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A city snapshot of storefront vacancies Challenges for small business vary from one neighborhood to another

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he Department of City Planning last week released a 61-page study on storefront business vacancies in the five boroughs, presenting data and snapshots from 24 communities, including Astoria, Jackson Heights and Laurelton in Queens.

Both the city’s study and an informal canvass by the Chronicle reached almost identical conclusions — the challenges for small business are more complicated and more numerous than just rising rents.

“Many individual storefront businesses have conveyed concerns about a changing retail environment, and about the challenges and uncertainty they face, including factors such as shifting consumer habits, taxes, rents, and complex business and land use regulations,” the DCP report states.

“However, this study finds that there is no single dominant trend in retail in New York City,” it states. “All these factors have different effects in corridors across the city.”

The city report, which takes into account only street-level businesses, breaks stores in corridors down as occupied, vacant and available, or vacant with construction or a tenant coming soon. Only vacant and available properties were counted by the city as vacant.

And, like the Chronicle’s less scientific survey, the reasons other than rent can depend on whom and where you ask.

Vito Serra has owned Mike’s Meat Market on Merrick Boulevard in Laurelton for 30 years.

“It goes back a lot longer,” he said behind a counter that has not only traditional market and deli fare, but ethnic specialties both fresh and packaged that one would not likely find in a

Vito Serra, owner of Mike’s Meat Market in Laurelton, has stayed open for 30 years by knowing his customers — and PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON adapting with the times. chain supermarket.

“It’s knowing your customers,” Serra said.

The city studied Merrick Boulevard in Laurelton from Springfield Boulevard to 235th Street, finding an 8.3 percent vacancy rate. Serra said small businesses are continuously forced to adjust to the times.

“I think Amazon and Walmart are trying to kill each other, and while they do that they’re killing small businesses,” he said.

He also said food delivery apps are hurting some businesses, and in ways that puzzle him.

“People who talk to me about a difference of 5 cents per pound on an item at a place down the street are paying a $10 delivery charge for a pizza that costs $10,” he said. “They’re paying a $10 delivery charge for a bucket of chicken that costs $8.”

The city survey places business strips in Laurelton, Jackson Heights and Astoria in the category of local stable corridors, as opposed to hot or underperforming corridors.

The Astoria study consisted of Broadway from Crescent Drive across Steinway Street to Newtown Road; 30th Avenue from Crescent to just past Steinway; and Steinway from 35th Avenue to Astoria Boulevard.

Astoria, the report said on page 21, has an overall vacancy rate of 9.5 percent; but Steinway between 30th Avenue and Broadway, “Historically known as ‘the city’s largest department store,’” has a vacancy rate of 18.1 percent, a sign of the changing markets and shopping habits for so-called “dry retail.”

“Meanwhile, 30th Ave., with a 7.5 percent vacancy rate, has become a restaurant corridor, with businesses following one another, increasing foot traffic,” the DCP writes.

One business along that corridor is the Fusion Mini Market, a shop offering fresh, prepared and packaged organic food.

Owner Florentino Ortega is a veteran of the business, and has had his 30th Avenue store for two years. Unlike pizzeria owners, Ortega said, most organic food proprietors in the city don’t yet have to worry about a competitor on the corner or just up the street. He also says rent isn’t that bad for the market.

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A helping hand for Howard Beach park Charles Park’s problems coming to a head. Can we help? city asks

by Michael Shain Editor

Can things be looking up for long-neglected Charles Park, the neighborhood playground and ball field at the foot of Old Howard Beach under federal jurisdiction?

Complaints about the condition and safety of the park on 165th Avenue between 95th and 99th streets are nearly as old as the park itself, which was put under the control of the National Park Service in 1972.

Cou ncilman Er ic Ulr ich (R-Ozone Park) and the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conser vancy are expected soon to put the final t ouche s on a package of f i n a n c i a l a id for t he pa rk , about $55,000 in all, to fix up the entrance and install plants along paths and near the beach.

If the amount does not seem significant at first glance, it is the direction the money is flowing — from local government to a federal agency — that is unusual.

“That park has to fight for every penny,” said state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach).

“They are fighting for the same

pool of money that goes to the St at ue of Liber t y a nd ever y national park in the country.”

Like a f ly ball that falls b et we e n out f ielde r s , who is responsible for Charles Park has been something of an unanswered question.

“It’s a neighborhood park under the jurisdiction of the federal gover n ment,” said Bet t y Braton, chairwoman of Community Board 10. “They don’t really know what to do with it. They know how to handle a big thing like the wildlife sanctuary, but they can’t figure out how to take care of a little neighborhood park.”

Charles Park and nearby Ha m ilton B e a ch Pa r k were ceded to the NPS by the city nearly a half century ago when Congress created the Gateway National Recreation Area out of land on Jamaica Bay, Staten Island, the Jersey shore and the adjacent waters.

Regular visitors and those who live nearby have been filling up the Howard Beach Facebook pages in recent weeks with complaints about trash in the park, cars pulling up onto the paths inside it and

Charles Park in Old Howard Beach, above, has never been a priority for the National Park Service, which is charge of it. Local residents complain authorities aren’t around to enforce rules against launching jet skis, left, from park PHOTO, ABOVE, BY MICHAEL SHAIN; LEFT, LISA CAUSI beaches. the beaches — which permit fishing only — being used to launch boats and jet skis.

“If it was a city park,” said Addabbo, “we’d have a lot more NYPD patrols.”

But he b el ieve s N PS h a s reached a point where it is willing to accept more outside aid.

Ulrich and the Jamaica BayRockaway Parks Conser vancy staged a walk-through of Charles Park with NPS officials last May, making a checklist of needs, including new paint on the handball courts and a repurposing of the horseshoe pits.

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The death of Sivananaintha Perumal, a muchliked Dunkin’ Donuts worker, is sparking an unusual community protest.

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At the spot on Woodhaven Boulevard where a Dunkin’ Donuts worker was struck and killed by a car police said was travelling at 92 mph, an unusual midnight march is being organized to persuade drivers to slow down.

David Garcia, 26, of Woodhaven, who was arrested in the hit-and-run death of Sivananaintha Perumal, 54, during the early morning hours of July 25, was free on $100,000 bail this week.

Prosecutors have charged him with vehicular manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident and reckless driving.

After a court appearance Tuesday, Garcia’s lawyer, Todd Greenburg, called his client “a decent young man” and said he was preparing to “work it out as soon as possible” to resolve the case.

“On behalf of Mr. Garcia and his family, I wanted to express their extreme remorse and deepest sympathy to the deceased man’s family,” he said.

The 2019 BMW registered in Connecticut that police say Garcia was driving belonged to a friend, according to the lawyer.

Police say they have surveillance video of the crash that killed Perumal, an Indian immigrant living in Richmond Hill and a well-known figure at the doughnut store in Howard Beach, where he’d worked for more than 10 years.

Garcia is due back in court next month.

Perumal’s death was the latest in a number of fatalities on Woodhaven Boulevard, one of the major north-south roads in central Queens.

Meanwhile, Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society Executive Director Ed Wendell, a longtime proponent for stricter traf-

fic enforcement on the boulevard, began this week to organize an unusual protest.

Starting Friday at 11 p.m., members of his group plan to carry signs to Woodhaven and 91st Avenue, site of the hit-and-run, urging drivers to slow down.

“We’re going to wait until the cars stop at the light and walk out into the crosswalk with our signs,” he told the Chronicle.

“We want to spell out, in a simple message, that a man was killed right here by a car going 92 mph.

“We think sending that message to drivers will really help.”

The group decided to stage the protest late at night “because that seems to be when the accidents happen,” he said.

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Kids take off the training wheels Community Bike Education Center opens at Victory Field in Forest Park

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The Community Bike Education Center at Victory Field in Forest Park was christened last Saturday with a class for children ready to ride on two wheels for the first time.

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) said he learned to ride in the street as an 8-year-old “when not that many cars were around.”

“Once you learn how to ride a bike, you’ll never forget,” Holden said. “I can still do it.

I think I can.”

The lawmaker also noted the importance of safety.

“How to ride a bike safely in New York City is a challenge,” he said. “We know that ... but we want to ride in protected bike lanes, obviously. And we want to have safe riding and helmets.”

Ken Podziba, president and CEO of Bike New York, which operates the center, said the organization’s goal is to “empower New Yorkers to live healthier, more active and

productive lives.”

“I expect to see a lot of new young riders riding safely on the streets of New York City,” Podziba said. “You’re our generation of next riders.”

Holden asked how many of the kids were able to ride two-wheelers, garnering no reaction. But when Podziba asked how many were going to learn Saturday, they all raised their hands.

Kevin Tschirhart, chief of staff for Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), told the children that learning to ride a bike is the first bit of freedom and independence they are able to experience.

“Once you learn, you go out with your friends,” he said. “The parents aren’t there, just you and your friends.”

Tschirhart added, “I think that’s really exciting for you guys.”

There are 14 Bike New York locations in the city including three in Queens: Forest Park, Flushing YMCA and Flushing MeadQ ows-Corona Park.

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Luciano Messina, above, has grown tomatoes in the side yard of his Howard Beach home every summer for the last 20 years.

“But never like this,” he said this week standing in the shade of a grape tomato plant the stretches up to his second-floor bedroom window.

The plant is growing so fast — 120 inches at last measure — that Messina had to borrow PVC pipes from the plumber who

lives next door to extend the stakes.

Messina, a property manager, claims no secret growing methods, but believes the yard’s stony soil may be the key.

Ten-foot tomato plants are rare, but not unheard of. A Google search found a Tucson, Ariz. man who grew one last year, and a couple in Forsyth, Ga. did it this summer.

As for the tomatoes Messina’s plant is producing, “we eat a lot salad,” he said.

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Katz seeks new backpacks Borough President Melinda Katz is again collecting new backpacks and school supplies this month for needy students.

It is the sixth year Katz’s office has joined with the Coaltion for Homeless for “Project: Back to School.”

“According to the Coalition for the Homeless, nearly 115,000 New York City schoolchildren experienced homelessness at some point last year,” said Katz. “Let’s make sure all kids have a chance to get the school year off to a good start with the supplies they need.”

The organizers are looking for No. 2 pencils, pencil cases and sharpeners, 24-count boxes of crayons, colored pencils, washable markers, Elmer’s glue, glue sticks, composition notebooks, binders, ruled paper, safety scissors, pocket folders and scientific calculators, as well as new backpacks.

Drop-off boxes have been set up in the lobby of Borough Hall, located at 120-55 Queens Blvd. in Kew Gardens, to accept donations.

The drive began this week and will be looking for donations though Aug.28. Q

Kevin Tschirhart, top left, chief of staff for Councilman Eric Ulrich, Ken Podziba, president and CEO of Bike New York, Councilman Bob Holden and Jessica Schabowski, Queens borough director of Community Affairs at the Mayor’s Office, cut the ribbon last Saturday at Victory Field in Forest Park PHOTOS BY DAVID RUSSELL for a new Community Bike Education Center as kids got ready to ride.

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Brooklyn diocese could file for Ch. 11 Child Victims Act opens floodgate to lawsuits church cannot pay

by Michael Shain Editor

An unknown number of victims of child sex abuse this week got the chance to bring their case to court under a new state law that went into effect on Wednesday.

The predicted onslaught of lawsuits could be so large that the bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn said it may have to f ile for bankruptcy.

One Manhattan law firm announced Wednesday morning it had begun action on behalf of 170 sex-abuse victims against the Catholic Church in several New York dioceses.

