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JUSTICE FOR SANDEEP

Sikhs in South Queens rally in support of hit-and-run victim

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More than a hundred Sikhs gathered Tuesday at 99th Street and 101st Avenue in Ozone Park at the scene of a hit and run that nearly killed 29-year-old Sandeep Singh on July 30, demanding the incident be investigated as a hate crime because of alleged racist remarks uttered by the driver of the car before he left Singh for dead.

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Willets West project gets its day in court

by Tess McRae Associate Editor

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fter months of anticipation and frustration, the Willets West civil suit went to court on July 31 and the plaintiffs have found themselves in a position to possibly

win.

The lawsuit, filed several months ago, is challenging the giveaway of 47 acres of parkland near Citi Field, worth an estimated $1 billion, to build a mall and entertainment center. The project is partnered with the Willets Point Development Project.

The plaintiffs — property owners, activists and community leaders, including state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) — are asking state Supreme Court Justice Manuel Mendez to invalidate the approvals granted to the project and grant a permanent injunction that would prevent construction of the so-called megamall on parkland without obtaining state legislative authorization.

According to several sources in attendance, the courtroom was filled.

The defendants, which include the City of New York and the Queens Development Group, the developer, began their argument by displaying posters of the blighted Willets Point area followed by artists’ renderings of what the space would look like, should the project continue.

While the area, also known as the Iron Triangle, does lack solid paved roads, proper sewage and street lights, this location is not the parkland being argued over.

The plot of parkland the case mentions is a parking lot for Citi Field. Still, former Justice Judith Kaye, one of the defendants’ attorneys, continued to discuss the extreme benefit the project will have for the rugged area.

“There were not a lot of surprises,” John Low-Beer, one attorney for the plaintiffs, said. “The defense spent a lot of time talking about how horrible Willets Point is and how wonderful

State Sen. Tony Avella, hands in pockets, and other plaintiffs outPHOTO BY ROBERT LOSCALZO side the courtroom. things are going to be once they develop the area.”

The city Law Department would not comment on the case.

At the center of the case is a statute from 1961, which acted as a waiver for the construction of Shea Stadium.

The statute states “prior to or after the expiration or termination of duration of any contracts ... who may from time to time enter into amended, new, additional or further contracts ...” when the purpose “is of such a nature as to furnish to, or foster ... benefit of, the people of the city ... improvement of trade and commerce ...”

At the time, the agency in charge of approving or denying new contracts was the Board of Estimate, whose power was split in 1990, with business decisions being placed in the hands of the mayor and land use decisions with the City Council.

However, the City Council has not reviewed and approved

any land use application for the 47 acres.

According to the defense, the reason for that is the Parks Department — which has control over the land — will not be giving it up once the mall is constructed. The defense presented an affidavit signed by Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver as proof.

But the question that remains is: Can the Parks Department successfully maintain control over a massive shopping mall?

In parks around the city, there are restaurants and food stands that the department controls. These vendors are considered concession stands and decisions include menu prices and hours of operation.

Assuming the Parks Department does maintain control, it may have to make similar decisions for all the tenants within the mall. As this is a special case, it is difficult to determine how the agency will handle it.

There are no examples of the agency controlling land upon which a mall stands and the Parks Department would not comment on the case.

Even so, the plaintiffs maintain that the proper land use procedure should be instituted and that the designation of power from the Board of Estimate to the City Council and mayor should be honored.

In the end, the defense said Low-Beer’s argument on the 1961 statute as it pertains to the Board of Estimate was not included in the reply brief submitted to the judge prior to the court date. They asked the argument be thrown out, but Mendez gave the city two weeks to come up with a response to LowBeer’s argument.

“The bottom line is that this case must be decided on merits,” Avella, who attended the court hearing, said. “And from what we heard today, the defendants have no explanation as to why they did not follow the law, just that they didn’t. I think their Q case simply does not make sense.”

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Sandeep Singh allegedly taunted with ethnic slurs by driver before incident

by Domenick Rafter Editor

More than a hundred Sikhs from Richmond Hill, Ozone Park and surrounding neighborhoods gathered Tuesday morning to demand justice for one of their own, who was nearly killed in a hit-and-run accident last week many believe was yet another hate crime perpetrated against their community.

Sandeep Singh, 29, was standing outside his office at 99th Street and 101st Avenue in Ozone Park shortly after midnight last Wednesday when an altercation occurred between him and a man driving a white pickup truck. According to a witness who was at the scene, the driver began yelling racial slurs, called Singh “a terrorist” and told him “to go back to your country.”

Singh then allegedly stood in front of the truck to keep the man from leaving while a friend called the police, but the driver ran over Singh, dragging him about 30 feet eastbound on 101st Avenue. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center where he remains, recovering from back and abdominal injuries.

Elected officials and Singh’s wife and brother spoke to the press at the rally Tuesday, calling on the perpetrator to be found, brought to justice, and again seeking understanding of Sikhs.

“My husband is strong,” said Prabhpreet

Sikhs rally at the intersection of 99th Street and 101st Avenue in Ozone Park, where Sandeep Singh, inset, a 29-year-old father of two, was hit and dragged by a car last week after allegedly being taunted with ethnic and racial slurs. PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER/INSET PHOTO COURTESY SIKH COALITION Kaur, Singh’s wife. “He fought for his life and with God’s grace, he will survive.”

Kaur said her husband told her that the perpetrator used racial and ethnic slurs against him — even referring to him as “bin Laden” — and she believed the incident to be a hate crime. She read a statement from

Singh in which he said he was attacked for his religion and wanted to see justice served “so no one else goes through what I have been through.”

Officials decried the incident.

“This community shouldn’t have the label as the place of a hate crime,” said Assem-

blyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven), who represents this section of Ozone Park.

Richmond Hill is home to the largest Sikh community in the United States, and that population has began to seep into adjacent Ozone Park. Though incidents like last week’s are not common, the changing demographics of the neighborhood starting in the late 1980s from a mostly white Italian and Irish population to one that included South Asians and West Indians has not been entirely smooth.

The new arrivals have often found themselves victims of racial and ethnic discrimination, though nothing to the extent of what Singh allegedly faced last week.

The hit and run occurred just feet from the former Bergen Hunt and Fish Club, the notorious club frequented by mob boss John Gotti, who despite his conviction for murder and racketeering, held almost heroic stature in Ozone Park’s Italian-American community. The building on the corner of 101st Avenue and 99th Street, in front of where the incident took place, was recently sold. Previously, it was known during the 1980s through late 2000s for the Italian flags — and an American flag donning Gotti’s face — that was often draped from the fire escape. Now, a sign declaring the building “sold” by a realtor of Indian descent has been placed where the flag once was. continued on page 22

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Goldfeder asks Port Authority to fund ferry Pol says agency can use money for JFK mitigation to keep route afloat

by Domenick Rafter

service would be a good way for the Port cally isolated communities in Southern Authority to pay residents back for the Queens and Rockaway.” effects JFK Airport has on South Queens In his letter to Foye, Goldfeder promoted With the clock ticking on the Rockaway Ferry service, and the Rockaway Peninsula.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) has permanent ferry service as a means to not “Rockaway and Jamaica Bay are severely only pave the way for a speedy Sandy come up with a possible plan to save it. impacted with noise and air and water pollurecovery for families If the city won’t kick in the subsition by Kennedy Airport,” he said. “The still struggling, but dies to make it affordable, maybe Port Authority could help Rockaway in a also to stimulate the another entity will. positive way to improve transportation by economy, create hunGoldfeder sent a letter to Patrick ur families live in the supporting ferry service from Kennedy Aird r e d s of jobs for Foye, executive director of the Port shadows of JFK Airport port to Rockaway to Manhattan.” local residents and Authority of New York and New JerThe Rockaway Ferry service, operated by significantly increase sey, asking the agency consider the and as good neighbors, Seastreak, is due to shut down in October pedestrian traffic to possibility of funding permanent because the city said the cost to subsidize rejuvenate small ferry service between the peninsula I’m asking the Port the route, which runs from Beach 108th businesses and bring and Manhattan, and possibly JFK Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, Authority to consider Street to Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan with a in economic activity Airport as well, through grants the seen here with petitions call- stop in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, is too expento the peninsula.

Port Authority issues to communities ing for the Rockaway Ferry to supporting this sive and it is not heavily used despite its Goldfeder also affected by noise and pollution from noted that ferry ser- be made permanent, is asking popularity. airports. crucial service.” the Port Authority of New York The fare is $3.50, but the city Economic vice to JFK Airport “Our families live in the shadows — Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder had been discussed and New Jersey to fund the Development Corporation says the city subof JFK Airport and as good neighservice that is slated to shut (D-Rockaway Park) sidy is more than $30 per passenger, twice with the Port Authoribors, I’m asking the Port Authority FILE PHOTO as high as the MTA’s express buses, which ty in the past, and that down in October. to consider supporting this critical could be part of any permanent ser- operate as the city’s priciest mode of public transportation, service,” Goldfeder said in a statement. “The ferry service is not a luxury, but a necessity for vice in the future funded by the agency, which operates the and nearly 10 times as high as the Staten Island Ferry, one of the busiest in the world. our families and small businesses. It became evident after airport.

The Port Authority did not respond to a request for comJoe Hartigan, a Rockaway resident and advocate for Sandy that we need to increase public transit options and Q improve our transportation infrastructure for our geographi- public transportation and ferries, said funding the ferry ment on the letter by press time.

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The rough road to new smooth streets Milling, resurfacing can create traffic havoc and cause damage to vehicles

by Domenick Rafter Editor

Let’s face it. New York City streets go through a lot of wear and tear. With thousands upon thousands of cars, trucks and buses rolling over the thousands upon thousands of miles of pavement every hour, it’s natural that the surfaces need upkeep.

Top that with the harsh weather extremes — summer heat, winter cold — and the corrosive salt used to met ice and snow, the asphalt surface doesn’t stand a chance.

That’s why every spring and summer, the city Department of Transportation undergoes massive street repaving projects all across the city.

One DOT source likened repaving city streets to the legend about painting the George Washington Bridge. It takes so long to do it all that by the time you’re done, you have to start over.

This year, several major streets were repaved, including Woodhaven Boulevard in Woodhaven, Rockaway Boulevard in South Ozone Park, Metropolitan Avenue in Kew G a rd e n s , t h e Ho r a c e H a rd i ng Expressway in Bayside Hills and Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City.

They needed it. Rockaway Boulevard between Lefferts Boulevard and the Van Wyck Expressway, for example, had become a virtual moonscape. Potholes littered the

A milled section of Woodhaven Boulevard at 91st Avenue in Woodhaven last month when two lanes were blocked southbound while work was done underneath the road. Often the gap between milling and repaving is so utilities can do necessary work under the road because the DOT bans nonemergency repairs that require tearing up streets for five years after a repaving. PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER boulevard like a bombed-out road in a war zone. The road stripings were almost completely faded away.

But the work proved to be a nuisance for many residents and drivers, though admittedly a necessary one. The milling of the roadbed leaves a rough surface that can damage cars and is often left for several weeks before new asphalt is laid. And even when the surface is repaired, it may be sev-

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Cross Bay Boulevard in Broad Channel was resurfaced earlier this year. The process though did not go over well with some residents in the area. Several took to Facebook to report that their cars were damaged by the rough road surface during the process.

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said her office received complaints about issues with the milled surface and the length of time between the milling and repaving — which was several weeks.

But Dan Mundy Sr. of the West 12th Road Block Association said the overall project, which was needed on the busy stretch of road, was well done.

“We actually sent a letter to the construction company that did the work complimenting them on the job they did,” he said.

He said the biggest issue Broad Channel dealt with was the fight over sidewalk and curb repair work, which had been cancelled due to federal funds being pulled. The money was eventually restored and the work was done.

Kenichi Wilson, chairman of Community Board 9’s Transportation Committee, said there were some issues in Woodhaven with the milling of streets, including around Forest Park Co-ops, where millers broke open the curbs in some spots, exposing rebar that could puncture tires or injure pedestrians.

Several civic leaders in South Queens said they had been told the reason for the delay between milling and paving was to allow utilities to do any maintenance work on infrastructure under the roadbed before it is repaved.

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veryone who pays attention to politics and governance knows New York State’s reputation for dysfunction and corruption. Yes, the situation does appear to have improved somewhat under Gov. Cuomo — though recent revelations about how his own anticorruption commission was hampered are troubling — but too many decisions are still made in the shadows, and far too many officials are found to be criminals.

What may be less known is how dysfunctional the system is for those people just trying to run for office against incumbents or those who otherwise are part of the establishment. New York almost stands alone in this respect too, as it is one of only a few states that prevents people from running through an overly cumbersome ballot access system. While the stated goal of the system is to ensure that only genuine candidates with at least a shot of winning get on the ballot, the effect is to give the establishment an unfair means by which it can perpetuate itself.

Case in point is that of Bernadette Semple, a political newcomer and Navy combat veteran running against indicted incumbent state Sen. Malcolm Smith of South-

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east Queens in the Democratic primary. Also running is longtime official Leroy Comrie, who’s the favorite in the race. They all need to collect 1,000 valid petition signatures to get on the ballot, no problem for Smith and Comrie. Semple managed it to, filing 1,035, as certified by the Board of Elections. And there are a million nitpicky ways signatures can be declared invalid, beyond the reasonable rules meant to detect actual false ones.

