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Speed cameras will be back for school Council passes bill 41-3 on heels of Gov. Cuomo’s emergency declaration

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he City Council on Wednesday afternoon passed legislation that will enable the city to restart 140 speed cameras near city schools just in time for the start of the new academic year next week.

The cameras have not been operable for the purpose of issuing summonses since July 25, when the law authorizing their use expired because it was not voted on by the Republican-controlled state Senate.

Gov. Cuomo paved the way for the bill to go into action Monday morning when he signed an executive order under the emergency powers his office has under the state constitution.

The final Council vote was 41-3. Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who was with Cuomo when he signed the executive order on Monday, was not in a forgiving mood.

“The Senate Republicans have made it clear that the safety of kids just isn’t that important to them,” he said in a statement issued by his office Wednesday afternoon.

“They’ve failed to renew the City’s speed camera program and there’s no reason to believe they ever will,” Johnson added. “Well, that’s not going to work for us. School starts next week. The time for playing politics is over. I promised that we would do everything in our power to make sure kids were safe on We Deliver Open 7 Days A Week

Amy Cohen, center, whose 12-year-old son, Sammy, was killed by a van in 2013, joined Gov. Cuomo, left, and Council Speaker Corey Johnson as they teamed up on Monday to reboot speed PHOTO COURTESY NYS cameras around some New York City schools. the first day of school, and I am proud that we were able to make this happen today. I would like to thank the Governor and the Mayor for working with us on this life-saving legislation. Together we have made our streets safer in the name of 1.1 million school children.”

Kevin Tschirhart, chief of staff for Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), said the councilman voted for the measure. While

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“These cameras are around schools,” he said. “He considers that worthwhile.”

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The cameras have been in place since 2014. A bill expanding the program to 290 locations passed the state Assembly this past term but failed in the state Senate. So too did a subsequent bill that just would have extended the use of the cameras already in place.

Cuomo too has placed the blame on the Republican-controlled Senate for refusing to either pass a new law in regular session or to return to take a vote.

“I always believed that the Senate Republicans would come back and pass this bill,” he said, calling the delay irresponsible and tonedeaf. He said he did not think the issue still would be open with the start of school just over a week away.

“I never believed it,” he said. “... There is no nuance, no gray. This is all politics.”

Cuomo said crashes and fatalities in the specified school zones declined after the speed cameras were installed, with total crashes down 15 percent, from 2,870 to 2,442, injury crashes down 17 percent, from 2,182 to 1,873, and fatalities reduced by 55 percent, from 18 to eight.

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Breezy Point man running for Senate Tom Sullivan has support from GOP as he looks to upset Addabbo

by David Russell

tive,” Sullivan said.

Recently, Sullivan needed a wisdom tooth pulled out. There Tom Sullivan has a background in the military, a back- were speeches and fundraisers for him to attend and the denground as a business owner and a background in helping the tist recommended pushing back the operation. Sullivan said it community. Now he’s hoping that will propel him to a seat in needed to be done.

“He said, ‘That’s the politician I want.’ Then he hit me with the state Senate.

“We won’t be effective — Republican or Democrat or any- the needle and yanked my tooth,” Sullivan said.

For the busy Sullivan, who has a wife and three chilbody — be effective without talking to the other party,” dren, running for office has become a full-time job. said Sullivan in a Monday meeting with the Chronicle “You’re always running,” Sullivan said. “I’m cameditorial board. “It’s unacceptable in the military for paigning right now and I go home at night and that to happen. There is no political line. They don’t remind myself ... ‘Keep the people in mind, keep tolerate it.” the people in mind.’”

He is running to be the GOP nominee against Sullivan did address the homeless issue that Platstate Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. Republicans will choose ta has focused on, saying that placing the undomibetween Sullivan and candidate Slawomir Platta ciled in motels is not a solid solution. “Now they’re Sept. 13.

2018 in a confined room. Some of them have mental illness, Sullivan has served in the U.S. Army Reserve and some of them have drug addictions ... and if they’re not currently holds the rank of colonel. Over the past 25 years, he has served as a company commander in Iraq, a bat- from the area they have no internal support group,” Sullivan talion commander in Afghanistan and operation officer in said. “So that’s neither economically sound or compassionate.”

According to Sullivan, there needs to be a real dialogue Kuwait. He recently attended the U.S. Army War College.

When he was growing up on Clinton Walk, the area had about the problems communties face instead of trying to sneak one World War II veteran living next to another who fought in the issue past people.

“Just putting them in a hospital or a rent-subsidized apartthe Battle of the Bulge, who lived across from a World War I veteran, who lived across the street from another WWII veter- ment somewhere, you’re just kind of sweeping it under the rug,” Sullivan said. “And that’s where the tension comes an, who was involved in D-Day. In the military and the community he has worked with all from.”

One issue that pushed him to run was the parole of a copdifferent types of people.

“Nothing gets done when you have name calling and finger killer earlier in the year. It’s a topic that Sullivan said he has continued on page 14 pointing and blaming one side or the other; completely ineffecAssociate Editor

Tom Sullivan met with the Chronicle editorial board on Monday to discuss his campaign for state Senate. He is running on the Republican and Conservative party lines. To face state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. in November, he has to defeat Slawomir Platta in PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL the primary.

Lawyer makes case for NYS Senate seat Slawomir Platta wants to apply his business acumen to state politics

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Slawomir Platta was inspired to run for state Senate after seeing Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential election. A civil litigation lawyer, Platta has focused his campaign on homeless shelters and has started the “No Homeless Shelter Party.”

PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL

A career in business can lead to having success in a political office, according to Slawomir Platta, a Republican candidate for New York State Senate.

“I worked very hard to become who I am, to become an attorney and that also brings some experience fighting for the smallest people in our community,” Platta said in a sitdown interview with the Chronicle editorial board on Thursday.

He is running to be the GOP nominee against state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach). Republicans will choose between Platta and candidate Tom Sullivan on Sept. 13.

If there’s any doubt about what his primary concern is, Platta started the “No Homeless Shelter Party” in response to the influx of shelters coming to Queens. “I’m not against homeless people, I’m against homeless shelters without any regard to the community,” Platta said.

He visited a protest site in Ozone Park and wonders what happens if there are problems with the shelters. Platta said that some residents are putting their homes up for sale.

“They worked very hard their entire life to buy a home and now the government is going to tell them, you know what, that’s very nice but I’m going to build another place next to you that’s going to diminish the value of your home significantly and possibly ruin you,” Platta said. “That’s almost like eminent domain without paying.”

Platta arrived in America from Poland almost 20 years

ago. He graduated from the University of Florida and worked for law firms before opening a practice where he was the only employee. He now runs his practice with other attorneys. Platta’s focus is civil litigation and personal injury cases.

According to Platta, his “No Homeless Shelter Party” has collected about 4,000 signatures. He said that he is not actually against shelters but rather large shelters. “It’s all about manageability,” Platta said.

He pointed to the work the Rev. Mike Lopez is doing at St. Matthias Church in Ridgewood. Lopez has a shelter and kitchen where about two dozen people are located. They are also training to join the workforce.

Another problem Platta has with the shelters is that there is little transportation near some of them when the homeless need to see a doctor or go for job training. “There is nothing you can offer those people to move them around the city,” Platta said.

Platta suggested that shelters could be constructed next to hospitals for people who need help as opposed to being located in the middle of a community.

Throwing his hat into the political ring for the first time, Platta feels like an outsider but doesn’t doubt what he is doing. “If you have values and you see that your community needs someone to voice their objections or voice their concerns and you’re part of the community I think this is the right thing to do,” he said.

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Wellness checks on Woodhaven seniors Idea for keeping tabs on neighbors follows the death of Theresa Barraz

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Nearly 30 people attended a service for Theresa Barraz last Thursday at N.F. Walker Funeral Home in Woodhaven.

Police found Barraz, a member of the Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society, dead in her home in June, though she had died months earlier.

“It’s very sad because it didn’t have to be that way,” said Ed Wendell, executive director of the society.

As a response, the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association is putting together a wellness check program for seniors in the area.

“We can’t just shut our windows and doors every day,” said Steve Forte, president of the association. Last year, Forte’s aunt suffered a stroke and was on the floor for four days before anybody knew.

Under WRBA’s plan, volunteers might take two minutes out of their day and call a senior living alone, or a couple in which someone has dementia or a similar issue.

There could also be an automated system wherein people could press a button to answer if they’re feeling fine. If there were no response, then there would be a follow-up.

Barraz, who was 82 or 83 at the time of her death, was drawn to the historical society

Theresa Barraz was found in her apartment after dying months earlier. A new idea from the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association would have volunteers calling seniors living alone to PHOTO COURTESY WOODHAVEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY make sure they’re safe. meetings in part because of the refreshments.

She also went on walking tours and would donate to the toy drive. She lived in an apartment overlooking the Wyckoff-Snedeker Cemetery on 96th Street. One of her favorite activities was watching the birds in the cemetery in the morning.

Barraz, who once told Wendell that she

didn’t “have two thin dimes to rub together,” lived in a federally subsidized Section 8 apartment.

According to Wendell, she was friendly but usually stuck to herself. “She was a loner and I hate to say it but she was lonely,” Wendell said.

She attended the society meeting last

St. Albans charter school opens Success Academy’s first MS in Queens has 116 kids

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Success Academy Charter Schools opened its first middle school in Queens last week. Success Academy Queens 1 Middle School is located in St. Albans.

“Things are going well,” said assistant principal Kristin Jones. “Kids are adjusting.

Families are great.”

There are 116 students in the school with eight main teachers and four elective teachers. The students at the school were picked via lottery. There are certain preferences in the lottery for children who have siblings attending or working at the school.

The school opened Aug. 20.

“One of the best parts for me, obviously, being in the academic classes has been really great to see but being at tryouts is always fun or seeing them go to auditions for theater club,” Jones said. “Seeing them in those environments and really having fun and coming out of their shell has been one of the highlights of this week.”

Jones has been a teacher with Success Academy for five years. First she was at Success Academy 4 Harlem Elementary School teaching third- and fourth-graders.

Then she worked at Bed-Stuy Middle School teaching sixth - and seventh-graders.

When the opportunity came up to than they used to in elementary school,” become assistant principal, she took it. “I Jones said. “So there’s a lot of one-finger have a pretty good grasp of where they’re typing to watching their eyes dart back and forth across the keypad to find a letter they coming from and what they’re expectneed to complete their last word. ed to do as middle schoolers,” That’s pretty normal.”

Jones said.

Jones said she feels a huge part Before becoming a teachof why Success Academy has er, she attended Macaulay worked is because of the “acaHonors College at Hunter demic rigor” it instills. Another College and studied in key is the extent to which parSpain. She earned her ents are involved in helping out. undergraduate degree in English and language “It’s very common for teacharts education from The ers to be in communication City University of New with parents whether via text York. She later earned or phone call or sending a her master’s degree in quick picture on a daily basis,” general and special Jones said. “And I think education from Touro those relationships College. really do allow us to What takes getget lots of results ting used to for since families st udents is the are so helpful in focus on computhelpi ng with ers that they may academ ics a nd not have experiwith culture and enced at their pre- Kristin Jones is the assistant principal at the newly w i t h b e i n g vious schools. opened Success Academy 1 Middle School in St. i n v o l v e d i n “We use tech- Albans. Jones has taught for five years. community Q SUCCESS ACADEMY PHOTO events.” nology a lot more

December and admitted she wasn’t feeling well. There were no scheduled meetings in January and February and the notice about the March meeting came back as return to sender. In June, police called the society from her apartment. The only phone number they could find had been on the Christmas party flier. They also told Wendell it wouldn’t be worth coming in to identify Barraz because the body was past the point of being recognizable.

Members of the society offered donations so that Barraz wouldn’t be buried in a potter’s field. “This is what makes Woodhaven a great place,” said Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven), who was at the service.

“This is what makes Woodhaven special.”

The Queens County public administrator informed Wendell that Barraz had some money in the bank. It turned out she had $73 more than what the service cost. In essence, she paid for her own cremation.

Barraz’s lonely death raised the question of how well we know each other. The neighbors we’ve lived next to for years, the people in the street we say hello to but don’t even know their names. The wellness checks would try to make sure that those living in the community don’t remain strangers.

“We want to make sure this doesn’t hapQ pen again,” Wendell said.

