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Some sweet on soda ban, others sour Politicians cite economic impact and hypocrisy; docs support size limit

by Josey Bartlett Associate Editor

octors, scientists, community group presidents, beverage and restaurant lobbyists and politicians gave testimonies for and against the mayor’s proposed “big soda ban” at Tuesday’s New York City Board of Health hearing in Long Island City.

If approved Bloomberg’s plan would prohibit food establishments graded by the city, such as restaurants, delis and concessions at movie theaters and stadiums, from selling larger than 16-ounce containers of a sugary beverage.

The mayor-appointed health board took in the testimonies and will make a decision on the proposal in the fall.

Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) started off the hearing with a fiveminute testimony against the proposal.

“When they came for the cigarettes, I didn’t say anything, because I don’t smoke.

When they came for the MSG, I wasn’t concerned, because I don’t use it. When they went after salt, it was okay, because I am not a big salt eater. But will the government be telling me when to go to bed next?

Or how big my steak should be? How many potato chips I can eat? After all, it’s all in the name of my health,” Halloran said.

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Abel Ahuatl, owner of Metro Star coffee shop and taqueria in Elmhurst, talked to Coucilwoman Julissa Ferreras on July 19 about how the proposed soda ban would negatively affect his business.

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“And clearly the government knows what’s best for me. “ He made three points: first off, he said, the economic impact would be huge.

Places like the College Point Pepsi facility and New York City-based Vitamin Water

would lose business, and other companies would think twice before coming to the Big Apple, he said.

Secondly, he called the ban arbitrary, pointing out that the large drink sizes couldn’t be sold at a letter-graded pizzeria,

but customers could walk next door to an ungraded grocery store and buy a 20-ounce jug of soda.

Many other people have pointed out that discrepancy, including Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-Corona) who led the press on a tour of delis and stores in her district on July 19.

“This has the potential to create a hostile business relationship,” said Ferreras, while pointing at a graded restaurant that shares a wall with an ungraded convenience store, which could continue to sell the product.

“It just moves where it can be sold. What does this prevent?”

Business owners during the tour echoed her sentiment, saying it would not only hurt their prof its, but would affect families’ pocketbooks too.

Abel Ahuatl, owner of Metro Star coffee shop and taqueria in Elmhurst, said people can close a bottle of soda like a 20-ounce jug of Pepsi, but they can’t close a can.

He said families and groups of students often share a large soda and take what’s left over with them when they leave the store. If the proposal went through, groups would have to buy a few cans to equal the same amount of liquid.

Halloran’s third point called the proposal continued on page 23

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Shelter residents worry community Skyway Hotel once housed families, listed as address of sex offenders

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

When the Depar tment of Homeless Ser vices tur ned the Skyway Hotel homeless shelter on South Conduit Avenue from a family shelter into one for men only, it caught the attention and concern of the surrounding community. Who would they house in the shelter, which is only two blocks from PS 124, across the Belt Parkway from a playground and steps from busy hotels?

Twenty-four registered sex offenders are listed as living at the shelter at 132-20 South Conduit Ave. in South Ozone Park according to New York State’s sex offender registry, and that is sending up red flags in the isolated community on the outskirts of Kennedy Airport.

“We are concer ned that the DHS is housing that many registered sex offenders in one location,” said Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton, who

was kept in the dark about the shelter’s change from a family center to a men’s facility in 2011.

The DHS changed the shelter because of a rise in the homeless population among men.

“They have nothing in place to protect our children.”

— Councilman Ruben Wills

Councilman Ruben Wills (DSouth Jamaica), who represents the community, said there is a chance that not all of the 24 men currently live there, as the men in the shelters tend to only spend a short time there, usually about six months, and the list is perhaps not updated as quickly.

“I don’t want to cause a public panic about this,” Wills said.

Nevertheless, the statistic is concerning for many in the community. The possibility of sex offenders or violent ex-cons living in the shelter was part of the outrage over the change in the shelter’s status. The Parent Teacher Association at PS 124 met in 2011 when the shelter’s status was changed and some security policies at the school were altered; the school building was locked down during the day and the gates around the schoolyard are locked during recess. Extra security was placed at bus stops on school days when the facility was f irst changed over.

The shelter is also located next to two major hotels.

Wills mentioned the possibility of potentially violent people living in the shelter to the DHS in 2011 and said the response he got was that the men had a right to be housed.

Some of the men who are registered as sex offenders and listed as

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Twenty-four sex offenders are listed as living in the Skyway Hotel men’s shelter on South Conduit Avenue, according to the state’s official registry of sex offenders, prompting quality of life concerns that date back to its switch from PHOTO BY STEVEN MALECKI a family to men’s only shelter in 2011. living in Skyway have been ordered to be kept away from anyone under the age of 18 unless accompanied by an adult. At least one was sentenced to a prison term of up to 50 years for a rape.

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3 sex offenders, which are the more dangerous ones.

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Judge kills mayor’s ‘turnaround’ plan Arbitrator’s decision against plan to close schools, fire staff upheld

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Pending appeal, John Adams High School and six other borough high schools will keep much of their staff and perhaps their names after a State Supreme Court judge upheld an arbitrator’s ruling FILE PHOTO against Mayor Bloomberg’s high school “turnaround” plan. been closed under the plan were August Martin, Flushing, John Adams, Long Island City, Newtown, Richmond Hill and William Cullen Bryant.

In a statement, Michael Cardozo, corporate counsel for the NYC Law Department, the legal representative for the DOE in the

case, said the city will honor the judge’s decision but vowed to appeal it to the Appellate Division, the second highest state-level court. Since the Appellate Division does not sit until after the school year starts, the city will not proceed with the “turnaround” plan before September.

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The Bloomberg administration’s high school “turnaround” plan suffered a stinging and perhaps fatal defeat on Tuesday evening as a New York State Supreme Court judge upheld an arbitrator’s decision to reverse the plan to close 24 city high schools, including seven in Queens, fire much of the staff and reopen them in the fall under new names.

The judge ruled that the Department of Education broke its contracts with the UFT and the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators in closing the schools and reopening them under new names. In her ruling, Judge Joan Lobis, who originally sent the two sides to the arbitrator, Scott Buccheit, in May, upheld his ruling which stated the renamed high schools opening in September were not new schools, which would have allowed the city to void its contracts with the unions.

In her decision, Lobis said Buchheit’s decision is legally binding under collective bargaining.” I believe the arbitrator was within his authority to determine this grievance,” she said.” The issue of staffing is intertwined with the questions of seniority, excessing and discipline of teachers and supervisors, all of which are specifically covered by the collective bargaining agreements.”

The seven high schools that would have

“The mayor and chancellor will not allow failing schools to deprive our students of the high-quality education they deserve. Although we will of course comply with the judge’s ruling, we strongly disagree with it — and we will be appealing,” the statement read.

The decision means the layoffs made by the DOE at the end of the school year are voided, though whether or not the schools will be renamed is still in question. A DOE spokesman would not go into further detail about the ramifications of the judge’s ruling.

The city may also lose out on $60 million in federal money since the DOE and the unions failed to agree on a teacher evaluation system, which prompted Mayor Bloomberg’s decision to proceed with the “turnaround” plan. The DOE did not immediately respond for comment, but UFT President Michael Mulgrew praised the decision and asked the DOE to now focus on the upcoming school year.

“We appreciate the judge’s decision to uphold the arbitrator’s ruling. It is now time to prepare the teachers, principals and school communities for the opening of school and we hope that the mayor will spend as much effort on helping struggling schools succeed as he does on his own political needs,” he said in a statement Tuesday evening.

The UFT is also calling for the city to Q drop its appeal of Lobis’ decision.

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Water main project comes to boulevard

Richmond Hill irked by ‘historic’ snub

Work will disrupt traffic, bus service

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Woodhaven Boulevard is going to be a mess for the rest of the summer.

The city’s ongoing project to replace water mains in Woodhaven has hit the neighborhood’s main street. Construction started July 18 on the project to replace the water mains along the southbound service road of Woodhaven Boulevard between Jamaica and Atlantic avenues.

The work is the final phase of a $7 million, two-year project to replace water mains around Woodhaven that began in the fall of 2010.

Joe Soldevere, spokesman for the city Department of Design and Construction said the entire project will take about six weeks and should be completed by the middle of September. Three weeks will be dedicated to laying the new water mains while street restoration will take another three weeks. The three southbound center lanes of Woodhaven Boulevard and all northbound lanes will be unaffected.

The work will be limited to the southbound service road, and although construction is due to wrap up by 4 p.m., just before the evening rush hour, residual delays will cause some traffic backups along Woodhaven Boulevard before Jamaica Avenue. The work is scheduled to begin around 7 a.m. daily.

The work has also forced the closure or temporary relocation of bus stops along the boulevard, including the busy one at Woodhaven and Jamaica Avenue that is served by the Q11, Q21, Q52 and Q53 lines as well as the QM15 express bus line. Some routes may be detoured during construction times.

The project may mean some residents living along Woodhaven Boulevard will have their water turned off for a time, but the DDC said all water will be restored at the end of the workday and anyone who does not have water restored by 6 p.m. should call 311.

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by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Ivan Mrakovcic walked around Chelsea in Manhattan one day, getting an idea of what the city described as an “historic district,” and wondering why the tree-lined streets with Victorian homes that dominate Richmond Hill are not in the same category.

Since 1998, Mrakovcic and the Richmond Hill Historical Society have been fighting to get an historic district designation for over 30 blocks between Jamaica Avenue and Forest Park. Borough President Helen Marshall threw her support behind the idea, as did the last three council members who represented the neighborhood.

But when the decision for a designation finally came up, it was turned down by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The agency reiterated its 2005 decision in an email to Mrakovcic earlier this month.

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“It’s not a very engaging process,” said Mrakovcic, who is also a former chairman of Community Board 9. “It’s unfortunately a very political process.”

The LPC also said a designation could not be given because many of the houses have been altered, something Mrakovcic says a designation would have prevented.

“The city should lead by example,” he said.

He noted the neighborhood already has landmarked buildings. The Eldridge House, located on 111th Street south of Jamaica Avenue, as well as PS 66 and the Richmond Hill Republican Club, have all been landmarked.

RHHS is now looking for an alternate way of landmarking. such as proposing smaller areas for designation or taking their case to the National Registry of Historic Q Places.

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For sensible gun control measures ayor Bloomberg is right and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is wrong — this is exactly the time to talk about gun control.

It’s always been crises that drive life-saving reforms, whether the workplace safety laws that were enacted after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 killed 146, the shipboard safety laws that followed the Titanic disaster that killed 1,500 a year later, the improvements to natural gas processing that came after a 1944 explosion in Cleveland killed 130 — even the environmental movement born in Britain after the killer fog of 1952 led to the deaths of thousands.

So yes, it’s perfectly appropriate to reopen the national debate over gun violence following the murders of 12 people, ranging in age from 6 to 51 years, by an apparent madman in a Colorado movie theater last week. Despite Christie’s contention that bringing up the subject now is “political grandstanding,” it’s perfectly appropriate — and does not in any way diminish concern for the victims.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which Bloomberg co-chairs, launched a campaign on Wednesday to challenge both President Obama and Republican hopeful Mitt Romney to “explain how they will keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people.”

It’s a tall order, and guns cannot be fully eliminated in any foreseeable future, but certain reasonable steps can be taken to reduce

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the number of Americans killed by guns from the current 34 a day — almost three times as many as were slain in Colorado.

The first is to bring back the assault weapons ban, which was enacted in 1994 and expired in 2004. It would prohibit the manufacture for civilian use of weapons including the theater shooter’s AR15 rifle and the AK-47 recently used to gun down three men in Springfield Gardens.

Another worthwhile measure that would require legislation is a ban on the sale of ammunition online. That’s how the Colorado suspect got his bullets — not to mention the body armor he wore during the massacre. Absent legislation, UPS and FedEx could voluntarily refuse to ship bullets. The U.S. Postal Service already bans their shipment, so if the private shippers joined in, that would be a de facto prohibition against ordering bullets online.

Lastly, although it would not have prevented an event like the theater shooting, the state Legislature should enact the microstamping bill that’s been on the agenda for years, to better help police identify the culprits after a shooting takes place.

All of these measures are the kind the National Rifle Association opposes, even though the majority of gun owners favor stricter regulations. It’s time for our elected officials to stand up to the NRA and stand up for a safer America. The perfect time, in fact.

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Sue the NRA Dear Editor: The Colorado gun nut who killed at least 12 people and wounded 60 others did not act alone. He had an enabler — the National Rifle Association.

James Holmes was able to purchase four assault weapons and 7,000 rounds of ammunition in 3 days with a minimal background check. It’s clear that the NRA (Not Responsible to Anyone) cannot be defeated in the political arena. Mayor Bloomberg is the only elected leader with the cojones to stand up to them. But there’s another approach that hasn’t been tried before—the courts. What if the families of all the movie massacre victims sued the NRA and the state of Colorado for creating laws that allowed this tragedy to happen.

Let’s go one step further. What if Mayor Bloomberg, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and everyone belonging to the Mayors Coalition Against Gun Vioience sued the NRA as an accomplice or accessory to gun deaths and injuries in their cities?

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handle these cases, but these attorneys are available and should step up to the plate. I’m talking about high-powered, media-savvy attorneys like Steve Burke, Joesph Tacopina, Alan Dershowitz, and Gloria Allred — or any other talented lawyer who reads this newspaper. You are guaranteed an avalanche of media coverage. All other attempts to defeat the gun lobby have failed. Why not give this a try?

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$250K: not rich here Dear Editor: By a majority Americans believe the wealthy should pay more taxes.

Economists point out that contrary to the claim of those opposed the wealthy do not spend excess funds spurring economic growth but invest their money to earn additional wealth.

President Obama proposes to raise income taxes on those earning more than $250,000.

Though a majority of voters support the president’s call for higher taxes on the wealthy reality for residents in the population centers of the

‘Good night, kids’ he killings at the Colorado movie theater and the tragic accident in Jamaica that took five lives Sunday, including those of two young children, have nothing in common. Except for one thing.

Children as young as those killed in the crash, who were 7 and 8, and the 6-year-old shot to death in the theater, simply shouldn’t be out so late. The theater killings happened a little after midnight, the crash at 3:18 a.m.

No one is to blame for the murders but the shooter. The cause of the crash is a mystery. But more parents should, when possible, remember the stodgy old adage, “Nothing good happens after midnight.” It’s a bit simplistic, but it’s true when it comes to children who haven’t even reached the “double digits” yet. They should be in bed.

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nation know that $250,000 is not much. The cost of living in New York, DC, Chicago much of California and other places strains all incomes including those earning a quarter of a million dollars.

The New York and California senators know the facts and have remained quiet. To those whose taxes would be impacted senatorial silence and the president’s proposals are causing consider people to voting for Romney. To these wage earners who f ind the cost of living extreme, there is a disconnect between the president and the lives they lead. There is also hostility against the elected off icials who have refused to confront the issue.

Warren Buffet the father of the Buffet Rule enjoys an income far in excess of $250,000 while he resides in an area with modest costs.

The President and the Democratic Senators live in cities where $250,000 will not permit the life one would believe comes with such an income.

The silence by the likes of Sen. Schumer enrages New Yorkers and may cost the president and the Democrats vital votes in November.

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Dear Editor: There are alternatives to what was said in “Ackerman furious over postal plan” (by Liz Rhoades, July 19). Consider untapped revenue sources available to reduce deficits, closure and relocation of post offices. The U.S. Postal Service could sell advertising space on mailboxes, post offices and its trucks.

Why not join banks and fast food restaurants that sublet space at Walmart and other big box stores? Generate both revenue and customers by subletting post offices to other government agencies, along with businesses. License corporations to sponsor stamps for a fee.

Have Rep. Ackerman, along with other lawmakers, pay the real full costs for their annoying frequent bulk rate mailings to constituents.

They are nothing more than free re-election campaign brochures subsidized by taxpayers.

Charge the full price for all junk mail. Future increases in the price of stamps should be directly tied to inflation and annual consumer price index. Why not apply free enterprise solutions to provide a more cost-effective product, reduce deficits and prevent more branches from either closing or relocating to other sites?

Larry Penner Great Neck, LI

What ‘Civic Virtue’ signifies Dear Editor: Can we stop already with the “Civic Virtue” bashing and hysteria? Did someone just wake up after 100 years and decide this would be a good pot stirrer and waste of time effort and taxpayer money to remove it? Or was it the tens of thousands of ladies who pass the statue daily and are aghast and appalled by it? (not!) Did you do all your due diligence before the uproar?

We need a quick history lesson. The statue was designed by Frederick MacMonnies and sculpted by the Piccirilli Brothers (of the Bronx, by the way). It came to Queens in 1941 as a gift from then-Mayor LaGuardia to the borough when the “new” Borough Hall was opened.

Of course the common misconception and the rally cry is that the male figure is stepping or trampling on two women. But degrading women is not what it represents. The female figures are not even human women! It is symbolism and mythology in the purest of art form as in classical art and sculpture (c’mon ladies, get your “Da Vinci Code” hats on!). Symbolism is not so cut and dry! The figures are akin to the sirens of Greek mythology — dangerous and devious creatures, portrayed as femme fatales who lured sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck. Since vice and corruption are “dangerous and devious” ... get it? They were also portrayed (like here) as one half woman half serpent.

Hey gals, remember back in February you got a real boost when Rep. Anthony Weiner wanted to sell the statue on Craig’s List, because it was “sexist”? ’Nuff said!