Those with party and financial backing do all they can to keep challengers off the ballot, so Comrie is appealing the BOE decision. Semple will have to defend herself in court, using up vital resources. Many good people have had to drop out of races in the past because they could not afford to do that, and she likely will too.

It would be better for all concerned — especially the voter — if Semple could just run for the seat and Comrie were only able to defeat her at the polls. The good government group Citizens Union believes the petition signature rules should be either loosened or abandoned, noting that few states have anything like them. We tend to agree. Let the people, not the parties and the lawyers, decide who can run, and possibly even win.

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Dear Editor: This year on the evening of July 4, my neighborhood sounded like a war zone. The fireworks noise continued until 4 in the morning, shattering any hope of a restful night’s sleep. The fireworks used appear to be of a professional quality looking at the remains littered on the streets all over this area the next day.

When I called the 111th Police Precinct a few times on July 4 night over a period of several hours to complain, I was told not to tie up the phone line. That response was unacceptable. The sergeant who answered the phone made me feel like the police didn’t want to do their job, that the 111th Precinct was some type of country club, not to be disturbed. I was also told at one point to call 911. Why should I call the emergency number, when the precinct is just a few short blocks from my community? The people who were exploding these dangerous devices were breaking the law and the enforcement by the police at the precinct left much to be desired.

Our Police Department needs to be more vigilant in enforcing the law and more visible during July 4 night. They should be using the loud speakers that they have in many patrol vehicles to inform people who are blowing up these bombs that their behavior is illegal and that they are subject to arrest. I also wish that the police would have more of a presence at the © Copyright 2014 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved.

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he horrific injuries suffered in 1981 by James Brady during the attempted assassination of then-President Ronald Reagan were a wakeup call to many about the dangers of America’s gun culture, including Brady, who became a gun control advocate. Though it took 13 more years, a federal law imposing background checks for many gun purchases finally passed, and that law bears Brady’s name. One can only guess how many killings and maimings the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act has prevented.

But especially over the last decade, the country has largely been going the opposite direction, toward less gun control.

Loopholes in the Brady Law, like those allowing easy gun sales between individuals, remain open. A ban on certain multiple-round rifles imposed during the Clinton administration expired and has never been renewed. More and more people in the South and West are openly carrying guns in public. There are nearly as many firearms in America — about 300 million — as there are people.

Brady died Monday at age 73. Maybe his passing can get us once again thinking about how to rein in our gun culture.

There could hardly be a more fitting tribute to the man.

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Marie Curie playground by MS 158 (46th Avenue and 46th Road at 211th Street) at all times, because of the drug problem. The children who play there must be protected from this scourge.

The Fire Department should have been out as well on July 4 night. Luckily, we had rain earlier in the day. Otherwise, I am sure with the amount and intensity of fireworks going off, fires would have started and destroyed homes and property leading to injury and death of innocent people. Our pets also suffered during this blitzkrieg.

I understand from friends whom I have spoken to, that this problem was experienced all over. I don’t understand why people equate the celebration of our country’s birth with a need to explode dangerous devices all night long that could cause severe injury and damage. Let the professionals put on firework displays in safe areas that conclude at a reasonable hour.

Our elected officials should take note of this problem. It is imperative that they see that fireworks laws are enforced and that the solutions and strategies are established so that we can all

enjoy the July 4 holiday without fear and trepidation. The media, as well, should pay more attention to this problem in their coverage and make this issue a page-one headline story.

Mandingo Osceola Tshaka Bayside

Ban plastic bags Dear Editor: “There isn’t a plastic bag to be found in Barrington,” said the hardware store clerk as he put my damp potted basil plants in a small paper bag for me in mid-May. I had just asked him to put the plants in a plastic bag so they wouldn’t leak in the car. “Great Barrington outlawed them last year and the law went into effect this March,” he said. Knowing the ban was in place, we took our reusable bags out of the car to shop for groceries next door. If you need bags, the store has endcaps with good quality reusable bags for sale at a cost of 2 bags for 3 bucks.

At checkout, customers bagged their own

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Dear Editor: I wish to take issue with Bill McQuade for calling Barack Obama in his July 17 letter, “Writer’s all wrong,” a “bad” president. It’s time for a reality check.

Here are five significant accomplishments of our 44th president. 1) Unemployment reduced from 10.2 percent under Bush to 6.1 percent on July 1, 2014, resulting in 52 consecutive months of job growth (9.5 million). 2) federal payroll fell to the lowest level in nine years. 3) Dow went from 6,700 points under Bush-43 to a historic high of 17,100 under Obama. 4) The annual fiscal budget debt dropped from $1.2 trillion in the last year of

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Bush to $500B in 2012 and 2013. 5) After 9/11, George W. told the nation we would get Osama Bin Laden, “Dead or Alive.” Ten years later, Obama ordered our elite Navy Seals to put him out of action … and they did!

Mr. McQuade said, “Imagine if there was a Republican president and all the scandals happened.” Folks, we don’t need to imagine. Here are three major GOP presidential scandals, which sent dozens of White House officials to prison! 1) Several of Warren Harding’s “Ohio Boys” were convicted and served time for their role in the Teapot Dome oil scandal. 2) 48 of Richard Nixon’s staff went to jail for their part in the Watergate break-in. Oh yes … Nixon resigned, but was pardoned by another GOP President: Ford. 3) Ten of Ronald Reagan’s top advisors were convicted and jailed for their part in the Iran-Contra Affair. Independent counsel John Towers found Reagan guilty for violating an act of Congress. However, being a sitting president, he got off “scot-free.” Thus, the public dubbed Reagan the Teflon President.

To my knowledge, no one in the Obama Administration has been convicted in all those GOP “witch-hunt” scandals! Folks, look at those GOP leaders who want to sue or impeach our president … the nerve of them!

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groceries. Nobody griped and everyone seemed happy about the new environmentally friendly town status. We were thrilled to see the bag ban working so well.

Here at home, clerks overbag everything.

The mindset seems to be, the more bags the better. Almost every item gets another bag, or gets double-bagged even when not needed. To my chagrin, I’ve even left things behind at stores because there were too many bags. To solve this problem, I now try to bag my own when I check out, and I try to remember to bring my reusable bags whenever I can.

The worldwide glut of plastic bags is a huge environmental problem that we didn’t have 30 years ago. In the USA, we use over 100 billion plastic bags a year; that’s 83 bags per person, or one bag each every 4 ½ days. The billions we use wind up in landfills where they take about 300 years to photodegrade into tiny particles. Those microparticles then contaminate the soil and waterways and eventually the food chain once animals or fish ingest them. Plastic bag debris is found in the oceans and on beaches and is responsible for the needless death of hundreds of thousands of sea creatures every year either through ingestion or by getting entangled in them.

New York City is contemplating a law to charge 10 cents per plastic bag. Other cities across the country have similar fees in place.

Some cities in California charge 25 cents per bag, and other cities, like Seattle, ban them outright. New York passed a law in 2009 requiring large stores to provide containers for the collection of unwanted plastic bags, but lack of interest and poor enforcement has hardly moved the needle on the bag problem. Clearly, this law is not working as intended.

Voluntary efforts to encourage reusable bags around the country have failed. According to studies, small fee charges don’t seem to make much of a difference either. The only thing that succeeds is a total ban like that enacted in Great Barrington. Watch for a major pushback from the plastic industry and those connected to the bags, and the right-wingers who will shout about Liberals and more government overreach. We need to move forward with bag restriction laws that work for our own good. Until then, let’s pledge to only using reusable bags when shopping and get in the habit of taking responsible action toward saving our environment.

Tyler Cassell Flushing

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The Disabilities Treaty calls upon countries to ensure equal treatment and equal access to justice, healthcare, education, and employment for all persons with disabilities.

This convention sets a standard, one that resembles our own standards here in the U.S., worldwide to create legislation or improve upon current laws.

The treaty is a common-sense document, yet the U.S. is in a minority of nations which have not ratified the treaty, keeping company with countries like North Korea, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. Meanwhile, many of our key allies — like the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia, Italy and South Korea — are among the 147 other nations who have already formally joined the CPRD. The Senate should support the equality of people with disabilities worldwide by giving its consent to this treaty.

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Dear Editor: Your thumb breaks a sweat as you channel surf all day with your “remote,” a grain elevator must be called in to weigh you, you smoke like a chimney in a Beijing industrial park and you won’t get your butt off the couch to take your prescribed insulin. Your bad health spirals out of control. This is obviously the doctor’s fault. His job was to cure you and he didn’t. If it weren’t for the American Medical Association’s powerful protective lobby, this incompetent doctor would lose his license. Someone whispers in your ear to sue in court and so you follow that American dream.

Utter nonsense.

But when a teacher identifies what is ailing a child and prescribes parental involvement (among other remedies), and that parent is a no-show at conferences, does not reply to alerts from educators, can’t be bothered to monitor their child’s study habits or academic and attitudinal development, but opts instead to dodge the bullet of responsibility and passes the buck for their child’s lack of progress wholly to teachers, it becomes a “cause celebre” and ignorant people come on board as plaintiffs in lawsuits against teacher tenure. Their grief is the baseless sentiment that teachers are the weak link among professionals and our laws shield them from accountability.

It makes neglectful and passively abusive parents feel good about themselves when

they can divert their liability and thrust it on teachers as their proxies. It’s easier to get credibility as a parent that way than by doing the hard work at home. I will not speculate in print about the backgrounds or motives of the parents who have loaned their names to a copycat lawsuit against teacher tenure. None dare call them “useful idiots.”

But if investigative reporters were permitted by their editors to independently discover the panorama of truth, it might be a neat revelation to learn more about who these folks really are who have thrown tons of kitty litter upon the evidence of their claims in exchange for 15 minutes of fame. And I bet an unveiling of the rogues gallery of their patrons and benefactors would be a spectacular eye-opener!

Ron Isaac Fresh Meadows

Hamas vs. peace Dear Editor: There have now been three wars between Gaza and Israel in the past six years. If nothing is done to stop the protagonist — the Islamic resistance army more commonly known as Hamas — then the only certain future for the area is that there will be another war in the not too distant future.

While many world leaders recognize the necessity of eliminating Hamas — both for the benefit of Israel and for the Palestinian civilians who suffer negatively both directly and indirectly from the decisions made by Hamas — few have the foresight or vision as to how to accomplish this task.

The Palestinian Authority does not have the will or the capability to eradicate Hamas. The Arabs cannot be trusted to do it — with the possible exception of Egypt, which has been destroying terror tunnels in Gaza, enforces the necessary blockade to stop terror supplies reaching Hamas and has thwarted an Islamic suicide bomber terror attack and rocket attacks aimed at Israeli civilians in the past month. Israel has the capability to get rid of Hamas, but the world accuses Israel of being too brutal in doing it.

Western countries also have no appetite to fight any Islamic terrorist group.

While it is, sadly, abundantly clear that the world is not prepared to do what is needed to stop the conflict from reoccurring, the Western world does have some control.

Funds given to the Palestinians should be strictly controlled — it is irresponsible (if not downright murderous) to continue to look the other way while the Palestinian terrorists invest in terror. Without funds the terror trade of Hamas will die, even though the ideology of course will not. Perhaps this is the best solution that the Western world is prepared to fathom for now.

Michelle Moshelian Givatayim, Israel

Clarification A caption with the July 31 story “Galante scandal leads to sacking of trustees” was u nclear about who chairs the Queens Library Board. Gabriel Taussig is the chairman, and was preceded by Jacqueline Arrington.

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Taking back the night in South Queens 106th Precinct 102nd Precinct This year’s Night Out Against Crime hosted by the 106th Precinct was held at the open field at Police Officer Edward Byrne Park on North Conduit Avenue and 134th Street in South Ozone Park.

Residents from the neighborhoods of South Ozone Park, Ozone Park, Howard

Beach, Lindenwood and Hamilton Beach came out to enjoy the gorgeous summer night, hot dogs, ice cream, music, games, raffle prizes and face painting and meet the officers from the precinct, as well as local officials, civic associations and businesses attending the event.

As in past years, the 102nd Precinct held its annual Night Out Against Crime at the Buddy Memorial in Forest Park, located at Park Lane South and Myrtle Avenue in Richmond Hill.

Children were treated to a bounce house, and all were offered hot dogs, hamburgers,

chips and Indian food courtesy of the Sikh Cultural Center. Area officials, civic organizations and other groups were also present at the event.

Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) was among the officials who came to the Night Out to thank the NYPD for its work.

It’s kid versus canine.

A police dog and a Richmond Hill boy enjoy a game of tug of war.

The brass from the 106th Precinct, elected officials and civic leaders get together for a group PHOTOS BY DOMENICK RAFTER photo.

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Ric hmond Hill South Civic Association President Margaret Finnerty chats with a resident.

The 106th Precinct Community Council President Frank Dardani, left, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, introduce themselves to the crowd.

The West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Depar tment showed of f one of its new ambulances.

