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Residents want traffic slowed on one Howard Beach street PAGE 5 At least three parked cars have been hit by drivers on 96th Street in Howard Beach, including Diana Tarantola’s Jeep on Sunday, the second time it’s been hit in seven months. People who live on the block say the lack of a stop sign or traffic light for two blocks leads cars to speed and are worried if nothing is done, a pedestrian may be next.

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Blaz, WFP jolt NY Sen. races; help IDC Dems Mayor endorses rebels Avella and Klein; Working Families dumps Liu, Koppell

by Michael Gannon Editor

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he strange but true history of the New York State Senate’s Independent Democratic Conference took a turn for the positively wild on Tuesday, with Mayor de Blasio endorsing incumbent IDC members Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and Jeff Klein (D-Bronx).

Adding to the surprise was the announcement that the Working Families Party had withdrawn its backing of former city Comptroller John Liu, who is challenging Avella, and former state Attorney General Oliver Koppell, who is primarying Klein, and will remain neutral in both races “Throughout this past session, Sen. Jeff Klein and Sen. Tony Avella worked tirelessly on behalf of the residents of New York City and helped make progress on issues that had been stalled too long,” de Blasio said in a joint statement with Avella on Tuesday.

“With their leadership, we secured a record increase in funding for universal preK, a fair budget for New York City, needed property tax relief for victims of Hurricane Sandy and the changes we need to save lives and improve street safety,” the mayor added.

Avella, the most recent convert to the IDC, Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) and Klein all had been targeted for defeat by establishment and progressive Democrats,

Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo are believed to have cut a deal that resulted in Tuesday’s announcements that help state Sen. Tony Avella and certainly does not help former Comptroller PHOTO COURTESY NYC John Liu, his opponent in a Democratic primary. who resent the IDC for its former powersharing agreement with Senate Republicans.

With 63 districts in the Senate, the GOP holds 29 seats. Democrats nominally hold 32, but Avella, Klein and three others have agreed to share power with GOP Leader Dean Skelos (R-Nassau). Two

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Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn) caucuses with the Republicans. Joh n Sampson (D-Brooklyn) was kicked out of the Democratic Caucus last year following his indictment on criminal charges. He and Smith have no caucus.

Smith was kicked out of the IDC for the same reason in 2013; the irony was that the IDC was formed in 2011 when Smith was the Democratic majority leader. He joined the conference himself in fall 2012.

The conventional wisdom, until Tuesday afternoon, was that Smith, facing a federal corruption trial and the very popular former Councilman Leroy Comrie in a primary, was finished; and that Liu and Koppell would mount well-financed challenges, complete with union support.

Klein and Gov. Cuomo on June 25 announced an agreement by which the IDC would remain intact, but work with Democrats as it has worked with Skelos the last few years. The theory was that, along with replacing Avella, Smith and Klein with reliable, caucusing Democrats, picking off a Republican or two would deliver a Democratic Senate to go along with Cuomo and a bulletproof Democratic majority in the state Assembly.

Published sources say de Blasio helped broker the deal with the rationale that a unified Democratic Caucus with no Republicans in positions of power is best suited for getting much of his agenda through the Legislature in the next two years.

Koppell said on his website in June that the Klein-Cuomo agreement was just a ploy continued on page 22

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Now, in Howard Beach, NY, one doctor is helping local residents with knee pain live more active, pain-free lives.

Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience.

Let’s face it, your knees aren’t as young as you used to be, and playing with the kids or grandkids isn’t any easier either. Maybe your knee pain keeps you from walking short distances or playing golf like you used to.

Nothing’s worse than feeling great mentally, but physically feeling held back from life because your knees hurt and the pain just won’t go away!

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Since we opened seventeen years ago, I’ve seen hundreds of people with knee problems leave the office pain free.

If you’re suffering from these conditions, a new breakthrough in medical technology may completely eliminate your pain and help restore normal function to your knees.

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Remember what it was like before you had knee problems – when you were pain free and could enjoy everything life had to offer. It can be that way again.

Don’t neglect your problem any longer – don’t wait until it’s too late.

A new treatment is helping patients with knee pain live a happier, more active lifestyle.

Here’s what to do now: Due to the expected demand for this special offer, I urge you to call our office at once. The phone number is 718-845-2323.

Call today and we can get started with your consultation, exam and X-rays (if necessary) as soon as there’s an opening in the schedule. Our office is called Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center and you can find us at 162-07 91st Street in Howard Beach. Tell the receptionist you’d like to come in for the Knee Evaluation before July 20.

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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.

Laser Therapy has been tested for 40 years, had over 2000 papers published on it, and has been shown to aid in damaged tissue regeneration, decrease inflammation, relieve pain and boost the immune system. This means that there is a good chance cold laser therapy could be your knee pain solution, allowing you to live a more active lifestyle.

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Residents fear tragedy imminent on 96th St. Speeding drivers have hit three parked cars, some worry pedestrians are next

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at 158th Avenue or speed bumps installed.

Her neighbors say the problem is worse during the night Diana Tarantola asked the tow truck driver where on the when traffic is light, but Tarantola’s car was hit in broad dayreceipt she should sign. When he pointed to the line, she sighed. light. Indeed, over the course of an hour between 4 and 5 p.m. on Monday, dozens of cars raced down that stretch of road. In “I should know how to do this by now,” she said.

Tarantola, of Howard Beach, has some experience with one instance a car nearly collided with a U.S. Postal Service having her vehicle towed. For the second time in seven vehicle at the intersection of 158th Avenue and 96th Street, months, a driver sideswiped it in front of her 96th Street home where Tarantola and her neighbors want the stop sign.

A car owned by a neighbor farther down the block was also Sunday. And she isn’t the only one. At least one of her neighhit in broad daylight at another time. bors has had his car hit while parked Ninety-sixth Street is a one-way southon the same block in the last few bound from 156th through to 165th avenues years, and across the street from ho do I have to at Charles Park. It is the first southbound Tarantola’s house, a tree’s trunk still street east of Cross Bay Boulevard, and bears the marks of where a Saab hit it annoy to get a stop 157th Avenue is the last east-west route that last December. sign around here?” bisects the entire neighborhood before “Who do I have to annoy to get a Shellbank Basin cuts it almost in half. That stop sign around here?” Tarantola said — Diana Tarantola, 98th Street resident makes Tarantola’s block a gateway to Old as the tow truck driver took her car Howard Beach. away.

“The people who fly down there, I believe they’re mostly Tarantola and several of her neighbors say 96th Street between 157th and 159th avenues is a disaster waiting to hap- residents of this community,” she said. “They get to this street pen. Today it’s parked cars and trees, but she worries something and think they’re free. The cops can’t get them, they can go as fast as they want.” more tragic will occur if nothing is done.

To make matters worse, 95th Street, the easternmost north“I have kids and they play on the sidewalk,” she said. “What if there isn’t a car parked here and they get hit? What about my bound street in Old Howard Beach, ends at 158th Avenue, forcing traffic bound for Cross Bay to find another route north. neighbor Danielle when she walks her dog?”

For two blocks between a traffic light at 157th Avenue and a Many of those drivers wrongly believe 96th Street a two-way stop sign at 159th Avenue, there is no traffic calming measure street and some residents closer to 158th Avenue say drivers continued on page 20 on 96th Street. Tarantola said she would like to see a stop sign Editor

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For some, ‘A’ work a necessary nuisance Many say noise, closures, lack of parking are minor inconveniences

by Domenick Rafter Editor

Construction equipment takes up two blocks of Liberty Avenue’s northbound side between 102nd and 104th streets in Ozone Park as the MTA reconstructs the 104th Street-Oxford Avenue PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER subway station overhead.

The construction was expected. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority had warned the line would be worked on for several years. The project includes new lighting, platforms, safety features and upgraded communications at the stations. A new elevator will also be installed at the terminus at Lefferts Boulevard.

But as work continues, constr uction

equipment has been placed along the northbound side of Liberty Avenue, blocking off parking spots underneath the stations from 86th to 88th as well as 102nd and 104th streets.

Karyn Petersen, district manager of Community Board 10, said she has not received any complaints from business owners or residents about the lack of side street parking.

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The ongoing work on the A train viaduct over Liberty Avenue is annoying, some commuters and business owners nearby say, but it’s needed.

“The train was falling apart,” said commuter Brian Gordon, who rides the A from 88th Street-Boyd Avenue to his job in Brooklyn. “They needed to fix it. It’s annoying that it’s taking this long, but what can you do? It needed to be done.”

Like hundreds of other commuters who use the station daily, Gordon catches the A train to Brooklyn at 88th Street in the morning and in the afternoon has had to take the train to Rockaway Boulevard — the next stop on the line — and either walk back to his car at 88th Street or take a Manhattan-bound train one stop.

“I just park halfway between Rockaway and 88th Street,” he said. “This way it’s an even walk. Or sometimes I’ll just go to Rockaway in the morning.”

Since May 12 and continuing until at least mid-August, 88th Street and 104th StreetOxford Avenue are closed to southbound train traffic, forcing commuters to walk from the next station or backtrack as work is done on the platforms at the stations, which will turn 100 years old next year.

Indeed, several business owners along Liberty Avenue said the construction equipment blocking parking spots did not have much of an effect on their businesses, though they all said it didn’t help.

“Most of my business is foot traffic in the morning, so parking isn’t too much of a problem,” said one store owner who did not want to be identified. “I’m worried about what is going to happen when the Manhattan-bound side closes.”

He added that the closing of the Manhattan-bound side would have been better in the summer, when his business loses some of the commuter traffic due to schools being off and vacations.

“In the summer, I make it up with kids coming in to get sodas and lunch, that kind of thing,” the owner explained.

Kevin Ortiz, a spokesman for the MTA, said the work on the Manhattan-bound sides of 88th and 104th streets is to begin in September and last through December.

Another issue that has come up during the project is noise. Several residents living near the 104th Street station said banging noises from the work on the weekends have been an issue.

“It’s loud, and I’m surprised they’re doing it on the weekend,” one resident said on continued on page 16

Hurricane season is upon us — OEM City updates storm evacuation maps; stresses importance of prior planning

by Michael Gannon

6, in green, for places that are further inland.

Residents in Zone 1 are considered the The city’s Office of Emergency Manage- most likely to be ordered to evacuate in the ment last month published updated hurri- event of a hurricane such as Sandy, or the one that Hurricane Irene was forecast to be cane evacuation zones.

And while adjustments are slight from the year before.

Irene, in August 2011, resulted in former ones prepared in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, OEM has been spending the Mayor Mike Bloomberg issuing the first-ever last few weeks getting the message out mandatory evacuation order in city history.

Other Zone 1 areas about the new maps, i n Q ueens i nclude and precautions LaGuardia Air por t Queens residents and portions of the should exercise before Grand Central Parka storm hits. ou can’t plan when a way corridor; Howard Clive Dawkins, a Beach and Hamilton liaison to Community storm is happening.”

Beach; Rosedale; the Board’s 12 and 13 — Clive Dawkins, A l ley Pond Pa rk from the OEM’s ComCommunity Emergency Response Team basin; and coastal pormu nit y Emergency tions of Hunters Point Response Team, or and Long Island City.

CERT, made brief but Dawkins said changes were made based on direct presentations before both last month.

“You can’t plan when a storm is happen- continuous studies of weather, geographic and oceanic and atmospheric conditions. ing,” Dawkins said.

OEM continues to stress that nothing is Know Your Zone is the name of the campaign that includes aheavy advertising blitz more important to residents than planning and visits such as the ones Dawkins has ahead of time what they will do and must have ready in the event they must shelter in made by city emergency personnel.

The new maps still have six zones, ranging place or are forced to evacuate.

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e urge Congress to fufill President Obama’s request for nearly $4 billion to address the unprecedented crisis the United States faces on its southern border, where tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, including a wave of children never seen before, have been trying to make it into the country.

The border is the focus of the emergency, but its repercussions are or will be felt across the country, including here in Queens. Though they’re arriving illegally, most of those who get into the United States will never be deported, by the government’s own admission.

They’re being dispersed all over the nation and surely many will end up here, where immigrants both legal and illegal make up a larger share of the population than just about anywhere else.

Illegal immigration drives down the wages of the working class, as unscrupulous employers find it cheaper to hire the undocumented than citizens or legal immigrants. It makes schools even more overcrowded.

It drives up the market for illegal apartments, many of which get carved up into virtual boarding houses, endangering and sometimes killing firefighters when

something goes wrong. It also poses a health risk because undocumented people do not undergo the screenings that legal immigrants do, which has led to the reappearance in the United States of diseases that had been eradicated here. And it imposes other, additional burdens on various social services.

While it would be impossible, and a human tragedy, to try to deport the undocumented immigrants already here, the country cannot absorb more. That’s why it’s so important that border security be drastically increased, which is what some of the $3.7 billion Obama is seeking would be used for. The Republican-led House of Representatives cannot let its distrust of the president get in the way of allocating the funding.

In addition to blocking the border, it would be wise for officials, starting with the president, to stop giving the world the impression that young undocumented aliens will not be deported. They’ve been doing that by promoting the Dream Act, and, since that failed to pass Congress, the president’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Even though new arrivals are not actually eligible for DACA, word on the street in

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Dear Editor: In response to the July 3 editorial “Avella the Banker? No,” I respectfully disagree. The fact is that my legislation will not establish any new regulations that do not currently exist.

The State of New York already has oversight of state-chartered banks to ensure that ample data is collected and reviewed prior to bank branches closing down. As you correctly point out, currently, federally chartered banks are only required to provide a 90-day notice to their customers prior to the closure.

But to say that the community gives its input by not depositing enough money is a bit misguided. If any bank settles into a community, establishes relationships and takes money from area residents, there should be more accountability when that branch decides to close. “Reviewing the impact in the name of ‘community input’” is exactly what is needed for these bank branches that come and go as they please.

