for communities along the Atlantic Coast, between East Rockaway Inlet, Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay. The probe was delayed several times due to lack of funding, but Schumer in 2013 secured the necessary money for it to be completed.

Goldfeder said it’s time for the peninsula to see how it can be prepared for the next big storm.

“The Army Corps needs to move on the next steps,” the assemblyman said.

Schumer and Goldfeder added that it’s imperative the Army Corps listen to civic leaders when the community meetings on the report are held.

“The community has to be a part of the report and a part of the plan,” Goldfeder said.

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area out, a spokesman for the borough president said, “The Borough President is in ongoBig Brother may soon be watching — but ing discussions with the NYPD regarding the location and timing of the installation of camin a good way.

Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhav- eras around the borough, including those that en) told the Queens Chronicle Tuesday the were funded by the Office of the Borough NYPD recently drove around Forest Park to President and by Assembly member Miller.”

The original request for security cameras scope out potential locations for surveillance cameras that he secured funding for in the park was put in by Miller in 2013, but has been caught up in red tape ever since. more than two and a half years ago.

The state Division “It looks like we of the Budget late last m ig ht be get t i ng yea r approved t he them soon,” said t’s great news that $250,000 allocation.

Miller, who cauThe assemblyman tiously estimated it these long overdue said there will be 14 could be a nother cameras look like they units in seven differone to two months ent locations around before the equipwill finally arrive soon.” the part of the park he ment is installed. represents. He put in The NYPD’s visit — Alex Blenkinsopp of the the request following to the park follows Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association a rash of crimes in the the assemblyman’s park, which has been enlisting of Borough President Melinda Katz to help expedite the the site of frequent car break-ins.

Two women joggers were violently raped cameras’ placement.

“I asked her for help because I ask every- in the park the same year Miller first alloone for help,” Miller said in an earlier inter- cated funding for the cameras.

Last June, a homeless man was accused view, before he found out cops had gone through the park. “I’m hoping she can spark of fatally beating a jogger in the park.

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Their time is up at John Adams High Teachers lead walkout after dozens are let go following reapplications

by Anthony O’Reilly

Principal Daniel Scanlon did not respond to a request for comment on this story.

John Adams was one of eight city instituA little more than a dozen outgoing teachers at John Adams High School walked out tions whose faculty was forced to reapply for just before 2 p.m. Tuesday, protesting the their positions after the state Education Departschool administration’s decision not to rehire ment declared it an “out of time school,” meanmany of their colleagues following a state ing its academic performance was unsatisfactomandate that all faculty had to reapply for ry and it needed to come up with a plan to better itself. their positions.

The reapplication “We’re walking in stipulation was solidarity with them” could not sit by knowing me a nt t o r id t he said one teacher, who schools of ineffective chose not to reveal what’s going on in that staff members, but his name. some said Joh n It’s unclear how school. The rampant Adams is losing its many teachers from drug use, the sexual best and brightest.

John Adams will not “They chose not be back in September. deviance, the cheating.” to reappoint the ones Some taking part who have helped to in the walkout said — Keith Scalia bu m p t h e s cho ol their contingent could back up,” Va nput represent anywhere from a third to about half of the total number said. “It’s totally backwards.”

But Vanput was not one of those — he, while others said it could be as high as 60.

“We don’t know how many it is,” said Brett like some others, chose not to reapply.

Keith Scalia also did not ask to come back Vanput, who taught English there. “The to the Ozone Park school in September. school won’t tell us.”

“I couldn’t think of one reason to reapHe added that it appeared no department was hit harder than any other, though another ply for my job,” Scalia said. “I could not sit teacher said he is the lone physical education by knowing what’s going on in that school.

The rampant drug use, the sexual deviance, instructor who won’t be back at the school.

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Outgoing John Adams High School teachers pose outside the school on their last day — they, along with dozens of others, will not be heading back there in September following a reapplication PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY process in which faculty were not rehired. the cheating.”

Adams was one of many schools that came under fire for allegedly engaging in a cheating scandal in an effort to bump up students’ grades so it would appear there were improvements at the school.

Scalia ref utes that the cheating is “alleged.”

“We have video of it,” he said.

The reason why much of the illicit activities inside the school has not been widely reported, Scalia said, is because faculty fear they will be retaliated against.

The same fear prevented some who were not rehired from taking part in the walkout. continued on page 25

Problems abound at Aqueduct, NYRA Poor conditions at SOP track may be part of bigger problem in state

by Anthony O’Reilly

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Problems at Aqueduct Racetrack may be a part of a bigger issue within the New York Racing Association.

One racing fanatic said the escalators at the venue are frequently broken, while Comptroller DiNapoli PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY warned NYRA’s finances are in dire straits.

Although live racing may be over at Aqueduct Racetrack, fans of the sport still like to visit the South Ozone Park venue from time to time.

One enthusiast said, however, that it’s getting harder and harder to make it down the homestretch.

A man who said he visits Aqueduct on a frequent basis told the Queens Chronicle conditions there are deteriorating.

“It’s just not what it used to be,” the man, who wished not to be named, said.

He said the escalators at the venue are frequently out of order, even when live racing does occur there, and there are homeless people often spotted in the area. He added that the place often smells of urine, as well.

Several visits to Aqueduct by a Chronicle reporter found that the escalators were not functioning on most occasions, though there were some days where they were running. There were no sightings of homeless people.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), the ranking member of the Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, said he often hears complaints of the dilapidated condition of Aqueduct.

“We do get residents who complain about the conditions,” Addabbo said. “We need to start investing capital dollars to improve Aqueduct.”

He said that was the goal when the state approved the placement of Resorts World Casino adjacent to Aqueduct, but revenue from the racino seems to be directed to Long Island and upstate.

“Instead of the money going to Aqueduct, it’s going to Belmont and Saratoga,” he said. “That’s where the moneymakers are but we need to brighten up Aqueduct as well.”

But money for any of the state’s three racetracks may be hard to come by.

A recent audit by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found that the New York Racing Association has generated a $109 million deficit in the past five years and has failed to find a way to make racing profitable. DiNapoli added the revenue from video lottery terminals at casinos such as Resorts World aren’t guaranteed to keep NYRA afloat.

“NYRA relies on Video Lottery Terminals to stay in the black, but that revenue stream isn’t guaranteed to continue as strongly, especially as new casinos open up across the state,” he said in a statement. continued on page 21

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P Losing top teachers over money EDITORIAL

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ust about everyone touts the benefits of mayoral control of schools and decries the old Board of Education-led system as dysfunctional and inefficient. But not every change under mayoral control has been an improvement, and a combination of city and state policy is causing some of the schools that need help the most to lose the kind of teachers who could give it.

When former Mayor Bloomberg won control of the schools, he decided that each individual building would have its own budget, with principals deciding, like business people, where to spend that money. By far the biggest cost when it comes to education is staff salaries. So if a principal has to pay, say, $100,000 for one experienced teacher, or $50,000 each to two who haven’t been on the job as long, he or she has a strong incentive to go for the pair and get two classrooms staffed for the price of one.

But that means, in many cases, the students are not getting the best value, as veteran teachers are forced out of their schools and newer ones are brought in. There’s less chance for mentoring of the new teachers. And the city really doesn’t save any money anyway, as the other teachers are guaranteed their salary and placement at another school in

the borough they were teaching in — except of course for those who get so frustrated by the system they retire or quit.

In just one example, this may be part of what’s going on at John Adams High School in Ozone Park, where 15 or so teachers staged a walkout Tuesday. Because John Adams is designated an “out of time school” by the state, one that has to implement an academic improvement plan, every teacher had to reapply for his or her job in order to return next year.

Many were rejected, and among them were some of the teachers with the most experience. Exactly how many won’t be back is unclear because the administration isn’t talking.

But it’s a school like JAHS that needs veteran teachers the most. It’s not only on the “out of time” list, it’s also in Mayor de Blasio’s Renewal Schools program, meaning it has to shape up under threat of closure. It’s hard to see how any of the dozens of the city’s renewal schools can be expected to do that if they’re losing their best teachers.

While government often needs to become more efficient, its institutions are not businesses and cannot function as if they were. De Blasio has reversed many of Bloomberg’s education moves — wrongly in many cases — and maybe it’s time he killed the individual building budget structure.

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ith all the problems Queens faces, how could we not have realized the solution was staring us in the face all along?

Quexit! That’s the answer. Let’s secede from New York City, just like the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union. It’ll be great!

Think of all the benefits. The economy will rapidly spiral downward. The government will be torn apart (sorry, Melinda). We won’t have to deal with “those people” — you know, residents of the other boroughs — just crossing bridges and coming in here, or in the case of Brooklynites, just crossing the street to get in. How’d we live so long without border controls? Maybe we should shut down the airports too; it’s not like they provide jobs or anything.

Though Quexit may seem quixotic, we say Cheerio!

Surely Quexit would make Queens great again. If only we had a brash, big-mouthed leader with a crazy mop of hair on his head, like that Boris Johnson fellow in England, to lead the way ...

Nah. Let’s keep New York City whole after all.

world! The UK stunned the world by voting yes on the Brexit referendum to sever ties with the European Union. The vote was 52 percent yes to 48 percent no. England and Wales said yes — Scotland and Northern Ireland voted no.

The Scottish PM announced he will hold a referendum to leave the UK. Stock markets around the globe plummeted!

Seven percent in the UK, 8 percent in France, 3.4 percent in the USA. A total of $2 trillion in stocks wiped out in one day! Wall Street had a 611-point meltdown and 401(k) funds were hit by an average loss of $3,200.

Opening his new golf course in Scotland, Donald J. Trump “celebrated” the Brexit vote with the following remarks: 1) What happened should happen. 2) The British voted to take back their country, a good thing. 3) The UK voters rejected mass-scale Muslim immigration and heavy EU regulations. 4) The falling British pound would be good for American business. Trump even compared the Brexit vote to the rise of his political campaign.

Hillary Clinton responded by asking, will this be good for American working families?

Our first task is to make sure the market melt-

down does not hurt our middle class.

I wonder if our seniors, living on their 401(k) income, will join in his “celebration” of this historic event on Election Day, Nov. 8?

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Save the birds Dear Editor: Re “DEC’s Final Mute Swan Plan To Come,” June 23, multiple editions: How baffling to read Don Riepe’s crass comments in favor of the DEC’s management plan to send the mute swans of New York State into oblivion. He says, “they [animal activists] don’t want to see anyone killed, but nature is not nice, nature kills.” No Mr. Riepe, it’s not that animal activists don’t want to see anyone killed in the circle of life, only that they don’t want to see everyone killed.

As an attendee of the JFK Bird Hazard Task Force meetings for decades, Mr. Riepe turned his back on the 100,000 laughing gulls — among others — shot by U.S. Department of

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Pope right to say sorry Dear Editor: Pope Francis has offered an apology for all those that the church has offended. He said this on Sunday upon his return trip from Armenia.