The Child Victims Act, signed into law last spring by Gov. Cuomo, created a one-time only, one year “look back” window for the adult victims of sex abuse who were precluded from suing by statutes of limitation that were already on the books.

“We do not know how many lawsuits we will face during this window period, and if we will have to declare bankruptcy as a result,” Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio wrote in an open letter in the current issue of The Tablet, the church’s official newspaper.

“What we do know is that litigation can be a lengthy endeavor,” he wrote.

Dioceses in at least seven cities have declared Chapter 11 bankruptcies since 2004 because they could not handle the financial

Several dioceses in the Midwest and on the West Coast have filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy in the recent past to protect school funds and ensure that sex abuse cases are settled in bankruptcy PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN court. strain of legal settlements and jury awards to the victims of priest abuse.

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with multimillion judgments.

Once the courts approve a petition for Chapter 11 protection, it means that all settlements have to be worked out and approved in federal bankruptcy court.

The dioceses said bankruptcy was necessary to protect school funds and trusts.

Money held by the separate parishes did not belong to the dioceses and should not be subject to jury awards, they argued.

In some cases, it allowed the dioceses to set aside a compensation fund from which all claims were paid, protecting the church’s other assets.

“To date, the [church] has settled claims with nearly 500 victims of the Diocese of Brooklyn,” DiMarzio said.

“The diocese has paid settlements by selling and mortgaging properties. None of the money used has come from donations.

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Turbans, beards, hijabs, no problem Law prohibiting job discrimination based on religious garb is signed

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A law prohibiting job discrimination on the basis of religious garb seemed so in keeping with life in multicultural New York, most legislators always figured there had to be one on the books already.

But that turned out not to be the case.

When a turban-wearing Sikh motorman was pulled off the job because, in the months following 9/11, some subway riders thought he was a terrorist, Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) said he was “shocked” to find out the motorman had no legal rights to stop the move.

Last Friday, leaders of religious minorities hailed Gov. Cuomo for finally signing into law a bill that penalizes employers who refuse to hire or promote workers based solely on their clothes, beards or head covering.

Weprin, who’d introduced the bill in the Assembly for eight years in a row, only to see it die in the state Senate, was the driving force behind the passage.

Surrounded by leaders of several Sikh and Muslim civic groups as well as other lawmakers from Queens, Weprin held a news conference earlier this week to call the new law “historic” and promote its effective date of Oct. 9.

“Today we celebrate a great victory

against hate and discrimination,” he said.

“Finally, in a state as diverse as ours, people of faith no longer have to choose between their religion and their jobs,” said Weprin.

“This is one of those pieces of legislation that you have to ask yourself: ‘How is this not a law already?’” said Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal (D-Flushing).

Weprin credited state Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside) with getting the bill the last mile through the Senate.

“The Sikh community, who has routinely encountered discrimination for their turbans and facial hair, no longer has to accept this outright bias, as a part of their everyday lives,” said Liu. “Especially now, where bigotry is at a fever pitch in our country, New York must stand united and lead in our tolerance and inclusion of people of all faiths.”

Liu was among a group of new lawmakers elected last November who returned control of the Senate to the Democrats.

Under Republican control, the religious garb bill never came up for a vote.

Hasidic Jews, hijab-wearing Muslim women, Sikhs and other minorities have said they have been told they must choose between the dictates of their faith and finding a job in their chosen fields because of their appearance.

Dr. Neeta Jain, a Queens County Democratic Party district leader, psychologist and

At the Sikh Cultural Society in Richmond Hill, Assemblymen David Weprin, left, and Daniel Rosenthal took a victory lap after Gov. Cuomo signed a new civil rights law covering faith-dictatPHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN ed dress. Weprin had been pushing for the measure since 2011. the only woman of Indian origin to hold a party post in the borough, spoke of the protections the new law will provide to a broad range of people who may not conform with Western sartorial customs.

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P Paid time off not city’s call EDITORIAL

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ut on the presidential campaign trail, Mayor de Blasio is touting his proposal to require all businesses in the city with more than five employees to provide their workers with two weeks’ paid time off. It’s an idea he offered in his State of the City address back in January, and now it’s part of his campaign’s “Workers’ Bill of Rights.”

“We’re going to pass a law in New York this year, two weeks paid vacation for every working person,” de Blasio recently said on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”

But Speaker Corey Johnson, who unlike the mayor treats his position as a full-time job, is hesitant on making any such law apply to small businesses — much less those with only five workers, such as many mom-and-pop shops.

“If payroll costs are going to go up and small businesses are still seeing very large rent increases, they’re seeing all of these costs that aren’t going down, how are we going to do it in a way that’s not going to adversely affect small

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businesses?” Johnson was quoted by the Daily News as saying. “I think bigger businesses could figure out a way to absorb this.”

We’d prefer that no business be forced by the city to provide paid time off. One, that’s too much micromanagement on the part of the city and two, those that can afford it should be doing it already. No doubt most are. Large companies offer generous benefits in order to attract talent.

And many smaller ones do, too — they want to get high-quality workers and not see them go to the competition. It’s in their best interests.

As we’ve said before, the quintessential mom-and-pop shop in Queens and elsewhere is under relentless financial pressure from everything from increasing regulations to rising rents and other costs and, certainly here, shifting demographics and changing tastes. The last thing they need is another costly mandate like this. Paid time off should be a matter between an employee and his or her employer, and union when applicable. It’s not for the city to decide.

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Woodhaven Blvd. worse Dear Editor: Re “Struggling to tame Woodhaven Blvd.,” Aug. 1, multiple editions: I’ve lived in Woodhaven for the past 50 years. Since they changed lanes, took away lanes, extended curbs with red dots, put in bus lanes and changed the lights and turning lanes and lights, it seems like there have been more accidents on Jamaica Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard in the past year than there were in 50 years.

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Woodhaven has become very dirty, too.

A very dissatisfied taxpaying, law-abiding citizen.

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all these deaths but common sense dictates that wearing a helmet can considerably increase your chances to survive in a traffic accident.

Nevertheless, only about two-fifths of cyclists wear helmets.

Almost 22 years ago, I was injured in a hitand-run accident while riding a bicycle on 108th Street in Queens. I got a serious head trauma because I was not wearing a helmet. After that accident, I contacted my elected officials asking them to write a proposal making wearing a helmet mandatory for bicyclists of all ages (currently, only children 14 years old and younger have to wear helmets). Unfortunately, nobody responded to my request.

Source: An article published in a recent edition of The Forest Hills/Rego Park Times newspaper (“Study provides details about cycling culture,” June 27, 2019) states,” Only about twofifths of cyclists wear helmets.”

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located. (Eighty-seven percent of Queens Success students are black or Hispanic; only 1 percent are white.)

Now, however, Success is outgrowing its space and needs a new middle school to accommodate all its kids about to finish elementary school. But the Department of Education under Mayor de Blasio, a friend of the teachers union, which is no friend of charter schools, is failing to provide it.

And it’s doing that even though there are at least five buildings in the area with at least 500 empty seats. The result, Moskowitz says, is that 200 Success students could be forced back into traditional schools in 2020, in districts where failure is rampant.

The city should stop delaying and give these Success Academy students the space they need to grow, now.

CUNY risks its academic rep Dear Editor: As a CUNY alum (Queens College, BA 1962), I’m disturbed by the decision of CUNY Chancellor (and former QC President) Felix Matos Rodriguez to stop testing new students to determine if they need remedial courses in order to do college-level work (New York Post, Aug. 5, “CUNY’s Giant Step Back”). That’s like saying: “Don’t raise the bridge, lower the water.”

Why do so many community college students need remedial courses? Because CUNY is committed to accepting all New York City high school grads who apply, regardless of their grades, Regents scores, SAT scores or other metrics for academic success. That’s a return to the 1970s open enrollment folly that nearly destroyed CUNY’s academic reputation and made its diplomas not worth the paper they’re printed on. Alums, faculty and concerned stu-

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dents must protest policies that put diversity ahead of academic discipline and sacrifice CUNY’s integrity on the altar of political correctness.

Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

Justice for sex abuse Dear Editor: Now that the state has lifted the statute of limitation laws regarding the amount of time those who were victims of sexual abuse and molestation will have to file a claim in court the floodgates have finally been opened, and thousands of people who were either sexually abused or molested will finally get their day in court.

Every organization, ranging from the Boy Scouts to the religious dioceses and every other one in between throughout New York State, are going to be inundated with lawsuits, and hopefully every single person who files one will be able to attain justice through the courts. It is high time that this type of statute was passed; there has been so much emotional pain and suffering that thousands of people have had to go through, and many still are experiencing today.

Bring these pedophiles to justice, for justice is exactly what each and every one of them deserves. There is no more room for hiding; nobody is going to protect them for the awful and heinous crimes that they committed against thousands of innocent children, now adults.

Justice is finally going to be served!

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Dems are way out there

“Black Lives Matter.”

Mainstream moderate Democrats from decades ago such as Sens. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (New York), Scoop Jackson (Washington), Sam Nunn (Georgia) and Joseph Lieberman (Connecticut) would not recognize their own party today.

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NRA $ blocks new gun laws Dear Editor: Re “Some incremental gun law reform?”

Editorial, Aug. 1: Trump considered gun reform for about a second and a half (about all the attention span he has) until the National Rifle Association, which contributes very heavily to his campaign, got its knickers in a twist and Trump retreated.

We are not going to get a government by, for or of the people until they take big money out of the election equation. Even a majority of NRA members favor some reasonable gun control measures. Maybe if these mass shootings were to happen to someone close to Republican politicians, they would see the value of keeping assault weapons out of the hands of those who have no business owning or using them.

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Dear Editor: The following is a letter I sent to another Queens paper in response to a recent editorial. I am also sending this to the Chronicle to demonstrate how biased the me dia has become. I only hope that the Courier has the integrity to publish this letter. Then maybe all is not lost.

The political tone in this country has taken a downward spiral. President Trump has to be given much of the blame. One should respect his or her political opponents and not make outrageous statements.

Unfortunately, the other paper has sunk to below the president’s level. This is evident in its Aug. 8 editorial. It wrote in response to the El Paso shooting, “Republicans may try to wash the president’s hands of responsibility here, but the majority of us know better. Sure, Trump didn’t pull the trigger but his past words undoubtedly inspired the gunman to do so.

That Trump doesn’t show an ounce of remorse is appalling.”

No matter what one thinks of the president, to accuse him of complicity in murder when it goes against the facts I find disgusting.

The El Paso shooter wrote in his manifesto, “My opinions on automation, immigration, and the rest predate Trump and his campaign for president. I am putting this here because some people will blame the President or certain presidential candidates for the attack. This is not the case. I know that the media will probably call me a white supremacist anyway and blame Trump’s rhetoric. The media is famous for fake news. Their reaction to this attack will likely confirm that.”

It is sad that the most accurate reporting of the El Paso attack actually comes from the shooter himself.

Lenny Rodin Forest Hills

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Dear Editor: The second round of Democratic Party presidential primary debates between 20 officially announced candidates should give both Jewish and non-Jewish voters concerned about the future of our great nation. Too many candidates on stage over two nights supported the continued expansion of government-run insurance, healthcare for illegal immigrants, open borders, free college tuition, forgiveness of student debt, reparations for slavery, increasing income redistribution and guaranteed monthly income payments. Support for a mandatory Green New Deal over coming years would result in the elimination of millions of jobs. It could easily cost tens of trillions to pay for all of the above, which Washington would have to borrow, thus increasing our national debt.

The candidates refuse to criticize fellow Democrats who equate holding facilities for illegal immigrants with the Holocaust. Six million of my Jewish ancestors did not voluntarily attempt to enter into Nazi concentration camps.

