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After parent company A&P declared bankruptcy on Monday, 10 Queens Waldbaum’s stores and Pathmarks were sold to Stop & Shop and Key Food. Among those bought were the Waldbaum’s in Howard Beach and Lindenwood.

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Supermarket chains buy up Waldbaum’s Queens Pathmarks also set to be bought by Key Food, Stop & Shop

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en Waldbaum’s and Pathmarks in Queens are set to be bought by Stop & Shop and Key Food, after the stores’ parent company, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company [A&P], voluntarily declared bankruptcy on Monday.

The grocery store conglomerate announced the sale of 120 stores on the East Coast at a total value of about $600 million as part of a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. The sales are conditional to a court approval.

Another 25 locations are set to close, though none of those are in Queens.

According to published reports, A&P has been in a massive financial crisis and Monday’s filing is its second in five years. The company lost $300 million in one year, according to reports.

A&P owns Waldbaum’s, Pathmark, FoodBasics, The Food Emporium and Superfresh.

Only the first two have locations in Queens.

Stop & Shop announced on Monday it will be obtaining six of those locations: the Pathmarks at 134-40 Springfield Blvd. in Springfield Gardens, 92-10 Atlantic Ave. in Ozone Park, 31-06 Farrington St. in Flushing, and the Waldbaum’s locations at 156-01 Cross Bay Blvd. in Howard Beach, 112-15 Beach Channel Drive in Belle Harbor and 213-15 26

Say goodbye to your local Waldbaum’s. Seven of them are being bought by Stop & Shop and Key Food after the store’s parent company declared bankruptcy on Monday. Three Pathmarks are PHOTO BY CHRISTINE SPAGNUOLO also being bought by Stop & Shop.

Ave. in Bay Terrace.

Key Food later announced it will be buying four Waldbaum’s locations: 82-35 153 Ave. in Lindenwood, 75-55 31 Ave. in Jackson Heights, 259-01 Union Tpke. in Glen Oaks and 35-09 Francis Lewis Blvd. in Bayside.

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Throughout Queens, there was excitement for the arrival of new grocery stores.

“I’ve been to Stop & Shop and it’s a really good fit for Bay Terrace,” said Warren Schreiber, president of the Bay Terrace Co-op Section 1 and president of the Bay Terrace Community Alliance. “Stop & Shop is a plus for the community.”

Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association, expressed similar excitement for the Stop & Shop and Key Food slated to open in the South Queens communities.

“We’re excited for anything good that is coming into the community,” Ariola said.

She said the two Waldbaum’s in the area have been providing “substandard service and substandard food” for years. Residents have complained about poor management at the locations and expired food staying on the shelves for many days.

“We have long been calling for Waldbaum’s to step up to the plate and they have not,” she said.

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Councilman says Queens native’s views don’t reflect those of hospital

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Cou ncilman Er ic Ulr ich (R- Ozone Park) wants Jamaica Hospital Medical Center to ‘fire’ presidential candidate Donald Trump by removing the Queens native’s last name from its nursing and rehabilitation pavilion.

The request comes three days after ‘The Donald,’ a Jamaica Estates native who is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. president, said that U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is not a war hero just because he was captured and held prisoner during his service in the Vietnam War. “I like people who weren’t captured,” Trump said.

Ulrich, who is the chairman of the City Council’s Veterans Committee and was born at the hospital, said in a press release issued on Tuesday that those remarks are “a slap in the face to New York City’s veterans and their families, especially those who had been ‘captured’ as former POWs. “Since he announced his presidential bid, he has gone out of his way to offend immigrants, women and now veterans,” Ulrich continued. “His recent attack on Senator John McCain is downright despicable. He is not suited to be President of the United States and does not deserve to

Councilman Eric Ulrich on Tuesday asked the president and board of directors of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center to take presidential candidate Donald Trump’s name off its nursing and rehabilitation pavilion. PHOTO COURTESY JAMAICA HOSPITAL / LEFT INSET, FILE PHOTO; RIGHT INSET BY GAGE SKIDMORE / FLICKR have a hospital facility named after him.”

A spokesman for Jamaica Hospital Medical Center declined to comment on the councilman’s request.

Ron Lieberman, executive vice president for the Trump Organization, said the name “cannot be removed.

“That was given through a major donation to the hospital from Fred and Donald

Trump,” Lieberman added, referring to the pavilion.

The Trump Pavilion for Nursing and Rehabilitation was built in 1975 and was named after the business moguls’ mother, Mary Trump.

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A&P bankrupt continued from page 2 glad to see something was being done with it.

“The people who live in Lindenwood deserve a nice place to shop, which they don’t have,” Ariola said.

On Cross Bay Boulevard, Howard Beach residents said they’ve had the same problem with their Waldbaum’s.

“I come here during the week because I have a big family and live right here but the sale items are never here, it’s not clean or taken care of that well,” said one shopper, who did not wish to give her name for publication.

Susanne Lucking said she’s been going to the Stop & Shop on Union Turnpike in Glendale and is happy there will now be one closer to her home.

“Change will definitely do us good,” Lucking said. “I’m happy about it.”

Thomas King said he’ll miss the Waldbaum’s, but added that “change is a good thing though.”

Back in Bay Terrace, resident Lu Kernahan said she was pleased the community would soon be welcoming a Stop & Shop.

“I’m pleased with its products, cleanliness and freshness of produce,” she said, adding she’s shopped at some of its locations in New Jersey.

She did express concerns that shopping during the conversion process might be difficult for the area’s senior citizens.

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A man leapt in front of a moving A train on Monday in an apparent suicide, according to witnesses and officials.

At about 8:19 a.m., police and the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department responded to the Howard Beach-JFK A train stop after a man threw himself in front of a Manhattan-bound train.

A witness, who wished not to be identified, said the man handed a fellow straphanger a note before he took the plunge.

The man and the person who received the note did not appear to know each other, the witness said.

A source who responded to the scene said the man waved to the conductor before Police and the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department closed off the Howard he jumped in front of the moving train. Beach-JFK Airport A train stop on Monday after a man jumped in front of a moving ManPHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY The conductor was taken to the hospital for hattan-bound train at about 8:19 a.m. treatment, according to the source.

The man has not yet been identified and the investigation is Boulevard to Beach 90th Street in the Rockaways.

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According to the source at the scene, the man was dismem- ard Beach stop to Lefferts Boulevard where they could hop on their train. bered upon impact.

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Lieberman also blasted Ulrich for seeking publicity by going after Tr ump’s remarks.

“Why don’t we let this unknown politician get publicity through other means, rather than trying to jump on this one?”

Lieberman said.

In a July 20 letter to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center’s president and board of directors, Ulrich states “Mr. Trump does not reflect the views of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center or any of its affiliates.

“By removing Donald Trump’s name from the nursing and rehabilitation building, you will be taking an important step that I believe maintains the integrity of the hospital and its standing in the community-at-large,” the councilman said. “As someone who was born in Jamaica Hospital, I am deeply concer ned that M r.

Trump’s continued association will hurt, not help, those seeking care there.”

Ulrich also slammed Trump for not continuing his financial contributions to the Queens hospital.

“Ask @realdonaldtrump how much $ he gave to @JamaicaHospital last year,” Ulrich said in a tweet to a Queens Chronicle reporter. “I’ll give you a hint, it begins Q & ends in a ‘0.’”

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Work begins on Lindenwood circle Civic president happy to see work but still wants street resurfaced

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before, but not in the way they needed to.

“It was fixed in a Band-Aid fashion,” AriThe Department of Transportation last ola said of the previous repairs. “It was still week started ripping up parts of the traffic off grade.”

Several MTA buses attempt to turn around circle in Lindenwood by 155th Avenue and the circle and Ariola said they’ve been bump153rd Avenue.

Long before they started the work, civic ing into it while it was off grade.

“It really needs to be dug out and risen so President Joann Ariola met with newlyappointed Queens Borough Commissioner that the buses are not overlapping onto the Nicole Garcia to show her the off-grade sidewalk,” she said, adding that she hopes that’s what they’re circle that has been in the middle of a nuisance in the doing at the circle. community. ’m really pleased Nicole B u t A r iol a’s “ I’m r e a l ly wishlist for the area pleased Nicole GarGarcia came out and she is not done just yet. cia came out and The surrounding she saw the need saw the need and she’s streets, including and she’s addressing addressing the concern. .”

155th Avenue and the concern,” said 153rd Avenue, are Ariola, head of the — Joann Ariola, president of the Howard still in need of a Howard Beach-LinBeach-Lindenwood Civic Association r e s u r fa ci ng, t he denwood Civ ic civic president said.

Association. “I’m “That’s a bus route and that needs to be happy to see some type of real work being resurfaced,” she said. “That would alleviate a done, and not just patch jobs.”

The DOT did not respond to requests for lot of problems with the roadways in comment on the extent of the work being Lindenwood.”

Residents for the past two months have done by the traffic circle or when it’s expectbeen complaining that the roadways leading ed to be finished.

This is not the first time the DOT has gone in and out of Lindenwood have been neglected by the DOT, pointing out that there are in to fix the traffic circle.

Ariola said the agency has done so cracks and potholes along them.

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Trump an embarrassment to his native borough

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f all the wonderful things we have to be proud about our great borough, the loudest one has become a national embarrassment.

Yes, we are referring to Mr. Donald “Shoot first, never ask questions or admit fault later” Trump. After spending many years as host of the business reality show “The Apprentice,” Trump appears to be the first candidate to create a political reality show. And we all have become unwitting viewers.

There does not appear to be a title to it, so we came up with a few: “How to destroy a luxury brand in 4 easy steps;” “How to never admit making a mistake in life;” “How to piss off every media outlet;” “How to alienate minority groups and believe they all love me;” and “How to criticize America’s best-known POW, seek support from veterans as I explain my 4 (or is it 5?) draft deferments.”

The activities of the Jamaica Estates native usually trend only toward the gauche and tacky. His personal attacks on U.S. Sen. and Vietnam War hero John McCain (R-Ariz.) were beyond offensive; his publicly announcing the cell phone number of U.S. Sen. and presidential candidate Lindsay Graham (R-SC) was childish.

The episode began Saturday when Trump said about McCain “He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

When asked on Wednesday why he gave out Graham’s cell number, Trump responded “I did it for fun.” More likely, it was due to Graham, recently retired from the Air Force after three decades of service, telling him to “stop being a jackass.” It is said that politics is a dirty business and those who take part must have a thick skin. But we are seeing a candidate who lashes out at any media outlet or politician that questions his pronouncements.

One can disagree with McCain politically, or dislike him personally. But the son and grandson of admirals began a life of public service as a teenager when he applied to the U.S. Naval Academy and continues to this day, its apex being the Republican nominee for president in 2008. The latter is the least of things he has to which Trump can never aspire. Others are character, courage and a sense of duty.

This was a man who, wounded, tortured, starved, threatened, with bones broken and rebroken, refused to betray his country or his personal sense of honor. He became a grand prize for the North Vietnamese when they learned of

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Dump Trump Dear Editor: Donald ‘Braggadocio’ Trump, the quintessential “Self-Made Man”... almost. And indeed he is if “Self” means having a millionaire father. Born in 1946, son of real estate tycoon Fred Trump, blessed with a posh youth of private schools and limitless security plus an inheritance of up to $200 million, this “SelfMade Man” was destined to succeed.

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his famous and influential father.

Offered his release several times, McCain chose to remain where he was rather than walk out on his fellow POWs or hand his captors a propaganda bonanza.

Yet he is being judged by a man who got out of serving in Vietnam by claiming he had bone spurs in one of his heels (not that he can recall which foot).

It probably is too much to hope Trump now leaves running for president to serious people out of a sense of dignity — he has none. He also appears psychologically incapable of feeling shame or embarrassment. As a billionaire with a pathological need for the spotlight, Trump can keep the clown act going in his traveling circus as long as he likes.

But some friendly advice, Mr. Trump. Even though you left Queens long ago for the bright lights of Manhattan, please grow up.

Tens of thousands of people see your family name on Trump Pavilion along the Van Wyck Expwy. Though we applaud Councilman Eric Ulrich for attempting to have Jamaica Hospital remove your name, it is in honor of your mother, Mary. We hope she is not turning over in her grave from embarrassment.

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of those who enjoy listening to his bravado and imagining themselves included (read deluded) as part of it. I even read of someone blaming Macy’s (department store) for his failures forgetting Univision, Serta, NBC, ESPN, PGA, FAA, NYC and on and on the rest of the alphabet of those wishing to detach themselves from Delusional Donald.

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Trump will dump himself I Dear Editor: It’s hard to believe that Donald Trump leads the Republican polls on whom they favor for the next president, but he does. The only ones answering the poll must be the angry rightwing voters; the same ones who hate everything that has to do with equality, progress or Obama. Trump is making a lot of noise shooting his mouth off at whomever gets in his way with outrageous statements about Hillary Clinton, when he supported her a couple of years

ago, condemning the Mexican immigrants, and now he just said that he likes war veterans that haven’t been captured when talking about John McCain. I’m sure John McCain would have preferred not to be captured too, but remember, he was a pilot and was shot down, and didn’t have any choice about being captured or not. I have personally toured the Hanoi Hilton prison in Vietnam where Sen. McCain was imprisoned and know the horrors inflicted on the prisoners in the place. It’s gruesome. Brave Trump, on the other hand, avoided capture by staying home and avoiding the Vietnam War altogether.

The best way to beat Trump is to let him talk. Every time he opens his mouth he makes outrageous, bigoted statements, and it’s only a matter of time until he alienates almost everybody. The Republicans are already shaking in their boots because of his big mouth and the damage he’s doing to their party brand. But like so many other Republican candidates, there’s nothing beneath his fiery rhetoric.