My legislation would simply address the present inequity in bank branch oversight between state- and federally chartered banks.

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Central America is that young people will not be sent back. It’s a terrible unintended consequence to a wellintended program designed to allow children brought here illegally by their parents to stay. Many have spent nearly their whole lives here, attending and graduating from school but then hitting brick walls because they don’t have papers.

While the sorry state of affairs in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, the home countries of most of the young people crossing the border, is also driving the crisis, there’s no denying that DACA is too. The sudden surge, from less than 10,000 young immigrants a year to more than 50,000 since last fall, makes that clear.

Reform of the entire immigration system is also necessary, and has been for years. It’s failed because Congress is divided on the issue, and Congress is divided because the American people are divided. What some call a path to citizenship for undocumented people who have been here for years others deride as amnesty. But most agree that a secure border is necessary. If there’s any good to come of the present crisis, it could be that we finally get serious about making it so.

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There have been plenty of times throughout history when private financial institutions took advantage of public resources and the government had no choice but to step in. Let us make federally chartered banks undergo the same review process that is currently in place for state-chartered banks. Members of the public, who invest their own monetary resources into these institutions, have a right to be heard.

Tony Avella NYS Senator for the 11th District Bayside

Flushing not drivable Dear Editor: There was a groundbreaking ceremony at the Flushing Commons site that is replacing Parking Lot 1 last week. Many think this new behemoth project is good for Flushing, others are skeptical or against it altogether. Mayor Bloomberg and developers pushed hard for it with building renditions of grandeur and talked about how good this was for Flushing. Down-

town Flushing needs parking desperately. The developers “cured” that problem by putting a large underground parking lot under the Commons site to hold about 1,600 vehicles. What nobody talked about is the fact that shoppers don’t like to park in big underground lots.

Shoppers who drive won’t go there anymore.

The Commons underground parking lot is a nail in the coffin for drivable Flushing. No longer does it make sense to drive to downtown Flushing to shop. Some European cities have fabulous underground automated parking lots that are popular and well-used. Not here. People, I for one, don’t like to park in large underground parking lots with low ceilings, cramped spaces, with a gate at the entrance and exit. Not to mention feeling safe in them. And, I certainly don’t like paying a minimum three bucks for a stay that will only last a few minutes.

The best use of the site would have been for a city-owned five-story parking lot similar to the one in downtown New Rochelle. There you drive in, no gates, park in a numbered spot, put your spot number in the parking machine at the

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Reopen voting sites Dear Editor: New York City’s Board of Elections noted a low voter turnout for the June primary and a declining participation rate over the last few years.

There’s a good reason why. The BOE closed a number of polling sites because they were deemed inaccessible to handicapped voters under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Sending absentee ballots to disabled voters instead of closing polling sites for everyone makes more sense. Closing polling sites disenfranchises thousands for the sake of a few.

Kew Gardens Hills voters lost their chance to cast ballots at a conveniently

Dear Editor: When we study great past civilizations, what do we revere about their culture? Not their military conquests. Their glamour quickly is reduced to dry footnotes and maybe a movie script. It’s through the arts — music, painting, sculpture, dance, architecture and crafts — that we achieve the nearest thing to immortality.

So why are so many public schools bereft of art instructors? Why has attention to the arts largely withered away in recent years? Are they frivolous and shallow? Just the opposite.

Let’s just say they didn’t fit in with the emphasis established by the late chancellors Klein, Black (don’t forget the middle fare in the sandwich) and Walcott. They had other educational “priorities” often adrift of education itself.

Chancellor Fariña recently increased the funding for arts facilities and materials by a couple dozen million dollars. That’s still paltry but it’s a windfall after the dry spell of neglect.

The arts are an indispensable part of the “major subject” of civilization itself.

Ron Isaac Fresh Meadows

It’s an invasion Dear Editor: The latest invasion of illegal aliens, an act of war against the citizens of the United States, was allowed to happen when the so-called government and the judicial system decided that illegal aliens had a “right” to taxpayers’ money, so called “entitlements.”

Question: Do the citizens of any nation have the “right” to decide who shall live among them? Citizens, patriots, your country has been invaded. Save her or lose her; there is no other way.

Larry Trapani Richmond Hill

GOP is just awful Dear Editor: Congratulations to the GOP-controlled Supreme Court! Because of its Hobby Lobby ruling, a woman can be denied contraceptive coverage if her employer believes in a magic man in the sky. Absolutely pathetic!

This decision is bad for women, bad for workers who rely on their employers for healthcare, and bad for anyone who believes that the rights of corporations should not come before the rights of people. And let’s hope that the Republicans continue investigating the Obama “scandals” (Benghazi, IRS, etc.) because when they get to the bottom of those, they will have irrefutable evidence to support the truth: The president is black.

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Even with the addition of the UPK program, the community will continue to have a full schedule of programming and will continue to be the hub of the community, offering ESOL, music programs, book discussions and the much-beloved children’s programs. Work will soon be underway to create newly renovated space that will become additional program space. That work will be coordinated to ensure the program calendar will continue as scheduled with the least disruption possible. All the familiar programs will be available, plus some new offerings as the year goes on. Included will be the addition of iPad minis that will be used for special technology programs.

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mall entrance, and you pay for the amount of time you expect to use, be that 25 cents for 15 minutes, or two to three hours at $1 per hour to go to the Imax Theatre. When you leave you just drive out. There are no lines.

Gated lots are nightmares. If you’ve ever gotten stuck behind somebody who can’t figure our how to use the ticket machine at the Queens Center mall, you would appreciate this kind of easy-access lot.

The loss of above-ground parking is sealing off Flushing to those who live there and nearby. I would rather drive to Macy’s in Manhasset to shop because I can park right outside the doors. Goodbye, drivable Downtown Flushing.

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Gasoline prices at six-year high — AAA Queens residents spending more, but taking philosophical outlook

by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

Summertime, and the livin’ ain’t so easy, at least as far as the sky-high price of gasoline is concerned, but the typical Queens resident seems to be taking a spike in stride.

“Per ounce, gasoline is one of the cheapest liquids available,” said Alex Mermelstein, 32, of Briarwood. “We pay more for milk than we do for gas. Heck, some brands of bottled water are more expensive than gas. So just make peace with it and find the cheapest gas station in your area.”

Good advice.

The national average pr ice of gas remains at its highest for this date since 2008, according to the AAA NewsRoom website.

The website new yorkgasprices.com reports that the average price for regular gasoline in New York State on July 8 was $3.909 per gallon. This compares to Connecticut’s nationwide high of $3.958 and South Carolina’s low of $3.346.

The average price for gasoline in New York City rose above the $4 mark about a week ago, reaching $4.030, compared to $3.802 last year.

Not sur pr isingly, most st renuously affected are those who rely on gasoline for their livelihoods.

Stationed outside the subway station at

Cab driver Satnam Singh has felt the pinch of gas prices that are at their highest in six years for PHOTO BY MARK LORD early July.

Conti nent al Avenue i n Forest Hills, 16-year veteran taxi cab driver Satnam Singh said he has been spending in the neighborhood of $100 a month more for gasoline, a direct drain out of his pocket.

“I feel bad,” he said. “There is too much expense. Business is very slow. A lot of people don’t have jobs. If you don’t have money, you stay home.”

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“I have a hybrid car,” he said, “so it doesn’t use too much gas.”

Still, he was all too well aware that “prices are up. I’m spending more money.

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Already the owner of one major brand station, he recently purchased a second one and is already having regrets.

He suggested that some distributors charge some stations as much as 10 cents more per gallon than other stations.

“The distributor plays a lot of games. I was not aware of this,” he said. “They don’t care about the dealers. They want us to suffer the hit. They want us to lower our prices at no benefit to us. But it benefits them because with lower prices we sell more.”

This past Monday, he lowered his price to $4.19 per gallon, down 6 cents from the $4.25 he had been charging over the Fourth of July weekend.

“We pumped a lot more gallons,” he said.

“Everyone needs gas,” he said, “even if it goes up to $5 a gallon. What can you do?”

But even as prices rise, he explained, “the gas doesn’t pay the rent here.”

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by Domenick Rafter Editor

At least nine bus stops in South Queens will be fitted with countdown clocks that will tell passengers how long until the next bus arrives.

The clocks, which each costs about $20,000, use GPS to track buses and estimate their time of arrival. The city Department of Transportation is spearheading the program to install them at major bus stops across the city. Currently only two have been erected, both in Staten Island.

“These clocks will be a great service to frustrated riders waiting in the heat or the cold for their buses,” John Raskin, executive director of the Riders Alliance, a public transportation advocacy group pushing for the countdown clocks, said in a statement.

In the spring, Community Board 9 residents taking part in participatory budgeting under Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) voted to allocate $80,000 toward four clocks in the district within the board’s area, which includes Ozone Park

north of 103rd Avenue, Woodhaven and part of Richmond Hill. Ulrich allocated another $55,000 toward more clocks.

Rudy S. Giuliani, Ulrich’s chief of staff, said the decisions have not yet been made on where the clocks will go. In order for the system to work, multiple clocks must be installed on a single bus route. Residents at Ulrich’s participatory budgeting meetings suggested bus stops along Woodhaven Boulevard at Jamaica and Atlantic avenues as spots for countdown clocks.

A DOT official suggested at a meeting in Woodhaven last month that the clocks may be installed along Woodhaven Boulevard as part of a potential Select Bus Service route on the Q52 and Q53 lines in the future.

The nine in South Queens are among over 100 clocks slated to be installed in the city before the end of next year. The vast majority of those clocks will be in Midtown and the Upper East Side in Manhattan. Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) also allocated $35,000 for at Q least one clock in his district.

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Play bocce in Charles Park Bocce courts can be expensive.

The one recently built at Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village has a price tag of $1 million.

But members of one South Queens organization called Tap A Keg decided to build one for themselves for much cheaper.

Tired of waiting for the National Park Service to get around to repairing the bocce court at Charles Park, the group went with the do-it-yourself approach.

Joanne Franzese, whose friends are mem-

bers of Tap A Keg, said she got the blessing from the NPS to construct the bocce court.

The group collected the materials it needed and built the court last month on the south side of the park near the beach.

“We were tired of waiting, being told the money wasn’t there,” Franzese said. “So we decided to do it ourselves.”

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In South Queens, rail backers still pushing Queens Public Transit Committee says train would help entire boro

by Domenick Rafter Editor

Despite the push to construct a linear park along the former Rockaway Beach rail line — and stiff opposition to anything being built there from some residents living alongside it — supporters of reactivating train service from Rego Park to Rockaway Beach still believe their idea is the best for Queens, and say it’s completely feasible.

It’s been 52 years since service stopped on the line between Rego Park and Ozone Park.

South of there, the A train occupies the right of way into the Rockaways. Residents there say elimination of the service has left the peninsula stagnant for half a century.

“People complain about overdevelopment, but Rockaway is undeveloped,” said Phil McManus, a Rockaway resident and founder of the Queens Public Transit Committee, a group whose main focus is reactivation of the rail line, but also supports increased public transportation options across the borough.

McManus has organized a number of Rockaway residents, civic leaders and other rail supporters from South Queens to form the QPTC. They argue the commute times for Rockaway and South Queens residents to jobs in Manhattan are too long, which takes time away from family, hobbies, volunteer work

The Queens Public Transit Committee rallies near the viaduct of the old Rockaway Beach LIRR line at Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park, where they want to see trains running again. PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER and even creates issues at work.

And despite the progress made toward the proposed QueensWay park, they insist their idea is real. It had the support of two South Queens members of Congress, Reps. Greg Meeks (D-Jamaica) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens), as well as Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park).

“If we want to improve Queens transportation and stimulate economic growth for future development of our borough, the complete rehabilitation and restoration of the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line is our best option,” Goldfeder said.

Carol McEvoy joined QPTC because she has personal experience with long commutes.

She has a part-time job in Manhattan and it takes her more than two hours to get there.

“When I had a full-time job, it was worse,” she said. “I had to drive because taking public transportation took too long.”

She noted that driving didn’t save much time because the traffic on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards is often bad at rush hour, nor did it save much money because of the toll on the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Support for the rail plan goes beyond the Rockaways. Hamilton Beach resident John Fazio, a member of Community Board 10, said restored train service would help his neighborhood, especially with a station there.

Hamilton Beach had one before the 1950s.

“Back then, it took 18 minutes to get to Penn Station from Hamilton Beach,” Fazio said. “Now it takes over an hour.”

Some Rockaway residents even commute to Brooklyn by bus over the Marine Parkway Bridge to connect to the subway there because its quicker than taking the A train from the peninsula.

Vishnu Mahadeo, executive director of the Richmond Hill Economic Development Corp., said the rail would help his neighborhood and its working people.

“Richmond Hill residents also have long commutes,” he said. “A park is nice, but continued on page 34

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS Summertime in Woodhaven

by Maria A. Thomson Did you enjoy your long holiday weekend, I hope that you did.

Although our July 4 was overcast most of the day, it cleared and then the temperatures went up the rest of the weekend. Now we are in the midst of hot summer weather.

Remember, please check on your neighbors, especially if they are elderly. If you don’t have to go out, don’t. If you have to “go down to the avenue,” please linger in our airconditioned stores, businesses and restaurants. As always you can conveniently order by phone and have your groceries or restaurant orders delivered to your door. If you don’t want to do your laundry in this heat, many of our local laundromats will pick up, wash, dry, and fold your laundry and return it to your homes. Many of the dry cleaners offer these same services. In Woodhaven, all of your needs are only a phone call away.

Now to the “pomp and circumstance” of our Woodhaven graduates and NY Army National Guard promotions of our neighbors in recognition of their capacity for additional responsibility and leadership.