Victoria Labban, left, 14, sings “The Star-Spangled Banner,” followed by a rendition of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep,” while Officer Jose Severino of 102nd Precinct Community Affairs puts burgers on the fire.

The crew from Resorts Wo r l d C a s in o N e w York Cit y man their table, stocked with giveaways and promotional items.

Assemblyman Mike Miller, left, Latchman Budhai, president of the 102nd Precinct Community Council, Deputy Inspector Henry Sautner, the precinct’s commanding officer, Rep. Grace Meng and Assemblyman Mike Simanowitz with a proclamation for the precinct given by Meng.

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SJU fencers at world match Seven alumni from St. John’s University competed in fencing’s 2014 Sen ior World Cha mpionsh ips i n Kazan, Russia the week of July 15 through 23.

Dagmara Wozniak placed sixth in t he women’s saber compet it ion, improving 11 spots from her 17th-place finish last year.

Daryl Homer took 19th in the men’s Saber. Both were competing for the United States.

Wozniak and Homer also both competed for the United States in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and are aspiring to make the national team again for the 2016 summer games to be held in Rio. Anna Limbach, competing for Germany, placed 31st in women’s saber, jumping eight places from a year ago.

Joanna Guy, representing Canada, finished 75th in the women’s eppe standings. Her countryman, Eli Schenkel, a 2014 graduate, took 124th in the men’s foil.

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Adam Watson of the United States Q took 143rd in the men’s eppe.

Key Food will open on Sept. 5 Howard Beach store has been in limbo for over a year

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Howard Beach’s new supermarket finally has an opening date.

The new Key Food at 163-20 Cross Bay Blvd. will hold its grand opening on Sept. 5, according to several sources close to the store’s owner.

Work was being done inside the store in the past few weeks, including the construction of a brand-new glass facade facing Cross Bay Boulevard, and a permanent sign was installed in front of the new windows on July 24.

Many residents in Howard Beach have been waiting for the supermarket to open since the announcement that the vacant building would become a Key Food almost exactly a year ago. The neighborhood is only served by two other supermarkets — both Waldbaum’s stores — one farther north on Cross Bay Boulevard and the other in Lindenwood. Some residents travel to supermarkets in Ozone Park, Brooklyn and Glendale as well.

Key Food announced it was taking over the site last summer and displayed a banner over the building facing Cross Bay Boulevard that advertised the market as “coming soon.”

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According to several sources, the owner had issues getting the proper permits to open the store as a supermarket.

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One Queens man has conquered the Bronx — and for a good cause.

For the second year in a row, Matt Lowenthal, 28, of Woodhaven was the top finisher in the Runyon 5K charity run at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. He ran the course, which wound through the legendary ballpark’s concourses and ramps, leading adventurous runners up the stairs between levels, in 22 minutes.

The Runyon 5K, which raises money for the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, is the only charitable run/walk that uses the iconic Stadium as its course. This year’s event raised more than $500,000 — and counting — for the nonprofit’s groundbreaking efforts to fight cancer.

All participants, who ranged in age from 5 to 78 years old, and hailed from 26 states, appeared on the centerfield video board as they took two laps around the warning track circling the field.

Friends, family and supporters watched the race from the Delta SKY360° Suite, mingling with the Damon Runyon scientists their contributions help support.

One hundred percent of all donations raised by participants will directly support scientists pursuing cures for all forms of cancer. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $3.5 million.

WRBA’s fundraiser will be held Oct. 10 Block association to honor businesses The Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association has announced the date, time, location and honorees for its fundraiser this year.

The civic group will hold its 43rd annual fundraiser at Roma View Catering, 160-05 Cross Bay Blvd. in Howard Beach on Friday, Oct. 10. The festivities kick off at 7 p.m.

Allan Smith, a historian of Woodhaven who has long been involved in the community, especially with the Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society, will be honored as Man of the Year, while Margie Schmidt, the owner of Woodhaven’s iconic Schmidt’s Candy store, which has been in business for 90 years on Jamaica Avenue, will be named Woman of the Year.

This year’s Business of the Year honor will be awarded to The Avenue Diner, owned by Paul Vasiliadis, which will be honored for its support of Woodhaven’s organizations and for being a key anchor establishment on Jamaica Avenue.

This group will also induct a neighbor-

hood legend into the Woodhaven Hall of Fame.

Lewis of Woodhaven, the famous general store that had two locations on Jamaica Avenue for decades, is this year’s inductee.

“We are excited to celebrate the contributions of some people and businesses who are very important to Woodhaven,” said WRBA President Martin Colberg.

“This year’s fundraiser will not only recognize some deserving honorees. It will also help the Block Association continue its good work for another year.”

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Queens moms in suit to end teacher tenure Claim bad instructors harm children

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

Tenure and other job protections for teachers deny the constitutional right of New York State children to a good education because they prevent even bad instructors from being fired, seven parents claim in a new lawsuit that seeks to overturn laws they say “confer permanent employment” for teachers.

Two Queens parents are among the plaintiffs: Nina Doster, suing on behalf of herself and her children, Patience and King McFarlane, who attend PS 140 in Jamaica; and Tauana Goins, suing on behalf of herself and her daughter, Tanai, who attends PS 106 in Rockaway. The other plaintiffs are from Brooklyn, the Bronx and Rochester, NY. The case follows a June ruling for the plaintiffs in a similar case in California, in which the judge declared that tenure and other job protections keep too many incompetent teachers on the job, denying students their right to a quality education as a result.

The New York plaintiffs are supported by the Partnership for Educational Justice, an advocacy group that says it is “challenging factory-era laws that keep poorlyperforming teachers in the classroom.”

Saying that it can take 18 months and $250,000 to dismiss one bad teacher, the group notes, “In New York City, the largest school system in the state, only 12 teachers — out of 75,000 in any given year — were formally replaced because of poor performance over an entire decade from 1997 to 2007. Teachers in New York City are more likely to die on the job than be replaced because of poor performance.”

The United Federation of Teachers posted a link on its website to a blog written by a New Jersey resident in response to the lawsuit.

“Those suing to get rid of tenure should spend their time & money ensuring excellent pre-K prep & long-term support for all students,” the blogger said. “If you truly want excellent teachers, work for excellent working conditions instead of destroying Q the protections that tenure provides.”

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The restaurant closed on March 2 and the building was sold for $9 million to the Criterion Group, an Astoria-based realty firm, in April.

The entire building, which contained a handful of now-relocated small businesses, is set to be demolished in the fall, making way for the construction of a seven-story, 119-unit apartment building on the property.

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Maya Ranot, 12, allegedly beaten, starved by dad, stepmom An Ozone Park couple face a litany of child abuse charges — including multiple counts of assault and child endangerment —for allegedly starving and beating their now 12-year-old daughter between December 2012 and July 2014. In one instance, the child was allegedly hit with a broken metal broom handle that cut her wrist down to the bone and required hospitalization and surgery.

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown and city Administration for Children’s Services Commissioner Gladys Carrión identified the defendants as Rajesh Ranot, 46, and his wife, Sheetal Ranot, 31, of 96th Street.

According to the criminal charges, Sheetal Ranot repeatedly hit her stepdaughter, Maya Ranot, causing bruising and pain, and locked her inside her bedroom and refused to feed her for extended periods of time between December 2012 and May of this year.

In one instance, it is alleged that on Dec. 21, 2012, Ranot kicked Maya in the face while wearing footwear, causing bruising, swelling and substantial pain about her eye and face.

In a second instance, Ranot allegedly hit Maya in the face with a wooden rolling pin on April 16 causing a laceration, swelling and pain to her left cheek and requiring

removal to a hospital for medical attention.

At the time, doctors allegedly observed her to be underweight and thin, weighing 58 pounds, and wearing dirty clothes.

On a third occasion, May 6, Ranot allegedly hit Maya with a broken metal broom handle about her body, causing a deep laceration and bleeding about her left wrist and right knee. When medical personnel arrived at the family residence, they found Maya lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen with the tendons to her left wrist cut to the bone. Maya was transported to Elmhurst Hospital, where she underwent surgery for her wrist and received stitches to her knee. At the time, doctors allegedly observed several bruises, marks and scars in various stages of healing throughout Maya’s body.

It is additionally alleged that Rajesh Ranot repeatedly beat Maya about her body with his hands, his feet, a belt and a baseball bat between December 2012 and May of this year. During this same time period, it is alleged that he too would lock her inside her bedroom without food or water for extended periods of time and that he forced her to take cold showers while he struck her about her body with his hands and various objects.

On March 31 of this year, he allegedly hit her with a baseball bat, causing bruising,

swelling and pain about her head and face. It is further alleged that between April 16 and May 6 Ranot continued to hit his daughter with a baseball bat about her head and legs, causing bruising and pain about her ears, head and legs.

Sheetal Ranot was arraigned on July 29 on a criminal complaint charging her with second-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child. She was arraigned again on Aug. 1 on a criminal complaint charging her with first- and second-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

Bail was set at $10,000 and $50,000, respectively, and Ranot was ordered to return to court on Aug. 13 on both charges Ranot, who is presently being held in jail in lieu of a total of $60,000 in bail, faces up to seven years in prison in the first case and up to 25 years in prison in the second case if convicted.

Rajesh Ranot, who is the child’s biological father, was arraigned on Aug. 1 on a criminal complaint charging him with second- and third-degree assault, first-degree unlawful imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child. Ranot, who faces up to seven years in prison if convicted, remains in jail in lieu of $25,000 bail. His Q next court date is also August 13.

Elderly woman killed by van in Rego Park An elderly woman was killed last Friday while attempting to cross a Rego Park street.

Police said Gladys Fischoff, 79, of Rego Park, was trying to cross 99th Street around 8:40 a.m. when she was struck by a van making a left turn from 62nd Road onto 99th Street.

EMS responded to the scene and transported Fischoff to Elmhurst General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival, police said.

The driver of the van remained on the scene and while the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Unit is probing the accident, a police source said there was no apparent criminality in the crash.

Hours after Fischoff’s death, 14 new arterial slow zones throughout the city, one of the elements of Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero plan, were announced by the Department of Transportation.

Speed limits along Roosevelt Avenue between Queens Boulevard and 154th Street and Metropolitan Avenue between Onderdonk Avenue and 132nd Street will be reduced by 5 mph in September and December, respectively. Q

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Six Queens Library trustees strike back Faction Katz canned over scandal sues, calling move unconstitutional

by Michael Gannon Editor

Six people who were removed from the Queens Library’s Board of Trustees last week filed suit in federal court against Borough President Melinda Katz and New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in an effort to be reinstated.

They claim their dismissal was unconstitutional and asked the court to halt it while the case moves forward, a request that was denied.

The six — Jacqueline Arrington, Joseph Ficalora, William Jefferson, Grace Lawrence, Terri Mangino and George Stamatiades — were removed by Katz on July 23, the same day Mayor de Blasio dismissed Patricia Flynn and Stephen Van Anden.

All are supporters of embattled Queens Library CEO Tom Galante, and all were removed shortly after Gov. Cuomo signed a new law — partially written by Katz — to change the conditions under which library trustees can be removed for cause.

In a statement accompanying a copy of their 26-page complaint, the attorney for the six said the trustees acted “to halt a brazen, and unconstitutional, power grab by the Queens Borough President, with the aid of the state Legislature, to transform the Queens Borough Public Library from an

independent, private, nonprofit corporation expenses; the amount of time on the job he into an organ of City Government controlled spent while allegedly working long, lucrative by the Queens Borough President and hours every week as a consultant for a Long Island School District; and how an associate Mayor.”

The complaint states that the library of Galante’s from the school district came to board was established in its former incor- receive Queens Library contracts.

Katz has said poration in 1907 that a federal for the very spegrand jury has cific purpose of ou can’t make a federal case issued three insulating it from subpoenas political control out of disappointment.”

All six suing and allowing it K atz , a nd the t o f u n c t io n a s — Borough President Melinda Katz two dismissed by “an independent, de Blasio, voted s e l f- g ov e r n i n g he Court must step in and against a motion institution.” would have The complaint limit the damage Ms. Katz has that placed Galante says the amendment was the end already done to the Library ...” on leave while at least three city r e s u lt of K a t z — attorney Douglas Grover and federal attempting to i nve s t ig a t io n s take cont rol of into the allegathe board.

“Within six weeks of taking office she tions are being conducted.

In the complaint and the accompanying informed the Trustees that she would be pushing for state legislation to make them statement, attorney Douglas Grover said trustees, under library bylaws, can only be more accountable — to her.”

That time period would coincide with a removed by a two-thirds vote of the rest of series of articles primarily in the Daily News the board. asking numerous questions about how Galan“The Trustees remain on the board, and they te oversaw funds for the library’s capital can be removed only according to the Library’s

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bylaws, not by an unconstitutional statute or the whims of local politicians,” he said.

They also appealed to Katz to not dismiss them, a move she denied.

“The former Trustees are making a federal case out of something that is very simple,” Katz said in a statement Wednesday. “Their removals were clearly authorized by the state law that was enacted in June with nearly unanimous support in the Legislature. They are therefore forced to rely on the extraordinarily weak argument that their removal was somehow unconstitutional. You can’t make a federal case out of disappointment.”