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for it,” he says. That would never “progressive,” law enforcement officers are happen. A statement like that serves no pur- demonized as Gestapo agents and unconstitupose except to rally the hardcore base who tional laws are enacted which weaken law want to “round them all up and kick them out enforcement in favor of criminality. The icing of the country.” Well, how do you round them on the cake are payoffs by Comptroller Scott all up? With the Army, the police, the National Stringer in the like of $5.9 million to the famiGuard? Do you do a house-by-house, block-by- ly of career criminals such as Eric Garner, block armed search with tanks and barbed wire who died while resisting arrest. Let’s demand on each corner? The moment you block off one an answer from Mr. Stringer to these quesstreet to round them all up, the word spreads, tions: Will he be offering the family of assasand they all disperse. The illegal immigrants sinated police officer Brian Moore $5.9 milare spread out all over our city, and all over the lion minimum, if not $75 million maximum? country. You could never do a If not, then why should any dragnet like that here in our ONLINE white police officer be assigned country anyway due to our conto any black-Hispanic precinct stitutional protections against in New York City? To be told to Want news from the such government behavior. So, use kid gloves, and to be at risk rest of Queens that even talking in that way serves of death, lawsuits, and loss of didn’t make it into your no practical purpose, except to employment for only doing loc al edition? F ind invoke anger and hate, and to one’s job — law enforcement, those stories, breaking make a headline. not social work? news and more at I say give Trump the microJoseph N. Manago qchron.com. phone and let him dig his own Flushing demise. The way he’s going, he’ll be toast by Labor Day. Donald’s bankIt’s a national disgrace! rupted 4 of his casinos, and now he’s bankrupting himself. Let him talk.

Dear Editor: Tyler Cassell Millions of older Americans are struggling Flushing to make ends meet. After five years of painfully low cost of living adjustment, poverty among social security recipients has become a Trump will dump himself II national disgrace. In New York City $1,000 barely pays a month’s rent and with prescripDear Editor: I am appalled to read that presidential can- tions and co-pays, it’s no wonder so many didate Donald Trump had dodged the Vietnam older Americans are despairing.

Social Security checks haven’t kept up draft with many deferments. To serve one’s with rising costs. This happened because the country is a great honor.

I myself served in the U.S. Navy during the annual COLAs failed to account for the masVietnam era and I was proud to do so believ- sive increase in the cost of healthcare, preing I was serving the greater good. As former scriptions, fuel and other essentials.

I believe it is time to help elderly AmeriPresident John F. Kennedy had said,” Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what cans keep up with rising costs and begin you can do for your country.” Now for Donald receiving Social Security checks that are a Trump to belittle the service of Sen. John little larger each month. Congress, now is the McCain is truly in my opinion anti-American time to act.

Frank Sforza and an insult to all veterans who have served College Point and were in prison in their service.

Furthermore my question is how is Donald Trump going to be commander in chief if he Trusting Iran? doesn’t respect our American heroes?

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Dear Editor: Glen Oaks Village In 1938, Neville Chamberlain, who was prime minister of Great Britain, returned from Munich where he was talking to his The sacred cow German counterpart, and waving a piece of paper as he came down the stairway from his Dear Editor: A new religion whose new laws worship a plane, said “Peace in Our Time.” Now John sacred cow has become prominent in the halls Kerry and President Obama are basically of American government of liberals, by liber- doing the same thing. The head of Iran is als and for this sacred cow: people of color, a now saying “Death to the United States” and racial minority in the United States, which “Death to Israel.” They haven’t learned that accounts for sixty percent of the 2.2 million you can’t trust dictators or terrorists.

Sidney J. Rubin incarcerated persons, and even higher stats in Forest Hills the New York State prisons and New York City jails. The liberal sacristan in NYC is de Blasio, and his priests are the City Council, ever concocting new half-baked initiatives Writing Letters from IDNYC for illegal immigrants (the Letters should be no longer than 400 majority of whom are Hispanic), get out of jail words and may be edited. They may be free cards (no bail for misdemeanors and emailed to letters@ qchron.com. Please “nonviolent” felonies), “diversion routes” from include your phone number, which will not be jail to mental health programs favorable to published. Those received anonymously are racial minorities and veterans, and decrimidiscarded. Full names are not necessary for nalization of street drugs. posting comments on stories at qchron.com.

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Empire J is the new location and name for Nail Tek, which had been farther down on Cross Bay Boulevard and is now closed. The same friendly faces of the Nail Tek staff work at the new nail salon and the same services are offered, according to Howard Beach resident Samantha Russo.

CKO Kickboxing offers fitness kickboxing classes. Schedules, electronic sign-up sheets and more information can be found on its website ckokickboxing.com.

Nadia Rima sells clothing, jewelry and accessories as well as various gift items.

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The union attempting to organize security personnel, baggage handlers and others at the two airports in Queens called off a strike scheduled for Wednesday morning at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Local 32BJ SEIU said Aviation Safeguards of Forest Hills, which has a contract with Delta Airlines for about 1,200 workers, has agreed to remain neutral regarding the efforts of the workers to join the union.

Officials with the union said they

believe they have more than enough votes to allow the union to organize the workers.

The union is seeking a minimum wage of $15 per hour and improved healthcare benefits.

Representatives of Command Security Corp., the parent company of Aviation Safeguards, has maintained over the last few years to the Chronicle and in other published reports that it pays above minimum wages and that it has never stood in the way of its workers’ attempts to join a Q union.

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

Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience.

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

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

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

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Nine Queens schools ‘struggling’: state Albany gives city two years to turn them around or they’ll take control

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The state Education Department last Thursday gave the city a two-year timeline to make “demonstrable improvements” at nine struggling Queens schools before City Hall has to appoint an outside interest to help turn the educational facilities around.

State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia last week announced that 124 schools in 17 districts statewide were given the same ultimatum — and another 20 deemed “persistently struggling” that will be given additional resources to make improvements in one year before they must appoint a “receiver,” a nonprofit, other school district or individual tasked with turning the schools around.

Queens has no persistently struggling schools. Those that are struggling, in the bottom 5 percent in academic achievement, are Richmond Hill High School, John Adams High School in Ozone Park, Flushing High School, Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood, Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village, August Martin High School in Jamaica, MS 53 in Far Rockaway, JHS 8 in Jamaica and PS 111 in Long Island City.

If by 2017 the state does not see vast improvements at those schools, the city must choose a receiver that will head its turnaround plan.

During that time span, city Schools Chan-

cellor Carmen Fariña will have increased powers — such as expanding a school day or year, requesting changes to the collective bargaining agreements and requiring faculty and staff to reapply for their positions — to help improve the schools. The DOE will determine if any leadership or staff changes are warranted.

A Department of Education spokeswoman said “there are no surprises” in the schools that were called struggling by Albany.

“The schools designated are all schools that the DOE has already invested tremendous resources in and we are closely tracking all indicators of progress,” the spokeswoman said in an email.

With the exception of Grover Cleveland High School, all the Queens schools are part of the chancellor and Mayor de Blasio’s Renewal Schools Plan, which allocates additional resources to help low-performing schools across the city.

United Federation of Teachers’ President Michael Mulgrew said in prepared remarks he has more faith in the mayor’s Renewal Schools program than in the receivership plan laid out by the state.

“Investing in schools is what makes them better and what works for students — not receivers, whose default is simply to close schools, not to fix them,” Mulgrew said.

Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the City Council’s Edu-

John Adams High School is just one of nine schools in Queens that were called ‘struggling’ FILE PHOTO by the state. cation Committee, also criticized the plan, saying the state has not given City Hall enough time to fully implement its Renewal Schools program.

“We need to give it some time to see if it’s successful,” Dromm said in a telephone interview on Monday.

The former city public school teacher

also blasted the idea of putting an independent receiver in charge of the schools when the individual or organization may not know what issues the facilities face.

“You have to understand the culture of the school to help it,” he said.

A teacher at one of the str uggling schools, who wished to remain anonymous, expressed the same concern.

“When a receiver is put in place, a lot of times we find out that they’re people who aren’t familiar with the education system,” the teacher said.

He also was skeptical that the receiver could be someone who is in “cahoots with Gov. Cuomo.”

“He seems so anti-teacher,” the educator said of Cuomo.

Dromm added that putting a receiver in charge of a struggling system has not always led to the desired results.

“That is a cause for great concern,” he said.

The anonymous teacher said the state’s desired results are test scores, and not the overall well-being of the students.

“It’s all about statistics,” he said.

Looking at the well-being of a student is something the city is doing by providing social services for them, Dromm said.

“The city is looking at these students in a holistic approach,” he said. continued on page 16

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Kids see Hamilton Beach dept. before their visit with FDNY fire commissioner Before their visit with city Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro, nine children from Germany were given the chance to ride along with and get a tour of the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department.

The children had won a contest back in their home country to visit the states and meet with Nigro and see how New York’s Bravest puts out blazes.

But their tour guide, Reiner Graupe, wanted to give them something extra and get a handson experience with a volunteer fire department in the area.

Graupe wrote to several departments in New York, but only heard back from the South Queens volunteers.

Mitch Udowitch, for mer captain of the WHBVFD, said he spoke with Graupe on Facebook and eventually started communicating with him over email about bringing the group to get a look at his crew.

Udowitch personally picked up the group and the children were given a chance to ride on top of one of the fire engines, learn about the different equipment his crew uses and later were shown how their water pump works — most of which was being translated from English into German.

Graupe said he’s been doing these tours for Q more than 10 years.

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The volunteers show off the equipment in their truck used to put out fires.

The German tourists climb down one of the fire trucks after their ride and prepare for a PHOTOS BY ANTHONY O’REILLY tour of the firehouse.

Mitch Udowitch takes some of the children along for a ride down 104th Street in Hamilton Beach.

Volunteers with the West Hamilton Be ac h Volun te er F ir e Depar t men t s t and with their new German friends in front of one of their f ire trucks outside the station.

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WRBA talks quality of life in Woodhaven Residents say something needs to be done to bring peace back to nabe

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Crime isn’t the only thing falling in Woodhaven — the quality of life there has also seen a drop in recent months, according to some residents who showed up at the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association meeting last Saturday.

“Our quality of life here in Woodhaven sucks,” one resident said during the civic’s monthly meeting.

Residents and WRBA officials complained of loud parties being held late at night, people urinating in the streets, out-ofstate cars blocking parking spots in the neighborhood, double-parked cars and other issues they’ve seen pop up in recent weeks.

Their complaints followed a crime report

by Community Affairs Officer Jose Severino, who told the civic overall crime in the 102nd Precinct has fallen 10 percent year to date.

But for Martin Colberg, president of the block association, the neighborhood doesn’t seem much safer because of the problems in the area detailed by residents.

“When the quality of life goes down, that’s when we see bigger issues come up,” Colberg said.

He and other residents told Severino there have been several instances where a group of people will converge on a residential block

102nd Precinct Community Affairs Officer Jose Severino, right, listens to residents at the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association as they detail quality-of-life issues in Woodhaven, including PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY late-night parties and double-parked cars. and play loud music, smoke marijuana and drink on the sidewalk.

“That’s just an issue waiting to happen,” Colberg said.

One resident said she had a similar incident happen on her block and when she called the cops, the people there somehow

found out and started to disperse shortly after she finished talking to the cops.

“They were tipped off somehow,” she said.

Many residents called for an improved police presence in the area to deter this kind of activity.

“The police presence does make a difference,” one resident said.

The civic president said the late-night parties were not as big of a problem last summer.

“We had a decent summer last year,” Colberg said. “Now, we’re having the parties again.”

Colberg also brought up out-of-state cars that take up parking spots in Woodhaven for several days at a time.

“The joke is you don’t have to leave Woodhaven to visit every state,” he said, referring to the cars’ license plates.

He also told the community affairs officer that some of the cars are for sale.

“Someone is using Woodhaven Boulevard as a used car lot,” he said.

Severino noted all of the residents’ complaints and assured them that he would pass them along to Deputy Inspector Deodat Urprasad, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct.

Several residents asked if Urprasad could show up to a future block association meeting, to which Severino said he would try to bring the commanding officer there, even if a special meeting date had to be set up.

The block association also urged residents to forward their 311 complaints to the civic, which would pass it along to the proper Q authorities.

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Struggling continued from page 12 For state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing), a former social studies teacher at the struggling Flushing High School, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better to think the schools will succeed and not be placed under receivership. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got to be the fall back option,â&#x20AC;? Stavisky, a member of the Education Committee, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather hope they succeed.â&#x20AC;?

Stavisky, along with her colleague state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), expressed concern over the possibility some teachers and faculty members may have to reapply for their positions in the next two years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You need to have some stability at the top,â&#x20AC;? Stavisky said of principals at struggling schools in Queens.

The unnamed teacher said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little outrageous that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to reapply.â&#x20AC;?

But Dromm disagreed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fair enough,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes that is needed to turn schools around.â&#x20AC;?

Dromm noted FariĂąa has already made some educators reapply for their jobs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And by virtue of doing that, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s laid down the law and said she wants to see the changes that are necessary,â&#x20AC;? he Q said.

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What about us?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the question Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) has for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene after the agency purportedly skipped over the Howard Beach area in its schedule for the spraying of larvacide to prevent the appearance of mosquitoes with West Nile virus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Families in Howard Beach, Lindenwood and Hamilton Beach have experienced multiple flooding events in the past few years and have seen an increase in abandoned properties following Sandy,â&#x20AC;? Goldfeder said in a press release issued on Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are the ideal conditions for mosquito breeding and the potential spread of deadly West Nile virus. The city needs to step up and include these communities in this summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s West Nile spray schedule to help keep our families safe.â&#x20AC;?

