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COMING BACK STRONGER City officials, other leaders gather in Jamaica to talk Sandy recovery

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State comptroller says MTA could benefit from a reactivated Rockaway Beach rail line

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In a report on the financial situation of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, inset, listed the reconstruction and activation of the Rockaway Beach rail line as a positive investment for the MTA to make, and stated it would ease commutes and spur economic development in South Queens and the Rockaways.

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Halloran found guilty in bribery schemes Jury takes less than 90 minutes to convict following eight-week trial

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City Council money to other bribe payers,” Bharara said.

He was arrested last year along with state Sen. Malcolm an Halloran faces up to 55 years in federal pris- Smith (D-Hollis), former Queens County Republican on after the former councilman’s jurors took less Party official Vincent Tabone and three others in a scheme than 90 minutes to convict him on five corrup- that prosecutors said stemmed from Smith’s attempt to tion charges. bribe city GOP leaders in order to run “With today’s verdict of guilty reached for mayor in 2013 as a Republican. by an impartial and independent jury, the The jury convicted Halloran on one clean-up of corruption in New York concount of conspiracy, two counts of tinues in courtrooms,” said Preet Bharawire fraud and two counts of bribery. ra, U.S. Attorney for the Southern DisEach count also can carry a fine of trict of New York, in a statement issued up to $250,000. Halloran will be senby his office Tuesday at the conclusion of tenced by Federal Judge Kenneth Halloran’s eight-week trial.

Karas on Dec. 12.

Halloran will remain free on Former Bronx County Republican $250,000 bail, though a spokesman for Party Chairman Joseph Savino, who Bharara told the Chronicle Tuesday that testified against Halloran, had previthe Whitestone Republican must wear ously pleaded guilty to lesser charges, an electronic monitoring device.

So did Joseph Desmaret, the former Published reports said Halloran deputy mayor of upstate Spring Valley. intends to appeal. His attorney, Vinoo Smith and Tabone, who originally Varghese, could not be reached for went to trial with Halloran, received comment. mistrials last month and will go on The government accused Halloran of trial again on Jan. 5. involvement in “two distinct political Tabone is the former Queens County corruption schemes.”

Republican Party vice chairman. Former “First, for $20,000, Halloran was Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin willing and able to serve as a go- The jury made quick work of ex-Coun- was originally scheduled for trial after between to deliver bribes to political cilman Dan Halloran’s defense, taking Smith. Her trial date has not been set. party officials, and second he also took a reported one hour and 20 minutes Smith is running for re-election to nearly $25,000 in cash and illegal cam- to convict him on corruption charges. an eighth term. Had he continued at paign contributions to steer $80,000 in FILE PHOTO trial and been convicted, he would have Editor

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Former Queens GOP official Vincent Tabone, left, and state Sen. FILE PHOTOS Malcolm Smith are scheduled for retrial in January. been expelled from the Senate.

With the winner of the Sept. 9 Democratic primary unlikely to face a strong Republican challenger, Smith theoretically could win the primary and go to trial just days after being sworn in.

Bharara said there still is work to be done.

“Dan Halloran was the lone defendant in the trial that just ended in his conviction, but he is unfortunately not alone in a crowded field of New York officials who are willing to sell out their offices for self-enrichment,” Bharara said. “This office will continue the vigorous prosecution of political corruption to secure for the people of New York — regardless of party affiliation –—what they deserve: the honest labors of their elected representatives.

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State comptroller says reactivating line could help MTA in the long run

by Domenick Rafter Editor

In a report released last week, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said the reactivation of the Rockaway Beach LIRR is not only feasible, but a good investment for the financially-shaky Metropolitan Transit Authority.

The document alleged that the MTA has not restored the entire transit system to a state of good repair because it has not received all the funding it has sought and because cost overruns on large capital projects siphoned off resources that could have been used to modernize the system. In it, DiNapoli says restoring the route would cut down on costs of transporting residents in South Queens and the Rockaways and spur development in the area.

“The MTA has stated that given the fiscal constraints of the current economy, it will need to respond with new strategies to boost capacity and accessibility, and which are more strategic in scale and location and are accomplished within customers’ commuting lifetimes,” the state comptroller said in the report.

“Potential new strategies include rebuilding constrained subway junctions and terminals, expanding station stairways and platforms, and converting available rights-ofway. The MTA cites the former LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch as

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, inset, released a report on the MTA’s financial situation last week where he said PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER/INSET FILE PHOTO reactivating the Rockaway rail line would be a good idea. an example of this approach.

Restoring service on the Rockaway Beach Branch would be a less costly way to speed commutes between South Queens and Manhattan, improve travel within the borough, and promote economic growth.”

The rail line, which was abandoned in 1962, would connect the Rockaways to the LIRR Main Line into Penn Station at Rego Park. Longtime residents of South Queens and the Rockaways say before it stopped running, commute times to Penn Station were less than 20 minutes from Howard

Beach and 40 minutes from Rockaway Park. A trip on the A train to 34th Street-Penn Station could take three times as long.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), a staunch supporter of reactivating the line, saw the report as a positive step toward the reality of restarting train service.

“This report is a huge step forward and I will continue to work closely with state Comptroller DiNapoli, my colleagues and the MTA until the Rockaway Beach Rail Line becomes a reality,” Goldfeder said. “I applaud State

Comptroller DiNapoli for his tireless efforts to assist our Queens families and improve transit services.”

Phil McManus, a Rockaway resident and founder of the Queens Public Transit Committee, a group that has been advocating reactivation of the rail line, was also pleased with the report and urged construction of the line.

“Our city, state and federal governments need to invest in transportation for all the people,” he said. “Imagine the social, economic, recreational and environmental opportunities if we completely

restored the Rockaway Beach Rail Line.”

Supporters say the rail line would also decrease traffic on Woodhaven Boulevard by providing residents not only in the Rockaways, but also along the boulevard’s corridor a quicker route to Northern Queens and Manhattan.

The Queens College Office of Community Studies is conducting a feasibility study on the potential community impacts of various proposed redevelopment options for the aba ndoned Rock away Beach Branch line, including a competing plan to construct a linear park similar to Manhattan’s High Line along the length of the former rail line between Ozone Park and Rego Park. Called the QueensWay, the park plan is being spearheaded by The Trust for Public Land, a national urban parks advocacy and planning organization. The QueensWay plan is under evaluation and the state comptroller has recognized it.

Last December, DiNapoli issued a report on the economy recovery in Queens in which he listed the QueensWay as an example of “major economic development” that could affect the borough in the near future, alongside JetBlue’s new Long Island City headquarters, Willets Point, Flushing Commons and the Cornell Tech school Q planned for Roosevelt Island.

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Broken hydrants get fixed in Howard Beach Water pumps may have been out of service since Hurricane Sandy

by Domenick Rafter Editor

The fire hydrant outside Ave Maria Catholic Academy in Howard Beach before it was fixed, left, and after. The white circle PHOTO COURTESY NYS SENATE indicates a problem with the pump.

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A dangerous situation in Howard Beach that existed for months — possibly years — without most residents knowing about it has been rectified.

Several inoperative fire hydrants in Howard Beach, some of which may not have been working since Hurricane Sandy, have finally been fixed.

At least four hydrants in the neighborhood had a white circle around the connector on their sides, an indication that they were not working. The hydrants were located on 157th Avenue between 86th and 87th streets and between 100th and 101st streets, on 101st Street between 158th and 159th avenues and on 158th Avenue between 100th and 101st streets. The latter one was of special concern because it is in front of the Ave Maria Catholic Academy school building.

Residents reported the broken hydrants to state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), who immediately wrote to Emily Lloyd, the commissioner of the city Department of Environmental Protection, asking her to investigate the problem and fix the broken hydrants.

“It is a major concern when a fire hydrant at any location is

not working, but particularly the two hydrants located on the block of Ave Maria Catholic Academy,” Addabbo said in a letter to Lloyd on July 8. “It is important that these fire hydrants remain functional in the event of an emergency.”

Though no recent fatal fires in New York City have been blamed on faulty hydrants, fatal blazes in Detroit and Philadelphia have been blamed on slow response stemming from hydrant problems.

Though their primary use is by the FDNY to fight fires, and New York’s Bravest note problems with the devices, the hydrants are under the authority of the DEP. The agency responded to Addabbo, saying that they were never notified of the broken hydrants by the FDNY. The agency’s Water Maintenance sector responded and fixed the problem hydrants last week. Now, the white circles that indicated a malfunction have been removed and the hydrants are in working order again.

The DEP did not say how long the hydrants have been out of service, though Addabbo said it’s possible some, if not all, of them may have been broken since Hurricane Sandy nearly two years ago. Many of the neighborhood’s hydrants Q were completely submerged by the storm surge.

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Conviction in fatal beating A 28-year-old Fresh Meadows man has been found guilty of manslaughter in the March 2013 beating death of a man who was a patron at the Moka Nightclub and Lounge on 91st Avenue in Richmond Hill.

A jury convicted Kristian Sorbera, who lived on Parsons Boulevard, of first-degree manslaughter for the March 18, 2013 beating death of Deosarran Ramdulan, 24, of Richmond Hill.

According to the trial testimony, Sorbera was working at Moka when Ramdular was partying with a friend. The victim had argued with the defendant outside the club, but left with his friend to take a cab home just before 5 a.m.

Sorbera approached Ramdular around the corner from the club and attacked him, said Queens DA Richard Brown. After the beating, the defendant told the victim’s companion “Your friend deserved that.”

Ramdular suffered extensive injuries including a broken neck and eye socket.

He was hospitalized and placed on a ventilator. He died a week later and his death was classified as a homicide.

Sorbera will be sentenced on Aug. 28, 2014, and faces up to 25 years in Q prison.

What to do if you have not filed flood claims 90-day window for 4/30 victims passed

by Domenick Rafter Editor

Residents and homeowners in Lindenwood who have not filed claims related to damage from the April 30 flood may be out of luck.

The 90-day window to file for damages with the city closed on Monday, and in order to seek restitution, there are extra steps to take, according to Bruce Baron, a lawyer representing residents who are suing the city for the flood.

The city Department of Environmental Protection has taken the blame for the April 30 deluge that damaged dozens of homes in Lindenwood and East Ne w Yo r k , B r o o k ly n . T h e f lo o d occurred after over five inches of rain fell on that day. The city said a malfunction of the Spring Creek sewer retention plant caused water to back up into the neighborhood.

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“It’s really a shame that the city is capitalizing on some victims’ reluctance to and/or reliance and not informing them of crucial dates and actions they must take,” Baron said in a statement.

The lawsuit alleges the city has been negligent in maintaining the sewer infrastructure in the neighborhood and that increased development over the last few decades has overwhelmed it, causing regular f looding problems, though not as bad as the April 30 inundation.

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Upstate casinos: a bad bet

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hen Gov. Cuomo announced his plan to allow more casinos to be built upstate — but none in the city or on Long Island — this page called it a “foolish scheme” because, simply put, downstate is where the people are, and where most of the money is.

And what appeared foolish in May 2013 looks even more so in July 2014.

The casino industry is contracting. One of Atlantic City’s 12 gaming centers closed early this year and three more are expected to, including the one bearing the name of Queens native Donald Trump.

Moody’s Investors Service, the gold standard on credit ratings, recently downgraded the gaming industry as a whole from stable to negative.

An exception to all this, of course, is Queens’ own Resorts World Casino New York City, the racino at Aqueduct Race Track in South Ozone Park.

Even without actual table games, Resorts World is turning a profit while Atlantic City crumbles. And 70 percent of its revenue, hundreds of millions of dollars a year, goes to the state, helping to fund edu-

cation as well as horse racing and the lottery.

Yet Cuomo somehow thought it wise to encourage casino building where there is very little if any demand, while continuing to deny Resorts World the table games it should be allowed to have.

Upstaters already can gamble at Yonkers, just north of the city; Monticello in the Catskills; Saratoga north of Albany; and Turning Stone, between the Adirondack Mountains and the Finger Lakes; not to mention Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. There are multiple casinos in Pennsylvania, more being considered in New Jersey and one going up in Massachusetts (even as there is a push there to repeal the 2011 law allowing gaming).

Clearly this ship has sailed. Cuomo, perhaps realizing this, now says that building new casinos or not is really up to the private sector. We can’t see wise investors taking the plunge. Promoting manufacturing and higher education is much smarter. Gambling can’t fix the upstate economy, where there is so little disposable income. As Willie Sutton said about banks, New York City is where the money is.

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Dear Editor: There is more to “Don’t let one tragic death impede law enforcement” (Editorial, July 24).

Blame the economy for forcing Eric Garner, like thousands of other out of work New Yorkers, to sell street corner cigarettes known as “loosies,” 2 for $1 to make ends meet. Excessive taxes on cigarettes has resulted in a growing market for those in poor neighborhoods to purchase cigarettes one or two at a time.

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Law enforcement authorities should pursue those who commit real crimes against citizens and property rather than enforcing insane laws outlawing the sale of individual cigarettes.

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Katz’s purge and Queens’ pavilion

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ust seven months into her term, Borough President Melinda Katz is making serious progress on major issues.

Two matters stand out — one that she planned to tackle from the start, and one that got dumped in her lap. In both cases she has demonstrated strong leadership.

The surprise issue was the crisis at the Queens Library. Faced with major ethical questions, an audit, a legal challenge and a criminal investigation, the Library Board of Trustees dug in its heels and defied the public interest.

Katz reacted by drafting, along with two state officials, a reform bill that, among other things, let her dismiss obstinate trustees.

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problem is not that the police do not understand the techniques related to applying force; the problem is that a few of their members habitually and despicably use wrongful force, mainly on members of minority communities. Along with retraining, the commissioner should purge the force of toxic police officers who tarnish the reputation of the entire force. The combined efforts of retraining and purging would go a long way to: (a) improve relations with minority communities, (b) lower the costs of multimillion-dollar abuse settlements, and (c) decrease the likelihood of a highly publicized violent reaction to police brutality, which would be catastrophic to this city’s improved property values and tourism industry.

Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

Forgotten heritage Dear Editor: If it weren’t for humans seeking a better life and migrating to our land, the United States would not have evolved into the greatness it

six board members while the mayor canned two more. We look forward to new appointees who truly want to serve the people.

The issue she planned to take on was saving the State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. It’s rotted away for 50 years.