They include Augustin Villalobos, named to the dean’s list at SUNY Farmingdale; Natalie Young, graduate from the University of Hartford; Josh Cepeda, Rochester Institute of Technology dean’s list; Hanije Tan, Fairfield University; Rosalind Kumar, SUNY New

Paltz dean’s list; Alexa Criollo, Marfry Hernandez and Paola Vargas, Clarkson University in Potsdam; Rebecca Burgos, SUNY Geneseo dean’s list; Gabrielle Rosato, NY Army National Guard; Anthony Delacruzcortes promoted to private first class; Patryk Jaskowski promoted to private first class and Fiona Lau, a graduate who will be attending Clarkson University of Potsdam. Congratulations to our Woodhaven graduates and those promoted by our U.S. Army. You make us proud.

Come out to our parks this summer where there will be a number of events.

At the Seuffert Bandshell in Forest Park on Thursday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m. come hear the sounds of Bon Jovi. On July 17 at 7:30 p.m., Blondes Have More Fun will take the stage and on Thursday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m., Ike Delguidice and Big Shot will perform. At Highland Park Wednesday, July 16 at 6 p.m., there will be a performance of “Beauty and the Beast” and on July 23, 6 p.m., “Sister Rain and Brother Sun” will be performed.

Sadly our condolences go out to the Ragusa family and the passing of Phil Ragusa, longtime leader in the Queens Republican Party.

Fly our American Flags proudly above all others this summer and wear your American Flag lapel pins. If you want a free lapel pin, call our Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation office at (718) 805-0202.

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Cross Bay Chemist celebrates Cross Bay Chemist in Howard Beach held a grand opening celebration at its new, larger location at 157-02 Cross Bay Blvd. on Saturday, July 5.

Councilman Eric Ulrich, left, cut the ribbon along with owner Frank Pantina, his wife, Kasia, and their twin sons, Pryce and Preston. There was food and entertainment including Elmo, face painting, music and

giveaways at the event.

The new location has free parking and is open 7 days a week: Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The pharmacy can be reached at the same phone number, (718) 659-9500, or at crossbaychemist.com.

Cross Bay Chemist also has a second store at 96-05 101 Ave. in Ozone Park.

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All American Justin Acevedo, 9, of Howard Beach was chosen out of over 200 boys from all over the Northeastern United States to represent the region in the All American Games of the United States Specialty Sports Association, a Florida-based child sports group.

Acevedo, who goes to PS 232, was ranked one of the top two players in the age 9 group.

He will join 14 other players his age representing states from Virginia to Maine during the All American Games competition against other regions of the country in Florida during the first week of August.

Fantasy Forest contest winners Ryan and Christine Whitestone of Woodhaven, inset, are the winners of the Queens Chronicle and Fantasy Forest Amusement Park’s Summer Party Contest. They recently spent an incredible day on the rides and had lots of fun with their friends. All the kids enjoyed pizza and refreshments in a private seating area Fantasy Forest provides for parties.

“They could not have had a better time,” said their mother, Margaret Whitestone.

“The rides were terrific, the staff was great

and fun was had by all.”

She went on to say, “Fantasy Forest now has several great rides for your kids to enjoy this year and the grounds are beautiful with many trees which provide for shading and comfort on the warmest days.”

Fantasy Forest is the go-to-place for summer outdoor parties for your kids. For information, call (718) 788-2676 or go online to FantasyForestNYC.com. Fantasy Forest is located at 111th Street and 55th Avenue at the Flushing Meadows Carousel.

Facebook, later acknowledging that the work needed to be done. “I just hope they finish it soon.”

During the last weekend in June, 103rd Street was closed to traffic between Rockaway Boulevard and Liberty Avenue as construction crews positioned a crane in the street to work on the station platform.

Traffic problems are also an issue.

Though the 106th Precinct has not seen any accidents along Liberty Avenue where the work is being done, the large orange barriers and construction equipment obstruct the view of traffic for cars crossing the thoroughfare on 103rd and 87th streets where there are no traffic lights.

The work is due to be completed by Aug. 18, but Petersen said the MTA had warned her it might go a few weeks longer.

“I guess once they got in there, they realized the problem was bigger than they expected,” she said last month.

An MTA spokeswoman said contractors discovered additional work had to be done on steel girders after the concrete was dug up on the platforms, which may delay the completion until about Labor Day. Work on the Manhattan-bound platforms is still slated Q to begin in September.

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Painting bridges is hard work and I am proud to have gone through the training to do the work safely. Having a good job has also allowed me to provide for my family.

And now that my daughter is a bridge painter, I know she will be able to stay in the middle class, too.

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BUILDING IN ASTORIA COVE will generate thousands of construction, maintenance and retail jobs. Alma Realty has an opportunity to create good, safe jobs with priority hiring for local residents and opportunities for local businesses, but hasn’t made a commitment to do so.

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City pays an average of $2,000 per unit, per month to landlords

by Christopher Barca Reporter

A new, lucrative way of making money in the housing market has swept over the city in recent years.

Move over, luxury Long Island City high-rise condos and Brooklyn brownstones, homeless shelters have become hot commodities among some landlords.

As the Department of Homeless Services struggles to house the increasing number of families seeking shelter, landlords across the city have opened their apartment buildings or hotels, such as the Pan American in Elmhurst, to the less fortunate.

In return, they reap eye-popping financial benefits.

According to The Wall Street Journal and The Real Deal, a real estate publication, the average monthly rent in Queens in the fourth quarter of 2013 was $1,662.

But according to Department of Homeless Services Assistant Commissioner of Gover nment and Human Relations Lisa Black, the city pays, through service providers, hundreds of dollars more per

unit, per month.

Not including social services provided to the homeless residents, the city shells out an average of $2,078 to the building’s landlord, which includes rent, utilities, around-the-clock security and furniture, Black said.

The inclusion of social services pushes that amount to an average of $3,027 per month, per unit.

According to a 2013 New York Times report, a handful of landlords, mostly in Manhattan and the Bronx, own numerous poorly run apartment complexes-turned-shelters. The report also details cases of landlords offering tenants up to $25,000 to move in order to house homeless people in their dwellings.

Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), a member of the City Council’s Committee on General Welfare, which deals with issues regarding homelessness, said his own rent isn’t nearly as high as what the city pays.

“Of course it’s profitable for people. I pay $1,200 for my rent,” Richards said. “Some of these shelter owners are more concerned

about padding their pockets than their residents’ well-being.”

In Queens, the Pan American Hotel was purchased by 7900 Development Corp., headed by Steven Berger, in January and transformed into a homeless shelter last month.

Berger is also the listed owner of the LaGuardia Family Shelter in East Elmhurst, and a phone number for Berger on Department of Buildings documents is the same number for the East River Family Center in Manhattan, which houses upwards of 40 families.

Berger could not be reached for comment by press time.

Councilman Stephen Levin (D-Brooklyn), the chairman of the Committee on General Welfare, said that, while homeless shelters have been profitable in the past, the city is actively trying to cut the amount paid to landlords for their available space.

“Under Mayor Bloomberg, DHS was paying a ton of money and landlords had a lot of leverage,” Levin said. “Now, a rent subsidy program is being developed, which

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Homeless shelters prove profitable

Hundreds of people protested the Pan American hotel’s transformation into a homeless shelter last month, something that may prove quite lucrative for PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA the building owner. would be paid for through an offset by putting a cap on how much the DHS can pay landlords at $1,500.

There may be some flexibility with t h at nu mb e r, but t h at’s t he approach.”

Richards agreed with the proposed changes to the system, with

the aim of eliminating the profitable aspect of leasing space to house homeless families.

“When residents are living in sometimes decrepit facilities while they’re taking a large amount of tax dollars,” he said, “there’s someQ thing wrong with that.”

LIRR, unions on the brink of a strike Congress will not intervene if unions walk out July 20 over pay, benefits

by Michael Gannon Editor

The Long Island Rail Road platform at Forest Hills could grow empty and quiet on July 20, when members of four employee unions could strike in search of a new contract. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON LIRR unions, governed under the Federal Railway Labor Act, have the right to strike, unlike other transit workers who come under the MTA umbrella.

The unions, collectively under the

Sheet Metal, Air Rail Transit, or SMART, umbrella, are seeking 17 percent raises over six years; the MTA is offering seven years.

The MTA also wants existing workers,

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Gov. Cuomo called for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the unions representing more than 5,400 Long Island Rail Road workers to get back to the bargaining table after Congress announced in Wednesday that it would not intervene to end a pending strike.

The four unions, which conductors and track workers, car inspectors, maintenance and repair workers and others, have been without a contract since 2010.

A strike, which could take place as early as July 20, would leave about 300,000 passengers per day seeking alternative transportation.

“I want to thank the New York State Congressional delegation for making it abundantly clear today that Congress will not act to bring about a labor settlement at the Long Island Rail Road,” Cuomo said in a statement issued by his office on Wednesday.

“The unions’ false belief that Congress would step in and mandate a settlement was a major impediment to any real progress,” Cuomo added. With this obstacle removed, it is now clear that the only path to a resolution is at the bargaining table between the MTA and the unions, and that they should proceed in good faith.”

who now pay nothing for health benefits, to contribute 2.4 percent of their salaries, and new hires to pay 4 percent.

The unions are asking for the MTA to accept the recommendation of two federal mediation panels that have proposed labor’s offer.

Union representatives could not be reached, but did have a statement on their website.

“Union members ask nothing more than for what both these neutral federal boards have already recommended,” the statement said. “SM A RT and its par t ner unions have no interest in a work stoppage that would hurt the Long Island Railroad riders and small businesses dependent on tourism during the summer months.”

MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast, who met with congressional leaders in Washington on Wednesday, said they will begin informing commuters about plans for dealing with any potential t ravel disruptions.

“We continue to hope that we can avoid a work stoppage at the bargaining table,” Prendergast said in a statement released Wednesday. “But nevertheless, we want LIRR customers and all Long Island residents to be aware that there is a potential for a disruption of service and what that Q might mean.”

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DHS ‘will proceed’ with Glendale shelter plan

98th Street speeding worries continued from page 5 often go up the wrong way. That led one homeowner to suggest changing the direction of the street to a one-way northbound.

Tarantola, who said she has called the offices of state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) for help, said she would like to see something less drastic.

“A stop sign, a speed bump, something to slow the traffic down before someone, a child, gets killed,” she said.

Rudy S. Giuliani, Ulrich’s chief of staff said the councilman had requested speed bumps, but the DOT said no.

Addabbo said Tuesday he had spoken to Tarantola’s husband about the problem and visited 96th Street to see the speeding cars for himself.

“What they tell me is that they don’t want a speed bump,” he said. “So what we need is a stop sign or traffic light.”

Addabbo pointed the blame on federal traffic safety guidelines, which he says place too much emphasis on statistics, and he noted that a DOT official once told him stop signs were not considered speed control devices, rather used for traffic flow only.

“I never agree with the DOT because they use the federal guidelines that are built on reacting to accidents,” he said. “I’ve always differed on that. What they don’t take into account is the near misses, the

screeching of cars slamming on the brakes to prevent a crash. The residents on the block are the only ones who hear that.”

The 106th Precinct should crack down on speeding on 96th Street until the DOT does something to slow the cars down, Addabbo further suggested.

Tarantola was aware of the battles the community and others around it have had with the city Department of Transportation over safety on streets. Residents in Lindenwood are still waiting for the DOT to act at 153rd Avenue and 83rd Street outside PS 207, where schoolchildren and parents cross with no crosswalk and two people were struck by a car in May. A few blocks from 96th Street, resident Ed Kampermann had asked the DOT to look into a four-way stop or traffic light on 98th Street at 157th and 158th avenues, where two-way stops currently exist. A study was done and the DOT decided to not install four-way stops or traffic lights. Last December — just two and a half weeks before Tarantola’s first accident — a man was killed in a car crash at 98th Street, one block south of where Kamper mann requested a stop sign.

But none of that dissuades Tarantola from keeping up the pressure.

“I’m not asking for a limo with champagne to pick me up for work every day,” she said. “All I’m asking for is some comQ mon sense.”

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The results of the longawaited envi ron ment al st udy of 78-16 Cooper Ave. in Glendale, the site of a proposed 125-family homeless shelter, have b e e n r ele a s e d by t h e Department of Homeless Services.

To the chagrin of many shelter opponent s, t he project is moving forward as planned.

The land the for mer factory sits on has been deemed suitable for the plan ned shelter by AECOM USA, the independent assessment com- Area resident Dawn Scala speaks out against the proposed shelter pany com missioned by at a public hearing regarding the plan in May. FILE PHOTO DHS to survey the land, The other 100 expected children will be and the city informed Community Board 5 and area elected officials in a letter dated too young to attend school.

The shelter, if constructed, will be operJuly 1 that it “will proceed” with the conated by Samaritan Village, the same Briartroversial plan.

“We ask that you review the report and wood-based human services agency runrespond with any concerns on or before ning the also-controversial homeless facilFriday, July 11,” the letter, signed by DHS ity at the old Pan A merican Hotel in Com m issioner Gilber t Taylor, reads. Elmhurst.

Com mu nit y Board 5 and nu merous “After this date, we will proceed with the next stage of contract negotiations for 125 elected officials have spoken strongly in opposition to the Glendale plan over the families with children at this facility.”

According to the study, an environmen- last year.

In May, over two dozen residents spoke tal site assessment was performed on the of their concerns over the shelter at a pubplot of land on Sept. 30, 2013.

An underground fuel storage tank, last lic meeting, attended by hundreds more, as tested in 1995, with an expired registration well as Samaritan Village Executive Vice was observed and that, combined with the President Doug Apple and DHS Assistant proposed shelter’s proximity to Indepen- Commissioner of Government and Human dent Chemical Co. right next door, a sub- Relations Lisa Black.

The subject has come up at every comsurface investigation was ordered.

When the study was performed the next munity board meeting since the middle of month, eight soil samples taken from 20 last year, and CB 5 District Manager Gary Giordano and Councilwoman Elizabeth feet below the surface showed no danger.

