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Residents and officials are calling on law enforcement to do more about the throngs of ATVs, dirt bikes and other unlicensed vehicles that travel in packs and wreak havoc on the roads. Videos have circulated as hundreds take over roads like Cross Bay Boulevard and Beach Channel Drive, above. Mayor Adams announced a summer initiative to tackle the problem but results remain to be seen.

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Riders continue to storm the roadways Calls for more action after three Sundays of ‘terror’

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espite a push from Mayor Adams to address the ongoing issue of ATVs, dirt bikes and other unlicensed vehicles taking over the streets in packs, videos have continued to circulate and complaints to be aired, especially after this past weekend, as traffic again was thwarted by the brigades.

Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) said it has been “three Sundays of absolute terror,” as the collection of unlicensed offroaders bombard the streets of Rockaway, Broad Channel, Howard Beach, Woodhaven, Ozone Park and even the boardwalks.

She said a combination of 300 to 500 motorcycles, ATVs, dirt bikes and more fly through at high speeds, jump curbs and terrorize neighborhoods.

And the problem, she said, affects the greater Queens County.

Their route, she said, seems to be from the Marine Parkway Bridge, along the Rockaway Peninsula, over the Cross Bay and Addabbo bridges and through Howard Beach and Woodhaven.

Videos shared to social media show the packs blatantly disregarding traffic rules and halting the flow.

Some even take to Facebook to warn others, like one user who posted in the Howard Beach

Dads group on Sunday warning Howard Beach residents to stay off Cross Bay Boulevard at that time because what she said looked like over 100 ATVs and dirt bikes were “flying through and driving recklessly” in Broad Channel. She called the scene “unnerving.”

Phyllis Inserillo, co-president of the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association and Ariola’s chief of staff, said she was caught in the middle of it on Sunday while trying to turn onto Cross Bay. “I had the green light to go,” she said. “They had no care in the world. They were giving me the finger ... cursing me out like I was doing something wrong. I could not believe it.”

Then she watched as a woman leaving Cold Stone Creamery got knocked right over on the sidewalk by the motorists, launching ice cream everywhere.

At the end of June, the NYPD and Adams announced in a press conference that nearly 100 of the vehicles had been seized and were crushed and he laid out a summer plan that included appointing patrol borough inspectors to map motorbike ride-outs, hosting weekly strategy sessions, utilizing field intelligence officers to identify storage and meeting spots and analyzing 311 complaints.

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Maspeth) said he has been pressing law enforcement at all levels to increase enforcement but the only

solutions he has heard are to find out where the vehicles are stored.

He argues that it is not enough to try and seize each bike one at a time, however.

Back in June, a young boy named William was being walked in a stroller by his grandmother when he was hit by a scooter bike on Eliot Avenue.

Police at the 104th Precinct originally let the driver go but then Holden stepped in. He says it seems that officers do not even know which vehicles are and are not legal.

“Now ... the 104 is cracking down on these,” he said.

Holden is also against police publicly saying that they will not chase the drivers because it lets them know they can get away with it.

“It’s a sign of the erosion of our quality of life in New York City that these guys are above the law,” Holden said.

He contends that police should utilize the technology they have available and gather intelligence to perform roadblocks and follow the riders to where they congregate.

“A cop really doesn’t want to get involved with a lot of these quality-of-life issues because it can escalate into problems, especially if you’re going to confiscate it and the guy gets nasty,” Holden added.

He would consider introducing a resolution in the City Council to address the problem and

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Hundreds of bikers flooded the streets in packs over the weekend. FACEBOOK SCREENSHOT require all motorized vehicles be registered and insured but there is only so much that can be done because it is a statewide issue.

The unlicensed vehicles are immune to red light and speed cameras, which is not lost on residents who gripe that such devices will run 24/7.

Ariola, who is also a member of the Council’s Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, added that she is working with law enforcement and the mayor to take the “rioters causing mayhem” into custody and have the vehicles confiscated and destroyed.

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Holden, DOT at odds over Citi Bike sites Calls for Queens commissioner’s ouster; says public input ignored

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

The uneasy back-and-forth between civic leaders in Community District 5 and the city Department of Transportation over the expansion of the Citi Bike program grew heated last week, with Councilman Bob Holden (D-Maspeth) calling on the DOT to fire Queens Borough DOT Commissioner Nicole Garcia; and the DOT implying that the councilman shouldn’t hold his breath waiting for it to happen.

A plan to expand Citi Bike with 52 docking stations in the district was first discussed with members of Community Board 5 back in March. Concerned with the potential impact in already-limited parking spaces, Christina Wilkinson of the Juniper Park Civic Association went to the proposed sites and drew up a 31-page counterproposal with 45 sites and far fewer parking spaces lost.

Holden, in a press release on July 8, said Garcia and the DOT are flat out ignoring community input, and not for the first time.

“After years of extended efforts to work with the Queens Borough DOT to get things done and make my district safer for constituents and being met with nothing but resistance, I am calling for Queens DOT Commissioner Nicole Garcia to be fired,” Holden said in his press release.

Holden said the Queens DOT has repeatedly “put the brakes on most requests” for stop signs, speed bumps and other traffic

Citi Bike stations are coming to Community District 5 this summer, but Councilman Bob Holden PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON / FILE says the Department of Transportation is ignoring public input. safety measures.

“Someone shouldn’t have to die for the Queens DOT to act, but that is exactly what the Queens DOT has done under Commissioner Garcia,” he said. “Garcia’s Queens DOT shows nothing but contempt for local civic organizations in middle-class neighborhoods, particularly in their refusal to

seriously consider requests regarding Citi Bike installations. Garcia’s Queens DOT makes a dog and pony show out of asking for community input and then throws it in the gutter.”

DOT spokesman Vin Barone said the agency’s hierarchy has a far different view.

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and the Queens office have shepherded some of the City’s most exciting and innovative projects in recent years, bringing historic improvements to bus service, new pedestrian plazas and other entirely new street designs that have made the diverse streets of the World’s Borough safer and more vibrant for all residents,” he said in an email. “An exemplary public official, Borough Commissioner Garcia and her office have given careful and detailed consideration to community feedback on Citi Bike siting — and we stand by her work.”

The DOT also has said it has incorporated community input into its plans wherever possible, including some specific suggestions from civic groups in Holden’s district.

Installation of the docking stations is set for this summer. Holden told the Chronicle back in April that the district would welcome the expansion of the program, but not at the cost of too many on-street parking spaces.

The DOT sees a project with absolutely no loss of parking spaces as going against its sitting guidelines.

As to Garcia specifically, the DOT also has repeatedly touted as successes a number of projects that have taken place during her tenure, including busways on Main Street in Flushing and Jamaica and Archer avenues in Jamaica; the 39th Avenue Bike Boulevard in Sunnyside; and ongoing 34th AveQ nue Plaza projects in Jackson Heights.

Sunset Cove work breaking ground

Second phase of development will bring new classroom and boardwalk

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Wednesday marked the beginning of the second phase of development at Sunset Cove Park in Broad Channel, which aims to turn the former dumping ground into a picturesque park.

The $4.2 million project will create a new outdoor classroom and boardwalk built with reclaimed wood from the Rockaway Boardwalk, which was destroyed in Superstorm Sandy. Two new bioswales will also be built at the park entrance to collect stormwater.

City Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue joined Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery Assistant Communication Director Shachar Roloson, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park), Broad Channel Civic Association and Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers President Daniel Mundy Sr. and members of the community to celebrate.

“I am thrilled to break ground on the second phase of the Sunset Cove project, as we contin-

ue to revitalize a space that was for years inaccessible to the community,” said Donoghue in a prepared statement.

The park was closed for over a decade and was restored in 2019 with 4.5 acres of salt marsh and seven acres of maritime upland. It serves an important role in storm protection, reducing wave and wind impacts.

“Thanks to its unique location, Sunset Cove is well positioned to tell the story of how Jamaica Bay’s wetlands perform critical functions that safeguard our environment,” said Richards in a statement.

“The kids who will walk this boardwalk and use this classroom will be able to learn about their surroundings in a way they couldn’t before, giving them a more thorough understanding of the environment and the threats posed to it.”

The project was funded by a New York Rising grant with additional support from the borough president, Pheffer Amato, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and former Q Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder.

Community leaders and elected officials gathered to mark the ground-breaking of the second phase of work at Sunset Cove Park in Broad Channel on Wednesday. PHOTO BY DANIEL AVILA / NYC PARKS

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Cameras to give 15 mph of leeway

No tix until 36 in school speed zones marked for 20 due to device setting

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

Speed cameras near schools will be a bit more forgiving when they start running 24/7 next month, the Queens Chronicle has learned.

Right now, the cameras are programmed to issue a ticket when someone goes 11 miles an hour over the posted limit during certain hours, typically 20 mph from, say, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. Outside of those hours, the limit reverts to the city standard of 25 and the cameras go dark.

But in a move supporters say will make the streets safer — and critics say is just another money grab — the city’s 2,000 cameras in 750 school zones will go to 24-hour-a-day operation Aug. 1.

Because of how the cameras will be programmed, however, people will get to speed a little more during school hours on streets where the limit changes. The cameras will be “tuned” to the higher speed, according to the city Department of Transportation, and will not be adjusted when the limit changes. So someone who would get a ticket going 31 in a 20 zone during school hours the way the cameras work now would have to hit 36 to get a citation on a roadway with a 25-mph limit other times.

