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Straphangers ‘honor’ four Queens bus lines Annual report cites slowest, least reliable routes in the five boroughs

by Michael Gannon Editor

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he Q43 bus line, which operates between Jamaica and Floral Park, has been listed as the least reliable bus route in Queens in a set of annual “awards” given out by the New York Public Interest Group’s Straphangers Campaign.

All Queens routes mentioned in the report served Jamaica.

The Straphangers Campaign gave the Q43 a Schleppie Award, bestowed on lines where riders can wait at stops for long periods only to then have two or three buses arrive almost simultaneously.

The Straphangers, in the annual survey, found the Q43 to have bunched buses 17.2 percent of the time.

The group on Tuesday also bequethed its Pokey Awards to the slowest bus routes in the city. Top honors in that category went to the M42 in Manhattan with its average speed observed at a blazing 3.2 miles per hour.

No Queens buses finished the Pokey Award’s top 15, but the report did list the Q20A, which clocked in at 6.4 miles per hour on its runs between Jamaica and College Point, as the slowest in the borough.

The Q43 ranked seventh on the Schleppie list. The Q30, operating between Jamaica and Little Neck, tied for 12th place with

A rider waits in the rain for an eastbound Q43 bus on Wednesday morning. The Straphangers Campaign released a report that tabbed the Q43 as the least reliable bus route in Queens, and PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON the seventh worst in the city.

Brooklyn’s B35 at 15.8 percent. The Q56, at 15 percent, finished 15th.

“Riding a bus can feel like being in a funeral procession, where you are await-

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ing a slow caravan of crowded, crawling and bunched buses,” Gene Russianoff of the St raphangers Campaig n said in a statement issued by the organization. “It’s

maddening. Much more can be done to make them run faster.”

“Bus riders in NYC are used to the stressful and frustrating experience of waiting for a bus that doesn’t arrive when it’s supposed to, only to show up bunched with two or three other buses,” said Tabitha Decker of TransitCenter in an accompanying statement. “Bus lanes, priority at traffic signals and better dispatching are needed to take these buses from schleppie to peppy.”

An NYC Transit spokesman said the agency’s new president is all too aware of what is needed.

“Improving bus service is the focus of the first major reform plan Transit President Andy Byford announced since starting the job this year,” according to a statement emailed by the agency. “His comprehensive Bus Plan prioritizes completely redesigning the entire bus network in collaboration with NYCDOT and the NYPD, who are critical partners we need to unclog traffic and allow us to deliver the world-class service that New Yorkers deserve and that our fleet and personnel are capable of delivering. The Bus Plan is well under way — a completely new Staten Island Express Bus network launches on August 19, and we’ve already begun work ing with the N Y PD to improve Q enforcement.”

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Ozone Park residents file suit against city 700 people protest the DHS’s plan for a shelter for mentally ill men

by Anna Sackel Associate Editor

Last Thursday, at a meeting with more than 700 residents and a number of representatives from the Department of Homeless Services and Lantern Community Services, longtime Ozone Park resident Sam Esposito announced that he had hired a lawyer and would be filing a suit against the City of New York.

At issue is the homeless shelter the city plans for the neighborhood, which Lantern would oversee.

“This is not about hate ... this is not about prejudice ... it is about safety and concern for families and children,” he said.

Esposito organized the town hall meeting to address the proposed shelter, which would house 113 single adult men with mental illnesses at 85-15 101 Ave. Before Esposito made his big announcement, elected officials and residents were able to speak to the DHS and Lantern, and ask any questions they had.

“Who looked at this location and thought it was a good place for mentally sick men?” asked one resident.

“What sort of security do you have?

Because rent-a-cops are not going to cut it,” said another resident.

Many of the questions were addressed to

Sam Esposito, a longtime resident of Ozone Park, spoke to a crowd of more than 700 at a town hall meeting he organized with elected officials and representatives from the Department of PHOTO BY ANNA SACKEL Homeless Services and Lantern.

Lantern, however Jackie Bray, DHS first deputy commissioner, answered all questions. She did not answer that one in detail, however, only confirming the building would indeed have security. The DHS oftentimes did not answer residents’ questions directly.

“We place these shelters in areas where they can acclimate and feel part of a community,” said Bray. “We are opening shelters for families and children, but this shelter is not appropriate for families with children.”

The purpose of the meeting, held at Nativity BVM Church, was for residents to get

answers. Halfway through the meeting, realizing progress would likely not be made, Esp osit o t o ok t he m ic t o m a ke h is announcement.

“I have a lawyer here to represent the people of Ozone Park and he will be filing a lawsuit against the city tomorrow morning,” said Esposito, which was followed by a standing ovation and cheers of support and approval from the crowd.

The DHS was caught off-guard by the announcement and, according to a Facebook post made by Esposito, was very angry.

“Yes, DHS was pissed at me and did not see the lawsuit coming,” he said. “[A DHS representative] even whispered in my ear, why did we even bother to come if you knew you were going to file a lawsuit and stop us anyway.”

Chris Murray is the lawyer Esposito hired to represent the people of Ozone Park. Murray had previously won a similar case for the people of Glendale, when the DHS made plans to put a homeless shelter there.

According to Esposito he personally paid for the lawyer, which cost $10,000 up front.

Over the course of the lawsuit it is expected to cost $100,000.

“Yes, we have hired an attorney ... who I have given $10,000, as a retainer, to file the continued on page 15

Jeffries considers a run for leadership A spot is open for the House Dem. Caucus chair once Crowley is out

by Anna Sackel

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The defeat of longtime Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) by newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had left an important spot open in Congress.

Come January, Crowley will no longer be a member of Congress, therefore his position as the House Democratic Caucus chairman will be open, and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-Queens, Brooklyn) is eyeing the position.

“He has not made a decision yet, but he is considering it,” said Michael Hardaway, Jeffries’ senior advisor.

According to a New York Times article, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House minority leader, at a party event, introduced Jeffries to the crowd after talking about the urgency of defining the Democratic party.

Democratic Caucus chair within the party in the House is the fourth-highest ranking position person. Two congresswomen from California, Barbara Lee and Linda Sanchez, have already officially announced they will run for the position.

One Queens congressman, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau), said he would support Jeffries, who is currently the cochairman of the House Democratic Policy & Communications Committee, should he choose to make a bid for the position.

Others made supportive comments but did not explicitly back him for the job, “Congressman Jeffries would make an excellent addition to the House leadership team. He is a rising star with a bold vision, and he would be a great generational bridge for Democrats,” said Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing). “Having Hakeem in leadership would also be beneficial for New York, and it would help ensure that the interests and needs of our city and state are being heard.”

Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens) agrees with Meng.

“In Congress, Hakeem has been a strong voice for New York and, with our districts next door, we’ve worked together on a range of issues. He’s also brought energy to the Democratic Caucus as we’ve taken the fight to Donald Trump and

Republicans in Congress,” said Velazquez.

“Whatever he does next, he’s got a great future in our party and I look forward to seeing what happens going forward.”

Brian Browne, assistant vice president for government relations and political science at St. John’s University, says he believes Jeffries is in a good position to take over Crowley’s spot.

“He’s in a good position to run because he already has a leadership position,” said Browne. “His stock is rising in Congress and it’s continuing to rise.”

Should Jeffries become the next House Democratic Caucus chairman, it would benefit New York, he added.

“Whatever is good for him is good for his district,” said Browne. “It would help him bring his ideas and agenda items forward. It would only help him serve his constituents more.”

The congressional election is on Nov. 6 and no one has filed with the federal government to run against Jeffries. House Democrats will vote on the position on or Q after Dec. 5.

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries says he is considering a run for the fourth-highest leadership position in Congress, House Democratic Caucus chair. General elections are on Nov. 6 and Congress will vote on the position FILE PHOTO on or after Dec. 5.

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PA targets fake taxi drivers

Grandson of More info and enforcement while seeking tougher laws Gotti arrested

by Michael Gannon Editor

Faced with a steep increase in the number of illegal drivers hustling for riders at its three regional airports, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been responding with stepped-up surveillance and enforcement.

S p e a k i n g T h u r s d ay a f t e r n o o n a t LaGuardia Airport’s Marine Air Terminal, Deputy Inspector Charles O’Connor of the Port Authority Police Department said the PA is working continuously with the NYPD, the Taxi & Limousine Commission and other agencies as a matter of rider safety and consumer protection.

“They’re approaching people in baggage claim areas, asking them if they need a ride,” said O’Connor, the commanding officer at LaGuardia. “We don’t know if they’re licensed or have insurance. We’ve been putting up more signs and making more announcements telling people how to get to our taxi stands and our car-for-hire areas.”

They also have increased the use of undercover and plainclothes officers.

O’Connor said the PA has identified 19 phony taxi drivers who have been identified as responsible for a combined 236 such incidents at LaGuardia. John F. Kennedy International and Newark, also operated by the PA, have identified 25 serious repeat

Incoming passengers at LaGuardia Airport head straight to the taxi stand outside the Marine Air PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Terminal, just as the Port Authority wants them to do. offenders. The inspector said it can be lucrative, especially when drivers come across people unfamiliar with the city and the fare system.

“A ride to Manhattan is $50 or $60, but if you don’t know, a driver can charge many times that,” O’Connor said. LaGuardia, which handles only domestic flights with the exception of Canada, does not have as

many of the problems that JFK can have with visitors who do not speak English.

The PA is working with legislative leaders to increase fines and to allow the seizure of vehicles.

‘The fines are $750 to $1,500,” O’Connor said. “It’s a cost of doing businesses. But if we could seize a Lincoln Town Car ... we Q can hit them in their wallets.”

Carmine Gotti Agnello Jr., 32, a grandson of notorious mobster John Gotti, was arrested on June 18 for allegedly running an illegal scrapyard.

Agnello’s business, LSM Auto Parts and Recycling, on Liberty Avenue between Tuckerton and 157th streets in Richmond Hill, is not a registered repair shop, nor does it have a license to crush cars, media reports said, citing court documents.

LSM Auto Parts and Recycling has not had the proper license to recycle and crush cars since December of 2016 but, according to records, crushed 400 cars between February and April this past year.

According to the DMV, Agnello applied for a new license on June 4 but withdrew the application a few weeks later.

The charge is not related to any other investigation, the Daily News said.

Last year, he pleaded guilty to gun possession in a separate case and agreed to pay a $180,000 fine, but avoided jail time.

Agnello’s father, Carmine Agnello, was arrested and served time in 2015 for running a stolen car scrap metal scam.

Agnello Jr. is set to appear in court on Q Sept. 25.

New info released in Pisani federal case

by Anna Sackel

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NYFAC thanks firefighters Members of New York Families for Autistic Children held an appreciation barbecue for firefighters from the FDNY on Friday, July 20 at the NYFAC headquarters in Howard Beach.

Children from the NYFAC Day Habilitation Without Walls program hosted the event.

They made signs to welcome the firefighters and decorated the area with red and white balloons.

The NYFAC members then prepared and served the food to the firemen.

After the meal, Lt. Bob Pultrack from the Fire Safety and Education Program gave a fire safety lesson to everyone.

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New information has been released regarding the Robert Pisani federal trial.

Pisani, a Bonanno crime family associate, previously pleaded g uilt y to loansharking.

On June 27 he was separately found guilty of sexual harassment. Due to that guilty verdict, the federal government submitted a recommendation to the judge in his loansharking case, suggesting the court impose a sentence of 30 months’ imprisonment.