“The soil sample results were compared Crowley (D-Glendale) have often questo New York State Department of Environ- tioned the toxicity of the building, where mental Conservation’s Unrestricted Use airplane parts used to be made.

Crowley expressed her displeasu re Soil Cleanup Objectives and none of the compounds found in the soil were found to regarding the findings in a statement last be above NYSDEC’s Unrestricted Use Thursday.

“Several years ago — before talks of SCO’s,” the report said. “No additional remedial investigation or actions are rec- any DHS proposal — the School Construction Authority denied my request to conommended at the project site.”

The report also touched on the impact vert 78-16 Cooper Ave. into a high school,” Crowley said. “District 24 is the most the shelter would have on area schools.

It estimates that 310 of the approximate- overcrowded district in the entire city, and ly 500 shelter residents would be 18 or our community continues to suffer from younger, including an estimated 50 high the lack of additional classrooms. My schoolers and 160 middle and elementary question now is simple: If the City did not school-aged children, but the utilization find this site suitable for a school, how can rate of area schools would only increase by it be suitable for a shelter that will house Q families year round?”

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A good week gone bad: Liu loses mayor And incumbent Avella remains popular in 11th Senate Dist. race

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

This was supposed to be the week John Liu was to be surging with major political and union endorsements; the week state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) was supposed to be glancing nervously into his rearview mirror.

And it was — until about 4 p.m. on Tuesday, when Mayor de Blasio endorsed Avella and the Working Families Party withdrew its pledged endorsement of Liu, choosing to remain neutral in the Democratic primary in the 11th Senate District.

But on Wednesday, Liu’s campaign was content to point to the considerable backing that he already is receiving — and that Avella has cast his lot with the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

“Every day, John Liu is earning more and more support from elected officials, community and faith leaders, parents and everyday people representing every corner of the 11th Senate District because voters are hungry for a real effective Democrat,” the spokesperson said.

Borough President Melinda Katz has jumped on the Liu bandwagon. A victory for Liu would almost guarantee him the seat without a strong Republican opponent, which does not seem likely. Democratic voters lead Republicans 3 to 1 in the district.

John Liu, left, has the support the Queens Democratic establishment, most elected Democratic officials and several unions in his fight to unseat Democratic state Sen. Tony Avella. But on Tuesday, Mayor de Blasio endorsed Avella, and the Working Families Party withdrew its support FILE PHOTOS of the former comptroller, electing to remain neutral in the primary.

“When it comes to fighting for the people of this city, John Liu has always delivered,” Katz said in a prepared statement Monday.

“I’m so proud to support him in this race because our communities deserve leadership in Albany that’s both progressive and effective. In the state Senate, John will be a champion for the working families of Queens — and that’s exactly the change we need.”

Liu wants to bring change to the Senate.

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unions and members of the community who have stepped up to support my campaign have sent a clear message to Albany: the 11th Senate District needs an effective, experienced leader who will stand up to the status quo,” he said. “I look forward to working with this coalition so I can go to Albany and fight to bring real results for our communities.”

Avella angered the county Democratic Party this year after he joined the maverick IDC, which joined with Senate Republicans to

form a majority caucus in Albany. In retaliation, the party decided to run Liu — the former city comptroller and Flushing councilman — against him.

Avella’s move further hampered the ability of numerically superior Democrats in their attempt to regain control of the Senate.

Published reports say Liu will not drop out, and he still has some very powerful backers along with Katz.

Liu has already been endorsed by other area Democratic leaders including state Sens.

Jose Peralta of East Elmhurst, James Sanders Jr. of Jamaica and Toby Stavisky of Flushing and Assemblymembers Michael Simanowitz of Flushing, Ed Braunstein of Bayside, Barbara Clark of Queens Village, Ron Kim of Flushing, Nily Rozic of Fresh Meadows and David Weprin of Fresh Meadows.

Democratic councilmembers supporting Liu include Peter Koo of Flushing, Rory Lancman of Hillcrest, Daneek Miller of St. Albans, Mark Weprin of Oakland Gardens and Paul Vallone of Bayside.

But maybe more importantly, the candidate has been okayed by several major city labor unions including UAW Region 9A, IBEW Local 3, UFCW Local 1500, the NY Hotel and Motel Trades Council and the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators. continued on page 24

Mayor, WFP shake Senate races continued from page 2

by IDC members to avoid primar y challenges.

Then on Monday, Local 32BJ of the powerful Ser vice Employees Union International announced it was endorsing Klein in the 34th District, and remaining neutral in the Liu-Avella matchup in the 11th.

Then de Blasio and the Working Families Party on Tuesday afternoon dropped anvils on Liu and Koppell.

Both said they intend to stick the race out until the primary on Sept. 9.

But Klein has reiterated that the IDC will remain intact. And some Queens political watchers are still not certain that anything can yet be read into just how strong the IDC will be come Jan. 1.

“I’m not watching the race closely, but I think Koppell has an uphill battle,” said Professor Brian Browne, assistant vice president for governmental relations at St. John’s University.

He was speaking on Monday, 24 hours before de Blasio and the WFP made their announcements.

Browne seemed to like an Avella-Liu matchup.

“Avella is very popular in his district,” he said. “Liu is a good fundraiser, and he has good name recognition.”

Liu also has some strong backing from the Queens Democratic Party, Bor-

ough President Melinda Katz and important labor unions.

“But the power of incumbency is huge,” Browne added. “A lot will come down to fundraising.”

Not that he feels either is likely to help Smith.

“His legal problems aren’t gone — just delayed,” Browne said.

As for the IDC as a group, Browne said Republican results in November will have a huge impact on things.

“I’m curious about what happens in the event Republicans gain [numerical] control,” Browne said. “What does the IDC do then?”

Scott Reif, a spokesman for the state Senate Republicans, said the GOP has little interest in injecting itself into internal Democratic squabbles.

He indirectly suggested that Browne is asking the right question.

“We expect to win back seats and be in the clear majority,” Reif said. “Certainly we are proud of some of the things we have accomplished in working with the IDC in the last few years — like four years with on-time budgets, putting the brakes on reckless spending and cutting taxes.”

Reif said Republicans expect to retain all nine seats in Long Island’s Nassau and Suffolk counties, and feel they can gain seats in the Hudson Valley and upstate. Q

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The NYS Legislature earned a B- at the end of its legislative session last month on sustainability issues from the New York League of Conservation Voters.

T he envi ron ment al group published the grade in the 2014 Environmental Progress Report on July 2.

The N Y LCV t racked the progress of legislation dealing with environmental issues like clean energy and transportation, climate resiliency, and sustainable economic growth a n d m a t c h e d u p t h a t Newtown Creek, one of the most polluted waterways in the counrecord with the NYLCV’s try and a priority of environmentalists.

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DOE changes school utilization document Includes trailers, excludes smaller rooms; Stringer reveals audit on overcrowding

by Domenick Rafter Editor

The cit y Depar t ment of Education announced last month that it was making changes to its Blue Book — the annual document that outlines school organization and utilization — based on suggestions from a panel created earlier this year by Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

The Blue Book has been the focus of several education-related debates in the city in recent years, from trailers in schoolyards to co-locations. Critics allege the Bloomberg administration’s Blue Books underestimated how much space schools need and overestimated how much space was available to make co-locations politically palpable.

Among the critics at the time were Mayor de Blasio as a council member and later public advocate, who promised a moratorium on co-locations in his mayoral campaign due to the issues.

Though he reneged on the promise to stop co-locations, the mayor did establish a panel, the Blue Book Working Group, to study changes to the document. The group was made up of parents of public school students, including charter schools, advocacy organizations, principals and community education council members.

Under the new rules established by the

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Liu endorsement continued from page 22 Liu had expected to be endorsed by the Working Families Party, with his name on its line on the November ballot.

Avella has the support of the Communications Workers of America, District 1.

Despite his lack of endorsements, Avella is popular with his constituents and has a strong base in the Bayside area.

He beat longtime Republican incumbent Frank Padavan four years ago in large part because of the support of the United Federation of Teachers, which has not yet endorsed anyone in the race. It has 7,000 members in his district.

In addition, Liu may be hurt by the illegal campaign finance tricks some of his workers used in his run for the comptroller’s seat. Although he was never implicated, a key staff member and a fundraiser received jail sentences.

Avella’s campaign office said Monday that he has also been endorsed by the League of Humane Voters, the International Union of Elevator Constructors and is the recommended candidate by political director Kevin Finnegan and President George Gresham, for 1199SEIU, which will hold its council vote on formal endorsements soon.

As far as the UFT is concerned, Avella “had a very productive meeting with them, and we expect that they will be announcing their decision shortly,” Q spokeswoman Heather Sager said.

group, there will be two separate Blue Books. One will outline the historical capacity of a school, while the other will include future projections that will outline in real numbers plans to reduce class sizes and expectations for future co-locations or total school utilization should co-located schools close or move.

It will also have two totals — one for an entire building, and all the schools inside of it, and one for a school that may have multiple campuses.

The Blue Books will, for the first time, include space for instr uction will not include rooms in schools that are designated as lunchrooms, offices, libraries, gymnasiums or auditoriums. All rooms less than 240 square feet are also excluded from possible classroom use. Rooms between 240 and 499 square feet used for noninstructional purposes are not counted and are assumed to be available for support or administrative use.

The Blue Books will also for the first time count trailers as classroom space. The DOE says that change will help communities better understand what steps need to be taken to eliminate trailers while not creating more overcrowding.

The news of the Blue Book’s changes was met with a positive response from some educators and officials.

“Any effort that is made to better serve our students is welcome,” said Deb Dillingham, Queens representative on the Panel for Educational Policy, the DOE’s policy-making body. “Given the overcrowding issues that come with living in New York City and the programming difficulties that come with colocations, changes to the Blue Book calculations are welcome. The Blue Book Working Group should be commended for its efforts on behalf of the children of our city.”

Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Education Committee, also praised the changes.

“Breaking down information two ways — by school and by building, including all co-located schools — will improve transparency,” he said. “Including students taught in trailers in the main building’s enrollment figures will provide a more accurate picture of overcrowding.”

In the meantime, City Comptroller Scott Stringer released the results of an audit on school overcrowding Wednesday, which blasted the city’s response to the problem, saying that the agency failed to keep appropriate records and respond to overcrowding concerns.

“With significant overcrowding in schools across New York City, the DOE simply wasn’t interested in finding out what policies worked to reduce class sizes and help our

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced FILE PHOTO the Blue Book changes June 27. children achieve their full academic potential,” Comptroller Stringer said. “What gets measured gets managed and in this case, DOE didn’t keep records of the remedial actions it took to reduce overcrowding, let alone what worked and what didn’t.”

Some of the proposed changes Stringer suggested in his audit, including counting trailers as classroom space, were already part of the Blue Book changes announced Q last month.

Beltrani at Queens GOP helm Jackson Heights judge takes over after death of Phil Ragusa

by Domenick Rafter Editor

Q ueens Republica ns have a new chairman.

After the death of Phil Ragusa last month, the county party’s executive vice chairman, Robert Beltrani of Jackson Heights, was automatically elevated to chairman.

Beltrani, a judge with the New York State Division of Parole, will serve as chairman for the remainder of Ragusa’s term, which will expire in September 2015. Ragusa was re-elected chairman last September, according to Queens GOP spokesman Robert Hornak.

A loyalist of the late chairman, Beltrani ran for state Senate in the special election to replace Hiram Monserrate after the senator was expelled from the Legislature following his conviction for assaulting his former girlfriend. Beltrani entered the race after an unsuccessful attempt by Queens Republicans to lure former Democratic Councilwoman Helen Sears, who had just been ousted a few months earlier, onto their ballot line.

Beltrani lost the race to then-Assemblyman Jose Peralta. He has also ran several times for state Supreme Court, most recently in 2012.

Despite winning two Council seats in

Queens Republicans say Robert Beltrani of Jackson Heights, a judge on the New York State Division of Parole, is the new county GOP chairman, taking over for the late Phil FILE PHOTO Ragusa.

2009 and a congressional special election in 2011, the county GOP has been in a state of civil war for nearly half a decade.

Ragusa’s chairmanship has been marred by ongoing strife between his wing of the party and a rebel faction led by former Councilman Tom Ognibene and more

recently by Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), the only elected Republican in the borough.

The split came to a head in 2011, when Ragusa was re-elected chairman. Ognibene held his own meeting on the same night where he got himself elected chairman with the support of Ulrich and several Republicans from Central and Southern Queens.

But the state GOP rejected Ognibene’s election.

Ragusa’s re-election in 2013 over former Rep. Bob Turner, who was backed by Ulrich, after Ragusa’s faction lost two district leader races, was petitioned in court after questions were asked about the way the vote was handled. A move to overturn the vote failed.

A source aligned with the rebel faction questioned whether Beltrani, who is also a district leader, could be a chairman at all due to his position as a judge. Hornak did not respond to requests for comment on those allegations before press time.

A state GOP spokesman would not comment on Beltrani, but said the chairmanship selection is up to borough Republicans.

Not offering any comments on Beltrani, Ulrich said only that he is “focused on carryQ ing out my duties as councilman.”

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Pat Toro was a soldier, both on the battlefields of Vietnam and on the political front lines when it came to veterans’ affairs.

On Friday, he died the same way he lived.

Fighting.

A decorated former U.S. Marine and Forest Hills resident, Toro succumbed to myelodysplastic syndrome, a form of leukemia, after a nine-month battle with the disease.

He was 65.

The former Vietnam Veterans of America, Queens Chapter 32 president was remembered at his wake in Middle Village Tuesday evening by Juan Medina, his brother-in-law, as a man who immeasurably impacted his life for the better. “I was headed down the wrong path when I was younger. He pulled me aside and told me to do something positive with my life and join the Marine Corps,� Medina said. “I joined the Army instead, but that talk changed my life and made me the man I am today. I owe him a lot.�

Toro enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1967 and was stationed in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970. For his service, he was awarded the National Defense Ribbon, the Good Conduct Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with four stars, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry and the Vietnam Civil Action Medal for his service.