He was referring to gays, lesbians and poor who have been exploited. “I think the church must not only apologize to a gay person, but must apologize to the poor, to women who have been exploited, to children forced into labor,” he said.

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McCarthy was right Dear Editor: Re “Schine and Joe McCarthy,” Letters, June 23: June 25 was the 66th anniversary of the communist North Korean, Chinese and Soviet invasion of South Korea. Thirty-seven thousand of my fellow U.S. military personnel were killed in action in the war from 1950 to ’53.

In the book “Blacklisted By History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies,” the author exposes facts from the Venona Transcripts released by the federal government, identifying 349 Americans with covert relationships with Soviet Intelligence. Those included Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Alger Hiss and Harry Dexter White. The book includes the Mitrokhin Archives, compiled by a man who was a KGB agent until 1992, when he defected to the United Kingdom. The book is copiously footnoted.

It states that Stalin ordered the invasion of South Korea as a proxy war to see if the west still had the stomach for more war. He already had been given the stolen atom bomb secrets from the Rosenberg traitors, who were found guilty of espionage and executed.

Without the atom bomb Stalin may not have ordered the war.

One can read the names of the Queens KIA on the rear of the War Memorial in Kissena Park.

Also read “Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America” and “In Denial: Historians, communism and espionage.”

Mike J. Vukobratovich Bayside The writer served in the U.S. Navy mine force from 1952-56 in the Korean War.

Decimate ISIS Dear Editor: No doubt ISIS was responsible for the carnage of the latest terror attack, at the airport in Turkey. All civilized nations of the world need to unite against these continuous and deadly attacks and completely destroy ISIS wherever it rears its ugly head of death and destruction.

The world is already in so much turmoil, and these continued attacks only add to the mayhem and chaos everywhere. We must give Turkey our full support in its endeavor to wipe out those murderers, who have no regard for life, except to destroy it.

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Dear Editor: Forest Hills Stadium is not the place to have concerts. Being in a residential area, it is obvious guests are not welcome, with the 10 p.m. curfew and having people walking up to Continental Avenue way beyond the stadium to enter and exit the stadium.

Contrary to the article last week (“Minor issues reported as FoHi concerts start,” multiple editions), exits south or west of the stadium were closed for the Dolly Parton concert, thus forcing everyone to exit north, closing all side streets, and going far beyond the stadium to come back around. The police couldn’t care less about whether you lived in the area.

John Ngai Rego Park

what had to be said. He has asked for forgiveness for wrongs committed in the past. In my opinion he wants us all to get back to what Jesus taught, and that is to love one another.

Would this not be a better world if we did not judge others unfairly? Also as it says in the Lord’s Prayer, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive others’ trespasses against us.”

We need to listen to Pope Francis and follow his example by forgiving others who have wronged us and apologize to those we have wronged.

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Agriculture Wildlife Services shooters at JFK Airport. Also with his blessing, since 2012, Wildlife Services agents have slaughtered over 1,000 resident Canada geese and their goslings inside the once inviolate Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. And now, we can’t “be nice” to the mute swan too, who has lived in Jamaica Bay before an airport turned vital wetlands for wildlife into concrete and an Atlantic Flyway corridor into a wildlife hazard crossing?

It’s convenient to forget that it was man who abducted the Mute Swan and brought them to the U.S. It was man who turned the giant Canada goose into a resident nonmigratory game bird. It was man who locked out the laughing gull from breeding in New York State for over 80 years — all three species have faced extirpation from their environs in the past from hunting overkill. But if history repeats itself, then it should be with our own blood, the only consolation being that our remains won’t be sent as food to the animal shelters or homeless shelters.

As a good steward, Mr. Riepe knows that our cerebral prowess is not to be confused with the necessity of nature, which includes fecundity and adaptation. In his next meeting with the Port Authority, he should ask himself first if airplanes spewing jet blast every five minutes across Jamaica Bay are more acceptable “for the good of the natural wildlife of the area” than families of gulls, geese and swans, whose tolerance of man is impossible to reciprocate.

Just whom is Don Riepe a guardian for?

Jeffrey Kramer Brooklyn The writer is a volunteer with GooseWatch NYC.

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Stopping the dawn of zombie homes in NY New law signed by gov requires banks to care for abandoned properties

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Activists frustrated at abandoned properties being a blight on the community are celebrating the signing of a state law that requires banks to maintain homes that have been left vacant, but warned the fight against undead real estate must continue.

“This is finally going to hold the banks accountable for zombie homes,” Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) said.

“It’s a great step in the right direction but there’s still a lot that has to be done.”

The law, signed by Gov. Cuomo last Thursday, requires the mortgagee to become responsible for the maintenance of the property once they “become or should have become aware of the vacancy,” the Governor’s Office said in a statement. Mortgagees that fail to do so face “civil penalties up to $500 per violation, per property, per day for failing to do so,” the Governor’s Office said.

Previously, mortgagees were only responsible for the maintenance of an abandoned property once it was foreclosed upon and sold. The law allows for the expedition of foreclosures for abandoned properties, but also provides homeowners with tools to stop foreclosures, such as “prescribing the rights and duties of the parties and clarifying how the process should work to best protect home-

Zombie homes have been a blight on Queens communities for years. Recent legislation signed

by Gov. Cuomo seeks to hold banks more accountable for the maintenance of them, while offering FILE PHOTO homeowners a way to stop foreclosures from happening. owners contesting foreclosures and prevent them from losing their homes.”

“For each zombie home that we cure and for each that we prevent with this legislation, we are saving entire neighborhoods from the corrosive effect of blight and neglect,” Cuomo said in a statement.

Zombie homes are prevalent upstate and on

Long Island, but can also be seen around Queens.

In Jamaica, many homes were abandoned when homeowners could no longer afford the mortgages on it.

In South Queens and Rockaway, homes were abandoned following Superstorm Sandy because many could not afford to repair them.

“Zombie homes are a problem all throughout the district,” Goldfeder said.

Joe Moretti, author of the “Clean Up Jamaica Queens Now” blog, said the legislation is long overdue.

“As usual wait till everything goes to hell AND then do something,” Moretti said in an email.

He added that the legislation is not perfect and suggested raising the penalty on banks who fail to maintain their properties. “... the penalty of $500 per violation seems way too low and makes me wonder if the banks will consider this the cost of doing business and just stick that in their budget,” the blogger said. “The penalty should be at least $5000, if not more, considering the damage that is done to a community from these blighted homes.”

Goldfeder said the city must now pass a law that allows agencies such as the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to go into the zombie homes to address issues there.

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) is a co-sponsor of that bill.

Right now, agencies must stop at the door of the homes unless they have the explicit approval of the mortgagee.

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Mayor’s water rate plan struck down Praise marks judge’s decision on water and sewer increase in city

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Just when some city homeowners thought they might catch a bit of a break on water and sewer bills this summer, their hopes went down the drain.

A judge last week struck down the city’s plans to increase water and sewer bill rates by 2.1 percent, and give homeowners a one-time $183 credit on their bills.

Of those homeowners, over 277,000 in Queens would have received the credit.

But the credit, which would only be applied to the bills for one- to three-family homes, became a bone of contention among owners of larger buildings.

Prometheus Realty Corp., Portofino Realty Corp., Tuscan Realty Corp. and the Rent Stabilization Association collectively filed a petition in court against the New York City Water Board and Department of Environmental Protection in an effort to stop the rate hike and credit from being applied.

They succeeded.

Judge Carol Edmead in her decision said, “Even if authorized, the Water Board’s issuance of the Bill Credit is arbitrary, capricious, an error of law, and abuse of discretion.

“The Bill Credit is unrelated and bears no reasonable correlation to the costs of water service, and is designed to accommodate the Mayor’s political agenda to provide a windfall to certain homeowners,” Edmead wrote.

Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), who has been a water rate watchdog, is in favor of the judge’s decision.

“The judge saw what was clear to any water bill payer: It’s arbitrary, capricious and just plain unfair to needlessly raise everyone’s water rates to fund a credit for only some people,” he said in a statement after the decision was handed down.

“Rather than wasting more taxpayer money defending this swindle, the Mayor should realize what was clear months ago — there is no justifiable argument for raising water rates,” he said.

In a phone interview, Lancman added, “I’m not in favor of the city raising water rates when it concedes it doesn’t need to.”

He also said the idea was “basically a Ponzi scheme,” and that the whole plan was unnecessary.

On its Facebook page, the Rent Stabilization Association applauded the judge’s ruling, calling it “great news.”

The proposed increase was the lowest in the last 16 years. For now, rates won’t increase, nor will homeowners receive the $183 credit.

The city has already filed a notice of appeal and expects the case to be heard in the fall.

Mark Muschenheim, senior counsel at the New York City Law Department, in a statement said, “We will appeal this decision which prevents the lowest rate increase in sixteen years and a $183 credit to most customers from being implemented. We continue to maintain that the Water Board acted appropriately and in accordance with the law.”

Due to the judge’s ruling, all programs and credits created or revised by the fiscal year 2017 rate schedule aside from the water credit plan cannot be implemented at this Q time either.

The mayor’s plan to increase water and sewer rates by 2.1 percent while affording hundreds of thousands of homeowners throughout the city a $183 credit was struck down last week by Judge PHOTO BY SUZANNE CIECHALSKI Carol Edmead.

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Meeks fends off challenger

Phil Goldfeder is going back to school

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) easily defeated Long Island businessman Ali Mirza in a Democratic primary Tuesday.

At press time, unofficial election results showed Meeks with 80 percent of the vote.

Mirza, an Elmont resident and Pakistan native who moved to the country in 1991, told the Queens Chronicle earlier this month that, were he elected, he would have focused on criminal justice reform, opposed the Trans Pacif ic t rade agreement and supported a federal minimum wage increase.

Meeks has been in Congress since 1998. His district encompasses all of Ja maica , Sout h Ja maica , Broad Channel, Rockaway, Queens Village and parts of Richmond Hill, Ozone Park and South Ozone Park.

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Velazquez wins Dem primary Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens) won a th ree -way Democrat ic pr i ma r y Tuesday by a large margin.

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Ch i natow n ba n ker Yu ng ma n Lee had 27 percent and attorney Jeff Kurzon had about 10.

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Outgoing pol to work for Yeshiva University Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) will take over as head of government relations for Yeshiva University after his time as an assemblyman is up next year, the school announced Tuesday.

“YU has developed several public-private partnerships over the past few years, which are resulting in academic and facility improvements,” University President Richard Joel said in a statement. “When we began exploring how we could take our successes with government relations to the next level, it was clear that Phil was uniquely qualified for this role.”