Now, thanks to her leadership, $6 million has been set aside to begin repairs. Much more will be needed, but the ball is rolling, and private money is bound to follow.

When asked recently, “You really are going to save the Pavilion, aren’t you?” Katz said it’s already been saved. Now it’s just a matter of following through.

This is leadership. We’d say job well done, but Katz has only just begun. So far, so excellent.

has, thus attracting yet others here today with the same desires as yesteryear. Yet their arrival are treated by some as if it were a new occurrence and paranoiacally, a threatening one.

The latest to set foot are never welcome. How easily we forget our heritage. Immigration has through the years at times wreaker havoc on our country even as far back as 1620 when that Mayflower boat deposited that historic load of undocumented immigrants (romantically dubbed “Pilgrims”) on our soil much to the umbrage of our Native Americans, who still remain the only nonimmigrants in our country.

Some might justifiably even refer to these early immigrants or pilgrims as terrorists considering the decimation they wreaked upon our Native Americans. Nevertheless, the rest of us inherited and are all offshoots of that and the various Mayflowerish influx of immigrants or pilgrims throughout the centuries fulfilling their dream of becoming American Citizens.

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Dear Editor: Another in a long line of schemes to blur, and eventually eliminate citizenship! The traitors, having allowed tens of millions of invaders to ignore our laws, will in time erase our sovereignty and fold us into the new world order. Beginning with the Reagan amnesty and the largely unpublished miniamnesties that followed, the so-called government/judicial system has consistently given illegal aliens billions of dollars in “entitlements” and legal status by not enforcing the laws that protect citizens from the ongoing invasion. (Case in point, Article 4, Section 4 of the Constitution). And the ongoing taxpayer ripoff, the anchor baby scam, now being used by tourists along with illegal aliens, to make the children citizens, got that, everybody except the citizens and this fake government decides who becomes a citizen. The words citizen or citizens appear 21 times in the constitution. Expect those words to be replaced, so as to not offend noncitizens. So fellow citizens, get used to being equal with illegal aliens, or you can take your country back.

Larry Trapani Richmond Hill

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Dear Editor: An open letter to the community: My heart swelled with pride this past Saturday as I looked upon the sea of riders assembled along Cross Bay Boulevard.

It was the first annual Loop, a bike ride to benefit the NYFAC Foundation and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and what a show of support we received.

More than 200 people showed up to pedal, 75 gave of their time – and even more provided sponsorships and came out to our thankyou barbecue.

Together, we raised nearly $15,000.

The day’s success showed me the power of community. It proved that people by nature are good-hearted and will come together to support a good cause.

It also pointed to how important volunteers are to our success – and how grateful we are to those who are ever ready, willing and able to lend a hand and give back.

As the NYFAC Foundation continues to grow, we will continue to strive to “better the lives of those with autism.”

We thank you, the community, for all your support over the years and look forward to a great future together.

Andrew Baumann President & CEO, NYFAC Foundation Howard Beach

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I too was shocked when the cou r t declared Obamacare constitutional. I guess the checks from the insurance company lobbyists didn’t clear in time to change the “GOP-controlled” court’s decision. Perhaps the court was inf luenced by the fact that Americans voted for President Obama twice on the promise that he would deliver on Obamacare — albeit a watered-down version, thanks to (you guessed it) the GOP. Ms. Wijnen points out that Obama is half white. I doubt that the racists in Congress took that into account while voting against every program Obama tried to enact. Hence his “dictatorship.”

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Would she still defend the owners if they were satanists? What if they were atheists and banned all religious paraphernalia on company property? Should employees suck it up and go find another job? As if it were so easy.

And as for the religious right and their faith in God? Webster’s definition of faith is: belief in, devotion to, or trust in somebody or something, especially without logical proof. Belief without, or in spite of, evidence. Enough said.

Women are denied contraception yet men are covered for Viagra? I’ll just say this: The Republican war on women is alive and well.

And any “intelligent” woman who votes Republican is a fool.

The only thing Ms. Wijnen got right was “the truth is what is, not what one wants it to be.” And that truth is that the GOP is dying.

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time that the need for immigration reform was recognized. In 1986, there was a sweeping immigration reform bill encouraged and signed by Ronald Reagan, “I love Reagan lovingly more than I ever loved any loving thing in the whole loving world of love” Reagan Rooters, may, if ruefully remember. He confidently predicted, “Future generations of Americans will be thankful for our efforts to humanely regain control of our borders and thereby preserve the value of one of the most sacred possessions of our people — American citizenship.” Even a blind squirrel will find an occasional acorn.

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New law extends hours for casinos Resorts World, other racinos can stay open to 6 a.m., add more free play

by Domenick Rafter Editor

City Councilmen Donovan Richards, left, Mark Treyger and Carlos Menchaca take questions Tuesday night about the city’s commitment to help rebuild the homes and the lives of people who lost their homes to Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

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More than 1,000 people, many of them victims of Hurricane Sandy, attended a meeting Tuesday night between city officials and more than a score of clergy with one demand — to make them whole again.

Faith in New York sponsored what it billed as a Sandy rebuilding summit at the Greater Allen AME Cathedral of New York in Jamaica.

City officials on hand included Public Advocate Letitia James, Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) and Amy Peterson, who serves as director of the city’s Housing Recovery Office.

Attendees came in buses from churches throughout Queens.

Rabbi Elizabeth Wood of The Reform Temple of Forest Hills was one of the many clerics who addressed city officials on behalf of Sandy victims.

“Sandy destroyed their homes, their jobs and their lives,” Wood said. “We cannot let them struggle alone.”

The Rev. Fulgencio Gutierrez, pastor of St. Mary by the Sea and St. Gertrude in Far Rockaway, pointed out that it has been 20 months since Sandy stormed ashore in October 2012, and that most people who lost their homes still are struggling.

One member of his congregation, Theresa Reyes, said her family continues to struggle while waiting to rebuild.

“We are paying a mortgage in Far Rockaway and rent in Brooklyn,” she said. “It’s hard.”

The city has received approval for more than $4 billion, including nearly $649 million this past spring.

And while Peterson acknowledged that the city has a long way to go, she said she and the de Blasio administration have made gains since coming into office in January.

She said 44 homes in hurricane-affected areas have been completed, 167 have started construction and more than 700 are in the design phase.

“That may not seem like a lot,” Peterson said. “But you have to remember that those numbers were all zero before Jan. 1.”

Two other numbers up from zero since January are the 457 homeowners who have received more than $7 million in reimbursements for repairs they did themselves.

Richards said he believes residents in the Rockaways, Rosedale and other places hammered by Sandy have a mayor in de Blasio who is interested in being a partner in the recovery effort.

Part of the evening included a presentation from the Alliance for a Just Rebuilding, which is seeking to use the state and federal rebuilding money to provide 30,000 jobs for area residents in the construction process and ancillary occupations.

A major part of that would have to be a massive job and career training initiative.

“We propose a robust job and career training infrastructure to assure that local New York City residents do the work of rebuilding our city,” the group said in a statement.

The organization also used the summit as a forum to support a City Council proposal that would ban most employers from asking if a job applicant has been convicted of a crime; and to push expanded registration in the city’s new identity card program. continued on page 32

Gov. Cuomo has signed into law legislation to allow racinos like Resorts World Casino New York City in South Ozone Park to stay open later.

The bill will also increase the amount of free play a casino can offer to attract customers.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), who sponsored the bill in the Assembly, said it was a “technical fix” to the state law governing casino operations.

“It gives the casinos a little more flexibility,” he said, noting that the bill garnered no opposition in either house of the state Legislature when it was passed in June.

The Senate version was sponsored by state Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx, Westchester County).

Under the law, Resorts World and other racinos in the state will now be allowed to stay open until 6 a.m. from the current 4 a.m.

Further, the gaming halls will be allowed

to give out free play equaling 15 percent of the total amount wagered, up from 10 percent.

Resorts World spokeswoman Abbey Falconer said the casino must wait 60 days as stated in the law before its hours can be extended.

“The earliest Resorts World Casino New York City’s hours of operation would change is the week of Sept. 22,” she said in an email.

Resorts World recently changed its opening time to 10 a.m. from 8 a.m.

Revenue is down at many racinos upstate, but is up 7.6 percent generally statewide thanks almost entirely to Resorts World, which has raked in over $1 billion since opening in October, 2011.

There are nine racinos across New York State including Resorts World and there are plans to open four new Las Vegas-style casinos spread across th ree regions; the Catskills, the Southern Tier and the Capital District area, the result of a successful referendum to legalize full gaming in the state Q passed by voters last November.

Resorts World Casino New York City and eight other racinos across the state will be allowed to stay open until 6 a.m. and offer free play up to 15 percent of total wagers starting in September FILE PHOTO thanks to legislation signed by Gov. Cuomo last week.

Emergency landing at JFK A Delta f light from LaGuardia Airport to Ohio had to make an emergency landing at JFK Airport Tuesday night after it suffered a possible malfunction of its landing gear.

Delta Flight 6093 left LaGuardia at 9:14 p.m. bound for Dayton, Ohio. The pilot of the Embraer ERJ-145, which is capable of carrying up to 50 passengers, was warned of a potential issue with the plane’s landing gear immediately after takeoff.

The plane circled LaGuardia for over an hour, f lying over Northern Queens,

the Bronx, Manhattan and Bergen County, New Jersey. Several residents reported on social media seeing the plane circling overhead.

The f light then f lew east over Long Island and then buzzed the JFK Airport control tower before making an emergency landing on Runway 31L at around 11:34 p.m. Passengers were ordered to evacuate the plane and no one was injured.

The Port Authority said the plane may have had an issue with one of its tires. The Q incident is still under investigation.

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Edna Aguayo wins $1K-a-day for life

by Domenick Rafter Editor

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On July 12, Just Pawfection, located at 102-18 159 Rd. in Howard Beach, hosted an adoption event for Heavenly Angels Animal Rescue on Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park. They wanted to bring an awareness of the shelter to the local neighborhood and help assist in finding permanent homes for dogs.

Just Paw fec tion gave baths to all the adoptee dogs and puppies that were there to get them ready for their new homes. The grooming salon is offering all families that adopt a dog from Heavenly Angels Animal Rescue in the future their first grooming for free.

“Thank you for hosting an adoption event in front o f your ve r y c o ol p e t salon,” Don Preus, a Heavenly Angels volunteer said to Just Pawfection.

“The staff could not have been any more polite to us and our volunteers were happy to participate. Your generosity overwhelmed me by taking our adoptees in for a much needed bath. They sure left happy

and so did I.” Clockwise from upper left with Mazzi the dog are Preus, Justine Orr, owner of Just Pawfections, Alyssa Tubolino and Catherine Grimaldi, groomers for Just Pawfections.

One retired Ozone Park resident got in it — and then she won it.

Edna Aguayo bought a CASH4LIFE lottery ticket at Waldbaum’s in Howard Beach earlier this month and matched all six numbers from the July 14 contest — 9-19-34-37-49 Cash Ball 2 — becoming the first person to win the $1,000-a-day for life grand prize.

In a statement released by the New York Lottery, Aguayo said a psychic told her to try her luck 16 years ago and when she saw the name of the game, she had to take a chance.

“I was in an amusement park and went to see a reader. She told me to buy ‘for life’ lottery tickets because she could see that one day I was going to hit a ‘for life’ prize,” she said. “I thought I would win the second prize. I didn’t think I was ever going to win the top prize.”

After required withholding she will receive a net check totaling $227,410 every year for the rest of her life.

The game, played in New York and New Jersey, offers two chances to win.

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Some ferry routes are cheaper than others A look at the varying price of commuting by boat on New York City’s waterways

by Domenick Rafter

for the boats. The Rockaway Ferry runs more than 10 miles between Beach 108th Street and Pier 11 at Wall Street, more than double the length of the Staten Island and East River ferries. Comparably, the cost for Seastreak to run a route from Manhattan to Atlantic Highlands, NJ — a distance of about 20 miles through New York Harbor and Raritan Bay — is also expensive. How expensive? Without any direct financial support from the city, passengers fork over $26 per ride.

Total number of passengers is also a major factor. According to the EDC, the Rockaway Ferry transports 800 to 1,000 people a day, a fraction of the more than 70,000 the Staten Island Ferry — one of the busiest routes in the world — carries in a single day. The East River Ferry sees roughly 3,200 riders a day.

Even Seastreak’s pricey Atlantic Highlands route carries more than twice as many passengers per day as the Rockaway Ferry.

For the EDC, raising fares to meet the cost is not an option. Because subways, buses and even express buses would be cheaper for Rockaway riders to use, the city does not believe commuters will keep riding the ferry if fares are raised too high.

But some Rockaway commuters have said they would pay more for the ferry.

In June, 2013, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder continued on page 22

Editor

When the city announced it would not commit to continuing to fund the Rockaway Ferry service past October, commuters and officials from the peninsula were mad. The ferry, launched after Hurricane Sandy, is popular and the Rockaway community saw it as a good way to jump start the peninsula’s lagging economy and spur development.

But while the ferry — originally a temporary commuting solution while the A train was shut down due to damage to the track — was popular, the city says it’s not heavily used. That was one reason why the city’s Economic Development Corp.said the cost of the ferry was not sustainable.

The ferry, operated by Seastreak, connects Beach 108th Street to Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan. It added a stop in Sunset Park, Brooklyn in the spring to accommodate commuters affected by the closure of the R train to repair Sandy damage in the tunnel under the East River. The fare is $3.50 per ride, but the actual cost is much higher. In 2013, the city said the cost to subsidize the Rockaway Ferry was $500,000 per month.

“As part of the Mayor’s Executive Budget, the City added funding for a fourth service extension to allow operation through October, supporting both Rockaway commuters

The cost per passenger trip of the Rockaway Ferry is nearly $30 a person, according to the EDC, more than twice that of express buses, the most costly transportation option to the city and CHART COURTESY NYCEDC more than 10 times the cost to subsidize the East River Ferry. and Brooklyn residents during the R train outage,” Kate Blumm, a spokeswoman for the EDC said in a statement. “We will continue to examine ridership and seek a sustainable funding stream that can support the $25-$30 subsidy per trip—the highest by far of any public transportation in the city.”