However, it is believed his illness was caused by exposure to Agent Orange, a chemical used by the American military to defoliate vegetation during the war.

The compound has since been linked to various cancers in veterans and birth defects in their children conceived after they returned home, while the Vietnamese government claims nearly 5 million of its citizens were exposed, resulting in 400,000 deaths.

Upon his return stateside, Toro briefly worked as a city correction officer and police officer before serving as an investigator for the Port Authority for 13 years.

He retired in 1991 and became an active member of Chapter 32. He became the chapter’s president in 2001, serving in that role until 2010.

Chapter 32 President Paul Narson remembered Toro as a man who fought vigorously for the rights of his fellow soldiers. “He was a veteran’s veteran. He fought for veterans and dedicated the last 10 or so years of his life to veterans affairs,� Narson said. “He was tough. When he wanted something, he fought for it.�

VVA Suffolk County Chapter 11 member Bill Torres and his wife, Barbara, met Toro at a Vietnam veterans convention 15 years ago and he still remembers one of their

Pat Toro, a veteran of the Vietnam War, fought vigorously for the rights of fellow veterans until FILE PHOTO he died of leukemia last Friday. first interactions. “We hit it off. I’m an Army guy and he was in the Marines, so we always went back and forth. That’s how we had our fun,� he said. “I called him my big brother. My nickname is Toro, so we had that in common too.� “He was always such a nice guy. Very personable,� she said. “He was so involved in anything to do with veterans, so we always worked alongside Pat.�

Toro, a member of the New York State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame, was buried Wednesday at Calverton National Cemetery on Long Island.

Borough President Melinda Katz also mour ned Toro’s death in a statement, describing his service to the nation as courageous. “It was an honor to have known Pat Toro, and I can say with certainty that he will be remembered as a leader, a humanitarian and an American hero,� Katz said.

Despite Toro’s being known as a tough fighter for his fellow veterans, whom he called his brothers, Medina, now a New York City firefighter, remembers the warm, loving side of his brother-in-law. “I know the cliche is used too much, but I’m serious when I say he would give you the shirt off his back. He was that kind of guy,� he said. “He was a father figure to me.

I’ll always remember him arguing with me over why I joined the Army instead of the Marines. We would always bust each other’s chops over that.

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Selling this summer? Six upgrades to secure a speedy sale When the weather warms up, so does the real estate market. Spring and summer are traditionally the seasons when both home buyers and sellers are most active across the country. If you’ll be putting your home on the market this year, simple, cost-effective upgrades can help ensure a speedy sale at a good price.

“In the world of real estate, it’s often necessary for sellers to spend a little on upgrades in order to achieve a satisfying home sale,” says Bethany Richmond, communications director for the Carpet & Rug Institute. “Fortunately, some of the most impressive upgrades, such as new carpeting, are also affordable. Such upgrades ensure that you don’t have to spend a lot to achieve a better selling price.”

Here are six easy-to-do upgrades that are both cost-effective and high-impact: 1. Replace carpet: It’s easy to see the impact of worn or dated carpeting. “If you don’t like looking at it, buyers won’t either,” Richmond says. “Replacing old or damaged carpet delivers impressive appeal for a modest investment.”

New carpet is one upgrade that has a high ratio of value to cost. It substantially increases perceived value for homebuyers without requiring home sellers to spend a bundle. “Even less expensive carpet styles will freshen the look of a room and prepare it for sale,” Richmond notes. “You can get a lot more quality for just a little more money,” she says, “and if you take advantage of spring carpet sales, installing new carpeting can cost even less.”

2. Clean flooring: If your carpet is still in great shape, then simply having it professionally cleaned can make it look even better. A deep professional cleaning helps lift tough soils and provides a cleaner, fresher look to rooms. You can find an expert in your area by visiting carpet-rug.org. CRI experts can even provide insight into how to remove difficult stains.

Not only is carpet a good value, it’s healthy, too. People with allergies or other sensitivities are installing carpet to improve indoor air quality. Recent studies support previous findings that carpet, when effectively cleaned, traps allergens and other particles, resulting in less dust, dander and airborne contaminants escaping into the air. To learn more about selecting and maintaining carpet, as well as how carpet is a good choice for people with allergies, visit the home page of the Carpet & Rug Institute at carpet-rug.org .

Don’t forget to clean all other flooring, including hardwood, laminates and tile. Buyers will appreciate a sparkling clean appearance throughout the house.

3. Repaint in neutral shades: Fresh paint is another smart and cost-effective upgrade for sellers. Buyers expect it, yet many sellers hesitate to repaint. Perhaps they like the existing colors or balk at the cost of professional painting services. Yet repainting in neutral colors makes a room look fresher and brighter, and gives buyers a visual “blank slate” against which to imagine their own decor. Do the work yourself and you can reduce the cost of repainting even further.

4. Update or upgrade lighting: You may find that discoball style globe light charming in your kitchen, but the average buyer doesn’t want dated or unusual lighting. Replacing dated or worn fixtures, especially in bathrooms and kitchens, is a cost-effective way to give a room a more up-to-date, contemporary look. If you already have newer fixtures, consider replacing incandescent bulbs with high-efficiency options such as CFLs or LEDs. Although they’re a bit more expensive to purchase, these bulbs last years longer — a selling point for buyers who will reap the value of not having to replace bulbs any time in the near future.

5. Install new faucets: A high-end faucet can completely change the look and usability of a kitchen or bathroom. In terms

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Questions to ask your contractor before replacing windows Summer’s a good time to tackle home improvement projects that will look great, but also save energy. Window replacement is one project that will help increase the energy efficiency of your home and improve curb appeal.

There are often telltale signs a home may be in need of new windows, including air leakage, difficulty operating, condensation between glass panes or exterior paint peeling. Homeowners can check for signs of disrepair by visiting each window and testing operation, checking for air leaks and water collection.

For homeowners planning to update their home with energyefficient windows, Ply Gem Windows offers five important questions to ask their contractor before beginning a project. “Today’s window options go beyond color and style. When meeting with a contractor, homeowners should plan key questions to ask,“ says Chris Pickering, vice president of marketing for Ply Gem Windows. “Installation methods, energy efficiency and issues such as lead paint should be discussed with a contractor to make the most out of your investment for seasons to come.“ • What do I need to know about lead paint?

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Smart idea. According to Cost vs. Value Report in Remodeling Magazine, an added bath will return more than 50 percent of your investment at resale. So what should you do to make sure your money is well spent?

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“If there isn’t a drain line, with gravity-fed plumbing, you have to dig through the concrete flooring to create one,” Rink says. “And excavation is messy, can be unpredictable and is expensive.”

Uncertainty is chief among the challenges, he says. Installers don’t always know the depth

of the concrete and whether there are rocks, rebar or even a ledge underneath. Any of these can result in delays and even the need to reconfigure the location of the bathroom addition.

And, of course, any time you open up the concrete there is a chance of water seeping through the basement floor.

“Some plumbers will suggest using sewage ejectors as an alternative to conventional plumbing, but there is still major digging involved with those,” Rink adds. Sewage ejectors also require a large (typically 30-inch by 30-inch) sewage tank, which accumulates bathroom waste over numerous flushes before transferring it to the main drain. This storage can also cause odor problems.

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a variety of locations, including underneath a stairway when a customer wanted to take on a renter, but had limited space.

The ease of installation and low cost make this alternative a smart way to deal with any unusual plumbing scenarios.

“Recently, I had a customer whose elderly mother had no bathroom on the ground floor of her home,” Rink says. “Her daughter was worried about her using the stairs and wanted to add a bath. The only sewer connection was in the kitchen, which couldn’t be used, so I decided to put a full bathroom right inside the attached garage,” where he used up-flush plumbing to create the bathroom.

Rink’s clever solution gave the daughter peace of mind and saved her a lot of money.

“With regular plumbing, we would have had to cut and patch the whole garage floor,” he says.

“All that additional labor is costly, but it’s the mess that scares people the most.”

Saniflo CEO Regis Saragosti agrees: “What people seem to like most about up-flush technology is that they avoid the pitfalls of breaking up concrete. No one wants that noise or mess, and they certainly don’t want the high cost associated with it.”

“What you get with these up-flush systems is enormous flexibility,” Rink says, noting they can be used for bathrooms, kitchens, wet bars and even laundry rooms. “And you don’t have to dust-proof the house because you’re running around with jack hammers.

“Up-flush plumbing is a much cleaner solution, and customers should ask for it.”

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Capt. Judith Harrison takes over 112th Pct. Aims to maintain low crime rates and connect with her community

by Christopher Barca Reporter

Attention Forest Hills and Rego Park. There’s a new sheriff in town.

After two years under the watch of Capt. Thomas Conforti, command of the 112th Precinct has been handed over to Capt.

Judith Harrison after Conforti took the same job at the 109th Precinct in Flushing.

July 3 was Harrison’s first day as head of the Forest Hillsbased command, and her first as a commanding officer at any city precinct.

But in a sit-down interview with the Chronicle on Monday, the Jamaica native said there were no first day jitters for her at all.

“I feel very comfortable. Capt. Conforti left this command in very good shape,” Harrison said. “It was an effortless and seamless transition because things are going very well here.

Crime is down, morale is high and it’s a great command to inherit.”

As a child, she wanted to serve in law enforcement, similar to her mother, who served in the civilian arm of the NYPD. But Harrison, 46, went to New Jersey’s Farleigh Dickinson University on a basketball scholarship and eventually graduated with a degree in business management with dreams of opening her own business.

After years of working as a courier and other odd jobs, she nearly became a police officer in the summer of 1992, but decided against it prior to the birth of her twin children in May. She eventually joined the NYPD in 1997, first patrolling the streets of the 103rd Precinct as a 30-year-old rookie officer.

Now, Harrison’s resume includes time at the 102nd, 104th

Capt. Judith Harrison, the 112th Precinct’s new commanding officer, sits at her new desk, excited to serve the area.

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and 109th precincts, as well as the Police Academy and Patrol Borough Queens North.

Before Harrison joined the 112th Precinct, she served as the 115th Precinct’s executive officer for a year after she was promoted to captain in January 2013.

She first met Conforti in 2006 when they were both lieutenants in the 109th Precinct. They formed a close bond at that time, a bond that gets stronger as time goes on.

“One of the things people don’t know about Capt. Conforti

is that he’s one of my mentors,” she said. “He’s somebody that I know I can pick up the phone and talk to whenever.”

When it comes to leading the same precinct he headed for two years, Harrison says she expects day-to-day operations to continue as normal, despite the change at the top.

“I just want to reacclimate myself to this area and the issues germane to this particular area,” she said. “I haven’t been here long enough to say I’m going to change this or that. I want to continue in the positive direction he led the command in.”

In terms of maintaining record low crime rates, Harrison has big shoes to fill.

The area has gone two full years without a murder and robberies are down 35 percent from last year, while burglaries are down 24 percent, as well.

Heidi Chain, the 112th Precinct Community Council President, said in an email she is confident Capt. Harrison will help continue such positive trends “We are very lucky to have such a talented captain assigned to the 112th precinct,” Chain said. “I truly believe that we are in excellent hands and I hope everyone joins me in welcoming Capt. Harrison to our community.”

Harrison said she is committed to continuing social media outreach programs such as “Tweetalong Tuesdays,” where two officers are shadowed for a few hours and updates on their activities are disseminated on the precinct’s official Twitter page.

In the end, she believes communication with residents, whether online or in person, is the key to leading a productive precinct.

“The most important thing for me is that I want to be accessible for people,” Harrison said. “I want people to attach a face Q to the name. I want people to know that I care.”

continued from page 6 Evacuation centers in Queens include John Adams High School in Ozone Park; Aviation High School in Astoria; Bayside High School; Flushing High School; Forest Hills High School; Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood; Hillcrest High School in Jamaica Hills; Newcomers High School in Long Island City; Newtown High School; PS 19 in Corona; Townsend Harris High School in Flushing; Queensborough Community College in Bayside; William Cullen Bryant High School in Long Island City; and PS 268 in Jamaica.

Belmont Park, just over the Nassau County line, also is a designated facility.

All evacuation centers accept pets if they cannot be left with someone outside of the evacuation zones.

Emergency supplies for those sheltering in place should account for loss of power and water service, and include a gallon of water per person per day; canned food and a manual can opener; a flashlight, battery-operated radio and extra batteries; and iodine tablets of unscented bleach for disinfecting water.

Evacuation maps and storm preparedness guides are available by calling 311 or by going online to nyc.gov/readyny, or to nyc.gov/html/oem/html/ready/hurriQ cane_guide.shtml.

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Howard Beach Civic honors Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder presented certificates of appreciation for community ser vice to Howard Beach/Lindenwood Civic A s sociation member s K r is tina Romero, Lauren Peconio, Eva Marino and Tony Sama as well as an official state Assembly Proclamation to former member, Renate Teuschler, for her devotion and years of commitment to the community and civic.

Goldfeder made the presentation at the June 24 meeting of the civic association at St. Helen School.

At the ceremony were Cathy Harrison, front row left, Barbara McNamara, Goldfeder, Teuschler, Cathy Placco, Stella DiMatteo and Barbara Winter; Maria Asaro, back row left, Debra Lapidula, Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach/Lindenwood Civic Association, Sama, and Dr. Joe Campisi.

continued from page 14 what we need is jobs and easy access to those jobs.”

He noted that besides taking a long time, the A train, the only subway line that serves South Richmond Hill, is overcrowded.

McManus said the line would not only help his community, but others across Queens. Besides a quicker commute to Manhattan, Rockaway residents would be connected to other Queens neighborhoods like Jamaica, Flushing, Long Island City and Bayside, with just one train transfer.