In response, Grover issued another statement: “After dismissing the Trustees, it’s hardly surprising that the Borough President rejected their appeal. It’s one more reason the Court must step in and halt the damage Ms. Katz has already done to the Library and the further damage that would surely follow.

“For more than a century the Library has provided excellent service to the community, free from political interference and favoritism. She wants to toss that aside, using an illconceived law that we believe is unconstitutional. The threat to the independence of the Queens Library should be of concern to every nonprofit group in New York and to Q every citizen.”

QCC awarded funds for health, 3-D work $11.5 million for two new centers

by Liz Rhoades A new healthcare clinic in Wester n Queens and a 3-D manufacturing center are in the offing as part of a $11.5 million grant to Queensborough Community College in Bayside.

Of the total, $10 million has been awarded to establish a clinic and training center. Locations being looked at include Jackson Heights, Corona, East Elmhurst and Elmhurst.

The 19,000 square-foot facility will offer training and clinical rotations for nursing students and for those looking to b e c ome ph leb ot om ist s a nd me d ica l assistants.

The training center will also provide classes in joint programs with York College, the School of Professional Studies and Queens College.

The g rant will also allow QCC to update its biotechnology laboratory on campus with state-of the-art equipment.

The additional $1.5 million grant will be used to create an advanced manufacturing center focused on 3-D printing. It

will be renovated and equipped within six months and will provide workshops and courses to industr y, college and high school faculty and students.

St udents w ill desig n a nd produce sophisticated components through collaboration with the Queens College Computer Science Depar tment and area high schools, which will create new courses.

QCC officials say that 3-D technology enables manufacturers to produce parts locally that are now developed overseas.

They believe it will lead to an increased demand for skilled professionals in this technology.

“The $11.5 million award places us as a vanguard to serve two vital industry sectors: technology and healthcare,” said Q C C P r e sid e nt D i a n e C a l l. “ I a m extremely proud that Queensborough Community College has been selected for our innovative ideas and leadership to provide current and prospective students the education to pursue promising careers in fields so important economically to New York City and especially the borQ ough of Queens.”

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Howard Beach car burglarized The NYPD released video footage of three suspects wanted for burglarizing a car in the driveway of a home in Howard Beach.

The incident occurred last Friday at 4:07 a.m. at 83rd Street and 165th Avenue. The NYPD did not release a description of the suspects, but in the video one is seen in a T-shirt and pants, while the second suspect was in a hoodie and carried a bat. The third suspect, who cannot be seen clearly in the video, stayed on the sidewalk.

The two suspects entered the unlocked

white vehicle and appeared to be looking around in the driver’s and passenger side seats for nearly a minute. It is not clear if they took anything.

They are also seen trying to get into a second vehicle in the driveway, but it was locked.

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

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The plan to decommission the Ridgewood Reservoir, classified as a Class C high hazard dam by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, has drawn ire from area residents and elected officials since it was announced earlier this year.

Now, in more ways than one, they are petitioning Gov. Cuomo and the state DEC to change the reservoir’s classification and cancel proposed changes to the three basins that some say will destroy the park’s ecology.

On July 31, the preservation group Save Ridgewood Reservoir took to the popular petition website Change.org to rally support for its cause.

“The Ridgewood Reservoir is not a dam and the work is unnecessary and a waste of taxpayer money,” the petition reads. “Furthermore, this plan will destroy important wetlands.”

The two-year, $6 million project, drawn up by the Parks Department as mandated by the DEC, involves creating large culverts in the embankments between the three basins of the park.

According to the DEC, such work would reduce the risk of a breach of one or more of the basins during an unprecedented storm, which might lead to severe flooding in the surrounding areas.

But Save Ridgewood Reservoir’s petition, as well as previous statements from Community Board 5, claims that it would be nearly impossible to fill the park’s basins with enough precipitation to cause a breach.

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and area elected officials say the project, which involves cutting down nearly 500 trees and the construction of a road and rampways between basins, will negatively impact the habitat of the park’s many wildlife species.

As of Tuesday afternoon, 394 people had signed the online petition, 606 signatures shy of its goal of 1,000.

Many of the petition’s signees are from the area, including Queens Civic Congress Vice President Richard Hellenbrecht and New York City Audubon President Harrison Maas, but some from as far away as Kentucky left messages of encouragement as well.

“This is a rich environmental habitat,” Hellenbrecht wrote, “and offers a unique perspective of NYC history and must be maintained in its developing natural state.”

In a letter to Cuomo dated July 24, Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), Councilmembers Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale) and Antonio Reynoso (D-Brooklyn, Queens), state Sens. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) and state Assemblymembers Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) and Cathy Nolan (D-Sunnyside) expressed their concern over what the proposed work would do to the park’s ecosystem.

“The proposed work consists of breaching the berms that separate the Ridgewood Reservoir’s basins, building permanent access roads into this habitat, and cutting down at least 470 trees,” the letter reads.

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Sikhs condemn ‘hate crime’ continued from page 5 hate crime, and noted that their brothers It was noted at the rally, during which and sisters have repeatedly been the target some residents of other ethnic back- of bias attacks, especially since 9/11 and grounds walking by scoffed, was held mainly due to their long beards and turtwo years after a man gunned down six bans giving the erroneous impression that people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in a they are Muslim.

“Sandeep is very fortunate to be alive, hate crime.

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh but we want more law enforcement Meadows), who represents a large Sikh resources devoted to finding the hate community, said he had “full confidence” attacker,” said Amardeep Singh, program that the NYPD will investigate the case director for the Sikh Coalition. “Given that this attack was preceded by racial and relithoroughly.

An NYPD source said cops were look- gious slurs, it is an attack not only on Sanding for the vehicle, a GMC Sierra 1500 eep but also on the whole Sikh community. truck, model year 2007 to 2009. The We call on the U.S. Department of Justice source emphasized that they had no and FBI to work with the NYPD to investiQ description of the suspect and did not know gate it as a hate crime.” his race or ethnicity.

The Sikh community in South Queens has close ties with the 102nd Precinct, but has quarreled with the NYPD in the past over its uniform policy that did not allow Sikh officers to wear turbans.

Si k h leaders met with police at the precinct house on Monday.

Some expressed frustration at the speed of Surveillance camera footage shows a white pickup truck hitting the investigation. Many Sandeep Singh at 99th Street and 101st Avenue shortly after IMAGE COURTESY SIKH COALITION wanted it to be labeled a midnight on July 30.

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A bill introduced by state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) in March to shorten the name of the station to simply Briarwood passed the legislative body on June 18.

On Friday, Avella, the Briarwood Community Association and a handful of residents rallied across the street from the station’s entrance and celebrated the change they expect to come.

“It makes no sense to have a dual name when the second part of the name is confusing to riders,” Avella said. “If anything, the name of the station should not only reflect the name of the community, but it should also be simple for transit riders to understand the station they’re getting off at.”

An accompanying piece of legislation, introduced by Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) in January 2013, passed the state Assembly on June 19.

Avella said he hopes and expects Gov. Cuomo will sign the bill into law sometime in the fall.

The station, originally named Van Wyck Boulevard, opened in 1937 and predominantly serves the F train, as well as the E train on nights and weekends.

Construction of the Van Wyck Expressway involved paving over the boulevard in the 1950s, but the station’s name remained the same until the 1990s, when the word Briarwood was added.

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President Seymour Schwartz said the station’s name change is more than a decade overdue.

“For 13 years, we have asked for a change in the name of our station,” Schwartz said.

“Some years ago, they met us halfway and they renamed it Briar wood-Van Wyck Blvd.”

Both Schwartz and Avella said one of the biggest reasons for the proposed change is to avoid confusion between the Briarwood stop and the Jamaica-Van Wyck station, which is served by the E train.

“For most people, there are two stations called Van Wyck Boulevard,” Schwartz said. “[It’s] a point of serious confusion.”

The proposed legislation, if signed by Cuomo, would require the MTA to update all signage, maps and any other items issued by the agency with the new name of the station within 180 days of the bill’s signing into law.

Avella said there is no better time to change the name of station than now, as the subway stop is undergoing extensive renovations as part of the Kew Gardens Interchange Project.

“I’m hoping that [the MTA] sees this is really not only in the best interest of the community, but in the best interest of the ridership,” he said, “and that we get this done as soon as possible, given the fact that the station is under renovation.”

While the station’s signage would change, the mosaic tiling featuring the original name of the station will remain due to cost factors.

“Now is the time to do it,” Avella said, “where the littlest amount of expense to the Q taxpayers and the MTA is incurred.”

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Despite a number of recent closures, business heats up with the weather

by Christopher Barca Reporter

For as far as the eye can see down Austin Street in Forest Hills on a warm Saturday after noon, people stroll down the sidewalk, customers patronize the various shops and boutiques and friends meet for drinks at area bars and restaurants.

The neighborhood is a garden in the midst of a big city, according to Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce President Leslie Brown, and despite some of the recent closures of long-standing businesses in the area, she says business has been as solid as ever this summer.

“Forest Hills is a very vibrant, booming area. Business is doing ver y well here,” Brown said. “The few vacant stores that were empty in the winter and spring have now been rented.”

While business naturally slows as the temperat u re d rops, the open i ng of a 17-story, 97-unit residential tower at 10811 Queens Blvd. expected in October and the recent addition of an elevator inside the Forest Hills-71st Avenue subway station will give the area an added boost in both the short and long term.

“When people invest millions into high rise condos, that’s going to help keep the neighborhood affluent,” Brown said. “People making investments here shows you

something. Forest Hills is still on the rise.”

Even without the expected inf lux of people into the community come the fall, Forest Hills preservationist Michael Perlman said he is constantly encouraged by the sight of people f locking to commercial strips such as Austin Street on a Saturday night.

However, he hopes the newest Forest Hills residents, as well as the ones who have lived in the area for years, will support the many small businesses lining Austin Street and the surrounding corridors as opposed to larger, brand-name stores.

“It remains to be seen if the additional residents resulting from the new condo will add to the foot traff ic on Austin Street,” Perlman said. “My gut instinct tells me that it will, but I hope it will attract the type of clientele who believes in supporting the local assets, rather than only shopping in Manhattan’s high-end independent shops or chains.”

Another worry of Perlman’s is Austin Street becoming “medical center row.”

In 2013, plans for a ProHealth Urgent Care center at 71-53 Austin St. were announced.

In April, the United Artists Brandon movie theater at 70-20 Austin St. closed after 51 years in business, with a PM

Pediatrics set to open at the site in the fall.

Plans for the ProHealth center have stalled after a stop-work order was issued in March, but that doesn’t change Perlman’s feelings.

“It is a shame how the character of Austin Street,” he said, “is being homogenized due to some landlords and developers who constantly seek profits for their own pockets, ignoring Forest Hills’ architectural distinction and places for recreat ion, enter t ai n ment a nd cult u ral interest.”

Brown said the ProHealth plan will continue to be problematic for the area for the near future, as the “eyesore” attracts garbage and negative attention. She proclaimed her love for small businesses, but noted how health clinics are here to stay.

“They see our neighborhood has a lot to offer,” she said. “Those urgent care centers are the wave of the future.”

While the future of Forest Hills commerce seems bright, Austin Street does not have a Business Improvement District, which would make the corridor eligible for various enhanced city services for an annual fee.

Perlman believes such a designation will help many of the street’s small businesses remain successful and give consumers an even wider selection of stores to search

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Cuomo running mate’s Main Street campaign Kathy Hochul, in quest for the state’s second-highest job, meets boro voters

by Domenick Rafter Editor

Former Rep. Kathy Hochul causally stepped out of the Elite Cafe at 72-28 Main St. in Kew Gardens Hills into the drizzly Friday afternoon. As her shoes hit the sidewalk, she suddenly stopped, her wide eyes opened wider by something happening in front of her — a traffic enforcement officer standing in front of a minivan writing a ticket for an expired meter.

“Oh my goodness, whose car is that?” she asked in her thick Western New York accent.

“Is it yours?” somebody asked the Buffalo native.

“No, no, no,” she said as she began walking down the busy commercial strip.

If not for the entourage of local officials — Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), Assembly members Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) and Mike Simanowitz (D-Kew Gardens Hills) — she might have passed for a local.

But Hochul is no local.

Bar ring a campaign shakeup — and depending on the trajectory of an ongoing scandal that may not be so far-fetched — she is favored to occupy the second-highest office in the state next year.

It’s safe to say practically no one she met walking along Main Street last Friday knew who Hochul is, but she was not offended.

“I’m running for lieutenant governor,” she told one woman in Elizee clothing shop who asked who she was. “I’m running with Andrew Cuomo. The current lieutenant governor is retiring and the governor asked me to run with him and I accepted.”

“Well good luck to you,” the woman responded. “It was great to meet you.”

On the sidewalk outside the clothing store, a woman stopped her.

“I saw you in the paper,” the woman said.

“You’re that lady from upstate.”

Hochul laughed and nodded.

“Yes, I’m from Buffalo,” she said before explaining who she is, and what she is campaigning for.