They did not offer to dress in rags, be slowly starved to death, perform voluntary slave labor and be gassed to death in crematoriums.

Nothing from the candidates about dealing with our $22 trillion and growing national debt, growing by $1 billion a year for years to come.

Nothing about addressing the future insolvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Nothing about asking our NATO allies for their fair share of spending for mutual defense.

Nothing about China’s indoctrination camps for several million who practice religion.

Nothing about all lives matter beyond just

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Queens boro prez field starts to form Feb. special election likely; 2 pols have declared and more are considering it

by Ryan Brady Editor

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lection season isn’t over in Queens this year.

Not for long, anyway.

Having finally secured the Democratic nod for district attorney last week, Borough President Melinda Katz is widely expected to breeze past her Republican opponent in November. And there is a growing field of politicians, some of them facing term limits, who aim to replace her.

A nonpartisan special election is highly likely to take place in February 2020 for the borough presidency. It would be followed by primary and general elections for the post in the fall; the winner in November would serve the rest of Katz’s term, which expires in 2021.

“It’ll be a big field,” St. John’s University political science professor Brian Browne told the Chronicle. “Anything can happen, as we saw with the DA race that was just concluded.”

The position, which has few formal powers, is considered to be a stepping stone for higher office. Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman (D-Springf ield Gardens), who chairs the Subcommittee on the Tuition Assistance Program, has filed to run for it. City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), chairman of the Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations Committee, announced his candidacy in April. Neither candidate could im mediately be reached for comment.

Five other Queens lawmakers and one former one are viewed as possible borough president candidates.

Public defender Tiffany Cabán, the insurgent district attorney candidate who lost to Katz by just 55 votes, is not expected to run for borough president. According to news website The City, she does not plan on running for the office but may be open to seeking a different one in the future.

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The list of candidates who are running or may run for Queens borough president includes, clockwise from top left, City Councilmen Costa Constantinides and Donovan Richards, Assemblymembers Alicia Hyndman and Ron Kim, Councilman Eric Ulrich, former Councilwoman Elizabeth FILE PHOTOS Crowley, and Councilmen Jimmy Van Bramer and Paul Vallone.

Southeast Queens, a part of the borough with a notably high share of Democratic voters. Katz’s success there was critical to her district attorney race win. Hyndman might not be the only borough president candidate from the area, though: City Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), whose district overlaps with hers, is often mentioned as a likely candidate.

He could not be reached for comment before deadline.

Elsewhere in the borough, Van Bramer may not be the only lawmaker from western Queens, where Cabán performed best, vying for borough president. City Councilman Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria), chairman of the Environmental Protection Committee, is considering jumping in.

“I’m still exploring what my future holds, but I believe the next Queens Borough President must have a bold plan for how to protect our 2.4 million residents f rom t he d a nge rou s a nd d a m ag i ng impacts of climate change while creating

tens of thousands of good-paying jobs,” Constantinides said in a prepared statement. “We’re the Borough that kick-started the Green New Deal, and we should lead the way going forward.”

While Democrats will likely dominate the field, Queens’ only Republican lawmaker may jump in. A source close to City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said he is still “considering” throwing his hat in the ring.

A moderate GOP official, Ulrich ran in the special election for public advocate this year, finishing in second place across the city but winning Queens by about 6 percent.

One of his rivals in the public advocate contest, Assembly man Ron K i m (D-Flushing), is also a possible borough president contender.

“I’m focused on the work that I’m doing in the Assembly for now and I’m looking to see who’s running and what they’re running on,” he said in an interview. “I care

very deeply about issues in Queens, dealing with protecting independently owned small businesses and making sure that we stop subsidizing so many of these chain stores and big corporations.”

His decision to run or not will largely hinge on whether the other candidates “step up and t r y to champion these issues,” the assemblyman added.

Kim’s district overlaps with that of City Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside), a centrist Democrat from a Queens political dynasty who chairs the Committee on Economic Development. The Chronicle could not immediately reach him for comment.

In a sign of how crowded the race may be, Vallone isn’t even the only potential contender with a big family name. Another one, former Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, opened an exploratory committee last year for a potential borough president bid. More recently, she’s been on a “listening and learning tour” that’s taken her around Queens. In the Council, she represented Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale and parts of Ridgewood and Woodhaven before losing her re-election bid in 2017 to Robert Holden (D-Middle Village).

“I’m really encouraged by the amount of grassroots support,” she said in an interview. “I have a lot of small dollar contributions from Queens residents.”

Although she is a cousin of former Democratic Organization of Queens County Chairman Rep. Joe Crowley, the former lawmaker said she thinks voters know her more by her record than name.

She also noted that she went against the party machine in 2012, when she ran for a congressional seat that her cousin was supporting a different candidate for.

Browne, the St. John’s University professor, noted that the special election’s outcome may highlight the political differences between Western and Eastern Queens that were fully on display in the Q district attorney race.

report is a positive one.

“It’s a good start,” she said.

Ramos characterized the corridors in question as working-class neighborhoods with a vibrant business community. She said many keep their prices as low as possible. Some owners, continued from page 2 Inspectors, he said, have begun coming around more frequently, and are citing businesses she said, pay themselves close to minimum wage to get by.

But she also said the study’s criteria don’t take into account some of the area’s for even the smallest infractions. He said regulations are getting increasingly difficult to characteristics. balance.

“They only counted the first-floor businesses,” she said. “We have a “When they increased the minimum wage I had to ask, ‘Do I keep lot of businesses on upper floors.” Ramos also said some single storepaying overtime or do I cut hours? Can I hire more people?’ The minifronts might house two or more businesses in more cases than the study’s mum wage may kill businesses on 30th Avenue.” t’s a good start.” planners anticipated.

The city examined three connected business corridors in Jackson She said some businesses along Roosevelt were hurt by the city’s — Leslie Ramos, executive director, Heights: 37th Avenue between 73rd Street and Junction Boulevard; Roosrestrictions on delivery trucks; and that she hopes some of the Latin 82nd Street Partnership evelt Avenue from 73rd to just past Junction into Corona; and Junction restaurants along the corridors begin to become as noticed as the between 34th Road and 42nd Avenue. The vacancy rate is 5.1 percent.

Asian eateries growing in popularity in neighboring communities.

Leslie Ramos, executive director of the 82nd Street Partnership, says her group does not represent most of the study area in Jackson Heights, but does have some Like Serra in Laurelton, she said restaurant owners have felt the pinch of the app-based delivery evolution. overlap and common concerns, particularly along Roosevelt Avenue.

“But I’m happy that the city is studying this issue,” she said. “I’m really glad the DCP Speaking with the Chronicle on Monday, Ramos said she wants to talk more with her Q board and with city officials involved in the study, but that her first impression of the understands that the causes [of vacancies] are not universal, but vary by neighborhood.”

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A sidewalk haven for bees, butterflies: the pollinators

by Maud Newton

to plant that, too. I’ll admit I was unprepared for how relentlessly the milkweed vines wind their way around the other plants. Well, it’s a work in progress.

The f lowers still look pretty, at least to me.

When I first prepared the soil for the plantings a couple months ago, some kids walking home from the local school with their parents wondered what I was doing.

They seemed excited when I told them, so I decided to get a couple signs — one says “Pollinator Garden,” and the other, “Save the Bees” — to let the kids and the rest of my neighbors know what I was up to.

I made sure that none of the plants were treated with neonicotinoids, which have been banned in France and are under attack from environmentalists here in the States.

As the journal Nature reported in 2015, one study suggests that “Neonicotinoids and ectoparasitic mites synergistically impact honeybees,” leading to a 70 percent reduction in bees that survive overwintering.

Wildflower gardens aren’t common in my neighborhood, and I wondered how my neighbors would react, but so far, so good.

Another neighbor expressed amazement at how well the plants have stood up to all the attention, we’ll call it, from local dogs, including his three, who are some of my Lab’s BFFs. The plants are perennials, and I’m hopeful they’ll come back, bigger and better, next spring.

One thing I’d do differently in the future is plant more native flowers like coreopsis lanceolata. I have some thriving in pots and this fall I hope to transfer it to the other sidewalk plot out front, alongside a tree that’s growing there. I’ve studied up on native fauna through resources like the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, which has a comprehensive website and focuses on “protecting and preserving North America’s native plants through native plant lists and image galleries, conservation, education, natural landscapes, seed collection.”

The area of the sidewalk I’ve planted along the street is commonly referred to as the “hell strip.” These days, even on the hottest August afternoons, mine feels like the opposite: a place where tired and hungry bees can have a snack, continuing on Q their way.

Maud Newton is a writer and Woodhaven resident whose book Plants such as the author’s Little Joe Pye, left, about ancestors is forthcoming and catmint can handle a rough life on the street. from Random House, probably in PHOTOS COURTESY MAUD NEWTON AND, TOP, BY JOHN MIDGELY spring 2021.

My neighbor stopped me on the street the other day to say that she liked my pollinator garden. “Garden” is a lofty word for the clump of plants growing along the sidewalk, next to the street, where a tree used to be. But the tiny patch seems to make the bees and butterflies happy.

No matter what time of day I visit, I’ll find at least one bumblebee feasting on nectar from the coneflowers or the catmint, or a cabbage white butterfly, with its little purple-black wing dots, f litting around the blooms. I may have seen a monarch butterfly one day, though it could have been a viceroy.

When I moved to the Woodhaven section of Queens three years ago, I hoped to plant a tree in the empty tree plot along the sidewalk. The city eventually denied my request, citing proximity to power lines.

This spring, reading how much even small clumps of wildflowers can help hungry and endangered pollinators, I realized I could do something equally good with the space: I could plant f lowers for the bees and butterflies.

First I had to figure out which pollinatorfriendly plants were likely to withstand the abuses of sidewalk living: drought and flooding in the summertime, salt in the wintertime, dogs marking the plants yearround. As a human companion to a Lab and general dog person, I was determined not to become someone who planted delicate f lowers to wilt in the heat and then despaired over the ravages of urine.

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Councilman Bob Holden and Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg exchanged letters with different views on the Fresh Pond Road bus lane. NYC COUNCIL PHOTO / FACEBOOK

Holden, Trottenberg disagree on bus lane Councilman, DOT commissioner exchange letters over Fresh Pond

by David Russell Associate Editor

A letter from Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg regarding the planned Fresh Pond Road bus lane has done little to inspire confidence from Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village).

The lawmaker, who called the DOT the Department of Congestion in an Aug. 8 Facebook post, called the agency’s efforts to reach out to the community “window dressing” in a response letter to Trottenberg.

DOT Queens Borough Deputy Commissioner Jason Banrey and Borough Planner John O’Neill agreed Holden offered solutions to the street’s traffic problem, the councilman said.

“Yet it seems that their input was overruled by the central DOT staff in Manhattan that has never actually visited the site to see the issues for themselves,” Holden said.

The agency could not be immediately reached for a response.

Trottenberg said after hearing concerns the DOT will be reducing the hours of bus lane operation from 2 through 8 p.m. to 3 to 7 p.m. Mond ay to Fr id ay. She also addressed specific issues.

The plan is for a nine-block bus lane on the southbound side of Fresh Pond Road from Bleecker Street to Putnam Avenue. Seventy parking spaces will be lost during its night peak, mitigated by 61 new metered spaces on “spurs” with two-hour parking from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday through Saturday and alternate-side parking at other times. There would be new loading zones at key locations also.

The DOT does not plan to eliminate select parking spots in bottleneck areas, though Holden requested that, as several merchants expressed the importance of parking being

available for business.