Because the price to travel by boat is astronomically higher than by rail or even bus, ferries are expensive and the city heavily subsidizes them to keep the cost down for commuters. The city subsidy for the Rockaway

ferry service is nearly $30 per passenger, according to the EDC. But other routes, including the East River and Staten Island ferries cost far less to operate. The Staten Island Ferry, which is free, is subsidized at just under $5 per passenger, while the city pays $2.22 per passenger for the East River Ferry, which charges $4 per ride on weekdays and $6 on weekends.

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Avonte’s Law passes Council School door alarm legislature gets unanimous go-ahead

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Avonte Oquendo, the 14-year-old who ran away in October, was found dead in January FILE PHOTO after a citywide search.

A bill that could reduce the number of young students from running out of school buildings unattended was approved by the City Council on Thursday without a single voice of dissent.

Avonte’s Law, introduced by Councilman Robert Cornegy (D-Brooklyn) requires the Department of Education to evaluate where door alarms are necessary. The agency has until May 30 of next year to produce a final

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The original bill differed slightly as Cornegy wanted all buildings with elementary school and special education students to install door alarms.

The Council’s Education Committee amended the legislation after considering the concerns DOE and UFT representatives expressed at a public hearing.

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In certain cases of autism, loud or unfamiliar noises can trigger a child to bolt.

Cornegy also wanted implementation to begin this summer and be completed in the fall, but under the approved bill the councilman said all approved schools should have the alarms installed by 2015.

Though he didn’t get everything he wanted, Cornegy was praised for his drive and perseverance by almost all Council members.

“I watched in awe as Councilman Cornegy put together this bill,” Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal (D-Manhattan) said. “From as soon as this tragedy started, my colleague was working to make our schools safer.”

The bill is named in honor of Avonte Oquendo, the 14-year-old autistic boy who ran out of the Riverview School in Long Island City in October.

The school was criticized for its poor response time and failure to enforce a lockdown, as such a situation usually warrants, according to DOE protocol.

As a result, a massive citywide search took place for months until the teenager’s remains were found washed ashore in College Point.

Cornegy also cited another incident, in which pre-K student Symeir Talley-Jasper walked out of her school in Brooklyn, as inspiration for the legislation.

“This was a common sense idea to make our schools safer,” Councilman David Green (D-Brooklyn) said. “And to the Oquendo family, I know this doesn’t make everything better but I hope you will take a small measure of comfort knowing we will do all we can to make sure something like Q this never happens again.”

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Galante scandal leads to sacking of trustees One member who opposed removing CEO and comptroller audit survives

by Domenick Rafter

ensure they are allocated wisely, act in a responsible manner, and Borough President Melinda protect the public interest,” she Katz and Mayor de Blasio made it said. “In this case, the job of the very clear the dismissal of nearly Board of Trustees is to safeguard half of the Queens Library Board the library’s resources for its eduof Trustees was entirely due to the cational mission, and some of scandal enveloping the library’s them weren’t doing that up to the CEO Tom Galante, who allegedly standards the public deserves.

That’s why the administration felt misused capital funds.

Jacqueline Arrington, the 2013 it was appropriate to remove these b o a r d c h a i r wo m a n , J o s e p h individuals from the Board of Ficalora, William Jefferson, Grace Trustees. Queens residents deserve Lawrence, Terri Mangino and a strong library system that is George Stamatiades received let- transparent and fulfills its educaters from Katz notifying them of tional purpose, and it is the city’s their termination on July 23. Mayor responsibility to protect the integde Blasio sacked two mayoral rity of this important cultural and appointees, Patricia Flynn and Ste- educational institution.”

The 19-member phen Van Anden. b oa rd h a s n i ne In letters sent to members appointthe members, Katz ed by the borough said they “failed in president and 10 their duty to propappointed by the erly oversee the mayor. Katz said f i na nces of t he she acted under Queens Library to authority given to adequately protect her by a new state and preserve the law, which allows library’s resources h e r t o r e m ov e and physical propappointees before erty by voting to blo ck t h e New Mary Ann Mattone, a mayoral t h e i r f i ve -ye a r York City comp- appointee, is the only trustee terms are up. All troller’s legitimate to oppose asking Galante to six were appointed efforts to obtain step aside and not be removed or reappointed by FILE PHOTO Katz’s predeceslibrary financial from the board. sor, Helen Marinformation and to a u d it t h e l i b r a r y’s f u n d i n g shall. Former Mayor Bloomberg had appointed or reappointed all streams.”

The terminated members also 10 mayoral appointees.

Of the trustees Katz let go last all opposed putting library CEO Tom Galante, whose use of capital week, the terms of Jefferson and funds is under investigation, on Stamatiades were to expire at the end of this year, while the terms of leave.

De Blasio spokeswoman Marti Arrington and Mangino — who Adams released a statement last had been serving since 1972 — week from the mayor, who was expire at the end of 2016. Lawrence’s term was up in 2017 and then still in Italy on vacation.

“We expect that individuals Ficalora’s in 2018. The terms of responsible for public f u nds both mayoral appointees removed Editor

Borough President Melinda Katz, left, removed every member of the Queens Library Board of Trustees who voted to retain library CEO Tom Galante after he become embroiled in a scandal involving the organization’s finances, including Jacqueline Arrington, the most recent chair of the board, and Joseph Ficalora, CEO of New York Community Bank.

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were up at the end of 2015.

Leonard D’Amico, also a borough president appointee who voted against removing Galante, stepped down from the board earlier this year.

But while de Blasio removed two members who voted no on that proposal, he did not remove a third — Mary Ann Mattone, wife of developer Joseph Mattone. The Douglaston resident who served as president of the board of trustees in 2008, has been a board member since being appointed by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani in 1998. Her term expires at the end of 2016.

Adams did not address why the mayor opted not to sack Mattone when asked via email.

Public Advocate Letitia James, who herself is a nonvoting member of the board of trustees along with the mayor, comptroller, Queens borough president and speaker of the City Council, also commended the decision to remove the board members.

“I applaud Mayor de Blasio and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz for their swift action on

removing trustees from the library board,” she said. “These changes will ensure more accountability and improve the delivery of library services for 2.3 million Queens residents. In light of recent distractions, it is important that the library return to its main mission of serving all residents, particularly our children, seniors and English-language learners. The Queens Borough Public Library is one of the best systems in the country and today’s move will ensure that the system is respected around the country again.”

City Comptroller Scott Stringer, whose proposed audit of the library’s financial records was opposed by the removed trustees, praised the removals as well.

“I commend Queens Borough President Melinda Katz for initiating changes to the Queens Library Board that I believe will be in the b e s t i nt e r e s t s of t a x p aye r s , accountability and good governance,” Stringer said in a statement. “It is my hope that the information requested by my audit team will be made available without further delay.”

In a statement, the library gave a general defense of its Board of Trustees.

“Throughout the history of the Queens Borough Public Library, the people of Queens have benefitted enormously from a highly committed library Board of Trustees whose leadership has helped keep libraries open and free,” the statement read. “They have helped make Queens Library a recognized national model of excellence. The board consists of volunteer high-profile professionals and community activists who make time out of their busy schedules.

Every one of the tens of millions who has enriched his life through Queens Library owes them thanks for their service.”

Adams said that the mayor will announce new board members soon. Katz spokesman Michael Scholl did not say when the borough president will name new me mb e r s. K a t z h a s a l r e a d y appointed one new member — Carl Koerner in March — who supported the resolution to put Q Galante on leave.

MTA announces 4-year, $363M safety program The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has included $363 million for across-theboard safety improvements in a four-year financial plan announced on Monday.

The news came four months after the Federal Railroad Administration found “a deficient safety culture” in its investigation of the MTA’s Metro-North division following a train wreck in the Bronx last December that killed four people and injured more than 70 others.

“Safety is the top priority for all of the MTA’s daily operations, and the investments announced today reinforce that

Training, equipment, technology stressed emphasis,” Thomas Prendergast, the MTA’s chairman and CEO, said in a statement issued on Monday.

Investments will include $46 million per year for employee and customer safety training; $21 million per year for increased track inspections and repairs; $8 million per year for upgrades and repairs to the track safety signal system; and $3 million per year for enhanced safety systems and communications with customers and employees.

In the subways, New York City Transit will increase the number of inspections and m a i nt e n a nce on it s “c r it ica l t r a ck corridors.”

The signals division will receive additional resources. The new Help Point intercom system is part of the program.

N YC Tr a n sit a nd M TA Bu s Co. buses will get an inf usion of driver training and oversight in coordination with the city’s Vision Zero effor t to

reduce traffic fatalities.

Among the initiatives are increased training to help drivers identify distracted pedestrians and cope with an increase in bicycle riders.

The MTA also is collaborating with the city’s Department of Transportation to identify dangerous intersections, curbs and other infrastructure.

Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road will install video cameras in engineers’ cabs and elsewhere on trains. Both have created new safety and inspection Q teams.

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Night out events readied for Aug. 5 Annual event hosted by police precincts throughout the borough

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

Communities around the borough will commemorate National Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday, Aug. 5.

The annual event is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch in Pennsylvania. Executive Director Matt Peskin introduced National Night Out in 1984.

The evening now involves over 37.8 million people and 16,124 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities, and military bases worldwide.

The traditional “lights on” campaign and front porch vigils turned into a celebration across America with various events and activities including block parties, cookouts, visits from emergency personnel, rallies and marches, exhibits, safety demonstrations and seminars, in effort to heighten awareness and enhance community relations.

Peskin said, “It’s a wonderful opportunity for communities nationwide to promote police-community partnerships, crime prevention, and neighborhood camaraderie. While the one night is certainly not an answer to crime, drugs and violence, National Night Out represents the kind of spirit, energy and determination to help make neighborhoods a safer place year round.

“The night celebrates safety and crime prevention successes and works to expand and strengthen programs for the next 364 days.”

The 102nd Precinct will hold its program at the Buddy Memorial in Forest Park at Park Lane South and Myrtle Avenue from 6 to 9 p.m. There will be a barbecue and international food plus events for children.

In Jamaica, the 103rd Precinct’s event will take place from

5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Rufus King Park. Festivities, including food, music and family-friendly activities, will be near the park entrance at 89th Avenue and 150th Street.

The 104th Precinct’s event will be held at at Joseph Mafera Park in Ridgewood from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 5.

Available to attendees will be free rides and games for children, health screenings, crime prevention information, music and dancing. Free food and drinks will also be provided.

The 105th Precinct will host its annual event from 5 to 9 p.m. at Cabbell Park in Cambria Heights. The park is located at 120th Avenue and Francis Lewis Boulevard The 106th Precinct will hold its event at Police Officer Edward Byrne Park, North Conduit Avenue between 130th and 134th streets, from 6 to 9 p.m. in South Ozone Park.

At the 107th Precinct, an event will be held at the Electchester Shopping Center, 158-11 Harry Van Ardsdale Jr. Ave. in Flushing at 7 p.m. There will be music, a barbecue, games, free flashlights and a blood donor van.

At the 108th Precinct, activities are set for 5 p.m. at Andrews Grove at 49th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City. Officers invite the community to dance, eat and mingle with the 108th Precinct. There will be free face painting, refreshments and giveaways for the kids.

In Flushing, the 109th Precinct evening will be held at PS 20, 142-30 Barclay Ave. from 5 to 9 p.m. It will include a DJ, carnival games, pony rides, face painting, food and information on crime prevention, domestic violence and healthcare.

At the 110th Precinct, activities will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at Flushing Meadows Park. A petting zoo —courtesy of the Queens Zoo — music, barbecue and face painting is available to everyone.

Also, watch the officers of the 110th face off against employees of the Queens Center mall in a game of softball.

Workshops on highway safety, youth explorers, bicycle safety and more will be offered as well. Guests should use the park entrance on 111th Street between 54th and 55th avenues.

The 111th Precinct will hold its event at the Douglaston Shopping Center, 61-00 Douglaston Parkway from 6 to 9 p.m. in front of Modell’s. There will be a balloon guy, food, a bouncy house, free bike helmets for children, a DJ and a crime prevention table.

At the 112th, the program will be held at MacDonald Park on Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills from 6 to 9 p.m. There will be officers on hand to meet with residents, who will also have the opportunity to enjoy karate and tennis demonstrations, live music, a barbecue, face painting, giveaways and arts and crafts sessions.

In the event of rain, the event will be relocated at the nearby Forest Hills Jewish Center.

In the 113th Precinct, people will gather at Baisley Park from 6 to 9 p.m. at 155th Street and Baisley Boulevard in South Jamaica.

The 114th Precinct will hold its event at Astoria Park between the Hell Gate and RFK bridges in Astoria. There will be music and a barbecue as well as pony rides for the kids, a dunk tank and bouncy castles. It starts at 5 p.m.

In Jackson Heights, the 115th event will be held in Northern Park on Northern Boulevard at 94th Street starting at 6 p.m. Officers will be on hand to provide information on safety and community programs and there will be food, enterQ tainment, face painting and a bouncy castle.

The USTA announced this week that country superstar Hunter Hayes, breakout duo MKTO, girl group McCLAIN, British pop rock band The Vamps, teen sensation Madison Beer and EDM prodigy DJ Salerno will team up with tennis icons Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal at the 19th Annual Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day on Saturday, Aug. 23 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park.

From 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., kids and their families can enjoy an array of free tennis games, live music and attractions taking place throughout the grounds of the tennis center.

Inside Arthur Ashe Stadium from 1 to 3 p.m., the live tennis and music show will feature fun exhibition matches and skills competitions with Djokovic and Nadal as well as the musical performances.

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Rockaway to can their beers Rockaway Brewing Co., one of the oldest breweries in Queens, achieved its goal of raising $30,000 by midnight on Monday.

The fundraiser, done through Kickstarter, was to pay for canning, which will allow the small business to distribute its product in aluminum cans as opposed to the glass growlers

normally used.

It was unclear if Rockaway Brewing Co. would achieve its goal early Sunday afternoon, as they were a few hundred dollars short, but in a last minute burst of contributions, the beer distributors came out on top, with an extra $555 to spare.

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Called chikungunya, there’s no cure or treatment but lasts a week

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

As if Queens residents don’t have enough to worry about with those pesky mosquitoes who carry West Nile virus, now there’s another virus also spread by the insects that’s heading our way and there’s no cure.

But not to fear. The chikungunya virus is not deadly, although it can be very painful, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

Discovered in Tanzania in 1954, the virus is a Kimakonde tribe word which refers to the joint pain suffered by those infected. It is spread by two types of mosquitoes, one of which, the Asian tiger mosquito, is active in New York.

