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Queens outperforms Census estimates Borough’s population grew by nearly 200,000 since 2010

by Max Parrott

week do not reveal granular neighborhood-by-neighborhood results, as of the end of last sumNew Census numbers out last mer it was immigrant-dense Thursday show New York buildneighborhoods like Corona and ing on its status as the largest city Richmond Hill that appeared to in the country with a 7.7 percent have been undercounted — a population increase since 2010. result that was widely thought to The World’s Borough lived up be caused by language gaps, a to its name in the survey — both digital divide and a lack of trust outperforming population growth in government. estimates, and increasing its T he cou nt y-level resu lts share of ethnic diversity. released last week showed New York City’s population Queens to be the most diverse grew to 8,804,190, and while it county in New York State. Both didn’t have the largest percentage Latino and Asian residents now increase of the nation’s biggest outnumber whites for the first cities, it had the largest jump in time in the borough’s history. The magnitude with an increase of Latino population grew by 54,111 600,000 people.

— a nine percent increase from Queens’ total population grew to 2,405,464, nearly 200,000 peo- In the 2020 Census results, Queens proved itself the most diverse county in New 2010. The Asian population grew ple over 2010 — a 7.8 percent York State.

FILE PHOTO by 148,249 — a 29 percent increase from 2010. change. That increase was nearly The Census clarified in ThursRichards went on to mention the 7 percent larger than the 2019 Cen- 2.4 million people who make Queens their home, including the many challenges the Covid pan- day’s report that the drastic changes sus estimate.

“The large jump in our borough’s more than one million people who demic posed to Queens. During an in ethnic communities, which seem population underscores what we in have come here from across the unprecedentedly difficult Census in places like Queens to outpace Queens have known for a long time; globe to build new lives in ‘The season, advocates worried that total population growth, are a that Queens truly is a fantastic place World’s Borough,’” wrote Borough immigrant neighborhoods would be reflection of how the survey was to live and raise a family. My heart- President Donovan Richards in a d i s p r o p o r t io n a t ely a f fe c t e d . designed to assess race differently Though the results released last than in the past. Though the Census felt appreciation goes to all of the statement.

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follows categories of race and ethnicity set by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget in 1997, the 2020 Census collected data on Hispanic origin and race in two separate questions The 2020 changes reveal that the U.S. population is much more multiracial and more diverse than what the Census measured in previous iterations.

The borough’s diversity index, a Census measure that shows the probability that two people chosen at random will be from different racial and ethnic groups, was 76.9 percent — the highest in the state.

Both New York’s population growth and ethnic changes are reflective of the national trends of the survey. The population of U.S. metro areas grew by 9 percent from 2010 to 2020.

In tandem with Queens, the whole country grew significantly more diverse over the past decade.

Populations of people who identify as Hispanic and Asian rose and the number of multiracial Americans increased by nearly three times, the Q Census Bureau reported.

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Parents await DOE’s quarantine protocol Queens families weigh in on what they want to see in the case of outbreaks

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

While parents wait for the details on what protocols around Covid cases in public schools will look like next year, Mayor de Blasio has continued to insist that there will not be a remote learning option.

Last week de Blasio made clear that fully vaccinated students and staff will not have to quarantine unless they test positive for the virus or begin to exhibit symptoms if someone in their classroom tests positive for Covid when schools reopen in the fall.

“I think we’re going to see some kids, some staff who may have to be out for limited periods of time, but we should remember the very high levels of vaccination we have among DOE staff and educators, and I’m guaranteeing you, parents are going to rush to get their kids vaccinated by the time we get to the opening a school,” de Blasio told reporters at a press event last Thursday.

City officials have also floated a plan to close buildings when there are positive cases in four or more classrooms — a policy that resembles the Department of Education’s summer school protocol, Chalkbeat reported.

Though de Blasio hopes that closures will be far less widespread due to the vaccination rate, at some scale they seem more

and more inevitable with the vacyear, while the other took on a cine still unavailable for children hybrid schedule, said that she under 12 and the rise of the highthought the DOE should focus on ly contagious delta variant in the an asynchronous remote model in city. the case of Covid outbreaks as As was the case last year, the well. She’s especially worried details of Covid protocols will about the achievement gap that deter mine how students who could result if parts of Queens must quarantine should keep up with the highest level of unvacciwith their work. As they anxiousnated students had a higher level ly await the fast-approaching first of closures. day on Sept. 13, parents have Rego Park parent and head of begun to weigh in on how techthe Queens Parents United group nology could help shape their stuJean Hahn, on the other hand, dents’ experience next year in the said that she is worried that a rancase that they need to quarantine. domized, mandatory testing regiSome parent groups, particumen like the DOE imposed last larly those who are advocating year could lead to widespread for immunocompromised stuclosures. dents, have demanded that the “Why are you testing asympmayor change course and provide tomatic and people that are not a remote option for parents. Some Parents have started to weigh in on what they think remote learning showing symptoms unless there’s have insisted that a remote option should look like in the case of Covid outbreaks next year.

FILE PHOTO high transmission in the commuwould pave the way for closures nity?” she asked. that they find to be excessive. Others think our students equipped with the technology Hahn said that while she loves her that there should be remote options for a they need to make it happen,” said Heather daughter’s public school, she may choose to limited number of families under certain Beers-Dimitriadis, Community Board 6 go private depending on the DOE’s policy conditions.

Education Committee co-chairwoman and over the coming weeks.

“I think they need to consider it. They a Forest Hills parent.

“We’re registered at a Catholic school need to have guidelines for who qualifies Dimitriadis, one of whose middle school and the first whiff of school closures that I Q for it. We already have a good majority of daughters was remote the majority of last get, we’re pulling out,” Hahn said.

Chart-topper to get Woodhaven welcome

Childhood home of ’60s pop star Brian Hyland to be commemorated

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Brian Hyland will get a commemorative plaque on his childhood home PHOTO COURTESY ED WENDEL Sep. 18.

Welcome to Woodhaven: home of the itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, yellow polka dot bikini.

Sunshine pop icon Brian Hyland was a Woodhaven teenager when his feel-good swimsuit anthem became the No. 1-charting song in at least seven different countries around the world. He hasn’t forgotten his roots.

Neither has the Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society, which is going to put a sign up at singer Hyland’s childhood house. Hyland, now 77, moved out to Long Island shortly after he had his most ubiquitously known hit but he’s kept tabs on the neighborhood and has continued to stop in when he visits.

Starting out as a ’60s teenage popster, Hyland continued his career as a hitmaker throughout the decade with tunes like “Sealed with a Kiss” and “Let Me Belong to You.” He continues to make his living as a musician making frequent tours around the United States and beyond.

Laurie Ennd, a former Woodhavenite as well as a friend and fan of Hyland’s who runs the “Your Memories Growing Up in Woodhaven” Facebook group, said that she was struck by the singer’s humility the first time she met him.

Ennd was aware of Hyland’s connection to the neighborhood because she grew up with his nephew and niece. She reached out to his management company to get an interview with him for the Facebook page, and Hyland gave her a call personally and offered a ticket to a doo-wop show that he was playing in Ontario, Calif., which was close to where Ennd was living at the time.

When she talked to him after the show she remembers him saying, “It was so good to talk to someone from the neighborhood.” After that she had a conversation with Ed Wendell, the president of the historical society, about putting up a plaque, and the two were heartened to learn that the family who now owns Hyland’s old house, just around the corner from Neir’s Tavern, was happy to bring their idea to fruition.

“Fame came along and swept him away from the neighborhood. But it didn’t, it didn’t keep him away from the neighborhood. He did keep in touch.

He loves talking about [it],” Wendell said.

On a Zoom call with the members of the historical society in July, the singer said that he remembers buying 45s at a shop called Carl’s Records on Jamaica Avenue. Hyland, who studied guitar and clarinet while singing in his church choir, went to St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Academy in

Woodhaven. He said that an annual musical event at the school called Irish Night was the first time that he ever performed for an audience through a proper microphone and PA system.

Wendell said that he was appreciative to have gotten in contact with Hyland, who has a wealth of stories about the ’60s culture. From Hyland’s anecdotes about countless acts that came to prominence on pop radio, to his experience on tour in Dallas the day that President John F. Kennedy was killed, Wendell said that the singer is a treasure trove of stories of that era. But he’s equally interested in the stories of his home neighborhood, Wendell said.

“He never turned his back on Queens. He never turned his back on his neighborhood. This is his hometown. And he speaks very fondly of it,” Wendell said.

Hyland will be making a homecoming voyage for the unveiling of the plaque Sept. 18. To pay for the event and plaque, the historical society is hosting a private meet-and-greet party before the 3 p.m. unveiling ceremony around the intersection of 78th Street and 87th Road, with tickets at $75. The unveiling will be free to the public and followed by an afterparty at Neir’s Tavern.

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De Blasio goes on vaccination blitz

Mayor utilizes mobile buses, vans to full force to stop coronavirus

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

In the middle of the NYC Homecoming Celebration, a free concert series honoring hip-hop music, Mayor de Blasio announced Tuesday that the city is making an even bigger push to get more people vaccinated so that individuals can get back to their “livelihoods.”

“If you want to experience all the greatness in New York City, you can,” said de Blasio, “all you have to do is be vaccinated.

Even, again, just that first dose gets you in the game. Indoor dining, indoor fitness, indoor entertainment. This is a way we all keep moving forward together.”

On Aug. 17, a massive education and outreach on the new vaccination mandates began, with 600 canvassers going to each business to provide information and support, according to the mayor. Businesses in need of help can call (888) 727-4692.

“We’re going to go farther with more and more mobile vaccination efforts because we found they work, bringing vaccination to the people everywhere,” said de Blasio. “So, there’ll be pop-up vaccination sites outside businesses. We’re talking to businesses, entertainment, venues, restaurants, all over the five boroughs who want to double down by having vaccination sites right there.”

In Queens, there are 21 mobile Aug. 21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; vaccination sites: • Ridgewood, 54-28 Myrtle Ave., • Annual Community Day at Aug. 20-22, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Christ Pentecostal Temple in Jamai• Rochdale Neighborhood Senior ca — Pop-up, 109-45 157 St., Aug. Center, 169-65 137 Ave., Aug. 21, 12-3 p.m.; 18-20, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

• Blink Jackson Heights, 78-14 • Shops at SkyView Center — Roosevelt Ave., Aug. 16-19, 10 a.m.Pop-up, 40-24 College Point Blvd., 8 p.m.; 6th level, outside Target, Aug. • Corona Plaza, 40-12 National 16-22, 12-7 p.m., 9:00 a.m.-7:00 St., Aug. 21-22, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; p.m.; • Ditmars, 29-24 Ditmars Blvd.