Goldfeder announced earlier this month that he is not seeking re-election in November because he wants to spend more time with his family. He has served the district since replacing Queens County Clerk Audrey Pheffer in 2011. Pheffer’s daughter, Stacey Pheffer-Amato, is seeking to succeed Goldfeder in November against Republican challenger Alan Zwirn.

“I have dedicated my life in public service to ensuring a better future for all our families,” Goldfeder said in a statement. “This

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John J. Santucci, 85, died Sunday Former DA created Special Victims Unit, Second Chance Program

by Suzanne Ciechalski Chronicle Contributor

John J. Santucci, the former Queens district attorney, passed away on Sunday at Winthrop University Medical Center in Mineola. He was 85.

Santucci, a key figure in the political realm in New York, served as the district attorney for 14 years, from 1977 to 1991 after being appointed at the end of 1976 and elected in 1977. He was then re-elected three more times.

“There was no competition,” said Santucci’s grandson, John T. Santucci. “People knew John Santucci worked for them,” he said.

Howard Beach resident and family friend Mitch Udowitch called Santucci a family man, a sentiment that is evident in his family’s remembrance of him.

“My grandfather was the strongest man I knew, and he was someone that pushed you, challenged you, made you see the argument from all perspectives” his grandson said. “He made you a better person.”

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Former District Attorney John J. Santucci died Sunday in Mineola.

Despite a career sometimes wracked with controversy, Santucci is remembered for his commitment to making the Queens community a better place for all people.

Along with being the first district attorney in New York State to use DNA evidence, his grandson said, he also created the nation’s very first Special Victims Unit.

Santucci also created the Second Chance Program, which was designed to give firsttime offenders the opportunity to perform community service in order to clear their record and be given a second chance.

“He enforced the law but he also tried to make sure at all costs that the law was working for the people,” John T. Santucci said.

His grandson said that Santucci very much valued his community, and always encouraged his family to stand up for what they believed in.

“That’s really why our family is as strong as it is,” John T. Santucci said. “He was our patriarch, our champion; he was my hero.”

Santucci attended St. John’s University’s School of Law. He then went on to serve as an assistant district attorney in Queens from 1968 to 1964.

He also served as a city councilman and state senator.

Former state Sen. Frank Padavan, who succeeded Santucci, said the two were very good friends, and called him a good representative. “[He was] a state senator who really did his job well,” he said.

Santucci retired from the district attorney position in 1991, leading to the appointment of his sucessor, the current District Attorney Richard A. Brown.

Brown, in a statement Monday, said, “I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my predecessor, John Santucci. John spent his entire career in dedicated service to the people of Queens County, serving as a prosecutor, a member of the City Council and the state senate, and finally as district attorney.

John’s wife, Edna, and their entire family remain in our thoughts and prayers.”

Udowitch said the former district attorney was a “straight shooter.”

Santucci is remembered as a family man. Here he is with his wife Edna. The couple was married PHOTOS COURTESY JOHN T. SANTUCCI for 62 years.

“In my opinion he was always fair,” he said.

Calling Santucci a “great guy,”Udowitch said, “It was a sad day in Queens when John retired.”

The former district attorney was involved in numerous charitable efforts according to his grandson, including the Boys and Girls Club of South Queens and Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.

His family also created a scholarship at the Touro Law School, called the John J. Santucci Justice Scholarship.

“I’m proud,” his grandson said. “I’m proud to be his grandson, I’m proud that my parents named me after him.”

Aside from his work in the community, Santucci is also remembered for his handling of high-profile cases, such as the fatal, racially charged 1986 attack in Howard Beach.

He turned the case over to a special prosecutor, the future Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes.

He was criticized by 1984 Democratic vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro for his prosecution of her husband, John Zaccaro, on charges related to the bribery scandal surrounding then-Borough President Donald Manes. Zaccaro was acquitted; Manes killed himself.

Among hundreds of cases handled by Santucci, corruption and police brutality were two other issues that the former district attorney most notably dealt with.

Santucci is survived by his wife of 62 years, Edna; six children, Mary, Thomas, John, Carol, Robert and Edna; and 12 grandchildren.

A wake for Santucci was held on Tuesday and Wednesday at Fairchild and Sons funeral home in Garden City, LI from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

A funeral will be held at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, also in Garden City, at 10 a.m.

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Work to be done on Howard Beach streets

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Construction will be done on several Howard Beach and Lindenwood streets in the coming weeks, the city recently announced.

On several streets in the two communities, work will be done on sidewalks and curbs and the roads will be milled and paved. The work was slated to start Tuesday and is scheduled to be completed by fall.

The streets where the work will take place are as follows:

Milling, paving to be done in summer • 80th Street between 160th and 159th avenues; • 161st Avenue between 82nd and 83rd streets; • 163rd Avenue between 85th and 86th streets; • 163rd Avenue between 88th and 89th streets; •165th Avenue between 84th and 85th streets; • 149th Avenue between 80th and

79th streets; • 149th Avenue between 85th and 84th streets; • 149th Avenue between 85th Street and the “Y” shape; • 156th Avenue between Lahn and 96th streets; and • Cohancy Street between 156th and 155th avenues.

Community Board 10 Chair woman Betty Braton said at Tuesday’s Howard

Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association meeting that she has asked the city why those streets were picked for construction.

“I have not yet received an answer,” she said.

Braton and Joann Ariola, president of the civic, advised residents living near the streets to be aware of “No Parking” signs that will be posted shortly before the work is set to begin.

Similar work is being done in Hamilton Beach, where the main thoroughfare is set to be repaved for the first time in more than Q 15 years, as well as some side streets.

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A ‘gamble’ pays off for SOP students Hawtree Creek Middle School celebrates its inaugural graduation ceremony When Omar Narine entered Hawtree Creek Middle School three years ago, the classrooms were unfurnished. He was part of the school’s first class.

“It was a gamble,” Narine said of entering the school. “We didn’t know what to expect.”

His, and 94 other students’, gamble paid off in a big way last Friday when Hawtree Creek’s inaugural graduating class celebrated its commencement ceremony at the school. Narine was the valedictorian of the class.

“It’s overwhelming,” said an emotional Maureen Hussey, the founding principal of the school. “When I was recruiting these children I had no school to show them or any alumni to come and speak to them. All the parents had was my word. It was a huge risk.”

Hawtree Creek Middle School opened in 2013 and is co-located inside MS 226 at 121-10 Rockaway Blvd. in South Ozone Park.

Narine said the 95 students who walked into the school, who will be attending close to 30 different high schools starting in September, have been transformed by their experience there.

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The Hawtree Creek Performance Chorus sings the national anthem.

Guidance counselor Despina DeLuca addresses the inaugural graduating class of PHOTOS BY ANTHONY O’REILLY Hawtree Creek Middle School.

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Staying open to a new renovation plan Community hopes Richmond Hill Library doesn’t have to close during upgrades

by Anthony O’Reilly

unit would be placed near it during construction.

The board member said he brought those concerns Officials from the Queens Library and Community to library officials during the meeting, which was Board 9 are staying open to the idea of not closing the also attended by other CB 9 members, and said they Richmond Hill branch during an extensive renovation were “receptive” to the idea of doing the project in phases, which would allow for parts of the building project.

“I think they were open to the idea,” said Seth Wellins, to remain open during construction.

“They heard our concerns and they did say they a Richmond Hill resident and board member, following a would look into it,” Wellins meeting of the two sides last said. “It would take a little bit Thursday. longer so they would have to do The Richmond Hill branch, at hey heard our concerns new budgeting for the project.”

118-14 Hillside Ave., is set to Queens Library spokeswomreceive an $8 million upgrade in and they did say they an Joanne King said in an email the coming years that will take would look into it.” library officials will be discussabout 14 months to complete, ing the possibility of doing the during which no part of the — Seth Wellins, project in phases “to assess the branch would be opened to the Community Board 9 member f e a s i b i l i t y a n d h ow t h a t public. approach would affect the timeAn 18-to-24 month design and review process for the plans has yet to start for the reno- line and the budget.”

Advocates for the historic building, which first vations, which will consist of handicap accessibility improvements, new windows, brick repointing, an opened in 1905, have been calling for renovations to it for years, saying it’s severely outdated. expanded meeting room and more.

The Richmond Hill Library was first founded by the There is no scheduled start date for the design-and-review process or construction. Full funding for the project has Twentieth Century Club in 1899 and was first located on Jamaica Avenue. been secured.

The Hillside Avenue building was one of 67 faciliWellins and other community activists have expressed dismay at the thought of the branch, which also serves ties constructed via a $5.2 million grant issued by turnsome Kew Gardens residents, being closed for more than of-the-20th century industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The library’s basement is the meeta year.

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The Port Authority’s LaGuardia Airport noise study group last week released a draft noise contour map of areas potentially eligible for sound mitigation money that shows no substantial change from a map produced several years ago.

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“What they’re doing is technically correct, but they’re not addressing the larger issue, which is the effect on 10,000 people per square mile,” said Bayside resident Clarence Beninati.

The draft map was created as part of a noise study known as Part 150 and presented by Steve Alverson, a senior associate with the environmental science and planning firm ESA and the project director of the Port Authority’s Noise Compatibility Study for LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy, Newark Liberty and Teterboro airports.

Part 150 is a Federal Airport Aviation Regulation program providing U.S. airports with the right to voluntarily balance operational needs with the noise those operations create in surrounding neighborhoods.

The map shows a narrow band of areas surrounding and extending from LaGuardia’s runways that experience an Average Day/Night Sound Level of 65 decibels or more. The DNL threshold of 65 is the metric the FAA uses to quantify airport-vicinity noise.

The study group noted that the expected retirement of the MD-80 aircraft may alter the noise patterns shown on the map to a small degree by 2021 because the MD-80 is quieter than some other aircraft on arrival and noisier on takeoff.

Homes within areas acknowledged by the FAA to have a DNL of 65 or higher may be eligible for money for noise mitigation strategies, such as sound-control windows.

Other types of changes, such as alterations to flight paths or runway use, could mitigate noise outside of the 65 DNL contour, Alverson said.

The next step for the study group will be to look at ways to mitigate the exposure, Alverson said. The group has begun planning public workshops to be held at easily accessible venues where it will seek community input on how airport noise affects people and to gather suggestions.

The JFK draft map was presented the next day. The study group expects to send the LaGuardia study to the Federal Aviation Administration for review by mid-July and the Kennedy study by late August.

During the public comments portion of the hearing, residents had a few issues with the draft map, such as questions about the types of noise monitors used and how measurements of ambient community noise and aircraft noise are counted.

Airport noise contour maps are great, but what residents really want are concrete mitiPHOTO BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH gation strategies.

But they primarily focused on possible solutions.