Hochul is running on a ticket with Gov. Cuomo this year, replacing current Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy, the former Rochester mayor, who is retiring. Her presence on the ticket may surprise some, but a look at her political resume

Former Rep. Kathy Hochul, left, who is running for lieutenant governor on a ticket with Gov. Cuomo, talks to a voter on Main Street in Kew Gardens Hills on Friday with Assemblyman PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER Mike Simanowitz, center, and Councilman Rory Lancman. provides a hint about why Cuomo picked her.

Before May 2011, Hochul was a political unknown outside Buffalo. She was then the county clerk of Erie County, which includes New York’s second largest city. Democrats nominated her to run in a special election in the 26th Congressional District, which included the easternmost suburbs of Buffalo, the westernmost suburbs of Rochester and the conservative rural areas in between. The seat, then New York State’s most Republican district, had been left open by a Republican who resigned amid allegations he solicited a woman on Craigslist.

Hochul was originally considered an underdog, but thanks to the presence of a third-party Tea Party candidate, voter angst over a GOP proposal for Medicare, and what was widely considered to be a brilliant campaign by Hochul, she narrowly won.

Her victory breathed new life into the Democratic Party, just six months after it had

suffered the biggest Congressional defeat in over half a century.

Redistricting made the district more Republican and she was narrowly defeated in 2012 by former Erie County Executive Chris Collins. Hochul won 49 percent of the vote, outpacing President Obama in the district by more than 5 percent.

Her popularity in Western New York — an area Cuomo lost in 2010 — made her an attractive running mate for the governor, as did her reputation as a political moderate. Being a woman doesn’t hurt, as besides Cuomo’s longshot primary challenger, Fordham professor Zephyr Teachout, every other major party candidate for statewide officer this year is male.

Hochul is fiercely defensive of her running mate. Meeting the press outside the Main Sweet candy store Friday, she downplayed the ongoing controversy over Cuomo’s decision to disband the Moreland Commission, which he set up in 2013 to fight corruption, and whether

his office interfered with its work when it investigated groups with close ties to Cuomo, as has been reported in The New York Times.

“Based on what I’ve seen, they were fully independent,” Hochul said. “The public record is clear.”

She was quick to note that the Republican district attorney of upstate Onondaga County, a member of the commission, has defended the governor.

The controversy did not deter the Flushing officials who walked with Hochul, introducing her as “New York’s next lieutenant governor.”

Hochul said she didn’t hear about Moreland when she spoke with voters. Instead she said they were more concerned with breadand-butter issues.

“They’re concerned mostly about jobs and affordable housing,” she said, adding that the issues in Queens are similar to those she hears back home in Buffalo.

Unsurprisingly, the candidate heard a lot about the ongoing war in the Middle East while talking to voters on Main Street in the heart of heavily Jewish Kew Gardens Hills, where some residents were spotted wearing Israeli Defense Forces T-shirts. She called the situation “heartbreaking” for Israel and offered voters her strong support for the Jewish state.

“They’re our greatest ally,” she said. “We must stand with them.”

Though she’s running on a ticket with Cuomo, under New York law she faces her own primary on Sept. 9. She reminded voters that they must also cast a vote for lieutenant governor. Her opponent is Teachout’s running mate, Tim Wu. It is not out of the realm of possibility that one half of the ticket could lose. It happened in 2010, when Republican nominee Carl Paladino’s running mate, former Middle Village Councilman Tom Ognibene, lost to Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards, the running mate of former Rep. Rick Lazio, whom Paladino defeated.

If she does win, Hochul will be the fourth woman to serve as New York’s lieutenant governor, after Mary Ann Krupsak, who served under Gov. Hugh Carey in the 1970s, and both former Gov. George Pataki’s running mates, Betsy McCaughey Ross and Mary Donohue. Q

Byrne’s brother NYPD deputy commissioner Lawrence Byr ne, a for mer federal prosecutor and the oldest brother of a slain New York City police officer, has been appointed deputy commissioner for legal matters at the NYPD. Police Com m issioner Bill Bratton announced the appointment last Thursday.

“Deputy Commissioner Byrne brings over 25 years of legal expertise to the NYPD leadership team,” Bratton said. “He not

Lawrence Byrne former fed prosecutor only brings a great wealth of knowledge ranging from white collar crimes to First Amendment and media litigation, but quite a proud family legacy as well.”

Byrne began his career as a federal prosecutor in 1988 with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York,

and served with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, DC. In private practice, Byrne has experience in internal investigations, trial and appellate court, and matters involving antitrust, securities, bankruptcy and classaction defense.

Byrne’s brother, Edward, was

a 22-year-old rookie with the NYPD’s 103rd Precinct in 1988 when he was murdered in South Jamaica by four paid killers as he was protecting a witness in a narcotics prosecution.

His death often is cited as the turning point in the late 1980s in the city’s battle against the illegal drug trade.

His killers were last denied parole in late 2012.

Howard “Pappy” Mason, who ordered the hit, is serving life with no possibility of parole at a super maximum security federal prison in Colorado.

Byrne’s father, Matt, served with the NYPD for 22 years.

Lawrence Byrne is succeeding Douglass Maynard, who held the post since 2013 and is returning Q to the private sector.

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York tabs new soccer coach Kafui Kouakou, a former goalkeeper on the York College Men’s Soccer team, has been named the squad’s head coach.

Kouakou has been head coach of the school’s women’s team since its inception in 2011 and an assistant for the men’s team for six years.

The 2008 York graduate was the starting goalkeeper and captain of the men’s team from 2005 to 2007. In his final year he helped lead the Cardinals to the City University of New York Athletic Conference championship, earning regular season and tournament most valuable player honors.

He succeeds Linval Cunningham, who resigned last year after 13 years as head coach.

Kouakou will give up his position with the women’s team. The school is expected to announce the hiring of h is replacement i n t he nea r future.

Kouakou works for CUNY’s central Office of Academic Affairs as a field liaison for Service Corps, a post in which he matches CU NY students interested in community service with various organizations Q in the city.

The problems with repaving continued from page 6 Mary Ann Carey, acknowledged some lists it as protected for five years, mean- residents complained about the length of ing it cannot be opened except for emer- time between milling and resurfacing, but gency work. But emergency work is other than that the community board did common. A situation like that occurred not receive any complaints from residents in Rego Park last summer when only a about the work.

In 2010, it took almost three weeks to few weeks after Woodhaven Boulevard was repaved, Con Edison opened up the repave some residential streets in Ozone street near Penelope Avenue for emer- Park, causing one resident to verbally gency construction, leaving an uneven assault a contractor who was driving the steamroller to smooth out 103rd Street’s surface for several months.

Before the boulevard was repaved last new surface.

The DOT did not return repeated month in Woodhaven, there was work Q being done under the southbound side at requests for comment.

91st Avenue.

But Wilson was unsure if that was the reason there was a gap between the milling and repaving.

“I don’t know if they synchronize that,” he said, adding the delay may be due to the amount of time it takes to mill versus resurface. He said the DOT will mill a bunch of streets at once before laying down asphalt.

“If you’re one of the first streets milled, you might have to wait until every other street is milled before they pave,” he said.

Exposed rebar from a curb allegedly broken during milling of CB 9’s district manager, 95th Street in Woodhaven.

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Rocking out For one night, Borough President Melinda Katz masqueraded as Melinda Katz, the singing sensation, at the 16th annual Great Lawn Summer Concert at St. John’s University on July 30.

Making an appearance alongside the Queens Symphony Orchestra, the group her father founded, Katz belted out a rendition of “Summertime” from the 1935 opera “Porgy and Bess.”

She also served as a guest conductor for a performance of “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”

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Shelter or not, it’s all fun to them Saratoga Family Inn integrates neighborhood kids with residents

by Tess McRae

but the kids of Saratoga DHS has begun buying more hotels and turning Family Inn don’t seem them into shelters, often without much notice to to want to dwell on hinoso races around a small black track on his elected officials and residents. those problems when In Elmhurst, residents of a new scooter making explosion sounds and pretending there’s fun to be had. to save an imaginary world using his speed and shelter at the old Pan American Hotel The integration the and community members recently held heroic strength. shelter promotes con“Spiderman is cool because he’s part arachnid, but if I dueling rallies nearby, sometimes tinues as the children had to choose, I think I’d be Superman,” the 5-year-old said, yelling racial slurs and offensive get older, too. After cocking his head to and fro, considering his decision. statements at one another. they age out of the preCommunity members says they “Yeah, I want to be super strong.” k i nderga r ten prog ra m, Like most little boys, Chinoso is obsessed with superhe- want to be properly notified and they can attend an afterroes and bugs, specifically spiders and rollie pollies. He’s feel a shelter is inappropriate; the shelschool prog ram in the ter residents say they aren’t being careful to point out, though, that spiders are not insects. shelter.

He’s also scared to start kindergarten in the fall and won- treated fairly.

In addition, the More recently, similar tension ders if he’ll be prepared or if the other students will know staff at Saratoga has been more than he does.

Family Inn try b u i ld i n g i n “I can write my name, but I can’t thei r best to East Elmhurst, open certain food packages yet,” he keep the kids where the said. “I can’t always open my milk and I en-gaged and Westway Motor heard in kindergarten they don’t help teach them I n n had been you with that.” that anything transformed into a His concerns, however trivial in the is possible, if permanent shelter context of life, are very much a part of without sufficient noti- After going down the slide, Prince, one of a dozen or so pre-K they set their the reality he and thousands of other fication, according to students at the Saratoga Family Inn homeless shelter in minds on it — kids live in.

Springfield Gardens, shows off how old he is with his hand. much like any electeds and residents.

The only difference between ChinoPHOTOS BY TESS MCRAE other kid is But not every shelter so and most other kids is: He goes to told. is a nuisance, to the pre-K in a homeless shelter.

Through a group called Kid Care, several men who work community. As said, it’s a matter of There is nothing extraordinary about in banking donate their time and money to bring in dentists to how the situation is approached. the former hotel Saratoga Family Inn “There’s definitely a misconception talk about oral health and clothes. Most re-cently, the group took over in the 1980s. In fact, it blends when people think of homeless shel- hosted a basketball tournament between all of the shelters in in with its surroundings and probably ters,” Fahy said. “They think mental ill- the Homes for Homeless network — under which Saratoga goes unnoticed by the hundreds of cars ness or substance abuse, and while that Family Inn operates — and supplied them with custom barreling down Rockaway Boulevard in can be part of it, if you properly regu- sneakers.

Springfield Gardens. late the shelter and have enough staff, The shelter has been facing leaner times lately, like many of The subtle appearance is intentional you can find a balance. There’s a right the other shelters across the city. Saratoga Family Inn, the largand, according to facility administrator, way to do things, and a wrong way.” est facility in the city with 255 units, is almost filled to capaciMichael Fahy, helps remove many of In the shelter’s playground where ty, with a majority of residents staying for a year or longer. the stigmas people have about homeless Chinoso and his classmates play, it is Despite the increasing homeless population, Fahy said he families. almost impossible to tell the shelter wants his staff to continue offering as much support to the “Stigmas are in every part of life,” he He’s all smiles. kids apart from the “outside kids.” residents as they can. said. “But we work to eliminate that by Of course, not everything is perfect, but mixing outside children with children in the shelter. That integration promotes communication and takes away some when dealing with a group of 4- and 5-yearolds, it is almost impossible to be perfect. of that stigma, hopefully.”

The children get cranky, have tantrums Lately, tensions are high between Queens communities and the Department of Homeless Services. As the borough and argue over who gets to use the swings.

But there are other times when they just has the lowest number of shelters — after Staten Island — wa nt to show of f what they’ve learned.

For example, Prince, who barely speaks English — though he does understand it well — loves showing how old he is using his hands.

He’s 5 and loves going down the slide and getting high-fives.

Rihanna, a sassy 4-year-old, has no problem putting people in their place and letting her peers know exactly how she feels about giving up her spot on the swing set.

The more time spent with the little ones, not only does one struggle to figure out which kids are shelter kids, but it becomes less clear why it’s She’s creating a new North Pole for Santa Claus, “so he can fight monsters.” important.

“Just because someone is homeless, doesn’t mean “One thing that’s big is making sure all of the staff think they’re less than you are,” Fahy said. “If I’m having a of everything as a customer service approach,” he said. “We bad day, I just go over to the education area and see do have rules here; if you didn’t have rules, there’d be chaos. the hope in those little kids’ eyes.”

Rules give the clients structure, but we like our staff to Q This little one demonstrates her scooter skills on the race track.

Children in shelters have problems to deal with, maintain that mentality.”

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Colorful races set on Meadow Lake Annual Dragon Boat Festival this weekend offers lots of entertainment PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER

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If you saw fireworks over Citi Field Saturday night, it wasn’t just because the “Amazin’s” were actually amazing for once.

Saturday night was fireworks night at the Flushing ballpark. After the game, Mets fans and all of Flushing were treated to a pyrotechnics show sponsored by Duane Reade to a medley of popular songs ranging from “Rude” to “Pompeii.”

It was a good night for the show. The Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants 4-2.

Rookie pitcher Jacob DeGrom, the National League’s July Rookie of the Month, did not give up a single hit for seven innings and received a standing ovation for his performance.