Art is open to interpretation. Leave it alone already.

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Dear Editor: When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, he stated that the Bush Medicare drug bill did not pay for itself but he would propose a healthcare bill that did. In the July 5 issue, I showed that this was not the case, and pointed out that the Congressional Budget Office is now estimating that millions will lose the health insurance they now have despite claims by the president to the contrary. This is blatant hypocrisy.

Instead of trying to dispute my facts, Nicholas Zizelis wrote in the July 19 issue that a number of Republicans are hypocrites for having supported an individual mandate in the past and are now opposing it. I never was a supporter of previous congressional healthcare legislation or the Massachusetts healthcare plan, and I cannot speak for others. However, what I have done is write about specifics regarding ObamaCare. Regular Chronicle contributor Anthony Pilla wrote in the July 19 issue about Mitt Romney not releasing more tax returns. In the meantime, he never answered healthcare questions that I previously directed at him. Mr. Zizelis never addressed any of the points I made.

Every time I debate specific issues, the far left only responds with name calling. We are not in a schoolyard. It is time to be serious.

Lenny Rodin Forest Hills

For generations Americans have relied on six-day service of dependable doorstep delivery of everything from postcards to packages. If Congress passes HR 2309, Saturday delivery will be eliminated. In a misguided attempt to purportedly save the USPS, we will inevitably see its rapid decline and eventual death.

The argument in favor of HR 2309 is a weak one. The thought is that to save money, you simply cut back on costs and services. As someone who runs a small business, that kind of thinking is nonsense. You have to ask the follow-up question, “What will the impact of those cutbacks be?” You can’t cut services, raise prices, and be successful. If you limit the service you offer — especially a growing segment of postal business such as parcel delivery — all that will result is a dangerous disadvantage for the USPS. HR 2309 doesn’t acknowledge that business in America is now conducted around the clock.

If Saturday delivery is eliminated, businesses will have to rely on more expensive private services, increasing costs.

Nor does HR 2309 take into account the number of jobs, approximately 80,000, which would be lost. Veterans hold many of these jobs.

We can’t afford to lose the USPS. Urge Congressman Turner to vote against H.R. 2309.

Dennis O’Brien Forest Hills The writer is co-owner of OZ Photos in Forest Hills.

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A few weeks ago, Frank Dardani, president of the Ozone Tudor Civic Association went out to grab a bite to eat. As he left his home, he saw a car parked on Dumont Avenue near Conduit Boulevard with a man inside it. Thinking little of it at f irst, he went on his way.

But three hours later, the car and its occupant were still there. That grabbed his attention.

“It took me about three and a half seconds to say ‘maybe I should call 911’,” Dardani said.

He did and less than an hour later, police arrested the man, though Dardani did not know why.

“Like they always tell you on TV, ‘if you see something, say something’,” he said. “I might have done this 10 times already and there wasn’t that kind of result, but this time, there was.”

He told the story to the members of the Ozone Tudor Civic Association who gathered in Tudor Park on 83rd Street last Thursday for their monthly meeting.

Dardani, who is also president of the 106th Precinct Community Council, also gave some information on the recent burglaries that have been committed in Ozone Park and Richmond Hill. He explained that the perpetrators have a plan where one or two people ring the doorbell and if there is no answer, another person kicks in the back door and invades the home. He said there have been some instances where the residents have been home and either did not answer the door because they did not know who was ringing the bell or did not hear it.

“If anyone sees anybody sitting in cars or anything like that, call into 911, tell them the precinct captain told you to do so,” he said. “You could be saving your neighbor.”

He suggested residents put their home address on the back of their house as well as the front so neighbors on the next block can see it in case they need to call to report an emergency. Dardani said he has noticed more patrols around Tudor Village recently.

Also on the agenda at the meeting was the recent renovations done at the Tudor Park athletic fields at 80th Street and Conduit Boulevard. The baseball field was renovated over the winter with a new field put down and a cricket pitch added. The Parks Department used real grass, which Dardani said would not work without a sprinkler system.

“How could you put in a grass field without a sprinkler system? It’s going to be a dust bowl in a few years,” he said, noting that he pushed for one to be added.

Around $1 million was allocated for the project, mostly by Borough President Helen Marshall. Dardani said he was told a sprinkler system would be an expensive addition, though he noted that the city brought a water system into the park for water fountains, which he suggests was a major reason a sprinkler system would not be an expense.

“Don’t get me wrong, it’s definitely an improvement,” Dardani said.

The organizaton also chose its Tudor Village Lady of the Month for July. The honoree was Tilda Piazza of 133rd Avenue who is known in the neighborhood for her garden work in the center median of 133rd Avenue.

“She’s a wonderful neighbor, people recognize her,” Dardani said. “She’s one of the people that I’ve always looked at and said ‘I want to be part of that community.’”

Piazza is also known in the neighborhood for taking photos of children in costumes on Halloween and posting them the next year Q so the children can have them.

Two hurt in fight at Modells Two people were hurt and two others arrested after a fight broke out outside of the Modells Sporting Goods store at Woodhaven Boulevard and Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park.

The fight erupted in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday morning, July 21, as the suspects and the victims’ waited on a line outside the store to purchase Air Jordan sneakers that were being released that day.

The NYPD said the fight was triggered by an argument over the suspects’ and the victims’ places in the line outside the store.

The argument turned physical and the

suspects allegedly struck the two victims with metal chairs that had been set up outside. The two victims were taken to the hospital while the two suspects, a 25-year-old man and a 16-year-old youth, were taken into custody by officers from the 106th Precinct and charged with felony assault.

The store opened at midnight on Friday night to begin selling the sneakers, but customers had been lined up outside the store as early as 6 p.m. An officer from the 106th Precinct said the store had no private security on the site and had not notified the Q precinct of the potential crowd.

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One person watching the towering column of black smoke rising from nearly 10 miles away compared it to an erupting volcano.

A seven-alarm blaze that destroyed a vacant food-processing plant in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn may have affected more people on this side of the borough’s border.

The fire broke out around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon at an abandoned food processing factory between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills, only a few blocks from the Queens line. The fire quickly engulfed the building sending thick black smoke into the air.

It burned through the night, even through a rainstorm, going to seven alarms by midnight.

It was finally brought under control by 8 a.m. on Wednesday, almost 17 hours after it began.

More than 50 trucks and 200 firefighters from both Brooklyn and Queens responded to the fire. Seven firefighters were injured, four were treated at the scene and three were taken to the hospital, but none of the injuries are

life- threatening. No one else was injured though the fire attracted a number of onlookers.

The thick smoke plume, which could be seen as far away as Jamaica and Long Island City, left a brown haze in its path in some nearby Queens neighborhoods including Glendale, Forest Hills and Woodhaven. By nightfall, the acrid smell of smoke and fire had spread south through Ozone Park and Howard Beach. Soot was reported on the windows and terraces of at least one high-rise on Queens Boulevard.

The J and Z trains, which run along an elevated track above Fulton Street, were suspended between Broadway Junction in East New York and Jamaica Center, Parsons/Archer for nearly 12 hours, stranding commuters trying to get to Woodhaven and Richmond Hill on the subway. The MTA ran shuttle service between Cypress Hills and Jamaica instead.

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Casino hosts soccer clinic Resorts World Casino New York City teamed up with Aston Villa Football Club to give 30 kids from the South Queens Boys and Girls Club the opportunity to play some soccer with the popular English club’s coaches and former Aston Villa star Ian Taylor last Thursday at Resorts World Casino.

The youngsters were able to play side-byside with Taylor and learn from two of Aston Villa’s top coaches, Joe Hunt and Matt Cecil.

The 30 youngsters participated in two separate sessions at Resorts World’s Central

Park events floor where they learned the basic fundamentals of soccer, or futbol as is called in most countries, such as dribbling, passing and corner kicks in two separate training sessions held during the morning.

The event was part of Aston Villa’s preseason tour of the United States, where they played a game against Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union and also visited Chicago and Portland, Ore. Above, the children who participated in the clinic pose with Taylor, top center, and Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, to his left.

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No one was allowed in the water all day in Long Branch, on New Jersey’s shore, said Vallone. However, as the beach was closing right before 6 p.m. about six children splashed into the water on the shore where the Vallone family has a beach home. The lifeguards had already packed up for the night.

“It was really rough and there were red flags on the beach all day,” said Harbour Mansion beach resident Terry Rio, who saw the end of the save.

She said near-drowning incidents almost never happen on that swath of beach.

Vallone’s brothers Perry and Paul tried to look for the children’s parents to tell them to get out, but they weren’t around, the councilman said.

“We had all worked on that beach as lifeguards as teenagers and are well aware of how bad that the undertow can be,” Val-

lone said, adding that his father, former Councilman Peter Vallone Sr., had worked as a lifeguard at the Astoria Pool.

Soon after the kids dove in, the two youngest girls were sucked out by the current.

Perry ran into the water and rescued the girl closer to the shore, while Paul swam after the other girl who was being carried farther out to danger.

“She was close to smashing on the rock jetty,” the councilman said. “If he hadn’t gotten to her she would have been dead.”

Peter Vallone, who had been relaxing and reading a newspaper, sprang into action and dove into the water.

Paul and Peter brought the second girl, Melanie, to shore.

After the incident, the councilman posted a Facebook status, to further warn people of the dangers of the ocean.

“Holy crap my brothers and I just had to save 2 girls swimming after the beach closed,” he said. “The ocean is nuts right now and don’t swim without the guards!”

“If it wasn’t for the Vallones the girls might not have made it,” said Rio. “Their Q parents weren’t paying attention.”

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York College held day for vets to find jobs and help get due benefits

by Stefania D’Andrea Chronicle Contributor

Dozens of companies and organizations were represented at York College in Jamaica on Friday to help veterans find jobs and assist them in obtaining due benefits.

The Welcome Home the Troops event was hosted by the United Coalition for Veteran and Community Rights and Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica), in conjunction with Assemblyman William Scarborough (D-Jamaica) and Councilman Leroy Comrie (DSt. Albans).

The event was organized because of the serious issues veterans face when returning home from combat, such as high unemployment rates, f inancial burdens, physical disabilities, post traumatic stress disorder, the backlog of claims at the Veterans Administration and the difficulty of readjusting to civilian life.

The unemployment rate of veterans who were in combat since 2001 is 12.1 percent, while the unemployment rate of non veterans is 8.7 percent. Veterans also comprise

between one-fifth and one-fourth of the homeless population in the United States.

This is a day to celebrate the vets, said Andrea Scarborough, wife of William Scarborough and member of the UCVCR. She said that she wanted to assist the veterans in finding better living conditions. About 25 to 30 companies were there for job support, including social services.

Representing the NYC Fire Department was John Rafferty of Engine 234, Ladder 123, Battalion 38 in Brooklyn. He said that close to 40 veterans stopped by, male and female. Rafferty provided information booklets and pamphlets on how to apply to become an Emergency Medical Service Emergency Medical Technician or an EMS Paramedic.

Barbara Morris, also a member of UCVCR, hosted a table at which veterans could sign up for treatment at St. Albans Veterans Hospital. She said that more than 25 veterans registered. Morris has been involved with veterans for more than seven decades, and recalled a

time when she and her mother used to bake cakes and take them to the veterans hospital during World War II. Jamaal Jones, a veteran from Iraq, said that he enjoyed the program. “The event is pretty good,” Jones said, “There are many opportunities for vets.”

A representative of the NYPD said that he spoke with about 40 or 50 veterans. He offered information about the civil service exam, which is available for people ages 17 1/2 to 35.

Edward Perry, minority veterans program coordinator at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, hosted a table and was supposed to conduct the veteran benefits workshop at the event.

Four workshops were meant to take place at the event: Job readiness, which teaches resume writing and interview techniques; veterans jobs bank, which teaches about the New York State Veteran’s Job Bank Law; veteran benefits, which teaches about compensation, pension, home loans, education dependency and survivor benef its and health

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FDNY representative John Rafferty and Andrea Scarborough at the Welcome PHOTO BY STEFANIA D’ANDREA Home the Troops event. administration and cemetery benefits; and social media for vets, which teaches veterans how to use the social media to help them find jobs.

The only workshop attended was social media for vets, but Perry was still able to provide the same continued on page 35

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car accident is a headache for any driver. He or she has to worry about the repairs, working with the insurance companies and finding the right auto specialist to fix the damage. Sonny’s Collision in Richmond Hill is there to help. Since 1946, three generations of the family-owned collision shop have been keeping customers satisfied with their quality service while relieving the headaches that auto accidents bring to drivers.

Their mission is to take the stress out of an accident.

Originally located on Centreville Street in Ozone Park, Sonny’s moved to its current location on Atlantic Avenue in 2004. With 10,000 square feet of working space, the shop has two USI Italia spray booths, a garage that can hold more than 25 cars that are being worked on and storage for more than 100 more vehicles. The shop accepts all major insurance and offers an unlimited lifetime warranty with all the repairs.

It has a 24-hour service line for accidents that happen at night and even offers free towing.

When it comes to repairs, Sonny’s auto body specialists only work with manufactured parts.

They repair cars with a state-of-the-art laser measuring system and unibody frame straightening with computer-printed factory measurements.

As part of their commitment to making the process stress free, they will even deal with the insurance company and arrange for a rental car.

Sonny’s will even speak to the insurance company for you and take it from A to Z, where it’s a minimal amount of stress.

Sonny’s provides free estimates to custom-

by Andrew Benjamin ers and makes sure to use their expertise in writing a thorough, comprehensive report of the damage.

The reliable and attentive staff consists of 30 people who are all certified by the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR), the international nonprofit organization dedicated to training the collision industry. All of Sonny’s employees go to I-CAR events regularly to learn the latest technology.

For any business, positive word of mouth is everything, and Sonny’s quality is demonstrated by the reception it’s received over the years. On the review site Yelp, Sonny’s has gotten near unanimous praise from customers, with reviews averaging a four-and-a-half star rating.

“These guys are simply the best,” wrote Steve from West Babylon, LI. “They handle everything from A-Z and go way beyond what is expected.”

“They are all about pleasing the customer and building a relationship,” wrote David from Jamaica. “The service is beyond expectations, the job they did on my van was superb.”

“These guys are really great,” wrote Peter from Forest Hills. “They treat you like family when you go by [their] really nice shop.”

Sonny’s has done more than deliver customer satisfaction, it’s also been a trendsetter. It was the first auto body shop in the state to go green.

As the shop proudly states, “at Sonny’s you not only received the highest quality repair, you can rest assured that we are protecting our environment with PPG’s Envirobase® High Performance Automotive Finishes.”

Instead of a solvent-based paint, Sonny’s uses a paint from a water base. The facility also

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uses ultraviolet curing body fillers and primers to reduce the use of solvents and boasts energyefficient sodium lights, biodegradable soap to wash cars, and multistage dust filters and ceiling filters to trap particles that would normally escape through the roof into the air.

Sonny’s has not only been helping people with car repairs but has also been a pillar of the community. The owners have supported the Ozone-Howard Little League baseball team, the South Queens Boys & Girls Club, local cricket organizations, the American Cancer Society and the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation, as well as many other charitable groups.

Their commitment to enriching the community even won co-owner James a citation from retiring Congressman Ed Towns (D-Brooklyn) last year. Towns praised James and Sonny’s not only for their “distinct reputation for quality customer service,” but also for their “giving spirit.”

“He has not only provided a necessary service to his community,” Towns said, “but he has found the means to give more to those in dire need.”

If you’re in a car accident, give Sonny’s a call.

The shop’s motto, “perfection is not an accident,” has been earned for a reason.

“We want everyone to leave happy,” said owner James with a smile.

Sonny’s Collision is located 106-12 Atlantic Ave. in Richmond Hill. The shop’s numbers are 1-888-4SONNYS (476-6697) and (718) 738-6721.

The fax number is (718) 846-7755. Sonny’s is open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and also will open on Saturdays for customers who can’t visit during the week.

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Ulrich, Reyes offer different views

by Michael Gannon Editor

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Rogers feted Forest Hills resident Sherry Rogers recently was honored as Volunteer of the Year for the Northeast Region by the Foundation Fighting Blindness.

Rogers, who serves as president of the foundation’s New York City chapter, was honored for her service in support of the foundation’s mission to save and restore sight lost to retinal disease.

Rogers, who has been diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, “has contributed greatly to the fight against blindness since first taking a leadership role with the chapter in 2007,” according to a statement released by the foundation.

The Republican candidates in the 15th Senate District traded charges over the minimum wage and voting records this week.

Juan Reyes, in a statement issued on Tuesday, castigated Councilman Eric Ulrich (ROzone Park) for a statement Ulrich made recently in support of increasing the state’s minimum wage.

The Ulrich camp returned fire, pointing to several elections in which Reyes did not cast a vote, something Reyes has called isolated incidents based on the state’s arcane absentee ballot regulations.

Reyes, an attorney from Forest Hills, seized on a recent statement in which Ulrich said the minimum wage of $7.25 per hour is inadequate for families in Queens who are hurting.

“Liberal Albany Democrats and Eric Ulrich are going to increase unemployment and hurt the neediest workers in our state with their plans to increase the minimum wage,” Reyes said in a press

release issued by his campaign.

He cited an Employment Policies Institute report issued this week that says a minimum wage increase to as high as $9.80 an hour would cost New York State more than 43,000 jobs.

“Legislating a wage increase in a recession would force many small business owners to either cut jobs or close their doors,” Reyes said. “That would help no one.”