In a letter to Judge Dora Irizarry, the U.S Attorney’s Office stated the reasoning for the recommendation is “his recent conviction for a crime he committed while on pretrial release that increases his criminal history score.”

The previous recommended time of imprisonment was 21 months.

According to the letter, two new facts came to light, that Pisani had harassed one of his female employees at his deli, All American Bagel and Barista, and that he was involved in a conspiracy to attempt to tamper with the victim.

In regard to the conspiracy, the letter states that “with the intent to obstruct the prosecution and sentencing in the Federal Case, the defendant knowingly participated in a plan in which one of his associates, Patricia Adams, approached the Victim’s father and ... harassed him in an attempt to dissuade the Victim from cooperating with law enforcement.”

Adams, publisher of The For um, recently pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony in connection to the acts previously stated.

In the letter, text messages that were seized by the federal government from Adams’ phone were listed as proof that Pisani was involved in the attempted witness tampering.

Adams had reached out to other local newspapers to try and have them hold the story and not use Pisani’s name or his store. The letter also said that calls were made from Adams’ phone to a number associated with Pisani.

Pisani will be sentenced on Aug. 7 in the federal loansharking case and Aug. Q 14 in the sexual assault case.

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Not in lieu of the Queens Chronicle, of course, but in addition to it. We’re not too concerned you’d drop us for the News, as we each offer such different content, but we hope you read not only this, “Your Community Newspaper,” but also “New York’s Hometown Newspaper.”

There’s room for both in your life. And you could use both: While you’re not going to get the Mets’ box score in the Chronicle, you’re not going to get a 900-word report on last week’s meeting about the homeless shelter planned for Ozone Park in the News. You do get that in several editions of this week’s Chronicle, and of course at qchron.com.

But you get exponentially more than the box scores in the News. In-depth exclusives on City Hall’s failings such as its neglect of public housing maintenance. Great crime reporting using inside police sources. Jailhouse interviews of the people on the other side of the law-and-order divide. Compelling features on those who make New York work, like the paper’s Hometown Heroes award nominees. Insightful columns by the likes of Errol Louis and Harry Siegel. A letters to the editor section like no other. Fun puzzles and funny comics. Some national and international news too, though

the News is far more locally focused than the city’s other dailies. All that for just $1 a day, a little more on Sunday.

At least you’ve been getting all that. Now, who knows?

The paper’s owner, a faraway corporation with the singularly unappealing name of Tronc, just slashed the newsroom in half, dismissing 45 journalists and about an equal number of other staffers. Its top editor? Gone. Its staff photographers?

Gone. Its sports division? Cut from 34 reporters to nine.

No wonder the paper was only 40 pages Wednesday — similar to one of our eight editions, and fewer than today’s South Queens edition if you count our Senior Living Guide.

Maybe the cuts are also why the paper suddenly enlarged its typeface just a few weeks ago; it’s probably going to have to fill what pages remain with less information than ever.

Naturally Tronc, whose dopey name is short for Tribune Online Content, made the cuts in about as classless a way as possible, holding a morning meeting that lasted less than a minute and then telling the reporters to go read their emails, so they could see whether they still have jobs. A similar thing was done to the reporters of online-only DNAInfo and Gothamist last November, when their owner just shut down their websites and sent an email saying it was all over.

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Drive on the BQE toward the GCP and you will see all the lane markers are missing.

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gun aspect of gun violence needs to stop.

All I could think about in the wake of each slaying was how my community would react if it were me or my friends who didn’t come home from school on a random Wednesday afternoon; and even though it wasn’t us who were buried by our parents, it’s time we did something about it.

We started in my school with a 17-minute vigil after Parkland. There was an energy about it — the fervor of teens scared, angry or both.

The conversation at our next several board of education meetings centered on what was being done as a school district to better protect the security and safety of our students.

Now it’s time to take it one step further. Get your neighbors, friends and family to come together to end the epidemic of gun violence.

Over the course of this year, people of every background have expressed their support of common sense gun legislation; now it’s time for our representatives to listen.

I and throngs of other students across Long Island have organized around this issue and are

determined to fight for our lives. We have, and will continue to demonstrate that we are a powerful force. Today, Students Against Gun Violence Long Island has drawn the ear and eye of politicians, papers and people alike. Our regular meetings have been working toward something big, something tangible my community can rally behind. The student-organized Rally to End Gun Violence will be held on Sunday, July 29 at Breezy Park, 19 W. Rogues Path, in Huntington, LI. It is your opportunity to take a stand.

Daniel Deslippe Elmont, LI The writer is a freshman at the University at Buffalo.

Salty, sloppy sanitmen Dear Editor: I am 87 years of age. I own a house in the Howard Beach area. I am writing this letter on behalf of myself and my neighbors. The problem is with the sanitation people.

Every Tuesday and Friday, I place my gar-

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bage cans by the curb for trash collection. The sanitation people usually empty only half of the can and throw it in the gutter or at a distance from my house. When I mentioned this to them they became very red and started swearing at me. They told me this is the way they operate. I tried calling the 311 number and made no headway.

I don’t know what to do at this point. Perhaps if this letter is printed, more people will take notice. I read the Queens Chronicle regularly. Thank you in advance for your help.

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Lastly, Mr. Reif, yes, there are problems in the VA, just as there are in the private sector, and those deficiencies should be worked out.

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Don’t cut foreign aid Dear Editor: Living in a place like Queens we experience such great diversity whether cultural, ethnic, sexual, wealth and much more, and have been able to peacefully coexist … for the most part.

Under this current administration, there are many uncertainties looming over the minds of many no matter how hard they attempt to ignore it. In Queens we have had the privilege to not feel many of the restraints this administration has put on us, but that does not mean that they do not exist.

This administration wants to increase military spending while slashing budgets to crucial components of our lives such as education, health and foreign aid. Our military budget is the largest in the world, with us spending $663 billion. Slashing things like foreign aid will only make our foreign relations worse and will allow the current instability to prosper without our help.

Many individuals think what we give to foreign aid is 25 percent of our budget and does very little, but those are myths. The truth is the United States only spends less than 1 percent of its budget on foreign aid, and when we do we create stability and a consumer market that will increase our job and economic growth at home.

With such uncertainty looming over America and the international community due to the current administration, nonprofits like The Borgen Project are doing everything they can to make our representatives act for those who have suffered and whose rights need to be protected (borgenproject.org/trisha-samaroo).

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Dear Editor: My letter printed in the July 12 edition of the Queens Chronicle provided my thoughts and reservations of the newly signed Mission Act and VA privatization (“Don’t privatize the VA”).

In the next week’s edition of this paper a letter appeared from Mr. Richard Reif with a different point of view and some misleading statements (“Limit VA medical coverage”).

First I want to answer his question, which quite frankly I don’t know why he asked. He asked if my hearing loss was from military service. He asked the question after I stated I was with an artillery unit.

Did he want me to mention that for months in one fire support base a 105 mm howitzer was regularly firing rounds from on top of my bunker? Should I mention I was once whisked into a (bubble top) helicopter to go to replace an injured medic and I had no protective device to block out the noise?

I am glad Mr. Reif pays for his own healthcare. So do I. When I go to the VA they bill my insurance and charge me the appropriate copay. Mr. Reif’s statement that veterans use the VA to avoid copays and co-insurance is misleading. If a veteran is poor he may avoid a copay but so would a poor civilian who is on Medicaid.

Why should the VA be for all veterans? I will give you my personal story. I was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease by my pri-

Las Vegas, NY? Dear Editor: Let us put Governors Island to use year round. Now that gambling and recreational marijuana are becoming legal, this would be an ideal place for users to come. It could be an ideal place for men to satisfy their fantasies.

Planned Parenthood and Compassion and Choices could establish their medical facilities there. By doing this, Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio would establish themselves truly as a force for progressivism.

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Dear Editor: Long Island Rail Road President Phillip Eng recently held two public information meetings for his customers. They included one in Garden City for Nassau County and a second in Ronkonkoma for Suffolk County riders. Why not do the same for both Queens and two more in Manhattan and Brooklyn for reverse commuters in their respective home counties as well? After all, LIRR service from Nassau and Suffolk County doesn’t begin at the City Line. There are thousands of Queens and even more reverse NYC rush hour commuters traveling east in the AM rush hour returning west in the PM rush hour whose voices also deserve to be heard.

Larry Penner Great Neck, LI The writer is a transportation historian and advocate who worked 31 years for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

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Sikhism will now be taught in schools DOE and United Sikhs announce creation of two new lesson plans

by Anna Sackel Associate Editor

For the first time ever the Department of Education is adding the education of Sikhism to the required curriculum for fifth and sixth grade classes.

The two new lesson plans are entitled “Creating Political Cartoons: Civil Rights in the USA” for fifth grade, and “The Teachings of Sikhism” for sixth grade.

The United Sikhs organization partnered with the DOE to create and launch the new lessons. The announcement was made on July 20 at PS 161 in Jamaica.

“Sikh children are bullied in schools at twice the national rate in our country. 90 percent of Sikhs report being bullied at some point, and I’m one of them,” said Pritpal Singh, the senior policy advisor for United Sikhs. “Sikhs are 100 times more likely to be assaulted than the average American.”

Pritpal Singh and other members of United Sikhs say that is due largely to a lack of education about Sikhism.

“With the new lesson plans, we hope to improve overall awareness about the Sikh community at a critical time in childhood development,” said Dr. Gurparkash Singh, United Sikhs national director of community empowerment, education and develop-

Pritpal Singh, left, senior policy advisor for United Sikhs, announces new Sikh lesson plans for 5th and 6th grade alongside Assemblyman David Weprin, Queens Borough President Melinda PHOTO BY ANNA SACKEL Katz, right, and members of the Sikh community. ment. “We are proud to partner in this effort in New York, the most diverse city in the world.”

The new lessons will be implemented this coming school year in 70 percent of New York City public schools, and eventually roll out into all public schools.

“We will ensure that New York City kids are equipped with the knowledge of Sikh-

ism, because we are committed to the idea that increasing knowledge ... on the religions of this city, shape the understanding between all communities,” said Marco Carrion, the mayor’s commissioner of community affairs. “I am happy that my office ... could help produce these lesson plans.”

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh

Meadows) attended the press conference to show their support for the announcement.

“I am no stranger to the Sikh community, I am so proud to represent the largest Sikh community in any Assembly district in the state,” said Weprin. “This type of educational program ... will prevent future incidents of hate, because people will know what a Sikh is.”

Some hate crimes against Sikhs have been attributed to people mistaking them for Muslims, Katz also strongly supported the creation of the new lesson plans.

“Our diversity is what makes us as strong as we are here in Queens,” said Katz. “With our diversity we bring our culture, our religions, our languages, our dress, everything; but at times, as you know, ignorance takes hold but education is the key.”

United Sikhs, which was founded in Richmond Hill, is an international nonprofit organization that is affiliated with the UN. While the new school program is starting in NYC, Pritpal Singh says that United Sikhs plans to bring it nationwide.

“Recognizing the human race as one, United Sikhs strives to fulfill our mission to uplift all minority communities,” said Pritpal Singh. “This is the beginning, and we’re Q going to do a lot more.”

Butterflies gives kids in need wigs for free

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NYFAC member wins derby This past Saturday, July 21, American Softball, a league for people with developmental disabilities, held its annual All Star game and Home Run Derby.

Broad Channel resident Johnny Bradford took home first place in the derby, hitting a total of five home runs.

Bradford is in the afterschool program at New York Families for Autistic Children.