Of course the excitement didn’t last long.

When the two teams took the field again on Sunday, the Mets were blown out 9-0. They lost to the Giants again Monday 4-3.

The only fireworks after those games were probably in the Mets locker room.

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

The paddles will be flying this weekend at Meadow Lake during the 24th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Flushing Meadows Park on Saturday and Sunday.

More than 188 teams are expected to compete in the two-day event with participants from across the country and Canada.

The city title will be determined on Saturday and the U.S. championship on Sunday with the awarding of cash and prizes.

The free festival will be held rain or shine from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. On land, visitors will be able to cheer on their favorite teams as well as partake of Asian folk arts and crafts programs, watch multicultural entertainment and nibble on dumplings and corn on the cob.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the World’s Fair held at Flushing Meadows, there will be a municipal invitational race on Saturday featuring teams from the offices of Mayor de Blasio, Borough President Melinda Katz, Rep. Grace Meng and Assemblyman Ron Kim. There will also be youth, women and sponsor races, a media challenge and a charity race with $7,500 to be donated to the charities designated by the winning teams.

The opening day ceremony and parade begin at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Entertainment that day features the Chinese Music Ensemble of New York; Americana Tap Dance Foundation; CASYM Steel

Orchestra and Shaolin masters performing martial arts.

Sunday’s acts include Tamika Lawrence and band; Rectifist and friends band; Wing Tsun martial arts performance; Rob Lok, a clown; Mawuena Kodjovi West African melodies and dances; and another performance by Shaolin masters.

The expanded food court will offer yakisoba noodles, egg and spring rolls, chicken and shish kabobs.

There will also be a tent with representatives from various nonprofit organizations offering information including the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, the Queens Botanical Garden, the Queens Library, New York Hospital Queens and many more.

The teak boats used in the competition are custom-made in Hong Kong and weigh a ton. They feature a colorful dragon head at the front and a tail at the rear. Each team has 18 paddlers, a drummer and a steerperson.

The festival commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a respected Chinese leader who was disgraced in ancient times and committed suicide by drowning himself in a river. Nearby fishermen tried to save him but they failed.

The races symbolize the rescue attempts.

Festival organizers suggest that visitors take public transportation to Flushing Meadows as there is no parking around the lake. Parking is available at Citi Field. A shuttle bus to the racing area will be available outside the subway station at Citi Field.

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Clearing up the facts about cataracts Cataract is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. Approximately 24.5 million Americans have the lens-clouding eye condition, and the incidence is set to grow by 50 percent by 2050, according to the National Eye Institute. If not treated through a change in eyeglass prescription or surgery, cataracts, which affect more than half of all Americans by age 80, can increase risk of permanent blindness.

To help clear up the facts about this lens-clouding eye condition ophthalmologists, medical doctors specializing in the diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of eye diseases and conditions, who are members of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, have responded to hundreds of queries about cataracts submitted by the public through the Ask an Eye M.D. portal on GetEyeSmart.org. These five questions and answers about cataracts are a small sampling of what is available for public reference on the website: Can you have 20/20 vision and still be diagnosed with cataract?

“Yes, you can,” says Dr. Jeffrey Whitman. “Having a cataract just means that the lens of your eye has become cloudy and hardened — a process that begins at around 50 years of age and does not preclude 20/20 vision. It is only when it becomes visually significant - that is, when it degrades your vision, changes color perception, or causes glare at nighttime — that it requires surgical care.”

How can I keep cataracts from getting worse?

“Most individuals over ages 50 to 60 technically have age-related changes in their lenses that might be termed “very early cataracts,” says Dr. Charles P. Wilkinson. In general, prevention is very difficult; but the most helpful practices include: • wear sunglasses to help protect your eyes from the sun’s

ultraviolet light • avoid using steroid eye drops unless absolutely necessary; and • avoid the rare medications that may be associated with cataract progression, including psoralens, a drug used along with light therapy to treat skin disorders; chlorpromazine, an antipsychotic; and some glaucoma medications.

Do cataracts cause eye pain?

“Cataracts do not cause pain except if they have been allowed to remain untreated for too long,” says Dr. Wayne Bizer. “In this case they cause a lot of pain and light sensitivity. Consult your ophthalmologist immediately if you are having eye pain.”

Why do I need to stop wearing my contact lenses before cataract surgery?

“Before cataract surgery, important measurements of the surface of your eye must be taken,” says Dr. W. Barry Lee. “Contact lenses alter the shape of the eye’s surface, which can make the measurements inaccurate and lead to poor vision after the surgery. The length of time you must not wear contact lenses prior to your cataract surgery varies depending on the type of contact lenses you wear, so listen to your ophthalmologist’s instructions carefully.”

How long is recovery time after cataract surgery?

“Typically, this should only take several days,” says Dr. Gary Hirshfield. “Of course, some issues may occur that require a longer recovery period, such as other eye conditions or rare surgery complications.

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Albuquerque: Breaking Good

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

It’s rare that civic officials are thrilled to have their city portrayed as a headquarters for a narcotics manufacturing operation, even a fictitious one, but Albuquerque tourism executives were grateful that the recently concluded popular AMC series, “Breaking Bad,” was filmed in New Mexico’s largest city. There are even bus tours that will take you to locales where the series was shot similar to the “Sex & The City” and “Sopranos” tours here in New York.

A lot of baby boomers became aware of Albuquerque in 1978 when a trio of its residents, Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman, made the first successful transatlantic hot air balloon flight, which started in Maine and ended in Northern France. Today Albuquerque is the unquestioned world capital of ballooning and companies such as Rainbow Ryder will take you up for an hour’s journey. If you want to learn about the history of this unique form of flight, you should visit the Anderson-Abruzzo Internal Balloon Museum, which is located a stone’s throw from Albuquerque’s most famous attraction, the Sandia Tram, which is a cable car that climbs 2.7 miles along the Sandia Mountains and leaves you off at an observation deck, which is over 10,000 feet above sea level. Once at the summit you can hike or even ski if it’s winter.

Albuquerque’s main street, Central Avenue, is part of historic Route 66, which thanks to determined preservationists, looks very similar to the way it did when Nat King Cole was singing about the road nearly 70 years ago. As you head west through town on it you’ll come across Old Town, a village where you can buy jewelry and other trinkets in small boutiques that resemble the way things were when New Mexico

was under Spanish colonial rule.

The Albuquerque Bio Park is near Old Town and it is truly one of the city’s gems. The Rio Grande Zoo nicely mixes hard-to-find animals as the Tasmanian devil (they really exist outside of Bugs Bunny cartoons) and crowdpleasers such as lions, tigers, elephants, chimpanzees and bears. The Bio Park Aquarium nicely replicates the Pacific Coral Reef while its Botanical Gardens feature flora from all over the world. Its Japanese and Spanish Moor Gardens are spectacular.

There is a thriving arts district in downtown Albuquerque. The Box Performance Space is home to The Show, where a very talented troupe gives an improvisational comedy show Friday and Saturday nights. It’s well worth the $10 ticket charge.

There are no shortage of chain restaurants but you are better off dining where the knowledgeable locals do. Sadie’s specializes in high-end New Mexican native cuisine (from what I saw during my stay in the Land of Enchantment, this is virtually the same as Mexican food except for the addition of red or green chiles on top of every dish). The Route 66 Diner has a 1950s/early ’60s atmosphere that recalls the time when Martin Milner and George Maharis were cruising the road in their “Route 66” TV series. The Flying Star is just up the road from the Route 66 Diner and it’s a popular breakfast spot for University of New Mexico students. You have to try their “Red Stuff” herbal beverage.

New Mexico’s capital, Santa Fe, is only 60 miles north of Albuquerque on I-25. If you don’t want to drive there is a commuter train, the New Mexico Rail Runner, that will take you there. Santa Fe is home to numerous art galleries and boutiques, Spanish- style plazas and countless museums. My favorite is the New Mexico History

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Hotel rates are very reasonable because of intense competition between lodging properties. The University Village Hotel has kitchen efficiency rooms and it offers great rates, complimentary bus service to both downtown and the airport, a daily grab-and-go breakfast and an outdoor swimming pool. It’s also located just down the road from the Isotopes Park, the beautiful home of the Albuquerque Isotopes, the LA Dodgers top minor league team.

Getting to Albuquerque was difficult for years because there were no direct flights from New York. Queens’ own JetBlue has made life a lot easier with its daily direct service to Albuquerque from JFK that started over a year ago.

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Not one reports feeling sad or burdened; only 3 percent say they feel lonely.

For the past nine years, UnitedHealthcare has conducted a survey of 100 100-year-olds to gain insight into their lives. For its most recent 100 @100 survey, the company also polled 65-year-old baby boomers to examine how the attitudes and lifestyles of people entering their retirement years compare to those who hit that same age 35 years ago.

According to the study, one thing both groups agreed on is that they feel younger than their years. On average, the centenarians surveyed said they feel just 83 years old, while 65-year-old baby boomers said they feel 55 years old.

“It’s encouraging that older Americans feel more youthful than the number of candles on their birthday cake might suggest,” said Rhonda Randall, D.O., chief medical of ficer of UnitedHealthcare Retiree Solutions. UnitedHealthcare serves more than a quarter of America’s centenarians through its Medicare plans. “By looking at how they are living their daily lives, we can glean important insights about the keys to staying healthy and feeling vibrant as we age.”

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Secret 1: Keep up with exercise.

Despite their age, centenarians stay active: More than half walk or hike and nearly a third do strength-training exercises. Some even run outdoors or play team sports every week (4 percent). Exercise is an important part of boomers’ lifestyle as well. Nearly 3 in 4 walk or hike each week, 37 percent do strength-training exercises and 13 percent run outdoors or play team sports.

Secret 2: Get preventive care to stay healthy.

Older Americans are taking the saying “an ounce of prevention equals a pound of cure” to heart by keeping up with preventive healthcare services to stay well. Nearly 9 in 10 get an annual exam (87 percent of centenarians and 89 percent of baby boomers) with their primary care physician, and the majority also report getting eye exams regularly (71 percent of centenarians and 76 percent of baby boomers).

Secret 3: Maintain a positive attitude.

Both centenarians and baby boomers say maintaining their physical health and a positive attitude are equally important to successful aging (66 percent and 81 percent, respectively). In fact, 82 percent of centenarians say laughing/having a sense of humor is important to healthy aging.

Perhaps the most important lesson revealed in the 100@100 survey findings is that living a long, healthy life is about more than just genetics. Daily habits and lifestyle choices can make a difference in how they feel as they age.

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Cove project goes before City Planning Developers seek go-ahead after Katz disapproves Astoria waterfront plan

by Tess McRae Associate Editor

After recently being recommended for disapproval by Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and Community Board 1, the 2.2 million-square-foot, 1,723-unit Astor ia Cove proposal ca me before the City Planning Commission on Wednesday.

Howard Weiss, from Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, representing the developers, was questioned by commissioners on affordable housing, a potential school site in the plan, the use of union workers and other aspects of the proposal as part of the Uniformed Land Use Review Procedure and dozens of people — mostly in opposition — turned out to get more answers.

“Astoria Cove would be the crown jewel in the reclamation of the Queens waterfront,” Weiss told the commission.

Though many people, including critics of the project, agree the development of the waterfront is a good idea, there is a growing concern over the number of affordable housing units.

T he nu mb e r wa s r e c e ntly brought back to the original 345 units, or 25 percent of the residential project.

On July 31, Katz issued nine different disapproval recommendations.

“The proposed redevelopment of the Astoria Cove site would revitalize an otherwise underutilized Queens waterfront,” she said in one of the recommendations. “However, in bringing in hundreds of new residents into Astoria, the needs and concerns of existing residents ... must be addressed.

“At this time, there are still outstanding issues with this project, which must be meaningf ully addressed by whichever entity implements and constructs this proposed project in the future.”

CB 1 members expressed similar concerns when they read aloud their decision to disapprove the project.

Still, Katz and the community board’s decisions are purely advisory. The CPC, followed by the City Council will determine if the project will come to fruition.

A major player in the process is the area’s Councilman, Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria), whose decision will likely determine how his colleagues vote.

“If the development is not integrated into our neighborhood in a way that benefits the community, I will be unable to support it,” he said in a written statement. “This means providing ample affordable housing, good jobs both during and after the construction process, and dramatically increasing public transportation options on and off of the peninsula. The Astoria Cove development done correctly has the opportunity to be a transformative moment for our neighborhood and we will ensure that it is on ly bu i lt t o t he h ig hest standards.”

During the CPC hearing, commissioners were pleased the developers, which include Alma Realty, are taking up Mayor de Blasio’s recently developed incentive of building higher in exchange for 20 percent of floor space being dedicated to affordable units.

However, some commissioners

Critics of the Astoria Cove project were united during a public hearing sponsored by Community Board 1 earlier this year. The board recommended FILE PHOTO disapproval for the proposal. are asking Weiss to consider using the school as a recreational center until the School Constr uction Authority and Department of Education approve it.

In the days leading up to the CPC hearing, Weiss and his colleagues have tried to address the

issue with transportation by pledging to build a ferry terminal and possibly provide shuttle service to the nearest subway station, one mile away.