He advocated for more education and trade and apprenticeship programs to increase worker skill.

Jessica Proud, a spokeswoman for the Ulrich campaign, said the councilman’s numbers tell a different story.

“Economists have said that a higher minimum wage would actually generate increased economic activity and lead to a higher quality of life, which is a goal we all should be striving toward,” Proud said. “Hardworking and overtaxed New Yorkers simply cannot afford to make ends meet in even the most modest of circumstances under the

Republican state Senate candidates Juan Reyes, left, and City Councilman FILE PHOTOS Eric Ulrich differ on the state’s minimum wage. current minimum wage.”

She said Ulrich is focused on creating good paying jobs and reducing taxes for families and small businesses.

In a separate statement, Proud assailed Reyes for missing some city, state and even presidential elections.

“How can anyone who doesn’t vote run for public office?” she asked. “What’s even more perplexing is that he didn’t even vote for his former boss Rudy Giuliani in 1997. It takes a lot of chutzpah

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to ask people to support you when you don’t fulfill your basic civic duty.”

Reyes in a telephone interview confirmed previous statements from his campaign that those were isolated incidents when he was spending Election Day working on ballot security for the Republican Party, for which the rules do not allow him to vote by absentee ballot.

“I’ve been voting for Republican candidates since Mr. Ulrich Q was one year old,” he said.

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South Asian workers detail employer abuses More than half surveyed say they receive less than minimum wage

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people don’t come into the office who have been victims of wage theft.”

To accompany the survey the workers Laborers released the first report on July 19 on employment conditions in the city have started a 3,000 postcard campaign. for south Asian, low-wage workers in New One of the women spearheading the proYork City, according to Desis Rising Up & ject, Kazi Fouzia,44, said the postcards will Moving Executive Director Monami alert Jackson Heights residents to some of the labor crimes happening in their neighMaulik said.

“It’s the first time we’re getting hard data borhood and perhaps encourage them to support efforts to make about this population,” their community a betMaulik said. y surveying each other, ter place to live and South Asian women work. workers from Jackson the workers feel The support of the Heights spearheaded whole community is the sur vey with the more empowered.” important, Fouzia said, help of DRUM, which — Kazi Fouzia, because many undocuformed in 2000 to fight a undocumented worker from mented workers don’t for south Asian, lowBangladesh feel comfortable vocalwage workers’ rights, izing their unsatisfactoand the Urban Justice ry working conditions.

Center’s Community Development Project.

Dromm has heard complaints of neighThe women spoke to 180 people and collected in-depth stories from seven workers. borhood restaurants paying as little as $3 The data showed that more than half of the an hour. Nevertheless, when asked to make south and east Asian workers, whom a formal complaint the workers refuse, sayDRUM says make up 23 percent of the ing they would rather make less than half undocumented immigrant population in the minimum wage rather than nothing at New York City, surveyed make less than all.

“By surveying each other, the workers minimum wage — $7.25 an hour.

“This gives me cause for deep concern,” feel more empowered,” Fouzia said. “That’s Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson been the real improvement, but nothing has Heights) said. “Not a week goes by when changed with labor laws.”

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South Asian women workers from Jackson Heights spearheaded a survey on working conditions for this ethnic community, with the help of Desis Rising Up & Moving and the Urban Justice Center’s PHOTO COURTESY DRUM Community Development Project.

Fouzia came illegally from Bangladesh to help her family get through tough economic times. When she arrived she sought out the Bangladeshi community in Jackson Heights for solace and for a job. And she did land a job. However, the working condi-

tions were atrocious, she said.

On Christmas 2010, her boss told her to run across the street to his other shop to grab fabric for a project. He had been yelling at her all day and as she went out continued on page 55

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Bohn’s lawyer may try for insanity case

Workers rally for better pay New York Communities for Change, members of the local clergy and workers from Kennedy Airport rallied in Downtown Jamaica on July 19 demanding better pay and asking area officials to support a higher minimum wage.

About two dozen protesters gathered signatures at Jamaica Avenue and Parsons Boulevard demanding a hike in the minimum wage, before marching along Jamaica Avenue to the AirTrain terminal adjacent to Jamaica Station to ask companies and organizations like the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to pay their workers a

higher wage and provide more benefits such as sick days. Many low-wage workers live in Southeast Queens.

“We think that eight dollars an hour is not enough to support ourselves and our families,” said Samuel McCalman, a baggage handler who works at JFK. Workers were invited to take part in a larger protest that was held on Tuesday in Union Square in Manhattan.

Above, protesters march past Rufus King Manor along Jamaica Avenue on their way to the AirTrain terminal.

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The lawyer for the Ivy-League-educated man who allegedly beat his girlfriend to death in their Astoria apartment said mental capacity will be part of the case, after Monday’s court hearing.

Defendant Jason Bohn’s childhood was allegedly marked with abuse. The Bronx-raised man, who grew up as a ward of the state, wrote an essay for the Jewish Child Care Association while attending Columbia University about his drug addicted, abusive father.

Lawyer Todd Greenberg entered a notguilty plea at the arraignment to charges of murder in the f irst degree and on additional charges that included tampering with evidence and strangulation.

Bohn is scheduled to be back in court on Sept. 24.

If convicted of murder in the f irst degree he faces life in prison without parole. Such an indictment is handed up according to penal law when the defendant is suspected of torturing the victim and “evidenced a sense of pleasure in the infliction of extreme physical pain,” said Queens District Attorney spokesman Kevin Ryan.

The evidence that allegedly supports the indictment will come out in court.

Bohn was held under suicide watch at Bellevue Hospital prison ward until recently.

Danielle Thomas, 27, left Florida in March to be with Bohn. She moved into his Astoria apartment and landed a position as an ad executive at Weight Watchers.

Officers were called to the apartment allegedly by Bohn on June 26 and discovered Thomas’ body lying face up in a bathtub surrounded with bags of ice.

There was bruising on her forehead, face, shoulders, chest and neck, as well as lacerations on her face, mouth and chest.

Officers also found two handwritten notes signed by “J” allegedly saying that he was dr unk when the incident occurred.

Bohn avoided arrest for three days, but was taken into custody for the murder of Thomas on June 29 at a White Plains restaurant where he was dining Q with his mother and his attorney.

— Josey Bartlett

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Far Rockaway man stole cash, items

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

A Far Rockaway man pleaded guilty last week to stealing luggage with over $15,000 in cash and merchandise from passengers at Kennedy Airport during a five-month period between Sept. 22, 2011 and Feb. 27, 2012.

The defendant was identified as Frederick McDonald , 46, pleaded guilty to four counts of third-degree grand larceny and two counts of fourth-degree grand larceny on July 17 for a series of robberies in which he stole luggage or pocketbooks from passengers in different terminals at JFK, according to District Attorney Richard Brown.

The first robbery occured on Sept. 22, 2011, when McDonald stole a briefcase containing a laptop computer and $4,000 in cash at Terminal 8. McDonald also admitted to five other robberies, on Jan. 22, Feb. 10, Feb 21, Feb. 25 and Feb. 27. In all but one instance he stole the passengers’ luggage while they were distracted or had their eye off the bags. In the Jan. 22 robbery, he

stole a cart full of luggage from a passenger after pretending to be a porter at Terminal 5, the JetBlue terminal. Though the bags were later recovered, items such as an iPad, camera, passports and $6,000 in cash were missing. In another incident, he stole a bag from under the chair of the victim while the man at a restaurant in Terminal 8.

The defendant was captured after Port Authority police, noticing the pattern, reviewed hundreds of hours of video surveillance footage which allegedly showed McDonald committing the crimes.

“Traveling through the airports is stressful enough these days without having to worry that if you turn your back for a moment a thief who is lurking about will steal your luggage,” said DA Brown. “This is exactly how the defendant operated — snatching luggage filled with thousands of dollars in cash, electronics and other valuables as soon as the victimized passengers were distracted.”

McDonald is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 25 and is expected to receive a Q three to six-year prison term.

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Brief summer storm blasts through boro One hurt, no serious damage

by Michael Gannon Editor

A brief but powerful storm dropped more than 1.8 inches of rain on parts of Queens on July 18, resulting in at least one person being hurt with non-lifethreatening injuries when she was struck by lightning.

Joey Picca, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s station at Upton, LI., said they recorded 1.83 inches at an official weather station at LaGuardia Airport between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m.

“You had a cold front appearing over the area where much of the region was covered with warm air that was full of moisture,” Picca said. “That triggered a storm northwest of the city. It took in all available moisture in the air that strengthened and energized the storm as it came through New York City.”

He said the storm carried strong, damaging wind gusts and reports of hailstones in some parts of the city up to an inch in diameter.

Published reports said the woman was

struck at approximately 5:30 p.m. near Queens College at the intersection of 150th Street and 69th Road. She was hospitalized with injuries to her face and arm.

A spokesman for Con Edison said on Thursday that a total of 3,555 customers lost service during the storm, with a peak of 2,786 at approximately 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday.

The spokesman said the utility is attributing the outages mostly to downed trees and branches.

Charlie O’Shea, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation’s Queens office, said they did not have any serious weather-related incidents reported to them as of Thursday afternoon. He also said flooding issues all appeared to have cleared up by Thursday morning’s rush hour.

“We do have some areas that normally flood during a heavy rain,” O’Shea said.

“This was nothing out of the ordinary.”

Spokesmen for the city’s departments of Transportation and Emergency ManageQ ment reported no serious incidents.

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS A new skate park is coming

by Maria A. Thomson Executive Director GWDC

And the heat goes on. The weather continues to be very hot and humid accompanied by the sound of thunder and lightning. In my recent articles I advised you that our Forest Parkway Library located at 85-41 Forest Parkway is a designated cooling center. It is open MondayFriday, closed on Saturday and Sunday. The hours are Monday, 1-8 p.m.; Tuesday, 1-6 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thursday, 1-8 p.m. and Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Lunch is served from 11 a.m.-1:15 p.m., Monday through Friday, to all youth under the age of 18.

Last year at this time our parking meters on our Woodhaven’s Business Improvement District along Jamaica Avenue from Dexter Court to 100th street were increased from 25 cents for 20 minutes to 25 cents for 15 minutes. The GWDC and WBID fought very hard against this change, but as of last year the increase was initiated. Our WBID periodically distributes quarters to parking cars on our avenue to thank those who shop our Jamaica Avenue. The WBID appreciates that you shop locally.

Recently a newly proposed skate park was announced. This 10,350-square-foot park will be located on Atlantic and 95 avenues between 88th and 89th streets in Ozone Park. There will also be basketball courts, adult fitness equipment, a walking path, shrubs and a sitting area.

Thanks to Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and Councilman Eric Ulrich for

jointly funding this excellent project.

Now to another park, our beautiful Forest Park will hold these performances at the George Seuffert bandshell. On Thursday, July 26 at 7:30 p.m., stories and music from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s; on Sunday, July 29 at 5 p.m., the Queens Symphony Orchestera presents Verdi’s opera “La Traviata;” on Thursday, Aug. 2 at 7:30 p.m., “Swing Sabroso.”

Dance along with the sounds of salsa.

Remember the “Jewel of Forest Park” — our park carousel is open every day from 11 a.m. until sunset with free clowns and magic shows every Saturday from 2-4 p.m.

Note, if you are between the ages of 18 and 24, get job training for 8-12 weeks, in occupational skills. There will be a two day orientation program on Monday, July 30 and Tuesday, July 31 at 10 a.m., at LaGuardia College. For additional information, call Vanessa Jarvis at (718) 482-5171 or (718) 609-2132.

Night Out Against Crime is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 7 from 7-9 p.m., at Buddy Memorial, Park Lane South and Myrtle Avenue. For more information call Community Affairs at the 102nd Precinct.

I would like to thank the Queens County American Legion and the Queens Chapter 32 of Vietnam Veterans for defraying the costs of funeral services and internment of indigent military veterans.

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Residents say jet noise is worsening Associate Editor

Southeast Queens is no stranger to airplane noise. Situated next to the runways of Kennedy Airport, the neighborhoods of Rosedale, Laurelton, Cambria Heights and Springfield Gardens have dealt with the problem for decades.

But lately, some in Southeast Queens are noticing the skies about them are getting a bit noisier for a lot longer.

Dwight Johnson, president of the Federated Blocks of Laurelton civic group said he has seen “double or triple” the amount of planes in recent years.

“They just come over for hours,” he said.

“The noise is such that people are starting to have hearing problems.”

Johnson points the finger at construction at JFK for the rerouting of planes over Southeast Queens. The north/south runways were utilized more frequently during the 2010 reconstruction of the “bay runway,” the airport’s main strip, but that project has been completed for about two years. Johnson said that was about the time the planes

became more frequent. Currently there is no runway construction going on at JFK, only work at terminals.

One of JFK’s main landing routes takes planes over western Nasssau County, then low over Laurelton and Rosedale for Runway 22L. That route has been heavily used for decades.

But lately, planes outbound from JFK often fly at low altitude northeast over Springf ield Gardens, Laurelton and Rosedale, and often late into the night.

Johnson said beside the increase in noise, he would also like to see local civic groups invited to meetings held about construction and flight pattern changes at JFK, and he has tried reaching out to the Port Authority and Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Jamaica) about being included.

“How can you go through all of this and not hear the concerns of the people?” he said.

The Port Authority declined to comment on flight paths, but did say it makes every attempt to reach out to communities that Q might be affected by work at JFK.

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However, others at the hearing stood behind the proposal, citing portion size and the lack of nutritional value in soda.

“A Cheetos or a Twinkie has at least some nutritional value,” said Kelly Brownell, the director of Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, adding that sugary beverages do not give consumers any useful calories.

Scientif ic evidence supports such a policy, Brownell said, adding that portion sizes keep growing bigger and bigger. Consumers at restaurants will eat these larger portions without realizing it’s a lot more than what they would consume at home, he said, and they won’t make up for the increased intake by eating less at other meals.

Taking away the giant portion of soda is a proactive solution in his opinion.

David Jones, president of the Community Service Society of New York, a nonprofit organization that promotes economic advancement for low-income New Yorkers, said the city has a history of selling poor communities useless products.

Not only did he say the large bottles of “sugar water” disportionately target poor black and Hispanic communities, but also cost New Yorkers $4 billion a year in Q health issues.

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continued from page 2 hypocritical.

“If we were serious about health, council districts like mine would not struggle each year to get capital dollars to repair our soccer, baseball and track fields,” he said.

Other politicians agreed, including Brooklyn Borough President Mar ty Markowitz. He wanted to see more group exercise programs and suggested introducing “exercise stamps,” a program much like food stamps that would subsidize gym memberships for lowincome New Yorkers.

Markowitz said he is overweight because “my genes are working against me” and because he eats pasta, cheesecake, red velvet cake and the like as well as not exercising as much as he should — not because of soda.

Councilwoman Letitia James (RBrooklyn) said she struggled for weeks over either supporting or opposing the ban, adding that poorer districts such as hers suffer from high rates of obesity.

However in the end, although she said she has attended many funerals of people in her district who have died from weight-related illnesses, she chose to stand against the proposal.

“This is a complex issue and a simple ban won’t accomplish anything,” James said.

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Barclays Center says ‘Hello Queens’ Queens residents got their first look at the new Barclays Center Mobile Unit — The EXPERIENCE — during a summer street festival in Astoria on July 8.

The impressive 40-foot mobile unit features a built-in 10-foot regulation basketball hoop with an electronic scoreboard, and the newest PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii games on the exterior flat-screen televisions.

Fans can purchase the latest Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center merchandise from the team store inside, as well as take a virtual tour of Barclays Center and purchase Brooklyn Nets tickets.

Fred Mangione, chief marketing officer of Barclays Center and the Brooklyn Nets, wants Queens residents to be part of the exciting new Barclays Center.

“I want Queens residents to know there is something for everyone at Barclays Center year-round,” Mangione said. “Barclays Center is so much more than basketball, it’s a venue that will have more than 220 events a year. We know at the end of the day, Barclays Center will speak for itself.”

Barclays Center, at the crossroads of Brooklyn, at Atlantic and Flatbush avenues, will be the first new major sports and entertainment indoor arena in New York City since 1968. The Brooklyn Nets will be the first major sports team in the borough since the Dodgers left for Los Angeles in 1957.

The arena will have one of the most intimate seating configurations ever designed into a modern multi-purpose arena, with unparalleled sightlines and first-class amenities.

Barclays Center will offer 18,200 seats for basketball and up to 19,000 seats for concerts and will also have 100 luxury suites, four bars/lounges, three clubs and a restaurant — “40/40.”

Barclays Center will host about 220 events in the first year with an extensive variety of events, including premier concerts, monthly major professional boxing cards (promoted by Golden Boy Promotions), top college basketball, family shows, professional hockey and the Brooklyn Nets.

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Some of the special programming that is already scheduled includes JAY Z — who will open the building on Sept. 28 with the first of eight concerts.

Other performers scheduled include Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Justin Bieber, Journey, Leonard Cohen, Rush, UB40, Maxi Priest, Hezekiah Walker, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The King’s Men gospel concert — with Kirk Franklin, Marvin Sapp, Donnie McClurkin and Israel Houghton — 2012 Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound™ — Russell Peters Also scheduled are the Barclays Center Classic men’s college basketball tournament, Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship, Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, Islanders vs. Devils game, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and Disney on Ice,

Kellogg’s® Tour of Gymnastics Champions and the New York Masters equestrian show jumping.