• South Richmond Hill, 119-10 Aug. 18-22, 11 a.m-7 p.m.; Liberty Ave., Aug. 18-20, 11 a.m. - 7 • East Corona, 107-06 Corona p.m.; Ave., Aug. 16, 12-8 p.m.; • St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic • Forest Hills, 71-09 Austin St., Church — Pop-up, 82-00 35 Ave., Aug. 20, 12-8 p.m.; Aug. 18, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; • Greater Allen AME Cathedral • Steinway/Ditmars BID, Steinof New York, 110-31 Merrick Blvd., way Street and 30th Avenue, Aug. Aug. 16-20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 1-8 p.m., 16-22, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Sunnyside Community NeighDianna Rose, founder of the Laurelton Farmers Market, which • Jackson Heights — Baxter Ave., will participate in the mayor’s mobile vaccine drive on Aug. 21 borhood Senior Center, 43-31 39 St., 37-12 82 St., Aug. 22, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. near the Laurelton LIRR. FILE PHOTO BY NAEISHA ROSE Aug. 18-20, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; and • Jamaica Center, 153-19 Jamaica The Queens NYC Celebration Ave., Aug. 16-19, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; • Mojitos, 81-01 Northern Blvd., Aug. Concert will be held on Aug. 20 at Forest • Laurelton Farmers Market — Pop-up, 16-17, 19-20, 2-8 p.m.; Hills Stadium at 1 Tennis Place from 4 to 225th Street and 141st Road (LIRR Laurel• Park of the Americas, corner of 104th 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 3 p.m. ton Station), Aug. 21, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; “The last batch of free tickets will drop Street and 41st Avenue, Aug. 16, 20-22, 8 • Make the Road NY —Queens Back to a.m.-6 p.m.; at noon today,” said de Blasio on Tuesday.

School Event, 92-10 Roosevelt Ave., Aug. • REAL Church, Arverne Boulevard “Go to nyc.gov/homecomingweek. So, Q 21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; between 57th Street and Beach 56th Street, here’s the chance to be part of history.”

Schumer: Feds must stop fake vax cards Punishable by up to 5 years in prison

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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is calling on federal agencies to crack down on the growing market for counterfeit Covid-19 vaccination cards.

Schumer, speaking at a Manhattan press conference on Sunday, said phony cards now are being peddled on the internet, and even are being produced in China and other places overseas and smuggled into the country.

In a press release issued by his office, the senator pointed out that buying or selling fake vaccination cards is a federal crime punishable by up to five years in prison, plus a fine. He called on the FBI, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the federal Department of Health and Human Services to combine forces to tackle the problem.

“Fake vaccination cards have been advertised on social media, blogs and more, and now, new signs point to ramped-up production of fake cards with government logos overseas via countries like China,” he said.

“Just yesterday, a bust in Tennessee revealed Chinese counterfeiters are looking to cash in on vaccine hesitation and distribute these faux cards. That’s why we need a federal crackdown and an educational campaign to make clear this is illegal and that there is an even easier solution for those who are looking to buy or sell fake vaccine cards, and it is: to get the vaccine.”

Schumer also cautioned that those who have a real vaccination card should not post it on social media because the information could be used in the process of making a counterfeit card.

He said fake cards will be a big problem in the coming months unless a crackdown is launched and the law made clear. Schumer’s call for action came two days before New York City implemented new regulations for proof of vaccination in public spaces.

The city is requiring proof of vaccination for most indoor dining, entertainment and fitness locations. Acceptable proof includes: • a photo or hard copy of a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention card; • the NYC Covid Safe app; • the New York State Excelsior app; • an official vaccine record; or • a photo or hard copy of an official vaccination record of a vaccine administered outside the United States for one of the following vaccines: AstraZeneca/SK Bioscience, Serum Institute of India/COVISHIELD and Vaxzevria, Sinopharm or Sinovac.

Mayor De Blasio, in a transcript of a Monday press conference provided by his office, said the city has stepped up its education initiative to help businesses know what is expected of them. Penalties for noncompliant businesses, starting at $1,000 for a first offense, will not be enforced until Sept. 13.

At Monday’s press conference, city Health Commissioner Dr. David Chokshi said anyone caught using a fake vaccination card could be prosecuted for fraud.

“Don’t even think about falsifying because it could be very, very serious, serious consequences if you do,” de Blasio said.

U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on federal law enforcement to go after the production and use of counterfeit Covid-19 vaccination PHOTO COURTESY U.S. SENATE cards.

But the mayor seemed to hedge when asked about exactly how seriously the city would conduct enforcement against those carrying fake cards.

“So, what we’re going to do is focus on civilian agencies, of course, Department of Health, which plays such a big role right now in regulating restaurants,” he said. “But civilian agencies, variety of agencies will be mobilized;

depending on the situation we also have the ability to bring in the Sheriff’s Office if needed.

But I think what we’re going to see, again, is that people are goi ng to reali ze that th is is important and that it’s important to do it right. If we get any indication of falsification of vaccination cards, again, that’s exactly the kind of situation where you Q bring in the Sheriff for.”

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Will Hochul have friends in Albany?

Incoming governor visits Corona school in prep for new school year, new job

by Michael Gannon Editor

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul visited PS 143, the Louis Armstrong School in Corona, on Wednesday, coming to get a firsthand look at preparations the city is making for the new school year.

The academic year will kick off soon after she becomes governor on Aug. 24, replacing Gov. Cuomo.

“I’ve been here many times,” Hochul said of The World’s Borough in a video of the subsequent press conference provided by her transition team.

“It’s all about keeping our children safe,” she said. “And there is a tremendous amount of anxiety among parents, teachers, administrators who thought what we went through last year would be it, that there would be closure, that by the time we started in 2021 we’d be in a different place. We thought we were there a few months ago. The Delta variant has changed that dynamic considerably.”

Among other dignitaries at Louis Armstrong were Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter and state Sens. Jessica Ramos (D-Jackson Heights) and John Liu (D-Bayside), as well as the Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.

“Great friend of mine,” Hochul said of Richards.

Just how many friends Hochul will have in Albany when she takes the reins could be important for a new governor.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said his interactions with Hochul have been positive.

“I think that people always have a sense of optimism with a new administration,” Addabbo told the Chronicle in a telephone interview.

“I’m looking forward to working with her on some bills I’d still like to get passed in this session.”

One is his oft-submitted, never Cuomosigned bill to help clean up Jamaica Bay. “I think with a Gov. Hochul things will be less confrontational,” he said. “When I would present something to Gov. Cuomo, there always seemed to be a confrontation.”

The optimism was shared by Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) in an email.

“As we continue to battle the Covid-19 crisis and usher in a new era for New York State, I look forward to working with the incoming Governor, Kathy Hochul, who I am confident will be an effective leader for New Yorkers,” he said.

And she has her eye on next year’s gubernatorial race, with the group Friends of Kathy Hochul already raising money online.

Among Hochul’s duties as lieutenant governor were chairing the state’s 10 regional eco-

Borough President Donovan Richards and his “good friend” Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday PHOTO COURTESY NYS at PS 143, the Louis Armstrong School in Corona. nomic development councils, and leading Cuomo’s Enough is Enough campaign to combat sexual assault on college campuses.

She represented the Buffalo region in Congress from 2011 to 2013. Her term on the Armed Services Committee included a visit to Afghanistan.

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P Hope for a cleaner Queens EDITORIAL

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e were glad to see that after sustained pressure from civic activist Aracelia Cook of the 149th Street South Ozone Park Civic Association, continued coverage by the Queens Chronicle and a tour by state Sen. James Sanders Jr. that made the front page of one of our editions, the Department of Sanitation finally cleared up the garbage and all kinds of debris that’s been plaguing the Van Wyck Expressway service roads and nearby streets in Southeast Queens.

Foch Boulevard, 168th Road, 109th Avenue, 135th Avenue, the Conduit and more all got some TLC from the agency.

We hope it lasts, but of course experience tells us more slobs will hit the area and leave the construction debris, TVs and other junk we documented on the street. It’s incumbent upon area residents to keep calling 311 or filing complaints online in order to keep the DSNY coming back and cleaning up.

And we do of course agree 100 percent with agency spokesman Vincent Gragnani’s point that

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New Yorkers “have a legal and moral responsibility to put litter in its proper place.” With the DSNY picking up garbage every day across the city, “there’s no need to take it anywhere and create unsightly, unsafe streets for others.” Hear, hear.

But of course people do. We’ve also been busy reporting on troves of trash on a stretch of grass alongside Union Turnpike across from Forest Park in Kew Gardens. Nothing’s been done there yet.

And the problem is a New York classic: bureaucracy. The city Department of Transportation says cleaning up is the job of the DSNY. Sanitation says it’s the Parks Department’s responsibility.

And Parks points its fingers back at the DOT. We’re inclined to tap our inner Casey Stengel and ask, “Can’t anybody here play this game?”

This is one reason why you see so many neighborhoods stuck doing community cleanups, when we already pay people to do that. Find out whose job it is to remove the junk, do it and then hit the next spot. Catch up to the dumpers as much as possible.

Queens would be so much nicer if it were cleaner.

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Is that Con Ed at the door?

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e’d like to think that City Councilman Bob Holden of Middle Village sparked a change in Con Edison’s practices with his demand that the utility stop “cold-knocking” on people’s doors to have contractors install smart meters.

As Holden pointed out in a letter and subsequent press release last week, having contractors arrive unannounced is concerning, especially for seniors. Plenty of scammers and thieves pretend to be utility workers to gain access to older people’s homes. And sometimes it gets even worse; it’s a home invasion. It was less than two weeks ago that a Bronx man was beaten to death by someone pretending to be some kind of util-

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Hochul must act on climate Dear Editor: Re “What Hochul must do to clean up after Cuomo” (Editorial, Aug. 12) The author suggests that incoming Gov. Kathy Hochul must act as a political moderate in order to put New York on a path to prosperity. Unfortunately, addressing the climate crisis is not mentioned once in the article.

While Gov. Cuomo recognized the severity of the climate crisis and acted reasonably at times, there is much more work that needs to be done. We need Gov. Hochul to take drastic actions such as banning new gas plants, electrifying the transit system, promoting renewable energy sources, and upholding the CLCPA (Climate Leadership Community Protection Act).

Returning to “business as usual” politics would be counterproductive and reckless. The disas-

ity worker, and in July two armed men posed as phone company employees to get inside a Brooklyn home, where they beat the resident and stole $80,000 in cash.

So you don’t want to let a utility worker into your home without full confirmation of who he is.

And it would be a lot better if they showed up only with appointments, though we understand it may not be possible every time.

Con Ed says it does its best to make arrangements ahead of time.

And Holden said after meeting with the utility that it listened to him and his neighbors and is “doing the right thing.” Let’s hope that means less cold-knocking and less worry whether that the stranger at your door belongs there.

trous effects of the climate crisis will become increasingly apparent to New Yorkers in the years to come. Gov. Hochul must do all in her power to mitigate them.

Daniel Salamon Bayside

The bees and the birds Dear Editor: A dozen bumblebees live in our yard flowers. They even sleep there. They are friendly, and don’t mind when I prune and water. They visit us every summer.

The other night, I had a scare. At 8:30 pm, there was not one bee in our flowers. Not one single bee. A sign on the street said there would be a mosquito spraying either the 12th or 16th.

So I figured they were all cooked.

Last year when a neighbor hired a mosquito

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Ice cream holiday Dear Editor: You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream. Take a day off from worrying about cholesterol, triglycerides and your weight.

Treat yourself, beat the heat and humidity by going to your favorite local ice cream parlor and order a banana split.