Founder of American Softball Randy Novick, left, and general manager Angelo DiGangi, right, presented Bradford with a trophy, alongside Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway).

Donating hair is one of the easiest ways to give back to those in need and can end up having a huge impact on a person’s life.

At Butterflies By Blaq Incorporated, they not only make free wigs for boys and girls of all ethnicities, but they also make h e a d b a n d s , h a i r cl i p s a n d o t h e r accessories.

Butterflies BBI was founded in 2012 by EJ Blackman and Kaiya Blackman.

EJ Blackman used to volunteer at the American Cancer Society as a wig stylist and said that doing that job was always the highlight of her day, and she wanted to do it more.

“I said maybe I can do this for kids and do it for all kids and all ethnicities,” said EJ Blackman. “Ethnic kids are sometimes left out and then they’re stuck with a wig that doesn’t match them and you stick out.”

Butterflies gives wigs out to children under 18 who suffer from cancer, alopecia and other hair loss diseases.

While most of their clientele comes from Queens and the surrounding area; some requests come in from all over, from

Butterflies BBI receives hundreds of hair COURTESY PHOTO donations a year.

Chicago to as far as Honolulu.

“We do this all for free but not all of our providers are freem, so we are struggling financially,” said EJ Blackman. “We rely on hair donations mostly and we’re trying to get donations up so we can function on a la rger scale so we ca n expa nd nationally.”

Next month two girls from Richmond Hill will be donating their hair.

“We give the kids a certificate when they donate,” said EJ Blackman. “We make them feel good because they’re just Q as much a part of us.”

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Queens Hospital upping its game Emergency room to double its patient capacity

by Michael Gannon Editor

Any emergency room can respond to a car accident, fire or shooting.

But with the closing of five hospitals in Queens in the last decade, city officials, and those at NYC Health + Hospitals Queens in Jamaica saw their challenge as somewhat larger.

On Tuesday, hospital leaders and elected officials were on hand as the hospital introduced the first stage of a complete overhaul, modernization and expansion of the hospital’s emergency room facility.

When completed in the coming months, the emergency room will have expanded from 10,000 square feet to 16,500, and will allow the number of patients who can be seen in a year to increase from its current 50,000 to 97,000.

“The growing demand for our emergency department services has outstripped the present space,” Chris Roker, the hospital’s chief executive officer, said.

The $5.8 million expansion project was funded $2 million from the office of Borough President Melinda Katz, more than $1.4 million from the City Council and $2.4 million from the city’s capital budget.

Dr. Mitchell Katz, president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, was unable to attend, but he offered his views on the project in a statement issued by the hospital.

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Dr. Dave Holson, director of the Emergency Department at NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens, discusses the massive expansion planned for the hospital’s emergency room and its available serPHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON vices for the community.

“While as a health system we aim to reduce the need for emergency room care by keeping people healthy and managing their chronic conditions through regular visits to a primary care clinician, people will always need emergency care,” he said. “This expansion will help us better serve those who entrust us with their care when they are at some of life’s most difficult moments, and we

are privileged to help them at such times.”

Dr. Dave Holson, director of emergency medicine, told the Chronicle that it is all about better patient care.

“If you are in need of acute emergency care, we want to be your hospital of choice,” Holson said.

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Hevesi backs Nixon, rips ‘liar’ guv Cuomo’s challenger gets her first state pol endorsement

by Christopher Barca

“Gov. Cuomo ... constantly lies to the people of New York,” Assemblyman Andrew Heve- he said. “He claims to be fiscally si (D-Forest Hills) is endorsing responsible while saddling our Cynthia Nixon in her bid for children and grandchildren with governor, becoming the first billions in debt. He consistently state lawmaker to back Gov. pushes policies that hurt vulnerCuomo’s Democratic primary able New Yorkers, the homeless, human trafficking victims, peochallenger. ple on public assistance.”

In a statement issued Hevesi has been critilast Thursday, Hevesi cal of Cuomo in recent said New York needs years. At May’s meetto elect “real Demoing of the Kew Garcrats who defend our dens Civic Associavalues, even when it’s tion, for example, the tough, and who can assemblyman ripped inspire and challenge him for not supporting our state to do better.”

2018 Home Stability Support — “She’s someone we can a $450 million homelessness trust and work with, she’s been a tireless advocate for better prevention initiative created by schools, and she cares about the Hevesi, which he has been toutpeople of New York State,” the ing for more than two years.

“Philosophically, Gov. Cuomo assemblyman said. “Cynthia is the right choice, and I urge vot- doesn’t believe people who are ers to support her in September.” in poverty should stay in their Hevesi also blasted Cuomo, homes,” he said.

The two have personal histocalling the two-term governor a “ser ial liar” who does not ry, as well.

As state attorney general, deserve re-election, especially in the era of President Trump, Cuomo investigated Hevesi’s late father, former state Comptroller whom he gave the same label.

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Suozzi votes for pro-ICE resolution

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi is the first state lawmaker to endorse Cynthia Nixon, Gov. Cuomo’s Democratic primary challenger. FILE PHOTOS Alan Hevesi, for corruption.

The elder Hevesi eventually pleaded guilty in 2011 to a single corruption charge and served 20 months in prison.

In accepting the endorsement, Nixon said Andrew Hevesi is a “champion” of low-income New Yorkers.

Polling shows Nixon is a longshot at best. According to a Quinnipiac University survey of 415 registered Democrats released last week, Cuomo leads the activ-

ist and former “Sex and the City” star 59 percent to 23 percent.

That hasn’t stopped some city lawmakers from backing Nixon, however. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sun nyside) endorsed her in late June, while Councilman Antonio Reynoso (D-Brooklyn, Ridgewood) threw his support behind her earlier this month.

The Governor’s Office did not respond to a request for comQ ment by press time.

Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Suffolk, Nassau, Queens) joined just 17 other House Democrats last Wednesday to vote for a Republican-crafted resolution in support of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency much maligned by many liberals.

Most in his party voted “present” or against the measure, which many called a political ploy meant to make Democrats look weak on immigration. The resolution passed with 244 votes in favor and 35 against.

Suozzi’s vote came as an increasing number of Democrats, like congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and U.S. Sen. K irsten Gillibrand (D-NY), have called for the agency to be abolished.

The congressman himself has been critical of the Trump administration’s immigration policies, especially family separation.

Last month, the congressman visited an ICE facility at the southern border in Texas with a bipartisan delegation of his colleagues. He also visited a facility on Long Island taking care of undocumented immigrant children whom the government separated from their families.

In a prepared statement to the Chronicle, Suozzi took a shot at his GOP colleagues. “Putting support of ICE on the f loor of the House was a Republican leadership stunt,” he said. “Why not put support of the intelligence agencies after being denigrated by the president on the floor for a similar vote?”

He said calls to abolish ICE are “political games” like similar ones by Republicans to get rid of the Internal Revenue Service. But he put his support for the immigration agency in perspective, highlighting how it “helps protect our borders, fights human trafficking and drug dealing. I strongly disagree with this administration’s separation of fa m i l ie s a nd ot he r i m m ig r at ion policies.”

He gave similar remarks when discussing his vote on “Fox & Friends” last Friday.

“We need to work together to secure our borders, give a path to citizenship to the Dreamers, and figure out a way to legally deal with the millions of undocumented immigrants that have been living here underground, some for decades,” the cong ressman said.

“These folks are terrified. Let’s get them paying taxes and living productive lives out in the open. Enough with Q the political games.”

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Judge orders pizza delivery man freed Pablo Villavicencio Calderon had been in ICE custody since June 1

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Pablo Villavicencio Calderon is free, at least for now.

On Tuesday night, Federal Judge Paul Crotty ordered the College Point pizza deliveryman be immediately released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody — 53 days after he was arrested while dropping off food at the Fort Hamilton U.S. Army base in Brooklyn.

In a hearing held earlier Tuesday, Crotty — who was nominated to be a federal judge in 2005 by President George W. Bush — blasted the federal government’s efforts to deport the undocumented immigrant.

“The powerful are doing what they want, and the poor are suffering what they must,” Crotty said to the government’s lawyers. “Is he a threat to the country? A flight risk?

What is the danger to the community for a man who has committed no crime? I mean, is there any concept of justice here or are we just doing this because we want to?”

According to The New York Times, the government’s attorneys were taken aback by the question, responding that the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, had already made its decision.

“Although he stayed in the United States unlawfully and is currently subject to a final

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that College Point pizza deliveryman Pablo Villavicencio Calderon FILE PHOTO be immediately freed from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement custody. order of removal, he has otherwise been a model citizen,” Judge Crotty said in his written opinion. “He has no criminal history. He has paid his taxes. And he has worked diligently to provide for his family.”

An unauthorized Ecuadorian immigrant who came to the United States in 2008, Villavicencio, 35, has worked at Nonna Delia for the last nine months.

On June 1, he made the hour-long trek to Fort Hamilton to deliver food. After arriving and presenting his city-issued IDNYC card, a guard questioned him. Villavicencio, who does not have a driver’s license, could not produce one when asked.

He was held and later detained by ICE officials after a background check revealed an active deportation warrant issued eight years

ago. A judge granted Villavicencio voluntary departure in 2010, but when he failed to leave, a final order of deportation was issued.

His arrest infuriated immigration activists and elected officials across Queens and the nation. They pointed out Villavicencio is not only married to a U.S citizen and has two young daughters — both of whom are also American citizens — but he filed an application for a green card in February.

Last month, a different federal judge granted him a stay of deportation as he pursues permanent residency. Upon being freed Tuesday night from the ICE detention facility in New Jersey where he had been held since his arrest, Villavicencio emotionally embraced his family and thanked his supporters.

“Thank you. Thank you for everything,” he said with tears in his eyes. He then kissed his daughters and told them, “I love you.”

The Legal Aid Society, which is representing the Hempstead, LI resident, applauded Crotty’s decision in a Tuesday statement.

“The rule of law, humanity and morality prevailed tonight with the Court’s order releasing Pablo back to his family and community,” said Adriene Holder, attorney-incharge of the group’s civil practice. “This decision should serve as a rebuke against the Trump Administration and its merciless cruQ sade to tear families apart.”

Judge rejects suit vs. abortion protesters Attorney general charged threats, intimidation outside Jamaica clinic

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A federal judge last Friday rejected a lawsuit filed by the Office of the New York State Attorney General that sought an injunction against members of a Brooklyn church who regularly protest outside of a Jamaica women’s clinic that provides abortions.

In a 103-page decision, U.S. District Judge Carol Bagley Amon ruled that the state did not present sufficient proof to secure a preliminary injunction against members of the Church of the Rock, including its senior pastor, the Rev. Kenneth Griepp.

The case was brought in June 2017 by then-Attorney General Eric Schneiderman under the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances, or FACE, Act. He claimed in the suit and in a press conference outside the Choices Women’s Medical Center last year that the tactics used by the protesters were illegal and not protected by free speech.

The suit claimed that women and volunteer escorts had been subjected to constant harassment, unwanted physical contact, threats and other forms of intimidation.

The clinic was opened in 1971 by Merle Hoffman, who still runs the clinic today. The protests in question began in 2012.

Amon wrote that of all the evidence submitted by the Office of the Attorney General, or OAG in her decision, she gave most weight to video and photographic evidence.

Amon found what she termed to be “problematic” credibility issues with much of the evidence and several OAG witnesses in their tendency “to exaggerate the impropriety of the defendants’ conduct and to omit mitigating circumstances.”