Vallone backs Liu in his bid against Avella Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) is backing former City Comptroller John Liu’s quest to topple state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) in a Democratic primary rematch.

“Proud to endorse @LiuNewYork for State Senate! Beyond a doubt, John Liu is the most qualified candidate to represent NE Queens,” Vallone tweeted last Friday.

“Liu’s experienced leadership and tireless advocacy make him the strong Democratic choice. He will stand up in Albany for the families of NE Queens!”

Avella, who was in the Republicanallied Independent Democratic Conference until it dissolved earlier this year, beat Liu in 2014 by fewer than 600 votes.

All former IDC members are facing primary fights this year.

In the 2014 contest, Liu also had the support of Vallone, who represents a district that mostly overlaps with Avella’s.

The senator last year endorsed Paul Graziano in his unsuccessful Democratic primary rematch with the councilman.

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P Mostly good speed zone news EDITORIAL

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he good news is that the school speed-zone cameras that ticket those drivers who think it’s their world and your kids are just living in it will be back on the job before the first day of classes.

The bad news is that it took some legally worrisome maneuvering on the part of Gov. Cuomo to do it.

But the good news far outweighs the bad news, and it’s not as if there’s anyone who’s going to sue to block the move. Even if there is someone out there who thinks it’s good for drivers to be able to zip through school zones, he wouldn’t have standing to sue.

So our children will continue to have the added protection of the 140 speed cameras installed outside our schools. They have, according to officials, reduced crashes in those areas 15 percent and fatalities 55 percent since the program began in 2014.

There are those who claim that speed cameras are just revenue generators. These numbers say otherwise, but even if that were true, so what? Ticketing scofflaws is a great way to put more money in city coffers without harming the law-abiding. We’re not talking about dubious rules like some of those the city can use

to arbitrarily ticket small businesses, for example — like when you’re fined for the wrapper someone tossed on your sidewalk 10 minutes earlier. These are speed limits. Violators should have to pay. Just slow down.

The other person who might have to slow down after the speed-camera crisis, however, is Cuomo.

Here’s what happened. The state Senate, due to the outsized power and recklessness of a couple of its members, refused to renew the speed camera program, which was enacted under a law with a sunset clause. So tickets stopped being issued. Republican Leader John Flanagan of Long Island and Democratin-name-only Simcha Felder of Brooklyn were the problem. Cuomo’s office came up with an idea: Declare the lack of speed zone enforcement an emergency endangering children’s lives. That let him use his executive power to OK a “new” camera program, with just City Hall’s approval needed to implement it.

Creative, but let’s not set a precedent here. Anything can be said to endanger lives and therefore be an emergency. It’s expanding the governor’s power to ignore lawmakers that actually could, over time, produce one.

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loss for President Trump on Wednesday was a win for the Queens Chronicle — along with every other newspaper in the United States and everyone who still believes in print journalism as one of the best, most reliable sources of news out there.

Wednesday was the day the U.S. International Trade Commission unanimously voted to overturn highly damaging tariffs the administration had imposed on newsprint imports. As this page mentioned just two weeks ago, those tariffs, as high as 22 percent, were forcing everything from layoffs to reduced page sizes at some newspapers.

And the industry has been taking it on the chin for years already.

But technological developments are one thing; governmentimposed costs that harm one particular business are another.

David Chavern, chief of the News Media Alliance, put it well: “Today is a great day for American journalism. The ITC’s decision will help to preserve the vitality of local newspapers and prevent additional job losses in the printing and publishing sectors. The end of these unwarranted tariffs means local newspapers can focus once again on playing a vital role in our democracy by keeping citizens informed and connected to the daily life of their communities.”

Yep, just as we’ve been doing here. The president can rant all he wants about the free press, but his actions face checks and balances.

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Are they speaking out simply to protect their own ability to park in the area for 6 to 12 hours every day?

Do their employees drive to work? Are the owners speaking about customer parking in order to protect their employees’ ability to park for hours every day?

Perhaps most importantly, do the business owners know how their customers travel? How many drive, walk, bike, take transit? What would be the impact on their business if more people could walk and bike safely in the area?

When the Queens Boulevard pedestrian and safety improvements in Forest Hills were being discussed, I asked these questions of Leslie Brown of the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce; after talking for a while she hung up on me.

Without answers to these questions, no one can honestly assess the complaints voiced by the business owners.

Please be certain you speak with all stakeholders when evaluating these kinds of traffic changes.

Charles Planck Forest Hills

Jail ’em at Creedmoor Dear Editor: I have no doubt that the situation at Rikers Island is deplorable and there is a need for reform. The solution proposed, that is to expand the former Queens House of Detention in Kew Gardens, is not the answer (“Kew Gardens jail plan moving ahead,” Aug. 23).

There is a lot that just screams for better use.

That is, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens Village.

The original hospital was made up of 50 buildings and is surrounded by 300 acres. At one time it housed over 7,000 patients. It now

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Chronicle is the tops Dear Editor: I would like to applaud last week’s editorial in the Chronicle (“The Queens Chronicle: now read from sea to shining sea”). I read many of the local and regional newspapers and find the Queens Chronicle a step above in finding the stories that inform us readers.

Your reporters look for stories and dig deep.

With the Chronicle the truth is really the truth.

You see we readers have inquiring minds and really need to know. So keep up the good work and may the number of web hits continue to grow. Great work!

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HIV: Get tested Dear Editor: In 2016, 2,279 New Yorkers were newly diagnosed with HIV, an 8.6 percent reduction from the prior year, according to the city’s HIV Surveillance Annual Report. Despite this downward trend, now is not the time to be complacent. In the first half of 2017, 20 percent of new diagnoses were in Queens. 73 percent of new diagnoses in males were among men who have sex with men, 76 percent were among men of color, and an alarming 91 percent of new diagnoses in women were among women of color. We also know that young people who are positive are the least likely to be aware of their status.

From my work as assistant manager of testing at The Alliance for Positive Change, I know firsthand that people often hesitate to get tested because of stigma, fear, shame and cost.

I also know that HIV testing is the gateway to prevention services and education, or for people living with HIV, a way to access the services they need to get and stay healthy. We want New Yorkers to know that HIV is no longer a death sentence, and with the right support and treatment, people can live long, healthy and fulfilling lives.

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Dear Editor: The Sept. 13 primary election is two weeks away, but many Kew Gardens Hills residents will be unable to vote because they don’t have an accessible poll site. Blame that disgrace on a trifecta of failures by City Councilman Rory Lancman, the School Construction Authority and the Board of Elections. Their indifference, ineptitude and inexcusable neglect caused voter suppression for people they’re obligated to serve.

Here’s what happened. The BOE closed our regular poll site at PS 164 in 2012 because it didn’t have a wheelchair ramp that complied with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Since then, we’ve had to vote at PS 165, located more than a mile away. This makes voting difficult for seniors like me and others who don’t drive and can’t afford bus fare. Getting an absentee ballot is difficult.

Lancman got a $375,000 grant for an ADAcompliant ramp and chairlift to be built by the Board of Education’s School Construction Authority. Deadlines were unmet. But that didn’t stop Lancman from saying how he “really appreciated” the SCA and BOE for all their time and hard work (“PS 164 ramp, chairlift to be in by June’s end,” June 21). Mayor de Blasio’s administration recently said that the SCA’s ramp and chair lift passed inspection.

But the BOE notified all KGH registered voters by mail two weeks ago PS 165 will be our poll site on Sept. 13. It told the Chronicle that PS 165 will remain our polling place for the Nov. 6 general election.

What went wrong? Our councilman and two NYC agencies failed to do their jobs. Lancman is totally obsessed with chairing the Council’s Justice System Committee, which is an injustice to his district.

He’d rather burnish his image as a progressive social justice warrior than address the real needs of his constituents. That has consequences. Just ask Joe Crowley. If Lancman runs for

another elected office, I urge all KGH voters to cast their ballots for his opponents. He let us down.

The School Construction Authority should be renamed the “School Obstruction Authority” for its unexplainable delay. A Philadelphia contractor built the Pentagon in just 14 months during World War II. Why did the SCA take nearly a year to build a chair ramp and lift? Did they hire the Three Stooges or Abbott and Costello as a contractor?

The Board of Elections would rather close poll sites than reopen them. It lost a court battle to shut down LeFrak City’s poll site, which reopened earlier this year. Congresswoman Grace Meng pressured the BOE to restore the Latimer Gardens poll site in Flushing, but did nothing to reopen PS 164’s site in KGH. Neither did our other elected officials. We should vote them all out of office, if we ever get our polling place back.

Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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houses only a few hundred. The large building that is so prominent as you drive by on the Grand Central Parkway is the main building. Aside from having space to accommodate a large population, this site would offer ample parking and there is room to install the necessary maximum security needed. Due to it’s location, a new bus route could be added to take people from the Jamaica stations of the E and F trains as well as the LIRR, only during visiting hours. If the bus went directly onto the premises, neighbors would not have to worry about outsiders roaming the neighborhood.

I’m not sure any of this is possible. Neighbors are very unhappy with the current situation involving the outpatients urinating, defecating and exposing themselves on the streets, etc. However, the prison population would not be let out, so perhaps this would be a better solution for all concerned. As a resident of Kew Gardens, I do not relish the congestion and other problems that will come along with the proposal to quadruple the space at the QHD and the disruption that will come with the construction. If this is feasible, then I hope it can get some consideration.

Deborah Crane Kew Gardens

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Retirees robbed Dear Editor: Earlier this year, about 100 Chrysler retirees received alarming news: Because Fiat Chrysler miscalculated their pension amounts, their checks have been too high for several years and the company will reduce their future pension checks until their pension fund is completely repaid.

This practice is called “pension clawbacks” and is legal. These clawbacks can devastate a senior’s retirement and yet are only a drop in the bucket to a company like Chrysler. In 2015, all American corporations were told by the IRS that allowing retirees to keep their incorrect pension amounts was not against IRS rules.

This is the same company that took government bailouts, got union concessions and was transferred to foreign ownership during the 2008 recession. Retirees willingly gave up benefits to help save Chrysler. The new company promised America that it was worth saving, that customers, employees, and retirees could put their trust in Fiat Chrysler. Evidently, the trust was unearned.

It’s time for the public to stand up. Fiat Chrysler must correct this injustice and modify its pension clawback program instead of punishing innocent seniors who contributed so much to its continued success.

Bill Viggiano Williston Park, LI

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Amato never hits Trump Dear Editor: During the past 18 months we have seen the White House become a total nightmare of corruption, misfits and abuse of power.

The Oval Office has been turned into a cesspool. Yet, not a word from John Amato.

However, a great governor from a family of governors, Andrew Cuomo, was chastised by Mr. Amato for one mistake of phraseology that he quickly corrected (“America: always great,” Letters, Aug. 23).

John, as a good teacher, put your writing talent to more serious topics. The most “unfit” man to ever serve as president, Donald Trump, is destroying not creating greatness. Go after Trump, not Cuomo.

Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

Amato hits Trump Dear Editor: Even though the president and Sen. John McCain clashed over different issues, that is certainly no reason for Trump not to show more respect for the senator, who died last weekend of brain cancer.

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Veterans groups such as the American Legion were incensed and rightfully so that the American flag at the White House was first lowered, then was raised, and then it was once again lowered in honor of McCain, who was a true war hero and should be remembered as such.

McCain’s family was absolutely right in asking that President Trump not attend the funeral service in Washington later this week. Vice President Pence will attend instead. Tr ump should apologize to McCain’s family for showing a lack of respect for him. He also should apologize to all the veterans groups for that snafu with the American flag over the White House.

McCain will always be remembered as someone who always spoke his mind with the interests of all the American people at heart, including all of those men and women who served and continue to serve in all branches of our military. The thoughts and prayers of an entire nation are with McCain’s family and for him as well. America has lost a true hero, patriot and gentleman, who served his country for 60 years.

John Amato Fresh Meadows

Hero vs. Zero Dear Editor: John McCain’s life was the definition of an American hero. If you look up American Zero, you will find Donald Trump’s name in caps.

Ray Hackinson Ozone Park

Better off with Trump Dear Editor: I would just like to remind everybody when they go vote to take a good look at their current situation and that of others they may know.

Look at your 401(k), do you like what you see? Look at the economy, do you like what you see ?

If you’re working are you taking home more money? Companies are giving raises and bonuses. Small businesses are looking better.

Our cops and first responders are being recognized for what they do.