Goldfeder said the fact that zip code 11414 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which encompasses Lindenwood, all of Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was omitted from the spraying schedule was brought to his attention by some of his constituents. Q

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The city Department of Health late last month was investigating a case of tuberculosis at Richmond Hill High School, according to a letter from the agency to teachers that was forwarded to the Queens Chronicle by an anonymous teacher on Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Tuberculosis Control is currently investigating a case of tuberculosis at Richmond Hill High School,â&#x20AC;? the letter from DOH reads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;BTBC will reach out and offer testing to students and staff with the greatest likelihood of exposure. Unless you receive another letter stating otherwise, you have not been identified for testing at this time.â&#x20AC;?

Tuberculosis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is a disease of the lungs that if left untreated could be fatal.

The symptoms of the disease, per the CDC, are: a bad cough that lasts three weeks or longer, pain in the chest, cough-

ing up blood or sputum, weakness or fatigue, weight loss, no appetite, chills, fever and sweating at night.

The DOH declined to comment on the matter.

The Chronicle received the letter via the Post Office on Wednesday.

With the letter was a note from an anonymous staffer from Richmond Hill High School, who sent it after reading the Chronicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report on alleged in-house rescoring of Regents tests at the high school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I find it ironic that they send out this letter when school is finished for the summer,â&#x20AC;? the anonymous staffer added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many families go away on vacation. Be it within the U.S. or abroad.â&#x20AC;?

In 2013, 65 percent of the tuberculosis cases in the United States were found in foreign-born patients, the CDC says â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with the Asian population having the highest concentration, 18.7 cases per 100,000 people.

In 2014, the DOH states there were 585 Q cases of the disease citywide.

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The $200 million plan to place a lane just for the Q52 and 53 buses along the 14-mile corridor was the topic of heated conversation at the civic meeting last Saturday, with many officials telling residents they need to be vocal on how they feel about the plan.

Dorie Figliola, community liason for Miller, said people have so far not been making their opinions known.

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She added that she has asked the Department of Transportation to come back to the community when it updates its plan for SBS and schedule the meetings at times convenient for people who work most of the day.

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Storm victims not to Ulrich vows to fight be penalized for SBA dumping on Jamaica

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Superstorm Sandy victims who took out a Small Business Administration loan after the natural disaster will not have that money counted against them when consulting with the city’s Build it Back program for reimbursements, the city announced last Wednesday.

Those who took out an SBA loan were penalized because the money, due to federal regulations, counted as a duplicate benefit, which limited the amount of assistance they could receive from the city. The Build it Back program capped reimbursement to homeowners at 60 percent of the value of the work done, leaving those with SBA loans left to pay the remaining cost as well as the loan.

Build it Back will now reimburse homeowners who drew down on their loan for 100 percent of the value of the work done to their houses, allowing homeowners to more easily pay back the money they took out from the SBA. “Mayor de Blasio and the Build it Back team recognized the unfairness caused by federal rules determining how SBA loans

are counted,” Amy Peterson, director of the Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery, said in a prepared statement. “With these new policies we’re able to help hundreds of homeowners who have faced a considerable financial burden even if they declined their loan, and we’re ensuring that federal dollars are now working in their interests.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) praised the city’s announcement.

“This slight change in Build It Back policy will have a profound impact on my constituents and New Yorkers across the city,” Addabbo said in a statement.

Assembly ma n Ph il Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) also applauded the city’s decision.

“By easing this heartless, bureaucratic regulation, Build it Back is giving hope to our families and making it that much easier for our communities to become whole again,” he said in an emailed statement to the Chronicle last Friday.

The city is also supporting pending federal legislation that would eliminate SBA loans from being counted as a dupliQ cate benefit for Sandy victims.

Corridor in need of enforcement, he says

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Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) couldn’t believe his eyes.

While traveling down Jamaica Avenue one day, the corridor was clean and litter free. The very next day, garbage lined the commercial avenue, a lot of it trash that was illegally placed next to containers meant to curb the dumping.

“How did this happen in 24 hours?”

Ulrich recalled asking himself, as he discussed the problem at last Saturday’s Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association meeting.

To help fight the problem, Ulrich said, enforcement along Jamaica Avenue should be honed in on “problem areas.”

“We have to identify the absolutely worse locations,” he said.

The councilman said he’d like the Department of Sanitation to catch the people who are placing garbage illegally on the curb and issue summonses to them.

“That’s the only way we can hold people accountable,” Ulrich said.

Part of the problem, he added, is business owners who decide not to pay for a carting service and throw their trash on the sidewalk at the end of the day.

But there’s more to the issue.

“I’m not just blaming the businesses,” Ulrich said.

Tenants living in illegal conversions, which are rampant in Woodhaven, are also littering Jamaica Avenue with the garbage they accumulate at home — because those renting their homes out to them don’t want extra trash placed in bins that would create suspicion among Sanitation officials.

Illegal dumping has long been a hot topic issue for the Woodhaven civic.

The group has complained that the littering along Jamaica Avenue by thirdparties has resulted in law-abiding business owners being fined for trash in front of their property after they close their doors.

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Uber, de Blasio come to a last-minute agreement Taxi service claimed companion City Council bills would kill 10,000 jobs

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The uber-intense debate over the evergrowing for-hire taxi service in New York City has come to an end, for now.

Just a day before the City Council would have voted on duel pieces of legislation to cap the issuance of new for-hire vehicle licenses, Mayor de Blasio and Uber, the popular appbased taxi service that would have been most impacted by the bills, came to a compromise.

According to The New York Times, there will be no limit placed on license issuing.

Instead, the city will conduct a four-month study on the impact of Uber and other for-hire vehicles on traff ic congestion and the environment.

“Today the administration, City Council and Uber have agreed to a framework that will advance the city’s vital policy goals for passengers, drivers and the public,” First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris said in a statement on Wednesday. “It sets in motion a plan to guide a comprehensive and fair public response, driven by data, to the increase in for-hire vehicles. And it ensures that the future growth of this industry matches the values and the interests of New Yorkers.”

The City Council bills, one of which called for the license cap and the other called for a year-long traffic study, will not be voted on today, July 23, as previously expected.

According to Shorris, the piece of legislation dealing with the cap, put forth by Councilman Stephen Levin (D-Brooklyn), will be tabled during the traffic study and may be revisited in the future.

Uber, which maintains a fleet of 20,638 cars as opposed to the 13,587 yellow cabs in the city, also applauded the deal, with the general manager of the company’s New York branch, Josh Mohrer, saying in a statement issued Wednesday that it’s a win-win for everyone involved.

“We’re pleased to have reached an agreement with Mayor de Blasio’s administration and the City Council to collaborate on a joint transportation study and to work together on ways to continue expanding economic opportunity, mobility and transportation access in the city,” Mohrer said. “We are pleased new drivers will continue to be free to join the forhire industry and partner with Uber.”

The taxi service will also comply with a data-sharing request made by the Mayor’s Office to help facilitate the traffic study, which will be completed in November.

Prior to Wednesday’s agreement, Uber and the city had bitterly fought both in the press and behind closed doors for weeks.

Mayor de Blasio had been a staunch critic of the company, saying it was operating as a corporation with no regard for the taxi industry or the city.

Uber fought back with a negative advertising campaign that targeted de Blasio and other elected officials who supported the City Council legislation, including Queens councilmembers Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria).

This Long Island City billboard advertises the benefits of working for Uber, the app-based taxi PHOTO BY CRISTINA SCHREIL service.

In a phone interview on Monday, an Uber official, who did not want to be named in this story, said the company’s ability to serve city residents would have been hindered.

“Every week, 25,000 New Yorkers take their first Uber ride,” the Uber official said.

“If supply cannot keep up with demand, then service will be severely damaged.

“There will be long wait times, dynamic pricing and limited outer borough service,” they continued. “We are very proud that people on every corner in the city, no matter where they live, can get an Uber.”

According to Uber, approximately 8,000 of its 26,000 drivers, all of whom are part-timers, hail from Queens, where around 600,000 rides take place per month.

The official also estimated that of the 10,000 drivers the company planned to add over the next year, 4,000 of them would have been from Queens, a borough notoriously underserved by city taxicabs.

But under the City Council’s pieces of legislation, introduced on June 26, companies with 500 or more affiliated vehicles would have been limited to adding a number of cars equal to one percent of their fleet as it stood on June 15, meaning Uber could add just 201 vehicles until the study is completed or next Aug. 31, whichever came first.

Koslowitz, Lancman, and Constantinides, along with Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), were all co-sponsors of both bills.

In a Wednesday phone interview, Lancman said he hopes the compromise will spur real reform in the taxi industry.

“I think the reality is we need a top-to-bottom rethinking of the for-hire industry. Hopefully, this episode will be the spur for that,” Lancman said. “We can’t have a wild west atmosphere in the for-hire vehicle industry where we’re grasping at rules and regulations from the 1970s on to the Ubers and Lyfts of the world.”

Koslowitz issued a statement on Wednesday, saying she was satisfied with the com-

promise agreed upon.

“My concern on this issue has been and always will be the protection of the public,” Koslowitz said. “The fact that a study of the industry has apparently been agreed upon by the Mayor and Uber satisfies my primary concern in this matter.”

A spokesperson for Constantinides said on Wednesday that the elected would not be commenting on the matter at the time.

In a Wednesday phone interview, Dromm agreed with his colleagues in saying the compromise is an acceptable one.

“It’s reasonable. My objection still is that it’s an industry that needs to be studied and looked at,” Dromm said. “App-based cabs, it’s the future. How we work with that is why we need to have a study so we can look at the issue with a more holistic approach.”

Dromm said earlier in the week, prior to the deal, that his main reason behind supporting the bills is to study how to potentially improve cab service for disabled residents, as none of Uber’s cars are handicap accessible.

“Part of the reason for my thinking is the whole battle for accessible taxi cabs,” Dromm said. “We’ve gotten some but we’ve not been fully successful, that’s why I’m calling for this.”

When asked about Uber’s claim that jobs will be killed under the plan, Lancman said in a Monday interview that the company’s fleet of part-timer drivers threatens the livelihood of many of his constituents who drive for car services full-time.

“I’ve got hundreds of people in my district who drive cars full-time and that’s how they provide for their families,” he said. “All we’re talking about is a cap, so anyone who enjoys the benefits of Uber today will be able to enjoy them tomorrow.”

When it comes to Uber usage in Queens, a Taxi and Limousine Commission source said there’s a lot of “misleading” talk being circulated, specifically on the number of customers served by green cabs outside Midtown Manhattan.

“Uber cars do at least 73 percent of their business in the Central Business District of Manhattan,” the source said, “while the fleet of over 7,200 green cabs is now averaging over 57,000 trips per day in the outer boroughs and northern Manhattan.”

Constantinides said in a Tuesday interview that he believes not reining in Uber, which he claimed was threatening to become the “Walmart of the taxi industry,” would lead to countless cab drivers who work for other entities losing their jobs.

“What happens when all the black car bases are gone? Is that the time to start talking about Uber?” Constantinides asked.

The councilman added that concerns over congestion and emissions are also valid reasons to hit the pause button.

“When someone opens a black car base in the neighborhood, they have to come before the community board,” he said. “Here, Uber does whatever it wants. We have one of the higher rates of asthma in the city, we have a responsibility as councilmembers to make good public policy.”

When it came to Uber’s negative advertisements about her in Queens newspapers, Koslowitz said the company never came to her to debate the issues at hand.

“Nobody ever spoke to me,” Koslowitz said. “The next thing I knew, I was part of a mailing. But I’m not someone they can intimidate.”

The Forest Hills-based councilmember, who says she has the Uber app and uses the car service occasionally, said she saw the bills as pro-traffic safety, not anti-Uber.

“How many more cars on the street do we need?” she asked. “If I called Uber right now, they would tell me a car would be here in five minutes, and that’s with the amount of cars they have now.”

According to the Uber official, the passage of such legislation would have been extremely detrimental to both its business and to its customers.

“This bill would destroy those jobs,” the official said, “taking away economic opportunity from the people that need it most.”

Elected officials who have sided with Uber in recent days include Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and city Comptroller Scott Stringer.

In a Wednesday statement Ulrich continued to disagree with his colleagues who said the bill won’t take jobs out of the hands of city residents.

“The administration should be focusing on creating jobs, not destroying them,” Ulrich said. “This bill was a bad idea from the beginning.”

Reacting to the compromise, Stringer urged lawmakers to continue studying taxi industry reform even after the traffic survey is complete.

“It is not enough to merely study congestion,” Stringer said. “We need all stakeholders to come together to help create a transportation network that provides choice for consumers, decent wages for our drivers, and quality Q service to all of our neighborhoods.”

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Comedian ‘excited’ to get crowd laughing at August charity event

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The job of a voluntary emergency medical technician is no laughing matter.

But come Aug. 22, the members of the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps and those in attendance at the group’s charity event can expect to chuckle for hours thanks to famed comedian Gilbert Gottfried.

The Coney Island native will perform at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park that Saturday at 7 p.m., as the headlining act of the ambulance cor ps’ “Laughter is the Best Medicine” event.

In a phone interview with the Chronicle on Tuesday, Gottfried, after jokingly saying he would perform his comedy routine for the Taliban if they paid him enough, noted the group’s offer was an easy one to accept.

“It seemed like a good cause. It is a good cause,” Gottfried said. “I’ve done a lot of charity events over the years.”

The comic got his start doing stand-up comedy in clubs throughout the city as a teenager and eventually landed a role on Saturday Night Live in 1980.

When it comes to television and f ilm, Gottfried also voiced Iago the par rot in “Aladdin” and the Aflac duck in the company’s commercials, in addition to appearing as a regular guest on the game show Hollywood Squares.