Trottenberg also wrote that the DOT examined widening the lane by the bus depot but that it is not feasible on Fresh Pond Road. She added, “the concrete neckdown at the bus depot entrance has no impact on the turning radius for existing buses.”

Holden said her statement was “totally inaccurate.”

The DOT does not believe any additional turning lanes are warranted as the bus lane permits vehicles to exit the lane of traffic, thereby maintaining traffic flow while they make right turns, according to Trottenberg.

Holden said that idea was “ridiculous.”

“It is ridiculous to believe that the bus lane will eliminate the need for turning lanes when it is only active for four hours per day, and will likely be filled with parked cars during off hours,” he wrote. “Even worse, the DOT had the opportunity to eliminate one parking spot to ease a bottle neck along Fresh Pond Road, but instead it plans to eliminate a bus stop and add a handful of parking spots in its place.”

Trottenberg wrote the DOT is working with the MTA’s New York City Transit to consolidate bus stops along the corridor that will provide additional metered spaces.

The DOT will also adjust the signal timing and sequencing of traffic lights and is working with the 104th Precinct for increased enforcement to mitigate congestion.

Trottenberg also noted that Community Board 5’s Transportation Committee voted in favor of the plan on June 18. Holden responded, “you conveniently ignored the fact that the board as a whole voted overwhelmingly against the proposal, 28-6. The board also voted 29-5 in favor of a resolution calling on the DOT to attempt other recommended Q changes before installing the bus lane.”

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The state last week advanced the puck for the New York Islanders in the team’s effort to have a new arena in Belmont Park for their 2021-22 season.

The Empire State Development Corp. formally approved plans for New York Arena Partners to construct a professional hockey and concert venue on the racetrack grounds, along with a hotel and, across the street, a shopping village.

Gov. Cuomo is backing the project, which would bring the Islanders back to Nassau County from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

As the new development would sit just on the other side of the Cross Island Parkway — and will hold up to 19,000 people for its largest events — residents, civic groups and elected officials representing the Eastern Queens communities of Queens Village, Cambria Heights and others have been pressing the state and developers over the potential for massive traffic delays on the Cross Island, and the spillovers those might cause in residential areas of Queens.

A major concern on the western side of the CIP is that drivers on their way to a concert or hockey game might be directed through residential neighborhoods of Eastern Queens by automatic GPS systems designed to steer drivers around slow or stopped traffic.

To date borough leaders have secured an expanded traffic study that will examine more Queens st reets than initially intended.

Last month Cuomo and the Long Island Rail Road committed to building a new full-service station in Elmont north of the racetrack to alleviate some potential traffic. An extensive environmental study also is underway.

New York Arena Partners is a consortium that includes the ownership of the Islanders and Sterling Equities. The latter is run by the Wilpon family, which owns the New York Mets.

The Islanders now split time between Barclays and the refurbished Nassau Coliseum, though the coliseum no longer meets the seating capacity and some other requirements of the National HockQ ey League.

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City Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) blasted Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza this week for refusing to move a school for special-needs children out of a dilapidated building in the middle of the industrial district in Maspeth.

“I’m tired of playing politics with people who refuse to put the children first,” Holden said in a statement released after Carranza said he would hold fast to plans to rehabilitate the century-old school building on 57th Street, just off Grand Avenue.

Holden made the future of the school for learning-disabled students something of a personal crusade after touring it last year with parents and with Council Education Com m it tee Chai r ma n Ma rk Treyger (D-Brooklyn).

The school, he discovered, was not wheelchair-accessible, had only one bathroom per floor that had to be used alternately by boys and girls and a gym that had been partitioned to create the cafeteria.

A $16 million rehab is underway but will take five years to complete, SCA officials said.

“These children cannot be subjected to even more suffering while Chancellor Carranza and School Construction Authority President Lorraine Grillo continue pouring our tax dollars into this lost-cause building,” said Holden. “No matter what is done to the building itself, it will always be surrounded by increasing truck traffic that presents a constant danger to students, parents and staff,” he said.

“If these vulnerable children are going to be subjected to another five years or more of construction in the building, then we need to find another space for them immediately,” he said.

Carranza sent Holden a letter Aug. 9 that

Renovation work on PS 9 in Maspeth is estimated to last five years. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN outlined the Department of Education’s plan for the school, in essence informing him the school would stay put.

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The annual Corn Roast hosted by the Greater Jamaica Development Corp. brought food and fun to 160th Street on Aug. 10.

At top left, Sandra De Jesus samples a roasted repast with a cool drink. Next to her Kimmera Foreman and her granddaughter Kiara McAllister stop by for a snack, as do Ana Somoza and Rosa Salomon. At far right, Pono Wong assumes his regular role as master of the maize.

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At right, a young diner looks to prep his prize like a pro before chowing down, while next to him another already has started.

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New York leaders this week blasted the Trump administration after it published the final version of a rule that would make it easier for the federal government to deny green cards to legal immigrants considered likely to use public benefits like food stamps.

The new “public charge” rule is expected to significantly reduce the number of low-income individuals who can become legal immigrants. Critics say it is racist and classist.

“This inhumane policy change is a direct threat to undercut legal migration of people of color by the Trump administration,” Make the Road New York Co-executive Director Javier Valdés said in a prepared statement.

According to research released last year by the Cato Institute, native-born Americans are more likely to use welfare benefits than immigrants.

State Attorney General Letitia James said she intends to sue to overturn the rule, calling it “egregious.”

Many other New York political leaders were highly critical.

“The President is launching a direct assault on our immigrant brothers and sisters,” Mayor de Blasio said in a prepared statement. “The America we know was built by hardworking dreamers from all over the world. That’s the America we’re fighting to protect. To our immigrant New Yorkers: we stand with you now and always. To our president: we’ll see you in court.”

Announcing the new policy, the Trump administration said it would help make immigrants more self-sufficient and less reliant on public assistance.

“Self-reliance, industriousness, and perseverance laid the foundation of our nation and have defined generations of hard-

President Trump is facing criticism from New York leaders after releasing the final version of a rule that would make it tougher for legal immigrants who use public assistance to stay in the FILE PHOTO United States. working immigrants seeking opportunity in the United States ever since,” U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Acting Director Ken Cuccinelli said in his own statement. “Through the enforcement of the public charge inadmissibility law, we will promote these long-standing ideals and immigrant success.”

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Receiving care at a NYC Health + Hospitals facility will not result in an individual being identified to the federal government as a public charge, the de Blasio administration said Monday.

Nor will the usage of NYC Care, the city’s new healthcare program for people without insurance.

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The stars are out tonight Drive-in movie theaters may be dead, but the outdoor movie experience lives on — in the parking lot of St. Helen Catholic Church in Howard Beach, at least.

The Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association sponsored an af ter-dark screening of the movie “The Secret Life of Pets” last Friday.

Moviegoers were encouraged to bring folding chair and blankets. A few families even brought picnic suppers.

The inflatable outdoor movie screen has made these kinds of under-the-stars movie nights common around city parks and other open spaces in recent years.

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The FDNY is in the process of notifying more than 10,000 patients who have been treated or transported by department EMS personnel that their personal information — including Social Security numbers in an estimated 3,000 cases — may have been potentially compromised when an employee’s external hard drive went missing.

The employee’s hard drive device, which was not encrypted, was reported missing from an unspecified FDNY facility on March 4.

An FDNY press release, accompanied by the text of a letter being sent to the affected patients, said, “Although there is no evidence to date that any of the information stored on the personal device has been accessed, the FDNY is treating the incident as if the information may have been seen by an unauthorized person.”

The loss has been investigated by the NYPD and also internally by the city’s Fire Marshal’s Office.

The portable hard drive belonged to an employee who was authorized to have access to the information.

The potential breach affects 10,253

patients treated or transported by EMS from 2011 to 2018.

“The patient care report contains personal information about the patient that may include name, address, gender, telephone number, date of birth, insurance information number as well as health information related to the reason for the ambulance call,” according to the letter signed by Dr. Glenn Asaeda the FDNY’s chief medical director. “Your personal information may have been included on the patient care report for that call.”

The FDNY said those whose Social Security numbers may have been compromised are being offered free credit monitoring.

The letter states that FDNY personnel with high-level access to so-called “protected health information” have been retrained in the department’s privacy and security policies. The department offered no information on any discipline faced by the worker involved.

Those concerned that their information may have been compromised are asked to call 1 (877) 213-1732 between 9 a.m. and 9 Q p.m. Monday through Friday.

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St. John’s star is back with the Mets Former All-Star, Gold Glove winner Joe Panik returns to Queens

by David Russell Associate Editor

Joe Panik is back in Queens.

So the St. John’s graduate may have actually grown up with Derek Jeter as his idol but Mets fans have quickly accepted the second baseman as one of their own.

And Panik is not new to Citi Field. He played in the first game in the stadium’s histor y, a 2009 meeting between St. John’s and Georgetown.

Panik was an All-Star with the San Francisco Giants in 2015 but struggled before the team let him go last week.

“I think the young man needs a change of scenery,” said Ed Blankmeyer, who coached Panik at St. John’s from 2009 to 2011. “I’m extremely happy he’s back home.”

A fan displays his sign welcoming second baseman Joe Panik back to the borough, at Panik’s PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL first game as a Met.

Blankmeyer, who has coached the Red Storm since the 1996 season, said he’s been in touch with Panik but hasn’t been to Citi Field to see him play.

“Everybody’s looking to spend time with you and stuff like that,” he said.

“You need your space. So I give him his space.”

The coach called Panik “extremely” easy to coach, saying the infielder is a “hard-worker, had great aptitude, outstanding instinct. That’s why he is where he is now. He’s got those elements which you really can’t measure.”

Blankmeyer also said Panik is the type of player a fan has to watch, a player who knows how to win and deliver in the clutch.

“We get enamored by the raw skills but in this game of baseball, regular season, it’s a day-to-day grind of a game,” he said.

The coach said he was impressed during Panik’s junior year when college baseball began using toned down bats but the second baseman’s power increased.

“You just could see that he was trending in the right direction,” Blankmeyer said.

The Giants drafted Panik in 2011 and he made it to the majors in 2014. The timing was good. He joined San Francisco in time to help the team win its third World Series title in five seasons.

Panik homered in the pennant-clinching game and made a diving play to start a double play in Game 7 of the World Series.

He made the All-Star team in 2015 and won a Gold Glove in 2016 but struggled, hitting .254 in 2018 and .235 this season before the Giants cut ties.

Blankmeyer believes some struggles had to do with injuries and some of it had to do with the Giants playing in a

Joe Panik won a World Series with the Giants, was named to the All-Star team and won a Gold PHOTO COURTESY ST. JOHN’S ATHLETICS Glove. The Mets acquired him last Friday. pitcher-friendly ballpark.

“It’s still there offensively,” he said.

“He just has to figure out. I know San Francisco’s a tough park to hit in but Joe’s a much better hitter than he’s showing.”

The coach added that Panik doesn’t strike out often.

“I just think he’s got to find the swing,” Blankmeyer said. “He’s searching for it.”

The Mets signed Panik minutes after he

became available last Friday.

Similar to 2014, Panik joins a team on a serious push for the postseason.

The coach knows that the Mets added a solid player.

“He’s all about the team and winning,” Blankmeyer said. “That’s what you need when you’re in this type of environment now ... professional baseball, everybody’s Q on their own island.”

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The New York Post reported Monday that a Department of Buildings inspection “determined that this elevator was in need of repair in order for it to continue to provide safe service for the building’s tenants,” according to spokesman Andre Rudansky.

This looks like it will cause problems for the elderly living in the mixed co-op and rental building.