Our military is respected. We will never see again our military on their knees being taken by enemy forces and the United States thanking the enemy for giving them back.

When you go vote do you really want to go back?

If you hire a CEO to do a job and that job is getting done and your company is thriving, do you fire him because you don’t like the way he talks?

Please look at the whole picture. Are we better off with him or without him?

I’m doing better. My co-workers are doing better. Nothing is perfect but some things are better than what we had. Vote with your head.

Anthony Burgos South Ozone Park

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Four borough presidents write joint letter criticizing charter proposal

by Derrell J. Bouknight Chronicle Contributor

Four of the city’s five borough presidents, including Melinda Katz of Queens, have signed off on a letter criticizing a new proposal calling for term limits to be imposed on community board members, citing “serious concerns.”

In an effort to improve diversity and break up what some people have referred to as “racially homogenous” community boards, the Charter Review Commission recommended last week that members of the city’s 59 such advisory councils be limited to four two-year terms.

Under the current system, board members can serve for life, as long as they are reappointed every two years by the borough president.

The benefit of term limits, the CRC argues, would be increased turnover on boards and greater representation through new appointees — something many Queens residents said they supported at recent charter review public hearings.

Along with Katz, Gale Brewer of Manhattan, Ruben Diaz Jr. of the Bronx and James Oddo of Staten Island signed on to the letter blasting the proposal.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams was the only member who did not sign.

“Perhaps the single most important function of community boards is their role in the land use context,” the letter said. “To impose term limits on these members serves to further empower real estate developers and the lobbyists and technical advisors who appear on their behalf before the community boards.”

The letter also went on to say that term limits would likely “weaken the boards’ accountability and responsiveness” to the communities they represent.

One official with knowledge of the letter told the Chronicle that borough presidents value community board members who are wellversed in land use issues, citing the plans to redevelop Willets Point as an example.

There have been years of efforts to redesign the area and incorporate new housing, business and community initiatives.

“Forcing a mandatory ‘brain drain’ on our community boards can only weaken their ability to serve as advocates for neighborhood concerns in the development process,” the borough presidents said in their letter.

As previously reported by the Chronicle, many residents do not feel that their commu-

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz has signed on to a letter with three other BPs criticizing the Charter Review Commission’s recommendation that term limits be imposed on FILE PHOTO community board members. nity boards ref lect the diversity of their respective areas.

John Choe, a member of CB 7 — which represents Flushing and other heavily Asian areas in northern Queens — said earlier this month that members of his board do not mirror the diversity of the community.

“How can such a community board be the eyes and ears of the community when they don’t even speak the language?” he asked during a public CRC hearing in Kew Gardens.

CB 5 Transportation Services Committee Co-chairman Toby Sheppard Bloch said he had previously seen younger and ethnically diverse members appointed to his board, only for them to leave after one term.

“The lifelong appointment system is simply broken,” he said.

The CRC’s recommendation is being formally drawn up into a ballot question, as voters will ultimately decide on term limits in November’s election.

Until then, Katz, along with the other three borough presidents who signed off on the letter, will look to remain stern on their reasoning and desires to keep the current system as is.

“For questions as complex with as potentially far-reaching an impact as those of community board term limits ... it would be wiser to reconsider these proposals rather than rushing to send them to voters without thorough review Q of the specifics.”

Richmond Hill Block Association Park Fair The Richmond Hill Block Association is hosting its 45th Annual Park Fair on Saturday, September 15. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will be held at the Buddy Monument in Forest Park at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South.

The Park Fair features local vendors,

carnival food, rides, games, live music, a flea market, raffles and all sorts of family-friendly fun. Admission is free.

The event is on rain or shine.

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Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience.

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Laser Therapy has been tested for 40 years, had over 2000 papers published on it, and has been shown to aid in damaged tissue regeneration, decrease inflammation, relieve pain and boost the immune system. This means that there is a good chance cold laser therapy could be your knee pain solution, allowing you to live a more active lifestyle.

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Sullivan discusses Senate run continued from page 4 “zero-tolerance” for. He also thought the senator could have been out in front of the discussion. “I didn’t hear Senator Addabbo speak out too hard about it until after the fact,” he said.

Sullivan’s family has been in the borough for generations, while Platta moved to Middle Village last year. Sullivan asks, “Do you want someone who’s been here, had his own home for 14 years or somebody who’s been renting a basement apartment for 14 months?”

Sullivan questions Platta’s residency, saying his opponent has his car registered in New Jersey and lives there.

Sullivan also has doubts about Platta’s “No Homeless Shelter” party. “I witnessed a lady who decided to read the petition and realized this was not a petition to stop the homeless shelter,” Sullivan said. “This was a petition to get on the ballot. I question his character, like I said. And I question his motive.”

The military has some term limits for commanders which Sullivan believes to be necessary in politics. “You’re there too long, you become too powerful, you exempt yourself from things, people get to know you too well and things happen,” Sullivan said.

“It blows my mind when I open the paper and I look at the scandals that are happening every day,” Sullivan said.

His parents own Brennan and Carr, the famous roast beef restaurant located on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn. Sullivan opened one in Rockville Centre in 2000, but after 9/11 and deployments overseas, decided to give it up.

He was in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 and was able to make it out from the 96th floor of Tower Two, the second one hit. He was awarded the Army’s Soldier’s Medal, the highest award for noncombat operations for leading people out of the building.

As a financial advisor he had to deal with the crisis of 2008.

Sullivan wants to become a senator without turning into a career politician.

“What happened to the honor, the honesty, the integrity, the compassion? You’re always running for the next thing and you’re forgetting why you’re there,” Sullivan said. “You’re just running to be there.”

He acknowledged that being a public figure and now opening himself up to criticism can take getting used to. Sullivan thinks it is “shameful” how personal the political attacks have become in recent years. He added that he has to remember not to take it personally.

“I’ve also lived in a professional environment, the financial world, where you have to perform. Period. They look at numbers for your performance,” Sullivan said. “In the military, I’m evaluated every year.” Q

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Customers who might have found themselves overcharged by gas and electric companies will now be protected under new legislation.

The law, sponsored by Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas (D-Astoria), will take effect immediately. The Simotas legislation (A2451) will guarantee a customer’s right to an actual meter reading once the client terminates the service.

The new enactment also requires utility companies to notify their residential customers that they have this right.

In a press release sent to the Chronicle on Monday, Simotas noted that her new law will help to alleviate any concerns residents have when trying to account for surcharges on their bills.

“New Yorkers work hard for their money and shouldn’t have their pockets picked by utility company guesswork,” Simotas said in the statement. “Customers should not have to spend hours on the phone to challenge estimated bills, and now they won’t have to.”

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After reviews from the New York State Public Service Commission, a number of energy service companies had been accused of overcharging for gas and electric services.

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Phipps Playground might be renamed Movement growing to honor late firefighter from Sunnyside Gardens

by David Russell Associate Editor

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and thousands of other people would like to see the former Phipps Playground in Sunnyside renamed for late FDNY Lieutenant Michael R. Davidson.

Davidson, 37, was killed in late March after a fire broke out in a Harlem building where the upcoming movie “Motherless Brooklyn” with Ed Norton, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe and Alec Baldwin was being filmed.

Fire marshals determined that heat from a boiler ventilation pipe ignited nearby combustible materials and caused the fire in the basement of a building on St. Nicholas Avenue.

He was given the responsibility of operating a hoseline to put out the fire but became separated from his fellow firefighters. After a search, Davidson was found unconcious. He was transported to Harlem Hospital, where he died.

Davidson worked for Engine Co. 69 in Manhattan and was honored for bravery four times in 15 years as a firefighter. He was posthumously promoted to lieutenant.

“I was deeply moved of course by his tragic death and I went to the funeral to represent the district because he grew up here and it was at his funeral that I heard his best friend and his brother talk about his roots,” Van Bramer said.

The councilman was inspired to honor Davidson in some way. He also heard from residents of Woodside and Sunnyside who were posting on social media about him.

Eileen Connolly, a neighbor of the Davidson family in the ’80s, recommended putting his name on the former Phipps Playground, the 10,000-square-foot lot on the corner of 39th Avenue and 50th Street.

“I had been thinking about the best way to honor his life here in the neighborhood and when she said that to me, I thought, ‘Oh my God, this is perfect,’” Van Bramer said.

“It’s heartwarming,” Connolly said. “It’s justice.”

After receiving the blessing from Davidson’s family the movement started. At first there was a petition with the goal of getting 1,000 signatures, which was quickly surpassed. Then it went past 2,000 and as of Wednesday morning it stood at 2,567.

“It’s just been received very well by the neighborhood,” Van Bramer said.

According to Connolly, there are signatures from people in at least 23 states and six foreign countries.

She was friends with Michael’s mother, Paula. Both of them gave birth in 1981 and again in 1984. Connolly

The former Phipps Playground might soon be named for late firefighter Michael Davidson. Over 2,500 have already signed a petition to do so with Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) vocal in his support for the honor.

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remembers Davidson as a baby though they lost touch after he moved to Long Island.

Davidson was born and raised in Sunnyside and his childhood home was across the street from the former Phipps Playground. He attended the outdoor nursery there as a toddler.

“All the neighbors knew Michael because they all sent their kids there,” Connolly said.

He later graduated from St. Sebastian’s Catholic Academy in Woodside and Archbishop Molloy High School.

He leaves behind three daughters and one son, all under the age of eight. Davidson lived with his family in Floral Park.

The Phipps Garden Apartments and the playground were constructed in the early 1930s. The nursery was run for the children living in the six garden apartments but that ended in the 1990s. Since then, the playground has been neglected.

Platta discusses Senate run continued from page 4 the incumbent senator he is facing right now. The closest he came to mentioning Addabbo was when he said, “I think that long-term politicians, at some point, lose their contact with the community.”

Platta added, “I don’t believe in career politicians. I don’t want to become one.”

He did say that he feels like change is in the air. “If you look at the politics in the USA right now, I don’t think people are going for the establishment,” said Platta, who mentioned that he was inspired to run after seeing Donald Trump win the presidential election in 2016. “I don’t think people like people who are in the political machine.”

He also feels that businesspeople are more appreciated than they were before and that success in business can translate to the political spectrum.

For now, his competition in the primary election is Tom Sullivan. Platta said his opponent, Sullivan, has not been vocal enough on the issue of shelters.

“I think it’s very surprising because if you want to represent those people you have to live their problems and you have to understand their problems,” Platta said.

He does have experience in winning an election. Platta was voted grand marshal in the Pulaski Day Parade last year, which marched down Fifth Avenue. He says it

Phipps Houses sold the playground land to DBH Associates in 2007. A residential development plan was proposed for the site but was denied after complaints from the community.

In 2016, Van Bramer announced that $3 million had been secured to restore the playground.

In early April 2018, coincidentally a short time after Davidson was killed, Community Board 2 voted in favor of the Department of Parks & Recreation’s proposal to purchase the space.

Van Bramer is looking for support from the mayor and the Parks commissioner for the renaming.

“I think this is already something that’s wildly popular in the neighborhood but even more importantly it’s very appropriate that we honor this firefighter from our neighborhood in this way,” Van Bramer said. “I think the numbers speak for themselves, the enthusiasm speaks for Q itself.”

enabled him to understand public service.

“You’re doing this for the community, for the people that you represent,” Platta said.

The experience was a successful one for Platta, who said it was like having another job because of all the hours he put in.

“It was a wonderful result for me and for the community,” Platta said. “We increased the attendance to this parade by 100 percent by the time this parade was in effect.”

The involvement he had with the community and different organizations in supporting the parade showed him how people reacted to plans. “If you show them the plan, people will follow,” Platta said.

There have been accusations against Platta regarding alleged harassment and threats that were made in a phone call.

“Those allegations were false, were dismissed and not found to be true,” Platta said. “So the case was closed as soon as it was discovered. I provided all evidence. I cooperated with the investigation and they said, OK, you’re clean.”

The allegations resurfaced during Platta’s campaign. “It was brought up by my two disgr untled employees that were fired,” he said. “So that’s basically payback, I guess.”

The two employees he’s talking about worked for nearly two years on social media for Platta. They did such work for him during the Pulaski Day Parade, for his law firm and in dealing with social issues in the Polish-American community. The two, one man and one woman, became involved with Q his campaign but were let go.

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Rozic secures $750K for Queens College Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) joined Queens College President Felix Matos Rodriguez, students at the school and other leader s last Wednesday to announce her allocation of $750,000 in funds for the school.

