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The Department of Environmental Protection on Monday announced a new $400 million plan to help clean and strengthen Jamaica Bay, seen here from a spot at its eastern end, near a guide pier used for planes landing at Kennedy Airport.

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Study: Boro parks have been neglected Queens green spaces on average last had infrastructure fix in 1992, report says

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

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ueens parks have on avera ge go ne t h e lo nge s t w ithout ser ious i n f rastructure upgrades out of the five boroughs, a new study has discovered.

Published last Tuesday, a citywide analysis by the Center for an Urban Future found the mean year parks in the borough last had major infrastructure improvements was 1992.

Among other findings, the analysis observed that four of Queens’ City Council districts for densely populated areas — those covering Jamaica, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst — had less than $50 million in capital investment for parks dedicated to them since 1996. The figure is far below the same one for just one Council district in Manhattan, which was $125 million for the same period.

“In a system that relies on elected officials for most parks funding, those representing districts with greater socioeconomic needs end up with lesser-funded parks, exacerbating inequities across the city’s parks system,” the study said.

With cement cracks and grass on much of them, some of Forest Park’s tennis courts have seen better days. They’re mentioned in a recent Center for an Urban Future report about green spaces in the five boroughs, which PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY argues that the city could better maintain them.

Researchers also observed severe flooding issues in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and Forest Park.

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Urban Future found flooding would last for days after the park gets hit with rain. The sidewalk around Meadow Lake was seen utterly cov-

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The report mentioned how in fiscal year 2017, the Parks Department had funding for only 15 percent of its needs to achieve a state of good repair. In the last 10 years, the funds required for achieving that were found to have gone up by 143 percent.

To reach that state, the report says, $5.8 billion or more needs to be invested over the next 10 years into the Parks Department for infrastructural needs.

Inadequate funding for basic maintenance at parks, the study found, has had the effect of worsening the infrastructure issues.

Despite its critiques, the report praised Mayor de Blasio for taking steps to address park infrastructure problems, like creating a pair of programs that bring hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to parks that persistently haven’t gotten the money they needed.

In response to the CUF analysis, the city defended its record.

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ered in water. Rain was also observed to cause parking lots and basketball courts to be totally under water.

Forest Park has 48 catch basins.

According to the analysis, 14 of them have been completely ruined. Some of the space’s paths and roads also get badly flooded by rainfall.

Additional issues outlined in the analysis include problems at comfort stations. The one at Corona’s Park of the Americas has stalls with doors missing and cracks in its windows.

And the station at Astoria Park’s Charybdis Playground has been closed since 2015 because the de Blasio administration found sewage from it had for decades been flowing into the East River. However, the Parks Department told the Chronicle it’s in the design process for a project to rebuild the station.

At least 26 percent of park bridges in the borough were determined to have signs of “serious deterioration,” the group said.

The CUF report also highlighted how the northern part of Forest Park looks better-maintained than the southern one, where the eastern tennis courts have cracks in the

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$400M set to revive Jamaica Bay’s health The DEP announces new proposal to restore and improve the estuary

by Anna Sackel Associate Editor

Jamaica Bay is going to be getting quite an expensive treatment thanks to the Department of Environmental Protection’s new improvement plan.

In a press conference on July 2 the DEP unveiled the $400 million proposal to restore the bay and improve its overall ecological health.

Dan Hendrick, filmmaker and environmental advocate, attended the event and expressed his excitement for the future of the bay now that the announcement has been made.

“We’ve never seen this level of investment into green infrastructure for Jamaica Bay before. This announcement really just underscores all of the work that a lot of advocates have been doing for years,” said Hendrick. “The bay hasn’t always been the cleanest and most treasured aspect of this area, but this can change that and I hope we see more of it in the future.”

The money will be put toward a number of different projects throughout various locations on the bay.

Overall there are plans to restore 50 acres of wetland from Brooklyn to Nassau County. The border of the bay is approximately 142 square miles and is home to 91 species of fish and 325 species of birds.

Jamaica Bay is a protected United States

wildlife refuge and is part of the Gateway National Recreation Area.

“A hallmark of the ecological revival of Jamaica Bay has been the productive partnerships for med bet ween com mu nit y groups, environmental advocates, educational institutions and city, state and federal agencies — and today we join together once again to announce a $400 million plan to further improve the health of the bay,” said DEP Commissioner Vincent Sapienza during the press conference. “We all recognize the bay as an ecological jewel within the five boroughs, and we will build on these partnerships as we construct wetlands, install ribbed mussels and build green infrastructure in the bay’s watershed in the coming years.”

What these projects will do is help protect not only the habitats in the bay itself, but also the thousands of residents who live along its coastline.

Hendrick noted that the salt marshes that the plan will restore and strengthen protect against storm surges.

While they won’t protect completely against major stor ms like Superstor m Sandy, they will help lessen flooding and erosion during smaller storms.

“If the salt marshes went away you can expect stronger waves and more damage,” said Hendrick. “It’s critical for everything in and around the bay to protect against road

New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Vincent Sapienza, center wearing sunglasses, was joined by politicians and environmental advocates to announce a $400 PHOTO COURTESY DEP million plan to further improve the ecological health of Jamaica Bay. erosion, protect the foundation of homes and more.”

A number of politicians and environmental advocates attended Monday’s press conference, praising the announcement.

“It’s difficult to overstate the importance

of today’s announcement to Jamaica Bay,” said Hendrick. “DEP’s plan is a significant investment in the future of the Bay, one that will improve its health while also helping to protect local communities from the effects Q of climate change.”

Clock’s ticking on Ozone Park shelter The DHS has given elected officials 30 days to find an alternative location

by Anna Sackel

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The recent announcement of the addition of a homeless shelter in Ozone Park has residents up in arms.

Plans were revealed last month that the Department of Homeless Services is going to be utilizing the old Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, located on the corner of 101st Avenue and 86th Street, as a shelter for 113 mentally ill adult men.

Last week the DHS had a meeting with various community leaders as well as state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) and representatives from Councilman Eric Ulrich’s (R-Ozone Park) office and the Mayor’s Office to discuss the situation.

“Adamantly I oppose this for this area ... it’s just a bad idea,” said Addabbo. “So what we have asked is to give us 30 days to find an alternative and more appropriate space.”

The DHS agreed, and now by the end of July a proposal for a new location to hold the 113 mentally ill men could be presented.

According to Addabbo, if a new space is found, the current location the DHS plans to use will

The Department of Homeless Services, as a part of the Mayor’s “Turning the Tide on Homelessness” program, is putting a homeless shelter at 85-15 101 Ave., Ozone Park. The shelter will house 113 mentally ill men unless electPHOTO BY ANNA SACKEL eds find an alternative location.

become a shelter to house approximately 50 women and children instead.

At the most recent Community Board 9 meeting on June 12, more than 200 angered residents showed up to protest the proposed shelter, led by long-time resident Sam Esposito.

“Where the hell are they going to go?” said Esposito about the search for a new location. “I would be ecstatic if they didn’t put these men there, but moving it into someone else’s backyard isn’t fair either.”

“There’s a crisis, we know that and we want to help,” said Addabbo. “But calling and just saying you’re getting a shelter at this site and the end of this year, that doesn’t help.”

Miller is on the same page as Addabbo, saying the DHS has made contradictory statements regarding why it decided to place this specific shelter at the proposed location.

“They claim there are X amount of homeless people within Community Board 9 so they’re putting that many people into a shelter in the area,” said Miller in a phone interview. “So I asked, well, are there 113 mentally ill homeless men? No. So why are you putting them all on us? They gave no reason why.”

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Residents insulted by ‘beautification’ Woodhaven block association is upset by DOT’s lack of landscaping

by Anna Sackel Associate Editor

Nearly three years ago the city Department of Transportation announced that Select Bus Service would be added to Woodhaven Boulevard.

With it, “improved station amenities” would be added, including art and landscaping, according to DOT documentation.

It never happened.

And now, Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association President Steve Forte says it’s taken multiple complaints for the DOT to do even minimal work.

“When we first complained they originally told us it would all be there by spring, but spring has come and gone,” said Forte.

One of the numerous planters, with what is describes as dead trees and weeds in them.

“From day one even before construction they showed us these beautiful renderings with plants and trees and flowers, but that’s not what we have.”

Instead of trees and flowers planted in the medians, as Forte says the DOT originally promised, about 10 large pots with unkempt shrubs and weeds were placed seemingly at random on certain corners.

“Honestly when I saw them I laughed,” said Forte. “They’re just these giant plastic buckets with dead trees and weeds, and they’re not even where they said they would be. If I saw what was in those planters growing in my yard I would pull them out.”

The DOT says plans to further beautify the SBS route are still on, and that it’s looking to work with local vendors to help out.

“We are also currently working collaboratively with area elected officials on selecting a maintenance partner,” said DOT Deputy Press Secretary Alana Morales. “These planters are in place in the interim, as we are currently in the design phase for the first of three capital projects, which will incorporate landscaping components.”

Forte also claims that many other SBS routes in Queens received landscaping renovations, and feels that Woodhaven was neglected.

“We were expecting so much more than what we were given, and I’ve seen other plac-

Some of the planters placed on Woodhaven Boulevard as part the DOT’s promised amenities for the area. Approximately 10 of these were placed on seemingly random street corners along PHOTOS COURTESY SHERMAN KANE the main road. es that look beautiful, too. So what happened to us?” said Forte. “All they do is lie to us and at this point I don’t know what’s going to happen.”

The DOT promises it will finish what it started and that enhancements will be made to the area.

Addabbo recaps Albany Senator sat down to reflect on the Senate session

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The New York State legislative session ended last week with a record number of bills passed for state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach).

“Personally I was surprised that when the dust settled that I had passed 13 pieces of legislation through the Senate, which for me was the most, even when I was in the majority,” said Addabbo. “Out of the 13, five are going on to the governor for, hopefully, becoming law.”

Those five pieces of legislation include creating special license plates for Down’s syndrome awareness and the Down’s Syndrome Research Fund, enacting a new state workforce injury reduction act, provid i ng money to help homeow ners improve fire hazard safety by removing cocklofts, establishing a small business tax credit for the employment of disabled persons and creating a commission to study the possibility building of a seawall to help protect the city’s coastline.

Although Addabbo had a very successful Senate session in Albany, there were still many bills he considers extremely important that did not pass.

“This is the first year that I left Albany

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. in the Queens PHOTO BY ANNA SACKEL Chronicle office. feeling unfinished. I was saying wow, not to do speed cameras, I thought that [bill] was good,” said Addabbo. “The Republicans were trying to look at something else with the cameras and more policing in the schools but I was saying why are you doing that when there’s already something right in front of us?”

Due to the sunset clause, the city will have to shut down its school-zone speed cameras July 25 unless lawmakers return to Albany and pass a new bill.

Addabbo says while he is extremely happy to be home with his family and back in his community, he is hoping to get called into a special session.

“It could happen tomorrow, that’s how quick it happens,” said Addabbo. “You know it would be nice if the governor says this is something we have to do, but because the mayor and the gover nor have a rift, it’s not going to happen that way.”

Addabbo hopes the Senate revisits the speed cameras, as well as other bills such as the Cross Bay Bridge toll removal.

“I was really hoping to get that done but now we know it’s a fiscal issue so we can get that done next time.”