Patients usually get over the virus in a week, treated with pain killers only. There is no vaccine. Some patients, however, suffer long-term pain.

The city Department of Health issued the following statement regarding the virus: “We have not seen local transmission of chikungunya virus in New York City, but continue to monitor mosquitoes across the city as part of our Comprehensive Mosquito Surveillance and Control Plan.

“New Yorkers can protect themselves by: using air conditioning on windows or door screens to keep mosquitoes outside; using mosquito repellents; wearing long-

sleeved shirts and long pants, weather permitting; and removing standing water from property to cut down on potential mosquito breeding sites. Call 311 to report standing water that you cannot remove.”

The influx in the United States is due to an epidemic that started last year in the Caribbean.

On July 22, Joel Peralta, a Tampa Bay Rays pitcher was placed on the 15-day disabled list after coming down with the virus.

He recently spent time in his native Dominican Republic, where the illness is active.

Although numbers change frequently, the CDC reports 497 cases in the United States. Florida has the most with 77 cases, due to its closeness to the Caribbean, and New York follows with 30.

O n Fr id ay, Se n . C huck Schu me r (D-NY) urged the CDC to issue health alerts to doctors and nurses in the United States, which would include clear descriptions of symptoms, the best palliative treatments, as well as ways to contain the virus. For example, once an individual is infected, it’s recommended that they wear bug spray in order to keep mosquitoes from biting them and passing it to others.

Schumer also wants the Department of Homeland Security to declare a “public emergency” for chikungunya, similar to the alert issued when the swine f lu hit

Mexico in 2009.

The senator issued a warning after the June World Cup in Brazil, fearing people would bring the virus back with them, and now after it was learned that three residents of Long Island had contracted travel-related cases of the illness. Aside from swollen joints, symptoms can include muscle pain, headaches, joint swelling and rashes.

“Ch i k u ng u nya has now of f icially reached Long Island, and the feds must act before this debilitating virus spreads further and takes hold in New York,” Schumer said. “There are a number of ways that chik-v can be treated and contained, and it is critical that the CDC issue a health alert so that doctors can be on the lookout for this virus, better identify and treat symptoms and prevent its spread.”

Like West Nile virus, chikungunya is not transmitted from human to human, just through mosquito bites.

“The arrival of chikungunya virus, first in the tropical Americas and now in the United States, underscores the risks posed by this and other exotic pathogens,” said Roger Nasci of the CDC in a prepared statement.

The West Nile virus was first discovered in the United States in College Point 15 years ago. Since then, it has spread across the United States. Constant monitoring of

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Residents host BBQ for Pan Am families Organizers aim to better Elmhurst’s image with food, games and music

by Cristina Schreil Chronicle Contributor

After three caustic protests rocked Elmhurst upon converting the Pan American Hotel into a homeless shelter in June, some wanted to show shelter families a brighter side of the neighborhood.

Nearly 300 volunteers and shelter residents attended a barbecue last Saturday after noon at the New Life Fellowship Church at 82-10 Queens Blvd.

Local volunteers — many of whom are members of The Reformed Church of Newtown a few blocks away — urged shelter families to relax and connect with the community.

There was a face-painting station, a cotton candy machine, water balloon activities, and balloon animals. Children also played sack toss, lobbing mini beanbags into the mouths of colorful animals.

Lester Lin, an Elmhurst resident who organized the event, was compelled to act when he saw the first protest on television, which was June 17 and attracted a crowd of nearly 1,000.

“I imagined in my head that there are children behind those curtains,” Lin said.

Using his expertise in working at a title insurance firm, he looked at property values on recent contracts for units in the neighborhood and determined property values were not plunging as he’d heard.

He also met with members from local schools, the FDNY, and officials at the 110th Precinct to confirm if crime rates increased since the shelter’s opening. He found they did not.

After the second protest on June 30, Lin became involved in meetings with the Department of Homeless Services and Samaritan Village, the agency sponsoring the shelter.

Lin said the protests happened so quickly that he was eager to throw a positive event immediately.

Lin paid for many of the barbecue’s supplies himself and asked New Life Fellowship Church, which is close to the shelter, if he could throw the event in the parking lot.

He sent out a press release late Friday

Volunteers man the sack toss table at a barbecue attended by hundreds of Pan American homeless shelter residents at the New Life Fellowship Church in Elmhurst on Saturday. The event was labeled as a distraction from the community’s opposition to the shelter. PHOTO BY CRISTINA SCHREIL afternoon, fearing too much notice would families living in the shelter.

Judy, 40, lived in the shelter since June 8 attract negative protestors not well informed with her husband and two children upon of the issue.

Lin also mentioned the complications that being laid off. “ I fe el a l it t le arose when he, an t h r e a t e n e d ,” Ju d y Asian A mer ican, said. “I know there’s often sat with shelter some people who like residents. “It sucks t’s what we want to to take advantage of because when they the system, but the see me, they say, ‘Oh, see in our society, majority of us have you must be an Asian gone through unforprotestor,’” he said. people working together, t u nate th i ngs that “The biggest conlead us to this place.” cern is that this is all helping each other ...”

As she spoke, her about race,” Assem— Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubrey son hurled water balblyman Jeff rion loons at “human dart Aubrey (D-Corona) boards,” volunteers said. “You can’t avoid that discussion, but in the long run, any- wearing plastic bags with painted targets; body can lose their home. Hopefully some her daughter danced earlier. It was a welof the people who are all bent out of shape come change from the “scary” protests, will pass by and realize that that’s what’s she said.

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Rockaway Ferry route costs continued from page 14 (D-Rockaway Park) and several Rockaway civic leaders delivered petitions to City Hall demanding then-Mayor Mike Bloomberg make the ferry permanent. On the ferry that day, which the group took to deliver the petitions, several Rockaway commuters said they would be willing to pay as much as $5 for the ferry, with one rider noting that the express bus costs more than that already.

What is not clear is what effect, if any, contracting the ferry out to a private company that needs to turn a profit versus letting the city operate it has on cost. The Staten

Island Ferry, the cheapest to run, is entirely city operated — but as was noted earlier, is widely used and has a short route — while the East River Ferry is privately run but managed by the EDC. But Goldfeder took issue with the EDC’s analysis of costs.

He said the city was not taking into account salaries, pensions and benefits for the workers on city-operated ferries that are the responsibility of Seastreak for workers of the Rockaway Ferry.

“Those added costs eventually make the [Staten Island] ferry more expensive to

operate,” he said.

All of this isn’t to say the de Blasio administration isn’t interested in ferries.

Proposals have been made to expand the East River Ferry north to Roosevelt Island and Astoria. The EDC has identified other locations for ferry service in the future, including southern Staten Island, JFK Airport, Soundview in the Bronx and Glen Cove, Long Island.

But grand visions can easily disappear once sticker shock sets in. In 2009, an earlier Rockaway Ferry route quickly folded due to high cost and low usage.

And while the EDC did extend the East River Ferry service — originally a three-year pilot program — through 2019 last summer,

Elmhurst resident who also spoke to shelter residents after the second protest.

“I feel like people just don’t go outside of themselves to know who these people are,” Shaburnikova said of shelter protestors.

Another shelter resident, Jkwon, 18, said the protests were hard to take in.

“Some of their reasons [for not wanting us there] were understandable, but some were just absurd,” Jkwon said. He described upsetting shouts, such as, “We don’t want you here because we want to protect our children.”

“What exactly do you mean by ‘protect your children’?” Jkwon, a father himself of a toddler, asked. “We didn’t come over here to take over anybody’s community. We just came over here to make an honest living like everybody else and do what we have to do to better ourselves.”

While many shelter residents had similar concerns, one citizen, Tom, who is in his 30s and witnessed the protests, disagreed. He said the over-the-top anger and racist remarks reported by many media outlets were inaccurate and overblown.

Most of the residents were upset over policy — not at the shelter families — and weren’t hurling slurs or insults. The media focused only on the negative outliers, he said.

Lin disagreed. “I was there, I heard it!” he said. During the third protest on July 22, he sat with families inside the shelter. “It was sad, the children were scared,” he said.

Lin stressed the healing power of taking a minute to understand each other.

“You never know, these people could be your next store owners or your next community representatives,” he said.

Daniel Baek, Lin’s colleague and a member of Community Board 11, is trying to set up a resume-building workshop for jobhunting shelter residents.

Lin said they are also working with the mayor’s office to approve a childcare program so parents can look for jobs.

“It’s what we want to see in our society, people working together, helping each other, recognizing that these are all human Q beings,” Aubrey said.

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Police said the preliminary investigation determined that the car struck the rear driver’s side of a Honda Accord traveling in the same direction. Ramdhani lost control, struck a metal guardrail and overturned.

He was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS personnel. Three people in the Honda were treated for minor injuries.

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Work application filed for Glendale shelter Paperwork holding up construction; Hevesi digging into AECOM’s history

by Christopher Barca Reporter

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) might not have been too far off the mark when he said at Community Board 5’s July 9 meeting that construction on the proposed Glendale homeless shelter may begin in two to four weeks.

Cooper Avenue Group LLC, the listed owner of the former factory at 78-16 Cooper Ave., f iled a plan exam application with the Department of Buildings on July 11.

The filing may eventually make way for the building’s transformation into a 125-family homeless shelter, despite the application listing that only 103 proposed dwellings will be constructed.

The DOB denied the application on Monday because it was still missing some of the necessar y paperwork, according to Alex Schnell, the agency’s deput y press secretary.

“The applications were disapproved because they did not provide the necessar y documentation to show they were in compliance with all necessary codes and regulations,”

Schnell said. “The applicant will need to obtain the appropriate documentation for the applications and provide it to DOB to show that the project would be in compliance with all necessar y codes and zoning regulations.”

A source with knowledge of the situation said such an occurrence isn’t u nusual and can easily be straightened out, depending on the determination of the applicant to do so.

The plan exam application comes three weeks after an environmental assessment determined the plot of land was safe enough for homeless families to be housed there.

At the July 9 CB 5 meeting, Hevesi, hammered AECOM, the renowned engineering firm that performed the survey, for glossing over aspects of the surrounding area and intentionally skewing the results of the “disgraceful” and “hor rif ic” study in favor of DHS. In a letter addressed to AECOM President Michael Burke dated July 21, Hevesi informed the company of the beginning of his investigation into AECOM’s history of environmental

studies in search of anything to substantiate his claims.

“Please provide the exact number of environmental assessment statements or comparable analyses that have been conducted ... in New York State over the last 10 years,” Hevesi wrote. “Of those environmental assessment statements ... please provide the exact number that have resulted in the cancellation of the proposed projects.”

On Monday, it was Bishop Paul Sanchez of the Catholic Diocese of Brook ly n who, in a st atement, called for compassion for the homeless in the wake of three controversial protests against the Pan American Hotel’s conversion into a shelter in Elmhurst, as well new shelters sparking outrage from residents in East Elmhurst and the Rockaways.

“In view of the needs of the homeless in our city, we must recognize those less for tunate in our midst ...,” Sanchez said. “As Catholics, who embrace the vir tue of compassion, I invite you to pray for these homeless individuals and families and for those who work to creQ ate affordable housing units.”

Construction of the proposed homeless shelter in Glendale isn’t far off, as a plan exam application was filed with the Department of Buildings on July 11. It was disapproved Monday due to the lack of necessary paperwork, but the situation isn’t unusual and can be quickly rectified.

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When the famed Joe Abbracciamento Restaurant at 62-92 Woodhaven Blvd. closed its door on March 2 after six decades, the futures of the six small businesses occupying the same block were left uncertain.

Almost five months later, metal gates and “Closed” signs now serve as placeholders before the building’s pending demolition in the fall.

Despite restaurant owner John Abbracciamento’s repeated claims of having no knowledge of the situation in the weeks after the eatery closed, the entire block, which sits on the Rego Park-Middle Village border, was sold to the Criterion Group in May for $9 million.

One day after the restaurant closed, an application to construct a seven-story, 119unit apartment building was filed with the Department of Buildings by Criterion.

In April, a demolition application was filed by the Astoria-based development group.

While work permits have not been granted yet because of missing paperwork, according to DOB spokesman Alex Schnell, a Criterion official, who remained anonymous, said Monday the company expects demolition to begin within the next two months, with the completion of the apart-

Metal gates and “Closed” signs have replaced customers along the recently-sold Woodhaven Boulevard block that used to house Joe Abbracciamento Restaurant. The block sold for $9 million PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA in May and is set for demolition within two months. ment building about two years away.

Roslyn Sofer, the owner of Community Physical Therapy at 62-84 Woodhaven Blvd., said Criterion informed her and the owners of the five other small businesses located next to the former restaurant at the end of May that they had to vacate the

building by Aug. 31.

Sofer thanked Criterion for being informative throughout the summer, something she said John Abbracciamento and his wife, Marie, were far from being, but that such a short deadline was detrimental in her finding a suitable, nearby space for her business.

“It was very difficult. If I had a year to find the right space, I probably wouldn’t have moved into that one,” Sofer said of her new 96-14 Metropolitan Ave. address, where she will have to pay a higher rent. “We knew this was coming from rumors. But when the Abbracciamentos came in to collect their rent in April, they said ‘I don’t know.’

“They were not giving up any information,” she added, “and we had no inkling of how long we had left until Criterion came.”

Community Physical Therapy is the only business still in operation on the block.

A Dog’s Best Friend, a family-owned dog grooming shop, moved down the street last week to 61-29 Woodhaven Blvd.

A sign is taped to the window of the Classic Designers salon, informing customers of its move to 84-42 Eliot Ave. The same goes for a former balloon shop, which has moved to 65-56 Fresh Meadow Lane, and a spa, where a sign only mentioning its closure occupies the gate-covered window.

Despite the upheaval of her business from its location of 22 years, Sofer said she still expects it to thrive in the face of monetary setbacks such as a higher monthly rent and unforeseen moving expenses.

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Stoked riders said they had a blast â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and are already looking forward to next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a great ride. We had a good time,â&#x20AC;? said Patricia Hernandez-Mayo, who came from Hicksville, LI, to participate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think this was a great cause and a great reason to come out and get a little exercise,â&#x20AC;? said Joe Mure, who sits on the Board of Directors of JDRF and also is a trustee of NYFAC. Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and daughter Lily came out later in the day to greet those at the barbecue, where a 50/50 raffle raised $610.