The change to 24-7 operation of the cameras is the result of legislation recently approved

by both the state, which has control over how and when they may be used, and the City Council. Mayor Adams and Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced on June 30 that a monthlong public awareness campaign will precede the Aug. 1 switchover.

Officials say the cameras save lives and prevent injuries by reducing speeding. When the city began using them in a limited number of school zones in 2014, injuries fell 17 percent, and speeding dropped 60 percent, acccording to the DOT. Now, the city says, the cameras and tickets have been shown to cut speeding by 72 percent.

“New Yorkers deserve to be safe on our streets 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and keeping our cameras on is a critical step in that direction,” Adams said in a prepared statement. “Speed cameras work: They save lives, reduce speeding, and help protect New Yorkers all across the city. And we are expanding this proven program to ensure that New Yorkers have that protection at any time of any day.”

The Chronicle contacted the offices of all five members of the City Council Transportation Committee from Queens for interviews or comment on the issue. The office of committee Chairwoman Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Laurelton) did not respond to the request, while aides to Councilwomen Linda Lee

Dowry gets Cross Bay pig to upstate NY farm

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Bacon the pig, who was rescued off Cross Bay Boulevard two weeks ago in a dramatic event that brought communities near and far together, has found a forever home in upstate New York thanks to securing just over $10,500.

The distressed baby pig was found stuck in the area known as the Weeds off Cross Bay by Howard Beach teacher Angela Carcione and her friend, who were taking an after-dinner stroll.

They enlisted PJ Marcel of the Howard Beach Dads group for help and eventually law enforcement and even an ambulance were on the scene.

Animal rescuers were contacted, including Karenlynn Stracher, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, who took Bacon back to her home on Long Island while she contacted various sanctuaries that could take him. A fundraiser was started, too, because the Yorkshire hog, a genetically engineered breed intended for slaughter, could reach 800 pounds and will require a lifetime of care, Stracher told the Chronicle.

She rehabilitated the piglet, who she said

Bacon the pig on his way to his new sanctuary home. PHOTO COURTESY KARENLYNN STRACHER showed signs of abuse, until having him accepted by the Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary in Poughquag, NY. The sanctuary has earned the highest rating possible for ethical treatment, she wrote in an update on the fundraiser page.

In a post to the Howard Beach Dads community, she wrote, “What a difference from the night he was rescued, when he was terrified, screaming and thrashing.”

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(D-Oakland Gardens) and Julie Won (D-Sunnyside) acknowledged it but did not provide anything by press time.

Neither of the two members who granted interviews, Councilwomen Nantasha Williams ( D -Ja maica) a nd Joann Ariola ( R- Ozone Pa rk) , k new when they were contacted that t he ca mer a pro gramming will allow people to go 15 mph over the limit.

A r iola did not support the move to The speed limit sign outside PS/IS 49 in Middle Village, like many, puts 24-hour use of the the maximum during certain hours at 20 mph on a street where it’s 25 at cameras. She said other times. That means people won’t get a camera-based ticket unless they are being over- they go over 35 starting Aug. 1, at any time of day. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN used and can even cause crashes as people quickly slow down ans have been killed in his district in a short when they see signs warning of them and get period of time, he said.

Holden said people should only go 20 in hit from behind. They should just drive slow front of schools but that they should not be getaround schools in the first place, she added.

“As a safety measure it’s completely over- ting tickets for going 31 mph several blocks sold,” she said of the camera program. “It’s away, which is happening because the cameras are so widely dispersed. The real problem, he more a tax on middle-class New Yorkers.” said, are the people going 50 or 60 through Violators are issued $50 tickets.

Williams backed the extended use of the neighborhoods.

He did not know about the cameras’ being cameras but has some reservations about the program, namely that there is no “restorative” tuned to a higher speed limit than what is postelement to it and that the fines are high and ed on a sign, either.

“So that kind of defeats the purpose of tryburdensome.

“But despite those issues, cameras do ing to get people to slow down to 30 miles an work,” she said. “I cannot deny it. I do believe hour at least, 20 miles an hour,” he said. “And the science and data; I just wish we took a most people do slow up going through a school zone now. I think most people are aware of the more equitable approach.”

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Vil- cameras.”

A DOT spokesman, asked if the cameras lage), who does not sit on the committee but is a frequent critic of the DOT — last week he could be set to one speed limit during certain called for its Queens commissioner to be fired hours and then a higher one later on each day, — said he supported extending the cameras’ said he would ask engineers at the agency hours of operation because nighttime is when about the idea, but did not get back with an Q the street carnage is at its worst. Nine pedestri- answer by press time Wednesday.

Plundered pup returns home A dog stolen from a grandfather in Ozone Park at the end of June has been returned safely to the family.

The young pit bull, named Off-White, was nabbed in a brazen act in broad daylight outside the family’s home.

A man on a scooter chatted with 75-yearold Carlos Gil, pet the dog and then snatched him up and rode off.

The Gil family told ABC7 New York that a woman who purchased the dog from a man realized that it was the same dog posted on fliers in the neighborhood. The dog could have been worth up to $1,000. The woman

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on’t throw the ferry out with the mathwater! It’s true the numbers don’t add up when it comes to the cost of running NYC Ferry, as per a new audit from city Comptroller Brad Lander, but that’s no surprise. This was a Bill de Blasio joint. Of course the true costs were hidden while false egalitarianism was the message. But that doesn’t mean the service should be ended altogether.

According to Lander, the city’s Economic Development Corp., which runs the system, incurred $758 million in ferry-related expenditures from July 1, 2015 through Dec. 31, 2021 but only reported $534 million as such.

The audit also found the cost to the taxpayer of each ferry ride is $12.88, while the rider pays $2.75. The subsidy was supposed to be only $6.60 a ride when the service was sold to the public — by a de Blasio administration that was swimming in revenue and loved nothing more than finding new ways to spend it — and the EDC claimed it was just $8.59

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last year. By comparison, the subsidy for a subway ride was $1.05 (as reported by Curbed in 2019); for a bus it was $4.92.

The ferries are nothing like the subways and buses. They serve, on the whole, a wealthier clientele and are used more often for weekend trips, not commuting. The fare should be doubled or tripled.

NYC Ferry runs up and down the East River from Throgs Neck in the Bronx to Sunset Park and then on to Rockaway, with numerous stops along the way. It’s a worthwhile project, but it has to be better paid for.

While we’re at it, subway and bus fares should go to $3. That would both bring the MTA more revenue and return us to the Pizza Principle, which shows that since the early ’60s at least, the price of a slice and of a subway ride have been nearly the same in NYC. Pizza’s gone up, so the subway should too. We shouldn’t be violating basic economic rules or risking bad karma or something here.

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he havoc caused by dirt bike and ATV riders who clog up roadways and intimidate or even attack innocent drivers is getting worse, and must be addressed more forcefully.

For the past three Sundays, a band of riders that South Queens City Councilwoman Joann Ariola estimates at 300 to 500 has come to the Rockaways from Brooklyn via the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, ridden along the peninsula to the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge and then gone north through Broad Channel and into Howard Beach, Woodhaven and beyond via the Cross Bay-Woodhaven Boulevard corridor.

They don’t exactly practice defensive driving. Weaving, popping wheelies, rapidly speeding up and slowing down, going through red lights, going on the

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No ballot requested Dear Editor: As a table inspector for the Board of Elections, I wonder how Richard Reif’s name was on an absentee ballot register when he did not send a request for one (“Voter gets absentee ballot he didn’t ask for,” July 7, multiple editions). I had no such occurrence but similar situations happen for party registrations, change of address, etc.

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The current system works very well to list and identify voters, and no ID beyond when it is specifically requested should be necessary.

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Dear Editor: A big, grateful thanks for June 23rd’s “Music’s Superstars Hail from Queens,” which offers due justice to the primacy of Queens musicians in the pantheon of rock (“Music to Our Ears,” 25th annual Celebration of Queens edition). Celebrating these homegrown musical icons wouldn’t be complete, however, without a mention of Steely Dan’s Walter Becker. His band, with its jazzy sounds and smart-aleck lyrics, held a privileged niche between punk rock

wrong side of the road, literally driving in circles — they do it all. Ironically, they use some of the same tactics police use to slow traffic and keep their group unified. But they have no legitimate purpose; in fact, most of their vehicles aren’t even street legal.

The police have to make this a bigger priority. City Hall has to reassure them it has their back so they won’t be intimidated themselves. This is classic broken windows theory; letting disorder grow will only lead to more and worse criminality. We understand if cops are concerned about a brawl breaking out if they start ticketing or arresting riders but something must be done. More confiscations and public destruction of their illegal rides, will help. The city has to use all the tools at its command.

If this continues it will only get worse.

and classic rock. On November 1, 2018, Walter’s native street block was co-named in his honor, information I read about in your newspaper.

Hope it’s not a case of “Reelin’ in the Years”?

John Pineiro Jr. Manhattan

Flack and my father Dear Editor: I would like to thank you for running Bernard Gotfryd’s photograph of Roberta Flack in the article “Flack to receive key to city at jazz fest” (July 7, multiple editions).

Mr. Gotfryd was my father, who had a 31-year-long career on staff at Newsweek magazine. Ninety percent of his subjects were icons and celebrities. He died in June 2016, and left a huge archive to the Library of Congress, so it is encouraging to see his legacy of images continue to be published (and thank

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USPS must fight mail theft If people were paying attention, not much.