One would think the Queens stop on his nationwide comedy tour this summer and fall would be a welcome homecoming for Gottfried, but he joked returning to his home city wou ld m a ke h i m “more su icid al t h a n sentimental.”

“At least I don’t have to take three planes and have a five-hour layover where I get strip searched,” he said.

Also performing at the event along with Gottfried will be comedians Joe Mylonas, Robyn Schall and Just Plain Keith.

A live auction, led by comedic auctioneer Marc Zakarin, will also take place at 6:30 p.m. that night.

Tickets for the event range from $40 to $50 and can be purchased online at queenstheatre.com or in person at Royal Sports at 96-01 Metropolitan Ave. in Forest Hills or the Queens Theatre box office in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

A free shuttle bus will be available from the Mets-Willets Point No. 7 train station that night, and all proceeds from the event will go to the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

When asked if Gottfried thought the event would be a good time had by all, he said all he wants is a decent turnout and some laughs.

“I hope after the show I won’t need an ambulance,” he said. “Or maybe they’ll hear Gilbert Gottfried’s name and stay away.” Q

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March of Dimes takes on premature birth Jamaica, Elmhurst hospitals get grants to expand OB/GYN health services

by Michael Gannon Editor

The March of Dimes is bringing its efforts to fight premature births and babies with low birth weight to Queens.

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Elmhurst Hospital Center have been designated as recipients of a $150,000 grant as part of the March of Dimes’ “Healthy Babies are Worth the Wait” campaign.

The effort was formally kicked off on July 16 at York College in Jamaica before community and healthcare officials.

The March of Dimes began the program in Kentucky in 2007 in an effort to combine public and clinical health services with community outreach to reduce the number of babies born prematurely either by term or by weight.

Dr. Scott Berns, a senior vice president for the March of Dimes, said the three-year Kentucky trial was mostly a success — “We were hoping to reduce premature births by 15 percent; we reduced them by 12 percent” — and since has expanded to Texas, New Jersey, and Kansas as well as upstate New York.

Berns said New York’s premature birth rate is lower than the national average.

“But it can be better,” he said.

He said Jamaica and Elmhurst were chosen after a rigorous screening process that included local communities that typically are at risk.

Berns said things like poverty and race, particularly in the African-American community, are factors.

“We could go on another hour about that alone,” he said. He also pointed to nearly nine years of results.

“That’s the good news for New York,” he

Mitchell Cornet, at podium, and Dr. Tara Magloire of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center discuss how a grant from the March of Dimes can reduce instances of premature or low birth weight PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON babies in Queens. said. “We have a program that works.”

Elmhurst Hospital Center is operated by the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is under the MediSys Health Network.

Representatives of both hospitals said last week that they will use the funding to expand and augment their existing services fo r p a t i e n t s f r o m a t - r i s k a r e a s o r backgrounds.

Br uce Flanz, president and CEO of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Dr. Barry Brown, director of obstetrics and g y n e c olog y a t El m hu r s t , s a id t h ei r approaches to premature births both are

structured on a model of improving healthcare in the entire community.

“This offers the very same vision,” he said.

At Jamaica, women who come in for their routine pregnancy treatments are asked if they want to participate in the centering program, where they meet regularly with staff and other women at similar stages of their pregnancies.

Mitchell Cornet, administrator of the hospital’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, said that thanks to the March of Dimes, expectant mothers now will receive hand-held tablets, allowing commu-

nication between themselves and healthcare professionals outside of their regularly scheduled checkups and visits.

He said the tablets can help with everything from health questions to digital prescriptions.

He also said the program can serve as a “health inventory” as mothers transition to their parental support services.

Dr. Tamara Magloire, medical director of the Women’s Health Center at JHMC, also said they will not forsake the nuts and bolts, such as plain old communication between patients and care providers.

“There has to be education based on understanding,” she said. “I think sometimes we take a lot for granted about what women know about their healthcare.”

Karen Lockworth, who serves as the director of the Women and Children’s Division at Elmhurst Hospital Center, said they also will expand community outreach and existing programs that deal in preventive measu res, such as nut r ition and diet education.

“Sometimes, that’s just knowing where the local WIC [food and nutrition assistance] office is,” Lockworth said. But Elmhurst also offers healthy cooking demonstrations, and in some cases can provide “green bucks” that can be used to purchase nutritional food.

She also said that in a borough with a population as diversified as Queens, nutritional programs need a dose of cultural common sense.

“If you’re from the south, and I am, you might not want to have a green shake for breakfast,” Lockworth said. “But maybe you Q can substitute some turkey bacon.”

Cuomo signs nail salon legislation Kim instrumental in creating bill

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Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing) was on hand last week when the governor signed into law nail salon legislation to strengthen enforcement and improve conditions for workers.

K im, who introduced much of the emergency legislation, witnessed the event, held at Hostos Community College in the Bronx.

“As the main sponsor of this threeway agreement, we worked nonstop for weeks to strike a fair balance in protecting workers, encouraging good operators and rooting out bad owners,” he said.

“Improving the nail salon industry through comprehensive legislation, in a short period, was not easy,” Kim added.

“However, we were able to make comp r o m i s i n g a m e n d m e n t s a n d wo r k together toward common goals.”

The legislation makes operating an unlicensed establishment a misdemean-

or, punishable by jail time, and authorizes the state to close any business that violates the rules.

For nail salon workers, it will allow them to work toward getting a license at a reasonable rate, creates training requirements and eases the language and cost barriers they previously encountered.

Under the legislation, an unlicensed worker will be able to be listed as a trainee and work legally as such under a licensed employee. The new law limits fees to $20 to register or renew a license.

Training will now include information on proper sanitation and control of disease. All salons are instructed to provide gloves and better face masks that may or may not have been used in the past.

Kim, whose district includes many nail salons and workers, has been working to implement new regulations following an expose of the business by The Q New York Times in May.

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In another year if no more Asian long-horned beetles are discovered

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The U.S. Department of Agricultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Asian Long-Horned Beetle Project reports no new sightings in the borough for the past five years and may recommend next year that the Eastern Queens quarantine be lifted.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the latest word from Joe Gittleman, project manager with the program, during a phone interview from his Long Island office.

First discovered in Brooklyn in 1996, t he i n se c t p e st s s pr e a d t h roug hout Queens, beginning in Maspeth in 2003.

The beetles destroy trees and the federal government fears they will get upstate and damage New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hardwood and maple syrup industries.

The beetles are believed to have come here from Asia in wooden packing crates that were used to ship goods from China.

The containers have since been banned.

The bugs deposit eggs into healthy trees and the larvae feed on living tree tissue before emerging from dime-sized holes a year later, during prolonged hot weather in late June or July. Because of the damage inflicted, the trees ultimately die.

The beetles are 1 1/2 inches long with shiny black bodies, white spots and long antennae.

Although they only live 30 to 60 days,

The map indicates the quarantine zone in Queens and Brooklyn. Part of the Queens quarantine area east of the Van Wyck Expressway may be recommended for removal next year if no new MAP COURTESY NYC PARKS beetle infestations are found. the newly hatched beetles can f ly and infest new t rees. To prevent f u r ther spreading, infested trees are cut down, chipped and burned. There are no known natural predators.

Gittleman estimates about 16,000 trees have been destroyed in the city due to the beetles.

To help prevent the spread of the bugs, the USDA uses tree climbers to locate holes left by the beetles. Inspections are also made from the ground across the boroughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quarantine area. The inspectors are now concentrating their efforts in communities east of the Van Wyck Expressway.

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He hopes to follow that up with deregulating Western Queens a year or so later.

In recent years, Staten Island and Manhattan have been declared free of the beetles.

Since most of Queens is in a quarantine zone, it is illegal to transport wood from there out of the borough. Fines can run as high as $250,000. Queens residents can arrange removal of branches and trees by the Parks Department by calling 311 and setting up a pickup date.

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Steps Ahead Dance Studio is proud of their award-winning dancers.

Steps Ahead Dance Studio hits the jackpot at Atlantic City dance nationals Some of the senior and junior dancers at Well, they’ve done it again. Steps Ahead Dance Studio in Ozone Park has a few more Steps Ahead had the privilege of participattrophies to add to their award showcase. ing in these master classes, which was a During the week of July 6, the studio joined wonderful opportunity for the dancers.

The week in Atlantic City was a perfect other teams from around the world to compete in the Dancer’s Inc. National Dance combination of hard work, dedication and Competition in Atlantic City. During the raw talent that concluded a very successful week, the SADS teams earned 10 Platinum season. However, this is not the end. The Awards: seven High Gold awards and four dedicated members of Steps Ahead Dance Special Judges awards. The senior and petite Studio have already begun preparing for yet teams took first place and the National Title another exciting dance year and competition in each of their age divisions. Out of hun- season. The SADS staff, dancers, and pardreds of performances throughout the com- ents are a great example of what a dance petition, the SADS Junior Team (along with community is like. The level of respect they only 30 others) was chosen to perform at the have toward each other, the way in which Choreographer’s Showcase. This was a per- they work together and take pride in their fect end to a successful 2015 competition hard work, is proof that this “family-like atmosphere” is truly an amazing and unique season.

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Entertainment mogul, Jamaica native talks peace with 300 school children

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Summer camp isn’t supposed to be routine.

But the experience that 300 children received on July 16 at the Catherine and Count Basie Middle School 72 was positively off the charts.

Russell Simmons, the Jamaica native who built a music, fashion and business empire, paid a visit, chatted with the children and posed for pictures before giving them hands-on lessons in meditation.

One of the organizers of the day was LIFE Camp, an organization founded by Erica Ford to help quell youth and gun violence in Queens.

Simmons for many years had quietly supported Ford’s efforts until last year, when RushCard, a financial services company he founded, decided to fund similar efforts around the country with its Keep the Peace Initiative.

“Meditation calms the mind,” Simmons told the children, leading them in exercises that led to a seven-minute demonstration.

He acknowledged that it is not easy at first, and that even his children, who are required to meditate every day, were not always quick to embrace it.

“When the mind is calm, you learn how to excel, and to be all that you can be,” he said.

Jamaica native Russell Simmons led 300 day campers in meditation exercises last week at the PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Catherine and Count Basie Middle School 72 in Jamaica.

“When your mind is focused, quiet, you can see the potential God has given you.”

Simmons visited in the school’s gym between two basketball sessions, the first featuring demonstrations of the hardcourt and comedic skills of the Harlem Magic

Masters basketball team; and the second a game between LIFE Camp volunteers and officers from the NYPD. Last year RushCard assisted nonprofits in Baltimore, Chicago and Los Angeles that shared Erica Ford’s vision and mission with

LIFE Camp. Speaking at a small press conference at a table in the school’s cafeteria, Simmons said programs in New Orleans and Cincinnati are being considered for inclusion into the group.

“People like Erica Ford who do this kind of work are angels,” he said. “I want to work with angels. ... I had to give a voice to what she was doing. I realized my voice matters.”

Simmons also is working to reform how the criminal justice system deals with young, nonviolent drug offenders.

“It’s the prison industrial complex,” he said. “They shouldn’t be imprisoned for a first offense. You take young, innocent, nonviolent people and you send them to prison to learn how to be better criminals. ... and a few people who invest in that get rich off it.”

Ford acknowledged that the path she has chosen can be a tough one, with days when the violence she endeavors to stop claims one or more victims.

Heading back into the gym during the LIFE Camp-NYPD game, Ford was asked what kept her going on those bad days, just as a player on the court made a spectacular play, causing 300 boys and girls to stand up and roar with approval.

Ford simply waved her hand in the direction of the cheering, excited children and Q smiled.

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When leasing an automobile for the first time, motorists may not be aware of certain things about leasing that could benefit them over the course of their leases. The following are a few such things that drivers may want to consider when negotiating an automobile lease at the dealership.

• Mile restrictions are not set in stone.

Standard leases typically limit drivers to 12,000 miles per year over the life of the lease. In such an agreement, a three-year lease would allow lessees to drive 36,000 miles in the vehicle.

Any additional miles on the vehicle when it is turned in at the end of the lease would incur a penalty. But mileage limits are negotiable, and drivers who think they will exceed 12,000 miles per year can tailor their leases to allow for additional miles. Extra miles will cost more money, but that extra expense will likely pale

When leasing an automobile for the first time, motorists may not be aware of certain things about leasing that could benefit them over the course of their leases. in comparison to excess mileage charges, making it well worth the investment for drivers to negotiate extra miles into their lease at the time of signing.

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substantial down payments upon agreeing to the lease. If such a down payment proves a hurdle you cannot clear, then it’s important to know that some leases do not require a down payment at all, while others require only a minimal payment upfront. However, such leases may be exclusive to drivers with exceptional credit.

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Much like you would comparison shop when buying a car, you can do the same when leasing.

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Sonny’s Collision remains a staple Auto body shop in Ozone Park embraces the future of auto tech

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

With each passing day, technology we use and see every day improves for the better.

And few business owners have embraced the changing of the times with regard to the auto industry better than Jimmy Aurora, the owner of Sonny’s Collision at 106-12 Atlantic Ave. in Ozone Park.

In the last few years, vehicle manufacturers have begun making certain cars and trucks, such as the Ford F-150, out of aluminum instead of steel, which reduces their weight by hundreds of pounds, on average.

In order to both keep up with the times and get ahead of his competition, Aurora made a large investment in machinery designed to repair aluminum vehicles, in addition to traveling as far as Pennsylvania and Ohio with vari-

ous employees to take classwhich opened its current es on the subject over the space in 2002, expanded by course of months.

5,000 square feet this spring, “We’re the first in the borallowing the auto body shop’s COLLISION oughs to become one,” Aurora SPECIALISTS 31 employees to work on said of his business becoming a between 50 and 70 vehicles at certified aluminum repair facility. “By any given time.