Considering the Republicans hold the power and there has notably been some tension within the Senate, Addabbo believes that, overall, a lot was achieved.

“There were times when the house of cards did sort of fall apart and we had to build it back up,” said Addabbo. “We ended on sort of a sour note but in the end Q I think we were really productive.”

“Additionally, public art will be installed at multiple bus stations, and [the Department of Parks and Recreation] will add four trees along the medians this fall—further enhancing the corridor.”

The DOT has not given a date or estimaQ tion of when renovations will be made.

Cross Harbor plan being advanced The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has selected Cross Harbor Partners to conduct its Tier II environmental impact study regarding the feasibility of building a freight rail tunnel below New York Harbor.

The proposed tunnel has been controversial in Queens, as its construction would result in the Fresh Pond Rail Yard in Glendale being used as a critical intermodal terminal, where the freight would be transferred from trains to trucks and driven to where they need to go.

Area leaders have blasted the plan, saying it would lead to a massive increase in truck traffic on neighborhood roads.

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

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ity the poor Department of Transportation. Even when it launches a new initiative with the right goal — moving traffic more quickly rather than helping bring it to a standstill as it usually does — people suffer and rebel. The law of unintended consequences seems always to have the DOT in its sights.

But that’s because the DOT never seems to have the independent small businesses that are such vital strands of the fabric of our communities in its own sights.

This week’s example is Roosevelt Avenue along the Jackson Heights-Elmhurst border, where the city since March has banned curbside delivery and parking during both the morning and evening rush hours. That’s six hours a day. Has it sped up traffic? Sure. Has it been worth it? Not if you ask store owners such as Jimmy Jaber of Home Design Furniture, who said last Friday that business fell by 50 percent after the DOT initiative, called Clear Curbs, was imposed. Or Glenn Merchandani of Devisons Jewelry, just off Roosevelt on 82nd Street, who said he’s never faced such a challenge in nearly 30 years in the neighborhood: “This program is jeopardizing my work of nearly three decades.”

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The good thing is that these and other suffering merchants made their comments directly to DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and City Council Small Business Committee Chairman Mark Gjonaj. Both can actually do something about the situation, and they’d better do it quickly, before more damage is done.

The hours Clear Curbs is in effect must be reduced or the program eliminated entirely, at least in Queens, where Roosevelt Avenue was the guinea pig. And new legislation should require the DOT to commission a serious, in-depth study by a professional neutral party of the economic impact its major traffic plans will have on communities — before they are implemented.

The debacle on Roosevelt comes on the heels of the damage done to Queens Boulevard businesses in Rego Park when 198 parking spaces were erased so bike lanes could be installed, and similar hits to merchants on Cross Bay Boulevard in Ozone Park, where rush-hour parking was restricted when bus-only lanes went in.

Trottenberg says she’ll see what can be done to improve things on Roosevelt. We sure hope there’s an answer, because that community has taken a hard hit.

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One fine top cop Dear Editor: I would like to both welcome Capt. Cermeli back to the 112th Precinct and to thank him for what he has done in the short time he has been back.

At the Community Council meeting this past Monday, I had asked him to have the derelict cars on Yellowstone Boulevard removed. By Thursday, they were gone. Second, at the council meeting, Capt. Cermeli announced he had a number of towing operations for the trucks parked illegally along the Grand Central Parkway. Third, when asked about having a community meeting at the precinct on Sunday, July 15, he enthusiastically provided his support.

I look forward to continuing working with the captain.

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he environment was at the top of the city’s agenda this past week — where it belongs — as officials detailed some of what they’ve done to protect the estuary north of our mainland and what they’re doing next to protect the one south of it.

On Flushing Bay, where the stench can be overpowering, the focus is on cleaning up years of accumulated toxic slime and reducing the flow of new waste into the water. The Department of Environmental Protection has dredged about 90,000 cubic yards of filthy sediment from the bay, is upgrading the sewer system to cut down on the raw sewage that gets released into the water and is improving the shoreline with clean material and the planting of native species of plants that strengthen marshlands.

On Jamaica Bay, where we need better natural protection from events like Superstorm Sandy, a new restoration plan was announced. It will see 50 more acres of wetlands reconstructed, seven acres of ribbed mussels installed — they’re key water filters — dredging and plantings. It all comes on top of an ongoing project to install sewers in adjacent areas that don’t have them.

The Flushing Bay project has cost about $200 million and the Jamaica Bay plan will total about $400 million. That’s big money, but wise investments that will pay off for generations to come.

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that Mayor de Blasio does. I am not a favorite person of the mayor and I believe his agenda is too progressive, but I never hear one word from anyone in the Republican Party speaking up against him at all. They have never knocked on my door once to ask about whom am I voting for in any election. I hear names on the TV and I say, “Who is that? Never heard of him.”

Sometimes I believe that they are a group of elitist people who have their little cliques and say and do nothing. It is a shame that I have no idea who one Republican is. I am waiting for you, guys and girls, to voice your opinion on something that is happening in New York.

Kathleen Schatz Rego Park

Dear Editor: I would like to know, where is the Republican Party in Queens?

I read the local papers and see all these men and women supposedly in the Republican Party at all these affairs and parties, but I do not see one of them speak up against anything

Dear Editor: Re Ryan Brady’s June 28 article “BP wants Simon show to be free.”

Borough President Melinda Katz isn’t the

unknown first-time political novice as a candidate. Again, how is this possible?

Well, there is only one answer. It’s obvious. It must have been those damn Russians!

Again!

She must have colluded with the Russkies, right? There is no other possibility, right? It’s the only way this could happen. I mean, that’s what the media have been telling us for the last year and a half. So there is no other way, right?

Begin the investigation!

Tim Austin Astoria

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Eating? Thank a migrant.

Dear Editor: As the summer season moves into high gear, and we all enjoy delicious food and wine in our homes and in local restaurants, let’s not forget that our meals are in large part produced by migrant workers. And those workers, in many areas of our country, are subject to sweeps by Immigration and Customs Enforcement that result in non-violent migrant laborers being deported and their children, some of them American-born, being separated from them. This heinous practice harms our most industrious residents, our migrant workers, who give back so much to us in terms of our basic needs and quality of life.

As many have documented, the farming, winemaking and hospitality industries would not be able to function without migrant labor since most Americans will not take menial positions in those trades. Current laws on the books for farming protect any American citizen who might want a job in that industry.

Those laws even require farms to hire qualified Americans first and to replace any migrant worker with a qualified American who might want a field job.

So, as we gather round our tables to break bread this summer, let us thank the migrant workers who make it possible for us to do so.

And let us make an effort to ask our legislators and representatives to protect them so that they do not have to live in fear and we can continue to enjoy the fruits (and vegetables) of their labor.

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Dear Editor: Recent press reports indicate that the City will legalize for use on public roadways pedal-assist motorized bicycles (“PAMBs”) effective July 28, 2018.

These vehicles require foot pedal action for the motor to operate and are allowed to travel up to 20 mph on public roadways.

Until recent action by the city’s Department of Transportation, use of PAMBs on NYC public roadways was illegal. Use of throttleassist motorized bicycles, which do not require foot pedal action, will remain illegal for now, though they are currently widely used in the food delivery industry.

The DOT announcement says nothing about whether owners of PAMBs will be required to register, maintain identification and annual inspection for the vehicles, and pay the attendant fees for same, like owners of other motorized vehicles used on public roadways. The DOT announcement says nothing about whether operators of PAMBs will be required to be tested for competency for use of the motorized vehicle, to maintain a license for use of the vehicle and pay fees related to same, like the requirement for operators of other motorized vehicles on the public roadways. Perhaps most significantly, the DOT announcement says nothing about

whether the owners/operators of PAMBs will be required to maintain insurance to cover personal injuries and property damage suffered by the general public resulting from their use on the public roadways, like the insurance requirements for every other motorized vehicle.

Anything that can travel at speeds of 20 mph has the potential of causing serious personal injury and significant damage to property in the event of a crash. Opponents of registration, licensing and insurance requirements for PAMBs will say this is a nonproblem since there’s no data showing personal injury and property damage caused by the operation of bicycles, which of course ignores that without identification on the vehicle and operator, bicycle crashes are not reported and it’s almost impossible to know who hit you, who’s responsible or to recover in a legal action for damages.

In action basic fairness requires that owners/operators of PAMBs pay on a proportionate basis the fees and charges that everyone else has to pay to operate a motorized vehicle on a public road. The City Council should act immediately to postpone implementation of the legalization of PAMBs until the matters of protection of the public and fair share fee payments are addressed.

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only one who’s not “Feeling Groovy” about Paul Simon’s decision to charge admission for his Oct. 22 “farewell” concert in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

So do several hundred thousand of his fans in the borough where he was raised and first rose to musical stardom. I’m one of them, and I share some common experiences with the iconic singer-song writer. We both grew up in Kew Gardens Hills, attended PS 164 (where Paul and his pal Art Garfunkel first sang together), Forest Hills High School and Queens College (singer-songwriter Carole King was one of his classmates).

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Simon f ully funded two free Central Park concerts (1981 and ’91) that drew over 500,000 fans, notes his biographer Robert Hilburn (“Paul Simon: The Life”).

Worth an estimated $300 million, he can certainly afford to fund one more free concert in a publicly owned Queens venue.

Will he build a “Bridge Over Troubled Water” for his loyal local fans, or ignore us with “The Sound of Silence”? I hope his answer is “Homeward Bound.”

(Source of all info: Hilburn, Robert. Paul Simon: The Life: Simon and Schuster, 2017).

Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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City plans for loss of speed cameras Traffic and engineering measures added to continued pitch to Albany

by Michael Gannon Editor

State law, or rather, the lack of one, will require New York City to shut down speed cameras that have been monitoring traffic around city schools in less than three weeks.

Multiple city agencies now are coordinating on just what combination of measures like signs, signals, speed bumps and enforcement will be needed to maintain the desired levels of safety around schools that will be losing the cameras on July 25.

But City Hall fears they will be no substitute.

“Speeding has declined 63 percent in speed camera-enforced school zones since 2014,” mayoral spokesman Raul Contreras told the Chronicle in an email. “These lifesaving cameras will need to be turned off this summer if the program is not renewed.”

Contreras said Mayor de Blasio has not budged an inch from his stance since the Legislature closed its session in June without a deal on cameras.

“The state Senate needs to return to renew and expand the speed camera program,” Contreras said. “The lives of our children depend on it.”

That appears increasingly unlikely with Senate Republicans thus far sticking to a bill introduced by Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island) and co-sponsored by Simcha Felder

With an extension for speed cameras like these outside Francis Lewis High School in Fresh Meadows becoming increasingly unlikely, city agencies are making contingency plans to replace PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY them as best they can by the start of school in September.

(D-Brooklyn) and Martin Golden (R-Brooklyn) that would extend cameras only by six months in return for stop signs and traffic lights around schools.

Gov. Cuomo has stated flat-out that he will not call the Legislature back into ses-

sion without assurances that some sort of deal on speed cameras will result in its passage through the Senate.

The Democratic-controlled Assembly approved a measure that would have more than doubled the number of cameras in use

from 140 to 290. With that looking more unlikely to pass the Senate as the deadline neared, Senate Democrats tried to negotiate at least an extension of what already is in place, but to no avail.