Wednesday, Aug. 25 is National Banana Split Day. It was invented by 23-year-old apprentice pharmacist David Evans Strickler at his Latrobe, Pa., store’s soda fountain in

War pigs profiting Dear Editor: For all those in despair that Biden pulled our military forces out of Afghanistan, be patient. The military-industrial complex will find another “hot spot” to deploy our troops, so it can continue to reap the huge financial benefits from the American treasury. Lately, it seems the military-industrial complex is the only beneficiary of these foreign campaigns.

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Modern Dems no prize Dear Editor: In the Aug. 12 issue, Anthony Pilla wrote a letter describing various Republican scandals (“Sordid GOP history”). Since Pilla is a proud Democrat like many other Chronicle readers, we should look at some of the people Democrats voted into office just since 2000.

Alan Hevesi was voted in as state comptroller until he had to resign due to corruption charges.

Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson won election as governor and lieutenant governor.

Spitzer resigned after it was disclosed that he frequented prostitutes; and after he became governor, Paterson did not run for the office himself due to a couple of his own scandals.

Eric Schneiderman was elected state attorney general in 2010 and resigned in 2018 after being accused of physical abuse by four women.

Andrew Cuomo. Nothing more needs to be said.

If former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s district was in Queens, I am sure Pilla and other Democrats here would have voted for him. Silver is now in jail.

It sure seems that a high percentage of elected Democratic officials did not possess the highest amount of integrity. Just for the record, I did not vote for Trump or Biden since I felt both were not presidential material.

The lesson to be learned by people like Anthony Pilla and fellow letter writer Robert LaRosa is that those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

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Dear Editor: Re “Queens outperforms population estimates in Census,” Aug. 13, qchron.com: Queens auspiciously proved itself the most diverse county in New York State, with Latino and Asian residents now outnumbering whites for the first time in the borough’s history.

As these groups continue to prosper and contribute, they will further diversify the homeowner contingent in Queens, making it likely they will be on the short end of the city’s grossly unfair property tax system, already documented years ago as adversely impacting communities of color.

They will pay thousands per year to contribute to a subsidy of many thousands for the likes of Bill de Blasio and his fellow overwhelmingly white liberal neighbors in distinctly undiversified, affluent Brownstone Brooklyn. For cover, de Blasio and his ilk, including Jerseyite Al Sharpton, ignore our inconvenient diversity and rail as usual against their imaginary two cities: one Black, one white.

We need diverse politics to rid ourselves of hidebound corruption as personified by this mayor and City Council.

Edwin Eppich Glendale

1904. The cost for this tasty treat was 10 cents, which was twice the price of any other ice cream sundae.

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service, our bees vanished and never returned — even though their spray claims to be “organic.” And a few years back, after a large city spraying, our butterflies disappeared, never to return. So I was a little sad, and assumed the worst.

Then, early the next morning, I went out for another check. Lo and behold ... a bee! I looked closer ... two bees. Checking all around, almost every flower harbored a little bee.

They came back!

But what happened the night before? Was there a spraying and they hid out?

This time there was a happy ending. But even in our yard, we see the drastic diminishing of all species. Birds at our birdbath are fewer each year. Seven years ago, all kinds of exotic birds sat around the bowl, each politely waiting for a turn to bathe. Now, our regulars are down to one blue jay, one robin and a couple of cooing doves. (Needless to say, we keep the bowl scrupulously clean, and change the water twice a day, using water from the kitchen, and not the hose, which contains lead.)

In our tiny rowhouse yard, we’re seeing the end of the planet firsthand.

Jen Fisher Forest Hills

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Fighting water with fire in Broad Channel

BCVFD chief tries to conclude 16-year battle for new building

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

It’s not lost on the Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department that the island’s most pervasive threat is not fire, but water. In fact, it’s become the guiding principle of the neighborhood’s sole firehouse in its multidecade fight with city bureaucracy to relocate into a new building.

Broad Channel is one of the most low-lying neighborhoods in New York City. It already faces chronic flooding from high tides — a condition that is only becoming more severe over time with climate change, according to the Department of City Planning.

Though the BCFVD does play a vital role in getting to fires before any of the city fire stations in the Rockaways, Chief Dan Mcintyre is also acutely aware of the station’s capacity as the sole emergency services provider to the isolated, and f requently water-logged, land mass.

To that end, the fire department has been struggling to build a new station for its operations and meeting bureaucratic roadblocks for nearly 20 years. In 2005, it looked like it was going to come to fruition when then- Cong ressman Anthony Weiner and U.S. Senator Hillar y Rod ham Clinton earmarked $2 million in federal transportation money for the project.

But that was only the beginning for Mcintyre in the grueling endurance contest of acquiring approvals for the project from state and city agencies and then contracting out the work. Sixteen years later, the

construction costs have increased, and so have the funding sources in order to make up the difference, but the department will have to pay it out before it can receive the government grants. The firehouse has the land, the designs for the now$6 million project and even a project labor agreement that will help streamline the process of contracting the construction work. BCVFD just needs a lender to get the project off the ground.

Recently state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Tom Grech at the Queens Chamber of Com merce found a ban k that seems amenable to acting as a lender, and Mcintyre is optimistic that he could be near to securing the project.

The journey for Mcintyre, who has been chief of the fire department since 1994 with a few breaks, has taught him many things. He’s learned how to write a solar energy proposal, how to apply for FEMA disaster assistance, how to contract a traffic light installation and how to “stalk” the city transportation commissioner for a meeting. In other words, Mcintyre has had to become an expert on the finer points of municipal design and construction to keep the plan alive.

“I think that just because of my nature and that I said I was going to do something way back in 2005, I was going to see it through until they basically told me that the money’s gone and scram,” he said.

But it’s not just for stubbornness that Mcintyre has stuck out his overseeing role in the development of the project. He argues that a new

facility will play an integ ral role i n the next superstor m to hit the island. If the plan ned bu ild i ng had been i n place before Superstorm Sandy, the city would have had a fully functional storm center of operations for the department and any city, state or federal agency.

As it was, Sandy put the firehouse under five and a half feet of water, and totaled its fire and EMS trucks, but it didn’t stop the volunteers from using generators to get the house up and running to be a hub for donations and a place where their neighbors could go to wash off the oil that had BCVFD Chief Dan Mcintyre, left, and former chief Ed Wilmarth III stand in front of the mixed in with the flood- firehouse dating back to 1908.

PHOTO BY MAX PARROTT water in the storm.

The new location, on the other They build from a rich tradition the city tried to disband the firehand, which sits next to the Broad of firefighters. Founded in 1905 as house, and the members had to Channel Athletic Club on Cross a bucket brigade, the BCVFD built take the city to court to stay in Bay Boulevard, and was bought by the f i rehouse by 1908 when existence afterward.

BCVFD back in 1994, has a base around 100 people lived in Broad “And here we are. We’re still flood elevation of almost 13 feet. Channel. Its history has an obsti- here. If they came out and told us Once moved, the firehouse will nate streak, according to former that they were going to build a donate its old building to Broad fire chief and the department’s res- paid city firehouse on the island of Channel’s historical society. ident historian Ed Wilmarth III. Broad Channel we’d be like great The building will also have a During World War II, the depart- then we can stop doing this s--t, zero carbon footprint due to its ment was t ur ned into a civil but until that time we’re not going Q solar engineering, not just for envi- defense unit. When the war ended anywhere,” Wilmarth said. ronmental reasons but for the practical goal of bill reduction as well.

Mcintyre pointed out that the firehouse, which historically has mai nt ai ned a membersh ip of between 25 and 35, has a track record of embracing new technologies out of scrappiness. It was an early adopter of systems that allowed its members to remotely take fire calls so they could maintain 24/7 operation without having a member constantly in the station itself. They adopted the Iam Responding app before it was widely accepted in city firehouses nationwide years later.

Mcintyre inspects fire apparatus, above left. Above center, then-Congressman Anthony Weiner, right, shows that the firehouse project was added to a House Transportation Bill in 2005. Water PHOTO BY MAX PARROTT, LEFT; PHOTOS COURTESY ED WILMARTH begins to flood the firehouse during Sandy’s early onset, above right. BCVFD members stand in front of the firehouse in 1909.

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EMS workers found Shaquan Nelson, 27, unconscious on the side of the road with severe injuries after he drove his 2012 Infiniti into the light pole while headed eastbound on Linden Boulevard past 79th Street, according to the NYPD. A driver died after colliding into a pole going east Nelson was taken by medics to on Linden Boulevard.

GOOGLE MAPS SCREENSHOT Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, accord- Lindenwood school zone with camera enforcement, but outside the hours when ing to police.

The NYPD’s Highway Collision Inves- cameras are legally allowed to operate,” Gutman wrote in a statement, adding that tigation Squad is investigating.

City Transportation Commissioner one-third of fatal crashes happen during the hours the cameras are off. “Speed Hank Gutman cited the accident as an cameras have proven an efficient and argument for the state Legislature to pass equitable way to reduce speeding, and a bill that would allow speed cameras to their operation around-the-clock will operate 24/7. “The high-speed fatal crash, which took the life of 27-year-old surely reduce the tragic consequences of Q Shaquan Nelson, happened at 4 a.m. in a late-night reckless driving.”

Two shootings in the 102nd — one fatal

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Over the past week, two shootings broke out in the confines of the 102nd Precinct.

One in Richmond Hill was fatal. The other, which took place in Ozone Park, was a close call. Both involved motorists.

Officers discovered South Richmond Hill resident Anthony Ali, 24, last Thursday after he was shot in his car in the head and chest at the intersection of 89th Avenue and 116th Street in Richmond Hill. Police arrived right before 10 p.m. in response to a 911 call about a dispute over a vehicle collision.

Police said that the altercation began when the shooter struck Ali’s 2021 blue BMW 430 sedan from the rear. Ali confronted him and the two started to argue before driving to the location where the shooting took place. When the perpetrator took out his weapon, Ali got in his vehicle to flee, but was shot multiple times in his car, the NYPD reported.

Ali had climbed out of his car but was not conscious by the time EMS responded to the location and rushed him to

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased, police said. The shooter had fled the scene.

There have been no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.

On Monday night another shooting took place around 12:15 a.m. farther south at Rockaway Boulevard and 91st Street in Ozone Park, police said.

A 20-year-old male and his 19-yearold female passenger were shot at in his car by the driver of another car who pulled up to them. A bullet grazed the cheek of the male driver and caused the glass to shatter and cut the passenger’s forehead and forearm, according to the police. The victims were taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and listed in stable condition.

There also have been no arrests in Monday’s shooting and the investigation remains ongoing.

Ali’s murder is the first in the 102nd Precinct in 2021. Last year, Woodhaven, which falls within the confines of the 102nd Precinct, was the location of two fatal shootings around the end of July Q and early August.

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Postings shortly before Jan. 6 attack at U.S. Capitol threatened senator

by Michael Gannon Editor

A Middle Village man is facing up to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in federal court to posting threats of violence before and after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Eduard Florea, 41, whose threats included killing U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of transmitting threats to injure and one count of possessing ammunition after having been convicted of a felony, according to a statement released by the office of Jacquelyn Kasulis, acting United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

The hearing took place before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Cheryl Pollack in federal court in Brooklyn.