Of the sum, $500,000 is dedicated to maintaining and upgrading the outdoor

athletic track at the Flushing school and $ 25 0,0 0 0 i s d e s i g n a t e d t o w a r d upgrades in its capital plan.

“As QC continues upgrading campus facilities, expanding degree programs, and building community partnerships, it is my privilege to provide funding that will allow QC to achieve its mission of serving

students and the Queens community,” the assemblywoman said in a prepared statement.

Among those joining her at the event were state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisk y (D-Flushing), Queens College faculty members, students and Townsend Harris High School Principal Brian Condon.

Pigeon parade in L’wood center Flock of birds making a big mess in business area

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It’s not as dramatic as a scene from an Alfred Hitchcock movie but pigeons are becoming a nuisance for Howard Beach shoppers and residents.

“When you come out, they swarm,” said Dawn Haskin, a Howard Beach nearby resident. “They just keep flying all over the place. You have to dodge them.”

Community Board 10 received a complaint about two different men feeding pigeons.

Tuesday was the first time the board received an official complaint about it.

One area is by the exterior wall of the Linden Park Pharmacy located at 82-43 153 Ave. in the Lindenwood Shopping Center. The other is at the 84th Street underpass near the Rockwood Park Jewish Center at 156-45 84 St. In an email to the Chronicle, CB 10 community associate Marcella May wrote, “[The Department of Health] states that it’s not illegal to feed pigeons, but reports of unsanitary conditions caused by pigeons, including odor and excessive droppings on: window ledges, sidewalks, exteriors of commercial and residential properties may be made. A violation may be generated for failing to clean up unsanitary conditions caused by

this activity. It was indicated to our caller that it’s helpful if DOH can be provided with a specif ic time f rame of the feeding.”

A plethora of pigeons gathers periodically on the roof of the Bank of America on 84th Street and a car parked outside the bank was covered in pigeon droppings on a recent afternoon.

“It’s gotten better lately but somebody was feeding them,” said Chris Tesi, the branch manager at Bank of America.

“That’s the problem. Just somebody going around feeding them.”

Tesi acknowledged that the pigeons haven’t taken away any business but that he has heard the complaints about the multitude of birds.

There are about two dozen shops in the Lindenwood Shopping Center complex including a Dunkin’ Donuts, two bagel stores, a convenience store, a Japanese restaurant and several insurance businesses — and a cleaners that might have some new customers with all the pigeons in the area.

The other pigeon powwow is at the underpass at 84th Street between Shore Parkway North and 156th Avenue.

Haskin says she’s noticed the pigeon problem for the last few months. More than it just being an annoyance, Haskin

continued from page 2 year and emergency powers granted to the governor under the state constitution, put him on firm legal footing to do now what he could not do back in July.

Comparing the situation to a hurricane, Cuomo said the regulations for declaring an emergency are explicit in that a threat must be imminent.

“You didn’t have an emergency back in July,” he said. “You have one now. A hurricane is set to hit on the first day of school.”

Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) sponsor of the stalled bill, applauded the move in a statement on Monday morning.

“It’s been proven over and over again that speed cameras are one of the most important and effective tools we have available to slow down drivers and keep our kids safe on our streets,” he said.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) has been one of the Peralta bill’s more vocal supporters.

“This issue should have never even gotten to this point and I believe politics should not have played a part in the shutdown of the cameras, thus endangering the lives of students,” Addabbo said in a statement issued by his office. “As a father of two children in the school system, I hope that going forward we can put party politics aside and come together on important issues that will address the concerns of our people.”

A spokeswoman for the Senate leadership on Monday said the body is more than ready to do so.

“We have said all along that our Majority supports extending this program to keep speed cameras on,” she said in a statement emailed to the Chronicle. “In fact, we’d even consider codifying the Governor’s executive order into law. The real question is will the Assembly join us.”

Cuomo and Johnson were joined Monday morning by Amy Cohen, one of the founders of Families for Safe Streets. She said there still is a dark cloud hanging over the Senate.

“When your child dies, it’s hard to be grateful,” Cohen said. “Today there is a little light. We know the cost of not acting.”

Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven), in a statement issued by his office Monday, fully supported Cuomo.

“I hope moving forward the Senate will do better and work with the Assembly to pass legislation that will ensure the commute for all students to be Q a safe one.”

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Bank of America and other businesses in Howard Beach have been dealing with pigeons that are making a mess.

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wonders about sanitary issues as the birds search for food in the parking lot.

“Everybody knows about it, it’s just something that never ended,” she said. Q

The Aug. 23 Back to School article “Signing up for UPK and 3K” misstated parents’ ability to enroll their children in the programs for this school year.

Though the Department of Education’s website on enrolling says the time has passed, a DOE spokesperson says parents can still sign up.

The Aug. 23 Fall Guide article “Kids’ activities run all year” included two at the Queens County Farm Museum, “Summer Farmyard Adventure” and “Compost Explorers,” that are for camp groups, not individual families, but did not say that is the case.

The April 26 School Spotlight article “Richmond Hill High School’s South Asian Youth Action program is helping students in many ways” misstated the status of the South Asian Youth Action program and the Child Center of NY, both of which are nonprofit organizations, and the responsibilities of Rachel Rodriguez, who runs SAYA’s afterschool program at Richmond Hill High School.

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Council funds Muslim assistance agencies Fourteen religious, social service groups share $250,000 grant pool

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City Council members were in Jamaica on Aug. 21 to announce grants to 14 community-based agencies that ser ve the city’s Muslim community.

Cou ncilman Daneek Miller (D -St. Albans) and Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan) attended Jumu’ah prayers at the Islamic Circle of North America’s New York Chapter in Jamaica to officially announce the awarding of $250,000 for the initiative.

M i l le r, t h e lo ne Mu sl i m on t h e 51-member Cou nci l, said bet ween 400,000 and 800,000 Muslims live in the New York City metropolitan area.

The initiative, done in collaboration with the New York Immigration Coalition, will enable culturally and linguistically competent nonprofit groups to educate Muslim New Yorkers on their fundamental rights, conduct case management and provide referrals for various legal, social and healthcare services.

Miller, in a statement put out by his office, said he considers those to be especially impor tant given aspects of the recent political and social climate.

“The policies f lowing from Washington D.C. of late have served to marginalize and malign our country’s immigrants and minorities,” Miller said. “In response, this Council has redoubled its efforts to celebrate diversity, promote inclusion, and preserve fundamental rights for all New Yorkers; and the Muslim Empowerment Initiative, in particular, represents our latest commitment to stand squarely with our Muslim brothers and sisters.”

He and the speaker also cited statistics released by the FBI last year in which reported incidents of hate crimes against Muslims rose 19 percent in 2016 compared to the previous year, which itself saw a 67 percent rise over 2014 as tensions in the community deepened.

Organizations receiving $20,000 grants include the Arab American Association of New York, Inc.; The Arab-American Family Support Center; African Commu-

Councilman Daneek Miller, left, and Council Speaker Corey Johnson chat with Islamic Circle of North America-New York Secretary General Muhammad Rahman in Jamaica at the announcePHOTO C0URTESY NYC CUNCIL ment of the Council’s $250,000 Muslim Empowerment Initiative. nities Together, Inc.; Turning Point for Women and Families; African Services Committee; South Asian Youth Action, Inc.; India Home, Inc.; and Islamic Circle of North America.

Grants of $15,000 are going to the Council on American-Islamic Relations of New York Inc. ; Ch haya Com mu nit y Development Cor poration; Council of Peoples Organization, Inc.; Muslim Community Network; Desis Rising Up & Mov i ng; a nd the Musli m A mer ica n Society.

Johnson believes the funding is a smart investment.

“Muslim advocacy groups have served as cor nerstones in their communities through educational services, outreach to the needy and legal referrals for years,” he said. “We are so thankful for the work they do and are proud to help enhance their efforts through funding from the City Council.”

Muhammad Rahman, the ICNA secretary

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general, said the money will help with numerous community engagement activities, such as Iftar in the Park and open space Eid prayer services.

Albert Fox Cahn, CAIR-New York’s legal director, also said the programs are increasingly needed to counter discrimination, harassment and the increase in hate crimes.

“We hope to work closely with elected officials at every level of government to ensure that New York lives up to its promise of being where all religions are welcome,” he said in Miller’s press release.

While public grant money often comes with restrictions or strings that generally can be weathered by secular and cultural organizations, Cahn told the Chronicle in a telephone interview that he does not believe the funding has the potential to cause unforeseen problems down the road for religious groups.

“I think this is very straight forward so there won’t be any unintended consequences,” he said. “I don’t see any risk.”

Cahn also did not speculate on whether the Muslim community might gain more benefit by giving larger slices of the pie to fewer organizations. He said if anything, the allocations as approved only demonstrate the great need within the community for the various kinds of help provided by the different organizations.

“I’m not going to second-guess the Q Council on that,” he said.

Armed motorcyclist robbed two Mobils The police want your help busting an ar med motorcyclist who robbed a pair of Mobil gas stations in western Queens last Tuesday.

Brandishing a handg u n, the per p went up to the man working the counter at the Mobil at 68-09 Q ue e n s Blvd . i n Wo o d s i d e a r o u n d 6:30 a.m. He fled on his motorcycle with $300 and an Arizona iced tea, the NYPD said. No injures were reported.

The bad biker st r uck again that n ig ht , h it t i ng t h e Mobil at 35-15 Greenp o i n t Av e . i n Sunnyside.

He went in around showing a handgun to

counter. That time, he zoomed off on his motorcycle with $900.

There again were no injuries reported from the incident.

Cops describe the man as being around 5 feet, 7 inches tall.

He wa s la s t s e e n wearing a black and silver skull helmet with a mirrored visor, d a rk- colored pa nts and a black jacket.

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No gas since January has been a ‘nightmare’ Nearly four dozen Elmhurst tenants have filed suit against landlord, city

by Christopher Barca Editor

Fresh, home-cooked meals have long been out of the question.

So has completing a load of laundry.

Maritza Zarzuela has lived at 83-45 Broadway in Elmhurst for 24 years. Carmen Flores has called the building home for 30.

But the last eight months have been by far the most trying time both women have had there.

“We’ve never had this major of a problem,” Zarzuela told the Chronicle on Tuesday. “It certainly hasn’t been easy.”

Since January, the seven-story, 195-unit apartment building has been without gas, meaning tenants have been unable to cook or use the dryers in the structure’s two laundry rooms for almost nine months.

Two weeks ago, a group of 45 fed-up tenants, represented by The Legal Aid Society, organized and sued the management company, Regent Equities, and the city over what they say is an agonizingly slow process of getting their gas turned on again.

“A lot of the tenants are regular families.

They have budgets to work with. A lot of them can’t afford to constantly buy premade food,” Legal Aid Society attorney Nelson Yeung told the Chronicle on Tuesday. “I have heard stories of tenants with medical conditions and strike diets. In some ways, their health is at risk.”

Flores said it was just after 5 p.m. on Jan. 3 that the gas shutoff occured — the retiree was in the middle of cooking dinner on the stove when the flame below the burner slowly died.

In the months since, she has resorted to either eating canned goods she heats in the microwave, making sandwiches or ordering takeout more times than her budget would normally allow.

“I live alone, so I make due,” she said. “I even learned to how make soup and scrambled eggs in the microwave. It’s not the same but it’s all right.”

Her biggest concern is not for her own wellbeing, she said. It’s for the safety of the building’s many families who have had to rely on hot plates to make their meals.

Regent Equities gave each tenant $25 toward the purchase of a hot plate. But both

Residents of 83-45 Broadway in Elmhurst have been without cooking gas for more than eight months. The property owner is blaming the city for dragging its feet in approving applications PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA that would allow for repair work to be done.

Flores and Zarzuela said large families need to use four or five at once in order to feed everyone in the home — something both women described as a fire hazard.

The latter woman added she and her daughter have relied on an induction cooking unit to prepare food, while she’s heard stories of others resorting to portable propane appliances — Flores said one man using one recently started a small fire that required an FDNY response.

“We have a lot of elderly people living in the building. We also have a lot of kids,” Zarzuela said. “I can imagine mothers have been struggling to fund proper nourishment for their children.”

The electric bills of both women and many of their neighbors have also skyrocketed, as they have had to prepare food with electrical appliances instead of their stoves or ovens.