Current programming alliances with Barclays Center include Golden Boy Promotions, IMG, Feld Entertainment, Lagardére Unlimited and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Located atop one of the largest transportation hubs in New York City, Barclays Center will be accessible by 11 subway lines, the Long Island Rail Road and 11 bus lines.

For additional information on Barclays Center, visit www.barclayscenter.com.

Fans who buy All Access Brooklyn Nets season tickets will receive free food and non-alcoholic beverages, and first rights to buy tickets for all other events.

There will be access to Brooklyn Nets games for everyone (50 percent off tickets) which will be $55 or less with 2,000 tickets available for $15 for each game.

Barclays Center will offer “The Vault Suites” (inspired by JAY Z), which are the most premium location in Barclays Center. There are 11 vault suites on the event level, each of which come with eight great seats.

Also included is private concierge and access to The Armand De Brignac Champagne Bar, four bars/lounges, three clubs and a restaurant, designed by SHoP and Brooklyn Nets shop by Adidas.

Levy Restaurants, which is the food operator for the U.S. Open and many other sports and entertainment venues, will manage food operations. The arena will offer food from popular local Brooklyn restaurants.

In addition to Barclays, the naming rights partner — Founding Partners for Barclays Center — include Calvin Klein, Cushman & Wakefield, Emblem Health, Foxwoods Resort Casino, MetroPCS, Stolichnaya and Ticketmaster.

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Teamwork, dedication and drive are just three words that describe the DCH Dragons, a 120-member dragon boat racing team out of Flushing that practices at the World’s Fair Marina.

Look for the prize-winning team, which comprises members ranging in age from 12 to 60, to compete at the annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival at Flushing Meadows Park on the weekend of Aug. 4 to 5. The team’s major sponsor, DCH, is an auto group which sells in the tri-state area and California.

Junior Coach Randy Ng

Junior Coach Randy Ng, 30, of Flushing, who works in marketing, says about 70 percent of the members hail from Queens and about 80 percent are Asian Americans. “We have a lot of engineers and pharmacists,” Ng said.

He got interested in the sport through his father, who was on the team, and started at the age of 16.

There are no requirements to join, but clearly dedication to the sport is number one.

“It’s a lifestyle,” Ng said. “You have to work hard and be a team player.”

Outdoor practices on Flushing Bay are held March through October four times a week: Tuesdays and Thursdays at night and weekends during the day. It averages 10 hours a week.

In the winter, members work out in a gym in Corona with weights and a special paddling machine.

Each outdoor practice begins with a weigh-in and pullups. Members are tallied and accurate records kept. Tracking the participants on Tuesday was Irene Hu, 17, of Chinatown, who has been taking the train to the marina for three years to participate. She joined for the exercise and because many of her friends were involved.

Rich Migdulski, 25, of Rego Park works in human resources. This is his third year on the team. “It’s a lot of fun, offers camaraderie and I keep up my physical fitness,” Migdulski said.

Members of the DCH team practice in Flushing Bay on Tuesday at dusk.

Matt Ng, 30, who is no relation to Randy Ng, also joined the team three years ago. “I changed a lot,” Ng said. “I lost 30 pounds and became mentally and physically stronger. It builds your conf idence and leadership skills.”

Coach Ng said the team stresses good nutrition and that while competing in Hong Kong they noticed the heavier boats didn’t do as well. “So our members lost an average

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of 10 to 15 pounds to make the boats lighter,” he added.

The team had 70 members competing in Hong Kong and 100 in Montreal races recently. At Flushing Meadows, DCH will have eight to 10 teams. The Dragons have won the U.S. open division title for the past three years and were champs last year in Flushing Meadows. “We’re tops in the northQ east,” Ng said.

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There is almost nothing that Queens product Tina Charles hasn’t done on a basketball court.

The 23-year-old Jamaica native is a 2006 graduate of Christ the King High School in Middle Village, where she led the team to state titles in 2005 and 2006 with a combined 57-0 won-lost record.

A press release issued by the school upon her making the women’s Olympic team in April said she was named 2006 national high school player of the year by USA Today, McDonald’s, Parade Tina Charles Magazine, Gatorade and SI.com.

From there it was on to the University of Connecticut where she was an All-American, played on two national championship teams and finished as the school’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder.

The 6-foot-4 center was the number one draft pick and 2010 rookie of the year in the WNBA, and is on a pace to break every league rebounding record.

Now she wants to add an Olympic gold medal to add to her resume, and she has an excellent shot — U.S. women have won six of the last seven gold medals in basketball, including the last four in a row.

Her teammate in London will be 31-year-old Sue Bird, who already has Olympic gold from Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008.

Bird, a guard, also attended Christ the King, graduating in 1998 after she also won a state title. She was a first-team Parade magazine high school All-American in 1998 and a second-team selection by USA Today.

She was most valuable player of the 1998 New York State championship tournament.

Bird, who grew up on Long Island, attended the University of Connecticut and won two national titles. She has played for the WNBA’s Seattle Storm since graduating from UConn.

Charles’ selection gives Christ the King High School three Olympians in women’s basketball. Chamique Holdsclaw, an Astoria native, was the first, winning gold at the 2000 games held in Sydney, Australia.

St. John’s University will be very well represented at the games in the fencing competitions, as well.

Senior Daryl Homer, a 21-year-old fencer, red-shirted this past year for the Red Storm in order to train for the Olympics in the saber competition.

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Alumnus Dagmara Wozniak, a native of Poland and four-year Red Storm fencer, went 161-34 in her junior and senior years and was a four-time all-American. She will compete on the women’s saber squad.

Wozniak took a year off to train for the 2008 Olympics, which she attended as an alternate on the U.S. women’s saber team.

Also attending will be their coach, Yury Gelman, who will be on the U.S Olympic coaching staff for the fourth time. He is a member of the United States Fencplus ing Hall of Fame, and has been the coach at St. John’s for 17 years.

Gelman’s team won the national championship in 2001. He has produced more than 100 All-Americans, and has had 17 fencers win national individual titles.

Brittany Viola, who will compete in the women’s 10meter platform diving competition, was born in Minnesota and lives in Orlando, Fla. But 25-year-old also has direct ties to St. John’s and Queens, as well as a family Alysia history of athletic success.

Montano Her father, Frank Viola, was the pitching ace for St. John’s baseball team from 1979 to 1981.

In the Major Leagues he was the most valuable player in the 1987 World Series for the Minnesota Twins and the 1988 American League Cy Young Award winner.

Viola was traded to the Mets in 1989 and was a 20-game winner in 1990, as well as an All-Star in his two full years in Flushing.

Alysia Montano, who will compete in the women’s 800-meter race, grew up in California but was born in Queens.

Montano is a four-time national champion in the event, and won the NCAA title in 2007 running for the University of California-Berkley competing under her maiden name of Johnson. She was named Pac-10’s Women’s Track Athlete of the Year in 2008, and won both the indoor and outdoor 800-meter NCAA championship in 2007.

She set a school record in the women’s 800-meter race in 2007 that at the time was the third-fastest in women’s collegiate history.

Kara Groucher’s Olympic biography states that she was 4 years old when her mother moved her and her sisters from Queens to Minnesota after her father was killed by a drunk driver.

She will compete in the women’s marathon.

Goucher competed in the women’s 5,000-meter and 10,000 meter races in Beijing in 2008, but did not qualify for medals. She finished third in the New York City Marathon in 2008, posting the fastest time ever by an American woman, and also took third the following year in the Boston Marathon.

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Local athletes in London Olympics Start times, schedules for events featuring athletes from Queens The following is a schedule of Olympic events featuring athletes with ties to Queens. All starts are London time, which is five hours ahead of New York City. Start times do not guarantee live television coverage.

Tina Charles and Sue Bird, women’s basketball July 28 — U.S.A. vs. Croatia, 11:45 a.m.

July 30 — U.S.A. vs. Angola, 5:15 p.m.

Aug. 1 — U.S.A. vs. Turkey, 5:15 p.m.

Aug. 3 — U.S.A. vs. Czech Republic, 5:15 p.m.

Aug. 5 — U.S.A. vs.China, 11:45 a.m.

Aug. 7 — Women’s quarterfinals.

Aug. 9 — Women’s semifinals.

Aug.11 — Women’s bronze medal gameat noon; women’s gold medal gam at 4 p.m.

Kara Goucher, track and field Aug. 5 — Women’s marathon, 6 a.m.

Daryl Homer, men’s fencing July 29 — Saber, individual, preliminary rounds begin 5:30 a.m. Bronze medal match, 1:50 p.m. Gold medal match at 2:10 p.m.

Aug. 3 — Men’s saber, team, preliminary rounds begin at 5:30 a.m.

Bronze medal match at 1 p.m.

Gold medal match at 1:45 p.m.

Alysia Montano, track and field Aug. 8 — Women’s 800-meter run, round 1, 6:35 a.m.

Aug. 11 — Women’s 800-meter run, finals, 3 p.m.

Brittany Viola, women’s diving Aug. 8 — Women’s 10-meter platform preliminary round, 2 p.m.

Aug. 9 — Women’s 10-meter platform semifinals, 5 a.m.; finals 2 p.m.

Dagmara Wozniak, women’s fencing Aug.1 — Women’s saber preliminary rounds begin 8:10 a.m. Bronze medal match at 2:40 p.m. Gold medal match at 3:30 p.m.

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Minimum time for misdemeanors?

Vallone seeks mandatory prison time for repeaters; some call bill vague

by Josey Bartlett Associate Editor

Following the detention of a man with 168 prior arrests, Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) called on Albany on July 19 to pass legislation that would require prison time for people convicted of a third misdemeanor within a 10-year time span.

Gian Verdelli, a 61-year-old registered sex offender from Brooklyn, was arrested on July 16 on charges he groped a woman aboard a Port Authority train on two separate occasions. Verdelli has 168 prior arrests on similar charges, Vallone said.

“I support alternatives to incarceration and I used them extensively as a defense attorney, but after your third conviction, break time is over,” the councilman said.

However, Vallone admits a “three strikes you’re in” law is not a popular position.

“I don’t see the need for the further mass incarceration of our citizens,” Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said.

“We should be talking about rehabilitation and making sure people have a viable means of living. That’s what will make a difference.”

Vallone, as a former assistant district attorney and defense lawyer, has a record of supporting other discipline methods and rehabilitation instead of jail for first time convictions; but he added that many individ-

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Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., left, calls for Albany to pass legislation for mandatory jail time for individuals convicted of their third misdemeanor within 10 years. Councilman Danny Dromm said FILE PHOTOS the bill is too vague. uals are not convicted of their first or second misdemeanor. He believes these individuals with three convictions commonly had committed at least a dozen undocumented crimes.

“I saw the same people on the other side of the table, especially with the more serious crimes. They don’t just wake up one day and break into a car. At most they spend a few months in jail. It’s the cost of doing business for them.”

Under New York State law a person can commit any number of violent and nonviolent misdemeanors and never face mandatory prison sentences. Violent misdemeanor crimes include assault resulting in injury, domestic abuse, resisting arrest, criminal trespassing, stalking, groping and drug possession.

Dromm says the proposed law is too vague explaining that in addition to minimums for those violent crimes it would also

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create mandatory sentences for misdemeanors such as driving without a license and nonviolently resisting arrest.

Glen Martin, president of public affairs for the Fortune Society, a nonprof it that helps people re-entering society after prison and supports alternatives to prison sentences, said the bill would take away the judge’s ability to look at mitigating circumstances, and that instead of over-populating jails, public officials should look at education and rehabilitation programs.

“Minimum jail time creates more serious criminal records instead of giving treatment,” Martin said.

Dromm and Martin additionally say the bill targets minorities.

“Unfortunately mandatory prison sentences disproportionately affect people of color and poor communities,” Martin said.

Vallone said the bill targets criminals.

The bill was first introduced in the Assembly in 2008 by Assemblyman Gary Pretlow (D-Mount Vernon) and is pending. No one is carrying it in the Senate since state Sen. Frank Padavan’s (R-Bellerose) retirement.

In 2010, Vallone introduced a City Council resolution asking Albany to pass the bill. Vallone said the resolution has not moved because a recent spike in crime, stop and frisk and the budget took priority for the PubQ lic Safety Committee.

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Over the years I have had many gay employees, colleagues and friends. It was natural for me to be supportive of the legislation. I have observed Jimmy and Dan’s relationship over the years and see how it is just as loving and supportive as my marriage to my wife, Kim. I believe that the most important phrase in the Declaration of Independence is “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Thomas Jefferson was surely not thinking about same-sex marriage when this was written. But I do think the phrase should apply to all gay individuals. If their pursuit of happiness is getting married, then why not allow it?

I understand many religions do not recognize it and respect their point of view. That is why when the Chronicle supported the legislation we also supported religious exemptions so that clergy opposed to it would not be forced to perform these ceremonies or be held liable in court.

After the legislation passed last year, I had a conversation with Sen. Addabbo about it.

I mentioned that when we were kids, some states still did not allow blacks and whites to marry each other. Today that premise would be inconceivable.

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am truly excited to be attending my first same-sex wedding this Saturday, when our former Editor-in-Chief Dan Hendrick marries Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer. I have known both of them for about 10 years and wish them all the best in their future together.

This event would not be possible without the support of our governor, Andrew Cuomo.

I marveled at his political skills last year when he was able to get the legislation passed in the Republican-controlled state Senate.

First, he got three Democrats — Joe Addabbo Jr., Shirley Huntley and Carl Kruger, all of whom opposed the same-sex marriage bill in 2009, to switch from no to yes votes. He then convinced four Republicans — Stephen Saland, Roy McDonald, Jim Alesi and Mark Grisanti to support the legislation. The final vote was 33-29 in support of same-sex marriage. Only two years earlier, former Gov. David Paterson could not achieve this with a Democratic majority in the state Senate.

Dan and Jimmy could have gone to Massachusetts or one of the other states that had legalized it earlier, but wanted to wait until it was legal in their home state.

Readers of the Queens Chronicle know that we have supported same-sex marriage. We have written editorials in support of the legislation for the past five years.

A few months back, The New York Times ran a story about support for gay marriage.

They found that the more heterosexual people had contact with gay individuals, the more likely they were to support it. The relationships cited included those with gay family members, friends, colleagues or coworkers. Former Vice President Dick Cheney, certainly considered a leader of the conservative movement in the United States, is a strong supporter of gay marriage. I am sure that is because his daughter Mary is gay.

According to recent surveys, the country is split on support for same-sex marriage. Fifty percent of adults support it and 45 percent are opposed. Those numbers show a dramatic

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Our hometown heroes for 50 years

by Joseph Levy Chronicle Contributor

The Mets teams of 1969 and 1986 were especially Amazin’, of course, but what if you could create a club combining the best players from each era? Or from any era? Here are my picks for an all-time Mets dream team, to wrap up my 15-part anniversary tribute to Queens’ hometown heroes. Miss any entries? Just hit the Mets link on qchron.com, and you can catch them all, tracing the team’s history from its genesis in the mind of Bill Shea through the end of last season. Now on to October!

Right-handed pitcher This one is a no-brainer. Tom Seaver didn’t only have the greatest career of any Met pitcher, he was one of the greatest pitchers in the history of the game. His overall career record was 311205, 198-124 as a Met. Four times he won 20 games or more; and two other times at least 18, all this for a team that did not score a lot of runs for him. He had nine straight years of more than 200 strikeouts, and for nine of his first 10 years as a Met he had an ERA below 3.00. In 1992, Seaver became the first player principally identified with the Mets to make the Hall of Fame.

Runner-up: Dwight Gooden. Like Seaver, he helped lift the Mets out of the cellar. And oh, what a career he could have had if he had not messed himself up! Still, 157-85 is quite a record, and his .649 percentage is the best in franchise history.

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Left-handed pitcher Jerry Koosman. As of 1976, Koosman had a 129-102 career record as a Met; in his last two seasons, he went 11-35 to finish 140-137. Still, he was a gutsy pitcher who won 19 games as a rookie in 1968, 17 in 1969, and 21 in 1976. He is the only Met pitcher to appear in the postseason more than once without losing a game.

While he had some arm trouble in his career, he overcame that and was the perfect left-handed complement to Seaver.

Runner-up: Jon Matlack. He won 82 games in six years as a Met, and almost onethird of those (26) were shutouts. He led the league in shutouts twice, in 1974 and 1976.

Catcher Mike Piazza. When one can be mentioned in the same sentence as Joe DiMaggio, that says a lot. Piazza was not just a home run hitter, but a great hitter. Second to Darryl Strawberry in career home runs as a Met with 220, he shares with David Wright the single-season Met record for RBIs with 124, and is the only right-handed hitting Met to hit 40 home runs in a season.

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Runner-up: Cleon Jones. Jones was one of the heroes of 1969 with his .340 average, though injuries hampered his career a lot.

Center field Mookie Wilson. This was a tough one for me.

But Wilson played the game with a flair for the spectacular. In 1983, he once scored the winning run from second base on a fielder’s choice ground ball, and did the exact same thing a few days later. He ran out every ground ball he hit, and it is no coincidence that the most dramatic at-bat in Mets history, that in Game Six of the 1986 World Series, belongs to Mookie.

Runner-up: Carlos Beltran. A great defensive outfielder, and blessed with power and speed, Beltran might have been MVP in 2006 had he not been hurt the final month of the season. As far as his looking at that third strike for the last out of the League Championship Series against St. Louis, let’s be fair. That was a nasty, unhittable curve ball.