The attack on the Capitol came as Congress was preparing to certify the election of President Biden.

“With today’s guilty plea, Florea admits to threatening the life of a successful candidate for the U.S. Senate and to urging others to take up arms to unleash violence at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 to thwart the results of the Presidential election,” Kasulis said. “This office is deeply committed to protecting our democratic institutions and to using all available tools to preserve the public safety,

The NYPD and FBI in January arrested Eduard Florea at his Middle Village home. He pleaded guilty Tuesday to threats in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. FILE PHOTO uphold the rule of law and support the peaceful transfer of power.”

According to court filings referenced by Kasulis, Florea on the evening of Jan. 5 posted, “We need to all come to an agreement ... and go armed ... and really take back Washington.”

That was followed minutes later by, “Tomorrow may very [well] be the day war

kicks off ... ” At 11:53 p.m. the same day, Florea posted, “Warnock is going to have a hard time casting votes for communist policies when he’s swinging with the f***ing fish.”

In the early morning hours of Jan. 6, at approximately 12:42 a.m., Florea referenced Warnock again, stating, “Dead men can’t pass sh*t laws ... ” Later that day, after the assault on the Cap-

itol had begun, Florea posted that he intended to travel to Washington, DC as part of a group armed with firearms ready to engage in additional violence.

Between approximately 2 and 6 p.m. — while the Capitol was under siege — Florea posted the following messages, among others: “Mine are ready ... I am ready ... we need to regroup outside of DC and attack from all sides … talking to some other guys ... I will keep watching for the signal.”

“I am awaiting my orders ... armed and ready to deploy ... ” “Guns cleaned loaded ... got a bunch of guys all armed and ready to deploy ... we are just waiting for the word.”

“There 3 car full of armed patriots heading in from NY ... ” “Me and some guys are gearing up to head in ... where are you ... 3 cars already are enroute ... all armed.”

“It’s time to unleash some violence.”

On Jan. 12, FBI special agents and officers with the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force executed a search warrant at Florea’s home in Middle Village.

The search revealed that Florea, previously convicted of a New York state firearmsrelated felony, illegally possessed more than Q 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

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ENFORCEMENT IS BACK Views of street sellers who lack permits diverge

An area of Downtown Flushing busy with street vendors is under the bridge near the Flushing Library and the Main Street subway station. At top left, vendor supplies are chained to a tree on Main Street. Above, a food truck, regulated by the city Department of Health. Under a new law, the city will issue 445 new food vending permits each year for 10 years beginning in July 2022. Leaning PHOTOS BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF against this vendor’s cart is a board advertising a spa.

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Chris W. sells socks, combs and gua shas, the self-care tools, for $5 to $10 around Main Street and 39th Avenue in Flushing on most days, but sometimes the crowds and loud noises give him headaches. The retired Army veteran, originally from China, was injured while training at Fort Riley in Kansas in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion. He came back to New York and started selling items on the street because it was the only work he could manage.

It is not just about the money, he said. “I try to talk to people,” said Chris, who did not want to share his full name. “I don’t want to isolate myself. Going outside, fresh air, talking to people. ... I feel happy, that’s important.”

His doctor said it was better than going to the park alone, which he would often do.

He was only able to get a vendor license because he is a veteran. The waitlist is currently closed but there is no cap for vets.

According to the city Department of Consumer and Worker Protection), the maximum number of vendor licenses is capped at 853.

The only people who can apply are those with a valid waitlist number, honorably discharged veterans living in New York, and their spouses or domestic partners.

Chris sets up away from the busy area around the Flushing Library and Main Street subway station.

“If I go to Main Street, I definitely have by September. According to a DCWP spokesmore [customers] but it’s too noisy,” he said. person, the agency currently has 12 employees Aside from the noises, Chris also said that “dedicated to conducting vending inspections” he is bothered by those who sell counterfeit and is in the process of doubling the staff. items, like Gucci bags. “People need to earn Many local officials say the enforcement money to make a life, but I think that’s not the does not go far enough and contend that the right story,” he said. streets, especially in Downtown Flushing, are “It’s still cheating,” he said. “I see some overcrowded with vendors. people — they sell their secondhand stuff, I “It’s not just about the competition for do understand that.” He said stores, but also the crowding he also understands that between bike lanes and Citi many people started selling Bikes and obstructions on he sidewalk because of the Covid-19 panthe street, including outdoor demic. Many do not have dining,” said Tom Grech, widening gave licenses, said Chris, but neipresident and CEO of the ther the police nor the Queens Chamber of Comway to more DCWP has checked his in merce. “Sidewalks are being the last year. totally overcrowded. It’s not sidewalk The agency has begun really conducive for a nice obstructions.” enforcement, though. Since shopping or eating June 1, the DCWP said, it environment.”

— Scott Sieber, deputy has conducted 255 inspecCouncilman Peter Koo chief of staff to City tions in Queens, issuing 126 (D-Flushing) walks to his Councilman Peter Koo violations in the borough and office in Downtown Flush56 in Flushing. Fines for ing and gets lunch in the unlicensed vending ranged from $250 to area. “When I walk, people always complain $1,000 plus $250 for every day of continued to me. They say, ‘Councilman, what hapunlicensed vending. Unlicensed food vendors pened?’ The whole street is turning into an can be fined from $150 to $1,000 and other open free market. It’s like a street fair every food-related violations can cost $25 to $50. day,” said Koo. The Office of Street Vendor Enforcement In 2016, Koo announced and helped fund a was established as part of the DCWP in project to widen the sidewalks around Main March and is expected to be fully operational Street and has since introduced legislation to

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limit vendors in certain areas of Downtown Flushing.

“What wound up happening, was the street vendors basically took over all that space. The sidewalk widening gave way to more sidewalk obstructions,” said Scott Sieber, Koo’s deputy chief of staff. “You have the buses competing with the vendors, competing with shoppers, competing with pedestrians.”

“If there could be some kind of location or a gathering space where they could all congregate, we would support that, if it was a feasible location,” said Sieber. “Downtown Flushing is a geographically difficult place for those kinds of gatherings.”

A woman named Zhang operates the Uncle Wang BBQ Express truck on the corner of Bowne Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing. She explained that there is no designated spot for her to sell her traditional Chinese barbecue skewers and if she does not get to her usual corner in time, a car may already be parked there. It can be hard to have regular customers without a guaranteed spot, she said, with translation from Rui Li, an organizer for the Street Vendor Project, a group of over 1,800 vendors fighting for better working conditions.

“As a small business, you want to be somewhat in a permanent place. If you’re always moving, people won’t be able to find you,” said Li. Li said that Zhang received tickets before

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just as the products do the pandemic but has not been fined recently and has been fortunate enough to support herself and her family with the food truck business. She would eventually like to open up a storefront and bring that “taste of home” to her community. She said it contributes to the diversity of the city and she wants people to vend without added burdens.

“A lot of our vendors have been subject to fines and harassment and it’s a heavy blow to their already precarious financial status,” said Li. “What we are calling for is to stop the fines and let vendors be part of a just recovery for the city. If they get slapped with a thousand dollar fine, how are they supposed to pay that?”

She said that they want to abide by the rules, but it is hard since there is no legal way to obtain a license right now.

In January, the City Council voted to create 4,000 new permits for street vendors over the next decade and create a separate law enforcement unit for oversight. Previously, the NYPD handled enforcement and recent crackdowns in the Bronx prompted a letter from the Street Vendor Project and area officials criticizing Mayor de Blasio for “going back on his word” to no longer involve the police.

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Crowds at bus stops in Flushing must maneuver around tables set up for street vendors in some areas. At right, a street vendor selling live crabs at PHOTOS BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF Sanford Avenue and and Main Street has to capture an escapee on the sidewalk.

Koo said the reason he voted in favor of the new bill was not for lifting the cap but for that separate enforcement unit. Prior to that, too many agencies were responsible for the different aspects of street vending, said Sieber, including the NYPD, the Department of Sanitation, the Department of Health and the Department of Transportation.

Sieber said that their office received a complaint from a constituent whose wife bought live crabs off the corner of Sanford Avenue

and Main Street, got sick and had to go to the hospital. Her husband opened up the crabs and found worms, said Sieber.

“When you don’t have oversight over these kinds of activities, that’s the kind of risk that you’re up against,” he said.

Grech of the Chamber of Commerce said he was not “thrilled” by the idea of more vendor licenses because of the “unfair competition” that poses to the stores.

“I have very little belief that the city will

come through with the promised enforcement. Adding thousands of more licenses over the next few years will not be helpful to the brick-and-mortars that are still struggling,” he said.

A DCWP spokesperson said in an email, “Our goal is to hear concerns from everyone involved and strike a balanced approach that is equitable for all, which includes ongoing education coupled with scaled, strategic enforceQ ment, especially in problematic areas.”

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C M SQ page 18 Y K AMENDED NOTICE OF LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING AND EXTENSION OF COMMENT PERIOD Applicant: Astoria Gas Turbine Power LLC 31-01 20th Ave., Astoria, NY 11105

Facility: Astoria Gas Turbine Power Replacement Project 31-01 20th Ave., Astoria, NY 11105

DEC Application ID Nos. Article 19 Air Title V Facility (2-6301-00191/00003) Article 19 Title IV (Phase II Acid Rain) (2-6301-00191/00024) Article 17 Titles 7 & 8 Industrial SPDES - Surface Discharge - (2-6301-00191/00014) Article 15 Title 15 Water Withdrawal (2-6301-00191/00026) Current Notice: This amended Notice serves to provide the public with updated notifi cation about the public comment hearings scheduled for August 24 and 26, 2021 as described below. The public comment period is also extended until September 13, 2021 .

Project Description: The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), as lead agency, has determined that the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS), and applications for draft Title IV and Title V air permits, draft Industrial SPDES permit modifi cation and water withdrawal for the proposed Astoria Replacement Project (“Replacement Project”) (Leaves DEC’s site), are complete for the purposes of public review and comment.

The existing Facility currently consists of 31 older, peaking-only gas and oil-fi red CTs including 24 Pratt & Whitney (“P&W”) turbines and seven retired Westinghouse turbines, with a combined nameplate rating of 646 MWe (502 MWe not including the retired Westinghouse turbines). The proposed Replacement Project, as modifi ed, will replace the nearly 50-yearold P&W and Westinghouse turbines at the Facility with a new state-of-the art simple cycle dual-fuel peaking CTG. The proposed Replacement Project will include a new CTG which will be a highly effi cient, quick start, fast-ramping, General Electric (“GE”) H-Class 7HA.03 or equivalent unit that has a nominal generator output of approximately 437 MWe. The new CTG will fi re natural gas as the primary fuel with limited ultra-low sulfur distillate (“ULSD”) liquid fuel for backup. The proposed Replacement Project will also include a ULSD-fi red emergency generator, and two ULSD-fi red emergency fi re water pumps.