What’s really killed Zarzuela’s budget, she said, is doing laundry, as the building’s dryers are gas powered.

While she is able to clean her clothes in a

washing machine, she dries them by hanging her garments on makeshift clothing lines in her living room and pointing fans at them.

Sometimes, the Elmhurst woman said, it takes three entire days to sufficiently air out her larger items like blankets — washing and drying them at a laundromat, she added, costs her about $40.

“My electric bill shot up. I was averaging $80 a month but it went to $110,” she said. “I have to leave the fans on overnight.”

According to property manager Steven Goldin, Regent Equities had recently installed six new hot water heaters, six storage tanks and replacement gas lines.

But shortly after the gas lines were installed

by National Grid late last year, Goldin said he smelled gas in the building’s basement on Jan. 3. An investigation revealed numerous leaky pipes, both new and old ones, requiring a complete shutoff of service.

Goldin said the building’s plumber then filed an emergency work notice with the Department of Buildings — which would

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allow work to be done before a regular permit is approved.

But after a tenant called the DOB to lodge a complaint about the lack of a permit, a stopwork order was issued, which Goldin says was a mistake by the agency.

The order was rescinded in February, but future work permit applications, Goldin added, were either immediately denied for “minor” errors or ignored entirely for weeks at a time.

“The DOB has been dragging its feet and rejecting the applications for various reasons,” he said. “One time, it was rejected because the cost estimate was too low, so we resubmitted with a higher cost estimate.

“Our attorney has subpoenaed the DOB to produce records and an individual to explain why there were so many delays,” he added.

“We were ready, willing and able to proceed until the stop-work order forced us to stop.”

According to city records, the DOB issued one denial in April, two in May, two in June, three in July and one in August — either for low cost estimates or paperwork errors — before approving the application last Thursday.

“While it is the landlord’s responsibility to provide gas service to tenants, DOB works diligently to bring owners into compliance with gas-safety rules,” agency spokesman Andrew Rudansky said in an email to the Chronicle. “A permit to correct extensive illegal gas work at this building was approved last week.”

Asked when gas could be restored to the building, Goldin said it remains impossible to tell at this point.

“There are many gas lines that we’ve tested so far that are good and some are not,” the property manager said.

Regarding a perceived lack of communication with tenants, Goldin said he posted “eight or nine” notices across the building between January and June before stopping.

“I felt there was nothing left to say, there were no updates,” he said. “I would just be repeating myself.”

The lawyers for The Legal Aid Society and Regent Equities will next appear in court on Sept. 26.

But a number of families have already moved out of the building, Zarzuela and Flores Q said, because they’ve simply had enough.

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Queens Dems under fire from new faces Party accused of running unwitting candidates for County Committee

by Michael Gannon Editor

The leadership of the Queens County Democratic Party is denying allegations that it is running candidates for the Democratic County Committee who have no idea that they’re on the ballot, including one who allegedly has been registered to vote in Florida for nearly two years.

But one of the surprised candidates contacted by the Chronicle confirmed the story first reported by The New York Times; candidates seeking election without the party endorsement are miffed; and the city’s Board of Elections isn’t talking at all.

County committee members are the party’s infantry, more than 1,000 people responsible for organizing, registration and voter outreach on a local, block-by-block level.

Candidates running independently, some of whom were knocked off the ballot by the Board of Elections, are accusing the Queens County Democrats, chaired by U.S. Rep Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx), of running people who might not attend meetings and functions, but who would keep outsiders away.

Helen Gambichler of Astoria was one of more than 20 people on the ballot who were contacted by the Times. She confirmed that while she is a registered Democrat, she had no idea that she was on the ballot to be a county committee member.

“I received two letters telling me my name was on the ballot,” Gambichler said. “I didn’t know anything about it.” She also said she had no intention of participating if elected.

Michael Reich, executive director of the Queens Democrats, said the Times piece was a nonstory, and that the supposed motives are groundless.

“To what purpose?” Reich asked. “The story was all wrong.

Look at the names on the list. Each member of the committee in years past has been a member of [Democratic] clubs or have

A lot of vacancies were present on the roster of the Queens Democratic County Committee two years ago. The party is denying assertions that it is trying to keep outsiders away from NYC BOE GRAPHIC the process. been active participants in the community.”

Reich said Democratic clubs that nominate people are responsible for checking and vetting all candidates “They called what, 21 out of over 1,000 qualified people?”

Reich asked. “And I don’t know what questions they asked them over the phone.”

He also pointed out that many of those complaining are

petitioning candidates who were removed from the ballot.

“They were removed by the Board of Elections; we didn’t challenge them,” Reich said. The board, however, is selected by county leaders from both parties.

Leaders of a group called New Queens Democrats confirmed that several of their candidates were removed from the ballot.

Maria Kaufer of Forest Hills was not, though the partybacked candidate she is challenging has lived in Boynton Beach, Fla., for two years. Kaufer was inspired to get more active following President Trump’s election. In hindsight, she is somewhat suspicious of the party’s claims.

“My friends and I would ask the Democrats what we could do and they said, ‘Vote for this candidate or that candidate,’” she said. “People working for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, ‘Run for county committee.’”

Ocasio-Cortez subsequently stunned Crowley in the 14th District primary.

Kaufer said she and several friends got the required petitions. Including herself, seven of 18 survived. She said many of those who did not had submitted their petitions with the New Queens Democrats.

“I think they may have been targeted,” she said. The Chronicle was able to locate but not contact Kaufer’s listed opponent.

The news did not escape the attention of Ocasio-Cortez, who retweeted The Times’ article with a reference to Tammany Hall, a Democratic machine that ran the city from the late 19th century well into the 1960s.

“NY’s alarming violations of democracy ... have long been accepted as ‘how it’s done,’” she tweeted. “We can’t afford to Q accept it anymore.”

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Robbery suspects sought Police are asking for help in identifying two men who are wanted in connection to a robbery in Ozone Park.

On the afternoon of July 23, the men approached a 55-year-old man in the vicinity of 134th Street and Sutter Avenue.

The robbers proceeded to push the victim and simulated having a firearm in a black bag. They took approximately $2,800

in cash and fled.

Both men were described as black and one was wearing pajama pants.

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

A New Jersey man allegedly planned to distribute a designer drug shipped from China to an address in Southeast Queens, authorities said.

Alfredo Rodriguez, 33, of Carteret, NJ has been charged in the case, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.

The drug in the case is N-ethylpentylone, a Schedule 1 controlled substance analogue.

Prosecutors allege Rodriguez thought it was “Molly,” a street name for the party drug MDMA. According to the Justice Department, N-ethylpentylone has been sold as MDMA on the street and can look like the drug. Analogues are drugs whose composition differs slightly from those they mimic.

The defendant did not actually receive the drug at the Jamaica address it was supposed to be shipped to.

When the package first got to the United States, Customs and Border Protection discovered more than 2,000 grams of N-ethylpentylone in it.

Law enforcement personnel, U.S. postal inspectors among them, put a product that

looked like a controlled substance in the package that was ultimately delivered in Jamaica earlier this month.

When they delivered the package on Aug. 2, Rodriguez was arrested for allegedly accepting it. He appeared in court the day after and was ordered detained.

The defendant was arraigned Monday on an indictment charging him with conspiring to distribute a controlled substance analogue and with attempting to possess one with the intent to distribute. He faces up to 20 years in prison each for the two criminal counts, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Rodriguez’s case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis.

“This indictment demonstrates the commitment by the Department of Justice and our partners in law enforcement to combat the drug epidemic in our nation, enforcing zero tolerance for controlled substances, whether they are grown in a field or created in a laboratory,” U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Richard Donoghue said in a preQ pared statement.

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and regulations designed to avert those health risks.”

“The Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that food processors comply with laws designed to ensure food safety,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Chad Readler of the DOJ’s Civil Division.

The FDA inspected Foo Yuan’s facility in 2014, 2016 and from December 2017 to January 2018. The agency allegedly documented “significant deficiencies,” including during the most recent inspection a failure to maintain the cleanliness of food contact sources and a failure to ensure that all persons working in direct contact with food, food contact surfaces and food-packing materials conformed to hygienic practices to protect against food contamination.

The complaint alleges violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by causing adulterated food to be introduced into interstate commerce or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce. It claims the company caused food to become adulterated while it was being held for sale after the shipment of one or more of its components in interstate comQ merce.

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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York has filed a complaint against a seafood processing business in Long Island City, seeking to stop it from distributing “adulterated” products.

The complaint against Foo Yuan Products Co., owner and President Hsing Chang and its secretary, Susan Chang, was filed in U.S. District Court on Aug. 20 at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The business prepares and distributes refrigerated and frozen fish balls, fried fish cakes and fried fish balls. The government alleges that it failed to adequately control the risk of harmful bacteria and toxin formation in some products.

Company officials could not be reached for comment.

“When food processors ignore federal laws concerning the preparation of food, they subject the public to serious health risks,” U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue said in a press release. “The Department of Justice has asked the court to stop the defendants from processing, packaging or distributing any more food until they establish that they can comply with federal laws

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Take ’em out to the ball game American Softball, a league for people with developmental disabilities, held its annual World Series on Aug. 25, a day league organizers called a beautiful end to a perfect season.

Even with all the rain, players still managed to get in quite a few games. Assemblyman Mike Miller threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Organizers welcomed a huge

crowd to the festivities.

Trophies were given to all the players.

Johnny Bradford, the team’s new star, was nominated for Most Valuable Player.

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Not a home center, but a hardware store Byrnes spanned six decades, beat the big chains at their own game

by Michael Gannon Editor

For 56 years, the little corner shop founded by Arthur Byrnes in Jamaica in 1962 was, in fact, your grandfather’s hardware store.

Over the decades, Byrnes Hardware changed its signs from paint and hardware to the Minuteman logo of the Sentry Hardware chain to add electrical, welding, tool repair and rental.

There was a personality, a charm to the narrow aisles stocked with screws and cabinet and door fittings, and the racks with shovels, hammers and PVC piping that the newer home improvement behemoths lack.

In September the little store at 178-01 Jamaica Ave. will close for good. Gregory Comodore, who has owned the business since 1984, said it’s time.

“It’s not so much Lowe’s and Home Depot as it is the internet,” Comodore said.

“People don’t want to come down to a brickand-mortar store when they can sit home and get a package. But we rode the crest of the wave. We outlasted [chains] Pergament, Rickel and Channel. We rode out recessions including the big one in 2008. I’ve done this 46 years, put my children through college and put aside enough to retire. It’s time for something else.”

Gregg Spalding, left, Damani Guthrie, Tatiyana Rydiseo, owner Gregory Comodore, Simple Foley, Kris Lal and Katy at the counter of Byrnes Hardware, an institution in Jamaica for more than half PHOTO BY MIICHAEL GANNON a century.

He has had a long interest in photography, even getting his work published recently, and is looking forward to pursuing it on a more regular basis.

In college the industrial arts major did work for a contractor to pay the bills.

“Any time we were on a job and we needed

a part or a tool, even late at night we’d come to the door and Artie would open up for us.

That’s how I got to know him.”

Papering the Northeast with resumes upon graduation, he mentioned his ill luck to Byrnes and was offered some part-time work at the store.

“I started out organizing the basement,” he said.

Byrnes eventually bought the adjoining two spaces to expand. He offered Comodore a buy-in in 1976.

Byrnes was 53 when he died in 1984. The bachelor’s sisters offered to sell Comodore their stake — “They didn’t want to be landlords” — with one piece of advice.

“They told me to not marry the business,” he said.

To the end it would remain a hardware store rather than a home center, with six employees and even a store mascot, a former stray cat named Katy.

“She came in here one day when she was pregnant,” Comodore said. “She had her kittens under the counter. It was an event.”

After placing the kittens with customers eager to adopt them, Katy took off only to return sometime later — with another litter on the way.

“When we placed those kittens, I took her to the vet,” he said.

Katy, who enjoys being spoiled with affection by customers, will be taking up a new post as full-time pet to Simple Foley, who has been the store manager for 17 years.

The retirement sale includes everything from merchandise and equipment to shelvQ ing — and the building itself.

DEP puts stop-work order on shelter site Dept. of Buildings filing amended to show 200 beds over two floors

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Work observed at 78-16 Cooper Ave. in Glendale infuriated area residents this week, as more than a dozen people filed complaints with the Department of Buildings on Monday after witnessing what they believed were violations of a stop-work order issued four days prior.