2020, everything is going to be Aurora said the shop’s expanmade of aluminum. So I want to be sion is a testament to its tight prepared for it.” relationship to the communities it In addition to becoming certified serves. for aluminum repairs, Sonny’s, “We’re here to stay,” he said.

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Aurora is also one of Queens’ most innovative auto body shop owners when it comes to the paint used on the vehicles his employees repair, claiming no one else purchases as much waterborne automotive coating from global supplier PPG Industries as he does.

“I am the biggest buyer of PPG paint on the East Coast,” he said. “I was the first shop in the state of New York to convert to waterborne paint.”

While his shop’s notable features help him stand out in the industry, Aurora said the people he cares about impressing the most are the ones who bring their cars into his location, looking for tune up or a massive repair.

“I take care of my customers. They leave happy,” he said. “I don’t work for anyone but Q my customers.”

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What to look for in a teen’s first car Many parents contribute money toward the purchase of their teenagers’ first car. But even those who don’t help kids finance the purchase of their first vehicle may still want to offer some advice as their teens start to look for the car they will no doubt remember for the rest of their lives.

Different drivers need different things out of their vehicles, so a car that might be perfect for adults will not necessarily be the best fit for teen drivers without much experience traversing the nation’s roadways. The following are a few factors to consider when helping teens find their first car.

Under the hood Few teens would not light up at the sight of a muscle car awaiting them in the driveway.

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Size Teenagers have little to no experience behind the wheel, so it’s best that they not drive cars that are especially small or large right away. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, young drivers between the ages of 16 and 17 are significantly overrepresented in fatal crashes. The NHTSA suggests such drivers’ immaturity and inexperience plays a significant role in that overrepresentation. So parents likely do not want their children in the smallest car possible, as such vehicles may not protect teens as adequately as slightly larger vehicles in the case of an accident. In addition, very large cars, such as pickup trucks or SUVs, can be difficult to control and are best suited to

Different drivers need different things out of their vehicles, so a car that might be perfect for adults will not necessarily be the best fit for an inexperienced teen driver. older drivers who already have years of driving experience under their belts. A mid-size sedan is big enough to protect teens and their passengers in the case of an accident, and such vehicles are small enough to handle easily.

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Teens’ first cars are often preowned vehicles, and such cars may have significant wear and tear on some important safety features. Wear and tear may not be a reason to avoid purchasing a preowned vehicle, but parents may want to replace the brake pads and tires on recently purchased preowned vehicles. Brake pads in strong condition may prove the difference between avoiding an accident or getting into one. In addition, poorly inflated or worn down tires pose a safety risk to teens and their passengers. If such features seem to be worn down, replace them before letting teens hit the open road on their own.

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Arch Auto Parts, a leading aftermarket “As a Queens-based business, Arch underauto parts supplier in Brooklyn, Queens and stands New Yorkers don’t want to wait until Long Island, recently announced the grand next week for their parts to come in,” says Chris opening of its tenth retail store at 113-19 Bodh, CEO of Arch Auto Parts. “At Arch, over 95 Atlantic Ave. in Richmond Hill. percent of our customers find what they need Locally owned and operated, Arch Auto the first time in the door. And they come back Parts stocks more than 50,000 original equipbecause they always get top national brand ment (OE) and OE-equivalent parts, so cusparts, great service and low prices.” tomers get the vehicle-specific parts they Over 80% of Arch Auto Parts sales are to need in-store. repeat customers. “Whether it’s a service pro Arch Auto Parts carries the national calling early Monday morning, or someone brands that professionals and DIY mechanfixing their mother’s car on Saturday afterics trust, including Akebono, Bosch, Gates, noon, our customers count on Arch because Anil Singh makes sure Arch Denso, Raybestos, Advics, Gabriel, MPA, Stanthey know they always get OE-quality parts, dard, Exide, TRW, Timken and NGK parts. customers get the right parts-fast. at discount prices,” said Moe Ali, VP Sales.

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Capital improvements coming to Qns. CUNYs BP Katz allocates $5 million to be split among the five boro schools

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Students of the five City University of New York institutions in Queens are going to have some new amenities to take advantage of in the coming academic years.

Borou g h P r e sid e nt Mel i nd a K at z announced last Friday that she has allocated $5 million to be split among the five schools, with most of the money going toward new building const r uction at Queens College, LaGuardia Community College and Queensborough Community College.

The largest piece of the pie, $1.25 million, is going toward the construction of a one-stop student services center at Queens College in Flushing, replacing the school’s outdated facility.

According to school spokesman Jeffrey Rosenstock, an exact on-campus location for the One Stop Center has yet to be decided upon but that there is more than enoug h space at t he school for t he building.

“QC is exploring a number of possible locations for this new One Stop Center, which will involve the use of existing spaces on campus,” Rosenstock said. “The proposed One Stop Center will improve upon an already centralized location now dedicated to providing students with a sin-

LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, above, will be splitting $5 million in funding from Borough President Melinda Katz with the four other Queens City University of New York institutions. LGCC is planning to build a new business training center with the funds. FILE PHOTO gle point of communication for issues r a ng i ng f rom ad m ission s, academ ic records, advising, counseling, registration and financial aid.”

There is no anticipated start date for construction and the total cost of the building is projected at $3.2 million.

Rosenstock added that the educational institution is in the process of attempting to secure additional government funding for the project.

At LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, a $1 million customized business and entrepreneurial training cen-

ter is planned, which school spokesman Robert Jaffe says will hopefully open during the 2017-18 academic year.

“We can envision a space where students can learn everything from the latest software to business owners taking classes to develop business plans and secure capital financing,” Jaffe said.

The spokesman added that faculty offices will also be housed at the site, which will cost approximately $8.3 million to build.

In addition to Katz’s $1 million allocation, the City Council gave the school $2.4 million for the project, a total that will be matched by the state, according to Jaffe.

At Queensborough Community College in Bayside, $1 million has been set aside for the construction of a modern dining hall, replacing the school’s undersized basement dining hall.

A spokesperson for the school said the new dining hall will better accomodate the institution’s 16,000 students, and while there is no cost estimate yet, the college hopes to have it completed in two years.

Additional improvements include $1 million for laborator y and classroom upgrades in the science and modern languages departments at York College in Jamaica and $750,000 for upgrades to the Q CUNY School of Law’s auditorium.

NYCHA launches job opportunity program ‘Doorways to Opportunities’ — public housing residents can be entrepreneurs

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The New York City Housing Authority a n d C i t i C o m m u n i t y D e velo p m e n t announced last Thursday the launch of “Doorways to Opportunities,” a multi-partner initiative that will provide public housing residents with access to employment opportunities, free financial counseling and entrepreneurship training.

Urban Upbound’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Bishop Mitchell Taylor, City Cou ncilman Costa Constantinides (D -Astor ia) and representatives f rom NYCHA, Citi and Urban Upbound made the announcements outside the Urban Upbound Astoria Jobs-Plus headquarters.

As the first worker cooperative for public housing residents, “Doorways to Opportunities” will work with people living in seven public houses borough-wide, which includes the Astoria Houses. It is a part of a 10-year plan, referred to as NextGeneration NYCHA, that was announced by Mayor de Blasio in May. Citi Community Development funded the program with $1.4 million. Eileen Auld, director of New York Tri-State Market at Citi, was excited to be a part of the program.

“This will give opportunities to gain access to skills training and jobs, as well as

Councilman Costa Constantinides speaking at the press conference for “Doorways to OpportuniPHOTO BY CHRISTINE SPAGNUOLO ties” in Astoria last Thursday. entrepreneurship support and free financial coaching,” Auld said. “The residents will also have connections to all nonprofit organizations in their communities and city agencies for important services.”

Announced along with the Doorways collaboration was the launch of “On Point Security”, the first worker cooperative for NYCHA residents in which employees also function as business owners.

The security firm will serve and protect the expanding Hallets Point neighborhood, with the guidance of Urban Upbound. It will be the first of several worker-owned businesses involved with the Doorways program, with the goal of widespread expansion and replication in other public housing neighborhoods throughout the city.

“Citi Community Development is not just talking about breaking cycles of poverty in public housing neighborhoods; they’re actually doing something cutting-edge about it,” Taylor said. “They’re more than a funder, but a thoughtful creative partner investing to create innovative solutions to complex problems.”

Constantinides showed his support for the program and NYCHA. “Things work better when you work together, and that’s what this is really all about,” the councilman said.

Taylor explained that those on the workforce can make salaries ranging from minimum wage to $11 an hour. “There are no specific qualifications other than having a desire to work in the security field,” he said.

Taylor and other supporters of the program said they have faith that it will be successful. “If this works in New York City, I believe this can work across the Q country,” Taylor said.

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Enclosed trash baskets aimed at stopping household, business waste

by Michael Gannon Editor

Residents of South Jamaica say they don’t want to invent a new mousetrap to rid their neighborhoods of illegal litter and trash.

But they do have high hopes for a new type of waste basket.

Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica) unveiled 42 new “high-end” trash baskets, ones that are enclosed with the exception of a hole at the top that is roughly the size of a softball.

The new cans, taller than the older wire baskets in much of the city, may not deter someone from carelessly discarding a soda can or candy wrapper.

But they do lessen the practice of some residents and businesses placing bags of their own garbage in public receptacles, a practice that often leads to trash overflowing onto sidewalks and into the streets in many neighborhoods in Southeast Queens.

Wills, at a press conference Tuesday on Rockaway Boulevard with officials from government, civic associations and the Department of Transportation, said people may not even know that they are breaking the law by doing so.

But Wills believes that regardless, the new baskets are going to prove worth the effort and cost.

“I’ve witnessed hideous amounts of rot-

Civic and government officials joined Councilman Ruben Wills on Tuesday for garbage cans with a minor adjustment — they are covered — which they believe should have a major impact on instances of littering and illegal trash dumping along business and commercial corridors in PHOTO COURTESY NYC COUNCIL South Jamaica. ting garbage spilling out onto the streets, left for days before it is hauled away,” Wills said in a statement from his office.

He said the 42 baskets funded by his office will be concentrated on Liberty Ave-

nue, but also will be seen on Rockaway, Sutphin and Guy R. Brewer boulevards, and 101st Avenue.

Assemblywoman Vivian Cook (D-Jamaica), who attended the press conference, said

numerous previous efforts by Wills to curtail garbage have been successful.

But in the joint statement, she echoed a theme also spoken by the councilman and Community Board 12 Chairwoman Adrienne Adams — that people within the community continue dumping their personal waste despite neighborhood appearance and even fines. “[The] carelessness and indifference shown by some constantly threatens to reverse these gains,” Cook said.

“Accountability begins at home, and the people of Southeast Queens need to stop trashing their community,” the Assemblywoman added.

One resident of an adjoining Council district says Wills is on the right track. Amy Anderson of Jamaica, who has been known to go out and sweep the sidewalk to clear litter along her block, said the covered baskets have been an unqualified success on Parsons Boulevard.

“It’s made a major difference,” Anderson said. “The small hole means you don’t have the garbage spilling all over the place.”

Anderson said her block still sees some people who, when they can’t place their household garbage inside the new cans, continue to leave their bags alongside of them.

“But it’s not as bad as it used to be,” Q Anderson said.

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After Eric Garner: a conversation of hope Queens Village pastor sees change for the good happening in the community

by Michael Gannon Editor

In the year since Eric Garner’s death while being arrested on Staten Island, the subject has led to raised voices and more than one protest rally in the city.

But on July 16, one day shy of the anniversary, The Rev. John Boyd, pastor of New Greater Bethel Ministries in Queens Village, invited police and the public for what amounted to a conversation among friends in the church’s living room.

“I’ve started to see people coming back together,” Boyd said.

Guests at the church included Inspector Michael Coyle, commanding officer of the 105th Precinct in Queens Village, and Det. Jovoda Cooper from the 105th’s Community Affairs Office.

Garner was approached on July 17 of last year when merchants complained to police that he was selling “loosie” cigarettes, and in this case, also untaxed by the city and state.

Garner resisted initial attempts to handcuff him and in an ensuing struggle was placed in a chokehold by NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo. A cell phone video captured Garner protesting multiple times that he could not breathe.

He died later that day at a hospital. The medical examiner ruled Garner’s death a homicide. A grand jury declined to indict Pantaleo. The city recently approved a $5.9 million settlement with Garner’s family.

Boyd and Coyle both said community relations generally have been good in the precinct. But the pastor said changes in police practices — both achieved and planned — are a sign that some change for

Resident Aragon Morpheus, center, shares his thoughts on community-police relations last week at New Greater Bethel Ministries in Queens Village with Ali Najmi, left, the Rev. John Boyd, Inspector Michael Coyle and Detective Jovoda Cooper of the NYPD’s 105th Precinct. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON good can be the result of Garner’s death.

He spoke specifically of the new initiative for reintroducing community policing, or the cop on the beat.

“I grew up going to PS 36,” Boyd said.

“The cop on the beat was Officer Hershey. He was about 6-foot-5. We’d be going home and he would know every kid’s name in the school ... and somewhere along the line, that somehow got lost.”

Coyle and Cooper said the community policing, with a return to dedicated beat cops, is on the way as NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton fast promised.

“I never understood why we went away

from that, and neither does the commissioner,” Coyle said.

And, of course, the inspector is not complaining that he will have 18 new officers under his command as the transition takes place.

“I wanted 30, but I’ll take 18,” he said.

Coyle also said the reconfiguration still will leave ample personnel and resources in each precinct to deal with so-called hot spots which for several years had been flooded with rookies fresh out of the academy.

“They would learn how to write summonses and arrest people,” he said, saying that rookies now are getting a more rounded

introduction to their precincts before being sent out alone on a foot patrol or in a cruiser.