All of the existing units, with the exception of one P&W Twin Pac (consisting of two combustion turbines and a single generator), will be permanently shut down once the proposed Replacement Project has completed its shakedown period. The two remaining P&W turbines will remain operational to make the site black-start capable until replaced by an approximately 24 MWe battery energy storage system. The P&W Twin Pac uses natural gas as its primary fuel with ultra-low sulfur kerosene (“ULSK”) as backup. Make up water will be sourced from existing connections to the New York City water supply. No water will be withdrawn from the East River. Construction will require dewatering of the project site.

The dewatering will involve the withdrawal of approximately 0.7 MGD of groundwater. The groundwater will be treated and ultimately discharged via existing outfall 001.

For additional project information and details on providing comments, see the Notice of Complete Application dated June 30, 2021.

Virtual Legislative Public Comment Hearing Only virtual legislative public comment hearings will be held given the COVID-19 status. The in-person sessions scheduled for August 26, 2021 have been converted to virtual legislative public comment hearings.

Virtual legislative public comment hearings pursuant to 6 NYCRR part 621 to hear and receive unsworn comments from the public will be held on August 24, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., and on August 26, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. All hearing sessions will be conducted electronically through the Webex Events electronic webinar platform.

Instructions for Attending the Virtual Legislative Public Comment Hearings on August 24, 2021.

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To register electronically: Persons who will login to the hearings electronically must register. To register, visit https://www.webex.com, click “Join a meeting,” input the event number listed above, click “Register,” and fi ll in the requested information. You will be asked whether you wish to make a public statement or not. After registration is complete, you will receive a confi rmation by email with information about how to join the hearing. We request that speakers only register for one hearing session.

On the appropriate date and time of the hearings, participants should visit https://www. webex.com, click “Join a meeting” at the top right-hand corner of the screen, and input the appropriate event number for the particular hearing session. Participants will be asked to “select audio system.” It is recommended that participants choose to have the system “call me” or “call using computer.” The “call me” option will require participants to enter their phone numbers.

To register by telephone: Any person who is not able to login electronically may participate by telephone. Call-in participants must register to speak in advance by calling the Department at 518-402-9003 no later than 10:00 a.m. on August 23, 2021. Please provide your fi rst and last name, address, email address if any, and telephone number and reference the Astoria Gas Turbine Power Replacement Project public comment hearing. We request that speakers only register for one hearing session.

On the day and time of the hearings, use the phone access phone number, (518) 549-0500, and the appropriate access code listed above to join the hearings.

All participants will be muted upon entry into the hearings. The ALJ will call each person who has requested to provide a statement to speak. Speakers will be called in the order they registered, with elected offi cial being called fi rst. The ALJ will continue the hearings until everyone wishing to speak has been heard or other reasonable arrangements have been made to include their comments in the record. The ALJ may limit the time available for oral comments to three (3) minutes per person, as necessary to afford all participants an opportunity to be heard. We also recommend that lengthy comments be summarized for oral presentation and submitted in writing as provided above. The hearing will be stenographically recorded for inclusion in the record.

The in-person public comment hearing sessions scheduled for August 26, 2021 have been converted to virtual public comment hearing sessions. See the instructions provided above.

No in-person hearings will be held due to the status of COVID-19.

Extension of the Comment Period In addition to the above referenced change to the hearings, the public comment period has been extended for 15 days and therefore, all written comments regarding the permit applications, proposed draft permits, fact sheets and SDEIS must be postmarked by September 13, 2021 and submitted to the comment.nrgastoriagas@dec.ny.gov.

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Almonor of East Elmhurst, McCabe of Ozone Park angry but offer insights

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

Being different men, the two warriors from Queens naturally have different takes on the sudden takeover of Afghanistan by the enemy they fought against. Being loyal soldiers of the United States Army, one formerly and one to this day, they share a lot, too.

Sean McCabe of Ozone Park and Noah Almonor of East Elmhurst both spoke with the Queens Chronicle by phone Tuesday, as the Taliban solidified their hold over the Asian nation where both Americans had served in combat and seen friends and comrades die, and where one was seriously wounded himself.

The seemingly sudden collapse of Afghan government forces facing the fundamentalist insurgents following the withdrawal of U.S. forces has led to a chaotic and rapidly developing situation. Key to the United States in the short term is the fate of Americans still in the country, estimated at more than 10,000, along with Afghans who worked with coalition forces and are believed to be in severe danger with the Taliban back in power. At least 50,000 Afghans want to leave the country, according to U.S. government officials.

McCabe and Almonor both expressed anger and disappointment at the loss of so much they had fought for.

“Yes, I’m mad as hell that it happened,” said

Sean McCabe, above left and near right, and Noah Almonor, in their vehicles and on the ground in Afghanistan. Both were in combat.

McCabe also served in Iraq; Almonor was COURTESY PHOTOS granted a Purple Heart.

Almonor. “I’m kind of angry that the interpreters that we served with are now at the mercy of these dudes. But then again, it’s heartless to say, it’s a politician’s game now ...

“It’s heartbreaking what you see on TV, for a lot of reasons, but right now it is what it is. You can’t change it.”

Almonor served in Afghanistan from October 2012 to August 2013 with Bravo Co. 136 in the 1st Armored Division, 1st Brigade.

He said that some of the work U.S. forces did in Afghanistan had a positive impact but that much of it turned out to be “a total waste.”

Asked whom he blames for the situation now, Almonor, who suffered a tramautic brain

injury in May 2013 when the armored vehicle he was in was hit by an improvised explosive device, said, “politicians in general, period.”

A sergeant in the Reserves, Almonor has a bachelor’s degree in theater from Queens College and plans to further his education.

McCabe was in Afghanistan from January to August 2010 with the 2-77 Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, 1st Brigade. He had previously served a year in Iraq.

“Honestly, there was no easy way for us to get out,” he said when asked about the ongoing

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chaos in Afghanistan. “I could see the writing on the wall years ago.”

McCabe said he could see the Taliban were more focused on fighting for their country than the Afghan forces were in fighting for their government. Both there and in Iraq, he added, the national military had become overreliant upon American support.

“Some of these guys just don’t know how to fight,” he said. “They don’t know how to read, they don’t know how to count — they don’t continued on page 26

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Queens ready to help Haiti after 7.2 quake Island country faces another hard blow with earth-shattering disaster

by Naeisha Rose

lage), who is of Haitian descent, is partnering with other elected officials to coordinate a Over the weekend, the Caribbean country donation drive as part of the relief effort for Haiti was hit with yet another challenge, but Haiti.

“We are grateful for the well-wishes and supinstead of a political assassination rocking the nation, it was a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, port from all that have reached out,” said Vanel. which had aftershocks that were felt in the “Unfortunately in New York, we are no strangBahamas, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, ers to natural disaster.”

Vanel is working closely with the Haitian Puerto Rico, Cuba, Turks and Caicos and minor American Elected Officials from New York outlying islands in the United States.

Queens, with its large Haitian-American organization and the National Haitian Ameripopulation, is doing its part to help out the reel- can Elected Officials Network, which has a New York chapter with 11 members from all ing nation.

The earthquake comes a little over a month over the Empire State.

“In Queens, I’m working with the Borough after the July 7 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, who was shot 12 times in President’s Office and through his office and what appears to be an alleged conspiracy also my office, we are accepting donations,” involving 30 people from the U.S., Colombia said Vanel. “Many other Queens elected offiand Haiti who wanted to take over to lead the cials are participating.”

Vanel is working with the Mayor’s Office. island country, as reported by The Wall Street “The mayor has agreed to help big time,” Journal.

Haiti previously had earthquakes on Oct. 7, said Vanel. “There is something called the May2018 and Jan. 12, 2010, the latter of which had or’s Fund and people can donate directly to it.”

The Mayor’s Fund upwards of 100,000 to will funnel donated 316,000 fatalities and money directly to four 300,000 injuries. reputable organizaThe most recent e are saddened about tions in Haiti. The natural disaster what happened.” relief organizations occurred on the same include Ayiti CommuEnriquillo-Plantain — Haitian Americans United for Progress nity Trust, Capracare Garden fault zone, as Haiti, Hope for Haiti reported by The New York Times. The east-west North American and and Partners in Health, according to the fund’s Caribbean fault lines converge on two tectonic website.

“We are devastated by the tragic earthquake plates moving laterally toward each other at a in Haiti and are committed to supporting our quarter of an inch annually.

Haitian immigrants make up 3 percent of the Haitian community members as they navigate city’s population, and the second-largest group the aftermath of this weekend’s events,” May of émigrés in the Big Apple resides in Queens Malik, MOIA’s deputy commissioner of exter(31,000). Only Brooklyn (45,705) has more Hai- nal affairs said in an email. “As the Mayor tian immigrants. There is a population of announced this morning, the Mayor’s Office is 84,334 throughout the city, according to the mobilizing the goodness of New Yorkers in providing crucial relief to Haiti.”

Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs.

Malik asks that if people want to provide aid A Queens-based Haitian-American organization and political leader are working to find to the people of Haiti they should visit nyc.gov/ fund. If an individual or a neighbor is in need of ways to help the beleaguered island nation.

“At this moment we are saddened about what mental health support he or she can call 1 (888) happened,” said a spokesman for the Haitian 692-9355 24/7 and help is available in multiple Americans United for Progress on Monday. languages, including Haitian-Creole.

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Gardens-Union Turnpike subMental health services will way station and is located at be provided throughout Queens, 120-55 Queens Blvd. including at HAUP, which is Richards’ office will accept located at 209-05 Jamaica Ave. donations of bottled water, nonin Queens Village, said Vanel. perishable food, personal care “It provides mental health products, toiletries and feminine services for people that have to hygiene products and the items deal with the trauma of their can be dropped off in a box family being missing, of their located in the lobby of Borough family dying or what is happenHall next to the security desk, ing in Haiti,” said Vanel about just inside the building’s main the mayor’s program. “The organization of Haitain Ameri- Assemblyman Clyde Vanel entrance. The lobby is open 24 FILE PHOTO hours a day, according to the can Elected Officials has a comborough president. pliance auditing organization “From natural disasters to political turmoil, that is currently going throughout the different institutions on the ground in Haiti. In the next Haiti has been dealt blow after blow in recent week or two they are going to come out with a years, but the resolve of the Haitian people and website portal to identify legitimate organiza- ou r Ha it ia n-A me r ica n com mu n it y is unmatched,” said Richards. “In the wake of this tions that are doing the work in Haiti.”

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Women for Afghan Women switch focus to getting clients, staff out

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

Thousands of Afghans are trying to escape their country now that the Taliban has seized control, and a nonprofit based in Fresh Meadows is leading an evacuation effort.

“Our focus now is to evacuate as many people as possible to safety,” Naheed Samadi Bahram, WAW’s U.S. country director, told the Chronicle in an email. “At this moment, with the situation changing rapidly every minute, we are asking our supporters to donate and/or host fundraisers to ensure we can respond rapidly to this immediate humanitarian crisis. Contributions will go towards evacuation and resettlement services for the thousands of women, children, and families who are depending on us.”

Even in the weeks before the U.S. withdrew from the country Aug. 15, WAW had been evacuating its Afghanistan-based centers. All operations have been paused to avert its attention toward providing shelter, resources and aid to the thousands of women, children, families and staff trying to flee.

