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Queens overdose deaths spiked in 2020: DA Katz PAGE 6

New data from Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz shows that the borough’s overdose deaths rose by 45 percent from 2019 to 2020. The DA says the surge is the result of pandemic-related pressures colliding with the rise in the city’s fentanyl epidemic.

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Open Restaurants to be permanent City wants to turn emergency program into a fixture of biz, nightlife landscape

by Michael Gannon Editor

When the city was in the depths of the Covid-19-induced economic crisis, outdoor dining, which was not legal much less tried in many parts of the city, proved a lifeline.

It also proved to be popular. Now the city wants to make its Open Restaurants program permanent where possible, eventually replacing existing sidewalk cafe regulations with a comprehensive plan that includes sidewalk and street dining.

Albert Silvestri, Queens deputy commissioner for the Department of Transportation, laid out some of the agency’s goals on July 14 at a meeting of Community Board 5.

“It saved approximately 100,000 jobs,” Silvestri said. “It was a lifesaver not just for the restaurant industry, but the city as well, as we’ve seen outdoor dining bring vitality to our sidewalks and streets in what was otherwise a dark time for the city.”

The key, Silvestri said, is to learn from what worked and what did not as the city adjusted on the fly.

“Existing rules were suspended under executive order,” Silvestri said “ ... It’s worth noting that we definitely learned a few lessons from the emergency program. First, the speed of the rollout created some confusion.

The DOT learned and changed as things

The city has begun looking into how to make its emergency Open Restaurants program a permaFILE PHOTO BY KATHERINE DONLEVY nent fixture in the five boroughs. progressed.”

Silvestri and Joy Chen of the Department of Planning said under existing sidewalk cafe regulations, there were just over 1,200 cafes citywide in March 2020, including 137 in Queens.

Chen said more than 11,500 eateries participated in the Open Restaurants program. She said while CB 5 had two cafes prior to Covid,

133 took part in Open Restaurants.

Silvestri said the earliest adoption of new regulations might not be before mid- to late 2023, but that the first order of business would be to change the jurisdiction from the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to the DOT in order to better allocate curbside lanes and sidewalk space with drivers, businesses and pedestrians in mind.

He said the DOT is looking to make street setups seasonal, from March to November.

Street setups would have to have removable barriers to allow for snow removal in winter; and would have to allow drivers to see through them in order to view necessary traffic signs. The city right now also is looking to extend the existing two-year leases for sidewalk setups to four years in an effort to streamline the process and make it less costly.

CB 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri said the new rules would require great expense from some owners, particularly those whose existing outdoor setups would not comply with new regulations. He also wants the city to work closely with the State Liquor Authority to make sure owners don’t go to the great expense of hiring engineers and architects only to find out they comply with city regulations but not the state’s.

“I think you need to iron that out before any amendment is approved,” Arcuri said.

In a telephone interview, Tom Grech, president and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, said he believes Arcuri’s concerns almost certainly would be addressed beforehand. But he had concerns of his own, and wants the city to proceed carefully and deliberately.

“They shouldn’t be rushing into creating Q permanent regulations,” Grech said.

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CWA violated, say community leaders Environmentalists ready to sue Jamaica waste management firms

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, a civil rights advocacy group, issued two waste transfer companies located in Jamaica notices of intent to sue on July 19 for allegedly violating the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act outlines the basic structure for regulating the discharge of pollutants into U.S. waters and controls the quality standards for surface waters, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The EPA, the independent executive body responsible for handling ecological matters, works under the CWA to implement pollution control, including managing the discharge of any pollutant from one area into navigable waters via permits, otherwise the release of any contaminant is considered unlawful.

The EPA’s permit program that oversees such discharges is called the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. The NPDES is permitted under the CWA and state governments by the EPA to perform permitting, administrative and enforcement aspects of the program, according to the EPA. NYLPI, the Super Law Group, a firm dedicated to environmental protection, and environmental groups like the NY/NJ Baykeeper and Riverkeeper allege that the two waste transfer companies, American Recycling Management LLC and Regal Recycling Co., both in Jamaica, are discharging pollutants via stormwater into Jamaica Bay without

obtaining or meeting the federal requirements for the NPDES permits.

In 2018, the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation designated Jamaica Bay’s water as “impaired,” meaning the 18,000-acre wetland estuary, mostly surrounded by Queens in the east, does not meet the standards to support fish habitats or is of the quality for recreational water contact, according to NYLPI. The DEC list, which was updated in 2020, still includes Jamaica Bay and says the state must develop a “strategy to reduce the input of the ... pollutant(s) that restrict waterbody uses, in order to restore and protect such uses.”

NYLPI is not waiting for support from the federal government to act.

“Given that regulators for years allowed these facilities to operate without even the requisite permits — much less required pollution control — we are not necessarily optimistic about government involvement in this lawsuit,” said Melissa Iachan, senior counsel at NYLPI. However, NYLPI welcomes any support to get the allegedly “harmful facilities in compliance.”

Community leaders in Southeast Queens and Eastern Queens and other environmental groups are in full support of the lawsuit. The residents in communities surrounding the facilities in Jamaica say that they have been subjected to putrid odors, loud truck traffic noise and excessive dust from construction

and demolition materials, according to NYLPI. “Our members live in close proximity to these waste transfer stations, and I am not surprised that the two waste facilities are in violation of the ‘Clean Water Act,’” said Walter Dogan, president of the Brinkerhoff Action Association in Jamaica. Noting that he is a member of both Riverkeeper and Baykeeper, he added that he is concerned about the water supply and the health of people who live near the facilities.

Oster Bryan, president of the St. Albans Civic Improvement Association, shared Dogan’s sentiments.

“The members of our community seem to always have to fight tooth and nail for things that should be basic human rights,” Bryan said in a prepared statement, noting the community is primarily Black. “Now, we must sound the alarm for clean water (and clean air!) in the year 2021 in New York City, USA. Could you imagine? We call for the enforcement of the ‘Clean Water Act’ and the ‘Waste Equity Law.’” The two operators have been asking the City Council to waive the capacity limitations placed by the Waste Equity bill of 2018, which puts caps on the amount of waste that could be distributed in certain community districts, including Southeast Queens, according to the bill.

Dominic Susino, the controller of American Recycling, located at 172-33 Douglas

Ave., did not see the purpose of the lawsuit.

“We have never received a violation for stormwater issues and we are not near Jamaica Bay,” said Susino. “There is no direct runoff from us. We don’t know what these environmental groups are looking at in making this claim.”

The Queens Chronicle was not able to reach executives at Regal, located at 170-21 Douglas Ave., for comment about the notice to sue at the time of this publication.

The New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, a nonprofit grassroots organization fighting for low-income neighborhoods and communities of color, also supports the lawsuit.

“We have long known that our Black and Brown communities have served as sacrifice zones for our whole city’s garbage, literally,” said Eddie Bautista, the executive director of NYC-EJA. “Today’s Notice of the intent to file a lawsuit against two of these waste facilities who have taken their Black neighbors for granted for decades is the latest step in a long fight for justice.”

CEO Greg Remaud of NY/NJ Baykeeper agrees.

“Everyone has a right to clean water and healthy communities,” he said. “However, the reality has been that if you live in an urban neighborhood of color, compliance with, and the enforcement of, environmental laws designed to safeguard people has been Q lax.”

Enjoy Richmond Hill’s ‘faces and flavors’ QEDC releases video, guide to the neighborhood’s cultural attractions

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From Bollywood movies and Sikh martial arts to eggplant with roti, from Punjab to Guyana, Richmond Hill offers a rich patchwork of food, culture and commerce.

In an effort to stimulate the economy of the South Queens neighborhood, the Queens Economic Development Cor p. released a new video tour and tourism guide called “We are Richmond Hill: A Look into the Faces and Flavors of the Neighborhood” last week.

The message: It’s underexplored but fascinating and vibrant.

The new guide is the most recent effort of the QEDC and the city’s Small Business Services through a commercial revitalization program the agencies began in summer 2019 to support small businesses on Liberty Avenue and 101st Avenue, between Woodhaven Boulevard and the Van Wyck Expressway, in Richmond Hill.

Over the winter the QEDC released a

tions that coexist in the area. report on some of Richmond “Yes of course they like the Hill’s business corridors, which same movies, remember they analyzed the neighborhood’s came from India,” Dutt said shopping and industrial centers about his Guyanese customers. and identified sanitation and Sam Smouha, a QEDC promarketing as challenges that are gram manager, pointed out how holding the neighborhood back. important it is to support the The video and guide introneighborhood in its recovery duce a variety of neighborhood after it had one of the highest faces and businesses that are Covid rates during the second sure to attract the attention of wave, and lacked testing centhe culturally curious. ters and vaccine access when Lakshmee Singh, host of the they first became available in popular online TV show “Let’s the city.

Talk With Lakshmee” and a “It’s definitely ... a hard-hit Guyanese community leader, introduces the viewers to Sybil’s The Queens Economic Development Corp. recently released a video area. So par t of what we’re bakery, known for its tennis and guide promoting the culture and businesses in the Richmond Hill doing is highlighting the busirolls and pine tarts, in addition area.

QEDC SCREENSHOT nesses and promoting local tourism and to keep assisting these to other savory traditional dishes, whose yellow exterior is a landmark of of Bollywood, the Indian Hindi-language businesses that are trying to recover,” he the neighborhood. film industry based in Mumbai, told the told the Chronicle.

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Queens overdose deaths soared in 2020 Borough had five times as many drug-related fatalities as homicides: Katz

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

A report released last Friday showed that drug overdose deaths in Queens County surged during the pandemic, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, surpassing the national rise in fatalities.

“In 2020, there were 391 overdose deaths, a 45.5 percent increase over 2019, when there were 268 overdose deaths. There is no question that the pandemic, which fueled a national drug abuse crisis, also hit us hard here in our borough,” Katz said in a press release.

Katz noted that there were nearly five times as many drug overdose deaths as the 82 homicides in Queens last year. The trends represent a multitude of pandemic-induced problems colliding with the city’s opioid crisis.

Social isolation, the loss of wages and added anxiety all escalate the risk of drug abuse, according to Bruce Goldman, senior director for behavioral health for Northwell Health, which runs addiction programs in Far Rockaway and Glen Oaks. Goldman was not part of the DA’s report.

“It’s a crisis upon a crisis,” he said.

Fentanyl, a highly potent opioid, has played a central role in the spike, according to the DA’s Office. Data compiled from the NYPD and the Office of the City Medical Examiner identify 71 percent of all suspected drug overdose deaths in Queens as involving fentanyl or fentanyl derivatives.

“Fentanyl is a dangerous, lethal drug — and often people don’t even know they are taking it because it is mixed with other drugs or sold as pills. Addressing this epidemic remains one of the greatest public health challenges facing current and future generations of Queens residents,” Katz wrote.

When federal, state and local health officials began putting controls and safeguards in place to cut back on the overprescription of opiates like oxycodone in the mid-2010s, people who were addicted to them started to look for alternatives, according to Adam Wandt, a John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor who has been researching how fentanyl is making it into the city.

2020 QUEENS OVERDOSES BY AGE/GENDER MEN (313)

WOMEN (78)

Data from the Queens District Attorney’s Office shows that 80 percent of drug overdose deaths happened to men. The top left number indicates age range with the number of deaths in parentheses. The bottom number represents the percentage. Within the male deaths, the age bracket with the highest count was from 31 to 40, which accounted for 97 — or 31 percent — of the deaths. In women, the heaviest-hit age group was slightly older.