Amon wrote that despite the availability of hundreds of hours of video evidence, “the OAG has not cited a single video

that corroborates the witness testimony claiming near-weekly violations. Instead, the video evidence contradicts [patient] escorts’ accounts of protester conduct on specific occasions.”

Amon did not suggest that the state’s witnesses intentionally lied.

“Nonetheless, much of their testimony is unreliable,” she said.

Amy Spitalnick, communications director and senior policy advisor for Attorney General Barbara Underwood, who replaced Schneiderman, said in an email to the Chronicle that the state is not backing down.

“This office won’t hesitate to take on the tough fights necessary to protect women’s fundamental rights — and that includes access to reproductive health care without harassment or threats,” she wrote.

“The evidence detailed a clear pattern of harassment, and we’re reviewing our options,” Spitalnick added.

Attorney Martin Cannon represented 10 of the defendants.

He serves as special counsel to the Thomas More Society, a nonprofit law firm based in Chicago.

“The FACE Act specifically exempts constitutionally protected advocacy from its prohibitions,” Cannon said in a statement issued by the society. “U.S. District Judge Carol Bagley Amon obviously agreed. After a three-week trial on the preliminary injunction, she issued a 103-page opinion, systematically rejecting the credibility of the state’s witnesses, the merits of the state’s arguments, and the request for the injunction itself.”

But Spitalnick also pointed out that Amon specifically did not grant the defendants or anyone else carte blanche around the clinic.

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Public Advocate Letitia James at a June 2017 press conference outside the Choices Women’s Medical Center.

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Most of the 140 speed cameras that have monitored traffic near numerous New York City schools for four years and issued tickets to violators faded to black at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday as Republican leaders in the state Senate declined last-minute requests to reconvene for a vote to reauthorize and expand the program.

State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst), who sponsored the reauthorization bill, said 120 of the cameras were affected at a Wednesday morning press conference.

“This program saved countless lives, and because of the lack of action from the Senate

Republican Majority to vote on my bill, school zone speed cameras will be turned off today,” Peralta said in a statement from his office.

“This is senseless, illogical. This program has been tremendously successful.”

“Imagine if lawmakers tried to undo seat belt laws or drunk driving laws. It seems unthinkable, but it’s no different from what Senate Republicans are doing with New York City’s speed safety camera program,” said Paul Steely White of Transportation Alternatives.”

Senate leadership blames Mayor de Blasio for not reaching out to negotiate earlier in the process. Amy Cohen, a founding member of Families for Safe Streets, blmes the GOP.

“This could have been routine, because after all, protecting kids isn’t controversial,” Cohen said. “We are going to do whatever it takes to make sure these life-saving cameras are turned on before school starts in September, and we are going to make sure the lawmakers who decided to play politics with children’s lives are held accountable.”

State Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) was more direct in a statement issued by his office.

“As these cameras go dark, families will wonder if their children will be the next victims of reckless drivers,” he said. “This failed leadership shows why a Democratic majority is more Q necessary than ever.”

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continued from page 4 initial lawsuit to stop the process while it winds its way in the court process for years and years to come,” said Esposito in the Facebook post. “It is going to cost upwards of $100,000 dollars, that is what Glendale paid out to keep their shelter from ever opening, AND IT WORKED.” Esposito has asked the community to donate to a GoFundMe page to help cover the cost.

The page, gof u nd me.com /stopozone-park-homeless-shelter, has raised $11, 915 a s of l a t e We d n e s d ay afternoon.

A number of elected officials were also at the meeting, and many had the same issue with the DHS, lack of communication.

“We have said if you would have come to us and asked for help ... we would have been more than happy to help,” said Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). “But what you’ve done instead is say that you want to warehouse and ram down our throats 113 mentally ill single male adults.”

Assembly man Mike Miller (D-Ozone Park) feels the same.

“My issue is that there’s no transparency,” said Miller. “The system is backwards ... you find a site and then you come to the community for input.

It should be done differently; have the input first, then look for a site.”

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway) was also in attendance, and though the site for the proposed shelter is technically not in her district, she still had something to say.

“I’m sitting here listening to the arrogance as if we don’t have a sensitivity towards homelessness,” said Pheffer Amato. “But 115 men with mental illness is not OK.” A big issue the electeds had was not with the DHS directly, however, but with Mayor de Blasio.

“The bottom line is, we shouldn’t have to be here,” said state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Ozone Park). “The only reason we are here is because of the ineptness and the unacceptable way this mayor has treated our homeless.”

Ulrich was angry with the mayor as well.

“You guys up on that stage, I don’t believe in shooting the messenger, you’re just doing what the mayor is telling you,” said Ulrich. “So you take this back to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Those individuals, they deserve compassion, t hey deser ve help, t hey deserve shelter, but they don’t deserve it ... in the heart of a residential community. We demand better. We want better. We are better.”

Esposito also announced that residents will be holding a protest in front of the house of the man who bought the building, a former Lutheran Church, the Q DHS plans to use sometime soon.

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Rego development worries Koslowitz Plan to build 23 stories on Queens Blvd. could hurt the nabe, pol says

by Christopher Barca

98-02 Partners LLC, announced plans to build a seven-story, 59-unit mixed-use The future of 98-04 Queens Blvd. in structure there.

But according to Department of Finance Rego Park has been uncertain for months, documents, 98-02 Partners LLC flipped the ever since the property was sold in January.

But a proposal for the site is taking shape property on Jan. 22 to RB Realty Capital for this week, as developer RB Realty Capital $12 million.

Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forfiled preliminary plans with the Department of Buildings Tuesday to build a 23-story mixed- est Hills) told the Chronicle on Tuesday that representatives from RB Realty Capital use structure that would stand 265 feet tall.

According to city records, the property reached out to her “a couple of months ago” t o s ay t hey wer e would contain 116 interested in rezonresidential u nits ing the Queens Bouspread across the top leva rd lot f rom a 18 floors, a 411-spot am not very happy with R7-1 district to an R9 parking facility, 73 this. I’m trying to look designation — the bicycle spaces, allows for a 30,000 square feet of into it and I want to have latter f loor-area ratio that c om mu n it y s p a c e is double the former. and 25,000 square a meeting with them.”

T he law ma ker feet of commercial — Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz said she told them availability. she would not supThe plan for the lot port such a move and is drastically different that no further conversations were had. from what was first proposed for the site.

Tuesday’s filing with the DOB, however, The original building was home to a handful of small, connected storefronts — was a surprise to her.

“I am not very happy with this. I’m trying including the Rego Park branch of the Masbia soup kitchen network — before it was to look into it and I want to have a meeting with them,” Koslowitz said of RB Realty demolished in February 2017.

Two years prior, the site’s then-owner, Capital. “I am very concerned about the Editor

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Developer RB Realty Capital filed plans with the city on Tuesday to build a 23-story, 116-unit mixed-use building at 98-04 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. The proposed structure, which has FILE PHOTO Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz concerned, would stand 265 feet tall. infrastructure of the community.”

According to DOB spokeswoman Abigail Kunitz, RB Realty Capital will need to apply for a rezoning if it continues with its application as is.

“The PW1 indicates the proposed build-

ing’s floor-area ratio is 4.79. The lot is zoned R7-2, which has a maximum floor-area ratio of 3.4,” Kunitz said, referring to the developer’s initial filing. “If the project proceeds as proposed in the PW1, it will require a continued on page 18

Richard Pruss, leader of nonprofit, dies The substance treatment trailblazer spent 50 years helping patients

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A room full of unfamiliar faces united by allied confessions of drug addiction surrounded Ron Savarese as he walked into what would be the commencement of his resurrection. It was a date he won’t soon forget, March 26, 1969, as the decade’s urban African-American heroin epidemic raged and veterans returned from Vietnam addicted to the drug.

Savarese found his way into the Astoria Consultation Center, settled into the newly-established safe haven and listened to an easygoing man in his mid-twenties peacefully guide his group toward recovery.

The man was Richard Pruss, a then 25-year-old worker. Little did Savarese and other patients know that he would soon grow the outpatient drug rehabilitation facility into one of the state’s largest nonprofit providers for communitybased treatment.

Pruss, a pioneer in specialized drug treatment nationwide, died on July 14 in Larchmont, NY. He was 75.

Richard Pruss was the president and CEO of Samaritan Village from 1974 to 2008. During his tenure, Pruss grew the facility into one of the largest nonprofit treatment centers in New York. He died on July 14 at the age of 75.

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“We can always over-glamorize people once they pass,” Savarese said. “In this case, you can’t over-glamorize. This guy was open and he was honest. He was

hardworking. He just attracted people.”

From working with homeless soldiers returning from Vietnam to founding the first nationally

recognized licensed residential treatment programs for veterans in Manhattan, Pruss worked to combat drug use in New York for over 50 years.

At 22, the late nonprofit leader began volunteer service assisting men and women at the Samaritan Halfway Society in Corona. Nine years later in 1974, he opened one of the country’s first therapeutic com mu n it ies wh i le of fer i ng methadone as one of its treatment options. That same year, Pruss became president and CEO of Samaritan Village.

“I came to Samaritan as a 19 year-old who had gotten involved with drugs,” Savarese said. “I found out about Samaritan, went and never left.”

For the past 49 years, Savarese has taken after his mentor. He now operates a private practice in psychotherapy in Great Neck, LI and is on Samaritan’s board of directors.

Twenty years after their first encounter, Savarese called Pruss to thank him. For the past 29 years, he’s done the same thing, phoning Pruss every March 26 to

remind him that another year of f r iend sh ip had passed. T h is year’s call was a little different.

They had star ted plan ning their 50-year anniversary.

“He was my role model,” Savarese said of Pruss. “He was someone who I had great trust and respect in.”

After the Vietnam War ended, Pruss worked with homeless veterans addicted to alcohol and heroin. He and Samaritan staff members developed treatment for veterans in which drug and alcohol use disorders, trauma and post traumatic stress disorder could be addressed simultaneously.

Tino Hernandez, former president and CEO of Samaritan Daytop Village, was also a longtime friend of Pruss, and said that much of the programming they initiated is replicated across the country.

“He is considered a giant in the field of treatment,” Hernandez said. “He was a pioneer in the ’60s when people thought, ‘Once a junkie, always a junkie.’ He created an environment that was very innovative and progressive continued on page 20

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City charter hearing today The New York City Charter Revision Commission is holding a public hearing in Kew Gardens today, July 26, at 6 p.m. to allow Queens residents to propose changes to what is often described as the constitution of the city.

The gathering — held at Borough Hall at 120-55 Queens Blvd. — is part of “Charter Week,” a series of pu bl ic fo r u m s a nd c o m mu n it y events across the city to engage residents about the commission’s work.

Today’s meeting comes on the heels of the CRC’s preli m i na r y report, released on July 17, breaking down issues broached by city residents over the last year and how feasible any changes would be.

Some of the most popular areas of r efo r m i n cl u d e c o m m u n i t y boards, campaign finance, elections and civic engagement.

Regarding community boards, for example, the CPC has recommended imposing ter m limits on members.

On campaign finance, the group is recommending a ballot proposal to reduce cont r ibution limits be Q considered.

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Rego Park tower development continued from page 16 zoning variance.”

The spokeswoman added that RB Realty Capital — which did not respond to requests for comment by press time — has yet to submit a full application, complete with zoning diagrams, drawings and other paperwork.

Informed of the DOB’s comment, Koslowitz simply said later Tuesday, “I love it.”