When Bill de Blasio came to Forest Hills for a Dear Editor: (An open letter to United States Postal Ser- town hall back in 2020 to face an audience apprehensive over the new bail reforms, their vice District Manager Frank Calabrese) state legislator Andrew Hevesi leapt to defend I write to respectfully request that you conde Blasio, admonishing the assemblage, “You sider taking immediate steps to address the don’t believe in the presumption of innotheft of mail from United States Postal Service “Relay Boxes” in the 6th Congressional District cence” while telling them to blame him for legislated reforms liberalizing bail, “not him,” located in Queens, New York.

Recently, my constituents have been pointing to the mayor. See it on You Tube at bit.ly/3PmNSGC. impacted by a surge of mail theft, in which Hopefully the letter writer can now relax dark green relay mailboxes have been targeted for theft. The relay boxes, unlike standard blue somewhat: Hevesi has apparently reconsidmailboxes, do not feature a slot and require a ered, issuing a joint statement on June 25 with Congresswoman Grace Meng, state Sen. Joe key to open. These boxes can store thousands Addabbo Jr. and various other ordinarily doof letters at a time and are vulnerable to breakins. As you know, mail theft is a crime with nothing elected party hacks of the sort Queens has in abundance, “... requesting that serious consequences. Identities can be stolen, money removed from bank accounts, sensitive Mr. Hirsch remain in custody. Granting bail would be the wrong decision and we hope that documents obtained and more. Having just one letter stolen can have lasting effects on a it does not happen ...”

So we can see that under the right set of victim. Seniors are particularly vulnerable, and that is why it is crucial for this to be a top circumstances even Queens residents can see their legislators briefly emerge to represent priority of the USPS. I am encouraged by the USPS’s recent coor- their actual interests.

Edwin Eppich dination with the New York City Police DepartGlendale ment to arrest six individuals charged with mail theft and fraud in Queens. I hope that partnerships with law enforcement and other relevant Supreme contradictions agencies continue, as they are vital in keeping Dear Editor: our communities safe. I also urge the USPS to Re Deirdre Bardolf’s July 7 report “New consider further initiatives to improve the secugun laws pass in special session”: rity of relay boxes to decrease their vulnerabiliI’m not bulletproof; that’s why the U.S. ty to theft. I have full faith in the USPS’s ability Supreme Court’s decision overturning New to make necessary security upgrades as they York’s Sullivan Act scares the hell out of me. did with the blue mailboxes in my district — an It should scare all New Yorkers who don’t effective initiative that I encouraged. wear body armor as part of their daily attire.

I appreciate your immediate attention to this New laws enacted in Albany may provide matter. I look forward to your response detailsome measure of safety, but firearms ing a course of action to ensure that the mail of fanatics will challenge them and their legal my constituents is secured.

Grace Meng motions are likely to reach the U.S. Supreme U.S. Representative for the Sixth District Court.

That court’s six conservative justices Flushing failed to realize that the Second Amendment is not a license to kill or a suicide pact. But A biz beautifies its block they displayed a curious contradiction in their rulings on gun control and abortion.

Dear Editor: They ignored the doctrine of states’ rights by Thanks to Holiday Farms on Springfield overturning a law that protected New YorkBoulevard for putting flowers in front of their store. They have a clean new facade and are ers for over a century. But in overturning Roe v. Wade, they embraced states’ rights by making our local area in Oakland Gardens giving each state the power to enact its own more attractive.

I would love to see other merchants be good abortion laws.

I find it ironic that many gun rights supneighbors by watering the new street trees planted by the city recently. It is to everyone’s porters also oppose abortion. They want to benefit to have lovely trees, plants and an protect the right to life for those who are still in the womb, but are willing to risk the lives attractive place to shop. of people after they are born.

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That Ms. Flack will receive her key to the city in St. Albans Park, next week, is appropriate in another way — my parents bought a house on the town line between Cambria Heights and St. Albans in 1954, and that’s where we spent the first 18 years of my life.

Kudos to Ms. Flack, who deserves the accolades and then some.

Howard Gotfryd Brooklyn

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Pols call for end to Jamaica bus study

Officials say lanes and traffic rules on shopping corridor are costly, confusing

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

The Chronicle has obtained a letter in which eight elected officials who represent Jamaica or neighboring areas call on the city Department of Transportation to end its intended year-long study of how bus lanes are affecting Jamaica Avenue.

The letter to DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez and Queens Borough Commissioner Nicole Garcia, dated July 8, says businesses are being harmed and that residents are complaining about a lack of accessibility along the popular commercial and retail shopping corridor.

It was sent on the letterhead of Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, but also was signed by Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica), Councilmembers Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Laurelton) and Nantasha Williams (D-St. Albans); state Sens.

Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park); and A s s e m bly m e m b e r s A l ic i a Hy n d m a n (D-Springfield Gardens) and Khaleel Anderson (South Ozone Park).

“The DOT has expressed to the community the need for a year-long study to best determine the impact of the bus lanes on Jamaica Avenue,” the letter states. “However, we believe a six-month study is enough to give

Elected officials representing Jamaica and surrounding neighborhoods want the city’s Department of Transportation to end a study of how bus lanes are impacting on businesses, residents PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN and drivers, and confusing all three groups in general. the DOT sufficient ability to understand the impact these bus lanes have had on businesses and everyday residents in Jamaica.”

The elected officials want the study to be

concluded and the results published by the end of summer.

Numerous businesses have complained to the Chronicle since the start of the year about

how the bus lanes and lack of traffic have hammered their bottom lines.

The July 8 letter’s language on that topic was diplomatic but unmistakably clear.

“Downtown Jamaica has been subject to a major transportation shift as the community has continued to grow and revitalize,” it states. “While we understand the need for improved bus service, the Jamaica Avenue bus lanes have had a significant and damaging effect on businesses along the corridor. Our offices have also received several complaints from local residents about a lack of accessibility along Jamaica Avenue.”

The signatories also would like the DOT to install signs along Jamaica Avenue with more clear and concise language to help individuals better understand the rules for things like parking, loading areas and standing zones.

“In summary, an immediate end to the study that is now taking place regarding the Jamaica Avenue bus lanes would help provide relief to the many individuals who use Jamaica Avenue and the local businesses that depend on having smooth traffic flow and sufficient parking in the area.”

They said they are more than happy to discuss the matter further.

A DOT spokesman told the Chronicle in an email on Wednesday that the agency is Q reviewing the letter.

City reminds New Yorkers to mask up SCREEN SHOT VIA WHITE HOUSE VIDEO

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Increasing Covid-19 positivity rates have the New York City Department of Health on alert.

The health sector of city government sent a tweet last Friday urging New Yorkers to wear high-quality masks “in all public indoor settings and around crowds outside.”

The reminder comes as the citywide sevenday rolling average positivity rate climbed to 15.22 percent on July 9, the highest it’s been since mid-January.

The surge comes amid the rise of the BA.5 variant, which made up 65 percent of Covid-19 cases across the country as of July 9, up from 39 percent for the week ending June 25, per data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Health Department also shared a graphic displaying the varying levels of efficacy among different types of masks. It said N95, KN95 and KF94 masks are the most effective, followed by double-masking, disposable masks and regular cloth masks.

The most effective way to protect oneself against Covid-19 is still vaccination, per the Health Department. While 79 percent of

City Health Department graphic displaying the efficacy of different kinds of masks.

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New Yorkers have received their primary series of shots, only 39.2 percent have received additional booster doses.

Queens is experiencing the strongest surge of the five boroughs. Per city Health Department data, the borough ranks first out of the five in new cases per day, although it ranks third for cases per 100,000 people. Woodhaven, Bellerose and Arverne lead all city ZIP codes in highest positive test rate, with seven Queens ZIP codes rankQ ing in the top 10.

‘... the best of America’ Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at Northwell Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Glen Oaks, was one of 17 people to receive the Medal of Freedom from President Biden at the White House on July 7.

On Dec. 14, 2020, Lindsay became the first person in the country to receive a vaccination against Covid-19 following its approval by government medical officials.

The Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian honor accorded by the United States.

The following citation was read at the ceremony.

“An immigrant from Jamaica, Sandra Lindsay is a nurse in Queens, New York, and the first American to be vaccinated against Covid-19 outside of clinical trials.

“At the height of the pandemic, she directed a team of nurses as they worked tirelessly to save patients while risking their own lives.

“When the Covid-19 vaccine became available, she was a ray of light in our nation’s dark hour and continues to champion vaccinations and mental health for healthcare workers.

“She represents the best of America.”

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Sewer upgrades in Southeast Queens

City announces completion of South Jamaica, St. Albans drainage repairs

by Sean Okula Associate Editor

The city’s continued effort to improve Southeast Queens’ drainage and sewage systems took another step forward last week.

The city Departments of Environmental Protection and Design and Construction announced the completion of water main and sewer repairs along roads in St. Albans and South Jamaica last Friday. The work is part of an ongoing drainage revitalization project, first spearheaded by former Mayor de Blasio and then-Councilman and current Borough President Donovan Richards in 2014.

The latest project is the 18th in the region to be “substantially completed,” per a city press release. The plan is for 26 additional projects of this nature to take place in the Southeast Queens area in the coming years, with three actively under construction.

As part of the project, the city installed 3,190 feet of new storm sewers and replaced an additional 230 feet of old ones along Foch Boulevard in South Jamaica and Ilion Avenue in St. Albans. Crews also added 13 new catch basins and replaced 35 others in an effort to more easily redirect stormwater to the stor m sewers in case of heavy rainfall.