Among females, 23 from ages 51 to 60 — or 29 percent — died of overdoses. In the left chart, the very slim purple slice represents one man in the SOURCE: QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE; QUEENS CHRONICLE GRAPHICS age range of 81-90 who died in 2020.

A new wave of opiate addiction provided an incentive for drug dealers to supplement their product with synthetic drugs like fentanyl that were available cheaply in mass quantity. Over the past several years, fentanyl has poured into New York’s drug market in bulk through organized crime and the dark web, said Wandt.

The dr ug is dangerous because it’s extremely powerful. Because small amounts can lead to an overdose, it poses considerable risk not just to habitual drug users but to casual users as well. Often drug dealers will use fentanyl to cut heroin and make it go further or create black market opiate pills, but drugs

Data released by the Queens DA’s Office shows that the surge in the borough’s overdose deaths in 2020 surpasses the rise nationwide.

like cocaine and even marijuana have been reported to have tested positive for fentanyl in recent years. As of 2019, Vice reported that the ratio of cocaine samples testing positive for fentanyl had risen from 0.4 in 2016 to 2.1 percent. The outlet later published that in April 2021 the NYPD found that 8 percent of seized cocaine samples had traces of the synthetic opioid.

“It is very feasible and somewhat common that people who take fentanyl-laced drugs don’t even know they’re laced with fentanyl,” said Wandt Not only are cocaine users more vulnerable to overdosing on fentanyl because they are less likely to be aware of how to prevent opioid overdoses, but a lack of tolerance can also be fatal.

“A serial opioid abuser will build up tolerance to most opioids. So if they’re exposed to a powerful opioid, they might get sick off of it, they might stop breathing off of it, they might need Narcan, which is Naloxone. However, somebody without opioid experience and resistance within their body could die off of a very small amount of it,” Wandt said.

Goldman said that his experiences on the recovery side agree with the report’s findings.

The toxicology testing at the outpatient centers he is in charge of show that about 50 percent of opiate users have fentanyl in their system.

The city needs to make sure that people understand how to get addiction treatment, he said. While existing patients continued to receive remote services during quarantine, the volume of new patients was low. Now he is

starting to see that trend reverse.

“More recently as the world has been reopening up, we’re seeing the beginning of greater demand for services. And I anticipate in the next six months we’ll really see a big surge of people seeking help,” Goldman said.

In Queens, the 45 percent jump in deaths was significantly higher than the 30 percent national surge, reported by the National Center for Health Statistics.

The data shows 313 men died from overdoses, accounting for 80 percent of the deaths, while the number of women was 78.

The worst-hit age demographic for men is those 31 to 40, accounting for 97 — or 31 percent — of the deaths. In women the heaviesthit age group was from 51 to 60 — or 29 percent. White men were most likely to overdose, with the racial demographics roughly following the makeup of the borough.

Across the country, 93,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Katz said that her office would remain committed to “equitable drug policies” and providing support through Queens treatment courts and specialized treatment courts.

The DA highlighted Queens Connect, a program in the Misdemeanor Treatment Court, as an example of her approach. The program provides participants with a variety of services, including an introduction to substance use and alcohol addiction treatment.

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The race for Council District 32 will see its first candidate night before the general election in Ozone Park.

The Ozone Park Residents Block Association and the Cityline Ozone Park Civilian Patrol will hold a forum at 7 p.m. July 29 at Medina Hall, 76-15 101 Ave. The forum, held in conjunction with the Ozone Park Kiwanis and the Ozone Park, Howard Beach and Woodhaven Lions Club, will include Republican nominee Joann Ariola, Democratic nominee Felicia Singh and Community First party hopeful Kenichi Wilson — the three contenders who will be competing in the Nov. 2 general election.

At the forum, community leaders from across the district, which encompasses parts of Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, Howard Beach and the western portion of the Rockaways, will ask hard questions that have releva nce to t he com mu n it ies t hey represent.

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A string of recent poaching busts in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge have shown the persistence of the illegal hunting problem in the biologically rich mudflats of the area’s West Pond.

The busts additionally tell us that the U.S. Park Police is having some success in tracking the culprits. Though gathering turtles and clams in the marshy areas around the bay has not ceased, Dan Mundy Jr. of Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, says that it’s a step in the right direction.

The Chronicle previously reported that in mid-June the Park Police responded to a group of poachers on Terrapin Point, an area south of West Pond and issued summonses to two individuals who were gathering turtles.

Reports that the National Park Service sent to the Chronicle show that throughout June and July Park Police have made five such busts in the wildlife refuge.

Most recently, an individual was arrested on July 10 for illegal clamming. A nearby resident who talked to the park officers who made the bust claimed that he was informed that the culprits had attempted to gather about 800 clams. An NPS spokesperson could not confirm the number of clams in

U.S. Park Police issued summonses for illegal clamming in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge FILE PHOTO on July 10. the incident.

On July 6, two individuals were issued citations for possession of undersized crabs from the refuge. Two days earlier, a poacher was arrested for taking undersized crabs from the park.

Over two nights in June that the Chronicle previously reported on, the two individuals

were issued citations for attempting to gather 20 turtles from Terrapin Point, an area south of West Pond where the low tide exposes rich mudflats teaming with aquatic life.

“I don’t think we’ve turned the tide so to speak yet ... but I think they’re stepping it up.

I would hope that it has to be a continued presence and it has to be multijurisdictional,” Mundy said.

The environmentalist has asked for a concerted response between the Park Police, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the NYPD to send a message that poaching will not be tolerated.

The volume that Mundy has been seeing leads him to believe that there may be a big commercial market for the poached turtles and clams. Anecdotally, he said, he’s heard about unregulated wet markets in Queens and Brooklyn that sell everything from eels to turtles.

He added that parks officers whom he had been in contact with about the incidents believe that the culprits may be selling the turtles internationally. After issuing the recent summonses, Mundy said the police have been cross-referencing the names with a national database that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service keeps.

“We just scratched the surface. We really Q need to get it out there,” Mundy said.

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P How can we stop attacks on individuals and icons?

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here are at least three driving forces behind the upsurge in hate crimes, attacks on important institutions and overall disrespect for the law that we’ve been suffering the last couple of years. In one of them public policy can have virtually no influence, in another it can have a fair amount and in the third it can have a great deal of impact.

We’re talking here about everything from hate crimes committed against people to vandalism to routine quality-oflife offenses, because we believe they all have some things in common. They’re all on the rise, in part because public policy is not discouraging them, and they reveal what seems to be a growing degree of pathology among the population, preceding the pandemic but clearly exacerbated by it.

As Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, the Democratic nominee for mayor, said Monday on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show,” the city has “become a place where lawlessness is the norm. And that is unacceptable.”

The latest example in Queens is the heinous destruction of two statues, considered holy by the faithful, outside Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Forest Hills. They had stood there since 1937. Some hate-filled woman knocked them over July 14, but that wasn’t enough. She returned at

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around 3:30 a.m. last Saturday, toppled them again, dragged them into the street and smashed them into pieces.

It’s unknown whether there is any link to the breaking in two of a holy statue at St. Adalbert Catholic Parish in Elmhurst in late May. One almost hopes so: The fewer people out there engaging in such hateful iconoclasm, the better.

It was at the start of June that someone spray-painted hate-filled messages against elderly war veterans, the police and the God that many believe in all over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Elmhurst, with some repeated nearby.

Even worse of course are the hate crimes against individuals. Recent ones include assaults against an Asian woman in Long Island City, a gay Latino man in Jackson Heights and Muslim couples in Jamaica and South Richmond Hill.

To the degree that all this hatred against people and institutions is due to anger or mental issues among those responsible, there is only so much that can be done. Some people are violent and commit crimes without any signs of regret.

Some of what’s going on may be linked to the worldview now prevalent among many officials, academics, media figures and entertainers that western countries, and the United States in particular, must be held accountable for their past

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Dear Editor: I take issue with the comment by Richard Reif in the June 24 Letters to the Editor column (“Masks don’t work”).

You may be entitled to your opinion, but enough with the semantics! Like saying “undemocratic” because they deny us the freedom of choice. You want choice; I like life over death! Selfishness has no bounds here. It’s like sexually transmitted diseases: I don’t know where you’ve been.

You sound like the holdout in one of those movies, where everyone is in agreement with saving their lives, but you have to be different.

And I don’t like to wear the mask either, but I’ve come to the opinion that wearing a mask and social distancing matters. It won’t kill you, but the virus will!

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Heinous church attack Dear Editor: An act of vandalism took place in Forest Hills where two religious statues were destroyed at Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church early Saturday morning. As a Catholic and as Grand Knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus Council # 5911 in Douglaston, I am appalled and greatly sad© Copyright 2021 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved.

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wrongs. If the intelligentsia keeps telling you the Catholic Church is a force for oppression, why not destroy its icons?

If the same is true of the U.S. military, why not deface memorials to its members? Maybe the pendulum could swing back to the middle so we could get a more balanced, more accurate approach to history and current affairs. This is where public officials could have a fair amount of impact.

Where they have the most sway, however, is in legislation.

What they could and should do is rewrite the laws that have allowed lawlessness to spread. Not only should the damaging no-bail laws of 2019 be reversed, New York should join those states that allow judges to take community safety into account when deciding whether to jail a defendant.

We can’t expect any of that, however. City and state lawmakers have shown they are fine with a certain level of chaos. Instead we have to hope that Adams, if he becomes mayor, can somehow reverse the lawlessness with the tools of his office, including proactive policing and letting people know through word and deed that the deal has changed.

The city cannot allow criminal pathologies to thrive the way they have been of late, not if we want to maintain our society, our traditions and our very safety.

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dened by this attack.

A woman was captured by video camera who perpetuated this heinous act against those who worship at Our Lady of Mercy. It was reported that this was the second attempt and now the statues are completely destroyed.

The statues were 84 years old and were of the Blessed Mother and of St. Therese the Little Flower.

Father Frank Schwarz, pastor of Our Lady of Mercy, said, “I pray that this recent rash of attacks against Catholic churches and all houses of worship will end, and religious tolerance may become more part of our society.” Well I totally agree, and pray to God that will come to pass.

This type of hatred must end soon.

I also hope the person who committed this act is captured soon before more churches face the same act of vandalism.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Bellerose

Eat out to help out Dear Editor: Re “Restaurant Week reflects recovery,” Katherine Donlevy, July 15: As we come out from under Covid-19, it is important to patronize your favorite neighborhood restaurants, not only during the extended NYC Restaurant Week, which runs from July 19 to Aug. 28, but all year-round. My wife Wendy and I recommend Fontana Famous Gyro & Pizza in Bayside, the Aegea in Douglaston and Aunt Bella’s Italian Restaurant, King Wok and Greek Isles in Little Neck.

We don’t mind occasionally paying a little more to help our favorite restaurants survive.

Don’t forget your cook and server. We try to tip 20 percent against the total bill, including taxes.

If it is an odd amount, we round up to the next dollar. If we can afford to eat out, we can afford an extra dollar tip. When ordering takeout, we

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Turkey’s attack on Cyprus Dear Editor: Forty-seven years ago, Greek Cypriots were forced from their homes, and religious and cultural sites were damaged and destroyed during the illegal Turkish invasion. Nearly five decades later, many still have not been able to return home.

More than 40,000 soldiers remain on the island, an unacceptable occupation that has oppressed the Cypriot people since 1974. As we continue working toward a stable and reunified Cyprus, I am deeply disturbed by Turkey’s unilateral reopening of Varosha beach in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

A Cyprus in which Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots can live together in peace, security, and prosperity benefits the United States, the entire Eastern Mediterranean, and most of all Cypriots themselves, who deserve to live free from any Turkish military oppression.