“Yay! This means I have control” she exclaimed. “If they go for the R9, I can tell you right now it’s not going to go over well with me.”

Rezonings are subject to the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, which includes reviews by the community board and borough president, as well as a City Council vote.

In the vast majority of cases, the legislative body will defer to the Council member who represents the site in question, voting the way he or she does.

Koslowitz has expressed concerns about an increase in development across her district in recent years, saying the construction of a residential tower at 98-04 Queens Blvd. would only worsen overcrowding issues in area schools and on public transportation.

To help alleviate some of those issues, the councilwoman says she plans on advocating that the developer build a

school into its plan.

“I would like them to put a school there in the first few floors,” she said.

“It’s a big concern. We’ve a put a call in with them.”

Another concern of hers was that such a structure would be out of character with the surrounding neighborhood — made up mostly of older, brick apartment buildings less than 10 stories tall.

Central Queens is no stranger to residential towers — the Kennedy House about a mile away at 110-11 Queens Blvd. in Forest Hills is 31 stories tall.

However, Koslowitz said she would feel sorry for some of those living 65-41 Saunders St. — a seven-story apartment building directly behind the 98- 04 Queens Blvd. lot — who will both lose their views of the boulevard and their access to direct sunlight.

“There’s only a few that are that tall, but there are buildings going up all over the place,” Koslowitz said. “In that area, there’s nothing that big. The next building that tall is all the way down by the malls.”

Community Board 6 District Manager Frank Gulluscio expressed similar concerns in a brief phone call with the Chronicle, but said he wanted to know more about the project before commenting further.

“Nothing’s come before this board Q yet,” he said of the plan.

Man wanted; attempted rape Pol ic e a r e searching for a man wanted for an at tempted rape.

According to police, the incident occurred on Friday, June 29, at 2:30 a.m. near Glenmore Av e n u e a n d The suspect wanted for 79th Street. attempted rape.

The victim, a PHOTO COURTESY NYPD 30 -ye a r- old female, was walking when she was followed by the unidentified male, who is described as black, between the ages of 20 and 30, and 6 feet tall.

He then grabbed her neck and pulled her down but the victim was able to get away unharmed.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477), or, for Spanish, 1 (888) 57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictly Q confidential.

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Ali Saleh, a 25-year-old Queens man who tried to join the Islamic State, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday.

He faces up to 35 years in prison when sentenced, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said.

Saleh lived in Jamaica.

According to court documents, the Queens man swore an oath to the Islamic State, which is also known as ISIS, in 2013.

“I’m ready to die for the Caliphate, prison is nothing,” he said in an August 2014 tweet.

But he never made it to the terror group’s territory.

He repeatedly tried to fly there but was denied entry on the plane each time, as when he tried to go from JFK to Cairo. At one point, he was planning to take a train from Cleveland to Canada but went back to New York after law enforcement intervened.

Saleh spoke online in October 2014 with an Islamic State supporter in Mali planning on going to Syria. Saleh gave the person $500 for the trip.

According to the feds, the defendant

spoke to people in Australia and the United Kingdom who sympathized with the terror group. He aimed to help them support ISIS. Saleh bought fireworks that featured explosive powder in July 2015 and hid them in a concealed compartment in the trunk of his car. He had around 1,196 grams of low explosive powder; it was composed of both gunpowder and pyrotechnic material.

But he abandoned his car when it broke down on the way to New York from Indiana.

Saleh had spent some time living in the latter state, the feds said.

Around the same time he made that purchase, law enforcement located a cell phone that belonged to the defendant.

On the device was a pamphlet called “Muslim Gangs: The Future of Muslims in the West (Ebook 1: How to Survive in the West),” which had in-depth instructions about how to make a bomb with explosive powder from fireworks. Saleh also posted an image from the document — a soda can hand grenade with improvised explosive Q device-building instructions — online.

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continued from page 14 the defendants to engage in more aggressive conduct,” she wrote. “In a few instances noted, several of the defendants’ actions came close to crossing the line from activity protected by the First Amendment to conduct prohibited ... Engaging in concerted activity that suggests an intent to annoy rather than to persuade not only violates the law, but also would seem to be contrary to defendants’ stated objectives.”

Spitalnick added that the court confirmed the state’s authority to protect women’s access to reproductive healthcare, and rejected a defense argument that the applicable city ordinance is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad.

Amon was appointed to the bench by President George H.W. Bush in 1990.

While the decision appeared to be narrowly written to this specific case, Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), in a joint statement with Hoffman and Public Advocate Letitia James, called it a blow to Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision.

“I urge the Attorney General to appeal this decision, and law enforcement at every level must ensure the safety of women seeking reproductive healthcare services, including abortion, at Choices,” Lancman said.

Hof f m a n c a l le d t h e d e c i s io n inexplicable.

“Only by ignoring the unbearable atmosphere of hate and chaos deliberately created by these anti-choice zealots could the court parse their conduct to avoid finding violations of federal, state, and city law,” she said. “The Attorney General must appeal.”

James said the ruling set a dangerous precedent.

“It is unconscionable that any person would be subjected to harassment, threats, and even physical violence for simply seeking or providing medical care — and that our courts would condone this behavior,” she said. “Now, more than ever, we must establish laws in our state that protect women’s reproductive rights and ensure this type of Q behavior is never tolerated.”

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Qns. Hospital continued from page 12 chipped in $500,000 for new equipment.

“W hy shouldn’t Queens hospitals have the most modern technology?” she asked during Tuesday’s ceremony.

When completed, the new facility will have three triage rooms, 19 patient cubicles, three nurses’ stations, a resuscitation room, seven exam rooms, three isolat ion room s a nd t h re e a st h m a cubicles.

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Other speakers included Dr. Jasmin Moshirpur, the hospital’s chief medical officer, Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows), State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans).

Comrie said he, his wife and two children all have visited the emergency room over the course of 28 years. Miller, who has visited the ER in recent months, praised the hospital staff for how they have responded in the wake of hospital closings in the last decade.

“You have kept up,” he said. “And you Q have done it seamlessly.”

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continued from page 16 and was able to embrace new treatments to help people.”

Pruss’ journey to becoming a pioneer in substance abuse t reat ment began in 1970 when he succeeded founder the Rev. Father Damian Pitcaithly following his retirement. Pruss never stopped looking for new opportunities, advocating with state and federal government officials for new services.

“He was a very caring and passionate individual,” Hernandez said. “Our clients and patients came first. His key value was quality service.”

To those who walked through any of Pruss’ nationwide establishments, the consensus was that he was more than a worker. He attended events, maintained relationships with patients and took clients under his wing.

David Tanner, a recovering addict who has been clean since graduating from the program in 1970, worked closely with Pitcaithly and knew Savarese. He said that Pruss was a catalyst in improving Samaritan and should be remembered for his work.

“Richard was a very intelligent man with a tenacity that was fierce,” Tanner said. “He found ways, created ways and invented ways to find the funding ... You can’t deny what he did and you must tip your hat to this guy.”

Steve Rockman, who met Pruss 30 years ago as a patient at Samaritan, noted how people who run treatment centers usually have a personal or family connection to drugs. Pruss, he said, began his work because it was “something that was needed.”

Rock man said the late nonprof it head impacted his life in several ways, from helping in his drug recovery to paying for expensive chemotherapy treatment when he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor 15 years ago.

“How do you thank somebody who saved your life twice?” Rockman asked.

“Richard said, ‘Don’t worry about the money, we will take care of it.’”

Although he struggled to find the one word to perfectly su m up the impact Pruss had on the community, Rockman said that the paternal energy the late ma n showcased was contagious.

Pruss, survived by wife Kathleen Riddle, leaves behind a brother, two daughters and four grandchildren. A memorial service is in the works and will likely take place in September.

“There was a ripple effect to what Richard’s life meant to humanity,” Rockman said. “It’s just incredible. He was a very persuasive man, very articulate. I can’t believe the world is withQ out him.”

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Queens on screen at KG Festival of Cinema Crime dramas, documentaries and more can be seen starting Aug. 3

by Christopher Barca Editor

A young, ambitious private investigator uncovers a grisly crime and finds himself in a dangerous new world.

A fledgling singer obsessed with becoming the next Frankie Valli risks it all to reach the same level of stardom.

A filmmaker looks back on her past efforts to write, direct and star in her first feature, examining what exactly it means to be an artist.

Those are three of the more than 100 stories that will play out on screen at the second annual Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema, running from Aug. 3 to 12.

They’re also three of the many movies that were either shot in Queens or made by Queens-raised filmmakers.

You’ll see a number of borough landmarks during “The Dirty Kind” — directed by Forest Hills resident Vilan Trub — including Austin Street, Queens Boulevard and Forest Park.

“When you have to carry your own equipment, you’re kind of limited as to where you can shoot,” Trub joked in an interview with the Chronicle. “Anyone who knows the neighborhood knows that every two blocks along Queens Boulevard, there’s a different architectural style. It’s very versatile and it almost feels like a studio lot.”

In the gritty crime drama, Duke Williams stars as Raymond Cain, a private investigator who normally specializes in divorces.

While working a case, he stumbles across the vicious murder of a call girl, leading him down a dark path toward a treacherous new realm.

“After my first movie, I wanted to do something more in this genre, one that I’m a huge fan of,” Trub said.

The Forest Hills filmmaker wrote the script himself and shot it mostly in central Queens over the course of eight days in December 2016.

One of the highlights was working with Williams, Trub said, who offers a captivating performance in the role of Cain.

“He is phenomenal,” the director said.

“Working with him, it made life easier.”

Duke Williams stars as private investigator Raymond Cain in “The Dirty Kind,” a gritty crime drama that will be screened at the Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema on Aug. 6. With a number of its scenes filmed in Forest Hills, it is one of the many films entered into the event that feature PHOTOS COURTESY KEW GARDENS FESTIVAL OF CINEMA Queens in some fashion.

Entering his 85-minute film into the festival happened by chance.

Trub said that one day last summer, he was enjoying a slice at Dani’s House of Pizza across the street from the Kew Gardens Cinema — the original site of the cinematic gathering.

He saw a sign for the festival, he said, and knew immediately he wanted to enter “The Dirty Kind” into the 2018 event.

“I grew up going to that movie theater, I lived basically across the street from it,” Trub said of the Midway in Forest Hills, the new site of the festival. “I want my film to be in theaters I grew up going to. That ultimately sold it for me.”

“The Dirty Kind” will be shown during the 1 to 3 p.m. block on Aug. 6.

Growing up in Flushing, Pat Bradley predominately wrote songs and short stories, eventually teaming up with hip-hop legend Jam Master Jay in 1999.

But Bradley — who penned some of the late musician’s songs and music videos — was always told he wrote too long, with Jay recommending he look into creating film or television content.

Fast forward two decades, Bradley’s film,

Irina Varina directs and stars in “Us, Forever Ago.” The Forest Avenue M train station is one of the film’s many Ridgewood settings.

“Into the Valli,” will make its world premiere at the Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema during the 1 to 3 p.m. block on Aug. 7 “It’s actually the first festival we got into.

That makes it even greater,” said Bradley, who lives in Valley Stream, LI. “I spent all my money on the film, so I wanted to keep it local so I can actually go to the festivals.”

Initially planned to be a 30-minute short film, “Into the Valli” is a 77-minute drama centered on Chris Parella — played by Ignacio Borderes — desperate to be the next Frankie Valli As his obsession with the iconic frontman of The Four Seasons gets worse, however, the emotionally damaged Parella grows distant from his family.