Senate Republicans countered at the end of the session that de Blasio at no time during the year reached out to them to convey his sense of urgency on the matter.

Felder, who caucuses with the Republicans, prefers police officers assigned to schools rather than speed cameras. In siding with the GOP on the camera issue he guaranteed a 31-31 vote.

But in an email to the Chronicle on Thursday, Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), chairman of the Public Safety Committee, said the city’s options now are decidedly limited.

“Mayor de Blasio, NYPD Commissioner O’Neill and the majority of the City Council are in agreement that installing speed cameras near schools saves lives,” Richards said “We have done everything we can legislatively to increase the amount of cameras in New York City, but our efforts have fallen on deaf ears in Albany. The only way to save this bill and increase safety for our children is by calling for our State Senators to take one more trip up to Albany to pass this critical bill that is essential to preservQ ing public safety.”

Twenty boro streets will be co-named Late civic leaders, servicemembers, clergy and others to be honored

by Christopher Barca Editor

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The City Council passed legislation last Thursday that would co-name streets across the city for 95 influential residents or groups — with 20 of them being in Queens.

Our borough’s honorees include beloved late civic leaders, activists, first responders, clergy members, an iconic musician and even a former Soviet republic.

What roads in your neighborhood will be conamed and who will they be co-named for?

Here’s the complete list.

Maria Thomson Both the the longtime leader of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. and the founder of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District, Thomson was the “embodiement of community service,” according to Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park).

She died Jan. 10 after suffering a stroke, with Community Board 9 — of which she was a member for decades — voting unanimously in May to support co-naming the northeast corner of Jamaica Avenue and Forest Parkway as “Maria Thomson Way.” Mary Audrey Gallagher A longtime teacher and a founding member of the Queens chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Galla-

gher was 85 when she died of a heart attack on Jan. 4.

In honor of the activist — who was also the mother of Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) — the southeast corner of Northern Boulevard and 91st Street in Jackson Heights will be co-named “Mary Audrey Gallagher Way.” She lived near that corner for the last 16 years of her life.

Mario Bastidas The Maspeth resident and FDNY lieutenant paramedic was just 55 when he died on April 1, 2017 of an illness he contracted from his time working at Ground Zero after the Sept.

11, 2001 terror attacks.

Co-named in his honor will be 73rd Place between 57th Avenue and the Queens Midtown Expressway in Maspeth.

Walter Becker A co-founder of the famed rock band Steely Dan and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Becker was born and raised in Forest Hills — growing up at 112-20 72 Drive.

According to Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), the corner of 112th Street and 72nd Drive outside Becker’s childhood home will be conamed for him in an Oct. 28 ceremony. The guitarist was 67 when he died of cancer in September 2017.

him, as well as erect a sign there bearing his name.

The Rev. Freddie Brunswick Sr. The longtime pastor of the Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Springfield Gardens, Brunswick was 90 when he died on Feb. 27.

The intersection of 140th Avenue and 180th Street outside the church will be co-named in his honor.

Late Woodhaven civic leader Maria Thomson is one of more than a dozen Queens residents set to have streets co-named for them later FILE PHOTO this year.

The Rev. Lawrence Lynch A Woodhaven native, Lynch was a beloved Army chaplain who was killed by an artillery shell on Okinawa, Japan during the final months of World War II. In 1949, the triangle at Atlantic Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard was dedicated to him, but there is no mention of Lynch there today — the on ly sig n there si mply reads “Greenstreets.”

The legislation passed last week, however, would formally name the triangle for

Lynda McDougald and Pat Beckles McDougald, who died in January, was a beloved civic leader and activist in East Elmhurst, where she was affectionately known by some as the “mayor.”

Beckles, a fellow East Elmhurst resident who died last year, served alongside her on Community Board 3. He also was the longtime president of the Ditmars Boulevard Block Association.

Both neighborhood civic leaders will have streets co-named for them — 25th Avenue between Ericsson and Curtis streets for the former and 31st Drive between Astoria and Ditmars boulevards for the latter.

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A march of unity in a time of separation Hundreds join together in Queens to stand up for immigrant families

by Anna Sackel Associate Editor

In light of the seemingly constant news of immigrant families being separated, thousands of people f rom across the cou nt r y marched together on Saturday to rally against President Trump and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

In Jackson Heights and Corona, two of the most diverse neighborhoods in the country, hundreds of residents, community leaders and politicians took to the streets for the n at ionw id e Fa m i l ie s Belong Together march.

According to Queens Neighborhoods United, a community-based organization that helps fight against the “criminalization and displacement of residents” in Jackson Heights, Corona and Elmhurst, 600 people attended this specific march.

“We do not believe in the current system of detaining immigrants and the current immigration system we have,” said QNU spokesperson Tania Mattos. “At the baseline it’s a racist system. We need to continue to dissect it to help people realize how the current system is meant to

Hundreds of residents and community leaders marched from Jackson Heights to Corona to support immigrant families PHOTO BY COREY TORPIE who are being separated, protest the administration’s policies and call for abolishment of ICE. keep people out of America.”

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), as well as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Congressional candidate who just defeated Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens Bronx) in a primary, and other political leaders, attended the march to show support.

When asked why he decided to go Van Bramer said he felt he needed to.

“I have to. All of us who care about Queens, all of us who care about this country and all of us who care about immigrants and their children, we have to stand up and march,” said Van Bramer in a phone interview. “We have to defend our personal values and our Queens values.”

Ocasio-Cortez, who marched alongside Van Bramer, spoke to the crowd.

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Pol pushing two pieces of legislation After taking a trip down to the southern border last month, Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) last Thursday announced she’s introduced two bills aiming to improve conditions for immigrant children separated from their families after they crossed into the United States illegally or sought asylum.

One of the bills, the Better Care for Kids Act, aims to enhance the training of U.S. government personnel who care for the separated children. The legislation would require the officials to use best practices when caring for toddlers and infants. It would also ensure the employees are properly trained to care for young children, which could minimize the emotional shock the kids may undergo.

The Child Advocate Program Reauthorization Act is Meng’s other proposal. It would reauthorize the Child Advocate Program through 2022, which appointed independent child advocates for victims of child trafficking and unaccompanied immigrant children.

The program expired in 2017. Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services announced its intent to cover 550 minors through the initiative in almost 12 locations in America, with New York among them.

According to Meng’s office, both of the bills are now before the House Judiciary Committee.

They do not yet have Senate co-sponsors.

“It is appalling that parents who had their kids ripped away from them are still separated from their children, and that the President still has no concrete plan to bring them back together,” the congresswoman said in a prepared statement. “But while these children are detained without their parents, it is essential that the government provide them with the best care possible, and that they have advocates who are on their side.”

During her trip to the border, the congresswoman visited a pair of federal facilities and spoke to mothers who’ve been separated from their children. Recalling the trip in an interview last week with the Chronicle, Meng said she saw children Q who were locked in cages.

— Ryan Brady

“This nation is never beyond repair when we come together,” she said.

The goal of the event was to show solidarity and demand three main policy changes and actions: immediate reunification of families and the end of family internment camps and ICE. “The crowd was determined and ver y powerf ul in renou ncing Tr u mp a nd u n apologet ically

Parks report continued from page 2 Parks Initiative and the $150-million Anchor Parks project are bringing the first structural improvements in generations to sites from playgrounds to large flagship parks,” Parks Department spokeswoman Meghan Lalor said in an emailed statement. “Further, as the CUF report notes, Commissioner [Mitchell] Silver’s streamlined capital process is bringing these improvements online faster.”

She also highlighted “the newly funded catch basin program and an ongoing capital needs assessment program” that “will ensure that NYC Parks needs are accounted for and addressed in the years to come.”

In recent years, Lalor pointed out, the city has completed a project to reconstruct the Meadow Lake shoreline in Flushing Meadows and the paths on it south of its boathouse. Both initiatives targeted flooding.

Additionally, a $4.8 million project focused on repairing and realigning the settling path system in Meadow Lake’s northeast side is expected to wrap up next spring.

The Parks Department has also proposed a project that seeks to address flooding on the lake’s northwestern area.

For the blighted tennis courts at Forest Park, the city estimates reconstruction would cost $4.5 million and face obstacles.

“This is a challenging project, because steep slopes and dense tree root zones surrounding the courts inhibit access for con-

defending all immigrants including the undocumented,” said Van Bramer. “We have to join forces and protect these children and make sure they’re reunited with their families.”

In a post on Facebook the QNU urged its followers to not stop with the march.

It exhorts them “to resist the Trump agenda though we cannot stop there. Let’s not forget that some of the same politicians who wear the resistance banner, also support a quiet expulsion of immigrants.”

Van Bramer noted that the overall feeling at the rally was strength and support.

“We have to be visible and vocal and present and we have to use whatever power or political capital we have to be a voice for the voiceless,” he said.

After what Mattos called a long day of chanting and marching in the sun, QNU left followers on Facebook with a message of empowerment.

“They can try to break us up and push us out, but we are Queens and our communities that organize Q together will stay together!”

struction equipment required to get the job done,” Lalor said. “In order to reach the eastern courts, equipment would need to drive over the newly refurbished western courts, likely resulting in significant damage.”

Parks and Recreation Committee Chairman Councilman Bar r y Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) thanked the CUF for the study, calling the analysis “thoughtful and thorough.”

“In addition, the committee is planning to hold a hearing on the inordinate delays and exorbitant costs associated with parks capital projects, and anything that can be done to address those issues will help the city deal with parks infrastructure more efficiently,” the lawmaker said in a prepared statement.

NYC Park Advocates President Geoffrey Croft agrees with much of the criticism made in the CUF analysis. But he doesn’t totally agree with all of its claims.

“There’s been 45 years of vastly underfunding a vital city agency,” Croft said.

According to the activist, the report’s recommendation about the necessary funding for infrastructure upgrades falls short. Rather than the $5.8 billion urged by the Center for an Urban Future, Croft says “$20 to $30 billion” is more on the mark.

In response to his comment, the Parks Department touted new investment.

“With the addition of $142 million from the Mayor, City Council, and Borough Presidents, in the FY19 budget, Parks’ ten year capital plan is now $5.282 billion; addressing inequity and strengthening the City’s parks Q system from top to bottom,” Lalor said.

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What happens next? Pols talk Crowley’s loss Boro leaders split on if the county Dem party needs new leadership

by Christopher Barca Editor

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s 15-point victory over Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) in last week’s Democratic primary has been described as one of the more monumental upsets in American political history.

But according to Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), the defeat of the powerful Queens Democratic Party chairman wasn’t surprising at all.

In fact, there were numerous signs in the congressional district — which overlaps with Van Bramer’s — that an Ocasio-Cortez win was not just possible, but likely.

“For me, on the ground, I was watching and feeling that momentum build. There was no question that it was building steam every day,” Van Bramer told the Chronicle. “You could see more and more Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez people as the days went by on the corner, at the green market and knocking on doors.”

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), whose district also partially overlaps with Crowley’s, said he got a sense that she could very well win in the race’s waning weeks, as well.

“Her videos are very well done and her message is clear. She’s articulate. This woman goes right to it,” Holden said. “I thought she would give him a run for his money. I know some people in the district who said she rang their doorbells twice but they never saw Joe Crowley.”

