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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2020

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Borough president calls on utility to refund electric bills PAGE 2

Acting Borough President Sharon Lee gathered Queens officials on Tuesday to hold Con Ed accountable by asking that it provide a rebate for all Queens residents who were affected by the power outages caused by Tropical Storm Isaias.

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Pols demand that Con Ed pay up Acting borough president blasts utility for ‘disastrous’ storm response

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

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cting Borough President Sharon Lee gathered federal, state and city legislators in front of Borough Hall on Tuesday morning to call for a full rebate of August Con Ed bills for the 73,000 Queens customers who lost power in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaias last Tuesday.

The legislators argued that Con Ed’s response to the outages was disproportionately slow relative to the rest of New York City.

Beyond that, they slammed the extent of the outages as evidence that Con Edison was ill-prepared for the event of a tropical storm.

Though Con Edison’s residential electric rates have gone up 13.5 percent over three years, Lee and others pointed out that the additional revenue has not resulted in safer and more reliable service in Queens.

“Power is essential, as we were acutely reminded during the heights of the pandemic.

The restoration of power especially after a storm is a race against time for safety, public confidence and the preservation of livelihoods,” said Lee. Con Edison announced this past weekend that it would reimburse up to $540 worth of food and medication for customers who went at least 48 hours without power. Lee argued that the utility company should offer immedi-

Acting Borough President Sharon Lee gathered Queens legislators to call on Con Ed to refund the August electricity bill for all Queens residents affected by power outages. PHOTO BY MAX PARROTT ate and full rebates to all affected Queens customers on this month’s bill as a form of compensating them for “the prolonged trauma and danger imposed upon them.”

“It is the very least Con Edison can do,” Lee said.

State Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside), who claimed that he had shut off his air condition-

ing in solidarity with his constituents without power, pointed out that the approach of Con Ed seems more responsive than preventative.

As evidence, he suggested that the company was able to restore power to Shameeza and Michael Singh of Queens Village, the parents of 6-year-old cancer survivor King Singh, once the borough president mentioned the

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“It shouldn’t take a media advisory from our borough president to get Con Ed to move quicker,” said Liu. “It is not their response that I think is the problem. It’s their sheer lack of preparation. Their lack of understanding [...] of the human element.”

Lee pointed to the first 48 hours after the storm to show the utility’s inequitable power restoration for Queens. Within two days, Con Ed had restored 89 percent of outages in Brooklyn and 81 percent in Staten Island but only 59 percent in Queens, where 30,000 customers remained powerless, virtually as many as in the rest of the city combined.

By Saturday, Aug. 8, when Con Edison finally broke the 80 percent threshold of restoration for Queens, it had restored over 95 percent of impacted customers in both Brooklyn and Staten Island. Around 14,000 Queens customers were still left in the dark, over half of the remaining 24,700 outages citywide.

COVID compounded the difficulties of the power outages, the officials said, because residents were often trapped inside their apartments without the optional respite of a relative, neighbor or friend’s apartment due to quarantine.

The state Legislature is planning hearings on the utility’s response to the tropical storm continued on page 15

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

Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience.

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

Nothing’s worse than feeling great mentally, but physically feeling held back from life because your knees hurt and the pain just won’t go away!

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Since we opened seventeen years ago, I’ve seen hundreds of people with knee problems leave the office pain free.

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Don’t neglect your problem any longer – don’t wait until it’s too late.

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Call today and we can get started with your consultation, exam and X-rays (if necessary) as soon as there’s an opening in the schedule. Our office is called Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center and you can find us at 162-07 91st Street in Howard Beach. Tell the receptionist you’d like to come in for the Knee Evaluation before August 23rd.

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

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From Howard Beach to Supreme Court Tracy Catapano-Fox would be nabe’s first female justice on the state bench

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Howard Beach resident and Queens Civil Court Judge Tracy Catapano-Fox was nominated by the Democratic Par ty for the New York Supreme Court last Thursday.

The nod means that CatapanoFox, 47, is likely to be elected to the bench in November for a 14-year term. She would be the first female state Supreme Court Justice to be elected from the Howard Beach area.

In fact she would only be the second Howa rd Beach st at e Supreme Court justice, the first being Judge Augustus Agate, her mentor and close friend.

“I always knew she was very smart, but when she worked for me I realized that I was lucky enough to have a brilliant lawyer as my assistant,” Agate said.

In the early 2000s CatapanoFox worked as a law secretary for Agate when he became a Civil Court judge, and then continued with him as a principal law clerk when he was elected to the Supreme Court.

Catapano-Fox said the collaboration served as a perfect education for her future career, honing her skills on the civil litigation side and leading her to an area that would eventually become her expertise: foreclosure law.

Tracy Catapano-Fox poses with her two mentors, Judge Augustus Agate, left, and Jeremy S. Weinstein.

PHOTO COURTESY TRACY CATAPANO-FOX

Catapano-Fox eventually went on to take a job clerking for Queens County Administrative Judge Jeremy S. Wei n st ei n , where she was working in 2008 when sudden ly foreclosu res started to spike.

“At that time we started to notice that there had been a significant uptick. The judges were saying how many judgments on foreclosure they were getting each

month,” Catapano-Fox said.

As the financial sector collapsed, then-Chief Judge of the State Judith Kaye decided that New York needed to get ahead of the curve and create a mandatory foreclosure settlement, and chose Queens County as a pilot for the program.

“So we were the first county in October of 2008 to start a foreclosure settlement conference” section, Catapano-Fox said. As

the administrative assistant of Weinstein, Catapano-Fox had to make sure that the new settlement courts were operating and running smoothly. She embraced the subject area, and started doing conferences herself, with the goal of learning how to make a foreclosure settlement work for both sides in a fair way.

“It was exciting to just be new, something that we created from

the ground up,” Catapano-Fox said, adding an ironic note that now that she is poised to join the Supreme Court, it feels like the same crisis is about to happen all over again due to the pandemic.

Asked what area of law she would like to focus on on the Supreme Court, she said she’s hoping that she’ll be able to get back into her foreclosure roots.

She also said that she’s looking forward to doing complex jury trials once the pandemic subsides.

Though she has assembled an impressive resume, Catapano-Fox has not forgotten her family or neighborhood roots, which has served her well. Once she showed interest in becoming a Civil Court judge, her old mentor and near-neighbor Agate helped her with the petition process. He said he considers her to be like his fourth daughter.

In ref lecting on her recent accomplishments, Catapano-Fox emphasized how proud she was to be the first female judge from the area.

“I have two sons and I want them to know that women can be great moms and be 100 percent all in as a mom and 100 percent all in as a judge. It’s hard to make it all happen, but you don’t have to make choices always. You don’t have to choose one or the Q other,” Catapano-Fox said.

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by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Woodhaven has been the site of two fatal shootings in less than two weeks.

At 4 a.m. Aug. 6, two young men were hit by gunfire, which killed one and sent the other to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in serious condition, cops said.

Just nine days earlier around 2 p.m. July 26, police responded to a 911 call of a shooting inside a residence on 91st Avenue, and found a man who had been shot in the back.

Gun violence has spiked in Queens in recent weeks. In the NYPD’s Queens South Borough Command, the number of shooting incidents has more than doubled so far this year compared to the same time period in 2019, according to NYPD Compstat statistics. Through July 26 there have been 80 shootings, compared to 38 until that date in 2019. The number of victims

this year is 90 compared to 49 through the same point in 2019. Those statistics don’t include the most recent killing, or any other shooting since July 27.

The investigations into the Woodhaven murders, both of which took place in the 102nd Precinct, are ongoing. No arrests have been made in either case, and the NYPD is offering up to a $2,000 reward for any tips in connection to the Aug. 6 shooting.

In the early morning hours of Aug. 6, a shooter pulled up in a car and shot a 19-year-old in the left arm and a 21-year-old in the torso and head at the corner of 91st Street and 85th Avenue, a block from Forest Park, cops said. The 21-yearold, later identified as Sanel Music, a Woodhaven resident, was pronounced dead at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst.

Precinct Community Council President Simcha Waisman talked to the 102nd Precinct com-

manding officer but said he had no additional details.

“We have too many guns in the streets,” said Waisman, who blamed the uptick in violence on the mayor for “taking away tools” from the police. He also linked the rise of violent crime and theft in the wake of the pandemic with smaller quality-of-life offenses.

“People don’t stop at a red light, so what’s the difference? A crime is a crime,” Waisman said.

The July 26 homicide happened inside a home at 84-12 91 Ave., where the police discovered a man, identified as Bronx resident Shaka Ifill, who was still conscious after being shot, according to reports. He was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Before he died, the victim blamed his girlfriend and her mother for the shooting, accordQ ing to the Daily News.

NYPD officers examine the car in which one of the victims was shot on Aug. 6. The other man who was shot was standing next to the vehicle.

The NYPD is offering a reward for any tips in connection to the shooting. PHOTO BY ROBERT STRIDIRON

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Storm’s aftermath plagues Queens Outages and lags in response prompt harsh criticism of Con Ed

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Six days into the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias, Queens officials have continued to criticize Con Edison and the city’s emergency management team for what they have called a “disgraceful” and unacceptable response.

As of Monday morning, over 6,000 Queens households were still without power, more than any other borough. As of 1:30 p.m. Wednesday the number of affected households was still 850. Beyond the outages, residents reported a number of lingering hazards from the storm that the city had lagged behind in taking care of.

Acting Borough President Sharon Lee has been among the most vocal critics of Con Ed’s handling of the storm’s aftermath.

Lee cited data showing that in the first 24 hours after the tropical storm, despite having the highest number of households without power, Queens only had 10,000 households restored whereas Brooklyn had 30,500 restored.

“Unacceptable is an understatement,” Lee said. “Power is essential, and the restoration of power especially after a storm is a race against time for safety, public confidence and the preservation of livelihoods. In this race, Con Ed has utterly and spectacularly failed

well as that of city agencies.

Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), the Democratic nominee for borough president, suggested he wants to begin the process of cutting out Con Ed completely by switching to a public power utility.

A “shift to Public Power and 100% Renewable Future are [the] only solutions out of this mess,” he tweeted.

Richards’ sentiments matched those of Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who released a 20-page report on Friday exploring plans to bring the utility under public ownership.

Though Con Edison turned off the function on its public map that allows residents to view outages by location within the borough, multiple reports suggest that Woodhaven continues to be one area stuck without power.

Beyond the outages, Queens residents State Department of Transportation workers traveled to Queens to help remove fallen trees that reported problems with Parks Department PHOTO COURTESY NYS DOT response. Springfield Gardens resident caused outages.

Mubashar Hamid told the Chronicle that he had tree limbs hanging from utility wires in Queens.”

By Monday, more elected officials had spo- front of his house through at least Friday.

Jamaica resident Jonathan Pineda told PIX ken up about the need to hold Con Ed accountable. Councilman Paul Vallone 11 that low-hanging loose wires above his (D-Bayside) said that after his “patience has home left him feeling unsafe to leave through worn thin” he will be asking for an emergency Saturday.