“It’s deep, dark and twisted,” Bradley said.

“It’s just a guy wanting to be a singer and doing whatever it takes to be one.”

The movie is something of a compromise between Bradley and co-writer Nicholas Buscarino — the former wrote a 180-page script and the latter penned just 40 pages.

They married the two screenplays together over the course of a month and spent nine days shooting.

The two men ended up blowing past their $10,000 budget, spending nearly $40,000 creating the film.

But Bradley said watching Borderes act made everything worth it.

“He’s amazing,” he said of the film’s star.

“We held auditions and we saw like 400 to 500 people and he was really the best.”

Bradley will be doing more than just sharing his piece at the festival. He is also planning on participating in an audience questionand-answer segment and appearing on the festival’s official podcast.

Unlike the aforementioned moviemakers, Ridgewood resident Irina Varina wrote, directed and starred in her film, “Us, Forever Ago,” which premieres in the 1 to 3 p.m. block on Aug. 8.

A hybrid between a documentary and a narrative piece set in the near future, the movie sees Varina playing herself, looking

back at the process of making her first film — specifically the fear, self-doubt and challenges that come along with it.

The movie also weaves in unscripted interviews with a handful of other female artists — one also hails from Ridgewood — who offer their own opinions on insecurity and what it means to be a creator of art.

“It’s like looking at a photo album or a diary entry you wrote 5 or 10 years ago,” Varina says of the film. “You will say either, ‘I can’t believe I thought that because I’m a totally different person now,’ or ‘Oh, wow, that still hurts.’”

Ridgewood residents will recognize the sites in many of the scenes, as the elevated M train tracks — and the views of the neighborhood from them — are important features of the film, which was shot in pieces from 2015 to 2017.

“There’s something about it that’s just mesermizing, the constant moving and energy of it,” she said of the subway in Ridgewood.

“It doesn’t even look like New York, it feels like Europe. There’s Polish people and Puerto Ricans together. It’s just so mesmerizing.”

Varina added that she’s so excited to conduct a question-and-answer segment at the festival and that she wants to hear everyone’s thoughts, good or bad.

“I’m really looking forward to it,” she said.

“If someone hates it and they want to talk about it, that’s what im interested in hearing.”

More than a dozen other films being shown at the festival have some sort of Queens connection.

The feature “Nothing Changes: Art for Hank’s Sake,” a look at similarities between life and art, is the creation of Woodhaven director Hank Virgona.

In “The Root of Happiness,” meanwhile, two people meet in a Queens park, where they become enthralled by the jazz trio, and its blind drummer, playing there.

On Aug. 4 from 1 to 3 p.m., the festival is showing a block of eight short films created solely by Queens residents.

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BLUE WAVES Summer in Rockaway’s a real surfin’ safari

Queens truly is the best of all worlds. It’s in a city but has suburban areas. There are industrial parts of the borough, and then there’s Rockaway Beach.

Down on the southernmost part of Queens is the skinny strip of land with miles of beaches.

While most people go to the beach to swim in the water, hang out with friends and family and get a little tan going, many frequent the beach for one reason only, surfing.

With multiple stretches of the beach designated for surfing, and numerous surfing schools in the area, it’s no wonder Rockaway has been a longtime

love for those who like to hit the waves.

“I love surfing. I live here too, so I’m always in the water whenever I can,” said one surfer. “It’s a little community out here, you end up seeing the same people out here all the time. We all go out together.”

Surf beaches are located between Beach 68th and Beach 71st streets, Beach 87th and Beach 91st streets, and Beach 110th and Beach 111st streets.

For newcomers to the surfing community, there’s a number of surfing schools to chose from, many of which are right on the shore.

Locals Surf School is located on Beach 69th, right on the boardwalk, and was founded in 2011 by two Rockaway men, Mike Reinhardt and

Mike Kololyan.

According to their website, Locals was created because the founders “saw an opportunity to fill a void in the New York City surf lesson sector by providing quality training from knowledgeable locals who had a passion for the sport and culture.”

At various times of day you can find a sea of bright blue boards floating in the ocean, accompanied by surfing students of all ages and skill levels.

Some of the people in the water on a recent afternoon had clearly been surfing for a wile, catching every wave they went for and rarely wiping out.

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G EXHIBITS

“2001: A Space Odyssey,” the 1968 Stanley Kubrick-Arthur C. Clarke epic about space exploration and humanity, screened to open the “See It Big: 70mm” series. Thu.-Sun., July 26-29 and Thu.-Sat., Aug. 2-4, varying times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission.

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

“Domingo Carrasco: Themes & Variations,” with paintings and works on paper by the Queens native that celebrate line, color and classical forms, attempting to idealize the human spirit. Sun., July 29 (opening reception 7-9 p.m.)-Dec., QED, 27-16 23 Road, Astoria. Free. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

“Keteke,” the 2017 comedy about a Ghanian couple expecting their first child who accidentally end up in the middle of nowhere, part of the Outdoor International Film Series. Thu., July 26, 8 p.m. (7 p.m. pre-screening dance workout), Queens Museum lawn, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free.

Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

“Mel Chin: All Over the Place,” with more than 70 works in various media by the conceptual artist whose art defies classification. Thru Sun., Aug. 12, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children.

Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

LECTURES/TALKS

“Miya Ando: Clouds,” with two site-specific glass sculptures inspired by a Zen phrase. Thru Sun., Aug. 19, Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10; $5 seniors, students; NYC HS students, kids under 12 free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org.

Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year, with award-winning images of celestial phenomena of all kinds from all over the world, from a contest held by Britain’s National Maritime Museum. Thru Fri., Aug. 31, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

“Nothing Gold Can Stay,” paintings by Ard Berge that often mix pastoral beauty with imagery of the present, revealing social and other pressures underlying change. Thru Fri., Sept. 7, QCC Art Gallery, Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 631-6396, qcc.cuny. edu/artgallery.

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“El Dorado/The New 49ers,” with 100 outdoor sculptures of infants (“guaguas”), 49 of them painted gold in tribute to the 49 percent of NYC households that speak a language other than English. Thru Sun., Oct. 14, Lewis H. Latimer House Museum, 34-41 137 St., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 961-8585, latimernow.org.

“Concrete Jungle,” with mixed-media and sculptural works by Annalisa Iadicicco addressing her changing neighborhood of Long Island City. Materials for the Arts, 33-00 Northern Blvd., LIC. Free.

Info: materialsforthearts.org/calendar.

MUSIC Full Moon Drumming: Peru, with participants joining in an outdoor drum circle led by Hector Morales, right, in Afro-Peruvian style. Fri., July 27, 7-9 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 13735 Northern Blvd. $25. Info/RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

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Honoring the First People of Queens, a conversation on Native American history, tradition and culture with direct descendants of the Matinecocks, who lived on the North Shore from College Point to Smithtown, LI. Thu., July 26, 6-8 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free.

Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

All things Native American will be celebrated this weekend at the 40th annual Thunderbird American Indian Mid-Summer Powwow, a blockbuster event at the Queens County Farm Museum. See Special Events. Meanwhile, a very different event examining the people who lived here before Europeans arrived will be held tonight, Thursday, at Flushing Town Hall.

See Lectures/Talks.

PHOTO BY RICK MAIMAN Tramps Like Us, a Bruce Springsteen cover band playing his classic hits, part of the Katz Concert Series. Sun., July 29, 6-7:30 p.m., Hermon A. MacNeil Park, Poppenhusen Ave., College Point. Free. Info: (718) 286-3000, nycgovparks.org, queensbp.org.

Gospel Showcase, with multiple Christian rappers, singers and poets. Sun., July 29, 3:30-6:30 p.m., Queens Center of the Arts, 198-20 Linden Blvd., St. Albans. $20. Info: (917) 387-8311, bit.ly/2LsDgIK.

“The Little Mermaid,” the musical fantasy based on Disney’s rendition of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of love above and below the sea. Thu.Fri., July 26-27, 8 p.m.; Sat., July 28, 2 and 8 p.m., Immaculate Conception Center, 7250 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. $25; $40 VIP; brunch/dinner $30 more (select shows only). Info: (347) 5563325, thejosephinefoundation.org.

DANCE

Jazz Jam, the monthly event led by saxophonist Carol Sudhalter, with musicians and vocalists welcome to join in. Wed., Aug. 1 (each first Wed. of the month), 7 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free to play or sing; $10 to listen.

Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

THEATRE “Real Life, Real Talk,” the premiere of a new play about a family trying to cope with the chaos in their lives, by the St. Albans Baptist Church Performing Arts Ministry. Sat., July 28, 6:30 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $25$35. Info: (718) 723-8005.

Young Dancemakers Co., with 17 performers presenting new, lively choreography and more, followed by an interactive workshop. Sun., July 29, 2 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free with RSVP: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

“Go Back for Murder,” an Agatha Christie play about a woman seeking the truth about her mother’s alleged killing of her father years before. Sat., Aug. 4, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 5, 2:30 p.m., St. Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway South, Forest Hills. $15; $12 seniors, members of groups of six or more. Info: (718) 268-7772, gingerbreadplayers.org

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“Moonstruck,” the 1987 romantic comedy starring Cher as a woman from Brooklyn Heights. Mon., July 30, 8:30 p.m., Astoria Park Great Lawn. Free. Info: (718) 728-7820, centralastoria.nyc.

The Controversial Legacy of Robert Moses, a presentation, followed by a walk, on the master builder’s radical alteration of NYC’s parks and roadways, and his crucial role in preserving Jamaica Bay. Sun., July 29, 10-11:30 a.m., Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit.

TOURS/HIKES Full Buck Moon Hike, a nighttime walk following an indoor presentation, on the night of July’s full moon, called the Buck Moon. Fri., July 27, 8-9:30 p.m., Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info/RSVP: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit.

QueensWay with “Wildman” Steve Brill, a hike along the former Rockaway Beach Rail Line and into Forest Park, led by the foraging expert, who’ll point out edible plants along the way. Sat., July 28, 9-11 a.m., meeting at northeast corner of Woodhaven Blvd. and Forest Park Drive, Woodhaven. $20; $10 kids under 12. Info/registration (req’d): (914) 835-2153, wildmanstevebrill.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS Ralph McDaniel’s Hip Hop in the Park, a family-friendly festival celebrating the four elements of hip hop, emcees, DJs, dance troupes and graffiti art, with music, activities, food and more, led by the iconic pioneer of the genre. Sat., July 28, 3-7 p.m., Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 956-1819, socratessculpturepark.org. continued on page 28

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by Michael Gannon Editor

In August of 1776, Gen. George Washington and his all but surrounded Continental Army were forced to leave Long Island hurriedly in the dark of night, a bitter ending to the Battle of Brooklyn Heights.

It would be 14 years before Washington would return, this time as the newly swornin president of a new nation still trying to get firmly on its feet.

In her new book, “George Washington’s 1790 Grand Tour of Long Island,” historian Joanne Grasso said the president embarked on a five-day journey that began with Brooklyn and Jamaica, wended its way east along the South Shore as far Patchogue, then north and west to Huntington, Oyster Bay and other villages on the North Shore before concluding back in Flushing, The trip came seven years after Washington had defeated the British Army in the Revolutionary War and returned by choice to his Virginia plantation.

“He went to Congress and resigned his commission,” Grasso said in a telephone interview with the Chronicle — a virtually unheard of act by a triumphant general up

to that point in history. Over the next few years, 13 states were still dealing with disparate interests and remnants of the war that included staggering national and personal debt and more than one potential rebellion against the fledgling country.