Tom Seaver, left, is without a doubt the Mets’ greatest right-handed pitcher ever, while Keith Hernandez is just as obviously the most Amazin’ first baseman in team history. Above are the two stars’ banners PHOTOS BY WALLYG / FLICKR at old Shea Stadium, shot in April 2007.

Runner-up: Jerry Grote. A great pitcher like Seaver still needs a great catcher. Grote was one of the great defensive catchers of his time. Seaver referred to him as “my catcher,” and Johnny Bench once said of him, “If the Reds get Grote, I’m playing third base.”

Although not known for his offense, Grote was not an automatic out at the plate; he batted .295 in 1975, and he got a lot of clutch hits in his career.

First base Another no-brainer. The acquisition of Keith Hernandez in 1983 was the turning point in the fortunes of a franchise that had suffered through seven straight losing seasons. Famous for his clutch hitting and fancy fielding, Hernandez also provided that unique quality of leadership that helped turned the Mets into contenders in the 1980s.

Runner-up: John Olerud. Olerud was a very good, graceful first baseman and a great hitter and run producer.

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Second base Edgardo Alfonzo. Throw a pitch in Alfonzo’s wheelhouse, and he’d crush it 400 feet. Throw one low and away, and he’d dunk it into right field for a single.

One of the Mets’ great clutch hitters, Alfonzo was the heart and soul of the 1999 and 2000 teams that made the postseason. A bad back ended his career prematurely.

Runner-up: Felix Millan. A great singles hitter, Millan was a big factor in winning the 1973 pennant, leading the Mets with 185 hits, and he was the first Met to play all 162 games, doing that in 1975.

Shortstop Jose Reyes. Well, he’s gone now, and one may question what his future will be with Miami, but his past contributions cannot be overlooked. From 2005 to 2008, Reyes scored 453 runs, an average of 113 a season, a figure unmatched in Mets history. He was far and away the best leadoff hitter the Mets have ever had.

Runner-up: Rey Ordonez. Not much of a hitter, Ordonez was an unbelievable fielder.

Third base David Wright. When Wright doesn’t try to kill the ball, he is as dangerous as any hitter in the game. Five seasons with over 100 RBIs is something no other Met has accomplished, not even Strawberry or Piazza. Wright has that combination of speed and power.

Runner-up: Howard Johnson. A dead fastball hitter, Johnson three times hit more than 36 home runs, and he was the only Met to win the RBI crown, driving in 117 in 1991.

He hit a lot of late-inning game-tying home runs in his Mets career, and stole a lot of bases also.

Left field Kevin McReynolds. He may not have had the greatest personality in the world, but he was a solid, dependable and complete ballplayer. He drove in 95 runs in 1987 and 99 in 1988; most importantly, he gave Strawberry protection in the lineup.

With McReynolds on deck, lefties were forced to pitch to Dar r yl, who hit 20 homers off lefties in 1988. McReynolds was also a smart base runner (21 for 21 in stolen bases in 1988) and a great defensive outfielder as well. Huck Finn? Maybe. Social outcast? No.

Right field Darryl Strawberry. Strawberry could drive us crazy, and there is no telling what kind of numbers he would have put up if his head had been on straight, but he still hit 252 home runs and drove in 733 runs from 1983 to 1990, figures unmatched in Mets history.

He walloped 39 home runs in 1987 and 1988, and 37 in 1990, and drove in over 100 each of those three years.

Runner-up: Rusty Staub. The first Met to drive in 100 runs, Staub sent 105 home in 1975. He was also a key force in the 1973 pennant, and led the Mets with a .423 average in the World Series.

Right-handed reliever Armando Benitez. For all the headaches he gave us, and for all the big games he blew, Benitez still saved 160 games from 1999 to 2003, including 41 in 2000 and 43 in 2001.

Runner-up: Roger McDowell. McDowell was the perfect complement to Jesse Orosco on those great Mets teams of the 1980s.

Left-handed reliever John Franco. Never an overpowering pitcher, Franco still saved 424 games in his career, 278 as a Met. Runner-up: Jesse Orosco. This was a very close call for me between Orosco and Tug McGraw. They both had that great enthusiasm to go along with their talents. Since Orosco had more saves, he gets the nod.

Manager Another tough one. My nod goes to Bobby Valentine. He wasn’t the most charming guy in the world, and who can ever forget the time he got tossed and then sat in the dugout with a mask on? But he is the only Mets manager to lead them into the postseason two years in a row, and he did not have all the talent that Davey Johnson had.

Runner-up: Davey Johnson. In 1984 he took a team that had lost 94 games the year before and guided them to 90 wins. True, he had a lot of talent to work with, but still a good manager has to know how to mesh that talent Q together. Davey did that.

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He was at the event to help veterans further their education by entering DeVry or the Keller Graduate School of Management.

He stated that about 10 veterans came and four registered.

John Chichester, vice president of Ve t s H e l p i n g Ve t s a n d a m e m b e r o f UCVCR, helped organize the event. He said that his organization was there to help provide clothing to homeless vets and assist in f iling for claims and due benefits from the city, state and federal governments.

He said that many veterans do not get called back after speaking to potential employers, which is extremely hard to overcome. “But we keep trying,” he said, “and we don’t give up.”

Navy veteran Felicia Parker represented the NYC Business Solutions veterans Career Center of Workforce 1. On July 9, Workforce 1 opened the doors to the Veterans Career Center, staffed by area veterans. The center is located in Manhattan at 60 Madison Ave., Suite 703. It offers job readiness and professional development workshops and referrals to veteranserving organizations for additional supportive services.

Parker stated that she does one-on-one Edward Perry at his table supporting veterans assessments at the center and that it also benefits. offers assistance in accessing education,

training, and other veteran benefits. She also said that she spoke to about 50 or 60 veterans.

David Valentin, Queens County commander of the American Legion, has many goals for veterans. He said he wants St. Albans to increase its wellness program for women in the V.A. hospital and that he was trying to promote a women’s wellness specialty hospital. He also said that he saw about a dozen people at his table and that he was supplying Q & As for service members and veterans for disability claims.

Other veterans advocates who were at the event include Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (DHoward Beach); Frank J. Dito, business development specialist and veterans affairs officer at the U.S. Small Business Administration; Stephen Smith, president of VetsHelpingVets; and Korean War veteran Corrine Alperi, one of the first women to ever serve in combat.

Sgt. Shakeya Spring, a veteran who was stationed in Ansbach, Germany, attended the event. “This is a great opportunity for vets,” she said, “especially for me because I came from overseas.”

She said that it was a good opportunity to see more of what is out there.

Andrea Scarborough said that plans are being made to hold the event again next year, possibly at a different location, where there is a stronger soldier and veteran presence.

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Pinsky defends Willets Point plan Economic Dev. Corp. president talks to Chronicle about projects

by Liz Rhoades

discretion on the property, and say a shopping center is illegal. Michael Rikon, a lawyer for Willets Point United, the group of landowners who do not want to leave, says such a change in usage needs to be approved by both the City Council and the state Legislature. “It is one thing to use parkland for a baseball field and related parking and quite another to use parkland for mega retail. It is absolutely prohibited,” Rikon said.

Although it has been reported that the City Council has to approve the new plan, Pinsky said only a small portion will be up for review. “The new plan is in conformity with the plan adopted in 2008,” he said. “We only need to go back to the council for the interim parking use at the Willets Point site.”

Also, an environmental impact and traffic study will need to be made, with Pinsky estimating the project can begin construction in one and one-half years. He indicated that egress from the planned parking garage will be onto Roosevelt Avenue or Northern Boulevard and that proposed ramps on the Van Wyck Expressway, expected to be built in 2020 or 2021, will help ease traffic. “It’s up to the developers to analyze the situation,” he added.

Phase 1 work will end with more construction in Willets Point, including a hotel, retail space and housing projected for 2025.

Gene Kelty, chairman of Community Board 7, has questioned the fairness of the bidding for the other three developers who were in the running for the Willets Point contract. Kelty believes they were in a less favorable position than the winner and could not compete with the shopping center plan on the Mets parking lot.

Pinsky retorted that those bidding could have offered another site for the shopping center, though admitting he knew of no such location, and that the other developers could have requested a partnership with Sterling Equities.

“They knew they could think about that,” he said. “It doesn’t make the process unfair.”

Earlier this month, the state attorney general

issued what was widely seen as a slap on the wrist to the EDC and the Flushing-Willets Point-Corona Local Development Corp. for illegally lobbying for the Willets Point project.

Pinsky said his group accepted responsibility for what the attorney general found but downplayed it, calling the violation a loophole and a grey area of the law that was never previously enforced.

As a result, the EDC is restructuring into a new nonprofit entity, but will keep its name and staff, allowing it to advocate for projects. Another entity, the NYC Land Development Corp., will have the ability to purchase and dispose of land from the city.

The WPU is claiming that the illegal lobbying should nullify the 2008 council approval. Pinsky disagrees: “There is no legal merit.

The project is moving forward and we’ve addressed the remedies of the Attorney General’s Off ice. I am conf ident the 2008 land use review Seth Pinsky discusses the city’s plans for development projects, process will stand.”

PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON He said the city has especially at Willets Point. reached agreements with about 95 percent of the Willets Point project, hopes to break ground by the middle landowners, with four still left. “We are in of next year. Pinsky said the developer is discussions with several of them and hope making good progress and believes work will we won’t have to use eminent domain,” Pin- start before the one-year deadline.

Downtown Jamaica is undergoing infrasky added.

On other topics, the EDC president structure improvements and there is a request for proposals for a site across from the Airoffered the following comments: Flushing Airport “is a challenging site” Train station. “There is some talk of a hotel because of the ground conditions at the for- there,” Pinsky said. “We are also working on mer airport. The 26-acre site in College Point the vacancy problem on second- and thirdconsists partially of wetlands and even recre- floor buildings on Jamaica Avenue and ational uses would be difficult to implement. empty stores on side streets.”

Long Island City’s waterfront is undergo“There are no imminent plans for its use,” ing a renaissance with the addition of Pinsky said. “There is nothing new.”

Flushing Commons, approved in 2010, Hunters Point South, a 5,000-unit housing has yet to see a shovel in the ground at development. It will include two new schools Municipal Parking Lot 1 due to financing and a park. “The first phase of 900 units will problems. Plans call for an $850 million start this year,” Pinsky said. He is also excitmixed-use development to replace the park- ed about the increased ferry service to LIC: ing area in downtown Flushing. TDC Presi- “It’s been very successful and we’re looking Q dent Michael Meyer, who is developing the at other additional locations.”

The city wants to transform Willets Point into the next great neighborhood. It now is home to many FILE PHOTO car repair and parts shops.

This is how the former Flushing Airport looks now. The EDC has no immediate plans for the site PHOTO BY ADRIANA LOPETRONE and calls it problematic because of the wetlands conditions.

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rom the gritty streets of Willets Point to the emerging revitalized Long Island City waterfront, the city’s Economic Development Corp.— for better or worse — is changing the landscape of Queens.

In a rare move, the agency reached out to the Queens Chronicle asking that its president, Seth Pinsky, give an update on Willets Point. During an hour-long interview, Pinsky, 40, who has served as head of the EDC for four years, defended the city’s actions in the Iron Triangle and also touched on other EDC projects in the borough.

“The latest Willets Point project is a real win for Queens and the city,” he said. “It will provide lots of jobs and provide a retail and entertainment complex with permanent jobs in the Corona and Elmhurst neighborhoods.”

In June, the mayor confirmed the latest plans for the rundown area. The Related Companies and Sterling Equities, the real estate firm controlled by the owners of the Mets, will develop 23 acres of Phase 1.

Work will first begin to transform 126th Street, across the street from Citi Field, into an area with a hotel, retail and restaurant space and an interim 20-acre surface parking area that can be converted to recreational use when the Mets are not playing at home.

Then, if all goes as planned, developers will build Willets West on 2,500 parking spaces in the Citi Field parking lot and turn it into a one million square-foot mall with a parking structure and additional surface parking. But many in the Flushing community question the legality of erecting a commercial entity on public parkland since the stadium and parking lot are in Flushing Meadows Park.

Pinsky said a 1961 agreement with the Mets, called Administrative Code 18-118, has been carefully studied by the city’s Law Department.

“We are confident it’s legal,” he said.

But other attorneys have looked at the code, which gives the Mets far-reaching

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Elmhurst Hospital Center serves one of the most ethnically diverse communities in the United States and has one of the busiest emergency rooms in New York City, according to Councilman Danny Dromm, center, (DJackson Heights).

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like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said.

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

The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for For those who are less Internet-savvy or cash in today’s economy is something that just don’t have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying Arthur Elias and Edward Goldberg can relate to offers a convenient eBay sales service. If what first-hand, having been laid off from their jobs a customer has isn’t an item that Ice Jewelry in jewelry manufacturing. They understand Buying would purchase, like a handbag or that people get into situations where they just antique furniture, they can help find a buyer need a little cash fast to make the bills and Ice on their eBay store. Elias consults with the Jewelry Buying Service hopes to help out in customer to find a target the most honest way they can. price and let the internet STORE HOURS “For this, I like to think we’re auctioneers handle the rest. doing the community a service,” MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm For anyone who has Elias said. “We’re in the business SAT. 10am - 5pm ever dealt with the hassle of helping people who are in a SUN. by Appointment of selling and shipping tough spot. They can come to an item on eBay — all the our store and know that we can forms involved in setting up a user and paypal educate them on what they have and we’ll give account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice them what their items are worth. When that Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is woman told me her previous offer, it made me really a bargain deal. wonder how many times this happens — how “At the end of the day, I just want people many people who really need that money get to feel comfortable doing business with us. taken advantage of?”

People have this conception of gold buying Elias opened his Rego Park shop with stores as these slimy places with slimy Goldberg less than a year ago, and already people, and they’re typically right. But we they’re seeing a lot of repeat customers and want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to referrals. This is a sign to them that they’re see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in doing something right — the pawn business their counter for $800. We don’t do that.” typically deals in one-time transactions but Ice Jewelry Buying Services is located at Elias is determined to break that mold, 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of building a reputation on trust. operation are Monday-Friday from 11am to “Everyone around here is buying gold these 7:00pm and Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday days; you can go into the barber shop down private appoinments are available. Call for the road and sell your jewelry. The problem Q more information (718) 830-0030. with all these places is they treat everything

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NY Carousel Entertainment, LLC, operator of the recently re-opened Forest Park Carousel, will host a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association’s New York City Chapter, on Friday, Aug. 17, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Forest Park Carousel on Forest Park Drive just west of Woodhaven Boulevard. They will be donating 100 percent of all proceeds from carousel rides that evening to the Alzheimer’s NYC Chapter.

Visitors can have unlimited carousel rides, including face-painting for $10 — or enjoy individual rides for $3. There will be a raffle, including some great prizes and a Q magic show.

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Shelter fears continued from page 5 at the shelter, though Basics Inc., the company contracted to manage the facility in 2011, said at the time that the guards will be off duty after 10 p.m., when the shelter closes for the night. Wills said there have been quality of life issues arising in South Ozone Park since the shelter switched over to men-only.

“When the shelter first got there, we got a heightened number of complaints about panhandling,” he said.

Much of that was going on in the playgrounds on North Conduit Avenue, across the Belt Parkway from the shelter, Wills said, adding that in one instance, someone’s garage was allegedly broken into by a man from the shelter who needed a place to sleep because the shelter closes its doors at 10 p.m.

“They have nothing in place to protect our children,” the councilman said.

Wills said he plans on getting an accurate account of how many current residents of the shelter are registered sex offenders and encourages those concerned to sign up for NY Alert, a program managed by the State Division of Criminal Justice which sends out alerts when a registered sex offendQ er has moved into the area.

Red, white and blue for state Meng wants official flags to be manufactured in U.S.

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

With the summer Olympics just around the corner and the flap over the Chinese-made Ralph Lauren uniforms for U.S. athletes still smarting, Assemblywoman Grace Meng (DFlushing) has introduced state legislature on the manufacturing of U.S. flags.

Meng, who is running for the 6th Congressional District seat, said Monday that her bill in Albany would require the purchase of U.S.-made American flags for all state agencies, departments and commissions.

“It is just common sense,” she said. “An American flag should be made in America. It is only appropriate that the world’s most famous symbol of freedom is manufactured in a country that is free, right here in the United States.”

She added that it’s the least the state can do to honor Americans who lost their lives in battle. “In addition, this legislation will provide a boost to the American worker and the American economy at a time when every effort

must be made to support them,” Meng added.

She was unable to determine what the sales figures would be for American manufacturers.

But, she said the Census estimates that $5.3 million worth of American flags were imported from other countries in 2006, a f igure which has remained steady for the past several years.

According to Meng, last year American flag imports were valued at $3.6 million, with $3.3 million coming from China.

City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) isn’t so impressed with her proposed legislation. His campaign spokesman, Steven Stites, issued the following statement: “Assemblywoman Meng is good at jingoistic press releases.

But where’s her plan to keep jobs in America? Dan Halloran actually has a plan to keep manufacturing, auto industry, and energy jobs right here in the USA. Assemblywoman Meng can pander all she wants. Dan will save American jobs.”

After the controversy erupted

Assemblywoman Grace Meng, left, has introduced state legislation on the American flag. Her opponent in a run for Congress, City Councilman FILE PHOTOS Dan Halloran, says it’s jingoism on her part. over the U.S. Olympic uniforms, the U.S. Olympic Committee reached an agreement that ceremonial outfits in the 2014 winter games and all future ones will be made in the United States.