“It will be a boost for the entire borough,” McManus said.

Both he and Lew Simon, a Democratic district leader and former City Council candidate, said that developments on the right of way would be easy to reclaim.

“They’re squatting on the land,” Simon alleged. “They have no rights to it. The city can come anytime and force them to move.”

Nevertheless, he says he doesn’t have anything against the QueensWay and would like to see both plans happen.

“There is no reason why we can’t coexist,” Simon said. “We can have both a park and rail. It can be done. All we’re asking for is equal treatment.” Q

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It takes two to tackle illegal immigrant crisis Rep. Grace Meng calls on scores of undocumented immigrants to either apply for or renew their status in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Tuesday. Applications for renewal PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA must be submitted at least 120 days before one’s benefits expire.

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Now is the time to apply for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or, for those accepted into it two years ago, to renew their status, Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) said Tuesday.

Meng and a handful of immigration activists stood outside Newtown High School in Elmhurst to urge those who applied for DACA two years ago and those who are eligible to apply but haven’t in the past to file with the federal government as soon as possible.

Approximately 560,000 immigrants have registered for DACA, a program aimed at providing work documents for illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children, as well as protecting them from deportation for two years, since it was authored by President Obama in 2012.

Those enrolled in the program must reapply 120 days prior to the expiration of their benefits or face deportation, something Meng doesn’t wish to see happen to a single participant in the program.

“Many of these youth know no other home aside from the United States. Under DACA, the Department of Homeland Security will not deport children for a two-year period,” Meng said. “It’s not a long-term solution, but a desperately needed temporary fix for our broken immigration system that helps our youth right now.”

In order to qualify for DACA, there are several strict guidelines.

Applicants must prove they were under the age of 31 as of June 15, 2012; they came to the United States before their 16th birthday; they have continuously lived in the

country since June 15, 2007; and they have not been convicted of a felony, among other criteria.

Meng also called on immigrants of Asian descent to apply for status in the program, something many have ignored in the past.

“Eight percent of the undocumented youth who are eligible for DACA are from Asia, but only 2.6 percent of applicants are Asian,” she said.

Catholic Migration Services CEO the Rev. Patrick Keating said DACA is essential to young immigrants looking to realize the American dream.

“It is a glimmer of hope for our immigrant children,” he said. “These young people have an opportunity to avoid fear and to continue their education, to continue working, to continue being part of America and to continue to make America great.”

Some critics of Obama have tabbed DACA as one of the reasons behind a recent sizable influx of Central and South American children crossing the border illegally, with some lawmakers calling the crisis an “ad minist ration-made disaster,” even though children making their way into the United States today or in recent months aren’t eligible for DACA. Meng disagreed with such sentiment, blaming political instability as the main reason behind the immigration influx.

“There are always going to be immigrants who want to move to the United States because of the great opportunities we have,” she said. “But the reason for the surge of unaccompanied children at the border is primarily due to violence and instability in Central American countries rather Q than the existence of DACA.”

es to i mplement

by Nathalie Cely Last week President Barack Obama direct and effective announced that he would use executive steps to n ip the action to address the country’s immigration u n d o c u m e n t e d system after House Speaker John Boehner migration crisis in stated that the House would not vote on it the bud.

Fo r e x a m p l e , this year. President Obama recently described the increasing influx of unac- Ecuador’s economy companied children entering the United is ranked one of the States illegally as an “urgent humanitarian t o p fou r f a s t e s t issue” and announced the establishment of growing economies an interagency group to manage this issue. in South America. The government of PresAlthough the initiative will provide some ident Rafael Correa has overcome the counrelief to the thousands of migrant children try’s past of political and economic instabilcurrently living in the United States, it ulti- ity; and has transformed the country into an mately only serves as a Band-Aid solution attractive place to live, work and invest.

Additionally, the government of Ecuador to a deeply rooted problem that must be solved on both sides of the border. Latin has invested heavily in national security, America and the United States must infrastructure, education and human develstrengthen bilateral cooperation to decrease opment. Most U.S. government statistics put the number of minors attempting the dan- Ecuador at the low end of the unauthorized immigration pool. Pew Research Hispanic gerous journey across the border.

In the absence of comprehensive immi- Trends says Ecuadorians only make up gration reform in the United States, the 100,000 out of the 11.7 million undocunumber of unaccompanied minors illegally mented immigrants in the United States.

A lack of education and understanding of entering the country continues to worsen every year. In the last nine months alone, existing immigration policies and resources 47,000 minors have been detained after highly contributes to the current crisis. entering the U.S. illegally without the com- Yearning for family reunification is the pripany of a parent or relative. This is almost mary reason that these children attempt the twice as many as last year. Projections put perilous journey. In addition to attacking the issue individually the number of unaccomfrom both sides of the panied minors at over border, the United States 100,000 in 2015. atin America and and Latin America must Human rights groups the United States work collectively. note that many of these One way to do so is to children report having must cooperate to warn families about the been sexually abused, beaten, harassed and solve this problem. life-threatening dangers children face when crossthreatened in detention facilities in the United States. The adminis- ing illegally, as well as educate them about tration’s recent attempts to address this the procedures for those seeking legal resiproblem — including requesting $1.4 bil- dency in the United States. In the absence lion to provide shelter, medical treatment, of comprehensive immigration reform, care and transportation of migrant children Ecuador is also working with our consul— are honorable and well-intentioned, but ates here to ensure their well-being and best only address the late stages of a journey that interest according to the United Nations should never have started in the first place. Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Only by working together across the There are dangers facing these minors before they ever enter the United States, hemisphere to place the rights and safety of often at the hands of “coyotes” — individu- children as a top priority can we truly initiate the change by need. As the United als paid to smuggle these children in.

While the U.S. government shares a legal States continues to battle the complex issues and moral obligation to provide a safe haven of establishing a comprehensive, rational, to those seeking refuge from their native and humane immigration system, Latin countries, Latin America must do its part to America is doing its share to invest in create the social and economic stability nec- growing its economy and providing a fulessary to grant its citizens the right to a filling quality of life for its people. Greater decent life at home. Hundreds of thousands cooperation and dialogue on these issues of migrants, primarily from Central Ameri- that impact all countries in our hemisphere ca, are often driven out of their countries are essential. Only then will we be able to due to increasing unrest, poverty and vio- stem the irreparable trauma and violence lence provoked by drug trafficking. As the migrant children face every day trying to fastest growing region in the world — find a safe and stable place to call home. Q Nathalie Cely is Ambassador to the almost three times the rate of the rest of the world — Latin America is using its resourc- United States for Ecuador.

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Ice Jewelry: where the owners can relate to their clients

More people working in Queens, and beyond

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

Ice Jewelry Buying Service is located on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park.

WE PROVIDE CASH LOANS FOR AUTOS AND MOTORCYCLES! they treat everything like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said.

Chronicle Contributor In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, watches Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also offers instant cash an unassuming gold buying and cash loan shop on loans for jewelry and eBay selling services.

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

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

“For this, I like to think we’re MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm For anyone who has ever dealt doing the community a service,” SAT. 10am - 6pm SUN. by Appointment with the hassle of selling and Elias said. “We’re in the business of helping people who are in a tough icejewelrybuyingservice.com shipping an item on eBay — all the forms involved in setting up a user spot. They can come to our store and paypal account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice and know that we can educate them on what they Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is really a have and we’ll give them what their items are worth. bargain deal.

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

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

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

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The number of people working in Queens increased in May by about 23,100 compared to the same month in 2013, according to state Labor Department figures released at the end of June.

That brought the unemployment rate in the borough down eight-tenths of a point in a year-to-year comparison, from 7.7 percent in May 2013 to 6.9 percent in May 2014.

There were 1,080,500 people with jobs in the borough in May of this year, compared to 1,057,400 the year before, the department said.

Similar year-to-year gains were recorded across the city, state and nation. The unemployment rates were, however, slightly higher in May than they were in April.

Officials said that statewide, the number of private sector jobs reached 7,568,600 in May, an all-time high, and they touted the last year and a half of improvements in the employ-

ment situation.

“New York State’s economy continued to grow in May as it added 21,300 private sector jobs, reaching a new alltime high and outpacing job growth nationwide,” Bohdan Wynnyk, deputy director of the Labor Department’s division of research and statistics, said in a prepared statement. “This marked the 18th consecutive month of private sector employment gains.”

The 18 months of statewide job growth marks the longest such streak Q since 1990, the department said.

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Gas prices highest in six years continued from page 10 Duy, co-owner of Gunral Service Center, located at the corner of Woodhaven Boulevard and 64th Road.

Now in its 38th year, the business has become something of a landmark in the area. On one recent morning, an uninterr upted stream of customers passed through, nearly everyone greeting Duy by his first name, hoping to get a new set of tires or a suspicious squeak under the hood looked into.

The action at the pumps was less hectic but considered steady.

One customer, a Bayside resident who preferred to be referred to simply as Kathe L., came in for a new battery. She was philosophical.

“The price of everything is going up,” she said. “What are your other options? I try to be economical with gas. I don’t waste it. I try to do my errands in the same area. I look for cheap gas prices and take advantage of cheap gas prices in New Jersey when I’m there.” She said she puts aside $30 a week for gas and “I try to live within that budget.”

Duy, who owns the station with his partner, Ralph Barone, admitted that prices at the pump definitely affect business.

“It depends on how big the jump is,” he said. “People can use their cars less.”

He has also noticed that far fewer customers pay in cash these days.

Dealers and drivers are paying more for PHOTO BY MARK LORD gasoline this summer.

“They don’t have that amount of cash on them,” he said. He estimated that it takes $50 to fill up the average car and over $100 for most trucks.

He has noticed that people are using plastic much more frequently nowadays.

“Once they use their credit card once, they get in the habit,” he said.

While many stations charge more for gas bought on credit, Duy charges the same for cash and credit. He said each station owner sets his own prices.

AAA reports that the national average price has fallen for the past 10 straight days. Still, regular unleaded gas remains Q 18 cents more than one year ago.

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Have fun Seriously? from Socrates Sculpture Park Beach, just adjacent on the water this toLaunching Yes, I was skeptical too. Growing up in New York City, the the riverside greenspace, anyone who wishes to grab a padsummer without East River always presented the impression of a mass of toxic dle on select weekends during the summer can do so. water that you would never want to make contact with your leaving the big city Kayakers sign a waiver and get a stamp to allow them unskin, let alone sail on. limited access to the beach for the day. They wait for a kayak

by Domenick Rafter The only time this city boy ever got to paddle a boat was cato open up, before being fitted with a life jacket by a volunteer noeing with my family as a child on a placid lake in Maine where my family has and helped onto the boat. Kayakers can go solo or with another person. Chila vacation home. But that was hundreds of miles from any urban environment dren under the age of 18 can also ride, accompanied by an adult.

Last Saturday, I strapped on a lifejacket and decided to do a little paddling myself. and the erratic currents of New York’s traffic-clogged waterways.

But now city dwellers like myself do not need to drive hours away to the counDespite my, albeit limited, experience in canoeing in Maine, I was not comtry to get the joy of boating. All you need is a MetroCard. pletely comfortable going out in a solo kayak. Although it’s very hard to flip a At Hallets Cove in Astoria, the nonprofit all-volunteer group LIC Boathouse kayak, as I was repeatedly told Saturday, I asked for a volunteer to join me.

Continuedononpage page offers free kayaking all summer long on select weekends for those who want to continued 45

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“Between the Lines,” a group exhibition by Zaun Lee, TJ Volonis and Scott Fitzgerald, connected by a shared interest of line, plane and pre-determined structure; thru July 12, Crossing Art, 136-17 39 Ave., Flushing. Info: (212) 359-4333, crossingart.com.

HSBC Children’s Garden Summer Session, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, thru Aug. 21, (7 weeks); 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Offering hands-on discovery for children ages 5-12, Summer I: Mon. & Wed. or Summer II: Tue. & Thurs., $810 QBG members/$900 nonmembers.

July only (Summer I or II): $477 QBG members/$530 nonmembers. Aug. only (Summer I or II): $360 QBG members/$400 nonmembers.

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Wayfinding: 100 NYC Public Sculptures by Bundith Phunsombatlert, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, located on the lawn between the Unisphere and the Queens Museum, on view thru November.

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House teams: Fri., 7:30, 8:30 & 9:30 p.m., $7 for the whole night. Info: secrettheatre.com.

MUSIC “Natives in Jazz,” a celebration of Native American jazz artists with special recognition of bassist Oscar Pettiford and singer Mildred Bailey, St. Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Ave. (54th St.), Manhattan, Sat., July 12, 7-9 p.m. $20 suggested donation.

Info/tickets: (718) 575-1922, nationalalliance.info.

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Queens Family Day: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Rashida Bumbray, Michael Mossman & Copland Jazz, in association with Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College, Queensbridge Park, 21st St. & Vernon Blvd., Long Island City, Sun., July 20, 4-7 p.m.

“The Magic of the Baroque,” Music at Mary’s Nativity Church, 46-02 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, Sun., July 20, 4 p.m. $10 in advance, $15 at door.

Revelations Quintet with soprano Candace Lynn Matthews. Contact: Paul Joseph, (516) 766-8116, pjclassical@yahoo.com.

“Latin Fire,” Queens Symphony Orchestra, 16th annual Great Summer Lawn Concert at St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica, Wed., July 30, 7 p.m. Free admission & parking. Info: (718) 990-1941.

Live at the Gantries Concert Series, Gantry Plaza State Park, 4-09 47 Road, Long Island City, every Tue., 7 p.m. July 15: Solomon Hicks, blues guitarist; July 22: Dhaka Band, world music; July 29: Kevin Batchelor’s Grand Concourse, reggae/ ska music; Aug. 5: And You and I, progressive rock music; Aug. 12: Zikrayat, Arabic music & dance.