The CPC will issue its recommendations no later than Sept. 29, after the 60-day review period. Q

Simmons, LL Cool J lead rally for peace Entertainment giants from Queens back programs that combat youth violence

by Michael Gannon

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Russell Simmons and LL Cool J came to Jamaica on Thursday to launch an initiative to stem youth violence in American cities.

Simmons, a Hollis native and a titan in the music and fashion industries, came to the Baisley Park Houses in Jamaica with the rap star and actor to announce the formation of RushCard’s Keep the Peace Initiative.

RushCard, a financial services company that Simmons founded, will fund programs in Queens and three other cities in an effort to work with youth to stop violence and promote peace.

Keep the Peace operates under #RiseTo Thrive, RushCard’s community outreach initiative.

More than 100 people attended the rally, which took place in the complex’s playground.

They included Erica Ford of the South Jamaica Cure Violence Program. Ford founded LIFE Camp, a nonprofit group that promotes peace in Queens, in 2002.

It is one of five community organizations Simmons said Keep the Peace will fund in New York, Baltimore, Chicago and Los Angeles.

“She saves lives,” Simmons told the crowd. “I’m proud to work with someone

Russell Simmons, the August Martin High School student turned business and entertainment mogul, relaxes during a rally for peace and an end to youth violence last Thursday. Simmons will PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON be supporting the effort financially in four U.S. cities. who saves lives.”

Ford said Simmons has been quietly helping her effort for years.

“This is wonderful,” she said. “He’s helped us a lot.”

LL Cool J’s success as a rap star has allowed him to branch out into acting. He currently co-stars on the hit CBS drama

“NCIS: Los Angeles.”

“People still remember me as the guy from Farmers [Boulevard],” said the St. Albans-raised entertainer. “I’m no different than you. I’m no better than you. If I made it, you can too.”

Both mingled freely with the crowd, chatting and posing for pictures. Earlier in the

day the two men spent time at the Rikers Island Adolescent Reception and Detention Center, speaking to a group of about 500.

“There were a lot of positive vibes in that room,” he said. “Unfortunately, when we left, we had to leave a lot of young men there.”

But he considers it important to do if it can help youth turn themselves around.

“Healing has to come from inside,” he said. “It has to come from you.”

Among LL Cool J’s community efforts in Queens is the annual Jump & Ball Tournament, a month-long youth basketball competition that takes place on weekends through the month of August and is preparing for its 10th year.

Following the rally, Dennis Mohammed of the group Peace Keepers led a men-only gathering at a nearby community center.

The group, with chapters in 10 states and the United Kingdom, encourages and challenges men to take responsibility for keeping their communities safe.

He said some of the topics discussed would include things from men patrolling their communities to both how police interact with them and how they should interact with police.

“We want to be proactive; not just reacQ tive,” Mohammed said.

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Brooklyn youth, 16, charged in bus shooting; McClinton on trial 9/22

by Michael Gannon Editor

The NYPD last Wednesday arrested a second person in connection with the May 2013 shooting death of a 14-year-old South Jamaica girl on a city bus.

Shamel Capers, 16, of Brooklyn, has been charged with seco n d - d e g r e e m u r d e r, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and first-degree reckless endanger ment in t he k i l l i ng of D’aja Robinson.

Capers faces 15 years to life in prison if convicted on all charges. He was ordered held without bail.

D’aja had just left a Sweet 16 par t y with friends and had boarded a Q6 bus on Sutphin Boulevard near Baisley Park when the bus was raked with nine shots from the sidewalk.

The high school freshman, whose nickname was Asia, was struck in the head.

EMS personnel rushed her to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was declared dead.

A memorial established at the bus stop where she died still has candles, flowers and messages to the slain teenager from family and friends.

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, in a statement issued by his office, said Capers was arraigned last Wednesday night before Queens Criminal Court Judge Michelle Armstrong.

“Accord i ng to the criminal complaint, the defendant — a teenager himself — senselessly fired into the side of a Q6 bus and then a codefendant grabbed the gun and also fired several rounds,” Brown said. “ By t hei r a l lege d actions, these two defendants showed a wanton disregard for human life and now face up to life in prison,” he added.

Police sources said D’aja was not the intended victim of the shooting, which they believe to have been gang-related. Authorities said they do not believe the victim had any connection with gangs.

Kevin McClinton, 22, is scheduled to go to trial for her murder on Sept. 22. He was

A second person has been charged in the 2013 murder of 14-year-old D’aja Robinson, left. The bus stop where she was killed, above, on Sutphin Boulevard, still serves as a memorial to the PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON, ABOVE; FILE PHOTO slain teenager. charged in June 2013 after he was arrested in South Carolina, where he had fled before being pursued by U.S. Marshals and NYPD detectives.

McClinton also is being held without bail.

Brown’s office said he had a court appearance last Thursday before Queens Supreme Court Judge Gregory Lasak.

Police sources and numerous published reports back in 2013 alleged that McClinton was associated with a crew called the Snow Gang, while the intended target may have been associated with a rival gang called EBK. Both groups are well-k nown to the Q NYPD’s 113th Precinct.

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Slow zones set for two Queens roadways The Department of Transportation announced 14 new arterial slow zones will be implemented throughout the city over the coming months, including two Queens roadways.

The speed limit will be reduced by 5 mph along a 5.8-mile stretch of Roosevelt Avenue, from Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside to 154th Street in Flushing, starting in September.

In December, the speed limit of nearly the entire length of Metropolitan Avenue in Queens, from Onderdonk Avenue on the Brooklyn-Queens border to 132nd Street in Richmond Hill, a total of 5.6 miles, will be cut by 5 mph as well.

There were five fatalities on that stretch of Roosevelt Avenue from 2008 to 2012, while six people were killed on that length of Metropolitan Avenue during the same time period.

“As one of the 63 initiatives as part of Vision Zero, Arterial Slow Zones expands the combined efforts of DOT and its partners to prevent traffic fatalities and improve safety on New York City streets,” the DOT said in a press release. “The speed limit at all Slow Zones will be lowered by 5

mph and new distinctive signs and increased enforcement by the NYPD will make for safer streets in New York.

“Citywide,” the release continued, “arterials like these make up only 15 percent of total mileage but have accounted for some 60 percent of pedestrian fatalities.”

Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Bronx, Queens) supports the alterations of the dangerous streets.

“This latest phase of the Arterial Slow Zone program will go a long way toward making Roosevelt Avenue, one of the borough’s major roadways, safer for all who use it,” Crowley said. “This is the type of sustained effort that is needed if we are serious about reducing the number of pedestrian fatalities on our streets.”

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The bill was authored by state Sen. José Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) and Assemblyman Michael Den Dekker (D-Jackson Heights) and co-sponsored by several Queens lawmakers.

Saying that crossing guards’ job protecting children is vitally important but often thankless, the law’s justification section says in part, “Worse yet, their very duty, making sure children are not struck and killed by passing motorists, often makes them the subject of physical and verbal threats and even violence.”

Peralta and Den Dekker said they hope the new law will prompt more people to apply for crossing guard jobs. The senator said there are more than 200 vacancies across the city, and the assemblyman’s office noted that two children were killed crossing Northern Boulevard within his district over the last two years in separate Q incidents, in areas with no crossing guard.

NYS surplus at $6.2B as financial firms pay The state’s surplus for fiscal year 2015, which began in April, is now estimated at $6.2 billion, more than three times the amount projected when the budget was enacted, according to new figures from Albany.

Tax revenues are higher than projected, but the increase is mostly due to payments coming in from financial institutions that agreed to settle alleged violations of the law, according to the state Division of Budget, which released its new fiscal analysis last Friday.

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The biggest piece of revenue is coming from BNP Paribas, which is paying $3.6 billion for violating state law by doing business with foreign entities subject to U.S. sanctions, the DOB said. Credit Suisse AG has paid $715 million for letting thousands of clients hide assets overseas to avoid paying taxes. Other firms paying the state tens of millions of dollars each are Citigroup, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. State tax collections are $1.3 billion higher than projected, according to the DOB, while spending of state funds is expected to total $92.2 billion, 1.8 percent more than last year.

That spending does not include the use of federal funds for Hurricane Sandy relief and implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Q

Open touts free food, though not in Queens The United States Tennis Association is dissing its home borough of Queens by giving away free food over three days to promote the US Open tournament — at three spots in Manhattan, the online Gothamist news outlet reports.

In a snarky piece posted Tuesday, Gothamist writer Nell Casey says a US Open food truck will give out lobster rolls, steak tacos and other yummies in that other borough on Aug. 11, 12 and 13. But there won’t be any giveaways in Queens. Casey asks if the USTA thinks those living near Flushing Meadows Corona Park aren’t worth placating with a free treat and says, “We’d be willing to bet the vastly underserved communities that put up with the stadium construction and had [their] commutes interrupted by intoxicated fans wouldn’t mind a visit from the U.S. Open truck.”

The USTA told the Queens Chronicle in response that it is holding the events in Manhattan because the locations it chose there — Bryant, Madison Square and Union Square parks — are high-traffic areas, and that it was easier to get permits than it would be in Queens because the locations are near one another. The sites also make it more likely to get TV coverage, USTA spokesman Chris Widmaier said.

Widmaier added that the USTA is doing a “trophy tour” in Queens Friday, and will host free entertainment for residents at its first-ever Q “Queens Day” here on Aug. 20.

— compiled by Peter C. Mastrosimone

Meng cemetery bill OK’d Rep. Grace Meng’s bill to make desecration of cemeteries overseas a violation of religious freedom was passed by the Senate. It now goes to the president for signing.

The legislation would amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include vandalizing cemeteries as one of several crimes against freedom of religion.

Under the bill, the United States could impose sanctions on countries that obstruct such freedom. They include cutting foreign aid, public condemnation, canceling official visits, imposing trade sanctions and prohibiting import and

export agreements.

In proposing the legislation, Meng said it would combat religiously motivated vandalism of cemeteries “and also prevent developers from building over cemeteries, a new and emerging threat in places where there are no Jewish communities left to protect burial grounds.”

Rabbi Abba Cohen, vice president, Agudath Israel of America, a national Jewish group in Washington, DC, hailed the bill’s passage, saying such desecrations “are stark reminders that the scourge of antiSemitism remains a danger and a threat.” Q

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Attendees of the first concert on Aug. 2 sit in “Backyard Pool,” an art installation by Tamara Johnson in Long Island City.

POTENTIAL FOR FUN Despite mistakes, The Lot LIC series has what it needs to be great

by Tess McRae

vide attendees with the ultimate dose of independent artists.

Films are played on Thurdays from 6 to 10 p.m. while live music is set for Saturdays from 3 to 9 p.m.

It was the first evening of performances and The Lot took a while to find its footing.

Doors opened at 3 p.m. and while refreshments were available and Johnson’s piece — funded by Rockrose Development Corp. in partnership with Socrates Sculpture Park — was intriguing enough to hold an attendee’s attention for a while, there was no music to be heard.

For the first two hours or so, people sat awkwardly as Sudanese-born Sinkane and his band performed a nitpicky sound check.

There is no fault in Sinkane — a brilliant artist

who fuses African beats with electro-pop and funk sounds into an unusual yet pleasant listening experience — wanting sound levels to be perfect.

But for the concert organizers to have people sitting and listening to the musician’s latest single, “How We Be,” only to have it abruptly stop in the middle so the drummer’s mic could be turned down, made for an uncomfortable experience.

Sound checks are necessary, but it is sloppy to do them after a venue is open to guests.

It is also unfair to the artist, who no doubt will feel a certain amount of pressure in warming up in front of the audience that will soon be listening to the entire set.

Perhaps it was an unintended hiccup, but it made for a poor first impression, which, when Continued page continued onon page 44

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The Lot LIC, a privately owned open space, is hosting a poolside music and film series ... sort of.

Beside the venue’s outdoor festivities is a new art installation called “Backyard Pool” by Tamara Johnson.

The piece simulates a kidney-shaped inground pool — with a diving board and stepladder railing — but instead of water, it is filled with grass.

The quirky work made for a fun backdrop for the film and music series’ kickoff on Saturday, when a few dozen people soaked in some rays and enjoyed refreshments from the nearby M. Wells Steakhouse and Coney Island Brewery.

The Lot LIC series, unlike other film or music festivals which honor one art form exclusively, celebrates the two media on separate days to pro-

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AUDITIONS

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.

“Night Watch,” Theatre Time Productions is holding auditions for five five male roles and three female roles (the role of “Elaine” has already been cast) between 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.

THEATER Shakespeare in the Garden, by Hip to Hip Theatre Co. “Gentlemen of Verona”: Wed., Aug. 13, 7 p.m.

Free. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Free. Information: hiptohip.org, (718) 729-8567.

DANCE Amy Cova Dance & TeatoLocal, choreographed

by Joel Sherry, presented by Take Root, Fri., Sept.

12, 8-10 p.m., Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St., #301, Long Island City. $15 pp. Tickets: (718) 9563037, greenspacestudio.org/tickets.

MUSIC The Central Astoria Local Development Coalition’s 2014 Waterfront Concert Series, every Thurs., 7:30 p.m., free. 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.