The House Democratic Caucus chairman’s loss marks the third time a county partybacked incumbent closely tied to the leadership has lost to an insurgent political novice in the last 20 months. In 2016, it was thenAssemblywoman Marge Markey — Crowley’s successor in the 30th Assembly District.

Her little-known, 30-year-old challenger, now-Assemblyman Brian Barnwell (D-Maspeth), spent his campaign casting Markey as out of touch with the district and pledging to be that young leader with new ideas that constituents were clammoring for. Barnwell ended up winning his primary in a landslide.

One year later, it was former Councilwom-

Queens lawmakers are discussing what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory over Rep. Joe Crowley PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA means for the future of the county Democratic party.

an Elizabeth Crowley, Joe Crowley’s cousin, who was defeated — the bomb-throwing Holden won by a mere 137 votes.

Like Barnwell, Holden repeatedly blasted the incumbent as being both tied too closely to what he called Mayor de Blasio’s corrupt administration and not being in tune with the needs of her constituents.

Last week, it was Joe Crowley himself who lost to a 28-year-old democratic socialist who spent the better part of a year saying the lawmaker was more interested in serving his corporate donors than his district.

The record has been mixed for countybacked candidates in years prior as well, as Van Bramer, Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) and a handful of others defeated candidates backed by the Queens Democratic Party.

On Election Night 2017, Holden told the Chronicle that his win should be a wakeup call for Crowley — whose office declined to comment when contacted by the paper.

“Joe Crowley, the handwriting is on the wall,” he said. “You should recognize that you work for the people, not the other way around.”

Asked about his seemingly prophetic words, Holden — who has had a rocky relationship with Crowley — said last week that the lawmaker had told him in past years that the powerful “machine” that is the Q u e e n s D e m o c r a t ic Party isn’t as influential as many think.

“He told me that when we were close.

When I would bring up t he a spect of t he machine, he would laugh at that,” Holden said. “It’s not a coincidence that Markey, Elizabeth and he are now out.

“It says something Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, right, says it might be time for a change at the top of the Queens County Democratic Party — led for about his leadership.

FILE PHOTO When you’re in there too years by Crowley, left.

long, you get complacent. you get arrogant,” he added. “He would dictate from the top of the mountain and he got too carried away with that.”

Choosing his words carefully, Van Bramer said there have been plenty of signs in recent years that the party’s strength has been greatly overstated.

“So few races are contested, but when they were contested, insurgents started winning regularly,” he said. “Maybe [the county party] perceived its strength as greater than it was.”

Asked why Crowley lost, both Van Bramer and Holden both gave credit to Ocasio-Cortez for running an inspired campaign based on ideas and placed blame on the incumbent for potentially not taking the race seriously until it was too late.

Assembly man Michael Den Dek ker (D-East Elmhurst), however, said it had nothing to do with any possible weakness in the county party.

Instead, he said it had almost everything to do with a paltry 13 percent turnout, disgust over the Trump administration and progressives nationwide specifically “targeting” Crowley — whom some liberals see as too corporatist to lead the party — in an effort to help move Washington more to the left.

“I think there was a lot of outside people that wanted to push this,” Den Dekker said. “I believe this particular seat was targeted to make a statement.”

Asked to back up his remark, the assemblyman pointed to the amount of out-of-state donations Ocasio-Cortez received — 88 percent of her contributions over $200 that were itemized with donor information came from outside the district.

He also claimed that the majority of her volunteers did not live in the district and that they had no place telling area residents whom to vote for.

“Joe would have made change nationally as a young progressive speaker,” he said, referring to rumors that Crowley may have become speaker of the House if the Democrats took back the chamber in the fall. “Some would say why would people from other states be so interested in stopping that from happening?”

Despite his critical comments about OcasioCortez’s campaign and others about his doubts that she will find allies in Congress, Den Dekker said he will do everything he can to ensure that she beats Republican Anthony Pappas in November.

“That’s a great thing Ocasio-Cortez did, reaching out to people who may have never gotten involved in the past,” he said. “I don’t believe that Joe Crowley was the enemy here, but change is good sometimes. I think she’ll make an excellent congresswoman.”

Crowley is expected to run for another twoyear term as party chairman in late September — voted on by the borough’s Democratic district leaders.

Both Den Dekker and Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) told the Chronicle that they fully expect him to win and remain as chairman, even if his influence over the party wanes in the wake of his congressional defeat.

“Absolutely, I would put money on it,” Koslowitz said. “I am sure that Joe Crowley will continue as party chairman. He definitely has my vote.”

“We have a winning record more than a losing record and we have the strongest Democratic organization around,” Den Dekker added. “I wish the rest of the city would be as progressive as we are.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said he wouldn’t be surprised if Crowley remained as party chairman, but that he’s heard rumors of people eyeing the top job.

“We’ll see. I’m sure vultures are circling.

I’ve got to think this race causes a ripple effect,” Addabbo said. “But he’s not the congressman now. This is what people wanted, they didn’t want the county leader to be an elected official. Now he’s not.”

Borough President Melinda Katz agreed, saying Crowley has done so much good for the party that he’s earned the right to remain, regardless of his future in Congress.

“There’s no reason from my perspective for things to change,” Katz said, “unless he wants it to.”

Prefacing his comments by saying he’s the “last person who should speak for the party,” Holden said that Crowley’s crushing loss at the hands of Ocasio-Cortez underscores why new leadership is needed.

“I wouldn’t think that Joe Crowley should remain as the chairman,” he said. “I don’t think he understands the neighborhoods in Queens anymore. But that’s his decision.”

Van Bramer didn’t give a firm answer one way or the other, but he urged Democratic district leaders to consider the fact that the residents of Crowley’s district chose a new leader.

After all, Ocasio-Cortez’s 15-point win, the councilman said, says the voters want to be at the forefront of the Queens Democratic Party’s decisions, not a single, powerful figurehead.

“I absolutely think that democracy is better when people are at the center of the Democratic Party. It is not a top-down machine-driven system,” he said. “Voters are the heart and soul of the party. Voters are who we should listen Q to. We reject voters at our own peril.”

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City heath officials offer mosquito tips Screens and no standing water can help keep the itchy insects at bay

by Michael Gannon Editor

The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is reminding residents that a few simple precautions can reduce people’s chances of falling prey to mosquito misery now that warm weather is upon the city.

Danielle De Souza, assistant press secretary for the DOHMH said there is no way to predict how bad or routine a given mosquito season will be beforehand.

“The Health Department’s main goal is to ensure that New Yorkers know how to protect themselves from being bitten,” she said in an email to the Chronicle.

Tips for combating the insects include barriers and eliminating standing water where they can lay eggs.

T h e D OH r e c o m m e n d s u si n g a n approved insect repellent, but also warns that some, such as those containing oil of lemon eucalyptus, are not suitable for children under age 3.

Other safeguards include: • making sure windows have screens, and that screens with tears or large holes be repaired or replaced; • eliminating standing water from around the home outdoors and disposing of any containers that can collect water; • ensuring that roof gutters are clean and

City and federal health officials say some simple, common-sense practices can help people PHOTO BY FILE PHOTO avoid being on mosquitoes’ menus this summer. draining properly; and • cleaning and chlorinating swimming pools, outdoor saunas and hot tubs; keeping them drained or covered when not in use; and draining water that collects on pool covers.

In addition, the U.S. Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention recommends regularly emptying, scrubbing, turning over, covering or throwing out any items that hold water like tires, buckets, planters, toys, pools, birdbaths, flowerpot saucers, or trash containers as mosquitoes lay eggs in water.

For containers without lids, use wire mesh with holes smaller than an adult mosquito.

Use an outdoor insect spray made to kill mosquitoes in areas where they rest, usually in dark, humid areas like under patio furniture, or under a carport or in a garage.

When using insecticides, always follow label instructions.

Inside the home, the CDC says some indoor sprays and foggers are available, and that mosquitoes also rest in dark, humid places there, like under sinks, in closets, under furniture or in laundry rooms.

De Souza said most mosquitoes in the city are not capable of carrying diseases and that only a few can spread them.

“Human cases of West Nile virus occur in New York City each year,” she said.

“Though we did have a case occur in June this year, most cases are identified between late July and October. Symptoms include headache, fever, fatigue and rash. More information on West Nile and other mosquito-born illnesses is available at nyc.gov/site/ doh/about/press/pr2018/pr052-18.page.

One round of aerial spraying took place in Queens last month. De Souza said at least two more rounds will occur by mid-September, though no dates have been fixed.

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Big rigs, dumping in City Council’s sights Bills target 18-wheelers, big polluters with new enforcement, steeper fines

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The Queens delegation to the City Council wants to ratchet up the economic pressure on commercial truck drivers who illegally park their rigs on the borough’s streets.

Three large trucks, including a pair of 18-wheelers, served as an unwitting backdrop on Springfield Boulevard in Cambria Heights last Friday as Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) announced a pair of bills that have been introduced in the Council to try and rein in the big rigs.

The press conference, held one day after the Council passed a bill that significantly increases fines for everything from illegal dumping to throwing trash from a car window, was billed as a quality-of-life statement

by Miller, Councilwoman Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) and Councilman Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria), chairman of the Committee on the Environment.

Their location on Friday, at the intersection with 121st Avenue, was no accident.

“There are a few trucks here now, but come here after 4 p.m., especially on Friday and the weekend,” he said, “you could have 20 trucks parked along this road. And they keep the motors running because they’re in the cabs and then need air conditioning in the summer and heat in the winter.”

Not to mention the taking of on-street

City Councilmembers Daneek Miller, second from left, Costa Constantinides, at podium, the environmental chairman, and Adrienne Adams, right, take on illegally parked commercial trucks PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON at a press conference in Cambria Heights. parking, and, Adams said, the danger of having to walk on sidewalks behind large trucks, largely obscured from view, giving cover to

potential muggers and attackers.

Intro. 1011, the Commercial Truck Abuse Reduction Act, would cut the time that a trac-

tor-trailer combination, truck or semi trailer can be parked in half, to 90 minutes from the existing limit of three hours.

Intro. 1011 would increase the fine for a first offense from $250 to $400; and subsequent violations in the next six months from $500 to $800.

Both are co-sponsored by Miller, Adams Constantinides, Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) and Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills).

“Right now, the fines are just considered the cost of doing business,” Miller said.

A spokesman for Koslowitz said most of their complaints are about trucks parked on the Grand Central Parkway service road.

Intro. 656, the Unlawful Commercial Dumping Act, which passed the Council on June 28, will, when signed by Mayor de Blasio, set a fine of $4,000 for a first offense of commercial dumping, followed by fines of $9,000 for repeat offenders. Vehicles impounded twice will be subject to forfeiture.

The fine for commercial dumping in or near a public litter basket will be $300 for a first offense, then climbing to $400.

Other speakers at the press conference included former Jamaica Councilman Archie Spigner; Community Board 13 District Manager Mark McMillan, and its chairman, Clive Williams, CB 12 Transportation Committee Chairwoman Michele Keller and Leroy Gadscontinued on page 18

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Charter worker wants to decertify Local 3 NLRB OKs petition; union says telecom involved with it, which company denies

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

A Charter Communications employee is trying to decertify International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3, the embattled union on strike against the telecom giant since March 28, 2017.

Earlier this month, National Labor Relations Board Region 2 Regional Director John Walsh determined that Bruce Carberry, a Charter technician, could move forward with his decertification petition Carberry, who could not be reached for comment, started working as a supervisor for Charter at its facility in College Point in May 2017, according to the labor board, when the union was on strike.