Boyd and Coyle both said that, in a precinct where police and community relations are usually good, there was a tangible coming together following the murder of Detective Brian Moore of the 105th Precinct on May 2.

Demetrius Blackwell has been charged with his murder.

Boyd and his congregation decided to begin bringing breakfast to the precinct on some Sunday mornings.

“I don’t think some of our guys knew how appreciated they were until then,” Coyle said.

“People bringing food, flowers, visiting the memorial. I told them ‘This is the community — not Demetrius Blackwell.’”

Coyle will tell any resident that the department cannot be successful without a good community partnership.

He said the pilot program with body cameras eventually will be expanded. He also said that new training and tactics, such as those needed in dealing with another Eric Garner situation, are more than just lip service from the department.

“Everyone’s undergoing the training,” Coyle said. “It’s more of a team approach, using de-escalation of a situation — and I took the training next to a four-star chief.”

Coyle said he knows for a fact that can be successful, referring to a recent meeting he had with a community leader whose son had a questionable run-in with officers from the 105th.

“And in speaking with the father, I found out he runs a youth soccer league,” Coyle said. “I asked who it’s open to, and he said everyone. Now if we have a youth in trouble, Q I have another tool.”

Feds launch safety review of NY&A Study is in response to the July 8 train-truck collision in Maspeth

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The federal government has directed its focus on New York & Atlantic Railway.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Ad m i n ist r at ion ha s launched a safety review of the rail company in the wake of a collision in Maspeth between a freight train and a tractor-trailer that left the tr uck’s driver with minor injuries in the pre-dawn hours of July 8.

In a Tuesday press release, t he F R A a n nou nced t he “comprehensive, focused” review will study the Glendale-based railway’s operating departments; engineer and conductor certification; locomotive engineer over-

sight; grade-crossing diagnostics; operation control center procedures; compliance with federal regulations and human factors.

“In this safety sweep of NY&A, the FRA will provide recommendations on specific areas where the railroad must improve to meet the high safety standards the FRA and country expect,” Acting FRA Administrator Sarah Feinberg said in a statement.

On July 8, a freight train traveling between 10 and 15 miles per hour collided with a truck near the intersection of Maspeth Avenue and Rust Street.

A dashcam video released a few days after the crash shows the gates that normally block the street as the train

moves through the crossing did not deploy as the train approached.

The train struck the cargo carrying portion of the truck, causing the vehicle to explode as it was dragged between 100 and 200 feet down the track.

The 62-year-old driver of the tractor-trailer was transported and later released from Elmhurst Hospital with minor injuries.

I n a st at e me nt iss ue d Wednesday, Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) applauded the FRA for conducting a safety review of the railway.

“I thank the FRA for being responsive to t he recent freight train collision in Maspeth and for moving swiftly in its quest to find answers,”

Meng said. “I remain very disturbed that this accident was caused by the gate at the railroad crossing not coming down in time.”

New York & Atlantic President Paul Victor issued his own statement on Wednesday, saying h is company will cooperate fully with federal authorities.

“At New York & Atlantic Railway, our top priority is safety,” Victor said. “As we have throughout its investigation into the July 8 incident, we will fully cooperate with the FRA in its review and look forward to demonstrating our excellent track record and ongoing commitment to operating our railroad in a safe, professional and regulaQ tory compliant manner.”

A New York & Atlantic Railway locomotive, similar to the one that collided with a tractor-trailer in Maspeth earlier this month, sits parked at the Fresh Pond Rail Yard in FILE PHOTO Glendale.

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Transportation chairman gets letter hearings for new flight paths or changes to the existing ones; • requiring the FAA to lower the acceptable noise threshold for homes and businesses; and • reforming the portion of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act that allows the FAA to “short-circuit” the environmental review process when implementing new flight paths; • clarifying that airport operators are legally allowed to implement noise mitigation options in communities that are below the current threshold; and • mandating independent research on the health impacts of airport noise.

“Our airports can never be perfect neighbors; but we can take steps to make them better ones,” Crowley said.

Israel said including the caucus’ changes would be “a substantive step forward towards improving the quality of life for our citizens.”

A spokesman for Shuster’s committee could not be reached before the Chronicle’s Q deadline on Wednesday.

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Members of Congress’ Quiet Skies Committee, including three House members from Queens, are seeking environmental and noise control standards around airports when pending legislation comes up for consideration.

The 2015 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act already is in the hands of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

In a letter to Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), Queens Representatives Grace Meng (D-Flushing), Joe Crowley (D-Queens and the Bronx) and Steve Israel (D-Suffolk, Nassau and Queens) joined six other caucus Democrats in asking for changes to the legislation that they say will reduce the amount of airplane noise affecting residents near LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International airports.

“Relief can’t come soon enough for those affected by the barrage of airplanes,” Meng said in a joint statement.

The proposals made to Shuster include: • mandating “a robust community engagement process,” including public

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Rock-climbing gym almost set to open ‘Queensbridge’ to be the first full-size lifestyle facility in a luxury high-rise

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

They’re ready to rock — almost.

The Long Island City-based rock-climbing facility Brooklyn Boulders Queensbridge, to be located at 23-10 41 Ave., is fully built and waiting for all permits to be approved before a planned late September grand opening.

But the owners seek a special permit from the city to establish the physical culture establishment within an M1-5 zoning district, which typically allows for light industrial use.

They presented their case to Community Board 1 in April, which the board approved, and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz last Thursday in a public hearing.

“It will maintain the mixed character of the surroundings,” said Chris Wright, who represented the owners of the facility.

He said it “will not impair the sense of character or future use or development of the surrounding area.”

The space, which will also have yoga classes and other fitness amenities as well as several types of climbing structures, will be the city’s first full-size lifestyle facility in a luxury high-rise apartment building.

The Queensbridge branch of the popular facility in Gowanus, Brooklyn will occupy the bottom three levels of the 17-story resi-

Brooklyn Boulders president and co-founder Lance Pinn, left, and Chris Wright presented their case to Queens Borough President Melinda Katz on Thursday for a special permit to establish a PHOTO BY CRISTINA SCHREIL full-service physical culture facility in Long Island City. dential building, covering more than 20,000 square feet.

“We hope it’s a cool model that we can duplicate and get involved with other developers in the future,” Lance Pinn, president and co-founder of Brooklyn Boulders, said after the hearing. “Imagine if you’re a fami-

ly that lives in this building, imagine how nice it would be to just hop down the elevator and go rock climbing.”

Pinn said it could inspire diverse use of space as more tall apartment buildings spring up in the area, which he said has some vacant lots and storefronts.

He added that he’s heard resident complaints that there isn’t a grocery space or a large drugstore chain going into the location.

When Pinn and Wright approached CB 1 in April, some board members asked about the issue of parking in the congested area.

Wright noted that the zone does not require parking facilities.

Pinn insisted there is a near “ridiculous amount” of parking in the immediate area, noting some nearby public lots, and that their parking requirement was waived in Gowanus because they found that most people walk to the climbing gym.

He thinks the same thing might happen in Queensbridge, which is near several modes of transportation.

Classes will be taught by American Mountain Guide Associates-certified climbing wall instructors.

Overall, the space will have a staff of 45.

It will be open from 5:30 a.m. to midnight, Monday through Friday and 7 a.m. to midnight on weekends.

Pinn said that anyone who can use a ladder can climb a rock wall.

Pinn also said that they also saw taking over the space as a chance to pay tribute to the Long Island City enclave.

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guardians when unsavory scenes unfolded onscreen.

Stretching over the course of a century in scope, the films contain a plethora of characters, but tonally, they share a focus on the puppets’ strings rather than any specific person — although the longer length of the third film allows us to spend more time with some than others.

The juxtaposition of the puppets with such weighty source material is never far from your mind, but somehow neither detracts from the other and indeed makes for a curiously profound experience.

All the films have scenes depicting betrayals, betrothals and battles between and within both the Christian and Muslim camps with a feeling of impartial omniscience.

Music plays a major role in the storytelling, whether lending a heavy atmosphere to the diorama-like sets, or, as in the second and third films, which resemble musicals at certain points, advancing the narrative through song. Puppets plan to assail brothers, declare war and beseech their god for help, all in song; these are Continuedononpage page some of the highest points of the films. continued 41

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ancing to buoyant acoustic pop, two puppets — Thoros of Edessa and his wife — adopt another figure, Baldwin I, in a cheery celebration. Moments later, Baldwin accepts a crown as his adoptive parents’ heads gaze out emptily from spearheads.

This treacherous scene embodies the delightfully weird “Cabaret Crusades,” a trilogy of films by Wael Shawky on exhibition at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City.

Shawky’s three films, “The Horror Show Files,” “The Path to Cairo” and “The Secrets of Karbala,” depict the Crusades as a sprawling epic, and all through the use of marionettes.

The project was inspired by and based on Lebanese historian Amin Maalouf’s “The Crusades Through Arab Eyes,” which was derived from firsthand accounts.

Although the source material offers a view outside the familiar Western perspective, Shawky’s films capture the wars with an evenhanded grimness.

These films should not be mistaken for children’s puppet shows; young ones who did happen upon the theaters were quickly ushered out by their

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Tuesday Night Bingo, every Tuesday in July, Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., early game, 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m., regular games at 7:15 p.m., $4 includes 12 games. Cash prizes, everyone 18 & over. Info: (718) 459-1000.

“BAZT,” showing object-based pieces and works on paper that explore humor and mystery. Opening Fri., July 24, 6-10 p.m. thru Tues., July 28, 4 p.m.

Flux Factory, 39-31 29 St., Long Island City. Info: (828) 226-6083, fluxfactory.org.

Yoga and tai chi, thru Sep. 27, Saturdays, 9:3010:30 a.m.; 11 a.m.-noon. Sundays, 10-11 a.m. Free.

Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Info: socratessculpturepark.org.

“Persuasive Images: Architecture of the 193940 and 1964-65 Worlds Fairs,” curated by Richard Hourihan, collections manager of the Queens Historical Society. Thru July 27. Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info:( 718) 997-4747, gtmuseum.org.

Free immigration services. First and third Wed. of each month, City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley’s district office, 71-19 80 St., Glendale. Make appt. for help with naturalization and deferred action for childhood arrivals. All services are confidential and open to the public. Info: (718) 366-3900.

“Landscape and Flower Paintings,” which captures close-up views of intimate forest settings. Thru Oct. 25. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. $4 adult, $3 senior, $2 students. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org “Viewing Room,” featuring artist Michael Stevenson’s “The Fountain of Prosperity.” Free.

SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org.

“Robert Seydel: The Eye in Matter,” a hybrid of the visual and literary. Thru Sept. 27. Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free with admission. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

“Leading the Way: Six Outstanding Women of Queens,” spotlighting the borough’s female icons.

Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $5, $3 seniors/students, members free. Info: (718) 939-0647, ext. 17, queenshistoricalsociety.org.

THEATRE “The Music Man,” with all proceeds benefitting The Josephine Foundation. Fri., July 24-Sat., Aug. 1; times vary. ICC Theater, 7200 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. $25-40. Info: (516) 205-8169.

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“Oklahoma!” Fri.-Sat., July 24-25, 8 p.m., Sun., July 26, 2:30 p.m. Maggie’s Little Theater, St. Margaret Parish Hall, 66-05 79 Place, Middle Village. Info: (917) 579-5389.

“Footloose The Musical,” Holy Child Teen Drama Group. Thurs., Aug. 6, 7 p.m.; Fri.,-Sat. Aug. 7-8, 8 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 9, 3 p.m. Church of the Holy Child Jesus Msgr. Murray Auditorium, 111-02 86 Ave., Richmond Hill. $10 adults, $8 seniors, children. (718) 847-1860, hcjteendrama@gmail.com.

MUSIC Waterfront concert series 2015. Every Thurs.

7:30 p.m. Astoria Park’s Great Lawn, Shore Blvd. between Hell Gate Bridge and the pool. July 23: “Michael Patrick’s Ring of Fire Band” (Johnny Cash tribute). July 30: “Piece of the Rock” (DooWop).

Free. Info: 718-728-7820, centralastoria.nyc.

Free English classes for Spanish speakers, every Sat., South Asian Center, 72-26 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights. All levels available.

Register: (646) 727-7821.

KIDS/TEENS An exhibit of vibrant acrylic on canvas paintings by artist Ross Barbera is now on display at the Queens Botanical Garden.

PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN Summer 2015 Katz concert series, sponsored by Borough President Melinda Katz. “Yesterday and Today” Beatles tribute concert, Sun., July 26, 5 p.m.

Tudor Park, 133 Ave., between 81 & 82 sts, Ozone Park. Free. Info: queensbp.org/katzconcerts.

St. John’s University summer concert, 17th annual performance featuring the Queens Symphony Orchestra. Tues., July 28, 7-9 p.m. St. John’s University’s Great Lawn, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 990-5892.

Frances Black, a concert by the vocalist. Sat., July 31, 7:30 p.m. New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $32-$35. Info: (718) 4820909, newyorkirishcenter.org.

FILM Movies on the Waterfront, Every Mon. 8:30 p.m.

Astoria Park’s Great Lawn, Shore Blvd. between Hell Gate Bridge and the pool. July 23: “The Princess Bride;” Aug. 3: “Frozen.” Free. Info: (718) 728-7820, centralastoria.nyc.

Eleventh annual Rural Route Film Festival, highlighting 19 films from 16 countries and emphasizing female filmmakers. Fri.-Sun., July 24-26. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $12 adults, $9 seniors, $6 children.

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

SPECIAL EVENTS 37th annual Thunderbird American Indian MidSummer Pow-Wow, Fri.-Sun., July 24-26. Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. Fri.- gates open 6 p.m.; performance 7-10 p.m. Sat.- gates open 10 a.m.; performances: 12-5 & 7-10 p.m. Sun.- gates open 10 a.m.; performance 12-5 p.m. $10 adults, $5 children; allweekend pass $15 adults, $7 children. Free parking.