Grasso said Washington “probably would not have been disappointed” had Congress not asked him to assume the presidency.

“For second time, George Washington answered the nation’s call,” she said.

Grasso, a Long Island native, was working on her 2016 book “The American Revolution on Long Island” when she decided there was a book in Washington’s presidential visit.

A member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Grasso comes by her interest in history and the early American period naturally.

“I’ve always been interested in the American Revolution,” she said. “I’ve heard all the stories on my mother’s side of the family. My family served in every American war from the Revolution to World War II.” Working from Washington’s own diary — misspellings and all, mostly from a man

unfamiliar with the local names — materials culled from more than a dozen libraries, archives and historical organizations on Long Island and even the first U.S. Census for t he a rea , Gra sso writes about a man who showed he could be a leader away from the battlefield.

The tour started in Brooklyn, and wound up in Jamaica that evening at Warne’s Tavern, near the home of Rufus King, now a museum on Jamaica Avenue, after the president, Martha Washington and their entourage had traveled 27 miles by horse carriage.

Washington was very familiar with the Jamaica Road and Jamaica Pass, two strategic points he had been unable to defend and hold in 1776. Nearly seven years after the war ended, the toll exacted by the British Army was still palpable.

“Long Island had been devastated by seven years of British occupation,” Grasso

The nation’s new president paid an official visit to Queens in 1790 as part of a longterm economic plan, a journey chronicled in a new book by historian Joanne Grasso, PHOTO COURTESY HISTORY PRESS left. said. “People were still suffering.”

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‘The Little Mermaid’

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A joyous celebration — one likely to delight both young and old — is taking place at The Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston through July 28, courtesy of Broadway Blockbusters.

It goes by the name of “The Little Mermaid,” and it’s a live theatrical rendering of the popular Hans Christian Andersen story and Disney film, but there’s scarcely anything small about it.

A talented cast of 40, under the steadfast direction of Andrew J. Koslosky, fills the huge stage, which becomes the underwater locale for this tale of a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel who longs to experience life in the world above.

To paraphrase one of the show’s most famous songs, there are costumes and special effects galore, not to mention a crackerjack orchestra, cartoon-like settings and a lighting scheme that adds the finishing touch.

From the opening moments, the audience is overwhelmed with the sights and sounds that emanate from the stage.

Lisa Bondi shines throughout, whether under the sea or on the land where she yearns to be. She is ideally paired with Richard Masin, as the gallant if somewhat girl-

When: Thu.-Fri., July 26-27, 8 p.m.; Sat., July 28, 2 and 8 p.m.

Where: Immaculate Conception Center, 7250 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston Tickets: $25; $40 VIP; brunch/dinner $30 more (select shows only).

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Lisa Bondi, Andrew J. Koslosky, Richard Masin, inset, and their castmates perform “The Little Mermaid” swimmingly. PHOTOS BY MARK LORD shy Prince Eric. They look great together and sing beautifully, too.

Koslosky makes for a fierce but ultimately loving King Triton, always having his seven daughters’ best interest at heart. As his sister, the evil sea witch Ursula, Monica Maddock delivers one of the show’s most powerful numbers, “Poor Unfortunate Souls,” with gusto.

Offering considerable comic relief are Donald Gormanly, as the king’s court composer crab, Sebastian, entrusted with the impossibly catchy “Under the Sea”; Dan Stravino, who, in a cameo as a royal chef, cooks up plenty of laughs along with his pot full of fish; Marco Vittozzi, as Ariel’s best friend, Flounder, who swims about with relish; and Tara Mangione, as a flutter-

ing seagull named Scuttle.

Giovanni Vittozzi is properly dignified as the prince’s personal advisor; Bethany Pincus and Gianna Varrassi sing and move well as a pair of Ursula’s minions; and all six of Ariel’s sisters are pretty and sing sweetly.

The entire cast, from the youngest to the oldest, blend into a seamless ensemble.

Kudos to the estimable music director Patrick White; choreographers Masin and Alyssa Pitaluga for the diverse dance moves; technical director Tim Morgenstern; lighting technician Steven Kristie; sound and effects technician Matthew Henderson; and, most heartily, to Francine Morgenstern, who conceived the endless array of Q colorful and creative costumes.

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Agatha Christie is back for another round of intrigue, as The Gingerbread Players present the rarely performed “Go Back for Murder,” a play the author adapted from her own novel “Five Little Pigs.”

This extremely limited run is for two performances only, on Aug. 4 and 5.

A young heiress, Carla LeMarchant (played by Jillian Smith), discovers that 16 years earlier her mother had been convicted of murdering the then-little girl’s father, though she believes this not to be the case and sets about to uncover the truth.

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The greatest challenge with a mystery play is “creating an atmosphere that draws people in,” said Jean Tessier, who undertakes her second directorial assignment of a Christie work for the Forest Hills troupe. “You want to keep them on the edge.”

But the fun comes from the humor that pervades much of Christie “even in the darkest moments,” Tessier said. “She had a good grasp of human nature.”

For Smith, who has been appearing with the Players since she was herself a young girl, the play marks a drastic change of pace.

“It’s my first strong character,” she said during a brief break at a recent rehearsal.

“I’m usually on stage crying in a pretty dress.” The experience finds Smith having to figure out her character’s relationship with each of the other on-stage personalities.

These include several Gingerbread mainstays, among them Andrew Dinan, who seemed to discover at that rehearsal that “everyone in this play has an untoward sexual interest. That’s what drives the plot.” He described his own character, one of the father’s best friends, as “a next-door neighbor on the outside of everything.”

Another returnee is Ludovic Coutaud,

David Kemp, left, Jillian Smith and Andrew Dinan rehearse the Gingerbread Players’ PHOTO BY MARK LORD rendition of Agatha Christie’s “Go Back for Murder.” who plays Jeff, a wealthy young man who is “self-centered, hateful, obnoxious.” Coutaud said he provides much of the play’s comic relief through his three “tornado” scenes.

Also figuring prominently is newcomer David Kemp, who takes a romantic interest in Carla as the son of the lawyer who

defended her mother. The cast also includes Debbie Smith and Mike Miller as Carla’s parents; Bart DeFinna, Farrah Diaz-Tello, Suzanne Schick and Lauren Butler as some of the characters who were on the scene on the day of the father’s death; Amina CunQ ningham; and Mariella Russo.

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Most schools, including Locals, offer private lessons, group lessons and in the summer, surf camps for children.

At Skudin Surf, located at Beach 67th, there is even an adult summer camp.

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Of course you don’t have to surf with a school, however. If you want to go out on your own you are more than welcome to, just know the rules.

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It is obvious that surfing is a community, one filled with a lot of fun and suppor t from peers, and there are rules.

Just like any other sport, those rules apply, even outside of competitions.

The two major ones you hear a lot are don’t steal someone else’s wave, and respect the locals.

Often, visitors will come to a residential surfing beach like Rockaway and while most welcome outsiders with open arms, they expect a certain level of respect.

“If you’re not from here don’t come on the beach like you run the place,” said a local surfer. “We’re a family out here and we love everyone who comes to surf with us, just be cool about it.”

Most of the surfing schools have lessons throughout the day during high tide and low tide.

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George Ashdown was born on Oct. 15, 1900, in Babylon, LI, the son of Charles Ashdown, a blacksmith. After graduating high school he immediately went to work as a bank teller. Fifteen years later at age 33 he Ashdown Plymouth and DeSoto Auto Dealership, 239-50 married Bernice Burton in Jamaica Ave., Bellerose, summer 1954.

Hempstead.

They bought a humble house on 210th very affordable — also with great success.

Bernice and George never had children.

Street in Queens Village. In 1938 he made a bold career change. He left the banking They eventually moved to Great Neck, LI. business and opened up a small Plymouth- After the death of his wife Ashdown moved DeSoto car dealership at 216-20 Jamaica to Charlestown, NH, in 1986 and married Ave. in Queens Village. It was so small the Beatrice Stepanek when he was age 86. He service department was 10 blocks away at also became a reverend in the Unitarian Church. He passed away in July 1995 a few 226-02 Jamaica Ave. The dealership was a success because the months short of his 95 birthday. Beatrice Plymouth was affordable. By 1950 he followed him in 2005.

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Guelaguetza Festival, a celebration of Mexican culture with music, dance and crafts from the state of Oaxaca. Sun., July 29, 2-5 p.m., Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free.

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Nail polish workshop, welcomes kids and adults to design their own nails or have them done, 5-5:30 p.m. most Fridays at Ridgewod Library, 20-12 Madison St. Registration is not required. All polish and supplies will be provided. Info: (718) 821-4770.

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draw on, Washington kept the experiment of the United States going, knowing it could fail or be disrupted from abroad quite easily.

“Our first four presidents faced war or the prospect of war,” Grasso said. “The War of 1812 is sometimes called the Second War for Independence. It wasn’t until a b o u t 18 2 0 t h at we we r e f i r m l y established.”

But Washington, whether it be through intellect, instinct or both, made it work before once again going back to Virginia.

“He left office when there were no term limits,” Grasso said.

“For the second time, George WashingQ ton gave back the power.”

ers love to dance and it shows.

The Steps Ahead family went “beyond the stars” at Na onals in the Poconos, but all work and no play is not an op on. Our families had a great me hanging out and enjoying quality me together at the Kalahari waterpark. SADS takes pride that it is not just a dance studio but a family. This week was a culmina on of hard work and dedica on by the dancers, the teachers, and their families. But as always, this is not the end, just the beginning. A new season of dance will be upon us soon! Come and be part of a truly unique studio. www.stepsaheaddance.net

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continued from page 25 farms and crop yields. He made detailed observations about soil, such as the deep, rich dirt that supported bountiful fruit orchards in Flushing, and the sandier types that increase as one got closer to the South Shore; and which kinds of fertilizers gave Long Islanders the best results.

But Grasso said those notes were not just the simple musings of a farmer who shared an interest in agriculture.

“As president, Washington was thinking about possibilities for commerce,” she said. “He knew that commerce was the one thing that would turn New York City and Long Island around.”

She added even Sir William Howe, commander of the British forces in New York, had recognized what a valuable asset he had in the Flushing fruit groves, and that he did his best to protect them from the ravages of war.

The 1790 trip was Washington’s third visit, and his last. The 135-page book contains dozens of photographs, many of which Grasso took herself, in many cases taking pictures of signs, plaques and memorial stones that now stand in the places where the buildings Washington visited no longer exist.

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Throughout the week of July 13-18, the excep onal dance teams of Steps Ahead Dance Studio competed at The Beyond the Stars Na onal Dance compe on at Kalahari Waterpark in the Poconos. Once again our talented dance family wowed the audience and proved to be victorious. All of our dances from each team took home either Diamond or Pla num awards and our Junior and Pe te Teams took home special judges awards for “Story Telling,” “Great Movers,” and “Choreography.” Many of our dances also placed in the top ten for each of their respected categories. The highlight of the week is when our Junior Team was named Na onal Overall Winners not once, not twice, but three mes in The Duo, Trio, and Large group categories. But if that wasn’t enough, our Mini Team, the first me compe ng at the na onal level, also brought home a Na onal Overall Winner Trophy for their age category! A trophy that was bigger than some of our dancers! Then to top off our already marvelous week, our Juniors also were selected out of hundreds of dances to dance in the Ul mate Challenge Show for their age division.

It was truly a remarkable week for the SADS family.