Southeast Queens is prone to chronic flooding due to its high water table and pre-

A street paver lays asphalt down on a road previously uprooted to allow crews to replace water NYC DDC PHOTO mains and sewer systems in St. Albans and South Jamaica. viously inadequate drainage system.

“All city residents, no matter where they live, deserve to be served by high-quality infrastructure and to be protected from the life-threatening and property-damaging impacts of f looding,” Richards said in a statement.

The 44-project plan has received a funding increase in recent years. According to a spokesperson from the DEP, the initial budget for the project has grown from $1.9 billion to $2.5 billion. While not accounting for the entire spending bump, the DEP says $250 million was added to the budget fol-

Jamaica BIDs consolidate

Jamaica Center director: new org. better for business

by Sean Okula

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Jamaica business owners hope three is the magic number for improving conditions for shoppers in the area.

Last Tuesday, the New York City Department of Small Business Services announced the Jamaica Center Business Improvement District, the Sutphin Blvd. Business Improvement District and the 165th Street Mall Improvement Association would combine into one Downtown Jamaica Business Improvement District, launching in 2023.

Jamaica Center Executive Director Jennifer Furioli says the move will help the three organizations consolidate administrative costs and focus their attention, and money, onto what really matters: better assisting business owners in the community.

“I love my fellow downtown BID executive directors, but I think all three of us would agree that we’ve been operating on shoestring budgets,” she said.

Furioli says the consolidation means not only money saved on rent and insurace, but also savings in time. She says those in the three organizations most involved with assisting community members and business owners will now have more time to focus on those endeavors, as administrative tasks are more streamlined with a larger workforce.

“We’ll be able to take a lot of that adminis-

Food carts have become a growing part of the Downtown Jamaica business scene. NYC SBS PHOTO trative time that was being spread across three different organizations and funnel that into advocacy and research and new creative programming,” she said.

Furioli also says the business consumer in the area will reap direct benefits from the consolidation. For one, she says the typical shopper in Downtown Jamaica does not typically see the business district broken down as it previously was: into three smaller sections. With the new structure, she believes the perspective

of the consumer is best represented.

Additionally, she says beautification around shopping areas has been a focus for the three organizations individually. It will continue to be priority number one after the consolidation.

“If you don’t have a clean neighborhood and a place where people feel safe shopping and running a business ... those are the basics,” Furioli said. “That’s something that I feel strongly this new organization wants to get right.”

For now, the three organizations will focus on merging their administrative systems and finding a director. Furioli said she expects the consolidated board to conduct a thorough search for a new head of the combined organization.

“The consolidation of the [Jamaica Center BID], [Sutphin Blvd. BID] and the 165th Street Mall Association into the Downtown Jamaica BID, which my Downtown Jamaica Improvement Council advocated for, will only strengthen this small business community,” Queens Borough President Donovan Richards said in a tweet last Wednesday. “The future is brighter than ever in #Jamaica.”

Richards launched the Downtown Jamaica Improvement Council in May, with an eye toward making the area “an even better place to live, work and visit,” he said at the time.

Richards co-chairs the council with Councilwoman Nantasha Williams (D-St. Albans). Q

lowing Hurrican Ida, which devastated the Queens area with mass f looding last September.

“Upgraded infrastructure is critical to improving the quality of life for residents across New York City,” City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) said in a statement. “Neighborhoods like South Jamaica, St. Albans, and other communities throughout Southeast Queens have long suffered from f looding and poor drainage, u nder scor i ng t he ne ed for overdue investments.”

Construction on the St.Albans/South Jamaica project was completed a year early, per the city release. A spokesperson from the DDC said that was due to the contractor’s allotment of additional crews to the project during the pandemic.

Construction at the site began in June 2020. In addition to the water main and sewer repairs, which included the installation of a new underground chamber with an eye toward increasing sewage capacity, crews replaced 72,950 square feet of asphalt and concrete street base, along with the 27,895 square feet of sidewalk and 2,400 feet of curb. They also added 3,155 feet of new curb.

The DEP projects drainage reconstructions and replacements in the area will conQ tinue over the course of the 2020s.

Bike and get vaxxed at BH This Saturday, the office of Borough President Donovan Richards is hosting its second annual Youth Bike Jamboree at Borough Hall, which will also include a mobile vaccination clinic.

“Last year’s inaugural bike jamboree was an exciting success ... The 2022 iteration should be just as fun, and I hope to see as many smiling faces as possible at Borough Hall this Saturday,” Richards said in a statement. “My team and I are looking forward to welcoming families to the People’s House for a day of fun and friendship, while also working to keep our communities protected from the dangers posed by COVID-19.”

From 12 to 3 p.m., Queens families can head to Parking Lot A, where kids can ride bikes, play games and get a dance lesson from the professionals at Ballroom Basix, which is based in Manhattan.

Attendees will have the chance to win one of 10 bicycles being raffled off, and the first 100 children who RSVP and attend will get a free bike helmet and fitting, courtesy of the Department of Transportation.

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by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside recently received national recognition in winning a Silver Achievement in Quality Award from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living.

The award is given out annually to healthcare providers that have “demonstrated improved quality outcomes for staff, residents and individuals with disabilities in long term and post-acute care,” the AHCA/ NCAL’s website says. This year, 46 facilities nationwide were recognized; St. Mary’s was the only one in New York State.

The hospital chalks up its success to its recent efforts to improve quality of care and patient and family satisfaction, taking innovative approaches to both, a press release from St. Mary’s notes, highlighting intensive feeding, locomotor spinal cord injury and ventilator-weaning programs.

“This award is a testament to the commitment to excellence and hard work of our dedicated team at St. Mary’s,” Dr. Edwin Simpser, president and CEO of St. Mary’s, said in a statement. He continued on to

St. Mary’s Hospital patients and staff.

PHOTO COURTESY ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN

thank St. Mary’s patients, their families and the AHCA/NCAL for the honor.

“I applaud St. Mary’s for reaching this important milestone in their quality journey,” the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Board Chair, Tammy Kelly, said in a statement. “This achievement celebrates the commitment and fortitude of St. Mary’s to find ways to enhance the lives of its residents and staff.”

The award ceremony will take place in Nashville in October, at the AHCA/NCAL’s Q annual convention.

Kiwanis scholarship winners Five lucky students from the 11414 ZIP code embarking on college journeys received $1,000 scholarships thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach.

The award recipients for this year are Gianna Vastano, third from left, Julia Vicari, Roy Lu, Ethan Fox and, at far right, Giovanni Dimaiolo.

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St. Mary’s Hospital wins prestigious award

They were joined by retired Justice August Agate, left, Stephen Sirgiovanni, Dino Bono and Saul Belsky at the annual event at Lenny’s Clam Bar. The scholarships were offered to students pursuing a major in any field and also specifically science or mathematics and journalism or mass media.

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Moped muggers strike Queens July 6 attacks in Forest Hills, Glendale, Flushing

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Police are seeking moped-riding muggers wanted for three street robberies in Queens that took place on July 6 in a span of 45 minutes.

Video of one of the muggings can be seen online at qchron.com.

The first incident took place at about 10:55 a.m. in front of 67-02 Kessel St. in Forest Hills when two male suspects approached a woman.

One displayed a knife and took the woman’s cell phone, debit card and ID. Police said they fled down Yellowstone Boulevard.

The second crime took place less than 20 minutes later at about 11:13 a.m. in Glendale at the intersection of Cooper Avenue and 80th Street when the suspects approached an 86-year-old man.

They stole a gold chain and pushed him to the ground. The two suspects fled east on Cooper. Police said the victim refused medical attention at the scene.

The third robbery occurred at 11:39 a.m. in Flushing at the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 126th Street at the intersection just southeast of Citi Field.

Six suspects on mopeds approached a man and robbed him of a gold chain at gunpoint before f leeing westbound on Roos-

The NYPD is seeking these two suspects and others for at least one of a series of ribberies that PHOTO COURTESY NYPD took place in Queens on July 6. evelt Avenue. The victim was not hurt.

It was not immediately clear if the same two muggers committed the first two crimes or whether they were among the six in the last incident or were in addition to them. But police lumped all the crimes together as a “robbery pattern.”

2nd man sentenced in murder of NYPD cop

by Deirdre Bardolf

Jagger Freeman, right, and his attorney, Ronald Nir, in May. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN / FILE though Freeman was not engaged in the gunfire and claimed to merely be a lookout.

“The defendant orchestrated a string of robberies, the last of which involved an imitation weapon and led to the tragic loss of Detective Brian Simonsen and the wounding of Sergeant Matthew Gorman,” Katz said in a statement last week.

“The jury found the defendant guilty of murder and he will now serve a lengthy time in prison as punishment for his criminal actions. We continue to express our condolences to Detective Simonsen’s family Q and fellow service members.”

Police have made arrests in two Queens-based killings.

L a s t We d ne s d ay, 30 -ye a r- old Kareem Flake was charged with the murder of Destini Smothers, a 26-yearold from Troy. Sanitation workers found Smothers’ body in the trunk of a vehicle in front of 150-08 Lefferts Blvd. in South Ozone Park in March 2021.

Smothers had been missing since November 2020, when she was last seen in a heated argument with Flake inside the Bowlero bowling alley in Woodside.

The New York Post reports NYPD detectives arrested Flake at JFK Airport following his return from Florida, where he picked up a separate domestic battery charge against another woman.