Last Friday, the city Department of Environmental Protection taped a stop-work order to the fence outside of the four-story former factory — slated to become a 200bed homeless shelter — demanding that improper asbestos removal on the first and top floors cease immediately.

DEP documents said laborers at the site posed a threat to human safety and were in violation of the New York City Air Pollution Control Code.

In order for work to begin again, property owner Michael Wilner and Cooper Avenue Group LLC have a written scope of work report and asbestos assessment report approved by the DEP. Because the stop-work order was issued by the DEP, not the DOB, renovation work inside the old factory is legally allowed to continue.

The presence of construction workers on Monday, however, enraged area residents who believed the order was being violated,

as 15 people filed complaints with the DOB and many more expressed their fury on the Glendale Civic Association’s Facebook page. Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) even visited the location himself that morning.

“We called up the DEP and they were able to get inspectors down there within 15 minutes. It was impressive,” Holden’s communications director, Daniel Kurzyna, told the Chronicle on Monday.

DOB records show that those complaints were tossed, as city inspectors reported that while interior demolition work was “substantially done,” asbestos removal was not ongoing on the floors in question.

A concerned Holden still reached out to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to make them aware of the asbestos issue there.

“We’re not just concerned for the neighbors, but also the workers,” Kurzyna said.

“They might not know what they are getting into.”

Also last Friday, an amended work permit was filed with the DOB regarding the layout of the proposed homeless shelter.

According to the document, both the second and third f loors of the building will have “transient lodging with sleeping accom modations (100 beds), sleeping rooms” as well as accessory offices.

The Department of Environmental Protection issued a stop-work order for the first and fourth floors of the proposed homeless shelter at 78-16 Cooper Ave. in Glendale regarding improper FILE PHOTO asbestos removal.

The third floor will also contain a cafeteria with “accessory dining” and 33 parking spaces on the first floor.

An agreement with a service provider has yet to be finalized, but Kurzyna said Holden is optimistic — despite the new DOB filing — he and the area civic leaders who are also

opposed to the plan will be able to defeat it before it gets off the ground.

“We spoke to [Human Resources Administration Commissioner] Steve Banks on Friday afternoon,” Kurzyna said. “We think they’re willing to work with us and we’re hopeful we might be able to beat it back.” Q

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For two weeks every summer, the world comes to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows Corona Parkfor the US Open; and every year people from Queens are right there alongside them.

Top row left, Carolyn Chin Choy and son Aydub enjoy some pizza at the food court.

Next to them, Violetta Jerez of Flushing waits for the start of a new match at Stadium Court, while at far right, three generations of tennis fans, Jane Thornton and Stephen and Julia Banci of Forest Hills, relax by the fountains.

The second row sees Munadiloah Abduway and Lakeisha Hynes of Flushing, left, taking a stroll outside Arthur Ashe Stadium, while others opt for some shade, including Stephanie Seo-

ane of Forest Hills and Mary O’Byrne of Douglaston, sitting down to lunch; and Sabrina Shi and Francis and Sterling Hsu of Flushing, who chose a cooler option to the courtside seats.

The third row features Lynette and Sage Menon of Flushing, the latter looking for autographs from his favorite players. Next to them, former Flushing resident Adrienne Kivelson enjoys a snack with friend Linda Loffredo of Manhattan, as former Queens Village resident Eileen Steigler and Nicole Steigler stroll the grounds. At right, Sarah Rahman of Elmhurst is headed to Stadium Court. At far right, Former Queens residents Liz and Kevin Morrissey’s children used to work at the Open, their son as a ball boy and their daughter in the offices.

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Whistleblower to get a portion of the funds to be paid over tax fraud Associate Editor

Settling with the state, Spa Castle is going to pay $2.5 million in civil damages and criminal restitution over a tax fraud scheme, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood and Acting Department of Taxation and Finance Com missioner Nonie Manion announced last Thursday.

Spa Castle Cor porate Off icer Daniel Chon and the College Point business itself pleaded guilty to felony tax fraud charges, Underwood’s office said.

Chon will not be going to prison — he got three years of conditional discharge. He pleaded to third-degree attempted criminal tax fraud and Spa Castle pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal tax fraud, according to Underwood’s office.

Other Spa Castle owners had been indicted in the case but are not personally facing penalties.

“The charges against the other defendants are being dismissed as covered by the other two felony pleas and payment of restitution,” Rachel Shippee, a spokeswoman for the attorney general, said in an email to the Chronicle.

Underwood thanked the unnamed person who notified the state of malfeasance, and the individual’s counsel. Her office said the case may not have come to light without the

Spa Castle in College Point will fork over $2.5 million to the state for tax fraud, the authorities FILE PHOTO announced last week. source stepping forward.

“We’re grateful to the whistleblower who helped bring this egregious conduct to light – and it should serve as a wake-up call to all tax fraudsters who think their misconduct will go by unnoticed,” she said in a prepared statement.

According to the Attorney General’s Off ice, the whistleblower will be paid $575,000 for notifying authorities. Under the New York False Claims Act, folks who blow the whistle on fraud are entitled to a piece of the recovery.

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The person who informed the authorities of the wrongdoing filed a legal action in accordance with the False Claims Act’s “qui tam” clause, which allows individuals to do so, in August 2014. After that, the Attorney General’s Office’s Taxpayer Protection Bureau kicked off a civil probe into Spa Castle.

A separate criminal investigation was started after that by the office’s Criminal Enforcement and Financial Crimes Bureau.

In August 2015, investigators seized Spa Castle records, finding that the business underreported earnings to avoid paying corporate, MTA surcharge and sales taxes, the prosecution in the case said.

The tax fraud case is not the first time Spa Castle has landed itself in controversy.

Earlier this year, the business was fined $1,000 by the state Department of Labor, which accused it of violating the state Child Labor Statute.

And in an unrelated situation, a 6-year-old girl nearly drowned at Spa Castle in February 2016, which led the Health Department to temQ porarily shut the business’ pools down.

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Come for his BBQ, stay for his story Star Forest Hills chef goes from the ‘hood’ of LA to ‘Chopped’ champion

by Christopher Barca Editor

There’s an unfortunate stereotype that comes along with being from Compton, Calif., the city just south of Los Angeles that became synonymous with gang violence and government corruption years ago.

On the outside, Melvin “Boots” Johnson says he fits that stereotype as a tattoo-covered black man who loves donning his black Dodgers hat wherever he goes.

In some ways, he embraces it — wearing it as a badge of honor, even.

After all, staying true to where he came from will resonate with the kids he’s trying to inspire. At least it will much more than if the acclaimed executive chef of Queens Bully in Forest Hills wore a designer suit everywhere.

“Look at me, I look like Ice Cube the way I dress,” Johnson told the Chronicle with a laugh on Tuesday. “The reason is this is who I am. I’m from the hood. I’m not of the hood, but I was raised in the hood.”

It was just after 7 p.m. Tuesday when Johnson walked into Queens Bully not to work, but to get ready for that night’s viewing party of “Chopped,” the Food Network’s highest rated show — the finale of the program’s grill master series featuring Johnson competing against three other chefs with

$50,000 on the line was airing at 9 p.m.

But instead of talking about the rigors of a cooking competition or the glory of being on television, all Johnson wanted to discuss on Tuesday evening was what his Chopped appearance could mean for inner-city kids considering cooking as a line of work.

“I look like this on purpose because I want to break down the stereotype of people in the inner city. I may look like a thug but I’m educated, I work and I express myself,” the 50-year-old said. “Kids identify with me. I’m not going to get to that kid if I’m in a three-piece suit. I’m gonna get to them in some Dickies and some Timbs though.”

Born in San Diego, Johnson was raised by his mother and stepfather predominantly in Compton, where he said he was constantly called a “sissy” and other names by kids in his neighborhood for wanting to be a chef.

But cooking was always in his blood, as his mother, grandmother and aunts were always in the kitchen whipping up delicious meals for him.

“I want kids to stop eating processed foods and their parents to start buying real vegetables,” he said. “I was raised on opening brown paper bags and shucking blackeyed peas and picking collard grees with my grandmother.”

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Melvin “Boots” Johnson, the executive chef of Queens Bully in Forest Hills, is hoping to inspire PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA inner-city kids across the country to join the culinary industry. and stepfather opened up a restaurant called That Barbecue Place — that’s where Johnson was first exposed to what would eventually become his specialty, Memphis-style barbecue.

Not long after, his dad’s aunt from Louisiana opened up fish market next door to the restaurant and put him to work “every freaking day.” And that’s where Johnson said he knew he wanted to make cooking his career.

“She was as country as you could be.

And she could cook,” he said. “I would be in there peeling shrimp, breaking down fish and all that kind of stuff.”

He didn’t go to culinary school, instead studying business management at a university in Atlanta, but he never gave up on his passion.

While in Georgia, he got his start as a cook at Baker’s Cafe before moving to San Diego, where his career took off.

At 30, he opened up his own barbecue place called The Juke Joint, an establishment where he said he experimented daily with different barbecue rubs, slabs of meat, cooking methods and equipment in order to hone his craft — he even cooked for civil rights icon Rosa Parks and actor Ben Vereen.

After that, he moved to Las Vegas to operate his own barbecue food truck, Slow Cal BBQ, something he said was both a grave mistake and a lucky break.

“I lost my ass in Vegas with that food truck. It’s just not a food truck town at all,” he said. “I almost had to sell my smoker, it was that bad.”

Down on his luck, Johnson landed a job as a banquet chef at the Mandalay Bay hotel, cooking for thousands of people at once.

But through connections he had made, he soon found himself serving as the executive chef of a restaurant that grosses more than $10 million a year within the famed Venetian hotel.

“The people I met in Vegas, they knew

my talents and they knew what I could do,” he said.

Johnson again ran into a roadblock last year when he moved to Harlem to manage a restaurant — an effort he said “just didn’t work out.”

Not long after, he noticed an ad on Craigslist for the executive chef position at the new 113-30 Queens Blvd. restaurant Queens Bully, where he was immediately hired.

You’ll be hard pressed to find a single ingredient in the eatery’s kitchen that wasn’t handmade by Johnson or his staff.

And even if you’re unable to tell the difference between visits, Johnson is constantly tweaking his recipes to make his meals even the slightest bit better.

“I always want to get better. I’m not happy with how things are coming out because I want perfect,” he said, specifically citing his brisket. “It’s really good, but I want great. I want to have the best freaking barbecue in New York City. Let me make Forest Hills a real culinary destination.

“I want people to come out here and just taste my heart, man. That’s it.”

He certainly had the best barbecue in the “Chopped” kitchen on Tuesday, as he outcooked his three competitors to claim the $50,000 prize.

Acclaimed chef Chris Santos, one of show’s judges, even demanded that he add the barbecue sauce Johnson made from scratch during the entree round to his menu “or else I will.”

Asked what he wants to do with his winnings, Johnson said he wasn’t sure, as he hasn’t received the prize money yet.

But what he does want to do is capitalize on his television appearance and make kids think twice when they see “just another brother from Compton” riding the No. 4 train on his way to Queens.

“I hope they see that and I can prove that, ‘You can do this,’” he said. “There are a lot of black chefs out there, man. And you can Q be one of them.”

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by Christopher Barca

there fade away.

This coming month’s events will focus heavily on individuals who died prematurely almost a century apart.

At 10 a.m. Sept. 8, Friends of Maple Grove photographer and tour guide Jo-Anne Raskin will moderate an annual community discussion about the Sept. 11 terror attacks called “A Conversation on 9/11.”

This year’s event will see participants read a 112-year-old article by Stanford University professor William James, who penned a piece about the deadly 1906 San Francisco earthquake and its

lasting emotional impacts on those who survived.

A discussion about how James’ article relates to the aftermath of Sept. 11 and a jaunt into the cemetery to visit the graves of 23 people who died in the terror attacks — as well as the burial plot of a man who perished in the 1920 Wall Street bombing that killed 38 — will follow.

“It’s emotional and yet it’s part of a healing process too,” Raskin said of the annual talk. “It’s always so interesting, it’s such an eclectic group of people that show up. They all learn from each other’s experiences.”

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Reading some history books or rifling through old newspaper articles can tell you a lot about where you come from and the people who made your neighborhood what it is today.

In most cases, however, those influential individuals have all passed on, so shaking their hands and asking them about what your hometown was like 25, 50, 75 or 100 years ago isn’t exactly possible.