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.

Defensive driving course, Sat., Aug. 9, VFW Hall, 102-17 160 Ave., Old Howard Beach, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $35 pp. Register: Keith (917) 599-6674, progressive-training-ltd.com.

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.

Spanish for beginners and face & hand reading according to Zohar, Bayside Jewish Center, 203-05 32 Ave., Free. Info: (347) THE BEE’S KNEES: Honey Harvest Festival, at the Voelker 771-9132.

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) 229-4000, ext.

214, alleypond.com.

Summer Celebration, Sunday to Remember program, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens, Latin American music interpreted

by Francisco Cantilo. Fun with dance, raffles, refreshments and entertainment for the family. Sun., Aug., 31, 2:30 to 5:00 p.m., El Paraiso Tropical, 102-11 42 Ave., Corona. Reserve: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

Team Trivia Night, live host, fast & fun pop

Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden, culture trivia, Monahans & Fitzgeralds, 214-17 Italian for Beginners, every Tues., 7-9 Flushing, Aug. 20, 1-3 p.m.

41 Ave., Bayside, every Thurs., 8 p.m. Info: 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.

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.

KIDS/TEENS 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.

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

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.

Classic Monster Film Fridays, Rufus King Park, Jamaica Ave. at 153 St., Jamaica. “Alien”: Aug. 8, 8:04 p.m.; “The Thing” (1982): Aug. 15, 7:55 p.m. Free. Info: greg.mays@abetterjamaica.org, (718) 657-2605.

COMMUNITY

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“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.

FILM

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 Tpke., Kew Gardens Hills, $5. Entrance fee: $25 for amateur males, $30 for pros and $10 for women. Info: nycarms.com.

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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.

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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. 330, dhector@ queensbotanical.org.

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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.

Summer fun extended, full day mini-camps for children 5-11, swim & sports, arts & crafts and exciting trips, Mon., Aug. 18-Fri., Aug. 29, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Choose the days best for you or register for the full two weeks. Contact: (718) 268-5011, ext.

500, dberman@cgy.org or visit cgy.org/MiniCamp for complete schedule & fee info.

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 Honey Harvest Festival, beekeeper Urte Schaedle introduces honey harvesting and the lifecycle of bees, experience the different tastes of honey, make some bee-inspired art and enjoy special house punch made with the Voelker Orth garden grapes and other fun activities. Sat., Aug. 20, 1-3 p.m., Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing, $6, $5 members, $3 children, under 3 free. Contact: Lin Wen Ma (718) 359-6227, outreach@vomuseum.org.

Free lung cancer screenings, Forest Hills Hospital, Weds., 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 102-01 66 Road. Scan takes about five minutes & uses low-dose radiation. App’t req’d. Info: (855) 375-5864.

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 — Long Island City: Socrates Sculpture Park, Vernon Blvd. & Broadway, every Sat., thru Nov. 22, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. Info: grownyc.org/socratesgreenmarket. Astoria: 14 St., between 31 Ave. & 31 Road, every Wed., July 9-Nov. 26, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Info: grownyc.org/astoriagreenmarket.

30+ Singles Social, Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Sun., Aug. 10, 2-6 p.m. $10.

Contact: (718) 897-6255.

Wine tasting at Magnanini Winery, Bella Italia Mia, Sun., Aug. 17, 9 a.m., upstate bus trip, $80 ($40 deposit req’d.), inclides six course meal. Contact: Diego Lodico for meeting location: (718) 426-1240.

Doggie boot camp, Crocheron Park, Bayside, every Sat. thru Oct., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. dogschoolny.com.

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.

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Chain film fest offers an array of great movies

by Mark Lord

which marked John Cassavetes’ directorial debut. The film’s star, Lelia Goldoni, will be on hand for a post-screening A young man and woman who put their virginity up for talkback. auction, a group of friends who reconnect on New Year’s And August 16 will largely be devoted to the works of Eve, a college grad with a secret preparing for his dream job the late actress Karen Black. In addition to screenings of interview and a pair of New York City “Karen Black: On Acting,” a featurepatrolmen whose actions could have length documentary, and a short retbeen ripped from today’s headlines rospective of her screen career, a — they’re among the fictional and highlight will be “Mama at Midfact-based characters whose stories night,” a memory play written by will be told on-screen during the secBlack that focuses on a battle of wills When: various times, ond annual Chain NYC Film Festival, between a mother and daughter. through Aug. 17 running at The Chain Theatre in Long The actresses Sean Young, Andrea Where: The Chain Theatre Island City.

McArdle and Gail Brown, the play21-28 45 Road, LIC According to festival director Kirk wright’s real-life sister, will perform in Gostkowski, more than 100 films — the live reading.

Tickets: $12 for regular events, some full-length, some running just Many of the filmmakers whose chainfilmfestival.com three minutes — will be featured durworks will be shown at the festival ing the two-week festival, selected were on hand Sunday night, for a from many submissions. meet-and-greet kickoff event. Among Gostkowski said word got out after last year’s event, them were Rich Devaney and Valerie Corrales, whose resulting in a lot of strong movies being submitted this year.

15-minute film, “Patrol,” is sure to be among the festival’s While live theater festivals take over much of the city most controversial. during the summer months, a film series is good counterIn the film, based on actual events, two NYPD patrolmen programming, Gostkowski said. He is particularly proud of are called to assist a drunk and disorderly woman at three two of this year’s festival’s special events. o’clock in the morning, but their actions conflict with their On Aug. 9, there will be a screening of “Shadows,” a vows to protect and serve the citizens of the city.

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Rich Devaney and Valerie Corrales, directors of “Patrol,” at the kickoff event for the Chain NYC Film Festival.

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The upbeat rhythms reassemble the Booking flights, finding a hotel and making an itinerary can be costly and music typically heard during Carnival which takes place in Salvador de Bahia time consuming.

Not to mention all the heavy luggage each year.

Also representing Brazil is the film you have to carry and then pay for to “The Mystery of Samba,� a docucheck in!

Instead of going to that country you mentary that captures the rich lives of desire, why not have the country come a group of veteran musicians and composers from one of the top samba to you?

That is what the Queens Museum is schools in Rio. Singer-songwriter Marisa Monte interdoing every week from 7 to 10 p.m. up until Aug. 21 as part of its Passport Thurs- views many of the musicians, and directors Carolina Jabor and Lula Buarque de days series.

Bring a picnic blanket, some chairs or Hollanda go deep into the school’s roots.

Cuba and Korea will close out the just sit on the ground at Flushing Meadows Corona Park where you can see month of August.

For Cuba, the musical ensemble The film, music and dance from all over the world. All events are free and open to Cimarron Project will be showcasing the diversity of Afro-Cuban music and the public. dance along with lesser known forms such as the Cuban bata drumming style, Abakua music, Suku Suku and Changui, and combining these into renditions of the rumba and Cuban Son dances.

The Song Hee Lee Dance Company will be performing on the 21st for Korea, showcasing a combination of both modern and Korean dance.

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As the screening will be in the presenting a free concert that uses same borough the film takes place, social media and word of mouth as there will probably be a respectits main sources of advertising, able turnout and if The Lot pulls means everything. off a smooth and enjoyable eveThe Lot LIC series, which is also ning — a much easier feat for a sponsored by Rockrose, has until film screening than a live concert late Septem— the series ber to dust will most itself off. likely go on If it does, to be fairly it has the successful. potential to On upWhen: Saturdays, thru Sept. 20, be truly succ o m i n g 3 to 9 p.m. cessful and a dates, the Where: The Lot LIC refreshing Lot LIC’s pro43-29 Crescent St. and more gram boasts Tickets: Free, thelotlic.com intimate take a respectable on the large lineup of festivals takmusicians ing place citywide this time of year. and DJs, including Fredericks Next up, The Lot will host a Brown, Widowspeak and DJ Scott screening of the 20 07 drama Ewalt.

“Chop Shop,” which tells the story The series’ organizers have all of a 12-year-old orphan who lives the tools to create a staple summer and works in Willets Point — a event in Long Island City, they just blighted area slated for a massive need to assemble them on a solid Q development project. foundation.

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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.

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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.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES 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.

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.

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.

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.

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Alcoholics Anonymous, daily meetings around Queens for those with a drinking problem. Info: queensaa.org, (718) 520-5021.

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

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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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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: 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: 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.

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.

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.

NEUE DESIGN WORKSHOP LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/26/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 21-42 45th Road, Long Island City, New York, 11101.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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, NY 11364. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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To Advertise Call 718-205-8000 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.

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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.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 703583/2013 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF QUEENS CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, -vsSALOME MAZARD, INDIVIDUALLY AS HEIR AND ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HERMAN MAZARD A/K/A HERMANN MAZARD, DECEASED; HERMANN MAZARD, JR., AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF HERMAN MAZARD A/K/A HERMANN MAZARD, DECEASED; ALEXANDRA MAZARD, AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF HERMAN MAZARD A/K/A HERMANN MAZARD, DECEASED; PATRICK R. ETIENNE, AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF HERMAN MAZARD A/K/A HERMANN MAZARD, DECEASED; NATHALIE HERVIEUX, AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF HERMAN MAZARD A/K/A HERMANN MAZARD, DECEASED, if living and if she be dead, and all Persons who are wives, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees, and successors in interest all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CITIBANK, N.A.; NYC DEPARTMENT OF FINANCEPARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU PAYMENT AND ADJUDICATION CENTER OF QUEENS; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants.

Mortgaged Premises: 88-26 193RD STREET, HOLLIS, NY 11423.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery 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. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable.

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 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 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. That this action is being amended to include the possible heirs of Nathalie Hervieux, as said individual could not be located.

QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises.

Dated: April 9, 2014. /s/_________________ Mark K. Broyles, Esq., FEIN, SUCH & CRANE, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Office and P.O. Address: 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, New York 14614, Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 SECTION: BLOCK: 10457, LOT: 15 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of QUEENS, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein.

TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action.

To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Sidney F. Strauss, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated May 6, 2014 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage.

The premises is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the westerly side of 193rd Street formerly Hollis Park Boulevard, distant 202.56 feet southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly side of 193rd Street with the southerly side of Hillside Avenue; being a plot 110 feet by 100 feet by 110 feet by 100 feet.

Premises known as 88-26 193rd Street, Hollis, NY 11423.

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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.

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 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.

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: 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: 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.

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by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

A brick building was built in 1920 at 29-02 30 Ave. in Astoria. Its first tenant was Academy Chemist Pharmacy, which was a compound pharmacy where they mixed the prescriptions custom-made for individual needs. By the 1950s it was no longer making its own mixtures and a new owner renamed it the DeRose Pharmacy. The business ran strong into the end of the 20th century.

Unfortunately, it could not compete with the big chain pharmacies, however, and closed its doors in the 21st century.

The relatively small lot was vacant and ready for a change. It was converted into an eatery. It was on the market for one day and sold on July 1, 2014 for $2,800,000. The store is in a C1-3/R-6-A zone.

For now the new owner will leave it as is but in the future he would like to build up as there is additional floor area ratio for him to take advantage of.

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Like a lot of observers I was puzzled this past winter why the Mets, a team that has scrupulously watched its payroll the last five years, decided to lavish a $20 million, two-year contract on rotund veteran pitcher Bartolo Colon.

I felt the Mets would have been better resigning free agent pitcher Chris Capuano, who had pitched reasonably well for them in 2011 and would have commanded less money than Colon, who was coming off an 18-win season for the Oakland Athletics. The Yankees recently acquired Capuano, who has pitched well in two starts. Unfortunately, the Yankees’ bats were quiet when he was on the mound.

Colon, 41, did perform better than I expected as he won 10 games before August — though he’s been slumping since the All-Star break and was lit up by the San Francisco Giants this past Sunday as the Mets were pummeled 9-0.

The trade deadline came and went last Thursday with the Mets standing pat as expected. There was not much of a market for Colon’s services as other teams were understandably reluctant about assuming his contractual obligation for 2015. Nonetheless, trades are frequently made in August, through a complex mechanism known as the waiver wire.

If Colon were to pitch better than he has recently, and the Mets were willing to cover

some of the financial burden, they might be able to get some young talent in return. Assuming Matt Harvey returns to the starting rotation in 2015 to join the likes of Jon Niese, Dillon Gee, Zack Wheeler and surprising rookie Jacob deGrom, there probably wouldn’t be a place for Colon in Flushing anyway. And I’m not even including Noah Syndergaard.

Mets manager Terry Collins may never get a plaque in Cooperstown but he was inducted last month into the Albuquerque Baseball Hall of Fame because he played for the Albuquerque Dukes in the late 1970s and early 1980s when they were the LA Dodgers’ top minor league team. “It’s a big honor for me,� he said. When I mentioned that Mike Piazza, who also played for the Dukes, had not yet received that honor, Collins chuckled. “And he had a far better career than I did!�

The Mets make their final appearance in Philadelphia for the year this weekend. Tickets should be easy to get as the aging Phillies are awful. Citizens Bank Park is as beautiful as ever and there is plenty to do in Philly.

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HOWARD BEACH 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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