He began a transition to a new survey technician position in December last year, and by Feb. 20 the process was over.

On his LinkedIn page, Carberry’s title is “Field Supervisor.”

The union’s challenge to the petition hinged upon whether the employee was a supervisor when he filed the petition in May this year, which isn’t allowed. Walsh ruled Local 3 didn’t prove it.

Walsh dictated that there will be a secret, mail-in election that will determine wither IBEW Local 3 continues to be the collective bargaining representative of a large chunk of the Charter workforce that includes warehouse technicians and field and network operations workers.

IBEW Local 3 will likely challenge the votes of replacement employees, and the corporation plans to challenge those of the union members, according to a source close to the labor group.

The union has accused Charter of supporting the decertification attempt, a claim the company roundly rejects and says it cannot do anyway. Local 3’s filed a complaint with the NLRB alleging that the company’s violated the National Labor Relations Act. If successful, its claim would negate Walsh’s move to direct the election.

Carberry’s attorney, Matthew Antonek, has previously represented Verizon Wireless.

In the union’s pending claim, it alleges Antonek has since 2001 “maintained a working relationship” with an employment attorney who’s represented Charter. It also charges that he was “referred” by the company to Carberry.

Additionally, Local 3 said, supervisors at Charter told a striking member of the union named Steve McCormack about company plans to decertify the union. The conversations, the labor group charges, included transferring Carberry to his nonsupervisory technician job.

The telecom staunchly denies the union’s claims, saying it’s had no involvement whatsoever with the decertification petition.

Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3 may be voting in an election that would decide whether FILE PHOTO the union continues to represent workers in collective bargaining negotiations.

“The petition to decertify was not filed by Charter, but by an employee,” company spokesman John Bonomo said in an email. “It is a matter between our employees and the union.

We don’t have any further comment.”

According to City Council testimony last month from Local 3 business agent Derek Jordan, around 1,800 of its workers are still on strike.

Charter told the Chronicle “hundreds” of Local 3 members have crossed the picket line, declining to give an exact number for those who did.

Since the beginning, the strike’s been a bitter battle. If one asks IBEW Local 3, Charter wants to cut its members’ pension and healthcare plans.

The telecom says it’s offered striking members a 22 percent wage increase on average — with some being offered as much as a 55 percent raise — along with an attractive retirement and health benefits package.

Each side accuses the other of failing to be an effective negotiating partner.

“To get a deal done, Charter earlier this year offered to continue paying into Local 3’s failing benefits plan for 2 years for the workers closest to retirement while maintaining the significant wage increases we have been giving our employees since last summer,” Bonomo said in an email. “As with our previous offers, Local 3 leadership rejected it out of hand.”

Last month, the state Public Service Commission slapped

Council targets truck parking continued from page 16 den, president of the Jamaica Branch of the NAACP. Constantinides said CBs 12 and 13 are subject to more truck issues with not only Kennedy and LaGuardia airports but nearby shipping and cargo facilities in an area crisscrossed by major highways.

“We see some of that in my own district, where trucks heading to and from LaGuardia use neighborhood streets even though the state has just [rebuilt] the Grand Central Parkway for them to use,” he said.

Miller said the dumping, aside from being unsightly, has caused a major problem with rats, and, left unattended or unenforced,

invites more dumping.

He also said the new bills give DSNY inspectors more authority to search through illegally dumped material in order to find identifying information on the source.

Gadsden minced no words on the truck situation, saying truck owners and drivers are placing money over the health and safety of residential neighborhoods.

“This is an environmental justice issue, which makes it a civil rights issue,” he said.

He added that aside from the idling with noise and fumes, sometimes the very contents can be hazardous, citing, among other things, Southeast Queens’ high incidence of asthma and cancer.

the telecom behemoth with a $2 million fine, saying it failed to meet targets for network expansion. The commission also said if Charter — which does business as Spectrum — doesn’t accept the terms given by the body in its 2016 approval of the company’s purchase of Time Warner Cable, it will revoke its approval of the merger.

Bonomo shot back at the PSC in a statement to the Chronicle.

“The fact is that Spectrum has built out our broadband network to more than 42,000 unserved or underserved homes since the merger,” he said. “We find it baffling that the PSC thinks that some New Yorkers count and others don’t, given their belief that access to broadband is essential for economic development and social equity.”

Additionally, a judge in February rejected a motion by Charter that attempted to dismiss a civil suit brought by New York State alleging the company defrauded people and was dishonest to them by saying it could provide undeliverable internet speeds.

In response to the litigation, Charter said it would “continue to defend vigorously against these allegations.”

In January, union member Andre Segree, a Brooklyn resident, was arrested for allegedly slashing fiber optic wires in Astoria last September. He is being prosecuted by the office of Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.

IBEW Local 3 has consistently denied any connection to vandalism like the kind Segree is accused of, which has Q occurred several times.

“Our most precious resources, our children, have to inhale these fumes as they move about in their community,” he said.

Whatever waste is contained in those trucks ... is released into the air and then leaked into the soil.

“These semi tractor trailers loaded with their waste have turned our residential neighborhoods into temporary waste disposal sites.”

Adams and Miller mentioned a heavyduty tow truck capable of towing 18 wheelers that the NYPD soon is expected to have for use in Queens — it is being paid for Borough President Melinda Katz and a state grant obtained by state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St Albans).

But Miller also said the bills for both the trucks and the dumping were the result of a

long, often frustrating process.

“We’ve tried to fix a lot of problems by proposing bills only to find that those laws already exist — they just weren’t being enforced,” he said. “These bills were written in a way that encourages enforcement.”

The councilman also said they have tried in both instances to be very deliberate before submitting them to the Council at large for consideration.

He said, for example, that the NYPD has a very direct problem when it comes to seizing big rigs —namely, where to store them.

Miller said he and other community leaders are actively looking for multiple sites t hey c ou ld of fe r for t he N Y PD’s consideration.

“We want to avoid unintended conseQ quences,” the councilman said.

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In his honor, the city will co-name the corner of 191st Street and Hollis Avenue — the location of Strictly Skillz Barber Shop, where the Bayside High School graduate cut the hair of area residents as well as celebrities such as NBA superstar Kevin Durant — for him.

The Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach recently presented 4 scholarships to high school seniors going on to college.

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The Rev. Julius C. Carter and Coreania H. Carter The Carters founded and led Carter Community AME Church in Jamaica for years. In their memory, the northeast corner of 167th Street and Linden Boulevard in Jamaica — where the church is located — will be conamed for them.

avenues in Ozone Park — near where the Bhuvaneshwar Temple he founded in 2007 is located — conamed in his honor.

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Bonanno crime family associate a nd Howa rd Beach busi nessma n Robert Pisani was found guilty of sexual assault on Wednesday June 27.

Pisani was accused of forcibly touching one of his former employees, a teenage girl.

The incident happened at his deli in Howard Beach.

The victim, who testified against Pisani, said in a police report he had touched her buttocks without her permission, then as she tried to walk away he pulled on her bra and it snapped open. He then proceeded to take her hand and place it on his penis.

Pisani’s official crime, according to a representative from the Queens District Attorney’s Office, is forcible touching and harassment.

The defendant is scheduled for sentencing on Aug. 14 and faces a maximum of one year in prison.

Pisani previously pleaded guilty, w it h a nu mb e r of ot he r k now n Bonan no associates, in a federal loansharking case and has yet to be Q sentenced.

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T he 102nd Precinct is searching for a man wanted for p u b l i c lewdness.

According to police the suspect exposed h i mself to a 14-year-old girl on June 14 at This light-skinned male around 1 p.m is wanted by the NYPD. on the QueensPHOTO COURTESY NYPD bound platform inside the J and Z train subway station at 75th Street and Elderts Lane.

The suspect, who then fled the station heading west on Jamaica Avenue, is described as a male with light skin, in his 30s, approximately five-foot-five and 160 pounds.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477), or, for Spanish, 1 (888) 57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictly confiQ dential.

by Christopher Barca Editor

Police are on the hunt for a man who pistol-whipped a parking garage attendant and stole an SUV in Rego Park.

Shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, the suspect approached the 59-year-old victim inside the 92-77 Queens Blvd. parking garage and asked if he could take a vehicle, police said.

When the attendant said no, the suspect — described as a black man in his mid-20s — pulled out a handgun and told him he would be taking one.

The victim tried to flee, but the guntoting man chased him down and hit him in the head with his firearm. The suspect tried to drag him back to the garage area, but was unsuccessful.

After that, the gunman found a darkcolored, four-door Kia Sportage with the keys still inside it. According to police, he jumped in and drove out of the garage, located between Retro Fitness and P.C. Richard & Son, heading westbound on Queens Boulevard.

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Photo contest!

The Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach participated in the annual New York City Triathlon in Manhattan on July 1.

The team, which consisted of four men from the group, raised $5,000, all of which will be donated to Ronald McDonald House.

Ronald McDonald House is an organiza-

tion that houses sick children and their families while they receive hospital treatment. A room can cost up to $100 a night, but families can stay for free.

The Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach members who ran were Ben Milone, left, Jody Stahl, Frank Monteforte and, not pictured, Abe Garcia.

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The Queens Chronicle’s 10th annual Summer in the Borough Photo Contest is under way — and you’re invited to join in!

Take your best shots of children playing, workers working, lovely landscapes, birds on the bay — whatever you think best says “summertime in Queens.”

Check out these photos taken by two prior winners, Jennifer Morrison and Nancy Morelli, and see if you can do as well.

Our main requirement is that the photos be taken in the borough this summer. We also ask that you give us all the details you can, especially the location, the names of any people in the photo, whenever possible, and when it was taken (but don’t use time stamps!). Some entrants give us a whole backstory, and that’s never a problem.

And please tell us where you live and whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer.

The winner or winners will receive tickets to a family-friendly performance in or around the city, such as an off-Broadway show or the circus.

Send your high-resolution digital photos to peterm @ qchron.com, or mail prints to Queens Chronicle Photo Contest, 71-19 80 St., suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385. The deadline is Tuesday, Sept. 4. Good luck!

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How seniors can stay cool in extreme heat

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Queens has been smacked with some scorching summer days this year. And especially for senior citizens, staying cool in the dangerous heat is crucial.

High temperatures can be deadly. A study by the city Health Department found that two extreme heat waves in 2006 and 2011 resulted in the deaths of 70 residents of the city.

And between 2000 and 2011, the study found, an annual average of 152 people were hospitalized because of heat illness, a category that includes heat stroke; 447 people on average were treated and released from an emergency department because of heat illness. A mean of 13 people in each year analyzed by the study died because of it.

Throughout the country, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 600 people die avoidable deaths each year because of the heat.

If seniors or someone they know is showing signs of heat illness — like vomiting, headaches, heat illness, muscle cramps and nausea — they should call 911 immediately.

Experts and advocates have some tips for how the elderly can battle the blazing sun.

“Try to stay indoors, if you have air condi-

tioning,” Queens Interagency Council on Aging President Barry Klitsberg told the Chronicle. “If you must go out, obviously don’t do it during the middle of the day.”

For folks in air-conditioned homes who absolutely must go out, he said, “do it in the morning or later in the day when it’s cooler.”