So the next best thing is to take those facts you may have learned in those books and visit that person’s grave — few things can put history in perspective quite like imagining a time gone by through the eyes of the remarkable resident buried underneath your feet.

And come September, there will be plenty of chances for Queens residents to do just that at Maple Grove Cemetery in Kew Gardens, where the Friends of Maple Grove is hosting a series of events to not let the legacies of those interred

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“Duchas: The Drive Within,” with works in various media by Irish or Irish-American artists, or inspired by Irish culture. Thru Fri., Sept. 7 (closing reception Thu., Sept. 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m.), Queens College Art Center, Rosenthal Library, 6th floor, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 997-4803, artdept.qc.cuny.edu.

My Childhood in Bayside (vs. What’s There Now), with attendees learning about various points of interest, led by Queens Boro Historian Jack Eichenbaum. Sat., Sept. 1, 10:50 a.m., starting outside post office on 42 Ave. near Bell Blvd. $20. Info/registration (req’d): (718) 961-8406, geognyc.com, jaconet@aol.com.

Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year, with award-winning images of celestial phenomena of all kinds from all over the world, from a contest held by Britain’s National Maritime Museum. Thru Fri., Aug. 31, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

Berry and herb foraging, with “Wildman” Steve Brill leading a search in Forest Park for edible berries, herbs, mushrooms and more. Sun., Sept.

2, 11:45 a.m., starting at the stone wall at Forest Park Drive and Park Lane, Kew Gardens, near the Overlook Building. $20 suggested; $10 kids under 12. Info/RSVP (req’d): (914) 835-2153, wildmanstevebrill.com, facebook.com/wildman.brill.

“Animation Academy: From Pencils to Pixels,” an exploration of animation technology highlighting characters such as Gumby, the work of artist Chuck Jones and more. Thru Sun., Sept. 9, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

“Tony Vaccaro: ‘Orphan to Photographer,’” the world-renowned lensman’s first exhibit near his home in Long Island City after more than 275 international shows over 50 years, with images available for sale. LiC-A @ The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 848-0030, licartists.org.

“Nothing Gold Can Stay,” paintings by Ard Berge that often mix pastoral beauty with imagery of the present, revealing social and other pressures underlying change. Thru Fri., Sept. 7, QCC Art Gallery, Queensborough Community College, 22205 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 631-6396, qcc.cuny.edu/artgallery.

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“Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts,” with quilts as works of art from the 19th to 21st centuries. Thru Wed., Oct. 3, American Folk Art Museum Self-Taught Genius Gallery, 47-29 32 Place, Long Island City. Free. Info: (212) 595-9533, folkartmuseum.org, qchron.com/qboro/stories.

“Fever,” with various artists’ take on climate change; “Unnatural Selection,” with works highlighting species endangered by human activity, including Craig Norton’s piece, above, that reads, “Don’t worry all the meat will be donated to a local village”; and “My White Dress,” inspired by the Brides March Against Domestic Violence. All thru Sun., Sept. 30 (joint opening reception Sat., Sept. 8, 7-10 p.m.), The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 848-0030, licartists.org.

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KIDS/TEENS Nature lovers can take a tour like no other this Sunday, when “Wildman” Steve Brill leads a foraging expedition through Forest Park, finding all the berries, herbs and other edible greens that grow there. This is the man who was once arrested for doing this, before he got the city to leave him alone. See Tours/Hikes.

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MUSIC Hands-on History: 18th Century Music!, with Larry Moser on hammered dulcimer and Mary Nagin on fiddle, and attendees (recommended 3 and up; adults also welcome), making their own shaker instrument and playing and dancing along; and then visiting the rest of the museum. Sat., Sept. 1, 1-4 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 206-0545, kingmanor.org.

Queens College Choral Society, for its upcoming season, including a Dec. performance of Handel’s “Messiah.” Wed., Sept. 5 and 12, 6-7:15 p.m., Music Building room 246, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Info: James John, (718) 997-3818, jmsjhn@aol.com, qcchoralsociety.org.

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Circus Amok: “Enough is Enough,” a political one-ring circus with jugglers, stilt dancers, puppets and more. Sat., Sept. 1, 3 p.m., Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 956-1819, socratessculpturepark.org.

“Prototype,” the 2017 experimental 3-D sci-fi and documentary mix about a mysterious device projecting images of unknown origin during the deadly 1900 Galveston, Texas hurricane. Fri., Aug. 31-Sat., Sept. 9, various dates and times (with director Blake Williams in person Aug. 31 only), Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

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Oratorio Society of Queens, under Maestro David Close, to sing Handel’s “Messiah” and traditional holiday songs at the OSQ’s holiday concert on Sun., Dec. 16. Mon., Sept. 10 and 17, 7 p.m. (those who pass then rehearse until 10 p.m.), Temple Beth Shalom, lower level, 171-39 Northern Blvd., Flushing. Rehearsals each Mon., 7:30-10 p.m. Info: (718) 279-3006, queensoratorio.org.

Autism Spectrum Disorder Workshop: Recycled Robots, with kids about 3-5 with ASD and their parents transforming recycled materials into fun toy robots. Sat., Sept. 1, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info/registration (req’d): (718) 683-9366, dmeza@nysci.org, nysci.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Jazz Jam, the monthly event led by saxophonist Carol Sudhalter, with musicians and vocalists welcome to join in. Wed., Sept. 5 (each first Wed. of the month), 7-10 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free to play or sing; $10 to listen. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org, qchron.com/qboro/stories.

Warm Up, with live and electronic music by Discwoman, Yaeji, Gang Gang Dance, Lizzo, AceMo and Logan Takahashi. Sat., Sept. 1, 12-9 p.m., MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $18. Info: (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org.

Bee Weekend, with storytime, crafts, garden tour and activity table related to bees and other pollinators. Sat.-Sun., Sept. 1-2, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (certain activities at certain times), Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $6; $4 seniors; $4 students, $2 children over 3. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

Workers of the World: Immigrant Labor on Screen, a series with five films and one live event focused on migrant workers. Fri., Aug. 31-Sun., Sept.

2, various times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15 each; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission.

Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

Back to School Event , with free school supplies, cotton candy, c u p c a ke s , m u s i c , raffles and more; all ages welcome. Sat., Sept.

8, 12-3 p.m., A Sprinkle of Fun children’s party place, 79-05 Myrtle Ave., Glendale. Free. Info: (718) 3813334, asprinkleoffun.com. continued on page 36

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The evening will start with the opening reception for “Flushing You’ve heard of shop local and Bound,” a visual arts exhibition created by Long Island City Artists eat local. Now you can “art” local.

On Friday, Sept. 7, lovers of and curated by Carol Crawford, dance, music and the visual arts who is also an artist and teacher.

“Flushing Bound is designed to can revel in the local scene for all three disciplines at consecutive introduce LIC-A and its artists to events at Flushing Town Hall, from the Flushing community, and to 5:00 p.m. until, most likely, a time encourage conversations between artists and the viewing public approaching the witching hour. which will increase understanding of the creative process,” LIC-A says in its written description of the show.

The works will include both figurative and abstract When: Fri., Sept. 7, 5 p.m. paintings, photography, art exhibit opening; works on paper and mixed 7 p.m. music; 8 p.m. dance media assemblages.

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“Submerged” by Siu Wong-Carmac, left, is among the works in the “Flushing Bound” exhibit. After its opening reception, dancers like Amanda Summers, Jennie Begley and Leigh Schanfein from Sheep Meadow Dance PHOTOS BY SIU WONG-CARMAC, LEFT, AND JOSEF PINLAC Theater will perform as part of the Queensboro Dance Festival. tion of the intended and the unintended.” Siu Wong-Carmac’s notes say, in part, “My work including ‘Submerged’ is viscera l and dreamlike, touching on our relationships with nature and each other as well as the abstract and

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE Index No. 17748/2014 Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial based on the location of the mortgaged premises in this action. CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, -against- LEE EDWARD DIXON A/K/A LEE DIXON AS HEIR AT LAW OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN DIXON, CEDRIC DIXON AS HEIR AT LAW OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN DIXON, If he be living and if he be dead, the respective heirs-atlaw, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the amended complaint, MARIE JOHNSON, CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, LR CREDIT 18, LLC, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, QUEENS SUPREME COURT, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MARK JOHNSON, JAMES BELCHER, TASHIMA ROBINSON, Defendants. To the above-named defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the amended complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the amended complaint is not served with this supplemental summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this supplemental summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this supplemental summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) or within (60) days after service of this supplemental summons if it is the United States of America; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the amended complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this supplemental summons and amended 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 supplemental summons and protect your property.

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BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing supplemental summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable RUDOLPH E. GRECO, JR., Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Queens County, dated the 18th day of May, 2018 and duly entered in the office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York . NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT This is an action to foreclose a mortgage lien on the premises described herein. The object of the above captioned action is to foreclose a first Mortgage to secure $384,237.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on April 3, 2008 in CRFN 2008000134958, which mortgage was assigned to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) as nominee for Premium Capital Funding LLC, d/b/a Topdot Mortgage by assignment of mortgage dated July 3, 2008, which was recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on July 15, 2008 in CRFN 2008000279743; and a second Mortgage to secure $123,312.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on July 15, 2008 in CRFN 2008000279744, which mortgages were consolidated by a Consolidation, Extension and Modification Agreement, consolidating the First Mortgage and the Second Mortgage to form a single lien in the amount of $489,813.00 (the “Consolidated Mortgage”) which was recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on July 15, 2008 in CRFN 2008000279745, which mortgage was assigned to CitiMortgage, Inc. by assignment of mortgage dated December 1, 2009, which was recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on April 28, 2010 in CRFN 2010000141213, covering premises known as 177-34 106TH AVENUE, JAMAICA, COUNTY OF QUEENS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK (Block 10334, Lot 21). Premises situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens. BEGINNING at point on the southerly side of 106th Avenue, 330 feet easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of 106th Avenue with the easterly side of 177th; being a plot 100 feet by 25 feet by 100 feet by 25 feet. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant, MARIE JOHNSON, for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises, unless discharged in bankruptcy. SECTION 1, BLOCK 1, LOT 3.1 Dated: Rego Park, New York ______, 2018, DAVID A. GALLO & ASSOCIATES LLP, Rosemarie A. Klie, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park, New York 11374 (718) 459-2634

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The perfect setting for a Japanese performance

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Another summer has just about come and gone, taking with it good weather, cool vibes and the many concert series and events that made the season fun.

However, Bang on a Can and The Noguchi Museum aren’t quite ready to say goodbye yet, and on September 9 their final concert will be held featuring renowned Japanese koto player and composer Yumi Kurosawa.

“Personally I love that museum, and I’ve visited a couple times before and I really like his [Isamu Noguchi’s] work,” said Kurosawa on the museum. “I’m so glad to play there, and in there I know what kind of atmosphere it is that I’m going into.”

The Noguchi Museum was founded by its namesake Japanese-American sculptor and designer in 1985. It is the first in the United States to be designed and established by a living artist as a showcase of his work.

“Of course I’m a koto player from Japanese tradition and it’s related to Yumi Kurosawa will perform on the koto, Japanese modern artists, and in that a traditional Japanese instrument, in museum I feel like I’ve created [music] what she finds to be a fitting venue: the PHOTO BY GION for this particular venue,” Kurosawa Noguchi Museum. added on playing there.

According to Kurosawa, she has been “We wanted to have a curation that playing the koto since the age of 3 and reflected the artworks at the museum as performing since the age of 5. well as the museum’s philosophy,” Laz“Since I’m from a super Japanese tra- aros said. “Yumi is obviously a Japanese ditional environment, since I was born performer who performs a traditional and raised in that field, of course I still Japanese instrument but she takes a respect tradition and do play traditional particular modernesque approach to it music but I compose new things,” she and we felt it was a nice thing to have stated. that mix between that music and artist.”

When it comes to the impact that she The performance is free with admiswants to have on people who hear her sion to the museum, and seating is on a music, Kurosawa was open and direct. first-come, first-served basis.

“I want people to feel the possibilities “If you were to come to the museum, of the koto instrument and I want them you’d be surprised by what you see,” to feel my art. It’s more aggressive said Brett Littman, Noguchi’s director. sometimes and melodic sometimes, “Of course we mainly feature art by more than traditional pieces, and I really Noguchi, but we also feature other artQ want to show the possibilities in my ists as well.” art,” she said.