Fo r A n g e l o G u r i n o , owner of Ragtime, the Loop was a family affair.

He, his wife and children rode in honor of â&#x20AC;&#x153;the two causes: JDRF, which is close t o my fa m i ly, a nd t he N Y FAC Fou nd at ion, on w h o s e b o a r d my w i f e Q Two participants in the bike ride pose for a photo. serves.â&#x20AC;?

It was a nice summer day â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a great cause â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for a bike ride.

On Saturday more than 200 riders participated in the first annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Loop,â&#x20AC;? a 20-mile bike ride to benefit the New York Families for Autistic Children Foundation and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. In total, the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events raised nearly $15,000 for both groups. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our first annual loop was a great success,â&#x20AC;? said Andrew Baumann, president and CEO of NYFAC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re already getting ready â&#x20AC;&#x201C; mark your calendars for next July.â&#x20AC;?

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The keen nose of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection canine trained to detect illicit substances canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be fooled no matter where smugglers hide their contraband.

A passenger arriving from the Caribbean was â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sniffedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; out on July 15 by Ari, a 5-year-old male Czech shepherd, CBP spokesman Anthony Bucci said.

Off icers were inspecting luggage arriving from Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, when K-9 Ari alerted his CBP handler to a suspicious suitcase, CBP spokesman Anthony Bucci said.

Passenger Elkan Barak Durham, 36, of Brooklyn, allegedly claimed the suitcase, and was escorted to a private search room where the suitcase was examined and allegedly found to contain a white powder that tested positive for cocaine, according to CBP officials. The amount of cocaine that was seized weighed approximately nine p o u n d s , w i t h a s t r e e t v a l u e of $151,000, Bucci said.

Durham was arrested for the importation of a controlled substance and was turned over to the Department of Homeland Security and now faces federal narcotics smuggling charges. He

was released on $50,000 bail according to court documents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cocaine is a dangerous narcotic, and CBP does its part in keeping these d r ugs off the streets,â&#x20AC;? said Rober t Perez, director of CBPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York Field Operations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our off icers are determined to protect the American people from these illicit substances.â&#x20AC;?

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Paint it black: Parking vigilante hits Glendale Suspect spray painting obscenities on cars enrages Glendale residents

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A handful of Glendale residents woke up last Wednesday morning, July 23, to see a line of cars all painted black, courtesy of a suspect taking the enforcement of parking regulations into his or her own hands.

“Learn how to park, S-bag” and “Hey scumbag park right” were some of the messages emblazoned onto the sides of four parked cars with black spray paint all within a few blocks of the intersection of Cooper and Myrtle avenues.

Officer Otoniel Jimenez of the 104th Precinct said the incidents occurred over a 24 hour period, and area civic leaders who were puzzled at the kind of vandalism committed.

“Vandalizing other people’s property is a crime and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” said Glendale Civic Association President Kathy Masi, who believes three cars were victimized.

“We have vigilantly gone after graffiti and this is the worst form of graffiti.”

Juniper Park Civic Association President Bob Holden said he was told by the 104th Precinct that four cars were painted by, presumably, the same individual.

“I believe it’s only a matter of time before they catch this guy,” Holden said.

This image of a car vandalized by a suspect wielding a can of spray paint was the subject of anger from dozens of Glendale residents on the Glendale Civic Association’s Facebook page last FACEBOOK PHOTO week. Such messages were painted onto at least two parked cars July 23.

“Obviously the person that did this is seriously disturbed.”

An area surveillance camera captured an image of a man walking through the area with a black object in his hand, leading some to believe he is the perpetrator.

However, Glendale Civilian Observation Patrol President Frank Kotnick warned residents against jumping to conclusions and used the incident as just another reason to join the crime-fighting organization.

“It looks like it might be a 16-ounce bot-

tle of soda to me,” Kotnick said of the photo making the rounds on social media sites. “Yes, a crime happened and people’s cars were vandalized. But if some people are so worried, maybe they should come down to GCOP’s next meeting and join the patrol.”

Officer Jimenez also cautioned against judging the man seen in the footage, saying the 104th Precinct is investigating the matter but the image allegedly of the suspect was not released by the command.

“We’re considering it an isolated incident at this point,” Jimenez said. “It hasn’t happened since then.”

Attempts to contact the owners of the vandalized vehicles were unsuccessful.

Dozens of angry Glendale residents, including Doreen Maloney-Pratt, railed against the incidents across social media throughout the week.

Pratt said she and her daughter drove past the tagged cars early that morning and were shocked by the “sad and disgusting” messages.

“I was really shocked because the car parked on Central Avenue was not parked wrong,” Pratt said. “No one has the right to destroy someone else’s property. He was mad in general and he took it out on innoQ cent people.”

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New offerings set at Ederle Terrace Snack bar to open next week; kayak and bike rentals ready

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Baig Sedeeq of S & F Petro won the 12-year concession for the snack bar and It appears that new amenities for park promises it will be open by Friday, Aug. 8. goers at Flushing Meadows are increasing That will be a busy weekend as the annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Races will ply frequently these days.

Travel to the north side of Meadow Lake the water Aug. 9 to 10.

The snack bar menu is still being worked and you’ll find kayaks, paddleboats and bicycles for rent already. Next week, a revi- on, but is expected to include hot dogs, talized snack bar will open in that area chicken wings, french fries and ice cream.

Sedeeq promises to be flexible when he sees known as the Ederle Terrace.

It was named after Gertrude Ederle, a what people ask for.

In addition, he will sell beer and wine in Flushing native, who was the first woman to a separate area. Tables will be available for swim the English Channel.

The terrace was built 10 years ago, public use.

The snack bar will remain open through replacing the Aquacade from the two World’s Fairs that was razed in 1996. The the fall. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Wheel Fun Rentals won the bike and snack bar opened brief ly but has been boat concession, which will be open vacant for five years.

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Access to Ederle Terrace is over a Long Island ExpressFamilies have fun on a double surrey bike now being rented way footbridge or from the at Ederle Terrace in Flushing Meadows Park.

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Sandy rebuild continued from page 10 Peterson said the city expects to have a final plan detailing what kinds of jobs will be available through government initiatives, and how many there will be.

Richards said that with so much money involved, the law he got passed last year to track where and how Sandy relief dollars are being spent will offer taxpayers assurance that the money is going where it is intended to go.

“Federal, state or city, they are your tax dollars,” Richards said.

Immediately following the meeting, he elaborated on a plan that would put 1,000 units of affordable housing on land that former homeowners have sold to the government rather than try to rebuild.

Much of that land remains in what the city’s Office of Emergency Management has designated as a level 1 evacuation zone, considered the most vulnerable in the event of another major storm.

“Right now, if you look at the beach and the land, there is nothing protecting the land,” said Richards. “But a complex in Arverne, because of how it is constructed, didn’t f lood or lose power.

We’ll build dune forests, seawalls, different construction, whatever it takes.

We’re going to rebuild. We’re not going Q to retreat from the shoreline.”

Apartment building rising high Tower is the newest member of Central Queens skyline

by Christopher Barca Reporter

You can see the yellow crane and the bright orange construction material from almost anywhere in Queens.

From the Mets-Willets Point No. 7 train station to the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge, the towering apartment building under construction atop the Rego Center II shopping mall in Rego Park has become a recognizable piece of the Central Queens skyline.

Despite receiving work permits just over eight months ago, the Vornado Realty-developed 24-story, 314-unit residential structure, designed by SLCE Architects, is already nearing its expected height of 288 feet.

When contacted by the Chronicle, Vornado declined to comment on progress of construction and if there was an estimated date of completion.

The project suffered a slight setback this week, as the Department of Buildings placed a partial stop-work order on the site on Saturday.

According to the order, a rail plummeted from the 24th f loor into the netting placed around the seventh f loor of the structure after it fell from the crane while

Rising high above Queens Boulevard in Rego Park is a 24-story, 314-unit residential tower visible throughout much of northern and Central Queens. No completion date has been set PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA for the Vornado Realty-developed structure. it was being hoisted.

Last winter, it was reported that the estimated cost of construction would range between $100 million and $200 million.

The plan for the residential building above the 160,000-square-foot shopping center was part of the original proposal that was presented to Community Board 6 in 2005, and the mall opened in 2010. Q

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BID slammed by local business owners Jackson Heights and Corona community fear gentrification and higher rents

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Despite promises of reduced crime and a friendlier atmosphere, many Jackson Heights business owners and residents simply do not want the Jackson Heights-Corona Business Improvement District in their neighborhood.

In a town hall intended to create a line of communication between BID supporters and business owners, many people were not shy when it came to airing their issues last Thursday in Corona.

“They promise graffiti removal and garbage pickup, but isn’t that what 311 is for?” one resident asked, speaking entirely in Spanish. “We have the Department of Sanitation and we have a Police Department. Shouldn’t they be responsible for making this area safer and cleaner?”

The BID would be an expansion of the existing 82nd Street Partnership, an organization that has generally been praised by those who joined. It would include more than 300 properties with approximately 800 businesses, making the Jackson Heights-Corona BID one of the largest in the city.

The proposal is part of a bigger vision for Roosevelt Avenue, a major commercial corridor, much of which is ridden with trash and crime. Last year, Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-Corona) introduced her New Deal for Roosevelt Avenue, a comprehensive plan to bring the area to a safer, cleaner and more desirable place to live and work.

The BID was part of that plan.

“I am a product of this community,” Ferreras said. “I was raised in Corona and I live in Jackson Heights, but I’m also a Council member, and as a Council member, I have heard your concerns. I am working diligently in bringing the best

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A major concern is the gentrification of the area as evidenced in other neighborhoods, such as Williamsburg in Brooklyn and Chelsea in Manhattan.

Because the BID would have property owners, as opposed to business owners, on the board of trustees, there is a fear that rent and property values will skyrocket, forcing small mom-and-pop shops out and enticing larger chain stores to move in.

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out that the BID is not the only thing happening,” said Arturo Sanchez, a former urban planning professor at Cornell University and 30-year Queens resident. “This is connected to the Willets Point project, which is connected to the Economic Development Corp., which is creating a tennis stadium for the suburban population.”

The hearing went on for several hours and almost every speaker was outwardly against the BID. Eighty-second Street Partnership’s Director Seth Taylor, who would head the Jackson Heights-Corona BID, stayed silent during much of meeting.

Many criticized Ferreras, who departed shortly after speaking at the beginning of the meeting, for not being present and really listening to what her constituents had to say.

The councilwoman did have members of her staff and representatives from the Department of Small Business Services in her place.

“As you hear all the complaints, I want you to understand the complexities of this position,” she said in her opening statement. “I represent a diverse and beautiful community that has many issues, and we’re trying to bring solutions to a portion of the district, that we hope will reverberate throughout the community. If you’re here in opposition, I want you to know that your voice is also very important.”

When the BID was first announced, many people and agencies were supportive, but as word of steep dues got out, many began to change their mind. According to the Partnership, dues would be based on several factors, including the size and property value of the plot.

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Following through on a campaign pledge to ease the bureaucratic challenges faced by small businesses, Mayor de Blasio last Friday announced the creation of a task force designed to reduce their regulatory burden.

Called “Small Business First,” the initiative’s goals are to simplify regulations, help business owners comply with them to reduce violations, focus enforcement more on education and flexibility and provide merchants with the resources they need to succeed, de Blasio said in announcing it.

A top goal is providing businesses owned by immigrants and people with low to moderate income, as well as those in the outer boroughs, with improved services.

The collaboration will comprise more than 10 city agencies, including the departments of Health, Consumer Affairs and Sanitation, which issue many of the violations, as well as Buildings and the FDNY. Working with them will be the mayor’s offices of Small Business Services and Operations, which, de Blasio said, will then

issue a report in the fall on how to achieve the initiative’s goals. Part of their job will be to get feedback from the public.

“Small Business First is about changing the way the City of New York interacts with small business owners,” de Blasio said in a prepared statement. “When a representative of the City walks through the door of a small business for the first time, we want the owner to see a partner.”

Included in the announcement were words of praise from a slew of officials as well as leaders of the chambers of commerce in each borough. “‘Small Business First’ is going to make operating a business in New York City a lot easier,” said Jack Friedman, executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce. “Concentrating on training and education, rather than violations is sure to enhance the business climate and easing the process for resolving violations will save business owners time and money.”

The mayor’s fiscal 2015 budget plan foresees a small drop in revenue from Q fines on businesses.

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The penalty for dognapping has quintupled from $200 to $1,000, and the fine’s applicability has been expanded to include all “companion animals,” under a new state law signed last week by Gov. Cuomo.

The law also applies to harming someone else’s pet. Conviction on either act already carries a possible six-month prison sentence, which remains unchanged. The measure passed both houses with no dissenting votes.

The increased fine comes in response to a dramatic increase in pet theft. According to the American Kennel Club, the number of dogs reported stolen nationwide jumped from 71 in 2008 to 458 in 2012 to 609 last year.

The most commonly stolen dogs, in order, were Yorkshire terriers, Chihuahuas, Pomeranians, Labradors and French poodles. Thieves often seek purebreds to sell or breed them. The bill’s sponsors noted that many types of dogs and cats can be sold for far more than the old $200 fine, which was set in 1970.

“For many New Yorkers, a pet can be an extension of their family — which is why pet theft is a particularly heartless offense,” Cuomo said in a written statement. “Increasing the penalties for stealing or harming dogs, cats and other animals is an important way that we can crack down on this crime, and I thank the bill’s sponsors for their work on this issue.” Q

Aiming lasers at planes now a state crime also While pointing a laser at an airplane is already a federal crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine — plus an $11,000 penalty from the Federal Aviation Administration — it’s now a state crime too.

Gov. Cuomo last week signed a bill that makes shining a laser at aircraft a class A misdemeanor, with a possible prison term of one year; or a class D felony, with a potential sentence of four years, if the action forces a serious change in course or other disruption that puts

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The point, according to state Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-Jamaica), who sponsored the bill in the upper house, is to enable local law enforcement authorities to prosecute offenders.

Noting that Kennedy International Airport is located in his district and is used by seven million passengers a year, Sanders said in a written statement, “I believe this law will avoid future aviation disasters and save countless lives.”