Later on Wednesday, the NYPD arrested 28-year-old Damere Ellison of Brooklyn in connection to the Queens Village murder of 37-year-old Snealing Melendez in May. The Daily News reports Ellison and Snealing had been in a disagreement over Snealing’s use of marijuana with his stepdaughter, Ellison’s girlfriend, when Ellison shot Q him in the torso.

— Sean Okula

Photo contest!

The Queens Chronicle’s 14th annual Summer in the Borough Photo Contest is, like the last two, a bit different from before.

We still want you to take your best shots of children playing, workers working, lovely landscapes, birds on the bay — whatever you think best says “summertime in Queens.” If you need some inspiration, check out 2020’s winning photo, above, by Malgorzata Bartyzel of Woodhaven, and another fine entry from the year before, taken by Carmen Garcia in Briarwood.

With the pandemic ebbing, we hope the free passes to a family-friendly performance in or around the city, such as an off-Broadway show, which we give to all our winners, will be available again soon. If you’re willing to wait, like our last couple of winners, please do enter! We’ll get the passes to the winners as soon as they’re available. As to the rules, our main requirement is that the photos be taken in the borough this summer. We also ask that you give us all the details you can, especially the location, the names of any people in the photo, when possible, and when it was taken (but don’t use time stamps!).

Some entrants give us a whole backstory, and that’s great. Limit your submissions to five.

Please tell us where in Queens you live and whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer. Send your high-resolution digital photos to peterm@qchron.com, or mail prints to Queens Chronicle Photo Contest, 71-19 80 St., suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385.

The deadline is Wednesday, Sept. 21, the last full day of summer. Good luck!

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A Queens man has been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for the death of NYPD Det. Brian Simonsen in a botched Richmond Hill robbery back in 2019.

Jagger Freeman, 28, of Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica, was handed the sentence following a trial conviction for murder, robbery, assault and other crimes, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced last Thursday. A jury deliberated for five days, according to her office, following the trial, which began in early May. The robbery led to the friendly fire shooting death of Simonsen and the injury of another officer, Sgt. Matthew Gorman, who recovered.

Jagger’s accomplice, Christopher Ransom of Brooklyn, had brandished what turned out to be a fake gun and officers engaged in fire.

Ransom pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other crimes last year and was sentenced to 33 years in prison.

Both men were charged with murder under a state law that allows so if the commission of a felony leads to a death, even

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477), or, for Spanish, 1 (888) 57-PISTA (74782).

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Speaker pleads case to MTA board

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

If the Met ropolitan Transpor tation Authority — dealing with the shuff le of Covid-19, the Queens bus network redesign, crime in the subway and congestion pricing — was worried that advocates of pollution control at its Fresh Pond rail yards had gone away, the answer is no.

Civics United for Railroad Environmental Solutions, or CURES, paid a virtual courtesy call on the MTA during the public session of its June 29 board meeting.

The subject was old, inefficient locomotives still being used in the yards run by the New York and Atlantic Railway. Gary Giordano, speaking as an officer in CURES — he also is the district manager for Community Board 5 — once again implored the board to spend money that already has been allocated by the state to either replace old locomotives or refit them with newer, cleaner engines.

“We have a problem in our community, in our neighborhoods, with polluting freight railroads,” Giordano said at the meeting.

“The state legislature has allocated $25 million to replace those polluting freight rail locomotives ... $20 million is still available.”

Giordano requested, as CURES has for years, that the MTA purchase so-called Tier IV switcher locomotives that are the least polluting available.

He said the new switchers are cleaner and more efficient for Fresh Pond operations such as moving other cars short distances than the existing line haul units, which are designed to pull passengers and freight great distances.

Speaking with the Chronicle on Monday, Giordano reiterated that he was not speaking for or on behalf of CB 5.

He also said some of the engines operating at the Fresh Pond site were built back in the 1970s.

“The money has been available for years,” he said. “From what I know, they

Keyspan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid PURPOSE: THE FILING OF NEW TARIFF AMMENDMENTS TO P.S.C. NO. 1 GAS TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSION’S ORDERS DATED JUNE 16, 2022, IN P.S.C. CASES 14-M-0565, et al., AND DATED JUNE 17, 2022, IN P.S.C. CASE 19-G-0310, et al.

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Residents near the Fresh Pond rail yards operated by New York and Atlantic Railway are continuing to push for the replacement of old large diesel locomotives and the use of smallPHOTO BY RICK MAIMAN / FILE er switchers. have not been willing to put out a contract that specif ically states switcher locomotives.”

He said using line haul behemoths for switcher work is not nearly as efficient.

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The MTA said two Long Island Rail Road locomotives leased by New York & Atlantic were replaced with Tier III+ machines in 2016 with state funding.

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Notice is hereby given that starting on July 1, 2022, the LPCO Surcharge and on August 1, 2022, the AMP Surcharge will commence on customer bills and will be included in the Delivery Rate Adjustment line. The LPCO and AMP surcharge is located on the KEDLI website. For Residential customers: https://www. nationalgridus.com/Long-Island-NY-Home/Bills-Meters-and-Ra tes/?regionkey=nylongisland&customertype=home and Business customers https://www.nationalgridus.com/Long-Island-NYBusiness/Bills-Meters-and-Rates/?regionkey=nylongisland&custo mertype=business.

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Queens to celebrate City of Water Day

Nature walks, shore cleanups and a bike tour to raise awareness July 16

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

City of Water Day, a regionwide event sponsored by the Waterfront Alliance, the NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program and others, will take place on Saturday, July 16.

The 16th annual event is geared toward raising awareness about the dangers of climate change and rising sea levels, and to advocate for a more resilient harbor on the New York and New Jersey sides.

Queens will have eight free sponsored events with a nod to the creative arts, including one on Sunday, July 17, according to the website of the Hudson River Foundation.

Most events are on the 16th.

The Newtown Creek Alliance and the North Brooklyn Community Boathouse will have a creekside cleanup and exploration by boat of the forgotten reaches of Newtown Creek, a superfund cleanup site, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. NCA will host a cleanup at a public access site and street-end along the Dutch Kills tributary of the creek. At the same time NBCB will be supervising the public paddle event, where attendees will launch canoes and follow NBCB volunteer guides to experience artwork by found-materials sculptor, photographer and performance artist Marie Lorenz on the water, out of sight from the shore. Information is available at newtowncreekalliance.org.

Audubon New York will have an event at Idlewild Park in Brookville from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. focusing on wetlands, specifically salt marshes, the threats facing them and the beauty and benefits which they supply. As a society focused on bird conservation, they will emphasize conservation and restoration of habitats in relation to bird communities.

Details are posted at ny.audubon.org.

The city Parks Department’s GreenThumb program will host a 3.5-mile bike ride to community gardens near the coastline in Long Island City and Astoria from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will start at the Smiling Hogshead Ranch at 25-30 Skillman Ave. Participants will visit gardens that have transformed traditionally industrial waterfront areas into vibrant greens spaces. RSVP at greenthumb.nycgovparks.org.

The Coastal Preservation Network will pick up trash, clip weeds and work hard to excavate a large mystery object on the beach from 9 a.m. to noon at Big Rock Beach in College Point. Whatever it is, it’s buried under sand and dirt and the CPN will begin unearthing it on July 16. This is the closest that CPN volunteers have ever come to an archaeological dig.

Registration is not required. Information is available at coastalpreservation.org.

The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy will spend City of Water Day exploring

Jamaica Bay at various locations. The Jamaica Bay Festival is a fun family event taking place in Brooklyn and Queens. It celebrates those who share a vision to champion the spirit of the Jamaica Bay community, the unparalleled opportunities and the natural beauty of this urban tidal estuary. Participants can enjoy free kayaking, fishing, surfing, hiking, bird watching, art, nature and more.

Activities will be in-person and virtual and will comply with all Covid-19 protocols and procedures. For more information about the festival and to learn more about each activity visit the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy website at jbrpc.org/ jamaica-bay-festival.

Activities in the Rockaways include the Natural Areas Conservancy hosting a nature walk in Bayswater Park followed by a poetry workshop and live landscape painting from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Partners include the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conser vancy, the American Littoral Society, NYC Parks, poet Tristan Nevirs and visual artist Valentina Gallup Salerni.

Don Riepe of the American Littoral Society will lead a nature walk through Bayswater Park starting at 1:30 p.m. Attendance will be capped at 20 and masks will be required.

Further information is available at naturalareasnyc.org.

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The Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity will host a community kayak paddle and cleanup on Jamaica Bay from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The goal of the event is to foster community through ensuring residents and students have access to the waterfront and play a role in costal restoration to promote environ mental justice. Lear n more at riserockaway.org.

On July 17, the College Point Civic and Taxpayers Association and the Poppenhusen Institute will present “College Point Waterfront: Then and Now.” Photographer Tito Martinez will have a photo exhibition of the College Point waterfront, from parks to lesser-known access points. The Poppenhusen Institute will also provide archival photos of the waterfront going back to the 19th century.

The purpose is to increase awareness of the waterfront and of its diversity and beauty, and to have people reflect about the impact of modern industrialization and policy on access to the shoreline.

The weeklong exhibition will begin with an opening reception on July 17 featuring a performance by sea shanty singing group Old Fid from 2 to 4 p.m. Exhibit days and hours are July 18, 20 and 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and July 24 from 2 to 5 p.m.

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After hosting an in-demand rain barrel giveaway in May, elected officials are again providing them to anyone interested in taking advantage of the eco-friendly opportunity.

On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., residents can receive a free barrel at the New York Families for Autistic Children building at 164-14 Cross Bay Blvd.