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Protester says he was hit by DOE car Police say no evidence to back claim; CACAGNY touts Vavruska’s actions

by David Russell Associate Editor

Charles Vavruska, education director for Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), says he was hit by a car while protesting against Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza’s opposition to the Specialized High School Admissions Test in Bay Ridge on Tuesday.

“Carranza’s going to have to drive a tank if he wants to hurt me,” Vavruska, who was protesting as a citizen, not representing Holden’s office, told the Chronicle last Friday.

Vavruska made the cover of last Friday’s New York Daily News with the headline “Crash Test Dummy.”

“When you hit somebody on the sidewalk you think he’d stop and not leave the scene but I guess Carranza’s so privileged that he doesn’t have to obey the laws like everybody else,” Vavruska said.

The New York Post reported that protesters swarmed Carranza’s chauffeur-driven car after Tuesday’s meeting. Video shows Vavruska falling to the ground as the car passes him, but it was taken from the other side of the vehicle and does not clearly show any actual contact.

The incident occurred as Department of Education officials were leaving a meeting with residents concerning the SHSAT. They were in two cars. The first DOE car came by

as angry protesters screamed, following the meeting. The protesters moved forward into the driveway of IS 31 in Bay Ridge, where the meeting was held, though a second car was coming.

“I fully expected it to stop but it sped up a little bit, it hit my leg, pushed me back,” Vavruska said.

He didn’t want to guess if he was hit intentionally.

“I don’t want to speculate on purpose,” he said. “I do think that Carranza has disregard for the parents’ in general. He’s always trying to ram through his warped ideology over the parents objections and the parents are out there protesting his warped ideology and he rammed them physically.”

He’s not suing the city but says he pressed charges against Carranza — one for leaving the scene of an accident, the second for aggravated harassment.

He claims a call he received from a media outlet was tied to the chancellor.

“They called me yesterday and I felt that it was set up by Carranza to intimidate me from filing charges,” he said.

Vavruska said he was called at 9:30 a.m. and he held a press conference to press charges at the 68th Precinct at 1 p.m., which he claimed was attended by CBS, NBC and ABC.

The DOE could not immediately be reached for comment.

Vavruska couldn’t provide a complaint number but said the 68th Precinct told him it would pass the matter on to Internal Affairs.

Police spokesperson Det. Denise Moroney said there is no evidence the car hit Vavruska.

“All evidence in the investigation into this incident thus far shows that the person in the video was not actually struck,” she said in an email. “The report by the school safety agent on the scene of this incident says that a protestor pushed past another school safety agent, raised his foot in front of the Chancellor’s vehicle bumper, and then threw himself to the ground. The protestor immediately got back up and continued to protest, including running after the vehicle as it slowly moved away. No injuries were reported at the time, and the school safety agent stated that the protester ‘simulated’ that he was struck by the vehicle.

If any party has any additional information regarding this event, they are encouraged to share it with the NYPD.” DOE spokesman Will Mantel said, “This was a stunt and nobody was hit by a car. It’s a shame these antics are distracting attention away from a productive conversation about supporting students and families in every community.”

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Charles Vavruska said he was hit in the leg while protesting Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza’s policies regarding the SHSAT on YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT / APRIL MAE August 6. of Greater New York released a statement on Monday defending Vavruska, noting that the New York chapter of the organization has recognized Vavruska with consecutive annual Q awards for service to the community.

He slew wife in front of witnesses, DA says Accused killer lay atop her body at Jackson Hts. spa when cops arrived

by Peter C. Mastrosimone

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Carmen Iris Santiago, known to many as Iris Rodriguez, with her husband, William Rivas, now her accused killer, and their elder son in happier days.

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The man who allegedly stabbed his estranged wife to death in front of multiple witnesses at her Jackson Heights workplace was charged Monday with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, the Queens District Attorney’s Office reported.

Meanwhile, a GoFundMe page has been set up to help pay funeral costs for the victim, Carmen Iris Santiago, formerly of Corona, who went by Iris Rodriguez.

Rodriguez, 35, was stabbed multiple times in her torso at the Tu S’tilo Salon and Spa at 93-05 37 Ave. on Aug. 7. Still images taken from video footage shot inside the spa show at least two of her coworkers trying to prevent the killing, to no avail.

“This crime is a horrific act of domestic violence,” Acting District Attorney John Ryan said in a statement announcing the charges. “The defendant in this case allegedly burst into the salon as his wife worked and mercilessly stabbed her to death in front of horrified onlookers.

The defendant — now in custody — faces the possibility of spending his life behind bars for his alleged actions.”

Police responded to the scene at about 7 p.m. Rodriguez’s husband, William Rivas, 39, was lying atop the victim as she lay dying, the DA’s office said. Some reports describe him as cradling her body. He was taken into custody at the scene without incident, according to police.

Both were transported to NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, where Rodriguez was pronounced dead, police said, though on Monday Rivas was in New York-Presbyterian Hospital Queens in Flushing, according to the DA’s office. He had a cut on one arm, police said.

He was arraigned from his hospital bed via video link on seconddegree murder and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon charges. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years to life in prison.

A GoFundMe page entitled “Ayuda para gastos de Funeraria de Iris Rodriguez,” or “Help with funeral expenses for Iris Rodriguez,” had raised $6,055 out of its $15,000 goal by late Wednesday morning. The fundraiser was organized by Yunia Tejada. A link to it is posted on the Facebook page of Tu S’tilo Salon and Spa. A post from the spa put up before services for Rodriguez were held said her wake was set for Aug. 12 at the RG Ortiz Funeral Home in the Bronx and that she would be interred the next day in Rosedale Rosehill Cemetery in Linden, NJ. “We are waiting for you as your prayers will help us,” the post said in Spanish, according to Facebook’s translator function. “To find tranquility in the midst of so much pain.”

The couple had lived on 57th Avenue in LeFrak City, according to the NYPD, though the victim’s Facebook page says she was living in the Bronx. They had two young children, according to published reports.

A number of people posted lamentations of Rodriguez’s death on her Facebook page, most of them in Spanish.

“May God have you in good place Iris,” reads one, according to the Facebook translator.

“My heart goes out to this woman,” reads another, posted in English. “I’m so saddened for her family and children ... The devil was inside that man … RIP SO SAD.” A photo of two young boys, one just a baby, is the main image on the page. Rodriguez also posted a number of philosophical quotes, from Confucius, the Bible and more modern sources.

Rivas’ Facebook page showed very few posts, at least publicly. It did contain a photo of himself with Rodriguez and the elder of their two sons, all looking happy amidst a stand of trees. The page says that Rivas “left” Newtown High School in 1999, without saying whether Q he had graduated.

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A s s u m me r va c at ion winds down thoughts turn from jaunts to the beach to readying for a new school year. To-do lists include many of the typical tasks that precede going back to the classroom, including shopping for new clothes, purchasing school supplies and finishing summer reading assignments.

Another essential requirement parents must find time for is completing t h e i r ch i ld r e n’s h e a lt h screenings and immunizations so you ngsters can return to school.

Health screenings may include, but may not be limited to, routine physical exams, eye exams and dental cleanings. Each school district may have its own set of health requirements that must be met in order for children to attend school.

Immunizations According to the New York Cit y Department of Education website, school immunization requirements for the 20192020 school year have been updated.

They advise that before the school year begins you must submit proof of immunization for your children if they are attending child care or school. All students in child care through grade 12 must meet the requirements for: • DTaP (diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis); • poliovirus; • MMR (measles-mumps-rubella); • varicella; and • hepatitis B vaccines.

C h i ld r e n u n d e r a ge 5 w h o a r e enrolled in child care and pre-kinderga r ten ( pre -K) must also meet the requirements for: • Hib (Haemophilus influenza type b); • PCV (pneumococcal conjugate) vaccines; and • the influenza (flu) vaccine.

Children must receive the flu vaccine

by December 31 (ideally, when it becomes available in early fall).

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If you have questions about these requirements, contact your child care center or school’s administrative office.

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• The form must be filled out by a New York State-licensed medical doctor or osteopathic doctor. A form completed by a nurse practitioner or physician assistant will not be accepted.

• Bring the completed form to your school. The form will be reviewed and you will be notified when the request has been approved. Your child will be allowed to attend school during the approval process. Requests must be reapproved each year.

Be advised that as of June 13, New York State no longer allows religious exemptions from mandated vaccinations.

Keep in mind that health screenings conducted in advance of the school year may not preclude students from schoolsponsored screenings. Schools may offer their own vision and hearing screenings and may take physical measurements to ensure students are growing on schedules in line with normal development.

For additional information on immunizations, visit the NYC Department of Education website: schools.nyc.gov/school-life/ Q health-and-wellness/immunizations.

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by David Russell Associate Editor

Getting some exercise can improve not only people’s physical health but their mental health as well.

One recent study in the Journal of Affective Disorders found that “low physical activity is associated with a greater incidence of common mental health disorders.”

Dr. Teresa Amato, chairwoman of emergency medicine at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Forest Hills hospital, explained when someone is running the brain releases endorphins, neurotransmitters that act on the same receptors that are affected when taking some pain medications.

The receptors can give the person a good feeling, known as a “runner’s high.”

“That feeling of feeling less pain and feeling happy is based on the fact that you are releasing endorphins into your brain that are triggering those targets in your brain,” Amato said.

She noted that some literature on the subject says even light to moderate exercise can lift people’s moods.

“What we try to tell people, this doesn’t mean you need to go out and run a marathon and get the runner’s high to feel better,” Amato said.

Working out 20 to 30 minutes a day, three to four times a week with low to moderate intensi-

Studies have shown that exercise is not only good for physical health but can help limit anxiety PIXABAY.COM and depression as well. ty has been shown to improve people’s moods.

This can include a quick walk, gardening or housework. And it helps to do something with another person.

“Then you’re interacting with another person and you’re exercising so you can kind of boost your mood in two ways,”

Amato said.

She did add that exercise by itself is not a cure for depression or anxiety.

“I think one of the challenges, though, is that if you tell someone who’s depressed or anxious, ‘Just go for a run and you’ll feel better,’ I think you have to be aware that

some people who are already depressed or anxious, just getting out of bed is a kind of a big chore for them,” she said.

“So I wouldn’t say it’s the panacea for depression and anxiety but if it’s used in conjunction with a treatment plan it’s probably one of the better things you can do that doesn’t cost a whole let to help increase your mood.”

Amato also recommended that people over 50 with heart disease or diabetes should check with their healthcare provider before starting a rigorous exercise program.

Scott Krakower, assistant unit chief of psychiatry at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, said he encourages his patients to work out and has noticed over the years that aerobic physical activity has helped.

“It just gives people more motivation if they find themselves down and depressed,” Krakower said.

For people who have trouble getting out of bed, advising them to exercise is a form of opposite action therapy. Even walking around the block is better than nothing.

Krakower said there are varying levels of reaction when he recommends exercise.

“You would think adding exercise on would be somewhat intuitive,” he said, adding that depressed people may expect to just talk and that the exercise depends on how Q willing someone is to be active.

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Don’t worry — if you don’t have binoculars, you can borrow a pair from the National Parks Service. You’re going to want to see these beauties as close up as you can.

It’s the 14th Annual Jamaica Bay Shorebird Festival, and awaiting you are osprey, great egrets, barn owls, great blue herons and plenty more of our feathered friends as well as the beauty of the estuary itself.

Not to mention the morning snacks.

“Come for the coffee, stay for the birds,” said Alexandra Kanonik, the youth and project coordinator for the American Littoral Society’s Northeast Chapter, a main sponsor of the event. “Come for the doughnuts and stay for the birds.”