Info: (718) 786-6385.

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“Fiddler on the Roof,” ICC Theater in Douglaston, 7200-7250 Douglaston Pkwy., Fri.-Sat., July 18-19, Thurs.-Sat., July 24-26, 8 p.m.; Sat., July 19, 2 p.m. (add post-show/pre-show dinner at 5 p.m., $30 pp); Sun., July 20, 3 p.m. (add 1 p.m. brunch, $30 pp). $40 VIP seating, $25 general admission. Tickets: (516) 205-8169, thejosephinefoundation.org.

Gantry Plaza State Park is hosting live music shows on Tuesdays through Aug. 12.

DANCE Young Dancemakers Company, 17 teens from NYC public high schools choreograph and dance to their own works, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Sun., July 27, at 1 p.m. Free, reservations recommended. Contact: (718) 329.7300, ext. 3358, aliceteirstein@gmail.com.

AUDITIONS “The Gingerbread Lady,” by Neil Simon, Douglaston Community Theatre, Zion Episcopal Church Hall, Church St., a block north of Northern Blvd. off Douglaston Pkwy., Tue., July 15, 7-10 p.m. Performances: weekends of Nov. 14, 21. Info: (347) 239-6262.

LECTURE Elder Law: Learn How to Protect Your Assets, Ronald Fatoullah, elder law attorney, Glendale Library, 78-60 73 Place, Thurs., July 17, 4 p.m. Free.

Contact: Ann Marie Joseph (718) 821-4980.

Grant Wade Jonathan, Tuscarora Raised Bead Art Tradition, Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing, Sun., July 27, 2 p.m., exhibit thru Aug. 30. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

CLASSES Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced with demonstration. Call: (718) 969-1128.

Italian for Beginners, every Tues., 7-9 p.m., 10-week course. $60 pp. Dance with Instruction, every Mon. and Fri., 7:15-8:15 p.m. $10. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, Contact: (718) 478-3100.

Co-ed mixed level Line Dance for adults, open to all levels, Cambria Heights Community Church, 116-02 220 St., Sat., July 20, Aug. 2, 16, Sept., 6, 20, 9:30-10:55 a.m. $10 per session. Bring water & towel. Info: (646) 229-0242, bof115@yahoo.com.

Spanish for beginners and Face & hand reading according to Zohar, Bayside Jewish Center, 203-05 32 Ave., Free. Info: (347) 771-9132.

Yoga in the Elements, Sat., July 12, 9:15-10:15 a.m. $12 pp; Scientifically Speaking: Environmental Archeology, Sat., July 12, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $24 pp. Pre-registration required. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston; Info/register: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

New York State Safe Boating Class, qualified U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary instructors, Flotilla 12-01, Fort Totten, Bayside, Sun., July 27, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

8-hour course, $65 pp. Registration required for entry & parking at Fort Totten. Info: Ralph Traub (347) 336-5866, Flotilla (347) 669-4460, uscgaux1201.org/unit_classes.html.

DJ classes, Mainline, 218-12 Hillside Ave., Queens Village, 1st & 2nd week of every month. Once a week, four sessions, classes in beat mixing and MC techniques. Call: (718) 479-4848.

Knitting Circle, Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Thurs., July 24, 2 p.m., Contact: (718) 459-1000, office@rpjc.org.

Tumbling with Autism Program, Team Up with Play4Autism at Triumph Gymnastics Center, 79-41 Cooper Ave., Glendale, Sun., 1:30-3:30 p.m. Child’s first Sunday free; after: $20 for 1 hour, $30 for 2 hours per child, $40 for 2 hours/2 children. Child must be a registered member of Play4Autism (play4autism.org). Info: Greg Vasicek, Play4Autism, (646) 836-4535.

Hands-on-History: Play Time! , King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, Sat., Aug. 9, 12-3 p.m. Free. Learn games kids played in the 19th century! Get some exercise & cool off with quiet indoor games. Contact: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13; kingmanor.org.

LP FAM’s youth basketball program, Queens Transition Center, 142-10 Linden Blvd., South Ozone Park, every Sat., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Boys/girls, ages 8-16. Contact: Mike Glasgow (917) 442-0479.

SPECIAL EVENTS 36th annual Thunderbird American Indian MidSummer Pow-Wow, Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, Fri.-Sun., July 25-27. Fri.- gates open 6 p.m.; performance 7-10 p.m. Sat.- gates open 10 a.m.; performances: 12-5 & 7-10 p.m. Sun.- gates open 10 a.m.; performance 12-5 p.m. $10 adults, $5 children; $15 adults all-weekend pass, $7 children. Free parking.

Contact: (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org.

Taste the World: Botanical Brew Fest, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, Sat., July 19, 12-3 p.m. & 4-7 p.m. Ticket req’d; $45 in advance, $50 at door (21+ only). Celebrate the 50th & 75th anniversaries of the World’s Fair at inaugural brew fest. Info/register: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org/Brewfest.

Harlem Magic Masters Basketball Show, York College Gymnasium, 160-02 Liberty Ave., Jamaica, Mon.-Thurs., July 14-17, shows at 9:45 & 11:30 a.m. $8. Tickets: (212) 643-2640, (800) 597-1140, harlemmagicmasters.com.

July Star Safari Astronomy Adventure, Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, Sat., July 19, 8-10 p.m. $16 per adult, $7 per child, pre-registration required. Contact: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com

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If you’ve got a desire to go see a good movie sometime this summer but want to avoid those ticket prices, the Queens Library is the place for you.

Throughout the rest of July, the library is offering free screenings of films of all kinds at the Central Library and several of its branches. Just be aware that policy says popcorn, soda and other snacks are not allowed.

Today, July 10, one of the most revered classics of all time is showing at the Central Library in Jamaica. The original 1933 “King Kong,” a request of library patrons, will play at 2 p.m.

As long as you can get past the relatively primitive movie technology of the time — and you should, as Kong still dazzles — you can enjoy the film as much as the New York Times reviewer did when it was new, saying in part: “Needless to say that this picture was received by many a giggle to cover up fright. Constant exclamations issued from the Radio City Music Hall yesterday.

‘What a man!’ observed one youth when

the ape forced down the great oaken door on the island. Human beings seem so small that one is reminded of Defoe’s ‘Gulliver’s Travels.’

“One step and this beast traverses half a block. If buildings hinder his progress, he pushes them down, and below him the people look like Lilliputians.”

If you’re not reading this in time to see “Kong,” the classics keep coming at the Central Library every Thursday this month at 2 p.m. On July 17, “Blackboard Jungle” is showing; the next week it’ll be “Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte,” and on the last day of the month Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers will grace the screen in “Top Hat.” And of course the library is not just playing movies of yore; much more recent ones are also showing. Another at the Central Library is “Down in the Delta” directed by the late Maya Angelou. The 1998 film about a Chicago family returning to Mississippi to reconnect with their roots will show at 6 p.m. July 24. And if you’re more interested in action, “NonStop,” which stars Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore and only came out this year, will play there at 2 p.m. July 27. For the

The library is showing films of all genres. younger set, there’s “The Lego Movie” at 6 p.m. July 16.

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Socrates Sculpture Park’s annual Outdoor Cinema series began with a bang, literally.

The opening night of the film event was met with storm clouds and pouring rain. Still, 20 or so diehard fans braved the weather and came out to see “Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer.”

Though the event was eventua l ly c a ncele d, it seemed strangely appropriate that only the truly committed stuck it out in the rain for so long.

After all, “Pussy Riot” tells the stor y of an all- Pussy Riot member.

PHOTO COURTESY SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK female punk performance group from Russia whose beliefs in femi- Occupy Red Square, show them your nism and publicity stunts have turned freedom!” the girls screamed atop the many against them while also drawing an Lobnoye Mesto dais.

The film details the beginnings of Pussy almost cult-like following.

Pussy Riot made international waves in Riot and follows the trial of Tolokonikova, 2012 when they took to the altar of Alyokhina and Samutsevich. Though the Christ the Savior Cathedral, deemed the filmmakers, Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozholiest place in the Russian Orthodox dorovkin, appear to be mostly sympathetic Chuch, in their usual dresses and neon toward Pussy Riot, they do try to balance balaclavas and rocked out to their song the story by showing the Orthodox Church in the aftermath of the performance and “A Punk Prayer.”

The song calls on the Virgin Mary to the historical reasons why so many were become a feminist and criticizes the strong offended.

All in all, “Pussy bond between Riot: A Punk Prayer” church and state. is an exciting and in“A man stands at depth survey of the the altar but a When: Wednesdays, 7 p.m., social and political woman should occuthrough Aug. 20 status of Russia and py it,” one member how it affects the said of their decision Where: Socrates Sculpture Park, people within it s to dance on the holy 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Astoria borders. With so ground.

Tickets: Free, many stories in the Three members, socratessculpturepark.org papers and on teleNadezhda Tolokonvision discussing the nikova, Maria relations between A l yo k h i n a and Yekaterina Samutsevich, were arrested Russia and Ukraine, it is refreshing to see and eventually charged with hooliganism. Russian citizens’ take on Putin.

Even though the screening was canAll but one served almost two years in a labor prison despite international outrage celed, Socrates Sculpture Park announced they will reschedule it. Those interested in and cries for their release.

The performance was not the first time seeing the film can check the park’s webPussy Riot made headlines, though it was site for updates.

All summer, Socrates Sculpture Park the first time they received so much international attention. The group also took to screens international films from countries Red Square on the day President Vladimir including Senegal and France.

In addition, most of the screenings feaPutin was inaugurated and sang “Putin ture a live music performance before the has Pissed Himself.”

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Rural recreation for city dwellers at Hallets Cove continued from page page 00 39 continued from Beatrice Hofman, who has volunteered with LIC Boathouse for just over a year, was nice enough to join me for a half-hour kayak trip around Hallets Cove.

On the day after the Fourth of July, the bright sunny skies brought out a huge crowd.

At times during the afternoon every one of the roughly 20 boats that lined the beach was out in the water. But that’s typical, Hofman said.

“This is actually not too bad,” she said.

“Usually we have a long line all afternoon waiting to get on a boat.”

Hofman’s experience proved helpful as she steered the boat away from the shore,

other kayakers and buoys that I most certainly would have hit on my own. I took in the sites, including the unique view of the Manhattan skyline from the north, where the tallest buildings barely peek over Upper East Side apartment towers.

On the north side of the cove, the shifting tide created a swift current just off the Astoria Houses, providing a perfect place to rest our arms as residents, who were outside by the river enjoying their holiday barbecues, waved to us.

A variety of people, from all genders, ages, incomes and ethnic backgrounds, came to try their hand at kayaking. Some even brought their dogs, large and small, which LIC Boathouse welcomes.

“The dog lifejackets are a new addition,” said Ted Gruber, a member of LIC Boathouse’s steering council who stopped for an interview with When: July 19, Aug. 3 and Aug. 16 from 1-5 p.m., me by kayak in the middle of Aug 30 and Sept. 13 from 1-4 p.m., the East River. “There are a conditions permitting. lot of people in Long Island Where: Socrates Sculpture Park Beach, 31st Avenue City and Astoria with pets and Vernon Boulevard, Astoria and we wanted to see how Website: licboathouse.org we can accommodate them.”

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than just walk-up paddling. Always seeking volunteers to add to its roster of about 60, the group offers free paddle trips three times each week during the summer to destinations in Queens and other boroughs.

Some of their jaunts are night trips. On July 23, Aug. 6 and 20, sunset kayaking will be offered in tandem with Socrates’ outdoor movie viewings.

For those who enjoy taking part in the kayaking experience, the fact that it can be done right in the heart of the city is both convenient and exciting.

“It was fun,” said Hanna Reznick, an Astoria resident who took her first paddling trip on Saturday. “It’s amazing that you can do that here. It’s too expensive and too difficult to get out of the city sometimes. I’m glad this is offered.”

Gruber said kayaking on the East River is a sign of the progress the city has made since the notorious late-20th century days of crime and grime.

“When I was younger, I always thought I’d leave New York because I enjoyed doing things like this,” Gruber said. “But here we are, kayaking in the heart of New York. This city has come a long way.”

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Queens Chronicle Editor Domenick Rafter after a successful kayaking trip around Hallets Cove PHOTO BY BEATRICE HOFMAN last Saturday. schedule, visit licboathouse.org. Any cancellations due to weather, tides or poor water quality are issued two hours prior to Q a scheduled event.

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14th annual Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial Concert, Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial Committee & Sunnyside Shines BID, Queens Blvd. & 46th St., under the Sunnyside Arch, Sat., Aug. 2, 2-7 p.m. 1920s costume contest. Free.

Farmer’s Market Fridays, Queens Botanical Garden, Dahlia Avenue off Main Street, Flushing, thru Nov. 21, every week, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

Greenmarkets — Socrates Sculpture Park: Vernon Blvd. & Broadway, Long Island City, every Sat., through Nov. 22, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

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30+ Singles Social, Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Sun., July 13 & Aug. 10, 2-6 p.m. $10. Contact: (718) 897-6255.

Wednesday Night Singles Group, SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck, second and fourth Wed. of each month, 7-9 p.m.

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Doggie boot camp, Crocheron Park, Bayside, every Sat. thru Oct., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. dogschoolny.com.

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Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens.

St. Benedict the Moor Church, Merrick Blvd. at 110th Ave., Jamaica, every Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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continued from page 42 00 to choose films that appeal to a broad spectrum of people. They are a communal cultural experience, and it is just plain fun to be in a cool place watching a great film on a hot day.”

While many of the movies are showing at the Central Library, other branches are in on the act too.

“The Monuments Men,” with George Clooney, Matt Damon and Bill Murray, will play at 3 p.m. July 15 at the DouglastonLittle Neck branch. It’s about a platoon in World War II that is tasked with retrieving artwork the Nazis stole and getting the pieces back to their rightful owners. It’s also being shown at 4 p.m. July 31 at the Fresh Meadows branch.