If your apartment or house doesn’t have AC, Klitsberg recommends going to a nearby cooling center.

The city Office of Emergency Management activates them throughout the five boroughs when the temperature for two or more consecutive days is projected to be in the 95 to 99-degree range, or any time it’s between 100 and 104 degrees.

Seniors can go online to nyc.gov/beattheheat to find a cooling center near them.

They’re located in places such as libraries, NYCHA buildings and senior and community centers. Many of the locations are handicapped-accessible.

Folks can still go into the cooling centers even if the heat’s at 94 degrees or below, though. A great deal of the air-conditioned facilities that function as cooling centers are open on less extreme summer days.

For staying safe on the hottest days, the state Office for the Aging Acting Director Greg

Summer heat can be dangerous, but seniors can minimize its negative effects by following some useful tips. PHOTO BY CHRIS GOLDBERG / FLICKR Olsen has some tips for seniors.

“Older adults, especially those who are low-income, live alone, have chronic conditions or who take certain medications, are more susceptible to heat-related illness,” he

said in a prepared statement.

Additionally, the CDC urges seniors in extreme weather to drink more water than they normally would.

Doctors for some elderly folks may have them on water pills or are limiting their fluid intake, the CDC said. In those cases, seniors are urged to speak to their doctors about what they should do during intense heat.

It’s wise to avoid cooking with stoves or ovens on sweltering summer days, too, according to the agency. Wearing sunscreen — at least SPF 15 — is also recommended, along with making sure one rests enough.

The OEM advises people to take a variety of measures.

One tip is to make sure your home or workplace is prepared in case of a power outage, and let the utility company know as soon as possible if one occurs.

Checking the condition of ventilation and air-conditioning systems is recommended, along with using sunshades and high-performance windows.

Given the heightened risk from heat faced by the elderly, Klitsberg urges the public to check on their neighbors who are seniors or have disabilities to make sure they’re doing all P right when it’s very hot outside.

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Biz owners plead with DOT for help Electeds, area leaders blast Clear Curbs on tour of Roosevelt Avenue

by Christopher Barca

of the small businesses along the avenue.

Also attending the walking tour were Assemblywoman If Jimmy Jaber could turn back time, he would have Ari Espinal (D-Jackson Heights), Community Board 4 Disthought long and hard before deciding to open his Roosevelt trict Manager Christian Cassagnol, 82nd Street Partnership President Leslie Ramos, NYPD Chief of Transportation Avenue furniture store earlier this year.

“To be honest with you, if we knew this was going to take Thomas Chan and other DOT officials.

“We see that there are some issues here,” Moya said. place, we would have never rented this space,” Jaber said in reference to his 88-03 Roosevelt Ave. storefront. “We would “What we want to do is be able to express some of the things never have considered taking this spot, that’s how bad this that are working and some that are not working to see if we can change them, because of the effect it’s had on small busihas been.”

The initiative that Jaber said has filled him with regret has nesses in this area.”

The first stop on the tour was Home Design Furniture — been the mayoral pilot program called “Clear Curbs” — a sixmonth Department of Transportation-administered program, Jaber’s establishment that he opened in January.

From the onset, Jaber said, the store was busy. But when launched in March, that bans parking and deliveries on both Clear Curbs was launched in March, sides of Roosevelt Avenue between his bottom line took an immediate hit Broadway and 90th Street from 7 to of “about 50 percent.”

10 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. on weekdays.

“You guys came and changed it The stated goal of the initiative is around and [business] dropped,” he to limit congestion and move traffic said. “Our customers don’t know along the busy commercial corridor about the situation. A lot of people much quicker. leave very upset when they find a But according to multiple area ticket on their car.” elected officials, community leaders Asked by Gjonaj — the City Counand business owners, what Clear cil’s Small Business Committee chairCurbs really has done is hurt stores man — if his enterprise can survive that rely heavily on street parking. much longer, Jaber said he doubted it.

And last Friday, Councilmembers “I don’t think I’ll be looking good, Francisco Moya (D-Jackson Heights) to be honest with you. Please take us and Mark Gjonaj (D-Bronx) toured DOT Commissioner Polly Trotten- Gjonaj, right, asks furniture store owner Jimmy into consideration,” he said, directing berg around to give her a first-person Jaber about the state of his business on Fri- his last sentence toward Trottenberg.

“We will,” she replied. view of what was happening to many day’s walking tour of Roosevelt Avenue.

Editor

Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, left, listens as Councilman Francisco Moya questions her over the agency’s Clear Curbs initiative on Roosevelt Avenue. Joining them were Councilman Mark Gjonaj, Assemblywoman Ari Espinal and 82nd Street Partnership President Leslie Ramos, PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA among others.

Farther down the block, the officials met with a woman named Itsy, who owns beauty supply store Avon at 86-05 Roosevelt Ave. Itsy said through an interpreter that it’s gotten so bad at her shop that she’s had to lay off staff, adding that she’s seen a 40 percent drop in revenue since March.

Just a few storefronts away is Colombian restaurant Pollos Mario, which Moya and Espinal said is one of the most popucontinued on page 26

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Clear Curbs walking tour continued from page 24 lar eateries in the neighborhood.

But at 5 p.m. last Friday, the establishment was nearly empty, save for one trio of diners eating at a corner table.

“To see it empty at this time is kind of disturbing,” Espinal said.

The owner, who did not provide her name, walked down the block to Avon to get the officials’ attention and bring them into her restaurant — shepherding them into the main dining room to blast the Clear Curbs initiative.

“We used to be full at this time. But do you see how empty we are?” she asked. “We don’t have business because there is nowhere to park.”

Moya then asked Trottenberg to consider a compromise,

specifically as it relates to the afternoon hours in which people cannot park on Roosevelt Avenue.

“Summer is a big time for small businesses, so we would love some consideration about the hours this is being implemented,” Moya said. “Why do we need the afternoon hours? It’s peak hours for most of these businesses and restaurants survive on that dinner rush.”

Even businesses just off the Roosevelt Avenue corridor are hurting, according to Glen Mirchandani, the owner of Devisons Jewelry at 37-65 82 St. “I have been in this neighborhood for over 30 years and this is the most challenging period I have ever faced,” he told the officials. “This program is jeopardizing my work of nearly three decades.”

“We’re going to see what adjustments we could make to help you all out,” Trottenberg responded.

While each business owner who spoke during the tour was critical of the DOT, Trottenberg told them — sometimes in-depth — that she understands their complaints and will try her hardest to fix the issues at hand.

“We tried to do a lot of outreach to the extent that we could, but we are here today to listen, hear all sides and see if we could come up with some solutions,” she said. “Clearly, it’s not our goal to hurt small businesses to the extent that it’s happening. We want to figure out how to do this better.”

Much like the business owners, Ramos said any solutions must be put forth with urgency, as the economy of the neighborhood is at stake.

“This is a destination area, this is a not a drive-through,” Q she said. “But now, we are.”

Shelter update continued from page 4 came out that Community Board 9 was getting this shelter, everyone seems to be asking more questions and getting fewer answers.

“Why us? Why are we getting this specific group of homeless people? No one will tell us,” said Esposito, who has been extremely vocal in the fight against the DHS. “Did they even look at where they putting the shelter? I have a hard time believing they did any research.”

T he DHS d id not respond to requests for a comment.

Ulrich, who sent a representative to the meeting with the DHS, declined to comment; however, both Miller and Addabbo said he has been very active in trying to find a solution.

Should the shelter open as originally proposed, many people fear there will be an uptick in crime in the neighborhood, most of which would fall on the 102nd Precinct. Capt. Courtney Nilan, the commanding officer, says the precinct has already began preparing for this possibility.

“We’ve already had some meetings, and we plan to have more,” said Nilan.

“We’ll let them know our expectations and give them any suggestions we have. We will deal with any issues as they happen, just like we always do.”

Both Addabbo and Miller have expressed their discontent with the DHS and its approach to the residents’ outcry against the shelter.

“The whole thing is just backwards,” said Miller.

An Ozone Park Residents Town Hall on the shelter set for 7:45 p.m. on July 19 at the Nativity BVM Church H a l l. DHS of f icia ls w i l l b e i n attendance.

Until that meeting Addabbo says he will not stop searching for a solution.

“They are intent about putting something there, and right now it’s 113 men. I’m going to see this as a window of opportunity to try and change that,” said Addabbo. “Until then we oppose it, adamantly, and figure out every possible measure. We got 30 days. The Q clock is ticking.”

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ARTS, CULTURE & LIVING

It’s family craft time!

Voelker Orth invites you to old-timey art workshops

Victorian history is living and breathing at the Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden in Flushing this summer.

Iced tea and nature-inspired activities in the garden of a Victorian home might have been the favorite pastime of folks with perhaps a touch more than modest means in the late 1800s. And now all this can be yours at the 38th Street museum’s “Garden Creativi-Tea: Art Workshops” to be held on five consecutive Wednesdays, starting on July 11.

“It’s a great way for families to do things together,” said Debbie Silverfine, the museum’s executive director.

All ages are welcome for a very few bucks, by today’s standards: $4 for an individual, $10 for a family, and free for children under three. The laidback atmosphere of the events makes them perfect for anyone, from the tenderaged to the senior-aged, who wants to kick back and create with a random sampling of neighbors.

The museum focuses on crafting programs that make use of the special features of the museum, Silverfine said. By joining in activities the Victorians might have engaged in, such as creating your own bird’s nest, and doing so in a true Victorian garden, participants have the chance to feel a bit of what life might have been like back then.

Along the way, you’ll no doubt pick up historical, factual and artistic knowledge of Victorian times. The proper Victorian garden is more structured than your average backyard. It uses “carpet bedding” for flowers, which Silverfine explained is a way of laying out a bed of flowers in a pattern, as if it were a carpet.

Don’t let rain or extreme heat interfere with your plans, as the sessions will move inside the restored 1891 house in case of weather extremes.

The “Breezy Butterflies” event on July 11 will be an afternoon of creating butterfly mobiles to hang in your own home, perhaps to flutter near an open window on a lazy Sunday morning or to wildly wave over a continued on page 31

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G EXHIBITS

“Yellow Submarine,” the 1968 pop art-inspired animated fantasy adventure starring the Beatles; first film of the Summer Kids Matinees series. Wed.Sun., July 11-15, 11 a.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission.

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

“Wake,” with works by six artists in various media, examining water: its power to sustain and destroy life, what’s left in its wake and the changing environment. Thru Sun., July 15, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. Free.

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

Garden Creativi-Tea Workshop: Breezy Butterflies, with kids and their families making butterfly mobiles, inspired by the real ones they may see around them in the Victorian garden; first in a series of weekly art workshops with different themes. Wed., July 11, 1-3:30 p.m. (and each Wed. thru Aug. 8), Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $4 each workshop; $10 for a family.

Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

“El Dorado/The New 49ers,” with 100 outdoor sculptures of infants (“guaguas”), 49 of them painted gold in tribute to the 49 percent of NYC households that speak a language other than English. Thru Sun., Oct. 14, Lewis H. Latimer House Museum, 34-41 137 St., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 961-8585, latimernow.org.

“Miya Ando: Clouds,” with two site-specific glass sculptures inspired by a Zen phrase. Thru Sun., Aug. 19, Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10; $5 seniors, students; NYC HS students, kids under 12 free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org.