Several residents commented at the meeting that because the threshold of 65 DNL is an average, households outside of the mapped noise contours can still experience extremely disruptive noise.

“We have a very big push with congressional representatives to change the threshold to 55 from 65,” Len Schaier of QuietSkies.net told the Chronicle after the meeting.

Beninati, a retired electrical engineer, said he has done his own aircraft noise studies at his home and concluded that 55 would still be too high, as it would be loud enough to interrupt backyard conversation, disrupt thought processes and cause anxiety and high blood pressure.

“At some point, we need to address the pathways these planes need to take. And with that, where those planes could fly with minimal impact on the community,” Beninati said.

He has also created maps of observed LaGuardia takeoff patterns.

“There is a range in which they can change the flight paths,” Beninati said.

Bryan Serra of Bayside said flight paths changed for the worse about three years ago, making the noise “quite hellish” in his neighborhood. He’d like to see them change again to avoid hurting quality of life and property values in his neighborhood.

One of Beninati’s maps shows takeoff patterns during westerly wind conditions consistently flying over densely residential Bayside and the Clearview Expressway, which he says creates a canyon effect that amplifies the low-frequency noise of the airplanes.

Beninati has concluded that the FAA needs to give a higher priority to avoiding residential areas in favor of f lying over commercial areas.

“They need to focus on the commercial zones,” he said. “The fact is, they’re saturating the human population with noise and Q pollution. We need to limit that.”

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by Suzanne Ciechalski Chronicle Contributor

The Rent Guidelines Board on Monday voted for a one-year freeze on rent stabilized leases and a two-year, 2 percent increase on two-year leases.

Mayor de Blasio on Tuesday called the vote a “very big deal” during an appearance on WCBS News Radio 880.

“You k now, most New Yorkers are struggling to make ends meet. Rent is, by far, the number one cost in our lives.

And the Rent Guidelines Board — to their credit, they really looked at the facts, and they said, look, the price of

City officials praise votes on rent fuel was way down in the last years, landlords were doing okay but our renters were really struggling,” de Blasio said. “And the right thing to do was to do a rent freeze.”

This is the second year in a row that a rent freeze has been approved by the board.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx) also praised the decision in a statement Monday.

“I applaud the Rent Guidelines Board

for voting to approve a much needed rent freeze on one-year rent stabilized leases.

New York City is in the midst of a housing crisis and as we work together with our partners in government to create new affordable housing units, we must also ensure existing rent stabilized homes are protected from unreasonable rent hikes,” she said.

Mark-Viverito has been an advocate for the rent freeze.

“This rent freeze, along with a 2 percent

increase on two-year leases, will provide relief to over 1.1 million rent-stabilized tenants in New York City and will help alleviate the burden of increased rent, even as wages remain stagnant,” the speaker said.

On its website, the Rent Stabilization Association criticized the vote, writing, “ T he RGB c ont i nue s t o i mple me nt Mayor Bill de Blasio’s political agenda, targeting apartment building owners. As a result, RSA is prepared to fight these unjust and unlawful rent guidelines in the courts.”

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The audit was released prior to state legislators agreeing to a one-year extension of Albany’s control of the racing association. Some legislators and advocates argued that NYRA should be controlled by a panel of private citizens.

Addabbo, however, argued that the state should have control of NYRA until they can prove they have a handle on their finances.

“The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t,” the senator said.

Despite the audit, NYRA reports that it had a $1.7 million surplus in 2014 but the comptroller argued it came to that conclusion by excluding expenses such as pension contributions and post-employment health benefits. NYRA responded that it didn’t have to disclose those numbers because they are out of its control.

Responding to DiNapoli’s suggestions to find a way to make racing more profitable, NYRA responded that it’s always look ing for ways to improve its operations.

Addabbo said he and his committee colleagues are constantly talking about ways to make racing profitable.

One way to do that, he suggested, would be encouraging people to come to Aqueduct, which has seen drastically declining attendance.

“I talk to the parking attendants who tell me they park maybe 100 cars a week,” he said. “That’s compared to 100 cars a day a couple of years ago.”

The senator would like to see live racing in South Ozone Park moved away from the winter months.

“While everyone else is heading to Florida with all the best horses, we get what’s left over,” he said.

He would also like to see events such as night racing hosted at the track. But, more than anything else, he believes racing fanatics just want a better track.

“People are more likely to come there if it’s clean and well lit,” Addabbo said. Q

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One-year rent freeze approved by board

NYPD off the hook for tow truck funds Katz, Comrie secure $450K; want a dedicated Queens heavy wrecker

by Michael Gannon Editor

Two complaints that nearly ever y NYPD precinct commander in Queens hears all the time involve loud music from parties and tractor trailers parking overnight — or longer — on residential streets.

With summer in full swing, cops on noise detail already have their chronic offender lists and are checking them twice.

But help also may be on the way for neighborhoods burdened with the big rigs.

Borough President Melinda Katz and state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) have secured a total of $450,000 to help the NYPD purchase a heavy-duty tow truck specifically to target truck violation enforcement in the borough.

“Borough President Katz has allocated $350,000 in Fiscal Year 2017 dollars to cover the full cost of the purchase of one heavy-duty NYPD tow truck that will be dedicated to Queens and give the NYPD an enforcement tool they need to specifically address the particular problem of illegally parked tractor trailer trucks,” said a spokesperson for Katz told the Chronicle in an email on Thursday.

Comrie confirmed earlier in the day that the Legislature late Wednesday night passed a spending measure that included $100,000 he requested for a heavy wrecker as it ended this year’s session in Albany.

The trucks, usually longer, heavier and some with one more axle than a standard non-f latbed tow tr uck, are useful for removing 18-wheelers — when one is available.

The Traffic Safety Unit from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica conducted a heavy tow operation on May 24 in the area of 202nd Street and 99th Avenue that resulted in two trucks being towed, while four others were booted, along with the issuance of 30 summonses

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and state Sen. Leroy Comrie want the NYPD to purchase a heavy-duty tow truck to employ throughout Queens against illegally parked or abandoned tractor PHOTO BY OINONIO / FLICKR trailers. They have secured $450,000 to help out.

But precinct commanders often are forced to give residents bad news at meetings of their community councils — the few tow trucks they have are hard to schedule.

“We have so many complaints about tractor trailers in residential areas and there are only about two tow trucks in the entire city,” Comrie said Thursday in a telephone conversation from his district office.

“The community needs those trucks.

It’s a quality-of-life issue,” Comrie added.

“I know the NYPD has a budget — still we can try and help out.”

The Chronicle was not able to reach NYPD officials at 1 Police Plaza in Manhattan for comment on the procedure for

accepting such funding, or if they would consider accepting a truck dedicated to

one borough.

But some commanding officers from Queens said they would love to have a wrecker based within the borough if the details can be worked out.

“That is great news for the 105th Precinct Community as well as the rest of Queens,” Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, the 105th’s commanding officer, said in an email to the Chronicle. “We are already requesting to be to be the first precinct to utilize it!”

Schiff, whose command has its headquarters in Queens Village, may have some competition from Capt. Rober t Ramos, his counterpart in the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills.

“It’s great,” Ramos said. “We definitely could use it. It’s definitely a problem. That probably is the number 1 traffic concern here. Coming in for the Memorial Day Parade, getting off at Jewel Avenue, it looked like a truck stop.”

Ramos is not insensitive to the needs of his fellow precinct commanders and the residents they serve.

“I would like it to just be assigned to the 112th Precinct for a month,” he said jokingly. “But I guess we’ll have to share.” Q Associate Editor Christopher Barca contributed to this story.

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Lending a helping hand The 103rd Precinct back in May conducted enforcement operations against illegally-parked trucks in the Jamaica area. Residents throughout Queens list the trucks as one of their top FILE PHOTO complaints at precinct community council meetings.

Resorts World Casino and The New York Liberty of the WNBA teamed up last Friday to raise $10,000 to help Orlando, Fla. recover from the devastating mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub.

The donation was made at the basketball’s team Pride celebration last Friday at Madison Square Garden.

“This partnership is a cornerstone of our commitment to the LGBTQ community and a celebration of diversity that makes our city and country so great,” said Ryan Eller, president of Resorts World Casino.

Above, Eller, left, joins Liberty player Epiphany Prince and Isiah Thomas, the team’s president.

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Lawmaker calls for Cooper Avenue fix Moving parking will enhance safety, add over a dozen more spots: Miller

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) says one minor change to Cooper Avenue in Glendale will make a major difference when it comes to safety and the scarcity of street parking in the area.

“People don’t realize how dangerous this is,” Miller said of the Cooper Avenue-68th Street intersection in an in-car interview with the Chronicle on Monday. “You don’t have a clear view of the street.”

The lawmaker made those comments as he pulled up to the problematic intersection, craning his neck to try and see around an SUV parked to his left, on the north side of the curving Cooper Avenue.

Because he can’t see around the vehicle, Miller creeps into the middle of the street to check for oncoming traffic before making the right turn.

He said the difficulty of such a maneuver has been the subject of complaints into his office in recent months and years.

And with the legislative session in Albany coming to an end last week, Miller said getting the Department of Transportation to shift parking from the north side to the south side of Cooper Avenue will be one of his top priorities this summer.

“It’s hard to judge what DOT is going to do,” he said.

Assemblyman Mike Miller is proposing that parking on Cooper Avenue between 66th and 69th streets in Glendale be shifted from the north side of the road to the south side. He notes it would create at least 10 parking spots between 66th Place and 67th Street, where parking is PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA banned on both sides, on the north thanks to a strip of garages.

But Miller noted he’s heard already positive feedback from DOT Queens Commissioner Nicole Garcia, whom he personally drove around the area to discuss the issue.

“She said she didn’t think it would be a problem,” the lawmaker said. “We’ll see what happens.”

Community Board 5 District Manager

Gary Giordano said Tuesday he’s had his own stressful experiences turning from 68th Street onto Cooper Avenue.

“I do not make a left if I can avoid it,” Giordano said. “It would help if you don’t have cars parked on the same side of you blocking your line of sight.”

A safer intersection won’t be the only

reward for area drivers, however. Miller said over a dozen new parking spots, mostly between 66th Place and 67th Street, could become available under his plan.

Parking on either side is banned on that one-block strip of Cooper Avenue, as a row of garages line the north side of the street.

But if parking is relocated to the south side of the avenue between 66th and 69th streets as proposed, Miller said finding a spot in the area would be at least a little less stressful.

“You can get 10 cars on there easy,” he said. “This is just something to help parking in the community.”

The lawmaker said he’s in the process of sending out physical and electronic mailers to residents in the immediate area to inform them of the proposal and to get feedback.

A DOT spokesman said Tuesday that the agency is looking into Miller’s request.

“We appreciate Miller’s suggestions to create more parking in the area,” the spokesman said, “and are in the process of reviewing his proposal.”