Carolyn Maloney U.S. Representative for the 12th District Manhattan The writer is co-chairperson and co-founder of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues.

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Dear Editor: Re “Paying for more Medicare,” Larry Penner, Letters, July 8: On May 6, 2021, the author posted a letter in the Albany Times-Union (timesunion.com/ opinion/article/Viewpoint-Too-many-question-marks-in-16154809.php), observing how the Republicans and Democrats love to raise taxes, spend money and get us deeper in debt.

In 2011 the author had a letter posted in The Island Now (theislandnow.com/news-98/ackerman-letter-response-fails-to-address-federal-deficits), lambasting then-Congressman Ackerman for engaging in deficit spending.

In an opinion piece in Mass Transit Magazine earlier this year (masstransitmag.com/management/blog/21207074/oped-new-york-govcuomo-is-the-king-of-transit-deficit-financing), the author lambasts Gov. Cuomo for deficit spending. So why does the author want to pick my pocket and the pockets of mostly senior citizens on Medicare?

Has the author any opinion polls to ascertain how many people are in favor of this benefit or how many people actually require it?

Has he figured even a rough estimate of the cost over the next five years? Has he conducted an opinion poll of “Joe six-pack” to ascertain how (s)he would approve of this? Has he spoken to providers of dentistry, optometry or audiology to determine how many of them would be willing to participate? Has he performed any studies to ascertain how much extra infrastructure would be required by the Social Security Administration, and at what cost? Is the author aware of the fact that some estimates predict Social Security running out of money by the 2030s? Is the author in favor of keeping the current benefit level in place, or would he rather the system run out of money sooner by providing an extra benefit?

How is it that if the author is in favor of a project few — if any — pesky details bother him but if he is against it the devil is in the details?

Nat Weiner Bronx

To Meeks: more foreign aid Dear Editor: Being from NYC is truly a blessing, and understanding the way that our money works for our communities is more important than ever. Being from a city that has its reach far beyond the five boroughs, we should look beyond what’s directly in front of us and think of ways to invest in the global stage when considering the ways that New York’s fifth district is to be best represented by Rep. Gregory Meeks. Understanding that the district has people from various cultures, with families that stretch across the globe, New Yorkers ought to apply pressure on Meeks to further foreign aid as it’s an investment in the people of NY, the USA and the globe.

Meeks chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, so his constituents have a stronger voice in advocating for an increase in the International Affairs Budget, which aims to help our foreign relations with other nations. Simply, when global impoverished communities do better they create job opportunities, not solely for themselves, but for trade and economic boosts to a place like New York City. New Yorkers can see firsthand see how people’s families see improvements in other countries, and how we can make a difference with hardly any effort by applying pressure to our representatives.

I am currently working with The Borgen Project, an anti-global-poverty advocacy organization, and I am asking anyone interested to advocate for an increase in the International Affairs Budget. When we invest in the human condition, we see massive returns economically and in diplomacy and safety. As certain conditions of the world push many into poverty, our actions can improve conditions around the world. With foreign aid being 1 percent of the U.S. budget, we could do so much more for greater returns, and it starts by contacting your representatives and asking them to bolster the International Affairs Budget.

Jeremiah Serafin South Ozone Park

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always leave a dollar or two for the waiter or cook. It is appreciated.

The restaurant industry employs several hundred thousand people. This includes bartenders, waiters, bus boys, cooks and cashiers, wholesale food sellers, distributors and linen suppliers. There are also construction contractors who renovate restaurants or build new ones.

Our local entrepreneurs work long hours, pay taxes and provide local employment especially to students during the summer. If we don’t patronize our local restaurants, they don’t eat either.

Larry Penner Great Neck, LI

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FAA approves PA’s AirTrain enviro plan Some work on Willets-to-LaGuardia rail link could begin this summer

by Michael Gannon Editor

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday approved the environmental review of the proposed AirTrain project from Willets Point to LaGuardia Airport.

The approval appears to clear the way for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to build the elevated rail line.

The PA, backed by Gov. Cuomo, has sought to construct the system in order to shorten travel times between LaGuardia and Manhattan.

The proposal has been fought by environmental advocates and numerous residents in the East Elmhurst area.

Supporting construction could begin as early as this summer. The 127-page decision can be read and dow nloaded at bit. ly/3wVYG4J. “The new LaGuardia Airport — the first new airport in the United States in over 25 years and the front door to New York — deserves a reliable, efficient, and affordable transit connector worthy of its destination,” Cuomo said in a statement posted on his official website. “With the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval today of the LaGuardia AirTrain, that’s exactly what New Yorkers will get.”

In a statement from the PA, Executive

The Federal Aviation Administration has signed off on the environmental study for the proposed FILE IMAGE COURTESY PANYNJ LaGuardia Airport AirTrain project.

Director Rick Cotton said the ruling clears the way to provide a reliable, predictable and non-polluting rail link to the airport.

“LaGuardia Airport is the only major airport on the East Coast without a rail mass transit link, and it is way past time for that embarrassment to end.”

Critics have argued that the PA and federal authorities did not consider less intrusive

alternatives, such as improving bus service or extending the existing N/W elevated subway tracks from their terminus at 31st Street and Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria.

They contend the AirTrain will cause irreparable harm to the Malcolm X Promenade; the waterfront park along Flushing Bay; and the neighborhood in general.

Among the harshest critics of the plan have

Co-naming honors Hindu leader Shri Prakash Gossai remembered in Ozone Park

by Max Parrott

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The city renamed an Ozone Park street last Sunday in honor of a beloved neighborhood Hindu priest.

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), Borough President Donovan Richards, Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven) and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) were among those who attended the ceremony to remember Shri Prakash Gossai at Bhuvaneshwar Mandir in Ozone Park.

Gossai came to Queens from Guyana in the 1980s and founded the first mandir in Ozone Park. He became a prominent leader in the city’s Hindu community. Gossai died in 2009.

In 2018, Ulrich sponsored Council legislation legally naming 86th Street between 101st and 102nd avenues “Shri Prakash Gossai Way.” “Shri Prakash Gossai was a dear friend. We first met before I was elected to the City Council,” Ulrich said in a statement. “He was a deeply respected religious leader, across all faiths.

He was also a community leader who helped make Richmond Hill and Ozone Park better places to live, work, and raise a family.”

Gossai’s family attended the co-naming.

“Our hearts are filled in the Gossai family and the Bhuvaneshwar Mandir family with the co-naming of 86th Street in honor of our beloved leader, Shri Prakash Gossai. He

been the organizations Riverkeeper and Guardians of Flushing Bay. Rebecca Pryor, program coordinator for both organizations, told the Chronicle on Tuesday that they are reviewing the FAA’s ruling.

“I think it’s pretty safe to say that alternatives still have not been properly considered,” Pryor said. “And the record of decision still does not address many of the concerns we have raised all along.”

The PA is committing — and the FAA is requiring — more than $50 million of investment in upgrading the Promenade.

Cuomo said that as the state emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, the AirTrain represents “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest in a resilient, transformative, and interconnected future ...”

Tom Grech, president and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, which supports and has promoted the project, agreed.

“As we emerge from Covid, this will bring 4,000 jobs; 3,000 in the construction industry,” Grech said in a telephone interview. “It also brings half a billion dollars in contracts for [minority- and women-owned business enterprises].”

Grech also said more than 4,200 people commented on the proposal during hearings.

“Eighty percent of those comments were Q positive,” he said.

Howard Beach to hold family handball event The Howard Beach Dads Facebook group will host a family handball tournament from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 25 at Walter Ward Playground,159-15 88 St. Teams of two can sign up for $40 each. The event, sponsored by Empanada on the Rise, will also include a basketball clinic and a free karate class for kids and arts and crafts.

It will raise money for NY Rim Rockaz, a summer youth program that teaches young children basketball.

Half of the money raised from empanadas sold at the event will go to Rim Rockaz. To register for the tournament, Q call (516) 614-9326.

Democratic District Leader Richard David, left, Councilman Eric Ulrich, Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, Shri Prakash Gossai’s son Acharya Arun and daughter Priya and Borough President NYC COUNCIL PHOTO Donovan Richard celebrate a street renaming after the Hindu leader. devoted his entire life to improving our community, uplifting our culture and making New York City the mosaic we have called home for decades,” Gossai’s wife, Acharya Leila Gossai, said.

The ceremony represents the fourth of its kind this year to honor the area’s South Asian

and Indo-Caribbean populations through street renamings.

“These co-namings where we are highlighting Hindu leaders continue to bring visibility to this community in the march for equity and recognition in New York,” said Democratic DisQ trict Leader Richard David.

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Despite objections, retirees to receive Medicare Advantage plan

by Max Parrott

mented with little disruption and that the City will continue to provide high quality healthcare to its over 1.2 million The Municipal Labor Committee, an active employees, retirees, and depenu mbrella g roup representing cit y dents,” said Commissioner of Labor unions, voted last Wednesday to shift Rel a t io n s Re n e e C a m pio n i n a the health benefits of about 250,000 statement. retirees to a new plan under Medicare The city is set to save $600 million Advantage, a program in which private annually under the new plan. Under the companies contract with the federal current system, retirees have access to government to offer the public health Medicare, the federal benefit for people benefits.

65 and older, and the city pays for “The city’s commitment to our retirMedicare Part B, which covers outpaees is unwavering, and our new plan tient care. In materials the UFT sent out increases both quality and benefits for about the new plan, the union argued retirees while also lowering costs for the city and its taxpayers,” said Mayor Mayor de Blasio, left, and United Federation of Teachers against the notion that the move reprede Blasio in a press release he sent out President Michael Mulgrew, center, seen at an unrelated sents a shift to privatization because the over the vote. event, support the city’s shift to Medicare Advantage, city already does pay for a Medicare The move has resulted in backlash which was approved last week. PHOTO BY ED REED/MAYOR’S OFFICE supplement, designed to help cover the expenses that Medicare doesn’t cover, among many of the city’s retired city employees. Hundreds of them, as reported by enough to consult with its rank-and-file retir- through EmblemHealth.

The Advantage plan contains an annual amNew York, marched against the new ees in the process before making the change. insurance package in Manhattan last week. Some protesters also said that it will signifi- deductible of $253 and maximum of $1,470 on out-of-pocket expenses, according to a The Council of Municipal Retiree Organiza- cantly increase out-of-pocket costs.

Crain’s reported that the New York State comparison between Senior Care, the city’s tions, a federation of retired city workers, created a petition against the deal that gar- Nurses Association, CUNY’s Professional current plan for retirees, the new program Staff Congress, the Doctors Council and the that the United Federation of Teachers sent nered over 25,000 signatures.

The criticism has been split between those Committee of Interns and Residents voted out. Co-pays will be $15 for a majority of outpatient services, $50 for emergency care concerned that the new plan will reduce against the proposal Wednesday.

“We know that change can be difficult, and $300 for inpatient stays. access to doctors and healthcare services, Medicare Advantage plans have become and the complaint that the MLC did not do but we are confident that this will be impleAssociate Editor

increasingly popular across the country in recent years, and the results have not always been positive. A 2017 Kaiser Family Foundation study found that Medicare Advantage plans led to restrictions on hospitals and doctors where enrollees can receive care.

Despite the city’s assurances that under the new plan a retiree can go to any doctor or hospital that accepts Medicare whether or not the provider is in the insurer’s network or not, many of the retired workers remain skeptical.

Carol Giardina, an associate professor at Queens College, said that her concerns stem from what she’s heard about Medicare Advantage recipients in other states. After open heart surgery, one of her friends in Florida was not able to get into the rehab program of her choice. The only one available was poorly rated and far from her home and family.