Laser-on-plane incidents have jumped more than 1,100 percent since the U.S. government started tracking them in 2005, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. There were 99 reported at airports in and around the city in 2013, up from 71 in 2012. The FBI is temporarily offering a $10,000 reward for information Q leading to the conviction of a perpetrator.

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Institutional building starts up 11% in ’14 Public and private institutions in the city started $643 million in construction projects in the first five months of 2014, an increase of 11 percent over the same time period last year, according to a new study released by the New York Building Congress.

Institutional building accounted for a smaller share of all construction starts in the first five months of the year than it had last year, however: 6.8 percent vs. 12 percent for all of 2013. The sector includes public and private schools, hospitals, libraries, cultural and religious institutions and the courts.

The biggest such project started this year through May is a $58 million building being put up by the NYU School of Medicine. In Queens, big projects noted in the report include a $36 million renovation of PS 163 in Flushing and a $20 million job at the Campus Magnet High School building in Cambria Heights.

Last year, the biggest start citywide was the $68 million construction of PS 315 in Corona.

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WE PROVIDE CASH LOANS FOR AUTOS AND MOTORCYCLES! they treat everything like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said.

In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, watches Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also offers instant cash an unassuming gold buying and cash loan shop on loans for jewelry and eBay selling services.

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

The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for cash For those who are less Internet-savvy or just don’t in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying offers a convenient and Edward Goldberg can relate to firsthand, eBay sales service. If what a customer has isn’t an having been laid off from their jobs in jewelry item that Ice Jewelry Buying would purchase, like manufacturing. They understand that people get a handbag or antique furniture, they can help find into situations where they just need a little cash fast a buyer on their eBay store. Elias consults with the to make the bills and Ice Jewelry Buying Service customer to find a target price and hopes to help out in the most STORE HOURS let the Internet auctioneers handle honest way they can. the rest.

“For this, I like to think we’re MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm For anyone who has ever dealt doing the community a service,” SAT. 10am - 6pm SUN. by Appointment with the hassle of selling and Elias said. “We’re in the business of helping people who are in a tough icejewelrybuyingservice.com shipping an item on eBay — all the forms involved in setting up a user spot. They can come to our store and paypal account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice and know that we can educate them on what they Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is really a have and we’ll give them what their items are worth. bargain deal.

When that woman told me her previous offer, it made “At the end of the day, I just want people to feel me wonder how many times this happens — how comfortable doing business with us. People have many people who really need that money get taken this conception of gold buying stores as these slimy advantage of?” places with slimy people, and they’re typically right.

Elias opened his Rego Park shop with Goldberg But we want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to in 2009, and already they’re seeing a lot of repeat see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in their customers and referrals. This is a sign to them that counter for $800. We don’t do that.” they’re doing something right — the pawn business Ice Jewelr y Buying Ser vice is located at typically deals in one-time transactions but Elias is 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of operation determined to break that mold, building a reputation are Monday-Friday from 11 am to 7:00 pm and on trust.

Saturday 10 am to 6 pm; Sunday – private “Everyone around here is buying gold these days; appoinments are available. Call for more information you can go into the barber shop down the road and Q (718) 830-0030. sell your jewelry. The problem with all these places is

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Corona area was a race track

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Corona, east of Jackson Heights along Roosevelt Avenue, is bounded by the Grand Central Parkway and Junction Boulevard. It was once known as West Flushing and was the home of the National Race Course from 1854 to 1856, when it was renamed Fashion Race Course, after a champion horse. The race track closed in 1866.

Corona got its name in 1870, when a developer began building homes on Corona Avenue looking north from 54th to 53rd the old race track property. By the avenues, June 28, 1946. turn of the century, it had a moderate Hardware, Thau’s Butcher, Greenberg’s StaJewish population mixed with Italian immigrant laborers. After World War I, tionery, Kahn’s Bakery, Rubenstein’s Paint when much of Queens was still farmland, Supply and Lou Levine’s Grocery Store.

By the 1960s things had changed. GreenCorona had its own newspaper, six public schools, two parochial schools and a “col- berg’s Stationery had become Clara Baldi’s Italian pastry shop. Lou Levine’s grocery ored” congregational church.

One of the main ar teries r unning became Vito’s Luncheonette. By 1980 all the through the community is Corona Avenue. old Jewish names were replaced with Italian The trolley car shown in the photo is head- ones. Now, the Italians have moved on and ed for Ridgewood as its final destination. In the stores are dominated by a variety of difQ this small one-block area was Berger’s ferent Hispanic-owned businesses.

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Today, July 31, is the Major League Baseball trade deadline. This generally has been the week on the baseball calendar when contending teams try to acquire a veteran player that they believe will help them win a World Series by trading a highly regarded prospect or two to a team whose season pretty much ended long ago.

The down-on-the-luck team gets to sell images of a rosy future to a downcast fan base as well as getting to shed high-salaried contracts.

For the past five years it was understood that the Mets would be talent sellers at the trade deadline since they were so far down in the standings that it was conceivable that they could lose 100 games. They have managed to avoid that ignominy the last five years but they have not had a winning season since moving into Citi Field five years ago.

The Mets’ record stood at 50-55 as they finished up their most recent road trip that featured stops in San Diego, Seattle and Milwaukee. The Mets acquitted themselves decently as they split the 10 games away from Citi Field.

Considering how awful they have played on their first road trips following the All-Star Game break in past years, this was cause for rejoicing.

While the Mets have played better this year, Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson, who

has proven adept at avoiding big trades, should stay the course at least until the season is over.

I realize that many Mets fans are chomping at the bit for a big trade given their team’s miserable performance combined with few name acquisitions during the Obama administration.

I’m not blaming the president for their woes but merely pointing out a timeline here.

Yes, I remember the Miracle Mets of 1969 and the “You Gotta Believe Mets” of 1973. I also know Yogi Berra’s famous “It’s not over till it’s over” line. The Mets appear to be moving in the right direction, but the odds are that they won’t be playing this October. If the Amazin’s do prove me wrong then it’s only right that it be with the players that they now have.

The last thing that the Mets fans want to experience again is what happened a decade ago at the trade deadline. The Mets were six games out of the wild card race on July 31, 2014 when then general manager Jim Duquette, with pressure exerted on him by Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon, traded highly touted pitching prospect Scott Kazmir to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for overthe-hill starter Victor Zambrano. The Mets got next to nothing out of Zambrano while Kazmir has had a productive pitching career albeit Q with some bumps along the way.

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ARTS, CULTURE C ULTURE & LIVING IVING

Scotch eggs from Woodbines, left, and maple bacon popcorn from Alobar, right, were just two of the delectable munchies featured in the Local Finds Queens Food Tour of Long Island City.

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LIC food tour is deliciously informative speed bumps along the way.

“When it comes to good eats, Queens is the king of the boroughs,” Mumith said. “We have so many world-class eateries that need to be in everyone’s itinerary. Unfortunately, Queens is not yet considered a tourist destination and often has to play second fiddle to the other borough counterparts.”

While that may be less true of Long Island City — the neighborhood is increasingly becoming a hot spot

for art and music — Mumith’s vision to promote the borough historically and through the culinary arts is a noble one.

What’s more, Local Finds will host tours in other areas, not just the hip Long Island City neighborhood.

Tours of Jamaica, Flushing and Far Rockaway have all been planned out.

The tour of Long Island City offered a nice array of dishes, beginning with five-cheese macaroni and cheese from Sage General Store on Jackson Avenue.

Though cramped, Sage gave tour-goers a decentsized portion of their delicious trademark dish.

In fact each stop provided a healthy serving size.

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Food tours are a difficult thing to pull off. For starters there’s the task of distinguishing a single tour from the dozens going on each weekend, but that is a struggle any starting business experiences.

The unique problem food tours face is balance. A certain amount of walking matched with just enough history and the right kind of food makes for a great food tour.

If any of those factors are off by a degree, it can make for a very uncomfortable experience.

Richard Mumith, co-founder the new tour, Local Finds Queens Food Tours, along with tour guide Sergey Kardinsky, have found that balance.

The pair held their inaugural tour on Sunday in Long Island City and it went well, with little to no

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Boy Scout Troop 17 100th Anniversary Celebration, serving the youth of Elmhurst for 100 years, an afternoon of fun outdoor activities, exhibits & historical displays of the troop and Scouting, Sat., Aug. 9, 1-4 p.m., Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with Garden admission. Contact: (718) 886-3800, ext.

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“Otogizoshi-Bokusai,” by Shoko Kazama. Ink on paper calligraphy, telling stories of 13th-century Japan that have been passed down verbally among children. Showing thru Thurs., Aug. 7. Mon-Fri., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., 12-5 p.m. Resobox Gallery, 41-26 27 St., Long Island City.

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Wayfinding: 100 NYC Public Sculptures by Bundith Phunsombatlert, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, located on the lawn between the Unisphere and the Queens Museum, on view thru November.

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Queens Secret Improv Club, Queens’ only allimprov comedy theater, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Indie teams: Wed. & Thurs. 7, 8 & 9 p.m., $5.

House teams: Fri., 7:30, 8:30 & 9:30 p.m., $7 for the whole night. Info: secrettheatre.com.

MUSIC The Central Astoria Local Development Coalition’s 2014 Waterfront Concert Series, every Thurs., 7:30 p.m., free. July 31: Motor City Revue; Aug. 7: Michael Patrick’s Ring of Fire Band; Aug. 14: The Regulars. Great Lawn in Astoria Park, Shore Boulevard between Hell Gate Bridge and Astoria pool. Info: centralastoria.org.

14th annual Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial Concert, Bix Beiderbecke Sunnyside Memorial Committee & Sunnyside Shines BID, Queens Blvd. & 46th St., under the Sunnyside Arch, Sat., Aug. 2, 2-7 p.m. 1920s costume contest. Free.

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Music in the Garden: The Ebony Hillbillies, NYC’s only African-American string band, Sat., Aug. 16, 6:15-7:45 p.m., Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with Garden admission. Contact: (718) 886-3800, ext. 330, dhector@ queensbotanical.org.

“Decades of Dance” featuring Havana Brown, Kat DeLuna and more, Sat., Aug. 9, and “Legends of Ol’ Skool Concert II,” featuring Christopher Williams, Horace Brown and more, Sat., Aug. 23, 9 p.m., Resorts World Casino, 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., Jamaica. Tickets start at $25.

Brian Clayton and the Green River Band live performance, Sun., Aug. 10, 2 p.m., free. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd.

FILM Classic Monster Film Fridays, Rufus King Park, Jamaica Ave. at 153 St., Jamaica. “Alien”: 8:04

Scout Troop 17, Elmhurst, is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a public Scout expo on the afternoon of August 9, at the Queens Botanical Gardens in Flushing. Above: a 1915 Scout meeting at the Elmhurst Library led by founder Daniel Carter Beard. p.m. Aug. 8; “The Thing” (1982): 7:55 p.m. Aug. 15. Free. Info: greg.mays@abetterjamaica.org, (718) 657-2605.

Spanish for beginners and face & hand reading according to Zohar, Bayside Jewish Center, 203-05 32 Ave., Free. Info: (347) 771-9132.

Family Movie Thursdays, St. Albans Park, Merrick Blvd. at Sayres Ave., beginning at dusk. “Back to the Future”: July 31; “Star Trek”: Aug. 7. Free. Info: greg.mays@abetterjamaica.org, (718) 657-2605.

Italian for Beginners, every Tues., 7-9 p.m., 10-week course. $60 pp. Dance with Instruction, every Mon. and Fri., 7:15-8:15 p.m. $10. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, Contact: (718) 478-3100.

AUDITIONS “Night Watch,” Theatre Time Productions is holding immediate auditions for five five male roles and three female roles (the role of “Elaine” has already been cast) between the ages of 30-60 for October production. No monologues req’d, all actors would read from the script. Rehearsals are in Whitestone and Bayside, performances at The Colonial Church of Bayside. By appointment only: (347) 358-8102.

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Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced with demonstration. Call: (718) 969-1128.

DJ classes, Mainline, 218-12 Hillside Ave., Queens Village, 1st & 2nd week of every month. Once a week, four sessions, classes in beat mixing and MC techniques. Call: (718) 479-4848.

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Smokey Bear’s Birthday Bash! Join Department of Environmental Conservation in celebrating Smokey’s 70th birthday at Alley Pond Park, 76 Avenue entrance between Springfield Blvd. & 226th St., Sat., Aug. 9, 12-3 p.m. Free.

Tumbling with Autism Program, Team Up with Play4Autism at Triumph Gymnastics Center, 79-41 Cooper Ave., Glendale, Sun., 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Child’s first Sunday free; after: $20 for 1 hour, $30 for 2 hours per child, $40 for 2 hours/2 children.

Child must be a registered member of Play4Autism (play4autism.org). Info: Greg Vasicek, Play4Autism, (646) 836-4535.

SPECIAL EVENTS “An Evening of Poetry, Drumming and Jamaican Folk Music,” Thurs., Aug. 7, 6 p.m. Audience gets to participate in folk songs and percussion techniques; participants should bring drums or percussion instruments. Free. Queens Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica.

37th Annual Queensboro Arm Wrestling Championships sponsored by the New York Arm Wrestling Association, Sat., Aug. 9, 1 p.m., Cheap Shots Sports Bar, 149-05 Union Turnpike, Kew Gardens Hills, $5. Entrance fee: $25 for amateur males, $30 for pros and $10 for women. Info: nycarms.com.

COMMUNITY Queens Pride House Book Fest 2014, Tues., Aug. 5, 7-9 p.m., the organization’s first multi-author, book-related event. 76-11 37 Ave., Jackson Heights.

Info: queenspridehouse.org.

Blood drive, in memory of APEC educator Eric Zirkel, give a pint, get a pint of ice cream (first 40 donors), Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, Wed., Aug. 20, 2-8 p.m., free babysitting, app’t req’d. Contact: (718) 2294000, ext. 214, alleypond.com.

Defensive driving courses, Sat., Aug. 2, Emanuel Church, 93-12 91 Ave., Woodhaven, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $35 pp. Reservations Req’d. Contact: (718) 849-1153 and leave a message. Sat., Aug. 9, VFH Hall, 209 Crossbay Blvd., Howard Beach, 10 a.m.4 p.m. $45 pp. Register: Keith (917) 599-6674, progressive-training-ltd.com.