Giordano said he’s hopeful the city jumps on the issue quickly.

“I don’t know how far behind they are with traffic studies,” he said, “but I would hope they undertake the study in three Q months or less.”

R’wood popup beach plan pulled: developer Slate Property Group said delays in getting permits ‘became too much’

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La Playa NYC has been shut down before it could even open.

According to the developer of 176 Woodward Ave. in Ridgewood, there will be no popup beach and beer garden operated by the Rockaway Brewing Co. at the site as planned.

“We pulled the plug on the plan,” said David Schwartz, a principal at Slate Property Group, in a Tuesday phone interview. “It just became too much.”

Schwartz said the hope was to have the venue open by early June, but securing a certificate of occupancy and a liquor license — all while a number of area residents voiced their opposition to the plan — meant La Playa NYC could not open until August at the earliest.

“I don’t think we had the time to address the people’s concerns, there wasn’t enough time to handle anything,” he said. “It wasn’t enough time to make it worthwhile. You can’t just be open for August.”

Schwartz added that everyone involved is disappointed the popup beach plan didn’t work out, but that the developer is still hoping to involve Rockaway Brewing in the proposed 125-unit residential complex planned for the site in some way.

“We’ll figure out a different way to incorporate these guys because they’re great operators with a great product,” he said. “We think it would be a nice thing for the neighborhood.”

Rockaway Brewing had faced an uphill battle ever since announcing plans in the spring to place one of its five allowed remote locations at the site.

Earlier this month, a number of residents voiced their opposition to the plan to Community Board 5, while the State Liquor Authority said last Tuesday it would not vote on a liquor license for the popup beach until the owners could attain a new certificate of occupancy.

Rockaway Brewing co-owner Marcus Burnett told the SLA he hoped to acquire one within the next three or four weeks.

Burnett told the Chronicle on Monday that plans for La Playa NYC were still moving forward, but Schwartz said on Tuesday that Rockaway Brewing had most likely not been informed of the decision until after the brewery co-owner spoke with the newspaper.

CB 5 District Manager Gary Giordano told the Chronicle on Tuesday he expects Slate’s decision to be a major “relief” for area residents.

“When you don’t have four walls and a roof around you, you don’t have a way to keep the sound enclosed,” Giordano said. “I don’t think people want to see folks lounging around on that popup beach in their neighborhood anyway.”

In August 2014, after a year-long debate among CB 5 members, the site was officially rezoned from manufacturing to residential with a commercial overlay — to allow for something like the popup beach to open — making way for construction of a housing complex.

While no specific start date has been announced, Schwartz said work is expected to begin on the resiQ dential building in the early fall.

La Playa NYC, the popup beach and beer garden proposed for 176 Woodward Avenue, will not be opening, according to site developer Slate Property Group. Community concerns and delays in getting a liquor license and a PHOTO BY STEVE FISHER certificate of occupancy doomed the effort.

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continued from page 2 of hardworking, conscientious MTA Bus Operators,� said TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen, who represents transit workers. “The judge has validated TWU Local 100’s objection to these wrongful arrests in the aftermath of accidents.�

At least six bus drivers have been arrested and charged under the right of way law. The union has argued the law is vague and unfairly targets bus drivers.

Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), a former transit worker and union official, proposed legislation last year that would exclude bus drivers from the law. That bill is before the Transportation Committee.

Although Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) expressed displeasure with the ruling, he did say it presents the opportunity for the de Blasio administration to clarify it. “They need to find a way to word it better,� he said.

Lancman, chairman of the Council’s Courts and Legal Services Committee, said he’s spoken to prosecutors and lawyers who have told him they’re confused by the law. “They’re not quite sure how to approach it,� he said, “which is why they’re hesitant to go ahead and utilize Q it.�

continued from page 8 “They’re afraid they will be retaliated against,� Scalia said.

The teachers also said the school is not as safe as statistics would make it appear, saying certain acts have gone unreported to the proper authorities.

For Vanput, one of the reasons he’s leaving is because the school started to strip him of his creativity as a teacher , putting more emphasis on the students getting better results on state tests. “It’s not about educating the child or how you can better them,� he said. “It’s about numbers. That’s all they care about.�

When the cheating scandal was exposed at JAHS last year, the anonymous teacher said he was not surprised to hear about it. “It’s about integrity versus keeping the school open,� he said. “There are different pressures on people. It’s all about numbers.�

The high school is also a part of Mayor de Blasio and city Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariùa’s Renewal School program — an initiative to allocate extra resources to struggling schools in an effort to increase graduation rates. De Blasio has said he will shut down Renewal Schools that do not Q show improvement.

NYPD Schiff-ts gears The NYPD last week promoted the commanding officer of the 105th Precinct to the rank of full inspector.

Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, shown on June 16 at an open house meeting hosted by Mayor de Blasio in Springfield Gardens, is marking his 20th anniversary with the NYPD this summer.

Schiff, a native of Brooklyn, grew up in Bellerose and Glen Oaks, which are in the 105th.

Schiff began his career at the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica. He came to the 105th Precinct in March after completing a stint as commanding officer of the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park.

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Queens summer fun guide 2016 A list for anyone who’s ever said ‘there’s nothing to do in Queens’

by Michelle Kraidman

and 106th Avenue), all outdoor, there are many places School’s out and the kids staying in? where you can improve Keep your family active and busy with this your aquatic abilities and guide for plenty to do this summer right just have a relaxing swim. here in Queens—from plays to pools and Additionally there are mini bike tours there will never be a dull moment. pools in Marie Curie Park To have some fun in the sun on these hot (211th Street and 46th Avesummer days without breaking the bank nue), PS 10 (45th Street and 30th Road), PS 186 (Little you can visit our parks, beaches and pools.

A great park to visit with beautiful scen- Neck Parkway and 72nd ery and events going on all summer is Avenue) and Windmuller Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island (5 4t h St r e e t a n d 39 t h City (32-01 Vernon Blvd.). The park is cel- Road), where children can ebrating the cultural diversity in Queens by swim in shallow waters.

If you want to see what hosting an international film festival with Rooftop Films and screening movies from beautiful plants grow in the different countries or cultures ever y b o r o u g h , t h e Q u e e n s Wednesday at 7 p.m. between July 6 and Botanical Garden in FlushAug. 24. This year’s movie lineup will also ing (43-50 Main St.) is a have a theme of “The River” to celebrate nice place to visit. In addithe 30th anniversary of the park and the tion to its daily tours, the Landmark exhibition it’s having all sum- Garden has various activimer to honor the anniversary. The exhibi- ties and events throughout tion, which opened on May 8 and closes on t he su m me r, i nclud i ng Street fairs like this one on Grand Avenue always draw a big crowd.

FILE PHOTO Aug. 28, features a series of artists’ proj- Farmer’s Market Fridays, ects that represent the land both physically Storytime & Craft and Summer Gardening the Great Church (242-20 88 Ave., Belle- tory of Flushing. This walking tour hapPrograms for Kids. pens on the second Sunday of each month rose) in early August. and symbolically.

The Queens County Farm Museum in For those who want to enjoy classic the- and allows you to visit sites from the Another option for a more relaxing day would be Jacob Riis Park on Rockaway Floral Park (73-50 Little Neck Pkwy.) offers ater performances that can teach your kids World’s Fairs that happened decades ago in Beach Boulevard. The park, with its beauti- another great day activity, with tours, hay- some culture, Hip to Hip Theatre Co. is Flushing. The tour meets at the Unisphere ful open beach, landscaped walkway, rides and farm stands; you can learn about hosting Free Shakespeare in the Park in in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

For more animal fun, go visit the Jamaica boardwalks and courtyards, is a great farming techniques and then enjoy produce various locations across the city, including almost 20 productions in Queens from July Bay Wildlife Refuge in Broad Channel (175choice for a day when you just want to lay harvested by those same methods.

Looking to enjoy some theater while 27 to Aug. 28.

10 Cross Bay Blvd.). The refuge is a part of in the sun, while your kids are entertained supporting your community? Check out Another way to enjoy free entertainment Gateway National Recreation Area and is picking up seashells.

If getting sand in your bathing suit isn’t local productions of Pulitzer Prize-winning is by attending Queens Borough President, one of the most significant bird sanctuaries your thing, city swimming pools are a plays, such as “Harvey” at Our Lady of Melinda Katz’s free outdoor performances in the Northeast. The park has a variety of refreshing way to spend a day. From the Mercy Parish Hall (70-01 Kessel St., Forest in the 2016 Katz Concert Series. The rare native habitats, which can be seen in Olympic-sized swimming pool in Astoria Hills), and “South Pacific” at the ICC The- recently released list includes performances programs, such as sunset tours, hikes, boat (19th Street and 23rd Drive) to the diving ater (7200-7250 Douglaston Pkwy., Doug- by Alive N’ Kickin’ on July 10 at Rocka- trips and an annual lecture series.

If you’re looking to venture the scenic pool in Fort Totten (338 Story Ave.) and laston), both in July. Additionally, the St. way Beach, James Dale at Springfield Park intermediate pools at Fisher (99th Street Gregory’s Theatre Group will be perform- on July 17 and The Moonlighters on July views of Queens, while getting in your and 32nd Avenue) and Liberty (173rd Street ing “Little Shop of Horrors” at St. Gregory 31. The complete list can be found on daily dose of exercise, bike tours are a great option. On July 17 at 10 a.m. in queensbp.org.

For an enjoyable and educational day Flushing Meadows Park Sergey Kadinsky, that also gets your kids ahead in school, author of “Hidden Waters of New York take them to the Children’s Science Work- City,” will be leading a bike tour along the shop: Butterflies are Free on Saturday, July waterway that explores Flushing Creek 9 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. This workshop in from its source to its mouth.

For a day of learning cultures and cusKew Gardens, by the Maple Grove Lake near the Center at Maple Grove Cemetery toms by tasting foods and listening to (127-15 Kew Gardens Road), offers lessons music, visit one of Queens’ many street feson the life cycle of the butterfly and teach- tivals, including the Glendale/Ridgewood es interesting facts with hands-on demon- Kiwanis Summer Street Festival on Sunstrations, live animal presentations and a day, July 24 (Myrtle Avenue from Forest nature walk with a visit to the newly Avenue to Fresh Pond Road). Another way installed Butterfly Garden at Maple Grove. to enjoy art, live music, markets and restauChildren who participate will receive cer- rants is the LIC Block Party along Purves Street off Jackson Avenue in Long Island tificates to use at school for extra credit.

If you’re looking to learn more about City on Saturday, Aug. 20. These abundant Queens history you can visit one of the bor- street fairs allow the diverse communities ough’s groups and sites such as Queens of Queens to celebrate their own cultures Historical Society’s Kingsland Homestead and learn about others.