The group could not comment on how or where it is evacuating people, or how many have escaped, due to security reasons, a spokesperson told the Chronicle. According

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to WAW’s website, over 2,100 people according to Islamic law and in accorhave donated, but the amount raised dance with our cultural values,” also could not be disclosed.

Enamullah Samangani, a member of WAW has a community center the Taliban’s cultural commission, said based in Queens and has others in according to several media outlets.

Afghanistan that provide political, But many leaders do not trust that social, cultural and economic prothe Taliban will uphold that new promgrams for the Afghans, particularly ise, and believe they will revert back to women and girls, whom WAW is espetheir old, and violent, ways. cially fearful for now.

“I am especially fearful for the The group “relentlessly advocates women and girls of Afghanistan, who for women’s rights and challenge the have fought for 20 years to gain the norms that underpin gender-based viobasic human rights and dignity they lence to influence attitudes and bring deserve, and are now at risk of having about change,” something the Taliban that progress suddenly stripped away has famously pushed back against. from them by the Taliban,” Rep. Caro“Women for Afghan Women is lyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) heartbroken at the speed and extent to said in an Aug. 16 statement. which the violence and escalating conAccording to WAW, nearly 400,000 flict in Afghanistan has threatened the Afghans have already fled the country, innocent lives of millions and disand more are waiting for their chance placed hundreds of thousands,” the Hundreds of Afghans pack into a U.S. military cargo plane to to escape. group said in a statement pledging to flee the country after the Taliban took control last week folIn an Aug. 16 statement, President use all of its resources to “meet the lowing American troops’ withdrawal. STEVE CORTES PHOTO / TWITTER Biden defended his decision to withneeds of the emergency.” draw troops, stating that he “cannot Donations can be made via PayPal at adhered to strict law, and urged women to and will not ask our troops to fight on endpaypal.me/womenforafghanwomen or at participate in the government. lessly in another country’s civil war.” bit.ly/3swQZ4y.

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Queensbridge folks file suits vs. NYCHA Residents assert city forces them to live in unsafe, unsanitary homes

by Michael Gannon Editor

Eleven residents of the New York City Housing Authority’s Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City have filed suits against NYCHA, claiming the agency is forcing them to live in unsafe and unhealthy conditions by its failure to conduct repairs in a timely manner and to keep common areas clean and in a good state of repair.

A 36-page suit has been filed in Queens Housing court by six residents of the Queensbridge North complex. Five residents of Queensbridge South have a 34-page suit of their own.

The filing of the lawsuits was announced Tuesday in Long Island City at a press conference outside the Queensbridge South management office on 41st Avenue.

Residents were joined by representatives of the Justice for All Coalition and Queens Legal Services.

“I don’t like cats. But I have a cat because of the mice,” resident Pamela Wheeler said. Resident Cathy Bladykas broke down several times as she described how the mold, vermin and dilapidated conditions have affected her children’s health.

“I’m really stressed every time I come home,” she said.

Other residents said they have put in tick-

Cathy Bladykas was in tears as she described the conditions she and her family are forced to PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON live in at the Queensbridge South Apartments. et after ticket after ticket requesting repairs for collapsed ceilings, broken doors and locks and plumbing only to have the requests ignored for weeks and months.

A nother resident said management recently made cosmetic changes to her exterior bathroom fixtures.

“While the pipes are rotting in the walls,” she said.

One of the speakers, Attorney Robert Sanderman of Queens Legal Services, said a tenant related a similar story to him.

“Workers came in and installed new Sheetrock over mold on a wall,” Sanderman

Holden gets Con Ed concession Utility agrees to improve meter notification process

by Michael Gannon

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Following some back-and-fourth last week, Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) on Tuesday thanked Con Edison for “doing the right thing” in announcing steps to make the sometimes unannounced installation of smart meters less worrisome for residents in the coming weeks.

The councilman nearly two weeks ago answered his doorbell to find it was a “cold call” from a contractor seeking to install a smart meter in his home.

In a letter to Con Ed President and CEO Timothy Cawley on Aug. 9 and a press release last Friday, Holden demanded that the utility stop “cold-knocking” on residents’ doors to install the meters without a confirmed appointment.

Holden tweeted on Tuesday that conversations ahead of time may bring some peace of mind to the 13,000 homeowners in his district who do not yet have the devices.

“We ... discussed ways to make the scheduling of meters as efficient and painless as possible,” Holden wrote. “I thank the representatives from Con Edison for listening to my neighbors and me and doing the right thing.”

That includes Con Edison’s agreement to hire additional installers for work that will be conducted beginning the first two weeks

of September.

In his statement last week, Holden said the utility’s practice of sending contractors to homes unannounced without a confirmed appointment is troublesome and potentially dangerous.

A Con Ed spokesperson said in an email that the company does try to arrange for appointments beforehand.

Holden last week expressed concern that the cold-knocking could be an invitation to scammers looking to take advantage of the system to enter people’s homes “especially at a time when so many scammers are preying on our seniors.”

He said National Grid and other utilities communicate effectively and safely, and wondered why Con Ed could not do the same.

“We take the safety and security of our customers seriously, which is why we send notices to customers and offer them the opportunity to make an appointment before we knock on their door to install a smart meter,” a Con Ed spokesperson told the Chronicle in an email on Wednesday. “We also issue frequent fraud prevention warnings to the public. The messages are sent directly to customers and through the media remind the public to be vigilant.”

The spokesperson also said all customers should ask anyone who claims to be from

Con Edison to show the proper identification.

Hold e n , i n h is Aug. 9 letter to Cawley, ack nowledged that Con Edison spells out its existing p r o c e d u r e o n it s website.

Residents receive a post ca rd about Councilman three months before Bob Holden the utility plans to FILE PHOTO start work in a given neighborhood. Con Ed then sends out a letter targeted to reach residents about 45 days before work is planed to start.

The letter includes information on how to schedule an appointment to have a meter installed. But Holden wrote at the time that the system was “inefficient and has to change.” He also wrote that many seniors in his district have been victims of people claiming to represent the utility.

Residents also may call 1 (800) 576-2005 to make a convenient appointment for installation. Appointments are available Monday through Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. More information is available online at Q coned.com.

said. “Three weeks later, when inspectors came, the mold had come through.”

The suits list the individual residents’ complaints. Tamickah Anthony’s complaints are typical, including lead paint, vermin infestation, a broken medicine cabinet, a chipped bathtub and a broken intercom for her building.

Others pointed out that in buildings with large senior citizen populations, elevators too often are out of commission and take too long to repair.

Most who spoke are very skeptical of the city’s plans to bring some privatization to NYCHA properties; the suit claims that the ongoing conditions are part of a campaign of harassment aimed at forcing them to give up their homes.

Dannelly Rodriguez of the JFAC pointed to all of the luxury construction that is going in LIC within line of sight of the press conference.

“You shouldn’t have to make $150,000 a year to be able to live in a home with heat,” Rodriguez said.

City housing officials issued a brief response.

“NYCHA has not yet been served with this lawsuit and the Authority does not comment on pending litigation,” the agency said Q in an email to the Chronicle.

Howard Beach Dads to hold sports day The Howard Beach Dads Facebook group will host a family sports event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 22 at Walter Ward Playground, 159-15 88 St. Adults and teens can sign up for a doubles handball tournament for $40 per team. The three-on-three handball tournament costs $30 per team. The event is sponsored by Empanada on the Rise.

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LGA and JFK airport jobs fair is Aug. 18 A minority-owned and operated service company with more than 100 positions available at the airports in Queens is holding a job fair Aug. 18 in Jamaica.

Red Eye Aviation Services is looking to fill jobs in areas including customer service, ramp, baggage, cargo warehouse, driving and more at both Kennedy and LaGuardia.

Sponsored by the Queens Chamber of Commerce and some government officials, the event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Harvest Room, at 90-40 160 St. Participants may register via Q queenschamber.org/events.

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A 15-minute walk around the neighborhood each morning coupled with a 15-minute walk after dinner can help adults dramatically improve their overall health.

Improving your overall health at any age A person’s habits can have a strong impact on his or her overall health.

Unhealthy habits like smoking and living a sedentary lifestyle can increase a person’s risk for various conditions and diseases. On the flip side, healthy habits like eating a nutritious diet and getting enough sleep can bolster a person’s immune system and reduce his or her risk for various ailments.

Some healthy habits, like daily exercise, can be time-consuming. Busy adults may not have time to exercise vigorously each day, though the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urges men and women to find time for at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity each week.

But not all healthy habits take up time. In fact, adults can incorporate various healthy practices into their daily routines without skipping a beat.

• Take the stairs. Taking the stairs instead of the elevator can have a profound effect on overall health. According to Duke University, climbing just two flights of stairs combined per day can contribute to six pounds of weight loss over the course of a single year. In addition, a study from the North American Menopause Society found that stair climbing can help postmenopausal women reduce their risk for osteoporosis and help them lower their blood pressure.

• Drink more water. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that water helps the body maintain a normal temperature, lubricates and cushions joints, protects the spinal cord and other sensitive tissues, and helps to rid the body of waste through urination, perspiration and bowel movements. Adults who are thirsty can choose water over soda or other sugary beverages. The CDC notes that sugary beverag-

es like soda and sports drinks contain calories but little nutritional value, making water a healthier way for individuals to quench their thirst.

• Go for daily walks. Walking benefits the body in myriad ways. For example, the Harvard School of Public Health notes that women who walk 30 minutes per day can reduce their risk of stroke by 20 percent and potentially by 40 percent if they walk briskly. In addition, researchers at the University of Virginia Health System found that men between the ages of 71 and 93 who walked more than a quarter mile per day had half the incidence of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease as men who walked less. A 15-minute walk around the neighborhood each morning coupled with a 15-minute walk after dinner can help adults dramatically improve their overall health.

• Eat more greens. Eating more greens is another healthy habit that doesn’t require a major overhaul of an individual’s lifestyle.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture notes that dark green leafy vegetables, such as spinach, are rich in vitamins A, C, E, and K. The Mayo Clinic notes that vitamin E alone can help people maintain their vision and promote a healthy reproductive system while also improving the health of the blood, brain and skin. The USDA also notes that green vegetables contain very little carbohydrates, sodium and cholesterol. Adults won’t have to reinvent the dietary wheel to incorporate more greens into their diets, and the results of doing so can have a significant, positive effect on their overall health.

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Vaccinating a high percentage of individuals against Covid-19 is a key component of the global strategy to diminish the effects of the virus that first appeared in late 2019.

Since the distribution of the Covid19 vaccines began in the United States on Dec. 14, 2020, more than 357 million doses have been administered, and more than 168 million people, or 50.8 percent of the total U.S. population, have been fully vaccinated, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released, as of Aug. 16, 2021.

As vaccine eligibility continues to open up and now includes children as young as 12 for certain vaccines, public health agencies are urging eligible people to get vaccinated. However, with myths continuing to circulate, individuals may need a little more reassurance that vaccination is the smart and safe choice. The following information, courtesy of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the CDC, the Cleveland Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Health System, can clear up some misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccines.

Myth #4: These vaccines have severe side effects.