On a more serious issue, both candidates discussed the fatal shootings last week inside a Colorado movie theater. They offered different takes on the proposed ban on assault weapons.

“The unspeakable tragedy at the hands of a deranged individual in Colorado is further proof that gun laws must be strengthened in

our country,” Meng said. “It defies all logic and reason that semi-automatic weapons and large-capacity bullet magazines are available for purchase to the general public.”

Halloran offered the following: “It’s a distraction. Since when do criminals follow laws?

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ARTS, CULTURE & LIVING

SAILING UNDER CITY LIGHTS

by Domenick Rafter

T

he rumble of passing trucks and the screaming roar of jet engines remind you that Central Queens is perhaps one of the busiest places in the entire world. The hustle and bustle around you makes it seem impossible that any serenity can be found here.

The docks adjacent to the newly renovated boathouse in Flushing Meadows Park are just as busy as the highways surrounding it on any summer Friday evening, but here, it is much calmer.

The warm, heavy midsummer air seems lighter on the shores of Meadow Lake.

Whenever the white canvas sails are gliding along the shimmering water, calls of “Ready to come about” and

“Jibe ho” can be heard echoing along with the bustling city sounds.

For the members of The American Small Craft Association, escape from the hot, noisy, ornery city life does not require hours of crawling through traffic or waiting on security lines at the airport. It just requires some well-tied knots and favorable winds.

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The Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing, is offering a family-friendly series of hands-on workshops on Wednesdays, through Aug. 15. Workshops have a $4 fee ($3 for members). On Aug. 1: Summer Garden Discovery and Planting; Aug. 8: Art and Storybooks; and Aug. 15: Honey Bees and Honey Harvest Program.

T he Queens Community House, Pomonok Center, 6709 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, is offering Zumba with Nando Zee on Thursday nights at 6 p.m. for $10 per person. Participants must wear sneakers and be at least 16 years old. For information call Amy at (718) 591-6060.

The Queens Botanical Garden presents the Jamaica Estates Association Art Show “The Artist Within: The Urge to Create” on view through Sept. 30, Tuesday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Gallery of the Visitor Center and Administration Building, 43-50 Main St., Flushing.

AUDITIONS The AARP Queens Chorus performs at Queens nursing homes and rehab/senior centers. If interested in joining call (718) 523-1330 for audition dates.

Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, teaches ballroom dancing every Monday and Friday night from 7:15 to 8 p.m. followed by a social dance. Cost is $10.

THEATRE The Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing, will hold a free outdoor Shakespeare performance produced by Hip-to-Hip Theater on Thursday, Aug. 16 at 7:30 p.m. featuring “Hamlet” and “Comedy of Errors.”

St. Gregory’s Theatre Group presents “Big: the musical” on Aug. 3, 4, 8, 9, 10 and 11 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 5 and 12 at 2 p.m. at Gregorian Hall, 244-44 87 Ave., Bellerose. Tickets reserved in advance: $18 adults, $15 seniors, $7 children under 12 years. Tickets without reservations: $2 surcharge added. To reserve tickets call (718) 989-2451.

Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” will be presented at the Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City on Aug. 2-4, 9-12, and 16-18 at 8 p.m. and a matinee on Aug. 18 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18 at the door, price includes one free drink, or call (718) 392-0722.

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Movies under the Stars at Cunningham Park, 196th Street and Union Turnpike in Fresh Meadows at 8 p.m. Films include: Aug. 2, “Three Musketeers,” Aug. 9, “The Help,” Aug 16, “Captain America,” Aug. 23, “Happy Feet 2” and Aug. 27, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” Bring your own chairs and blankets.

Queens Pride House, 76-11 37 Ave., Jackson Heights, will host a special screening on Friday, July 27 at 7 p.m. of “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin,” a documentary about the gay African-American man who organized the 1963 national march on Washington, DC for civil rights at which the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic ‘I have a dream’ speech. Walter Naegle, Rustin’s life partner, will attend for a Q & A session following the screening.

MUSIC St. John’s University has announced its 14th annual free summer concert featuring the Queens Symphony Orchestra performing the opera “La Traviata” on Wednesday, Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. on the Jamaica campus, 80-00 Utopia Parkway.

“Power of the Trinity” a concert about Haile Selassie of Ethiopia will be presented on Friday, July 27 at 8 p.m. at Springfield Park, Springfield Boulevard to 183 Street between 145 Road and 149 Avenue, Springfield Gardens.

“Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin” will be shown on July 27 at the Queens Pride House in Jackson Heights.

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Summer heats up with Tuesday free outdoor concerts at 7 p.m. at Gantry Plaza State Park, 4-09 47 Road, Long Island City. On July 31, Blue Pipa Trio will perform. The group combines Chinese folk music, regional opera and Taoist music with American jazz standards and bluegrass.

HEALTH The New Covenant Church of Christ, 206-14 100 Ave., Queens Village, will hold a health fair on Saturday, July 28 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

FLEA MARKETS A giant indoor rummage sale will be held at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Jamaica Avenue and 88th Street, Woodhaven, on Saturday, July 28 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, July 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Bellerose Jewish Center, 254-04 Union Turnpike, will hold its summer rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 2.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish continues to run its outdoor flea market every Saturday and Sunday through Nov. 25 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., but will be closed on Sunday, Aug. 19. It is located at the intersection of Parsons Boulevard and Union Turnpike in Jamaica.

MEETINGS Southeast Queens Camera Club meets at Roy Wilkins Park, 177-01 Baisley Blvd., Jamaica, Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. with Introduction to Digital Photography on Aug. 14, Aug. 21 and Aug. 28. Bring camera and manual.

Free public speaking/effective communication meetings are held on the first, third and fourth Saturdays of the month at 10 a.m. Learn to be comfortable speaking before an audience. Meetings are held at the Elmhurst Hospital Center, Conference room A-1-15, 79-01 Broadway. Contact club vice president membership at (646) 748-8290.

FOR KIDS SummerStage Kids Queens family day featuring: Randolph Mathews/LuckyBob: magic juggling comedy/Little Club Heads on Sunday, July 29 at 4 p.m. at Springfield Park, Springfield Boulevard to 183 Street between 145 Road and 149 Avenue, Springfield Gardens.

The JC Players, located at the Community United Methodist Church of Middle Village, 75-27 Metropolitan Ave., presents a children’s musical theater production entitled “Fairytale Festival” on Sunday, July 29 at 2 p.m. A fairytale kids carnival will follow the performance. Tickets are $5 in advance and $6 at the door. Call (718) 894-8654 for further information.

CLASSES This summer, members of St. Josaphat Parish’s Women’s Craft Club are offering free instruction in knitting, crochet, needlepoint and holiday crafts for youth. This opportunity is open to children ages seven and up (and their parents/guardians), and all materials will be supplied. The Craft Club meets every Tuesday in July and August from 1 to 3 p.m. in St. Josaphat’s Parish Hall, next to the church on 35 Avenue off 210 Street in Bayside.

A points/insurance reduction defensive driving course will be held in the VFW Hall, 102-17 160 Ave., Howard Beach, on Saturday, July 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Cost per person is $35. Call Keith at (917) 599-6674 or visit progressive-training-ltd.com to register.

A defensive driving course for insurance and point reduction will be given at St. Mel’s Church, 26-15 154 St., Flushing, on Saturday, Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For information and registration call (631) 360-9720. The cost is $45.

Free English classes will be given every Saturday from Aug. 4 to Sept. 8 from 10-11 a.m. at New People’s Church of NY, 46-04 162 St., Flushing. To reserve your seat, reg ister online at newpeopleschurch.com/english.php.

The Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Flushing Hospital, enter at 45th Avenue and Burling Street on the first, third and fifth Wednesdays of the month. For information, visit flushingcameraclub.org.

The Jackson Heights Art Club offers art classes, all mediums. Daytime and evening adult classes are offered Monday-Friday; daytime children’s classes are offered during the weekend. Classes are held at St. Mark’s Church, 82nd Street and 34th Avenue.

Cost: $75 for adults, for four sessions, $75 for children for eight sessions. Membership available. For information, call Geraldine at (718) 446-4709.

A one-hour auto clinic for women is held the third saturday of every month at 3:30 p.m. at Great Bear Auto Repair Shop, 164-16 Sanford Ave., Flushing. Call to reserve at (718) 762-6212.

Ongoing drawing class every Wednesday 1-4 p.m. at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy, Douglaston. Instructor, Marc Jasloff. Call (516) 223-7659. Fee: $25 per class.

The YWCA of Queens, 42-07 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, has expanded its GED preparation program to include free adult classes. Tracks vary in length from 10 to 20 weeks depending upon entrance test results. Contact the YW and sign up for the next placement examination. Call Stacy McKelvey at (718) 353-4553 for more information or to reserve your placement exam seat.

Mindfulness Meditation one-hour class with Rabbi Michael Weisser at Free Synagogue of Flushing, 41-60 Kissena Blvd., on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.

Free. For more information, call (718) 961-0030 or email info@freesynagogue.org.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES The Wednesday Night Singles Group of the SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, invites you to social evenings with special guest speakers on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 7-9 p.m. Fee: $7 Adult Center members, $9 nonmembers.

Join Dancing under the Stars every Wednesday through Aug. 1 at Little Bay Park roller hockey rink, Cross Island Parkway between Utopia Parkway and Totten Avenue, in Bayside from 7-8:30 p.m.

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‘Yesterday and Today’ and Aug. 4 day jobs: a teacher, an occupational therapist, a Verizon technician, and etcetera, but the Beatles’ Yesterday and Today drummer Michael Naimoli’s love music is the glue of their friendship. for the Beatles started decades ago in 1978 when he saw They use the same instruments as the Beatles: a the musical “Beatlemania” at the Winter Garden Theater. Ludwig black oyster pearl drum set, a Hofner violinHis passion has continued into the 21st century. shaped bass, and red Gretsch and black RickenHis license plate reads “4Beatles,” he named his son backer guitars (and they added a keyboardist to the Lennon and his wife is Japanese (like John Lennon’s mix, as the Beatles did at times with Billy Preston). widow Yoko Ono), but “that’s not Hundreds of people come why I married her,” he said with a to their shows and they have laugh. an email list of 400 people.

Naimoli’s passion for the Beatles is They play crowd favorites clear, and with a little help from such as “I Want to Hold Your Queens’ favorite Fab Four tribute Hand” and, just like Paul When: Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. band, residents can also groove to McCartney often does at his Rain date: Aug 5 at 2 p.m. some of the best known lyrics worldconcerts, Yesterday and Where: Tudor Park, Ozone Park wide at Tudor Park on Saturday.

Today always ends the show 133rd Ave. and 81st St. “Come forget about your probwith the song everyone can Tickets: Free lems for a few hours,” Naimoli said. sing along to, “Hey Jude.” yesterdayandtodayband.com Rich Fried, Rich Chodes, Robert They play about two gigs Hannan, Naimoli and Ed Wittel a month from private parties Rich Fried, Rich Chodes, Robert Hannan, Michael Naimoli and Ed don’t look like John, Paul, Ringo and and catering halls. (These family Wittel will bring Beatles classics to Ozone Park.

COURTESY PHOTO George, but they sure do their best to sound just like the men take a break around the holidays.)

The Beatles started their historic rock ‘n’ roll reign in iconic quartet.

However, their favorite locations are outdoors. Naimoli, “The music is what’s important,” Naimoli said. “We a Ozone Park native, said the bandshell at the park hasn’t Liverpool’s Cavern Club, but they also loved outdoor perwant to be accurate to the records.” been utilized since it’s construction. So with the help of formance spaces, Naimoli said. The Beatles were the first The group formed in 2005, hailing from Queens, Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), the band will band to play at Shea Stadium, in August 1965, and their last show as a band was on a London rooftop in 1969. Q Brooklyn, Rockland County and New Jersey. They have bring some life to the park’s stage.

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Love, drugs and a reading series

“Long Distance Drunk” is one of 10 scripts read by actors, The stage is dark. Three actors, some of Broadway caliber, on a dressed in black, sit on folding sprinkling of Sundays as part of metal chairs with their scripts on the Platform Group’s Ladder their laps. Only one prop sits on Series, a reading sequence that stage — a six-pack of Bud Light gives playwrights a chance to — next to actor Ryan Feyk as hear their stories out loud. quick witted, life-flounderer, “I get to see what works in comic book front of an audienthusiast ence,” said Cameron.

Pajka, adding “Long Distance that the crowd When: July 29, Aug. 19 and 26, Sept. 9, 16, 23 Drunk” by laughed at unand 30, and Oct. 7; Modest Mouse expected lines. all at 1 p.m. plays on the Pajka hopes to Where: The Creek and loudspeakers. rework the The Cave Theater, Playwright script based on 10-93 Jackson Ave., Corey Pajka some audience Long Island City said he heard reactions, and Tickets: $7, theplatformgroup.org the song years then start ago and the title pitching it to intrigued him. It eventually different production houses. became the name of his romantic The Platform Group, which comedy — dealing with addiction, produced a sold-out off-Broadway long-distance phone calls, and love performance of “Savage in and loss — read on July 15 at The Limbo” last year, didn’t have Creek and The Cave Theater in enough funding this year to put Long Island City. on a full production, so the idea to

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Director Gamaliel Valle, left, actress Mariah Freda, actor Ryan Feyk and playwright Corey Pajka at the PHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT question-and-answer session on July 15. host an affordable reading series arose to give writers a “platform” to propel their works forward.

And many playwrights wanted to participate; the 10 readings

were selected out of 100 applications. A panel of five read through each submission twice and then voted. Each play needed two votes to move forward.

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continued from page 39 00 made friends during the class whom Anybody can sign up for TASCA’s he now sails with.

TASCA offers open sailing most basic sailing classes, which are offered twice a year, in spring and summer nights of the week for summer. For $300, TASCA offers members and racing events are held seven on-the-water lessons in which on Saturdays. Finally, gung-ho memstudents can get hands-on experi- bers can train to be instructors, who ence, as well as two lecture classes, teach basic sailing courses, and dockbooks, and materials. Also, all stu- masters, who run the operations on dents must take a swim test in which the shore during a sailing session. It is the dockmaster they will jump who opens and into a pool fully The American closes sailing at clothed, tread Small Craft Association the lake. water and swim.

The weather is At the end of When: Spring and Summer, weather permitting always an issue the class, stuWhere: Meadow Lake Boathouse, for TASCA sailors dents can, if Flushing Meadows Park at the lake. Sailing they choose, Tickets: $300 for seven-week course. is called off at the become memsailtasca.org, (718) 699-1951 first sign of lightbers of the info@sailtasca.org ning and Jordan organization. said boats often This year, TASCA will also offer a fall course for become uncontrollable in winds over the first time during the second week 14 knots, though some more expert sailors can handle those conditions. of September.

Except on the weekends, sailing is For Jim Jordan, a former TASCA president, it was the training class held in the evenings and often gives members a chance to sail during the that got him hooked. “[The class] was kind of a bond- beautiful summer sunset.

But the organization’s activities do ing experience,” he said, noting he

For 45 years, The American Small Craft Association has been offering classes for those interested in learning to sail or who wish to join the PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER organization.

But before dropping the sails on their 45th sailing season, TASCA is soaking up all it can of this summer, holding another basic sailing course and doing workshops for kids. And when not teaching, members simply enjoy taking out one of the boats, practicing their skills and enjoying the serene summer setting in the heart of New York City.

The day of sailing ends with a dockmaster’s three blows of a bullhorn

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Though the members sail when the weather is rainy and cool, providing the winds are favorable and there is no lightning, sailing does not occur in the dead of winter. The organization does not go dormant, however.

Winter is the time when the group’s 12 sailboats get refurbished and prepped for the next summer.

“There are volunteers who come down every Saturday throughout the fall and winter and do maintenance on the boat,” Jordan said. “It takes a lot of manpower.”

Last year, members were unable to repaint the boats because the focus was on organizing the space in the newly renovated boathouse, so Jordan said painting the hulls will probably be a focus of TASCA this winter.

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The Golden Dragon Acrobats are performing at Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Park through Aug. 4. Tickets are on sale now by phone at (718) 760-0064, online at queenstheatre.org and in person at the Queens Theatre Box Office. Performances are Wednesday through Saturday at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Individual tickets are $32, with a family 4-pack priced at $100 for 4 tickets.

Independence Residences, an organization that helps developmentally disabled people, will host its annual Walk-About Fundraising event and family picnic at Cunningham Park at Union Turnpike in Fresh Meadows on Saturday, July 28. The walk starts at 10 a.m. sharp. Interested walkers, volunteers and corporate sponsors are invited to call Greta at (718) 805-6796 ext. 133 for more information.

The 34th annual Thunderbird American Indian MidSummer Pow-Wow will be held at the Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 27, 28 and 29. Hours are as follows — Friday: Gates open at 6 p.m. Performance time is 7-10 p.m.; Saturday: Gates open at 10 a.m. Performance times are noon-5 p.m. and 7-10 p.m.; and Sunday: Gates open at 10 a.m. Performance time is noon-5 p.m. Admission: adults $10, (adult all weekend pass $15), children $5 (age 12 and under). Free Parking. For Pow-Wow information: (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org or info@queensfarm.org.

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A bereavement group will meet this summer at the Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy. Pre-registration is a must. Call (718) 225-1144.