The city Department of Environmental Protection allotted 50 rain barrels for the event, which is being sponsored by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) a n d C o u n c i lwo m a n Jo a n n A r iol a (R-Ozone Park).

Advance registration is encouraged.

Those who register can pick up their rain barrels between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m and any leftover ones will be distributed after on a first-come, first-served basis.

“The last event was so popular that we had to turn away registrants because we filled the 50-barrel quota in just a few short days,” Addabbo said in a prepared statement. “That goes to show the usefulness of these barrels. By storing rain water

in the barrels, people can use that to water their gardens or wash their car instead of using the tap from the house. This not only saves money on their water bills, but it is environmentally friendly as well.”

The rain barrels are 55-gallon plastic drums that attach to a gutter to collect and store excess water during periods of rainfall. Rain barrels should only be used for nondrinking purposes and must be disconnected from the downspout during the winter months to avoid freezing.

“Rain barrels can help to take some of the pressure off of our local sewer systems when it rains, and as many of our constituents know, those systems are especially prone to flooding and backups any time we get a storm” Ariola said in a prepared statement.

“These barrels also can help homeowners to save on water bills by providing an environmentally-friendly alternative to using municipal water sources. Really these are a win-win for all.”

Outdoor chores can account for up to 40 percent of an average household’s water use during the summer, according to the Q DEP.

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Former first baseman celebrated in Saturday ceremony at Citi Field

by Sean Okula

“What did I know?” he added. “A life and careerchanging event.”

With two outs in the 10th Hernandez went on to inning on Saturday, the win six of his record-setting Mets’ backs were against the 11 first base Gold Gloves wall. Light-hitting backup with the Mets, and was catcher Tomás Nido strode named the first captain in to the plate, the tying run team history in 1987. standing on second after the “Very few people have previous two batters had ever changed the trajectory failed to drive him in. of a ballclub’s history as draThe Chronicle cannot matically as Keith did when confirm where Keith Herhe joined the Mets in 1983,” nandez was sitting for the Mets radio announcer and events that followed. But if ceremony emcee Howie history is any indication, it Rose said. “He provided might have been wor th instant leadership and credichecking the manager’s Keith Hernandez office, where he sat as his PHOTO BY STEVE D’COSTA bility to a team which sorely needed it.” teammates mounted a come“He didn’t simply play first base, he perback in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series formed it with the skill of a virtuoso,” he added. against the Boston Red Sox. Hernandez hit .297 in his six and a half seaNido swung and hit a little roller up along third. It went behind the bag, and trickled sons with the Mets, good for third on the under the glove of Marlins third baseman team’s all-time leaderboard. He has forged a Brian Anderson. Mark Canha rounded third, second career as a broadcaster for the team, calling games on SportsNet New York for, fitand the Mets tied the game.

It may not go down in Mets lore next to tingly, the last 17 seasons.

“This current team? I love to watch,” he Mookie Wilson’s dribbler in the 1986 Series, but it was the perfect homage to an icon of the said. “You should give your support to this team like you gave us in the ’80s.” franchise’s last championship team.

He is just the fourth player in club history to The Mets retired Keith Hernandez’s number 17 in a pregame ceremony on Saturday. It will be honored with a number retirement. Previnever again be worn by a Mets player or coach. ously, the Mets had only honored players who Hernandez came to the Mets in a 1983 trade represented the team in the Baseball Hall of with the St. Louis Cardinals. He allegedly fell Fame with such a tribute. Starting with the out of favor with Cardinals manager Whitey retirement of Jerry Koosman’s number 36 last Herzog, and Hernandez was less than thrilled year, and continuing this year with Hernandez, to be shipped off to proverbial Siberia in a the club appears to be changing that standard.

Besides, there are plenty around the team fledgling Mets team.

“June 15, 1983. I’ve learned and read it was who would still like to see Hernandez with a a joyous day in Met nation,” he said in a plaque in the Hall.

“If there is justice in ths world, the next stop speech before Saturday’s game. “Little old me Q is Cooperstown,” Rose said. in St. Louis wasn’t very happy.”

Associate Editor

Extra funding this year will go towardsending students in District 32 to the 9/11 Memorial Museum in Manhattan.

Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) has secured $55,000 in funding for the trips.

“It is so important that the coming generations remember the heroism and the sacrifice of so many people on that day,” Ariola said in a prepared statement.

“There are children being born today to parents who were not alive when 9/11 happened. For these young people, the impact of the attacks might not be the same as

those who lived through the events. That’s why we need to preserve the memory of all of those lost, and make sure that our students can learn about the many ways that America was changed that day.”

The monies comprise $5,000 in annual discretionary funding and a $50,000 allocation from the Speaker’s Office that Ariola specifically advocated for this year.

Schools interested in planning a trip can contact the councilwoman’s office.

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The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY (“KEDNY”) filed tariff revisions in response to a New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC”) order establishing Phase 1 of the Gas Bill Relief Program. Phase 1 of the Gas Bill Relief Program provides customers with active accounts who are currently enrolled in the Energy Affordability Program (“EAP”) or who enroll in the EAP on or before December 31, 2022, or who received benefits from New York State Emergency Rental Assistance Program or the Home Energy Assistance Program – Regular Arrears Supplement program, a one-time bill credit for any arrears balance on their bill as of and prior to a bill date of May 1, 2022. The PSC Order also establishes the Arrears Management Program (“AMP”) Surcharge to recover costs of these bill credits.

In addition, the PSC has approved an alternative recovery mechanism to recover deferrals of unbilled fees that resulted from laws enacted during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The PSC Order also establishes the Late Payment Charge and Other Waived Fees (“LPCO”) Surcharge to recover associated lost revenues.

Notice is hereby given that starting on July 1, 2022, the LPCO Surcharge and on August 1, 2022, the AMP Surcharge will commence on customer bills and will be included in the Delivery Rate Adjustment line. The LPCO and AMP surcharge is located on the KEDNY website. For Residential customers: https://www.nationalgridus. com/NY-Home/Bills-Meters-and-Rates/Gas-Rate-Statements and Business customers https://www.nationalgridus.com/Long-IslandNY-Business/Bills-Meters-and-Rates/Gas-Rate-Statements?regio nkey=nylongisland&customertype=business.

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La Jornada closing in coming weeks Forced exit of Queens’ largest food pantry leaves Flushing with déjà vu

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

La Jornada, the nonprofit organization that runs the food pantry in the Bland Houses in Downtown Flushing, is closing its doors, and is effectively being evicted from the space; its final day of operation will be July 23 and it must move out by July 31.

“La Jornada has agreed to vacate the space by the end of July and, with the help of the Mayor and elected officials, they are looking for temporary and permanent locations that will be appropriate for the work that they do,” the New York City Housing Authority said in a statement.

But “agreement” is not the word Pedro Rodriguez, La Jornada’s executive director, would use to describe the situation: “We weren’t given much of a choice,” he said.

La Jornada has been cited as the largest food pantry in all of Queens. It is the only one in Downtown Flushing, and though there are others throughout the Greater Flushing area, none rival its size. “They’re very tiny, and would not be able to accommodate any additional people,” explained John Choe, executive director of the Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce and a regular pantry volunteer.

The explanations given for La Jornada’s forced exit are fairly vague. A NYCHA spokesperson told the Chronicle that the size

La Jornada is the largest food pantry in the borough, and during the height of the pandemic, PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN / FILE served thousands of families every week. of the pantry is larger than the agency had anticipated when it granted the organization space more than two years ago. That, the spokesperson said, has posed safety concerns and has been disruptive to the development’s day-to-day operations. The spokesperson added that La Jornada had not addressed NYCHA’s concerns about health and safety violations at the food pantry.

NYCHA did not say when it approached La

Jornada about those concerns in relation to its move to close the pantry’s doors, and declined to offer additional details about the alleged safety issues and disruptions.

Another source familiar with the matter said that a rift between NYCHA and La Jornada has been developing for some time, as some residents have complained about excessive trash outside of the pantry.

Asked about the spokesperson’s assertion

that La Jornada did not comply with NYCHA’s requests, Rodriguez said, “Tell them we pass all health and sanitation inspections.” He declined to comment further on the matter, citing legal proceedings.

This is not the first time La Jornada has been displaced in recent years. The food pantry moved to its current location after being pushed out of the basement at St. George’s Episcopal Church on 38th Avenue in 2019, citing incidents of vandalism (though some told the Queens Eagle at the time that a change in church leadership likely played a role). After a community-wide effort to save the pantry, La Jornada was temporarily allowed back in the church as then-Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) and other electeds searched for a new space, ultimately landing in the Bland Houses’ vacant community center.

During the earlier months of the pandemic, La Jornada went from serving 1,000 families a week to 10,000, a significant chunk of them coming on Saturday, the pantry’s busiest day.

And while that number has declined since then, Choe said the need is still there.

“I was just there today, and there’s a long line of people — mostly senior citizens and young families who can’t afford the rising prices,” he told the Chronicle Monday. “The crisis is not over.” Saturday lines, he added, Q are still very long.

DOE budget battle continues

NYPD beach City Council demands answers on policies and funding safety talks

by Deirdre Bardolf

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The fury over education budget cuts continues, coming to a head earlier this week as protesters demanding answers from Mayor Adams were escorted out of an event in Upper Manhattan — at which he called one of them a clown — and on Wednesday as the vast majority of City Council members penned a letter to him calling for a fix to budgeting policies and restoration of the cuts.