“Mel Chin: All Over the Place,” with more than 70 works in various media by the conceptual artist whose art defies classification. Thru Sun., Aug. 12, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children.

Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

MUSIC

More than 30 performers will take their audience on an imaginary trip to Ecuador via traditional music and dances July 14, in the annual “Ayazamana” show. See Music.

COURTESY PHOTO Monthly Jazz Jam: Carol Sudhalter, with the acclaimed jazz flute and sax player from Queens leading a house band and then jamming with attendees who bring instruments or vocals to the show. Wed., July 11, 7-10 p.m. (otherwise the first Wed. of each month), Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $10; free students and jamming performers. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

Kranium, Federation Sound and DJ Polish (King Midas), with the Queens-based dance hall singer behind “Nobody Has to Know,” the producer duo and the dexterous spinner, respectively, performing; plus a kids’ puppet show. Sat., July 7, 4-7 p.m., SummerStage, Springfield Park, 147 Ave. and Springfield Blvd., Springfield Gardens. Free. Info: (212) 3601399, cityparksfoundation.org.

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Lady and The Vamps, a jazz, blues and pop vocal ensemble, playing the first of eight weekly Live at the Gantries concerts featuring Queens-based groups. Tue., July 10, 7 p.m., Gantry Plaza State Park, 4-09 47 Road, Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 570-0920, kupferbergcenter.org/live-at-the-gantries.

Ganesh Temple 41st Anniversary Grand Musical Ensemble, with the Lica Band performing in various languages, history, refreshments and more.

Sat., July 7, 5 p.m., auditorium next door to temple, 143-09 Holly Ave., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 4608484, ext. 112, (718) 651-0725, (516) 855-7600, nyganeshtemple.org.

p.m. (music), sundown (film), Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free.

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

THEATRE “Man of La Mancha,” the musical about the adventures of Don Quixote and his creator, author Miguel Cervantes, by Maggie’s Little Theater. Sat.Sun., July 7-8, 2:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., July 13-14, 8 p.m., St. Margaret Parish Hall, 66-05 79 Place, Middle Village. $20; $17 seniors, kids. Info: (917) 579-5389, maggieslittletheater.org.

KIDS/TEENS Hands-On History: Become an American Revolution Spy!, with kids learning about the Revolution’s Culper Spy Ring, making their own cipher and visiting the rest of the museum; adults welcome too. Sat., July 7, 1-4 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 2060545, kingmanor.org.

“Ayazamana: Traditional Music and Dances from Ecuador,” with live musicians and dancers performing to various traditional rhythms, such as fandango, bomba and San Juanito, in an annual show hosted by the Ecuadorian-American Cultural Center. Sat., July 14, 7:45 p.m., Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, 35-12 35 Ave., Astoria. $20 advance; $25 at door; kids under 6 free. Info: (646) 229-5867, (718) 713-4275, ecuadorcenter.org.

FILM Putin’s Russia: A 21st-Century Film Mosaic, a series of more than 30 movies in many genres, fiction and documentaries, about life in Russia since Vladimir Putin took power at the end of 1999. Thru Sun., July 15, various times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15 each; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission.

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

“Monsoon Wedding,” the 2001 comedy from India about a family preparing for a flamboyant arranged marriage; with performance by singer Rashmi and Indian food available for purchase. Wed., July 11, 7

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Writing From the Heart: an eight-week workshop in creative writing, for those who want to start or improve their writing in a supportive atmosphere, with author and longtime Queens College instructor Maxine Fisher. Participants may attend any or all classes.

Each Mon., July 9-Aug. 6, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Maspeth Library, 69-70 Grand Ave. Free. Info: (718) 6395228, queenslibrary.org.

COURTESY PHOTO Desert Dish: Create a Succulent Terrarium, with attendees planting cacti and succulents in a pot to take home and learning about their care. Sat., July 7, 2-4 p.m., Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. $25 plus admission: $6; $4 seniors; $4 students, $2 children over 3. Info/registration (req’d): (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

Beginner’s Spanish, so you too can say, “Yo hablo el Español.” Each Tue., Fri., 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Free. Info: (718) 268-5960.

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Randy Weston’s African Rhythms, with a quartet led by the legendary pianist called a “griot of jazz and its African roots.” Sat., July 7, 7 p.m., Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave. $20; $15 students. Info: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org.

Salt Marsh Detectives, with kids and their families learning what makes a salt marsh, why they’re important and who lives in them. Sun., July 8, 2-3:30 p.m., Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit.

SPECIAL EVENTS “Ratatouille,” the 2007 computer-animated comedy about a Parisian rat who dreams of becoming a chef; plus kids’ crafts and snacks; timed to celebrate Bastille Day. Sat., July 14, 5 p.m. (crafts), 6 p.m. (movie), Maple Grove Cemetery Celebration Hall, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free if RSVP; $5 walkins. Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

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Kayaking and canoeing, for those of all skill levels and ages (minors must have parent/guardian present), in Hallets Cove or Anable Basin, by LIC Community Boathouse. Almost every Sun. thru Sept. 2, varying times (mostly 1 p.m.), Socrates Sculpture Park Beach, just north of 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City or LICCB launch in Anable Basin. Free.

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This classic musical is no tilt at a windmill

by Mark Lord qboro contributor

Based on the monumental tale “Don Quixote,” a seventeenth-century novel by Miguel de Cervantes, “Man of La Mancha,” this year’s summer attraction at Maggie’s Little Theater in Middle Village, is rightfully considered a musical theater classic.

Presented as a play within a play, it merges the writer’s identity with that of his fictional creation, a form cleverly conceived by the musical’s author, Dale Wasserman.

His contributions are matched, if not surpassed, by the show’s composer, Mitch Leigh, and lyricist, Joe Darion.

‘Man of La Mancha’ When: Sat.-Sun., July 7-8, 2:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., July 13-14, 8 p.m.

Where: St. Margaret Parish Hall, 66-05 79 Place, Middle Village Tickets: $20; $17 seniors, kids.

(917) 579-5389, maggieslittletheater.org

The show follows Quixote’s travails as he sets out with his faithful squire, Sancho, to right all the wrongs in the world. Many of the famous episodes in the novel — including its hero’s encounter with the windmills — are represented. From the score emerged the time-tested show tune “The Impossible Dream,” which stirringly outlines the main character’s credo.

It is a difficult show to mount, requiring a cast that can sing the demanding score and play the complex roles with equal skill.

Maggie’s rendition succeeds on most counts, with the taut direction by Bill Logan and the assured musical direction of Paul L. Johnson largely responsible for its overall effectiveness.

The overture sets the tone, with a large group of musicians playing an assortment of instruments including several not ordinarily heard in local productions. It is a big, lush sound.

The opening moments, with a fire burning on an otherwise dimly lit stage, depict the arrival of Cervantes and his manservant to a dungeon. They are escorted by hooded soldiers to await trial by the Inquisition, in one of this production’s most dramatic

Maggie’s Little Theater is performing “Man of La Mancha,” a play within a play that’s PHOTO BY MARK LORD not an easy one to stage, through July 14. scenes. Another highlight is the finale, wherein Cervantes makes his way up a long flight of stairs to learn his fate, to the accompaniment of some of the evening’s strongest ensemble singing.

Last Saturday’s opening night performance provided evidence that the show still

has the ability to cast a powerful spell, despite some minor kinks that will most certainly get ironed out during the three-weekend run.

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Summer is officially in full effect. And while the heat in Queens may be hard to handle, the season is bringing folks in the borough something many will smile about: Borough President Melinda Katz is having her four th annual free concert series.

She’s teaming up with Queens College’s Kupfer berg Center for the Arts a n d t h e P a r k s Alive N’ Kickin, seen here in the 1980s, is one of the acts playCOURTESY PHOTO D e p a r t m e n t f o r ing for Queens’ summer concert series. seven 2018 shows.

The song earned the band a Gold Five different groups are booked for the series including cover band Alive N’ record and opened the doors to success Kickin’, which starts it off Sunday. All of in classic ‘70s fashion. From countrythe shows, scheduled to take place rain wide concert tours, to television appearances, the band opened for a number of or shine, will last around 90 minutes.

“We’re not your regular local neigh- popular acts like Chicago, Eric Burden borhood bar band and I don’t think and War, and of course, Tommy James there’s a band quite like us because we and the Shondells.

“We toured the country, opened for a do ever y t hing, o l di e s , B ro adway, Motown, we do a little Latin music, we couple great bands and I kept the band run the spectrum,” said Pepe Cardona, going with different members,” said founder of Alice N’ Kickin’ and lead sing- Cardona.

Since the ’70s and ’80s, the band has er. His group, which covers songs from the ’60s and later decades, performed in become more diversified in its performances, and has found success outside Katz’s series last year, too.

Founded in 1968 in Brooklyn by Cardo- the national spotlight. According to Carna, the band originated as an idea to put dona, the band performs a total of 150 together a boy and a girl and form a duet. gigs per year.

The group will be playing in Rockaway Initially, he played around with the idea Beach on Sunday, July 8 at Shore Front for a name with “Al and Peppy” being the first option. However, after a few name Parkway and Beach 94th Street. They’ll and personnel changes Alive N’ Kickin’ also be at Fort Totten in Bayside on Sunwas the name that stuck. A year later the day, Aug. 5 at 6 p.m.

Shows by other performers in the band met with Tommy James and the borough president’s series will be comShondells and found success.

“We met him in 1969, and he wrote a ing to Hermon A. MacNeil Park in Colsong for us called ‘Tighter and Tighter’ lege Point, Springfield Park in Springand it sold a couple of million copies,” f i e l d Ga rdens, Cro c h ero n Pa r k in Bayside and O’Donohue Park in Far said Cardona.

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Folks can see a list of the acts, dates and places at www.queensbp. org/katzconcerts. The other groups When: July 8 through Aug. 19, featured in the series are Tramps Like various dates and times Us, a Bruce Springsteen tribute band; Where: Various locations pop and rock cover band Lady and Entry: Free. (718) 286-3000, the Vamps; the Queens Symphony www.queensbp.org/katzconcerts Orchestra and Dr. K’s Motown Revue, Q a Motown cover group.

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child’s bed. With any luck, the museum’s Victorian garden will attract butterflies that day that can be used as inspiration.

A giant and colorful communal spider web is planned for July 18. As long as you don’t suffer from arachnophobia or delusional parasitosis, you’ll also get the chance to take home any fuzzy eight-legged, inanimate friends you might choose to create.

Phytophilous friends might enjoy July 25, when the museum will provide all the materials to let you paint a terra cotta pot with paint and stencils, which were quite popular

‘Garden Creativi-Tea: Art Workshops’ When: Each Wed., July 11-Aug. 8, 1-3:30 p.m.

Where: Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing Entry: $4 each workshop; $10 each for a family; free kids under 3.

(718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org

in the Victorian era, and start a plant of your own from seeds.

Have you ever watched a bird building a nest? How do they make all those sticks and twigs hold together? On Aug. 1, the museum will provide materials and examples of actual birds’ nests to inspire you. See if you can use natural and manmade materials, just as these descendants of the dinosaurs do, to create a credible nest.

The final event, on Aug. 8, will take a step back and get you thinking about gardens. What are the special features of a Victorian garden? How can you represent it in collage, but in a fanciful manner, true to Victorian form?