Bayside resident Pat Coulaz said that an hearing to examine both Con Ed’s failure as

enormous tree had fallen from the sidewalk next to her house onto her roof, damaging the exterior of her house. The Parks Department took until Sunday to arrive on the scene with six men to remove the tree, which actually seemed to be a quick turnaround to Coulaz, based on her expectations.

Elsewhere the electrical problem had lingering effects on traffic signals. The stoplight at the corner of 63rd Road and 99th Street in Rego Park was still malfunctioning as of Sunday afternoon, with drivers on 63rd seeing a blinking yellow light. That was an improvement from the situation through Thursday, when the light was out altogether.

For businesses, phone and internet outages ended up causing problems. Woodhaven insurance agent Mark Klimm said that his Jamaica Avenue office didn’t lose power, but his phone and internet continued to be out through Tuesday evening. Klimm’s phone and internet provider, Verizon, told him that Con Ed had to finish its work in the area before the company could fix his internet.

“The problem is that there’s no coordination between the two,” Klimm said.

Woodhaven BID Executive Director Raquel Olivares noted that several other businesses in the area had the same problem.

“They’re already struggling to survive as it Q is. And now this,” she said.

AM Miller violates harassment policy Woodhaven legislator effectively intimidated staff during investigation

by Max Parrott

tion and retaliation and said a “climate survey” of his office will be conducted. The EthOutgoing state Assemblyman Mike Miller ics Committee voted unanimously on its rec(D-Woodhaven) was formally admonished by ommendations to Heastie, the speaker’s letter Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) last Thursday said.

Miller will be out of office Jan. 1, having after the Ethics Committee determined he violated the Assembly’s policy against harass- lost a Democratic primary race to challenger Jenifer Rajkumar. ment, discrimination and retaliation.

The investigation began on Dec. 6, 2019, After one of Miller’s female staffers made a complaint of gender-based discrimination, the when the Assembly human resources director passed on a complaint committee did not find of gender-based disMiller’s behavior fit the i m i nat ion f rom a definition of harassS a consequence, Miller cr female member of Millment, but it did find that er’s staff to the Ethics h e h a d ef fe c t ively will have to undergo Committee. Committee intimidated members of Chairwoman Aravella his staff in response to training and his office Simotas (D-Astoria) the investigation. The will be surveyed. then called Miller to complainant was suffiinform him that the ciently fearful that she panel would be undertaking an investigation, had sought to work from home.

According to a letter Heastie sent the and reminded him that he must maintain the Queens lawmaker, Miller breached the confi- confidentiality of the probe by not mentioning dentiality of an investigation by speaking with it to anyone other than his legal counsel.

The investigation finished on June 16, numerous persons other than his attorney about it. His conduct “had the effect of intimi- 2020, when the committee met and accepted dating potential witnesses,” as determined by the investigator’s findings that while Miller did display “inappropriate and unprofessional the Ethics Committee, the letter said.

As a consequence of the violation, Heastie conduct,” it did not fit the legal characterizaordered Miller to undergo additional training tion of discrimination “because his actions on the policy against harassment, discrimina- were not directed towards [the subject of the

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mandatory report] based upon her gender, and the evidence does not establish a pattern of [sex-based] misconduct.”

The investigator did find, however, that Miller not only violated the requirement of keeping the investigation confidential, but that he effectively, if not knowingly, intimidated his staff by talking openly about the investigation.

The committee reviewed evidence of those violations on July 27 and accepted the conclusion that Miller had spoken with numerous people other than his attorneys, including members of his own staff, at least one New York state senator, certain community leaders and a district leader.

On top of that, the investigation found that he had conducted some of those conversations within earshot of his staff. In one case, Miller announced that his lawyer told him he could sue the complainant for slander, in another he began guessing who the complainant was.

The investigator noticed a difference in tone between the statements that his staff made and that of their email exchanges before the investigation started, and hypothesized that Miller’s conversations made at least one witness less willing to be candid in her interview.

Miller did not respond to a request for comQ ment.

Though Assemblyman Mike Miller was not found to be guilty of harasssment by the Assembly Ethics Committee, the investigation did find that he effectively intimidated his staff by talking about it within earshot of FILE PHOTO them.

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P De Blasio’s car-hating fantasy EDITORIAL

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ayor de Blasio sure was fired up last Thursday. First he went out of his way to insult wealthy New Yorkers who may have fled for the suburbs over what turned out to be one of the worst onslaughts of COVID-19 anywhere on Earth. Then he turned his attention to something else without which he could not maintain his lifestyle: the automobile.

“My advice to New Yorkers is, do not buy a car,” said the mayor, whose counsel on such decisions likely interests no one but his immediate family. “Cars are the past. The future is going to be mass transit, biking, walking, and there’s so many options right now.”

This from the man who takes a taxpayer-funded, NYPD-chauffeured SUV wherever he goes, which until the virus crisis included an 11-mile daily jaunt to his favorite Brooklyn gym. And the man who halted the last phase of a bike lane project on Queens Boulevard in order to appease a lawmaker whose support he wanted for his awful jail-in-your-neighborhood plan.

Presumably few have much interest in de Blasio’s predictions for the future either. Among those who do not this time would be people who have a hard time

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biking, walking far or getting on a subway when the station is not handicapped-accessible. And people like Robert Sinclair of AAA, who lives in Astoria and works in Garden City, LI. It’s a 25-minute trip by car (with little traffic), or a two-hour slog by public transit.

Also uninterested would be the thousands of people who use cars for their jobs or work in the industry, as mechanics, as sales reps, even as the “washeros” who fought so hard just a few years ago to unionize. You’d think the mayor would support them at least.

Nope. As the city continues to reel from the coronavirus crisis, its economy crushed, its storefronts plagued with vacancies, its streets dirtier than before, its neighborhoods bedeviled by twice as many shootings as just a year ago, de Blasio decides to take a slap at a vital sector of the economy. That is not what anyone needs, including those mass transit and bicycle riders whose infrastructure is disproportionately paid for by taxes and fees levied upon drivers.

As for the mayor’s claim he’ll never buy a car again, the taxpayers have him covered, for now at least. And his office refused to say if he would lease.

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Addabbo, storm hero Dear Editor: As we all know, Tropical Storm Isaias devastated parts of our city last Tuesday. Fewer blocks sustained more damage than Killarney Street, a one-block-long street in Howard Beach. During the storm a tree fell onto two adjacent homes, pinning live electrical wires between the houses and the tree. Two electrical power poles were also severely compromised.

The FDNY assessed the damage the first night, hung up caution tape in several places on the block and contacted Con Edison. Then, nothing. Con Ed drove up the block and assessed the damage and left. The FDNY returned and reached out again. Nothing. The silence from Con Ed was deafening for the first three days.

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On Saturday afternoon I spotted state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. stopping at the site and taking pictures of the precarious tree and poles. After we spoke, Sen. Addabbo was in touch with me all weekend. He relentlessly called Con Ed and the Mayor’s Office. He worked diligently the entire weekend to have the dangerous situation © Copyright 2020 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved.

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e’ll often have contrasting headlines on a given issue here in the Chronicle, as various people and groups get their chance to speak to the public through our pages. Yet few point to such stark differences as a pair we’re running this week.

“Kids look forward to the classroom” reads one, while another, maybe right next to the first depending upon which edition you’re reading, blares, “Educators campaign against reopening.”

The first story is full of anecdotes from kids in first grade through high school saying they want to be in school this year. The other is about two factions within the United Federation of Teachers union that oppose reopening schools, with one of them threatening an illegal strike or rolling sickouts if necessary.

Teachers apparently are not essential workers on the same level as the doctors, nurses, bus drivers and supermarket cashiers who rightly have been hailed for manning the front lines during the coronavirus crisis. But their job is very important to the children, who need at least some in-person teaching in order to learn.

The city’s plan for blended learning stands on the edge of a knife. It could quickly fail if, for example, enough schools see the two cases of COVID-19 that could shutter them. It would be tragic if politicized teachers keep it from even getting off the ground.

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resolved and our power restored. We received power back at 6 p.m. on Monday, and we would still be waiting if it weren’t for the tireless efforts of Sen. Addabbo. Joe, you helped us out during Sandy and once again you were there when we needed you. There are no words to truly thank you for what you have done for us.

Pat Anderson Howard Beach

Bury the wires already Dear Editor: There is no good reason why there should still be aboveground electrical wires in densely populated areas. The costs incurred to restore damage and loss of life over the years could well have been used to bury all of those wires underground. Con Edison keeps asking for higher rates. It’s time for it to bring the electric grid into the 21st century.

Also, the tree in the photo (“Isaias pummels

Queens power grid,” Aug. 6) is clearly not a healthy one and the city is just as much to blame for not properly caring for and, when necessary, removing sick trees.

Linda Sperling Forest Hills

Grodenchik misled on NYPD $ Dear Editor: Councilman Barry Grodenchik, in voting for the NYPD reform bills and a city budget that defunds the NYPD by $1 billion, has demonstrated his lack of support for law enforcement and the NYPD (“Council rep doesn’t share our values: civics,” Aug. 6, multiple editions). He has supported legislation that puts our police in harm’s way.

This law is so bad that the NYS Police Union has requested that its members not be assigned within NYC and neighboring counties have placed restrictions on their officers

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Dear Editor: Aug. 15 marks a milestone in American history. It’s the 75th anniversary of Victory Over Japan Day (also called V-J Day), the end of World War II, the deadliest war in history.

I was six years old on V-J Day, living in Kew

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He was the movement and now all I see are people, not protesters, dead set on destroying these cities. They destroy businesses and I bet you the people that own those businesses will think twice about opening up again and you have your citizens and your elected officials to blame.

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Albany’s deadly decision Dear Editor: Gov. Cuomo has once again blocked efforts for an investigation about the nursing home disaster. Nearly 6,000 people died as a result of his incompetence and negligence in ordering nursing homes throughout the state to take in COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals.

The Javits Center had over 2,000 beds, and the hospital ship USS Comfort, which was docked in New York Harbor in late March and early April, had several hundred beds. Why didn’t the governor as well as his very incompetent Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker order all of those patients to be transferred to those two facilities, since there was more than ample room to accommodate them?

The governor and health commissioner have a hell of a lot of explaining to do, because there are thousands of families who are demanding answers and justice for their loved ones who died as result of this very serious medical blunder that these two created. Justice and accountability must prevail here. Cuomo and Zucker continue to vehemently deny any wrongdoing on their part whatsoever. We know that that is untrue, and they must answer to the authorities and those families for their callous, reckless and illogical actions. They made their bed; now they can sleep in it.

John Amato Fresh Meadows

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Mask rules for schools Dear Editor: We are about to send children into an abnormal and precarious environment, so school officials should not only establish clear COVID-19 safety precautions, but behavioral guidelines, as well. Parents and students should be notified of these new rules, in writing, before school begins.

For example, no student should snatch or remove the mask of another, whether it is in jest or bullying. The written rule should not only clarify that its purpose is to maintain a safe environment, but also should detail the disciplinary consequences.