The coffee and doughnuts will help start the day as participants register from 8 to 8:45 a.m. After that comes the first of several guided walks around the area, including to the East and West ponds that are such draws for avian and other wildlife.

Surrounding the hikes will be lectures and lessons from the experts: Littoral Society Chapter President Don Riepe addressing Jamaica Bay’s ecological concerns and wildlife management; Susan Elbin, Kaitlyn Parkins and Emilo Tobon speaking about the shorebird research done by NYC Audubon, another event sponsor; Lloyd Spitalnik on shorebird photography; and Kevin Karlson leading a shorebird identification workshop.

Gabriel Willow of Audubon will also be there, and Molly Adams of Brooklyn’s Feminist Bird Club will lead an activity table on being an advocate for bird-friendly buildings. There will be avian arts and crafts for kids, and the youngsters will also get to play “the wingspan game” with park rangers, stretching their arms out and learning which birds’ wings reach farther.

The event’s other sponsors are the NPS, the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, Camp Rockaway and Swarovski Optic, which supplied the special spotting scopes that will let folks see the birds real close up.

All in all, the event will offer plenty for beginners and experienced birders alike.

“It’s a big day,” Kanonik said, with at least 200 people expected. “It’s one of the biggest days for visitors to the refuge.” continued on page 33

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G EXHIBITS “40 Objects,” with historical photographs, artwork, correspondence and other ephemera about the Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Through Fri., Aug. 30, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

FILM “Hamlet,” the 1996 star-studded epic, unabridged version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, widely considered among the greatest plays ever written, with Kenneth Branagh in the title role. Sun., Aug. 18 and Sat., Aug. 24, 4:30 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 25, 2 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

“Escape: Celebrating the Great Outdoors,” with paintings created en plein air that represent the artists’ intimate communion with the landscape, including Emilie Lee’s “Indian Creek Canyon,” with a portion of proceeds going to The Nature Conservancy. Through Thu., Sept. 5, Eleventh Street Arts, 46-06 11 St., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 3925164, eleventhstreetarts.com.

“Above and Beyond — The Ultimate Flight Experience,” with interactive components including flight simulation, augmented reality, design and skill challenges and more, examining innovations in aviation from the first powered flights to space. Through Sun., Sept. 8, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $4 plus admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

“Tiffany’s Iridescence: Glass in Rainbow Hues,” exploring the science and artistry behind Louis C. Tiffany’s groundbreaking achievements in iridescent art glass, with vivid colors, hypnotizing patterns and more. Through Sun., Oct. 6, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 5929700, queensmuseum.org.

“Community: You never really know your own language until you study another,” with colorful sculptures representing protest posters and made using images of people’s palms and a 3-D printer.

Through April 2020, Rufus King Park, Jamaica Ave. between 150 and 153 Sts., Jamaica. Free. Info: (347) 505-3018, queenscouncilarts.org.

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ry’s Theatre Group. Thu.-Sat., Aug. 15-17, 8 p.m.; Sat.Sun., Aug. 17-18, 2 p.m., St. Gregory the Great Church, 242-20 88 Ave., Bellerose. $18; $15 seniors, students; $9 kids under 12. Info: (718) 989-2451, visitsgtg.org.

Beer Garden Silent Disco Party, with attendees hearing one of three DJs through headphones and doing their thing on the floor. Fri., Aug. 16, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden, 29-19 24 Ave., Astoria. $20. Info: (718) 274-4925, 1 (800) 833-9281, bohemianhall.com, quietevents.com.

PHOTO COURTESY QUIET EVENTS Jazz Thursdays, with live outdoor performances honoring the late musicians William Brown and Lois Brown, hosted by the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce. Thu., Aug. 15 (Richard Boulger’s After Hours Band) and Thu., Aug. 22 (Carl Bartlett Jr. and

The 15-member global music group People of Earth will bring their explosive blend of the sounds of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and beyond to the Queens Botanical Garden Sunday.

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COURTESY PHOTO Charles Bartlett), 7-9:30 p.m., 70 Road between Queens Blvd. and Austin St., Forest Hills. Free. Info: (718) 268-6565, jazzthursdayslive.com.

Summer Sings in Queens, with attendees singing open, informal scratch performances of major classical works, held by the Forest Hills Choir, Oratorio Society of Queens and Schola Sine Nomine. Thu., Aug. 15, 7: 15 p.m., The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $15 each. Info: fhchoir.org/ summer-sings.html.

Music in the Garden: People of Earth, a world music ensemble that seeks to blur the lines between genres of different regions, with members representing at least eight nationalities and hoping to facilitate dialogue, create cultural connections and spread joy. Sun., Aug. 18, 4-5:30 p.m., Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $6; $4 seniors; $4 students, $2 children over 3. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

Violinist Albert Mulad, the renowned performer in concert with refreshments served afterward.

Sun., Aug. 18, 2 p.m., Flushing-Fresh Meadows Jewish Center, 193-10 Peck Ave. $5. Info: (718) 3357-5100.

The Bartlett Contemporaries, a group performing R&B, pop, hip-hop and jazz, as part of the Katz Concert Series. Sun., Aug. 18, 5 p.m., Cambria Heights Playground, Francis Lewis Blvd., 121 Ave. and 219 St. Free. Info: (718) 544-2996, kupferbergcenter.org/katzconcertseries.

Akoko Nante Ensemble, a Pan-African percussion and vocals group based in Queens and evoking the sounds of Ghana, old Haiti, Cuba and more, as part of the Live at the Gantries series. Tue., Aug. 20, 7 p.m., Gantry Plaza State Park, 4-09 47 Road, Long Island City. Info: (718) 544-2996, kupferbergcenter.org

“Colors of Us” listening party, with electronic music artist and technologist Claire Marie Lim (aka dolltr!ck) previewing “Colors of Us,” her new album created with female-identifying youth of Asian descent in Queens. Sat., Aug 24, 5-6:30 p.m., Lewis Latimer House Museum, 34-41 137 St., Flushing.

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THEATRE “Romeo and Juliet,” S h a ke speare’s timeless tragedy about two young, starcrossed lovers whose families despise one another, by the Rude Grooms theater troupe, starring Rachel Schmeling and Dhruv Iyengar, above. Daily except Mon.-Tue., Aug. 19-20, 6:30 p.m. (also 1:30 p.m. Sun., Aug. 18 and 25), through Sun., Aug. 25, various locations in Long Island City and Astoria. Free. Info: (646) 725-8539, rudegrooms.com.

PHOTO BY MONTGOMERY SUTTON Shakespeare in the Parks, with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” the comedy about young lovers, fairies and a theater troupe in a magical forest, and “Richard III,” the historical drama about the bloody rise and fall of an English king. Alternating days, Thu.Sat., Aug. 15-17; Wed.-Thu., Aug. 21-22, 7:30 p.m. (7 p.m. kids’ workshop), various Queens locations; elsewhere Sun., Aug. 18 (6 p.m.; 5:30 workshop); Fri.-Sat., Aug. 23-24. Free. Info: (718) 729-8567, hiptohip.org.

“Shrek The Musical,” the fairy tale about a beloved ogre with abandonment issues, his friend Donkey and their quest to save a princess, by the St. Grego-

“The Godfather,” the 1972 star-studded epic about a fictional Mafia family, widely considered among the greatest films ever made, with Marlon Brando in the title role and Al Pacino as one of his sons (not Fredo) and his successor. Mon., Aug. 19, 8:15 p.m., Astoria Park Great Lawn. Free. Info: (718) 728-7820, centralastoria.nyc.

KIDS/FAMILIES “High School Musical 2,” the 2007 musical Disney Channel film about teens on summer vacation; viewership of its premiere broke records for the network and all of basic cable; with pizza, snacks, popcorn and drinks. Tue., Aug. 20, 7 p.m., All Saints Episcopal Church Woodhaven, 85-45 96 St. Free. Info: (718) 849-2352; allsaintswoodhaven.org, allsaints@allsaintswoodhaven.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS Jamaica Bay Shorebird Festival, with activities including hikes, lectures by experts, kids programs and more, all about shorebirds, in partnership with NYC Audubon and the American Littoral Society. Sat., Aug. 17, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 474-0896, don@littoralsociety.org, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit.

Arbitration Rock Battle of the Boroughs, a festival focused on the boulder marking the QueensBrooklyn border, with history, food, drinks, tug-ofwar, pie-eating contest, trivia, baby crawl, arts and crafts and more. Sat., Aug. 17, 12-6 p.m., Onderdonk House (inside tour included), 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood. $5; free under 19. Info: (718) 456-1776, onderdonkhouse.org.

Open Mic Series, with Thunderbird American Indian Dancer of the Year Bobby Gonzalez spinning a yarn and encouraging the audience to participate, part of the Building Bridges through Storytelling program presenting events every other Monday through Sept. 9. Mon., Aug. 19, 7 p.m.

Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $5 suggested donation; members, students, teens free. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org. continued on page 35

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Shrek stars in a setting as magical as his story

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Big, bright and beautiful ... those are the words used to describe the world in the opening number of “Shrek the Musical,� being performed through Aug. 18 by St. Gregory’s Theatre Group in Bellerose.

Those same adjectives may be applied to the production itself, which is a feast for the eyes, thanks largely to the creative minds of two of its designers, Todd Wilkerson and Marjorie Wilkerson, a husband and wife team responsible for the eye-popping set and costume designs, respectively.

But there is much more here to captivate the senses, including a terrific lighting

‘Shrek’ When: Thu.-Sat., Aug. 15-17, 8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., Aug. 17-18, 2 p.m.

Where: St. Gregory the Great Church, 242-20 88 Ave., Bellerose Tickets: $18; $15 seniors, students; $9 kids under 12.

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scheme devised by Glen Davis, gorgeous artwork and an impressive dragon-come-tolife, both devised by Tony Chiarella, and, not to be overlooked, a large intergenerational cast that features several powerful singers.

For those still unfamiliar with this fairy tale adventure, it focuses on the title character, an ogre who was raised to believe he was “fated to be lonely� and “destined to be hated� because of his unconventional looks. He encounters a wisecracking and unusually talkative donkey, and, together, they set off to free a beautiful princess who has spent most of her life trapped in a high tower, dreaming of her prince charming.

Throw into the mix the evil Lord Farquaad, a vertically challenged tyrant with a surprising back story that is revealed late in the proceedings, and the scene is set.

The complex book is the work of David Lindsay-Abaire, who also provided the often humorous lyrics, set to the toe-tapping music of Jeanine Tesori.

SGTG is celebrating its 40th season with this production. Kathy Rollo Ferrara, a founding member of the group, is once again at the helm, leading a team that includes no fewer than three assistant direc-

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Making an auspicious SGTG debut is Jay Braiman, who reprises the role of Shrek, imbuing him with an endearing humanity.

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Bernie Madoff grew up in this Laurelton house

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Bernie Madoff’s great-grandfather Berel Middownick immigrated to America in 1908 from Poland with his seven children and wife, with the trade of tailor. He immediately changed his name to Barnett Madoff and settled in Scranton, Pa. One of his sons, David, had a boy named Ralph who married in 1932 and moved to 1033 Belmont Ave. in Brooklyn. Three children were born: Sondra, Bernard and Peter.

The 1940 Census records show Ralph’s occupation as “Credit man,” Wholesale Jewelry. He must have done well as he moved out to Queens, purchasing a new home right after the war ended at 139-54 228 St. in the predominately Jewish community of Laurelton.

Bernie, the middle child, lived in this 1,090-square-foot home along with two other siblings. This is where the foundations of his childhood and social experiences were built.