The Lefferts branch in South Richmond Hill is showing the original actionpacked “Robocop” at 3 p.m. July 26. The 1987 science fiction movie is about a murdered police officer who is revived as a cyborg.

The Rochdale Village Library is showing a series of well-regarded movies on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. “Driving Miss Daisy” is playing is playing July 15, followed by the original 1960 version of “Ocean’s Eleven” on July 22 and “Chicago” on July 29.

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If you can take an intermission that lasts a week, the North Hills Library is showing one of the most celebrated movies ever, “Gone with the Wind,” in two parts. The first half will be shown at 4:45 p.m. July 21 and the second at the same time July 28.

“It’s too big for a single evening!” the library said in its listing of the 1939 classic set during the Civil War. Perhaps the delay will only add to the suspense. Even if it doesn’t, the film is so esteemed that Q frankly, you shouldn’t give a damn.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: RED CANVAS FILMS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/18/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Alberto Diaz, 90-19 88th Ave., Apt. B14, Woodhaven, NY 11421.

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SQ page 52 Index No. 1989/11. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS. RECEIVED JUNE 20, 2014 COUNTY CLERK QUEENS COUNTY. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the Mortgage premises is situated. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Plaintiff - against - Segundo Manuel Chimbay a/k/a Segundo Chimbay, Felicia M. Chimbay, if living and if she be dead, any and all persons who are spouses, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienor, heirs, devisees, distributees, or successors in interest of such of the above as may be dead, and their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residences are unknown to Plaintiff, Maria J. Chimbay, Luis Antonio Vizhany a/k/a Luis Antonio Vizhnay a/k/a Luis Vizhnay, New York City Environmental Control Board, New York City Parking Violations Bureau, New York City Transit Adjudication Bureau, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., United States of America-Internal Revenue Service, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Louis Paillacho, Maria Paillacho, Pablo Napan and Maria Ramirez. Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT. THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $533,850.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York on November 13, 2007, at CRFN 2007000565274, covering premises known as 32-19 86th Street, East Elmhurst a/k/a Queens, NY 11369. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NOTICE - YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the Mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your Mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Williamsville, New York. September 9, 2013. //signed// By: Stephen J. Wallace, Esq., Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, New York 11706, (631) 9693100. Our File No.:01-048574

13-26 128 ST LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/22/14.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O John L. Dellafiora, 22-42 129th St., College Point, NY 11356. Purpose: Any lawful activity

Notice of Formation of 40-26 JACKSON LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/12/2014. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 20281 East County Club Drive, Apt. 1912, Aventura, FL 33180.

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Purpose: any lawful activity.

352 E. 134TH STREET PARTNERS, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/27/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 7416A Grand Ave., Elmhurst, NY 11373. General Purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: AGAVI JUICE LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/26/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Andy Ngucaj, 75-24 197th Street, 1st floor, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX # 598/14 FILED: 1/14/14 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgage premise is situated. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff(s), against, EDITH ANDERSON, THOMAS ANDERSON, if living, and if they be dead, their respective heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendants who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, NYC COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES, CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION & FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12”, the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendant(s). TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AND FILING THE ANSWER WITHIN THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not serviced with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may appear within (60) days of service thereof and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: THE OJBECT of the above-captioned action is to foreclose on a mortgage which was recorded on the office of the Clerk of the County of Queens where the property is located on June 17, 2008 recorded Document 2008000243014 in the office of the City Register of the City of New York. Said mortgage was then assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., by assignment of mortgage which was dated November 9, 2011 and the assignment of which was recorded on December 5, 2011 at the Clerk’s office where the property is located covering premises known as 99-52 211th PL., QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11429 (Section: N/A Block: 10879 Lot: 31). The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above to the above named Defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Augustus C. Agate, an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated June 17, 2014 and filed along with the supporting papers in the office of the Clerk of the County of Queens. This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Queens and State of New York. SECTION: N/A BLOCK: 10879 LOT: 31 said premises known as 99-52 211th PL., QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11429. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. By reason of the default in the payment of the monthly installment of principal and interest, among other things, as hereinafter set forth, Plaintiff, the holder and owner of the aforementioned note and mortgage, or their agents have elected and hereby accelerate the mortgage and declare the entire mortgage indebtedness immediately due and payable. The following amounts are now due and owing on said mortgage, no part of any of which has been paid although duly demanded. Entire principal Balance in the amount of $350,840.18 with interest from March 1, 2011. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THE DEBT OR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME, ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with our lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by New York State Banking Department at 1-877-Bank-NYS or visit the Department’s website at www. banking.state.ny.us FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. Section 1303 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME - If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving the copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you may lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF MORTGAGE COMPANY AND FILING AN ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY 10504. Our file #13-05985.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX# 700358/2013 FILED: 4/03/2014, SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgage premise is situated. FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, Plaintiff, against CUVAS ELLIS, GLADSTONE ELLIS, if he be living and if she be dead, if, the respective heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint, NYC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE CWHEQ REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-E and “JOHN DOE” and “JANE DOE, “the last two names being fictitious and said parties intended being tenants, or occupants, if any, having or claiming an interest in, or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant(s). TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not serviced with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may appear within (60) days of service thereof and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: THE OBJECT of the above-captioned action is to foreclose on a mortgage that was recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens on December 7, 1993, in Mortgage Liber 3730 at Page 1547. Said mortgage was then assigned to Plaintiff by an Assignment of Mortgage which was recorded in the Queens County Clerk’s Office on November 17, 2010 in CRFN 2010000386796. Plaintiff is the holder and the owner of the aforesaid NOTE and MORTGAGE, covering premises known as 138 37 224 Street, Laurelton, NY 11413-2732. (Block 13138 Lot 17). The relief sought within this action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Sidney F. Strauss, J.S.C., a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, filed along with the supporting papers in the office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS on 3/20/2014.

This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens and City and State of New York (Block 13138 Lot 17). Said premises known as 138 37 224 Street, Laurelton, NY 11413-2732. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. By reason of the default in the payment of the monthly installment of principal and interest, among other things, as hereinafter set forth, Plaintiff, the holder and owner of the aforementioned note and mortgage, or their agents have elected and hereby accelerate the mortgage and declare the entire mortgage indebtedness immediately due and payable. The following amounts are now due and owing on said mortgage, no part of any of which has been paid although duly demanded: By virtue thereof, plaintiff has heretofore elected and by these presents hereby elects to accelerate the entire unpaid principal balance of $83,837.50 to be immediately due and payable under the mortgage herein foreclosed, with accrued interest at 8% per annum from June 1, 2011. Plaintiff is also entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees in the amount of $1,300.00, plus costs and disbursements, for which demand is hereby made UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/ CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully.

SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained

by New York State Banking Department at 1-877-Bank-NYS or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. Section 1303 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving the copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you may lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING AN ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Kozeny, McCubbin & Katz, LLP., Attorneys for the Plaintiff, 395 N. Service Road, Suite 401, Melville, NY 11747 Our File 20159

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO LAW, that the NYC Deptartment of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday July 23, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at 66 John Street, 11th floor, on a petition from Cositas Ricas Corp. to continue to maintain, and operate an enclosed sidewalk café at 79-19 Roosevelt Avenue in the Borough of Queens for a term of four years.

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Asking $629K A MUST SEE! LINDENWOOD HOWARD BEACH OPEN HOUSE • NEW LOTS, BROOKLYN 964 Ashford Street Saturday, July 12th • 12-2pm NEW LISTING Beautiful, Totally Renovated 2 Family, Basement & 1st floor is a 1 Bedroom Duplex with Full Finished Basement, Beautiful 2 BR Condo in South Gate, LG RMS, Fully Full Bath, EIK, 2nd & 3rd floor Duplex Renov, 2 Full Baths (1-w/Huge shower & Custom Bench, 2-Soaker Tub), Kit Fully Renov with SS Appl, has 3 Bedrooms & 1 and a 1/2 baths, Under Cabinet Lighting, Slide out for Pots & Pans, Terrace, EIK. Both have Brand new Granite Sunk-in sink, LR, DR, Custom Storm door leading to Huge Terr. All closets Fully renov from S.S. Appliances & Hardwood floors Container Store, Carpet throughout. All doors are throughout, Private Driveway. solid wood w/Custom Handles & Door stoppers, Seller wants to hear all offers! MUST SEE! MUST SEE! ASKING $539K

The Mets were 11 games under .500 when they returned to Citi Field July 4 after a sevengame road trip. General manager Sandy Alderson knew that he would have to address the media about his perceptions of the first half of the 2014 season. Clearly it was not a get-together that he was looking forward to having.

Alderson began the proceedings by saying he believes the Mets have the personnel to perform far better than they have been, and that they are heading in the right direction. Eyeballs were understandably rolling and heads were shaking after Alderson made that statement.

I quickly asked him if he took exception with legendary NFL head coach Bill Parcells’ belief that you are what your record says you are. Alderson said he agrees with Parcells’ famous statement but that it’s too simplistic to use as a basis for future personnel decisions.

July is when contending teams make trades with clubs who’ve put up the white flag for the season. Alderson understandably wasn’t going to admit the Mets would shortly be selling talent but admitted that his phone hasn’t exactly been ringing off the hook from his counterparts in the executive suite. He said he expected to be fielding calls during the All-Star Game break, but that may be wishful thinking.

Sandy used his informal confab with the

press to rave about how the Mets farm system is loaded with talented middle infielders such as Wilmer Flores and Matt Reynolds. Clearly he is putting the word out that both shortstop Ruben Tejada and second baseman Daniel Murphy are available.

Alderson was queried about his preseason statement that his team was capable of winning 90 games. “That was a private conversation that somehow became public,” he said. “In addition that was not meant as a prediction but rather as a way of changing the mindset of both fans and players.”

I asked if he was concerned about ridicule once his declaration was public fodder. “Well I knew that it would be the basis for conversations such as the one that we are having,” he said with a smile.

Manager Terry Collins told the media that the most painful aspect of the first half of the season was the team’s poor record in one-run games, which he attributed to poor situational hitting. “We’ve had 60 games decided by three runs or less,” he said. “Being able to get timely hits determines the outcomes of those games.”

Saturday should be a fun day at Citi Field as Huey Lewis & The News will perform their ’80s and early-’90s hits after the MetsQ Marlins game. Let’s hope it’s a fast game.

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

Goose Creek Station, Jamaica Bay

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

The Jamaica Bay Islands scattered through 20 square miles of marshes provide complete isolation and tranquility in Queens — and area residents like it that way. Some can trace their family roots back 100 years, staying put from generation to generation.

Prior to the building of the Cross Bay Bridge in 1939, you were transported to the Rockaway peninsula via the Long Island Rail Road, and one station on the way was called Goose Creek.

Also there, to the right in the photograph, was the Charles Noehren Hotel. The Noehren family, early settlers from Scotland, erected the hotel shortly after the LIRR station was built in 1888. Family members Henry and William were all in the fishing boat business, specializing in fishing, tackle and nets.

When the LIRR was electrified in 1905, business was booming. But in 1935, with the new Cross Bay Bridge for cars coming soon, the LIRR closed the station as a costsaving measure. After the opening of the

Goose Creek Station looking south on Aug. 7, 1914. Noehren’s Hotel is to the right. bridge the area was cleared in 1940. The remaining Noehren family members moved to Woodhaven.

In 1953 the LIRR sold the former station site to the newly formed New York City Transit Authority, which revamped the route and opened a subway line, charging an additional 15 cents south of Howard Beach in 1958. The additional fee was stopped in 1975.

Today, with the building of modern sewers and roads residents on the bay can continue living there and passing their properQ ties down to another new generation.

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Beautiful Mint Colonial, 3 BRs, 2.5 baths. 2005 new construction, 1st fl all ceramic tiles, granite counters. Lots of cabinets, new H/W heater/boiler, all new appl, wood fls. 2nd fl oversized Master BR w/cathedral ceilings & full Master Bath, 2 more large BRs. House equipped w/Sprinklers. Asking $420K

Unique/Contemporary 5 BRs/4 full baths.

Cathedral ceilings & skylights, walk-in.

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Mint “All Brick” split-level Colonial 40x110. 4 BRs, 3 new full baths. New custom EIK w/island. Huge FDR. Tiles 1st fl. & HW flrs upstairs. Pavers front & back. Pvt. dvwy. IG heated pool. All redone. 4 years includes windows, kit., baths, CAC, boiler & roof.

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Mint AAA, new construction 2009. All Brick Colonial. 4 BRs, 3.5 Baths. All new LR with fireplace. 9’ ceilings 1st & 2nd floors. Full finished basement & separate entrance. Pvt dvwy & detached 1-car gar. IG sprinklers, PVC fencing & wrought iron gates.

Pavers in backyard. $799K

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37x100 HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD CONDO lot. 7 ROCKWOOD PARK REDUCED BRs, 3 full • Greentree Condo. 2nd fl., mint 3 Hi-Ranch on 40x100, 3 BRs/2 HOWARD BEACH BRs/2 baths, 2 terraces ...$329K baths, HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK HOWARD BEACH full baths over 2 BRs & full bath.

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Oversized 50x100 lot on amazing unfinished CENTREVILLE CONDO basement, Cape on 50 x 80 lot. 4 Beautiful 5 BR Home, 3 full baths, Home totally redone. Sliding block. Dormered Cape featuring • 4 BR, 2 bath, 2 terrace, plus BRs, 1 bath. Full unfinished doors to backyard, 2 car gar, all full fin bsmnt w/sep. ent., deck off 5 BRs, 3 full baths, full unfinished private driveway. 2 car basement. Asking $479K paved dvwy.

Only $678K 1st fl, new appl, 2 car gar. $659K basement.

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