Anticipating possible scenarios and having a planned response is a sign of good management.

This strategy mitigates operational confusion and disciplinary inconsistencies.

Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

Gardens Hills (my home for the past 76 years) and still have vivid memories of that event. I recall my neighbors hugging each other, crying, cheering and shouting, “The war is over!” They honked car horns, set off fireworks and literally danced in the streets. It was the happiest I ever saw Queens residents (with the possible exception of when the Mets won their first World Series in 1969). The nation’s euphoria was captured by a Life magazine photo of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square.

Seventy-five years later, we’re fighting an invisible enemy that threatens to surpass World War II’s death toll. The U.S. suffered a total of 291,557 combat deaths during the war (Wikipedia). COVID-19 has killed more than 160,000 Americans in just seven months, with no end in sight.

We’re a long way from declaring a V-COVID Day. But when that day comes, a sailor can’t kiss a nurse in Times Square because that violates social distancing rules.

Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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when entering NYC. This comes at a time when politicians and others are engaging in rhetoric and actions that are demonizing and demoralizing our police and crime in the city is on the rise and the quality of life is on the decline.

It is reprehensible that on June 23 Grodenchik, at a Bayside Hills Civic Association Zoom general meeting, stated that in the upcoming budget vote he would not vote to defund the NYPD. On June 30 he cast a vote in favor of a budget that defunded the NYPD. The fact that the City Council had gone down to the wire in getting the budget finalized is no excuse for his vote. The fact that other important funding for programs and agencies is provided in the budget is no reason for not making his voice heard and not raising his constituents’ objections to the defunding of the NYPD. By taking a stand against this budget he could have demonstrated his unwavering support for his constituents, communicated to the Council and administration the importance of the NYPD to his constituents and shown that he represents his constituents rather than subordinates to the political machine. A negative vote would have sent a message.

It would have been better if at the BHCA meeting he had explained that the NYPD defunding would be part of the budget and he would be voting in favor. We would have had a clear picture of just where he stood.

Joseph Lubomski Bayside Hills

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Kids look forward to the classroom Fearless children concerned with making friends, not getting sick

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

“I can’t wait to see my friends — school is awesome!” said Mikel Thomas of Bayside. The 6-year-old said that the most exciting part about starting first grade is to get homework, but showed little fear about contracting the coronavirus from his classmates. “When I get sick, I get Benadryl,” he said confidently.

Thomas’ cousins, twins Samiyah and Saniyah Wilcox, also aged 6, agreed that they were also excited to enter first grade, though Samiyah seemed more apprehensive than her family.

“I will tell my teachers I need to go to the nurse if I get sick,” she said before promising she will wear her mask. Her sister said she’s too excited to meet new friends to be nervous about getting sick.

Although children may be eager to head back to school in September, a survey by the Department of Education found that their parents were more cautious about placing them in an environment where COVID-19 has the potential to spread — of 322,572 families who filled out the preference form, more than 66 percent of parents requested remote learning for their children, while about 34 percent chose hybrid learning, meaning their children would

split their school week between in-person learning and virtual learning at home, according to numbers obtained by the New York Post. Those who did not participate in the survey were automatically placed into the hybrid-learning option.

Those who chose the hybrid-learning option can revert to the remote-learning choice at any time, but those who chose remote learning are locked in for at least the first quarter of the school year — families opting for remote learning can switch to hybrid on a quarterly basis only, at specific times during the school year.

There are 1.1 million children enrolled in the public school system.

Anthony R. and his mother, both from Glendale, chose the hybrid option for his last year in elementary school for multiple reasons — Anthony is accustomed to virtual learning, but finds it easier to learn in a physical setting, and his mother cannot take the time from work to stay home with him during the day.

“What are we supposed to do? We have jobs — we can’t spend the day with them while they sit on the computer,” she said.

She added that she is nervous about sending him into an environment where he could come into contact with COVID-19, but admitted she didn’t see another option

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LETTERS TO THE continued from previous page stores and police vehicles and go after the police and the citizens in Oregon, Washington State, Atlanta, etc. I would love to see the police there just sit back and do nothing. Just let these mobs just destroy their cities.

What is wrong with the other citizens of these states to let these people come into their cities and trash them as they just sit back and watch? How about doing something? Get after your elected officials to throw these protesters out of your cities. What tourist would say, “Hey, I heard that Washington, Oregon and Georgia are nice places to visit” now?

I know that as a taxpayer I never want to see any of my money go to the officials of those cities to clean up after the mobs leave. They were all part of it, so no bailout for any of you.

Kathleen Schatz Rego Park

Kodak, Trump vs. China Dear Editor: Who knew that China, all these years, was involved in the production of the ingredients in our medicines?

We never saw the name “China” on any of the drugs we have taken over the years. This was certainly a matter of national defense and it took a pandemic to realize it.

Now, a new life has been given to a for-

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gotten company, Kodak, and the upstate New York area that has been hurting economically for years. Kodak will manufacture our medicines with the financial support of the government, all thanks to President Trump, who knows how to partner with the private sector to get things done (e.g., gloves, masks, gowns, etc.).

This would never happen with Biden as president, who after being in government over 45 years doesn’t have the vision to broker such a deal.

Keep up the good work, Mr. President!

Thomas and Constance Dowd Oakland Gardens

Vote will be what it will be Dear Editor: Donald Trump is a pathological liar; has no use whatever for science; has no use whatsoever for the Constitution of the United States; and is seeking to wreck a Postal Service that has served this country for generations, so as to manipulate the November 2020 presidential election. Trump is the most incompetent and unfit person to be president of the United States. Why? Because “it is what it is.”

Trump should not be re-elected for second term. Why? Because that is what it should be.

Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

The Department of Education offered students the choice between virtual learning or a hybrid option that allows them to return to the classroom two or three days a week. While a DOE survey says parents prefer the former option, many children look forward to returning to normal. emy II in Harlem and the travel on public that worked for her family.

“I think it’s super important that every transportation, which would require a subfamily does what they need to do without way transfer, prompted him to choose judging any other families. It’s hard enough remote learning.

“We still don’t know if everything is to parent today and even harder than ever before today. I don’t like when other par- secure and how far the school is, I’d rather ents judge each other when they don’t know do remote learning until I get transferred to what the other families are going through,” a nearer school,” said Dylan. Transferring said Rachel S. of Glendale, who heavily to an area school where he could particiweighed the two options before ultimately pate in in-person classes would alleviate choosing to send 6-year-old Sabrina to his concern about coming into contact with school in the fall, consulting her daughter’s the virus on public transportation because pediatrician as well as a friend who is a he’d be familiar with his surroundings, he doctor and reviewing the Centers for Dis- said.

Ronny, Dylan’s brother, did not share ease Control and Prevention guidelines.

“I’m not confident in anything, I don’t any of the same concerns.

“I want to go back because there’s going know what the hell’s going on for the future. I don’t know anything, but we’re to be new teachers, new friends, new things going to try it,” Rachel said, as Sabrina to learn about,” said Ronny, who is starting fourth grade in the hopped up and fall. down beside her, Another family saying, “I want to want to go back because shared split congo back! I want to cerns about returngo back!” there’s going to be new ing in the fall — High school stuLiam H. is headed dents were also teachers, new friends, to first grade and is given the opportunew things to learn about.” excited to ju mp n it y to choose right back in. b e t we e n hy b r id — Ronny D. of Ridgewood age 8 “I want to go and remote learnback to school and ing, but without the added worry of whether their parents stay with my friends. It’s harder to do would have to stay home with them. Two schoolwork in the house,” he said.

Christian Barone of Glendale has two friends entering their second year at Benjamin Cardozo in Bayside chose the hybrid years on his cousin and is headed back to school with more apprehension. learning.

“Some kids could come in with the “I just chose it because I want to have the option [to revert to remote learning]. I virus,” he said, saying he would rather conwant to see how it is, but ... I don’t think tinue his education virtually like he had for people are going to be careful,” said Ian the tail end of his year in second grade.

Parker Underwood of Bayside is headed Choi.

“I think it’s easier to learn face-to-face, to prekindergarten and also made it clear but I am nervous about what it’s going to be that she has some concerns about starting at a new school. like,” said Brendan Oh. “I’m a little nervous ... to make new Dylan D. of Ridgewood is entering his Q freshman year at Frederick Douglass Acad- friends,” she said.

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Restaurant owners say city, state offer no clues on indoor dining regs

by Michael Gannon

has a bus stop or a fire hydrant in front?

What if they have no backyard? They’re out State and city officials are sticking by the of business. I’m lucky.”

A spokesman for Cuomo in an email to moratorium on indoor dining in New York City restaurants, which everywhere else in the Chronicle said the state’s regulations the state has been a hurdle cleared when the and “New Yorkers’ hard work” have been regions hit Phase 3 of the recover y responsible for the state achieving and maintaining one of the lowest transmission protocols.

Mayor de Blasio, in a press conference rates in the country.

“At a time when more than 35 states have on Aug. 5, said there was “absolute unity” between the state and the city. He doesn’t rising infections and industries in other states have been forced to re-close, we are see any change until at least Labor Day. following the best But the restaurant d at a- d r iven i nd u s t r y fe els it approach to reopenhasn’t even been his is a New York City ing,” the spokesman invited to the table, said. “Every opinion with no information only modification survey has shown f rom t he cit y or because we’ve been the vast majority of state detailing what New Yorkers supeither is looking for. having the most problems por t ou r public Mark Gallagher, health-based ow n e r of M a no r in New York City.” reopening strategy.

Oktoberfest in For— Gov. Cuomo But New Yorkers est Hills and two need to remember additional restaurants, said his sole contacts with govern- we are still in the midst of a global pandemment of late have been extremely limited in ic, and that way too many bars and restaurants — especially in Queens — are still scope “We had eight inspections in two weeks openly flouting these rules and putting their a few weeks ago,” he told the Chronicle. neighbors’ health at risk.”

Right now, according to the city, enforce“And we passed them all. ” What he and others have not had from ment is being handled not by the NYPD but either the city or state is some direction on by the city’s Office of Special Enforcement when they can open indoor dining, and and the Sheriff’s Office, as well as the State Liquor Authority. what it will take to accomplish that.

Enforcement is another area where Gal“We’ve heard nothing,” he said. “Even if they tell us today, Friday, that we can come lagher would like some clarity.

“They want us to enforce social distancinside Monday, they still have given us zero ing? Then put a badge on us and make us criteria. What are we supposed to do?”

Restaurants in open regions are limited police officers and pay us like police offito 50 percent capacity, and tables must be 6 cers. I’m not a police officer. I run a bar and feet apart with physical barriers between restaurant.”

Andrew Rigie, executive director of the them.

Right now Gallagher has a number of NYC Hospitality Alliance, also was putting tables set up under tents and awnings for the government on the spot in an email to his customers on the sidewalk and curbside the Chronicle last Thursday.

“More than a month after the return of in the street under the city’s Open Restaurants program, not knowing what the next New York City’s indoor dining was put on pause, government leaders have still yet to step is.