“How are they going to make Medicare Advantage follow through? Even with a contract people don’t follow through,” she said.

Giardina asked rhetorically what someone would do if they suddenly found themselves in her friend’s situation.

“You’d have to contact your lawyer and your union and the city and jump through 45 hoops, and maybe you could get them to follow through if you threatened, but you know, and maybe in a couple of weeks, you’re not going to stay in the hospital all that time?” Q

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Activist org. seeks more hospital beds Rise and Resist wants more equity in healthcare for the World’s Boro

by Naeisha Rose

“The inequity that we are seeing as a result of hospital closures is consistent with the ineqRise and Resist, a civil liberties activist uities that we see throughout our system — group, held a “Beds, Not Body Bags” rally affecting people of color, people with lower July 10 at the northeast corner of Rufus King incomes, immigrants and single women with Park in Jamaica to raise awareness about the children more than anyone else,” said Alexandra Woods, who facilitates meetings with Rise lack of hospital beds in Queens.

The park was no random choice, as it lies and Resist members.

While Queens comes second to Brooklyn across from the site of the former Mary Immaculate Hospital, which is now a luxury in population throughout New York City, it is apartment complex called Parkhill City at 152- the most ethnically diverse county not just in the Empire State or the country, but in the 11 89 Ave. Throughout the hour-long rally, protesters world, according to ny.gov.

It has the largest naturalized immigrant held up signs with statistics about the lack of hospital beds in the World’s Borough com- population (1.1 million) in the city, according pared to Manhattan, which has more accom- to the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs.

There are also 800 languages and dialects modations for its patients despite having a smaller population than Queens, the second- spoken within the borough, according to the most populated borough that if it were its own Endangered Language Alliance, a nonprofit city would be the fifth largest in the country, dedicated to documenting diverse languages.

The borough was also the epicenter of the according to the U.S. Census.

“We are here today because the closure of coronavirus pandemic, according to Rise and Mary Immaculate Hospital and seven other Resist, because of the closure of eight hospihospitals in Queens over the last two decades tals — Mary Immaculate, St. John’s Queens has left Queens with the lowest per capita hos- Hospital in Elmhurst, Holliswood Hospital, Little Neck Hospital, pit al bed s of a ny Parkway Hospital in county in the counForest Hills, Physitry,” said Mark Hancia n s Hos pit a l i n nay, who advocates uring the peak of Jackson Heights, Penfor unions and healthCovid-19 we witnessed insula Hospital in Far care policy with Rise Rockaway and St. and Resist. “Interestthe folly of NY State Joseph’s Hospital in ingly, Manhattan has the highest ratio in the government’s leadership Flushing.

“The reason behind country. Not coinciin the early 2000s ...” the hospital closures dentally, when Covid was economic,” said hit New York City, — Councilman Jim Gennaro Dr. Leon Kirschner, Queens became the the director of an epicenter of the crisis.

The lack of hospital beds has everything to do occupational therapy department and a secrewith this. People died due to systematic tary at Rise and Resist, who is from Jamaica inequality. We are calling on the state to take and lives in Jackson Heights. “The state’s actions that will put healthcare services into Medicaid reimbursement schedule is so low that hospitals can’t survive in the current envihigh-need areas.”

The 2.3 million residents of Queens share ronment if they depend on Medicaid rather eight hospitals, which have a capacity of 1.5 than private insurance or private pay — and beds per 1,000 people, according to research consider which hospitals and communities from Rise and Resist. Meanwhile, Manhattan serve populations that use Medicaid. Thus has 1.6 million, or 700,000 fewer residents hospitals in high-need areas close.”

Rise and Resist wants elected officials to than the World’s Borough, and has 21 hospicreate innovative legislation to fix the problem tals with 6.4 beds per 1,000 people.

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or introduce a sliding scale that incentivizes putting beds into high need areas by reimbursing at a higher rate, according to Kirschner.

Rise and Resist shared the office numbers of Gov. Cuomo, state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), Assemblywoman Vivian Cook (D-Jamaica), Borough President Donovan Richards and Councilman Jim Gennaro (D-Hillcrest) so that the public can demand that the elected officials do something about the hospital bed shortage crisis.

Gennaro said in response that he is doing all he can to support hospitals.

“During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, we witnessed firsthand the folly of [the] government’s leadership in the early 2000s in mandating the closure of so many hospitals throughout the state, especially in Queens. As a result, Queens has the lowest number of hospital beds per person than any other county in the United States that has a hospital — and that is an atrocity,” said Gennaro. “This year, Borough President Donovan Richards and I partnered to secure more than $5 million for the Queens Hospital Center to ensure that the underserved communities of Queens have access to world-class medical

care. The people of Queens deserve more hospitals and more beds, but for now, my job and my vow is to ensure that all our existing hospitals become beacons of medical excellence.”

Richards held similar sentiments during a Queens State of the Borough address in March.

“This past year, the pandemic did not show us anything new, but it did reveal how deep inequity runs right here in the greatest city in the world; and unfortunately, even in the most diverse county in the continental United States — Queens,” said Richards.

Comrie declined to make a statement at this time.

While speaking with the Queens Chronicle on July 16, Kirschner was thankful for Richards’ efforts to prevent St. John’s Episcopal in Far Rockaway from closing during the pandemic, for coming to its past rallies and for his efforts with helping other hospitals in the borough.

The Queens Chronicle reached out to the remaining aforementioned elected officials about the lack of hospital beds in the borough, but did not receive a response before the publiQ cation of this article.

Meng eyes $30M to fight hate crime

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) announced July 20 that $30 million in funding has been secured in a House bill to expand provisions in her Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act. Meng attached the funding to the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill.

The measure now heads to the House floor, where she expects it to pass later this month.

Her office is unsure on the timeline for the bill’s Senate version.

The $30 million would be put directly into

community-based organizations to implement the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act’s goal of community engagement, empowerment and education on prejudiced acts, particularly on the dramatic anti-Asian sentiment ignited by the pandemic.

“Community-based organizations are the heartbeat of our communities,” Meng said in a statement. “Since the beginning of the pandemic, they have been on the front lines standing against the rise in bigotry and attacks. They’ve worked tirelessly to help victims and stop this spike in discrimination and

intolerance, and they have done all this under-resourced.”

Community-based organizations and civil rights groups could use the funds to implement educational classes and community services for defendants convicted of hate crimes; hire safety ambassadors to escort vulnerable community members in public places; provide bystander and de-escalation trainings in multiple languages; and more.

“This vital funding would reinforce and expand the critical groundwork that these community groups have been doing; it would

help them scale up and expand out,” Meng continued.

According to NYPD data, 32.3 percent of all hate crimes committed in the first six months of 2021 were targeted against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The total is a 236 percent increase from the number of incidents against AAPI in the first half of 2020, and a 11,000 percent jump from 2019.

Anti-Semitic crimes are still the most common in the city. More than 36 percent of this year’s reported hate crimes were against Q Jewish persons.

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by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) is among those supporting President Biden and state Attorney General Tish James in their efforts to protect consumers from predatory lending.

On June 30, Biden repealed a Trump-era rule, which would allow national banks and federal saving associations to enter partnerships with third parties, like fintech marketplace lenders (Avant, Credit Karma and Fundera for example), in making loans, according to the Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, an international business law firm.

The true lender rule was finalized October 2020 by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, an independent bureau of the U.S. Department of Treasury that charters, regulates and supervises all national banks and federal savings associations as well as federal branches and agencies of foreign banks.

Some Republicans and financial groups welcomed the rule, which had yet to take effect, because it would allow underserved consumers better access to favorable loan rates, according to the Davis Polk law firm.

Democrats, however, believed the rule would allow predatory lenders to skirt state interestrate limits on loans and prey on customers.

James had sued to block it.

Comrie, a former member and chairman of the Consumer Affairs committees in both the City Council and state Senate, was grateful that Biden invalidated the rule to ensure protections are in place for consumers going forward.

“Protecting the public from unscrupulous business practices has always been a priority of mine during my tenure in government,” said Comrie in an email to the Queens Chronicle.

“I applaud the efforts of Attorney General James and our Congressional leaders in rescinding the true lender rule which would have harmed New Yorkers, by allowing predatory lenders to charge exorbitant interest rates on loans and enable the exploitation of consumers. New York State has some of the most comprehensive consumer protection laws in the country and I am pleased to see that President Biden signed into law measures that will

keep those protections in place.”

The Center for Responsible Lending, a nonprofit that works to ensure a fair and inclusive marketplace, had a coalition of 325 activist, faith, housing, labor, community, small business, veteran, senior rights, legal and consumer organizations across the country and in the District of Columbia undersign a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House and Senate Minority Leaders Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ken.) to challenge the Trump policy that they dubbed the “fake lender” rule in a prepared statement on June 23.

“Rent-a-bank lending is back,” said the statement, “now being used to make longerterm installment loans at rates that exceed voter- and legislature-approved rate caps.”

Lenders would have been allowed to charge rates of 179 percent or higher, according to CRL coalition statement.

“The final rule, enacted by the OCC in October 2020, overturns 200 years of case law endorsed by the Supreme Court that allows courts to look beyond contrivances to prevent usury evasions,” said the statement.

While the coalition was reaching out to members in Congress, James had already led a lawsuit on July 29, 2020 with bipartisan support from 23 other attorneys general against the rule.

“As our state and nation continue to suffer the devastating effects of COVID-19, with millions of Americans still unemployed and struggling to make ends meet, it is reprehensible that the Trump Administration has chosen to protect big banks’ profits rather than vulnerable consumers’ wallets,” James said in a statement last year.

On July 8, she announced that the lawsuit was dropped, since under Biden’s repeal it would no longer be necessary.

“The reversal of this predatory and abusive Trump era rule is a victory for all consumers,” said James. “The true lender rule made a mockery of federal law and would have prolonged the tide of exploitative and dangerous loans that trap vulnerable consumers in Q cycles of debt.”

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The state Assembly and Senate recently passed a bill designed to reduce childhood drowning.

The bill, introduced by Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park), would create a state commission that would develop an education program on water safet y to prevent ch ild hood drowning.

The bill is sponsored in the Senate by state Sen. Tim Kennedy (D-Buffalo).

“This commission will be focusing on getting swimming education to underserved communities, and we will ensure that newly developed programs are inclusive for kids all over New York State,” Pheffer Amato said in a statement.

“Regardless of your family’s income and whether you have access to an ocean, lake, or pool, every child should know the basics of water safety.”

It is one of two water safety bills that Pheffer Amato has introduced. The other would require water safety to be taught as a part of school curricula throughout the state.

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C M SQ page 14 Y K NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (DEC) NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING Date: July 21, 2021 Applicant:

Facility:

Astoria Gas Turbine Power LLC 31-01 20th Ave., Astoria, NY 11105

Astoria Gas Turbine Power Replacement Project 31-01 20th Ave., Astoria, NY 11105

Permit(s) Applied for (Application Number):

Article 19 Air Title V Facility (2-6301-00191/00003) Article 19 Title IV (Phase II Acid Rain) (2-6301-00191/00024) Article 17 Titles 7 & 8 Industrial SPDES - Surface Discharge - (2-6301-00191/00014) Article 15 Title 15 Water Withdrawal (2-6301-00191/00026) Prior Notice:

On June 30, 2021 DEC issued a Notice of Complete Application https://www.dec.ny.gov/enb/20210630_ reg2.html#263010019100014 and a Combined Notice of Complete Application and Determination to Hold a Public Hearing https://www.dec.ny.gov/enb/20210630_not2.html Current Notice:

This Notice serves to provide the public notification that the DEC will hold public comment hearings on August 24 and 26, 2021 as described below.