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

“Taste the World — Botanical Brew Fest!” with international and local craft beers. Sat., July 25, noon-7 p.m. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. 21+. $35 early bird, $50 at gate. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

COMMUNITY Citi Bike Street Skills, a presentation touching on rules of the road, traffic principles and other street safety tips. Wed., Aug. 5, 7:30-9 p.m. The Creek & the Cave, 10-93 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (212) 870-2080, bike.nyc/education/classes.

LECTURES

Toys for Tots Cruise Night, East Coast Car Assn., Thurs., Aug. 13, 5-9 p.m. The Shops at Atlas Park, Cooper Ave. and 60 St., Glendale. $10 donation for cars (must pre-register), spectators free. All donations directly to St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children in Bayside. Info: Harold (718) 9744119, Lou (917) 682-5362.

“Restoring the Voelker Orth Home,” about preparing the museum for its 2003 opening. Sun., July 26, 2 p.m. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $5. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

Ridgewood Youthmarket, farmers market every Sat. thru Nov. 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Veteran’s Triangle, Cypress Ave. between Myrtle and Putnam aves.

Info: twitter.com/nycyouthmarkets.

Sherwood Village Children’s Weekend, Sat., July 25, 1 p.m. St. Paul Church, 98-16 55 Ave., Corona.

BBQ, fun & games, prizes, raffles. $1 admission. Info: gallowaysenterprise79@verizon.net.

ZAC Camp, teaching water safety through swimming classes, classroom curriculum and hands-on activities. Mon.-Thurs., July 27-30, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, 21-12 30 Road, Long Island City. Registration, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays, ends July 27. Info: (718) 728-0946, greyes@varietyboysandgirlsclub.org.

Family yoga fun day, with cleanup, mulching, outdoor events and health information. Sat., Aug. 1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Austin Playground, Austin Street and 76th Road, Forest Hills. Free. Info: (718) 261-5588.

Arts in the Park, every Tues. at 10 a.m. thru Aug. 4, free summer series for kids sponsored by Cultural Collaborative Jamaica. Professional performances by local and National artists. Rufus King Park, Jamaica Ave. between 150 and 153 streets, Jamaica. Info: (718) 526-8700, go2ccj.org.

Preschool children’s programs: Monday Magic Learn & Play, every Mon., 3-4:30 p.m., Bay Terrace Center, 212-00 23 Ave., Bayside. Gym and Creative Exploration, every Wed., 3-4:30 p.m. Little Neck Site: 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy. $5 per family. Info: Amanda, (718) 423-6111 x242, ASmith@sfy.org.

Games galore: Children and teens age 8 and up play console and board games. 3:30-5 p.m., every Fri., Queensboro Hill Library, 60-05 Main St., Flushing. Info: (718) 359-8332.

Play4Autism Martial Arts program by New Beginning Tae Kwon Doe, 64-64 Dry Harbor Road, Middle Village. Program every Sat., 12-1 p.m. $25. Info: (718) 894-7777, play4autism.org. continued on page 00

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Behind the scenes: ‘Music Man’ takes shape

by Mark Lord

harmony parts for the ensemble; in another, the choreographer, off in his own little world, The overture begins. The performers take ears plugged into a headset, silently worked their places on stage. The lights come up. out new dance steps.

And if all goes well, audiences are magically The production follows the untimely passtransported to another world. ing of the theater group’s long-standing choBut what went on behind the scenes can reographer, Kevin Wallace. For several days, be another story altogether. his presence was everywhere.

“Work hard, be serious, and don’t be But in the “show-must-go-on” tradition, afraid to do things all a pull themselves that make you uncomtoget her, op ening t for t able,” direc tor night just a few short n Andrew Koslosky weeks away. w When: 8 p.m., July 24, 25, 30, 31 advised his cast as At the beginning of and Aug. 1; 2 p.m., July Broadway Blockbustanother rehearsal, a 25 and Aug. 1 ers, a theater company change was already c Where: Douglaston I.C.C. Theater, in its 14th season, afoot. a 7200-7250 Douglaston embarked on a pro“One, two, three, Pkwy., Douglaston duction of Meredith one, t wo, t hre e,” o Willson’s classic “The counted Rich Masin, c Tickets: $25-$40; (516) 205-8169 Music Man.” It will the new choreograt open July 24 for a sevpher who also stars as p en-performance run in Douglaston. the legendary con artist, Harold Hill, a travelIn early June, rehearsals had been under- ing salesman out for a quick buck. This show way for a little over a week. Already the cast holds special meaning for Masin. had been through highly competitive audi“It is my 100 percent not-even-thinkingtions, with some 40 making the final cut. about-it favorite of all time,” he said.

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Top, Monica Barczak, Rich Masin, Julio Ulloa, Paul Inglese, Giovanni Vittozzi, and Daniel PHOTOS BY MARK LORD Segredo pose in rehearsal clothes. Above, they pose in costume. rendition of small-town Iowa in the early 1900s. As it was built, the cast, many in their teens and 20s, only had their imaginations to

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Swingtime Big Band, a group composed of One block from Astoria Park on a reeds, trombones, trumpets, a rhythm secrecent Thursday evening, a curious sound tion and lead by alto-saxophone and claribroke through the din of passing trains net player Steve Shaiman, seemed to pluck and car traffic: the sultry melody of “The melodies straight from times past, bringing Lady is a Tramp.” warm sound to an audience that appeared As the sun headed for the horizon, the ready to dance, sing and clap along.

Astoria Park waterfront, overlooking the Singers Bobbie Ruth and Jerry Costanswift current of the zo crooned ballads E a s t R i v e r, w a s made famous by packed with families Frank Sinatra, Billie who lounged on Holiday and blankets and chairs bandleader Artie for the Waterfront Shaw.

When: 7:30 p.m., Thursdays, Concert Series, The music did not Thru Aug. 13 which brings an take over the life of Where: Astoria Park Lawn, near eclectic array of the park, but rather 23rd Avenue, Astoria musical acts to resiseemed to accent it: Entry: Free; (718) 728-7820, dents Thursday eveBarks from dogs centralastoria.org nings this summer. began to punctuate Each concert feathe offbeats as the t u re s a d i ff e re n t hollow thuds of a genre and musical group, but all take kicked-around soccer ball beat a tune of place on the Astoria Park Lawn, located its own. between Hell Gate Bridge and the pool.

Future planned concerts look promisAll shows begin at 7:30 p.m. ing. On July 23rd, Michael Patrick’s Ring The aim is simple: Come out and enjoy of Fire Band will play songs by icon Johnlive music. ny Cash; on July 30, the DooWop group But the series as a whole, which is spon- Piece of the Rock will channel the era; on sored and organized by the Central Astoria August 6, Dance Machine is scheduled to Local Development Coalition and boosted play disco; and August 13, the group by funds from the City Council, also looks Spitfire will play rock ’n’ roll. to emphasize beloved music that brings When the concert series ends, the audiences back in time, seeming to unite coalition also has a Movies on the WaterQ crowds for a positive experience. front series for families lined up. qboro editor

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Grim history, probed with details, depth and dolls continued from from page page 00 37 But, the aesthetics do shift noticeably between the three films.

The marionettes from the first are 200 years old and borrowed from an Italian collection. The lifelessness in their eyes is pronounced and, in combination with the deft movement of the puppet s’ limbs, the futilit y of their struggle washes over the viewer, creating a devastating effect.

For “The Path to Cairo,” Shawky created his own ceramic figurines and introduced a new quality to them: Some of the puppets were explicitly animalistic. For instance, camels sing and repre-

‘Cabaret Crusades’ When: Thru Aug. 31, Thurs.-Mon., noon-6 p.m.

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sent real humans from historical events.

Some marionettes are half-human, halfanimal hybrids, and others have greatly exaggerated features seeming like goblins or gnomes. This calls to mind the dehumanizing quality that war brings upon those caught in the middle.

In “The Secrets of Karbala,” the vast majority of figures are humanoid in shape, but many now have the heads of various creatures — boars, rams, rhino ceroses, ser p ent s and tent ac led things — or are at the very least given snouts or strange proboscises extending from their foreheads.

Some are explicitly reptilian as well; there is at least one dragon in the film.

Wrought in glass, the puppets come in a wide variet y of colors and are exquisitely beautiful.

The figures of the second and third films are on display in twin curio cases preceding two of the theaters. They are nearly as haunting in person as on film.

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CLASSES “English Now” for intermediate and advanced students, teaching reading, writing and verbal skills. Thru Sept. 14. Monroe College’s Queens Extension Site, 135-16 Roosevelt Ave., 4th floor, Flushing. Tues. and Thurs., 9 a.m.-12 p.m. or Mon. and Wed., 6-9 p.m. Free. Info: (917) 740-6614, queens@monroecollege.edu.

Free summer yoga in Astoria Park every Wed., 7 p.m., thru August 26. (Enter at the parking lot and proceed toward the river. The group meets in the grassy area to the right of the path.). Info: (718) 545-2550, cityviewpharmacy.com.

Free art classes: Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center, ages 8-16, 35-30 35 St., Astoria, every Tues. & Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced.

Call: (718) 969-1128.

FLEA MARKETS St. Raphael’s Church, Sun., Aug. 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City.

Ten-foot spots, $35; $45 tables. Info: (718) 7298957, straphaelrectory@yahoo.com.

Myrtle Avenue Street Festival, Sun., Aug. 9, 12-6 p.m. Myrtle Ave. between Fresh Pond Road and Forest Ave., Ridgewood. Info: (718) 444-6028, info@streetfairsny.com.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, outdoors, Union Tpke. at Parsons Blvd.-150 St., Jamaica, every Sat. & Sun. until Nov., 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

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

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

Vendors welcome. Call: (718) 332-0026.

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES Howard Beach Senior Center, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd., Howard Beach across from Waldbaum’s.

Tues., July 28, 10:30 a.m., “Healthy Feet” presentation on the proper care of your feet; “Nutrition Talk,” Wed., July 29, 10:30 a.m.; tai chi: Mon., 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.; chair aerobics, Mon., 10:45-11:45 a.m.; Project Staywell exercises, Wed., 10:15-11:15 a.m.; art classes, Thurs., 9:3011:30 a.m.; 12:30-2:30 p.m.; Calypso-cardio, Thurs., 9:15-10:15 a.m.; yoga: Fri., 10:30-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 738-8100.

Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults, 92-47 165 St., Jamaica, details its safety program about rent, Medicaid and food stamps.

Call (718) 657-6500 for appointment. Free.

Learn Microsoft Powerpoint: a 5-week program for Seniors 60+, Selfhelp Innovative Senior Center, 45-25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Mondays, starting Aug. 3 from 10-11:30 a.m. Learn how to use this graphics program to make cards, e-cards, slide shows and presentations. Info: John (718) 559-4329.

Free help with Medicare enrollment/Rx drug plan advice, with open enrollment, advocacy and low income help with trained expert. Mon-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy. Call for app’t: (718) 225-1144.

Pomonok Senior Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., is proud to offer the following programs, available to anyone 60+. Zumba for both beginners and continuing students, Tues., 9:30 a.m.; aerobics by SHAPE Up NYC, available to anyone 18+, Fridays at 11 a.m.; Dear Abby discussion group, Thurs., 11 a.m.; movie screenings, Wed., 1 p.m. Info: (718) 591-3377, Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Paint Your Own Comic Books: A comic bookmaking workshop by the Queens Council on the Arts. No experience needed. Supplies provided.

Rego Park Senior Center, 93-29 Queens Blvd., 12:45 p.m. Info: Irina Sarkisova, (718) 896-8511.

Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75 St., offers daily fitness classes for seniors in aerobics to music, lower-body toning, chair yoga, sit and be fit, Zumba, qi gong and tai chi; multimedia and watercolor painting, every Thurs. & Fri.; friendly book, movie and poetry club, Wed., 1-2 p.m. monthly. Center open Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Call: (718) 894-3441.

SUPPORT GROUPS Job placement assistance, ANIBIC, 61-35 220 St., Bayside, a nonprofit organization serving children and young disabled adults in the community with job, apartment placement.

Bereavement groups for loss of a spouse, facilitated by a licensed social worker. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Call: Lisa Elhanyi, (718) 268-5011, ext.

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BEAT

“Happy 40th, Alex”

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

A year ago at this time Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was in the middle of serving his one-year suspension for using performance enhancement drugs. Both Yankees management and the Major League Baseball Players Association had been threatened with lawsuits by his legal representatives months earlier before Rodriguez wisely decided to drop plans for litigation. Daily News baseball scribe Bill Madden was all but guaranteeing that Alex would never wear a Yankees uniform again.

Even those who were willing to give Alex a second chance a year ago were wondering if the year away from baseball for a guy who was turning 39 would atrophy his baseball skills.

The Yankees were concerned enough about that factor that they acquired third baseman Chase Headley from the San Diego Padres last summer and signed him to a long-term contract. The message to Rodriguez was to accept that he would be a designated hitter if he wanted to collect what was left on his contract.

A-Rod will turn 40 next Monday and it’s safe to say that he’ll be enjoying the milestone.

He had such a good first half of the season that many thought he deserved to be an American League All-Star. The same Yankees fans who were hoping never to see #13 again now cheer him and cite him as a key reason the Yankees

were in first place at the All-Star break.

At last week’s ESPY Awards Rodriguez showed the world that he can laugh at himself.

One of the best bits of the show was bringing Alex on stage pretending to be as mute as Marcel Marceau while actor Ken Jeong read a list of things for which A-Rod was apologizing. To host Joel McHale’s mock consternation, Rodriguez issued mea culpas via his spokesman, Jeong, for “the water shortage in California” and “the Greek economy” but nothing of course was said about steroids.