“I don’t have a bus stop in front of my provide any guidance on when small busiplace,” Gallagher said.”What if somebody ness owners, workers and customers can Editor

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“Restaurants and bars are vital to the economic and social fabric of our city and the longer that government leaders fail to offer a clear and reasonable plan for how and when indoor dining will reopen, the more uncertainty it creates and the harder it will be for thousands of these neighborhood small businesses to survive,” he added.

De Blasio said the Open Restaurants program already has saved more than 80,000 jobs in the city.

Like Rigie, Gallagher said moving back to indoor dining is good for everyone, not simply restaurant workers and their patrons.

“We are sales tax collectors for government, so the people who work for the government can keep their jobs.”

De Blasio said in his press conference the

city is not ready for indoor dining, gyms or malls to restart.

“Is it weeks or is it months? There’s not a specific timeline. I can say that much with assurance,” he said. “I don’t think we’re talking about the next few weeks by any stretch. I think it’s a post Labor Day reality from my point of view to assess it after we’ve seen what happens after Labor Day.” While the initial end of Open Restaurants was supposed to be Labor Day, the mayor admitted the program’s success has prompted the city to push it back to Oct. 31, and to set a reopening for next June 1. He also said both dates are considered negotiable and could be moved to accommodate more time for restaurants and diners if the weather allows.

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While that long-sought day of no coronavirus deaths in the city remains elusive, it’s ever on the horizon, as the number of people dying from COVID-19 here has been mostly in the single digits for weeks.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the number of daily mortalities reported by the city was lower than it had been since the week the first death was reported here on March 11.

Four deaths were recorded on Wednesday, Aug. 5, as well as on Aug. 7. Three were reported on Aug. 6 and three more on Aug. 9. There were two on Aug. 8.

All but one of those days also listed one

or more probable deaths, meaning the final total could change. But confirmed fatalities from the virus have not reached the double digits since July 28, when there were 12.

And they are clearly trending downward.

“In New York City, we have proven that we could beat back this disease now for a fully two months, and we’re going to keep doing it,” Mayor de Blasio said Monday at a press event, while addressing the city’s plan to reopen its schools. He said the city can and must do that safely, and that if the situation changes, he’ll be the first to say so. Q — Peter C. Mastrosimone

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He adds three conditions to getting the green light

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Gov. Cuomo announced in a press conference last Friday morning that he’s giving the green light, as of now, for schools to reopen for in-person learning across the state.

But beyond the go-ahead, Cuomo is leaving the rest up to the school districts. Though each district’s in-person reopening plans must also be approved by the state’s education and health departments in the coming weeks, it is now up to local politicians and school administrators to decide whether and how to reopen.

“I can’t fashion a plan that will work in every school district because they are just too different,” Cuomo said.

There were three areas of concern that Cuomo is requiring each school district to address. By Aug. 21, the governor said that every school district must publicly post its plan to implement remote learning, COVID testing and contact-tracing, as an addition to the reopening plans that they were required to submit to the state Department of Education last week.

To formulate plans in those three areas, Cuomo is asking localities to hold at least three public discussion sessions with parents prior to posting their plan. For New York City, one of the state’s big five school districts, five sessions will be required to try to accommo-

Gov. Cuomo gave the go-ahead for in-person learning across the state on Friday, with several additional conditions that school districts must meet in order to engage parents and FILE PHOTO teachers. date the whole parent population.

In addition to the parent sessions, Cuomo is also asking for at least one with teachers alone.

Asked what schools should be doing to stop asymptomatic spread, Cuomo reiterated that districts will have to come up with their own plan to address this.

The state Department of Health issued a report in July saying that COVID’s quick spread through nursing homes was due to asymptomatic carriers. While in New York City, all staff members will be asked to take a COVID test in the days before the first day of school, that requirement does not go for students.

Cuomo said that it would be up to local parents and teachers to demand how their school districts would come up with a testing plan to detect asymptomatic spread.

Under the governor’s announcement, schools can decide to open as long as they are in a region where the average daily COVID infection rate is below 5 percent.

Mayor de Blasio announced early last month that city schools will open with a hybrid model, staggering attendance for students, while giving parents the option to continue solely with remote learning.

Then last Thursday, the city outlined its protocols for closing schools in response to COVID infections. Classrooms with an infected student or teacher will close for 14 days.

Entire schools will shutter temporarily if two students or teachers in different classrooms are infected, and for longer if an investigation by the city’s Test and Trace program uncovers the potential for transmission between multiple Q classrooms.

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Educators campaign against reopening Teachers union factions lead push to keep schools closed in the fall

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Though New York City’s school system submitted its final reopening plans last week and Gov. Cuomo announced that he would be allowing schools across the state to pursue in-person learning, that doesn’t mean the city’s Department of Education is out of the woods.

The prime source of opposition to Mayor de Blasio’s reopening plan is the educators themselves, with the United Federation of Teachers, New York City’s public school teachers union, taking on the role of vocal critic as the fall semester gets closer and closer.

Though the UFT started off working with the city to create the framework for reopening, its rank and file has recently become more vocal about their mounting fears, and launched several different campaigns around stopping the plan.

Several prominent factions of the UFT are calling for schools to remain closed come fall and remote learning to continue, citing safety concerns for students and staff members if they reopen during the COVID pandemic.

Of the two caucuses that have announced campaigns opposing the reopening plan and pushing for a fully remote start to the school year, the Movement of Rank and File Educa-

The MORE Caucus and Solidarity Caucus of the United Federation of Teachers have emerged as vocal opponents of the mayor’s plan to return to a hybrid school model in the MORE CAUCUS / FACEBOOK fall. tors Caucus of the United Federation of Teachers is the more radical in its demands.

“We need the UFT to mobilize members and threaten severe disruption again should

the governor and mayor attempt to implement their reckless reopening plans,” the caucus leaders wrote in a statement it released on Tuesday.

The statement, which criticized UFT President Michael Mulgrew for not exerting enough pressure on the DOE, went on to demand that UFT leadership prepare for a safety strike in the event that the city and state insist on an unsafe reopening.

Though it is illegal for teachers to strike in New York City under the Taylor Law, individual teachers are talking about striking on social media, and Mulgrew himself reportedly didn’t rule it out either when it came up on a recent call with members, according to The New York Times.

“It’s been in the air,” said art teacher and MORE Caucus member Jake Jacobs. “You can strike. It would be a wildcat strike and it would go against Taylor Law, but also what an organization could do are rolling sick outs, where basically teachers aren’t showing up at certain schools on certain days.”

The sick-out, an unofficial work stoppage in which workers coordinate calling in sick through an email list, was a tactic that teachers used back in March in order to put pressure on the mayor to close the schools once the number of positive COVID cases began to rise across the city.

A representative of another group to oppose the reopening plan, the UFT Solidarity Caucus, said that it does not believe in striking, but it is still pushing to go fully remote in September.

Though Mayor de Blasio held a press conference on Monday claiming that 74 percent of parents of the 1.1 million students in the city’s school system have chosen to go back to a mix of in-person and remote learning based on a recent survey, some of the union critics have argued that the survey is not a good indication of the plan’s popularity.

Jacobs noted that parents who did not submit a response were automatically categorized as having chosen blended learning. In addition, the city has announced that parents will continue to have the option of enrolling in full remote learning at any point in the year. The DOE has said that only families who wanted to go completely remote were required to complete the survey.

Jacobs saw the fact de Blasio is claiming the survey as a vindication of his push to reopen the schools as a source of distrust among teachers.

“It looks like de Blasio is trying to make the public case that many, many, many parents want to go back in person and that Q they’re pushing for this,” he said.

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If you are at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19, you should still stay home as much as possible. Those at increased risk are adults age 50 or older (adults 65 and older are at the highest risk), and those who have other health conditions.

Get tested: There are COVID-19 testing sites in all five boroughs.

To find a site, visit nyc.gov/covidtest or call 311.

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State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), chairman of the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, mentioned a piece of legislation that he is putting forward that would make sure that before any utility company was approved for a rate increase from the Public Service Commission, it is putting at least 40 percent of its revenue towa rd “stor m-proof i ng” its infrastructure.

Comrie pointed to the continued existence of elevated power lines in Queens eight years after Hurricane Sandy as an example of an infrastructure improvement that Con Ed could have made to avoid the mass outages.

Several electeds noted that the perceived failures of the utility were nothing new. Assembly man Ron K im (D-Flushing), who has been an outspoken proponent of replacing Con Ed with a public utility, said that the outages in the past week in combination with last year’s blackouts in the southeastern part of the borough call for a st rong response.

“Enough is enough,” he said. “Unless we put forward real plans to break this monopoly up or take them over from our state, they will not change their Q behavior.”

Ozone Park civic feeds the need Civic leader says food insecurity is increasing

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The Ozone Park Residents Block Association has been holding a food distribution since late PHOTOS COURTESY OZPRBA March, but its leaders say that need is beginning to spike again.

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

As food insecurity continues to rise in Ozone Park, the area’s civic organizations have steadfastly fought it back throughout the pandemic.

The Ozone Park Residents Block Association and the Cityline Ozone Park Civilian Patrol gave away 700 food boxes on Saturday, Aug. 8, the highest number they’ve ever provided in one day.

That is both an impressive achievement by

the group and a grave sign of economic distress.

“I really think we’re going to hit a plateau this [coming] weekend since the unemployment stopped,” said OZPRBA President Sam Esposito about what he expects for next weekend, referring to the expiration of federal funding for those who lost their jobs.

Esposito estimated that the volunteers gave to 450 families in the process. They have been setting up a weekly food pantry every Saturday since the end of March at the Deshi Senior Center, 83-10 Rockaway Blvd.

The line for food grew so much that it wrapped around the block twice.

“We are really assuming that this is going to get worse in the coming weeks,” Esposito said.

On Saturday, they partnered with distributors Civic Foundation, Hungry Monk and GrowNYC to help provide the food. Esposito estimated that around 45 to 50 volunteers helped make the distribution possible as well.

Of the 700 boxes, 450 contained halal meals to cater to the needs of the neighborhood’s Q Muslim community.

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Blaz on traveling: ‘Cars are the past’ AAA and dealer differ, while activists wonder about Queens Blvd. bike lanes

by David Russell Associate Editor

“My advice to New Yorkers is, do not buy a car,” Mayor de Blasio said last Thursday.

“Cars are the past, the future is going to be mass transit, biking, walking.”

Still, getting people to stop buying cars is easier said than done.

“People are not just going to abandon their vehicle because the mayor wants them to,” said American Automobile Association Northeast spokesman Robert Sinclair Jr. The mayor noted that ridership is up on the trains, though he acknowledged residents are mindful of safety on mass transit.

But while there are bus and train options for many city residents, there are also plenty of transit deserts.

“The really viable option is to get in a car and go to your destination in some kind of timely manner,” Sinclair said.

Sinclair lives in Astoria and works in Garden City, LI, about a 25-minute drive from home to work. When his car was in the shop, he needed to take the N train to the 7 train to the Long Island Rail Road and then walk, taking more than two hours.

“Which do you think I would prefer? ” Sinclair said.