Project Description:

uses natural gas as its primary fuel with ultra-low sulfur kerosene (“ULSK”) as

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), as lead agency,

backup. Make up water will be sourced from existing connections to the New York

has determined that the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS),

City water supply. No water will be withdrawn from the East River. Construction will

and applications for draft Title IV and Title V air permits, draft Industrial SPDES permit

require dewatering of the project site. The dewatering will involve the withdrawal

modification and water withdrawal for the proposed Astoria Replacement Project

of approximately 0.7 MGD of groundwater. The groundwater will be treated and

(“Replacement Project”), are complete for the purposes of public review and

ultimately discharged via existing outfall 001.

comment. The existing Facility currently consists of 31 older, peaking-only gas and oil-fired CTs including 24 Pratt & Whitney (“P&W”) turbines and seven retired Westinghouse turbines, with a combined nameplate rating of 646 MWe (502 MWe not including the retired Westinghouse turbines). The proposed Replacement Project, as modified, will replace the nearly 50-year-old P&W and Westinghouse turbines at the Facility with a new state-of-the art simple cycle dual-fuel peaking CTG. The proposed For the latest news visit qchron.com

Replacement Project will include a new CTG which will be a highly efficient, quick

Written Comments: All written comments concerning the draft air permits must be submitted to the DEC Contact Person listed below by August 29, 2021. Comments sent by regular mail must be postmarked no later than August 29, 2021. Email and Fax comments must be received by 5:00 P.M. (EDT), August 29, 2021. All written comments regarding the permit applications, proposed draft permits, fact sheets and SDEIS submitted by email should be sent to comment.nrgastoriagas@dec.ny.gov.

start, fast-ramping, General Electric (“GE”) H-Class 7HA.03 or equivalent unit that has a nominal generator output of approximately 437 MWe. The new CTG will fire natural gas as the primary fuel with limited ultra-low sulfur distillate (“ULSD”) liquid fuel for backup. The proposed Replacement Project will also include a ULSD-fired

All public comments on these permits will be reviewed by DEC Staff to determine whether they raise substantive and significant issues that warrant further review through adjudication. Specific comments must be supported by full documentation and references should be limited to readily available information.

emergency generator, and two ULSD-fired emergency fire water pumps. All of the existing units, with the exception of one P&W Twin Pac (consisting of two combustion turbines and a single generator), will be permanently shut down once the proposed Replacement Project has completed its shakedown period. The two remaining P&W turbines will remain operational to make the site black-start capable until replaced by an approximately 24 MWe battery energy storage system. The P&W Twin Pac

Public Comment Hearings: In-Person Public Comment Hearings: In-person public comment hearing sessions to receive unsworn statements from the public on the applications and the draft permits, and the SDEIS, will be held before Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Daniel P. O’Connell at 1:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. on August 26, 2021 at the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens, 21-12 30th Road, Astoria, NY 11102

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Virtual Public Comment Hearings: In addition to the in-person hearing sessions, virtual public comment hearing sessions will be conducted electronically before ALJ O’Connell through the Webex Events electronic webinar platform. The virtual sessions will begin at 1:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. on August 24, 2021. Instructions for attending and providing oral statements at the virtual public comment hearing sessions may be accessed at the DEC’s website at https://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6061.html. Persons who wish to receive the instructions by mail or telephone may contact the NYSDEC Office of Hearings and Mediation Services by telephone at (518) 402-9003 or by email to ohms@dec.ny.gov. Please provide your first and last name, address, and telephone number and reference the Astoria Gas Turbine Power Replacement Project public comment hearing.

All persons, organizations, corporations, or government agencies which may be affected by the proposed project are invited to attend the public comment hearings and to submit oral or written comments. It is not necessary to speak at both the virtual and in-person hearing sessions, as equal weight is given to statements made in each forum.

Persons who wish to speak at an in-person hearing session are encouraged to preregister by 10:00 A.M. on August 25, 2021. To pre-register, contact the DEC Office of Hearings and Mediation Service by telephone at (518) 402-9003, or by email at ohms@dec.ny.gov. Please provide your first and last name, address, and telephone number, reference the Astoria Gas Turbine Power Replacement Project public comment hearing, and indicate the session you wish to speak at. Instructions for registering to speak at a virtual hearing session may be accessed as indicated above.

Contact: Christopher Hogan NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Environmental Permits 625 Broadway, 4th Floor Albany, New York 12233-1750 Voice: (518) 402-9167 Fax: (518) 402-9168 comment.nrgastoriagas@dec.ny.gov

Save our city: Support police for safer streets and continues to

by Joann Ariola The heartbreaking death of a 13-year- push for Rikers to old alleged gang member is the latest trag- b e c o m p l e t e l y edy in New York City’s ongoing crime closed.

Without public surge. Each day New Yorkers turn another page in what is becoming one of the most safet y, t h is cit y chilling horror stories imaginable. Ram- doesn’t f u nction. pant and chaotic violence plagues commu- Consider this casnity after community throughout the city. cade — crime conTargeted attacks continually strike down tinues to rise — people of every race, religion and econom- tourists stop coming ic background. Not one of us is sheltered — local businesses suffer beyond repair — the city’s revenue stream is crippled — from the threat of this urban terror.

The latest CompStat numbers reveal government agencies are financially overmurders up 37 percent compared to two whelmed — workers don’t return to work years ago. The number of hate crimes — already lacking public transportation increased a staggering 118 percent since further deteriorates. The picture is striklast year. Separate from the numbers is the ingly clear, the crumbling infrastructure of sense of lawlessness that permeates our the city will be the ultimate consequence for the anti-policing campaigns. In short, streets.

The elected leadership of this city has without safe streets, the New York we blatantly discarded hard-won gains in the know and love will vanish.

What can be done? Start with supportf ight against cr ime. T he ideolog y embraced by too many elected officials ing the NYPD. Without political support, the NYPD cannot do and city leaders says a their job. But of course, criminal’s action is the vocal suppor t is not fault of society, instead of the individual combandoning policies enough. The City needs policies grounded in mitting the offense. This that worked has data, practicality and ideology is as detrimencommon sense. We need tal to our society as the led to a rise in the disbanded NYPD crime itself. The chamAnti-Crime units pion of this ideology, violent crime. restored. These police Bill de Blasio, and many officers were responsiCity Council members abandoned the “broken windows theory” ble for getting illegal guns off the street. of policing and fueled the fires of the anti- The dramatic rise in shootings is directly tied to disbanding these teams. We need police movement.

The contempt political leadership heaps the Neighborhood Community Officers on our law enforcement officers has had a program fully funded. When the City domino effect on crime. The summer of Council cut $1 billion from the NYPD’s 2019 began with the infamous video of budget, many NCOs had to assist on active cowards throwing water on police officers. investigations, instead of spending time Last summer saw riots that destroyed busi- building the neighborhood relationships nesses, police cars and ripped the fabric of that are the cornerstone of community our society. This summer’s shootings con- policing. And when the ideologues come to tinue to rise, up 22 percent compared to harass our heroes and blame the police for last year. Even our prison system suffers. their own failed policies, we need to stand Department of Corrections officers are up and “Back the Blue.”

New York is the home of the Empire forced to work triple shifts, which in many cases means working 24 hours straight. State Building, the New York Mets, YanMayor de Blasio refuses to allow a new kees and a host of other places and famous recruitment class of Corrections Officers names that put us on the map. But ultimately, middle-class, hardworking families built this city. The unsung heroes who go to work, pay taxes and play by the rules are New York’s foundation. These people support police and know we need common sense back in City Hall. Working together, we can bring safety to our streets, grow the economy, and remind everyone why New Q York is the greatest city in the world.

Joann Ariola is the Republican candiCuts to NYPD funding mean less time for date for New York City Council in the neighborhood coordination officers to 32nd District, in South Queens and the Rockaways.

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Lengthy statements should be in writing and summarized for oral presentation.

Reasonable time limits may be set for each speaker to afford everyone an opportunity to be heard. Equal weight will be given to both oral and written statements. The hearing locations are fully accessible to persons with mobility impairment. Interpreter services shall be made available to deaf persons, and translator services shall be made available to persons with limited English proficiency, at no charge for either service, upon written request to the ALJ at least 10 days prior to the hearing. Requests should be submitted to ALJ Daniel P. O’Connell, NYSDEC, Office of Hearings and Mediation Services, 625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-1550 or by email to ohms@dec.ny.gov.

OPINION

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that consistent with the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines, fully vaccinated individuals do not need to wear masks or socially distance during the hearing sessions. Unvaccinated/unknown vaccination status individuals need to maintain six feet of social distance and need to wear masks, in accordance with the federal CDC guidelines.

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Vandal destroys Forest Hills church statues Blessed Mother, St. Therese figures 84 years old; pastor asks flock to forgive

by Michael Gannon Editor

Kathy Nocera has been a parishioner at Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church in Forest Hills for more than 40 years. Like many of her friends and neighbors, she was devastated last weekend to learn that statues of the Blessed Mother and St. Therese, the Little Flower, had been destroyed by a vandal.

“Some of my wedding pictures were taken in front of the Blessed Mother statue,” Nocera told the Chronicle. “I heard about it from a neighbor. But on Sunday, when I went to Mass, I had to look for myself ... It was very difficult to see.”

The statues had been standing in front of the church at 70-01 Kessel St. since it opened in 1937, according to a statement from the Diocese of Brooklyn.

Police from the NYPD’s 112th Precinct said Saturday’s crime took place at about 3:30 a.m. when a woman pulled the statues from their pedestals and smashed them to the ground, causing them to break.

Published reports state it could cost $12,000 to replace them.

The woman is believed to be the same person who toppled the statues on Wednesday, July 14, but did not damage them.

“Both of these statues have stood in front of the church since it was built,” the Rev.

An 84-year-old statue of the Blessed Mother sits shattered on the grounds of Our Lady of Mercy PHOTO COURTESY DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN Church in Forest Hills. Police are investigating.

Frank Schwarz, pastor of Our Lady of Mercy, said in a prepared statement. “It is heartbreaking, but sadly it is becoming more and more common these days. I pray that this recent rash of attacks against Catholic churches and all houses of worship will end, and religious tolerance may become more a part of our society.”

A surveillance video, which can be viewed at qchron.com, shows the woman dragging the statues into the street where they were slammed to the pavement, stomped and struck with a hammer.

The woman is described by police as being in her mid-20s with a medium complexion, average build and wearing all black clothing.

The statues over generations stood through everything from the Hurricane of 1938, which devastated geographic Long Island, to Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Nocera said countless photographs commemorating weddings, first Holy Communions and confirmations have been taken in front of the statues over generations, but that their loss to the community goes far beyond the historic or sentimental.

“People could always stop there to say a prayer,” she said. “If you came by and the church was closed, it was a convenient place to pray.”

The NYPD Hate Crimes Unit and the 112th Precinct are investigating.

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

The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577, or by going to @nypdtips on Twitter. All tips are strictly confidential.

Lastly, Nocera was incredibly moved by the actions on Sunday of Schwarz, whom she said still is relatively new to the parish.

“He immediately asked that we pray for forgiveness,” she said. “That’s something to think about. It’s a good reminder of what our faith asks us to do for people who are not so Q nice.”

LIC woman targeted DOT seeks Queens with anti-Asian slur input for streets plan

by Max Parrott

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Associate Editor

Police recently released new surveillance video of a subject wanted in connection with an alleged hate crime in which a 55 -ye a r- old A si a n wo m a n fou nd herself the target of harassment.