Bernie graduated from Hofstra and left the nest, as did Sondra and Peter. Ralph sold the house in 1965 to Gus Turco and moved into a new luxury condo called Wyndham

The Bernard Madoff house, at 139-54 228 St. in Laurelton, as it appears today.

House in Lynbrook, LI. A NASDAQ chairman and founder of a wall street firm, Bernie admitted the wealth management part of his business was a ponzi scheme and the financial fraudster was sentenced to 150 years in prison.

Ralph passed away in 1972 at the age of 64. With a rash of robberies in the 1970s, Gus Turco installed bars on the windows of the house. The bars are still on the windows today, a sad omen of how Bernie Madoff’s Q life would end up.

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Christopher Cerf, left, discusses a musical number on the set of “Sesame Street” with Ernie and his pal, Jim Henson. Cerf will be among the panelists on Aug. 18 discussing 50 years of the show’s classic music that has influenced generations of children — and PHOTO COURTESY SESAME WORKSHOP recording artists.

The magic of the music of ‘Sesame Street’

by Michael Gannon editor

While “Sesame Street” has been teaching generations of children their letters and numbers with skits and colorful characters, the often understated tools have been the music and songs.

A nd wit h t he late J im H ens on demanding nothing but the best — and with 50 years of material — how could one possibly choose when forced to select only the most classic songs for a “Sesame Street” musical retrospective?

Craig Shemin, curator of the “Jim Henson’s World” series at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, has taken up the task as MoMI continues its celebration of the 50th anniversary of Henson’s most influential achievement with “Sing: The Music of Sesame Street” on Aug. 18.

The event will feature clips of some of the most famous “Sesame Street” songs and some live per formances, along with a panel discussion featuring “Sesame Street” veterans including composer Christopher Cerf, vocalist Ivy Austin and vocal music director Paul Rudolph.

Shemin, in a telephone interview with the Chronicle, declined to go into just which songs from a half centur y will make the cut — “That’s going to be a surprise,” he said — though he said even from the beginning, early classics like Ernie’s “Rubber Duckie,” “I Love Trash” by Oscar the Grouch and “C is for Cookie” by, well, you know who, were never intended to be silly or simply children’s songs.

He said even the title song for the event, “Sing,” writ ten by the late Grammy-winning and Ac ademy Award-nominated composer Joe Raposo, showed the devotion of Henson and the creator s in the “Sesa me Street” universe to per fecting their craft at every level, be it puppetry, music or anything else.

“Joe Raposo wrote ‘Sing’ for ‘Sesame Street’ and The Carpenters recorded it,” he said. “He wrote ‘It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green’ for Kermit the Frog and Frank Sinatra recorded it. This was good music.”

Shemin, who interned with and eventually worked for Henson, is president of The Jim Henson Legacy, an organization founded in 1992 by Henson’s widow, Jane, dedicated to preserving Henson’s contributions and creative vision.

Shemin said the panel discussion that will take place along with the clips and musical performances might not be to the particular taste of very young children, but he did say there would be something for “Sesame Street” fans of Q every era and all ages.

‘Sing: The Music of Sesame Street’ When: Sun., Aug. 18, 2 p.m.

Where: Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave, Astoria Tickets: $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17. (718) 777-6800, movingimage.us

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There’s little, if anything, a birder likes more than spotting a rare species in the wild, and the walks will offer chances to find some birds that aren’t seen as often as others on the bay. Three types of herons are common in the refuge: the great blue, yellow and black-crowned, but if you spot a green heron, that’s a less common sighting.

“If you’re lucky, you’ll see a Foster’s tern,” Kanonik said. “They’re less common than the common tern; their eyepatch is a little different.”

Kanonik will be at the festival, manning the Littoral Society’s table, and she hopes to run over to the nesting g box the group g p

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Where: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel Entry: Free. (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit

set up on Big John’s Pond for barn owls.

“I would love to see the barn owl pop his head out; that would be fun for me,” she said. This year three barn owl chicks grew to fledge in that box, and so did another three on the Littoral Society’s box on Big Egg Island. The group also has put up a number of osprey platforms, which are getting used so much that more space would be needed to add any more.

“We almost have a housing crisis,” Kanonik said. “We’re coming to a pont where we’re thinking, ‘Where can we put them so they’re not so close together?’”

Putting up the platforms and nesting boxes is all part of the society’s effort to improve the lot of wildlife on the bay. And while Kanonik and her colleagues are seeing progress, they constantly face the challenges posed by Kennedy Airport. Fearing bird strikes like the one that brought down Flight 1549 in 2009, the government culls birds on airport property — and beyond — on a regular basis. Kanonik acknowledged there will always be tension between the environmentalists’ interests and the airport’s.

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Honey Harvest Festival, an “annual celebration of all things honeybees,” with honey harvesting, samples, activities for all ages, garden info and more. Wed., Aug. 21, 1-3:30 p.m., Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $5; $12 a family; kids under 3 free. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

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Beach Sessions Dance Series, an expo with lessons in various genres taught by experienced artists including Bell Biba, above left. Mon.-Wed., Aug. 19-21, 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.; Thu., Aug. 22, 11 a.m. (certain artists at certain times), Low TIde Bar, Beach 97 St. on the boardwalk. Pay what you wish. Info: beachsessionsdanceseries.com.

Howard Beach Senior Center, with exercise classes every weekday except Thu., varying times; dances with a DJ and hot lunch every Tue., 12-3 p.m.; art classes every Thu., 9:3011:30 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m.; intro to sign language every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m.; karaoke every Wed., 1-3 p.m.; monthly book club; and more, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100.

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Queens AARP Chorus, which sings at nursing homes and AARP events, seeks retired people to join. Meets each Fri., 11 a.m. (new people asked to come 10 a.m.), Clearview Selfhelp Center, 20811 26 Ave., Bayside. Info: joroosume@verizon.net.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No.: 704253/2019 Date Filed: August 7, 2019 MORTGAGED PREMISES: 110-42 213th St., Jamaica, NY 11429 VENUE: QUEENS County (based on the situs of the Mortgaged Premises) REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC, Plaintiff, -against- LAURIE ANN JACKSON AKA LAURIE ANN MCFADDEN, AS PRESUMPTIVE HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EZEKIEL WILLIAMS AKA EZEKIEL WILLIAMS, JR., DECEASED; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; CONNIE MCFADDEN, AS PRESUMPTIVE HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EZEKIEL WILLIAMS AKA EZEKIEL WILLIAMS, JR., DECEASED; STEVEN MCFADDEN AKA STEVIE MCFADDEN, AS PRESUMPTIVE HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EZEKIEL WILLIAMS AKA EZEKIEL WILLIAMS, JR., DECEASED; if he be living and if he be dead, the respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distribute, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint, RANDOLPH MCFADDEN, AS PRESUMPTIVE HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EZEKIEL WILLIAMS AKA EZEKIEL WILLIAMS, JR., DECEASED; JOHN MITCHELL AS JOHN DOE #1; DAISY MITCHELL AS JOHN DOE #2; and JOHN MITCHELL, JR. AS JOHN DOE #3, Defendants TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: June 21, 2019, New York, New York GREENSPOON MARDER LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, By: Holly Hamilton, Esq., 590 Madison Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10022 P: (212) 524-5000 F: (212) 524-5050 (No Service by fax) Please respond to Cypress Creek office: Trade Centre South, 100 W. Cypress Creek Road, Suite 700, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 P: (954) 343-6255 F: (954) 333-4281 (No Service by fax) The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Ulysses B. Leverett, J.S.C. dated July 26, 2019 and filed August 2, 2019 Help for Homeowners in Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Summons and Complaint You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully.

You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. Sources of Information and Assistance The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at (800) 342-3736 or visit the Department’s website at http://www.dfs.ny.gov. Rights and Obligations. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay property taxes in accordance with state and local law. Foreclosure Rescue Scams Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 11722/2012 Date Filed: 06/12/2012 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Plaintiff Designates Queens County as the place of trial based on the location of the mortgaged premises in this action.

CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, -against- RITA BUIUM, and, if she be living and if she be dead, the respective heirs-at-law, nextof-kin, distributes, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (MERS), AS NOMINEE FOR CITIMORTGAGE, INC., NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendants. We are attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

To the above-named defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) or within (60) days after service of this summons if it is the United States of America; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant of an order dated the 29th day of July 2019 by the HON: DAVID ELLIOT J.S.C. Premises lying and being in the County of Queens. BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of Bates Avenue, 396.87 feet easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of 116th Road and the easterly side of Rockaway Boulevard; being a plot 100 feet by 20 feet by 100 feet by 20 feet. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT This is an action to foreclose a first mortgage lien on the premises described herein. The object of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $350,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of QUEENS County on June 27, 2007 in CRFN 2007000332209, which mortgage was assigned to CITIMORTGAGE, INC. by assignment of mortgage dated January 3, 2012 which was recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Queens County on April 12, 2012 in CRFN 2012000144887, covering premises known as 150-42 116TH ROAD, JAMAICA 11434, COUNTY OF QUEENS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK (BLOCK 12202, LOT 22). The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant, RITA BUIUM, for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises, unless discharged in bankruptcy. Dated: Rego Park, New York _______________, 2017 DAVID A. GALLO & ASSOCIATES LLP, Rosemarie A. Klie Attorneys for Plaintiff 95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor Rego Park, New York 11374 (718) 459-2634

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Notice of Formation of ANNA FEKETE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/03/2018. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LLC, 121-25 KEEL COURT, COLLEGE POINT, NY 11356-1553. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of TIDYING YOUR CHORES LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/25/2019.

Amended on 07/29/2919 to change name to Desiree’s Spotless LLC. Office location: Queens County.

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Notice of Formation of GINJA NINJA ATHLETICS, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/11/2019. 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: GINJA NINJA ATHLETICS, LLC, 23-52 23RD STREET, APT 3, ASTORIA, NY 11105. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Ron Swoboda was one of the most colorful players in Mets history and he’ll forever be best remembered for his miraculous ninth inning diving catch on a screaming line drive belted by Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson in Game 4 of the 1969 World Series. Thus it’s not surprising that he titled his memoir “Here’s the Catch” (St. Martin’s Press).

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Swoboda is a liberal while Koosman is as rightwing as you can imagine. The lesson here that Swoboda is imparting is that you can still have a friendship with someone whom you disagree with politically.

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Colts in what ranks as one of the greatest upsets ever, has written his memoir, “All the Way: My Life in Four Quarters” (Little, Brown).

Namath does a nice job reminiscing about the 1968 season that led up to Super Bowl III and he even discusses his short tenure with the Los Angeles Rams at the end of his career in 1977 but he doesn’t share with the reader the ups and downs of his post-NFL life which makes the book’s title a bit of a misnomer.

A lot has been written understandably about the 50th anniversary of the Miracle Mets but this is also the 10th anniversary of the Yankees’ 27th, and so far last, World Series championship. MLB.com Yankees beat writer Bryan Hoch has written a detailed tome about that season titled “Mission 27” (Triumph Books).

While he ably recaps the on-field highlights of that season Hoch is at his best when he takes the reader behind the scenes such as how first baseman Mark Teixeira’s wife influenced him to choose the Yankees when he became a free agent because she liked New York; Alex Rodriguez’s wild birthday party in which everyone jumped into the pool fully clothed; and how CC Sabathia saw his job as not just being the Yankees’ ace but serving as the team’s de facto social director as he organized trips for the Q players and their families.

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OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 8/18 • 12:00 - 1:30pm 117 N. 4th St., Williamsburg, NY $3,199,000 8 Family / 4 Vacancies

• Old Howard Beach • • Hamilton Beach • • Lindenwood • 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Co-op With Terrace.