Co-Dependents Anonymous (women only) meetings are held every Friday from 10 to 11:45 a.m. at Resurrection Ascention Pastoral Center, Fr. Freely Hall, 85-18 61 Rd., Rego Park.

Nar-Anon is a self-help support group or anyone affected by a loved one’s use/abuse of drugs. The group meets every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the basement lounge at the Church in the Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. For information, call 1(800) 984-0066, or go to nar-anon.org.

Drug problem? Call Narcotics Anonymous Helpline at (718) 962-6244 or visit westernqueensna.com.

Meetings are held seven days a week.

Free caregiver support groups at Queens Community House, Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Call (718) 226-5960 Ext. 226 for details.

Problem with cocaine or other mind-altering substances? For local Cocaine Anonymous meetings call: 1-(212) COCAINE. The Queens Counseling services and LISUN of the Foundation of Religion and Mental Health announces a new mourning and bereavement group to be held on Saturdays form 1-2 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 14-15 Clintonville St., Whitestone. For further information call (718) 461-6393.

The Queens Counseling Services of the Foundation for Religion and Mental Health announces a free Women’s Support Group on alternate Thursday mornings at 10 a.m. at the Kissena Jewish Center, 43-43 Bowne St., Flushing. If you are experiencing anxiety, fear or stress and are searching for a venue that can provide understanding, compassion and respect, call to register at (718) 461-6393.

Co-dependents Anonymous (women only) meets every Friday at 10 a.m. at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center, 85-18 61st Road, Rego Park.

Schizophrenics Anonymous meets on Sundays at 10 a.m. at L.I. Consultation Center, 97-29 64th Road, Rego Park.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES A leisure group meets every Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing, for area seniors.

An exercise class for seniors. meets Saturdays at 9 a.m. at the SNAP of Eastern Queens Senior Center, 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Bldg. 4 on the Creedmoor Community Campus, Queens Village. For more information call Kathleen at (718) 454-2100.

The Woodhaven Senior Center, 78-15 Jamaica Ave., announces free exercise classes at the center. Stay Well on Monday includes stress reduction; yoga on Thursday includes meditation time. The center is open five days a week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Activities at the Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26th Ave., Bayside, are held Monday-Friday. For more information, call (718) 224-7888.

United Hindu Senior Center, 118-09 Sutter Ave., South Ozone Park, offers free vegetarian lunch, health promotion, nutrition education, cards and games, mammograms and blood pressure screenings. In addition, we provide transportation for many seniors via bus. For more information, call (718) 323-8900.

The Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The center offers a variety of activities and exercise classes including Wii sports, billiards, bingo, computer classes and monthly bus trips. For information, call Karen at (718) 456-2000.

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42 continued from page 00 A question-and-answer session follows each one, “just as important as the reading,” said Zeiger, who will perform in the July 29 reading of “The Perfect Bride.”

Sunday’s reading of “The Bus Test” by foreign policy journalist David Meyers takes a darkly comedic look at Wall Street and playing guitar.

Each director manages the reading differently, Zeiger said. Some directors prefer the actors to stand and emote, while other allow the performers to relax.

The actors for the reading of “Long Distance Drunk” stayed seated for the entire time, but nevertheless the audience was enthralled.

Pajka’s story of a couple who fights with addiction while trying to stay together and then tries unsuccessfully to stay apart, is both heartbreaking and hilarious.

The play starts with a drunk phone call from Cameron to Meg, played by Mariah Freda.

“What type of girlfriend are you?”

Cameron slurs.

“An ex-girlfriend,” Meg sleepily retorts from a phone in a time zone where it is four hours later.

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Cameron has a humor that keeps the audience laughing even through sad scenes, and Meg shows a devotion to being loved and to loving that like in many romantic comedies makes the audience ask why, but also induces that hopelessly romantic “awww” feeling.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: KOZY KORNER JAMAICAN RESTAURANT LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/23/2012.

Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Lavern Collins, 145-07 Frankton Street, Rosedale, NY 11422. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

159-40 100TH STREET LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/25/12. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 86-31 250th St., Bellerose, NY 11426. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 159-40 100th St., Howard Beach, NY 11414.

Notice of Formation of VALARIE MICHELLE DECOR LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/08/12. 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, 4035 67 St., Apt. 31, Woodside, NY 11377. The regd. agent of the company upon whom and at which process against the company can be served is Valarie Baser, at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Cascade Realty LLC, Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 6/12/12.

Office: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 10624 98th St, Ozone Park, NY 11417. General Purposes.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MAKIDIGITAL LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/31/12.

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, 2162 Crescent Street, No. D8, Astoria, New York 11105.

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Name of Foreign LLC: VJ Designs LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State: 5/10/12. Office loc.: Queens Co. LLC formed in DE: 2/29/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205.

DE addr. of LLC: 108 W. 13th St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act.

7116 PENELOPE AVENUE, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/22/2012. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 71-16 Penelope Ave., Middle Village, NY 11379, which is also the principal business location.

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PROBATE CITATION File No.: 2012-555/A SURROGATE’S COURT - QUEENS COUNTY CITATION The People of the State of New York By the Grace of God Free and Independent To: American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, National Kidney Foundation, Judy Grise, Ruth Fenster, Miriam Goldberg, Paul Schorr, Richard Miller, Attorney General of the State of New York The unknown heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Ann Koznesoff, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence *That all the above named persons to be cited have a Prior/Equal Right to Letters of Administration, C.T.A. A petition having been duly filed by Lois M. Rosenblatt, Public Administrator of Queens County, with offices at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York 11435.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: KRDC CREATIVE ARTS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/15/2012. Office location is New York County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 29-19 21st Avenue, #C10, New York, NY 11105. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Andre Smikle, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/13/12.

Office in Queens County.

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

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: 786 K & C LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/25/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 170-09 84th Rd., Jamaica, NY 11432. The general purpose: For Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 6/29/12, bearing Index Number NC-000371-12/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 James Innocenzo Limongelli. My present name is Jimmy I. Limongelli Jr. aka James I. Limongelli aka James Innocenzo Limongelli. My present address is 104-20 Queens Blvd., Apt. 20X, Forest Hills, NY 11375.

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Name: CROSSTOWN REALTY HOLDINGS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/30/2012.

Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 43-10 39th Street, Long Island City, NY 11104. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

STAMMTISCH PROPERTIES LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 5/22/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Werner Lehner, 69-46 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY 11385. General Purposes.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1264173 for beer, liquor and wine, has been applied for by Ked’s I, Corp. d/b/a Nest Restaurant & Bar to sell beer, liquor and wine at retail in a restaurant and bar, under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 125-15, 125-17 101st Avenue, South Richmond Hill, Queens County for on-premises consumption.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: A.S. Wings LLC. Application for Authority was filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/05/2012. Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 21 Greene Avenue, Amityville, NY 11701. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BIG APPLE DIALYSIS MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/12/12. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 23-14 College Point Blvd., College Point, NY 11356. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Attn: Jodumutt G. Bhat at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 7943 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, NY 11379. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, #1264627 for beer, wine and liquor has been applied for by Miller’s Ale House, Inc. d/b/a Miller’s NYC Ale House to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 61-35 Junction Boulevard, Suite B-6, Rego Park, NY 11374 for on premises consumption.

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THE DEPARTMENT LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/8/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: George Marc Bunag, 62-60 99th St., Apt. 416, Rego Park, NY 11374. General Purposes.

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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF RIGHT OF WAY NOTICE OF APPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY IN THE BED OR BEDS OF A STREAM, LAKE, STREET, ROAD, HIGHWAY, OR RIGHT OF WAY PROJECT: KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE PROJECT COUNTY: QUEENS MAP NO. 62 PARCEL NO. 89 TAKE NOTICE THAT PURSUANT TO EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURE LAW NOTICE is hereby given that there were filed in the office of the Department of Transportation on the 12TH day of APRIL, 2011, description and original tracing of a map, together with a certificate as to the accuracy thereof, of property which the Commissioner of Transportation deemed necessary to be acquired immediately for purposes connected with the project identified above that; there was filed in the office of the QUEENS County Clerk on the 17TH day of JULY 2012, a copy of such description and map, whereupon the appropriation by the State of the property described in such description and map became complete and the title to such property vested in the People of the State of New York.

Description and map of property which the Commissioner of Transportation deems necessary to be acquired by appropriation in the name of the People of the State of New York for purposes connected with the highway system of the State of New York pursuant to Section 30 of the Highway Law and the Eminent Domain Procedure Law. There is excepted from this appropriation all the right, title and interest, if any, of the United States of America, in or to said property.

That the following is a description of such property, to wit: PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES A permanent easement to be exercised in, on and over the property above delineated for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing and maintaining thereon a State Highway, together with such bridges and other facilities in connection therewith as may be deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Transportation in and to all that piece or parcel of property designated as Parcel No. 89, and described as follows: Parcel No. 89 Beginning at a point (P.O.B.), and being 82.048 meters (269.19 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the project baseline, hereinafter designated Baseline, at Station 12+060.620; 1. Thence running westerly, N74º12’32”W, a distance of 33.604 meters (110.25 feet) to a point, said point being 48.744 meters (159.92 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 12+056.141; 2. Thence running northeasterly, N42º27’14”E, a distance of 20.468 meters (67.15 feet) to a point, said point being 55.409 meters (181.79 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 12+075.493; 3. Thence running easterly, S74º19’22”E, a distance of 28.289 meters (92.81 feet) to a point, said point being 83.438 meters (273.75 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 12+079.319; 4. Thence running southwesterly along a curve to the left having a radius of 115.204 meters (377.97 feet), a distance of 3.345 meters (10.97 feet) to a point, said point being 83.150 meters (272.80 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 12+075.986; 5. Thence running southwesterly, S27º33’08”W, a distance of 15.406 meters (50.54 feet) to the point of BEGINNING. Containing 566.3± square meters (6,096± square feet) or 0.0566± hectares (0.1399± acres).

RESERVING, however, to the owner of any right, title or interest in and to the property above delineated, and such owner’s successors or assigns, the right of access and the right of using said property and such use shall not be further limited or restricted under this easement beyond that which is necessary to effectuate its purposes for, and established by, the construction or reconstruction and as so constructed or reconstructed, the maintenance, of the herein identified project.

The above mentioned survey baseline is a portion of the 2002 survey baseline (NAD 83/96) for the Kosciuszko Bridge Project as shown on a map and plan on file in the Office of the State Department of Transportation and described as follows: BEGINNING at Station 10+000; thence N34º02’25.1”E, a distance of 126.225 meters (414.12 feet) to Station 10+126.225; thence N59º21’10.6”E, a distance of 135.614 meters (444.93 feet) to Station 10+261.839; thence N55º07’32.4”E, a distance of 143.736 meters (471.57 feet) to Station 10+405.575; thence N71º11’26.1”E, a distance of 111.137 meters (364.62 feet) to Station 10+516.712; thence N66º00’27.9”E, a distance of 123.498 meters (405.18 feet) to Station 10+640.211; thence N75º13’15.9”E, a distance of 158.152 meters (518.87 feet) to Station 10+798.363; thence N65º09’02.3”E, a distance of 139.153 meters (456.54 feet) to Station 10+937.516; thence N25º18’37.7”W, a distance of 136.381 meters (447.44 feet) to Station 11+073.897; thence N14º32’03.9”W, a distance of 140.898 meters (462.26 feet) to Station 11+214.795; thence N48º49’39.9”E, a distance of 201.062 meters (659.65 feet) to Station 11+415.857; thence N76º39’17.5”E, a distance of 100.036 meters (328.20 feet) to Station 11+515.893; thence S79º55’15.1”E, a distance of 108.092 meters (354.63 feet) to Station 11+623.985; thence N42º53’07.0”E, a distance of 189.402 meters (621.40 feet) to Station 11+813.387; thence N24º39’57.0”E, a distance of 198.402 meters (650.92 feet) to Station 12+011.789; thence N23º27’01.6”E, a distance of 156.445 meters (513.27 feet) to Station 12+168.234; thence N34º47’31.5”E, a distance of 157.648 meters (517.22 feet) to Station 12+325.882; thence N27º38’14.0”W, a distance of 79.947 meters (262.29 feet) to Station 12+405.829; thence N67º32’38.6”W, a distance of 114.424 meters (375.41 feet) to Station 12+520.253; thence N48º04’04.9”W, a distance of 143.637 meters (471.25 feet) to Station 12+663.890.

All bearings and distances are referenced to the New York State Plane Coordinate System, NAD 1983-96, Long Island Zone. All bearings referred to True North at the 74º–00’–00” Meridian of West Longitude. Map of property in and to which an easement as hereinabove defined is deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Transportation to be acquired by appropriation in the name of the People of the State of New York for purposes connected with the highway system of the State of New York pursuant to Section 30 of the Highway Law and the Eminent Domain Procedure Law. Commissioner of Transportation By: /S/ James Cellery, Office of Right of Way, Dated: July 18, 2012

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SQ page 52 NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF RIGHT OF WAY NOTICE OF APPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY IN THE BED OR BEDS OF A STREAM, LAKE, STREET, ROAD, HIGHWAY, OR RIGHT OF WAY PROJECT: KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE PROJECT COUNTY: QUEENS MAP NO. 49 PARCEL NO. 76 TAKE NOTICE THAT PURSUANT TO EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURE LAW NOTICE is hereby given that there were filed in the office of the Department of Transportation on the 12TH day of APRIL, 2011, description and original tracing of a map, together with a certificate as to the accuracy thereof, of property which the Commissioner of Transportation deemed necessary to be acquired immediately for purposes connected with the project identified above that; there was filed in the office of the QUEENS County Clerk on the 17TH day of JULY 2012, a copy of such description and map, whereupon the appropriation by the State of the property described in such description and map became complete and the title to such property vested in the People of the State of New York.

Description and map of property which the Commissioner of Transportation deems necessary to be acquired by appropriation in the name of the People of the State of New York for purposes connected with the highway system of the State of New York pursuant to Section 30 of the Highway Law and the Eminent Domain Procedure Law. There is excepted from this appropriation all the right, title and interest, if any, of the United States of America, in or to said property.

That the following is a description of such property, to wit: PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES A permanent easement to be exercised in, on and over the property above delineated for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing and maintaining thereon a State Highway, together with such bridges and other facilities in connection therewith as may be deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Transportation in and to all that piece or parcel of property designated as Parcel No. 76, and described as follows: Parcel No. 76 Beginning at a point (P.O.B.), and being 83.742 meters (274.74 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the project baseline, hereinafter designated Baseline, at Station 12+082.012; 1. Thence running northerly, N19º49’49”E, a distance of 12.603 meters (41,35 feet) to a point, said point being 82.946 meters (272.13 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 12+094.590; 2. Thence running easterly, S74º22’14”E, a distance of 3.216 meters (10.55 feet) to a point, said point being 86.132 meters (282.58 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 12+095.028; 3. Thence running southwesterly along a curve to the left having a radius of 115.204 meters (377.97 feet), a distance of 13.240 meters (43.44 feet) to the point of BEGINNING. Containing 18.5± square meters (199± square feet) or 0.0019± hectares (0.0046± acres).

RESERVING, however, to the owner of any right, title or interest in and to the property above delineated, and such owner’s successors or assigns, the right of access and the right of using said property and such use shall not be further limited or restricted under this easement beyond that which is necessary to effectuate its purposes for, and established by, the construction or reconstruction and as so constructed or reconstructed, the maintenance, of the herein identified project. The above mentioned survey baseline is a portion of the 2002 survey baseline (NAD 83/96) for the Kosciuszko Bridge Project as shown on a map and plan on file in the Office of the State Department of Transportation and described as follows: BEGINNING at Station 10+000; thence N34º02’25.1”E, a distance of 126.225 meters (414.12 feet) to Station 10+126.225; thence N59º21’1O.6”E, a distance of 135.614 meters (444.93 feet) to Station 10+261.839; thence N55º07’32.4”E, a distance of 143.736 meters (471.57 feet) to Station 10+405.575; thence N71º11’26.1”E, a distance of 111.137 meters (364.62 feet) to Station 10+516.712; thence N66º00’27.9”E, a distance of 123.498 meters (405.18 feet) to Station 10+640.211; thence N75º13’15.9”E, a distance of 158.152 meters (518.87 feet) to Station 10+798.363; thence N65º09’02.3”E, a distance of 139.153 meters (456.54 feet) to Station 10+937.516; thence N25º18’37.7”W, a distance of 136.381 meters (447.44 feet) to Station 11+073.897; thence N14º32’03.9”W, a distance of 140.898 meters (462.26 feet) to Station 11+214.795; thence N48º49’39.9”E, a distance of 201.062 meters (659.65 feet) to Station 11+415.857; thence N76º39’17.5”E, a distance of 100.036 meters (328.20 feet) to Station 11+515.893; thence S79º55’15.1”E, a distance of 108.092 meters (354.63 feet) to Station 11+623.985; thence N42º53’07.0”E, a distance of 189.402 meters (621.40 feet) to Station 11+813.387; thence N24º39’57.0”E, a distance of 198.402 meters (650.92 feet) to Station 12+011.789; thence N23º27’01 .6”E, a distance of 156.445 meters (513.27 feet) to Station 12+168.234; thence N34º47’31.5”E, a distance of 157.648 meters (517.22 feet) to Station 12+325.882; thence N27º38’14.0”W, a distance of 79.947 meters (262.29 feet) to Station 12+405.829; thence N67º32’38.6”W, a distance of 114.424 meters (375.41 feet) to Station 12+520.253; thence N48º04’04.9”W, a distance of 143.637 meters (471.25 feet) to Station 12+663.890.