HSBC Children’s Garden Summer Session, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Offering hands-on discovery for children ages 5-12, Summer I: Mon. & Wed. Aug. 4-20, or Summer II: Tue. & Thurs., Aug. 5-21: $360 QBG members/$400 nonmembers. Info/ register: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org/ programs/childrensgarden/sessions.

Co-ed mixed level line dance for adults, open to all levels, Cambria Heights Community Church, 116-02 220 St., Aug. 2, 16, Sept., 6, 20, 9:30-10:55 a.m. $10 per session. Bring water & towel. Info: (646) 229-0242, bof115@yahoo.com.

Hands-on-History: Play Time!, King Manor Museum, 150-30 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, Sat., Aug. 9, 12-3 p.m. Free. Learn games kids played in the 19th century! Get some exercise & cool off with quiet indoor games. Contact: (718) 206-0545, kingmanor.org.

More Space and New Arrangements in Western Queens walking tour, Sun., Aug. 3, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Sunnyside Gardens and the Jackson Heights historic districts anchor the route, which also includes Phipps Gardens, Matthews Flats, Metropolitan Life apartments, and early truck-oriented industrial buildings. Sponsored by MAS. Register: mas.org/tours/.

Free English classes for Spanish speakers every Saturday, South Asian Center, 72-26 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights. All levels available, must call (646) 727-7821 to register.

LP FAM’s youth basketball program, Queens Transition Center, 142-10 Linden Blvd., South Ozone Park, every Sat., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Boys/girls, ages 8-16.

Contact: Mike Glasgow (917) 442-0479.

Team Trivia Night, live host, fast & fun pop culture trivia, Monahans & Fitzgeralds, 21417 41 Ave., Bayside, every Thurs., 8 p.m. Info: gameongameshow.com.

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An artist displays her hope for humanity

by Victoria Zunitch

travel to the United States to visit extended family, including her sister Annie Ferdous, who is helping her Bangladeshi artist Nasima Khanam Queenie has a to prepare the exhibition, and other extended family vision for the future of humanity. members.

She wishes for us to progress forward into a life The prints are prepared on synthetic paperboard, resembling our ancient, mystical past in the Garden of sometimes by pencil-drawing the subject first but often Eden; a peaceful, loving, machine-free state of being. by freehand needle etching.

“I’m thinking, I imagine a world where people can They are then printed in sepia or green. Each board sing, eat, lay down, no machines,” Queenie said. can produce about 20 prints. Queenie sometimes blots She communicates her vision the color off the board in the in a series of relief process prints, middle of printing and produces where she depicts relaxed pairs a series of the same drawing in in love, enjoying undeveloped different colors.

When: Aug. 3, 5 p.m. natura l la ndsc a p es, res t ing Each print is on the light Aug. 4-5, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. among trees and making music. theme of happy love, expressed Where: Club SANM Most of the pairs are malethrough dark colors and densely35-15 36 Ave., Astoria female lovers, but there are some scratched, intricately lined patmother-and-child scenes and a terns. The rich visuals engage the Tickets: Free; Facebook.com, few dedicated to the birth-giving eye and mind, drawing the viewKeyword: return to eden power of woman. er in to deep and positively Queenie, who has converted charged concentration. her family nickname into her last name, is in the United For Queenie, the Eden dream is aspirational, not States for a family visit and to mount a solo exhibition figmentary. of “Return to Eden.”

She hopes humanity can progress toward happy Although she resides in Bangladesh, she has strong lives where we bother neither the Earth nor each U.S. ties. other. She thinks about the planet being a peaceful Her work has been shown in the United States a place where people can live with their freedoms, in continued on on page page 00 few times, and she and her immediate family often continued 42 qboro contributor

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Hip to Hip brings Shakespeare to the masses

by Tess McRae qboro editor

Shakespeare in the park is not a new concept, but for a long time, it was not accessible to people who didn’t have time to stand in line on a Saturday morning.

Hip to Hip, a nonprofit theater company based in Queens, has taken the Bard’s stories to communities otherwise overlooked

by Shakespeare troupes.

“Cymbeline,” a lesser-known fairy tale filled with stage fighting, romance, and kings and queens, was brought to St. Albans Memorial Park on July 26.

It’s a risky endeavor, taking the show to Southeast Queens as opposed to the culture hub that is Long Island City — there are a few later show dates in LIC though — but Hip to Hip took the chance, and the community responded.

Dozens of residents sat cross-legged on the grass and took in the story of Imogen, a princess who secretly marries Posthumous, despite her father’s wishes. With a war looming, she ventures into the wild to reunite with her true love and meets a few characters along the way.

Overall, the show was well executed.

Queens Shakespeare in the Park When:

Various times, through Aug. 16 Where: 11 parks around Queens Website: hiptohip.org

The cast of “Cymbeline” in St. Albans Memorial Park.

There were a few sound glitches and the players would step out of the spotlight from time to time, but with nothing more than a thin rope tracing out the stage, the cast did well.

The acting was solid, though a few of the male actors overacted their lines from time to time. Suprisingly, the standout

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was Lawryn Lacroix, who plays the small yet essential role of a page who relays messages bet ween all of the major characters.

Her execution, both with her lines and in her body language, surpassed that of the rest of the company, despite her being one of the few nonEquity performers.

The audience picked up on Lacroix’s per formance as well, with their eyes almost always on her when she took to the stage.

But more importantly, Hip to Hip does well by acknowledging Shakespeare isn’t only for the upper crust who take in theater regularly, but for everyone.

The show wasn’t dumbed down under the assumption that people would never understand Shakespeare’s verse. They took his language and delivered it wholeheartedly.

The audience, ranging in age, was in it from the minute the play began, something that outranks any minor slipups that Q occurred.

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pizza-makers and isn’t shy to tell those of the area, though he did not drone on curious why. as some guides tend to do.

“There is the fact that men tend to be He was responsive to the attendees’ stronger, but more than that, it boils down questions and made a point to make his- to: We have breasts,” she said candidly. torical stops short and sweet.

“Because our breasts are the farthest point He a lso pointed out a few gems, from our body, they are the closest part to unknown to the tour-goers, who were the oven which gets incredibly hot.” a lmos t exc lusively The Long Island from Queens.

City native has made Though each do, despite her manager and owner breasts, and cooks up of the featured resmouth-watering pizza taurants were grai n t h e t r a d i t i o na l When: Sundays, 11 a.m. c i o u s a n d wa r m , Neapolitan way.

Where: Long Island City, Flushing, none stood out as Also featured on Jamaica, Far Rockaway much as Gianna Cert h e t o u r wa s t h e Tickets: $56, b one, owner a nd Rockaway Brewing foodofqueensny.com lead chef of ManduCompany and catis Rustica.

Sweetleaf cafe which Cerbone was of fered samples of informative and passionate about Long their most popular cold brews.

Island City and her restaurant.

The tour ended on a pier in Gantr y Usually closed on Sundays, she opened Plaza, just in front of the Pepsi Cola sign. her doors just for the tour and, like any Mumith and Kardinsky seemed eager to true Italian, provided more than enough listen to the concerns and praises from food for everyone. their first group and appeared relieved Cerbone is one of only four female when everyone said they were satisfied.

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Free lung cancer screenings, Forest Hills Hospital, Weds., 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 102-01 66 Road.

Scan takes about five minutes and uses low-dose radiation. App’t req’d. Info: (855) 375-5864.

Defensive driving course by AARP, Mon., July 28, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Laurelton Library, 134-26 225 St. Designed for seniors but open to all. $20 for AARP members; $25 for nonmembers, by check or money order only, made out to AARP. Preregistration required: (718) 479-8914.

Farmer’s Market Fridays, Queens Botanical Garden, Dahlia Ave., off Main St., Flushing, thru Nov. 21, every week, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

Greenmarkets — Socrates Sculpture Park: Vernon Blvd. & Broadway, Long Island City, every Sat., through Nov. 22, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. Info: grownyc.org/socratesgreenmarket.

Astoria: 14 St., between 31st Ave. & 31st Road, every Wed., July 9-Nov. 26, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Info: grownyc.org/astoriagreenmarket.

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Wednesday Night Singles Group, SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck, second and fourth Wed. of each month, 7-9 p.m.

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Queens Sickle Cell Advocacy Network 5K Run & Walk, Tues., Sept. 9, 8 a.m., $25. Walk starts at 160th St. between Liberty and Archer aves. Info.: qscan.org/qscan-annual-walk-a-thon.

FLEA MARKETS St. Raphael’s Church, 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City, outdoors, Aug. 3, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: (718) 729-8957.

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

MEETINGS North Shore Chapter of Hearing Loss Association of America, LIJ Hearing & Speech Center, 270-05 76 Ave., New Hyde Park, every third Wed. of month, 6:30 p.m.

AARP meetings: Open to the general public.

Chapter 1405, Flushing, Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., 1st and 3rd Mon. each month, 1 p.m. Chapter 2889, Maspeth, American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., meets 1st and 3rd Wed. each month, 12 p.m. Contact: (718) 672-9890.

Senior Theater Acting Repertory group, Queens Village Library, 94-11 217 St. Fridays, 11 a.m. Older adults invited to join STAR and perform theater at the library. Info: queenslibrary.org, (718) 776-0800.

Have a loved one with memory loss? Selfhelp Community Services Inc., 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Stimulating program – One, two, three or four days a week; half-days are also available. Call Ellen Sarokin or Cathy O’Sullivan: (718) 631-1886.

Selfhelp Innovative Senior Center (Benjamin Rosenthal-Prince Street Senior Center), 45-25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, Email & the Internet, computer class for seniors 60+.

Call: John (718) 559-4329.

Pomonok Senior Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, free SNAP screenings for all seniors 60+. Eligibility check and application help. Info: (718) 591-3377, Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

SUPPORT GROUPS Bereavement groups for loss of a spouse, facilitated by a licensed social worker. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Call: Lisa Elhanyi, (718) 268-5011, ext. 621.

Overeaters Anonymous, for help with weight loss and/or other issues. Long Island Consultation Center, 97-29 64 Road, Rego Park, Sun., 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Call: (718) 937-0163. Rego Park Library, Thurs. at 11:15 a.m., 91-41 63 Drive. Holy Child Jesus Outreach Center, 11206 86 Ave., Richmond Hill, Tues., 7:30-9 p.m.

Call: (718) 564-7027.

Caregiver support groups, Queens Community House, 108-25 62 Drive, Forest Hills. & Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Do you provide help to a family member, friend or neighbor? Could you use some help yourself? Free support services. Contact: Anne Attanas, LMSW, (718) 268-5960, ext. 226.

Women’s Support Group, Center for the Women of New York, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, Room 325. Thurs. (weekly) 6:30-8 p.m. Registration required. Free. Contact: CWNY (718) 793-0672, centerwny@yahoo.com.

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

Narcotics Anonymous Drug problem?

Call Helpline at (718) 962-6244 or visit westernqueensna.com. Meeting 7 days a week.

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‘Return to Eden’ continued continued from from page page 39 00 love, where nothing about life is bad and all the people are happy.

“I’m sure my dream will not happen fully. But it c an happen par tially,” Queenie said.

In a brochure for a “Return to Eden” exhibition she held in Bangladesh at the Alliance Francaise de Dhaka in December 2013, Queenie acknowledged that the strife in her own country is in contrast to her theme of happy peace.

“While living in a country where today every moment is bounded by conflict and confrontation, I feel guilty to exhibit such a dream yet I believe that certainly one day it will be realized,” she wrote.

The artist first encountered print making at Bangladesh’s Institute of Fine Arts, where she majored in Oriental Art and Print Making as a subsidiary subject.

She has worked in lithography, wood cut, etching and other print-making methods.

She credits a 1995 three-month class in Drawing for the Media at the School of Visual Arts in New York for giving her such strong drawing skills that she is able to etch many of her prints freehand.

In the past, Queenie had done a lot of work in acrylics and water colors.

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After learning about the use of synthetic paperboard to create relief process prints while working in 2012 for the Kibria Print Fair at the Dhaka Art Center, she continued producing acrylics on canvas but found herself repeatedly sourcing more synthetic paperboard to make prints.

“Then I am thinking, why am I not doing these only?”

The prints have been priced at $100, $120 and $150, with the hope that they will find a place in American homes and won’t have to be carried Q back to Bangladesh.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MELINE REALTY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on June 04, 2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 68-10 108th Street, Apt. 4G, Forest Hills, NY 11375.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: NOP DEVELOPMENTS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/23/14.

Office location: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of QUEEN AVA REALTY LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/10/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 61 7th Ave. S.,NY, NY 10014.

Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ROY L SECURITY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/22/2014.

Office location: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Les Bisous De La Nuit LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/28/14.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to c/o Deven Savitri Lall, 115-56 122nd St, S Ozone Pk, NY 11420. Purpose: General.

NESCO, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/9/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 162-45 Crossbay Blvd., Howard Beach, NY 11414. General Purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: NSIS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/28/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Corporation Service Company, 80 State Street, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: RCA MARA HOME LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/07/13. 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 Ruben Caballero, 108-20 49th Avenue, Corona, NY 11368. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SL HANDLING GSE LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/04/2014.

Office location: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 7/9/14, bearing Index Number NC-000542-14/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) DANIEL (Middle) RIZVI (Last) RYAN. My present name is (First) MEHMOOD (Middle) ABBAS (Last) RIZVI AKA MEHMOOD A RIZVI. My present address is 42-55 Colden St., Apt. 15C, Flushing, NY 11355.

My place of birth is Pakistan. My date of birth is December 2, 1977.

New Radiance LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/22/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to c/o Elana Behar, 76-15 35th Ave Apt 2F, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: PHETHER EVENTS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/02/14. 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 Peter Zhang, 140-30 34th Ave., 4th floor, Flushing, NY 11354.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: REALITY PAINTERS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/20/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 116-23 198 Street, St. Albans, NY 11412. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: VALVERDE FILMS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/22/14. 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 United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 1521 Concord Pike, Suite 301, Wilmington, DE 19803.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

WEST SIDE 48TH LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/27/12. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 14417 156th St., Jamaica, NY 11434. General Purposes.

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JMM GROUP OF NEW YORK, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 6/4/14. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Michael Esposito, 34-48 31st St., Long Island City, NY 11106. General Purpose.