This is a spacious unit that with lots of TLC can be a wonderful place to call your home.

Buildable 20X80 Lot. Also available for use as parking, boat storage, garage, shed, deck. Close to shopping, transportation and park.

One family home on 30x100 in Howard Beach. This one bedroom home with formal living room, dining room, and kitchen can easily be converted to a two bedroom. In addition there is a full basement and storage in the attic.

Close proximity to Howard Beach “A” train; shopping and parkway. Great opportunity!!!

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SATURDAY 8/17 • 3:00 - 4:30pm 137 Beadel St., Greenpoint, NY $1,229,000 Brick 2 Family

SUNDAY 8/18 • 1:00 - 3:00pm 180 Stockholm St., Bushwick, NY $1,200,000 6 Family w/ 1 Vacancy

SUNDAY 8/18 • 2:30 - 4:00pm 73 Menahan St., Bushwick, NY $1,300,000 Brick 2 Family w/2 Parking Spaces

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OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY 8/15 • 6:30 - 8:00pm SUNDAY 8/18 • 1:00 - 3:00pm SUNDAY 8/18 • 12:30 - 2:00pm 8 Herbert St., Greenpoint, NY 21 Conselyea St., Williamsburg, NY $949,000 $2,019,000 1 Family / 2 Levels 2 Family / 3 Levels

• Lindenwood • Renovated Dog-friendly Garden Co-op set back in courtyard. 3 bedroom, 1 bath unit; converted to open concept 2 bedroom with formal dining room. Features new kitchen with granite countertops; renovated bathroom, new windows; intercom system; stackable washer/dryer in unit; and double insulated flooring to name a few. Maint. is $849.00.

Flip tax is $25.00 per share / 306 shares. Down payment is 33.3%. ©2019 M1P • CAMI-076326

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Lovely 2 Family Home In Middle Village North. Minutes to PS/IS 128, Our Lady of Hope and Juniper Valley Park. 1st floor has access to backyard and pool. Front parking spot. Near M train and local and express buses. Walk to Eliot Avenue. Ideal for extended family-Bring Mom!

Lovely All Brick 2 Family On Water. Features semi in-ground saltwater pool (12x24) and full deck to dock. Dock space and boat slips.

Master bedroom features Jacuzzi tub. Large master bedroom with 2 additional rooms and center all bathroom. EIK features deck with sliding doors just lovely for your morning coffee overlooking the water. Walking distance to Charles Park and close to shopping and transportation.

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

Stunning Huge All Brick Colonial on 80x100. House totally gutted and redone last 3 years, 5,000 sq. ft., 3 level house, 49x45. 5 BRs, 5.5 Bths. Legal maid's quarters, 3 new kit, oversized 2 car garage (900 sq. ft.). In-ground heated pool, 2 balconies, sun room & 600 sq. ft. private deck.

New roof, solar, parking for 7 cars, wood burning fireplace, Pella windows, new electric. Exclusive New Listing.

Mint AAA Hi-Ranch. 3 BRs/2 full bths. 3 zone radiant heat, porcelain tiles in 1st floor, gas Heat Glo fireplace, quartz countertop, top floor all GE Cafe series kitchen, SS appl., granite counter. All new kitchen and bath, 2 separate electric 220 boxes, tankless water heater, sec. cameras, hi-hats throughout, ductless AC, Pella sliding doors, no Sandy damage. Reduced $879K

Mint High Ranch, move-in-cond, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, 1st floor, 2 large rooms, full bath, laundry room and heating system, central air, sliding glass doors to lg. yard with in-ground pool. 2 1/2 ft. to 5 1/2 ft. shed w/ elec. Garage, 2nd fl, 3 BRs, 1 bath.

Large mint kitchen, cathedral ceilings in living room with hi-hats, dining area, living room, beautiful arched Andersen windows in front.

Asking $809K

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

Mint (all redone Low Ranch), new stoop, 42 x 100 lot, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, newly open kitchen, SS appl., granite counter, vaulted ceiling, skylight, Mitsubishi AC unit, full fin. bsmt., Andersen windows.

Beautiful Hi-Ranch. Top floor features 3 BRs, 2 all new full baths, new mint kitchen with granite countertops, SS appl., custom granite island, tiled kitchen floor, walk-in apt., centeral air, in-ground pool, solar panels fully paid for, minimal electric cost. Asking $849K

Mint Low-Ranch (All brick). 3 BRs, connected to 2-3 full bths. Updated kitchen with skylight, 3 new baths.

Updated kitchen with skylight, 3 new baths, living room with cathedral ceilings and skylight, oversize formal DR, granite kit., hardwood floors in BR. Full fin. bsmt., large den, CAC, 1 year old roof, updated windows, pvt. dr., no water from Sandy!

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HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD

Beautiful Low Ranch. 3 BRs, 2 1/2 Bths, pavers front and back, French drains, in-ground sprinklers, new front Andersen window, x-lg. bath w/shower & Jacuzzi, granite tiles in liv. rm., 40x100, lg. fin. bsmt., move-in. Asking $730K

Investors Special! Rare legal 3 family, property features a 3 BR, 1 1/2 bath apt. with extra room, sliding doors to yard. Also a 1 BR, 1 bath apt. and a studio apt. Double spot driveway and garage.

Totally unique, mint 2 fam. on the water, 41x110.

Featuring 3 floors, walk-in mint 1 bed apt. with granite kit, custom island, SS appl., wine fridge.

Gorgeous bedroom, tiled throughout. Middle floor boasts a huge custom kitchen, granite counter, new cabinets, SS appl., double wall oven and much more. Spacious living room, bedroom and sliders to huge terrace for beautiful sunsets. Master suite and mint 1/2 bath on top level. Dock to 4 boat slips.

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Reduced $958K

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Tel: 718-848-4700 Fax: 718-848-4865 kwrliberty@gmail.com

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“LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? WE HAVE MORE! GIVE US A CALL.” “WANT TO SELL YOUR HOME? KW LIBERTY HAS OVER 150 REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE READY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH QUALITY SERVICE.”

OZONE PARK Charming Mint Condition 2 BR/1 Bath Det. 1 Family - Fin. Bsmnt w/SOE and Private Driveway. PRICE: $569,000 Contact Theresa LaBoccetta for more information 347-531-9060

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Open Layout, 3 BRs, 1.5 Baths, a Det. Gar., Lovely Fenced-in Backyard, Full Fin. Bsmnt w/Separate Entrance & Wide Pvt. Drvwy. PRICE: $530,000 Contact Tara Persaud for more information 917-200-8907

2 BRs, 1 Bath, Spacious Apartment Situated on a Dead End Block. Apartment is Undergoing Renovation.

PRICE: $1,950 per month Contact Wesley Antos for more information 347-631-0403

Legal 3 Family in Great Condition. Hardwood Floors, New Bathrooms. Sale Includes Building & Laundromat.

Great Location-Owner Very Motivated. PRICE: $1,229,000 Contact Subhas Ramroop for more information 347-581-5596

BROOKLYN 3 Fam. Plus Store & 2 Car Gar., Apartments Will Be Occupied Without Leases, Store Will Be Vacant 60 Days After Closing No Leases. PRICE: $2,550,000 Contact Teodoro Navarrete for more information 917-513-6621

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2 Lg BRs, 1 Bath, A Spacious Living Room. Closet Space Galore, The Apart. Gets Plenty of Natural Light. Price: $2,200 per month Contact Merlissa Samuel For More Information 718-848-4700

Completely Ren. 2 BR, 2 Bath Unit on the 1st Floor. Master BR Has Pvt Bath. Open Kit./Living Rm Combo PRICE: $2,300 per month Contact Karla Cires for more information 347-397-6319

JAMAICA

2 BRs, 1.5 Baths, Updated Kitchen, New Heating System, New Roof. PRICE: $499,888 Contact Carolyn DeFalco for more information 917-208-9176

Corner Property w/Oversized Lot. Newly Expanded Dvwy, Central Air, In-ground Sprinklers & Many More Upgrades & Updates. Office Can Be Turned Into 5th BR. Lots of Closets & Large Attic For Storage.

PRICE: $680,000 Contact William Ostrow for more information 516-225-7279

JAMAICA

BROOKLYN Victorian Style with a Modern Flare. This Totally Ren. 2 Fam House Boasts The Best of The Old & New. 3 Pc Bath, Sep. Boiler & Laundry Rms., Pvt. Yard, 2 Car Gar & much more. PRICE: $1,069,000 Contact Rose Deo for more information 917-496-1819

2 BRs, 1 Full Bath with Jacuzzi, Attic for Extra Storage, Granite Countertop Kitchen w/Stainless Steel Appliances, and a Full Fin Bsmnt w/a Sep. Outside Entrance. PRICE: $485,000 Contact Danraj Pooran for more information 347-605-1370

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JAMAICA

3 BRs, 1 Bathoom, 1 Car Garage, Party Dvwy, PRICE: $379,000 Contact Devon Singh for more information 646-597-2172

3 BRs, 2 Bathrooms, EIK, Dining Room, Quiet Street PRICE: $2,500 per month Contact Max Levy for more information 917-254-5420

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OZONE PARK

Legal 6 Family Brownstone In Dream Location.

Great Upswing Potential.

PRICE: $875,000 Contact Rene Rose for more information 718-810-0293

Amazing Storefront For Rent. This Rental Features A BrandNew Water Heater, A/C, Floors, Freshly Painted and Much More.

Price: $1,950 per month Contact Crystal Gonzalez For More Information 347-449-1644

DEER PARK

SOUTH OZONE PARK

4 BRs, 2 Bathrooms, 2 Week Old Deck, Hot Water & Boiler 3 Years Old. PRICE: $499,000 Contact Valerie Shalomoff for more information 347-730-3347

JAMAICA

3 Updated BRs w/Hardwood Floors, 2 Baths, E.I.K. & Updated Appliances. Nice Size Fin Bsmnt w/Sep. Entrance. Det Gar & Pvt Dvwy. PRICE: $759,000 Contact Pedro Duarte for more information 646-552-4422

3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, PRICE: $439,000 Contact Indira Persaud for more information 917-509-2874

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JAMAICA

Det. 3 BR Cape Full Bath Kit/Din. Area, Full Bsmnt.

Being Sold As-Is. PRICE: $825,000 Contact Marco LaPadura for more information 718-938-1298

3 Family, 6 BR, 3 Baths.

PRICE: $878,888 Contact Sher Singh for more information 718-848-4700

JAMAICA Property Features An Attached Single-Family House with 3 BRs & 2.5 Baths with an Alleyway at the Rear To Access Parking.

Owner Will Improve On The Bsmnt. PRICE: $540,000 Contact David Owoeye for more information 347-870-7555

SOUTH OZONE PARK 1 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom.

PRICE: $1,650 per month Contact Paul Deo for more information 347-581-9863

SOUTH OZONE PARK 3 BR, 3 Baths, Pvt Dvwy & Large Backyard.

PRICE: $625,000 Contact Natasia Pagoulatos for more 917-335-1143

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JOHN DIBS

ST. ALBANS The 3 BRs, 2.5 Baths & Open Style Layout Of This 1400 Square Foot Doll Will Ensure Your Life Has Plenty Of Free Space And Natural Light To Keep You Motivated Daily. PRICE: $569,999 Contact Hussein Hosni for more information 347-537-7221

OZONE PARK 2 Family, 5 BRs, 2 Bathrooms PRICE: $729,900

Contact John Dibs for more information 718-848-4700