Brian Benstock, general manager and vice president of Paragon Honda and Para-

Mayor de Blasio said “cars are the past” when it comes to getting around the city and that mass transit, biking and walking are better options but Phase IV of the Queens Boulevard bike lanes PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL remains on the drawing board. gon Acura in Woodside, called de Blasio’s remarks “outlandish.”

“I’m scared when I hear someone with socialist tendencies wants to take away something that gives you freedom and

mobility,” he said.

Benstock said he got his permit when he was 16 because, to him, it meant having a sense of freedom.

“It’s nice to see New Yorkers rediscover that

again,” he said, noting that there are customers who don’t want to use mass transit or ride sharing services.

Benstock noted leaving the city would be much more difficult without a vehicle.

“How do I walk if I want to go to Trenton?” he said. “Am I supposed to bike to upstate New York?”

If people are to be discouraged from driving, then the MTA needs to improve mass transit, Benstock said. He pointed to movie theaters — when they were open — adding reclining seats to make the theater experience more comfortable as more customers relied on streaming services at home.

“What has the MTA done to improve service in the last 30 or 40 years?” Benstock said.

Jon Orcutt, a spokesman for Bike New York, believes the city “missed the boat” on making changes during the pandemic.

He pointed to other countries that invested in biking infrastructure in recent months.

France, Italy and Britain, among others, have “Corona Cycleways,” as many in the workforce are cycling to work.

“It was because of good executive leadership,” Orcutt said.

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Governor says president’s plan would sock the state with $4 billion in costs

by Michael Gannon Editor

A good portion of the stalemate over a new round of federal COVID-19 stimulus is due to extended unemployment benefits, with congressional Democrats wanting renewal of the $600-per-week federal bonus on top of state unemployment payments; Republicans at $200 per week while a new state-federal program is set up; and President Trump issuing an executive order last week extending the benefits but reducing them to $400, with the states paying 25 percent.

And while the most noise has been coming out of Washington, DC, Raquel Olivares, executive director of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District, sees it playing out right here in Queens.

“Our membership’s views are mixed,” Olivares told the Chronicle this week, speaking of the $600 bonus. “Many of our members who are opening and trying to hire or rehire staff are finding it difficult. Some are saying they make more on unemployment than they would working. But other members say they know people and families with children who need the money.”

Trump, in a statement posted on the White House website, said Republicans were willing to “immediately” sign a deal extending unemployment benef its and

eviction protections.

The House passed a $3 trillion bailout proposal in May, with Senate Republicans waiting until the end of July to extend a $1 trillion counteroffer.

Trump accused Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of using those as bargaining chips to extract bailout money for matters unrelated to COVID-19.

“Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have chosen to hold this vital assistance hostage on behalf of a very few partisan demands and the radical-left Democrats, and we just can’t do that.”

Trump said he hopes to reach a quick agreement on items unrelated to his executive order, though Gov. Cuomo believes the president is being overly optimistic about his chances.

Cuomo, in a transcript of a press briefing on Monday, said first that Trump’s executive order undoubtedly will be challenged in court.

He added that legal challenges aside, Trump’s plan is completely unworkable, as it would cost the state $4 billion between now and the end of the calendar year.

“His executive order says the unemployment insurance could be $400 but the state has to pay $100 of the $400 — that’s $4.2

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Cuomo said states and municipalities need $500 billion in unrestricted aid in any new bailout package, with New York alone needing $30 billion. He also is seeking $12 billion for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to offset existing and anticipated revenue shortfalls due to the pandemic.

Trump’s executive order and the existing GOP bill in the Senate, do not address state bailouts funding.

Schumer, like Cuomo, considers that to be a fatal flaw in the plan.

“Yesterday’s executive orders can be summed up in three words: unworkable, weak and narrow,” Schumer said in a statement on his website. “Among several deficiencies, these orders totally leave out money for our schools to reopen safely, money for state and local governments that’s needed to fight fires, pick up the garbage or employ teachers.”

Schumer also wants more money included for COVID-19 testing, treatment and tracing.

“That is why I am calling on President Trump and the GOP to meet Democrats in the middle — like we have done in the prior bills — and come up with an agreement that will actually help us get through this crisis,” Schumer concluded.

Schumer’s counterpart, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), was unimpressed in a statement released by his office on Monday.

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LGA goes from third world to world class New terminal, seen by few, is ‘just terrific’

by Michael Shain Chronicle Contributor

While the rest of us were home stockpiling pasta and binge watching Netf lix, LaGuardia Airport was nearly rebuilt from takeoff to landing.

Among the biggest surprises awaiting Queens residents once the COVID-19 pandemic recedes is going to be the $8 billion transfor- At LaGuardia’s new Terminal B, signs talk up the promise of the new airport, mation of LaGuardia from some- still two years from completion, while two escalators deliver arriving passenthing in a “third-world country,” as gers to the main terminal floor.

PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN former Vice President Joe Biden once put it, to the most modern ter- down 70 percent, it said. of its work practices to keep LaGuarminal since the Denver airport The new terminal was largely dia’s rebuilding going. opened 25 years ago.

Employees’ temperatures are empty this week with no lines at the A few weeks ago, the first new airline check-in desks and only an checked daily. Rather than making gates opened at Terminal B — the occasional car dropping off passen- construction workers use on-site airport’s main terminal — with min- gers on the new departure level. porta pottys, officials arranged to imum fanfare.

“It’s just terrific,” Arcadia Wil- open unused bathrooms in the termiGov. Cuomo, who has made the liams, who’d just got off a flight from nals, and to get them cleaned regurebuilding of New York City’s two Miami on her way to visit her parents larly. The changes worked. airports a personal project, did not on Long Island after the long lockWithout constant car traffic, six show up for the modest ribbon-cut- down, said of the new terminal. “I months was shaved off the time ting ceremony last hadn’t heard anything scheduled to build a new road system June, though in a press about this and I was for the new Delta terminal now release he called the out. The old under construction at the airport’s ore runways knocked opening “the biggest eastern end, said a spokesman for the place was so dingy.” milestone to date.”

Authority.

After his fare rolled are planned his luggage into the PortInitially, The problem? the design of the new airHeavy restrictions on ter minal, an U ber port was being touted as the first one down the air travel since last driver got out of his of the post-9/11 era with extra room road.

March mean the new car to snap a quick for TSA security checks and more air port is standing cellphone photo of the amenities. largely unused. Few people, most of splendid Manhattan skyline panoraNow, officials are promoting the them brave out-of-towners, have seen ma now visible from the top-floor new LaGuardia as the airport built the work that has been done. for social distancing. drop-off spot.

The number of air passengers “Completed on time and on bud“I haven’t been here since they through LaGuardia is down 89 per- fixed it up,” the driver said. “What a get, Terminal B’s Arrivals and cent compared to last year, according nice view!”

Departures Hall is a shining example to the July statistics released Monday Fallout from the pandemic has of the region’s potential for a strong by the Transportation Security slowed down major construction economic recovery with the vitality Administration. projects all over the country. But the of New York before COVID-19,” Flights in and out of LGA are Port Authority revamped a number said Port Authority Executive Direc-

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Blaz, bike lanes and vehicles continued from page 16 “We are very much a city of cars,” Orcutt said.

In fact, de Blasio is driven around the city in a chauffeured SUV. “It’s part of the hypocrisy people are keenly aware of,” said Juan Restrepo of Transportation Alternatives.

Peter Beadle of Community Board 6 added, “Hypocrisy has plagued him from the start.”

Asked if the mayor is against residents leasing cars or if he would do so himself, a spokesman declined to add to de Blasio’s comments.

Beadle said it’s fair for the mayor to tell

people not to buy cars but then he doesn’t provide alternative methods of travel.

“Words are a dime a dozen. We need to see action,” Beadle said, adding, “He’s going to force them to get into cars.”

Phase IV of the Queens Boulevard bike lanes, which will see the roadway’s bike lanes extended from Yellowstone Boulevard to Union Turnpike, has yet to be completed.

“Why it’s taking so long is still very much a mystery to me,” Beadle said.

He said the car issue highlights a problem for the mayor: that he understands a need but doesn’t always follow through.

“When it comes to acting, he’s stuck behind

tor Rick Cotton in a prepared statement.

“The opening of Terminal B, the first new Arrivals and Departure Hall, was a major milestone in delivering on Gov. Cuomo’s vision for a brand new, 21st century LaGuardia Airport, and today, we are happy to see air travelers are finally enjoying a world cla ss ex p e r ie nc e at LaGuardia.”

The new arrivals-and-departure terminal, which opened to the public last June, sits right next to the Grand Central Parkway and was built to handle twice as many passengers each year as the old one.

It is connected by sky bridges to two concourses for boarding. The

a windshield perspective,” Beadle said. “He sees things like he’s looking through the windshield of a car.”

At a town hall in Forest Hills in February, de Blasio said the Department of Transportation should look into an alternative plan for the bike lanes requested by Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills).

“He sort of meddles when it becomes a political issue,” Orcutt said, adding that de Blasio won’t look at the functionality.

Koslowitz said Tuesday that with the city strapped for money “everything is at a standstill right now.”

The lawmaker said the lanes will be completed, even if that comes after she is termlimited at the end of 2021.

“Eventually it will be done,” Koslowitz

western concourse, serving mostly American Airlines flights, opened seven new gates on Aug. 5. Ten more are set to open early next year.

Delta opened an eastern concourse of seven gates also. Together, more than 40 percent of the passengers using LaGuardia are departing or arriving via the new gates.

Demolition of the old, unloved terminal is set to begin next month.

The demolition, set to be completed by 2022, will free up space to build new runways behind the new Terminal B and, according to officials, alleviate the on-ground air plane t raff ic jams that are blamed for LaGuardia’s reputation Q for delays.

said. “People have to understand that.”

She said de Blasio’s comments on not buying a car were a “ridiculous statement” to make.

“Not everybody rides a bike,” Koslowitz said. “To take the train, well, right now you don’t want to take the train because it’s not safe.”

Because the bike lanes project is federally funded, it requires sign-offs from the Federal Highway Administration and state Department of Transportation.

“We’re continuing to work with federal and state partners to advance the Queens Boulevard redesign project, and we look forward to providing a more detailed timeline as COVID19 recovery efforts progress,” a city DOT Q spokesperson said.

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Rally against ex-cons in hotel met with counterprotesters

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

Fresh Meadows residents rallied on Aug. 6 in front of the 186th Street Wyndham Garden Hotel to protest its use as a transitional housing facility for formerly incarcerated individuals, but their two biggest concerns — the housing of sex offenders in the neighborhood and the potential for a surge in crime — have been unfounded so far.

“We don’t know if these guys in here are sex offenders. I don’t want to let my daughter out with her friends to go to the Applebee’s.

She’s only 16,” said one man who did not provide his name, referring to the restaurant in the 61-18 190 St. shopping center that shares a parking lot with the hotel. The city, in partnership with Exodus Transitional Community, placed about 100 former Rikers Island and state cor rectional facility inmates, who had identified themselves as not having stable housing where they could safely isolate from the COVID crisis, in the hotel sometime in April.