Fact: Side effects to the vaccines are short-term, mild or moderate reactions that often resolve without complication or injury and include things like headache, body aches, fatigue or mild fever. The Janssen/ Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been linked to blood clots in a very small percentage of vaccine recipients, but the risk was so minimal that the vaccine was cleared for use after a brief pause.

Myth #1: Because Covid-19 vaccines were rushed, they’re not safe and can’t be trusted.

Fact: The vaccines were developed in record time but not because there were shortcuts in the process.

Certain red tape was navigated more efficiently than it had been with past vaccines. Plus, the new technology at the center of the mRNA-based vaccines has been in development for more than three decades. The vaccine developers put the vaccines through rigorous clinical trials involving tens of thousands of volunteers.

Myth #2: The vaccines affect fertility.

Fact: Covid-19 vaccines encourage the body to create copies of the spike protein found on the surface of the coronavirus and “teach” the immune system to fight the virus that has that specific spike protein.

There was confusion when this spike protein was mistakenly reported as the same as another spike protein that is involved in the growth and attachment of the placenta during pregnancy. During the

Medical experts are contending with widespread misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines, as the push for inoculations continues.

Pfizer vaccine tests, 23 female study volunteers became pregnant.

The only one to suffer a pregnancy loss had received the placebo and not the vaccine.

Myth #3: Covid-19 vaccines will change my DNA. Fact: Both mRNA vaccines and

viral vector vaccine, which is the technology for the Janssen vaccine, deliver genetic material to cells to start virus protection. The material never enters the nucleus of the cell, which is where DNA is stored. That means these vaccines do not alter or interact with DNA in any way.

Myth # 5: The vaccines were made using controversial ingredients.

Fact: The Covid-19 vaccines were not developed using fetal tissue, eggs, latex or other allergens. In addition, they do not contain micro chips or tracking devices.

Millions of people have been vaccinated against Covid-19. To continue this public health initiative, people who may still be wary about the vaccines can learn more about them by speaking with their Q physicians.

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Marvelle Bennett’s life is celebrated Jam Hut owner honored with flower, herb garden planted at King Manor

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

Marvelle Bennett, the owner of Jam Hut Restaurant who died earlier this year, was honored Aug. 14 at King Manor Museum for her work in encouraging women to join the workforce and to become entrepreneurs and for her charitable endeavors in feeding the homeless.

Sponsoring the event was the Queens Chronicle and King Manor Museum, which is located at 150-03 Jamaica Ave. Ree Brinn, an account executive at the Queens Chronicle, hosted the ceremony that included sunflowers and herbs planted to celebrate Bennett’s positivity and strength, as well as her serving food to the undomiciled at the museum’s park.

“I’m humbled that King Manor was selected as the site to commemorate the life of Ms. Marvelle, who with love and generosity cared for everyone in the park, without bias,” said Kelsey Brown, the museum’s executive director. “She truly exemplified what it means to be a good neighbor and I hope the garden planted in her honor will bloom and with it, kindness and open-mindedness toward all.”

State Sen. Leroy Comrie’s (D-St. Albans) office provided an in-memoriam proclamation for Bennett and Garden World of Franklin Square, LI, which has its headquarters in Whit-

estone, provided the tools, flowers and herbs. Lenny Mancuso, his sister Rosaria Annimos and his nephews Gianni and Roman Buonavita installed the plants and herbs.

“When they heard we needed the help, they came to help,” said Mancuso about his nephews. “They felt great and want to come back again.”

The event had a family-festival component and Mancuso’s nephews got a free tour of King Manor Museum.

Daniel Sparrow, above, Kin Wah Lee, Karene Brown, Milannah-Lee Brown, Kelsey Brown, Angela Hirsch, Ree “They want to learn more Brinn, Selina Akhter and Malika Pegues. On the right, Lenny Mancuso, left, Rosaria Annimos, Gianni Buonavita about Colonial times,” said and Roman Buonavita plant sunflowers and several herbs to honor Marvelle Bennett.

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PHOTOS BY JON DEMSKEGATEWA, ABOVE, AND REE BRINN; FILE PHOTO LEFT. U.S. Mortgage Corp., Gateway JFK Connection, Catherine Donohoe of at the event. expanding in this wonderful community.”

Bridge to Life, Jon Demske of Queensboro FC, Pegues was also thrilled.

“The event was fantastic and we met a variDavid Farrell of Flushing Bank, Angela Hirsch ety of people there,” said Johnson.

“I don’t even have the words for this,” said of CommonPoint Queens, Kin Wah Lee of UA3 Gabriella Catalano of Domenick’s Pizza and Pegues, who is also a motivational speaker. “I Community First Pantry, Daniel Sparrow of Malika Pegues, a U.S. Air Force veteran and just want my daughters to have an example. It Assemblyman Clyde Vanel’s (D-Queens Vil- behavioral health specialist from St. Xavier feels great to be noticed.” lage) office, Jamal Wilkerson of Councilwoman Home Care Services, were honored as Women Pegues expects to receive her bachelor of sciAdrienne Adams’ (D-Jamaica) office and Kyle in the Workforce. ence from CUNY’s Interdisciplinary program Johnson and Lawrence “House House” Wilson “It is exciting and humbling to be honored,” in May 2022 thanks to a scholarship from Q of OnDaBlock RadioStation.com were present said Catalano “We look forward to growing and Brigde to Life.

Afghanistan

With school starting soon, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards is urging Queens residents to donate backpacks and other school supplies to help provide children in need with items that will help them succeed in the classroom.

In addition to backpacks, needed supplies include No. 2 pencils, pencil cases, pencil sharpeners, crayons, pens, colored pencils, washable markers, Elmer’s glue, glue sticks, composition notebooks, 1-inch and 1.5-inch binders, ruled paper, safety scissors, rulers, pocket folders and scientific calculators.

Donations will be accepted through Wednesday, Sept. 1, in a box next to the security desk at Queens Borough Hall, at 120-55 Queens Blvd. in Kew Gardens.

Richards noted in a statement that Covid-19 has been hard on Queens families with school-age children, saying, “Our backpack and school supply donation drive will make life a little easier for many of these hard-working families by providing them with the tools kids need to get the upcoming school year off to a great start.”

For more infor mation, one may email education@queensbp.org. Richards’ office can be reached at (718) Q 286-3000.

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HB student wins scholarship Howard Beach student Anthony Napolitano recently won a $10,000 college scholarship from the Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association.

Napolitano is a high school senior bound for Cooper Union. He is joined here by his mother, Nicole, left; his father, Michael;

union President Harry Nespoli; and union delegate Patrick Quinn to receive the award.

The Sanitationmen’s scholarship matches a James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship that Napolitano received from the International Teamsters, also for $10,000.

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continued from page 19 have that warrior mentality. Even if I didn’t know how to fight and somebody’s taking over my country, you bet I’m going to take a stand and fight tooth and nail, no matter what.”

One of the most disheartening things, McCabe said, is to see so many men of fighting age run to the airport to get out instead of picking up a rifle to defend their country.

Citing the adage that no military plan survives first contact with the enemy, McCabe said he was not sure whom to blame for the crisis, saying President Biden and other leaders “have their hearts in the right place.”

McCabe left the Army as a sergeant in 2012, has worked in security and is pursuing that field in college. He also will soon start a job with the office of state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach).

He said he hopes that Afghans who worked with the U.S., such as interpreters, will be able to get out, and is concerned the country will wind up like it was in the 1990s, when the Taliban was in charge.

Almonor expressed similar sentiments, adding that he is concerned about terrorists getting here too, as members of the Taliban-supported al Qaeda did to launch the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which prompted the U.S. invasion and 20-year Q war and occupation of Afghanistan.

ARTS, CULTURE & LIVING

An unassuming storage pod at Marina 59 in Arverne is home to Paul Surf, where owner Paul Schmidt spends his days building surfboards from scratch, starting in the shaping bay with hand-cut foam and ending with the glassing process to laminate the boards.

He is one of only a few artists doing this worldwide, creating highquality boards by hand. “I think that what makes our business unique, especially for Rockaway, is that I do everything in house,”

Thriving surf culture has waves of impact on the Rockaways

said Schmidt. idt Schmidt offers workshops where surfers can learn the process and take part in the creation of their own board. “People aren’t willing to share the knowledge and the trade secrets,” said Schmidt, which is why he carefully documents the process to show the time and care it takes.

Each board takes 30 hours to complete and he does about a hundred a year. He barely has time to surf anymore, he said, adding, “I really love building the boards, so I don’t feel like I’m missing out.”

“We want to be a part of a com-

munity thatt creates it in i a way th t some impact,” said Christabel Campbell, who handles business operations at Paul Surf. Last year, they helped raise about $11,000 by auctioning a board for the nonprofit Laru Beya Collective, which empowers underrepresented youth through surfing.

Kwame LaBassiere has been surfing for almost 20 years and teaching for 10 years. He is the lead surfing instructor at Laru Beya. He has noticed the culture around surfing, which only became legal in the city in 2005, change over the years.

“The stigma of the surf bum, the

beach disappeared and it b h bum, b di actually is something for the entire family to enjoy,” he said. LaBassiere also works with Benny’s, a surf club dedicated to people of color and the LQBTQ+ community.

“Groups like Benny’s, Laru Beya and the BSA help families and people who may not be able to work with surf schools or afford surf schools,” he said.

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We just passed the 41st anniversary of the arrest of the Son of Sam, serial killer David Berkowitz, who wreaked havoc in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx — scaring the entire city in 1976 and ’77. He was finally arrested on Aug. 10, 1977, after a 13-month killing spree that left Eléphas Disco was desolate after a Son of Sam shooting six dead and even more injured, nearby on June 26, 1977, but hopped again on Aug. 11, after the arrest of David Berkowitz the prior day. FILE PHOTOS many of them young couples.

Two victims, who both surBut on June 26, 1977, The .44-Caliber vived, were shot near a popular club in Bayside called Eléphas. Formerly Humperdink’s Killer struck near the club, wounding vicSupper Club, the disco at 210-22 Northern tims Sal Lupo, 20, and Judy Placido, 17.

Blvd. was named after the Asian elephant. It Luckily, their wounds were fairly minor. But opened in 1976 and immediately became the crowds at Eléphas were no more.

Berkowitz was arrested on Aug. 10, howpopular among the upper-middle class baby boomers of Bayside and the surrounding ever, and starting the next night, the club areas. Jimmy Yu, the club’s famous DJ pio- boomed more than ever.

Eléphas has gone through a succession of neer, was half Puerto Rican and, the kids said, was blessed with the Latin rhythms and owners since then and eventually became a movements of his mother’s lineage. Many Korean restaurant. Yu, still a DJ, relocated to were shocked when he later admitted he Palm Beach, Fla., in 1990.

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Drink, draw and experiment in cyberspace

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Though “Drink n’ Draw” events combining a potpourri of alcohol and art — typically figure drawing — have become a common way to flex the creative muscle and relax, few have veered as avant garde as the series run by Queens’ Flux Factory.

The monthly digital “Drink + Draw,” which began during the start of the Covid19 lockdowns through Flux Factory’s online programming, has blossomed into a hub for social activity and inventiveness.