With this mix of relaxing, adventurous in Flushing (143-25 37 Ave.) or Greater Astoria Historical Society in Long Island and educational activities waiting to be City (35-20 Broadway). However, if you enjoyed—and there are always more in want to take advantage of the season’s our community calendar in qboro––you’ll beautiful weather as well, you can go on a def initely make this su m mer one to You can see chickens like these and many other animals at Queens Farm Museum.

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ST. EDMUND PREPARATORY HS • SCHOOL Early in the school year, students at St. Edmund Preparatory High School in Brooklyn, along with Kevin Raphael, assistant principal of student affairs, decided to take on the Hunger Awareness Challenge because the issue of hunger was so compelling.

According to Mr. Raphael, “Eradicating extreme hunger and poverty is the #1 Millennium Development Goal of the UN and the more research we did, the more energized we became to do our part to help in some way. We decided to raise awareness of the problem, first in the school, and then in our community.”

To date, the SEP community has raised over $12,000 with the help of the parishioners of Blessed Trinity Parish, in Breezy Point. Some of the money will be awarded to needy families in Brooklyn and Queens. The balance of the money will be awarded in Havana, Cuba to either needy families or the money will help run a daycare center.

At this time, the school is planning a trip to Cuba in September of 2016, so the students can personally deliver the money.

While in Cuba students will tour the city and various Catholic Churches. They will attend Mass and are making plans to meet the newly installed archbishop. They will also spend several days working with children at a daycare center run by a Catholic Church. Fundacion Amistad, a humanitarian aid group, is assisting the Prep with the arrangements.

Juan Carpio, a tenth-grader at St. Edmund Preparatory HS recently won the Gold Medal in the Music Instrumental Category during the (NAACP ACT-SO) National Association for the Advancement of Colored and Academic Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics of the Mind competition. Juan will now compete at the National Level which will take place in Cincinnati, Ohio during the summer.

Juan is a member of the St. Edmund Prep Band under the direction of Mr. Joseph Gucciardi, band director at the Prep.

Playing at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, Will Dantone, ’16, right, won the NYC Mayor’s Cup Golf Championship on June 8. He shot a 74, eagling on 17 to win the tournament by two strokes.

The 2016 Mayor’s Cup featured the top 72 golfers from the CHSAA, PSAL, and Independent School League, bringing together the best scholastic golfers in New York to compete for the title of “Best in the City.”

While at St. Edmund Prep, Will has been a four-year member of the varsity golf team in addition to serving on the Emmaus Retreat Team, as a student ambassador, a freshman mentor and an athletic department intern. Will has received several Division I golf scholarship offers.

According to St. Edmund Prep HS golf coach Michael Leahy, left, “Will is a dedicated and passionate golfer. It is nice to see him reap the rewards for all the hard work he has dedicated to his game. Will is a tremendous young man and a deserved champion of the inaugural Mayor’s Cup Golf Challenge.”

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It’s Hurricane Season: Make Sure You “Know Your Zone” and Have a Plan Hurricane Sandy left an indelible mark on the minds of all New Yorkers, but especially for the residents who experienced some of the storm’s most devastating impacts. As we enter another hurricane season, the risk of a storm approaching our area looms. New York City’s geography makes it especially vulnerable to the damaging winds and flooding that hurricanes bring. With sustained winds of more than 74 mph, hurricanes can flatten homes, topple trees and turn loose objects into deadly projectiles. Storm surge, the “dome” of ocean water that is pushed ashore by the winds and low barometric pressure of a hurricane, is the most serious hurricane-related hazard. And a storm’s driving winds and torrential rains can cause massive and dangerous flooding in lowlying and poor-drainage areas.

To ensure that New Yorkers are prepared for the 2016 hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30, the New York City Emergency Management Department is urging everyone to take steps to be ready if a storm approaches. Roughly three million New Yorkers live within the city’s six hurricane evacuation zones, which were revised in 2013. Hurricane evacuation zones are based on coastal flood risk resulting from storm surge, the geography of the city’s low-lying neighborhoods, and the accessibility of these neighborhoods by bridges and roads. The City may order residents who live in a zone to evacuate depending on a hurricane’s forecasted strength, track, and storm surge. If you are

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NYC Emergency Management encourages residents to take key steps to prepare for hurricane season: “Know Your Zone” – Find out whether you live in one of the City’s six hurricane evacuation zones by using the Hurricane Evacuation Zone finder at nyc.gov/knowyourzone or calling 311 (212-639-9675 for video Relay service, or tty: 212-504-4115). If you live in a hurricane evacuation zone, have a plan for where you will go if an evacuation order is issued for your area. The City strongly recommends that evacuees stay with friends or family who live outside evacuation zones. For those who have no other shelter, the City will open evacuation centers throughout the five boroughs. Consult the Hurricane Evacuation Zone finder or call 311 to identify which evacuation center is most appropriate for you.

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marinade before cooking it.

“All you need is some simple seasoning,” he said.

When it comes to the cut of meat, Gonzalez uses a sirloin and filet mignon at the restaurant and at home.

What matters more than the cut of the meat, the chef advised, is the thickness of it.

Depending on how you like your steak cooked, you’ll need a certain thickness.

If you like it well or medium-well — internal temperature of the steak will be 155 to 165 degrees — you’ll want your meat to be a little thinner than if you’re going for medium-rare or rare — 130 to 140 degrees — in which case you want a thicker cut.

In addition to that, make sure to never freeze the steak — and make sure it’s as fresh as possible.

And, as always, make sure to let the steak rest before cutting into it. That will allow it to keep the juices inside the meat and not run all over your plate when you cut into it.

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Top chef gives grill tips just in time for July 4

Every Fourth of July, there’s one thing Americans look forward to lighting up — the barbecue, of course.

And while every grill master has a secret for the perfect hamburger or hot dog, one Rego Park resident can say he knows the best way to serve up a mouthwatering steak fresh off the barbie.

Joel Gonzalez, a chef at LongHorn Steakhouse’s Elmhurst location, suggests using a wood pellet grill — a barbecue that combines the old-style benefits of a wood smoker with the ease of a gas grill — and cranking up the heat to high.

If you don’t have a wood pellet grill at home, a charcoal grill will work just as well, Gonzalez said.

“If you get it nice and hot you get the wood to make the steak nice and tasty,” said Gonzalez, who has been cooking long before he started at the steakhouse a year and a half ago.

Other than that, he says, there’s no need for any fancy marinades or spice rubs — although if you’re preparing a fish dish such as a salmon filet or chicken, the chef said you should put it in a teriyaki

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show tunes, by Theatre By The Bay. Sun., July 10, 17, 2 and 7 p.m., Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center, 13-00 209 St., Bayside. $22; $20 seniors, kids. Info: (718) 428-6363.

“Avian Life in an Urban Jungle,” with photos of birds on Jamaica Bay, by Francois Portmann. Opening reception with screening of wildlife footage and excerpts from “Saving Jamaica Bay” film by Dan Hendrick, Sun., July 10, 2-4 p.m. Exhibit thru Aug. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps. gov/gate/planyourvisit.

TOURS Flushing Freedom Mile, focusing on historical sites related to activist movements, including the Underground Railroad. Two simultaneous tours: one led in English, one in Spanish. Sun., July 3, 2 p.m., meeting at Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37 Ave. $25; $10 kids under 12. Info/tickets: (718) 939-0647, bit.ly/28XJI3U.

“Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony,” sculptures made of found materials, with modern take on traditional Japanese ceremonies too. Exhibit thru July 24; tea ceremonies Sat.-Sun., July 2-3, 12 and 3:30 p.m., Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10; $5 seniors, students. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org.

Long Island City: Queens Cool Uncovered, including the arts scene, eateries, a microbrewery and more, with great views of Manhattan too. Sun., July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 2:30 p.m. $55. Info/tickets: (347) 628-2088, bqetours.com.

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

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

New Talent Showcase, watercolors by Cindy de la Cruz and photos by Julia Skyba, all related to the Voelker Orth Museum. Thru July 17, Tue., Sat., Sun., 1-4 p.m., at the museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Suggested donation $2. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

“Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk,” memorabilia of the Forest Hills-born iconic punk rock band. Thru July 31. Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested $8 admission; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

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

“Rockaway!”, exploring painting in regard to location, condition and possibilities, by Katharina Grosse, in collaboration by MoMA PS1 and Rockaway Artists Alliance. Thu.-Sun., July 3-Nov. 30, 12-6 p.m., Fort Tilden. Free. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org.

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“Meridian (Gold),” an illuminated water plume whose color shifts correspond to real-time global sentiment about gold. LIC Landing, Hunters Point South Park, Center Blvd. and Borden Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: http://bit.ly/1X7NJbM.

A new photo exhibit, “Avian Life in an Urban Jungle,” including this shot of semipalmated sandpipers and short-billed dowitchers taking flight, opens July 10 at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center with a special video screening.

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

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

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

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

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

Works by Cao Fei, multimedia projects exploring the experience of young Chinese citizens in a rapidly changing society. Thru Aug. 31, MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $10; $5 students, seniors; free under 16. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org.

Arcade Classics: Video Games from the Collection, with more than 25 games from 1971-’93 on display and available to play, revealing how classics laid the groundwork for today’s gameplay. Thru Oct. 23, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students (18+); $7 youth 3–17. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

MUSIC Hot Jazz/Cool Garden series, with the Gotham Kings featuring Alphonso Horne, inspired by King Oliver Creole Jazz Band, with refreshments, to celebrate Louis Armstrong’s birthday. Mon., July 4, 2 p.m., Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107 St., Corona. $18. Info: (718) 478-8274, louisarmstronghouse.org.

Warm Up 2016, weekly shows with multiple acts in range of modern genres. Each Sat. thru Aug. 27, 3-9 p.m. (doors open 12 p.m.), MoMA PS1 courtyard, MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $22 advance; $25 day of event. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org.

Jackie Daly & Matt Cranitch, playing traditional Irish music on accordion and fiddle. Sat., July 9, 8:30 p.m. (doors open 7:30), New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $22; $17 seniors, students, unemployed. Info: (718) 4820909, newyorkirishcenter.org.

AUDITIONS Jackson Heights Community Chorus, a multicultural all-volunteer group seeking sopranos and tenors with some choral experience. Contact: Juan Valencia, (917) 200-5779.

THEATRE “The Wake,” a one-man show with one Dick Johnson, a foul-mouthed racist drunk, reanimating himself at his wake and talking about the terrible afterlife he’s been in, by Luke Walker of Sunnyside. Wed.Fri., July 1-22, 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7), Maggie Mae’s Whisky Room, 41-15 Queens Blvd., Sunnyside. $25. Info/tickets: wakeofdickjohnson.com.