At this time, none of the Exodus program participants staying at the Wyndham Garden Hotel are registered sex offenders. All level two and three sexual offenders are required by state law to register their address, which would include the 61-27 186 St. hotel. Whether sex offenders are staying in the hotel could change as time progresses, but that information is publicly accessible via the state Division of Criminal Justice Services database.

Another concern the protesters shared was that the program will contribute to a rise in crime, but overall crime in the 107th Precinct, which patrols the neighborhood, is down by 1.4 percent for

the past five months when compared to the same time frame in the previous year — there were 685 incidents of the seven index crimes between April and August of 2020 compared to 695 during the same months of 2019.

“We are glad that the community is so passionate and hope that their concern for safety can also be applied to the residents at the hotel, who were not safe in the system, and who would not be safe in a shelter from COVID,” said Julio Medina, CEO and founder of Exodus. Medina confirmed that the number of program participants can fluctuate as time goes on but that it houses 91 at this time and most had been charged with low-level crimes. During their stay, the for mer in mates are offered rehabilitation services to safely and effectively re-enter society, such as employment readiness, resume building, interviewing skills and counseling, and are monitored with 24/7 security. The program at Wyndham is expected to remain in place for the duration of the pandemic.

Some of the protesters admitted they would have been more comfortable with the situation if they had been included in the decisionmaking process — two months had passed before the community or its elected officials learned that the former inmates were placed in the hotel, leading neighbors to feel as though they’ve been left in the dark since day one.

“This went up and no one asked,” said Carmine Sippola, sharing a common anger with neighborhood residents over Mayor de Blasio’s secrecy throughout the process. “In a democracy, you sort of feel like you want to be part of

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‘Housing is a human right’ vs. ‘It’s not safe’

A Black Lives Matter marcher stands between Fresh Meadows residents and the front doors of the Wyndham Garden Hotel, which houses nearly 100 formerly incarcerated individuals through the Exodus Transitional Community, a proPHOTOS BY KATHERINE DONLEVY gram the neighborhood is not happy to host. the decision making, not like you’re being arbitrarily told, ‘This is what we’re going to do’ ...

There’s no community. No one said to us, ‘What do you think?’”

The protesters gathered in front of the building with signs ranging from “It’s not safe here” to “We want them out.” Many showed up in Trump attire as a way of showing support for the president — when asked why she felt it appropriate to wear a MAGA hat, one woman said, “He don’t do nothing wrong besides help this country and help everybody get a better life and future, so there’s no doubt about it ... I pray for him every night, and my family. I feel such honor.”

Counterprotesters from Housing Works and Exodus formed a protective barrier in front of the hotel doors, taking a vow of silence against the protesters’ chants to “Shut it down.” They were later joined by a group of Black Lives Matter marchers, all donning black

clothes, who had traveled from Fresh Meadows Corona Park, but did not join in their silence.

“We’re in a housing crisis, we’re experiencing the second Great Depression of our country’s history and we’re also in the middle of a global pandemic, and I think it is the right thing to do to house formally incarcerated people,” said a counterprotester, who asked to only be identified as Luke from Flushing. “I think it’s our right as a society to take care of the most vulnerable people and I think that formally incarcerated people happen to fall into that category.”

The Black Lives Matter marchers urged the Fresh Meadows protesters to consider the deeper systemic issues of mass incarceration rather than rejecting the rehabilitation program in their neighborhood, particularly its bias against people of color.

Medina noted that 90 percent of people leaving Rikers each year are

people of color, and he established Exodus to change “the systems that perpetuate incarceration across communities of color and poverty.”

“If we just keep incarcerating, then what’s the solution? Why are we not investing, making sure mental heath is a priority?” Vidal Guzman, a Black Lives Matter marcher who spent seven years in a state jail and at Rikers Island after being charged with robbery and drug possession, said in conversation with a protester, agreeing that Mayor de Blasio has been doing little to alleviate the problem.

“Your mayor? Horrible. We hate him too, we’re on the same page!” said Guzman, a former Bloods gang member. “But if we’re being serious about the problem that’s happening right now, you should have been fighting [with us] when we were trying to get investments in our communities that would keep poor, black people out of jail Q in the first place.”

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Fresh Meadows residents gathered to protest the Wyndham Garden Hotel housing former inmates, left, but were met with Black Lives Matter marchers, arguing that housing is a human right. One marcher dressed in a Trump mask, center, to poke fun at the protesters, many of whom showed up in MAGA attire, while another “saged” the area to cleanse their negative energy, right.

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Some not-so-obvious essentials for your time at home Extended time at home is making many families more aware of what products they simply can’t do without. While you may have predicted what some of these essentials would be — ahem, toilet paper — other, not-so-obvious items are helping to make quarantines more comfor table nationwide.

To get a handle on what has come i n most h a nd y d u r i ng t h is st ay-ath o m e p e r io d , Zevo recently conducted a national survey, and here are some of the items topping people’s lists: • Home exercise equipment: Those with gym memberships or a love of the outdoors may never have assumed there would come a day when they would need a home stationary bike or treadmill. But such equipment is for many people the best way to work out these days, and those who lack the space for a piece of heavy machinery are turning to resistance bands, yoga mats and other smaller items that can be tucked away between uses.

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• Bug killer spray: The last thing people want during quarantine is to share their home with pests. Unfortunately, due to a warm winter and wet spring, the fore-

cast for ants, roaches, mosquitoes and more predicts a very buggy 2020. With so much additional time spent around the house, selecting products without harsh chemicals and odors makes a lot of sense. • Mu l t i p u r p o s e t o o l s : Many people are finding that certain basics can be used in more than one way, making them ideal to have around the house. Baking soda, for example, has many potential uses, i nclud i ng k itchen clea ner, odor eliminator, itch remedy, vegetable wash and even as an ingredient for homemade dog toothpaste, to name a few.

Likewise, you might find that pair of scissors a go-to household item right about now, whether you are home-schooling, crafting or giving your- “Netflix and chillâ€? is just one great way to spend time at home. self a haircut. on the rise, but as it turns out, so is good- idea right now. • Streaming Video: At a time when old-fashioned family fun, with many While all families’ situations look a people must remain at home, they are rely- households naming puzzles and games as bit different and every household opering more than ever on video streaming must-have items. ates in its own unique way, there are cerservices like Netf lix and Hulu to keep Whether it’s solving a complicated tain items with widespread potential to them entertained night after night.

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The lazy days of summer are often a carefree time, but this year is quite a bit different given the pandemic and a volatile stock market. Countless Americans are feeling things like their health, job and retirement savings are at risk.

U.S. adults are most concerned about protection in times of economic uncertainty, according to a June 2020 Protection Study by Lincoln Financial Group and CivicScience. Specif ically, the study found the pandemic has increased Americans’ concerns around having enough money saved for emergencies (39 percent), the impact of market volatilit y on their investments (30 percent), as well as having enough money for a comfortable retirement (29 percent).

“This year’s volatile market, along with the pandemic, has reinforced for many consumers just how important it is to have a well-rounded financial plan, one that can help weather these challenging times and set you up for success in the long-term,” said Jamie Ohl, executive vice president and president, Retirement Plan Services for Lincoln Financial Group. “Make it a priority to have open conversations about you r finances and your retirement goals with your loved ones so you can create a strategy to protect your future.”

Now is the perfect time to explore how to best protect against risk. Don’t get burned—apply SPF (Save, Protect, Fund)!

Here are five suggestions from Lincoln Financial on how consumers can create a more robust financial protection plan: • Fund the future. Life insurance can be more than just a death benefit, with some types of policies offering income replacement for unforeseen events. It can also protect your financial security from the impact of taxes, market volatility and longevity. It’s not just for individuals and families either, but businesses too.

• Protect your paycheck.

Go beyond health insurance and look at disability, accident and critical illness coverages, especially those available through your employer, to prevent income gaps and keep you from paying out of pocket for covered expenses.

• Add protection to your portfolio.

Consider diversifying your portfolio with an annuity. It can provide protected growth and monthly lifetime income for a portion of your portfolio – to help cover expenses in retirement and ensure you have a stream of income throughout retirement.

• Reimagine your retirement plan. As a result of the SECURE Act, in-plan guaranteed income options can serve as a powerful tool to protect savings during peri-

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C M SQ page 22 Y K STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, COUNTY OF HORRY, Civil Action Numbers: 2020-CP-26-04168, Ocean Bay Club; Plaintiff, vs. Ely Bar and The Personal Representative of the Estate of Shirley Bar, if any, whose name is unknown; and any children and heirs at law, distributees and devisees, and if any of the same be deceased, any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also all other persons entitled to claim unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real property described in the Complaint herein; any unknown adults being a class designated as JOHN DOE; any unknown minors or persons under disability or in the military service being a class designated as RICHARD ROE; Defendants SUMMONS (Non-Jury Foreclosure) TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office at 1271 Glenns Bay Road (physical address only), P.O. Box 14737 (mailing address), Surfside Beach, South Carolina 29587, and to file your answer in the office of the Clerk of Court for Horry County, all within thirty (30) days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for judgment by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint and a judgment will be rendered against you. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that the Plaintiff in this Action will move for an Order of Reference of that the Court may issue a general order of reference of this action to a Masterin-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53, of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem within thirty (30) days after such service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the morgagee immediately and separately and such appointment within thirty (30) days after service of the Summons and Complaint upon you. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 53(e) specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to South Carolina Appellate Court Rules, Rule 203(b)(4) and Rule 203(b)(1).

LIS PENDENS (Foreclosure) (Non-Jury) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in this court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants for Foreclosure of an Assessment Lien recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Horry County at Lien Book 256 at Page 1948. The premises covered and affected by the Assessment Lien were at the time of the making thereof, and at the time of the filing of this Notice, described as follows: APARTMENT (UNIT) NUMBER 1101 in OCEAN BAY CLUB HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME located in the Ocean Drive Section of North Myrtle Beach, County and State aforesaid, a horizontal property regime established pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Act (Section 27-31-10, et seq., S.C. Code Ann. (1976) as amended) by Master Deed dated October 22, 1997, as amended with appended By-laws and Exhibits including plat and plot plans which Master Deed including the By-laws and Exhibits are recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Horry County in Book 1985 at Page 530, et. seq., as amended. The Master Deed, By-Laws, plot plan and plat above-mentioned, and the records thereof, are incorporated herein and by this reference is made a part hereof. OCEANFRONT PROPERTY DISCLOSURE STATEMENT pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 48-39-330 (1988 Supp.), the Seller discloses to the Buyer that the property or a portion thereof is or may be subject to statutory regulation imposed by The South Carolina Coastal Zone Act of 1977, S.C. Code Ann., Sections 48-39-10 et. Seq., (1988 Supp.), as amended by The South Carolina Beach Management Act, S.C. Code Ann., Sections 48-39-270 et. Seq., (1988 Supp.) This being the identical property conveyed unto Ely Bar and Shirley Bar from Mohammad I. Javaid and Shamshad Javaid by deed dated February 11, 2004 and recorded February 17, 2004 in Deed Book 2697 at Page 1306, records for Horry County, South Carolina.