The victim was walking her dog next to the Chase Bank along Queens Plaza South in Long Island City around noon May 22, when she was approached by an unk nown individual who sprayed her with Police are looking for this individual for an alleged a bottle of water and allegedly instance of racial harassment.

NYPD SCREENSHOT called her an anti-Asian slur, blue shirt, gray pants and gray sneakers. according to the NYPD. Anyone with information is asked to The suspect then fled the location, but the victim was not injured, according to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS the police. The NYPD’s Hate Crimes (8 477) , or, for Spa n ish , 1 (888) 57-PISTA (74782). The public can also Task Force is investigating.

The individual is described as a submit tips by logging onto nypdfemale in her early 20s, with a medium crimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 complexion, average build and short, (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577, or black hair. She was last seen wearing a by going to @nypdtips on Twitter. All Q black hooded sweatshirt, sunglasses, a tips are strictly confidential.

The city’s Department of Transportation will solicit input from Queens residents for the next NYC Streets Plan, its next fiveyear transportation master plan, in Zoom meetings on July 22 and 23.

The workshop for what the agency called Middle Queens, covering residents represented by Community Boards 5, 6 and 9, will take place today, July 22, from 2 to 4 p.m.

The July 23 Zoom meeting, for Outer Queens, will take place from 8:30 to 10: 30 a.m. and serve residents represented by CBs 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.

All wishing to register for the meeting can do so online at on.nyc.gov/2V4hbXz. A meeting for Western Queens, including Community Boards 1, 2, 3 and 4, took place Wednesday evening.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), in an email from his office, said public input will help the DOT prioritize transportation projects and programs in neighborhoods across the city. But he and the DOT also said attention will be paid to neighborhood concerns.

“The plan will involve an in-depth analysis of the current state of New York City’s

streets and respond equitably to the uniqueness of the City’s many neighborhoods and local needs,” according to the DOT’s website.

“My offices always receive calls from constituents about how they wish they could change the configuration of the streets, or they want more room for bike lanes, or faster and more reliable public transportation,” Addabbo said. “Each neighborhood is different, so there is no one-size-fits-all solution to the problems we face. These workshops are the perfect way for people to let DOT know exactly what they would like to see in their communities. I encourage all of my constituents to attend the virtual workshops and take the online survey to have a say in what happens in their communities.”

The DOT’s report is due in December.

Its website also has links for project timelines, and offers a survey that invites residents to share their concerns and their most important priorities to improve transportation and transportation safety. More information is available at nycstreetsplan@ Q publicworkspartners.com.

— Michael Gannon

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This notice is intended to advise the public that on July 20, 2021, the FAA issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the federal actions reviewed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed LaGuardia Airport (LGA) Access Improvement Project and its connected actions (the Proposed Action). The ROD includes numerous environmental findings by the FAA, as well as environmental determinations related to funding opportunities that are subject to federal oversight.

The Final EIS and ROD are available for download on the project website at https://www.lgaaccesseis.com. A copy of the ROD is also available for public review at FAA’s website: https://www.faa.gov/airports/environmental/records_decision The FAA, as lead agency, has completed and is publishing a ROD for proposed improvements identified at LGA. The ROD was prepared pursuant to Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1505.2.

The Final EIS for the proposed LGA Access Improvement Project was published on the project website at www.lgaaccesseis.com on March 15, 2021 and two Notices of Availability in the Federal Register were published; the first by the FAA on March 18, 2021 (86 FR 14796) and the second by the Environmental Protection Agency on March 19, 2021 (86 FR 14908). The FAA prepared the Final EIS pursuant to: the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, 42 United States Code (U.S.C.) 4321 et seq.; the Council of Environmental Quality implementing regulations, 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508; FAA Order 1050.1F; and FAA Order 5050.4B. FAA assessed the potential environmental impacts of the Proposed Action, as well as the No Action Alternative.

In the Final EIS, the FAA identified the Proposed Action as its preferred alternative in meeting the purpose and need of addressing unpredictable and increasing travel times to and from LGA and space constraints for employee parking. The Proposed Action includes:

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Availability of Record of Decision for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Proposed LaGuardia Access Improvement Project at LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City

• Construction of an above ground fixed guideway automated people mover (APM) system approximately 2.3 miles in length that extends from the LGA Central Hall Building under construction to the Mets-Willets Point Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and New York City Transit Subway Flushing Line (7 Line) stations; • Construction of two on-Airport APM stations (Central Hall APM Station and East APM Station) and one off-Airport APM station at Willets Point (Willets Point APM Station) that provides connections to the Mets-Willets Point LIRR and 7 Line stations; • Construction of passenger walkway systems to connect the APM stations to the passenger terminals, parking garages, and ground transportation facilities; • Construction of a multi-level APM operations, maintenance, and storage facility (OMSF) that includes up to 1,000 parking spaces (500 for airport employees, 250 for Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) employees, 50 for APM employees, and 200 for replacement Citi Field parking); • Construction of three traction power substations to provide power to the APM guideway: one located at the on-Airport East Station, another at-grade west of the proposed Willets Point Station just south of Roosevelt Avenue, and the third at the OMSF; • Construction of a 27kV main substation located adjacent to the OMSF structure on MTA property; • Construction of utilities infrastructure, both new and modified, as needed, to support the Proposed Action, including a permanent stormwater outfall into Flushing Creek and a temporary stormwater outfall into Flushing Creek; and • Acquisition of temporary and permanent easements; no private property will be acquired.

The Proposed Action also includes various connected actions, including: utility relocation and demolition of certain existing facilities; a temporary MTA bus storage/parking facility; relocation of up to 200 Citi Field parking spaces; demolition and replacement of the Passerelle Bridge; temporary walkway to maintain access between the transit stations and Flushing Meadows-Corona Park; modifications to the Mets-Willets Point LIRR Station, including new shuttle service on the LIRR Port Washington Line; and the relocation of several World’s Fair Marina facilities, including a boat lift, finger piers and connected timber floating dock, Marina office and boatyard facility, boat storage and parking, and operations shed.

The ROD includes FAA’s favorable environmental findings and determinations needed for the Port Authority to pursue future funding subject to FAA oversight pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §§ 47106 and 47107 and 49 U.S.C § 40117. The findings included in the ROD are:

The determinations included in the ROD are: • The Proposed Action is reasonably consistent with existing plans of public agencies for development of areas surrounding the airport (49 U.S.C. § 47106(a)(1)), and EO 12372; • Appropriate action, including the adoption of zoning laws, has been or will be taken as reasonable to restrict the land use next to or near the airport to uses that are compatible with airport operations (49 U.S.C. § 47107(a)(10)); and • The interest of the communities in or near where the Proposed Action may be located were given fair consideration (49 U.S.C. § 47106(b)(2)).

For further information contact: Mr. Andrew Brooks, Environmental Program Manager, Eastern Regional Office, AEA-610, Federal Aviation Administration, 1 Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, NY 11434. Telephone: 718-553-2511.

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• The Proposed Action will conform with the Clean Air Act of 1970, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.); • The Proposed Action includes all practicable measures to minimize harm to endangered species as much as such harm may result from implementation of the Proposed Action (Endangered Species Act of 1974, U.S.C. § 1531, as amended); • There is no prudent and feasible alternative to use of lands containing publicly owned parks, recreation areas, national wildlife refuges, or significant historic sites protected under Section 4(f) of the DOT Act, and the Proposed Action includes all possible planning to minimize harm to resources protected under Section 4(f) of the DOT Act (49 U.S.C. § 303(c) and Section 106, National Historic Preservation Act); • Relocation assistance, if any, will be provided in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 460, Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970; • Further mitigation measures or alternatives that would avoid or reduce the disproportionately high and adverse effects to minority environmental justice populations are not practicable (DOT Order 5610.2B and EO 12989); • The Proposed Action would conform to all applicable state and/or local floodplain protection standards (EO 11988); • The Proposed Action complies with the enforceable policies of New York State’s approved coastal management program and will be conducted in a manner consistent with such program; • The Proposed Action conforms to the Avoidance, Minimization and/or Compensation of Harm to Wetlands in Accordance with EO 11990 and the Clean Water Act; • The Proposed Action includes all practicable means to avoid or minimize harm from the alternative selected (40 CFR 1505.2(a)(3)); and • The FAA has given this proposal the independent and objective evaluation required by the CEQ (40 CFR 1506.5).

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Nonprofit cleans up green spaces

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

Alicia White, the executive director of the nonprofit Project Petals, was one of four people honored earlier this month by “People” magazine in a joint partnership with the U.S. Bank for the Resiliency Rising campaign, a celebration of extraordinary environmental and community efforts by individuals during the pandemic.

As the government shut down March 2020, White continued to use her nonprofit to develop green spaces in Black and other diverse communities that lacked greenery, or to clean up overgrown park areas, as the coronavirus continued to rage on.

One of those areas was a space at the edge of Gwen Ifill Park, formerly known as Railroad Park, near the Locust Manor Long Island Rail Road station, according to White. There was so much overgrowth, commuters struggled to walk the path that led to the train, she said.

“I grew up in the neighborhood my entire life,” said White, who was raised nearby in Jamaica and lives in Laurelton. “I have friends there. I have family there. I remember getting off the train and people were using it every day to access the Long Island Rail Road to get to the train, but there was always weeds up to people’s hips.”

After seeing a senior trying to clean up the lot by herself, White decided it was time to do something about the mess, which neither the city departments of Transportation and Parks

nor the Metropolitan Tranportation Authority wanted to take responsibility for, according to the nonprofit executive director.

“It’s an abandoned space owned by three city agencies,” said White, who started her cleanups in 2015 with up to nine volunteers in Southeast Queens almost every Saturday.

White’s nearly weekly routine of cleaning up the LIRR space led to her seeking out grants and funding for supplies, meeting with her state senator and having a sit-down with the DOT, MTA and Parks Department to get a capital project done to create a commuter path for straphangers.

“Back in 2017, I met Alicia White, Founder and CEO of Project Petals, an innovative nonprofit organization that conducts youth development programs throughout the city,” state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) said via email. “Project Petals has continued to serve and be a benefit to the community through its Youth Builders Development and Training Program. In addition to all that Alicia and Project Petals has done, they have put a specific emphasis on improving our local green spaces.”

Tiffany White, Alicia White’s sister, is a project manager and is proud of the work her sister accomplished over the past six years.

“There was this abandoned space that we were walking through back and forth to get to the Long Island Rail Road and it was overrun, and we were literally walking on a dirt path,” said Tiffany White. “She was like ‘This is

Project Petals Founder Alicia White, left, Tiffany White, Crystal McEachern and Victoria PHOTO COURTESY ALICIA WHITE McEachern. ridiculous. We are going to Manhattan and you see their parks and then you come home to see something vastly different.’”

Tiffany is glad that her sister had the vision to push for a commuter path for the space and create the change to make the area accessible.

Now, what started off simply as a small act of kindness is a citywide nonprofit.

“We average 400 volunteers throughout New York City in Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and in Harlem,” said Alicia White. “At NYCHA in the Bronx, that space was used for food distribution and [personal protective equipment] distrubition.”

The Bronx site is at Millbrook Houses at 160 Street and St. Ann’s Avenue, according to White, who worked with Cesar Yoc, the garden leader for the South Bronx NYCHA complex.

During the pandemic Project Petals also helped to set up the Garden of Resilience with the Laurelton Clean Up Group at 179-18 145 Drive. The Laurelton Clean Up Group is a volunteer organization that does community improvement projects in the Southeast Queens neighborhood.

“In Laurelton, she helped another organization with the tools that they need for a vegetable and community garden,” said Tiffany.

“With Covid-19 so many people were locked into their house, providing the community a garden gave them a space to connect and for her to do her work.”