“Everybody just wanted a way to connect. But they ended up being really popular. They bring people from all time zones and ages. So we just keep doing ’em. It’s not out of steam yet,” said Nat Roe, the organization’s executive director.

Lexy Ho-Tai, who has been leading the monthly activity, described it as creating a easygoing space for folks to gather and “make marks.” Every session features four models from Flux Factory’s artist community who push figure drawing modeling into the realm of the experimental, colorful and strange.

Over the past year, artists have taken the act of posing in surreal new directions.

Slides from previous Zoom sessions show models in gauzy, loofah-like homemade

clothing, posing in silhouettes created through a digital projector, using the green screen Zoom feature to disappear parts of their face and one shirtless man donning a Princess Peach mask from Mario.

“So one person for their set — their name’s Ariel — they just did face modeling. They were doing these like really absurd facial expressions and holding them for like five, 10 minutes. I hadn’t seen that in a figure drawing class before,” Ho-Tai said of one modeling performance that stands out as a highlight for her.

And what role does the drinking play in the art process?

“It’s not necessary,“ Ho-Tai said. “If people want it, it’ll help them relax, get comfortable in the space. It maybe varies from person to person.”

Though participants tend to be New Yorkers and residents of Queens, the event also draws people from all over the American continent — from across all parts of the country, Canada and from Mexico.

Roe said that the virtual activity has allowed Flux Factory to reconnect with international artists whom it has brought to the city through its residency programs and serves as a good way for folks who are new to the city to find a community.

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Mimi Ho-Tai, left, adds a floral arrangement and shadowy background to her pose for an experimental figure drawing event led by her sister, Lexy Ho-Tai. Right, drawing by PHOTOS COURTESY LEXY HO-TAI Cody Umans.

He emphasized, though, that the organization puts a lot of effort into supporting local artists.

“In a lot of ways I think of us as a community space first and we do that through art,” Roe said.

The next session will be from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 24. Bring your own booze and art supplies. Those interested can RSVP at bit.ly/3AXdrH1.

Those who are interested in seeing Flux Factory art in person, can visit its open studios in residence on Governors Island from Aug. 19 to Oct. 31, while its LIC space is under renovation. The 172-acre island typically offers residence to arts organizations in the historic houses.

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From ‘board room’ to shore, Rockaway is surf city

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one of whom comes all the way from the Bronx. “It’s a beautiful thing,” said Harris.

In September, he is hosting a surf contest with the NYPD’s 100th Precinct. “It’s going to be fun and also bring the kids and the cops together, who doesn’t want that?”

LaBassiere says there are great companies and organizations around the Rockaways that people do not know about. “There’s the grittiness of Rockaway but there’s also beauty in that grittiness,” he said.

Greg Angert, a surfing instructor at New York Surf School, said the summers since Covid have been some of the busiest he has seen. “These last couple of years have been extremely busy with parents trying to get kids out of the house. And even lots of adults. I’ve had Wall Street guys coming for lessons,” said Angert. It feels like the Rockaways are “coming back to life,” he said.

Sandra Nylund grew up in the Rockaways but raised her four teenaged kids in England.

She brought them to her hometown to visit their grandparents and they surfed for the first time at the New York Surf School, getting a lesson from LaBassiere last weekend.

“This was by far the highlight of the summer,” she said. She said that the town was

Students of the New York Surf School put their skills to use, while Paul Schmidt crafts custom boards. On the cover: Molly, left, Lily and Cody Nylund join surf instructor Kwame LaBassiere, in hat, for a photo by their mother, Sandra, who grew up in the PHOTOS BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF Rockaways. looking like what she remembered growing up. “My dad always said, ‘Who’s got it betQ ter than us, living next to the beach?’”

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continued from page 27 one that empowers kids and keeps them occupied. The BSA offers free surfing, swimming, skateboarding and cooking classes.

“What I’ve done here has never been done really: free surf lessons, skate lessons, giving out free wetsuits, sneakers, surfboards,” said Harris. He has built a vast network of sponsors including Vans, which supplies the sneakers. This summer, he has given surfing lessons to a diverse group of kids,

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The Trial Court Probate and Family Court. Docket No HD21D0491DR Hampden Probate and Family Court, 50 State Street, Springfield, MA 01103. Jodarys Dominguez vs. Fredy Dominguez. To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has fired a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for Irretrievable Breakdown. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon Jodarys Dominguez, 79 Travistok Street, Springfield, MA 01119 your answer, if any, on or before 10/15/2021. If you fail to do so the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court. Witness. Hon. Barbra M Hyland, First Justice of this Court. Date: July 8, 2021. Rosemary A. Saccomani, Register of Probate

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BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED OUT OF THE SUPREME COURT, QUEENS COUNTY, in favor of BEAUTY PLUS TRADING CO., INC, and against LOUIS CHANG (a/k/a LOUIS CHUNG), to me directed and delivered, I WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION, by Dennis Alestra DCA #0840217, auctioneer, as the law directs, on the 6th day of October, 2021, at 2:45 PM, at: QUEENS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 30-10 STARR AVENUE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101 in the county of QUEENS all the right, title and interest which LOUIS CHANG (a/k/a LOUIS CHUNG), the judgment debtor(s), had on the 30th day of April, 2019, or at any time thereafter, of, in and to the following properties:

Address: 150-08 61st ROAD, FLUSHING, NY 11367 Block: 6436 Lot: 4 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the SOUTHERLY side of 61 st Road distant 66.85 feet EASTERLY from the comer formed by the intersection of the SOUTHERLY side of 61st Road with the EASTERLY side of 150th Street as said road and street are shown and laid out on the Final Topographical Map of the City of New York for the Borough of Queens; RUNNING THENCE SOUTHERLY and at right angles to the SOUTHERLY side of 61st Road and part of the distance through a party wall, 100 feet; THENCE EASTERLY and parallel with the SOUTHERLY side of 61st Road, 19.50 feet; THENCE NORTHERLY and again right angles to the SOUTHERLY side of 61st Road and part of the distance through a party wall, 100 feet to the SOUTHERLY side of 61st Road; THENCE WESTERLY along the SOUTHERLY side of 61st Road, 19.50 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. SAID PREMISES more commonly known as 150-08 61st ROAD, FLUSHING, NY 11367. (Block: 6436 Lot: 4) JOSEPH FUCITO Sheriff of the City of New York DEPUTY SHERIFF A.EDWARDS#500 (718) 707-2170 CASE# 21013390 NYC Department of Finance-Office of the Sheriff -nyc.gov/finance

CITY CALL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/30/21. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Filipp Ioffe, 28-24 Steinway St., Ste 122, Astoria, NY 11103. Registered agent address is c/o Filipp Ioffe, 62-60 99th Street, Apt 1701, Rego Park, NY 11374.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: GHOTRA BROTHERS TAXI LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/14/21. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o DALJINDER SINGH, 129-35 131ST STREET, 1ST FLOOR, S. OZONE PARK, NY 11420.

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Notice of Formation of HELLCAT DESIGN CONSULTING LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/20/2021. 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 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 136-14 NORTHERN BLVD #4D, FLUSHING, NY 11354, USA. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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BRAT PROPERTIES 170TH STREET LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/14/2021.

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SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 42-10 23rd Avenue, Astoria, NY 11105. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of CNE GROUP LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/21/2021. 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: CHRISTINA KAM, 92-43 51ST AVE., ELMHURST, NY, 11373 USA. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Supreme Court of New York, Queens County. U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE OF THE CABANA SERIES IV TRUST, Plaintiff- against- OSCAR A. PRIETO, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF EDITH DE LA CRUZ A/K/A EDITH DELACRUZ; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF EDITH DE LA CRUZ; ARELYS DUQUE, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EDITH DE LA CRUZ; EDGAR DE LA CRUZ, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EDITH DE LA CRUZ; LUZ PAREDES, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EDITH DE LA CRUZ; HARRY ANGEL MACIAS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EDITH DE LA CRUZ; 108 QUEENS JAM MANAGEMENT INC; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (EASTERN DISTRICT); NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Index No. 703250/2015.

Mortgaged Premises: 154-17 108th Avenue, Jamaica, New York 11433 Block: 10133 Lot: 60. To The Above Named Defendant(s): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. If you fail to appear or to answer within the aforementioned time frame, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT - THE OBJECTIVE of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a Mortgage to secure $450,750.00 and interest, recorded in the Queens County Clerk’s Office on August 20, 2007 in CRFN 2007000429274, covering the premises known as 154-17 108th Avenue, Jamaica, New York 11433.

The relief sought herein is a final judgment directing sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is located. 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. FRIEDMAN VARTOLO, LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, (212) 471-5100, Attorneys for Plaintiff

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game. You did not hear of players seeking frivolous excuses to avoid participating, as has been When I was growing up, Major League all too common in recent years.

The game itself may have been dwarfed by Baseball’s All-Star Game was a far bigger deal than it is today. There are myriad of reasons for events surrounding it. The Home Run Derby, held the night before and won this year by Mets its decline.

It’s safe to say the ASG was a major benefi- first baseman Pete Alonso, gets far more buzz ciary of baseball’s reserve clause which bound than the ASG itself. The Futures Game, spota player to one team until a club either traded lighting the best minor leaguers, gets more and or released him. While that deprived players more attention. This year MLB moved its annual economically, it meant fans saw the same play- draft from June to the Sunday night before the ers playing for the same league every year at ASG. It turned out to be a brilliant move. For the midsummer classic. That made it easier to years, the draft received a fraction of the attenroot for either the National or American tion of the NFL and NBA drafts. It could be league. With free agency and interleague play argued even the NHL draft had a higher profile. long a part of the game, the idea of identifying The Mets’ first-round pick, Vanderbilt Universiwith or rooting for either the AL or the NL ty pitcher Kumar Rocker, got known to fans far quicker than top selections of past years. seems to be a quaint notion.

Former Mets manager and current Stamford, The restriction of players prior to 1975, resulting in greater “league identity,” motivated Conn., mayoral candidate Bobby Valentine had a players, who took the ASG very seriously. A good idea on SNY last month. He suggested good example was the Cincinnati Reds’ Pete players on the winning team get paid and that a Rose running over Cleveland Indians catcher designated charity of their choosing also receive Ray Fosse in the bottom of the 10th inning of the money. Valentine added the losing team 1970 ASG to win the game for the NL. That shouldn’t get paid, but I don’t think he’d mind fi kind of intense play would never happen in the a charity of their choice got rewarded.

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Glorious single family home neighboring South Ozone Park.

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This is an exquisite 5 BR, 3 bath with a mother/daughter layout located in Rosedale. This home also has a one of a kind sunroom for those relaxing moments we all need. Conveniently located near the Queens/Nassau border. Green Acres Mall, 5 Towns shopping center & major highways. Brand new hot water tank.

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Beautiful Beach Front Condo, One block to Clean Rockaway Beach, with Basket Ball, Hand Ball. Kiddie Park, and board walk facing The Atlantic Ocean, restaurants, Bicycling Etc. Bldg. offers Event Room, Laundry facilities and Its Own BBQ outdoor area.

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