TMS #: 144-10-19-045, PIN#: 35607040332, PROPERTY ADDRESS: 201 South Ocean Boulevard, Unit 201, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582 NOTICE TO MINORS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY TO: THE INFANT DEFENDANTS OVER 14 YEARS OF AGE: TO: THE INFANT DEFENDANTS UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE: TO: THE PERSONS WITH WHOM SAID INFANT DEFENDANTS RESIDE: TO: THE DEFENDANTS UNDER DISABILITY AND TO THE COMMITTEES AND GUARDIANS OF SAID DEFENDANTS AND TO THE PERSONS WITH WHOM SAID DEFENDANTS RESIDE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, required and notified to apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem to represent you, or to represent said infant Defendants under fourteen (14) years of age, or to represent said Defendants under disability in this action, within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you, or if you fail to do so apply or file appropriate pleading, application will be made by the undersigned as attorney for Plaintiff herein for such appointment.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI Upon reading and filing of the Petition of the Plaintiff herein, for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem Nisi in these proceedings, it is ORDERED that Douglas M. Zayicek, Attorney-at-Law, be, and is hereby designated and appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for The Personal Representative of the Estate of Shirley Bar, if any, whose name is unknown; and any children and heirs at law, distributees and devisees, and if any of the same be deceased, any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also all other persons entitled to claim unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real property described in the Complaint herein; any unknown adults being a class designated as JOHN DOE; any unknown minors or persons under disability or in the military service being a class designated as RICHARD ROE, if any, or either of them or someone on their behalf. FURTHER ORDERED, that said The Personal Representative of the Estate of Shirley Bar, if any, whose name is unknown; and any children and heirs at law, distributees and devisees, and if any of the same be deceased, any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also all other persons entitled to claim unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real property described in the Complaint herein; any unknown adults being a class designated as JOHN DOE; any unknown minors or persons under disability or in the military service being a class designated as RICHARD ROE, or the persons with whom they reside, or any other person authorized to act for them, shall, within thirty (30) days, after the service of this Order upon them as herein provided, procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem. It is therefore, ORDERED, that this Order shall be served upon The Personal Representative of the Estate of Shirley Bar, if any, whose name is unknown; and any children and heirs at law, distributees and devisees, and if any of the same be deceased, any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also all other persons entitled to claim unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real property described in the Complaint herein; any unknown adults being a class designated as JOHN DOE; any unknown minors or persons under disability or in the military service being a class designated as RICHARD ROE, by publication of a copy of this Order in the Queens Chronicle, a newspaper of general circulation published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks. MOORE, JOHNSON & SARANITI LAW FIRM, P.A., Attorneys for the Plaintiff, Elizabeth J. Saraniti (SC Bar #16150), P.O. Box 14737, Surfside Beach, SC 29587-4737, (843) 650-9757; (843) 650-9747

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After nearly four months of solitude, the Queens County Farm Museum is opening its doors once again to the public and it’s hard to tell who is more excited: the visitors or the animals.

“From the moment that we closed Queens Farm to the public our organization began thinking about its reopening,” said Jennifer Walden Weprin, the farm’s executive director.

“We can only imagine that it was strange for our animals to only see our farmers and no visitors these last few months! Our flocks are quite friendly and are used to interacting with the public.”

In the early days of the pandemic, the Queens Farm offered digital programming to keep its audience engaged with nature and its animals, but since reopening on Aug. 2, the 323-year-old farm offers the opportunity for visitors to physically connect with the facility — though the petting zoo is indefinitely closed in compliance with COVID-19 safety guidelines, visitors can hand-feed some of the farm animals, an experience that can act as a form of therapy during a stressful time.

“In these times of social distancing, observing our sheep, goats, alpacas, steer and hens offers connection and calm. It’s hard not to smile when visiting with them,” said Weprin. “Studies have shown that time spent in nature can help relieve stress and anxiety. After weeks of quarantine and social distancing, it does seem as though people are seeking time spent outdoors and the farm’s environs can offer this support.”

The Queens Farm made some small changes to adapt to the pandemic era, such as implementing one-way traffic inside its buildings and taking the temperature of each individual upon entering, for the safety of visitors, farmers and animals, but many of its famous characteristics remain the same — its on-site farmstand opened July 8.

T h e f a r m g r o w s o ve r 2 0 0 v a r i e t i e s of f r u i t s , veg e t a b l e s a n d h e r b s u s i ng sustainable, organic-style farming methods.

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David Stephen Caruso was born in Queens on Jan. 7, 1956 to Charles and Joan Caruso. Charles was a magazine and newspaper editor and Joan a librarian. Two years later a sister was born named Joyce. Charles decided to leave the marriage and David had to “father himself,” as he later put it, during his childhood. The family moved into the three-story 36-apartment Electchester Co-op at 162-01 71 Ave. in Fresh Meadows.

David graduated Archbishop Molloy High School in 1974. Working as a movie usher he saw many movies each week and studied and learned from the actors on the screen. In 1976, he got his first part, as a bellhop in the TV soap opera “Ryan’s Hope.” However, it wasn’t until the 1982 movie “An Officer and a Gentleman” that he got noticed. The family now had the funds to buy a 1920 classic home at 56 Ingram St. in Forest Hills Gardens.

David became a household name in the early ’90s in “NYPD Blue” and later “CSI Miami.” His sister, Joyce, became successful as a Fox News producer.

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Carl Bartlett Jr. was drawn by the sometimes subtle power of a saxophone at a young age.

“I was 11 when I first picked up a saxophone,” he said. “My father played it, so I wanted to play it too. Three years later I began to play jazz.”

His love of music led the Cambria Heights native and St. Albans resident to become a composer, performer and middle school music teacher in the Bronx.

But about two years ago — long before the COVID-19 pandemic — he decided that music could help people relax and cope with the stress in their daily lives.

On Aug. 15 — National Relaxation Day — Bartlett will introduce the website serenenewyousax.com, where he will offer original compositions written with relaxation in mind. The first track will be a

‘Serene New You Sax’ When: Sat., Aug. 15, National Relaxation Day Where: serenenewyousax.com Cost: $10; $15 after Aug. 19

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“No packages to wait for,” he said.

The first five days get the buyer a 33 percent discount, while those ordering on the 15th also get a free selection of photos Bartlett shot himself of images he feels will foster a sense of serenity, good for wallpaper for desktops, laptops and tablets.

While he believes people today are in need of good music to help with difficult times, a pandemic was the furthest thing from his mind when Bartlett decided he wanted to create a business to bring a sense of stress and anxiety relief to people through his music.

“In about 2018, I keyed in on a news story that said people needed a way to manage their stress and anxiety in their lives in their homes, at their jobs, wherever,” Bartlett, 38, told the Chronicle in a telephone interview. “That really affected me ... I just wanted to help people out as much as I could.”

Some of the offerings, he said, will be a single saxophone while others will be layered with other instruments added. All will be original compositions.

“I’m the composer, the arranger and the musician,” he said with chuckle. “The only

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The soothing, healing powers of music

Queens native Carl Bartlett Jr. wants to bring soothing jazz works to people as a PHOTO BY BUZZ B means of relieving stress large or small in their lives. thing I didn’t do was studio technician. I went to a very good place in Manhattan for that.”

He said there is no one creative process, but that he very often will hear a melody or harmony in his head.

“I’ll put down the chords,” he said, “then build the rest around them.”

It is a process that has won him acclaim

from his peers. In 2015 he took first in the United States and second in the world in the jazz category of the International Songwriting Competition for his work “Quantam Leaps (And Bounds).” The competition that year had 18,500 entries from 120 countries.

Bartlett’s influences and his CD rack include the likes of Charlie Parker, John ColQ trane, Sonny Stitt and Joshua Redman.

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cal as people are looking for fresh, hyperlocal food,” said Weprin, adding that the farm donated 600 dozen eggs and 1,300 pounds of produce to a Flushing food pantry.

Although it’s not accessible beyond its fence, the farm’s growing and colorful apiary can be viewed by visitors. The beehive, located near the farm’s compost corner, is expected to be completed in the fall, at which point it will hold 50 beehives and over two million bees, and increase the farm’s production of honey to about 3,000 pounds a year. The project, done in partnership with Cornell University’s Dyce Lab for Honey Bee Studies and beekeeper Andrew Coté, will create the largest single apiary in New York City.

Also not accessible until the fall but available for viewing is the 3-acre cornfield that will become the Amazing Maize Maze come autumn, which isn’t too far away — the maze will open Sunday, Sept. 13, and run Fridays through Sundays until Oct. 31.

Though the fall and the farm’s upcoming events don’t seem so far away, Weprin and the other farm staff are relishing in the last few weeks of summer and finally being able

Though the petting zoo is closed for now, young visitors are still encouraged to feed the goats at the Queens County Farm Museum. On the cover: Jethro, one of the farm’s PHOTOS BY KATHERINE DONLEVY two steers, munches on his dinner. to spend it with their visitors.

“Now that New York State metrics allow New York City to carefully reopen, Queens Farm’s 47-acre historic site can serve as a refuge. It’s so beautiful on the farm now – the sunflowers look gorgeous, and the

3-acre corn maze is growing tall and strong!” said Weprin.

For more information on Queens County Farm Museum events, program details and COVID-19 safety guidelines, call (718) 347Q 3276 or visit queensfarm.org

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“Our community looks forward to our seasonal farmstand. Growing food for our local community is an important part of the farm’s mission and now it’s even more criti-

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 06-26-2020, bearing Index Number NC-000264-20/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) ENIOLA (Middle) ELIZABETH (Last) OLALEKAN. My present name is (First) ELIZABETH (Middle) ENIOLA (Last) OLALEKAN AKA ENIOLA ELIZABETH OLALEKAN (infant).

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 07-29-2020, bearing Index Number NC-000375-20/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) CHARLES (Last) RODGERS EL. My present name is (First) CHARLES (Middle) EDWARD (Last) RODGERS (Seniority) JR AKA JR CHARLES E RODGERS AKA CHARLES RODGERS JR AKA CHARLES EDWARD RODGERS AKA CHARLES E RODGERS JR. The city and state of my present address are LAURELTON, NY. My place of birth is BROOKLYN, NY. The month and year of my birth are November 1970 Assume the name of (First) PATRICIA (Last) RODGERS EL. My present name is (First) PERTRICIA (Last) BRYAN AKA PATRICIA BRYAN AKA PATRICIA RODGERS. The city and state of my present address are LAURELTON, NY. My place of birth is BROOKLYN, NY. The month and year of my birth are December 1972. Assume the name of (First) COLLIN (Last) RODGERS EL. My first name is (First) YE MAJESTY (Middle) COLLIN MATTHEW (Last) RODGERS AKA YEMAJESTY COLLIN MATTHEW RODGERS AKA COLLIN RODGERS (infant). The city and state of my present address are LAURELTON, NY. My place of birth is NORH HEMPSTEAD, NY. The month and year of my birth are April 2004.