Outside of the walls of the museum, Kurosawa does not feel like there’s a lack of traditional Japanese art in New York. She believes that When: Sun., Sept. 9, 3 p.m. “it’s not about competition between Where: The Noguchi Museum, koto players only, it’s about art — 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City and we, I think in a good way, comEntry: Free with admission: $10; $5 plete each other with all kinds of art.” seniors, students; NYC HS Kurosawa and Noguchi are a fine students, kids under 12 free. match, said Sruly Lazaros, production (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org manager for the Bang on a Can music organization.

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“It sparks an incredible conversation that’s really powerful,” added Friends of Maple Grove Senior Vice President Helen Day. “You get to understand the emotions of the people at that time compared to what we experienced on Sept. 11. That really gets the conversation going.”

For just $15, Queens residents are welcome to take a walking tour of Maple Grove later that day at 2 p.m., when Raskin will guide attendees around the cemetery to show them where notable names such as pink lemonade inventor Peter Conklin and Sutphin Boulevard namesake John Sutphin are buried.

“We have so many interesting people here,” Raskin said. “We’re honoring them by keeping their memories alive. That’s what we’re trying to do.”

Friends of Maple Grove requests that anyone interested in the Sept. 11 discussion or afternoon tour reserve a spot by emailing info@friendsofmaplegrove.com.

There is also a sizable amount of programming in September related to World War I, which ended 100 years ago.

Friends of Maple Grove’s reading and

Raskin-moderated discussion group — which is already full — will meet three different times to go over pieces about various aspects of the conflict.

But on Sept. 15 at 3 p.m., Queens residents can enjoy a free reception and lecture centered around the organization’s World War I exhibit featuring old photographs, periodicals, artifacts and letters soldiers wrote their families — the display is dedicated to the servicemembers who were killed in action and buried at Maple Grove.

“We have done our research and compiled their stories,” Day said. “We have some letters from those soldiers and they’re extremely powerful. We’re probably going to read some of those letters.”

Those World War I soldiers will also be a part of Spirits Alive, the annual self-guided, free walking tour through the cemetery on Sept. 29 at 2:30 p.m. at which attendees can speak with the people buried there — actors portraying those figures, at least.

“You get a map and the actor standing at a particular grave will tell a story in character as if they were that person,” Raskin said. “Kids get a nice history lesson.”

“There’s a nice array of people to pick

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Paying homage all month long at Maple Grove

Want to know what life in Queens was like a century ago? Ask some of these fine people, buried at Maple Grove Cemetery and portrayed at the Friends of Maple Grove’s Spirits Alive event. On the cover: Some of the fine gentlemen who are among the cemetery’s residents.

PHOTOS COURTESY HUMANITIES NYC / JO-ANNE RASKIN; MAP COURTESY R. BILLARD VIA OLDKEWGARDENS.COM

from,” Day added. “We’re just hoping for good weather.”

Not all cemetery events have to be somber, as on Sept. 22 at 5 p.m., singers Mariel Pacific and Fran Brunetta will put on a concert, crooning tunes created by Jimmy Rushing, LaVern Baker, Kyle Jean Baptiste

and Theresa Merritt — all individuals who are buried at Maple Grove.

Entry is free for those who RSVP ahead of time and $5 at the door.

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boro continued from page 32 (C)art Festival: Pop-Up Art in the Park, with sculpting, papermaking, healing, bookmaking, spoken word, playing and more, by the Southeast Queens Artist Alliance. Sat., Sept. 1, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (rain date Sept. 8), Rufus King Park, Jamaica Ave. and 153 St., Jamaica. Free.

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MARKETS St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church outdoor flea market, with 160 vendors. Each Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., thru end of November, Union Tpke. and Parsons Blvd., Jamaica. Info: (718) 969-3226.

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Monthly bereavement group, for dealing with the loss of a loved one, with handouts, light refreshments and more. Wed., Sept. 12 and every 2nd Wed. of the month after that, 7-8:30 p.m., Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72 St. Free. Info: (718) 335-6049, maspethtownhall.org.

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Al-anon, self-help group for anyone affected by another’s drinking: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 82 St. and 34 Ave., parish house, 1st floor, Jackson Heights, every Tue. Contact: jacksonheightsalanonon@gmail.com. Resurrection Ascension Pastoral Center basement, 85-18 61 Road, Rego Park, every Sun. 12 p.m.

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Medicare specialist consultations, by appointment, every other Wed., 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Catholic Charities Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy. Info: (718) 225-1144.

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

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continued from page 33 and capture stories about our everyday landscape.”

“Flushing Bound” will remain on view at Flushing Town Hall through Sept. 29.

Just as the opening reception ends, the Cambria Heights jazz band Since When? will provide a musical interlude at 7 p.m.

And at 8, the Queensboro Dance Festival will present the Flushing iteration of its Maythrough-October tour of Queens. The tour is meant to present a traveling cross-section of 26 of the boro’s dance companies.

Audience members will see eight Queens dance companies from a variety of neighborhoods, representing a broad spectrum of styles, cultures and genres.

“They will see contemporary dance, contemporary ballet on pointe, jazz and hip-hop fusion, some comedic physical theater, Chinese lion dance,” said Karesia Batan, founder and director of the QDF. East Elmhurst’s well-established Calpulli Mexican Dance Co. will perform as a featured company, along with LIC’s multigenre Sheep Meadow Dance Theater, Astoria’s contemporary dance company NSquared Dance, Flushing’s Chinese lion and dragon dance company NY Hung Sing Kwoon Lion Dance and Woodside’s improvisational and contemporary movement company Dugal

Dance Projects. The show will also include dance from Jackson Heights’ Barbara Mahler and two Astoria companies, Sector Dance and SunProject.

For those who like to follow a performance with a good chat, a “talk-back” event will be held right after the show, letting attendees speak with the choreographers.

The appearance of two separate events at Flushing Town Hall, both seeking to highlight the diversity of the arts in Queens on the same night was a coincidence, Batan said.

“We were looking for a venue for a performance; I thought, ‘This is great. Here are two Long Island City arts organizations that are going to be at the same venue on the Q same night,’” Batan said.

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NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: ETELBERTO MARTINEZ. TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the Catawba County Clerk’s Office in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought against you is as follows: Absolute Divorce. YOU ARE REQUIRED to make defense to such pleading not later than forty (40) days from the 23rd day of August, 2018, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No. 715342/2017 Date Filed: 8/10/2018 Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, Plaintiff, -against- Christine Sheppard, Individually and as Natural Guardian of two (2) minor heirs of the Estate of Larry Sheppard; Larry Sheppard, Jr., if he be living or dead, his spouse, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; Ayanna Sheppard; Any unknown heirs, devisees, distributees or successors in interest of the late Larry Sheppard, if they be living or, if they be dead, their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the Plaintiff; State of New York; City of New York Environmental Control Board; City of New York Parking Violations Bureau; City of New York Transit Adjudication Bureau; and “JOHN DOE”, said name being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, and any parties, corporations or entities, if any, having or claiming an interest or lien upon the mortgaged premises, Defendants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 14353 249th Street, Rosedale, NY 11422. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof.

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TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Ulysses B. Leverett, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered August 9, 2018 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Consolidation and/ or Modified Mortgage (hereinafter “the Mortgage”) to secure $273,289.61 and interest, covering premises known as 143-53 249th Street, Rosedale, NY 11422 a/k/a Block 13580, Lot 9. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the 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 situated. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: July 6, 2018, Frank M. Cassara, Esq., Senior Associate Attorney SHAPIRO, DICARO & BARAK, LLC, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard, Rochester, New York 14624 (585) 247-9000 Fax: (585) 247-7380. Our File No. 17-062006 #95502

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R3X zoning district. Address: 220-21 137th Avenue, Block 13112, Lot 1, Borough of Queens. BSA Calendar Number: 2016-4335-BZ Applicant: Gerald J. Caliendo, RA, AIA, for 193 Street LLC, Joseph Atarien, President, owner. Community Board No.: 13Q This application has been calendared for Public Hearing * Thursday, September 13, 2018 1:00 P.M. session, in Spector Hall. 22 Reade Street, Borough of Manhattan. Interested persons or associations may appear at the hearing to present testimony regarding this application. The referenced application may be reviewed by appointment at the BSA’s office, Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. To schedule an appointment or to obtain subsequent information regarding additional hearing dates, please call 212-386 0009 and reference BSA Calendar Number. Date: 8/10/2018 Gerald J. Caliendo, RA, AIA, Applicant. This notice is published by the applicant in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Standards and Appeals. Please confirm hearing location by visiting www.nyc. gov/bsa or contact 212-386-0078. The BZ calendar will immediately follow the SOC and A calendars. Please note that subsequent hearings for this application might be scheduled at 10:00AM.

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

The construction of the Alexander’s department store

The US Open’s big 5-0

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

The world’s best tennis players gathering in Queens to compete in this country’s Grand Slam tournament makes for a magnificent sporting event. But this year, it’s extra special as the US Open is celebrating its 50th anniversary Until 1968, the event, known then as the US National Championships, was only open to amateurs. It wasn’t until 50 years ago that the sport’s “Open Era” began — which saw professionals being allowed to participate in major tournaments — resulting in its name change.

I am not sure if it was meant to be timed with the golden anniversary of the Open, but the United States Tennis Association is debuting the new Louis Armstrong Stadium — it resembles a smaller version of Arthur Ashe Stadium and also has a retractable roof in case of rain.

In a nice touch, the USTA held its Armstrong ribbon-cutting ceremony and inaugural match during last week’s Qualifying Tournament. Michael Chang and James Blake defeated the sibling duo of Douglaston natives John and Patrick McEnroe.

As I wrote last week, the Qualifying Tournament — which is free to attend — is arguably the best sports bargain for fans around. The word apparently has gotten out, however, as the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center was almost as crowded as it is during the second

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

It’s quite rare in Queens that the city would de-map a block or street. Three blocks are even rarer. Yet it happened here.

Every Rego Park native remembers our Alexander’s department store that existed from 1959 to 1992. However, the great department store had wanted to come into Queens as early as 1946.

Builder Alfred Kaskel who owned the neighboring property, was anxious to build what later became the 1,091-apartment, sixbuilding complex called Park City. He was nervous about what effect loading and unloading would have on the value of his apartment buildings. A stalemate ensued.

George Farkas, president of Alexander’s, wrote in a letter to then-Borough President James A. Burke that he had no intention of granting a permanent easement to him.

Kaskel objected to Alexander’s building application until a solution could be found.

In 1950, Kaskel boldly proposed to have 96th Street and portions of 97th Street and 97th Place de-mapped as city streets.

In 1953, after intense lobbying behind the

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Joggers take advantage of the huge Alexander’s parking lot on 63rd Road in Rego Park, November 1974. scenes, the proposal was granted. Now his buildings would always be protected a comfortable distance from the proposed department store, which rose three stories and had 250,000 square feet of selling space.

Shown here are young people enjoying the lot for jogging, with stores along 63rd Road in the distance. Alexander’s is seen on the right. Today the lot is a garage and joggers can no longer sprint here. But Park City and the complex of stores that now occupy the old Alexander’s site live in Q apparent harmony.

week of the Open.

All those attending this year’s US Open should make it their business to catch the Ashe ’68 VR Experience at the Chase Indoor Pavilion. By putting on a virtual reality headset, you are transported to the US Open’s original Queens home, the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, where Arthur Ashe has just defeated Tom Okker to win the first US Open in 1968.

Director Rex Miller has carefully blended original footage of Ashe being interviewed by the likes of Howard Cosell and Heywood Hale Broun as well as commentary by the CBS Sports broadcasters with re-enactments that were staged recently at the West Side Tennis Club. Rising American tennis player Chris Eubanks portrays the then-25-year-old Ashe.

While at the exhibit, be sure to pay attention to the blown-up black and white photos on the walls. My favorite is that of Ashe talking to a teen attendant in the cramped West Side Tennis Club locker room who is wearing a Forest Hills High School gym shirt.

The Open has also become a favorite spot for foodies and the prices are reasonable. Try the margherita pizza at Neapolitan Express; the fish and chips at Fish Shack by David Burke; and my favorite, the Black Angus steak sandwich at Pat LaFrieda Meat Co. See the extended version of Sports Beat Q every week at qchron.com.

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