“She also created this program called the Builders Program,” said Tiffany. “She realized that a lot of these younger people like to come out and get involved to make a change.”

The Builders Program connects youth with architects, urban planners, engineers and civil engineers, according to Tiffany.

“Because of her commitment to mentorship and her willingness to work with youth, I was happy to assist her,” said Comrie of the program.

White has plans to take Project Petals nationwide.

“Just seeing what she does makes me feel like I can do more, whether it is at work or in Q our community,” said Tiffany.

Flushing Library closed for ‘many months’ HVAC system broke down in May

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Nearly every Queens Public Library location reopened for full service last week, but the organization announced July 16 that the Flushing branch, the busiest library in the country, will remain closed indefinitely.

The heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system is to blame, the QPL said in a press release.

“We know very well that the library is the center of community life in Flushing and that it is an invaluable resource. So many people have been looking forward to the library’s reopening and unfortunately it is unclear when this will be possible,” said QPL President and CEO Dennis Walcott.

The 23-year-old HVAC system broke down in May. Replacing it will take “a considerable amount of time,” Walcott said. The design, engineering and installation work will take “many months,” and in the meantime the QPL is exploring temporary cooling and heating options.

The Flushing Library would probably have closed for some time anyway, the QPL said: The city had been planning to install a new public elevator in the building in the fall, which would necessitate closure.

The Flushing Library drew 1.7 million

visitors in 2019, according to the QPL, making it the busiest in the country. It is particularly popular among immigrants, who utilize the English classes, GED prep courses, technology workshops, job readiness classes and other programs offered there each year.

It also houses an adult learning center and an international resource center.

“The Flushing Library holds a special place in Flushing, lying at the heart of our community and acting as a central hub for those seeking to read a book, browse the internet, escape the heat or just meet with friends. As a critical community center for tens of thousands of people, the closure of the Flushing library for any period of time has a tremendous impact on local residents,” said Sandra Ung, the Democratic nominee for City Council District 20.

“Alongside numerous programs like GED courses, [English as a second language] programs and more, the loss of the Flushing library is especially difficult because our community has one of the lowest rates of home broadband access in Queens. Residents rely on the library to do everything from researching term papers to downloading immigrant documents.”

The library will continue its virtual programming, including bilingual storytime and author talks, technology classes, cultur-

The Flushing Library, located on Main Street, will be closed until further notice so the city can replace its HVAC system and to install a new elevator, the Queens Public Library announced last PHOTO BY KATHERINE DONLEVY week. al programming and tai chi classes, a QPL spokesperson told the Chronicle. Also, the Flushing Adult Learning Center currently provides all of its programs online, including those in ESL, pre-High School Equivalency, job readiness and more.

The branch has been closed for public use since March 2020, though it did offer to-go service from July to November of last year.

It was converted into a Covid-19 vaccination site in March, and will continue to serve as

one through the end of the summer, though the effort has been relocated to buses parked outside of the building. The city has begun moving the vaccination operations to an adjacent synagogue.

Library cardholders can visit the Mitchell-Linden, Queensboro Hill, McGoldrick and East Flushing branches, which all fall within 2.5 miles of the Flushing Library during the closure. Those four libraries are Q open for full service.

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Sensory overflow

by Deirdre Bardolf

Socrates park workshops meld sight, sound and surroundings in front of them. After, two groups were formed and par ticipants shared their drawings and rehearsed re-creating the sounds out loud.

The result was recorded to create audio tapes that emulated the harmony of the park and continued on page 21

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At Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, new workshops being offered this summer are blending art, environmental exploration and mindfulness for a truly unique experience of the park, for newcomers and returning guests alike.

Beginning at 11 a.m. on select Saturdays, Field Guide workshops offer lessons in planting and gardening, drawing, pickling, medicinal plants, storytelling and more. The experimental workshops are designed to incorporate the senses and explore mindfulness techniques, combining artmaking with natural materials.

“We are working in a space that is a sculpture park and it should be seen and touched and heard and smelled,” said Jeannette Rodríguez

Píneda, a mixed media artist and educator at the park. “That adds to our experience of the world and our memory of the space,” she said.

The programming, which launched in May, will run through September and is free and open to all ages.

“Here at Socrates, there’s this really unique opportunity to connect culture and encounters with the natural world,” said Douglas Paulson, director of education at the park. Many of the artworks that are exhibited there are created on-site in their outdoor studio space.

V i s i t o r s c a n w i t n e s s t h e a r t- m a k i ng process and also par ticipate in a variety of

educational programming.

La st Saturday, at tendees gathered for a workshop called “The Shape of Wind,” which combined listening, drawing and collaborative sound-making. It began with three minutes of listening to the sounds around them with their eyes closed. Birds chirped, dogs barked, cars honked, leaves rustled, children played and ferries passed on the East River, which borders the park. Then, with eyes still closed, they spent 12 minutes interpreting those sounds into shapes with different colored markers on big sheets of paper

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Benjamin Ward was born on Aug. 10, 1926 in Brooklyn. His mother was 30 years younger than his father, Edward, who was 78 years old when he was born. U.S. Census records show his father lived well into his 90s. Benjamin married a neighborhood girl, Elizabeth Page Patterson, in February 1945.

The young couple had a boy, Benjamin Jr., born in October 1946 (still alive and living in Texas today). Benjamin Sr. took the examination for the NYPD and was appointed as a probationary patrolman on June 1, 1951, and assigned to the 80th Precinct in Brooklyn. He was humiliated as he was not assigned a locker or squad car for several years. He patiently advanced th rough the ran ks via examinations.

A new marriage and start for him came in 1956 when he married Olivia Tucker, who supported him completely in his career. He entered the history books on Jan. 5, 1984 when he was appointed the 34th commissioner of the New York City Police Department, the first black man to hold the position. Upon his promotion he

Cryder House, built in 1963, at 166-25 Powells Cove Blvd. in Whitestone, was once the home of NYPD Commissioner Benjamin Ward.

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moved to a luxury waterfront property on the East River called Cryder House at 16625 Powells Cove Blvd., Apt. 6E in Whitestone with a beautiful commanding view of the water and blue sky. Most city officials live in Manhattan but Ward did not mind the 14-mile ride to work every day.

His chronic asthma forced him to step down in 1989. He passed away on June 10, 2002, just shy of his 76th birthday. Today, a typical condo in his building runs $625,000 with a $2,000 a monthly maintenance fee. Q

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Virtual or in-person, the poets of Queens are just happy to be sharing their work with each other once again.

After more than a year, Kew & Willow Books brought back its monthly Poetry Open Mic in June. Its second installment is scheduled for July 30 at 7 p.m. and, like the first, will be conducted completely virtually.

“We just want to be cautious, and some of our poets are not in Queens,” said Vina Castillo, one of the Lefferts Boulevard bookstore’s owners.

About a dozen poets performed at the first online event, about as many as were performing before the pandemic shut down the regular readings In fact, little about the performance has changed besides the venue. Sure, the wine and snacks typically offered at the in-person readings won’t be available, but the positive and motivational atmosphere is thriving.

“Everyone was encouraging. We are a little community,” Castillo said.

That encouragement has only blossomed after open mics were converted from inperson to virtual events, according to host Chanice Cruz. Before, poets and audience members could only snap and clap after a

performer shared his or her work, and maybe exchange kind words at the end of the night. Now, the chat box is lighting up with words of love throughout the entire event.

“We’d comment our favorite lines, we’re highlighting their prose, but not in a way that’s distracting. It’s all eyes on them,” Cruz said. “It’s positive feedback and we’re encouraging them to keep reading.”

The constant positive feedback inspired Cruz to change her plans as a host. Typically at in-person open mics, she wraps up the night by giving poets an optional assignment. Sometimes she’d tell them to come back in two months with a poem about love, for example.

At the first virtual open mic, Cruz asked the poets to take their favorite line from one of the other performers’ poems and write their own based on it.

“We inspire each other even when we’re not in the same room,” Cruz said. “When you’re around people who love what you do, that inspires you.”

The inspiration and sense of community are especially important to help one another alleviate any stage fright, which is still prevalent even in a virtual open mic. Cruz said in some ways the stage fright can feel more intense because it’s difficult to gauge

how the audience is responding. All she and the others need to do is take a peek at that positivity chat box to feel comfort again.

“People take their heart and they just put it in front of people. It’s their rarest form,” said Cruz. “It’s that need to be around each other, that need for our poetry to be heard. People have been writing throughout the pandemic and they’re waiting to be heard.”

And as with any other Zoom event, meeting virtually presents the opportunity for guest performers from across the country, and even the globe, to participate.

When the readings were in-person, Kew & Willow would feature more established poets to share their work and speak to the audience. Because of Zoom, the bookstore was able to continue the practice, and even invited a slam poet from Africa to participate at last month’s open mic.

Anyone can sign up to perform. Veteran poets and newcomers alike share the space, and Castillo said a new performer as young as 10 years old read last month.

The only rules are in regard to time limitations. Poets are asked to either share two poems or spend five minutes onstage in order to respect the others who are just as eager to share their work.

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After more than a year, Kew & Willow Books is starting up its poetry readings once again, which will take place virtually COURTESY PHOTO for now. for the next several months, maybe even until 2022, Castillo said.

Those interested in participating can email their full name to Kew & Willow at info@thequeensbookshop.com. For more Q information, visit kewandwillow.com.

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attending a Field Guide workshop again, like the one about making bioplastics into wearable art and clothing set for Aug. 21.

“A number of our workshops are based on a question,” said artist and teacher Rodríguez Píneda. “We’re not really thinking about an answer, but even more questions and what we are left with at the end in terms of the way we are experiencing our lives and experiencing public space.”

At the end of the workshop series, a book will be produced titled “Field Guide, A Community-made Book of Knowledge,” made up of drawings, recipes and more, all collected from the workshops, said Douglas Paulson. “Together we’re building this community knowledge,” he said. “It will help to teach people what they’re seeing around them when we’re not here.”

The audio recordings will also be accessible for those interested, too.

Preregistration is required for the workshops and class size is limited to 20 participants for social distancing.

Currently on exhibit at the park are Guadalupe Maravilla’s “Planeta Abuelx” and the “Eternal Flame” monument by Paul Ramírez Jonas, which features com-

Gathering after last Saturday’s Field Guide workshop at Socrates Sculpture Park are Maria Vargas, left, Caroline Alarcon, Aneesa Razak, Jeannette Rodríguez Píneda, Douglas Paulson, Patrick Galarza, Betsy Ezell, Mickey Ezell, Keaton Dozier-Ezell, Jonathan Dozier-Ezell, Rachel Dozier-Ezell and Sydney Beveridge. On the cover: Jonathan Dozier-Ezell assists his mother, Betsy Ezell, visiting from Alabama, as they focus a frame on drawings representing sounds heard in the park, which were then recreated vocally and recorded. PHOTOS BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF munal BBQ grills. The park also offers Saturday yoga, sunset meditation, kids’ dance sessions and healing sound baths that uti-

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Caroline Alarcon and her friend Maria Vargas attended the workshop, their first time taking one at the park. “We didn’t know what to expect and we absolutely loved it,” said Alarcon.

“I’m a little bit shy and I think my friend is shy too. So, it took us out of our comfort zone,” she said. Now, she looks forward to

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CITY CALL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/30/21. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Filipp Ioffe, 28-24 Steinway St., Ste 122, Astoria, NY 11103. Registered agent address is c/o Filipp Ioffe, 62-60 99th Street, Apt 1701, Rego Park, NY 11374.

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CAM Advisors, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/15/21.

Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: CAM Advisors, LLC, 84-16 193rd Street, Jamaica Estates, NY 11423. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of FORMULA PUNJAB LOGISTICS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/16/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC., 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE, SUITE 1 #086, BUFFALO, NY 14221. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Carbon Opulence Group LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/25/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: CARBON OPULENCE GROUP LLC, 23712 FAIRBURY AVE, BELLEROSE, NY 11426. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation: GAB JS LLC. Filed 5/24/2021.

Office: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC for process & shall mail to: 128 Coles Way, Lakewood, NJ 08701 Purpose: General.

LLC dba TBD, to sell beer, wine, cider and liquor at retail, in an on-premises establishment, under the ABC Law, for on-premises consumption at 19-45 49th Street, Astoria, NY, 11105.

Notice of Formation of Certified Tax Pros LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/28/2021.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: JASON LOPEZ, 5506 111TH STREET APT. 2, CORONA, NY 11368. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: GHOTRA BROTHERS TAXI LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/14/21. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o DALJINDER SINGH, 129-35 131ST STREET, 1ST FLOOR, S. OZONE PARK, NY 11420.

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NY Food Sharings LLC Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 4/19/2021 Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 7511 172nd Street, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of NKB COACHING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/26/21. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 1017 Jackson Ave. - 4F, Long Island City, NY 11101.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Nicola Blue at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

SAYED & ALAM GROUP LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/06/2021. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Mohammed R. Chowdhury, 89-31 162 Street, Apt 3F, Jamaica, NY 11432.

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Notice of Formation of Ayyur LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/07/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: AYYUR LLC, 3528 34TH ST., APT. 2D, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11106. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

BRAT PROPERTIES 170TH STREET LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/14/2021.

Office loc: Queens County.

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SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS NYCTL 2018-A TRUST, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Collateral Agent and Custodian for the NYCTL 2018-A TRUST, Plaintiffs, - against - YUET SAU YUEN, if living, or if she be dead, her husband, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through YUET SAU YUEN, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs, et al., Defendants.

Index No.: 705555/2019 Date of filing: 3/29/2019 Plaintiffs designate Queens the place of trial. Venue is based upon the county in which the Premises are situated. Foreclosure of: Borough: Queens Block: 1838 Lot: 1004 TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action within twenty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty days after service is completed if the summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT. The object of the above-entitled action is to foreclose the Tax Lien listed in The City of New York Tax Lien Certificate No. 4A, dated as of August 9, 2018, recorded August 23, 2018, as CRFN: 2018000284203, covering premises described as follows: COUNTY: Queens ADDRESS: 87-72 52nd Avenue, Unit 2A Elmhurst, New York 11373 BLOCK: 1838 LOT: 1004 The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the tax lien described above. This action does not involve “subprime” or “high costs” loans that were consummated between January 1, 2003 and September 1, 2009. The foregoing summons and complaint is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. TIMOTHY J. DUFFICY, J.S.C. entered May 21, 2021. SEYFARTH SHAW LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiffs 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10018 (212) 218-5500

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At an IAS Part 22G of the Supreme Court of County of Queens, at the General Courthouse, located at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on the 9 day of July, 2021. PRESENT: HON. LEE A. MAYERSOHN, Justice, KEVIN JEFF, As Guardian for the Personal Needs and Property Management of LAVERNE JEFF, An Incapacitated Person. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE TO SELL REAL PROPERTY. Old File No.: 2754/19, E-File Index No.: 707237/2021. On reading and filing the annexed Petition of KEVIN JEFF, as Guardian of the property of LAVERNE JEFF, duly verified the 15th day of March, 2021, from which it appears that an Order should be granted to authorize the sale of the interested of LAVERNE JEFF/LAVERNE JEFF GUARDIANSHIP situated in the County of Queens, more particularly described as 175-04 145th Drive, Springfield Gardens, New York 11434, and granting such other and further relief as to it may deem just and proper upon the proceedings had herein; LET LAVERNE JEFF, the incapacitated person, NYC Human Resources Administration, NYC HRA Office of the Legal Affairs, and Maurice Gray, Esq., as Court Examiner, SHOW CAUSE before me or the Justice presiding at Part 22G of this Court, to be held in the Queens County Supreme Court at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, via Microsoft Teams, on the 18 day of August 2021 at 9:30a.m. of that day or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard why a judgment should not be rendered: ORDERED, that Jeffrey Langer of 21443 JAMAICA AVE., QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11428, (917) 930-2072, LANGERREALTY@GMAIL.COM, is hereby appointed as appraiser to go upon the premises, to make an appraisal thereof, and report the same under oath in writing to this Court. ORDERED, that the Guardian shall comply with the requirements of RPAPL Section 1722, Subdivision 5 by advertising once a week for a period of four (4) consecutive weeks in The Queens Chronicle, except that no “FOR SALE” sign need be posted. Advertising shall include a provision that any interested Purchaser shall contact the clerk by e-mail, at qscpart22@nycourts.gov, prior to the return date to receive an invite to the Microsoft TEAMS virtual auction. NO IN-PERSON APPEARANCE PERMITTED; VIRTUAL APPEARANCE ONLY. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO APPEAR VIRTUALLY CONTACT THE COURT AT (718) 298-1626 OR QSCPART22@NYCOURTS.GOV. Why an Order should not be made authorizing and directing the sale of the interest of the Incapacitated Person located at 175-04 145th Drive, Springfield Gardens, New York 11434, as further described in the Petition; Why this Court should not appoint an appraiser and direct a hearing before this Court to inquire into the merits of this application for the sale of the subject premises; Why this Court should not approve the brokerage commission and authorize the Guardian to pay the commission to the real estate broker from the proceeds of the sale of the subject premises; Why the Petitioner, as Guardian of the LAVERNE JEFF GUARDIANSHIP should not be permitted to make the conveyance and carry out these proceedings; Why this Court should not award attorney’s fees to Kassoff, Lerner & Associates, LLP for their work in this matter; and Why Petitioners should not have such other and further or different relief as may be just in the premises. SUFFICIENT REASON APPEARING THEREFOR, IT IS, LET service of a copy of this Order to Show Cause and the Petition to sell the interest of the Incapacitated Person, be made upon all persons named herein, by certified mail, on or before August 4, 2021 and said service shall be deemed good and sufficient service.* Jallyah Jeff, John Jeff, Maurice Gray, NYCHRA. ORDERED, that the Petitioner’s attorney provide the Court with a full list of email addresses for all interested parties ten (10) days prior to the return date herein. ENTER: HON. LEE A. MAYERSOHN, J.S.C.

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Pathetic in Pittsburgh

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Until Mets outfielder Michael Conforto, who has had a miserable season trying to get his batting average over .200, hit a 9th-inning, two-run homer Sunday to give the Mets the decisive runs in a 7-6 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, this past weekend in the Steel City was a George Romero-style horror movie for our Flushing heroes.

On Friday night, the Mets appeared to still be enjoying their All-Star vacation as they sleepwalked through a desultory 3-1 loss to the Pirates, collecting only three hits. When they did have runners on base, batters would strike out flailing at bad pitches from the mediocre Pirates pitchers.

The headline from Friday night, however, was the loss of shortstop Francisco Lindor for what appears to be a prolonged amount of time due to an oblique strain that occurred when he was batting in the fifth inning.

The mystery of why Jacob deGrom did not start on Friday night was answered Saturday when manager Luis Rojas confessed his ace pitcher had been suffering from forearm stiffness since his last start which was 11 days earlier.

He’d be placed on the injured list the next day and won’t be eligible to return until this Sunday at the earliest.

After Rojas’ announcement, the Mets went on to blow a 6-0 lead at PNC Park as the Pirates

scored nine runs in the last two innings to win, 9-7. The big storylines from this game were the poor performances from the usually reliable Seth Lugo in the 8th inning giving up five runs; and closer Edwin Diaz, who returned to his erratic ways as he hit the first batter he faced and proceeded to walk the second in the bottom of the 9th before surrendering a game-end grand slam to Pirates catcher Jacob Stalling. What got lost in the misery was the Mets’ hitting into double plays in each of the first three innings.

The Mets appeared to save their worst for the last game of the series. After failing yet again to score a runner from third base with none out in the top of the first, pitcher Taijuan Walker immediately gave up six runs. He seemed to suffer a meltdown when Pirates shortstop Kevin Newman hit a dribbler up the third base line. Walker believed it was a foul ball and knocked it away.

When the umpire ruled it a fair ball, Walker started arguing with the ump instead of calling time. Three Pirates runners scored, and Walker was removed from the game moments later.

Walker is fortunate that the Mets flipped the script, as they rallied late to beat the woeful Pirates. This could easily have been a seasondefining moment had his team lost, one that might have haunted the Mets All-Star for the rest Q of his career.

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Why Rent when you can own & keep your cost low! Completely reno Studio Condominium in Howard Beach. Kit features Granite countertop; new stainless steel appliances & cabinets. Bathroom features a new tub, toilet, vanity and ceramic tiles.

This home was renovated top to bottom w/New overhead lighting; Air conditioner, crown molding; baseboard cover & new closet doors throughout.

Monthly common charges are only $226 a month & that includes your heat, hot water & cooking gas. Low Taxes estimated $1649.08 annually. Close proximity to shopping center; express bus to Manhattan; LA fitness; Gateway Mall; express way & Resorts World. Pet Friendly Building!

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Spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bath condo, nicely renovated kitchen, laminate floors thru-out, plenty of closets, master bedroom with bath, warm and inviting living room.

Close to shopping, transportation, restaurants, park and playground.

Bright sunlit 1 bedroom Garden Co-op. Full bath, living room, dining room, eff kitchen. Hardwood floors, crown moldings, updated kitchen and bathroom, storage room, option for garage parking, close to shopping and transportation. $35/share fl ip tax.

Large 2 family on 61x100 lot with long driveway. Totally renovated in the past 5 years. Each apartment has their own heating system and hot water heater. Full fi nished basement, great for entertaining.

New electric wiring and circuit breaker panels.

HOWARD BEACH

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

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All new mint AAA Ranch, 3 BR, 2½ baths, granite countertops, S.S. appliances, new baths, full fin. bsmnt

Mint AAA Colonial, 3 BRs, 2½ Baths, 43x100 lot, All New Construction, Large Master BR with Ensuite & Walk in Closet, Convenient Laundry Room on Top Flr, 1st Flr Has Beautiful Kitchen, New Cabinets, S.S. Appliances & Granite Countertops, Living Room, Formal Dining Room & Den.

Asking $838K Reduced $819K HOWARD BEACH/LINDENWOOD GREENPOINT HOWARD BEACH BROOKLYN CO-OPS FOR SALE GARDEN CO-OPS Garden Co-op

Garden Co-op

Hi-Rise

Move-in on 2nd Floor Condition, 2 BR & Formal 2 BR & Dining Room, Formal Dining Rm, 1 Bath, 1 Bath on Washer & Dryer First Floor Allowed.

Reduced $255K

1 BR Co-op

Asking $163,900

Reduced $274,900

ARVERNE

Reduced $229K

Asking $138K

CONDO FOR SALE

HALF BLOCK TO BEAUTIFUL BEACH! Townhouse - Ground Floor, 2 BRs, 1 Bath, All Updated Includes Washer/Dryer.

Asking $355K

Hi-Rise Hi-Rise Studio JR 4 Rm Co-op, Co-op 2 BRs All New Converted to Flrs, Building 1 BR has pvt Gym Mint Play Area

Legal 6 family, Six 2 Bedroom Apts.

Asking $2.9 Mil

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Hi-Ranch, 3/4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 40x100 Lot, Attached 1 Car Garage.

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