“We urge you to immediately restore school budgets to prevent the elimination of key programs and teachers at schools for the upcoming year,” read the letter, which was signed by 41 of 51 members including Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica).

It stated that the budget cuts would hurt those with the greatest needs: Black and brown students, those from low-income communities and families, students with disabilities and English language learners.

It pointed out that those who voted in favor of the budget and those who did not have united to demand the issues be resolved, including fixing the controversial Fair Student Funding Model.

The members encourage using more than $700 million in unspent federal stimulus funds from fiscal 2022 that was recent-

ly identified by the city’s Independent Budget Office.

“As of June 7, the Independent Budget Office tracker identified $761 million in unspent federal stimulus funds for Fiscal Year 2022 and $38.1 million from Fiscal Year 2021 within the agency’s budget (the Comptroller’s Office identified at least $620 million in unspent ARPA and CRRSSA Education funds),” the letter states, referring to the American Rescue Plan and the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.

They said that underestimating enrollment in budgets that typically get adjusted over the course of the year disrupts sensible budget planning and that schools should not have to go through an appeals process to get the resources they need.

In the press release, Paul Trust, a Richmond Hill father and music teacher who recently found out his job was cut, was quoted.

“As a DOE music educator and the proud parent of three daughters enrolled in NYC public schools, the mayor’s cuts to schools affect me both as a parent and as an educator,” Trust said.

“The school where I have taught students will be losing our music program, which is an integral part of the school’s culture. My daughter’s school will be losing a

guidance counselor and classroom teacher, leading to increases in class sizes and a decrease in the emotional care many students require.”

On Wednesday, the Republican minority councilmembers responded, also calling on the Department of Education and the Mayor’s Office to discuss how to improve the school funding formula, to provide the data used to determine cuts and to clarify how remaining federal funding can fill in the gaps.

They stated, however, “Any good faith negotiations must start with the [United Federation of Teachers union] acknowledging its role in helping to create the enrollment and staffing crisis at DOE,” and referenced school closures and the undermining of school safety, discipline and merit, which they said had forced people out of the school system.

“If the UFT is now unhappy with the Fiscal Year 2023 DOE budget — a budget it explicitly and enthusiastically endorsed prior to its adoption — they have no one to blame but themselves.

“We suggest they work collaboratively with the Council and the Mayor’s Office to rectify it, rather than playing a cynical shell game to try to drum up panic in our comQ munities.”

The NYPD’s Community Affairs Bureau and its Scuba Team will host a pair of beach safety presentations for children, youths and adults from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19 and Tuesday, Aug. 9 in Far Rockaway.

The groups will meet at Beach 9th Street and Seagirt Boulevard. The talks will focus on beach safety tips and water rescue awareness training.

Refreshments will be served.

Neither children nor adults will enter the water during the presentations.

The talks come in the wake of recent deaths of swimmers in the city.

Ryan Wong and Daniel Persaud, both 13 years old, died last month as they were playing with friends on a sand bar in the water near Spring Creek Park when a wave came and swept the two away.

Sponsors of the talks include the office of Assemblyman Khaleel Anderson (D-South Ozone Park), the New York City Police Foundation and the cit y’s Depa r t ment of Pa rks a nd Recreation.

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Monkeypox cases up as vax demand is high Northwell epidemiologist and Council’s health chair weigh in

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

As the city has been hit with a rise in monkeypox cases, it has simultaneously scrambled to meet the high demand for vaccines. Meanwhile, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and its own recent uptick, members of the public have been largely unsure just how worried they should be about the new disease, which has predominantly circulated within the LGBTQIA+ community.

Dr. Bruce Farber, chief of public health and epidemiology for Northwell Health, was clear: Monkeypox is not the new Covid.

“It’s not highly contagious the way, say, Covid is — it’s not spread by the airborne route,” Farber explained. “It requires close, fairly intimate contact with an individual or a bedsheet, or something that touched that individual.”

Still, he said that the disease “merits watching carefully.”

“We have somewhat lost the battle of controlling it early on — the number of cases continue to increase, and will likely continue to increase,” Farber said. “I’m not sure that we will be able to get rid of this outbreak before it becomes endemic.”

The number of cases throughout the city has skyrocketed in recent days. Last Friday, there were 116 cases citywide; by Monday, that num-

Dr. Bruce Farber, left, is an epidemiologist at Northwell Health. Councilmember Lynn Schulman, right, chairs the Council’s Health Committee and has pushed for more vaccines. COURTESY PHOTOS ber had increased to 223. At press time Wednesday evening, there were 336.

For the most part, Farber said, cases have been limited to men having sex with men. But that does not mean it will stay that way.

“There’s no law that says that it can only occur in that group,” Farber said. “That’s where 98 percent of the cases have been to date — not 100 percent, but a large percent. But again, no,

there is no guarantee that it will stay within that community.”

At this point, vaccines are, accordingly, only available to gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men and transgender, gender nonconforming or gender nonbinary persons ages 18 and older who have had multiple or anonymous sex partners in the last 14 days, as classified by the Department of Health and Mental

Hygiene. Despite that being a somewhat limited group, the city has struggled to keep up with the demand for vaccines. It has received roughly 7,000 doses thus far, and announced Monday that it would receive 14,500 more from the federal government by the end of the week.

Still, many have struggled to get appointments. After Monday’s announcement, the city opened 2,500 more appointments left over from the previous week’s vaccine allocation.

Within minutes of the online portal’s opening Tuesday afternoon, the site crashed. The Health Department announced soon after 6 p.m. that day — about five hours after the portal opened — that all the appointments had been booked.

Councilmember Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills), who chairs the City Council’s Committee on Health and is a member of the LBGTQIA+ Caucus, is one of several lawmakers calling for more vaccines to be sent to the city.

“Before we can do the second [doses] that we need, we actually need the federal government to give us everything,” Schulman told the Chronicle. “They’re sitting on thousands upon thousands of doses of the medication, and they’ve been very slow to get it out.”

For more information on the spread of monkeypox, symptoms and vaccines, visit www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/ Q monkeypox.page.

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SJU alumni endow Health Sciences Center Peg and Peter D’Angelo pledge $20M for new building, university’s needs

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Two St. John’s University alumni with long and continuing ties to the school have bestowed the largest donation in the institution’s 152-year history.

And the $20 million gift from Peg and Peter D’Angelo to the construction of the future Health Sciences Center will benefit generations of New Yorkers through its training of nursing students.

Peg D’Angelo, a member of the school’s Board of Trustees, graduated in 1970 with a degree in education, according to a press release from St. John’s. Peter D’Angelo, president of Caxton Alternative Management, a private investment company, earned his MBA in 1978 and served on the board beginning in 2003. He was elected chairman in 2011 and chairman emeritus in 2016.

Both also have honorary degrees from St. John’s. And they have endowed a scholarship for mathematics students seeking careers in education and a chair in the School of Arts and Humanities.

Peg D’Angelo is the past chairwoman of Catholic Charities of Long Island and has served as a trustee at the Church of St. Anne in Garden City, LI, and Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead, LI. The D’Angelo Center, opened on the

Alumni Peg and Peter D’Angelo, inset, have given St. John’s University a $20 million endowment, most of which will help build a new Health Sciences Center. PHOTO, IMAGE COURTESY ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY Queens campus in 2009, is modeled after the Great Hall on Ellis Island that welcomed immigrants to the United States. The five-story multipurpose academic facility is a popular hub of student life and activity on campus.

“St. John’s University holds a special

place in our hearts,” the D’Angelos said in a statement. “We are excited about its direction, investment in the health sciences, and unwavering commitment to be a place that turns opportunity into outcomes for hardworking students who want to make a dif-

ference in the world.”

When completed by the fall 2024 semester, the 70,000-square-foot Health Sciences Center will host the school’s bachelor of science in nursing program. The D’Angelos’ endowment dedicates $15 million to the $106 million cost, and directs $5 million to the university’s most critical needs.

At the D’Angelos’ request, it will be named for St. Vincent de Paul, a 17th-century Catholic priest who ministered to the needy.

“The center’s state-of-the-art simulation facilities will allow students to learn in a safe, realistic, clinical environment before they begin clinical rotation assignments at offcampus sites,” said Simon Møller, provost and vice president for academic affairs. “The generous support of Peg and Peter D’Angelo will help make this happen.”

“The D’Angelos not only give their time and talent to St. John’s, but have been sage trustees and extraordinarily generous benefactors as well,” said the Rev. Brian Shanley, president of the university. “Whether in brick and mortar or in the foundational Vincentain values they emulate, they demonstrate exceptional devotion to alma mater and a real spirit of supportive service to generations of students at St. John’s. I am grateful to the D’Angelos for their extraordinary philanthroQ py and for all that they do for St. John’s.”

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Classic cars at Atlas

Members of the East Coast Car Association brought their classic rides to The Shops at Atlas Mall in Glendale on July 12.

Above left, Fred Clever of Middle Village shows his 2000 Corvette to a small group of admirers. At center, a classic Buick Skylark convertible sits not far from a Packard and a classic Volkswagen Beetle.

At top right, James Antongiovanni of South Ozone Park sits behind the wheel of another Buick of a somewhat older vintage, from 1930.

At right, Robert Tompkins of Bayside displays his award-winning 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III. The ECCA will be in Whitestone this weekend, July 17; and back at Atlas on Aug. 16.

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based dance companies, which has been livening up Travers Park on Thursdays.

“It’s a culturally rich neighborhood, so it’s really the perfect spot,” said Joe Knipes, coordinator of Summer Sundays.