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PACIFIC RIM I LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/31/18. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 140-14 Cherry Avenue, Suite 3B, Flushing, NY 11355.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

REBELUS TECH LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/02/2018. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process REBELUS TECH LLC, 21846 HILLSIDE AVE., QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11427. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of VENN ALLIANCE LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/26/2018.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 06-22-18, bearing Index Number NC-000570-18/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 (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) DEBOPRIO (Last) DEY. My present name is (First) DEBOPRIO (Last) DEB. The city and state of my present address are Sunnyside, NY. My place of birth is BANGLADESH. The month and year of my birth are October 1998.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 06-14-2018, bearing Index Number NC-000535-18/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 (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) LUCY (Last) BERMUDEZ. My present name is (First) LUCY (Middle) DEL SOCORRO (Last) BERMUDEZ LAFAURIE AKA LUCY BERMUDEZ. The city and state of my present address are Jackson Heights, NY. My place of birth is COLOMBIA. The month and year of my birth are February 1943.

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Notice of formation of TECC DESIGNS AND SOLUTIONS LLC. Articles of Organization Filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 05/10/2018. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to ARSEN ZAVLYANOV, 139-12 Coolidge Ave., Briarwood, NY 11435 Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 06-142018, bearing Index Number NC-000557-18/ 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 (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) FERNANDO (Last) RODRIGUEZ. My present name is (First) FERNANDO (Last) CHACHA AKA WILSON FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ CHACHA, AKA WILSON FERNANDO CHACHA ROJAS, AKA WILSON CHACHA ROJAS. The city and state of my present address are Elmhurst, NY. My place of birth is ECUADOR. The month and year of my birth are September 1973.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 05-08-17, bearing Index Number NC-000134-17/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 (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) SALLY (Last) KAMARA. My present name is (First) SALAIMATU (Last) KAMARA AKA SALLY KAMARA. My present address is 118-23 200TH STREET, Saint Albans, NY 11412. My place of birth is LIBERIA. My date of birth is May 28, 1961.

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CITATION File No.: 20171354, SURROGATE’S COURT, QUEENS COUNTY. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK by the Grace of God, free aand Independent – TO: MARY AMMON if living and if dead, to his/her heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown and if he/she died subsequent to the decedent herein, to his /her executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose names and places of residence are unknown and to all other heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Jeannette S. Holz, the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence, Public Administrator of Queens County, Attorney General of New York State. A petition having been duly filed

by Sheila Sheridan who is/ are domiciled at 79 Beacon Hill Road, Ardsley, New York 10502. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on August 30, 2018, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Jeannette Holz, aka Jeannette Sudhop Holz, Jeannette S. Holz lately domiciled at 39-40 Greenpoint Avenue, Apt. 3E, Sunnyside, New York 11104, United States admitting to probate a will dated February 16, 2012 (and Codicil(s), if any, dated a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Jeannette Holz deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: Letters Testamentary issue to Sheila Sheridan. Dated, Attested and Sealed, June 25, 2018. Hon. Peter J. Kelly, Surrogate, James Lim Becker, Chief Clerk, Thomas A Hynes, Esq., Hynes & Chu, LLP, 114 Old Country Road, Ste 690, Mineola, New York 11501, (516) 739-3525. This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNTY HSBC BANK USA, N.A., Plaintiff against AEHUI S. KIM A/K/A SHIA AEHUI KIM, et al Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein, Such & Crane, LLP 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered March 27, 2017 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York 11435, in Courtroom #25 on August 10, 2018 at 10:00 AM. Premises known as 5826 85th Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373. Block 2897 Lot 17. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York.

Approximate Amount of Judgment is $733,045.19 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 4609-2010.

Matthew S. Vishnick, Esq., Referee QSLSC057

IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE 2018 Jul-9 AM 5:24 Docket #47216.

Filed for entry 7/13/18 HAILEY ELIZABETH ALVAREZ, Plaintiff/Wife, Vs. ALEX ANTONIO ALVAREZ, Defendant/ Husband. ORDER ALLOWING SERVICE BY PUBLICATION This matter came before this Honorable Court on a Motion for Order Allowing Service by Publication on July 5, 2018, filed by Plaintiff by and through her attorney of record. Upon consideration of the sworn affidavit and statements of Plaintiff’s attorney, Marjorie Kaup Haines, Esq., in open court, it appears that the Defendant named above cannot be located upon diligent search and inquiry, and that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon him since no address is known; service of process by publication is ordered, and the Defendant is hereby required to appear and answer or otherwise defend against the Complaint for Divorce filed by Plaintiff, whose attorney is Marjorie Kaup Haines, PO Box 681493, Franklin TN 37068, within thirty (30) days after the date of the last publication of this notice; otherwise, a default judgment will be entered against said Defendant in open court for the relief demanded in the Complaint for Divorce.

It is further ORDERED that this notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation serving the borough of Queens, New York, for four (4) consecutive weeks. This 12th day of July 2018. Judge Joseph A. Woodruff.

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Notice of formation of MADISON GROUP RE ALT Y L LC. A r ts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY ) on 6/11/18. Office location : Queens County.

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Notice of formation of CARDINAL FILMS, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on MARCH 27, 2018.

Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to, Cardinal Films, LLC, 779 Wyckoff Ave., 5B, Ridgewood, NY 11385.

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Notice of formation of K AMRON KRIEGER MEDIA LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 0 5 / 21/ 2 018. O f fice location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against the LLC to: KAMRON KRIEGER, 2680 30TH ST., 1BA, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11102.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS, MALCOM X PARTNERS LLC, Plaintiff, vs 113-17 REALTY CORP, ET AL., Defendants(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on 6/26/18, I the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Court, Courtroom 25, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd, Jamaica, NY on August, 24, 2018 at 10:00 AM premises known as 113-17 Atlantic Ave., Richmond Hill, N.Y. 11419. All that certain plot, Piece of parcel of land, with the buildings and improvement thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of QUEENS, County of QUEENS, City and State of New York, Block 9320-Lot 118.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #707469/2016. Lawrence Litwack, Esq., Referee; Alan Waintraub, Esq., 97-17 64th Rd., Rego Park, NY 11374

Notice of Formation of Darrinsweetz LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/04/2018. 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: Terri Gorham, 120-17 201st Street, St. Albans, NY 11412 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

J&D MARKETING CONSULTANT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/03/18.

Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, Furn. Rm. For Rent 188-02 64th Avenue, #11E, Beach, furn Fresh Meadows, NY 11365. Woodhaven/Howard rooms for rent, all utilities includPurpose: Any lawful purpose. ed. Call, 718-772-6127

Notice of Formation of LA COTE DOUX LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/23/2018. 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: Yu Lin, 6718 54th Ave., Maspeth, NY 11378 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Mint 3 bedroom, 2 full baths, totally redone, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, washer/dryer, and garage.

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• Lindenwood • Immaculate Oversized Three (3) Bedroom Two (2) Bath Condo On Private Lobby Level.

Home has an abundance of natural light; open L-shaped living rm/dining rm layout; 10 closets; new overhead lighting in the majority of the rooms; new radiators throughout; wood f loors; and just under 1300 square feet. Enjoy living in a building with laundry rm; bike, storage and recreational rm; as well as outdoor sitting and play area for residents. A must see!

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OZONE PARK (TUDOR VILLAGE) Mint "All Brick Colonial" redone 4 years ago.

3 BRs, new full bath upstairs, new half bath being put in on 1st fl. Lg LR, large formal DR, new kit w/SS appl., with quartz countertop, new windows, heated floors 1st fl. and upstairs bth. New heating, instant hot water, new CAC, hi-hats, det. brick garage, 9' ceilings 1st & Asking $649K 2nd flrs.

Mint extended Cape. Updated brick & stucco, 3/4 BRs, Andersen windows, Pella doors, 1st fl den, tile fls, full bth, kitchen, W/D, 2nd fl, lg LR, FDR. Lg master BR, 2 walk in closets, HW fls, new EIK w/SS appl. (kit with radiant heat floors). Top floor 2 bed/deck off, DR w/Trex decking, paved double driveway, Asking $829K 1 car garage. IGP.

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MINT UNIQUE home in great location. Large 4 level split home, featuring 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, large master bedroom with large dressing room and 2 walk-in closets.

Beautiful kit & baths, finished basement, and many extras.

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Reduced Asking $889K

HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD Co-ops & Condos For Sale

Beautifully renovated, new kitchen wood cabinets, wood floors. 2 bedrooms on second floor with new bath. 1st floor family room, new full bath. 30x106.

Asking $729K

Mint High Ranch, 4 BRs, 2 full baths. Stucco exterior, granite countertop, pavers front and back, triple driveway, new fencing.

Asking $1.050 Mil.

Custom large Colonial, huge MBR w/luxury bathroom, premium floors, radiant heat and CAC unit on each floor, gourmet kitchen w/high-end appl., 3 more BRs, 3 baths, study 41x107.

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Colonial. Being sold "As Is." Renovated after Sandy, 3 BRs, 1 bath.

Reduced $485K

Large Brookfield (26x52) on 40x100 lot. Total 5 BRs, 3 full baths. Top floor has 3 BRs, 2 full bths, large living room, formal dining room, EIK and walk-in large living room, 2 bedrooms, dining area, kit, full bth, updated windows, Asking $ 859K 4-year-old roof.

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Large Colonial with gourmet kit / SS appl., 4 BRs, 2 full bths.

Bleached floors, radiant heat, skylights, hi-hats, Jacuzzi with separate shower, new pavers, new brick & stucco, security cameras & intercom system.

Asking $875K

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• 1 Car garage for sale. ...........................$29K • Hi-rise, 2BR, 1 bath & terrace Co-op, move-in cond., 1st fl., parquet wood fls. ............ Asking $229K • Hi-rise, 1st floor Co-op, 2 BR/2 bath, HW fls. ........... Asking $249K • Hard to find Hi-rise, 3BR, 2 full baths Co-op, totally redone building. ........ Reduced $264K

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Asking $289K Beautiful custom Colonial on 42x100. Open concept with 23 ft. ceilings, 2 custom fireplaces, tinted UV windows. Beautiful kitchen with high-end SS appl. with wine refrigerator. FDR with den with fireplace, patio off den, granite countertop and 1/2 bth, custom staircase to 2nd flr. with 3 BRs, 3 full bths. Balcony in master bedroom. Also 3 more rooms, laundry area.

Asking $1.250 Mil. CONR-074229

• Greentree condo. 3rd fl. vaulted ceiling, kitchen w/ skylight, 3BR, 2 baths, 2 terraces, park & garage. ......... Asking $379K

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Exclusive listing Lovely corner Colonial, 4 BRs, 2 full baths, 40x100, MB w/balcony, family room w/woodburning fireplace.

Reduced Asking $820K

"Totally Redone Colonial" 2018 mint large chef's kitchen. SS appl., 2 full baths, 3 bedrooms upstairs with walk-in closet, master bedroom has large full bath with Jacuzzi & separate shower, 1st floor has living room, dining room & bedroom or den. All new hardwood floors with radiant heat on 1st & second floors. New electric, windows & door Asking $898K

• 1 bed Co-op. Totally updated, new kitchen. ..........Reduced $139K • Hi-rise – 2BR / 2 bath, Co-op w/17' terrace, ........ Asking $259K • Hi-Rise 2BR/2 bath Co-op w/ terrace. Needs TLC. ........ Asking $272K • Garden 1st floor, lg mint, 3 BR, S/S appl., HW fls throughout, new bath, lg custom closets.

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