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Notice of Formation of That’s Nuts! LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/13/2020. 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: THAT’S NUTS! LLC, 3076 45TH ST., APT 8, ASTORIA, NY 11103. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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PSAL postponement: COVID stops sports HS athletics will not start on time for fall sports when school resumes

by David Russell Associate Editor

The Public Schools Athletic League announced last Friday that the fall season is postponed because of the pandemic.

“While we are anxious to reconvene PSAL activities, safeguarding the health and safety of our athletes is our top priority and sports programming will not return until it is safe to do so,” the league said in a statement posted on its website, adding that the Department of Education will monitor city, state and health officials’ updates to determine an appropriate return date.

Cardozo High School boys basketball coach Ron Naclerio called the decision “common sense.”

He said he’s praying that the PSAL will follow the lead of the California Interscholastic Federation and push fall sports back to the spring.

“These are unprecedented times and you need to have unprecedented solutions,” he said, noting that two-sport athletes would be negatively impacted.

He would rather see it “done right” than cramming to have an abbreviated six-week season. Naclerio also misses seeing his players and fellow coaches.

“I have no biological family,” he said. “Cardozo basketball is my family and now I can’t

see them. Now I’m losing my mind.”

Cardozo guard Andrew Laing is entering his senior season and is looking to impress college coaches in hopes of receiving a scholarship offer.

“It’s like a statement year for me,” he said.

Laing found a positive in the situation, noting that it gives him more time to “work, train and get better. That’s the upside.”

He’s been lifting weights at home and honing his basketball skills at different parks. When the city removed rims from public courts to help discourage people from going out, Laing’s mother bought him a hoop for the backyard.

“Nobody thought something like this would happen,” he said.

Forest Hills High School basketball head coach Ben Chobhaphand also agreed with the PSAL’s decision.

“Delayed is better than canceled,” he said, joking that the PSAL can pick up a bubble site for all the games to be played in like the NBA has done.

Chobhaphand believes outdoor sports will be easier to resume.

“I don’t know about high school basketball yet,” he said.

During the summer, Chobhaphand has been spending more time with his family and watching the WNBA, which he praised as “meticulous and organized.” The NBA, by comparison,

Adam Achehboune is one of thousands of students in the city whose playing career is uncer tain as the Public Schools Athletic League announced the fall season is postCOURTESY PHOTO poned due to the pandemic. is more about individual talent taking over games, in his opinion.

“The kids think that’s basketball,” Chobhaphand said. “That’s not basketball.”

Adam Achehboune is entering his senior season at Forest Hills and wants to play.

“It’s the year to do what we are supposed to do,” said the center and power forward.

The Rangers went 12-4, good enough for first place in the division last season.

“Our team is filled with a lot of good guys,” Achehboune said. “If we have a season, we could go really far and take the whole thing.”

He would get to the park early in the morning to exercise and work on his basketball skills but even that was complicated when the rims were removed.

“That really sucked,” Achehboune said. “I was looking forward to at least working out.

That was the only place I could play ball.”

Without a season, college coaches will have to look at previous seasons to determine how good a player is.

“If he struggled it may not reflect well,” Achehboune said.

The spring season was cut short when all PSAL activities were suspended on March 12, including games, practices, try-outs and special events as the coronavirus crisis spread rapidly in New York.

Campus Magnet High School volleyball coach Neil Griffenberg is looking forward to the return of sports, saying the student-athletes need activities and exercise.

“It’s also all the positive things they learn: teamwork, responsibility, leadership,” the CamQ bria Heights coach said.

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Bernie Madoff scandal, and didn’t even make Reyes a token offer to stay. Reyes winds up with a very respectable career batting average of .283 and will remain one of the most exciting players to ever wear a Mets uniform. Expect him to be inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame one day.

Getting back to Cespedes, last Monday Daily News Mets beat writer Deesha Thosar accused Mets public relations of botching the way news of his disappearance was handled. Thosar pointed out how team general manager Brodie Van Wagenen issued a press release in the fourth inning of the Sunday game against the Atlanta Braves simply saying Cespedes was not at Truist Park and had failed to notify anyone about his absence. Making matters worse, Van Wagenen waited until the postgame press conference to inform everyone Cespedes’ agent texted him hours earlier to say he was opting out of his contract because of COVID-19 concerns.

Thosar is right in stating the public wasn’t properly apprised about the Cespedes mystery as it was unfolding but in my opinion she’s blaming the messengers instead of the actual decisionmaker. Given Cespedes’ prominence and high salary, my educated guess is Mets Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wilpon was directing the flow of news on this issue, not Van Wagenen or the Mets’ media relations department.

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Jose Reyes, whom most would consider to be the best shortstop in Mets history, announced his retirement last week. Many missed this news because it was overshadowed by the Yoenis Cespedes AWOL drama in Atlanta.

Granted, it seemed to be a foregone conclusion since Reyes did not play in the major leagues in 2019 following a disappointing 2018 season when he batted .189 for the Mets.

I have met few people in life who are as upbeat and optimistic as Reyes. No matter how badly he was performing he always had a smile and would tell you he was confident he would turn things around. He had a miserable first half in 2017 but became one of the Mets’ best hitters following the All-Star break. Alas that magic couldn’t be repeated the following year.

Reyes was still hopeful some team would invite him to spring training this year but that didn’t happen. My guess is he smartly came to the conclusion playing baseball during the pandemic was not a good idea for a guy who is 37 years old and has a family.

The biggest regret for Reyes and Mets fans is that he couldn’t play his entire career in Flushing. He became a very desired free agent following the 2011 season when he was the National League batting champ. The Mets ownership family, the Wilpons, were in the midst of the

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• Lindenwood • Spacious Two BR One bath Cooperative in desirable complex. This home has an open living room/dining area layout. King-size master bedroom and full-size second. Overhead lights have been installed throughout the apartment. Good Closet space. Maintenance Includes All Utilities: Heat, Hot Water, Cooking Gas, Electric, And RE Taxes. Base Maint: $812.51, Guard Fee’s: $35.00; appliances; $8.00; AC’s $36.00; Total = $891.51. Flip tax/ waiver of option is $32.00 per share / 310 shares. Building Features Laundry In Lobby Level; Storage Room (fee), fitness room (fee) New Video Intercom & Buzzer Vestibule Entrance; Park Benches Thru-Out Grounds and children’s playground. Near Lindenwood shopping center; Express bus to Midtown; public bus & expressway.

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• Woodhaven • This home is located on a lovely tree-lined block in Woodhaven North. It has that old-style charm featuring beautiful stained glass windows, parkay wood floors, solid wood banisters. Attic has 2 BRs with heat & full bath & laundry shoot to basement.

The windows are 3 years old, roof is 10 years old and there is a brand-new garage door. Private driveway, 1st floor is fully alarmed with 4 cameras. Totally detached 1 Family in a R3X zoning.

Rooms are large & home has lots of space. Close to Jamaica Avenue, shops & J Train

$518K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

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Asking $588K

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718-845-1136 Mint Cape on 50X100. Featuring 4 BRs, 3 full baths. Partial dormer, extended family room, finished bsmt. and garage.

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OZONE PARK/TUDOR VILLAGE

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Hi-Ranch on 40x100 lot, 4 BRs/3 full baths, Vinyl siding with brick front, Andersen windows, HiHats, tiled floors, new carpeting in BRs, security cameras, alarm system, freshly painted, mechanics all updated, heated spa & in-ground pool, brick patio, CAC, rollout awning $899K

Mint 1 family brick Colonial, 3 BR/ 1 bath cathedral ceilings, updated kitchen, access to paved pvt yard, pavers front & back, community drive with pvt driveway & 1 car garage, one yr old gas furnace & hot water heater, 7 yr old roof, Andersen windows, ceiling fans, washer/ dryer room.

Asking $619K

HOWARD BEACH

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CO-OPS & CONDOS FOR SALE

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HOWARD BEACH Cross Bay Blvd., 2nd fl., 350 sq. ft. ............$1,500/mo., plus heat & electric Both good for attorney, mortgage company,

Garden 3 BRs, 1 bath, Needs TLC $224K Hi-Rise Mint 2 BRs, 2 baths, terrace ............................................$305K Mint Garden 3 BRs, 1 full bath, dogs allowed under 35 lbs., washer dryer & dishwasher .................................. $319K Deluxe Mint Garden 3 BR converted to 2, granite & S.S. Appliances, wine fridge, hi-hats, claw ft. tub, parking spot available immediately ......... Asking $359K

HAMILTON BEACH LAND FOR SALE Lovely High-Ranch (well taken care of) 5 BRs, 2 full baths, on 40x100.

Priced to sell. $789K

Deeded indoor Garage parking space and large private storage room. This home is bright, sunny and well maintained. Open flow of living room / dining room space into the kitchen. The master bedroom is 15’ x 15’ with an ensuite bathroom; and there is another full bath outside of the second bedroom. This Building has two outdoor common areas, and laundry in the building. Close proximity to Metropolitan Avenue shopping, transportation, and Juniper Valley Park.

Low monthly common charge of $434.74 includes heat, hot water, and cooking gas. Pet Friendly building.

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1 Fam Colonial 3 BR/ 2 full bath, 20x100 lot, 9 ft ceilings, skylight in bath, tall kitchen wood cabs, basement inc LG storage room, LG patio off

• Lindenwood • L-Shaped Alcove Studio Cooperative. *Studio Can Easily Be Converted To A Small Private One Bedroom. Renovated Unit With Lot’s Of Natural Light; & Good Closet/Storage Space. Laundry In Building. Intercom & Buzzer Vestibule Entrance.

Park Benches Throughout Common Grounds.

Located Near Shopping Center; Park And Express Bus To Midtown NY. Low Flip Tax, $5.00/Share, 165 Shares. Monthly Maintenance is $532.77, Security: $14.00, Assessment: $21.66, Assessment: $11.12= $579.55. includes heat, hot water, cooking gas and real estate taxes.

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Colonial 2 BR, 1 bath, 20x100 lot.

Prime Location Two Bedroom, Two Bath Condominium In Middle Village. Includes

19X141, Low Taxes - $1,703.96 R3-A Zoning allows 1 to 2 family dwelling / + water rights

New bulkhead/new double docks, spectacular view, Must See! all new interior.

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Mint AAA Corner High- Lovely all brick, wellmaintained home. 3 BRs, Ranch, 4 BRs, 2 new full 2 full baths. baths. $869K Asking $789K

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• Lindenwood • Welcome home to this spacious Co-op in Howard Beach.

This move in ready unit features 1000 square feet of living space with a modern kitchen that includes custom Thomasville cabinets, stainless steel appliances & granite counters.

There are 2 large bedrooms, 2 full renovated baths and spacious closets for lots of storage. There’s also an extra large terrace, perfect for relaxing in your own private space. Conveniently located near shopping, stores, schools, highways, Q41, Q21 & express bus to Midtown Manhattan. Maint. includes heat, water, gas and taxes. Electric & cable separate.

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