Naturally you can’t write about the ESPYs without mentioning Caitlyn Jenner. Yes, Astoria native and NBC sportscaster Bob Costas was right. ABC, which televised the ESPN event, knew that Jenner would deliver ratings and that’s why she received the Arthur Ashe Award for displaying courage. Nonetheless Jenner’s speech about the perils the transgender population faces, was quite moving.

The ESPYs also rightfully paid tribute to the late college basketball player, Lauren Hill, who succumbed to brain cancer at age 19 and dedicated her short life to raising funds so that the disease will hopefully be conquered; and to Cincinnati Bengals football player Devin Still who put his career on hold to care for his young Q daughter who is battling pediatric cancer.

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

Kew Gardens Hills

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Kew Gardens Hills is one of the newer developments of Queens located in Flushing’s southwest corner, east of Flushing Meadows Park, which in earlier days was an impassable swamp.

In the 1920s, Flushing Kissena Boulevard, looking southeast to 72nd Road in farmers brought their produce November 1954. to market by riding on Vleigh Road, which ran along the eastern perimeter Dolan worked for years for a name change of the marsh and swamp. The area went and in 2003 with Congressman Anthony through a variety of community names: Weiner in attendance, saw it recognized with Head of the Vleigh [that’s Dutch for fly], the Kew Gardens Hills name, now recognized by the U.S. Postal Service.

East Forest Hills and Queens Valley.

Shown here, as late as 1954, Kissena BouAfter completing home developments in Forest Hills, the Wolosoff Brothers moved levard still had massive amounts of open to the other side of the Grand Central land. To the left is Whelan Drug Store at Parkway in 1937 and built high-quality, 71-55 and Garden Bake Shop at 72-01. Other upscale homes in their development called well-remembered stores were Colony Card Shop and Glick & Markman butcher shop.

Kew Gardens Hills.

The area was dominated by hardworkHowever, the Wolosoff Brothers did not file the correct papers with the Post Office ing middle-class Jewish families raising Department in Washington, DC for a post families in the 1950s. Some of Kew Garoffice name and Flushing Postmaster Joseph dens Hills’ more illustrious natives are Doyle opened a small satellite station and singers Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, named it Station C. This caused great confu- actress Fran Drescher and actors Michael Q sion for decades. Community activist Pat Landon and Martin Landau.

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continued from page page 00 39 posed unique challenges, some said.

“They don’t even know what a barbershop quartet is,” marveled musical director Patrick White.

For Koslosky, having a young cast can mean more teaching than directing. He used every opportunity to share his theatrical knowledge.

“Know where your character belongs in the scene,” he repeated.

On a break, he explained that it’s more about creation than memorization. The cast’s youth does have its advantages, he said. “They have endless energy. They’re like sponges. I already see a big difference from two weeks ago.”

Meanwhile, costume coordinator Francine Morgenstern had been taking performers aside to begin spinning her magic.

“I make some of them,” Morgenstern explained of the period outfits. “I scour thrift shops and antique malls. Once I know what the show is, I start gathering.”

The business side of the show is handled by production manager Susan Grimm.

Before opening night, she will have handled dozens of scripts, coordinated ticket sales and edited the show’s program.

Queens theater veteran Monica Barczak

plays Marian, the town’s librarian, who falls for Hill’s charms. Other roles are played by Danielle Fleming as the mayor’s self-important wife, Kiera Liantonio as Marian’s Irishto-the-bone mother, Daniel Stravino as Hill’s cohort, Marcellus, and Eric Neilssen as a salesman who’s onto Hill’s schemes.

After six grueling weeks, with opening night days away, a week of full runthroughs will bring it all together. Koslosky faced the tired but exhilarated cast.

“Relax and just let it happen,” he said. Q Mark Lord is featured in the show.

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Notice of Formation of 34th Street Astoria Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the NY Dept. of State on 03/5/15. Latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2099.

Office location: Queens County.

NY Sec. of State (NYSS) designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail a copy of any process to 25-75 34th St., Astoria, NY 11103, the principal business location.

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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 AKWINDER KAUR, 120-05 ATLANTIC AVENUE, RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Walter J. Lee, P.O. Box 150399, Kew Gardens, NY 11415. General purpose.

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ANNIE’S HOUSE OF HSUS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 07/01/2015.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 173-24 Fairchild Ave., Flushing, NY 11358, which is also principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: COASTAL FROZEN YOGURT, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/18/2015.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Gib & Jen Realty LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/2/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 13680 Roosevelt Ave Fl 3, Flushing, NY 11354.

Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: BLISSFUL WISHES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/28/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of East 165th Street, L.P. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/3/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Levy, Stopol & Camelo, LLP, 1425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556-1425. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 12/31/2099.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

GLENRIDGE PROPERTIES LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/18/15.

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, 7607 79th Street, Glendale, NY 11385. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: BREATHE ART LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/17/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of EG&DA LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/11/2015. Office location, County of Queens. The street address is: 2107 Astoria Blvd., Queens, NY 11102. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Auciello Law Group, P.C., 26 Court St., Ste 1104, Brooklyn, NY 11242. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of GLOCAL LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/04/15. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 32-11 48th St., #1R, Astoria, NY 11103.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

JANOVIC 1106 LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/3/2014. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Donohue McGahan Catalano & Belitsis, 380 North Broadway, Ste. 306, Jericho, NY 11753.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Principal business location: 771 9th Ave., NY, NY 10019.

Notice of Formation of MP Horizon, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/19/15.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o the LLC, 42-01 235th Street, Douglaston, NY 11363.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: RK ROCKAWAY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/24/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to MARC STEINBERG, 880 FIFTH AVENUE, APT. 4B, NEW YORK, NY 10021.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BROTHER REALTY DEVELOPMENT LLC., a limited liability company (LLC).

Arts of Org. filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 6/3/2015.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 40-44 194th St., Flushing, NY 11358.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Esilk and beyond LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/26/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to kainan chen, 137-39 45TH Avenue, 12F, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, serial number 1287651 for beer, wine and liquor, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a bar/restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 184-15 Jamaica Avenue, Hollis, NY 11423, County of Queens, for on-premises consumption: HAPPY NIGHT RESTAURANT CORP.

Laura NG, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 6/10/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 68-56 Groton St., Forest Hills, NY 11375. General purpose.

PARK ASH 1630 LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/11/2015.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 17214 89th Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on July 6, 2015, bearing the Index Number NC-000408-15/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to assume the name of SCOTT BOM YUN. My present name is SCOTT YOONBOM DAN. I am born in Richmond, Virginia on January 18, 1997. My present address is 58-40 230 St., 2Fl., Bayside, NY 11364.

Brown International, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/15/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Miriam Brown, 13912 34th Rd Apt B6, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: General.

FIORITO FAMILY REALTY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 05/13/2015.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 87-30 96th St., Woodhaven, NY 11421. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 2827 Long Beach Rd., Oceanside, NY 11572.

Notice of Formation of INFR A STRUC T URE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/24/15.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served.

Purpose: Any lawful activity

NOTICE OF FORMATION, Mobile Center 4 CPR, LLC. Articles of Organization Filed with SSNY on 5/20/15. Office location: Queens. SSNY designated for any service of process. SSNY shall mail copies of process served against the LLC to c/o: THE LLC, 219-24 113th Avenue, Queens, NY 11429. Purpose: any lawful purpose or activity.

Queens Garden Management LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 05/21/15. Office Location: Queens County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 3 Claridge Cir., Manhasset, NY 11030. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of SEAVIEW C DEVELOPMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/29/15.

Office location: Queens County.

Princ. office of LLC: Douglaston Development, 2nd Fl., 42-09 235th St., Douglaston, NY 11363. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity

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By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: To the heirs at law, next of kin, and distributes of Denise Meadows, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributes, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. Damian Meadows, Ernest Meadows, Queens County Public Administrator.

A petition having been duly filed by Marc Marino, as agent for MTAG Services, LLC, who is domiciled at 8609 Westwood Center Drive, Suite 325, Vienna, Virginia, 22182. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on September 10, 2015, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Denise Meadows lately domiciled at 96-04 57th Avenue, Rego Park, New York, 11368 in the County of Queens, New York, granting Letters of Administration upon the estate of the decedent to Ernest Meadows or Damian Meadows, distributes of the decedent, and if they fail to qualify, then to the Public Administrator of Queens County and if they are permitted to renounce, then to the nominee, Steven Schultz, Esq., upon duly qualifying or to such other persons as may be entitled there to. (State any further relief requested) The authority of any eligible distribute or the Queens County Public Administrator or the proposed nominee under the letters to be issued is limited to the Representation of the Estate of Denise Meadows in the tax lien foreclosure case entitled NYCTL 2008-A Trust v. Walter Adams, pending in the Supreme Court for Queens County under Index Number 33952/09. Dated, Attested and Sealed, July 15, 2015. Honorable Peter J. Kelly, Surrogate, and Margaret M. Griffon, Chief Clerk. Name of Attorney for Petitioner: Amy E. Korn, Esq., Tel. No. 212-237-1014 Address of Attorney: Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, 156 West 56th Street, New York, New York 10019. Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law.

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TO: SWETHA SAMALA 251-08 Hillside Avenue Queens, NY 11426 You are hereby notified that Kiran Botha, Petitioner, has filed a Petition for Divorce against you in the State of Wisconsin, Brown County, case # 15 FA 584. Within 20 days of this publication, you must file a written answer to the Petition, with the Brown County Clerk of Courts, 100 S. Jefferson Street, Green Bay, WI. If you do not provide a proper response within twenty (20) days, the Court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Petition for Divorce, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Petition for Divorce. A Judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Any further information may be obtained by contacting Attorney Ted J. Warpinski at 920-435-3599 and/or 303 South Jefferson Street, Green Bay, WI. Dated this 9th day of July, 2015 Ted J. Warpinski Attorney for the Petitioner State Bar No: 1069345

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Notice of Formation of SELECTSTARFROM SOLUTIONS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/13/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 4-74 48th Av, Apt. 17L, Long Island City, NY 11109. The regd. agent of the company upon whom and at which process against the company can be served is Theodora Drakopoulou, 4-74 48th Av, Apt. 17L, Long Island City, NY 11109. Purpose: Any lawful activity

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: TEIA NIKO ADORNMENTS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/04/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to THE LLC, 143-54 FERNDALE AVE., JAMAICA, NY 11435.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SEIGE GROUP, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/21/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: VILLAMAR & MEWAFY, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/21/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to THE LLC, 31-09, NEWTOWN AVE., SUITE 409, ASTORIA, NY 11102.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SPACE MINNOW LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/29/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228.

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Notice of Formation: XQX Property LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on June/2015.

Office loc: Queens County.

SSNY designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copies of any process served against the LLC to Tian Xing Xing, 51-05 Bell Blvd, Bayside Hills, NY 11364 Purpose: Any lawful purpose or activity.

Notice of formation of SUNNY LIFE LLC, a limited liability company. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/19/2015. Office located in Queens County.

SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to c/o THE LLC, 6148 220TH STREET, BAYSIDE, NY 11364.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Y & G PROPERTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/01/2015. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Y & G PROPERTY LLC, 516 CLEARVIEW DR., SOUDERTON, PA 18964.

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Embracing ‘vibrant’ LIC, Plaxall looks back As the enclave grows, leaders say an ‘interesting’ vision is at heart

by Cristina Schreil Associate Editor

In Long Island City, beside an office that looks plucked from the set of Mad Men, highpitched zipping noises come from a bustling adjacent factory. Every step of the manufacturing process at Plaxall, a company that has been in the enclave for more than 70 years, takes place under one roof.

It’s a scene that Paula Kirby, Tony Pfohl and Matthew Quigley, the managing directors of Plaxall, know well; the three, grandchildren of founder Louis Pfohl, worked at one point in the factory. They are now the third generation at the helm.

As people move and work in the formerly industrial neighborhood, the three reflected on Queens of the past as well as what may be in store in coming years.

In the 1930s, Pfohl, the founder, invented thermoforming, a process of shaping plastic.

In Plaxall’s office lies a trove of products, from pill packaging to decorative containers.

The company also owns and has developed real estate in the area, provides space for neighborhood organizations and has become known as a big supporter of the arts and cultural institutions, as well as housing projects, charities and educational institutions in Queens and beyond.

“Long Island City is becoming its own sort of unique and desirable location as opposed to

just spilling over from Manhattan,” Pfohl said. “It’s a very different atmosphere over here.”

While the family and Plaxall itself also have ties to Dubuque, Iowa, they said they have a clear pride for Queens. All three were born and raised in Forest Hills; their parents still all live within a block from each other.

“We used to feel like when we were trying to rent out space that we had to convince people to come here,” Quigley said.

Kirby said she thinks that within the past 15 years, more are paying attention to once under-the-radar Long Island City, which was surprising, given the convenient location and stunning views.

But Kirby added that there’s a diverse mix of smaller companies or manufacturers replacing industrial or warehouse tenants.

Kirby said the tenants in one building end up collaborating, some on a daily basis, which is an exciting phenomenon in the area.

She also said several artists are tenants, a hallmark of the artistic community.

“What we would hope to see is some way to keep parts in Long Island City going that make it as attractive as it is right now,” Quigley said. “Some way to keep the artists and artisans and businesses around and incorporate them within larger buildings, or something like that.”

Quigley added that one way to bolster art-

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“We do believe that keeping the area more interesting is in our best interests,” he said.

Their gestures toward the future seemed to echo what they recalled as a visionary in their grandfather, who saw Long Island City’s potential when he first moved Plaxall there.

Pfohl noted said his grandfather had a

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