The two groups are blending their offerings to bring music paired with dancing on Thursdays and Sundays now.

“We’re trying to use dance ensembles and musicians from Jackson Heights and the surrounding

areas in Queens to represent the various communities,” Knipes said.

For four Sundays in the middle of the Summer Sundays schedule starting this weekend, there will be an hour of dance and then an hour of music curated by the two groups. And for the next four Thursdays starting today, July 14, there will be more of a dance focus with “danceback” lessons for the audience.

“It gives us a chance to connect with the Jackson

Heights artistic community and be able to bring things to the park that the neighborhood would enjoy beyond just dance,” said Karesia Batan, founder and director of the QDF. This coming Sunday, there will be a diabolo juggling, or Chinese yo-yo, workshop with Glow Community Center at 5 p.m. at Travers Park followed by the Indian rock and pop band Brothers in Madness featuring Fariyah. continued on page 25

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ravers Park in Jackson Heights will be home to all types of entertainment this summer thanks to the collaborations of community groups showcasing diversity and talent through performances, activities and more.

For the last 18 years, the Jackson Heights Beautification Group has brought live music with Summer Sundays in the Park, one of the group’s many contributions to the community. It aims to celebrate the rich diversity of Queens through artists from here.

But this year, Summer Sundays is back and better than ever with the added fun of live dance performances as part of a collaboration with the Queensboro Dance Festival, an annual summer tour of performances and classes featuring all Queens-

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The George Seuffert Bandshell in Forest Park has long been home to some of the borough’s most engaging public concerts and events, particularly in the summer months. It has been a site for many groups, such as the Queens Symphony Orchestra and those participating in the Queensborough Dance Festival, to make their mark on Queens’ artistic and cultural scene over the years.

Joining their ranks next Saturday, July 23, is the Forest Park Summer Outdoor Festival, which will feature performances from several Queens-based dance and singing groups.

The event begins at 3:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

According to Kitty Lin Shum, who has been coordinating the festival, members of the four groups performing — the Whitestone Aerobic Dance Group, Morning Music and Dance Group, Chinese Zhi-Qing Association Chorus and the Elmhurst-based Amazing Grace Performance Group — live throughout the borough. Most of those members, she said, are senior citizens, many of whom are Chinese women.

Shum has been a member of the Whitestone Aerobic Dance Group for a few years now, and is vice president of the Zhi-Qing

The Amazing Grace Performance Group, one of the four troupes participating in the PHOTO COURTESY KITTY LIN SHUM upcoming event in Forest Park, at a recent show.

Chorus. Over the years, she’s visited rehearsals with several of the other participating groups, too, and therefore, had the contacts to bring them together for their upcoming show.

“The reason we would like to do this is just to express our talents as seniors and show our traditional way of life and culture, to let the public know that we still have that beautiful mind to carry on our Chinese way

of lifestyle,” Shum said. “Every movement is expressed to other people — that is so neat and beautiful.”

In addition to those four groups, the festival will also include a performance from solo artist Fernando Blanco (known professionally as “Bianco”), a soloist and composer. An immigrant from the Dominican Republic, Blanco sings in numerous languages, including Chinese, French and Ital-

ian, among others. On top of his own musical endeavours, he previously worked with Queens Theatre.

In preparation for the festival, the performers have been practicing their moves and memorizing music in their respective groups throughout the borough. Shum added that several of the groups have gotten “uniforms” for the July 23 show, members paying for them with their own money.

The Morning Music and Dance Group — which is based in Woodhaven — gathers in the park for its rehearsals early (as the name would suggest), starting at 8 a.m.

For the most part, the festival will focus on Chinese folk dance and music (one routine from the Elmhurst Sisters Dance Group will feature fans, for instance), though not exclusively. The Zhi-Qing Chorus is set to perform “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel,” as well as “Les Feuilles Mortes,” made famous

by Yves Montand.

The Whitestone Aerobic Dance Group will make its first performance since the onset of the pandemic, which Shum sees as a chance to get active. But all four groups share a desire to prioritize their physical and mental health through movement. “Every movement from our dance is always helping Q our health get better,” Shum said.

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Batan said that in addition to the Thursday dance parties and Summer Sundays, there will be classes from 2nd Story Pilates and Yoga, based out of Jackson Heights, and activities such as soundbaths, puppetry and comedy.

Turnout NYC also provides modular setups that can be used for a variety of purposes including stages, table space and more so parkgoers can take advantage of those when programming is not happening.

For the full Turnout NYC Queens schedule, visit bit.ly/turnoutnycqueens.

The Queensboro Dance Festival’s tour continues through October and can be found on Eventbrite, too.

And Summer Sundays continues on through August as usual.

Also on the lineup is Juan Diego, a Latin jazz vibraphonist on July 31; Indian violinists Trina Basu and Arun Ramamurthy accompanied by drummer Dan Kurfirst on August 7; Colombian cumbia group La Cumbiamba on August 14; and rock musician Carol Thomas on August 21.

For the full schedule and the final per-

The Jackson Heights Orchestra, above, kicked off Summer Sundays in the Park this PHOTOS COURTESY JOE KNIPES year. On the cover: Vocal trio Sonica followed last weekend. formance, which is to be announced, visit jhbg.org/summer-sundays.

Per formances will be rain or shine thanks to an offer from Koeppel Mazda on Northern Boulevard offering to clear out its showroom to host performances in the case of inclement weather.

Summer Sundays is made possible by funds from the Statewide Community Regrant program, a program of the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Gov. Hochul and the state Legislature and administered by Flushing Q Town Hall.

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continued from page 23 On Sunday, July 24, the Astoria and Long Island City-based group Dynasty Breaking NYC will host a youth breakdance battle followed by hip-hop group Teej & The Sidepocket.

The Queensboro Dance Festival was chosen by Turnout NYC, a community-oriented initiative to give local arts organizations and artists the ability to transform public spaces citywide, to be their Queens-

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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE–SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF QUEENS – NATIONSTAR HECM ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-1, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE, Plaintiff, -against- ELSIE EASTMOND; STEMONT COLL INC.; ANY AND ALL KNOWN OR UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF ROSALIND GRAHAM, DECEASED; ELSIE EASTMOND, AS HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF ROSALIND GRAHAM, DECEASED; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; JUDITH GRAHAM CROOKS, AS HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF ROSALIND GRAHAM, DECEASED; C POWER ENERGY GROUP, INC., Defendants - Index No. 719861/2018 Plaintiff Designates Queens County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated in Queens County. To the above named Defendants–YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) 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); 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.

That this Supplemental Summons is being fi led pursuant to an order of the court dated May 12, 2022. 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 fi led this foreclosure proceeding against you and fi ling the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (NATIONSTAR HECM ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-1, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Ulysses B. Leverett, J.S.C. dated May 12, 2022 fi led May 19, 2022. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 24-01 95th Street, East Elmhurst, NY 11369. Dated: March 8, 2022 Greenspoon Marder LLP, Attorney for Plaintiff, By: Sarah J. Greenberg, Esq., 590 Madison Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10022 (212) 524-5000. Please respond to Cypress Creek offi ce: Trade Centre South, 100 W. Cypress Creek Road, Suite 700, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 (888) 491-1120 Notice of Formation of Very Pleasant Home LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/7/22. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 217-46 54th Ave, Bayside, NY 11364.

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by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

A couple of weeks ago Mets pitcher Chris Bassitt tested positive for Covid-19. He had decided to take the home test after feeling fatigued, and he informed Mets management of the results. The Mets immediately placed him on the Covid-19 unable to play list. Both he and the Mets acted responsibly. Bassitt spent five days in isolation, and he missed one start.

That should have been the end of the story.

When a reporter asked Bassitt about his experience he was understandably frustrated about missing a start and letting his teammates down.

And then he went off the rails.

After previously saying he was fatigued, Bassitt then claimed he was asymptomatic. The last time I checked, feeling more lethargic than usual is a Covid-19 symptom. He then stunned the media by saying he regretted apprising the Mets about having the virus and would not do so in the future if he tested positive.

Granted, Covid-19 in 2022 is different than in 2020, thanks to vaccines that prevent most hospitalizations and death. There are still too many major leaguers who refuse to get vaccinated.

Too many Americans were slow to get vaccinated, which gave the virus more time to mutate, which it is still doing. In fairness, this might have happened even if we had been able to achieve the “herd immunity” thresholds in a timely manner.

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The result is we now have Omicron subvariants, which have been able to infect even those who have been double boosted. The unwelcome news is these virus strains have been a lot more contagious than the original. The good news is that so far, they have not led to an increase in either infirmary or mortality rates.

Bassitt had the self-awareness, and some would argue chutzpah, to acknowledge hiding a positive result would subject his teammates to “a little risk.” It is a lot more than a minor risk to the immunocompromised. His fellow starting pitcher, Carlos Carrasco, is a cancer survivor. The elderly are also a vulnerable population when it comes to infection. Mets manager Buck Showalter is 66 years old. I have a feeling neither gentleman was pleased with Bassitt’s statements. Buck spoke with him the day after his idiotic statement but said he will keep that conversation private.

It would not be just his teammates who would be at risk. All Mets players come into daily contact with team officials, dining staff and the media. They have a right to know if there is an increased health risk.

Bassitt will be a free agent at the end of the season. I have a feeling no-nonsense 73-year-old team President Sandy Alderson, who is also a cancer survivor, will not be amenable to extendQ ing his employment in Flushing.

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