All bearings and distances are referenced to the New York State Plane Coordinate System, NAD 1983-96, Long Island Zone. All bearings referred to True North at the 74º–00’–00” Meridian of West Longitude. Map of property in and to which an easement as hereinabove defined is deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Transportation to be acquired by appropriation in the name of the People of the State of New York for purposes connected with the highway system of the State of New York pursuant to Section 30 of the Highway Law and the Eminent Domain Procedure Law. Commissioner of Transportation By: /S/ James Cellery, Office of Right of Way, DATED: July 18, 2012

LEGAL NOTICES To Advertise Call 718-205-8000 NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF RIGHT OF WAY NOTICE OF APPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY IN THE BED OR BEDS OF A STREAM, LAKE, STREET, ROAD, HIGHWAY, OR RIGHT OF WAY PROJECT: KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE PROJECT COUNTY: QUEENS MAP NO. 59 PARCEL NO. 86 TAKE NOTICE THAT PURSUANT TO EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURE LAW NOTICE is hereby given that there were filed in the office of the Department of Transportation on the 2ND day of APRIL, 2012, description and original tracing of a map, together with a certificate as to the accuracy thereof, of property which the Commissioner of Transportation deemed necessary to be acquired immediately for purposes connected with the project identified above that; there was filed in the office of the QUEENS County Clerk on the 24TH day of APRIL 2012, a copy of such description and map, whereupon the appropriation by the State of the property described in such description and map became complete and the title to such property vested in the People of the State of New York.

Description and map of property which the Commissioner of Transportation deems necessary to be acquired by appropriation in the name of the People of the State of New York for purposes connected with the highway system of the State of New York pursuant to Section 30 of the Highway Law and the Eminent Domain Procedure Law. There is excepted from this appropriation all the right, title and interest, if any, of the United States of America, in or to said property. That the following is a description of such property, to wit: All that piece or parcel of property hereinafter designated as Parcel No. 86 situate in the County of Queens State of New York, and described as follows: Parcel No. 86 Beginning at a point (P.O.B) and being 31.602 meters (103.68 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the project baseline, hereinafter designated Baseline, at Station 11+829.398; 1. Thence running northeasterly, N26º38’26”E, a distance of 21.717 meters (71.25 feet) to a point, said point being 32.350 meters (106.13 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 11+851.102; 2. Thence running easterly, S74º12’32”E, a distance of 39.066 meters (128.17 feet) to a point, said point being 70.948 meters (232.77 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 11+857.129; 3. Thence running southwesterly, S28º20’33”W, a distance of 21.851 meters (71.69 feet) to a point, said point being 69.547 meters (228.17 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 11+835.323; 4. Thence running westerly, N74º12’32”W, a distance of 38.405 meters (126.00 feet) to the point of BEGINNING. Containing 826.2± square meters (8,893± square feet) or 0.0826± hectares (0.2042± acres).

The above mentioned survey baseline is a portion of the 2002 survey baseline (NAD 83/96) for the Kosciuszko Bridge Project as shown on a map and plan on file in the Office of the State Department of Transportation and described as follows: BEGINNING at Station 10+000; thence N34º02’25.1”E, a distance of 126.225 meters (414.12 feet) to Station 10+126.225; thence N59º21’10.6”E, a distance of 135.614 meters (444.93 feet) to Station 10+261.839; thence N55º07’32.4”E, a distance of 143.736 meters (471.57 feet) to Station 10+405.575; thence N71º11’26.1”E, a distance of 111.137 meters (364.62 feet) to Station 10+516.712; thence N66º00’27.9”E, a distance of 123.498 meters (405.18 feet) to Station 10+640.211; thence N75º13’15.9”E, a distance of 158.152 meters (518.87 feet) to Station 10+798.363; thence N65º09’02.3”E, a distance of 139.153 meters (456.54 feet) to Station, 10+937.56; thence N25º18’37.7”W, a distance of 136.381 meters (447.44 feet) to Station 11+073.897; thence N14º32’03.9”W, a distance of 140.898 meters (462.26 feet) to Station 11+214.795; thence N48º49’39.9”E, a distance of 201.062 meters (659.65 feet) to Station 11+415.857; thence N76º39’17.5”E, a distance of 100.036 meters (328.20 feet) to Station 11+515.893; thence S79º55’15.1”E, a distance of 108.092 meters (354.63 feet) to Station 11+623.985; thence N42º53’07.0”E, a distance of 189.402 meters (621.40 feet) to Station 11+813.387; thence N24º39’57.0”E, a distance of 198.402 meters (650.92 feet) to Station 12+011.789; thence N23º27’01.6”E, a distance of 156.445 meters (513.27 feet) to Station 12+168.234; thence N34º47’31.5”E, a distance of 157.648 meters (517.22 feet) to Station 12+325.882; thence N27º38’14.0”W, a distance of 79.947 meters (262.29 feet) to Station 12+405.829; thence N67º32’38.6”W, a distance of 114.424 meters (375.41 feet) to Station 12+520.253; thence N48º04’04.9”W, a distance of 143.637 meters (471.25 feet) to Station 12+663.890.

All bearings and distances are referenced to the New York State Plane Coordinate System, NAD 1983-96, Long Island Zone. All bearings referred to True North at the 74º–00’–00” Meridian of West Longitude. Map of property which the Commissioner of Transportation deems necessary to be acquired by appropriation in the name of the People of the State of New York in fee, without right of access to and from abutting property, for purposes connected with the highway system of the State of New York pursuant to Section 30 of the Highway Law and the Eminent Domain Procedure Law. Commissioner of Transportation By: /S/ James Cellery, Office of Right of Way, Dated: July 18, 2012

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF RIGHT OF WAY NOTICE OF APPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY IN THE BED OR BEDS OF A STREAM, LAKE, STREET, ROAD, HIGHWAY, OR RIGHT OF WAY PROJECT: KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE PROJECT COUNTY: QUEENS MAP NO. 58 PARCEL NO. 85 TAKE NOTICE THAT PURSUANT TO EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURE LAW NOTICE is hereby given that there were filed in the office of the Department of Transportation on the 12TH day of APRIL, 2011, description and original tracing of a map, together with a certificate as to the accuracy thereof, of property which the Commissioner of Transportation deemed necessary to be acquired immediately for purposes connected with the project identified above that; there was filed in the office of the QUEENS County Clerk on the 17TH day of JULY 2012, a copy of such description and map, whereupon the appropriation by the State of the property described in such description and map became complete and the title to such property vested in the People of the State of New York.

Description and map of property which the Commissioner of Transportation deems necessary to be acquired by appropriation in the name of the People of the State of New York for purposes connected with the highway system of the State of New York pursuant to Section 30 of the Highway Law and the Eminent Domain Procedure Law. There is excepted from this appropriation all the right, title and interest, if any, of the United States of America, in or to said property. That the following is a description of such property, to wit: PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES A permanent easement to be exercised in, on and over the property above delineated for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing and maintaining thereon a State Highway, together with such bridges and other facilities in connection therewith as may be deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Transportation in and to all that piece or parcel of property designated as Parcel No. 85, and described as follows: Parcel No. 85 Beginning at a point (P.O.B) and being 64.808 meters (212.62 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the project baseline, hereinafter designated Baseline, at Station 11+655.463; 1. Thence running northeasterly, N35º12’57”E, a distance of 20.021 meters (65.69 feet) to a point, said point being 62.136 meters (203.86 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 11+675.304; 2. Thence running easterly, S74º03’50”E, a distance of 39.979 meters (131.16 feet) to a point, said point being 97.774 meters (320.78 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 11+693.423; 3. Thence running southwesterly along a curve to the right having a radius of 1,197.898 meters (3,390.10’), a distance of 19.844 meters (65.10 feet) to a point, said point being 100.944 meters (331.18 feet) distant right as measured at right angles from the Baseline at Station 11+673.835; 4. Thence running westerly, N74º03’50”W, a distance of 40.538 meters (133.00 feet) to the point of BEGINNING. Containing 761.4± square meters (8,196± square feet) or 0.0761± hectares (0.1882± acres).

RESERVING, however, to the owner of any right, title or interest in and to the property above delineated, and such owner’s successors or assigns, the right of access and the right of using said property and such use shall not be further limited or restricted under this easement beyond that which is necessary to effectuate its purposes for, and established by, the construction or reconstruction and as so constructed or reconstructed, the maintenance, of the herein identified project.

The above mentioned survey baseline is a portion of the 2002 survey baseline (NAD 83/96) for the Kosciuszko Bridge Project as shown on a map and plan on file in the Office of the State Department of Transportation and described as follows: BEGINNING at Station 10+000; thence N34º02’25.1”E, a distance of 126.225 meters (414.12 feet) to Station 10+126.225; thence N59º21’1O.6”E, a distance of 135.614 meters (444.93 feet) to Station 10+261.839; thence N55º07’32.4”E, a distance of 143.736 meters (471.57 feet) to Station 10+405.575; thence N71º11’26.1”E, a distance of 111.137 meters (364.62 feet) to Station 10+516.712; thence N66º00’27.9”E, a distance of 123.498 meters (405.18 feet) to Station 10+640.211; thence N75º13’15.9”E, a distance of 158.152 meters (518.87 feet) to Station 10+798.363; thence N65º09’02.3”E, a distance of 139.153 meters (456.54 feet) to Station 10+937.516; thence N25º18’37.7”W, a distance of 136.381 meters (447.44 feet) to Station 11+073.897; thence N14º32’03.9”W, a distance of 140.898 meters (462.26 feet) to Station 11+214.795; thence N48º49’39.9”E, a distance of 201.062 meters (659.65 feet) to Station 11+415.857; thence N76º39’17.5”E, a distance of 100.036 meters (328.20 feet) to Station 11+515.893; thence S79º55’15.1”E, a distance of 108.092 meters (354.63 feet) to Station 11+623.985; thence N42º53’07.0”E, a distance of 189.402 meters (621.40 feet) to Station 11+813.387; thence N24º39’57.0”E, a distance of 198.402 meters (650.92 feet) to Station 12+011.789; thence N23º27’01.6”E, a distance of 156.445 meters (513.27 feet) to Station 12+168.234; thence N34º47’31.5”E, a distance of 157.648 meters (517.22 feet) to Station 12+325.882; thence N27º38’14.0”W, a distance of 79.947 meters (262.29 feet) to Station 12+405.829; thence N67º32’38.6”W, a distance of 114.424 meters (375.41 feet) to Station 12+520.253; thence N48º04’04.9”W, a distance of 143.637 meters (471.25 feet) to Station 12+663.890.

All bearings and distances are referenced to the New York State Plane Coordinate System, NAD 1983-96, Long Island Zone. All bearings referred to True North at the 74º–00’–00” Meridian of West Longitude. Map of property in and to which an easement as hereinabove defined is deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Transportation to be acquired by appropriation in the name of the People of the State of New York for purposes connected with the highway system of the State of New York pursuant to Section 30 of the Highway Law and the Eminent Domain Procedure Law. Commissioner of Transportation By: /S/ James Cellery, Office of Right of Way, Dated: July 18, 2012

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Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 216-59 113 Drive, Queens Village, NY 11429. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of LUCKY Q & X, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 08/26/2010. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: 143-16 Willets Point Blvd., Whitestone, NY 11357.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 41st STREET ASSOCIATES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/11/12. 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, P.O. Box 575042, Whitestone, New York 11357.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 6/27/12, bearing Index Number NC000358-12/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, in Record Room 357, grants us the right to assume the names of Michael Joseph Miller and Gigi Jolie Miller. Our present names are Michael Joseph Gonzalez aka Michael Gonzalez aka Michael J. Gonzalez aka Michael Gonzalez, Jr. and Gigi Jolie GonzalezSalazar. Our present address is 104-40 Queens Blvd., 7F, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Michael Joseph Miller’s place of birth is Bronx, New York. Michael Joseph Miller’s date of birth is October 26, 1956. Gigi Jolie Miller’s place of birth is Queens, New York. Gigi Jolie Miller’s date of birth is December 7, 2003.

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SPORTS

BEAT

I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

Knicks take some kicks Reagan in Rich. Hill

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

We still don’t know whether Amar’e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony can coexist, but it is clear that Knicks General Manager Glen Grunwald was sufficiently worried that he imported 39-year-old point guard, and certain future Hall of Famer, Jason Kidd to act as an on-court arbiter.

Kidd, who won his first NBA championship in 2011 with the Dallas Mavericks, and led the New Jersey Nets to back-to-back appearances in the NBA Finals in 2002 and 2003, has a knack for finding the open man and for making even the most selfish players start taking a team-first attitude.

The problem for the Knicks is that Kidd is now a bench player who will relieve the reacquired Raymond Felton. It is yet to be seen what kind of respect he will immediately command with his new team.

The Knicks have to hope that Kidd is still better at driving to the basket than he is at driving on eastern Suffolk County roads. He did not exactly help his public relations image by getting arrested on a DWI charge after smashing his Porsche into a utility pole.

One thing in Kidd’s favor is that the Knicks have brought back a couple of their former players, Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas, who, like Kidd, are geezers by NBA

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standards. One has to wonder if John Starks and Larry Johnson will try to suit up during training camp.

All the hype surrounding the future of Jeremy Lin masked the fact that the Knicks lost Landry Fields, one of the best young players they have had in years, to free agency. Fields, who could play point guard, shooting guard and forward, signed a very lucrative three-year contract with the Toronto Raptors.

I will miss Fields, a Stanford University grad, in the Knicks locker room. NBA players as a rule are a reticent bunch with the press, but Landry enjoyed the give and take with the media and was more than willing to converse on subjects other than basketball.

Our new neighbors, the Brooklyn Nets, have certainly enjoyed a better July than their Manhattan rivals. The Nets added one of the NBA’s best shooters, Joe Johnson, in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks, and re-signed their All-Star point guard Deron Williams, who most thought at the beginning of the year would ditch the team to sign with his hometown Mavericks.

Nets General Manager Billy King told me that Archbishop Molloy High School alum Sundiata Gaines, who did a fine job as a backup guard for the Nets the last two years, Q won’t be back with the team.

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

It’s that time again. From now until November we will be bombarded with presidential ads and poll numbers. It reminds one of watching a neck-and-neck horse race where we’re all front-row spectators.

Eight election cycles ago, in March of 1980, Queens Republican leader Wilfred Dalton (1908-1996) of Kew Gardens boldly invited Republican presidential hopeful Ronald Reagan to his Republican Club at 86-15 Lefferts Blvd. in Richmond Hill. Not yet nominated, Reagan addressed a crowd in a borough so heavily Democratic that many Democratic politicians ran unopposed by the GOP — just as they do today.

President Jimmy Carter came to Queens too, visiting the Forest Hills Jewish Center on Oct. 13. He was met at the airport by Borough President Donald Manes, Lt. Gov. Mario Cuomo, U.S. Sen. Daniel Moynihan and Rep. Joe Addabbo Sr. But it was no help, as Reagan crushed Carter three weeks later, winning 44 states, including New York.

Reagan is gone from the scene but the Richmond Hill Republican Club is still in existence, its headquarters landmarked and restored in December 2002. Perhaps another future president will speak there one day. Q

Presidential hopeful and former California Gov. Ronald Reagan speaking at the Richmond Hill Republican Club on March 19, 1980.

Correction The July 19 I Have Often Walked column incorrectly described the location of two pedestrian walkways under a train trestle in Rego Park. The wide one is on the west side of Woodhaven Boulevard, the narrow one on the east side. We regret the error.

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Free Wi-Fi is now available at the Queens Zoo, and to celebrate, officials there are sponsoring a photo contest.

Visitors can take photos of animals and submit them for a chance to win a family membership to the Wildlife Conservation Society’s zoos throughout the city. The contest ends July 31 and the winning photo will be featured online at queenszoo.com. Photos should be sent to QZPhoto@wcs.org.

Anyone with a Wi-Fi-enabled smartphone or computer will be able to connect and learn about zoo activities and additional information about the animals on display.

The Wi-Fi will be available at specific locations at the zoo in Flushing Meadows Park, including near the pronghorn, bison and sea lion exhibits.

The Queens Zoo is one of 26 city parks that are getting free Wi-Fi under a five-year plan between the city and AT&T. “So often, our visitors are amazed by the animals they see here at the Queens Zoo and want to learn more about them,” said Scott Silver, zoo director. “Our mission is to connect people to wildlife. Free Wi-Fi allows Q us to enhance that connection.”

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Workers’ rights continued from page 20 into the snowy street, she was hit by a car. She flew 13 feet, she said, and sustained six fractures in her shoulder.

Her boss refused to let anyone call an ambulance for fear he would be reprimanded for hiring an undocumented worker. Eventually, fellow employees called Fouzia a taxi to take her to the hospital. However, once she was there, doctors could do little more than give her pain killers and send her on her way. She did not have health insurance and was not eligible for emergency care since she arrived on her own accord, she said.

The majority of those surveyed do not receive health insurance or paid sick or vacation days. Also, about one in f ive workers said they had been harassed in the workplace.

Fouzia joined DRUM and started sharing stories with other women facing the same issues of working 14hour days and dealing with bosses who threaten to call Immigration and Customs Services.

“Undocumented people have rights and can report it” when they are violated, said Dromm, adding that the United States Department of Labor said at the survey’s launch that it would go after those employers who Q break the law.

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