Korean Theatre Festival, with several plays by and about Koreans. Thru Sun., July 3, various times, The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $10 per event; $7 students, seniors. Info/tickets: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

“A Salute to the Tonys,” an original musical revue paying homage to more than 50 years of

FILM “Julio of Jackson Heights,” documentary on the 1990 murder of gay man Julio Rivera and how the community’s response sparked a movement toward LGBT equality, by Richard Shpuntoff. Fri., July 1, 7 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free. Info/ reservations: (718) 760-0064, boxoffice@ que ens t hea t re .or g.

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“The African Queen,” the 1951 Humphrey Bogart-Katherine Hepburn classic about unlikely love on the waters of World War II-era Africa.

Wed., July 6, 7 p.m. (prescreening entertainment first), Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 956-1819, socratessculpturepark.org.

“Grease,” the 1978 musical comedy about high school romance in the ’50s. Part of Movies Under the Stars series; bring blanket or chair. Thu., July 7, 8:30 p.m., Beach 94 St. off Shorefront Pkwy., Rockaway Beach. Free. Other movies shown in other locations. Info: nycgovparks.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS Community Day, with hands-on workshops for kids, tours and more. Sun., July 3, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City.

Free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org.

Queens International Night Market, outdoor food bazaar with no item over $5, merchandise too. Every Sat. thru Aug. 20, 6 p.m.-12 a.m., New York Hall of Science parking lot, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Info: queensnightmarket.com. continued on page 34

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Objects speak up at Knockdown

by Neil Chiragdin qboro contributor

If our belongings could speak, what might they say? Does a person leave an impression on the things they hold onto?

“Transaction,” an exhibition at the Knockdown Center in Maspeth, shows treasured items belonging to 23 artists, proposing that we may engage with those artists through these talismans.

Mats and pillows lie under the hanging items — they aren’t beds, but suggest a place to momentarily lay one’s head. Most of the objects seem to have been found on the artists’ travels, and many were given or left behind by friends.

All of the objects are transient, or rem-

‘Transaction’ When: Thru July 17; Thu., Fri., 5-9 p.m.; Sat., Sun., 2-8 p.m.

Where: Knockdown Center, 52-19 Flushing Ave., Maspeth Entry: Free. (347) 915-5615, knockdown.center

nants of some kind of journey or significant moment in the artists’ lives. The event description notes “Energy is neither created nor destroyed; rather, it changes form ...” It’s hard to say that every item in the show conveys a recognizable energy, but the show does suggest there is some kind of ability of objects to communicate to people.

Much of the joy of the exhibit is in exploring the Knockdown Center’s sprawling complex. Discovery of a back room imbues some of the objects with a special resonance. In one room, a framed scorpion slowly spins to face visitors as they enter, as if soon to spring from its taut cord and scamper up their legs.

Says artist Mike Schreiber, who found the item in an Antwerp flea market, “She watches us as we crawl in and out of bed.”

The spinning effect is part and parcel to all of the “Transac tion” items. Dif ferent weights and unseen currents in the air set the items spinning at disparate frequencies, and occasionally oscillating around their axes. The display mode has been employed before at the art center, notably at the “Floating Forest” exhibition by Michael Neff in January, which mounted dying Christmas trees in midair. It’s a clever way

A scorpion encased in glass from Mike Schreiber, a ceramic and wood scene from Clive Murphy and a wooden figurine from Shannon Goff are among the items on orange leash-vest for a small display at the Knockdown Center, complete with mats dog, worn from years of use, PHOTOS BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN droops over the edges of a and pillows for viewing. to make use of one of Knockdown’s greatest assets — its high-flung ceilings.

The cathedral-like space dwarfs the “Transaction” exhibition. And the fact of all the empty space only makes focus on the low-lying objects even more intense. An

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Colors, creation spiral between life and death

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The sea is turbulent, swelling here and bursting there. The water pours down from above, filling the room.

An exhibition at Resobox, the Japanese cultural center in Long Island City, shows the work of Yuki Ideguchi, which focuses on the unique blend of the religions common throughout Japan: chiefly, Shintoism, Buddhism, Zen and Christianity.

The troubled waters mentioned above are painted directly onto the walls of Resobox, in a mural that ensconces most of its main room, which is also a café. Parallel bars from ceiling to floor shift from sky blue to black, as do the waves below, giving visitors the

‘Vortex’ When: Thru July 8; Mon.-Sat., 12-10 p.m.; Sun., 12-6 p.m.

Where: Resobox, 41-26 27 St., Long Island City Entry: Free. (718) 784-3680, resobox.com

sense of being surrounded by great depths.

The waves represent the Buddhist concept of “Shogyo-mujo,” which teaches, according to Ideguchi, “all things are in flux, nothing is permanent, and all worldly things are transitory.” Other cultures may share this value as the circle of life or reincarnation.

Much of the exhibit takes the form of mosaics of small paintings, whose edges curl like petals on the flowers of a recent “ikebana” Japanese flower arrangement show also being hosted at Resobox. Their colors are vivid, and the tiles vary from being monochromatic to showing off more hues than a kaleidoscope.

Many of the images depict animals: a puffer fish, a crane, falcons, butterflies, snails and a frog. But just as many are abstract, offering swirling cloudlike forms, their only notable pattern being their spiral.

Some of the most interesting present humans, one on a dusky peach tile that might be Jesus, and another of an individual somehow walking atop a shaky green miasma like a path, which curls in on itself and curves upward into the sky.

The most interesting piece in the room is “The Man Who Stole the Sun,” which

Yuki Ideguchi’s “The Man Who Stole the Sun,” top right, commands the eye in a room also PHOTO BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN hosting his mosaics of small paintings and a mural of rough seas. borrows its name from an award-winning Japanese film and commands an entire wall panel itself. In the painting, a fractured, flaming skull bursts forth from some violent waves. The Japanese rising sun spreads from within the skull’s left eye, and five

glowing orbs surround it.

A visit to “Vortex” at Resobox is an opportunity to sip on iced matcha and contemplate the mysteries of life and death, rendered in brilliant colors and images by Q Ideguchi.

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Gonzalez first started cooking out of necessity, he said — i.e., he was a college student majoring in computer programming who needed to feed himself.

“From there, everything kind of just fell into place,” Gonzalez said. “I fell in love with cooking and the whole restaurant business. It didn’t have anything to do with my major but it was a lot of fun.”

Over the years, he’s mastered many recipes, including the steaks he serves up to customers at LongHorn.

When asked what the secret to putting out meal after meal is, Gonzalez said “repetition.

“I think after a while you just learn it by doing it time after time,” he said.

Gonzalez has been at the Elmhurst location since it opened last year and leads the team of chefs at the back of the house.

But you’ll also see him in the front as well, especially if you happen to drop in on Independence Day. He is booked to work as a waiter because, he said, he wants to learn all aspects of the business before he ultimately one day opens his own eatery.

“Whether it’s another corporate location like this one or an independent place. That’s definitely something that I want to do,” Gonzalez said of Q his goal.

But why should you take the Rego Park resident’s advice to heart before kicking off your family barbecue this holiday weekend?

Well, he’s one of just 60 LongHorn Steakhouse chefs to become a regional winner of the company’s annual Steak Master Series competition.

“Being a part of the regional Steak Master series was a great experience,” the chef said. “It’s an incentive to continue to learn and move forward in my career.”

He will soon compete to take home the prize of division finalist and, if he wins that, compete in the company’s final in Orlando for the chance to be crowned Steak Master Series Champion.

“We are thrilled that Joel was named the regional Steak Master Series winner,” said Paul Livrieri, LongHorn’s executive vice president of operations. “This recognition is a true testament to his dedication to grilling expertise, and to providing outstanding food and perfectly grilled steaks to our guests.”

Rego Park resident Joel Gonzalez holds one of his masterpieces created in the kitchen of LongHorn Steakhouse in Elmhurst. On the cover: Juicy steak cooking on the grill.

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KIDS/TEENS Constellation Poetry, making constellations from observing the surroundings and creating a galaxy together, led by Carolyn Ferrucci. For kids 5-13 and their families. Sat., July 2, 12-3 p.m. (different workshop each Sat. thru Sept.

24), Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 9561819, socratessculpturepark.org.

Little Makers: Stomp Rockets, building and launching “a high-flying rocket that is out of this world.” Sun., July 3, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $8 per family plus admission. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

Fly a Kite, making kites and storytime, with “Kite Day, a Bear and Mole Story” by Will Hillenbrand.

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continued from page 31 provokes a stronger visceral reaction than one would expect from a simple knickknack.

The arts and events space has expanded its operations recently, opening a bar called the Ready Room and offering a few food items. The Knockdown Center was granted a liquor license by the State Liquor Authority in June of last year, even after Community Board 5 had repeatedly denied its applications. The approval was subject to conditions that limited Knockdown’s capacity to 1,800, rather than the 5,000-person allowance it had initially sought. Additional conditions require the venue to maintain a certain number of security staff for high-capacity events, a shuttle bus to the Jefferson Street L train station for every 500 attendees, and shorter hours during weeknights. Community board members who had challenged the venue registered concern about the distance to the train and an influx of intoxicated visitors.

O n a re cent Sunday a r t is t A nna Mikhailovskaia, whose work was being featured in a gallery at the center, led a fully booked sculpture workshop, her students’ plaster forms setting in the long light of summer. In the backyard, which holds a weathered old brick boiler room, picnic tables allowed a few visitors to soak up the sunshine while gawking at the outdoor art

installation “Bad Water Pavilion.” A play on the meaning behind the name “Maspeth,” the show displays the work of John Furgason, Serban Ionescu and Carlos Little, and plays with geometric and abstract forms.

On most days, the mood at Knockdown seems positive and yet meditative, whimsical though some of the artwork may be. If “Transaction” is about the ability of objects to convey their energies, then the Center’s most vocal piece is its own 50,000-squarefoot structure — an industrial and yet sacred space unique in this area of Queens for Q focusing its energies on the arts.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 24-20 98TH STREET EAST ELMHURST, NY 11366 Block: 1108 Lot: 17 INDEX NO. 700506/2016 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs. CHARLIE WILLIAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIE MAE WILLIAMS; JULIA COTTON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIE MAE WILLIAMS, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $625,500.00 and interest, recorded on December 26, 2008, at Instrument number 2008000487896, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 24-20 98TH STREET, EAST ELMHURST, NY 11366. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: March 25, 2016, RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff, BY: JOSEPH J. KARLYA III, ESQ., 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106, Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675

219 Merrick LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/3/16. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 1560 Broadway Ste 1005, New York, NY 10036. Purpose: General.

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

Office location: Queens.

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

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C M SQ page 40 Y K SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE–SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF QUEENS –GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff, against MICHAEL JEFFERSON, if living, and if he be dead, any and all other persons, who may claim as devisees, distributes, legal representatives and successors in interest of said defendants, all of whom and whose places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants-Index no. 2933/2015.

Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial situs of the real property. To the above named Defendants–YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE-YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME – If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE; New York State law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this Foreclosure Action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully.

You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profi t organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-269-0990 or visit the Department’s website at http://www.dfs.ny.gov. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profi t from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profi t to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. We are attempting to collect a debt.

Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Howard G. Lane dated March 2, 2016. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 76-06 Blake Avenue, Howard Beach, New York located at Section Block 11356 and Lot 3 Dated: February 3, 2016 Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy and Fenchel, P.C., Attorney for Plaintiff, By: Danielle Razzouk, 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 222-6200.

NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT: QUEENS COUNTY. NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST as successor in interest to the NYCTL 2012-A TRUST and The Bank of New York Mellon as Collateral Agent and Custodian, Pltf. vs. RAMESH JAINAR AIN, et al, Defts.

Index #703493/15. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered Mar. 14, 2016, I will sell at public auction in Courtroom #25 of the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY on Friday, July 15, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., prem. k /a 145th Avenue, Springfield Gardens, NY a/k/a Block 13495, Lot 12.

Approx. amt. of judgment is $4,511.63 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. GARY C. DILEONARDO, Referee. DELLO-I ACONO L AW GROUP, P.C., F/K /A L AW OFFICE OF JOHN D.DELLO-IACONO, Attys. for Pltf., 105 Maxess Rd., Ste. 205, Melville, NY. File. No. 14-039656- #88635

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

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

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

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

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

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: TALKING BACK PICTURES, LLC. Articles of Organization (DOM LLC) were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05 /18 /2015. Office location : Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to UNITED STATES CORPOR ATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Queens Chronicle does not knowingly accept advertising in violation of these laws. When you suspect housing discrimination call the Open Housing Center (the Fair Housing Agency for the five boroughs of New York) at 212-941-6101, or the New York City Commission of Human Rights Hotline at 718-722-3131.

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

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Legal Notices URBAN EQUITY PROPERTIES I LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/18/2016. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Randi E. Taub, Esq., C/O Golden, Wexler & Buatti, P.C., 50 Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Ste 608, Uniondale, NY 11553.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12/04/15, bearing Index Number NC-000820-15/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) CHRISSY (Last) MOUSELIMIS. My present name is (First) CHRISOULA (Last) MOUSELIMIS. My present address is 3218 202nd Street, Bayside, NY 11361-1018. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. My date of birth is August 20, 1981.

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Bayside to host sports academy taught by top-class athletes

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Brazil won’t be the only place buzzing with sports stars this summer.

Basketball, tennis and soccer professionals will be a part of the inaugural group of instructors at Gold Coast Sports Academy’s summer camp series at Queensborough Community College starting July 5.

“It’s all about giving the kids a chance to have fun and learn some new skills,” Bernie Tessler, founder of the camp, said.

Tessler has run several camps throughout New York City and Long Island, but this is his first time hosting a program in Queens.

For this one, he said, he wanted to obtain a venerable who’s who of sports stars for children ages 5 to 16. For dates and pricing information, you can visit goldcoastsportsacademy.com.

“We got some of the best of the best,” Tessler said.

Reigning NBA Rookie of the Year KarlAnthony Towns, a center for the Minnesota Timberwolves, will lead a basketball camp alongside Ron Naclerio, the longtime head coach for boys basketball at Benjamin Cardozo High School and the winningest coach in the PASL. The girls basketball academy will be coached by Sue Bird, who plays for

Soccer superstar and U.S. Men’s National Team starter Jozy Altidore will be just one of the athletes leading a camp for children at Queensborough Community College starting next week.

COURTESY PHOTO Tennis and basketball programs will also be offered.

WNBA’s Seattle Storm.

U.S. Men’s National Team stars Jozy Altidore and Brad Guzan will be teaching a soccer academy, with the former focusing on striking while the latter looks to inspire future goalies. New York Cosmos star Carlos Mendes will also take part in the soccer camp.

Paul Annacone, former tennis player and coach for superstar Roger Federer, will instruct an academy for his sport.

“It’s about laying a foundation that we can build on,” Annacone said of the upcoming academy.

The coach said he likes GCSA’s approach because he wants to work hand-in-hand with

the children and see them through as they develop their talents.

“Having a camp named after you is nice and all but I wanted to make sure I could actually participate and make sure the advice these children are getting is practically applicable,” he said.

Annacone said he has not yet developed a strategy for how he’ll approach every camper, noting there will be varying skill levels.

He added that he would like to bring the children to the Billie Jean King Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, where the US Open is played every year, but those plans have not been solidified.

Altidore, the starting forward for the U.S. and Toronto Football Club, similarly said he does not yet know how he’ll approach the children.

“We’re first going to get these kids to come out and get excited to play,” he said.

The soccer superstar, who played with the U.S. team as they placed fourth in the Copa America Centenario earlier this month, said he never had the opportunity to learn from the professionals at camps such as the one coming up in Bayside.

“I think it would have really helped to learn from the former professionals on a somewhat daily basis,” he said.

The camp runs from July 5 to Aug. 19. Q

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Bookstore initiative sees early success Former Barnes & Noble workers raise over $72K to open new store

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The Queens Bookshop Initiative, run by three former Forest Hills Barnes & Noble employees, raised over $72,000 during its three-month fundraising effort. The trio is looking to open a new brick-andFACEBOOK PHOTO mortar bookstore in Central Queens with the funds.

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Forest Hills bookworms rejoice, the opening of a new neighborhood bookstore might not be that far off.

The trio of former Forest Hills Barnes & Noble employees — Holly Nikodem, Natalie Noboa and Vina Castillo — announced last Thursday that their recently wrapped up fundraising effort they started in late April had brought in $72,360 in donations, $3,000 over the goal they originally set.

“It’s kind of the best feeling actually,” said Nikodem, a Massapequa, LI resident, in a Wednesday interview. “The Kickstarter wasn’t just about getting the money, it was about having a tangible piece of evidence that the community really wanted us.”

Earlier this year, they created and incorporated the Queens Bookshop Initiative, with the hope of opening a new, brick-andmortar store with the money they raise.

Cautiously optimistic at the start of the campaign, Nikodem said they are so thankful for the community’s outpouring of support and are now convinced they have a great shot at succeeding.

“It all felt incredibly absurd,” she said with a laugh. “It’s such a huge amount of money, we’re thinking how can we not succeed?”

Nikodem, Castillo — a Richmond Hill resident — and Noboa, of Queens Village, are now in the process of discussing their plans with potential investors and observi ng empt y st oref ront s for possible locations.

“We’ve spoken to one or two investors so far, we haven’t spoken to banks yet,” Nikodem said. “We’ve been poking our noses around some open storefronts. It’s certainly becoming a concrete reality.”

As those discussions continue, the Long Island resident said the group is focusing on opening popup locations where residents can purchase books, with their first opening today, June 30, at the Red Pipe Cafe at 71-60 Austin St. in Forest Hills.

“While we’re still looking for a permanent location, opening a popup gets the community familiar,” she said.

The trio will also be operating a booth at the outdoor market LIC Flea on 46th Avenue starting this Saturday and running through September.

All three women have years of experience in the book retail industry, as Nikodem was the merchandise manager for two years at Barnes & Noble —which closed in January and will be replaced with a Target store next month — while Castillo and Noboa both served as head cashiers at the Q Austin Street store.

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by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Sam LeFrak built a complex of 20 apartment houses on 40 acres from 1960 to 1969, which held 4,605 apartments. All kinds of businesses sprang up due to the overflow in population.

Across the street from the development, at 96-05 57 Ave. in Corona, Chock Full of Lox opened, but it could not sell enough lox to pay the rent and quickly closed. Milton Eisner of Flushing saw a better use The Pup Tent, at 96-05 57 Ave. in Corona, a site that went for the space. In January 1967 from lox to dogs to gifts and medicine. he opened up The Pup Tent, to Brentwood, LI and started a dog groomspecializing in all breeds of puppies.

Eisner had 100 pups on hand at any time. ing business. Eventually canine waste The store was so well received and popular became such a huge problem that Mayor it actually created traffic problems for the Koch signed the Pooper Scooper Law with area. Hundreds of new LeFrak residents all a hefty fine of $250 in 1978.

The old Pup Tent later became the Goldwanted a puppy to complete their new home. As a result, canine waste quickly en Asian Gift Shop. That didn’t last forever either, and today the location is home to the became a big problem for the area.

Q After a five-year run, Eisner moved out 21st Century Pharmacy drugstore.

CENTURY 21 AMIABLE II

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Reyes returns

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

While it doesn’t compare with Tom Seaver’s return to the Mets in 1983 following his banishment to the Cincinnati Reds six years earlier, which still ranks as the franchise’s worst moment, the return of Jose Reyes, albeit through unfortunate circumstances, understandably makes most Mets fans very happy.

Fans were livid when Reyes, a talented shortstop who came up through the Mets minor league system, left the team in 2011 as a free agent after leading the National League in hitting that season. While it’s understandable that a player will go to the team that gives him the best offer, which in this case was the Miami Marlins, what was bothersome was the Mets, who were in the midst of their Bernie Madoffinduced financial crisis, refused to even make a token contractual offer to his agents.

The Marlins traded Reyes a year later to the Toronto Blue Jays, and last July the Jays traded him to the Colorado Rockies. Jose visited Citi Field as an opposing player often, and while he always gave his best to his team, he made it no secret that the Mets were forever in his heart and that he would love to return to Queens.

Jose was arrested in Hawaii last October for allegedly assaulting his wife after a verbal altercation at a hotel. Charges were dropped when his wife refused to assist the Maui district attor-

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ney. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, well aware of the criticism that his NFL counterpart, Roger Goodell, had gotten for looking the other way at football players who became violent in domestic disputes, suspended Reyes for 52 games. The Rockies, who have a talented shortstop in Trevor Story, decided that it was in their best interest to cut Reyes even though they had to absorb his salary.

The Mets, who have been plagued by injuries, including what appears to be a season-ending neck injury to Jose’s longtime teammate and friend David Wright, see Reyes as a valuable and versatile player who is, frankly, not costing them peanuts. Even at age 33, Reyes is probably the fastest Mets runner. He should help sell tickets as well since reports say he’s a fan favorite and he can still play at a high level.

Domestic violence shouldn’t be minimized simply because the assailant is an athlete. Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson stated, “He has gone, and continues to undergo, counseling.

I believe that he deserves a second chance,” in a press release Saturday announcing the ReyesMets reunion. While City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito was not happy, most observers concur with Alderson that the affable Reyes, who has a reservoir of goodwill in Queens, should get the benefit of the doubt. Q See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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