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104-17 MARTENSE AVENUE LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 5/30/14.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 15440 21st Ave., Whitestone, NY 11357. General Purposes Notice of formation of 11-52 30th Road LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/7/2014.

Office location, County of Queens. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 11-36 31st Avenue, Astoria NY 11106.

Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of 31-07 ASTORIA, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/20/14.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 56-25 215 Street, Bayside, 11364. Purpose: Classified Ad Deadline is 12 Noon NY any lawful purpose. on Tuesday for Thursday’s paper.

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QUEENS - INDEX NO.:15214/12 - SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS filed on June 13, 2014. Plaintiff Designates QUEENS County as the place of trial based upon the location of the premises herein described as Block 10187, Lot 23, Jamaica, NY, County of QUEENS. DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, FOR NEW CENTURY HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2005-3, Plaintiff, -against- ERROL GRUBER, if living, and if either be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs-at-law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through, or under them and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs-at-law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE and “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered against you and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. David Murad, a Justice of the Supreme Court, State of New York, dated April 23, 2014 and filed with the QUEENS County Clerk together with the supporting papers thereon. This is an action to foreclosure a mortgage held by Plaintiff on the premises known as Block 10187, Lot 23, Jamaica, NY, County of QUEENS, as described in the complaint on file and commonly known as 168-19 110TH AVENUE, Jamaica, NY 11433. Dated: Syosset, New York, July 10, 2014 Peter T. Roach & Associates, P.C.. Attorney for Plaintiff, 125 Michael Drive, Suite 105, Syosset, NY 11791 516-9383100 P#1103817 7/24, 7/31, 8/7, 08/14/2014

352 E. 134TH STREET PARTNERS, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/27/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 7416A Grand Ave., Elmhurst, NY 11373. General Purpose.

37-31 Realty, LLC Arts of Org. filed with NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 05/20/2014.

Office in Queens County.

SSNY has been designated service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 37-31 Realty, LLC, 37-05 74th Street, 3rd Fl., Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Any lawful purpose.

STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNTY SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No. 23483-13 Borough: Queens Block: 12240 Lot: 27 NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs, vs. The heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through BENJAMIN CARMICHAEL, DECEASED, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to plaintiffs; LLOYD J. WEINSTEIN, AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF KING CARMICHAEL, DECEASED; RICHARD WILLIAMS; VELOCITY INVESTMENTS, L.L.C.; ARVERNE HOUSES, INC.; QUEENS SUPREME COURT; WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 26, 1997 DELTA FUNDING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 1997-3; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (QUEENS); NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD and “JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, the names of the last 100 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiff, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the amended complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on plaintiffs’ attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Queens County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: May 23, 2014 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Sidney F. Strauss, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated June 25, 2014, and filed with supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office.

This is an action to foreclose a tax lien covering the properties known as 161-39 118th Avenue, Borough of Queens, New York, and identified as Block 12240, Lot 27 (the Tax Parcel). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax lien. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $5,405.67, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. Anthony J. Iacchetta, Phillips Lytle LLP, Office and Post Office Address: 1400 First Federal Plaza, Rochester, New York 14614 Tel. No. (585) 238-2000

Notice of Formation of 40-26 JACKSON LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/12/2014. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 20281 East County Club Drive, Apt. 1912, Aventura, FL 33180.

Term: until 12/31/2113.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

971 CRESCENT OWNERS LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 5/5/14.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 149-50 114th Pl., S. Ozone Park, NY 11420. General Purposes.

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New York City Department of Transportation Notice of Public Hearing The New York City Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 2:00 P.M., at 55 Water St., 9th Floor, in Manhattan on the following petition for revocable consent in the Borough of Queens: Joseph Mure Jr. - to continue to maintain and use a walled-in area on the south sidewalk of Neponsit Avenue, west of Beach 144th St. and on the west sidewalk of Beach 144th St., south of Neponsit Avenue.

Interested parties can obtain copies of proposed agreement or request signlanguage interpreters (with at least seven days prior notice) at 55 Water Street, 9 Floor, New York, NY 10041, or by calling (212) 839-6550.

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ADOPTION NOTICE To any parent or biological father of Ron-Nesiha Nicole Gatling Abbey, Monique Cassandra Alexander and Hugh G. Williams: a Petition for Adoption of this male child born to Monique Cassandra Alexander on June 5, 2007, was filed in the Cobb County Superior Court, Georgia, Civil Action FIle #12A007-42. If you are a parent, all parental rights you may have with respect to the child will be lost and you will neither receive notice nor be entitled to object to the adoption of the child unless you act as required by Georgia law which may include the need to, within thirty (30) days from the date of the last publication of this notice, file an answer and serve that answer upon opposing counsel, Jeffrey D. Bunch, 142 South Park Square, Marietta, Georgia 30060. If you are a biological father, you will lose all parental and putative rights and will neither receive notice nor be entitled to object to the adoption of the child unless, within thirty (30) days from the date of the last publication of this notice, you file: (1) a petition to legitimate the child pursuant to the Office Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.) section 19-7-22 or an acknowledgement of legitimation pursuant to O.C.G.A. section 19-7-21.1; and (2) notice of the filing with the clerk of Cobb County Superior Court, 70 Haynes St., Marietta, GA 30090, and make known such other objections in writing as you may have; and (3) serve a copy on Attorney Jeffrey D. Bunch, 142 South Park Square, Marietta, Georgia 30060.

ARIA & ADIBA LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/04/2014. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 70-35 Broadway Apt. E18, Jackson Hts, NY 11372.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF QUEENS SUMMONS Index No. 7965/I4. Date Summons Filed: June 17, 2014. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is Plaintiff’s residence. Plaintiff resides at 175-44 Grand Central Pkwy., Jamaica Estates, NY 11432. HIROYASU, ABE, Plaintiff, against SANG HEE ABE, Defendant.

ACTION FOR DIVORCE. To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of tis summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State of New York, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgement will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated: May 15, 2014. Daniel D. Baek, Esq. Law Offices of Daniel D. Baek, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff, 42-40 Bell Blvd., Suite 208, Bayside, NY 11361, 718-225-7900.

Received May 21, 2014, County Clerk, Queens County. Notice of Automatic Orders pursuant to DRL Sec. 236(B)(2) and Notice Concerning Continuation of Health Care Coverage pursuant to DRL Sec. 255(1) accompany this summons.

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Big Apple Property Management, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/11/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Eugenia Lubinitsky, 31-21 31 St, Astoria, NY 11106. Purpose: General.

Notice of Formation of CSK Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/04/14. Office location: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 1190 Sixth Ave., 4th fl., NY, NY 10036. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: AGAVI JUICE LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/26/2014. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Andy Ngucaj, 75-24 197th Street, 1st floor, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BL Advisory Services, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 7/1/14. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Richard P. Weiss, Esq., 155 Willowbrook Blvd., Ste. 300, Wayne, NJ 07470.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

E&R BROKERAGE LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 6/30/14. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 69-20 48th Ave., Woodside, NY 11377. General Purposes.

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Notice is hereby given a license, number (PENDING) for on-premises Catering Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell liquor under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at New York City Building Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Corona, NY 11368 for on-premises consumption.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: BLACK KNIGHT MANAGEMENT, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/16/14.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Warren Molino, 61-31 170th Street, Flushing, New York 11365.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

IRONGATE REALTY CAPITAL, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/25/2012. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Jack Neugarten, 63 Woodward Avenue, Ste 2402, Ridgewood, NY 11385.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State 3/26/14. County of office location: Queens County. Principal business location: 34-12 56th Street, Woodside, NY 11377. Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: AMF Associates Real Estate LLC, Attn: Michael Accardi, 34-10 56th St., Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Mint AAA, new construction 2009.

All Brick Colonial. 4 BRs, 3.5 Baths. All new LR with fireplace.

9’ ceilings 1st & 2nd floors. Full finished basement & separate entrance. Pvt dvwy & detached 1-car gar. IG sprinklers, PVC fencing & wrought iron gates.

Pavers in backyard. $779K

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HOWARD BEACH HAMILTON BEACH

HOWARD BEACH

Beautiful Mint Colonial, 3 BRs, 2.5 baths.

2005 new construction, 1st fl all ceramic tiles, granite counters. Lots of cabinets, new H/W heater/boiler, all new appl, wood fls. 2nd fl oversized Master BR w/cathedral ceilings & full Master BR, 2 more large BRs. House equipped w/ Sprinklers.

Asking $420K

Unique/Contemporary 5 BRs/4 full baths.

Cathedral ceilings & skylights, walk-in. Has Radiant Heat. Granite kit countertops, SS appl, wood-burning frplc. 5th BR is a tremendous Master Suite. IGP & pavers. Too much to list.

This is truly a must see!

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

Corner all brick Ranch (on 109x105), 3 BRs, LR, DR, full bath, full unfinished bsmnt, new boiler & h/w heater. Pvt dvwy.

House needs updating. Lot is sub-divided.

Can be sold as one or separate house alone on (39x70) @ $498K or $755K. Survey available on request.

ROCKWOOD PARK

OLD HOWARD BEACH

Hi-Ranch, 3 BRs, 2 baths. Home has plenty of upgraded materials. Whole house freshly painted. New kit with SS appliances. Refinished floors & new carpet. Serene backyard. Garage door opener. Double pane windows.

Asking $1.2 MIL Asking $469K

OLD HOWARD BEACH Adorable, quaint, nautical-designed 1 BR, 1 bath Cottage with large bedroom in attic. Lots of windows. Wood floors. French REDUCED doors to deck from living room, Asking $209K

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ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Hi-Ranch, 3/4 BRs, new kit, 2 new full baths, crown molding, new roof, skylights, pvt dvwy, new cond.

Simply Mint!

Asking $719K

SEARINGTOWN Large colonial on 122x100 lot, updated throughout, ceramic tiled kitchen and baths, hardwood floors. Living room w/ fireplace, Circular Driveway with 2 car garage, Upgraded electric. Pack-like backyard. Herricks School District.

Reduced! $698K

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Mint AAA, split, school district #23, 4 levels, kitchen w/granite, S.S. appliances, 58x95, 3 BRs, possible 5 BRs, 2 full baths, new roof, new siding, new PVC fence.

Asking $547,999

OZONE PARK CENTREVILLE Legal 2 Family, detached w/private dvwy, 2 BR apt over 1 BR apt, 2 full baths, unfinished bsmnt, new boiler, new roof. Only $435K

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HOWARD BEACH - OLD SIDE Charming 3 BR Colonial on great corner lot 100x40. 3 BR, 1.5 baths.

Mint Colonial, all redone 7 years ago. 3 BRs/3 full baths. All new EIK, hardwood floors, full Large sideyard. 7 blocks to Crossbay Blvd. In-ground sprinklers.

Asking $669K Asking $669K finished basement, deck.

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Cape on 50 x 80 lot. 4 BRs, 1 bath. Full unfinished basement. Asking $479K

Mint “All Brick” split-level Colonial 40x110. 4 BRs, 3 new full baths. New custom EIK w/island. Huge FDR. Tiles 1st fl. & HW flrs upstairs. Pavers front & back. Pvt. dvwy. IG heated pool. All redone. 4 years includes windows, kit., baths, CAC, boiler & roof.

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37x100 lot.

7 BRs, 3 HOWARD BEACH full baths, ROCKWOOD PARK HOWARD BEACH unfinished Extra-large Hi-Ranch (27x55) on ROCKWOOD PARK 40x109 lot. 4 BR/3 full baths, inbasement, ground pool with waterfall, kitchen has Oversized 50x100 lot on amazing private block. Dormered Cape featuring granite on floor & countertops. New 5 BRs, 3 full baths, full unfinished driveway. 2 car garage. stainless steel appliances.

Asking $675K Asking $749K basement.

Asking $599K

HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD CONDO • Greentree Condo. 2nd fl., mint 3 BRs/2 baths, 2 terraces.... $329K

OZONE PARK CENTREVILLE CONDO • 4 BR, 2 bath, 2 terrace, plus garage. ................................................... $419K

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

All New Hi Ranch, granite countertops stainless steel app.

CT Deck overlooking RA NTEKS O yard, stone gas C IN 2 WE fireplace. IGP with pavers in yard & PVC fence.

MUST SEE! EXCLUSIVE Asking $749K

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK C Center Hall Colonial on 50x100. 4 BRs, 4 ffull baths. Master BR is huge with extralarge Master Bath. Custom kit w/granite countertops. Family room w/frplc. Fin bsmnt, dvwy & 2 car gar.

OLD HOWARD BEACH Large 2 Family on great block, 6 BRs, 2 full baths, full basement, private driveway.

Asking $589K

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Old-Side- All brick ColonT AC R T ial, 3 BRs,2 full ONEEKS C baths, full-fin.

IN 6 W bsmnt w/radiant heat, kit. w/ appl, comHOWARD BEACH S.S. mercial stove, ROCKWOOD PARK fireplace, High Ranch on 40x100, 4 BRs, 3 Waterfront sliding doors to full baths, new kitchen, granite rear deck, built in BBQ, IGP, boat countertop, & SS appl.

Reduced $949K Asking $659K dock.

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• Extra Large L-Shaped Studio, updated, 2 to choose from! ..... $72K • Spacious 1 bedroom co-op with updated kit. & bath. ......Only $105K • Mint XL 1 BR, EIK ..................... $109K • Mint 1 BR, freshly painted, updated kit, walk-in closets. ................$115K • Garden-beautiful 1 BR, new bath, hardwood floors, hi-hats, pets Ok. ....................................................$145K • Mint 2 BR Hi-Rise. Granite/SS.$150K • Mint 2 BR, with terrace, granite kit, SS appl, wood cabinets. ...$179K • Mint (all new) 2 BR, 1 bath with terrace. Granite & stainless appl. ....................................................$179K • Largest 3 bedroom/2 bath co-op, 1st fl., HW flrs, pets OK. .......... $199K

All new top to bottom, Hi-Ranch on 40x100, 4 BRs, 2 Baths, Granite Kitchens, Stainless Steel Appliances, New Baths, New Roof, CAC, New Pavers.

Only $679K

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HOWARD BEACH

OLD SIDE Fixer-upper Cape on 45x80, 4 BRs, private driveway.

Only $399K

HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD CO-OPS

HAMILTON BEACH

Detached 2 Family, 2 BRs per floor.

Home all redone, includes 25x80 attached lot. $359K

HOWARD BEACH

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