Voelker Orth’s Museum Educator Anne-

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Family crafting with an idyllic, Victorian flair

The Voelker Orth Museum and its garden provide just the setting for outdoor family crafts.

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Marie Starkey expects to see some familiar faces among the workshops’ attendees.

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

Krohn’s Diner was in right place at the right time

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

After the construction and opening of the Queensboro Bridge connecting Queens to Manhattan, a manufacturing influx took place in Long Island City seemingly overnight. From DeJur movie projectors to Swingline staplers and Breyers ice cream, it was all made here.

Before the days of fast-food eateries, the area factory workers were eating in diners. From the 1920s to the 1950s Long Island City had an The Krohn’s Diner at 28-29 Jackson Ave. at the corincredible total of 53 diners. In ner of Bridge Plaza South in December 1936. some places there were even two diners on one block due to the high con- leased part of it to the diner.

By the early 1960s, Krohn’s, like so centration of workers in the area.

Shown here is the popular Krohn’s many other diners, was closing up and the Diner that opened in 1935 on the corner of landscape of diners was disappeared.

The factories and diners may be all but Jackson Avenue and Bridge Plaza South.

When it received a liquor license in the gone for the most part, but due to the revival 1940s, it became known as Krohn’s Bar of the area and a rise in property value, the exact lot that used to hold Krohn’s now has and Diner.

This valuable corner property that an assessed value of about $10 million, measured 100 by 275 feet was originally which shows once again, above all, property Q owned by the City of New York ,which in Queens is your best investment.

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TOURS/HIKES World’s Fair History Tour, with participants learning the stories behind the New York State Pavilion, Hall of Science, Underground Home and more. Sun., July 8 (and every 2nd Sunday of the month thru Nov.), 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., meeting at the Unisphere, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free. Info: (718) 760-6437, nycgovparks.org.

MARKETS Cruel Summer Art Market, with a variety of art and handmade goods such as paintings, ceramics, jewelry and more by NYC creators for sale. Sun., July 8, Local Project, 11-27 44 Road, Long Island City. Info: (646) 298-0969, localproject.org.

Flea Market, with vendor spots available for $35. Sun., July 8, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Raphael’s Church, 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City.

Rain date: Sun., July 15. Info: (718) 729-8957.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church outdoor flea market, with 160 vendors. Each Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., thru end of November, Union Tpke. and Parsons Blvd., Jamaica. Info: (718) 969-3226.

Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens. Info: (347) 709-7661, richmondhillfleamarket.com.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Medicare specialist consultations, by appointment, every other Wed., 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Catholic Charities Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy. Info: (718) 225-1144.

Woodhaven/Richmond Hill Senior Center, with arts and crafts, knitting, Wii bowling, education and more. Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., lunch at 12 p.m. Strength/stretching exercise class every Mon., 1 p.m.; yoga class every Thu., 10 a.m.; Zumba every Fri. 89-02 91 St., Woodhaven. Info: (718) 847-9200.

Della Monica-Steinway Senior Center. Serving adults 60 and over. 23-56 Broadway, Astoria.

Exercise classes daily, 10 a.m. Social dancing every Mon. and Thu., 1 p.m. Daily lunch served 11:45 a.m. Info: (718) 626-1500.

SNAP of Eastern Queens Innovative Senior Center for adults 60+. 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Queens Village. Classes — Exercise every Mon.: advanced, 11 a.m.; beginners, 1 p.m. Every Tue.: magic and ABC computer class, 10 a.m. Every Wed.: armchair yoga, 9 a.m.; Zumba gold, 10 a.m.

Every Thu.: creative writing, 11 a.m.; painting, 1 p.m. Every Fri.: fall prevention, 10 a.m.; women’s discussion group, 11 a.m. Info: (718) 454-2100.

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

Rego Park Senior Center, free benefits application assistance for older Queens adults, Lost Battalion Hall, 93-29 Queens Blvd. Tue., Nov. 17, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. LiveOn NY Specialists available to provide information and help with paperwork for SCRIE, SNAP, HEAP and more. Info: (347) 815-5930, benefits@liveon-ny.org.

Queens AARP Chorus, which sings at nursing homes and AARP events, seeks retired people to join. Meets each Fri., 11 a.m. (new people asked to come 10 a.m.), Clearview Selfhelp Center, 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Info: joroosume@verizon.net.

SOCIAL EVENTS Saturday night dance, with a live DJ playing classics, oldies, Italian and Spanish music, food and more. Sat., July 14, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. (also July 28 and every other Saturday all year), Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $12. Info: (718) 478-3100.

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

Info: (718) 380-4145, hillcrestjc.org.

CLUBS “Hooks & Needles” Crochet & Knit Club, with participants bringing projects, hooks, needles and yarn, or working on charity projects.

Every Thu., 6:30-9 p.m., Big 6 Shopping Center, 60-10 Queens Blvd., Woodside (entrance inside shopping center, up one flight, down hall to left of 99-cent store). Info: Lorraine, (917) 817-4037.

SUPPORT GROUPS Monthly bereavement group, for dealing with the loss of a loved one, with handouts, light refreshments and more. Wed., July 11 and every 2nd Wed. of the month after that, 7-8:30 p.m., Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72 St. Free. Info: (718) 335-6049, maspethtownhall.org.

Bereavement groups for assistance dealing with loss and the process towards healing, with others experiencing similar situations. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills.

Registration req’d. Info: (718) 268-5011, ext.

160, olderadults@cgy.org.

Al-anon, self-help group for anyone affected by another’s drinking: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 82 St. and 34 Ave., parish house, 1st floor, Jackson Heights, every Tue. Contact: jacksonheightsalanonon@gmail.com.

Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center basement, 85-18 61 Road, Rego Park, every Sun. 12 p.m.

Gam-Anon is a 12-step program for families of someone with a gambling problem. Call hot line (212) 606-8177.

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rors, who challenges Quixote to combat, fought valiantly through what appeared to be a costume malfunction and an echo effect that sometimes made his words unintelligible.

Jillian Smith and Lori Ann Santopetro both sang prettily as Quixote’s niece and housekeeper, respectively. John DiBono displayed a fine singing voice as an itinerant barber.

The ensemble players offered strong vocal support and fulfilled the brief choreographic contributions by Jonathan Mora with efficiency. And Amy Ellis provided an interesting assortment of appropriate earthQ toned costumes.

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As the investigation, planning, and implementation progresses, additional documents will be added to the Administrative Record File. These additional documents will include, but will not be limited to, the EE/CA Report, comments submitted by interested persons, if any, NPS’s responses to significant comments, if any, and the Action Memorandum, which formally selects the Site removal action.

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continued from page 29 impressive two-tiered set were completely committed to their characterizations.

Some displayed more assured vocal abilities than others.

Mark Dunn cut an impressive figure as Cervantes/Quixote, believably alternating between the two characters and bringing emotional heft to many dramatic moments while doing justice to his numerous musical renditions.

As Sancho, Joe Paciullo provided a fine counterbalance, physically and vocally, and contributed many of the lighter moments to the often dark proceedings. His shared duet with Dunn, the title song, was especially enjoyable.

Jenna Kantor was a spitfire as the torn Aldonza/Dulcinea, singing and emoting with passion. She offered a pensive “What Does He Want of Me?” and, in contrast, a fiery “Aldonza,” each an effective musical performance.

Perhaps the finest singing of the evening came from David Friedman as the Padre, crooning “To Each His Dulcinea” and hitting some sweet notes in “The Psalm.”

Jim Gillespie had some fine moments as the Innkeeper, as did Ellen Armet as his far less compassionate wife, Maria.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 05-07-18, bearing Index Number NC-000371-18/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) AKINA (Middle) GAVESHA (Last) FOSTER. My present name is (First) AKINA (Middle) GAVESHA (Last) GRANT AKA AKINA G. GRANT AKA AKINA G. FOSTER AKA AKINA GAVESHA FOSTER. The city and state of my present address are Rosedale, NY. My place of birth is KINGSTON, JAMAICA, WEST INDIES. The month and year of my birth are April 1987.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS, MOREQUITY, INC., Plaintiff, vs. CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on January 29, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Courthouse, Courtroom 25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY on July 27, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., premises known as 158-11 96th Street,Howard Beach, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Queens, County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block 14166 and Lot 55. Approximate amount of judgment is $356,888.84 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 12717/2009.

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Notice of Formation of COHEN FASHION OPTICAL STORE NO. 311, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/14/18. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 163-34 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Susan Goldberg, c/o Cohen Fashion Optical, 100 Quentin Roosevelt Blvd., Ste. 400, Garden City, NY 11530.

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Notice of formation of OAK ASTORIA LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/11/18. Office location : Queens County.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RASC 2006EMX6, Plaintiff AGAINST LEON HEPBURN, JAMINE HEPBURN, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated April 23, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Courthouse in Courtroom #25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on July 20, 2018 at 10:00 AM, premises known as 10932 142nd STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11435. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, BLOCK 11927, LOT 39. Approximate amount of judgment $589,469.04 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 705697/2016. Helen P. Eichler, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC, Attorney for Plaintiff, 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100, Williamsville, NY 14221 54956

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Sandy Alderson abruptly departing as Mets general manager last Tuesday in order to fight a recurrence of cancer was sad news and put the team’s woes in perspective. At age 70, Alderson was right in organizing his priorities. And let’s face it: Watching the 2018 Mets has not been good for anyone’s health, especially for the man who has been the architect of the team.

I’ll miss Sandy’s dry wit, as was exemplified by the droll Bob Newhart-style response when he was asked about Matt Harvey leaving the team hotel in San Diego to drive up I-5 to Beverly Hills for a supper club opening and then returning in the middle of the night.

“I tend to get disappointed by things I don’t expect. So the short answer is no, I’m not disappointed,” he replied in a deadpan response to a reporter’s question, clearly throwing Harvey under the bus. A week later Harvey was exiled to the Cincinnati Reds.

He is also candid to a fault. Technically, Alderson was taking a leave of absence from the Mets, but he admitted that his performance this year doesn’t merit his return.

As is keeping with their penchant for indecisiveness, the Mets did not name longtime Alderson assistant John Ricco as the interim GM, but rather said that all decisions will be made by the triumvirate of Omar Minaya, JP

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Ricciardi and Ricco. Committees are nice for coming up with suggestions but you need someone to act the final decisive arbiter.

Minaya would seem to have been the most likely candidate to succeed Alderson and there would have been some satisfaction in that for Omar, since Alderson took his job after he was fired at the end of the 2010 season.

My guess is that Omar, who returned to the Mets’ executive suite last year, isn’t that interested in the role now. First, he relishes the role of scouting for new talent and he’s been very good at it throughout his career. Secondly, the Wilpons aren’t going to let him spend money for A-list free agents the way he did a little more than a decade ago. I doubt Omar would want a GM job where he was told from the getgo not to approach agents representing Bryce Harper or Manny Machado when winter comes.

John Ricco’s been with the Mets since 2004 and has earned the title of senior vice president of baseball operations. He held court with the media in the team dugout prior to last Wednesday’s dreary 5-3 loss to the Pirates when closer Jeurys Familia did his best impression of a batting practice pitcher. Expect Ricco, who certainly looks the part, to be the man other teams’ general mangers call to talk trades. And there Q will certainly be some of that this month.

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